Jiaohua

Chapter 521 Leaving in Three Days (Part [-])
Du Xuan brought tea and put it on the stone table in the courtyard.

Song Qingtang looked at Shen Lie who was sitting opposite, and said, "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine," Shen Lie said, "Master Zhu is powerful. I thought the situation in Beijing and Central China would be difficult to control. After entering the city, it's better than I thought."

"These are not things we can learn," Song Qingtang said, holding up the tea, "Lord Zhu didn't learn it either, he relied on practice, half his life to be an official."

This way of being an official is not the ups and downs of the officialdom, glib, flattery, but the real experience of governing the world.

Shen Lie nodded and said, "What are your future plans? I will leave Beijing in three days."

"Three days?"

"The world is in chaos, my grandfather can't stay out of it, and my uncles urged me to go back," Shen Lie said, "And you, where are you going next?"

Song Qingtang frowned and said, "Dongping Academy intends to relocate. They want to go to Hengxiang. Maybe I will send them all the way, or maybe I will stay in the capital."

"Master Zhu, what about them?"

"Master Zhu wants to stay in Beijing. I persuaded him, but I want him to leave these people behind unless he dies."

As he said that, Song Qingtang became irritable: "But you also know that what he did on Da'an Road was the crime of ransacking his family and exterminating his family. These days, the emperor issued several imperial edicts one after another calling him to Hejing."

Dai Yu on the side couldn't listen anymore, and couldn't help but said: "He still has the face to lose his hair? He ran away after shitting himself. It's rare that there is someone who is willing to wipe his ass behind. He tied his pants after the aftermath!"

"Cough." Shen Lie coughed lightly.

Du Xuan hurriedly elbowed him: "What are you talking about!"

"I can't be angry!" Dai Yu shouted.

"I have a lot of doubts in my heart," Song Qingtang said, "I don't know whether to keep it now. If I say it's for a big job, the emperor has run away. If I say it's not for a big job, then keep it. Why?"

"Since you are confused, why are you still guarding?" Shen Lie asked back.

"This is where my headache is!" Song Qingtang said angrily, "I don't want to guard, but I want to guard, if you really want me to leave now, I can't do it at all, but let me guard, I will I’m so upset, I’m so mad at myself!”

He raised his hand to pour tea, drank it again, and continued: "The current refugees are easy to deal with. When the mighty rebels come all the way to the capital, it is impossible to defend it with the strength of the city. If one In the event of a million chances, if you really keep it, then what? Open the city gates and welcome the emperor back? Then, wait for the emperor to chop off the heads of us? Especially what Mr. Zhu did, the emperor is afraid He won't let go of his hatred after four or five times."

These words have been backlogged in Song Qingtang's heart during this period of time, and there is no one to say, and he is particularly distressed.

He is a military general of the imperial court, a citizen of Dagan, and his father is the current Shangshu. His sense of belonging and identification with Dagan has been imprinted in his bones since he was a child.

But after the accident at Dongping Academy, he fell into deep confusion and cognitive doubts.

After drinking another cup of tea, Song Qingtang slowed down, looked at the young man who was silent and thoughtful, and said, "What experience have you had during this time? You said you were going to chase someone, but you caught up with him!" ?”

"Well," Shen Lie nodded, "I caught up."

"Who are you chasing? Are you okay? Are you seriously injured?"

"Fortunately, I can't die." Shen Lie said.

A gust of wind blew, and the withered leaves fell from the tree and landed on their stone table. Shen Lie looked at it, paused, and said, "Ali should come to the capital."

"She left Beijing?" Song Qingtang said.

"Well, we met."

"What did I say! I haven't been able to find her for more than ten days, she really left Beijing!" Song Qingtang shouted, "It's a waste of worrying about her for so long!"

"She should come back to help Master Zhu," Shen Lie said, "But she has been seriously ill these few days, and she will not recover well when she returns to Beijing. If she needs any help, you can help her."

"Shall I help her?" Song Qingtang snorted, "She used to be so alive, like a loach, I couldn't do anything about her, and finally she got sick, so I have to find my way back."

The corner of Shen Lie's lips twitched, and he said lightly: "It turns out that Song Lang will only find his way back when someone is sick?"

"It's skinless and shameless," Song Qingtang didn't care, "Blame her for being too powerful, you don't know how much I have suffered at her hands!"

But while talking, Song Qingtang suddenly smiled.

He hadn't smiled for several days, but when he smiled suddenly, he was carefree and relaxed.

Seeing Shen Lie's gaze, he raised his hand and said with a smile, "I still miss her."

As long as nothing happened, he was really worried that something happened to her.

God knows that when he was sleeping on the hard wooden bed in the Zhibei Yamen these days, he couldn't calm down after tossing and turning.

There are a lot of thoughts in her head, and finally these thoughts will turn into a face. The girl is standing on the snow, holding an umbrella in her hand, her eyes are clear and bright, looking at him across the crowd.

Although he held back his smile, Song Qingtang still had a smile in his eyes now.These days, the city was full of lifelessness, but when he went to defend the city, he saw death everywhere. Among them, the refugees launched three fierce attacks with concentrated firepower, forcing him to fight back with swords and guns against these poor people in the bitter cold.He had been really depressed and exhausted, but now, just hearing that she was going to appear, he felt happy and happy.

Shen Lie sat opposite him, frowning slightly.

Shen Lie felt familiar with Song Qingtang's appearance, as if he had seen it somewhere...

Du Xuan and Dai Yu looked sideways at their young master, as if they could read his heart.

The two silently spoke in unison in their hearts: Young master, isn't that you?
"You," Shen Lie said, "you to Ali..."

Song Qingtang came back to his senses, raised his eyes and said, "What?"

Shen Lie shook his head: "Forget it, it's nothing."

"Okay," Song Qingtang said, "Are you sure you're going to leave Beijing in three days? What time is it?"

"The sooner the better, maybe Chenshi will leave."

"Hey," Song Qingtang sighed, and said, "It's a pity. You must be going to Zuilu. Zuilu is extremely far away from the capital or Hengxiang. I don't know when we will meet next time."

"See you all the time."

"I hope I'm still alive at that time," Song Qingtang smiled suddenly, "Although the emperor's Tianrongwei can't defend the city or fight a war, they are very capable of hunting and assassinating thousands of miles away. My father, I, and Master Zhu, Gentlemen of Dongping Academy, we really cannot guarantee that we will fall asleep one day and never wake up again."

"Exaggerated." Shen Lie said.

"I hope," Song Qingtang stood up, and said, "Go and rest. You will have to travel long distances after this injury, and I can't stand it. I planned to ask you to analyze the situation in the world. You look like I I can’t bear to nag you anymore. I’ll go to patrol the city first, and I’ll come back to you when I’m free.”

(End of this chapter)