Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 14

Two years ago, when Tuyuhun invaded the border of Shanxi, Wei Yizhi led the army to go out and defeated the enemy in World War I, greatly boosting the country's prestige.Since then, Tuyuhun has kept himself safe and maintained good relations with Jin.

Emperor Xie Shu Shangshu, Tuyuhun loved singing and dancing, and the envoy has repeatedly expressed his appreciation for the singing and dancing of the state of Jin. This year, he might as well select musicians and actors to send to his court as a token of friendship.

The emperor wondered, this Xie Shu really fell in love with actors, and even worried about such things.

He had no objection, and approved a quasi-play, and Xie Shu would arrange the candidates.

Wei Yizhi's request was naturally declined, because Chu Lian was among the actors sent to Tuyuhun.

On the night when the list came out, Xie Ran knelt in front of Xie Shu and tried his best to dissuade him: "It's wrong to retreat and disobey the order, but how can the prime minister be merciful? If this person becomes a disaster in the future, it will be too late to regret it!"

Xie Shu said: "You don't have to worry, I've made up my mind, so let's do this."

Xie Ran pursed her lips and got up, and left the door angrily.

Mubai sighed, the arrogance that Young Master Ran had suppressed so hard was aroused again by Young Master.

Xie Shu had already sent someone to inform Chu Lian, but she still had no plans to meet him. She sat behind the case for a while, got up and went back to her room.

After a few summer rains, the smell of gardenias in the garden came out, scattered in the night, and the fragrance was alluring.

Xie Shu stopped by the flower, sniffed it, and suddenly heard someone talking behind the tree.

"Chu Lian sees the prime minister."

She was startled.

"Prime Minister forgive me, the villain did not intend to offend, but I am grateful for the appreciation of the Prime Minister, and I am here to thank you."

Mubai felt that this person was overstepping and wanted to chase him away, but was stopped by Xie Shu.

Chu Lian said again: "The villain has nothing to repay, but can only compose a song for the prime minister. May the prime minister be healthy and happy, and enjoy wealth forever."

He sat on the ground across a clump of trees, and sang a song: "Plucking weeds in the mountains, hungry at dusk. Windy valleys, frost and dew staining clothes. Wild pheasants flock, apes chasing each other. Looking back at the hometown, Yu Helei... ..."

With the lights hanging high, Xie Shu looked at his drooping eyebrows through the gaps between the branches and leaves. He hadn't seen him for many years, and he was no longer the reckless boy he was back then.

That face that was always flushed from the sun is now white, tender and handsome, the straightforward smile has become a habitual smile, and the hands that are used to touching the soil can only serve to build silk strings.

The hometown is gone, and it is difficult for old friends to stay forever.

The song stopped, and Chu Lian stood beside him, kneeling down respectfully: "Prime Minister forgives my sins, and the villain has something to ask for."

Xie Shu's voice was hoarse: "But it's okay to say."

"When the villain was young, he made an agreement with a woman to go back to find her after redeeming her. Unfortunately, he has not been able to fulfill his wish. Now that the villain is about to leave the country and can no longer fulfill the agreement. If there is a chance, please ask the prime minister to tell the reason for the villain on behalf of the villain. Old man."

"it is good."

"Thank you, Prime Minister." Chu Lian got up, glanced at her through the layers of branches and leaves, and left with downcast eyes.

She didn't ask who the old man was, and he didn't explain either.

Xie Shu turned to Mubai and said, "Don't reveal a single word about what happened tonight."

At the end of May, the State of Jin sent six music officials and dozens of actors to perform at the court of Tuyuhun.

Xie Shu put the tooth into the wooden box and hid it in the bottom of the box.

When the chariots and horses drove out of Jiankang City, the actors were very sad. Although life will be better in the future, they will bid farewell to their homeland forever, and in this life they can only bury their bones in another land.

Crying gradually sounded in the convoy, getting louder and louder, and finally stopped after being stopped by the music officer.Several singers couldn't help humming in a low voice, so sad and tactful that even passers-by couldn't bear to listen to it.

Chu Lian sat on the far side of the carriage with a calm expression.An actor next to him asked him, "Where is your home? Don't you miss home?"

"Jingzhou, after the famine eight years ago, I have no home."

"Ah, I'm sorry..."

Chu Lian looked at Xilimen, which was gradually disappearing from sight. After half a lifetime of bumps, he finally went to a farther place.

Is that person wishful?

If it is, then bid farewell, if not, just treat it as her.

He looked down at his hands, which had been touched, pinched, and beaten by countless people in order to survive.During the famine, I felt that I had achieved the ultimate in order to survive, and it was only after I became an actor that I realized that it was just superficial.

In the darkest years, his family members passed away one by one, and his pillars collapsed one by one. Only the bright face in his memory can give him hope.

She will never dislike herself, so she must go back.

But the way back was so difficult, it seemed that he would never save enough money to redeem himself, and he didn't dare to ask someone to inquire about her, fearing that it would be another bad news, and even his only hope would be gone.

Ruyi, how are you doing now?Are you full?Can I dress warmly?

It would be great if the prime minister was you, no matter if you are a man or a woman, at least you are still a person.

It's just that there will be a difference between you and me in the future, even if you don't dislike me, I won't be good enough for you.

He lowered his head to hit the building, listened to the singing of the singers, and whispered to each other: "When you come in, you don't say anything, and when you go out, you don't say goodbye. When you ride the wind, you carry the cloud flag. There is no sorrow, no sorrow, no parting, no joy, no new acquaintance..."

Half a month after the actors left, Xie Ran walked into Xie Shu's study with a booklet.

"When the actor team passed through Ningzhou, they were intercepted and ambushed by the Qin army. They were all captured and killed on the spot."

"..." The pen in Xie Shu's hand fell to the ground.

Xie Ran kept his face cold: "This is the bulletin that just arrived. The prime minister can check it out. It was definitely not my fault." He turned and left.

Xie Shu recovered from the shock, picked up the booklet and checked it again and again, it was indeed true.

how so?How did it end up killing him...

Going back to the room at night, she passed the gardenia tree again, and she stood there for a long time in a daze.

Don't forget the wealth and wealth.Huya, I am the most black-hearted person in the world...

On the morning of the second day, the prime minister was absent.

The emperor was deeply surprised. Although Xie Shu was in control of the government, he had always done a good job on the surface, and he had never left without warning.

Soon the Xie Mansion sent someone to send the zhezi into the palace, saying that the prime minister suddenly fell ill, and asked the emperor to grant him leave.

The prime minister who had been alive and kicking suddenly fell ill, and heated discussions were held in the entire capital.

With clever eyes and ears, he found out that among the actors who were sent away before, there was the one selected by Xie Xiangqin, so he vividly deduced a story——

The prime minister took a fancy to the musician, but the emperor sent the musician to Tuyuhun. Unexpectedly, the Qin people were fierce, and the prisoners killed the musician.

As soon as Huan Ting entered the restaurant, he heard a group of people spreading this story, and when he went up to catch the envoy, he kicked him.

"The prime minister is also something you can talk about with a broken mouth?"

Everyone scattered in fright.

Yang Saw came out to meet him, his eyes fell on the door behind him, and he asked in surprise, "Isn't that Zhongqing's carriage? Where is he going?"

In view of the masculinity of the prime minister, many ministers were reluctant to visit him.Some of them wanted to visit, but they were afraid of causing gossip, so they gave up the idea.

Wei Yizhi went to the Prime Minister's Mansion openly and aboveboard at this time.

On an increasingly hot summer day, the doors and windows of Xie Shu's room were wide open. She lay sideways on the couch, looking out the window, wondering what she was thinking.

Wei Yizhi was sent into the room by Mubai, just happened to see her side face, like the bright moon hanging in the sky shortly after sunset, not bright, but rather pale.

Wei Yizhi sat down beside her, looked at her quietly for a long time, and called out in a low voice, "Ruyi."

Xie Shu turned his head suddenly, his eyes gradually became clear from the blur: "It's Zhongqing."

She wanted to get up to entertain, but was stopped by Wei Yizhi.

"Ruyi's tone is melancholy, it seems to be a heart disease, what happened?"

Xie Shu smiled: "It's nothing, the weather has been repeated recently, I'm a little tired, that's all."

Wei Yizhi shook his head and sighed: "You and my brother, why bother to cover up. Nowadays, it is rumored that it is because of that actor, but is it true?"

Xie Shu stared down at the delicate embroidered patterns on his clothes, and suddenly realized that the person in front of him was the one who knew the most about his past besides Xie Mingguang.

What a surprise.

"He was my childhood playmate."

Surprise appeared in Wei Yi's eyes, but quickly disappeared.

"If he hadn't given me half a bag of rice back then, I wouldn't have survived the Xie family sending people to Jingzhou, and I wouldn't be where I am today."

"Then why did you send him to Tuyuhun?"

"To gain a clean reputation." She twitched the corner of her mouth, "It's all because of my selfishness."

"Where is it? It's Qin Bing's brutality. All this is just an accident." Wei Yizhi was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "In fact, my brother was captured by Qin Bing on the way."

Xie Shu raised his head unexpectedly: "What?"

"My brother, Wei Shizhi, is ten years older than me. I was weak and sick when I was young. He taught me to practice martial arts to strengthen my body. He led the army to guard the border and made contributions. Qin soldiers ambushed."

"Then he now..."

"I'm afraid he's gone."

It was the first time Xie Shu heard about this, and he remained silent.

Wei Yizhi stretched out his hand to cover the back of her hand: "Look away."

Xie Shu looked down at his fingers and nodded, "Thank you."

When Wei Yizhi left, the streets were already full of lights, there were singers singing softly in the teahouse and restaurant from time to time, and some people continued to discuss the prime minister and the musician.

When his elder brother had an accident, some people talked about it either gloating or sighing.But they are just outsiders, how do they know what the real experience feels like?
Back in the mansion, he found out the precious tonic rewarded by the emperor, and ordered Fu Xuan to send it to Xie Shu.

"Why did the king of the county suddenly..." Fu Xuan slipped his words for a moment and stopped in time.

Wei Yizhi waved his hand: "Go."

To the south of Fuzhou Mountain is the Ditan, which is the royal medicine garden, where various medicinal materials are planted for the court to use.

After Xie Shu recovered from his illness for a few days, he went to the Earth Altar alone, where he chose a small piece of land to bury the tooth and made a false grave.

She was alone, but wrapped a large pile of dry food and wine in a coat.When Huya was young, he was busy making ends meet, but now he is resting in peace, she must support him well.Just in order not to be seen by others, the dry food was wrapped and buried in the ground, the fine wine was sprinkled in the soil, and the fake tomb was also made very small.

If it is confirmed that he is really dead, then build a big grave for him.

Coming out of the altar of the earth, I suddenly heard the sound of clang and zither coming from Fuzhou Mountain.Out of curiosity, she walked up the mountain path.

It was noon and the sun was scorching hot. She was still fully dressed, and it was only at this time that she felt a bit of coolness when walking in the mountains.

In the gazebo where I met Wei Yizhi last time, there was a man in open clothes, playing the piano.Kongshan was silent, he was the only one present, not even a waiter.

Xie Shu didn't like rhythm, and the reason why he came here was because he thought of Huya when he heard the music, but now he was attracted by this person's unrestrained appearance, and couldn't help but take a few steps closer.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, the man turned his head to look, squinting his eyes, full of flair.

"Hey, isn't this the prime minister?"

Xie Shu smiled and walked into the pavilion: "Why is Governor Wang here?"

Wang Jingzhi stopped playing the piano, took the wine cup beside him and said with a smile, "I'll come if I want to. Would you like to have a drink together, Prime Minister?"

Xie Shu sat opposite him: "Alright."

Wang Jingzhi was already a little drunk, his eyes were blurred, and when pouring wine for Xie Shu, he said: "The prime minister seems to like the music I gave as a gift."

Xie Shu was stunned: "How to say?"

"Seeing the gloomy look between your eyebrows, you must still miss him."

Xie Shu couldn't help admiring that a half-drunk person could still read his words, these children from aristocratic families are really amazing.

"That's it."

Wang Jingzhi didn't comfort her at all, but laughed loudly: "Then, Prime Minister, are you really as good as Long Yang?"

"What's the difference between true and false?"

"Of course there is a difference. In the future, I will get along well with the prime minister, and I must not be seen by others."

Xie Shu took a sip of wine: "You're drunk."

Wang Jingzhi laughed loudly again. After laughing, he suddenly fell down on the stone table and fell asleep.

Xie Shu was extremely astonished, looking around, it was really only the two of them, should we let him fall asleep here, or carry him down the mountain?
She got up and poked Wang Jingzhi, he suddenly woke up, quickly held her hand, then he was taken aback, and then quickly let go: "I'm used to fighting with my family, the prime minister laughed at me."

He looked at Xie Shu's eyebrows, rested his forehead with one hand, and whispered in his mouth: "Furong is half-opened. If the prime minister is a woman, I will definitely come to ask for her, hahaha..." After laughing, he fell asleep on the table.

Xie Shu shook his head, ignored him, and went down the mountain by himself.

The sun was still scorching when we went up the mountain, but when we went down the mountain, it was already covered with dark clouds, and it started to rain after a while.

Xie Shu went back halfway, and covered Wang Jingzhi's body with the long gown that was used to wrap the offerings, lest he wake up and say she was unkind.

Back at Xie Mansion, Mubai was going out with a large group of people, seeing her, he hastily greeted her: "Young master is back, you will scare the subordinates to death if you go out alone, and the subordinates are going to look for you. "

Xie Shu forced a smile: "I'm back now."

Seeing that she was depressed, Mubai hurriedly used other things to divert her attention: "By the way, the young master asked his subordinates to go down and investigate. There is no such thing as Qin soldiers capturing Jin people in Ningzhou. The bulletin should be fake. Also, Mr. Ran has indeed mobilized troops in the mansion."

Xie Shu's eyes lit up: "Is this true?"

"It's true."

Xie Shu let out a long sigh of relief, unexpectedly he guessed right.

At present, she has limited power to Xie Ran, and the border express will only be delivered to her directly, but it was delivered by Xie Ran that day, which will inevitably arouse her suspicion.

The actors were selected by Xie Shu himself. Xie Ran was unable to place people in the team, so he must have planned to send someone to get rid of Chu Lian after the actor team left Jiankang, and then used a fake letter as an excuse.

But Xie Ran did have the ability, the fake newsletter was so flawless, Xie Shu already believed it when he sent someone to investigate.

"Have the men and horses in the mansion been dispatched?"

"Only dozens of people were mobilized, and the subordinates have already sent people to chase them. According to their schedule, they can return the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Xie Shu nodded: "Very good, go and pass on my message, and take back my seal letter to Mr. Ran. Also, from now on, the people in the mansion will directly obey my orders, and no one has the right to transfer them."

Seeing her cold and serious expression, Mubai didn't dare to delay, so he hurried to do it.

Xie Shu went back to his room to take a bath and change clothes, and he was refreshed when he returned to his study.

In fact, she has selfish intentions, no matter whether she and Huya recognize each other or not, the outside world has already rumored that she dotes on Huya, and he will definitely be involved in many disputes in the future.The envoy Tuyuhun said that their lord is very fond of listening to construction, but unfortunately no one in the country is good at it. She thought of this when arranging a place for Huya.

In the state of Jin where music and dance were not flourishing, actors were just playthings, but if they went to Tuyuhun, where singing and dancing were fond of, they could at least be regarded as entertainers.

Huya must be the same as her, he doesn't care where he is, as long as he can survive and live well.Only those who have struggled on the verge of death can look down on others, and only survive in their eyes.

She suddenly thought of that tooth. She was sad at the time, but now she thinks about it and feels silly.

Forget it, let's dig it out later.

After Mubai left Liuyunxuan, Xie Ran stood silently facing the window, without moving for a long time.

He had done nothing wrong, not at all.Back then when his childhood friend came to visit him, he somehow found out his true identity, and turned around to spread the word. Thanks to Xie Mingguang's early discovery, he prevented future troubles.

No one in this world can trust me except myself, so if you have a clue, you should kill the grass and roots as soon as possible.

Eight years ago, Jingzhou was simply a purgatory on earth, and anything could happen.Since Xie Shu has the handle in someone else's hands, how can he be merciful?The entire Xie family still depends on him, and he himself also depends on him!
"Why did uncle choose you?" He held the window frame tightly: "Did I bet on the wrong person?"

When the next time he rests, Xie Shu dismisses Mubai and strolls to the altar of the earth again.

It may be a whim for the prime minister to come once, but it would be strange to come too many times.The palace people in the medicine garden found that the prime minister came twice, each time to the same place, and that place was specially secluded to try to cultivate Cistanche, and suddenly they had subtle thoughts.

"Isn't cistanche aphrodisiac and tonifying the kidney?"

"A good man also needs to strengthen his yang? I thought the prime minister was like that, but the one below."

"Death! The prime minister is in a high position, how can he be below!"

"Eh? It makes sense."

Xie Shu came out of the altar, and suddenly saw someone straddling a horse, dressed in a moon-white beard, full of heroism, it wasn't Wei Yizhi.

There was no one around, he rode forward, leaned over and said with a smile, "Ruyi's complexion has improved a lot."

"That's right, Zhongqing didn't know something. It turned out that the express report was a fake, and my benefactor was not dead. With his talent, he will definitely be appreciated in Tuyuhun. From now on, he won't have to wander around, and his life will be worry-free."

(End of this chapter)