Huaizhou official post. In the middle of the night.

"What are you doing?"

In the dark, hearing your voice ringing beside him, Wu Shun woke up suddenly. He jumped to his feet, and his dagger was already out of its scabbard.

You stand on the porch with a candlestick in your hand. "Why do you sit at my door and not go to bed in your room?" You ask.

Wu Shun rubbed his eyes and said, "During the day, you said that someone wanted to kill you. ”

"So you're just sitting here all night?" You say, "Take off your clothes, shoes, and socks, and go to bed." He couldn't have killed me without thousands of troops rushing up. ”

Wu Shun said: "But..."

You sighed and said, "But what, you slept so soundly, I have been next to you for a quarter of an hour, and you have not found out, can you still save me?" ”

Wu Shun muttered, "I can trip them up anyway." ”

You say, "If you're really worried, come in and sleep with me in a room with a bed." You sleep outside, and I have to worry about you. ”

"Cover it." You throw a thin quilt on an empty bed, "It's cold at night, and it's easy to catch a cold." ”

Wu Shun stuck out his tongue, got on the bed, and pulled the quilt on.

The moonlight shone through the window lattice on the floor of the room, and it was white.

Wu Shun rolled over on the bed, and the bed babbled.

You say, "Why don't you sleep yet?" ”

Wu Shun leaned on the pillow, opened his eyes and said, "Young master, you haven't been in Dongcheng for a few days, and you didn't know anyone before, how could there be someone who wanted to kill you?" ”

You say, "What's so strange. In this world, there are people all the time thinking about killing people who may be in their way. ”

Wu Shun said: "This is what I don't like about Dongcheng. Although the city is lively and fun, it is also full of bad guys. I still prefer Kiyokawa. Although you say that this kind of thinking is dust in my heart, I just miss Qingchuan very much. Although life is a little harder, people get along very well with each other. ”

You say, "You can't stay where you like all the time." ”

Wu Shun said: "I don't know what the people at home are doing these days when we come out. They certainly didn't expect us to be back so soon. ”

You don't have a voice.

Wu Shun said: "Actually, when I came out, I knew that we would go back soon. ”

You say, "Why?" ”

Wu Shun said: "Because you won't disappoint the people who want you to go back." ”

There was silence and no sound on your side. Wu Shun stretched out his head and glanced at you, and concluded that you were not asleep. So, he said, "I now know what home is." ”

You say, "What is it?" ”

Wu Shun said: "There is someone you like, and the place where you are waiting for you to go back is home." ”

You are silent for a while, and then you say, "Sleep." Too much nagging, and you won't be able to sleep. ”

Wu Shun stretched out his head again and glanced at you. He smiled quietly in the darkness, rolled over and lay down, closed his eyes, and said no more.

There was silence in the room. After a while, Wu Shun's side heard a soft snoring.

You lie on your bed with your hands behind your head, looking out the window at the moon. Your eyes sparkle in the moonlight. Wu Shun's words just now echoed in your mind: "The place where there is someone you like waiting for you to go back to is home." ”

You are my shadow in your heart.

"Have I ever had a home in this world? Will there be a home? Can I give her a home? "You ask yourself in your heart.

For each of these questions, you are not sure to answer in the affirmative.

Father is sitting in the side hall of the guest room waiting for you.

You push open the paper door and come in, kneel down and say hello: "Father got up so early, the son is not filial, he overslept, but he got up later than his father." ”

The father said, "I chatted with Wu Shun's kid last night." He slept in his room, but he snored at you in the morning. ”

You say, "He wasn't used to living in a strange place, and he slipped over at night." He was young and sleepy, and he was still asleep, and I didn't alarm him. ”

My father said, "You two, who is the master and who is the servant, sometimes I really don't know." ”

You say, "It's not that my son is breaking the rules." It's really his pitiful background, he was born a slave, he died several times, and his parents didn't know his name, and when his son thought of this, he couldn't help but want to be better to him. ”

The father said, "You are very much like your mother, soft-hearted and able to perceive the pain of others. Forget it, just let him sleep. We'll have eaten and we'll call him again. ”

My father rubbed his hands together and said, "It seems that the weather is much colder today, so you need to wear more clothes." Let's go out in a moment and put on a cape. When I was young, I didn't feel cold, but the cold still entered my body and was stored there. By the time I got my age, my whole body would ache. ”

You say, "The lesson of the father is that when his son goes out in a while, he should put on more clothes." Fathers also need to dress warmly. ”

The father said, "All right, sit down and eat." Breakfast has been up for a while. ”

You say, "I'll help my father make porridge." ”

My father kept serving you food and said, "Eat more." Today is a day's journey, and there are no post stations or market towns on the way. ”

Father sighed as he watched you eat.

My father said: "All these years in Qingchuan, life has been very hard. Now that you're home, you don't have to be as reserved as you are at the Taoist temple. At home, if you want to eat, you can tell the kitchen to do it. When you go back this time, you will probably have a lot of time to live in the barracks, and although you can do what you want to do, life will be hard again after all. Alas, although you are also a child of the hairpin family, you have not enjoyed anything since you were a child. Although I am very strict with Jing Yun, his life is still much more comfortable than yours. Thinking of this, the father feels very guilty, feeling that he is too strict with you, and his heart is too hard. ”

You say: "My son thinks that the life of both Qingchuan and the barracks is very good, simple and modest, and my son likes this life very much, and he doesn't feel any hardship." The son is a son-in-law, who is in the country and at home, has heavier responsibilities, and is more self-disciplined. ”

The father said: "Alas, although Jingyun can also do things, but he, if he can be as sensible as you, my father will be relieved." ”

You say, "The eldest brother is also very diligent, and he does a lot of work for his father." ”

The father said, "You are always very protective of him. If he can protect you like this, brothers work together, this family can be regarded as prosperous and dependent. ”

You say, "Big brother has always taken good care of us." There's nothing wrong with us. ”

The father said, "Well, let's not talk about him." When you go back this time, where do you plan to start recruiting soldiers? What do you think? ”

You say, "My son has thought about it." I want to go to Uncle Chen's old ministry to recruit soldiers. Uncle Chen's deputy, General Sun Zhanming, is still serving as the deputy chief soldier at Yantang Pass, and his son wants to go to his army to select soldiers, but I don't know what his father thinks. ”

Father laughed: "You have such a good eye. The soldiers under Brother Zhan Ming are the most elite and capable soldiers on our northern front. Brother Zhan Ming and I have been friends for many years, and he will definitely help with this favor. When I return, I will send him a letter and make an appointment to choose with you for the Father. You do your errand, and I'll go see my old friend. ”

You say, "Thank you, Father." ”

The father said, "As for the soldiers, the king of Han has given it to you." You took away such an elite soldier and horse, you must train hard, if you can't have an impressive change, I'm afraid it will be a lot of public opinion. ”

You say, "Father, rest assured." The son takes away the country's elite soldiers, and he will return the country to an invincible army. ”

The father said, "Father, I can trust you, and my father will always support you." ”