Minister

1【Six Years of Jiankang】

"Your Majesty, I have handed over the brochure of Lord Wang, Minister of the Ministry of War." Zhuo Zhao, the chief eunuch of the main hall, stepped forward and made a promise, and handed the brochure to the female officer next to him. My lord, the Taifu said that this person is calm and calm, wise and brave, and can take on this great task."

There is already a piece of land outside the garden, the people in the curtain are silent, just looking at the roster in their hands carefully, the milky white spun yarn is spun with gold threads, it looks a bit heavy in the spring breeze, just like the roster in the hands of the people in the tent. Red pen, hesitant.A quarter of an hour later, a voice slowly came out of the tent: "Since the Taifu has seen it, he has already dealt with it properly, so let the people of the Wang family go to Monan for a while, and I will not use him for a thousand days, isn't it? What a loss? It’s just how did this Wei Chi come out? I remember that he was a Tanhua Lang in the fourth year of Jiankang, and he was good at painting lotus flowers. Didn’t he work as an editor in the Imperial Academy? How did he get into this list? ? Could it be that the Ministry of War is delusional?"

"Your Majesty, Shengming, this person is indeed a candidate for the fourth year of Jiankang, and he has indeed entered the Imperial Academy, but this person is not an ordinary editor." Zhuo Zhao bowed again, and slightly stepped into his body. : "After this person entered the Hanlin Academy, the book has been carefully edited... However, he has a close relationship with His Royal Highness Yan Wang, and it has been rumored in the court."

"What? King Yan?" The person behind the curtain seemed to have spied some great joy, and directly put the tea bowl on his knees: "Oh, it's so hot, so hot." Behind the curtain, there was a thumping, pen , The paper was scattered all over the floor, and the paperweight also fell off and almost hit the back of my foot.

Zhuo Zhao didn't move at all: "Your Majesty, this person is very special. There are two advantages to sending him into the army. If this person really has something to do with King Yan, he will eliminate one evil for the royal family. If not... then this person will marry the prince privately , the city mansion is too deep, it has to be removed, please the emperor to make a decision. The slave is resigning." After finishing speaking, he ignored the chicken and dog jumping inside and retreated straight away.

"Hey, Hui'er, open the curtain a little bit, it's not cold at the moment, why not cover yourself tightly."

Only after the female officer drew up the curtain did she realize that the lord of Qi, Chen Xing, was lying on the ground picking up tea bowl scum, sighing as he picked it up: "Old Zhuo is such a bad old man, he doesn't care about the situation when he tells jokes, what a pity my Xueyingfeng... ...This is the last bit, oops." The female officer held back a smile and hurried over to help. "Don't, don't, don't," Chen Xing pushed Huier away, "There is magnetic slag in it, don't hurt your hand." Huier couldn't laugh or cry, but Chen Xing, as the king of a country, has such a childish temper, and his etiquette towards his servants is not good. Not much worse than the pair of concubines, compared to the emperor Taizu, he is almost like two people.Although Wen Chengwu is a Mingjun, but this temperament is too far away.At that time, Taizu raised troops from Bamin and swept the five countries with one man, ending 32 years of troubled times. After the founding of Daqi, he even consolidated the frontiers in the north and suppressed the barbarians in the south. The power of stomping his feet can shake the ground, and he died suddenly in his later years. The younger brother Chen Xi and the third prince Chen He forced the Queen Mother Wang to set up a funeral plate, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all shocked.Taizu's temper was unpredictable and unpredictable, which often made the adults in the early court break out in cold sweat. Who would have expected it?But there is such a gentle son.

"Hui'er, do you remember that Wei Tanhua?" Chen Yan patted the water on his hands and stood up. Although Huier was asking, he remembered the elegant and extraordinary Wei Tanhua better than anyone else. Chi, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a child prodigy.It is a miracle to be able to participate in the general examination at the age of 15, but he still ranks in the top three to enter the palace examination. Thanks to this young boy, the demeanor in the palace is calm and the answers are fluent. If it is not because he is too young, he really cannot bear it. Let him be inferior to Tanhua.

"Your Majesty, this person's background is indeed a bit extraordinary. I heard that Master Wei has been a monk since he was a child, and he can speak well before his full age. All the neighbors in the four miles know this little monk. It's a pity that he is a hard-working person. And when he was five years old, the master passed away again, so he became a school boy with the squires in the village. It was a remarkable thing to be a school boy, but he became a school boy before his master's family. The big family is proud to support him. But no one would have thought that there is really a Tanhualang in the countryside of Sichuan. Your Majesty, if the slaves and servants have not seen this Lord Wei in person, they really wouldn’t believe what they said.”

"Hui'er, according to what you say, isn't Ganluo an unwarranted figure?" Chen Yan didn't look at her, and took a fruit and peeled it to eat by himself.Hui'er saw it, and quickly took it over: "Your Majesty, it's true that Gan Luo worshiped the prime minister at the age of 12, but this is just a joke from the king, and Gan Luo just played a few witty tricks. Mr. Wei stood out in the scientific examination, he is a man of great wisdom, how can Gan Luo compare with him even if he is extremely talented?"

Chen Yan shook his head with a smile. It is not rare for a young man to be resourceful, but it is rare to have such a graceful demeanor.Thinking about that day in the main hall, Geng Bingwen after the tiger general also seemed a little timid, but Wei Chi, who came from the lower lip, looked contented, which really made people look sideways.That wonderful lotus flower brush won the house even more.Calling him a jester, but without any flattery, calling him a counselor, seemed to tarnish his elegance again.People can't see through it, but after thinking about it, they feel that this person is almost a monster... I thought it would be good to be a civil servant in the Imperial Academy for a few years, but I didn't expect him to get mixed up with him.Thinking of it, Chen Hao almost laughed out loud. If you want to talk about the emperor brother, he knows his hobbies. Why didn't he think of separating the lotus from the toad?It's so good that a cabbage was arched by a pig...

Chen Xing sat back in the armchair, stretched his waist, took Huier's pen, and wrote a neat Chinese character on the booklet.

The spring in the capital did not come early at all. At this time, King Yan, the biggest demon king in Qi country, was looking at flowers in the back garden with someone.The branches outside are still bare, and I don't know where the king of Yan got this delicate and beautiful lotus, which is kept in a big urn, it seems that it has not yet bloomed, which is very gratifying.

"Shaohu, this king sent people to transport it here from the south. I don't know how many horses ran to death along the way, just to make you smile. Why are you so arrogant?" His Royal Highness Wronged tightly.

"His Royal Highness, the weather is not warm. When I think that there are distinguished guests waiting at the door, I feel really uneasy. I really can't do anything to show you a smile."

Yan Wang Chen Ang wanted to cry but had no tears. After thinking about it several times and struggling, he had no choice but to shout at the door: Call that Geng Bingwen! ! ! ……Come in.

Geng Bingwen, the attendant of the Imperial Academy, has been drinking tea in the main hall of King Yan's Mansion all morning. Every half hour, he justly invites the master of King Yan's Mansion to invite King Yan. This morning, the people in the front hall of King Yan Mansion All the servants scratched their ears and scratched their cheeks with anxiety.Although Geng Bingwen is a literati, but after all, he is a military general, he is upright, majestic, tall and strong. Today, he obviously came to kick the hall to find someone, but it is a pity that King Yan just does not let someone go, and he deliberately let him go. The words came out and said: "The spring sleep has not yet risen, and the visitors are not disturbing."Seeing that Mr. Geng was so angry that his mouth was almost tilted out of his chin.The master seems to have foreseen that Mr. Geng's big slap is going to greet him in the face, my lord... you should also think about us who are servants now and then...

Finally, at almost noon, the lord's valet, Mr. Yueru, appeared at the door unhurriedly: "Master Geng, the lord has already got up, please enter the backyard to talk..." Before he could finish speaking, Geng Bingwen took With a gust of cold wind brushing past him, hula la rushed in all the way.Not long after, the servants in the foyer saw Master Geng coming out again with a whimper of cold wind, followed by Master Wei Chi Wei slowly behind him.Not long after, I heard the sound of crackling and smashing cups from behind... The servants shrank their shoulders. Before tomorrow, it is better not to go to the back...

Walking out of the gate of Prince Yan's Mansion, Geng Bingwen pinched Wei Chi's shoulder unbearably: "Shaohu! Why are you like this!!!"

Wei Chi was not angry, but just raised his head and smiled faintly: "Brother Geng, you misunderstood, I just came to see the lotus of King Yan." Was blown up.He didn't ride a horse at all, and just dragged Wei Chi in his hand and walked in strides.

Why, why did the elegant and lofty Wei Chi become like this after only two years?Geng Bingwen was puzzled, and still remembered the first time he met him two years ago, the young man drinking by Hanyang Lake, so refined and calm.He said he was looking at the lotus. It was spring and there were no lotus in the lake.Facing the lake, he pouted and said, "Only the one who repairs the book and sends it to the fairies calls red and white to comfort the idiots." Geng Bingwen couldn't see his face clearly, but he saw the unique mole on the end of his eyebrow, which waved in his heart. Do not go.Whose little son is this?

"This senior, whose last name is Wei Chi, whose name is Shaohu, is a native of Sichuan. He is here to take part in this year's examination, and he would take the liberty of asking senior for his name taboo."

He never imagined that such a child was actually a student who wanted to take part in the examination with him!Geng Bingwen was stunned for a moment. I heard that some people who are naturally intelligent will have moles in the eyebrows, which is called "beads hidden in the eyebrows". I didn't expect to see it today!He forgot to talk to her for a moment, but went to look at the mole a little bit foolishly.This child is at most 15 years old. He is not tall, but he has an elegant posture, with a faint smile on his face, very leisurely, like the light smoke on the lake...

"Senior?" Wei Chi felt that this person was a little dumbfounded. He obviously said hello first, but now he ignored him. He is so tall and strong, it is really tiring to look at his face...

"Senior? Senior!" Wei Chi couldn't help but patted the back of the silly Mr. Goose's hand with a fan: "Senior, I'm a student who is here to take part in this year's exam. Dare I ask you for your name!"

"Oh!" Geng Bingwen just woke up from a dream. Thinking of his stupidity just now, he couldn't help laughing: "I'm rude, I'm rude! I am also a student who is going to take the exam this year. Absolutely dare not do it. Wei... Mr. Wei's mole on the inside of his eyebrows stunned me! It is said that people with pearls hidden in their eyebrows are naturally intelligent, and Mr. Wei can go to the capital to take the exam at such a young age. From this point of view , the legend is indeed true!"

"I don't dare to take the word "Mr.". If seniors don't dislike it, I will call him Shaohu." Wei Chi thought this person was interesting. He knew that the mole on the end of his eyebrows was interesting, but it was rare for him to say it so frankly. Individual: "It's just...the senior hasn't told Shaohu's name yet."

"Oh!" Geng Bingwen woke up again like a dream: "My surname is Geng, my first name is Bingwen, and my courtesy name is Yazhi. Shaohu just called me by my first name."

Geng Bingwen felt that it was just like old friends at first sight. This young man who came to the capital from Bashu alone seemed to be an old friend. Although he was much older than him, he could talk like this.He is like a lotus. Although flowers are used to describe a man who lacks a bit of masculinity, there is nothing that can express his temperament better than lotus.They went to a wine shop to drink together that night, and he was a little worried that this 15-year-old boy would not be able to cope with such a scene.However, he immediately discovered that this was just worrying too much. Shaohu's elegant and calm manner of talking and laughing made even Lin Qingqiu, a celebrity at that time, appreciate him a lot.

Geng Bingwen didn't really realize his bearing until the palace examination. This is a friend worthy of making friends!There are so many shining qualities in him, his age is an illusion!

Later everyone entered the Hanlin Academy, and because Wei Chi was a foreigner and had no relatives in the capital, the Imperial Academy allocated a study room in the East Academy to him as a mansion.At that time, Geng Bingwen ran there when he was free. He went to see his paintings, discussed the past and present with him, listened to him playing the flute, and helped him copy the manuscripts he was lazy to copy.Geng Bingwen and Wei Chi are very close friends, as all the students in the same period know.Until one day Wei Chi was recruited by the King of Yan to paint lotus flowers in the mansion and did not return overnight, life began to change slowly.

It was rare to see him again in the study, and although his speech and behavior didn't seem to have changed, he vaguely felt that something was wrong.He wanted to have a good talk with him. After all, he was the nephew of Geng Zhuqiu, the minister of the Ministry of War, the dignified number one scholar, so he could help to some extent.But Wei Chi was very indifferent every time, just telling him over and over again that nothing happened between him and King Yan, so he must trust his friends, and so on.At the time when Geng Bingran was dubious, there was already a lot of rumors in the court.This year, Geng Bingwen has been promoted to be a servant of the Imperial Academy, and Feng Lin, who was ranked second in the same period, has also been promoted to be a scholar, but Wei Chi's official position has not changed. The reason for this is well known, but it is not explained.This Wei Chi didn't care at all, he was still conscientious as his editor every day, he didn't argue with others, and he didn't alienate King Yan.He is not in a hurry, Geng Bingwen is in a hurry!Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, if this continues in this life, it will be over.King Yan is such a bastard, he really dares to touch anyone, even dignified Tanhua, I really don't know what kind of etiquette and shame he has!

Thinking of this, Geng Bingwen's expression is enough to scare the pedestrians on the street half to death.Wei Chi's shoulder ached from being pulled by him, but he felt that this walking posture made him more embarrassed than these physical pains.Geng Bingwen, a tall and burly man, just dragged him like this, and his feet almost left the ground several times.What's worse is that there are five servants and three horses behind him... His little servant Yiqing was running around with a dazed look on his face, holding his coat in his hand—the jacquard element on his body. The soft satin round-neck and large-sleeved shirt was given by the king of Yan, so I changed the jacket I wore... He came here wearing an official uniform, which means that everyone on the street can see that he is an imperial official... Such a big battle, hey, how can he be embarrassed...

"Bingwen... Bingwen!"

Geng Bingwen ignored him, and dragged him for several streets, all the way to the downstairs of "Tingchao Xiaozhu", "Shaohu, do you remember that I gave you the answer?"

Wei Chi remembered... He casually said to Bingwen, "Only repair books and send them to fairies, and call red and white to comfort idiots." Move to small buildings to listen to the wind and rain, but sigh when the sun is clear and you don’t see the lotus.”

Yes, I don’t see lotuses when it’s sunny...

Geng Bingwen pulled him straight up to the second floor, and sat in the seat where he had sat for the first time two years ago.Wei Chi suddenly didn't dare to look at Geng Bingwen's face, he knew that this strong man's face must be darker than the lacquer tea clock in his hand.But when he finally plucked up the courage to look up at him, he found that the other party was actually very nervous, his face was a little red and a little blue...

"Brother Bingwen... I know what you're worried about. It's true that His Highness King Yan and I have nothing to do..."

Geng Bingwen's brows suddenly tightened: "I didn't come to tell you this..."

Wei Chi's heart suddenly sank

Geng Bingwen lowered his voice, "Shaohu, the battle with Monan is this year's event. Soon the emperor will send troops. I begged my uncle to include you in it..."

"I already know about this." Wei Chi clenched his teacup tightly: "But I didn't expect you to arrange it... I thought it was..."

Geng Bingwen took Wei Chi's hand at once: "Shaohu! I...I have no other choice. I don't care if I believe you or not. What's the use? Manchu civil and military already...have considered you to be King Yan...Yan King's..."

Hearing this, Wei Chi suddenly laughed, and he was a little moved when he saw Geng Bingwen's flushed face: "Brother Bingwen, thank you for your kindness... I know you are doing it for my own good, but do you think I, a frail scholar, can really get along with me?" Did you come back alive from the battlefield?"

"I don't know, but it's better than what you look like now!"

"Do you think it's better to be dead than alive?" Wei Chi himself felt a little sour.

"Yes!" Geng Bingwen suddenly felt a little excited: "I know you must have some difficulties. If you don't tell me that you must have your own thoughts, I also believe that you are indeed innocent. That's why I must help you! General There is a saying - put it to death and live! Shaohu! You... will not die."

"I won't die..." Wei Chi savored these words, presumably this Geng Bingwen, who never asked for help, must have pulled his face and begged his uncle to take care of him.He always thought that this was Taifu Guo Taiming's idea, and that the trouble was just to use his own life to test King Yan.I come from a poor background, I have limited friends in the capital, and I am an idler from the Imperial Academy... I really want to send him there, although there is something wrong with the establishment, but who is willing to speak out for him?But when I think about it carefully, there is something strange. I still have a good reputation in the capital, and there is a trend of cherishing talents nowadays. Although no one came out to say anything when the Taifu brought him into the army, it was inevitable that he would be blamed. , not to mention getting rid of little Wei Chi, is it worth making such a big commotion?I don't even have a mansion, and if I want to kill it, it's just a matter of moving my little fingertips... It's really poor Bingwen's painstaking efforts, I'm afraid he made up his mind to make such a bad plan... It's just that he can't understand the various reasons for this, hehe, this strategy...is really a bad strategy!

"Brother Bingwen, I will go, and I will try my best to survive. Shaohu is here to thank you for your painstaking efforts!" Wei Chi thought for a moment and his heart became clearer.

"Shaohu...I" Geng Bingwen's eyes turned red when he heard this, and he couldn't say a thousand words in his throat.Wei Chi laughed a little at this moment, he couldn't afford it anymore.

Although it was still spring, the sky was covered with misty ice beads, and the sky was gradually getting dark.The weeping willows by the river have not yet sprouted, and the branches are all gray.The boatman on the canal shrank from the cold, and a young daughter-in-law on the street was washing clothes, and her hands were red from the cold, and she had to bring it to her mouth every two or three times.

"Little daughter-in-law, little daughter-in-law" shouted the old boatman on the boat: "Hurry up and go home, don't think it's not snow, it's cold!"

The little daughter-in-law didn't answer, but just washed hard.

I don't know if the rival lotus that King Yan brought back after so much painstaking efforts can bloom well, Wei Chi thought, that delicate-looking person always feels that he won't live long.Spring in the south must have come, right?Are the farmers ready to transplant rice seedlings?Although the snow in the mountain has not melted, the creek in the mountain pass must have been alive again, right?What about swallows?The nest must have started, and the camellias in the small yard are about to bloom, right?Wei Chi was stunned by his own thoughts. In the blink of an eye, the ice beads in the sky had turned into heavy snow, connecting the gray world into one...

"It's snowing heavily..." Wei Chi said.

"Hmm..." Geng Bingwen took the rice wine from Xiaotong's hand, "Don't think about it, drink..."

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