Daily life of captives

At Haishi of this day, Li Shao, who had dinner, took a walk, and read a book, went back to the West Room to sleep as usual, but after the elder Sun Boyi extinguished the candle and left the West Room, Li Shao opened his eyes again , while adapting to the darkness of the night, he listened carefully to the movement outside the door.

The hour was about to pass, and finally there was no sound outside.

Li Shao lay on the bed for another hour, until his body was almost numb, then he got up and got out of bed, and walked lightly to the east room.

No one can step into the main house when Changsun Boyi is asleep, even if the trusted Yu Shi approaches here, he will wake up Changsun Boyi, but Li Shao is the only exception.Therefore, after Li Shao moved into the West House, Wei Ze and Wei Feng didn't need to keep vigil at night, and only Li Shao and Changsun Boyi occupied one side of the huge main house.

Walking to the door of the east room, Li Shao put his ear on the door and listened for a while, but he didn't hear any movement in the room, so Li Shao carefully opened the door of the east room, and walked in tiptoe.

In the east room, the eldest grandson Boyi was lying on the spacious Babu bed, moaning endlessly, and seemed to be sleeping extremely restlessly.

Li Shao frowned and walked to the bed, raised his hand and slowly opened the bed curtain.

On the bed, eldest grandson Boyi was sweating profusely. Seeing the pained face, he seemed to be experiencing some terrible nightmare. He occasionally murmured a few words, but his voice was broken and his articulation was slurred, making it difficult for people to tell the difference. What did he say.

Li Shao sat down on the edge of the bed distressedly, raised his hand and wiped the sweat off Changsun Boyi's face with his sleeve.

"You fool, what are you holding back in your heart? Can't you tell me?"

As if aware of it, Changsun Boyi suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Li Shao's wrist, holding it tightly.

Li Shao was taken aback, staring at Changsun Boyi's painful sleeping face, but found that Changsun Boyi showed no sign of opening his eyes.

"Don't be afraid," Li Shao stretched out his other hand, put it on the back of Changsun Boyi's hand, and patted it lightly, "Don't be afraid, I'm here to accompany you, I'm here, don't be afraid."

Li Shao found a suitable place beside the bed and sat down, holding the hand of eldest Sun Boyi with both hands, sometimes patting gently, sometimes gently caressing, and slowly speaking comforting words in a gentle voice.

I don't know if it was Li Shao's consolation that helped, or Chang Sun Boyi's nightmare tonight is over. In short, Chang Sun Boyi's frowning brows finally relaxed, his face became more and more relaxed, and his rapid breathing finally calmed down. .

The elder grandson Boyi slept soundly, but Li Shao dared not leave, for fear that the elder grandson Boyi would have another nightmare, so Li Shao could only hold the elder grandson Boyi's hand and accompany him.

Seeing that it was about time for eldest grandson Boyi to wake up, Li Shaocai quickly ran back to the west room. He just lay down on the bed in the west room when he heard the sound of eldest grandson Boyi getting up and opening the door. Li Shao immediately closed his eyes. Originally, he just wanted to I wanted to pretend to be asleep, but I didn't sleep all night. Now, as soon as my head touched the pillow, my consciousness began to drift, and I lost my memory as soon as I drifted.

The eldest Sun Boyi, who hadn't slept for a long time and woke up naturally, was still a little dazed when he opened his eyes.

He also had a nightmare last night, as usual, but when did this dream end?Before, it was obvious that he would wake up as soon as the dream was over, but why is it almost dawn when he opened his eyes today?And there is a feeling of refreshment, why?

Changsun Boyi looked at his left hand, feeling a little baffled.

Turning around and getting out of bed, the eldest Sun Boyi, who was full of sleep, was in a good mood. After changing his clothes, he opened the door and walked briskly towards the West Room. After opening the door, he saw Li Shao was still sleeping on the bed.

Sitting on the edge of the bed and admiring Li Shao's sleeping face, seeing that Li Shao hadn't woken up, and the eldest grandson Boyi didn't want to wake up Li Shao, so he got up carefully and left, and went directly to court after washing.

On the first day he slept until he woke up naturally, Changsun Boyi didn't think much about it, and when he slept until he woke up naturally on the second day, Changsun Boyi didn't become suspicious, but on the third day, Changsun Boyi finally felt that something was wrong.

His own peaceful sleep can be explained as the knot in his heart has been resolved, but what can be used to explain Li Shao's lack of energy?It can't be that he sucked away Li Shao's energy, right?

No matter how you think about it, there is something wrong, and for three days in a row, Yu Shi was extraordinarily attentive to his eldest grandson Boyi, and it seemed that he had done something bad.

But what was rare was that no matter how much he questioned Yu Shi and Xi Hu, he refused to let go. He clearly looked like he had done something wrong, but he tried his best to emphasize that he had done nothing.

There was no other way, Changsun Boyi decided to verify his conjecture by himself, so on the fourth night, when it was time to go to sleep, Changsun Boyi just extinguished the candle, and then sat by the bed and waited quietly.

But more than half an hour passed, and there was still no movement in the main house. Zhang Sun Boyi was puzzled, but he could only think that he had guessed wrong.

However, just when the elder Sun Boyi was really going to sleep, he heard the door of the west room open.Changsun Boyi was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head and stared at the door of the east room.

With a "creak", the door opened, and the eyes that had adapted to the darkness easily recognized the person who came.

"It's really you."

Hearing the sound unexpectedly, Li Shao shuddered, and when he looked up, he saw that his eldest son, Boyi, was just sitting by the bed, not sleeping at all, so Li Shao knew that he was telling the truth.

"Who else can it be if it's not me? Although Yu Shi and the others are worried, they must be able to get close to you. You said you are so old, why do you still admit life?" Li Shao closed the door behind his back, calmly Go to the bed.

The elder grandson Boyi patted his side and motioned Li Shao to sit down: "How many times do I have to say it? You have to take care of your body first."

Li Shao sat down next to Changsun Boyi, and leaned on Changsun Boyi's shoulder with a crooked body: "For me, it's just a reversal of black and white. I have a lot of time to sleep during the day, and as long as I sleep , even if someone wants to see me, they can just send them away without worrying about the other party sending someone to check whether my words and deeds are consistent."

"That doesn't work either," Changsun Boyi frowned, "I feel like I have to sleep when I should. Wu Ninghe didn't mention you?"

"...I said it." Li Shao curled his lips.

Wu Ninghe could guess what he did just by looking at his face, but he scolded him for a long time on the first day.

The eldest grandson Boyi sighed: "It's been a toss for half a night, go to sleep."

Li Shao turned his head, rested his chin on Eldest Sun Boyi's shoulder, and said, "If you can guarantee that you won't have nightmares anymore, then I'll go back to sleep. You don't want me to work hard, and I don't want to see you suffer."

"I..." Changsun Boyi was at a loss for words.

How can he guarantee this?

Li Shao retracted his chin, and leaned his head on Changsun Boyi's shoulder again: "If you can't promise, then I won't go back."

Eldest Sun Boyi had no choice but to pat Li Shao's head: "Then stay and sleep with me."

Hearing this, Li Shao was taken aback for a moment, then turned his head and looked at his elder Sun Boyi with piercing eyes: "Sleep with you?"

The eldest grandson Boyi smiled lightly, patted the inside of the bed: "You sleep inside."

"...Okay." Li Shao turned around, climbed to the inner side of the bed, and lay down with a smile on his face.

The eldest grandson Boyi lay down next to him, and pulled up the quilt for the two of them.

"Give me your hand." Li Shao stretched out his hand from under the quilt and held it in the air.

"What are you doing?" Changsun Boyi looked at Li Shao in puzzlement.

Li Shao smiled and said: "For the past three days, you have to hold my hand to sleep comfortably, so cute."

Grandson Boyi was taken aback for a moment, and immediately blushed: "Don't make trouble, go to sleep."

"Who made trouble with you?" Li Shao raised the corners of his eyes, "When did I lie to you? Otherwise, why do you think I came to your room to guard the night?"

Changsun Boyi turned over in embarrassment and faced the outside without Li Shao, and said in a low voice, "You are right next to me."

Li Shao was stunned, then bent his eyes and smiled, turned over and rolled behind Changsun Boyi, pushed his forehead to Changsun Boyi's back, stretched out his arms and hugged Changsun Boyi: "Isn't it better to get closer?" sense of security?"

Unexpectedly, Li Shao would lean over suddenly, Changsun Boyi's body froze, and then slowly relaxed.

If you get too close, you won't be able to sleep...

Sighing secretly, eldest grandson Boyi still grabbed Li Shaohuan's hand on his waist, interlocking his fingers: "Sleep."

Li Shao closed his eyes, smiled and fell asleep.

After a few more days, the eldest grandson Boyi, who had been able to spend every day energetically for a long time, was finally in the mood to chat with Tao Wujing and the others while dealing with complicated government affairs, so after renting a restaurant, the elder grandson Boyi Tao Wujing and Zhang Wei were brought together.

Arriving at the wine shop two quarters of an hour earlier than the agreed time, Changsun Boyi was brewing his emotions while taking his own discretion.

Tao Wujing was the first one to arrive besides eldest grandson Boyi. As soon as he stepped into the restaurant, he laughed loudly and said, "Eldest grandson, eldest grandson, I have finally waited for your drink!"

Changsun Boyi picked up his wine glass, saluted Tao Wu, then drank the wine in the glass, and then said: "Sorry, I really didn't take care of it earlier, but...but we don't have many left. If there is an opportunity to drink together, I dare not delay."

Tao Wujing patted Changsun Boyi on the shoulder, and then sat down on Changsun Boyi's left hand with a smile: "That's right, after His Majesty ascends the throne, we will all go to the fief, our frontier We can't have no generals guarding us all the time, in the future, we're afraid that we will gather less and leave more!"

"Uncle Wu, you don't have to be polite today, I owe it to Uncle Wu."

Tao Wujing smiled boldly: "Even if you don't tell me, I won't be polite to you! I was almost beaten into a useless person by you, you don't buy me some good wine, you are sorry go?"

The thing is over, it's over, he can't change anything, so why bother with his brother?Tao Wujing would not do things that would not bring good results.

Changsun Boyi was also very forthright, and said without hesitation: "This is the wine shop with the most wine in Chang'an City. Uncle Wu can drink whatever he wants."

"it is good!"

After Tao Wujing, other people came one after another. Changsun Boyi observed carefully, except Zhang Wei's eyes dodged a little, the rest of them were normal.

Changsun Boyi's mood is a bit complicated.

This matter was because he was sorry for his brother first, and he shouldn't have felt wronged at first, but when someone really doubted his intentions, he still felt cold, and always felt that he was nothing more than that in the eyes of his brothers.

Taking a deep breath, Changsun Boyi raised his wine glass and said loudly: "Brothers have worked hard these days, thanks to you, the situation in Chang'an City has finally stabilized. Brothers don't lie to each other. Today's meal Wine, please, let’s not go home until we’re drunk! For this drink, I’ll do it first as a respect!”

As long as they heard the words "Don't get drunk, don't return", a group of people became excited and raised their glasses to drink.

After three glasses of wine, Chen Peng happily said to eldest grandson Boyi: "Eldest grandson, although we have worked hard, you are the one who has worked hard these days. Now you have won the king for your brothers. Today's meal It's up to us to invite you."

As soon as Chen Peng finished speaking, others echoed immediately, but only Zhang Wei looked at Changsun Boyi inexplicably.

After hearing this, Changsun Boyi put down his wine glass, sighed, and said, "Speaking of this, I'm sorry brothers."

"En?" Tao Wujing raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean by that?"

Changsun Boyi didn't answer Tao Wujing right away, he hesitated for a while, drank a glass of wine first, and then said: "The frontier is bitter and cold, even the East China Sea and the South China Sea are not as comfortable as Chang'an. Brothers, fight with me for ten years. , I should stay in Chang'an to enjoy the glory and wealth, but... but looking at the court, the only generals who can win my heart are my brothers, if this frontier is not guarded by the brothers, I will have trouble sleeping and eating if I change it!"

"Eldest grandson, I don't like to hear that!" Chen Peng glared at eldest grandson Boyi, "We joined the army before we met your eldest grandson, and we are bloody men who take protecting our family and the country as our own responsibility." , It's just that I didn't stand up for the Mingzhu in the first half of my life, and I was useless for half of my life. Now I finally have the opportunity to show off my ambitions back then. What are you afraid of when you are a little bit tired? We are all strong men. Haven't eaten it? What is that bit of bitter cold?"

"Brother Chen is right," Tao Wujing also scolded the eldest grandson Boyi, "Your eldest grandson, when you say this, it is clear that you look down on the brothers, and the frontier is bitter and cold. Do you think the brothers are big girls? Look at them alone A rough-skinned and thick-skinned one, isn’t it meant to be sent to the frontiers? You said that being in Chang’an is to enjoy the glory and wealth, but we have all stayed in Chang’an for half a year, and we didn’t enjoy much of the glory and wealth. Intrigues are like wars tormenting people, so you can keep such a shameful wealth and wealth to yourself!"

"That's it!" The people at the table laughed.

Hearing these words, Changsun Boyi was really moved and felt even more guilty.

"I won't say anything flattering, thank you brothers for supporting me!" After saying that, Changsun Boyi swallowed a glass of wine in one gulp.

Everyone at the table had a drink, and Chen Peng patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder beside him, mocking the eldest grandson Boyi and saying, "Brother Zhang, look at the eldest grandson, but he has only been in Chang'an City for half a year. Learn to chirp from girls?"

Zhang Wei laughed dryly.

Tao Wujing's eyes were sharp, and he sensed that something was wrong with Zhang Wei's expression, so he asked, "What's the matter, Brother Zhang? You don't look well, are you feeling unwell?"

Hearing Tao Wujing's question, Zhang Wei's eyes swept over the faces of people at the table, and suddenly heaved a long sigh, and said, "I shouldn't have said this when my brothers were happy, but as a big brother, there are some words If I don’t say it, I won’t feel bad about it.”

Chen Peng blinked, and asked puzzledly: "What's the matter? Big brother Zhang can say anything, the people sitting at this table are all his brothers, what else can't we say?"

Zhang Wei glanced at eldest sun Boyi, and then said, "I'm just a little worried."

"What are you worried about?" Tao Wujing took a sip from his glass.

Zhang Wei continued: "You said that when we get to the border, the garrison there is not ours, so we can control them? Then each battalion has its own general, can they listen to us?"

"What are you afraid of?" Chen Peng stood up, and stepped on the table with a flick of his legs, "Who are we in the future? It's the prince! An official is bigger than a general, who dares to be disobedient and cut off his head!"

Chen Peng's words caused everyone to roar with laughter, and they all echoed.

Tao Wujing smiled, and said to Zhang Wei: "Brother Zhang is really worried... We have trained soldiers for half our lives, and we have brought hundreds of thousands of soldiers, so why are we afraid that we won't be able to take over a hundred thousand people in the frontier?

Although we seem to be at a disadvantage if we follow the rules set by the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, we don't even have the qualifications to transfer troops, but if we can dispatch border guards as we like without reporting, then the eldest grandson in Chang'an will have to worry That's right, that's the defensive formation that the eldest grandson racked his brains to arrange. Our transfer of people is finished!

Tsk tsk tsk, in that case, the eldest grandson will definitely cry. "

The eldest grandson Boyi gave Tao Wujing a sideways look: "I won't cry."

Seeing that other people also had the same idea as Tao Wujing, Zhang Wei said again: "You are still young, and you can still be arrogant, but I am already a half-buried person. If this person is old, his arrogance will not be able to suppress others. !"

Chen Peng laughed loudly and said: "Brother Zhang, you've got it! You are stronger than a cow with your bones! If half of your body is buried in the ground, then I can build a coffin and rest!"

Grandson Boyi gritted his teeth, looked at Zhang Wei and said, "Brother Zhang means that you don't want to go to the frontier?"

As soon as Changsun Boyi said this, the others were taken aback for a moment. After careful consideration, they felt that what Zhang Wei said really meant this, so they all looked at Zhang Wei, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.

Zhang Wei was a little nervous and didn't answer.

Changsun Boyi said again: "Brother Zhang can just speak up if he has something to say, and I don't mean to force all brothers to hang their lives on the city wall of the border gate for me. Not only Brother Zhang, if other brothers don't want to go, just go Tell me, if I think of other ways to accommodate you, I will definitely not make you feel wronged."

The others looked at each other in blank dismay, and none of them felt that going to the frontier was a bad thing.

They have been generals for almost half their lives, and now they can only lead troops. If they don't go to the frontier to defend their homes and the country, what else can they do?Moreover, they originally joined the army for the purpose of defending their family and the country, and they recruited their grandsons for this purpose. Now the world they conquered will continue to be guarded by them, what's wrong?Moreover, the eldest grandson has made them princes, and they will finally be proud of their ancestors in this life, won't they?

So everyone looked at Zhang Wei who was a little bit wrong.

Thinking of that man's advice, Zhang Wei gritted his teeth and said bravely, "Brother is getting old, and he just wants to guard his soldiers to spend his old age in peace."

"Yo!" Tao Wujing chuckled, "Brother Zhang, are you afraid that I will abuse your soldiers?"

According to the arrangement of the Ministry of War, the tens of thousands of people who were directly under Zhang Wei were scattered and sent to various places, but most of them were arranged in the Youyun area, and Tao Wujing was going to the Youyun enclosure to become king.

Zhang Wei was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "I didn't mean that..."

"What does Big Brother Zhang mean?" Tao Wujing looked at Zhang Wei suspiciously, "Although the Ministry of War broke up our brothers and remixed them together, after they are dispatched, our brothers are still in charge. They are all from my own family, if Brother Zhang is not afraid that I will abuse your soldiers, what are you worried about?"

The eldest grandson Boyi took a deep breath and said a harsh word: "Brother Zhang is probably afraid that I will kill the donkey."

Hearing Changsun Boyi's words, everyone at the table trembled and looked at Zhang Wei in astonishment.

"Brother Zhang, do you really think so?"

"Brother Zhang, how could the eldest grandson treat us like that?"

"Isn't it! We have been together for seven or eight years, if not for ten years. Brother Zhang, don't you know what kind of person the eldest grandson is? How did Brother Zhang come up with this idea?"

"I..." After being complained by everyone, Zhang Wei also panicked, "But, but the soldiers on hand are gone, don't you worry about the future? Uncle Wu, tell me!"

Everyone was silent, but they all looked at Zhang Wei in puzzlement.

Tao Wujing sighed, and said: "Whether this soldier belongs to me or my eldest grandson's, they are all soldiers used to defend the family and the country. As a general, as long as I can make them obey the command during the war But, in the rest of the time, it doesn't matter what kind of relationship they have with me. Brother Zhang, we are no longer the ones who hold on to the military power just to protect ourselves. It is not what it used to be. We now have a country to defend. , we should focus on the overall situation. I really didn't expect you, Brother Zhang, to say such frustrating words."

"Forget it," Changsun Boyi picked up the wine glass again, "I'm looking for my brothers to drink today. We agreed not to get drunk and not to return. Let's save unhappy things for tomorrow. Drink!"

Knowing that after hearing Zhang Wei's words, the most sad person at the table was Changsun Boyi, and everyone did not dare to disobey Changsun Boyi's wishes, so they immediately made a noise and poured alcohol vigorously.

Changsun Boyi also poured down a large bowl of wine, and when he occasionally caught a glimpse of Zhang Wei who was neglected by others, Changsun Boyi poured more wine.

Before setting up the banquet, he had already thought about the possibility that Zhang Wei would take the opportunity to incite others, so he first expressed his trust and guilt towards the brothers.But from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't want Zhang Wei to act as he thinks. If Zhang Wei doesn't say anything, then he can pretend that he doesn't know anything, and just let Zhang Wei leave Chang'an. If something happens in the future, Let's talk about it later, but once he expected it, it meant that he had to separate Zhang Wei from his brothers in this wine game...

It was too easy, so he did it, but it hurt him.

He clearly knows that the road he has chosen now is the same as the road of revenge he chose before. There is no turning back when he starts his bow. Zhang Wei will be the first brother he fears, but he will not be the last. In the next three, five, or ten years, everyone else at this table might become his target... Who will be left by his side?

The more he thought about it, the more sad he felt, and Changsun Boyi drank more heavily, and accidentally got drunk and passed out.