"Alas, the fox raised by the general is gone again, and the people in the entire general's mansion are now looking everywhere!"

"Yes, I just found it from the kitchen, but I didn't expect that fox cub to be blind and lame, and he was so good at hiding, and there was no trace at all."

Two little maids with double buns complained quietly as they searched for the fox in the garden.

"Cuizhu, why do you say that the general is so precious to that fox, I quietly saw that fox last time, its fur color is not very good, it looks sick, not only is its right eye blind, but even its fox legs are lame. In this way, the general still spoils it to the heavens and the earth, hmph, it is not satisfied, it is always angry, and everyone suffers with it, and always looks for it everywhere all day long. ”

Cuizhu turned over the grass by the wall and said dissatisfiedly, "You think that's what you think?" Isn't that what everyone thinks! A little brute, I don't know what to do, I'm not used to seeing it for a long time. Our general is too, it is said that he has reached the age of starting a family, and I didn't see him come back with a few beauties, but I saw him hugging the fox, alas, the old general was about to be angry to death. ”

Hong Hui said curiously: "Hey, that's right! I heard that the emperor also intended to marry the general, but the general politely refused, saying that he was only dedicated to state affairs and had no idea of starting a family for the time being. ”

Cuizhu suddenly said mysteriously: "You don't know this, right?" I've heard...... Half a year ago, the general had a private relationship with a woman outside, and he didn't tell the old general. ”

"Huh?!" Honghui covered her lips in shock, and said in disbelief, "I thought the general was not close to women, but I didn't expect it...... But why didn't the general bring the man back? It's been more than half a year, even if it's a concubine, she should bring it back to show her family, right? ”

Cuizhu was afraid that Honghui would provoke the person in charge, so she said angrily: "You be quiet! I also heard from others, that woman's surname is Su, and she is from the old Cangguo. Our general is also the general of Dingguo, and the Tao is not the same, the battle between the two countries was so fierce before, that Miss Su may have left. ”

Hong Hui said regretfully: "So that's the case, it's so pitiful." ”

Cuizhu said again: "You don't know, our general chased that girl to the old Cangguo country before!" Later, when he came back, he was holding the fox in his hand, I guess, maybe this fox was given by Miss Su, otherwise how could the general like this blind and lame fox so much? ”

Honghui suddenly said, "Oh...... Reasonable. I didn't expect the general to be so affectionate, I thought ......"

Before the words were finished, Honghui and Cuizhu felt a chill behind them, and when they looked back, it was the general of Dingguo, Xu Yi, whom they had discussed for a long time.

"General, General!" The two little maids were so frightened that they fell to their knees with a pop.

Xu Yi smiled slightly, raised his hand to help the two of them up, and said with a smile: "Why is it like seeing a ghost, this general is so terrifying?" ”

"No, no." The two little maids replied in fear, secretly looked up at Xu Yi's handsome face, and saw that the corners of his lips were slightly hooked and seemed to be in a good mood, so they couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he hadn't heard their conversation.

"Have you seen my fox here?" Xu Yi said gently.

"Nope."

"Well, then, look elsewhere." Xu Yi asked casually, "By the way, I used to see you two a lot, but I didn't have time to ask, what are your names?" ”

The two little maids were flattered and replied with a red face.

"Slave Honghui."

"Slave Cuizhu."

"Honghui and Cuizhu, okay, I remember." Xu Yi said with a smile, "If you see my fox later, remember to come and tell me, there will be a reward." ”

The two little maids nodded happily and went very actively. As he walked, he muttered quietly: "The general is really good, gentle and generous......"

Xu Yi waited for them to leave, the smile on his face was slightly reduced, and he turned around and walked into the depths of the garden.

In the deepest part of the garden, there is a rockery with a stone cave. This neighborhood is overgrown with weeds, and no one ever comes over, and usually even Uncle Xie, who is in charge, doesn't bother to send someone to take care of it.

Xu Yi lifted the dense weeds in front of the stone cave with one hand, and lifted the corner of the robe with the other, and walked into the stone cave.

Su Yinghuan is really here. She slept in the weeds in the deepest part of the cave, curled up in a ball, motionless.

"I knew you were here." Xu Yi smiled lightly, stretched out his hand to pick her up, and said in disgust, "It's not good to hide somewhere, you have to come here." It's dirty. ”

Su Yinghuan looked up at him. Her right eye was cloudy, only her left eye was shiny, and she looked at Xu Yi with a little accusation.

"What, still angry? Can't even say anything about you now? Xu Yi rubbed her fox head.

Su Yinghuan silently buried his head in his arms.

Xu Yi said with a smile as he walked: "I can find you wherever you hide." Ying Huan, don't think about running. ”

Su Yinghuan didn't have any reaction, and let him go.

Xu Yi carried her into the study and carefully placed her on the table. Su Yinghuan limped to the side of the inkstone, dipped some ink with his left front paw with great difficulty, and wrote awkwardly on the paper.

She wrote very slowly, and Xu Yi stood behind her, patiently waiting for her to finish.

Let me go.

Su Yinghuan looked up at him after writing, Xu Yi's smiling expression gradually changed, and he said in a non-serious tone: "Impossible." ”

Su Yinghuan wrote again.

Cultivation is exhausted, and I can't turn into a human being in this life.

Xu Yi looked at the words and said expressionlessly: "I know." ”

Su Yinghuan was puzzled by his expression and wrote again.

I'm no longer of any use to you.

Writing this, Su Yinghuan looked up at his face again, the two fox ears drooped back slightly, and a little tear flashed in his bright left eye.

Xu Yi only glanced at the last line of words, then reached out and picked up Su Yinghuan again, touched the fluff on the top of her head with one hand, touched her empty neck with the other, and said softly: "Where is the jade pendant?" Where did you throw it again? ”

Su Yinghuan closed his eyes, and his big furry tail swept his arm.

Xu Yi carried her into the bedroom, and regardless of the dust on her body, he put her directly on the bed. He reached under the pillow and pulled out a red jade pendant.

The red blood jade was carved into the shape of a fox curled up and sleeping soundly, and even the big fluffy tail was carved vividly.

Xu Yi hung the jade pendant around Su Yinghuan's neck, carefully tied the turquoise rope before letting go of his hand, and said softly, "Wear it well." ”

Su Yinghuan closed his eyes, as if he had fallen asleep.

At this time, a maid hurriedly ran over and said timidly: "Major General...... The old general let you pass. ”

Xu Yi pinched Su Yinghuan's ears, took the quilt next to her and covered her, and then got up to leave.

Xu Yi's father, Xu Hui, that is, General Xu, was the founding general who followed the first emperor to conquer the country, and he was a brother who lived and died together with the first emperor, and was deeply admired by the people.

The heroic general of the past is now gray, but his majesty has not diminished. Xu Yi frowned slightly, and said loudly to Xu Yi who was standing in front of him: "I heard that the emperor wanted to give you a marriage yesterday, but you rejected it again?" ”

Xu Yi said: "Yes." ”

Xu Yu asked, "Why?" ”

Xu Yi said: "No, why. ”

Xu Xuan said angrily: "Son! How many marriages has the emperor given you, and you refuse to return, do you have to make Long Yan angry before you are happy? What exactly do you want to do? ”

Xu Yi said lightly: "He won't be angry with me for this." I don't want to get married. ”

Xu Hui said: "I don't care if you want to or not!" If you don't marry again this year, I will go directly to propose marriage to the emperor. The fourth princess in the palace is at the age of marriage, and the country is beautiful and fragrant, and many people are staring at the golden branches and jade leaves! I think it's good to have her marry. ”

Xu Yi said coldly: "Even if my father does this, the emperor knows that I don't want to, and he won't agree." ”

Xu Hui was so angry that he slapped the table with his palm, which shocked the surrounding maids and trembled.

"You tell me honestly, is it as the people said, you secretly married a woman from your homeland outside?"

Xu Yi was not shocked by Xu Yi's anger at all, and said calmly: "Yes." ”

Xu Hui was stunned, he didn't expect him to be so direct. After thinking about it, he said, "Is it a good girl from a white family?" ”

Xu Yi said without changing his face: "Yes." "Xindao: Huh. She.

Xu Yu frowned and said, "Then why don't you bring it back first?" I didn't say I wouldn't let you marry the daughter of an ordinary family. ”

Xu Yi pondered for a moment and said, "She...... It's dead. Can't bring it back. ”

Xu Hui didn't expect such an ending, paused, and said, "Just because of her, you don't want to marry again?" ”

Xu Yi suddenly chuckled and said, "Isn't my father the same?" ”

Xu Hui was furious and shouted to get out.

Xu Yi smiled and saluted, and withdrew.

It's almost late autumn, and the trees in the house have lost a lot of leaves.

Xu Yi walked towards the bedroom, thinking about Fang Cai's offense to his father. There were many fallen leaves all around, and he walked past countless dead leaves, and there was a small soft sound under his feet.

Xu Hui has only had one wife in his life, and she is a childhood sweetheart who grew up with him, Xie Ziyao. However, in the second year after marriage, Xie Ziyao unfortunately died in childbirth when she gave birth to her first child, so Xu Hui only had one son under his knees, which was Xu Yi.

Soon after Xie Ziyao's death, Xu Hui sent the infant Xu Yi into the palace. At that time, the first emperor declared that this was a reward for the old general, and he wanted the old general's beloved son to grow up with the prince who was also born and share the position of prince. Everyone in the world said that the old general loved his only son very much, and even won half of the prince's position for him.

Xu Yi thought about this, and smiled lightly, full of irony in his heart.

If you really love your child, how can you be willing to send him to the deep palace of deceit?

Xu Yi stopped.

Before I knew it, I was walking into the garden again.

Xu Yi paused for a moment, looked at the flowers that were about to fall, and suddenly remembered that when he lived in the palace when he was a child, he would run to the imperial garden when he was wronged, hide and cry secretly.

Since Xu Yi was sent into the palace by his father, he could only go back to the general's mansion during the holidays, and he could only stay in the palace on weekdays, and he was not allowed to leave the palace until he became an adult. The palace was full of clothes and food, but there was intrigue, and the dirty conspiracy never let him go when he was just a child. Xu Yi, who grew up in the palace since he was a child, learned to speak insincerely, with a smile on his face, and hidden his scheming in private in order to survive.

The prince, who grew up with him, laughingly called him a "smiling fox".

Xu Yi smiled: "Then you are a smiling tiger." I'm just a 'fox and a tiger'. ”

The prince laughed: "You." Can't even tell me the truth? ”

Xu Yi said: "You don't have to be so serious, and you don't have to be so troublesome." ”

The prince smiled and patted him on the shoulder, never to defend him again.

Thinking of this, Xu Yi reached out and gently struck his fingers on a crumbling branch, and the two flowers on the branch fell to the ground in an instant.

The prince is actually the same as him.

They all understand that they may have a day of fighting, but they are always in the same boat.

They grew up in the same trouble, with the same strategy and scheming, and experienced all the squalor and filth together.

The only difference is that in the end, the crown prince sat on the throne safely, and he easily sat on the throne of the general of Dingguo.

Each has its own job. To each his own, he takes what he needs.

Each is not a courtesy. Each has a ghost.

They know it, so they walk side by side.

Xu Yi looked at the messy falling flowers on the ground, and suddenly felt bored.

Yes. From childhood to adulthood, he will do whatever it takes to survive, and there are only conspiracies and tricks in his life.

He thought that was all he had for the rest of his life.

Xu Yi looked sideways, and suddenly saw a wild red apricot blossom outside the wall arrogantly stretched into the wall, and the delicate color reflected the flower clusters in the wall.

He burst out laughing.

"Shadow Huan, you know what."

He reached out and plucked the red apricot and smiled.

"You're the exception."