Li Qinghuan

Chapter 60

Old General He glanced at him: "What is it? You take good care of yourself, the northern border is not peaceful now, and it is very likely that I will not be able to return for three to five years after I go here."

He Li nodded in disappointment, and said in a low voice, "Yes."

Old General He said again: "What are your plans from now on?"

He Li thought for a while: "First, I will keep my filial piety for my mother for a year, and then I will make plans later."

Old General He: "Okay, although Great Wei doesn't pay much attention to these things, but she is your mother anyway, and you should be filial. When your funeral is over, if you want, you can come to Beijiang to find me."

He Li's eyes brightened, then dimmed again, and said in a muffled voice, "Is that okay?"

Old General He: "What's wrong, you have been expelled from the royal family now, you are just an ordinary citizen, what do you want to do, the Song family can no longer control you, come to the army to experience experience, if you can persevere , from now on, my He family will also be considered a successor."

He Li hesitated for a moment, then looked at Ji Qing.

Ji Qing smiled and said: "If you want to go, I will definitely support it with all my strength, just do it if you want to do it, and leave the rest to me."

He Li lowered his head, bit his lips, and said with determination: "Grandfather, after the mourning period is over, I will go to Northern Xinjiang to find you."

Old General He said cheerfully, "Okay."

He Li turned his head to look at Ji Qing, Gao Yangsu and General He looked at each other, and retreated out knowingly.

Ji Qing sent the two of them away, sat down by the bed, took his hand and covered it carefully, and said in a gentle voice: "A Li, you can do whatever you want, and I'm here."

Looking at his gentle smile, He Li couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, but within a moment, tears fell down again.

He Li felt ashamed, so he lay down, looked up at the top, tears slid down the corners of his eyes, and flowed into his temples.

Ji Qing covered his eyes with his hands, and sighed, "A Li, close your eyes and rest for a while."

He Li spoke with a nasal voice, and said in a low voice, "Yes."

Ji Qing's hand was warm and warm, covering half of his face with one hand, He Li only felt very comfortable and at ease, plus he was very tired just after waking up, so he fell asleep again after a while.

After making sure that he was asleep, Ji Qing stood up, pulled the quilt for him, and quietly left the room.

As he expected, General He was waiting for him under the gazebo.

He gently closed the door, turned and walked over.

Ji Qing bowed and called out respectfully: "General He."

Old General He raised his hand to stop him: "You don't need to be polite, it's too much to call a general, call him grandfather."

Ji Qing raised his head, General He's eyes were burning, majestic and kind, Ji Qing's heart felt hot when he saw it, he hesitated for a moment, and respectfully said: "Grandfather."

General He nodded in satisfaction: "That's right."

Ji Qing nodded and remained silent, waiting for General He to speak.

Old General He sighed: "Ji Qing, I handed over A Li to you. I'm old, so it's okay if I don't fight, but now that the barbarians are staring at Wei, I think it will be over in a few years." It's starting to fight, and it's never easy to say whether those of us can survive on the battlefield, I really don't feel at ease with Ah Li's current appearance, but I have to leave, so I can only leave him in your care."

Ji Qingqing knelt down in front of Old General He: "Please rest assured, Old General."

Old General He sighed: "This child is his mother, stubborn, if there is anything that offends you, you will bear it."

Ji Qing: "You speak too seriously."

Old General He thought for a while, and then said: "A Lita, oh, what should I say, once the proud son of heaven falls into the clouds, he has nothing left, no home, no mother, now I want to go north, It's all up to you."

Ji Qing listened quietly, feeling extremely distressed.

Old General He: "If he wants to come to me in the future, don't blame him."

Ji Qing: "You are worrying too much. How could I blame him? I know what Ah Li wants to do. From the time I knew him, I knew that if he can fight in the battlefield, defend his family and the country in the future, and his wish can come true, then he will be able to do so." No regrets, in this life, isn’t one seeking to have no regrets throughout his life?”

General He smiled, "You're right."

Ji Qing said again: "Please don't worry, no matter what the price is, I will definitely protect Ah Li. I won't blame him. I will support whatever he wants."

Old General He patted him on the shoulder: "Ah Li is really lucky to meet you, that kid has a good eye."

Old General He has seen countless people in his life, and he has almost never misjudged him. As far as He Li's matter is concerned, he has a real trust in Ji Qing.

Ji Qing lowered his head: "Grandfather is too much for the prize, and it is my good fortune to meet him."

Old General He stretched out his hand and pulled Ji Qing up: "A Li, please take care of me."

Seeing Ji Qing nodded in agreement, Old General He felt relieved, and turned to look inside the room: "I'm leaving, I'll leave him to you."

Ji Qing: "Are you in such a hurry?"

Old General He nodded: "I'm relieved when Ah Li wakes up. I've told Ah Li everything I need to say. I've been here for two days. If I don't go back to court, I should be suspicious."

Ji Qing nodded: "Then I will see you off."

Old General He waved his hand, turned around and left, and said loudly as he walked, "No need, the future will be long, and we will see you again when we have a chance."

Ji Qing cupped his fists and bowed: "Respectfully send off the general."

After General He left, Ji Qing turned around and went to work.

It was already dark, Ji Qing changed into plain white mourning clothes, and went back to his room with a set in his hand.

The candlelight at the bedside danced and shone on the pale face of the person on the bed.He Li was in a deep sleep, his brows were slightly frowned, as if he had dreamed of something bad, his slender fingers were tightly pinching his sleeves.

Ji Qing sighed softly, put down his clothes and sat on the side of the bed, stretched out his hand to smooth the wrinkles between He Li's brows, then gently opened his fingers and held them in his own hands.

It was a sleepless night again, Ji Qing stayed by his side for several nights after He Li fainted, never sleeping and resting, for fear that something might happen to this man.

In the early morning of the next day, He Li woke up early. He opened his eyes first, and felt someone holding his hand, so he gave up getting up and turned his head slightly.

Seeing that Ji Qing was sleeping soundly, He Li didn't bother him, and quietly stared at his sleeping face, thinking: "How can this person be so good-looking."

He hooked his fingertips slightly, and smiled quietly: "No matter how good-looking you are, you can't harm others, this is mine."

He turned over, couldn't hold back, stretched out his hand and touched Ji Qing's face lightly.

Ji Qing was in a shallow sleep, and woke up when he touched him lightly, his amber clean eyes met He Li directly, and he woke up after being confused for a moment: "A Li, you're awake. "

He Li was a little annoyed, Ji Qing didn't take much rest when he saw it, and he disturbed Ji Qing's dream like this.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Ji Qing was very worried: "What's the matter, Ah Li?"

He Li shook his head: "Nothing."

Ji Qing asked again: "Are you hungry?"

He Li shook his head again: "Not hungry."

Ji Qing froze for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Fortunately, He Li didn't wait for him to find something to say, and moved inside: "He Ming, you haven't had a good rest these days, lie down and sleep for a while."

Ji Qing looked up: "What?"

He Li: "What, come up and sleep for a while, it must be uncomfortable lying on that chair."

Ji Qing took Song Li's hand and paused for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and nodded: "Okay."

After saying that, he stood up and lay down next to Song Li.

It was late autumn at this time, Ji Qing slept on the bedside all night, dressed thinly, wrapped in the cold, so he just lay down next to He Li with all his clothes on.

He Li was lying on his side, seeing this, he lifted the quilt and wrapped Ji Qing tightly: "Lie in, isn't it cold?"

Ji Qing smiled: "It's not cold."

He Li touched his other hand, only to feel that it was so cold that it was almost stiff: "It's not cold yet, are you lying to a fool?"

Ji Qing didn't quibble, closed his eyes quietly, and let He Li cover his hands for him: "A Li, Empress Dowager He will be buried tomorrow, you go and see her off."

He Li's expression darkened, and the brief silence was so shattered, He Li was pulled back to reality in an instant, tears welled up in his eyes, crossed the bridge of his nose, flowed into the other eye, and finally flowed into his temples.

Ji Qing sharply opened his eyes, raised his hand to wipe away his tears, and frowned, "I'm sorry, Li, I shouldn't have mentioned it."

He Li swallowed back his choked sobs, and said in a low voice, "It's okay, you have to face it, don't you?"

Ji Qing didn't speak, and wiped away his tears bit by bit.

He Li said again: "Isn't it just that I don't have a home? I'm always going to grow up."

It seems to be comforting Ji Qing, more like comforting himself.

Ji Qing felt distressed when he heard that, and hugged him into his arms: "With me, it's okay, Ah Li, with me, you have a home with me."

He Li buried his face in the quilt, weeping depressedly and sadly, Ji Qing didn't speak any more, just kept patting his back.

After a long while, the crying gradually weakened, Ji Qing quietly lifted the quilt to take a look, He Li seemed to be tired from crying, closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep, but there were still tears on his face.

It was broad daylight when he woke up again, and with Ji Qing's consent, He Li could barely get out of bed.

He Li sat on the edge of the bed, hesitatingly stretched out his hand to caress the white mourning dress on the bedside, for a long time, heaved a heavy sigh.

The Empress Dowager He was still asking him when he was wearing white clothes last time, but he didn't expect that wearing white clothes again would be a funeral for Empress Dowager He, and He Li stared at the white clothes for a long time in a daze.

After a while, he put on the clothes one by one, and finally tied up his messy hair with a white silk ribbon. He was listless, looking weak and decadent.

Ji Qing, who was standing at the door waiting for him, looked at his appearance, took a comb and combed his hair without saying a word, and tied it neatly.

With his hair tied up, Ji Qing stood behind him and asked softly, "A Li, let's eat something."

He Li nodded feebly, and replied, "Okay."

Ji Qing got up: "I'll get it for you."

In the afternoon, the sun slanted into the gazebo from under the eaves, and the water shimmered, reflecting in He Li's eyes, casting a layer of light on the young man, but the young man was devastated and pale.

He Li leaned on the railing, staring blankly at Ji Qing's figure, and suddenly found that the other party was wearing the same mourning clothes as himself, he was shocked for a moment, and then understood.

He Li is a very big hearted person, he is not even afraid of death, during the three days in the death row, he was calm, it can even be said that he was calm.

But he really didn't expect that it would be so painful to leave a loved one, the pain was even more uncomfortable than dying himself.If possible, he would rather die by himself and let his mother live well.

The dead are gone, and the only thing he can do now is to protect the living at all costs.

With burning eyes, he followed Ji Qing closely.

at all costs.