Let me eat a soft meal

"General Huang, far water can't save near fire." Xie Yushu calmly persuaded, "The border is far away from the capital, and even a thousand-mile horse will have to run for more than ten days. The battlefield is changing rapidly. I know better."

"Then what do you think I should do!" Huang Mang's eyes widened and he was extremely excited.

Ye Xuan subconsciously interposed between the two, stretched out his hand to protect Xie Yushu behind him, and said in a somewhat aggressive tone, "Yushu is still young, General Huang should not make things difficult for him. As for the matter of thinking, there are a group of civil servants in the court , can always come up with an idea, the general might as well use his strength on them first."

Huang Mang's beard trembled, covering the expression on his face, but Ye Xuan obviously felt his eyes suddenly changed, and he glanced up and down his eyes, his voice was still angry, "Those sour words It's very literary, I can't get to the point for a long time, I don't understand, and I don't want to hear it!"

As he spoke, he strode out, got into the carriage and left.

Xie Yushu could only watch him go away, and sighed worriedly.

Ye Xuan pretended not to know, helped him tidy up his messy sleeves, and said, "He is so angry right now, he can't listen to anything, you better not waste your time."

"I know, it's just—" Xie Yushu paused, realizing that he was still in front of the Palace of Qinzheng, the imperial guards and eunuchs were lined up in two rows on the left and right of the steps, with eyes and ears everywhere.

He hurriedly dragged Ye Xuan to a place where there was no one there, and then whispered, "I don't know, it's just that the current situation is not good, and I'm afraid that Your Majesty will be separated from General Huang."

The reason why Xie Yushu chased him out this time also had the intention of thanking Prime Minister.

Since ancient times, the government and the Chinese government have favored civil and military relatives, and the generals are brave and forthright. They don't like the yin and yang hidden in the confrontation between the literati;When the two parties entered the court, there was almost a natural position. Except for the special ethnic group of the Pei family, there were very few family members with overlapping civil and martial arts.

This is not only the natural disharmony between the auras of the two sides, but also the emperor's deliberate attempt to check and balance.

Xie Xiang is the head of the civil servants, and he serves His Majesty in front of the imperial court. His every move attracts attention and he is full of suspicion. He has to consider every word and every sentence. If he is not good, he may be blamed. Xie Xiang wants to stop Huang Mang , can't be chased out like this, and the superior can't allow him to do so.

Fortunately, this time the matter was urgent, the emperor summoned all the officials to listen to the government, and the Hall of Qinzheng was crowded and stuffy.Xie Yushu was just a small official who was close to the door and didn't pay much attention, so he was able to chase him out.

"Father and General Feng are very close friends. Although he and General Huang have no contact with each other in order to avoid suspicion, he and General Huang will occasionally have dinner and watch a show. Presumably he doesn't want to see General Huang and His Majesty have a quarrel."

Xie Yushu sighed, "Your Majesty has managed to trap General Huang in Beijing, so he will definitely not let him go back to the front line. General Huang is determined to go, I'm afraid..."

Ye Xuan actually didn't care about this matter, and he didn't have heroic feelings towards Feng Luo. He even dared to guess in his heart that the legendary general might be the traitorous spy.Regarding the situation in the court, Ye Xuan always only listened to what was related to him. He didn't know what the emperor was up to, but he knew very well that he would not be able to ascend the throne.

He didn't have any aspirations for the ninth-fifth position, he just wanted to save his life, get out of this huge cage alive to eat people, and embrace the freedom outside the palace walls openly.For this reason, he can pretend to be a transparent person, and if necessary, he can also raise a sharp weapon and aim at those who hurt him - including his father.

If the only way to get out alive is to fight, Ye Xuan doesn't mind fighting, but it's obviously not that time yet.

So even if Ye Xuan realized that this matter seemed not so simple, he didn't think about doing anything.

He is very clear about what he needs at this stage, and never exposes his hole cards in unnecessary things.

It should have been like this.

Ye Xuan raised his eyes, pressed his fingers between Xie Yushu's eyebrows, and smoothed out the creases there inch by inch. Amid the young man's astonished expression, he suddenly bent his lips and let out a laugh.

"The last time I went back to Putuo Mountain, thanks to Yushu for helping me, I always wanted to repay you. There is no shortage of gold, silver, jade and Yushu, and money and jewelry are too cliche. Our friendship is also a teacher and a friend. Let me give Yushu an idea today."

Ye Xuan read his name gently, and said, "Yu Shu, do you want to listen?"

It was inconvenient to talk outside, so Ye Xuan led Xie Yushu back to Wenyuan Hall.

It happened that Qinglan dug the snow and folded the wintersweet to make tea in the yard, but everything was ready and she didn't use it, so Ye Xuan requisitioned it first.

Light snow fell from the sky, and fell profusely on the unswept old snow. Ye Xuan asked people to move everything into the pavilion bordering the promenade, and also asked people to bring out the charcoal basin in the hall for heating.

The snow is white, fluttering like velvet, hovering and falling from the sky, paved into a piece of white, the cold wind is sharp, a bunch of wintersweet in the corner stretches its branches, not afraid of the wind and snow, plum blossoms stand proudly on the branches, and the colors in full bloom become beautiful. It is the most beautiful embellishment in this world.

Xie Yushu couldn't help but bewildered, unable to move.

Ye Xuan asked Qinglan to wash the tea set, set up the fire, put the plum blossoms and tea leaves into the jade pot, put some snow in it, and put it on the shelf to cook. , he raised his eyebrows and smiled, suddenly he had the gentleness of a good concubine.

"I don't like utensils, and I like quietness. After careful calculation, there is nothing to reward in Wenyuan Palace. After thinking about it, only this rare scenery in the palace is given to Yushu."

Ye Xuan picked up the boiled tea, washed the tea set with water for the first time, filtered it, and poured out two cups.

Xie Yushu picked up a cup and first sniffed it at the tip of his nose. A unique faint fragrance of plum blossom hit him, which made him feel calm. He took a sip, and the smell of plum blossom was as mild as its smell, which neutralized the silver needle tea. It's so refreshing, the first sip lingers on the lips and teeth, and I only feel that the taste is excellent, but the second sip seems to taste some sourness.

Xie Yushu took another sip, and carefully judged it with closed eyes. He was sure that it really had a sourness that was too weak to be ignored, but it diluted the astringency of the scented tea.

"Good tea." Xie Yu praised.

Ye Xuan nodded and said with a smile, "As long as you like it."

Xie Yushu still wanted to have a cup, but saw that Ye Xuan directly poured out the residue in the small jade pot, washed it with water, put tea leaves, plum blossoms, and dried green plums into it, added snow water, and put them on the table. fruit wine.

"Green plum cooking wine?" Xie Yushu hesitated.

Ye Xuan nodded, "I was also told by others. No one in my palace likes to drink tea. This is the first time I have this interest, but I haven't tried it. It may not taste good after brewing."

"It's okay." Xie Yushu was eager to try, and asked curiously, "Where did you learn it?"

"In the letter."

"A letter?" Xie Yushu was surprised.

Ye Xuan nodded, with a calm and indifferent tone, "I occasionally receive letters from home."

Xie Yushu suddenly said, "Oh, I forgot, the concubine Liang is the young lady of the Shen family in Jiangnan, right? Jiangnan...is so far away."

"Yes, it's very far away." Ye Xuan smiled.

He didn't say that after Concubine Liang entered the palace, the Shen family broke contact with them, and they never came to see Concubine Liang.Ye Xuan had no one to rely on for many years, and once thought that all his relatives were dead, so when he learned that his uncle had arranged for him, his first thought was: This liar has tricked him into the palace, he is a bit powerful. It's a pity that I found the wrong person.

It was also in the later getting along with Tai'an and exchanging letters that he gradually accepted this fact.

He also asked his uncle, but his uncle told him that the Shen family was cousins ​​from the three clans. In fact, they didn't have much access in the previous generation. After Concubine Liang entered the palace, they moved out of the south of the Yangtze River. He didn't know where he went. As for the others, they were all dead, and there was no one left.

Ye Xuan could tell from the lines that his uncle didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask about it afterwards.

Ye Xuan learned how to make scented tea from his uncle's letters.

It seems that the Luo family used to be a family of officials. My uncle was also a scholar. He boasted in the letter that he was quite knowledgeable. He can write a lot of words, and when he was recruited into the camp, he was treated better than those country guys. He was a small captain from the beginning.

[Men in the army are straightforward, and only love to fight with knives and guns. Occasionally, I will think of when I was still at home, whenever it snowed, my mother liked to make scented tea in the courtyard. I don't like the tea she made, it's too bitter.Father's tea art is better, but he doesn't like to do it, he just learned it for his mother. ]

[I couldn't stand my mother's torture, so I also started to learn how to make tea. ]

When my uncle wrote about these past events, he always talked a lot of nonsense.

Ye Xuan usually had nothing to do other than practicing martial arts, so he learned a little bit of it. As a result, Taian, who went in and out with him every day, couldn't even taste tea. On the contrary, Qinglan preferred this kind of literary and artistic activities. I just look forward to the snow, and I am more active than anyone else.

Xie Yushu likes the dried green plum wine cooked by Ye Xuan. The taste of the wine is very light, and the dried green plum has a sweet and sour taste, so I drink too much if I am not careful.

Seeing that his face was stained red, Ye Xuan immediately withdrew his hands and stopped cooking, but Xie Yushu was dissatisfied, so he pulled the jade pot over and tried to cook.

In the thick fog, Ye Xuan let him to toss about, and finally brought up the matter, "Do you know why His Majesty left Huang Mang in Beijing?"

"Of course it's to contain General Feng." Xie Yushu replied in seconds.

Ye Xuan nodded, dipped his fingertips in some water in the cup, first wrote a seal on the table, and then wrote a smaller yellow word below it, circled it.

"General Feng has five tiger generals. Although General Huang is not the most powerful among them, he is the bravest. He is the general who leads the vanguard battalion. He is always at the forefront when fighting. Moreover, he is the one who has the deepest friendship with General Feng. one."

"The two of them joined the army at the same time and belonged to the same formation. Huang Mang once lost half his life because of Feng Luo. Feng Luo killed the border guard for Huang Mang. A few years ago, Huang Mang was too brave to go deep into the battlefield and was seriously injured. Feng Luo The general wanted the restless Huang Mang to recuperate from his wounds and stay away from the battlefield, so he was sent to the capital, and the handle of check and balance was handed over to the royal father."

"And with Huang Mang as a special pawn, Father is more at ease with Feng Luo who is fighting on the front line, and won't worry about his rebellion."

Ye Xuan chattered and analyzed the matter layer by layer before his eyes. Xie Yushu understood, pursed his lips and said, "So His Majesty will never let him go to the front line, right?"

"Yes." Ye Xuan nodded.

Xie Yushu was immediately frustrated. He poured out a glass of the green plum wine he had cooked. There were too many dried plums and tea leaves. ?”

Ye Xuan shook his head, "No."

"Father did not allow Huang Mang to go to the battlefield because of checks and balances against Feng Luo. If other people take the initiative to ask for a battle to divide Feng Luo's military power and contain it on the front line, Huang Mang can go out with the army. This situation is easy to solve."

Hearing this, Xie Yushu not only didn't relax, but instead frowned, he shook the teacup: "Except for the lineage of General Feng, there are only a handful of generals who can be used in the court."

"Xu Guogong and Gao Taiwei were both military generals in their early years, but they are already full of loyalty. Apart from the old Guogong, the Xu family only has one daughter, Concubine Shu. The whole generation of Gao Taiwei's family is from Wen. As for the Pei family , The Pei family is in charge of the Navy, and they are too sharp, His Majesty is not at ease."

It became an unsolvable situation again, and Xie Yushu was so depressed that he wanted to drink himself again.

Seeing that his face turned red from drinking, Ye Xuan quickly held down his hand, and said helplessly, "Stop drinking, your mind is muddled."

"People who are useless in the court, you can find them from other places. Look at Jiang's family, haven't they trained imperial doctors, civil servants and generals?"

Ye Xuan's words reminded Xie Yushu, his eyes lit up immediately, "I understand, I'm going to ask for help!"

As soon as he pushed the cup, the brush stood up and wanted to run outside.

Ye Xuan was taken aback by him. Fortunately, Xie Yushu probably hadn't had a lot of alcohol. After a few drinks on an empty stomach, he became a little drunk and couldn't walk steadily. He easily caught him back.

Xie Yushu blinked his eyes, his brain paralyzed by alcohol said slowly, "Why are you dragging me? I'm going to ask for my life to go out—"

Before he finished speaking, Ye Xuanqu flicked his forehead with his finger, sobbing and bursting into tears.

Ye Xuan gritted his teeth, "I asked you to propose martial arts, not to ask for your own life!"

After he finished speaking, he looked at Xie Yushu who was clutching his forehead and whimpering, unable to maintain the anger on his face.

While pulling him over to rub his wound, he lowered his voice and said fiercely, "You are not allowed to drink alcohol or fruit wine in the future, do you understand?"

Xie Yushu, who was already completely drunk, tilted his head and blinked at him blankly.