"I'm here today to tell you. You, leave Yangzhou immediately. Right away! ”

Huang Tianba said this sentence very solemnly, and he heard the meaning as soon as he heard it, maybe he had discovered something, so he hurried to say it to Yuan Yichu.

Thinking like this, I hurriedly looked back at Yuan Yichu, he frowned slightly, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Huang Tian said domineeringly: "Someone, they want to come to Yangzhou." ”

"......" Yuan Yichu was silent for a moment, and a cold smile flashed in his eyes: "There are a lot of people from over there." ”

"It's not Yao Lao."

The atmosphere sank for a moment.

Yuan Yichu's words meant that he should have dealt with many people over there before, including Yao Lao and the others who came that day, it seems that they have not fought once or twice, but looking at Huang Tianba's expression, as well as his tone, it seems that this time the person has a great background.

Huang Tianba's face was very solemn, and he said: "This person, I was supposed to come to Yangzhou during the Chinese New Year, but I don't know why it was delayed, until now, I sent them back this time, and I got the news that Yao Lao has been under house arrest because of the previous compromise with you, and now the person in charge is not him." ”

Yuan Yichu said: "In other words, this time the students are making trouble - is there someone else?" ”

"Yes."

"Hmph, it's really hard for him to do such a big dispatch."

"No," Huang Tianba shook his head, Yuan Yichu turned his head to look at him, only to see his face gloomy, and said: "His way of doing things is different from Yao Lao and us. This time, I didn't make any scheduling, just gave a lecture in Xishan Academy, and by the way, I talked about Yang Ji's bad government in Yangzhou, and because of the spring, I let the students go on spring break for a few days...... Yangzhou, that's it. ”

Yuan Yichu was slightly shocked.

I was secretly frightened when I listened to it from the side, I heard them talk about the students making trouble, and I guessed that there was someone behind the arrangement, and the matter was so big, but I didn't expect that it was just a person thousands of miles away, who did one or two seemingly ordinary little things!

This person is so powerful!

Yuan Yichu smiled coldly: "Good means." After speaking, he looked at Huang Tianba again: "Then you want me to leave Yangzhou—"

"We never see what he does, and sometimes we don't even know what he's going to do. For example, this time, if he really wants to make trouble in Yangzhou City, he has thousands of methods, but he has used this kind of means that makes people the least suspicious and takes the most time to solve, so I am worried that this time the arrangement is not simple, he seems to want to delay your return to Beijing. ”

"Oh?"

"It's just that I always feel that his plan to come to Yangzhou this time has another meaning, as if he is looking for someone."

Hearing this, Yuan Yichu frowned, and suddenly looked back at me, I was a little puzzled, he looked at what I was doing, but he didn't say anything, only heard Huang Tianba continue: "But I'm not sure, is he coming to you." But if he comes, things won't be so simple, and if you have to go back to Beijing at that time, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a long time. ”

Yuan Yichu raised his eyebrows, it was already spring at this time, and after listening to Yang Yunhui mention it once or twice before, it seemed that the north was a little ready to move, so he needed to rush back to the capital to report on his work, if he was really stranded in Yangzhou, I guess he would be in some trouble.

At this time, the corners of his mouth hooked up a sneer: "Speaking of which, I really want to meet this person." ”

Huang Tianba's face sank, and I also stood up and held his arm: "Husband, ......"

"But," he continued, "the boat that the state has arranged for me is tomorrow, and if that man does not arrive, I am afraid that this time he will have to make a trip in vain." ”

It turned out that he had already arranged a time to return to Beijing!

I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, after all, I listened to what Huang Tianba said, if he really met that person, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to be good, but I still couldn't let go of it in my heart, because we didn't know who the other party was and what he was going to do, so we just left, and we didn't know what else to do.

Yuan Yichu said again: "I came here today to tell you something. ”

Huang Tian said domineeringly: "What's the matter?" ”

"The holy decree appointing you has been out of the imperial study half a month ago, and it was sent to Yangzhou by the officials, and it is estimated that it will arrive in the next two days."

Huang Tianba's face turned pale all of a sudden.

I was also taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Husband, is the emperor going to make Huang Ye an official?" ”

Yuan Yichu smiled and said to me, "Yes." He was a talented man, and he should be entrusted with a great responsibility. ”

I turned my head to look at Huang Tianba, he stood there and didn't move, but his handsome face became more and more pale, and there was a trace of solemnity and helplessness in his eyes.

Before the confrontation with Yao Lao and those people in his house, I vaguely knew his origin, and now the emperor wants to appoint him as an official, that is, he will completely break with that side, recalling that those people cursed him for "two-faced and three-stabbed" and "despicable villain", in his heart, I am afraid that it is not so easy to let go.

Huang Tianba was silent for a while, raised his eyes to look at Yuan Yichu, and said, "When did this holy decree come about?" ”

"Years ago, I was already ready to go."

"......" Huang Tianba didn't speak, just stood there silently, clenched his fists.

Yuan Yichu slowly walked in front of him, looked into his eyes, and said, "I won't force you, what to do, you know very well in your own heart." ”

“……”

"I don't feel at ease about handing over the south to others, and only you can balance the relationship between the court and them. Besides, there may be another war in the north, and at that time, the court must fight with all its might, and can no longer be distracted and consumed with them. ”

“……”

"If the battle really starts, you know very well what the outcome will be."

“……”

"You locked yourself up for a few years for that Mu Hua, what was the result? Now that she has been divorced, don't look ahead and backward," Speaking of this, he smiled coldly, leaned into Huang Tianba's ear and said, "When you become famous, what do you want?" ”

I frowned when I heard this, and subconsciously wanted to pull his sleeve, but Huang Tianba said suddenly: "Don't say it." After saying that, he walked to the table, picked up a pot of wine, tilted his head and poured it into his mouth.

The sweet wine spilled on his face, ran down his long neck, and soaked the large placket of his chest, but he didn't seem to feel it at all, and stared at the top of his head with his delicate but empty eyes wide, and poured the wine blankly, until the whole pot of wine was drunk by him, he put the jug heavily on the table, and gasped: "I know what I should do." ”

A sneering smile appeared on Yuan Yichu's face, so he stopped speaking and turned to leave.

As soon as I saw him leaving, I wanted to follow, but I couldn't let go of Huang Tianba behind me, and turned around and said, "Huang Ye." ”

"......" He heard my voice, but he was slightly moved, and looked back at me, perhaps because of the wine, his pale face was flushed with an almost morbid red, like the flames of hell, burning the soul of man. I could almost see his soul crying and struggling, but his man was just standing still, and the cold wind blew in through the window, making his clothes hunt, but he seemed even more thin.

"Let's go."

"Huang Ye ......"

"Since God thinks that my previous path is wrong, then, I will choose another one. I just hope ......" He smiled faintly: "This time, we didn't make the wrong choice." ”

Sitting in the carriage back to the annex, I have been silent, and I was as excited as when I came, Yuan Yichu has been sitting quietly, looked at me for a long time, and said slowly: "What's wrong?" ”

I looked up at him: "We, are we going back to Beijing?" ”

"yes."

"I'll leave tomorrow."

"What's wrong?" He looked at my twinkling eyes: "What are you worried about?" ”

"No, no. It's just, why didn't you sue me beforehand? ”

He smiled faintly: "It's just going back to Beijing, it's not a big deal." You should have left before, but your body has not recovered, and I am afraid that it will not be good for you to take the waterway, so I procrastinate. ”

I barely smiled, bowed my head and said nothing, he reached out and lifted my chin, looked at me intently, and said, "It's just going home, don't worry." ”

“……”

Again, it's just -- going home.

He also told me about the situation in my family before, my father was sick in bed, my mother had been eating fasting and praying for me, and I often thought that I would take my son back to see my grandmother, I forgot so many things, and I forgot about my past and his past, and I always need to face it again.

It's just that if he returns to Beijing, will he often go to his official business?

Thinking of this, I suddenly said: "By the way, husband, why did the emperor suddenly appoint Huang Ye as an official?" Does he recognize Huang Ye? ”

Yuan Yichu glanced at me, and there was a strange light in his eyes: "Well, I recognize it." ”

"Strange, isn't Huang Ye the chief scoop of the seventy-two waterways in the three southern provinces? How could the emperor recognize him? ”

He said with a smile: "There is a person who threads a needle in the middle so that they can recognize him." ”

"There's a guy?" I was puzzled, looked at him and said, "Is that you?" ”

“…… It's not me, but it has a lot to do with me. ”

What does it have to do with him? Could it be - Yang Yunhui? But it doesn't look like it, Yang Yunhui doesn't look like someone who has too close a relationship with Huang Tianba.

But when he said this, it seemed that he didn't plan to sue me, I just said worriedly: "Actually, I'm just worried about him, people often say that accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, a person like Huang Ye, he is naturally the one who does great things, but the emperor is a person-"

The hand holding me seemed to stiffen slightly, and I raised my head in confusion, and saw Yuan Yichu looking down at me: "Companion Jun is like a companion tiger?" ”