This sleeve is broken secretly

The saber that Emperor Hongwu held high was finally put down lightly.

After more than half a month of interrogation, the third department finally confirmed that although Shen Yan had "negligently neglected his duties, slack and dereliction of duty", he had no "intention of collaborating with the enemy and treason", and finally sentenced him to be dismissed and investigated, and will never be used again.The memorial for deliberation was handed over to Emperor Hongwu's desk, and it was approved two days later, but the words "dismissal and investigation, never to be continued" were crossed out.The edict was issued to the outside world, but it was written in it that Shen Yi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, "needs Ding's mother to worry, go to the government and take the clothes, and return home immediately."

Perhaps the emperor understood the cause and effect of the matter in his heart and did not want to severely punish Shen Bing, or perhaps it was because he cherished this talented man and did not want to bury him just like that.

But no matter what, Shen Yu's departure from Beijing is still a certainty.

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On the day when the decree came down, Shen Bing was released from the Supervising Institute.Stepping out of the dark cell door, Shen Bing suddenly stood on the porch, narrowing his eyes slightly under the cold and clear winter sun, as if he was no longer used to the long-lost sunshine.

Outside the supervisor's door, the old servant was already at the door with the little book boy.As soon as the two of them saw Shen Bing coming out with loose jackets, they immediately greeted her with red eyes.The old servant put a big cloak on Shen Ji with trembling hands, and stuffed another Mrs. Tang into his hand; the little book boy fell to his knees with a "plop", crying loudly.

"What are you doing?" Shen Yan smiled helplessly, "It's a great fortune for me to be released without charge, and to be able to return home safely. You should be happy."

"But, but they actually dismissed your lord's position..." The little book boy choked and wept, "My lord is such a good official, and I only meet one in hundreds of years. Why are they so bad... There must be a traitor who hurt you... "

"Stop talking." Shen Yan stretched out his hand to pull him up, and said softly, "You should be careful about these words in the future, do you understand?"

He took the little bookboy in his arms and walked towards the carriage parked at the side. Just as he was about to raise the curtain of the carriage, he suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes behind him.

At that moment, he felt a sudden palpitation, as if he knew who the person was without looking back.

Sure enough, at this time, a familiar but slightly hoarse voice sounded from behind: "Liangqing."

Shen Bing closed his eyes, took a slight breath, and turned around.

But in the middle of the deserted street, there was a tall horse with shiny black coat parked, and the young man in brocade clothes on the horse was looking down at him from above.The glare of sunlight in winter shone on the thinly icy road, wrapping the young man's face in a halo, making it difficult to see the expression on his face.

However, those hot and threatening gazes actually shot at Shen Bing's body.

Xie Qin turned over and jumped off his horse, striding towards them.

He was visibly thinner and emaciated.He originally had a handsome face with deep brows and eyes, and when he looked at people with those almond eyes with a half-smile on weekdays, he didn't need to say anything to have a romantic and charming eyes.

However, at this time, his plump cheeks were thin and sunken, and the high browbones and eye sockets were empty, making him look a little lonely and permeable.And those almond eyes were no longer as bright and bright as before, instead they were a little bit more frustrated because of the gloom and resentment, like a defeated leopard.

He strode over, grabbed Shen Yi's hand, and said in a hoarse voice, "Come here."

Shen Bing looked at him calmly.Both the little book boy and the old servant were at a loss, they didn't know what to do.

"What I should say is explained clearly to you in the letter." Shen Yan gently pulled his hand and said in a low voice, "Why do you have to do this?"

A look of ferocity flashed across Xie Ling's face. He squeezed Shen Yan's wrist tightly like iron pliers, and growled in a low voice: "Excuse me? I don't even understand what kind of nonsense you wrote in that letter!"

He uncontrollably pulled out a piece of crumpled letter paper from his arms, and slapped Shen Bing hard on his chest.Shen Bing didn't answer it, and let the letter fall on the ground.

"I can't eat or sleep these few days. I just think about how to rescue you every day. I've tried everything I can to find a way out. I..." Xie Jin stared at him closely, with a flash of light in his eyes. There was a lot of madness, pain, helplessness and confusion, and finally settled on the ferocious fierceness, "But you were in prison, and you wrote me what this is! I don't understand! It was fine before, why did you suddenly-- "

Shen Yan looked at him, sighed silently, ordered the old servant and the little book boy to wait for him in a low voice, and walked to the side by himself.Xie Ling followed closely behind him, holding him with his hand, not letting go of a step.

The two came to the corner of the back wall, Shen Bian lightly shook off his shackles, turned to look at him, and calmly said: "That day outside the window, I heard everything you said to Yan Shisong."

Xie Ling was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't understand what he was talking about, he frowned and said, "What are you talking about, how can I—"

"You told Yan Shisong that you feel that the two of us have become more and more boring recently. It doesn't make sense to say anything, and you don't bother to come to me. You think that there is a distinction between us after all."

Xie Ling was taken aback, and his eyes widened.Immediately, confusion, bewilderment and horror flashed across his face, and finally he looked at Shen Bing in shock, opened his mouth, and didn't say a word.

Shen Bing said lightly: "Remember?"

"What I said was angry!" Xie Jin took a step forward anxiously, and defended in a panic, "I blurted it out without thinking about it! I didn't mean that! Liangqing, I'm an asshole, I deserve to die, but you never It can't be because of this-"

Shen Bian slightly turned around, avoiding the hand he pulled over.

"You don't need to apologize, and you don't need to panic." Shen Yan held his sleeves, looked at him and said, "Although I was angry at you for talking nonsense at first. But after I knew what Xie did in prison, I felt that what you said There is indeed some truth to what he said."

Xie Ling was stunned: "Xie, what did Xie do?"

"The Xie family has great interests in Hui County, the mutual market with Tu Mozhong. Because he didn't want me to change the court and negotiated peace with Dari'achi, he secretly pressed the information that Dari'achi's second son had seized the throne, which indirectly contributed to the marriage. Failure, the disappearance of the princess, the capture of the prince, and a series of consequences, and took the opportunity to suppress the power of the poor." Shen Bing simply said.

He looked at Xie Jin with shock and disbelief, and sighed softly: "It turns out that you don't know... your father and brother still cherish you."

"What kind of nonsense are you talking about..." Xie Qin's mind seemed to be in a mess, and he said in a daze, "What message did you say my elder brother and father pressed - which caused the marriage to fail? How is this possible?"

"If you don't believe me, just go back and ask them." Shen Bing said calmly, "Whether you know it or not, anyway, I have seen it clearly. The difference between you and me is like a gap in the sky. Instead of entanglement, it is better to separate as soon as possible. It will also avoid being ugly in the future."

Xie Jin staggered a step as if someone had hit his chest with a giant hammer.His face was extremely pale, and he murmured as if he had lost his soul: "You want to separate from me... You actually - you want to separate from me just because of a sentence I said wrong..."

His expression was too bewildered, Shen Yan's eyes trembled slightly, he hurriedly turned his eyes away, took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "It has nothing to do with what you said. I just saw clearly that you, as an aristocratic family, It is destined to consider for the family and the family; and as a poor family, I have to make plans for countless children of the poor family. This is an inescapable responsibility and destiny."

Xie Jin roared in a low voice: "They are all for the country and the people, so what's the difference!"

"There's a difference!" Shen Yan looked at him sharply, "I'll just ask you, if Mrs. Xie really did those things, can you really go up to the emperor to ask for guilt! How dare you disregard the lives of your father and brother's official career, Turn your back on the family and take responsibility for what you have done!"

Xie Ling trembled, looked back at him in despair and pain, but couldn't say a word.

The deserted streets and alleys fell silent.Only the two of them looked at each other with a distance of an inch, with sad eyes, as if separated by mountains and seas.

After a while, Shen Bing finally spoke slowly again, his voice also became a little hoarse.

"I... didn't ask you to go to Shangshu to do something." He suppressed the palpitations and said, "I just thought that if there is a future, you and I will quarrel and divorce because of this... because of this, I will be hard From here... this time is enough."

This time, it broke me physically and mentally.If I have to suffer this kind of torture again and again in the future, I don't know what else I can lose.

Xie Ling's expression was extremely gloomy.His voice was hoarse, his words were fragmented, and he could hardly form a sentence: "But I can't accept it... We have spent six years——me, we have worked so hard to get to where we are today...I love you so much, if you want me to give up, then It is to let me dig out this heart, I will never do it...I will never accept it."

"Don't talk about it." Shen Bin's chest hurts, "In any case, I have to return to Ding You. As a Beijing official, you have to stay in the capital and you have to go out without any reason. We are destined to separate... This cannot be changed matter."

Xie Ling stared at him, with a bit of obsession in his eyes, and just repeated: "I will never accept it."

Shen Ting's heart ached unbearably, and if he stood here facing Xie Ling for a moment longer, he might collapse.He had no choice but to hastily lower his head to hide the grief on his face, turned around and walked away quickly, leaving all the joys and sorrows behind him.

When he got back to the carriage, he saw that the old servant and the little bookboy were still standing there, and they both looked at him, hesitating to speak.

Shen Bing knew that his expression must be extremely ugly.But he was so tired that he didn't want to say a word, but just led them into the carriage silently.

On the road, the carriage shook.Looking at Shen Bing who was sitting silently, the little book boy and the old servant exchanged glances, the little book boy finally took out something hesitantly, and handed it to Shen Bian carefully: "My lord...you dropped it just now."

It was a letter he wrote to Xie Ling in prison.

is a poem.

"Don't cry, don't leave.

Silent, secretly lovesick.

No one knows outside the two hearts.

The solitary bird is locked in a deep cage at night, and the sharp sword breaks the branches.

Although the river water is turbid, there is a clear day, and although the aconitum is black, there is a white time.

Only absconding and secret farewell, each other is willing to have no later stage. "

That was his last hope.

He was powerless to resent, but also unable to forget.I only hope that the two can separate quietly and bid farewell silently. Only in this way can the beauty and peace of the past be preserved forever.

But this last hope was also dashed in the midst of the tit-for-tat questioning and pain between the two.

Shen Bing's handwriting has always been beautiful, written in a beautiful and magnificent style.It's just that when he wrote this letter, his mind was shocked, and the poems and prose he wrote were colorful, hasty, crooked and scribbled, making it impossible for people to imagine that it was written by him.

Just like his people.Lost and lost, no longer complacent, no more romantic, it seems that the spine has been broken, and the soul has also been lost.

It's really embarrassing.

In the agony of annihilation, Shen Bing heard his own voice, and said slowly: "Since it's dropped, let's throw it away."

Correct.

It's time to throw away those heavy shackles.