(Chapter 123) Wanhua River Lantern Shines on the Afterimage (17)
The jacaranda was gone, and her voice was quiet, as if she had never come.
I relaxed and rested for a while, then sat up, picked up the pastry from the plate and took a big bite on it, and when I felt that my strength was almost restored, I got up from the ground and patted the grass clippings on my body.
Despite the urgency of time, I sneaked into a subordinate room, secretly took a few clothes to change into, and burned my soaked dress on fire.
I didn't dare to steal the good horse of the Guogong Mansion, so after going over the wall out of the Guogong Mansion, I could only walk on foot, but after walking for a day and a night, I finally opened my eyes to the sky, and let me meet a kind old man, who drove the ox cart to send me to Yongshan County, outside Biancheng, and left with me.
"The last general greets Lord Shen." A young man in his early twenties leaned over and knelt down on one knee in front of me.
Because he was only wearing a very ordinary plain clothes, I couldn't see his identity at once, but judging by his conversation and demeanor, he should be from Qinguo.
"Are you ......?" I was about to ask, but suddenly a person came to the path in the distance and answered the question in my heart.
"He is the righteous son of Lu Xuan, the secretary of the military department, and he knows it in the military department." The young man in the blue silk dress walked up to me with a smile and waved his hand at me, "Childe." ”
"Bai Zhihui?" I looked closely at the young man kneeling in front of me in amazement.
Although his face is not as elegant and handsome as a scholar, his upright facial features and calm look all show the majesty and arrogance that a military general should have.
However, I was not surprised by his superficial things, and what really interested me in this young general was what Master Yang told me about his past, and of course, I also inquired about it privately.
Bai Zhi is still the same as Jia Chun, not a dignitary, his parents died when he was young, and he has been living in a Buddhist temple, brought up by the old monks in the temple, and later joined the army to participate in the war. Before the current emperor ascended the throne, there were many traitors in the court and the central government that needed to be eliminated, and many officials did not dare to take over this hot potato, but he recommended himself and repeatedly performed miraculous feats. Originally, the emperor was ready to appoint him as the secretary of the Dali Temple, and he was entrusted with an important task after a training in the Dali Temple, but he did not expect him to retreat bravely, and resigned and left the capital on the grounds of filial piety for his parents, which is why I only heard his name and did not see his person.
However, after I went to Jiangnan, he suddenly recognized Lu Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of War, as his godfather and returned to officialdom, and I don't know why.
"Bai Langzhong, get up, this is Qi Guo, everything is better to be careful, so don't do it again." I lifted him up.
"The last general commands." Bai Zhi was still clenching his fists, but a pair of eyes looked at me with light.
I looked at Sun Hu beside me for some reason, Sun Hu shook his head at me silently, and I don't know if I don't know, or it's inconvenient to say.
"Ahem!" I coughed lightly and walked down the road, "That...... Are you ready to enter the palace? ”
Sun Hu followed behind me and replied, "Everything is ready, I don't know when Gongzi wants to leave?" ”
"When I came here two days ago, didn't you say that General Chen Kun was stationed outside Yongshan County?" I said.
"It's General Chen Kun who was stationed here a month ago." Sun Hu nodded: "At that time, we had just arrived here. ”
"Tonight, you send someone to send a letter to General Chen Kun, ...... tomorrow morning" I paused, my eyes drooped slightly, "Tomorrow morning, we will go to see Emperor Qi." ”
Sun Hu glanced at me and saw that my face was not very good, so he said, "When I get to the place in a while, Childe should rest for a while before doing his job, right?" ”
I waved my hand, "Tomorrow Bai Langzhong will follow me into the palace, and you will stay here." ”
Sun Hu and Bai Zhi also responded at the same time: "Yes." ”
"It is rumored that Emperor Qi is a benevolent and benevolent person, and the way to get along with him needs to be carefully considered, Bai Langzhong, if Emperor Qi asks you tomorrow, how to answer, how to behave, you can be clearer in your heart." Bai Zhi is not a familiar person with me, and I can't control what he thinks and does, so I have to tell him before entering the palace tomorrow.
"The prime minister can rest assured, and he will be careful when he knows it." Bai Zhi replied.
I nodded, and then walked into a nondescript courtyard in Yongshan County.
"Childe." When I was about to enter the study to deal with official business, Sun Hu hesitated and stopped me.
"What's the matter?" I looked at him.
Sun Hu didn't answer me first, but said to Bai Zhi on the side, "Lord Bai, I have some personal matters to discuss with my son-in-law, I wonder if you can avoid it first?" I'd like to thank Lord Bai first. After speaking, he returned the salute to Bai Zhi.
"Brother Sun is serious." Bai Zhi returned the salute and retreated.
"If you want to ask me what I've done in Qi these days," I pushed open the door of the study and walked in, "Then don't talk about it." ”
"Childe has to deal with private matters, how can I ask?" Sun Hu sighed helplessly.
When the palace gate was separated that day, he guessed what Gongzi was going to do, he was neither qualified to stop it, nor had the ability to redeem it, and now that the wood was in the boat, what was the point of forcing Gongzi to explain everything clearly?
"And what are you going to say?" I lifted my clothes and sat down. Nine-zero look
"Childe." Sun Hu walked up to me, "After your trip, will you go back to Qinguo, or will you ...... Stay here? ”
Sun Hu hesitated to ask, but I was stunned.
"Is this what the emperor wants to ask, or do you want to ask?" After a pause, I asked him out loud.
"It's not the emperor's order." Sun Hu lowered his head, "It's because I have doubts in my heart, if you don't plan to go back, I... I'll still be with you. ”
With a slight pause in my heart, I shook my head and smiled, "Xiao Hu, don't worry, such a difficult choice, this son will never leave it to you." ”
Sun Hu blushed rarely, and he was embarrassed to look at me between his eyebrows and eyes.
I couldn't help but laugh out loud when I looked at him.
"I... I went and instructed the things to be prepared for bathing. Sun Hu walked out quickly, but when he opened the door, he paused again and said to me, "Bai Langzhong brought the emperor's edict, saying that the January deadline has arrived, and you will be restored to the post of prime minister." ”
"Really?" I smiled faintly.
Sun Hu pursed his lips and glanced at me and exited the door.
Seeing that Sun Hu had already left, I calmed down for a moment and opened a book of folds to read.
But I hope that everything will go well tomorrow, and I can return to Qinguo as soon as possible.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is evening, and after dinner, I go up to the roof alone to drink tea and watch the moon.
"Do you like tranquility so much?" Bai Zhi also jumped on the roof, walked to me and sat down.
I turned my head to look at him, then straightened a porcelain cup that was upside down on the end plate, and poured him a cup of tea with my own hands. ”
"What the adults say is really different from others." Bai Zhi respectfully accepted the tea I poured for him, but he didn't drink it immediately.
I smiled noncommittally and asked him, "When did Bai Langzhong come to Yongshan County?" ”
Bai Zhi paused for a moment and said, "It turns out that the adults haven't asked Brother Sun yet?" The last general arrived here yesterday, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a lot of thoughts, so he came a little late. “
"Cen Xi?" I stopped what I was doing and looked at Bai Zhihuan.
"His Royal Highness specially explained that he wanted to bring you some precious medicinal materials, and ordered the last general to watch you use medicinal food every day to replenish your body." Bai Zhi also told me what Cen Xi meant simply and clearly.
I looked at the blue and white porcelain cup in my hand, and I didn't say anything for a long time.
Bai Zhi was still looking at me, and suddenly took out a post from his sleeve and put it in front of me.
"Wedding card?" I looked at the bright red word 'hi' on the post, and I didn't react a little.
A trace of shyness appeared on Bai Zhihuan's face, he opened his eyes to look at the dark scene of the world under the night sky, and whispered to me, "In three months, it will be the day when the last general will marry the person he likes, and the last general has always admired the strategy of the adult, so I very much hope that the adult can come to our wedding banquet." “
I put down the teacup in my hand, picked up the wedding card and put it away, "I naturally won't refuse this kind of good thing." ”
Bai Zhi still heard me say this, and the heart that had been hanging was put down, and he drank all the tea I poured for him, then stood up and said, "Although it is summer, it is inevitable that the night will be cold, so adults should go back to the house early." ”
I smiled and nodded to him, and when Bai Zhi saw this, he said goodbye and left the roof.
The breeze was gentle, the moon was sad, I looked at the figure of Bai Zhi still leaving, and sighed slightly.
Now the breeze is bright and the moon is bright, and I am alone again.
I put my arms behind my back and lay down with my head back, and the bright moonlight in the sky fell into my eyes, but I suddenly smiled bitterly.
To be honest, in the past two months, Gu Yuancheng really hasn't treated me badly, but Mei Yan's words still disrupted this illusion, he not only forced me, but also forced Gu Yuancheng to face the absurdity of this dream.
However, until now, I don't understand why Gu Yuancheng has clearly united with Mei Yan and let 'Miss Shen' reasonably disappear in the Gongqin Guo Mansion on the grounds that he was injured on the Thousand Lantern Festival, but Mei Yan still has to drug Gu Yuancheng, and what makes me even more incomprehensible is that Gu Yuancheng sent Mu Ying to cover up my actions, but he still rushed to stop me when I was about to pretend to drink poisoned wine.
What's the point of doing that? Why did I have wet eyes when he suddenly appeared in front of me half a month later?
"You look at the world in the darkness every night, you must know many unknown secrets?" I looked at the bright moon above my head and asked it with a smile, "Then do you know what he thinks in his heart?" "And what I'm thinking.
Mingyue was speechless, only a hundred turns and thousands of turns in my heart.