Old man Zhao's words finally made Liu Maolin breathe a sigh of relief, no matter what, if he can say these words, it proves that Old Man Zhao still has no grievances about Emperor Xuan's punishment back then.

"Brother Liu, you don't come to me often, there must be something to visit today." Old man Zhao asked.

Liu Maolin glanced at the bamboo stick on his lap, and his face showed hesitation.

Following Liu Maolin's gaze, Old Man Zhao smiled: "Oh, in my spare time, I use it to relieve boredom." ”

"I didn't expect that Brother Zhao still has such leisure."

Facing Liu Maolin's praise, Old Man Zhao did not flutter, but asked what he just said again.

Seeing this, Liu Maolin couldn't continue to drag on, so he took a deep breath and said, "Brother Zhao, the younger brother knows that you are idle and bored at home, so I recommend a place for you to play, I don't know, what does the elder brother think?" ”

As soon as Old Man Zhao heard this, his cloudy eyes instantly became clear: "Oh, is it? Where? Brother Liu spoke carefully. ”

Liu Maolin pointed to the east with his hand: "The eastern capital is young." ”

Old man Zhao frowned at that time, and said in confusion: "Dongdu Yanyang? Isn't that the battlefield on the Eastern Front, I remember, isn't Zhou Jinglian's little cub in the Eastern Capital of Yanyang now? ”

How can it be said that Zhou Jinglian, who is dozens of years old, is also a veteran general in the army, and the old man Zhao calls him a little cub like this, I am afraid that there are few people in Suiyang.

At that moment, Liu Maolin's expression became a little sneering.

Old man Zhao pondered in his heart, and almost understood a rough idea, after all, the old army is in the army, and his sense of smell is relatively ordinary people, so he is still extremely keen, at that moment, Old Man Zhao asked in a low voice: "What, something happened on the Eastern Front?" ”

Liu Maolin didn't want to hide it from Old Man Zhao, and nodded at the time: "Yes, there is indeed an accident on the Eastern Front, Zhou Jinglian was stabbed by an assassin, and now he is in a coma. ”

Old man Zhao pondered carefully when he heard this: "Fang Jie? Who is this man, how come I have never heard of it before? ”

Liu Maolin smiled: "Brother Zhao, it's normal that you haven't heard of it, this person is a young general who was promoted by the first emperor during his reign, and he is short-tempered and impulsive. ”

"But on the current battlefield on the Eastern Front, there is no need for a vigorous coach at all, right?" Old man Zhao hit the nail on the head.

Liu Maolin stretched out a thumbs up: "Brother Zhao is Brother Zhao in the end, his eyes are really poisonous." ”

"Okay brother, don't pour me ecstasy soup, but any normal person can see the above thoughts, isn't it just to stabilize the eastern front and wait for Lu Gongyou's kid on the western front to return victorious." Old man Zhao didn't intend to give Liu Maolin face at all.

At that moment, Liu Maolin's expression was a little subtle.

"The above means that I want you, Brother Zhao..."

The next words, Liu Maolin didn't say it, talking to smart people, only half of the words were spoken, and the meaning was enough.

Old man Zhao sighed, and there was no follow-up.

Liu Maolin just looked at him like this, and the two didn't say a word for half a day.

"Grandpa, your medicine."

At this time, Xiao Zhao Qi came out of the kitchen, still holding the medicinal soup in his hand.

Facing his grandson, Old Man Zhao was always very kind, took it in his hand, tilted his neck and took a sip, then wiped his mouth and hissed: "What else does it say?" ”

Liu Maolin took out the word written by the empress from his arms and handed it to Old Man Zhao: "Except for this, there is nothing else." ”

Old man Zhao opened it, and before he could look at it, Zhao Qi next to him poked his neck and glanced at it: "Hey, it's a grandpa." ”

Just such a sentence directly made Old Man Zhao stunned in place.

The scene fell silent again.

"Qi'er, you go and play first, I have something to say to this grandfather."

Old man Zhao spoke.

Zhao Qi looked at Liu Maolin, then at his grandfather, and then went obediently.

After the person left, Old Man Zhao took a deep breath, folded the empress's letter with only one urgent word written on it, put it on his lap, rubbed his brows, and coughed one after another.

Liu Maolin didn't bother him, just stayed quietly.

For a long time, Old Man Zhao suddenly raised his head: "Brother Liu." ”

Liu Maolin was excited: "Brother, you said, I'm listening." ”

Old man Zhao glanced back at his grandson who was playing on the side, and then spoke: "Please go back and tell Your Majesty that this life of my Zhao Yuanche is ready to be given to Sui Yang and her Zhao family at any time, but I only have one request." ”

Liu Maolin nodded: "Brother Zhao, you say." ”

Zhao Yuanche took a deep breath: "In my life, I have nothing else to ask for, when I confronted the Son of Heaven in my early years, it should be the head of the person, Your Majesty left me until now, it can be regarded as the love of the monarch and the minister, Sui Yang needs me now, I naturally want to stand up, but my Zhao family has no descendants except Qi'er, in case something happens to me this time, please treat Qi'er well..."

Liu Maolin directly agreed: "Brother Zhao, don't worry, Qi'er will be my brother's grandson in the future." ”

Zhao Yuanche nodded and said, "If that's the case, then ask the elder brother to go back and restore his life, just say that Yuanche agreed." ”

Liu Maolin bowed respectfully to Zhao Yuanche, and then turned to leave.

After the others left, Zhao Yuanche coughed violently, and even with him, he coughed up a lot of black blood.

Sighing to himself, Zhao Yuanche was in a trance: "Alas, people can't live in peace in the last month or two, let's go, I, Zhao Yuanche, am a person from Sui Yang, and if I die, I will be a ghost of Sui Yang." ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanche stood up tremblingly with his legs, rummaged through the cabinets and found his battle armor weapon that had been shelved for a long time, took it to the courtyard, and wiped it carefully.

Xiao Zhao Qi looked curiously at the side, he was still young, and he didn't seem to think of what his grandfather was going to do.

···

"Xiangguo, I see that Zhao Yuanche is terminally ill, in such a state, if he goes out on the expedition and accidentally happens to him, what if he delays His Majesty's major event?"

On the way back to his life, the servant who came with Liu Maolin said.

Liu Maolin glanced at him and said, "You think I don't know?" But the current Sui Yang urgently needs someone to stand up and look at the court, except for Brother Zhao, who can hang this handsome? I believe that Brother Zhao also understands this truth, otherwise, he would not entrust his grandson to his own appearance. ”

The man hurriedly lowered his head.

Liu Maolin raised his head and sighed, and looked back at the courtyard when he came: "Brother Zhao, it's not that the elder brother is ruthless, but the current battlefield on the Eastern Front, except for you in the name of the Eighth Prince, you can suppress Zhao Sui's traitor, I just hope that you can hold on until Gongyou returns to the court." ”

With that, he got into the car and went.

···

The night passed in a hurry, and the empress's side had already received Liu Maolin's reply, saying that Zhao Yuanche had agreed to go on the expedition and take command.

For this old man who is as famous as the Eight Sages King and is known as the Shuangbi of Sui and Yang, the empress still gave him twelve points of respect.

Before dawn, he had already taken Liu Maolin, Fan Lin, Zhao Liwen, Wang Xiaolai and a few others to the gate of Dongcheng in Daxing City, dispersed the generals guarding the city, prepared a banquet, and waited for Zhao Yuanche's return.

In the courtyard of Nancheng, Zhao Yuanche put on his armor again, hung a sword on his waist, glanced at his grandson who was still asleep, and smiled helplessly: "Qi'er, after you wake up, don't complain about grandpa saying goodbye, in fact, it is a great trust from the top, and grandpa can't help it." ”

With that, he came to the side of the bed and touched his grandson's head, then turned around and walked out of the bedroom.

When he arrived in the hall, Zhao Yuanche walked out, stopped when he came to the door, turned around and glanced at the statue of the god in the middle of the hall, hesitated, took off the knife, walked over to the front, picked up the bamboo stick on the shrine, and shook it in his hand.

When a bamboo stick fell to the ground, Zhao Yuanche picked it up and looked at it, and there were only two short lines of poetry on it.

"The autumn wind urges the fallen leaves to be urgent, and it is difficult for the general to return to his hometown in armor."

Looking at the contents of the bamboo stick with a wry smile, Zhao Yuanche shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly: "Alas, it seems that my life is like this, and I can't escape after all." ”

Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanche broke the bamboo stick, turned around and came out to the yard, holding the old BMW, patting his old buddy's neck, Zhao Yuanche said softly in the horse's ear: "Old man, these years, you can't be idle, today, brother, I will take you to let the world see again, the majesty of our brothers!" ”

After saying that, Lama slowly went out of the far gate, followed by turning over, prancing horses and whipping, and went straight to the gate of Dongcheng.