[full-time master] short story

It is difficult to determine the merits and demerits.If Tao Xuan controls the state affairs, it will indeed be disadvantageous to our army, but this is the only way, but there are other ways. "

Han Wenqing was silent for a moment. At this time, the wind was blowing like a blow. Seeing the cloudy clouds rolling in the sky, he knew that the sky would change tonight.He finally made sure that the person in the room couldn't hear what he was talking about, so he said, "I have a problem with this matter..."

When Han Wenqing and Zhang Xinjie finally reached an agreement, it was already dark.He walked back to his bedroom against the wind, and when he entered the door, he found that someone had already occupied the magpie's nest, lying on his bed unceremoniously, and didn't look back when he heard his footsteps: "Old Han, lend my bed to sleep for a night."

Han Wenqing was helpless: "Where do you want me to sleep?"

"Didn't I see that there is a couch to the east of you?" Ye Xiu wrapped the quilt up to his chin on the bed, squinted his eyes and smiled, looking like he didn't have the dignity of the former prince at all.He basically never had that thing in front of him—Han Wenqing sighed and said:

"Can you add some charcoal to the brazier?"

"Trouble with General Han."

So Han Wenqing took charcoal from the charcoal frame on the side and added it to the brazier.Ye Xiu wrapped himself in the quilt and asked, "How did the discussion go?"

"Let's go as soon as possible." Han Wenqing paused for a moment, and then said, "—Jiangnan Ye's house, is that where your brother was sent?"

"Old Han, you are so perceptive. You can think so much in just one word." Although Ye Xiu said that, he didn't hide his meaning. "I found him the year before last. Let alone, he really looks like me."

Han Wenqing nodded, and said again: "There are still people in your capital."——But he said this in an affirmative tone.

"Of course, otherwise, how do you think I escaped from the prison? I met someone in your army on the way, and I specially gave him a note - if he follows the note, he can join me in the capital." Ye Xiu said.

"You met Zhang Jiale?"

"Oh, that person is Baihua Zhang Jiale?" Ye Xiu was surprised, then smiled, "Old Han, you can do it, Tyranny has more and more capable people."

Han Wenqing glanced at him and said, "Aren't you tired after a day's journey? Go to sleep." As he said that, he also went to make a blanket on the couch.Ye Xiu said good-bye, and turned over.Han Wenqing blew out the candles, and got on the couch—this couch was left by a previous general, and it was actually not long enough, and half of Han Wenqing's feet were outside.But Ye Xiu's coming was a secret after all, so he didn't want to make it public—Han Wenqing was thinking about how to arrange him again tomorrow, but he heard the wind outside gradually die down, and the cold gradually picked up again, wondering if it was snowing again.

Fortunately, Han Wenqing had internal strength to protect his body, so he pulled the blanket, closed his eyes and prepared to sleep.But there was a slight rattling sound—but it was different from the sound of ordinary mice.Han Wenqing felt strange, and suddenly realized that it was Ye Xiu gritted his teeth.

He turned over by himself, finally couldn't fall asleep, and asked, "Are you still cold?"

Ye Xiu didn't answer him.

Han Wenqing lit the candle before going to see him, but he saw that the man was wrapping himself in the quilt—this time the top of his head was exposed, like a big callus.He reached out and lifted Ye Xiu's quilt, and asked, "——what's going on?"

Ye Xiu's lips were a little pale: "I didn't expect...it's so cold here."

Han Wenqing probed Ye Xiu's body and found that there was almost no trace of heat—even if he hadn't changed his winter quilt now, he couldn't reach this level: "What's going on?"

These four words were said very strongly, and Ye Xiu rolled his eyes when he saw his expression: "Are you interrogating prisoners here?"

Although Han Wenqing asked, he knew in his heart the sinister tricks in the dungeon, so he immediately put down the candlestick and said, "Go inside."

Ye Xiu glared at him.

Han Wenqing didn't care about this, he went to bed after blowing out the candles, pulled the quilt to cover the two of them, and then stretched out his arms to hug Ye Xiu.The man's body was extremely cold, and it was only when he hugged him that he realized that he was shaking uncontrollably, and even the sound of his teeth chattering sounded extremely thrilling.

But Han Wenqing just tightened his arms again and said, "Go to sleep."

Ye Xiu was silent for a while, then suddenly laughed:

"Old Han, when you look for a wife in the future, you can't look like this, so that you don't scare your daughter-in-law?"

Han Wenqing's face was even darker - the problem is that no one saw it in the dark, and his shocking face was not as effective as usual, so he could only be depressed for a while, and said, "You are the only one who talks too much nonsense."

Ye Xiu seemed to mutter something, but his body automatically moved towards him.

It was almost three o'clock at this time, the wind outside the house had already died down, only the cold air invaded through every opening.But sharing the warmth between two people seems to be much better than being alone in the cold all night long.Han Wenqing finally heard the Qiao drum beeping several times in the distance, and fell into a dream.

—That was three years ago.

Eight

On the day Han Wenqing returned to Beijing to report on his duties, Ye Xiu actually greeted him at the long pavilion ten miles outside the city—but naturally he was not with the emperor, nor did he bring any entourage officials. , but an ordinary passerby.

He reined in his horse and said, "His Royal Highness."

Ye Xiu was leaning against the pillar as if dozing off, but he opened his eyes when he heard Han Wenqing's voice: "Old Han."

When Han Wenqing saw his face now, he realized that Ye Xiu was not as energetic as when he saw him three years ago, and now he couldn't hide the two smears of black.His heart moved, and he asked again: "How many days have you not slept well?"

Ye Xiu naturally wouldn't blame him for being impolite, he just waved his hands and didn't care about it: "Two or three days? I've been busy with a lot of things recently. But knowing you're coming back today, I thought I'd have to come out to greet you—" It's a pity that this is not a triumphant return, and it is a pity that the emperor and officials are not invited."

Han Wenqing was speechless, before saying after a long while: "I wanted to say back then, you read too many dramas."

Ye Xiu turned stern, "General Han, this is your fault. There is a saying that life is like a play, and plays are like life. When you watch a play, it's all fake. You don't know that there are joys and sorrows in life."

Han Wenqing didn't know who Ye Xiu learned these words from, but when he thought about how the two of them exchanged arms in the first place, and now they were thousands of miles away from the border gate, but they still had to meet in this long pavilion——I felt inexplicable Feeling some strange feelings, he turned over and got off the horse: "You came to meet me, without a banquet?"

"Of course I brought it." Ye Xiu moved the table sideways, "—but the old rules, you drink, let me see."

The wine is of course the wine from Guanhe Tower, and the servant Zhang Luo has ironed it, and the several side dishes are also neat and fresh.Han Wenqing drank slowly as usual—even after so many years at the border, he still drank slowly.Ye Xiu brought tea to accompany him, but ordered it so strong that Han Wenqing frowned: "With such strong tea, you won't sleep tonight?"

"You also heard that the Yellow River was flooded this summer, and now the Ministry of Industry is in dire straits, and I was sent to supervise again, so I have no time to relax." Ye Xiudao, "——It's hard to steal half a day off from Fusheng, don't talk about such troublesome things , Old Han."

Han Wenqing raised his head and drank the wine in the glass—he was drinking too fast now, and the feeling of alcohol hit him vaguely, and he opened his mouth and asked, "Is there anyone helping you?"

"Yes. The new young servant Xiao Shiqin from the Ministry of Industry is very effective."

"I'm not talking about the Ministry of Works."

Ye Xiu looked at him, and said after a while, "You want to help me?"

Han Wenqing raised his wine glass again.The drunkenness just now subsided as soon as the wind blew, he finally realized that he was reckless, and said: "How could I."

"That's right. You, Han Wenqing, are missing at the border, and Ye Qiu, the Crown Prince, is indispensable at the court." Ye Xiu smiled, "It should be clear."

Han Wenqing made a gesture of toasting, and bowed his head again.He suddenly understood that this was probably the position of the two of them, one guarding the border and the other in the middle of the court, always separated by thousands of miles like participating in business.This thought made him feel more drunk, and he simply put the glass on the table: "I can't drink any more."

"Let's go back then." Ye Xiu said and got up, "You are at home these few days, and I will come to ask for advice again."

After Han Wenqing returned home, he naturally went to meet Father Han first.Qin Guogong first praised him for his achievements in the border, and then said: "It seems that you can't take off your **** hat no matter what."

Just as Han Wenqing was about to say something, Old Man Han shook his head: "...That's fine. You know the affairs of the court and China now, and Tao Xuan's faction is far from a long-term strategy. What's more, In the first battle three years ago, our Han family was already on the same boat as the crown prince, so we had nothing to say. If it weren't for the crown prince, I might not be able to see my son today."

Han Wenqing couldn't say anything for a moment, he just called "Father".

"Have a good rest, tomorrow we have to go to the palace to face the Holy Spirit." Duke Qin patted his son on the shoulder and told him to leave.

So the next day Han Wenqing went to see him according to the etiquette, and the emperor praised him very much, rewarded him and Tyranny with many things, but he didn't feel alienated and oppressed.Han Wenqing breathed a sigh of relief, since he went home to stay with his parents, he did not forget to light two more lanterns in the courtyard at night.

But until he left Beijing again, Ye Xiu never came.

nine

Tyranny's army, under Han Wenqing's rule, had always been monolithic and moved like thunder.After Han and Zhang discussed with the generals on the second day, all the generals agreed to kill them and go to the capital—Tao Xuan had been wearing small shoes for the border generals in the past few years. Not to mention that Ye Xiu and the generals went in and out together and fought together. The friendship is different, and everyone also has revenge in their hearts.Ye Xiu didn't dare to come out, basically hid in Han Wenqing's house, and only used pigeons to contact various families to provide food and grass.

One day Han Wenqing asked him, "You don't want to go back to court anymore?"

Ye Xiu, who was writing the letter, hesitated for a while, and said after a while: "It's not that I haven't thought about it at all. It's just that if I really do it, I'm afraid it will be too heavy."

Han Wenqing said: "You fought with me back then, and you killed the barbarians so hard.