[Rebirth] General waiting for my return

In late autumn, the nights on the mountain are already very cold.

Tan Muqiu wrapped up the quilt early in the day and lay down on the bed.In fact, after making the decision to stay overnight in the monastery, he began to regret it within two hours.Because he left the palace early, he didn't have dinner, and there were only two fasts a day in the monastery, so when it got dark, he couldn't bear the hunger.

Wuyun went to bed early according to the rules of the temple. Zhao Qingming lived next door to Tan Muqiu, and the lights were not lit in the house, so I don't know if he fell asleep.

"Zhao Qingming..." Tan Muqiu squeezed his throat and called out, but he didn't hear anything after a while.

"General Zhao..." Tan Muqiu raised his voice a little, but after a while, he still didn't hear anything.

"Beauty Zhao..."

"What's the matter?"

"..."

Tan Muqiu walked over to open the door with his shoes on, and saw Zhao Qingming leaning on the porch pillar with his arms folded and looking in his direction, because the moonlight was behind his back, he couldn't see the other person's expression clearly.

"I thought you went back to sleep?" Tan Muqiu said.

"Wait for a while." Zhao Qingming wrote lightly.

Tan Muqiu thought in his heart that this person was loyal to Li Yu, but he didn't know that Zhao Qingming had already concluded that Li Yu had been "dropped out" or "became another person somehow".The reason why Zhao Qingming stayed here was, firstly, to fulfill his duties, secondly, he had some insomnia, and thirdly, he couldn't say why.

"Let's go back to the palace." Tan Muqiu whispered.

"The gates of the palace are closed. Unless there is an urgent matter, it is not appropriate for me to enter the palace at this time." Zhao Qingming said.

"But I'm the emperor, who dare not let me in?" Tan Muqiu said.

Zhao Qingming looked at the other party and didn't speak for a while.

Qin Muqiu remembered that he concealed his identity when he left the palace, finally sighed, and said: "Go to Wuyun's place and steal the few pieces of red bean cake left over from the afternoon, I'm so hungry, I'm about to die. "

"..."

"Come on, what are you doing?"

Zhao Qingming had no choice but to turn around and go.

After a stick of incense, Tan Muqiu sat on the bed and touched his stomach, still panicking with hunger.He sighed, climbed out of bed again, pulled his shoes and walked to the door, opened the door to see Zhao Qingming still leaning on the pillar in the old posture.

When Zhao Qingming saw him open the door, he hurriedly said as if he was facing an enemy: "I brought them all, and there is not a single piece left."

Tan Muqiu said with a little embarrassment: "If you're not looking for food, you come in." After saying that, he ran back to the bed, but the door was left open.Zhao Qingming hesitated for a moment, then walked in.

"Close the door, it's cold." Tan Muqiu said, "Don't poke there, we'll go back as soon as the palace door opens tomorrow morning, so don't miss the time for breakfast."

Zhao Qingming was taken aback for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Tan Muqiu sighed and said, "You really hit the spot. Tonight, I will treat you as my lucky friend. Come and sleep next to me."

Zhao Qingming was taken aback again, not knowing what to say.

"Everyone is a man, don't carry it." Tan Muqiu rolled his eyes at the other party and said: "The quilt in this temple is too thin, and people who are cold can't sleep, so you can help me warm the quilt."

Zhao Qingming stood there, not hesitating, but thinking of reasons to shirk, finally he said: "There is a quilt next door, I will take it here..."

"Zhao Qingming, do you still have me in your eyes? I told you to lie down, this is an order."

"..."

Tan Muqiu sat up and looked at Zhao Qingming.After a while, Zhao Qingming knelt down on his knees.According to the rules of this dynasty, unless a general is guilty of a crime, he only needs to kneel on one knee.

Tan Muqiu didn't feel annoyed, but his face was expressionless, and he didn't know what he was thinking.After a while, he said: "Go back to sleep, you don't need to guard the door." Zhao Qingming should have said so, then got up and left the room neither humble nor overbearing.

After such a toss, the two of them lay on the bed, unable to sleep.Tan Muqiu looked at the moonlight shining in on the ground, and couldn't help feeling a little regretful, he shouldn't have made such a joke with the other party.He believed in his heart that as long as he could save his other self in the Battle of Guzhou, everything would return to normal.

At that time, I don't know what will happen to Li Yu's body. Maybe he will die, or maybe Li Yu's soul will come back.If the latter, how will Zhao Qingming face it?

The reason why Qin Muqiu made such a joke today is because he remembered a "promise" made by Zhao Qingming many years ago.Tan Muqiu was a little mischievous and wanted to test whether Zhao Qingming remembered this matter, so he asked for "same bed", but he did not expect that the other party actually refused.

Of course, it is also possible that the other party refused because he was concerned about the courtesy of the emperor and ministers, Tan Muqiu thought.

In another room separated by a wall, Zhao Qingming also fell into memories.

That year, just after his 16th birthday, he got a piece of fiery red blood jade. Before it was hot, he went to the Tan Mansion as if offering a treasure. He wanted to give it to Tan Muqiu, but he missed it.Waiting in the Tan Mansion until it was dark, Tan Muqiu took Hong Feng home slowly.

Zhao Qingming waited for a day, and was originally full of anger, but seeing Tan Muqiu's brows furrowed and lack of energy, most of the anger disappeared immediately.

Tan Muqiu washed his face, didn't eat dinner, said hello hastily, and went back to his room without turning on the lights.Zhao Qingming put a hot face on his cold ass, full of grievances and didn't know who to tell, so he went home dejectedly.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Qingming had a nightmare. He dreamed that Qin Muqiu fell off his horse while riding Hongfeng, and his body was covered in blood.He broke out in a cold sweat and couldn't fall back asleep.Before dawn, he entered Qin's mansion in the dark, opened the window and entered Tan Muqiu's room.

Tan Muqiu slept soundly, occupying only a small space on the spacious bed, and Zhao Qingming lay softly outside, wanting to wake him up, but he was a bit reluctant.By the moonlight, Tan Muqiu's face was clearly illuminated, his brows were tightly furrowed, as if he was sleeping very restlessly.

After a while, Tan Muqiu's breathing began to become short, and his brows became more and more tightly frowned.Zhao Qingming knew that the other party must have had a nightmare, so he patted the other party's face lightly and yelled a few times.

Tan Muqiu was woken up, looked at Zhao Qingming in a daze for a moment, and was a little dazed for a while.

"Having a nightmare?" Zhao Qingming asked.

Tan Muqiu nodded, and said absently, "When did you come?"

"After a while." Zhao Qingming took out the blood jade from his arms and said, "This jade is somewhat similar to the birthmark on your arm, and the color is exactly the same. When I first saw it, I thought it should be given to you. .”

Tan Muqiu was taken aback, and didn't go to pick it up, but sat up straight and said, "I don't care, you can keep it for yourself."

Zhao Qingming came excitedly, but was suddenly splashed with cold water. He couldn't help being a little annoyed, turned over and jumped out of bed and said, "What's wrong with you today? I came here during the day and waited for you all day, and you didn't say anything when you came back." You stopped after a few words. You didn't call me when you went out for a horse race, and you didn't even congratulate me on my birthday, you just knew how to make me angry."

"It's time to congratulate you. You're sixteen. You should start a family in the future. Don't spend all day thinking about hanging out with a brat like me. You'll save people from saying you're worthless." Tan Muqiu said.

Zhao Qingming was taught a lesson for no reason, so he couldn't help being taken aback, sat on the edge of the bed, and asked, "Who told you these words?"

"Zhao Duanwu." Tan Muqiu said.

"When did he tell you? What else did he say?" Zhao Qingming asked.

Tan Muqiu glanced at Zhao Qingming, and said: "This morning at the street east of your house. He said that Aunt Zhao would arrange a marriage for you, and Uncle Zhao would arrange for you to enter the palace to receive an errand. He also said that I was an unattended person. Little wild child."

Zhao Qingming frowned, thinking that he had to clean up that brat when he went home.Tan Muqiu caught a glimpse of Zhao Qingming's expression and secretly smiled, the unhappiness in his heart was gone.He never liked to take things to heart, and he just wanted Zhao Qingming to help him vent his anger by nagging.

"Mu Qiu, I won't get married." Zhao Qingming said.

"Ah?" Qin Muqiu was taken aback, "You don't have a family? Are you going to live with me forever?."

"Do you want to live with me forever?" Zhao Qingming asked seriously.

Qin Muqiu couldn't help but laugh. Although he had a naughty temper, and because his father was away all year round, he was left alone, but now he is 14 years old, and he doesn't understand many things.

Tan Muqiu pulled the quilt and lay down, saying: "It's almost dawn, I can still sleep for a while."

Zhao Qingming lay beside him in his clothes, and said: "On the first day of my adulthood, I slept with you. After that, as long as you don't get married, I will never sleep with anyone else again."

Tan Muqiu didn't make a sound, but he remembered the words in his heart verbatim.

Seven years have passed, Zhao Qingming has passed the weak year, and has not yet married.Among the children of officials and eunuchs in Zhongdu, this is the age of late marriage.

Zhao Qingming took out the blood jade from his bosom, held it in his hand and stroked it for a moment.After seven years, this piece of jade has not been given away after all.Even if he keeps such a promise, what's the point to him?It is impossible for Tan Muqiu to come back, even if he does come back, the present is different from the past, and the two of them have nothing to talk about.

Tan Muqiu woke up before dawn, and he didn't sleep deeply at all.As soon as Qin Muqiu got up to get dressed, Zhao Qingming knocked on the door outside, and then put the vegetarian food from the monastery on the table.

"If there is a vegetarian meal, then we don't have to rush back to have breakfast." Tan Muqiu said, took a sip of porridge before starting to get dressed.

"It's better to be earlier, there are many people coming and going near the gate of the Morning Palace." Zhao Qingming said.

Tan Muqiu yawned, and then devoured all the vegetarian food on the table. Afterwards, he still had something to say, so he couldn't help but glance at Zhao Qingming.

"Do you want to get some more?" Zhao Qingming asked.

Tan Muqiu hesitated for a while, waved his hands, and put on his clothes.

"Ah..." Tan Muqiu sneezed as soon as he came out of the room, and couldn't help but slander, Li Yu's body is really not that good, he is afraid of cold and wind and can't resist hunger.

On the way back to the palace, Tan Muqiu secretly thought, if he hadn't been leaving in two months, he should have put in some effort to take care of this body, he gave birth to a good skin in vain, but he was so weak.