Feng Chen flirts with Pei Gu Xiaosheng and gets married
After the serial murders were solved, the soldiers regained their spirits. After waking from poisoning, the Xiongnu king discovered that the Xiongnu tribes were ready to revolt. To maintain the stability of his regime, he submitted a tribute agreement to the court. Gu Yanzhou also uncovered the truth about the salt and iron smuggling case and needed to return to Beijing to report on his work.
There was silence outside the tent. After a short meeting, they parted. The wind from outside the Great Wall finally blew up the general's flag, and the curled canvas strips were reluctant to wrap up the breeze.
Everyone in the tent looked solemn. "General Fu, I apologize for disturbing you for so many days. Now that the matter here is settled, we need to return to the capital to report. We will take our leave today," Gu Yanzhou said.
"Of course, Special Envoy Gu has traveled all the way here, and I hope you will inform the Empress Dowager and the Emperor of the whole story of the salt and iron smuggling case." Fu Guangdao
"Of course. General Fu has worked hard and made great contributions, and he loves the people like his own children. He made the Xiongnu king sue for peace and pay tribute without bloodshed. This is an unprecedented achievement, and the emperor should reward him." Gu Yanzhou replied.
"Zhou'er, you need to be more careful on this trip. Grandma has some medicinal powder here, you can take it with you to protect yourself. When we are all safe, we will go to Chang'an to find you." Liu Nanxing reminded
"Okay, don't worry, Grandma. Zhou'er is fine. I hope you can come to Chang'an soon." Gu Yanzhou said gently. Then he set off with Shen Shaobai, Feng Liunian, Shen Er and others to return to Beijing.
The scenery on the way home is unique to the desolation of the northern frontier. The slanting wind sweeps across the loess of the Gobi Desert, stretching the horizon to the afterglow of the setting sun. The lonely clouds are like green gauze, and the lone geese cry loudly and sharply.
The hoarse sound of horse hooves came from afar. Before he could come to his senses, the curtain of the carriage was lifted and Gu Yanzhou was surrounded by an embrace. "Yanzhou, I miss you. I will go home with you." Pei Linyan said
"Okay, you and I will go hand in hand and live together until we are old." Gu Yanzhou said
"Then I hope you will be free from worries every day and be healthy every year." Pei Linyan said
"Lin Yan, Brother Feng and I are still in the car." Shen Shaobai coughed and reminded
"Shaobai, to tell you the truth, Yanzhou and I have long been sharing our true feelings. Our love is known to the heavens and the immortals, and even to the ghosts and monsters in the underworld. Our love is as deep as the ocean, and will last for a thousand years." Pei Linyan said
"No wonder I noticed something was wrong with you two before. Now everything makes sense, and your awkwardness and sadness can be explained." Shao Bai said
"Shaobai, you are not surprised, or rather, it is unreasonable and unbelievable." Gu Yanzhou asked
"Life is only a few decades long. If you worry about this and that, everything will be gone in a flash. Everything will vanish into thin air. People should live their lives according to their hearts and nature, and be at ease and happy." Shao Bai said
"So that's how it is. If Shaobai meets someone he loves, he will definitely move forward courageously and be unstoppable." Feng Liunian joked.
"That's natural." Shao Bai answered, and pulled aside the curtain. The mountains in the distance were like the backs leaning against each other in the cave that day. The setting sun burned the memory of that day like fire. The light under the afterglow stung his fingertips, like the temperature at that moment. The poplar forest lay in the oasis, reflecting the lingering reflection.
Chang'an during the Shangsi Festival has a touch of spring. The pear blossoms in the city have already covered the branches of the trees. The streets and alleys soaked by spring rain are filled with hawking sounds, which sometimes come from far away and sometimes near, and can be heard in the car.
"Chang'an, Master Shen, I'm back." Shen Shaobai shouted while standing in the car, attracting the attention of passers-by.
"Master, be careful and don't fall." Shen Er said with concern.
"Nothing, I haven't been back to Chang'an for a long time. I missed you so much that I completely forgot where I was." Shen Shaobai defended.
"Shaobai, be good and sit down quickly, or you'll fall down." Feng Liunian said nervously.
"Feng Liunian, don't always preach in a disgusting tone, especially don't say good boy. I am older than you. Even if I take a step back, you should call me Brother Shaobai." Shen Shaobai said
"Okay, then Brother Shaobai, be careful and don't bump into anything, otherwise I'll be heartbroken." Feng Liunian joked
"Feng Liunian, I think you did this on purpose. You're teasing me again and embarrassing me." Shen Shaobai said angrily
"Didn't you ask me to call Shaobai brother? Why am I teasing you now? You're really hard to please." Feng Liunian said
"I think you are deliberately irritating me and making it difficult for me to live well." Shen Shaobai said angrily
"No, I treat you like a pearl. If I hold you in my mouth, I'm afraid you'll melt; if I hold you in my hand, I'm afraid you'll fall; only if I keep you in my heart can I feel at ease." Feng Liunian said.
"Hmph, I don't believe it. Feng Liunian, just wait for me. One day I will deal with you properly." Shen Shaobai said
"Brother Shaobai, come on, I can't do anything to you anyway, do whatever you want, I'll let you cut me into pieces and do whatever you want." Feng Liunian said with a gangster look.
The two were still talking when Pei Linyan and Gu Yanzhou got out of the car in front and walked over to them.
"Shaobai, I need to go to the palace first to report to the Queen Mother. I'll trouble you to take care of Yanzhou regarding the specific matters of this war." Pei Linyan said
"I need to go to the Prime Minister's residence and meet him to tell him the whole story of the salt and iron smuggling case. Lin Yan, we'll meet at his home." Gu Yanzhou said
"It just so happens that Yan Zhou and I are returning to the Prime Minister's Mansion together, and Lin Yan is entering the palace. What about those people?" Shen Shaobai glanced at Feng Liunian and said
"It seems that some people find me an eyesore, so I won't bother myself anymore. Brother Pei, Brother Gu, I have been away from home for many days, and my family misses me very much. I will say goodbye here. The mountains are high and the roads are long, so we will see you next time." Feng Liunian bowed and left after saying this.
"You see, this guy has no sense of gratitude at all. I rescued him with good intentions, but he left now. What an ungrateful person, huh." Shen Shaobai said unhappily, turning around and preparing to get in the car.
"How come I haven't even taken a few steps when I hear someone saying bad things about me?" Feng Liunian came back and said
"Why are you so clingy like a fly? Didn't you just leave? Why are you back now?" Shen Shaobai said
"I am a fly, coming back to bite the leaky rotten eggs." After saying that, he took out the token and handed it to Shen Shaobai, "This is the Chamber of Commerce token. If you have any difficulties or want to find me, just go to the Chamber of Commerce to find me."
"Who am I? I am Shen Shaobai. Everyone in Chang'an gives me face. What use do I have for this thing of yours? But seeing that this token is thick, I will take it back and use it as a table leg." After saying that, he quickly got into the car.
Feng Liunian said goodbye to Pei and Gu and left. Pei Linyan mounted his horse and galloped into the palace. Gu Yanzhou walked up the carriageway and said, "Shaobai, I think Brother Feng treats you very well."
"Who said that? I think this Feng Liunian is also very strange. I saved him before because he was handsome, well-dressed, and humorous. Now he has slick hair and powdered face, and looks like a scoundrel." Shen Shaobai said
"It sounds so much like a wife complaining about her husband, Shaobai, do you have other thoughts about Feng Liunian?" Gu Yanzhou said jokingly
"He, humph, he is a tortoise on the Yellow River beach, shameless; he is a blind duck under the Beimang Mountain, stinky and shameless; he is a latrine beside Chang'an Street, ugly and hard. I, Shen Shaobai, will never fall in love with him, no matter who I like." Shen Shaobai said with a guilty conscience.
"That's good, that's good..." Gu Yanzhou said. After a few words, "Master, we're home." Shen Er said. Before the car stopped, Shen Shaobai rushed downstairs and said as soon as he entered the door, "Old man, old man, where are you, come out, come out quickly." Shen Xiang came out in casual clothes. Shen Shaobai saw his target and rushed to him, grabbing Shen Xiang's beard. "You are so good, old man. You said Wuwei was fun and tricked me into suffering. Look, there is not a single piece of good meat on my body. I can't sleep well and I can't eat enough every day. But you enjoy life at home every day. Clothes come to you and food comes to you. How happy are you?"
Chen Xiang was not annoyed. He looked at his son who had lost weight after going through hardships and said, "Bai'er, how do you think the scenery of Wuwei compares to Chang'an? Have the soldiers guarding the border lost weight?" After hearing this, Shaobai put down his hand that was pulling his beard.
Chen Xiang stroked his beard and said, "Bai'er, in the past I saw you either galloping on Chang'an Street or getting drunk in Huaixiang Pavilion. You have never experienced the hard days of hunger and cold. Before, I watched Pei kid finally come to his senses. First he asked for the position of Chang'an County Lieutenant, and then he went to Wuwei to join the army and guard the border. But you still had a carefree day and got drunk every night. Your father was worried about you. Fortunately, you are going to Wuwei now, and you finally understand your father's good intentions." Chen Xiang said comfortingly.
Shen Shaobai winked at Gu Yanzhou who had been waiting for a long time.
Gu Yanzhou understood and said, "I am Gu Yanzhou, the court official of Chang'an County, and I pay my respects to Prime Minister Chen."
"Oh, it's you, what's the matter?" Shen Xiangdao
"This humble official has come to report to Minister Shen on the entire salt and iron smuggling case." Gu Yanzhou said
"What happened to the salt and iron smuggling case? Has the real culprit behind it been found?" Chen Xiang said.
"The real culprit behind this is Cui Cai, the chief of Wuwei County, but there are many suspicious points in this case, such as the whereabouts of the silver earned from smuggling." Gu Yanzhou said
"Cui Cai? Can you investigate it thoroughly?" Shen Xiang said
Gu Yanzhou recounted the entire incident in detail. Prime Minister Shen nodded and said, "Okay, I will consider this matter myself. You have done a good job this time. I will definitely report to the Empress Dowager."
"Dad, if you have nothing to do, I will go out to play with Yanzhou," he said, taking Gu Yanzhou's hand and running outside.
"You little bastard, remember to come back early." Shen Xiang shook his head and sighed.
Before Gu Yanzhou and Shen Shaobai reached Huaixiang Tower, they encountered Pei Linyan, who had hurried over from the palace. Without a word, Pei Linyan dragged Gu Yanzhou onto his horse and galloped all the way to his home in Xishi. Upon opening the door, he saw an eighteen-year-old child sweeping the house. Upon seeing Gu Yanzhou, he called out, "Sir, you're back."
Pei Linyan was puzzled. "He is the child we rescued from the ruins before."
"Brother Yuan Feng wanted to take him away. I saw that he was an orphan and homeless, and I needed someone to take care of him on a daily basis, so I took him." Gu Yanzhou explained.
"So that's how it is. Remember, taking good care of Mr. Gu is your most important task. If you do well, you will be rewarded. If not, you will be in big trouble." Pei Linyan said seriously.
"Why are you so serious with him?" Gu Yanzhou asked
"Of course I'm worried you won't be able to take care of yourself. Even though he's small, he's still a helper. There will always be a time when he'll be useful to me," Pei Linyan explained gently. The child closed the door and left.
"If you don't go home, I'm afraid your parents will worry about you." Gu Yanzhou said
"Nothing. When you and I separated, I sent Pei San back home to report that my aunt had asked me to stay overnight in the palace. I think it's not a big deal to go home tomorrow." Pei Linyan said
The night is twinkling with stars, linked with the moonlight, which shines through the clouds like a graceful gauze. The spring breeze stirs the pear blossoms, bringing a subtle fragrance, lingering by the window and blowing the candlelight.
"The jade-colored shadows are charming and the waves are endless.
With a pearl in her mouth and tears flowing from her eyes, she wipes her red lips with her fingers and bites her red makeup.
The black hair brushes against the face, hiding the beauty of spring, and the autumn eyebrows are not visible like frost.
The body is covered with thousands of layers of snow, the birds are singing and the candle is dimming as I return to my dreams.
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