Live up to the breeze and the bright moon

After more than two months of traveling in the six counties, it was finally time for Li Yu, the imperial envoy, to return to Beijing for his mission.Li Yu's disaster relief in the past two months has made remarkable achievements. Everyone in the six counties knows King Xinyang, but the officials in the six counties almost scold him.In fact, before Li Yu came to the six counties, he planned to do everything right, so as not to offend too many people while striving for disaster relief.However, when I was in the six counties, I saw the countryside was full of hunger and death, the people couldn’t stop eating, and many villages were empty, and I watched the adults and gentlemen in the city sing and hold banquets every day, eating meat and drinking wine. , when the white rice was about to be thrown away because of a grain of ashes, he forgot his "original intention", and he began to take the matter of disaster relief seriously, and he also knew that once he was serious, he would not be able to return to Beijing. There are good fruits to eat.

Wu Yan is very glad that I came to the south with Li Yu. This trip made him see a lot, learn a lot, and understand a lot. Even his physique is much stronger than before.The most important thing is that his understanding of Li Yu is getting deeper and deeper. From the beginning when he didn't understand Li Yu's thoughts at all, now he can often guess what Li Yu means by looking at his expression.By Li Yu's side, Wu Yan can always feel a strong sense of security, and Wu Yan gradually trusts Li Yu more and more.As for the assassination incident against me, since it didn't happen again, I didn't think about it any more.

The return journey always makes people feel faster than the outbound journey. The further north the group traveled, the colder the weather became. When they approached the capital, the road was covered with snow.The closer he was to the capital, the more strange Li Yu's behavior became. First, he slowed down the speed of the group of people on the road, and then stayed at the post station for a few days on the pretext of feeling unwell. Today, according to the normal speed, he could enter Beijing before sunset, but Li Yu chose to eat at the post station. During lunch, I temporarily decided to stop my journey and enter the city tomorrow.

The inn was backed by a high mountain. After lunch, Li Yu took Wu Yan to a low slope on the mountain behind the inn for a casual walk.

There has been a light snowfall in the sky, and the two of them walked aimlessly on the snow, creaking under their feet, and I spoke first, "Do you not want to go back to Beijing?"

Li Yu nodded silently.

"Are you afraid that the courtiers will slander you because of your disaster relief, and the emperor doesn't trust you, but instead accuses you?"

Li Yu shook his head.

"Are you afraid of seeing King Anyang, so you can't tell him about Deng Jiang?"

Li Yu shook his head.

"Are you afraid that the king of Huaiyang will see that I am still alive, and he will not be willing to continue to harm me?"

Li Yu shook his head again.

"I haven't been in the capital for a long time, not in the mansion, do you feel strange?"

Li Yu still shook his head.

"I'm a little nervous because I haven't seen Ze'er, Mr. and the others for a long time." Wu Yan said to himself. "So, why on earth do you not want to go back?"

Li Yu was silent for a while, then asked Wuyan, "Did you have a good time while you were away from Beijing?"

"Happy. Although many things happened, it was the happiest time of my life."

Li Yu stopped, and lightly patted the snow on his shoulders for Wu Yan, "When I return to Beijing, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have this kind of happiness again." After Li Yu finished speaking, he continued to walk forward, "Leaving Beijing this time , I understand that the capital city is like a cage for me. I have been imprisoned for so many years, and my body and mind have never been at ease. The palace is full of power and blood, and how many people are rushing to it like flies and ants. I am a bystander, but I know that I am in the game. This time I went to the south, I experienced the happiness and freedom that I have never had before, even if it is just a small bed under the bamboo shed, even if it is just the leftovers of brown rice, I feel infinite Satisfied. I enjoy the freedom of being out of this game of chess, and tomorrow, I will step into that prison again. This is my life, whether I struggle or obey, I will never escape this fate."

Wu Yan didn't say anything, just listened silently to what Li Yu said, he knew what Li Yu said, comfort was useless.

Walking, the two reached the highest point of the short slope, standing side by side and looking into the distance.The sky was slightly cloudy due to the snow, and the gray walls of the capital city in the distance were white.

Wu Yan suddenly said, "I have a question to ask you, but..."

"speak."

"Don't you want to inherit the Great Reign? Look at this disaster relief, you have won so many people's hearts. If you succeed to the throne, you will definitely be supported by all people." This question is a very taboo question, but I still ask it.

Li Yu smiled, and he was very grateful to Wu Yan for recognizing him, "People's hearts are people's hearts, and they are things that are easy to change and cannot be counted. And I don't think I can become a generation of Mingjun. Yuren, you must be discerning, you must balance the court situation, and you must always put the country first, otherwise, it is easy to become a foolish monarch. In terms of being a monarch, I always think that King Anyang is more suitable than me."

"Maybe you're just not interested in power."

Looking at Wu Yan's red ears that were frozen, Li Yu suddenly felt less depressed, and asked Wu Yan with a smile, "Then what do you think I'm more interested in?"

"How would I know." Li Yu looked terrified, and Wu Yan became nervous again.

Li Yu actually wanted to ask Wu Yan if he was willing to follow him all the time, but then he thought that this kid has too little experience, who knows what will happen in the future, let's talk about it later.

The snow fell scattered all night like this, and at dawn the next day, he finally returned to the seemingly bustling but undercurrented capital city.The group of people returned to the palace first, and then Li Yu went to the palace to report to the emperor.

Wu Feng had been waiting at the door for a long time, and finally saw a few figures appearing in the distance, and immediately ran over excitedly, "Your Highness, you are finally back! But I am so anxious. Why did you arrive so late?" Ah, I was so scared that something happened."

Wu Ming pouted towards His Highness, and signaled to Wu Feng that it was because of this person. Everyone looked at each other and laughed without saying a word.

Wu Feng called the other servants to come over to help lead the horses and pick up the bags. I haven't seen Wu Rui and Wu Ming for a long time. They talked about the hard journey, and the others went directly to the mansion.Everyone in the whole house knew that the master was back, and they all became nervous and busy.As soon as Li Yu and Wu Yan walked to the middle courtyard, they saw Tai Er running over, shouting, "Second brother! Brother Yu!"

"Hey, Tai'er is so good!" Li Yu stepped forward and hugged Tai'er, "Did you miss me?"

"Tai'er wants to talk to his brother every day." Tai'er said with a smile.

"Then kiss." Li Yu said and moved his face closer.Taylor kissed obediently.Li Yu put Tai'er down contentedly.

Wu Yan stepped forward and patted his younger brother's head, "Tai'er has grown up, it seems that the husband has fed you well."

Wu Tai also imitated Wu Yan and looked at Wu Yan, "Second brother has grown up too, it seems that brother Yu has fed you well."

Li Yu laughed beside him.I pretended to be angry, "I haven't seen you for a long time, so you are not old or young, how dare you make fun of my elder brother, the second elder brother will test your "San Zi Jing" in a while!"

Wu Tai immediately acted aggrieved and tugged on Li Yu's sleeve.

"Tai'er is not afraid. Isn't it just the Three Character Classic? If you can't memorize it, it doesn't matter. Brother Yu brought you a gift. Go with your second brother to see if you like it."

On the other side of the palace, Wu Rui went to Zhao Fu's room and knocked on the door, but no one answered. He was holding a brocade bag in his hand, looking nervous.When he was about to leave, he saw Zhao Fu approaching from not far away, Wu Rui became more nervous as he got closer.

"Hey, brother Rui is back! Let me tell you why everyone is so happy along the way. It turns out that His Highness has returned home." Zhao Fu still held the broken cattail fan in his hand, and it was not too cold in winter.

Seeing Wu Rui's nervous look when he approached, Zhao Fu asked cautiously, "Brother Rui? What's wrong with you?"

Wu Rui handed the things in his hand to Zhao Fu, "I heard that Wujun's bamboo fans are very famous. I think Mr. always carries this broken cattail fan, so when passing by Wujun, I brought a bamboo fan for Mr. Fan. I hope it suits you.”

Zhao Fu was flattered, and hurriedly opened the brocade bag and took out the bamboo fan. It can be seen that the workmanship is very meticulous.The bones of the fan are smooth and free of stickiness, and the rice paper on the fan surface is as white as snow, and the glue is also very good, but there are no words or pictures on the fan surface. "Thank you Brother Rui, it's very suitable for me, but why did you choose a blank fan?"

"I'm a rough person who doesn't know calligraphy and painting, so I chose a blank one. Sir, you can inscribe and draw whatever you want." Wu Rui said as he was about to leave, but was pulled back by Zhao Fu.

"Brother Rui is free some other day. Come with me to visit the Plum Garden. The plums are in full bloom this season."

Wu Rui didn't expect Zhao Fu to make such a request, so he readily agreed.

Li Yu took a short rest and put on his regular clothes to return to the palace. Before leaving, he told me that the worst thing about going back to the palace this time is that he won’t be able to return to the mansion for a while, but he will come back after a while. Either way he needn't have worried.

What Li Yu said made Wu Yan very worried. It turns out that doing things for the people is such a dangerous thing.Li Yu had been gone for three hours and there was no sign of returning, so Wu Yan began to panic.Walking around the front yard and looking out the door from time to time, the worst can't really happen.

The days in winter are very short, and soon the sun sets and it gets dark, candles are lit in every room in the house.When Zhao Fu passed by in the afternoon, he found Wuyan wandering back and forth alone in the front yard. Now he passed by and found that he was still there, so he came over and asked him, "Xiao Wuyan, why are you here all the time?"

I did not forget to salute, "Sir, I am waiting for His Highness to come back."

"Hey, during the trip to the south, I feel that you and Your Highness have become closer~" Zhao Fu began to be indecisive again.

"In the past, I was ignorant and misunderstood His Highness."

Looking at Wu Yan still looking anxious, Zhao Fu lost the interest of joking, "It's so cold, you can see that you are freezing. It will take some time for His Highness to return to his order, and he will be back later, you can go back to the room. "

I said no, he always felt uneasy.

Zhao Fu looked at Wu Yan, he was so worried about His Highness, wouldn't this kid...? "You and Your Highness, where are you now?" Zhao Fu was serious for only two seconds.

"What step?" Wu Yan was at a loss.

"It's that, that." Zhao Fu said while gesturing intimately.

I still don't understand.

Zhao Fu rolled his eyes at my words, this silly boy is really stupid, stupid and boring.