"Old ghost Su, I said you old thing, can you not follow me! Lao Tzu is upset when he sees you!"

On the way from the east of the city to Lin'an Street, the two old men chased after me, and neither of them let anyone, and there was no intention of stopping.

"Lao Lu, why are you running so fast! Wait for me! I'm an old arm and leg, I can't run as fast as you. ”

"! Okay, old ghost Su, don't think I don't know what your heart is, I want to run to my house after I got my son away, if that tigress from your family comes to me to ask for someone, you can't tear down my house, you go back and suffer by yourself!"

Su Wang did not slow down his pace because of Lu Xiangrui's words, but was even faster than before.

"Lao Lu, look at what you said, I'm that kind of person! I don't think that our brothers haven't talked about it for a long time, so I want to go to your house to live for a few days and be close to you. ”

"! Lao Tzu doesn't want to be close to you, don't say anything about sulking, and insult Sven, the most important thing is that no one in your family can stand it!

Lu Xiangrui shouted to Su Wang behind him while walking in front, as if he wanted to stimulate the old man to leave in this way, but Su Wang's face was obviously thicker than he expected.

"Lao Lu, it's useless for you to say anything today, I'm going to eat you! Don't worry, I'll stay for three days at most, according to what I know about the old woman, she will definitely be discouraged after three days. ”

"Run as far as you can! Lao Tzu will not let you live for a day!"

The two old urchins didn't care about the eyes of the pedestrians along the way, so they ran to the door of Lu Xiangrui's mansion with a swagger.

"Guard, close the door, don't let this guy enter our house!"

Before he could run into the door, Lu Xiangrui had already opened his throat and shouted to the old servant standing at the door with a broom and cleaning.

Seeing this situation of his own master, the servant named Lao Wei immediately understood why, in the past ten or twenty years, the prime minister has not run here much after annoying his wife.

He also clearly remembered the last time the Prime Minister's wife came here to ask someone to break five pairs of chopsticks, because it happened to be the five of them who were eating at that time, and in the end, they and Su Wang were starved for a night.

It was too late, but it was too soon, and the old guard threw away his broom and stood behind the door, just waiting for his master to enter the house and block the prime minister from the door.

Lu Xiangrui did arrive at the door one step ahead of Su Wang, but Su Wang also followed, if Lao Wei forcibly closed the door, he would definitely press his hand, there was no way, Lao Wei had to watch him snatch the door in.

"Old... Lao Lu, you... You're so fucking unkind, I want to... At... On the battlefield, I have a life-saving biscuit but I will give you half of it, and now it is only a few days of living in your house, and you little old man is not happy. ”

Su Wang held the door frame with one hand and said breathlessly, and the reason why he wanted to hold on to the door frame was that he was afraid that the old guard would suddenly close the door.

"And you!"

After Su Wang finished teaching Lu Xiangrui, he turned his head to look at the old guard.

"I think when you were punished by Lao Lu and couldn't eat dinner, who stuffed you with two steamed buns, if it weren't for those two steamed buns, you would have today!"

Look at what Su Wang said, without his two steamed buns, he can starve people to death or what.

"Then you say, how many baked cakes and steamed buns do you want today, I'll send someone to make them!

The old man in front of Lu Xiangrui played a scoundrel, and he also became embarrassed.

"Who wants you to return the steamed buns and baked cakes, how many years have you been brothers, am I the kind of person who cares? I just want to stay for two days!"

After Su Wang finished speaking, he walked into the house as if he had returned to his own home, and at the same time did not forget to tell the old guard.

"Remember to make an extra dinner today!"

Looking at the leisurely Su Wang, Lu Xiangrui was so angry that his teeth itched, but there was nothing he could do.

"Tonight, don't cook for him!"

"Yes. ”

Lao Wei didn't dare to anger the old man who was still angry, but he wasn't really stupid, although he said that he wouldn't cook Su Wang's meal, but if he dared not do it, then he would definitely be the one who didn't eat at night!

...

In Lu Xiangrui's mansion, there is a small garden out of his study, which is the only place in his family where he can spend time, but now that it is winter, this garden is naturally bare and lifeless.

After dinner, Lu Xiangrui and Su Wang brought a chair to lie here to cool off, in fact, it was said to be cool, but in fact, the weather was already a little cold, but the two old people still liked to lie quietly for a while in such weather.

"Lao Su, I have found a good reader recently, and it seems that he can take over my class. ”

"Qi Baihe?"

Su Wang's uncertain opening.

"Yes. ”

"No wonder you pushed him to the position of the secretary of the ministry. ”

Lu Xiangrui was noncommittal to Su Wang's words.

"It's not that I pushed it up, strictly speaking, he won it himself. ”

"Why are you so optimistic about him. ”

Su Wang didn't seem to care about how Qi Baihe sat in the position of the secretary of the ministry.

"I can see in him more or less the bones of some scholars. ”

Unlike Lu Xiangrui, who was so optimistic about that Qi Baihe, Su Wang shook his head.

Man is the most fickle creature, and maybe tomorrow he will be a different person. ”

Lu Xiangrui nodded.

"It does take time to verify. ”

The two were silent, and after half an hour, Su Wang spoke again.

"Lao Lu, you once said to me that why bother to care about the aftermath before you died, but didn't you think about Wenzheng after death?"

Facing Su Wang's critical question, the corners of Lu Xiangrui's mouth showed a hint of sneer.

"Wenzheng, Wenzhen, what are those things, could they be used for drinking?"

It wasn't until this moment that Su Wang was really convinced, and he finally understood where the gap between him and Lu Xiangrui was.

Lu Xiangrui can afford to take it and put it down, and he doesn't even think about taking some things directly! But what about him? There are too many things he can't let go of for his family and for himself, and if there is a way to let go of Wenzheng now, then he must not be able to let go......

Today's prince's mansion is brightly lit, because a distinguished guest came tonight - Chu Tianxiong, the second prince who has just returned to Beijing.

During the day, Chu Wushuang and Chu Tianxiong went into the palace to meet their queen mother, and also went to visit their sister Mengru, and in the end, Chu Wushuang pulled Chu Tianxiong back to his house, saying that he wanted to pick him up and wash the dust.

All the dishes on the table today were made by the chefs of the Third Prince's Chu Fusheng family, and since he was transferred last time, Chu Wushuang has not returned them.

"The second brother came all the way from the border, I must have seen a lot of beautiful scenery in my Dachu, your eldest brother and I have been trapped in the capital because of mundane things, I don't know if the second brother can tell the eldest brother about the scenery on the road. ”

"Big brother, what is there to say, in addition to seeing the beautiful mountains and rivers of Dachu, wherever I have been, every family lives and works in peace and contentment!"

"Then they might have enough to eat?"

Chu Wushuang then asked.

"If there is no famine, it is not difficult to eat!"

"What if there is a famine?"

Chu Wushuang did not give up, but Chu Tianxiong sighed.

"There are starving bones on the road!"

"Then since the second brother knows, why do you have to come back? My people in Dachu have only been exploited and wared by the previous dynasty, and they can no longer withstand any disasters, and in today's Dachu, cultivation and recuperation are the most important!"

Chu Wushuang was slightly excited when he said that, but Chu Tianxiong still had a calm face.

"Throughout the past thousand years of history, the demise of every dynasty began with the so-called cultivation and recuperation, when people are accustomed to a comfortable life, they can't afford to hold swords and guns, besides, even if they want to cultivate and recuperate, it should be enough for almost forty years now, and every country can only be reborn by constantly bathing in the flames of war!"

"But what if they perish in the flames of war?"

Facing Chu Wushuang's questioning, Chu Tianxiong's face suddenly exuded pride.

"In the hands of my Chu Tianxiong, my Great Chu will only be reborn from the fire, and there will be no moths to fight the fire! The grasslands of the Northern Barbarians will become the horse ranches of my Great Chu, and the mountains and forests of the Eastern Turks will also be included in the territory of my Great Chu!"

"And then?

Chu Tianxiong said this as a matter of course.

"Fight, fight! It's best for me to fight for my descendants of Da Chu!"

"Second brother, you..."

"Big brother, you don't need to say more, don't you still understand? Between our brothers, no one can convince anyone, so let's use practical actions to see if my future road to Dachu is Wenzhi or Wuzhi!"

After that, Chu Tianxiong picked up the chopsticks and took a mouthful of the dish and put it in his mouth.

"Thank you eldest brother for your hospitality, it's just that the second brother is not feeling well today and has no appetite, so I will leave!"

Chu Tianxiong got up and was about to leave, but Chu Wushuang didn't say anything to stay, just like his second brother said, neither of them was wrong about this matter, but they each chose different paths for Da Chu!

Looking at Chu Tianxiong's back, Chu Wushuang was unexpectedly a little relieved, his second brother finally had his own ideas, and he was no longer the stupid boy who followed his ass and called him eldest brother.

All the way out of the Prince's Mansion, Chu Tianxiong wanted to return to his residence in the capital, but before he went out, he was stopped by an unexpected but reasonable person.

"Second brother!"

Chu Fusheng's figure emerged from the corner of the Prince's Mansion.

"Third brother!"

Chu Tianxiong's voice was also a little surprised, but his third brother Chu Fusheng's expression was very bitter.

"Second brother, do you know? I'm going to go to the border to see you after the New Year. ”

Chu Tianxiong smiled slightly.

"Aren't I coming back?"

Tears flowed from the corners of Chu Fusheng's eyes.

"Don't you understand what I mean? You shouldn't have come back, at least not for the past few years!"

The look of surprise on Chu Tianxiong's face disappeared in an instant and became dim, he didn't expect that this third brother, who had been much closer to him since he was a child, didn't want him to come back.

Chu Tianxiong didn't speak, he suddenly didn't want to face his third brother Chu Fusheng, but he didn't speak, but Chu Fusheng continued to speak.

"Second brother, in fact, in my heart, it is best for the eldest brother to be the emperor, and you will be the biggest general in the world, and then, I will be an idle prince, only responsible for living this life happily, you two are responsible for protecting me from being bullied, if someone bullies me, you have to help me bully back, but I really didn't expect that you would come back and fight for that position with the eldest brother!

After Chu Fusheng finished speaking, he turned around and ran into the darkness, leaving Chu Tianxiong standing in place stunned.

After being silent for a long time, Chu Tianxiong was dumbfounded.

"Third brother, I understand you, but you are not me, and you don't understand my mind. ”