Easy exchange of gold

After three years, Pei Yi was finally coming back. About a month ago, Zuo Xuan knew the news that Pei Yi was coming back, and he had been looking forward to their reunion ever since he knew the news.

He thought a lot about what they would say when they met, and Zuo Xuan became more and more excited when Pei Yi came back soon.He thought of several opening methods, but felt that none of them were perfect.Zuo Xuan was still thinking about how to tell Pei Yi that he was on the side of the second prince on the surface, but in fact it was just to understand their actions at a closer distance. If Pei Yi wanted that honorable seat, then he We will definitely do our best to help him.

Finally came the day when Pei Yi came back. Pei Yi came back as a victorious general and led his army all the way to the outside of Rui'an with banners flying.Outside the city gate, there are people watching the excitement, crowding around to watch.Zuo Xuan stood on the tower early, looking northwest, waiting for Pei Yi to appear in his field of vision.

When Pei Yi appeared, he was riding a horse, dressed in military uniform, and looked extremely cold.Zuo Xuan watched from a distance, only Pei Yi was in his eyes.

Three years seems to have had a particularly obvious effect on Pei Yi. He has become more mature, and standing there can make people timid.Zuo Xuan's heart was beating rapidly, he wanted to get close to him, but he couldn't take a step.

After the troops were stationed and Pei Yi had already entered the city, Zuo Xuan came down from the tower. He was eager to go back and paint a picture for Pei Yi.However, he was stopped by the second prince's retainer on the way, saying that he had something to discuss.

The old emperor was old, and he could no longer control the practice of forming cliques in the court, and it was not uncommon to go to the prince's mansion to discuss matters like this.

Zuo Xuan thought that most of the discussions at this time were related to Pei Yi, so Zuo Xuan went to listen.The general meaning is that Pei Yi has military power, so try to win him over as much as possible.

After the matter was finished, the second prince held a banquet at the mansion again, Zuo Xuan couldn't refuse, so he had to get drunk together.

By the time Zuo Xuan left, it was already very late, he shook his not sober head, and wobbled back home.

As soon as he got home, Zuo Xuan plunged into the study room, laid out the rice paper and rubbed the ink, picked up a pen and drew a picture of the army flag hunting and Pei Yi riding a horse like a tiger, with the inscription "" A thousand pieces of gold are not exchanged" four words.The painting was finished, and the wine was about to wake up. Zuo Xuan admired it for the last moment, rolled up the painting in his arms contentedly, lay back on the bed and fell asleep with a smile on his face.

Waking up the next day, Zuo Xuan couldn't wait to go to the next door to find Pei Yi.However, after going there, the doorman said that Pei Yi entered the palace and didn't know when he would come back, so he had to go home with a sleepy look.

On the third day, Zuo Xuan went to look for Pei Yi again, but the doorman said that Pei Yi and his friends had gone hunting.Zuo Xuan was very disappointed, didn't Pei Yi come to look for him?

On the fourth day, Zuo Xuan didn't go to Pei Yi anymore, because he was about to answer.Stayed in the government office and worked in the dark all day, and it was already very late when I got home.

In this way, Zuo Xuan didn't take time to find Pei Yi for several days in a row. He was a little annoyed why he was not a teenager, so that he wouldn't be so busy that he didn't even have time to talk to Pei Yi.

On the tenth day after Pei Yi came back, Zuo Xuan finally went to the next door to look for him again.This time the doorman said that Pei Yi had already left, not long ago, so he should still be outside the city.

Zuo Xuan hurried home and pulled out a horse, rode on and ran out of the city without even having time to think about why Pei Yi left in such a hurry without even saying hello.

When they arrived at the gate of the city, they saw Pei Yi preparing to leave from a distance.Zuo Xuan flicked his whip and ran forward, shouting loudly: "Pei Yi!"

Pei Yi stopped, turned the horse around, and saw Zuo Xuan.

Zuo Xuan stopped, got off his horse, and walked up to Pei Yi, "Why did you leave so quickly?"

"Something came out."

"Did you receive the letter I sent earlier?"

"Ah."

"That's good. I'll send it later. If... If you're too busy, just take a look. You don't need to reply."

"it is good."

"Then...bye."

"Goodbye."

Pei Yi left.

"Why did I go to the northwest and come back, and become so indifferent..." Zuo Xuan was full of disappointment, the chat scene between the two people that he had imagined at the beginning did not come true, and he didn't even have time to take a good look at each other.

Zuo Xuan walked back alone, and returned home in a daze. When he got home, he realized that because he was in a hurry, his hair and clothes were messed up by the wind, and he just stood in front of Pei Yi and talked to him.The already depressed mood became even worse.

After Pei Yi left, Zuo Xuan continued to send letters to Pei Yi from time to time.It's just that now, he realizes that time has diluted the friendship between the two of them, so he won't write everything in the letter to Pei Yi like before, but choose some special things to tell Pei Yi.

Although he told Pei Yi that he didn't need to reply, Zuo Xuan was still a little disappointed when he didn't receive any letter.He could only comfort himself that Pei Yi was indeed very busy.

In this way, another year passed, and Father Zuo returned home because of his old age.Father Zuo knew that within a few years, there would inevitably be major changes in Ruian City, which would inevitably affect the Zuo family, so he asked the boss of the Zuo family to be transferred to become a magistrate, while the second child was a person who didn't like politics, so These two sons didn't worry Papa Zuo much.Only Zuo Xuan, the youngest son, has been spoiled since he was a child. He has a stubborn temper and is smart. If he wants to help someone, he will not listen to any persuasion from others.

Zuo Xuan has always been a good boy in the eyes of his master since he was a child. He is quiet and silent when studying, like a dull scholar in a storybook.But only people close to him know that Saburo Zuojia also has his lively appearance.But even so, Papa Zuo never thought that his son would act deviantly.

During the period when Pei Yi returned to the Northwest, Zuo Xuan was always depressed. Father Zuo wanted to know what was going on, so he went to Zuo Xuan's room.I saw Zuo Xuan sleeping on the bed with a scroll in his arms.Father Zuo carefully pulled it out, and when he called, it turned out to be Pei Yi painted by Zuo Xuan.

Whose friends still hug each other's paintings while sleeping?Father Zuo understood immediately.His son has already embarked on this road, if it is an ordinary person, it is easy to talk about, but the other party is a prince, Zuo Xuan is doomed that the future will not be smooth sailing.

However, Father Zuo also understands that persuasion is useless, only when Zuo Xuan is really frustrated, he will turn back.

The day before old father Zuo returned home, he called Zuo Xuan to his study, and asked him very seriously, "Xuan'er, have you really thought about it?"

"Son, think it over."

"You helped him ascend the throne, he got everything, what about you?"

"I... I didn't think about it that much."

"I didn't think so much? What if the other party can't even remember who you are?"

"No! We've known each other for so long!"

"What an idiot!"

Father Zuo didn't tell Zuo Xuan what he learned about Pei Yi, so he let him be so optimistic. When he found out the problem, he would naturally give up.

"Forget it, let you go. But remember to protect yourself. If you want to go home, come back. Parents are here."

Zuo Xuan's eyes turned red when he was told, "Thank you, Dad."

The next day, Father Zuo left Rui'an City, and Zuo Xuan was the only one left in the huge city.

Sometimes Zuo Xuan regretted it, and wanted to resign immediately and return to his parents, but he also wanted to help Pei Yi, so he was immediately full of motivation.

Although Father Zuo left, before he left, he still gave some advice to his colleagues for many years, asking them to take care of Zuo Xuan more for his old face, so in the officialdom, Zuo Xuan can be regarded as smooth sailing. high rise.In less than four years, Zuo Xuan achieved the position of servant and became one of the youngest prime ministers in Daxu's history.

In the past few years, Zuo Xuan pretended to use the name of the second prince to help Pei Yi's subordinates who stayed in Ruian to do a lot of things, and gradually weakened the forces that stood in opposition to Pei Yi. The second prince and Pei Yi stood still.

In the past four years, Zuo Xuan sent Pei Yi letters no longer ordinary letters, but improved Tibetan acrostics that he thought up when he was young. Although it was a trick, no one would have thought of it. It's a bit safe, and it won't leave any excuses for Pei Yi.

In fact, there was nothing very confidential in the letter. After all, he still wanted to tell Pei Yi face to face when he came back, so he could find a chance for Pei Yi to boast about himself.

In the past four years, Zuo Xuan did one more thing, he moved his house to Dingyuan Road.The reason was that he used to love to eat pastries from a pastry shop on this street, so Pei Yi joked that he would buy a house on this street in the future so that Zuo Xuan could eat them all the time.But now, Zuo Xuan couldn't wait for Pei Yi to buy a house, so he had to buy one by himself first, and at most leave the next door to him, so that the two could continue to be neighbors.

Another reason Zuo Xuan bought this house was that there was a sycamore tree growing in the yard. Although it was not as big as the one they used to go to before, it was barely enough for Zuo Xuan to miss. You can't go there often to compete with children for land.

On the whole, in the past few years when Pei Yi was not around, Zuo Xuan did not have a bad life, but because of the longing in his heart, he was mentally dry.

Counting the time, five years have passed since Pei Yi returned to Rui'an last time, and the seriously ill old emperor also collapsed on the dragon bed.Because the second prince was in Rui'an, he felt that Pei Yiren was far away and had no ability to compete with him.

The second prince, who couldn't wait, led his guards into the palace, took out the edict from the imperial study room, and wanted the old emperor to write his name on the edict face to face.However, the old emperor was so ill that he couldn't even open his eyes. The second prince was so anxious that he threw the edict on the ground.It never occurred to him that the imperial edict he thought was blank had actually been written with a will.He hurriedly picked it up, opened it, and found that Pei Yi's name was written on it.

The second prince couldn't believe it, cursed and wanted to go forward and shake the old emperor awake.

But at this moment, Pei Yi, who was supposed to be in the northwest, led the soldiers into the palace and wiped out the second prince.

The second prince was arrested, and his henchmen were also arrested and imprisoned one after another.Zuo Xuan lived leisurely at home, waiting for his own execution.Finally, with an edict and a few soldiers, he was put in prison.