In front of the side door of Zhu's mansion, Zhao Chen took out the key and opened the lock.

"Let's go and let the kitchen cook the pot meat first, and then dig out the jar of wine under the old tree in the west courtyard and warm it, be careful not to let people catch it, I'll go see Zhu Li."

Ignoring Shuangxi, whose whole face fell, she walked to the backyard after giving the order.

The house was eerily quiet, except for the occasional slight sound of snow sliding down from the eaves.

Surprised, she went straight into the hospital.

In front of the room sat a little girl of twelve or thirteen years old, who was carefully carving the wooden block in her hand, and she didn't even notice it.

Zhao Chen walked over with a smile, bent down and asked, "Xiao Chanchan, is your son-in-law still alive?" ”

Chan'er raised her head suddenly, and when she saw that it was Zhao Chen, her eyes were instantly filled with moisture, and she cried out at once: "You can count it!" Childe is about to be killed! I wanted to go to you, but Childe wouldn't—"

"Don't cry, don't cry, didn't I come?" Zhao Chen wiped her face with his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, he is a cockroach, where is it so easy to die?" ”

Chan'er slapped her in disgust, and said angrily: "The son can't get out of bed, and you still tease him!" ”

At this time, Zhu Li's shout came from the house: "Shi'an, you don't say a few cool words!" I hear it all! ”

Zhao Chen responded with a smile, Shi'an, it was the queen mother who gave her the words.

"Listen, my ears are not broken, and my voice is full of energy." She pinched Chan'er's face lightly, "You little girl, scare yourself." ”

Chan'er burst into tears and laughed, patted the sawdust off her body, and pulled Zhao Chen into the house.

The room was stuffy and hot, and it was full of the choking smell of medicine.

Zhao Chen held his breath and pushed open the window and complained: "If you are really dead, you will definitely be smoked to death." ”

Zhu Li lay on the bed and looked at her, her handsome face was blue and purple, and when she smiled slightly, there was a pear vortex.

"Why are you here?"

"Pinch your fingers, my brother is in trouble, dare to be affectionate..."Zhao Chen sat on the edge of the bed, slapped his hand casually, and said with a wicked smile: "My ass is broken!" ”

Zhu Li screamed in pain, hurriedly dodged her hand, and suddenly blushed: "You! You, don't do anything! ”

"What a shame!" Zhao Chen laughed, "It's not the first time that your ass has been beaten like this!" ”

"No, it's not, you, we're all grown up, we can't kiss, don't kiss—"

"What are all big men afraid of?" Zhao Chen fell onto the bed nonchalantly, turned his head sideways and asked, "Also, didn't you relapse from the old disease you were beaten?" ”

Zhu Li has always been ridiculed by his peers since he was a child because of his size, and over time he fell into a stuttering problem.

The first time Zhao Chen had an impression of him was the day he entered the school.

In fact, she just wanted to ask what the other party's name was, so that she could be close, who would have thought, this little fat man didn't say it for a long time, but made the hall laugh, and finally ran away crying.

With a guilty mentality, she grabbed the child who took the lead in laughing at Zhu Li, and even beat and kicked it, causing the first disaster after arriving in the capital, and since then she has become a ferromagnet with Zhu Li.

And then -

"No, the tongue you have practiced with me for so long will not be useless." Zhu Li laughed as he spoke, looked at Zhao Chen, who was paralyzed beside him, and suddenly asked, "If you hadn't asked me that year, what would have happened to everything?" ”

"I'll still help you beat them up, help you lose that fat, and you'll still sneak to see me in the middle of the night." She grinned, "We'll still be good brothers!" ”

The laughter of the two of them reached the outside of the house, and the eyes of the men in the courtyard were filled with relief.

After a while, he put away his unconscious smile and pushed the door and roared: "Little cub! Who allowed you to dig up my wine? ”

"The time and place are favorable, this wine should be in the stomach today." Zhao Chen sat up, pulled the other party to sit down, skillfully rubbed the other party's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Besides, if you dig it out, you can't bury it back." ”

Zhu Li looked at the person who came, and was awkward for a while before shouting in a low voice: "Dad." ”

Zhu Chongyuan snorted: "Shi'an let the kitchen stew meat, hurry up and clean up and eat!" With that, he got up and left.

Speaking of which, Zhao Chen and these two people are also related.

Zhu Chongyuan followed the old martial king to fight in the east and west when he was a teenager, and after his wife died of illness, he took Zhu Li alone for a few years before marrying the eldest princess under the mediation of all parties.

If it weren't for some changes later, she would have called Zhu Chongyuan an uncle.

Walking to the front yard with Zhu Li on her legs, she put away her thoughts and said helplessly: "You said you too, why bother to fight with him?" He beat you, you hurt and he didn't feel good—"

I don't know what kind of crime the father and son made, Lao Tzu is a general of a hundred battles, but he doesn't let his son learn martial arts; The son is a martial arts idiot, he has been beaten thousands of eight hundred times, and he still can't die of the heart of learning martial arts.

When she saw Zhu Li when she was a child, she felt that it was probably the last time.

Zhu Li pursed his lips stubbornly, without the slightest intention of making a sound.

What can I do if I don't listen to persuasion?

Zhao Chen shook his head secretly, and after seeing Shuangxi running in the distance, he hurriedly called the other party to help carry Zhu Li on his back.

Shuangxi, who was caught stealing wine and was cleaned up, only felt like crying without tears at this time, it can be seen that Zhao Chen was staring, and he had to step forward and carry Zhu Li aggrievedly.

Sitting in the hall, looking at the thick cushions on the Zhu Li chair, Zhao Chen's eyes were full of smiles.

"Little cub, you've been thinking about this wine for ten years, I'll let you open it today!" Zhu Chongyuan touched the wine jar on the table and muttered, "It should be you who open it-"

Zhao Chen didn't think much about it, and casually held it and patted the mud.

A burst of rich wine aroma spread, making her stunned: "Such a good wine? No wonder you think it's a treasure! She slammed her mouth and asked tentatively, "Do we really want to drink?" ”

Zhu Chongyuan ignored her, snatched it and poured himself a glass, and his eyes turned red as soon as he took a sip.

The remaining two looked at each other, and no one dared to ask more.

"This is what Lao Tzu stole back!" He drank the bottom of the cup, "In the forty-sixth year of Tianyi, the tribute of Daqi to the first emperor." ”

The two were dumbfounded, this is actually stolen goods?

Zhao Chen couldn't help but mutter: "How bold you are!" You dare to steal the tribute! ”

"It was your father's idea, and I was just outside to make the wind when I did it." Zhu Chongyuan poured himself again.

Zhao Chen was completely speechless, he was really not a ridiculous young man, he didn't expect the old martial king to do this kind of thing before.

"We hid here and drank a glass by ourselves, just one glass, and your father said that good wine is not afraid of being late, so he buried it." The hand that held the long knife steadily, but now he can't stop trembling, "Thirty years, the wine is still good wine, people-"

Tears dripped into the glass, splashing tiny hops.

Zhu Li saw him crying for the first time, so he hurriedly stepped forward and persuaded: "Dad, don't think about it, those are over." ”

"I can't get by." Zhu Chongyuan's eyes were full of the past: "Do you know why we stole this wine?" ”

Zhao Chen lowered his eyes: "In the forty-fifth year of Tianyi, my father led the Changming army to cross the border pass and attack Daqi, but he was not defeated in a battle, and he forced the emperor of Daqi to surrender in front of the city and cede the land to be a minister, so there was that batch of tribute." ”

"He only brought 100,000 soldiers and horses, and I was one of them! 100,000 soldiers and horses forced to surrender a country! Who the fuck dares to think! But he, he just did it! Zhu Chongyuan's eyes turned even redder, and his voice was excited: "Forcing the Great Qi to surrender, leveling Gaohan, and subduing Nalan... It is not an exaggeration to say that he has participated in the creation of merit in this life, but in the end-"

"He died in battle." Zhao Chen also poured himself a glass of wine, the wine entered his throat, and the mellow fragrance was far away, "Therefore, you have not allowed us to practice martial arts and military training, because you don't want us to repeat the mistakes of the past." ”

He rubbed the bruises on Zhu Li's forehead and said with a wry smile: "Yes, I would rather you never come out for the rest of your life, than you will be like him, and you will be subjected to others-"

"Uncle!" Zhao Chen suddenly stood up and said with a smile: "You have drunk too much, go and wake up!" ”