Prime Minister dare not be

Chapter 58

It was just dawn, and servants were already cleaning the steps in front of the Wei family's old house.A layer of autumn frost has fallen, and the weather is getting colder and colder. After all, the old house is not as good as Da Sima's Mansion. The servants think that King Wuling will go back soon, but he has lived here for half a month, so far he has no intention of leaving. .

"I guess it's because of the prime minister." The servant on the left said with a smile.

"Don't talk about it, you don't want to live anymore, do you?" The person on the right hit his calf with a broom.

"I didn't say this alone. Who doesn't know that the prime minister wants to occupy our county king? Did you find out that the county king came here as soon as something happened. After that, the prime minister came here almost every day. Every time he left I always look tired, tsk tsk, isn't it all because I can't stand the consumption."

The other person was about to scold him when there was the sound of ruts coming from the direction behind him.The two turned their heads and saw the sign of Lu's family printed on the car, they didn't dare to be negligent, one of them stood by to greet him, and the other rushed in to report.

The one who came was Lu Xining, the nephew who has been favored by Lu Cheng recently.

A few days ago, Wei Yizhi wrote a letter to Lu Cheng according to Xie Shu's suggestion, explaining the pros and cons in detail, hoping that he would take care of the overall situation, but he didn't hear back for several days. I don't think Lu's family came to visit directly today.

Wei Yizhi came to meet him in the living room, Lu Xining was dressed in a blue robe, with delicate features and a gentle expression, which made people feel kind at first glance, but as his Lu family member, Wei Yizhi naturally wouldn't really think him kind.

The two sat down at the ceremony, but Lu Xining didn't make a fuss, and said, "I'm here today for the letter from Da Sima."

Wei Yizhi was wearing plain casual clothes with a blue collar and hemmed edges. He looked a bit casual, but his expression was more serious than in court: "I don't know what Master Lu means?"

"Uncle said that the rise and fall of the country is a major event, so he should contribute. It's just between Da Sima and the prime minister..." Lu Xining's eyes suddenly became ambiguous: "Da Sima should understand that the relationship between the two of you has already spread in the capital. Excuse me I am rude, some people say you are forced, but others say you are voluntary. Uncle is really curious about the relationship between you two."

Xie Shu has now covered the sky with one hand, and Lu Xining couldn't directly say that Lu Cheng and Xie Shu had a grudge, so he used "curiosity" as an excuse to probe.

Wei Yizhi didn't speak, a bit of embarrassment suddenly added to his solemn expression, and his eyes also avoided.Lu Xining still had that smiling look, but he recalled his expression several times in his heart.

Just as the prime minister was speechless, Fu Xuan suddenly appeared at the door: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister invites you to come over."

Wei Yizhi looked at Lu Xining, sighed, got up to apologize, and asked him to wait a while.Lu Xining's face was calm, but he was extremely surprised in his heart. He didn't expect the prime minister to be here early in the morning.

Or was it here all night?

Fu Xuan came in to watch tea for him, Lu Xining knew that he was Wei Yizhi's close friend, and asked tentatively: "Does the prime minister often come to see your county king early in the morning?"

"This... the king of the county ordered his subordinates not to talk too much, Mr. Lu forgive me."

Lu Xining smiled and said, "I am talking too much."

That being said, I already got the answer in my heart.

No wonder the prime minister wants to put King Wuling under house arrest. What a chance, King Wuling can let him ravage him now.Thinking about it this way, Lu Xining couldn't help but regret that he came hastily. In fact, the Lu family is still very willing to cooperate with King Wuling, otherwise they wouldn't let him come here in person. It may die before it even starts.

He took a sip of his tea, and couldn't sit still. Fu Xuan, who had just left, walked quickly into the hall again, and raised his hand to make a request: "Please hurry up and leave, Mr. Lu, my county king is worried that you will be caught here." The prime minister found out."

Lu Xining nodded again and again: "I also have the same intention, please show me a way."

Fu Xuan led him out, turning around from the garden to the back door.Lu Xining seemed to be an experienced person, he only looked at Fu Xuan's heels in front of him, and walked with his head down.

Speeding all the way, passing a courtyard, suddenly heard an extremely loud whip whipping sound from inside, followed by a muffled groan, which made Lu Xining startled.

"Do you know how to be obedient in the future?" The tone was cold, but the voice was indisputable. Lu Xining had heard this voice before, and it was the prime minister.

"What? Still refuse to agree to the truth? Then the truth will be forced." There was the sound of whipping and the sound of people groaning again, and the next sound was a bit indecent, with slight groans and groans mixed in , only Xie Shu's deep laughter was the clearest, which made Lu Xining blush.

Fu Xuan turned around and hurriedly asked him to leave, his face was also red, as if he wanted to run away.

The two were silent all the way, until they reached the back door, Fu Xuan ordered his servants to bring Lu Xining's carriage over, taking advantage of the seclusion of the place, he begged in a low voice: "Can Mr. Lu keep the secret for my county king? He is proud Ao, it’s really impossible for people to know about this.”

Lu Xining pretended to agree and said some words of relief, but in fact, he was already preparing a draft in his heart, and was going to report to Lu Cheng as soon as he went back——Wuling King was indeed forced by the prime minister with his power, no wonder he wanted to deal with her , this matter is believable!

Xie Shu sat on the couch and beat his arms, sighing: "It's really tiring to swing the whip, but it's worth it if you can get the money out."

Sitting opposite her, Wei Yizhi sorted out the map on the case and said helplessly, "My reputation has been ruined."

"Haha, you clearly know that he is here to test the relationship between you and me, so why don't you show him what you can do." Xie Shu got up from the couch with a smile. Kneeling down next to Wei Yizhi, holding his chin with the handle of the fan in his hand, turning his face to him: "You don't want to be crushed by me, do you?"

"When have I been pressed down by you?" Wei Yizhi just finished speaking and remembered the time in the study, coughing unnaturally.

Xie Shu smiled lowly, leaned into his ear and said something, and his complexion improved: "You said this yourself, you can't go back on your word."

"Naturally, the truth never breaks its word."

Wei Yizhi smiled, and pulled her closer. Now that he was preparing for the war, he could only put his love for his children aside for the time being. He took the news from the frontline that he had just received, and discussed with her in detail.

It was almost noon when Xie Shu left, but unfortunately, he bumped into Mrs. Xiang who was about to enter at the door, and the two looked at each other, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Meet the Prime Minister." Mrs. Xiang bowed first, she lost a lot of energy, but her spirit has improved a lot.

"Ma'am, don't be too polite." Xie Shu was worried that he would leave because he provoked her one more time, but Madam Xiang suddenly stopped her.

"Thank you, Prime Minister."

"Madam thank you for the truth?"

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for what you said for Shizhi. After he made such a big mistake, he saved some of his reputation."

It was only then that Xie Shu realized what she was talking about, and said with a faint smile: "Ma'am, you are serious. I believe it is the truth. Madam also has confidence in her son."

Mrs. Xiang stared down at the ground, saluted after a while, then turned and entered the mansion without saying anything.

After Xie Shu left, he did not return to the mansion, but entered the palace.The emperor has also been persuaded to support the water war, but it is also a fact that the treasury is not rich.Xie Shu had long planned to make another fortune in the big families, so he suggested that he invite several heads of the families with close contacts to meet.

The emperor showed up the next day, so that even if the news got to Lu Cheng's ears, there would be no suspicion.It's just that these aristocratic families are very cunning, and most of them said that the Xie family took the lead before they were willing to pay.

This is a matter of loss and loss, Xie Shu had planned to pay the money long ago, and he did not refuse, on the day he got the news, he asked Mubai to inform the uncle who was in charge of the accounts in the prime minister's mansion, and asked him to sort out all the accounts and send them to him Show her a look, and order to count all the valuables that are not usually used in the prime minister's mansion, in case of emergencies.

Mubai asked nervously: "Young Master, are you planning to flee without fighting?"

Xie Shu threw the pen in his hand on his face and drew a slash: "What nonsense are you talking about? Am I the kind of person who runs away when something happens?"

"Yes, yes, my lord, I was wrong." Mubai smiled apologetically while wiping his face with his sleeves.

Xie Shu snorted: "If you really want to run, then you can go on the road without bringing anything."

"..." Mubai looked at her thin body, and felt that it was important to hurry up and make tonic for her, otherwise, if that day really happened, he might not be able to run far.

The news that the Xie family wanted to contribute money seemed to be instigated by other aristocratic families, but the people in the Xie mansion knew that Xie Shu himself was very active.Xie Ran and Xie Shu have been deliberately avoiding each other these days, but this time they couldn't hold back.

Xie Shu was looking at the account book in the study, and from the corner of his eye, he saw someone standing at the door, looked up and saw that it was Xie Ran, and was startled for a moment.

"come in."

Xie Ran walked up to her with a sullen face and knelt down: "I heard that the prime minister plans to fund the preparations for the war?"

Xie Shu didn't answer, and laughed first: "Uncle Tang has no official position, but he still likes to intervene in the decision of the truth."

Xie Ran's face froze slightly: "If the prime minister thinks my words are redundant, he can ignore them. But I have to say that what a patriarch should do is to protect the interests of the family to the greatest extent. The prime minister himself has said this before, but now It's going further and further away."

"Because the situation has changed." Xie Shu's expression turned cold: "Go back if you have nothing to do. I have made a decision on this matter. It is useless if you say more."

Xie Ran pursed her lips and got up, this time even more disappointed than before.

The survival rules that the family has followed for so many years are being destroyed one by one in her hands.She has power and deterrence, but she has too many things in her heart, so she is not suitable to be the head of the Xie family...

Mubai passed him with the medicine, and sent it directly to Xie Shu.Xie Ran stopped, turned around, looked at the black medicinal soup, and suddenly asked, "Prime Minister is sick?"

"No, Doctor Zhong just asked Young Master to recuperate his body." Mubai answered the words cleverly.

Xie Ran looked at Xie Shu's sharpened chin, turned around and went out, absent-minded all the way.

Back in the room, he took out a small box from the innermost part of the cabinet, opened it and found two pieces of paper, which were two prescriptions.

He took the top one and looked at it, lit it on fire, and squeezed the other one in his hand for a long time, and finally locked it back into the box.

From the late autumn of the 29th year of Yuanhe, the Qin State expanded around the two counties of Badong and Jingzhou. It was not until the winter that it took over the surrounding Wuchang County and Yixiang County. After that, it continued to increase troops to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

During this period, Jin seemed to be doing nothing.Until the spring of the next year, the warships were almost built. The emperor of Jin suddenly changed his attitude and ordered the whole country, saying that Qin not only threatened Wei Shizhi to treason, but deliberately made stone tablets and witchcraft to frame Wuling King and provoke the Great Jin. The relationship between the monarch and his ministers, even more deliberately broke the peace treaty between the two countries, and sent troops to invade. The world despises them and declares war angrily.

Prime Minister Xie Shu followed closely, returned the military power to the King of Wuling, and asked the emperor to make him the governor of the Great Commander, and command the three armies to fight against the enemy.

The whole country was invigorated, Jiankang City became lively again, the fans of King Wuling were even more elated, and the fans of Prime Minister Xie were also very pleased, and the two began to be surrounded by enthusiasm when they occasionally traveled.

However, Qin State was not afraid of this. Wei Yizhi spread the news that he had been ill for a long time before. They only thought that there was no one available in Jin State, and they did not take him out of the mountain this time.

With the big battle imminent, Xie Shu relaxed instead. Recently, he has been busy with sorting out the accounts.The Xie family has already invested a lot of money in the war, not to mention Xie Ran, even other people have some criticisms, but she insists on this, and no one else can do anything about it.

Before taking a nap in the afternoon, Mubai brought a list to show her, it was a batch of valuable things that had just been sorted out.Xie Shu read each piece, pointed to the last "Dihuaju" and asked what he meant.

Mubai said: "Dihuaju is the son's father's former residence, the things inside have not been touched so far, it is written on it just to ask the son if he wants to tidy up."

Xie Shu thought for a while: "It just so happens that I have time today, so I'll organize it myself."

Dihua Residence occupies the best location in the Prime Minister's Mansion, with the most beautiful scenery, but it has been left unused. Fortunately, the servants have not been neglected to clean it, and the inside is still very tidy.

Seeing the curtain on the door from a distance, Xie Shu remembered the only meeting at the beginning. It cannot be said that there was no touch, but he really couldn't tell what he felt. After all, many years have passed.

She only brought Mubai with her, and asked him to bring everything over after she went in. She sat behind the case and had to personally check.

Not to mention those furnaces for alchemy, there is nothing to miss.Some Daoist works are quite precious. Xie Shu kept a few of them, and there are also some calligraphy and paintings, many of which are authentic works left by famous people in the past, so they must be valuable.

Mubai found a box out of nowhere, put it in front of Xie Shu and said, "My lord, it's locked, but I can't find the key anyway."

Xie Shu said directly: "Pry it open."

Mubai had no choice but to do so, but said in his mouth: "It's very light, maybe there is nothing."

Xie Shu didn't have any hope, but felt that everything here was so openly kept, only this box was so well-organized, maybe there was some secret hidden.

After all, Mubai was not a lock picker, he had to use all his efforts to pick the small dagger until he curled the blade.He took out what was inside, which turned out to be a stack of envelopes.

"It's all paper, no wonder it's light."

Xie Shu took it, and was stunned when he saw the name on it, it turned out to be "My son Ruyi kisses you personally".Opening one of the letters, there was only a letterhead written on it, and the bottom was blank until Xie Kun was written at the end, which was her father's name.There is also a date, which was more than ten years ago.

This is really weird. She opened all the letters and opened them in order. The first twenty or so letters were all empty letters with headers and no content, but the dates were gradually pushed back.

Until the penultimate letter, I finally saw the words, but there were not many.Xie Shu was heartbroken after watching it, afraid of revealing his emotions, he sent Mu Bai out.

The date of writing the letter was the day she just returned to Xie's house. Xie Kun said in the letter that since she came back, her mother must have passed away.There was no accusation or comfort, but it reminded Xie Shu of the raging fire that burned his mother's body, and his throat choked.

It took a long time to pick up the last letter. Unexpectedly, this time I wrote several sheets of paper densely.She read it carefully bit by bit, and was speechless for a long time.

Mubai was probably impatient to wait, so he called her outside, Xie Shu put away the letter, picked up the box and went out, said to him: "Go and prepare some water and wine sacrifices, I'm going to the ancestral hall later."

Mubai was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, Xie Shu had locked the ancestral hall since he overthrew those elders, and never went in again, unexpectedly changed his mind today.

Although the ancestral hall is locked, the yard is still well-groomed, and the flowers and plants in the left and right flower beds are neat and colorful.The afternoon sun was warm, and the fragrance of the flowers seemed to evaporate, and you could smell a faint fragrance as soon as you entered the yard.

Mubai unlocked it, Xie Shu walked in, placed the water and wine offerings under Xie Kun's tablet, didn't move, just watched silently.

When Wei Yizhi explained the music score to her at the beginning, she was still half-believing and skeptical. Now after reading the letter, she realized that she really didn't understand the biological father.

Xie Kun is indeed not a single-minded person. He hopes to be an ordinary person and grow old hand in hand with the one he loves, but this is too extravagant for his status.But after all, he is just a literati and musician with a delicate and gentle mind, and he cannot be the heir that Xie Mingguang hopes to be.

The last letter was written before dying, and even the handwriting was a little erratic at the end.He said many things over and over again, but actually asked Xie Shu to leave Xie's house.

No wonder he let her go when he first met her, it turned out he was telling her to get out of Xie's mansion and escape from this huge aristocratic family.

He himself has been imprisoned for a lifetime, and he can't get rid of it. He hopes that his daughter can be freed, but Xie Shu has been tied up here for many years now, and even tied up the fate of more people.

No regrets, no regrets, only too much guilt, to my mother, to Wang Luoxiu, to Wei Yizhi...

She lifted the hem of her clothes and kowtowed to Xie Kun's memorial tablet a few times, then turned and went out the door.

It was getting late, and she was distraught all the way, just as she walked out of the courtyard, a figure suddenly appeared in the corner, grabbed her arm and said: "Finally came out, Mubai said that you stayed in the ancestral hall all afternoon."

(End of this chapter)