Qi Kuo

When Zhao Jun woke up, green shoots gradually grew on the branches, and the birds were busy building nests in valerian, hoping to seek long-term vitality in this vibrant spring.

Zhao Jun opened his eyes and looked at the familiar top of the bed. Because the light was too strong, he closed his eyes, and two tears flowed from his eyes.

He lay down for so long that his whole body didn't have the ability to move by himself.

He stretched out the tip of his tongue and licked his chapped lips, his voice was hoarse and terrible after not using it for a long time: "Water..."

Someone just came in from outside the tent. Hearing his voice, the basin containing hot water in his hand knocked over with a thud. After being dazed for a few seconds, he suddenly shouted to the outside like mad: "Third Prince! , the admiral is awake!!"

Zhao Jun looked at the top of the bed opposite him. There was a layer of tiny floating dust on it, and it felt like it could be blown away with the wind.

When Mo Xuan came in, Zhao Jun had already propped himself up, leaning against the edge of the bed, closing his eyes lightly, looking extremely tired.

His flustered footsteps suddenly slowed down, and he clenched his hand slightly by his side, and walked slowly step by step, the dust splashed from the soles of his feet raised a small arc.

Zhao Jun opened his eyes and looked at him sideways after hearing his approaching voice, slightly bent his lips, and said, "Are you here? What day is it now? What time is it?"

Mo Xuan felt that he hadn't heard Zhao Jun's voice for a long time. Although his voice was hoarse and scary now, the tone in his voice was familiar to him.In an instant, tears welled up in his eyes, and he stumbled towards Zhao Jun, knelt in front of Zhao Jun's bed, hugged Zhao Jun's waist, and said in a choked voice, "I thought..."

Zhao Jun was stunned for a few seconds, then raised his right hand and patted Mo Xuan's back gently a few times, slightly raised his head and looked at the sky outside: "Why? Think I won't wake up?" He paused For a moment, then smiled: "No, I still have something to do..."

His voice was a little low, but Mo Xuan could hear it clearly, but he didn't want to pay attention to it. As far as he was concerned, the most important thing for him during the few months when Zhao Jun lost consciousness was to wait for him to wake up, even if The days are far away.Therefore, he didn't want to care about what Zhao Jun didn't finish.

Mo Xuan was sad until Zhao Jun pushed him funny and said, "Okay, stop, I want to drink water, but I only drank a little."

Mo Xuan raised his head, wiped away his tears, stood up in a panic, and said, "Yes, I forgot about such an important matter."

Zhao Jun watched his messy pace of going out to fetch water, smiled and shook his head lightly.

Just as he was about to lie down again, he suddenly bumped into something cold.He stretched out his hand to feel it out, and opened his hand to see that a piece of crystal clear jade lay peacefully in his palm.The lingering word Chen Ke above entered his eyes just like that.

He stared at those two words for a long time, the expression on his face gradually cooled down, he suddenly reached out and picked up the jade belt, and tied the jade on the head of the bed meticulously.

When Mo Xuan came in with water, he saw Zhao Jun expressionlessly hanging the things he had held in his hands for several months on the head of the bed in an orderly manner.

Mo Xuan put the water on the low stool beside the bed, watched his movements, and said, "This is..."

Zhao Jun smiled, disapprovingly said: "Chen Ke's things."

Mo Xuan was silent for a while, and asked, "You put it here, don't you be afraid..."

Zhao Jun looked at him, then turned his head to look at the movements of his hands, and said, "What are you afraid of? I am not afraid of the shadow slanting myself. Besides, I hang it here just to remind me that I have done something. It's such a shameful thing."

Mo Xuan didn't speak, just quietly watched Zhao Jun's movements.

Just as Zhao Jun finished hanging up his things, he heard the sound of several people approaching.

He straightened his clothes, sat upright, and waited for someone to come to the door.Mo Xuan also stood up from the small stool beside the bed, and stood quietly aside.

Shanghantuo came in through the curtain that the people at the side opened, and when he saw Zhao Jun who was sitting up, he smiled and said, "General, I have been waiting for today for a long time."

Zhao Junqiang stood up and saluted with a cold face: "King Khan."

Shang Hantuo was taken aback by his sudden politeness, and then quickly replied, "Why do you need to be so polite, general? Why are you talking so much between us?"

Zhao Jun's lips were pale, and he looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness, but he didn't care, he just said: "As a subordinate, you must obey the basic things."

Shanghantuo didn't expect him to say that, but he was a little startled, and then said: "General, I still don't feel used to it, by the way, you just woke up, there must be many things that are unclear, let Chen'er Let me tell you."

After he said this, Shang Hanchen said: "The last battle was hard, the general."

Zhao Jun waved his hand, stretched out his hand to the teahouse on one side, bowed slightly, and said, "Please."

The three of them walked to the teahouse and sat down. Zhao Jun picked up the teapot with steady hands, made a new one, poured three cups of tea, placed them in front of them respectively, and said, "It was my negligence last time. It caused Chen Ke and the others to escape."

Shanghantuo waved his hand: "It's not a big deal, but it's just this one time, so what are you afraid of. It's a pity that the general suffered such a serious injury."

Zhao Jun smiled shallowly: "I will get it back..." His voice paused, and then he said: "Then please tell me about the current situation, Prince."

Shanghanchen took a sip of water and said: "The current battle situation seems to be a bit stalemate between the two sides. Now that spring has been so long, and it will soon enter summer, their hiding will be better. The current situation is not good for us."

Touching the warm teacup with his fingertips, Zhao Jun said, "No rush, we can consume it slowly."

Shanghanchen and Shanghantuo looked at each other, and both saw smiles in each other's eyes.

They thought that Zhao Jun might not be as good as before when he woke up, at least he would be a little afraid, but unexpectedly, he seemed to be more ruthless.

Zhao Jun felt that his eyes were going black, so he stood up on the table and said, "In this case, I will plan and plan first, then..."

Shanghantuo and the others knew that it would be inconvenient to stay for a long time, so they rode downhill on a donkey.Mo Xuan also followed behind step by step.

As soon as Zhao Jun waited for them to go out, he slumped down on the stool in a weak state. He slowed down and was about to lie down to rest again, but he was stopped before he reached the bed.

He looked at the snow-white dog that had changed a lot at his feet, couldn't help laughing, raised his foot and kicked it lightly, and cursed softly: "Are you stupid? You really think you are stupid when you call you a stupid dog." Hopeless?"

He turned around and looked at his dog with teary eyes, walked to the bed a little wobbly and lay down, pulled the quilt and covered it.Before he could close his eyes, he was pressed by a dog that suddenly rushed up, and then he stopped moving.

Zhao Jun: "..."

Forget it, let it be like this, who told it to be so stupid.

When Zhao Jun woke up, the sky had already begun to faintly show signs of light again. He rubbed his sore forehead, sat up in confusion, and glanced to the side inadvertently. A bulging paper bag with a note pressed underneath.

He put the paper bag aside and picked up the note.

Some of the pale green paper bore his familiar handwriting.

There are only two words: the end of spring.

He remembered that Li Lan once told him about this tea called the end of spring, and he still remembered that he said it was delicious, but he did not expect to see it again after such a long time.

He pressed the note under the pillow, tidied up the bed, put on his shoes, took the paper bag and walked towards the table.

He made a pot of water and burned it on the fire in the tent, went back to put on his coat, chased the dog who was still struggling to get up from his bed, folded the quilt, and went back to the bed. Before the fire, the water had already boiled.

He picked up the kettle, made himself a cup of tea, and waited leisurely for the dawn.

late spring.

He thought of the sculpture-like pen, lowered his head and smiled.

Chen Ke basically knew about Zhao Jun's waking up when Shanghantuo entered Zhao Jun's camp. At that time, Wu Hongyan's eyes were red when she heard the news.

It has been too long, too long since such good news has been heard.

The National Defense Army has been hiding its own strength because of what it had done for Zhao Jun before, and since Zhao Jun fell into a coma, Chen Ke has been suppressing everyone, hiding all the edge of the National Defense Army, and creating signs of defeat .At first, some people didn't understand why they did this, and the army's morale was a little restless. After Chen Ke understood it, he directly told the real reason to appease the army's morale.Just omitted the part of Zhao Jun.

As a result, every battle in the National Defense Army was extremely aggrieved, and everyone was holding a fire in their hearts, waiting for the right time to vent it.

Chen Ke was already a little depressed, so Wu Hongyan asked him what was wrong one day. Chen Ke hesitated for a while, and then told Wu Hongyan about his dream.Wu Hongyan looked at Chen Ke for a long time, then suddenly patted Chen Ke on the shoulder, and asked him with an elder's gesture: "You like him." It was an affirmative sentence.

Chen Ke was taken aback for a moment, he originally thought it would not be so fast.But he couldn't lie to his own heart, so he nodded: "Yeah."

Wu Hongyan smiled: "Why do you say that? You young people, you know how to mess around every day... So does that little bastard..." She paused for a long time, until Chen Ke gently hugged her.

Wu Hongyan waved her hand: "I'm not that fragile... At least I believe he will wake up... Then, will you tell him?"

Chen Ke looked at the spring in the distance, and said, "Let's talk about it."

Wu Hongyan sighed: "Let's talk about it later, if you say it before he leaves, then he might not leave yet."

Chen Ke shook his head: "If there is no if, I don't believe it either. If it is possible, I hope he can only be mine, but, in comparison, I hope that he can live a good life, at least, he can follow the lifestyle he wants. Life."

Wu Hongyan smiled: "Forget it, I don't understand you, but if you think about it, you have to fight for it, and telling us it won't work." Before Chen Ke could reply, Wu Hongyan took out a short incense stick from his pocket and said : "Click on it before going to bed, sleep better, and it won't affect your sharpness."

Chen Ke continued: "Thank you senior."

Wu Hongyan thought for a while, then suddenly said, "Call Master."

Chen Ke was stunned, suddenly understood, and nodded gratefully: "Master."

Wu Hongyan laughed, and immediately turned down again: "Don't tell Zhao Jun from now on, that kid, if he finds out, I'll be annoyed to death by him."

Chen Ke asked at the right time: "Huh?"

Wu Hongyan smiled: "I said before that I would take in another new disciple. He just gave me a performance all morning. He cried, made trouble, and hanged himself. Hey, I have a headache."

Chen Ke smiled and sent Wu Hongyan away.

Now when everyone heard the news suddenly, they were all stunned, but Chen Ke suppressed his expression and nodded to let the person who came to report go down.

Song Chenran looked at the crowd who had quieted down for a moment, and felt that he came at the wrong time.He coughed and said, "Well, what are you going to do with Jiang Buqing and the others?"

Chen Ke sighed: "Aren't they all sent to the army?"

Song Chenran felt that he would not be able to say anything when communicating with Chen Ke. Just as he was about to ask Hu Chen, he heard Chen Ke say, "Bring it in, and I'll handle it."

Song Chenran just wanted to ask him, "Can you really do it?"

Chen Ke seemed to understand his inner activities, so he flew over with a sharp eye, motioning him to shut up.

Jiang Buqing was dispatched here together with his daughter Jiang Jianliu.It can be said that he suffered all kinds of ridicule and embarrassment along the way.

Song Chenran didn't speak anymore, he took a step back and stood aside waiting.

Chen Ke waited for Jiang Buqing's father and daughter to come up, and then asked lightly: "Prime Minister Jiang, we meet again."

Jiang Buqing was crushed and knelt down on the ground in embarrassment, and he didn't respond to his words, but said: "Can you let my girl go?"

When Chen Ke heard his words, he suddenly said: "Let it go? Why?"

Jiang Buqing raised her head and said, "She didn't do anything, it's all my fault."

Chen Ke repeated: "One person's fault..." He took a piece of letter paper, unfolded it carefully, and read it word by word: "Arson, connivance of others violating good women, adultery with others... "His tone is low, and his very pleasant voice is full of coldness at this moment.

Chen Ke paused, and then said: "Even if you think it's too old to remember, but you still remember the thing that you pushed my pro-Wei Dadong into the river on New Year's Eve last year."

Jiang Jianliu raised his head and screamed, "You're avenging yourself!"

Chen Ke smiled: "So? Can you resist?"

Gu Tan stood beside him and said softly: "Fuck! You can still play like this! It's so cool."

Luo Qize smiled: "There are more fun places, but he was useless before."

Chen Ke stood there thinking for a while, and then said: "Lin Zheng, didn't you say that you still have two people missing? Pull them over and let them go if you can't do it."

Lin Zheng added: "Howing the ground."

Jiang Jianliu broke down and said, "Chen Ke, you can't do this to me!"

Chen Ke went to squat down opposite her, and said, "Really? Do you think hoeing is not worthy of you, a noble Miss Jiang?" Jiang Jianliu didn't speak, but Chen Ke smiled mockingly, and stood up, "I didn't say that. , you are not worthy of doing such a noble thing as him."

Jiang Jianliu was still about to say something, but he heard Jiang Buqing roar, "Shut up, don't you think it's embarrassing enough?"

Jiang Jianliu stared fiercely at Chen Ke, struggling and being dragged down.

Eyes full of unwillingness.

Chen Ke sat down and said, "Forget it, don't bother with them, let's take a look here."

Song Chenran naturally stayed in the National Defense Army with the garrison patrolling the south, and he wanted to stay to see how Chen Ke, an invincible man, was beaten to the ground.It's okay to be awkward.

Chen Ke asked someone to cook some good dishes to entertain him that night. He raised his wine glass and said, "It's been a long time since we got together, so you came today, let's have a good drink."

No one stopped him.Because they all need indulgence.

Too long, held back for too long.

Song Chenran laughed at him: "Hey, you are so relieved at such a critical moment."

Chen Ke looked at him: "What does it mean to be at ease, what we call a combination of work and rest."

Song Chenran knew a little about Zhao Jun, so he didn't say anything, just drinking with him.

When he went back at night, Chen Ke was still awake. After telling everyone, he said: "Remember it tomorrow."

The crowd dispersed noisyly, leaving Chen Ke standing there alone.

He went back to the table again, spread out the pen and paper, and wrote: Late Spring.

Then he changed into night clothes and walked away through the dark night.

Hu Chen and the others, who were originally scattered, looked at Chen Ke's leaving back furtively, and made unidentified voices together.

Song Chenran said, "Why are you so wretched?"

Before Hu Chen could answer him, he heard Song Chenran continue: "It's been a long time since I've seen such deep feelings... What if Zhao Jun doesn't accept it then?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, and then Liang Song said: "If you don't accept it, you don't accept it. Anyway, I have worked hard."

Song Chenran smiled: "Yes."

The author has something to say:

Too much homework, omg.

To those who are still holding on, I love you.