Yezhao Sandbar

The July sun hangs brightly in the sky, covering the entire northwestern land in a stuffy jar. It's so hot that even dogs don't want to bark. At noon, the courtyard of the Wangfu is quiet.

In the shady bedroom, the sunlight passes through the eaves and then through the bamboo curtains, leaving only faint shadows as gentle as water, spreading on the boxwood floor.

On the bamboo couch, Duan Qianmo was lying on his side, resting on his hands, eyes half closed, listening to Wu Fu whispering about the imperial city.

"...The Ministry of Criminal Justice filed a case to investigate the assassination of Yunyanghou, and there has been no progress. The night of the assassination was the first day of the new year, and the moon was dim. The people who witnessed the assassin could not see the face of the assassin. When he performed the autopsy to find out the wound, he pierced his heart with a sword and killed him immediately. In addition, the weather is getting hotter and the corpse should not be kept for a long time, and it will be buried after the seven-day ceremony is completed. There is no evidence at the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and General Xiao's reinstatement of duty, so this matter has been suppressed."

Duan Qianmo smiled lightly and asked, "What's your attitude over there with Tang Huan?"

Wufudao: "After Tang Huan was buried in Yunyanghou, he fell ill and was bedridden for a whole month. The emperor visited the palace several times. Tang Huan expressed his understanding of the emperor's difficulties. The Gyeonggi Army has returned to its original normal position."

Speaking of this, Wu Fu paused, and said hesitantly: "Tang Huan is obviously trying to seize the emperor's weakness to be pampered and coquettish. Even if he appeases the Gyeonggi guards who were originally in charge of Yunyanghou, he still has 20 military power in the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangning Mansion is the domain of the Seven Kings, and now the rebel army is ready to go, if there is a disturbance, Tang Huan will be even more arrogant, my lord, do you want to report the rebel army to the Holy One in advance?"

Duan Qianmo glanced at Wu Fu, smoothed the hair on his temples slowly, and said with a sneer, "Tang Huan is his bed partner, what am I? This king won't eat carrots and worry about his messy things." , let him make trouble as long as it doesn't come to Xifan."

Wufu lowered his head uncomfortably.

Duan Qianmo pondered for a moment, and said, "Even if you send the letter now, it's already too late."

Wu Fu was puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"There will always be a name for the rise of the rebel army. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are the best gimmicks. In the current severe heat, it is the most direct way to use the names of drought and locust plagues to rise. You and I don't need to worry about those things."

After Duan Qianmo finished speaking, he looked up at Wufu and asked, "What's the news from Yuezhi?"

Wu Fu wondered if there could be any more news. It has been half a year. Axi, who was appointed by Sima Qing as the Grand Sima of the Yue Family, was in Dunhuang in addition to training troops. Too tired to listen to.

Duan Qianmo glanced at him, and Wu Fu hurriedly replied: "Get up at the fourth shift and go to the school grounds at the fifth shift, practice until noon and rest for an hour, and then continue to practice, including [-] iron cavalry, two stone bow cavalry and archery, [-] infantry, and spear spear training. Dao, from time to time will practice the formation."

Duan Qianmo nodded, and waved Wu Fu back.

Half a year ago, he came out of the ghost town and passed out on that day. It will be half a month after he recovers from his injuries. Wu Fu said that after Ah Xi took him away that day, the middle-aged man also disappeared. Before Wu Fu rescued him, there was no I haven't seen the shadow of Ah Xi and the wolves.

Later, Yuezhi found out that Ah Xi had returned to the royal court safely and had taken over Nu-er's [-] military power.

There were as many as thirty wolves in the narrow passage, and they were all ferocious wild wolves from the desert. With Ah Xi's leg strength, how could she get rid of the wolves, unless it was...

The guess in Duan Qianmo's heart needs to be proved by connecting all the clues, so he will let Wufu keep inquiring about Yueshi's news.

Could it be that Sima Qing taught Ah Xi how to control wolves?But why did Ah Xi hide her face?He said he never thought of harming himself, can you believe it?But how does that Jianghu guy from Jiangning explain it?And that time at the inn, if Sima Qing hadn't rescued him, wouldn't she have died? With the time difference of that night, where did Ah Xi go?

Every day in the past six months, Sima Qing seemed to have returned to six years ago. Although due to his identity, he couldn't be with Ye all the time, as long as he was in Dunhuang, Yueshi, and being by his side was enough.

He would often leave his entourage behind and go to the school grounds alone to watch Sima Ye practice from a distance. The thin young man pursed his lips tightly, with a serious face, and a single gesture could make the soldiers on the school grounds look like newborn calves. Clang, the arrogance set off the rolling yellow sand in the school grounds.

Sima Qing stared at the tall and straight figure in the school field, that was his night, the king of the wind and cloud in his eyes.

Whenever the scorching sun sets on the sandbar, Sima Ye, after a day of practice, will go to the hill with its back to the school grounds. There are a few excellent poplar trees growing wildly, with thick branches stretching wildly. He will choose one The tallest one, climbing to the top neatly, sometimes blows a low and melodious Xun song, sometimes distant and sometimes humming, but his eyes are always directed at one place, until the night is heavy and the moon is shining in the sky to illuminate his side Face, never looked away.

Sima Qing could see the nostalgia in his eyes, it was a look he was very familiar with, just like when he always missed Sima Ye's A Xi, it was the same way, looking for a high hill, facing that direction, and standing there all night.

Sima Qing recruited Sima Ye into the royal court today, prepared a sumptuous dinner, and specially ordered the Western Region purple candle with a light fragrance to relieve fatigue. Recently, it was a great heat, and he practiced under the scorching sun all day long, and his skin peeled off several layers , Pieces of tender red new skin have not yet grown well and then are cracked by the sun, which is terrible.

According to the rules of entering the royal court, Sima Ye waited for the summons before stepping into Sima Qing's bedroom. After paying a big ceremony, he got up. Sima Qing dismissed the maid and brought Sima Ye to the seat.

The honeydew melon that had been simmering in the well overnight was cut into small pieces. Sima Qing pierced a piece with a silver braze and handed it to Sima Ye. Soup."

Sima Ye took a look at Sima Qing, took the honeydew melon from the dinner plate, and said, "Please don't enter the royal court under Xuan's subordinates, so as not to offend people."

Sima Qing frowned, and said coldly: "Who dares to talk too much, I pulled out his tongue!"

Seeing Sima Ye burying his head in eating honeydew melon, with a piece of tender red skin on the back of his tanned hand, his heart stopped, and his tone slowed down: "You are training the king's army for the Yue family, and I invite you to eat in the king's court as a reward." , this is within reason, who will say more?"

Sima Ye stirred the clear lily sheep lung soup, and said, "The Yuezhi center is not monolithic, and the elders like Esong and the others are not good people. I'm just afraid that one day they will find out the relationship between you and me. It's not good. gone."

Sima Qing narrowed her eyes and smiled, "I knew Ye you didn't want to see me, but you were afraid of being discovered and causing me trouble."

"Being discovered, it won't be such a trivial matter as causing trouble." Sima Ye said in a deep voice: "It's the pot of killing, the doom of the Yue clan."

Sima Qing's heart twitched. His relationship with Sima Ye might never be known to others. When he thought that he would carry this disguise for the rest of his life, he felt aggrieved for him, but kept him away from the land in the northwest. It was 1 reluctance, he didn't want to cause trouble for the things that he would face later, so he changed the subject.

"Half a year ago when you came back sick, didn't your uncle say that he went to Jiangnan to find his friend's prescription for curing lung disease? How come you haven't come back after going there for three months? It's autumn now, and the weather is cold. Your old illness is about to be committed."

Sima Ye said: "The area around the south of the Yangtze River is not at peace now, the seven kings secretly assembled a rebel army, and some people from the Jianghu also participated in it, the friend of my uncle is the apprentice of the master of martial arts, and the leader of the martial arts alliance, presumably because of this matter Let me go, if my uncle goes, I will definitely help you with all my strength."

Sima Qing heard him talk about the Jiangnan rebels, and also learned about the assassination of Gobi from him. Sima Ye pretended to be him and saved Duan Qianmo's life, but was misunderstood by him and forced into a ghost city for three days. , and finally came back from the cold with pain all over his body, and only recovered after lying down for three months, and the hidden dangers of the lungs were basically incurable.

That day, after listening to his master uncle Gu Han's pulse diagnosis, he said: "Old injury plus new cold, if the lung disease is not treated properly, it will be a chronic illness, and it will be difficult to recover."

Old injury, new cold, which one was not given by Duan Qianmo?

Sima Qing had nothing else to ask but hoped that Ye would be unscathed. Even if he could bear the pain on his behalf, she would never tolerate other people's harm to him.

Therefore, he will definitely pay back the damage Duan Qianmo put on Ye's body to that person!

"It is said that Duan Zimo, the emperor of the Central Plains, is a decisive emperor, and it seems that he is just passing on what others say." Sima Qing said with a disdainful smile: "The troubles here in the south of the Yangtze River are like this, even the kings of the western vassals thousands of miles away. We have found the news, but the emperor is still in the dark, I am afraid that the Jiangning Mansion has been occupied, and the entire south has been captured, so the emperor of the Central Plains will know."

Seeing Sima Qing's ambiguous smile, Sima Ye thought about it, but couldn't grasp the mystery behind it. He looked at Sima Qing with scrutiny and said, "Duan Zimo unified the Central Plains after he ascended the throne for five years, and sat firmly on the throne. It's definitely not as bad as you think."

"That's right." Sima Qing held the cup to her lips, and the coldness in her eyes disappeared in an instant.

Sima Ye was startled, and blurted out, "What do you want to do?"

"Let's rest here tonight." Sima Qing avoided questioning and said with a smile: "I have someone prepare a medicinal bath, which is good for your sunburn."

Sima Ye knew that there was nothing he could ask now, so he had to agree to stay in the royal court for a night.

After dinner, a maid took Sima Ye to the guest courtyard to take a bath. The sink in the bath was blocked by a cork, and the water was soaked in medicine bags and honeysuckle, and the fragrance of medicine was permeating the air.

Sima Yeping dismissed the maid, took off his clothes and went into the bathing pool. The warm water medicine bath was not comparable to the natural deep spring he soaked in every day. As soon as he entered the water, he felt that his whole body was soaked in burning pain.

Leaning against the edge of the pool for a while, after the water temperature got used to it, I felt that the bones of my whole body were gradually loosening up, and the surface of the skin was not so painful. Sima Qing told me to soak for half an hour. I wanted to take a bath and then get up, but now I feel a little bit reluctant. This pool is warm.

The nose was fragrant, and the relaxed body seemed like duckweed floating in the middle of the secluded lake. The tiredness just came over quietly, and the eyelids weighed more than a thousand catties and couldn't be opened, so he just fell asleep.

This sleep was drenched and comfortable, and he never had a dream. He didn't open his eyes until he heard a familiar voice coming into his ears.