Raising Wolves

In the middle of the winter month, it snowed heavily all night in the capital, and it didn't stop rustling all night. It was so cold that people couldn't help but curl up all over. Under such cold, even the noisy officials couldn't help but stop for two days. .

Immediately, an imperial decree ignited everyone's emotions again.

The Holy Majesty understands that Taifu Lu is in poor health, and he is too busy to do official duties in the two departments every day, so he relieves Taifu Lu from the position of the Imperial Son Supervisor for offering sacrifices to wine, and gives some rewards.

The imperial decree was written very euphemistically, it was all words of concern, and the rewards were all impressive treasures, pearls tributed by feudal kingdoms, priceless jade pendants, calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, and several large boxes full of them.

But the fact that cannot be ignored is: Lu Qing was dismissed by His Majesty.

Although the dismissal was not the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the dismissal was the dismissal.

This was almost a signal that the relationship between His Majesty and Lu Qingze seemed to have completely broken down. Those who hated the reform of the new law promoted by Lu Qingze alone, and those who gritted their teeth with hatred, could not help but want to move.

No matter what others thought, Lu Qing accepted the order calmly.

It was still Changshun who came to pass the decree. After the decree was announced, he hurriedly helped Lu Qingze up, sighed, and comforted dryly: "Master Lu, don't think too much, your majesty is worried that you are overworked, the doctor also said Now, your body is not good, you should think less and worry less."

Lu Qing was noncommittal, turned around and went to the study, took out the seal of the Guozijian sacrificial wine, and handed it to Changshun.

Seeing that Changshun's small handkerchief was about to be twisted, and he was still sweating in the cold winter months, he smiled, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it over: "Yes, I know."

Changshun took the hot tea and took a sip. The hot tea flowed down his throat and warmed his stomach, but he didn't feel any comfort.

He has been in the palace since he was a child, and it is his survival skill to figure out the tone of others, but at this moment, it is rare for him to fail to understand Lu Qingze's smile.

The relationship between Lord Lu and His Majesty has been so tense recently, probably because Lord Lu knows what His Majesty is thinking.

Changshun hesitated for a moment, knowing that it was not easy for him to intervene in this matter, he still couldn't hold back, and said in a low voice: "Lord Lu, we know that you are unhappy, but this, this is not unacceptable, Your Majesty is a king, you are Minister... Besides, His Majesty treats you with sincerity, as long as you relax and soften your attitude, why would His Majesty not give it to you?"

There was a smile on the corner of Lu Qing's mouth: "Eunuch Changshun has finished drinking tea, so go back to the palace and return to life, I won't see you off."

Chang Shun hissed and immediately shut his mouth.

Lu Qing's temper is not so much, it's better to say that his emotions are too light. After knowing each other for so many years, he has almost never seen Lu Qingze angry.

But when Lu Qing is really angry, he won't turn his face down or yell loudly like others, but still smiles, but his eyes are cold, touching those eyes makes people feel cold to the scalp , dare not say more.

But for the sake of His Majesty, his big house and the little golden bowl, Chang Shun swallowed hard, but still mustered up his courage, and continued to whisper: "Master Lu must feel awkward, but throwing out your teacher-student relationship with His Majesty, Your Majesty is no longer the little baby in Lord Lu's eyes, why don't Lord Lu take a look?"

Lu Qing put down the teacup, and calmly ordered the guards: "See off the guests."

Changshun was kicked out of the Lu residence for the first time, feeling deeply that he had done his best, he couldn't help but sighed deeply when he got into the sedan chair.

Lord Lu is not happy, and His Majesty is not happy either. Recently, the Qianqing Palace has been dead silent, and no one dares to breathe loudly.

When will this day be the head?I'm afraid we can only wait until Master Lu is willing to accept His Majesty.

But looking at His Majesty's appearance, it seems that his patience has run out.

Chang Shun returned to the palace with a sad face, while Lu Qing sat in the armchair gracefully and calmly sipped his tea.

As he had expected, the little wolf cub was no longer going to hide his fangs and claws.

After all, he is the emperor.

Didn't General Shi say that members of the royal family have been somewhat ill since birth.

Judging from various behaviors, Ning Juan may have more possessive and predatory desires towards him than that slight liking.

It was his fault that he didn't teach Ning Juan how to like someone correctly, but in fact Lu Qing himself didn't quite know what the right kind of liking was.

He has reflected a lot recently, and even thought about it. If Ning Juan hadn't been brought up by him, he probably wouldn't be so resistant.

After all, Ning Juan in his eyes was always the little Guoguo who would be awkward and coquettish towards him. If Lu Qing really put aside this teacher-student relationship and regarded Ning Juan as an ordinary man, he felt almost is impossible.

This kid is quite leftist, and he knew from an early age that he had to hold tightly to what he wanted, whether it was power, things, or people.

But Lu Qing is not an item, and he will not be willing to be hidden by others.

After being "dismissed", he would still come to Lu Qingze's house from time to time, and there were fewer officials who wanted to give gifts and make good friends. It took only a month or two to go from a crowded city to a crowd.

The only people who came to Lu's residence from time to time were some of Lu Qingze's subordinates and officials who had received his kindness face to face.

Everyone was worried that Lu Qing was in a bad mood, so they came to comfort him from time to time, but Lu Qing couldn't laugh or cry when he was so comforted.

There were also people who were worried and asked cautiously: "Master Lu, did your majesty listen to the villain's slander and treat you..."

In response to these words, Lu Qing waved his hands all the way: "Nothing, it's because I don't have the energy, please step down."

When ordinary people say this, it sounds like they are trying to save face forcibly.

But Lu Qing said this...

A group of people silently looked at Lu Qingze's thinness that could not be concealed by his heavy winter robes, his pale to almost transparent complexion under the mask, and the occasional cough made people frightened, making people unable to hold their breath when they saw it. startled him.

Well, Master Lu's words are quite convincing.

So everyone who was dissatisfied with His Majesty also calmed down, listened to Lu Qingze's words, went back to do their own things, and ignored the cynicism of the old school.

Seeing that everyone was stabilized, Lu Qing pinched his forehead with a headache.

The ones he specially cultivated are naturally not ordinary people, and some of them are named and surnamed in the original work, rare talents.

Ning Juan this little bastard.

As we entered the twelfth lunar month, gossip and gossip continued in Beijing. Some people occasionally mentioned that His Majesty ordered people to renovate the old palace. They didn't know why. Could it be to prepare for the next year's draft?

However, not many people paid attention to these idle things, because another incident happened.

General Shi is critically ill.

Shi Rongfeng guarded Mobei for decades, and it was once a nightmare for the Tatars and Oirats. As long as Shi Rongfeng is still alive, it will be a stone town in Mobei, and no one dares to invade.

But if General Shi died, he couldn't find a suitable person to take over Mobei's defense.

Now the Tatar old Khan woke up and was busy fighting with the third prince's father, father, and son. When they finished fighting, it was hard to guarantee that they would not send their troops south, and many people were worried.

When Lu Qing heard the news, he immediately took a carriage and braved the wind and snow to go to another courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing.

Xu Shu has been staying in another hospital recently, taking care of General Shi's condition. He is known as a miracle doctor, but he is not a god. He can only do so much if he tries his best.

After all, General Shi has been fighting for decades, and his body is full of injuries. The problems on his body are different from those of ordinary patients. Xu Shu estimated that he was too optimistic when we met before.

When Lu Qing arrived, he bumped into Ning Juan's driver outside the gate of the other courtyard, and the moment he raised his head, he accidentally met his gaze.

Ning Juan looked at him with cold eyes, as if there were some kind of icy fireworks, and then looked away for a moment, not like in the past, like a warm puppy, when he saw him, he would look at him with bright eyes .

In the plum garden that day, Lu Qing smashed the ice lantern he carved by himself, which really hurt his self-esteem.

Lu Qing sighed silently, bowed to Ning Juan and saluted: "I have seen Your Majesty."

Ning Juan didn't say anything, passed Lu Qingze, and walked towards the gate.

His Majesty came to visit in person, and Lin Xi came out to meet Tang Qing and Chen Xiaodao. Seeing this scene, they looked at each other in blank dismay.

After moving to the outskirts of Beijing, what happened in the middle of the capital was a little far away. In addition, General Shi became more and more sick, and they were worried every day, and they hadn't inquired about the news in the middle of the capital for a while.

There was no one chatting here. Chen Xiaodao vaguely heard that the relationship between His Majesty and Lu Qingze seemed to be not good, so he didn't care too much, and even sneered coldly.

Are you kidding me, Your Majesty has been clingy to the young master since he was a child, and when he was in Jiangyou, he was able to risk his life for the young master, where can he find such a good relationship between teachers and students, and the monarch and his ministers?

But seeing this scene, he was a little apprehensive.

Could it be that the rumors are true?Your Majesty is really going to cook your son to death?

He had something to say, but Ning Juan was still here, and finally saw His Majesty's tall and straight figure disappear behind the screen wall, so he ran over quickly, helped Lu Qing to walk in, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, what are you talking about?" Your Majesty, this is..."

Lu Qing stretched his fingers to his lips, and softly "hush".

The wolf cub has good ears.

Chen Xiaodao had no choice but to swallow the words.

Ning Juan did hear it.

In fact, he had seen Lu Qingze's car driving a long time ago, so he deliberately slowed down a step, waiting for Lu Qingze to come over and meet him at the gate.

The moment he watched Lu Qingze get off the carriage, his heart was hot and stuffy, and he greedily glanced at Lu Qingze's exposed skin, wishing he could go over and hug him into his arms, bring him back to the palace, and lock him in his chest. On the bed, punish this heartless person well.

If you look at it again, you will not be able to control your emotions, so you can only glance away in a hurry and move away.

The distance between the two of them was different from the intimacy they used to have. They walked into Shi Rongfeng's training room one after the other.

The room was filled with a strong smell of medicine, Xu Shu was taking care of General Shi's hospital bed, his face was solemn, Shi Rongfeng was lying on the bed, his face was visibly shriveled, showing a weak and pale sickness.

The road in the other courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing is not easy to walk. The last time Lu Qing came here was less than half a month ago. At that time Shi Rongfeng could still sit up. Although he was not particularly energetic, he could still walk around. He brings wine.

At this moment, the person was half unconscious, and his breathing seemed to become weak.

Lu Qing's heart tightened.

Even if he had already prepared to send Shi Rongfeng away, even if he accepted death more than ordinary people, he would still inevitably feel sad seeing the originally healthy general turn into this.

Ning Juan turned to ask Xu Shu, "How is it?"

Xu Shu was full of confusion: "I'm afraid the general... won't make it through the New Year."

The room was quiet, Tang Qing's eyes were red instantly, his cheeks were tense and he turned his head.

Lin Xi lowered his head, took the handkerchief from Xu Shu's hand, and gently wiped Shi Rongfeng's sweat. He is a martial arts practitioner and has always been steady, but his fingers trembled a little.

Chen Xiaodao murmured: "How come..."

Before being picked up by Lu Qingze, he was a little beggar who lived on the street and couldn't get enough to eat, but he liked to find people everywhere to inquire about new things. He grew up listening to the name of General Shi.

In his heart, General Shi is an indestructible wall that will never fall down.

But now, the wall that has guarded Daqi for many years is about to collapse.

Ning Juan secretly glanced at the silent Lu Qingze, with a cold expression: "Changshun, the imperial doctor of Lingtai Hospital, together with Dr. Xu, will do their best to treat the general."

Long obeyed.

The voices of the few people seemed to startle General Shi, who was half asleep and half asleep. Shi Rongfeng opened his eyes in confusion, first saw Lin Xi's red rabbit eyes, and stretched out his hand to pat his hand with all his strength: "I'm not dead yet!" Well, why are you crying?"

Tang Qing's tears flowed down his cheeks slowly. Hearing this, he couldn't help but retort: ​​"General, taboo!"

"I'm not jealous, what are you jealous of?" Shi Rongfeng choked back impatiently, turned his head to look at Ning Juan, then looked at Lu Qingze who was standing on the other side, and said slowly, "The old minister seems to have heard His Majesty Speak."

Ning Juan nodded slightly: "The general can recover from his illness with peace of mind, and there is no need to worry about other things."

Shi Rongfeng smiled: "The veterans are all here, and there is nothing too much to worry about. There are only two things I want to ask Your Majesty."

Ning Juan: "General, please tell me."

"I have been stationed in Mobei for many years, and my wife and many brothers are also buried in Mobei. Please allow your Majesty to leave a tomb in the capital after a hundred years. This remnant body will be brought back to Mobei for burial."

This is an account of the funeral.

Ning Juan naturally agreed.

"One more thing," Shi Rongfeng spoke with some difficulty, his chest heaving violently, like some kind of broken bellows, "the old minister hit it off with Taifu Lu, a rare friendship that never lasts, and Taifu Lu also made friends with Gouzi, I dare to hope that by then Taifu Lu will give you a ride."

Ning Juan's face changed slightly.

Lu Qing was also stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the old general was still trying to help him at this time.

The surroundings fell into silence, and Ning Juan looked at Lu Qingze with elusive eyes.

Lu Qing is avoiding him now, will he take this opportunity to escape?

No, no, the teacher has always been kind and merciful, if he escapes, the rest of the people will inevitably be blamed, he will not bear it.

After thinking about it for a while, Ning Juan finally nodded: "I agree."

Seeing Ning Juan let go, Shi Rongfeng nodded in satisfaction.

Just saying these few words consumed all his energy, and almost in the next moment, he fell into a deep sleep again.

Xu Shu waved his hand, not caring about the identities of the people in the room, and said in an impatient tone, "Except for Xiao Shizi, let's all go out, don't disturb the general's rest."

Lu Qing had no choice but to leave the house with the others.

Just now in the room, everyone's attention was on Shi Rongfeng, while Lu Qing could stand aside from a distance, ignoring Ning Juan, but now that he came out, as a courtier, he had to say hello and say two sentence.

The two looked at each other, but Lu Qing was a little awkward and coughed lightly: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your permission."

Ning Juan didn't respond, and from the corner of his eye, he fell on Lu Qingze's thin shoulders wrapped in snow-white fox fur, thinking half-sourly, that he was more solid than last year.

After all, from this time to this time in previous years, Lu Qing spent almost all of his time in the hospital bed.

After some time, the palace will be completed.

He also couldn't hold back the desire to hide Lu Qingze.

Seeing that Ning Juan was still silent, Lu Qing guessed that he was still sulking about the ice lantern. After hesitating for a while, the words "that ice lantern" were swallowed back in his stomach, and he stood silently by the fence with Ning Juan , holding the hand stove in his arms, staring at the fluttering Xiaoxue in a daze.

Ning Juan didn't leave, and he couldn't do other actions.

Fortunately, Ning Juan is a tall and straight young man, and somehow, consciously or unintentionally, he is not so cold after blocking the head-on wind.

After the whistling wind and snow stopped for a while, Ning Juan strode out, without turning his head, he said: "Pay attention to yourself."

Don't let his body get sick again after taking care of him so easily.

It was his.

Chang Shun turned his head with a bitter face, bowed to Lu Qingze, and followed in small steps.

When Ning Juan's figure disappeared from his eyes, Chen Xiaodao dared to lean over tremblingly, his eyes full of confusion: "My lord, what is going on between you and His Majesty?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Lu Qing had no choice but to confess half of it: "I had some small conflicts with His Majesty, it doesn't matter."

"It doesn't matter what!"

No matter how slow Chen Xiaodao was, he reacted belatedly at this time, and Lu Qing arranged him to be beside General Shi, not just to let him accompany the General and Lin Xi.

But rather than anger, he was more shocked: "Could it be possible that your majesty really believed the words of those officials? Your majesty still doesn't know what kind of person you are! Is it possible that your majesty really wants to hide everything and kill, Killed you?!"

It is not certain that the birds will not be exhausted, but Gongzang is very possible.

Lu Qing said helplessly: "Slow down, be careful to wake up the general."

Chen Xiaodao closed his mouth angrily, and muttered: "I'm just too surprised."

"Don't worry, it's really fine, you just need to stay by Lin Xi's side." Lu Qing touched his head, "Trust me, huh?"

Chen Xiaodao opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and responded obediently.

The young master has always done things properly, so it must be reasonable to let him stay here, he can't hold back the young master.

Seeing Chen Xiaodao's answer, Lu Qing smiled: "I'll go back first, there is still something waiting for the official department."

Chen Xiaodao hummed reluctantly.

Because General Shi was critically ill, Lu Qing was busy almost every day, and would go to another hospital. Occasionally, when the old general was awake, he could still say a few words.

As promised, he brought a jar of wine to Shi Rongfeng. It was the plum blossom wine that he buried with Ning Juan in the yard the year before last. Now he just dug it up and gave it to his friends.

Shi Rongfeng lay ill for several days, and when he saw some wine, his face immediately glowed. Unfortunately, he didn't even have the strength to pick up the wine jar, so he happily told Tang Qing: "Bring the bowl."

Xu Shu has already given orders. In the last few days, when the general was happy to come and drink as he wanted, Tang Qing answered with a choked voice, and went to get the bowl. Plum blossom wine was poured into the bowl, which was clear and fragrant. Tangy.

Shi Rongfeng held the bowl tremblingly, and squinted at Lu Qingze: "At this moment, you still don't want to have a drink with me?"

"How come."

Lu Qing smiled, also took a bowl, poured a bowl of wine, touched the bowl with Shi Rongfeng, and drank it with his head raised.

Shi Rongfeng laughed loudly: "Isn't this very drinkable, and tell me... ahem, tell me I can't drink it."

After finishing speaking, he also drank the plum blossom wine in the bowl and smacked his lips: "The fragrance is fragrant, but it is not as strong as Mobei. I drank a kind of wine in Liaodong called Shaodaozi. It really burned like a fire after drinking it." , I will never forget it.”

Tang Qing was originally dissatisfied with Shi Rongfeng's drinking, but after hearing these words, he calmed down again.

At that time, General Shi was drunk after drinking, muttered to find his wife, rode on his horse and ran away. When they hurriedly looked for him, General Shi was sitting in front of his wife's tomb, crying like a child who made a mistake. , Guaranteed to find Xiaoshizi back.

Fortunately, in the last part of the journey of life, I finally found it.

Shi Rongfeng was much more energetic today, and he took Tang Qing and Lin Xi to touch a bowl each, before he lay down and went back to sleep contentedly.

Lu Qing supported his forehead, already drunk.

Tomorrow he had to go to the Ministry of Officials to do errands. He didn't stay overnight, got into the carriage and left the other courtyard in a daze, and fell asleep when he returned to the Lu Mansion. Pour into a bowl of hangover soup.

Lu Qing, on the other hand, was displeased by the other party's tough actions. He opened his eyes, drunk and hazy, and saw the tall and straight figure of the young man beside the bed, and called out vaguely: "Guoguo?"

The other party was silent for a long while before saying "um".

Lu Qing wanted to sit up, but he was top-heavy, grabbed something randomly and sat up, only to realize that he was grabbing a jade belt.

The boy beside the bed was dragged by him without changing his expression, as motionless as a mountain.

Lu Qing let go of his hand, patted his waist, leaned against the head of the bed, let out a breath of alcohol, and said drunkenly: "You have been itching more and more recently."

Ning Juan: "Yes."

"you……"

Ning Juan listened carefully: "What?"

Lu Qing thought for a while before he thought of what he wanted to say. He reached out and grabbed Ning Juan by the collar, pulling him down, his eyes blurred, and cursed: "You little bastard."

Being scolded like that, Ning Juan laughed instead.

He took Lu Qingze's hand, pressed it against his face, stroked it lightly, and whispered softly: "Huaixue, it's too early for you to say that, I haven't shown you a real beast yet."

Lu Qing opened his eyes wide.

"Didn't the teacher say that if I like something, I will go for it myself?"

Ning Juan squeezed his chin, and said slowly: "I'm just fighting for it, holding what I want in the palm of my hand. Lu Huaixue, you always say you want to marry a wife and have children. I'm afraid you don't want to, so I went to find someone to marry. I just watched you get married to someone else, so you might as well kill me."

"So I can only circle you up until you are willing."

Lu Qing disagreed with what he said, but his mind was muddled, and he couldn't say anything to refute, so he could only shake his head.

I had a headache at first, and the shaking made my mind even more confused.

Ning Juan looked at his drunken look, which was softer than the usual irritating look that only knew how to poke his lungs, and felt angry and sour at the same time, stroking his lips with his fingertips, Narrowing his eyes: "We buried the altar of plum blossom wine together. You just shared it with others. I haven't tasted it yet."

Lu Qing was thinking confused at the moment, somehow the topic turned into talking about the jar of wine, and said blankly: "Then you can go to another courtyard to drink."

Ning Juan's eyes darkened: "Why should I seek far away?"

What is near and far away?

Before Lu Qing could react, his jaw was raised, and the hot kiss fell down, forcefully prying open his teeth, intruding in, and sharing the faint plum fragrance lingering between his lips and teeth.

Lu Qing is a very standard one-cup pour, not to mention he drank a whole bowl.

When Lu Qing woke up with a hangover the next day, he had a splitting headache, his mind went blank, he didn't know anything about what happened last night, and he forgot everything.

Two days later, in the middle of the night, the door of the Lu residence was suddenly knocked hastily.

Lu Qing hurriedly put on his mask and robe, got in a carriage and rushed to another courtyard.

General Shi is going to die.

When Lu Qingze stepped through the threshold, Shi Rongfeng, who was too weak to sit up a few days ago, was sitting on the head of the bed, and greeted him in a vigorous way: "Huaixue is here too."

Lu Qing's heart was sour, and a few words came to mind.

Back to light.

There are only Lin Xi, Xu Shu, Chen Xiaodao, Lu Qingze and a few of the most trusted soldiers in the room. Shi Rongfeng's eyes slowly swept across everyone's faces, nodded and said: "When I returned to Beijing, I made many bad plans. , it’s not bad to have all of you to accompany me on this final journey.”

Lin Xi blinked, and tears fell down like strings.

He only shed tears on the day when he learned about Shi Rongfeng's illness, and the second time was today.

Shi Rongfeng sighed: "My child, you can't cry in the future. Father only allows you to cry twice. The son of our Shi family has never shed blood or tears."

Lin Xi choked up and nodded.

Shi Rongfeng's complexion faded a little bit, and his voice also lowered: "When you were young, you were not as high as my knees, and you loved to follow my buttocks and call Dad. At that time, the military affairs were busy, and I often couldn't respond... It's been so many years since you left , I never heard you call me again, but it's a pity that I didn't hear you call dad again in the end."

Seeing that he seemed to have no strength to slip and fall, Lin Xi hurriedly supported him, opened his mouth, and tried desperately to shout.

When he yelled the difficult "Father" inaudibly, everyone including Xu Shu was stunned.

Great joy burst into Shi Rongfeng's eyes, and he responded with a smile: "Father heard it."

General Shi had a smile on his face, and closed his eyes in relief.

Tang Qing turned his head suddenly, and burst into tears.

Lu Qing closed his eyes and exhaled slowly.

He had waited for a long time for the opportunity to leave, but never thought that it would be given by General Shi.

The author has something to say:

Lu Qingze: You little bastard!

Ning Juan: Wang.