The Melancholy of the National Teacher

Helian Yu's gaze immediately drifted to the window of the tent.

Just before he saw anything, the emperor said in an unquestionable tone: "You still want to open the window when you are cold, so give up."

Sure enough, the only window in the tent within his line of sight was tightly sealed by wooden boards, not to mention the scenery, not even a breath of wind could pass through the wooden boards, bringing the scent of green grass that Helian Yu imagined... No, no, now It was the end of the year, and snow covered the grasslands beside the Qiongshui River. He remembered that at this time of year, women in Qinglu would burn a large pot and pour fermented milk into the pot. Even the cold winter wind could not blow it away.

The next moment, Helian Yu who looked away from the window saw that Le Dao took out a bowl of milk out of nowhere.

Fresh, fishy milk with the body temperature of the cow.

He Lianyu suspected that the emperor had robbed the cows in the witch doctor's fence.

With a feeling of not knowing what to say, he took the bowl and silently enjoyed the latest spoils of Emperor Da'an.The milk gushes from the lips to the throat, and then slides to the stomach, bringing the deep taste in the memory and the warmth slightly lower than the body temperature, soothing Da Wu's stomach burned by the ginger wine.However, the ginger wine had already occupied a large part of the stomach, and when there was still half a bowl left, he felt unable to drink it.

The big witch didn't say anything, and when it returned to Le Dao, it was already a clean and empty bowl.

"Are you hungry?" Ledao asked.

Helian Yu, who didn't have a hobby of torturing himself, shook his head without thinking.

"Tell me something, Your Majesty, Xue Manpo... how is my senior brother?"

"Run away." Le Dao replied.

Helian Yu was expressionless, and waited for a while, but he didn't wait for the explanation later.

So he could only ask, "What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything, you have to ask your senior brother what he did," Le Dao said, "I cut off his head, and if anyone didn't pay attention, Xue Ling rolled into Qiongshui with his body."

The emperor stared at Helian Yu: "If this man really came back from the dead...can I ask what happened nine years ago?"

He Lianyu frowned, and slowly sorted out his thoughts, "Nine years ago, Xuemanpo sent me a letter of appointment, asking me to go to Nanyuanhai to fight to the death. At the same time, you were facing the Eastern Chu army at the foot of Mount Tai... You and I both think that the legacy of the previous dynasty might join hands with the Li family of Eastern Chu, and the appointment to fight is just an excuse for them to transfer me away from the battlefield."

"Those idiots seem to think that as long as you're not around, they can beat me."

"Since the letter is about a fight to the death," Helian Yu said, "I will naturally not show mercy. To someone of comparable strength, this is an insult."

"Then, you beat him cleanly." Le Dao said affirmatively.

"If I'm not mistaken, he died before he fell into the sea. A group of tiger sharks waited below, blood staining a large area of ​​​​the sea. It is impossible to survive."

"But he's alive now."

Le Dao and Helian Yu exchanged an uneasy look.

"Even if Xue Manpo can really climb up from the Styx River, it took him at least nine years to appear in front of us," His Majesty the Emperor said, "don't think about him for the time being."

So Helian Yu mentioned another thing that he is most concerned about now: "The root cause of those changes in Hu Bing..."

Le said: "Feiyanwei is investigating."

Helian Yu was silent, thinking of something he had neglected for a long time, "Among the swallows before... I seem to see Le Sheng in it?"

Le Dao: "He is not only an attendant, but also a general of Wei Lang of Feiyan Guard School. What's the problem?"

Darker than amber, Le Dao's brown eyes and He Lianyu's blue-green eyes met. With a finger, He Lianyu inadvertently tore a small hole in the quilt he was kneading and playing with.

The big witch said with a blank expression: "That is to say, in the current imperial capital, there is neither an emperor nor a national teacher, and there is not even an heir to the dynasty?"

"Le Sheng is not a crown prince," Le Dao said, "A servant is an eighth-rank official, and the school captain is only a seventh-rank official."

But the Le family has only one heir, Helian thought gloomyly, Le Dao refused to follow the opinions of the ministers and marry a woman of noble birth, preferably with connections with other aristocratic families, for so many years, he had never seen The other women followed him.Le Dao has no sons or daughters, his brothers have been beheaded one by one by him, and the only thing left is his elder brother's eldest son.

Le Dao has never shown a gentler attitude towards his nephew Le Sheng, but in the eyes of Gong Qing, no matter how mischievous the emperor is, it is impossible to hand Da'an into the hands of someone other than Le Shi.

Moreover, Le Dao, who killed his whole family, did not kill Le Sheng in the past ten years.

"The news that you are here will spread soon," Helian Yu could only say, "I think you have left a substitute? Maybe you have postponed the court meeting? It has only been a few years since Da'an was established. Not at all, what kind of panic the ministers will fall into, has your Majesty ever thought about it?"

"If I don't come," Le Dao said, "in the face of Xue Manpo, weird soldiers, and monsters, my great witch, you will die."

"Not necessarily." Helian Yu said.

Le Dao raised his eyebrows, "Aha, let me calculate how many burdens you have around you, huh? That brat, Sunita's insatiable businessmen, my soldiers, and Feiyan Wei. They can't help at all. Come on, do you think they will die first or you..."

Enraged by Helian Yu's rebuttal, the emperor realized that he almost said something just before he spoke.

He stopped talking, but just like every quarrel these years, Helian Yu, who was already very familiar with this routine, said: "That's your dynasty, your world, just forget it if you don't care, drinking milk is a little bit If you want to sleep, please go out first, Your Majesty."

"No, wait, I, uh, no, I mean I'm here to—"

"Go out, Your Majesty."

Helian Yu had turned over on the low couch, with his back facing him.

Le Dao stared at his back for a while, and when Helian Yu suspected that he was really going to fall asleep, he finally heard the sound of Le Dao opening the curtain and going out.

After making sure that there was no one in the tent, Helian Yu turned sideways and sat up.

He looked at the empty bowl placed on the table next to the bed, and there seemed to be a strong smell of milk in the air. He Lianyu covered his eyes with his hands and murmured like a curse.

"...I'm such an idiot."

The great witch's five senses became dull due to the wind and cold, and he didn't notice that Le Dao's footsteps stopped just at the door.

The emperor stood at the door, facing the wooden board he had closed, and tried to push the door in several times, but hesitated.

Finally, he banged his head against one of the stakes, murmuring under his breath.

"I originally planned to tell you when I returned from the front line in southern Xinjiang... I came here this time, obviously I want to tell you... my heartfelt feelings."

Immediately afterwards Le Dao heard someone fall behind him.

He turned his head abruptly, and once again saw his nephew Le Sheng fall in front of him.

The child's luck is too weird, Le Dao thought silently.

If Da'an is really handed over to him, the country will not perish because of his luck.

There are two other people beside the unlucky Le Xing.Quan Luoqiu bit his dry tobacco pipe and smoked it vigorously, but he didn't notice that the flint was still in his hand, and he didn't light the tobacco at all.The nine-year-old boy Wu Lun fell into a daze again, probably because he was dazed too frequently recently, so he was the first one to wake up among these few people.

The emperor of Da'an said that he wanted to express his heartfelt love to the Master of Da'an.

Hey, aren't these two a couple?

Uren thought.

It took a while for Wu Lun to match Da'an Guoshi with his uncle. He looked at this unfamiliar man who occupied his uncle as soon as he arrived, and quickly came to several conclusions based on his clever mind, which was praised by Helian Yu .

This man, at least for now, does not have the relationship with his uncle as rumored.

The man is desperate to change his current relationship with his uncle.

Apparently, the man's latest attempt had failed.

The child found himself relieved.

The corners of His Majesty's eyes twitched. He lifted Wu Lun's collar, grabbed Quan Luoqiu's beard, nodded to Le Sheng, and led—or forced—the three of them out of the tent. In the doctor's cattle and sheep fence, neither His Majesty the Emperor nor Le Sheng, nor Wu Lun, who is considered a prince after all, and Quan Luoqiu, who is dressed like a gentleman, dare not be picky about the environment here.They had a brief meeting amidst the stench of manure and brutes that hadn't been cleaned in months.

His Majesty the Emperor was sitting on the haystack as if sitting on a golden seat in the Qilin Temple. He crossed his fingers, supported his chin with his hands, and rested his elbows on his thighs.He twitched at the corner of Ulun's mouth, Le Sheng's eyelids twitched wildly, and Quan Luoqiu turned around to run away, and said very seriously: "You all heard what I said just now, and it is quite clear."

His affirmative tone made Le Xing, who wanted to say that he hadn't heard anything, shut up angrily.

"Then," said the emperor of Da'an, "immediately give me an idea."

"...What idea?" Quan Luoqiu asked tremblingly.

Le Dao glanced at him, heartbroken that his subordinates were so stupid.

"Of course it's my idea to bring the beauty back to the imperial capital."

***

The next day, the witch doctor allowed Helian Yu to go out to get some fresh air.

"The weather is good these days. It's a bit strange to say that there is such a good sun on the grassland in December," said the witch doctor. Let's go."

Helen Yu nodded.

He was sitting on the edge of the bed, wrapping the red ribbon around his forehead to cover the gold medal of the sun, Le Dao was standing beside him, his eyes could be said to be fixed on Helian Yu's face, the red ribbon was sent by him , this person is still wearing a golden bell at the end of the crimson belt.He Lianyu already had a bell with Le Dao's name engraved on it, but His Majesty the Emperor doesn't mind He Lianyu hanging more bells, it's better to hang a bell bigger than his head, so that everyone can see clearly The word Le Dao is gone.

After He Lianyu tied the knot on Hong Jiang's belt, Le Dao mentioned casually: "I can't bother you with the witch doctor anymore. Le Sheng rented a tent. Today we will play outside for a while, and wait for them to clean up." Let's go back."

"it is good."

Said the big witch who didn't doubt Le Dao's intentions at all.