Zheng Quqi heard Wei Yao mention this matter, but he was not as surprised as he was when he first heard it.

She looked at Steward Chang suspiciously, didn't she say that Chang Yue was the one Yu Wensheng brought back from outside after the death of the old master?

How did it get into his mouth, but he grew up watching Yu Wensheng?

Is there a reason for the deviation in this, or is Steward Chang making up nonsense to deceive her?

Chang Yue thought back to the beginning, and his flat voice said: "When I saw such a child, the people in the house were only afraid in their eyes, and no one dared to approach him, and I always felt that he was not like a normal person, except for the old lady." ”

Old lady?

“…… Is Yu Wensheng's mother-in-law? ”

"Yes, the old lady has been crazy for nearly five years since she gave birth to the general, and the general was also locked up by the old master when he was an infant, for five years, until that day, the old lady seemed to sense something, and suddenly the person came to her senses......"

"She told the old family owner that she wanted to see her child, and the old family owner has always responded to the old lady's request, and it was at this time that the old family master released the general who had not seen the light of day."

Every time he heard about Yu Wensheng's father, Zheng Quqi felt an indescribable uncomfortable feeling in his heart, perhaps because he could turn such a cruel blind eye to a baby and imprison it, especially if it was still his child.

But Zheng Quqi didn't interject, she asked Chang Yue to continue: "In the next few years, it was the old lady who taught the general to speak and read little by little, and she also taught him to learn to laugh, laugh when he is unhappy, laugh when he is uncomfortable, laugh when he cries, laugh when he hurts, and laugh when he is in pain, but only when he is happy and happy, he can't laugh, he has to hide." ”

Zheng Quqi felt suffocated just by listening to these words.

"Why?" Why teach a child these things that are against human nature?

Laughing when you are happy and crying when you are uncomfortable, this is the emotion that normal people should have, and it is also a normal way for people to feel and vent their emotions.

She thought that this mother was here to give Yu Wensheng love, but how could she listen, she was here to herald the day of his suffering?

"Why? Chang Yue's cheeks shook a few times, as if he was trying to restrain some of his emotions, and he slowed down his breath and said, "Maybe it's because of the old lady...... She couldn't restrain the resentment in her heart, so she turned a blind eye to the general's innocence. ”

Zheng Quqi didn't understand the meaning of this sentence too much.

Why would a mother resent her child, just as she could not understand why a father would behave so cruelly and abandoning his child?

But Chang Yue didn't intend to answer more for her about this matter, he said: "The general is very smart, smart enough to learn anything, he did learn to laugh, until the old lady died, he always remembered to laugh." He never shed a single tear, even if his parents died later, at the funeral, he behaved like a strange laughing, because of this, everyone was afraid of him, afraid of him, and ran away from him, and no one really dared to approach him, to care for him, to feel sorry for him. ”

"He is lonely, desolate, and pitiful. But he didn't know this. ”

"When the old slave did something wrong, he was driven out of Yuwen's house by the old master, the old slave was derelict in his duties, and he couldn't look at the general for the old lady, and then I saw you again, a few years have passed, but it has been completely unusual."

Everyone thinks that the general is terrible, crazy, and bloodthirsty, but this terrible person is a revenge plan created by the old master.

Chang Yue said this, his eyes seemed to reappear that small figure, he was not half as tall as the coffin, wearing a plain white robe, staring directly at his mother's coffin, with a smile on his slender face, but a pair of big black eyes were empty, as if he could not understand everything in this world very well, but he had been forcibly dragged into a whirlpool of hatred belonging to adults.

Zheng Quqi admits that it belongs to her emotional side, which will make her sympathize with and feel sorry for Yu Wensheng when she was a child, but she is also a rational person, she understands that the adult version of Yu Wensheng no longer needs the "candy" she wanted when she was a child, let alone others to pity him.

After all, it's all he who pities others now.

"But madam, people may be able to learn to be lonely and learn to enjoy loneliness, but they can't be lonely all the time, especially when there is someone around him who cares, he will start to unconsciously want to reach out......"

How about reaching out?

People who will love will reach out to hug, and if the other person takes a step back, they will let go with dignity and blessings.

But the person who doesn't love will only be like an ignorant child, stubbornly holding on tightly and not letting go, and never dying.

"The road that was arranged to be taken in the first half of his life, the general has finished, and the things he promised to the old lady have been done, the old slave thought that he would be tortured to the point of complete madness, and he would drag Ye Guo to prison together, and destroy this century-old foundation, the old slave knew that he had been thinking like this all these years, but he never thought that there would be another person in this world who could make the general restrain himself from the precipice."

"The general learned to laugh in the old lady, but the lady taught him how to forget to laugh, the old slave found that once he met the lady's affairs, he would be angry, happy, and even sad, he became more and more like a normal person, maybe imitation, maybe learning, but he was really getting better."

He was sincerely grateful for the appearance of Zheng Quqi, it was she who aroused the emotions in the general's heart, it was her appearance that prevented a doom disaster about the Ye country, and also prevented the general's self-destruction and self-abandonment.

"No, I can't understand, hasn't he always been the patron saint of the Ye Kingdom? Why would he want to destroy the country of Ye? The more Zheng Quqi listened, the more confused he became.

"The Admiral was never a god." Chang Yueshen's eyes were dark: "Even if it is, it is also death." ”

"And what did he do before?"

"It has always been the old lady's deathbed words that have trapped him, and he has promised the old lady that he must do his best to protect the Ye country from destruction for fifteen years, and after the fifteen-year period, everything will be as he wants."

"It's exactly fifteen years now?" She was stunned.

But why fifteen years, not a lifetime or a decade or something like that? Is there any point in setting such a fifteen years?

"That's right, but the fifteen-year period has arrived, and the Ye Kingdom has not been destroyed in the hands of the general, and he is even willing to continue to protect the Ye Kingdom and lead the troops to fight against the ......" Speaking of this, Chang Yue's expression was strange, as if he wanted to laugh, but because his perennially stiff facial muscles did not obey the call, he couldn't show a happy appearance.

His eyes were like a dry well that had been given new life, and the light of the water gushed out: "Madam, he has changed for you, because he wants to protect one person in his heart, and then he will protect the country where she is......" He said this, and then knelt down and kowtowed to her.

Is that so?

I see.

She remembered the conversation he had had with Yuan Xingzhou, and he repeatedly asked her, is it necessary for such a rotten country to exist? She said yes.

He asked her, what is the most precious thing in this world?

She thinks it's human life.

He was indeed learning, learning from her.

"Please, don't give up on him, the old slave doesn't ask you to forgive him for his deceitful and extreme acts, just beg you, don't abandon him easily, just give him a glimmer of hope, just a glimmer of hope, so that he can have hope for the rest of his life, someone to follow, and a home to return to."

Zheng Quqi hurriedly helped him up, but seeing that he was stubborn and refused to get up, he had to wait for her to give an answer.

"Uncle Chang, I understand what you mean, but I can't promise you anything, many things in this world should have their own laws that go on naturally, and if you can't force it, it will only become a bad fate."

After she finished speaking, she helped the person up again, but this time Chang Yue understood what and stood up.

"But I have also remembered what you said, although I don't know if I can go on with him on the journey of husband and wife, but at least in terms of the monarch and ministers, I will definitely be loyal to him and do my best to assist him in building a beautiful country." Her voice was gentle but firm.

Chang Yue understood that their wife had no love at all, and she might need a king who could show her strength more than a powerful husband.

It is no wonder that the general would try his best to arrange an official position for his wife, because he knew her, what she wanted, and how to keep her completely.

It seems that there is no need for his help, the general may have thought about spending this life with his wife a long, long time ago, not limited to being with him every day, but seeking to be with him for a long time.

"Do you know Phoenix Tears?" Zheng Quqi asked suddenly.

Chang Yue's eyes flashed a dark color, and he lowered his head: "I can't talk about this matter for the old slave, but the old slave believes that as long as the lady wants to know, the general will definitely tell you, but this battle is dangerous, and I don't know when the general will return." ”

Zheng Quqi felt that with the heavy atmosphere at the moment, she was embarrassed to stay in this house without worrying a few words.

"Yes, I don't know how to march and fight, and I don't know the situation in the field now, if he is really in danger, the mountains and rivers are far away, and we are afraid that we will not be able to reach the whip."

She just said casually, he is such a battle-enduring general, why does she need to worry about a rookie like her?

Who would have thought that her words were regarded as concerned by Chang Yue, thinking that she wanted to know the current situation of the general, but she didn't know where to find out, so he hurriedly said: "Madam, the old slave can send a message for you, if you want to know anything, you can write directly to ask the general?" ”

And this straight-line operation?

Zheng Quqi: "...... Yes, yes. ”

"Madam, it's rare for you to go back home today, why don't you go to the study to write immediately?"

"There's no need to be in such a hurry, right?" Zheng Quqi took a step back and wanted to retreat.

How do you know that Jiang is still old and spicy, he blocked her retreat with a word: "I heard that Mrs. recently wants to win the water conservancy project in Cangling County, according to the old slave, instead of wasting time waiting for them to weigh the pros and cons, it is better to report this matter directly to His Royal Highness the prince, such a feat of benefiting the country and the people, every second counts, and it must not be delayed because of some favoritism and narrow-minded people." ”

Zheng Quqi was pinched by someone.

Isn't that right?

Sikong and the water supervisor did not approve of her making such a big move, what if she really raised enough money to start the construction, but they insisted that only one Cangling weir could solve the flood problem, and rejected her application?

“…… How long does it take to make this round trip? ”

"No more than three days."

So fast? It seems that they have an exclusive communication channel, Zheng Quqi thinks that people should take fewer detours, and after decades of life, there is not enough time to do business, how can there be time to waste in all kinds of troubles and entanglements, right?

So she decided to write the letter.

But as soon as she picked up the pen, she was stumped.

However, the language level is not high, and she can't write any unfathomable words, and in the end, she didn't bother anymore, and wrote directly: You are fighting outside, I am building inside, watch and help each other, don't die, and return with honor.

Very good, simple twenty words to sum up everything, but in the end she didn't mention her business, mainly because she was too embarrassed to distract a person on the battlefield from her side.

However, a few days later, Sikong called her, he first stared at her with a complex and deep gaze for a long time, and then said: "Master Zheng, the matter of water control in Cangling County is fully entrusted to you, can you afford it?" ”

Zheng Quqi obviously didn't expect such a good thing, she didn't have any reason to fight for it, this-"You agreed?" She was pleasantly surprised.

Heh, is it okay to disagree? His Royal Highness the Prince of the World also sent someone over to care about this matter in his busy schedule, he didn't want to lose his official position and lose his head, so he naturally had to give her a relationship of 100 million face.

"But there is a word in advance, this matter is difficult, you should also know the difficulties of the prison and the Ministry of Water, some things can't be taken care of all of you, there are still a lot of civil construction to be started on the other hand, and the Ministry of Household has also tried its best, if you insist, you have to think a lot of things yourself."

"The officials know these things, and the officials will also find a way to solve the missing money."

——

The water conservancy project in Cangling County was approved, Zheng Quqi didn't have to bother to dredge up the relationship, lobby the support of various ministries, but unexpectedly got some free, but as soon as she returned to the General's Mansion, she received a reply from Yu Wensheng, and after reading the letter, she looked solemn.

In the front, I wrote some of the situation in Shimoda, and then I wrote: In the event of a surprise attack, the weapons used by the enemy army are indestructible, resulting in serious wear and tear of our weapons.

Yuan Xingzhou has never regarded her as an ignorant woman, starting from Fuxian County, and then testing the troops in the Six Kingdoms, he always said that she was the back he could entrust, and now it is also, when she mentions "watching and helping each other", he can hear her voice and know the elegance, he understands her mind, so he will not only report good news but not bad news to her.

If there is a problem, as long as she can help it, she will solve it with him.

Yes, Zheng Quqi has long known that the weapons of the Ye army have always been primitive and backward, and they still use cast iron, and even there are a lot of broken copper and iron in the arsenal prison, once they go to the battlefield, even if their soldiers are brave, but they can't keep up with their equipment, they will still suffer a big loss.

No, what other soldiers have, their soldiers can't lag behind.

The high-quality steel she had forged with blacksmiths in Fuxian County had been successful, but the blacksmiths' skills were immature and the smelting furnace was too backward, resulting in too low production.

But now it is different, in Shengjing, there are the most skilled blacksmiths in Yeguo, and the most advanced and complete equipment of the ordnance supervisor, which can officially put the steel filling method into use, increase the production capacity of steel, and produce high-quality steel to make weapons.

- (End of chapter)