Adviser should be self-improvement

Xu Junyi struggled to move his legs, his feet were flimsy, and he stumbled towards his home.

There were three or four insurgents standing at the door, all separated when they were fleeing. They were in the front row at the time and knew Xu Junyi. , we will not die so many brothers!" I am sure that Qin Ce's arrival is premeditated by Xu Junyi.

Xu Junyi didn't care about his manners and evaded in embarrassment, but even though the rebels were beaten hard by the border soldiers, they were still peasants who had done too much physical work. Xu Junyi, who couldn't dodge, wailed with a sharp knife, and his abdomen was cut A slit half finger deep.

Clutching his stomach desperately, Xu Junyi didn't fall to the ground immediately under the intertwined pain and fear. According to his temperament, he should have cried until he was dark and rolled in pain, begging for mercy, but he didn't, he just staggered, his eyes slightly wet , Step by step, walked hard towards the door of the house.

The shouts of soldiers came from a distance, and the rebels who wanted to make another stab had to give up, thinking that Xu Junyi would not be able to survive after leaving so much blood, so he took a last look at the young man who could not stand upright, and quickly fled.

The door was ajar, and Xu Junyi began to rejoice that he forgot to close the door before leaving. The servant who heard the movement opened the door of the main room. Xu Zhen, who was restless because of the ominous premonition in his heart, turned his eyes and happened to see Xu Junyi, his eldest son.

When the four eyes met, Xu Junyi's pupils were dilated, and he finally fell down.

"Yi'er!"

It's hard to imagine how Xu Zhen forcefully squeezed the servants who were four points stronger than him, and the servants who saw the soldiers pouring in were also surprised and forgot to stop them.

"Yi Er, Yi Er, how are you, Yi Er..."

Xu Zhen hurriedly touched Xu Junyi's abdomen with his hands, which were hot and humid. He gradually raised his hands, and his entire vision was glaring red.

Xu Junyi stretched out his hand and scratched Xu Zhen's clothes powerlessly, leaving intermittent marks. He raised his face, and the corners of his mouth were slightly curved.

"My mother...and my second brother...Auntie...they are safe..."

"Yes... sorry...."

"Don't say it...don't say it!" All the elegant etiquette has become a cloud, Xu Zhen looked around anxiously, "Doctor, is there a doctor, where is the doctor!?" Roaring hoarse, exhausted all his strength.

I have always longed for Xu Zhen to pay attention to him and take him to heart, but at this moment Xu Junyi couldn't hear or see clearly, he lowered his eyes, and the last ravings scattered in the air.

"That... parent-child... morning study picture... is... my drawing... the best...."

"You say I'm...ashamed...to show up...to...throw away..."

"...Praise...Praise...I...for once...can't you..."

——Daddy, look at the parent-child morning study picture I made, this is you, this is me, we...

——Do you see what you have drawn?You can't learn from your second brother, he is three years younger than you, and everyone praises his paintings even Danqing, and look at you... It's really embarrassing!

Xu Junyi in his arms was silent, Xu Zhen trembled slightly, lowered his head, opened his mouth slightly, and let out a heart-piercing wail.

It took half a day to repel the rebel army, and another full day to clean up the wreckage. Even Qin Ce couldn't help being stunned when he saw Xu Zhen again.

Xu Zhen covered his mouth, coughed constantly, his eyes were cloudy, and his cheekbones protruded, as if he had reached his twilight years overnight. After seeing Qin Ce, he bowed in vain, and his voice was hoarse: "I have seen Your Highness, thank you Your Highness this aid."

Qin Ce hurriedly supported him: "Master Xu, you are welcome, please sit down quickly."

Xu Zhen should be low, but the moment he sat down, his body swayed. It seemed that even the movement of 'sitting' brought resistance that he couldn't bear.

Qin Ce paused, took out the soldier talisman from his pocket, and handed it to Xu Zhen: "The soldiers picked it up on the street, and now it is returned to the original owner."

Seeing the soldier talisman, Xu Zhen's eyes trembled, he stretched out his hand to take it, and forgot to say thank you, but just stared at the soldier talisman stiffly, dazed and dazed.

"Report——Your Highness, Your Highness! The big thing is not good. There is news from the border city that a large number of Hulu soldiers and horses are marching, and they will soon reach the gate of the city!"

"What?" Qin Ce stood up abruptly, ignoring Xu Zhen, and hurried out.

Without the others, the room fell into silence again.

Xu Zhen didn't move.

After a long time, he raised his head because of a cold voice.

Chu Huaiqing lowered his eyes, did not see how Xu Zhen was tortured by these days, but bowed and saluted, and asked: "When Mr. Xu borrowed food from the border city, he mentioned that if there is trouble in the border city in the future, when Do your best to help, I don't know if I can still count on it now?"

Xu Zhen murmured: "...you are a doctor, the doctor next to the third prince, it would be great if you showed up early."

"Master Xu?"

Xu Zhen closed his eyes, like an ancient tree whose roots have been eroded, and completely collapsed: "But you came here for the soldier talisman?"

"Yes." Chu Huaiqing said, "Now that the soldiers at the frontier pass have tried their best to fight against the rebels, they have to rush back to the frontier city at a high speed. What is the waste? So I want to borrow a soldier's talisman from Mr. Xu, and wait until the Hulu are repelled. I will pay it back."

"Borrowing the military talisman, did you mean it yourself, or did His Royal Highness the Third Prince ask you to come?"

Chu Huaiqing looked at Xu Zhen, opened his eyes wide, and suddenly smiled lowly: "The Border Pass is an important point of success. Your Highness has committed a big taboo by insisting on rescuing Qingzhou regardless of the obstruction of the soldiers. If the Border Pass falls, the Emperor will sue you." As for the responsibility, what His Highness has to bear is the catastrophe of extinction. Just imagine how His Highness would take such a risk for this little soldier talisman? Chu never expected that Mr. Xu would treat the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain in his life. Assuming that the courtship has never happened, and Chu has never been here, leave!"

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the door. Xu Zhen didn't respond for a while, until Chu Huaiqing was about to step out of the door, and then suddenly called out to stop him.

"Your Highness, if you have other thoughts about this soldier talisman, you should have taken him as your own, instead of returning it to me. I am overthinking." Xu Zhen handed out the soldier talisman, "It's useless to me, just take it away." .”

Chu Huaiqing stood still and didn't take it immediately, until Xu Zhen couldn't help coughing a few more times, his hunched body was almost unable to sit still, and then he stepped forward.

The moment the soldier talisman landed in his hand, Chu Huaiqing's arm sank uncontrollably. It seemed that this small object was also heavy. Things, with a grateful face, said: "Thank you, Mr. Xu."

He quickly came over to beat off the rebel army, and then quickly went back to expel the "Hulu soldiers and horses". After spending less than two days lingering in the border city pretending to deal with the aftermath, Qingzhou sent something as Chu Huaiqing expected.

A letter, and the official seal of Qingzhou state pastor.

Most of the letter is stating the status quo of Qingzhou, the deployment of the yamen, the big households in the prefecture and county... all of them are mentioned in detail, as if they are afraid that Qin Ce will not be able to quickly get started with Qingzhou affairs. Looking for his student Fan Qi, from this point of view, Xu Zhen is indeed a good county magistrate—and only a good county magistrate.

Regarding his second son and his family members, Xu Zhen just mentioned it briefly, so that Qin Ce didn't have to worry about it. He mentioned that he knew his second son's temperament very well, and he was just a dead-educated student like him. In time, he might become a famous literati. But he was doomed not to be a state shepherd, nor could he take on this important task.

As for why Xu Zhen granted the seal privately without the instruction of Emperor Gan Ning, and why he handed over Qingzhou to Qin Ce, there were only a few words in the letter mentioning that Qin Ce is a righteous person and will surely keep Qingzhou safe, more, more , but it was mixed with a big black smear on the broken tail, which was not very clear.

The next day, news came from Qingzhou that Xu Zhen fell seriously ill due to the loss of his eldest son, and died at [-]:[-] a.m. Chen.

It is said that when he left, he was clutching an old picture in his hand. The painting method was immature, and it could be seen that a father was teaching a child how to learn calligraphy, and there were faint smiles on the faces of both sides with ink pens.

It was Qin Ce's first year as a shepherd in Changzhou, and the summer solstice had arrived.

Xie Fu looked at the map: "After the Pingzhou Rebellion, the King of Xiangyang couldn't sit still. Anyone who has a discerning eye can see his evil intentions. I don't know what will happen to Zeng Liang when he escapes to his territory. Fun thing."

"One way is to die, and the other way is to be captured alive. I prefer the former, so that the king of Xiangyang will have an excuse to ignore the will of the late emperor and use the excuse of protecting the safety of Emperor Qianning to lead his troops back to Beijing and control the capital." Chu Huaiqing said .

"Who made Emperor Qianning lose his mind, so he distributed his troops to other people so generously." Xie Fu said with a smile, "If I keep more than [-] miscellaneous soldiers, who can I stop? Forget it, anyway. We have nothing to do."

"It may be relevant in the future. After all, His Highness will always pretend to be a rescuer. Whether he really wants to be rescued is another matter." Chu Huaiqing said calmly: "After Emperor Qianning is controlled, other people will probably not hide anymore." Waiting for them to make some big moves, we will start to improve Qingzhou and Border City."

Qin Ce said: "Then let's discuss here first, Mr. Lao."

Thank you Fu Wangtian.

Qin Ce replied nonchalantly, "There is also Mr. Lao Xie."

Only then did Xie Fu hum, and Shi Shi ran away.

"Xie Fu helped me figure out the opportunity this time and wasted Dali. Why should His Highness be angry with him?" Chu Huaiqing couldn't laugh or cry: "But you are angry because of what happened a few days ago?"

Qin Ce said indifferently: "There was a severe drought at the border. After finally finding a few jars of wine, I asked him to give it away to others. Allow him to lose his temper, but not allow me to get angry?"

With such a youthful heart, Chu Huaiqing could never get tired of watching Qin Ce, she shook her head noncommittally, paused, and said, "His Royal Highness's birthday is coming soon, isn't it?"

Qin Ce's eyes flashed, and he pretended not to care and nodded: "Mister, did you prepare a birthday gift for Ce?"

"After this time, His Highness will perform the coronation ceremony. As Your Highness, this subordinate is naturally prepared."

Qin Ce's brows trembled, his satisfaction was full of expectation, and he seemed to think of something, and said calmly, "It can't be a human!"

Chu Huaiqing twitched the corners of her mouth, and replied: "Yes, yes."

There are still a lot of important things in Qingzhou waiting for him to take over. Although he was reluctant, Qin Ce could only get up and say goodbye. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered that he didn't have his saber, so he turned back.

Then Qin Ce saw a scene that he would never forget in this life.

Chu Huaiqing sat on his knees, the indifferent smile he had just faced them disappeared completely, and his back no longer looked straight as before, staring straight at the hands spread out in front of him, he was a little dazed, then The fingers of both hands were slightly bent and trembling, as if they had lost all strength.

Chu Huaiqing covered her face with her hands, couldn't help panting, and whispered, I'm sorry.

Seeing this, Qin Ce quickly raised his wrist, and then bit it hard, using the pain to regain his sanity, so as not to yell out that sir.

After a while, Chu Huaiqing put down his hands, his eyes no longer saw the guilt, bewilderment and pain just now, only clarity and determination remained, and he seemed to have changed back to the Chu Huaiqing who had no plans to spare, the one who was in Qin Ce's eyes. No matter what difficulties and obstacles you encounter in your heart, you can deal with them calmly, and you have a well-founded gentleman.

Qin Ce didn't care too much about whether the strategy used to acquire Qingzhou was disgraceful, because in his opinion, Xu Zhen really didn't have the ability to defend Qingzhou. Even if he didn't make a move, it would be a matter of time before Qingzhou was captured. It's better to cheap yourself.

But he never thought about how much darkness Chu Huaiqing had endured for him in this matter.

From childhood to adulthood, for many years, such things, one after another, one after another, how much did the husband pay for him?

Why didn't he think about it carefully?

Obviously vowed to become strong, strong enough to protect Mr.... Obviously he made such an oath!

But not only did he fail to do so, but he also always had those disrespectful thoughts towards his husband.

The sound that Chu Huaiqing made when he got up brought Qin Ce back to his senses. For the first time in his life, Qin Ce, who was afraid to face Chu Huaiqing, turned his head away and left as if fleeing.

The author has something to say: Xu Zhen knew that the current situation was chaotic, and the loss of his eldest son made him break the stereotype and did the most correct thing in his life