Hypocrites

In the first year of Yuanhe, it is the beginning of summer in the lunar month.

At the beginning of Emperor Shaodi's accession to the throne, the north and the south established the Zhuoshui alliance to build a good relationship for ten years, to establish benevolence and righteousness, not to engage in military affairs, to specialize in agriculture and business, to spare no effort to go to the country, and to benefit the people.Although the emperor was young, he still built a legacy to pass down from generation to generation, and left a legacy of gold and stone.

Hu Lulan carried the letter of alliance between the two countries and walked out of the cabin, and it was rainy.He opened the umbrella personally, and there was a branch of black plum on the umbrella.Liang Huang and his vanguard general Lin Zhu sent them out of the deck, but what Hu Lulan said to them could not be heard clearly.Although the two sides have achieved a different relationship than before, they don't have to always fight each other, and they can talk calmly.

The envoy sent by Shangjing to make peace was Hu Lulan, not Er Zhushuai, and there must be some reasons for this.Hulu is more like a literati, and the literati talk more than they do, and the scene is always gentler.

People like Shen Yu who are both civil and martial arts are in the minority.

Chao Guo and his party boarded the return boat and were about to leave. Hu Lulan was standing on the bow of the boat and was about to put her umbrella into the cabin when she suddenly felt something and looked back—Liang Heng was leaning against the window on the second floor, watching him leave. go.

The rain and mist shrouded the space between the two of them like gauze, leaving only a vague outline without describing it.

Liang Heng knew that Hu Lulan couldn't see him clearly, so instead of avoiding him, he smiled calmly.The figure standing gracefully on the boat bowed to him from a distance, and finally sailed away.

"Did he see me?" Liang Heng wondered.

Shen Yu said: "I can't see it, but I can guess it. The place where the two countries form an alliance, only people who represent the imperial court and have enough weight are present. Liang Huang is the prince who holds the seal of command. Who else can stand on his head and look on incognito? "

"After signing the covenant, I finally let go of this matter in my heart," Liang Heng said relaxedly, "Nowadays, there is no war between the two sides of the strait, and both inside and outside are relatively relaxed."

Shen Yu shook his head again, and said two words, "No." Just as Liang Huang stepped into the small room on the second floor, he followed Liang Heng's words and said, "No. This alliance is not only a book of peace talks, but also a promise of war." book."

"Why?"

Liang Huang opened his arms and asked Lin Zhu to untie his Liang Guan Chi Luoshang—to show his solemnity, he was wearing extraordinarily cumbersome clothes—and sat down opposite Liang Heng and his ministers.Shen Yu and Lin Zhu each served a master. Shen Yu explained to Liang Heng: "Ten years is about peace. The implication is that within ten years, the Chao Kingdom will solve the chaos of foreign tribes and eliminate the disputes between the court and the party. .As long as the ambition is not dead, there will be a bloodbath on both sides of the Zhuojiang River in ten years."

Lin Zhu hehe said: "Your brother is too polite, why does it take ten years, in my opinion, three years is enough."

Shen Yu: "Three years is not enough, five years is not bad."

Liang Heng was speechless.At the end, he asked: "Since this is the case, how should we deal with it?"

Liang Huang said calmly: "Ten years of rest and recuperation to accumulate strength. No matter whether we make an alliance or not, there will be a battle. You just need to know this."

After thinking about it, let alone ten years, many things can happen within one year.Liang Heng was still the carefree His Royal Highness the Crown Prince a year ago, but a year later the world has turned upside down.Ten years later, who knows where he is, who is in power, and what the situation is?

Don't worry about it now.

Once the matter was resolved, they then discussed Wangdu in secret, with Zou Fang and Bi Wei guarding the door.The river is wide open, and even the birds are not allowed to pass by the window when sailing in a lonely boat.

After a while, the door opened, and everyone was already hungry after discussing their business, and they were ready to go back to the shore.Liang Heng was upright on the surface, but nervous inside, so he didn't say a word, Liang Huang closed his eyes and rested his mind, Lin Zhu was as unfocused as before, and asked Shen Yu, "Is your master in Wangdu?"

"How could Master Du be in Wangdu?"

"Haha, you didn't understand, Master Du will be in Wangdu, and I will be the leader at that time, so I can take this opportunity to reunite with old friends hahahaha."

Outside the door, Zou Fang and Bi Wei exchanged glances, they were both palpitated by the meaning of Lin Zhu's words.

Shen Yu reminded in a flat tone: "Speak carefully."

Lin Zhu spread his hands and kept silent.

After leaving three days later, Liang Huang dispatched a guard for His Majesty, there were more than a few hundred people, led by a black-faced general.To say that he has a dark face is not because of his dark skin, but because of his stinky face.Before leaving, Liang Heng greeted him and asked his name.

"king."

There is no beginning or end, and there is no question of the emperor.If it weren't for Liang Heng's good temper, the station guards would all have a fit.It turned out that the surname was Wang, not from Liang Huang's Licheng tribe, but Wang Jianzhi from the Jingsha tribe who never showed up.

I don't know what Liang Huang's plan is, but he sent the leading general as a small guard, and he was also a member of the disgruntled Wang family.

Liang Zhu came to see him off, and these days he and Liang Heng had a very happy conversation.The young emperor has no airs, and he is about the same age as him, both of them are young at heart, so they are reluctant to make friends.

The official Yang Xu fluttered like snow, forcing Liang Zhu to sneeze and cough, with tears in his eyes.Liang Heng could only say: "Go back, there is no need to send it off."

Liang Zhu said: "Your Majesty... Ah Choe, let's go, I don't know why... Ah Choe, we will see you again..."

"You will have a chance to come to Wangdu, Wangdu is not floating in summer."

"I have... Ah Choe, I want to talk to... Ah Choe, Mr. Shen!"

Liang Heng stepped aside, and Shen Yu moved to the window, raising his palm with a look that he couldn't bear to witness: "Needless to say, I will write it down, and when I go back to Wangdu, I will definitely find "Three Strategies of Heaven and Man" for you, I know There are fragments of scrolls left in a bookshop in Xishi. Don’t worry.”

Liang Zhu was so moved that he burst into tears and hurriedly took out his handkerchief.

Putting down the car curtain, Liang Heng said: "Shizi is a person who likes to read, you must like him."

The carriage was spacious, covered with carpets, and stood on the wall of the carriage. Shen Yu leaned on the back of the car, reclined and half-recumbent, looking a little tired. Hearing Liang Heng's words, he smiled lazily.

For the past half month, Liang Heng must be awake when he is awake, and he is still awake when Liang Heng is asleep.Liang Heng got into his arms, pulled his arms down and put them around his chest, after a moment of silence, he couldn't help but annoyed him: "How can we deal with Qiu Zhiyuan?"

Shen Yu closed his eyes and murmured, Liang Heng leaned closer and heard sporadic words such as "Prime Minister" and "arrangement".

After asking again, Shen Yu's breathing tended to be long, and he was already falling asleep.Liang Heng stretched out a finger to scratch his chin, he grabbed it and brought it to his lips, and kissed it in a daze.

The official road is silent, and the horseshoes and cart wheels are drifting away.

Wangdu, Xiangguo Mansion.

The sun was fine, Duan Boyu moved a soft couch, basked in the sun in his courtyard, read a book, listened for a while, felt that his ears were clean today, and said leisurely: "The grasshoppers don't sing, the water is flooding."

"It annoys you, but it doesn't make you worry about it. It's hard to serve." Mrs. Xiangguo walked down the corridor with big strides, followed by her son, her face full of helplessness, and she couldn't pull her back.

Mrs. Xiangguo was born in a merchant, not an ordinary merchant, but the daughter of a wealthy businessman's family. Marrying Duan Boyu as his wife when he was prime minister was the most proud transaction of her natal family's decades of business.

Duan Boyu is a humble person, and in the first few years, he treated his wife with respect as a guest, until shortly after the birth of his eldest son, he brought back his younger son from outside, who violated the taboo of the royal family. .

Duan Xiang received the scroll and made a polite gesture, asking his wife to complain freely, and he listened attentively.

"Come here, what are you doing standing behind!" Mrs. Xiangguo pulled her son. Duan Yanling was taller than his mother, but he didn't dare to resist. "Open your clothes! Let your blind father take a good look. He didn't even know about it!"

Duan Xiang: "..."

Duan Boyu turned his back on the soft couch, sat up, and took a look at Duan Yanling.

"Mother," Duan Yanling could only say, "I said it was the training of the guards, it was an accident, it was an accident!"

"What kind of training can cause a fatal accident?!" Mrs. Xiangguo's eyes were red, "If it wasn't for the girl who waited for you to wash up to tell me, how long would you want to hide it?! Sin, my own son suffered such grievances, outside The ones picked up by my son are full of food and have nothing to do all day long, and they are more expensive than anyone else!"

"Don't say that." Duan Boyu said.

"Why can't you say it? Are you afraid of people's tongues when you can do it? There are bastards who were born by mothers but not raised by mothers."

"Mother!" Duan Yanling's expression changed.

Duan Boyu stood up, Duan Yanling looked at the posture, feared that he was about to be slapped, so he dodged in front of his mother.

"Ah Hui, you're so brave," Duan Boyu smiled and didn't seem to be very angry, "You know that Yanling Yanyou is like me, the palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. Yanling was injured, and as a father, I naturally feel distressed , every time you scold Yanyou in front of me, won't I feel bad?"

Mrs. Xiangguo said sadly: "You let the escaped child grow to more than twenty under my nose, how am I feeling?"

"Okay," Duan Boyu went to grab Madam's hand, but was avoided, "Yanling, you are seriously injured, so you don't have to go to Zhangyi Palace every day on duty, so as to save your mother's heartache."

Duan Yanling couldn't figure out what his father meant, and when he heard this, his face immediately became cloudy.He came back from Mount Qifeng to recover from his injuries, and within a few days of recuperation, he hurried back to Zhangyi Palace to show his face, playing Duan Yanling on Fengqi, and Shen Yu on Occasion, covering Liang Heng's eyes and ears.

If she suddenly asks for sick leave, I'm afraid the lack of a master in the palace will be leaked.

"No need, I still..."

"Listen to your father!" Mrs. Xiangguo said, "You have been hurt for a hundred days, you and His Majesty have grown up together, and you are His Majesty's cousin, he has to understand!"

Duan Yanling was gloomy and silent.

Duan Boyu smiled and said: "It's useless for you to go, do you think you are some kind of character? The tricks are written all over your face, who doesn't see ghosts?"

Duan Xiang looked up at the sky, there was no cloud for ten miles.

"I'm coming back today."

Duan Yanling was startled, only heard his father say: "There will be a heavy rain tonight, the flood season is coming soon."

During the day, there was no wind or cloud, and the sun was shining brightly. In the evening, the sky really changed.

Wangdu Street was leveled by heavy rain early on. Under the cover of the rainy night, a carriage quietly drove into Fengyang Avenue, entered Taige Office, and entered Zhangyi Palace from Dongyemen.

Xinzhou received the message, and had been waiting for a long time. Holding an umbrella, he stepped off the platform, picked up Liang Heng and hurried into the hall.Shen Yu and the coachman followed closely behind, and when they arrived at the Yangshi Hall, they were all drenched inside and out.

There are lamp trees at the four corners of the Yangshi hall, it is really a tree of fire and silver flowers, shining through and bright, it is based on this to create the illusion that His Majesty is still in the hall every night.In fact, it was empty, there was not even a Huangmen servant, only one from Xinzhou brought clean clothes for Liang Heng to change.

Shen Yu had been mentally prepared for a long time, he took off his coat and wrung it outside the corridor, when he came back, he saw the coachman waiting with a blank face.

"What are you waiting for?" Shen Yu asked.

The coachman was none other than Wang Jianzhi who spoke no more than five sentences along the way.After entering Wangdu City, more than a hundred people from the Jingsha Department disappeared like sand into the sea, leaving only one general driving a chariot.

Wang Jianzhi lowered his head, a puddle of water gathered at his feet.

"Don't wait," Shen Yu said, "The treatment in the palace is very poor, as you can see, His Majesty has only one attendant by his side."

Liang Heng changed his clothes and smiled back at Wang Jianzhi.The naked eye could see a cloud of black air gathered above this person's head.

"General Wang, come with me in a while, my family is still open." Shen Yu suggested.

Xinzhou pulled Liang Heng, babbling and gesticulating at him, Wang Jianzhi's eyes fixed on Xinzhou's incomplete half palm.

Shen Yu saw it in his eyes, and thought to himself, this is a good move, and he can't say that he will give Liang Heng another high crown of tyranny in his heart.It seems that I have forgotten that I once had doubts.

After struggling alone for more than half a month, Xinzhou's cheeks were sunken a lot, and he was somewhat haggard. Seeing Liang Heng returned safely, he cheered up, but unfortunately he couldn't express himself.Liang Heng watched him gesticulate, ah, oh, but he didn't understand anything.

Xinzhou struggled for a moment, gave up, and smiled helplessly.

It was circulated outside the hall that some courtiers asked to see him.

Hearing the sound, it seemed that it was Huangmen Siji, who was on guard at night. I don't know what method Xinzhou used to distract him, and brought Liang Heng back without anyone noticing.

Several people held their breaths and remained silent for a while, not knowing whether it was Qiu Zhiyuan or the others, why did the news leak out so quickly?