Looking at the silent Xiao Yuanqi, Xiao Pingzhang couldn't help but think of himself. His father treated him like a parent, taught him carefully, and never deliberately concealed that he was not his own, but it was not obvious.

In fact, Xiao Pingzhang faintly has some childhood memories, when his father and mother silently hugged him tightly, but their last words were only one sentence: "Child, cherish." Then they both committed suicide in front of him. At the age of five, he was too ignorant to know what death represented, he just thought that his father and mother were playing some game, and soon his father came and brought him back to the Changlin Palace, and his memory gradually blurred.

Over the years, this memory suddenly became clear, until the year before last, when he knew that the war in the north was dangerous, he was not absolutely sure, and he didn't want to die in confusion, so he went to Langya Pavilion in August to ask for answers.

After the First World War in Ganzhou, he returned to Jinling to recuperate, and his father personally took him to his father's grave and told him everything about the incident, as well as their past. Yuan Zhou and his entourage really let him let go of this matter and no longer be obsessed. I vividly remember my father's lament when he talked about his father and his regret for not finding it in time and pulling him out of the abyss.

And now he is standing in front of Yuan Qi, who is also struggling on the edge, if he is not careful, Yuan Qi will become the next one like his father, which is regrettable in vain.

Xiao Pingzhang said slowly: "Fame, fortune, wealth and authority are just vanity and floating dreams, if you are too persistent, you will be enslaved for it, so you don't have to care too much." ”

This is what the three of them have experienced, but just saying this is inevitably too pale, and there is a feeling that standing and talking does not hurt his back, but he must say.

"Since the establishment of the Changlin Army, the Changlin man has been loyal to the people and has not changed in the slightest, and my father has passed on his bones to me, and I also hope that the bones of Changlin can be passed on. But the spirit of Changlin is not only in the Changlin Army, all my people in Daliang should have this military backbone. ”

Looking at Xiao Yuanqi as if he was confused, Xiao Pingzhang's words were earnest but serious: "Yuanqi, Brother Pingzhang hopes that you can understand what is right and wrong, what can be done, and what should not be done." People, after all, must not change their original intentions, so that they can always, and before they die, they can say to themselves that they are worthy of their hearts in this life. Yuan Qi, is your original intention still there? ”

Where is the original intention?

Such a question was like a thunderstorm in June, and it smashed into Xiao Yuanqi's heart with great accuracy. He also asked himself in his heart, what was his original intention?

Life is really fickle, a year ago he was a child of an idle clan, and he admired his deceased father very much, and traveled abroad after begging his mother. As if destined in the dark, he met four people who were about to be wiped out and fled, and after knowing that someone was deliberately blocking military funds, after the incident was leaked, he killed people in the dark night, and then he pulled out a knife to help, and then he was involved in such a deep case.

What did he think at the time? He still remembered what the doctor he saved thought about when he heard Uncle Tai's words that he was worried about his safety, saying that it would not affect him.

At that time, although he was free, but in the end his heart was prosperous, and he was often dissatisfied with his inaction, and the doctor's clear and sincere words were coincidentally poked at his sensitive heart, and he always felt that he did not believe that he had the power to take responsibility, and there was a kind of anger in his heart, which was quite stiff in his response: "As a close relative of the royal family, I have to be clothed and fed, and I naturally have to bear the responsibility of the family and the country." In the event of such a scourge on the border, isn't it what my Xiao family children should be in charge of? ”

If he said it in his anger, it wasn't from the bottom of his heart? As Xiao Pingzhang said, he used to have the character of a Changlin man, but he was slapped hard by reality.

The figure that was incomparably majestic in his heart suddenly collapsed, his father did not die of a violent illness, but committed the great crime of greedy for military resources to plague the border, compared to what he had said and done, it was really a great irony, and his admiration for his reverence was a great joke. And his mother, such a loving mother who taught him carefully in her duty, even did the act of killing her sisters and secretly denying other people's children.

However, in just over a year, Xiao Yuanqi's world has been turned upside down.

To this day, is his original intention really still there?

Xiao Yuanqi was extremely confused, the past things were hovering in front of him, not only the past feasting and drinking together, playing polo, but also the encounter of Changlin Palace, and the words of Puyang Ying and Mo Zihou were also sharp as a knife in the heart, lingering. So he hesitated, not knowing what to choose, but he also knew that once he took that step, he could never turn back.

But what exactly did he want?

There was no answer, only a long silence.

Lin Xi, who had not spoken since stepping here, suddenly said: "The world is impermanent, and the idealism cannot be disappointed. I just don't know that after this change, Yuan Qike is still the kind, righteous, uneven road to pull out the sword to help, and the righteous word is the first to stand up to this Xiao Yuanqi? ”

Xiao Yuanqi was a little incredulous, although he had known Lin Xi for a short time, he also knew her temperament, Lin Xi had an indifferent temperament and was benevolent, but he never said anything, and he didn't care about the rights and wrongs of others, when they walked together, she would never say much if it was not necessary. Now he said so much to him, and between his words was very much identified with him in the past, and he was also very concerned about him now. Lin Xi thinks so highly of him, and he also regards him as a friend, right? A warm current suddenly rose in his heart.

Xiao Pingjing was extremely uncomfortable by this solemn atmosphere, and at the same time, he didn't understand very well, didn't they come to care because they were afraid that Yuan Qi would be bullied by that Mozi Marquis? How can you listen to the meaning of the eldest brother and Lin Xi, are you afraid that Yuan Qi will go the wrong way? He came up and gently hammered Xiao Yuanqi's shoulder with his fist, and said, "Look at what you said so seriously, hasn't Yuanqi always been like this?" ”

Covering the place where he was hammered, Xiao Yuanqi smiled helplessly, and he only had peace, believing him unreservedly. Immediately relieved, only such a person who has no distractions like a child, can be as yearning as the sun, and be friends with such a person, never have to worry that he will stab you in the back. But in the same way, if the mind is not pure, it is inevitable to be poked in the eyes by such a person, because the more pure and flawless he is, the more he can see how small and ugly he is.

In the end, Xiao Yuanqi just smiled and didn't say anything, and Xiao Pingzhang and Lin Xi didn't have to force him to say it, this person has a rebellious heart, and forcing him too hard will only backfire. Take your time.