"Kissing and hiding ······"

"Kissing and hiding ·········"

Walking at the main gate of the Xuanshu Palace, to the north gate of Weiyang Palace, on the palace road of Sima Gate, Wei Juan, who is about to become the prince and the prince, can only keep repeating the words "kissing and hiding".

But what Wei Juan and Lieutenant Zhidu behind him didn't find out for the first time was: in the past, because of their unique personalities, the two people who were also recognized as 'impossible to form a party for personal gain' were both thoughtful at the moment, and they both muttered the words 'kiss and concealment';

Unconsciously, he was walking left and right, walking on the palace road in Weiyang Palace.

Such a strange scene is enough to be called a 'spectacle' for the people in the palace and even for the entire Chang'an.

- Lieutenant Zhidu, with the name of a 'goshawk', has always been known in Chang'an for being selfless with an iron face, disregarding personal feelings, and never making friends and contacting with hundreds of officials in the court;

As for Zhonglang General Wei Juan, although he does not have such a resounding name as Zhidu, he also has a label of "duty person" and "honest person" on his head.

From the fact that the Son of Heaven disregarded the old grudges and appointed Wei Juan as the Zhonglang general responsible for the safety of the holy driver, and planned to make Wei Juan the crown prince and concubine of Liu Sheng, it is enough to see that Wei Juan is definitely an honest and trustworthy person.

At the very least, it is enough to make Tianzi Qi trust.

And when these two people, who are never too close to other officials on weekdays, walk together in the palace road of Weiyang Palace in full view of everyone, this scene shocks people······

Let's put it this way;

——Basically no less than today's imperial historian Chao Cuo, with the old Feng Changqing, who is idle at home: Yuan Ang married in-law.

And when the two parties relaxed from their thoughts and found each other around them, their faces also stiffened······

"Lieutenant, lieutenant?"

"—Wei Zhonglang;"

With stiff expressions and cramped words, they said hello, and the two of them each bowed their heads;

After a brief moment of thought, the two of them raised their heads again and spoke almost at the same time, saying the same thing.

"Something/Something······"

"Uh;"

"Lieutenant first?"

"-Hmm, let's talk about Wei Zhonglang first."

gave in to each other, and when Zhidu's daily tense face was squeezed out of a barely visible 'smile', Wei Juan was no longer polite;

He lowered his head with a stiff smile, thought for a moment, and then turned sideways a little and bowed his hand to Zhidu beside him.

"Well, that's the case, and I'm going to be ······ in the next place."

"—Since His Majesty's accession to the throne, he has been removed from his post and returned to his hometown to rest his life;"

"It wasn't until last year's Wu Chu Rebellion that I was lucky enough to set up some martial arts in Xia and was able to return to the center of the court."

"In the past few years, what has happened and what changes have occurred in Chang'an, most of them have no way of knowing."

"For the temperament of the prince, the understanding of the next is still in the first emperor's years, and the sentence that circulated in the streets and alleys of Chang'an: I would rather touch the anger of the Son of Heaven, and never deceive the mother of the son's victory······"

As he said, Wei Juan didn't forget to raise his head with a smile and carefully look at Zhidu's face;

When Zhidu showed a look of 'it is true' on his face, Wei Juan smiled and lowered his head again, clarifying the doubts in his heart.

"I don't know much about the prince having to become a prince, and I don't have the intention of wanting to know more about it."

"It's just that now, thanks to His Majesty's trust, he is about to serve as the crown prince;"

"If you still don't understand the prince's temperament, I'm afraid that even if you become the prince's concubine, it will be difficult to teach you according to your aptitude, so that you will live up to Your Majesty's entrustment······"

"-So, I want to be rude to ask the lieutenant: Can you give me a little mention of the prince's temperament?"

"If the lieutenant is willing to do this, then I can't thank you enough······"

As he spoke, Wei Juan did not forget to stop, turned around again, and bowed to Zhi Du sincerely.

And after Wei Juan's worship, even if he still had the heart to keep his distance from Wei Juan, Zhidu's unique facial paralysis face inevitably showed a little mildness.

In fact, it stands to reason that today's Wei Juan does not need to put his posture so low in front of Zhidu.

It is true that Wei Juan's current position, Zhonglang General, was left after Zhidu was promoted to lieutenant;

From this point of view, Zhidu is, to a certain extent, indeed Wei Juan's 'senior'.

Moreover, Wei Juan, the lieutenant general, is a rank of 2,000 stones, while Zhidu, a lieutenant, is a lieutenant of the same level as Jiuqing.

And between the two thousand stones and the middle two thousand stones, there are two levels of two levels: two thousand stones, two thousand stones, and two thousand stones.

From this point of view, Zhidu, the lieutenant, is a pillar of the state of Zhu, who is three levels higher than Wei Juan, the lieutenant general;

The status gap between the two is almost Wei Wan's strength to barely touch Zhidu's knees.

- More than 2,000 stones, it is only the entry level of '2,000 stones';

And Zhong 2,000 Shi is a member of the decision-making level in the absolute sense, and he has been in the Han family several times, and the important ministers who can reach this level or above are only a few dozen people, including the three dukes of the court, the nine kings, and the lieutenants.

It's just that this is just the appearance.

Today's Zhidu is indeed a lieutenant of 2,000 stones in Zhilu;

Wei Juan's lieutenant general is indeed Zhidu's 'leftover', and there is also a huge rank gap between the lieutenant general and the lieutenant.

But Wei Juan's 'more than 2,000 stones' is only temporary.

In the near future, Wei Juan will serve as Liu Sheng's crown prince and concubine, and enjoy the same treatment as Zhidu.

Considering the two of them, one is the current middle two thousand stones, and the other is about to be promoted to the middle two thousand stones, even if Wei Juan and Zhi both communicate on an equal footing, Zhi Du will never feel that there is a problem.

But it is precisely because of this - it is precisely because Wei Juan can obviously 'talk about teaching on an equal footing', and can even rely on his age and qualifications, and pretends to be a 'senior' in front of Zhidu, but in fact he did not do so, so that Zhidu, who has always been iron-faced and selfless, rarely refused in the face of Wei Juan's request to 'tell me about the prince'.

Feeling Wei Juan's extremely humble and even vaguely humble posture, Zhi's face was only subconsciously warm.

After a short period of consideration, even the option of 'politely refusing' was ruled out by Zhi.

Thinking that he also had something to ask Wei Juan, Zhi Du finally decided to agree to Wei Juan's request.

It's just that before 'introducing' Liu Sheng's temperament to Wei Juan, Zhi Du still didn't forget to instinctively explain why he agreed to Wei Juan's slightly sensitive request······

"It stands to reason that we, as courtiers, should not comment on the king at will."

"—even the prince, too."

"But Wei Zhonglang's request is not unreasonable;"

"It is indeed as Wei Zhonglang said: After knowing the temperament of the prince, after Wei Zhonglang serves as the prince's concubine, he can better teach the prince and better complete the mission entrusted by His Majesty."

"Considering these, I am willing to ignore the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and use my shallow knowledge to give Wei Zhonglang a little bit of the prince's temperament."

"It's not that I want to take advantage of this to form some undeserved close relationships with Wei Zhonglang, but just out of the temple, the community, and the consideration of loyalty to Your Majesty······"

Hearing this, Wei Juan smiled and bowed his hand, saying that he agreed with Zhidu's statement very much.

——Zhi is a lonely minister, unwilling to be close to others, which is the proper reason in the question;

And although Wei Juan is not like Zhidu, who regards himself as 'today's lonely minister and private minister', he is at least a responsible person.

Coupled with the upcoming appointment of the crown prince, Wei Juan also has some things that need to be taboo and pay attention to - keep a reasonable distance from courtiers, especially important ministers;

Combined with all these things, Wei Juan couldn't ask for Zhidu's proposal of 'we are just playing'.

Seeing Wei Juan behaving like this, Zhi Du also pressed down a little and felt uneasy.

frowned and lowered his head, and after thinking about the wording for a moment, he raised his head slightly suspiciously, and walked forward slowly, while looking at Wei Juan, who was not very confident, and was 'listening'.

"In the Xuan Room just now, Wei Zhonglang, I should have heard what the prince said."

"——In the seventh year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, His Majesty invited the empress, who was still a lady at the time, to play in Shanglin Garden, and met a wild man on the way."

"The incident happened suddenly, I only cared about Your Majesty's safety, and I didn't come forward to save the queen."

"Afterwards, when the prince learned about this, he felt very resentful of me, and even broke out and punched me in Sima Gate······"

Saying with a little self-deprecation, Zhi Du did not forget to subconsciously raise his hand and caress his right eye socket, as if he was reminiscing about the bad experience of being hit in the eye socket by Liu Sheng's punch.

On Zhidu's side, Wei Juan smiled away from his face in response, and bowed his hand to Zhidu slightly apologetically.

"Although he is still not the prince's teacher, he is still ashamed of the prince's actions."

"Please also ask the lieutenant to see that at that time, the prince was still a little more important, and don't hold a grudge against the prince for this······"

If he said a word, he saw Wei Juan bending down to Zhi Du Shen with shame, as if he had already regarded himself as a 'prince teacher'.

Hearing Wei Juan's words, Zhi Du smiled and waved his hand, and said with a little melancholy: "Wei Zhonglang, you don't have to be like this. ”

"As a subordinate, there is no reason to hold a grudge against the king."

"Don't say that at that time, the prince punched me because I didn't save the queen."

"Even in the future, the prince will be punished for this, and I, as a courtier, will definitely kneel and kowtow respectfully to thank the prince for his guilt against me······"

As he spoke, Zhi Du sighed a little before bringing the topic back on track.

"This incident back then gave me a preliminary understanding of the prince."

"—The crown prince is a lady-in-waiting who is extremely filial, and can do anything for the sake of his mother."

"Back then, my blue eye socket when I was smashed by the prince is the best proof of this conclusion······"

···

"After this incident, the prince and I naturally don't get along very well."

"In order not to cause unnecessary trouble—not to add some unnecessary trouble to Your Majesty, since that incident, when I see the crown prince, I will take a detour."

"It wasn't until later that a very fortuitous opportunity gave me and the prince a heart-to-heart exchange."

"After that exchange, I realized in hindsight that the prince is actually still a reasonable person."

"—For those who have made mistakes and done bad things, the prince is as jealous as hatred and fierce as fire;"

"But as long as this person can give a reasonable explanation for his actions and get the prince's approval, there is a high probability that he can get the prince's understanding."

"—if not forgiven, at least forgiven."

"In other words: the crown prince is not a completely unreasonable person for the sake of his mother······"

told Wei Juan about the past that happened between himself and Liu Sheng back then, and Zhi Du stopped talking in a timely manner and did not continue.

- After the incident back then, Zhi knew and had a lot of things about Liu Sheng;

But Zhidu couldn't go on.

Because if we continue to talk about it, we will inevitably talk about the incident that happened in Shanglinyuan last year.

——The thing that completely disqualified Liu Rong and made the Son of Heaven make up his mind to put Liu Sheng on the throne of the crown prince······

"That's what I know about the prince;"

"In addition to the extremely filial piety of his mother, and she is not completely unreasonable, the year before last, the prince advocated the stabilization of grain prices in Guanzhong, and it can also be seen that the prince is likely to be a benevolent monarch who loves the people like a son in the future."

"——In the future, Wei Zhonglang will serve as the crown prince, maybe he can start from these aspects."

"As for the rest, I'm afraid Wei Zhonglang needs to get to know each other slowly by getting along with the prince day and night in the future."

"After all, no matter how you say it, in the past few years, there haven't been many contacts between me and the prince."

Finally, he said another word to show that he was 'unfamiliar' with Liu Sheng, and Zhi Du withdrew his gaze from Wei Juan;

Putting his hands behind his back, he lowered his head slightly, and walked slowly on the palace road to Sima Gate, and above Zhidu's face, there was also a hint of thought.

While introducing Liu Sheng's deeds and temperament in the past few years to Wei Xuan, who has been away from Chang'an for many years, Zhi Du himself is actually thinking about this problem.

- Liu Sheng, what kind of person is he?

In the future, after a hundred years of the Son of Heaven, what kind of monarch will Liu Sheng become?

As a courtier, how should the courtiers and officials, including Wei Juan and Zhidu, get along with the current Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the future 'Son of Heaven'?

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The answers to these questions have not been answered by Zhi Du in a very clear way.

Even today, what Liu Sheng has shown, especially what the phrase 'kissing and concealing' from Liu Sheng's mouth means, Zhi Du is still a little undecided.

And this is also the reason why Zhi Du and Wei Juan, two people who have always been 'clean and self-friendly', unexpectedly walked together today······

"I remember the lieutenant's words."

"—I'm grateful to have the lieutenant for guidance."

"It's just that I'm still a little puzzled about the prince······"

While thinking about it, Wei Juan's signature affinity tone sounded, causing Zhi Du to subconsciously turn his head;

Seeing Wei Wan smiling shyly, he frowned cautiously at random, and put the guess that made both of them uneasy at the same time in front of Zhidu.

"Just now, the crown prince said in front of His Majesty: Relatives are hidden, the son is hidden by the father, and the father is hidden by the son;"

And this sentence is from the Confucian "Analects", from the mouth of the Confucian ancestor Kong Zhongni······"

"The lieutenant thinks that the prince's approval of this sentence 'kissing and concealing' does it mean that the prince ······"

···

"Uh, and;"

"The lieutenant just said: Although the prince is extremely filial to his mother, he is not a completely unreasonable person."

"But this time, for the sake of King Linjiang, the prince can be called 'unreasonable' without scruples;"

"——Just by the sentence 'kissing and hiding', it can be regarded as an explanation to Your Majesty for the robbery of King Linjiang from the Lieutenant's Mansion that day."

"Why?"

"Could it be that in the years since I left Chang'an, such a deep brotherhood has accumulated between the prince and the king of Linjiang?"

···

"Is it the friendship between the prince and the king of Linjiang, which is really so deep that the prince is willing to be 'unreasonable' for the king of Linjiang?"

"Or is there any joint in this matter that I haven't understood?"

Hearing this, Zhi Du also frowned instantly, and his expression also brought the same worry as Wei Juan.

But Zhi is very clear: for the same thing, the points that he and Wei Juan are worried about are completely different······

"According to what I have learned over the years, I am afraid that the prince and the king of Linjiang are not very close."

"——At least he didn't get close to the prince, and he was willing to rob King Linjiang from the lieutenant's mansion for the sake of King Linjiang's 'unreasonableness', but only gave an explanation of 'kissing and hiding'."

"I'm afraid there is another reason why the prince did this."

···

"As for the sentence 'kissing and hiding', does the proximity mean that the prince is ······?"

"Hmmm······"

In the end, Zhi Du only quietly stopped talking, and the sheep made a painstaking look, but in fact, he quietly looked at Wei Juan's expression.

When Wei Juan turned to the side worriedly, his eyes urged Zhidu, and Zhidu lowered his head thoughtfully;

After thinking for a moment, he let out a cold laugh.

"I originally wanted to ask Wei Zhonglang about it, but I should have already come up with an answer."

"——On weekdays, Wei Zhonglang should prefer to read Confucianism, especially the classics of Zilu Yixi, right?"

"In the future, I will be the prince's master, Wei Zhonglang will mainly teach the prince, should be these?"

Yang Zuo's determined question only caused Wei Juan to laugh for a while, and although he said polite words such as 'I don't like it, I just occasionally flip it over', he didn't refute it directly.

The guess in his heart was confirmed, and Zhidu still had a smile on his face, but his eyes were quietly cold;

The pair of eyes as sharp as an eagle falcon were carefully scanned on Wei Juan's body, and finally the smile on his face was gone, and he turned around coldly.

Throwing a last word to Wei Juan, Zhi Du didn't raise his head and strode towards Sima Gate not far away.

"There is a sentence that I want to remind Wei Zhonglang."

"——The stain of the violent Qin has indeed greatly damaged the vitality of my Legalist family, and it is difficult for me to move forward in the Han family;"

"But at least Your Majesty, it was taught by the Imperial Historian Chao Gong himself."

"In other words: my Legalist family is in the Han Court, and there is always a place for it."

"And Confucianism ······"

···

"Taizu's words of 'Gaoyang drunkard', but to this day, they are all in the ears of our Legalists~"

"Wei Zhonglang only relied on the prince's sentence of 'kissing and hiding', and he wanted to imitate the ······ of Chao Gong"

"Huh······"

"With all due respect: Confucianism is in the Han family, and it can be said that the arrow is lost to the wrestler;"

"—It has its use, but it has no place for it······"