In the private room of Zuixiang Building, Lu Yan ordered a table of food, and Xiaoer saw that there were only two guests, scratched his head and said: "Guest officer, you... just two people?"
Lu Yan raised her eyelids, "Huh? Why?"
"No, no, guest officer, please wait a moment, I will immediately order the kitchen to deliver the guest's food to the queue." Xiaoer retreated with a smile.
Shi Langqi looked at Lu Yan who was lying on the table, "Why do you want to invite senior brother to dinner today?"
Lu Yan sat up straight, "Eat when you eat, there are so many reasons."
Shi Langqi nodded, speechless.
The dishes were served in a short while, Shi Langqi saw Lu Yan poking the rice in the bowl absently with his chopsticks, "Not to your liking?"
Lu Yan put down his chopsticks, "No way, I ordered this, so why would it not suit my taste?"
"Then eat more, I see that you are much thinner than before." Shi Langqi picked up a chopstick and put it in Lu Yan's bowl.
Lu Yan leaned on the back of the chair, stretched, "I lost weight?" He stretched out his hand and touched his face, "How could you tell, besides, we don't know how many years we haven't seen each other."
"Five years."
"what?"
"It's been five years." Shi Langqi also put down his chopsticks and said in a deep voice.
Lu Yan sighed, "I left the teacher's school at the age of seventeen, and now... I am twenty-two." Time urges the boy to grow up, "Twenty-two, senior brother..." Shi Langqi was shocked when he heard the words, Lu Yan's eyes lighted up, "Am I too willful, it's time to grow up."
Lu Yan didn't care about Shi Langqi, and said to himself: "I was pretentious back then, and I didn't want to be trapped in a world, so I packed my bags and left regardless of my master and brother's dissuasion. Who wants to know how big the world is, and gets confused. , the boy back then has become neither human nor ghost, full of nonsense."
Lu Yan rested his wrist on his eyes, and it took him a while to say, "How is the master?"
"Master was very sad after you left, so he won't accept apprentices anymore." Lu Yan said nothing, but his arms trembled slightly, and Shi Langqi smiled again: "Master has been paying attention to you silently. I don't say it, but I am proud of you, and I told me that I would break my crutches when I saw you before I would give up."
"Really?" Lu Yan looked at Shi Langqi with red eyes.
"You cried."
Lu Yan wiped her eyes with her sleeve, "You are crying! Your whole family is crying!"
"Master has really been paying attention to me?" Lu Yan asked cautiously, seeing Shi Langqi nodding, a little old man with a beard and staring eyes appeared in his mind, and tears welled up in his eyes again.
Thinking about how many times he was deceived and bullied when he was new to the world, and he didn't know how to understand the world, but every time he was able to save himself from danger and narrowly escaped death, it turned out that there was always a pair of hands behind him to protect him.
"Go back and see the master when you have time, he misses you very much." Shi Langqi handed his handkerchief to Lu Yan, who took it despite his dislike.
"Brother!"
"Ok?"
"Do you blame me?"
"..."
"Brother? Hey...forget it."
"Never..."
"..."
Lu Yan's smile froze on his face, he sniffled, turned his head away, and remained silent.
Back at the Changqing Mansion, Lu Yan sat in the house, clutching the package that he packed a few days ago, and was in a daze for a while, until a few dogs barking woke him up.
Standing up in a trance, he saw a person entering the house, and hurriedly hid the package behind him, "Mr...why are you here?"
"I came here to ask you, what's the matter with feeling hot and dry recently?"
Lu Yan took his pulse and thought for a moment, "I have always used medicinal materials for nourishing qi and blood. You have been practicing Wu Qinxi recently, and your health is much better than before. I am afraid that you will lose if you gain qi and blood. I will prescribe a warm medicine for you. The prescription will be ready."
"The heavy baggage is deformed, and there is a lot of silver in it, right?" Seeing Lu Yan, Bai Lanshi hid the package behind him again, and said with a smile, "Okay, put it down, is it heavy with one hand?"
Lu Yan put the package aside and said embarrassingly, "My lord, you know all about it!"
"Why do you want to leave?" Bai Lanshi asked, touching his sleeve.
Lu Yan said aggrievedly: "I have been with the young master for four years, and I have never been able to cure the young master's body. Lu Yan is ashamed of the young master."
"The year you didn't come, I couldn't even leave my small room. Didn't I come to the capital before Dr. Shi came? Didn't I rely on you?" Bai Lanshi glanced at Lu Yanxu's hand Hand, "Doctor Shi never asked about my medicine and food, no one in the house has ever questioned your medical skills, isn't that enough?"
"My lord, but Shi Langqi has indeed improved your health, it's because I'm not as good as others." Lu Yan said.
"If it wasn't for your decoction to hang me up, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the life to see Shi Langqi. How do you know that it's not the medicinal materials you used combined with Shi Langqi's Wu Qin Xi that made my body better? Lu Yan, don't underestimate yourself. "
Seeing the person, Bai Lanshi stopped talking, "But you can leave if you really want to. You are not allowed to take anything from the mansion with you."
"Why!" Lu Yan said dissatisfied.
"Because I am the head of this family, I brought you back." Bai Lanshi got up, and Lu Yan subconsciously wanted to help, but Bai Lanshi fixed him in place with a glance, "I will wait for you tomorrow morning. The medicine is here with me." After speaking, he walked away with a flick of his sleeves, leaving Lu Yan struggling on the spot.
In the early morning of the second day, after Bai Lanshi finished practicing a set of Wu Qin Xi under the leadership of Shi Langqi, he saw Lu Yan arriving late with medicine, "My lord, this is the medicine that I mentioned yesterday."
Shi Langqi glanced at Bai Lanshi, who frowned and gulped down the medicine. Bai Lanshi patted Lu Yan's shoulder, "It's not bitter this time, and there is a reward."
Lu Yan regained his energy immediately, "My lord, what kind of reward is that?"
"Ask Dr. Shi for it." Bai Lanshi went back to take a bath with a smile on his lips.
Lu Yan looked at Shi Langqi contemptuously, "Liar Shi, what did you say to the young master?"
Shi Langqi shook his head innocently, "Yesterday, the one who paid for each senior, why is this one becoming a liar today!"
Lu Yan recalled yesterday's gaffe in front of Shi Langqi, and became angry from embarrassment, "I almost forgot, Shi Liar, pay me back the money from yesterday's meal."
"Good junior brother, you are the one who invited senior brother to eat, why do you want money for the meal?" Shi Langqi said avoiding Lu Yan's claws.
While grabbing Shi Langqi, Lu Yan said, "I was asking for a breakup meal, who knows it didn't break up, anyway, you can either spit it out to me, or give me the money for the meal!"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to spit it out, and I won't be able to get enough." Shi Langqi said.
"I'm a liar, I'll never end with you!!!" Lu Yan shouted standing in the yard.
...
On the first day Shi Langqi came to Changqing's house, he went to look for Bai Lanshi in private.
"My junior brother has a very strong self-esteem for medical skills. If I take over all the work, that kid will be sad, so I can only teach you Wu Qinxi, my son. I have to take over the medicine and food." Shi Langqi said.
"Is Pharmacist threatening me?" Bai Lanshi raised his eyebrows slightly, as if he had discovered something interesting.
Shi Langqi said neither humble nor overbearing, "I dare not, but it's okay to say so."
For a moment, the air between the two seemed to freeze.
Bai Lanshi changed the subject, and smiled softly, "Lu Yan is lucky to have a brother like you."
"My son is also a blessed person."
Bai Lanshi smiled wryly, "According to Doctor Shi's words."
Bai Lanshi was wearing white tulle, sitting barefoot and cross-legged on the wooden platform in the yard, wiping his hair slowly with a towel.
Summer has come quietly, and the magnolia that has lost most of it blooms tenaciously, pressing down on the branches in disgust.
Bai Lanshi stretched his waist, and stretched out his hand to reach for one, but he was snatched away by a knife in one hand.
Qi Huan handed the magnolia in his hand to Bai Lanshi, sat down beside him, looked up at the luxuriant magnolia tree, and said with a smile: "Brother, the trees here are in full bloom, but the last time I saw them, they were all bare. .”
Qi Huan hasn't been here since he bumped into Bai Lanshi taking a bath.
Bai Lanshi raised his eyes and looked at the radiant young man with Erlang legs crossed, picked up the teacup and sipped his mouth slightly, Qi Huan looked at Bai Lanshi with a smile, his eyes were curved like little crescents, showing sweet little canine teeth, "What does brother see me doing?"
"Your Highness, do you want to go to the battlefield?" Bai Lanshi admitted that there was a moment of hesitation in his heart when he saw the beauty of the young man, but in just a short moment, his reason took over his sensibility.
The young man in front of him is going to be the emperor, how can he maintain his youthful disposition.
Qi Huan was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, "Why did brother say that?"
Bai Lanshi lowered his eyes and stopped looking at Qi Huan, put down his cup and continued to rub his hair, "Your Highness should know the purpose of coming to Beijing, but His Majesty will send troops to pacify the Dongying people in time, and will definitely assign a prince to guard the army."
"So brother means to let me go?" Qi Huan slightly pursed his lips in displeasure.
"Yes, Your Highness. This is a good opportunity to help Your Highness establish military merits and establish a reputation in the army."
Qi Huan took the towel in Bai Lanshi's hand, gently wiped his soft hair, and said slowly, "I listen to my brother."
I thought I was going to talk to Qi Huanyou, but I didn't expect him to agree so quickly. Bai Lanshi secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and said softly, as if telling a child who was going far away, "Wei Wei will take the initiative to invite Ying to go with you. If you don’t understand anything, go to Wei Wei, he has rich experience.”
"Brother thinks I'm a dude in the capital." Qi Huan said with a smile.
"It doesn't matter what you take. The important thing is to let the lieutenant know that you, Qi Huan, are a wise king."
"I will definitely not let my brother down." Qi Huan smiled so much that he couldn't see his teeth. Taking advantage of people not paying attention, he stroked the soft hair in his hand with his index finger, slightly lost in thought.
Bai Lanshi turned around, Qi Huan hurriedly let go of his hands in shock, Bai Lanshi looked into Qi Huan's eyes quietly, the surrounding wind and bird sounds seemed to have nothing to do with him, Qi Huan felt his chest pounding, and was stunned. Look at the person in front of you.
Bai Lanshi curled his lips slightly, turned around and said at the same time, "Come back alive... the most important thing."
Within a few days of this conversation, His Majesty mentioned in the early court that the frontier was being harassed by the Dongying people. As planned, Qi Huan took the initiative to invite Ying, and Wei Wei followed closely. Finally, it was determined that Qi Huan, Wei Wei and Meng Hong led 50,000 soldiers, 5,000 light cavalry, 3,000 archers, and 1,000 heavy armored soldiers to the frontier.
Bai Lanshi stayed up all night, leaning against the bedpost, rubbing his drowsy head, "Has the army set off yet?"
"Master Hui, we are leaving at five o'clock today." Lu Yan put the medicine on the small table beside Bai Lanshi's bed. Bai Lanshi gulped down the medicine and took a deep breath, "Go and take Qin Zhu to live here, and send him back when General Wei returns to the mansion."
"My lord is considerate." Lu Yan took the jade bowl with a smile.
Rong Le came slowly from outside and saluted, "My lord, King Kang and King Heng are here."
"King Heng? I can understand that King Kang is here, but what does King Heng mean?" Lu Yan frowned puzzled.
Bai Lanshi endured a headache and got out of bed, "Go and meet and you'll know."
Sitting in the reception room were two teenagers dressed in extraordinary clothes. Seeing Bai Lanshi, they stood up and saluted one after another, and Bai Lanshi bowed in return.
After being seated, Qi Jingrui spoke first, "I was able to see Mr. Father at the birthday banquet. I originally wanted to visit, but who thought it would be delayed until today."
"His Royal Highness Prince Heng is thinking about Bai, and Bai is honored." Bai Lanshi took the tea from Rong Le.
Qi Jingrui glanced at Rongle, looked at Bai Lanshi and said with a smile, "The girls in Mr.'s house are more beautiful than the flowers in this spring!"
Qi Jing frowned when he heard this, and said coldly, "Why is the third brother so ignorant of etiquette?"
Qi Jingrui stared at Bai Lanshi without saying a word, then saw Bai Lanshi smiled, "Rong Le is my personal maid, although she serves others, she is also like my righteous sister."
"This king offended me." Qi Jingrui cupped his hands, but there was no expression of apology on his face.
Qi Jing changed the subject, "Sir, do you know that the Dongying people have invaded our Daqi frontier fortress?"
"I heard that although the Dongying people are short in stature, they have brute force. They burned, killed and looted at the frontier, and pressed into our Daqi frontier."
Qi Jing clenched his fists angrily, "I hate that this king can't go to the frontier to kill these Xiaoxiao."
"Brother is so arrogant." Qi Jingrui smiled disdainfully with squinting eyes.
Now Bailanshi became interested, and asked meaningfully, "Oh? What's your opinion, Prince Heng?"
Qi Jingrui took a sip of the teacup, "There is nothing more than a good word between people, since the Dongying people are so strong, why can't they take it for their own use and use their hands to expand our Daqi territory."
"You are working with ferocious beasts, and if you don't handle them properly, you will be eaten back by them!" Qi Jing snorted.
"My younger brother just said that, why should elder brother be so angry?" Qi Jingrui said with a surly smile.
Qi Jing turned his head and remained silent, Bai Lanshi straightened his sleeves and said slowly, "His Royal Highness Prince Heng turned an enemy into a friend is really wonderful, but what King Kang said is not without reason, people in Dongying are greedy, and if you master it well, you are a sharp blade. If it’s not good, it will hurt others and yourself.”
Qi Jingrui said impatiently: "Originally, I invited you to go boating in the suburbs tomorrow, but the topic went wrong after we talked about it."
It was only then that Qi Jing remembered the purpose of his visit, "Sir, are you free tomorrow? The lotus flowers are in full bloom in the suburban sea and lake in summer, and you can smell the subtle fragrance from a distance. It is said that it is even more fragrant when you go deep into it."
"The two Highnesses said so, so that Bai's heart is moved." Bai Lanshi said with a smile.
After sending off Queen Heng, Qi Jing said to Bai Lanshi a little embarrassedly, "Tomorrow I will pick you up, sir."
"Your Highness needn't be like that."
"The sea and the lake are not close, so one more person will take care of you along the way."
Seeing Qi Jing's sincere face, Bai Lanshi couldn't refuse. Seeing Qi Jing finally showed a boyish smile.
Bai Lanshi kept supporting his drowsy head, but when his eyes went dark, his footsteps became chaotic, and he staggered to the side.
"Sir!!!" Qi Jing grabbed Bai Lanshi's arm, and Bai Lanshi bowed his hands, "It's okay, I suffered from insomnia last night, and I felt dizzy this morning."
Qi Jing stood aside and asked hesitantly, "Is it because of Qi Huan?"
Bai Lanshi rubbed his brows and asked in confusion, "What's the matter with Guan Qihuan?"
"I thought sir was worried about Qi Huan." Qi Jing sighed secretly.
"He's not a child anymore, he has to face some things." Bai Lanshi pushed Qi Jing's hand away and stood firm.
"Sir, don't you think that Qi Huan treats you..." Qi Jing hesitated to speak.
Bai Lanshi looked up into Qi Jing's eyes and said, "In my eyes, you and Qi Huan are both children of the palace."
Qi Jing pursed his lips, "Sir, please rest, I will pick you up tomorrow."
After sending Qi Jing away, he saw a small attendant running out from the side, and said beamingly, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Bai?"
"I'm officially here, may I ask?" Bai Lanshi said.
"This is Fuzi, the attendant of King Rui." Fuzi took out a letter from his cuff and handed it to Bai Lanshi, "King Rui specially asked the boy to deliver this letter to Mr. today."