Looking at the mountains and rivers

Chapter 1

The snow fell quietly.

Outside the gate of Prince Mu's Mansion, there was a shadow kneeling alone, it was a thin young man, his calf was almost buried in the snow, he knelt for a long time, so long that he almost forgot the time.

The day before, Wei Changxuan was still a young guard belonging to the Southern Army, and he followed Shenwuwei to the royal enclosure to accompany Emperor Yong'an on his winter tour.

Yong'an Emperor Yang Xie came to the throne in early spring, and it is only October so far. He is not a violent monarch, but he does not practice moral government, likes to have fun, and is obsessed with wine and sex.When he first came to the throne, he chose the concubine with great fanfare, and in a blink of an eye, he forgot about those delicate beauties, and took the sixteen guards accompanying him wholeheartedly to the Royal Hunting Garden to let the eagles chase the dogs and indulge in pleasure.

Emperor Yong'an was usually tired and lazy, and he only spent half an hour on horseback riding and shooting, so he called people to set up the imperial tent, and was embraced by a group of palace people and went back to the tent to have a rest.Naturally, the emperor's central tent needs to be guarded by imperial guards. When the commander of the imperial guards was about to order dispatch, Yang Jie half-closed his eyes, and lazily said: "The guards under your command are all thick and clumsy. They seem to be in my way." For the eyes, it is better to recruit a few smart young men."

Ma Dongyang, the commander of the imperial guards, naturally promised, and ordered that the young guards from the southern army be transferred to be dispatched by the emperor, and Wei Changxuan was among them.

The imperial tent has three layers, the outermost one is a tent made of rawhide leather inlaid with gold leaf, the innermost one is a heavy brocade curtain, and the innermost one is a light gold gauze curtain.Inside the tent is silver bone charcoal caged in a brass charcoal basin, which is a high-quality item for the imperial court. It burns like spring in the room, and there is no smell of fireworks.However, Yang Jie leaned against the beautiful woman by his side, still feeling suffocated, and ordered to open the tent doors on the first and second floors, so that he could have a look at the snowy scenery of the paddock through the veil.

In fact, it was a vast expanse of whiteness outside, so there was nothing to see, but the palace people dared not disobey the imperial decree, so they went to raise the tent door in a hurry.The north wind mixed with crushed snow immediately whizzed past the tent, blowing the pale gold gauze tent to sway, Yang Jiezheng felt scorched by the charcoal fire, when suddenly the cold wind hit his face, he felt comfortable, and Xinxin lay down again In the arms of a beauty.

While lingering in this gentle village, Emperor Yong'an's eyes unexpectedly fell beyond the undulating gauze curtain.There was a boy half kneeling there, wearing the leather armor of the imperial army. Because he was not allowed to wear a helmet in the tent, he could see his black hair tied on top of his head, and the ends of his hair slid down his neck and fell on his shoulders.

He knelt there sideways, motionless, and the pale golden veil was blown by the wind, hitting his side face from time to time.The side face behind the semi-transparent gauze curtain has sharp lines, black eyebrows, and thin red lips.Emperor Yong'an was engrossed in seeing this young man, he felt that this young man was completely different and beautiful from the prostitutes in his palace, and couldn't help but move slightly in his heart.

He raised his finger: "Let him in."

When Wei Changxuan was ordered to enter the tent, he was a little apprehensive, it was his first time serving in front of the imperial court, he did not expect to have the opportunity to meet him, he hurriedly straightened his clothes, and walked into the tent with the palace servants.

The inside of the tent is naturally resplendent and resplendent, all the people coming and going in the palace held their breaths and did not hear a cough, half of the soft couch in the tent sat a beautiful woman wrapped in a robe, Emperor Yong'an was reclining with the beauty's body as a pillow On the couch, he looked at the cautious young man with interest.

Wei Changxuan didn't dare to look around anymore, he just bowed his head and saluted.

I just heard the emperor ask: "How old are you?"

"15 years old." The boy's voice has become hoarse.

Yang Jie smiled lightly, at the age of 15, there are still two or three years to be loved, but if it grows too fast, maybe it won't last long.

"What's your name?" The emperor asked again in a low voice, his eyes scrutinized the young man unscrupulously, and he guessed in his heart, what kind of situation this child would be in bed.

"Humble job, Nanjun Shenwuwei, Wei Changxuan." The young man didn't know the intention of the person sitting above him at all, and replied respectfully.

"Shenwuwei." Yang Jie pondered softly.

This is a guard set up by Emperor Taizong. It was originally located in the East Palace, and it was composed of children from aristocratic families who accompanied the prince to practice martial arts.It's just that after the establishment of the dynasty for a hundred years, the royal family gradually emphasized civility over martial arts, and the prince no longer needed this vain military guard, so it was reorganized for the left and right habayashi guards to prepare for.

"After the siege ends in three days, you can follow me back to the palace, and you don't have to go to Shenwuwei anymore."

Hearing this, Wei Changxuan was slightly startled, raised his eyes, and asked unconsciously: "I wonder what the emperor's order is for you to go to the palace?"

Yang Jie lowered his head to look at him, and met those eyes. He felt as deep as black jade, and its light was like cold stars. He liked it even more in his heart, so he smiled slightly: "I will send you to Yanting, and you only need to serve him in the future." I am."

Wei Changxuan hardly believed his ears, of course he knew where the Yanting Court was, "Xuanzong was a manly man, and the Yanting Court was set up in the harem".The two generations of emperors after Xuanzong also received their pampers openly and secretly, so Yanting has not been abandoned since its establishment.It's just that he didn't expect that he would end up in that place one day.

Just when he was vaguely panicked, the imperial eunuch reminded with a half-smile: "Young Master Wei, this is a matter of hiding the family, please thank you soon."

The deep meaning in his words, Wei Changxuan didn't understand, he smiled wryly in his heart, but still forced himself to bend down: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

After coming out of the imperial tent, Wei Changxuan's mind was muddled, he almost didn't know where he was going, he even forgot to ride his horse, and walked slowly back to the place where Shenwuwei camped ten miles away.

In winter, the days are short and the nights are long, just after Shen Shi, the sky has begun to darken, and the campfires are lit in the barracks, and everyone prepares dinner.As soon as Wei Changxuan walked into Shenwuwei's camp, he heard someone whistle lightly, and then a few familiar faces approached, winked and said: "Isn't this Wei Niangniang, why don't you accompany me in front of the imperial court? came to us?"

It turns out that what happened in the imperial tent in the afternoon has already been reported here. Most of these young guards are childish, they just came to join in the fun, not malicious.However, Wei Changxuan's taste changed when he heard it. The anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed, and it exploded in a blink of an eye.

He casually grabbed the horsewhip hanging from the fence, and lashed at the young man closest to him. He has always had a hard hand and a hard heart. With such a whip, a gash was drawn on the young man's forehead, and deep flesh and blood were left on the edge of the wound. .The one who was beaten screamed, covered his forehead and hid aside, and then the arm next to him was also whipped, howled and rushed over, almost desperate to fight Wei Changxuan.

Just when there was a lot of trouble, I only heard a loud shout from the camp: "What's the trouble, do you want to rebel!"

It was Li Yu, captain of Shenwuwei, who came here after hearing the news. He yelled and scolded these half-grown little warriors in a rage. Because of his violent temperament, the teenagers didn't dare to argue with him, so they had to receive the punishment one by one and retreated. up.

Wei Changxuan stood coldly in the camp and was about to receive his punishment when Li Yu said to him, "Come with me."

The corners of the tent without torches were very dark, and Wei Changxuan stood in such a corner, waiting to be reprimanded by Lieutenant Li, which he usually heard dozens of times.

However, Li Yu hesitated, not as if he wanted to reprimand him, but just asked: "Is the news from Yuqian true?"

Wei Changxuan was panicked when he heard this sentence, he hesitated for a moment before nodding his head.

Li Yu seemed to sigh: "Yanting... can't go."

Of course Wei Changxuan knew that he couldn't go there, even in the most prosperous Xuanzong period of Yanting, few of those weak and pitiful pets had a good end.There were many people who gained fame and power because of the emperor's favor, but Wei Changxuan didn't want to be one of them.He was taught since he was a child that "a man who is born in the world should look up to the world without shame", and there is absolutely no reason to stoop to become a prostitute for the sake of glory and wealth.

"You go out to camp tonight, I just pretend I don't know." Li Yu looked around, and suddenly said in a low voice, "Go find Eunuch Tian, ​​and discuss it with him."

Wei Changxuan was slightly surprised, he glanced at him gratefully, and saluted him: "Thank you Lieutenant Li, if the humble officer escapes this calamity, I will definitely repay him in the future."

The roads in the suburbs of Beijing were slippery in the snowy night, Wei Changxuan held the rein in one hand and the lantern with horns in the other, and he rushed to Jianye, and finally saw a few lights swaying in the wind in the heavy snow.

This is where the imperial mausoleum of the Jokhang Dynasty is located, so few people come here, so although there are garrison troops, everyone is happy to dodge, and there is no one on duty outside the gate.

Probably the sound of horseshoes startled people, someone came out of the house with a lantern, and asked, "Who is it?" His voice was shrill like that of an inner eunuch.

Wei Changxuan, who had run all the way, was so tired that he swallowed a few mouthfuls of saliva before he said, "It's me."

The little eunuch was very clever, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Is it Brother Xuan? Why did you come here at this hour, and look at the snow all over the ground?" He led Wei Changxuan while he said, "The manager just took a rest, I guess I’m still asleep, I’ll be happy to know you’re here.”

When the two of them were talking on the porch, there were bursts of muffled coughing in the room, and a voice said, "Is Xuan'er here?"

Wei Changxuan's heartstrings, which had been tensed for a whole day, completely collapsed after hearing this familiar voice, his eyes felt sore, he pushed the door straight in, and softly called in: "Father."

A dim oil lamp was already lit in the house, Tian Wenli was half leaning on the head of the bed, with his gray hair falling down, he looked like he had just fallen asleep.

"Xuan'er," Tian Wenli narrowed his eyes and looked at him for a while, "What's wrong, your face is so ugly?"

Wei Changxuan threw himself into his arms, gritted his teeth and told what happened in the paddock during the day.

Tian Wenli listened quietly, his complexion elusive, but the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes trembled a few times, and finally he sighed: "Injustice."

Wei Changxuan unconsciously grabbed his clothes, and asked anxiously, "Father, what should we do now?"

Tian Wenli stroked his hair and sighed again and again: "Is it the king's land in the whole world, is it the king's subjects on the shore of the land, since the emperor has made a will, it is really hard to disobey."

Wei Changxuan looked at him with red eyes: "Am I really going to Yanting?"

Tian Wenli looked down at him, and slowly put his palm into his own: "Xuan'er, when I first picked you up, your hand was only this small, but now it's about the same size as Dad's." He The eyes were full of kindness, and he said softly, "I hugged you back then, and you looked at me with dark eyes, not afraid of people at all. I thought, such a good child, he must not be allowed to end up in the same situation as me So, I put you in foster care outside the palace, and when you were ten years old, I sent you to Shenwuwei. I thought that although I was a useless eunuch, I still had a son with a bright future. It's not in vain. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen, isn't it a crime..."

Hearing this, Wei Changxuan became even more choked up: "Father, I won't go to Yanting, I would rather die immediately than go to Yanting!"

Tian Wenli looked at the light like beans on the table, nodded and said: "Of course you can't go to Yanting, the palace is a place to eat people, I can't let you go." He thought for a moment, then said, "I was still in the palace back then. When he was in charge, the new emperor was just a prince. I have heard a thing or two about his temper. He is a bit of a leftist. Although he is not a tyrannical king, he will not allow others to disobey. If you directly resist, you will end badly It won't be good."

Wei Changxuan was already in despair, and when he didn't know what to do, he heard him say again: "There is another way at the moment." Tian Wenli gently touched Wei Changxuan's head with his withered palm, "Although the emperor is The Ninth Five-Year Lord, but he still has people to be afraid of, if you can get the protection of that person, the new emperor will naturally not be able to do anything to you."

Wei Changxuan was startled, and immediately understood who the adoptive father was talking about, Mu Wang Yang Ye.

Yang Ye was the uncle of Emperor Yong'an Yang Jie. In fact, during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong, most of the military power in the northwest was already in Yang Ye's hands. At that time, his title was only "Mu".Not long after Yang Xie ascended the throne, the prince wrote a letter to change his title to "Mu", saying that it was to show his modesty and take the meaning of "Mu Ruqingfeng".However, everyone can see that where "Mu Ru Qingfeng" is, it clearly means "Emperor Mu Mu".

However, Yang Jie was afraid of this uncle like a tiger, so he didn't have the courage to reject it, so he had to criticize the word "Mu" tremblingly.Since the change of title, the undercurrent that was originally surging behind the scenes has been exposed to the bright side. Everyone inside and outside the court knows that Mu Wang Yang Ye is in control of the country, and power is in the hands of the government and the public.

Although Wei Changxuan has heard about this prince, he has never even seen King Mu's golden face, so how dare he seek asylum rashly.However, if he didn't go, there really was no other way to go. After thinking about it, he finally gritted his teeth: "I'll go to Prince Mu's Mansion right now."

Urged by a rush of blood in his heart, he turned around and opened the door.

Tian Wenli hurriedly coughed and put on his clothes, and went up to hold his hand and told him carefully: "My good boy, you should be careful this time. Compared with the new emperor, Mu Wang is even more cruel and merciless. You have to remember , don’t be impulsive in everything, as long as you survive, what will happen in the future is ultimately unknown.”

The old eunuch who had been in the palace for three generations had a sad look on his brows: "It's a pity that father is useless. Now he is just an old waste who is here to guard the imperial tomb, so he can't help you."

Wei Changxuan saw his gray hair fluttering slightly in the cold wind, and his heart felt sour again: "Father raised me wholeheartedly for many years, I don't know how much painstaking effort it took, but now that I have grown up, I will let me finish this matter myself." Go." He closed the door tightly, retreated to the corridor, kowtowed in the direction of Tian Wenli's house in the snow, and then left in a hurry.