Chapter 122 The Secret in the Heart
Taishici's mother recognized Lu Ning as her godson. Lu Ning was really happy. On the one hand, Lu Ning did not have any relatives in this world. It would be better to have a mother now. No matter how dry it is, she finally has a mother. On the other hand, with the adopted son, Taishici would never run away. He would obediently come to Lu Ning's subordinates to lead troops to fight.
Later, before Lu Ning was about to set off, Lu Ning said to Taishi Ci's mother: "Mother, I will soon lead troops to Youzhou to follow the emperor's order to eliminate the Xianbei Tartars of the Kebineng tribe. When I was not at home, I asked my maid Yan'er and your future daughter-in-law Yan'er to serve you. When I came back, I would serve my mother in person. If you have anything, please let them do it. Don't be tired anymore."
Taishici's mother said, "Son, you must also be careful when doing things."
After hearing this, Lu Ning nodded and said, "I understand, mom."
When Cai Yan heard that Lu Ning was going to go to war again, he said to Lu Ning: "Brother, you really want to go to war. Now it's winter, how can you go to war? Do you have to come back during the Chinese New Year?"
Lu Ning said: "Yes, the army will set off today. I will leave early tomorrow morning. Is the New Year? It probably has a little difficulty. Maybe I won't be able to return until the second half of next year. But I will try my best to come back. Just help me take good care of my godmother."
Cai Yan looked at Lu Ning affectionately and said, "Don't worry, Xiaoyan and I will take good care of you. You must be careful and don't rush forward as soon as you fight. You are the governor of Bingzhou. If something goes wrong, what will happen to the people under the system do? They all need you."
Lu Ning smiled and said, "Okay, I will be careful. Besides, you, the beautiful lady, are waiting for me. How could I die easily? I haven't married you yet? I will come back safely."
After hearing this, Cai Yan looked shy and gusted: "Brother, why are you always unruly and often speak without any obstruction? There are so many people next to you, so you won't be more elegant."
Lu Ning smiled and said, "This is difficult. I have never read the Four Books and Five Classics, the Records of the Classics of the Classics. I can't even write calligraphy well now. Many of the letters are from Boda. Zitai and others help me write. If I want to quote the scriptures again, I can only scratch my head."
Cai Yan laughed and said, "Big brother, I really can't do you. The poems and songs you said are all superb works, but I really can't write calligraphy. Is it true or false that I have never read the Four Books and Five Classics, and the Records of the Classics of the Grand Historian?"
Damn, Lu Ning had never read it before. Who would have read the Four Books and Five Classics in Lu Ning and his family in that era? It was the work of experts, professors and scholars. Why didn't Lu Ning learn those things? Many of the tricks Lu Ning used now were actually movies from later generations and things he saw on TV.
Lu Ning looked up at Cai Yan and said, "You will know in the future. I am not as talented as you imagined. I am really a person who cannot get into martial arts and writing. As for the miscellaneous studies, I should still be very good. It's just that today's society regards miscellaneous studies as strange and lewd skills, which is really nonsense."
After hearing this, Cai Yan said with a serious expression: "Brother, you shouldn't spend a lot of your time on strange and lustful skills, which would be bad for your reputation. Besides, you really shouldn't learn more about those things, so you should read more books like the Four Books and Five Classics."
After hearing this, Lu Ning shook his head, looked at Cai Yilei and sighed, "Sister Yan, you know that the strange and lustful skills you mentioned are actually the method of saving the country and the people, and the method of strengthening the country and enriching the people, and the key to national rejuvenation. If I had not guided Ma Jun to do the strange and lustful skills mentioned by these scholars, our army would have been so powerful. The people in my jurisdiction would have been able to get rid of famine so quickly, production develops rapidly, the economy continues to grow, merchants gather, shops are everywhere, and factories are growing like mushrooms after a rain. Alas, forget it, you don't understand it, even if you say it, there will be no one in the world to understand it. Sometimes I am depressed. I am really not from the same era as you, so there are many opinions that conflict and contradictions in ideas."
After hearing this, Cai Yan touched Lu Ning's head with his hand and said, "Big brother, you don't have a fever. Why are you talking nonsense? Why are you from the same era as us? What are you talking nonsense?"
After hearing this, Lu Ning was stunned and spoke again, not knowing the importance of it. Lu Ning hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, the tongue is wrong, the tongue is wrong."
Taishici's mother said, "Son, don't be sad, don't worry about what others think. If you think it's right, do it boldly. As long as it's good to the people, the nation, and the country, why not worry about gains and losses."
When Lu Ning heard this, he said, yes, the voices of ordinary people are essentially different from those of great scholars. They pursue different things, their ideals, their ideas are even more different, the people are more realistic, and Confucian scholars are more empty and imaginative.
Lu Ning said: "I know my mother, I know what I should do. I will never let down the people under my control. I will make them live a better life."
That night, Cai Yan came to Lu Ning's study. After they sat down, she said to Lu Ning: "Brother, can you tell me about your past events to me."
After hearing this, Lu Ning looked at her. Is this possible? If I could say something, Lu Ning would have said it long ago. If I were to tell you now, Lu Ning would be regarded as a lunatic by you soon, saying that Lu Ning is a lunatic and a monster.
Lu Ning called her and asked her to sit in Lu Ning's arms and said, "Sister Yan, it's not that I don't want to say it. I can say it. Actually, you know it. I'm not all these things on the prairie? As for what goes on, I'm not convenient to tell you now. When one day you really become my wife, you will know me a little deeper and trust me more. I may tell you, otherwise I won't tell anyone, I don't want to cause trouble for myself, and of course I won't harm others."
After hearing this, Cai Yan said, "What is your wife?"
Lu Ning laughed and said, "My wife means wife."
Cai Yan smiled and said, "I am all yours now, and you don't trust me."
Damn, you are Lu Ning’s person, but Lu Ning and you have never done anything. It’s nothing more than holding hands, hugging, eating some bird’s nest liquid, and rubbing them for two handfuls. This is what Lu Ning’s person is. But that’s the case. In ancient times, as long as you hold the other person’s hand, you must be your person, and they even eat bird’s nest liquid for each other.
Lu Ning smiled and said, "Baby, of course I trust you, but we still need to understand each other. In this way, after I say it, you will be more likely to accept it and trust me a little more, and will not surprise you. It's better to take your time."
Cai Yan thought for a while and said, "Okay."
Chapter completed!