April in the world is full of flowers. At the end of April, the peach blossoms outside Shengjing City have bloomed all over.

Outside the long pavilion, the willow color is getting darker, and the grass is like smoke. The overlapping green, like a scene of deep and shallow blue yarn, is far away from the sky.

The wind of early summer blows, the blades of grass are flying, and the willows are dancing, but they can't stop the pedestrians' clothes and leave people's hearts.

Chen Shao was wearing a wide robe with pipa sleeves and a wide collar, a silk piece loosely pulled around his waist, and he stood on the side of the stone case with his hands in his hands, looking ahead.

In front of Li's carriage, both Truth and Truth were tied up, and even if they were far away, the tears in the corners of their eyes were clearly recognizable.

Chen Shao rolled his eyes and sighed.

The wind blew through the corners of his robe, and when it rolled up, it drove the jade Jue Ding Dang on his waist, and the sound of silence seemed to be drumming for the wind.

Today is the day he and the Li family left Beijing, and Chen Jun has already said goodbye to him, and he is talking with Pei Shu in the pavilion at this time, his eyebrows are dancing, and he does not see sorrow.

And Chen Ying did not come over to talk to Chen Shao.

After dusting off his clothes, Chen Shao sat down in his robe.

On the stone case, the scratches on the chessboard are still fresh, and two exquisite jade black and white pieces are quietly each cornering, as if waiting for someone to play the chess game.

"When has this been, and the master still wants to talk to someone?" A lukewarm voice floated in, so indifferent that he didn't look like a servant at all.

But it was Xingwei who spoke.

"In the last game, you have to be an official." Chen Shaotou didn't go back to the tunnel.

It is rare that he has never been cynical, and his words have not lost the sharpness of the past, his expression is clear, and his tone is light, as if he is talking to an old friend.

Xingwei stared at his back, his eyes flashing slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The wind was blowing the blades of grass, and there was a lot of noise in all directions, and a few bees and butterflies flew from nowhere, dancing with the fragrance of flowers, buzzing endlessly.

"Would you like me to go and ask for a visit?" After a while, Xingwei made a suggestion.

Unprecedented.

And his attitude is peaceful, just like Chen Shao's appearance.

"Not necessarily." Chen Shao was not surprised, waved his hand, folded his sleeve with one hand, picked up a sunspot, held it with his index finger and middle finger, and pressed it into the plate.

"Bang", the jade fell on the stone, and there was a very crisp sound, as if the summer wind was also stagnant.

"Aman will come looking for me." The warm voice sounded, very sure and quiet.

Xingwei pursed his lips and rolled his eyes towards the sky: "Whatever you want." ”

After speaking, he stepped aside, and said no more.

Chen Shao also fell silent, holding only one hand against his chin, looking down at the chessboard, motionless, like a sculpture.

Chen Ying got out of the carriage and saw the scene next to the stone case from a distance, and felt a little strange in his heart.

Somehow, this pair of masters and servants, who had always seemed to be somewhat discordant in the past, are now surprisingly harmonious. This one sits and stands, one static and one moves, the clothes follow the wind, lined with long grass in the sky, shade and willow, very much like a picture of a scholar.

"I'm waiting." Luo's mother also got out of the car with her, and she saw it, half persuading and half reminding the authentic.

Chen Shaoku's appearance of sitting in front of the desk and facing the chessboard alone looks too lonely, and Luo's mother sometimes feels that their master is also strange and pitiful.

"I know, mom go back to the car, mom still needs someone to accompany me now." Chen Ying said softly and patted Luo's mother's hand gently.

Mother Luo's eyes were still red, and when she heard this, the corners of her eyes were immediately wet, and she hurriedly took out a handkerchief to rub it, and her voice was choked: "The old slave knows." Girl...... Auntie and grandmother should go quickly, don't be separated from the master. Today's farewell, in the future, only on the big day of returning to the hometown to worship the ancestors, can we see each other again. ”

The more she spoke, the more sad she became, and tears soon wet her veil.

She didn't know that Chen Shao and Li were leaving Dachu, and she would part with them on the way, and Li explained to him, ordering his and wife to return to their ancestral home in advance, take care of the housework, and wait for them to return from their travels.

This is also a little concern of the Li family, and he doesn't want Luo's mother to leave his hometown when he is old, so he makes such an arrangement.

Chen Ying would not break it, comforted Luo's mother softly, and ordered to find the truth and wait for the truth, and then went to the depths of the willow forest.

The weedy trail seems to be the same as it used to be, and even the people who step on the trail have not changed.

Chen Ying walked slowly, quite emotional.

Half a month ago, she had also traveled this way, and all she wanted at that time was the truth.

At this time, she stepped back on the old road, but the feeling in her heart was at a loss.

She didn't know what to say to Chen Shao.

In fact, they hadn't spoken in a long time.

Since the night farewell of the Flower Festival, Chen Ying has always returned to her parents' house, Chen Shao either goes out to socialize, or receives old people, and is so busy that she has no time to see Chen Ying.

Therefore, today's meeting is the first meeting between them in half a month.

Even if the mood is not waveless, however, more or less, there will always be a trace of embarrassment.

Fortunately, Chen Shao's opening remarks are very appropriate.

"Aman, come and play chess with your father." He smiled and beckoned to Chen Ying, as he occasionally did when he returned to the mansion after his disappearance.

Chen Ying then nodded: "Okay." ”

Before the words were finished, the person had already sat down, neatly picked up a white child, and pressed it to the plate.

"Pop" is a more crisp sound than Fang Cai, and even if you close your eyes and listen to it, you can hear the difference between the two.

Chen Shaoxiu raised his eyebrows, and the smile in his eyes was like water waves, slowly dissipating.

He raised his sleeves and responded idly, and what he said in his mouth was also idle: "Does Aman want to know what happened back then?" ”

"Yes." Chen Yingzi was extremely fast, and this word and the sound of the falling son sounded almost at the same time.

Chen Shao nodded, and put a chess piece in his hand, but he was not in a hurry.

After pondering for a moment, he opened his lips: "When I was twelve years old, my father entered the palace with the grandfather of the country and met the concubine Niangniang. ”

When she said this, Chen Ying's hand was reaching into the porcelain cup, her fingertips were wrapped in cold jade chess pieces, and her heart was also awe-inspiring.

When Chen Shao was twelve years old, the first emperor was still alive.

It turned out that he had known Concubine Wu long ago.

"There is one thing that my father has never told Aman, and that is about your grandmother." Chen Shao slowly pushed the chess pieces into the plate, and between his eyebrows, a soft light suddenly appeared: "I'm talking about your biological grandmother, not the old feudal monarch of the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion." ”

"I understand." Chen Ying nodded.

What can make Chen Shao say it in such a gentle tone will not be Mrs. Xu.

It is true that Mrs. Xu has always treated her concubine very well, and even the most demanding person must praise her for being "fair".

However, in the final analysis, no matter how generous Mrs. Xu is, the child born by her husband and another woman will respond.

And in the face of their mothers-in-law, how many concubines who are not biological can have real admiration and attachment?

It's just that they are hindered by etiquette and rules, and they each play their own roles well.

"The daughter heard that her grandmother died of illness when her father was five or six years old." Chen Ying said slowly.

Few people in the Guogong Mansion talked about Chen Shao's biological mother, and Chen Ying didn't even know who her surname was.

"Yes, your grandmother had a serious illness when I was six years old, and she didn't make it through." Chen Shaodao. The soft light between the eyebrows and eyes also dissipated with the voice.

He half-hung his head and looked fixedly at the chessboard, looking worried.

Then, he suddenly raised his eyes and smiled at Chen Ying: "Your grandmother is a gentle and beautiful woman. Many people say that the appearance of a father follows her. ”

Chen Ying didn't speak, but she agreed with this in her heart.

Among the four brothers of the Guogong Mansion, Chen Shao was the most handsome, and he is not at all similar to the old grandfather, and it is conceivable who his appearance inherits.

"Smack", Chen Shao finally dropped the sunspot in his hand, and his slightly cool voice was also embedded in the sound of the jade striking: "The appearance of the concubine is quite similar to your grandmother." ”

Chen Ying Huo Ran raised his head.

"Isn't that ridiculous?" The corners of Chen Shao's lips twitched slightly, and he pulled out a self-deprecating smile: "For this ridiculous reason, I joined the Wind and Bone Society, and I am still twelve years old. ”

He shook his head, as if even he realized that he had taken the plunge back then, and said with a low smile: "The concubine is also eccentric. When she saw me first, she couldn't help but say something, and when she came up, she pulled me into the meeting, and made a list of books for me, telling me to read according to the books on this list, and when I read them thoroughly, I could understand her intentions. ”

The surprise in Chen Ying's eyes has changed to a reality at this point.

Concubine Wu and Chen Shao have seen each other for the sixth time, and his attitude of being a minister is very appreciative of the concubine, otherwise they would not have met for the first time, so they would have pulled people into the meeting.

"So, do you understand the purpose of the concubine?" Chen Ying looked at Chen Shao for a moment.

Chen Shao was not looking at her at this time, still staring at the chessboard.

However, his answer came quickly, as if he expected someone to ask such a question, and he figured out the answer early in the morning.

"In the beginning, my father was still a little confused, and although I read all the books according to the book list, I still didn't know what to do. It's just ......" he smiled bitterly, and there was a rare trace of embarrassment in his expression: "At that time, my father was only twelve years old, and he was too shallow in the world, and he really missed his deceased mother in his heart. And this moment is more than ten years. ”

"Didn't you ever have doubts in the process?" Chen Ying asked, and added another explanation: "The purpose of the Wind and Bone Society is quite deviant. ”

"Young and vigorous, how can you care so much?" Chen Shao summed it up in one sentence, picked two sunspots from the porcelain cup, and slowly played with them: "At that time, I believed in this purpose and believed in it. The concubine ordered me to approach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and secretly investigate his person, and I did the same. Now that I think about it, it's really a flute. ”

It was rare for him to judge himself so much, and he rated himself so low, Chen Ying didn't know how to answer for a while.

Chen Shao was already talking, but he became calm, and no one needed to ask, Gu Zi said: "There is no need to elaborate on all these things." It wasn't until that year that I was ordered to go to Ningxia, but I was injured, fell into the water and lost my memory, and returned home eight years later. ”

He sighed, flattened his sleeves, got up from the case, looked back at Chen Ying again, and said word by word: "For my father...... Very annoying. ”

Chen Ying looked at him quietly and did not answer.

Chen Shao stood upright, his lonely bamboo-like figure on a moonlit night, and at this moment, he suddenly burst out with a strong killing intent.

That's something Chen Ying has never seen in him.

But the strange thing is that he is like this, but people take it for granted.

Although he didn't know Chen Shao, Chen Ying felt the strange contradictory temperament on his body.

Rigid and soft, intimate and sparse, cold and hot, even, loyal and treacherous, these kinds of opposites and contradictions are perfectly integrated in Chen Shao's body.

This is his most unique trait.

It is precisely because of this characteristic that his handsomeness is no longer just handsome, but transformed into a kind of charm.

It's dangerous, but it's fascinating.

Lee's inability to part with him may also be partly due to this.

"I wanted to destroy the Wind and Bone Society with my own hands." Chen Shao said abruptly, his face was hideous for a moment.

Chen Ying was pulled back to his thoughts by this words, turned his head to look at him, and said in a quiet voice: "Then how did you dispel this idea?" ”

Chen Shao didn't have time to answer first, but looked at her, his eyes were deep but bright, like a lone star in the night sky, no matter how dark the world was, it couldn't hide its splendor.

"Because I saw you, Man." Chen Shaodao, in his moist eyes, little by little, burst into a smile.

Chen Ying was stunned, and subconsciously asked, "Because of me?" ”

"Yes, it's because of you." Chen Shao's voice was deep, and in his moist eyes, the smile became stronger and stronger: "When I saw Aman, I finally knew that what I had thought before was a big mistake. ”

His expression relaxed, he paced slowly, and his voice was soft: "Aman opened a girls' school and shelter, opened a women's medical hall, and gathered those old tricksters and built a drama club for them. You do these things for one reason. ”

He stopped and looked back, holding up a finger: "Ideal." ”

He looked at Chen Ying with a smile, his eyes were full of admiration and appreciation, and he was full of pride: "My family has a daughter, and she is transcendent from the public." For the sake of the ideal, but also in order to put it into reality, my daughter did many things that others did not dare to think of, let alone do, not afraid of slander, not afraid of slander, just like the brave general who killed in the army, even if the road ahead was a sea of swords, mountains and fires, there was no hesitation. ”

He smiled, his eyes shining brightly: "Seeing such a man, only for the father did he finally realize a truth." ”

He turned his head to look forward and speak.

At the end of the willow shade, there is the official road, and the morning sun in the early summer morning is spreading out, illuminating this road exceptionally white.

"Being a father finally realized that it was not that the purpose of the Fengguhui was vain, but that the father was too conservative and thought that he had rich experience, but he had long forgotten his ambitions, and lived like a frog at the bottom of a well, shrinking between that square inch, not knowing the width of heaven and earth, the breadth of the sea and the river, and being called a human being in vain."

Chen Ying looked at him in a daze.

It turned out that Chen Shao followed Concubine Wu, but he was still influenced by himself?

This reason is really surprising.

"That's why my father also wants to learn from Aman, and I want to go my own way for my ideals." Chen Shao said again at this time, looking at Chen Ying's sight, which was full of warmth, mixed with a few different things: "Aman, for what my father said, you understand." ”

In this world, you are not the only one who has ideals.

I have that too.

When you move forward for your ideals, I also hope that you can fight for your ideals like you.

This is Chen Shao's unfinished words.

Chen Ying fully understood.

So, speechless.