Reincarnation of the powerful minister

A blue-and-black steed galloped from north to south on the broad Zhengyangmen Street. When it passed by the carriage, Emperor Jing Long raised the curtain and glanced at the rider, frowned slightly, and ordered to stop.

Seeing the emperor's uneasy expression, Lan Xi moved to the window of the car, "My lord, that seems to be His Royal Highness Prince Yu. He rode his horses in the busy market during the day, if they trampled on the people and caused riots..."

The emperor raised his finger, indicating that he didn't need to say any more, "My fourth brother is proficient in riding and archery, so don't worry about it."

Lan Xi heard the meaning of his words, and asked again: "What should I worry about? This servant is dull, please show me the emperor, so that this servant can make arrangements."

The emperor was silent for a while, and said: "He is going out of the outer city. Is that boundary marker still there?"

"Yes." Lan Xi hurriedly replied, "It's still standing next to the Wuli post. The post is managed and maintained every year. It's as brand new as when it was first established ten years ago."

"...Notify the Yuma Supervisor and let the four guards of Tengxiang watch. If he dares to take a step beyond the monument, he will be captured on the spot and brought to see me."

"The slaves obey the order."

The carriage started again and drove towards Chengtian Gate where Chang Chao was in charge of politics.

Wuli Station is located in Gyeonggi, about five miles south of the outer city, hence the name, and it is the only way to enter and exit the Zhengnan Gate.Officials leaving Beijing must meet the contract here before they can change horses and replenish food and grass at post stations in various places.

Su Yan got off the carriage outside the station, and saw the postman in green robes standing outside the gate of the front yard, saluting him.Su Yan gave him the talisman, but the other party didn't check it immediately, but said with a strange expression: "Master Su, this way please." He led him into a main room in the backyard, and then closed the door and retreated.

Inside the room, a young man in scarlet clothes was standing by the window with his back to him, thinking blankly.

Su Yan recognized his back at first glance, and called out, "Master?"

The young man turned his head, and it was the prince Zhu Helin.

Su Yan said with a smile: "I thought you really wanted to break up with me, and we'll never see each other again."

Zhu Helin sullenly sullenly, but blushed from embarrassment to anger in the ears, snorted coldly: "My father said, as a heir, you must be gracious and tolerant. Young master, I am an adult with a lot, so I will forgive you in the end .If you don’t count your words anymore, I’ll really break off friendship with you—not only break off friendship, but also spank your ass with a stick!”

When I got the court rod on my buttocks, I didn't know who was so angry and scolded, I was so anxious that I was looking for golden sore medicine in the medicine store!Su Yan didn't take his threat seriously, and apologized: "It's all my fault, I won't dare to neglect my young master again."

"In the future..." Zhu Helin's tone dropped suddenly, "We won't see each other for at least a few months, and you can't be negligent if you want to be negligent."

Su Yan saw that the young Feiyang's expression was tinged with gloom, and he felt uncomfortable, so he stepped forward to persuade him, "Time passed in the blink of an eye, so fast... When I first met my young master, he was only as tall as me." -"

He gestured at the tip of his nose, "It's still a drake voice."

Zhu Helin couldn't help but bared his teeth at him, and made a "bite you again" expression.

Su Yan smiled, and continued, "Now my head has reached my forehead, and in half a year, maybe it will be as tall as me."

"—I will be taller than you in the future!" Zhu Helin muttered dissatisfied.

"Yes, the prince is still young, and he will grow up in the future."

"——Why do you still say that I am young?! I am not young anywhere!"

"Yes, the prince grows everywhere." Su Yan smiled, "He has a big heart, and he came to see me off regardless of past suspicions. I am very grateful."

Zhu Helin gritted his teeth secretly, "You never have such an attitude when you talk to father and fourth uncle!"

"Oh? What kind of attitude is that?"

"To your father, you have always been respectful. You looked at him as if you were looking at a portrait of a celebrity. To Uncle Si Wang, because he has repeatedly teased you, you have a soft mouth, but you actually don't have a good face. There is always a trace of love in your eyes. Be on guard, but this also shows that when you face him, you go all out and don't dare to take it lightly. Only you and I have always fooled you at will!" Zhu Helin patted the corner of the table angrily, "You said it yourself, yes It's not like this?!"

Teenagers in the rebellious period are becoming more and more difficult to smooth their hair.Su Yan sighed lightly: "It's too heavy to say 'fool', but it's true that it's a bit 'casual'. When I get along with my young master, I don't have to walk on thin ice like I did when I was facing the emperor, nor do I have to be like when I was facing King Yu. Be vigilant day and night. Only when I face my young master can I relax and speak and act according to my nature, because I know that my young master not only regards me as a waiter, a playmate, but also a close friend who can talk to me, so In the side hall of Dongyuan, I made a promise to the young master of 'I will cut through the waves for you with my meager strength'—could it be that the young master thinks that this promise of mine is just a random trick, not from the bottom of my heart?!"

Zhu Helin was a little palpited by the awe-inspiring meaning of his last question, and couldn't help holding his hand, pressing it on his chest, and asked: "How does the young master treat you? Do you still have doubts? I I told you "never bear the burden", but you refused to believe it. What you said, "the old man's heart is easy to change, but the old man's heart is changeable", is not because you feel that I am young and my heart is uncertain, and I dare not entrust my life to you. Then tell me, what do I have to do, young master, to win your trust? Shall I show you my heart!?"

Su Yan was left speechless by his question.

After a long while, Fang said: "I underestimated the young master. I always feel that you are still young, and the so-called promise is just a whim. I feel that no one can say for sure about the future. I hope that you will not be too lazy to play, and learn to deal with it with the emperor." Government affairs, I will be able to take care of the entire country in the future. I am worried that I will take up too much of your time and miss your studies, so I deliberately don’t go to the East Palace these days. It is my fault."

Zhu Helin's eyes were red, and he hugged his shoulders hard, pressed against his forehead, and said in a deep voice: "Young master is not good enough, so you can't trust me wholeheartedly...Qinghe, I will grow up, with you After leaving Beijing, I will grow up as soon as possible in a place that you can't see. When you come back, you can see a mature and responsible man. Give me some more time and wait for me, okay? "

At this moment, Su Yan's heart is hot, and his blood is also hot. The place where he touches is as hot as a teenager's love, pure and fierce.

What to do with such long and complicated considerations, Su Yan thought, who can guarantee what will happen in ten or twenty years?Who can guarantee that after giving wholeheartedly, he will be cherished or let down in the future?Isn't it good to live in the moment?At least at this moment, this future son of heaven, this young man named Zhu Helin, is already devoted to him without reservation.

Zhu Helin hugged him tightly, and his blood was bubbling with his nose and breath. It was obvious that his limbs were intimate, but he still felt that they were not close enough, as if there was a deep hole in his heart that could never be filled.

How can I completely calm this burning desire?Zhu Helin was a little bewildered, but also faintly aware, and tried to reach forward to touch Su Yan's lips.

Su Yan was about to speak, when suddenly the other party brought his mouth closer, the attack was a little fierce, and with a "knock", the front teeth of the two of them collided, and even the skin of their mouths were broken.

The two covered their mouths, each stepped back half a step, and looked at each other with tears in their eyes.

Zhu Helin said vaguely: "Ni Zuo even suddenly spoke!"

Su Yan said in the same way: "Ni Zuo Shi Tuan, come here!"

The two stared at each other for a moment, then laughed at the same time, completely clearing up their suspicions and repairing it again.

Zhu Helin wiped the little blood on his lips, and reminded him: "When you go to Shaanxi, remember to write to me. The memorials handed in by the governor Yushi will be delivered by a special person at the post station. Every time you write a letter to the emperor , write me one too."

Su Yan nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhu Helin thought for a while, and then said: "Even if you have nothing to write, you have to write to me, you can write anything."

Su Yan smiled and nodded: "Okay."

Zhu Helin wanted to explain something more, so Su Yan rapped his forehead with his fingers: "If we continue, it will be dark, can I go away? Nervous ghost." Zhu Helin grabbed the guilty finger, and in the He took a bite of his mouth, "Master is not a nagging ghost, you are a miser, and you don't want to spend a little more time with me."

Su Yan pulled out his fingers pretending to be disgusted, and wiped his clothes back and forth.Zhu Helin snorted angrily: "Okay, how dare you dislike my saliva!" As he spoke, he stepped forward to wrap his arms around the back of Su Yan's head, and licked his cheeks, nose tip and lips.Su Yan raised his sleeve to wipe his wet face, and scolded with a smile: "Like a puppy! I won't play with you, I'm leaving!"

Zhu Helin opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and finally said: "Then I have to go first, go back to the palace first. I don't want to look at your back, just look at me!"

He took Su Yan's hand, pushed the door out of the house, walked to the front yard door, untied the reins tied to the stone pile, got on his horse, turned his head and said, "I'm leaving! You look at me carefully, remember my words look." Then he whipped his horse and galloped out of the station.

Su Yan stood where he was, watching Zhu Helin's back gradually going away.The horseshoes raised smoke and dust on the loess road, and the sorrow of parting shrouded the two of them.

In the end, the proud man was so far away that there was only a small spot left, a little scarlet like a mole on his heart, and the other party's plea still seemed to linger in his ears: "Give me some more time, and wait for me a little longer, okay?"

Su Yan couldn't help the heat in his eyes, and murmured an answer: "Okay."

Yi Cheng handed over the surveyed Fu Qi to Su Yan.Su Yan wiped his face with his sleeve, took it, shuffled into the carriage, and said, "Let's go."

Under the guard of Ti Qi, the two carriages continued to move forward.

Next to the road outside Wuliyi Station stands a huge stone tablet, on which four big characters are engraved with flying dragons and phoenix dances: "Gyeonggi important place".

King Yu reined in his horse in front of the stele, looking at the carriages and horses visible in the distance from the official road, with a gloomy expression on his face.

The guards of the palace came up from behind, and the leader panted, "We can't catch up, my lord... go back."

King Yu said in a cold voice, "It's only a stone's throw away, and you can get there in no time, how can you not catch up?" He raised his horsewhip, but someone grabbed the whip tightly, and immediately yelled, "Bold! Don't let Gu go! "

The commander of the guards rolled over and fell, knelt in front of his horse's head, and begged: "Go back, my lord! Have you forgotten what the emperor said ten years ago when he erected this boundary marker?"

King Yu's face was as cold as frost, and he squeezed out words one by one from between his teeth: "No, Ke, Yue, Jie, half, step!"

The commander of the guards kowtowed and said, "Your Highness must put yourself first, and don't hurt yourself on impulse!"

King Yu hated him so much that he whipped his whip hard at the stele. The whip poured his inner strength and cracked a corner of the hard granite.He stared at the carriage that was going farther and farther unwillingly, and gritted his teeth: "I don't want to go back to the border town! I don't want to lead the army again! I just want to see him off, can't that work?! "

"But my lord, the emperor doesn't care about this much, he only knows that you violated your oath back then and crossed the border to leave Gyeonggi without authorization!"

"Then he still remembers the oath he made to me!" King Yu roared, almost tearing his eyes, and tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, "I blocked a halberd for him during the chaos in the border fort in Gengchen. When he almost died, how did he swear? He begged me not to die, saying that as long as I survived, the world would rule with me! Then, did he do it? No! Not only did he not, he also took my military power, Trapped me in the capital...for a whole ten years!

Ten years, Han Ben!From the time I was full of enthusiasm to the moment I am about to stand, I have spent all my good years locked in this golden bird cage!What am I doing wrong again?Just because I have the same blood as his, and because of my dreadful reputation in the army, do I have to be betrayed and humiliated like this? ! "

"King 'Yu', hehehe, King 'Yu'!" His stern sneer made people feel chills all over his body, "My ninety-five-supreme imperial brother, do you know how much I hate this title! Every time I am called Once it strikes, it's like stabbing the old scar on the chest again!"

With tears streaming down his face, Han Ben stood in front of the horse and refused to get up, begging in a trembling voice: "My lord, go back... Your Highness... General!"

When he said the last two words, his voice was already hoarse, as if the swords were fighting each other on the battlefield, even if the blade was broken, he would still let out a final cry of mourning.He choked up and said, "General, you think about it not only for yourself, but also for the [-] brothers in the Jingbei Army. Although the military system and banners are gone, the people are still there, and the heart is still there. If you let them know that the general doesn't care about himself How sad and heartbreaking it must be to die for a trivial matter! If you have to cross this boundary marker, just step over the corpse of the humble staff!"

King Yu seemed to have been poured cold water on his head, his whole body was shaken, and he murmured: "This is not a trivial matter, you don't understand..."

He looked at the two smaller carriages in the distance, gradually sinking into the vast and green wilderness, as if the sky and the earth were empty, and he was the only one left, standing in the endless cold emptiness.

For ten years, he thought that what was imprisoned in the capital was just a wandering corpse, and his heart had long since left his body, flying over the mountains, lingering in the frontier fortress where horses and stars were galloping, and on the battlefield where blood was sprinkled.

But who would have expected that in this body that had been silent for a long time, there would be a weak heartbeat again, because of the young man who was thrown in front of him by God's will, there would be a little vague hope and strong longing.

——It is precisely because of this self-contradictory ambiguity and intensity that he never dares to look directly at his true heart, and it is even more difficult to completely remove the mask of floating waves and show others his true nature.

——He has been wearing this mask for ten years, and it is unknowingly glued to the flesh. If it is torn off suddenly, it will definitely be bloody and painful.

——In front of that boy, he was willing to try to tear it off with pain, but...he couldn't even see this side!

Even if we see each other again in half a year, I don't know what kind of change of thoughts, things are different.The state of mind at this moment is like the wind at this moment, and it will pass when it passes.

The wind in the wilderness blew the ornate robes, hunting sounded, and the figure of King Yu standing on the horse seemed to be solidified together with the stone tablet, standing still.

In the carriage, Su Yan's heart suddenly moved. He opened the curtain again and looked behind the road with his head. He saw a vast expanse of distant mountains, silent for a long time under the blue sky.

"I'm leaving... I'm really leaving!" He murmured to the figure who hadn't appeared in his heart for a long time, "Are you really not coming to see me off?"

The carriage bumped on the compacted dirt road, and stopped after less than two miles.Chu Yuan, the leader of Tiqi, shouted forward: "Who is standing in the middle of the official road, get out of the way!"

The man seemed to have never heard of it, and he was still standing upright in the road.

The Tiqimen looked at each other and drew their swords out of their sheaths one after another.Su Yan's heart trembled when he heard the movement, and he opened the curtain to look out, his eyes dimmed again.

He said: "Don't do it, I recognize him. Let him come over."

Tiqi put away his weapon, watched the man approaching the carriage step by step, knelt down on his knees in front of the opened door, and kowtowed.

Su Yan hurriedly got out of the car to help him: "Why are you doing such a grand ceremony! Get up quickly, where are your clothes?"

Wu Ming was not supported by him. With his upper body bare and a bunch of thorny thorns on his back, he prostrated himself and said, "I have come to plead guilty to benefactor. If I hadn't insisted on going my own way, benefactor would not have been implicated by me and was demoted." Leaving Beijing. The kindness of saving life is not enough to repay, but instead repaying kindness with grievances again and again. The villain feels extremely ashamed, and I don’t know how to redeem it. I can only learn from the ancients to plead guilty and let the benefactor flog him, so as to set an example to others.”

Su Yan looked down at his muscular, bronzed back, and the many small and numerous blood-oozing scratches on his back, and breathed in: "How could it be so serious! I offended the Wei family, and sooner or later, you're just a ghost By mistake, you and I have crossed paths on this matter, but you can't blame all the reasons on you."

Wu Ming couldn't get up stubbornly, "Benefactor is kind and soft, I can do it myself."

Su Yan stretched out his legs helplessly, kicked his bare arms twice, and said, "Okay, you've been punished, get up. If you don't get up again, I'm going to be angry. Tell me, where have you been running these days?" Go, what are you doing?"

Wu Ming got up with a face of shame, bowed his head and said, "After the attempted assassination at Lingguang Temple, I was wanted by the government and had to leave the capital and go to the suburban counties to avoid the limelight. The assassin was demoted and will leave the capital in a few days. After much deliberation, I decided to wait for your lord's carriage on the official road near Wuliyi, luckily I was able to wait."

"I, villain, just want to say," he stammered in a rare way, and muttered, "If benefactor doesn't dislike it, villain is willing to follow around and see with his own eyes that benefactor will bring down the Wei family one day, and people like you The lawless dignitaries who oppress the common people like the Wei family. The adults can do what they want, and the villains will go through fire and water without any complaints."

Su Yan raised his face and said, "Are you a 'little man'? If so, is it appropriate for me to let a 'little man' follow you around?"

Wu Ming was even more ashamed: "No. It's not appropriate."

A smile curled up at the corner of Su Yan's mouth: "You, it's better not to be overwhelmed by guilt, how to say what to say, how to do what to do, just like when I lived in my house before, I'm more used to it."

Wu Ming couldn't help but raised his head and straightened his chest, looked him squarely and said, "Your Excellency agrees to let me follow?"

Su Yan said: "If I don't agree, you won't follow?"

Wu Ming shook his head honestly: "I will follow secretly."

"That's over. Instead of hiding in Tibet and being a fugitive, why not go with me and take care of each other." Su Yan said narrowly, "Although my carriage is not big, it can still accommodate many concubines."

Being teased in front of so many people, Wu Ming's cheeks were blushing, and he shouted embarrassingly, "My lord!"

Su Yan laughed loudly: "It has been spread all over the capital, saying that I, Su Yan, was taken away by Wei Jun as a concubine, and I became a concubine in anger, so I cut off his arm. There are rumors in the market, have you not heard?"

Wu Ming was extremely embarrassed, almost ashamed.

Su Yan reached out to his chest, and his fingertips touched his strong chest muscles.

Wu Ming trembled suddenly, and made a posture to dodge backwards, but he didn't dodge in the end, allowing him to untie the cloth belt that bound the thorns.

Su Yan patted his arm and sighed enviously: "You look thin in clothes, but you can see your flesh when you take them off. You have a really good figure... Get in the car, and I'll get you a coat."

He turned around and returned to the car, and Wu Ming also entered the car, sitting in the opposite seat in an orderly manner, the blush on his face still not fading.

Su Yan took out a dress of his own from the bag, put it on his shoulders, and said with a smile, "We are about the same height, this one is a little loose for me, it should be just right for you."

Wu Ming got dressed in a hurry, and Su Yan found a suitable hat to wear on his hair bun. Looking at it this way, he looked like a serious guard.

Su Xiaobei poked his head in from the front of the car shaft and asked, "My lord, can I go?"

Su Yan replied, "Let's go."

Su Xiaobei whipped the horse's butt lightly with a whip, and thought: "It's really not that outstanding, it's all set off by my peers." Compared with the crooked Jinyiwei Tiqi outside, Wu Ming is pretty good-looking.

In the carriage, Su Yan smiled and said, "Can you tell me my real name now?"

"It turns out that my lord has already seen it...'Wu Ming' is my code name when I was a killer, so naturally it can no longer be used. My real name is Jing Hongzhui. My surname is Jing Hong, and my first name is Zhui."

"This surname is rare. What's your sister's name? When the surname Wei is completely finished, we will rebuild her tomb and erect a monument."

"Jing Hongtao, the peach of peaches."

"One chasing one and the other running away? It's quite interesting for your father Lingtang to name the children."

"No, it's a peach... the peach is so young, its blossoms are scorching, and the son returns home, suitable for his family... the peach."

Su Yan teased him again: "Isn't my lord taking in a concubine from Yiqishi's family?"

The calm face of the man on the other side also turned red again, and he shouted: "My lord, don't make fun of me again!"

"Since you're pretending to be the official's bodyguard, you should call yourself a 'subordinate' or a 'lower position' so as not to be seen by others."

"I'm not pretending, I'm... This subordinate really wants to follow your lord, not to avoid disaster, don't you believe me?"

"It depends on your performance." Su Yan smiled and threw a melon over, "Peel a melon for my lord to eat first, don't peel off the skin."