Omi had to sit up

He spoke freely, and Xie Zhen beside him raised his eyebrows.

"Master, what about Jie Su?"

"..."

Jian Chenxue raised her eyebrows uncontrollably, but seeing it in her eyes, she quickly snorted coldly with a sullen face: "That's the baby you want to raise, you treat him well."

Xie Zhen: "...um."

"This child actually has his own ideas, and his aptitude is not bad, but he was raised too pedantically by the prince, and he is still a plastic material if he is taught well." Jian Chenxue added, "Zhen'er, since you have raised him Once you come up, don’t neglect him, don’t treat him harshly.”

Xie Zhen nodded and responded again: "...Okay, don't worry, Master."

Jian Chenxue still wanted to say something, but thinking of parting, she still endured it, turned around and summoned the long sword.

"Really, I missed you very much before Xie Su. Before I came to Xihammer, I specifically asked me to pay attention to your whereabouts." Chen Shu's voice mentioned behind him.

"Since that's the case, then this is the last lesson I'll teach him." Jian Chenxue froze, but still jumped into the air with one step, Shi Shiran said, "'There is always a feast in the world', what a brat It’s enough for me to raise one. Xie Su, you can help me to report that I’m safe.”

After he finished speaking, the people below could not continue to talk, the sword light flashed under his feet, and the people had already left with the sword, which stirred up a gust of wind in the market. Go to the sky, leaving long cloud traces.

Jian Chenxue's figure finally disappeared into the distance, and Chen Shu and Xie Zhen slowly looked away.Seeing the wind passing by, people in the market hurriedly glanced at the strange scene in the sky, and then lowered their heads to busy themselves with their own affairs. Only a shadow stared blankly at the direction where Master Miao Miao had left, and after a long time, he gradually regained his senses.

After Jian Chenxue left, only Lu Tongming, Chen Shu, and Xie Zhen were left on the way back to the capital.The three of them set out from Kangwu City and headed eastward all the way. After about half a month, they finally saw a majestic city with the imperial flag flying and flying, and people shuttled back and forth below, bustling and bustling.

Chen Shu has been in and out of the capital twice recently. It is rare that he is free at this time. He couldn't help but lift the curtain and look out. He could only see the magnificent scenery of the capital, which was still bustling and noisy. Compared with before leaving the capital, the defenders in the city were no longer there. Fences were set up to block the people. On the contrary, officials set up tables at the gate of the city and were counting the refugees in line. The queue was not long, and there were sheds built beside it. Several people dressed as ordinary people were distributing food and clothing to each refugee.

After the drought is over, the number of refugees should be reduced a lot. The officials counted the number of victims by using food and clothing, and will make countermeasures based on the number in a few days. To win people's hearts for the imperial court, but why don't the officials over there wear official uniforms?"

Xie Zhen followed Chen Shu's gaze and saw the clothes of the people distributing food under the thatched shed, and quickly smiled softly.

Chen Shu was surprised, and was about to ask Xie Zhen what he was laughing at, when he heard someone knelt down at the refugee line receiving food and clothing, and bowed heavily to the ground.

He was taken aback for a moment, and before he could react to what was going on, the man's thank you came from his ear.

"Thank you Jing Ninghou. My Wang family was displaced by the drought. Fortunately, Jing Ninghou rescued me. My Wang family is extremely grateful. Thank you Jing Ninghou for saving his life!"

"..."

The man spoke excitedly, and bowed to the ground three more times, until the people in the shed came out, and then he stood up again.

At this time, the carriage had gone far away, and Chen Shu moved his eyes back in shock, until the official shed disappeared before returning to his senses: "This, this is?"

"The ones under that shed are not officials, but the first batch of victims you rescued." Xie Zhen replied.

"..."

It was only then that Chen Shu remembered that before he left this world, the first batch of victims of the drought went north. He was afraid that the refugees would disturb the public order in the capital, so he took in a group of victims from the West Hammer.At that time, there were not many tenants in the land he was confiscated, so he simply asked the housekeeper to make a register and divide the land into people according to the population. Unexpectedly, it had been nearly two years since these tenants came here to help other victims of the disaster.

He was a little surprised, and after a while he said awkwardly: "Actually, they don't need to stick to the past, after all, Lin Chenshu has already left."

Xie Zhenfu smiled again, looking at the short-haired young man next to him, his face gradually softened.

Lin Chenshu had already left, but now it was Chen Shu who came back, the person he had been waiting for.

After a long wait in the wind and snow, and countless times of chaotic gazing, he finally waited for the one and only in his life.

The ground was wet, as if a new rain had just fallen. The wheels rolled over the ground, carrying the people in the carriage, long and shallow axle marks were drawn out.

In the palace, Xie Su had been waiting for a long time.

The emperor went to Xihammer together with the new strange young man. After half a month, the capital ushered in the long-lost rain. The common people may not know about this, but he had seen the letter from Qin Tianjian and Jian Taifu before, and knew This natural disaster was extraordinary. Counting the distance and time, I quickly realized that the rain was probably the two people who had gone west to solve the drought.

More than a month later, Xie Zhen brought the injured short-haired young man back to the palace, which made him more convinced of this idea.

After the natural disaster, there are a series of measures that need to be deployed. Xie Su is only acting as the deputy in charge of the government. He listened to the opinions of Ge Qi, Gong Changqin and other civil servants around him to make arrangements.However, how much food and salaries the imperial court allocates for disaster relief, how to rebuild after the disaster, and who will sit in Xihamu to supervise these major issues, all wait for Xie Zhen to make arrangements in person.

Today's imperial court is no longer the same as the regent of the auxiliary minister a few years ago. After several dismissals, the new policy has incorporated new blood, and the imperial power has long been unified in the hands of the Ninth Five-Year Lord.After Xie Zhen returned to the court, he first reviewed Jie Su's measures, then commented on the disaster relief items one by one, and ordered Xie Su to proceed.

Xie Su nodded yes, and immediately arranged for people from the Ministry of Industry and Households to budget for rebuilding Xihammer, but there was still no conclusion on the ministers guarding Xihammer.

Xihammer was severely affected by the disaster, and rebuilding order did not happen overnight. Moreover, this place has a vast territory and occupies six parts of the territory of the Li Dynasty. If a minister is appointed from the middle of the court, the official must not only be capable, experienced, but also loyal to the emperor. The boss should also be a person who can be trusted enough.

But looking at the entire court, there is a fault in the replacement of the old and the new, and it seems that there is no suitable candidate for the court.

Xie Su couldn't help being a little discouraged, just feeling a little powerless.However, Xie Zhen didn't make an appointment immediately. Although he was busy with political affairs every day, he drove back to the palace in the evening, and even used three meals in the palace.

In the past, the emperor's palace was deserted, empty and lonely all the year round, but now red candles are burning in the palace, warm light shines through the windows, there are sometimes figures inside, mottled and overlapping, it seems to have returned to the time when Marquis Jingning was here.

The palace people dare not speak in public, they only know that there is a patient in the emperor's bedroom, this patient is a man, he looks completely different from Lin Chenshu who was favored before, he has short hair, bright eyes, plump He is handsome and handsome, and the decoction of the Tai Hospital is always delivered when the emperor is away, so he must not be in good health.

Only the patient himself was ashamed of this matter.Although Chen Shu's injuries looked more grim, and his body recovered slower than Xie Zhen's, after a period of recuperation, the wounds on his skin began to shed scabs, and he was almost healed.It's a pity that Xie Zhen has always been worried about him, and asked the Tai Hospital and the dining room to think of ways to make up for his body. He has not lived in the palace for half a month, and Chen Shu already feels as if he has gained a lot of weight.

Looking at his increasingly white and fat appearance, Chen Shu was depressed for a while, but he and Xie Zhen have experienced life and death several times, and gradually understood the man's thoughts, but the only regrettable thing is that he recovered during this period, but his identity Shang is no longer the former Jing Ninghou. During this time, he wanted to help Xie Zhen deal with some sundries several times, but every time he thought of his special status, now he was just a person who appeared out of thin air to others, and it was inconvenient to be the same as before. Help Xie Zhen directly annotate the memorial and participate in politics indiscriminately.

Fortunately, that kid Jie Su always came to look for him, from time to time he asked him about the Hanshan swordsmanship, tentatively talked about his troubles in participating in politics, and once inquired about Jian Chenxue's whereabouts.

Chen Shu couldn't help smiling when he saw the flash of light in his eyes when he mentioned Hanshan Miaomiao.He recalled how Jian Chenxue fled with his sword after solving the drought, and he really couldn't bear to tell the child that his sword master had left him alone, but he just said that Daoist Miaomiao had high ambitions, devoted himself to retreat, and would come out soon.

Xie Su believed it was true, and nodded reassuringly.

Chen Shu held back his smile, and suddenly thought of Lu Tongming.

They went to Xihammer and escaped death, Jian Chenxue and Zhen Anyu had already left, only Lu Tongming was left beside him.Shadow had been investigating Zhen Anyu because of Tianxingzang before. After Tianxingzang was destroyed, he returned to the capital and resumed the deployment of Xiezhen.He is still elusive and still rarely shows up in front of people, but Chen Shu occasionally sees Lu Qi appearing, although he is still as expressionless as before, but there seems to be a gloomy look on his brows.

It is said that Zhen Anyu has not been seen in Jianghu for a long time, both before and after he went to Xihammer.If a person like him disappears from his tracks, finding it may be harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

Lu Tongming and Zhen Anyu have a very close relationship, and they don't know what will happen when they meet again.

Chen Shu was silent.

After going back to Beijing for a few days, after he recovered from his injury, he had nothing to do. He casually opened an old painting in the painting basket in Xie Zhen’s room, and when he opened the scroll, he found faint blood stains on it. I was stunned for a moment, looked down, and found that there was a person portrayed on the portrait, with bright red clothes, but most of his face was stained with stains, but he was gazing at the person outside the painting with a smile, and his appearance was very familiar. Dirty portrait of yourself.

It turned out that Han Heng did not restore the painting, but sent it back to Xie Zhen.This scroll looks a little old, it should be opened by people to look at it from time to time...

Going back to the past, I was ignorant at that time, and I was scarred all the way until I woke up, and there was not much time left, I wish I could be reborn in the afterlife, but now that he has been with Xie Zhenzhen, a new greed is born in his heart.

Chen Shu stared at the portrait for a long time before silently rolling it up again and carefully putting it back into the painting basket.

He stayed in the room quietly for another hour.

Usually, Xie Zhen would go back to the dormitory to have dinner with him at noon, but now it was almost noon, and Xie Zhen did not come back.

Chen Shu was taken aback for a moment, and finally realized something was wrong.

The people in the dining room were already on standby outside, and no one dared to move without the emperor's order.Chen Shu lingered in the room for a while, and finally jumped out of the bedroom lightly, and searched for the front hall.

With a special status, he tried to avoid the palace people along the way, but when he came to the familiar imperial study room, he saw Su standing outside the imperial study room alone.

At noon at this time, although the sun is not as hot as summer and drought, but standing directly under the sun like this is quite dry, Xie Su stood alone, and some thin sweat was already showing on his forehead.

The door of the imperial study room was closed tightly, obviously something important was being discussed inside.

Chen Shu was taken aback for a moment, seeing that there were no other outsiders outside the imperial study room, he couldn't help calling for Xie Su.

"Master Chen?" Jie Suzheng was standing sternly, and said in surprise when he saw Chen Shu suddenly appearing in the courtyard of the imperial study.

Chen Shu nodded, but Jiansu was still standing in the sun, so he called the child under the shade of a tree.

Xie Su hesitated for a while, but still trotted to Chen Shu, hesitantly said: "Master Chen, why are you here?"

Chen Shu glanced at the sweat on Jie Su's forehead, took out a handkerchief and wiped it for him, frowned and said, "Why are you staying outside alone in such a bright sun?"

It was cool under the shade of the tree, Xie Su let out a breath, and said: "It is the emperor who asked my ministers to wait here, and I don't know when they will come out, so I know to wait there first."

He has always been fearful and respectful towards Xie Zhen, Chen Shu patted him on the shoulder and said: "The emperor has been in the imperial study all the time, did you encounter any difficulties in political affairs?"

As he spoke, he was taken aback again when he thought of his identity, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful about talking too much.

Xie Su listened, and indeed he hesitated to speak.He looked at Chen Shu, then at the handkerchief in Chen Shu's hand, quickly shook his head and said, "No, it's not about politics."

Chen Shu was surprised and wondered why Xie Zhen's delay in returning was not a political matter, but he heard Xie Su continue to say: "This morning, a minister came to the emperor to complain about the vacancy in the emperor's harem. I hope the emperor will fill the position and continue the royal family as soon as possible... "

Chen Shu was taken aback.

"However, although the ministers spoke fiercely today, the emperor did not respond after hearing it. He just summoned the people from the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Academy after the court, and asked the minister to wait outside." Xie Su said again.