The Heartthrob System cultivates brotherhood online

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No one saw Wen Xiangyi and his mother off that day, leaving the huge Wen family with only the two of them. His mother was sad, but not for her husband, but for the two maids who had always been with her. The two maids were made government servants, and she might never see them again in her life.

When asking his mother about her feelings, Wen Xiangyi learned that his mother had hated his father for so many years. She hated his philandering. As a Censor, he had bad conduct himself and had concubines one after another at home. If it weren't for her strong personality and inability to tolerate grievances, the lives of them would have been in chaos.

In the eyes of the mother, a man with many wives and concubines is a bad person. She doesn't believe that a man obsessed with women can do such an important job as supervision. But she is just a woman and has no say. Besides, this position was appointed by the emperor himself.

Wen Xiangyi was often shocked by his mother's words, and he comforted her that words can cause trouble, and if they were used by someone with ulterior motives, the entire Wen family would lose their heads. But he did not expect that the one who would bring down the Wen family would be his father, who was exceptionally tall and majestic when he was young.

Their strategies were poor, their trust in the emperor was credulous, and their essence was no different from Qin Wen's arrogance. Having been emperor for too long, they had forgotten that someone would rebel.

The Wen family has become like this, he can't hate anyone, everyone knows two results: victory, the Wen family rises; failure, the whole family is destroyed. They are soberly running towards their own end.

The only variable was Ling Si. Wen Xiangyi had not expected him to save him. So when he heard the news, he was not glad that he and his mother were still alive, but worried about how much Ling Si had paid for it and why Ling Si trusted him so much. Rebellion is no small matter. How can you allow others to sleep beside your bed? Ling Si protected him in front of the new emperor. How much did he trust him that he would not get involved in this matter? Would the new emperor have a grudge against Ling Si because of this matter?

He didn't know, so he asked Ling Si: "Why?"

Ling Si said it was because of him. Because he was Wen Xiangyi, just because he was himself.

At that moment, his brain stopped functioning, and everything around him seemed to have gone away from him. There were only two people left in the world. He wanted to search his mind for words of gratitude, words from the bottom of his heart, to express his excitement and helplessness. But everything was blank, his mind was blank, and all the words became extremely pale at this moment, as if nothing he said was powerless. He just opened his mouth, but could not make any response.

This mood continued until the carriage stopped.

The new emperor is outside the carriage. Will he go back on his word and capture all members of the Wen family and kill them after three days?

Wen Xiangyi's heart was in his throat and his palms were sweating as he waited for the judgment of the person outside the carriage.

Unexpectedly, the new emperor did not ask about him, but only showed some concern for Ling Si, as if he had come specially to see how Ling Si was doing, and did not care whether Ling Si had fulfilled his duties. Perhaps, Ling Si was much more important in the eyes of the new emperor, and he used his own ideas to speculate about others. Because he rarely trusted others, he thought that the new emperor would be like the previous emperor, and would be wary and suspicious of the people who assisted him.

He didn't know how the new emperor would view these close ministers in the future, but at least now, he had given them his greatest trust.

On the day of the execution, no one cared about him and his mother. The food was delivered as usual, but it was not rich as usual. As noon approached, his mother became more and more anxious, and kept asking him if he would have an accident. Wen Xiangyi's heart was pounding, but she kept comforting him.

The light coming through the window was offset, and Wen Xiangyi knew that noon had passed. Not long after, the jailer who used to bring him meals came. He spoke in a humble manner to the eunuch he had never seen before, with a fawning smile on his face.

The eunuch walked to the prison cell, took out the imperial edict, and asked, "Wen Xiangyi and Wen Su?"

"It's the common people."

Wen Xiangyi could no longer remember the content of the imperial edict. He only knew that he was sent to be the magistrate of a county in the south of the Yangtze River. Without the emperor's order, he was not allowed to return to Beijing for the rest of his life.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wen Xiangyi took the imperial edict. He knew that county. He had passed by Qizhou Prefecture with Ling Si when they were providing disaster relief. That county was a prefecture-level county under Qizhou Prefecture.

He and his mother left the capital secretly. When they reached the city gate, a soldier checked his identity, handed him a bag, and then waved his hand: "Let them go!"

The carriage moved forward slowly. Wen Xiangyi opened the bag, which contained a thick stack of banknotes and a lot of small change. He saw the white note at first glance. There were only eight words written on it, which made him read it over and over again.

'Bon voyage, see you later'

See you later...when will it be?

When he arrived at Bai Ze County, the original county magistrate handed over all his affairs to him. The man was promoted and became the governor of Qizhou. The two had met once before, also because of the construction of the dam. The new governor specially thanked him and said that if it were not for him, the local governance would not be so good.

Because of the drought, theft was rampant in Bai Ze County and the people complained bitterly. Later, the dam was repaired and the fields had water again, and such incidents quickly decreased.

Due to his outstanding political achievements, the matter was reported up the chain of command and was noticed by the new emperor, and then the former county magistrate was promoted.

Wen Xiangyi lamented about fate, but he just smiled and didn't take it up.

A month later, many migrant workers came to the county. It was said that they were the group that had followed the trend in the rebellion and were assigned to Bai Ze County.

Wen Xiangyi didn't expect to hear news about Ling Si from these people.

"That day, he was dressed in purple, holding a big bow, and shot an arrow through the general's head. I was so scared that I didn't care about whether I would rebel or not. I quickly hid in the bushes, but I happened to run into the ambushers and was caught. Then I came here."

"Is that guy really that mysterious? I was at the back of the team, and before I could react, I was pinned to the ground."

"According to what you said, you can shoot from half a mile away, and the bow is so heavy, how much strength does it take? That's nonsense!"

"If you don't believe me, forget it! If you had seen it, you would have cried too. I became deaf instantly. The arrow was right next to me. I was so scared that I fell off my horse."

.......

Wen Xiangyi just smiled. The county magistrate following behind him obviously didn't believe it. "These people are getting better and better at bragging. I've been listening to them bragging for almost a month, and they still don't change."

"Why do you think it's not real?"

The county magistrate was choked, but the county magistrate was from the capital after all, so he was a little curious: "Sir, have you seen it too?"

"No." The Wen Mansion was surrounded at that time, and Ling Si arrived in just half an hour. Now thinking about it, he must have arrived after repelling the rebellious enemy forces.

Pretty fast.

......

It was three years later that he met Ling Si in Qizhou. By then, he had already become the governor of Qizhou. That day was the Flower Festival. Wen Xiangyi didn't like crowded places, so he deliberately chose the streets in the east of the city and strolled around a few of them.

Mother Wen was very interested in these things and left early in the morning, specifically asking Wen Xiangyi to go out for a walk, worried that he would be bored. He had indeed been dealing with official documents these days and had no time to go out.

The moment he saw Ling Si, Wen Xiangyi couldn't believe it and stood there blankly. The man was in an inn, saying something to the shopkeeper. Just a side profile, Wen Xiangyi had a strong premonition in his heart, and he raised his foot to chase after him.

"Guest, are you here for a meal or to stay overnight? Hey, sir, you can't go up..."

The waiter saw Wen Xiangyi looking a bit abnormal and rushed straight into the inn. He was afraid of disturbing the guests, so he quickly stopped him and said, "Guest, you can't do this!!"

The shopkeeper saw something was wrong and shouted to the hired thugs outside the door: "Can't you see? Someone is here to cause trouble, throw him out!"

Two sturdy men clamped Wen Xiangyi's arms on the left and right, preventing him from moving forward. Wen Xiangyi's throat was blocked and he seemed unable to speak. He struggled desperately with red eyes.

The shopkeeper wanted to see what this troublemaker looked like and sent him to the government. After recognizing the man's face under the messy black hair, the shopkeeper said in disbelief: "Sir, the governor!? Quick, let go, who told you to offend the governor!?"

The shopkeeper felt that his life was over, and the thugs quickly let go of his hands. Wen Xiangyi fell on the steps, his hands raised up, as if he wanted to grab something, and his voice was blocked in his throat: "Ling Si..."

The chaos in the store caught Ling Si's attention. He glanced down inadvertently and first saw the shopkeeper and his thugs who were about to help someone with a panicked look. As his gaze moved downward, he saw a familiar face that was lost in his memory staring at him with a painful expression. He immediately turned around and walked down the stairs.

As soon as he walked in front of Wen Xiangyi, the corner of his clothes was grabbed tightly. He squatted down and was almost thrown down on the stairs. He caught Wen Xiangyi's rushing body, "Wen Xiangyi, what's wrong with you?"

The latter just clung to him tightly without saying a word. The people in the store looked over here curiously, but were dispersed by the shopkeeper and his thugs.

Ling Si held him like this and sat on the stairs. He felt his neck was wet. Was Wen Xiangyi being bullied?

After a long time, Wen Xiangyi moved a little, his voice hoarse: "I thought we would never see each other again..."

Ling Si helped him up, "As long as people live in this world, we will meet again one day."

Wen Xiangyi still held him tightly, as if he would run away if he let go. Ling Si asked: "What happened to you just now?"

"I don't know. I was so scared that you were gone."

Ling Si went upstairs, and Wen Xiangyi followed him. Halfway up, he stopped and asked, "Are you and Jiang Chen together?"

"Yeah." Ling Si said, "He fell asleep, it's okay."

Wen Xiangyi hesitated for a moment, then followed him into the house and closed the door to block out all curious eyes.

Ling Si picked up the honey water on the table and fed it to the drunk person on the bed. Wen Xiangyi looked at it curiously with complicated eyes. He saw the wilted flowers on the table and asked in a low voice: "Did you go to the west of the city?"

"Yes, there was a competition, and Jiang Chen drank ten bowls of wine and got drunk."

Ling Si put the bowl down and motioned Wen Xiangyi to sit down.

Ling Si: "I thought,"

Wen Xiangyi: "At that time,"

"You speak first,"

"You speak first."

Wen Xiangyi stared at Ling Si with red eyes, like a rabbit, as if he would cry if Ling Si said something wrong. Nearly ten years of experience as an official had not made him even a little more mature.

Ling Si poured a cup of tea, pushed it in front of him, and continued with what he had just said: "I thought you would hate me."

"No, it has nothing to do with you." Wen Xiangyi raised his eyes suddenly, "...Is this why you didn't come to see me? I can't go to the capital, so I can only wait here."

"No, Jiang Chen and I went to Lingnan and then to Chu. We just got here now. I didn't expect to see you." Ling Si didn't care who hated him, whether that person was Wen Xiangyi or not. He had such a guess before, but he didn't stop looking at Wen Xiangyi because of this matter.

It was because Qin Yu'an didn't intend to let him know where Wen Xiangyi was. In fact, regardless of whether Wen Xiangyi participated in the coup, he was still a member of the Wen family and would be killed. It was too risky for Ling Si to do so. Out of selfishness, he still saved the person. If Wen Xiangyi really hated him and rebelled, he would kill him with his own hands.

Wen Xiangyi fell silent after hearing this. He touched the corner of his eye. The burning pain made him sober up a little. He smiled and said, "It's good that it's not because of this. You have helped me so much. I will never forget your kindness."

"I was insane at the time, so I made a fool of myself. I'm sorry..." He choked and lowered his head, trying to keep his voice from sounding strange. "I just... I just wanted to see you so much. I'm sorry."

A white handkerchief appeared in the blurred vision, "Don't be sorry, I want to see you too."

Although he knew that Ling Si did not have the same despicable thoughts towards him as he did, Wen Xiangyi's heart still stopped for a moment and he almost forgot to breathe.

"Why are you so sad?" The cool silk fabric gently touched the tears on the cheek. Wen Xiangyi looked at the other person in a daze. Just as he remembered, the movements were gentle.

Wen Xiangyi felt ashamed, but no matter how ashamed she was, it was better than not being able to see him. "I'm emotionally unstable, so I'll be fine after crying for a while."

"Yeah." Ling Si stood up, walked to the window, looked at the scenery outside, and gave him enough space.

Time seemed to go back to that night four years ago when he and Ling Si stood side by side under the eaves, talking about something that made sense. Later, Ling Si lost interest, as if he became exhausted in an instant. He grabbed his hand and blamed him for not recognizing him at first sight.

It was as if a huge net had trapped everyone in it. They each played their own role, following the rules. Time flew by and people were unaware. Suddenly one day, a person touched the edge of the net. At that moment, all the scenes and pictures were flying around him, but he could not catch a single bit.

He thought, next time, he would definitely find Ling Si.

Wen Xiangyi tidied himself, dusted himself off, stood up and walked to Ling Si. Looking out, there were tall and short buildings, streams and trees in between. Qizhou City was peaceful and tranquil. The noisy hawking sounds coming from the streets were like a lullaby, putting the city into a deep sleep.

Wen Xiangyi glanced sideways and found Ling Si was also looking at him. The words he wanted to say were about to come out, but when they came to his lips, they changed into: "Thank you."

"I know."

Thanks for knowing.