Chapter 41: The Bodhi Flower Blooms and Feels the King's Heart (2)
Chen Siyu was hoarse, and said with difficulty: "Give me back the sachet." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
The heart, which was already bleeding, was stabbed. I didn't expect her to hate me so much that she didn't even leave me with the last thought? Lin Risheng thought bitterly, stretched out his trembling hands to his sleeves, took out the sachet that he had been hanging on his waist and never left his body, and when he looked down, tears fell on it involuntarily.
Chen Siyu groaned in pain, leaned on the chair, tried a few times before standing up, she moved her heavy steps, and walked in front of Lin Risheng, Lin Risheng didn't dare to face her, and he couldn't bear to face her, so he turned his head sideways and handed the sachet to her.
She took the sachet, turned around and picked up the scissors on the table and twisted it. She used a lot of force, as if it were her enemy, and the scissors were blunt, and after two twists, they got stuck, and she threw them to the ground, and tore them with her teeth, as if to crush her soul.
Lin Risheng was full of remorse, restrained her trembling hands like crazy, snatched the sachet that had been bitten by her and held it in her hand, and howled in pain: "What are you doing here, if you want to hate, stab me with scissors, what does it mean for you to cut it up?" ”
Chen Siyu leaned heavily against the wall, slid down the wall and fell to the ground, clasped his hands around his knees, and began to cry.
Lin Risheng finally couldn't bear it anymore, squatted down, hugged her shoulders, and cried bitterly.
Chen Siyu was wrapped in his arms, and the bud that wanted to be frostbitten in the cold winter met a strong warmth. The fragility she desperately suppressed, and the persistence she desperately pretended to pretend to collapse completely at this moment, like a moth to the light, always desperate to embrace the love in her heart with the persistence of running towards death.
When she opened her closed heart and stretched out her hands to embrace him, she knew that she was willing to be masochistic again, and he finally knew that the lake that had been hidden in his dreams for the past year and submerged him was actually her parting tears, the insignificant tears that were enough to drown him!
Chen Siyu cried bitterly, Lin Risheng cried silently, the two hugged each other for a long time, but the temperature in the arms of the two people could not warm the cold heart that was at the mercy of ruthless fate. At this moment, time passed much slower, and the calm and silent mutual comfort slowly calmed Chen Siyu's grief, and the tiredness and helplessness also made her gradually peaceful. She pushed away Lin Risheng, who was hugging her, and moved a certain distance away from him with her hands, not bothering to wipe the tears crisscrossing her face, she looked at him steadily, and said in a hard voice: "Give me back the sachet." ”
Lin Risheng held the sachet and shrank behind him, almost refusing in a pleading tone: "But this sachet is you...... Can't you leave it to me? ”
Chen Siyu shook his head and snatched his hands: "No, you give it to me." ”
Lin Risheng came from sorrow, and shouted with regret, annoyance and anger: "You hate me so much? I know I'm confused, but I'm ...... I ......"
Chen Siyu stopped moving, hung his head weakly, sighed and wept: "Don't say it, I know it, you are not a ruthless person, you are just too stupid, I am also stupid, I think I am smart, but I am always mistaken by being smart, I don't blame you, let alone hate you, you are not sorry for me, but God is tricking, in the end, I missed it." ”
In his memory, Chen Siyu has always been delicate and exquisite, and she looks like a bright person, but now she is kneeling on the ground indiscriminately, her sideburns are falling, her hairpin is scattered, haggard, and embarrassed, as if the Nine Heavens Xuannu has been belittled and has fallen into trouble. He was distressed, raised his hand to pull up a strand of hair for her, and said very gently: "If you really forgive me, leave the sachet." ”
Chen Siyu raised her teary eyes, she was fascinated by these innocent eyes at first, she took a breath, choked and said: "The sachet can be left for you, but you have to give me the life-saving things inside." ”
Lin Risheng was stunned, pinched the sachet in his hand heavily, opened his palm to check it, and asked to himself: "Aren't there only some herbs in this, ah!" What is it? Soon he took out a round and hard thing like a tea cake covered with dried herbs from the torn sachet. He peeled off the thin herbs on the outside, revealing a piece of jade half the size of a palm. The jade bi is crystal clear, like glass, placed in the palm of the hand slightly cool, carved with a lifelike frolicking Pisces, there is a faint silver smoke surging in the center of the jade, from the outside, like Pisces swimming in the blue sea waves, exquisite.
Lin Risheng looked at her with surprised and puzzled eyes, she wiped the tears from her face with a handkerchief, and calmly said an astonishing sentence: "This is the sinking water." ”
His hand trembled slightly, and he had to believe in disbelief: "Isn't Shui Shenbi stolen?" How could it be...... It's you? ”
Chen Siyu tidied up her hair, reinserted the forks into the bun, and said, "Yes, I designed all this." The legend is true, and the water sink is an ancestral heirloom of my family. Si Yugu set his eyes on our family's baby, and wanted to take advantage of the prime minister's 50th birthday to dedicate it to the prime minister as a birthday gift, but grandpa only deduced that the rumors were false, he didn't believe it, and sent eyeliner to our house. I know very well that Si Yugu is a person who will not give up until he reaches his goal, so he simply deliberately leaked the water to the eyeliner, and sure enough, the next day Si Yugu's evil deeds were exposed. I don't want to give it away, and I don't want Si Yugu to succeed. In the name of curing the headache of the Son of Heaven, he transferred it to the Son of Heaven. ”
Lin Risheng asked in surprise: "So the piece of water that was stolen by Si Yugu is fake?" Could it be that Gu Chaomin ordered Si Yu Gu to steal the water out in order to dedicate it to the prime minister? ”
Chen Siyu smiled slightly and said, "No, no one stole that piece of fake, it disappeared by itself." She dragged Lin Risheng's hand holding Shui Shenbi with her hand, and saw it slowly raise it and said, "You see that I am dragging Shui Shenbi in my hand now, instead of soaking it in water, it is still shining and cool to the touch." Do you understand? ”
Lin Risheng's eyes widened: "In this way, you made it up that the water must sink in the water, and it can disappear by itself if you put it in the water." He pondered for a moment, and then muttered, "Could it be, is that piece of water sinking into the ...... ice?"
He finally reacted, she wanted to joke, sarcastically mocking him for being so smart, but she didn't have that leisure, so she continued: "Yes, I learned from the ice carver for half a month, and I used the ice in the ice cellar to carve by myself, fortunately, no one has really seen the appearance of the water sinking, even if the eyeliner is just a few peeks from a distance, although I carve roughly, but no one notices." ”
Chen Siyu's cunning and wit had deceived everyone for so long, and he had to admire it sincerely: "You are really ...... Someone who is so clever can come up with such a tricky way. ”
She slapped her leg with deep regret and said: "That's why I said it's better to be stupid, and it's a disaster to be too smart." If I had gritted my teeth and handed over Shui Shenbi to Si Yugu, I would not have been imprisoned by my grandfather today, or if I directly handed over Shui Shenbi to Gu Chaomin, at most, he would have been imprisoned, and he deserved it. But I just did a stupid thing, in order to let Si Yugu be punished, I tricked Xuanxuan to lock the fake Shui Shenbi in the ancestral hall and handed him the key, just to wait for the ice to melt, and the matter of the water sinking disappearing came out in his hands, but in the end, the Chen family was involved, so to this day. It's all retribution, there is no perfect thing in this world, some things are only done for seven points, if they are full, they will be broken, and if the moon is full, it will be lost. If people rely on their own little cleverness and self-righteousness, they will eventually go wrong, I am today, but I will die, and it is my sin to burden my grandfather, and my unfilial piety. ”
Lin Risheng wrapped her repentant and reproachful hands with his gentle hand, and persuaded: "Don't be like this, it's none of your business, everything is caused by Si Yugu's greed." ”
Chen Siyu took Shui Shenbi, wrapped it in a handkerchief and put it in his arms, regained his spirit, and said with a strong smile: "I have to present the real Shui Shenbi to the saint now, be honest with everything, I will receive death, as long as grandpa can live." ”
"No, don't. If you don't go to the imperial front to present your case, Dali Temple can't find evidence and can't make a verdict, once you admit your guilt, this crime is a sure thing. Lin Risheng stopped in fear and fear.
Chen Siyu asked helplessly: "Then what do you want me to do, leave my grandfather alone, and be born in the world by myself, anyway, now I am alone, with nothing and no worries." There was depression and despair in her tone, a depression and despair in her voice, a depression that was about to die.
"No, what if you confess your guilt and the emperor condemns you and your grandfather together."
Chen Siyu smiled sadly and said: "Then I will die with my grandfather, and I will be considered filial piety." ”
Lin Risheng still persuaded without giving up: "No, you wait, let me think of a way, if you really reach the end of the mountain, it is not too late for you to confess your guilt, if there is a little room for things to turn around, we have to try." You go to Yunxi and stay first, and then I'll think about it. ”
Chen Siyu resolutely disagreed: "No, I didn't tell anyone this time, you don't have to tell anyone, I don't want to implicate them." “
Lin Risheng thought for a while, had a flash of inspiration, and nodded: "I know, don't worry." Otherwise, you will live in Yunxi's old residence, although it is more dilapidated, I will find a craftsman to make up for it, it is safe and hidden, and I can visit you from time to time, you can see it. ”
Chen Siyu hesitated for a moment, there was indeed no better way, so he had to follow his arrangement first. Of course, this also stems from her unrelenting trust in him.
Lin Risheng is not a genius on the road, and he is also half-aware of the struggle in the court, but he is pragmatic, he will not play tricks, he just wants to do everything well, such as rescuing Old Man Chen, others will see the situation clearly from the chaos, or protect themselves, or help the world, or fish in troubled waters, or specialize in business. However, after pondering for a long time, he chose the most difficult but sincere path with a set of ideas that made even the veterans of officialdom laugh - he wanted to cure the emperor's headache with his medical skills. Down-to-earth and serious people always want to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle instead of raising the soup to stop the boiling.
So he went to the Tai Hospital to borrow the records of the emperor's headache treatment, check the prescriptions, study the cause, and in the secret ridicule of his colleagues, he was like a diligent and hard-working old scalper, working hard and insisting on what he believed in his heart without regrets.
Half a month later, after obtaining the emperor's consent, he checked his pulse and administered needles for the first time while the emperor was asleep. The young doctors in the hospital thought he was not doing enough, and the old doctors thought he was asking for his own hardships, but those malicious speculations and uninteresting criticisms did not take him step at all, because when he devoted himself wholeheartedly to one thing, everything in heaven and earth disappeared before his eyes, his mind only analyzed the disease, his eyes only on his patients, and his hands only on his silver needles.
He doesn't want his sincerity to move heaven and earth, as long as he can move the emperor, it is the greatest reward for him. When the emperor summoned him to the palace for the second time to check the pulse, he knew that the reward had come.
While pressing the acupoint on the back of his neck for the emperor, he asked softly: "Your Majesty, I don't know if you feel a little more relaxed after such a massage and blood activation?" ”
Li Chengxun closed his eyes and sat straight, occasionally frowning because of the soreness of the acupoints, but every time he stretched his brows, he felt that the heavy head that had been pressing his cervical spine seemed to be lifted up and suspended in the air by Lin Risheng, and the head that seemed to be tightly bound by the rope was also cut and restrained by him, comfortable and relaxed.
He muttered with great enjoyment: "It has indeed lightened a lot, your craftsmanship is good." I look at you so familiarly that I can't remember your name. ”
His affirmation gave Lin Risheng great encouragement, so he calmly followed his established train of thought and pressed his hands on the acupoints in an orderly manner, he was covered with sweat, and he didn't care to wipe it and quickly answered the emperor's question.
Li Chengxun's eyes opened, he thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "I remember, you are Concubine Shu's nephew, Lin Chang's son, and Gu Chen's son-in-law. You have inherited your father's good medical skills in hanging pots to help the world. ”
Lin Risheng panted and said: "Don't dare, the minister's meager skills, I just want Your Majesty to be healthy." ”
Li Chengxun patted his hand and smiled: "I'm afraid you don't even have my sons with this filial piety." ”
Lin Risheng hurriedly said in fear.
Lee Seung-hoon laughed heartily.
Lin Risheng saw that the emperor was in a good mood at the moment, and it was a good time to intercede, so he said a little nervously: "If you are sick, you still need to consult a doctor, those gods and demons are superstitious and untrustworthy. ”
Li Chengxun shook his head with a smile and said: "This is not true, Taoist alchemy seeks immortality, there are still times when demons invade the body and seduce the soul, and there are no diseases in this world that your doctors can't cure." ”
Lin Risheng was a little anxious, and he didn't care about etiquette, so he wiped the sweat on his head with his sleeve and asked, "So Your Majesty really believes that a piece of jade can cure headaches and stubborn diseases?" But the doctor only believes in the medicine of plants and trees. ”
Li Chengxun's smile stopped abruptly, and he was suddenly silent, his expression instantly became serious, and his tone was also sharp: "I forgot that you married the Gu family." The whole world is blessed with the benevolence of the healer, and it sounds good. Aren't you also a selfish person who wants to intercede for your brother-in-law. ”
Lin Risheng said in his heart that the big thing was not good, and he blamed himself for being in a hurry, so he consciously stopped his movements, picked up his clothes and knelt down, and pleaded guilty: "The minister doesn't dare, the minister is guilty of speaking falsely." Gu Chaomin stole the jade, and he didn't dare to be so rebellious, but the crime of negligence and dereliction of duty was indeed his crime and should be punished. The minister wanted to beg His Majesty to read that Chen Zhen was old and light. ”
As soon as he stopped, Li Chengxun immediately couldn't support it, leaned back in the chair, and asked in surprise: "You don't intercede for your brother-in-law, but worry about people with foreign surnames." ”
Lin Risheng said frankly: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, Weichen's mother is Chen Zhen's righteous daughter, and the minister is also filial piety for his mother." No matter who is involved in stealing jade, it should have nothing to do with him, otherwise he will not take the initiative to dedicate the jade to His Majesty. If His Majesty must severely punish Chen En, the minister is willing to punish him. ”
Lee Seung-hoon deliberately tested him and asked majestically, "What if I want to sentence him to death?" ”
Lin Risheng was generous and awe-inspiring, fearless and said: "The ministers also receive punishments, and they are loyal and filial." ”
"Loyalt?" Li Chengxun hates to see the hypocritical faces of those courtiers who always regard death as if they were loyal and filial, and they push him to the forefront of public opinion at every turn, and he can't help but sneer in disgust, "You intercede for the Qin criminals, and you don't hesitate to replace them with what you already have, I lose a good minister, and you fall into injustice, how can you be considered loyal?" ”
Lin Risheng kowtowed and cried: "The minister is just to be loyal." Chen Zhen has passed seventy, because his generation in Hangzhou generation is quite famous, this year's northern suburbs snow disaster, last year's Xin'an River flood, the Chen family has a large amount of money and grain relief, if the emperor kills the old man Yishang, it will damage His Majesty's sage, and let the people's teeth chill Your Majesty. ”
Li Chengxun looked at him silently, and did not speak, as if he had heard strange talks, and his eyes were distracted.
Lin Risheng was afraid that the emperor would sentence him to death in the next moment, so he seized every opportunity to continue to speak: "What's more, Gu Chen's minister, the pillar of the court, assists His Majesty in hardships and dangers, and is loyal and righteous. If Gu Chaomin is killed, it will inevitably shake the Gu family and make the court uneasy. It will also ruin the father-son relationship between His Majesty and the prince, Your Majesty should also think about the prince, on one side is the mother family, on the other hand is the father's family, they are all relatives of the prince, ten fingers are connected to the heart, and the prince is also struggling to move in the middle. If from the point of view of filial piety, righteousness, and affection, the saint let Gu Chaomin go, which is not only the fulfillment of the prince's filial piety, but also the fulfillment of the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and it is also the fulfillment of His Majesty's deep affection for the concubine, please think twice. ”
His pleas were all expected by Lee Seung-hoon, but his subsequent words were all unexpected. He had thought that Lin Risheng would say another insightful remark, so that his unspeakable and unspeakable intentions could be conveyed to him through his witty and kind words. As a result, he was disappointed.
He didn't know whether to praise Lin Risheng for his loyalty and filial piety, or to accuse him of being stupid.
He was stunned for a long time, and with his golden eyes honed by years of wind and waves, he made an accurate judgment on his officialdom career in just over a year: "I haven't heard such benevolent words for a long time. You are a practical person, and it is a waste to compile books in the Hanlin Academy, but if you are released, but you don't understand the principles of officialdom, you shouldn't be an official. ”
Lin Risheng thought that the emperor was going to expel him from the palace, but Li Chengxun just held his forehead and lazily chased away the guest: "No need to say more, go ahead." You don't have to come back to see me about this in the future. ”
He wanted to say more, but the emperor dragged his wide robe and turned into the inner chamber. His hard work and efforts in the past half a month have all been in vain, what kind of face does he have to see Chen Siyu, he can't wait to die in this hall, just begging him to release Chen Zhen.
He lay on the ground and wept sadly. Zhao Yili didn't get up when he saw him, sighed, and personally went to help him up and quietly persuaded: "Reasoning is a state matter, our family shouldn't talk about it, but I can't see that Lord Lin is so anxious." General Gu has his own father, Gu Chen, and Lord Gu to rescue, you can rest assured. As for Chen Zhen, his crime is not a big deal, if you have any doubts, you should go to the smart people around you who can be trusted. We heard that you have a deep friendship with General Shi Jiaheng, why don't you discuss with him. ”
Zhao Yili soothed his mood like a kind old man, and gratefully bowed his hands to him. It was drizzling outside the door, and he politely declined Zhao Yili's kindness to find an umbrella for him, and braved the vast wind and rain to return.