A table of good wine and good food was served, but neither of them used their chopsticks in the early hours of the morning.
"Are you okay?" Chen Chen asked softly.
"I don't know either, I just feel very confused." Luo Jing sighed.
"The poor monk sees that you have an extraordinary demeanor, which makes Master Zhou very respectful. Your status must be extraordinary. Will you have troubles like this?" Ling Chen asked.
"Yes, my identity is extraordinary, but what's the use? It's precisely because of this identity that I have troubles." Luo Jing said with emotion.
"I am the illegitimate son of the magistrate of Shangyang Prefecture. Do you know what illegitimate son means? Hehe... he's just a rat in the gutter." Luo Jing laughed miserably.
"My father said that if I could come back alive from the battlefield, I could use his connections and bring my mother into the Zhou family's genealogy."
I looked at Luo Jing quietly in the early morning. It was obvious that these words had been hidden in Luo Jing's heart for a long time. Maybe not all of them, but now he had a way to vent them.
"I would rather be just an ordinary person than become his son, never!" Luo Jing roared angrily.
"He treats you badly? Or his children treat you badly?" Ling Chen asked curiously.
"Not good? It's better to say that they never have me in their eyes. They simply ignore me. It doesn't matter to them whether I succeed or not." Luo Jing explained.
"Can you understand? That feeling of breathlessness. They are like several mountains, looking down at me calmly and indifferently, letting me jump up and down." Luo Jing held the wine glass tightly.
"It's understandable, but I think there's nothing wrong with this. At least you can let go and mess around. They don't care anyway, right?" Ling Chen asked with a smile.
"Let go and go tossing around?" Luo Jing asked with some confusion.
"Anything can happen on the battlefield, it all depends on your luck. If you are lucky, the general who leads the army will be much more important than the prefect." Ling Chen said pointedly.
"You mean..." Luo Jing's eyes lit up slightly, and even his title changed.
"Soldiers are also common people. As long as you are a common person, you will be afraid of being an official. Why not use your identity to gather some small team members? They don't know that you are an illegitimate child anyway, right?" Ling Chen said with a smile.
"This...isn't this good? If an officer like a general finds out, I'm afraid I won't be able to reap the rewards, right?" Luo Jing asked with some concern.
"Then it all depends on your own ability. The poor monk only gives you a choice. Either play tricks or fight to the death. You can take both paths step by step." Ling Chen said nonchalantly.
Hearing this, Luo Jing fell into thinking. His hands tightened and loosened, and then tightened again.
Ling Chen smiled slightly, picked up his chopsticks and ate. Since someone was treating him, why not treat him?
As for what he said, it was just his theoretical knowledge. Just like everyone knows the formula for a nuclear bomb, but can anyone make it? Obviously not.
So his suggestion sounds very good, but whether it can succeed or not depends on Luo Jing himself, and Chen Chen can't help him.
"Master Three Burials, why are you helping me?" Luo Jing suddenly raised his head and looked at Qingchen with a sharp look in his eyes.
"It's just out of interest. If you're in a good mood, talk about it. If you're in a bad mood, don't talk about it. Of course, if you succeed, there will be only benefits and no harm to the poor monk." Chen Chen said very calmly.
Hearing this, Luo Jing's eyes softened. He just asked for help. If he was just asking for help for no reason, he really had to think about the purpose of the early morning.
"Since you told me, I will naturally show your favor. If one day I walk up there, just ask if you need it." Luo Jing stood up and bowed to Chen Chen.
Chen Chen laughed when he heard the words. It was good to have this sentence. The ancients valued their promises very much and would not break them easily. If you get a promise without paying anything, this deal is not a good deal.
"The poor monk wishes the benefactor a safe journey." He raised his glass in the early hours of the morning.
"Thank you for your good words from Master." Luo Jing also raised his glass and clinked it with Chen Chen.
Then the two of them got up and walked out with a tacit understanding. They didn't say a word until they left the restaurant and said goodbye. Zhou Shuo looked behind him with a confused look on his face.
He didn't know what was going on with the two of them, and it didn't seem like the deal had broken down or was done. Anyway, it looked strange, but he didn't dare to ask.
After returning to Lu Zhai in the early morning, he pulled the horse directly to prepare to leave. Chongming, who was lying on the horse, impatiently ran to the early morning's shoulder. He still felt that the early morning's shoulder was the most comfortable.
"Master Three Burials, where are you going?" An urgent voice sounded from behind.
In the early morning, I looked back and found that it was Ning Xuan.
"Let's go. The poor monk will travel around the world. When we meet again, we will probably be in the capital." Ling Chen smiled and waved his hand.
Ning Xuan opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say to get Chen Chen to stay for a few more days. He could only watch the back of Chen Chen in silence as he led the horse away.
Lu Zuoyun also walked out, looked at Chen Chen's back, then at his nephew, raised his hand and patted Ning Xuan on the shoulder without saying a word.
"Master Three Burials! I will wait for you in the capital!!!" Ning Xuan suddenly shouted.
In the distance, Chen Chen raised his hand and waved without looking back, but there was a helpless smile on his face. These words made Ning Xuan look like a scumbag who abandoned his wife and son. It was really It's too inconsistent.
"Well... we will go to Qingyang County next. We should be able to meet a lot of interesting people then, right? Chongming?" Chen Chen looked at the map and asked Chongming with a smile.
Chongming tilted his head and looked at Qingchen, then shook his body boringly and lay down on Qingchen's shoulders. He didn't care about this, as long as he had something delicious to eat.
"You guy..." Ling Chen looked at Chongming who was losing interest and said with a helpless smile.
I left the city in the early morning and got on my horse. I looked at the map carefully again, found the direction and drove the horse to walk leisurely.
Qingyang County is still far away. No matter how anxious you are, you won't be able to get there in a day. It's better to relax and enjoy the scenery along the way.
But Chen Chen didn't notice that in a small tea shop on the roadside, a man pretended to glance at Chen Chen casually, and then took out a piece of paper and wrote something.
After drying the ink on the paper, he placed two coins on the table and stood up to leave.
…………
On the forest path.
"Ahem~ This horse needs to be washed, it stinks." The smell of the horse was so bad in the early morning.
I didn't realize it at first, but when the horse sweats during exercise, the smell is so strong and fishy that it makes my head hurt and I dare not take a big breath.
I don’t know if I can find a pool or something where I can give the horse a bath.
It's a pity that Chongming's feathers haven't grown yet, otherwise it would be much more convenient to let Chongming fly and take a look.
but……
Ling Chen looked at Chong Ming, who was sleeping soundly on his shoulder, and his increasingly plump body. Ling Chen shook his head helplessly.
Let's not talk about other things about this little guy. Maybe he should lose weight first. He is getting fatter and fatter, as if he is puffed up.
As I was walking, I suddenly passed by an old man carrying firewood on the roadside. His eyes lit up in the early morning.
"This benefactor, do you know where there are creeks and pools nearby?" Wen Qing stopped flattering and asked.
"Do you want to take a shower? Then you can see it if you go forward, not far." The old man replied with a smile.
"Thank you, husband."
"You're welcome."
