Bai Bing still asked with some incomprehension: "But now the five princes are doing a great thing for the benefit of the country and the people, even if we need to gain favor by the side of the six princes, it seems that there is no need to fall into the grave for the five princes at this time." ”

"Someone will do something whether we do it or not, not to mention that even if it is big, it may not necessarily be a bad thing for the five princes, the emperor is suspicious, if the five princes can seize this opportunity, the six princes will do it, or they will help him." Qi Lichen smiled faintly, and seemed to have made a decision in his heart.

When Bai Bing saw his expression, he knew that he was confident, so he didn't ask anymore.

He has always believed in Qi Lichen, and he has always pursued the principle that the people come first and private affairs come later, because as the old saying goes, the people are the water, the king is the boat, and the water can carry the boat or overturn the boat.

Only those who win the hearts of the people can win the world, and if they lose the hearts of the people, they will not necessarily suffer the consequences, so in this matter, Bai Bing has no doubts.

He stepped back.

In the capital, it was more like being trapped here, in a dilemma, sitting at the table, and the window gradually became dark, as if the night would come soon.

Looking at the swaying red candle in front of him, he suddenly remembered that when he was in Qixian, it was the most peaceful day, lying on the bed at night, next to the red clay stove boiling new tea, the tea was steaming, blurring the years and time.

Xi Muyun would occasionally come, bringing the new snacks he had just made, and with new tea, the two of them could talk to the moon looking out the window for a night.

In the past, he didn't understand how important it was to find someone who was so deed, but after meeting this person, he found that his desire to spend his life with him became stronger and stronger, like thousands of ants stabbing his heart.

But the road is getting deeper and deeper, but he is a little afraid, afraid that he will not be able to guarantee the safety of the girl with whom he has spent his life, and now things have reached the point of becoming more and more tense, so to speak, embattled, left and right, and if he is not careful, he may fall into the depths of the cliff.

He has no way to guarantee that in this difficult choice, in this treacherous court, he doesn't know if he can go on smoothly, since there is no way to guarantee it, why not let go of her hand and let him find a safe place.

It's just that the thoughts in my heart are getting deeper and deeper, and I am about to reach the point where I can't contain it, I miss her eyebrows and eyes, and I miss her smile.

Qi Lichen sighed and took out his pen and ink, although his painting is not so skillful, but to outline his eyebrows and smile on the paper, I am afraid that the pen can be easily sketched at will.

Spread out a page of paper, slightly yellowed, lightly dipped in ink with a pen, slowly sketched on the paper, a shallow smile, eyes like stars, slowly drawn stroke by stroke.

The person on the paper was as if he was about to jump out of the paper, he looked at it carefully, and then the corners of his mouth sketched a smile, and finally as if he thought of something, he immediately smiled and dried the ink on the paper by the window, and then put the paper in a book, and pressed it tightly, as if he wanted to see it, but he didn't want to see it.

After a long time, Qi Lichen smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around and lay down on the bed.

I don't know how long it took, Bai Bing came back, knocked lightly on the door and said, "The fifth prince came here with news, saying that he wanted to see you." ”

"At this time?" Qi Lichen frowned slightly, the prime minister only knew one but didn't know the other, if the prime minister found out that he was also related to the fifth prince Gu Jianglin, maybe he would also divide his manpower to deal with Gu Jianglin.

Sometimes something happened to Gu Jianglin's side, and the six princes were already thinking about how to deal with it, the prime minister's mind was still temporarily placed on that batch of treasures and him, if the prime minister found out that he had a relationship with the fifth prince Gu Jianglin, he would definitely be able to guess where that batch of treasures went.

When the time comes, the two parties will definitely unite when they find that their enemies are the same, and Gu Jianglin, who is understaffed in the court, will definitely be very weak to deal with the old fox of the prime minister.

What's more, the dam project in his hand is only halfway through, and if he does not continue to take over the later affairs, I am afraid that there will be another kind of official who likes to make oil and water in various miscellaneous matters, and once this kind of official appears, the river dam project will definitely not be completed.

This matter has been maintained for many years to ensure that the people on both sides of the strait will never be harmed by the floods.

But if the six princes really fall, and the whereabouts of those treasures are known by the emperor and filled into the treasury, I am afraid that there will really be no one to do this for the people, so we must be more cautious at this time.

Bai Bing nodded, "I also got the news when I went back, I'm afraid it's also because of what happened now, after all, it's not a trivial matter for the workers to fall into the water and disappear dozens of them, if the fifth prince is the hot prince in the current dynasty, I'm afraid I don't know how many waves this matter will stir up." ”

Qi Lichen also understood the truth here, but there were really a lot of difficulties now, so he sighed, frowned and said: "Now is not a good time to meet, not to mention that I am trapped in the capital, you can help me bring a letter, if there is nothing important, please solve it yourself." ”

Compared with the false benevolence and false righteousness of the six princes, the five princes are really good, and many of them must now keep him in order to keep the dam cause normal.

He is not a stupid person, and he knows what the most important thing is when he is scarfed, that is, to stabilize the hearts of the people, and he should be able to survive this catastrophe.

Qi Lichen opened the door, lowered his voice and said: "You have several competent candidates, go to the five princes to do things, and when the matter in the capital is resolved, we can go back, by the way, she ......"

Bai Bing was stunned for a moment, and then he reacted, who was the hesitant person in Qi Lichen's mouth.

But he didn't dare to point it out explicitly.

Qi Lichen walked out of the room, walked downstairs and asked the shopkeeper for a pot of wine, the two wine glasses were filled with wine, handed Bai Bing a glass and said, "Accompany me for a drink." ”

Bai Bing nodded, and said with a smile: "The pavilion master doesn't drink often, is there anything worrying recently?" ”

He could clearly feel that Qi Lichen wanted to mention Xi Muyun just now, but he just took it back when the words came to his lips.

Now although Bai Ze is taking care of the things over there, he heard that the situation is very bad, and he didn't ask in detail what the problem is, but he made himself feel uneasy when he asked, when facing Qi Lichen, if he showed his feet, maybe he would let Qi Lichen blame himself.

This kind of thing, if it is not resolved by two parties, it is difficult for others to mix clearly.

Qi Lichen took a sip of wine, and the wine was not very strong, but after his stomach, he burned his throat slightly, and he was a little bitter, I don't know if it was the bitterness in his heart or the bitterness of the wine.

He didn't speak, just drank the wine one by one, "After so many years, seeing through this scene, I realized that many things have passed, and it is useless to remember it, and the power of Qingyu Pavilion can only be based on the rivers and lakes." ”

Bai Bing knew the meaning of his words, and probably wanted to let go of everything in the past.

It's just that the pain of the year is all a wound when I think about it now, how can I let it go so easily?

Bai Bing lowered his head, "Pavilion Master, what are you thinking in your heart?" ”

Qi Lichen put down his wine glass, "It's because I don't have any ideas that I feel distressed, if you have a set goal and go on fearlessly, you won't be so distressed." After saying that, he smiled faintly.