laughing soul

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, but both the north and south fronts are in a hurry, which frightens a group of old courtiers who want to take care of themselves. For a while, they can't figure out why a contract that is beneficial to the other party can't even be stable for just a year or two. They were all confused and couldn't move their minds.Although Qiu Sheng tried to explain to them that there was basically no need to worry about the situation in the Weizhou battlefield many times, these old people were still like old monkeys whose red ass was bitten by a tiger in the forest. Come out.

Qiu Sheng's mouth was parched and he had no choice but to wave his hands to express his surrender. He asked hoarsely, "Since all of you say that I am uttering wild words, do you have any clever ideas?"

Wang Jiusi, who howled quite fiercely just now, came out: "Return to Your Majesty, I think that the last peace talks failed to achieve satisfactory results for both parties. I think it is still profitable in His Majesty's hands. The Nanmans occupy the eight counties with the most abundant resources among the sixteen counties in the south of the Yangtze River, but they are still not satisfied. From this point of view, both sides are stalemate."

Although it is nonsense, it is not stupid after all, Qiu Sheng nodded in approval: "Not bad."

In the court, Qiu Sheng seldom picks up the words of the courtiers as soon as they finish speaking. These two words are simply golden words, and Wang Jiusi meets the admiring or jealous eyes of the people around him, fully demonstrating what the human form of the "stick" looks like .Seeing that Qiu Sheng gave him a good look, he immediately poked his nose up and said, "Your Majesty, since the southern barbarians are only seeking profit, they can distribute some more things to appease them. There is no need to expand the flames of war when it is not yet stable. Li Nai has not avenged blood feuds for generations, shouldn't they be an enemy army that deserves more attention from our side? We should put all the power of the whole country to stabilize the northern battlefield before thinking about it!"

As soon as he said this, even those corrupt officials who had dedicated their lives to selling officials and nobles couldn't stand it anymore. They just lost the eight counties and paid for their silver. How can you say that it was a battle? This is good. They just waved it in front of Nan Daying After two blows of the sword and gun, he would simply disarm and surrender. He was simply the most naked traitor.

Not to mention that just now Qiu Sheng tried hard to persuade them for a long time just to let them know that the Weizhou battlefield is not serious. Hit the muzzle.

This is not the same as telling Long Live Lord that I didn't listen to what you just said.

Fortunately, Qiu Sheng is no longer that hot-blooded young man who only knows how to squeeze his head. He was silent for a moment, and said in a calm manner: "Master Wang, I wonder if you have heard the story that Scholar Su Mingyun once said. Qin, you still hold the salary to fight the fire, the salary is endless, and the fire is never extinguished'? What you want now is the same as that of the princes and states at that time. I have played here in the future," he stretched out his finger and nodded, "I The territory of Dayue must not be lost, and I have been thinking about how to take back the eight counties in the south of the Yangtze River these days. My dear friends, don't have such thoughts of whitewashing peace in the future."

Wang Jiusi blushed at what he said, bowed down and bowed before retreating.

Qiu Sheng picked up the teacup and took a sip, rolled her eyes and gave it to Jiang Chen, complaining all over her stomach: Look at the good students you brought out.

Jiang Chen coughed awkwardly, and lowered his head.

The court hall fell silent for a while, and Qiu Sheng took this opportunity to drink a cup of warm tea, moisten his throat, and feel that he can still fight these old men for [-] rounds: "My dear friends, you still have something to say." ?”

This time, the person who came out was not an old man, but Tao Qinglin, the young servant of the Ministry of War. This person is now the top leader of the Ministry of War. The above is a decent book.

There are probably two reasons for the failure to rectify the name, one of which is the three fires when the new official takes office. Anyone who has heard the four sentences of Mr. Zhang Zihou, the leader of Guan Xue, "build a heart for the world, establish a life for the people, and inherit the knowledge for the sage. The young officials who "create peace for all ages" more or less have some common problems of enthusiasm, and they are difficult to sustain for a long time, so they need to test this person for a long time; another one is to stabilize the court. The darling of the old guys, lest they always think that the young people are going to grab their jobs, and thus cause unnecessary troubles.

When he came out, Qiu Sheng was naturally happy: "Please tell me, Aiqing."

Tao Qinglin made a bow: "Return to Your Majesty, this humble minister has the courage to ask the Emperor to join one person."

Now not only Qiu Sheng, but all civil and military officials couldn't sit still, they whispered to each other secretly.

Qiu Sheng unconsciously rubbed his chin, and after hesitating for a while, he resolutely threw a booklet on the table to the ground: "My dear friends, don't make noise! ​​Master Tao, please speak up if you have something to say."

It's not that he is afraid that the other party will poke a big hole in the court, it's just that among the officials, because of the literati's most important face, any dissatisfaction will usually be tactfully put on the paper and handed over. It's more or less hidden.It's not a good thing for you to call my eight times ancestors in such a public place, and it's not very elegant for me to find out about your family's non-repayment of debts last time. It was because they were afraid that the emperor would be offended, and both of them would not be able to save their lives.

Qiu Sheng sighed with emotion, and finally understood what "newborn calves are not afraid of tigers".

Seeing the answer, the calf raised his face bravely and fearlessly, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, forgive me, my servant... I want to join His Highness the Crown Prince."

When all the corrupt officials saw that this matter was not their responsibility, they all shut up for a moment, and instead looked at the young man in the middle of the hall with shocked and surprised eyes.

Qiu Sheng was taken aback for a moment, but managed to cover up her astonishment, and said in a louder voice: "If Aiqing has a reason and evidence, the emperor's crime is the same as that of the common people, and I will not take sides."

Tao Qinglin thanked him with a kowtow, straightened his body and said loudly: "Reporting to Your Majesty, when His Majesty went to the Weizhou battlefield to fight bloody battles, he ordered His Highness the Crown Prince to attend the court. Because the Crown Prince was young and ignorant, he never granted the Crown Prince the right to interfere in the government. Even so, Your Highness However, he still yelled and yelled in the hall of government to interfere with ministers and others to discuss important matters, and when something went against his will, he fell mad and indignant like a madman. The image of gentleness and politeness in the past day is very different. I am a humble minister, and I personally think that His Highness is irritable and surly, so he is not the best person to take on the big responsibility."

There was an uproar in the hall again, Qiu Sheng didn't bother to say a word to stop it for the time being, and pressed his wrist down at Tao Qinglin, signaling him to wait a moment, but his eyes turned and fell on Jiang Chen who was at the side.

Jiang Chen met his eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally turned his head down.

Although the selection of the crown prince is indeed a big issue that needs to be resolved urgently, Jiang Chen never thought that this matter would cause trouble in the Palace of Political Affairs.The crown prince is a country's important matter, and the abolition and establishment must be handled carefully. Qiu Jingran pretended to be obedient and exquisite in the past, and the Long Live Lord, who was not interested in imperial power, said he would stand up immediately, but now something went wrong, and the crown prince was about to be abolished. Not so easy anymore.

The prince's personality and morality do have a lot of flaws, but he has never done anything out of the ordinary, and rashly abolishing it will easily lead to criticism. In addition, in order to protect Qiu Sheng's gradually improving public relations image, it is not appropriate to make things happen in the East Palace in a short period of time. Hands and feet.Another point is that only the two of them are left among the male members of the Qiu family, and this Qiu Sheng is a master who can't sit on the dragon chair and wants to run around the world for even the most serious things. He is no longer on his side, leaving only a young prince who has just been deposed. Who will hand over this great country?

I knew that if this matter was released to the public, it would definitely cause a big quarrel.Jiang Chen, as an old man who was getting closer and closer to the coffin board, was afraid of avoiding these chattering noises. He originally planned to tell Qiu Sheng about this matter, and a few of them made up their minds together, so as not to put it in the court hall and let it happen. Help the idle waste to add some after-dinner conversation.

He did all his calculations, and he missed Tao Qinglin. Even if this person didn't realize it, at least in this matter, he did play the role of a pig teammate.

Teammate Zhu stared at Qiu Sheng righteously, fearing that the other party would disagree with him, so he launched an attack with his eyes.

Qiu Sheng suddenly felt angina. Except for his treatment of Chu Yu, he himself is not a soft-hearted guy, but he doesn't have such a stubborn steel frame. As long as the other party doesn't touch his bottom line, he usually laughs and laughs. The joke passed.How to deal with this kind of stubborn donkey who speaks eloquently, he really has no experience.

"Master Tao please get up first." He couldn't think of a countermeasure, and decided to throw the pot out to listen to their quarrel. "What do you think about this, my lords?"

A bunch of screaming old monsters immediately quieted down. Even though they knew that this matter would cause an uproar, they still had to take some risks when they were young.

After a moment of silence, the Left Minister Lu Yun walked to the center without haste: "Your Majesty, according to my opinion, the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace cannot be moved."

Seeing that Tao Qinglin was about to come out to interrupt, Qiu Sheng quickly waved at him: "Why?"

Lu Yun: "Returning to Your Majesty, there is some truth in what Master Tao said, but the East Palace is the most important thing. How can you conclude that His Highness has misbehavior based on just a few words and a few times of contradicting? Say a nice word of praise, Your Excellency, you are cautious." , if you don't want to save face, it is not an exaggeration to say that you are chasing after the wind and turning the small into the big. Maybe it is because of the embarrassment that His Highness suffered in the past two days, so that he will lose his face in the court. His Majesty is reasonable and should go first Go to His Highness to understand the situation before making a decision, instead of trusting other people's words here."

What he said was very targeted, Rao Qiusheng kept waving his hands to no avail, Tao Qinglin immediately clapped his hands: "You spout blood!"

Even the hypocritical honorifics are omitted.

Lu Yun's purpose was to irritate this person. He turned around to face Tao Qinglin with a slight smile, and said slowly, "Master Tao, why should you be in a hurry? Your majesty is wise, and he will make his own decision. What kind of unknown fire is this sir? Besides, Lu's words are not insinuating, Mr. Tao probably treats the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain."

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As he spoke, there was a sign that he wanted to throw this person down and beat him up. Qiu Sheng hurriedly gave Zhao Yan a look. Later words: "Let's put this matter aside for the time being. I will send someone to help look after your highness. You don't need to worry too much. I am in the prime of life now, and there is no congenital deficiency. There is still some time before I die and ascend to heaven. I will watch he."

At last, no one was quarreling, and all the officials knelt down one after another: "Your Majesty is blessed with great blessings, and you can live a long life—"

Once this group of people chanted the slogan three times, it was unstoppable. Qiu Sheng closed his eyes and rested for a while, and when the end of "Long Live" fell, he gave everyone another thunderbolt: "Thank you for your good words. Last time I feel really sorry for not being able to inform all my loved ones about my trip to Weizhou for the first battle. This time, I would like to remind everyone that after two days after the mid-autumn festival on August [-]th, I will immediately leave for Jiangnannan Daying, Beijing The political affairs of the Central Committee need you to keep your eyes open for me..." He raised his eyes, and saw that almost all the court officials from big to small were staring at him in disbelief, and then looked at the expressions on the faces of Jiang Chen and Lu Yun, posing When it became clear, he would try his best to persuade them, without giving them a chance to refute, and then said: "There is no need to persuade me, there are all your lovers in the court, and my heart is at ease."

After finishing speaking, he lifted his buttocks and left, leaving Li Ci to shout "Back to court" and let it go.Based on his understanding of this group of people, those outsiders who are always willing to stay out of the matter wish him to leave quickly, and Jiang Chen, Lu Yun and the like will most likely come to him later by themselves.

After turning around the main entrance, Qiu Sheng met Lian Cheng who had been waiting here in a hidden corner.

Liancheng lowered his voice and said: "The brothers assigned to Huadu are currently investigating, are you in a hurry? If time is tight, you will inevitably have to amplify your actions and startle the enemy, which may alarm the other party."

Qiu Sheng glanced at him with a smile: "Still alarmed? I'm going to start work on both the north and south roads with me. What else can I do? Wait for me to draw up an edict for you to thoroughly investigate Huadu, high and low officials. No matter, Zheng Nan can help you a little bit, let Huadu's army suppress those who are disobedient... and the village owner of the Wugu Village in Southern Xinjiang may come in the next month or two. If I go to Nantah University If you don't catch up with the camp, let Hu Tiandu and Ding Gu from the Ministry of Rites accompany you to receive the reception, and tell me in time that you will be back in a few days."

There are still more than half of the medicines sent by the village master before, and the prescriptions are also very effective. Almost no one in Jinyiwei has been troubled by this. Liancheng has been busy running around in Huadu for the past two months, and almost forgot about it. After thinking about it for seven or eight minutes, he was stunned for a moment: "Well... I don't bother you if it's not a big deal. Is the battlefield a place where you can distract yourself? ... Yes, I have a small question for you."

Qiu Sheng didn't take it seriously: "Chen Liang, when did you hesitate like a woman?"

Liancheng didn't bother to argue with him: "Just that fake monk who lives in the bamboo house, is it Chu who came last year..."

"Chen Liang," Qiu Sheng was shocked, "You have become smarter!"

This is a naked personal attack. Liancheng scanned around and saw no one, and seized the opportunity to raise his hand and slap Qiusheng Jingui on the back: "What's the matter? You really want to take care of him ?”

Qiu Sheng was beaten, took the opportunity to lament and moved forward, grabbed a fragrant Sophora japonica flower and pinned it to Liancheng's temple, he laughed and said, "No, I don't want to."

This time, the dumbfounded words were replaced by Liancheng: "You, you, you... You didn't find out the details, so... I asked two brothers to check for you? How good is this!"

Before he could finish his worrying words, Qiu Sheng had already run away with the wind on his feet. Before he left, he did not forget to turn over Liancheng's concern: "Why do you ask my wife! Just stay here!"

He was running in the small bamboo hut that was close to the imperial dining room. At this time, Chu Yu was turning back from the palace wall. When he flipped in the air, he couldn't see the soles of his feet clearly, and almost fell completely with all four claws in the sky. Fortunately, he In this short half a moment, it was rare to think about the wound on his back. In desperation, he used his elbow to prop up, and then twisted his waist inexplicably.

He felt very frustrated, and sure enough, if a person has no foresight, there must be near-term worries. The Heavenly King and I see that he has become more comfortable recently, so I will find some stumbling blocks for him to add some fun to him. His body is as broken as iron. I really can't bear God's thoughtful kindness.

There is a grass bud between the two rows of neat teeth, and there is a full moon in the sky. He leans against the fence of the bamboo house to relieve his stiff waist, as if the lights of other places thousands of miles away are wrapped in moonlight. It illuminated his face, and the two tear moles on the eyelids suddenly turned red like cinnabar blood tears by the indistinct light, and he was about to cry.

His brow bone is as high as that of a foreigner, and he half-covers his pupils, but just rightly suppresses the upturned corners of his eyes. From a distance, he looks like a jade statue without sadness or joy.

During this period of time, it is said to be a rare clean and peaceful period in the past 20 years. Xu Liushan's method of evisceration is very effective, except that now every three to five days he has to cut his wrists to cleanse the blood, but compared with the past, he is no longer good how many times.

Thinking of this, Chu Yu suddenly laughed in a low voice, turned his head and looked away, only to see a shadowy figure standing under a cedar tree next to the bamboo house.It has been night for a long time now, only a little light can be seen outside the fence, but it is pitch black inside, and you can't see your fingers.Obviously he couldn't see anything except the outline, but for no reason, he had the feeling that the person was silently looking at him.

He felt it was funny in his heart, and could not help squinting his eyes on the wall for a long time to recognize it, and then he managed to see that the man did not have his hair tied up, and he was the only one who was unwilling to tie his hair up when he was wandering around the entire palace. Qiu Sheng was not in a hurry, but slowed down and asked in a low voice: "Your Excellency is very interested, are you here to enjoy the moonlight with me?"

Qiu Sheng came early, saw the man leaning against the fence staring at the night, couldn't bear to disturb his quietness for a while, this stop was only half an hour, all of his clothes were soaked by dew from inside to outside, I also enjoy the moonlight, but I don't feel how uncomfortable it is.

He raised his head and looked at that person from a distance, saw a dark shadow, lowered his eyes and laughed, and finally lit a candle in his hand, and walked towards Chu Yu who flew up to the high pavilion: "Appreciate the beauty under the moonlight!" , adding three different looks, beautiful and fortunate."

When Chu Yu saw him coming, he didn't intend to turn the Lord Long Live to the dirty wall. He flew around and led Qiu Sheng to sit on the bamboo chair in the gazebo. After describing the person in front of him for a while, he said with a smile: "Then I But if you want to find a high-quality bronze mirror to present to Lord Qiu, the moonlight may not be visible every day, and the candlelight may also be able to make do, seeing the sky shining, isn’t it a blessing to be beautiful all the time?”

To say that in the past when he spoke such words of praise, it was still Chu Yu's sincere praise, but now he has gone down the mountain for a long time and experienced the affairs of the world, and he has begun to tease Qiu Sheng in a serious manner.

Qiu Sheng smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said with a slightly serious face: "In a few days, I will get up and go to the south of the Yangtze River to meet the old acquaintance of the shaman Chuanmu, Ah Yu, will you go with me?"

"Let's not say that this is a matter of family and country. You should be happy, why don't you go in person?" Chu Yu looked at him and smiled, "Then I would be willing to risk my life to accompany you."

Qiu Sheng stared at his smile for a while, fascinated, and then said very sadly: This talent is so difficult to deal with after learning a little superficiality, what will happen in the future?

"Let's say, isn't Jiangnan already in deep war right now? Why wait any longer?"

"Two things. First, I haven't finished taking care of the Jinyiwei matter. I still want to wait for the village master in the capital. There are also a bunch of messy things in the court. If I ignore them, I'm afraid those old men will join me. One more thing," Qiu Sheng casually shook the lampshade, and calmly threw back all the cannonballs that Chu Yu had thrown over just now, "I asked Xu Liushan, and I know your birthday is August [-]th. Let you live in the flames of war."

Feeling that the pavilion master's birthday has never passed since he was a child, he was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Qiu Sheng was looking at him with raised eyebrows, and he didn't know which heartstrings were touched by these words and this person. As if fascinated by ghosts, he flicked his fingers, completely extinguishing the half-dead lamp.

Qiu Sheng's bad eyesight didn't get better, and when the surroundings were dark for a moment, he was blinded for granted, and he didn't know what Chu Yu was thinking, so he didn't dare to get up rashly, and was about to ask something, but felt his shoulders Slightly heavy, knowing that the man walked around the small table, he smiled softly, looked up slightly, and with just one movement, the corners of his lips were soft.

Chu Yu's lips were warm, but the tip of his tongue was slightly cool. When it landed on the corner of his slightly raised lips, a series of crackling sparks were sparked, but he restrained his edge and left after just a light lick. Qiu Sheng desperately opened his eyes wide. Trying to see the expression on that person's face clearly, but only heard a low sigh that was close at hand.

"Sorry, it's too dark, I didn't find the right location..."