Intoxicated I do not know the age

Although he missed him, Shao Jin did not go to Qingping.

On the one hand, he is not yet familiar with government affairs, everything needs to be learned urgently, and he must be distracted to arrange the affairs of entering the mausoleum, and the marriage of several unmarried princesses will also be decided by him. thing.

Besides, he still needs to find an appropriate time to dampen the prestige of the prime minister, lest he forget who is the emperor.

So, when I heard the news of Qingping again, it was already my father who moved the spirit queen.

As soon as he opened a memorial, the great eunuch Xu Gonggong beside him opened his mouth timidly.

"Your Majesty, I heard that Master Qingping is missing." After receiving Eunuch Sun's money, Eunuch Xu bit the bullet and brought up the matter of Qingping.

Shao Jin looked at the folds with lowered eyebrows and didn't answer.

"The Defu next to him saw a pool of blood in the woods, and there was an arrow hole in the tree. I don't know where this man is going..."

Before he finished speaking, Shao Jin slapped the table angrily, flung his sleeves and went to Princess An Le to find someone.

After all, Shao Jin has lived in this palace for 20 years, he knows whoever dares to do anything, the only one who dares to shoot arrows and hurt people in the palace is the third prince Shaofeng and Princess Anle.

The third prince Shaofeng has passed away, who else would do this kind of thing besides Princess Anle.

He was not so stupid as to go alone, but brought more than a hundred people from the imperial army to rescue people.

Princess Anle is quite arrogant and used to it, she couldn't help shrinking when she saw this scene, and bowed obediently.

"Excuse me, what about people?"

Shao Jin still cherishes words like gold, five words are enough to make Princess Anle tremble.

She is two years older than Shao Jin, ranking third among the many princesses, and the only princess who has not been allowed to marry her. She was favored by the late emperor since she was a child, and she has a savage personality. He wanted to choose a suitable consort for her, but unfortunately no one dared to marry Princess Anle, and he heard that the candidate whom the late emperor liked became a monk in a hurry.

Over the years, she has never taken this younger brother seriously, and she never thought that he would be the one who ascended to the throne.

"Ben... I don't know who you are asking?" Princess An Le originally wanted to call herself Ben Gong, but she changed her words. She didn't want to cause more trouble, especially since today is different from the past.

"Where is the person who was shot by you now?" Shao Jin said in a low voice, but it gave people a great sense of oppression.

"I have no outsiders here." Although Princess Anle's voice was soft, her attitude was still firm.

"Just because you shot arrows in the palace, you can be convicted and sent to prison, and you still don't admit it."

"How can something that doesn't exist become something?" Princess Anle was calm and proud.

"Life and death are two roads, which one do you want?" Shao Jin said coldly.

Princess An Le didn't respond, she strongly felt that this younger brother was not what he used to be, he was no longer the silent second prince she knew.

Therefore, she didn't answer, let alone admit it, but secretly prayed that the boy would never be discovered. She had a hunch that if she was discovered, her situation would become very bad.

Shao Jin looked at her coldly, and cruel murderous intent suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"If you don't say it now, you don't need to say it in the future." Shao Jin's voice became even softer, and he couldn't hear his words clearly unless he listened carefully, but the power in his words was strong enough to crush her.

Princess Anle remained silent, raised her head high and gave a sneer. After all, she was used to self-willedness, and she didn't believe that Shao Jin could really do anything to her.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Shao Jin didn't bother to ask more, since it was useless to ask Princess An Le, he didn't intend to waste time, it would be more useful to let the guards turn over the whole palace inch by inch.

He flung his sleeves away, and before he left the eaves, he saw a guard kneeling down to block his way.

"Your Majesty, the villain knows where the young master is."

Shao Jin didn't recognize this person, but looking at his appearance, he could tell that he belonged to Princess An Le, and he also knew that he appeared at this time to seek a way out for Princess An Le, but Shao Jin didn't know it, and previously advocated bringing Qing Ping with him. The person who went into hiding was also the same person.

"The alliance will save the princess's life." Shao Jin promised.

The guard didn't ask too much, and after getting the promise, he quickly reported the place to hide and discard Qingping.Perhaps it was because he knew very well that after all of Princess An Le's actions were found out, there might be more danger than luck.

Qingping was tied up and thrown in a remote alcove in the rockery group. The place is dark and humid, and few people come to it. From the outside, it is impossible to see a hole here, which is more hidden than some well-known dry wells.

When the imperial army found Qing, he was already unconscious, his whole body was hot and hot, and the arrow wound had festered due to the long-term treatment, and he could say how bad he was.

Until many years later, Shao Jin could still clearly remember the feeling when he saw Qing again. The strong anger eroded his whole being. For a moment, he almost wanted to break his promise and order to kill Princess An Le, but the feeling of distress was even deeper, making him He couldn't say a word, and he didn't want to leave Qingping's side.

He originally hoped to bring Qingping back to his bedroom, but he found that Qingping's place was quite close to the Ganluyuan. Instead of transporting him back to the bedroom, he might as well rest and recuperate directly in the Ganluyuan.

Because of the high fever, Qingping's brows were filled with painful wrinkles, Shao Jin really wanted to do something for him, but he couldn't do anything, he could only anxiously watch the imperial doctor treat him.Even if he ascended to the throne of supreme power, he is still just a powerless and lonely person.

After a sigh, Shao Jin silently backed out.

It was difficult for Shao Jin to express the complex emotions in his heart when he came back to Ganluyuan again. The place was so similar to when he left. Even the teacups on the table were two, without any change.

He seems to have returned to the days when he was still the second prince. They sat at this table and shared a pot of hot tea. The precious tea was a gift from Duo Shan. He knew that Qingping liked to drink tea but they couldn't afford it...Those years Duoshan has always taken care of Qingping and took care of his life along the way.

And he gave Duo Shan a white silk...

The deceased is dead, no matter what he can't return Duo Shan to Qingping, all he can do is give Qingping everything he can give.

After the imperial doctor left, he insisted on staying to take care of Qingping personally. He couldn't feel at ease without seeing Qingping wake up from a lifeless state with his own eyes.

Until the surroundings became quiet, he looked at the person on the bed who was frowning and moaning softly, and suddenly felt that this scene was so familiar, but he couldn't remember the real one. He was like an old man with dizzy eyes trying to see the memory clearly with cloudy eyes, but in the fog I can't always see flowers clearly.

Just as he was wiping Qingping's face with a cold handkerchief, he suddenly remembered... Isn't this scene the same as when he fell ill three years ago?Qingping also sat on the bed and guarded him all night. At that time, Qingping cried so sadly, crying as if the world was collapsing, as if he was everything to him.

All kinds of things in the past five years slowly flowed into his mind, Qingping who smiled at him, Qingping who cried for him, Qingping who was ashamed... How could he doubt that Qingping didn't love him?

When gently wiping his clear cheeks, he said softly in his heart: Wake up quickly, I will give you everything.

Shao Jin never imagined that when he was overjoyed to find out that Qingping had woken up, Qingping's request to him turned out to be...

——Leaving the palace as an official.

***

He has not said much about Qingping leaving the palace as an official, even Qingping abandoned the name he gave and insisted on changing it to Si Niu, as if silence can change anything.

It wasn't until Qingping left that he realized what he should do to stop this.

He actually forgot that he was no longer the helpless second prince, he was already the sky above many people, he could keep Qingping by his side, force others to see him alone... even if that was not the case at all. useless.

The place Qingping went to was chosen by him himself. It was a small poor county not far from the capital, named Huyin. He thought that if Qingping was closer to him, it would be easy to take care of what happened. Besides, if one day he was full of thoughts, I can also take advantage of Xunxiu to see him.

He also asked Qingping to go to Beijing to report on his work every two years, and he wanted to see him.

Shao Jin has always been a persistent person, and this time is no exception.

He can wait for Daxi and Qingping. Waiting is not difficult for him. He has nothing but patience.

Not long after Qingping left, he attracted Duoxi who said indifferently: "The companionship of the monarch and his ministers is also a lifetime."

Duo Xi is not stupid, he quickly understood the profound meaning in these eight short words, since Shao Jin no longer loves him, what's the use of him fighting any longer, why not take this opportunity to leave the palace and become an official, or there may be another scene.

So he knelt down to thank him very simply, and that night he was sent to the south as the magistrate not long after he moved out of the palace.

***

The man mentioned several times before the late emperor's death was Zhang, his name was Tongda, and his style name was Rongbing.

It was a man with a laid-back demeanor and a gentle air. Although he was middle-aged, his temples were slightly freckled and his face was weathered, he could still see that he was very beautiful when he was young. No wonder the late emperor had never forgotten him for more than twenty years.

He was different from ordinary sons, he was not trained in the palace since he was a child, he was born as a Jinshi, and he had stayed in Beijing to wait for a job. For some reason, he was spotted by the former emperor who was still a prince at that time, and he was taken into the East Palace.

This matter caused an uproar at the time, Zhang's father knelt down and begged the prince to let him go, and the city was full of uproar, but in the end it was nothing, and Zhang Tongda stayed in the East Palace and became a son.

Presumably Zhang's father and the first emperor reached some kind of agreement, and Zhang Tongda became a victim of the agreement.

A few years later, when the crown prince ascended the throne, he left the palace to become an official. He has not returned to Beijing nor entered Zhangjiamen for more than [-] years.

Shao Jin summoned him back to Beijing according to the late emperor's last order, and granted him the post of head of the Ministry of Officials.

He once summoned Zhang Tongda alone when he first returned to Beijing, and had little contact with him for the next two years.He still doesn't know how important this person is to his future life.

Later, Shao Jin heard that Eunuch Sun lost his support after Duo Shan left, and was even bullied by some eunuchs who were not good at seeing, so he transferred Eunuch Sun to his side to serve him.

Of course, Shao Jin also knew that the reason why he heard these rumors must be that Eunuch Sun used some tricks behind his back, but he didn't care about these things. In any case, Eunuch Sun would help him when he was suffering in the past. Be an ungrateful person.

He didn't know that when Eunuch Sun brought things to Ganluyuan, he was instructed by Duo Shan, not out of intention... Maybe he knew everything, but it's better not to know than to know.

A few days after Eunuch Sun transferred, Shao Jin finally received the letter when there was no one around.

After carefully reading the letter twice, Shao Jin burned the letter to ashes.

"I should have killed you." Shao Jin said slowly.

Eunuch Sun knelt down quickly, assuring that he had never read the content.

"But Duoshan is dead, if I kill you again, Qingping will definitely not forgive me." Shao Jin smiled sadly.

Then, he ordered Eunuch Sun to step down and never mentioned the letter again, as if the letter never existed.

All of a sudden, all the people around Shao Jin who had been exposed to rain and dew all left, leaving him alone for a long night of loneliness.

The Empress Dowager advocated choosing a wedding date for Shao Jin on the grounds that there was no master in the harem and the court was uneasy.Of course, the first person she chooses is from her natal family.

The prime minister also agreed with this, but he hoped that the candidate was different from the queen mother, and he recommended his own granddaughter.

This time Shao Jin did not respond in silence, blindly obeying would only make these people climb to the top of their heads.

When the queen mother presented a portrait of a certain woman, he asked people to return it without even looking at it, and asked people to pass ten words to the queen mother and the prime minister respectively.

——The Tianjia mourned for three years and refused to accept a new concubine.

The queen mother was furious when she heard the words, but since Shao Jin had already ascended the throne at this time, it was inconvenient to scold him openly, so she just enlightened him when Shao Jin paid his respects in the morning.

"...The duty of an emperor is indeed to govern the world, but the succession of the family is also a heavy responsibility People who are dead are alive, what should you do if you don’t even have a waiter around you right now?” The Queen Mother spoke with sincerity, acting like a caring mother.

Shao Jin smiled and listened, nodding frequently, like a well-behaved child.

"Your majesty is too young to think about it, so I have to be the master. The prime minister's granddaughter Xiuwai Huizhong, the emperor, should also be included in the palace." Considering that she has to appease the prime minister, the queen mother hoped that Shao Jin could include the prime minister's granddaughter as a Concubine, of course the main palace is her natal niece.

Shao Jin was still smiling.

"As the Empress Dowager said, what's the difference if I wait three years without concubine? Is the Empress Dowager implying that I won't live for three years?" Shao Jin said gently, sharp as a knife.

The empress dowager was speechless for a while, wanted to scold him for being presumptuous but remembered that he was now the emperor, wanted to refute but couldn't think of anything good to say, so she had to watch him resign and leave.

Later, Shao Jin even omitted the matter of greeting the Queen Mother in the morning, saying that it was inconvenient to disturb the Queen Mother's retirement, but in fact he did not give her a chance to interfere.

After this incident, the matter of the marriage partner was put aside for the time being. Anyway, it was only three years, and the three of them could afford to wait no matter which one they were.

only……

This incident made both the queen mother and the prime minister aware that this silent emperor was not an ordinary person, nor was he as easy to control as they thought.

But they haven't realized that the beginning of this emperor's prosperous age is to get rid of their two forces. In the heart of the young king, they are no longer terrible opponents, but cancers that have to be eliminated.

In the middle of the night, Shao Jin sat alone on the dragon bed, the beautifully embroidered brocade quilt was cold, and he was also cold.

Contrary to Chaozheng who is getting more and more used, his chest seems to have a big hole, and every night when people are quiet, he will feel a dull pain, and occasionally he will unconsciously look for Qingping's figure, and when he opens his mouth to call that name, he loses his voice, Qingping has already left him.

He still remembers the last time when Qingping smiled and spoke to him softly, that day he had just returned from the south, and the imperial guards were waiting to escort him into the palace, he asked Qingping not to worry, and then went back, Qingping gave him a worried and happy face gentle smile.

"I'll wait for your return." Qingping said.

One night, he suddenly remembered this sentence and never forgot it.

***

Two days away from the capital, there is a small poor county named Huyin.

Although it is not far from the capital city, because Huyin County is located in a remote area and the road traffic is blocked, it is extremely difficult to sell the crops produced in the capital city. In addition, the local land is barren and there are no minerals. Most of the local people live in poverty.

Therefore, although this county is very close to Beijing, no one who knows the situation is willing to be sent here as an official.

About two years ago, a new county magistrate came to the local area. He looked very refined, but his name was not very refined. He was called Lan Si Niu. A villager with a dirty mouth once said: "Lazy dead cow? It seems that we have to Bad luck."

The county master's literary talents are not very good, and he has no ability to flatter his superiors. Most of the official documents are handled by the master, and he has no official authority at all.

The county residents all said that it makes no difference whether the county lord exists or not, and the common people still have to fend for themselves.

But they never expected that the county master had little literary talents but knew how to farm and cultivate land. He sent people to the south to buy some plum tree seedlings, and planted plum trees all over the county. Plums and pickled plums can be greatly improved if they are sold to Beijing to live.

At the beginning, the county residents did not accept the plan of the county lord, saying that it would take five or six years for the plum tree to bear fruit well, and they might have starved to death long ago.

The county master did not give up, and sent people to plant plum trees all over the county, vowing to change the name of this place to Meixiang County.

The county magistrate is naturally Qingping, Shao Jin finally promised to let him leave the palace to become an official, and he received an order to come to this county not long after.

Eunuch Sun was afraid that he would be wronged in other places, and he also knew that he was ignorant of the world since he was a child in the palace, so he specially asked someone to find him a good teacher, and originally planned to bring him tens of thousands of taels of silver with him to facilitate future management. But there is no need for his help at all, the emperor also gave some money for the money when he granted the official position.

But these two people never imagined that half of Qingping's silver was not used to manage the officialdom. Instead, he used the silver bestowed by the emperor to buy plum seedlings in the south.

This morning, the usually quiet county government became inexplicably popular. Two servants and bearers ran to help pack their luggage. Their county magistrate was going back to Beijing to report on his duties.

When he left the palace, the emperor only asked for one thing. He must return to Beijing to report on his duties every two years. Fortunately, Huyin County is not far from Beijing. This request is not difficult to fulfill. Qingping agreed without any struggle. no choice.

On the contrary, he abandoned the name Qingping, and he didn't want to use the name Dashou used in Peach Palace. He abandoned all the names related to the palace, and finally used the name that didn't look like his name before he was eight years old. Blue Four Bulls.

He would rather be a fourth cow than Shao Jin's Qingping.

Besides, he is not the one who should be called "Qinghei".

Shao Jin asked him to return to Beijing for the first time in winter, which was close to Shao Jin's birthday, but he didn't have time to return to Beijing to report on his work and help Shao Jin celebrate his birthday.

Therefore, Qingping would rather go to Beijing one month earlier than face Shao Jin's birthday banquet.

Or, when he didn't want to face Shao Jin's birthday, he could only think about it outside the palace, thinking about how Duoxi dressed up and sat beside him...he lost him forever.

No matter what kind of relationship Qingping had with the emperor in the past, now he is just a county magistrate in a poor county, and he can't see the emperor at all when he returns to Beijing to report on his duties.

After entering Beijing, he realized that everything had changed. Eunuch Sun was demoted to Shao Jin's side by chance, and was later promoted to chief eunuch by his appreciation.

Duoxi later left the palace and became an official like him. The difference is that Duoxi sent the southern magistrate, and he was a small county magistrate.

Qingping settled in an inn in central Beijing. The inn was small but quiet, suitable for his short stay in central Beijing.

On the night of entering Beijing, Eunuch Sun got the news from nowhere and went out of the palace to meet him.

Eunuch Sun first asked him if he was okay, and talked about the changes in Beijing during this period. Before leaving, he presented several bank notes and told him to go to the houses of several powerful officials. help.

After a brief meeting, Eunuch Sun returned to the palace again, and he sat on the strange bed in the inn, regretting why he couldn't ask about Shao Jin's affairs, instead of asking how Shao Jin was doing recently?Fat or thin?Does the government bother him?Is he still reticent to smile... Why does he want to know so many things, but he can't ask any of them.

Qingping could not explain his complicated and struggling thoughts, nor could he resist the turmoil in his heart after entering Beijing.

He can neither admit nor refute, he really still loves... loves Shao Jin.

That night, he was silent and unable to sleep.

No matter how cautious Sun Gonggong’s tone was when he spoke, Qingping still hadn’t visited the palaces. Even if he had to live in Huyin County as a small county magistrate for the rest of his life, it wouldn’t be a problem. If Huyin County can be transformed from a poor county to a Fu County, he was satisfied.

But his master is shrewd and capable. If he doesn't move around, the master can be diligent in walking around.Although no one in the officialdom knew that Lan Si Niu was the former Master Qingping, no one bothered him, and life was still peaceful.

Qingping stayed in Beijing for three days, and all kinds of paperwork were almost handled, and it was time to prepare to return to Huyin.

On the night he set off to return to the station, Eunuch Sun appeared in the inn again and brought news that he had never thought about.

Shao Jin hopes to receive a birthday gift from him, it doesn’t have to be gold, silver or jewels, priceless, as long as he sews a pair of shoes for him... Just like when he first came to Ganluyuan, he received the soles, made the uppers, and sewed the shoes for him. A pair of plain shoes.

For Shao Jin's request, Qing Ping just laughed, very sad.

He didn't nod his head in agreement, nor shook his head to refuse, but just smiled, a continuous smile, even the smile didn't disappear on the way back to Huyin from the city.

They didn't know that he laughed because at this time the other party remembered that sending shoes represented separation and meant sending the other party away.

And when he first came to Shao Jin's side, he gave him a pair of shoes, and gave Shao Jin a pair of shoes that symbolized parting...

How ironic that he sent him away as soon as he arrived at his side.

In the carriage, Qingping smiled and shed tears.

In fact, he no longer hated Shao Jin.

After experiencing some things, I understand that it is not that you can do whatever you want with power.

In the second year after he came to Huyin County, a case occurred in the county. A poor man borrowed money from a rich man to do business, agreeing to use the poor man's ancestral forest products as collateral for a period of two years.

Two years later, the business of the poor man suffered a complete failure. Instead of earning any silver, he even lost all the money he borrowed.The rich come to ask for forest products according to the contract, and the poor have to give.

That night, the poor felt sorry for their ancestors for losing all their ancestral property, so they hanged themselves.

The rich man then asked someone to say that the matchmaker would marry the poor widow as a concubine, but the poor widow would rather die, and then beat drums to appeal for grievances, accusing the rich of taking their forest property and forcing the poor to death.

The case has not been settled for a long time.The rich man was not at fault, the poor man borrowed the money himself, and the poor man should be responsible for the failure of his business. The only fault was that he wanted to marry a poor widow, so that he would be blamed.

However, even if the rich do not have the forest property of the poor, they are still rich. Whether or not they want this forest property is no different from him, but the poor die because of this forest property.

There is nothing wrong with the rich in the law, and pity for the poor in love, but the laws of the country cannot be violated, and he will not be able to cure the crimes of the rich after all.

After leaving the hall that day, Qingping was stunned for a long time, countless thoughts ran through his head but he couldn't figure it out.

Later, he didn't hate Shao Jin any more.

He thought, maybe Shao Jin also had his last resort, he didn't really want to kill Duo Shan, but he had a reason to do it, just like he wanted to convict the rich but couldn't.

But he couldn't forgive Shao Jin!

He could understand but couldn't forgive, and he couldn't accept the loss of a life like this, that was his most precious friend!

how kind...

It might be an easy thing to blame and blame someone for...

He no longer complained about Shao Jin, and his thoughts became more and more serious.

He, miss him—