Chapter 583: Phew!
(In the afternoon, I went to the Beijing Writers Association for a meeting, there was no time to code words, and it would not be too early to come back in the evening to update, if I can't make up for it tomorrow if I can't do it today, I will definitely make up for it, ask for a monthly pass!) )
Chapter 583 Phew!
Su Buwei served the emperor and drank a few mouthfuls of rice porridge, the emperor's appetite was still very poor, but he knew that he had to eat, so he frowned and swallowed the rice porridge, but soon he vomited it all. Su was not afraid to wipe it for the emperor, and the emperor smiled apologetically at him like a child who had done something wrong.
Zhang Zhenren, who was standing on the side, had a layer of gloom on his face, the emperor was already in a situation where he could not eat, perhaps, he could close his eyes at any time and never open them again. This is an unpredictable emperor, and his mind is very fickle, so he should be an impermanent person. But he is also a person with perseverance and firmness that people have to admire, and his persistence and his impermanence are so profound and distinct.
He is impermanent because he always changes his decisions on the spur of the moment. He is firm because he has consistent ideals.
When the emperor was eating, Su Buxing specially ordered the guards to leave farther away. He didn't want the guards to see how weak the emperor was now, in fact, it wasn't just Su Buxing, even now the emperor was still the pillar of many people's hearts. Once the emperor falls, a large number of people will collapse with it.
These guards were the same, they were loyal to the Yang family, and although they all knew that the emperor was seriously ill, no one wanted to believe that the emperor was dying. Once the emperor dies halfway, as soon as their tense nerves in the past few months are loosened, they may become extremely confused.
"It's windy outside, do you want to go back to the carriage and rest for a while?"
Su asked with his head down.
The emperor shook his head slightly: "No, just sit here for a while, and when the horses are fed, continue to hurry, as soon as I close my eyes now, I see the prince smiling at me, calling my father...... I am an irresponsible father, and I put such a big burden on his shoulders too early, in fact, I want to do more for him, but I know it is impossible. ”
Su Buxing's nose was sour, and he hung his head to massage the emperor to dredge his blood.
"Su Lao Dog"
The emperor suddenly called out to him: "You kneel down and kowtow to me." ”
Su Buwei was stunned for a moment, although he didn't understand what the emperor meant, he still got up and took a few steps back, and then knelt down and solemnly kowtowed to the emperor.
The Emperor smiled slightly, "Okay, I forgive you. ”
Su was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly understood, and instantly burst into tears.
"Your Majesty, slaves and maids should die!"
The Emperor smiled and said, "I know you deserve to die, but I can't help but kill you." When you and Pei Yan were in the capital, you secretly did many things, and I knew about them, but I didn't ask you. You secretly excluded Luo Weiran, and I know all about fabricating his disloyalty to me. You are still planting people around the prince, and you are monitoring the prince's every word and deed all the time, and I know it...... But I also know that you are doing this out of selfishness, not disloyalty to me. When you make a mistake, you don't want to rebel. ”
Su Bu was afraid to kowtow vigorously, and soon blood appeared on his forehead.
The emperor waved his hand laboriously and said, "Get up, I said, forgive you." I know that you are not willing to do it in your heart, you have been following Wu Beisheng for so long, and you are used to seeing how powerful Wu Beisheng is as a eunuch of Bingbi, from that time on, maybe you thought that one day you would also be such a eunuch. But after I ascended the throne, I exempted the rights and responsibilities of the eunuch Bingbi, Wu was unwilling, why don't you? ”
"You don't have rebellious intentions, but you still want to restore the rights of the eunuchs. It is precisely because I know that you are only thinking about this that I have never done anything to you. People make mistakes, and I've made many mistakes, but if I can forgive, I never pursue anything. ”
He took a deep breath and slowed down: "If you kowtow to me, I will treat you as if you are mistaken." ”
Su was not afraid of old tears and could not speak.
Zhang Zhenren watched from the side, and his heart was very sour, so don't turn his head and stop looking at the master and servant.
"When the sixth child was in trouble, I didn't think about killing you."
The emperor smiled and said in a gentle tone: "But at the expedition ceremony, when the two madmen Chen Hum and Chen Ha came, the moment you stood in front of me, I changed my mind. If you have any private relationship with the sixth child, I don't plan to ask or think about it anymore, because you never have the intention of harming me. ”
"Slaves deserve death!"
Su Buxing just kowtowed, and the blood was already smeared all over the old face full of ravines.
"Don't talk about that."
The emperor made himself sit more comfortably, escaped from his cuffs and handed a handkerchief to Su Buxing: "Wipe it, you are already ugly, and this bloody face is even uglier, get up, do you want me to beg you?" ”
Su Buxing hurriedly got up, bent down to take the handkerchief but was reluctant to use it, raised his hand and wiped it on his face with his sleeve, and neatly folded the handkerchief and put it into his arms.
The emperor looked at his actions, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more gentle: "The reason why I only broke it today is because I don't want you to have any burden in your heart, I know that you have actually been scared, and people who have done wrong things are like this, lest one day what you have done will be turned over and settled." I said it today to settle accounts with you, and if you kowtow, the account will be overturned...... I want you to continue to do things for you, to do things for me conscientiously. ”
After a pause, he said: "The prince is young, and he hasn't had time to cultivate a few loyal people around him, so after I die, you will continue to be a eunuch with a pen." Pei Yan is dead, and the official position of the Yellow Gate Squire will not be set up again, so ...... You have to get your wish, and I will restore your right to comb through the twists and turns of the eunuch with a pen, but you must remember that this right is used to assist the prince, understand? ”
"Slave maid...... Got it! ”
Seeing that he agreed, the emperor let out a long sigh of relief and looked up at the sky: "I want to ...... Ask the sky to borrow for another thirty years! ”
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After feeding the war horses, Su Buxing once again picked up the emperor and walked to the carriage. He is not tall himself, and two people who look very thin and old together, how can there be a sad feeling.
"Old dog Su, remember, no matter what, I have to let me see the prince."
The emperor crouched behind Su Buwei and whispered.
Su Buxing's body trembled for a moment, and then nodded heavily: "The slave knows that even if the slave and maid die, His Majesty will return to Chang'an City!" ”
The Emperor hummed and said no more.
In order to prevent the emperor behind him from falling, Su Buxing first climbed up by himself after arriving at the side of the carriage, and then knelt forward and got into the carriage, and carefully put the emperor down from the reserve. He took the velvet blanket and covered it for the emperor, and put the kettle with hot water within the emperor's reach.
"Your Majesty lie down, the slave is going to catch the car"
The Emperor nodded, curling up into the warm quilt.
Su was afraid to get out of the carriage and was about to whip the carriage to walk, but the whip-wielding hand stiffened in mid-air and did not wave it.
He looked at Zhang Zhenren who was blocking the carriage not far in front of him, and then looked at the four old men who appeared dozens of meters away at some point, his face gradually became solemn, he looked back at the emperor who closed his eyes and rested, and after closing the carriage curtain, he got off the carriage but did not go forward, and stayed next to the carriage without leaving an inch.
All four of them looked to be in their sixties and seventies, and they wore the same gray shirts. The high and low faces are different, but the temperament on the body is extraordinarily similar. Standing at the front was a tall and thin man, taller than Zhang Zhenren, and because he was too thin, the shirt on his body looked loose, as if hanging on a drying rack.
There were three standing behind him, the one on the far left was a bald man, but it was obviously not a Buddhist person but his hair had already fallen out, not only did he have no hair, but his beard and eyebrows were all eyebrows, and his whole head was like a bare stone, so it looked extremely awkward. Su Buxing could see that this person should have changed some kind of blood disease so that all the hair on his body fell out.
In the middle is a very short fat man, and the short and the fat always seem to be involved. This person looked to be the youngest of the four old men, his hair and beard were still very dark, maybe because he was fat enough, there were few wrinkles on his face, and he was white and fat like a steamed bun that had just come out of the pot. It is worth mentioning that he only got to the waist of the tall and thin old man standing in front of him.
The fourth person is the most normal person, who looks very standard, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, although his hair and beard are gray, he is in good spirits, has a square face, looks very thoughtful, looks dignified, and must have been a very handsome man when he was young. It's just that...... All that was left of his left eye was a black hole, and an ear was missing, so even though he looked solemn and his hair was meticulously combed and his clothes were neat, he was no longer dashing.
"Unexpected"
The tall and thin old man standing at the front obviously changed his face when he saw Zhang Zhenren: "Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhenren of Wudang Mountain actually waded into this pool of troubled waters, didn't you say that you would never touch political affairs, it turns out that the respected Zhang Zhenren is just a liar." ”
Zhang Zhenren looked at the old man and said: "Song Songhe, you pretend to be more real than me, I said that I don't want to touch things outside the rivers and lakes, what about you, but you said that the most disgusting thing is to be used." ”
The old man known as Song Songhe shook his head: "Actually, you and I both know that when the world is square and the rules are strict, we people naturally have to pretend to be as if we are masters of the Tao. Because no matter how high your cultivation is, you and I are just Jianghu guests, when the world is too busy, who wants us people with low status but big skills to mix indiscriminately? ”
"But now it's different, the world is in chaos, there is no restraint, and people's hearts are wild. When the imperial power is stable, it is a mountain that presses on the ambitions of those people, and they dare not move if they want to, because the mountain will crush them. But now the landslide has sprung up, and the ambitions have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and now it is full of mountain bamboo forests. Therefore, those of us who used to look as carefree as idle clouds and wild cranes are not at ease. ”
Zhang Zhenren nodded: "This is pertinent. ”
Song Songhe said: "You also go out of the mountain, and I also go out of the mountain, it's just that I feel that my cultivation has reached this point, and I should get more than others, and I have to stand in a higher place than others." Someone is willing to throw the bait, and we lonely fish will naturally jump up and bite the hook ourselves. ”
Zhang Zhenren nodded again: "This analogy is also appropriate. ”
Song Songhe smiled and said: "When I was meditating on the mountain, I once praised the Great Sui with others, saying that the people in the world are happy, and people like us can also practice in a down-to-earth manner without desires. Pure practice, without any flaws. This is not contrary to the heart, although it is a little sour. Now that we have been entrusted to come out, we are also not against our hearts. Because we are only for profit, and we are also very simple, without any flaws. And after taking the benefits of others, it is natural to do things seriously for others, and do your best to do it without leaving any room for it. ”
"So"
Song Songhe looked at Zhang Zhenren and asked seriously, "Can you get out of the way?" ”
Zhang Zhenren looked at him like an idiot, and replied with the same seriousness.
"Phew!"