"I don't want you to hate me even more in the future."

Hearing this, Liu San'er frowned slightly, and hurriedly said, "How could I—"

"Shhh

Without waiting for him to finish, I stretched out my hand and gently put it on his lips, he was stunned, but I didn't say anything, just showed a faint smile, a little tired, and some prostration after struggling, but I never let go of his hand, just slowly closed my eyes and fell asleep.

From that day on, although Liu San'er still hid her affairs from Aunt Liu, she didn't need to hide it from me, so she often went home.

The change of people is slow and slow, and fast and fast. Sometimes some people may rest on their laurels, stubborn and firm for decades, and have never changed the slightest; And sometimes, one thing, overnight, can completely change a person's life.

Liu San'er, but different.

His changes are little by little, like a stream mixed into a river, and there is no trace of it, but by the time you find it, he is not the same as before.

Maybe it's because he has to do too much work every day in the incense courtyard, not only with his hands, but also with more brains, he has lost a lot of weight compared to the past, his upright face is more and more angular, the bridge of his nose is high, his lips are clear, and there is a hint of handsomeness; His eyes were sunken because of exhaustion, but they couldn't stop his gaze, which grew deeper and deeper day by day.

It was a light that was more transparent than clarity.

……

Before you know it, winter has arrived.

The winter in the south is not like the north, the cold wind is howling and the ice and snow cover the sky, and the humid air carries a damp coldness, but it does not permeate people, just like my current poor days, although poor, but always have a taste.

That afternoon, I sat in the yard cutting dried fish into strips, while Liu San'er sat at the table next to me, lying on it to help people write letters.

I had already cut more than half of the basket of dried fish, and when I looked up, I found that he had not put down the pen, but looked at the tip of the pen that had been dried by the wind in a daze.

I looked at him a few times, and finally couldn't help asking, "San'er, whose letter is it?" ”

He suddenly woke up, looked up at me, and said, "Oh, Aunt Zhao's letter." ”

"And for her son?"

"Well," he nodded: "The war at the border seems to be tight, and Aunt Zhao hasn't received their letter for a long time, and she has been worried." ”

I frowned slightly.

These days, I have never left this small courtyard again, and I have not heard the sound of killing on the battlefield, but the cold wind from the north will still blow to the south with a trace of blood, blowing into my life.

The war at the border pass is indeed not optimistic, especially in the early winter now, if it is impossible to win at this time, as soon as the grain and grass on the grassland wither, the war can only be delayed, that is, Huang Tianba guessed before, the Celestial Empire and Shengjing will form a long-term confrontation, which will not be of substantial benefit to Shengjing.

Therefore, they must do their best to break through the northern defense line at this time.

War should have reached its most tragic time.

And that man, he is now, should also be difficult......

Just when I was slightly distracted, Liu San'er suddenly raised his head and said to me: "Light, what kind of person do you think the current emperor is?" ”

“……”

I didn't react for a while, I looked at him stupidly, and after a long time, I slowly spoke: "You, what do you ask me?" ”

Liu San'er simply put down the pen in his hand, turned to look at me, and said, "Light, what kind of person do you think the current emperor is?" Is it a good guy or a bad guy? ”

“……”

He looked at me earnestly, as if waiting for me to answer, but I couldn't speak.

For a moment, the entire small courtyard fell silent.

In fact, now, I rarely think about the past, and I rarely think about the people in the past, even if I think about it inadvertently, I will no longer feel pain or sadness, because a qiē is too far away, and after the moment of jumping off the boat, a qiē seems to have become a previous life.

Pei Yuanhao is just a distant person in memory.

However, Liu San'er, my current husband, asked him like this in front of me, like a picture of his previous life, suddenly breaking into the dream of this life, and he was in a trance.

I don't know how long I was silent before I came back to my senses, slowly lowered my head and continued to cut the dried salted fish in my hand, and said while cutting: "Why did you suddenly ask me this?" ”

Liu San'er said: "These days, the students in the incense academy are talking about the emperor, although I have been listening, but I am always a little weird in my heart. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"I think what they say, although it makes sense, not all of them are right."

With a click, the last piece of salted fish was cut into two pieces by me, I gently put down the scissors in my hand, turned my head and looked at him with a smile: "Oh? Then tell me, why not all right. ”

Liu San'er frowned slightly, and said slowly with a hint of doubt: "These days, what they are talking about is the emperor's bad deeds of forcing the palace to seize the throne and mutilating his siblings. ”

I listened to these "big rebellions" and didn't say anything, but asked, "So, what do you think?" ”

Liu San'er said: "To say that the emperor forced the palace to seize the throne and killed his siblings, although we didn't see it with our own eyes, but the rumors are extremely strong, I think there should be traces to follow, not groundless, but to say that he disregarded the suffering of the people and was a tyrant, I think it seems to be an exaggeration." ”

"Why?"

Liu San'er said: "I still remember a few years ago, heh, it was the year we first met, the hungry people from various provinces poured into Yangzhou, I heard that it was he who was still the prince at the time, set up a cold wind banquet and set up a clear water banquet, and lured those profiteers to take out rice and grain for disaster relief; Later, the plague broke out in Yangzhou City, and I heard that he did not leave the people in the city to flee for his life, but rushed to transfer medicinal materials from all over the country to find a way for the sick to survive. ”

I listened quietly, with a slight smile on my lips.

I am no stranger to every word Liu San'er said, and even every moment of those thrilling moments, I have personally experienced them, but now it sounds like a distant story.

Liu San'er continued: "These things are witnessed and experienced by the people of Yangzhou, I think that the person who can do these big things, the person who can really think about the people, will not be a tyrant, on the contrary, a rare Ming Jun can do what he does." ”

I smiled and said, "So, what kind of person do you think he is?" ”

Liu San'er seemed to hesitate a little, hesitated for a long time, and finally said slowly: "So, I think he may not be a very good person, but he should be a good emperor." ”

I don't know why, when I heard Liu San'er's words, I wasn't too shocked or surprised in my heart.

Just stunned for a moment.

…… He may not be a very good person, but he should be a good emperor.

I don't know why, I think I should know, but it wasn't until now, just now, when Liu San'er said the last word, that it seemed to dawn on me.

However, it is said that it is a sudden enlightenment, but it is only an enlightenment.

What really surprised me was Liu San'er.

I have always known that people here have a not very good trait, they like to chase after the wind, use their own thoughts to speculate on others, and then accuse and criticize, and as a scholar, the spearhead is pointed at the court, especially this style. But Liu San'er is not such a person.

When he had doubts in his heart, he did not listen to and believe, nor did he blindly accept the thoughts of others, but thought for himself, to think, and to seek the truth, which is not only a kind of wisdom, but also a very good quality.

He really resembles his father and brother......

Looking at his serious expression, I smiled slightly, didn't say anything, lowered my head and prepared to clean up, he hurriedly came up to stop me, picked up the basket full of salted fish, put it on the bamboo rack, and asked while busy: "Light, do you think what I think is right?" ”

I sat down in my chair and smiled slightly, "I don't think what you said is wrong. ”

Liu San'er laughed happily, and when he finished sorting out the things on the bamboo frame, he slowly walked back to me and said, "Light, if what I said before is not wrong, then I think it's a little strange." ”

I raised my eyebrows slightly: "What's strange?" ”

"Since the current emperor should be regarded as a good emperor, why do the people not only not support him, but blindly oppose him?"

My raised eyebrows slowly furrowed.

Liu San'er also said: "Since he is a good emperor, of course what he does is for the good of the people, and the people just want to live a good life, but why are the two sides so contradictory as they are now, it is like-as if-" He looked up at me, smiled snickeredly, and said: "It's like two people, if you also like me, I also like you, then we get married, of course, life is like now, even if it is difficult, but it is very happy." ”

“……”

"But if two people obviously like each other, but they are always unhappy together, then there must be a problem between the two people."

“……”

"The Emperor is like that now, and I don't think some of the edicts he issued are actually as heinous as the students say. Just like this season, the imperial court has already levied heavy taxes three times, but as you told me before, there is a war in the north, if the supply of grain and grass is insufficient, and the imperial court is defeated, we may have to experience a massacre of the city, or even extermination. In other words, this battle must be fought, and there is nothing wrong with the emperor levying grain and grass, but since there is nothing wrong, why are the people opposed, there should be something wrong with this. ”

As he spoke, his eyebrows furrowed: "What's the problem?" ”

He muttered as he looked down in thought, his whole being completely immersed in his own question, and I sat in front of him, speechless for a long time.

That familiar, uneasy feeling came to my heart again.

Liu San'er......

At this moment, there was a sudden burst of soft laughter outside, faint as the wind, Liu San'er hadn't reacted yet, I had already raised my head, and I saw a pair of amorous eyes slightly bent, looking at Liu San'er with an almost pleasant wave.