When Yan Qing returned to the city, the first thing he thought of, and the first thing he went to do, was to go to the barracks to see how Zhao Yun's injuries were.
Seeing the busy work of the wounded battalion, pots and pots of blood and water were carried out from the inside, Yan Qing could not enter the room rashly to avoid disturbing Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji's treatment, so she was accompanied by Lu Bu and waited quietly in the inner hall.
This wait was nearly two hours.
As the two sweating doctors talked in lowered voices, they removed their bloodstained outer coats and cleaned their hands in a copper basin filled with clean water under the wait of the medicine boy. Yan Qingfang rises to meet them, asking in a warm voice: "Gentlemen, I wonder how is Zi Long's condition?"
Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji glanced at each other, by Zhang Ji succinctly said: "blood loss is quite heavy, and there are several injuries to the internal organs, fortunately the arrow is not poisonous, if you can survive the night without fever, will not be in trouble, only need to recuperate for some time."
In other words, if you get a fever, you're in for a bad time.
Yan Qing sniffed, but was not flustered, only nodding politely, "I'm grateful to the two gentlemen for taking the trouble to heal."
Both of them bent down and returned a bow to him, "This is a part of the job, Yan Dahonglu does not need to be like this."
It is not necessary for them to stay in person to guard the place, so as not to add to their fatigue, which would be unattractive.
Why don't we let them go to the barracks to take a nap for a while, so that they can regain their strength. If the situation changes, it's not too late to call them back.
After Yan Qing watched them leave, he changed into a clean, plain white tunic with Lu Bu before easing his footsteps inside.
Zhao Yun just drank the medicine, is sleeping, face as white as paper, even the lips are green and black, and there is no blood color.
His body was wrapped in bandages of crimson red hidden under the snowy white, his light bedding pulled up to the small of his back, his chest heaving slightly.
Yan Qing only took one look and knew that Zhao Yun's appearance at this moment, although it looked as if it was no more hideous than Tai Shi Ci's in the beginning, it was actually much more serious.
Because the Peach card in his sleeve was glowing brightly.
That's a sign that the target is in a dying state, so you can use the "Peach" card to save your opponent's life.
Yan Qing's gaze did not linger much on Zhao Yun's unclothed body, which was only densely bound by wrapping straps, but instead absentmindedly glanced at Lu Bu.
Lu Bu understood and suddenly said, "Do I need Bu to close my eyes?"
Yan Qing guffawed, "That's not necessary."
When making the next move, Yan Qing did not deliberately avoid Lu Bu, but rather graciously flicked the glittering and hot "peach" in her sleeve in front of him.
As early as when he heard Zhang Ji utter those words, Yan Qing had decided to use this life-saving card for Zhao Yun.
His eyes were wide open and his breathing was inadvertently much lighter as he watched without blinking, inexplicably nervous.
Rather, he was completely prepared, and Yan Qing had cooperated by putting in a full range of movements, but he froze, unable to see the mystery behind this immortal method.
He only saw Yan Qing gently raised his sleeve, slender white onion fingers will have a golden light swept, called the eyes also followed a flower, and then saw in that fine white palm, out of thin air emerged a round and full, apparently ripe, the top of the top there are two pieces of delicate green petals trembling, all the joy of the peach.
For a moment, he actually completely forgot to even breathe, and just stared with bated breath, seeing Yan Qing smilingly holding the giant peach with one hand, and gently pressing Zhao Yun's jaw with the other hand, causing those originally closed lips to open up a bit, and then immediately afterward, in a swift motion, he was going to force that huge peach in.
LB: "......"
He did not feel that Yan Qing's action would be too rude, only that the sleeping Zhao Yun would be choked to death by the rich, water-filled peach flesh, but the peach that came from the mysterious body regenerated, incredibly transformed into a thin stream of glittering gold light, surging into the teeth.
In a short while, Lu Bu saw Zhao Yun's complexion, gradually becoming much rosier, and his tightly knit brows slowly loosened.
It really works wonders to nourish bones and muscles!
"Okay."
It was the first time Yan Qing had actually used it on someone else, and he was rarely relieved to see it go well.
If Yan Qing himself were to be replaced, he would be able to use it even if he only suffered a small injury, but it would be different on someone else, and he would not be able to use it even if he wanted to until he was at the brink of death.
Even if it is used, it can only relieve life-threatening conditions and speed up the healing of wounds, rather than healing them instantly.
As soon as he turned around, he cried and laughed, stopping the curious Lu Bu from wanting to remove the bandages from Zhao Yun's body so that he could find out what was going on, explaining, "This peach only relieved Zi Long's life, but did not restore him to his original state, so my lord, do not move him in any way so as not to aggravate his injuries."
"Oh." When Lu Bu was led out by Yan Qing, he couldn't help but keep turning back to look, and only after he had left the hall and completely disappeared, did he gently sigh, "Chong Guang's ability to bring the dead back to life is truly immortal."
Yan Qing laughed and said, "If Qing really had the power of an immortal, would he not have divined the fate, and would not have asked Zi Long to suffer such a great crime before he came to mend the fold? But it's just some small tricks that can't be told to outsiders, Lord can treat it as usual."
The corners of Lu Bu's mouth lifted slightly as he faintly answered.
I don't know why, but Yan Qing has always felt that he seems to be a bit disinterested, a little probing, but Lu Bu refused to admit it.
He couldn't guess what the cause could be based on his feelings alone, so he just put it aside for now.
Before Man Favored tortured those officials involved in this matter and asked for the identities of those spies lurking in Lu Bu's army, the news of the death of Xu Shu, Yangzhou's special governor, was sent by flying pigeon to Yan Qing's hands.
--He quietly took his life with a cup of poisoned wine.
Counting the time, the turmoil in Xu City hadn't even happened yet, and Xu Shu hadn't aroused anyone's suspicion at all; even Gao Shun, who had worked alongside him for many years, hadn't seen anything halfway wrong.
It is clear that regardless of the success or failure of the matter, he did not intend to live on in the world after he had suffered greatly and done his last duty as a Han minister.
That day he went to the council chamber with his face as usual, leading the crowd to meticulously complete the official business, and still stayed until the latest to leave.
He was stern to the people underneath the still magnanimous, on their own is downright harsh, often to the depths of the night before resting, sometimes directly in the hall, is when the house candle flame burned out since extinguished, silence, guards outside the guards on this early is used to, do not feel strange, not to think of going inside to see.
Until the maid went to wait for him to get up in the early morning of the second day, only to be surprised to see Xu Biejie is in a peaceful manner will be lying on his upper body in front of the desk, eyes closed, a cup of clear wine was half drunk is still in hand, but has been dead for a long time.
Finished processing of the official documents were folded neatly, without flotsam categorized on the corner of the desk, as if he was just like the usual, after a busy day to relax and take a nap, rather than a long sleep.
Yan Qing stared blankly at the thin letter paper scribbled down the death of Xu Shu, for a long time stood still, his heart flooded with thousands of flavors, can not say which kind of majority.
After the incident, even though he didn't have any evidence, he vaguely sensed that the person who had mutinied was probably Xu Shu.
Such as Xun Yu, who is loyal to the will of Cao Cao, will not regret opposing Cao Cao to go further, although I do not know how the emperor and Liu Yan and others persuaded Xu Shu, who is straight and fiery, to betray, but as long as you pinpoint the soft underbelly of his loyalty to the Han family, you will always be able to find a way to do so.
The course of history can be altered, and people's personalities can be different, but the only thing that can never be changed is a belief that is heavier than life.
It is futile to do so reluctantly.
And this death of Xu Shu instantly confirmed Yan Qing's suspicions.
For Xu Shu, who has the ambition of loyalty to the king, whether it is Lv Bu Yan Qing who is now doing the seclusion of Liu Xie, or is destined to be deposed and banned in the future, to hide the true purpose of this point from the ordinary people, it is still very simple, but it is a fool's dream to keep Xu Shu and other wise men who are extremely intelligent in the dark.
You can't have it both ways.
Xu Shu, in order to save His Majesty from confinement, betrayed his loyalty and faithfulness to his monarch and his friends, and at the same time chose to kill himself quietly because he could not face the latter.
He burned His Majesty's bloody book, not to let it flow out and cause trouble for Lu Bu Shi.
He himself left no word, no defense, no request to spare his family, and no admonition.
Yan Qing's heart was in turmoil, unconsciously twisting it into a messy mess, wanting to sigh long and hard, but lacking the strength to do so.
He was not a sentimental person, but this time he really felt the pain of 'I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me'.
In Hongnong city and Xu Shu first met, and then took great pains to use the lost orphan book to lure him to Xu County, first to human emotions, and then let Lu Bu cheatingly recite the answers, only to turn the should be waiting for Liu Huangshi, this heavy-hearted and righteous wise man, to Lu Bu's service.
This is actually good.
This time, it almost caused a big problem, and also exposed many loopholes in Lu Bu's army regarding supervision, and the problem that the intelligence department focuses on the outside world, but is seriously insufficient for the inside world.
Rebellion against the Lord is never to be tolerated.
Even veteran officials such as Xu Shu, who had followed Lu Bu for many years and had made blood and sweat credits for the peaceful governance of Yangzhou, were not allowed to be an exception, and would not be able to escape death.
When Yan Qing, alone, dealt with the tumultuous sentiments and returned to the hall without any haste, when he spoke to his staff about the matter, a flash of surprise that could not be concealed swept across their faces, and then they remained silent.
Yan Qing did not elaborate more on this matter, and only made a bland announcement before continuing to talk about official business with his face as normal.
Waiting for the seventh day of Xu Shu's head, Yan Qing took a day off, did not go to care about the posting of the list of the Imperial Examination, but prepared four altars of good wine personally brewed, it is not addicted to wine Xu Shu in the occasional self drinking the most favored kind, sitting alone on a newly planted peach tree, quietly drink.
Although he hadn't invited anyone, he had a vague hunch, and sure enough, not long afterward, Guo Jia came, and so did Jia Yan.
Other than Zhang Liao Gao Shun Zhao Yun, a few military generals, among the civil officials in Xu County, they were the only ones who had really had a deep friendship with Xu Shu.
Despite not publicizing the treason committed by Xu Shu, Lu Bu acted very calmly, ordering people to collect Xu Shu's body well and bury it peacefully, but how many of the smart people can't guess it?
In order to avoid suspicion, but also for the sake of people's reputation, Yan Qing will only have to pay tribute to Xu Shu in private with those who had been acquainted with him, to show their affection.
Although people commit unforgivable faults, but both have died, and just a sacrifice between friends, they do not have to avoid too much, so they slowly drink, while smiling slightly, talking about the first time with Xu Shu acquaintance of some interesting things.
Especially Guo Jia, always have to be always upright Xu Shu scolded a hundred and eighty times, said, was to see him clearly no growth, listening to the heart full of anger Jia Yan to glare a few times.
Always pay attention to the health of the Jia Dang stop, only drink a small half of the altar, on the grounds of only half a day off first left. Guo Jia also rare has not been greedy, after drinking his own altar, also did not to Yan Qing and Jia Yan's hand, but will not move the rest of the altar of the paper seal unveiled, light smile, the aroma of the crystal wine, as much as possible dumped in front of the peach tree sapling.
"Yuan Zhi, have a good trip."
Guo Jia finished his speech aloud, smiled and took the remnants of the wine in his cup, drinking it all in one go, and without even wiping his mouth, he heavily patted Yan Qing on the back, "Let's just send it here, eh?"
Yan Qing locked eyes with his gentle, watery gaze for a moment, the corners of her lips unconsciously rippling with a dizzying arc of laughter as she softly answered, "Good."
Guo Jia saw that he listened to his advice, so he waved his hand with relief and left in style.
Unfortunately, he didn't walk in a straight line, but crookedly, degrading some of the air of floating.
Yan Qingxiao watched with amusement as his back gradually faded away, just about to get up, Guo Jia then suddenly remembered something, hurriedly turned around and walked back crookedly, questioning, "Chongguang is cunning, in the mansion also quietly hid these good wine, and even Jia also hid it?"
For this mansion, Guo Jia had lived there longer than Yan Qing, and he knew the treasures in the bookstore and wine cellar even better.
And whether it was the fragrance of this wine, or the strength of the wine that would make even a drunkard unable to stomach it, it was clearly in vintage, much longer than the ones that Yan Qing had given him.
I just don't know where exactly it was hidden to survive to this day.
Yan Qing grunted and admitted, "Or else there would be leftovers?"
Guo Jia faked a smile and unceremoniously wrapped up the two and a half altars left over from Yan Qing's drink with Jia Dang in one hand, straight away.
Yan Qing didn't stop him, in taking it out, he didn't expect it to be left over, waving his hand and going with Guo Jia.
He sat alone for a few more moments, and without summoning his subordinates, he left the empty two wine jars on the stone table in the backyard and lazily headed for his study.
As a result, without traveling a few steps, out of the corner of his eye, he glimpsed an extremely familiar, bright red, long cockroach whisker shaking and half hidden, and could not help but raise his eyebrows, laugh from the bottom of his heart, and raise his voice: "Why does the Lord hide his head and tail?"
Thanks to that wooden pillar is thick enough, even Lu Bu's tall and lanky to the point that his figure can block most of it, however, the long beard on the crown of his hair has become the exposed fox's tail.
Lu Bu was discovered by Yan Qing, but he did not feel embarrassed at all, and walked out as if nothing had happened, and only then did Yan Qing see that he was dressed in military attire, and had apparently come from the barracks, but his left hand was holding an altar of wine that was completely different from the one that they had been drinking before.
I'm afraid I bought it at a tavern on the way back from the barracks.
Yan Qing silent thinking, Lu Bu was slightly drunk and dyed a few points more than wine to confuse the mind after a look, can not help but not quite right, a good half a day before coming back to God, cough, explained: "Chongguang did not invite me, Fengxiao Wenhe and in the cloth is not good to show up."
Yan Qing's gaze slowly moved to his other empty arm, and suddenly smiled a little, saying, "Lord has come at just the right time, then accompany me for a few more drinks."
These wines were still brewed and buried by Yan Qing in the third year of Chuping, when Lu Bu was just appointed as the Assassin of Yu State. Because he wanted to keep it as a souvenir, he waited until he encountered a particularly important occasion before taking a jar of it.
The location of the buried of course did not tell Guo Jia, otherwise early secretly dug out and drank it all.
In fact, Yan Qing at this time really some drunk, just not serious, only even he himself did not realize, he also still stayed in his own alcohol stronger than Guo Jia's impression.
Lu Bu, however, instantly reacted, his heart almost melted with beauty, unable to stop himself from extending his arm more towards Yan Qing's direction.
Yan Qing narrowed his eyes, staring at the arm that was a bit thicker than his calf for a moment, and just as Lu Bu was made to feel slightly weak, he really grabbed it swiftly and snuggled up in an extremely cute and tame manner.
If Yan Qing was completely sober, she wouldn't have been so intimate with Lu Bu in the corridor which was not full of people, but there might be underlings walking by at any time.
Lu Bu picked the winding seven and hidden paths along the way, walking in a flutter, and when he almost reached the place, only then did he bear the pain of pulling Yan Qing slightly away from him, and boarded up his face to stride in.
Then the guards who were guarding the platform where the study was located were severely startled, how could they not expect how the Lord emerged from that extremely inconspicuous corner together with the military priest.
On this journey, Yan Qing also blew a bit of wind and woke up quite a bit more than at the very beginning, but he didn't realize that something was wrong, and only sat down obediently at the table, and watched as Lu Bu poured the wine and pushed a cup to him with an expectant look on his face, and thought seriously for a moment before reaching out and pushing it back, calmly refusing, "How can one drink wine in the study? Lord is also too disrespectful of the rules."
was pressed to remember that it was himself who had offered to ask Lu Bu to have a drink with him.
Lu Bu didn't mind him hitting him upside down, and accepted it with good grace, sipping it slowly and methodically while gazing straight at the rare and naive Yan Qing.
Yan Qing, however, looked left and right, just not looking at him, nor did he sit down, quickly standing up, walking over to the soft collapse and carefully touching it.
LB: "......"
As if Yan Qing had just been merely confirming whether it was comfortable enough, Yan Qing nodded his head in satisfaction after pressing it a few times, and was ready to lie down on it and sleep for a while.
Also did not forget to the outer garment, hair crown to the solution, let Ruyun ebony hair draped in the back, removed shoes and socks, the rules set up, only to lie back, hand fumbling will be pulled over the quilt to cover themselves, only to rest assured to close the eyes.
Lu Bu could not look away, and now that he saw that Yan Qing had already taken care of himself, he was still oiled with a bit of disappointment.
And just then, Yan Qing suddenly opened his eyes and beckoned to him.
Lu Bu instantly became energized again and hurriedly walked over, "What are Shiguang's orders?"
From his point of view, really is a beauty like jade, no place can not enter the scene into the picture. Long two rows of black eyelashes thick as if a small fan, in that bright skin sprinkled a small piece of moving shadow, straight to call his heartbeat with the war is about to start when the drums were first sounded that wildly sound.
Waiting for Lu Bu to get close to him, the half-drunken Yan Qing pondered for a moment and then said with a straight face, "Judging from His Lordship's behavior that day, have you ever thought that if His Majesty is virtuous enough, you might return the government to him?"
On the day of the defeat, Yan Qing could not possibly ignore the disappointment that Lu Bu had shown towards the irresponsible Liu Xie, and was more or less harboring a grudge about it.
If Lu Bu has made it this far and still has no real determination to become emperor, then if he doesn't handle it well, it might become the end of the world.
Lu Bu stared: "How could Bu think like that? But I am just lamenting that with this little boy around, the Han throne is doomed to end."
Yan Qing was relieved to know that what he said was not false.
Lu Bu grabbed one of his limp hands and played with it while saying with gusto, "As long as Shiguang accompanies him, Bu is willing to go anywhere and can go anywhere."
And again, with heavy emphasis, "There needs to be a heavy light."
Yan Qing smiled and locked eyes with him for half a day, and with the hand that wasn't grabbed, he slowly and leisurely stroked Lu Bu's head that had two long whiskers rushing up to the sky, lovingly saying, "Good."
After Xu Shu left, he had to arrange for a reliable candidate to take over his work, Yan Qing thought about it, so he sent Chen Gong and Liu Ye together, the former as assassin, the latter as a special driver.
He was multi-tasking, and there was a time when the manpower was not enough to keep him busy, and there was no shortage of people in the situation, so there was no need to take all the affairs into his own hands. Now that Lu Bu was the regent, he did not hesitate to transfer the post of Yangzhou Assassin to Chen Gong.
Just as Yan Qing was busy with the preparations for the Temple Examination, Lu Bu couldn't help but ask, "When will we cut down Yi?"
Yan Qing thought for a moment and said in a consultative tone, "This matter needs to be considered in the long run, why don't we wait for the temple exams to be completed, and after the final list is released, take Jingzhou and stabilize our efforts for a few months, and then make plans?"
He knew that after being counted like that, Lu Bu must have harbored a bellyful of fire, but now is really not a good time to go on an expedition, and for the higher-ups, they should not act out of anger.
Whether it was Liu Bei's Battle of Yiling to avenge Guan Yu's death, or Cao Cao's southern expedition to Xuzhou to avenge his father's death, the lessons couldn't have been more painful.
Lu Bu, however, said, "Good. It's just that Shiguang is so busy all day long, can't Bu help share a little?"
Yan Qing froze for a moment, then laughed, "How could that be? In a few days, it will be the busiest time for the Lord."
On the surface is Liu Xie is very sick, need to rest and recuperate, do not ask political affairs, in fact, after the last escape unsuccessful, not only involved in the court was slaughtered, serving the palace was also killed clean.
Fu family up and down a hundred or so people were killed, Fu Queen is not dead, but was in prison was locked up crazy before being released back to the palace, with Liu Xie with the complete loss of freedom, all the time not to be strictly guarded, can be said to be every move in the Lu Bu cronies under the watchful eye.
He screamed and shouted to set up a court to meet the foreign ministers, but after being pinched and lifted up in the air several times by Lu Bu, who had completely lost patience with him, he did not dare to do so anymore.
In any case, it has already torn the face, unless Liu Yan Ma Teng confidence is so inflated that he wants to make even Yan Qing do not dare to do the feat of the two states across the expedition, then Liu Xie can not expect half of the reinforcements.
And the royalists in the dynasty, after two catastrophes, also really died out.
Liu Xie was not allowed to appear in front of outsiders, so the court truly became Lu Bu's one-man court. Then the one that the students who had reached the level of the Imperial Examination were able to meet was Lu Bu, who acted on behalf of His Majesty.
Clad in the honor bestowed by Lu Bu, on them, they were completely branded with Lu Bu's mark.
From the drums and music of the ceremony, the three ace horseback parade, and the umbrella cover ceremony ...... up to Lu Bu's commendation and gift, and the official reward banquet, Yan Qing has to make sure that everything goes smoothly, and the scenery is beautiful, in order to show that the person who receives it is higher than the first class.
Even with many capable people assisting him, Yan Qing was busy enough, so much so that he simply did not have the leisure time to think about anything else.
Author's Note: Two in One