fierce fox

I.

"My lord, lord, look at this wind chime, is it made of shells from the East China Sea?"

"My lord, look at this paper kite, it is so similar to a howling eagle."

"My lord, the Central Plains people's hands are really skillful, the embroidery can be so lifelike."

……

Lin Xu looked at the dazzling array of objects on the street and asked a variety of questions in surprise, Lin Huaiyi felt that he had no time to answer.

The exquisite silk on the street, the unique sugar figurines, and the attractively colored candied gourds, these are common items on the streets in the capital, but they are rarely seen in the frontier.

Not to mention that the girls in the south are all fresh and chic, and they speak softly and softly. Even the men are much fairer and cleaner than the men in the north. The bookishness in their bodies shows that they have received a good education since childhood, and they are well-educated.

Lin Xu couldn't take his eyes off the people and things on the street.

But Lin Huaiyi's face is dark now.

It's fine if you look at the interesting things in the store, but why is he staring at the little boys on the road in a daze? ? ?

"Young master, look at this fan, the paintings on it are so beautiful."

This time it was Lin Huaiyi who pointed to a fan with no cats or dogs on it and looked at Lin Xu eagerly.

"Yeah, it's good, it's good." Lin Xu glanced quickly, and continued to peek at the little scholar in white who was chatting with his friend across the street.As if a friend had said something joking, the little scholar was leaning forward with joy.

Lin Huaiyi's face was full of black lines, and he wished he could reach out and straighten Lin Xu's head.

A person beside you who is so gorgeous in the capital is looking at others?

Could it be that my clothes don't look good today?

The fox felt a little guilty after thinking about it, the most delicate set was washed and not yet dry, so he changed this one in the morning

"Tsk..." This fox, who can usually open his tail, suddenly turned his head up, his mouth turned up high, and his whole body became much darker, like a dark cloud covering the sky.

The fox bowed his head sullenly and walked forward. Suddenly, a bunch of candied haws appeared in front of him, and he almost bumped into it.

The young man's eyes were shining brightly, and some candy had already stuck to the corner of his mouth. He was chewing happily, and with a big smile on his face, he looked at him, "My lord, this candied haws is delicious, and you have one too."

I won't eat this kind of sticky and childish thing!

The fox's anger was still there, and he sprayed the innocent candied haws in his heart, but he still reached out to take it and took a bite.

This is sweet and sour... seems to be not bad?

In fact, the last time I ate this stuff was more than ten years ago. It was bought by Lin Yiqing on the way home after he went to court. The two of them hid in the study room and shared a bunch with each other.

In private, the general who was too skinny looked at the fox's teeth stuck and laughed for a while.

Maybe it's because people's skills are improving, or he just bought a bunch of sticky ones on purpose that day.

Just when the fox was thinking about things, Lin Xu blushed and said, "Does the prince have any spare money? Can you lend me some to buy a bunch of candied haws... I have little money when I go out in the morning. When I get back to the house... I will return it to you immediately."

Lin Huaiyi immediately seized every opportunity to speak boldly: "As long as the young master wants it, this king can buy this street for you."

Poor Lin Xu grew up under the education of a thrifty mother who ran the house since she was a child. She had never heard such generous words, and panicked for a while: "No, no, I don't need the whole street, I just want to buy candied haws."

Just now, when he saw the two people talking on the street holding a bunch of bright red candied haws in their hands, all the gluttons were aroused, thinking that they would eat more while they were here anyway.

"I can give you everything I have," Lin Huaiyi looked at the blushing Lin Xu and thought to himself.

Along the way, Lin Xu showed the curiosity that young people should have. He would pick up everything to have a look. When he returned home, he had candied haws in his left hand and dragon beard in his right. The straw sandals I bought were full of smiles, and at first glance, they really showed the naughtiness of some young people.

And Lin Xu would buy one for the angry prince beside him. Except that Lin Huaiyi didn't change his shoes, both of them had the same clothes on their hands.

When Uncle Liu opened the door and saw the virtues of the prince and the prince, his beard was so angry that his beard rose to the sky.

Hurry up to welcome these two demon kings into the mansion and close the door.He also took a special look around to make sure no one followed the joke.

Uncle Liu, who was going to the front hall, was thinking about it along the way, and Lin Xu secretly made a face at Lin Huaiyi.

The dragon beard crisps still stuck to the corner of his mouth, like a little old man.

Lin Huaiyi laughed softly, reached out to wipe Lin Xu's mouth clean, and lingered on his lips for a moment with his fingers, seemingly unintentionally, before withdrawing his hand.

Lin Xu heard her own heartbeat clearly at that moment,

Maybe...my ears are red too, Lin Xu thought a little embarrassedly.

What is this kind of uncontrollable liking from the bottom of my heart?

☆、Chapter 14

"Young master, if you want to go out again in the future, just send someone to my house to say something."

Lin Huaiyi approached Lin Xu's ear and whispered.The warm air sprayed lightly on Lin Xu's earlobe, numb half of his body.

"Okay, okay"

My ears are really red now...

Lin Huaiyi didn't stay in the Proton Mansion for a long time. After drinking a cup of tea, he got up and said goodbye, saying that he would prepare for the court tomorrow. In fact, he was afraid that he would be hurt by Chi Yu and slipped away faster than anyone else. Only eminent monks can bear it.

When Lin Xu heard that he was going to leave, his whole face collapsed, and he wished he could get up and drag him back. He tried to persuade him to stay: "Won't your lord stay for dinner?" He tried his best to help him share the joys and sorrows.I completely forgot that the two of them ate all the way back just now.

Lin Huaiyi laughed

"Next time, there will be a chance after all." He knew how to assess the situation and slipped faster than anyone else.

Under the defection of this superficial brother, Lin Xu listened to Uncle Liu's quotations for more than half an hour.

Proton seems to have grown a lot in the past few months, and he has to go to the tailor shop to make some new clothes tomorrow.

Uncle Liu looked at the young man dancing sword in the yard, as if he saw the unrestrained and upright person many years ago.

After the old general passed away without saying a word, he took up the entire military affairs of the Northwest, suppressing the Huns to retreat ten miles.Everyone said that General Lin was talented and talented, but who cared about his deliberate efforts and painstaking efforts?

How to obtain the military salary of the garrison officers and soldiers before the imperial court supplies.How can the safety of the camp be guaranteed on the seemingly peaceful border?As a new general, how should he convince the public?The small countries on the side kept trying to figure out how to deal with it.

So much pressure was placed on the green-robed man that he quickly grew from a young master to a man in just a few months after taking over Northwest.

Those who are not familiar with him respect and fear him, while those who know the bottom line only feel sorry for him.

Seeing that he was burdened by war and political affairs every night, but he couldn't share any of it for him. He could only change one oil lamp after another and brew cups of bitter tea for him.

On the contrary, it was General Lin who comforted them and told them not to worry.

"The boat will go straight when it reaches the bridge," Uncle Liu remembers him saying nonchalantly.

He opened his arms and kept the people around him firmly in his arms. At the same time, he had to deal with scheming and insidious attacks from all sides, until finally his back was covered with scars and he fell to the ground exhausted.

For more than ten years from spring to autumn, the little people who were once huddled together and protected all have different identities, which are embedded in the current situation like nails. They seem small, but they are stuck in key positions and closely connect all parties. together.

General's House.

No matter how suave and glib Lin Huaiyi is outside, as soon as he returns to the mansion, he is like an actor taking off his mask, revealing the gloomy expression after returning to the palace many years ago.

It's just that today he looks a little more relaxed.Probably just had a good time playing with Lin Xu.

Lingqu was already waiting for him in the yard. "Little prince, an order came from the palace earlier today, telling the prince to make preparations, and the court will start the day after tomorrow."

Lin Huaiyi twitched the corner of his mouth, so impatient?

"Understood, what happened to what I asked you to inquire about."

Lingqu straightened his face and said: "I found out that the second prince is indeed colluding with the Yue clan secretly, and the degree is even deeper than we imagined. There are frequent letters and letters on weekdays, and there may be some actions recently."

Lin Huaiyi said: "Waiting is his action, don't let people down."

"Where is the third prince?" he continued to ask.

"The third prince's influence is deep and he usually does things in a low-key and meticulous manner. His subordinates are very tight-lipped, and they don't know much at the moment." Lingqu sighed.

"Mo Gong is quite a man of the city, he is not a good stubble, he is not at the same level as that Mo Li.

Keep staring, and find someone to keep an eye on the Wu family, the old man won't just swallow this breath in vain. "

"Yes" Lingqu replied.

Ling Qu walked out the door and sighed deeply, the General's Mansion seemed to be under a curse, as long as he stayed in it for a long time, even the most idle people would be sucked into this abyss-like vortex and find no peace.

When he was young, he watched the brothers and sisters of the Lin family go through twists and turns from the dazzling splendor at the beginning to the forbearing and gloomy later.

Both parents passed away, and Lin Seqing was sent to marry in the name of the princess...

Lingqu still remembers the day she got married, the auspicious day that should have been personally selected by the royal family, the blue sky was clear, but the north wind unexpectedly blew up, blowing sand and rocks for a while, blowing up her thick veil, revealing her pair of long-awaited eyes. Eyes that were no longer bright looked back at them with a thin mist.

He watched Lin Yiqing stand on the city wall and watched the horse drive away until it became a black spot on the horizon and could no longer be seen.

Since then, the brother and sister who have been dependent on each other for more than ten years are separated from each other. They grow up alone and cannot see each other for the last time.

The kinship that blood is thicker than water was severed by a simple imperial decree.

It wasn't until Lin Yiqing came down from the city wall that the then Prison State's current Holy Majesty, who was also their childhood playmate, hurried over.

The prince, who was well-planned and well-mannered in court, didn't even have the courage to bid farewell.

Lingqu turned back to look at Lin Huaiyi, maybe the heavens saw the misery that the general was enduring under the mask, and sent him such a lovely spiritual creature.

He could see that since Lin Huaiyi appeared, the haze on the general's face began to gradually dissipate. Sometimes even if the fox made some mistakes and was punished by the general, Lingqu knew that he was only pretending to be angry, and never really got angry. .

After having this gluttonous and sleepy fox, the general began to have three regular meals, rested early, and began to pay attention to his body, no longer being messy and making Lingqu anxious and angry, and rarely seeing him again The oil lamp in the study room was kept on all night, coughing lightly.

Later, Lingqu spent most of his time at guard posts in various places, not often by Lin Yiqing's side, because he began to feel relieved of him. Life is on track.

Got a lot of peace.

……

The sun is gradually setting, and the birds and insects are singing.

The night in early spring is still a bit cool, and the moonlight is as cold as jade.

Lin Xu had a hard time falling asleep. After tossing and turning several times, she got up in her clothes and went to the yard, where she sat on a stone bench and looked at the moon.

For some reason, in the past few days, there has always been a feeling of forgetting something, but I can't recall it when I try hard.

But this sense of chaos hits his consciousness again and again, but he asks himself that he has not experienced any major events, and he has come all the way smoothly, even if he forgets, it is just some insignificant things. coming?

He has always been a person who is good at self-examination, so he can clearly feel the different atmosphere between him and Yuchengwang, even this feeling started from the first day he met Yuchengwang.

He has seen a lot of good-looking men and women, and the maids in his own palace alone are selected from among the best-looking people in Gushi Kingdom. A pair of eyes on the face are as agile as the ripples of the lake water, and every frown and smile is soul-stirring.

But he had never felt the way he felt about them as he felt about being king.

He has also heard that men can also have feelings, and he does not object to it. After all, love is the most important thing in human feelings. Although he didn't think he would like men before, his heartbeat actually betrayed him.

And he also keenly discovered that Lin Huaiyi did treat him differently. This famous incarnate devil king in the capital was light-hearted in everything he said and did, but Lin Xu caught him by chance and looked at him with eyes that seemed to be pretending. The thoughts of the whole world are also like the relief and fragility of a young boy who has been wronged outside and finally sees his family.

But this kind of look is always fleeting, and in a blink of an eye he will change into that look that winks at everyone, making Lin Xu wonder if he is wrong at first.

But in this world, is there really a destiny?He didn't dare to think about it.

Just looking in the direction of the general's mansion, he said to himself: "What is the prince doing now?"

But Lin Huaiyi was not in the mansion at this time.

On the top of Tianyu Mountain outside the city, the cold wind whimpered bitterly.

Kneeling a fox in front of an old man with a wine gourd hanging from his waist.

Neither the fairy nor the fox opened their mouths to speak, and they didn't know when the almost frozen atmosphere started and how long it had lasted. There were echoes of insects, birds and wild animals in the distance around them.

After a long time, the fox kowtowed heavily to the old man.

The old man sighed: "Have you thought about it? But don't ruin your future just because of greed."

The fox opened his mouth and replied: "Thought it out."

The old man frowned when he heard the words: "Do you really want to let go of immortality, give up your cultivation base and follow that mortal through reincarnation several times, experience the sufferings of the world, and bury your bones in the loess? You have to know that with your current aptitude, you can rank among the immortals yourself. It’s not difficult, it’s something that cultivators all over the world dream of doing all their lives.”

The fox said firmly: "But the Heavenly Palace is lonely and cold, not as lively as the human world. The fairy position is just a shackle, which locks people for thousands of years and cannot break free."

The old man took a deep look, and because he didn't know the way of cultivation when he was in Nanshan, he gave it a fairy bone to see his fortune. He didn't expect to cause so many headaches later.

But he didn't say anything more, he slapped a spell into the fox's body, and waved his hand

"Okay, when the time is right, rub the mantra into your inner alchemy and feed it to him, and he will naturally remember his previous life."

"Don't act too hastily, you have to take it slowly. After all, he is an ordinary man, if he is too aggressive, he will easily be backlashed into madness by the past."

"I have done my best. If you regret it in the future, don't come to me."

"Of course not, thank the immortal for helping." The fox kowtowed heavily at the old man again, and flew down the mountain.

The old man looked at the back of the fox, twisted the beads in his hand, sighed, and said softly as if talking to himself: "If I had such courage back then..."

It's not like watching her live life after life with the mirror of the world in the sky, from babbling to Fengguan Xiapei, from three thousand blue hair to gray hair, with joy, anger, sorrow, joy, love, hatred, anger, and ignorance.

But I watched her reincarnation for several generations, but even the crabapple flowers around her never withered, as if they were laughing at him who had ascended to immortality but still indulged in mundane things.

The heaven is lonely and cold, not as lively as the world.

The fox who is not very old has actually seen through the truth that he only figured out now.

It's no wonder that he forced his way into the underworld at the beginning, and everyone knew that there was a nine-tailed fox who cut off his own tail to make a yin-yang pen for a mortal, and secretly changed that person's fate. He was caught and almost beaten to death by the king of Hades.

If he hadn't rushed to the underworld to pick up the bloody fox after knowing it from the sky, and put it in the heavenly palace for a period of time, his last tail would have been cut off, let alone someone who would come to him for a spell .

Everyone in the heaven laughed at the fox for being too crazy, but they had never experienced this kind of love that melted into flesh and blood, so how could they see through this burning passion that would give them their lives.

Forget it, go play chess with Yuelao, say something nice and let the old man promise them to be entangled with the red thread forever.

☆、Chapter 15

"Master, it's getting cold, let's go back to the house."When Uncle Liu came back from the tailor shop outside, he saw Lin Xu was still sitting in the courtyard in unlined clothes, so he quickly took the clothes and put them on Lin Xu.

"It's okay, I'm just bored, come out and have a look, Uncle Liu, go to sleep first." Lin Xu said warmly.

"Hey, then I'll make a cup of tea for the young master." Uncle Liu boiled hot water and made a cup of lotus seed heart for Lin Xu, then retreated to the side room.

This young master is naturally unpredictable, he has many things on his mind, and he is not used to being disturbed on weekdays, so he is basically alone, and only asks the steward for help when needed.

Everyone in the mansion knew this, so they did their own things and performed their duties. The affairs of the mansion were handled in an orderly manner, but it was a bit too quiet.

Before Uncle Liu closed the door, he looked at Lin Xu. The young master was close to being crowned, and it was time to find someone to accompany him.Although the queen mentioned it several times in the letter, the young master doesn't seem to have any thoughts about anyone. He likes to play with cats and dogs in the palace of his country. When he comes to the capital, he can play by himself... Thinking of this, Uncle Liu Some worried.

After a while, the lights in Uncle Liu's room also went out, and he must have fallen asleep.Lin Xu blew away the floating lotus seeds and took a sip. The bitter taste filled his mouth, but Lin Xu could swallow it as usual.

Lotus seeds are bitter in taste, cool in nature, and clear away heart fire.

Lin Xu wrapped her clothes tightly, got up and went back to her room.Blow out the oil lamp and lay down on the bed with clothes closed eyes.When I was a little drowsy, I only heard rustling noises outside the window. When I opened my eyes, I saw the white fox secretly opened the window. As soon as I put my head into the room, I found that Lin Xu had woken up. After staring for a while, she quietly stretched her foot forward and jumped onto Lin Xu's bed.She yelled coquettishly at Lin Xu, and nudged her head into his arms and rubbed non-stop.

Lin Xu's heart softened when he heard the cry, and he quickly picked it up and scratched his belly. The comfortable fox turned over and lay on his back, wagging his protruding tail, and lowered his head to lick Lin Xu's hand, signaling him to continue. .

Lin Xu felt that the little fox seemed very happy today, even much happier than the previous few times when he saw it. He rested his head in Lin Xu's arms and kept rubbing and licking here and there, enjoying himself happily.

Lin Xu scratched for a while with interest, looked at the little paw of the white fox, and asked doubtfully, "Huh? Did you lose that Buddhist bead before?"

Fox: ...continue to play dumb

Lin Xu just thought it was lost and let it go.

It's just that Lin Xu was so disturbed that he lost sleepiness, and planned to get up and practice calligraphy for a while.I read so many copybooks today, although I feel embarrassed to really come here, but I still quietly wrote down the movement of some words, anyway, I can’t sleep, so let’s practice while I am here.

So he covered the fox with a blanket, touched its head, and said to it, regardless of whether it could understand or not, "little thing, you go to bed first, and I'll be back later." "

After finishing speaking, he went to the cabinet to find some rice paper and carried it to the desk, but was surprised to find that the fox had already sat on the desk, opened the inkstone and started grinding ink!

This really shocked Lin Xu. He only thought that this white fox was more spiritual than other creatures, but he didn't expect it to become a spirit.

The fox saw Lin Xu looking at him, saw the surprise in his eyes, raised his eyebrows and snorted softly, as if saying that studying ink was just a trivial matter, and it knew more than that.But the wagging tail up to the sky revealed that it was just waiting for Lin Xu to praise it.

While pretending to be cold, with her chest upright and her head up, her nostrils turned upside down with pride, she sneaked another glance at Lin Xu, and then another glance, seeing Lin Xu standing there dumbfounded, wishing she could go over and pat him to wake him up.

Lin Xu came back to his senses, eyes full of surprise could not hide, such a spiritual thing should be rare, but let him come across it!Lin Xu's surprise was very useful to the fox. If it were a peacock, it would probably be able to open its tail by now.

"I have a little fox fairy now!" Lin Xu put down the rice paper, touched the fox's head, and couldn't help but say, "I'll live in my house from now on, okay?" The fox squinted his eyes and rubbed his head Rubbing Lin Xu's warm palm, wagging his tail, and happily stepping on the ink, there was a small wet footprint on the rice paper, which blurred slightly along the edge of the paper, as if it was covered by the paper. chapters.

Lin Xu smiled and tugged at the fox's ears, "Don't be skinny, you can't wash it off if it gets dirty."

The fox shook his head, disapprovingly continued to study the ink and continued to step on it.

In the middle of the night, everything is quiet, and the oil lamp makes the shadows of one person and one fox slender, and in the flickering candlelight, there is a tacit understanding when viewed from the back.The willow leaves outside the house woke up from the chill of winter, and some green tips emerged.

In early spring, it was warm and cold, and sometimes Lin Xu would wake up from the cold until the early hours of the morning, and then wrapped herself tightly in the quilt that had been kicked aside and continued to sleep.But today I was warm with a fluffy fox in my arms, and I slept until dawn.

It should be because I played for a long time during the day and practiced calligraphy at night. I was a little tired, so I slept longer than usual.

While he was half awake, he felt the sight of the fox he hid in his arms to keep warm, like ice and fire, as if he wanted to swallow him in the next second, so that it was difficult for him not to wake up.

But when he opened his eyes, he saw the fox meekly sticking to his chest. Seeing that he was awake, he moved up to touch his nose, licked his chin, and put his paw on his arm , looking at him tenderly.

"Probably because I was not sober just now, I must have felt wrong." Lin Xu thought.

He tickled the fox's nose apologetically, and said to it: "Good morning, little fox fairy, how are you sleeping?"

The fox scolded secretly in his heart: ...I was strangled so hard by this man in the middle of the night that I couldn't even move for the whole night for fear of waking him up.Knowing that it's cold, why don't you add more quilts, and kick far away, you are so grown-up and can't take care of yourself at all, how can this work!

The more it thought about it, the more it hated that iron could not be made into steel. It bit the quilt and covered Lin Xu's head, signaling Lin Xu to put the quilt back on in the future.

Lin Xu was giggling under the quilt. He naturally knew that he had the bad habit of kicking the quilt in the middle of the night. He had been scolded by his father and queen mother before, but he didn't expect to be taught a lesson by a fox today.

Lin Xu lifted the quilt, reached out and hugged the fox in his arms, pinched the fox's cheek, and said, "It's not because holding the little fairy feels so warm, it's so comfortable, so I don't need the quilt."

Hearing this, the fox thought to himself: Oh, look, who did you learn this coquettish talk from? You really can't tell why you're acting like an upright student in front of people.

In the end, I only heard Lin Xu talking to himself: "Huh? Is it because I have been in contact with King Yucheng too much? Why do I speak so glibly now?"

The irritable fox became furious when he heard it: "?? Learned from me?? Slick?! Ben Daxian is the most decent and handsome man in the whole capital! He obviously learned these coquettish words from Mo Yunji! Definitely!" He changed back to his human form and ran to beat Mo Yunji up.

The fourth prince sneezed while reading the book, feeling the resentment from afar, and involuntarily recited the mantra of pure heart for a while.

No matter how much he wanted to play with the white fox for a while, he got up late, so he still had to do his homework. After all, Taifu Xu had recovered from his illness, and Jingwei Hall would start teaching again tomorrow.

So in the days to come, it's time to practice and study, and it's better not to be left behind, and it's better to live in another country.

Lin Xu got out of bed and fetched a basin of water. After washing his face, he felt refreshed. He tried to wipe the ink-stained front paws of the fox because of his naughtiness yesterday, but found that some of them could not be wiped clean. Lin Xu scolded: "Look at you , It’s all right now, it’s getting dirty, will you still be naughty in the future?”

The fox lowered his eyes in shame, Lin Xu touched its head, and said, "Forget it, it will fade after a few washes, and you will come to my place more often in the future, and I will wash it for you."

The fox stuck out his tongue, and narrowed his eyes at Lin Xu, as if smiling.

"It's so beautiful..." Lin Xu thought silently, and was even more reluctant to let it go.

It's just that this white fox's life is more regular than Lin Xu's. It never stays in the Proton Mansion for a long time during the day, and when Lin Xu wipes its temporarily uncleaned paws, curls up its tail and hooks Lin Xu's finger, it opens and comes in from yesterday. The window ran away in a flash.

……

Four Princes' Mansion

Mo Yunji was a little speechless looking at the demon king in front of him.

Who can tell him why the most unscrupulous person in the whole capital would send him copybooks?What about those dark footprints on it?Does the General's Mansion raise any animals?Also, this word is linked with pearls, iron painted with silver hooks, it doesn't look like it was written by this cheap prince who hasn't studied for a few days, could it be Lingqu?

But in any case, what's the matter with "be cautious in words and deeds" written on it?When it comes to talking nonsense, who else can compare to this unastonishing and endlessly deadly King Yucheng?

Mo Yunji felt a little tight in his chest, but he couldn't say anything when he looked at Lin Huaiyi, who had a peachy face and a cautious expression.This kid probably went to some building or pavilion to drink flowers and wine yesterday, right?

I really want to beat up this bastard for General Lin, it's getting more and more lawless if no one controls him!The important ministers in Beijing are unwilling to move around more, but the sisters in Yanhualiu Lane have known all of them!

But no matter how much Mo Yunji taught this stunned young man over and over again in his heart like an old nanny, put away the copybook, the first thing he said was: "Huaiyi...stay here and have lunch together , I just got some crispy lotus root today, picked from the south of the Yangtze River and sent directly to the capital, it looks delicious too."

It can be seen that Lin Huaiyi has been coming to the fourth prince's mansion for dinner for some years, and before Mo Yunji's order, the manager has already set up two pairs of bowls and chopsticks.

"Then I won't be polite." Lin Huaiyi bluffed away from the chair and sat down without any fuss.

The taste in the Fourth Prince's Mansion is rather bland, mostly vegetables and side dishes. Today, because Lin Huaiyi was here, the kitchen specially added more ground three delicacies, while Mo Yunji brought a bowl of yam porridge to drink slowly.

"Today's morning court," Mo Yunji paused, slowly stirred the porridge, and continued, "Father was furious. He dismissed Chen Guogong from his post and even fined several people."

Lin Huaiyi frowned slightly, and said, "It was discovered that Chen Guogong's eldest son withheld military pay?"

"It's not just about this," Mo Yunji said: "Also, collusion with the enemy and traitorous country were also found out. The recently intercepted letters with the Yue clan contained a map of the army deployed in the north of the Wei Dynasty. The young master is in jail, and I'm afraid he will be executed in a few days.

Lin Huaiyi snorted lightly: "This man is timid and fearful. Withholding military pay is the limit of what he can do. Collaborating with the enemy? He wouldn't even dare to lend him a hundred courage."

☆、Chapter 16

Mo Yunji looked at Lin Huaiyi who hadn't spoken, and there was some worry in his eyes.Although Lin Huaiyi hadn't been to court yet, his heart became clear when he saw Mo Yunji's appearance

"He was framed by someone."

Mo Yunji nodded

"I've seen Chen Yide before. It's true as you said. He didn't have the guts to cooperate with the enemy. He fainted from fright before being dragged down. Poor Chen Guogong kowtowed for his son, his face was covered in blood..."

"Then who takes over Mr. Chen's job now?" Lin Huaiyi asked.

"There is no confirmation yet. Today, the court has turned upside down. Everyone wants to fight for the fat of the garrison. Later, the father had a headache and went to the court first. This matter is so delayed, and no one dares to talk too much. .” Mo Yunji returned.

Lin Huaiyi snorted coldly and said, "Someone has been waiting for this day for a long time, and he doesn't want to be robbed of the fat that he is about to get, so there will be fierce quarrels."

Mo Yunji sighed, a little ignorant: "Second brother, this is really cruel, Chen Guogong is old, and he relies on such a son to support his facade, and he doesn't give him any favors, just let him die like this hand……"

Today, when Mo Li brought those few pieces of seemingly ironclad evidence in front of his father, Mo Yunji felt completely uncomfortable.

Although everyone with a clear eye knew that he wanted to force his own people in for the sake of the garrison position, which was a bit contemptuous, but the charges he gave were solid, and no one dared to refute them, so they could only sigh that the young master of the Chen family did not do things carefully enough and left loopholes , Bringing death upon himself.

Lin Huaiyi hooked the corners of his mouth, and laughed at himself: "In ancient times and now, those who can achieve success are all wolf-hearted people, and those who talk about affection are those little lambs who were slaughtered, and they all die faster than others."

Mo Yunji was silent when he heard the words, knowing that Lin Huaiyi was thinking of his adoptive father, so he stopped talking and put a piece of ribs in his bowl to signal him to continue eating.

But Lin Huaiyi was silent for a while, and said as if he didn't care too much: "Chen Yide is made of sheep and tiger skin, small things can be done, but he will not dare to do big things.

However, there were rumors before that he found an exotic concubine in the garrison, who was very beautiful, so he showed off a lot of time.It is said that they are from Kucha? "

"Well, but the concubine escaped before the officers and soldiers arrived, and she was clean inside and out, so now I have no way of knowing whether Chen Yide really got through to the enemy or was taken by the concubine through a loophole. Bu Juntu has brought convenience to the country." Mo Yunji sighed.

Lin Huaiyi stopped chopsticks, tapped his fingertips on the table, thought for a while with a sullen face, and snorted coldly, "What if it's a chess piece wearing a mask?"

Mo Yunji was taken aback, then looked at Lin Huaiyi and asked, "You mean, that woman was placed next to Chen Yide on purpose?"

Lin Huaiyi stirred the meal again, his eyes were cold, and he said softly: "The people from these small countries in the Western Regions all look roughly similar. She said she came from Kucha, so is she really from Kucha? Chen Yide and the woman, for the sake of Beauty is blinded by lard, and she obeys the advice of women whose origins are unknown."

Mo Yunji rubbed the center of his brows, remembering the news he had heard about Mo Li and Yueshi's secret friendship, he said hesitantly to Lin Huaiyi in a hoarse voice: "Then...do you think it was really Yueshi's doing?"

Lin Huaiyi sneered: "Why be so tactful, you might as well ask if it's really your good second brother."

Mo Yunji unconsciously stirred his bowl of porridge that was no longer steaming, and did not speak for a long time.

In any dynasty there are struggles for power and brotherhood. He has learned about these from ancient books and the knowledge taught by the Tai Tuo. Gouging out your own flesh and throwing your heart into the abyss is the only way to fight bloody all the way to the end.

However, benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness only told the people of the world after sitting on that chair. What the emperor's family did for their rights is actually the most unkind, unrighteous, and most unreasonable thing in the world.

The Western Regions and the Great Wei fought for years, losing thousands of soldiers to each other, and how many people were shrouded in horse leather on the frontier where cranes complained and monkeys cried.

Mo Yunji has a gentle nature, he can understand the cruelty of the struggle for the throne, but he really can't stand his brotherhood collaborating with feuds in the Western Regions for power.

He really couldn't treat the life of a soldier as grass shoes, and was sacrificed needlessly in the bloody desert in the setting sun.

Even if the number of people who have won the throne for themselves with the help of other countries in the past dynasties is countless.

There are no permanent enemies and no permanent friends in this world.

The world is full of goodwill, and the world is all good.

Golden rules and jade rules last forever.

It doesn't matter if you say he's indecisive, or reprimand him for the benevolence of a woman, but he doesn't want to let the blood of the soldiers of Wei Dynasty be shed in vain, and he can't bear to see thousands of families broken up and wives and children suffer.

If their pain is the price, and the flesh and blood of the country's soldiers is the step, what's the point of fighting for the dragon chair.

He knew it since he was a child, and he still couldn't understand it. Maybe he was really not smart enough, he thought silently.

Lin Huaiyi knew what Mo Yunji was thinking, but those who could survive in the royal family were never gentle and pure, just like those who could fight on the battlefield to the end would not be the most reasonable people, and Mo Yunji It just happened to lack the decision to kill.

This is why although Mo Yunji has always been helping the emperor in handling political affairs, the emperor's attitude towards him has always been lukewarm, not as good as his two older brothers who are jumping around and making people annoying.The ministers in the court are all good people, so they are naturally much warmer to the other two princes.

It is also because Mo Yunji, an outsider, seems meek