Your Majesty, I am not worthy

Chapter 40 The Scorched Bones

Strange to say,? The heavy snow came very suddenly yesterday, but today the sun is shining brightly. The warm sunshine seems to ignite the fire in the east. The whole east is shrouded in red orange morning glow, while the west is still drowsy. .

It's already late January.

This extremely unusual alternation of clear and snow really caught Chu Yuheng's attention.

But Chu Yuheng didn't have time to think too much,? Looking at the countless memorials on the filing machine, his forehead started to ache even before he reviewed it.

If Rong Mu was still around,? He wouldn't have accumulated so many memorials right now.

The memorials that were presented to his desk every day before were all screened by Rong Mu first, Rong Mu would deal with those unimportant memorials first, and the ones that finally fell into his hands were all for Yu Chaotang. Important note.

Now that Rong Mu wants to recuperate, all the memorials will definitely be stored on his side.

Looking at the pile of memorials, Chu Yuheng sighed deeply, even though there was an unspeakable anger in his heart, he still needed to start reviewing.

After mentioning the pen like this, it took a full hour to stop.

Xiao Xuanzi has already prepared breakfast: "Your Majesty, it's time to eat."

"it is good."

Chu Yuheng stopped writing only to find that there were red marks on the bone of his hand holding the Langhao pen. It was the mark left by holding the pen for a long time.

But there are very few such pen marks on his hands, and most of them are thin calluses left over from practicing martial arts and swords.

This made Chu Yuheng think of Rong Mu again.

Ah Mu has a strange body, even though he came back from northern Xinjiang with frostbite on his hands, but after a while, his hands healed, as if he had never suffered from that kind of frostbite.

Moreover, the joints of Ah Mu's right hand that often hold the pen are also slightly worn out. It's not very obvious,? He can only feel it when he touches it.

And Chu Yuheng has never told Rong Mu,? Such a thin cocoon looks very cute in Rong Mu's hands.

There is nothing bad about Rong Mu's body, from head to toe, his favorite spots are all on his body.

Chu Yuheng especially likes Rong Mu's hands. He can not only write calligraphy and paintings that are hard to come by in the capital, but also carve clumsy jade pendants.

Rong Mu can carve such unsightly jade pendants, Quan Haojing is the only one who will like him.

I don't know what will happen to Rong Mu when he receives the jade pendant back from him, he should wear it every day...

After finishing his meal and returning to his seat on the throne, Chu Yuheng was also thinking about Rong Mu when he was writing.

Thinking of Rong Mu, Chu Yuheng couldn't stop.

Rong Mu hadn't set off to Jiangnan yet, he couldn't bear the thought, if he really went to Jiangnan and didn't see him for a few months, what should he do...

But Chu Yuheng completely forgot how he spent the three months before when Rong Mu went to northern Xinjiang. Now Chu Yuheng is already thinking about reorganizing the government during the six months that Rong Mu left.

When Ah Mu comes back this time, he can't let his time be squeezed by so many papers every day.

Before Rong Mu complained that he didn't have any friends in the capital, so when he came back from his health, he would give him more time for himself.

No matter what, the most important thing in Rong Mu's heart must be himself.

Chu Yuheng also believed that Rong Mu would do this.

He and Rong Mu have known each other for ten years, and now it has been 11 years after New Year's Eve.

It has been almost 11 years from the first year of Duanyao to the 11th year of Duanyao.

Apart from his blood sister, who else in this world can surpass Rong Mu's position in his heart...

Chu Yuheng's batch of papers were approved directly from the sunrise in the east to the rising of the sun.

After approving for a whole morning, Chu Yuheng's mind became a little dizzy, and finally he became inexplicably angry after criticizing. After drinking two large cups of cold tea in a row, the evil fire subsided slightly.

But when he turned his head to look, there was still half of the booklets on the table accumulated, and the idea of ​​going out to dance the sword a few times was suppressed again.

Ah Mu didn't help him share part of the work, he hadn't danced a sword before noon for a long time...

When he slumped at these innocuous Zhezi, there were a few loud noises outside the door.

Chu Yuheng frowned, who dared to act so nonchalantly in front of his imperial study?

Looking up, it was Chu Yumi rushing in with her skirt lifted.

The gold hairpin is half in a bun, and it will not fall, which shows that it has come in a hurry.

And Xiao Xuanzi hurriedly followed behind, with a frightened expression on his face in a hurry.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, the miscellaneous family didn't stop me, Your Highness is anxious to come in!" Xiao Xuanzi was so frightened that his legs trembled.

Someone wanted to break into the emperor's imperial study, but he guarded outside and didn't stop them. If the emperor took it seriously, he would be dragged out and beheaded.

Chu Yuheng was really displeased, Chu Yumi had really lost the etiquette of being a princess of a country, but just as he was about to reproach him, he saw that Chu Yumi's eyes were wet, and there were obviously a few tear stains on her powdered face.

"Brother Huang, have you sent someone to look for Ah Mu?!"

After saluting hastily, before the king could reprimand him, Chu Yumi hurriedly asked questions.

Chu Yuheng frowned, and there seemed to be doubts on his cold face: "What do you want to tell him?"

"Brother Huang!" With a sound of surprise, the anxious Chu Yumi suddenly choked up his breath, "Brother Huang, don't you know?"

Chu Yuheng was even more surprised by Chu Yumi's half-spoken words: "Why are you getting more impatient?"

Chu Yumi ran all the way over and walked in a hurry, and finally took a breather, and then passed the news he had just received to Chu Yuheng's ears——

"Ah Mu's Prime Minister's Mansion caught fire last night, and people outside said that Ah Mu is gone!"

With a sound of "click", the Langhao brush in Chu Yuheng's hand was suddenly broken, and the sharp cuts pierced into his palm, but Chu Yuheng didn't seem to notice it, and his gaze from top to bottom made Chu Yumi stay silent.

"Don't joke about that."

Ah Mu will feel unhappy when she hears this.

Chu Yumi stomped her feet anxiously, looked at her brother who had no response, and walked up to Chu Yuheng in two or three steps: "I'm not kidding! Ah Mu's house is on fire! Now everyone in Haojing knows about it!"

Starting from the palace to the Prime Minister's Mansion, Chu Yuheng on the imperial carriage was in a daze all the way.

Obviously anxious, but there seems to be a huge hole in my heart, and I can't fill it no matter what.

How could Rong Mu die in the sea of ​​fire so easily...

He also clearly said that he would go to Jiangnan to raise his health.

It must be people outside talking nonsense, saying something bad, actually saying these things, and saying these unlucky things for Rong Mu at the beginning of the new year.

If he was to find out who spread the rumors, he would definitely kill that person!

I just hope that Rong Mu will not be angry if he knows...

Chu Yuheng was very anxious, and when he arrived at the prime minister's mansion, he heard the noise outside before he got off the carriage.

Many people have already gathered outside the prime minister's mansion.

Last night, the fire was raging, and the sky in the small place was bright in the snowy sky. Today when they got up, they realized that it was the prime minister's mansion that had run out of water.

I heard that the lord is in the house, and I don't know if he can be rescued, but seeing the attendants in the prime minister's mansion look like mourners, everyone guessed that the lord is in danger.

Hey……

God is jealous of talents...

Everyone was sighing, but seeing the majestic man on the Golden Dragon Royal Chariot was still wearing a dragon robe, and his demeanor was condensed, the ordinary people dared not chat any more, and knelt down on the ground.

Chu Yuheng didn't even look at it, and walked straight to Rong Mu's yard.

The snow on the main road in the courtyard has been cleared away, and the snow piled up in lumps has fallen to the side, while the snow on both sides, which is as deep as the ankle bones, has been trampled to pieces at this moment, and countless footprints have fallen on it. It was as if he wanted to reproduce in front of Chu Yuheng the turmoil of last night when everyone received water to save them.

When Chu Yuheng looked at the dilapidated house that had been burnt against the round arch, the blood flowing in his brain throbbed crazily, and he became dizzy.

A huge room has long since lost its original appearance. The fire raged past, and the warm sun shone on it, presenting an unnaturally pale and heroic look.The huge beams collapsed, and the bluestone tiles fell on the burnt wood. The tiles should have shown the original green color, but they were now burnt black.

Meanwhile, servants in gray and white uniforms were shuttled among the scorched wood, and under the arrangement of Butler Zhou, they were searching the house after the fire.

General Chu Yuheng froze his steps, and every time he took a step closer, his legs seemed to be filled with molten iron, making him unable to move easily.

Seeing Chu Yuheng coming, Steward Zhou's already cloudy eyes remained red.

"His Majesty……"

Between the words, the old man had tears in his eyes.

Chu Yuheng stared at the scorched and chaotic scene in front of him bewilderedly, and was speechless for a while, but it was Chu Yumi who came in with him who turned red-eyed and questioned first.

"What about Ah Mu and others?"

"My lord...he's in the house..." Hearing Zhou Steward's words, Chu Yumi's only luck suddenly burst, and the tears that were originally trapped in his eyes flowed out like a river breaking a bank .

"How could it be, Ah Mu? How could it be here?"

The woman who always cherished the gorgeous palace robes couldn't care less about anything. The words of the old housekeeper were like the last straw that broke the camel's back. Chu Yumi immediately sat down on the snow, buried her head in her knees and cried terribly.

Hearing Chu Yumi's sharp cry, Chu Yuheng clenched his fists tightly.

On the palm of his hand was the bloodstain left when he pinched the Langhao brush just now, and when he pressed hard in a hurry, his entire fist was silently stained red.

But he didn't care either.

Looking at Steward Zhou who was still weeping silently, Chu Yuheng held on to the breath that surged up from his abdominal cavity, no one knew that his lips and tongue were trembling when he spoke.

"Where are the others, Ah Mu?"

Steward Zhou didn't understand why the Son of Heaven asked again, and pointed to the ruined wall ahead with trembling hands stained with charred ash: "Your Excellency is inside."

"you saw it?"

At this moment, if someone pays a little attention to Chu Yuheng, they can hear the already deep voice of the Son of Heaven being suppressed extremely tightly at this moment, as if a random provocation would break with a "bang".

But Steward Zhou was still sad, so he didn't notice the abnormality of the emperor: "But last night, my lord entered the bedroom very early, and then left the water. The fire suddenly broke out in the night, and everyone was asleep, so there was no time to put out the rescue. This morning the attendants I searched all over the prime minister's mansion, but I didn't see your lord's figure."

"What about the dark three?"

Still can't protect one person in the third?

"Your Majesty, are you talking about that black-clothed guard? That one had an argument with His Excellency yesterday, and disappeared before nightfall..."

Steward Zhou dealt with the emperor according to the words left by Rong Mu.

The implication is that Rong Mu must be in the room.

Although what the steward said was very likely to be the truth, Chu Yuheng still didn't want to believe it.

Chu Yuheng clenched his upper and lower teeth together: "Continue to look around!"

Maybe Ah Mu went to another place on a whim in the middle of the night, after all, he lived in the palace before, and even went to Zhenshufang in the middle of the night...

I also read ancient books overnight.

Correct!

Ah Mu must have left the house to go elsewhere.

But the search attendant yelled, shattering Chu Yuheng's last hope in vain.

"found it!"

Chu Yuheng hurried forward to look, and Chu Yumi, who was crying on the ground, also walked past in disorder.

What the attendants found was a body that had been scorched black, with an unrecognizable face, exuding an inexplicable smell.

Chu Yumi, who was hiccupping from crying just now, saw the horrific corpse, and couldn't help holding her lips and retching.

Chu Yuheng picked up the familiar jade pendant on the side of this man's waist in a daze.

The surface of the thick jade pendant left in the fire had lost its luster, not as bright as before, and many hollow carvings that Chu Yuheng had carved finely before were also burnt and broken.

Even so, Chu Yuheng recognized at a glance that this was the jade pendant he handed back to Rong Mu on Yuanxiao night.

Rong Mu valued this jade pendant more, and Chu Yuheng knew it well.

Therefore, the bones in the fire must be...

Unable to bear to read out Rong Mu's name, suddenly, Chu Yuheng rushed forward with a mouthful of hot blood, and fainted as soon as his eyes darkened.

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