Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 17

Wei Yizhi sneered: "My Wei family taught Wang's calligraphy, don't you know?"

"So that's it." Xie Shu clicked his tongue: "Then I'd better stop writing, Mrs. Xiang will definitely recognize it."

Wei Yizhi put down his pen: "You write something to see."

Xie Shu dipped his pen into the ink and wrote the word "shu" on the paper.

Wei Yizhi got up and sat next to her. After reading it, he pointed to a few places: "These few strokes are light, but here they are heavy. The bones are good, you are not practicing."

Xie Shu sighed: "I don't have time to practice calligraphy. I didn't know how many books I had to read in those years. I just memorized memorization all day long. There is a place in the backyard of the prime minister's mansion, because I memorize memorization aloud every day, so far that even a sparrow is afraid to read it." go."

Wei Yizhi finally couldn't help laughing, and the depression in the past few days seems to have dissipated a lot: "I was banned by my mother at that time, and I could only write if I couldn't speak. I almost copied all the military books at home. Words will naturally come out."

"I see."

Xie Shu lowered his head and wrote the words again as he said, Wei Yizhi couldn't help but instruct: "Don't use too much force there, yes, lift the hook and turn your wrist simply."

"so?"

"No," he leaned over and shook her hand naturally: "This way..."

When the pen fell, both of them were startled.Xie Shu looked at him sideways, and he also turned his head. The two were so close that they almost smelled each other.

Xie Shu gently broke away from his hand, "Okay, just say it clearly, I have something to do, so I'll go back first."

Wei Yizhi watched her go down the attic, turned his head to look at the word "special" written by her, and changed it after a long time.

"Shu" became "Shu".

He put down his pen and sighed deeply.

More than half a month has passed, and Jiankang City has reached the point where it is unbearably hot.

In order not to arouse suspicion, Xie Shu simply wore narrow-sleeved Hu clothing all day long, calling it a personal hobby, but only he knew how hot it was.Now what she looks forward to most every day is the moment when she removes the chest cloth before going to bed at night.

Cool!
Although physically uncomfortable, I was very happy in my heart.Xie Ran has played with the prince out of the way, and coaxed the prince to be so happy that he really trusted him.

The iron was struck while the iron was hot, so Xie Ran emotionally talked about his "sad past" with the prince.He described Xie Minghui as a loving father who was old enough to hope for his son to become a dragon, and described himself as a rebellious son who only cared about himself and disregarded filial piety, and finally concluded in a very sad tone: "The son wants to support him, but he will not wait for his relatives."

The prince was deeply moved, and was moved by his words on the same day. He took off his outer shirt, held a ruler in his hand, and knelt outside the emperor's bedroom, confessing his sins and repenting.

The emperor is not an unreasonable person. After all, this is his own son. Since he sincerely said that he wants to repent, he may be able to teach him since he is young. What's more, what Xie Shu said that day really made him feel uncomfortable. .

Although the queen mother beat the side drum, if Wang Wei really wanted to get married, he could only watch helplessly. At present, it seems that he can only feel wronged for a while.

The emperor threw away the veil covering his forehead and sighed: "Forget it, let's put this matter aside for now."

As soon as the news came out, Xie Shu was overjoyed, and the Ninth Prince was full of resentment.

The Ninth Prince's name is Sima Ting. As the name suggests, he has shown a violent temper at a young age, but it is also true that he is proficient in everything in literature and martial arts. In addition, his mother is the ever-favoring Concubine Yuan Gui, who has been praised by the emperor since birth. Care in the palm of your hand.

Having been ruined by the Xie family twice in a row, the Ninth Prince couldn't swallow this breath. After all the officials came down, he specially waited for Xie Shu to pass through the palace, intending to show her off.

Xie Shu was wearing a light-colored Hu suit, holding a folding fan in one hand and striding forward to shield her from the sun. The maids on both sides who cared about her were eager to go forward and fan her, and they caught a glimpse of the dark-faced Ninth Prince not far away. , Scattered in all directions.

Xie Shu bowed his head and rushed towards the palace gate, not noticing that there was someone waiting for him, and ignored the Ninth Prince.

The Ninth Prince rushed to the ground angrily, and immediately shouted: "Xie Shu!"

Xie Shu turned his head and looked over, showing a smirk: "Ah, it's Your Highness Ninth Prince, I'll see your Highness."

"Hmph! How dare you turn a blind eye to His Highness! How dare you!"

As soon as Xie Shu heard this tone, he knew that he was here to find fault, "Your Highness misunderstood, I really didn't see you just now."

"Hmph! It's not that you didn't see it, it's because you are lowly and lacking in education!"

The maids and eunuchs on both sides retreated quickly, and the other officials could only pretend that they didn't see it, and silently chose to detour out of the palace.

Xie Shu understood what the Ninth Prince meant, so he didn't make any distinctions. After all, he was still a child, and if he spoiled his bad temper, it would be over if he let him vent his anger.

Seeing that she was still in the mood to look at the sky and fan the fan, the Ninth Prince became more angry and humiliated her even more.

Before cursing to relieve his anger, Wei Yizhi came out.

Seeing this posture, he was very surprised. Originally, he wanted to persuade the Ninth Prince. After all, it is easy to be criticized for being arrogant, but seeing Xie Shu felt extremely uncomfortable. In the end, he didn't say anything and chose to detour out of the palace. .

After getting into the carriage, Fu Xuan asked if he wanted to go back to Qingxi or the old house, Wei Yizhi thought for a moment and said, "Let's go back to Qingxi."

When I go back to the old house, I always think of the situation in the attic, although the word "Shu" has been burned by him on the spot.

How can there be such a confused mind?Xie Shu is not a woman and has nothing to regret, so he treats him like a brother.

Xie Shu was taunted in the palace, no one was as angry as Mubai, he was so angry that tears were about to come down: "Young Master is the head of all officials, the head of the Xie family, when did you suffer such grievances? The Ninth Prince bullies people too much! "

Xie Shu got into the car, took out two small balls of paper from his ears, and smacked his lips: "Forget it, I didn't hear clearly anyway."

"..." Mubai immediately withdrew the teardrops that were on the verge of falling, feeling as if he was wasting his feelings.

This matter soon reached the emperor's ears, which made him very helpless. Later, seeing that Xie Shu had no intention of pursuing it, he simply pretended not to know and let it go.

Huan Ting also heard about this, and felt that his cousin was really wronged to death, so he kindly came to invite her to spend the summer in Stone City, just to relax.

Xie Shu has always wanted to train helpers among the young aristocratic children, so he readily agreed.

Stone City is located in the west of Jiankang City. It is very cool in summer because it is surrounded by water on three sides.

On the day of departure, several people made an appointment to meet and board the ship at Shitojin.Xie Shu was dressed in a snow-white beard, with a high bun, and the only decoration on his body was the jade pendant around his waist, but as soon as he appeared, he caught the attention of others. Huan Ting even touched the thin powder on his face and muttered: "It's not as good as it is."

Yang Saw and Yuan Peiling both despised him with their eyes.

Wei Yizhi was also invited. He is wearing a toga and clogs today, describing it as casual.He was still smiling when he got out of the car, and he felt unnatural when he saw Xie Shu, but he suppressed it because of the presence of everyone.

Xie Shu greeted him with a smile. Although she was embarrassed about what happened in the attic that day, it was a woman's instinct, so she quickly put it behind her.

Wei Yizhi returned the gift, but didn't say much to her, and turned to talk to Huan Ting and others.

While talking, Yang Saw gave Huan Ting a wink: First, it was the matter of abolishing the crown prince, and then it was the matter of ruining the marriage. Now everyone knows that the relationship between the Prime Minister and the King of Wuling is deadlocked, and you actually invited both of them at the same time!
Huan Ting was puzzled.

When the boat sailed to the middle of the river, the sun was shining brightly, and the river water was as dynamic as gold dots.The singing of the fisherman's girl came from far away, and it was sent by the wind, full of tenderness and sweetness.

Huan Ting laughed and made fun of Xie Shu: "Cousin, look, that woman is singing to you."

Xie Shu squinted his eyes and said with a helpless smile, "I'm not good at rhythm, singing to me would be as useful as giving me a fish."

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed loudly.

Wei Yizhi glanced at her and smiled.

When they landed, there were already waiters waiting at the ferry, leading them to a bamboo hut not far away to rest.

The road was long and thin, and everyone walked in a column without knowing it.Wei Yizhi happened to be following Xie Shu. He intentionally did not look at her, but looked elsewhere when the guard behind him shouted, "Who!"

Several people stopped in shock, and shot a cold arrow from the side, heading straight for Xie Shu.

Wei Yizhi pulled Xie Shu back in time, clasped her waist and leaned against him, the feathered arrow scraped off his cuff, tore the sleeve sharply, and sank deep into the opposite tree trunk.

Everyone was shocked, and the guards reacted quickly, half chasing people, half protecting them and rushing back to the boat.

The boat sailed back again, and Huan Ting came back to his senses tremblingly: "How could someone make a sneer? This is not the first time we have come to this place."

Xie Shu was also quite frightened, and only then did he have the opportunity to thank Wei Yizhi: "Fortunately, you acted in time just now, and this time I owe you a favor again."

Wei Yizhi nodded his head: "It's good that people are fine."

Huan Ting sat over, looked at his cut sleeve, stroked his chest: "Fortunately, it's a broken sleeve and not a broken arm."

Wei Yizhi's face froze, and when he looked at Xie Shu again, he found it too glaring, and he left as soon as the boat touched the shore.

"Eh? What's the matter? Zhongqing won't be more afraid of assassins than me, right?" Huan Ting was very puzzled.

Yang Saw stared at him, his eyes clearly said: If Nian hadn't been friends with you for many years, I would have broken up with you long ago!
Yuan Peiling stared at him from the side: You are not alone.

The guards soon returned across the river and reported to Xie Shu that some people in the stone city had seen foreigners haunting them, and they suspected they were spies of the state of Qin.

"How could it be that spies have been infiltrated around the capital?" Yuan Peiling's father was in charge of the defense of the capital, so he was very worried.

Xie Shu asked the guard a few more questions carefully, and felt that it was not quite like it. If Qin was a spy, he would not single her out.

She ordered someone to fetch the feather arrow, and she wanted to take it back and study it carefully.

This happened so coincidentally that everyone naturally suspected the Ninth Prince who dared to reprimand Xie Shu in public, and even Xie Ran raised this conjecture after hearing the news.

Xie Shu didn't think so.First of all, although the Ninth Prince is arrogant, he is still young, so he is not so vicious or powerful; secondly, Yuan Peiling who is present is a relative of his mother and concubine's family, so he is not so brainless as to drag his family into trouble.

But since there is such a good opportunity, why not give this kid a wake-up call.

"Tuiji, you go ask a group of ministers to report to His Majesty, and ask them to state that the Ninth Prince's conduct is not good, but please don't mention my assassination this time."

Xie Ran understood, and quickly arranged things properly.

The emperor received a memorial every day, all of which said bad things about his beloved son. From different incidents and different angles, he dug out many unknown things, and of course they might not have happened at all.

The emperor understood that the prime minister wanted to avenge his private revenge publicly.

He had no choice but to call the Ninth Prince to him, severely criticized him, and gave him a small punishment.

Although the Ninth Prince was unwilling, he did settle down a lot afterwards.

Xie Shu had a clean ear, and immediately ordered people to investigate the assassination with all their strength.

The dysprosium of that feathered arrow was engraved with writing, but it was not Chinese characters.She remembered the guard's report and decided to find a helper.

Wei Yizhi was practicing martial arts in the courtyard, when Fu Xuan walked in, "Your Majesty, the prime minister is here, but he is at the side door and has not entered the mansion."

In fact, Xie Shu didn't want to be bumped into by Mrs. Xiang at this time.

Wei Yizhi wiped off his sweat, and asked lightly, "Is there something wrong with him?"

"It is said that I want my subordinates to help identify the source of the arrow dysprosium."

"Well, then you can go and help."

Fu Xuan wondered: "The prime minister came in person, isn't the county king planning to meet?"

Wei Yizhi remembered Huan Ting's words, and muffled: "No see!"

Fu Xuan didn't know what happened to the county king, so he didn't want to ask more questions, so he obediently went out to see Xie Shu.

In order to deceive others, Xie Shu invited him into the car before handing him the arrow: "Someone told the truth that this is something used by Qin Bing. Look at what it is."

Fu Xuan took it and carefully identified it, shaking his head and said: "This is not a character, but a symbol, but the engraving is too correct."

Xie Shu didn't quite understand what he meant: "Shouldn't it be right?"

"That's not true. The prime minister didn't know that this kind of dysprosium engraved with symbols has not been used in the Qin military camp for more than ten years. It is because of errors in forging that the Emperor Qin simply ordered to cancel this regulation."

Xie Shu suddenly realized, and asked again: "How long do you think this arrow has been used?"

Fu Xuan showed shame: "Forgive me, Prime Minister, I'm not good at archery, so I dare not speak nonsense. The county king is a good player, the prime minister might as well ask him."

It was only then that Xie Shu remembered that Wei Yizhi hadn't shown up. At this point, he couldn't care about Mrs. Xiang anymore, so he was about to get out of the car to see him.

Fu Xuan hurriedly followed: "Prime Minister stay on your feet, the county king doesn't want to see guests right now."

Xie Shu withdrew his foot from entering the door: "Why?"

"Subordinates... don't know either."

Seeing him hesitating, Xie Shu suddenly reacted.

It must be because Huan Ting said something wrong that day.Alas, isn't it just a slip of the tongue, she still bears the name of being a good man, so why bother.

"It's okay, you stay here, the truth is that I want to break in, and he won't blame you."

Wei Yizhi just changed his clothes and was about to go out. Xie Shu bumped into him not long after entering.

"Hey, Zhongqing, it just so happens..."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Yizhi turned his head and left.

The smile on the corner of Xie Shu's mouth turned into a twitch, it seems that he really minds...

Failed.

Back at Xie Mansion, Xie Ran was sitting in the hall with a displeased expression on his face. When he saw her come back, his face softened a little, "The prime minister came back just in time. Xie Ling came here just now and said that he knew about your assassination. Out of worry, I want to train guards for you."

Xie Shu almost choked on his own saliva: "He trained the guards for me?"

Xie Ling was her cousin who had tuberculosis and dreamed of becoming a general. This time, she suddenly made this request. Could it be the dream of being a general again?
Xie Ran snorted coldly, "It's just overthinking one's abilities."

Xie Shu understood, he must have been stimulated again.

Although I haven't met a few times, he is his cousin after all, so he can't help but show off. Xie Shu waved his hands and said, "Forget it, let him play with twenty or thirty people, and he may not be able to persist."

Xie Ran snorted again.

As the prime minister, Xie Shu has suffered many disasters. It is not only my uncle who cares about her, but also those fans.

Since then, on the road every day, except for the guards, Xie Shu always followed a large group of people, men and women, old and young, their posture was almost the same as that of escorts.

Occasionally someone wants to throw melons and fruits on her car, and someone nearby will stop him in time: "Don't make trouble! The prime minister was just startled, what if he gets scared again!"

Mubai laughed secretly in the car: "At first, my subordinates still thought the rumors about masculinity were indecent, but looking at it this way, it seems that there are more people supporting Young Master."

Xie Shu thought of Wei Yizhi, tut tut and shook his head, look how optimistic our Mubai is!

Huan Ting, the culprit, soon realized his mistake. Under the guidance of Yang Saw and Yuan Peiling, he repented deeply, and then decided to invite Wei Yizhi to make an apology.

Yuan Peiling reminded him that he must invite the prime minister to come with him.

Huan Ting was puzzled: "But didn't you say that the relationship between the Prime Minister and King Wuling has become rigid?"

Yang saw an expression of "you are a pig": "The prime minister was saved by Zhongqing this time, so I must thank him. Go and mention it to him and ask him to host a banquet, and you will be the host. If you come out on your own, Zhongqing You will understand that you want to make amends for the broken sleeve, and don't you feel more uncomfortable?"

"Ah, that's right."

Yang Saw took a sip of tea, and really wanted to break up with him.

Wei Yizhi didn't bother to look at Xie Shu deliberately for several days, and gradually forgot about it, but suddenly received her invitation and frowned.

Originally, he really didn't want to go, but it happened that Fu Xuan told Xie Shu that he had asked him to appraise the arrow, so he agreed.

Fu Xuan didn't go with him to Stone City, and didn't know about the "broken sleeve", so he managed to persuade him: "Although the county king and the prime minister have frequent conflicts of political views, they have a deep friendship in private, and my wife is also angry for a while, why should the county king Why do you care so much?"

Wei Yizhi sighed: "You don't understand..."

The banquet hosted by Huan Ting was definitely about having fun. Both Yang Saw and Yuan Peiling were playboys, and they brought their dancers and singers to show off to King Wuling as a real man, and he would feel at ease then.

The banquet was held in the other courtyard of Xie's house, and Xie Shu was so busy that he came very late. When he arrived at the banquet and saw a large group of beauties serving him, he immediately regretted leaving the matter to Huan Ting.

Wei Yizhi was the last to arrive, saw Xie Shu from a distance, and specially chose a seat farthest from her.

As soon as Yuan Peiling winked, a beautiful woman rushed forward, mouthing "Wuling King" one by one, making her whole body go numb.

(End of this chapter)