General's Good Friday

Panicked and panting voice, "Will... General?"

The general walked to the bed and saw Xiaobai lying on the bed with his face flushed, with both hands behind his head, the quilt was piled up and moved to his feet, his breath was short of breath, and his chest heaved, so he asked inexplicably :"What are you doing?"

"No... why..." Xiaobai didn't even have the strength to get up, so he could only lie on the bed stiffly, looking at the general, "I... I'll lie down for a while..."

The general sat down on the edge of the bed, looked sideways, and said, "Lie down for a while? Can you lie down like this for a while? Don't fool me! Come on, what are you doing?"

Xiaobai's eyes wandered wildly: "It's just that I didn't... I didn't do anything..."

Facing the serious look in the general's eyes, his voice gradually lowered: "I... I'll do some exercise..."

"Ah?" The general thought he had heard wrong.

Xiaobai looked away, and whispered: "I...I want to be strong...to strengthen my body..."

"Huh?" The general was even more confused.

"I...I'm too thin..." Xiaobai frowned tightly, with a face of shame, "It's just...it's just that I can't serve the general well, so...so I need to do more exercises to make my body stronger... "

General: "..."

Xiaobai quickly glanced at the general, blushing again: "Don't laugh at me..."

General: "..."

The general turned around in his mind several times before he finally understood what the relationship between what he said was "being strong" and "serving the general". He blushed suddenly and wanted to reprimand him in a low voice for being blind all day long. Thinking about it, using some crooked brains, but seeing his appearance, my heart was moved again, and I swallowed what I wanted to say in a daze.

"Oh..." He turned his head away, and replied awkwardly, "It's okay, cough cough, it's not bad to exercise more, it's good."

He coughed twice, stood up, looked around, and said, "It's time for lunch, get up and pack your clothes, let's go to the front for dinner."

"Oh."

Xiaobai agreed, but he didn't get up for a long time.

The general frowned, turned around and said, "What's the matter? Get up, you want to sleep later in the afternoon."

Xiaobai propped his hands on his sides, looking as if he was about to stand up, and looked at him with a bitter face, his eyes were red, it seemed as if tears were about to flow out.

"My... my waist... hurts..."

The maids of the mansion gathered in the corridor, huddled together, quietly watching the general's wife, who couldn't straighten up with her arms around her waist, and who was almost leaning on the general's body, swayed and walked towards the dining room.

The general glanced sideways, and shot at them: "What are you looking at? Ma'am looks like this, you still have the time to look around!"

"Ah! The servant knows it's wrong!"

The maids felt cold behind them, and immediately rushed forward, desperately trying to take over the job of supporting the wife from the general.

The general hugged Xiaobai tightly, and the leopard stared again: "What are you doing! What are you touching? Leave it to the general!"

The maids withdrew their hands one after another, and hurried away to hide.

The general angrily helped Xiaobai into the dining room and sat down, looked at him with displeasure and complained: "What kind of bad exercise! Don't you know that your waist is twisted?"

Xiaobai blushed and argued in a low voice: "The waist is already painful..."

"What's going on?" The general frowned, looked at him and asked, "Are you flirting?"

Xiaobai raised his head, looked at the maid waiting beside him, and said in a low voice: "Yesterday...last night, that...then it hurt..."

"Ah?" The general's eyes widened, and he quickly looked at the maids on the left and right.

They naturally lowered their heads obediently, pretending that they were deaf and could not hear anything.

"Then why are you still exercising?" The general couldn't bear the shame and indignation, so he could only put on a displeased expression, and reprimanded in a low voice, "I'm afraid you won't be able to break it with your small waist, right?"

"Ben...it didn't hurt so much at first!" Xiaobai lowered his head, "And, didn't you say that if you practice more, you will...not be sore so easily?"

The general rolled his eyes: "That has to be moderate! You are exercising too much! Do you know!"

Xiaobai pursed his lips tightly and stopped talking.

The general sighed helplessly, and picked up the chopsticks: "Okay, okay, let's eat, the food is going to be cold."

"Ah."

Xiaobai quietly raised his eyes, looked at him, and nodded yes.

The general put a chopstick of braised pork into his bowl, and the corner of his mouth twitched: "Don't you want to keep fit? Then eat more."

"Eat more too." Xiaobai picked up the meat and whispered.

"Hehe," the general looked at him with a smile on his face, and after eating two mouthfuls of food, he seemed to think of something again, and said casually, "King Qingzhou and Zhongda should be back in the afternoon, and His Majesty is going to greet you at the city gate in person. You have to go with me too."

Xiaobai's eyes lit up: "The prince is coming back?"

"What's that expression on your face?" The general's face darkened, his eyes widened, "Is that so happy?"

"Of course I'm happy," Xiaobai pursed his lips and said with a smile, "My lord has encountered such dangers during his trip this time, and he can come back safely. Why isn't it worth being happy? And Master Shi, aren't you happy?"

The general looked away: "Happy is happy..."

But General Ben is not very happy with your appearance.

Xiaobai seemed to be unconscious, stretched out his hand to hold the general's hand, and said happily: "General, you were so worried about them at that time, but now that they are all coming back, don't you feel completely at ease? I am also happy for you ah!"

"is it?"

The general looked at the top of his head and agreed noncommittally. He felt a little more at ease, but he was still a little awkward.

69

King Qingzhou went to Jingzhou. Although he achieved nothing in general, he had no credit but hard work. He was lucky enough to escape the danger intact. Emperor Jingming was very pleased, and he did not hesitate to go to the city gate to greet him in person, giving enough face.

The king of Qingzhou experienced such a change, but he survived the catastrophe, but he was blessed. He was also very proud of being able to enjoy such a high standard of treatment when he returned to Jianyang.

But Master Zhou, the governor of Jingzhou who was traveling with him, was different.

On the road outside the city, the King of Qingzhou was idly eating seasonal fruits, while looking at Master Zhou who was in the same car without saying a word, he said with a smile: "I said Wenbi, didn't this king tell you a long time ago? What happened this time has nothing to do with you, and this king has nothing to do with it, so why do you have to take the blame yourself?"

The official robes on Zhou Wenbi's body have been taken off, and he is only wearing plain clothes, as if he is already a criminal, and he still looks serious.

"Although the prince is tolerant and benevolent, this matter was originally caused by the official's personal misconduct. It is only natural for the official to invite him in to plead guilty to His Majesty. The prince does not need to excuse the official."

"Oh..." The prince looked at him with a look of hatred for iron, "Why are you still so rigid and stubborn! This is good, there are many people in the court who didn't like you, you Isn't this sending yourself up to seek death?"

Back when Zhou Wenbi was just a fledgling, he was an official in Jianyang, and he offended many people because he was too upright. Later, King Qingzhou came forward to lobby Emperor Jingming, so he was transferred to Jingzhou, away from a place like Jianyang where the powerful and powerful forces are intricate. An Anxin was a good official, but he didn't expect that this would still cause him to get into this trouble.

The lord yelled in his heart that he was not worth it. Although Zhou Wenbi was old-fashioned and liked to seek death, he was born with a beautiful and pleasing demeanor. If he had known that he would end up like this after making a big circle, he might as well have left him in Jianyang. Anyway, I can watch it for a few more years.

Zhou Wenbi smiled slightly, and made a bow to the prince: "Thank you, prince, for your trouble, but, the matter in the court should be dealt with by the lower officials themselves. Going to Jianyang this time is also a good time to report the embankment to His Majesty in person. As for I believe His Majesty will make his own decision regarding the crimes committed by the subordinate officials."

The prince let out a long sigh of relief, shook his head feeling helpless: "You, you haven't made any progress after all these years, your temper...is as hard as a rock!"

As he spoke, he lifted the bamboo curtain on the car window to peek out, so he couldn't die to see the tall figure riding a tall horse accompanying the carriage.

"It's really stinky and hard!" The prince twitched his mouth, put down the bamboo curtain, and added another sentence.

Zhou Wenbi smiled: "Everyone has his own aspirations... All these years, I would also like to thank the prince for caring so much for the subordinates, the subordinates... have nothing to repay."

"Hmph, that's true!" The prince leaned against the wall of the car, staring at him and said, "Who made this king be so kind and courteous as a corporal!"

But I thought in my heart that if you weren't so rigid and stubborn, and couldn't bear to be teased, maybe you could "repay" a little bit, but it's a pity... Alas, but you are a person who can see but not eat!

"By the way," the prince's eyebrows twitched, thinking of something, "I remember you used to have a book boy by your side, why didn't you see him when you came back?"

"Ah Cheng?" Zhou Wenbi showed a hint of helplessness on his face, "He...he is no longer the official's book boy."

"Oh?" The prince raised his eyebrows casually, and said indifferently, "It's true, you should let people out when you are older—hehe, those who follow you must be young and tender!"

Zhou Wenbi smiled wryly: "My lord was joking..."

"Hehe..." The prince knew that he couldn't take a joke, so he smiled and said, "Speaking of which, you are not too young, why have you never seen you get married? You are still so lonely, if you really get something in the future It’s too bad that you’re going to jail for a crime, and you don’t even have a food delivery person.”

"This..." Zhou Wenbi's face was embarrassed, "This matter... I'm afraid it's a long story...