Chapter Seventy-One: Two Persons
"I don't understand." Duan Lizheng glanced at his brother.
Duan Haochu held the teacup, even though he had just said such a shocking sentence, the young man's expression was gentle, and his eyes were serious.
Duan Lizheng knew that his brother's words were not false, and he had always been able to say what he thought frankly.
A gentleman is not a gentleman, his brother is a gentleman, he has thought so since he was a child.
But he couldn't understand why his brilliant brother had to keep tying himself to a woman who had long since died.
When he was young, he had some longing for this, and even felt that his brother still stuck to his original intention even if his fiancΓ©e died, and held the wedding as scheduled, out of morality and a gentleman's behavior.
But as time passed, he began to realize that something was wrong.
It is a husband and wife who have lived for many years, and after one of them dies, it is enough to mourn for him for ten years. But from the eldest brother, he didn't feel that the eldest brother was mourning at all. The eldest brother seems to want to continue such a strange relationship.
As he grew older, he gradually discovered that his brother had a different kind of affection for his sister-in-law, whom he had never known for life, and this affection did not disappear with the death of his sister-in-law, but lasted for ten years, and if nothing happened, the relationship would probably continue until he was too old to continue.
Compared with others calling himself Lord Duan, the eldest brother prefers others to call himself Duan Concubine.
Duan Lizheng felt that the state of the eldest brother was a little wrong, but he couldn't say what was wrong.
"I'd love to meet her if I could." Duan Lizheng looked at his brother, didn't know what to say, and finally spit out such a sentence.
"See whom?" Duan Haochu asked.
"My sister-in-law." Duan Lizheng raised his chin slightly, his eyes were three points curious, three points doubtful, three points expectant, "In Tiance Academy, there are often people who compare me to her. β
There was a flash of sharpness in the young man's eyes, "It is often said that we were born at the wrong time, and we did not catch up with the era of my sister-in-law, even if we made great achievements in this generation, we would say that we were not as good as her." β
Duan Lizheng glanced at the eldest brother who was smiling when he heard his wife's name, and continued, "And you. β
Daylight shines through the window of the study, and in the dappled light, the young Tobe Shangshu's porcelain-white face flickered and darkened, and his eyes became distant and lonely.
But just a short moment later, Duan Haochu's eyes returned to clarity.
"It's a good thing to have ambitions," he looked at his younger brother with a smile, "but it's not wrong to start a family and start a business, even if you get married after you have fame, you will definitely be able to achieve fame this year." β
"Madame is anxious to see the girl for you, rather than waiting for Madame to book a candidate and you can't choose, it is better for you to make your own plans first." Duan Haochu put away his smile and said slowly.
"Although the marriage is a major event, the parents are the matchmaker, but since you are my younger brother, I don't think you will be obedient." Duan Haochu stood up and put his broad palm on his younger brother's head.
"I've talked to you about marriage before, and I've never seen you react so much." Duan Haochu stared thoughtfully into Duan Lizheng's eyes.
"It's not big, it's not small, even my sore spot is poked," Duan Haochu looked at him, "Do you have a sweetheart?" β
Duan Lizheng was suddenly stunned when he heard his brother's question.
After a long time, a helpless smile appeared on the young man's face, and he sat motionless in his chair, raised his head to look out the window, and sighed softly.
"Thinking too much." He said, reaching out and poking at the empty teacup above the low table.
He knew that it was his conversation just now that aroused the suspicion of his eldest brother, and he was not interested in the relationship between men and women, only a little concerned about the relationship between the eldest brother.
Some words have been buried in his heart for a long time, and he has just said them.
Just curious.
It has nothing to do with the private relationship between men and women.
For those who want to get married, he is not interested in the young ladies that his mother mentions intentionally or unintentionally.
No matter how good those ladies are, what does it have to do with him?
He was determined to devote his life's energy and effort to learning and martial arts, and he had no time to care.
Looking at his brother, who has been missing his sister-in-law, he also used to imagine his own her.
He also tried to talk to the women who came to him lightly.
But in the end it was just disappointment.
It is true that there are many women who have read poetry and books to pick up on their words, but they are only trying to cater to them, and they know very little about the books and martial arts that he is really obsessed with, and their views are shallow and mainstream, lacking power, and there is no way to arouse the urge to discuss them.
He knew that his standards were very strange, and he also understood that he was a prodigy in Huizhou.
But for him, talking to a woman is far less enjoyable than discussing with like-minded classmates, and he doesn't understand why his bad friend Xin'an Xiaojun Wang likes to talk to women so much.
"How can I have a sweetheart." Duan Lizheng looked at his eldest brother and laughed heartily.
"Really?" Duan Haochu narrowed his eyes.
Duan Lizheng smiled again.
"I haven't talked much to a woman recently......" Facing his brother's suspicions, Duan Lizheng was about to refute, but suddenly, the silhouette of a woman crossed his mind.
The girl who sat on the grass,-for-tat with the great Confucianism of the time, and looked isolated from the world.
The woman he had only seen once.
Why do you suddenly think of her?
If it were her, would she be able to talk to herself freely?
For a girl to have such a wide range of knowledge, she must be well-educated and guided by a famous teacher.
I don't know which daughter she is. Why had he never heard of her?
Is she from Huizhou? If you don't succeed in apprenticeship, will you leave Huizhou?
Will he ever see her again?
Duan Lizheng's voice stopped abruptly. Caught up in their own thoughts.
"Who are you remembering?" Duan Haochu's voice suddenly sounded from the side, interrupting Duan Lizheng's thoughts.
"Nothing?" Duan Lizheng shook his head.
For some reason, although he has always known everything to his eldest brother, he still doesn't want to tell his brother about this girl.
Young people always have to have one or two secrets of their own, Duan Lizheng suddenly remembered what his bad friend had said.
It was an interesting experience.
Duan Lizheng couldn't help but laugh happily.
Duan Haochu was also infected by his emotions and showed a gentle smile.
"Alright, I'm going to see Madame." Duan Haochu straightened his clothes and walked out of the study as he spoke.
"Your thoughts, big brother, know, but I don't know what your mother will do, so you better think about what I just advised you." Duan Haochu is colorful.
"I understand, big brother." Duan Lizheng nodded in agreement.
"By the way, Princess Jinyang lives in Lingyan Temple?" Duan Haochu stepped out of the door and asked back.
"Yes." Duan Lizheng nodded.
"I'm going to visit her at Lingyan Temple in the afternoon, you can prepare and go together then." Duan Haochu said.