Hearing this news, Yu Mozhen was not surprised.

Everyone has his own suffering, and every man has his own pursuit.

As a woman, Yu Mochen was born as a commoner of a different race, and she had neither family support nor married a Yanshi like Jin Niang, but she chose to directly break into the realm that might be the most difficult for her to enter in the entire Great Qi Empire. But since she was determined to make a contribution in the most cutting-edge and complex field of the study of the Armor, it was impossible to circumvent such difficulties no matter what.

These difficulties had to be borne by her, but it was clearly not her fault. The atmosphere, customs, and culture of the entire empire, the contempt for women, and the pursuit of power were all on the opposite side of Yu Mojin long before she was born.

Standing in front of all this, Yu Moji is just an ant in the torrent of the times; If she wants to succeed, she can only fight hard in this life, and she must not retreat.

In a sense, Yuan Yizhi is very similar to her situation.

Yuan Zhizhi does have some unique conditions. For example, the people who raised and taught him successively were all geniuses in the study of Yanjia. Such a growth environment is of course conducive to Yuan Yizhi's current success; But on the other hand, a proud son like him also has the pain of not being able to ask for it.

No matter how wide the Jiayuan River is, there are times when the river water swells on the shore, but the boats are destined to drift. The entanglement between several families, together with the history of the Great Qi Empire's devastating and bloody life decades ago, together pulled the Jiayuan River into a moat, separating the young Yuan Zhizhi and Chai Jingliu, who was a criminal minister, in two completely different worlds.

Although Yu Moji doesn't like to talk, most of the people in the Cardinal also know that what this silent girl is pursuing is the study of Yanjia. Yuan is different. He clearly said that his pursuit is to be a female painter on a boat. For Yuan Pingzhi, no matter how high the official position and military rank are, it may not be meaningful, because one day he serves in the court, he will not be able to marry Chai Jingliu one day. The only thing he can do now is probably to go to the Jiayuan River to meet his sweetheart every time he goes to the south to complete his mission.

Some people do their best for self-esteem; Some people are far-sighted, and it is for love.

Because of these similar predicaments and twists and turns, Yu Moji is very able to understand Yuan Yizhi's pain that he cannot speak clearly and has no one to complain about. But in her own heart, she is actually not happy.

Yuan Yizhi has become an unavoidable part of her life. They are real and unknown masters and apprentices, partners in birth and death. What is even more unavoidable is the fact that he is her original nobleman, and between talking and laughing, he opened the door to the unattainable Yanjia learning for her; And she will take revenge, and the wrong hand indirectly led to the death of his father.

Perhaps because he had been invaded by such feelings too many times, Yu Moji had gradually become accustomed to this pain.

So when Lu Chen mentioned Yuan Yizhi's whereabouts, Yu Mojin didn't even need to stop and think about it, so he smiled and said, "I hope General Yuan is all right; I only hope that what he wants in this life will come true one day. ”

Lu Chen smiled a little helplessly, shook his head, and said, "If his wish is fulfilled, he will have to withdraw from the Cardinal." It will be a great loss for us. ”

When Yu Mochen heard this, he remembered that Yuan Yizhi had said that he had expressed his ambition to Lu Chen, and made Lu Chen very angry. Yuan Pingzhi helped her too much in the past, and between the lightning and fire, Yu Moji decided to help Yuan Pingzhi a little.

"Even so, I believe that you will definitely respect General Yuan's intentions." Yu Mochen said on the one hand, on the other hand, he felt that he had really thickened his face a lot in recent days, and he was able to speak so boldly about the teacher's mind, "Teacher, you used to tell me, don't lose your heart; For me, a reserve who is of little use, the normal capital can still be like this, and for General Yuan, who has made countless achievements, how can he interfere in his life. ”

When Lu Chen heard this, he didn't say anything, just sighed and said slowly, "The higher you go in the future, the more you can feel that almost everything in this world is out of your own hands." I'm still saying the same thing, you might as well take a walk while you're still young, and you don't have to decide prematurely to devote all your body and mind to the study of Yanjia. Otherwise, when you reach a certain height in the future, you will be like relying on it, and there will be no way to leave. ”

Yu Moji groaned slightly, and then said, "According to my guess, what the teacher means is that although the situation in the imperial capital is not very good now, it is also an opportunity for a turnaround, I can think about whether to advance or retreat?" ”

Lu Chen nodded, "That's what I meant." ”

Yu Mozhen immediately shook his head, "I understand the hard work of the teacher. But since I've come here, I have no intention of leaving room for myself to retreat. As soon as she finished speaking, she felt that her tone was too frivolous, and it might be a little inappropriate to be like this in front of Lu Chen; However, now that her words have been spoken, there is no room for them to be taken back. She had to smile embarrassedly, "Whether it was in the past or now, my greatest hope is to have some opportunities to delve into the study of Yanjia, as for the high places...... In the current situation, it's almost impossible, and I don't care at all. ”

As she spoke, she stood up, bowed, and said, "If a person has a lifelong dream, others will not influence it. I believe in General Yuan, he must know very well what he is doing, and I also ask Fan to give him more room to turn around. ”

She bowed goodbye and left Lu Chen's small room. After all, she herself is in trouble, and there are many big and small things to deal with. Each of these things requires her to spend more time than others.

She didn't expect that this would be the last time she would calmly talk to this teacher who was worthy of her respect.

Most of her reserve forces in the same period have already begun to prepare for the graduation assessment, and they are so busy that they often can't even see a shadow. Only Yu Moji, because the resources she had at hand were all she was not qualified to obtain, no matter what result she made, she could only press it in her heart, and at most she would tell Lu Chen secretly, and it would never be possible to get it to the surface. Therefore, in the recent period of assessment, Yu Moji has not achieved any results, and there is no room to turn over, and it is not even known whether he is qualified to participate in the graduation ceremony.

Just when she was silently worried about the graduation style, a reserve who she hadn't seen for a long time suddenly came to her, saying that she was invited by the cardinal secretary-in-waiting.

Yu Moji felt very strange, Lu Chen was not a person who was too restrained on weekdays, and when he wanted to find Yu Moji, he didn't have any shelf, just casually asked someone where Yu Moji was, if it was close, he would find it himself; I couldn't get in touch for a while, and I never sent anyone to look for her, just waiting for the next time we met.

This time, the situation is obviously very different from Lu Chen's usual behavior. Although the visitor didn't say anything, Yu Mojian suddenly raised a lot of vigilance in his heart.

When she walked quickly towards Lu Chen's small room with a solemn face, she met Yan Zheng.

Seeing this, Yan Zheng grabbed her and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

When Yu Moji saw that it was him, he quickly pinched his tense cheeks and showed a calm smile, "It's not a big deal." But the teacher told me to go. ”

"Mr. Lu?" Yan Zheng obviously didn't intend to let her go, "When Mr. Lu was looking for you in the past, I never saw you so anxious. Tell me, what's the trouble you're getting into? ”

Yu Moji couldn't help but sigh.

Yan Zheng probably forgot that when she first came to the Cardinal, her whole person was full of anxiety. At that time, she once doubted her ability, and every time she went to Lu Chen to report her progress, she was always submissive, and she was embarrassed to raise her head.

But this time, she did feel that the situation was different.

Yu Mochen thought for a while, moved closer to Yan Zheng a little, and said in a low voice, "Those parts and drawings you borrowed for me...... Are there any records that will be discovered? ”

Yan Zheng glanced at her thoughtfully, and said, "Those don't matter. I just said I wanted to use it myself. There is nothing to worry about. ”

"Actually, I also think that it shouldn't have gone wrong in this matter." Yu Mochen thought about it for a long time, and she couldn't figure out anything, but after all, she was a little embarrassed to trouble Yan Zheng, so she said, "However, if someone really leaks this matter, you must also remember, just put all the blame on me." ”

"What you said is really unpleasant." Yan Zheng raised his eyebrows and said, "Since I promised to help you, I have the consciousness to take responsibility." You don't have to worry about that. ”

He paused for a moment and said, "If you are really worried, I will go with you to meet Mr. Lu." ”

Yu Moji was about to refuse, but Yan Zheng had already pushed her forward, and said as he walked, "Don't worry, I won't go in to disturb, I'm waiting for you outside the door." ”

Yu Moji's hunch was not wrong.

Lu Chen, who was waiting in that small room, showed an angry face to her for the first time.

Yu Mochen has also seen Lu Chen angry with others once or twice. When he's angry, it's never without a reason. What he put in front of Yu Moji was the twenty-four consecutive thousand-machine crossbow that she was very proud of.

"Is this something you made?" Lu Chen's voice was very low, but his expression was terrifying.

Yu Moji was a little confused. Although this thousand-machine crossbow modified by her own hands is still a little rough, it can be regarded as a good armor weapon under the guidance of Yuan and polished by Yan Zheng. In the dungeon of Lizheng Yamen, this thousand-machine crossbow also saved Yan Zheng's life, which is not too bad.

It's just that because of the eldest princess's matter, Yu Moji is no longer qualified to use this weapon now. It had long been confiscated by Ling Jingcheng and locked in the warehouse of the Cardinal.

Because Yu Mochen really cherishes his work, he will ask Yan Zheng to borrow the key to the warehouse from time to time, and when no one is around, he will take this thousand-machine crossbow in his hand and watch it over and over again, trying to further improve it. These days, there are a few things that were originally a little clumsy, but they have been secretly modified by herself unconsciously.

But perhaps, it's just that she thinks she doesn't know it.

"Have you forgotten all the injunctions given to you by the Cardinal?" When Lu Chen said this, he simply gritted his teeth.

Yu Moji understood. The reason why Lu Chen was angry was obviously not how clumsy this thousand-machine crossbow was, but that she actually had the courage to openly disobey that obviously unfair order.

"I remember," Yu Mojian's voice was a little bitter, but she still tried to keep her voice as steady as possible—even in the face of Lu Chen, she didn't want to admit that she was wrong, "cut off all positions, retain reserve status, and don't use all weapons." Otherwise......" she said the last few words that she had almost forgotten in a trembling voice, "Otherwise, he will be punished for treason." ”