Chapter 282 If you don’t want others to know, then don’t do it yourself
(Yesterday was the end of a big volume, and this is the beginning of a new volume)
In winter, the sky was cold and blue, the mountains were frozen and cloudless, and a heavy snow fell silently.
Yan Shu was walking on the street in the market when he saw the snow falling and couldn't help but look up at the sky.
As far as the eye can see in the sky, snowflakes are falling, and the sky is as desolate as a dead silence.
This is probably the color of the world.
It was not only Yan Shu who saw the snow, but also many ordinary people on the street.
When the first snow of winter comes, people are very excited, just like when a wandering child finally comes back. But after seeing it too much, they will eventually get bored. Not to mention sleeping in, even if the child just sits there, the elders in the family will be particularly disgusted with him.
There was really too much snow this year, so the people's excitement had long passed. When they saw the snow, they just kept saying, "Why is it snowing again?"
but
It’s strange to say, unlike previous years, this year when people saw so much snow, no one complained or worried.
After all, they have thick quilts at home and thick cotton-padded clothes on their bodies. Moreover, most of the poor families have been persecuted. Those persecutors have been brought to justice, and the money owed to them has been compensated, so they don’t have to worry about food and drink this winter.
Food, clothing, housing and transportation.
If you are satisfied, then there is nothing to worry about.
On days like this, ordinary people live comfortably.
As for who allows them to live such a comfortable life, everyone knows it.
It was precisely because of this that everyone was so excited and happy yesterday, with firecrackers and lanterns being set off.
but
Today, the festive atmosphere on the streets has obviously faded a lot.
It's over after all.
We will have to live the days ahead as usual.
Xun Kuang yawned, looked at the familiar face and looked at the sky: "What are you thinking about."
Upon hearing this, Yan Shu immediately followed.
The emperor got married yesterday, so there will be no morning court today. This has been decided.
However, the work of the Hanlin Academy still needs to be done.
Xun Kuang also had the job of editor in the Hanlin Academy, but his editorship was different from that of Yan Shu. It was just a title and he did not have to do any work. That was left to Yan Shu.
Therefore, the teacher and student went to the Hanlin Academy early in the morning, finished their work, and then walked out of the Hanlin Academy.
Seeing Yan Shu catching up, Xun Kuang yawned again, glanced at the sour soup noodle shop not far away, and then looked at Yan Shu.
Didn't say anything either.
Yan Shu nodded: "Okay."
It's a tacit understanding between master and disciple.
Xun Kuang and Mu Xu actually have the same thing, but every time Mu Xu is about to hit someone, Xun Kuang will immediately dodge.
The street they were walking on was the street in front of the Hanlin Academy. It was not a busy street, but there were quite a lot of people.
Early in the morning, there were already signs of heavy traffic, and people were running around passing on messages.
Of course, what he was talking about was what happened at the wedding banquet in the palace yesterday.
These informants all have their own connections. They have all kinds of relatives in the mansions of those officials, and it is easy for them to get information, so they started talking about it immediately.
Xun Kuang listened to a few words. At first, they talked about how the barbarians bullied people. Not only did they speak nonsense and lose manners at the wedding banquet of Your Majesty and Your Majesty, they even offered their heads!
And he also covets the beauty of the Empress!
As a result, the current emperor was so angry that he directly ordered Deputy Commander Yan to kill people, and even said that everyone in the embassy would be killed! .
After hearing those words, Xun Kuang saw that the people were furious and were about to roll up their sleeves and rush to the Mobei Embassy!
But when they heard that the emperor had killed them all, they all shouted "good"! It's very satisfying.
After hearing this slightly altered story, Xun Kuang looked at Yan Shu, smiled helplessly, and didn't know what to say.
However, the situation is pretty close to the truth, so there is no need to go out of your way to correct it.
He came to the sour noodle soup stall and sat down. Xun Kuang reached out to warm the stove and took two sips of the noodle soup sprinkled with chopped green onions. He felt much warmer all of a sudden.
After urging Yan Shu to drink a few sips to warm himself up, Xun Kuang looked around.
In the capital, any shop where people can sit down and chat and eat will have reports from the gods, such as what Xun Kuang just heard from a mutton soup restaurant.
Here, of course, everyone was talking about the various things that happened at yesterday's wedding banquet.
Xun Kuang was bored, so he looked around to see if there was anything new on the street, and secretly listened to what people were talking about.
"Hey!! You don't know, the poem 'Don't You See' that Her Majesty sang yesterday, it is said that Xun Siye of the Imperial College, you know, is the famous romantic and talented scholar who treats the Shihua Pavilion as his own home, he was stunned over there! He kept reading the poem and drank several pots of wine. After getting drunk, I heard that he hugged Mr. Ji Shuying of the Imperial College and cried."
When Xun Kuang heard this, he immediately turned his head to look at those people. He was about to say something, but hesitated for a moment and turned his head to look at Yan Shu: "Did I cry after getting drunk yesterday?"
Yan Shu shook his head: "No."
Hearing this answer, Xun Siye breathed a sigh of relief. He remembered that he was drunk yesterday and saw the fairy dancing. After that, he woke up in his home early this morning.
Yan Shu looked at his teacher, wanting to say something but hesitant, but finally decided not to say anything because Mr. Ji had told him not to.
only
Yan Shu looked at the people chatting with some surprise, feeling a little strange. Xun Kuang acted like this last night, but only a few people knew about it. How come these people knew about it?
Xun Kuang was such a smart man. Looking at Yan Shu, Xun Kuang curled his lips and wondered whether he really did that. But after thinking about it, he really had no memory of it!
But if you ask Xun Kuang, it won’t work, because if Yan Shu nods, what will you do then?
That's too embarrassing!
How can a teacher embarrass himself in front of his students!
Therefore, Xun Kuang thought about visiting Ji Shuying when he returned to the Imperial College.
And those people over there are still chatting.
"Mr. Xun and Mr. Ji, ah, there is nothing to say about these two people. However, the Queen's poems are really amazing. I heard that the old scholars who came out yesterday have begun to look forward to this year's Lantern Festival. However, I heard that a lot of things happened at the wedding banquet yesterday, especially the fairy dancing in the air that many people saw in front of Chengtian Gate last night. It was the Queen."
"I've heard about this, too. It's incredible. It's said that the queen herself is a sixth-rank power. She flew into the air and danced with His Majesty. It was so beautiful. What was the word? Flying Lady or something. I forgot. Anyway, just that shadow made many people stunned. Plus, the queen looked like a goddess yesterday. Oh my. Tsk tsk tsk."
"Look at you all. Our queen is a fairy, so isn't it natural for her to be able to do this? I just don't know how she dances in the air. But if you think about it carefully, it's normal for a fairy like the queen to have this ability. Let me tell you, the fireworks at noon yesterday and the fireworks at night were all invented by the queen, especially the big fireworks at night."
"Speaking of this, it's true that the queen invented it, but I heard that it was paid for by Yang Guofu, Yan Jingqing and other members of the Yang Party!"
When they said this, everyone laughed.
When Xun Kuang heard this, he shook his head. As for the dancing, he vaguely remembered it. The dancing on the sky last night was so stunning that he was stunned. He thought it was a goddess who had descended to earth!
As for the fireworks, Xun Kuang felt even more helpless when he thought of how Yang Guofu and Yan Jingqing cried yesterday.
Although he knew why the two were crying, Xun Kuang didn't think much of them. After all, he didn't have the energy to get involved and think about those things.
But Xun Kuang felt somewhat unhappy when he heard these people praising the Queen like that. Why should I put it? He felt that the praise was not enough.
You were able to make up something like that just now, why couldn’t you exaggerate it a little more?
Or I haven’t read enough!
If this were a scholar, it would not be like this.
Thinking of this, Xun Kuang was stunned. He squinted his eyes and took a closer look. It was indeed his junior brother Su Zhaoxin, that bastard!
Su Zhaoxin was seen holding a big goose in his hand, following an old man who was selling charcoal with a bamboo basket on his back, holding hands, talking and laughing.
What is going on!
Xun Kuang was stunned for a moment, but when he saw that there were people from the Su family following him from a distance, he didn't worry about anything anymore, he just felt a little strange.
At this time.
The daughter of the owner of this sour soup noodle stall brought two bowls of hot sour soup noodles.
Xun Kuang looked at the young girl. Although her skin was slightly dark, it was also glowing with health. Her appearance was not particularly good-looking, but she was very attractive. At first glance, her appearance seemed ordinary, but she had a good nose. Among her facial features, her nose was good-looking, so she was not ugly at all. So when he looked at her a second time, he thought, "Hey, what a gentle and elegant noodle-selling girl."
Xun Kuang couldn't help but smile when he saw that the girl was a little shy.
But when he looked closely, he found that the girl looked at Yan Shu with some embarrassment.
Looking at Yan Shu again, he was just like a wooden lump, holding chopsticks.
Being a scholar and also good-looking is enough to attract girls.
What a coincidence, Yan Shu had both.
So even when the sour noodle soup girl returned to her father and mother, she still secretly glanced at Yan Shu.
Xun Kuang saw it, then looked at Yan Shu, and couldn't help but sighed: "Not as good as Liu Sanbai."
Yan Shu looked at Xun Kuang in confusion.
Xun Kuang shook his head, not wanting to say anything more. He just looked at Yan Shu and said, "Go get another bowl later, and remember to tell the girl."
Yan Shu was stunned, not understanding what his teacher meant.
But Xun Kuang didn't intend to explain more.
At this moment, the people at the table were talking about the Mobei barbarians again, and slowly they talked about the invasion of Yan territory by the Mobei barbarians a few months ago.
Everyone at the table was extremely indignant.
When talking about this topic, Xun Kuang was not surprised, he just felt that it was natural to let it happen.
But at this time.
"Brothers, let's not talk about this for now. Since we are talking about the great battle in Yandi, let me tell you something I overheard this morning. It is said that those Mobei barbarians were let in by the Eighth Prince himself."
As soon as these words were spoken, Xun Kuang almost spit out the sour soup noodles he had just taken a bite of, and immediately looked at the person who said this with a look of surprise.
And it was not just Xun Kuang, but everyone else around him, who looked at this man in surprise.
Especially the one who was in charge of the table, he immediately stopped them.
However, this person didn't take it seriously. Seeing so many people watching, he continued, "It's spreading like crazy outside, and it's not just me who's saying it. It's said that the head that the Southern Court King Shulü'an sent up was Yelu Gu's. Who is Yelu Gu? He's the barbarian general who invaded our Great Xia's Yan territory. That person was released into Yan territory by the Eighth Prince. I don't know what the purpose was, but I heard that the Eighth Prince was assassinated before? Later, the murderer was never found, and the Eighth Prince himself left the capital that time. It was said that some surviving martial arts masters in Yan territory came to seek revenge."
Hearing this, someone immediately spoke up: "What does the Eighth Prince want? He is so powerful, and the Eighth Prince treats the people like his own children. I heard that many people in Yan support him. This is impossible. And brother, you really can't say such things carelessly. Small things can cause trouble."
The man immediately said, "What could possibly happen? Go ask around. This matter has spread, and many people are talking about it. I haven't heard everything. Those people are talking about it with details!"
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other.
A look of shock, because if this is true
That would be the worst thing ever! !
Xun Kuang swallowed and glanced at Yan Shu.
Yan Shu also looked at Xun Kuang.
No wind, no waves.
These rumors cannot be groundless.
Xun Kuang understood this principle very well, and thought carefully about the Eighth Prince’s abnormal behavior yesterday.
Xun Kuang frowned.
Moreover, this person also said that it has spread.
There are so many things to think about here.
But suddenly
Xun Kuang curled his lips. Is it your turn, Xun Kuang, to figure out these things? You are just a small-time Director of the Imperial College!
Thinking of this, Xun Kuang shook his head and looked at Yan Shu: "It's not our turn to think about eating."
Yan Shu nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Teacher, shall I get you another bowl?"
Hearing this, Xun Kuang nodded immediately and said, "Ask the girl for it."
Yan Shu didn't understand what he meant, but nodded anyway.
Then
Xun Kuang continued to eat his sour soup noodles happily.
He really wasn't worried about the court. The emperor had many tricks up his sleeve, and he also had the Empress to assist him, not to mention the Grand Tutor and the others.
Even if the sky falls, it will not be his turn as the Director of the Imperial College to hold it up.
So, although Xun Kuang was curious about this matter, he was no longer interested.
Just like what he did yesterday, he tried to find a way to reject the invitation from Old Grand Tutor Su to go to the Shangshu Province and take up that powerful position, and suddenly became a new noble in the court.
He chose to continue staying in the Imperial College and not get involved in state affairs.
As a scholar, he should just focus on his studies.
Xun Kuang turned around to look at his student, and saw this wooden lump standing there, even more shy than the girl, and couldn't help but smile.
Thinking of the fact that his student was being targeted by those dignitaries as a son-in-law, Xun Kuang smiled.
The affairs of the court are not important.
But he has to take care of his students' marriage.
but.
Xun Kuang looked at Yan Shu and saw that he was a little shy. He suddenly smiled and decided to leave it to Master Yao and the others.
All the elders in the world who have high hopes for Yan Shu are qualified to give this child advice on matters of love.
But he, the teacher, knows nothing about the word "emotion".
so.
Not worthy.
…
The many things happening to the Eighth Prince in the capital city gradually overshadowed the Emperor and the Queen's wedding yesterday.
This led to the Eighth Prince, who had been worried and frightened the entire night and had not slept well, being completely stunned when he heard the servants come to report this matter.
"Your Highness, someone is playing tricks." The staff around the Eighth Prince immediately made a judgment.
The Eighth Prince glanced at the man and said nothing. He could never have imagined that someone was playing tricks! ?
What the hell!
There are only a few people who knew about the Yandi incident, and it has been so long, and it suddenly appeared, how could it not be someone's mischief! ?
What's more, at the wedding banquet yesterday, that little bitch Xia Fengxiang had already revealed her murderous intentions and even set up such a situation for him!
The Eighth Prince clenched his fists, pursed his lips and said, "Send a letter to the prince immediately, and tell him to take people to the junction of Yandi and Anzhou to wait for me!"
When the staff heard this, they naturally understood what he meant and nodded immediately: "Yes."
But after saying that, the staff looked at the Eighth Prince and thought for a while before asking, "Prince, if it's not His Majesty's side, but the King of Shu's side."
When he said this, the staff saw the Eighth Prince's gaze, shook his head and said, "Impossible. Although Xiao Shisan didn't reveal his intention, he was so high-profile that it was almost like rebellion was written on his face. Moreover, he needs me to contain the more than 100,000 troops of Meng Qin who are now on the border of Anzhou. It is impossible for him to do this..."
When he said this, the Eighth Prince frowned.
The staff looked at the Eighth Prince and plucked up the courage to say, "Prince, I just thought of this, so I wondered if Xia Tingyu was behind this, in order to force His Majesty to kill you. His purpose was to force you to rebel first, and then he could start doing his own thing."
"I have been keeping an eye on Xia Tingyu since I came to the capital. This princess seems to have nothing to do all day, visiting people everywhere, but always being turned away. But that Lord Shen Yue, on the other hand, is communicating with many people."
Hearing this, the Eighth Prince frowned even more, because he had also thought of this possibility, but.
He forgot about Shen Yue!
In my mind, I immediately thought of yesterday. Chen Yue seemed to have a good conversation with everyone, even with Su Wenqing and the others, Chen Yue had a good chat.
Of course, it was impossible to do anything yesterday, but.
What if Xia Tingyu was just a decoy, and Chen Yue was the person sent by Xiao Shisan to do something important?
Thinking of this, the Eighth Prince swallowed his saliva.
The aide looked at the Eighth Prince and immediately said, "Prince, do you remember that the last time Fang Wenhe was found by our people was in Shu?"
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Ps: The update time issue is also a headache for me. The main reason is that I don't know if it's because I've been updating at a high intensity, writing 10,000 words every day. I've been very tired these days, so I've deleted, revised, and revised a lot when I write, and I write very slowly. Please forgive me. I will adjust as soon as possible and return to the previous update time of noon and afternoon.
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