feud

Wang Bing walked to the school grounds, found a patrolling soldier who seemed to be talkative, and politely asked Sun Li where he lived. The soldier looked at Wang Bing dubiously and thought for a while before agreeing.

The soldier asked Wang Bing to wait at the same place, ran to Sun Li's room and knocked on the door, and said outside the door: "Master Sun, there is a man named Wang Xin who wants to see you."

Sun Li was awakened by the knock on the door, and said "hmm" impatiently, pushed away Gao Yue's hand on his chest, turned over and continued to sleep.

The soldier didn't get an answer, so he dared to ask again.I was tired enough discussing the matter of dispatching troops today, and Sun Li yelled, "Who stays awake in the middle of the night to seek revenge from me?"

"He said his name is Wang Xin, and he is waiting outside now."

Gao Yue was in a deep sleep, and pressed his hands up again. Sun Li sat up with half-opened eyes, took the quilt and hugged Gao Yue, went down to the bed, got dressed, went out carefully, closed the door, and shook his head reluctantly. Sober, said: "Take me to see him."

Wang Bing pulled the fur coat, looked up at the sky full of stars, the wind blew the fur coat and made a noise in mid-air, when he heard the sound of footsteps, Wang Bing looked at the person coming, made a bow, and said with a smile: "Sun Taifu, you are bothering me late at night, what are you doing?" Offended, please forgive me."

-

In Gao Yue's room, Sun Li lit a lamp, put it on the desk, sat down, and said: "Sir, if you have something to say, Sun will listen carefully."

Wang Bing said: "You are planning to attack Luoyang, aren't you?"

To be honest, Sun Li was not at all curious that Wang Bing knew such military secrets, so he said flatly, "Yes."

Wang Bing: "I have a plan to attack Luoyang, but I don't know the number of soldiers in the army. I have a clumsy plan but I can't deploy troops. I am here to ask Sun Taipu for advice."

"This... why don't you ask His Highness?" Sun Li looked at the lights in his eyes, and couldn't help admiring that he was still elegant despite being weak.

Wang Bing sighed, with a sad look on his face, he said: "He refuses to say, if not, I wouldn't bother my servant in the middle of the night."

Sun Li said: "Young Master is weak and should not be burdened by these trivial matters. Your Highness is doing it for your own good."

It was the first time Wang Bing talked with Sun Li. He did not expect that he, like Cen Li, was a modest and polite gentleman, and he had a little affection for him in his heart, saying: "I know that, Your Highness treats me so well, I have to repay him." , yes or no?"

Sun Li smiled and said: "I think the only way for you to repay His Highness is to get better as soon as possible. You don't know how anxious His Highness was when you were unconscious. I have never seen him like that on the battlefield. I dare not even get close to him." You'd better go back, don't let His Highness worry."

"I can't get better. My own body knows best." Wang Bing sighed and said, "I'm just waiting for death, but I want to help him, and I want to see him become the emperor that everyone is looking at. This is my life. The only thought of going down."

"Don't worry, just tell me how many troops you have. You can arrange troops now, and you will tell His Highness tomorrow. In this way, you can help His Highness solve the difficulties in front of you, and fulfill your wish. As long as you and I both Don't tell me, no one will know." Wang Bing glanced more closely, worried that Cen Li would wake up, and said: "Sun Taifu, this is a way to get the best of both worlds, and if you feel that the formation below is inappropriate, you can completely dismiss it. , I’m just making a suggestion, but before making a suggestion, I need to understand our strength, that’s all.”

"I..." Sun Li's thoughts began to fluctuate. One was that he didn't dare to tell Wang Bing everything behind His Highness's back, and the other was that he knew that Wang Bing had real skills. In a difficult situation, his formation is really very tempting.After struggling for a while, Sun Li decided to agree to Wang Bing's request.

Outside the door, a person was leaning against a pillar in the porch, using the pillar to hide his figure.

-

When Mao Shi arrived, Wang Bing returned to the room, walked on tiptoe to the couch, saw Cen Liping lying down, eyes closed, his chest rose and fell in an orderly manner, and seemed to be sleeping soundly, Wang Bing gently lifted the quilt and lay down, as if The baby returned to his mother's side, and he leaned towards Cen Li, not noticing that the bed was not warm, turned over, and closed his eyes peacefully.

The sky was getting bright outside the window, Cen Li opened his eyes, turned over, and gently hugged him into his arms.

-

Jiankang, the prime minister's residence.

When Wang Hong returned to his mansion, he just stepped into the gate when he heard a cold snort.

Wang Hong saluted with a sneer, and said, "Doctor Jiang is well."

However, the person has gone and returned, no matter what, he was looking for Qishou by himself, Doctor Jiang stroked his gray beard, sighed and shook his head, and said: "Master Prime Minister, please let this old man take your pulse, the medicine was just taken to warm you , it will be fine soon."

Wang Hong said: "Thank you."

-

Deng Yuai changed back into her clothes and was about to go back to her room to deal with business. When she just walked to the middle of the yard, she saw Yuan Pinghou and hurried up to say hello.

Chang Shi was the chief of staff in the prime minister's mansion. Deng Yuai and Lin Yi had met each other several times. When Lin Yi saw that it was him, he returned a salute.

Deng Yuai smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, how is Lin Yuanping recovering?"

"There is the rejuvenating medicine of Imperial Physician Jiang, it's not good or not, haha." Lin Yi naturally looked down Deng Yuai's face, and said, "Deng Changshi, I just said that your prime minister's residence is too low-key, and the toilet is too low-key. There is not even a waiter, so our long history belts are tied backwards. You don’t know, there are thousands of jade trees and brocade pavement in Gu’s house, and even the maidservants who wait on people to go to the toilet are also very beautiful. The next time I went with Cheng, I thought I entered the palace through the wrong door."

Deng Yuai looked at her belt, heard Lin Yi's joking tone, felt no shame at all, laughed loudly, and said, "Your Majesty, don't make fun of me. I want to come to Master Hou to find the prime minister, but I am afraid that Master Hou will Wait for a while, Imperial Physician Jiang just went in with the Prime Minister, how about Master Hou do me a favor and have a few drinks with me?"

Lin Yi smiled and said: "No, Chang Shi is busy with affairs, so go ahead and do it, I'll just wait here."

Recently, Wang Hong was lying on the couch, and many matters in the prime minister's mansion were on his shoulders. Lin Yi couldn't hold the big Buddha, so he didn't force it. He smiled and bowed to leave.

Lin Yi waited in the yard in front of the main house for nearly a stick of incense. Jiang Shi and Wang Hong came out one after the other. Wang Hong said with a smile, "Your Majesty is safe, I have been waiting for you for a long time with trivial matters, hurry up." Please, sit inside."

Jiang Shi whispered in Wang Hong's ear: "Prime Minister, don't drink alcohol, not even a drop."

Wang Hong frowned and begged for mercy in a low voice: "I'll just have a drink with Lord Hou, it doesn't matter..."

As a doctor, Jiang Shi hated those who didn't take care of their bodies the most. He hummed a few times and said, "I'm going to send the official hat to the palace. It's not appropriate for an imperial physician."

"Okay." Wang Hong looked at Lin Yi dumbfounded, and said, "Replace wine with tea, replace wine with tea."

Lin Yi smiled and pointed to the waterside pavilion by the pool not far away, and said, "I think the waterside pavilion is pretty good, so let's go there."

-

The domestic servant was making tea, and retreated respectfully with sharp eyesight.

Wang Hong picked up the teacup on the table and said, "Please."

Lin Yi also picked up the teacup and said, "Please, Prime Minister."

The two put down the teacups, and the servant girl below came up to serve them, and then retreated.Only then did Lin Yi ask, "How is the prime minister?" Judging by the appearance of Imperial Physician Jiang today, I'm afraid the situation is not optimistic.He didn't dare to say that.

"It's nothing serious, it's really rude to keep Lord Hou waiting for so long." Wang Hong said.

Lin Yi said: "That's good. Physician Jiang's superb medical skills are rare in this world. I only took two patches of his medicine and healed up. I believe you are auspicious, and you will be fine."

Wang Hong gave a faint "hmm".

"Actually, I came here uninvited today to make my nephew sick." Lin Yi looked at the tea in the cup, then at Wang Hong's slightly surprised expression, and said, "I only found out about this later, Captain of the northern part of Runan County, oh no, Han Kuang, the current general of the town army, seems to have a lot of connections with Nephew Ling."

Wang Hong swallowed his saliva and signaled him to continue.

Lin Yi chose his words carefully, and said: "I have been looking for a Hun. He was once a servant I had to lock up in the mansion... When I was in Shanyin in Kuaiji, you also know that nephew Ling was taken from the mountain by Liu Pi. Yin brought it to Jiankang. It was a coincidence that the person I was looking for and my nephew Ling were both in Shanyin. That day my servant fled from the mansion. I searched all the way, but he was with Wang Bing. What I want to say is , they... might be friends."

"Impossible." Wang Hong immediately said firmly, "Wang Bing and the Xiongnu have revenge for killing his father. It is impossible for him to mix with the Huns."

"Listen to me first, and then make a conclusion." Lin Yi took a sip of tea, and described everything he saw in Shanyin in detail, even including the fact that Cen Li did not hesitate to show his flaws in the fight in order to save the king's disease.Wang Hong's face became more and more ugly. He thought that Wang Bing was seriously injured and trapped in prison, and he begged himself to find someone. That portrait really didn't look like a Central Plains person!

"Later when I was in Runan, I saw him again—my servant, but I didn't see Wang Bing with my own eyes." Lin Yi recalled the last time he saw Han Kuang, and he said that he would not bother Han Kuang to help him find Cen Li. Yes, before leaving, he saw Han Kuang holding another portrait, and he only glanced at it, and he instantly knew who the person on it was, because there were not many people with that scar on their faces.

"I guess, they may have been together all the time. Don't worry, Wang Hong, I didn't come to complain to you, but what I'm going to say next may be much worse than what I complained to you. In fact, my servant...he... He is the... prince of Zhao." Lin Yi didn't expect that when he said this name again, there was still a slight pain in his chest. He took a deep breath and said, "The last prince of Zhao, Liu Huaxin."

After the founding of the Liang Dynasty, everyone knew that the emperor treated Yuan Pinghou very disdainfully. He is happy to live such a free and unrestrained life. He handles things smoothly and never offends others. He can run rampant in the officialdom with a title and no official. This kind of person is exactly the opposite of Wang Hong. Wang Hong is desperately dealing with the officialdom, but this does not prevent the two from becoming friends. , Wang Hong sometimes saw little Chen Huai through Lin Yi, but he couldn't connect him with the prince of the Xiongnu. The two people with such disparity in social status were once master-servant relationship!

It took Wang Hong a lifetime of cultivation to restrain himself from losing his composure. He temporarily lost the ability to speak. He picked up the teacup and drank it. The sweet tea flowed down his throat and chest. After taking a deep breath, Wang Hongcai managed to say calmly: "This is your Majesty's case. Do you know? Could it be that Wang Bing was held hostage by Liu Huaxin? I know about Liu Pi, it's His Majesty's intention, and His Majesty has His Majesty's worries, and I have nothing to do."

Lin Yi said: "I didn't explain it to Your Majesty, but do you think someone would even take his own life for the sake of being a hostage?! And Han Kuang, Wang Hong, I don't know why you promoted Han Kuang, yes, he is indeed Cai, but is there really such a coincidence? Both Hua Xin and Wang Bing appeared in Runan, and you promoted him to be the general of the army soon after, why is that?"

"He and Wang Yuhe went out to recover Runan County and made great achievements in battle. He also actively fought against the Hu thieves in Border County and kept our Daliang border peaceful. I just decided to let him lead the three armies to fight against the bandits and protect the country because of this. It has nothing to do with it. " Wang Hong said, "I have been in Langya County since I was a child. Wang Bing followed my elder brother to the Luoyang Palace. I didn't even know that he had any relationship with Han Kuang. I only know that they met through you now. How could he be promoted because of his relationship with Wang Bing?"

Lin Yi sighed, "I see, it seems that you really don't know."

"Don't worry, I won't tell His Majesty about this matter. According to you, Wang Bing may... really be with that barbarian voluntarily. The child's life is suffering. Your Majesty has always been worried about my brother. I can't protect him, so it's a good thing for him to leave Daliang." Wang Hong wanted his own nephew who was tortured in Tingwei's prison, but he was helpless, and he failed his brother's entrustment, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

The maidservant came up to pour tea, but Wang Hong waved her away.

Wang Hong: "What's going on with you and Prince Zhao?"

"He saved my life." Lin Yi looked at the scenery in the prime minister's mansion, green water, yellow trees, and no red flowers in autumn.

Wang Hongdao: "Runan County is a border county, Lin Ziyou, tell me honestly, where are you going to find that Liu Huaxin?"

Ji Dong lowered his head and did not speak. Silence is the default.Wang Hong closed his eyes. In fact, his own nephew didn't plead for himself in prison, but only asked him to help find a barbarian. Thinking of this, Wang Hong couldn't say anything.

Wang Hong called the maidservant to come up and pour tea, and waited for her to retreat, saying: "So you came today to tell me that Wang Bing is with the prince of Zhao Guo? Or come and tell me that you are leaving Jiankang and looking for That Prince Zhao?"

Ji Dong looked at the steaming tea in a daze, and said for a long time, "The former is."

"Wang Bing was imprisoned by His Majesty in Tingwei's prison. His Majesty has been investigating secretly. Now I finally understand that Liu Huaxin dared to risk himself...to save him, no matter if that person is the crown prince. I am still the emperor, and Wang Bing chooses to go with him, so I have no right to interfere in all of this." Wang Hong said, "Lin Yi, you are also a smart person. With all due respect, since Liu Huaxin saved you, you shouldn't lock him up. At home, you dared to go to a dangerous place like Runan in order to find him, I know that your affection for him has surpassed that of a benefactor, but when he and Wang Bing met in Shanyin, everything is fate."

Ji Dong said sadly: "I know, I was wrong. If it wasn't because I imprisoned and abused him, he wouldn't have escaped from the Lin residence, maybe they wouldn't have met."

"I don't know how the decision to lock him up at home will affect the future... Ah, Prime Minister, please rest assured, I am not here to tell you that your nephew robbed my sweetheart, nor do I want to tell you You borrow troops to go north to Chu to find him."

"I chased him to Runan, I'm tired, I don't want to chase anymore. I just came to tell you about Nephew Ling, Hua Xin is a good person..."

After a long silence, Wang Hong waved to the maidservants under the water pavilion. Soon, the teacups and the stove were removed, and the maidservants brought warm wine, filled them respectively, and retreated slowly.

Lin Yi smelled the aroma of wine, he picked it up regardless of etiquette and poured it down, it was not enough, he picked up the wine jug next to it, poured it into his mouth, a lot of it flowed on his chest, and his clothes were completely wet.

Wang Hong had been watching him quietly for a long time, then got up and walked out of the water pavilion, waved away all the servants, looked back at the drunken man on the desk, and let out a long sigh.