major general

Winning is a big deal.

This has been the case since ancient times, brothers and sisters will frantically kill each other because they compete for a position.

Fu Xiaoyu and Old Master Yue stood outside the Imperial College, with the cold wind blowing, their heads cleared up.

The flowers in the lotus pond have withered long ago, and even the leaves are withered and clean.In the early winter days, the leaves of the trees have fallen, leaving only the bare branches.

Old Master Yue didn't know what kind of candy he was eating, his cheeks puffed up, and he said, "Doesn't it feel good to be separated from your lover?"

Fu Xiaoyu was stunned, but he didn't expect Old Master Yue to cut into the topic from such a tricky angle, and said with a smile: "I'm used to being uncomfortable, and it's normal to think about it every day."

Sensing the bitterness in the other party's words, Old Master Yue glared at him. Fu Xiaoyu, who was usually full of arrogance and wished to look at people with his eyes on his forehead, was just like the ordinary little Shulang who was trapped by love at this moment.

The gods are sentient, and they have fallen into the mortal world, no different from ordinary people.

Old Master Yue still saw that he and Wen Le were not happy, but he couldn't help but sigh for him, and said awkwardly, "It's infatuation."

Sheng Xia looked at the two of them from a distance, holding a small flower basket in his hand, placed it on the side of the table, brewed a pot of strong tea himself, and said, "Master, please try it."

It's winter and there's nothing delicious to eat. The imperial dining room sent some wild boar meat, which was said to be tighter than ordinary meat.Midsummer asked for a piece, coded it with salt and pepper, hung it on the beams of the house to dry for several months, and cut it into thin slices for human consumption.Chew one piece for a while, the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.

Old Master Yue was getting old and his teeth were bad, so he twitched a piece and sucked the taste slowly, and said: "I will resign after the new year is over, and I will take my wife back to the countryside to see my grandson."

Fu Xiaoyu didn't raise her head, and said, "I remember that Mrs. Zun doesn't seem to have anything to say?"

"Leave my business alone!"

Old Master Yue was more than half older than Fu Xiaoyu, and he always bickered with him, and he didn't mind losing his position, which made Sheng Xia stand aside and laugh with his eyebrows bent.

"I've been looking at the scenery of the Guozijian for most of my life, and I've seen many people go away." Old Master Yue said, pointing to the largest tuberose tree in the courtyard, and said, "That tree was planted by Gaozu. At that time, Gao Zu loved poetry, and many officials’ sons came to the Imperial College to please their superiors and read at night by candlelight. At night, they all nodded their heads when they were sleepy. Gao Zu liked them and asked them to plant a tuberose, and at night the whole yard was covered It's all scents, refreshing."

Fu Xiaoyu raised his eyes, he had never stayed in the Imperial College, so he really didn't know that this tree was actually evening primrose.

Old Master Yue couldn't control his mouth when he thought of the past, and said: "At that time, it was the same as now, a bunch of royal children, each more expensive than each other."

Fu Xiaoyu waved to Sheng Xia, Sheng Xia bowed, took the small flower basket and left, and along the way scolded the eunuchs and maids serving in the courtyard, leaving only Fu Xiaoyu and Old Master Yue in the whole courtyard.

"Has Lao Yue taught Jinshang?"

"You think everyone is like you, and you can go up to the fourth rank?" Old Master Yue waved his hands and said, "I was just a book repairer at that time, how could I teach others?"

Holding the teacup, Fu Xiaoyu asked, "According to Yue Lao, who did Gao Zu prefer at that time?"

Old Master Yue heard Fu Xiaoyu's cliché, snorted lightly, but did not change the topic, and said, "Do you have to get to the bottom of these old things?"

Fu Xiaoyu smiled, and told Old Master Yue what Wen Le had seen and heard in Xuzhou.

Old Master Yue listened to it as a story at first, but when he heard about Emperor Wu, his face was cold and his beard trembled with anger.

"Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu, that wolf is ambitious!"

At the border that day, there were 3 Emperor Wu's personal guards, including Zhuang He and Wang Hu's squad of hundreds of people.But when they went back, Emperor Wu had already died, and they were beaten into rebels by Chen Taishou and turned into bandits.Emperor Wu's personal guards all died at the border in the name of killing the Huns. Of the 3 people, none of them came back from the border alive.

Only Jiang Yu, carrying the news that Emperor Wu had passed away, returned with an empty coffin.

It is said that the gate over there cannibalizes people, the Huns kill people for money, and the Gobi desert is full of yellow sand. The soldiers guarding the border gate can't even get a whole corpse, and there are corpses with only bodies left everywhere.They did not find Emperor Wu's body on the battlefield, fearing that the Xiongnu had beheaded him for a reward, so they returned to Jinlin with the empty coffin.

Jiang Yu was close to Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu. He had served them for many years, and no one doubted his words.

Fu Xiaoyu looked at Old Master Yue and asked: "Thirty thousand people, none of them came back alive from that battlefield, do you believe it?"

Old Master Yue's head was covered with silver threads, and it seemed to be a little whiter, and he murmured: "Jiang Yu..."

"He made a big deal and played with the entire Southern Dynasty in his hands."

Old Master Yue closed his eyes fiercely, and told the story of how Jiang Yu entered the palace, saying: "If it is him, you have to think about it. After Emperor Wen succeeded to the throne, Jiang Yu's status was at its peak, and the Jiang family was alone. The chickens and dogs ascended to heaven. Jiang Yu asked Emperor Wen to send the Jiang family to Landu on the grounds that eunuchs were evil. There are outstanding people in Landu, and the Jiang family is not under the eyes of Emperor Wen. It can be said that they are like fish in water. After a while, many disasters were caused, and a copy was taken. Jiang Yu immediately accused Emperor Wen of his crime, and did not plead for the Jiang family once, but asked Emperor Wen to deal with it impartially. The population was directly exiled to Persia, and it is said that the only one who survived was a collateral descendant of the Jiang family.

"The Jiang family sent him to the palace as a companion when he was young. Although I don't like him, I have to admit that he is indeed an extremely smart and hardworking child. Later, the Jiang family was defeated, and I was worried that Jiang Yu would lose The status of companion reading was a waste of the relationship he had cultivated with Jinshang and Emperor Wu, so he was drugged...and let him fall asleep and castrated."

Fu Xiaoyu's fingers tightened slightly, and she couldn't help thinking of the one next to Zhou Chong, who was castrated after she was an adult, and it was said that it was more painful than the castration when she was a child.

"Betrayed by his relatives, he returned all of them to his relatives, regardless of blood relationship." Old Master Yue stroked his beard and said, "What do you think such a person will kill the dignified emperor and [-] soldiers for? To appease his hatred?"

In the Palace of Eternal Life, Emperor Wen was sitting at the table looking at calligraphy and painting, and he leaned half his body on the table, which was something he would never do before.

Royal people, even if they are kneeling, have hard bones.

Just walking from the bed to the table, he broke out in a cold sweat.Emperor Wen panted heavily, turned his head and coughed a few times, for fear that the blood foam he coughed up would stain the calligraphy in front of him.

"Emperor, Your Majesty!" He Yun who came into the room with a basin of hot water was startled, put down the basin quickly, and leaned over to help him.

Helping the man to the chair, He Yun moved neatly, served tea and poured water, placed the calligraphy and painting in an empty bottle mouth, and placed it next to Emperor Wen's legs, so that he could watch it at any time.

Emperor Wen looked at his quick movements, smiled lightly, and said, "You little slave, you are not very old, but you are good at serving people."

He Yun smiled when he heard this, bent his eyes and said, "This servant has been taking care of my father at home since I can remember."

"Oh? So sensible, how is your father doing now?"

He Yun knelt on the ground, wiped away the blood foam that Emperor Wen coughed up bit by bit, and said: "If you go back to your majesty, my father has not enjoyed a few years of blessings, and he has already passed away. The servant still has three younger brothers to support, so he entered the palace. This year the slave sent money back, and the villagers said that the slave's second brother was admitted to the Tongsheng examination!"

It is obviously a painful thing, let him speak it as if it is very ordinary.

Emperor Wen propped himself up on the high chair, looked at him, and said, "The man stands upright, you entered the palace for the castration of your younger brother, do you regret it?"

"Look at what you said." He Yun squinted his eyes and smiled, soaked the handkerchief in the basin, and said, "I haven't studied, so I don't know much about the truth. There are three younger brothers in the family. The second child is so promising, I just want to be safe and happy, as an older brother, you have to take care of your younger brother."

Emperor Wen smiled slightly and said, "Maybe this is the case for ordinary people's homes."

He Yun was keenly aware of something, and when he saw Emperor Wen staring at him, he quickly lowered his head and said, "Slave, slave..."

Emperor Wen took a closer look at the teacup on the table and said, "Do you know Gaozu?"

"The servant naturally knows!"

"Zhou He is two years older than me, the prince of the right age in the court, only me and him, no one else. Prince, is a good title, can live in the East Palace in a reasonable and reasonable way, and enjoy boundless wealth. Gaozu has not established a prince for a long time. In my heart I was also flustered, afraid that this name would fall on my head, and also afraid that this name would not fall on my head." Emperor Wen seemed to be telling a story, speaking in a very soft voice, so that He Yun forgot to squeeze his handkerchief, and just stared blankly. Sitting at the same place and listening to him, "Gaozu died of a sudden illness, and there was no crown prince, and the court was in chaos. Zhou He succeeded in succeeding on the grounds that the elders and young were orderly, and quickly occupied the entire Southern Dynasty. Have you seen Mu Xiang? It is a kind of vine, which grows by climbing trees, and can cover the entire eaves in one month. At that time, Zhou He, like a woody fragrance, opened its branches wantonly, wrapping the palace tightly.

"It's a pity that he didn't enjoy the emperor's fun for a long time, and troubles happened at the border. He personally marched and took [-] personal guards to the cannibal border. I always love to mess with him, let alone the Palace of Eternal Life, even if it is his. The residence is also straight forward, and no one dares to stop it. The smell of ambergris is very strong... I always knew that he had something to hide, but I didn't know it was such a big thing. Gaozu loves my mother Kissing Concubine Jing to the extreme, even if she died, she would not let her go, and wanted her to be buried alive to accompany him year after year. My son was born with blue eyes, and a secret decree was hidden in Zhou He's dark room.

"The brotherhood I care about is not as good as a secret decree. Gao Zu wants me to be emperor, and I won't steal it, but someone wants to deceive me and hide it from me. Zhou He...it's my brother, my good brother."

He Yun was already kneeling down halfway through hearing it, with his head against the cold floor tiles, wishing that his ears would be the same as his eyes, as long as they were closed, he would not be able to hear anything.

Royal secret, not everyone can know.

Emperor Wen slightly closed his eyes, pursed his lips, looked at the trembling He Yun, and said, "Do you know what I did?"

He Yun didn't dare to speak up, dripping cold sweat one by one, and said, "I don't know, I don't know."

"I took back what I deserved."

throne.