Mr. Identity Series

His voice was not low, and the prince did not go far. Hearing the sound, he turned around and saw Shui Wuyou, like a big white cat, squatting by the pool, scooping up water and dabbing it on his face a few times indiscriminately. , then stood up and wiped the water on his face with his sleeves, brushed his disobedient hair back with his fingers, and then trotted back to the eunuch's side, the black hair gently following the sleeves of the white clothes. fly.

The prince's heart fluttered for no reason, and then his face was filled with anger again, and he said to himself bitterly: "This man smells of alcohol all over his body, his appearance is messy and his temperament is lazy, except for his good looks, what's wrong with him? There is a little bit of merit, how could the father be so confused and let him be my Tai Tuo, how is he qualified?"

The little eunuch Xiao Minzi who was following the prince was a very smart person, seeing that the prince didn't like Shui Wuyou, he also chimed in and said: "That's right, the emperor only said that this man is talented, unfathomable I see, if you want to take him in, you might as well give it to some prince and grandson as a wife and concubine, as the saying goes, marry a chicken and follow a chicken, marry a dog and follow a dog, are you afraid that he will not give up on his man for the rest of his life?"

The prince couldn't help laughing "puchi", then glared at the little eunuch, shook his head and said: "Your tongue is so clever, you can even turn corners when swearing, that's all right, let's go to see the emperor, I want to see him like this." Virtue, how will Father wait a moment to ask me to worship him as Taifu."

"What's your name, His Royal Highness?" Shui Wuyou and others followed behind the prince, but he didn't hear the prince's words. He just thought that his name violated the other party's taboo?Other than that, he couldn't think of any other reason.

The eunuch probably guessed what he was thinking, curled his lips and said, "Lord Shui, don't worry, your name has nothing to do with the prince. He hates you because of another reason. You will know after a while."

After thinking about it, he lowered his voice and said: "It is logical that we slaves should not bluntly say the name of the master, but the adults will know sooner or later, how about I tell you now, the prince's name is Kang."

When he said this, Shui Wuyou understood that the emperor of Ran Kingdom was named Qi and his name was Qi Lan, so the crown prince was naturally called Qi Kang.

When he came to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in a daze, he saw the emperor sitting on the dragon throne together, and the crown prince Qi Kang sitting in the lower left seat, staring at himself unconvinced.He took a peek at the empty first seat on the lower right, and thought to himself, who is this for?It can't be that the empress wants to see me, right?

"Shui Aiqing, you are so arrogant. I asked you to come over at night, and you will wait until then. After dinner, there is no sign of you. I have to send someone to announce it, and threaten to break your leg. , that’s why you’re willing to come here. I know you literati have always paid attention to your talent and arrogance, but isn’t your arrogance a bit too much?”

The emperor sat on the dragon throne with a calm tone.But these words hit Shui Wuyou's heart, but every word weighed heavily.Besides, Prince Qi Kang couldn't help snorting coldly beside him, which made him smile wryly, thinking that you really deserve to be father and son, do you need to share such hatred?

But if Shui Wuyou was shocked by these few words, he wouldn't be Shui Wuyou anymore.Kneeling respectfully at the moment, he said: "Back to the emperor, I have never been close to Tianyan, so I really don't know the rules. When His Majesty was leaving in the mansion, he said that he should come at night. I thought, I must not delay your majesty's dinner, your majesty." You see, I only think about you, I dare not eat myself, for fear of being disrespectful to His Majesty..."

"It's nonsense, you are afraid that you received the order while you were sleeping soundly, so you rushed here before you had time to eat?" Qi Kang snorted coldly, his tone full of disdain.

Shui Wuyou was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that this little prince is not simple, seeing that he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, yet his behavior and speech are not impulsive at all, not only that, he can guess this matter, as if he had seen it with his own eyes. What he sees is normal, although this is not difficult, but considering his age, this kind of mental wisdom is really not bad.

He was contemplating here, and the emperor on the Dragon Throne had already burst out laughing, and then he waved his hand and said, "Let's get down, go and sit down there. How about it? Was what the crown prince said just now right?"

Shui Wuyou groaned in his heart, looked at the empty seat again, stood up, but refused to sit down there, but bowed and laughed, "I dare not lie to the emperor, what the prince said It’s not bad, it’s really smart and intelligent, teaching such an excellent student, I’m afraid it will be a bit difficult for the masters.”

As Shui Wuyou, if he was allowed to sit in a seat higher than the crown prince, it would not be for any other reason except that the emperor wanted him to be the crown prince.

Sure enough, as soon as he said this, Qi Kang was stunned for a moment, but the emperor didn't show the slightest surprise, he laughed and said: "Others say that although you seem to be drunk all day long, you are a smarter person than a fox. It seems that it is indeed true. I told you to sit down and you sat down, since I called you here tonight, is there any reason to let you retreat completely?"

Shui Wuyou sighed, thinking he still came after all.People are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong. I learned it a long time ago. I only hate those who spread rumors. I drink like that every day, but I still refuse to let me go. You say that I drink boobs in front of the emperor. It’s fine if you don’t have big ambitions, what’s so amazing about it?Apart from this face, what else can surprise you?

But the words of refusal cannot be exported.He moved to the chair and sat down. When he raised his eyes, he saw Qi Kang staring at him bitterly.

Shui Wuyou raised his eyebrows, which meant: Don't stare at me, it's useless to stare at me, this is arranged by your father.I don't want to teach you yet, how much risk do I have to take?The other grand tutors are still protected by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but I don’t even have you. If there is any stab in the back, I will die without a place to die.

Qi Kang probably saw what he meant, snorted, turned his head away from him, and looked at the emperor with his mouth pouted.

"It is said that you are talented and full of tricks, and your martial arts are superb. I intend to let you be the prince's teacher and teach him some things. I don't know what you want?"

Qi Lan finally spoke, although it was an inquiry sentence, but the tone was undeniable.That's right, if you don't have this momentum when you are an emperor, you can't be a good emperor.

"Your Majesty, you went to the minister's mansion today and saw it. With the virtue of the minister, the teacher of the prince will probably be ridiculed by the ministers. What's more, His Royal Highness has several tutors teaching him, all of whom are great scholars in the world. I feel that the emperor should not entrust this kind of great responsibility to a humble minister just because of some irrelevant praises."

Shui Wuyou stood up, with a calm tone, but his words were justified.

Qi Kang also stood up and said: "Father, Master Shui is right. My son has been studying the way of governing the country and managing the world hard. The several Tai Tuors have also done their best. There is really no need for another Tai Tuo."

As he spoke, he cast a disdainful glance at Shui Wuyou. The aloof Prince His Royal Highness was born with a golden spoon in his mouth. He was educated by the eternal sages of his family, country, and world.So he looked down on a surrender like Shui Wuyou from the bottom of his heart.

What's more, after meeting today, I feel that this person has no morals, no conduct, and unrestrained behavior. Even if he is talented, he has no integrity and no virtue. How can such a person be qualified to be a prince and tutor?

The more Qi Kang thought about it, the more he felt that his thinking was reasonable, and the more he felt that this incident was a child's play for his always prudent and shrewd father.He knew that Shui Wuyou was lowly and powerful, so he could only rely on himself to resist to the death.

He was busy refusing, but Shui Wuyou was overjoyed. He kept trying his best in his heart, hoping that Qi Kang would be able to turn the tide, but he was very disappointed in the result.The emperor snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and stepped down from the dragon seat, and said coldly, "This matter has already been decided, so there is no need to say more."

When passing by Shui Wuyou, His Majesty the Ninth Five-Year Emperor suddenly turned his head and said coldly: "For the time being, you are indeed not qualified to be the prince's tutor, at best, let him be Mr. , I will tell you what I want you to teach him, and you will naturally understand when you go to court with the other courtiers at five o'clock tomorrow.”

After saying that, the emperor walked away in a huff.Here Qi Kang glared at Shui Wuyou in disgust, and said bitterly: "You'd better find a way to quit this job yourself, or I will kill you." After finishing speaking, he also snorted, threw off his sleeves and flaunted and go.

"To kill me?" Shui Wuyou walked out of the study slowly, stared at the prince's back with a smile, and said to himself: "There are quite a few people who want to kill me, but so far none of them have succeeded. Your Royal Highness, I really look forward to what you can do."

All the ministers were a little curious about Shui Wuyou who came to court suddenly.

The name of this talented man has long been known to them. It is said that although he is not a general in the Jiangnan army, his status is somewhat higher than that of a general, because he has almost never been defeated in any battle with him as a military adviser.

That day, Shui Wuyou's army was in a desperate situation because of the heavy snowfall, and his bad luck, which led to his failure and capture.

It is said that this talent is highly intelligent, has a lot of wisdom, and is beautiful in appearance, but there is only one shortcoming, that is, he is greedy for what is in the cup, and he is unrestrained. Therefore, although there are many praises for him, there are definitely a lot of bad comments for him .

However, Ran Guo has always valued martial arts over literature in the army, so Qi Lan was not overjoyed because he captured Shui Wuyou that day. Even after he and the soldiers returned, he did not meet the talented man in the main hall, but let him He knelt outside the hall and sealed a false title.

Facts have also proved that even though Shui Wuyou is smart, it is not enough to turn the world around. The strength of Ran Guo and Jiangnan Kingdom is still evenly matched, and no one can surpass the opponent's thunder. The battle on the border is still stalemate.Anyway, for decades, two equally powerful countries have always been like this, so Qi Lan no longer cares much about it.

The reason why he suddenly found Shang Shui Wuyou this time was because he had heard too much about this person from the mouths of his courtiers, so he was quite curious.Second, during the private visit of Weifu, he occasionally saw the poems inscribed by the other party on the restaurant, which really made him admire.

And the most important reason is that even the prince doesn't know about it.He only knew that his father wanted Shui Wuyou to be his tutor.But I don't know the deeper reason.a family of scholars

Ran country is undoubtedly a powerful country, but in order to expand its territory, the monarchs of all dynasties wanted to annex the Jiangnan country, resulting in the two countries being in a state of war all year round, which made other small countries around them ready to move.Among them, the Yili country is the one that moved the most.

Yili Kingdom is also considered a medium-sized country. Although its territory is far inferior to that of Jiangnan, its domestic resources are coveted, whether it is a large area of ​​fertile plain land, or an endless prairie, as well as high mountains and rivers, rich mineral deposits, It has brought countless wealth to this country.

Desires are always difficult to fill. The excessive prosperity made the monarch of Ili Kingdom also yearn for the spectacular scene of all nations coming to court. Taking advantage of Ran Kingdom and Jiangnan Kingdom's mutual restraint, he even wanted to nibble away Ran Kingdom step by step in a whimsical way.

Whether it is tolerable or unbearable, anyway, the war with Jiangnan Kingdom is like that.Therefore, Emperor Ran made a decisive decision. After the new year, he immediately dispatched an army to the border and officially started a war with Yili. It would be best to destroy the other party.Even if you can't destroy the opponent, you still have to occupy a few cities and kill the prestige of the Yili Kingdom.

Qi Lan's favorite is the crown prince Qi Kang. This son is talented and born of the empress.The only thing he was worried about was that this child was too upright, perhaps influenced by the Taifu and his mother, at an age that should have been innocent, he showed a mature air, to put it bluntly, he was old-fashioned.

To be an emperor, one must be ruthless and unparalleled in wisdom.Qi Lan has eight sons in total. Even though the sons seem to be very obedient now, no one can guarantee that there will be no conspiracy to usurp the throne in the future. I'm afraid that in the end, it's hard to escape the fate of being squeezed out.

Therefore, Qi Lan is prepared for danger in times of peace, and intends to let Qi Kang have a good experience and go to the battlefield to see the cruelty of war for himself.He knew very well in his heart that his son's character should be biased towards him, and his bones were filled with the blood of a cruel emperor, but because the people he followed were all staid, stable and gentle people, so his nature had not been stimulated.

What's more, when you are on the battlefield, you can accumulate military merits. Even if he doesn't need to lead the army in battle, as long as he sits in the army and returns to the court in the future, the greatest military merits will be his. This is enough to make him famous among his brothers. occupy an absolute advantage.You can also take this opportunity to win over the generals of the military. As long as you have the loyalty of the military, you will be even more invincible in the future battle for succession.

For the sake of Qi Kang, the father Qi Lan really expected all the consequences and dangers. He paved a broad road for his son, but this road is not without danger.Who should be sent to the battlefield with Qi Kang? It can not only ensure his safety, but also teach him some knowledge. Those grand masters who walk tremblingly must not be able to do it. In this case, he thought of Shui Wu You.

And after meeting him in Shui Wuyou's mansion, Qi Lan has already confirmed that this person is the most suitable candidate.

He came to the throne at a young age and has been the emperor for more than 30 years. These eyes see people without even needing a second look.Shui Wuyou is the most special and shrewd person he has ever met. He believes that after being taught by the other party, Qi Kang will definitely be able to bring surprises to himself.

But he was pleasantly surprised, Shui Wuyou who came out of the imperial study room had a big head.He never expected that the Emperor Lao Tzu would entrust him with such a huge and difficult task.

Originally, I thought that Qi Kang's death-defying opposition would have some effect.Who knew that the kid would agree to the matter immediately after hearing that his father asked him to go to the battlefield.He even rushed in front of him right away, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and called "Sir".His attitude changed so quickly that Shui Wuyou almost bumped his head against the pillar.

Of course, Shui Wuyou didn't dare to bump into a pillar, so he had no choice but to accept this task reluctantly.Qi Lan said: With his virtues, he is not enough to be a tutor, so let Qi Kang temporarily call him Mr. as the folks call him.But the salary is the same as that of Taifu.

Shui Wuyou was naturally very dissatisfied with this statement.But after he heard that the Taifu's salary was 20 taels of silver a month, his eyes widened immediately. 20 taels of silver, a year's salary is enough for him to buy fine wine from Xinghuaju. Maybe some people can resist this kind of temptation, but it's definitely not that he has nothing to worry about.

And so things settled down.Of course, Qi Kang still looked down on this gentleman, just seeing his greedy for money and drinking, he didn't get angry at all.

However, to be able to go to the battlefield, to be able to witness every victory of Ran's army, and even to personally plant Ran's military flag on the imperial city of Yili, this made his blood boil, so he didn't want to care about other things .

Time flies by, and in a blink of an eye, the north wind quietly disappeared, replaced by the rain of apricot blossoms that stained the clothes, and the willow wind that did not blow the face.The peach and apricot trees were covered with flower buds. People took off their heavy winter clothes and put on light spring clothes. There were also many people outing by the Lishui River. The weather finally warmed up.

Compared with the winter when the north wind is howling, people naturally like this vibrant spring.However, there is one exception.

This person is Shui Wuyou. He is sitting in front of the window at this moment, looking at the budding peach and apricot trees in the courtyard, and muttering to himself: "If I were Qing Emperor in his year, I will repay and bloom with the peach blossoms. Alas ...If I were the Qing Emperor, I would let the peach blossoms and chrysanthemums bloom together. Now that you are blooming, I will have to work as an errand, my lord, wow..."

Ding Dang, who was packing his luggage at the side, couldn't help curling his lips when he heard the words, and said angrily, "There's nothing you can do about it. Originally, this errand wasn't something you couldn't avoid, but you can't control yourself. Think about it from a few days before the Chinese New Year. , How many altars of imperial wine have you drank? I’m afraid the emperor’s wine cellar has been drained by you, so I can’t say anything now. The emperor asked you to spit out the wine you drank. Can you spit it out? Get rid of these delusions as soon as possible, and be obedient."

Shui Wuyou said angrily: "Ding Dong, what are you talking about? I am your master, right? Humph, I'm on the battlefield, do you think you can be king at home? Dreaming, you want to go to know it with me have no idea?"

Ding Dong snorted, nodded and said, "I've known Young Master for a long time, when will you do me any good? You are always the first to think of me when something bad happens. Forget it, forget it, go to the battlefield as soon as you go to the battlefield, It’s not that I haven’t been there before, I used to stay with you in Jiangnan, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to get to this place.”

Shui Wuyou was speechless when Ding Dong blocked her, she scratched her head and said, "So what? ?”

One sentence made Ding Dong laugh, then shook his head and said: "My lord, I don't have the ability, but your friend in the altar is quite capable, you might as well go to it for help."

Shui Wuyou turned his head and said, "You still come to vomit me, knowing that I'm going to go to war tomorrow, how dare you waste your time by drinking."

Ding Dong tied the burden with the last knot, also came over, and said in a low voice: "Master, if you really don't want to go to the battlefield, you can ask the prince, as long as he doesn't want you to be a teacher, can't you go? Or You can also scare him well..."

Before finishing speaking, Shui Wuyou shook his head and said: "It's useless, although the prince is young, he knows it well. Alas, the emperor can't see him clearly because he loves him. From my point of view, there is nothing wrong with this young man being upright." Well, if we really bring out the fierce and cunning side of his personality, I'm afraid it will be out of control."

Naturally, these words would not be said to Shui Wuyou, but as smart as him, how could he not see it.So now he is also somewhat conflicted.

The emperor is a fan of the authorities. In his opinion, Qi Kang has the support of the emperor and queen, and he is smart and studious. Even if he is more upright and rigid, it will not give his brothers any chance to seek the throne.And once he becomes ruthless and cunning, that will really be the root cause of the disastrous situation in Ran Kingdom's palace.

If you are too ruthless, you will lose people's hearts, easily become a tyrant, and eventually lose even the hearts of the people.If you are cunning, you will become suspicious easily. Even if you are a brother who has no second thoughts, it is hard to guarantee that he will not be forced to go that way in the end.Qi Lan was only worried about his son, and the wisdom of his life couldn't see through it.

But what if he sees it through?Shui Wuyou sighed lowly, he did not forget why he was captured.When he left that year, the old emperor went to his mansion to meet him in secret, his earnest words revealed the inevitable ruthlessness, and what he wanted was for him to complete his grand plan in the future.

Shui Wuyou is a native of the Jiangnan country, even if he is unrestrained, he still has the integrity of preferring death to surrender.How could he have surrendered to Ran Guo if he hadn't completed the mission with humiliation.And approaching the prince to be his husband, making Qi Kang change as he wished, is the first step in his grand plan.

Shui Wuyou felt a pain in his heart when he thought of the boy's angry eyes.I'm afraid that those children's clear eyes will gradually become extremely deep under my own teaching, so the ancient well will not waver.How serious is your own sin?This kind of behavior is not what I want, but in front of the words "family, country and world", even he can't get rid of it.

"My lord, drink the chicken soup. I ordered the kitchen to stew it for you for several hours. No matter what, you are still weak. After drinking Bubu, you can at least resist the spring cold when you go to the battlefield. "

Ding Dong's words brought Shui Wuyou back to his senses, and he turned to look, only to see that the servant who had followed him for several years had brought over a cup of chicken soup at some point.

His heart warmed up, and he stared at Ding Dong for a long time, his eyes made Ding Dong feel terrified, and he couldn't help saying: "Young master, don't you look at me like that? It's scary."

Shui Wuyou smiled, shook his head and said, "I'm not promising, and I'm afraid of being looked at like this. If I want to take on a big job in the future, what should I do?" While taking the chicken soup and smelling it, he laughed and said, "It smells so good, if the chicken legs It would be better to put it here.”

Ding Dong rolled his eyes: "This soup is thick enough, why do you need chicken legs? Now the chicken legs are like medicine dregs after being overwhelmed by medicine, you can't eat it, so don't think about drinking or other ideas, put this bowl at ease. Just drink the soup."

The corners of Shui Wuyou's mouth drooped, and he said bitterly: "I really regret what I taught you to be so smart back then. Now, no matter what I think, I can't escape your eyes, and it's no good."

After drinking the chicken soup, when it was dark, Shui Wuyou took out a big gourd from the cupboard while Ding Dong was not in the room, he patted the gourd, and said with emotion: "Brother, brother, I only know you You have to relax for a few years, and I didn’t expect to accompany me to go through life and death again so soon, but don’t worry, I won’t treat you badly, hehe, I will give you back the two small altars bestowed by the emperor during the Chinese New Year. Let's go."

As he spoke, he opened the door and looked around, and found no one around, so he quickly slipped into the study and took out all the books at the bottom of the shelf. Sure enough, behind those books, there were two An exquisite little jar.It was the best daughter who was given to him by Qilan during the Chinese New Year.

Although Shui Wuyou likes to drink, but in the process of pouring the wine from the jar into the gourd, his hands did not tremble at all, the amber wine with soft luster was poured into the gourd like a thin thread , It didn't splash out at all.

Just as he put the lid on the gourd, he suddenly heard Ding Dong calling from the front yard: "Young Master, a guest is here." The voice was shrill, like a big rooster whose neck had been torn off.

Shui Wuyou was taken aback, after thinking about it, he understood, and quickly hid the gourd in the table hall, he greeted him out of the courtyard, before he got close to the man, he knelt down and smiled, "See His Royal Highness, Chitose Thousands of years, thousands of years. I didn't know His Highness was coming, and I was far away to welcome him. I hope His Highness will forgive me."