In the middle of the afternoon of this day, a palace guard in disguise came to the Lu Mansion, who was Wushu who often traveled with the prince.

When he arrived at the gate of the Lu Mansion, he asked the Lu Mansion guard to tell Lu Shikang that a man named Wushu had come to look for him.

The gatekeeper immediately went to report it. Soon, Wu Shu was invited to Lu Shikang's room.

In the room, Wu Shu bluntly said that the reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked him to come over was to invite him to Hongzhou, south of Chen Zhou, to meet him and discuss the rehabilitation.

After pondering for a while, Lu Shikang asked him to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince first, and he would leave for Hongzhou tomorrow.

The reason why I didn't go with Wushu today was because of the slow speed at which His Royal Highness the Crown Prince led his troops, and even if he set off tomorrow, he would probably have to wait in Hongzhou for several days to wait for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his army.

After Wu Shu left, Lu Shikang went to his father's room, and he could not tell his father about the trivial things on weekdays, today's affairs were very important, and the travel time would inevitably be long, so he could not go privately.

Today is the day of the prefect Lu's vacation, and when Lu Shikang walked to his courtyard, he saw his father sitting by the window in the open window of the study.

So he went straight to the study.

After he said the news brought by Wushu, Lu Zhifu asked suspiciously: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked you to go to Hongzhou to discuss rehabilitation?" You? Not your second brother? ”

"Since he came all the way to talk to me, it should be me." Lu Shikang said.

If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to find his second brother, he would naturally inform the second brother directly in the capital to go with him, why let the martial arts come all the way.

"But what are you capable of?" Governor Lu looked up at the third son standing in the room and said.

In his opinion, he is just a talent.

"What the father said is that the child is really incompetent." Lu Shikang said.

"Then you still agreed to the past? There must be many counselors who go with you, where is your share in speaking? Besides, you're just a civilian. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked the child to pass, why should the child not go?"

"Find an excuse to shirk now, but it's better to be disappointed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and send you back in the future."

In his opinion, this is an inevitable thing.

He thinks that his third son is a little clever at best, and that the strategist needs to be ambitious.

The most important thing is that deep down he doesn't want him to go, and he wants to discourage him in every word.

In his opinion, the Hu family's world is important, but compared with the safety of his children, the latter is naturally important.

He is not a great sage, and he cannot be loyal to the sake of righteousness without regard for the safety of his children.

What's more, this is still the son who has the heaviest weight in his heart.

Besides, this war has nothing to do with his third son, and since he is not an officialdom who takes advantage of the imperial court, he naturally does not have to take that risk.

If the court lets you go, then it is naturally your responsibility.

His selfish heart to protect his son was naturally noticed by Lu Shikang at a glance.

It was Lu Shikang who said: "Father rest assured, the child will be careful." ”

Seeing that there was not the slightest hesitation on the third son's face, Governor Lu knew that he couldn't persuade him.

He knows the temperament of the third son very well.

So he sighed and said, "Since you are going, your father can't stop you, so you can do it yourself on the battlefield......

"Yes, the child remembers his father's teachings." Lu Shikang said and bowed down and walked out,

After only two steps, I heard my father behind me say: "Also, if you want to go, go quietly by yourself tomorrow, don't be known by others in the house." I'll talk to you when you're gone. ”

Lu Zhifu is mainly afraid that the old lady and Mrs. Lu will know, he knows better than anyone else, if they know, I am afraid that they will stop it, advise, be sad, and cry again, and they will know that this house will not want to live in peace today.

Lu Shikang understood and said, "Yes, father." ”

After he left, he didn't know that his father had a look of distress and worry in his eyes when he looked at his back.

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When it was about to be dusk, Aoeda saw that no one was coming for a while, so he planned to close the store.

When she was about to close the door of the pharmacy, a child came running outside the door, and the child said to her: "Doctor Kong, there is a wall in the Yuzhao teahouse that is sick, and some people say that the owner of the teahouse said that you should go over and take a look quickly." ”

The boy ran away as he spoke.

Qingzhi was stunned for a moment, thinking back to the child's words, and smiled bitterly in his heart, this is the rhythm of being ridiculed again and again once it goes wrong?

You don't have to think about it to know that it was Lu Shikang who asked this child to come over to spread the word, and he was waiting for him in the Yuzhao Teahouse.

However, it seems that it has been less than five days since the last time I saw him, and it has only been three days since the count, so doesn't he want to see himself once in five days?

When he was puzzled, he heard Qian Liu say in a very surprised tone behind his back: "Hey, what did that kid say just now?" Is the wall of the Yuzhao teahouse sick? The boss told you to pass? Why don't I understand? How can a wall be sick? If the wall shows signs of collapsing, isn't it time to find the people who built the house? What's the use of looking for you? You're going to see a doctor, when will you be able to see a house? What a strange thing! Is the boss crazy? ”

Qingzhi hurriedly said: "Maybe the child passed on the wrong word." After all, children are small, and it is possible to pass on the wrong words if they don't understand them......"

That's all she could explain.

Qian Liu suddenly realized, nodded and said: "Yes, there is this possibility, then you can go and take a look, it is estimated that there is a patient in the teahouse who wants to invite you over." ”

"Well, there is no one today, Qian Liu, you can go back to the room. I'll go back as soon as I go. Qingzhi said and went out of the door and walked towards the Yuzhao Teahouse.

Halfway down the road, it was already dark, and the shops in the streets and alleys were lit up.

Lanterns on the walls outside the shops have also been lit.

On such an autumn night, the lights are dim, the lanterns are swaying in the wind, and the leaves are fluttering and falling under the lights, with an indescribable sense of gloom.

After turning east and west, she walked downstairs to the Yuzhao Teahouse, and then went up to the second floor, and after arriving at the second floor, she went straight to the private room where she leaned on the wall and eavesdropped on that day.

When the curtain was lifted, he saw Lu Shikang sitting and drinking tea, and a candle on the table reflected his face.

His face was still as handsome as before, but for some reason, she seemed to see a hint of surprise on his face.

Seeing her come in, he raised his head and looked at her face, and the trace of amazement disappeared, so he heard him say, "Doctor Kong is tired of walking, sit." ”

She slowly walked to the table, sat down opposite him, and asked, "I don't know why Lu Gongzi called me over today, it seems that today is only three days away from the previous day......

"If you don't see you for a day, you will be separated by three autumns, and now it is three days, in the eyes of my son, it is like nine years......"