Multiple crimes

Chapter 24 House arrest

Yuan Ziyou directly took Yuan Yu back to the bedroom.

"You heard what Yuan Tianmu said. Er Zhurong wanted your life. If you go back now, you will be watched as soon as you go out. If you want to survive, stay here and don't leave."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for saving my life, my lord..." Yuan Yu was locked up all morning in fear, and was frightened by Yuan Tianmu just after seeing the sun, and he was already mentally dead. He fell to his knees with a "bang", and he couldn't even say a word of thanks intermittently.

Yuan Ziyou interrupted him, "Come here, prepare the room, and send Master Yuan in to rest."

After sending Yuan Yu away, Yuan Ziyou waved and called Xi He to him: "Xi He, you did a good job just now, I like you."

Xi He knelt down on one knee and lowered his head: "I am afraid, this is what I should do."

"Look at me, Xi He." Yuan Ziyou supported his chin, forcing the man to lift his head up, "If the person who came was Er Zhurong, would you still protect me?"

"I..." Xi He was stunned for a moment, then averted his eyes and stopped talking.

"Okay, I won't make it difficult for you." Yuan Ziyou let go of his hand with a laugh, and patted his cheek: "Go down and have a good rest."

Xi He blushed and backed away.

Yuan Ziyou looked at his back thoughtfully.

Such a good person, unfortunately, is not mine.

After Xi He left, Yan Shuo pulled Yuan Ziyou into the inner hall.

"Master, why did you bring this man back?"

"No reason." Yuan Ziyou leaned against the wall wearily, "I just want him to live."

"Do you want him to live? Why, because Er Zhurong wants him to die?"

"He's going to kill him... I knew he was going to kill him, so I said I want him. After I've said that, he still wants his life." Yuan Ziyou suddenly became agitated faintly, his voice trembling uncontrollably , as if it was broken in the chest, "Why, why doesn't he make me feel better? Is it because he gave me a throne? But when did he really treat me as the emperor? Liar! They are all liars !"

It hurts.My heart seems to be bitten by poisonous insects, which are endless and inexhaustible, and can drive people crazy.

Yuan Ziyou hunched over and covered his chest - he was too familiar with this feeling.

"Master!" Seeing the other party's expression changed, Yan Shuo hurriedly hugged him and sat on the bed.

"Yan Shuo... Am I annoying?" Yuan Ziyou asked suddenly after panting for a while.

"How come, I never hated the master."

"When I was in Dingzhou, they were afraid of me, everyone. I know they just hate me..." Yuan Ziyou leaned on Yan Shuo's arms, and said in a soft voice, "Just now, I almost became As annoying as ever."

"The servants are afraid of you because they don't obey the rules. Master, you are not annoying at all."

"I've killed people and hurt you, aren't you afraid of me?"

"I'm not afraid of you. You can't hurt me." Yan Shuo said casually, leaning over to help Yuan Ziyou take off his shoes and socks.

"I didn't mean it... I didn't want that either." Yuan Ziyou let him manipulate, covering his eyes with one hand, "You know, I don't want that."

"I know."

"I don't take medicine."

"Don't take it." Yan Shuo unfolded the quilt and wrapped him tightly, "What medicine do you take if you are not sick?"

Yuan Ziyou stopped talking.

Yan Shuo finally tucked the corner of the quilt for him, and then stretched out his hand to put down one of the bed curtains: "Stop thinking about it, master, sleep well, and I will serve you dinner when you wake up." After speaking, he got up and was about to leave.

When he reached the door, Yuan Ziyou suddenly spoke again: "Do you blame me for saving Yuan Yu?"

"I don't blame you." Yan Shuo stopped, "If you don't know how to resist, you will be looked down upon more and more."

He knew Yuan Ziyou too well.A cruel and selfish man like this would never meddle in his own business because of pity, and saving Yuan Yu was mostly just to fight against Er Zhurong.

"Master, you can do whatever you want, I won't stop you. As long as you don't hurt yourself."

Yuan Yu recovered from the initial panic and found that he had become Yuan Ziyou's belongings.

He had to accompany Yuan Ziyou at meals, he had to watch Yuan Ziyou at work, and he had to listen to Yuan Ziyou's trust.In short, no matter what Yuan Ziyou did, he had to follow him, and he couldn't lose his sight.At the beginning, he was grateful and obeyed Yuan Ziyou's words, but after a long time, he gradually couldn't bear it-this is not protection, it is simply house arrest.But even under house arrest, there is no reason to stay close!

Yuan Yu was not stupid, after a few days he noticed that something was wrong with Yuan Ziyou, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, because the other party had indeed saved his life.After hesitating so many times, when he was having dinner that night, he tentatively proposed to go back home for the night.

"Go back home? Why?" Yuan Ziyou looked very surprised.

"It's not proper for a monarch and his ministers to live together." Yuan Yu swallowed, and moved out the reason he had thought up in advance, "Besides, the emperor is on official business, so it would be inconvenient for the minister to be present..."

"I don't even care about what you care about. Are you afraid of losing your life when you go back now?"

"Since your Majesty has said something first, General Yuan should not make things difficult for me anymore. Besides, it's been so long..."

"You think I'm meddling?" Yuan Ziyou slammed his chopsticks, "You bastard, I'm kind enough to save you and you're impatient? If you want to die, I'll send you back to prison right now!"

Yuan Yu was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and kowtowed again and again, not daring to mention the matter of returning to the mansion in front of Yuan Ziyou.

It has been more than half a month since he came to the bedroom, and except for being allowed to send a message to the mansion the first night, he has not contacted his family members since then.Yuan Ziyou turned his face faster than he turned a book, and he often got angry when he smiled. Yuan Yu couldn't figure out his mind, and he didn't dare to ask about the situation outside. After a month, he lost eight catties of worry.

There are people who are worried in the bedroom, and there are people who are worried outside the bedroom.

Yuan Tianmu sent people to surround Yuan Yu's mansion, waiting from morning to night, preparing to arrest Yuan Yu if he appeared.This time, there must be no more tricks, and the execution will be executed as soon as the person is in hand.However, a month later, Yuan Yu seemed to have died in the emperor's bedroom, without even a shadow.Yuan Tianmu scolded Yuan Ziyou's [-]th generation ancestors in his heart, but in the end he had no choice but to report the truth to Er Zhurong.

A few days later, the soldier who delivered the letter came back.Yuan Tianmu greeted him impatiently: "What did the general say?"

Xiaobing said: "The general didn't say anything."

"Didn't say anything? How could it be... Really didn't say a word?"

"The general said he knew."

"Isn't this nonsense! You go down..." Yuan Tianmu shouted back the soldiers, rubbing his hands nervously, suspecting that Er Zhurong was angry with him.

Er Zhurong was not angry with Yuan Tianmu.

He wasn't even angry with Yuan Ziyou - it wasn't that he wasn't angry, but that he didn't have the time.The stubbornness of the rebel army was beyond his imagination.A group of desperadoes led by a Huns named Han Lou somehow got mixed up with Ge Rong's remnants and attacked Er Zhurong's vanguard at night.The main general He Basheng was not in the camp at this time, and Xiurong's soldiers were leaderless, so they were caught off guard.Er Zhurong heard the news and led his troops from Zhongshan to Jicheng overnight. On the way, there was another news, saying that He Basheng's subordinates had engaged in a stalemate with the people of Han Lou.

Duguxin was originally Ge Rong's subordinate, but after the Battle of Yecheng, he surrendered and joined Xiurong's army.Er Zhurong didn't know his background and abilities yet, seeing him act on his own initiative, he felt angry and anxious.Yuan Tianmu's people rushed to report to him about the affairs of the palace at this time, he felt impatient from the bottom of his heart, took the letter and glanced at it scribbled, and sent him away with a wave of his hand.

Yuan Yu didn't know that he had gained safety for the time being, and he was still living a life of internal and external troubles in the bedroom for a long time.

A while ago, Yuan Ziyou asked someone to renovate the Mingguang Palace as his office. Cases that could not be resolved by the temporary deliberative court could be sent there directly, and the emperor himself came forward to decide.Seeing the notice, the common people said, "All prisons are submitted, and the emperor personally asks." They rushed to the gate of the deliberative court to ask the emperor to make decisions for the people.Yuan Ziyou enthusiastically refuses anyone who comes, and takes a look at everything. For a while, there are mountains of files in the Mingguang Palace.

Yuan Ziyou ran to the Mingguang Palace every three days, and spent much less time in the bedroom than before.Yuan Yu finally got a little freedom, but at the same time he felt that he had nothing to do.Yan Shuo, who seems to be a housekeeper, often disappears all day long, and even if he does appear, he keeps a blank face and doesn't pay much attention to people.The King of Chengyang came to see Yuan Ziyou again and again, and sometimes he was bored of waiting and wandered around the palace alone, and bumped into Yuan Yu who was also boring while wandering around.

Speaking of which, Yuan Hui and Yuan Yu still have some slight kinship. During Xiaochang's time, they were officials in the same dynasty, so it can be said that the relationship is quite deep.However, the two have been feuding for a long time, and they dislike each other openly and secretly.In Yuan Yu's view, Yuan Hui is an out-and-out snobbish person, while Yuan Hui thinks that Yuan Yu is a pretentious little boy who is crooked.Now that the world has changed, the two meet again in the emperor's back garden. Although they have no time to belittle each other, they still have their own thoughts and are relatively silent.

In the evening, Yuan Ziyou came back from Mingguang Palace and brought good news from the front line.

He Basheng's subordinate, Bie Duguxin, single-handedly captured the enemy general Yuan Sizhou who came to sneak attack.After hearing the news, Xiu Rong's army rushed to pursue the victory and wiped out Han Lou's uprising troops overnight.

"Where did this guy named Dugu Xin come from? I haven't heard of it before."

"The Xianbei people were originally the small leaders of the rebel army, but they were surrendered and followed Er Zhurong..." Yan Shuo followed Yuan Ziyou into the inner courtyard, and suddenly saw a figure under the corridor on the side of the hall from a distance. Wandering back and forth, it seems to be the Yuan emblem.Frowning, he raised his hand to summon a servant, and whispered something to him.The servant nodded and stepped back.

Yan Shuo led Yuan Ziyou into the house.

"Er Zhurong is really capable." Yuan Ziyou was so tired and dizzy after a day's work, "All the powerful people in the world have been won over by him, no wonder no one can beat him." Leaning sideways On the bedside, while yawning, he watched Yan Shuo busily calling the maid to serve tea and boil water, thinking that Yan Shuo was really capable, like a manager, he could do everything.

"Anyway, as far as the current battle situation is concerned, we are sure to win this battle. I don't see Er Zhurong coming back in two or three months." Yuan Ziyou murmured and counted Then, he suddenly raised his head and looked out the door with a smile: "What do you think, Yuan Yu?"

Yuan Yu was led by the servant to the door, and before he stepped into the house with one foot, he trembled immediately when he heard Yuan Ziyou's question.

"Hmm..." Responded vaguely, he first walked to the bedside, stood silently for a while, and suddenly remembered that he hadn't saluted the emperor yet, so he bowed down and kowtowed in a proper manner. Then he got up again, found a chair and sat down slowly.

Ever since his request to go back to the residence was rejected, Yuan Ziyou intensified his efforts, not allowing him to leave his sight for a moment.For example, just now, as soon as Yuan Ziyou came back, he was summoned by his servants.As long as Yuan Ziyou doesn't speak, he has to stay there all the time and can't leave.

"Er Zhurong is coming back soon, your little life is about to be lost! How about it, are you afraid?" Yuan Ziyou put one foot on the ground and approached Yuan Yu and asked.

Yuan Yu lowered his eyelids halfway, tremblingly let out a mosquito cry: "Scared."

"How scared are you?"

"Very scary."

"Very scared? Why can't I see it." Yuan Ziyou sneered, turned over and got out of bed, and squatted down in front of Yuan Yu, "I see that you are very calm, as if you have nothing to do with yourself."

Afraid, or not?Yuan Yu himself was a little confused.

He remembered that he was terrified of Er Zhurong at first, because the other party wanted to take his life.At this time, Yuan Ziyou rescued him and put him under the protection of the bedroom.However, after a period of time, Yuan Yu discovered that the emperor's residence was not much safer than the Tianlao, and even colder and more depressing than the Tianlao.Or, it was Yuan Ziyou himself who made him feel cold and depressed.

Yuan Yu didn't dare to disobey Yuan Ziyou, but at the same time he had to watch his face and speak carefully. After a long time, his mind began to get confused. He didn't know whether he was afraid of Er Zhurong, or because he was afraid of saving his own Yuan Zi. You.

"What am I doing here? Some people want my life...but why am I here?" Yuan Yu clenched his hands and bit his lips, feeling that he was going crazy.