The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 253

"Brother Feiying is here?"

Geng Qing smiled and bowed to him, glanced at Qin Huaimian who was leaning against the fence, and sat down opposite him. Since he went to Longzhou, he and he hadn't seen each other for nearly two years. What happened in the middle was more or less in the middle There is some estrangement.

"What's wrong with Brother Feiying's face? Why didn't Brother Tu and Brother Yang call you together?" Geng Qing took a glass of wine and filled himself up. On the other side of the stairs, the clerk came quickly with a tray.

"Three distinguished guests, your dishes are here. This is jade carving, sea bass with pearls, and roasted lamb. You three will taste it first. If you need to say hello, the kitchen will make some for you."

The waiter reported the name of the dish, and waited by the stairs without going far. The shopkeeper told him that he was specially asked to serve there by the big shots.

The store waiter left, Wang Feiying turned her face away, took the wine glass to her mouth, and drank it in one gulp.

"Tu Shifei and I are not in the same way. He is a master who is used to borrowing the wind. As for Yang Huaixiong, he served in Li Shunjie's army and was defeated in Chang'an City that day." At this point, Wang Feiying glanced at Geng Qing and snorted: " Thanks to someone, I am now staying in Zhu Wen's army."

Geng Qing froze for a moment, and immediately understood what he was referring to, and was about to speak when Qin Huaimian, who was watching the street, turned and walked over, and sat down beside him.

"There is something that I can't figure out all the time, and I always want to ask Ji Chang."

"Brother Huaimian, please tell me."

"Why do you have to make trouble with the imperial court?" Qin Huaimian took the wine glass again, filled it up with Wang Feiying, glanced at Geng Qing, and said in a low voice.

"You and I, as well as other people, returned to Chang'an to welcome the first emperor and conspired with each other. How enjoyable it was, but now that you and Zhu Wen are together, who is he? A rebellious minister, why is Ji Chang so confused, helping the king to do things?" evil."

The words were loud and clear.

The scholar has been in Beijing for many years, and he has always had hope for the imperial court. When Geng Qing first came to Chang'an, he showed such ambition on the boat. Unfortunately, many years have passed. From a failed scholar to a servant of the official department, in the face of the general trend, he is like a lonely boat going against the current , fluttering and swaying.

He looked at Geng Qing, and Geng Qing also looked at him, and was silent for a moment, "I know your ambition, and I admire people like you, like my teacher. But, I can't do it, and it's impossible to do it. "

"Why can't it be done? The first emperor suddenly fell into the sky, I don't blame you." Qin Huaimian lowered his voice: "But, today's son has the appearance of a wise king, as long as he has been tempered for a few years and his mind is mature, it may not be impossible to rejuvenate the Great Tang in our hearts. .Why do you have to make trouble with him?"

The scholar is a man of bold temperament, he can express most of the thoughts in his heart, at this time his tone is stern and low, while Geng Qing over there droops his eyes, turns the cup in his hand, and his tone is also calm.

"It's not that I can't get along with him, but that every step I take, if I miss it, I can only go further and further. When Li Ye wanted to use Li Maozhen to kill me, I didn't have any good feelings for him. I'm neither you nor me. Teacher Yu Cong, I can’t be loyal if the king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die. I just came from a small mountain village. If anyone wants to kill me, I have to kill him first, then talk about right and wrong, and finally say yes or no live."

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"It's the same for Li Xuan, and it's the same for Li Ye."

As he spoke, Geng Qing sighed, poured water into the wine glass, and drank it up: "Brother Huaimian, call me today, but you are actually ready to act, right?"

The so-called action naturally refers to the court, the emperor will never sit still, Geng Qing put down the wine glass and put it on the table.

"Li Ye risked your lives, and he succeeded, thanks to the emperor. If he lost, you died, but he was still alive. This is the so-called Son of Heaven, but, can you really succeed?"

"How do you know if you don't try?"

Qin Huaimian was noncommittal, raised his head and poured the drink, looking at the bright sunshine outside the building.

"As a minister, you should do your duty faithfully. Even if you die, you should be open-minded. But you, Ji Chang, why do you come and go? Are you looking for a Mingjun? Or do you have other plans?"

He withdrew his gaze and cast it on the young man next to him.

Geng Qing was also a little drunk. He smiled and shook his head. In fact, many times, he didn't know why he did that. Went to Longzhou, and finally returned to Chang'an.

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He let out a long breath, at this time the few guests around had already left, Dou Wei and others took the stairs and drove those who wanted to come up down.

In the hustle and bustle of the street outside the building, on the quiet second floor, Geng Qing said softly: "Probably. Protect yourself. The world is too chaotic. There will always be right and wrong coming to your door. There are a lot of people in the family, so we must protect them. Brother Huaimian can't understand it, as for what ambitions and what to do, I still hope that the world will be peaceful, be a dog in troubled times, eat and wait to die every day, haha"

At this point, the voice stopped, Geng Qing knew that he had talked too much, restrained his emotions, and patted Qin Huaimian on the shoulder.

"Although I can't persuade you, I still want to say, don't do the assassination for Li Ye. There are [-] soldiers from Zhu and Wen in Chang'an. How many people have you killed?"

The scholar fell silent, and after a while, he squeezed out a little voice: "It depends on human effort."

Over there, Geng Qing nodded, poured the wine for him with his own hands, held it up and touched it, and called Wang Feiying on the opposite side to finish the wine together.

He propped himself up on the corner of the table, and before leaving, he turned his back to the two people in front of the table, turned his face, and said, "In a few days, King Liang will leave Chang'an and return to Bianzhou. The person in question should be Zhu Youlun, the commander of the Suwei capital, he is the nephew of the king of Liang, he has some martial arts skills, but if he is planning big things, don't get involved with me."

Qin Huaimian got up and cupped his hands, watching the figure who turned his face back and walked down the stairs. After a while, he took Wang Feiying to pay for the meal. When he settled the account, he found that the amount was wrong. The shopkeeper checked the account book one by one.

"Oh, that Shang Shuling just now took two extra jugs of good wine before he left, saying that the two of you paid for it."

Qin Huaimian, who was originally in a low mood, was dumbfounded by this incident. He kept himself clean and an upright official. He didn't have much money at home, and he didn't bring much money with him when he went out. Right now, his purse was almost emptied.

"This season often"

Looking outside the entrance of the hall, the bustling street, the carriage has passed the crowd to Guangde Square, on the way Dou Wei rode the horse and the carriage side by side, feeling doubts in his heart.

"Since the master's family did not agree to work with them, why did they tell Liang Wang about leaving the capital?"

"Jianghu affairs, it's not about fighting and killing, it's about talking about the world. You have to give face and affection." Across the curtain, Geng Qing rubbed his temples with a headache, stopped talking to the men outside, and relied on Sitting short, fell asleep drowsily.

In this way, in the next few days, there was no sign of trouble in the prosperous Chang'an, Zhu Wen also quietly took away more than [-] people when he left the capital, and Geng Qing went to see him off.

Soldiers and horses stretched to the end of the road, and the two walked on the side of the road to chat about homework.

"Brother, when you go, you should pay attention to your body and don't worry about it."

"Hehe, what Ji Chang said is above the bed, or is it military affairs?"

"Ha ha."

Geng Qing also laughed, and walked all the way, Zhu Wen took the reins from his hand, got on the horse, asked Zhu Youlun to order some things, and then sent him off to work.

"Ji Chang should go back too."

Zhu Wen stroked the horse's mane. He was never the kind of hesitant person. He was about to leave when Geng Qing stopped him suddenly.

"Brother, Qing feels that it is inappropriate to entrust the commander with the matter of Chang'an. He is arrogant and despises others, which may bring disaster."

"Has he provoked Ji Chang?" When it came to the expedition, Zhu Wen's thoughts were mostly on Wei Bo's side, and he didn't think too deeply after hearing these words. After all, he was clear about his nephew's temper.

"Lack of tempering, but his temperament is like that. Ji Changan will stay in Chang'an and take care of me for a while. If you have slighted you, he will write a letter for brother to reprimand him."

After saying this, he didn't stay any longer, and rode in armor and led the guards to the front of the army.

The mighty long dragon meanders away from the official road, and Geng Qing doesn't have any disappointment on his face. He actually took these words as repayment, and as for Zhu Youlun, whether he dies or not has nothing to do with him.

"I was sitting on the distant mountain watching the fire, and suddenly the forest was shaken by a demonic wind, and the two colorful tigers rolled around, scratching and tearing the blood dripping to peel off the flesh."

Humming and chirping to the opera tune, Geng Qing sat in the chariot, with one leg crossed, shaking his head and humming, telling Dachun to return to the city.

'If you want to fight, just hit and don't mess with me. '

(End of this chapter)