After the New Year, the snow melted, the weather gradually warmed up, and it was time for the earth to rejuvenate. It rained heavily for several months, filling the river and filling the eaves. I haven't been out for a long time because of the rain.

The peach blossoms in Nanshan should be blooming again, and I am already seventeen years old.

On the third day when the rain stopped, Chu Muxiu came to me and said that it had rained heavily for days, and the Yongzhou River had been broken and flooded. His Majesty ordered him to go to Yongzhou with Master Taifu to repair the new river channel and prevent disasters and floods. Doing things for the people, I naturally can't stop him. I just lamented that there was a drought on the border last year, and another flood in Yongzhou this year, and natural and man-made disasters made Tianyue unpeaceful.

On the day he left, I went to the city tower to see him off, and he was on a horse, and behind him was a group of soldiers and horses, full of spirit and majesty!

He waved behind him, then dismounted.

I looked at him and couldn't say a few words, "Take care all the way." ”

He likes to smooth my long hair: "In the future, there will be many times when this is separated, and if I frown like this back, I will not be at ease when I leave." ”

"Hmm!" I smiled at him, all I could give him was peace of mind.

When we didn't know each other before, he was free to say and do anything. Now that there is more me, he has more memory, and sometimes I am a little conflicted, I want to be his memory but I don't want to be his memory.

After sending him off, I turned to go back to the house, but I saw the queen standing on the tall building, and she also saw me and nodded at me slightly. The person she loves doesn't love her, she can't go where she wants to go, and she is trapped in the backyard of the deep palace all day long. Although she has Chu Muxiu in her heart, I don't hate her, I just think she is pitiful, more pitiful than me.

There was a light rain outside, Yongzhou was a long way, and I only hoped that he would cherish it all the way.

A few days later, Chu Muxiu and Master Taifu arrived in Yongzhou. The nearby river dikes have all been washed away, and vast areas of flood water have burst through people's homes and drowned their crops. The people were displaced, and as soon as Chu Muxiu arrived, he set up tents on the spot and arranged accommodation for the people in distress overnight.

In the next few days, while building a river to store water, and digging a mountain road to release water, when the water was drained, they had to build houses for the people, and seeing that everything here was slowly getting better, the people gradually smiled, and began to cultivate and sow seeds again.

That evening, Chu Muxiu and Master Taifu stood in front of the river and talked about the next construction plan carefree. With a swish, a sword burst out of the black forest, and went straight towards the chest of Lord Taifu, Chu Muxiu immediately pushed away Taifu and drew his sword to meet him. The man covered his face, and Chu Muxiu couldn't see his appearance clearly, but he was sure that it wasn't sent by Chu Hanyuan, because that person was obviously going towards Master Taifu.

After a few moves, the man was beaten back again and again by Chu Muxiu, and simply fled, Chu Muxiu felt that something was wrong, so he chased after him to ask what was going on.

"Uncle go back to the tent first!" With that, he ran after the man.

Taifu almost chased after him: "Mu'er be careful!" ”

The masked man fled all the way to the northwest, looking back as he ran, for fear that Chu Muxiu would catch up, and no one behind him dared to gradually stop and wipe the sweat beads on his head with his hands.

The masked man raised his head slightly, a sword resting on his neck, "Say, who are you, and who sent you?" ”

The man did not resist: "No one sent me, if you want to kill, you will kill!" ”

Chu Muxiu looked at the man alive and looked like he was not afraid of death, but he didn't look like he was sent by Chu Hanyuan. So he ripped off his face cloth violently, this man was middle-aged, but his hair was much grayer. Chu Muxiu had never seen this person, and his clothes and hair accessories didn't look like a Tianyue person, but like a person from Yongzhou.

"Why did you assassinate Master Taifu?"

The man raised his head and gritted his teeth: "I knew that person was Taifu, even if I fought for this life, I would have killed him!" ”

Chu Muxiu is unpredictable, this person doesn't know that his uncle is a Taifu, maybe what he wants to kill is only an important minister of the court, but he has a grudge against the ministers of the court. This man didn't even know who he assassinated, so he dared to be menacing like this, and it was really fatal.

Chi Lian's sword approached the masked man's neck more and more: "You don't know that it's Master Taifu, so who are you going to kill?" ”

"I'm going to kill all the civil officials in Tianyue, they don't deserve to live in this world!"

Chu Muxiu was puzzled: "Why do you say this, don't you have a grudge against the civil officials of the entire Tianyue?" ”

The man stopped talking, looked down at the sword that was still around his neck, and tried to say it but didn't dare to say it.

Chu Muxiu saw the concerns in his heart, and put away the sword casually, "I won't tell you, I am the king of Tianyue, and I am also a person who can speak in Tianyue, and you are also a strong man who is not afraid of death, if you can trust me, you can tell me the grievances in your heart, and I will definitely give you justice!" ”

The man was skeptical: "Are you really the King of Yi?" ”

Chu Muxiu tore off the token from his waist: "This is the golden token of the Yiwang Mansion!" ”

The masked man seemed to let down his vigilance and sat on the ground relaxedly, "I have heard of you, and the people say that you are modest, more sympathetic to the people's feelings than His Majesty, and you have captured several cities at a young age to pacify a pure land, I admire you!" ”

"Can the strong man tell me about the resentment in your heart?"

"My name is Wu Deqing, I was born in a peasant family, I was born poor, at that time the only way to get ahead was to take the imperial examination, I studied hard for ten years and then went to Huancheng with a few friends to take the imperial examination. A few of my companions were jealous of my literary talents, fearing that I would become famous and rob them of their official positions, so the night before the expedition, they drugged my food, and I was so poisoned that they threw me into a mass grave overnight. I remember that it rained so hard that night, and I crawled out of the mass grave with my last breath to peel off the pile of dead people. Later, I finally lost the strength to fall into the heavy rain, and then I was fortunate to be rescued by a kind person, who had the profound skill to detoxify me, and I fell asleep for seven days and seven nights, and when I woke up again, the imperial examination was over. They were in a beautiful position, and they all picked up an official position more or less, but I became a dead man, no one remembered me, I didn't have the face to go home, and I wandered around like a savage for the past twenty years. I was originally from Tianyue, and when I learned that His Majesty had sent a minister to Yongzhou to control the water, I disguised myself as a Yongzhou person......"

Chu Muxiu suddenly said: "So a few years ago, Yu Zhixian and Governor Wei died tragically at home......

"I killed them, they all deserve to die!"

"How can you be sure that your friends have poisoned you?" Chu Muxiu asked him.

"At first, I didn't believe it, I took them seriously, I didn't think they would be so cruel to me, until that day I secretly sent to the Governor's Mansion to hear with my own ears, heard them drinking and talking, and did such a hurtful thing, they didn't feel guilty at all, and even said that I deserved it, if someone hadn't come later, they would have lived a few years less!"

Chu Muxiu couldn't help but be shocked by Wu Deqing's words, it turned out that there was such an unjust case so many years ago. Chu Muxiu was a little sad, because of his personal selfishness for so many years, how many scholars like Wu Deqing who were useful to Tianyue had been buried.

"The person you want to assassinate just now is the prince of the dynasty and my uncle, I dare to assure you that my uncle is an upright man and will never do those shady deeds. If you believe me, you can go back to Tianyue with me to assist me in the investigation, and when the truth is revealed, we will severely punish those who murdered you, and I will definitely give you justice! ”

Wu Deqing clenched his hands into fists: "Please ask His Royal Highness King Yi to be bowed by someone Wu!"

Chu Muxiu helped him up: "Isn't it you who are scholars in a country and a family, what the country needs is you talented people who read poetry and books, if your hearts are cold, how can the country gain a foothold, how can the world be peaceful?" ”

After twenty years of wandering, twenty years of hiding, and twenty years of resentment, Wu Deqing wanted to end it all in his heart. Chu Muxiu's words moved him greatly, and even he didn't know why he would rather believe in the person in front of him than His Majesty.

In the evening, Chu Muxiu brought Wu Deqing back to the tent, and explained the matter to Taifu, Wu Deqing sincerely apologized like Taifu, thinking about it, there was a reason for it, Taifu is a generous person, but he doesn't care so much. It's just that like Chu Muxiu, his heart can't help but be a little desolate, who knows how many people like Yu Zhixian, the governor of Wei, are in this court that is fishing in troubled waters.

Taifu thought for a while, then turned to Chu Muxiu, "In this way, Mu'er, you rush back first, and quickly find out about this matter, those adults who participated in the poisoning may have bought off other invigilators, and most of those invigilators are now used by Your Majesty, if the East Window incident happens, none of them can escape, Your Majesty will consolidate the foundation half by the Queen Mother and half by the ministers, and the important ministers around Your Majesty will do no harm except for revenge on us!" ”

Is this Tianyue or not, Taifu is old again, Chu Muxiu is still a little worried, "But uncle, the river in Yongzhou has not been completely controlled, so I will leave you here alone, I ...... it."

Taifu felt relaxed because he had found a way to suppress His Majesty, "Don't worry about uncle, now that the flood is basically cured, I will help the people build a few houses, at most in three or four days, my uncle will go back, besides, this is Yongzhou, isn't it safer for me to beg without His Majesty's eyeliner?" ”

"Okay, I'll leave for Huancheng early tomorrow morning!" Chu Muxiu thought about it for only two days, and it was over after a short sleep.

Soon it was dawn, Chu Muxiu said goodbye to Taifu, and rode back to Huancheng with Qian Che and Wu Deqing.

"How sure is Your Highness about this matter?" Wu Deqing rode a horse and followed behind Chu Muxiu.

Chu Muxiu turned his head sideways and smiled lightly: "The living human certificate is in front of me, how sure do you say I am?" ”

Qian Che rode his horse to catch up: "Brother Wu, don't worry, my Royal Highness never says big things, and he has never missed what he wants to do!" ”

The three of them talked and laughed all the way, stayed for two nights on the way, and arrived in Huancheng on the third day.