On the day of the old Duke Zhenguo's awakening, Xu Tianze stood far away in the teahouse, leaning on the windowsill, watching the team from the Duke Zhenguo's mansion slowly pass by.
"Aze, did you kill the old Duke Zhenguo?" Monk glanced out the window, then stared at Xu Tianze closely.
"Isn't the answer obvious? I killed him." Xu Tianze answered expressionlessly, but his eyes still followed the team.
"How could you...how could you..." There was disbelief in Monkie's eyes.
When he learned the news, he always thought it was just a deliberate instigation by someone with ulterior motives. After all, Xu Tianze could not do such a thing as patricide, even though the old Duke Zhenguo had never raised Xu Tianze.
But when he confirmed the accuracy of the news from Xu Tianze, he even suspected that he was hallucinating and did not believe what Xu Tianze said.
The Xu Tianze he knew would never do such a thing, let alone talk about it calmly after doing it.
"Aze, do you... have any difficulties?" Monkie, dressed in casual clothes, was less fierce and more friendly.
Xu Tianze was stunned when he heard this. He then turned to look at Monkie, looking a little stupid and unaware.
In the capital city, everyone is saying that he is ungrateful, ungrateful, and an unfilial son. Although he is not condemned by everyone, the name Xu Tianze is hated as soon as it is mentioned.
This was the first time in the past few days that he heard someone ask him if he had any difficulties, instead of scolding or being disgusted.
If it was a hypocritical pretense, Xu Tianze would not feel anything. However, the person who asked the question had a sincere tone and the concern in his eyes was genuine.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Xu Tianze in a daze, Monkie couldn't help but slow down his voice.
He felt a little annoyed in his heart. He must have been too fierce when he questioned, and scared Xu Tianze.
For a moment, Monk was filled with guilt and heartache. His younger brother was originally the most carefree boy in Shangjing City, but now he has become like this. It was because he, as an older brother, failed to protect him well.
"Nothing. Brother Meng is not guarding the palace. How come you have time to come to me today?" Xu Tianze put away the bitterness in his heart and gave Meng Qi a sincere smile.
"I have a day off today, and I happened to hear that you were back in the capital, so I came to see you." Meng Qi knew that Xu Tianze didn't want to say more, so he just followed Xu Tianze's words and changed the subject.
The capital city is only this big. All the young men and women from noble families that he is familiar with are, generally speaking, people who have known each other since childhood. He and Xiaoze can be said to be childhood friends.
Because of Monk's own personality and his background, there are only one or two people who can be considered good friends.
And Xu Tianze happens to be one of them, so Monk naturally has a special feeling for Xu Tianze.
There is always a time of conflict in everything, but as long as it is not the last moment when he has to face it, Monk will choose to stand on Xu Tianze's side.
This is Monk's own persistence, and it is also the reason why Xu Tianze, knowing that Monk is now loyal to Long Qingyi, can still sit together and chat without any scruples.
"I remember that Brother Meng's day off should be the 15th and the end of every month, right?" Xu Tianze looked at Meng Qi in confusion.
It is exactly the beginning of the month now, so it is not the turn of the commander of the Imperial Guard to take a day off.
"It was on the fifteenth day of the deputy commander's month. There happened to be a happy event in his family, so he switched his rest time with me." Monkie refilled Xu Tianze's tea and explained very smoothly.
As for the deputy commander who was taken from his home by Monkie to the palace for duty this morning, he sneezed several times for no apparent reason. He had no idea that there was a happy event in his family on the fifteenth day of the month.
"So that's the case. Then Brother Meng, why don't you spend half a day with me today?" Xu Tianze suddenly realized, and then unceremoniously asked Meng Qi for half a day's time.
He has been in the Valley of Divine Doctors for three years. Even when he left the valley, he was only providing free medical services outside the valley. He always felt that things outside were unreal.
He didn't know about the changes in the capital city in the past three years, so it would be a good idea to ask Monkie to introduce it to him.
After all, he and Monkie haven't seen each other for three years, so it would be fun to catch up today.
Monkie naturally responded to Xu Tianze's request, so the two of them spent the day strolling around like they were children.
Go to the pastry shop in the west of the city to try the new pastries; go to the market in the east of the city to stroll around; go to the theater in the north of the city to listen to opera; go to the racecourse in the south of the city to ride horses...
From the zenith of the sun to the crest of the moon, the two people seemed to have cast aside all their identities and responsibilities. There were no conspiracies or plans. They were just ordinary friends who had not seen each other for a long time.
"It's been three years. The capital has changed a lot, but it also seems like nothing has changed." Xu Tianze and Meng Qi sat on the roof, looking at the lights of thousands of homes below.
"I haven't been in Shangjing City for three years, so Xiaoze naturally feels that there have been changes. But I have been in Shangjing City all the time, so I didn't feel any changes." Monk looked up at the moon above his head.
Although the moon is not very round, its cold light is still bright and dazzling, just like the people around me.
"Has it really not changed? Everything and everyone has changed a lot." Xu Tianze lay on the roof with his arms as his pillow, also looking up at the moon.
The capital city is still so prosperous and is the center of power in the dynasty. Xu Tianze has unique memories of every street and alley, big and small.
However, some of the people in these memories have long disappeared from memory, some have parted ways, and for others, the relationship between them is no longer so pure.
It has changed, and it has not changed. But no matter whether it has changed or not, it is different from before.
He felt this way, and Meng Qi, who had been in the capital, must have felt the same way, but his elder brother Meng always comforted him.
Then he said that he had not noticed any changes at all, everything was the same, and he was the same, and would always protect him and stand on his side.
"The person is still here." Monk turned to look at Xu Tianze who was lying beside him, with a hint of stubbornness on his face.
"Our hearts are different." Xu Tianze added softly, then he stood up and turned his back to Meng Qi, "Brother Meng, next time we meet, we'll be enemies. Don't be soft-hearted then."
After Xu Tianze finished speaking, he flew away and walked into the distance.
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