The north wind is howling, and the climate in the east is much drier than in the west, which is warm and humid.

Wenxi City has been lively recently, because it will be the birthday of the new emperor soon. Some Zhumen families opened their warehouses early to release grain and set up sheds to give porridge. Its name is called: to save for Shun Kandi.

On this day, Yuan Yichen was sitting in the Zhihe Hall to review the folds. Gonggong Xu trotted all the way into the hall, stepped forward lightly, and said, "Back to Your Majesty, the Ninth Master is back." I just arrived at the palace, and I'm already rushing here. ”

Yuan Yichen nodded, and his subordinates used a pen stained with cinnabar to draw a circle on the fold, and replied: "This northern border has been restless again recently. ”

When Gonggong Xu heard this, he wiped the sweat on his forehead and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, let's rest for a while, this court day, tomorrow you can say in front of the minister, you still have to be tight." ”

"Say it to them? What can you do if you tell them? What I need is someone who can solve the problem, not to take advantage of the chaos, and not to just go along with it. ”

Yuan Yichen said, as if he was angry, hurt his body, and coughed non-stop.

Seeing this, Gonggong Xu hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea and served it: "Your Majesty is angry!" This ninth master has just come back, if you see you not caring for yourself like this, I'm afraid I will have to talk for a long time. ”

Speaking of Yuan Huaisheng, Yuan Yichen was a little more angry, patted the table, and snorted coldly: "He still knows that he feels sorry for me? If you really feel sorry for me, you shouldn't be dangling in the land of martial arts, stay by my side early and share the burden for me! ”

Gonggong Xu saw that although Yuan Yichen was moving loudly, there was no anger in his eyes, and then he smiled: "Your Majesty said this, but I misunderstood the Ninth Master, he has been running around every year all these years, but it is all for His Majesty's medicine introduction, and the prince will come back every time he comes to your birthday, presumably this heart has always been concerned about you." ”

After speaking, Yuan Yichen was silent for a long time before he said: "Okay, you burn the charcoal stove in this house a little more, go to the imperial dining room to get some of his favorite snacks, and make a pot of snow mountain spring tea, so anxious, I'm afraid I haven't eaten anything." ”

When Gonggong Xu heard this, he smiled and went down to arrange. Yuan Huaisheng walked into the hall, and there was a hot air in front of him. Although it was winter, the charcoal fire was several times larger than in other palaces.

Yuan Yichen sat on the main seat and continued to review the recital, pretending not to see Yuan Huaisheng.

Yuan Huaisheng raised his eyebrows, then put the mahogany box on top of the fold that Yuan Yichen was reviewing, and said with a smile: "So serious today? Didn't you see me coming, and deliberately show me? ”

When Yuan Yichen heard this, he glared at him angrily: "Look? Even if I press you to the table, you won't move. What's the use of me making a look. ”

Only then did Yuan Huaisheng see Yuan Yichen's face clearly, compared to when he left, his face was much paler, his lips were faintly purple, his eye sockets were deep-set, and he felt sick.

Yuan Huaisheng's face was solemn and asked, "When did you finish taking the medicine?" ”

"It didn't take long, just the last few days."

Yuan Yichen said, got up and looked at Yuan Huaisheng from the beginning, and then smiled: "I haven't seen you for nearly a year, you look a little taller, it's just too thin, not burly enough, this woman likes burly, look at the style." ”

Yuan Huaisheng was not to be outdone: "Burly? If you really like burly, how could the fourth sister-in-law fall in love with you, I want to be the one who proposed marriage to their family back then, but I can get rid of Wen Xicheng, I really don't know what she likes about you. ”

"You still say that I say that I will come back every year to celebrate the New Year together, and you yourself have not come back for a long time? This looks like a married wife and a family outside. My brother is naturally an outsider. ”

“……”

Yuan Huaisheng was instantly dumbfounded, and after thinking about it for a long time, he felt unwilling, and then muttered: "When did you treat yourself as an outsider?" ”

The two of you and I are arguing like children. Father-in-law Xu came in with the little attendant and saw the two of them staring at each other, the emperor did not look like the emperor, the prince did not look like the prince, just like when he was a child.

"Your Majesty, Lord Wang, this red-faced and thick-necked man, I don't know and think it's going to be a fight, if it spreads, what kind of system will it be!"

Gonggong Xu hurriedly stepped forward and said, leading the two to sit down, he is an old man in the palace, he has watched the two in front of him grow up since he was a child, in the end, in addition to the monarch and the minister, there are still other feelings in his heart.

"The ninth master has worked hard all the way, His Majesty specially ordered the servants to go to the imperial dining room to prepare some snacks you like to eat, as well as this snow-capped spring tea, Your Majesty himself is not very willing to drink it, so I will keep it for you!"

Yuan Huaisheng saw several plates of delicate and delicious dim sum on the table, and he was in a good mood: "For the sake of your careful preparation, I won't care about you." ”

As he spoke, Yuan Huaisheng couldn't wait to take a sip of tea, and a rich fragrance immediately rolled up his tongue and gradually spread throughout his mouth, lingering for a long time.

Yuan Yichen snorted coldly: "Father-in-law Xu, you said something wrong, when did I ask you to prepare!?" He had eaten and drunk well outside, and had never seen anything. How can these things be rare! ”

"I'm rare, what's the matter, even if you don't give it to me, the fourth sister-in-law will give it, can I still suffer?"

Yuan Huaisheng said in a sneering voice, where is there still the appearance of the cold-blooded King Yong'an who is decisive in killing, and is rumored to be impermanent.

Seeing the joy of the two bickering, Gonggong Xu was also relieved, and said: "There is still soup boiling in the imperial dining room, the old slave will go and see if it is okay, and wait for a bowl to come and go to the cold." ”

After speaking, Gonggong Xu went out with interest, leaving the two brothers to talk well.

"I'll go back and order someone to make medicine, I guess it will be fine tomorrow at noon, and I'll use internal breath to help you get rid of the cold in your body later."

Yuan Huaisheng said, picked up the teacup and took another sip.

Yuan Yichen pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but he could see the tiredness and exhaustion on his younger brother's face, so he changed his words and said, "Can you go to the Liu family this time?" ”

"Go, what Yuan Zhenxuan gave, I brought it, he thought about using a sword to remind the Liu family, I saw that the timing was good, so I went to give it myself. I think Mr. Liu should know how to do it better than me. ”

"You do things, I am naturally relieved, Mr. Liu is okay?"

Yuan Huaisheng nodded: "Okay, it's very good, the body is tough, and the people are also spiritual, I guess I won't drive west because of these bad things." ”

“. .......”

Yuan Yichen listened, choked for a while, and didn't know how to answer, Yuan Huaisheng's mouth was poisonous, he had seen it since he was a child.

"Don't just ask me, during the time I left, Yuan Zhenxuan didn't do anything behind my back, right?"

Yuan Yichen snorted coldly: "He can hold me a big one this year." even colluded with foreign people in an attempt to tear a seam out of the north. If he really succeeds, I am afraid that many more people will suffer. ”

"With his brain, he would never have thought of such a clever scheme, and it depends on the people behind him."

After Yuan Yichen thought about it, his face was solemn: "I heard that Yuan Chuqing's kid is back?" Do you suspect that he was behind this? ”

"It's very possible, and I'm afraid that there are some unclean things mixed in this court, the northern border has always been the place where Yuan Ling's soldiers are stationed, it stands to reason that if you really want to tear the hole, any border is much better than the northern border. But why did he choose to start in the North? ”

Yuan Huaisheng said, chuckled, and continued: "Their trip is abnormal, if you really think about it, I'm afraid there are two purposes." ”

"What purpose, you say."

Yuan Yichen frowned and urged Yuan Huaisheng to answer.

"One of them is to take the opportunity to consume Yuan Ling's troops, the situation in the north, you and I both understand, there are nearly three million male soldiers stationed, and the people who have invaded the north have changed several waves recently, it is very likely that they have made a deal, and they only need to pay a little sacrifice to get the benefits."

"Second, in terms of geographical location, the northern border is just located in the middle of the northern and southern martial arts, and the emperors of Yuan Ling have basically chosen to station more troops in the northern territory, in the final analysis, it is actually to divide and supervise the two factions of martial arts. It can be regarded as a good means to consolidate the imperial power, and he chose to break through from here, because he wanted to make a big mess in the martial arts. ”

Yuan Yichen nodded again and again: "After thinking about it, it is true that only this explanation is the most reasonable, but how to solve this matter, when the emperor was in power, he fought everywhere, and now it is not easy to calm down, the national strength is recovering steadily, and there is absolutely no way to start a war, not to mention that they are different countries, some near and far, if it is a country by country, it seems that it is not a good deal." ”

When Yuan Huaisheng heard this, he smiled calmly: "What you said is naturally right, if you send troops, it is very likely that someone will take advantage of the fire to rob you." Why don't we make an example of the monkeys! Choose one of them, strike hard, and pull it out directly from the root, in this way, other countries will definitely start to weigh the pros and cons, once they feel that it is not cost-effective, they will naturally not follow Yuan Chuqing's wishes. ”

When Yuan Yichen heard this, his frowning brows finally stretched a little, and he remembered what Yuan Huaisheng had just said in his mind: "You said that there are unclean things mixed in the court?" ”

"That's right, and I can be sure that this person is above the court, his status is not low, when something happened in the north, I specially ordered someone to go to see it, it is said that the enemy knows everything about the defense of the northern border, and he will wait for the back and forth to adjust several times, but each time it is less than half a month, it will be clear to the enemy. Unless someone collaborated, it would never have happened. ”

"Could it be the Sixth?"

Yuan Yichen listened, and the first person that came to mind was Yuan Zhenxuan, the sixth prince.

Yuan Huaisheng shook his head: "No, he doesn't have this brain, not to mention that he has us around him, if he really has any movement, how can we not notice it." I think this person is not simple, so many times, I have also sent someone to keep an eye on it for a long time, but I haven't leaked a little rumor. Pity this man's stratagem. ”

The charcoal fire in the furnace burned out and turned red.

Yuan Yichen let out a long sigh: "This Yuan Ling, I'm afraid it's going to change, the wind and rain are coming, but I don't know who can go against the current!" ”