Chapter 268: To the Front
The next day, the emperor really went to Dongchang with Wanjun, and the emperor really wanted to see if Zuo Chunqiu was still alive.
"The emperor has arrived!"
The little eunuch shouted at the door.
Walking by the fireside and discussing with the prince, Duke Wei was taken aback, why did the emperor suddenly come to him?
"You go and hide in the back first!"
Gonggong Wei stood up and said as he walked to the door to greet the emperor.
Gonggong Wei walked over and opened the door to take a look, and sure enough, the emperor had come, but he saw Wanjun standing behind. He thought to himself, how could this emperor think of him here!
"Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"
Gonggong Wei knelt on the ground and saluted the emperor.
"Get up!"
The emperor walked to the chair and sat down, looking at the spittoon not far away, and his mood was suddenly not good.
Gonggong Wei glanced at Du Wanjun who was standing next to him, and he probably guessed what they were talking about.
"Father-in-law Wei, I heard that Zuo Chunqiu is still alive?"
The emperor couldn't wait to ask.
"Why does the emperor ask like this? Isn't Zuo Chunqiu dead? ”
Gonggong Wei asked deliberately.
"No, he's still alive, I don't believe you ask Wanjun!"
After the emperor finished speaking, Gonggong Wei turned to stare into Wanjun's eyes.
"Oh? Male concubine, Zuo Chunqiu has died a long time ago, I don't know what you mean when you say he is alive? ”
Wanjun smiled, walked to the emperor's side and stood still, then looked at Gonggong Wei and said, "What do you mean, Gonggong Wei should understand, right?" Zuo Chunqiu is in the prison of your East Factory! ”
Wanjun said firmly.
"Male concubine, our family doesn't know what you're talking about, Zuo Chunqiu has long since died, why do you have to say that he is still alive?"
Gonggong Wei knew that Du Wanjun wanted to save Zuo Chunqiu, but how could he let him save him so easily?
"Father-in-law Wei, is he Zuo Chunqiu, let the emperor ask in person later!"
Wanjun said.
"Male concubine, he is not Zuo Chunqiu, he is a suspect who let go of the felon. If he is really Zuo Chunqiu, as a traitor, he will also be executed! ”
Grandpa Wei is actually not worried, no matter who he is, there is only one fate for him, and that is death. As for Du Wanjun's desire to take people away from him, he would never agree.
"Male concubine, since you insist on letting the emperor go up to verify your identity, let's go!"
Seeing that Wanjun hesitated, Gonggong Wei smiled secretly.
Wanjun hesitated, because when she saw who he was, she would die according to what Gonggong Wei said. Didn't he force him to die? But if you don't go, there's no hope at all.
He hesitated for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Gonggong Wei and said with a smile: "Since Gonggong Wei let the emperor go, then go, this is Zuo Chunqiu's own decision on the emperor's disposal!" ”
"Your Majesty, let's go!"
After Wanjun finished speaking, she turned around and grabbed the emperor's arm and prepared to leave for the prison.
"Your Majesty, are you sure you want to go in person?"
Gonggong Wei confirmed again.
"Since you're here, let's go and see!"
The emperor said with some embarrassment. Because the emperor rarely goes to prisons, let alone prisons, even some filthy places, he rarely goes to them.
Gonggong Wei actually didn't want the emperor to get involved in this matter, the emperor has never asked about things in the court, and his participation will undoubtedly make things more complicated.
"Okay then, let's take the emperor to prison!"
Father-in-law Wei reluctantly walked in front to lead the way. Although Gonggong Wei was reluctant, he knew that his today was all dependent on the emperor. If one day the emperor is gone, those who hate him will gnaw him to the ground, and there is not even a bone left.
Soon arrived at the prison, and the spring and autumn cloaks were scattered, leaning against the wall in the cell.
"Hey, wake up, the emperor is here!"
I don't know if Chunqiu heard it or not, he leaned against the wall and didn't say a word.
"Your Majesty, this is the person you want to meet!"
Gonggong Wei looked at the emperor's face and said.
"Are you Zuo Chunqiu?"
The emperor looked at him and asked with some uneasiness.
But the emperor's words were swallowed up by the air like this, and he never got a reply from Chunqiu.
"Are you—Zuo Chunqiu?"
The emperor asked again, but he still didn't see any reaction from Chunqiu. He was still leaning against the wall, motionless.
"Spring and Autumn, the emperor has come to see you!"
Chunqiu suddenly heard the only sound in his ears, but he was so desperate that he didn't want to move, he just wanted to lean quietly against the wall.
No, he said that the emperor came to see him, but why did he come to see him?
"Chunqiu, what do you say? I'm Wanjun! ”
Wanjun was very anxious, he was worried that Chunqiu had not spoken and ignored him, so that he would miss the emperor's rescue of him.
"Chunqiu, please, say something!"
Wanjun kept praying in his heart, he didn't want to miss this opportunity.
"Wanjun, you said he was Zuo Chunqiu, but he didn't even want to move, how can you make sure that he is Zuo Chunqiu?"
The emperor looked at Wanjun and asked.
"Spring and Autumn, Spring and Autumn, Spring and Autumn ......"
Wanjun stood beside the emperor and watched Chunqiu keep calling his name, but no matter how he called, Chunqiu just refused to move.
Gonggong Wei stood aside and was secretly happy.
"I told you a long time ago, it's better not to come, see it, no matter what you call him, he won't speak!"
Gonggong Wei's heart was much more comfortable all of a sudden, just now he was still worried about what he would do if he really let the emperor know that he was Zuo Chunqiu, but now he is in a bad mood.
"Wanjun, aren't you messing around?"
After the emperor finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty's ......"
Wanjun wanted to keep the emperor, but he watched the emperor slip away from him.
"Zuo Chunqiu, did you see it? You're hurting everyone who cares about you! ”
Wanjun ran out with tears in her eyes after speaking.
Suddenly, Chunqiu's voice came from the cell.
"Du Wanjun, Du Wanjun, Du Wanjun!"
Chunqiu stood up and walked to the door of the cell and shouted Wanjun's name three times.
"What?"
Father-in-law Wei was stunned by Chunqiu's sudden speech, he never expected that he would stand up and speak.
When the emperor heard the voice, he stopped and turned to look at Chunqiu in the cell. He seemed to remember something all of a sudden.
"He, isn't he the personal eunuch recommended to him by the prince? How did it end up here? ”
Wanjun's tears suddenly burst into laughter, his efforts were not in vain, and he finally spoke.
"Du Wanjun, do you still have the face to come here?"
Chunqiu looked at him and yelled.
"Chunqiu, you finally spoke?"
Wanjun ran over happily.
"Du Wanjun, why are you here? I'm going to forget you, why are you still here? ”
Chunqiu still couldn't suppress the panic in his heart, he just wanted to know what he was in her Du Wanjun's heart.
"Because I can't let you go, I can't let go of you!"
Wanjun's words shocked the emperor, and Du Wanjun actually talked to this prisoner in front of him.
Chunqiu laughed coldly a few times, looked into Wanjun's eyes and said, "This is your love for me?" Du Wanjun, let me ask you, what are you bringing the emperor up for? ”
As soon as Gonggong Wei heard that they were arguing, he took a few steps back, thinking to himself, there is a good show to watch.
"Zuo Chunqiu, do you hate me so much and look down on me so much?"
Wanjun asked with tears in her eyes.
"Yes, I just despise you, but I despise myself even more. I want to forget you, but I can't, they all say that time can forget a person, but why can't I always forget you? ”
Chunqiu's hands clutched at the railing, and his heart was once again pulled out and salt was sprinkled on it.
Time, it's a strange thing. Those who say that time can heal the wound, how shallow and indifferent the wound is? Chunqiu's wounds were very deep, and they had not been healed, and they had to keep sprinkling salt on them.
"Why shouldn't I? Do you know? How scared and helpless I was in those dark nights, but what should I do? Sinking like you? ”
Wanjun's words are hurtful, but there seems to be no place to refute. Originally, he did something wrong and hurt Chunqiu, and it was as if Chunqiu was willing to fall.
"Du Wanjun, are you teaching me a lesson now?"
Chunqiu couldn't believe that Wanjun would say such a thing. All of this was brought on by him, yes, he brought it on himself. Thinking about it now, he really regretted coming back from outside the gate to find him, and he took Lian Chengyu's life.
He was wrong, and he was wrong not to love him as much as he had been.
"Zuo Chunqiu, I just brought the emperor up to humiliate you, how about it? Aren't you angry? ”
Wanjun turned around and grabbed the emperor's arm and walked over.
"I just love the emperor, I don't love you more!"
Wanjun said with a smile holding back tears.
"Du Wanjun, hahahaha, I really saw the wrong person, you are really playing with me!"
"How did you find out now?"
"Du Wanjun, good, very good, I only see your true face now!"
"Now that I have seen it clearly, I have another good news to tell, you are going to be sent to the front line to defend Daming!"
As soon as Wanjun finished speaking, Gonggong Wei suddenly came to his senses. Du Wanjun This is a routine, and she has been thinking about how to save Zuo Chunqiu.
But it's okay, let Zuo Chunqiu go to the front line, this Ming Dynasty can't be saved by just one Zuo Chunqiu.
"What do you say? Du Wanjun, what do you say? ”
Chunqiu was particularly angry, Du Wanjun actually asked him to go to the front line, didn't this just let him die?
"Du Wanjun, if you want me to die, say it now, why do you treat me like this?"
Chunqiu couldn't figure out why Wanjun did this, just as he couldn't figure out why Wanjun didn't love him.
"Your Majesty, you have also seen that Zuo Chunqiu has no remorse and is arrogant, it is better to let him go to the front line to make up for his mistakes, what do you think?"
Wanjun shook the emperor's arm and said coquettishly.
The emperor glanced at Gonggong Wei and saw that he had no objection, so he agreed.
......
In the Spring and Autumn Period, no one came to see him off before he went to the battlefield, so Wanjun naturally couldn't come to see him off. But what he was afraid of was not these, but that he was known to be from the capital.
In winter, it was very cold in the capital, and the moat was frozen. He was escorted on his way to the front line.
"Farewell to the capital, farewell Wanjun!"
The carriage was bumpy all the way, and her heart began to jolt with it.
"Wanjun, do you really not love me?"