Bamboo Raw Huaian

Chapter 24

The next day, the two slept until the sun was up.

I woke up once around five o'clock, and had a sticky kiss for a while. After dealing with the urgent matters, my heart relaxed, and I fell asleep until Si o'clock before I knew it.

Seeing that the sun was hanging high, it was really not good to lie down again, so the two got up.

Duan Qingzhu wore a single shirt, as usual, went down to take Xiao Daokun's robe first, and wanted to shake it off to wait for him to put it on.

He just turned around, and before he could move, his wrist was grabbed first, and the outer robe was taken over like this.

Duan Qingzhu: "?"

He used to be like this every day, but at that time he was still a little singer sent to the palace by Nanfeng Hall, no matter how favored he was, he would not lose his duty.But now that he has worshiped the Grand Tutor, to do this kind of thing of serving others is tantamount to degrading himself.

Duan Qingzhu didn't think about it at all, he just thought about how Xiao Daokun always moved his back without breaking a mark during the meal yesterday.I think it was the root of the disease that fell from the cane seven years ago, plus the past few days of staying at the desk all night, the back hurts badly, and I don't want him to suffer any more.

Xiao Daokun pushed him back to the bed, tucked him into the quilt, and said while putting on his clothes: "The first-rank official is seriously injured and has not recovered to wait for me to change clothes, what can Xiao do."

Seeing that Duan Qingzhu was about to lift the quilt, he quickly turned around and held him down, and said fiercely: "Do you still think your wound is not painful enough? Rest well."

Duan Qingzhu refused to accept: "I have been lying in bed for seven days, and the injury has healed."

He said again: "I haven't gone to court for so many days, I don't know how many things have been delayed, I have to go through it before I go to court tomorrow."

"Master Duan recovered from his injury, I'm afraid it's because the Grand Hospital went to beg Bodhisattva overnight." Xiao Daokun didn't listen to his nonsense, "Besides, what are the three provinces and six ministries doing for food, and I have to trouble you, the Grand Tutor, for everything."

Duan Qingzhu calmly reasoned with him, but at this time he was wrapped in a quilt, and he really couldn't show any majesty: "In the past, there were people who were in charge, but the remaining members of the Zhou family spread across three provinces and six departments. Now Mr. Zhou will be imprisoned, and the rest Once the party is punished, there will be very few people left in the three provinces and six ministries who can do practical things."

"Now there are envoys from Beiyan waiting in the capital, and their leader died in our Great Wei, and they always want to ask for an explanation; inside, there are old clans with broken bones, and the court hall is almost half empty. We must find suitable people as soon as possible. Fill the vacancy. How can I lie down for a year or so with all these piles?"

"Besides," he looked at Xiao Daokun eagerly, "everyone has arrived at the gate of my house, so it's not easy to let them go back directly."

Xiao Daokun actually understood it better than anyone else, but seeing him put in so much effort, he couldn't bear it.

In the end, he let go, and the eldest brother Yan Luo sat on the bedside to be angry.

Duan Qingzhu looked funny, lifted the quilt and sat up, leaned over to kiss him: "Your Highness is getting younger and younger, and in a few years, I'm afraid he will be a knight-errant with those young people."

He put Xiao Daokun's hand in his palm, held it, raised his head to meet his dissatisfied gaze, and said with a smile: "In the past, His Majesty was responsible for this world with you. Now there is another me. In the future, there will be more Together with us, let the people of Wei Dynasty be rich and the sea and rivers clean."

Duan Qingzhu finally got the chance to get out of bed with three kisses and one hug.

This discussion lasted for one day, and when he finished his work and walked back out of the conference hall, the sky was already full of stars.Seeing the candlelight in the bedroom from a distance, he smiled, pushed the door open and went in, and saw Xiao Daokun had come back from the palace, changed his clothes, and was sitting by the table making herbal dressings for him.

Seeing him enter the door, Xiao Daokun put down the things in his hand and beckoned him to come over.

Duan Qingzhu walked over in the warm yellow light, with the familiar scent of sandalwood lingering in the tip of his nose, he was a little dazed for a while.

After a while, he only approved one coat, and obediently sat beside the table waiting for the medicine to be applied.

Xiao Daokun first took a clean veil and wiped off the original herbal medicine, then dipped in warm water to wipe off the area around the wound, then sat down and applied the pounded herbal medicine to him.

Duan Qingzhu stared at the dancing candles in a trance, secretly digesting the joy of "I have a home".

After changing the medicine, Xiao Daokun helped him put on his clothes, hugged him in his arms, kissed the top of his hair, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry, I have to keep it from you because of my unavoidable love all these years."

Duan Qingzhu was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and shook his head: "At that time, the wind was tight, and if there was any carelessness, the whole game would be lost. If one less person knows, one less risk, I understand."

Xiao Daokun lowered his eyes a little, looked at the man's hair, couldn't help rubbing it: "You are so good."

Duan Qingzhu laughed, raised her small face, her phoenix eyes were bent.After waiting for a few breaths, he managed to get a kiss.

He was in a hurry during the day today, and he has dealt with almost all the things accumulated these days, and now he has plenty of time.So he was not in a hurry, he pulled Xiao Daokun to sit on the couch, thinking about the old disease on his waist, and put a few medicine pillows on the back of his waist.

After the two of them were nestled in the pillow pile, he asked: "So what's going on with Shen Yao?"

Although it was a question, there was not much doubt in his words.For so many years, he has more or less his own guesses.

Xiao Daokun hugged the person in his arms avoiding the place where he had just been medicated, and said: "I asked someone to check when Shen Yao came to vote for me in the early years. To feed his hunger, he once made a living by begging on the street, and he hated the old law to the bone. Even if I am not in the capital, such a person will definitely not turn around and join Mr. Zhou Ge's command."

"So the letter between you and Hu Erhan in the hands of the four-year-old Zhou Ge in Long'an was written by you and handed over to Shen Yao, so that he could send it to Zhou Mansion."

"Yes." Xiao Daokun rested his chin on his shoulder, "I didn't expect Zhou Ge to abandon Zhou Fan. Zhou Fan's death put me at an absolute disadvantage. It's just delaying time, watching the old clan grow bigger step by step. If you want to make a comeback, the only way is..."

"...put it to death and live later." Duan Qingzhu nestled in his arms, and whispered in his voice, "From this you can logically disappear from the sight of the old clan and gain the strength of the northern border. Without your suppression, all the hidden contacts of the old clan will be revealed, and they will be wiped out when you return with your army."

"En." Xiao Daokun tightened his arms tightly again with distress, "I haven't heard from you for these years, leaving you alone in the capital to suffer."

Duan Qingzhu didn't speak.

He knew very well in his heart that the burden he had suffered these years was nothing compared to Xiao Daokun's.This person received a solid forty-back stick, and was escorted on the road the next day. There was no time for him to heal his injuries, and this left the root of the disease.In these years, we have to train troops and pay attention to the court situation all the time. The hardships can be imagined.

But Xiao Daokun didn't say anything, he made it clear that he didn't want to make him sad.It was not easy for the two to meet again, and he didn't want to just cry bitterly about the past.

Pretending not to know, Dan lips curled into a smile: "I haven't suffered much. Before His Highness left, he entrusted me to the emperor to take care of me. His Majesty has taken good care of me these years."

"I don't know if Your Highness has paid attention to the rumors in Beijing." He smiled narrowly and said intentionally, "Everyone has said that I am His Majesty's lover."

Xiao Daokun was speechless, knowing that he was talking nonsense, but he still couldn't help but feel a little bitter in his heart, and his melancholy was immediately washed away by him.

He turned around and trapped Duan Qingzhu in the pile of pillows, leaned over and kissed that red lips fiercely.

He didn't restrain himself anymore, with so many years of longing and heartache, but there was no pity in his actions, he just kissed people until tears rolled down his eyes, he couldn't breathe well, so he could only hum in a low voice.

When they finally parted, Duan Qingzhu's mouth was swollen from his kiss, and she sucked her nose under him aggrievedly.

Xiao Daokun's heart softened in an instant, and he hugged him, kissed and coaxed him.

The little man in his arms rubbed against his skirt, accusing in a muffled voice: "You are so fierce."

"Hmm. My fault." Xiao Daokun thought he was crying, so he got up quickly to wipe his tears.He frantically held up that small face, but met a pair of phoenix eyes bent from a smile.

Xiao Daokun sighed, completely helpless with him.

Duan Qingzhu touched his lips again with a smile, and she couldn't lie down honestly. She huddled in his arms, and finally found a comfortable place to nest. After thinking about it, she raised her eyes and asked him: "Why did you come back at this time? ?”

Xiao Daokun knew that he was asking about the day of the palace change, so he said: "The day before the palace change, were you discussing the reform with some adults in the Zhou Mansion?"

Duan Qingzhu's expression changed slightly: "Yes. I asked Mr. Lu to draw up a document for reforming the field mu system, and I planned to present it at the court meeting the next day. Why do you..."

"Your reform discussions are in full swing here, don't you know, brother?" Xiao Daokun said with a smile, "He has devoted himself to reforms all these years, who knows how hard he has found a like-minded Taifu, who has been promoted like this Don't let him join the gang. You are so smart, why are you so confused about this?"

"What is it to join the gang or not to join the gang, what are these words." Duan Qingzhu reasoned, and his voice became smaller and smaller, "I, at that time, the conservative power of the old clan was rising, and I thought the emperor would not support the reform blatantly."

Xiao Daokun patted his forehead lightly: "Then at least we need to find out the attitude of the emperor, and report some from time to time." He said seriously: "If you secretly gathered a group of officials to make such a big move, if the emperor knew that you didn't Yixin, how many brains you have grown are not enough to chop."

Duan Qingzhu said in a low voice: "I know I was wrong. I will go to the palace to apologize tomorrow."

"Pride and pride." Xiao Daokun pinched his little face and commented.

Duan Qingzhu has never been so unreliable in his life, and for a moment he missed the opportunity to refute, so he could only say: "You haven't told me why you came back so soon."

"No hurry." Xiao Daokun patted him, "In the past few years, the revolutionary faction headed by you has gradually grown bigger. People from the old clan didn't think you could make a difference at the beginning. It wasn't until the winter of the fifth year of Long'an that they realized that the situation was out of control and attacked you. Failed."

Duan Qingzhu said: "I remember it. Before the court was up that day, before dawn, Lu Shangshu suddenly visited secretly and said that someone would impeach me for the three major crimes in the early court... Later, because of the timely response, no major incidents occurred. "

Xiao Daokun said: "That's right. Since that time, the old clan has regarded you as a thorn in their side, and it will be difficult to eat and sleep if you don't get rid of it as soon as possible. So Zhou Ge secretly contacted Beiyan's contacts and reached a cooperation with Huerhan. He wants to borrow Yan people Get rid of you and the prince in one fell swoop. In this way, not only will it be difficult for the reformers to become popular, but the position of the prince will also be released; Power is firmly in his hands.

"When I got the news, some Yan people had sneaked into the town outside the capital city. A few days later, the spies reported that Hu Erhan had rushed to the territory of the Great Wei in person. The emperor was afraid that something might happen, so I secretly led the troops back to the capital. Stationed fifty miles away from Beijing, waiting for an opportunity to act.

"Before the palace change, Brother Huang received the news that you were going to propose a new land law at the second meeting. I knew that this proposal would trigger a wave of reform no matter what the result. If Mr. Zhou Ge knew about it, even though they haven't done it yet. It is fully prepared, but it is also enough to make a decision to act in advance. So the emperor sent someone to disclose the news to the Zhou family, and ordered me to secretly lead troops into Beijing to catch them all."

Duan Qingzhu said: "But you didn't expect that Huerhan's ambitions are not limited to the benefits that the Zhou family promised him. He cooperated with the Zhou family on the surface, but in fact he was fighting to hold the prince hostage and force the emperor to hand over border crossings." country's abacus."

"Yes, I was negligent." Xiao Daokun said, rubbing his head, spreading out the quilt to signal him to lie down, "Go to sleep, you have to worry about it tomorrow morning."

Duan Qingzhu took off his overalls, obediently got into the bed, but did not close his eyes, the phoenix eyes were full of light, and looked at him with a smile.

Xiao Daokun had no choice but to lean over and kiss him on the corner of his mouth. Seeing that the man closed his eyes contentedly, he fell asleep within a few breaths.

Xiao Daokun got out of bed and blew out the candles, put on the outer robes of the two of them, then returned to the bed and lay down, stretched out his hand to put the warm little figure into his arms.Duan Qingzhu felt his scent in a daze, and he was familiar with the way, and found a comfortable place to lie down.

Xiao Daokun looked at the sleeping face of the person in his arms, and there was a tenderness in his eyes that no one else had ever seen.For the past seven years, he has thought about it day and night, and finally he was able to hold her in his arms again.