Looking to Chang'an from the North

In the 19th year of Tianheng, in the middle of winter, there was heavy snowfall.

That was the time when Xia Yizheng first met Lin Chuhuai.

In the midsummer of that year, when the East Palace was first established, His Majesty called the sons of officials of the third rank or above to study with him in the palace. Lin Xiang was the prince and grand teacher at that time, and was a senior official of the second rank. Naturally, the young masters of his family were indispensable.

As for Xia Yizheng, it was different.He was beaten by General Xia with a whip.

A 14-year-old boy is at the age where he likes to tease cats and dogs, and Xia Yizheng is a well-known gangster in the capital.As long as he doesn't poke a hole in the sky, his father will support him, not to mention that the late emperor trusted and relied on Xia's family so much, no one can do anything to him.

He hated reading from the bottom of his heart, and his head ached from reading it every day. The reason why he went was not because he was afraid of his father's whip, but because he really couldn't stand his mother's earnest gaze.

That's all, isn't it just to study, can't I go?

Although Xia Yizheng went every day, he didn't put his mind on studying at all, he either skipped class or made his husband half dead with anger.However, the teacher cannot sue the emperor yet, even if he does, the emperor will just call someone to reprimand him in front of the gentleman, and there will be no more.After a long time, the husband also felt that he couldn't control him, so he didn't bother to control him anymore.

At that time, Lin Chuhuai had just finished his ten-year-old birthday banquet, and it took nearly half a year for him to recover from the intermittent wind and cold, so that it was already mid-winter when he re-entered the palace.

The day he went there happened to be one of the few days Xia Yizheng didn't skip class.

Xu was just recovering from a serious illness, so he wore extra clothes, and his whole body was huddled in a cloak, his face was very fair, even more delicate than a girl's.

What he didn't know was that in Xia Yizheng's eyes, he was like a fluffy little bear, extremely cute, not to mention the good looks that had already been revealed when he was young.

Tsk, it looks really good!

This was Xia Yizheng's first and only impression of Lin Chuhuai, but he had no other thoughts at all.Later, it was still time to skip class and skip class, and such a person was quickly forgotten by him.

Until that day, he rescued Lin Changyun who was teased by several princes to pour snow into his clothes.

There was no snow that day, but the weather was even colder after the snow.

Such a small child was crushed in the snow by two half-grown boys who were slightly older, and another person was pouring snow into his skirt.

The boy shivered with cold but didn't struggle, so pitiful.

Xia Yizheng just leaned on the tree trunk and watched, not intending to help, although he has always been warm-hearted and likes to meddle in this kind of nosy.But this time, he didn't want to save a coward who didn't even dare to resist.

But things backfired, he finally made a move, not for anything else, mainly because he was afraid that he would be in trouble if the boy froze to death.

Xia Yizheng's reputation as the little overlord in the capital is really not for nothing. He just left Lin Chuhuai and ran away from the few princes who just showed up, so that the opening remarks he had prepared for saving people didn't come in handy.

What bullying thing.

Xia Yizheng looked at those figures who ran away with some disdain, took off the cloak that Auntie insisted on putting on him this morning, and threw it towards the shivering person in the snow, covering it tightly. of.

Lin Chuhuai wanted to stand up with some difficulty, leaving deep fingerprints on the snow with his hands, but he couldn't get up for a long time.Xia Yizheng waited for a while, then picked him up with a little disgust.

It just reached my chest, so small.

"Thank you, thank you." Lin Chuhuai's lips trembled from the cold, and it took him a while to recover from the cloak that was thrown over him.

"Why didn't you resist." Xia Yizheng was a little annoyed.

"If I do something, I don't know the dignity, and it's unreasonable in front of His Majesty to offend the superior. What's more, I can't beat them." When Lin Chuhuai said this, he couldn't hear the grievance, as if he had just suffered The one who bullied him was not like himself, and his rationality was somewhat beyond his age, but his soft and weak voice aroused Xia Yizheng's strong desire to protect.

"It's extremely pedantic, why do they bully you?" Although those princes have always been stubborn, they are not people who don't know the severity.

"My sister is the princess."

This emperor's family is like this, no matter who provokes a few words, it can arouse hidden hatred.It's not good to point at the prince, can't you vent your anger on others?Even if His Majesty knew about it, it was just some innocuous punishment. Taking ten thousand steps back, no matter how wrong the princes were, they would still be sons and daughters of dragons and phoenixes.

Although Lin Chuhuai is young, he has a keenness beyond ordinary people.

"From now on, you follow me, and I will protect you. If anyone dares to bully you, I will beat him up for you." Xia Yizheng is still in a kind of self-satisfaction in protecting others, and he kind of wants to take Lin Chuhuai as a follower.

"Thank you for your kindness, but it's unnecessary."

Although Lin Chuhuai didn't want to endure such bullying today, he also didn't want to be with Xia Yizheng who didn't know what it means to respect a teacher.

But unexpectedly, this refusal backfired.

In the following year, Xia Yizheng protected Lin Chuhuai both openly and secretly, and gradually no one else bullied him, but this other people did not include Xia Yizheng.

Back then, Little General Xia still held some grudges. I remember that Lin Chuhuai rejected him without hesitation.On the one hand, he wanted to prove that he could protect him, but on the other hand, he felt ashamed.No, it's extremely childish to make trouble for Lin Chuhuai again and again.

Such a chaotic life continued until Lin Chuhuai was 12 years old.

That year when the Northern Qi raised troops, the frontiers were in turmoil, and the people were in dire straits. After all the generals sent by the imperial court to the northern borders were killed by the enemy commander, the late emperor deliberated and sent Xia Hongpei, who was not in good health at the time, and his eldest son Xia Beixiu to the border for peace. chaos.

This time, the general who spent half his life guarding the country's borders for the late emperor failed to fulfill his promise and returned alive. Instead, he buried his bones in the frontier and was buried in the yellow sand.

On the day when the news came back to Beijing, the first emperor vomited blood and fainted, the government and the people shook up and down, and the whole country mourned. Mrs. Xia hanged herself at home and followed her dead husband away.

Uncharacteristically, Xia Yizheng didn't skip class that day, and his whole person was a little abnormally calm, as if he had grown up overnight.

It's time to grow up, there are no people in this world who can indulge him unconditionally, they are gone.

After school, Xia Yizheng did not tease Lin Chuhuai as usual, nor did he go home.

He no longer has a home.

Later, Lin Chuhuai found Xia Yizheng on a tree in the imperial garden, he did not comfort him or persuade the man to mourn, because he knew that some grief cannot be restrained throughout his life.He couldn't empathize, and he didn't have the position to say it.

He just sat quietly under the tree, with the boy who always liked to play tricks on him.

Afterwards, Xia Yizheng never appeared in the upper study room again.Soon, Lin Chuhuai heard the news that the man had invited himself to go to northern Xinjiang to quell the chaos.

The romantic boy grows up overnight, and eventually becomes a good man in the north.

That year, Xia Yizheng was 16 years old, with a silver gun and a suit of armor, he took over his father's blood-stained seal of command, and carried hundreds of thousands of people on the border to live and work in peace and contentment.

He vowed to make Bei Qi pay the price to comfort his father and the souls of so many soldiers who died in vain.

"Xia Yizheng, defend the northern border well and avenge Tianyu's shame; come back alive, fight me a little more."

When Lin Chuhuai saw him off at Yanmen Pass, he gave him a sword tassel and left such a sentence.

At that time, although Chang Yun was annoyed by Xia Yizheng's frequent teasing, he always felt that that person was against him, but deep down in his heart, he hoped that he could live well and protect the people and protect Tianyu's prosperity and peace.

Xia Yizheng took the sword spike, took a deep look at Lin Chuhuai, turned his horse's head and galloped towards the north.

The setting sun behind him was like blood, and the horseshoes rolled up bursts of yellow sand.

Later, the battle ended with the defeat of Northern Qi, and Xia Yizheng also became famous because of this battle, becoming a well-known young general.

But no one knows how many silent midnights before his brother was found, it was this little Jiansui who accompanied him to survive.

At first, he really only wanted to protect Lin Chuhuai, but in the icy cold wind of the northern border, that little bit of warmth eventually became a cinnabar mole engraved on his heart, which could never be removed.

Hiding their names and slightly modifying the identities of the two, Xia Yizheng simply finished the story that had been dusty for many years, and his mood was a little ups and downs.Even though time has passed, the feeling of intertwining cold and hot in my heart is like yesterday, lingering.

After hearing this, the old man just smiled and didn't comment. He took out the square inkstone and handed it to him, "Well, I gave it to you."

"Thank you, old man." Although the other party said that no money is needed, Xia Yizheng took out the bank note and handed it to the old man.

The old man confiscated it, and said, "No need, young master, who didn't have someone in his heart when he was young, old man... Forget it, don't mention it."

When Xia Yizheng returned home, he put the inkstone on the table in the study, waiting for his little son to discover this surprise by himself tomorrow.

Lin Chuhuai was very pleasantly surprised when he found out, but he also knew that no meritorious deeds should be rewarded, but he didn't have any suitable gifts around him to return gifts, so he thought about thanking him first, and then slowly picking out pieces in the future. Gift.

But when he formed the words to say thanks, the man said.

"This inkstone, let's take it as a gift from Jiansui back then."

Jiansui, what Jiansui?

Lin Chuhuai searched all over his memory, but he never remembered that he had given this man Jiansui.

"Six years ago, outside the Jianmen Pass. Don't you remember?" Xia Yizheng's eyes couldn't hide the emotion.

Six years ago, Jianmen Pass, Jiansui.

The lost memory came back to my mind at that moment, so it was that time?

"The sword spike was just made by my elder sister when she was practicing. It's not worth any money."

"Really, but that's also your wish, isn't it!" Xia Yizheng narrowed his eyes, trying hard to put away the disappointment in his eyes.

So, the person who has always kept it in his heart and never wants to forget, is he the only one from the beginning to the end!

The author has something to say: Xia Yizheng: So, am I just pretending to be passionate?

Lin Chuhuai: Indeed