Jiang Qing

Mei Shao felt that the hand she was holding was struggling to take it away, and subconsciously clenched it tighter, instantly staining Bai Bingchen's pale hand with a trace of red.

He hurriedly let go of his hands, only to hear Bai Bingchen sigh softly, with a helpless look in his eyes, as if he had compromised.

Mei Shao carefully hooked his little finger again, without feeling any resistance, he became bolder, hooked Bai Bingchen's hand and dragged his whole hand into his palm bit by bit, and held it gently.

"Except for Zhou Yue, mother has no other children." Bai Bingchen indulged him in playing with his fingers childishly, without any sign of impatience.

The hand that was gently touching Bai Bingchen's fingers suddenly paused, and Mei Shao rubbed the thin calluses left by writing on his fingertips again, and said casually: "Master, he is very similar to you."

"His gestures, clothes, and even handwriting are the same as yours."

Mei Shao's words reminded Bai Bingchen of the inscription on the Pagoda of Rebirth and his own handwriting on the account book of the ghost merchant. At that time, he had doubts in his heart, but afterwards the ghost market disappeared without a trace, and Bai Bingchen also lost the clues to search.

"He imitated your words and deeds like that, so I think he should have some relationship with you."

Bai Bingchen frowned and thought for a while, but he really couldn't think of anyone like him in his memory, so he could only think of it from the Anxiang Pavilion at the source, "There was Fudi Pavilion at the beginning of Li Guo's founding, but secretly The Fragrant Pavilion first appeared in the Cangshan Incident. Before that, there was no trace of it. Assuming that the owner of the Fudi Pavilion is the "God" who has the merits of founding the country in the history books, then the owner of the Anxiang Pavilion Definitely mortal people like us.”

"In the 300 years since the founding of the Li Kingdom, the Fudi Pavilion has selected talented people from generation to generation, with a high attitude. Except for the selection of cabinet ministers, it has never bent down and polluted the world. When the first emperor, there was an extra Anxiang Pavilion out of thin air. , and also destroyed several families of military generals in the current dynasty. In the history of the Li Kingdom, even at the beginning of the founding of the country, when the emperor trusted the Fudi Pavilion the most, there was no situation where the Fudi Pavilion directly intervened in the life and death of courtiers. Even if the Anxiang Pavilion serves as the ears of the Fudi Pavilion to collect information from all directions, it should not do such a thing that is contrary to the usual behavior of the Fudi Pavilion."

Mei Shao was not as clear as Bai Bingchen about the successive emperors of the Li Kingdom, but from Bai Bingchen's few inferences, he also felt that the relationship was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

"I remember that Wei Tao was the cabinet minister of the late emperor. After the late emperor died of illness, he disappeared." Mei Shao's eyes fell on the hands of the two people, and Bai Bingchen's fingers were lightly rhythmically lightly on the back of his hand. Nodding, his habit of thinking about problems has not changed at all.

Bai Bingchen didn't notice Mei Shao's gaze, took his words and said: "When the first emperor, Wei Tao held the power for so long, the people in the palace could no longer tell who belonged to him, so the year your majesty ascended the throne, he and I After discussing, let a group of old palace servants go out."

He seemed to have thought of something suddenly, and said again: "I remember that in the ghost marriage, the eunuch of the Jiang family that the daughter of the Chen family wanted to marry was the one who was released from the queen's palace back then. Could it be... .”

Could it be that the Jiang family eunuch was Wei Tao's eyeliner who stayed in the palace back then, if Zhao Zhen had let them out of the palace without any excuse when he ascended the throne, would the situation be very different now?

Just thinking of this possibility, Bai Bingchen felt a cold sweat on the back of his head, how dangerous it was during the King Jing's rebellion, if there were still people making rebellions in the rear, he and Zhao Zhen might have died three years ago without a place to bury them.

Mei Shao suddenly reached out and put Bai Bingchen's whole hand in his palm, and squeezed it hard, calling back Bai Bingchen's wandering thoughts. When he raised his eyes, he saw Mei Shao looking at him with raised eyebrows.

"Compared to Wei Tao back then, how is your status in the court today?"

Bai Bingchen was taken aback by the question, and Mei Shao continued: "Compared to the trust of the emperor, Wei Tao and the first emperor, you and your majesty, should be about the same. And in terms of status in the court, Wei Tao did not worship him when he was at the height of his power. It's just that what he said, the first emperor naturally believed a little bit, but it made the double appearance back then hide his edge."

Mei Shao didn't know the extent of the relationship between Bai Bingchen and Zhao Zhen, but Bai Bingchen knew in his heart that Zhao Zhen was the one who supported him with all his strength, and they also had the common goal of purging the imperial court and the Fudi Pavilion. The goal, the friendship between the monarch and the ministers between the two seems to be much more than that of the first emperor and Wei Tao.As for the status in the court, if it is not calculated by official position, he is really a bit higher than Wei Tao.

Seeing that Bai Bingchen frowned slightly, obviously aware of the implication in his words, Mei Shao smiled lightly and pinched the tiger's mouth on Bai Bingchen's hand, and asked, "Then why did the cabinet ministers who were also selected by the Fudi Pavilion secretly Has the Xiangge not been handed over to Master Bai?"

Bai Bingchen suddenly raised his head to look at him, but his heart seemed to be slashed by Jiao Lei in the air, the shock in his wide-open almond eyes could be clearly seen.

All his previous understanding of Fudi Pavilion and Anxiang Pavilion collapsed at this moment, and the complicated information became a mess in his mind, and Bai Bingchen began to sweat slightly in his palms.

Because the Anxiang Pavilion was an intelligence organization that only appeared during the time of the first emperor, and had a close relationship with Wei Tao, the minister of the Fudi Pavilion in the Cangshan case, Bai Bingchen subconsciously felt that the Anxiang Pavilion was under the Fudi Pavilion. Thinking about it, it was never Fudi Pavilion who chose Anxiang Pavilion, but Anxiang Pavilion controlled Fudi Pavilion, and all the unreasonable things seemed to become reasonable.

This explains why the Anxiang Pavilion was never handed over to him as a cabinet minister, because Wei Tao was the one selected by the Anxiang Pavilion, but he was not.

According to this way of thinking, the "God" of Fudi Pavilion at the beginning helped Emperor Mu De conquer the country and retreated to Cangshan Mountain. The world did not know whether he was dead or alive. The current cabinet ministers were selected, and so on from generation to generation, until the first emperor's dynasty, the Anxiang Pavilion appeared.

The owner of the Anxiang Pavilion found the cabinet minister Wei Tao and cooperated with him, so that the Anxiang Pavilion also appeared in the Cangshan Incident for the first time. If this is the case, is it the Anxiang Pavilion that really led the Cangshan case?

But is the relationship between the two really as simple as cooperation?

Bai Bingchen silently withdrew his hand, drew a few circles on the bed, and said to Mei Shao: "When His Majesty summoned you in private, did you signal that you will be reused as a general?"

Mei Shao was a little surprised that Zhao Zhen would tell Bai Bingchen such a private matter about the emperor's ruling plan, but he only raised his eyebrows in response.

"Your Majesty's thoughts are not that simple. He originally wanted to use you to lure out the people behind the secret of Anxiang Pavilion."

When Mei Shao first returned to the capital, he really borrowed Zhao Zhen's help. He was not so naive as to think that the emperor really wanted to come back and reorganize the military affairs by himself so simply, but at that time he needed to cooperate with Zhao Zhen, so they It was just that each of them did what they thought was safe, and Mei Shao didn't feel much touched by what Bai Bingchen said.

"Because Your Majesty and I have discovered that whenever there is a change in the military and government, the Dark Fragrance Pavilion will appear. From the Cangshan Incident during the first emperor's time to the subsequent King Jing's rebellion, the Dark Fragrance Pavilion has played a pivotal role in it. But because the Anxiang Pavilion only appeared during the time of the first emperor, and the Cangshan change was only six years ago, in such a short period of time, we did not have enough evidence to support our conjecture, but within six years, the only two It must not be a coincidence that Anxiang Pavilion was involved in this turmoil."

Bai Bingchen followed the circles he drew on the bed just now, connecting their relationships, and continued: "Your Majesty knows that you are eager for revenge, and will definitely start a war when his foundation is not stable. In three years, Li Guo will definitely Let the flames rise, and thus lead to the people behind the Anxiang Pavilion."

Mei Shao asked: "If I hold back, what will His Majesty do to me?"

Bai Bingchen raised his eyes and took a deep look at him, "You are familiar with Li's current military and political situation. The four major armies occupy all directions, and His Majesty has no generals in his hands. If you don't move, His Majesty will support you, even back then. Your father's status. At that time, at least on the bright side, you are the humerus minister promoted by His Majesty. The spearhead of Anxiang Pavilion will still be directed at you, just like the Mei family, Qian family, and Liu family back then. Same."

"Do you think that the real purpose behind the Anxiang Pavilion is to disrupt the military and political affairs of the Li Kingdom? Evacuating the emperor's military power and supporting the local military power is bound to foster local ambitions. This is the tendency to... overthrow the Li Kingdom .” Mei Shao’s heart sank, and her face became a little ugly.

Mei Shao thought about it, and a numbness came to his heart, which turned into bitterness again. He looked at Bai Bingchen with a bit of understanding and distress, and said slowly: "So this is why you tried your best to prevent me from entering the capital. reason?"

"Once you enter the capital, if you enter, it will be the rebellion of King Jing. If you retreat, it will be the change of Cangshan Mountain. Both of them have lessons learned from the past. How can I sit idly by." Bai Bingchen took a deep breath, with a trace of sadness in his eyes, and then He habitually lowered his eyes and covered up his emotions, "Perhaps without the opportunity of Cangshan, several families of generals headed by the Mei family would be removed by Anxiang Pavilion in other ways, who knows? Since we were born, we His parents were already courtiers and generals. They struggled so hard all those years ago, but they couldn't change it. And you still have a choice. You could have spent your whole life in the Southland. I don't want you to step into this mess again. water."

Mei Shao's heartstrings were plucked bit by bit by his words, he leaned over and pinched Bai Bingchen's chin, forcing him to look up at him, his hands didn't use much force, but Mei Shao's words were full of Firmly, "Yanfang, tell me the truth, what was your original plan with His Majesty?"

Bai Bingchen's eyelashes trembled suddenly, he looked away, but Mei Shao forcefully pulled him back, he could see the deep desire to know the answer in Mei Shao's glazed eyes.

"Or, if you really stop me, how do you and Your Majesty plan to deal with the Anxiang Pavilion?" The more he met Bai Bingchen's evasive gaze, the more flustered Mei Shao felt. There are countless connections behind this incident.

"Tell me, Yanfang." Mei Shao's tone softened, lowered his eyes, and begged him almost humbly, "You said entering Ping is like a quagmire, King Jing is like this, Mei's is like this, what about you? You What is the price to pay?"

"It's nothing." Bai Bingchen grinned back at him, pretending to be relaxed and said, "It's really nothing. I've been immersed in the court for so many years, can't I get out of my body?"

Mei Shao didn't speak, but just looked at him steadily, with complex emotions in his eyes, flickering on and off, as if he was confirming whether what Bai Bingchen said was true.

"Don't you believe me? I..."

Before Bai Bingchen could finish his mouth, Mei Shao took him into his arms.

Unexpectedly, Bai Bingchen fell forward weightlessly in an instant, pressing on Mei Shao's body, leading him to bump into the head of the bed together.

"Your injury..." Bai Bingchen quickly grabbed his waist, covered his back with his hands, and separated his wound from the bed board.

Stabilizing his figure, Bai Bingchen found that he had been pulled into Mei Shao's arms, and was about to get up while propping up on the bed, but Mei Shao hugged him even tighter.

He buried his head in Bai Bingchen's neck, and tightly locked the person in his arms with his hands, as if only in this way could he confirm that Bai Bingchen was real.

"Chongjin?"

no respond.

Just as Bai Bingchen was about to struggle to get up, he suddenly felt a chill in his neck, followed by tears dripping down his face.

He froze for a moment, his stiff body gradually softened, he stretched out his hand to gently stroke Mei Shao's hair, and said softly, "Ah Shao, it's all over."

"Hiss—" Bai Bingchen gasped, and it was Mei Shao who bit his shoulder through his shirt.

"Don't try to lie to me, Yanfang." Mei Shao seemed to be trying to endure something, and said bitterly: "If you lie to me, I can do anything."

Bai Bingchen's hand paused and landed on Mei Shao's hair again, "Do you believe me?"

There was a sudden chill on the back of his neck, it was Mei Shao who suddenly brushed his hair away, and then pressed a part of the back of his neck with his hands.

"I remember a red mole here."

On the back of his neck, there were traces of his fingertips searching for it inch by inch, causing a slight itch. Bai Bingchen moved his neck uncomfortably, and said in a muffled voice, "What are you doing?"

Finally, Mei Shao's fingertips stopped at one place and scratched lightly a few times, as if to confirm whether it was real or not.

Bai Bingchen didn't know what he was confirming, he was thinking about his injury in his heart, and he didn't dare to struggle hard, so he half propped himself up, trying not to let himself be pressed on his wound.

The next moment, Mei Shao said in a muffled voice: "I have to make sure that you are the real Yanfang, what if you are a young master pretending to be you, you two look so alike, even I can't tell the difference, but his later There is no red mole on the neck, you are real."

Bai Bingchen couldn't laugh or cry at his sudden childish behavior. He thought that maybe Mei Shao was arrogant and didn't want people to see his red eyes, so he messed around here, so he let him go too.

But after letting him hug him for a while, Bai Bingchen gradually figured out that something was wrong, and he asked tentatively, "I remember you said that you only met the young master once, and he was wearing a mask, so he was far away?"

"Ah."

"Then how do you know if he has a red mole on the back of his neck?"

silence.

"Speak." Bai Bingchen's voice cooled down.

After a long while, Mei Shao hesitated, and opened his mouth half-covered, "On that meeting, I thought it was you. After we finished talking, I walked halfway and turned back. Then I ran into you with a woman Sharing a bath..."

"Mei Chongjin!"

"It was he who was taking a bath with a woman... But I thought it was you, so I moved my hand. The woman hurriedly put on his clothes, and then I pulled a part of him down, just to see arrive."

"..."

Mei Shao muttered, "He's so strange, he's afraid of being seen, he's been hiding behind that woman."

"Then I was chased all over the ghost city by the woman he was bathing in with a knife..."

The author says:

Bai Bai: Then please explain, how did you know I have a mole on the back of my neck?

Meimei: (run away