Brother Donggong

Seeing the sun falling to the west, Chu Qiangsheng’s digging of the pit was also very hard. I looked at the food I had brought along, then went to the stove over there, turned out the small clay stove, and used crushed charcoal Light it up, set up an iron net and roast the beef. Although the steamed buns are cold, they are neither hard nor dry, and they are good to eat with hot beef.

Another fire was set up, and the copper pot hanging on it was filled with water, and the tea leaves here were dug out, just to make a big bowl of tea for drinking.

I was busy when I heard movement at the door again. When I turned around, I saw Chu Qiangsheng standing by the door and looking at me. I don’t know how long he looked at me. He put down his hoe and turned around to go out. , I’ll go pick up some firewood and come back.”

"Okay!"

I like spending the night in the small courtyard here the most. It is cool and breezy, the sky is high and the water is far away, and I sleep soundly.

The water boiled, and the tea was also made. Just as I was about to take out the big bowl, I heard people turning their backs on their backs, and a soft voice said, "Your maidservant, see Master Chu."

"It's Eunuch Liu, and Eunuch Huang is here. I have already served as an official, but I'm just a commoner, so I dare not be worthy of such a big gift from two eunuchs. Please come up."

Cucumber's voice said, "Master Chu is at home, Ding You, the slaves know. But even if you don't have an official uniform, you can still accept such a big gift. To put it bluntly, your lord was once a bachelor of Yuzheng Palace. The friendship between teachers and students, I dare not forget."

Chu Qiangsheng smiled, "Okay, okay, okay. Why didn't Eunuch Huang say that he still has fellowship and relatives with me?"

Cucumber, "That's an affair, it's not appropriate to talk about it at this time. Master Chu, is my prince here?"

Chu Qiangsheng, "Your prince? Eunuch Huang works as a supervisor of ceremonies, and he is not the residence of a prince. Where in the world did your prince come from?"

Cucumber, "Then please forgive me."

Then with a high-pitched scream, it rose from the ground, startling several sunset clouds and resting birds.

——"Ancestor! Come back quickly! If you don't come out again, His Royal Highness, that little ancestor will tear down Boss Cui's dilapidated courtyard into bricks!—"

Then I heard voices like ghosts, one after another, biting the green hill and not letting go.

--come back quickly! ... come back... come back come come come! !

The magic sound pierces the ears.

I covered my ears and ran into the yard, and saw that the people who came were really neat, Cucumber, Liu Ya'er, and Tiqi's gang of dog legs.

Well, now that I am a commoner, it stands to reason that I would kneel down when I see cucumber willow buds.

Liu Congrong took two extra steps because he got off the horse, and stood in front of me. I faced him, and he looked at me.

I was happy, "Eunuch Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you have always been good. How about I give you one?"

His face is also bitter, uglier than bitter melon.

Cucumber over there rushed towards me with the momentum of a fierce tiger descending the mountain, yelling, "Master, if you want to kowtow, give one to the servant. The little one has been filial to you for so many years, serving you with a handful of that and that. Growing up, there is no credit or hard work, and there is bitter melon without hard work. If you can get your old man to kowtow, the slaves will kick their legs immediately, and it will not be a waste of time in this world!

Hey, if you don't hit me, don't hit me, don't hit me, hey, don't hit me, don't hit me! "

I'm still not doing well, Chu Qiangsheng over there laughed.

He pointed to the cucumber and said, "Second cousin, you are really a character! Well, your lord, there is absolutely no one here, but my old friend, here is one. I know you came here by the king's order. I will not delay you for the rewards of eating the emperor and the matter of being loyal to the emperor. Please go ahead."

He continued to collect firewood as if nothing had happened. His skin was smooth, his eyes were bright, and his expression was leisurely. He looked like a young scholar waiting to be seduced by a ghost fox.

Me, "Old Chu, the tea is ready, and the beef over there is also available. You can eat it with steamed buns. I'll go home first, and I'll come over tomorrow to accompany you to repair the grave."

He smiled and said nothing.

My Cucumber Willow Cong Rong was in such a battle, my family seemed to be in danger, so I quickly followed them away.It was getting late now, and there was heavy rain on the way. When we finally arrived at the small courtyard, it was almost midnight.

The rain was pouring down like pouring rain, and the raincoats and hoods didn't work at all. Our clothes were soaked inside and out.

The small courtyard was very quiet, except for so many dogs in the palace guarding inside and outside, it seemed that Lao Cui was alone at home.

Cui Bicheng peeled peanuts in his own room.

As soon as I opened the door, he glanced at me and said nothing.

Me, "What about Mother He?"

"Go back to my mother-in-law's house."

"Where's the dumb gatekeeper?"

"Going to my mother's house."

I,"……"

He peeled off a peanut, pouted his mouth, "Go and have a look inside, just now the little ancestor of His Highness the Seventh Prince said that if he doesn't see you again, he will burn down the house."

Me, "What now?"

He didn't look at me, "You can see for yourself."

Along the corridor, I arrived outside my house.

The windows were closed, but it was bright inside.

When I opened the door curtain, I saw the prince sitting in front of the desk reading the memorial, and Lu Zhi, the supervisor of ceremonies, was serving him next to him.The prince held the writing brush with one hand, and the other hand was in front of his chest, holding the kite, which was sleepy like a kitten.

I glanced at Lv Zhi, logically, this is another one who should kneel.

Fortunately, when he saw it, he lowered his eyelids, put the ginseng tea, red bean shortbread and pumpkin cake in his hand on the coffee table next to the wooden bed, and left with his hands down.

I let him open the door without saying a word.

The prince didn't seem to see me coming in at all, he continued to read the memorial while holding the zither.However, it was inconvenient to hold a half-grown child in his arms. Sometimes when the memorial paper was rolled up, he had to press it with his elbow, and then he took a cinnabar pen to write on it, which was a bit strenuous.

I went over and held the memorial for him, and he looked up at me, then lowered his head again, and finished writing the last two words 'Qin this' on it.

When it was done, I put the paper away and put it on top of the stack of papers over there.

He didn't speak, just hugged the zither, relaxed his whole body, leaned back on the back of the chair, looked at the candlelight and didn't know what to think.

I hesitated and asked him, "How is Yuezheng?"

He stroked Yuezheng's hair and said in a low voice, "Feed something, I'm asleep."

"Oh, is he feeling any better?"

He stopped talking again.

I sighed, "How did you bring him out?"

The prince suddenly sneered, "Do you think that I deliberately brought him here to cause trouble for you?"

Me, "...No, I didn't think so."

Prince, "Then what did you mean by that?"

I whispered, "What else can I mean..."

Yuezheng is only six years old, and he was raised in the Jiuchongshen Palace.How could such a young child run out of the palace alone and make such a mess.

Think about it and know what's going on.

Then Wen Zhan just smiled, a very beautiful and chilling smile, which was more heart-palpitating than the wind and rain outside. "He's here, you can wake him up and ask him what's going on?"

As he said that, he called Yuezheng. I blocked him, but Yuezheng seemed to hear someone talking. He rubbed his eyes and turned around. When he saw me, he opened his hands and acted like a baby at me, " hug."

Wen Zhan stood up, walked in front of me, and handed me the zither. He called Lv Zhi and the others in, cleaned up the desk, and was about to leave.

I was startled and grabbed his sleeve, "Where are you going?"

The prince gave me a cold look, "Go back to the palace."

Me, "What about the Seventh Highness?"

Wen Zhan said, "Since he likes to stay with you, he can let you stay here for a few days. Don't worry, the palace will be responsible for his food and clothing, and it won't cost you."

I looked at him in amazement, "It's not about the money. How can His Royal Highness live here with me? If something goes wrong, it's enough for me to die a few times. Besides, it's not appropriate for the prince to spend the night outside the palace gate." .”

"Inappropriate? You know it's inappropriate!" The prince suddenly became angry, "You coaxed him to eat tea happily that morning, so he went out to measure his clothes, and when you came back, you disappeared. He ran to Yuxi Palace to look for him. You can’t find it either, he cried for a few days and asked me where his brother Yi was, and I was speechless, do you think this is appropriate or inappropriate?”

I,"……"

Prince, "He found Huang Congchang secretly and threatened him to bring him to see you. He came here early this morning, but you didn't come back all day after 'going out of the city to meet friends in poetry and prose'. He was a six-year-old child sitting at the door I waited for you for a whole day without eating or drinking! I didn’t see you coming, and then I cried and kept crying. It was the guards who accompanied me when I saw the trouble, so I went back to the palace and called me out. If I hadn’t coaxed you He can make his voice hoarse from crying by playing the zither, do you think this is appropriate?!"

I hugged the child in my arms tightly, and his two little hands clung to my neck, which were soft and hot, making my heart and eyes feel hot and choking, making me extremely uncomfortable.

Wen Zhan even looked at me with some despair, "Chengyi, you hurt me so heartlessly, you can't just... have a little bit of confidence in Yuezheng and have a little bit of trust in me. I do things ruthlessly. , Absolutely, but I never thought of using the zither to blackmail you!"

"... What else can I use to threaten you with the zither? I have nothing. You know how I felt when you stayed in the East Palace that day and needed me to send a letter to Cui Bicheng to tell you that you were safe? You are mine. People should follow me and sleep on my bed, but you still need to tell others when you stay in the East Palace that you are fine and you are safe, and let him not worry, what do you think I am? A useless person who can only pray for leftovers ?"

"enough!"

I felt the tears bursting out, and all came down.

"That's enough, Wen Zhan! Don't you know what's going on with the troubles like this today?

In order to drag the emperor into trouble, you forcefully charged him with the crime of messing up the court, and you forcefully revealed my life experience, the old disputes of the past years, and forced the third child, the Du family, and even the empress Pei's family. They were all dragged under the water,..."

"What else can I do, what else can you let me do? Really don't care about any reputation and live with you in the East Palace like this? Listening to those slaves chewing their tongues behind their backs? Do you know that according to the Dazheng Kingdom Law, my current status, Don't talk about seeing you, even if you see Cucumber Liu Congrong, you will kneel and kowtow, do you really want me to be trampled to this point, are you willing?"

I finally shouted, my heart was bloody, but it seemed to be much more open.

Yuezheng hugged my neck, and I felt his little face sticking to my cheek, pink and tender, fragrant and soft, which made my tears fall even more fiercely.

Yuezheng looked at me and asked me cautiously, "Brother Yi, why are you living here? Why don't you live in the palace? Where is the palace?"

I have absolutely no idea what to say.

When Wen Zhan came over, he insisted on holding the kite and handing it over to Lv Zhi, asking him to take away the Seventh Highness for the time being.

"Hey, brother Six has something to say to your brother Yi."

He pulled me away, lifted my chin, and made me look at him.

"Say, tell me everything you want to ask me."

I was actually at a loss, "The emperor won't let me ask, but I know it all. Whether I ask or not, things are still like this. You have done everything you can and cannot do. What else can you do..."

Wen Zhan looked at me with a fire that pierced everything in his eyes.

"Chengyi, I just want to ask, do you really want the false shackles of 'brother' to hold us for the rest of our lives?"

I was so confused that I didn't know how to answer.

I have no idea."

"I don't know." The prince sneered, "What a despicable and cunning answer."

"You don't know, but I know. Chengyi, let me tell you, I still say the same thing. Unless you cut my throat with a dagger, you will be mine for the rest of my life. No matter how I use your life experience Whatever you do, no matter how much he hurts you, I will never stop.

I won't let you use 'brother' as an excuse to get away from me again.

I am your lover today and your husband-in-law in the future, but I will never be your younger brother. "

As he said that, he put a cold but radiant dagger into my hand.

"Listen, come back to the East Palace with me. I want you tonight. This dagger is in your hands. It is an ancient artifact. It cuts gold and jade, blows hairy blades, and slits my throat. It is much easier to live. If you If you don't want to, you can kill me. Besides, you can't refuse me!"

"It's like this again, you clearly know it!..."

The dagger in my hand is cold, but it almost burns my fingers!

"I can't even butcher a chicken, how could I kill you with my own hands? I..." I looked at him tremblingly, looked at the dagger in my hand, suddenly my heart broke, and I pulled it out of the sheath with my backhand. Aiming at himself, "I can't kill you, but I don't want to be entangled with you, I can kill myself!"

But before I could make a move at all, Wen Zhan's fingers grabbed my wrist and held it tightly, as if to break my wrist.

The prince sneered, "Very well, I really didn't expect you to push me to this point."

He paused for a while, his eyes seemed to be closed, then opened them quickly again, he took a deep breath and said, "According to the laws of Dazheng, it is disrespectful for common people to commit suicide in front of the prince! They will be exterminated! Anyway, the Pei family was exterminated by three barbarians." I have survived the whole family, I don’t care about adding the Cui family members! If this doesn’t impress you, you can also add Chu Qiangsheng! It’s so good, we walk together on Huangquan Road, it’s lively, everyone in this life All the grievances and hatreds have been wiped out, which is not bad!"

I,"……"

He giggled, "Do you think I don't know about Chu Qiangsheng? Let me tell you, I know everything you know, and I know everything you don't. I have plenty of ways to deal with people, but I never Used it on you!"

"Chengyi, don't force me."