"Father!"
When Li Kuan was thinking about it, a clear and soft voice rang in his ears. When he turned and looked at a girl about five years old, a pair of star-like eyes were full of doubts, and his thick black hair was vertical and straight. Next, the flickering big eyes stared at Li Kuan, and there was a bit of cowardice in his eyes. With a rounded little face, the delicate facial features would surely grow up to be a beautiful and moving woman.
"Ruolan is not hurrying to meet His Royal Highness King Chu!"
Li Ke's gentle eyes motioned to her daughter Ruolan to salute, Li Ruolan hurriedly bowed to the salute, Li Kuan was taken aback for a moment and nodded with a smile, looking at the innocent girl in front of him, there was an inexplicable feeling in his heart, as if he saw his daughter. of.
"What's your name?"
Li Kuan's eyes are full of kindness, and he is very patient with children, of course the two ghosts and elves in his family are not among them. Although the girl in front of him was still young and a little afraid of life, he could see that Li Ke absolutely devoted a lot of hard work to teaching. While she was childish in her gestures and gestures, she was also somewhat decent. The palace of Wu was following the rules, and the girl in front of him treated Li. Ke's name can be seen to be cultivated since childhood.
"Ruolan!"
Li Ruolan replied timidly, that she seldom touches people, not because she doesn't want to, but as a woman, she can't look at Li Kuan like a man with her head up, suddenly remembering where she seems to have seen this person in front of her
"How old is it?" Li Kuan asked with a smile.
Li Ruolan replied respectfully: "I will be five years old in one month!"
"You don't need to be polite in front of me, relax!" Li Kuan squatted casually in front of Li Ruolan, and carefully looked at the girl in front of him, with a loving smile on her face, Li Ruolan quietly glanced at her father, Li Kuan smiled He said: "Don't pay attention to him, he can't be the master in front of me!"
Li Ke felt uncomfortable when he heard the words: "What does it mean that I can't call the shots? She is my daughter and not yours!"
Li Ke didn't know the purpose of Li Kuan's coming here, but seeing that he was kind to his daughter, and the love in his eyes could not be concealed. Li Ke didn't stop, nodded and motioned to her daughter to listen to Li Kuan. After getting her father's consent, Li Ruolan became more courageous and was not afraid of Li Kuan. She curiously asked, "It seems that Ruolan has met His Royal Highness!"
"His name is too good, let me call my second uncle!" Li Kuan took the initiative to get closer to Li Ruolan, Li Ruolan was stunned, and Li Ke was also dull-eyed. Under Li Kuan's temptation, Li Ruolan quickly adapted to the new relationship. He called him, and was not afraid of Li Kuan, but was very close to him. The young and the young were chatting like this without anyone else. On the contrary, it was Li Ke's father who was sitting on the sidelines and no one answered him.
"It's time to study!" Li Ke, who had been sitting beside him without speaking, finally spoke, but it was already half an hour later. Seeing her father speak, Li Ruolan felt a little bit disheartened, and courageously asked in a low voice: "After the second uncle Can you still see Ruolan?"
"of course can!"
Li Kuan replied in the affirmative. Li Ruolan’s inner smile made Li Kuan very useful. The reason why Li Ke interrupted the dialogue between Li Kuan and his daughter was not because he was jealous of his daughter’s approach to Li Kuan, but because he knew Li Kuan’s trip. There must be a reason. Li Ke's idea is to open up her daughter so that they can open up. There are too many things that her daughter is not suitable for knowing when she is young.
Li Kuan watched Li Ruolan reluctantly leaving with a smile. From time to time, he glanced at Li Kuan secretly, and the corners of his mouth rose and left happily. When Li Ruolan's back disappeared from the vision of the two of them, Li Ke opened the door and asked, "I don't know what his Royal Highness King Chu has done in my house today?"
"I'll collect the bill!"
Li Kuan’s smile disappeared, his face suddenly turned cold, his sharp gaze looked at Li Ke, the low voice did not make Li Ke retreat, ignoring Li Kuan’s momentum, gracefully picked up the tea cup, took a sip of tea, and returned calmly. Said: "I don't know what the King Chu will collect?"
"Could it be that King Wu himself forgot what he did?" Li Kuan smiled and looked at Li Ke, who was still pretending to be deaf and dumb. Li Ke still smiled unmovedly: "Why did the King of Chu say this? Me and Chu What can happen between the kings?"
"Since King Wu forgets too much, then I don't mind letting you recall memories!" Li Kuan gritted his teeth and looked at the disguised Li Ke. He wanted to peel off the other party's disguise, always thinking that King Wu and Li Ke were real. Gentleman, it is hard to think that the person who hides the deepest is also him.
"In the winter of the eighth year of Wude, the sky changed, but there was a solar eclipse. The day inside and outside the capital was like night, and you couldn't see your fingers. It just happened to be the meeting. That day, several children played and played in Wangyun Pavilion, and night fell. It was fleeting, and in this short moment, a child fell into the water and nearly drowned. If he hadn't been rescued by others, he would have died in an accident that day."
Li Kuan slowly said, staring at Li Ke pretending to be ignorant. His heart was full of murderous intent. When Li Kuan mentioned the accident that year, his eyes finally changed and the tea in his hand overflowed. When he came out, there was an indescribable complex look on his face, and his eyes met Li Kuan.
After a long while, Li Ke said solemnly: "Have you recovered?"
"Originally, this memory will never be restored!" Li Kuan sneered with a deep hate, "It is all thanks to you for the restoration! During the Battle of the Xiongnu River, the blood of the above ten thousand soldiers stained the river water, and I almost died there. , Had to fall into the river water, the memory of the past resurfaced."
Li Ke was silent for a moment, and said, "I don't know about the Xiongnu River. Are you credible?"
"What do you think?" Li Kuan angrily retorted, "If the vague memory were not stimulated by the cold river water, the memory of the past would not reappear. I should really thank you guys! I was already Drowning in the palace and resurrecting from the dead are all due to you, King Wu!"
Li Ke was silent. He didn’t know that Li Kuan’s words were true. The accident that year did make Li Kuan drown, and he was only Li Kuan in his body, but his soul came from another place. Li Ke will always Will not understand.
"With the restoration of memory, the hatred of the year should be returned!" Li Kuan couldn't help being angry anymore, and asked with a stern voice: "Do you know what the cold and biting chill feel? Do you know that? As far as the water boy is concerned, the lake water is like a vast ocean, which is a dead end. I only ask how you got the heart instigated Li Tai and Li Meng secretly stumbled? Li Tai pushed me behind my back. Li Yan just threw away my hand, and you are the one who hides the deepest. If it weren’t for you, King Wu, how would I have my status today? Now you know why I came? Yes, I I came to collect the accounts. I want to get justice for the thousands of people who died in the battle of the Xiongnu River and drowned! !"
Li Kuan’s words are suffocating, and every sentence is like a heavy hammer hitting Li Ke's body. The previous indifferent has long disappeared, his face is like ashes, complicated eyes, and he looks at the hysterical Li Kuan and Li Ke dumbfounded. Speechless. (End of this chapter)