The autumn light is favored, the color of the sky is extraordinarily transparent, but Zhou Rushui's heart is like a churning flying flotsam, soft and messy.

Along the way, she was thinking about how to put the salt change into practice on the cusp of this storm. She counted everyone, calculated and calculated, thought about it left and right, and finally thought about it like a brother, thinking that the court was the most suitable for mentioning salt affairs again, and would not be suspicious of others, only Wang Yuxi's father, the right prime minister, was Duan.

Just now, she was still thinking that she was missing a shortcut. But when Wang Yuxi appeared in front of her as if falling from the sky, when he clearly laughed at her father and brother. Faced with his shortcut, she retreated, wanting to escape.

Speaking of the right minister Wang Duan, it is also difficult to say. Now the world only says that he is the father of the talented Langya King and the third king Yuxi, but few people remember that the tiger father has no dogs, and Wang Duan was also the best minister of the Zhou State.

Wang Duan was erudite and good at writing when he was young, and when he first entered the officialdom, he was appointed as a secretary Lang, assisting the king of Zhou, who was still the crown prince, in the East Palace. □□ also praised Wang Duan, "The system is elegant, and there is a style of Confucianism." "It is rumored that when King Zhou was still the crown prince, he had a very strong relationship with Wang Duan, and often got together to drink and sing. One day when he was drunk, Wang Duan even said to King Zhou: "Duan's life and death are all for His Highness, and he will do his best to help His Highness settle down for a long time." ”

And even if the current King of Zhou is in a daze, King Zhou had great ambitions in the early years of his reign. At that time, the first thing King Zhou did after succeeding to the throne was to promote Wang Duan as prime minister.

At that time, Wang Duan was even more proud of his ambitions, because of the generous treatment of King Zhou, he was willing to give up the position of the head of the Langya Wang family, and threw himself on the court. In the second year of Taikang, Wang Duan put forward "ten things to say", including many good policies such as not being greedy for side merit, opening up the way of speech, rewarding upright ministers, and not making the imperial family dictatorial. In the fourth year of Taikang, the imperial court established a strict official evaluation system under the promotion of Wang Duan to strengthen the management of local officials.

At that time, the government was clear, the people were healthy, and the Zhou State could be the first among all countries.

However, the good times did not last long. In the eighth year of Taikang, the king of Zhou, who had always been enlightened and resolute, became lazy after the war with the northern Xinjiang, not only lost the spirit of hard work and the frugality of trying to reform, but also indulged in the sound and could not extricate himself. He was extremely poor and extravagant, expanded his harem, and greatly promoted Taoism. Gradually, many of the laws and regulations of Kuangxing Zhou Tu also existed in name only.

As the saying goes, if there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom. Wang Duan's transformation occurred at the end of the twelfth year of Taikang.

At that time, an incident happened in the palace. The Tao is that the king of Zhou has nothing to do, and the palace maid makes a slingshot to shoot birds in the imperial garden, and when the fun is strong, Wang Duan has an urgent military situation to report. In this way, King Zhou also had to put down the slingshot and hurriedly pass it on. However, after hearing the reason for Wang Duan's report, King Zhou was furious. He bluntly reprimanded Wang Duan for not knowing each other, and disturbing his Yaxing in vain just for the slightest trivial matter, which is really pedantic and annoying.

At that time, Wang Duan was still strong and vigorous, and he was not convinced, so he retorted: "Although the things played by the minister are small, they are much heavier than His Majesty beating birds!"

He resisted like this, and King Zhou was naturally displeased when he heard it. Even more felt that Wang Duan was presumptuous, and under the annoyance and anger, King Zhou picked up an iron axe and smashed it at Wang Duan on the spot.

With this smash, he smashed a pair of Wang Duan's front teeth. Wang Duanden was bleeding profusely, he covered his lips and didn't want to die, but he still endured the pain, calmly bent over to find his lost front teeth, carefully put the front teeth into his arms, and turned around to leave.

Seeing that Wang Duan was calm and rude. At that time, the king of Zhou was even more furious, and he asked Wang Duan angrily: "What are you doing with those broken teeth? Is it possible that you can still keep it as evidence to sue the widow?"

Hearing this, Wang Duan's footsteps were also stunned, his lips were full of blood and he smiled coldly, his tone was undoubted, and he sneered coldly: "The courtiers can't sue the king, but the sky net is magnificent, and he has his own history official book!"

Since then, Wang Duan has changed his mind and no longer cares about the political affairs of the court.

In recent years, Wang Duan has become more and more impoverished and indifferent. He is in the court, but he is really doing nothing, and he can be said to have achieved nothing. A few years ago, the crown prince Luo He also asked Wang Duan, and said: "What is the most beautiful taste of all things in this world?" At that time, Wang Duan actually smiled and replied: "Leeks in early spring, Chinese cabbage in late autumn, taste very comfortable!"

Later, Gongzi Musheng also invited Wang Duan to be his right-hand man, but Wang Duan was closed and disappeared, and he said that he was not involved in political affairs. After thinking of the sincerity of the son Mu Sheng, the two finally sat in the same room, but Wang Duan was reluctant to say a word, but gave the son Mu Sheng a handwritten "Hundred Horses".

In "Hundred Horses", Wang Duan's horses are majestic and heroic, with bright coat colors, all of which have the appearance of horses for thousands of miles. But it's a pity that those thousand-mile horses are all under the training, adjustment, and teaching of Xi Guan, and they have to be trapped in the forbidden garden and frolicking in the streams. Even if they are athletic, they cannot gallop far, but can only do nothing in their lives, and in the end, they are reduced to the embellishment of royal grandeur.

In the blank space of the painting of "Hundred Horses", Wang Duan inscribed a sentence, "Fat, fat, empty, old and dead". Obviously, Wang Duan refers to himself as a thousand miles in the forbidden garden. And he knew his own fate, and seemed to be ridiculous, accepting such a fate with grief and indignation, and accepting the ending of "fat, fat, empty, old and dead".

Indeed, after many years, today's Wang Duan is no longer the ambitious Wang Duan of the past. He is more discerning and cautious than he was when he was younger, and no one knows better than him the dangers that lurk after the change of power. He understands that King Zhou is so mediocre, and his ambition is no longer rewarded. In this way, he retracted his wings, clinged to his wealth, and no longer refused to rashly provoke the jealousy of the king of Zhou, but only wanted to do nothing to kill the years.

But even so, as the saying goes, the villain seeks his life, the gentleman seeks the country, and the big husband seeks the world. In private, Wang Duan is a villain. In the country, Wang Duan is also a gentleman. In the world, Wang Duan is even more of a big husband. How could a person as complicated as him not have the foresight and insight of true knowledge? On the day when Qian Lu wrote the book, Wang Duanneng remained out of the matter in the midst of all the different opinions, and still watched from the sidelines. It can be seen that he can see where Qian Lu's vision lies. What's more, he may agree with Qian Lu.

In this way, he is a neutral person, and he may agree with this principle, how can Gongzi Musheng not pin his hopes on him?

But why is it Wang Duan? Wang Yuxi's father?

In the pavilion not far from the broken bridge, Zhou Rushui sat on the seat and wandered for a while, before raising his eyes and quietly looking at Wang Yuxi, who was silently making tea.

In front of Wang Yuxi, the transparent texture of the glass pot was clear and jade, she quietly watched him stretch out his hand elegantly, and then dry the water, wash the cup, moisten the tea, and flush the water, that series of movements are orderly and orderly, and the natural is also extremely elegant. After a while, I saw him raise his hand slowly and methodically, and then the water entered the tea, and the rhythm was deep, like the flowing water of the mountains. After a while, the heat in the tea will be dispersed, and the tea fragrance is overflowing, refreshing people's hearts.

At that time, Wang Yuxi glanced at Zhou Rushui with his eyelids half-drooping, first gently pushed the poured teacup to her, and then slowly poured himself a cup.

Zhou Rushui took the tea with a light smile, she lowered her head and sniffed the fragrance of the tea, and took a sip gently. After a while, he raised his eyes again and secretly glanced at Wang Yuxi. Looking at it, Zhou Rushui suddenly smiled, his bright eyes were bent into crescent moons, and his laughter was like a silver bell, which was really beautiful.

Her smile was so good that Wang Yuxi couldn't help but raise her eyes. His gaze fell directly on Zhou Rushui's lowered eyes, Shaoqing, and his gaze unconsciously slid over her white ears like congealed cream. He saw that her ears were round and lovely, and her skin fat was even more condensed like a tender bud. With her smile, the bright red coral earrings on her earlobes also swayed slightly, gently and leisurely, and her flower-like cheeks became more and more beautiful and beautiful.

For a moment, Wang Yuxi squinted invisibly. He tilted his head slightly, as if smiling, and asked her with interest, "What is the little princess laughing at?"

Hearing this, Zhou Rushui's long eyelashes blinked and blinked, she forcibly suppressed the anxiety in her heart, and her heart was entangled. In the end, he held back his palpitations, raised his eyes, and glanced deeply at Wang Yuxi.

To Wang Yuxi's picturesque eyes that are leisurely and safe, and to the kind of calm and quiet in his eyes that always makes people unconditionally want to trust and unconditionally want to rely on. I don't know why, Zhou Rushui's hand that was twisted under his wide sleeves suddenly loosened. Her heart, which had been beating the drum, suddenly gave birth to a trace of peace of mind for no reason.

Because of this calmness, Zhou Rushui finally mustered up his courage. She smiled lowly, smiled and smiled, her clear eyes looked at Wang Yuxi even more shiny, and she said crisply: "Laugh, we have met again and again, and the front is blocked from moving." Saying this, there was another voice in her heart whispering: "Laugh, every time we meet by chance, I have to ask you." “

As soon as the words landed, Zhou Rushui lowered her eyes, her eyes drooped slightly, and suddenly, she looked at the incense burner placed in front of her.

The appearance of the incense burner is different and exquisite. Take a closer look, you can see that the upper half of the furnace body is full of three layers of budding lotus flowers, each row of each lotus flower is triangular, the petals and stems are of different sizes, and there are only eleven petals at a closer look, which is very delicate and exquisite. More exquisite and interesting than it, is the smoker lid on the top of the decoration of the young bird, the young bird is small and smart, is standing on the top of the cover and looking into the distance, the expression is very simple, people can't help but want to hold it in the palm of the hand.

At this moment, the charcoal fire in the furnace burns very slowly, the fire is low, and there is very little smoke. But even so, the aroma outside the furnace is low, very elegant and long. Sniffing the slow aroma emanating from the furnace, Zhou Rushui's bright eyes were also clear autumn water, and before he knew it, he was smiling again.

This scene also made Wang Yuxi's clear and lofty eyes slightly narrow. In the curling fragrance, the corners of his lips also brought a hint of playfulness. As if smiling, Wang Yuxi raised her eyebrows slightly, and asked her slowly, "This time, what is the little princess laughing again?"