Three anecdotes

Cardinal Jin stood close to the cliff in front of the gate of the cottage, with thousands of feet of cliffs and deep valleys. When he couldn't calm down, he felt that he was superfluous in the world.He took a deep breath and told himself to put aside this untimely pessimism, he wanted to live, and when he died, he would have nothing, and only by living could he wash away the shame.So, his eyes began to look into the distance, the farthest distance, and he thought, it's time to leave.

Cardinal Jin didn't know if he was in a daze or if his power was really damaged too much. When Chu Yi walked over lightly, he didn't even notice the sound of footsteps at all, he turned his head suddenly, and then laughed self-deprecatingly, "If it wasn't for you If not, I’m afraid I would have died just now.”

"Are you in a trance?" Chu Yi gestured lightly.

"I'm waiting for someone." Cardinal Jin replied.

"Who are you waiting for?" His gesture was very clear.

"The right person." Cardinal Jin felt that he couldn't answer this sentence. His reason told him too clearly that He Lianxi would not let him stand in a certain place silently, even if he said he wanted to be quiet. Yes, that person will always come.However, his emotions are like a torrent of waterfalls that cannot be recovered.

Chu Yi gently held his younger brother's shoulders, even though his fingers were so light, they were still very strong, and the grip didn't hurt, but it seemed to be able to convey the power of the whole world. He couldn't speak, and he didn't need to say, He believed that Cardinal Jin understood, and he hoped that his younger brother would be happy.However, he knew better than Cardinal Jin that he couldn't do it. The blood of the Jin family was about hegemony and ambition, not to mention the shame of destroying the country. If Cardinal Jin didn't take revenge, he would not be happy.So he stood beside him, and stood shoulder to shoulder with him for a while.He knew better than anyone else that Shang Chengbi was not a good choice, but Helian Xi was even less so.

"Chonghua!" Sure enough, He Lianxi didn't give Cardinal Jin any time. He came over again and stood on the other side of Cardinal Jin with his hands behind his back. Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains can be seen in the light.

"You're here." Cardinal Jin gave Helian Xi a good look.The gentle look is like a wife waiting for her husband to come home, with that kind of gaze, Chu Yi thinks lightly, Helian Xi should be so satisfied.However, why did his heart jump suddenly as an elder brother, and he felt distressed.It hurts even more than seeing Cardinal Jin who was covered in scars by Shang Chengbi.He Lianxi's bracelet was on Cardinal Jin's waist, and Chu Yiqing suddenly trembled, as if bitten by a poisonous snake. Helian Xi pushed away.His younger brother should be beautiful and proud, with a piano, a sword and a straight spine, not virtuous and gentle with another sword.

"The genius doctor is angry?" He Lianxi was far more sensitive than anyone else, he clearly felt the desolate and angry eyes that passed through the curtains.

The wind in the valley was hissing, but Chu Yiqing didn't even move the hem of his clothes.

Cardinal Jin glanced at Helian Xi, "Let's go back."

Helianxi patted Cardinal Jin's head lightly with a gesture like coaxing a child, Chu Yiqing's sleeves moved, and Helianxi turned around and smiled with a bit of sarcasm.Cardinal Jin also looked back at his brother and left.

He Lianxi and Cardinal Jin walked side by side on the narrow path, "Your brother doesn't like me."

"Brother has a kind heart. He doesn't like anyone who kills." Cardinal Jin didn't know whether he was trying to please him or cheating him.

"You don't have to be so careful." Helianxi said suddenly.

"Ok?"

He Lianxi suddenly took two steps forward, "I wiped out fourteen tribes, big and small, and went south with my whip, just so that one day, I could share these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with you. You don't have to be afraid of me, and you don't have to please me, It doesn't matter even if you use me—" When he spoke, his eyes kept looking forward, he didn't know if it was a confession or a memory, "I always love you, from the first time I saw you, you ride A white horse passed by the market leisurely, and the windows of the whole street were pushed open one by one, and then closed quickly again. I don’t know how many women from Chu people hide under the windows every day to wait Looking at you, just when your eyes are looking at me—" He turned his head and looked into Cardinal Jin's eyes quietly, "I said to myself, one day, I want you to sit on my horseback Go on and walk down that street again, I want all the women who covet you to know that what they look at every day is my man!"

Cardinal Jin listened to him quietly, his gaze suddenly became indifferent, "I will not sit on anyone's horse, if one day I meet Daliang in battle, I will ride on it for you War horse, cut off the head of Shang Chengbi, put his bloody armor on my horse's back, and let my [-] soldiers of Dadi know that I will be the commander in chief of soldiers and horses, and I will never fail anyone!"

He Lianxi was silent for a while, and took Cardinal Jin's hand, "That's fine. As long as you're happy."

Chu Yiqing, who was watching them silently, suddenly felt that his heart was so painful. For the first time in his life, he knew that there is a kind of love that can make people hate.

Wei Jiang keeps his eyes open all night long, to repay whose life has not raised his eyebrows?

"Your Majesty, King Linyuan and He Lianxi have left the village." The guard who reported to the top trembled, fearing that he would be angered and bring harm to the whole family.

The golden cup in Shang Chengbi's hand was squeezed flat, and the white pear blossoms that Cardinal Jin buried under the pear tree last autumn hit the carpet with five-clawed dragon pattern drop by drop.After a long while, he let out a long breath, "Bring Taoer over here, let's set the meal."

Shang Chengbi picked up a dish with his chopsticks in despair, "Chonghua, why did you leave again?"

"Meow!" Another cat meowed.

Shang Chengbi gently pinched Tao'er's tender neck bone, and Tao'er cried out twice.

"Aren't you full?" He looked at the cat with such tenderness in his eyes, never been so tender, and then carried the cat to the table.Feed it with chopsticks from Tianzi Imperial Food. Taoer sniffed it, jumped to the other side of the dining table and ran away. When Shang Chengbi looked up, a pair of white jade and ivory chopsticks fell to the ground, "Even your cat won't eat my girders!" Have you eaten yet?"

Xiao Shunzi looked at the dishes and then at the cat, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then whispered, "Return to the emperor, cats don't eat carrots."

Shang Chengbi was taken aback for a moment, and then thunderous anger followed. Xiao Shunzi was so frightened that his knees hadn't touched the ground when he suddenly heard Shang Chengbi laugh. He looked at the carrot slices that fell on the table. , "Well said! Cats don't eat carrots, reward!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiao Shunzi secretly wiped off the sweat on his forehead, being with you like a tiger.

"Just came to report, where is King Linyuan?" Shang Chengbi didn't know why, suddenly he had a meal in high spirits, and asked Xiao Shunzi again.After Cardinal Jin left, Xiao Shunzi became the most eunuch who could figure out the holy will. Shang Chengbi lost his temper several times, but he managed to resolve them one by one.Now it seems that he is the only one who can serve the imperial court.

"Back to the emperor, although King Linyuan left the cottage, he didn't seem to intend to leave, and the direction the prince was going was not the way to return to the country of Di. He even went to Yuanheng Bank to have a look, and stayed for almost a cup Time for tea." Xiao Shunzi answered, thinking about Shang Chengbi's mood.

Shang Chengbi hummed lightly, "I ordered King Jingbian to pay attention to Helianxi's movements."

"Yes. The servant has passed down the emperor's oral order. If there is any news about King Linyuan, report it immediately." Xiao Shunzi's attitude became more and more humble, and he seemed to have a taste of his master Wang Chuanxi. The results of the test have been reported to the Emperor—”

Shang Chengbi didn't let him finish, "Selecting scholars through the imperial examination is related to the prosperity of the country. I have my own opinion on when to take the imperial examination."

"Yes." Xiao Shunzi lowered his eyebrows quietly, as if respecting the emperor's order, and reported another matter, "Censor He, the ginseng and the disaster relief money that the Yellow River water is difficult to distribute are greedy for money—"

Shang Chengbi still interrupted, "Chonghua sent someone to investigate when Chonghua was here. Could it be that after Chonghua left, there is no one capable official left, so ask them to investigate carefully! Once verified, they will be severely punished!"

"Yes. There is also the incident of the gathering of refugees in Gansu—"

"If there are refugees, I will kill them! They dare to rebel, do I still love the people like my son? Kill them!"

"Yes. And then..."

Cardinal Jin took out a secret report from the self-contained tube, burned it on the candlestick after reading it, and grabbed a handful of grains for the pigeons to peck at his palm.

Helianxi pushed open the door, "When did you raise pigeons?"

"When you are about to leave." Cardinal Jin sprinkled a handful of grains on the table, and gently stroked the soft feathers of the pigeon.

"You actually knew that I would break into Liang Palace alone and take you away?" He Lianxi was a little incredulous.

Cardinal Jin smiled softly, "I don't know." He turned his head and looked at Helian Xi, "I have been raising these pigeons for four years. I have been raising them since the Marquis of Chengen became Marquis of Linyuan. When I was at the Clothes Bureau, I also secretly tried to keep an eye on them. Because I know that I will leave one day, and when I leave, they will definitely need it."

He Lianxi stretched out her index finger and stroked the top of the pigeon's head, "Chonghua, I don't know how many things you have."

Cardinal Jin smiled slightly, "All you need to know is that I will ride on the horse you gave me and cut off Shang Chengbi's head for you."

He Lianxi didn't speak for a long time, until Cardinal Jin released the pigeons again, "Let me borrow another message from your person, just say that this year's palace examination is about to start, and someone came with a thousand taels of gold and ten pairs of white biscuits." Tanhualang, who is in charge of Jinke, is the Beidi Military Commander, Cardinal Jin."

Helian Xi frowned, "What exactly do you want to do?"

Cardinal Jin looked at him, "It's just such a small request. If it was Shang Chengbi, he would not refuse me."

"Chong Hua, I think you are a little weird today." He Lianxi seemed to want to find out why.

Cardinal Jin didn't look at him, "You will understand when the time comes."

"I don't care what you do? It's just that I can't stay here for too long. Originally, there was a stronghold to rely on, and it was nothing. Now, the stronghold is guarded by Shang Quhan and his son inside and outside. A gentleman can't stand under the dangerous wall." , we should go back to the grassland." He Lianxi didn't understand why he had to go to Yuanheng Bank today, but he knew that the spy who sneaked behind the two today was not from Shang Qinhan.

Cardinal Jin smiled, "Dangerous Wall, I just want to erect this dangerous wall? I heard that he gave dumplings to the Marquis of Linyuan. If you don't want to stay in the inn, let's go there."