Your Majesty doesn't know
Chapter 24 When I was a teenager
After asking Bai Feng, He Zichen realized that the kite was not just a plaything to Sheng Ling, it was a messenger carrying his longing for his mother in the sky.
In Sheng Ling's hometown, people believe that after death, the soul will return to heaven, and the white crane symbolizes the memory of the deceased relatives.
According to legend, I personally tied a crane-shaped kite and let it fly in windy weather. Let it fly very high. It's in the sky, and the kite line is broken at this time, which means that the relatives in the sky have received it.
If the kite falls or breaks in the middle of its flight, it will not be received, and the people in the sky will be very sad if they cannot wait for the miss from their loved ones, and will cry and cry in the sky until it rains heavily.
"Mother of Shengling, please don't cry anymore, you cry so much that I want to cry."
He Zichen lay on a big tree, wiped the rain from his face, squinted his eyes and looked around, but he still couldn't find the kite. Seeing that the sky was getting darker, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
He Zichen knew that he had done something stupid again.
Although he didn't want to be such an asshole, but he was wrong, and there was nothing to quibble about.Since you made a mistake, you must find a way to make up for your mistakes.
No matter what, he must find Sheng Ling's kite!
After he came out of the Star Picking Tower, he quietly left the palace alone, looking for the kite in the direction where it disappeared.
With such heavy rain, the kite must have fallen down, so he asked people as he walked, "Did you see a kite with a broken string? It's a kite that looks like a white crane."
After asking countless people like this, someone finally told him that he saw a white kite falling down before it rained.
He Zichen hurriedly asked where it was and looked for it, and sure enough he found a white kite on the branch of a tree. He was ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly climbed up the tree to take down the kite.
It was indeed a white kite, but it was not Sheng Ling's white crane, but a white butterfly that could not be colored in the future.
Just looking for a kite with a broken string aimlessly by one person is really tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, but He Zichen still has to find the needle.
Originally, he could ask Baifeng to help him divination where the kite fell, or even sit in the Cangxing Pavilion and let others look for it, which would be easier and more effective.
But he doesn't.
He Zichen's stubbornness not only offends others, but also offends himself.
A person can only do the stupid things by himself, so why should he ask others to help?The process of searching is difficult now, but it was very easy when he tore off the kite string before, and he tasted the evil consequences of his own creation, this is cause and effect.
Perhaps it was luck, He Zichen finally found the kite on the roof of a family.At this time, he had been looking for it for a long time, and it was already dark.
It was still raining heavily, dripping in his ears like a waterfall, and he was a little dizzy from the rain. He couldn't hear anything except the sound of rain. Rolled into the yard.
Before he had time to get up from the ground, he was thrown down again by a black dog charging from nowhere, and then a man and a dog fought fiercely in the rain.
He Zichen didn't quite remember how he escaped from the damn dog's claws, and how he ran past those four legs with two legs. He seemed to have lost consciousness and was only acting on his body's instincts.
In the end, the monarch brought people to look for him, and carried him back to the palace when he was exhausted, holding the kite that he had finally found tightly in his hand.
After being drenched in the rain for several hours and being chased by dogs for several miles, He Zichen naturally fell ill and was forced to lie in bed for two days.Seeing that his condition was really pitiful, He Chongming didn't have the heart to scold him too much.
He Zichen is also very good at taking advantage of the opportunity, pretending to be sickly, which has won a lot of benefits from the adults.
As soon as the person left, he immediately jumped off the bed and took the kite to the Zhaixing Building to return it to Sheng Ling, but Sheng Ling didn't seem to appreciate it, and didn't even look at the kite.
At that time, Sheng Ling and He Ziyang were in class, Bai Feng was very accommodating, and he didn't blame He Zichen for disturbing him, she just asked how he was recovering in a soft voice, and then he didn't care about the children's relationship "resentment".
He Zichen held the kite and apologized in a low voice for a long time, but Sheng Ling just gave him a very flat look, and he couldn't see any emotion in it.
When He Zichen was short of words, he stood silently by himself and was ignored for a long time, and finally felt a little embarrassed, so he took the kite back embarrassingly, his usually valiant back looked a little hurt.
He Ziyang really wanted to intercede for his younger brother, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was really no reason to say anything. Originally, it was Sheng Ling's freedom to forgive or not, and he couldn't rely on Sheng Ling to treat him as a friend and make unreasonable demands.So, I had to watch silently.
Seeing He Zichen leaving in a loss, He Ziyang finally couldn't help but greeted Bai Feng and chased him out.
On the path among the Davidia involucrata trees, He Ziyang chased after He Zichen and held He Zichen. The two said something on the road, and they both looked beaming.
Sheng Ling stood quietly by the window, looking down at this scene.
Bai Feng walked up to him and looked downstairs, still with a faint smile on his face, as if he said casually: "I heard that the young master went to find your kite and got wet for a long time. He was also chased by dogs." After a few miles, I don’t know if I was bitten, but I came back with a fever... I didn’t expect that it was just getting better, so I came to you in a hurry.”
Sheng Ling's eyelashes trembled, he turned around and tugged at Master's sleeve, and looked up, his eyes were a little hesitant to say something.
"Don't worry, Master has seen it before, the young master is in very good health." Bai Feng patted his head, with teasing eyes, "Why didn't you tell the young master that you have forgiven him?"
Sheng Ling bit his lip, his eyes dodged a little, after a while, he finally mustered up the courage to take Bai Feng's hand, and wrote something on the palm of his hand with his fingers, after finishing writing, he raised his head and looked at his master eagerly .
Bai Feng patted his head affectionately, sighed lightly, and said with a smile: "Sheng Ling is a soft-hearted child, but I don't know if it's good or bad."
Not getting the desired response, Sheng Ling took his master's hand again and shook it gently a few times, with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
"As a teacher, I won't tell you, Sheng Ling. If you have an idea, you have to learn to express it yourself. Even if you can't speak, you can use other methods to let people understand your thoughts."
"What's more, the young master is different from you. He just handed you a bunch of candied haws. You don't want to eat it, because it can attract ants." Bai Feng didn't agree to his request, and he smoothed the hair on his temples with interest. Si, narrowing his eyes, smiled and said, "And the young master doesn't care about anything. He only does what he wants to do, and he doesn't care what others think. This time he feels that he is wrong, so he must ask for your forgiveness. And if you don't give him a clear answer, according to his temperament, he will definitely come again."
Bai Feng thought these children were really interesting.
Ziyang's mind is pure and he thinks wholeheartedly about others. He is happy when others are happy. If others are sad, even if it is not his fault, he will feel sad. His temper is so good that he can't get angry.Such a person may sometimes suffer a small loss, but in the long run it may not be bad. If a person does not regard the loss as a loss, then what can he care about?
Zichen and his elder brother are two extremes. He never cares about what others think, only cares about what he thinks. He is self-willed and arrogant.Fortunately, this waywardness and arrogance did not make him too narrow-minded and conceited. At least he was willing to recognize his mistakes, and he was not afraid to put them into words and actions. Even if it sometimes makes people angry, it is difficult to really get bored with him.
It's not really heartless, and it can even be regarded as affectionate and righteous, but it will never be too depressed about something.Such a person can usually live a wanton and magnanimous life.
As for Shengling, compared to Ziyang, he is not selfless enough, and compared to Zichen, he is not selfish enough.
He is sensitive, and can always feel the malice of others and take it to heart; but he is also soft-hearted, as long as the other party sincerely admits that he is wrong, he can no longer hold hostility. He is a little bit, even inadvertently, good - as far as these two points are concerned, the little prince is his natural nemesis.
But at the same time, Sheng Ling was too introverted, almost ashamed and awkward, which made him not good at expressing himself at all.
He kept everything silently in his heart, but never let people know how he felt. Maybe others thought he hated him, but he had already put people in the most cherished position in his heart.
Sheng Ling's temper...
Bai Feng sighed and said to himself, with such a temperament, he can only be friends with someone who is as soft and not sharp as the eldest son, and it is probably difficult for a person like the younger son to communicate with him.
The status and responsibility of the national teacher of the Yousheng Kingdom have determined that the monarch and him must have a relationship of mutual trust and support. From this point of view, the eldest son is indeed more suitable for the position of the monarch than the younger son.
Bai Feng's guess was right, even though he was stunned by Sheng Ling, He Zichen was a little depressed at the time, but soon cheered up afterwards.
It was still out of the idea that "if you do something wrong, you have to bear it yourself", it was rare for him to be willing to lower his stance again and again. Sheng Ling's "unforgiveness" did not make him angry, but gave birth to some fighting spirit.
According to He Zichen's analysis, the reason why Sheng Ling refused to accept the kite and his apology was probably because the kite was different from before, and Sheng Ling hated it in his heart.
After going through the wind and rain, the kite looked even more miserable than He Zichen, and it didn't look like it was originally exquisitely crafted.He Zichen thought to himself: You can't just return it to Shengling like this, I will repair it and return it, it will be considered as an apology.
As soon as he said it, He Zichen found tools and materials to repair the kite, but found a thin bamboo tube the size of a little finger under the bone. He took the bamboo tube off and poured out a wet paper roll from it. Come.
When I unfolded it, the handwriting on the paper was stained by the rain, and I could only vaguely guess the general meaning. The paper was full of longing for the deceased mother.
In order to restore the kite to its original appearance, He Zichen showed the greatest patience in his life.
The letter with unclear handwriting rippled in his heart, causing him a very strange emotion, a bit similar to the feeling of seeing the nest of chicks on the locust tree. After a long time, he understood, that feeling It's called "pity".
He Zichen took the initiative to pick up a pen, wrote a long letter, and sent it to Shengling's window with a repaired kite one morning.This time, he no longer wanted Sheng Ling's forgiveness as much as he wanted to win a battle, but he wanted to express his feelings because of Sheng Ling himself.
Sheng Ling still did not accept the kite, but kept the letter he wrote.
He Zichen was a little happy, and he was no longer as persistent as before. He briskly took the kite back and put it in the study.
The kite was his apology, and that letter was an emotion beyond apology.
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The days of studying in the Zhaixing Building were the happiest time for He Zichen.
The teacher changed from the pedantic and old-fashioned Yehu to the gentle and funny Baifeng, the class changed from boring etiquette theory to interesting talisman techniques, and there was an interesting classmate like Sheng Ling.
Well, later He Zichen realized that Sheng Ling was actually very interesting.
Among his previous playmates, the closest one was He Ziyang, who had almost no temper. No matter how mischievous he was, he would never get angry. Of course, He Zichen liked the feeling of being pampered, but it was always less exciting.
In addition, the children of those ministers' families also have some tempers. For example, Rong Xu, the eldest son of Rongxiang, had a fight at the beginning. After that the relationship was fine.
But no one has ever been like Sheng Ling. He is obviously very cautious, and he is easily angered by him, but he just holds back. That kind of awkward and helpless appearance is really interesting.
He Zichen no longer pestered He Ziyang, but turned his attention to Sheng Ling, provoking him from time to time. At first, he pulled his hair and scribbled on his back. Later, after learning some simple techniques, the tricks became more and more complicated. More up.
For example, when Sheng Ling was reading a book, he turned into a butterfly and swayed in front of his eyes, when he was practicing Yujian, he deliberately knocked Sheng Ling off the sword, and then caught him in mid-air, and so on, too numerous to mention.
In the beginning, Sheng Ling just endured it silently, with some clues showing on his face, and then he gradually learned to block each move with a deadpan face, occasionally giving a certain degree of counterattack.
Since Sheng Ling couldn't speak, He Zichen was also used to playing tricks without saying a word. The two of them seemed to have no verbal communication for a long time, but they had gone through countless tricks secretly.
He Zichen felt that although Sheng Ling became less visible on the surface and became more calm and proficient in dealing with it, he must really hate himself in his heart.
But it doesn't matter, he just likes to tease Sheng Ling, seeing that face that is getting calmer and calmer, he can't help but step forward to provoke him.
This kind of mood is like a kitten, even if it doesn't eat butterflies, it can't help but flutter a few times when it sees butterflies.
Bai Feng saw these things in his eyes and never stopped them. To him, they were all harmless little jokes. The young man is naughty, but he knows how to measure it just right. Moreover, he feels that his apprentice seems to be very happy. in it.
The days are so unhurried, unknowingly, the Davidia involucrata flowers outside the Zhaixing Building have changed for several seasons, and the once immature children have grown into teenagers.
It seems that everything is still the same, except for the taller stature and wider eyebrows, no one has changed.
He Zichen and He Ziyang brothers are as close as ever, and He Ziyang and Sheng Ling also maintain a kind of intimate relationship that is better than words. He Zichen still provokes Sheng Ling from time to time, but not so frequently.
Time is silent, and something will always change quietly. These changes are slow and subtle, like spring rain falling in the middle of a lake. It is difficult to detect, but it really happened.
For example, He Zichen used to wear brightly colored clothes and liked all kinds of accessories, but now he prefers to wear neat black clothes; Compared with the innocence and willfulness of childhood, it is a bit more deliberately provocative and rebellious.
For example, Sheng Ling, although introverted when he was young, could still see some quarrels and stubbornness in the silence, but now he is like a frozen lake, unable to make the slightest ripple. Yang is similar, with a look of indifference to the world, which sometimes makes He Zichen find it boring.
However, He Ziyang has not changed much, he is still gentle and friendly, he still respects his teachers, loves his younger brother, and treats his friends kindly.
Several people are not too young, and Zhaixing Building no longer has fixed teaching time, and they spend more time preparing for the responsibilities they will assume in the future.
Shengling had already started to deal with some affairs of Zhaxing Tower alone, and He Zichen and He Ziyang also followed He Chongming to contact some government affairs, and had some exchanges with the ministers of the court. It didn't take long for He Zichen to offend the ministers almost all over the place, and He Ziyang was unanimously praised.
The ministers couldn't help but shook their heads and sighed, thinking that the young master was completely abandoned due to the monarch's negligence in discipline. It is even more commendable, but I feel a little sorry for the "crooked" young master.
He Chongming was also very puzzled. His youngest son was very likable since he was a child, lively and smart, and he learned everything quickly. .
——How did such a child become like this?
Obviously it was a task that was entrusted to the two brothers, but He Zichen handed it all over to He Ziyang, and became the shopkeeper himself. He watched his brother struggle to complete tasks that were not difficult for him, but he didn't offer any help. Meaning, a person is leisurely lying on a rocking chair eating snacks, being lazy and slippery is simply outrageous.
In addition, he contradicted himself in public, taunted the ministers of the DPRK and China, and kept making mistakes because of being too careless in things he could do well...
"It's getting more and more outrageous! You just know how to run around when you're idle all day long. Do you think you're still young? You didn't take it seriously when you were studying with Master Guoshi in Zhaixing Building, and now you don't even put your mind on the right path at all. !"
Finally, He Chongming couldn't help but reprimanded his youngest son severely, and threw a few memorials over, "Look at your brother, he reviewed the memorials until midnight yesterday, and if there is anything he doesn't understand, he will come to ask for advice early this morning. Look at you again! Kong has a bit of aptitude, but he doesn't even have half of your brother's effort, what a big deal you can be!"
"I don't want to be a big player either. Doesn't it mean that I am sensible as long as I eat, drink and play without causing trouble?" He Zichen stood with his shoulders slanted, completely ignoring the reprimand.
From the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a corner of his clothes, and he raised the corner of his mouth, smiling unbearably, "Besides, only an idiot like Ziyang would stay up late at night to approve memorials, I'm not as stupid as him, that's great You should enjoy yourself in your youth, and work hard... just let the idiot do it."
"you shut up!"
He Chongming slapped him across the face, turning He Zichen's face to one side. He looked at He Zichen coldly, feeling extremely disappointed in his heart, "I don't do my job properly, and I don't respect my father and brother. It's time for you to remember! Get out and kneel in the quiet hall for three days. Reflect on yourself!"
He Zichen rubbed his red and swollen cheeks, but he was not angry. He still smiled and said, "Yes! I haven't been punished for a long time and my knees are still itchy, so I'll go now. Father, Zichen will leave."
After speaking, he thoughtfully picked up all the memorials that had been dropped on the floor and put them on the table, then turned around and went out the door, passing by He Ziyang who was standing at the door without looking sideways.
He Ziyang stared closely at the handprints on his face, his complexion turned pale.
The moonlight is like water, and the courtyard is bright.
He Ziyang carried the food basket in one hand and the lantern in the other, and walked towards Jingtang step by step.
A few candles were burning in the quiet hall. He Zichen knelt alone in the hall. He could only see a lonely back at the door. He lowered his head slightly. The shadow on the wall swayed slightly with the candlelight, appearing a little lonely.
He Ziyang extinguished the lantern and hung it outside the door, walked in, put the food box in front of He Zichen, and stood silently watching the hair spinning above his head.
Both of them remained motionless and did not speak for a long time.
I don't know how long it took, He Zichen lowered his head suddenly, then quickly raised his head, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, as if he saw the figure in front of him, he was so frightened that he almost jumped up, but he sat down on the ground because his legs were numb .
"Hey!" After seeing the person in front of him clearly, He Zichen patted his chest exaggeratedly, with a look of lingering fear, "It's Ziyang, why didn't you make a sound when you came? You scared me to death!"
He Ziyang didn't speak, and silently squatted down to take out all the meals in the food box.
"Oh, it's all my favorite food." He Zichen swallowed, and simply sat cross-legged on the ground, unceremoniously raised his chopsticks to eat, and said while wolfing down, "Ziyang, you are the best. "
He Ziyang didn't make a sound, walked to his side silently, and knelt down as well.
He Zichen was startled, smiled lightly, and didn't stop him, he said: "You want to share weal and woe with me, what a good brother."
After eating, He Zichen put the bowls and chopsticks back into the food box, rubbed his knees, and knelt down again.
The two brothers knelt side by side like this, each looking at the several inches square ground in front of them, neither of them had the intention to speak, the quiet hall was silent for a while, and the atmosphere was a bit strangely solemn, as if some kind of ceremony was being held.
There was a very slight sound of water droplets beside him, and something flickered in the candlelight for a moment. He Zichen turned his head, only to see Ziyang with his head down, teardrops rolling down his face one after another, patter patter hit the ground.
The night wind blew in through the crack of the window, the candlelight flickered, and He Zichen's heart trembled slightly with the beating candlelight.
"You, don't cry, why don't you just kneel down and not die..." He Zichen panicked, seeing that He Ziyang was silent but kept crying, he sighed, "Oh, I'll tell you Stupid, it's not like I haven't said it before, why do you look like a big girl... Hey, can't I apologize to you?"
He said solemnly: "Ziyang, I'm sorry, I was wrong."
Hearing the apology, He Ziyang's tears became even more violent, and it seemed that he couldn't stop it. He wet the ground in front of him until he heard him speak in a trembling voice.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault... Chenchen, I'm really sorry..."
"Don't talk nonsense, what does this have to do with you? Don't take everything on yourself!" He Zichen disliked Ziyang's temper, and said displeasedly, "It's my father who scolded me for not doing my job properly, and it has nothing to do with anyone."
"Besides, my father is quite right. I'm just playful, and my temperament is too impetuous. I spend three days fishing and two days drying the net for everything. I will never be as hardworking as you. I don't want to waste time doing anything. 'Business', or doing nothing suits me..."
Speaking of which, he shrugged his shoulders quite complacently, and said with a light smile: "No way, life is good."
"no!"
He Ziyang suddenly raised his head, turned to look at him, his eyes were full of tears, but his eyes were very sure, he said: "It's not like that, obviously it's not like that."
It's obviously not like that, it's not that he is impetuous, it's not that he doesn't have perseverance, and he isn't a dandy who is talented but ignorant in everyone's eyes.
He Ziyang bowed his head and said softly: "You are very smart, as long as you think about it, you can learn anything and do everything well."
"Yes, I also think I'm very smart. As long as I think about it, I can do a lot of things well." He Zichen nodded in agreement, and laughed at himself, "But, I don't want to."
"It's not that you don't want to, you are..." He Ziyang looked at him and said in a low voice, "Chenchen, actually you don't hate arithmetic, you are also very good at chess, right?"
"It's because of me that you pretend to be annoying."
Chenchen has learned everything quickly since he was a child, but many things that he could do well are always abandoned halfway because of impatience.However, when He Ziyang thought about it carefully, he realized that almost all the things Chen Chen rejected were relatively good things he did relatively well.
His arithmetic was unsatisfactory, Chen Chen said that the arithmetic was cumbersome, he was obsessed with playing chess, Chen Chen found it boring, thinking about it carefully, he was simply giving way to himself.
Others say that the younger son is smart but impetuous, while the eldest son is dull but hard-working, and the two are equally good and bad, but what if the smart one is also serious and persistent?That blunt one really looks useless.
Because he didn't want his brother's efforts to become worthless, he didn't even have the right to be serious, and he could only be a fool.
He Zichen is best at riding and shooting. It is also because He Ziyang has been weak since he was a child, and it is understood that he is not good at riding and shooting. Therefore, this is the only hobby he can openly show others.
It's not that he can't calm down, he's interested in many things, but because of him, he can only forcefully suppress all his interests and hide it from everyone with his impetuous and impatient image.
It's not my fault that I'm stupid, but how could it be a sin to have an older brother who is stupid?
"It's not that I don't know... but I don't want to admit it. I pretended to be hidden from you, because I know that if you don't let me, then I will really... be useless." He Ziyang said with difficulty, The voice trembled slightly.
"However, because I don't want to face it, I just watched my father disappoint you, watched the ministers abandon you, and took it for granted that you gave up so much for me and pretended not to understand anything. You said I was stupid, but in fact I'm not stupid, I'm just bad..."
He Ziyang fell on the ground, weeping uncontrollably: "Why, why am I so bad... I'm sorry, Chenchen, I'm so bad, I really didn't expect that I am so bad..."
He Zichen listened quietly, with a calm face, showing no emotion at all. When He Ziyang finally finished crying, he suddenly smiled.
"Ziyang, there is a saying, although I have already said it, but I still want to say it again..." He Zichen took out a handkerchief and handed it to He Ziyang's ear, and said softly with a smile, "You really It's stupid."
"I really don't like the fact that you take all the responsibility on yourself like this."
"You're right. I don't bother to think about anything you can do well, but it's not because of something..." He Zichen raised his eyebrows and said with a mysterious smile, " Do you know why?"
There was still a teardrop on He Ziyang's cheek, he said in a daze, "Why?"
He Zichen said cheekily, "Because I'm smart but lazy."
"We are brothers for a lifetime. No matter what it is, it's good if someone is good at it. Since you are doing well, why should I bother? I am a person. It's not that I can't work hard. Maybe it's better to be lazy. , I am interested in so many things, there is no need to be obsessed with one or two. I am just... just being lazy smartly.
"The recent government affairs are really annoying. Ziyang, you handled them very well, so I didn't bother to take care of them. I ran away and was lazy. To put it bluntly, we are each in our own right. To put it bluntly, I am bullying you.
"But I didn't expect you to be so stupid. You are the one running around and doing everything by yourself, yet you still feel sorry for me." He Zichen couldn't help laughing. I had to cover my stomach and said, "Hey, Ziyang, tell me, how can there be someone as stupid as you in the world?"
"But..." He Ziyang wanted to say something, but was stopped by a sudden hug.
"Ziyang, remember, you are not bad at all. You are the best and best brother in my heart. We are brothers who will be together for the rest of our lives." He Zichen turned to hug him, arms tightly After a while, "So, Ziyang, you must not feel that you owe me."
The last tear fell on He Zichen's shoulder, He Ziyang listened in a daze, and then said after a long while: "...OK."
This was the first and last time the brothers had a more in-depth conversation.
It seemed that everything was open for discussion, and it seemed that there were still many unsaid words, and the two who had reached a tacit agreement kept silent.Some things will always change when you grow up, but why has there ever been a rift between the two hearts?
The candles flickered in the hall, and the two depended on each other; outside the door, the moon was shining brightly, and a shadow was independent.
Sheng Ling looked at the people inside, tightened the burden in his hands, and finally turned around in silence, coming and leaving by the moonlight.
There is a saying that the birth of a country does not prosper the eldest son, and the position of the crown prince has always been occupied by the virtuous and capable.
A few years ago, a minister suggested that the eldest son is gentle and honest, but lacks in sensitivity, and the younger son is intelligent and intelligent, so he should be replaced.It was He Chongming and Qin Lian who insisted on their attitudes, using the pretext that the two young masters were still young, and that the eldest son might belong to Wan Hui's type of child, and suppressed the matter.
But in these years, He Ziyang has not shown extraordinary talent in any aspect. His character may be worthy of a good minister, but he is not enough to be a king.
This year, He Zichen and Sheng Ling were 17 years old, and He Ziyang was crowned as a male from the Yusheng Kingdom.
According to tradition, after the coronation ceremony of the eldest son, he will enter the court and become a government official. At that time, everything will be a foregone conclusion, and the ministers finally couldn't help but mention the replacement again.
In fact, after such a long time, He Chongming has also been shaken a little. The eldest son has a good personality and temperament, but he does lack a bit of agility and kingly spirit. Although the younger son is naughty, he has never crossed the line in his actions. , seems to have a bad temper, but is actually open-minded, a piece of rough jade worth carving.
In the end, He Chongming decided to let the two prove with actions that who is more suitable for the position of monarch, so there was a test for the two during this period of time.
To some extent, this loose mouth also placed hope on He Zichen, but He Zichen let him down.
One month before He Ziyang's coronation, the three of them went out for the last time. It was like a ceremony, a ceremony different from the coronation ceremony but more solemn. It was the practice of their companions and a farewell to their youth.
Of course, this was just the tacit idea of the three teenagers. In fact, this trip was made in the name of saving the wraiths.
There is a village outside Yanggu City. There is a family in the village. The son is devoid of conscience. After his father passed away, he carried his [-]-year-old mother to the deep mountains and abandoned it.
The old woman suffered in the mountains for a few days, and when she was dying of hunger, she was eaten alive by the wild beasts in the mountains. Because of the extreme resentment and despair before her death, and the way of death was too tragic, the old woman's dead soul was full of resentment, and she couldn't float away smoothly. The river is purified and reincarnated, and after absorbing the essence of vegetation in the mountains, it turns into a resentful spirit.
With strong hatred, the grieving spirit of the old woman returned to the village and carried out a massacre. Many people in the village were killed, and the living came to the Zhaixing Tower for advice.
The old woman was not a treacherous person during her lifetime, so it is not complicated to save her. Any student from the Zhaixing Building can fully handle it.The reason why Bai Feng sent Sheng Ling to go, and suggested that He Zichen and He Ziyang go together, is also intentionally to give the three people who have been estranged unconsciously a chance to connect with each other.
He Zichen has always liked to run around, so naturally he agreed very happily, and He Ziyang, who rarely left the palace due to physical reasons, also went with him out of some idea.
At first, everyone wanted to clarify their hearts.
No one expected that what was thought to be a meaningful outing turned out to be an eternal farewell separated by an abyss.
In Sheng Ling's hometown, people believe that after death, the soul will return to heaven, and the white crane symbolizes the memory of the deceased relatives.
According to legend, I personally tied a crane-shaped kite and let it fly in windy weather. Let it fly very high. It's in the sky, and the kite line is broken at this time, which means that the relatives in the sky have received it.
If the kite falls or breaks in the middle of its flight, it will not be received, and the people in the sky will be very sad if they cannot wait for the miss from their loved ones, and will cry and cry in the sky until it rains heavily.
"Mother of Shengling, please don't cry anymore, you cry so much that I want to cry."
He Zichen lay on a big tree, wiped the rain from his face, squinted his eyes and looked around, but he still couldn't find the kite. Seeing that the sky was getting darker, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
He Zichen knew that he had done something stupid again.
Although he didn't want to be such an asshole, but he was wrong, and there was nothing to quibble about.Since you made a mistake, you must find a way to make up for your mistakes.
No matter what, he must find Sheng Ling's kite!
After he came out of the Star Picking Tower, he quietly left the palace alone, looking for the kite in the direction where it disappeared.
With such heavy rain, the kite must have fallen down, so he asked people as he walked, "Did you see a kite with a broken string? It's a kite that looks like a white crane."
After asking countless people like this, someone finally told him that he saw a white kite falling down before it rained.
He Zichen hurriedly asked where it was and looked for it, and sure enough he found a white kite on the branch of a tree. He was ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly climbed up the tree to take down the kite.
It was indeed a white kite, but it was not Sheng Ling's white crane, but a white butterfly that could not be colored in the future.
Just looking for a kite with a broken string aimlessly by one person is really tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack, but He Zichen still has to find the needle.
Originally, he could ask Baifeng to help him divination where the kite fell, or even sit in the Cangxing Pavilion and let others look for it, which would be easier and more effective.
But he doesn't.
He Zichen's stubbornness not only offends others, but also offends himself.
A person can only do the stupid things by himself, so why should he ask others to help?The process of searching is difficult now, but it was very easy when he tore off the kite string before, and he tasted the evil consequences of his own creation, this is cause and effect.
Perhaps it was luck, He Zichen finally found the kite on the roof of a family.At this time, he had been looking for it for a long time, and it was already dark.
It was still raining heavily, dripping in his ears like a waterfall, and he was a little dizzy from the rain. He couldn't hear anything except the sound of rain. Rolled into the yard.
Before he had time to get up from the ground, he was thrown down again by a black dog charging from nowhere, and then a man and a dog fought fiercely in the rain.
He Zichen didn't quite remember how he escaped from the damn dog's claws, and how he ran past those four legs with two legs. He seemed to have lost consciousness and was only acting on his body's instincts.
In the end, the monarch brought people to look for him, and carried him back to the palace when he was exhausted, holding the kite that he had finally found tightly in his hand.
After being drenched in the rain for several hours and being chased by dogs for several miles, He Zichen naturally fell ill and was forced to lie in bed for two days.Seeing that his condition was really pitiful, He Chongming didn't have the heart to scold him too much.
He Zichen is also very good at taking advantage of the opportunity, pretending to be sickly, which has won a lot of benefits from the adults.
As soon as the person left, he immediately jumped off the bed and took the kite to the Zhaixing Building to return it to Sheng Ling, but Sheng Ling didn't seem to appreciate it, and didn't even look at the kite.
At that time, Sheng Ling and He Ziyang were in class, Bai Feng was very accommodating, and he didn't blame He Zichen for disturbing him, she just asked how he was recovering in a soft voice, and then he didn't care about the children's relationship "resentment".
He Zichen held the kite and apologized in a low voice for a long time, but Sheng Ling just gave him a very flat look, and he couldn't see any emotion in it.
When He Zichen was short of words, he stood silently by himself and was ignored for a long time, and finally felt a little embarrassed, so he took the kite back embarrassingly, his usually valiant back looked a little hurt.
He Ziyang really wanted to intercede for his younger brother, but after thinking about it, he felt that there was really no reason to say anything. Originally, it was Sheng Ling's freedom to forgive or not, and he couldn't rely on Sheng Ling to treat him as a friend and make unreasonable demands.So, I had to watch silently.
Seeing He Zichen leaving in a loss, He Ziyang finally couldn't help but greeted Bai Feng and chased him out.
On the path among the Davidia involucrata trees, He Ziyang chased after He Zichen and held He Zichen. The two said something on the road, and they both looked beaming.
Sheng Ling stood quietly by the window, looking down at this scene.
Bai Feng walked up to him and looked downstairs, still with a faint smile on his face, as if he said casually: "I heard that the young master went to find your kite and got wet for a long time. He was also chased by dogs." After a few miles, I don’t know if I was bitten, but I came back with a fever... I didn’t expect that it was just getting better, so I came to you in a hurry.”
Sheng Ling's eyelashes trembled, he turned around and tugged at Master's sleeve, and looked up, his eyes were a little hesitant to say something.
"Don't worry, Master has seen it before, the young master is in very good health." Bai Feng patted his head, with teasing eyes, "Why didn't you tell the young master that you have forgiven him?"
Sheng Ling bit his lip, his eyes dodged a little, after a while, he finally mustered up the courage to take Bai Feng's hand, and wrote something on the palm of his hand with his fingers, after finishing writing, he raised his head and looked at his master eagerly .
Bai Feng patted his head affectionately, sighed lightly, and said with a smile: "Sheng Ling is a soft-hearted child, but I don't know if it's good or bad."
Not getting the desired response, Sheng Ling took his master's hand again and shook it gently a few times, with a hint of pleading in his eyes.
"As a teacher, I won't tell you, Sheng Ling. If you have an idea, you have to learn to express it yourself. Even if you can't speak, you can use other methods to let people understand your thoughts."
"What's more, the young master is different from you. He just handed you a bunch of candied haws. You don't want to eat it, because it can attract ants." Bai Feng didn't agree to his request, and he smoothed the hair on his temples with interest. Si, narrowing his eyes, smiled and said, "And the young master doesn't care about anything. He only does what he wants to do, and he doesn't care what others think. This time he feels that he is wrong, so he must ask for your forgiveness. And if you don't give him a clear answer, according to his temperament, he will definitely come again."
Bai Feng thought these children were really interesting.
Ziyang's mind is pure and he thinks wholeheartedly about others. He is happy when others are happy. If others are sad, even if it is not his fault, he will feel sad. His temper is so good that he can't get angry.Such a person may sometimes suffer a small loss, but in the long run it may not be bad. If a person does not regard the loss as a loss, then what can he care about?
Zichen and his elder brother are two extremes. He never cares about what others think, only cares about what he thinks. He is self-willed and arrogant.Fortunately, this waywardness and arrogance did not make him too narrow-minded and conceited. At least he was willing to recognize his mistakes, and he was not afraid to put them into words and actions. Even if it sometimes makes people angry, it is difficult to really get bored with him.
It's not really heartless, and it can even be regarded as affectionate and righteous, but it will never be too depressed about something.Such a person can usually live a wanton and magnanimous life.
As for Shengling, compared to Ziyang, he is not selfless enough, and compared to Zichen, he is not selfish enough.
He is sensitive, and can always feel the malice of others and take it to heart; but he is also soft-hearted, as long as the other party sincerely admits that he is wrong, he can no longer hold hostility. He is a little bit, even inadvertently, good - as far as these two points are concerned, the little prince is his natural nemesis.
But at the same time, Sheng Ling was too introverted, almost ashamed and awkward, which made him not good at expressing himself at all.
He kept everything silently in his heart, but never let people know how he felt. Maybe others thought he hated him, but he had already put people in the most cherished position in his heart.
Sheng Ling's temper...
Bai Feng sighed and said to himself, with such a temperament, he can only be friends with someone who is as soft and not sharp as the eldest son, and it is probably difficult for a person like the younger son to communicate with him.
The status and responsibility of the national teacher of the Yousheng Kingdom have determined that the monarch and him must have a relationship of mutual trust and support. From this point of view, the eldest son is indeed more suitable for the position of the monarch than the younger son.
Bai Feng's guess was right, even though he was stunned by Sheng Ling, He Zichen was a little depressed at the time, but soon cheered up afterwards.
It was still out of the idea that "if you do something wrong, you have to bear it yourself", it was rare for him to be willing to lower his stance again and again. Sheng Ling's "unforgiveness" did not make him angry, but gave birth to some fighting spirit.
According to He Zichen's analysis, the reason why Sheng Ling refused to accept the kite and his apology was probably because the kite was different from before, and Sheng Ling hated it in his heart.
After going through the wind and rain, the kite looked even more miserable than He Zichen, and it didn't look like it was originally exquisitely crafted.He Zichen thought to himself: You can't just return it to Shengling like this, I will repair it and return it, it will be considered as an apology.
As soon as he said it, He Zichen found tools and materials to repair the kite, but found a thin bamboo tube the size of a little finger under the bone. He took the bamboo tube off and poured out a wet paper roll from it. Come.
When I unfolded it, the handwriting on the paper was stained by the rain, and I could only vaguely guess the general meaning. The paper was full of longing for the deceased mother.
In order to restore the kite to its original appearance, He Zichen showed the greatest patience in his life.
The letter with unclear handwriting rippled in his heart, causing him a very strange emotion, a bit similar to the feeling of seeing the nest of chicks on the locust tree. After a long time, he understood, that feeling It's called "pity".
He Zichen took the initiative to pick up a pen, wrote a long letter, and sent it to Shengling's window with a repaired kite one morning.This time, he no longer wanted Sheng Ling's forgiveness as much as he wanted to win a battle, but he wanted to express his feelings because of Sheng Ling himself.
Sheng Ling still did not accept the kite, but kept the letter he wrote.
He Zichen was a little happy, and he was no longer as persistent as before. He briskly took the kite back and put it in the study.
The kite was his apology, and that letter was an emotion beyond apology.
……
The days of studying in the Zhaixing Building were the happiest time for He Zichen.
The teacher changed from the pedantic and old-fashioned Yehu to the gentle and funny Baifeng, the class changed from boring etiquette theory to interesting talisman techniques, and there was an interesting classmate like Sheng Ling.
Well, later He Zichen realized that Sheng Ling was actually very interesting.
Among his previous playmates, the closest one was He Ziyang, who had almost no temper. No matter how mischievous he was, he would never get angry. Of course, He Zichen liked the feeling of being pampered, but it was always less exciting.
In addition, the children of those ministers' families also have some tempers. For example, Rong Xu, the eldest son of Rongxiang, had a fight at the beginning. After that the relationship was fine.
But no one has ever been like Sheng Ling. He is obviously very cautious, and he is easily angered by him, but he just holds back. That kind of awkward and helpless appearance is really interesting.
He Zichen no longer pestered He Ziyang, but turned his attention to Sheng Ling, provoking him from time to time. At first, he pulled his hair and scribbled on his back. Later, after learning some simple techniques, the tricks became more and more complicated. More up.
For example, when Sheng Ling was reading a book, he turned into a butterfly and swayed in front of his eyes, when he was practicing Yujian, he deliberately knocked Sheng Ling off the sword, and then caught him in mid-air, and so on, too numerous to mention.
In the beginning, Sheng Ling just endured it silently, with some clues showing on his face, and then he gradually learned to block each move with a deadpan face, occasionally giving a certain degree of counterattack.
Since Sheng Ling couldn't speak, He Zichen was also used to playing tricks without saying a word. The two of them seemed to have no verbal communication for a long time, but they had gone through countless tricks secretly.
He Zichen felt that although Sheng Ling became less visible on the surface and became more calm and proficient in dealing with it, he must really hate himself in his heart.
But it doesn't matter, he just likes to tease Sheng Ling, seeing that face that is getting calmer and calmer, he can't help but step forward to provoke him.
This kind of mood is like a kitten, even if it doesn't eat butterflies, it can't help but flutter a few times when it sees butterflies.
Bai Feng saw these things in his eyes and never stopped them. To him, they were all harmless little jokes. The young man is naughty, but he knows how to measure it just right. Moreover, he feels that his apprentice seems to be very happy. in it.
The days are so unhurried, unknowingly, the Davidia involucrata flowers outside the Zhaixing Building have changed for several seasons, and the once immature children have grown into teenagers.
It seems that everything is still the same, except for the taller stature and wider eyebrows, no one has changed.
He Zichen and He Ziyang brothers are as close as ever, and He Ziyang and Sheng Ling also maintain a kind of intimate relationship that is better than words. He Zichen still provokes Sheng Ling from time to time, but not so frequently.
Time is silent, and something will always change quietly. These changes are slow and subtle, like spring rain falling in the middle of a lake. It is difficult to detect, but it really happened.
For example, He Zichen used to wear brightly colored clothes and liked all kinds of accessories, but now he prefers to wear neat black clothes; Compared with the innocence and willfulness of childhood, it is a bit more deliberately provocative and rebellious.
For example, Sheng Ling, although introverted when he was young, could still see some quarrels and stubbornness in the silence, but now he is like a frozen lake, unable to make the slightest ripple. Yang is similar, with a look of indifference to the world, which sometimes makes He Zichen find it boring.
However, He Ziyang has not changed much, he is still gentle and friendly, he still respects his teachers, loves his younger brother, and treats his friends kindly.
Several people are not too young, and Zhaixing Building no longer has fixed teaching time, and they spend more time preparing for the responsibilities they will assume in the future.
Shengling had already started to deal with some affairs of Zhaxing Tower alone, and He Zichen and He Ziyang also followed He Chongming to contact some government affairs, and had some exchanges with the ministers of the court. It didn't take long for He Zichen to offend the ministers almost all over the place, and He Ziyang was unanimously praised.
The ministers couldn't help but shook their heads and sighed, thinking that the young master was completely abandoned due to the monarch's negligence in discipline. It is even more commendable, but I feel a little sorry for the "crooked" young master.
He Chongming was also very puzzled. His youngest son was very likable since he was a child, lively and smart, and he learned everything quickly. .
——How did such a child become like this?
Obviously it was a task that was entrusted to the two brothers, but He Zichen handed it all over to He Ziyang, and became the shopkeeper himself. He watched his brother struggle to complete tasks that were not difficult for him, but he didn't offer any help. Meaning, a person is leisurely lying on a rocking chair eating snacks, being lazy and slippery is simply outrageous.
In addition, he contradicted himself in public, taunted the ministers of the DPRK and China, and kept making mistakes because of being too careless in things he could do well...
"It's getting more and more outrageous! You just know how to run around when you're idle all day long. Do you think you're still young? You didn't take it seriously when you were studying with Master Guoshi in Zhaixing Building, and now you don't even put your mind on the right path at all. !"
Finally, He Chongming couldn't help but reprimanded his youngest son severely, and threw a few memorials over, "Look at your brother, he reviewed the memorials until midnight yesterday, and if there is anything he doesn't understand, he will come to ask for advice early this morning. Look at you again! Kong has a bit of aptitude, but he doesn't even have half of your brother's effort, what a big deal you can be!"
"I don't want to be a big player either. Doesn't it mean that I am sensible as long as I eat, drink and play without causing trouble?" He Zichen stood with his shoulders slanted, completely ignoring the reprimand.
From the corner of his eyes, he caught a glimpse of a corner of his clothes, and he raised the corner of his mouth, smiling unbearably, "Besides, only an idiot like Ziyang would stay up late at night to approve memorials, I'm not as stupid as him, that's great You should enjoy yourself in your youth, and work hard... just let the idiot do it."
"you shut up!"
He Chongming slapped him across the face, turning He Zichen's face to one side. He looked at He Zichen coldly, feeling extremely disappointed in his heart, "I don't do my job properly, and I don't respect my father and brother. It's time for you to remember! Get out and kneel in the quiet hall for three days. Reflect on yourself!"
He Zichen rubbed his red and swollen cheeks, but he was not angry. He still smiled and said, "Yes! I haven't been punished for a long time and my knees are still itchy, so I'll go now. Father, Zichen will leave."
After speaking, he thoughtfully picked up all the memorials that had been dropped on the floor and put them on the table, then turned around and went out the door, passing by He Ziyang who was standing at the door without looking sideways.
He Ziyang stared closely at the handprints on his face, his complexion turned pale.
The moonlight is like water, and the courtyard is bright.
He Ziyang carried the food basket in one hand and the lantern in the other, and walked towards Jingtang step by step.
A few candles were burning in the quiet hall. He Zichen knelt alone in the hall. He could only see a lonely back at the door. He lowered his head slightly. The shadow on the wall swayed slightly with the candlelight, appearing a little lonely.
He Ziyang extinguished the lantern and hung it outside the door, walked in, put the food box in front of He Zichen, and stood silently watching the hair spinning above his head.
Both of them remained motionless and did not speak for a long time.
I don't know how long it took, He Zichen lowered his head suddenly, then quickly raised his head, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, as if he saw the figure in front of him, he was so frightened that he almost jumped up, but he sat down on the ground because his legs were numb .
"Hey!" After seeing the person in front of him clearly, He Zichen patted his chest exaggeratedly, with a look of lingering fear, "It's Ziyang, why didn't you make a sound when you came? You scared me to death!"
He Ziyang didn't speak, and silently squatted down to take out all the meals in the food box.
"Oh, it's all my favorite food." He Zichen swallowed, and simply sat cross-legged on the ground, unceremoniously raised his chopsticks to eat, and said while wolfing down, "Ziyang, you are the best. "
He Ziyang didn't make a sound, walked to his side silently, and knelt down as well.
He Zichen was startled, smiled lightly, and didn't stop him, he said: "You want to share weal and woe with me, what a good brother."
After eating, He Zichen put the bowls and chopsticks back into the food box, rubbed his knees, and knelt down again.
The two brothers knelt side by side like this, each looking at the several inches square ground in front of them, neither of them had the intention to speak, the quiet hall was silent for a while, and the atmosphere was a bit strangely solemn, as if some kind of ceremony was being held.
There was a very slight sound of water droplets beside him, and something flickered in the candlelight for a moment. He Zichen turned his head, only to see Ziyang with his head down, teardrops rolling down his face one after another, patter patter hit the ground.
The night wind blew in through the crack of the window, the candlelight flickered, and He Zichen's heart trembled slightly with the beating candlelight.
"You, don't cry, why don't you just kneel down and not die..." He Zichen panicked, seeing that He Ziyang was silent but kept crying, he sighed, "Oh, I'll tell you Stupid, it's not like I haven't said it before, why do you look like a big girl... Hey, can't I apologize to you?"
He said solemnly: "Ziyang, I'm sorry, I was wrong."
Hearing the apology, He Ziyang's tears became even more violent, and it seemed that he couldn't stop it. He wet the ground in front of him until he heard him speak in a trembling voice.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault... Chenchen, I'm really sorry..."
"Don't talk nonsense, what does this have to do with you? Don't take everything on yourself!" He Zichen disliked Ziyang's temper, and said displeasedly, "It's my father who scolded me for not doing my job properly, and it has nothing to do with anyone."
"Besides, my father is quite right. I'm just playful, and my temperament is too impetuous. I spend three days fishing and two days drying the net for everything. I will never be as hardworking as you. I don't want to waste time doing anything. 'Business', or doing nothing suits me..."
Speaking of which, he shrugged his shoulders quite complacently, and said with a light smile: "No way, life is good."
"no!"
He Ziyang suddenly raised his head, turned to look at him, his eyes were full of tears, but his eyes were very sure, he said: "It's not like that, obviously it's not like that."
It's obviously not like that, it's not that he is impetuous, it's not that he doesn't have perseverance, and he isn't a dandy who is talented but ignorant in everyone's eyes.
He Ziyang bowed his head and said softly: "You are very smart, as long as you think about it, you can learn anything and do everything well."
"Yes, I also think I'm very smart. As long as I think about it, I can do a lot of things well." He Zichen nodded in agreement, and laughed at himself, "But, I don't want to."
"It's not that you don't want to, you are..." He Ziyang looked at him and said in a low voice, "Chenchen, actually you don't hate arithmetic, you are also very good at chess, right?"
"It's because of me that you pretend to be annoying."
Chenchen has learned everything quickly since he was a child, but many things that he could do well are always abandoned halfway because of impatience.However, when He Ziyang thought about it carefully, he realized that almost all the things Chen Chen rejected were relatively good things he did relatively well.
His arithmetic was unsatisfactory, Chen Chen said that the arithmetic was cumbersome, he was obsessed with playing chess, Chen Chen found it boring, thinking about it carefully, he was simply giving way to himself.
Others say that the younger son is smart but impetuous, while the eldest son is dull but hard-working, and the two are equally good and bad, but what if the smart one is also serious and persistent?That blunt one really looks useless.
Because he didn't want his brother's efforts to become worthless, he didn't even have the right to be serious, and he could only be a fool.
He Zichen is best at riding and shooting. It is also because He Ziyang has been weak since he was a child, and it is understood that he is not good at riding and shooting. Therefore, this is the only hobby he can openly show others.
It's not that he can't calm down, he's interested in many things, but because of him, he can only forcefully suppress all his interests and hide it from everyone with his impetuous and impatient image.
It's not my fault that I'm stupid, but how could it be a sin to have an older brother who is stupid?
"It's not that I don't know... but I don't want to admit it. I pretended to be hidden from you, because I know that if you don't let me, then I will really... be useless." He Ziyang said with difficulty, The voice trembled slightly.
"However, because I don't want to face it, I just watched my father disappoint you, watched the ministers abandon you, and took it for granted that you gave up so much for me and pretended not to understand anything. You said I was stupid, but in fact I'm not stupid, I'm just bad..."
He Ziyang fell on the ground, weeping uncontrollably: "Why, why am I so bad... I'm sorry, Chenchen, I'm so bad, I really didn't expect that I am so bad..."
He Zichen listened quietly, with a calm face, showing no emotion at all. When He Ziyang finally finished crying, he suddenly smiled.
"Ziyang, there is a saying, although I have already said it, but I still want to say it again..." He Zichen took out a handkerchief and handed it to He Ziyang's ear, and said softly with a smile, "You really It's stupid."
"I really don't like the fact that you take all the responsibility on yourself like this."
"You're right. I don't bother to think about anything you can do well, but it's not because of something..." He Zichen raised his eyebrows and said with a mysterious smile, " Do you know why?"
There was still a teardrop on He Ziyang's cheek, he said in a daze, "Why?"
He Zichen said cheekily, "Because I'm smart but lazy."
"We are brothers for a lifetime. No matter what it is, it's good if someone is good at it. Since you are doing well, why should I bother? I am a person. It's not that I can't work hard. Maybe it's better to be lazy. , I am interested in so many things, there is no need to be obsessed with one or two. I am just... just being lazy smartly.
"The recent government affairs are really annoying. Ziyang, you handled them very well, so I didn't bother to take care of them. I ran away and was lazy. To put it bluntly, we are each in our own right. To put it bluntly, I am bullying you.
"But I didn't expect you to be so stupid. You are the one running around and doing everything by yourself, yet you still feel sorry for me." He Zichen couldn't help laughing. I had to cover my stomach and said, "Hey, Ziyang, tell me, how can there be someone as stupid as you in the world?"
"But..." He Ziyang wanted to say something, but was stopped by a sudden hug.
"Ziyang, remember, you are not bad at all. You are the best and best brother in my heart. We are brothers who will be together for the rest of our lives." He Zichen turned to hug him, arms tightly After a while, "So, Ziyang, you must not feel that you owe me."
The last tear fell on He Zichen's shoulder, He Ziyang listened in a daze, and then said after a long while: "...OK."
This was the first and last time the brothers had a more in-depth conversation.
It seemed that everything was open for discussion, and it seemed that there were still many unsaid words, and the two who had reached a tacit agreement kept silent.Some things will always change when you grow up, but why has there ever been a rift between the two hearts?
The candles flickered in the hall, and the two depended on each other; outside the door, the moon was shining brightly, and a shadow was independent.
Sheng Ling looked at the people inside, tightened the burden in his hands, and finally turned around in silence, coming and leaving by the moonlight.
There is a saying that the birth of a country does not prosper the eldest son, and the position of the crown prince has always been occupied by the virtuous and capable.
A few years ago, a minister suggested that the eldest son is gentle and honest, but lacks in sensitivity, and the younger son is intelligent and intelligent, so he should be replaced.It was He Chongming and Qin Lian who insisted on their attitudes, using the pretext that the two young masters were still young, and that the eldest son might belong to Wan Hui's type of child, and suppressed the matter.
But in these years, He Ziyang has not shown extraordinary talent in any aspect. His character may be worthy of a good minister, but he is not enough to be a king.
This year, He Zichen and Sheng Ling were 17 years old, and He Ziyang was crowned as a male from the Yusheng Kingdom.
According to tradition, after the coronation ceremony of the eldest son, he will enter the court and become a government official. At that time, everything will be a foregone conclusion, and the ministers finally couldn't help but mention the replacement again.
In fact, after such a long time, He Chongming has also been shaken a little. The eldest son has a good personality and temperament, but he does lack a bit of agility and kingly spirit. Although the younger son is naughty, he has never crossed the line in his actions. , seems to have a bad temper, but is actually open-minded, a piece of rough jade worth carving.
In the end, He Chongming decided to let the two prove with actions that who is more suitable for the position of monarch, so there was a test for the two during this period of time.
To some extent, this loose mouth also placed hope on He Zichen, but He Zichen let him down.
One month before He Ziyang's coronation, the three of them went out for the last time. It was like a ceremony, a ceremony different from the coronation ceremony but more solemn. It was the practice of their companions and a farewell to their youth.
Of course, this was just the tacit idea of the three teenagers. In fact, this trip was made in the name of saving the wraiths.
There is a village outside Yanggu City. There is a family in the village. The son is devoid of conscience. After his father passed away, he carried his [-]-year-old mother to the deep mountains and abandoned it.
The old woman suffered in the mountains for a few days, and when she was dying of hunger, she was eaten alive by the wild beasts in the mountains. Because of the extreme resentment and despair before her death, and the way of death was too tragic, the old woman's dead soul was full of resentment, and she couldn't float away smoothly. The river is purified and reincarnated, and after absorbing the essence of vegetation in the mountains, it turns into a resentful spirit.
With strong hatred, the grieving spirit of the old woman returned to the village and carried out a massacre. Many people in the village were killed, and the living came to the Zhaixing Tower for advice.
The old woman was not a treacherous person during her lifetime, so it is not complicated to save her. Any student from the Zhaixing Building can fully handle it.The reason why Bai Feng sent Sheng Ling to go, and suggested that He Zichen and He Ziyang go together, is also intentionally to give the three people who have been estranged unconsciously a chance to connect with each other.
He Zichen has always liked to run around, so naturally he agreed very happily, and He Ziyang, who rarely left the palace due to physical reasons, also went with him out of some idea.
At first, everyone wanted to clarify their hearts.
No one expected that what was thought to be a meaningful outing turned out to be an eternal farewell separated by an abyss.
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Peerless: The Starry Sky Revival Plan of the Auspicious Beasts
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My superpowers are updated every week
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Alien Girl Speed Pass Reception Plan
Chapter 405 8 hours ago -
Weird Fantasy Invasion
Chapter 272 8 hours ago -
Mr. Shaler, I like students' money the most.
Chapter 177 8 hours ago -
Elf: I asked you to take the college entrance examination, and you took out a modifier?
Chapter 333 8 hours ago -
After get off work, I become a magical girl
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American comics: Dominating the multiverse starts with taking a concubine
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No kidding, even Rocks has to pass me a cigarette
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