Chapter 121: Deposed Emperor Becomes a Slave (12)
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Xiao Cheng'an didn't believe what Yuwen Zan said at first, but Yuwen Zan spoke with confidence and even accurately pointed out that there was a small mole on his shoulder.
Even Chu Yunyang and Wei Yuan didn't know about such a secret matter.
So he basically had a conclusion in his mind.
Yuwen Zan might really be reborn, and some of the things he said might also be true.
But he couldn't show it.
The teacher finally managed to get Yu Wenzan locked up on the pretext that he was possessed by a ghost.
If he admitted at this time that Yuwen Zan was right, wouldn't he be holding his teacher back?
So he pretended not to notice and just said that Yuwen Zan was crazy. These words and a knife blocked all his messy thoughts.
He told Yuwen Zan clearly that it was impossible for him to betray his teacher, let alone let him go.
Everything Yuwen Zan said today will be the best proof that "Yuwen Zan is crazy."
The young emperor, who had always been calm, planned everything in his mind in an instant.
But when he walked out of the tent and saw the teacher, he couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
What Yuwen Zan said about his previous life was so terrifying!
There is no teacher, no Chu Yunyang, and no Wei Yuan.
He was like a lonely man. He became an emperor alone without knowing much, went to the enemy camp as a slave alone, and finally committed suicide alone to save the lives of the people of Xia.
If the teacher, if Chu Yunyang and Wei Yuan were here, they would definitely not let him do this.
Xiao Chengan pursed his lips and asked seriously: "Teacher, what he said is not true, right?"
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen nodded, gathered his cloak, stood up, and said seriously, "Yuwen Zan is crazy. If Your Majesty is deceived by him, then wouldn't you have fallen into his trap?"
Xiao Chengan sniffed and nodded hesitantly: "Yeah."
Zhu Qingchen looked at Chu Yunyang again and patted his shoulder: "You too, you have the strongest mind, don't be fooled by him."
In his previous life, Yuwen Zan knew something about Chu Yunyang and the deposed emperor. He mentioned it just now, which made Chu Yunyang look unhappy.
Among the three students, the only one who escaped was Wei Yuan.
The book only mentioned that General Wei had offended the deposed emperor, and before Chu Yunyang went to Beijing, the Wei family was driven back to their hometown.
Therefore, Wei Yuan did not appear in Yuwen Zan's story from beginning to end.
He stood behind and quietly held the hands of his two friends, trying to give them some strength.
"Yuwen Zan is desperate. Anyone who passes by him will be bitten twice. What he said must be a lie."
The two friends turned around and looked at him, still a little depressed: "You weren't bitten."
“…”
Seeing how unhappy they were, Zhu Qingchen patted their shoulders one by one and said with a smile, "Let's go back to the tent and talk. The teacher hasn't checked your homework for a long time."
Xiao Chengan asked: "Is the teacher's health okay? Why don't you go back and rest for a while? There is no rush for homework."
"It's okay, the fever is gone. You just took the medicine, so it's not a good idea to go to bed right away. Let's go and check your homework."
"All right."
Before leaving, Zhu Qingchen turned around and said to Yuwen Shu: "I'll leave it to you from now on."
The fifth prince of Northern Zhou went insane, so it was most appropriate to hand him over to the regent of Northern Zhou for disposal.
"Yes." Yuwen Shu nodded slightly, "I'll come find you after three incense sticks."
"good."
Zhu Qingchen waved to the three students and took them away.
Yuwen Shu walked into the tent and met the eyes of Yuwen Zan, who was tied up and gagged on the couch.
Yuwen Zan struggled and raised himself up from the bed.
Yuwen Shu only glanced at him, then turned his head and said to his guards: "The fifth prince has gone mad, intending to assassinate the emperor of Xia and disrupt the peace talks between the two countries. I will strip him of his princely status, demote him to a commoner, and keep him under guard. After the peace talks are over, I will personally bring him back to Northern Zhou and execute him in the autumn."
Yuwen Zan's eyes dimmed in an instant. He could no longer hold on and fell lifelessly on the couch.
He was clearly reborn, he clearly had the memories of his past life, and he clearly had the upper hand.
But why? Why did things turn out like this?
Why didn't Xiao Cheng'an love him anymore? Why didn't Xiao Cheng'an help him, take care of him, or send him food and medicine? Why did Xiao Cheng'an still want to kill him?
Why?
He couldn't figure it out, and he couldn't figure it out until his death.
*
On the other side, Zhu Qingchen brought three students back to the imperial tent.
Although the rain has stopped, the ground is still wet.
The three students surrounded the teacher, helped him make the small couch, brought a clean blanket to cover his legs, and poured him a cup of hot water.
The teacher is still sick.
Zhu Qingchen sat on the small couch, holding the cup in both hands, covered his hands, lowered his head and took a sip of water.
Xiao Cheng'an dismissed everyone and said, "Eunuch Cheng, please take your attendants and wait outside. We don't need too many people here."
"yes."
Eunuch Cheng led his attendants out of the tent, tactfully leading them to retreat far away and stop where they could no longer hear the people talking in the tent.
Xiao Chengan felt relieved and walked quickly to Zhu Qingchen: "Teacher..."
Zhu Qingchen patted the empty seat beside him and said, "Sit down."
Xiao Cheng'an looked around, pulled the cushion beside the couch, and sat down in front of it.
He looked at Zhu Qingchen seriously: "Teacher, what Yuwen Zan said, that in the previous life when the Xia Kingdom was destroyed, I became his slave, is all true, right?"
Chu Yunyang and Wei Yuan sat with him. The three of them looked at Zhu Qingchen in unison, like three puppies stretching their necks.
Zhu Qingchen remained silent, and Xiao Chengan continued, "Yuwen Zan was right about some things. I really do have a mole on my shoulder, and the palace he mentioned is very close to Changqiu Palace, and there is indeed a hole in it."
"Teacher, there are only us here, the master and the apprentice, no one else. What he said is true, there really is a past life, in which I died and Yun Yang also died, right?"
Zhu Qingchen pursed his lips and said, "Teacher doesn't know either."
"No, teacher, you must know!" Xiao Cheng'an argued, "Yuwen Zan didn't mention that he had a teacher in his previous life, so the teacher must be a deity sent by the heavens to save Daxia and us!"
Zhu Qingchen said, "No, the teacher is also a human being, not a god."
"That……"
"The teacher is an ordinary teacher." Zhu Qingchen thought for a moment and asked them, "Does the existence of a past life and whether the things in the past life are true matter to you so much?"
Xiao Chengan said: "Of course it is important."
Zhu Qingchen held his head like a puppy's and made him sit down.
He turned his head and looked at Chu Yunyang: "Yunyang, what do you think? Now the deposed emperor is dead and his bones are pulverized and scattered. It was you who personally carried his body out of the palace and sent it to the city to be burned. Do you think that whether those things are true or not is a big deal to you?"
"Of course not." Chu Yunyang thought for a moment, "I just feel a little uncomfortable."
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "If the deposed emperor were to be resurrected, would you be affectionate with him, or..."
Chu Yunyang jumped up from the ground and said quickly: "Of course I will chop him with a knife! I don't care if he is a human or a ghost, I will chop him all!"
"Yes." Zhu Qingchen was very satisfied and nodded, "That's exactly the truth."
Zhu Qingchen looked at Xiao Chengan again: "What about you? Putting aside those past lives whose truth or falsehood is unknown, are you familiar with Yuwen Zan? Do you like him?"
Xiao Chengan said hastily: "Of course I don't like him."
"So, even if there really was a past life, did you commit suicide because you loved him?"
"Of course not." Xiao Cheng'an said seriously, "I'm not a fool. I don't know why he thought I liked him. In that story, I clearly committed suicide for the people. How could it be for him?"
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "Now he says he is reborn and made up a story that is not sure whether it is true or not, will you like him?"
"Of course not!"
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "So, whether there is a past life or not, whether the past life is real or not, it will not affect your mindset, nor will it change what you are doing now. So now, do you still think this is a big deal?"
Chu Yunyang and Xiao Chengan looked at each other and shook their heads.
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "Then the problem is solved. Since this problem is not important and will not have any impact on you, then don't pursue it."
"The deposed emperor is dead, and Yuwen Zan will die soon. The two of them are just the shit you accidentally stepped on on your way to becoming a wise ruler and a great general. There is no need to delve into it."
"If you think about it day and night and delay your work, won't you fall into Yuwen Zan's trap?"
"Hmm..." The three students nodded thoughtfully.
I seem to understand.
"If you really want me to give you a word of advice, I will tell you that the teacher will always be your teacher, in this life and in the past."
Xiao Cheng'an stood up and saluted, and his two study companions also stood up quickly.
"Thank you for your guidance, teacher. I feel enlightened now."
Unless they remembered the incident themselves, Zhu Qingchen was unwilling to tell them clearly that this was what happened.
It's disgusting.
Zhu Qingchen asked: "You doubt that what Yuwen Zan said is true, why don't you ask him more questions?"
"We..." Chu Yunyang said, "The teacher said he was crazy, so he is crazy. He is the kind of person who gets excited when you show him some displeasure. If we keep asking him, I'm afraid he will get more excited the more he talks."
Xiao Chengan also nodded: "If we go against the teacher, I'm afraid things will be difficult to handle next. At this time, we must work together with the teacher and not be provoked by him."
"If there is anything, we can ask the teacher privately. There are so many people here, it is impossible to ask him directly."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen looked pleased, this young boy is teachable.
Xiao Chengan added: "We shouldn't keep thinking about our past lives, we should think more about the present."
He raised his head and said, "Teacher, since Yuwen Zan has some memories of his past life and knows about the future, there is no guarantee that he can use his memories to seize the initiative."
Zhu Qingchen smiled and said, "Did you see he got it?"
Rebirth is just going back in time, not changing your brain.
Yuwen Zan was reborn, but he was locked up on the first night of his rebirth.
Xiao Chengan said seriously, "We still have to keep a close watch on him. Find a few people to get him to talk and see if there is any useful information. Maybe we can use it for our benefit."
He is becoming more and more like an emperor.
"That makes sense. I'll leave this matter to you guys."
"good."
Zhu Qingchen suddenly remembered something: "Oh, right, I just said I would check your homework. Bring it to me. Nothing in your previous life mattered, but your homework is the most important now."
Xiao Cheng'an and Wei Yuan were not afraid at all. They walked to the desk and took their homework.
Only Chu Yunyang hesitated: "Teacher, I forgot to bring it."
"If you don't bring it, you don't do it..."
Before he could finish his words, Zhu Qingchen suddenly felt an itch in his throat. He covered his mouth and couldn't help coughing.
“Ahem…”
Xiao Cheng'an and Wei Yuan quickly stepped forward, patted the teacher's back to help him calm down, poured him a glass of warm water, and cast unfriendly glances at Chu Yunyang.
Chu Yunyang, you're done, you made the teacher so angry that he started coughing!
Chu Yunyang stepped forward quickly: "Teacher, I was wrong, I will make up for it right away and show it to you tomorrow."
Zhu Qingchen continued to cough.
"Then I'll go in the evening... in the afternoon..."
“Cough cough cough…”
Chu Yunyang said aggrievedly: "Teacher, there are too many. I can't finish them at noon."
Zhu Qingchen waved his hands and took the time to speak: "Tomorrow... I have a cold, I'm not coughing, you... stay away..."
Not long after, Yuwen Shu came over. Zhu Qingchen had stopped coughing, but his cheeks were still a little red.
Three students stood by diligently serving, holding homework, water cups and blankets respectively.
Yuwen Shu reached out and felt his forehead. "It's not hot anymore. Everything has been dealt with. Yuwen Zan will be executed in the autumn. He will be brought back to me. Master Zhu, do you want to go back and get some sleep now?"
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded.
Yuwen Shu stretched out his hand to him, and Zhu Qingchen supported his arm and stood up from the small couch.
Before leaving, he told the three students: "When you go to see Yuwen Zan, remember to bring a few more people with you. Especially Cheng'an, stay away from him and just talk. Chu Yunyang, finish your homework and give it to me tomorrow."
The three students saluted in unison: "Yes."
Yuwen Shu supported Zhu Qingchen and left the imperial tent, occasionally reaching out to help him adjust his cloak.
The three students raised their heads, and Chu Yunyang spoke frankly, whispering: "Does the teacher have a crush on the Regent?"
No one answered him, so he asked again: "Should we call the regent 'Master'?"
"Shut up." The two friends covered his mouth with their hands, "Go and catch up on your homework."
*
Prince Zhou of Northern Zhou went mad.
It is said that an evil spirit has entered his body and he has become crazy, having headaches one moment and wanting to strangle others the next.
Because he had a headache and fell down in the hunting ground, the Emperor of Xia sent people to save his life, and he hugged the Emperor of Xia and refused to let go.
It's simply repaying kindness with enmity!
Later, because his love proposal failed, he even tried to assassinate the Emperor of Xia in the middle of the night with a weapon.
Fortunately, the Emperor of Xia was lucky and did not succeed.
After being arrested, he was still talking nonsense, saying that he and the Emperor of Xia had a relationship in his previous life.
It's simply unheard of!
Now Yuwen Zan has been demoted to a commoner and taken back to Northern Zhou to be beheaded. This is truly a just and fair world!
——The above information was spread by people sent by Xiao Chengan.
Zhu Qingchen had been caught in the rain and had not yet recovered from his cold, so he left the matter entirely to Xiao Chengan.
On this day, Zhu Qingchen had just finished taking his medicine and was leaning on the couch eating candied fruit.
Xiao Chengan reported the matter to him: "The news has spread. After all, he is a prince of a country, and this incident happened in Daxia. If we want to punish him, we must give him a reasonable charge."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "Well done."
"The fact that he threw dirty water on the teacher didn't get out. The teacher's reputation is more important."
"What about your reputation? He said he and you had a past life relationship, how did you spread it?"
Xiao Chengan touched his hair and said, "It's okay for me. I'm still young. Everyone will forget about it after a while."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded, "Thank you for your hard work during this period."
"It's not hard. This is my first time doing this and it's quite interesting." Xiao Cheng'an hesitated for a while and then said, "Teacher, the more I think about what Yuwen Zan said, the weirder it seems."
Zhu Qingchen asked: "What's wrong?"
"He said that in his previous life he was the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and unified two countries. He described himself as being invincible, but I sent people to interrogate him and couldn't get any useful information out of him."
"For example?"
"For example, the cities, currencies, measurements, customs of the two countries, as well as the technology, customs, military, and political affairs of later generations. Apart from the military, he knows a little bit about everything else. He is like a fool."
Xiao Chengan frowned. "I was thinking if I could get some information about future developments from him so that we could follow up. I didn't expect that there was nothing else in his mind except those messy love stories."
He really couldn't figure it out: "Teacher, how did he become the emperor? And how did he unify the country? Even if he won the battle with the military force at the beginning, he still had to govern the country next, right? How could he know nothing?"
Zhu Qingchen looked up at the tent and thought for a moment: "Hmm... maybe God made him the emperor."
Xiao Cheng'an shook his head: "Then God is too unfair, a man like him can actually become the emperor."
Zhu Qingchen comforted him: "Perhaps in his previous life, his country was destroyed not long after."
"Teacher, how did you know?" Xiao Cheng'an was surprised.
Zhu Qingchen blinked his eyes: "Ah? Know what?"
"I know that his country was destroyed!" Xiao Cheng'an said, "He also told me that not long after I committed suicide in my previous life, his country was destroyed. General Wei's mansion rebelled and overthrew him."
"Really?" Zhu Qingchen really didn't know about this matter. "What did he say?"
"What can I say? Just say that General Wei gathered his old men to rebel, and on the day the city fell, he was alone in the palace, waiting for General Wei to come and take his life, thinking about me, and saying that he deliberately did not resist, that he wanted to die, and that he wanted to be with me."
Zhu Qingchen glanced at him and said deliberately, "That's quite sad and beautiful."
Xiao Chengan was shocked: "How can it be sad? It's obviously because he is incompetent in governing the country. He is useless and the country is ruined. General Wei is a righteous general, but he actually blames me. In Chu Yunyang's words, he is putting the blame on everyone!"
"He recognized the wrong person and blamed me for not telling him. He abused the people and blamed me for deceiving him. He lost his country and blamed me for dying early." Xiao Chengan rarely said a dirty word, "Bullshit love, all the scumbags are put on my head. No wonder I feel heavy in the head recently!"
Xiao Chengan pounded the table angrily: "Let's negotiate as soon as possible, let the Regent take him away as soon as possible, I feel sick just by looking at him."
Zhu Qingchen slapped the bed and laughed out loud.
"Teacher, are you still laughing?"
"Hahaha!"
*
After a few more days, the autumn hunting ended.
Zhu Qingchen sat in the warm and soft carriage and returned to the capital safely under the escort of three students.
He and Yuwen Shu had basically discussed the peace talks, and all they needed was the emperor's approval and seal.
After finishing this matter, Yuwen Shu also went back to Northern Zhou.
Early that morning, Zhu Qingchen, along with all the civil and military officials, saw Yuwen Shu off at the city gate.
The attendant brought two cups of water and wine. Zhu Qingchen picked up the two cups and handed one to Yuwen Shu: "Prince Regent, please."
Yuwen Shu smiled and responded: "Thank you, Master Zhu. Please."
The two men tilted their heads back and drank the wine.
Zhu Qingchen looked up at the Northern Zhou team behind him and asked, "Have you brought all the gifts?"
When Yuwen Shu came, he asked someone to bring a lot of things from the grassland.
As the saying goes, reciprocity is the way of life, and Daxia also sent quite a few gifts.
"I've brought them all."
The Northern Zhou army was small and lightly equipped, with only a few dozen soldiers.
Everyone was riding horses, except for one carriage, which was the prison carriage for Yuwen Zan.
Yuwen Zan was locked inside, leaning against the wall, muttering non-stop: "I know I recognized the wrong person, I'm here to save you, Xiao Chengzi..."
As soon as he said these three words, Chen Xun beside him quickly reached out his hand, slapped him hard, and whispered: "Shut up! How dare you say these words on such a good day?"
Chen Xun raised his head and saw Zhu Qingchen looking at him, and quickly put on a smile.
"Young Master."
Chen Xun was strangled by Yuwen Zan on the neck, leaving two marks that could not be removed. They were exposed and looked creepy.
Zhu Qingchen said to him, "Take good care of Yuwen Zan. When Yuwen Zan is beheaded, the Regent will spare your life."
Chen Xun was somewhat surprised and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Thank you, young master, thank you, Regent!"
"You should know clearly what to say and what not to say, what to do and what not to do."
"Yes, I understand!"
Chen Xun really didn't expect that he could actually save his life.
He is still frightened.
After being strangled to the point of death by Yuwen Zan, he realized how precious life is.
He also knew in his heart that among this group of powerful people, the one who was truly in charge was Zhu Qingchen.
As long as Zhu Qingchen asked to spare his life, no one would kill him.
Even though going to the grassland means doing hard labor for the rest of your life, it's better than death!
Chen Xun was so overjoyed that he kowtowed repeatedly.
Zhu Qingchen sighed and pulled Yuwen Shu aside to talk.
Zhu Qingchen said: "Cheng'an is still young, I have to stay here for a while, can you wait for me? After a while, we will go to the next world together."
Yuwen Shu nodded: "I can do anything."
Yuwen Shu pointed at his neck, and Zhu Qingchen pulled out the bamboo whistle hanging around his neck.
"You don't want to say you are the most majestic on the grassland again..."
"no."
Zhu Qingchen blew a bamboo whistle, and a majestic goshawk flew over and circled above the two men's heads.
Yuwen Shu held Zhu Qingchen's hand and placed a thick leather pad on his arm.
After another whistle, the goshawk swooped down and landed accurately on Zhu Qingchen's arm.
Yuwen Shu said seriously: "Send me a message when you are leaving, and remember to send me a message if you have anything else."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen nodded, looked at him seriously, and asked, "Then do you still remember our secret code? Killing pigs in the previous life?"
“Teaching for the rest of my life.”
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen smiled and waved at him, "Bye."!
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