Chapter 112: Between the Palms of the Hands
On the day of Concubine Gao Xian's birthday, the palace was busy, the specifications of the banquet were no different from the queen, and everyone knew in their hearts that although Concubine Gao Xian had not yet been canonized as the queen, she was no different from the queen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
There will always be a day when the queen's position is Concubine Gao Xian, thinking like this, everyone dare not be sloppy, and even the ministers who came to congratulate her birthday have brought heavy gifts.
Chu Shenxia also followed Liu Yan into the palace, because at this banquet, there will be an extremely important person, the squire of the military department, Wei Shuming.
Although his official rank was not enough to celebrate his birthday, he still followed King Xu in, and the relationship between Wei Shuming and King Xu is well known. King Xu is the youngest son of the emperor, who is only twelve this year, and Wei Shuming is responsible for teaching King Xu some equestrian and fist and foot kung fu.
The emperor naturally knew about their relationship, but he didn't intend to let him be promoted through this, and he just pretended to be deaf.
When Chu Shenxia was an official in the past, he had seen many ministers, and this time he followed Liu Yan and was looked at with disdain by many ministers, Liu Yan was afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, and he wanted to comfort him.
King Qing came over this way, and there was a heroic man standing beside him, with a pair of peach blossom eyes shining brightly, it was Jing Yan.
When these four people collided, the atmosphere became a little weird, in the stalemate, Pei Chendong shouted King Qing, ran to this side, and when he stood still and saw the other two, he rushed and said: "It's not good that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is like this, this is a big court, and today is the birthday of Concubine Gao Xian." ”
Liu Yan didn't understand what he was talking about, and immediately replied angrily: "What's wrong? Straighten your tongue before you speak! ”
"I mean, it's not etiquette."
Liu Yan understood, his hand was secretly clenched into a fist, and he was about to wave it over, but King Biqing held it firmly and laughed in a low voice: "Brother Huang, this is not good." ”
Liu Yan followed King Qing's gaze and looked not far away, where his mother and father were walking towards him, shook off his hand hatefully, and warned, "Take care of your dog." ”
"Your Highness doesn't have to fight with them. It's important to get down to business, if the emperor sees me with His Royal Highness, he will think of the rumors outside, which is not good for His Highness. I'll step back first. Chu Shenxia didn't wait for Liu Yan to respond, took two quick steps, and then disappeared into Jin Meilin on the side.
It's winter, and the golden plum is almost in bloom, and it looks like it's going to look at it. The golden color is connected together, which means wealth and nobility, and it is no wonder that the emperor set up the banquet here.
Chu Shenxia stopped to watch Mei and was looking at it intently, but suddenly there was a sound of "squirming" behind him, he reached out and plucked a golden plum, turned around with lightning speed, and the golden plum in his hand flew towards the person in front of him like a flying knife.
Jing Yan didn't take him by this, but he only had time to dodge his head, and his white face was scratched by petals, and a faint blood mark was very conspicuous.
"You're good at it." Jing Min wiped the blood from his face disappretently. Walking towards him with a smile, seeing him with a face, he couldn't help but laugh again: "What's wrong with you?" ”
As he spoke, he put on a posture of a big fight, and seeing that Chu Shenxia was still indifferent, Jing Yan was also a little annoyed, and stepped forward to push him and said, "What are you crazy about?" I have a strained face every day, and since I am unhappy and refuse to speak, then fight with me! ”
"Can I beat you? You are a peerless master, am I your opponent? Is Pei Shudong your opponent? Is Hanrong your opponent? Chu Shenxia had a bit of mockery in his eyes.
Seeing that he did not speak. And then he said, "Don't you understand? You and I are no longer in the same path, and you shouldn't say to me what friends should say, and you shouldn't make friends laugh and play with me. ”
Jing Min smiled nonchalantly, "What's the matter." It's too complicated for you to think, we are brothers, I am my mother who knows her son, although my mother doesn't talk about you these days, I can see that she misses you very much. You should always find a time to see your mother. ”
Chu Shenxia's eyes trembled, and he muttered, "Mother, she's ...... Are you okay? ”
"Not good."
"What's wrong? Is she sick? Or is something happening? Chu Shenxia's heart was shocked, and he pressed Jing Yan's arm excitedly.
"Sometimes, the pain in a person's heart is far more than the pain of those knives, and the skin injury will always be good, but the wound in the heart ...... You know what I mean. Jing Min patted his hand on his shoulder.
Chu Shenxia withdrew all the expressions on his face, looked indifferent again, turned his back and said coldly: "Jing Yan, it's better for you and me to see each other less in the future, you bother about your mother's affairs." ”
The person behind him didn't answer, but Chu Shenxia clearly heard a pair of footsteps drifting farther and farther, and when he was closing his eyes and cultivating his mind, the footsteps suddenly appeared again, and Chu Shenxia couldn't help but scold: "Why are you back again?" ”
"You're talking to me?"
There was a heavy-sounding voice from behind, so heavy that it was hard to imagine what this person had experienced, so heavy that the words were full of anger, as if a knife could penetrate a person's back.
Chu Shenxia turned around, and what caught his eyes was first a weathered old face, and then a pair of eyes that made people look timid, but his body exuded an independent temperament. Such a person, with this Jin Merlin, is quite immortal, which is really amazing.
"May I ask if the old gentleman is ......" Chu Shenxia bowed and saluted to show respect.
He laughed and said happily: "Old gentleman? I'm afraid I'm not old enough to think I was born in the same year as Your Majesty, but you call me old sir? ”
The surprise in Chu Shenxia's eyes was even worse, he had just passed the age of not being confused, and his temples were all gray, and even the beard on his chin was mixed with white and gray.
"Forgive me for offending, dare to ask the old gentleman in an official uniform, what kind of official is it?" Chu Shenxia was really too curious about him, and couldn't help but ask at the moment.
"Me? Just a petty official, not enough to mention, I want to ask you, just saw you and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came together, are you His Highness's advisor? I've heard of your name, you have turned from a dignified general to a small strategist beside His Royal Highness the Prince, and you are not willing to do so? Are you never afraid of the eyes of this world? ”
Obviously, he was also very curious about Chu Shenxia, so he asked so many questions in a row.
Chu Shenxia smiled politely: "In the past, I just wanted to be a general, dominate the battlefield, protect the border from the enemy's nuisance, and protect the people from the suffering of displacement." When I was first deposed, I didn't break down, but I felt very relieved because I finally understood something. ”
"What?"
"Everything I do by Your Highness's side is more meaningful than killing enemies on the battlefield. If a country wants to be strong, it must first govern the interior and then the outside. ”
"Meaningful?" He was obviously puzzled, thought for a while, but still couldn't think of anything, and asked, "For this meaning, you are willing to be criticized by the world and live like an ant from now on?" ”
"If all the ants in the world can have the heart of peace in the world, then the world will settle down sooner or later, because the world is built by tens of millions of ants." Chu Shenxia expressed all the thoughts in his chest, and suddenly felt very happy, and at the same time very surprised, why he was willing to say these words to the stranger in front of him.
The person in front of him gave a meaningful look, and said with a smile: "Young man, there is still a long way to go, maybe when you reach my age, you will understand that your ambitions when you are young are far less than a sentence in reality." ”
After speaking, he turned around and left, where was Chu Shenxia willing to let him go, chased after him and said, "I haven't asked Mr. Daming yet." ”
"Me? Taman. He turned around and looked at Chu Shenxia and smiled lightly.
Chu Shenxia couldn't help but whisper the word "Silk Weng", always feeling that he had seen this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while, and the white light in his mind suddenly flashed, flashing a person's name!
Wei Shuming, the number of the silk Weng.
Chu Shenxia dodged and stopped him quickly, the respect in his eyes had long since disappeared, and his tone was even more aggressive, "General Wei." ”
Wei Shuming's cloudy old eyes narrowed, and there was not much reaction on his face, but after a closer look, he felt that he seemed to be suppressing some emotions.
He calmly asked, "What do you call me?" I guess I heard it wrong. ”
Chu Shenxia sneered and said, "It's me who said wrong, that's the matter of the previous dynasty, now it's time to call Lord Shilang." ”
The muscles on Wei Shuming's cheeks jumped clearly, and he was about to take a step towards him, when a childish voice suddenly came from not far away, "Master, why are you here, I've been looking for you for a long time, the banquet is about to start, let's go quickly." ”
Chu Shenxia and Wei Shuming looked at King Xu at the same time, and there was another person who came with King Xu, who bumped into Chu Shenxia's gaze and moved away quietly.
"Yes, I'm coming." Wei Shuming smiled gently at him, looking like a kind old man.
Chu Shenxia watched the three of them leave, and the man in the navy blue robe suddenly turned to look at him, it was the man who avoided his gaze, and when he met Chu Shenxia's gaze, he turned his head unnaturally again, and his back stiffened.
This man, Chu Shenxia didn't know and had never seen him, but judging from his reaction, he obviously knew Chu Shenxia.
Chu Shenxia always felt that it was not an accident that he met Wei Shuming today, but that someone was behind his back, and he only started to transfer him yesterday, and the wind leaked out so quickly, which can only explain one problem.
There was someone around Liu Yan who reported the news, because the matter was important, so only Liu Yan and Chu Shenxia knew about Wei Shuming. And this person is very smart, he can guess what Liu Yan wants to do just from the things Liu Yan explained, even if it is hidden, he can also have insight.
Thinking of this, Chu Shenxia shuddered, this kind of cold came from the bottom of his heart, and the blood all over his body seemed to be frozen, there was such a person by His Royal Highness's side, but he didn't know it.
This person was hidden so deeply, like an invisible hand, playing with them between the palms, Chu Shenxia suddenly collapsed a little, could it be that everything he did was developing along that invisible hand? (To be continued.) )