In He Lianfang's house.

Zhao Yao was eating fried chestnuts with sugar while chatting with He Lianfang.

"It's still delicious to stir-fry wild chestnuts." This chestnut was specially picked by Zhao Yao from the mountain a few days ago, and it was small and very sweet.

He Lianfang peeled the chestnuts and said, "It tastes really good." Not to mention anything else, in terms of eating, Zhao Yao is really proficient, which makes He Lianfang admire it very much.

"It's going to be the New Year soon, and I'm going to be a year older." Zhao Yao was very happy that he was going to be a year older at first, but soon the smile on his little face disappeared immediately, "Alas, even if I am a year older during the New Year, I am still not an adult." ”

He Lianfang ignored Zhao Yao and ate chestnuts intently.

Zhao Yao sighed angrily: "Why did you grow up so slowly." ”

"Don't want to stay in the capital?" Since Zhao Yao came back from Yangzhou, he has always complained.

Zhao Yao nodded again and again: "I don't want to, I don't want to." "Although the atmosphere in the capital has not reached the point of saber rattling, it is still permeated with an aura of danger, which he doesn't like very much." Second uncle, is there any way for me to go to Lingnan in advance? ”

He Lianfang poured cold water unceremoniously: "Your father can't let you go to Lingnan in advance, you should die of this heart." ”

Zhao Yao lowered his hip and shoulder, and said with a helpless expression: "Why do you have to wait until you are an adult to be crowned king, can't you be crowned king in advance?" Didn't there be many princes in the previous dynasty who were crowned kings at a very young age, why couldn't the Great Zhou have this rule? ”

"You go and ask your father."

"I don't want to deal with him." After returning from Yangzhou, Zhao Yao ignored the emperor. If the emperor looked for him, he would be respectful and make the emperor angry.

"What, are you still angry that your father called you back from Yangzhou?" He Lianfang asked playfully, "Or are you angry that he didn't care about your life or death before?" ”

Zhao Yao did not answer He Lianfang's two questions.

He Lianfang: "Or are they both?" ”

Zhao Yao looked at He Lianfang, and then said in a light tone: "There is a little bit." "Intellectually, he understands that his father threw him in Jinling and didn't care, but emotionally he couldn't accept it." I don't want to stay in the capital now, I don't want to stay for a moment, I can't wait to go to Lingnan. "The atmosphere of seizing the heir in the capital is too strong, and he doesn't want to see the fourth brother and the starling brother kill each other." Second uncle, is there really no way for me to go to Lingnan in advance? ”

"Are you running away?" He Lianfang asked sharply.

Zhao Yao was seen through his thoughts, nodded and admitted: "Well, I don't want to see the fourth brother and the starling compete against each other." ”

"Don't you want to see them compete against each other?" He Lianfang smashed the chestnut shell in his hand at Zhao Yao's head, "You should stay in the capital and take a good look at how those imperial brothers of yours took over the heir." ”

Zhao Yao said with a puzzled face: "I don't take the heir, why should I watch it?" ”

"Just because you don't take the heir, you have to watch it carefully."

Zhao Yao understood what He Lianfang meant, but he didn't want to look at it.

"Second uncle, how is your friend preparing?" When he was in Yangzhou before, He Lianfang's friend went to meet Zhao Yao and chatted with Zhao Yao for a long time. The two chatted very happily, and talked in great detail about the affairs of the Japanese Kingdom.

"The preparation is good, just wait for the beginning of spring."

"Second uncle, this friend of yours is really interesting, but it's hard to imagine that you are friends, after all, you two don't look like people from the same world." The second uncle's friend was dissolute and uninhibited. And the second uncle is serious and cold, and the two people with completely different personalities actually became friends.

"I saved him, he went to war with me."

"I listened to him, and he also told me a lot of things about you in the past, saying that you used your soldiers like a god and fought many victories." Zhao Yao smiled and said, "When he said about your previous wars, his expression was very proud and proud. ”

When He Lianfang heard this, she remembered the war they had fought back then, and her face unconsciously showed a look of nostalgia.

"He's a general, but it's a pity because I'm ......"

When Zhao Yao saw He Lianfang say this, his hands unconsciously clenched his knees, and a look of guilt appeared on his face.

"Second uncle, I don't think he blames you, and you don't blame yourself."

He Lianfang restrained the emotions in her eyes, and her expression returned to calm. He looked at Zhao Yao deeply, and Zhao Yao's scalp was numb.

"Second uncle, what do you think I do like this, did I say something wrong?"

He Lianfang's tone was light and light: "You know my identity." ”

Hearing He Lianfang's words, Zhao Yao was slightly stunned, and then nodded lightly: "Well, I guessed." ”

"When did you guess?"

"I've had a long guess, but I'm not sure, I'll be sure when I see your friend." Although He Lianfang's friend did not say He Lianfang's identity, through some of his words, Zhao Yao could speculate on He Lianfang's true identity.

"Why don't you ask me?"

"You didn't tell me who you are, I think you don't want me to know, so what do I ask." Zhao Yao said very intimately.

He Lianfang was not surprised at all that Zhao Yao guessed his identity. If until now, Zhao Yao didn't know who he was, He Lianfang would have to wonder if Zhao Yao was worthy of his support.

"You can ask now."

"Second uncle, I know who you are, what else do I ask."

He Lianfang raised her eyebrows and asked, "How much do you know?" ”

"I know everything about your previous wars." As Zhao Yao spoke, he gave He Lianfang a thumbs up, and said with admiration on his face, "He Lianfang, the Great Zhou God of War!" ”

Hearing the words "God of War", He Lianfang's expression was a little dazed, and then a self-deprecating smile rose at the corner of her mouth, "I'm a waste person now." ”

"Second uncle, although your legs are inconvenient now, this can't hide your previous great achievements on the battlefield."

He Lianfang snorted coldly, "Before...... Forget it. ”

Zhao Yao knew that the abolition of his legs was a knot in He Lianfang's heart, not something he could untie.

He Lianfang put away her self-loathing and stared at Zhao Yao with a smile: "You don't want to know why I'm here?" ”

"Father locked you up here." You don't need to investigate, just think about it a little and you can know who kept the former god of war here. Besides, only the emperor in this world has the ability to put the former god of war under house arrest here.

He Lianfang was not surprised that Zhao Yao knew. He asked, "Do you know why I'm being locked up here?" ”

"I'm afraid you'll rebel."

Zhao Yao's answer made He Lianfang a little surprised.

"Second uncle, I can guess it's not strange, okay?" Zhao Yao was amused by He Lianfang's surprised expression, "You were a famous god of war back then. It stands to reason that with the military exploits you once made, you should not be reduced to the end of being placed under house arrest in this house, so you must have done something to make my father afraid, my father and emperor saw that you had made great contributions to the Great Zhou, and he was reluctant to kill you, so he could only lock you up. ”

"Why did you approach me when you knew I wanted to rebel?"

"Second uncle, although I don't know what happened between you and my father, I know that you won't rebel." Zhao Yao's tone was very determined, "If you rebelled, you wouldn't have fought desperately for the Great Zhou back then." ”

He Lianfang sneered: "That's not necessarily. ”

Zhao Yao said meaningfully: "Second uncle, for my uncle's sake, you won't rebel." ”

When He Lianfang heard this, her heart shook violently, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

"How do you know that Zhao Zheng told you?"

Zhao Yao shook his head slightly: "No, my father has never told me about the matter between you and him." However, my father once told me about my uncle. As he spoke, he stretched out his finger and pointed to a dimple on the corner of his mouth, "My dimple is exactly the same as my uncle's, that's why you were so surprised when you first saw me, Second Uncle." ”

He Lianfang didn't speak, because Zhao Yao guessed correctly.

"You used to be a general under my uncle, and after my uncle's accident, you hated my father." Zhao Yao said, "If I guessed correctly, you think that my father killed my uncle." ”

He Lianfang didn't expect Zhao Yao to guess so many things.

"Second uncle, it's not me who speaks for my father, my father will never kill my uncle." Zhao Yao said again, "Father wishes that the uncle could live well, so that he doesn't have to be the emperor." "As far as his father's unobtrusive temperament, he can be the emperor, it is purely a last resort.

He Lianfang said coldly: "You are really his good son." ”

"I didn't excuse my father." Zhao Yao glanced at He Lianfang, whose face was cold, and said tentatively, "Actually, Second Uncle, you have always known it in your heart. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he received a sharp look from He Lianfang.

Zhao Yao smiled at He Lianfang flatteringly, and then hurriedly changed the topic and said, "Second uncle, the third uncle you introduced to me is Taiwei Zheng." ”

"Did he confess to you?" He Lianfang's first reaction was that Zheng Xilin confessed his identity to Zhao Yao.

"No, the third uncle didn't tell me his identity from beginning to end." Zhao Yao pursed his lips and said, "If you don't say it, I won't know." "No matter how dull he is, he should have guessed it after so many years.

"I'm really underestimating you." He Lianfang was not surprised at all that Zhao Yao guessed his identity. However, Zhao Yao was able to guess Zheng Xilin's identity, which surprised him. "How do you feel when you learn who we are?"

"Second uncle, what did you and the third uncle teach me to do?" Zhao Yao actually wanted to ask this question for a long time, but because he didn't find out his identity before, he didn't want to ask it. Today, He Lianfang clarified her identity, and Zhao Yao asked. "You are a former god of war, a former captain, you won't teach me for no reason, what is your purpose?"

He Lianfang glanced at Zhao Yao and asked lightly, "What do you think?" ”

"Do you have any agreement with my father?" Zhao Yao didn't find himself attractive enough to let a god of war and a lieutenant tutor him carefully.

"What do you think there is to be a deal between us and your father?" He Lianfang asked with a cold face, "What kind of contract do you think there can be between me and your father?" ”

Zhao Yao listened and looked at He Lianfang with a suspicious face.

"Didn't you really make any deal with my father?"

"I'll help you for your uncle's sake." He Lianfang lied without changing her face, "When you grow up to be an adult, you want to go to the fiefdom and manage a place, and how to do it without learning a little about governing the country, this is the reason why Zheng Xilin taught you in the letter." ”

Zhao Yao raised his eyebrows, looking incredulous: "It's that simple? ”

He Lianfang said with a smile: "What, don't you think that we help you because we want you to take the heir?" ”

Zhao Yao really thought so, "Isn't it?" ”

"Did Zheng Xilin and I ask you to take the heir?"

Zhao Yao thought about it carefully, then shook his head and said, "No." ”

He Lianfang unceremoniously ridiculed Zhao Yao: "We don't have the leisure to help you win the heir." ”

Zhao Yao: Is he thinking too much?

Zhao Yao: Am I being amorous?

He Lianfang: Hehe!