nine words

The recent ease has made Chu Jiuge recover a lot. Now he doesn't need to work too much. He only needs to take care of the children in the palace, play the piano and write. This kind of life seems to turn him into a rice worm. The small stove prescribed by my mother, after half a month, she has obviously gained some weight, and is no longer morbidly thin.

In contrast, Xu Changqing, Qi Huanyu and others who are busy with state affairs all day long, thinking about how to appease the people, who are in charge of the local area, can't eat well and sleep well every day, and the bruises in their eyes are like a panda. Sometimes Qi Huanyu will look for Chu Jiu Song complained: "I am a military officer, how do I know what kind of impact the reform of the land system will bring? Please do me a favor and let Xun Sui let me go back to my hometown and take my children."

Qi Huanyu was fed up with the government affairs every day, every day when he opened his eyes, he had a headache and saw the three big characters "Chaohe Palace", facing the densely packed documents, he wished to bump himself to death.

Chu Jiuge was amused by his appearance, and comforted him: "He doesn't go to the court now, he just sits in the court and hall to discuss with you every day, and then he has to criticize the papers presented by the officials. It can be seen that he trusts you more than the courtiers." .”

"I can't bear this kind of trust, I want to go home!"

Facing Qi Huanyu's child-like complaints, Chu Jiuge could only smile back. Apart from that, he couldn't help with anything.

"Hearing what King Huayin said, it seems that we have enough days to work with our heads down." Xun Sui did not know when he walked behind the two of them, and now Qi Huanyu immediately stiffened his back as soon as he heard his voice, sweating profusely . "Why don't you hold a big banquet tonight, tell the people all over the world, and flourish the national prestige of the Southern Kingdom."

Qi Huanyu, who had been suppressed for too long, finally regained his spirit when he heard this. His first reaction was: "Are there any beauties?"

Laugh without saying a word.

"How can there be no beauties in such a big country of yours? Tonight I'm going to get drunk and have sex..." Before he finished speaking, Qi Huanyu jumped out of the room, bouncing around, ready to go up.Chu Jiuge laughed and scolded him: "It doesn't look like a father at all."

But he himself saw in Qi Huanyu a joy that was not like in this troubled world. Perhaps he was like this, so that he could truly forget the pain.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the moon is already high, and the golden palace is full of singing and dancing, and the cups are intertwined. All the officials are immersed in this joyful atmosphere, pushing tea for wine, and all of them are flushed. Reflected the brilliance.

Chu Jiuge, Xu Changqing and others sat in a secluded position under the seat, away from the hustle and bustle of human voices, while Qi Huanyu pretended to be drunk and pestered the dancing girl, trying to catch a glimpse of the true face under the veil. Looking forward to the person under his seat, looking forward to a day when he can be given a reasonable place to sit next to him.

He knew that according to Chu Jiuge's temperament, he would never be like Han Zigao, to be his male queen, and he would not be like Longyang Anling, to be his male companion on the bed.Chu Jiuge is naturally quiet and tries his best to stay away from the hustle and bustle of the world. Therefore, he probably only wants to be by his side and be an anonymous and loyal minister forever.

If he is not a king, if he is not a victim of war, can they have a comfortable life and walk through an ordinary life hand in hand?

Seeing that Chu Jiuge was tired and even started to yawn, Xi Sui walked down from his seat and asked him gently if he was tired, and if he was tired, he went back to rest.Chu Jiuge had exactly this intention, and Xie Sui's words seemed like amnesty to him, so he quickly got up, patted the folds on his clothes, bowed politely to Xi Sui in front of everyone, and then ran away as if to escape.

Seeing this, Zui ordered Yu Jingnian to follow him, "It's about to start, you go and stay with him."

Of course Yu Jingnian knew what the so-called "beginning" referred to, so he nodded and left with Chu Jiuge.

Seeing that Chu Jiuge had left the stage, Xu Changqing picked up the wine glass and drank it down.The last sip of fine wine cooled his dry throat, and he coughed lightly, reminding Qi Huanyu, who was immersed in the fun, and the latter understood, and greeted the dancing maid to go out with a smile on his face, rubbing his hands while giving it away, and smiled flatteringly: "Who?" The girl has taken a fancy to me, remember to leave me a handkerchief!"

When the last court lady left, she said something coquettishly, and closed the door of the Golden Luan Hall with a few other palace servants. Seeing the girl's pretty face gradually disappear behind the door, the smile on Qi Huanyu's face also gradually faded.A military officer who saw his back was drunk, obviously irrational, and said nonsense, "King Huayin is really very elegant, he doesn't like fine wine but only beautiful women."

Qi Huanyu sneered, and turned around to answer: "I don't just love beauties, I love killing people more." The man's heart trembled with the evil spirit between his brows, and before he could see clearly, the half-foot-long curved blade came out of his sleeve, raised his hand, He flew forward, and with the design of the curved blade shape and the resistance of the air, he flew back in a moment and landed firmly in Qi Huanyu's hands.

Seeing this, the crowd immediately applauded and booed, and said something like "King Huayin is really good at martial arts", but they were stunned when the neck of the military officer who uttered wild words was broken and blood was splashed on the spot. This group of people have never seen such a posture.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, how could this King Huayin kill innocent people indiscriminately!" Someone immediately stood up and complained.

Sitting on the throne and drinking fine wine, after hearing this, he raised his sword eyebrows and asked, "Innocent? Which one of you is not guilty of serious crimes, dare to talk about innocence with me?" As he spoke, a figure emerged from the Golden Luan Hall. Jumping down, holding the sword in both hands, he plunged into the crowd and killed wantonly. Seeing this bloody scene, Xu Changqing couldn't sit still anymore. He stood up with the gun on his shoulders, and followed the blood-stained Shen Huafeng to slaughter wantonly until the hall There was no one alive among them but them.

From a long distance away, Chu Jiuge heard the screams coming from the Jinluan Palace behind him. Seeing his expression change, Yu Jingnian asked, "Have you already guessed this step?"

Chu Jiuge nodded, "These days you are working non-stop in the court and palace, how can you have so many state affairs to worry about, presumably you are checking the officials in the court one by one to find out which ones are the secret work of the demon sect. There were not a few officials attending the dinner today, and seeing the hidden weapons of Qi Huanyu and Xu Changqing, I knew that it was not far from the time when he eliminated dissidents. I didn't expect that there would be two incidents in the past ten years. The massacre of officials..."

Of course, it is not wrong to do so. When he first came to the throne more than ten years ago, he borrowed the power of the Demon Sect to be able to sit firmly in the country. Now that he has eliminated the eyes and ears of the Demon Sect, it can be regarded as to stabilize the situation in the world.

"Look at the crimson moon, how appropriate it is for the occasion, doesn't it mean that whenever the blood color covers the earth, it will be reflected red like this..."

Yu Jingnian looked up, the bright moon was hanging high in the night sky, still looking down on the world coldly, how could there be any color in it?It was only later that I realized that Chu Jiuge's metaphor was directly referring to the killing in the Jinluan Palace.Even if it was an enemy, he didn't want them to be beheaded like this.

"Since he decided to do it, it means that everything after that has been arranged."

Yu Jingnian nodded, "The relatives of those officials have been controlled to prevent them from making troubles and causing chaos in Lin'an City. After a thorough investigation that they have nothing to do with the Demon Cult, they will be sent back to their hometowns."

"Some of these espionages of the Devil's Cult formed families for the purpose of taking root in Nandu and hiding people's eyes and ears. Some of them formed families because of family affection and love. Each of them is a husband and a father. Perhaps it is too cruel to kill them all." Speaking of this, Chu Jiu Ge smiled self-deprecatingly, "If Zi Sui heard me say that, he would definitely blame me for being a woman, but I hope there will be less misery in the world, which is understandable."

Yu Jingnian knew that Chu Jiuge was right, and it was precisely because of his gentle attitude towards politics that the previous tyrannical domineering did not do anything irreversible, stabilized the hearts of the people, and stabilized their lives.

"It's just the annual imperial examination. Now I'm afraid that many new talents will be recruited, and they have different political views. It is the most urgent task to stabilize these talented people."

Yu Jingnian asked again: "Wouldn't these people dare not become officials in the court because they are afraid of being killed?"

Chu Jiuge laughed when he heard this, walked a few steps to the lotus pond in the imperial garden, sat on a cold stone bench, pointed to the withered lotus flowers and said: "Some flowers can't help the chill before winter and autumn. , it withered early, and in the end it could only turn into a handful of silt to provide nutrients for later life. And some flowers have well-developed root systems and dense branches and leaves. Even if it is cold, they can resist for some time, and finally they can't stand it anymore. They spit out the seeds and buried them deep in the mud. In the second spring, the long-dead branches still stand upright, shielding the newborn life from the early spring wind. Only when the seeds germinate and grow up can they completely remove the long-dead branches. Responsibility of the author, sleeping at the bottom of the pool forever, has also turned into a flower-protecting spring mud. The two are the same in terms of results, but the process is quite different. But I would like to be Liaowu and do my best for future generations. The same is true for people. Some people enter the court and become officials with ambitions, but they are afraid of death and choose to escape. Some people are only dedicated to serve the country, even if they die in vain No hesitation, because they believe that what they are serving is a generation of Mingjun. There are not a few such people, and it is precisely because they firmly believe in their existence that Xun Sui boldly kills the eyes and ears of the Demon Cult hidden among the court officials..."

Yu Jingnian finally understands what people mean by "talking with Chu Jiuge and you can understand the world". Not a single word he said is the same as that of Confucius. Starting from seemingly simple things, reflecting The way to behave in the world, this is the national teacher respected by everyone.

It seems that during those few years in Kunlun Mountain, he did learn a lot of things that can't be learned in the troubled world, and because of this, he became the tool that Chu Zhiyi used to save the Central Plains people...