Hengnan is windy

Chen Ning stopped the horse, dismounted first and asked the soldiers what happened.

A soldier scratched the back of his head. Seeing the generals returning to the barracks, he first saluted with his fists together, and then said very puzzled, "Mr. Huo seems to have disappeared."

Situ Hengnan was still riding Kaifeng, but when he heard that, his expression suddenly changed, and he got off his horse immediately.

"What did you say? What happened to Mr. Huo?" Situ Hengnan's tone was very cold.

Seeing that Situ Hengnan was very angry, the soldier immediately raised his fist and bowed his head and replied, "Return to Major General, Mr. Huo is not in your camp. We are looking carefully."

Situ Hengnan frowned.

Li Xiaowei, who was at the side, heard the news and felt that the news was irrelevant, so he said: "This gentleman probably left after he finished his proposal."

Situ Hengnan didn't speak for a while, but after a while several pawns gathered around and shook their heads at the previous pawn.

"Major General, little... Mr. Huo probably won't leave without saying goodbye, besides, he's coming back this time..." Before Chen Ning finished speaking, Situ Hengnan raised his hand to signal him not to continue.

"Where did Mr. Huo go after I left?" Situ Hengnan began to ask.

"It was at the front line. Mr. Huo didn't return to the tent immediately after you left. We said it was windy, so we asked him to go back. He said he was waiting for you to come back." A soldier replied.

"Then?"

"Mr. Huo is no longer at the front line, so we thought he had returned to the camp. We didn't realize that Mr. Huo was not in your camp, nor in other camps until we delivered the food."

The pawns were secretly looking at Situ Hengnan's face, while the other captains and captains also looked at each other, but Governor Shen sneered.The pawns will look at their faces and know that the major general values ​​this Mr. Huo very much, and may even be an old friend.But the captains were too busy all day long to hear the rumors about this gentleman in the camp.

Just at this time, suddenly a pawn from another place rushed over and said out of breath, "Major General, there is... a bloody letter in the stable!"

Situ Hengnan turned sideways and responded: "Bring it!"

The stable-sweeping pawn handed over the letter.

Situ Hengnan opened it and saw that the content of the letter was very simple, it just read: The smoke is scattered, Huo Feng is dead; if you want to save each other, go alone.

Situ Hengnan twisted the paper into a ball with one hand.

"The generals are resting temporarily in the tent." Situ Hengnan led the horse alone and walked out.

"Where is the major general going?" Li Xiaowei was very puzzled, "Is it going to pursue? Then we..."

"The generals will rest in the tent temporarily. If I don't come back before the smoke clears, I will obey the order of Governor Shen." Situ Hengnan repeated the order, and got on the horse before he finished speaking.

Seeing Situ Hengnan raising his whip and starting off, Chen Ning anxiously picked up the collar of the messenger soldier and asked about the contents of the letter.

"Okay... It seems that you want to save Huo... Huo Feng, so go alone." The pawn replied with some trembling.

Chen Ning put down her collar, and said apologetically, "Mr. Huo may have fallen into the enemy's hands. I hope you seniors will stand still for the time being and follow the order of the major general." .

The rest of the captains frowned deeply and said nothing.

Governor Shen raised his eyebrows and said, "It's clearly a trap. Since the Major General wants to jump, he can only let him jump. Mr. Huo, it seems that the Major General values ​​him very much."

The word "Mr. Huo" was deliberately emphasized and lengthened.

His sarcastic remark made all the captains suddenly understand something.

The pawns also seem to have remembered some secrets that they don't know if they are true or not.

General Situ just handed over the power to the Major General not long ago, and the Major General was originally arranged by his parents to marry Prime Minister Shen's daughter before marching, but he himself refused, and caused some unhappiness between the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion .This Governor Shen is the prime minister's youngest son, Shen Ke. There are rumors in the imperial city that he beat Situ Hengnan because of this incident.

Some people say that the son of the general's mansion went to the southwest for more than a year and fell in love with the girl there.

Some people say that the son of the general's mansion had a lover a long time ago, so he couldn't accept the prime minister's daughter.

No matter what the argument was, it was because Situ Hengnan had no intention of treating the daughter of the prime minister's mansion, which shamed the prime minister's mansion.

I don't know how General Situ and the general's wife persuaded the Prime Minister to reconcile the relationship between the two governments.However, the current Governor Shen still seems to have a grudge.

"The generals stay in the camp for the time being." Governor Shen regained his composure for a while, "Lieutenant Wu, you send a light cavalry to the front line to investigate, and attack again when the time is right."

Captain Wu, Captain Lin, Captain Zhou, and Captain Li responded together and returned to camp temporarily.

Situ Hengnan rode his horse through the mist and entered the enemy camp all the way.A few tents stand here slumped, and there are still smoky firewood piles on the empty ground.

"Since you brought me here, please come out." Situ Hengnan slowed down, while Kaifeng paced around in a circle.

A sharp arrow greeted him, and Situ Hengnan slashed the arrow with his sword.

Immediately, multiple sharp arrows struck, and Situ Hengnan directly hit the densest direction.

As he attacked all the way, his sleeves were also scratched with blood.

A tent in front of him suddenly opened the curtain, bows and arrows stopped, and a faint voice came from inside: "General Situ, please come in."

Situ Hengnan rode in on Kaifeng, and behind the short table in front of him sat cross-legged a thin man, dressed in camel-colored clothes, who was still pouring tea leisurely, filling ten neat cups in a row.This person is Jiang Luo, a military adviser who seldom shows up in the northern army camp.

"Where is Huo Feng?" Situ Hengnan was impatient.

Jiang Luo slowly put down the teacup, chuckled lightly, and tapped his index finger on the corner of the table twice.

A burly man escorted Huo Feng in from the side curtain.

The big man held a long knife like an executioner.The long knife cut in front of Huo Feng's neck.Although Huo Feng's face was pale, his expression was very calm, but when he saw Situ Hengnan going alone, he immediately frowned.

When Situ Hengnan saw Huo Feng, he felt at ease for a moment.

"General Situ, you entered our barracks so easily because you are qualified to negotiate with me." Jiang Luo held a spoon in his hand and tapped back and forth on the side of the teacup, making a strange and crunchy sound. "Maybe the major general thinks that our northern land is already an overwhelmed egg, and it is impossible for the tribe to see the sun of tomorrow. It is only a matter of time before the Central Plains takes this land."

"It's a pity, it's a pity, the major general fought bravely when he was young, but he is not a ruthless person with a heart like a stone. After all, he has a weakness."

Jiang Luo raised his brows and eyes with a smile, and squinted at Huo Feng, who had a serious expression.

"Mr. Jiang has spent a lot of time, what are the conditions, let's talk about it." Situ Hengnan got off the horse, and had the patience to talk to him.

Jiang Luo said calmly: "The head of the Major General's neck."

Situ Hengnan raised his eyebrows: "Mr. Jiang is so straightforward, it's really an unsatisfactory answer. I thought you had something interesting to say."

"Since the major general is disappointed, why not listen to the second answer." Jiang Luo smiled even wider.

"Oh?" Situ Hengnan signaled him to continue.

"You will stay in Beitu for the rest of your life, but you can't do anything, just live normally." Jiang Luo blurted out, "Mr. Huo is naturally the same."

Situ Hengnan didn't expect such an answer, but just sneered.

"The major general laughed, and I also think this choice is very funny. So I just want to talk about it." Jiang Luo seemed to sigh.

Situ Hengnan just responded, "Mr. Wang Jiang understands that the Northern Territories at this time simply don't have the capital to negotiate with the Central Plains."

Jiang Luo just laughed, and sharp arrows from all directions struck again.At the same time, there was the sound of rolling thunder, which made Situ Hengnan tense up, and was hit by an arrow accidentally.

But suddenly a few bunches of arrows helped Situ Hengnan block the arrows from both sides. In the chaos, they also shot the big man's arm, and the long knife fell with a "bang".

Only then did Situ Hengnan hug the pale Huo Feng in a hurry, and was shot by another arrow before he had time.

Situ Hengnan endured the pain and carried Huo Feng onto the horse. Chen Ning, who rescued him in time, wanted to eradicate Jiang Luo, but this person let off a cloud of mist and left a sentence: "In such a hurry, major general, you will regret."

"Chen Ning, let's go!" Situ Hengnan ignored him, just roared, and galloped out of the tent.

Chen Ning hurriedly followed.Two teams of cavalry were chasing after them, and archers shooting arrows in the distance continued to shoot arrows.

Situ Hengnan was hit by several arrows, and even Kaifeng was hit by an arrow. He roared but insisted on running forward, only at a slight decrease in speed.Chen Ning also had multiple scratches.

Huo Feng was protected by Situ Hengnan, but his sleeves were scratched a bit.

Suddenly, a few light cavalry came rushing forward, quickly surrounded them, and blocked the surrounding arrows.

The dark army came and attacked the center of Beitu.Kaifeng couldn't hold on any longer, he managed to run for a while, but also fell down.

Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng also fell to the ground, but Situ Hengnan held him tightly and did not let go.Several major lieutenants accidentally saw it, and were extremely surprised in their hearts.That young general who fought in battle with great military exploits and was never afraid was wrapped up in the sand and dust in such a state of embarrassment.Captain Wu and Captain Li took the lead in attacking.Lieutenant Lin was pulling a horse, followed by Lieutenant Zhou, when they saw Situ Hengnan like this, they dismounted one after another, and shouted sadly: "Major General!"

Governor Shen's horse, who was pressing behind the army, stopped in front of them, only to hear him say something coldly: "I was just hit by an arrow, and it's not so easy to die. It's too early to cry for mourning."

"Situ..." Huo Feng stood up with some difficulty, and also helped Situ Hengnan who fainted, "Situ!"

"Young General!" Chen Ning got off the horse and hurriedly helped Situ Hengnan onto the horse, holding back tears in her eyes.

"Zixin..." Situ Hengnan just murmured.

Seeing this, Lieutenant Lin pulled the horse up and said, "Don't dawdle. Hurry up and take the Major General back for treatment!"

Therefore, Lieutenant Lin pulled Huo Feng onto the horse, and quickly ran towards the tent.

☆, broken array (2)

Situ Hengnan was in a coma for a few days, when he raised his eyes, it was Li Se from the familiar military tent.

Subtle light leaked into his eyes, Situ Hengnan blinked many times before realizing that he was still alive, in the military tent.

After a long while, the memory before coma slowly recovered.

Situ Hengnan felt pain all over his body and coughed for a long time when he got up anxiously and lifted the quilt away.

Someone outside the door heard the voice and came in immediately.

The person in front of him was very familiar, but his figure was shabby, and the white clothes were lightly stained with blood and scratches.

"Situ, how do you feel now? Do you want to drink water?" Huo Feng's voice was suppressed by himself as calm as possible. In fact, he poured a glass of water while asking.

Situ Hengnan took the water and drank it in one gulp, but because he was a little anxious, he choked and coughed a few times.

"Zixin, are you hurt?" Situ Hengnan hoarsely looked at Huo Feng who was sitting on the side of the bed.

"I'm not hurt, you were hurt."

Huo Feng sighed.

"Situ, why are you doing this..." Huo Feng looked at Situ Hengnan, his voice choked up.

Situ Hengnan smiled lightly, and just said, "Although it hurts a bit, it's fine."

"That's not what I said." Huo Feng frowned slightly.

Situ Hengnan's smile faded a little, as if he was a little disappointed: "Zixin, I know that as a general, you shouldn't enter the enemy camp alone; as a general, you shouldn't abandon the army for one person."

Huo Feng shook his head slightly, lowered his eyes, and said, "You are right. It's just that what I want to say is not the case."

"Stupid Situ, I'm not blaming you, I just think you're worthless." The "stupid" seemed to be a sigh, and Huo Feng continued, "I haven't seen you for many years, but it was my negligence that caused you to be scarred." .”

"Cough, I know there is a secret operation in the army, but I didn't find out in time. I was careless." Situ Hengnan pulled Huo Feng's sleeve, "Zixin, I am the one who caused you trouble."

Huo Feng's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he swallowed it again.

"Hey, it's all connected to each other, I'm tired just listening to it!"

The snow-silver silk clothes exposed the noble air, the visitor lifted the curtain, although the words were joking, the expression was actually not relaxed.Seeing Situ Hengnan's airtight bandage, the visitor also sighed.

"Too..." Situ Hengnan still wanted to stay, but was stopped by someone.

"Stop, stop. You've been half-dead for a few days, so don't show any vain rituals." The visitor sat on the cushion where Situ Hengnan usually sat, with faint worries showing on his face.

"His Royal Highness." Huo Feng saluted respectfully.

"Oh, actually I was shocked when I saw Zixin." The crown prince picked up a cup and poured himself a cup of tea, "So..."

The prince's eyes swept over Situ Hengnan and found that he didn't respond, so he landed on Huo Feng again.

"Uh, you can just call Chen Yu in private, or Liu Yu." The prince suddenly changed the subject, got up, but saw that Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng seemed a little embarrassed.

"This is the order of the prince." The prince Chenyu hooked his lips, "and Situ Hengnan, you have to go back mentally, and the prince will personally clean up the dust for you. Your achievements this time are not small, think about what you want Wanted reward."

Chen Yu went back to the imperial city first, and he had completed the task of condolences to the soldiers.Situ Hengnan took a rest after eating and taking medicine.

Huo Feng originally wanted to live in another tent, but Situ Hengnan grabbed his sleeve before leaving.

"Zixin, you just sleep here, okay?" Situ Hengnan's voice was very low, and the strength to hold his sleeves was actually weakened.

Huo Feng looked at Situ Hengnan in front of him, his eyes were still so clear and bright, making people want to touch but also have concerns.

In the end, Huo Feng still said slowly: "Okay."

Huo Feng lay down where he had slept when he came here, and Situ Hengnan closed his eyes with peace of mind.

But Huo Feng did not fall asleep so easily. By the light of an unextinguished lamp, he stared at a wooden chapter in his hand. The wooden chapter was dyed red, and the four characters "Situ Hengnan" were engraved on the bottom, which were his characters. .

It fell out of Situ Hengnan's clothes.

When he held this wooden chapter and meditated in front of the tent earlier, it was the time when Situ Hengnan was treated by the military doctor in the tent and his body looked normal.

The restlessness he had tried to restrain finally dissipated at that time, and the consciousness that had been a little bit broken returned, and the fatigue surged in his body, and he almost fainted.

It was Chen Yu who supported him.

He said "Thank you" naturally, and after seeing the person clearly, he calmly said: "His Royal Highness."

Chen Yu was very surprised to see him at first, but immediately suppressed it, raised his eyebrows belatedly, and said: "It's Zixin..."

"It was Chen Ning who told me that you were back, but I was very skeptical." Chen Yu smiled brightly, "I finally saw someone. I heard that you went back to the southwest for your father's funeral, and you never returned to the imperial city after that." Yes. At that time Nandi went with you for a long time, and General Situ almost went to the southwest. I didn’t want to think that there was a riot in the southwest, and the chaos in the north was about to break out, but Nandi was called back. At that time, the father was going to give an imperial edict Shen Rong and Nan Di got married, but later General Situ went to tell his father that although the battle was very sure, at least it would be difficult to return for two or three years, so he politely pushed it back."

Chen Yu deliberately paused, observing Huo Feng's expression, but it was calm, as if he knew it already.

"During that time, as long as you were in the imperial city, you would hear people saying that the second son of the prime minister's mansion beat the son of the general's mansion." Chen Yu paused again, "Actually, it was also father's order to appoint Shen Ke as the military governor this time." A little trial. According to reports, except for these two days, the two are still on good terms."

"I originally asked to come to condolences to the soldiers. I didn't expect to meet you again. It's just that this military camp is not suitable for reminiscing about the past. When the dust of this battle settles, let's make an appointment to meet in Dongfeng Xiaolou." Chen Yuwang Looking at Huo Feng's pale complexion, he sighed, "Brother Nan is fine now, there will always be times when he wakes up, you should go and rest too."

Huo Feng was still preparing to go back to Situ Hengnan's camp, but unfortunately he bumped into Captain Li, who saw that it was Huo Feng, and blurted out: "Why did you come in at will..." Captain Wu behind him suggested After coughing twice, Xiaowei Li swallowed what he was going to say as if he had suddenly realized.

Under the strange eyes of the two, Huo Feng opened the curtain without stopping.

Huo Feng fell asleep quietly in the dark night, as if he was dreaming, but also seemed to be blank.

Dreams that are difficult to remember are real dreams.

The boy in the dream, carefree.

☆, last night (1)

Not long after he turned 11, Situ Hengnan finally paid off the hard work of the past few months, and was recognized by General Situ, and the emperor also acquiesced in the young boy's joining the Royal Spring Hunt.

Mr. He lived in the mansion for two months, and left quietly after Huo Feng's 11th birthday.Although this was expected by Huo Feng, when he did not find the figure of Master in the early morning, but only found a note that said "Don't forget the original intention, you will never forget", what swept through his heart was a strong sense of loss .

These two teenagers were drinking the osmanthus wine that was left in the mansion earlier on the roof. Situ Hengnan noticed Huo Feng's melancholy, presumably it was because of Mr. He's departure.

He has never comforted people very much, and he can't comfort people.If Huo Feng was bullied by others, it would be more straightforward, simple and neat for him to fight openly.He has experienced this kind of unconsolable emotional sadness a few times, but at least so far he has not had any important people separated from him for a long time.

"Zixin, don't be sad when Uncle He is gone. He himself doesn't want to be confined to the general's mansion. If you are here, no one in the mansion will treat you badly." Situ Hengnan managed to hold back a decent sentence, Huo Feng But he still bent his knees and hugged his legs motionlessly, stared ahead, did not make a sound, and did not touch the small jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

Situ Hengnan didn't say a word either, but followed Huo Feng's gaze and stared at the sunset glow in the sky.

After a while, Situ Hengnan looked at Huo Feng from time to time, and then looked at the sky in the same direction as before.

Suddenly Huo Feng laughed lightly, and Situ Hengnan turned his head sideways as if awakened.

"I'm not that sad, Situ." Huo Feng slowly lay down on the roof tiles, "I was just thinking about what my father wrote in the letter."

Situ Hengnan grabbed his hair and was thinking about this question for a while.

After a while, Situ Hengnan stopped scratching his hair, clenched his fist and hammered his thigh in a flash of inspiration, and said to Huo Feng: "Zixin, all important letters my father receives will be placed in a drawer in his study. We can go there and have a look."

Huo Feng also stood up and said, "But..."

Situ Hengnan knew Huo Feng's worry, so he said: "I sneaked into Dad's study before, and the letters in a drawer in him are basically greetings from soldiers in the former military camp, and those related to the military should be locked. I went to another hidden place. I think Uncle Huo's letter should be put in that drawer. Let's take a look quietly, and nothing will happen. "

Huo Feng frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about it. Before he could make a final decision, Situ Hengnan pulled him off the roof and went straight to General Situ's study.

"Situ..." Huo Feng wanted to say wait.

Situ Hengnan said even more anxiously: "Zixin, my parents went to Puning Temple to fulfill their vows today, and they haven't come home yet. There is still time to go to my father's study."

Situ Hengnan took Huo Feng with him, and soon arrived at the door of General Situ's study.

Situ Hengnan looked around, and after making sure there was no one there, he dragged Huo Feng in.The furnishings of General Situ's study are very simple, except for the Four Treasures of the Study, there are only a few simple tables, chairs and benches, and a large hexagonal-shaped wooden shelf with some decorations.There are calligraphy and paintings by famous artists on the wall.On the table is an unfinished painting of flowers and birds, which was made by my wife.

Situ Hengnan quickly opened a drawer, looked inside, lowered his voice slightly and said, "Zixin, this is it."

Huo Feng leaned forward, and carefully found the letter he brought earlier that was unsealed by General Situ from the half-open drawer.

The seal was folded back, and Huo Feng carefully pulled out the letter paper.

On it was my father's neatly written characters, but the characters trembled a little.

Huo Feng read the letter carefully, word by word, and then stuffed the letter back as it was.At this time, there were several scattered footsteps approaching not far away.

Huo Feng quickly put back the letter, Situ Hengnan also reacted very quickly and pulled Huo Feng to hide in the corner behind the nearest high cabinet.

The two just squeezed into this corner, Huo Feng's most of his face brushed against Situ Hengnan's hair, neither of them dared to breathe too heavily.

Through a little gap, they saw that it was General Situ who came.

General Situ walked around the room for a few steps, then stood in one place with his hands behind his back, motionless.Situ Hengnan knew that his father was thinking about something.

General Situ walked towards the shelf with decorations, stretched out his hand and twisted the bottom of the white porcelain vase counterclockwise, and then there were a few "clicks", and a square wooden board popped out from the center of the wooden foot at the bottom of the wooden shelf.Then, General Situ reached out and took out something from it.

General Situ turned his back to Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng, so neither Situ Hengnan nor Huo Feng could see clearly what General Situ was holding.

Situ Hengnan tried his best to stand on tiptoe, wanting to see what his father was holding.

But General Situ suddenly started talking, and Situ Hengnan looked away suddenly in fright.

General Situ rubbed the things in his hands while muttering to himself: "...you can rest assured, I will take good care of that child..."

General Situ said something on his own again, but Situ Hengnan and Huo Feng didn't quite hear it.

Finally, with a few heavy sighs, General Situ put the things back in place, twisted the vase again, and then left the study, closing the door.

After a few more breaths, Situ Hengnan took a step cautiously.

Situ Hengnan probed a little more before coming out of the corner completely, heaving a sigh of relief.

Only then did Huo Feng come out lightly, but his complexion was not very good.

"Zixin, what's the matter?" Situ Hengnan turned around and saw Huo Feng's pale face, and didn't know where to ask.

Huo Feng just whispered: "Situ, let's go."

"Zixin." Situ Hengnan pulled Huo Feng's sleeve again, but Huo Feng broke free.

Huo Feng turned his back to Situ Hengnan, his shoulders rose and fell slightly, and he just left a sentence: "Situ, I'm sorry."

Then ran out of the study.

Situ Hengnan was originally curious about what his father hid in the small mechanism in the study, but after a moment of hesitation, he followed Huo Feng out of the study.

Unexpectedly, Huo Feng didn't know where he went after this moment of effort.

"Zixin! Zixin!" Situ Hengnan turned left and right, but he didn't see Huo Feng.

So he closed his eyes and thought for a while, and thought of a place.

☆, last night (2)

Huo Feng sat alone on the roof, holding his legs together with his hands, and stared into the distance with some dull eyes.The winter sun diffused over his hair, forehead and face somewhat alienated.

Suddenly there was a sound beside him, and there were more people beside him.

The man lay here casually, with his hands on his head and his legs crossed.

He didn't speak when he lay down, but observed Huo Feng intentionally or unintentionally.

Huo Feng knew that it was Situ Hengnan who came, so he didn't say a word for a long time.

Situ Hengnan couldn't help shivering when the cold wind blew occasionally, but he still didn't leave.

"Zixin, let me take you to a place." After a long time, Situ Hengnan stood up and said to Huo Feng expectantly.

Only then did Huo Feng turn his slack eyes around.

Seeing that he was willing to talk to him, Situ Hengnan suddenly became happy: "Let's go down first."

Huo Feng followed Situ Heng south to the roof with some confusion.

Unexpectedly, Situ Hengnan took him to the stables of the nearby horse farm.

There were several adult horses raised there, and what Situ Hengnan walked up to was a mare that was placed in a stable alone.

It was a red-maned horse with a shiny coat, and there was not a single stray hair to be found at a glance. Even if it was kept in captivity, its whole body was full of aura.Seeing Situ Hengnan walking over, the horse let out a low growl, and fixed its bright black eyes on him.

"This is a horse that Daddy likes very much, and she is pregnant with a pony now." Situ Hengnan touched the horse in front of him, "There will be a pony in a few months, Daddy said he would give it to me. I'm going to name my horse Kaifeng."

Huo Feng frowned: "Kai Feng?"

Situ Hengnan nodded again and again: "Yes, this is one of the names my mother thought of. I haven't been here for a long time to practice that sword style recently."

Huo Feng had never seen this horse before, and he didn't know that Situ Hengnan would come to the racecourse on weekdays.After thinking about it, it is not surprising that the son of the dignified general's mansion has so many good horses.

In a daze, Situ Hengnan came over with a pile of grain cut into sections, but the mare ignored him.

"The wind blows from the south, blowing the thorny heart." Huo Feng muttered to himself.

"Huh?" Situ Hengnan didn't hear clearly, he only raised his head after laying out the food and grass, "But Zixin, the people at the racecourse said that she might give birth to twin horses, and if there are twin horses, you can also have your own horse gone."

"Me?" Huo Feng was puzzled.

"En." Situ Hengnan looked at the mare with a smile on his face again, and then pushed Huo Feng to another direction.

"But I, it's just..." Huo Feng was momentarily at a loss for words.

When he was thinking about it, Situ Hengnan smiled at him and said, "Not so much, but ah, you are Huo Feng, you are Zixin, and you are a complete person, that's enough. What's so strange about owning a horse?" of."

I don't know how far he walked, how many stone steps he climbed, Situ Hengnan was a little out of breath.

But the setting sun in the distance is gradually setting, and the orange reflections are scattered in the sparkling water of a lake, bright and quiet.

"I want to take back the northern land! I want to take back the northern land!" Situ Hengnan clasped his hands in front of his face like a trumpet, and yelled several times.

"Zixin, if you're unhappy, you can yell out. There's basically no one here." Situ Hengnan still had a big smile on his face.

Seeing that Huo Feng hesitated, Situ Hengnan yelled again.

Huo Feng caressed his hands on the side of the wooden fence, and shouted into the distance: "Daddy, I miss you so much!"

The wind in Gaoting here was extremely strong, and his voice seemed to be swallowed by the wind.

"Look, Feng will tell Uncle Huo."

Situ Hengnan spoke softly, and hugged Huo Feng who wiped away his tears

☆, last night (3)

The general's wife likes calligraphy and painting. When the Holy God gave General Situ a house, he also gave a library as a wedding gift.

After the general and his wife moved in, the library has also undergone certain repairs, and there are special staff to sort out books and clean them regularly. It is also open to outside literati, and the building will be closed for cleaning a few days a month.Today happened to be the day to clean up the bibliography, so there would be no outsiders in the building, and it seemed a little deserted.

Because there are so many books, too many charcoal fires will not be burned in the library in winter, so you will always feel the chill invading the gaps in your clothes, making you breathless.

Even if he was as strong as Situ Hengnan, he couldn't help shivering.

There are four floors in the library building, but the fourth floor is full of dilapidated ancient books and some curiosities.

Situ Hengnan knew that most of these things were collected by his mother in the boudoir.

At this time, there were only three or two servants in the library who were sorting out the bibliographies. When they saw him, they joked, "Master, why do you want to read?"

"Did you see Zixin?" Situ Hengnan didn't have much time to chat with his servant at this time, and Huo Feng's mood was a little depressed in recent days.

"I see, it's upstairs." The servant who cleaned up the books on the ground floor answered him, "Madam is also there."

"My mother?" Situ Hengnan was a little surprised for a moment, but after thinking about it, he was no longer surprised.His mother always liked odd things. Although she didn't collect antiques very much in recent years, she would come here to try to restore or study some ancient books from time to time.

Situ Hengnan stomped and went upstairs, only to see his mother and Huo Feng.

"Mother." Situ Hengnan slowed down, calling his mother, but his eyes were fixed on observing Huo Feng.Huo Feng's complexion was a little pale, but he was calm. He was holding a small piece of wood in one hand and a small carving knife in the other, and was carving words on it.

The general's wife was also carefully carving a piece of jade in her hand, and when the key was completed, she raised her head to answer Situ Hengnan: "Why is Heng'er here?"

"I, I'm here to find Zixin." Situ Hengnan leaned forward, "Mother, is this carving a seal?"

The general's wife put down the jade in her hand, dipped it in the vermilion paint beside her, stamped it on the rice paper, and stamped the words "Auspicious Ruyi".

"After fulfilling the vow today, your father will be busy with matters related to offering sacrifices to heaven. I have nothing to do, so I will carve seals for entertainment." The general's wife put away the seals, "It just so happens that Zixin is here, so he will be with me."

Huo Feng put down the knife at this moment, perhaps it was finished.

"Zixin, show me." The general's wife took Huo Feng's wooden seal, "Safe and healthy, um, the depth is appropriate. It's just that the word 'jian' is a little bigger. Zixin's first engraving of a seal is truly good."

The general's wife returned the wooden chapter to Huo Feng, and Situ Hengnan picked up another small piece of wood beside the table, and said, "Mother, I'll carve it too."

The general's wife smiled even more, and said: "What does Heng'er want to engrave?"

Situ Hengnan stared at the blank bottom of the wooden block, stroked it a few times, and said, "Carve my own name."

Originally, what Situ Hengnan thought was very simple turned out to be a lot of ups and downs.The few pieces of wood he took were either cut in half at the side of the table, or their edges were cut off.Finally, the whole body was preserved with great difficulty, and the word "Situ" was engraved on it, but the character "Heng" almost occupied the space of the wood block, squeezing the character "South" to the horizon.

The general's wife laughed.Huo Feng held back his laughter, but his eyes were already small crescents.

After some tossing, it was already sunset and dusk.The general's wife cleared the table, touched the heads of the two children, and said, "It's almost time for dinner."

Situ Hengnan was a little annoyed, and put his failed products into the discard box one by one.

Together with the one that was successfully engraved, they were also thrown away.

"Heng'er, why don't you want this one?" The general's wife picked up the wooden badge, "It turns out that the character Nan is too narrow. It's also my mother's fault, your father originally wanted to give you the single name 'Heng' , but at that time the south was restless, so I added the word 'South', I hope you can ride the battlefield and calm down the south. Your father also had this intention, so he finalized the word 'Hengnan'. But now the south has been decided, but the north is about to move .”

The general's wife suddenly mentioned the origin of Situ Hengnan's name, and Situ Hengnan knew the truth.

"So that's the case." Situ Hengnan nodded clearly, and suddenly looked at Huo Feng, "Hey, Zixin, how did you get your name?"

Holding three wooden badges in his hands, Huo Feng said in a still clear voice, "There is no special meaning, but the 'Zi Xin' given by Master does exist. The heart of Akagi welcomes new things."

"The name has so many meanings." Situ Hengnan scratched his head.

The general's wife smiled and said, "Silly boy, it's natural. You don't listen to me telling you to read more books on weekdays."

After dinner, Huo Feng pulled Situ Hengnan's sleeve, Situ Hengnan turned around, and heard Huo Feng say: "Situ, this is for you."

There was a hard lump in Situ Hengnan's hand, which turned out to be a wooden badge.

Situ Hengnan picked it up and took a look, it was engraved with "Situ Hengnan".

His eyes lit up, and the beautiful regular script was the right size, even and square, and it was written by Huo Feng.

"Your handwriting is really beautiful." Situ Hengnan looked at the engraved wooden seal in his hand and said sincerely, "Zixin, teach me how to write this kind of handwriting."

"Sir is teaching." Huo Feng replied.

"Sir, I hold back the feeling of wanting to hit me but not daring to hit me every day. In fact, I write really hard!" Situ Hengnan complained earnestly, "If you have strength but can't use it, it's either too heavy or too light. , it's really troublesome."

Huo Feng shook his head, and said: "Writing requires a calm mind, and it doesn't take much effort."

Situ Hengnan nodded and said, "So