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Chapter 021

"Drive_"

A guard in front showed a token. The general guarding the city did not dare to stop him. He immediately waved the soldiers to get out of the way and let them out of the city.

A team on horseback left the city. Riding in the middle was the emperor after his disguise. His face was unremarkable. No one would look back at it on the road. Even the ministers who had seen the emperor might not have seen it. Recognizing that this person was their Emperor, the Emperor left the capital with a group of guards.

No matter how crazy Li Wen was in his heart, the emperor had secretly left Beijing with a group of guards on his way to Nanyang Mansion. Now, the one who stayed in the palace to serve as the emperor's substitute was a secret guard beside the emperor. His figure was similar to that of the emperor. After changing his appearance, he looked almost exactly like the real emperor.

The only thing that was difficult for the secret guards to imitate was the emperor's innate nobility. A person's temperament is the most difficult to imitate, so the person who imitates can only imitate a person's appearance, which is similar in appearance but not in spirit.

Usually, the secret guards protect the emperor secretly and learn 70% of the emperor's words and deeds, which is enough to fool the ministers in the court. On weekdays, when going to court, the emperor sits on it, and the ministers below are separated from the emperor by a long distance. Even if ministers come to meet the emperor, the ministers dare not look directly at the dragon's face. The ministers in the court cannot tell the difference. Because of the subtle changes that had occurred in the emperor, as long as they did not reveal their flaws, they could still hide the fact that the emperor was not in the capital from the ministers in the court.

This time the emperor left the capital without even telling the queen. Only a few people knew that the emperor was not in the capital, and Li Wen was one of them. There is also the old father-in-law who usually serves the emperor. He has been serving the emperor since he was the emperor. This man is also the emperor's confidant.

There was also King Jianning who entered the palace behind. The emperor's departure from the capital was not hidden from King Jianning.

The emperor is not here in the capital. If anything happens in the court, can King Jianning still come out to scare the ministers? Li Wen is here to handle the general affairs of the court. The emperor has arranged all these things before preparing to leave the capital. .

"Don't worry, Brother Huang has a sense of proportion." Seeing Li Liuyuan's frown, King Jianning reached out and patted Li Liuyuan on the shoulder, "This is not the first time Brother Huang has left the capital, and everyone who is with Brother Huang is his." Personal guards, they will protect the emperor's brother."

Compared with Li Liuyuan's gloomy face, King Jianning was not too worried about his emperor's brother leaving the capital, "Let's help hide it from the court. Just ministers."

It can be seen that this prince has always provided cover for his brother.

Li Wen glanced at King Jianning and remembered that when he was in Nanyang Mansion, he had seen the emperor and Zhao Xiangyi go to see his teacher. At that time, the emperor was just the prince. He must have hidden it from everyone in the capital. The distant capital.

At least the prince is now the emperor, so he doesn't have to worry about being inspected, right? The emperor and his people rushed there quickly, and the journey went smoothly. If they hurry up, they can return to the capital in half a month. Half a month is neither long nor short. I hope nothing happens here in the capital.

But he knew it was one thing, but he couldn't help but worry.

The emperor had just ascended the throne and left the capital with only a dozen guards. If something happened along the way, he, a small minister, really couldn't bear this responsibility. Li Wen could only pray in his heart that the emperor would go smoothly and safely on this journey, that nothing unexpected would happen, and that he would return to the capital as soon as possible.

As soon as the emperor left the capital, it was the first time that Li Wen felt such a heavy burden on himself. At least the emperor was here in the capital, and he knew that there was someone above him to support him in everything he did. At this time, Zhao Xiangyi also led people to deal with the affairs of the He Gang. They were afraid that they would not be able to return to the capital in a month or two. It would be fast to handle the affairs there in a month or two. .

Before the palace door closed, they came out of the palace. King Jianning invited them, "Is this king inviting Li Liuyuan to have a drink?"

"Xiaguan thanked the prince, but there are still some unfinished official business at Xiaguan." Li asked He politely declined King Jianning's invitation. He was really not in the mood to have a drink with King Jianning at this time. Seeing the pretense, King Jianning did not force Li Wen. He only said that he would make an appointment another day when he was free. "Li Liuyuan will not be able to refuse me anymore."

"Yes, Your Highness," Li Wen responded.

"If you still have something to do, go and do your work first." King Jianning did not force Li Wen and let him go.

"I'll take my leave." After Li Wen saluted, he took his people back.

"Your Majesty."

"Let's go."

King Jianning glanced at Li Wen who was leaving, and left with his people. The two of them happened to be walking in the opposite direction.

Yang Shaojun has been raised by Empress Shangguan since he was born, and has grown up with the prince since he was a child. When he was young, he learned calligraphy, and his elder brother held his hand and taught him how to write stroke by stroke. Therefore, even when he grew up, , for so many years, Yang Shaojun has been thinking about his brother's kindness to him, and his relationship with his brother is extremely good. Now that his brother has ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, King Jianning's loyalty to his brother has not

changed.

Compared to the other elder brothers, Yang Shaojun naturally wanted his brother, the prince, to be the emperor.

Anyway, he knew that he was not the one and never thought about the position that did not belong to him. This was also the reason why he was able to stay here in the capital in the end. He was loyal to his brother, and this loyalty made his brother trust him, so Yang Shaojun knew every time his brother left the capital. He remembered to keep the secrets for his brother and not tell these things to the outside world.

In the evening, King Jianning and Situ Yu went out for a drink. Situ Yu was the younger brother of Queen Situ Xue and was now promoted to the brother-in-law of the country. When Yang Shaojun arrived, Situ Yu was already here, and Shangguan Yixiang, the third young master of Anyuan Mansion, and the young masters Xue from Pingyuan Hou Mansion were also here.

These people have always been inseparable. If one is here, the others must be following.

"My lord, you are the last one to come." After becoming the uncle of the state, Situ Yu was no different from before. He looked good and

dressed up like a well-groomed young master. Situ Yu had a bit of a smirk on his face. He was the last one to come, but he had to drink wine as a penalty. He winked, and a slave came forward to pour wine.

But just because you become a prince, you can't break this rule.

"Okay, I drank this cup." King Jianning did not break the rules just because of his status as a prince.

It would be fine if someone else saw the prince drinking a drink. If it were Situ Yu, he would have to let King Jianning drink three drinks. "How can one drink be enough? You have to have three drinks, right?" "

Okay, okay, pour the wine. " "King Jianning didn't say anything and didn't bargain. Seeing the wan smile on Situ Yu's face, he said with disgust, "Xuan'er is much cuter than you." King Jianning said. Little Prince, the more I look at it, the more I feel that Xuan'er's face looks like Situ Yu, especially when she smiles.

"That's right, our Xuan'er must be cute." Speaking of his little nephew, uncle Situ Yu still liked this little nephew very much. In the past, he would bring some interesting things to his little nephew every time he went to the East Palace. For my nephew.

"Heihehe, I haven't seen Xuan'er recently. Has Xuan'er grown taller? Have you said that you miss me as your brother-in-law."

"I haven't heard of it." King Jianning was here waiting to retaliate against his little uncle. He also said that he went to the palace today and met the young prince. The young prince even called him uncle, he was so adorable.

Situ Yu gritted his teeth after hearing this. He will also go to the palace tomorrow! snort!

Since working with Li Liuyuan, this group of dandy young men in the capital have found something to do, and now they rarely cause trouble in the capital. Situ Yu, who became the brother-in-law of the country, felt that he had a responsibility. He couldn't help his sister in the palace, but he couldn't cause trouble to the eldest sister and the emperor, right?

They all now have full-time positions in the court. Although they are idle positions, they are all serious positions. These dandy young men in the capital feel that even if they are dandies, they are also a different kind of dandy. They are a higher level than the ordinary dandy who only knows how to eat and wait for death. After all, they can do things for the court and the emperor. Doing things, it immediately became different.

Li Wen returned to his house, and after dinner he went into the study. He told King Jianning that he had official business to deal with, which was not a lie, but there were really many things waiting for him to come back to deal with it. It was only after sitting in the study for a long time that he realized that the things on the table had not been dealt with at all. The beginning of spring has passed in

the New Year, but the weather in the first month of the year is still very cold. The night got colder and colder. Li Tong saw that it was already late at night, and his master sat motionless in the study for so long. He didn't know what he was doing, "Master, it's getting late. It's still late." If there is anything unfinished, why don't you deal with it tomorrow and go to rest early." "Yeah." He was really not in the mood to deal with these things. It would not be very efficient to continue sitting down, so Li Wen got up and tidied up. After picking up the things on the table, I left the study and headed towards the bedroom. I just lay in bed at night, tossing and turning and couldn't fall asleep. He was alone on the bed, and he couldn't get warm no matter how hard he rolled the quilt over. Li Wen pulled the quilt over his head, leaving only half of his face exposed. The smell of that person still remained in the quilt, but the person was not by his side. As expected, it is difficult to get used to a person. Li Wen sighed, thinking about the man who was not in the capital, wondering whether he was okay outside, whether he had a place to sleep at night, whether he had good food, and what to do when he got there. Have the leaders of the river gang met? Will the matter be handled smoothly? Will there be any trouble? If people on both sides take action, will there be any casualties... And will the emperor leave Beijing? Will there be any casualties on the way? What dangers will you encounter? Would Dean Fu be willing to come to the capital... This night, Mr. Li fell asleep with his mind full of random thoughts. Author's gossip: Thanks to Chong Yay (Duck Roar) for supporting me,

Chapter 022

Early on the second day, Li Wen went into the palace to see the "Emperor" with dark circles under his eyes, and assisted the "Emperor" in handling some government affairs. The "Emperor" behaved very well in front of others, and did not show anything unusual that made the officials below notice that something was wrong.

Last time, he agreed to be the emperor's tutor for the young prince. After returning home, Li Wen thought about some small educational toys suitable for a two-year-old child. He drew the drawings and asked a carpenter to make them. He came to the palace today. He brought these little toys to the palace by the way and personally delivered them to His Highness the young prince.

In Nuo Da's palace, the young prince was playing alone, and many palace maids and eunuchs were guarding the young prince. Li Wen came to see such a scene, and for some reason, he felt that the young prince was actually a bit pitiful. When he saw the prince, he had to salute, even though the little prince was still a little young, "I come to attend His Majesty the prince."

"Taifu!" When the little prince saw the Taifu coming, he threw the beads in his hand towards his Taifu and ran over, Climb up along Taifu's thigh.

A child at such an old age simply doesn't understand what a prince is or what a prince does. Usually, it's pretty good that the little prince doesn't lose his temper in front of the little prince outside. He didn't know if the little prince could be carried. At this moment, the little prince had climbed up along his thigh. Li Wen had no choice but to drag the child's buttocks and pick up the little prince. "I brought some fun to your highness today." Here are the toys. Can you teach His Highness how to play with them?"

"Okay, okay, Taifu will play with Xuan'er." The little prince clapped his hands, liking this Taifu who could play with him.

I don't know if the little prince is used to being held by him, but when they meet, he insists on holding her and refuses to come down.

Li Wen asked someone to bring over the things he had brought, and took them apart to teach the little prince how to play with them. Only then did he see clearly what the little prince was playing with just now, "Put these things away. From now on, these little princes will Don't let His Highness play with the beads. Your Highness doesn't know what they are. If you put them in your mouth and eat them, your life will be in danger. "

Such a small bead, if the little prince is not smart enough to put it in his mouth and swallow it. " It would be troublesome to go inside. If the trachea were to be blocked, the young prince would die before the doctor could come. Even in later generations when medicine is advanced, accidents like the death of many children from accidentally eating small toys still occur every year.

Now the emperor only has such a precious son, and he is still an established young prince. If something happens to him, he doesn't know how many people in the palace will die.

Mainly because Li Wen didn't want anything to happen to the young prince. He was now a tutor, and the young prince was his student. Well, Dean Fu has also been promoted to Grand Master. I wonder if Dean Fu will be happy when he comes to the capital and finds out about this? The little prince is so cute and smart. Dean Fu should like the little prince, right? Li Wen thought about it in his heart.

"Yes, thank you Mr. Li for reminding me. I will remember it." The maid who took care of His Highness the Crown Prince responded and went to put away the beads that His Highness the Prince was playing with just now. After hearing Mr. Li's words, the maid felt heartbroken. shock.

Yes, if something happens to the little prince, none of these slaves can escape.

This time Li Wen brought a set of jigsaw puzzles. These wooden boards have been carefully polished by carpenters. The pictures he drew by himself are of cute cartoon animals from later generations. There are exactly ten pictures in a set of jigsaw puzzles, which should be enough for the little prince to play for a while. It's time.

Such an older child mainly focuses on playing and accompanying. Li Wen had taken care of his younger brother before, so he had some experience in taking care of children. "Look, how do you put this in?" Li Wen guided the little prince to do the puzzle by himself. The little prince really couldn't figure out how to do it, so he just mentioned something.

The maid went to the Queen and reported that Li Liuyuan was with His Highness the Crown Prince. By the way, she also mentioned what Mr. Li said not to give His Highness the beads to play with. The queen nodded, "In the future, please don't let your highness play with these little things. When Mr. Li has time to accompany Xuan'er, let Mr. Li stay with your highness."

Situ Xue only found out later that the emperor had asked Li Liuyuan to be a pawn for the prince. Grand Tutor, the Emperor himself spoke, and Li Liuyuan has already agreed to be the Grand Tutor for the Crown Prince.

Situ Xue was very happy after knowing this. She had mentioned this to the emperor before, but the emperor did not immediately agree to her. Situ Xue was still worried that the emperor would be unhappy if she mentioned this matter, but she did not expect that the emperor would take this matter to his heart.

Being able to invite Li Liuyuan to be her son's tutor would at least guarantee that her son would be able to sit

firmly in the position of prince.

Apart from the emperor, she is the eldest queen in the harem. In the palace are several concubines who used to serve the emperor in the East Palace, and now they have all been promoted. Situ Xue knew that the ministers in the court had asked the emperor to select a concubine, but the emperor refused. From the day she became the princess, Situ Xue knew that she could not monopolize this husband. She would share a man with many women in the future, but she was still very happy when she knew that the emperor rejected the ministers' proposal for a draft.

There are fewer people in the harem, so Situ Xue, the queen, is happy and relaxed.

Now that she has become a queen and her son has been established as a prince, she, as a queen, has to make some plans for her son. Situ Xue knew that the emperor loved their children, and as long as her starting point was for the good of the children, she knew that the emperor would never reject her.

It happened that today Situ Yu came into the palace to see his eldest sister. Knowing that Li Liuyuan was at his nephew's place, he stood up from his seat and said, "Sister, is Mr. Li at Xuan'er's place? I'll go over and have a look."

"Go ahead, go ahead . "Please stay in the palace for lunch. Sister, let the imperial kitchen cook your favorite dishes." Situ Xue did not stop him. She knew that this brother knew Li Liuyuan and had a good relationship with him, so she was willing to meet him. This younger brother approached Li Liuyuan.

"Sister, you can make arrangements." Situ Yu responded casually and went to find Mr. Li... to find his nephew.

As soon as he arrived at his nephew's place, Situ Yu saw Li Wen playing with his nephew on a few wooden boards, which seemed quite interesting. After figuring out how to play with this thing, Situ Yu, the uncle of the country, played with it more energetically than the little prince, and the two of them almost fought over it.

"..." Li asked.

Li Wen also asked the palace maid to find a nice-looking rope and teach Uncle Guo and the young prince how to twist the rope. Uncle Guo's

screams . The queen knew what was going on with her son and that he was having fun, so naturally she, the mother, was also happy.

At noon, the queen asked the royal kitchen to prepare a sumptuous meal and asked the palace maid to deliver it to her son, but she did not go there in person.

Seeing such a large table of dishes, Li Wen was speechless.

"Eat, why are you watching?" When I saw Situ Yu eating and drinking in the palace, he was too embarrassed to use his chopsticks when he saw Master Li just watching but not eating. The food was brought for them to eat. Anyway, it had already been delivered. Even ten people might not be able to finish the food on this table. "Eat."

Seeing that the palace maid was about to feed the little prince, Li Wen stopped her. , "Just let His Highness eat by himself."

He wants to eat by himself? When the young prince saw that the palace maid who fed him had left, he was confused and didn't know how to eat.

"Can you eat it by yourself with a spoon? If not, just grab it with your hands and eat it by yourself." Li Wen sat next to the little prince, put the small spoon into the little prince's hand, and asked someone to get a clean cloth He came here to serve as a meal bag for the little prince, and wrapped his clothes around him, teaching him how to eat by himself.

Situ Yu watched with great interest, and even deliberately teased his nephew.

"Don't make trouble with him and eat your food." Li Wen slapped the young prince. Today he had to teach the young prince to eat by himself. He didn't know how to use a spoon and could just grab it with his hands. As long as he was full.

He saw that the queen and the maids usually doted on the little prince too much. Don't raise the little prince to be mentally retarded. This was not a good thing.

This trend must be eliminated now.

Li Wen believed that he, the Grand Tutor, still had the responsibility to teach the young Prince these common sense of life, starting with how to eat by himself. Fortunately, with his help, the little prince soon learned to hold a spoon and scoop vegetables into his mouth. Although the posture of holding the spoon was not standard and the direction was always wrong...

but fortunately after some learning After a lot of hard work, the little prince finally found the right mouth and successfully fed the food into his mouth.

After learning to eat by himself, the little prince was quite interested in eating by himself.

After lunch, he played with the little prince for a while. The little prince fell asleep due to exhaustion from playing. Li Wen handed the little prince to the palace attendant who took care of him, and he and Situ Yu left the palace together.

Now Situ Yu is working in the Information Department, and the two of them are going in the same direction.

Li Wen returned to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and was busy all afternoon.

In the palace, Situ Xue went to see the emperor twice. She discovered that something was wrong with the emperor. She knew that the "emperor" in the palace was not the emperor, so she guessed that the emperor was not in the palace.

In the past, when the emperor was still the prince, they were still in the East Palace. Situ Xue also discovered several times that the "prince" was not the prince. He looked like the same person, but Situ Xue could feel the current situation in the palace. A husband who is not hers. She thought about these things in her own mind, but Situ Xue never told anyone, not even her own parents, she never mentioned this matter.

The secret guard playing the role of "Emperor" saw Li Liuyuan coming to the palace. He mentioned something about the Queen's visit, "The Queen may have discovered that it is not the Emperor's business."

"You know it if you know it. The Queen knows it too. I won't say anything to the outside world," Li Wen said after hearing what the secret guard said. How could such a thing be hidden from the Queen? After all, the queen is the emperor's pillow person. If you can't recognize your own pillow person, you are really blind.

At least this proves that their empress is still very smart, and with the empress in the harem, she will help handle some things.

Author's gossip: Thanks to Chong Yay (Duck Roar) for supporting me,

Chapter 023

Nanyang Mansion? Fu Mansion

It was raining lightly, and the dusk was getting late. A group of people on horseback entered Nanyang Mansion, and finally stopped in front of the Fu Mansion.

The man on the horse turned over and dismounted, and someone came forward and knocked on the door of Fu's house.

The steward of the Fu Mansion hurried into the main courtyard and reported to their master, "Sir, the emperor... the emperor is here."

"Oh, the emperor is here, then go and greet him." The former prince is now the current prince. Your Majesty, the Emperor is here, and it is time for him, the Prince's former teacher, to go out and greet him. Fu Yihan was not surprised at all that the Emperor came to Nanyang. He also knew why the Emperor came to Nanyang Mansion.

What was supposed to come would eventually come. He couldn't hide even if he wanted to. Since he couldn't hide, he should face it calmly.

Fu Yihan stood up with a calm expression and led his people outside. Seeing the emperor dressed in casual clothes, Fu Yihan would kneel down and salute, "Caomin..." He had already resigned from office and did not hold any official position, so he could no longer call himself a "minister", but called himself "caomin" .

"There is no need to be polite, Taifu." Without waiting for Taifu to salute him, Yang Shaomu strode over, held Taifu's hand, helped him up, and said, "Today the student came unexpectedly. , I apologize for disturbing you."

The emperor's attitude towards his teacher was still the same as before, and it did not change after he became emperor. Yang Shaomu felt sorry for the man who taught him how to govern the country. The teacher is still respectful.

The word "student" shows the relationship between the two of them. Once they are a teacher, they will always be a teacher.

"Don't dare." Fu Yihan said innocently, even though he felt that the emperor's arrival had disturbed him.

Based on Yang Shaomu's understanding of his teacher, how could he not know what his teacher was thinking?

But despite this, this time he was afraid that he would not only disturb him, but also find a way to invite people to the capital. Yang Shaomu respected his attitude as a teacher even more.

"Your Majesty, please come inside. The common people have asked the emperor to prepare tea. Please come and sit inside." Fu Yihan made an invitation gesture and respectfully asked the emperor to come and sit in the room.

Yang Shaomu did not pretend to be an emperor. He was as he was before, and he is now, or he was more polite and respectful in front of his master than before. After all, whether his candidate for prime minister can be determined depends on whether he can invite him back to the capital this time.

The two of them entered the room and sat down. A servant brought them tea and snacks.

"Your Majesty, you shouldn't have come to Nanyang with just a few guards." As soon as he entered the door, Fu Yihan looked at the emperor with a little disapproval on his face. The emperor left the capital rashly and was taking great risks. What if this happened? If something unexpected happens on the road, it will affect the foundation of the entire Dacheng.

"What the Master taught me is this." Yang Shaomu took this as the teacher's concern for him. The teacher did not care about him at all. "It's just that students have to come." He had a reason to come, and that reason was The master sitting in front of him now.

After hearing the emperor's words, Fu Yihan sighed slightly in his heart.

Knowing that the emperor had something serious to discuss with him when he arrived, Fu Yihan retreated from the servants around him, leaving only him and the current emperor in the room. Later, the emperor talked about the current situation in the court and sincerely asked him to return to the capital as prime minister. Fu Yihan did not respond immediately.

It was still raining lightly outside the house at night, and the candles in the house were lit.

It wasn't until almost dawn that the closed door opened. Fu Yihan ordered the housekeeper to take the emperor to the arranged residence

. After seeing the person leaving, Fu Yihan went back to his room. When the man waiting in the room saw him coming back, he asked, "Are you done talking?

"

"Yes." Fu Yihan walked over to the man and sat down on the bed.

The man asked his servant to bring a basin of hot water, twisted a towel and wiped his lover's face, "You must be sleepy."

"Yeah." Fu Yihan grabbed the man's hand, and the two looked at each other with eyes. It's the other person's reflection. After staying up all night, Fu Yihan's eyes were filled with red threads. His eyes wandered around the man's face. Finally, he raised his hand to touch the man's face. He moved his lips and shouted, "Qiu Bai."

When Emperor Wu led the troops , After breaking through the imperial capital, his soldiers were ordered to kill everyone in the previous royal family. The only one who escaped the massacre was Murong Qiubai, the legitimate son of Prince Murong who was taken away by the secret guards. Murong Qiubai, this is the man's real name. Murong is the surname of the former royal family, and this man also has an unknown identity. He is the grandson of the last emperor of the previous dynasty and the legitimate son of Prince Murong. He is the last drop of blood of the Murong royal family surviving in this world.

When Fu Yihan was an official in the capital, he met Murong Qiubai who was in the capital at that time. The meeting between the two people was deliberately arranged and carefully planned by Murong Qiubai, and the mutual attraction between the two people led to their mutual love. outside the plan.

At that time, Fu Yihan was the number one scholar appointed by the emperor. He had unlimited fame and career, and was very popular in the officialdom. He was a celebrity around the emperor and the prince's mentor. Murong Qiubai approached this man with an unknown purpose, but the only thing he didn't expect was that he would fall in love with this man, fall in love with Fu Yihan, and even be willing to put down his hatred for him, and hide his name from now on. A name stayed with Fu Yihan.

With Fu Yihan's intelligence, he had already guessed that the man who appeared next to him came with a purpose, but he still couldn't help but fall in love with this man. Later, he knew this man's identity and the hatred in his heart, and he wanted to kill the emperor with a fatal determination. At that time, he saw through this man's plan and stopped their actions.

The two people had gone through many things, they had conflicts and quarrels, and they were even separated for a long time, until later this man was willing to let go of his hatred for him. Fu Yihan also gave up his ideals and revenge for this man, and resigned from his official position. They stayed away from the capital and came to Nanyang Mansion together, where Fu Yihan opened a college and became a teacher.

This time the emperor risked his life and left the capital and came to Nanyang Mansion. Fu Yihan knew that the emperor came to invite him back to the capital, and even invited him back to the capital as prime minister.

If you ask him if he is moved, the answer is yes.

He has been here in Nanyang these years and has always paid attention to the situation in the capital. Fu Yihan has ideals and revenge in his heart, and he wants to do things for the people of the world, but these are not as important as the man in front of him, so Only then would he hesitate in his heart

.

"Well, let's sleep for a while first. If you have anything to say, wait until you wake up." The man saw the red thread in his lover's eyes and knew that he had reached his limit. He helped her lie down. Fu Yihan lay on the bed, asked the man to come up and sleep with him, closed his eyes, and fell asleep soon.

After the lover in his arms fell asleep, the man looked at the sleeping lover, touched the corners of his eyes with his hands, and already had the answer in his heart.

The morning court was held every three days, and officials in the court could go to the palace to report anything. emperor. The emperor was not in the capital, and those who stayed in the capital were the secret guards who had changed their appearance to replace the emperor. Fortunately, the officials in the court did not notice anything strange about the emperor, because no one would suspect that the one sitting on the dragon throne was not the real one. emperor.

In the past, Li Wen would stand down there in the morning, dozing off and distracted. Now let alone being distracted and dozing off, he was staring at the brother on the dragon chair with all his heart, for fear that the brother above would be exposed. He has a tell, so if something happens, he has to jump out immediately to save the brother sitting above him.

The secret guard pretending to be the emperor and sitting on the dragon throne was on pins and needles. Every time he went to court in the morning, he wanted to end it quickly so he could go back. In the past, when the emperor was still the prince, he could just pretend to be the prince and stay in the capital. How could he sit on the dragon throne and preside over the court meeting like now? He didn't understand these things in the court at all. The following minister said He knows nothing.

Fortunately, there was Li Liuyuan in the court. If there was anything he couldn't answer, Li Liuyuan would immediately step forward to help him.

Every time after morning court ends, when I get off the Dragon Chair, the Dark Knight's legs feel a little weak.

Their secret guard has no name, only a code name. He is ranked third, so he is called the secret third. An Yi has always been the leader of their secret guards. When the emperor left the capital, An Yi and the rest of the secret guards followed him out of the capital and followed the emperor to protect him. An San and another one were left in the palace to take charge of His disguised secret guard An Jiu is here.

Since the emperor left Beijing, Li Wen has been coming to the palace every day. He has met An Jiu, another man who is good at disguise. An Jiu is good at disguise. Every time he appears next to him in disguise, Li Wen can always recognize the person.

"Master Li, how did you recognize me?" Among the secret guards, An Jiu has a lively temperament and is a talkative one. Being among a group of silent and dull secret guards would be frustrating. Usually when he had nothing to do, he liked to disguise himself as various palace maids and eunuchs and follow the emperor. Now that the emperor was not here in the capital, he wanted to stay and help An San and did not leave the capital with the emperor.

But there was one thing he didn't understand. Oh, why can Mr. Li recognize him every time!

Could it be that his disguise skills have deteriorated? An Jiu doubted in his heart.

Li Wen thought for a while and uttered two words, "...feeling." How on earth he could recognize that this little eunuch was An Jiu, he couldn't tell himself, but he just relied on his feeling. Every time An Jiu changed his identity and appeared next to him, he could quickly catch which one An Jiu was playing.

"..." An Jiu, you recognized me just by feeling?

"Brother, failure is the mother of success, keep working hard, come on." Li Wen saw the shocked look on the other person's face, smiled and patted him on the shoulder. Every time An Jiu appeared next to him, he had a different face. He really didn't know which face was An Jiu's.

"..." An Jiu.

An Jiu gritted his teeth in his heart, recalling which of his flaws had been discovered by Master Li.

After thinking for a long time, he just couldn't figure it out...

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Chapter 024

Li Wen has been coming to the palace every day recently, and his relationship with the little prince has been rising rapidly. He has brought a lot of educational toys to the little prince, and he has also taught the little prince how to play. If he had time, he would play with the little prince for a while. The two of them have become familiar with each other, and the little prince is very sticky now. When he saw him leaving the palace more than once, he grabbed his thigh and wanted to follow him out of the palace.

This reminded him of when he left home before, his little cub hugged his lap and cried, asking him to take him away.

Li Wen didn't know whether to laugh or cry about this, so he had no choice but to coax the little prince to let go.

He didn't dare to take the little prince out of the palace. If there was a collision, he couldn't bear the responsibility, so he could only coax the little prince every time and promised that he would come to the palace to see him the next day. Only then did the little prince let him go.

Thinking of the cute little prince, Li Wen couldn't help but smile.

Such an older child is just a blank sheet of paper. He can learn whatever you teach him. Ever since he discovered that the little prince had many bad habits that he had been spoiled by, Li Wen patiently corrected the little prince and taught him how to complete tasks independently. Something to be able to do on your own. This little prince is the crown prince of their Dacheng. If he is not taught well, if he grows crooked, he will be the emperor in the future, which will bring disaster to the entire Dacheng and the people of the world.

However, this will help the young prince to be better from an early age and become a wise king. This will also benefit the entire Dacheng and the people of the world. When the emperor gets old in the future, sooner or later this kingdom will be handed over to the next generation of heirs. If nothing happens, the little prince will be the next king of Dacheng.

So at this time, he, the little prince's tutor, had a heavy responsibility. Li Wen deeply felt the weight of the burden that fell on his shoulders, so he spent a lot of time on the little prince's enlightenment education. , with the intention of instilling a correct outlook on life and values ​​into the little prince since he was still young, and guiding the little prince to walk on the correct path of life.

"Empress, Mr. Li has left His Highness." His Highness the Crown Prince was still young and did not move to the East Palace. Instead, he stayed in the palace and was raised by the Queen's side. The serving maid reported to their queen one by one the situation at His Highness's side, and what Mr. Li was doing with His Highness.

Listening to the palace maid's words, Situ Xue smiled slightly and asked, "Where is your highness?"

"Reporting to the queen, your highness has just fallen asleep." The palace maid replied.

"Well, when His Highness wakes up, send His Highness to this palace." Situ Xue ordered.

"Yes, Your Majesty." The palace maid responded, bowed and retreated.

Seeing the palace maid leave, Situ Xue continued to pick up the book at hand and read, but she was thinking about her son and couldn't read anymore. Putting down the book in his hand, he took the two maids beside him to the place where his son lived to see his son.

Mu Mu Mu

Seven or eight days passed, and Li Wen counted the time and guessed that the emperor was already in Nanyang Mansion at this time.

Fortunately, nothing major has happened in the court recently. The emperor is not in the capital, so he can help with some small things in the court. In his heart, he hopes that the emperor can come back quickly, otherwise he will be worried every day. His white hair was almost worried.

This time the emperor went to Nanyang Mansion to invite their teacher to come to the capital. Li Wen was very happy to think that Dean Fu might come to the capital. It would be really great if the teacher could come to the capital.

At this time, there were many empty houses in the capital. Li Wen spared no expense and picked out a unique house and bought it. Having lived with Dean Fu in Nanyang Mansion for several years, he knew Dean Fu's picky temper and hired craftsmen to decorate the house according to Dean Fu's preferences, hoping to decorate the house before Dean Fu came to the capital. Well, there will be a place to stay when the teacher comes to the capital.

Zhao Xiangyi sent someone to write him a letter. The man's letter was short and concise. The main purpose of writing this letter was to report to him that he was safe and to tell him about the progress on their side. After reading the man's letter, Li Wen couldn't help but smile. He wrote a letter to the man and told him that he missed him. However, he did not tell him that the emperor was not in the capital and told the man to pay attention. Be safe and have a safe return.

There are several small river gangs, and with Xie Yunfei's military advisor here, it shouldn't be a problem to take down a few river gangs.

At this point, Li Wen still had some confidence in Xie Yunfei.

Within two days, the soldier who delivered the letter hurriedly delivered the letter to their general, "General, a letter from the capital." "Bring it over."

The soldier who delivered the letter handed the letter to their general's hand. He found that their general read it. He smiled after reading the letter. The soldier who delivered the letter was a little curious about what was written in the letter, but he did not dare to ask. Seeing that there was nothing going on here, he bowed and left.

After reading the letter, Zhao Xiangyi folded it and put it back into the envelope, placing it close to his chest.

Seeing this scene, Commander Xie "..." pretended he didn't see anything.

There are more than a dozen river gangs, large and small, on the canal. There are four largest river gangs, namely the Hongliang Gang, the Yongyi Gang, the Hehe River Gang and the Xiushui Gang. Among the four river gangs, the first three are all men. Only the last Xiushui Gang is headed by a woman, and there are many women in the gang.

Heshang has always spoken based on who is more powerful, and even the government does not pay attention to these people.

As soon as Zhao Xiangyi arrived at the place, he sent someone to invite the leader of the Hongliang Gang, the largest river gang entrenched in the area, to meet him at the largest local restaurant.

Now that someone else has become the emperor in the capital, everyone in the He Gang knows it.

Anyone who can sit in the position of head is a bit capable, and at least knows something about the affairs of the capital. The leader of the Hongliang Gang received the invitation from General Zhao and knew that he could not escape, so he took his people to meet him.

The leader of the Hongliang Gang is a man who knows current affairs. He knows that the imperial court is really taking action to punish these river gangs. These river gangs are not enough to compete with the imperial army, so after thinking for a moment, Hongliang The leader of the gang accepted the imperial court's solicitation. Zhao Xiangyi picked up the wine in front of him and said, "General, I would like to propose a drink to you."

"I don't dare, I would like to treat you as a young man."

After the two parties reached an agreement, the leader of the Hongliang Gang led the entire gang. The brothers surrendered to the imperial court.

After recruiting the Hongliang Gang, Zhao Xiangyi used the same method to invite the head of the Yongyi Gang and the female head of the Xiushui Gang to meet and promise them some benefits that the court could give them.

The meaning is very clear. As long as you submit to the imperial court, the imperial court will eat meat and you will have to drink soup. But if you are ignorant of current affairs, don't blame the imperial court for being rude.

The name of the Yongyi Gang is based on the word "Yongyi". Most of the men in the gang are loyal and upright people. These men have always respected the strong. They did not think that the other party was sent by the imperial court. The people surrendered, and instead proposed a competition to win two out of three games, "As long as your people can defeat these brothers of mine, we will talk about the cooperation below."

"Okay, then invite people from both sides . Let's go out to fight." Zhao Xiangyi ordered three people to come out, but he did not go out personally. Such a small occasion did not require him, a general, to go out personally.

"Master, I'll come."

"And me."

Before the leader of the Yongyi Gang could speak, someone jumped out, gearing up to kill him.

"That's it."

The people selected by both sides started to fight. Unsurprisingly, General Zhao's side won the two games.

Since they proposed the competition, and now that they have lost, the leader of the Yongyi Gang has nothing to say. After negotiating some interests with the general sent by the imperial court, they accepted the imperial court's solicitation and agreed to submit to the imperial court.

The leader of the Xiushui Gang is a beautiful woman. The gang leader, Thirteen Niang, saw that the general sent by the imperial court was a young talent and good-looking. With her appearance, any man would be attracted to her if he saw her. There was no one who was not unmoved. In this regard, Thirteenth Niang was still very confident in herself. She deliberately sprained her foot and pushed herself into General Zhao's arms.

Zhao Xiangyi raised his hand to fend the person away, and said with a cold face, "Gang leader, please respect yourself."

"..." Thirteenth Niang choked up. This was the first time she saw such a charming man. Thirteenth Niang refused to give up and gave General Zhao a look. She blinked and asked, "General, what do you think of the slave family?"

General Zhao looked puzzled, what do you think?

Xie Yunfei, who was following him, rolled his eyes in his mind. Wasn't this woman clearly trying to seduce their general? Commander Xie whispered in their general's ear. Only then did Zhao Xiangyi understand. He took another look at the woman, his chin tightened, and he said, "Not so much."

"Pfft..." Compared with an adult, it is indeed

inferior .

"..." Thirteenth Niang.

"Hahaha... Thirteenth Mother, you see this time there are people who are not attracted by your face." The leader of the Yongyi Gang opposite laughed loudly and said, "Why don't you just obey me, I promise that in the future I will listen to you, and it will only be good for you."

The leader of the Yongyi Gang had a big scar on his face, diagonally extending from the corner of his eye to his chin. This scar completely ruined his handsome face. If you look closely, the face of the leader of the Yongyi Gang is also pretty good.

They all knew each other from the He Gang, and the gang leaders of several gangs were familiar with each other. Thirteenth Niang looked at Scarface and said disgustedly, "I don't want you."

The gang leaders of the two gangs started to argue. It's usually like this.

General Zhao Xiangyi and Zhao sitting on it said, "..."

Military Advisor Xie: Hey, hey, do you need to move to another place to flirt?

"Okay, okay, if you don't follow me, I won't follow. It's your Thirteenth Mother's loss if you don't follow me, but don't say I didn't tell you."

"Bah, shameless thing."

The two parties just turned off.

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Chapter 025

"Humph, I really don't understand the style." Thirteenth Niang returned to her seat and sat down, grunting.

She peeked out of the corner of her eyes at General Zhao, who was sitting there with an expressionless face. She knew that this general was different from the men she had seen before. This man was not tempted by her beauty, and he did not even look at her. Not even looking at her.

But the woman was a little bit worried that this general didn't even look at her. Is it because her face is not beautiful enough? Thirteenth Niang secretly touched her face. It was obvious that her face was still as beautiful as ever.

The woman didn't know that the general sitting above her didn't like women at all. Even if he liked women, he didn't like women like her who took the initiative to put themselves into the arms of men. The only person that General Zhao can like so far is Mr. Li in the capital.

"In that case, let's continue talking about the next thing." Xie Yunfei stepped forward and said.

They represent the power of the imperial court, while several others represent their respective gangs.

Next, they continued to discuss business. Zhao Xiangyi didn't speak much. When he needed to speak, his military advisor mostly spoke on his behalf.

Among the four major river gangs, the leader of the River Valley Gang is a bald man who is famous on this river. This man is greedy and cruel. His group of people have taken a lot of lives on their hands. These people are captured It must be based on crime and punishment, and keeping them will endanger the people of one party.

Before coming, Zhao Xiangyi had already known about these river gangs, so this was the reason why he found the other three river gangs but did not ask the leader of the River Valley Gang to come. He had made up his mind to capture the River Valley from the beginning. Help this gang.

"The rules of the court this time are that no one of these gangs who robbed things and killed people will be spared if they have human lives on their hands." This time Zhao Xiangyi summoned the leaders of the three gangs to come over to discuss the arrest of the leaders of the River Valley Gang and The following gang thing.

The leader of the River Valley Gang is ambitious and has always wanted to unify all the river gangs on this river. Usually, their gang members often steal things from other gangs. In this regard, other gangs have long been worried about the River Valley Gang. There is dissatisfaction.

Hearing General Zhao's words, several gang leaders present understood what General Zhao meant. They stood up and said, "All subordinates will obey the general's instructions."

"Okay." With their words, Zhao Xiangyi knew this. A few people were smart and surrendered to the imperial court without any real action. Only the River Valley Gang could never be allowed to stay.

The people who are more familiar with this river are naturally the people in the River Gang.

One night, the imperial court united with several gangs to encircle and suppress the Hehehe Gang. They executed the leader of the Hehehe Gang on the spot and captured several leaders. When they saw that their leader was dead, their leaders were all captured by the officers and soldiers of the court. , some small fish and shrimps below put down their weapons and surrendered.

At dawn, when the sun rose, the siege was over. The water on the river was dyed red, and there were many corpses floating on the water...

This time, Wang Hao, who led his troops to suppress the bandits, arrived at the place. He asked people to kidnap the local magistrate and master, and selected a local policeman who was familiar with the terrain on the mountain. He joined the local officers and soldiers, took advantage of the bandits on the mountain to be unprepared, caught them off guard, and killed them one after another. He visited several bandit dens on the top of the mountain.

In these bandit dens, there are many women who were kidnapped by bandits and brought up to the mountains. After experiencing such things, most of them are unwilling to mention their names or tell their former homes. Wherever the disposal of these women becomes a problem.

The soldiers below reported the incident to their young general and asked, "Boss, what should we do with these women?"

"What should we do!" How did he know what to do!

Wang Hao also had a headache at the moment. He was here to suppress bandits, so how did he know how to deal with the women in these bandit dens? But he couldn't bear to leave these women alone. A person flashed through his mind, and Wang Xiaojiang shouted, "Go, write a letter to Mr. Li in the capital, and send these women to the capital for Mr. Li to deal with."

If it wasn't for Li Wen that boy proposed to suppress the bandits, this would have happened today. ?

He was only here to suppress bandits, and he would not handle the rest of the problems. Let Li Wen handle these troublesome problems. Wang Hao was smart enough to leave all the troubles to others. He wrote a letter with his own hand. , sent a team of people to escort these women to the capital.

As for their side, haven't the bandits not been wiped out yet? They continued to suppress the bandits.

"Yes, yes, I'll do it right now."

At night, the emperor quietly returned to the palace.

The next day, Li Wen came to the palace. He recognized at a glance that the person today was the real emperor, not the emperor played by the secret guard. There was a slight surprise in his eyes, and he quickly knelt down and saluted, "I see you, Your Majesty."

"Li Aiqing, please get up. Thank you for your hard work during my absence in the capital for the past half month." Yang Shaomu looked at Li Wen with a smile in his eyes. When he returned to the palace, he already knew what he had learned for the past half month. As expected, Li Liuyuan was in Beijing for all the general affairs, big and small, that happened in the DPRK, and there would be no problems in the DPRK.

Li Wen stood up and when he saw the smile on the emperor's face, he knew that his trip to Nanyang Mansion was probably completed this time. "It's not hard for me. I will be relieved that the emperor can come back safely."

"Your Majesty, you are welcome." How about going to... this time? Are you willing to come to the capital, teacher?" He is looking forward to Dean Fu coming to the capital. He has even prepared a place for him to live, and is waiting for Dean Fu to come to the capital. Coming.

"Junior brother, what do you think?" The emperor gave Mr. Li a look and laughed, "How can I not invite the Taifu to come to the capital if I personally take action? The Taifu was moved by my sincerity and agreed to go to the capital. Come."

"I'm just in a hurry to get back to the capital, so I'm going back to the capital with my guards. The Grand Tutor's carriage and horses are still behind, and they will be in the capital in a few days."

Since he was still the prince. At that time, Yang Shaomu went to Nanyang no less than three times, but returned without success every time. This time he went to Nanyang in person. Before going there, he was not fully confident that he could persuade the Taifu, but he didn't expect that this time the Taifu finally relented and was willing to come to the capital. How could he not be happy like this!

"Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty." After receiving the affirmative answer, Li Wen had a big smile on his face. Dean Fu is coming to the capital, hahaha...

But when he thinks of Dean Fu coming to the capital, what happened between him and Zhao Xiangyi Maybe I can't hide it from Dean Fu. Thinking of this, Li Wen swallowed. Teacher, he... shouldn't beat him, right? He felt that Dean Fu would probably not beat him because he was a defensive person, but he would probably beat the person who abducted his young apprentice.

It doesn't matter, someone is thick-skinned and can withstand beatings.

Seeing that the emperor returned safely, Li Wen finally let go of his worries. During the time when the emperor left Beijing, he was really worried all the time that the emperor would encounter the danger of assassination outside. Fortunately, they came back safely without any accident, and they persuaded their teacher in Nanyang to invite someone to come to the capital.

Knowing that the teacher would be coming to the capital soon, Li Wen was so happy that he immediately wanted to go out to the palace to see what else was needed in the house prepared for the teacher, and asked the people below to get it done quickly. "If your Majesty has no other instructions, will you please retire first?"

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave the palace? It will take several days for the Taifu to arrive in the capital." When Yang Shaomu saw Li Wen acting like this, he knew what he wanted to leave the palace in a hurry. He had just returned There are still many things to ask Li Wen in Beijing. When someone wants to leave the palace, he naturally won't allow it. "I'm not in the capital during this period. Should you tell me about all the big and small things that happened in the court?"

Tell me ?"

"Yes, the emperor didn't tell me, I almost forgot." He almost forgot, Li Wen smiled, there were a few things he wanted to report to the emperor.

The two of them talked about business in the imperial study room.

Recently, Li Wen went to the little prince's place on time every day to play with him for a while. Today, when the time came and he didn't see anyone, the little prince made a fuss about coming out to find someone. Knowing that Mr. Li was with the emperor, the palace maids and eunuchs below did not dare to stop the young prince, so they could only follow behind his highness.

In the long corridor, I saw the little prince walking in front, holding a rope in his hand. Behind the rope was a wooden chicken with four wheels. When the wheels moved, the wings of the wooden chicken moved accordingly, which was very interesting. .

This little hen was given to the little prince by Li Wen a few days ago. The little prince liked it so much that he dragged the chicken around every day.

When he saw the little prince came, the father-in-law who was waiting outside the door did not dare to neglect it. The young master entered the imperial study room to report, "Your Majesty, the young highness is here."

"Oh, Xuan'er is here, let him in." Yang Shaomu hadn't seen his son for a while. He missed his son a little, and it just so happened that they had finished talking about their business and he could hug his son.

The little prince outside the door was invited in.

"Father!" The little prince raised his head and stared at his father carefully. Suddenly a smile appeared on his face and he ran towards his father. Yang Shaomu stretched out his hand to hug his son, and asked with a smile, "Does Xuan'er miss his father?"

"Yes." The little prince's beautiful eyes looked at his father's face, and he recognized that this was his Father, asked, "Father, did you sneak out to play? Why didn't you take Xuan'er with you?" Did the little prince think that his father sneaked out of the palace to play, or did he not take him with him? The kind that goes.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness himself saw that the one who played you a few days ago was An Jiu." Li Wen came over and whispered something to the Emperor.

"Oh, Xuan'er is so smart." Yang Shaomu looked at his son in his arms with a smile on his face.

"No." Li Wen said.

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Chapter 026

The young prince is indeed smart. The "emperor" is not the emperor. This is something that the young prince himself could see. Li Wen did not tell the young prince. On the third day after the emperor left, he went to play with the young prince. The young prince secretly whispered to him and told him that the emperor was not his father. This made Li Wenxin secretly surprised. He didn't know how the young prince could tell. of.

But it doesn't seem surprising that the young prince discovered that he was not his father?

This matter cannot be known to outsiders, so Li Wen repeatedly told the little prince not to tell anyone else about it, and it became a secret between the two of them. He also promised many small toys to the little prince. The little prince held the The little wooden chicken was the "hush money" he gave to the young prince.

"Father has business to do, not go out to play. How did Xuan'er recognize that it was not father?" Yang Shaomu stretched out his hand and scratched his son's nose. At the same time, he was proud of how his son was so smart. .

"I just know." The little prince raised his chin, looking proud, and held his father's neck tightly with his two little hands.

Yang Shaomu saw the small thing in his son's hand and asked, "What is this thing in Xuan'er's hand? Can I tell my father?

"

After returning to the palace, Yang Shaomu knew that he was not in the capital. During this period of time, Li Wen went to the little prince's place every day, played with the little prince for a while, and taught the little prince a lot of things. It seemed that he had found the right tutor for his son.

"It's the Taifu who came to Xuan'er. The Taifu said that Xuan'er was good, so he rewarded Xuan'er." The little prince finally remembered that he came to see the Taifu. He got down from his father's arms and crawled into the Taifu's arms. , asked, "Taifu, you promised Xuan'er to come and play with Xuan'er, why didn't you come? Xuan'er couldn't wait any longer and came to find Taifu himself."

Li Wen saw the emperor looking at him and smiling . , he touched his nose in his heart and said, "I am here to talk to the emperor about something, but I haven't finished yet. I promised to go to your highness, and I haven't forgotten it. It's just that I may have to go a little later today, no. Thinking of His Highness, you couldn't wait any longer and came here yourself. "In fact, if the young prince didn't come here, he might really forget to look for the young prince today.

However, he would always do his best to fulfill his promise to the child.

"Then, Taifu, have you finished talking to your father?" Although the little prince is young, he has been taught by the queen personally. He seems to be very sensible at a young age and knows not to disturb his father's handling of political affairs.

"We've finished talking. Your Highness, you're here." The little prince is cute, with round eyes and a little baby fat on his face. Li Wen resisted and didn't reach out to touch the little prince's face. The emperor is right here. Look, at least you have to sneak a peek when the emperor is not around.

Although he knew that the little one he was holding in his arms was the noble prince, it was hard not to touch such a cute little young lady.

In fact, in Li Wen's eyes, the little prince is more of a child who is two or three years old and doesn't understand much yet. It's just that the birth of this child is destined to prevent him from enjoying the innocence of childhood like other children. and carefree, so he couldn't help but feel a little pity and love for this child.

It was noon in the blink of an eye, and the emperor asked him to come down and have a meal with the young prince. Li Wen could not refuse, so he stayed. After finishing the meal with the emperor and the young prince in the palace, he left the palace.

In the afternoon, I went to the house purchased for Dean Fu and raised some minor problems I found, asking the people below to deal with them according to his requirements. The house he bought for Dean Fu was only one street away from his Liuyuan Mansion, not far apart. It was only a few steps away. Li Wen bought this house with the intention that he could go there at any time whenever he wanted to see the teacher.

The house has been tidied up according to his requirements. Throw out the things that need to be thrown away and replace the things that need to be replaced. The house must be made elegant and unique, in line with Dean Fu's preferences, so that Dean Fu can fall in love with it at first sight!

The reason why he didn't want the teacher to live in his place in Beijing was because it was inconvenient, and Dean Fu would definitely not like his place there, so it would be better to buy another house and follow Dean Fu's preferences. Purchase well. In the future, the teacher will stay in Beijing as an official, and it is necessary to have a residence in Beijing. Li Wen has taken these into consideration one by one.

"Okay, that's about it. If there's anything missing then, just ask someone to take care of it." After checking it out in person and confirming that there was nothing wrong, Li waited for Dean Fu to come to the capital. Wen clapped his hands and asked the people below to close the door of the house and lead them away.

After a few days of this, when he received the letter, Li Wen personally took people to wait outside the city gate, frequently looking at the other end of the road, "Why isn't it here yet?"

He saw again and again that it was not the one he wanted to wait for. Man, once again disappointed.

"Master, don't be anxious. Didn't you say you would arrive today? You will definitely be here soon. Master, don't be anxious." Li Tong saw their young master walking around and knew that their young master was expecting Fu. Here comes the dean.

Can he not be anxious? Li Wen still couldn't help but look across the road.

Finally, as he hoped, a low-key team appeared on the road, with horseback guards in front and behind, and several carriages in the middle.

"Hey, hey, here he comes." Li Wen recognized the leading guard at a glance. He was the person next to Dean Fu.

Hahaha, here it comes, Li Wen was so happy that he almost jumped up.

The team got closer and closer until it stopped in front of him. Li Wen stood respectfully next to the car. The people inside raised the curtains. When Li Wen saw the people sitting in the carriage, he almost burst into tears. Without shedding tears, he said, "Student has met the teacher. Teacher, you are finally here."

Wuwuwu...

I am so touched that I am about to cry...

"Stop your stupidity and come up." Fu Yihan Seeing his two young apprentices looking at him with tears in their eyes, the corners of their mouths couldn't help but twitch. He hasn't settled the score with this kid yet! Now you dare to send yourself to him.

"Xinghuang, okay." Li Wen smiled, as if the emotion just now was all fake, climbed into the carriage, and sat in front of him

. Murong Qiubai followed behind on horseback.

The group of people entered the capital and stopped in front of a house.

Li Wen got off the carriage and asked the teacher to come down personally, "Teacher, this is the house that the students have bought for you. See if you like it and if there is anything that needs to be changed. The students will arrange for someone to come over and change it to what you like immediately." He stretched out his hand to help the teacher down, not minding being flattering and petty in front of the teacher.

During the years when he was studying in Nanyang, it was thanks to the teacher's guidance that he was able to pass the top exam, which is inseparable from the fact that he had a good teacher. Once a teacher, always a father, the teacher is equal to half of his father! Li Wen respected his teacher from the bottom of his heart.

"Uncle Chen, you have also come to the capital with the teacher. I am so happy to see you all coming to the capital." Seeing these familiar people, Li Wen felt very cordial.

"I have met Mr. Li." Butler Chen saluted and said with a smile.

"Uncle Chen, just call me the same as before. I'm not used to it." During the years when he was studying in Nanyang, he had been living in his teacher's house. The housekeeper and servants in the house all regarded him as Treat him like the little master of Fu Mansion. At this point, Li Wen still remembered others' kindness to him.

Butler Chen smiled and responded "Yes".

After entering the door, he walked around a jade screen and walked into the courtyard, where flowers and plants were planted.

"It's acceptable." Fu Yihan could see that everything in the house was carefully arranged and arranged according to his preferences. He looked at his little apprentice's facial features, and he saw that the child had grown up a lot without him being able to see it.

With Dean Fu's words, Li Wen knew that the teacher liked it, "Teacher, thank you for your hard work along the way. I asked someone to boil hot water. Do you want to take a shower and change clothes first?" Knowing that they were tired from traveling all the way, It is really not easy to travel far in this era, and Li Wen knows this very well.

Fortunately, it's not hot right now, otherwise it would be stuffy and hot sitting in the carriage, and it would be a hell to go on a long trip.

"In the kitchen, the students have already prepared meals. Teacher, do you want to use some now, or go and take a shower and change clothes before coming back?" Li Wen specially transferred a chef from the restaurant and prepared a large table of sumptuous meals. Meals.

"Well, let's go take a shower and change clothes first." Fu Yihan said.

Li Wen personally led the teacher to the place where he lived. Hot water had been prepared in the house. Knowing that the teacher did not need him to serve him, he went to do other things. Still, it kept him busy and happy.

They had just arrived in the capital and brought several large carts of things. Butler Chen was instructing the people below to pack their things. Li Wen arranged for some people to go over and help.

After waiting for nearly half an hour, the teacher and student sat at the dining table.

"This is your favorite hot and sour soup, teacher." Li Wen came up personally, scooped up the soup, and put it in front of the teacher. Fu Yihan saw this boy busy, and a smile flashed in his eyes, "Okay, you don't need to come."

"It's not too late for the students to be happy that I can serve you personally, teacher. Teacher, you have to give me this opportunity. "Since the last farewell in Nanyang, the teacher and student have not seen each other for a long time. When Li Wen knew that the teacher was willing to come to the capital, he was so happy that he could not sleep for several nights.

"The teacher will be here in the capital from now on. Are you afraid that you won't have a chance?" Fu Yihan said with a deeper smile on his face.

"This is the blessing of students." Li Wen grinned, revealing his white teeth.

At this moment, the teachers and students were not in a hurry to discuss the affairs of the DPRK. Li Wen diligently persuaded Dean Fu to eat more food. It was just a tiring journey all the way. After arriving in the capital, Fu Yihan's energy and appetite were not very good. He put down his chopsticks after taking a few bites.

Seeing this, Li Wen didn't force himself any further.

"I'll go back to the house to take a rest. If you have anything to do, go ahead and come back when you're free tomorrow." Fu Yihan left a few words and went into the bedroom. Li Wen stood at the door and did not follow him in, so that was all.

The emperor in the palace immediately knew that his tutor had arrived in the capital...

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Chapter 027

Seven days later, in the morning at court, the emperor announced in front of all the Chinese, civil and military officials an imperial edict to invite back his tutor, Fu Yihan, as the prime minister.

None of the officials in the court expected that the emperor would invite this man back to the capital and become the prime minister of the court. The prime minister reaches the first rank, the head of the civil servants, below one person and above ten thousand people. It is a position that many people want to sit in. Since Dong Xian resigned as Prime Minister and the position became vacant, many officials have been eyeing the position of Prime Minister, but they did not expect that Cheng Shenjin, who came out halfway, would take it.

"I accept the order." Fu Yihan knelt down to receive the order, his face calm and composed.

Before today, none of the officials in the DPRK and China had received news of this person's return to Beijing.

Fu Yihan returned to Beijing in a low-key manner and did not tell his colleagues and friends in the capital. In the first few days after returning to the capital, he spent his time resting at his residence and understanding the current situation in the DPRK and the capital. Except for the fact that his student Li Wen would come to greet him every day and chat with him about the capital, the emperor went to see him twice, and no one outside knew he was back.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the officials in the court did not know that Fu Yihan had returned to the capital.

Many officials in the court knew that Fu Yihan was the number one scholar appointed by the late emperor. He was the number one scholar who many women in the capital wanted to marry. Fu Yihan entered the court as an official and worked his way up the ladder. He became the emperor's favorite minister and later became the prince's tutor. But later, for some unknown reason, this man resolutely resigned from his official position and quietly left the capital. He has not been back to the capital for so many years.

This time, as soon as Fu Yihan returned to the capital, the emperor invited him to be the prime minister. Everyone speculated that it was the emperor who invited this man back to the capital.

Although everyone was surprised by this matter, no minister raised any objection. Even if there were officials who had objections to the emperor's request for Fu Yihan to be prime minister, they could only hold it in their hearts and dare not raise it.

Now that the prince has become the emperor, the officials who used to support the prince's faction are naturally on the emperor's side. Those officials who were not the prince's faction in the past are now eager to keep their tail between their legs, and they dare not raise any objections.

After the morning court ended, the officials from the court came to congratulate the Prime Minister one after another. Some of them were colleagues and friends who had served as officials in the same court as the Prime Minister. They did not expect that Fu Yihan, who had resigned and returned to the capital, would return to the capital again. It is the official worship of the prime minister.

The officialdom is actually a very realistic place. Everyone wants to climb higher. Most of the interactions between people are related to interests. Without interests, there will be less interactions. In the years since Fu Yihan resigned and left the capital, there are actually very few friends who are still in contact with him.

Sometimes Zhan's hair on his temples has turned completely white, and his face is old and full of wrinkles.

Standing next to a former colleague and friend, the other person's appearance has not changed much. If there is a change, it is that the other person's temperament is more elegant and mature.

"Ziru, when did you come back to the capital? Why didn't you tell me so that I could take care of you?" Zhan was quite happy to see his friend return to the capital. He had been feeling sorry for Fu Yihan all these years. He resigned and returned to his hometown.

It wasn't until two years ago that Fu Yihan's disciple Li Wen came to the capital to participate in the scientific examination, and the two of them exchanged more letters.

Zhan sometimes didn't know in advance that Fu Yihan had returned to the capital, and he never thought that the emperor would ask Fu Yihan to serve as prime minister. However, if this person assumes the position of prime minister, Zhan sometimes does not feel dissatisfied. There are not many officials in the court who he can truly admire, and Fu Yihan is the only one.

"I just came back a few days ago, and I haven't had time to see you yet. There's no need to catch up with the wind and wash away the dust, but it's still okay if you sit down and have a cup of good tea." Fu Yihan is not a person who likes liveliness, so he didn't tell Xiang Xiang Colleagues and friends, he came back because he didn't want to exert too much effort. These are unnecessary.

But if we can sit down and chat together and talk about the past, it's still okay.

When two friends met, they had endless things to say to each other, but no one had time at the moment, so they made an appointment to have tea together another day.

From coming to the capital to participate in the scientific examination to becoming an official in the court, Li Wen did not reveal to outsiders that he was Fu Yihan's disciple. Therefore, except for the great scholar Zhan and the emperor, not many people in the court knew that he and the emperor were together. It's related to Prime Minister Fu.

Now that the teacher has come back to serve as an official in the court, and he is still a prime minister, Li Wen is busy following his teacher. Therefore, in the eyes of uninformed people, they just think that he is in a hurry to hug him. The thighs of the newly appointed Prime Minister.

"Hey, it turns out that Li Wen is nothing more than that." Some people felt ashamed of his behavior. Of course, when these people later found out that Li Wen was a student taught by Fu Yihan himself, these people's faces were beaten hard.

Li Wen: I'd love to hug Dean Fu's thigh... slightly, you guys who want to hug Dean Fu haven't had the chance yet!

After the person for the position of prime minister was selected, some officials in the court also gave up their thoughts.

After having the Prime Minister, the civil servants in the court seemed to have found a core group, and they all moved closer to the new Prime Minister. Some officials who were still fighting to the death for this position have stopped now. As long as their opponent does not sit in the prime minister's position, replacing them with another person will always make their hearts more balanced. No one can sit down anyway.

The new prime minister was a pragmatist, and he quickly won the support and support of some practical officials in the DPRK.

The implementation of the new tax law has been discussed for a long time, and it was finally decided to implement it in several important towns. At the same time, the emperor issued an order prohibiting local officials from collecting any money from the people in the name of the court. In serious cases, they would be dismissed from their posts, investigated and punished according to crime.

Government orders are issued from the central government to local governments.

The next day, the People's Daily also published this news: The new tax law will continue to be implemented in Beijing, and starting from July 1, the new tax law will be implemented in Nanyang Prefecture, Yuancheng, Pingzhou, Xiangzhou and other places. At the same time, it was also published that the emperor had promulgated a ban on local officials collecting any money from the people in the name of the court. There was also the emperor's jade seal on it, indicating that this news was promulgated by the emperor.

This news caused a huge splash among the merchants, and the merchants rushed to tell each other, "Good news, great good

news."

"Haha, we just saw the newspaper, it said it in the newspaper."

Now . With newspapers, these businessmen can know the news promulgated by the central government and the emperor's decrees as soon as possible. Compared with before, they have to spend more money to get the news from some officials. , it is much better to know that the news coming is unreliable.

A newspaper only costs a few copper coins, and the news published in the newspaper cannot be faked, so businessmen here in the capital send their slaves to buy newspapers every day. Those who have a fixed residence can also order newspapers for a whole year, and a newspaper boy will deliver the newspapers to their house every day, which is very convenient.

As soon as they saw the news released by the imperial court, these businessmen all gathered together to discuss. They all said that the current emperor was a wise emperor.

Before, everyone was still worried about whether the new emperor would follow the new regulations promulgated by the previous emperor after he ascended the throne. Regulations don't count. Many of them have signed cooperation projects with the government and have spent money on them. If the court doesn't count, they will have nowhere to get back the money they spent.

Unexpectedly, after the new emperor came to the throne, he not only did not suppress businessmen like them, but also expanded the limits of their business and implemented new tax laws at the local level.

Now the emperor has also ordered that local officials are not allowed to collect money from them. If there are still officials who deliberately collect money from them under various names, then they can still go to the imperial court. Then those officials they sued We can't afford to go around in circles. I'm afraid that it's just a trivial matter to lose an official or be demoted, but it's a serious matter to lose your head!

In the past, these businessmen were extremely afraid of corrupt local officials. Now that the emperor's decree has come out, all these officials have stood upright. The one who supports them is the emperor. Who dares to provoke them? Already? !

The projects they had discussed with the government before were all counted, and several trade routes will be launched after spring. Several big business gangs and big families in the capital have prepared a lot of goods, mostly silk, porcelain, spices, etc. that are liked by the nobles of neighboring countries. If these goods are shipped to neighboring countries, they can be exchanged for a lot of things. Then transport the goods exchanged from neighboring countries back to the capital. With this round trip, you can earn dozens of times the amount of money by changing hands.

This is also the reason why in the past, these businessmen risked their lives to go to small neighboring countries to do business, knowing that there was danger. The profits were so huge that people couldn't help but take the risk.

But now that the imperial court has come forward and sent soldiers to escort them along the way, the dangers along the way will be reduced a lot. Each of these businessmen are gearing up to make a lot of money back.

After half a year of hard work, the pipelines built by the government were laid far from the capital to the south and north. Along with the roads, inns and post offices were built along the way.

The inn is operated and managed by businessmen. This operating authority is not permanent and can only last for three years at most. After three years, the operating rights of these stations will need to be rebid.

The post office was in the hands of the imperial court, and was managed by personnel assigned by the imperial court.

The stations built along the way serve as transfer points, with places for materials to be placed and people to rest. Roads were paved all the way, and inns were built all the way. The people who laid the roads had a place to stay, a place to rest and sleep.

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Chapter 028

At first, some people heard that the imperial court was recruiting people to work, and they just thought of trying to work for two days. Unexpectedly, not only did they not leave, but they also invited relatives and friends to work together. Although this work is hard and the money given by the court is not much, it is actually before you get it. If you do well, there will be extra rewards. Therefore, these men work hard and work hard. If they work one more day, they can If you get one more day's worth of money, you can pack your things and go home if you want to rest for a few days before coming back.

It's just that as the roads are paved further and the distance from home is getting farther and farther, some people who are willing to continue to work continue to work, and some people are too far away from their wives and children, and they feel uneasy, so they pack up. Things go home.

When inns are built on the road, passing caravans and travelers will come to stay and eat. These merchants who invest money to open inns can also make money. The post office run by the government is also responsible for delivering letters and goods to the people. If some people have letters that need to be sent to relatives and children in other places, they have a place to send them.

"Boom -"

the sound of spring thunder marked the start of February's Waking of Insects.

Folks have a saying that spring thunder scares hundreds of insects. As soon as the stinging insects wake up, the weather gets warmer and early spring arrives. At this time, some places with warm climate in the south have already entered the spring plowing period, but it is a little later in the north.

Along with the thunder, there was also the arrival of heavy rain.

It was raining heavily, and there were fewer cars, horses and pedestrians on the street. Only a few vendors came out to set up stalls on the road. Most people packed up their stalls at home and did not go out on the rainy day.

At this time, the emperor proposed a disarmament proposal, and the military generals in the court immediately jumped out to object, "Your Majesty, you must not do it." They had never heard that the court wanted to reduce the number of officers and soldiers. Guarding the border, protecting the home and country, without the protection of these soldiers at the border, it would be troublesome once foreign enemies invaded.

"Just listen to what I have to say and it's not too late to object."

Before he could finish his words, a large number of people stood up to object. The emperor felt helpless.

After all the courtiers below calmed down, the emperor continued, "What I mean is to lay off some of the older soldiers, as well as those who are injured and can no longer guard the border. At that time, the court will We will provide them with a place to live according to their wishes."

In addition, the emperor also mentioned that these retired soldiers can be transferred to reclaim wasteland, roads have been built, and finally there are some officials needed by the court. These retired soldiers can be arranged to work according to the actual situation.

The emperor's words calmed these agitated generals.

"The imperial court is now spending money to develop our Dacheng swords and weapons. These weapons will be put into use on the battlefield in the future." The emperor asked people to bring up the weapons made in the arsenal and show them to the civil and military officials in the court.

The first purpose of this is to tell these ministers that the treasury now has money, and the money has been put to practical use; the second point is to tell these ministers that he, the emperor, has an absolutely powerful weapon in his hands. to act as a deterrent.

At the same time, the emperor proposed a policy of strengthening the army. In the future, he will improve the methods and skills of these soldiers in fighting the enemy and fighting. And every year, 10% of the silver from the national treasury is used for the development and manufacture of weapons, as well as improving and improving the treatment and living facilities of border officers and soldiers, etc.

This latter point was unanimously supported by the military generals in the DPRK and China, and all of these military generals had smiles on their faces. After listening to what the emperor said later, they felt that there was nothing wrong with the reduction of military personnel proposed by the emperor.

"Now, do you still object to my proposal of disarmament?" the emperor asked after he finished speaking.

"Your Majesty is wise, and I will obey your Majesty's orders."

How could they object to such a good thing!

Although none of these generals have read a few books, don't know a few words, and are all rough and tumble, they know what is good for the soldiers. Although the emperor proposed to reduce the army, he also said that he would arrange a place for these people based on their situation and wishes. This has never been a good thing.

In the past, when these veterans and remnants retired from the battlefield, many of them were directly repatriated to their places of residence. Many of these injured and old veterans had a very sad life after they returned. After some of them went to serve as soldiers, their wives at home had long since After running away with someone, most of those who return when they are older cannot find a wife and remain singles for the rest of their lives.

But if the court arranges a place for these people, and these retired soldiers have a monthly income, then life will be much easier, and maybe there will be women willing to live with them.

Who said these generals are all rough and tumble? This calculation is no more careful than that of civil servants.

The emperor also said that he would increase investment in weapons and military supplies in the future. In the past, the Ministry of Household Affairs had no money and the national treasury was empty. It was already very good that the imperial court could not default on the monthly payment of these soldiers. Why would the imperial court want to increase the investment in weapons and military supplies in the future? Large amounts of weapons and military supplies were invested.

They all saw the big steel knife that the emperor had just brought out, and it looked like a good thing. However, the emperor just asked someone to bring it to them for a look, and had no intention of giving it to them. Many military generals are itching in their hearts and want to get one. Later, they have to ask how they can get one for playing with this knife.

On the same day, the emperor issued an imperial edict, summoning General Zhao Zhuo from the northwest border and a group of soldiers who had made meritorious services this time to return to Beijing to receive rewards.

"Long live the emperor, long live the emperor -"

This group of generals shouted "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor" with excitement and high spirits.

The emperor had not revealed to him in advance that he would summon General Zhao back to the capital, so would his master also return to the capital with him? Li Wen smiled and rolled his eyes.

Back at the house, Li Wen touched the old dog lying at the door to guard the house for him, and said, "Master will come back to the capital soon, and we

will see him soon. General, are you happy? Listen. You said you don't like to eat these days. How can you do it without eating? People are like iron rice and steel. How can you do it without eating?"

The big black dog nudged his palm with his head, like It was in protest that he said it.

"You don't like me talking about you, but I still want to talk about you. When the master comes back, I will tell him that you refuse to eat, and I will see what you do." Li Wen knew that the dog missed its owner.

The big black dog is so old that its teeth have fallen out, and the meat it eats is boiled until soft. I wonder if it is because of its age, but the dog's appetite is not as good as before.

Li Wen still remembered that when he was a child, he always liked to climb on the back of the big black dog, and the big black dog would carry him all the way home. In the blink of an eye, why did that majestic big black dog from the past become old? He couldn't figure it out, and he wasn't willing to accept the fact that the dog was old.

Although he is busy on weekdays, Li Wen will still accompany and talk to the big black dog when he comes back.

After getting the dog and warming himself by the fire, Li Wen went to the study. He received a letter from Zhao Xiangyi and knew that the affairs of the He Gang were handled smoothly and that the man would be back in the capital soon. He wrote a letter , told him some things in the court, and also told him about the return of General Zhao, his biological father, to the capital.

The ones who returned to the capital before Zhao Xiangyi were several cartloads of women and children sent by Wang Hao. Seeing these women and children, Li Wen's mouth twitched and asked, "What's going on?"

"Back to your lord, it was our young general who asked me to send these people over to you. He said he wanted you to arrange and deal with these people." The general who sent them over relayed their young general's words to Mr. Li, to the effect that these people They were all found when they were encircling and suppressing the bandit dens. Their young general asked them to send the people over. They have already sent the people over to you, but they will not send them back. The bandit dens are gone, and these women and children will not know if they are sent back. Where to send it.

So Mr. Li, these people are at your disposal.

Li asked, "..."

These women were originally from good families. After being kidnapped by the bandits, some of them were raped and had children by the bandits on the mountain. Many of the children they brought with them were their own. . Now that they were rescued from the bandits' den by the officers and soldiers, these women were unwilling to go home and had no shame to go back, so they followed the officers and soldiers to the capital.

Now seeing this young adult and knowing that their future fate is in the hands of this adult, these women all knelt down one after another.

"Please, sir, help the slaves."

"The slaves have nowhere to go, please take them in."

"Okay, stop crying." He cried so much that Li Wen looked at him and knelt down. Among the women and children in front of me, some are older, some are young, some are beautiful, and some are average-looking.

There are also these children, the younger ones are still being held in swaddling clothes, the older ones look to be ten or eight years old.

"Let me think about it."

How to deal with this matter? Li Wen glared at the general who sent these women and children to him. Noticing Mr. Li staring at him, the general chuckled, pretending to be stupid and not understanding at all, "Sir, I have sent someone to you. I have to go back and resume my life with the young general, so I will take the person away first." Come on."

As soon as they said this, without Mr. Li's reaction, they all got on their horses and ran away.

Li asked, "..."

These bastards can run really fast! If that kid Wang Hao were in front of him right now, he would definitely beat him up, and Li Wen was mentally gritting his teeth.

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Chapter 029

Faced with a face that looked at him with pleading, what else could he do?

Li Wen stretched out his hand to rub his brows, and then ordered, "Yingchun, take them down first to take a bath and change into clean clothes." He saw that all of these people were unkempt, and he didn't know how long it had been since their clothes had been changed. .

"If you don't have any clothes, you can find a way to get them clean clothes, and then ask the kitchen to prepare some food for everyone." The children here are all sallow and thin, and the women are not much better. At first glance, it seems that he has endured a lot of hardships along the way, so let's settle him down first before talking about anything else.

In this era, there were no welfare institutions such as Shantang, so these women and children had nowhere to put them. Fortunately, his house is big enough, and there is a row of empty houses behind it that no one lives in, so we have to put people here first.

"Yes, sir, I will take them down right now." Yingchun saw that these women and children were pitiful, and felt a little sympathy for them. If she hadn't met the adults back then, her own life might not be much better than these women today.

"Thank you, sir."

"Thank you, sir."

The women knelt down and kowtowed with their children.

Li Wen waved his hand to tell everyone to get up and signaled Yingchun to take everyone down.

Yingchun understood and led these women and children down.

He had to think carefully about how to deal with these women and children, Li Wen thought in his mind.

It was really a headache for Wang Hao to throw such a hot potato to him.

But he couldn't leave these people alone. Could it be that he could really get these women and children to be sent back to their place? The local officials are definitely not willing to deal with these matters, so now that this matter has fallen on him, no matter what, he can only settle the people down first and then think of a solution.

Li Wen couldn't help but cursed that bastard Wang Hao in his heart again, knowing that he would leave these troublesome problems to him. If you can, don't come back to the capital!

"A sneeze -"

Wang Xiaojiang, who was thousands of miles away, sneezed hard. Wang Hao rubbed his nose. Someone must be thinking about him in his mind

about how to take back and unify the river gang. It was smoother than they expected. After taking back all the river gangs, there were still a lot of things to deal with. Otherwise, Zhao Xiangyi would have returned to the capital long ago.

After that siege, there were only three big river gangs left from the original four river gangs. The leaders of these big three river gangs led their subordinates to surrender to the imperial court.

It's just that Zhao Xiangyi did not directly arrange for court officials to manage these gangs. Even if he arranged people to manage these river gangs, he might not be able to suppress them. Instead, based on the decision they had discussed previously, they continued to use the original gang leaders to manage the river gangs below, and unified management of some small river gangs. The court could indirectly control the river gangs below through the hands of these gang leaders. River Gang.

But before that, it is necessary to ensure that these people can be used by the court. As the saying goes, don't use doubters but don't doubt people. Now that he decided to use these people, Zhao Xiangyi believed in his own vision and intuition, and finally decided to use these three people to take charge of these river gangs. The court would then use their hands to control these people. Thus controlling the jurisdiction of water transportation.

At this point, the ownership of water transportation was returned to the imperial court.

As soon as he finished handling the affairs with the He Gang, Zhao Xiangyi felt like returning home and wished he could return to the capital immediately. He no longer waited for the people behind him, leaving Military Advisor Xie to handle some of the follow-up chores. Zhao Xiangyi directly led a few soldiers and rode back to the capital on fast horses.

"Drive_"

Several fast horses were running on the road. General Zhao, who was eager to return home, was far ahead of the soldiers behind him. The soldiers behind him were almost dying of pursuit. Fortunately, before approaching the capital, the soldiers behind them caught up with their boss.

They entered the city just before the city gate closed.

As soon as he returned to the capital, Zhao Xiangyi went to the palace first and told the emperor some things about the He Gang this time. He stayed in the palace for a long time. By the time he came out of the palace, it was already dark outside and there were no pedestrians, cars or horses on the streets of the capital.

It was only at this time that Zhao Xiangyi could rush to see the person he longed for.

But as soon as he returned to the capital, Zhao Xiangyi learned from his men that the young man had taken in many women in his house! Although he knew that the boy would not be attracted to those women, knowing it was one thing, and whether he cared about them or not was another matter entirely.

After climbing over the high wall of Liuyuan Mansion at night, General Zhao followed the familiar route and went to Mr. Li's bedroom. Once he saw it,

he did this kind of thing frequently.

The guards at the mansion realized that their former master had arrived, and greeted the brothers who met him. The guards at Liuyuan Mansion all knew about the relationship between their former master and their current master, so they would not stop him and kept silent. He went back to his post and guarded

the quiet room. The young man on the bed was curled up in the quilt to show off, and he had fallen asleep.

When he saw the sleeping boy on the bed, all the anxiety and uneasiness in his heart miraculously disappeared. Zhao Xiangyi half-knelt on the bed, reached out to touch the boy's face, and finally touched the boy's lips. The man's throat rolled, and finally he couldn't control himself and leaned forward to kiss the boy's lips.

"Ayi? Are you back?"

"Well, it's me, I'm back."

Li Wen fell asleep in a daze and felt someone kissing him. There was a familiar touch on his lips. He didn't need to open his eyes. , he knew who was back. His body woke up faster than his consciousness, and he put his hands around the man's neck. Their lips came together and

the kiss ended. Li Wen's consciousness was completely awake.

The candle on the table was lit, and the warm candlelight illuminated the inside of the room, which also allowed him to clearly see the man who had returned. He had not shaved his chin, and he had not cleaned himself up for an unknown period of time. Li Wen sat on the bed with sleepiness still on his face, staring at the man who came back to wake him up in the middle of the night, and asked, "When did you come back? Have you had dinner? Are you hungry? Do you need me to ask someone to go to the kitchen?"

Can I get you something to eat?"

A sound of hollowness in the stomach sounded at the right moment.

"..." Zhao Xiangyi still wanted to say if he was hungry, but he was too embarrassed to say it now. He had eaten something in the morning, and he didn't feel hungry until he asked.

In order to rush back to the capital, they hardly took any rest on the way. They just ate some dry food to fill their stomachs.

Zhao Xiangyi said, "Not long after I came back, I went into the palace to see the emperor." In the meantime, he didn't even sit down to drink water, and rushed over to see his young man.

"I'll go get someone to get you some food first." Li Wen said and wanted to get up.

Zhao Xiangyi held the person down with one hand and said, "Sit on the bed and don't move. I'll just go and get someone to do it." After saying that, he got up, walked to the door, opened the door, and called a When someone comes over, ask someone to go to the kitchen and bring him some food, as long as it can fill his stomach.

"Aha..."

Li Wen covered his mouth and yawned. He was really woken up in the middle of his sleep, and he was still very sleepy at the moment. Zhao Xiangyi turned around and came back, and saw the young man looking extremely sleepy. He sat down on the bed, reached out to touch the young man's face, and said, "Go to sleep if you're sleepy."

Li Wen shook his head and asked, "Are things going well with the He Gang? Tell me about the things there."

In the past two months, they have been exchanging letters. From Zhao Xiangyi's letter, , he knows something about the situation there, but you still have to listen to this person to know the details.

"It went smoothly. There is still a little trivial matter. I left Yunfei to deal with it." Zhao Xiangyi told the young man some things about the He Gang this time, detailing some things that were not written in the letter. Talk to the boy.

The prepared food was quickly brought over from the kitchen.

"You go have something to eat first." Li Wen ordered someone to bring some hot water. After a while, the man finished eating so that he could take a shower. He didn't know what his body smelled like or how long it had been since he took a shower. Had a bath.

Li Wen was slightly disgusted and drove people to eat and take a bath, and laughed and scolded, "Hurry up, otherwise it will be cold today."

Fortunately, the emperor now changed the daily morning court to once every three days, otherwise they would have to wait in the middle of the night Gotta get up and get ready to go to court. He doesn't have to go to morning work tomorrow, so he can sleep a little longer. There have been a lot of things in the department recently, and Li Wen has been busy almost every day until very late before lying down in bed and going to sleep.

Today I was woken up by someone who came back in the middle of the night, which made me feel really bad.

"Okay." Zhao Xiangyi sat down with a smile, picked up the chopsticks and picked up the bowl, picked up the vegetables and ate, "Would you like to eat something together?"

"No, I'm not hungry. I won't be able to sleep for a while after eating." At this moment, Li Wen got off the bed, wearing only a thin pair of underwear and a robe outside.

The weather is still a little cold at the moment, and I still sleep under a quilt at night, but the fireplace in the house is no longer burning, so I still feel cold when I get up in the middle of the night without wearing more clothes.

Li Wen sat down on the chair opposite Zhao Xiangyi and watched the man eat without moving his chopsticks. The two of them had not seen each other for a long time. When Zhao Xiangyi was away from the capital, he was actually thinking about this person.

Now that I see people coming back, I always feel like I can't get enough of them.

"Don't look at me like that. If you look at me like that again, I'm not sure if you can finish this meal." Zhao Xiangyi met the young man's eyes and said with a smile.

"I only eat your food, but I don't know how to take good care of myself outside." Li Wen scolded with a smile.

As soon as he saw this man go out, he didn't know how to take good care of himself, and he didn't know whether he had eaten three meals a day. This time he came back from the outside and lost a lot of weight, and his cheeks were sunken. He was worried about this in his heart. The man's heart aches, and he feels bad that he didn't take good care of himself outside.

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Chapter 030

Li Wen knew that things in the He Gang were definitely not as easy as the man said. Otherwise, this man would not have lost so much weight after just one trip.

Both of them knew some things, but they didn't point them out.

Zhao Xiangyi would not tell the boy, just so that he could finish the matter quickly so that he could come back to the capital to see him. He was stunned to finish all the matters in the shortest possible time before returning to the capital today, just to be able to come back to the capital earlier. Seeing the person he missed in his heart.

After the man had dinner, the hot water in the room was ready.

When Zhao Xiangyi went to take a shower, Li Wen returned to the bed and lay down. When the man came to bed after taking a shower, the two of them chewed their lips together. The two of them had not seen each other for so long, and it was difficult for them to control themselves, so they quickly fell in love with each other.

After the love affair, the boys in his arms had fallen asleep.

Looking at the young man's sleeping face, Zhao Xiangyi remembered that he had forgotten about his plan to raise an army to investigate. But now the young man is in his arms. Besides being his, who else can Mr. Li Liuyuan belong to?

The night passed, and the stars in the sky fell one by one.

The sky turned white, and the streets of the capital city rang with the sound of their eyes ringing. Vendors pushed their carts out to set up stalls to sell goods. When the city gate opened, the caravans and people waiting in line outside the city lined up one by one, and the capital returned to the bustle and bustle of the day.

The sun rises slowly in the east.

The courtyard was so quiet that even the servants did not dare to walk outside for fear of waking up their master. On the bed in the room, the young man was still sleeping soundly in the man's arms, his nostrils gently fluttering and he was breathing regularly.

In fact, Zhao Xiangyi had woken up long ago, but he was reluctant to let go of the boy in his arms.

He was so exhausted last night that the two of them didn't fall asleep until almost dawn, so the boy was still asleep at this moment. Zhao Xiangyi knew that if he got up, he would definitely wake up the sleeping boy. He was reluctant to wake him up, so he lay on the bed with him

and lowered the curtains in the room to block the sunlight outside.

"Well -"

I don't know how long it took, but the boy in his arms moved and turned over. Zhao Xiangyi knew that he had woken up. He stroked the boy's back back and forth with his hands, and pressed the boy's back. waist position.

"Hmm... there, press it." Li Wen was in the man's arms, instructing the man to massage him without even opening his eyes.

The pressure on his waist was just right, and Li Wen let out a comfortable sigh.

It was nearly half an hour before he fully woke up.

After getting up, Li Wen realized it was so late. He raised his hand to his forehead and said, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"Seeing that you slept well, I couldn't bear to wake you up." Zhao Xiangyi waited on people to change clothes and wash up. He bent down, lowered his head and kissed the boy's lips. He had never served anyone like the young man before, but if this person was the young man in front of him, he would serve him as willingly as if he were on the catwalk.

Hearing the man's words, Li Wen didn't know what to say.

The two people looked at each other with smiles in their eyes, and they couldn't help but kiss each other. Before the gun went off, Li Wen quickly stopped the man's movement, "No..." Do this again. Go down and he'll have to stay in bed all day.

Originally, he had a lot of things to do today, but now it seems that he can only postpone them.

Zhao Xiangyi breathed heavily in the young man's ear, but he did not force the young man to continue. He bit the young man's ear and asked, "I heard that you have admitted a lot of people into your house. Why don't you tell me about it?" What's going on?" He didn't say women, but the meaning was almost the same.

Li Wen raised his eyebrows. He didn't believe that this man didn't know what was going on.

"You don't believe me?" Li Wen asked, holding the man's chin in place with both hands and staring into his eyes.

"I believe you." General Zhao answered this almost without thinking.

That's pretty much it, Li Wen hummed in his mind.

Seeing Zhao Xiangyi now, he actually thought of a way to deal with the people taken in by his house. Li Wen asked, "Tell me, are there many soldiers under your command who are not yet married?"

Zhao Xiangyi nodded subconsciously and said, "Yes, there are many soldiers who are not yet married." "My wife." Why did the young man ask this? A possibility flashed in his mind. Zhao Xiangyi's eyes lit up and he asked, "What do you mean?"

"That's what you think." Li Wen smiled and nodded. He said, "I just don't know if the soldiers over there will mind these women..." After all, these women were rescued from the bandits' den, and some of them had given birth to children.

If others minded, Li Wen wouldn't try to forcefully bring them together, so as not to increase the grievances between them.

"What do you mind? It's good for these gangsters to have a wife to warm their beds. How can they be picky?" Zhao Xiangyi told Li Wen to just rest assured. The two discussed the matter, and Li Wen said, "It still depends on what they want from each other. I'm here to help pull the strings. Whether it succeeds or not depends on themselves."

"Okay, I understand. You Arrange as many women as you can here, and I will handle it here." Zhao Xiangyi was very interested in what the young man said, so that he could arrange for all those women to come out, and secondly, some of his subordinates. Soldiers who have not married yet have the opportunity to marry a wife and go back to warm their beds and have babies.

This move kills two birds with one stone and solves all the problems at once.

It was almost noon now. After the two of them had eaten, Li Wen asked, "You know about the teacher's return to the capital,

right? Let's find a time to meet the teacher?" Li Wen wanted to say Tell Dean Fu about him and Zhao Xiangyi.

As early as he knew that Dean Fu would come to the capital, Li Wen had thought about confessing his relationship with Zhao Xiangyi to Dean Fu. It was better for them to take the initiative to confess to Dean Fu now than to let him know later. They were afraid that Dean Fu would be so angry that he would sever the teacher-student relationship with him.

As the prince's companion, Zhao Xiangyi studied with the prince and also studied under Fu Yihan.

Thinking of the ruler in Master Fu's hand, General Zhao, an eight-foot-tall man, felt his heart tremble. After hearing Li Wen's words,

Zhao Xiangyi understood what the young man meant. He paused and pretended to be relaxed and said, "Okay, just tell me when you want to go.

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"We won't have a rest in two days. Just that day?" Li asked.

The expression on Zhao Xiangyi's face did not change and he nodded.

The two had been together for so long. From the subtle expressions of the man, Li Wen could sensitively sense Zhao Xiangyi's psychology. He smiled and asked, "Don't you want to go?"

"No. The teacher has arrived in the capital. Come, I should go visit him. "Isn't it more painful than a knife to penetrate the flesh? He, Zhao Xiangyi, has never been afraid of anything in his life. Zhao Xiangyi thought in his heart, isn't he just going to meet someone? There is nothing to be afraid of!

"Oh, that's good." Li Wen smiled and nodded.

In fact, he was a little nervous, but he knew that Dean Fu was different from ordinary secular people, and he would definitely agree with them in the end regarding his and Zhao Xiangyi's affairs. It's just that I don't know if Dean Fu will beat someone if he loses his temper if he knows about their affairs. That's another matter.

Both of them had things to do, so they went out together in the afternoon. Li Wen went to the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to handle some matters, while Zhao Xiangyi went to the palace again.

After the beginning of spring, several caravans organized by the imperial court set off from the capital to several surrounding small countries. This time, soldiers sent by the imperial court protected them all the way, making the road relatively safer. The merchants' carriages were loaded with goods and they set off.

This is the first foreign trade organized by the imperial court. The result will depend on what will happen when these caravans return. Li Wen has been busy with this matter for the past two months after the new year. When the caravan set off with the escort, he felt temporarily relieved. He had to wait for the caravan to return smoothly before they could bring him some specific information about the surrounding small countries

. It happened to be a holiday in two days.

On this day, Li Wen took Zhao Xiangyi to the Prime Minister's Mansion and confessed his relationship with Zhao Xiangyi to Dean Fu, "I like A Yi. I have been with him for a long time. I have never told you about this matter." Yes. I...I really like him, and he also has me in his heart, so..." He stopped talking when he saw Dean Fu's face getting worse and worse.

They were afraid that Dean Fu would kick them out if they kept talking.

"So, you are here to tell me that you and this boy are in love with each other. Let me help you, right?" Fu Yihan almost covered his chest. The little number one scholar he taught so hard, let Zhao Xiangyi Was this guy taken away?

Li Wen touched his nose, and that was about it.

"Teacher, isn't there a saying that says once a teacher, always a father? You are my teacher, of course I treat you as a father, and of course I have to tell you about this." Written by Li Wenhou Shaanpi said.

"Ha!" Fu Yihan glared at the smiling students and asked, "Does your family know about this?"

"...I haven't told them yet." Li Wen touched his nose and said.

Zhao Xiangyi interjected, "I told my mother-in-law about the matter between me and Ah Wen, and my mother-in-law did not object to the matter between me and Ah Wen. This time, the emperor issued an order to summon my father back to Beijing. Waiting for my father to come back, I will explain this matter clearly to my father. My mother-

in-law has already agreed, and my father will definitely not disagree. "How dare you disagree!"

You kidnapped my proud disciple. , I haven't settled the score with you yet! His disciple is so outstanding, does Zhao Zhuo dare to disagree? Fu Yihan saw that these two boys were determined to be together, so he came here today just to inform him of this matter, not to ask for his

opinion .

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