Xue Chang lost his family at the age of fourteen, and he was very calm in grief. After seeing the prefect's attitude, his heart was like a mirror, knowing that his enemy was either the prefect or the person the prefect wanted to protect.
The prefect saw that he was courteous and courteous and could not make mistakes, and there were a lot of people watching outside, so naturally it was not easy to embarrass him, so he let him retreat. Xue Chang didn't mention the title deed for the house and the shop. The house has been burnt to ashes, and the records in the government are about to be destroyed. It was useless for him to mention it, but it made the other party feel vigilant.
The opponent's methods were ruthless, obviously wanting to cut the grass and root out. He thought that pretending to be ignorant would be a way to survive, but he didn't expect those people to be very cautious, for fear of leaving behind troubles, they were chasing and killing them all the way.
He and Yunxi hid in Tibet and were very embarrassed. They disguised themselves as beggars and ran for their lives with extreme difficulty. He was used to being pampered, how could he bear such a life, fortunately, with Yun Qi accompanying him all the way, he felt better. Although Yun Qi is taciturn and not good at words, he is loyal to him. Although he is younger than him, he takes care of him everywhere.
Xue Chang smiled bitterly: "Yunqi, why are you so troubled? I took you in because my family was wealthy, and it was just a little effort. You saved my life, and it's more than enough to pay off the debt. Why do you still follow me?"
Yun Qi bit his lip with a resolute look on his face: "The grace of dripping water should be repaid by the spring."
How can I repay the life-saving grace? Xue Chang smiled bitterly in his heart, reached out and touched his messy hair, presumably he didn't look much better at this time, sighed: "Yun Qi, in the future you will be my brother Xue Chang, escaped. In this calamity, there will be a day for me to turn around, you watch."
Yun Qi naturally believed in his ability, and nodded when he heard the words, his eyes suddenly widened again, and he lowered his head and said in sincerity: "Yun Qi is only a servant, how can he be worthy of the brother of the son, the son cannot..."
Xue Chang waved his hand: "It doesn't matter if you don't agree, I just remember it in my heart."
A year later, Xue Chang escaped and took Yun Qi to settle in an academy specially opened for poor scholars in another province. Since then, he finally settled down. After that, he tried his best to win a place in the local township examination, and he succeeded in the second year. In the middle, and won the first name Jie Yuan, he won a lot of honors for this broken academy.
After the middle exam, he thanked the master of the academy and rushed to the capital with Yun Qi. He was the first in the second year's conference and palace exams, and became the youngest champion of the dynasty. Xue Changlian was ranked in the top three, and was deeply loved by the emperor. He entered the Hanlin Academy and became the third-rank official worshiper.
This year, Xue Chang was seventeen years old and stayed in Beijing to take up his post. Since then, he has officially embarked on an official career.
After settling down in the capital, Xue Chang sent someone to go to the academy again to thank him, and funded Yinliang to repair the house and improve the food for them, and then invited the master to come back to teach Yunqi to practice martial arts.
In the past two years, in order to allow him to prepare for the exam without any worries, Yun Qi took up part-time jobs at a young age, and all the money he earned was used for his study and living. He was not hypocritical. I took all the bills, but kept them all in my heart. Now that he has a mansion and a salary, he naturally has to repay the debts one by one.
Yun Qi likes to practice martial arts, so he finds someone to teach him martial arts; Yun Qi was fascinated when he heard that the book man described the wise and martial arts of the generals on the battlefield, so he searched for books on all kinds of tactics and tactics for him to read; Xi was in awe of being called a brother, and even stopped calling him "Young Master" but changed his name to "Sir", and he treated each other with the courtesy of master and servant.
Yun Qi is not stupid, where can't see that Xue Chang is always looking after him and following his own heart everywhere.
Xue Chang cultivated him as a pillar of talent or even an all-rounder. He taught him the art of war, taught him to read, taught him to settle accounts, and even taught him to write hand-to-hand. Every time he saw his serious face, he would feel relieved and said with a smile: "Wait someday. Once you learn how to look like, you can go to take the martial arts exam, and you will definitely be able to achieve great things."
Yun Qi dropped the pen on the ground, picked it up quickly, and hurriedly said, "This subordinate doesn't have any martial arts exams!"
"Then you'll be wasted if you practice such martial arts."
"No!" Yun Qi looked anxious, "My subordinates only want to be able to follow the left and right to protect the adults! If you can exchange for the adults' peace, the subordinates will not practice these martial arts in vain!"
Xue Changchang was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, and couldn't help laughing: "If you don't want to take the test, then don't take the test. I originally thought that I would practice martial arts again after the matter is over, but now it seems that it is unnecessary. The two of you and I complement each other in martial arts and literature. From now on, I will entrust my life to you, but I will have to work hard for you."
"Your lord's words are serious!" Yun Qi was terrified but cheered up, "My subordinates must do their best!"
Xue Changchang saw that his face was dignified and serious, which was not suitable for his age, and his heart was indistinguishable. He couldn't help but reached out and touched his head, and sighed softly.
His temperament has become very different from that of the past. On the face, he is friendly and smiling like a spring breeze, but he is alienated and guarded on the inside. The only person he trusts is Yun Qi, and only in front of Yun Qi will he show a relaxed side.
There are also servants and guards in the mansion. Since he is never harsh with his servants, he is quite loyal to him. He is also willing to leave things to these people, but he can only sleep every night and can only let Yun Xi stay by his side. No one else is allowed to step in the door. After three years of frightened birds, now if you want to hand over your life, you can only rest assured that it will be handed over to Yunxi alone.
It took Xue Chang a long time to find out what happened back then. It turned out that the Xue family's business was too big and blocked the way of others. That person's surname was Li and his name was Li Ruming. He was nominally a friend of his parents. He was a guest at Xue's house, and he had planned to stay overnight.
But how could it be so easy for him to act alone? The prefect also got involved. The prefect always wanted to take a share of the Xue family, but the Xue family was too upright and did not want to collude with officials and businessmen, and repeatedly refused. The prefect has long held grudges in his heart, and he hit it off with Li Ruming. After that, he arranged for a few agile people in the government to cooperate with him inside and outside, and then he succeeded.
Now that the Xue family's property has all fallen into the hands of Li Ruming, Li Ruming is not a businessman. In just three years, the business has not been as good as before. Fortunately, he has been colluding with the prefect and taking care of each other, and he still lives like a fish in water. .
The Xue family's land deeds and paving deeds have long been destroyed, and without the proof of the documents, even if they are brought to justice, they will not be able to take them back home, not to mention those who have been defeated by Li Ruming, and it is meaningless to take them back.
Back then, although the Xue family was not as exaggerated as being rich enough to rival a country, it was enough to reach half of the country. Before, it was because the official Lianming had been doing well, but he did not expect to end up like this after changing a prefect. But how could this prefect alone have the courage and ability to destroy documents belonging to the imperial court at will? This must also involve the people above. This string of strengths colluded with each other, and even if they got one or two percent of the Xue family's property, it would be enough for them to enjoy.
Xue Chang had already entered the court and became an official, and the few remaining family businesses were not worth it. There was only one thought in his mind, which was to uproot them all. Therefore, although evidence was collected for the case back then, he held back and started collecting secretly. The guilt of these corrupt officials.
The people in Jiangnan chased and killed him back then and let him escape. They thought he would not be able to survive for a long time. Unexpectedly, they heard the news that he had become an official in the dynasty. Unstable, he began to move around in various relationships overnight.
There is a wide range of involvement from top to bottom. Xue Chang was alone at a young age. He only felt that he was in danger in the courtroom.
Xue Chang spent two years gaining a firm foothold in the DPRK, and when the time was right, he finally threw out all the evidence. One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the emperor was shocked to verify all the evidence and evidence, and he was furious.
This year, Xue Chang was nineteen years old, and he only wished that he could not kill the enemy with his hands, but seeing the distribution, the beheading, and the extermination of the nine clans, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, and knelt before his parents that night. Before the spiritual throne with the ancestors, comfort their wronged souls.
Xue Chang's nerves, which had been tense for several years, loosened, and his body couldn't bear such a big drop, and he immediately became weak. In addition, he knelt on a cold night in the late autumn, and finally he couldn't hold it anymore and became seriously ill.
Yun Qi was so frightened that he hurriedly called for the doctor to come and take the pulse for treatment. He even took care of himself in disarray. Seeing that his face was pale and his lips were pale, he felt that his whole heart was suffering from colic pain. When I woke up, I was so excited that tears were about to fall.
Xue Chang propped himself up and saw him hurried over to help him with red eyes. He couldn't help but smiled weakly, and said hoarsely, "I can't die."
Yun Qi's heart trembled when he heard the word "death". He pursed his lips and said nothing. He turned around and brought the medicine over. Because it was too hot, he stirred and blew it with a spoon, his expression full of seriousness.
Xue Chang looked at him, only feeling his heart was warm, the corners of his lips were filled with a smile again, and sighed: "It's okay to be sick, from now on, you can let go of everything."
Yun Qi sniffed inaudibly and nodded silently.
After another two years, Xue Changguan took the post of Prime Minister, one person was less than ten thousand people. Since he entered the dynasty, his colleagues have long been shocked by what he did, and they all regarded him like a tiger, and now no one dares to look down on him anymore.
Xue Chang accepted the congratulations from everyone. After returning to the house that day, he sat in the pavilion by the lake and was very drunk. The smile on his face in the past disappeared, and the drunken eyes turned around and muttered. : "Yunqi, do you think this yard has been remodeled well? Does it have the style of gardens in the south of the Yangtze River?"
Yun Qi has grown into a graceful young man, and his silent temperament has added a bit of coldness. He still doesn't like to talk. He stood beside him and watched him drink sips in silence. Finally, he couldn't help frowning and grabbed the wine bottle: "Drinking too much hurts the body, the adults should go back and rest."
Xue Chang didn't seem to hear him, pointed to the surrounding scenery, and continued: "I ask you, how is this yard remodeled?"
"It's been remodeled very well." Yun Qi answered truthfully, biting his lip for a while and then adding, "It's just that seeing things and thinking about the old can easily hurt the mind."
Xue Chang was stunned for a moment, hehe laughed, grabbed the jug from his hand, poured himself another glass, shook his head and sighed: "Seeing things and thinking about the old can easily hurt the soul... Haha, you still think clearly! I All these years have been in vain…”
Seeing that he was laughing and drinking, Yun Qi was anxious and didn't know what to do, so he couldn't help but persuaded him to go back to rest.
Xue Chang still ignored his words, froze for a while, his smile gradually turned cold, and he gritted his teeth: "How about building a garden? What about being the prime minister? Now I am the only one left in the Xue family. What's the use?!" He said with a wave of his hand and threw all the jugs and glasses to the ground, his expression full of hatred and sadness.
Yun Qi has been with him for so many years, and he has never seen him get angry. Even when dealing with enemies, he has always endured it. Now seeing him in such pain, his heart is also aching, but he doesn't know how to comfort him. It's better to vent your heart out.
Xue Chang leaned on the pillar behind him, stared absently at the reflection of the bright moon in the lake, and murmured, "What's the use of coming here... There's nothing left... Nothing..."
Yun Qi almost blurted out, "You still have me," before biting his lip again. He is just a servant who was taken in by him unintentionally, how can he be compared with his relatives? What qualifications do you have to say such a thing
Xue Chang was so drunk that he was still muttering to himself. Seeing that his consciousness was no longer sober, Yun Qi quickly helped him up, put his arm on his shoulder, and half hugged and half dragged him back to the house. He has drawn a lot higher now, but he is only the stature of a teenager. Fortunately, he has practiced martial arts with all the strength, and it is easy to help him go back.
Xue Chang leaned on him and leaned his head on his head. He turned his face to the side and continued to speak indistinctly. He breathed out the scent of wine, which brushed over his face, and there was a trace of diamonds. Entering his ear, the scalding temperature burned the base of his ear a layer of red, and there was some inexplicable trembling in the bottom of his heart, and there was no reason to panic.
When Xue Chang was placed on the couch by him, he was already drunk and unconscious. Yun Qi wiped his face with water. Seeing his two long and sharp black eyebrows were pressed together, he couldn't help but stretch out his hand to wipe him, and then he was startled by his overreaching gesture.
Xue Chang never let anyone other than him get close, so in the past, he would wipe his back when taking a bath, but he never touched his face. , but when he was about to touch it, he held it back, and hurriedly retracted it. His heart suddenly beat a little faster, and his mouth was dry. There was no one else here, but his eyes were inexplicably dodging.
Xue Chang loved cleanliness, and he had no way to escape for a few years. Later, he settled down and took a bath every day before going to bed, just like he was in Jiangnan back then. Yun Qi calmed down, fearing that he would be uncomfortable waking up in the middle of the night or in the morning, so he decided to wipe his body for him, so he came over with another basin of hot water.
I unbuttoned his clothes and wiped it carefully for him, then turned him over and wiped the back of him again, and finally looked at his trousers but felt worried. Fear is waiting for me, and my heart is uneasy.
Although Xue Chang was drunk, he slept very well. His brows were slightly frowning, a shadow was hanging under his eyelashes, and his thin lips were rosier and thicker than usual due to drinking.
Yun Qi looked at him and his mouth was dry again. He closed his eyes in annoyance, took a deep breath and turned his eyes away from his trembling hands and took off his trousers. He suppressed the wild beating of his heart, and carefully but panickedly wiped his body under him. Once again, he stumbled out to get the water, but when he came back again, he still didn't dare to look him in the face. He hurriedly dressed him and covered the quilt. In the end, he collapsed and sat on the edge of the bed gasping for breath. His whole body was soaked in sweat. It was as if people were pulled out of the water.
That night, Yunxi had a very absurd dream. In the dream, Xue Chang spoke against his ear as if he was drunk. As he spoke, his voice became smaller and smaller, and gradually drowned between the lips. Those two thin lips Putting it on his cochlea with warmth, it tugged at his heart and made him feel as if his soul had gone out of his body.
In the middle of the night, Yun Qi suddenly woke up from his sleep, sweating profusely, panting heavily. Just as he was so frightened by the scene in his dream, he suddenly felt a little sticky and uncomfortable under him. All froze.
Although this is the first time, it doesn't mean he doesn't understand. In the cold night of late autumn, he was shocked by himself, and he suddenly took off the quilt and got out of bed in a daze. The ground rushed out of the house, felt the darkness and rushed all the way to the lake and almost jumped directly. Fortunately, he stopped in time, knocked on the head, and slipped silently into the freezing cold lake water.
He is fifteen years old now, and it seems to be a little late for his mental enlightenment, but once enlightened, it will be a thunderbolt. He never expected that he would think wrongly about his master. He was suffocated, but he was sobered up by the cold water, and he began to worry about whether Xue Chang would wake up and look for water to drink when he was drunk, and whether he would feel uncomfortable, took a deep breath and climbed ashore again.
After returning to the house, he quickly wiped his body and changed into clean clothes. He walked inside to take a look. Seeing that Xue Chang was sleeping peacefully, he exited with confidence. , sneakily washed the clothes.
On the second day, Yun Qi, who has always been tough, actually got typhoid because of the cold water. I am afraid it has a great relationship with his state of mind.
Xue Chang went down to the court to see that his face was pale, and immediately found that he was ill, and quickly pulled him back to let the doctor see the doctor. Knowing that it was a mild typhoid fever, he was slightly relieved.
Yun Qi felt so guilty that he couldn't even lift his head up. He lowered his eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I made you worry."
Xue Chang took the medicine bowl from the servant's hand, stirred and blown it like him, and said softly, "I was wayward last night. I drank so much alcohol that I didn't know what to do, and it caused you to suffer too. But After being drunk once, my heart has calmed down a lot, and I think it will not be like this again after I come here."
After hearing this, Yun Qi felt that he was even more shameless, and lowered his head a little, but he didn't even notice that he handed the bowl to him.
Xue Chang glanced at him in surprise, then took the bowl back, scooped it with a spoon and handed it to his lips: "It's time to drink the medicine."
Yun Qi was startled, and in a panic, he stretched out his hand and snatched the spoon and bowl away: "How can I trouble you, sir, I... I'll do it myself!" Seeing that the concoction in the spoon was spilled, he couldn't handle much, and buried it. With a bowl on his head, he drank all the medicinal soup in a few mouthfuls.
Xue Chang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What are you doing in such a hurry? No one robs you."
Yun Qi's face turned white, red and white, and he didn't know where to look, so he nodded randomly: "I'll be slower next time."
Xue Chang smiled, took the bowl back and handed it to the servant who was waiting on the side, let him rest well, and then went to the side to deal with the affairs.
From then on, everyone in the Xue family knew that Xue Cheng was very close to this bodyguard, almost like a brother, so he also regarded him as a half-master.
Yun Qi, however, was unaware of other people's attitudes, he just kept his head down and practiced martial arts more diligently than before, for fear that he would accidentally reveal his thoughts, so he didn't talk much, and in the next few years it was even more than a year. less than a year.