General's Good Friday

The young man twisted his fingers and spoke in a low voice. The general looked at his side face on the bed and found that his ears were completely red, "You...are you awake?"

Eyes are open, isn't this nonsense?The general rolled his eyes inwardly.

But he still held back and didn't say anything. The young man looked only fifteen or sixteen years old. He was soft and tender, like a white porcelain man. He was very different from the rough men in the barracks. He probably easily You can't beat and scold him, and he has to talk to him nicely.

"...Is there any water?" said the general.

His throat was about to smoke, and he didn't know how long he had been lying there.

"Yes, yes!" The young man promised repeatedly, and really trotted to the table like a little rabbit to get the teacup and teapot, and poured it out for him when he came back.

The general eagerly picked up the teacup and drank the tea in one gulp, and his throat felt better.

After drinking the tea, the boy put the things back, and then sat back on the bed, blushing in a daze.

The general felt that he couldn't bear such a strange silence, so he struggled to get up.

"How long have I been lying? Where are the servants?"

The young man hurriedly supported him, and said in a soft voice: "Big...about four hours, my...my servants are all outside, who do you want to call? I...I will help you."

"No...no need." The general stepped aside a little bit, avoiding the young man without a trace, he just said casually, it's actually nothing wrong, but he just didn't want to continue to stay with the young man in such an embarrassing way.

The young man had a delicate mind, and the general's actions could be said to be as smooth as flowing water without any trace, but he still immediately felt the general's alienation from him.

He hastily withdrew his hands like an electric shock, but he didn't know where to put his hands. He could only touch his right hand with his left hand, and lowered his head awkwardly.

The general fumbled for his coat and came over. He glanced back at him, feeling a little upset, scratched his hair, put on his clothes and went out without saying a word.

The young man raised his eyes, only to see the corner of the general's clothes swaying from the door, and then disappeared immediately.

His gaze was full, his glass-like eyeballs trembled slightly, his light pink lips were tightly pursed, but his fingers were tightly gripping each other.

He looked at the door where the general disappeared for a long time, but the general did not come back until dusk.

three

Where did the general go?

Shi Zhong, who had just been promoted and is now a general of the Habayashi Army, wanted to have a few drinks alone at home, but the servants at home suddenly reported that it was General Hussars who had arrived.

Shi Zhong was taken aback for a moment, it's only been the second day since the general returned to the court, so how idle is this?

"Zhong Da!"

The general brewed up his emotions at the door, and was about to make a touching confession of his long-lost reunion to his best friend for many years, but he was greatly taken aback by the visitor.

"You! You are Zhongda?!"

The general covered his mouth and stared at the young man with wide eyes. The young man's face was resolute and masculine, but now there was a hideous scar on the left half of his face from the forehead to the side of the ear. There were still some burn marks, if he hadn't looked as usual and was as firm as a rock, the general would have screamed right now.

Shi Zhong was probably used to other people's attitude towards his face, the general looked shocked, and he was not surprised, nodded: "I haven't seen you for four years, you don't recognize me?"

"Zhongda, what are you..." The general followed him into the room and sat down, holding his wine glass, touching his face distressedly. Shi Zhong originally had a masculine look that he envied. Face, why...how can it be gone?

Shi Zhong himself was as calm as ever, and said flatly: "I was injured in Youcheng three years ago, it's okay."

The general lamented: "Youcheng... alas."

The battle with the Xiongnu three years ago was really hard. The general only knew that Shi Zhong was escorting Qingzhou King to Youcheng to supervise the battle as a Yulin army, but he had not heard of his injury.

Shi Zhongdao: "A little injury, it's not worth alarming you."

What he said was quite reasonable, people are on the battlefield, what they do is to fight for their lives, missing arms and legs is normal, Shi Zhong's injury looks scary, on the battlefield, it is indeed not serious.

The general remained silent, but he was still very sorry in his heart, feeling that it was a pity for his best friend's good appearance.

Shi Zhong poured the wine, and suddenly said: "I heard that the Lord bought it for you... and got married, how about it?"

The general took a drink: "..."

Shi Zhong said again: "Back then when your incident came out, I was also very surprised. I didn't see it in the military camp before. It turns out that you... well, but it is really admirable. A place like the military camp is also thanks to you. You have to be stronger than others to be able to hide it."

The general took another drink: "..."

Shi Zhong continued: "I've seen you from afar... Madame, you are indeed very different from those men in the barracks. Although... those people in the market speak badly, but don't take it too seriously."

The general frowned: "What did you say?"

"Talking about you... madam, Lord Weng bought it for a tael of silver at the gate of Nange Hall."

The general felt a rush of hot blood in his throat, as if he was about to vomit blood again, but his perseverance was astonishing, he endured the rush of heat in a daze, and said with difficulty: "One... one or two?!"

Shi Zhong nodded: "It's all just rumors. The Lord has a dignified, graceful and elegant appearance. How can he be as casual as they say? You also know that the whole Daqing has been staring at your house all these years. There are all kinds of rumors. More than that, I heard from my subordinates that you don't like men at all, look, what they said, it puts you in a position of infidelity, but it doesn't matter, I sent that tongue-chewing bastard to move bricks to the west city gate on the spot..."

The general only felt the ringing in his ears, he couldn't listen to Shi Zhong's words anymore, he drank a few big cups, closed his eyes, and fell down on the table, not knowing what happened to someone.

It was near noon the next day that the general returned home slowly, rubbing his aching head.

As soon as he entered the main hall and saw the young man sitting there, his head hurt even more. If the young man hadn't seen him immediately and stood up straight, he would have turned around and left.

"General... General!"

The young man blushed and shouted in his loudest voice.

"Ah."

The general agreed perfunctorily, walked over and sat down, the young man immediately poured tea and offered it to him with both hands.

The general took the teacup and drank it silently.

"General... General, where did you... last night..." The young man lowered his head, looked at him quietly, summoned up his courage, and asked in a low voice.

"...to a friend's house and had some wine." The general replied solemnly.

"Oh...oh." The boy nodded cautiously.

The general glanced at him: "What? What's the matter?"

"No, no!" The boy quickly waved his hands, and the general saw clearly that his eyes were black and blue, as if he hadn't slept well.

The general's heart moved, and he asked suspiciously: "What's wrong with your eyes? Didn't sleep well at night?"

The young man was overwhelmed, twisted his hands and turned his face away, but still couldn't hide his guilt: "No...no."

The general frowned: "No? Didn't sleep?"

Both hands of the boy were twisted into twists, he buried his head deeply, and let out a low "hmm".

The general immediately thought, he just left the "Madam" whom he met for the first time yesterday in the room, and ran away by himself. According to the temperament of this little rabbit, maybe he stayed up all night because he was waiting for him to come back?

Looking at the young man's shy and uneasy appearance, he felt both annoyed and a little guilty in his heart.

He has been immersed in the military since he was a child, and all he has come into contact with are straight-hearted, rough men who are resistant to fighting and falling. He really doesn't like this man who is weaker than some women—such as Princess Zhaode Eyes, but in the past I only felt that the matter had nothing to do with me, so I didn't think much about it, but now there is such an extra person in my family out of thin air, who can't look up and look down, how can it not make people feel bad?

But when I think about it carefully, who made me insist on lying, and my mother bought him back? He is a manly man, and he definitely has no reason to bully this innocent boy, so he can't treat him too coldly and badly. .

Even, not only can't be indifferent and harsh, but I'm afraid he has to be respectful—the whole family is watching with so many eyes, I'm afraid if he says something harsh to the boy here today, it will be discussed in the streets and alleys tomorrow morning.

It's just... It's like offering a living Bodhisattva at home!

The general sighed inwardly.

However, when it comes to the fact that my mother bought someone back...

The general looked left and right, but none of the servants were around. He guessed that their words would not be heard, so he leaned over and asked the boy in a low voice: "Mother, how much money did you pay for you that day?"

The boy's eyes widened immediately, as if he had thought of something terrible, and with a "plop", he grabbed the general's leg and knelt down, looking at him with tears in his eyes: "General... General! The Lord signed the contract with me that day. It's a life-long death contract, we... we can't redeem people! I know, I... I'm lowly, I can't get into the eyes of the general, just please don't drive me away, I... I have all hands and feet, I can do any job Can!"

"Hey, hey, hey," the general panicked. Seeing that no one was paying attention, he quickly pulled him up, "What are you doing? Why don't you cry?"

"You... aren't you going to send me back?" the boy cried while covering his mouth.

The general raised his eyebrows. He is legally illiterate and doesn't understand these rules at all. Can he return it?But... this person seemed to say that he couldn't return it just now.

Alas... the general was very disappointed.

"Naturally not, I'm just... asking casually." The general said dejectedly.