Zhao Kai looked at the bamboo bed in the study, and there was a portrait sketch lying next to the pillow, which was the sketch portrait of Chu Ran painted by Zhao Kai.

Zhao Kai was a little embarrassed, pointed to the portrait sketch and said, "I haven't found that portrait sketch for a long time, and I thought I lost it, but it turned out to be you." ”

Chu Ran nodded lightly, "King Yun painted very well, and when he cleaned up the study, he was afraid that it would be damaged, so he put it away." ”

Zhao Kai touched the back of his head, smiled awkwardly, Chu Ran took out the broken knife under the pillow, took the knife cloth, wiped it carefully, and left Zhao Kai there alone.

Zhao Kai sat next to Chu Ran and looked at the broken knife in Chu Ran's hand, this broken knife Zhao Kai recognized that when Chu Ran and Zhao Zhi were fighting, they used this broken knife.

Look at the style of the broken knife, it should be the wrong silver hand knife of the Song Dynasty, the knife stem is short and thick, the back of the knife is close to the knife head, the cloud pattern is engraved, and there are parallel thin lines of equal length above and below the groove near the back of the knife, which should be decorated with the knife body, and the root of the knife is falsely swallowed with wrong silver, which is also decorated with cloud patterns.

The fracture is at the head of the knife, as if it was cut by a sharp weapon, and the fracture is very even, as if it was made in this way.

Zhao Kai looked at it for a while, and said curiously, "Chu Ran, the fracture of this knife is so neat, how did it break." ”

Chu Ran still carefully wiped the broken knife, and replied casually, "This knife is mine." Chu Ran paused in the action of wiping the broken knife, and then continued, "A friend of mine built it for me, and what came out was a broken knife. ”

Zhao Kai didn't understand, with a curious cat look, he asked, "Why did you come out with a broken knife?" Is there not enough iron to fight knives? ”

Chu Ran showed a faint smile on his face, and gently ** the pattern on the broken knife, "When my friend gave me this broken knife, he told me that there is no perfect thing in the world, there are always some unsatisfactory things, and people are the same, no one is perfect, just like this broken knife, close to perfection but not perfect, only by always remembering your own imperfections, can you treat everything carefully, and can you survive in an environment where others cannot survive." ”

Zhao Kai looked at the smile on Chu Ran's face, for some reason, he was very envious in his heart, and even jealous of the friend in Chu Ran's mouth, maybe this was a sign of jealousy.

"That friend of yours is important to you, isn't he?"

Chu Ran nodded slightly, and said with a gentleness that Zhao Kai had never seen before, "Well, that friend is very important to me, and gave me the only warmth in this world when I was most helpless and lonely." ”

Zhao Kai's right hand clenched into a fist, envy, jealousy and hatred grew in Zhao Kai's heart, and said bitterly, "Can you tell me about that friend of yours?" ”

Chu Ran hesitated for a moment, but still said, "He Lin Mu, it can be said that he is my master, or my brother, family, the only family, my parents died in the war, I became an orphan at the age of five, wandering and lost, I met him when I was seven years old, that was the first time I felt, there is still warmth in the world, he saved me from the mouth of the wild dog, taught me martial arts, literacy, this broken knife was given to me by him on my fifteenth birthday, and then the Song Liao Battle broke out, and he joined the army who wanted to serve the country with loyalty, He hasn't been back since. ”

Chu Ran touched the broken knife, and changed back to a cold appearance, with a faint hatred in his eyes, "I hate war, making me lose my relatives again and again." ”

When Zhao Kai heard that Lin Mu died in the Song-Liao War, he had a trace of immorality in his heart.

"The twelfth brother said that you are the Imperial City Division's Imperial Equipment, and you joined the Imperial City Division for the person you said you were talking about?"

Chu Ran glanced at Zhao Kai and shook his head, "I wanted to complete his unfinished business for him, so I joined the Western Army and participated in the battle of Song and Jin to destroy Liao, and then I was found by the people of the Imperial City Division, I felt that the Imperial City Division could better complete his unfinished business, so I joined the Imperial City Division and became a member of the Imperial Equipment, my first task when I joined the Imperial City Division was to hunt down the remnants of the Liao State, Yelu Dashi, but I failed, and after the failure, I was sent to protect Emperor Roufu." ”

After Zhao Kai listened, he shook his head slightly, after Liao was destroyed by Song Jin, the Liao Dynasty nobleman Yelu Dashi was fortunate to escape, and later gathered the remnants in the northwest and controlled the Mongolian Plateau and the eastern part of Xinjiang, but later due to the oppression of the Jin soldiers, Yelu Dashi decided to abandon the Mongolian Plateau and led the western expedition, Yelu Dashi was called the emperor in Ye Mili (now Emin, Xinjiang), known as the Western Liao (known as the Black Khitan or Hara Khitan in the West), the capital Husi Luduo, the Western Liao once expanded to Central Asia and became a Central Asian power, after the death of Yelu Dashi, Western Liao experienced the reign of Xiao Ta Buyan, Yelu Yilie, Yelu Pu Suwan, Yelu Zhilugu and Qu Chulu. In the end, it was destroyed by Genghis Khan's Mongol army, and in the 87th year of the founding of the country, it would be strange if Yelu Dashi was such a strong figure as he could be killed so easily.

Zhao Kai seemed to be a hundred thousand whys, and asked again, "I heard the twelfth brother call you to break the golden knife, I saw the broken knife, what does the golden face mean?" ”

When Chu Ran heard this, he raised his head and showed a smile at Zhao Kai, a smile that made Zhao Kai's heart beat faster.

"The golden-faced broken knife is just what they called me during the six months I served in the Imperial City Division, and it didn't mean anything."

Zhao Kai suddenly yawned, already sleepy from tears, covered his mouth, yawned and said, "I haven't slept all night, I'm trapped to death, Chu Ran, do you mind if I sleep with you?" ”

Chu Ran was stunned by the change in Zhao Kai's attitude before and after, and said, "Isn't King Yun's room next door?" Why don't you go back to your room and go to sleep? ”

Zhao Kai lay on the bamboo bed by himself, "Don't mind, I'm sleeping, don't call me if it's okay, don't call me if there's something." ”

After hearing that Zhao Kai was back, the little bean sprouts that came to Zhao Kai with joy just walked to the study, and saw Zhao Kai lying on Chu Ran's bed through the window of the study, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

Chu Ran also noticed the little bean sprouts outside the window, glanced at Zhao Kai, who was already asleep, and a selfish desire surged in his heart, knowing that the little bean sprouts were coming to find Zhao Kai, but he didn't wake up Zhao Kai, but nodded lightly to the little bean sprouts outside the window.

Xiao Bean Sprouts showed a reluctant smile, nodded slightly at Chu Ran, and turned to leave.

Zhao Kai's thoughts about Chu Ran, the little bean sprouts know better than anyone else, he had long thought that there would be such a day, but he didn't expect it to be so soon, he had just confirmed the relationship with Zhao Kai A few days ago, Zhao Kai slept on Chu Ran's bed.

The more I thought about it, the more Little Bean Sprouts felt like crying, and the tears couldn't be stopped, and I didn't care about the servants and the maid to greet me, ran back to my room, squatted down, and cried.