The night began to climb slowly up the hill in the distance, and a few birds flew through the sky. As usual, the old housekeeper cleaned up the door early, and after dinner, they went back to their rooms.

Uncle Yang sat next to the desk and read, and Zihua in a white dress kneeled next to him, accompanied by Uncle Yang's loud reading voice, Zihua felt relieved in his heart, what people want in life is actually very simple, nothing more than a simple life.

"It would be nice if I could live such an idle life in the future." Zihua said suddenly, his voice full of infinite longing.

Uncle Yang put down the scroll in his hand, gently stroked Zihua's loose hair, and said: "Yes, I also want to quit the court, now that the matter of changing the law is almost over, I only have one thing left, that is, to rebuild the Taixue Palace, and then we will go to seclusion, when the time comes, I will work in the field, you weave cloth at home, we can raise some chickens and geese, and plant a mulberry tree in front of the door, the mulberry fruit can be eaten, and the mulberry bark can be mashed and weaved." It's good to be leisurely every day, not to want to quarrel in the court, and ignore the hustle and bustle of the world. ”

The two fell into a beautiful vision for a long time and couldn't extricate themselves, suddenly there was a sound of breaking the air, only to hear the sound of "dang", an arrow pierced the bookshelf behind Uncle Yang, the arrow shaft was still shaking fiercely, so you can know how strong the arrow is.

Uncle Yang pulled Zihua behind him, his whole body blocked the direction where the arrow was fired, and waited quietly for a long time, the surroundings were quiet, there was no movement, Uncle Yang let out a sigh of relief, still protected Zihua behind him, and slowly paced to the side of the arrow, only to see a letter pinned on the tip of the arrow.

Uncle Yang pulled out the arrow vigorously, looking at this arrow, he felt very familiar, he must have seen it somewhere, and he couldn't help but have a person's shadow in his mind. Uncle Yang smiled, patted Zihua's hands that were still firmly grasping his arms, and said, "Don't worry, it's okay, this is my junior brother's arrow." ”

Zihua let go of his hands and asked uneasily, "Really?" Since he is your junior brother, why did he come in and shoot arrows? I'm just afraid ......"

"What do you think my junior brother will do if he sees me openly now? Besides, my junior brother is a person who is unwilling to live in the shallows for a long time, he is a koi, and at this moment I will only become an obstacle for him to leap into the river. ”

Zihua naturally understood what her husband meant, so she nodded and didn't say anything more. Uncle Yang opened the cloth, and it was written: See you in the study when you are young, and Brother Ang will bow down.

It's time now.

"Now that the door of the mansion is closed, how can this little junior brother of yours come in?"

"Don't worry, if he wants to come in, no matter how tall the wall is, he can't stop it. At the beginning, the junior brother could jump off the cliff wall of more than three zhang at will, go below to catch fish for us, and then climb up along the cliff wall himself, the cliff wall is made of smooth bluestone of one color, he can come up, let alone the courtyard wall on this house. Let's just wait quietly. ”

Just when Uncle Yang and his wife were sitting in the study and waiting for Su Ang, Su Ang was actually already in Uncle Yang's mansion, he took advantage of the night just after the fall of the courtyard wall from the back of the Taiwei Mansion to climb up, around to the roof opposite the study, stretched the bow and set an arrow, an arrow just grazed the side of Uncle Yang, straight into the bookshelf, this arrow is indeed full of threat, he wants to tell his senior brother through this arrow not to forget the teacher's teachings. Then Suang returned to a large tree behind the study, and waited for the time to come.

The time was approaching, Zihua couldn't help but clench Uncle Yang's hand, she didn't know what kind of person Uncle Yang's junior brother was, just based on tonight's events, I was afraid that this person was not an easy person.

Uncle Yang patted Zihua's hand, he knew his junior brother best, he knew that although his junior brother hated officials, he also valued affection the most.

When the time came, Uncle Yang got up and walked out, Zihua also followed, Uncle Yang looked at Zihua, Zihua shook his head, and Uncle Yang had no choice but to let her follow.

The night was very dark, there was no moon or stars in the sky, the branches of the trees were swaying in the wind, and it was so dark behind the study that it was impossible to see each other's faces in a single step, and the weeds were luxuriant. Zihua was suddenly tripped and hurriedly reached out to grab Uncle Yang's clothes.

Just when the two of them were distracted, a black shadow suddenly appeared in front of them, Zihua was startled, but Uncle Yang was quite calm, and said with a smile: "Senior brother, when did you go down the mountain?" Teacher, is he okay? ”

The black shadow slowly approached, it was Su Ang. Uncle Yang suddenly smelled some blood and asked urgently, "Senior brother, what's wrong with you?" As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed Su Ang's sleeve and looked up and down carefully, trying to see through the night whether Su Ang was injured.

Su Ang withdrew his sleeves and said, "It's fine." I would like to ask if my brother has forgotten the teacher's teachings? ”

Uncle Yang was stunned for a moment, then understood, and said with a smile: "Senior brother is looking at my luxury and grace now to ask this, but I have never forgotten the teacher's teachings, and I have never forgotten Uncle Yang for a day to save thousands of Li Shu!" Uncle Yang looked into the distance, as if he wanted to see through the boundless night, his expression was firm, his tone was sonorous, and he was full of confidence.

"Senior brother, even if you save Li Shu, why is it so luxurious, aren't you afraid that someone will take advantage of this in the future?"

"Senior brother, this is the emperor's last concession, even if the world is in trouble, you still have to ask the emperor if it is."

"Senior brother has read history books, how can he not know about Shang Ying's reform, and the disaster of Shang Jun is just around the corner." Su Ang's cold voice suddenly had a hint of concern.

Uncle Yang glanced at Zihua, who was silent next to him, and saw that she didn't blame Su Ang, and said: "Today, the emperor is in good health, I am leaning against the big tree to enjoy the shade, although I have the intention to retreat, but now the change has not been completely stabilized, at this moment, I am gone, I will give up all my efforts, nothing will be achieved, and the junior brother also knows that the people should not suffer these hardships." Su Ang was just about to speak, but Uncle Yang knew that his junior brother had no taboos, and he didn't know what he would say, so he hurriedly picked up and said, "Why didn't the junior brother come to my house during the day, and made an appointment to meet here?" ”

"How could I not know that there are a lot of rats around your mansion, just now there was one who was about to sneak into your courtyard and was killed by me, and I will help you clean up the corpse."

Uncle Yang was stunned, shook his head and said, "Senior brother, junior brother, one of the new laws I have implemented is that lynching must not be used, you ......"

"Senior brother, I'm talking about rats, could it be that your new law even counts rats, so in this way, there are probably not a few guilty people in this world." Su Ang said with some jokingness.

Uncle Yang was stunned for a moment, and then understood what Su Ang meant: "Haha, I'll just say, the junior brother follows the teacher to learn art, and naturally knows the power of the code, how can he touch it for no reason?" It turned out to be just a mouse, but it didn't matter. ”

Uncle Yang's heart is a little uncomfortable, in ancient times, the ancestors of the Legalists could give up their lives for legislation and protect the laws they made, but today they have to ignore it.

"Senior brother shouldn't be a stubborn person." Suang said casually.

Uncle Yang smiled and said, "If you are stubborn, how can you live in such a luxurious courtyard." ”

Zihua listened to the two chatting, at first there was still some sabre-rattling, but then it slowly became more like a casual declaration of peace between two old friends, and he couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed. Only then did Uncle Yang introduce Zihua to Su Ang: "Senior brother, this is my wife Zihua. ”

Su Ang may have glanced at her, or maybe he didn't, and he couldn't see his expression at the moment in the dark night, but Zihua bowed generously: "I've seen Uncle I." Zihua heard Uncle Yang often talk about interesting things when they were studying art in the mountains, and knew that the two had a close relationship, like brothers, so they called him uncle.

Su Ang was a little hesitant, and Uncle Yang knew that he couldn't say something in front of Zihua, so he said to Zihua: "You go back first, and I'll talk to my junior brother again." ”

"Okay." Zihua turned and left. Uncle Yang looked at Su Ang, who was still standing in the dark shadow: "Senior brother, say it." ”

"Senior brother, the teacher asked me to bring you a sentence, saying that the purple is faint, the glow is very clear, I am afraid that there will be a red star guarding the heart, and there are signs of displacement in the corner palace, and your life star has also begun to flicker, disappearing from time to time, plus the canopy rushes to the realm. I hope that the senior brother will take countermeasures as soon as possible to avoid the disaster of killing. ”

Uncle Yang was silent, he believed in the ability of his teacher Wang Yizi, the teacher had long said that his position in the corner palace could not be deviated, and his fate was shallow, once something happened, it would be a catastrophe. Su Ang's life star belongs to the earth, which can just make up for his fire, but now it is obviously too much firepower consumption, and it is difficult to maintain it for a while.

"Senior brother, do you believe in the teacher?"

Su Ang didn't know why Uncle Yang asked like this, but replied, "Letter." ”

Uncle Yang smiled after hearing this, and said, "I also believe it, but I believe that I can change it!" ”

Su Ang was a little shocked by these words, but when he thought about it carefully, it was reasonable, the senior brother Yang Shuzi was a person who was scolded by the teacher as the "demon king of the mixed world", I remember that once when the teacher was talking about Confucianism, the senior brother scolded Confucianism for being pedantic, and when the teacher preached Taoism, he interrupted the teacher again, saying that the family is a bunch of bastards waiting for death, which is useless, so angry that the teacher whipped him a few times.

When he said such a remark today, Su Ang was a little surprised at first, and then relieved, and said, "Senior brother, it's not easy to change your name, and Wuhou has not succeeded. ”

Who knew that Uncle Yang laughed and said: "My stupid junior brother, senior brother is not to change his life, senior brother is to maintain the life star, I know that I and the emperor are actually a carriage, the new law is the horse pulling the carriage in front, the emperor is the wheel, I am just a carriage, there is no carriage, the carriage will still run forward, if the wheel is broken, the carriage will be scattered." ”

"Do you want to get the emperor to do it?"

"Not bad."

"What if it doesn't work?"

"Then leave, the carriage is out of the wheel, although it is not very useful, but you can save yourself."

Half of the moon's pretty face appeared in the clouds on the horizon, the wind stirred the clothes and hair of the two, except for the sound of the wind, the sound of armor patrolling outside the wall, and the crisp sound of the iron armor colliding from far and near, and from near and far, and finally completely disappeared on the street corner.

Just when Uncle Yang was stunned, Su Ang had already left. Uncle Yang was a little stunned, he finally saw his junior brother once, but he didn't even see his face clearly, and after a long time, Uncle Yang turned around and went to the study.