Chapter 212 Essential

The branches and leaves of the locust willows are lush in summer, reflecting the sunshine, casting tiny but bright lights and shadows on the official road among the trees. The cicadas on the branches on both sides are shouting loudly, but they do not make people feel noisy, but instead add a bit of tranquility to the hot and sparsely populated official road.

In this season when it is not suitable for a long journey, there are two carriages walking leisurely on the official road south of Chang'an. The size of the carriage is between the Xuan carriage and the scallion oil carriage specially used for women. It is finely crafted and you can even smell some faint fragrance along the way.

The layout in the carriage is not surprising except for being more delicate and rich. The only special thing is the incense burner. The incense burner is not surprising. However, the cold soul incense from An Liu that burns in the incense burner is really more expensive than gold, and it is rare to have a price but no market. The biggest effect of this incense is to relieve impetuousness and calm the mind.

In the faint cigarette, Qizhi, who was sitting in the carriage, gently stroked Tang Cheng's black hair after taking the crown and scattering it. Her fair hands were very gentle and slow, and a long female emotion flowed out like water through this gentle movement.

Tang Cheng, who rested his head on Qizhi's legs, was sleeping soundly. In the slight bumps of the carriage, his breathing sound was as steady and long as the slightest fragrance of rest and cold souls.

Looking at Tang Cheng, who was curled up tightly into a ball after falling asleep, Qizhi couldn't help but slightly raised the corners of her mouth. What made her laugh was not only the huge contrast of the man in her arms after falling asleep, but who would have thought that a person who was confident and calm in his usual days would look no different from a child after falling asleep? In addition, Qizhi's knowing smile also made Qizhi feel from the bottom of her heart. Looking at Tang Cheng's current appearance, he suddenly remembered the words he had said before.

Only in front of people who truly trust and are close to can a man put down all the fakes. At this time, he may be very different from usual, but it is absolutely true!

When she heard this sentence, Qiori just felt strange, but at this moment, this without trace that had been forgotten by her suddenly popped up from a deep corner in her mind.

After tilting the corners of his mouth, Qizhi's hands did not stop and he let out a long breath from his mouth.

It has been so many days since I learned the news. This is the first time I have seen Tang Cheng fall asleep so calmly. He listened to the steady and even breathing sounds. Qizhi felt that the things that had been depressed in his heart for these days were being relieved of each breath. The feeling of relief was as clear and brilliant as the sunlight outside the car window.

There was a sound of horse hooves outside. Then Fu appeared outside the car window where the curtain was lifted. After protruding his head and looking into the car window, Lai Fu suppressed his voice and said, "There is a sharp place not far ahead. Miss. Do you want to stop or take a break."

"Let's go. If you're hungry, everyone will feel wronged and eat a few bites of dry food prepared before placing them. Go to the next place to rest." Qizhi finished speaking. He looked down at Tang Cheng in his arms, "As soon as the car stopped, he would wake up, so let him sleep for a little longer."

Upon hearing this, Lai Fu said nothing, nodded and rode his horse to notify the driver behind him.

Tang Cheng was already awake. Just as Lai Fu was talking, he woke up, but he didn't open his eyes and didn't move. He didn't deliberately pretend to sleep. He just didn't want to move, and he didn't even want to talk.

The cicadas outside and the slight bumps of the carriage jointly create a peaceful and quiet atmosphere. Qiori's finger stroking at the same rhythm is very helpful to completely relax the body and mind. After finally leaving the capital, it seems that even the human breathing has become much lighter due to the decrease in depression.

Tang Cheng lay quietly, and his unrestricted experience flowed through his mind like water since he entered Beijing.

When he entered Beijing last year, even though he was not very energetic, he was indeed full of expectations for this trip to Chang'an. Now that half a year has passed, the scene in Beijing seems to be a different life.

Thinking about this trip to Chang'an, although he had gone through twists and turns, his purpose was finally achieved when he came. He participated in the imperial examination and finally passed the imperial examination. After passing the Ministry of Personnel, he successfully completed the leap from an "official" outside the country to an "official" inside the country. Moreover, because of his performance in the palace transformation, he was destined to directly pass the ranks of the eighth rank and the eighth rank to the seventh rank official. This means that he is qualified to be the chief official directly without having to go through a transition like a new Jinshi like a county magistrate or a county magistrate.

He is a new Jinshi who has been released. This time, the palace transformation has made merits and great achievements! Li Longji's existence has ensured that his contribution will not be buried. These reasons determine that Princess Taiping cannot always arrange his official position to suppress him. The reason why she refuted it before was just to use this as a means to force him to surrender.

Although he did not agree in the end, as long as he left the capital, Li Longji could not help Li Longji to use it comfortably, Princess Taiping had a reason to stop. After all, as far as the current dynasty bureau is concerned, the common enemy - such as the cleaning up of the remnants of the Wei Party in the local Daozhou, the existence of Li Chongfu land in Junzhou, etc., all determine that Princess Taiping could not turn against Li Longji now. Even in order to appease the officialdom and the hearts of the people after the earthquake in the two palace transformations and consolidate the throne of the prime minister who was jointly supported, the aunt and nephew must now show a unity attitude in front of the people of the world. In this context, intensifying the conflict with Li Longji for a small official position like himself is really not worth it for Princess Taiping, who has a comprehensive advantage in strength.

Princess Taiping will not do such stupid things as small.

Since it is difficult for Li Longji to use it, the appointment of an official after the breaking of the deadlock is certain, and Tang Cheng has no doubt about this. Of course, he also knew clearly that with Princess Taiping now being powerful and the Ministry of Personnel is in control, it is already the limit for Li Longji to win the position of the chief official for him. The Ministry of Personnel cannot distribute any good places to him. It must be very far from the two political centers of Chang'an and Luoyang.

Tang Cheng didn't mind this, and he was even looking forward to this arrangement.

He also took the imperial examination, passed the Jinshi, promoted the official, and had hope. The future emperor Li Longji's contribution and the pre-gathering contributions were also left behind. Although Tang Cheng's trip to Chang'an was tortuous, the final result was still happy.

But Tang Cheng just couldn't be happy!

Why? Before, even Tang Cheng himself thought that Wei Bo's death caused all this. But after meeting Zhang Liang just now, he knew that this was not exactly the case.

This incident had a great impact and blow to Tang Cheng. It was so great that he always felt guilty in his heart that he could not erase because of his conscience. Conscience was not something you could just want if you wanted to! It was so great that these days were not delicious, and that he couldn't sleep well. It was so great that he had nightmares every night and had fun with Wei Bo, but Wei Bo always suddenly turned into a bloody headless corpse. Tang Cheng was so breathless that he was under heavy psychological pressure.

However, after paying homage to Wei Bo, especially after hearing that Mrs. Wang and his son were safely separated, this means that at least Wei Bo was not destroyed, Tang Cheng was still not happy. This is enough to show that the reason for his extremely poor condition was not just because of Wei Bo's death.

Then what is it? Putting aside Wei Bo's heavy psychological pressure, Tang Cheng felt the deepest about this trip to Chang'an twice, the first time was intuitive. On that night, when he stood in front of the small side courtyard of the Prince of Xiang's Mansion listening to the shouts of killing him outside, Qizhi's inadvertent words sharply revealed the most real fear in his heart.

What if the situation is not secret? What should I do if the news that he was hiding in the Prime Minister's Mansion was known by Wan Qijun? What if Li Longji threw him out to show his favor to Wan Qi? The idea that Wei Zhen and Wei Rui broadcast to Wei on that day was really good. Wei Broadcast was useless. Will Li Longji use it?

Tang Cheng will never forget that night in front of the window of the side courtyard of the Prince of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The night was dark and the shouts of killing outside seemed to have never stopped. He was like a panic rat hiding in a corner and not daring to move. At that moment, he was so close to death that he could hear it with his own ears and within reach. But he had no power to change this situation. His people and his fate had been handed over to others. He could not do anything except waiting anxiously.

The situation did not improve after that night, and Tang Cheng still had to hide or hide. He was in the threat of death every day. Perhaps the small door would be kicked open in the next moment, and then a group of angrily cavalry swarmed in...

This is a long, real and intuitive experience of fear of death. People who have not experienced it personally will never truly understand what it feels like. Just like a murderer who has been running away for more than ten years in the future chose to surrender. At that moment, death itself is no longer fearful. What is more terrifying than death is the endless and endless pressure of hiding and escaping. Under such pressure, no matter how long you can hide, you will be destined to have a good life with a relaxed and good life.

It is different from the fear of facing death this time. Another time is fear. If it were not Wei Bo but Wei Rui who used him that day, if his identity had been discovered by Wei Bo long ago. If Wang Yi had not heard the secret words in the study between the three Wei Weis... all this would be very possible. After all, when he was doing infernal affairs in Wei Bo's army, his identity was far from being secret. Not only did he know his true identity, there were many people, but the most terrifying thing was that even Princess Taiping knew! During those long months, as long as any of these people slightly revealed his identity, the result would be destined.

The authorities were obsessed with the authorities. When Tang Cheng was still in Wei Bo's army, he did not realize it or had no intention of thinking about these things. But when the matter was over, when he could also review the entire incident as a bystander, in addition to Lian Dao's luck, what Tang Cheng felt the deepest was his fear.

Everything that was done in the Ten Thousand Cavalry Army was simply a bottomless black hole, and he was a fool dancing on the cliff beside the black hole. It was a lucky thing to not fall, but it was by no means inevitable.

So what is the root cause of being in the world of thousands of disasters? It was Tang Cheng himself. No one instructed him or forced him to do this. He happily dug a bottomless pit for himself, and then jumped down voluntarily. What's even more funny is that when he jumped down, he was still proud and satisfied when he jumped down.

Idiot, a complete idiot!

In the palace transformation full of unexpected risks and crises, he plunged in as a nearly seeking death. In Li Longji's opinion, this is certainly the best performance of "daring to take responsibility", but for Tang Cheng... when did he start to be arrogant and arrogant? When did he start to be short-sighted? He was so confused that he was so successful after the road was built in Jinzhou. He was so immersed in the praises and praises of the people around him that he forgot about the world, so that he even thought he was an omnipotent superman.

These two contacts with death are the best irony and alertness. Under the current situation of the dynasty, as a person who has been targeted by Princess Taiping, if this continues...

Luck is not always possible!

A few days ago, Tang Cheng had no intention of thinking about these things. At this time, the incident of quietly sitting on Qizhi's legs and serving Chang'an was played back one by one. Tang Cheng finally understood the root of his sluggish state and irritability these days. This was not just because of Wei Bo's affairs, but also because of his dissatisfaction with his psychological state and methods of doing things during this period. Although he had not thought so carefully before, after that night of fear in the palace, he had clearly felt and realized all this.

Overall, although the results of this trip to Chang'an are not bad, the mentality and method of behavior are so wrong. The wrong method leads to the wrong result is normal. Being able to have a bad result like now can only be considered a great fortune. If you cannot understand this clearly, for a person who needs to use the help of the officialdom to realize his ideals, it is difficult to protect yourself.

Lying motionlessly, Tang Cheng ruminated everything that happened in the past six months like an old cow after eating night grass. Making mistakes is irreversible and regret is meaningless. Only by summarizing lessons in rumination on past mistakes is the only meaning.

Although the long journey was the most harsh, Tang Cheng's mood and body gradually got better and better on the way back to Shannan East Road. During the entire journey, he had broken the journey to Chang'an and repeatedly pondered it many times, just like gnawing sugarcane, to ensure that every little nutrient and sugar is fully absorbed.

The carriage was so close that he finally returned to the east road city of Shannan and sent Qizhi to Daya Zhizhengyuan. Tang Cheng didn't even see Zhang Xiangwen, so he left the city and stepped onto the official road to Jinzhou. The closer he was, the more he wanted to return home. At this moment, for Tang Cheng, even if the whole world was in front of him, he was unwilling to stop going home.

In Jinzhou City, when Tang Cheng saw the door of his home clearly after experiencing the risk and fear of death for half a year, his inner feelings were really complicated and inexplicable...
Chapter completed!