Li Zhang

The case of murdering the prince came to an end with Zhao Qinan's execution, but Sima Yi unexpectedly did not pursue it fiercely. Cheng Tong and Sima Yao's well-prepared countermeasures all came to nothing.Later, Sima Yao was crowned prince by Emperor Jing, but Cheng Tong was even more uncertain.

Li Zhang left Muyi Mountain on the first day of winter.With tears in her eyes, Zhiqing sent him all the way down the mountain, not daring to ask when she would see her again.

During the days when Li Zhang was healing on the mountain, Zhiqing really regarded Li Zhang as her elder brother, crying and laughing for him, and it was the first time that her heart, which had been at peace for more than ten years, made her feel so rich and indescribable.She didn't dare to attribute this kind of feeling to the romantic love that Zhao Fuzhong was used to since she was a child, because Li Zhang gave her a sense of holiness that surpassed the love of the world from the beginning of her appearance, and that kind of broken body would also protect her. Persistence, she doesn't think it's something a stranger can do.So she believed that Li Zhang was given to her lonely elder brother by her parents in the dark, and it was another kind of family affection like flesh and blood.

Li Zhang is also ignorant of this.His world was framed as early as the age of 14, and the hazy yearning he had before the age of 14 were all shattered into dross afterwards.He is afraid of feelings, afraid of all feelings that are different from family affection, which make him feel illusory and cruel, and it is impossible to give him peace of mind.So he calmly bid farewell to Zhiqing, who was also peace of mind as his younger sister, in front of Zhiqing's elder brother, without making any empty promises, just like he did to his own mother.

Only Jin Yi can see the true affection between the two, but because of Li Zhang's special status, he doesn't want Zhiqing to know.Although Li Zhang denied the involvement with Sima Yi, during Li Zhang's recuperation period, the precious medicinal materials sent by Ning Wang's mansion and Zhang Yu's instructions to let Li Zhang stay in Muyi Mountain to recover from his injuries all made the experienced Jin Yi saw the hidden twists and turns.Therefore, even if Li Zhang made a promise, he would not let Zhiqing fall into such a dangerous relationship.He still can't trust the Han official family, let alone the emperor Tian's family who holds life and death in his hands.In fact, he wanted Li Zhang to leave with Zhang Yu very early on, but only because of Zhiqing's reluctance did he keep Li Zhang.

While Li Zhang was recovering from his injuries, Jin Yi had been closely watching the two of them. As long as Li Zhang showed any intentions, he would be ruthless and help Zhiqing end the relationship.But the two ignorant people really never thought about it, they were like brothers and sisters, and really made Jin Yi a dark wound.

After sending Li Zhang away, Zhiqing felt uncomfortable for several days, and soon let go of her self-consolation.She had completely trusted Li Zhang since she met him, so even if she didn't get a definite answer from Li Zhang, she still believed that there would be a time to see her brother again.Jin Yi worried carefully for a few days, but he was completely relieved when he saw that Zhiqing was really not emaciated, and from then on he devoted himself to teaching Zhiqing the art of medicine.

Sima Yi directly placed Prince Ning's Mansion in Zhao Qinan's Inspector's Mansion, but instead built another mansion for the newly sent Inspector to live in.When Li Zhang arrived, he always felt unreal when he looked at the gate that had only changed the plaque.

After flashing his waist card at the door and entering, Li Zhang quietly walked to the main hall, without looking up at the person sitting in the upper seat, and habitually lowered his head and knelt on the ground three steps away from Sima Yi.

Li Zhang's fear of Sima Yi stems from the fear of the overbearing, unreasonable, and nowhere to escape from the time he first met him.Today, after experiencing several life and death wanderings, this fear has greatly reduced the fear of overbearing punishment, and more of the boredom and helplessness of Sima Yi's uncertain attitude.Compared with the situation he was used to being punished, he didn't like Sima Yi's sudden concern and curiosity even more, which made him always have a sense of crisis as if he was walking on thin ice, and he was deeply afraid that the next step would be an abyss.Therefore, even though Zhang Yu had repeatedly explained and emphasized to him, he still couldn't avoid being afraid of Sima Yi.

The sky was gloomy, Sima Yi's face was hidden in the dark, and his expression could not be seen clearly.

After Li Zhang reported according to the rules, he said nothing more, and waited for Sima Yi to speak with lowered eyebrows.Sima Yi leaned forward, propped his chin with his hand, and looked up and down interestingly, but no matter how he looked at it, he was still the Li Zhang in his impression.He simply got up and walked to Li Zhang's side. Without paying attention, he stretched out his hand to take Li Zhang's hand, carefully looked at the dense scars on it, and the ugly fingers that had not yet grown new nails, and gently stroked it.

Li Zhang trembled all over, trying to withdraw his hand, but was held tightly by Sima Yi.

"All right?"

"……Yes."

"Unexpectedly, you have... such a heart, which really surprised me."

Sima Yi's voice was full of sighs, and in Li Zhang's ears, the tenderness seemed unreal.Li Zhang was silent for a long time, and finally looked up at Sima Yi, and said, "The slavery is not for the prince."

"Oh?"

"The slave is only because he agreed to the golden doctor."

Sima Yi was stunned, but puzzled, feeling a little inexplicably lost in his heart, and asked: "So what?"

Li Zhang frowned, not wanting to say what he really thought, and not wanting to find another excuse, so he lowered his eyes in silence.

Seeing Li Zhang's expression again, Sima Yi knew that he couldn't ask anything, although he was still a little curious, he no longer cared.He let go of Li Zhang's hand, turned his back to Li Zhang, and said, "After all, it's because of this king." He tilted his head slightly, and said casually: "This king has always been very clear about rewards and punishments, what reward you want, just say it yourself." .”

Li Zhang looked at Sima Yi in disbelief, and Sima Yi only gave him a back view.After hesitating for a long time, Li Zhang mustered up his courage and said, "My lord, please pardon my servant's slave status."

Sima Yi turned around with a half-smile: "So you don't want to be my king's servant?"

"Li Zhang is not at fault at all!"

Sima Yi looked at Li Zhang's more and more natural stubbornness, secretly happy in his heart, but still teasingly said: "You replaced..., it's wrong!" up.

Li Zhang felt a chill in his heart, so he touched Sima Yi's back again, pursed his lips and lowered his eyes, not insisting anymore.

Sima Yi looked at Li Zhang who was retreating again, and sighed secretly.Ling Yuncong was a wound in his heart, which has not healed yet.Thinking of his romantic life, he only really put his heart into Ling Yuncong, but was hurt bloody by him.And Li Zhang, the person he had degraded to nothing and had no sense of existence, transformed into such a tough and powerful person when he didn't notice that he couldn't help but have the urge to cheer.It was a change caused by him, a beauty created by him!

So he slowed down his expression and told Li Zhang viciously: "This king has never appointed you as a slave."

Li Zhang's eyes widened instantly.Sima Yi looked happier and happier, and the annoyance he felt at the thought of Ling Yuncong was gone.He couldn't help reaching out to touch Li Zhang's face, but Li Zhang slapped him away mercilessly.

"How could the prince tease Li Zhang like this!" Li Zhang's voice was full of undisguised anger, and he was even more angry when he thought of the sadness and despair that his mother would feel when he knew about it.

Sima Yi's hands were fixed in the air, and he looked at Li Zhang in disbelief.Li Zhang looked at Sima Yi resolutely with a hurt expression on his face.

After a while, Sima Yicai said coldly: "So what if you tease me? Who can stop what this king wants to do? You are my king's man."

Li Zhangcai's face flushed red with anger instantly faded away.Sima Yi's words ruthlessly shattered the shell he had worked so hard to build, allowing him to see clearly the reality that could never be changed.The humiliation of the past came to my heart one after another.The humiliation of being manipulated arbitrarily as if it were a thing, and the humiliation of being treated as a thing to vent his desire, is his biggest knot.It was the nightmare he always wanted to escape but couldn't escape, and it was also the source of the greatest fear of Sima Yi.Time and time again, he fantasized about using the merits of the guards to free himself, but was repeatedly smashed by Sima Yi lightly.This time, he didn't think that he had done meritorious service for Sima Yi, and that the request to get rid of slavery was just a fluke and perfunctory, but he got a joke, and was nailed to that shameful identity again after that!Was he doomed to escape?So, what is he still fighting for?What else can he strive for? ?

The desire to escape became more and more intense, and Li Zhang exhausted all his strength to keep himself standing in place.He took a deep breath, looked down at the name tag on his waist, and felt that it was full of ironic jokes.He gritted his teeth, tore off the wooden plaque, knelt down on one knee and offered it to Sima Yi with both hands.

"My lord, please take it back!"

Sima Yi narrowed his eyes dangerously: "What do you mean?"

"There is no hope, it is better to completely break it!"

Sima Yi was completely stunned.Li Zhang's desperate determination hit his heart hard, and he was suddenly at a loss when he was always at ease.He knew where Li Zhang's light came from, and he knew that the light was so weak that it could only be revealed accidentally when Li Zhang didn't notice it.He didn't want to snuff out that light.

Sima Yi stretched out his hand to take the name tag, looked at Li Zhang who was drooping his head deeply, rubbed his fingers against the raised name on the wooden sign, bent down and tied the name tag back to Li Zhang's waist.

"Since you like it, don't let it go easily."

Li Zhang raised his head in astonishment, and saw Sima Yi shaking his head regretfully, with gentle eyes and a little helpless connivance, he couldn't help being stunned.

Sima Yi patted Li Zhang's shoulder, and said to him in a gentle and considerate tone completely unfamiliar to Li Zhang: "Don't think too much, this king never pushes people who care about them." Then, there was no reaction at all. Li Zhang's mood became more and more joyful, and he smiled and said: "Mu Yan has come back in the past few days, it's better for you to worry about your homework." Fang Bu went out the door.

Li Zhang stayed where he was for a long time, then exited the main hall as if sleepwalking, hesitated outside the door for a while, then raised his head and pressed his lips tightly, and walked towards the residence of the guard camp.

When Zhang Yu saw Li Zhang, he was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth for a long time, then he ran over and hugged him, pressing him firmly against his chest.Li Zhang has hardly grown up in recent years. He is still a thin young man, only a head taller than before. Standing with his colleagues in the guard camp with big waists, he looks even more out of place.Although Zhang Yu and Wu Zijun were more handsome in appearance, they were a quarter taller and eight points wider than Li Zhang, so Zhang Yu couldn't help but feel more and more pity for Li Zhang, and became more and more like a big brother, wishing to shield Li Zhang from all wind and rain.

It took a lot of effort for Li Zhang to break free from Zhang Yu's grasp, and he complained, "Brother!"

Zhang Yu's eyes were wet, he stared at Li Zhang up and down, satisfied with his good complexion, finally took Li Zhang's hand, and gently stroked those scars with regret on his face.

Li Zhang withdrew his hand embarrassingly: "It's ready."

Zhang Yu nodded, said no more, and dragged him to the room where he and Wu Zijun lived together.The Governor's Mansion is not as big as the Three Kings' Mansion in the capital, and it does not have such a large space for guard camps.Before the new house was built, even guards at the level of Wu Zijun and Zhang Yu had to live together.Zhang Yu knew that Li Zhang didn't want to live in the inner courtyard, so he asked someone to make an extra bed in the house and asked Li Zhang to live with them.

Wu Zijun was originally very dissatisfied with living with other people, but seeing that Zhang Yu had brought Li Zhang over again, he didn't say much, he just muttered that Duan Shijin came over and poked his head just now.Zhang Yu stopped his movements when he heard the words, looked at Li Zhang, and dragged Li Zhang to see Duan Shijin.

Duan Shijin had an unexpectedly good expression when he saw Li Zhang, saying that the prince had ordered him to leave a separate room for him and let Zhang Yu take him there.Zhang Yu felt a little relieved when he heard the words, and Li Zhang was not too surprised, but because he was not used to Duan Shijin's attitude, he felt like he wanted to escape quickly.

After that, Li Zhang's life returned to the life of the guard camp, but he was no longer surrounded by the former foul language, and he was very quiet.He naturally understood what was going on, but still cautiously avoided Sima Yi.The injuries he had received had already made him take the initiative to distance himself from Sima Yi.He could go through life and death for Sima Yi, but he couldn't get close to him naturally.That kind of life and death without mercy and without reason is not something he can afford. Since he can't escape completely, staying away to a place he can't see is the only instinct.

Liu Wen, the new manager of the palace, always took the trouble to personally ask for opinions on every piece of related expenses. Li Zhang hid whenever he could, and when he couldn’t, he answered questions with a good temper. He never showed embarrassment or appreciation look.As Zhang Yu watched, he couldn't help shaking his head, but he never said much.Li Zhang liked this elder brother more and more, and unconsciously regarded him as a reliance.

After Peng Cui and the others calmed down, Wu Zijun returned to his previous lukewarm appearance, and only smiled happily at Li Zhang when he was enjoying his sword practice.He has taught him all the sword skills passed down from his family. Although Li Zhang is still inferior to him in strength, stamina and internal strength, his eye reaction is not inferior to him at all. If he does not rely on his domineering internal strength, he will not be able to win easily.Every time Li Zhang was defeated by him in this way, he would curl his lips disapprovingly, and Wu Zijun always pretended to be serious and said that Commander Mu was coming back soon, and Li Zhang would definitely be punished for his internal work.Li Zhang could only sigh helplessly.

Li Zhang knew that his foundation was weak, and he had always been diligent in cultivating his internal strength, but his progress was slow, and this time he was injured and wasted a few days, he was really afraid of seeing Mu Yan.

But whether he was afraid or not, Mu Yan was back.

This time, Mu Yan has basically determined the force that Sima Yi can rely on, so he is very relaxed and happy after returning to the palace.Sima Yi also smiled heartily for the first time since leaving Beijing, and together with Jin Bai Muyan, they talked very happily.He is indeed that squirrel, all that is missing is a suitable opportunity, and this opportunity, they believe that Cheng Tong will create it for them.

After talking about the business, Sima Yi thoughtfully mentioned Li Zhang, and quite proudly talked about his original idea, full of admiration and pride at the fact that Li Zhang's blood and stubbornness were really forced out, as if he had created it himself Man, completely forgetting the ruthless killing intent that once arose out of fear of being out of control.

Mu Yan was only slightly surprised when he heard this, and Jin Bai was even more disapproving.Sima Yi was upset, and asked what they meant with a sullen face.Jin Bai quickly asked: "Then what is the prince planning?"

Sima Yi was immediately stopped by the question, thinking about the feeling in his heart, Ling Yuncong was still above everyone else, but this kind of Li Zhang was also a beauty he wanted to keep.So he raised his head slightly, and told Jin Bai affirmatively: "Since he is the treasure created by this king, he is naturally his own."

Jin Bai asked further: "My lord, are you sure that Li Zhang also thinks so?"

Sima Yi stared at him strangely: "When will this king not get what I want?!"

Although it was an unsurprising answer, Jin Bai was still choked. He glanced at Sima Yi meaningfully and stopped continuing. Everything will be fine. You apprentice, I am afraid that you will stir up more troubles in the future than Ling Yuncong."

Mu Yan didn't believe it: "Li Zhang is not a troublemaker."

"People don't make trouble and chase after others."

"He's not Ling Yuncong."

"My lord hurt him deeply."

Mu Yan was surprised and said: "He will bear grudges and take revenge? No! He is not like that!"

Jin Bai shook his head, looking helplessly at Mu Yan who was not enlightened: "Didn't you see what the prince is thinking?"

Mu Yan continued to be puzzled: "If the prince is willing to put his heart into it, it will be Li Zhang's blessing."

Jin Bai was speechless: "You really think so?"

"They are all the prince's people, don't you think so?"

Jin Bai sneered: "I am myself, why do you think so?"

Mu Yan looked at his junior brother who was ten years younger than himself with a headache, and his father's conclusion that "he was born rebellious" appeared in his mind, and his face was full of worry and helplessness: "Junior brother, don't talk nonsense! Your lord, you are a wise man!" Rui Da, since you and I have been ordered to help each other, we should recognize the Lord wholeheartedly, how can we forget our feelings and do whatever we want like in the mountains and wilds!"

Jin Bai looked at Mu Yan sympathetically: "Master's brainwashing skills are really powerful! It's a pity that he misread the story of the master's ancestor and wanted to distort the relationship he had back then."

"Little Junior Brother!"

Seeing that Mu Yan was really angry, Jin Bai quickly waved his hands to calm things down: "It's up to you to think like this. It's just Li Zhang, but that may not be the case."

"He dares!"

Jin Bai put away his jokes, and said seriously: "Whether he dares or not is another matter, but you can't stand on the side of the prince! It's not like you haven't seen him when he first entered the palace, how can he be so vicissitudes now. He's not even 20 years old!"

Mu Yan was slightly shocked when he heard the words, but he insisted: "If you don't cut a jade, you can't make a weapon. The prince may be a bit ruthless, but he has made him!"

"You! Elm bump!"

Jin Bai finally gave up and left in a hurry.Mu Yan looked at Jin Bai's back innocently, and also felt that Jin Bai's rotten wood was indestructible.