Spring Breeze Crossing Guanshan

"Your Majesty, even though you have already thought about how to take the next few steps, your move has really angered the Emperor—what should you do after this? Do you have a decision in your mind?"

Bai Suhan frowned slightly, holding a sapphire tea cup in his hand, the Longjing in the cup had gradually cooled down, but he still didn't take a sip.

Guan Junchen stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back and looked out. The night in late autumn was as dark as thick ink, and even a bright moon was hidden behind the dark clouds, only an obscure white moonlight quietly shining in the courtyard of Hanwenzhai.

"What do you have in mind?"

It took a long time before Guan Junchen responded lightly. He was covered with thick fox fur, but he still really felt waves of coldness.

"My lord—"

Bai Suhan stood up, a stern light flashed in his cold eyes, and said in a deep voice: "You bear the golden sword bestowed by the late emperor, and you are not without influence in the court, and you also have a great reputation among the people. Your Majesty, he can It is absolutely impossible to take down Pingnan King without saying a word, but it is absolutely impossible to do this to you. This time you entered the capital with the champion Hou Yizhang, which reminds the court and the world once again of the great contributions you have made to the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"The Holy Majesty would never dare to kill you here, otherwise he would be disrespectful, contemptuous of the former emperor's majesty, and even more ashamed of the great heroes of the Great Zhou Dynasty. No emperor would be willing to leave such a legacy in future generations." Fame, not to mention that today Zizhi will be the Mingjun of all ages, and he will enter the ancestral temple and worship the temple name after a hundred years. According to the rule of Dazhou, the ancestors have meritorious and virtuous ancestors. If the Holy One wants to be called the Yingzong, how dare he lose his virtue?"

"Since the lord can force the Holy Majesty to this step, why not use this great opportunity to further unite the party members in the court and revive the forces that the lord previously disbanded. If one or two of the four princes of the current dynasty can be brought over, it will be able to deter them for a long time. My Majesty's thoughts on you—today, my lord, you can no longer retreat, you can only enter—"

Although Bai Suhan's tone was fierce at this time, when Guan Junchen turned around, there was a rather cold look on his brows.

He didn't respond to Bai Suhan's words, but turned his head to look at Yan Chunxi, and suddenly asked, "Xi'er, what do you think?"

Yan Chunxi couldn't help being stunned for a moment, his clear almond eyes looked at Guan Junchen somewhat at a loss.

No wonder he was flustered, although he was able to stay in Hanwenzhai all the time, even if Bai Suhan and Wang Jinzhi came to discuss matters, he didn't have to shy away from it, but the meaning of this was very different from talking about it.

What's more, the matter that Bai Suhan and Guan Junchen are discussing now is really the first-class matter related to wealth and life. He never thought that he could speak at such a moment before.

But since Guan Junchen asked, he hesitated for a while, and finally mustered up the courage to raise his head, and said in a rough voice: "I, I and Bai Guanshi have different ideas..."

"Boss Bai said that brother Cheng should go further at this time, but I really think in my heart that it's the opposite—brother Cheng should not enter again."

The young man was obviously very nervous. He bit his lips and looked at Guan Junchen with his eyes, but he still said slowly with a trembling voice: "Brother Cheng not only shouldn't enter, but should retreat - completely withdraw from the dangerous court, completely withdraw from power." strife."

Bai Suhan's sword eyebrows frowned immediately, he looked at this handsome young man, a sharp cold light appeared in his eyes.

What can a plaything who only knows how to please Guan Junchen in bed know? Even though he has followed Guan Junchen for many years, he has always admired and admired the majesty of this prince, but he really feels that Guan Junchen is brazenly resisting the decree for such a young man. It is too ridiculous to still listen to the opinions of this charming pet at this time.

But Guan Junchen didn't feel that way, he turned around, walked slowly back to the desk and sat down.

"What do you think, tell me carefully."

He seemed to feel a little cold in his hands, and after gently wrapping his hands around the warm teacup, he looked at Yan Chunxi with gentle eyes, and asked softly.

Yan Chunxi took a deep breath, raised his head and looked at Guan Junchen: "Brother Cheng, the Holy Spirit is suspicious, you have never been suspicious before, let alone this time you not only resisted the decree secretly, but also entered the capital as the champion Hou Yizhang on the surface. The Holy Majesty may have scruples for a while and he can't make a move. How could he not be more jealous of you? But if it has been a long time, and Brother Cheng is still dealing with the court, he will become a thorn in the Holy Majesty's eyes and a thorn in his heart. Isn't that true? Seeking skin from a tiger?"

"Brother Cheng has been in the court for more than [-] years, and he knows how dangerous this place is better than me. Which one is not the hereditary prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and which one has never held a high position, but now? One day a tall building rises, and one day A tall building collapses, Brother Cheng...the closer you are to power, the more you will climb up and fall. I, what I think in my heart is very simple...I want Brother Cheng to be safe."

"I want Brother Cheng to be safe...I want Brother Cheng to be happy even more. Brother Cheng has been graceful and dignified all his life, so even if he takes a step further, where can he go?"

"Grand brother Cheng has never been truly happy when he is powerful and above ten thousand people, but I can."

When the young man said this, he didn't seem to care that Wang Jinzhi and Bai Suhan were still in the room, his eyes flashed with fiery affection like flames, he stared deeply at Guan Junchen, and said in a trembling voice: "I say so, maybe it sounds It's too self-indulgent, but I, but I don't care what other people think, because after last night...I already know, Brother Cheng, you...you must be of one mind with me. "

After Yan Chunxi said these words, the entire Hanwenzhai was silent.

The expression on Bai Suhan's face froze, he felt at a loss for a moment, he couldn't help turning his eyes to Wang Jinzhi who had been sitting beside him, wanting to hear Wang Jinzhi's opinion.

However, seeing that the chief steward of the palace had a calm expression, he was just looking out of the window in rapt attention, not surprised at all.

Bai Suhan suddenly felt a wave of powerlessness, he looked at Guan Junchen with some confusion, waiting for the final decision of Prince Ning.

Guan Junchen held the teacup in both hands and leaned against the large chair. He didn't look at anyone else, just looked at Yan Chunxi, and spoke slowly.

"Before, I was thinking about one thing—whether I should bring you with me when I enter Beijing this time."

Hearing what he said, Yan Chunxi showed a hint of eagerness on his face, but he wanted to speak, but Guan Junchen waved his hand to stop him.

"The dangers of Chang'an, I really don't need to go into details. At the feet of the emperor, as long as Zhou Yingdi wants your life, I may not be able to protect you even if I try my best. I don't want to take you there, but I won't take you." Go, what should I do? Chang'an is dangerous, Jinling is not dangerous, but if someone sends you away, you have no skills, and you are a criminal slave, it is too easy to track, not to mention the secret agents of Wuyi Lane all over the world , I am absolutely not sure of protecting you. I think about this all the time, and I suffer from the fact that I don’t have a perfect plan..."

"Xi'er, you are the apple of my eye, no matter where I put you, I can't settle down."

Guan Junchen's voice was low and hoarse, and he spoke very slowly, but a forbearing tenderness flashed quietly in those deep Danfeng eyes.

He sighed, and said in a low voice: "What should I do, whether to go or not, I'm afraid...it's up to you to decide."

Yan Chunxi raised his head, a trace of tears welled up in his eyes, and he looked at Guan Junchen bewilderedly.

After a long, long time, he finally murmured, "Thank you, brother Chengcheng..."

He loves Guan Junchen, he is willing to go to heaven and earth, wind or fire.

In fact, maybe there was no need to say this word of thanks, but he still said it.

He is already the same person as him, of course he understands that as soon as Guan Junchen said this, he understood his intention and followed his wish.

People who love each other think the same thing.

If he followed, if he encountered any danger, he would only be Guan Junchen in pain;

But if he was sent away without being with him, the heart-piercing torture would fall on his head.

After all, Guan Junchen was not willing to let him suffer this pain.

Guan Junchen put down the teacup and stood up. He glanced at Wang Jinzhi and said calmly, "I will leave the guard of honor to you. Apart from Xi'er, you can only bring Cheng Yixuan and that man named Shuanglin with you. We will leave tomorrow without any error."

Wang Jinzhi, who has always been calm and capable, seemed to be taken aback at this time, with a hint of hesitation in his expression, he said softly: "Your Majesty, do you still need to bring a pet attendant with you on this trip?"

Guan Junchen seemed to feel that it was strange that Wang Jinzhi was still asking about these details at this time, and frowned slightly: "How about entering Beijing in the past, how about entering Beijing this time. It's just a show."

Wang Jinzhi lowered his head, closed his bitter eyes, and only replied in a low voice: "Yes."

Guan Junchen didn't say any more, he stretched out his hand, gently took the palm of the young man beside him, and then strode out.

Bai Suhan and Wang Jinzhi immediately stood up and greeted each other respectfully.

Bai Suhan watched the figures of Guan Junchen and Yan Chunxi walking towards the outside of the courtyard together. In the hunting wind of the late autumn night, he seemed to vaguely hear Guan Junchen's free and easy low voice floating in the wind——

"I originally wanted to roar in the mountains and forests—"

Guan Junchen raised his arms and covered the boy's body with the black and shiny fox fur. The two of them walked out of the courtyard with a smile against the cool night wind.

Bai Suhan looked at Guan Junchen's back.

At that moment, he seemed to vaguely see a fierce tiger leaping lightly and freely into the depths of the mountains and forests, and never looked back.

……

Guan Junchen and his party set off from Jinling City, and the mighty champion Hou Yizhang stretched for nearly a mile. The leading chariot was completely black, and a three-foot golden sword hung high on the roof, shining brilliantly like a bright sun in the sky. of brilliance.

This battle only made the people in Jinling startled. Ordinary people may not be able to tell the difference between the prince and the champion Hou Yizhang, but the various forces lurking in and around Jinling City instantly sensed the fact that Prince Ning entered the capital with the champion Hou Yizhang. The meaning of a move.

Pigeons and secret documents flew to the northern city of Chang'an like snowflakes. In silence, a potentially earth-shattering change slowly surrounded the imperial capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

The journey from Jinling to Chang'an is quite long, and the weather in Dazhou is also getting cooler day by day.

Guan Junchen's chariot was extremely spacious, the soft couch was covered with thick animal skins, and the interior was even more warm like spring by the heater. Yan Chunxi stayed in the chariot with Guan Junchen every day, but he didn't feel any hardship during the journey. discomfort.

It's just that Guan Junchen's wind and cold have been dragging on, intermittently, and he has never recovered. Although he no longer has a high fever, he still coughs constantly, and he is often sleepy, and he falls asleep from time to time.

When Guan Junchen fell asleep, Yan Chunxi quietly put his head on her lap, then looked down at Guan Junchen's face quietly

Strange to say, he didn't feel bored while watching Guan Junchen so quietly.

Guan Junchen looked so young and good-looking when he was sleeping soundly, his pair of always deep Danfeng eyes were closed, only a pair of handsome brows stretched out like spring hills, as if he had returned to a beautiful place like a peach blossom garden in his sleep .

Guan Junchen is older than Yan Chunxi, and has such a prominent position, such a noble and arrogant personality, Yan Chunxi has never thought that there will be such a moment before... He actually hugged Guan Junchen like he was caring for a fragile and innocent child. .

"Brother Cheng, we're almost in Chang'an."

Yan Chunxi gently stroked the beauty tip of Guan Junchen's hair, he sighed, his eyes suddenly became bewildered, and he said in a low voice, "Do you still remember the Chang'an you told me about... Tell me, in Chang'an city during the daytime Domineering, masculine, the city is full of outstanding people, and princes everywhere. The widest official road in the city is enough for nine cars to run in parallel, as if it goes straight to the blue sky. But at night, it is brightly lit, and it is charming and affectionate everywhere... You grew up in Chang'an, and now you can be regarded as returning home. Home? Brother Cheng, have you been homesick all these years?"

I don't know if Guan Junchen heard something, he turned around suddenly, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"Did I wake you up...?" Yan Chunxi looked down at Guan Junchen nervously.

Guan Junchen shook his head, his eyes were clouded, as if he was still thinking about something, and after a while he said in a hoarse voice: "Xi'er, I just had a dream."

"What dream?"

"It's actually not a dream." Guan Junchen smiled lightly, "It happened when I was six years old."

"That year, my father tested our princes to write "University" silently. My father was strict. At that time, I loved to play, but I couldn't remember such boring things. I only wrote half of it, and I couldn't recite the rest. At that time I was really scared in my heart. Brother Huang had finished writing a long time ago. It can be seen that I only wrote a little bit. I couldn't bear to see me being punished, so I stayed and secretly wrote a cheat sheet for me. Unexpectedly, before I gave it to me, my father asked me to write it. Catch it right—”

"Father was furious at the moment, and punished us both to kneel in front of the prince's school for two hours. The sun was scorching, and the emperor's bones were weak, and he passed out. I thought to myself at that time, the emperor Brother is really the best brother in the world. If I have anything delicious or fun in the future, I will definitely share half of it with him.... Strange to say, I have not remembered this for many years, but Just now, I thought of it again in my dream, it's true, it's like it happened again."

Yan Chunxi seldom heard Guan Junchen mention his affairs in the palace, thinking that Guan Junchen had such naughty times when he was young, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and asked softly: "Brother Huang...is it King Xiang?"

Guan Junchen suddenly looked over with his red phoenix eyes, his expression was a bit strange, and after a while he said with a half-smile: "It's not King Xiang."

"It's Emperor Zhou Ying."

Yan Chunxi's expression froze for a moment.

And Guan Junchen had already sat up straight, he gently raised the brocade curtain with his fingers and looked out, the bright light suddenly shone on his straight nose.

"Snowing--"

he whispered.

……

When Guan Junchen's guard of honor slowly arrived dozens of miles away from Chang'an City, a letter from the flying pigeons in the city also arrived in Bai Suhan's hands.

"My lord," Bai Suhan asked for instructions in a low voice outside the chariot, "I just got the news that the Holy Majesty opened the city gates to welcome you into Beijing, and sent three hundred star guards to escort you along the way. There is no curfew in Chang'an tonight, and the people are also happy. I really plan to line up the road to welcome you. The Holy Majesty even announced that he will hold a banquet in the palace to entertain you, which seems to be the scene of welcoming you triumphantly many years ago."

"Understood." Guan Junchen didn't show any surprise on his face, with Emperor Zhou Ying's intellect, the response was naturally extremely fast.

Now that he knew that he entered Beijing as the champion Hou Yizhang, he took advantage of the situation and took the opportunity to welcome the minister of Humerus of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

No matter how incompatible the situation between their monarchs and ministers is, Chang'an on the bright side seems to be singing and dancing, and Prince Ning returns to Beijing - everyone is happy.

"Go and bring Xia Baimei here, I'll go out and get some air."

Guan Junchen ordered lightly, and after finishing speaking, he tightened the fox fur around his body, lifted the curtain and stepped out.

Yan Chunxi naturally followed behind Guan Junchen. When he got out of the chariot, he couldn't help but took a deep breath.

The silvery lead-like snow fluffed wantonly under the dark clouds, a few pine trees stood scatteredly beside the official road, and the land was vast and white.

Biting cold winds whizzed past, but perhaps the snow was so solemn that it made people feel that the world seemed unusually quiet.

Yan Chunxi was born in the south, and this was the first time he saw the snow scene in the north of Dazhou.

The snow in Chang'an was so heavy, although he hadn't seen the city of Chang'an yet, he had already felt the majesty and majesty of this Great Zhou imperial capital from hundreds of miles away.

"It's so beautiful... Gusu has never had such a heavy snowfall."

Standing beside Yan Chunxi, Guan Junchen saw the young man's face was shining brightly in the clear snow, his lips were slightly parted, and there was a look of amazement in his eyes, his innocent appearance was so charming.

Guan Junchen smiled, he stretched out his hand to wipe off a snowflake that fell on the young man's face, but when he wanted to speak, he saw Bai Suhan walking over behind Yan Chunxi with Xia Baimei.

"My lord, the person has already been brought." Bai Suhan bowed, then took half a step back and did not make a sound.

But Xia Baimei didn't salute, he was dressed in a rather thin black shirt, and stood silently in the cold wind.

The young conductor of Wuyi Lane seemed to have suffered a lot these days, his face was very pale, and there was a hint of weakness in his expression.

There was a shallow scar left on his face, which was naturally attributed to the whip that Guan Junchen used to slash his face with Qianjun Armor Breaker earlier.

But even in such an embarrassing situation, his face was still handsome and handsome. A pair of slender white eyebrows complemented each other with the white snow, making his face look like the bright moon and spring dawn.

Guan Junchen stared at Xia Baimei coldly, but suddenly thought in his heart, this person is really a rare beauty in a century.

Guan Junchen knew the secrets of Xia Baimei and Zhou Yingdi many years ago, he was really stunned at that time, and even felt a little disgusted when he thought of that scene.

An eunuch can't be called a man, let alone a woman, and a mutilated thing that has been stabbed is just the most humble servant in the palace.

But who would have thought that such a humble eunuch was the only one in the world who could seduce the emperor's lust...and maybe even a little bit of love.

What Guan Junchen never expected was that now he was really grateful that there was a Xia Baimei in this world, and Emperor Zhou Ying was still not invincible.

Guan Junchen took the sapphire vial from Bai Suhan, then stretched out his palm in front of Xia Baimei, and said indifferently: "Master Xia, once you enter Chang'an, I won't be able to keep you here, so I will naturally let you go. Xue Chao, a bone-piercing pain once every seven days, each time is more serious, if you don't take the antidote after seven or seven days, you will die of ossification. Master Xia is a smart person, I think I don't need to waste my words ?”

Yan Chunxi stood aside, it was the first time he had heard of such a terrifying poison, and his face turned pale for a while, and he looked at Xia Baimei.

Xia Baimei looked at Guan Junchen's palm, after a long time, he finally took the sapphire vial, and drank the Duan Xuechao in the bottle.

For some reason, after taking the poison, there seemed to be a hint of rosiness on his pale face.

Xia Baimei raised his head slightly to look at Guan Junchen, he suddenly coughed violently, but a mocking smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said in a hoarse voice: "My lord, such a big bet is on me, You think too highly of me."

Guan Junchen raised his eyebrows lightly, he leaned over, almost sticking in front of Xia Baimei, a pair of silver-gray red phoenix eyes stared coldly at Xia Baimei, and said word by word: "Lord Xia, you have been taking off your clothes to serve the emperor for 12 years, Of course I believe you—why, can't you trust yourself?"

Xia Baimei and Guan Junchen looked at each other for a long time, but in the end they didn't speak anymore, but slowly lowered their eyelids.

Guan Junchen ignored him, but took Yan Chunxi's hand, turned around and walked towards the chariot.

But Yan Chunxi walked two steps, but looked back involuntarily. For some reason, he suddenly felt that Xia Baimei standing alone in the snow was a little confused and a little pitiful.

……

When Guan Junchen's guard of honor slowly arrived at the city of Chang'an, as Bai Suhan said, three hundred Zhou Xingwei in light silver armor greeted him in front of the city gate.

Zhou Yingdi's move can be said to have given Guan Junchen great face.

Although Zhou Xingwei himself belonged to the Imperial Forest Army, all of them were elite guards selected by the emperor after passing military trials over the years, and they were much more respected than other divisions in the Imperial Forest Army.

"Participating in Prince Ning, my subordinate Yan Yuqing was ordered to bring three hundred star guards to welcome Prince Ning to Beijing—"

Seeing Guan Junchen get off the chariot, the silver-armored and black-robed general immediately turned over from his horse and knelt down on one knee. Hearing the sound of clanging armor, the three hundred star guards standing behind him moved in unison. kneel down.

General Yan's eyes obviously caught sight of the sharp golden sword in front of Guan Junchen's chariot, but he immediately looked slightly at the ground without squinting, which can be said to be very polite and respectful.

"General Yan, you don't need to be too polite."

Guan Junchen's expression was very cold, he didn't want to say much, he only hooked his right hand lightly, and after Bai Suhan brought up the pale Xia Baimei, he said: "This person falsely preaches the imperial decree, and there are many others in front of me." It's rude, but Wuyixiang should only listen to the saints, and it's inconvenient for this king to deal with it, so I will hand him over to General Yan."

Yan Yuqing raised his head and saw Xia Baimei, his face froze immediately, but he immediately closed his eyes and said respectfully: "Please rest assured, Prince Ning, I will report the matter of Xia and Lord Xia to the Holy Majesty before dealing with it." .”

As soon as Yan Yuqing finished speaking, he immediately winked, and the two Zhou Xingwei beside him immediately stepped forward, supported Xia Baimei and retreated.

This General Yan was in the Imperial Forest Army, so he naturally knew Xia Baimei's identity, so even though Guan Junchen had already said so, he still respectfully addressed him as Master Xia.

"Then I would like to ask General Yan to report back, the king will enter the palace to see the Holy Majesty tonight."

Guan Junchen slightly squinted his eyes, staring at Xia Baimei's figure which was hidden among the crowd of Zhou Xingwei, with a rather deep expression.

Once the snow-breaking tide is taken, the pain of bone erosion will occur at night, and it will repeat every seven days after that.

Guan Junchen knew that after Xia Baimei returned to the palace tonight, Emperor Zhou Ying would immediately see Xia Baimei's tormented appearance, so he might be able to get a glimpse of Zhou Yingdi's thoughts by entering the palace tonight, which is quite worthwhile .

"Naturally. In this way, Prince Ning is respectfully invited to Beijing—"

Yan Yuqing responded with a salute.

Guan Junchen didn't bother to say any more, he stretched out his hand to slightly straighten the hem of his gown, then turned and returned to the chariot.

Yan Chunxi had just stayed in the chariot until Guan Junchen sat back and the guard of honor began to move slowly again, finally couldn't help but lightly lifted the brocade curtain on the side and looked out.

Under the snow-covered sky, the majestic city made of blue basalt stood in front of his eyes, and a thin layer of ice had formed on the moat as wide as the river, shining a cold light in the winter.

The huge vermilion city gate slowly opened in front of him, and two black ancient seal characters hung above the city gate tens of feet high - "Chang'an".

He turned his head slightly again, and saw the three hundred silver-armored Zhou Xingwei still kneeling quietly in the frost and snow, motionless to welcome their guard of honor slowly entering the city of Chang'an.

Yan Chunxi involuntarily took a breath——

Changan.

The capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty at the foot of the emperor.

They finally came here.