see the gentleman

Three years later

It rained after the Waking of Insects, and everything under the ground was shaking. After sipping the dampness, they all scrambled to emerge from the ground first.

From the countryside to the royal city, the grass color gradually fades from thick to dark.Looking into the distance from the city tower, the black color is spreading, and the distant mountains are already covered with green.

Ji Yun stood on the city tower, looking at the official road extending far below the city gate, the wind and sand on his face made him a little bit dizzy.But he refused to go back to the palace and insisted on coming and waiting in person.

It was past noon, and although the sun was not yet so hot, it hung brightly above the head, which was also very harsh on the eyes.

He squinted slightly to avoid daylight.

Then he asked the person next to him, "Why haven't you arrived yet?"

"Perhaps there was some delay on the way, Your Majesty, why don't you go back and wait?" The new Zhongchang servant Xu Guangning persuaded with a low eyebrow, "Your Majesty Bai is back, and you have to go to the palace first to report to Your Majesty."

When Ji Yun didn't speak, Xu Guangning tactfully stopped persuading her.

Probably there has never been anyone in this world who is not as good as the old, and a newcomer becomes an old man after getting used to it.

Ji Yun's habits can be remembered as long as he puts a little effort into them. The initial awkwardness has completely disappeared, and now Ji Yun has used Xu Guangning very well.

And Xu Guangning is a bit better than Li Chengnian, he always knows how to read his master's face, puts his master's emotional needs first, and never makes his own decisions.

Ji Yun has raised too many people who have their own ideas, and he is already bored.

After waiting for about half an hour, I vaguely heard the sound of the ground trembling.

That was the sound of a large number of people trampling the ground.

Ji Yun looked towards the end of the official road, only to see a billowing dust and smoke.

The one who came out of the dust and smoke first was the heroic young gentleman wearing silver armor at the head of the horse.

Without blinking, he stared at that person closely, and saw that person from far to near, his eyebrows and eyes became clear little by little, as if rushing out of his memory, after three years of separation in the past and present, that figure Finally, it came into his eyes vividly again.

His heart suddenly tightened.

As if in the blink of an eye, Bai Chen and his party had arrived at the gate of the city, and Ji Yun went down to greet them in person.

Bai Chen jumped off his horse, took off his helmet, and wanted to salute him, but Ji Yun took a step forward and supported him with both hands.

The skin, flesh and bones under the palm of the hand are completely in the shape of an adult man, firm and tight, exuding a scorching heat, and Ji Yun's hand is almost scalded.

The temperature burned from the palm of his hand to his heart, Ji Yun held back the heat in his heart, and the words rolled down his throat twice before finally rolling out: "...you are back."

Bai Chen was still supported, with his head slightly lowered. Ji Yun couldn't see his expression, but heard his slightly hoarse voice, saying: "Yes. Your Majesty, Chen is back."

Ji Yun wasn't sure for a while whether he was the self-proclaimed minister or Chen.

But compared to the living person in front of him, those meaningless titles are nothing important.

Originally, Bai Chen was supposed to return to Beijing to report on his duties last winter, but unexpectedly, the governor Pei Du's mother passed away suddenly, Pei Du had to resign from office to observe his filial piety, and it was the end of the year, and a replacement could not come for a while.When Hou Liang got the news, he took advantage of the opportunity to attack and forcibly occupied several counties under the jurisdiction of Qiaozhou.

When Bai Chen was a senior official, he saw that no one was in charge of the overall situation, he went out in front of the crowd, ordered troops to go out, and actually drove out all the offenders in the future.And I don't know where I got the news that the Emperor of Houliang actually drove himself to conquer and sat in the rear.Bai Chen took less than ten people with him, and attacked Hou Liang's camp at night, and shot the Emperor of Hou Liang to death in the tent, causing Hou Liang to retreat in a hurry.

After Bai Chen shot and killed Emperor Liang, it was reported back to Wang Jing, so let's not mention what kind of storm it caused.Shocked in Ji Yun's heart, she couldn't help but feel that this little man, who usually looks like a docile little milk dog who hasn't grown teeth, was released for a while before he realized that he was really a wolf cub who could only bite his prey.

Fortunately, he woke up early in this life, Bai Chen's fangs and claws were finally not facing him.

Ji Yun helped him up, but felt it was not enough, he patted Bai Chen's shoulder again, and said: "You have made great achievements this time, what reward do you want?"

When Bai Chen straightened up, Ji Yun realized that the person who was almost as tall as him three years ago was now at least a head taller than him.

Bai Chen is no longer the complete handsomeness of Mo Shangren Ruyu back then, there are some inexplicable traces added to that handsomeness, his eyes are slightly dark, staring at Ji Yun.

Ji Yun was almost afraid that he would say something terrible like he did three years ago.And it was in front of all the civil and military officials behind him, under the eyes of all the people.

Bai Chen stared at him, and said, "Whatever Your Majesty bestows, what Chen wants."

The breath that was lifted up immediately fell down, and the fall was so violent that it felt like weightlessness.

Ji Yun ignored the discomfort and laughed: "Qing can visit the enemy's camp at night and take the emperor's head as the champion. How about making Qing the champion marquis and lead the champion general?"

Such a reward is indeed very heavy.

Bai Chen could be regarded as very calm, with a slight smile on his face, not necessarily ecstatic, he just wanted to salute and thank him.

Ji Yun didn't stop him this time.

The group stayed at the gate of the city for a while before entering the city.

The street was already full of people, huddled together, and when Bai Chen passed by, there were appalling cheers, most of which were women's screams.

It is not difficult to understand.The young Baichen was famous for his noble demeanor, and now he is brave and courageous, and is recognized by everyone as elegant and handsome, and it is rare that he is not yet married.

How not to become the girl's boudoir dream talk?

Flower and fruit silk handkerchiefs were thrown at him incessantly, and some were even thrown from upstairs windows.Thanks to Bai Chen wearing armor, otherwise, if he was hit by so much love, even a stone sculpture would have a gap.

Sitting in the car, Ji Yun's expression gradually turned ugly.

"These girls are too arrogant."

Xu Guangning glanced at him secretly, Ji Yun looked displeased, but after waiting, he didn't wait for Ji Yun to continue to say anything.

He just became more and more unhappy, frowned, and as if he had to endure it, he slightly pursed his lips.

Because of the enthusiasm of these girls, it took twice as long for the team to enter the palace.

General Gu Huan was already waiting in the palace.

Naturally, Gu Huan didn't wait on purpose, he didn't have such a free time.

In the past three years, Gu Huan's power is still at its peak, but Ji Yun has put more thought into government affairs now, and has taken advantage of the advantages of her previous life to be quite decisive in several major issues, which has also restored her wise reputation .Seeing that he was still somewhat helpful, some senior officials bypassed Gu Huan and reported directly to Ji Yun.With these complaints, half of the body has been buried in the ground, and the family has a high reputation, so Gu Huan can't move easily, so he can't act arbitrarily, so he should restrain himself and stop blocking everything Don't let Ji Yun know.Although the dossiers still passed through the General's Mansion first, they were all transcribed one by one and presented to Ji Yun for reading every day.Small matters are fine, but Ji Yun's approval is required for major matters.

In this way, the dual governance of Ji Yun and Gu Huan can be regarded as another kind of political clarity.

Today, Gu Huan finished handling government affairs in the General's Mansion as usual, and did not hand over to others. He took the transcribed files by himself, and walked into the palace like a stroll.

Just happened to bump into Ji Yun and his party who were returning to the palace.

Ji Yun didn't expect Gu Huan to come at this time, so he paused slightly.

Gu Huan had already stepped forward, cupped his hands, and made a salute: "Your Majesty."

Looking behind him again, he happened to meet Bai Chen's eyes, with a half-smile on his lips: "Bai Xiaolang is worthy of being a disciple of the Bai family. Said, even the emperor of the opponent died under Xiao Lang's arrow. It is really a talented person, and I should retire later."

Bai Chen looked modest, and said: "The general is too well-known. The younger generation is just a fledgling, ignorant so they are fearless. It is far inferior to the skills and courage accumulated by the general over the decades."

Ji Yun stood in the middle, listening to the exchange of courtesy between the two of them, their words were impeccable.It just feels unpleasant for no reason, as if I can smell a little spark in it.

He was not in the mood to touch any grievances between the two, so he just smiled, changed the subject lightly, and said, "Why is Gu Qing entering the palace at this time, what's the matter?"

Gu Huan glanced at him, shook the file in his hand, and said with a half-smile: "Your Majesty saw Bai Xiaolang, could it be that he forgot even this?"

On weekdays, these files would be picked up by a special person, and Gu Huan would personally deliver them wherever labor was needed.

Ji Yun was completely baffled by such an attack all of a sudden.It's just that Ji Yun is used to Gu Huan on weekdays, even though he was not very happy, he just said: "I'm sorry to trouble the general to send it here in person."

In the night, there was supposed to be a reception banquet for Bai Chen, but since Gu Huan happened to bump into it, he didn't try to avoid it, he stayed generously and took a seat together.

After a round of tossing and changing cups at the table, Ji Yun rewarded Bai Chen and his subordinates for their merits.

Gu Huan's expression didn't change when he heard that Bai Chen was named the champion, and then he frowned when he heard that he was the champion general.

It's nothing more than a champion marquis, although Bai Chen is only a sixth-rank long history, and he can be said to have reached the sky in one step, but Bai Chen's skills are really high this time, so he can be named a marquis.

Although the champion general is a miscellaneous general, he is already a real job capable of training troops and leading the army.

Standing up immediately, he actually interrupted Xu Guangning who was still singing.

"Wait a minute."

Xu Guangning was suddenly cut off, he fell silent, and looked at Ji Yun hesitantly.

Even though Gu Huanquan has always been defiant and defiant, interrupting the imperial decree chanting on the spot is really too rampant.

Ji Yun looked worried, but still endured it: "The general has something to say?"

"Your Majesty confers such a reward," Gu Huan said without any scruples as if he didn't notice the displeasure in his tone, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate."

Ji Yun barely held back her anger, pulled her lips slightly, and said, "Oh? What's wrong?"

"It's true that Bai Chen's young hero has made great achievements, and he should be awarded a title. It's just that Bai Chen has only been on the battlefield once, and he is too young to be promoted to general. I think it is hard to convince the public. His Majesty confers such a reward. , but it’s not his favor, but it’s putting people on the cusp of the storm, and it’s going to kill him.”

He spoke as if he was right, so Ji Yun also nodded, seeming to agree and said: "The general is not unreasonable, but just now at the gate of the city, Gu has already let the words out in front of everyone. If you take your words back, wouldn’t it chill the hearts of those good men who supported Yulong to die for the king.”

Gu Huan raised his eyebrows.

He didn't expect that Ji Yun would be so thoughtful.Knowing that she has always had a bad impression of Bai Chen, she would definitely not condescend to follow her to the gate of the city, so she hurriedly ran to pick him up, and made a decree while he was away.After he knew it, it was a done deal, and it was too late to stop it.

What made Gu Huan even more displeased was that before Bai Chen returned to Beijing, although Ji Yun mentioned at the court meeting that he wanted to make Bai Chen the champion marquis, he didn't mention the champion general at all.

His Majesty, this is originally planning to bypass him and make his own claim.

A faint shadow flashed across Gu Huan's eyes, but he said in his mouth: "Although your majesty has a golden eloquence, you can't abolish the etiquette system if you want to promote it. Since ancient times, there is no reason for one step to reach the sky. Bai Chen has made extraordinary achievements, and your majesty treats him very well." Beloved, it's all right to make him a champion. As long as the official career is on the way, Bai Chen is young after all, and the official career is too short, and he is still a civilian. If you don't add experience to entrust him with military responsibilities, it will be too childish after all. If it is for future generations to emulate, If the number of sets is messed up, it will cause endless harm."

Ji Yun laughed almost angrily.

He thought, if you really want to talk about imitating future generations, it will cause endless harm, and you can't miss the fact that your general controlled the government and covered the sky with one hand.

He and Gu Huanzheng were at loggerheads, but Bai Chen took up the wine title, stood up and said: "The general is right, I have made meritorious deeds with ingenuity, and your majesty's vassal is the champion, and he is already a favorite of the emperor. I appreciate your majesty's love, but the real qualifications It is still shallow, with meager ability, not enough to take on this important task. I hope your majesty will take it back."

Ji Yun was dumbfounded for a while.

He knew that Bai Chen could see that between him and Gu Huan, each other was strong but weak, so he stood up and declined politely, actually giving him a step down.

He could feel Bai Chen's desire not to make himself too ugly, but he also felt the shame of being constrained and powerless, which made his face burn, as if someone had slapped him forcefully.