Chapter 124: Heartbeat
In the quiet of the night, the pine trees in the courtyard are still upright, and they never seem to have changed, under the moonlight, the bell tower is shining, and the traces after the beating are still conspicuous, and the stone road leading to the lobby has not changed, except that there are two more rows of newly planted laurel trees on the side of the road.
Ah Ming warmed up a pot of peach blossom wine for Lin Zhongchao, and the aroma of the wine was already beautiful, plus there were a few or two strands of sweet flowers, which was really intoxicating, and I wanted to drink it again and again.
"Brother, brother." A neatly dressed boy ran over, screaming inarticulately, and snuggled up to Amin.
"He is Miao Shumei's child?" Lin Zhongchao asked.
Ah Ming nodded and touched the child's head, "I named him Archie." Archie, call Big Brother. ”
Archie was very obedient, "Big brother." ”
"I didn't expect Zhou Bin to have such a well-behaved child." Lin Zhongchao took out a piece of jade, tied it with a red rope, and hung it around Archie's neck, "This is a gift for Archie." ”
"Thank you, big brother." Archie stroked the jade pendant and laughed.
"You go to practice calligraphy first, and then the little brother will accompany you to play, okay?" Amin said.
Archie nodded, "Then I'll wait for you." And he walked with cheerful steps, and passed.
"Looks like you're very attentive to him." Lin Zhongchao said, "I chose to send him to the Yuwang Mansion to raise him, and it seems to be right." ”
Ah Ming's face showed happiness, "He was so young back then, and now he is four years old. I watched him grow up. Archie was the best gift the host gave me. ”
Then Lin Zhongchao touched the burden, how did he feel that the burden was empty?
Take a closer look, hey, why is that piece of peace charm missing?
Lin Zhongchao hurriedly untied the burden, but no matter how he looked for it, he couldn't find the peace charm.
His face suddenly became ugly.
"No, I've got to find it." After Lin Zhongchao finished speaking, he got up to leave.
Amin said, "Master, it's already so late, where else can I find it?" ”
"Find it wherever you go." Lin Zhongchao put on a hat to cover his identity, carried a lantern of the white jade pagoda and walked out.
Armin sighed, "Master, why can't you forget her?" ”
Wu Guogong Mansion.
Zhou Jinxuan called Zhou Zheng to the front.
"Ah Zheng, do you know this General Zhang Liangchen today?"
Zhou Zhengzheng said: "We have met in the past. ”
Zhou Jinxuan said: "But this General Zhang said that you are his savior, and you have only met once, why did he say that?" ”
"Perhaps, he recognized the wrong person!" Zhou Zhengzheng sighed.
"Ah Zheng Now that you have reached the age of marriage, you must not have problems with your reputation." Zhou Jinxuan said.
"My daughter must be more careful." Zhou Zhengzheng said, oh, this Zhang Liangchen will really cause her trouble.
At night, everything is silent, and occasionally a few beats are heard to tell the time.
Lin Zhongchao had already walked through all the places he had walked during the day, except in front of the Duke of Wu's mansion.
Thinking of the importance of the peace charm, Lin Zhongchao still walked slowly.
The Mansion of Wu Guo was soaked in moonlight, the red-lacquered door was tightly closed, and a few small insects climbed the copper ring on the door.
A few red apricots stick out of the corner, as if to explore happiness.
The ground in front of the door was smooth and clean, and the horseshoe prints left by him and Zhang Liangchen had already been cleaned.
Even if the peace charm fell here, it would have been long gone.
Lin Zhongchao sighed and was about to leave, when suddenly, a small door opened.
Qingyun walked out of it.
"His Royal Highness King Yu, what are you looking for, but this thing?" Qingyun's hand is a touch of bright begonia red.
Lin Zhongchao looked at Qingyun and did not answer.
Qingyun said: "My girl knows that His Royal Highness King Yu will definitely come back to find him, so she ordered me to wait here." ”
Lin Zhongchao said: "Your girl misunderstood, this king is just passing by here, and this king has never seen the peace charm in your hand." ”
Qingyun said, "I really haven't seen it? ”
Lin Zhongchao nodded, "Of course." ”
"Then throw it away, anyway, King Yu doesn't want it, and our girl doesn't want it either." With a wave of Qingyun's hand, the peace charm flew up.
Lin Zhongchao flew up almost without thinking.
Qingyun has learned martial arts, so he can throw the peace charm high, Lin Zhongchao stretched out his hand hard, and didn't notice that there was a puddle next to him, and the "winter" thing sounded, and the peace charm was tightly grasped in his hand, but he was planted in the puddle.
Wow, whoa, whoa!
Suddenly, he became a chicken in the soup, and he was soaking wet!
Qingyun laughed, "His Royal Highness King Yu, this peace charm is so important in your heart, why don't you admit it?" ”
Lin Zhongchao got up with an indifferent expression, shook the water on his clothes, didn't look at Qingyun, took the peace charm and left.
The candle flame flickered, and a few moths flapped their wings and pounced on the candle flame.
Zhou Zheng was playing quickly in his hand, and Qingyun said the passage one by one, laughing while talking.
"Is he really going to do anything for a peace charm?" Zhou Zhengzheng asked, the corners of his mouth lifted in surprise.
Qingyun took a snack from the table, threw it into his mouth, and said as he chewed, "Yes." Girl, the slave will not guess wrong, His Royal Highness King Yu definitely likes girls. ”
Zhou Zhengzheng lowered her head, she just asked Qingyun to observe Lin Zhongchao, and did not tell Qingyun what was on her mind, and now she was broken by Qingyun's words, and she was immediately embarrassed, "You girl, what nonsense are you talking about......
"Girl, can you deceive others, can you deceive yourself? How much you like His Royal Highness King Yu, I'm afraid even the girl herself doesn't know! But the slaves and maids saw it. The slave and maid think that they are not the kind of slave and maid who understand the rules, but when they see that the girl misses someone and misses her so hard, the slave and maid really feel sorry for the girl. Now, I also know that King Yu also has a girl in his heart, why is the girl still unwilling to admit it to the slave? It is very painful for a person to bear this, to put it silently in his heart, girl. ”
Qingyun's words, simple and direct, moved Zhou Zhengzheng, Zhou Zhengzheng said: "Thank you for your confession." Yes, I miss him a lot. But I don't know what he's going to do. If he cares about me too, why should he turn people away thousands of miles away? ”
Zhou Zhengzheng would not not know that Lin Zhongchao always deliberately alienated the Wu Guogong Mansion, but when something happened to the Wu Guogong Mansion, he was always the first to report the news. Lin Zhongchao was always cold to her, but he always helped her a lot secretly, for example, during the day, if he hadn't come out and said a word, I was afraid that she would be swallowed up by the saliva of the people.
He was like a puff of smoke, far and near, sometimes bright and sometimes dark, so that she couldn't tell the difference, but she was also happy and painful.
He is like a green onion, obviously choking her to tears,
But she is willing to peel off that layer of skin little by little and look at his heart.
"Since the girl wants to know, why don't you ask Grandpa Wu?" Qingyun reminded.