Qi Kuo

When he walked around the long flower corridor and passed the swing under the grape arbor, his fingers lingered on the rope of the swing, and the breeze picked up his hairband, entangled with the slightly shaking rope, lingering and gentle.

He raised his hand to brush away the lush green leaves in front of him, walked around the flower racks one after another, and walked into the main entrance. He seemed to have thought about it for a long time, and after taking a deep breath, he raised his hand and slowly opened the wooden door in front of him.

With a "creak", it shows that it has not been used for a long time, and it seems to be complaining about the resentment of its owner for a long time to come.

He paused, and finally walked in.

The main hall was still arranged as before, a square table, a few stools around the table, Zhao Jun opened the door and the wind brought up the floating ash accumulated on the table, floating up and down on the table. air.

He lowered his eyes, stretched his pretty lips into a straight line, and walked straight behind.

He stopped in the innermost side room, and then pushed open the tightly closed door.

The floating ash only floated a little, then slowly fell down again.

He walked in slowly, took three incense sticks from the side, lit them on the candle that had just been lit, walked over, knelt in front of the two juxtaposed tablets, made three deep bows, and inserted the incense sticks｜ into the furnace in front of you.

The blue smoke from the incense thread passed through his fingers, lingered for a while, and then slowly left.

Zhao Jun looked at the stroke by stroke on the spiritual tablet, neatly and meticulously.

He knelt there, looked at the two spirit tablets, and said softly, "Father, mother. I'm back..."

He choked up, and continued: "I'm sorry, I'm late... Let me tell you something, I joined the National Defense Army...Dad, didn't you tell me before that you wanted to defend the country? You see , I can help you realize it...But, forgive my child for being unfilial...My child doesn't want to come back...Master also knows, I told her, she will come here often..."

He felt that he couldn't continue, knocked his head three times, turned around and left.

The old things are still there, the floating life is still there, but I dare not be like a dream.Afraid of seeing people from the old days, waking up from a dream and not returning to the old things.

Chen Ke leaned on the door frame, watching Zhao Jun finish these things quietly, watching his figure walking past him and gradually walking away, without stopping him, watching his back gradually disappearing from sight Inside.

Chen Ke went in, took three incense sticks, lit them, made three bows with the incense sticks, inserted the incense sticks next to the three sticks that Zhao Jun inserted, looked at them, and left silently. .

Just like when I came, the door creaked and closed softly.

Zhao Jun went back slowly, took an empty bowl, took out a jug of wine from nowhere, sat on the swing, poured the bowl of wine, brought it to his lips and drank it in one gulp.

His eyes narrowed slightly, looking at the white clouds that occasionally drifted across the sky.

He looked at it, and suddenly felt the swing sink.He turned his head to look at himself, and turned back with no expression after a while, continuing to drink a glass of wine from the jar.

Chen Ke involuntarily took the full bowl in his hand, raised his head and drank it all, and said, "You are injured, so you should not drink alcohol."

Zhao Jun let him take the bowl in his hand, and a drop of wine splashed on the back of his hand. He looked at the transparent drop of wine and said, "That's it, then why are you still drinking it?"

Chen Ke raised his free hand, rubbed Zhao Jun's hair, and said, "Can we be the same?"

Zhao Jun ignored him, just gave him the wine jar he was carrying, and said quietly: "That's all for you."

Chen Ke was taken aback when he heard this, and laughed loudly, took the wine jar, and said, "Why are you so cute?"

Zhao Jun pursed his lips and said nothing.

Zhao Jun's hair was blown up high, and gradually mixed with Chen Ke's dark hair on the back, and it was impossible to tell who belonged to whom.

When Zhao Jun and his party returned to the station in a mighty way, Zhuang Sheng also happened to come back.

As soon as they approached Zhuang Sheng, they heard Zhuang Sheng say: "You actually abandoned me to drink?!"

Liu Benmo smiled: "How do you say that, we never abandoned you, it was because you were not here."

Zhuang Sheng was shocked and said: "You still bring Zhao Jun?! Inhumane!"

After listening, Yu Jianglin said: "Sister, I seem to be someone who would abuse little Zhao Jun? How could I let him drink!"

Zhuang Sheng didn't answer the conversation, turned to Chen Ke and said, "Let's go in and talk."

Chen Ke nodded, walked ahead, and walked towards the place where they were discussing.

As soon as Zhuang Sheng sat down, he said: "The situation over there is better than we thought. People in the city said that the day they broke the sweat and pulled the army on our side, all the sweat soldiers died for some reason, and some even started to fight at that time. It stinks, that is to say, the several cities that I occupied are now under our control... Also, the previous county magistrates are fine, but they have been imprisoned all the time. It has been released, and now the situation on the border is only slightly worse in Huaining."

Chen Ke nodded and asked, "What about Wangcheng?"

Zhuang Sheng continued his words: "The situation over there is similar to what we had imagined in advance. There is no life in the city. The wind and sand have swept through the past few days, and half of the whole city has been buried. As for the palace you mentioned, it seems to be buried. It was set on fire, and it was so dark that it couldn’t be seen clearly, but it was certain that no one was there.”

Chen Ke poured a glass of water and handed it to him, saying, "Drink your saliva to moisten your throat."

Zhuang Sheng took it and drank it slowly.

So after listening to what Zhuang Sheng said, he turned his head and asked Yuan Ming, who was sitting next to him, who was silent, and said, "How did you do it? So accurate?"

Yuan Ming smiled: "It's nothing, it's just that when you were planning to counterattack, I happened to pass by, so I went back and made arrangements directly."

"So, since the beginning of the war, you have never thought of resisting?"

"Well... I didn't want to fight at first, but..."

So before he finished talking, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Anyway, you are back now, so you don't have to think about those things, just enjoy yourself while you can."

Yuan Ming didn't answer his words, but turned to Chen Ke and asked, "Is that why you left me?"

It is said that he completely believes that Chen Ke trusts him very much, not to mention that he does not believe it, Chen Ke may not believe it either. He has fought for many years and employed countless people, and his daily life is more intriguing than the concubines in the deep palace compound. I don't believe that Chen Ke just kept him like this, but Chen Ke did it again, and he did it thoroughly, which made him toss and turn for many days, but he still couldn't figure out why.

Chen Ke heard him ask this, and asked him directly: "Do you believe me?"

"Do not believe."

"I believe."

"..."

"Believe it, you don't have to doubt people, you don't need to doubt people, you should understand this truth, I don't need to say more... I never use people who I doubt, so if you have any worries or can't figure it out, you can go to them or go to them directly. I don't need to have so many grudges."

"but……"

"I also came here in the same way back then. I also felt that there was no unreasonable trust, but some people are like this. You don't have to communicate with him too much, but you just think he can be trusted, or is worthy of your trust."

"..."

"If you really feel inappropriate, or if there is anything unacceptable, you can refuse the proposal to stay."

"..."

"Ok?"

"I'll stay."

Chen Ke didn't say anything, as if this conversation had never existed, he turned his head and asked Zhao Jun what, after talking for a while, he smiled and raised his hand to rub Zhao Jun's head.

Yuan Ming looked at them and didn't speak any more.

Yu Jianglin watched the exchange between Chen and Zhao, especially Chen Ke showed a meaningful smile, and he got goose bumps when he watched the story next to him.

A few days later, Chen Ke directly ordered the Goddess to temporarily act as the prefect. After returning to Beijing, he reported to Gu Zhi and asked him to send an official to take over as soon as possible.

Everyone had no objection, after all, the status of the goddess in their hearts cannot be compared with raising one's hand.

Later, Chen Ke called Yuan Ming and Zhao Jun together, and asked them straight to the point: "In a few days, the army will return to the imperial court. Are you willing to go to Beijing with us?"

Zhao Jun thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and said, "General, I still have something to do, can I go down and deal with it."

Chen Ke agreed, and when Zhao Jun walked to the door, he warned again: "Don't come home late, don't drink alcohol, don't run around...you still have injuries."

Zhao Jun turned around and raised his voice: "Understood."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and left, his high bundled hair drew a graceful arc in the air, and the navy blue hairband was hidden in it, forming a trend of its own.

Chen Ke looked at Zhao Jun's far away figure, and before he could speak, he heard Yuan Ming say with a smile: "Little Zhao Jun has grown up, he must be a romantic person."

Chen Ke squinted at him after hearing this, and suddenly had a feeling that his baby was being watched by others, but this feeling was only fleeting, and he didn't care, and asked Yuan Ming: "What about you?"

Yuan Ming nodded, the blue ribbon on his wrist fluttered with the wind passing through the hall, and said, "Why don't you go to that place in the capital."

Chen Ke thought for a while, and then asked: "Is your money enough for you to live in the capital?"

"..."

Zhao Jun walked all the way to the kitchen, met people he knew before, greeted them one by one, exchanged a few words, and then went straight into the place where he used to live in the kitchen.

When he opened the door and entered, Li Er was packing his bags and preparing to leave here.

Zhao Jun walked over and called out crisply: "Second Uncle Li!"

When Li Er saw Zhao Jun, his face was overjoyed, he quickly put down his work, took him to sit by the bed, and asked, "Boy from the Zhao family, why are you here?"

Zhao Jun smiled and said, "I'm here to ask you something."

Li Er just laughed: "If you say please don't please, just tell me if you have something to do. Second Uncle doesn't treat you like an outsider."

Zhao Jun said: "Then I will not be polite, that is, I will go to the capital with the National Defense Army, my house, look..."

Second Uncle Li patted his leg and said, "Seeing that you are nervous, isn't it just this matter, or that sentence, I will know it even if you don't say it, after all, I have been friends with your father for so many years." He paused, looked at Zhao Jun, who was obviously raised in front of his eyes, said: "Second Uncle Li has never had any heirs in his family, and he has always regarded you as a relative all these years. You don't have to worry about these things. If you encounter any difficulties in the future, Uncle Li will be of use to you." place, just say, as long as I can help, Second Uncle will do it for you."

Zhao Jun felt warm in his heart and nodded: "I know, thank you, Second Uncle."

"Thank you, kid!"

Zhao Jun talked to him a few more words, got up and left, and said, "I still have to go to see Master, so I won't talk to you, Second Uncle."

Li Er sent him outside the door, waved his hand and said, "Go quickly, be careful on the road."

"Hey!"

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The first part will end with one more chapter tomorrow, and then the next part——Linglong Dream Floating Life