Chapter 2 Reunion (Three)

"that's all?"

"that's all!"

"I really can't understand you two!" Chang Wanshu's arms tightened and she sighed.

At a certain moment in her heart, she even felt a little jealous. Although her marriage dates between her and Han Chongyun were approaching, she could be called a handsome man and a harmonious boy. However, the relationship between them has never been as fierce as that between her sister and Shi Yanbao, so fierce that she could be completely unreasonable and not ask about success or failure!

"Why have to understand? Life situations are different in nature!" Chang Wanying seemed to suddenly become a sister, patted Chang Wanshu's hand and said with a smile.

"You're so beautiful!" Chang Wanshu instantly realized her loss of composure, and took several steps back like a frightened cat, and swayed, "I hope his thoughts are the same as yours at this moment! This kid ran away without even saying goodbye to you. Thanks to your brother-in-law, he even told her that we are both in Taiyuan!"

Chang Wanying smiled indifferently and whispered: "As long as you know something in your heart, why bother to say it in person?"

"I'll be stubborn, and you'll cry in the future!" The sister couldn't stand her self-intoxication, and spat with a pout, quickly turned her head out the window.

Outside the window, it was already late spring, and the apricot flowers that had faded all color were swaying like snow.

The fallen flowers are colorful and the green willows are weaving.

On the banks of the Lushui River, Ning Ziming held the reins of a war horse with one hand and walked slowly along the pale white beach. Having passed Youzhou, Han Jing's home is said to be in the towering city twenty miles behind her. However, she wanted to chase and send everyone a ride, and she refused to wave goodbye.

Zhao Kuangyin, who had always been doing things neatly along the way, became a little mother-in-law. He stood in the shade of the tree beside the official road and said politely over and over again, but he was still unable to make up and jumped onto the horse.

Chai Rong was a veteran, so he just glanced at him and knew that the brothers and sisters were probably already in love with each other, so he simply greeted Ning Ziming and took his friends to the river to feed the animals. Although Ning Ziming had little experience, he could only understand the horse and followed the team silently.

Unlike Chai Rong, he has no intention of caring about whether there is any affection between others. He just wants to find enough excuses to travel north alone as soon as possible.

For him, the next path is better if he walks alone.

Both of the newly met brothers were very righteous. After learning that he might be Shi Yanbao, the second prince of the previous dynasty, not only did he not immediately cut off his mat and broke off his ties, but instead used all his skills to help him cover up his identity and help him avoid possible risks.

Therefore, if he put his heart in mind, he didn't want to add more trouble to his two brothers. The place where his father was confined was far away in Liaodong, and it was nearly a thousand miles away from Youzhou City behind him. If the Khitan government along the way was alarmed, even if the three brothers were covered in iron, it would be difficult for them to escape. (Note 1)

However, he didn't know how to reject the good intentions of the two brothers. Chai Rong had already told him clearly in private that in addition to making money to subsidize his adopted father's family income, another purpose was to secretly investigate the terrain, roads, and even the reality of various Khitan troops in Youzhou and even Liaodong. Even if he had not become a sworn brother on the way, he would personally go to Liaoyang.

Zhao Kuangyin became even more straightforward and announced directly that he had accidentally interrupted one of the legs of the eldest son of the uncle's uncle's family because he was meddling in the city of Bianliang, and he ran outside to avoid the limelight. In a short period of time, the farther he ran, the safer he was. As for Han Jing, it was the result of him being meddled with the other person halfway. After saving the person, he thought that he had a home that he could not go back anyway, so he just wanted to do it to the end and decided to send the woman back to Youzhou all the way.

"But my idiot is very different from the first two!" Ning Ziming thought depressedly, looking back at the figures under the shade of the tree.

Intuition told him that his second brother who had been a swearing second brother was not a lie. It was the biggest problem of Mr. Zhao. If it weren't for this, the three brothers would not have the chance to kill the thieves side by side in Yi County. However, the leg of the eldest son of the uncle Li Yejia was discounted. With the strength and connections of the Zhao family, he would pay more gold and silver and spend more effort to settle the disaster slowly. He saved a woman who had never known each other from the bandit and escorted Qianli. After it was spread, he would definitely be treated as a good talk and would do nothing to Zhao's second brother. Only by accompanying him to Liaoyang is purely a cause of trouble. Even if he could return to the Central Plains safely in the end, if someone bites him, I'm afraid no one can protect him.

"Don't worry, brother and Yuen Long are both sensible. If you really find that the limelight is wrong, you will definitely get out of here!" Just as you were so worried that you suck your teeth, Chai Rong's deep voice sounded in your ears.

"Big, brother!" Ning Ziming was startled, raised his head and said with a bitter face, "If I had known this, I wouldn't tell you who I am! I went to Liaoyang, I didn't know what I could do, what should I do..."

Halfway through his words, Chai Rong quickly waved his hand to interrupt, "Then we two brothers must follow you even more, so as not to be impulsive and overestimate our ability! As for hiding our identities from both of us, hehe, do you think that if you don't tell me yourself, we will never think that Zheng Ziming is Ning Ziming? After all, we are all the generals. In the past six months, General Xiao Ning, who is good at using flying axes, suddenly appeared in Wusheng's army, and we can't hear any news?!"

He spoke very slowly, and deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was talking about an extremely ordinary little thing. However, the eyes in his eyes were as bright as a blade, leaving the young man's mind at all.

"Then, that's different after all!" Ning Ziming's scalp was weak by Chai Rong's sharp gaze, lowered his head and murmured and insisted. "I, if I look for it in time, find an excuse, take a step first, brother, brother and second brother..."

Chai Rong looked at him again and interrupted with a smile, "Nonsense! There are so many things that have been done before? Look back and look at your second brother. Look carefully and see the person he sent back to Youzhou thousands of miles. Do you think he is a person who will give up easily because of his concern in his heart? Then you really despise him, and you and yourself!"

"Second brother, he..." Ning Ziming was confused when he heard this, and turned around as he said, carefully looking at Zhao Kuangyin and Han Jing who were saying goodbye. He had to admit that these two people were very compatible. The man was born with wide shoulders and wide back, and was tall and generous. At this time, he stood face to face under the shade of the tree, like two trees that had been born for thousands of years. No one could bear to take them apart.

"Don't just be envious of others. Look carefully at Han Jing. Will she really be the daughter of a wooden merchant in Youzhou as she said? "Chai Rong's words came again, with a hint of guidance. "Whether you walk in the world or stay in the court, learning to observe people is the first priority. No matter how good a person is at hiding, his words can deceive you, but his eyes are difficult to deceive you, let alone things like words and behaviors that have been developed for a long time. Unless you have completely forgotten the past like you, you will be rich and powerful, or a peddler. As long as you look carefully, you can see clearly without much effort!"

Ning Ziming's eyes were straightened, staring at Han Jing's figure from afar, muttering, "You, are you talking about Han, Sister Han, who was born in an official family? Then, isn't he the daughter of an important official in the enemy country? Then, that..."

Suddenly, his scalp tightened, and he instinctively wanted to find an axe. Chai Rong quickly took a step forward and grabbed his shoulder, "She is her, her family is her family. If she has malicious intentions towards us, we may be arrested as soon as we enter the territory of Liao. We have no chance to get here at all!"

"Oh!" Ning Ziming blushed, feeling embarrassed for his naivety and recklessness.

In his previous knowledge, since Youzhou is the land of the enemy country, the officials of Youzhou and their children, whether they are Khitans or Han people, are all their own life and death enemies. As long as they have the chance, they will definitely kill each other first and then soon. However, he now knows that his two rebellious brothers have different ideas from him. They have long guessed Han Jing's origin, but they seem to be irrelevant at all, and neither ask or mention it on their own initiative.

"There are two families in Youzhou whose surnames Han are highly valued by the Emperor of Liao. One is Han Yanhui and his descendants, and the other is Han Zhigu's son and nephew, both of whom are famous. Since your second brother dares to send him away thousands of miles away, how could he care about provoking you, the prince of the previous dynasty?" Chai Rong patted him gently, then let go of his hand, with unconcealed confidence in his smile. "At the beginning, it was our Central Plains emperor who took the initiative to ced Yanyun, not the Central Plains betrayed by the people of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun. Therefore, if you are more determined, our generation should lead the army to the northern expedition and take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun from the Khitans, instead of treating all the Yanyun people as alien races." (Note 2)

"Yeah!" Ning Ziming was enlightened, took a step back and gave a solemn salute to Chai Rong, "Thank you, brother! I've been taught!"

"You don't have to be too polite. I'm more than teenager than you, so I can see clearly!" Chai Rong smiled and turned his back, then waved his hand gently, "I really don't know what you are when you are at your age. Okay, stop thinking about it, three stakes of one fence. Since our brothers have already knocked their heads to the ground, there is no reason to let you go into the tiger's den by yourself. Quickly pack up your mount and prepare to leave. Hey? Strange, why did Miss Han follow you again?"

In the last sentence, he was just talking to himself. Ning Ziming turned his head in surprise when he heard this. Sure enough, he saw that Han Jing, who had been reluctant to say goodbye to Zhao Kuangyin, actually led his horse to the river beach. He found that he had become the focus of everyone's eyes. She smiled softly first, and then said openly: "I'll go together too! Anyway, I've arrived at the door of my house. It's not much difference to go back a few days or later!"

"Huh?" Chai Rong frowned slightly, looked at Zhao Kuangyin with a red face, and then looked at the generous Han Jing. He didn't say a word. He turned his head and flew onto a horse.

"Let's go! Let's go! There's no difference between going back a few days earlier and going back a few days later. There's no difference between going back or not! Mr. Zhao, please go slowly. Let's take the lead!" Everyone laughed and jumped onto their mounts, shook the reins, and galloped past the wooden bridge on the Lushui River.

Behind me, the warm sunshine filled the entire river bank.

Note 1: Youzhou is located in the area of ​​today's Beijing. At this moment, it is also known as Youdu, and it is the accompanying capital of the Liao Kingdom and a military center.
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