Si Tian Guan

"Go dry the clothes."

Liu Chongming stepped into the room first, and without anyone waiting on him, he tore off his belt first, and threw his robe, which was wet with tea, on the chair.

Sanfu lowered his head and stood awkwardly on the spot, but he scolded again: "You don't even know this? There is Jindou behind, so move more quickly."

San Fu was so heartbroken that he didn't dare to speak, so he took his clothes and went behind the screen, and sure enough, he saw a gold bucket on the cabinet.

The weather is not so cold now, and the charcoal basin under the bed has not been lit yet. He just dragged the charcoal basin out and lit it with fire paper, when he heard the door outside rang, and someone came in again.

"My lord, here's the change of clothes."

The voice was clear and gentle, it sounded like she was fading the youthfulness, it was not very familiar to her ears, but Sanfu's heart skipped a beat suddenly.

"Why did the tapes fall apart?" Liu Chongming asked, "Will you weave it?"

The boy did not notice it before, he was a little flustered, and hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes, I will go get another dress..."

"No need, anyway, there is plenty of time now, you can edit it here, I like to read it."

The young man responded, and hearing the rustling of his clothes, he really started weaving the tapes outside.

San Fu only felt that his heart was beating faster and faster, staring blankly at the burning charcoal basin, when he suddenly heard Liu Chongming call out: "Si Yuan."

He slammed his mouth shut to keep the scream from escaping.

The young man was also obviously stunned for a moment, and after answering, he asked with a smile: "Why did your son suddenly think of calling me by this name?"

"It's okay, the name sounds nice." Liu Chongming also smiled: "It seems to be named by someone with some knowledge. You brothers are all Sizi generations?"

"Yes, my father has also read some books, and asked the gentleman in the town to learn the allusion of drinking water and thinking about the source."

Sanfu fell down in front of the charcoal basin, everything around him seemed to melt into the hot and swaying air, even Liu Chongming's question became blurred, and the boy's answer outside the screen turned into a soliloquy. clear.

"My son went to Shimao County. Have you tried Uncle Zhao's cold cake? It's next to Zhangji wine shop and opposite to Fatty Liu's iron shop. I haven't been back for a long time. I don't know if it's still there."

"Don't laugh that I haven't seen the world. Our place is small and we don't have many things to sell, but even if Uncle Zhao's cold cake is brought to the capital, it must be the best. The taste is very special."

"Every time my dad goes to town, he brings back some for the four of us."

"But my mother doesn't really like my father going to town. I was young at the time, so I didn't know what my mother meant by fooling around. It's just..."

The young man sighed: "I was not sensible at the time, I just thought that there would be delicious food when Dad went out. If I knew that everyone would be gone, I should get together more."

"Later, my mother raised some chickens and ducks, and took us to the mountain to chop firewood and dig medicine. There are many good things on the mountain, and they are not the same throughout the year. I also played wild at the time, and now I regret not reading more. book."

"Later, my father saw that we were having a good time, and he went to the town less frequently. With him by his side, my mother also saw a smile on her face..."

The young man's voice was soft, sometimes joyful and sometimes low, and when he said it later, there was some sobs in his voice.

"Sometimes I think that the one who should have escaped from death should be my mother. She let the beggar come in out of kindness and put my clothes on him."

"I'm a coward... I hear people killing people outside, I hear mother and brother crying, but I dare not go out."

"At that time, I pulled the well rope and soaked in the water. I didn't dare to climb up until it was almost soaked."

"There's nothing...not even a corpse. I've been holding out hope for so many years, thinking that they just escaped, and they must be alive and well..."

"Thank you, my son, for burying them for me..."

Sanfu couldn't hear what Liu Chongming said again, but felt the buzzing in his head. Although he was guarding the charcoal basin, his body trembled. whimper.

He clearly remembered every bit of that description, the scenery of every step in the town, the sweetness of old Zhao's cold cakes, and the mellow and sweet wine from Zhangji Wine Shop.

I remember that I used to have a wife, son, and friends. I could go out to drink generously, or I could go home and wait for a hot meal, and I could take my children for a wild run in the back mountain.

I remember that my name was Zhou Huaishan and Qin Hua, not Sanfu, like a mouse in the gutter, the eunuch Sanfu who never sees the sun.

His hands and feet were weak and he couldn't stand up, so he could only crawl slowly to the screen and peek out quietly.

Just this one glance made him slump to the ground.

"Siyuan..."

The son who used to only appear in dreams is very close at hand, but a dirty and smelly father like him has long since lost the qualifications to recognize him.

The people outside finally left, the whispers like Ling Chi disappeared, and the short-term happiness and pain disappeared together.

Sanfu suddenly threw himself on the ground, biting his sleeve and weeping silently.

When will I wake up from this absurd dream.

"Jing Yan."

Concubine Yu welcomed her son back to the inner room and sat there. Seeing his troubled face, she hurriedly spoke up to comfort her: "San Fu is fine, it's not a serious injury. I sent some ointment to him, and he will be fine in a few days." .”

Mu Jingyan didn't even think about making tea this time, so he sat for a moment with his eyebrows frowned, and asked, "What did he tell you when he came back? What did Liu Chongming do when he came to find him?"

"He said that Liu Chongming accidentally knocked over the tea, just as he came out of it, he just pointed him over to serve him."

"Suishou?" Mu Jingyan sneered: "Are you guys naive, or are you fooling me for a fool? When did Liu Chongming do the 'suishou' thing?"

Concubine Yu said timidly, "But it's really all right. Liu Chongming asked him to go in and use a golden bucket to dry clothes, and then scolded him for being too slow, kicking the golden bucket over, and that's how he burned his leg."

"Just like that?"

Although Mu Jingyan was suspicious in his heart, he couldn't think of anything else. When he asked himself, San Fu said the same to him.

What's more, although the people he sent to follow Sanfu that day did not dare to stop Liu Chongming, they also said that Sanfu was indeed drying clothes in a golden bucket in the house.

Later, the slave that Liu Chongming was serving with him came over to get a change of clothes. It didn't take long to change the clothes, and the two of them came out of the room after about a stick of incense.

When Sanfu came out, he hurt his leg. Maybe he cried a lot because of the pain, maybe he was smoked by Jindou's charcoal fire, and his eyes were red.

Mu Jingyan went through the time before and after several times, but he didn't find anything wrong, but it was precisely this that made him even more uneasy.

——Liu Chongming saw Sanfu, did he really expose it so lightly?

——Could it be that Liu Chongming really didn't know about Sanfu?Is he too nervous?

How can it be?If Liu Chongming was such an easy-to-handle person, he wouldn't have been trapped to this extent.

Seeing his expression, Concubine Yu was cautiously relieved.

"You don't have to worry, I also asked the imperial doctor to see it. There is nothing but burns, and there is no poisoning. Besides, people have come back to me, and they will look after me. No matter what, Liu Chongming dare not stretch out his hand. I'm coming to the palace."

This is true, they have been hiding properly for so long, now that they have returned, there is nothing to worry about.

Seeing her son's expression slowing down, Concubine Yu also breathed a sigh of relief, and asked softly, "Jing Yan, it seems that your complexion is not very good, are you too tired recently?"

"It's not very good outside."

Mu Jingyan glanced at her, but didn't say anything clearly.

Ever since Dong Chengyu capsized on the river and failed to save him, he didn't have anyone as useful as Dong Chengyu in his hands for a while, so he could only temporarily fill the vacancy with his uncle.

But this is not a long-term solution, my uncle has long been estranged from him, and only listens to him because he is afraid that he will go crazy and be buried with him.

And the money he needs to exchange mostly depends on his uncle, if there is no one he likes to keep stable there, if his hands are empty, there will always be big troubles.

Fortunately, no matter what, my mother is in the palace, and my uncle can't find any flowers for the time being.

"Has Qu Chenzhou been to Chaoyang Palace recently?" He asked.

"I have been here before, but I made a divination. I only said that I should pay attention to keeping warm and be careful of the wind and cold recently, so I left." Concubine Yu hurriedly replied: "Recently, the cold spring has not completely passed. It is cold and hot every day, but there are indeed people in the palace. Many people have contracted the cold, so you should be careful."

Mu Jingyan pondered for a moment: "That's all?"

"That's all. Except for me, I didn't let him see anyone else." Seeing his solemn expression, Concubine Yu asked, "Jing Yan, is Eunuch Yu...still not willing to give you strength?"

As soon as he confirmed the news, Jing Yan had already told her that Qu Shenzhou belonged to Liu Chongming, and the two of them were cooperating inside and outside, playing together and supporting each other.

The emperor didn't know anything, he thought he was holding both of them firmly in his hands, so that the two of them were stepping on each other to climb up.

Now Shiliting's military power is completely abolished, and if Qu Shenzhou leads the emperor away, the only thing waiting for him is the guillotine and axe.

But the emperor is stubborn, let alone reminding him, even if there are courtiers impeaching and admonishing him, the emperor will just treat it as jealousy, maybe he will fold in a few.

Only Yu Dexi...

Although Yu Dexi was unwilling to help him overtly, he could see clearly that Qu Shenzhou was enough to make Yu Dexi aware of the crisis, and now they were regarded as the same enemy.

Just waiting for a surefire opportunity to make Qu Chenzhou unable to turn over again.

"No hurry," he reassured himself: "The two of them must have some way to communicate with each other. I'll keep an eye on it. If you don't believe him, there is nothing wrong with him."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Concubine Yu's backbone has always been her son, and she also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, it's all about long-term considerations. Your Majesty is now in good health, and there is still time. Since King Qi and King Ning can both be defeated by you, Liu Chongming won't..."

Her words came to an abrupt end under her son's terrifying gaze.

"Did the concubine forget how Mu Jingde and Mu Jingzhao died?!"

Concubine Yu's words made Mu Jingyan unable to sit still any longer. He pulled off his cloak and was about to go out when he heard suppressed sobbing behind him as expected.

"Why are you crying!" He was upset, and just as he was about to open the bead curtain, he suddenly turned around and asked, "I just wanted to say, why is your nasal voice so heavy? Are you suffering from a cold?"

Concubine Yu hurriedly put away her tears: "It's...not really, it's just that I was greedy for the cold last night and forgot to close the window, so my nose was a bit blocked."

Mu Jingyan put his hand on the bead curtain, and said after a while: "Since Qu Chenzhou wants you to pay attention, you should pay attention. He said before that Dong Chengyu should go on dry road, but I didn't expect him to talk."

This was his misjudgment, otherwise Dong Chengyu would not have died, and his uncle would not have been left hanging.

"But... didn't you say that he and Liu Chongming are in the same group?" Concubine Yu asked, and then remembered belatedly: "By the way, fortunately, he can't lie, otherwise there will be chaos. .”

I don't know if it's because of the innate resistance and contempt for his mother. Mu Jingyan originally wanted to say these words, but when he said them from Concubine Yu's mouth, he felt an indescribable anxiety.

"Whenever you see Eunuch Yu, please ask me more. The emperor is dissatisfied with him because of the recognition of his relatives before. If you don't take advantage of the victory to pursue him at this time, and wait for him to help the emperor through a hurdle, the emperor will be even more inseparable." him."

"You should pay attention to the cold so that it doesn't get too serious. Anyway, see the emperor more often, blow a few words of wind, take medicine when you need it, and don't hold on."

Mu Jingyan lifted the curtain and went out without looking back, but he didn't know that this would be the last sentence he said to Concubine Yu.