Jun You Ji Fou

After returning home, Su Shiyu poured himself a cup of tea, and then began to think about the full cup of mist.

After all, with Chu Mingyun's character, it is impossible to go out just to drink in a snowy day, not to mention choosing to be near a remote city gate, clearing out other people, leaving only shadow guards to guard, it seems to be for a secret meeting with someone.

As soon as this idea came up, Su Shiyu suddenly concentrated his mind and noticed another thing:

So why was he invited there just then?

Even if Master Xiang wanted to marry his daughter, there are countless restaurants in the city, and they are better than that remote one, so why did they just choose the opposite position to Chu Mingyun?

Once there are too many coincidences, it will inevitably show traces of artificial carving.

Thousands of thoughts were intertwined and merged into a vast mist. Suddenly, a ray of spiritual light flooded into my mind for no reason, clearing away the chaotic thoughts like splitting mountains and seas, and the Lingtai was suddenly clear.

He remembered Liang Jin's medicine in Shouchun.Liang Jin's actions that night were really purposeless and useless, Su Shiyu couldn't figure it out, and then gradually let go of it as the death case was concluded.But now suddenly recalling it, Su Shiyu couldn't help but think of another situation:

If he had no way to break free after being drugged, and if he really fulfilled Liang Jin's wish and fell into the tender land of dancers, then Chu Mingyun might have to wait in his room all night.

Besides, today's banquet to talk about kissing just happened to hit Chu Mingyun right in front of him.

Thinking about such a connection, it is not so much a conspiracy as it is more obvious to provoke the relationship between the two of them, and it is also clear that he and Chu Mingyun are not simple colleagues.

Such people, except for a missing Li Che, have all died in Huainan.

At the time, Chu Mingyun suspected that Li Che was Boss Mu in the Bliss Building, but it was just a guess. However, when they took the bronze talisman out of Shouchun City by chance, there was no need to talk about the entanglements between the several cases.Since Li Chenghua, the king of Xiling, had the intention of treason, it is impossible for Li Che, who took care of Huainan on his behalf, to be ignorant, and how could Han Zhongwen, who worked and got along with Li Che, have nothing to do with it?

Han Zhongwen admitted that King Huainan had left behind a remnant party, and with King Xiling's cunning, it would never be his own people who caused trouble. If this was the case, it would mean that he and King Huainan had secretly colluded.

Su Shiyu squeezed the teacup tightly, and in an instant, it was as if the clouds broke through the moon, and the stones came out when the water fell, and all the causes and effects were finally joined together:

At first, the dungeon of the fake Song Heng case was exposed, which made them take precautions. The King of Xiling used the two major cases of Tan Jing and Su Xing, the mouth of Chen Siheng, Jiang Yuan's hometown and the death of Mu Lahe to try his best to direct the disaster to the world. The Huainan king silenced Su Shiyu before he met the Huainan king, and then Li Chenghua obtained the Huainan fiefdom from the imperial court on the surface, secretly incorporated the Huainan remnant party in the name of an ally, and then rebelled in Huainan, handing over the Huainan rebel party Shou Han Zhongwen, invited Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu as he wished, but they couldn't kill them in the whole city, so they repeated the old trick, wiped out Han Zhongwen's family, and took the real power of Huainan into their pockets.

Every step, regardless of success or failure, is beneficial to him. Such tricks are exhausted, and the mind is not without deep thoughts.

It's a pity that these are inferences after all, no matter how careful and reasonable they are, it's useless, and the information secretly found out by Linglong as a clue can't be used as evidence in court. Before there is no definite proof, there is still nothing to do with King Xiling.

What is even more worrisome is how far Li Chenghua has infiltrated the court. Is the pawn for this move Mr. Xiang or Mr. Yue?

The tea was already cold, but Su Shiyu still drank it slowly. He let out a long sigh, and then called the housekeeper Su Yi, and told him to keep an eye on the whereabouts of the two adults.

Su Yi accepted the order, Su Shiyu paused, and added: "Send someone to keep an eye on King Hejian, and report back immediately if there is any change."

The paperwork for Zhao Kejing's transfer out of Beijing was quickly approved.Chu Mingyun was basically in control of ordinary military affairs, and Zhao Kejing was not in any important position, so this transfer did not attract anyone's attention.

In Taiwei's mansion, Zhao Kejing took the letter with both hands, flipped through it briefly, and couldn't help sighing: "These vassal kings handed over their military power so quickly, your plan is really powerful."

"They have handed it in, but Li Chenghua hasn't moved yet." Chu Mingyun also handed over the transfer paperwork, caught a glimpse of his expression inadvertently, and said: "You can wait until the next year and leave them alone for a while. Nothing."

Zhao Kejing smiled gratefully, "Thank you, Lord."

He was about to leave without much delay, but Chu Mingyun suddenly stopped him, "That's right."

"My lord, please tell me." Zhao Kejing turned around.

Chu Mingyun pressed his forehead with one hand, "How did I get back home the day I met Yuan Min?"

"This subordinate doesn't know, you ordered me to leave after you gave orders." Zhao Kejing was a little surprised, "What's wrong?"

"You left long ago?" Chu Mingyun slightly frowned.He woke up the next day and was in his own room, only vaguely remembering that he had settled the matter with Yuan Min, and the rest was just a splitting headache after getting drunk.

"Since you don't remember, maybe you can ask someone else?" Zhao Kejing said.

Chu Mingyun put down his hand indifferently, "Forget it, it's not an important matter anyway."

The closer the year comes, the more time passes by like running water.

Unless there is intentional contact, the Taiwei and the doctor Yushi don't have much communication.Seeing that the snow is getting bigger and bigger day by day, and the eaves are covered with frost and white, it will be New Year's Eve again in a blink of an eye.

Du Yue kept poking his head and looking out since dinner, until it was dark, and finally couldn't help but ran to the porch to look around.Qin Zhao asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Look at my cousin," Du Yue replied without turning his head, "it's so late, why hasn't he come here yet?"

Chu Mingyun unconsciously pursed the corners of his lips, lowered his eyes and said nothing.

Qin Zhao glanced at him, walked to Du Yue's side, "Sit back, he won't come."

"Cousin won't come this year, why?" Du Yue turned his head abruptly, "He's alone in the mansion, why didn't he come like last year?"

Qin Zhao was speechless.

Du Yue looked into the hall again, "Hey Chu, aren't you interested in my cousin? Why don't you call him?"

Chu Mingyun peeled the kumquat with lowered eyes, but didn't answer.

So Du Yue lingered on Chu Mingyun and Qin Zhao inexplicably, and turned around to leave while muttering, "If you don't tell him, then I'll go..."

"Du Yue," Qin Zhao hurriedly held him back, "he won't come over."

"You..." Du Yue was so angry that he was about to pull out his sleeves, "Then can I go and accompany him by myself!"

Qin Zhao directly held his wrist tightly, staring at him silently, with a clear and firm attitude.

Du Yue was defeated when he met his eyes, struggled secretly for a while, turned around and walked back to the hall and sat directly next to Chu Mingyun, posing, "My surname is Chu, let me talk to you. "

Chu Mingyun concentrated on peeling the orange in his hand and ignored him.

"I rely on talking to you!" Du Yue couldn't help but raised his foot to kick up, Chu Mingyun raised his eyelids and glanced at him, and he silently retracted his foot.Then Du Yue felt something was wrong. The corners of Chu Mingyun's eyes were narrow and long, and when his eyebrows were lowered, there was a faint shadow, and there was a coldness in the gorgeousness. He stared at it for a long time, and after a while, he realized what was wrong. .

At this time, Chu Mingyun was very much like the one he was when he first arrived at Cangwu Mountain at the age of 15. He didn't have a smile that was not a smile, and he didn't make provocative words. He was so silent that Du Yue thought he was dumb. He didn't pay any attention to what other people said, his eyes reflected the light of the sky and the shadow of clouds, and the clear spring in the stone pool.

Thinking of this, Du Yue sighed heavily, glanced at Qin Zhao who was beside him, and said seriously: "Are you and my cousin broke up?"

"..." Qin Zhao felt that this sentence was not serious at all, and it could be seen that Du Yue was serious, so he could only cooperate and continue to listen.

He knew that Chu Mingyun ignored him, so he simply didn't care, "I didn't say that, my cousin has such a good temper, and I have never seen him get angry with anyone since I was a child. Really capable, I accept this..."

Qin Zhao couldn't help coughing, "Du Yue."

The words were interrupted, Du Yue simply pondered for a while, and then said: "I have been in Chang'an for so long, and it's not that I haven't heard of your reputation. A while ago, there were so many officers and soldiers blocking the door. I'm not stupid, is it? Brother, just tell me frankly, are you trying to do something, is my cousin turning against you because of this?"

Qin Zhao couldn't help feeling a little nervous, but seeing that Chu Mingyun was still unmoved, he didn't intend to speak.

There was a soft crackling of charcoal fire in the small furnace beside him, and Du Yue sighed again, "What are you messing around with? Did Master Baili tell you at the beginning that his sword never taught people revenge? Although I don't know how you fooled him later on, and I don't know what revenge you wanted, but why bother? The surname is Chu, look how good you are now, when you are such a big official, how many people are afraid of you , if you want to eat, eat, wear and wear, and you are so rich, can you not take revenge, so that you won’t make trouble like this with my cousin, can’t you let it go?”

"No." Chu Mingyun finally spoke, decisively.

"Why?" Du Yue couldn't understand, "You..."

"If I want to be happy and enjoy myself, I don't have to go this far. I should have died in Liangzhou City 13 years ago." Chu Mingyun said without a tone, "I died under the horse's hoof, died in the arrows, or was killed by the arrows." Hanging on the tower is fine, why should I live until now?"

Du Yue was stunned for a moment, vaguely realized something, and hurriedly persuaded him, "You said I knew about the war back then, but it's different now, the world is peaceful now..."

"The world is peaceful?" Chu Mingyun cut off his words, savoring the word playfully, "You can say that the world is peaceful if you can see anything. Do you think it is dangerous until the country is destroyed? Foreign enemies, internal strife , this look of collapse, now there is no need for the Huns to do anything, the court's own people will massacre the city, how long do you want to wait?"

"Why can't I let go?" Chu Mingyun said to himself, "Why didn't I draw my sword and stand with her 13 years ago, why did I escape from the city alone and live till now?"

His voice was not intense, and could even be called gentle, but there was a distinct sternness in his brows and eyes. Du Yue shuddered a little at his appearance, and his voice stuck in his throat.

The sudden noise broke the dead silence in the hall, the sound of bells rolling over ten miles of snow, the fireworks leaping and shining in the sky, the sound of firecrackers resounding into one piece, and the whole city was jubilant.

Chu Mingyun laughed out loud without warning, and there was still no trace of warmth in his eyes.

Du Yue couldn't help shrinking back a bit, almost breaking into a cold sweat from his moodiness.

"Wrong." Chu Mingyun smiled softly, "It's been 14 years."

When Qin Zhao sent Du Yue back to the medicine house and came out again, the sound of fireworks and firecrackers had stopped, the cold night was silent, and Chang'an City fell into a deep sleep.He walked down the corridor and unexpectedly found that the hall was still lit. He turned his head and saw a tall figure standing under a red plum tree in the courtyard. He did not know how long he stood there.The lamps flickering in the corridor, the warm light dyed the frost and snow on the shoulders of the man's hair, which could not be melted away.

Qin Zhao hesitated whether to go forward, and suddenly saw the branches trembling under the weight of snow, the snow falling, and a few red plum petals floating leisurely, falling on the palm of Chu Mingyun.

The wind whimpered and knocked the window lattice.

Su Shiyu put down his pen, got up and walked to the window. His hair was blown by the wind, and it seemed to be wrapped in a faint fragrance of cold plums, but there was nothing when he sniffed it carefully, which seemed to be an illusion.Su Shiyu closed the window tightly, sat back on the desk, and the candle was flickering, illuminating the volume of official documents.

It snowed all night.

The days of the rest of the court passed idle and boring, until the day of the Shangyuan Festival, a visitor from Taiwei's mansion came.One was Chu Mingyun's envoy who had been waiting for a long time. He respectfully offered the military power of Xiling, and his mouth was full of grandeur, which was not much different from other vassal kings.And the other one was beyond his expectation.

Chu Mingyun looked at the woman in red in the hall, and said straight to the point: "What's the matter?"

Lu Qinghe saluted, and said with a smile: "The little girl does have something to ask for, but don't worry, Mr. Taiwei, it's just a little effort."

Chu Mingyun looked at her noncommittally.

Lu Qinghe took a deep breath, summoned up his courage and said, "Can your lord send someone to take me into the palace?" She hurriedly added, "I just want to see Your Majesty."

The night of Shangyuan has always been a good time for lovers to meet.

Chu Mingyun understood, raised his eyebrows slightly, "I seem to be so kind?"

"My little girl has nothing else, and it is absolutely hopeless to find other adults," Lu Qinghe looked at him and smiled, "but I think Lord Taiwei will help me, so I will try my luck."

"Your father is the Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, wouldn't it be more convenient to find him?" Chu Mingyun was a little impatient, "Since you are interested in His Majesty, will Lu Shi disagree with your marriage into the palace?"

The girl's mind was bluntly broken, Lu Qinghe blushed, and after hearing what he said, he shook his head and smiled, "My lord is wrong. I am Your Majesty Simu, and I want to see him, but I don't want to be a queen. Why? Want to marry into the palace?"

Chu Mingyun raised his eyes to look at her, Lu Qinghe smiled at Chu Mingyun with bright eyes, "It's not contradictory, it's just that I happen to like him, and he happens to be the emperor. I stayed in Beijing for the time being to make my father feel at ease. I will continue on the road after I convince him. It is great to be with His Majesty, but what does it matter if we are not together? I have the life I want, and Far away in the rivers and lakes, I occasionally think about the person who lives in the temple, who is my sweetheart, which is also very good. But if I marry into the palace, compete with a group of women to be jealous, and hope for him to come over day and night, I can't do it. "She paused, and said, "Lu Qinghe, I want to be a son and daughter of the Jianghu for the rest of my life."

There was no one else around, and she spoke clearly and simply, but Chu Mingyun suddenly fell silent.His eyes fell on Lu Qinghe, but he seemed to see something out of reach through her. The red dress was like fire, quietly burning in his eyes.

The long silence made Lu Qinghe feel uncomfortable. After thinking about it again, he didn't realize where he said something wrong, so he couldn't help but uttered nervously: "Master Taiwei?"

Chu Mingyun looked away, raised his hand, and a shadow guard appeared out of nowhere, "Send her into the palace."

"Thank you, my lord!" Lu Qinghe smiled, "Just take me into the palace, and you don't have to worry about anything else."

She didn't care about Chu Mingyun's perfunctory response, and thanked her earnestly, turned around and was about to leave briskly, just as she was about to step out of the main hall, Lu Qinghe suddenly paused, and turned around to look, "How about tonight?" Shang Yuanye, is there anyone you want to meet, Lord Taiwei?"

"..." He was silent for a moment, "Yes."

"Then I'll see you, my lord." Lu Qinghe clasped his hands behind his back, looked at him with a slight tilt of his head, and said with a smile: "In this world, who can stop you?"

Chu Mingyun was startled.