To Rule in a Turbulent World

You Miao said: "I'll go back to the yard and wait for him, and you will lead him to Ting Lanzhai later." Then he got up and went to the dormitory in the backyard. There happened to be a tea table carved with tree roots under the corridor. Zheng Yong was chatting in front of the corridor, You Miao said: "Zhang Wenhan, go to the room, the table is for me, I'll see a guest."

Zhang Wenhan got up and left, and Zheng Yong followed. Not long after You Miao sat down, there were students looking outside, and many people gathered for a while, all thinking about the big reason.

After a while, the guards and soldiers shouted and drove the students away. Tang Hui sent people to guard outside the courtyard, and one person walked in and stood looking at You Miao. It was Zhao Chao.

After a three-year farewell to Yanbian, we met again in the capital. You Miao had thousands of words and emotions, and couldn't speak for a while. He stood up slowly, and his heart couldn't stop beating. He had imagined countless times to meet Zhao Chao again. But never thought that it was in this place.

Zhao Chao was dressed in a black robe without any accessories. His skin was much darker and thinner, as if he was extremely haggard. His eyebrows were slightly twitched, and there was a murderous look in his eyes, staring at him like a vulture.

"Zhao...His Highness the Third." You Miao said.

"Sit down." Zhao Chao said, "Why are you polite?"

You Miao's eyes were red. In the past three years, the two of them had exchanged dozens of letters. Every time Zhao Chao wrote to him, he would call him You Miao's good brother. , a single word for a younger brother.And when You Miao wrote letters, he would also call Zhao Chao his brother, and it was very natural for the two parties to communicate on paper.

But when they met, You Miao couldn't say anything.

This seemed to be no longer the Zhao Chao he knew. Back then, Zhao Chao had fair skin, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a suit of leather armor, an undeniable heroism, and awe-inspiring fearlessness in his speech.Now that he is a lot darker and thinner, it is difficult for You Miao to connect the boy in his memory who lived and died with him in the small dark room with the person in front of him.

"Is there any tea?" Zhao Chao said, "I don't drink green tea."

"Yes." You Miao said, "Jiang Bo has an oolong."

Zhao Chao hooked the corner of his mouth unrulyly, and said to Li Zhifeng, "I remember you."

Li Zhifeng said in a deep voice, "I remember you too."

You Miao whispered: "I want to call you the Third Highness."

Zhao Chao dismissed it, waved his hands and said, "It's okay." Said that Bi Wu usually sits.

You Miao suddenly felt that Li Zhifeng seemed to be hostile to Zhao Chao. He looked at Li Zhifeng, then at Zhao Chao, and Zhao Chao was staring at the tea leaves tumbling in the cup. ?”

You Miao smiled and said, "Yes."

Zhao Chao: "How about the villa?"

You Miao said: "It's okay, a few thousand taels of silver a year is enough to support myself and there is still some leftover."

Zhao Chao: "There's a lot left, and I only get 200 taels of salary a year."

You Miao was happy, and said: "How much money do you want, if it's not enough, just let me ask for it."

Zhao Chao said lightly: "Let's talk about it later."

You Miao picked up the cup with both hands and put it in Zhao Chao's hand. When the two fingers touched, You Miao's heart jumped violently, and an inexplicable feeling grew in her heart.

Zhao Chao was not moved at all, took a sip of tea, and said, "I heard that you donated [-] catties of grain last year, didn't you?"

You Miao said: "It's not considered a donation. It's five cents a catty. If you get back some of it, it's fine if you can use it."

Zhao Chao said: "Don't be so stupid in the future, one hundred thousand catties of grain is only enough to feed 20 people for half a day."

"Talking is better than nothing." When You Miao heard this, she felt a little lost in her heart, but she forced her smile on her face and said, "I didn't help you, I... by the way, you..."

The two fell silent.

Zhao Chao smiled and said: "You are honest, when I called you into the palace to be my accompanying student, you disliked me for being powerless and powerless. You can't tell me, do you remember?"

You Miao was a little guilty, and didn't know why Zhao Chao would talk about the old things that he had never mentioned in the past few years, and said, "It's not that I dislike you, it's because my cousin didn't let me go. called away..."

Zhao Chao just looked at You Miao, who looked like a soldier, playing with the teacup with his fingers, and said, "On the day of the Lantern Festival, you didn't know me yet."

"Yes." You Miao said, "Yes."

Zhao Chao: "I'm going to do it again. Go back to the Lantern Festival three years ago. If you recognize me, I will call you to my side. Whether you will come or not, you can think it over before answering."

You Miao smiled, it was a young man's smile, and even the whole world was in high spirits.

"Is there even a need to ask?" You Miao teased, "No."

Zhao Chao's face darkened.

But You Miao took the teacup from Zhao Chao's hand, put it away gently, filled it with tea again, held it in both hands, put it back into Zhao Chao's hand, and said seriously: "If you know how good you are, of course you will come."

"Well, I didn't hurt you in vain." Zhao Chao drank it casually, and poured out the remaining little tea.

You Miao asked: "What happened later? Who will be your reading companion?"

Zhao Chao said: "No, I didn't fall in love with anyone anymore. When I came back from Yanbian that autumn, my father asked me to choose a house and live in the capital first when I left the palace. He originally pointed out a marriage for me and planned to get married in the autumn. But you know in the beginning of spring, when there was a fight in Goryeo, I personally recruited, and when I came back years ago, Miss Xiong's family fell ill and passed away."

You Miao said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death, let's mourn by the way. When my mother left, I also..."

Zhao Chao said mockingly: "I haven't even seen the bride's face, and I haven't mourned much. Besides, the soldiers I lead are 10 dead. Have you never seen a dead person? Only you scholars should be returned." thing."

You Miao couldn't help being funny, but also a little sad, Zhao Chao said again: "The court's pension has not been issued yet, and it has been delayed for almost half a year. Orphans and widows cry outside the military aircraft camp every day, and come to kowtow outside my house. , annoying people."

You Miao said: "Think of a way to remind them? In a few days, I'm going to tease them about drinking peacefully. I'll go and find out."

Zhao Chao said: "Pingxi can't help it. The court has no money. If there are 10 people, each two taels of silver will cost 20 taels. At the beginning of the year, the land was cut for peace, and I lost 10 taels, and I can't get any more money. It’s useless to remind me, isn’t it?”

"Yeah." You Miao nodded slowly, and asked, "What's your brother's plan?"

Zhao Chao thought for a while and said, "I don't have any plans, I just want to go out for a walk. Staying in the capital is also annoying everywhere. Go to the south of the Yangtze River. Either way, you don't want to take the exam for fame. Pack up and I will go to the next one in a few days." Zhezi, if you want to discuss the military affairs of Jiaozhou, you can come with me, don’t see my brother, lest he do something for me. Let’s go to the south for a few years, I’m tired and old, and I don’t want to stay in the capital.”

You Miao said: "You want to go to Jiangbo Villa at any time, and I will naturally wait for you. Sir, let me take the test in Beijing, or... how about trying to get a foreign transfer, and let's go back to Liuzhou?"