There are many treasures in this country

Chapter 131

Feeling lost, Xiao Suo walked back, passed the sky and clouds, crossed the water and fallen leaves, stopped beside the carriage, climbed up the wooden door twice awkwardly, and suddenly lay down on the carriage frame and was stunned.

Babao pulled out a footstool from behind and gave it to him: "What's the matter, young master? Just step on this."

"Yeah, just step on this." Xiao Suo nodded numbly. He never knew about it before and never used it. Every time someone hugged him up and down, he usually didn't feel it.

The casements were closed tightly, and the interior of the carriage was as dark as dusk.Their carriage was walking on the official road, making a "rumbling" noise like in the past.Luan bells "jingle" under the eaves, as if someone was sitting beside them.

The mood after the farewell was like the last evening before the end of the rest, inexplicably flustered, but calm on the surface, mixed with a touch of melancholy.

It was only noon when we returned to the General's Mansion.

Shen Yan's housekeeper, Zong Xi, had already received orders—when he left, Xiao Suo was in charge of the family—so he didn't dare to neglect, and followed behind him and asked repeatedly: "When will my lord have lunch? Should I eat it in front of me, or bring it into the house?" go?"

"I'm not hungry." Xiao Suo shook his head, "I don't want to eat, you guys rest, you don't have to be busy."

"Before the general left, I told you to eat more, unless you are sick and can't eat, otherwise you have to eat." Zong Xi said. "Again, the general also said, let Haosheng take care of you and prevent you from getting sick, otherwise you will be accused of us."

Xiao Suo sighed and said: "Then send it to the house later, I want to rest for a while."

Zong Xi responded, bowed and retreated.

Seeing this, Babao didn't bother him, just sat on the terrazzo steps outside the house in a daze.

Xiao Suo stood in a daze in the front hall for a while, then lost his mind on the chair for a while, then took two sips of tea—it was cold—but he felt exhausted and sleepy.

He went back along the corridor, turned around the wooden wall, and walked into the bedroom. He saw that the bed curtain was rolled up and the mattress was crepe. charming.

It was probably because the maids didn't get the order and didn't dare to come in to clean up without authorization, so the room still remained as it was when they left.Shen Yan has always been kind to his servants, but one time when Xiao Suo stayed here overnight, the little girl who came in to change the candle wick accidentally burned his hands with wax oil. He got angry and never allowed anyone to enter his bedroom at will.

Xiao Suo could bear it at first, but he felt a little sluggish and blunt since sending him away, but when he saw this scene, the contrast between people and buildings was too obvious, touching his heart, his tears suddenly burst like the Yellow River, and he couldn't control it Live downward.

The cook knocked on the door outside with the food, but he just hugged the quilt to wipe his tears and didn't pay attention.Tired from crying slowly, unconsciously wrapped in the quilt Shen Yan used, fell asleep.

There was his smell on it, as if nestled in his arms.

I don't know what he is doing at this moment.

As Shen Yan walked, he ordered Ruan Tong to write letters beside him with a pen and paper.He doesn't have amazing literary talent, but he just talks about what he thinks, what he sees and hears, and whispers leisurely.

"I ate a plate of pickles, three steamed buns, and a bowl of clear porridge this morning. It tastes good, but it's not as good as yours. I miss your pickled duck eggs. After passing through Bingzhou, the eyes are full of yellowish brown, and the weather is very bad. The people here have a good way of making money. Although it is not in a place with rich and fertile soil, it is good to be able to find another way to sell goods. Passing by a certain county at noon, I don’t know what its name is. I ran into an old man who kneaded dough outside the city. Da Fu in our hometown in Jiangnan has another advantage. I ordered him to pinch you and me, and I will give it to you when I see you in the future. See how cute you are. The army can't stay for long, we will arrive in the afternoon..."

Ruan Tong frantically wrote, while cutting off his mouth, he said: "General, if you are so meticulous and write down all your basic necessities, food, housing and transportation, don't say I can't write it, I'm afraid this paper is not enough."

"Just write it," Shen Yan said while sitting on the horse, "there is no paper left. If you meet the town on the road, you will send someone to buy it. Dubao... Mr. Xiao ordered him to let everything Write them all down, and this general dare not refuse."

Ruan Tong twitched the corner of his mouth and said softly: "The general treats him...it's really nice."

Shen Yan thought of the man's voice and smile, his eyes gradually grew longer, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he didn't make a sound.

It was ten days after Xiao Suo received the letter.

The postman rushed to the post and saw that there were three feathers pinned to the letter and a seal stamped by the army. He thought it was some important confidential information and hurriedly sent it to the general's residence.

The steward left him to entertain him in the flower hall, and gave him a large bag of silver, saying that he would have more time to trouble him in the future, and had tea with him before sending the gift out.

In the evening when Xiao Suo came back from work, he saw an envelope on the desk under the window. He was so pleasantly surprised that he almost fell down. In his haste, he held on to the chair until he finally touched his knee.

He didn't care about it either, he opened the envelope with shaking hands, read it carefully three times from beginning to end, held the thick stack of paper to his heart, and breathed a long sigh of relief, only after a while did he remember to reply to the letter.

"The beacon fire lasts for three months, and the family letter is worth ten thousand gold." Shen Yan sent the letter all the way, talking about the commonplace.He wrote back to him all the way, and what he said was still commonplace.

"Wen Yuqing and Qingqing, seeing a letter is like meeting you. Today, the rain is falling, and the moon is shining like practice. I am far away from you, and we are at this time. Since Qing left, it has been [-] days since we parted. I miss you every day. I don't meet each other, I miss you every night without hearing the sound, and I can't help myself. I often wander under the shade of the osmanthus and the tung tree. There is no one who is not worried and worried. I read the book of Qing's family and heard that everything is well. It is enough to comfort and worry. I am afraid that the correspondence will take a lot of time. During the period, there may be strange changes and sudden changes, which is unknown. I have trouble sleeping and eating again, tossing and turning, and I cannot sleep unless I put this letter under my pillow. Wangqing's body My heart, don't say anything complicated. Only when swan geese send letters can reduce my worries. However, I also know that there are many tasks in the army. If you are sleepy at night, you must work hard. If you have no skills, you should take care of yourself first. , must not struggle hard, waste energy, earnestly!"

He couldn't stop his lovesickness, and wrote two pages eloquently. Just when he was about to talk to him about the family affairs, he suddenly realized that Shen Yan probably couldn't understand the words, so he rubbed the letter paper without hesitation. He dropped it, rewrote five or six pages of vernacular, put it in a new envelope, and asked the housekeeper to send it back for him.

The two of you come and go, Hongyan passes the letter, and when Shen Yan walks to the border, it is already the end of autumn.

Since Xiao Suo took over Yushitai, he has handled affairs with ease, and he doesn't have to worry about any major affairs in the court.Only Zhang Yunjian teased him every now and then, and often peeled off his clothes with his eyes, suffering from helplessness, he could only endure it.

But these things, he did not tell Shen Yan.

That day when the court was over, Huan Ye left him behind, talked to him about current affairs, and suddenly brought up the eldest prince—the Holy Majesty wanted to support the eldest prince as the crown prince, but he was afraid that the courtiers would criticize him, so he wanted to hear him suggestion.

Xiao Suo knew that the emperor's time was short, and if he didn't establish a crown prince at this moment, if there was an accident someday, he was afraid that the world would be in chaos.What's more, it's wartime, and the strongest Habayashi guards around the emperor are not in the court, so the country can't help the turmoil now.

This matter is imperative, and there is absolutely no possibility of delay.

But he can understand this truth, and Huan Ye naturally understands it even more clearly.The emperor still hesitated, and asked his opinion, which shows that he has other worries.

Sure enough, Huan Ye said: "The prince must be established, and I know that I don't have much time to delay. It's just the empress... I know how she spoiled the eldest prince these years. The prince is weak, so let me go How can he stand up! I'm afraid that when the time comes, the Empress, she... and Uncle Zhou also have soldiers in their hands."

Xiao Suo broke out in a layer of cold sweat when he heard the short passage.He understood what the emperor meant, it was because he was afraid that the eldest prince would be too weak, and that he might be at the mercy of the empress when he ascended the throne in the future.Although the foreign relatives in this dynasty are not as powerful as the Han Dynasty, they should not be underestimated.

Empress Zhou may not have the intention to usurp the throne, after all, the big man is her own son, but her brother may not be under her control.If there is a day in the future when the palace is forced, then his Huan family will change his surname.

The solution is nothing more than to kill the queen and her relatives.

Huan Ye has an idea, both openly and secretly, but he doesn't want to say it himself.He wanted Xiao Suo to make this dirty glove and help him bear the infamy, and his intentions were not malicious.

Xiao Suo is very clear about these thoughts, but he is not willing to offend the First Prince for nothing.Let me ask, if he proposes to kill the empress and the eldest prince ascends the throne in the future, how can he let him, the enemy who killed his mother, be spared?

"What does the emperor mean?" Xiao Suo paused, and for the first time in his life, he had the idea of ​​"an eye for an eye". I have always been very wise, maybe there is a way, but I don't know."

Huan Ye smiled and said: "Qing is smart and intelligent, don't you have any ideas? Don't worry, but it's okay, I guarantee you will be fine."

Since he said so, Xiao Suo could no longer talk about him from left to right, and had to ask tentatively: "Isn't the emperor... going to do the hooking thing?"

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Che had the intention to make Mrs. Gouyi's son the crown prince. In order to prevent the heroine from messing up the government, he adopted the minister's suggestion to kill the mother and set up the son.

Xiao Suo used the past to describe the present, which is really extremely cryptic.

Huan Ye was slightly startled, and sighed: "The eldest prince is young, if there is no mother by his side, how can he be subdued by civil and military officials in the court. But if there is a queen, there will be many troubles."

"What the emperor said is true." Xiao Suo took advantage of the situation and said, "In my humble opinion, the empress has always been benevolent, and she is definitely not the kind of person who messes up the government. If the emperor has hidden worries, he can issue a decree to restrain him, and at the same time take away the military power of the uncle. You can prevent problems before they happen, and there is really no need to do that.”

"What you said is also reasonable." Huan Ye waved his hand and said, "Okay, you step back. I'll think about it again."

Xiao Suo's waist was stiff and painful, and he was afraid, when he heard this, he hurriedly retreated away as if he had received an amnesty.

As soon as he got home, the housekeeper approached him with a happy face and said, "Your Excellency is back. The general's letter has arrived again, and it's on the desk. Your Excellency doesn't have to worry day and night now."

Xiao Suo ran in hastily, tore open the envelope, and shook out the letter paper, but he saw inside that it was bitterly cold at the border, even though it was late autumn and early winter, snow had already fallen.The two armies fought several times, each winning or losing.Now the Tushan people can't hold out because of the dangerous terrain, sufficient food and grass, deep ditches and high fortifications.Our army has been consuming it day by day, and now there is not enough food and grass.

Shen Yan was so worried about this matter recently that he hadn't rested for several days and nights, and his eyes were red from the boil.Although he was not written in the letter, Xiao Suo knew him best and could guess it.

It's just that he is such a powerless person, how can he help him?

Ten days later, the palace was supposed to hold an heir ceremony, but because of the report from the front, there was a layer of gloom all over the place, and there was no intention to hold any more celebrations.

The imperial court is short of money, no matter how worried it is, it can't change money out of thin air.Huan Ye probably looked away, and didn't care about the little reputation after death, but suddenly asked Yushitai to investigate the former Minister of Rites Zheng Duo, claiming that he was in collusion with the rich businessman Shi's family, and colluded with the noble relative Zhou's family externally, and had plots against him Heart.

Xiao Suo deeply despises Huan Ye's actions, but he is quite entangled, after all, he is the emperor, to whom he has devoted his life, and there is nothing he can do about it.

Although he was reluctant, he had to act according to the order.

The situation is treacherous, and within three days, the sky in Beijing has changed again.