Li Zai lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling above his head in trance.
As a lieutenant of the Xiu Department, he should not have been lying here.
This small house located on the outskirts of the relatively deserted downtown area of Siyang was bought by him in his second year as a captain. The yard is not big. It is not the kind of courtyard with three bedrooms and four sides. It is more like a lonely mansion. In a garden, there is a side house next to it that almost never fires. The flowers and plants in the courtyard seem to have never been pruned, and they just grow like wild ones. Many flowers have been deprived of nutrients by weeds and are almost ready to die.
Li Zai was not used to crossing most of Siyang to sleep here on weekdays. He usually made do with the dormitories prepared by the Soldiers' Mansion for soldiers on duty.
Since he became a lieutenant, Zhong Lilin no longer supervises him to fold quilts and clean up the housework. Li Zai likes the dormitory that is only a few steps away.
But now, Li Zai was lying in the small courtyard he bought a few years ago and found that he had never seriously observed this small house.
"Sir, it's time to apply the medicine."
A soldier wearing the armor of the National Defense Department gently knocked on the door of his room. There were several packets of powdered medicine on the plate in his hand, with no expression on his face.
Li Zai looked at the soldier, nodded, and said nothing.
The soldiers of the Xiu Department will always know immediately about the Bronze Bird Seal deceiving the emperor.
Tantai Fu controls most of the sects of the aristocratic families that support the National Military Division, but he can't control every big-headed soldier who only obeys orders.
I wonder what they, who believe in their duty to be loyal to the country, would think of their subordinate, who is suspected of cheating the emperor?
It was too troublesome and he didn't want to think about it.
"Please allow me to apply medicine for you."
The soldier spoke abruptly, and Li Zai raised his eyebrows. At this moment, these soldiers should not want to look at him more, and they should not be so proactive.
Seeing Li Zai looking at him, the soldier lowered his head slightly: "There are guests waiting to see you."
Li Zai sighed lightly: "Go down. I just want to lie down for a while. I'm not paralyzed. I'll apply the medicine myself."
"yes."
The soldier stood at attention respectfully, turned around and was about to walk out the door.
"Who are you waiting to see?"
The soldier straightened his back slightly and turned his head sideways: "The supervisor of Taishu Pavilion just came to visit."
"Zhong Lilin..."
Li Zai nodded thoughtfully, sat up from the bed, unbuttoned his upper body pajamas, took the gauze from the bedside with his upper body naked, sprinkled the powder on it, and slowly sealed it.
His upper body, which did not look strong at first glance, was bruised and bruised, and there were many scratches and black marks, and the deeper wounds had been wrapped in gauze.
"Did you choose today to come here specifically because you are delivering medicine to me today?"
Li Zai squinted at the soldier. If he remembered correctly, this soldier was the one who recognized Tantai Ming's moves on the training ground before he went to West Asia.
Among the current retired departments, he is one of the few old members of Zhong Lilin. He was once a colleague of Li Zai, but they were not familiar with each other since they were in different periods.
"That's not the case. Please go down and tell Mr. Zhong to wait for a moment."
The person Zhong Lilin brought out was obviously a bit angry. After he finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out.
after awhile.
Zhong Lilin sat quietly and upright in front of Li Zai, who smiled bitterly and leaned on the bedside without saying a word.
"Is Tantai Fu trying to protect you, or is he trying to take out your anger?"
Zhong Lilin looked up and down Li Zai's upper body, which had just been treated with medicine. Although such a punishment would not damage the fundamentals, it would still be extremely uncomfortable.
"This is better than losing your head."
Li Zai smiled and shook his head. He reached under the bed with some difficulty and took out a small wine bottle: "No, maybe it won't hurt if I lose my head? I can sleep for a long time, it won't be like this." tired."
"How can you drink while recuperating?"
Zhong Lilin had a straight face and glanced at Li Zai like a sword, but was turned away by the other party's playful expression: "Oh, you know this injury, you can only take time to heal it, it will be so difficult if you can't drink."
"Recovering as quickly as possible is the right thing to do."
Zhong Lilin's voice softened slightly, and he reached for the small wine bottle: "I am here today on behalf of His Highness."
"Your Highness?"
"Exactly."
Li Zai had no intention of resisting, and allowed Zhong Lilin to take the wine bottle away, and then heard him say: "Your Highness wanted to come to see you himself, but you are now a criminal. This is against the rules."
"Even if he is not a guilty minister, what kind of rule is it for the emperor to visit his ministers?" Li Zai's smile did not change.
Zhong Lilin looked at him and said, "Simong etiquette is like this. In the past, the king would stand up and offer a seat to the ministers. If they were sick, they would visit them and treat them with courtesy. But later on, they gradually lost their way. The ministers would stand without a seat. Later, I couldn't even stand and had to kneel to perform. It's really not as good as it used to be."
After hearing this, Li Zai's smile disappeared a little, and he looked into Zhong Lilin's eyes: "What you said is disrespectful."
"His Highness said this himself."
Zhong Lilin raised his chin slightly: "Your Highness ordered me to visit you, firstly to show my concern, and secondly to see when you can continue to perform your duties."
"Why so urgent?"
"His Highness is planning to go on a tour in the near future. Regarding the draft, His Highness plans to set an example by personally setting an example."
Normally, Zhong Lilin would just sneer at such ridiculous things, but now his expression was extremely serious, which made Li Zai a little funny:
"You are so interested in her, are you also curious about the girl? That is really a strange thing like the iron tree blooming."
Zhong Lilin glanced at him: "Since I entered Taishu Pavilion, I have learned a lot from the boss of the Pavilion. You have also seen the results of this visit to West Asia, but you still have no change in your opinion of His Highness?"
Li Zai sighed, stretched his arms reluctantly, and twisted his neck: "My opinion is not important, but yours. Even if you want to find justice and hate Tantai Fu, you can't blindly follow His Highness like this. Go, maybe one day he will return to his old ways? If he offends Tantai Fu, then..."
"My spiritual roots are gone, what else can I lose?"
Zhong Lilin's face became as cold as iron: "Compared to living in a daze in Taishu Pavilion, your highness now finally gives me a glimmer of hope. If you don't want to help me, at least do your part." Do your duty, I have taught you this!"
"well……"
Li Zai sighed and stopped talking.
Zhong Lilin's mood stabilized a little, and he stood up to say goodbye. Li Zai supported the edge of the bed and wanted to get up, but he held his shoulder.
"Don't be greedy for alcohol and recover from your injuries as soon as possible."
He added with a straight face: "If you are so adaptable to the wind, you will always make mistakes. Tantai and his son are not so easy to stay around."
"Why don't I know?"
Li Zai smiled bitterly and lay back on the bed.
Seeing that he didn't want to say any more, Zhong Lilin gritted his teeth secretly, opened the door and went out.
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