Brother listens to orders

Cheng Qianshu felt himself dangling when he woke up, and he was confused for a moment before he remembered where he was.

In the past two days, in order to catch up with Hua Jinshuang, he didn't even have time to eat a meal, so he ate two mouthfuls of dry food on the horse, as long as he was not hungry, his heart was always hanging high, until he saw Hua Jinshuang's face Finally relax.After this relaxation, I was immediately exhausted, my whole body was sore, and I had no energy to spare, so I fell asleep from day to night in a daze.

After waking up, he was hungry first, so he turned over and sat up and looked around, thinking that people would not be able to escape if they were all on the water, right?But he was the only one in the cramped room, he suddenly woke up, got out of bed, took his luggage and rushed out: "Hua Jinshuang!"

As soon as the door opened, he almost bumped into Hua Jinshuang. Hua Jin was holding two bowls in his hands. He slid out with a light foot, his sleeves raised and lowered slightly, and the soup in the bowls dripped. Not spilled.

"Are you awake? What are you yelling about?" Hua Jinshuang gave him a glare, and said angrily, "I finally got it for you. If you spill it all, you deserve to be hungry."

Cheng Qianshu was stunned for a moment, and then he saw clearly that there was a little bit of noodles in his bowl, sprinkled with shallots, and a fresh fragrance lingered over with the boat full of water vapor.

"You..." Cheng Qianshu didn't come back to his senses for a moment, he looked at him and then at the bowl in his hand.

"Get out of the way." Hua Jinshuang said, "What are you doing at the door of the pestle? Collect tolls?"

Cheng Qianshu hastily stepped aside, and slowly reached out to take the bowl: "I'll come..."

"Go away." Hua Jinshuang turned sideways, put the bowl on the cutting board in front of the bed, and said, "Eat, you must be hungry?"

Cheng Qianshu slept through the day, Hua Jinshuang thought he had fallen asleep, and worriedly probed his nose and forehead halfway through, to confirm that he was just asleep, not sick or having a fever, let alone sudden death, and then he was relieved.

But after being relieved, even more anger came out--speaking clearly!What are you doing chasing after him like this?If you don't care about your body at all, who do you want to feel bad about?Anyway, I don't feel bad!

Hua Jinshuang sat at the other end, holding a bowl and eating on his own, not wanting to talk to Cheng Qianshu.

Cheng Qianshu finished eating the noodles in a few mouthfuls, and even drank the soup. Then he let out a long breath and said in embarrassment, "Thank you."

Hua Jinshuang sneered and didn't answer.

There was a moment of relative silence between the two, only the sound of slightly swaying water waves came rhythmically from outside the window.

In such a cramped and terrible environment, Hua Jinshuang was holding a bowl of noodles with a chipped mouth, and she ate very politely and elegantly. After eating slowly, she gently wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. Pushing it aside, he ordered: "Take it away."

Cheng Qianshu knew that it was very difficult for him to do everything himself when he was outside these days - although for ordinary people, this is a very common thing, and there is nothing special about it.But for Hua Jinshuang, since he was born, he was like a star surrounded by moons. Since he was a child, someone has been waiting for him to dress and wash. No matter what he does, he only needs to touch his mouth and give orders. RBI?

Therefore, it can be said that this road has been quite difficult for him.

Cheng Qianshu was well aware of this, so he didn't say anything, took two noodle bowls and returned them to the boatman, borrowed some hot water to wipe his face and body casually, and then walked back.

He closed the door and took out clothes from his bag to change. He just untied his belt and thought of something, and turned his head to look at the boy sitting under the window rather uncomfortably.

Hua Jinshuang is wearing a goose-yellow blouse today, with a jade belt around her waist and ink jade hanging on her waist. The cuff buttons and trouser legs are all tied up, and the slightly wider sleeves are rolled up a little. She looks very casual and sunny.

His black hair was tied in a messy braid and thrown behind him, and no one combed it for him. He couldn't even do this little thing well, but it was just so casually braided, which looked good and had a different style.

Sensing Cheng Qianshu's gaze, Hua Jinshuang turned her head slightly, first showing a puzzled expression, then she understood, and sneered, "What? Senior brother thought I would take advantage of others? Am I that kind of person?"

"I didn't mean that." Cheng Qianshu sighed inwardly, feeling that everything he did was wrong, so he stopped being restrained and took off his clothes directly.

Hua Jin supported her chin with both hands, and just looked at it so generously.

Cheng Qianshu's naked upper body is very lean and thin, with strong muscles and very smooth and comfortable lines, not too exaggerated but not weak either.

He bowed forward, his shoulder blades protruded slightly on his back, his back muscles stretched, and there were numerous small and large wounds on his lower back, some of which could not be seen clearly, while others had turned into dark scars.

Hua Jin frowned, got up and walked over involuntarily.

Cheng Qianshu sensed the movements of the people behind him, he didn't speak, he quickly put on the snow-white jacket to cover the scars, he put his hand on the belt for a while, then pulled it away, and pulled down the pants.

The upturned and firm breasts, the strong and powerful thighs, and the tense calf muscles were frankly revealed in Hua Jinshuang's eyes.

With his back to Hua Jinshuang, the masculine marks on his lower body are faintly visible between his legs, which is a bit sexy and alluring.

Hua Jinshuang's face was burning red, the impact was so great that he forgot what he was going to do here.He couldn't help looking away, his heart was pounding, he turned around on the spot and didn't dare to look again.

Cheng Qianshu quickly changed his clothes and pants, feeling much refreshed. He stretched out his hand to touch his stubble, and said, "I'm sorry that you saw this appearance."

Hua Jinshuang knew that he was explaining his previous hesitation, so he didn't answer, and sat back under the window after a while.

"you……"

"you……"

The two spoke together, Hua Jinshuang glanced at Cheng Qianshu, Cheng Qianshu gestured and said politely, "You speak first."

Hua Jinshuang hesitated, and said, "Your back injury...how did it come about?"

Cheng Qianshu was taken aback for a moment, he didn't expect him to say this, thought for a while and said, "It's fine for those injured by stray arrows on the battlefield."

Hua Jinshuang became anxious and couldn't help speeding up her speech, saying, "What? How old are you? Uncle sent you to the front line? Didn't you just train with the patrol team? Can you go to the front line? What about auntie? explain?"

Cheng Qianshu smiled, gently rubbed his hand on his knee, and recalled: "Didn't I say that? When winter comes, the Youzhao people will invade in small groups. They are highly mobile, and we are hard to guard against. There will always be times when the border is breached. Occasionally I will run into them, usually not many people, only a few dozen or a few hundred people, it’s not a big problem.”

Hua Jinshuang was startled: "Isn't this a big problem? What if..."

"There's nothing wrong with it." Cheng Qianshu looked into his eyes, "I'm from the Cheng family, no matter how old I am, there is only one way to go when encountering enemies, go forward bravely, and never back down."

Hua Jinshuang was shocked for a moment. He always thought that Cheng Qianshu was thrown into the barracks for training and learning. Even if he encountered an enemy, someone would protect him and go first. Someone would always stand in front of him, and someone would always protect him. After all He is not very old.

He knew that Cheng Qianshu's sword had seen blood, and he only thought that when the overall situation was under control and there was no danger, Cheng Qin and other soldiers would personally watch over him, making him try his hand in front of the unscrupulous crooked melon and split date.

Unexpectedly, such a young man has truly experienced many battles and fought bloody battles.

At this moment, Cheng Qianshu seemed to understand Hua Jinshuang's eyes, and said: "In that kind of place, who else do you think can protect you? Everyone is too busy to take care of themselves. If you only want to rely on others, then you can only die."

Cheng Qianshu added: "Of course we are not fighting alone. Cheng's soldiers are well-trained and cooperate tacitly. Each of them is a brother to me. Regardless of each other, I am the same to them. We don't play those fake things. , life and death are only in an instant, and you are not allowed to play any small tricks. So..."

Cheng Qianshu lowered his head and looked at the uppers of his shoes: "Father could not have been surrounded that day, and he could not have been trapped to death. It can only be because of an inner ghost. My father was killed by someone he trusted."

Hua Jin's jaws tightened, and she couldn't help pulling her sleeves tighter, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

He tried his best to calm himself down, and was about to find another topic to divert, when he saw Cheng Qianshu slowly raised his head, his eyes were almost fixed on him, and he said word by word: "Third brother, tell me, who is that ghost?" What? I've been thinking about that."

Hua Jinshuang's heart almost jumped out of her throat, she subconsciously looked away: "I don't know..."

Cheng Qianshu said: "Why did you go north to Cheng's house? Why did brother Jin Ye send Wei Xiaowu to Cheng's house? Does uncle know about this? No, uncle must not know, because brother Jin Ye did this in front of me He should have told his uncle first about such an important matter."

Hua Jinshuang grabbed the sleeves tightly, without saying a word, her nails made marks on her palms.

Cheng Qianshu stood up and walked slowly in front of Hua Jinshuang. The two of them didn't speak. Cheng Qianshu sighed insignificantly, stretched out his hand to hold Hua Jinshuang's hand, and then slowly opened it.

Hua Jinshuang clenched his fists stiffly, and Cheng Qianshu patiently touched his fingers one by one, loosening his hand little by little.His movements are warm and dedicated, but Hua Jinshuang senses a bone-chilling chill from this patient silence.

Hua Jinshuang remained motionless, and Cheng Qianshu opened his hands, and Cheng Qianshu said softly, "Don't hurt yourself."

Hua Jin's lips trembled, and it took a long time before she said in a hoarse voice, "Did you guess it?"

Cheng Qianshu shook his head, squatted down in front of Hua Jinshuang, and looked up at him slightly.He was still holding Hua Jinshuang's hand in one hand, in such a half-squatting and half-kneeling posture, like a guarding knight, but there was an aura that was rarely seen on his body, which made Hua Jinshuang's heart tense.

"When Jinnan came out to look for me, he said he thought I looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who I was." Cheng Qianshu said, "I suddenly thought of something. When I first went to Huafu, what did my uncle do? Recognize me at a glance?"

Hua Jinshuang was taken aback.

Cheng Qianshu said: "I met my uncle many years ago. At that time, I was still very young. We have never met each other for so many years. If we meet by chance on the street, third brother, would you recognize me?"

Although Cheng Qianshu's ocher-red hair is very conspicuous, he is not the only one in Gyeongju who has Youzhao's blood. In the early years, Youzhao made a large-scale invasion, occupied a lot of land in Dagan, and left behind many mixed-race children. This is not particularly unusual. thing.

If they meet by chance on the street, Hua Jinshuang may only feel that his face is familiar, and intuitively feel that this is the type he will like, but he may not be able to recognize at a glance that this is the child of the Cheng family he saw when he was young.

No matter how much you think about it, many years have passed, and everyone will change.

Hua Jinshuang was distracted for a moment: Can anyone change?Like Dad, or Uncle Cheng?

"If I saw you alone, I wouldn't recognize you." Cheng Qianshu said, "It's been too long, third brother, even if I look like dad, I can't be recognized at a glance."

Hua Jinshuang tried to find an excuse: "Father said that he sent someone to keep an eye on people entering the city, and he has already noticed you."

Cheng Qianshu said: "This is also what I can't figure out the most. In order to avoid being chased and killed, I kept a low profile all the way, my hair was wrapped in a cloth towel, my body was dirty and simple, and I entered the city among fish sellers. Was discovered? Even my uncle may not be able to recognize me at a glance, so how could the people he sent recognize me?"

Hua Jinshuang was speechless for a while, and noticed that this was a big loophole.

Cheng Qianshu said: "I changed my clothes and tidied up and came to the door immediately. Uncle Hua opened the door for me, but he didn't recognize me. I didn't identify myself right away, only said that I was here to deliver something, but when I entered the door, there was no sign of me." When I met my uncle and elder brother, my uncle immediately called out my name."

Cheng Qianshu thought for a while and said, "I'm sure, my elder brother didn't recognize me at the time."

Hua Jinshuang remained silent, and withdrew his hand from Cheng Qianshu's.

"Why?" Cheng Qianshu asked again.

Hua Jinshuang knew that he couldn't hide it, and he didn't want to hide it anymore, so he took a deep breath and expressed his and his elder brother's doubts.

"I went to Cheng's house secretly to find evidence. I guess they must have not destroyed a lot of evidence." After Hua Jinshuang finished speaking, she didn't dare to look at Cheng Qianshu's face, and kept her head down.

The room was so quiet that even breathing seemed like a sin.Hua Jinshuang involuntarily held her breath, her shoulders trembling slightly.

After an unknown amount of time, Cheng Qianshu turned around and walked out the door, saying, "I'll go with you."

He didn't say anything else, just carried his luggage and left, maybe looking for another room to live in, maybe just staying at the bow for a few nights.

Hua Jinshuang lost the courage to ask.

Hua Jinshuang only felt faint dizziness in his head and tight pain in his chest, only then did he realize that he had held his breath for a long time.

He slumped in the chair, took a long breath, and then supported his forehead uncomfortably, without moving for a long time, as if he had just solidified into a statue.

It was late at night, and only the rhythmic sound of water waves remained.