It was almost evening, and the adjutant who had gone out to inquire about the news returned with the news.

"General, my subordinates found out the news of Zhong Sangongzi, he was under the banner of General Wang at this time, and when I found him, he also made it clear that he didn't want to come back."

"General Wang?" Zhao Yiyan raised his eyebrows, General Wang is a good general, brave and resourceful and leading the army in a good way, it is also a good choice to be under his command. It's just that General Wang's training is a bit ruthless, and he is afraid that he will have to suffer! However, since he has entered the barracks, he must go to the battlefield. Sweat more on weekdays, and only in wartime can you shed less blood.

"That's right. It's just that Zhong Sangongzi didn't want his identity to be known, so I didn't expose myself. The adjutant spoke respectfully.

"Okay, I got it!" Zhao Yiyan's brows furrowed, he could feel Zhongli's resistance to Zhong Liyue's soldiering, and now Zhongliyue clearly said that he would not come back, although he expected it, but he couldn't bear Zhongli's disappointment, Zhao Yiyan was a little embarrassed about this matter.

Seeing Zhao Yiyan like this, the adjutant took out a letter from his sleeve and presented it, "General, this is the letter that Zhong Sangongzi asked his subordinates to bring back, and he said that if Zhong Ergongzi asks, he will ask you to hand over the letter to Ergongzi." ”

Zhao Yiyan took the letter and waved his hand to signal the adjutant to go down.

He took the letter and sent it for a while, his heart was quite hesitant, the courage and decisiveness belonging to General Zhao and King Qingyang had long disappeared at this time, and there was no trace. He thought about how he would explain Zhongli for a while, and then he thought about how sad Zhongli should be to know the news, and after thinking about it, it was already dark outside, so he took his things and went to Zhongli's room.

At this time, Zhongli had already woken up, and after enough rest, Zhongli was much more comfortable, Rumo was not there, she looked around before she thought about what place this was, and suddenly frowned and exhaled a breath of turbidity, reached out and rubbed her eyes, and got up to get out of bed.

At this time, it was already dark, and as soon as he got out of bed, a stream of cold air poured in along the quilt corner, and the cold Zhongli shivered fiercely. Only then did she realize that the charcoal basin in the house had long been extinguished!

At this time, Zhao Yiyan walked over from outside with a letter, and when he saw her get out of bed, he strode over a few times, domineeringly pushed Zhongli back into the quilt, tucked the corners of the quilt, and then closed the door and frowned and said unhappily: "You are still injured now, don't you know that you can't see the wind?" ”

Faced with Zhao Yiyan's angry questioning, Zhongli was speechless.

But after only a few seconds, Zhao Yiyan was furious and yelled outside, "What about you people? Are they all dead? The charcoal basin in the house is already cold, don't you know how to add carbon? Who's out there today? Drag me down, hit! "Originally, he was in a state of panic, but now they happened to hit the muzzle of the gun and became the object of his emotions.

The old housekeeper hurried over when he heard the news, just in front of Zhongli's helpless persuasion, he sighed helplessly in his heart, and hurriedly added fuel to the fire, "Lord Wang, even if it is a punishment, you have to wait until Zhong Gongzi is gone, right?" After all, you are like this, but the black pot is Zhong Gongzi's back, and maybe Zhong Gongzi will misunderstand you, so the gains outweigh the losses, isn't it? ”

Zhao Yiyan frowned, turned his head to look at Zhongli, but saw her pale face, black apricot eyes looking at her, nodded quickly and nodded again, looking at him with a blank look, it was completely pitiful.

Only then did he nod coldly, and the old butler also retreated with a smile, he knew that as long as it was said to Zhong Gongzi, the prince would not be right. It's just that he is helpless in his heart, as long as the second son of the Zhong family is involved, the prince seems to be like a different person.

Zhongli also lay back on the bed and let out a heavy breath, but she stared at the thing in Zhao Yiyan's hand with burning eyes and said, "Is there any news of my third brother?" "I didn't dare to say it when I saw it before, but now I can't help it anymore.

Zhao Yiyan sighed, he knew that he couldn't hide it, shook his head and sat down on the side of Zhongli's bed, and said, "I found it, but he didn't want to come back." ”

Hearing that he had found it, Zhongli's heart finally let go, but the second half of Zhao Yiyan's words made Zhongli's heart rise again, his face was pale, and he was reluctant to come back.

"I see!" She smiled bitterly, where else did she not understand? This kid probably got into the horns, and felt that only when he had the power could he protect them. But what he didn't know was that power was a double-edged sword, and he would hurt himself if he was not careful, not to mention that it was still their Zhong family who hid secrets?

Seeing Zhongli's dejected appearance, Zhao Yiyan couldn't bear to look at it anymore, and handed the letter in his hand to Zhongli, "This is a letter written to you by your third brother, take a look at it yourself." ”

Zhongli took the letter and looked at the four words "Second Brother Personally Enlightened" written on it, and his expression was a little trance-like for a moment. It was like a feeling of homesickness, and with the letter in her hand, she didn't have the courage to open it.

Zhao Yiyan didn't bother her, got up and left the room, and intimately closed the door for her. It's not early, he wants to see if there are any big things in the kitchen to make up for Zhongli's body.

Zhongli watched the letter for a long time before she opened it and read it. She read it very carefully, and it took more than half an hour to read the letter.

After reading it, Zhongli's mood was very complicated.

On the one hand, she was very happy that Zhong Liyue had grown up and had her own ideas, but on the other hand, she had a sour feeling in her heart, like a child who had been carefully raised by herself, and suddenly became someone else's.

"Second brother, don't persuade me, you told us that a gentleman does something and doesn't. You also told us the story of the flight of the eaglet. I know you want to hold us up, but in the end, you can't do it alone. I can't be taken care of and protected by you and my eldest brother with peace of mind, I want to have my own piece of the sky, if there is really that day, I hope you and my eldest brother will not be sad and sad, I am too stupid to learn to fly, and I can't complain about others. ”

She sniffed, endured and endured but still couldn't hold back, tears fell down her cheeks, and her heart became heavier and heavier.

She shouldn't have told them so many big truths, and now she has become a stone that has been lifted, and she has smashed herself in the foot. This kid only said that he wanted to fly, but never said why he wanted to fly, did he think that he couldn't think of it if he didn't say it? Wouldn't he feel guilty and blame himself if he didn't say it?

Zhao Yiyan walked around outside the door, listening to the suppressed cry in his heart, his heart was twisted, fortunately Zhong Liyue was not in his own barracks, if it was, he was sure that he would not let this kid see the sun tomorrow. Finally waiting for Zhongli to cry and laugh a little, Zhao Yiyan knocked on the door, "Zhongli, have you finished reading?" ”

"I'm done." Zhongli said sullenly.

"And what do you say?" Zhao Yiyan turned his head to look at her somewhat red and swollen eyes, and couldn't help but sigh, "If you really want him to come back, I can do it." "It's just that it's the way to go.

Zhao Yiyan did not sit next to Zhongli, but sat on the edge of the brazier in the house, roasting for a while before coming over.

Zhongli bit her lip and didn't speak, in fact, she herself had already compromised now, after all, this kid had already made up her mind, even if she brought him back, would it be possible to still watch him every day?

After a series of events, Zhongli slowly stopped thinking, and he shook his head at Zhao Yiyan, "Forget it, don't trouble the prince!" ”

Zhao Yiyan didn't know what she was thinking, and she explained: "I know you think you can live well in business, but everyone has their own ideals and ambitions. Ancestral training is ancestral training, but in the end, people are alive, and ancestral training is dead, isn't it? ”

Facing Zhao Yiyan's words, Zhongli pulled out a smile with difficulty, his eyes flickered a few times, and he didn't speak.

"Also, you have so many children in your family, do you plan to make them merchants for the rest of their lives?" Speaking of this, Zhongli glanced at Zhao Yiyan deeply, and the latter hurriedly changed his words, "I don't mean to look down on merchants, but now this society is like this, no matter how talented and capable you are, as long as others hear that you are a merchant, your status in the hearts of others will be inferior." The gap between wealthy families and lowly merchants does not change overnight. ”

Zhongli didn't want to admit that what he said was the truth, but he knew that it was right.

Zhongli closed his eyes, "I know. She still remembered the tragic death of her mother at that time, and Zhongli didn't want to go through that experience again. Only by experiencing it can he know the correctness of his mother's original words.

Even if you are poor, even if you are miserable, so what? At least they're alive.

He would rather be in that small mountain village now, living in peace in exchange for his mother's rebirth, but it is no longer possible.

"And now that he has this mind, I'm afraid it's not so easy for him to give up." Zhao Yiyan still hoped that Zhong Li would agree with Zhong Liyue's idea, so that the relationship between him and Zhong Li could go further.

Zhao Yiyan said that Zhongli didn't know, although she had accepted it in her heart, she was still unwilling, and said to Zhao Yiyan: "You help me prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone, I will write a letter to him personally." ”

Zhao Yiyan glanced at Zhongli, and seeing that there was a serious look between her eyebrows and eyes, he had no choice but to sigh and get up to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Because he knew Zhong Liyue's whereabouts, the letter was quickly delivered to him, but the news that the adjutant brought back was the same as before, and he still didn't want to come back.

Zhongli had already guessed that this was the result, and she sighed tiredly, "General, please go out first, I want to be alone and quiet." ”

Zhao Yiyan didn't bother Zhongli, got up and went out to leave the space to Zhongli.

Zhongli lay quietly in the room for a while, and finally she made up her mind and agreed to Zhongli Yue to be a soldier.