Chang'an City finally completely settled down.
After the death of the two main generals, the Xiongnu cavalry was defeated, and they were encircled and captured, and they were left to negotiate with the Xiongnu later. The Su family can be said to be the head of the Chang'an family. Even though the ancestors were suspected of being a big threat to the emperor for several generations, the collaterals were scattered, and only the direct line was left in Beijing, and its influence still cannot be underestimated. The Su family took the lead in showing obedience to the edict, and the lesson of being repressed and executed before, the other dignitaries had to stop and obey. The people in the Chu Party judged the situation and quickly restrained themselves, and they all diligently expressed their loyalty and service. Under the edict of Zen, everything is justified.
The glory and decline of the Great Xia have become old events in the torrent of history, and a new dynasty is slowly opening.
In the silent night, Su Shiyu finally had time to change into a blood robe. After grooming and cleaning up, Gong E, who was waiting outside, led him into the bedroom, and consciously closed the door and retreated.
Chu Mingyun sat at the table, beckoned to him, then took the small porcelain box at hand and opened it, the ointment revealed a faint medicinal fragrance.
"I'll just do it myself." Su Shiyu wanted to reach out and take it.
Chu Mingyun dodged his hand and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why, you said that you have me in your heart just now, but now you don't even want to touch it?"
"..." Su Shiyu had no choice but to cooperate and stop moving, letting him apply the ointment to his neck.
At that time, Li Chenghua's blade was stagnant after all, and the scars were not deep, and the blood had already stopped on its own.
The ointment was slightly cool when it touched the skin, and it was spread carefully and gently, penetrating the temperature of the fingertips. Chu Mingyun finished applying the medicine, but his hand still stayed beside the wound and did not move for a long time.
Su Shiyu looked puzzled, he still looked at the wound, and whispered: "...I was almost scared to death by you. If I go late, are you going to let me cry with your body in your arms?"
Su Shiyu's eyes moved slightly, he pulled his hand down and held it lightly in the palm of his hand. He was silent for a while, and then changed the subject, "It's clear now that I have some ideas. It's just that your behavior may not be right." He looked at Chu Mingyun and said with a low smile, "I heard that the ministers who have been admonishing for the past few days have not ended well, but I also have some remarks to say. Would your Majesty listen?"
Chu Mingyun stared at him for a while, then smiled, "Kiss me and I'll listen."
Su Shiyu smiled and leaned over to kiss, and as soon as his lips touched, he was pulled over. Chu Mingyun pressed him into his arms, wrapped one hand around his waist, and slipped the other into his hair, deepening the kiss and entanglement with his lips.
This posture is really not stable, Su Shiyu subconsciously stretched out his hand to support the table behind him, and hurriedly said, "Wait..."
"Hold me tight." Chu Mingyun lightly bit his earlobe.
A little numbness rushed up his spine like electricity, Su Shiyu withdrew his supporting hand and slowly wrapped his arms around his neck. Chu Mingyun directly hugged him like this, and even freed up a hand to spread the heavy curtains in the inner hall.
His long hair was draped and tangled, and his clothes were loose and messy. Chu Mingyun's fingers were a little cold, and they ran across his Adam's apple collarbone, then rounded his shoulders, and slowly descended along his back. Su Shiyu couldn't help gasping, his eyes involuntarily slipped down from Chu Mingyun's neckline, but suddenly froze. Chu Mingyun also lowered his eyes and saw that most of his robe had slipped off, revealing a narrow dark red scar on his chest, which was right at his heart.
Su Shiyu's fingers trembled slightly, but he still touched the scar, his eyes narrowed, "I'm sorry, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, Chu Mingyun kissed his lips again and swallowed all the unfinished words. He grabbed Su Shiyu's hand and pressed it against the pillow with his fingers intertwined. Sticking to his ear, he whispered, "Apologizing for what you did, I don't blame you at all."
Su Shiyu was silent for a moment, then lowered his eyes and kissed the scar on his heart. The warm feeling fell all the way to the bottom of his heart, Chu Mingyun couldn't help laughing, bowed his head and kissed his hair, "I like everything about you."
The sun rises and the moon sets, and it's another spring day. In a mansion outside Chang'an City, Chen Siheng just finished his practice, he put the sword aside, and while wiping the sweat on his face, he picked up the tea cup and poured it down. The stature of the young man has grown extremely fast, but after more than a year, he is already much taller than when he first met Chu Mingyun and Su Shiyu, and his expression is a little more determined. He is not a child who only has grief and anger but can't even hold a sword. .
There were footsteps suddenly behind him, and the maid who took care of his daily life hurried to the backyard, "Little son, someone came to the mansion to find you, looks like a big man."
"Huh?" He hurriedly put down the tea cup and ran out, "General Chu, General Chu, you..."
The man in black in the courtyard turned around, with a handsome face that he had never seen before. Chen Siheng stopped and said in confusion, "...Who are you?"
"You want to be a shadow guard?" Qin Zhao looked at him.
Chen Siheng was a little nervous under his eyes, but nodded vigorously, "Yes!"
"The Shadow Guard's requirements are extremely harsh. You still need to go through training. Besides, the elder brother has already ascended the throne, and the task after that will only be more dangerous." Qin Zhao said, "If it is to avenge your family, it is unnecessary. It's Li Chenghua, he's dead."
Chen Siheng lowered his head and did not say a word for a while.
"If you just want to practice martial arts, just continue to follow the master you are looking for now."
Chen Siheng slowly shook his head, "I know that my enemy is dead. Yesterday I received a letter from Master Su, and he told me everything." After a while, he said again: "At that time, General Chu told me. , I can't always wait for someone to save me and help me, I can only stand up by myself, so in order to take revenge, I started to practice swordsmanship and martial arts desperately. But now my enemy is dead, I don't know what else to practice. I don't know what to do after I use it. I have neither family nor friends. I live alone in this world, and it seems that I suddenly have nothing to do. I thought about it all night last night, and the only thing I can think of is General Chu said that when I hold the sword steady, I may be used."
Qin Zhao looked at him for a while, and suddenly understood why his brother asked him to come over, "I can't call General Chu anymore."
Chen Siheng was stunned for a while, then nodded, "Oh yes, I want to call your majesty."
"As a shadow guard, you should be called the Lord."
His eyes suddenly lit up, and he was extremely surprised, "Really?"
"Are you afraid of suffering?" Qin Zhao asked.
"Don't be afraid!"
Qin Zhao nodded, "The palace has set up a special agency for the shadow guards. You have packed your luggage today, and someone will pick you up tomorrow."
Chen Siheng responded excitedly and insisted on sending Qin Zhao out of the house. He watched Qin Zhao's back go away, and turned around happily and was about to go back to pack his things. Out of the corner of his light, he caught a glimpse of someone walking slowly from a distance, and he couldn't help but stop.
The passerby was a handsome young man, but his clothes were stained with blood and ashes. He didn't care, he held a small porcelain altar in his arms, and his eyes casually glanced at the wonderful spring scenery along the way.
Chen Siheng stood there and watched him approaching, until the other party was about to pass in front of him, he couldn't help but stop him, "You, are you..."
The young man paused slightly and looked over.
It couldn't be clearer now, Chen Siheng was amazed, "Aren't you the brother next to Sister Jingshu?"
The youth's expression finally changed, "Do you recognize Jing Shu?"
Chen Siheng nodded, "Yes."
Li Che looked at him in confusion, "What's your name?"
"Chen Siheng."
Li Che's expression changed, and after a moment of silence, he said, "...Can you take me to see her?"
People have changed, but the grass and trees remain the same. Li Che silently listened to Chen Siheng talk about how she had taken the poison, and she was still thinking about a poem. "
The rosy loess leaves no trace.
Li Che carefully condensed the sand into a long-prepared plain flower porcelain vase, and the porcelain altar that he was holding in his hand was put aside. Father."
While rummaging in his luggage, he said, "I heard the news. Before the court's people to clean up the battlefield arrived, I turned over several corpses overnight, and only found the head, which was cremated and planned to bring back to my homeland." He sighed lowly, "I didn't expect that my father would really bring in the Huns. Now that his head is in a different place, I hope he can avoid facing the ancestors under Huang Quan."
Li Che found the dagger in his luggage, turned around and stuffed it into Chen Siheng, and suddenly knelt down in front of him. Chen Siheng was startled, and quickly took two steps back, "What are you doing?"
He smiled softly, "My father ruined your family, won't you kill me for revenge?"
Chen Siheng held the dagger, but looked at him and shook his head, "It was your father who killed him, and it has nothing to do with you. Since he is already dead, why should I kill you again?"
Li Che was stunned, "Then don't you hate Jing Shu?"
"... I don't know," Chen Siheng said in a low voice, "I know that the fire in my house is related to Sister Jingshu, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to rescue me. I really want to hate her, but when I was most afraid, She accompanies me." He paused, then smiled relievedly, "Hate or not, she's gone. Besides, I already have the strength to protect myself, and I will go to the palace tomorrow to learn how to do it. A shadow guard can't always be trapped in hatred and can't get out."
Li Che stared at him for a long time, "You are a good boy." He took the dagger handed back by Chen Siheng, "Come with me for a drink at the bar, I wish you well?"
Chen Siheng wondered, "But I don't know how to drink."
"It's fine to have a cup of tea then." Li Che stood up, "Let's go."
A few days later, everything in the courtroom returned to normal. The official positions that were previously vacant due to the beheading will naturally be replaced by new talents. The official robes will be added, and they will be full of ambition. Who does not long for a whole river and mountain in exchange for the unparalleled prosperity of Haiyan and Heqing.
At the beginning of the dynasty, everything is new.
It's just that some people saw the doctor Censor as usual, and inevitably sighed a pity, and the whispers were passed on to the Weiyang Palace.
So the day-to-day meeting was over, Chu Mingyun was not in a hurry to disperse, but suddenly issued an edict:
The imperial censor, Su Shi, was honored as a king, adding nine tins, giving thousands of miles of land, and 30,000 households in the city.
The ministers were silent, looking at each other in dismay, but no one said a word, and regardless of his Majesty's temperament that could not tolerate dissent, that doctor's contribution to the imperial court was obvious to all, but it was not that he could not afford such grace.
Just as he was about to agree, he saw that the doctor in the front row declined by himself.
Chu Mingyun listened to the reason patiently, looked at Su Shiyu, and said with the corners of his lips hooked: "You don't want any of these?"
"Yes," Su Shiyu said warmly, "I understand Your Majesty's intentions, and I am satisfied."
Chu Mingyun thought for a moment, "Don't you want fiefs?"
"Naturally. In the past, it was all hard work to restrain the lords. Now giving land to build a country and splitting the soil to divide the feudal feudalism is against the original intention of the original, and it will cause trouble in the future. Please take back the edict."
Chu Mingyun ignored his words and said to himself, "Since you don't want this place of a thousand miles," he raised his hand to touch his heart, and said with a low smile, "Then seal this place to you, do you want it?"
Su Shiyu was stunned for a moment, and all the ministers were also stunned.
Knowing that it was above the main hall, everyone was watching, but he couldn't help laughing, facing those eyes, and replied, "I am very fortunate."
The Chronicle of the History of the Zhou contains:
In the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Zhou reformed the old system and granted amnesty to the world.
In the second year of Jianyuan, the imperial censor took orders to rebuild the laws and regulations.
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In the sixth year of Jianyuan, he accepted Ziyuan, a sideline of the Su family, as his heir, and established him as the heir.
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In the eighth year of Jianyuan, the Xiongnu troops were sent out, and the Xiongnu retreated for a hundred miles to defend it.
In the ninth year of Jianyuan, he achieved great victories, pursued and suppressed all the way, went deep into the desert, and was unable to conquer it for a long time.
In the fifth month, Emperor Wu personally marched, and in the fourth month of the calendar, he arrived at the king's tent, and the Xiongnu Shanyu committed suicide.
In the next hundred years, no one dared to violate the border again.
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In the early years of Jiayi, he died and was buried in the same coffin.
In the middle of the night on the day of the burial, Chu Yuan, later known as Emperor Wen, and Taishi Ling came on stage to drink.
The young emperor looked into the distance, and suddenly said, "Father's intention is to completely hide his relationship with the father and emperor, and not mention a word?"
Taishi Ling replied, "Yes."
"Then Aiqing thought that if a history book could be recorded, how would he evaluate it?"
Taishi Ling pondered for a long time, "The late emperor and the old imperial censor can be deeply in love for a lifetime."
Chu Yuan laughed silently and drank his wine.
The dream of floating life is gone, and the achievements will remain forever. The story that gradually becomes distant and misty with the passage of time will eventually become a vague temperature in the history, which is unknown.
Finish.
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The author has something to say: I'm sorry for making everyone wait so long to post it. I read it over and over and revise it again and again, but I always feel unsatisfied orz. I finally finished writing it. It was a full year in two months, and I have been with Chu Su for so long.
In the end, Su Shiyu chose to assist Chu Mingyun, but it was not because he gave up his position. He has always been like this. Right and wrong are clear between public and private: If I choose to help you, it will never be because of the relationship between me and you. , only because I approve of your idea.
Chu Mingyun said that he did not need to understand, but now Shiyu has understood him. So I really like these two people, whether they are lovers or confidants, they are actually a good match.
At the end of the writing, I was not very excited 23333, but felt a little disappointed, and Qianfan felt that the dust had settled.
I would like to thank you all for your love, it gave me unlimited motivation and joy. There are still many shortcomings in this article. I am very grateful for your love. I hope to see you next time, you and I are better versions of yourself. mwah.
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