Xue Yuan had been standing on the city wall all day, and the cold wind was swishing, and he knew it was cold.
When the moon was high in the sky, he went to General Xue, the blood in his eyes hidden in the candlelight.
General Xue frowned and asked him, "What the hell is wrong with you?"
"The northern border has stabilized," Xue Yuan didn't answer this, he opened the curtain of the tent, inhaling the cold wind and cold air outside, each inhalation is bitter with sour gas, "General Xue, Sydney Wandan's people have to pass the winter before they can fight over, he and Rilianna are not able to take care of themselves, at the very least, there will be a month's leisure in the northern border. Right?"
General Xue's beard was frozen, ''Quickly put the curtain back. Why are you asking about this? The Northern Frontier does have a month or two of leisure, and both the enemy and our army have to prepare for another war."
Xue Yuan retracted his gaze that was looking up at the moon outside and turned on General Xue, his complexion mingled with a melting darkness as he said, "General Xue, give me a month's time."
"I'm going to take care of something."
*
After Gu Yuanbai finished taking care of the Secretary of the Imperial Household and turned the one hundred and twenty wen of golden eggs back to twelve wen a catty, he thought about the last honest and good Secretary of the Imperial Household and sent out a letter to the former Secretary of the Imperial Household, who was still in mourning.
Being in the filial piety received His Majesty's envelope too Fuqing flattered, immediately also gave Gu Yuanbai back the letter, the letter shows loyalty, but also implied that His Majesty's trust can not be rewarded, only wish to continue to do their best for His Majesty.
Gu Yuanbai was in a good mood and pacified him by saying that as long as he returned from mourning, then the Secretary of the Taifu could be reappointed.
The current Secretary of the Taifu, he first gave to someone he trusted on a part-time basis.
These days, the court is not just out and out, the other day also happened a good thing, that is, Jinghu South found another iron ore.
Jinghu South is simply a hidden treasure, Gu Yuanbai will be Chen Jinyin hands of the gold mine after the hand will surround the gold mine digging gold, the results of the gold is not yet finished digging it, and then come to a big surprise.
Just thinking about this Gu Yuanbai wanted to laugh. He laughed as he reviewed the zhang folds, and a day had already passed after the political affairs were finished. Such a day really passed too quickly, he got up and walked outside the palace to look, at this time it was only just after shen hour, but the sky was as dark as late at night.
Tian Fusheng stepped forward, "Your Holiness, the Prince of Harmony sent someone to deliver a message, inviting you to go with him to a manor outside the capital to soak in the springs, and on the day of tomorrow's rest, do you want to go?"
Gu Yuanbai asked, "Is it that manor of Lu Feng's that I rewarded him with?"
"Yes," Tian Fusheng said with pity in his heart, "that manor should have stayed in the hands of His Holiness."
Gu Yuanbai smiled indifferently, turned the jade trigger in his hand, and said after a moment of contemplation, "When I lost my power, I heard about the benefits of that manor. Since Prince of Harmony has invited me, then we will go together."
Tian Fusheng responded, "Yes."
*
On the second day, the carriages in the capital city headed to the outskirts of the capital.
Gu Yuanbai looked at the book in the carriage, but was somewhat unable to read it. He watched the scenery fly by outside the window, holding the hand stove in silence.
His Majesty's carriage is also divided into two pavilions, inside and outside, in the outer pavilion, slaves are cooking tea, in the inner pavilion, Chu Wei is holding a book in reading, while the elegant Chang Yuyan, is sitting upright reading to His Majesty.
The Squire accompanied the gentleman, and the gentleman was as dry and clean as the early winter weather.
Kong Yilin is really tall, the carriage can not sit him, he and the remaining several people will sit in the carriage after. It is also he heard that the saint to go out of the capital, only to return to the Hanlin with a group of colleagues to come with the Gu Yuanbai petition to accompany the line, so that on the road and in the Quanzhuang can also be with the saint to relieve boredom.
Chu Wei said he was reading a book, but his eyes were a little out of focus, occasionally unconsciously glancing from the Holy Lord with a glance, and then hastily dropping down like a startled butterfly.
However, the mouth is the heart is not, can not stop a "want" word. Waiting for his next glance to look again is a beat, the saint's face left the window after the cold wind after the dew, black eyelashes, even condensed gray frost flowers.
"Your Holiness," Chu Wei was in a hurry and pulled out a handkerchief and handed it to Gu Yuanbai, "It's cold and windy outside, so it's better to close the windows to avoid getting cold."
Gu Yuanbai came back to his senses and looked at his handkerchief sparingly, "I've landed dirty dust on my face?"
"It's frost," Chang Yuyan interjected as she stopped reading, "Hasn't the saint ever felt cold?"
Gu Yuanbai joked, "Moyo is that I'm colder than condensed frost, so I can't feel these coldness."
Chu Wei saw that he had not reached out to receive the handkerchief, then he frowned on his own hand, wiping away the water dew and frost on Gu Yuanbai's face. Gu Yuanbai, who was accustomed to being served, turned his face sideways, letting him wipe the side of his face as well.
The palace attendant in the outer pavilion said in a thin voice, "Your Holiness, the tea is ready."
Chang Yuyan took the tea over, as soon as the water came out of the pot, the rich aroma of the tea overflowed between the entire carriage. The tea was green and clear, the fragrance was deep and mixed with the freshness of the snowy mountains, it was unusual when you smelled a mouthful of it.
Chang Yuyan took a deep sniff of the aroma and marveled, "What kind of tea is this?"
"It's Huangshan Thorny Tea," the palace attendant who made the tea outside said, "This Huangshan is the snowy mountain in Yizhou, and the number of rainfalls per year must be within sixteen, and the number of sunny days must be more than 360, and this is the only place that produces Huangshan Thorny Tea in the whole world. Every year, only from the period of hibernation to the rainy season, and also in the early fall, the taste of the tea is the best." ①
"Last year the rain fell a little more, the saint then did not eat thorn tea, eat is double well green, often adults now eat this bowl, it is the beginning of the fall when picked down the new tea leaves."
Chang Yuyan suddenly felt that the tea cup in his hand weighed as much as a thousand pounds, he stood up and sat up straight, "Many thanks to your holiness for your love, let me also taste this thorn tea today."
Gu Yuanbai also just knew that this tea is still so delicate, rain and sunny days are not controlled by people, in this way, it is even more expensive, he smiled, "Since you like it, then come to the people to pack on two copies of the tea, sent to Chang Qing and Chu Qing to keep."
Outside answered yes, Gu Yuanbai smiled, helped up the two who thanked him, and laughed easily, "Tea is no better than a piece of the two Secretaries' heart for me. Even if it is precious again, looking in my eyes, I can make you two like it, it is the place of ten thousand gold."
His Holiness simply never forgets to collect people all the time.
The sweet words between the king and the minister to Gu Yuanbai just casually, I said you listen to the line, we are all adults, beautiful words fleshy words to say up can be more than the offspring of the confession of love letters are to be able to get up a goosebumps.
But the saint said this casually, Chu Wei is a shock in his heart, was held by the saint's hand shrink a little, almost subconsciously want to open the mouth to defend.
But then, reason pulled him back. He frowned darkly, unwilling to think deeply, and together with Chang Yuyan, he said, "Thank you, Lord."
*
The two wolves followed Gu Yuanbai without letting go, the collars on their necks tied to the car as they ran on foot to catch up.
These two wolves are very protective of their masters, running for an hour and not daring to relax their footsteps, fortunately the speed of the carriage is slow, and on the way the guards are afraid that they will be hungry and bite, and they have been throwing them fresh pieces of raw meat.
An hour later, the carriage arrived at Quanzhuang, and Gu Yuanbai was helped out of the carriage.
Around with Gu Yuanbai will have close contact with the people have long known the temperament of these two wolves, at times will be in in the body hang a medicine bag, both clear the spirit, so that you can also not be bitten by the wolf. At this moment, the head of the guards will be brightly touching the finger of the saint, not only touched, but also held in vain, the two wolves also just looked at, did not pounce on.
Behind the carriage's also all stopped, walked down a long line of people. The Prince of Harmony led the people to welcome the saint, and did not say anything after seeing so many people, he muffled his voice and said, "The saint has come just in time, the manor has prepared wine and food, after the saint rests a bit, then go to the bubble spring."
Gu Yuanbai nodded, "Good."
After having his meal, he slept for a while. Gu Yuanbai got up in high spirits and asked people to prepare things as he went to take a dip in the spring.
In fact, the palace to what not, Gu Yuanbai came to the Prince of peace here, is for the outcrop of spring pool. While soaking while looking at the scenery and drinking small wine, oh, small wine he can not drink, but such a beautiful thing, only outside the palace can enjoy a few wild fun.
The crowd waited outside the layers of dense forests and paths, and only the two wolves that had rested enough followed behind Gu Yuanbai. These two wolves could be even more ferocious than the dozen or so guards, while others were not good enough to follow them in, they were unconcerned about anything.
Therefore, the crowd was also at peace with themselves and stood guard outside. Gu Yuanbai, on the other hand, took the two wolves with him and slowly walked along with the sulfur smell.
Underneath the spring manor is the hot spring vein, where there is a hot spring, the flowers and plants of all seasons in the manor bloom in prosperity and color, and the temperature is like spring. The overcoat had been removed, and wearing a single coat was not cold.
Gu Yuanbai went down to the water, the two wolves blocked before the trail, after the pool saint closed his eyes, the two wolves that were originally asleep did not know what they heard, they abruptly stood up, their eyes alert and ferocious, after a while, and then inexplicably dispersed these wariness, and lay back down on the ground again.
The sound of water pattering, Gu Yuanbai comfortable. When he was about to close his eyes, there was a sudden rattling in the middle of the grass, and he was about to turn back, but a large hand covered his eyes and blindfolded him, and he didn't know who called out behind him, "Your Holiness."
Voices like mute ruptures issued.
The smell of blood and dust.
Gu Yuanbai's breathing stuttered for a moment, the hand was hot, so hot that Gu Yuanbai's eyelids burned. The person behind him was already so close to him, but the two wolves did not cry out. This was impossible, unless this person was Xue Yuan.
But Xue is far away in the North.
Reason said it was impossible, but on his lips, he said in a deep voice, "Xue Jiuyao, how dare you."
No one spoke for a long time, and only the sound of gurgling water could be heard, and just as Gu Yuanbai's heart said it was bad and was about to frown, the person behind him suddenly laughed, lowered his body, and said in Gu Yuanbai's ear, "You haven't forgotten about me yet."
As soon as the words fell, he had already jumped into the pool, all dusty mixed with spring water, and the hand covering Gu Yuanbai's eyes was still not letting go.
Gu Yuanbai was faintly relieved to know that it was him, but the hidden dark fire rose again, and he lifted his foot and kicked in the direction of the swaying water.
The ankle was gripped by someone, and the rough, hot hand circled tightly. The water waves were getting bigger and bigger, and the person seemed to be closer to Gu Yuanbai. Gu Yuanbai reached out to dislodge Xue Yuan's hand covering his eyes, but it was like an iron arm, not moving.
"Your Holiness," Xue Yuan seemed to laugh, but his voice was so hard to hear, as if it still contained thick wind and sand, that the laugh became strange, "As soon as I entered the capital, I heard that you had come here, and that you were going to marry the palace consort."
His hands began to rub slowly, literally as if they were grains of stone, "Who is that woman."
Killing intent secretly emerged, and the hostility in the tone of voice was hidden even if it was well hidden, but there were hints of it.
Gu Yuanbai couldn't see, so he was even more sensitive to the sounds on the side of his ears, he heard Xue Yuan's increasingly ragged breathing, keenly sensing that Xue Jiujiuyao was out of sorts at this moment, his eyelids jumped a few times, "Let go of my hand."
Instead, Xue Yuan's hands tightened.
"Xue Jiuyao, you obviously heard what I said but didn't do it, I haven't even asked you how you came to be here," Gu Yuanbai's face went cold and he exerted himself to retract his leg, "Why are you so disobedient."
The words seemed like a sword stabbing towards a fierce beast, so sharp that it poked right at the vitals. Xue Yuan was startled as suddenly as he pressed the water to come closer, pressing Gu Yuanbai to lean against the shore amidst the sound waves and swaying, the spring water rushing up dramatically, the water in the back pushing Xue Yuan forward beat by beat.
He was still covering Gu Yuanbai's eyes, his teeth hating the blood and flesh, "I'm still disobedient, I'm not obedient enough?!"
The smell of dried blood mixed with the smell of sulfur hit his face, the water that surged up also slapped on Gu Yuanbai's face hair, Gu Yuanbai's calmness on his face was also torn to shreds, he tugged on Xue Yuan's clothes and pulled the person in front of him, his temples bulging, his face ugly, "What kind of insanity are you giving me? You call this obedience?"
"You're damn well going to take a concubine into the palace! To take a wife," Xue Yuan's eyes were red, his hand pinching Gu Yuanbai's chin was shaking, controlling his strength, "It's this time of the year, you want me to be obedient, you don't think I'm calm enough?"
"How is it to be obedient, to see you take a wife, to see you have a harem of beautiful women, and then to see you die in the bed of those women!"
Rough breathing hit Gu Yuanbai's face, and Gu Yuanbai's breath hitched, his mind throbbed and ached, and his heart raced faster than one at a time. He let go of Xue Yuan and took a few deep breaths, then as if he had calmed down, "Get back."
He tried to be sensible, calming his breathing, "Go back to your frontier."
Xue Yuan looked at his cold and unfeeling face and suddenly clenched his fist and slammed it heavily on the ground beside Gu Yuanbai.
Gu Yuanbai's breath chilled as he said word for word, "Even if I don't accept the consort, it's none of your business."
"Nor should you barge in and make a scene in front of me," Gu Yuanbai said, anger rising again, "What are you trying to do, what are you trying to do? Why are you so bold!"
People with weak bodies even have to control their temper tantrums. Gu Yuanbai tried his best to suppress it, Xue Yuan didn't say anything, after a long time, he lowered his voice, tired, "I've been protecting my back in the battlefield, afraid that when I come back, my back will be full of wounds, and I won't be able to keep your nail marks."
What did I do to leave nail marks on your back?
Gu Yuanbai was extremely angry and was about to sneer, but Xue Yuan suddenly grabbed his hand and pressed it in front of his left chest, saying, "Touch your heart."
Gu Yuanbai's hand was pressed by him, layers overlapping on the left side of his chest, but something peeked out from amongst Gu Yuanbai's slender fingers and rubbed against Xue Yuan's palm, and the sullen color on Xue Yuan's face condensed, and more than a little shock suddenly appeared in the bottom of his dry eyes.
Gu Yuanbai's face changed around, "Xue Jiuyao!"
Xue Yuan's palm itched, the tip of his nose also itched, his crazy jealousy and jealousy was torn apart by this shock, he explained in a mute voice, "I only wanted you to touch your conscience, I didn't want to touch you."
Gu Yuanbai laughed coldly, even though there was no one around, even though his hands were powerless, his aura was not soft at all, and he was not at all willing to fall below, "Heh."
Xue Yuan's voice suddenly lowered, begging, "Gu Convergence, let me kiss you."
Gu Yuanbai pursed his lips tightly, the color of his lips extremely lush under the spring pool.
He did not say refused, did not say agree, under this misty mist, the face was as if the heat had softened the cold and hard. Xue Yuan ghostly went up, the tip of his nose touched, and his lips were the distance that could be touched by talking.
Xue Yuan said in a low voice, "Are you going to accept your consort into the palace?"
With every word, the lips seemed to be on the verge of pressing together.
Gu Yuanbai was icy cold, as if unmoved, he even spat steadily, "None of your business."
This is what Xue Yuan likes to say, Xue Yuan's breathing has been disorganized, he laughed, "Don't accept the Palace Concubine, your health is not good, you can't tolerate women."
Gu Yuanbai smiled coldly and hooked his lips, "What do you mean."
"I won't have a wife either, I won't have a woman," Xue Yuan contained hot breath, watery dew condensing above his sword brows, "We'll stick together, I'll be nice to you, make you comfortable, warm your hands and feet, okay?"
Gu Yuanbai's voice also lowered, "Get lost."
"I'm not rolling," Xue Yuan moved closer, his body pressing up, his powerful body like a wolf with an erection, clamoring up and down his body with the desire to be close, to be loved, "You don't believe what I'm saying?"
Gu Yuanbai snorted, but was again led by Xue Yuan's hand to touch a hand of sizzling heat through his soaked robes.
"I miss you so much that it's unbearable, my head hurts, I thirst for blood, and I want to kill someone," one of Xue Yuan's hands still wouldn't let go of Gu Yuanbai's eyes, "You want to cut it, your hand can break with force. I know I'm overstepping, unruly, and not pleasing to you, but Gu Yuanbai, I like you too much, and I don't want to be like this as soon as I see you, but I can't help it."
"I also don't want to be like a beast in heat, wanting to learn a gentlemanly style like Chu Wei," his breath turned to the nape of his neck, Xue Yuan sucked on the knot of Gu Yuanbai's throat, hoarsely, "but it can't be helped, as long as I think of you, I can't suppress it. I ran for fifteen days, day and night, fifteen days from the northern border to the capital, I originally just wanted to ask if you wanted to take a concubine."
He loosened his grip on Gu Yuanbai's hand and instead went to serve the emperor whose eyes he had covered with utmost skill.
"I'm obedient, obedient as hell," Xue Yuan grinned, raising his head and kissing Gu Yuanbai, "Master Master treats me like a dog, and I can't come when called like this."
The space of two people alone seems to be two people alone, not about the emperor not about the courtiers, just two people with complete personalities.
Gu Yuanbai finally spoke, his breath began to wheeze, his white neck tilted up as if it were a dying deer, slender and beautiful, the knot of his throat rolling over it, sexy droplets of water sliding down, "You obeyed? Heh."
Xue Yuan went up to his mouth and licked through those droplets of water, and Gu Yuanbai reached out, gripping his black hair hard and ordering, "Lower your head."
Xue Yuan, however, still used his hand, "I can't bow my head now, I can't let go of my hand yet so you can see me."
A light huff appeared on Gu Yuanbai's face.
Xue Yuan said, "Because I'm too ugly now, I'll scare you, I can't show you."
After Gu Yuanbai got comfortable, Xue Yuan took this hand again to carefully pinch Gu Yuanbai's chin and violently kissed him a few times, the sound of the kiss was loud and clear, and after kissing him, he mumbled, "I know you don't like me right now, but it's okay."
His laugh was always better this time, then gentle and low.
"Gu Convergence, I have a lifetime to spend with you."