You Miao said: "I'll go back to the yard to wait for him. You will lead him to Tinglan Zhai later." Then he got up and went to the backyard dormitory. There happened to be a tea table carved by Zhang Shugen in the corridor. Zhang Wenhan and Zheng Yong was gossiping in front of the porch, and You Miao said, "Zhang Wenhan, go to the room, let me have the table, I'll see a guest."
Zhang Wenhan got up and left, and Zheng Yong followed him. Not long after You Miao sat down, there were students outside looking around, and a lot of people gathered for a while, all thinking about the big story.
For a moment, the guards shouted from the backyard, and all the students were driven away. Tang Hui sent someone to guard outside the courtyard. One person walked in and stood watching You Miao, it was Zhao Chao.
After three years of separation in Yanbian, they met again in the capital. You Miao had a thousand words and emotions, but he couldn't say it for a while. He stood up slowly, his heart couldn't stop beating. He had imagined meeting Zhao Chao countless times. I never thought it was in this place.
Zhao Chao was dressed in a black robe and had no accessories. His skin was much darker and thinner. He seemed to be haggard.
"Zhao... Your Third Highness." You Miao said.
"Sit down." Zhao Chao said, "You're welcome."
You Miao's eyes were red. In the past three years, the two had exchanged dozens of letters. Whenever Zhao Chao sent a letter, he would call him You Miao Xiandi. When he got there, he would call him Xiandi, and finally even Xiandi was saved. , called a single brother. When You Miao wrote a letter, he would also call Zhao Chao his brother.
But as soon as they met, You Miao couldn't say anything.
This does not seem to be the Zhao Chao he knew. Back then, Zhao Chao had fair skin, sword eyebrows and star eyes, and a leather armor. He couldn't hide his heroic aura, and he spoke with awe-inspiring aura. Today, he is a lot darker and thinner. No matter what, it is difficult for You Miao to connect the boy who lived and died with him in the small dark room in his memory with the person in front of him.
"Is there any tea to drink?" Zhao Chao said, "I don't drink green tea."
"Yes." You Miao said, "Jiangbo Oolong."
Zhao Chao hooked the corner of his mouth recklessly, and said to Li Zhifeng, "I remember you."
Li Zhifeng said solemnly, "I remember you too."
You Miao whispered, "I want to be called the Third Highness."
Zhao Chao slammed it aside, waved his hand and said, "It's okay." Said that Bi Wu people were sitting like normal people.
You Miao suddenly felt that Li Zhifeng seemed to be hostile to Zhao Chao. He looked at Li Zhifeng and then at Zhao Chao, while Zhao Chao was looking at the tumbling tea leaves in the cup. ?"
You Miao smiled and said, "Yes."
Zhao Chao: "How about the villa."
You Miao said, "It's done. A few thousand taels of silver a year are enough to support myself and there's still leftovers."
Zhao Chao: "There's a lot left. I only have two hundred taels of salary a year."
You Miao was amused and said, "How much money do you want, if you don't have enough money, just take care of what I want."
Zhao Chao said lightly: "Let's talk about it."
You Miao lifted the cup with both hands and placed it in Zhao Chao's hand. When the two touched their fingers, You Miao's heart jumped violently, and an inexplicable feeling grew in her heart.
Zhao Chao was not touched at all, took a sip of tea and said, "I heard that you donated 100,000 catties of food last year, didn't you?"
You Miao said, "It's not even a donation. It's five cents a pound. I've got a little bit back, as long as I can use it."
Zhao Chao said: "Don't be so stupid in the future, 100,000 catties of grain are only enough for 200,000 people for half a day."
"Talking is better than nothing." When You Miao heard this, she felt a little disappointed, but she tried to cheer up and said, "I didn't help you, I... By the way, you... "
The two were silent.
Zhao Chao smiled and said, "To be honest, I called you into the palace to be my companion that year. You disliked me for being powerless and powerless. You can't tell me, do you remember?"
You Miao felt a little guilty. She didn't know why Zhao Chao talked about the old things that he had never mentioned in the past few years, and said, "It's not that I dislike you, it's my cousin who didn't let me go. Before the new year, my father brought me back again. called away..."
Zhao Chao just looked at You Miao, who looked like a ruffian, holding the teacup with his fingers, knocking and playing, and said, "On the Lantern Festival, you didn't know me yet."
"Yeah." You Miao said, "Yes."
Zhao Chao: "I want to do it again. Go back to the Lantern Festival three years ago. If you recognize me, I will call you to come to me. If you don't come, you can think about it for me and then answer."
You Miao smiled, it was a kind of young man's smile, and even the whole world was in high spirits when he laughed.
"Is there any need to ask?" You Miao teased, "Don't come."
Zhao Chao's face sank.
However, You Miao took the teacup from Zhao Chao's hand, put it away gently, filled it with tea, held it in both hands, put it back in Zhao Chao's hand, and said seriously, "If you know you are so good, of course you come."
"Well, I didn't hurt you in vain." Zhao Chao drank it casually and poured out the rest of the tea.
You Miao asked, "What about later? Who will be your companion?"
Zhao Chao said: "No, I don't like anyone anymore. When I came back from Yanbian that autumn, my father asked me to choose a house and live in the capital before leaving the palace. Originally, he pointed me to a marriage, and I was planning to get married in the autumn. But in the beginning of the spring, you know, when Gao Li started fighting, I went to recruit it myself, and when I came back a year ago, the lady of the Xiong family fell ill and died."
You Miao said: "I am dying, my condolences are by the way, when my mother went, I also..."
Zhao Chao sneered: "I haven't even seen the bride's face, and I haven't mourned much. Besides, the soldiers I brought will be 100,000 people when they die. Haven't I seen the dead yet? It's just you scholars who should be back. thing."
You Miao couldn't help laughing, but also a little sad, Zhao Chao said again: "The court's pension has not been issued yet, and it has been delayed for almost half a year. Orphans and widows cry outside the military camp every day, and even come to kowtow outside my house. , annoying people."
You Miao said: "Looking for a way to remind them? In a few days, I'm going to peacefully tease them for drinking, so I'll go ask them."
Zhao Chao said: "Ping Xi can't do anything about it, the court has no money, 100,000 people, each 2 taels of silver will cost 200,000 taels. I just ceded the land and asked for peace at the beginning of the year, and lost 100,000 taels, and I can't get any more money. Come on, it's no use urging, is it?"
"Yeah." You Miao nodded slowly and asked, "What are your plans, brother?"
Zhao Chao thought about it and said, "I don't have any plans, I just want to go out for a walk. If you stay in the capital, you will be looking for trouble everywhere. If you go to Jiangnan, or if you do, don't take the exam for fame, just pack up, and I'll go to the next one in a few days. Zhezi, to discuss the military affairs of Jiaozhou, just go with me, don’t see my imperial brother, lest he do anything for me. Let’s go to the south to play for a few years, I’m tired and old, and I don’t want to spend time in the capital.”
You Miao said, "If you want to go to Jiangbo Villa at any time, I will naturally be waiting for you. Sir, let me take the test in Beijing. If you don't think about it, how about we go back to the prefecture?"