bad, i'm a fool

Chapter 152 Treat each other with courtesy
Li Zai lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling above his head in a daze.

As a lieutenant of the Xiu Department, he should not have been lying here.

This small house located on the outskirts of Siyang, which is relatively deserted, was bought by him in the second year as a minister. In a garden, there is a side room that almost never fires next to it, and the flowers and plants in the yard seem to have never been pruned, just growing like wild, and many flowers have been deprived of nutrients by the weeds, almost dying.

Li Zai is not used to crossing half of Siyang to sleep here on weekdays. He usually makes do with the dormitory prepared by the Military Division Mansion for the soldiers on duty in the Rest Department.

Ever since he became a captain, there was no Zhong Lilin to supervise him making the quilt, cleaning up the housework, and Li Zai liked the dormitory just a few steps away.

But now, Li Zai is lying in the small courtyard he bought a few years ago, and realizes that he has never seriously observed this small room.

"My lord, it's time to apply the medicine."

A soldier wearing the armor of the National Army Division knocked on the door of his room lightly, holding a plate with several powdered medicines on it, with no expression on his face.

Li Zai looked at the soldier, nodded, and said nothing.

The soldiers of the Xiu Department were always aware of the bullying of the Emperor by the Tongque Seal.

Tan Taifu controls most of the aristocratic sects that support the National Military Division, but he can't control every big soldier who only obeys orders.

I don't know what they would think of this lieutenant who was suspected of deceiving the emperor, who believed in their vocation to be loyal to the country.

It was too troublesome, and he didn't want to think about it.

"Let me apply the 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 shouldn't 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 will wipe the medicine myself."

"Yes."

The soldier stood at attention respectfully, turned around and was about to go out the door.

"Who's waiting to see you?"

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, untied the pajamas on his upper body, took the gauze from the bed with his upper body bare, sprinkled the powder on it, and slowly wrapped it up.

His upper body, which was not considered strong at first glance, was bruised and purple, and there were also many scratches and scorched marks, and the deeper wounds had already been covered with gauze.

"Choose today because you're going to deliver me medicine today?"

Li Zai squinted his eyes and looked at the soldier. If he remembered correctly, this soldier was the one who recognized Tantai Ming's moves in the teaching field before his visit to West Asia.

Among the current rest departments, he is one of the few old departments of Zhong Lilin, and he used to be Li Zai's colleague, but he was not familiar with each other because of different periods.

"That's not the case. The subordinate went down and told Mr. Zhong to wait for a while."

The person brought out by Zhong Lilin obviously had a temper. After he finished speaking, he opened the door and walked out.

after awhile.

Zhong Lilin sat quietly in front of Li Zai, Li Zai smiled wryly and leaned against the head of the bed without saying a word.

"Tantaifu, is this to protect you, or to take out your anger?"

Zhong Lilin looked up and down Li Zai's upper body after changing the medicine. Although such a punishment would not hurt the root, it was always extremely uncomfortable.

"It's better than losing your head."

Li Zai shook his head with a smile, stretched out his hands to feel under the bed with some difficulty, and took out a small jug: "No, maybe it doesn't hurt if you lose your head? You can sleep for a long time, and there won't be such a thing." tired."

"How can you drink alcohol when you are recovering from your injuries?"

Zhong Lilin kept a straight face, and glanced at Li Zai like a sword, but was melted away by the other party's laughing expression: "Oh, you know this hurt, you can only spend time to support it, it's so hard not to drink."

"It's important to recover as soon as possible."

Zhong Lilin's voice softened slightly, and he reached out to grab the small flagon: "I am here today to represent His Highness."

"Your Highness?"

"Exactly."

Li Zai didn't intend to resist, he let Zhong Lilin take the jug away, and heard him say: "Your Highness wanted to come to visit you by himself, but now you are a guilty minister, this is against the rules."

"Even if he's not a guilty minister, what kind of rules is it for the emperor to visit his ministers?" Li Zai's smile did not change.

Zhong Lilin looked at him and said, "Si Mongolian etiquette is like this. In the past, the courtiers in front of the monarch even stood up and gave them seats. They would visit them when they were sick and treat them with courtesy. Later, they gradually lost their way. The courtiers stood up without seats. Later, I couldn’t even stand up, and I had to kneel to play, and it’s really not as good as it used to be.”

After Li Zai heard this, the smile on his face disappeared a little, and he looked into Zhong Lilin's eyes: "Your words are disrespectful."

"Your Highness said it himself."

Zhong Lilin raised his chin slightly: "Your Highness ordered me to visit you, first to show concern, and second to see when you can continue to perform your duties."

"Why are you in such a hurry?"

"Your Highness is planning to go on tour in the near future. Regarding the draft, His Highness intends to set an example by himself."

Normally, Zhong Lilin would only sneer when he mentioned such absurd things, but now his expression is extremely serious, which makes Li Jae a little amused:
"You are so caring, is it possible that you are also curious about the girl? That is really a strange thing about the blooming iron tree."

Zhong Lilin glanced at him: "Since I entered the 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 Highness?"

Li Zai sighed, stretched his arms reluctantly, and twisted his neck: "My opinion is not important, but you, even if you want to find justice in the past and hate Tan Taifu, you can't blindly follow His Highness like this Go, maybe one day he will return to his original style? If he offends Tan Taifu then..."

"My spiritual roots have been crippled, what else can I lose?"

Zhong Lilin's face became as cold as iron: "Compared to spending days in the Taishu Pavilion, the current Highness finally gave 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!"

"Ugh……"

Li Zai let out a long sigh and stopped talking.

Zhong Lilin's mood stabilized slightly, and he stood up to say goodbye. Li Zai supported the edge of the bed and wanted to get up, but he grabbed his shoulders.

"Don't be greedy for alcohol, heal your injury as soon as possible."

He said with a stern face: "If you play around with the wind like you, there will always be times when you miss. It's not so easy to stay around Tantai and his son."

"Why don't I know?"

Li Zai smiled wryly and lay back on the bed.

Seeing that he was unwilling to say any more, Zhong Lilin gritted his teeth secretly, opened the door and went out.

(End of this chapter)