Chapter Seventy-Five: Jealousy
He Qian, who lives in officialdom, of course understands that Xiao Wenxuan said that changing places means two things, one is to be promoted, and the other is to be masturbated, and he knows best what he has done.
In the end, he has been in the officialdom for more than ten years, and He Qianmian did not change his color and complimented.
"By borrowing the auspicious words of the prince, the lower officials will live up to the expectations of the prince."
Xiao Wenxuan no longer paid attention to him, someone had already brought their horses, Xiao Wenxuan turned over and returned to the county government first.
escorted everyone back to the county office, and Fang Ping personally interrogated Jiang Kun. Under the heavy punishment, Jiang Kun finally couldn't bear it, and confessed that he was assigned by General Shao Yi Shao to receive the goods.
Xiao Wenxuan's eyes flashed coldly: "He's talking about Concubine Yuan's brother?" ”
"Exactly."
Shao Yi. Xiao Wenxuan knew that this person was the uncle of the Four Princes, and the only brother of the Fourth Prince's mother, Concubine Yuanfei.
Shao Yi is a gentleman who can only eat, drink and have fun, the year when Concubine Yuan gave birth to the fourth prince, relying on the birth of the prince, she asked the emperor for the false title of General Wuxin for his brother Shao Yi, which can be regarded as asking for some benefits for his mother's family, but since then, Shao Yi has never been out again, and he has lived with this false title for more than ten years.
Now that Jiang Kun confessed that the mastermind behind this scene was Shao Yi, Xiao Wenxuan was a little dazed.
He wrote a recital, and together with the confessions of Jiang Kun and Ji Honglei, he sent people back to the capital first, and he himself escorted Jiang Kun back to Bingzhou temporarily.
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In Xiao Wenxuan's room, Su Muling and Wei Huai'an were sitting in front of the window playing backgammon. The chess skills of the two people are half a catty against eight taels, although they are not good, they are quite indistinguishable.
Su Muling's eyes were red and his ears were hot, and his eyes were eager to stick to the chessboard. Wei Huai'an was slow and methodical, as lazy as others.
"Your chess skills are 108,000 miles behind my cousin, can you tie with him, is he with his eyes closed?"
Wei Huai'an dropped one child in one place, just cutting off a good path for Su Muling.
Su Muling gritted her teeth with hatred, she had been planning for a long time to get to this point, but she didn't expect him to see it at a critical time.
"Are you embarrassed to say me? The prince can't even win against me, and with your cousin, I'm afraid I can't use both hands and feet. ”
said that one fell to the ground, and it also broke him all the way.
Wei Huai'an was not annoyed, and fiddled with the chess pieces in his hand with a smile.
"This chess is rare, there is no such thing in the palace, did you give it?"
"Of course, Da Ming is the only one." Su Muling is very arrogant.
"The texture is delicate, warm and shiny, why don't you give me a pair too?"
When he asked for something, Wei Huai'an had a handsome face and smiled brightly.
"It's not impossible to give away a pair of sons, it's just that my father has only brought back this pair over the years. When my father went out again in the fall, I asked him to see if he could find another pair to come back. Su Muling generously agreed.
"Then I'll thank you here. I was a little embarrassed to ask Miss Su for something plainly, or I would have spared the thirty percent profit of this month? ”
Su Muling glanced at him: "It's not good for a month, this chess piece will sell for at least one million in the capital." If the prince really wants to give, then he will be exempted for a year. ”
Wei Huai'an pursed his lips, "I didn't say the last sentence." ”
The two of them have met two or three times in the capital, and they are not familiar. When I came to Bingzhou, I had a lot of time to meet, although they all came to Xiao Wenxuan, but there were very few times to really see Xiao Wenxuan, but the two of them were locked up here and had nothing to do, often playing chess, drinking tea, and chatting together.
One is a young proprietor who is generous with every day of money, and the other is a young man in the capital who is above everything in the sky. are all informal temperaments, and together they have become friends and get along happily.
"You've lost."
Wei Huai'an landed on the ground one by one, laughing so hard that his teeth were exposed.
Su Muling pushed the chess pieces and leaned back on the chair in annoyance: "Don't play anymore." ”
Why hasn't Xiao Wenxuan come back, she can win with such a master, why can't she win with such a stinky chess basket around her.
At this time, Su Muling's familiar footsteps came from the courtyard, it was Xiao Wenxuan.
Su Muling jumped up, rushed to the door, and collided with Xiao Wenxuan, who was about to step into the threshold.
"You'an, you...... Why did you get hurt again? Is it badly hurt? Show me. ”
Su Muling's face changed suddenly, and he pulled his whole body up and down to check it.
Wei Huai'an originally wanted to stay and say a few words to Xiao Wenxuan, but seeing Su Muling like this, he knew that he would be annoying if he stayed any longer, so he didn't say hello and left first.
Xiao Wenxuan turned around and closed the door, and pulled Su Muling to the table and sat down.
"Don't worry, just let the knife cut through it, and it'll be fine in a few days."
Su Muling looked at Xiao Wenxuan's pale and haggard face due to blood loss and running around overnight, and hugged his waist, twitching in distress.
"You'an, let's not check, take me away, let's find a place where no one knows us and live our own lives. It doesn't matter who he will be the emperor in the future, I just want you to be safe. ”
Xiao Wenxuan knew that she felt sorry for herself, so she stroked her hair and sighed heavily.
"I don't want to take you away from the strife of this world. But now the situation is getting more and more complicated, I thought that the sulfur case was committed by King Ping, but I didn't expect to check and check all the evidence now pointing directly to the fourth. The emperor treats me like his own, and I can't watch others covet his throne and he doesn't know it. Also, whether it is the fourth child or the king of Ping, once the war starts, where can the entire Ming Dynasty have a stable life? What's more, there has been news from Di Guo recently that the king is in poor health, and I am afraid that there will be a battle for the throne soon. If the eldest prince succeeds to the throne, Di will be as stable as ever, and if it is the second prince with a brutal personality...... I am afraid that there will be no peace at the border again. ”
Listening to Xiao Wenxuan's words, Su Muling's face was hot, and she also raised her head when she nested in Xiao Wenxuan's arms.
"It's me who is not good, it's that I think it's too simple."
Xiao Wenxuan tugged at the corners of his mouth, pushed her away from his arms, looked at her much thinner little face and said distressedly: "Where are you bad?" It's you who are too good. In this world, except for my mother and the emperor, you are the best for me. Wait a little longer, and when I find out for the emperor who is trying to rebel, I will take you away, wherever you want. ”
After speaking, he lowered his head and kissed her lightly on her smooth forehead, Su Muling raised her crystal clear eyes and looked at him shyly.
"Well, don't go back then."
"How so? I will never regret it in this life. ”
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After two months of hard work, the epidemic in Bingzhou was brought under control, and Xiao Wenxuan and his entourage escorted Jiang Kun back to Beijing.
Along the way, Su Muling and Wei Huai'an each rode in a carriage, and the others rode horses. When Wei Huai'an was bored, he would invite Su Muling to sit in the same carriage, and the two of them would talk and laugh, play cards and chess.
Because there is Zuo Shuochen in the company, Su Muling and Xiao Wenxuan have to keep their distance at all times.
Zuo Shuochen is in his thirties, and he is also dignified. Lord Zuo walked beside Xiao Wenxuan on horseback, looked at Wei Huai'an's carriage and whispered to Xiao Wenxuan: "Lord Wang, do Wei Shizi and Miss Su love each other?" ”
What the? Xiao Wenxuan's hand tightened, and the horse neighed and stopped.
He stared at Zuo Shuochen for a long time, and said hatefully, "Impossible." "Miss Su is mine, mine! Xiao Wenxuan almost shouted at him.
"How could it not be? You see, Wei Shizi has never been far away. But this time, he came to Bingzhou from the capital with Miss Su, if he didn't say it in advance, how could it be so coincidental?
Besides, in the past few days when you are away, Shizi and Miss Su are often together, playing chess, playing cards, drinking tea, and getting along very harmoniously. Although Miss Su's status is lower, her character and appearance are first-class, and I think they are quite compatible.
Wei Wu Hou is such a baby, as long as the prince is willing, let alone Miss Su, even if he marries a girl, Wei Wu Hou will not object......"
Xiao Wenxuan didn't expect Zuo Shuochen to gossip about other people's things like a girl.
Who said it's only women with broken mouths? If this man gossips, the woman will be ashamed of herself.
His own woman and his brother have become a good pair in other people's mouths, Xiao Wenxuan is very angry, but he can't defend himself.
He got rid of Zuo Shuochen and abandoned the horse to sit in the car, as soon as he was crowded with Wei Huai'an, he had a reason to refuse Wei Huai'an's request to let Su Muling get on the car because of the crowding in the car. The second is that I don't want to hear from Zuo Shuochen's mouth that Su Muling and Wei Huai'an are a couple.
Wei Huaian saw Xiao Wenxuan getting into the car with a black face, and when he got into the car, he didn't say a word, just that he was tired and didn't care.
Unexpectedly, for several days, Xiao Wenxuan was stuck in the car, either lying down or sitting, and he was lazy and didn't talk to him.
Wei Huai'an wanted to invite Su Muling over to pass the time, but looking at Xiao Wenxuan, who took up most of the carriage, he dispelled his thoughts.
In the evening, when they were resting at the post station, Xiao Wenxuan was also cowardly, he didn't say much, he went into the house after eating, and never came out again.
Su Muling didn't know what was wrong with him, so he stepped forward and knocked on his door, but he said, "Sleep." "Give to be turned away.
Su Muling comforted himself that he must be physically and mentally exhausted from running around for days, and with injuries on his body, he no longer bothered with him.
In fact, Zuo Shuochen's words made Xiao Wenxuan hear in his heart, he knew Su Muling's thoughts about him, and he also knew that Wei Huai'an had never been interested in women, but he still minded.
On this day, when the convoy was about to arrive in Meilin County, Xiao Wenxuan got tired of sitting in the carriage and finally rode back on the horse.
The post station where they all stayed along the way, and when they arrived in Meilin County, Wei Huai'an suggested that they go to the Wei family's old house for one night. In the end, the post station is not as comfortable as living at home, looking at Su Muling, who was a little haggard, Xiao Wenxuan agreed.
Zuo Shuochen took Fang Ping and others to escort Jiang Kun to the post station, and Wei Huai'an and a few people entered the city.
Meilin is a large county, with a large population and a prosperous economy because of its proximity to the capital. Seeing that it was getting late, Xiao Wenxuan walked and touched the shop on the side of the road, trying to find a hotel to solve the stomach problem first.
was watching, suddenly out of an alley, kneeling straight in front of the horse, Xiao Wenxuan held the reins tightly with both hands, the horse was strangled uncomfortably, raised his hooves high and neighed, almost trampling the man under the horse.
"Who?"
He was so angry that he pulled out the long sword at his waist and pointed it at the person kneeling on the ground:
"Bold, are you looking for death?"