This sleeve is broken secretly

Beijing at the same time.

The spring rain was gentle, forming a thin curtain in the courtyard.Xie Qin strode towards the hall from the cobblestone path, his cloak was already wet and cold, and the tip of his hair was also stained with light rain, which made his handsome face look like a rock washed by water. , Lang Yi Yuexiu.

In the dim night, only the hall was lit with lights.Xie Ling paused, and when he entered the room, he saw father Xie and Xie Hua sitting in the hall, talking in a low voice and urgently.When the two looked up and saw him, they immediately stopped talking, with identical smiles on their faces.

"Third brother, come here." Father Xie waved at him with a smile on his face, "Drenched? Why doesn't this servant know how to hold an umbrella for you? I really don't know how to serve you. Come and drink some hot tea."

Father Xie has a hot and rough temper, and rarely speaks in such a gentle manner.Xie Ling's heart was like a bright mirror, but he didn't break it. He took off his half-wet cloak and sat down opposite Xie Hua. He silently blew the tea foam in his cup with his downcast eyes.

Father Xie and Xie Hua looked at each other.Father Xie winked at Xie Hua, Xie Hua coughed lightly, and pretended nothing happened to avoid Father Xie's gaze.Father Xie's face was filled with anger, but he suppressed it quickly. He turned his head and smiled kindly at Xie Ling, and asked in a warm voice, "Are you busy these days? Did you go to say hello to your mother?"

Xie Ling said calmly: "It is true that there are many complicated affairs in the court recently. Father also knows that the crown prince is about to succeed to the throne, and his son is highly valued by His Highness. Negligent, but presumably the mother can also understand the son's heart for the country and the people."

As soon as Father Xie left the conversation, he was blocked by such a long paragraph of his on-line words, and he was labeled as "for the country and the people", and he was choked to death in an instant.

Xie Hua couldn't hold back a chuckle, but was glared at by Father Xie. He quickly cleared up his expression, cleared his throat, and continued the conversation: "It's good to let him be diligent. But as the saying goes,' a If you don’t sweep the house, how can you sweep the world’, ‘Cultivate your body, keep your family in order, and secure the world’. Although this state affairs is important, if the family affairs are not handled well, other things will be messed up.”

He paused, and said earnestly: "Look at you, you are not young anymore, you are already twenty and seven. Father already had heirs when you were your age, and my eldest brother and I also have roommates at this time, but Only your room is still empty. You are busy, mother understands, but she is also anxious, you said that you have come back from a hard day, and there is no one who brings tea, water, and sympathy—"

"Did the second brother serve the tea and water by himself before he got married?" Xie Qin said plainly, "If the servants around you are so blind, you might as well call them out."

Xie Hua choked up, turned his head and raised his eyebrows at Father Xie, showing a "I can't help" expression.

Father Xie cursed inwardly, forced a smile, and continued to persuade: "What are you more interested in? It is always true that the male college should marry, and the female college should marry, right? Don't use busyness to prevaricate. Which of the important ministers is a bachelor? He is not busier than you? Or find time to marry a wife? This man, if you don’t get married, you won’t be able to stand at all, you—”

"The son's roots are very strong." Xie Qin laughed, "Father don't have to worry about it."

"Thank you for letting me!" Father Xie was furious, and finally couldn't hold back his temper. He slapped the table with a "boom" and even the tea bowl jumped up.

Xie Jin didn't take it seriously, lifted his clothes obediently, stood up and knelt down.

He thought it was nothing, but Xie Hua couldn't see it anymore.Father Xie's temper hasn't changed for decades, and he always reprimands and punishes his sons to kneel down. Being punished by his father to kneel down is somewhat ugly to say the least.

"Father." Xie Hua leaned forward and reminded softly, "Let's talk about it, don't get angry..."

"Look at him! I'll talk about it, is it useful?" Father Xie became angry when he saw Xie Ling's indifferent look, and cursed angrily, "Every time, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it. How many times have I said it, is there a bullshit? No, just kneel here for me today, and don’t remember it until you explain the reason clearly! Fucking son of a bitch, you really think you are the king of heaven with a fig leaf ..."

Xie Hua frowned again and again, and was about to persuade him again, but Xie Ling suddenly said: "Father wants to ask me why?"

Father Xie was furious: "Are your ears leaking?! I asked you why you didn't get married!"

Xie Hua's heart skipped a beat suddenly.

Sure enough, at the next moment, the kneeling bastard said slowly and word by word: "Why did father say such a thing. Isn't the son married long ago?"

The hall was silent.

Father Xie stared at him blankly, as if his acupuncture points had been tapped by someone, with a dazed look on his face.Xie Hua's face turned purple, he wiped his neck and gave Xie Ling a wink, but the kid was as blind as he was and didn't give him any winks.

After a while, Father Xie said slowly, "You said you...were already married?"

Xie Huaqiang smiled and hurriedly interrupted: "Let him talk nonsense, if it is the wife who is married to the media, how can we not know? Your prevarication excuse is too bad, take it back quickly."

Unexpectedly, Xie Ling didn't take the steps he handed over at all, and asked calmly with a slight smile: "With the marriage certificate in hand, the two of us have also worshiped the gods and Buddhas of heaven and earth, and promised for a lifetime. Why is it not considered a formal marriage?"

Father Xie frowned and asked, "So who is the other party?"

"Yes--"

"Tell him not to talk nonsense!" Xie Hua said urgently.

"——It's Liangqing." But Xie Ling finished his words calmly.

Father Xie's eyes widened suddenly, as if terrified, he lost his voice for a moment.Xie Hua stood up furiously, wanting to reprimand his third brother, but seeing his calm expression, he didn't know what to say for a while; when he turned his head to look at his father, he wanted to be round but didn't know how to round up, and finally got so angry I had no choice but to sit down in the chair again, cursing "absurd" in a low voice.

The sky outside has completely darkened, and the servants are scattered far away. The drifting mist and rain cover the lights in the hall silently, layer by layer, as if there is only a little light left in the world. Relatively silent.

After a while, Father Xie finally said slowly and word for word: "Liangqing...is—"

"Shen Bing. Shen Liangqing." Xie Ling lowered his eyes and said respectfully, "The number one scholar in the same subject as me, my best friend, the one who returned home because of Ding You two years ago—"

Before he finished speaking, Father Xie suddenly picked up the teacup and hit him on the forehead with a "boom"!The porcelain fell to the ground and shattered into pieces, and the scalding hot tea trickled down Xie Ling's eyebrows and eyes.He breathed lightly, closed his eyes slightly and blinked his wet long eyelashes, but he didn't raise his hand to wipe his face after all.

Father Xie on the other side trembled with anger, pointing at him for a while and was too angry to speak.He turned around and looked back and forth irritably, as if he was looking for something to take advantage of, so scared that Xie Hua who was next to him hurried forward to stop him: "Father! Father, calm down. It's not good to let the servants hear it. Let's take a long-term plan—"

"You know about this?" Father Xie pointed at him.

"Uh..." Xie Huawan, who wanted to be a peacemaker, didn't expect to get burned, he hesitated, and said bravely, "The third brother didn't tell me, but I—— I vaguely guessed it."

"You!" Father Xie was very angry, but he laughed angrily, "Okay, you all know it, and you keep me in the dark?! Immortal, shameless! You—you—"

The more he talked, the more angry he became, his face turned purple from holding back, he pushed Xie Hua away and strode forward, kicking Xie Jin in the chest with a "boom".Xie Ling staggered back, then lowered his head and knelt down again.

"Xie Ling! Xie Rangzhi! You—you are so capable!" Father Xie poked him with his fingers, looking like he wanted to poke a hole in his head, "I used to think that you were arrogant and self-willed, so That's all. But——Shen Bing?! Where did you get the courage, huh?! If I knew that you would use your status to bully poor students, I should have drowned you in the chamber pot at that time!"

"Father!" Xie Yin couldn't help but yelled, "Liangqing is also willing! The two of us... are in mutual agreement."

"Two hearts—a promise?" Father Xie repeated in a strange voice.

He seemed to have heard something very incomprehensible, and he laughed out loud: "Could it be that you have been stunned? Shen Liangqing is the number one scholar, both in appearance and literary talent. At that time, the emperor wanted to marry the princess. Betrothed to him... What kind of muscle did he make wrong to agree with you? Where did you two big men come from?!"

The flat expression on Xie Ling's face fluctuated, as if he thought Father Xie's words were a little funny.But the smile quickly faded away, but his brows trembled slightly, and the corners of his lips were pursed, revealing a little bit of bewilderment just like Father Xie.

"My son...doesn't know either." He whispered, "As you said, I'm stubborn by nature, and I don't know the heights of the sky and the earth. Over the years, no matter when I was with him or after we were separated, I often asked myself why I was so beloved by him. I can't find an answer... But because of this, in this life, I can no longer live up to his deep love."

Thank you father for the shock.He seemed to understand at this time that this was not a bad joke, nor was it an excuse Xie Yin used to prevaricate the marriage.

This is real.

My son... was actually with another man.

He was at a loss, took two steps back, and fell into a chair.At the right time, Xie Hua hurriedly offered him another cup of hot tea.

"You..." Father Xie's mind was completely muddled, and he didn't know where to start with all kinds of thoughts, and he said in confusion for a while, "You two are both men, and you are still important officials in the court! If you are reckless-wrong to mess around It’s not right—but you are so serious, how can others tolerate you? Marrying a wife and having children is a human relationship, and you ignore human relationships. Where have you read the sage books?... and Shen Bing has returned to his hometown , you are still waiting here, who are you so passionate about acting for?"

He was literally anxious.For a while, I wondered why I gave birth to a son who likes men. For a while, I thought about what to do if outsiders found out about this matter. For a while, I thought about how the two of them are far apart now. Stubborn, is it impossible to be a bachelor for the rest of your life?

Xie Hua tried his best to please Father Xie, and gave Xie Ling a wink, asking him to explain quickly.

"Father, you don't have to worry about the opinions of the world." Xie Qin lowered his eyes and said, "It is uncertain how much the ministers in the court know, but the Holy One and the Crown Prince have only known it for a long time."

"Emperor, Your Majesty? Crown Prince?" Father Xie was shocked, "They know? They didn't reprimand you—you are treasonous, blasphemy?!"

"Although the two of us have an affair, we both serve the country and the people. Both the emperor and the crown prince see our loyalty, and we both know that we are not people who disregard important matters because of our affair, so we both want to fulfill it. .”

Xie Ling paused, then bent down suddenly, kowtowed heavily to Father Xie, and said in a deep voice, "My son is not talented, I would like to pledge my body and heart to the country, to protect the country and the people, and to guard the family style of Xie's family. There is no other request, only this one wish... I implore father to grant us both."

Father Xie sat blankly, and he didn't know whether he was shocked by Xie Ling's oath, or because Emperor Hongwu's crown prince already knew about it.

After a long while, he finally found his voice, and said slowly, "But Shen Yi has already returned to his hometown, and I don't know when he will be able to return to the capital... The north and the south are separated, and the years and months are just an instant... You——what are your plans in the future...?"

Xie Ling bowed his head and closed his eyes.

Waiting is like wading through water.He doesn't know how deep the water is and how wide the river is. Although he is still stepping on the muddy bottom and staggering forward, maybe in the next moment, he will step on the ground and suffocate in this turbulent and cold time. In the long river.

But he thought of the winter day when they last met.

In the simple and dilapidated hut, Shen Bing looked at him quietly.At that time, they had already experienced a lot, including extreme anger, betrayal, disappointment, and sadness, but the strange thing was that none of these pasts of great sorrow and joy left any trace of time on this person's face.When the two of them looked at each other, what he saw vaguely was the young man who was leaning against the flowers and smiling, coquettish and calm, competing with him for the top spot in the apricot orchard and at the flower banquet a few years ago.

At that time, he was drinking Jinhua wine and saw his back through the crowd.Since then, the horse flying flower spring has passed away, and the years have passed.But he seemed to be intoxicated in that spring day when he first met forever, and he would never wake up again.

Shen Bin said, "The flowers are endless, and the moon is endless. I wish to do it in this life, and there will be thousands of silks in the willows, which will cause the spring breeze."

And he...

He bent down deeply, and said in a low voice: "I only know that the body is there and the love is always there. The green mountains don't change their faces, and the green waters still flow."