Paranoid General's Little Bamboo Horse

The candlelight in the outside room was dim, and the curtains were half-covered, vaguely outlining the profile of Jiang Yueshui.

The curtains were used to block the light, half of the candlelight was blocked, and the bed was also divided into two sides, one side was the place illuminated by the candlelight, and the other side was dark.

Jiang Shaoshui was sitting on the side illuminated by the candlelight, with both hands hugging his waist from behind him in the darkness.Li Chongshan pursed his lips tightly, staring intently, as if he was doing something important.

The candle exploded and frightened Jiang Shaoshui. He straightened his back and almost jumped off the bed, but was held down by Li Chongshan.Then a gray-white moth followed the light, flew in through the gap in the window, and plunged into the fire, and the shadow on the wall also rose and fell.

Li Chongshan thought it was not the time, tried his best to keep calm, and lowered his head to touch Jiang Shaoshui's neck: "I'll fetch water for the young master to wash."

He gently put Jiang Yueshui on the quilt.Jiang Passhui was still a little absent-minded, raised his hand to cover his eyes, and did not speak.

The sound of footsteps leaving and approaching, Jiang Shaoshui didn't bother to move and let him play around.

Li Chongshan knelt on one knee in front of the couch, wiped his face with a towel, and gently swept over his closed eyes.He asked Jiang Shaoshui's consent in a gentle voice: "Young master will rest here tonight, okay?"

Jiang Shaoshui pushed his hand away, as if refusing, and turned his back to him again, as if he was tired and didn't want to talk to him.

Probably tacitly agreed, but Li Chongshan waited for a while, seeing that he didn't intend to move, so he helped him cover the quilt.Li Chongshan took out the water, and after a while, the candles outside were also extinguished, and he lay down behind Jiang Passing Water, covered in moisture.

He didn't dare to ask Jiang Shaoshui, he was so comfortable just now, and he didn't dare to touch Jiang Shaoshui, even the tracing of his eyes was very careful.

Having nothing to say all night, Jiang Shaoshui woke up early, bypassed Li Chongshan who was still asleep, got off the bed alone, and put on his clothes.

There was a well outside the house. He drew water, sat at the mouth of the well, and washed in cold water.

The wooden house is facing the horse garden, and there is a large forest farm nearby. At this time, it is not yet dawn, and there is fog in the forest. From a distance, it looks like a fairyland on earth.

Jiang Shaoshui stood up, and inadvertently brushed the hair tie in his hand into the well. He didn't notice it himself, but just took two steps forward and walked into the fog.

I couldn't tell the direction in the thick fog, and I didn't know where the neighing of the horse came from. Rong Chun rode a pony and approached: "Brother Passing Water."

"What is Your Majesty doing here?" Jiang Shaoshui looked around, but still couldn't find where he was.

Rong Chun got off his horse and took his hand: "I'm here."

"Where is Yan Lang? Didn't you come with His Majesty?"

"I sneaked out by myself, and he didn't know."

At this time, the little pony exhaled a long stream of hot air, and Jiang Shaoshui asked, "Your Majesty is riding here alone?"

"Yeah." Rong Chun led him to leave, Jiang Shaoshui didn't know where he was going, but followed him without asking.

"Your Majesty won't ride with Yan Lang?"

"I would have."

"Oh?"

"When Yafu was not in the imperial city, Uncle Zhennan Wang came to see me. He only taught me for a long time, and I will be able to." Rong Chun raised his head, and when he said this, he was showing off and proudly with a childish way. I learned it after half a day, so when I compare with Yan Lang, I must be the best."

Jiang Shaoshui said a good word at the right time: "Your Majesty is very talented, and naturally he can learn everything quickly."

Rong Chun glanced at him indifferently: "But Yafu won't like me learning so fast, will he?"

Jiang Shaoshui paused, and couldn't bear to tell him: "...Yes."

When the two arrived at the stable, Rong Chun tied up the pony and reached out to untie a tall horse.Jiang Shaoshui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is still young, wait until you grow up to ride this horse."

Rong Chun looked up at him: "Can I grow up?"

Jiang Shaoshui stroked his hair, and said firmly: "Yes, with Passing Water, Your Majesty will live forever." He picked up the child and put him on the horse: "Now Your Majesty can also ride This horse, Passing Water will take His Majesty for a walk. Where does Your Majesty want to go?"

Rong Chun tilted his head and thought for a while, then pointed to the hills not far away: "The last time I was here with Uncle Wang in Zhennan, I asked Uncle Wang what was behind that mountain. Uncle Wang said, wait until I learn how to ride a horse , just go and see for yourself. But now that I know how to ride, they still won’t let me go.”

"Then I will accompany His Majesty to have a look today."

"Okay." Rong Chun looked around, pointing at the dozens of fine horses in the stables, "They haven't seen them either, let's take them to see them together."

So the two men loosened the reins from the necks of the horses in the stable.However, these horses were all tamed and obedient, and they refused to leave the stable without anyone leading them.

In the end, Jiang Shaoshui had no choice but to get on his horse and lead Rong Chun away first: "See if they will follow."

Walking towards the hill, the mountain is clearly in front of you, but it seems that you will never be able to reach it.After walking for some time, Rong Chun inadvertently turned his head and glanced, clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Okay, they followed."

Jiang Shaoshui also looked back.Only dozens of black and red dots were seen, moving here.

The two exchanged a look, and then laughed at the same time.Rong Chun urged: "Go, go, don't let them catch up."

Jiang Shaoshui swung his horsewhip, and the horse's hooves raised the dust in the mountains and forests, pushing away the dense fog in the forest to both sides.

But in the end, they still failed to climb the mountain.

At sunrise, the golden light was everywhere, and the thick fog gradually dispersed. They stopped on the hillside, and the group of horses had already caught up.

The horse stood beside them and watched the sunrise with them.

Rong Chun curled his lips, thinking self-deprecatingly, every time the emperor travels, he is surrounded by people in front and behind, although not everyone is looking for him, but there is still some superficial skill.It was the first time for him to travel surrounded by horses, and he was also the first emperor to travel surrounded by horses.

At least at this moment, everyone around him likes him.

He leaned back and fell into Jiang Shaoshui's arms.He raised his eyes to look at Jiang Passing Water, and saw that his eyes looking into the distance were full of light, covered with broken gold.

"Brother Passing Water, do you like Yafu very much?"

Jiang Shaoshui paused, with a smile still on his face: "Why do you ask like that?"

"It should be because I like you so much that I stayed with Yafu." Rong Chun put his little hand on the back of his hand that was holding the rein, "Yafu seems to like you very much and treats you very well, but you don't seem to be happy all the time. Yes. So you should like Yafu very much, that's why you resisted your displeasure and stayed by his side."

"I don't like it." Jiang Shaoshui pursed his lips, looked down, and repeated emphatically, "I don't like him."

Rong Chun tilted his head, his eyes suspicious: "Really?"

"Well. I liked him when I was your age, and for years afterwards. Not then, and not now."

"Then why are you still here?"

"Of course it's for—" Jiang Shaoshui pinched his face, and joked, "When you are punished by him, I will intercede for you."

Thinking of this, Rong Chun temporarily shut his mouth in fear.He has always been afraid of Li Chongshan, the reaction engraved in his bones.

Why on earth are you staying here?Jiang Paishui raised his eyes to look at the rolling green hills in the distance.Naturally, it was because he failed to escape.

He tried to escape on the way to the imperial city, but he was arrested and brought Mei Shusheng into trouble; he also tried to escape with death a few months ago, but unfortunately he also failed.

After a while, Jiang Shaoshui pulled the reins and turned the horse's head: "I'm going back. If you can't find His Majesty in the palace, something will happen."

"Ah."

"Let's bring His Majesty over next time. I haven't seen what's on the other side of the mountain yet."

Rong Chun suddenly giggled, Jiang Shaoshui pretended to be serious and said, "What bad thing did Your Majesty do again?"

"I lied to you." Rong Chun leaned in his arms, smiling happily, "I lied to Passing Water. In fact, when Uncle Wang of Zhennan came over, he had already taken me to the top of the mountain. There are still mountains over there, and they have always been mountains.”

He smiled with tears in his eyes: "I was stunned at the time, but Uncle Zhennan comforted me and said, there is no king's land in the whole world, this is His Majesty's territory."

Jiang Shaoshui followed his words and echoed softly: "Yes, this is His Majesty's territory."

Rong Chun stopped laughing, and leaned against him in a more comfortable position: "Then I laughed like I did just now, but Uncle Wang of Zhennan cried. He hugged me and cried for a long time, tears and snot came out, and finally we Promised, five years later—”

His voice suddenly became low and gloomy: "He will bring an army and come to me from the south."

Eradicate power and traitors, and clean up the ruling and opposition parties.

Hearing the words, Jiang Shuishui tightened the reins unconsciously, and the horse under him stopped, hurting from being pulled, and kept rubbing the ground with its front hooves.It took him a while before he realized that the kid seemed to have said something serious just now.

He hurriedly asked, "Has Your Majesty told anyone else about this?"

"No, Uncle Wang Zhennan won't let me tell anyone."

He breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, don't talk to others in the future..."

"But Passing Water is different from others. Passing Water doesn't like Yafu, and Passing Water doesn't want to be with Yafu." Rong Chun turned to look at him and blinked, "So Passing Water won't tell Yafu about this. Father?"

The six-year-old child still has a clear vision of black and white, and the gloomy thoughts and calculations are all developed by himself after suffering in the palace.It can also be said that it was cultivated by Li Chongshan.

Jiang Shaoshui nodded with difficulty: "Well, I won't tell him."

Li Chongshan didn't care who the emperor was at all, if he knew that Rong Chun and King Zhennan had such a plan, news of the emperor's death and the new emperor's enthronement would spread the next day.The royal family has no power now, but there are too many people, so finding another one-year-old or two-year-old child to be the emperor is a piece of cake for Li Chongshan.

"Waiting for another five years, Passing Water will be free. He can do whatever he wants, and be with whoever he wants."

Jiang Paishui was upset and didn't know what to say, so he just answered casually.

Although Rong Chun has a lot of thoughts, he is still a child. His idea is actually very simple. Li Chongshan is a bad guy, they should knock down the bad guy, so that he can live like an ordinary child, and Jiang Shaoshui can be happier.His wish was also very simple, but he said it seriously: "Passing water, my Zhennan Wangshu is only 20 years old this year, and he is very handsome. When he came to the palace, many court ladies would secretly look at him with blushing faces."

Jiang Shaoshui didn't hear it, and drove his horse forward, leaving the newborn Chaoyang behind.

Returning to the horse garden by the same route, the palace has been turned upside down, everyone came out to look for someone, and seeing the two of them riding back on the hillside, they all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

A group of people waited to meet him, and the rest of the people reported everywhere: "I found it, I found it, go and report to the general."

The scene where the two of them came back was particularly strange.Jiang Shaoshui rode with Rong Chun in his arms, but he was accompanied by various horses, as if it was a guard of honor for the two of them to travel.

Stopping in the horse garden, Jiang Shaoshui got off his horse and carried Rong Chun down as well.Seeing that there were many people guarding here, he asked, "What's wrong?"

No one dared to say that in order to find you two, the entire palace was turned upside down. They just did their own things, drove the released horses back, prepared hot water towels, tea and snacks, Go ask the imperial physician to give His Majesty a safe pulse.

Jiang Shaoshui and Rong Chun exchanged a look and laughed together.

Then Yan Lang, with red eyes, pushed away the crowd and ran in front of them.He is usually the most courteous, and he never leaves his mouth in every sentence, but now he looks at Rong Chun and keeps silent, because his chest heaves violently because he runs too fast.

Rong Chun patted his face with a smile: "What are you doing? Close your eyes, you still want to teach me a lesson?"

Before he finished speaking, Yan Lang lowered his eyes and knelt down: "I dare not."

Then Li Chongshan also arrived, and everyone retreated to the two sides, not daring to speak, the entire stable was silent for a while, and the horses shut their mouths knowingly.

Jiang Paishui raised his eyes to look at the person in front of him.Li Chongshan stopped at a distance of about ten steps away from him, his eyes were fierce, his back molars were clenched tightly, a tight line broke out at the lower jaw, and his two fists were clenched tightly.No one suspected that he was in a rage, and they all backed away quietly, for fear that they would be used for surgery.

Li Chongshan focused his eyes on him, stepped forward quickly, put his hands on his shoulders, looked him up and down, and after confirming that he was safe and sound, he opened his mouth: "Where did you go?"

This sentence seemed to be uttered by a dumb man who hadn't spoken for decades. It was hoarse and dry, and it made people's heart tremble.

Jiang Shaoshui explained: "Your Majesty said he wanted to ride a horse to the other side of the mountain to have a look, and I wanted to go there too, so I took your Majesty there."

Li Chongshan looked at Rong Chun, and Rong Chun leaned towards Jiang Shaoshui, and even grabbed his sleeve.Li Chongshan said: "Your Majesty, let's go back and rest first."

After finishing speaking, some servants from the palace stepped forward and invited Rong Chun down.

He looked at Jiang Shuishui again, and said patiently: "The next time you go out, send someone to tell me first."

"I see." Jiang Shaoshui nodded, saw something wrapped around his right wrist, and opened his sleeve. It was a hair tie soaked in water.

He bit his lips and said softly: "Your hair tie fell into the well, I thought..."

Thought he committed suicide by jumping into a well.

If Jiang Shuishui didn't think he knew him well enough, otherwise he really thought Li Chongshan was going to cry with his appearance.

Jiang Shaoshui felt that the two of them were ridiculous for no reason, he was funny, and Li Chongshan was also funny.He raised his hand and touched the top of Li Chongshan's hair in a rare way: "Go back and put on the crown, it's so weird now."

As soon as he woke up, he found that Jiang Paishui was gone, so he didn't have time to wash up.He was not annoyed when he heard Jiang Shuaishui say this now, and hugged him into his arms. Whether it was a wolf or a dog, they put away their fangs, rubbed their faces against his neck, and vigorously shook their tails representing obedience.

The king of Zhennan, named Rong Huai, was twenty years old, taking over his father's title and guarding the southern border.

In the winter of the second year after he made an agreement with the little emperor Rong Chun, Jiang Shaoshui met him only when he went to Beijing to report on his duties.

That day Jiang Shaoshui took Rong Chun and Yan Lang to fold plum blossoms.Rong Chun raised his hands to grab the branches and leaves, and shook the broken snow off the plum blossoms. He was weak, so he shook it twice without shaking.Someone held his hand and helped him break off the flower branches.

The flower branch in front of him was taken away, only then did Rong Chun see who was coming, and shouted in surprise: "Uncle Wang!"

The visitor was dressed in plain clothes with cloud patterns, like a white crane flying from the south, with clouds and smoke unique to rugged mountains on his body.He looked at Rong Chun with a smile: "Your Majesty is already this old."

Rong Chun hurriedly responded, turned his head and shouted: "Brother Passing Water, come quickly!"

Jiang Shaoshui threw down the plum blossoms in his arms, and ran over from Mei Lin, with broken snow at his feet: "What's wrong? Did you fall?"

Seeing that there were others, he stopped in his tracks.Rong Chun pulled Rong Huai forward, Jiang Shaoshui stood under the plum tree and bowed, the shadows of the flowers were sparse, reflected on his clothes, it was a dark pattern that even the most delicate embroiderer could not embroider.

After meeting Li, the two of them had nothing to say, until Rong Chun pulled Rong Huai's sleeve, asking him to come over by his ear, and whispered a few words in his ear.

Rong Huai's face changed drastically: "How could Your Majesty..."

"It's okay, Brother Passing Water didn't tell anyone."

Thinking it was about sending troops to the south, Jiang Shaoshui nodded to him. He really didn't tell anyone about it.With Li Chongshan's ears, eyes and eyeliner arranged in the imperial city, as long as he tells anyone about this matter, Li Chongshan will know it in a blink of an eye.According to his temperament, Rong Chun wouldn't be able to live until now, and neither could Rong Huai.

Rong Huai calmed down a little, and made a deep bow to the passing water of the river.

In the depths of the plum grove, the shadows of flowers are getting deeper and overlapping, like clouds in the evening glow.Jiang Shaoshui brushed away the flower branches in front of his eyes, Rong Huai came back to his senses, and asked: "If Young Master Jiang has a heart, would you like to be with me..."

Jiang Shaoshui's expression did not change: "I don't tell that matter... Li Chongshan, it doesn't mean that I want to help the prince, I just want to protect His Majesty and Yan Lang."

"I know." Rong Huai thought about his words, "I didn't mean to ask Young Master Jiang to risk himself. But the one who won't let His Majesty live to adulthood, His Majesty is weak now, I'm afraid... "

Rong Chun grew up day by day and had his own ideas. If Jiang Shaoshui hadn't protected him, Li Chongshan would have already started looking for a new emperor candidate.

Jiang Shaoshui said lightly: "I will not poison people, nor can I steal military defense maps. But no matter which side loses, I will protect Your Majesty and Yan Lang, and I can't do other things."

Seeing his stubbornness, Rong Huai also gave up the idea of ​​wooing him, and sincerely saluted him: "Thank you, Young Master Jiang, for taking care of His Majesty all these years. Rong Huai also knows the painstaking efforts of Young Master Jiang these years, If he succeeds in every day, he will take it as a generous gift and thank you very much.”

"No need."

Jiang Shaoshui waved his hands, thinking to himself, if Rong Huai's matter is over, Li Chongshan must die.As for Li Chongshan's dog temper who refused to let go, before he died, he must kill himself and be buried with him.

Therefore, he would definitely not need Rong Huai's generous gift.

But he doesn't care about anything anymore, as long as Rong Chun and Yan Lang are safe, it doesn't matter whether he dies or not.

They just died together with Li Chongshan. In the next year's history books, it will be written that the two of them are power traitors.

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