Shen Yi was the leader of a group after all, and Gu Yun usually got along with him casually. They became close friends after a few words, but would quarrel after three words. It was not right for others to be so polite, and they had to treat him as a guest. Since Gu Yun did not care, Chang Geng went to explain to his family in person.

Shen Yi was tense from the moment he entered the Marquis' Mansion. He fidgeted for a moment, carefully glanced at the tall and graceful back of King Yan, and approached Gu Yun and asked, "Did you do it?"

"..." Gu Yun was a little confused and hesitated for a moment before answering vaguely, "Yeah."

Shen Yi felt terrible, he finally understood why Gu Yun had been dodging on the way here. He felt shocked and helpless at the same time. He kept saying "you you you" for a long time but couldn't say anything.

Gu Yun didn't want to say more, he just sat aside calmly, opened the oil paper package, pinched out the fried fish and ate it.

Shen Yi knew that he was a bit heartless, but she didn't expect him to be so heartless. The heart of a nosy nanny in the back house was churning up and down, and she said with great pain: "You...how can you...feel happy for a while, what should you do in the future, huh? Just muddle along like this? What's going on! You are so powerful that no one dares to control you, but what about Prince Yan? Will the emperor agree? If something unexpected happens in the future, then we can just part ways in peace. We don't want to give up all these years of friendship! You...what can I say about you, Gu Zixi, you are simply a beast!"

Gu Yun smacked the pepper and salt on the corner of his mouth. He felt so wronged to be called a "beast" that he could only sit aside in mystery without explaining.

What Shen Yi said was obviously bullshit, and Gu Yun naturally thought about it.

If he just can't help himself, then it's not that he can't control himself. He can just restrain himself. The world is complicated and if he can't restrain others, can he control himself?

If the feelings are unforgettable, just find a brick and hit your head with it to clear your sea of ​​consciousness. Everything, including your ancestors and your own name, can be cleared away, let alone the feelings.

But it’s not…

Chang Geng happened to have that Ur bone he had when he was a child, which made him unable to let go no matter what. However, this seemed to backfire, and not only did it fail to appease Chang Geng, but it made things worse. To this day, Gu Yun still doesn't know whether he was right or wrong when he took that step.

It’s just that the dangers, entanglements and sorrows involved cannot be explained to outsiders.

Gu Yun said calmly, "When we take back Jiangnan in the future, I will take him away. I don't care what others say. I will protect him as long as I am alive."

He said it so lightly that Shen Yi was so angry that he panted for a while and rolled his eyes at Gu Yun. Gu Yun took a small fried yellow croaker in his mouth, thought about it, broke it and gave half to Shen Yi, and said to him, "Eat it quickly and leave quickly after eating. Haven't you seen that the Military Affairs Office is busy all day long? Be more discerning."

Shen Yi almost choked to death on the fish, which made him so angry that he fell backwards. He lowered his voice and said angrily, "I came all the way here to worry about you, and you treat me with such a face of forgetting loyalty for the sake of beauty. Gu Zixi, you finally understand what it means to reveal a person's true character over time."

Gu Yun: “…”

There was a bunch of hot-blooded men in the army, some of them were Hanlin scholars who had passed the imperial examination and were admitted to the emperor's hall, while others were ordinary warriors who could not read a single word before joining the army. They had different tastes and could joke with each other about anything, whether dirty or not. In private, they often said some obscene words that were not presentable - some of them were originally normal, but once they were edited by them, they could lead to countless obscene associations.

Gu Yun: "Why are you so vulgar?"

Shen Yi was stunned at first, then he carefully thought about his last unintentional words, and then he realized that Gu Yun was hopeless, and shouted, "You are the one who is vulgar!"

Chang Geng was talking to Wang Bo at the door when he heard the roar from inside. He turned around for no apparent reason and looked at General Shen who was yelling again. He said, "Do you still have the loquat paste that the palace sent last time? Bring a bowl to General Shen later. I'm afraid he's hurt his throat from yelling."

Gu Yun sat leisurely with his legs crossed, eating the small yellow croaker wrapped in oil paper. When Shen Yi's anger gradually subsided, he suddenly said, "Okay, Ji Ping, I know you are upset. Although it is the parents' order and the matchmaker's agreement, you don't have to marry her if you don't like her. It doesn't matter whose daughter it is. No matter how complicated the Shen family is, can they control the people of my Black Iron Camp?"

Shen Yi was stunned for a moment, his expression darkened: "I'm not afraid, it's just..."

Gu Yun nodded. The two young masters of aristocratic families who grew up together knew each other's difficulties without having to explain them explicitly.

"When I was very young, I heard my aunt and grandmother talking about my father, saying how useless he was, neither good at literature nor martial arts, and that he was doing idle work in the Imperial Observatory all day, hanging out with a bunch of monks and Taoists." Shen Yi sighed slightly, "There are three people in my father's generation. My uncle has a disabled foot and it is difficult for him to have an official career. My father is also a person who doesn't like to make money. Those years were all supported by my third uncle alone... That year, I resigned from the Hanlin Academy and entered the Lingshu Academy. When my grandfather found out, he almost fainted and wanted to drive me out of the house. It was my father and third uncle who protected me on the charge of being unfilial. At that time, the family law was applied, and my grandfather failed. In order to protect me, my third uncle was whipped. He usually dealt with so many people that he was exhausted and exhausted. My grandfather beat him on the spot and he vomited blood. Since then, his health has been getting worse and worse. He died before he was 35. I resolutely left Beijing and joined the army with you for this."

Out of guilt, so as not to have to go home and face other people's faces... and also to earn some fame for myself to show to my arrogant family.

To outsiders, a family with wealth and luxury may seem enviable, but only those who are in it know the many frustrations that lie within.

"Sometimes I just feel it's boring," Shen Yi said, "It's so boring. After struggling for life and death several times, I finally look like a decent person. When I go home and open the door curtain, the same thing is waiting for me. Unless I cut off all my relatives and drive them out of the house, I will always be at the mercy of those complicated relationships... Well, I just complained casually, don't take it to heart, it's not a big deal. Compared with your family's affairs, my family's affairs are really trivial."

Gu Yun smiled and said, "It's all idle worries."

"That's right," Shen Yi laughed at himself, "Have you seen the memorial submitted by General Zhong? In addition to military intelligence, it also details the miserable state of the disaster victims in Jiangbei. It's still summer, and it's autumn soon. If we can't settle them down, I don't know how we will survive... We are living from day to day, and those of us who are just sitting there doing nothing are still worrying about the trivial things happening in our backyard."

After he finished speaking, he sighed quietly. The two of them were silent for a moment. Gu Yun suddenly said, "Show me General Zhong's memorial tomorrow. If the timing is right, present it to the court in the morning. I've really had enough of their quarrels."

Shen Yi was stunned. Marquis Anding's attitude fully represented the military. He had not expressed his views on domestic affairs for so many years. This time he was going to stand behind the Grand Council...Prince Yan?

At this moment, Chang Geng, who had walked in at some point, interrupted and said, "No need, godfather, it's just a small matter, why do you need to come in person?"

Seeing him coming, Shen Yi hurriedly changed his unruly sitting posture and involuntarily sat up straight and said, "Your Majesty has devoted all his energy to the people and the country. We, the prodigal sons who only know how to spend but not earn, also want to do our part."

Chang Geng smiled and said, "General Shen, that's not right. The soldiers shed blood in front of us, so we have room to breathe. Setting up a factory along the canal involves many things. If you get involved, it will easily cause trouble. I can still handle it. Don't worry, I will make sure it is settled before the cold weather comes."

Today's Prince Yan is no longer the ignorant boy in Yanhui Town. When the country is in danger, there must be someone to take up the responsibility. Although he is young, he has the calm and majestic aura of being in charge of the Military Affairs Office. His few words sound like casual chat, but when they come out of his mouth, they seem to be powerful.

Shen Yi suddenly remembered that ever since Prince Yan took over the Grand Council, they had been getting money and food, and sending batches of lighters and armor to the front line without hesitation. If they hadn't come from the capital and knew how dilapidated the court was, they would probably have wondered why life was better than before the war.

Shen Yi clasped his hands and said solemnly: "No matter what, I want to thank the prince on behalf of tens of thousands of soldiers on the border."

Chang Geng smiled and said, "General Shen, what you said is all due to me... Besides, my foster father has already thanked me, right?"

Gu Yun: “…”

This little bastard!

Chang Geng took the oil paper bag from his hand and said softly, "It's just a snack to satisfy your craving. Be more restrained. We will have a full meal later."

Shen Yi, a bachelor for a thousand years, was too embarrassed to sit here any longer. He wanted to leave quickly after dinner even without Gu Yun chasing him away. The food at Marquis Anding's house tasted really bad.

In the evening, after seeing off General Shen, who was severely injured both physically and mentally, Chang Geng took away the wine glass that Gu Yun was holding tightly.

Gu Yun smiled lazily and said, "There's no more wine. There's only the bottom of the cup. Let me smell it."

Chang Geng threw him a packet of tranquilizing powder: "I love smelling this."

Gu Yun shook his head helplessly - he was indulgent, but as long as he wanted to control himself, he would never hesitate. He had not touched alcohol for many days, and when Shen Yi came, he only drank three or two glasses, basically just enough to moisten his lips and throat. He knew that Chang Geng would control him, so he did not put down the glass.

Chang Geng really loves to take care of him, taking care of everything and never asking others to do it, as if this can make him feel at ease.

They were all trivial matters, and Gu Yun was happy to pamper him without making a sound.

The two washed up and returned to their room, but nothing romantic happened. Gu Yun patted the head of the bed and said to Chang Geng, "Give me the silver needle."

Chang Geng was shocked and sad that day, and almost fell into hallucination. Then, his long-cherished wish came true. He was too happy and went crazy. Gu Yun held back and didn't say anything. Two days later, Shen Yi and others arrived in Beijing, and he went to find Miss Chen.

Miss Chen came over to take a look once, and then she started to prick the King of Goose, whose pupils occasionally appeared, into a hedgehog, and said meaningfully: "Since ancient times, it has been said that extreme happiness leads to sorrow, and it is not uncommon for people to go crazy due to extreme happiness. Even ordinary people are like this, so in your case, you should exercise some restraint."

After she finished speaking, she glanced at Gu Yun implicitly, and the word "beast" seemed to flash between the lines, and she cast a lot of blame on Marquis Anding. She issued a dozen decrees prohibiting alcohol, spicy food, noise, and sexual intercourse, and told Prince Yan to use silver needles to calm his mind and strengthen his heart before going to bed every day. There were some places he couldn't reach himself, so he had to let Gu Yun do it for him. Gu Yun learned from Miss Chen for several days. Fortunately, he had practiced martial arts since he was a child and could find the acupuncture points accurately.

Chang Geng lay quietly on the bedside, untied Gu Yun's bun, grabbed a strand of his loose hair and played with it, then handed his back to Gu Yun with his two knives, not afraid at all that he would stab the wrong person.

No matter how exhausted he was every day, this period of time was the time when he felt most relaxed, and he wished it could last forever.