AWB Chapter 40
Chapter 40
"It's not a trick." Xu Chunmu responded freely, "It's because Hu Chier had the intention of retreating, and he just happened to guess what he was thinking."
Jiang Yanchi took a sip of tea, then turned his gaze to the shiny sword: "Is this the sword bestowed by Emperor Xuanhe?"
"Return to Your Highness, it is this sword."
Jiang Yanchi put down the cup in his hand, touched the sword from the tip to the tail, and then turned back, "23 years ago in the Yong'an Rebellion, the Xu family made great contributions in pacifying the war, retired from Northern Xiong, Yuyueshi, and Pingxiliang. The emperor's grandfather ascended the throne The step-in-law bestowed this sword, which is enough to value it. But do you know who this sword originally belonged to?"
"Back then, the judge Shen abandoned An Xiao's head to show the public, the whole family was wiped out, and even the mansion was burned to the ground. Only this sword that has been guarding the border for a hundred years is left, carrying the glory and blood it once had, and continues to survive in the world " Jiang Yanchi looked at Xu Chengjin, "And the Xu family has divided up most of the military power of the Shen family. This sword is a reward, and it is a warning."
This is the sword of Shen Qi'an, the general guarding the border.
Xu Chunmu heard this for the first time, and when he looked at the sword again, his eyes were different from the past.
"Emperor Xuanhe's deep meaning, the ministers and others will follow from the contemporary generation." Xu Chengjin immediately led Xu Chunmu to kneel down, and kowtowed heavily towards the sword, "I will live up to the great Wei and the king's kindness in this life."
Xu Chunmu followed behind, repeating the last sentence.
Jiang Yanchi's peripheral vision swept over the two of them.
He intentionally paused for a while, and then he said to himself: "To live up to your kindness...Xu Chunmu, can you really live up to your kindness?"
Xu Chunmu's downcast face lost all blood in an instant.
Xu Chengjin was immediately alert.
"Why did you rush back to the northern border from Shangjing in a hurry." Jiang Yanchi broke the conversation, and Xu Chengjin immediately refused to argue.
"Your Highness, we..."
"No why."
Xu Chunmu answered under pressure, throwing a look at his father as if begging for mercy.
This look was also caught by Jiang Yanchi, and a cold light suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"General Xu." Jiang Yanchi observed the expressions of the two, then set his eyes on Xu Chengjin, "You don't have anything to say, do you want to explain to me?"
Xu Chengjin did not condone Chunmu's presumptuousness.
He kowtowed to His Royal Highness in this posture of kneeling and saluting: "I am guilty of taking in people who shouldn't be taken in, I..."
"Father!"
Xu Chunmu immediately climbed a few steps forward, tightly gripping a corner of Xu Chengjin's clothes, with an uncontrollable panic in his voice, but there was a shout: "You bastard, how dare you be presumptuous!"
"People who shouldn't be taken in?" Jiang Yanchi said softly, "Who?"
"The imperial palm print, Chu Xie."
"Father!"
Xu Chunmu's hands trembled, and he immediately stood up, "Your Highness, listen to me. Ah Xie also saved you once, he..."
"Ashe?"
"Zhuzi is talking nonsense!" Xu Chengjin held Xu Chunmu down again, and explained, "We are not familiar with that Lord Chu."
"Oh, I'm not familiar with you, but you can help him leave Shangjing and enter the northern border at this moment?"
"Your Highness, he has already died once. You can treat him as pleading guilty...he really..."
"Xu Chunmu!" Xu Chengjin suddenly drew out the long sword at his waist and pointed it at the tip of Xu Chunmu's nose, "How dare you talk nonsense here, you rebel, and want to cover up a traitor!"
Who doesn't know that His Royal Highness has been at odds with Chu's palm seal for a long time, and finally killed Chu Xie in the East Palace Incident, and now he appears in Nagano County again, how can this be explained clearly.
If you are not careful, it is a serious crime for Shangjing to conspire against the border!
But Xu Chunmu seemed to think that Jiang Yanchi might not want to kill Chu Xie. He once admitted that Chu Xie was not killed by him, but committed suicide.At the time of the funeral, he was also silent, as if feeling sorry for him.
Xu Chunmu had to gamble on this.
"Your Highness. I would like to never enter the capital again in my life, and only guard the border for thousands of miles for Your Highness. I just ask His Highness to spare Chu Xie's life, and don't let him—"
Jiang Yanchi glanced at the hand that was holding him, and then glanced at Xu Chengjin, whose face was ashen, from the corner of his eye.
He said in a low voice, "What if I don't want to let go."
Jiang Yan slowly squatted down and looked at Xu Chunmu: "Xu Chunmu, I have always valued you. I don't need to pursue your crime of deceiving the emperor. But I want to ask, why do you have to save him?"
Xu Chunmu was dumbfounded, not knowing how to answer.
After a moment of hesitation, Jiang Yanchi pressed him step by step.
"Do you know how many people want to whip him to death. Xu Chunmu, you are asking for protection for him at this time. Is it because he has colluded with your Xu family?"
"Your Majesty's lesson!" Xu Chengjin immediately denied it, wishing he could point to the sky, "We have never met that palm print. Our Xu family has been guarding the border for many years. How could we know Chu Xie? I am a rebellious son who is confused. That Chuxie took him to the north..."
Jiang Yanchi did not give up.
"Xu Chunmu, I want to hear your answer."
Xu Chengjin pressed Xu Chunmu's shoulder with one hand and touched his wound.Warn him that he must not speak nonsense at this time, so as not to harm the whole family.
Xu Chunmu had a lump in his throat, he was hesitating before he could say anything, when he heard someone from the porter say that Old Master Xu had come.
Grandpa, grandpa is here.
He is the best at distinguishing right from wrong, unlike his father who prefers the easy and fears the heavy.
It will definitely save Chuxie.
Hope lit up in Xu Chunmu's eyes.Jiang Yanchi was surprised for a moment, and then saw four maidservants holding up lamps to light the way, followed by an elderly man with white hair and white beard.
Xu Yi's eyes fluttered, and he saw Jiang Yanchi who was wearing a crow-blue cloak from a distance.
The young man was very energetic, and there was an inexplicable familiarity in his brows and eyes.
It looks very much like Emperor Xuanhe when he was young.
"Your Highness."
The vicissitudes of Xu Yi's voice penetrated the hall, full of energy.
"Your Majesty, you don't need to be too polite." Jiang Yan apologized and gave up the main seat in front of the hall. Xu Yi waved his hand and sat down on the first chair on the left. He picked up the tea from the maid and asked, "What are you doing with the tea? Here comes the jug of wine."
"Old Master Xu has grown stronger and stronger in his old age, and he is still as handsome as before."
"Hey, what are you talking about back then. Young people popped up one after another, but they are formidable young people." Old Hou Ye saw that Jiang Yanchi spoke modestly but had a degree of advance and retreat. He still had no timidity in the face of a three-dynasty veteran like himself. .
Can't help but look a little more in his eyes: "At this moment, it is probably reckless for His Highness to abandon the capital and go to the northern border."
An eunuch who is about to die, how can he be worth running thousands of miles in this turbulent time.
Xu Yi twirled his beard and poured the wine, his movements were not hurried or slow, and he pointed out the mystery with one word.
Jiang Yanchi was silent for a moment.
Xu Yi took a gulp of strong wine, looked at his grandson who was kneeling and refused to get up, and sighed: "Give him to the prince."
"grandfather!"
Xu Chunmu didn't seem to have thought of this sentence at all, and the flames that had just ignited in his eyes were instantly extinguished.Xu Yi couldn't bear to look at his eyes at this moment, so he just poured another glass of wine to the little prince, "Your Highness, let's take a step back in this matter, you take the person away, and we will guard the northern border for you. Just let it go, how about it."
Jiang Yanchi's eyes flickered.
"Master Xu didn't ask me why I took Chu Xie away."
Xu Yi smiled, drank a pot of sake, then smacked his mouth, and leisurely pointed his finger on the wooden table, making a few knocks.
"People who have nothing to do with my Xu family, why bother to ask."
Xu Chunmu trembled all over, and threw himself in front of Xu Yi with red eyes: "Grandpa, Chunmu has never begged you for anything. I beg you... Please, don't drive him away..."
"Mu'er, confused."
Xu Yi smashed the wine glass in his hand, and his voice was majestic, "Chu Xie is too difficult to write, no matter what happens, it is his business. You are my grandson, Xu Yi, and you have a bright future in the future. Why bother?" If you get involved in these dirty things, you will ruin it for nothing!"
"No, grandpa, listen to me!"
"What are you talking about! Didn't he stir up the smoky atmosphere in Shangjing? Didn't you say you're a ghost and messing around here? Do you still look like a general? Stand up straight!" Xu Yi looked like It was because of anger that he cut off Xu Chunmu's words.
"Grandpa, you taught me. You don't worry about what others don't know, but you don't know what others do." Xu Chunmu shook his head, "He is not such a person, he..."
"I also taught you that different ways don't conspire with each other! Do you think you can be on the same way?!" Xu Yi seemed to be a little angry, "Xu Chunmu, that's how I taught you?! You really Insane!"
Xu Chunmu was rarely reprimanded so severely by Xu Yi.
The whole person was a little confused.
Now my heart is heavy, almost suffocating, and I cover my heart, even my voice is trembling: "Grandpa, you taught Chunmu to subdue fierce horses, boil eagles, you told me that a man should be worthy of heaven and earth, or rather Die, don't give in, and always do what you think is right... This is what I think is right. Grandpa, if you believe in Chunmu once, Chu Xie can't return to Shangjing, he will die!"
There was a faint smell of alcohol in Xu Yi's eyes, but now it is gradually dissipating. He looked at his grandson with dark eyes, and said nothing, just shouted: "More wine."
There was silence in the hall for a while, and a needle could be heard falling.
Very depressing.
After the wine was served, Xu Yi saw that the Prince's peripheral vision kept falling on him.
"Mu'er. What your grandfather taught you in the past is only applicable in the northern region." Xu Yi handed a glass of wine to Xu Chunmu and shook his head, "In Shangjing, those are some other principles."
There was a bit of coaxing earnestness in his words, he raised his hand to touch Xu Chunmu's head, halfway through it, he retracted it.
Sitting upright, he brought some majesty.
"Grandpa didn't teach you that because grandpa didn't intend to let you go to the capital. You have a small character, Yu'an, and Cheng Huan will live in a corner under grandpa's knees for the rest of your life, and grandpa will keep you safe for the rest of your life. Why bother to get involved in those struggles and calculations to add to that?" bother."
"grandfather!"
Xu Yi seemed to be tired of hearing it, and waved his hands to teach someone to tie up Xu Chunmu and throw him into the ancestral hall, lock him up against the wall, then turned his head and said to the prince, "Your Highness, if you want to take it, take it away."
Jiang Yanchi had watched quite a big show, and now he asked straightforwardly: "Master Xu really won't stay."
"Do not stay."
Jiang Yanchi was suspicious, and was about to ask more questions, but Xu Yi said again: "Your Highness, you don't need to test left and right. Our Zhenguohou's mansion has nothing to do with this Lord Chu."
"Your Highness wants to kill him, protect him, use him, or suspect him, all of which have nothing to do with the Marquis of Zhenguo. My grandson Chunmu was born in the north. He is kind-hearted and simple, not as full of people as those in Shangjing The belly is twisted. But His Highness should know that such a pure and good person will never turn against him."
Jiang Yan was silent for a while.
After a long silence, he bowed to Old Master Xu and saluted: "Yan Chi was reckless. I have always been clear about the loyalty of Young Master Xu."
Jiang Yanchi lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked at Xu Yi: "I still have something to say to the young master in private. I don't know if the master can make it easier for you."
"That's natural."
Xu Yi watched Jiang Yanchi go in the direction of the ancestral hall, his eyes gradually deepened, and he was obviously not drunk at all.I had to go back to the Marquis's mansion tonight, so I recruited my son Xu Chengjin: "Northern Xiongna asked the surnamed Yu to integrate the old troops of King Ningyuan to fight, but he couldn't find anything. Send Chun Mu to Pinglian County tonight, Don’t teach him to sneak away to the capital again.”
"Father, I can't understand this situation... Now that King Ningyuan is dead in battle, I'm afraid that the king of Lingcheng County has little chance of winning in this battle for the heir. Jiang Yanchi's appearance in the northern border at this time is really a test The attitude of our Xu family?"
Xu Yi shook his head.In fact, this is not what he is more concerned about right now.
"I can't figure out the way of this little prince for a while. But after all, Chunmu can no longer enter Shangjing City, so let me watch him, and he is not allowed to get close to that surnamed Chu."
***
In the ancestral hall, Xu Chunmu's hands were tied, and he knelt on the hard stone slab, with the green smoke curling up in front of his eyes, which choked his nostrils.
In the northern part of autumn, light snow occasionally falls in the middle of the night, falling on the eaves and condensing into a thin frost in the next morning, embellishing the loneliness of the boundless ice field.
Xu Chunmu is never afraid of the cold.
But right now, it just feels cold.
Behind him came the voice of Qiongqiong.
"Xu Chunmu."
Jiang Yanchi turned back and closed the door, sent everyone away, squatted down and approached his left ear, with a dangerous voice, "Do you know Chu Xie's identity?"
Seeing that he was silent all the time, Jiang Yanchi lowered his voice a little bit, as if he was wary of hearing behind the wall: "Does Xu Chengjin know, where is Xu Yi?"
"they do not know."
The cruel light in Jiang Yanchi's eyes subsided a bit.
"Take this secret to me in the coffin. Never, never reveal his identity to anyone. Especially Xu Yi." Jiang Yanchi saw Xu Chunmu turn his head, his eyes were cold and mixed with some doubts, and asked "Why".
Jiang Yanchi thought to himself that Xu Yi really hurt Xu Chunmu so hard. After all these years, such a thunderous and courageous jackal has actually raised such an upright grandson.
He didn't seem to know much about the past.
Also, the Xu family can be called the biggest beneficiary of the Yong'an Rebellion.From a young age, the lieutenant general who guarded the city became the king of the town.
How could he know about those dirty past.
"When the Yue clan broke Shaoye County, General Shen was captured because his subordinates surrendered, and all [-] elite soldiers under his command were slaughtered. He was captured and returned to Beijing because of this."
Jiang Yanchi gritted his teeth, grabbed Xu Chunmu's collar and said word by word: "The deputy general who surrendered was the deputy general of the Shaoye garrison at that time, Xu Yi. He was a hard-headed one planted by Emperor Xuanhe in the Shen family's army. Nail, the glory of your Xu family is due to his betrayal back then. Shaoye slaughtered the city for three days and the blood was stained with yellow sand. Xu Chunmu, do you think someone like Xu Yi will protect Chuxie? If he knows that Chuxie is a descendant of the Shen family , I’m only afraid that he will gain power and seek revenge, how can we give him a way out?!”
Pushing with one hand, Xu Chunmu fell to the ground.
With my elbows propped on the cold stone floor, I felt that the already bleak night was even more biting.
Grandpa him.
No, it's impossible.
"No. No." Xu Chunmu covered his head with his hands, and suddenly curled up, "Grandpa is the most loyal and brave man in the world, he can tell right from wrong, he said it, he said it..."
"You are a descendant of the Xu family, his own grandson. He naturally defends you in every possible way, wishing he could pave the way for you. To you, he is a tree of protection, to Chu Xie he is a tree of pursuit. Damn devil! You dare to sneak him to the north, who gave you the guts!"
Jiang Yanchi lowered his voice, but he hated every word, as if wishing to tear Xu Chunmu's skin apart.
Xu Chunmu's heart seemed to have been disturbed by an ice pick.
Grandpa, killed Ah Xie's father.
how can that be possible.
"The Yong'an Rebellion back then was when Emperor Xuanhe used foreign enemies to create momentum in order to ascend to the throne of God. He cut off the military power in the Northwest and the Northwest, and killed the Emperor Shangjing and the old prince. The army risked winning the king and defeating the enemy! It is the orthodox old prince who Shen Qian protects! If he lives a day, he can guard the border for a day, but the Jiao Sanhu stares at him but dare not take a step forward! If Xu Yi, who believed in you, was not mistaken, Shen Qi'an survived the battle of Shaoye Great victory, there will be no chaos in Yong'an at all, and the Great Wei will never be destroyed!"
Xu Chunmu's heart choked, and he faintly felt that the pain in his shoulder blade was even worse.
It seemed to be connected to the heart and lungs, throbbing and throbbing.
"Shen Qi'an did not treason."
"Your grandfather Xu Yi is the one who betrayed the country."
Jiang Yanchi pinched Xu Chunmu's shoulder blades: "Never, never touch Chu Xie's affairs again. Xu Chunmu, you can't protect him at all."
Xu Chunmu seemed to have finally regained some consciousness, he hoarsely pushed Jiang Yanchi back, "He has no way out in the northern border, so could he be in Shangjing?"
"Zhao Xuan, who has known him for more than ten years, wants to whip his corpse three hundred times. If he says betrayal, he will betray. Jiang Jingfan, who has respected him three times in the past, would like to pick off his head when he sees him losing power. Loyal ministers hate him, and treacherous ministers hate him." Blame him... even you, the crown prince who was single-handedly supported by him, want to kill him every day!"
Jiang Yanchi supported the wall with one hand, a strand of temple hair hanging down from the corner of his forehead.
Yes.
He also wanted to kill him so much, and even just a little bit, he really did it.
Fingernails scratched the wall, leaving five deep scratches.
"He can't go back to the capital."
Xu Chunmu seemed to have finally regained some sanity, and said firmly: "I don't need the 30 military power in the northern border. I will take him to a secluded place in the mountains and forests to live in seclusion. As long as he does not pose any threat to grandpa, he will..."
"You took him to live in seclusion?"
Jiang Yanchi's thoughts wandered slightly, and he suddenly asked, "Xu Chunmu, what are your thoughts on him?"
"I, I just want to save him. It doesn't matter if it's atonement for grandpa. He shouldn't have lived such a life."
The dark light in Jiang Yanchi's eyes subsided a little, a little mocking.
"Did the Xu family really give birth to a living Bodhisattva?"
"I...I will let him let go of his hatred slowly, stop doing evil things from now on, and live a peaceful and peaceful life..."
When Jiang Yanchi heard the latter sentence, he just felt it was ridiculous, and cut it off coldly before he could finish.
"You haven't experienced his pain, how can you easily persuade him to let go."
Xu Chunmu was stunned.
"I can't let it go. The Yong'an Rebellion changed the fate of too many people. Xu Chunmu, you have the protection of the entire Xu family, you don't understand at all. Some people, if they don't learn to protect themselves, there will be no one in this world." Protect him. For such a person, if you persuade him to do good, you will kill him."
Xu Chunmu was not convinced. Similarly, he also felt that Jiang Yanchi's words were ridiculous.
It was so absurd that his whole forearm was shaking, but he couldn't raise his finger and point to the person in front of him to say a single word.
The spirit tablets of the ancestors of the Xu family beside him are still enshrined by Haosheng.
But Xu Chunmu didn't dare to turn his head to look at them again.
"Ridiculous, so ridiculous..."
In the end, he could only support his forehead with his hands, stepped back suddenly, and squatted down slowly against the wall: "If you can't let go of hatred, then his life will be ruined from now on..."
"Can't you see clearly? As early as 23 years ago, his life was ruined. From the moment Shen Qi'an died, Chu Xie's life had no life at all."
***
Due to the medicine, Chu Xie was still in a deep sleep, his body was hot and cold, and he was drenched in sweat but couldn't open his eyes.
Feel someone approaching.
It's Xu Chunmu.
With one hand brushing away the broken hair on his forehead, he felt the cold touch on his forehead.Subconsciously, he stretched out his hand from the quilt to warm the cold hand.
The man was led to squat down.
That hand helped him to stand up, put a bowl of medicine to his lips, and poured it into it silently.
Chu Xie drank very slowly, and had to stop to catch his breath after a few sips.
After drinking the medicine, his whole body was sweaty again, and he was waited on and changed his clothes. In the middle of the night, the fever was finally gone.
He felt that someone rolled him up with a blanket and carried him into the carriage.Putting him in his arms and wrapping him up firmly, he raised the door curtains, heated the stove in the carriage, and kicked his favorite gold-thread hand stove into Chu Xie's arms.
Chu Xie felt the familiar and warm touch, and his heart gradually settled down a little.
He suddenly woke up when he heard the sound of the wheels turning, and was held down by a hand struggling as soon as he moved.
He struggled to open his eyes, but couldn't see the face of the person in front of him clearly, so he just grabbed the person's sleeve: "Go...where."
Because of the high fever in the first half of the night, his throat was unbelievably hoarse.
"Go back to Beijing."
It wasn't Xu Chunmu's voice.
Chu Xie woke up completely, and managed to focus his sight, barely able to see the outline of the person in front of him.Suddenly, my heart became cold.
It's Jiang Yanchi!
Seeing that he was about to struggle again, Jiang Yanchi held his hand under the quilt: "Don't move, the wound will open."
Why did Jiang Yanchi appear in the northern border?Why did he take himself back to the capital again.
His task now is to ensure that Xu Chunmu is safe and sound.He couldn't stay away from Xu Chunmu, he had to protect him.And going to the capital is even more murderous for him, how can he go back to that place so easily!
"open!"
Chu Xie struggled harder, using his hands and feet to push the person away, but the person was wrapped in the quilt, and his weak strength was dissipated in the cotton wool, and he was easily trapped by the movement.
Jiang Yanchi lowered his eyes, unable to see sorrow or joy, and only looked deeply at himself.
That look is very strange.
As if distinguishing something.
"!!"
Chu Xie remembered that when he died last time, he lied to Jiang Yanchi that he had a dual personality. Now Jiang Yanchi must be judging which personality he is now.
Is it good or evil.
Chu Xie was startled, and instead of panicking, he quickly calmed down and quickly made an analysis and judgment in his mind.
The author has something to say: Pseudo rpg game, Chuxie will:
1. Choose a large size, first threaten Jiang Yanchi viciously and send him back to the northern border to go back to Xu Chunmu.
2. Choose the trumpet, Jiang Yanchi is now firmly seated as the prince, the situation is not right, first confess to save his life.
Although it is useless to choose, the direction has been determined (dog head saves life)