The study finally fell silent.

Song Jing stood up, opened the small bookcase behind him, and removed all the books at the bottom, revealing a small locked wooden box.

Turning back to his place, he placed the wooden box on the table, unlocked it, and took out a thick stack of letters.

Taken apart one by one, the letters are all signed by Meng Guangxiao - the name of Meng Lizheng.

Since Song Jing entered Beijing to take the exam, he will write a letter back to his family every half month.

The letter was divided into two letters, one was sent to Songjia Village to Meng's family, and the other was sent to Dafeng Village to Meng Lizheng.

In this regard, Meng Lizheng was very moved.

Because of some things in the early years, Meng Shi has always been suspicious of his eldest brother, and he also feels guilty and panicked. But Song Jing is sensible and has no resentment towards him, but always remembers the insignificant assistance he gave secretly.

But that's all, although there is no suspicion between the uncle and nephew, it is not very close. Unexpectedly, people left Dafeng Village, and the contact was closer than before.

In fact, the letter is nothing else, it is a daily greeting, and by the way, he is in Beijing.

Meng Lizheng's reply was also very dry, nothing more than telling him to take care of his body, always be motivated, not to cause trouble, and to be filial to Meng, nothing else.

But it was such a dry letter, but Song Jing read it again and again I don't know how many times.

Because in the letter, Meng Lizheng occasionally mentioned things in the village.

For example, whose son married a daughter-in-law, whose daughter found her in-law, whose old man died, whose family got a new doll.

For example, there are three new workshops in the village, and the villagers all go into the workshops to do things, and they are bent on making money, and there are fewer troublemakers, and everyone's life is getting better and better.

For example, there may be a school in the village, and all the children who work in the workshop can go to school for free, and those in other villages can also go to school if they pay the bundles, and those who can't afford to pay the bundles don't have to worry, and the school will give scholarships and grants to smart students......

These, Meng Li is writing with relish, no matter how big or small.

But who ran the workshop and who built the school was not mentioned.

Despite this, Song Jing still saw the shadow of a person from between the lines.

So he watched it over and over again, as if he couldn't get enough of it.

For it is only in these letters that he can get a moment of respite and indulge himself in thinking about things that are out of reach and impractical.

He watched it so many times that he even had a dream.

In the dream, he wore a coarse green robe, returned to Dafeng Village, and became a master of the new school.

He was teaching the children, so much so that he forgot the time, until a slender and graceful figure appeared at the door of the school, with clear eyes and smiling eyebrows, beckoning him home for dinner.

He hurriedly closed the book, ignored the laughter in the room, and said that he was coming, and his footsteps could not wait to run towards the woman.

The two chatted about what to eat at noon and what to tell the students in the afternoon, and went home hand in hand.

In dreams, this seems to be a very common scene.

But for some reason, he felt even happier than the day he crossed the horse on the street, so happy that he laughed out loud.

For this reason, he also frightened Guanyan - Guanyan was rescued by Song Jing on the way to Beijing, and later followed Song Jing and ran errands for him, even if Song Jing couldn't pay him at all at that time.

Since following Song Jing, Guanyan has often seen him laugh, but he has never seen him smile like that. He thought the adults must be frightened, so he woke them up.

After Song Jing woke up, he lost his temper with him for the first time, and then apologized again.

After that, he tried to continue the dream, but failed.

Until one night, when he fell asleep at his desk, he returned to the scene - he closed the book and ran to the woman at the door.

But this time, no matter how hard he tried, no matter how big his steps were, he just couldn't get in front of her.

Obviously, it is only three or five paces away.

He was sweating profusely and anxious, but he could only watch as the two of them got farther and farther apart......

Sweet dreams come true.

Recalling this, the feeling of powerlessness and tearing hit his heart again, Song Jing closed his eyes, calmed down and continued to read the letter.

I read it one by one, and in a relaxed and happy way, I soon came to the penultimate one.

After only a few lines, the few faint smiles that had just appeared in his eyes dimmed a little.

The letter was sent from Dafeng Village in late July, and in the letter, the uncle mentioned Ji Yu for the first time.

first described in detail the love between Ji Yu and his husband, and then casually mentioned one thing - Ji Yu is pregnant.

The words are very determined, saying that everyone in the village is spreading it, and it is true that there are ten 仈 Jiǔ.

Song Jing still remembers that when he first read this letter, he felt like he had been hit hard and his mind was empty for a whole day.

Looking at it now, it's still the same.

This feeling is the same as when he first learned that Ji Yu was married.

The news of Ji Yu's marriage, he only learned about it for a long time. Everyone hid it from him, and it was Lu Yu who inquired about him and told him.

When he learned that Ji Yu's wedding date was not long after him, he once wondered if it was because of him. Because she ruined her reputation or broke her heart, she found someone to marry......

Lu Yu said that it was the people from the Ji family's old house who came to force him to marry, so that Ji Yu would marry in a hurry, so that he didn't have to feel too guilty.

But is he more than guilty?

He never thought that Ji Yu would marry that homeless man.

He had guarded against Hu Liang, but he had never taken the homeless man to heart, even if he had told Ji Yu to send the person away earlier, it was more for her safety.

But in the end, it was this homeless man who appeared out of thin air who married Ji Yu?

He couldn't describe his mood, and even thought about it, if Ji Yu was not doing well......

But, even if Ji Yu is not doing well, what can he do?

He didn't even have the qualifications to appear in front of her, let alone a husband.

Until the beginning of June, after parting with Fang Yuzhi, there were faint signs of recovery in a corner of my heart.

However, knowing that his son is Mo Ruo's mother, how can Meng Shi not see through his son? This time, she neither punished kneeling nor moved the family law, nor did she say a superfluous word, and directly let the coffin into the door.

The seedlings that had just broken through the soil in Song Jing's heart were blown away by the wind and rain in an instant. And the letter from Ji Yu that she was pregnant made him completely dead.

Husband and wife are in love, and they are about to have children...... It's good that she's doing well.

This kind of ordinary life is what he envies, and it is also something he can't give.

Because he was carrying chains, one end of the chain was in Meng's hands, and the other end was in the officialdom.

I can't help myself, and it's hard to move an inch.

Unless he can......

Song Jing's eyes were slightly gloomy, and he put the letter into the box.

The wooden box was divided into two layers, and his hand wandered around the border between the upper and lower layers for a while, but it did not open after all.

Guan Yan settled Lu Yu well, returned to the study, and saw that Song Jing was still studying at the desk, so he opened his mouth to persuade:

"It's not too early, my lord, you've drunk again, and you have nothing to do, why don't you rest early?"

"Who said there was nothing to do?"

Guan Yan hesitated: "The East Palace is still empty—"

It is precisely because the East Palace is empty that Song Jing is far more idle after his transfer than in the Hanlin Academy, but he often arranges a lot of things for himself, so that he can't stop.

"There will be a master soon."

Guan Yan was shocked: "Zheng Guifei is going to give birth?" ”

No, it doesn't seem to be time yet.

Moreover, even if the concubine is born, she will not live in the East Palace immediately.

Remembering that someone came to the door late at night a few days ago, Guanyan knew that it might be related to this, but he didn't ask any more questions.

"The adult is Zuo Zhongyun, just record the daily life of the prince, teaching is not an adult's errand, why worry too much about preparing this?"

Song Jing stopped writing, and the jade smiled.

"Who can say what will happen in the future? Be prepared. ”