Su Buwei served the emperor and drank a few mouthfuls of rice porridge. The emperor still had a poor appetite, but he knew that he had to eat, so he frowned and tried to swallow the rice porridge, but he vomited it all out soon. Su Buwei frantically wiped it for the emperor, and the emperor smiled apologetically at him like a child who has done something wrong.
Standing on the side, Zhang Zhenren's face was covered with a layer of haze. The emperor was already in a state of being unable to eat. Perhaps, he might close his eyes at any time and never open them again. This is an unpredictable emperor, his mind is very fickle, so he should be an impermanent person. But he happens to be a person with perseverance and firmness that people have to admire. His persistence and his impermanence are so profound and so vivid.
He is impermanent because he always changes his decisions impromptu. He is firm because he has a consistent ideal.
When the emperor was eating, Su Buwei specially told the guards to stay away. He didn't want the guards to see how weak the emperor was now. In fact, it wasn't just Su Buwei, even now the emperor was still the support of many people. Once the emperor falls, a large number of people will collapse with it.
The same goes for these guards, they are loyal to the Yang family, although they all know that the emperor is seriously ill, but no one wants to believe that the emperor will die soon. Once the emperor died halfway, they might become extremely confused once their tense nerves were relaxed in the past few months.
"It's windy outside. Would you like to go back to the carriage to rest for a while, Your Majesty?"
Su Buwei lowered his head and asked.
The emperor shook his head slightly: "No, just sit here for a while, and continue on the road after feeding the horses. Now when I close my eyes, I see the prince smiling at me and calling my father... I am an irresponsible father , put such a big burden on his shoulders prematurely, in fact, I want to do more things for him, but I know it's impossible."
Su Buwei's nose was sore, and he lowered his head to massage the emperor to clear his blood.
"Old Dog Su."
The emperor suddenly called him: "Kneel down and kowtow to me."
Su Buwei was stunned for a moment, although he didn't understand what the emperor meant, he got up and took a few steps back, then knelt down and solemnly kowtowed to the emperor.
The emperor smiled slightly and said, "Okay, I forgive you."
Su Buwei was taken aback for a moment, then suddenly understood, and burst into tears instantly.
"Your Majesty, slaves should die!"
The emperor smiled and said: "I know you deserve to die, but I don't want to kill you. You and Pei Yan secretly did many things in the capital, and I knew about them, but I didn't ask you. You secretly excluded Luo Weiran and fabricated him I also know about being unfaithful to me. You still have people around the prince, monitoring every word and deed of the prince all the time. I also know... But I also know that you do this because of selfishness, not for me. Infidelity. When you make mistakes, you don't mean to be treasonous."
Su Buwei kowtowed vigorously, and soon there was blood on his forehead.
The emperor waved his hand vigorously and said: "Get up, I said, I forgive you. I know you are not reconciled. You have been with Wu Peisheng for so long, and you are used to seeing how powerful Wu Peisheng is as a eunuch holding a pen." Since then, maybe you have thought about becoming that kind of eunuch one day. But after I ascended the throne, I removed the power and responsibility of Bingbi eunuch, and Wu Peisheng was unwilling, so why not you?"
"You don't have rebellious thoughts, but you still want to restore the rights of eunuch Bingbi. It is precisely because I know that you only have this kind of thought, so I have never done anything to you. People make mistakes, and I have made many mistakes, but I can Forgive me, I will never pursue anything."
He took a deep breath and slowed down: "If you kowtow to me, I will treat you as admitting your mistake."
Su Buwei burst into tears, unable to speak.
Zhang Zhenren was watching from the side, feeling very sad in his heart, so he turned his head away and stopped looking at the master and servant.
"It's not like I didn't think about killing you when the sixth child made trouble."
The emperor smiled and said softly: "But at the expedition ceremony, when those two lunatics Chen Hun and Chen Ha came, the moment you stood in front of me, I changed my mind. You and Lao Liu secretly If there is any relationship, I plan not to ask or think about it again, because you have never had any intention of harming me."
"Slaves deserve death!"
Su Buwei just kowtowed, blood had already covered the old face full of grooves.
"Let's not talk about that."
The emperor let himself sit more comfortably, escaped from his cuff and handed a handkerchief to Su Buwei: "Shu Cha, you are already ugly, and this bloody face is even uglier, get up, do you still want me to beg you? "
Su Buwei got up quickly, bowed to take the handkerchief but was reluctant to use it, raised his hand and wiped his face with his sleeve randomly, folded the handkerchief neatly and put it in his arms.
The emperor looked at his actions, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more gentle: "The reason why I only pointed it out today is because I don't want you to have any burden in your heart. I know that you have always been afraid, and people who do wrong things are like this. , I am afraid that one day what I have done will be found out. I said today that I want to settle accounts with you. If you kowtow, this account will be over... I want you to continue to do things for you and work hard for me work."
He paused and said: "The crown prince is young, and he hasn't had time to cultivate a few loyal people around him. After I die, you will continue to be the eunuch of Bingbi. Pei Yan is dead, and I will not set up the official position of the servant of the Huangmen. So... you are going to get your wish, I will restore your eunuch's right to sort out memorials, but you have to remember that this right is for assisting the crown prince, understand?"
"Slave...understand!"
Seeing that he agreed, the emperor let out a long sigh of relief and looked up at the sky: "I really want... Ask the sky to borrow it for another thirty years!"
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After feeding the horses, Su Buwei picked up the emperor again and walked towards the carriage. He wasn't tall by himself, and when two people who looked very thin and old were together, there was a feeling of sadness.
"Su old dog, remember, let me see the prince no matter what."
The emperor crouched behind Su Buwei and said something in a low voice.
Su Buwei's body trembled for a moment, and then he nodded heavily: "This servant knows that even if this servant dies, I will guarantee His Majesty to return to Chang'an City!"
The emperor hummed and said no more.
In order to prevent the emperor behind him from falling off, Su Buwei first climbed up to the side of the carriage, then knelt and moved forward to get into the carriage, and carefully put the emperor down from the back of the carriage. He took the blanket and covered the emperor, and put the kettle with hot water within easy reach of the emperor.
"Lie down, Your Majesty, the servants are going to drive."
The emperor nodded and curled up in the warm quilt.
Su Buwei got out of the carriage, and was about to wave his whip to let the carriage move, but the hand waving the whip froze in mid-air, and did not continue waving.
He looked at Zhang Zhenren who was standing in front of the carriage not far in front of him, and then at the four old men who appeared tens of meters away at some point, his face gradually became serious, and he turned back to look at the emperor who closed his eyes and rested After closing the curtain of the carriage, he got out of the carriage but did not move forward, and stayed by the side of the carriage.
All four of them looked to be in their sixties or seventies, and they were wearing the same gray Confucian shirts. Their faces are different, but their temperaments are very similar. The one standing in the front was a thin and tall man, taller than Zhang Zhenren. Because he was too thin, the Confucian shirt on his body looked baggy, as if hanging on a clothes rack.
Of the three standing behind him, the one on the far left is bald, but he is obviously not from the Buddhist sect, but has lost all his hair. It looks extremely awkward. Su Buwei could tell that this person must have some kind of blood disease that caused all the hair on his body to fall out.
The one in the middle is a very short and fat man, and shortness and fatness always seem to be related together. This man looked to be the youngest of the four old men. His hair and beard were still very dark. Maybe it was because he was fat enough that there were few wrinkles on his face. He was as fat as a freshly baked steamed bun. It is worth mentioning that he was just above the waist of the tall and thin old man standing in front.
The fourth person is the most normal person. He seems to have a standard figure, wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. Although his hair and beard are gray, he is in good spirits. He has a square face and looks very upright. He looks dignified. He must have been very handsome when he was young. man. It's just... There is only a black hole left in his left eye, and one ear is missing, so even though he looks very solemn, his hair is meticulously combed and his clothes are also neat, but he is no longer chic.
"Unexpected."
The tall and thin old man standing at the front obviously changed his face when he saw Master Zhang: "Unexpectedly, Master Zhang of Wudang Mountain also wades into the muddy water of this pond. Didn't you say that you would never touch political affairs? Well, it turns out that the highly respected Master Zhang is also a liar."
Zhang Zhenren looked at the old man and said: "Song Songhe, you pretend to be more real than me. I said that I don't want to touch things outside the Jianghu. As for you, you said that what you hate the most is being used by others."
The old man called Song Songhe shook his head: "Actually, you and I both know that when the world is upright and the rules are strict, we naturally have to pretend to be a master of Taoism, sitting on the top of the mountain every day, playing chess and discussing Taoism. , It seems to be at ease, clean and at ease, but it’s actually all pretending. Because no matter how high your cultivation base is, you and I are just quacks, and when the world is too busy, who wants us low-status but capable people to mix indiscriminately?”
"But it's different now. The world is in chaos. Without restraint, people's hearts will be wild. When the imperial power is stable, it is a mountain that presses down on those people's ambitions. They don't dare to move if they want to, because the mountain will crush them to death." They. But now the landslide is falling, and the ambition is like mushrooming, but it is pulled up with such strength, and now it is full of mountain bamboo forests. Therefore, those of us who used to look at ease like wild cranes in the clouds, are not at ease. "
Zhang Zhenren nodded: "This is to the point."
Song Songhe said: "You also came out of the mountain and I also came out of the mountain. It's just that I feel that I have reached this point in my body. I should have gained more than others. I have to stand higher than others. Someone is willing to throw the bait. We These lonely fish will naturally jump up and bite the hook by themselves."
Zhang Zhenren nodded again: "This metaphor is also appropriate."
Song Songhe smiled and said: "When I was meditating on the mountain, I once praised Da Sui with others, saying that the world is clean and the common people are at ease, and people like us can practice in a down-to-earth manner without desire or desire. Simple practice, There are no flaws in it. These words are not against our heart, although it is a bit sour. Now we are entrusted to come out, and we are also not against our heart. Because we are only for profit, and we are very pure, without any flaws. The benefits are naturally to do things seriously for others, and do your best without leaving any room for it.”
"so."
Song Songhe looked at Zhang Zhenren and asked seriously: "Can you get out of the way?"
Zhang Zhenren looked at him like an idiot and answered a word seriously.
"Pooh!"