Raising Dogs as Eunuchs [Rebirth]

As soon as early winter arrived, a thin first snow had already fallen outside the capital, and the swan geese in the sky flew southwards slowly in a single line. This year's winter was extremely cold and early.

Before dawn, a group of chariots and horses were rushing on the road. The wheels slammed on the snow and creaked, leaving a long rut.

"Master, we have another hundred miles to go, and we will arrive at the capital."

The weather was cold, and the servant who spoke hurriedly followed the car, his cheeks were reddish from the cold, and even his words were whitish.

"Ah."

The man outside the car was wrapped in sheepskin, and he had a lucky face, which made people feel happy just looking at him cheerfully.The chariots and horses were moving very fast, and it was obviously a bit of a struggle to follow the car with only his legs, but he only wanted to have a few words with the people in the car, and he seemed never tired of it.

Although most of the time, he can only get a simple "um" from the people in the car.

The people in the carriage were wearing white official uniforms, gauze hats on their heads, and soft gold pillows on their backs, and their gestures and gestures were all noble.In the eyes of the sheepskin jacket, such nobles are completely different from them.

But Xie Yuan felt that he was no different from these people.

They are all slaves.

Even sometimes he is not as good as these slaves, because he is a eunuch, and a eunuch is something without roots, so sometimes, in the eyes of some people, they can only be regarded as half slaves.

"Master, why do you think His Majesty suddenly ordered us to return to Beijing this time?"

The people outside exhaled and warmed their hands, and trotted along the frame, but what they said didn't get the slightest response from the people inside, but he didn't care, he was still talking to himself happily.

"I reckon that His Majesty was concerned about the approaching birthday of the master and the bitter cold in the north, so he specially ordered the master to return to Beijing to celebrate his birthday."

When the people outside the car said this, their sleeves were tucked away, beaming with joy, but Xie Yuan, who was sitting in the car, stared at the Persian soft blanket in front of him and lowered his eyes secretly. After a long time, he slowly said a word.

"Maybe so..."

As soon as he finished speaking, he laughed.The northern border was bitterly cold, but Zhao Minsheng let him stay in such a bitterly cold place for three years.

During these three years, no matter whether he was ill or ill, Xie Yuan had never seen a single letter from him, and even the papers he sent to ask for peace were all lost. Recall Beijing.

After all, he has been by his side for ten years, Xie Yuan can understand exactly what kind of thoughts Zhao Minsheng has.

Three years ago, in the imperial study room, Zhao Minsheng chopped off the book case with a sword in his hand, and asked him verbally why he had to intervene in the flood disaster in the south of the Yangtze River and went to rescue the disaster in person.

But he didn't mention the fact that the minister he sent had embezzled tens of thousands of taels of disaster relief money, and ignored the news that court officials formed cliques for personal gain.

The little emperor's wings have grown in recent years, especially recently he has been able to stand against him in court, but Xie Yuan's hands have always been stretched too far.

The crux of this matter is not in Jiangnan, but in people's hearts.

Xie Yuan was speechless, and simply held the tip of the sword to his chest, blood spattered on the spot!

But in the end, he still couldn't change his mind.

With just one edict, he was sent to the northern border to guard the frontier, and became the first eunuch in the entire Chu Kingdom to send troops to the frontier.

After three years of cold wind, Zhao Minsheng probably already made a decision in his heart when he returned to Beijing this time.

Thinking of this, Xie Yuan suddenly curled his lips into a smile, and leaned against the car window to close his eyes.

It's so good, if it wasn't for this sudden summoning of him back to the capital, Xie Yuan would have thought that he would die in battle for the rest of his life, that he would never be able to return to the capital, and would never see Zhao Minsheng again.

Three years was really too long. Even during these three years, he missed Zhao Minsheng all the time, but now that he closed his eyes, his figure and appearance were still unavoidably blurred.

-

A group of carriages and horses did not stop all the way, and went straight to the base of the capital.

The dead leaves on both sides of the road have fallen clean, the winter is cold and windy, there are few pedestrians on the road, and the capital city gate, which used to be very busy with people coming and going, now looks depressed.

"Master, General Wei is here."

Hearing the words, Xie Yuan lifted the curtain of the car lightly to take a look, and saw a man dressed in warrior attire standing under the city wall, so he hurriedly called someone to stop.

The winter is cold, and Wei Yan has been braving the cold wind, waiting for him here for a long time.

He and Xie Yuan met when they were teenagers, and thinking about it now, they have been friends for more than ten years.Thinking back when Xie Yuan was sent by the emperor to the northern region, he went there for three years, and now he finally returned to Beijing, he couldn't let him be unaccompanied and end up in a desolate end.

As soon as Xie Yuan stepped on the back of the young eunuch beside him, Wei Yan immediately surrounded him, and before he could speak, the cloak in his hand had already been put on him.

"The frontier is bitterly cold, and Duke Du has worked hard. Now the weather in central Beijing is cold, and I hope Duke Du will take care of himself."

Wei Yan looked in front of him, this person who had lost more than a circle, felt sour in his heart, Xie Yuan was only in his thirties, and already had gray hair on his forehead and temples.

"General Wei is currently serving as a guard, guarding the gate of the palace. I will entrust you with the safety of my life in the future."

Hearing Xie Yuan's words, Wei Yan snorted nonchalantly.

"Duke Xie hasn't seen him for three years, why didn't he say hello to my old friend, Zhao Zhi is the emperor, who can do anything to him?"

Xie Yuan knew that this was Wei Yan's stinky temper coming up again. This person is good in every way, but this donkey's temper will be offended whenever he says he wants.

"I know the relationship between you and me for more than ten years, even if you don't tell me. In the past few years, you must have been squeezed out and made things difficult because of me. After all, it is I who have brought you down."

What Wei Yan can't bear the most is Xie Yuan's behavior. In the past ten years, he has been eaten to death.Knowing that he didn't mean it like that, but still want to poke his heart with such words.

"Our emperor is really smart. Three years ago, he used the money string surnamed Zhou to distribute you, and then copied the Zhou family in just half a month after you left, killing two birds with one stone. After you obtained the military exploits, you were suddenly called back..."

Wei Yan wanted to continue talking, but after seeing Xie Yuan's depressed figure, he shut up in time.

A gust of cool wind blew, and the dust was flying. Xie Yuan stood in front of the city gate and tightened his robe. After three years, he finally returned to this land where he had disturbed the situation with his own hands.

After ten years, the birds in the capital are exhausted today.Zhao Minsheng will never use Xie Yuan's peerless bow.

Wei Yan looked at the tall and straight back of his predecessor, and the corner of his eye was accidentally hurt by the cold wind, and he burst into tears from the pain.

"Xie Yuan, believe it or not, as long as you nod, I can take you away!"

Xie Yuan just took a few steps, when he heard Wei Yan crying and howling behind him, he looked like a newly married bride whose husband died before she got on the sedan chair.

Wei Yan guards the imperial city with heavy soldiers in his hands. Xie Yuan naturally believes the words that come out of his mouth, but the belief does not mean that he will do it.

The imperial city in the distance was shrouded in a thin layer of cooking smoke, which seemed a bit illusory. Xie Yuan raised his head and watched from a distance, and slowly let out a burst of white air between his lips and teeth.

"No, I want to see him."

-

In the imperial garden, Zhao Minsheng sat in a pavilion, looked at Xie Yuan who had been away for three years, and saluted himself somewhat cautiously.

He is always like this, obviously he is the one who holds the power, but he insists on doing all the tricks in front of him as a puppet.

Hypocrisy and scheming, after seeing him for three years, he is still the same as before, and he never makes people catch a little mistake in his behavior.

"Duke Xie, the border is bitterly cold, I called you back this time to give you a good rest, and stay in Beijing to celebrate your birthday."

As Zhao Minsheng said, he lowered his head and poured a glass of wine for each of them. Xie Yuan was sitting opposite him. I don't know if it was because of the light, or because of his misreading. They all lit up a lot.

"Your Majesty still remembers my birthday!"

When Xie Yuan said this, his eyes were smiling, he was as happy as a child, and Zhao Minsheng was startled by his innocent appearance.

He didn't believe that Xie Yuan couldn't guess what he was going to do when he was called back to Beijing this time, but since he knew that he was going to kill him today, why he cared so much about his birthday, it was just an excuse.

Although he didn't know what kind of calculation Xie Yuan had in mind, Zhao Minsheng still cooperated with him and continued talking.

"The tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, I always remember it."

After finishing speaking, Zhao Minsheng picked up his chopsticks, scooped up a piece of fish for someone and put it in a bowl.

Xie Yuan looked at the piece of fish in front of him, with the corners of his mouth curved, smiling like the warm winter sun, but he didn't move his chopsticks all the time.

"It's early in Beijing this year. Your Majesty's clothes are a bit thin today. Remember to add more clothes in the future. When you feel cold, quickly ask the waiter to gather some charcoal fire and put it by your side. Don't always rely on your youth and don't care. Body."

While talking, Xie Yuan repeatedly tossed the piece of fish in the bowl with chopsticks.

I haven't seen each other for three years, and he has saved up a lot of things to tell others, but now that he has said it, even he himself feels a little nagging.

"You always have a partial eclipse. You like to eat meat and don't like to eat vegetables, especially those with green leaves. This is not good for the stomach. I heard from Xiao Guizi that recently His Majesty often reads memorials until midnight, which is not good... ..."

Xie Yuan scratched his forehead in embarrassment, but he was abruptly interrupted when he was only halfway through speaking.

"Mr. Xie is so capable. He is far away in the sky, and he can still let me be surrounded by your people. How far do you want to go? Do you have to let all these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains belong to the Xie family in order to fulfill your wishes? ?”

A pair of silver chopsticks fell on the table, Xie Yuan raised his head to look at the man's eyelids, and saw him sitting on the chair frowning, vaguely stroking a shallow mark on the tiger's mouth on his left hand, which was the sign of Zhao Minsheng's enthronement. At that time, the injury he suffered to put down the rebellious party later became a subconscious little action of his.

The incident of Xiao Guizi undoubtedly hit Zhao Minsheng's deathbed. He never thought that Xie Yuan and others were far away in the northern border, but the people who followed him day and night to take care of him were actually his people, Xie Dugong.

Hearing what he said, Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment, then sighed slowly, lowered his head and swallowed the tasteless fish with difficulty, and said, "Let's eat."

But when he raised his head again, wanting to pick up a chopsticks ribs for someone, the glass of crystal clear poisonous wine was already placed in front of him.

At that moment, the heart that had not been cooled by the wind and frost for three years in the northern border of Great Chu finally became cold to the bone before this feast.

"Needless to say, I have sent General Zhen to the northern border. Before he arrives, I will keep your death a secret."

Xie Yuan looked at the person in front of him expressionlessly, who had been hidden in his heart for 17 years.The chopsticks and ribs ended up in Zhao Minsheng's bowl.

"Although I always advise you to eat more vegetables, this ribs are really delicious."

Sweet and sour pork ribs was Zhao Minsheng's favorite dish when he was 27 or [-] years old, but now that he is [-] or [-] years old, he is getting tired of this dish.

So this time, Zhao Minsheng didn't pick up the chopsticks, but just glanced at the bowl, then stood up and walked straight to the door.

Zhao Minsheng was able to get to this point, and there were quite a few people who died under his hands, but for some reason, in his heart, he was always unwilling to face Xie Yuan's death.

Perhaps during that dark time, Zhao Minsheng really talked to him as a teacher and friend, so even when the sword was hanging on his neck, Zhao Minsheng still couldn't guarantee that he would not soften his heart to him.

Even Xie Yuan has already lost the foundation of being a minister.

"Zhao Minsheng, can't you really... see me off for the last time?"

Holding the poisoned wine in his hand, Xie Yuan knelt on the ground and begged humbly, choked up several times and couldn't speak. For the number one eunuch in the world who once had all the power in the world, this way of death inevitably seemed a bit embarrassing.

The floor tiles in winter were as cold as ice, but Xie Yuan insisted on clutching that corner of his robe, refusing to let go. His emotions, which he had suppressed all the way from the northern border to the present, finally couldn't hold back at this last moment.

"No need."

These two words were the last words Xie Yuan heard in his life.

After hearing this sentence, Xie Yuan's obsession was broken.

After drinking a cup of poisoned wine, the pain in every internal organ came one after another. Xie Yuan curled up on the ground, murmuring Zhao Minsheng's name repeatedly, but he had no strength left to tell others the love he had accumulated all his life.

After about a cup of tea, the waiter came out from the door, walked up to Zhao Minsheng, and said something hastily.

"died."

Just two words ruined Xie Yuan's brilliant life. Zhao Minsheng had been guarding outside the door, waiting for this sentence, but now that it finally came, he felt a little bit astonished.

"Your Majesty, it's getting cold, and the Dugong asked me to add some clothes for you."

Xiao Guizi, who asked him to go to work early this morning, suddenly came back at this time, carrying a dark black cloak in his hand.

Zhao Minsheng was a little stunned, and then asked who the governor was, but looking at the entire territory of Great Chu, there was only one governor.

"Thank you Duchess."