Your Majesty, I am not worthy

Yesterday he was groggy all day, Hua Huaiyin couldn't open his eyes.

He only knew that someone seemed to have moved him out of the prison, and then the carriage swayed slowly, and he arrived at a warm and suitable place.

Now Hua Huaiyin can finally open his eyes and look around,? However, the leg bones are swollen and painful, and Hua Huaiyin groaned several times.

The candle beside the bed has been extinguished, and the charred wick of the candle bends the thin charred bones, which silently shows that he has been lying here for some time.

It's not a cold and dirty prison,? The bed he sleeps on is soft and warm,? Except for his leg bones, he still suffers from pain. At this moment, his whole body is dry, and the smell of blood has been washed away a lot.

Where is this?

From the other side of the screen, a young waiter in gray came in with a water basin. Seeing him awake, he immediately smiled.

"Major General is awake,? My lord asked me several times this morning!"

"Your lord?"

Huahuaiyin's dry and cracked petals trembled slightly, but the sound it made was negligible.

The waiter didn't hear what he said, so he quickly wiped his face with a warm handkerchief, and then fed him a few mouthfuls of warm tea.

"Major General, lie down peacefully in front of the couch. I'll go and call my lord over here." The man walked out briskly with a basin in his hand.

And Hua Huaiyin had just drank a few sips of water, and the thirst in his lips was suppressed at this moment; he wanted to get up, but his leg bones couldn't exert any strength at all, so he could only lie dry on the couch.

The whole room is extraordinarily exquisite, from the paintings on the walls to the exquisite carvings on the screen, all of them reveal a literati ink that he can't understand.

But even though he couldn't read it, he also knew that these were good things.

And none of the generals he met knew how to use these things. If he had some spare money, he used it to forge long swords and long bows. How could he spend it on elegant paintings?

Hua Huaiyin's thoughts fluttered, and a figure in white clothes suddenly swayed in his mind.

be nice...

Could it be that he was fished out of the prison by Rong Mu...

But when he really saw that familiar white figure walking towards him lightly, Hua Huaiyin was not surprised, his heart itched slightly, as if there was an unhealed scar on his heart, itching so unbearably Stop reaching out and scratching.

In the haze, a light flashed in Hua Huaiyin's mind, as if he had seen such a scene in the dungeon.

At that time, he was lying on the ground in a daze, and when he heard footsteps coming, he looked up and saw that the white shoes and boots were spotless, and if he tried to look up again, he had already lost his sanity.

But the win over snow in white clothes really left an indelible impression on Hua Huaiyin.

It turned out that the man who came out at that time was Rong Mu.

Hua Huaiyin's heart warmed, thinking about it carefully, Rong Mu is indeed a good person, such a high position can be honest with him, who would come to see him in the prison in times of crisis?

The military general is in decline, and he has no literary friends. Even if he dies in the prison, no high-ranking person will speak for him.

But let Mu come to the prison to help him.

Rong Mu is a good person.

He wants to be brothers with Rong Mu.

But Hua Huaiyin was afraid that Rong Mu would dislike him...

Rong Mu didn't know that this man could think so wildly, he stopped in front of Huahuaiyin's couch, and still smiled lightly, "Major General, do you feel better?"

Hua Huaiyin tightened his face, and the scars on his face flaunted his power: "Is it the prime minister who rescued the last general?"

Rong Mu nodded: "The major general came out of the prison yesterday."

Hua Huaiyin thought of Wen Li who was dressed in red in the dungeon before, that man was cruel, and he would never let him go easily.

Still thinking about being good brothers with the person in front of him, Hua Huaiyin suddenly became anxious: "You are crazy, you brought me out of Wen Li's hands?!"

Seeing his nervousness, Rong Mu replied: "The major general is innocent, so it doesn't matter where I bring the major general out."

The veins on Hua Huaiyin's forehead were grim, inconceivable: "Am I exonerated?"

"Wen Li didn't have any evidence in his hand, he just wanted to lynch the major general into custody."

"He actually!" Hua Huaiyin's chest was filled with anger, and she couldn't help but wanted to sit up.

But the pain in the femur pressed him back again, and the pain was unbearable for a while, and he broke out in a cold sweat: "Wen Li took me from the general's mansion to the sky prison without evidence, and tortured me , if my legs really can’t be saved, even if I try my best, I will settle the score with Wen Li.”

Panting roughly, Hua Huaiyin still couldn't breathe while cursing, and the scar on his face became more and more ferocious: "Sure enough, no literati have any intentions!"

Literati don't care...

Rong Mu, one of the literati, suddenly changed his expression.

Pursing his lips, Rong Mu bent down and picked the charcoal fire in the stove in the room, the bright red heart star splashed out, but fell off abruptly just before touching his hand.

Seeing that the stove was burning hotter, Rong Mu remained silent without saying a word.

Only then did Hua Huaiyin realize what she had said.

Rong Mu fished him out of the prison, but fortunately took care of him, his words that even a literati said unintentionally were particularly chilling.

Hua Huaiyin secretly cursed her wolf-heartedness, silently clenched her hands under the quilt: "I didn't mean you, and I didn't mean you to be sorry... You are fine, it's Wen Li's behavior that went too far! "

Seeing this, Rong Mu shook his head helplessly.

Hua Huaiyin is simple and simple, she puts everything on her face, making people understand what is in her heart at a glance.

He didn't mean to blame Hua Huai Yin, he knew a little bit about Hua Huai Yin now. The literati's resentment has long been rooted in their bones, and it cannot be easily changed for a while.

The two were chatting, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Rong Mu also asked Hua Huaiyin, and if Zhou Qu came to see him in the future, he would let him in.

But even if Zhou Qu wanted to come, it would probably be at the end of the month. As one of the four imperial merchants in Hao Jing, Zhou Qu had better not have too much involvement with his prime minister's residence.

As for Hua Huaiyin's proposal to return to the General's Mansion for medical treatment, Rong Mu did not agree.

During these days, Hua Huaiyin was still staying peacefully in front of his eyes, but the left side of his prime minister's mansion was already covered with Chu Yuheng's eyeliner.

Chu Yuheng saw both their words and deeds.

Why leave unexpectedly.

But even if Hua Huaiyin wants to leave, he should go with him.

Thinking of this, Rong Mu looked at the man sitting on the couch as if on pins and needles, and invited: "I guess I will go to Jiangnan to raise my health in the beginning of spring. Do you have the leisure to go to Jiangnan with me to see?"

"Leaving Haojing with you, going to Jiangnan?" Hua Huaiyin shook his head, "It's inconvenient for me to leave Beijing."

His father went to the front of northern Xinjiang to warn him, and he must not leave Haojing privately if necessary in the future.

"I know what you're worried about... You hurt your leg innocently, and I will report to His Majesty about going out of Beijing to Jiangnan to raise your health with me, so you can rest assured."

Hua Huaiyin was stunned, if someone else lured him out of Beijing like this, he would have raised his fist the size of a casserole pot to open that person's head.

But seeing Rong Mu calm and gentle, Hua Huaiyin endured the severe pain in his leg, and suddenly stuck the words of blunt rejection in his throat: "Let me think about it..."

Hua Huaiyin thought about it, and delayed it until the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

As the Lantern Festival approached, the snow outside the court had almost melted away, but the coolness that came when the snow melted made it very cold even with sunlight.

Rong Mu woke up early in the morning and heard the noise outside, put on a thick winter shirt and went out to have a look, and found that Song Du was leading a few servants knocking on the ice skates on the eaves.

The ice skates under the eaves dragged for a long time, and the ice strips were crystal clear, as long as a human arm, hanging on the brick eaves, shining silver light in rows.

As soon as Song Du knocked one off, the slender and sharp ice skating shattered instantly when it hit the ground. Seeing that his lord was already dressed and got up, Song Du quickly handed the long pole in his hand to the servant beside him.

"My lord slept a little longer today than yesterday."

Pushed back into the warm room by Song Du, Rong Mu was stuffed with a cup of hot tea: "I was too sleepy yesterday."

Looking at his lord whose cheeks were fluttering in sleep, Song Du was still happy: "My lord is tired, so you should sleep more."

After returning from northern Xinjiang, my lord fell asleep for a lot more than before. In the days approaching the end of the new year, the lord would only relax when the morning sun was shining.

After sleeping for a long time, the adult's complexion has also improved.

The complexion that was white like porcelain before became much more rosy, just like the winter has passed, and the early spring is full of vitality. Even the hand that suffered from frostbite in northern Xinjiang before is healed after applying medicine several times a day. Many, looking at it now, my lord's knuckles are like jade.

It can be regarded as gradually returning.

Song Du's heart was full of inexplicable joy.

Before lunch, Rong Mu went to Huahuaiyin's room to take a look as usual.

But before it was over, Steward Zhou brought Zhou Qu from Zuixianju into Rong Mu's study.

During the day, the window of Rong Mu's study room was closed tightly, and a fireplace was silently emitting a reddish-brown warm light.

Seeing Rong Mu, Zhou Qu, who was dressed in a brown robe, smiled openly and bowed to greet him: "Hello, Prime Minister."

"Boss Zhou came just in time. I'm planning to visit the Major General." Rong Mu happened to pack up and go to Huahuaiyin's place, so he simply took Zhou Qu to visit Huahuaiyin.

Along the way, Rong Mu smiled and explained Hua Huaiyin's recent situation to Zhou Qu: "The imperial doctor in the palace said that the major general has good bones. When he passed out, it was caused by pain and poor diet in prison. Now his leg bones are used up. Medicine, and three meals a day, the major general's body has gradually recovered."

"It's all up to the Prime Minister." Zhou Qu's black and white eyes were full of gratitude, "If the Prime Minister hadn't acted in time, the major general would have been in danger this time."

Rong Mu shook his head: "You don't need to admit what he hasn't done, there will be justice."

Zhou Qu responded repeatedly, with an air of respect after all, Zhou Qu thanked Rong Mu all the way.

Hua Huaiyin's legs are in good condition, but luckily no bones were injured, otherwise the muscles and bones would be damaged for hundreds of days. Even if the leg bones are connected now, Hua Huaiyin will still need to lie down on the couch for a while.

Hua Huaiyin, who is used to roughness, is rarely pampered like this. She woke up early in the morning, and immediately flipped through the notebook that Rong Mu sent.

While realizing that the men and women are obsessively entangled in it, Hua Huaiyin couldn't help but turn to the next page.

When Zhou Qu came over, he saw a tall and thick man leaning on the bed, flipping a book in his hand.

"This?"

Zhou Qu stopped silently, glanced at Rong Mu suspiciously, his eyes seemed to be secretly asking Rong Mu to read An Sheng...is he really a major general?

Rong Mu nodded.

He sent a lot of things for Hua Huaiyin to have fun with, but in the end Hua Huaiyin didn't let go of the picture book.

He also felt strange, but let him go.

Hua Huaiyin had been waiting for Rong Mu to come over.

At this point every day, Rong Mu would basically come over to see her, and it was nothing serious, but just to say a few words.

At first, Hua Huaiyin still felt awkward. He only injured a leg, yet he was taken care of so caringly. As a careless military general, if word spread, he would be ridiculed by his friends.

Although he thought so in his heart, when he heard the familiar footsteps approaching, Hua Huaiyin had already gathered a smile on his face.

As a military commander, Hua Huaiyin was always frank and frank.

"The prime minister is here?"

"Boss Zhou from Zuixianju came to see you."

Hua Huaiyin and Rong Mu spoke at the same time, and the rough and elegant voices collided at the same place.

Rong Mu smiled slightly, Hua Huaiyin scratched his head and moved his gaze behind Rong Mu.

Seeing Zhou Qu coming, Hua Huaiyin was even more joyful on the face, and when he grinned, even the scars on his face became less rugged.

"Let's talk, I'll go out first." Rong Mu asked the servant to make a new cup of tea, and then committed to leave.

But before the white shadow disappeared, Hua Huaiyin was still staring at the direction he was leaving.

Zhou Qu, who came here on purpose, saw it and coughed heavily.

Only then did Hua Huaiyin come back to his senses: "Uncle Zhou..."

"I think the major general is happy and doesn't want to leave." Seeing that he is well, even now his cheeks are rounder compared to a year ago, Zhou Qu's eyes leaked, and he continued, "It seems that the prime minister has indeed taken good care of the major general."

Hua Huaiyin lowered his head and smiled, and only praised Rong Mu who had already left: "He is different from ordinary civil servants."

It's also strange to take care of people.

"It's not the same, otherwise who would dare to fish you out of the prison."

Zhou Qu also knew that Rong Mu was a reliable person, otherwise the old general Hua who was far away in northern Xinjiang would not have entrusted Hua Huaiyin to Rong Mu's care.In addition, Zhou Qu felt that Rong Mu's face always made him feel a little familiar.

Just like an old friend.

But for a while, Zhou Qu couldn't think of who Rong Mu looked like.

If he couldn't figure it out, Zhou Qu didn't make things difficult for himself, Hua Huaiyin's situation was really troublesome - the prime minister brought him out of prison, Hua Huaiyin wanted to go to Jiangnan with the prime minister.

"No!"

Before Hua Huaiyin finished speaking, Zhou Qu immediately retorted, "The major general doesn't even think about his identity, how can he leave Haojing so easily?"

"But Rong Mu said, you can go with me. We're just going to take care of ourselves. Besides, His Majesty said that I was wronged."

"That's just the face your Majesty gave to the Prime Minister, but how long can the Prime Minister's face protect you?" The well-informed Zhou Qu hated iron but was angry and confused: "Besides, you just believe that." Prime Minister?"

Hua Huaiyin was so angry that his face turned purple, and his eyes widened: "Uncle Zhou, don't talk about him like that, so he won't hurt me!"

Zhou Qu: ...

Not knowing that there was a dispute between the two in the room, Rong Mu turned around and went back to the study when he came out of Huahuaiyin's room.

In the study is a potted plum tree that Zhou Qu sent back then. The flowering branches are still in full bloom, and the bright red flowers add some bright colors to the whole study.

Caressing the tender petals, Rong Mu looked gloomy.

At present, he and Hua Huaiyin are under the secret surveillance of Chu Yuheng's people in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it is absolutely impossible to send Hua Huaiyin out of Beijing by himself, so the only way is to rely on outsiders...

Blessed to his heart, Zhou Qu's arrival was a wake-up call for him.

Rong Mu picked up the brush and rubbed the ink, and began to trace at the desk as usual.

This writing took half an hour, and there was a small pile of shredded paper pages on the corner of the table.

Wanting to ask someone to do something, when it was time for lunch, Rong Mu deliberately left Zhou Qu for dinner.

Zhou Qu didn't know what he had said to Hua Huaiyin, and he didn't look very good after he came out of the room, but he was still respectful during the dinner.

But the atmosphere was so miserable that it wasn't harmonious, Rong Mu swallowed the egg custard in the bowl, looked at Zhou Qu who had always had a dark face, and casually mentioned: "I know that Boss Zhou has a lot of business contacts, and now there is still a merciless request..."

Zhou Qu was slightly stunned, and raised his eyes: "My lord, please speak."

Rong Musu stirred the custard with his hands: "Boss and the major general are both injured, so they discussed going to Jiangnan to live together, but unfortunately there is no one around to go there, and I want to ask Boss Zhou to find a good place there. House."

Haojing's water is too deep, in order to protect himself, it's better for him to stay away from the center of power.

At that time, he will do another one or two, taking the opportunity to take Hua Huaiyin out of everyone's sight.

Zhou Qu had already lost his temper by Hua Huaiyin. Knowing that Hua Huaiyin was determined to go to Jiangnan with the prime minister, he had to worry about Huahuaiyin's comfortable life in Jiangnan in the future: "Leave this matter to the grass-roots people." , Don’t worry, my lord.”

After the meal, while exchanging pleasantries, Rong Mu personally sent Zhou Qu outside the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Song Du brought out the pot of plum trees.

Rong Mu pointed at the plum tree, raised his chin slightly, and said softly, "This flower is a bit delicate in this official's house, why don't Boss Zhou take it back and raise it."

To become one of the four imperial merchants in the capital, Zhou Qu still has a lot of vision.

The Prime Minister is afraid that he has something to explain to him.

So Zhou Qu took the red plum with his hands: "In the future, if you get better ones, Caomin will dedicate it to the Prime Minister. As for the place in the south of the Yangtze River that the Lord said is suitable for recuperation, Caomin will look for it when you go back. A great place to recuperate.”

"Well, boss Lao Zhou has to worry about that."

"Your Excellency's words have offended the grassroots. After the young general has gone to the south of the Yangtze River, Your Excellency needs to pay more attention."

"That's natural. I'm glad to have the Major General as my companion along the way."

Rong Mu watched Zhou Qu's carriage leave with a smile.

When he returned to the study, Song Du was still not used to the absence of the bright red plum tree in the room, so he cleaned up the pile of waste paper on the table, and saw that the crumpled paper piled up almost half the table, Song Du said unintentionally: "My lord There are a lot of typos today."

"It's just a restless heart." Rong Muqing looked over, suppressed the chill in his eyes and stopped talking.

Even though he was about to unload all the government affairs, he still seemed to be pressed under a boulder, and his breath and breath were quite heavy.

Today, when he said that he wanted Zhou Qu to go to the south of the Yangtze River to find a house, he deliberately said it to the people Chu Yuheng placed in the house to monitor; as for the plum tree that was sent back, it was hidden that he really wanted Zhou Qu to arrange it for him. matters.

Haojing is like a cage, as long as he doesn't leave, he will be trapped in this square inch forever.

So he secretly left a creed in the loose and thick clay of the plum basin, and asked Zhou Qu to find a group of reliable people and a secret path out of Beijing, and then protect him and Huahuai Yin Ansheng to leave Haojing.

Do these but prepare for a rainy day.

It's fine if you don't use it, but if you do...

Rong Mu frowned suddenly, and his relationship with Chu Yuheng was completely wiped out.