I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country

In rebuilding the Silk Road, both roads are full of difficulties and obstacles.

In contrast, the sea route is more dangerous than the land route.People living on land have yearning and curiosity about the sea and sky since ancient times. Daheng people want to open up new roads, want to see the scenery of various countries, want Daheng to prosper, and spread the glory of Daheng to their eyes. everywhere in sight.

This is the goal of some aspiring young officials, and it is also the goal of everyone gathered around Gu Yuanbai.

They desire more than peace and prosperity, they want to desire more things.Inside and outside the mountains and rivers, the scene is peaceful and prosperous, which makes the man's heart arouse magnificent passion.

What Gu Yuanbai saw in his eyes had already traveled thousands of miles away.The coast, grassland, yellow sand, and the vast land make his mind extremely broad, showing an ambition that is not even a outsider.

He is not a person who is obsessed with love, and he doesn't feel that company is so important on weekdays.But now when he thinks that Xue Yuan is going to leave the capital and take the Silk Road again, he tastes a bit bitter in his mouth.

Gu Yuanbai was already used to the days when Xue Yuan was by his side. When it was cold, some people felt distressed, and when it was hot, some people were anxious. When he woke up in the middle of the night, someone handed him a glass of warm water, and was coaxed to fall asleep again.After a long time, I looked back and realized that it has been Jingping for 14 years.

It has been four years since Xue Yuan gave him a wood carving in the tenth year of Jingping.

And if he wants to leave this time, he will have to leave for three to five years.If Gu Yuanbai's health is not well yet, how can there be three or five years to wait for him?But now that he has recovered and has time, Gu Yuanbai is unwilling to let Xue Yuan go.

He wanted Xue Yuan to stay under his nose and be seen at any time.But what Gu Yuanbai appreciates is the exuberant freedom in Xue Yuan's body, like weeds and wild animals, full of vitality and unruly.He should run recklessly, and should not be raised as a family flower under the protection of Gu Yuanbai's wings.

A man's ambition is everywhere, Gu Yuanbai understands.But that was not a short period of time, it was a time when the years went on and on, the grass in the night turned yellow and withered, and the frost and snow came several times.

At night, Gu Yuanbai faced the wall, thinking about what he wanted Xue Yuan to do.

But he couldn't think about it, he didn't want Xue Yuan to go, he didn't want Xue Yuan to go, he didn't want to go, Guo Jue and Li Luo were gone at this moment.

Someone behind him put a hand across and groped for his hand in the quilt.Gu Yuanbai didn't move, but Xue Yuan pressed close to him.

His breath hit the neck, Xue Yuan didn't speak, but tightly clenched Gu Yuanbai's hand.Rubbing thick calluses, Gu Yuanbai was familiar with every place on these hands, and his thumbs were soothing on the back of his hands, as if to say to make Gu Yuanbai feel at ease.

After a while, Xue Yuan asked in a weak voice: "Can't you sleep?"

Gu Yuanbai subconsciously made his breath long, pretending to be asleep.Xue Yuan chuckled a few times, "If we can't sleep, let's go for a walk."

"How do you know I'm not asleep?" Gu Yuanbai finally said.

"There is a mutual understanding," Xue Yuan lifted the quilt, got out of bed and found Gu Yuanbai's clothes, and hugged him beside the bed, "Would you like to wear this indigo?"

Gu Yuanbai nodded silently, Xue Yuan knelt down on one knee, raised his foot to step on his knee, and straightened the white socks intently.

He is so serious, even a little serious.Gu Yuanbai looked at him from top to bottom, only seeing his handsome eyebrows as thick as ink dots.After Xue Yuan came to Gu Yuanbai's side, he took care of every detail and did everything by himself, serving Gu Yuanbai willingly. From unfamiliarity to proficiency, a favored son of heaven made sure that Gu Yuanbai ate, drank, slept.

"I should give you an extra salary," Gu Yuanbai cheered up, "Ask Tian Fusheng to give you half of it."

Xue Yuan smiled, "Director Tian must hate me to death."

He helped Gu Yuanbai up, and put on clothes for him one by one. The robe smoothed out its wrinkles, the silver thread was rolled up, and the blue cloud dragon pattern belt was slowly fastened around his waist. After dressing himself well, the two quietly walked out of the dim palace.

There was no scenery to see in the imperial garden at this time, Gu Yuanbai raised his head and saw the bright stars all over the sky above his head.

Xue Yuan dragged him for a walk, "Do you want me to go?"

"Look at you," Gu Yuanbai continued to look up, "whether you want to leave or not, how can others persuade you?"

Xue Yuan held his hand tightly, "If you don't try, how will you know you can't stop me?"

Gu Yuanbai stopped talking, Xue Yuan's eyes flashed with disappointment, "Sometimes I really want to get into your belly, to see what you are thinking."

Gu Yuanbai said: "Then you should drill into your head."

It should be two or three o'clock in the middle of the night. Two people came to see the dark imperial garden in the middle of the night. Gu Yuanbai suddenly woke up and scolded himself: "Stupid."

Xue Yuan quit, he said displeasedly: "What are you scolding yourself for?"

"..." Gu Yuanbai, "Can't I even scold myself?"

Suddenly, he felt some inexplicable grievances, Xue Yuan was taken aback, and coaxed: "Don't scold yourself, scold me instead."

Gu Yuanbai lowered his eyes and pursed his mouth straight.He obviously looked stubborn and stubborn, but he saw Xue Yuan as soft-hearted. He hugged him, and replaced his affection with invisible and intangible silk threads, and sighed sincerely: "If I could put you on my body, how much would it be?" good."

Gu Yuanbai muffled in his arms, "It's impossible to wear it on your body, but if you—"

Xue Yuan remained calm and looked down at him, "What if?"

Gu Yuanbai couldn't help saying: "If you stay by my side, it's like wearing it on your body."

He really said this sentence, but he woke up after he finished speaking.

No.

This is not Gu Yuanbai's style of doing things.

Go if you want to go, come back if you want to come back.What are you doing sticky?Using emotions to bind the other party to give up the idea of ​​making contributions, if others dare to treat Gu Yuanbai like this, Gu Yuanbai will be able to avoid this person.

Love is not the only thing in the world, and Xue Yuan should not be detained by Gu Yuanbai's side. How much effort he has made before, which one is not for meritorious service?

Now that such a great achievement is in front of him, Gu Yuanbai told him not to go. The burden of thousands of people is on his shoulders, and the prosperity of a country is the driving force. Gu Yuanbai should not use the personal relationship of his sons and daughters to imprison a talented person who is useful to the country. .

Gu Yuanbai took a deep breath, and gradually became firm, "I said it's bad, you should go."

Xue Yuan was taken aback, "The Holy One is willing to bear me?"

"Naturally, you won't be willing to part with it," Gu Yuanbai smiled stiffly, "But this is a great opportunity to make meritorious deeds, will you miss it?"

What Xue Yuan has done in the past two years has attracted much attention. He seems to be born with a keen sense of danger, and this kind of sense is also unusual in politics.It is rare for him to have this official position at his age, but if he still wants to be promoted, he must either be transferred to make meritorious service or gain seniority.

It will take at least ten years to be transferred to the position of privy envoy.

Re-walking the Silk Road on land, this is a good opportunity to make great contributions. Xue Yuan is really excited. The purpose of his service is to be by Gu Yuanbai’s side in an open and honest manner, and to become Gu Yuanbai’s pillar. It's not a good way for him to boil his qualifications.This opportunity is very good, but the only disadvantage is that the long journey takes too long. Just think about it, and you will start to repel it before you leave.

After leaving Gu Yuanbai for several years, Xue Yuan couldn't accept this alone.

"Daheng is so great and has made so many contributions, so there is no need to rush this time." Xue Yuan smiled, holding Gu Yuanbai's hand and covering the side of his face, "It will be what you say, as long as you say, I'll just listen, and it's no big deal if I miss it."

Hint: "Your Majesty, what I say is the truth."

"Then go," Gu Yuanbai touched the corner of his eyes, "You are no longer young."

"...The minister is still young."

Gu Yuanbai rolled his eyes with a smile, and stroked his tall nose bridge from the corner of his eyes, "It's good to go there once, you are my eyes, and if you go to see those countries, you will see them for me."

Xue Yuan looked down at him and didn't speak for a while.The color of his eyes melted into the night, as if he was in the pain of parting soon, and also the irritability of wanting to retreat.

Gu Yuanbai finally said: "Go."

The stars formed the Milky Way, and the spring breeze gently eased his footsteps in the night. Xue Yuan's Adam's apple rolled. After a long time, he said with difficulty: "Okay."

There are a lot of preparations to be made before the Silk Road goes forward, and it will take at least six or seven months.From that night on, Xue Yuan stuck to Gu Yuanbai's side day and night. Gu Yuanbai indulged him so much that traces of them walking together were left everywhere in the palace.

Like the lingering lingering before the parting of life and death, Xue Yuan gritted his teeth more and more as he prepared more fully. Sometimes at night, he pressed Gu Yuanbai's back, like a pair of necks touching each other. To the dying mandarin duck, "My lord, after I'm gone, will others climb into this bed?"

When Gu Yuanbai said no, he would ask again: "What if you like others?"

He asked Gu Yuanbai more than ten times a day if he liked him.

The time to part was getting closer, and he visibly panicked.The quietness he had cultivated in the past two years was shattered, fear and fear almost swallowed him up, he would often look at Gu Yuanbai and see his fingers trembling, irritable and depressed, which made Xue Yuan start to thin out horribly before parting .

Gu Yuanbai knew that he was reluctant to leave, but he didn't know that it would be so serious.

Even during the day, Xue Yuan would occasionally fall into the pain of parting. He was haunted by such emotions, and only Gu Yuanbai's soft call could wake him up.Day after day, the bloodshot eyes in his eyes became deeper and deeper, and Gu Yuanbai woke up startled in the night, only to realize that he didn't even sleep, just staring at him.

Those eyes in the night seemed to be looking at the last straw.

For Xue Yuan, sleeping has become a waste of time, he is not willing to go to sleep, he would rather use the time to look at Gu Yuanbai more.

Gu Yuanbai put down all the government affairs, pressed Xue Yuan on the bed during the day, and said, "You need to rest."

Xue Yuan stared at him with his red eyes open. These eyes were exhausted to the point of being heavy. Gu Yuanbai didn't know how Xue Yuan could open them again, and how much willpower he had used to fight against exhaustion. The body, but if you think about it, you can appreciate the difficulty.

The mattress is soft, and the incense smells after sun exposure.Xue Yuan lay on such a bed, but stared at Gu Yuanbai without moving.

Gu Yuanbai covered his eyes, "Jiuyao, can you sleep with your eyes closed?"

Xue Yuan didn't want to disappoint Gu Yuanbai, but as soon as his eyes were covered by darkness, he couldn't see Gu Yuanbai's panic attack, making him powerless to resist.He endured the thought of pulling Gu Yuan's white hand away, thinking about going to sleep, so he couldn't worry him.

But he clenched his teeth, his masseter muscles trembled, and he struggled desperately.

Gu Yuanbai looked at him like this, and suddenly there was a rush of heat in his eyes, like a bottle full of water suddenly fell to the ground, he completely collapsed, his mouth was tightly shut, and the tears in his eyes But it rolled down drop by drop like beads.

Hot and sad tears fell on Xue Yuan's face.

Xue Yuan was startled, he couldn't help but let go of his clenched teeth, the panic in his heart turned into helplessness, he raised his hand, but his eyes were covered, he didn't know what to do, "Don't cry, don't cry, I'm going to sleep, I'm going to sleep, I'm going to sleep soon I can fall asleep."

It was dark in front of his eyes, and the little emperor's cold fingers blocked his vision firmly. Xue Yuan couldn't see what Gu Yuanbai looked like now, but he could feel the trembling of his fingertips and the choked sobs he suppressed.

More and more teardrops fell, as if they were falling from the corners of Xue Yuan's eyes in a daze.

Gu Yuanbai cried so hard that he couldn't stand upright, he shed tears silently in pain, his face flushed with embarrassment and his eyes were blurred by the impact of this fierce emotion.

It was too tormenting, the sudden sadness couldn't be concealed, and no amount of willpower could stop the current collapse.

Sad, why is it so sad to fall in love.

Xue Yuan's appearance made Gu Yuanbai too uncomfortable. He was drowning in the deep sea, his breathing was intermittent, and he could only vent his emotions in his eyes.

He felt sorry for Xue Yuan.

It hurts so much.