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"Are you sure you want to go with me?" Shen Yan sat in the carriage, watching Xie Ling not move.

Xie Ling raised his eyebrows, held up the gift box in his hand and said: "I have already prepared a generous gift, and we have already arrived at the door of Li's house, why are you asking me again?"

Shen Yanxiu frowned slightly, hesitated for a while, and sighed: "I just think that now that the teacher is seriously ill, he might not want to see you at this time."

A few days ago, Shen Ting entered the palace to face the saint. Before leaving, Emperor Zhengning said to Shen Ting: "Sir, if you have time, go and see Yuanfu. After summer, he was sick in bed, and I asked people from the Imperial Hospital to go see him. It is said that Yuanfu can't speak anymore, his limbs are numb, and he is in a trance again... Nine out of ten, it is a symptom of wind disease."

Wind disease, also known as wind arthralgia, suffers from poor speech and unsteady gait at first, and then gradually becomes paralyzed and paralyzed in bed.And its etiology is complicated and confusing, so that doctors have no way of prescribing medicine, so it is basically a terminal disease that is difficult to cure.

Shen Yan originally planned to pay a visit to Li Chenfu after returning to the capital to face the saint, but he did not expect to hear the news that he was critically ill from Emperor Zhengning.It has not spread in the capital yet, presumably Emperor Zhengning and the Li family suppressed the news on purpose.

For this teacher, Shen Bing's feelings are a bit complicated.The two of them did not have the master-student relationship between Shen Yi and Qin Lang, but they used each other more - Shen Yi took advantage of Li Chenfu's shadow to quickly promote to a hot and important court official; Take advantage of this world-renowned talent to regain the holy family, and move back to a round in the "cold and noble" dispute.

In terms of political views, Shen Yi is young and dares to think, while Li Chenfu is cautious and conservative; in terms of personality, Shen Yi is gentle and sassy, ​​while Li Chenfu is serious and dignified.The two masters and apprentices are very different no matter how they look at it, and they don't really appreciate each other.

But no matter what, from the 23rd year of Hongwu to the first year of Zhengning, they have gone through eight years of vicissitudes with each other.

Thinking of this, Shen Yan couldn't help persuading Xie Ling softly: "You know the character of the teacher. He is a strict character, and he cares most about the struggle between the 'cold and noble' factions. At this time, he is ill, why do you deliberately stay here?" Come with me to see him when you want to make him unhappy?"

Xie Qin twitched the corners of his mouth, and said flatly: "Narrow-minded, penny-pinching, petty and aggressive...Why do you talk about those obedient packaging? I know what kind of person Yuanfu is. Don't worry, I am not here this time. stimulated him."

Shen Bing watched him silently.Although he knew that Xie Ling had always held a lot of resentment towards Li Chenfu, Shen Yu knew better that Xie Ling was not a person who said one thing and did another. Since he promised that he would not do anything out of the ordinary, he really would not If you do it, you have to acquiesce at this time.

The two got out of the carriage and came to the gate of Li's house together, and let people enter to report.After a while, it was Li Ruopu, the eldest son of Li Chenfu, who came out to greet him. When he saw Shen Yan, he hurriedly saluted: "Master Shen, it's been a long time. My father has been talking about you these days, so I hope you are here."

He paused for a moment, then turned his gaze to Xie Ling behind Shen Bing, with some hostility and fear in his eyes: "Master Xie...why do you have time?"

Xie Qin looked back at him indifferently, smiled for a while, and handed over the gift box in his hand: "I heard from Liang Qing that Yuan Fu was unwell, so we came to visit together, did you not disturb your mansion?"

Li Ruopu froze, but still accepted the gift box with restraint.Xie Ling has a high status and an unruly personality, even though Li Ruopu has 1 dissatisfaction in his heart at this time, he dare not confront him face to face.

Just exchanging pleasantries, Li Ruopu led the two of them inside, and sighed to Shen Bing: "To tell the truth, Master Shen, my father is seriously ill, and has been in a coma for the past two days. I have been thinking about you all the time, and I want to meet you, but I really don't know if he can talk to you today."

Shen Bian comforted him and said, "It's okay, I'll come and see Yuanfu, and try not to make him feel sad."

When he came to Li Chenfu's bedroom, Li Ruopu opened the door for Shen Yi and asked him to come in. Fu'er looked at Xie Ling hesitantly.However, Xie Ling just glanced at him condescendingly, and followed Shen Bing into the room.A flash of anger flashed across Li Ruopu's face, but he still didn't say anything, and closed the door with his head down.

As soon as Shen Yan entered the room, he smelled a strong smell of medicine that made people dizzy, mixed with a bit of decay, as if a piece of raw meat was tightly wrapped in a thick cloth and left for a long time. In the airtight room, the smell was really suffocating.Or maybe it was to prevent the patients from catching the wind, the doors and windows of the house were tightly closed, and even the gaps were stuffed with oiled paper, making it even darker.The whole room is like a rotten apple, both the taste and the appearance are disgusting.

Li Ruopu walked over and raised the thick bed curtain, and called softly, "Father...Father? Lord Shen is here to see you."

A hoarse cough sounded intermittently, like a faint candle flame lingering in the wind.

Shen Bing stepped forward and looked into the bed in the dim light of the room, he was startled and then chilled—he could not recognize the old man paralyzed on the bed at all.

What kind of bearing was Li Chenfu in the past, even in the scorching midsummer, he was meticulously dressed in official robes, his back was straight at all times, his eyes were like cold stars, and he was as keen as an eagle.Whenever his solemn face is slightly stiff, it can make people shudder, and they dare not say half a joke in front of him.

But the old man paralyzed on the bed now has a haggard complexion, his limbs are as soft as mud, and he might struggle to sit up without a few pillows.The gray and dry hair is scattered on the top of the head, so how can it look like it used to be neat and tidy?The most shocking thing is the pair of eyes, which have long lost their sharpness, the pupils are cloudy, and the whites of the eyes are covered with pus and blood, like a thick layer of window paper covered with oil.

I haven't seen you for two years... Can time and illness torture the former first-rank official into such a state?

Shen Bing pressed down her horror, sat gently beside the bed, and called out in a low voice: "Teacher, I'm Liangqing...do you still recognize me? I'm back in Beijing."

"... Liang, Qing?"

The old man's cloudy pupils trembled, his dry lips moved slightly, and after a long while, he finally focused his eyes on Shen Bing's face.He stared fixedly at Shen Bing, his mouth slowly opened wide, leaving a string of saliva.Li Ruopu hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe it off for him, but the old man's gaze was still firmly on Shen Bing's body.After a while, he slowly raised his hand, struggling to pull the sink.

"My lord, father recognizes you!" Li Ruopu said happily.

Shen Yi hurriedly held Li Chenfu's raised hand.That hand was dry and dry, the skin was pulled, but it was exceptionally strong.Li Chenfu held the sinking bar tightly, pulled it hard twice, opened his mouth and yelled something vaguely twice, his upper body stood upright like a dying fish, as if trying to sit up desperately.

"Li...re...boring-boring!" The sick old man yelled vaguely as if possessed, but his voice was wrapped in a lump of thick phlegm, making it hard to hear.

"Teacher, don't move." Shen Yi hurriedly bent down and listened carefully, "Speak slowly."

"Li-Li-fu... poor family! Ren Zong... Zong Dao-Dao Yuan, Mo-Mo-Mo..."

Shen Bing was stunned.The breath of the old man who was close at hand was completely on his face, full of disgusting sour smell, but he was still repeating those words vaguely, as if he had exhausted all his energy and energy. obsession.

And Shen Yi already understood what he was talking about.

There is a long way to go to revive the poor.Don't forget, don't forget.

Even though the flesh and blood all over his body were slowly rotting under the torment of illness, this obsession seemed to be engraved on his bones, still tormenting the dying old man endlessly.

Shen Bing's heart was cold, he let out a little breath, and was about to say something, but suddenly heard Li Chenfu uttered a hoarse scream.He raised his head in surprise, only to see the old man's eyes widened in horror, looking straight over his shoulder, his whole body trembling as if he had an epileptic seizure.

"You—you!" He yelled vaguely, struggling hard, pinching Shen's hand and smashing it against the bed board, his whole body began to twitch with excitement.

Shen Yi turned his head abruptly, only to see Xie Qin standing behind him, frowning and looking at Li Chenfu on the bed.And the old man who was limp on the bed didn't know where the strength came from at this time, and he started kicking crazily, his eyes rolled around, his saliva flowed randomly, and he screamed inexplicably.

"Thank you sir!" Li Ruopu rushed forward and pushed him away, "Father doesn't want to see you, get out!"

Xie Ling pursed his lips tightly, but did not take a step.It wasn't until Shen Yan yelled "Give it up" that he took a deep breath, took a deep look at Li Chenfu who was stunned, turned and left the room.

After Xie Ling left, Li Chenfu twitched for a while, and then fell asleep under Li Ruopu's soft soothing voice.Shen Yan sat on the bed in silence, until he saw Li Chenfu slowly closing his cloudy eyes, then he pulled out the hand he was holding on to him, got up and walked out with Li Ruopu.

After closing the door, Li Ruopu raised his sleeves and wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, and sighed a long time: "My father has been in this state for a while. It is not easy to say a few words with the adults today, but it's okay." His old man has a wish."

Shen Yan shook his head, let out a breath and said in a low voice: "...I am really sorry that Yuanfu and the eldest son have been bothered today."

Li Ruopu looked at him and couldn't help saying: "Actually, I know that my father is worried about your lord. You are his most valued student. In the past two years, he always sighed repeatedly when he mentioned that you were convicted and returned home. He I have always hoped that you will go on the right path and serve the country, the emperor, and our poor family. You see that he was in that state just now, and he was so excited when he saw Mr. Xie because—”

Shen Yan suddenly raised his eyes and glanced at him.

Li Ruopu was startled, and immediately swallowed the second half of the sentence that was on his lips.The young man in front of him has soft eyebrows, at first glance he looks like pear blossoms in the spring rain in March, pure and elegant, without any fireworks.But it was just that glance that made Li Ruo Pu Shengsheng see the fierceness behind that beauty, and he couldn't help shivering.

At first glance, it looks like delicate flowers in March, but it looks like ice and snow in October when you look closely; from a distance, it looks like lingering clouds, but it looks like continuous beacon fire.

Li Ruopu's heart was cold, he faltered, and did not dare to say any more.

At this time, Shen Yan had already withdrawn his gaze, and said indifferently: "I'm bothering you today, so I will leave first. You have worked hard to take care of the teacher, so please take care."

"...Yes, my lord, let's go."

After Shen Tie said goodbye, he went out of Li's residence alone, and he saw Xie Ling leaning on the carriage at the door with folded arms, and greeted Shen Tie as soon as he came out.

He looked at Shen Yi's expression and asked, "How?"

Shen Beng pondered for a long while with his head down, then shook his head and sighed, "I'm afraid... he won't be here for a few days."

Xie Ling twitched the corners of his mouth, nodded and said: "Yaoshi is hopeless, he is already terminally ill. I just didn't expect that when he was dying, he would still think about that bit of hatred, and he was so excited to see me."

Shen Yan sighed long and loudly: "Why don't you? Knowing that he is dying, why bother to make such a fuss? Seeing him like this now, does your heart feel happy?"

Xie Ling frowned, and reached out to grab Shen Bing's hand.Shen Yan let him pull her, and looked at him quietly, with clear eyes and a little accusation.

Under his sizing up, Xie Ling frowns and remains silent for a long while, then finally sighs and says, "Yes, I do have resentment towards him. If he hadn't been in the middle of the fire back then, we wouldn't have misunderstood so thoroughly. , won’t be separated so decisively. When he sent me the farewell letter you wrote in prison, I really hated him, hated them, those people who interfered between you and me—”

"Back then, Yuanfu wasn't the problem." Shen Yan sighed, "Why do you have to?"

"I know." Xie Qin squeezed his hand tightly, "So I don't feel good when I see him like this today. I don't want to be like him when he is dying in a hundred years. My heart is full of unwillingness Resentment. Now that you are back, the past is over, and my previous resentment will also be let go."

Shen Yan smiled lightly, but the smile was like a flash in the pan, and soon faded away.Xie Ling looked at him carefully, and asked softly: "Do you feel uncomfortable?"

"En." Shen Ying replied, shaking his head with some regret, and said in a low voice, "Yuanfu is also a generation of famous officials. Looking back on your deathbed, you may still feel that you have achieved nothing. Thinking about it like this is really... really sighing."

"Manpower is so small, how can we change the world, move mountains and seas? If you want too much, you will inevitably get lost." Xie Jin persuaded, "No matter how unwilling Yuanfu is, if you talk about it honestly, he He can already be regarded as an outstanding minister.”

Shen Bing nodded silently.Xie Ling looked at him carefully, raised his hand to straighten his temples, and said softly: "The Sri Lankan is gone, the past is gone, and there are still decades of long time waiting for you and me to realize our ambition, our The era is coming. And I will always stand by your side, watching my Shen University's name go down in history."

His eyes are as bright as the sun breaking through the clouds, able to disperse all the anxiety and haze.Under his gaze, Shen Yan finally let out a sigh of relief and smiled slightly.