There are many treasures in this country

Shen Yan hugged the man who had just woken up on his lap, put on socks for him, and said: "I still have something to tell you, don't worry after listening."

Xiao Suo rested his arms on his pillow, and asked slowly, "Do you want to say that you are going to fight?"

"Yes." Shen Yan admitted truthfully, "The emperor means that this battle is probably unavoidable. If you want to negotiate a peace, you can't do it. The reason why Tushan Kingdom dared to come is because we set a precedent for the Nan'an Kingdom to exempt tribute. If the precedent of peace negotiation is set again, then those small countries that are waiting to see how the situation develops will join forces to invade in the future. Since there is going to be a war, General Fan and I must go to one. The other generals are either old or have not It’s been on the battlefield, and it’s useless for a while.”

"Having said so much, you really want to go, don't you?" Xiao Suo pouted, turning his face away from him.

Shen Yan bowed his head and kissed his temples, brought him a teacup to feed him water, and continued: "You understand my thoughts best. Those who wield knives and guns don't go to the battlefield, just like those who wield words and ink don't go to court. Actually ... I still have a thought, if I go out this time, I will never come back again."

"Not coming back?" Xiao Suo was startled. "Where are you going and what do you want to do?"

Shen Yan turned around and took out the small porcelain bottle containing the fake death medicine, and said: "I have made up my mind, if I can go out, let Shen Yan die."

Xiao Suo frowned, and before he opened his mouth, he covered his mouth, only to hear him say: "I know, this method is extremely dangerous, but it is the most once and for all method. Haven't you lived enough of this kind of life? Back then you In the prison, when you are so uncomfortable, I can't give you a good face, I'm afraid the emperor will get angry with you even more, and even kill you. Then you left me so resolutely, isn't it because you are afraid of angering the emperor and delaying The future of my life?

"Even if it's a good time, so what? It's not like this all the time hiding, and even wearing a Ruan Tong costume all the time. After careful calculation, except when you and I are in Zhuoyang, the rest of the time we live carefully .

"You think it's fine for me to have no ambitions, or to be content with the status quo. In short, I don't want to do this kind of meritorious work anymore. To be loyal to the imperial court once more, I will be relieved of this responsibility.

"I still say the same thing. Since ancient times, being an official has never ended well. You have read a lot. Think about the fate of those famous officials in the past dynasties, and you should see through it. For the rest of my life, I just want to live a peaceful life with you, not seeking glory. , I hope the long compartment will stay together."

He said that the long compartment stays together.

In fact, the moment Xiao Suo won the laurels in the Toad Palace, he was already relieved.He has no desire to be famous forever, nor does he have the ambition to be a great minister.Years of hard study have endowed admission with too much meaning that it did not have, but this matter itself seems not so important.

"I wasted more than 30 years. I have experienced everything. I have made meritorious deeds and received the grace of God. The first half of my life was wandering and wandering, but later it was considered retribution. To meet you in this life, God has treated me well. If you ask for more What, I really can't stand it anymore."

Shen Yan pinched his cheeks, smiled fondly and helplessly: "But I can't take away your ambition. I want to go, so I advise you. But whether you go or not depends on your will. If you still want to be an official It doesn't matter if I stay on the next floor. Don't be too burdened in your heart, after all, you are suffering from the way you are now."

Xiao Suo felt a little melancholy in his heart, he was dazed for a long time and didn't know what to say, he leaned in his arms for a long time, then he held his hand and said: "I have never felt bitter, on the contrary, after meeting you, I feel that life has something to offer." Some tastes. When I heard Yan Jun's words in prison, I was sad, but I didn't feel regretful. Later, I left you on my own initiative, and I realized how you felt when you left me earlier."

"Yan Jun's words?" Shen Yan was puzzled, "Yan Jun has been to prison? Why have you never mentioned it before? What did he say to you?"

Xiao Suo has been hiding it all the time, he didn't want to be hugged by him just now, he relaxed for a moment, blurted out, and finally vented.

He was deeply afraid that Shen Yan would know about this and affect his friendship with Yan Jun for many years, so he faltered and lied: "No, it's nothing. I just talked nonsense, it's nothing serious."

"Your words are nonsense." Shen Yan could not see that he was prevaricating, "If there was no such thing, how could such a thing pop up in your mind out of thin air? How could you say it casually? You Those who seldom lie, are they going to lie to me now?"

Xiao Suo stubbornly refused to speak, and Shen Yan threatened him again: "If you lie, then it's really not my favorite treasure."

He said this deliberately, trying to force him to tell the truth.Lie or not, Dubao is always the only treasure in his heart, but if not, I'm afraid he won't tell himself about it.

Although the aggressive method is vulgar, it is more effective.

Sure enough, Xiao Suo fell for the trick, and sent Yan Jun to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to persuade him to leave Shen Yan, and said that he had sent a letter to Shen Yan, telling Shen Yan that he was in jail, and Shen Yan didn't care about other words at all.

"He wanted to protect me, and his original intention was good." He added another sentence.

Shen Yan was furious, he always thought that Xiao Suo misunderstood him because he was too late to visit the prison, and thought that he only cared about self-protection in the face of disaster, but he didn't expect that there was Yan Jun's instigation.

He put the person in his arms on the bed, got up and walked out.

Xiao Suo hurriedly went down to stop him: "What are you doing? Don't go, please, don't look for him!" He ran after him barefoot, and tried to persuade him repeatedly: "He did that for your own good too. , can be regarded as helping me. Think about it, if you and I listened to him early, how could there be disasters later? You two friends who have been friends for many years, it is impossible to turn your face over such a trivial matter. "

Shen Yan suddenly stopped, and said coldly: "This is not a trivial matter, it is a major event!"

When he was angry, it was terrifying, his two sword eyebrows raised sharply, and his angry eyes were covered with frost and snow, not to mention the deep and stern voice, like a heavy boulder pressing on his body.

Xiao Suo couldn't help but shuddered, and his momentum suddenly lost a bit.Shen Yan caught the fear in his expression, patiently calmed down, forced his anger and said: "If he really regards me as a friend, he shouldn't do this. He understands better than anyone else in his heart. In this matter, my life is like nothing to me. I would rather die than let him make the choice for me!"

After he finished speaking, he glanced down and saw his feet sticking to the ground through the socks, he frowned unconsciously, picked him up horizontally, and put him back in the inner room.

Xiao Suo firmly tugged on his sleeve, afraid that he might accidentally let him go. "I know, but that's all in the past. And, and... He wasn't just for you, didn't he save me too? Just for this sake, don't be angry with him, okay? "

"Shen Yan..." Xiao Suo grabbed the corner of his clothes and begged, "Shen Yan, Shen Yan!"

"You're right." He suddenly calmed down, "They don't know about the reconciliation between you and me. If I rashly question him, it will only expose our relationship."

"That's right." Xiao Suo didn't doubt him, and hurriedly nodded in agreement.

Unexpectedly, Shen Yan said thoughtfully: "You are working under him now, wouldn't it be harming you if I went to him. You can't ask him to reason about this matter, you have to treat him in the same way as others That's good. Could it be that he doesn't care about anyone! Lu Yu, or Wei Lan, or..."

Xiao Suo became more startled as he listened, he quickly held his face and forced him to look at himself: "Shen Yan, look at me, look at me! You are crazy, that's not you, that's not what you did. He is Yan Jun, have you forgotten how much Yan Jun has helped you? Have you forgotten how deep the friendship between the two of you is? Have you forgotten that he is your benefactor? Those words just now were not sincere from you. Look at him Me, you are just in a hurry!"

Shen Yan's scarlet eyes looked into his calm water eyes, and his rationality returned to the cage. After a long while, he slumped on the side of the bed, covered his face and murmured: "I, I... I'm confused. I've said it all. What, I just now..."

Xiao Suo knelt on the bed and hugged him, gently patted his back and said: "I know, I know, you are not that kind of person, you can't do things like that. You just got mad just now, not It's your intention, don't blame yourself, I know it."

Shen Yan was silent for a moment, then suddenly picked up a teacup on the table and threw it out fiercely.Broken porcelain pieces were scattered everywhere, and the tea splashed across the screen.Eleven heard the movement and hurried in to inquire.

Xiao Suo waved his hand and said: "It's nothing, he has anger in his heart, just let it out."

Eleven looked around, then backed out suspiciously.

Xiao Suo continued to comfort him softly: "It's been so long since this matter, even if we had a misunderstanding, it's resolved now, so don't blame him. Besides, Master Yan also has his difficulties, he knows your temperament, and advises you You will definitely not listen, you have to hit the south wall before you turn back, but you will be bleeding."

"Facts have proved that he was right. You insisted on saving me at that time, and the emperor was even more angry. You faced me so heartlessly in front of the emperor in prison. Didn't it mean that you saw the consequences of fighting with the emperor? Do you understand? If you had listened to Mr. Yan's advice earlier, why would I have been imprisoned and you have been treated coldly? It can be seen that he is really for our own good, even if there are inappropriate things, don't blame him!"

Shen Yan fell on the bed and was in a daze for a long time, pulled him into his arms, opened his mouth, and said with difficulty: "I'm sorry."

"What can you do? Facing the emperor, no one can do anything." Xiao Suo's soft palms followed his heaving chest, dissipating his anger with gurgling tenderness, "You only have me in your heart, I am very happy gone."

"I won't let you be wronged again." Shen Yan got up to get the bottle of fake death medicine, but saw the medicine powder mixed in the tea and spilled all over the floor.

Just now when he rushed out, Xiao Suo was busy chasing him, his robe was dragged across the table, and he happened to smash the medicine bottle impartially.After Shen Yan splashed this cup of tea, it was completely ruined.

"...God's will," Shen Yan didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow, pinching the sun and shaking his head, "God's will."

Xiao Suo felt slightly apologetic, and flattened his lips: "I'm sorry, I ruined your retreat."

"You're still laughing." Shen Yan was dizzy with anger, "Isn't my back road also your back road!"

It's fine if he doesn't talk, the more Xiao Suo talks, the more he wants to laugh, his forehead rests on his shoulder, trembling with joy. "After making a fuss for a long time, it turned out that God wanted to take away this bottle of medicine."

"Don't be silly." Shen Yan said angrily: "When I go to Xishan tomorrow, I will ask King Qi who made the medicine. Then I will find the doctor and make some new medicine."

"Easy to say."

However, things are not as easy as he thought.

Xiao Suo returned to the court the next day, first went to thank you, then went to the Ministry of Officials to receive his title, went to the Yamen to meet Yan Jun, and found out that the case of King Qi had been settled, and now there was nothing to do in Yushitai, the emperor allowed them to take a vacation In ten days, he quietly went to the general's mansion.

Shen Yan got up early to visit the palace, and discussed with Huan Ye about raising military pay for half a day, then went to Ji Ziyang who had been admitted to the imperial hospital to ask about the fake death medicine, and went to Xishan to meet King Qi, but finally found nothing.

This drug is really rare.

When Xiao Suo came over, he saw Ruan Tong and Mei Qi walking in the garden, the latter was holding a fluffy ball in his hand, which was the missing Baoyu.He felt uncomfortable, but he couldn't get it back from him, so he had to give up resentfully.

Mei Qi stopped him and said: "Lord Xiao, I'm going home."

He never had a family, he used to live in the suburbs of Beijing, with King Qi, and now he lives in the Shen Mansion, with Ruan Tong every day.Dongying is far away across the ocean, and his enemy is in power, how can he go back?

Xiao Suo looked back at him and asked, "Where are you going?"

Mei Qi bowed her head sadly and said nothing, Ruan Tong replied for him: "Ah Qi's servant has come to pick him up, and he will take him back to Dongying soon."

"But..." Xiao Suo was faintly worried, "You haven't gone back for many years, now you go back, maybe you can get used to it? Besides, the Tokugawa family, aren't you afraid of them?"

Mei Qi's eyes turned red when she heard the words: "Master Wei said that he found my mother, she was not killed, she is waiting for me in Dongpu now."

Xiao Suo felt that things were too unimaginable, even if such things really happened, the timing was too coincidental.But he didn't know how to persuade her, after all, she was someone else's mother.Changing places, if someone told him that his mother was waiting for him at home, he would probably risk his life and go back.

"It's better to investigate this matter and make a decision later." He could only stop. "Otherwise, it would be a compromise to ask someone to pick her up."

Mei Qi followed Baoyu's smooth hair and said: "Mother can't speak Chinese, and she is not easy to learn at her age. Besides, if something good or bad happens when you are traveling across the ocean, how about it? I must go back. This cat, can the adults give it to me?"

Xiao Suo paused, and said, "Take it with you."

The three of them were relatively speechless, so they separated.

When he walked to the front hall, Shen Yan had already changed his clothes and was waiting for him to have dinner.He is not as unruly as he used to be now, sitting at the table has a sense of peace and tranquility in a poor family.

The world has changed and the world has changed. In just a few months, the world is no longer what it used to be.

Seeing that his complexion was not good, Shen Yan rubbed him and said, "You heard that too?"

Xiao Suo let out a "hmm", picked a piece of yam in the bowl with his chopsticks, and said listlessly: "I don't have much friendship with him, and now he is leaving, I actually feel sad."

"It's human nature to be sad when a rabbit dies and a fox is sad." Shen Yan sighed, "The emperor is ruthless, so what can he do if he sacrifices his life for the rest of his life."

"Who are you talking about?" Xiao Suo thought he was talking about Mei Qi.

Shen Yan frowned and asked: "Aren't you talking about Zheng Duo?" Seeing his stunned face, he said again: "Today the emperor told me that Zheng Duo's family resigned, and he has agreed. Originally, the emperor did not want to agree, but before the gate of hell After walking around for a while, he changed his mind again. The emperor also said that he would go to war, but he couldn't make up the military salary. Yesterday, the Shi family took the initiative to donate food, which relieved the urgent need. If we work hard, we can make up enough. See Turns out they bought the lives of Zheng Duo's family with money."

"What about Zheng Xiu?" Xiao Suo didn't hear such a big event.

"Naturally we left together." Shen Yan said, "It's a pity, he should have a bright future. It's only because Qi Wang's party has fallen, and his family has become the next thorn in the emperor's eyes, and they were pulled out together while cleaning up the officials. This trick is not new. Liu Yuzhou, though he was dismissed from office, is alive and well, and his son has not been implicated."

Xiao Suo drooped his head and remained silent, Shen Yan was silent, and said again: "The next unlucky person may be Yan Jun."

"No way?" He suddenly raised his head, "Lord Yan is loyal to the emperor, and has never had a second heart!"

Shen Yan said: "But he is useless now."

Extremely cruel, but it is true.

"Even if the emperor misses the old love and doesn't want to touch him. But he has offended too many people, and all the courtiers will not let him go." Although Shen Yan spoke convincingly, after all, he is a heart-to-heart friend for many years, so he couldn't help but sigh, " Today, a few people wrote a letter, saying that he was the one who waited on the bedside before the emperor was critically ill. He was not to blame for this matter, and he also got involved in some other things. The papers of a few people can be directly listened to by Datian, Yu Shi Tai couldn't even stop him."

"Dubao." He held Xiao Suo's hand and said, "The emperor's illness is impossible to get better. Even if he recovers for a while, how many years can he survive with Qianwei Luo? It's highly poisonous, I'm afraid it will last forever, and he will die of poison before he dies of illness. Now that the emperor is so heartless, he probably knows that his time is short and wants to pave the way for the eldest prince to ascend the throne. Although he needs you and me at this moment, the next For a while, it’s not certain. Maybe you and I will... no, there is no need to wait until the future, and we may not be able to escape this catastrophe right now."

Xiao Suo was silent for a long time, then held his hand back and said: "We share honor and disgrace, advance and retreat together."