cold three feet

Outside the ancient road in Cenbei Town, there is an old willow tree that has grown for an unknown number of years. Under the old willow tree is a dilapidated small restaurant that is only an inch in size, but it is full of people every day. There is an endless stream of people who come and go to see off their husbands and come to southern Xinjiang. The stationed wives and children, the whole family would drink a few jugs of dirty wine in this small wine shop, hold hands and look at each other's tears, which is regarded as parting practice.

When Zhou Ziyan escorted Shamuk's team to the willow tree, he folded a branch, put it gently in the palm of his hand, touched it again and again, and said silently: "It is said that this child who loves to travel should not be offended. It's been a few months to go to the capital, so that brat won't hate me for the rest of his life because I didn't take him there!"

Qing Huan and Ting Lan looked at each other, and Qing Huan was the first to smack his tongue and said: "Master, it will be a few months in the blink of an eye. When we arrive in the capital, we must deal with the Qiangwa spies as soon as possible, so we can come back to see the second son sooner." Is it gone?"

But Ting Lan replied dissatisfied with Qing Huan: "What do you know, the master is eager to miss the younger brother, and he is reluctant to leave the second son."

To avoid revealing their identities, Ting Lan and Qing Huan dressed up as men and followed Zhou Ziyan. At this time, the two chattered, which made Zhou Ziyan's empty heart uncontrollably upset, and immediately scolded: " All right, stop arguing, I just haven't been back to the capital for too long, I don't know what the general's mansion has become, and my heart is just empty."

A glass of wine in the spring breeze of peaches and plums, ten years of night rain in the rivers and lakes.After ten years of bleak life, when Zhou Ziyan finally got his wish and returned to his hometown, he didn't know how to feel when he walked into the Chang'an Street and the General's Mansion in the childhood memory.

After a journey of more than one month, here is the capital of Daliang. The city is full of pearls, and the households are full of Luoqi. At a glance, there are 10 homes, surrounded by fireworks, osmanthus in three autumns, and lotus in ten miles. Such a prosperous age, this scene should be There is something in the sky, where should this feeling go?

Before Zhou Ziyan had time to see the bustling Chang'an Avenue, he was taken into the palace by the eunuch Li Gonggong who was next to Emperor Qi Yuan. Li Gonggong said to Zhou Ziyan with a smile on his face: "Young General, are you sure you are not a good person?" I know, the emperor heard that the major general was going back to Beijing, and for more than a month, he has been talking to this old slave all day long, saying that he has not seen you for a long time. Let the old slave stop you at the gate of the city, and take you to the palace to talk about old times."

Zhou Ziyan hated this Eunuch Li beside Qi Yuan since he was a child.

Zhou Ziyan smiled and said: "Thanks to the emperor, he still misses this minister all the time, but Eunuch Li, I am still escorting a felon from the imperial court, can you let me go to the Imperial Criminal Division first, The prisoner has been sent to the sky prison, and then enters the palace to face the saint?"

With a flattering smile on his face, Eunuch Li replied: "Oh, the major general came back to Beijing from southern Xinjiang. I think he was exhausted from traveling and traveling. The emperor has sent Mr. Gao, Minister of the Household Department, to take over the case with all his strength. You hand over this prisoner to me." Mr. Gao, you can follow the old slave into the palace to meet the saint."

Since childhood, Zhou Ziyan felt that this flattery, flattery, obsequiousness and disobedience are disgusting and often can't be resolved. Looking at Li Gonggong's face, Zhou Ziyan thought of the fat head and big ears in the far southern Xinjiang, Mr. Feng, and couldn't help but feel disgusted. Tremble.

Reluctantly, he had no choice but to follow Eunuch Li into the palace to meet Qi Yuan, the founding emperor of Daliang, whom he had not seen for a long time.

Qi Yuan rose up in the chaotic times of the separatist regimes and became king on his own. Zhou Yicun admired Qi Yuan's decisiveness, courage and strategy, and followed him. In the bloody storm, the two fought side by side, and finally unified the Central Plains, established the Daliang Kingdom, and created the Daliang Kingdom today. In the prosperous age, the Central Plains still has Heqing Haiyan.

As soon as Zhou Ziyan entered the imperial study, he was surprised by the old man sitting on the dragon chair. Qi Yuan should be as old as Zhou Yicun, and his father could wield knives and guns. The Fifth Lord has white beard and hair, like an old man about to be buried at the age of 80 or [-].

Zhou Ziyan knelt down respectfully and said, "My humble minister Zhou Ziyan joins the emperor!"

Qi Yuan quickly waved his hand and said, "Please get up quickly, there are no outsiders in this imperial study, so you don't have to care about so many etiquettes of the emperor and ministers. Xiao Yan, come here and let me have a look. You were only about ten years old when you left the capital. He is so tall and handsome, he really follows your father when he was young."

When Zhou Ziyan heard this 'Xiaoyan', his heart was slightly touched. For a long time, no one called him 'Xiaoyan' again.In the early years when Zhou Ziyan's mother was still alive, people in the Zhou Mansion called him that.Later, my father always felt that he was too lazy and idle, and always pointed at his nose and eyebrows and scolded him: "Stinky boy, you bastard...", even when he was not angry, his father just called him by his full name 'Zhou Ziyan'.

Zhou Ziyan approached Qi Yuan, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, after so many years, no one calls Weichen by his baby name anymore, but I am not used to it."

Qi Yuan smiled, the creases on his face were piled together, he looked approachable, and said, "Oh? Xiaoyan has grown up and knows how to be shy. When you were young, when you were beaten by your father, you were naked. Crying and looking for me to uphold justice for you, it is really a boy who has been separated for ten years, but now he has become mature and stable."

Zhou Ziyan listened to Qi Yuan talking about his assholes when he was a child, and there was a faint trace of pink under his ears. This young man, no matter how rampant and arrogant, became quiet and obedient after hearing the ugly things like peeing his pants when he was a child. .

Qi Yuan continued: "I won't make fun of you anymore, you should tell me about the death of imperial envoy Shen Anzhi first."

Half an hour later, Zhou Ziyan finally finished reporting Shen Anzhi's death to Qi Yuan absent-mindedly. All he wanted was to escape from the Yuluan Palace, which made him extremely uncomfortable, and return to the General's Mansion for a comfortable soak. Take a bath, drink a pot of wine, and go to sleep.

Just as he took his leave and walked to the door, Qi Yuan suddenly asked softly behind him: "Is General Zhou okay?"

Ever since Zhou Ziyan followed Eunuch Li into the Yuluan Hall, Qi Yuan never asked his father a single word. This sudden sentence seemed to startle Zhou Ziyan for a moment, and he hurriedly replied: "Father, he is very good." , Thank you, Your Majesty's holy arms."

Sitting on the carriage back home, Zhou Ziyan recalled a lot of past events in the capital, as if seeing an old friend overnight, this person also became nostalgic for the past and the present.When he was young, Qi Yuan was like an uncle to him. Qi Yuan doted on Zhou Ziyan more than his own son, His Royal Highness Qi Jue, so as long as he was scolded by his father, he would enter the palace the next day. When going to Qi Yuan to file a 'imperial petition', every time the reasons are made up, Qi Yuan can't laugh or cry.Such as "Uncle Emperor, can you make me an official older than my father, so that he can't control me."

Everyone knows Tongyan Wuji, but they don't know that when people grow up, they want to realize their Tongyan Wuji. For example, Zhou Ziyan really hopes that he can secretly become stronger, and one day Zhou Mansion can be protected by him.

Zhou Ziyan was thinking wildly in the carriage, but he didn't know that in another mansion with high walls and a deep courtyard in the capital, someone was planning how to bury him here.

The group of adults who usually lead E Guanbo changed into casual clothes now, as if the planned murder had become a matter of course.

I only heard one of the deep old voices say: "Master Gao, let alone whether your disciple was killed by the Qiangwa barbarians, just because Master Shen died in southern Xinjiang inexplicably, this matter is very suspicious. The matter is absolutely inseparable from the people in the General’s Mansion.”

Another slightly hoarse old voice continued: "That's right, I think Master Lu is right, your personal enmity with the General's Mansion has already been settled, and in case the Emperor loves the Major General, put the defense Old General Zhou from Southern Xinjiang summoned him back to the capital. I am afraid that the court will not be decided by us in the future. You also know that the young general was loved by the emperor when he was a child, not to mention that he has not seen him for ten years now. If the emperor is soft-hearted..."

Gao Chun got dizzy from this group of people, rubbed the center of his brows, and said, "My lords, I know in my heart that the emperor will hold a banquet at the Minghe Palace tomorrow night to clean up the young general. I have already paid for it." Maid, when the time comes, Zhou Ziyan must leave an impression of nothing on the emperor.

Before he knew it, Zhou Ziyan's carriage had arrived at the General's Mansion. Looking at the three big characters "General's Mansion" at the door of his house, he instantly felt as if he had never been to southern Xinjiang for ten years, and he was as familiar and friendly as before, but he As soon as he was about to step in, Qing Huan and Ting Lan stopped him and said, "Major General, a person who claims to be your brother's sissy voice came to the Zhou Mansion early in the morning and clamored to seek revenge on you. Your Majesty has already tied him up, waiting for the major general to send him off."

Qing Huan and Ting Lan were followed by Mo Bo, the old housekeeper who stayed behind in the General's Mansion back then. Mo Bo burst into tears when he saw the young master he hadn't seen in ten years, but when he thought of the man who was tied up by five flowers, he had no time to reminisce and cry bitterly. He hurriedly said: "Master, I told these two girls that Mr. Chen is your friend, but the two of them didn't believe it, so they tied him up three times. Mr. Chen is screaming desperately in the hall, you go quickly!" have a look!"

Qing Huan and Ting Lan said in unison: "Old man, how do you know that I belong to a girl?"

Zhou Ziyan knew who it was when he heard the sound of 'Chen Gongzi', he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Who am I supposed to be, brother Yingying, I'll go and see."

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In these chapters, our second son will disappear for a while~ It will reappear soon~ I like it, please save it~ Thank you, cuties~