Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 49

Fu Xuan was surrounded by several tough guards and stood in front of him, neither kneeling nor worshiping.Xie Ran frowned and said, "Prime Minister An, I'm afraid it's a misunderstanding. This person is the personal bodyguard of King Wuling. How can he be your Qin's rebel?"

An Heng let out a chuckle: "The King of Wuling actually takes our traitors by his side. I think it's Jin who is not sincere this time."

The envoy behind him chimed in and said, "Master Xie, please hand over this person to us. After all, this person is from the state of Qin. Is it possible that your state of Jin wants to protect him?"

Mrs. Xiang's carriage was still parked on the side, and she was no longer in the mood to offer incense. She has been exhausted until now, and she couldn't bear it anymore, and said to An Heng: "Why do people from my Da Sima Mansion become Qin people? Prime Minister An If you are the prime minister of a country, you can’t distinguish between right and wrong! This is the country of Jin!”

An Hengzhi said her identity, so it's not easy to argue with her, so he simply kept silent.

The wheels rumbled in the distance, and you didn't have to turn your head to look to know that it was King Wuling who was coming.However, when the carriage arrived, the curtain was lifted, and Xie Shu was the first to get out of the carriage.

She walked up to An Heng, pulled her cloak together, and said with a smile: "What's wrong with Prime Minister An? Why are you getting angry with a guard?"

Wei Yizhi came after her, glanced at Fu Xuan, and angrily said: "What are you doing standing there stupidly? You haven't come back yet!"

Fu Xuan immediately said yes, and walked straight forward, the guards surrounding him moved along with him, looking at An Heng from time to time, wondering if they should continue to block them.

"Wait." An Heng raised his hand to stop Fu Xuan, and said to Wei Yizhi: "The guard of the King of Wuling is from our country of Qin, and he is a sinner of the country of Qin. Please also ask the King of Wuling to hand him over to the truth."

"Qin people?" Wei Yi said with a funny face: "I just heard the news in the mansion and found it funny. Although his surname is Fu, he has nothing to do with your Qin country. He is a soldier of our Jin country. This is not only Jin officials present can testify, not only the king and my mother can testify, but also Prime Minister Xie and His Majesty our country."

An Heng smiled, "What about the evidence?"

Xie Shu suddenly asked, "What about Prime Minister An's evidence? You say he is a sinner of your Qin State, do you have any evidence?"

An Heng frowned slightly, he would definitely not count by identification, Xie Shu could also insist that he was from the Jin Kingdom, and there was no reason for that.

Xie Shu said again: "If Prime Minister An is worried, the Prime Minister can send someone to get his identity certificate."

It is not easy for the prime minister to get a certificate.An Heng pursed her lips and said nothing, but glanced back and forth between her and Wei Yizhi. After a long silence, she suddenly laughed, "So that's the case, it seems that the truth is misunderstood."

He ordered the guards to let Fu Xuan go, and apologized with Wei Yizhi and Xie Shu respectively: "The truth is also for the stability of the Qin State, so seeing people who are exactly like the traitors is naturally paranoid, please don't mind. "

"Prime Minister An is loyal to the country, and I admire him." Xie Shu returned the gift, and then told Xie Ran, "There will be a banquet at the Prime Minister's residence tonight, and Prime Minister An will treat Prime Minister An and all the envoys well."

An Heng smiled and thanked, and led the people away.

After boarding the car, he took another look at Xie Shu and Wei Yizhi who were standing side by side before putting down the curtain.

The state of Qin now has the sea in the east, Kucha in the west, Xiangyang in the south, and desert in the north.All countries in the Northeast and Western Regions have friendly relations with Qin, and only the state of Jin in the southeast corner still refuses to bow its head.

He came to observe the officials of the Jin State for several days, and found that the upper echelons seemed to have eased up a lot, and it was not like the rumors that the family was constantly fighting.The outside world also rumored that the two were in a hostile relationship, but today, it seems that this is not the case.

An Heng stroked the jade pendant on his waist, and murmured to himself: "It would be great if both of these two were in our country of Qin."

Fu Xuan's going out this time was Madam Xiang's idea, she didn't know Fu Xuan's background at all, she called him as usual when she wanted to go out to offer incense.Fu Xuan also had no objection, he thought it would be good to avoid the official office carefully, but he didn't expect that An Heng and others happened to be wandering around in the street.

On the way back, Wei Yizhi had to talk to his mother carefully, but he was selfish, and Mrs. Xiang soon heard it.

"Okay, okay, two of your three sentences are 'Thanks to Mrs. Xie', I know I owe him another favor!" Mrs. Xiang turned her face away angrily.

Wei Yizhi smiled and said: "Mother, don't be angry. I also hope that you will be less prejudiced. Although Mr. Xie is Xie Mingguang's grandson, he is completely different from him. You should have seen it these days, right?"

Mrs. Xiang snorted indifferently.

Although Mu Miaorong listened to Xie Shu's words, she still didn't tell Huan Ting about her going back to Ningzhou.That period of proud life has passed, and she has finally realized what it means to be cold and cold during this period of time, and she has no intention of getting involved in any children's affairs.

When Mrs. Xiang learned that she was leaving, she thought it was because she had ignored her during this time, but she was relieved when she repeatedly explained that it was because of her father.After getting along for a long time, of course she has feelings. She specially asked Wei Yizhi to send someone to escort her, and said with righteous indignation: "Your relatives don't recognize you, I recognize you, go to Ningzhou to see your brother and then come back, Da Sima Mansion has your own residence The place."

Mu Miaorong nodded with tears in her eyes.

The day of departure happened to be the day when the Qin and Jin countries formally negotiated an agreement. One of Wei Yi had to go to the government office early and could not send it off in person.He sent Fu Xuan with enough people to escort Mu Miaorong on the road, which happened to be able to transfer him out of the capital for a while.

When Mu Miaorong got into the carriage with the help of her maid, she turned her head and glanced at Wei Yizhi from a distance. He had already boarded the carriage and put down the curtain.She looked away and sighed softly.

Even the maids around her are worthless for her, such a peerless beauty, the King of Wuling didn't even give her a second glance, what kind of world is this?
The carriage drove towards Ximing Gate, and then exited Xili Gate, then went straight out of the city and headed for Ningzhou.Unexpectedly, as soon as he left the Ximing Gate, Fu Xuan called to stop.

"What's the matter?" Mu Miaorong opened the curtain, and saw Huan Ting coming on horseback in the distance, wearing brocade robes and ribbons, looking forward to flying.

"How did you come?"

"Accompany you to Ningzhou."

"You... aren't you going to get married?"

Huan Ting looked determined: "Who said that! I won't marry anyone but you!"

Everyone present smothered their laughter, even the maid couldn't help it.Mu Miaorong's pretty face was flushed red, she glared at him, closed the curtain, and got into the car.

Huan Ting waved to Fu Xuan unceremoniously: "Let's go."

Fu Xuan approached the horse and teased: "Mr. Huan's timing is really accurate."

Huan Ting laughed lowly: "Who gave me a good cousin."

His good cousin is sitting in the official office at the moment and is meticulously looking at the agreement document handed over by An Heng. It is no different from what she thought. What is involved in it is very superficial, basically it is a matter of mutual exchange, Sensitive issues such as the long-term truce and border defense between the two countries were completely ignored.

Xie Shu took a look at An Heng. He seemed to like brightly colored clothes. He was wearing a royal blue Hu suit today. It was hard for him to sit opposite him without attracting attention. He was talking to the envoy beside him. The corners of those eyes were slightly raised, and a slight smile seemed affectionate, but when the smile was suppressed, it became a little more oppressive.

She turned her head to look at Wei Yizhi again, he also read the agreement, looked at her and nodded.

An Heng sat up straight and asked Xie Shu, "Does Prime Minister Xie still feel that there is a problem?"

"Yes." Xie Shu put the agreement document on the desk, looked at him and said, "I need to add one more fact. If any civilians from the state of Jin are captured or robbed by the Qin soldiers on the border in the future, the state of Qin must compensate, and the state of Jin They also have the right to sue and even send troops.”

Qin Jun is cunning, and this is not the first time he has done something like this.It was rare for An Heng to show embarrassment, but he quickly faded away: "The truth can agree, but the truth also needs to add one thing. After the state of Jin concludes a peace treaty with the state of Qin, it can no longer form an alliance with Tuyuhun."

It is known that they came with the purpose of dividing Jin and Tuyuhun.Xie Shu laughed and said, "It's not difficult, but the wording is wrong. It should be during the period when Jin and Qin concluded the peace treaty. If Qin breaks the peace treaty, Jin can't just stick to the rules and just wait for death, right?"

An Heng laughed twice: "Prime Minister Xie is really good at making jokes, how could he sit still and wait for death?"

Xie Shu just smiled and said nothing.

The peace treaty was concluded, and it was getting late. The prime ministers of the two countries walked out of the official office together, and went to the palace to attend the banquet rewarded by the emperor.

Before boarding the car, An Heng glanced at Xie Shu with a smile, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "If Prime Minister Xie goes to Qin, he should be able to do more."

Xie Shu said almost immediately: "Then Prime Minister An wants to give up the position of prime minister to the real prime minister?"

An Heng was startled, then laughed.

The emperor was wary of the Qin State in many ways, and he didn't even have a good impression of An Heng. When he received An Heng, he hardly said much, and it was An Heng who said it himself.At night, the banquet in the palace was even more indifferent.Of course, it's more or less because the body is not as good as before.

Xie Shu intentionally gave the prince a chance, and kept winking at Wang Jingzhi, asking him to help the prince talk to An Heng. This would create an impression in the hearts of the Qin envoys that the emperor relied heavily on the prince. It seemed that the princes were clearly hierarchical and there was no sign of fighting , which can be regarded as one of the symbols of national stability.

With Wang Jingzhi's help, it will naturally have an effect.An Heng has also heard of this romantic and famous man, admires him very much, and even talked with him about metaphysics.

Seeing Xie Shu and Wang Jingzhi's eye contact, Sima Ting knew that she was helping the prince, so he gouged her out several times, and by the way, he silently recited her title of treacherous minister a hundred times a hundred times.

Xie Shu has practiced drinking, but today the emperor saw that the envoy was from the north, and specially ordered him to drink strong wine from the Western Regions. She was persuaded by An Heng to drink a lot, and she was a little dizzy when she left the palace.

In order to deceive others, Wei Yi called a little maid to help her out of the palace, while he himself followed far behind.

The little maid was so excited, Xie Shu was half leaning on her, she couldn't even walk steadily, she seemed to be more drunk than Xie Shu.

The officials gradually dispersed, and when they reached the gate of the palace, Wei Yizhi dismissed the little maid and helped Xie Shu out by himself.

Xie Shu leaned on him and asked, "Why are you fine?"

Wei Yizhi chuckled: "If I need something, who will help you?"

Xie Ran followed from a distance, watching the backs of the two leaning together with cold eyes, and took a long time to walk towards the palace gate.

Mubai came over from Che Yu to help Xie Shu, Wei Yizhi was about to let go, when seeing Chu Lian walked out of Che Yu, the hand that was about to let go grabbed her arm again.

"Why is Mr. Chu now your servant?"

Xie Shu shook his head: "He's been bored in the prime minister's house for the past few days, so I asked him to follow me around. I guess he hasn't eaten yet, so I have to go back quickly."

She was so considerate, which made Wei Yizhi even more displeased, before Chu Lian came to him, he said to Mubai: "Mr. Xie is going back with this king in the same car, and there is still something to discuss." After speaking, he helped Xie Shu and went Go to your carriage.

Xie Shu waved his hand at Mubai, indicating that it's okay, turned his head and purposely sniffed Wei Yizhi, and said with a smile, "It's really sour."

Seeing the two leaving in the same car, Chu Lian was a little surprised. He had never figured out what the relationship between the two was. Now seeing the close relationship between the two, he couldn't come to his senses for a while.

Mubai wanted to drive a car to follow him, seeing him standing stupidly, he called him, and murmured in his heart: You are not very clever, you still want to steal my job, hum!

No one in Wei Yizhi's car turned on the lights, it was dark, the smell of alcohol on Xie Shu's body filled it, mixed with the fragrance of her hair and the incense on her clothes, the smell was very strange, he smelled it in his nose, and his charming thoughts were also faint Get hooked.

Wei Yizhi hugged her tightly, kissed her side face, and said in a low voice: "When the Qin envoy is sent away, pick a day to go out with me, I haven't thanked you yet."

Xie Shu only felt that he had bad intentions, and said with a muffled smile, "What do you want to thank me for?"

"You gave my elder brother medicinal materials and helped Fu Xuan. If I don't thank you, wouldn't it be too impolite?"

"Okay." Xie Shu deliberately teased him: "Then can I take Chu Lian there?"

Wei Yizhi snorted, "What do you think?"

She smiled lowly: "Even want to treat my benefactor, you really..."

"That's not what he thinks."

"Ok?"

"It's nothing."

The end of the new year is approaching, An Heng is the prime minister of a country after all, he can't stay for long, so he bid farewell after everything was settled.In the past few days, Jiankang has been snowing lightly, but it is very fine and does not hinder the journey.

An Heng was wearing a cloak with a sable collar, which didn't feel elegant and luxurious, but had a bit more concise and clean temperament.He raised his hand to bid farewell to the Jin officials, and when he looked at Xie Shu, there was a deep smile in his eyes: "If there is a chance, I hope that Prime Minister Xie can also come to Qin as a guest."

Xie Shu raised his hand in return: "Definitely."

An Heng glanced at Wei Yizhi, and boarded the car with a smile.

The guards of the Qin State cleared the way from left to right, and the convoy drove slowly towards the city gate, carrying a gift from the emperor of Jin State, as well as the experience of observing the situation of Jin State this time.

On the street, there were crowds of people scrambling to watch, An Heng raised the curtain to look, and immediately there were women on the left and right who threw Ropa over, and were swept by the wind and landed on the car.He reached out to pick it up and smiled at the other party.

The personal attendant in the car said with a smile: "The two countries are friendly, and they don't regard us as enemies anymore."

An Heng wiped his hands slowly with a handkerchief, with a faint smile on his mouth: "But in the eyes of the truth, they will always be enemies, especially Wei Yizhi. One day, all this great Jiangnan will fall to my country of Qin hands."

On New Year's Day, the Prime Minister's Mansion rarely had a festive atmosphere. The butler led everyone to decorate, and the snow in the courtyard was swept away. Only a little snow flakes were still picked up on the pines and cypresses.

A charcoal stove was burning in the study, and incense was lit. When Xie Shu walked in, he immediately saw Xie Ran sitting behind the desk with his sleeves rolled up, making tea gracefully.

"You came quite early."

Since the questioning last time, the two haven't seen each other in private for a long time.Xie Ran looked up, Xie Shu was taking off his cloak, and he was wearing a scarlet robe, such a bright color, but not as eye-catching as her white face and red lips, he lowered his head to concentrate on tea: "The prime minister didn't ask me to come here Is it?"

"Yes, I'll let you meet a few juniors today." Xie Shu sat down behind the case and nodded towards Mubai.

Someone outside the door led three children in, all dressed in thick brocade jackets, stood in front of Xie Shu and saluted respectfully.

Mubai introduced to her one by one, the leader is Xie Zhang, the eldest grandson of the deceased Xie Dun, he looks like a teenager.The glutinous rice balls standing beside him were still as round as before, named Xie Jin, Xie Zhang's younger brother.Standing on the far side was Xie Xuan, Xie Ling's grandson. He had grown a lot taller, his eyes were lowered, but his expression was not restrained.

Xie Shu deliberately said: "I sent your father to the beheading platform, are you afraid of me?"

The two older children answered sternly that they were not afraid but respectful, as if they had made up their minds.After all, Nuomi Wanzi was young, so he was startled to cry by these words. Xie Zhang whispered a lesson beside him, but he couldn't make him quiet.

Xie Shu was both helpless and funny, and wanted to comfort him, but when he got closer, he cried even harder, so he had to ask someone to take him down first, and he didn't forget to give him the lucky money before leaving.

She asked Xie Zhang again: "I heard that you don't like reading, so do you like practicing martial arts?"

Xie Zhang's eyes lit up and he nodded.

"But military commanders also need to be able to read and write, so you still have to work hard." After Xie Shu finished speaking, he instructed Mubai, "Ask a good master to teach him martial arts, and remember to have a good character."

Mubai made a note, and asked someone to take Xie Zhang out.

Xie Xuan, who was left alone, stood quietly, not moving.Xie Shu originally had a lot to say to him, but now he didn't want to say anything, and directly ordered: "Leave him in the Xiangfu to teach."

Xie Xuan looked up at her, seemingly surprised, and only saluted to thank her after a while.

Xie Ran watched it for a long time, remained calm until Mubai took Xie Xuan away, and then asked: "What is the prime minister doing?"

"It's nothing, I just think it's a good seed." Xie Shu smiled and took a sip of the tea he had brewed.

Xie Ran looked at her, and secretly grabbed the hem of the clothes with his hands. She had even chosen an heir, but even if she had no heirs, shouldn't he be the best heir?

Xie Shu suddenly raised his eyes from behind the teacup and was staring at him.He was startled, and felt that his unwillingness was all seen by her, and he was a little embarrassed.

Xie Shu, you just have to firmly control me!He got up angrily and walked out the door.

Mubai walked back, passing him just in time, surprised and said: "Young master Ran quarreled with young master again?"

Xie Shu put down the teacup and smiled: "Why, I never quarrel with anyone."

(End of this chapter)