CHAPTER IX
Ye Xun finally met Miss Wu, whom he had been thinking about for a long time. Ye Xun was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands and feet, and looked at Miss Wu and just smirked......
Today, Miss Wu also changed her coldness from last time, and looked at Ye Xun warmly, "Lord Ye, are you here?" The day before yesterday, Lord Shen said that you were sick, are you okay now? ”
Ye Xun smiled awkwardly, "Okay." I was still worried about Miss Wu. ”
Next, the two of them didn't know what to say for a while, and time seemed to freeze, and there was a moment of silence. Wu Qiutong stood at the railing of the pavilion and quietly looked into the distance. In the distance is a verdant green mountain, near the flowers red willow green, small bridges and flowing water, the scenery is very beautiful. The mountain breeze blew her hair, exuding bursts of fragrance that made Ye Xun intoxicated......
Ye Xun also walked to her side and looked into the distance with her. He didn't care to look at the scenery, and couldn't help but turn his head to peek at her beautiful face, just as Wu Qiutong also turned his head to look at him, the two of them collided with each other, and Ye Xun's body couldn't help but tremble. Qiu Tong's bright eyes are like a pool of autumn water, clear and deep. Among them, the flickering light is like a small fish that disappears from time to time, making people uncertain to catch. Ye Xun's heart was beating wildly, and his face couldn't help but turn red. He quickly looked away......
Wu Qiutong didn't seem to mind, she smiled at Ye Xun, "Lord Ye, I have a proposal, although we haven't met many times, we have been writing and communicating for a while, and we should be old friends." Why don't we call each other by their names in the future? How about you call me Qiu Tong and I call you Tianyu? ”
Ye Xun nodded again and again, "Okay." Miss Wu... Autumn paulownia. ”
Qiu Tong looked at him with her bright eyes, "Since we are friends, let's not be restrained, be open and honest, and say anything." How? Tianyu. ”
Qiu Tong's fall and generosity gave Ye Xun a lot of confidence, and he nodded: "Okay, Qiu Tong." Since I want to be honest, I will first confess to you one thing, I am actually not very familiar with poetry, and many of the poems in the letters exchanged with the girl were found by Shen Wendu for me. ”
Qiu Tong lowered his head and smiled, "Tianyu, you are really frank enough." ”
Ye Xun also smiled, "I think, if I pretend for a while, I can't pretend for a lifetime." Sooner or later, if you are together, you will be exposed...... No, I mean...... See each other often in the future......"
Qiu Tong smiled at him encouragingly, "What are you nervous about?" I don't mind. Didn't they all say that they were good to talk freely? ”
Ye Xun nodded innocently, "Although many of those poems were found for me by others, they are all my true thoughts." ”
Qiu Tong said empathetically, "I can feel this." Tianyu, you should believe that we have a certain tacit understanding through this period of communication. ”
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, Ye Xun felt a stream of heat running around his body, it made his body hot, his palms sweated, his mind was dizzy, and his heart was racing, but he couldn't control it......
Next, under Qiu Tong's gentle gaze, Ye Xun opened his heart, feeling that he had endless words to say to her, and he was willing to tell her everything, and even confided in Qiu Tong about things that he and others didn't want to mention......
"Are you asking me about my ambitions?" Ye Xun smiled, thought about it very seriously and said, "My ambition was still very ambitious before, but now I think about it, how slim is it?" Now, I want to be able to protect my family and live a peaceful and peaceful life, so that I am satisfied. ”
"Being able to keep the family living a safe and smooth life is already a very lofty ambition." Qiu Tong smiled and said, "You have become a prefect at a young age, do you have any more ambitious ambitions?" ”
"I ...... I have always longed to be a famous general like Yue Fei, Wei Qing, and Xu Da and Chang Yuchun in my dynasty. The kind that can go down in history and leave a name for the ages. Ye Xun smiled embarrassedly, "I'm a civil official now, isn't it getting slimmer and slimmer?" So it's wishful thinking! However, although I am not very willing to be this civil official, I now want to do this official wholeheartedly. Do you know? I didn't know that I was coming to Hangzhou to serve as the prefect before I left Beijing this time. The emperor lied to me at the beginning and said that he was going to Yunnan to quell the turmoil,......" Ye Xun smiled and shook his head.
Qiu Tong gently touched his arm with his hand and comforted: "Things in the world are like this, you can do whatever you want anywhere." It is rare that you can face it with optimism, and you are also inspired to do your current job well. ”
Qiu Tong's touch, Ye Xun felt his body ** for a while, he quickly adjusted himself and said, "What can I do if I don't face it?" He is the emperor, the honor of the ninety-five. ”
"Hangzhou is one of the richest and most prosperous cities in the south of the Yangtze River, and the emperor still values you very much."
"Weight?" Ye Xun shook his head and said he didn't agree. "I think the reason why the emperor asked me to come to Hangzhou to serve as the prefect may be that he thinks that the governor of Zhejiang, the political secretary, and the envoy according to the inspection in the city of Hangzhou are also working here, not far away, and they still have something to do for me, so as not to make an uncontrollable situation."
"Tianyu, don't talk about yourself like that." Qiu Tong pretended to complain, "If it is really as you say, how many officials in the world, the emperor can consider you so thoroughly, and he still looks at you differently, and the relationship with you should be extraordinary." ”
Ye Xun couldn't laugh or cry, "How come?" The emperor just thinks that I am difficult to take on a big responsibility, he just doesn't trust me and doesn't want to see me. ”
"Why do you have to say that you are so unbearable? And it seems that he has to dissociate himself from the emperor. Qiu Tong asked puzzled.
"I don't want people to misunderstand, many people know that I followed the emperor at the age of fifteen, and they will think that I have a lot to do with the emperor, what I do is instructed by the emperor, or with the emperor's protection, I can do anything without fear. In fact, the emperor is a very fair and strict monarch, and he will not have the slightest partiality towards me because I used to be his bodyguard. There were many people who thought this before, this was the case in the army, and it was also the case in the court, no matter how hard I tried, others would only see the people behind me. Ye Xun said a little depressedly.
Qiu Tong's bright eyes stared at him, "I can understand your feelings. The manly husband wants to achieve a career, but he doesn't have the opportunity to show his strength, even if he does nothing, he is not recognized, and he will be said to be because of the emperor's relationship. Whoever changes must be uneasy. But I believe that 'although it is hard work, the yellow sand will be blown away to the gold.' As long as you are not afraid of rumors and bury yourself in your own business, the world will eventually know you, the 'Lingyun Tree'!" ”
Ye Xun felt a warm current surging into his heart, which moved him very much, "Thank you, Qiu Tong." Even if I can't become 'Lingyunmu' in the end, I will try my best to change myself for the better and live up to your encouragement to me." ”
The two of them looked at each other affectionately again, Qiu Tong lowered his head shyly, Ye Xun also quickly looked away, he calmed down and said, "Everyone says that my relationship with the emperor is not ordinary, how is this possible?" When I was very young, I knew that imperial power was sacred and supreme, like us ordinary people can only look up, how dare we be close? Don't they know? ”
Then, Ye Xun told Qiu Tong about the secret that he had sealed in his heart for a long time and that he had never mentioned to anyone. "Everyone knows that I followed the emperor when I was fifteen years old, but in fact, I have been playing with the emperor since I was very young. At that time, he was not the emperor, nor was he the grandson of the emperor. At that time, the palace had just moved to the capital, and everything was in ruins, and the palace system was not as perfect and strict as it is now. I was stubborn since I was a child, and my father was afraid that I would go out and cause trouble, so he would take me to the palace when I went to the yamen office on duty. I just played with the children in the palace. Although the emperor was six years older than me, he liked to play with me, and sometimes when I didn't enter the palace, he would ask my father why he didn't bring me. A few of us children have been playing in the palace for several years. But when I was eight years old, I broke his nose because we were playing games together, and he probably fainted or was scared and fainted. But I didn't think so at the time, I used to fight outside the palace, I once broke a child's legs, and then my father lost money and punished me, and it passed, not to mention that it was just a broken nose. But because of this, I was beaten to death by my father tied to a pillar in the palace. When I woke up, I was already in my own home. I couldn't accept it, and I didn't eat or drink for a few days. Later, my father enlightened me and said that he is the future emperor, and you will never be friends or brothers, you can only be a relationship between a king and a minister. Children on the street, if you are injured in a fight, your father only needs to apologize and show the injuries to others. But he is the body of ten thousand people, and if he hurts him, it is not impossible to destroy the clan. My father punished me heavily in public, but he actually saved me. The emperor at that time, who is now the grandfather of the saint, loved him very much. And as we all know, he was another emperor like that, and if my father didn't do that, I would probably have died a terrible death. After that, I didn't enter the palace for a long time, and I didn't see him. A few years later, when I was fifteen, he took him by his side and became his close guard. But he didn't know that when I was eight years old, he almost didn't get killed? It's all gone, and I don't want to tell him ......"
Ye Xun spoke very calmly, but Qiu Tong's eyes widened in surprise when he heard it, "I see...... Do you still have such a relationship with the emperor? ”
"Well, I haven't mentioned it to anyone, I don't know why I'm ...... today" Ye Xun smiled embarrassedly, and then diverted the topic, "I just want to say that there is a gap between the emperor and us that can never be bridged." We can all be his people, ministers, and there is no such thing as an unusual relationship. ”
That day, Qiu Tong also told him a lot about her family, most of which was how her father and her brother loved her and loved her. Let Ye Xun listen to it with envy......
This date quickly brought the two people closer. Because of this sweet bond in his heart, Ye Xun's mood is very good every day. Sometimes a person will giggle when he stays, and he will laugh out loud when he dreams. In the face of Ruolian's daily difficulties, Ye Xun is not impatient or impatient, and sometimes smiles at her. Ruolian was stunned, looking at his departing back, she asked Ye Shiqing a little nervously, "Master, what's wrong with Tianyu lately?" Did you see what he just looked like? Did he have something wrong with his brain? ”