Broken Bonds

68

Chapter 68

At noon, Yan Feili and Liu Qi had time to eat lunch, and then they went to the horse farm to pick three good horses.

Yan Feili thought of Moxue, a horse that was as proud as its owner! What kind of horse can match its expectations? After spending a long time on the horse farm, Liu Qi selected three horses and sent them to the palace in the afternoon. 

The three horses are indeed beautiful and can still catch people’s eyes, but Moxue, who was like an elite human, probably won’t be satisfied.

In the evening, Liu Ya, who went to the city with a few children, came back and chatted at the dinner table about the majesty of General Yu riding on the horse. She also said that Beitang Wang did not ride a horse but sat on the emperor’s carriage and did not show his face.

“Why didn’t he ride a horse?” Yan Feili asked.

Liu Ya said while eating, “I heard that Beitang Wang was injured on the battlefield, and the emperor personally gave him the imperial carriage so that he didn’t need to get off the sedan chair and went straight into the palace.” 

She shook her head again and said, “General Yu is also very majestic, but not as good as Beitang Wang. Beitang Wang is the best-looking person I have ever seen. The last time he came back from the Ying Kingdom, he rode on that black horse. How majestic and beautiful! My sisters were all dumbfounded and said that even if they go to the palace to be a girl for the Wang, they are willing.”

“Girl, don’t talk nonsense!” Madam Liu was telling her. “Don’t say these absurd things.”

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Liu Ya wrinkled her nose and lowered her head to pick up rice. Liu Qi glanced at Yan Feili and saw that his expression was gloomy and thoughtful, he couldn’t help but frown. Two years ago, Yan Feili suddenly appeared in front of him dressed in a green shirt with an elegant smile. For many years, he seemed to be swept away by this smile.

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When Liu Qi first heard from Yan Feili, Yan Feili was the first military commander in the Northern Gate of Tianmen, once the confidant of Beitang Wang in the Ming Dynasty. As he saw Yan Feili again who was alone and came under an alias, he knew something must’ve happened. But he didn’t ask anything because he believed in Yan Feili as Yan Feili believed him.

“If one day you can’t hang onto the rivers and lakes, please remember to come to me!” 

Liu Qi had always remembered this sentence. For so many years, he sometimes expected that Yan Feili would appear in front of him and recount their brotherhood with him; other times, he hoped that Yan Feili would never show up and live a good life. His own life.

On that day Yan Feili appeared, he did not look like he was forced by others or in any deep trouble to the extent that it would surge out of the rivers and lakes. Liu Qi may not be as knowledgeable as him, his martial arts were not as good as him, he was not as popular as him, perhaps inferior to him in everything but he knows him best. Yan Feili was not the kind of person who will cause trouble for others because he will only leave the trouble to himself. There were some things that he did not let go of. Some things, deposited in his heart, were already as solid as a rock and as heavy as a mountain!

“Xiao Yan. Let’s go to the horse farm,” Liu Qi said to Yan Feili after dinner.

“Okay.” 

Yan Feili followed him on the grassland where the wind whistled past their ears. On a hillside, the two stopped their horses and looked at the red and dim sun to the west, taking away the last bit of the light.

“Xiao Yan, are you worried?”

Yan Feili did not speak but blindly looked into the distance.

Liu Qi asked again, “Just now the girl said that Beitang Wang was injured, are you worried?” 

“No. Why would I be?” Yan Feili replied a bit quickly.

Liu Qi sighed and said, “Xiao Yan, why should you lie to me? You are a person of a great friendship. Back then when the head of Pan Jun took you as a disciple and taught you martial arts, you fulfilled Pan Jun’s burden for him as per his last wish. If it weren’t for the destruction of the Jian Kingdom, you won’t know how long you have to carry that burden.”

“Master was kind to me, I should do something for him,” Yan Feili stroked the horse’s mane.

“You are like this… I don’t know why you entered a Gate of Heaven but you have been there for so long and now you left, you still have feelings. I have yet to ask you anything, but I know you’re worried about something. Don’t forget that there is still your brother here.” 

Yan Feili said to him, “I know, good brother.”

Liu Qi saw him looking into the distance again, the direction of Beijing, and he still didn’t want to know many things. He changed the topic, “Your sister-in-law asked me to ask you, how about the girl I told you last time? Do you still like her?”

Yan Feili smiled bitterly, “A’Qi, go back and tell my sister-in-law to not do it again in the future. Leave me alone, I will never get married in this life.”

Liu Qi started, “In the past two years, the nosy lady has introduced you to how many girls one after another, but you have turned them down. I know you don’t have this in mind but how can I manage her? You haven’t seen her in previous years. When she was crying and yelling to give me a concubine, it was so irritating.” 

In addition to Liu Ya, Liu Qi and his wife had a son but their son fell ill when he was three years old. Madam Liu was unable to give birth because she had dystocia when she gave birth to her son. She felt guilty about the loss in Liu’s family and encouraged Liu Qi to take in a concubine. However, Liu Qi was born as an orphan and he didn’t care if he had no son or minded a son. He and Madam Liu had a deep relationship, he would not accept a concubine. Madam Liu felt ashamed of him and had nagged about it for several years. Throughout the years, she saw Liu Qi’s determination and she gradually gave up. Then she decided to train Liu Ya to become a talent and inherit her father’s family business in the future. So in the first few years, Liu Ya was sent to school to let her learn more. Fortunately, the Ming Dynasty was open-minded regarding the difference between men and women.

Yan Feili listened to Liu Qi’s words and said in distress, “What can I do? Help me think about it. What reason is there to go back this time?”

Liu Qi laughed, “You can figure it out, I can’t help you. The last time I helped you, you rejected the third daughter of Gan and Aunt Wang’s seventh aunt next door. Your sister-in-law said that I was ruthless. Carry it yourself this time around.”

He raised his whip and took the lead to rush down the hillside. Yan Feili frowned, smiled bitterly, and ran away with the horse under his hips.