Someone took an open-air cold shower in February and got a cold the next day.
Along the way, Chen Xing was groggy, and Xiang Shu had to ride with him the whole way. The three of them slowed down. Chen Xing woke up from sleep and lay on Xiang Shu's back. It took several days to recover, and his expression was exhausted. Before entering the city, King Sima Wei was temporarily hidden in the countryside near the Epang Palace. Chen Xing let him move freely, but he must be careful of the people. If necessary, he would send someone to deliver a letter.
When he arrived in Chang'an, Chen Xing couldn't help sneezing, wiped his nose vigorously, and came back, sitting in front of the market with Feng Qianjun and Xiang Shu, each with a bowl of noodles.
Feng Qianjun: "Then... I'm leaving now. I'll settle down at Songbaiju first, and check the news slowly. After eating, let's... split up?"
Chen Xing's wind chill was just beginning to recover, and he was still a little distracted, nodding forcefully. According to his private discussion with Feng Qianjun, after entering the city, Feng Qianjun immediately went back to confirm that his brother was still alive, and then tried to get the Yin-Yang Mirror. Chen Xing didn't want to follow, lest Feng Qianyi see the clues, and the accident would be difficult to control. Everything will be discussed after obtaining the magic weapon.
Seeing Xiang Shu's expression as usual, Feng Qianjun thought that other people are big danyu, and there is no need to worry, so he replaced the tea with water and said, "Come on, everyone, leave it for a while after drinking, and send me a letter after you find a place to stay. Item... this dog is for you?"
"You go." Chen Xing replied boringly, the puppy should follow him to be safe.
Xiang Shu was pondering over the tea, and Feng Qianjun reminded Chen Xing to look at the sky and said, "It's getting late."
Chen Xing knew what Feng Qianjun was reminding him about. The last time he came to Chang'an, he was in good health. This time, he was a little sick. He had to hurry on the road and arrange for Sima Wei to hide. After a long delay, it was almost dusk when he entered the city. Compared to the last time I came here, it was half a day later.
The Chang'an market was noisy, and when the market closed, the clothing stores and bathhouses were all closed. Chen Xing stood on the street, scratched his head, and looked at Xiang Shu again, but Xiang Shu remained silent. Wherever Chen Xing went, he would follow.
"Where do you live?" Chen Xing said, "I have to find a place to stay."
Xiang Shu: "Do you know someone in Chang'an?"
Chen Xing thought of Yu Wenxin, but he didn't want to go to him at all. He sighed and said, "When I was young, there was a friend of the chief executive who lived in Chang'an, but I didn't want to see him."
Xiang Shu heard the melancholy in Chen Xing's words, and roughly guessed what happened.
"Everyone changes," Xiang Shu replied lightly, "It's normal in the world."
Chen Xing suddenly thought, why did Xiang Shu not reveal his identity that day? Did he also think that after Fu Jian became emperor, it would be different from before? So... Maybe Xiang Shu didn't want to live in the palace at first. Later, because there was nowhere to stay, he had to go to Fu Jian, which brought Lin Lin all kinds of troubles.
"How much money do we have?" Chen Xing said, "is it enough to live in the store?"
Xiang Shushi held the last gold ingot with two fingers and showed it to Chen Xing. Chen Xing did not make any money from practicing medicine in Maicheng, and he relied on Feng Qianjun and Xiang Shu to pay for the money on the way. I can't even take out the money for bathing and buying clothes.
The sound of the city gradually faded, Xiang Shu seemed to be thinking about it, and Chen Xing suddenly thought of something and said, "I... have something I want to confirm."
So they came to Baihu Street, which traverses east and west. Chen Xing stood on the side of the road, silent for a moment, with a little hope in his eyes, standing quietly. After a while, a group of people came from the east—four horses cleared the way, followed by the imperial guard, followed by a carriage inlaid with jade.
Chen Xing just wanted to confirm with his own eyes that Tuoba Yan was still alive.
He is still alive!
Although he had already speculated with Feng Qianjun along the way, when he saw it with his own eyes, he still had mixed feelings in his heart. Chen Xing wanted to call him, but thought of the consequences of having a face-to-face with Tuoba Yan at Yuwenxin's house last time. In the end, Tuoba Yan's family was ruined, and he died under the sword of Fu Jian's emperor. This time, he really didn't want to provoke him again.
However, he wanted to see if the person sitting in the carriage was him. After seeing this, he could feel at ease, but he didn't want Tuoba Yan to look at him. After all, it was enough for him to go after Chi Lechuan to confess. .
Chen Xing felt extremely conflicted and uneasy, Xiang Shu glanced at him, seemed to notice, and frowned deeply.
The carriage came not far in front of the two, and Chen Xing couldn't help but look around, but the guard who opened the way said: "Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
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Seeing that the guard raised his whip and was about to drive Chen Xing away, Chen Xing quickly stepped back and said with a smile, "Okay, I've seen it, let's go."
Xiang Shu thought of leaving, but he couldn't hold back in one breath, and without turning his head, he raised his hand, and a flashing gold ingot flew out with a smashing sound, and immediately beat the guard into black eyes. , screamed and fell off the horse!
Chen Xing was startled, and quickly pulled up Xiang Shu's hand and shouted, "What are you doing! Hurry up!"
At that moment, the guards swarmed up, drew crossbows, set up arrows, and surrounded the two of them. Xiang Shu was as calm as a mountain, motionless, standing in front of Chen Xing, looking at everyone indifferently.
"Don't do it!" Chen Xing pulled Xiangshu and said, "Let's...let's just leave."
Xiang Shu glanced at Chen Xing, and Chen Xing hurriedly explained: "You hold your hands high, don't bully them, the guards are also raised by your parents."
Everyone: "..."
There were more than 20 people on the other side, and Xiang Shu was only one person. Chen Xing said this, it was like hitting the guards in the face, and the rest of the people were immediately furious. Hearing this, Xiang Shu was very useful. He went around Chen Xing's rib with one hand and put it on his back. The next step was to pick him up by the waist, swept across, throwing off the guards, and over the wall to leave.
But an impatient voice resounded in the carriage, saying, "What's the matter?"
The curtain of the car was lifted, and the man wearing military trousers and black boots stepped out of the carriage, but he did not get off the car. Holding the curtain, a simple ring appeared in one hand, and Tuoba Yan, who was wearing a golden red martial robe and looked handsome in the dusk sky, showed half of his body.
Chen Xing: "!!!"
Chen Xing and Tuoba Yan looked at each other for a moment, Tuoba Yan looked at the two suspiciously, and the guards rushed forward to report.
"Tuoba Yan." Chen Xing smiled.
Tuoba Yan said strangely: "I know you?"
Chen Xing waved his hand hurriedly and said, "I don't know."
Chen Xing was all dusty, and he was still wearing the same clothes that he had changed in Maicheng. He had not washed his face all the way to Chang'an, and his face was even more dirty. Looking at Xiang Shu, who was wearing a hunter's robe, carrying a long bow, and wearing a sword by his waist, he was also very dirty. He and Chen Xing were like two brothers who came to Beijing to ask for a living.
Tuoba Yan looked at it suspiciously, and had no interest in Chen Xing, and then listened to his own guard's remarks, so he nodded and lowered the curtain.
"Forget it!" said the guard rudely, "I don't have the same knowledge as you guys! Get out!"
Chen Xing: "…"
So the carriage passed before them and went away.
Chen Xing thought to himself, well, this is... a fate.
Xiang Shu stood beside Chen Xing and looked at him quietly. Chen Xing didn't really want to see Tuoba Yan, but he was caught off guard, and the result was so unexpected.
"I'm relieved to see that he's doing well." Chen Xing still stood and pondered, and said, "I'm really happy, I'm happy for him..." Then he smiled at Xiang Shu: "Throw the gold Where is it? I'll look for it..."
Xiang Shu turned and left, and Chen Xing quickly chased after him and said, "Wait! Where are you going?"
"Look for a strong head." Xiang Shu stood outside the back door of Weiyang Palace and said to the guard.
"It's you again?" the guard murmured, "strange, why do I say 'again'?"
Suddenly the guards were in an uproar, and they were about to start. Chen Xing chased to the back door and reached out to pull Xiang Shu's sleeve, but Xiang Shu had his sword sheathed and brought down the two guards. Instead, he held Chen Xing's wrist and pulled him in. Inside the palace.
After an incense stick, the Weiyang Palace turned upside down again, Xiang Shu dragged Chen Xing, Chen Xing held the dog in one hand, his face full of shock, why did his heart come again? !
But this time the route seems to be different, and fewer guards fell in front of Xiang Shu. Finally, in front of Weiyang Palace, Xiang Shu held a long sword in one hand and Chen Xing in the other. Chen Xing shouted: "Wait! It's different!"
Xiang Shu raised his foot and kicked open the gate of Dengming Hall of Weiyang Palace. A group of guards surrounded Fu Jian.
"Shu Lukong?!" Fu Jian was discussing with the civil and military officials behind closed doors, and he was shocked when he saw Xiang Shu, and muttered.
Chen Xing held his forehead with one hand. Xiang Shu felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain why. Fu Jian was also a little puzzled. He always felt that this scene seemed familiar.
All the civil and military officials exclaimed: "Da Chanyu?!"
Chen Xing thought that since this is the case, then I might as well cooperate, so he looked at Xiang Shu and said with admiration, "Xiang Shu, what did they call you? Da Chanyu?"
A quarter of an hour later, Princess Qinghe brought someone to eat and poured wine for Xiang Shu herself. Fu Jian laughed and talked to Xiang Shu. Chen Xing listened to it again boredly, and fed a sheep bone to the dog. The puppy was holding the bone and chewing on it. When he saw Princess Qinghe, he suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu and couldn't help barking.
"Yo," Qing He smiled, "So fierce? What's your name?"
Chen Xing: "Uh..."
"It's called Chen Xing." Xiang Shu replied politely.
Chen Xing: "…"
Chen Xing took a deep breath and thought about it. Fu Jian said, "Who is this little brother? It hasn't been introduced yet."
"My name is Chen Xing too." Chen Xing took the initiative.
Xiang Shu didn't expect Chen Xing to be so honest. Halfway through his drinking, he suddenly spit it out.
Fu Jian laughed again, and said, "Shulukong, where have you been? For more than a year, I have sent people everywhere to inquire about your whereabouts."
Chen Xing thought to himself that he didn't see you looking for him. He tried his best to get this cheap. Xiang Shu is right. You are already an emperor. I really want to find someone, but I can't find it? Suddenly, he vaguely tasted another taste... Fu Jian is actually happy about Xiang Shu's disappearance... After all, Chi Lechuan has been missing for a long time, and sooner or later, he will have to be re-elected. If he is replaced, it means that Fu Jian can choose at will and want his purple scroll.
Chen Xing didn't understand until this time. Did Xiang Shu have already made up his mind? It's just that he never mentioned it? Most of the time you just don't say anything
"A year ago, the lonely king..." Xiang Shu was about to say, but Chen Xing reached out and tapped Xiang Shu's thigh with his middle finger.
"...Staying in the north is boring," Xiang Shu's words connected very naturally, and replied, "I want to go to the south of the Yangtze River, but I don't intend to be subdued by the Han people in the Central Plains, so I fall into the enemy's hands."
"Oh..." Fu Jian replied thoughtfully, "Go to the south of the Yangtze River to find your destiny? Or to find your uncle's house?"
Xiang Shu frowned, seeming to blame Fu Jian for saying something he shouldn't have said. Fu Jian knew that Xiang Shu had a Han mother, and the part he didn't want to talk about was naturally going to look for his mother's uncle's house.
Fu Jian was obviously a little curious, looked at Chen Xing a few times, and said, "How did you meet? Where are the children?"
Chen Xing thought to himself that I had to tell my life experience, that would really frighten you to death.
"My father's name is Chen Zhe," Chen Xing said with a smile, "I used to live in Jinyang, and both my parents died during the Jinyang war."
Fu Jian was instantly startled and murmured, "Are you a descendant of Chen Zhe?"
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Fu Jian frowned and said, "Do you still have any relatives alive?"
"Yes." Chen Xing glanced at Xiang Shu and laughed.
Xiang Shuze looked puzzled and asked Chen Xing, "Who is your father?"
Chen Xing smiled and said, "An ordinary scholar."
Fu Jian said to Xiang Shu: "Half of my civil and military officials are Mr. Chen's students back then, and the other half of his students are in Jiankang."
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Chen Xing thought for a while and decided not to tell Fu Jian that Wang Meng was his senior brother, so that Wang Ziye would not know about his division. Immediately afterwards, Fu Jian asked again: "Where have you been during these years? When Jinyang City was destroyed and Mr. Chen's family died in the city, this is the biggest regret in my life."
"Oh, right?" Chen Xing didn't know much about what happened back then, and said, "When the city was broken, a friend of my father brought me out, and later he just said that the whole family died in the war."
Fu Jian sighed, "It's a pity, it's really a pity."
"It's not a pity," Chen Xing said with a smile, "a scholar who died for the country is a pity for benevolence, how can you say it's a pity?"
When Ran Min, a Han Chinese, established the Great Wei Dynasty in the north, Chen Zhe trained students for Ran Min, and those who came out to become officials were all first-class scholars. If you want to survive, as long as you serve Fu Jian as an official, the whole family will be protected, and there will be high officials. But with the demise of Ran Min, after Chen Zhe's family handed over their beloved son to Bai Lilun, they actually served the country with death, which really made Fu Jian feel extremely frustrated over the years.
Xiang Shu's look at Chen Xing became very complicated.
Fu Jian then nodded, Chen Xing had been holding back the question in his mind for three years, and finally couldn't help asking: "I heard that Yu Wenxin, my father's student back then, was also an official in the DPRK?"
Fu Jian thought for a while, and said, "Yuwenxin... Yes. I sent him to persuade your father... to persuade him to return, I thought that Yuwen Xin and your father had a mentor-disciple friendship, which would allow Mr. Chen to take a closer look. … let Jing Lue know it earlier…”
Xiang Shu noticed something from this brief conversation and glanced at Chen Xing.
Chen Xing just smiled sadly, and probably deduced what happened, saying that Yu Wenxin killed his parents, but not all of them. Maybe what Feng Qianyi said back then also motivated him, presumably it was half and half.
The three were silent for a moment, and Fu Jian said, "Mr. Chen, you must come to me as an official."
Chen Xing burst out laughing, only thinking that Fu Jian was very interesting. Xiang Shu hesitated, but finally did not want to speak, and only took a sip of wine.
Fu Jian was startled, Xiang Shu saw that it was inconvenient for Chen Xing to say something, and finally said coldly: "Jiantou, his father would rather die than surrender, and serve the country with death. How could he be your official?"
There was anger in Fu Jian's eyes, and Chen Xing explained with a smile: "Dadan is more serious than words, just because after the family broke down and the family was destroyed, the master always admonished me not to let me learn the way of governing the world, but only let me be a doctor. I didn't read the book of sages and sages at all, it will only cause trouble for you, so please forgive me for my weakness."
Fu Jian still didn't give up, smiled and said, "Even if you take a false post, it's still good." The death of Chen Zhe in those days caused too much shock to the government and the public, and many scholars felt ashamed about the "death festival". The arrival of Chen Zhe's son must, to a certain extent, eliminate a lot of this thorn.
"Do you really understand human words?!" Xiang Shu was also angry.
Chen Xing hurriedly signaled Xiang Shu not to be angry, took his hand, and Chao Fujian said, "My father has his insistence, and all the lords in the court must have their own ambitions. Lord, I wish to make the land of China prosper and stop fighting. It’s just a different choice, why should Your Majesty be brooding about what happened in the past?”
After hearing this, Fu Jian's face became a little better, and he realized that as the king of a country, he was really rash, and he was still stalking after Chen Xing had declined. Was scolded by Xiangshu. I had to say, "I would like to honor Mr. Chen with a cup."
"You didn't tell me." Xiang Shu frowned.
"Didn't you tell me, are you a big danyu?" Chen Xing said happily, "We are even, and a cup of respect for the big chanyu."
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"Next, what are your plans?" Fu Jian told Xiang Xiang, "Since you're here, just stay here."
Xiang Shu thought for a while, glanced at Chen Xing, and said, "We haven't discussed it clearly."
When Fu Jian heard this "we", he didn't say much, so he nodded. Xiang Shu finished drinking and said, "Jiantou is busy with your work, let's say goodbye first."
In the spring of March, the spring night breeze blew through the Weiyang Palace. Chen Xing had drank wine and was a little drunk, and followed Xiang Shu to the bath in the palace. His shoulders and backs were soaked in hot water, and Chen Xing glanced at Xiang Shu next to him. .
"Da Chanyu." The servant knelt by the pool.
Chen Xing said, "Don't worry about us."
"Go back." Xiang Shu said indifferently.
The servant then backed out.
"The grasslands of the four seas are all places of great loneliness, and all the people of the world are the people of great loneliness." Chen Xing said to himself, "The master outside the Great Wall, the first warrior Shulukong."
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"Being a big danyu looks beautiful, but it's actually very hard work," Chen Xing couldn't help sighing when he thought of the previous Xiangshu, "to take care of so many clansmen, and there is no choice."
Xiang Shu was startled, then looked at Chen Xing, Chen Xing was a little embarrassed to see him, but Xiang Shu turned his head unnaturally with a blush on his face, and after a while, looked at him strangely, so Chen Xing asked Xiang Shu to turn around , took a cloth towel and rubbed his shoulders.
"You always know what I'm thinking." Xiang Shu said, "I'll do it myself. You are a great Confucian, and you are an exorcist, not a servant. Half of the Han people in the court are your father's students. Let you serve."
"What's the point of this?" Chen Xing laughed, "I didn't know who you were when I first met, and you didn't know who I was. Is there a difference?"
Chen Xing thought that when he was in a coma in the past, Xiang Shu must have been holding him to feed him every day, rubbing his body, turning him over, and washing his face, and couldn't help feeling tenderness in his heart.
Xiang Shu was silent, and then said, "Did you go back and see your home?"
"No." Chen Xing replied, "After Master passed away, I'll come down the mountain to find you... I'll investigate this matter."
When Xiang Shu heard this, he was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask.
Chen Xing added: "It doesn't matter, it will still grow in the days to come."
We can spend a long time together in Japan, but what do you think, I don't know... Chen Xing thought to himself, and suddenly he looked a little more open, it doesn't matter whether he likes him like before. As long as Xiang Shu is happy, what does it matter if he will respond to him or not
That night, Fu Jian let the two of them live in another bedroom, which was completely different from the last time they came.
There was only one large couch in the hall.
Chen Xing: "…"
Xiang Shu didn't say anything, undressed, sat beside the bed, glanced at Chen Xing, then at the couch, raising his eyebrows. Chen Xing immediately knew what he meant: Request a room change? can you fall asleep
Chen Xing nodded, and the two communicated in a very tacit understanding. Even Xiang Shu was surprised.
"I'm sleeping inside." Chen Xing climbed to the side of the couch against the wall and said, "The palace is so good, it's really comfortable, and I slept much better than on the road."
This is the most comfortable bed Chen Xing has ever slept on. Xiang Shu didn't speak, he just lay down, there was only a quilt covering the two of them, Xiang Shu tugged at him, but Chen Xing said, "What are you doing?"
"It can't be covered." Xiang Shu frowned.
Chen Xing had to give way to him, but because the quilt was so big, the two had to lean a little closer to the middle at the same time, Chen Xing's heart was pounding, this was not the first time he slept with Xiang Shu. When I was on the boat that day, I had done everything I could to sleep in naked hugs, but it was just too sleepy that time.
Neither of them said a word, Chen Xing closed his eyes and turned his back to Xiang Shu, unable to fall asleep for a while.
Xiang Shu was lying down, his breathing suddenly became rapid, and then he moved and woke up.
Chen Xing had his back turned to him, but when he heard Xiang Shu's breathing became heavy, he looked back at him.
"Is it too hot?" Chen Xing said.
"No." Xiang Shu turned his head, looked at Chen Xing strangely, and said, "I don't know why just now, I had a dream when I was half asleep, and I didn't seem to fall asleep..."
Chen Xing: "Oh, what did you dream about?"
Xiang Shu suddenly blushed, waved his hands, turned his back to Chen Xing, and said, "Sleep."
Chen Xing: "???"
After a long time, Xiang Shu couldn't help sitting up again, breathing hot, looking at Chen Xing, and then rolled over and got out of bed.
"Ah?" Chen Xing got up with sleepy eyes, "What's wrong?"
"Can't sleep," Xiang said, "get up and sit for a while."
Chen Xing was so sleepy that he didn't want to care about him. Xiang Shu was wearing black underpants. He looked down and saw a pair of thin leather sandals on the couch. He suddenly felt that many things always seemed to have happened, but he couldn't remember where he was.
Xiang Shu went out, bathed in the moonlight, sat down outside the dormitory, his mind was messy, some things were close at hand, Chen Xing's bare skin, the body temperature he felt when he was in his arms on the boat, the wind and waves The big ship swayed gently, pushing them towards each other, countless feelings were truly engraved in my mind - but when did these things happen? !