A few sporadic firecrackers.

The New Year is approaching, but there is no joy at all, and now the world is in chaos. The people outside the high walls are experiencing the life of the chaotic army, and the people inside the high walls are also trembling. Waiting for the calamity that will happen at some point.

This is the Jiangdu Imperial Palace.

Lei Jun sat under the flower corridor, he leaned on the cold carved flower trunk, staring at the remnants of the lotus willow in the distance, a thin layer of snow fell last night, and the dead plants showed a faint gray-black in the snow. It was tied up by the people of the former palace to save the green that was about to pass away.

However, winter is still Chapter 173 Life in the Sui Palace came unexpectedly, today is the New Year, but there is no celebratory atmosphere in the palace, except for the morning Empress Xiao brought a few concubines to congratulate the New Year, there is no other movement. The ministers who were supposed to go to the palace to meet also asked Lei Jun to use the excuse of being uncomfortable, and they all refused.

Until now, he didn't want to see anyone.

was stunned, Lei Jun heard footsteps not far away.

"Father!"

He raised his head, and the twelve-year-old Yang Gao ran in front of him, perhaps because of the running, the child's little face was red, but a pair of eyes were burning and shining, and he was holding a cloth bag in his hand, which made a chirping birdsong.

"What is it?" Lei Jun smiled, he reached out and took the cloth bag, and the little life inside tried to collide, so that he wanted to struggle to escape.

"It's a birdie!" Yang Gao gasped and said, "Zhang Zhong caught it in the snow." ”

Zhang Zhong was a eunuch who served Yang Gao, the king of Zhao, in close quarters. It snowed last night, and it was probably the attendants who took advantage of this opportunity to catch a few hungry resident birds.

"Have you seen the Queen?" Lei Jun asked, "Have you paid a New Year's greeting to the teacher?" ”

"It's all gone." Yang Gao said, "Teacher's Chapter 173 Life in the Sui Palace said that there is no need to study today, so Zhang Zhong took me to catch the birds." ”

The child's expression was very excited, he was the golden branches and jade leaves that grew in the palace, and the gold, silver and jade objects that could not be seen in the people's homes were not in his eyes for him. It was the usual game of catching birds in the snow that fascinated him.

"Father, Zhang Zhong said, find me a cage later, and put them all in."

"Well...... Lei Jun looked into the bag, "It's a sparrow, I'm afraid it won't survive." ”

"Can't feed?" Yang Gao was a little anxious. "I feed them water and feed them every day!"

Lei Jun laughed: "It's not a matter of feeding. Gao'er, this kind of bird can't be put in a cage. ”

"Why?"

"They're not used to that kind of life, and if they are in a cage, there is only one way to die."

Yang Gao looked at his father in surprise!

"Put them away, okay?"

"But I just caught them......" the child was a little reluctant.

Lei Jun said gently, "Let them go, give them a way to live, maybe next year...... They can still come here to see you. ”

Although he was reluctant, but since it was what his father said, Yang Gao couldn't refute it anymore, he took the cloth bag, opened the bag without saying anything, and a few sparrows rushed out of it with chirp, and flew away in an instant......

Looking at the few small black dots in the sky in the distance, Lei Jun suddenly felt that his chest was empty.

"Father, are they really coming here next year?" Yang Gao couldn't help but ask again, "Do they really know the way to Jiangdu?" ”

"Why don't you know?" Lei Jun whispered. "You give them a way to live, and they'll remember it — they want to live, too."

It's been two years.

It has been two years since he came to the Sui Dynasty, and it seems that everything has not changed, and everything seems to have changed.

Lei Jun has never left Jiangdu, he stays in this palace every day, quietly waiting for the final ending.

Since sending Jian Rou away, that side is modern society, and there has been no news at all. During this period, Lei Jun couldn't help but think: Won't they send some news here? What happened to Jian Rou when she went back, and what happened to Lei Lei now...... Can't colleagues find a way to tell themselves about these things? Even if you can't go back, even if you just listen to the news, it can make people happy.

But gradually, he gave up.

There was no movement.

No one came, and there was no message to pass on, as if he had been completely abandoned by everyone. The more time passes, the slimmer the hope, no matter how kind of friends you are, it seems that you can't bear the time of time, and no one can think of him anymore.

He was completely forgotten in the palace of the Sui Dynasty more than a thousand years ago.

Lei Jun knew he shouldn't have any hope. This unrealistic idea should be dispelled as soon as possible, he came to send him to death, and when he left, he clearly said such firm words, and now everyone has been here for two years. I'm still coveting life over there...... Isn't this a reversal?

But how can he easily forget all the past? Although in modern society, the great emperor is just an ordinary civil servant, staying in a non-income-generating department, doing laundry and cooking every day after work, and calculating the mortgage when he has free time. Occasionally, I hope to change to a new car, but I can look at the deposit, and I have to sigh, there is no other way than to flip through car magazines. When the staff lamented poverty, he also wondered whether to get a small treasury or something......

At that time, what he thought about most often was just to make more money.

By the way, now he's rich. As soon as he thought of this, Lei Jun felt extremely ironic, he was really "rich" now: the palace was stuffed with antique furnishings, gold and silver ceramics, and silk and satin. There are also precious plants...... Take out whatever you want, and it will be more than enough to change to the Jee Wrangler he wants the most.

But it didn't make sense to him anymore.

He couldn't think of anything else to do but wait to die.

Only occasionally, there is a slight ripple in the backwater.

The people who came to leave the palace, except for the queen concubine. There is also a small child, that is Zhao Wang Yang Gao.

It was the child born to him by Concubine Xiao, once Lei Jun - no, Emperor Yang of Sui, he loves this child very much, he is very beautiful, sensible, his poems and articles are all excellent, and he is sincere and loyal and filial, Emperor Yang of Sui regards the boy as a pearl in his palm.

When Lei Jun just returned to Jiangdu from modern society, he didn't think about tea and dinner, and sat in a daze every day, when Yang Gao would come to his father, persuade him to eat, and beg him to rest.

The more time passes, the more memories of the past are revived. Lei Jun finally remembered that he did have such a son.

Yang Gao is several years younger than Lei Lei, but he is much more sensible than the girl in modern society. Children in ancient times were generally precocious, especially boys from the imperial family, because of the environment they faced and were in. Always forcing them to quickly approach the adult * person.

But occasionally, Yang Gao still shows some childishness, playfulness, and tantrums with palace people. Occasionally, he refused to go to school and ran crazy in the palace......

At this time, Lei Jun never blamed him.

He has lost a child, he used to put so much thought into Lei Lei, but now he can no longer see her, Lei Jun, who is used to being a father, can't help but transfer his mood to other children.

In the eyes of the people in the palace, His Majesty loves King Zhao more than before, if in front of King Zhao before, there were still some prestige as emperors as fathers, then now this majesty has completely faded, and he now looks like an ordinary father who guards his young son.

Now every day, Lei Jun does the most is to talk to Yang Gao, ask him how he reads his homework, teach him to read those difficult books, test his poems, and tell him about the miscellaneous families that the teacher is not willing to talk about......

He even taught Yang Gao geometry, geography, natural knowledge, and basic physics.

Compared with the Confucian classics, the little boy was more interested in these, Lei Jun gave him a question, and he could ponder in the study alone for an afternoon. I didn't have such a big interest in learning words and studying before.

This was not originally a subject that the prince should study. Even Yang Gao vaguely felt that it was absolutely impossible for the masters to teach him the things taught by his father, and no one seemed to understand these strange things, such as. My father said that the earth is actually a ball, and because of the suction, people do not go to the sky, and the moon and the sun are just the same things as the stars. There are no people and no gods on it, but the distance and distance make the difference. Compared to Vega, Altair is actually the difference between a mung bean and a palace. ……

These things sound so absurd and uninhibited, but because of his father's connivance, Yang Gao simply left the set taught by the teacher behind. As a prince, learning how to assist the country is the goal, but that "goal" seems so absurd in Lei Jun's eyes. He would rather his son be fascinated by the miscellaneous things of carving wood than be interested in watching what articles the child writes about governing the country.

However, even if the child is raised to be a genius, it cannot avoid his final death.

I always look at this child in front of me. When he looked at him with respectful and enthusiastic black eyes, Lei Jun's heart would be filled with great sorrow......

He knew very well that his son's life was coming to an end, and in a few months, he would die tragically in front of him, and the blood in the boy's immature skin would be splashed all over his body......

Yang Gao, the king of Zhao, was killed in front of him by Yu Wenhua's subordinates - Lei Jun was fully aware of the upcoming script.

Every time he thought of this, he couldn't help but tremble violently, except that he hugged the child tighter. Lei Jun didn't know what else to do.

He thought about simply sending his son out of the palace. Quietly, secretly, let the child escape from this terrible cage alone. Eventually, however, he dismissed the idea.

The twelve-year-old prince went out of the palace alone. Not to mention how much suspicion this will provoke the ill-intentioned subordinates, in terms of survivability...... How can he survive outside?

He didn't know anything, and thought that the rice was coming out of the rice jar in the imperial dining room, and that he was a pot of flowers that always grew in the greenhouse. No matter how much gold and silver were given to him, the boy would not be able to live alone, and he would not even know how to use it.

What's more, if King Zhao suddenly disappeared, the whole palace would definitely be frightened, and it might backfire. led to an early rebellion...... Yu Wenhua has always cut the grass and done things, and he still won't let go of this child.

But if you leave him here, wouldn't it be tantamount to sending him to death with him?!

"Gao'er, get out of here, okay?" Once, Lei Jun suddenly 1 Xiao said α. tidying up

Ask him so.

"Get out of here?" Yang Gao was stunned, "Is my father going back to Chang'an?" ”

"No, I'm not leaving." Lei Jun suppressed the tremor in his voice, "Gao'er, you go alone." Get out of here and go anywhere. ”

"Why?" The boy was even more puzzled, "Why are you leaving here?" ”

"It's dangerous here...... Lei Jun froze. Something will happen sooner or later, dumb, you'll die if you stay here! ”

Yang Gao blinked his bright eyes: "Then the father and the emperor will also go together?" ”

"I can't go ......"

"Then I'm not leaving." Yang Gao shook his head, "I'll stay here with my father." ”

It's like this every time, the conversation can't go on here, and Lei Jun can't persuade his son to leave. He didn't have any strong reasons - he was so dignified, why did he drive the little prince out of the palace?

Yang Gao's stay has become Lei Jun's heaviest concern, and in the past two months, he has been thinking about it day and night. I hope to find a comprehensive way to save my son's life, he himself is a guilty man, it doesn't matter if his body is broken into thousands of pieces, but this child is innocent, he doesn't even understand what death is all about, how unfair it is to die under the chaotic saber at a young age!

But no matter what Lei Jun thinks, it is inappropriate, no matter where he sends the child, he knows that the rebels can find clues.

In the two days just after the New Year, Lei Jun's mental state was very bad. The crisis was imminent, and he even knew what day it would happen, but he didn't have any idea at all.

Is there really no other turning point than helplessness and watching the child die in front of him?

No! No way!

Even if he forces the child out of the palace, Lei Jun has to save his life, he has already decided so! The day after tomorrow, he found a reason to force Yang Gao to leave the palace quietly and escape outside alone.

All afternoon, Lei Jun pondered about this matter, and he also thought that before that, he had to teach this child enough livelihood skills, so that he could adapt to the strange world outside, maybe it would be very painful, but in order to survive, any sacrifice was worth it.

After thinking about it for a day, in the evening, Lei Jun felt that his brain was groggy, he leaned against the table, and almost fell asleep.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a man's voice: "...... Your Majesty? ”

He opened his eyes suddenly!

It was already dark in the room, and before the palace man had time to hold the lamp, the man stood at the door, looking at him quietly.

The voice is somewhat familiar, wearing the clothes of the palace guards, and the face cannot be seen clearly. Listening to the words, Lei Jun couldn't remember who it was for a while.

He was nervous. Hurriedly stood up: "...... Who?! ”

The man didn't speak, but only chuckled softly.

Lei Jun became more and more nervous, he took a step back and reached out to touch the knife on his body!

"It's really a noble man who forgets things." The man laughed. "It's only been a long time, and Your Majesty doesn't recognize the villain?"

Lei Jun was stunned!

He stared at the people in the dark, and felt his brain boom!

"Are you ......," he hesitated, gripping the knife. Wouldn't say that name.

The man saw his hesitation and sighed.

"Well, since Your Majesty is so suspicious. Then let's go to the code - who is the chairman of the Chinese Football Association? ”

That person's Chang'an dialect of the Sui Dynasty suddenly became modern Mandarin!

Lei Jun was stunned, and immediately blurted out!

Xie Yalong...... No, he's already out of class, it's Cui Dalin! ”

The other party laughed!

The person who came out of the shadows was exactly Fang Wuying.

Lei Jun threw away the knife in his hand, and he also laughed: "What? The men's soccer team is rushing to the World Cup again, so you came to inform me? ”

"Punch! Wait for a thousand years! Fang Wuying snorted, "As soon as you leave, the national football team will lose another valuable diehard." ”

"Hey! I'm not their loyal! ”

Fang Wuying walked over with a big grin and patted Lei Jun on the shoulder: "It's okay, it's not a shame to be a fan of the Chinese team......

His familiar posture almost moved Lei Jun to tears. He was about to say something, but Fang Wuying suddenly made a silent gesture!

There was light and shadow swaying, and the palace man whispered outside the door: "Your Majesty, it's time to hold the lamp." ”

Fang Wuying hurriedly walked away, making a respectful appearance of having something to report, and then Lei Jun said, "Come in." ”

The palace people came in and gave them a lamp. Her expression was a little puzzled, probably because she saw Fang Wuying.

However, Lei Jun didn't say anything.

When the palace people left, Fang Wuying let out a sigh.

"Why are you here?" Lei Jun hurriedly asked. At this moment, he has a huge mystery hidden in his heart!

"Would you like to come and see your colleagues?" Fang Wuying said with a smile, "After two years of business trips, you forgot about your colleagues?" ”

It's good that he doesn't say this, as soon as he says this. Lei Jun's heart swelled with infinite sourness.

He slowly walked back to the table and sat down.

"You must have forgotten about me." He said lightly, "Although I am not qualified to ask you to remember me. ”

Although his tone was calm, Fang Wuying could still hear the resentment inside.

He sighed: "Lei Jun, things are not what you think, we can't come, we can't get by." ”

Lei Jun didn't understand what he meant for a while.

"The main gate has been closed for a whole year and a half, and it was only opened two months ago." Fang Wuying said, "And...... Su Hong is also missing, and as soon as you left, she disappeared. ”

These short sentences contain too much amazing information, and Lei Jun stood up in shock!

"What's going on?" He tried to force his voice. "Su Hong, how could she be missing?! How could the floodgates close?! ”

Fang Wuying smiled bitterly: "Okay, it's a long story, there are too many things for me to finish for a while, and I came to you tonight, not to report work." ”

"And what are you here for?"

"Hehe, do you really think of yourself as a leader?" Fang Wuying smiled again, "Actually, I'm not the only one here. Comrade Yang Guang, there are a lot of people in your palace tonight. ”

"A whole bunch of people?" Lei Jun was even more surprised!

"Others will talk about it later, there is a person, you have to meet now." Fang Wuying smiled and walked to the door again, he clapped his hands lightly.

Outside the door, a man stepped out of the shadows.

It was a teenage girl.

She was wearing a Sui Dynasty style red undergarment, a long brocade skirt between seven broken flowers, pure gold ornaments shimmering in her ears, her hair bun had not yet been coiled up, looking at her outfit, she was no different from a noble girl of the Sui Dynasty, only seeing her. Bowing her head and walking to Lei Jun, Ying Ying bowed: "...... The sons knocked to see their father. ”

Lei Jun was taken aback!

“…… Lei Lei? He asked tentatively. Is that you? ”

The girl sneered: "It's me, daddy!" ”

She raised her head, and Lei Jun saw it clearly. The familiar face of the girl under the light, who is it not her daughter Lei Lei?!

He was amazed and delighted!

"How are you?! How could it be you?! Lei Jun was so surprised that he couldn't speak, he grabbed his daughter, "Let me see!" Oh, my God. I haven't seen you grow so big for two years! ”

"Alright, you two will speak first." Fang Wuying said, "I'll go outside to let the wind out." ”

He jumped and ran out.

Waiting for Fang Wu to go out, Lei Jun's gaze returned to his daughter.

"Is Mommy alright?" He asked, "What about you?" How's it going......"

"Mom is fine." Lei Lei's eyebrows moved, "I'm fine, too, just ...... I miss my dad so much. ”

As she spoke, she began to cry.

Lei Jun held the girl in his arms, listening to his daughter's crying, and his heart was like a knife.

"I've suffered a lot in the past two years...... "It's my father's bad job to make it like this." ”

Lei Lei shook her head while crying.

She did grow up, and Lei Lei looked more mature and more like an adult than she had been two years ago. She's in her third year of high school this year......

Thinking of this, Lei Jun's heart moved!

"Lei Lei, why are you here? School is closed? ”

Lei Lei shook her head: "I took two days off. It doesn't matter, it's the official leave note written by Director Liang. ”

"Director Liang?!" Lei Jun was startled, "He's back?" ”

Lei Lei wiped her tears and nodded with a smile: "I'm back, I'm still like an old naughty boy." As much as I scared me, my dad was different from before, and he had to pay attention to the rules, and he couldn't talk casually like before. ”

Lei Jun sighed: "Lei Lei, do you think Dad has really changed?" ”

Lei Lei looked at him carefully and shook her head, "No." Although he has become a person in a costume drama now, it looks good this way. Better looking than the original shaved head as an underworld boss. ”

She even tugged at the wide sleeves of Lei Jun's robe.

Lei Jun also laughed: "This time, how long can you stay?" ”

"I'll have to go back the morning after tomorrow." Lei Lei was a little sad, "They have to send me back before they ......"

As the father and daughter were talking, Fang Wuying suddenly turned around and came in: "Lei Jun, Queen Xiao is here!" ”

Lei Lei was shocked!

"Daddy! ……”

"Why don't you hide first?" Fang Wuying said, "I'll take Lei Lei to hide behind......"

Lei Jun pondered for a moment and shook his head: "No." ”

"Huh?"

"You can't always hide Leilei and tuck it away." He said calmly, "What's the point of letting her see her?" ”

Fang Wuying smiled: "It's true, the princess is still hiding, that's not good." But I'll avoid it for a moment. ”

He turned and went inside.

Fang Wuying left with his front foot, and with his back foot, a voice from a palace person came from outside the door: "Your Majesty, the queen asks to see you." ”

"Let her in."

Lei Lei looked at Lei Jun a little nervously: "Dad......"

"It's okay." He whispered, "Don't be afraid if Dad is here." ”

At this time, Empress Xiao had already walked in. As soon as she entered the house, her eyes immediately fell on Lei Lei!

The girl was snuggling tightly in Yang Guang's arms, this ......

She was mistaken for a while, and hurriedly wanted to retreat: "It's not the right time for the concubine to come......"

"Zhen'er, wait a minute." Lei Jun stood up. "Don't shy away from it."

Lei Lei also realized that the other party had mistaken her identity, she quickly let go of her arm, walked in front of Empress Xiao in a proper manner, and bowed to Empress Xiao according to etiquette: "Lei Lei meets the queen mother." ”

Empress Xiao was frightened by her, and she said in surprise: "Your Majesty, this is ......"

"My daughter." Lei Jun smiled and said, "I haven't mentioned it to you Zhen'er, I only came to the palace today." ”

Empress Xiao stared at Lei Lei in surprise: "Is it Your Majesty's blood and bones?" ”

Indeed, this girl is too similar to Yang Guang, her eyebrows, eyes, facial features, face shape and eyes, all of them look alike!

In Xiao Hou's heart, he immediately believed it!

Probably the child born to Yang Guang and the folk women outside when he went out of the palace a few times in the past, she thought, she didn't expect to be able to find it now...... Who the hell is sending the princess back to the palace at such a time?!

"What's your name?" She smiled softly.

"Her name is Lei Lei...... Lei Jun said.

"Nope." Lei Lei interrupted her father, "My name is Yang Lei...... Dad, after you left last year, I went to change my name. ”

Lei Jun was stunned!

The daughter actually changed her surname herself, and she also changed her surname to Yang ...... This made Lei Jun not know what to say for a while.

After Lei Lei looked at Xiao again, she sighed silently in her heart.

The woman in front of her was slightly older than her mother, but her face was far more beautiful than her mother.

This is Daddy's wife, she suddenly thought. It was she who had been with her father for decades, and her mother was not actually her father's wife.

A strange feeling welled up in Lei Lei's heart.

"In this way, there is another princess in Dasui." Empress Xiao pulled Lei Lei to look at it, and she smiled. He took off a jade bracelet from his wrist and handed it to Lei Lei, "It's too rushed, this can be regarded as a meeting gift." ”

Lei Lei quickly took the thanks.

"Since she is a princess, she must have a title." Lei Jun smiled bitterly, "But ......"

"Dad......" Lei Lei suddenly whispered, "I don't want that." ”

She spoke Mandarin, which Xiao Hou couldn't understand.

Lei Jun was stunned, but nodded slightly: "Hmm." I don't want to give you any titles. ”

He understood exactly what his daughter meant.

Instead of being a princess of a dead country, it is better to be an ordinary modern person, such a miserable historical imprint, it is better not to deliberately leave it.

At this moment, footsteps sounded outside the door again, and the voice of a small child came: "Father! ”

Lei Jun's face changed!

Yang Gao has always been able to come close without reporting in the palace, Lei Jun didn't expect that at such a critical moment, his son would suddenly break in!

He turned his head and explained to Leilei. But the boy had already barged in!

"Father, queen, my mother asked why she didn't go over for dinner......"

Before he could finish his words, his eyes fell on Lei Lei!

Hearing the little boy's voice, Lei Lei understood who was coming, and then looked at her father's strange look. Lei Lei couldn't help but sigh deeply.

Lei Jun didn't know how to explain to his daughter for a while-Lei Lei, who is used to being an only daughter, what would she think when she saw Yang Gao?

"Lei Lei, this is ......" Lei Jun's tone was a little difficult.

"I know, he's a younger brother." Lei Lei interrupted him, and she walked up to Yang Gao with a smile, "Lei Lei has seen His Royal Highness King Zhao. ”

Brother......

Unexpectedly, Lei Lei actually admitted Yang Gao so directly, and for a while, Lei Jun had mixed feelings!!