Ning Gu

It was originally agreed that on the day Zhao Zuo would return, he asked Xianzhi to lead Zhao Zuo to the garden.

It's a pity that Xie Wuling hadn't returned to the garden to wait for him that day, so he asked Emperor Hui to stay in Chongque, and went to chat with him in the name of reporting on his duties.

The nobles of Fufeng are all aware of this matter, Mr. Zhaoxing, who was temporarily appointed by Emperor Hui to send him to Binzhou, is now back, and Emperor Hui is even more pleased.Every now and then, Emperor Hui announced him into Chongque.This day was no exception, the eunuch hurried to catch up with Xie Wuling from the side door after leaving the court meeting, and kept Xie Wuling behind.

The eunuch saw that Xie Wuling was in a hurry today, so he asked casually: "Master Xie, is there something going on in the house today?"

Xie Wuling's mansion was bestowed by the Holy Majesty on the second day he returned to Beijing.There is a Yujing tree in the house. Hearing what the eunuch said about the meaning of the sage, and hearing that Mr. Xie Xiao loves Yujing, he organized the people in the household department, chose this place, and rewarded him.

"I don't deserve it. Xie Wuling is a petty official, how can he deserve the word 'adult'? Father-in-law, please forgive me." Xie Wuling smiled and said to the eunuch who led the way, "There is no important matter at home, please ask Eunuch Fu to lead the way."

This eunuch Xie Wuling called "Eunuch Fu" was a person who had been with Emperor Hui for decades, so he naturally understood Emperor Hui's likes and dislikes best, but he didn't dare to reveal anything in Chongque, he only meant something unclear Smiling: "It's the old slave who made a slip of the tongue. But the old slave has been here for more than [-] years and has seen a lot." Eunuch Fu slowed down, turned around and said, "There are not many people who can return to Fufeng. Many of them are not what they used to be.”

Xie Wuling nodded when he heard that, but his smile was forced, and he murmured to himself: "There is nothing that is different from the past, but I know that I should follow suit."

Eunuch Fu didn't know if he heard this sentence, but he didn't say anything, he just led Xie Wuling to a scene behind the Changming Hall.It was a garden called Lanchi.

The garden did not have such an elegant name.It's because there is a small pavilion in the garden, and Ting Lan was born at the place where the small pavilion waded.Emperor Hui used to spend summer in this garden, and loved leaning on the building to enjoy the moon.One day in midsummer night, Xie Xiang came to accompany the driver, pointed to the orchid under the moon, and said with a smile that the moonlight was falling, like covering water.It also refers to the name of the orchid pond in this garden.The next day, Emperor Hui named the garden according to his words.

"The Holy Majesty also left General Lu to play chess today, Mr. Xie Xiao may have to wait for a while." Eunuch Fu had just led Xie Wuling to stop outside the Xiaoxie, and said to Xie Wuling, but before he finished speaking, he heard Xiaoxie. Huidi's steady voice came: "Mr. Xie Xiao is here? Let him come in."

Xie Wuling raised his official robe slightly in response, and stepped into the room.Perhaps it was due to the smearing of fat on her lips, she was not as pale as before, she looked much more radiant, even her gestures were a bit more dignified.

He entered the pavilion, looked up at the two players who were playing chess on the seat, and before asking the ceremony, he caused Old General Lu to freeze his hand, and nodded to him.

Emperor Hui didn't even raise his eyelids, he just responded with a voice.General Lu couldn't figure out this reaction.But Xie Wuling seemed to be used to it, and found a corner by himself to be in a daze.

In fact, it has been like this for the past few days. The rumors that Emperor Hui doted on him spread up and down, but in fact, Emperor Hui kept him by his side. Except for the first day when he reported his duties, he just stayed with him for the next few days It's just in front of me, and I didn't say much about it.

But Xie Wuling is not as full of youthful spirit as he was back then, and even his eyebrows that were always raised have become much smoother this year.So Emperor Hui didn't say a word, and he was in a trance in the palace, seemingly living in peace with each other, but each had his own ghosts in his heart.

Emperor Hui was still talking about something with Old General Lu, Xie Wuling was concerned about Zhao Zuo's plan after returning to Fufeng, so he didn't hear the conversation between the two.

Xie Wuling didn't know how long he had been in a trance, when he suddenly heard the word "Xie Xiang", he came back to his senses and pricked up his ears to listen.

"I remember, this tea was cooked by Xie Xiang back then, and the Holy One is the favorite." Old General Lu looked at Xie Wuling while talking, and continued, "Later, Wang Cheng's Dalang Junshuo Langjun also It makes good tea, but unfortunately the old man is not lucky enough to eat it once in the early years."

"Well, Zhaoxing's Songxi Shoumei is indeed unique." Emperor Hui let go of his hand, and looked at Xie Wuling in the corner, "I remember that Mr. Xie Xiao is also from Xianshan Zhaoxing, why don't you give it to Mr. Lu?" General, cook a pot?"

Old General Lu waved his hands quickly, but he gave his companion Fugong a wink and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiao."

Xie Wuling naturally knew what Old General Lu meant. In the old days, Lu's family owed him a favor from Xie Wuling because of Mr. Lu's ineffective youngest son.

What's more, seeing what Emperor Hui meant, for a counselor like Xie Wuling Zhaoxing, it will be a matter of time before he gets promoted to a noble position, so he is naturally willing to go along with the flow and get the best of both worlds.

Xie Wuling took advantage of the situation, took a step forward, bowed his head and said: "The Lu family is loyal, and Ping has admired him for a long time; the old general is highly respected, and it is a blessing for Ping to serve tea."

Eunuch Fu, who was waiting at the side, received Lu Lao's wink, and sent his slaves to prepare tea sets, and let Xie Wuling adjust the spoon to make tea.When the birthday eyebrows are cooked, they will be handed over to the two of them.

Lu Lao bowed his head and took a sip of tea: "Exactly, it's the same taste when Xie Xiang cooked it many years ago. What do you think?"

"Shu Yan, you talk too much today." Emperor Hui glanced at Old General Lu.

Old General Lu immediately smiled brightly: "When you get old, you always talk more. Your Majesty doesn't like it, Lu Yan will remember it, and I will not speak next time."

Xie Wuling listened to the conversation between Mr. Lu and Emperor Hui, he didn't look like a monarch at all, but more like an old friend.He suddenly seemed to understand how the generals of the Lu family could stand alone in this temple of scribes.

Old General Lu put the tea cup in his hand aside, and listened to Emperor Hui: "I heard that your eldest son, Jun Shencheng, is going back to the northern border today?"

Lu Yan raised his eyes to look at Emperor Hui, and his smile became wider.Lu Shencheng is Lu Yan's eldest son, he is more accomplished than his younger brother Lu Weiming. At the age of 15, he left the capital with his uncle and went to the northern border to guard the border.Every two or three years in winter, it returns to Fufeng.

"That's right, the old minister has promised Zhuo Jing to return home at noon." Lu Yan tilted his head, looked at the sun, frowned, stood up, and said, "Please leave first."

Emperor Hui had no intention of keeping him, and today's protagonist was not Lu Shuyan, but the one standing in the corner.Emperor Hui waved his hand, as he accepted the old general Lu's request, and then asked Eunuch Fu beside him to see him off.

After the Xieli people left, Emperor Hui took a cup of tea, took a sip, and said, "The last time I drank this tea was that winter day three years ago."

Xie Wuling's hands shaking the tea couldn't help trembling, he seemed to know what day the person in front of him was talking about.

"At that time, thank you, I just returned to Fufeng. It was not for the widow, nor for the country and all living beings, but only for a little boy." Emperor Hui put down the tea cup, which knocked against the table. The crisp sound also seemed to hit Xie Wuling's heart.

Some things are always different from what you think about yourself and what you hear from others.If you think about it yourself, you will always avoid the important and take the light. When others say it, they probably don’t care about your preferences and say it together.

"He makes tea, and loves to reason. The widow heard another reason from him that day. He said that in the past ten years, he has traveled to many places and seen swallows in many places. Liang Jianyan is different. Mr. Xiao thinks, what is the difference?"

Xie Wuling put the teaspoon in his hand aside, his eyes were a little blank: "Pingzhi once heard about it from Master. Bird Ken lives between the beams under the eaves. It is always because there is something he is nostalgic for, so he can't leave it, and he can't leave it. I don’t want to go. Even if I let it go for a while, there will be a day when I will return.”

Xie Wuling's eyes were drawn back, and the light in his eyes became more burning, he looked at Emperor Hui, and said: "So Master will return to Chongque again, that's why..."

He clicked to the point and didn't finish the sentence.In his heart, he didn't really hope that his master would return to Chongque just because he was here.But he thought that apart from himself, he couldn't find a better reason. What else is there that the master is attached to?

Emperor Hui seemed to know better than him, Emperor Hui calmly swallowed the sudden pain in his heart, and he had to wait until this time to understand what the man meant.

Unfortunately, it's too late.

Emperor Hui's hand held a handful of sunspots tightly in the chess basket, and his son let go of his hand after a while, before continuing.

"But what your master said that day is not this. He said that the old swallows in Fufeng only want the young birds to be happy in their lives. And those young birds in the nests between the beams of Fufeng only need to open their mouths to call the old swallows when they are hungry. There is food. But Zhaoxing is different. The old swallow in Zhaoxing wants the young bird to have a chance to soar in the sky, wants it to fly high, but is afraid that it will lose its life, so it always looks at it from behind. Seeing that it can't fly high, I dare not help it right away, for fear that it will get stuck in the future and I won't be able to throw it away. Only when it is about to fall to the ground, do I give it a hand." Emperor Hui seemed After repeating the words word for word, he raised his eyes, with a smile in his eyes, and asked Xie Wuling, "He is always the most reasonable, isn't he?"

Xie Wuling met Emperor Hui's eyes, it was the first time he saw tenderness in this person's eyes, like the spring breeze in Zhaoxing March, warm, but with a bit of a strange taste, like a bitter taste.

Xie Wuling didn't have so much tenderness in his eyes, only guilt and guilt.

In the early years, he had heard senior brother Huixuan mention that there were seven emotions and six desires abandoned by his master in Fufeng Field.Since it was discarded, no one should want to pick it up again.So even taking Fufeng is not the place Master wants to go. Whenever they go out for a trip, Master will always bypass Gyeonggi-do intentionally or unintentionally.

But that day, his master came all the way from Zhaoxing to this place of Fufeng with a blizzard in his lap, brewed a pot of tea with his own hands, and recounted the past in person.But it was because of him, a young swallow who didn't know the heights of the sky and the depths of the earth.

But at that time, he was frivolous and boasted of being arrogant, which is ridiculous to think about.

"Pingzhi is taught." Xie Wuling stood up and bowed to the scholar.

"Pingzhi," Emperor Hui read his words, then raised his eyes to look at him carefully, "It's a good word, did you draw it yourself?"

Emperor Hui still remembers the young man with his hair tied up with a blue ribbon who knelt down in the snow in Changming Courtyard that day.But it has only been three years, and the jade crown is full of black hair, and it no longer looks like a teenager.

"In the early years, the master drew it up, saying that it is the peace of mind that makes things happen. So he called it Pingzhi."

"En. Zhaoxing Xie Pingzhi." Emperor Hui seemed to remember something, and said these five words, perhaps he had heard someone say this name before, but he forgot who it should be. "Do you still remember the question that the widow asked after playing chess with you?"

"Remember, the Holy Majesty asked Pingzhi whether it was Mr. Xie Xiao, or Mr. Xie Xiao from Zhaoxing."

"So what's your answer today?"

"A man of Zhaoxing should be named Zhaoxing." Xie Wuling's eyes were burning with determination.After a slight pause, he continued: "When Pingzhi entered Binzhou, he heard an old man say that when he was young, he used a false name, and when he became an adult, he should bear his name. It took three years for Pingzhi to understand this ignorance. "

Indeed, when a person is young, he just wants to use his name to do things, and when he becomes an adult, he hopes to be able to bear the name.

When Xie Wuling first entered Fufeng, he was still young, and he only knew that he could protect Zhao Zuo in the name of Zhaoxing; he didn't know that he was on the top of the gate, and questioned Emperor Hui regardless of his dignity; in the end, he asked his master to replace him He begged for mercy and was sent to Binzhou; even after his master passed away, he did not catch up with serving tea to his spirit.

But now, after re-entering Fufeng, he realized something, not because of how powerful Zhaoxing is, but because Zhaoxing's counselors are worthy of respect.Hundreds of people respect Zhaoxing, but they are actually people who respect Zhaoxing.And bearing the name of Zhaoxing has also become his responsibility.

"It's a pity that your master is not blessed to see you today." Emperor Hui sighed.

This sigh made Xie Wuling's eyes look a little lonely, and the two sides fell silent for a moment.

After a long time, Emperor Hui said: "Three years in Binzhou is not easy. You can ask for something, and I will pay you back."

When Xie Wuling was sent to Binzhou, there was a serious epidemic in Binzhou.Xie Wuling was temporarily placed as the last official of the household department by Emperor Hui, and sent to Binzhou in the name of an imperial envoy.

At that time, Xie Wuling's injuries were not fully healed, and the frostbite below his knees was the root cause of his illness.In a hurry, he went to Binzhou to take up his post.If it wasn't for his reputation as an imperial envoy and his background in Zhaoxing, I'm afraid no one would take him, a child who hasn't reached the crown, to heart.

But three years later, not only did he come back safe and sound, but he also managed the city of Nabin Prefecture to make the city safe and the people happy.

But Xie Wuling never explained the twists and turns in detail, and the job report that day was mostly vague, and Emperor Hui didn't know much about it.

"Bingzhou was rich in the old days, and it was always better than the Yashan wasteland. The Holy One asked Pingzhi what he wanted, and Pingzhi had nothing." Xie Wuling replied coldly.

"Mr. Xiao said that he has nothing to ask for," Emperor Hui laughed when he heard Xie Wuling's words, and shook his head, "but he mentioned this Yashan wasteland with my widow? Forget it, the court meeting will give him a title tomorrow. What does Mr. Xiao think?" Suitable?"

"Fear of peace."

"But it doesn't matter."

"Pingzhi thought that the land of Guzang would be fine."

As soon as Xie Wuling's words came out, Emperor Hui's slightly frowned eyebrows relaxed, causing Xie Wuling to also heave a sigh of relief.

The land of Guzang is Liangzhou. Since it is in the northwest, it is always beneficial.If there is a dispute, there is still the Lu family in the north who can help.

What's more, the fact that the land of the feudal city is remote can even grab the limelight for Zhao Zuo.

Emperor Hui was silent for a long while, then he opened his mouth and said: "As far as you are concerned, the food seal is the same as Xuancheng."