Lao Zaifu has indeed been searching for forty years. During these years, he has found hundreds of similar people. Unfortunately, without exception, he came back disappointed every time.
This time, the prime minister recently received news that three people were more qualified. Among them, the news about Old Pine Tree Village came from a kid who made some suggestions.
However, due to repeated disappointments, Lao Zaifu did not hold out much hope. He just took this opportunity to divert Zhang Yi and create time for Na Xiaolang.
He had even prepared a plan for how to deal with Zhang Yi if he found out that he had been cheated, but he didn't expect that after searching for her through Baidu, he succeeded in one fell swoop.
The old Zaifu seems to be in a dream now.
But the camel lion was very happy for the old Zaifu. The old man worked hard all his life, but he was also lonely all his life. To find a flower girl in old age is enough to soothe the vicissitudes of a lifetime.
Only... he looked deeply at Zhang Yi. This current Prime Minister of the Xia Kingdom, after all, he and Zhang Zaifu were on completely opposite paths, and they were likely to be hostile in the days to come.
When the time comes, where will this family go?
Regarding this issue, Zhang Zaifu and Zhang Yi rarely have something in common.
After Hua Niang went to rest, the two of them had the first conversation of more than five sentences along the way by the Longjiang River.
"My mother has worked hard all her life, and my father will have to think more in his later years."
Zhang Yi nodded slightly: "So, no matter what happens to you and me, father and son, we must carry him on his back."
Zhang Yi snorted softly: "Father, don't worry too much. Although the child is an unscrupulous person in your eyes, he is not so cruel."
Zhang Zhiling chuckled, "That's good."
"Father, are you really not interested in why I am at the border of Shanxi and Xia?"
Zhang Zhiling brushed his beard and said, "It seems that you have some misunderstandings about the word "Guiyin".
Zhang Yi frowned and said, "Is it a misunderstanding? When the news about Taiyue comes, my son will naturally understand."
Zhang Zhiling chuckled: "It's you, so suspicious."
"My son has indeed sent someone to inquire about Taiyue and Zhou Ting. The only reason is that my father appeared too unexpectedly. If Mother Hua hadn't really found him, my son would have had to be more careful."
"There is such a fear between father and son, but it's funny to say it out loud."
Zhang Zhiling was a little emotional.
Zhang Yi said: "My father is such a person. Apart from the rest of the world, there are only seven people in this world that my son is afraid of. My father is among the top three."
Zhang Zhiling said calmly: "Oh? I should be happy then. My son is so courageous and has great potential."
"In your eyes, I may not be that promising."
Zhang Zhiling sighed: "To be honest, apart from your character, you are indeed the best in the world."
"Uninherited father, you are disappointed."
Zhang Zhiling shook his head: "No matter what you do, my father only hopes that when you are old, when you look back on this life, you still dare to call yourself a hero."
Zhang Yi said in a deep voice: "History has proven that your approach will not work, why can't you recognize me?"
Zhang Zhiling said: "Recognize the art, but not the heart."
Zhang Yi rarely looked angry: "If your heart is not ruthless, your hands will be ruthless. In this troubled world in the world, the only way to bring order to the chaos is through diamond methods. How can we expect poetry, etiquette, and articles on benevolence, justice, and morality?"
Zhang Zhiling looked at him and pointed to his heart: "Ask yourself, do you want to calm down the troubled times, or do you want to assert yourself?"
Zhang Yi was silent for a while.
Zhang Zhiling didn't say anything anymore and just stared at the rolling river water in trance.
"The rolling Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure, are all in vain..."
Zhang Yi said slowly: "If this is really the case, what will my father be fighting for in his life?"
Zhang Zhiling said softly: "Perhaps... it is still a green mountain..."
Zhang Yi was silent for a long time: "That fisherman's poem is really good."
Zhang Zhiling looked at him: "He seems to see the changes in personnel and the vicissitudes of life more clearly than you and me."
Zhang Yi seemed to be disdainful: "Then why not be a good fisherman."
Zhang Zhiling pointed to his heart again: "You are wrong, he is a fisherman, he has always been."
Zhang Yi snorted: "He is a big demon."
Zhang Zhiling narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you believe in the Holy Land?"
"I don't believe it, but I don't believe him even more. What is he going to do? The world has never seen him before, but he suddenly appears to make trouble and watch his actions. How can I believe that he has nothing else to do?"
Zhang Zhiling looked at him: "——Are you a little afraid of him?"
Zhang Yi clasped his hands and said, "It's not shameful to be afraid. This guy is like a monster. His actions are completely different from the world. He has the ability to turn clouds and rain, but he has no respect for anything. He doesn't pay attention to secular etiquette, gods and Buddhas all over the sky. Such people , is truly terrifying.”
"It's scary for you to see this."
Zhang Yi's eyes were like an eagle: "My son can see it, but my father can't see it?"
"So what if you can see it, but what if you can't see it?"
Zhang Yi said in a low voice: "For half a year, someone has been secretly looking for my father. Could it be this person?"
Zhang Zhiling laughed: "Why is he looking for me?"
Zhang Yi said coldly: "I don't know, but I'm also very afraid of this."
Zhang Zhiling, however, said with approval: "I haven't seen you for so many years, and you are getting more and more scared. I am very pleased as a father."
Zhang Yi stared at him and said, "Father did not answer my question directly."
Zhang Zhiling shook his head: "You said you were searching in secret. My father has never responded to him directly. How can I respond to you positively?"
Zhang Yi said in a deep voice: "Father, you finally understand one thing. Qin already has Ying Wushuang and cannot have him anymore. Western Qin cannot be invincible."
Zhang Zhiling smiled slightly: "A typical way of Zongheng. In Guigu's eyes, you should be the ones who influence the rise and fall of the world. Others cannot do it."
Zhang Yi did not comment and said again: "Father, if Qin is invincible and the Great Zhou dies, all your hard work will be in vain."
Zhang Zhiling said: "The vicissitudes of life are changing, but who can remain invincible? The eight hundred years of the Great Zhou Dynasty have also been declining."
Zhang Yi said: "My father's words made my son wary. Why did you fail to practice knowledge and practice?"
Zhang Zhiling shook his head and said: "The Zhishou who is my father is not the Zhishou you understand."
"Son, I just want to ask, if it is really the fisherman, if it is really Ying Wushuang who is looking for you, where will your father go?"
Zhang Zhiling asked: "In your eyes, they are one?"
Zhang Yi was suddenly stunned for a moment: "Father... I don't understand."
Zhang Zhiling waved his hand: "If you don't understand, just listen slowly. If something is not clear yet, there is no choice. I was once the Prime Minister of the Five Kingdoms, and I faced many choices. Only the word "Zhi Shou" is the magic needle of the sea, waiting for you. If you know how to guard, you will know how to choose.”
Zhang Yi thought for a moment and slowly relaxed her brows: "I just hope that my father will not forget his true intentions."
Zhang Zhiling said: "Son, this is the most you have talked to your father in twenty years. It's a pity...it's all other people's business."
Zhang Yi looked at the old father in front of her, her mind moved slightly, but she finally calmed down.
"...You and I should not be father and son..."
Zhang Zhiling smiled faintly: "Mother fate has its way. I wonder if I will be able to talk about family affairs with my son during my lifetime."
