A young man in regular clothes ran in a hurry, saw Du Zheng through the hanging flower gate, and shouted loudly: "Brother Du! Brother Du!" Zheng took care of it, so it was called intimately.
Du Zheng scratched his ears: "Change your street habits, and stop making noise in the mansion." After the storm, the bell on the hanging lotus column blew somewhere, and he was tying a new one, "Aren't you Xiu Mu? It's too early to come back."
Xiao Sheng said anxiously: "The general is going back to Saibei!"
Du Zheng was taken aback, what did you say? Back to Saibei? What a big joke, if you leave the quality, it is estimated that it will be hard to get back in this life. He waved his hand, thinking of Meizi, and sighed towards the bell.
"Brother Du! I'm not stupid!" Xiao Sheng turned around in a hurry, "Many people on the street have seen it. Chang'an eight hundred li has just arrived, and the general is ordered to return to the fortress immediately!"
Du Zheng stared: "Really?" He was dubious, turned around and walked out, asking Xiaosheng to explain the situation in detail. Xiao Sheng followed him, which street he was in, what clothes the postman chief was wearing, and how dazzling the bright yellow pockets were.
The faster he walked, Du Zheng's footsteps became equally hasty, he believed it, and he knew what he said was true when he heard the postman's uniform. Stepping out of the gate of the mansion, looking to the east, he saw a tall figure striding towards him.
"Master!" Du Zheng went up to meet him, shouting four or five times.
Huo Linfeng strode into the mansion without pausing at all: "Send someone to call Hu Feng, and Mr. Zhao, Mr. Xu..." He gave a series of orders, including almost all officials at the lower level of Xiganling, "If it's in the mansion, call Xiu Mu back and talk about something at night."
Du Zheng nodded blindly and walked with him until he walked to the garden.
Huo Linfeng raised his foot and kicked: "Don't do it yet!"
With a startled voice, as if venting, the maid who was picking flowers in the garden was palpitating with fright. But Du Zheng stood there bravely, staring at the other party steadfastly.
Huo Linfeng suddenly remembered that the bell on the lotus pillar was very brand new just after passing the Hanging Flower Gate.
"Tell me," he said in a daze, "is the bell at home still haunted?"
With such a sentence, Du Zheng knew that Guisai was a certainty, so he left to deal with it in no time. In the garden path, only Huo Linfeng was left alone at dusk, and took out the bright yellow handwriting from his bosom. When the scene was photographed, the red portrait was a wedding invitation.
Raising his eyes a little, his eyes just fell on the small pavilion, where he was making bamboo lanterns, and Rong Luoyun was painting his portrait. There was also the crabapple tree, Rong Luoyun was standing under the tree, wearing a red dress for the first time.
Huo Linfeng couldn't move anymore. The garden was beautiful, but it couldn't keep him. The one who made his memory confused and unable to walk was the one person who left behind a lot of shadows in the garden.
He had no intention of going to the south of the Yangtze River, but when he ran into Rong Luoyun by mistake, he had a heart here.
Now, he should go.
Huo Linfeng glanced at the sky, the sun was setting and the night was approaching. He forced himself to take a step, which was so heavy that he was exhausted physically and mentally when he walked out of the garden.
Within half an hour, all the reported officials arrived and gathered in the hall of the main garden. Everyone whispered to each other, and they all heard that the general was going to return to the fortress, so they couldn't help feeling worried.
"I heard that there is a war in Saibei. Could it be that the situation is serious?", "Then there is the Marquis of Dingbei sitting in the town, and the general at the border of the town.", "After leaving, will General Huo come back..."
I don't know who asked this sentence, the surroundings quieted down, looking at each other, no one dared to speculate. They dare not be officials, but the common people outside do not shy away from it, and they have already talked about it.
In the study, Huo Linfeng scribbled behind the table, writing down his future arrangements by category. Du Zheng waited on him, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling, his expression was richer than that of the actors in the troupe.
Huo Linfeng caught a glimpse from the corner of his eye: "Are you sick?"
Du Zheng scratched his head: "Master, I have mixed feelings." Returning to Saibei in a hurry, it shows that the war is tight, and war is definitely not a good thing. But once he goes back, he will be able to see Lord Hou, his wife, the young master, and the plum he misses the most...
Mixed joys and sorrows, really can not clarify.
After a while, Huo Linfeng said in a low voice, "Me too."
Du Zheng was stunned for a moment, recalling the young master's attitude, calm and self-possessed, orderly arranging affairs, big and small, could it be... He knocked sideways: "Master, when you just found out, were you flustered?"
Huo Linfeng finished writing and put down his pen, without answering, he walked out with a stack of notebooks. When he arrived at the hall, something urgent happened. After he took his seat, he went straight to the point and told everyone that he was about to return to the frontier.
He spoke in a calm manner, and after the uproar passed, he said, "It's really in a hurry, I can't take care of many aspects, I can only do my best."
Distribute all the brochures, and make arrangements for the military, public security, agriculture, sideline industry and commerce, in fact, all aspects. Everyone was amazed when they read it. How to do it in a short period of time seems to have been well thought out long ago.
But apart from everything, there was only one thing that was not mentioned. Someone asked: "General, about the construction of the Longevity Palace..."
Huo Linfeng said, "It's on hold."
The imperial court has allocated funds to Saibei, the three armies have not moved, food and grass go first, if it continues, even if there are a hundred men in the Huo family, it will be in vain, the emperor just waits for the turmoil in the country.
Don't talk nonsense, explain everything in detail, and leave Hu Feng alone.
Huo Linfeng clenched his fists all the time, and said: "I'm leaving, it's best if you don't get affected, and I can't restore my original appearance." He lowered his eyes and spread his hands, with a soldier talisman lying on his palm, "But as long as I don't hand over this You guys are still my soldiers, understand?"
Hu Feng lifted his robe and knelt down: "The whole army is waiting for the general to return in triumph."
Huo Linfeng sneered, the mockery was for himself. "Have you never fought a war?" He said, playing with the soldier talisman, "Before going to the battlefield, I never prayed for victory."
Every time I go, I have the heart to die.
You can be invincible only if you put it to death and then live again.
He said: "Tell all brothers for me that you have nothing to do to train soldiers, and you have to fight for your life. The reason is not for military merit rewards, but for your wives and children, Gaotang, confidantes and friends, and all living beings in the world."
Hu Feng clasped his fists, using great strength: "Listen to the general's instruction" pause, "Only recognize the general's orders."
Huo Linfeng glanced at it, and said for a while, "Go."
After the tea was served, the hall was only full of tables and cups. Huo Linfeng's seat was facing the door, and the courtyard was outside the door. He suddenly remembered that when he first arrived at the monastery on the top of the mountain, Rong Luoyun was sitting in a corner leaning against the door frame.
A square scene, with multiple thin figures from the back, makes people feel pitiful in every possible way.
Huo Linfeng watched in rapt attention, unaware that someone was calling him. "General, general!" Xiao Sheng ran to the door, "All the servants have gathered and are waiting in the front yard."
Huo Linfeng was suddenly tired: "Let Du Zheng do it, I'm tired."
Xiao Sheng nodded, but he was a child who couldn't hold back his words. He asked bluntly, "General, are you still coming back?"
Huo Linfeng got up slowly, and he didn't know if he would come back. In fact, it was never up to him to come at that time and go at this time.
He walked back to the bedroom slowly, stopped in front of the couch, and stared at the portrait on the wall with his hands behind his back. The person in the painting is also looking at him, faintly, with a faint smile.
I don't know how long I watched, the voices of people outside the house rushed, it was a group of maids and servants.
Du Zheng entered the room, he knew what his master was thinking when he saw the back, he reported: "Master, I have informed everyone that most of the servants have been dismissed, and they will leave one after another in two days, leaving only some old people to take care of them. "
"Yes." Huo Linfeng said, "It's hard work for everyone to pay half a year's worth of money."
Du Zheng had already done everything, so he approached and went to get the baggage from the cabinet. He sat by the bed to tidy up, glanced at it from time to time, and swallowed a few words, feeling very uncomfortable.
This trip was in a hurry, and the checkpoints and post stations along the way were all handled, and everything was kept simple. After folding the two sets of clothes, he stopped and asked, "Master, what else do you bring, I'll pack it up quickly."
Huo Linfeng said: "Soldier Talisman, Official Seal."
Of course Du Zheng knew about those things, and said in a cliché, "Is there anything else?"
Huo Linfeng stepped on the small couch, took off the portrait on the wall, and rolled it up little by little. This painting is going to be taken away, he is like a child going out for the first time, holding the baby nervously.
There is still a picture hanging on the wall, if someone misses him, maybe they will come to get it.
After late at night, Huo Linfeng went to bed, and Du Zheng nestled on the couch to watch the night. There was not a single lamp left in the room, and the moonlight shone in, making it quiet and hazy. Suddenly, Huo Linfeng murmured: "Does he know?"
This is a soliloquy, and I don't intend to ask for an answer. Du Zheng heard it and said, "Master, he will know sooner or later."
Huo Linfeng closed his eyes: "Maybe I should tell him that night." He wrote back that the war was tight, and he would ask the emperor to allow him to return to Saibei for insurance purposes, and he would take this opportunity to let him return to Saibei.
"Will it come back?" he asked.
Everyone asked him, and he wanted to know too.
Du Zheng comforted: "Young master, there is still father feud between you, in fact, it's better to break it off as soon as possible."
Huo Linfeng understands, but understanding does not mean willingness. He turned over and covered himself with the quilt, and sighed heavily under the blanket... Anyway, he would leave anyway.
Before dawn the next day, the master and servant were ready to set off, but as soon as they left the house, they were startled by the servants in the courtyard. No one in the house was sleeping soundly, knowing that the general was leaving early in the morning, they all came out to see him off.
Huo Linfeng just nodded, unable to say anything, when he reached the door, the door slowly opened, and he was suddenly stunned looking at the scene outside. The guards lined up, and Hu Feng led the soldiers to guard the long street, spreading it all the way to the city gate.
The street is full of people, it's still dark tomorrow, why are they all up
Huo Linfeng got on the horse, pulled the reins and looked around. Those groups were the households rescued by Xiaopuzhuang, the group were the fishermen who were scolded by him at the pier, the dolls he hugged, and the old people who stuffed sesame cakes for him. Ru, everyone is there.
This scene is very familiar, exactly the same as the day he left Sai. He didn't know what to say, so he took the rein and took a step forward with the wind swinging his ponytail.
This movement was like a signal, and everyone shouted in unison, instantly resounding in all directions.
"—Send General Huo back to the fortress!"
Walking forward, Huo Linfeng looked at the whitening sky. The road behind him was quickly blocked, and people followed him, shouting "triumph" and "safety".
He couldn't bear this situation, so he ordered his soldiers to stop him, and then looked back.
After looking at it all, he whipped his horse and galloped away.
When I approach the city gate, once I go out, I don't know when I will return. "Du Zheng!" Huo Linfeng turned around, "Wait for me outside the city, I'll come as soon as I go!"
He was heading southeast, galloping all the way down Lengsang Mountain, his mind was so blank that he didn't have any words to say.
When he arrived at the Extraordinary Palace and saw Rong Luoyun, how would he speak? Saibei, Jiangnan, how can the thousands of mountains and rivers that block it be explained hastily
The disciple who was on guard all night was exhausted, and when he heard the horse's hooves touching the ground, he immediately became vigilant. At this time, Huo Linfeng galloped to the front of the palace gate and shouted loudly: "Open the door!"
The disciple asked, "What's the matter with General Huo?"
Huo Linfeng said: "I want to see the Second Palace Mistress, open the door!"
The high door opened slowly, and he rushed in with his horse's belly. "Drive!" After crossing the long street and passing Miao Cang Terrace, Duan Chenbi was startled. Outside Qianji Hall, he met a large group of disciples, rushing against the current without slowing down.
At this moment, Wuming was in the middle, and Rong Luoyun had just gotten up, washed his face, and ate pancakes under the eaves with his hair down. The wolf cub guarded him, smelling the scent, its claws hooked on his clothes.
"When I'm full, Dad will take you to the military camp." Rong Luoyun muttered, "... Let your mother feed you meat."
He laughed after he finished talking, and was bored for several days, concentrating on naming this "wild son", and finally managed to hold back a loud one. After combing your hair later, go and tell the hands-off shopkeeper surnamed Huo.
Just as Rong Luoyun was thinking, he suddenly heard the horse's hooves flying fast, and the wolf cubs ran out sharply.
He chased after him, and at the door of Wumingju, he saw the person coming, a horse with a strong mane, and Huo Linfeng barely stopped in front of him. "Why are you here?" He was slightly surprised and a little embarrassed, "I haven't combed my hair yet."
Huo Linfeng dismounted, took two steps closer, and pressed his thin lips tightly.
Rong Luoyun felt something strange, the horse's back was hung with a bundle, and the other party was also tied up. He wondered: "You..."
"I gotta go."
In a daze, he nodded and said, "Are you going out to do some errands? How many days?"
He didn't wait for the other party's answer, and hurriedly added: "I've already figured out the name of the wolf cub, and I'm going to tell you today, then wait for you—"
Huo Linfeng interrupted him: "I'm going back to Saibei."
Rong Luoyun paused, what
Huo Linfeng repeated: "I'm going back to Saibei to fight, and I'm here to say goodbye to you." With bitterness in his throat, it became extremely difficult to speak, "Take care of yourself, and let me rest assured."
Rong Luoyun moved his lips, only then did he remember that he hadn't wiped his face clean, he wiped his face indiscriminately, covered it with his palm, and didn't put it down for a long while.
"What, when will you be back?" he asked.
After asking, he seemed to feel confused, so he changed his words again: "Are you coming back?"
Huo Linfeng couldn't answer, so he took out the eagle bone flute from his bosom and stuffed it into Rong Luoyun's hand. When his fingertips touched, his calmness collapsed, and he hugged Rong Luoyun tightly.
Rong Luoyun was numb, even in a trance.
At this time, Huo Linfeng said the last sentence in a deep voice, with thin lips attached to his ears. He let go of his hand, and couldn't wait for the warmth of his embrace, so he let go of his hand helplessly.
Take two steps back and get on your horse.
He left without looking back.
Rong Luoyun stood there blankly, his back gradually became a little bit, but he still didn't accept the hasty farewell. But the words were still in their ears, and they really separated.
Just now, Huo Linfeng said to him: "In the world, I only loved you."