This sleeve is broken secretly

This Mr. Xie came here so that people can't figure it out, and he is also inexplicable.Obviously he came to the door by himself, but he was unwilling to go in, and insisted on standing at the door to let Shen Bian come out to meet him.

Shen Yan didn't know whether to laugh or cry, put on his clothes and got out of bed, and put on his shoes.The old servant walked out behind Shen Bing, and said with some concern: "My lord, why don't you let me go out and send him away... I think he doesn't look good when he comes."

The old slave has also heard some gossip in the capital recently, and knows that his family's reputation is not very good now.Although this man surnamed Xie seemed to be a good person before, but now he came to the door in the middle of the night, and it seemed that there was no other possibility except to seek revenge.

Shen Bing laughed and waved his hand.He was about to go to sleep, but at this time he was only wearing a layered coat with a robe over it, and as soon as he came out, he was sneezed by the late winter night wind.The master and servant walked a few steps quickly, and they saw a tall figure in the shadow outside the gate, standing motionless on the stake with their shoulders folded.

"Let it go?"

Xie Qin moved all over, and finally pulled back Shensi Soul from his stiff body, and turned his head to look.

Shen Bing stood behind him, holding the door with one hand, pressing his robe with the other, looking at him with a slight frown.It is estimated that Shen Bing had already fallen asleep when he came. At this time, he was only wearing a half-worn white coat, a gray-blue coat hanging on his thin shoulders, and his long hair was not tied down on his back.His beautiful face was turned pale by the cold wind. Standing in the winter night, he looked like a molan plant—a molan plant that could not stand the winter.

Xie Ling took a deep breath and immediately wanted to close his eyes.

Shen Ting didn't know what was going on in Xie Ling's mind. Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, he asked softly, "What's the rush when you come so late?"

Xie Ling looked at him steadily, looking at his face as before, it seemed that he was just more sleepy and tired than before.The two have been estranged a lot since the New Year's banquet, and they no longer go out to play horses and eat wine together, and now they haven't seen each other for two months.

"Today I went to the banquet of Duke Wei's son." After a while, Xie Ling finally spoke slowly, and said in a low voice, "During the banquet, they were all talking about you."

Shen Bing seemed to be slightly stiff all over, but soon he smiled calmly: "The official is at the end of the day, there is nothing worth discussing."

"I don't think so." Xie Qin suddenly took a step forward, and the distance between the two suddenly shortened, only an inch apart.Xie Ling was already tall, but the visitor pushed forward unkindly, forcing Shen Bing to take a step back hastily, and could only frown and look up at him.

"They are all surprised that you are a good 'Jingzhou Tinglan', a student of Qin Lang. For the past ten years, you have pretended to be as noble as a banished fairy. Why did you fall into the arms of treacherous officials without looking back? gone?"

Shen Bing slammed into the door panel behind him with a "bang", and there was no way to retreat.At this moment, Xie Jin's chest was pressed against his shoulders, and when he raised his head, he instantly smelled a strong smell of alcohol coming from Xie Jin's body.He turned his head abruptly, with annoyance welling up in his heart, and immediately said coldly: "How others talk is their business, and I, Shen Liangqing, don't need to explain to you what I do. Thank you, sir, you're drunk, it's time to leave."

After finishing speaking, he pushed Xie Ling hard with both hands, and wanted to close the door.

But why is Xie Ling so easy to dismiss?Shen Yan pushed him but he didn't push, but instead he grabbed his wrist.The face of the overlord of the capital was shrouded in the thick night, his only pair of eyes were shining brightly, and his whole figure was like a beast ready to go.The beast couldn't control its strength, and quickly deformed the wrist of the prey in its palm.

"My lord!" The old servant screamed, and rushed forward to try to pull Xie Ling, but he pushed him away.

Shen Bing was pinched by him in great pain, but he didn't back down halfway, staring at him with a sneer.

Xie Qin was most annoyed by his unyielding appearance, pulled him hard, and said angrily: "Why are you pretending to be noble in front of me, but you are still following the trend when you are in front of Kuang Zheng? Don't you literati cherish your feathers the most?" If you do such a thing, aren’t you afraid of all the people in the world!”

Shen Yan said angrily: "The Qing will be cleared, and justice will prevail after a hundred years! On the contrary, you thanked him, who gave you the right to come to my door in the middle of the night while drinking mad?"

Xie Qin's anger fluctuated, his face reddened by wine and anger looked extremely frightening, as if he was about to explode.Shen Bing was startled, but saw his body move. He thought that this person was about to strike again, but in the next moment, this tall figure fell down like a landslide, and a handsome face fell into it with a "bang". Shen Bing's neck was touched.

Shen Bing: "..."

Old servant: "..."

The master and servant were stunned, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time.

After a long while, the old servant cautiously approached and looked at Xie Jin's side face: "My lord, he...he seems to have fallen asleep."

With an ugly expression on his face, Shen Bing supported the man's heavy body, looked over his shoulders at the thick night outside the door, the thousands of words and anger in his heart rolled back and forth, but in the end he had to turn into a helpless sigh.

"Bring him in." Although Shen Yan wanted to throw him in the snow outside the door to sober up, but if he really froze to death, no one could afford it, "Old man, I have to trouble you to make some sober up." Soup."

The master and servant worked together to resist the young master into the house.There is only one main room in Shen Bing's house, so naturally there is only one bed, and after giving it to Xie Ling, there is no place to sleep.The old servant was busy making hangover soup and poured it down for Xie Ling. When he turned around, he saw his lord leaning against the table holding the volume of "Tea Classics", his face full of tiredness.

"My lord," the old servant called him softly, "how about you go to my room to make do for the night?"

"No need..." Shen Bing yawned and closed the scroll, "Go and get another quilt, let me squeeze with him. If he starts making trouble again in the middle of the night, you won't be able to hold back."

By the time Shen Bin undressed and went to bed, Xie Ling had already fallen into a deep sleep.Shen Bing looked at his face carefully with frown by the bean-like candlelight, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart for a long while.

This is really a very handsome face, with long eyebrows and broad forehead, round eyes like apricots, and the corners of the eyes are slightly raised when he smiles, it is a rich and peachy face.Seeing that he has a full atrium and a straight and full nose, he should not be a narrow-minded person, but why does he keep pestering himself?

Shen Bing has never believed in ghosts and gods, but now he can't help but suspect depressingly—maybe he offended him in his previous life?

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Xie Ling slept soundly this time.

In the dream, there seemed to be constantly shaking candles like beans, and a warm and pure fragrance of saponins spread like morning fog on the sea, enveloping him.There were a few fierce quarrels, but they subsided quickly, and a calm and gentle voice took over, muttering something.

"... Ruowei fern starts to twitch, and Linglu picks it up. The tea tooth grows on the thin bushes. There are three branches, four branches, and five branches. If you choose the brightest branches, you will pick them. The day is rainy but not picked, and it is sunny. Clouds don't pick..."

It sounds really nice.

Before he had time to think about it, he fell into another dream.

When he woke up again, his whole body was sore, his head was swollen, his chest was tight and nauseous. It was all the feeling of being drunk and hangover. The scent of saponins and the sound of reading in the dream seemed to be his dream.

Xie Ling stared at the verdant green and golden bed curtain above his head, turned his eyes, and saw the vermilion lacquer carved headboard of the bed, and confirmed that this was his room.

Then yesterday...

The door creaked, and my servant came in with hot tea. When he saw him sitting on the bedside, he said, "Master, you're awake? Here's jasmine tea, why don't you drink some to refresh yourself?"

Xie Qin frowned tightly and took a sip of strong tea. The fragrance of jasmine barely suppressed the faint nausea in his throat, and then he asked slowly: "Last night... did I rest at home?"

"No, my lord." The boy replied, "You were sent back this morning."

Xie Ling couldn't help but squeeze the tea bowl tightly, "Duke Wei sent me back?"

"That's not true, my lord. Yesterday, the little ones thought you were eating at Wei Guogong's place, and sent someone to pick you up when it was late. Who knew that you left after a while."

The young boy paused, as if thinking of something extremely funny, and wanted to laugh, but seeing Xie Ling's ugly face frowning, he didn't dare to laugh, so he could only hold back and coughed lightly: "You, are you making me laugh?" Mr. Shen from the Hanlin Academy brought it back... Mr. Shen sent someone to tell you that your family is poor and you don't have a carriage, but the neighbor borrowed a - ahem - a cart for pulling cow dung, and pulled you back with a donkey... ..."

"Boom", Xie Qin threw the tea bowl heavily on the table.The little servant was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head, not daring to laugh anymore.

Xie Jin's face was covered with dark clouds, he frowned tightly and didn't know what he was thinking, after a while he said: "What else did Mr. Shen say?"

"……what?"

"I asked—" Xie Jin said angrily, "—other than saying that Master Shen sent me back with a cart pulling cow dung, did he leave any other words!"

"No, no, my lord!" The little servant exclaimed in shock, "We haven't even seen Master Shen. It was his old servant who sent you back, and it happened to be seen by the second master. The second master said——ah Father, what are you doing?"

Xie Ling lifted the quilt from the bed, took off his clothes and threw them on the ground in twos and twos, stretched out his hand and pulled a new one on.The servant hurriedly stepped forward to help him dress and tie, and tidied up in twos and twos, but he saw him rushing to open the door like a gust of wind, and rushed out with big strides.

The little servant groaned inwardly, quickly took his cloak and followed behind.The master and servant walked one by one and the other chased them out of the second door quickly, and happened to bump into Xie Hua who was also going out.

Xie Hua was still wearing his official uniform, his face was burnt yellow, he seemed to have just returned from a night of discussions and changed his clothes, and now he was about to go out again.The secretary of the staff is the busiest yamen in the Ministry of War, and because of Kuang Zheng's affairs in the past two days, he has been exhausted physically and mentally.Seeing that Xie Ling was about to rush out again with his butt on fire, he shouted angrily, "What are you doing! Isn't this Xiu Mu today?"

Xie Ling casually greeted his second brother and continued walking outside.

"Stop!" Xie Hua didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "I was pulled back by a cow dung truck in the morning, where are I going to embarrass myself now?"

Xie Ling stood still with some reluctance, and said in a deep voice, "I have something to do."

"You have a shit." Xie Hua scolded, waved his left and right attendants to step back, and asked in a low voice, "Are you going to find Shen Liangqing again?"

Xie Ling frowned and clicked his tongue.

Xie Hua glared at him, and said: "In troubled times, you'd better not bother him. Just yesterday, Yuan Fu ran into Shen Bing in Xiyuan, and asked him to interrogate him, and asked him Is there any contact with you?"

Xie Qin suddenly asked, "What did he say?"

"What else can Shen Liangqing say? He said that you are from a noble family, and he is from a poor family. Everything in the past was just rumors, and you have long since broken contact."

Xie Jin's face was livid, his lips were pursed and he didn't speak.

Looking at his appearance, Xie Hua knew that this stubborn donkey was on the edge of his horn again, so he raised his hand and slapped him on the forehead, cursing: "How do you not know Shen Liangqing's good intentions? He went deep into the tiger's den, just when Kuang Zheng was on guard. .You and him are in the same department and had a good relationship before. If he shows any intention of protecting you at this time, it will hurt you. Do you understand? It’s not in vain that you came to find him last night. Is it a painstaking effort?"

Xie Ling sneered: "How do you know that he went deep into the tiger's den, and didn't recognize the thief as his father?"

Unexpectedly, Xie Hua shook his head, and said seriously: "Shen Liangqing is definitely not such a person."

Seeing the disapproval on Xie Ling's face, he couldn't help sighing: "You boy...Since Shen Ying entered the Imperial Academy, he has written more than one memorial, painstakingly writing about the corruption of officials and the reform of the military and government. Such a person, Will you be with Kuang Zheng?"

Xie Qin frowned: "He wrote...how could I not know?"

"Do you know? His teacher Li Chenfu pressed down several memorials, and only a few people close to him circulated them privately. Later, he wrote a few green poems according to his teacher's meaning, and it was logical He was elected to Xiyuan." Xie Hua sighed, "Li Chenfu was born in a poor family, but he has been able to survive the ups and downs of the officialdom for decades, which is indeed amazing... It is a reckless act to hit a stone with an egg. The line is thousands of miles, and the accumulation is thin."

Xie Qin fell silent, staring into the distance, suddenly said: "I'm leaving." After saying that, he strode out the door.

Xie Hua ran after him for two steps, and shouted: "Don't make trouble for others now... Thank you Rangzhi!"

Xie Ling snatched a horse, rode the horse out of Xie's mansion, and passed through the city all the way. The cold wind was driving his head, his hooves were trampled on the snow, and he arrived at Dongjiao Street in less than a cup of tea.He reined in his horse in front of Shen Bing's door, flew down, and knocked on the door with a "boom bang bang".

After a while, the wooden door opened a crack, revealing the panicked face of the old slave: "Thank you, sir?"

"Where is Liangqing?" Xie Qin looked down at him, "I want to see him."

"My lord is not at home."

"It's Hugh Mu today! Is he still at home?"

"It seems to be called from the palace. My lord hastily entered the palace early in the morning..." The old slave peeked at the face of the devil, a little scared, but still bravely relayed his lord's words, "My lord also said, let Xie If you have nothing to do, don't come to him. The humble house is simple, and there is no good tea to take care of the distinguished guests."

Xie Ling stared at him expressionlessly, looking at the old slave until his whole body became hairy, and his two sides were fighting.

"By the way, my lord also said that there is something I want to hand over to you." The old slave patted his head, hurried back to the room, and after a while took a square-folded tissue paper and handed it to Xie Ling.

Xie Ling took it and opened it, and there was a strong fragrance of plum blossoms coming out, and then a stalk of dried plum fell down.It must have been a while since the plum blossoms fell off, the dark red petals had already dried into dark brown, they shattered into powder when they were touched, and the fragrance of the whole body was soaked into the paper.

Xie Ling's heart was shocked, and he spread the tissue paper with shaking hands, only to see a line written in beautiful handwriting:

"Chengnan plum is good, I will pick a branch for you. I am looking forward to the coming year."

It was last year and it hadn't snowed yet. The two of them saw a grove of plum trees when they were crossing the south of the city. They expected that the plums would be fragrant and clear during the cold winter, so they agreed to come and enjoy the plum trees together.

Just after the New Year's Eve, something about Qing Ci came out.It seemed that Shen Bing had asked someone to ask him out later, but at that time he was angry and did not keep the appointment.

Unexpectedly, Shen Bing went by himself.

He also picked a plum blossom for him, which has been kept until now.

"grown ups?"

The old servant watched Xie Qin's complexion change, the fingers holding the paper turned blue and white, trembling uncontrollably, for fear that he would suddenly fall ill like last night and fall down.

But today this one is very normal.After a while, Xie Qin let out a sigh of relief, folded the piece of paper preciously and put it in his bosom, then turned to the old servant and said, "Tell your lord, I understand what he means."

If you want to cover a thousand miles, I may not be unable to wait for the clouds to open.

for next year.I will definitely go to your appointment.