Starting from Chinese New Year's Eve, the courtiers have a total of three days of rest, and on the third day of the new year, they will enter the palace to attend the court meeting as usual.

This was the first time that the courtiers had officially seen him since Zhao Pu entered the imperial city.

Fang Linyuan also had to go to the Sixteenth Garrison Division to be on duty.

The women of Daxuan did not have the clothes and ornaments worn by the court, so Zhao Pu changed into the Zhai clothes worn when worshipping the ancestors and worshipping the gods. When the heavy phoenix crown was put on his hair, Fang Linyuan just tied the leather belt and walked out of the bedroom with the scabbard of the saber in one hand.

"It's heavy to look at." Seeing Zhao Pu's head full of gold and jade swaying, Fang Linyuan couldn't help but sigh.

I saw Zhao Pu turn around and look at him.

He was born gorgeous, otherwise, there would not be so many gold and jade splendors that would not be able to dominate, and at a glance, he would still be caught by his pair of gorgeous eyes.

Zhao Xuan slowly stood up, reached out and took his knife, and lowered his head to hang it on his waist.

"I always wear it, and I get used to it." Zhao Pu said. "You're out of the palace right now?"

Fang Linyuan nodded, stretched his arms and stretched his waist: "The palace is far away from the garrison, a little earlier, so as not to delay a little." ”

Zhao Pu responded, thought for a while, and said: "The garrison is just some miscellaneous things to patrol the city, now that the turmoil has calmed down, do you have anything else you want to do?" ”

His tone was flat, but his words were to spread out the official positions of the full dynasty in front of Fang Linyuan, and choose for him as if he were picking cabbage.

Fang Linyuan laughed: "I haven't thought about it yet." At the moment, the four realms are peaceful, and it seems that there is no use for me. ”

At this point, he remembered another thing.

"I heard yesterday that Lin Zimiao was going to be escorted back to Beijing." He said.

Zhao Pu did not shy away from it, nodded and responded: "It will arrive in two days, and it will be sent directly to the East Factory at that time." ”

"What are you going to do with him?" Fang Linyuan asked.

Zhao Pu looked at him, pondered for a moment, and raised his hand to caress his cheek.

"If you don't want to kill, you can keep it." Zhao Pu said softly. "But he betrayed you."

This Fang Linyuan naturally knew.

But he was silent for a while, but still said, "When the time comes, let me meet him first." ”

Zhao Pu nodded.

"I'll talk to Shi Shen." He said. "It just so happens that Yumen Pass also sent someone back to Beijing to deliver good news, which should also be your old department. If you want to see him, let Wu Xinghai inform him for you. ”

Hearing this, Fang Linyuan nodded happily.

Seeing that his eyes lit up, Zhao Pu couldn't help laughing.

While stretching out his hand to arrange the silk on the leather belt for him, he whispered as if inadvertently: "I'm only afraid that it will be me who has bound you in Beijing." ”

Fang Linyuan was slightly stunned, and only after a moment did he understand what Zhao Pu was talking about.

"It's not like there's no fighting on the border. The Turks finally deceived the gate of Yumen Pass, but before the reinforcements from the capital could reach Longxi, they repelled them. He said lightly.

He obviously saw Zhao Pu on the other side with a slight expression.

I saw that he was silent for a moment, then brushed his bundle and asked calmly.

"What if there is a fight?"

Ah, this is afraid that he will go again.

Fang Linyuan rarely saw Zhao Pu's careful thoughts, it was really novel, and he couldn't help but look closer at the same time: "Then ......"

He dragged on for a long time and didn't do anything until Zhao Pu couldn't help it and raised his eyes to look at him.

Fang Linyuan smiled so much that his eyebrows and eyes raised.

"Then I can arrive in three days, and after beating them down, I will rush back in three days." He laughed.

"As a general, I want to be quick and unexpected, so that even if they know that I am not on the frontier, they will not dare to attack easily."

He said with a slight pin raised, with a windy spirit.

didn't notice that when Zhao Pu in front of him heard his words, he exhaled softly without a trace, which would only come after he was nervous and held his breath.

He just said it was a little joke, but before he could finish speaking, Zhao Pu had already leaned forward and bit his lip lightly.

Fang Linyuan was bitten and groaned.

"You're getting lipstick on my mouth again!"

Fang Linyuan said, and hurriedly leaned over to the bronze mirror to wipe the corners of his mouth.

saw Zhao Pu reflected in the bronze mirror, and finally raised his lips slightly.

"What are you afraid of?" Through the mirror, Fang Linyuan saw Zhao Pu looking at him faintly and said. "They don't dare laugh at you."

Fang Linyuan wiped the corners of his mouth for a moment, raised his eyes, and met the fox fire in Zhao Xuan's eyes in the mirror.

This posture was as if as soon as he turned around, he was going to kiss him to the dark.

…… How can this work?

Fang Linyuan hurriedly covered his mouth, flashed vigorously, and slipped away quickly from in front of Zhao Pu.

"I'll go first!" He raised his voice. "Sooner later, it's going to be late!"

Zhao Pu didn't stop him, but watched his back fleeing in a hurry, and when he walked through the palace gate, he was tripped because the threshold in the palace was much higher than that of the Hou Mansion.

The palace maids on the door were so frightened that they almost knelt together, but Fang Linyuan waved at them with a smile, turned around, and winked at Zhao Pu proudly through the golden window.

It was vivid and bright, like the bright sunlight shining into the temple gate.

The bright sun, so easily, fell into his lintel.

Zhao Xuan lowered his eyes.

But the smile at the corners of the eyebrows and eyes, where can it be so easily removed?

——

Fang Linyuan arrived at the garrison division when he was close to the point, and when he entered the door, Li Chengan had already ordered all the soldiers on duty today.

"So early today?" Seeing that the soldiers of the brigade went out to change the guard in an orderly manner, Fang Linyuan asked Li Chengan with some surprise.

Unexpectedly, Li Chengan, who saw him, was more surprised than him.

"General?!" Li Chengan stepped forward in two steps and looked Fang Linyuan up and down several times. "You're here, General?"

Fang Linyuan's eyebrows moved, and he looked at him inexplicably: "Hit a ghost?" ”

I saw Li Chengan lower his voice and stepped forward.

"It's not...... Your Royal Highness the Fifth Princess, isn't it time for the dynasty! "He was mysterious, as if he was talking something earth-shattering.

As if he was facing a great enemy, it was as if he were talking about some big news.

"yes." Fang Linyuan was helpless. "You just heard that?"

"It's not, it's not ......" Li Chengan scratched his head embarrassedly and smirked at Fang Linyuan.

"What?"

"We're all worried about you." He said. "If the Fifth Highness really became a ......"

He didn't dare to say that word, but arched his hand in the direction of the palace.

"Then general, aren't you going to be locked up in the harem to be the queen?"

He laughed so badly that Fang Linyuan almost raised his foot and kicked him.

"What do you think?" He said.

"Yes, yes, yes! General, you are a world-class talent, why can't you be locked up in the back house! Li Chengan smiled.

He was half-joking, half-serious, Fang Linyuan gestured at him twice, and played with him and walked towards the garrison.

"However, who will take care of so many things in the harem?" Speaking of this, Li Chengan was curious again.

"If you have a specialization in the art industry, just recruit some female officials who are in charge of general affairs."

“…… Female officer! Li Chengan was shocked. It seems that everything that is rumored out there is true? ”

Fang Linyuan tilted his head: "What did you pass on?" ”

"Isn't the Fifth Highness going to be a woman?" Li Chengan said. "They all said that His Royal Highness has made up his mind to change the world and the world, and this year's spring, I am afraid that there will be female talents."

Fang Linyuan hadn't heard of this.

But when I think about it, I understand.

Zhao Pu is in the capital, and he even knows what songs and ballads the children in the streets and alleys sing, but he is afraid that these news are also the rumors he released.

Somehow, hearing this, Fang Linyuan felt a kind of joy and honor in his heart.

The corners of his mouth were raised, but this joy was inexplicably very personal, so that he did not want to be seen.

Fortunately, Li Chengan was unaware.

"However, even if women are allowed to go to the field, they haven't read the Four Books and Five Classics, how can they pass the exam?" He was still touching his chin and muttering.

"As long as you can take the test, if you can't take the test this year, next year and the year after, someone will go to study." Fang Linyuan said. "Besides, what do you ask so much? You don't have the imperial examination. ”

"That's right." Li Chengan nodded approvingly. "Fortunately, I'm now a part-time official. My father forced me to take the imperial examination every year before last, as if he didn't have any fame, as if he wanted to disgrace my ancestors. ”

Speaking of this, he pursed his lips: "But I don't like to read." ”

Fang Linyuan was puzzled: "If you don't study, you want fame, why don't you just take a martial arts exam?" ”

"It can be the same." Li Chengan blurted out.

"How is it different?"

"What you learn in the examination is to help the people through the world, and you want to be an official when you read it." Li Chengan said. "What is that Wuju person? It's all about fists and feet. Generally go to the test

are all people who test martial arts, and if you want to be a meritorious person, you will go directly to join the army. ”

Fang Linyuan's heart was stunned.

And so it is.

has always been a general in the army, and he is either an official position before the battle, or he is succeeded by his father and son like him.

In troubled times, they can also make contributions in the fight. But in the peaceful and prosperous era, there is no battle to fight, so it is not easy to make a name for yourself in the military camp.

Thinking of this, Fang Linyuan suddenly had an idea in his heart.

Civil officials can be trained by the school, but what if they are military generals?

If qualified generals can be raised in the prosperous Taiping, then they can deal with the war calmly, and there is no need to tear down the east and make up for the west as before, or resign themselves to fate.

The current peaceful and prosperous times may be a good opportunity.

"General, general?" Seeing that Fang Linyuan didn't speak for a long time, Li Chengan jumped up and down beside him.

But he saw Fang Linyuan turn his head and ask him: "If you pass the martial arts exam, you will have the opportunity to be a general, will you go?" ”

Li Chengan was stunned for a moment, and then became ecstatic: "General, you're going to teach me, aren't you?" I knew it! ”

“…… Yes? Fang Linyuan was puzzled. Know what? ”

"Follow you, sooner or later I can learn your true skills!" Lee Seung-an laughed.

"When the time comes, if I can also pay homage to the prime minister, and return to Beijing to ask for a reward, it will be a glorious thing! When the time comes, maybe my dad will have to salute me! ”

He laughed.

The corners of Fang Linyuan's mouth twitched slightly, he glanced at Li Chengan twice, and didn't answer again.

Why didn't he find out before...... This kid is still such a touching filial son.

——

At dusk that day, Shi Shen personally came to the garrison to invite Fang Linyuan.

He still has a stray fire in his hand.

After a period of wind and dust, he was already working hard, and Liuhuo was still a fierce horse who recognized the Lord very much, and he came back after a toss, and he lost weight from beginning to end.

When he saw it from afar, Fang Linyuan felt distressed.

"Thank you, Father-in-law, for sending the horse back for me." Fang Linyuan reached out to take the reins of the flowing fire, and the soft tail of the horse flicked back and forth.

Drift fire gouged his hooves, snuggled up and rubbed his head against him.

Shi Shen on the side bowed his head and saluted Fang Linyuan, and said with a smile: "Master Hou tortures the slave maid." Your Highness instructed today that when the prisoners are escorted back, please come and have a look. ”

Fang Linyuan nodded, touching the mane of the flowing fire and hesitated for a long time, but he was still reluctant to ride it around at this moment.

Shi Shen's eyes were very good, and he immediately ordered someone to bring another horse and asked if the flowing fire should be sent to the Hou Mansion first, or directly into the palace.

"It's all good." Fang Linyuan touched the horse's head and handed the reins to the soldiers of Dongchang.

He and Shi Shen went all the way to the East Factory, and soon stopped in front of the prison gate of the East Factory.

"Locked up here?" Fang Linyuan asked.

Shi Shen leaned sideways and asked him to go first, and said, "It's detained here." But Hou Ye rest assured, he is locked in a prison cell on the ground, and he has not been tortured yet. ”

Fang Linyuan nodded and followed him all the way into the depths of the cell.

There are cells on the ground floor, and there are small ventilation windows in each cell. A faint light shone through the window.

Fang Linyuan was also here and met Lin Zimiao.

He was the same as he had seen when he was outside the city, still thin and emaciated, and his eyes were obscure and blind.

“…… Linyuan. ”

Seeing Fang Linyuan stop outside the cell, Lin Zimiao was silent for a moment, but still called out his name.

Fang Linyuan looked at him and nodded.

I saw Lin Zimiao, who had never liked to laugh much, looking at him and showing a bitter and flat smile.

"I didn't have the face to see you." He said. "But...... On the way back, I heard news from the capital. ”

He paused, and the words that followed were barely spoken.

“…… I'm still happy for you. ”

Fang Linyuan shook his head.

"Nothing to be happy about." He said. "It is not a good thing for a soldier to be suspicious and feared by the Son of Heaven."

Lin Zimiao's eyes froze.

“…… I know. He said. I ......"

"I'm not talking about you." Fang Linyuan interrupted him. "These days, you remind me, openly and secretly, that I know. The emperor's decree cannot be disobeyed, and I know it. ”

He paused, his voice lower, but still firm.

"I don't blame you."

Lin Zimiao looked at him in a daze.

For a moment, there was a faint moisture in his eyes, and his throat was slightly choked, but he still said.

"You should blame me."

"If I put myself in your shoes, I may not be able to be more righteous than you." Fang Linyuan said.

"Loyalty and righteousness, I don't know how to choose."

Lin Zimiao just looked at him like this, and for a moment, tears fell big and big.

"I've been working with you for a while, I'm ......," he choked.

"I know you're a wonderful person. I...... I have spoken to Your Majesty, many times...... But Your Majesty doesn't believe it, and I can't be disloyal......"

Fang Linyuan's nose was sour.

Lin Zimiao didn't lie in every word. He knows. As early as when he was imprisoned in the palace, Emperor Hongyou said the same thing.

But what can be done?

He is the same as Lin Zimiao, who eats the king's fortune and is loyal to the king, who the monarch wants to suspect and who he wants to deal with, and neither of them can control it.

Fang Linyuan pursed his lips vigorously and nodded heavily towards Lin Zimiao.

"I know."

Lin Zimiao covered his face, lowered his head and cried in a muffled voice.

Fang Linyuan took a deep breath, turned around and walked out of the prison quickly.

If he stayed inside, he would cry again.

Shi Shen silently followed behind him and stopped with him outside the door of the prison.

"If Lord Hou wants, with just one sentence, His Highness can leave him in the Jinyi Guard." Shi Shen said.

Fang Linyuan shook his head.

Now the government and the opposition all know what Lin Zimiao has done for Emperor Hongyou.

Replacing the generals on the expedition is a disgraceful and ugly thing, not to mention that Emperor Hongyou has now lost power, and in the eyes of the world, he is not a loyal minister, but a lackey.

To force him to stay is to force him to be accused by Wanfu.

When Shi Shen saw him shaking his head, he stopped making a sound in amusement.

Fang Linyuan stood still outside the prison door, and after a long time, he asked aloud: "Did Zhao Pu tell you, what is he going to do with it?" ”

Shi Shen paused slightly.

Fang Linyuan turned his head to look at him.

"His Royal Highness gave the slave maid a sum of money, and gave the slave maid a few land deeds, in addition to that, there was also an appointment document." Seeing this, he said slowly.

Fang Linyuan: "...... What? ”

"Your Highness's orders, how to deal with it, all listen to the orders of the Hou Ye."

…… Zhao Pu didn't tell him this morning.

But remembering that when he casually promised him in the early morning, Zhao Pu looked at him, and Fang Linyuan instantly understood that at that time, Zhao Pu had already made a decision.

It's just that these few items are disposed of in ...... None of them seem to be punishments.

"He didn't say, how to punish him?" After a pause, Fang Linyuan couldn't help but ask.

Shi Shen shook his head: "If it is a punishment, it will all be up to you, Master Hou." ”

Fang Linyuan understood.

What else does he not understand?

Zhao Pu hates betrayal, and he is not a person who will repay his grievances with virtue.

He did this just to tell him. As long as he accepts it, then he can turn a blind eye to even the most intolerable betrayal.

As long as Fang Linyuan nodded.

At this moment, Fang Linyuan turned his head and looked at Shi Shen.

"Then, it's time to trouble my father-in-law." He said.

"Master Hou, please speak."

"These three paths, you give it to Lin Zimiao to choose, whether it is incognito, disarming and returning to the field, or staying in the court, it is up to him to choose."

Shi Shen didn't expect him to say this, and he was a little surprised for a while.

"Then Master Hou...... What about you? ”

Fang Linyuan said, "I'll go first." ”

He should have gone first.

The fate of others, no matter what kind of best friends they are, after they choose to forgive, it is up to them to decide what to do in the future.

He doesn't have to interfere in other people's lives, but Zhao Pu is different.

Zhao Pu has made too many changes for him, and their future is all about each other.

Suddenly, he couldn't wait, and he had to go back immediately.

Go see Zhao Pu.