The First Yamen of the Great Song Dynasty

Huarong did such a thing, who is worthy of it?

Fortunately, I still love him like my own son, but I didn't expect that it turned out to be the one who lured wolves into the house.

He doesn't care, he must send Huarong far away, and never let this wolf take away his precious son.

Gao Qiu struggled to half sit up and was about to go to Baihutang.

Suddenly, he remembered something, Hua Rong had been appointed by the government to go to Liao Kingdom together, at least for now he could not be dispatched to the frontier.

"Ah—" Gao Qiu, who just sat up, was hit, leaned over, and fell back on the bed.

"Taiwei—Taiwei—" the old man shouted in shock, "Don't be impatient, please persuade the yamen, and the yamen will definitely come back when they get lost."

Gao Qiu clenched his fists fiercely, "He must find his way back."

In order not to piss himself off, he also explained himself in his heart.

It doesn't matter, my son had many absurd things before, this time should be just one of many absurd things, if he is persuaded, he will definitely be able to bring him back to the right path.

When he comes back, have a good chat with him.

-

As soon as Gao Ming entered the mansion, he felt that the atmosphere was not right. Everyone he met looked at him secretly, and he always felt that there was a depressing breath of death in the air.

He continued to walk towards the backyard, and before he entered his bedroom, he heard a roar, "Stinky boy, you are finally back!"

He was startled, and saw his father standing behind him angrily, with his hands propping up against the wall, it seemed that he was so angry that he didn't have much strength to stand up.

The old man next to him looked at him sadly, and winked at him unbearably.

He could see that the old man wanted to tell him to run away.

But Gao Ming didn't panic, because he had already heard that his father went to the palace to ask the emperor to intercede.

He didn't obey his father's advice, but took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Liao Kingdom, which must have pissed him off.

Gao Ming smiled and said: "Father, listen to my explanation, I can't help it."

The officials told him to go to the Liao Kingdom, and he couldn't shirk it, so he could only agree.

Gao Qiu breathed fire from his nostrils, "Are you talking about what you can't do?"

"It's all Wang Fu's fault. He asked the officials to come up with this idea. I don't agree. It's better to have a toast than a fine wine."

But after he finished explaining, his father's face didn't look any better.

"If you didn't mention this, I almost forgot about it, and I didn't settle the debt with you." Gao Qiu was so angry that his son had cut off his sleeve, and even forgot about his initiative to go to the Liao Kingdom. up.

When Gao Ming heard it, huh?Isn't it this?What was it that offended father?

Gao Qiu scolded: "Go back to the study!"

Gao Ming won't go, "If you have anything to say, just talk here?"

The old man covered his eyes, he really didn't want to see the father and son getting angry because of such a thing.

"Yanei, the Taiwei told you to go to the study, you can go, there are some things that are not convenient to talk about here."

Gao Ming was taken aback, and couldn't help grinning secretly, it was inconvenient to say it outside, and he made his father so angry, there was only one explanation.

That's when the matter between him and Huarong was exposed.

Gao Ming tentatively asked, "How do you know?"

Gao Qiu said angrily, "What do you think I'm going to say?"

"I don't know if what I thought you knew."

Gao Qiu closed his eyes, let out a long breath, and prepared to make a secret signal to his son, "Hua Rong?"

That's it!Gao Ming laughed twice, and pointed behind his father: "Hua Rong, why are you here?"

While Gao Qiu looked back, Gao Ming ran away, faster than a rabbit being chased by an eagle. He had anticipated this day and planned his escape route.

"Catch him! Stop him!"

But who dared to stop, the servants all tried to chase, because they didn't try their best, they didn't stop.

Gao Qiu could only do it himself, but today he was hit hard frequently and couldn't stand steadily, not to mention chasing his son, watching him escape from birth.

He expected that this brat was looking for Huarong again, so he immediately sent someone to Huarong's place to chase him, but when he got to the place, the entrance hall was naturally closed, and Huarong's place was also deserted.

That night Gao Ming disappeared, and he didn't know where he went. Gao Qiu thought that he must be looking for Hua Rong, and the two of them were together again, and his liver hurt.

However, the monk could not escape if he could, so Gao Qiu went to the Imperial City Division early the next day to intercept his son.

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Shi Qian looked left and right, took advantage of people's unpreparedness, turned into the alley near Huangchengsi, and said to Gao Ming who was on the carriage: "Yanei, you are right, the Taiwei is waiting for you inside."

Gao Ming grinned, "Really, too stubborn."

He spent the whole night at Yanqing's place last night. As for Huarong's side, he had already sent someone to deliver a letter, telling him not to go to the Taiwei's mansion and throw himself into the trap.

Gao Qiu paced back and forth in the Imperial City Department, and asked the people next to him from time to time, "Did your suggestion come?"

Although everyone knew that Taiwei Gao loved his son the most, but today seeing his bad tone, he thought that his lord must have caused trouble, so they all shook their heads without daring to reveal Gao Tidian's whereabouts.

Gao Qiu knew about this brat, and expected that he would come to the Imperial City Division to intercept him, so he deliberately disappeared.

Well, if you can't catch your own son, go and catch Hua Rong, and if you catch one, the other will not be hard to find.

Gao Ming waited anxiously, and after half an hour, Shiqian reported that the Taiwei had left, and then he returned to the Imperial City Secretary in a thieves' manner, made tea to suppress the alarm, and sent people to investigate his father's movements at any time.

Gao Qiu's arrest of his son does not mean that he has arrested Hua Rong, and he immediately ordered Hua Rong from the Imperial Army to come to see him.

And here, Gao Ming heard that his father sent someone to the army to ask Hua Rong to come to see him, and he couldn't help but sweat a drop of cold sweat. This is a bad thing to do under his father's hands, and he has no place to run if he wants to.

Thinking of his father framing Lin Chong to enter the White Tiger Hall with a knife, Gao Ming hesitated for a moment, and decided to show his face, so as not to do this trick again when he got agitated.

As soon as Gao Ming showed up at home, the old Duguan came up to persuade him: "Yanei, why do you dare to come back, the Taiwei is still angry?"

"I see Huarong's horse is outside, he's here?" Gao Ming nodded painfully when he saw the old man, and after making sure that his father and Huarong were behind the study, he tiptoed towards the door.

"Hua Rong, I'm not mean to you, but you treat me like this? If you have a conscience, think about it, are you worthy of me? You choose one of these places yourself! Don't think that if you are asked to go to Liao, you will just Rest easy. Tell you, you have to go sooner or later!"

Gao Ming pushed the door open and went in, only to see a map thrown on the ground, and Hua Rong was bending over to pick it up.

Hua Rong turned to see Gao Ming, both happy and worried, "Are you here?"

When Gao Qiu saw his son, he pointed to the door and said, "Come back, I don't have a son like you, so hurry up! If you don't arrest your lover, you won't show up?"

When Gao Qiu said this, Hua Rong couldn't help but smile.

After Gao Qiu finished speaking, he regretted it. No matter how it sounded, he seemed to be witnessing the relationship between the two of them.

Gao Ming said with a bitter face, "Father, do you want to beat the mandarin ducks?"

"You two fart mandarin ducks, you two are mandarin ducks!" Gao Qiu didn't care about being rude, he just wanted to vent his emotions now.

"Father... calm down and speak up if you have something to say." Gao Ming said, "Hua Rong was appointed by the officials to follow me to the Liao Kingdom. No matter what location you choose, he won't be able to go."

He was a little lucky that the relationship was exposed at this juncture, otherwise, it would be difficult for him to transfer Hua Rong away if his father wanted to.

God bless.

"With this support, no wonder you are so confident!"

That's right, his son was going to the Liao Kingdom, and Huarong's protection was needed to go to the Liao Kingdom. It was impossible to change the mission to the Liao Kingdom, so he could only watch them leave Tokyo hand in hand.

Gao Qiu smokes from his seven orifices.

Hua Rong calmly said: "Actually, you didn't find out. I will show my cards to you when I come back from Liao Kingdom. But don't worry, no matter how you treat me when you come back from Liao Kingdom, I will protect the safety of the yamen."

"Shut up! You are greedy for him, so you are willing to risk your life to protect him!" Gao Qi got angry when he mentioned it, pointed at Hua Rong, and said sadly: "Hua Rong, I thought you were upright, and even gave you to Ming'er." Such a friend is happy, but in the end, you are like this? Say, did you take the initiative?"

Hua Rong did not deny it, but nodded in agreement.

Gao Qiu thought of all the past, in addition to the anger of his own son being kidnapped by him, he added another layer of veiled resentment.

Hua Rong still calls him Father, but does this guy want to call him Father-in-law?

Gao Qiu casually picked up the paperweight on the table, and was about to hit Huarong. Gao Ming was surprised when he saw it. He took a step to stop it, but found that the paperweight that his father held up high did not fall, but stayed in mid-air .

Gao Qiu couldn't do anything. Although he didn't treat Hua Rong as well as his son, but after getting along these days, he still had feelings.

In addition to his anger, he also felt sad.

How, how did this happen?

Gao Ming stepped forward to take down the paperweight from his father, and said, "Father, please listen to my explanation..."

Gao Qiu gritted his teeth and said, "If it's such a disgusting nonsense that you really love each other, don't say it!"

Gao Ming shook his head, lowered his head, raised his eyes for a long while, and his eyes were misty, "It's actually like this. I was injured in Hangzhou. After seeing Hua Rong, he comforted me a lot, everywhere, and then we Just...Of course, it's also because I had a relationship foundation when I was in Liangshan..."

Gao Qiu didn't quite understand, "What kind of injury did you get in Hangzhou?"

Gao Ming raised his hand and wiped the corner of his eyes, "I didn't want to say anything, it's a matter of face, but at this point, I can only tell you the truth. When I was in Hangzhou, I was with a local woman one night. I was just having fun in the tent, but someone suddenly broke in and told me that Fang Tianding was calling, I was suddenly frightened at that time, and I couldn't do it all at once."

It is said that Zhao Gou was not able to do this in history. On the way to flee south, he was enjoying himself with the maids of honor.Gao Ming borrowed from his experience.

Gao Qiu's head buzzed, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Originally, after the serious illness, I couldn't do much, but when I was frightened suddenly, it was completely over."

Gao Qiu pondered for a while, and a layer of cold sweat broke out all over his body, "Isn't it?"

This is not a question of reforming evil and returning to righteousness. It is a disaster that cannot be continued for future generations even if reformed.

Gao Ming nodded, and then he saw his father's eyes straightened, and he fell to the side.

"Father—" Gao Ming tugged, but failed to hold him.

Hua Rong hurriedly stepped forward and supported Gao Qiu.

Gao Qiu was still conscious, he didn't want Hua Rong to help him at all, so he pushed him away angrily, "Go away!"

Naturally, Huarong couldn't let go, "Sit down first."

Gao Ming said from the side: "Father, look, there's nothing wrong with this. If Huarong were a woman, she wouldn't be able to support you."

Gao Qiu was taken aback for a moment, but when he realized that he was actually thinking about the rationality of this sentence, he couldn't help glaring at his son angrily, "It's nonsense!" Seeing his son's face, and thinking of what he said just now, he couldn't help but feel sad.

Why is my life so hard?

Under the blow of Lian Fan, Gao Qiu just wanted to give up thinking temporarily, his consciousness wandered, and he fainted.

Dimly, he heard his son anxiously calling his father, but he seemed to hear Hua Rong calling his father again.

Eh?Wait a minute, is Hua Rong calling for his father, or his father-in-law?

It seems to be the father-in-law.

Gao Qiu regretted that the paperweight hadn't hit Hua Rong's head just now, but he had no strength left, he couldn't get up in one breath, and passed out completely.

-

Gao Qiu felt that he couldn't do it anymore, and couldn't move anymore.

It is a foregone conclusion to go to Liao as an envoy, and Hua Rong is also among them. Even if he asks the officials to take back the appointment of Hua Rong, who can take his place?

Although he didn't want his son to be with him, at this juncture, he couldn't make fun of his son's life.

It seems to have to rely on Huarong.

Ugh……

He slowly opened his eyes and saw Gao Ming guarding beside his bed, taking a medicine bowl from Huarong's hand. He couldn't help but shed a line of tears and waved his hands, "Both of you go out, I don't want to see you."

Gao Ming called out: "Father—"

Gao Qiu glanced at his son, turned his head in grief, and sobbed secretly, "Let me be alone for a while."

When he heard the door creaking, he thought everyone had left and turned his head back to life, only to find that Hua Rong was still at his bedside.

"What are you doing here?" Gao Qiu sighed, "You go out too."

"I want to tell you a few words of truth." Huarong said: "I have also struggled. I didn't want to face this reality, but in the end, I had no choice but to surrender. I don't ask for your approval. I just I want you to know that I am sincere to Ya Nei, no matter what happens, I will protect him."

Gao Lian's resistance was less severe, but he still disagreed, "I don't want to hear it."

"From Liangshan to the capture of Fang La, step by step, although we are all men, we are not weaker than the feelings of men and women in the world. It is not a temporary idea, but a serious one, and life and death go hand in hand. Of course, this life and death go hand in hand. , that is, if Ya Nei is gone, I will not live alone, if any accident happens to me, I hope he has another entrustment to live on.”

After getting along for many days, Gao Qiu didn't question Hua Rong's firm character, he knew what he said was true.

It's just that if such strong feelings are put on a woman, then he will be so happy from ear to ear, but it's a pity that it's Hua Rong.

Huarong said again: "What I said before was not a lie. If you want, I will serve you with Ya Nei and do my filial piety for you. I don't have a father, so I will take care of you like my own father."

Raising children to look after their old age, Gao Qiu adopted Gao Ming at the beginning in order to continue the incense, so that the old people have something to depend on.

This kind of dependence is not financial, after all, he is not short of money, but emotional, sharing the happiness of family.

However, the development of the current situation is very different from what Gao Qiu thought.

Gao Qiu recalled that there was indeed nothing wrong with getting along with Hua Rong before. If he didn't know about his son and Hua Rong, he would even feel very happy.

Gao Qiu was in poor health and couldn't get angry anymore. Adding what Hua Rong said just now, he calmed down a bit, closed his eyes and sighed: "...Although he is not my own, he is better than my own. In fact, my name is When he married a wife, he only hoped that Ming'er could enjoy the happiness of a normal person... don't have any regrets."

Hua Rong said: "I understand. But I believe that I can also make Ya Nei live happily."

Gao Lian looked at Hua Rong meaningfully, and waved his hands weakly, "I'm tired, I want to rest, you go out first."

Hua Rong got up and left silently.

As soon as he went out, Gao Ming came up to him and dragged him to a secluded place by his sleeve, "What did my father say? Didn't he hit you?"

"No, Taiwei is still very reasonable." Hua Rong laughed.

"Didn't he ask me about my body?"

Hua Rong smiled wryly, "You are cruel enough to lie like this directly."

It’s impossible not to give his father a devastating blow, “Don’t say that, he has other hopes, and he will probably make a concession that asks me to continue to marry a wife, but can continue to keep in touch with you. But how do you know I’m lying ?”

"When you were in Hangzhou, you already had me in your heart, why would you still have fun in the tent with a woman?"

Gao Ming pursed his lips and smiled, "Humph, I'm quite confident."

"Yeah, but it's a good excuse. I borrowed it. When my family asked me, I also said that I was injured."

Generals, bumps and bumps are normal.

"Have you given the money, you can borrow it."

Hua Rong smiled and said: "Are you and I still separated from each other? Even your father is my father."

Gao Ming suppressed his laughter, and gave Hua Rong a hand, "Let's go to the kitchen to see if the soup is still ready, and bring it to father later."

-

Gao Qiu fell asleep and woke up with a feeling of hunger in his stomach. He was about to call his servants to come in to prepare meals when he saw Hua Rong and his son call someone to come in with a low table on the bed, put it in front of him, and spread it one by one. vegetable.

Although Gao Qiu was angry with his son, the food was innocent, so he glanced at them both, "Go out, I see you can't eat any more." Seeing that neither of them was moving, he hurriedly said, "At least go out one!"

It still hurts to see the two standing together.

Hua Rong, who had already chatted with Gao Qiu, went out first, leaving Gao Ming to pick up the rice bowl, hand it to his father, and then linger on the food with chopsticks, "Which one do you want to eat?"

"I want to blow you up!" Gao Qi scolded his son, "You—you—" didn't know what to scold, so he breathed a sigh of relief, "How did you two get along?"

"As I said, there was a foundation before, plus some chance coincidences..." Gao Ming sighed, "I don't want to, I can't help it when I get emotional..."

"Are you still wronged?!" Gao Qi clenched his fists, but because he didn't eat, his eyes flashed when he got angry, so he could only suppress his anger and try his best to calmly say: "...Forget it, I thought about it just now, wait for you When you come back from Liao Kingdom, you should take good care of your illness and marry a wife. As for the matter between you and Huarong...he has indeed saved you many times, so I won’t worry about it.”

Gao Ming thought, he knew it would happen.He's not Zhao Gou, he can't do it anymore, and he keeps taking concubines to make himself look good.

"How can you harm someone?"

"Then what am I going to do to you?" Gao Qiu looked around angrily, and finally picked up the pillow to hit Gao Ming, "Kill you little bastard!" Unable to hold back, he raised his head in despair, "Oh, why is my life so hard?"

My life is so, so is God's will.

Gao Ming said: "Father, don't you want to see me? Don't you want to see Huarong? Now we are together, isn't it great?"

It's true that both of them want to see each other, but they can't get together in such a situation, right?Gao Qiu glared at his son, "Stop doing this!"

"No, no." Gao Ming smiled apologetically, and brought some food for his father, "you eat."

Gao Qiu chewed the food, scolded his son with his chopsticks, "Just flatter me, I haven't seen you pick up food for me on weekdays!"

"You haven't been sick before. If you get sick in the future, Hua Rong and I will take care of you in full clothes." Gao Ming assured: "We are no different from ordinary families. If you think about it carefully, isn't Hua Rong very good?" Okay, what are you dissatisfied with?"

Gao Qiu stared, "Gender dissatisfaction!"

Gao Ming said in embarrassment: "Then you can just let it go." Seeing that his father's eyes were about to shoot fire, he quickly said with a smile, "Hua Rong has so many advantages, so it's okay to replace this one defect, right?"

Gao Qiu didn't say a word.

Gao Ming said in a low mood: "As for the child, besides, even without him, I wouldn't be able to give birth to him, I still have to adopt him." Then he wiped his tears, "Actually, really, dad, fortunately there is Huarong, otherwise I would really I don't want to live anymore..."

Gao Qiu's heart was sour, he let out a long sigh, and comforted his son: "Okay, okay, don't be sad, we can discuss some things later."

If the son is really physically hurt and the woman's side doesn't work, and he relies on Hua Rong, then he really can't stop him.

"Father, you are so kind, I know you love me." Gao Ming tugged on his father's sleeve as if wiping his tears.

Gao Qiu's heart was sour, he really didn't know what to do, but it seemed that he had no choice but to accept the fact, but he was still going to struggle one last time, "...but you don't marry a wife, and stay with Hua Rong , what will people outside think?"

Gao Ming said: "Everyone lives their own lives, who cares about my affairs, besides, even the officials and King Yun know about it, so what if others know about it?"

"Do the officials and King Yun know?" Gao Qiu exclaimed.It turned out that the whole world really knew about it, so they kept it from him.

Gao Ming nodded, and Gao Qiu let out a sigh of relief. He was beaten inside and out, and after several blows, he no longer had the thought of struggling.

Gao Qiu was mainly tired and said he couldn't afford to be sick, but Gao Ming postponed his trip for a few days on the pretext of being ill.

During the period when Gao Qiu was bedridden, Gao Ming and Hua Rong were too busy to take care of their clothes, which made him experience the filial piety of a son and son-in-law.

Occasionally, he would have an idea that this is not bad, after all, if he had a daughter, he would be very willing to marry Hua Rong.

But at the same time, he still wants to struggle, but he has no daughter, only a son!

How can a son marry Huarong? !

On this day, when Gao Ming went to the palace to be busy with his mission, Hua Rong served Gao Qiu some soup, "Here, I'll cool you down, drink it slowly."

Gao Qiu had mixed feelings in his heart, "Hua Rong...you..."

"You say."

"...Be careful when you go to Liao Kingdom this time, the Yamen will be handed over to you. Let's talk about your affairs when you come back." In any case, his son will need Hua Rong's help when he is going to Liao Kingdom.

The bigger picture matters.

But now the two are inseparable. Can they still be separated when they come back from Liao Kingdom?

"Don't worry about that. As long as I'm still alive, I will definitely protect the yamen."

Gao Qiu patted Hua Rong's shoulder in a complicated mood, with tears in his eyes, "I believe in you."

What a powerful arm, it will surely become my son's support.

Thinking of this, Gao Qiu couldn't help weeping again in his heart, Hua Rong, why are you a man.

Alas, the sky does not fulfill people's wishes.

Do you really want to marry your son? What is this called?

My life is really too hard.

But now he doesn't have much time to think, after all, the mission is still waiting ahead.

-

Gao Qiu didn't lie on the sickbed for too long, and when he recovered, Gao Ming was urged to leave, if he didn't leave, the Liao Kingdom's envoys in Tokyo would get angry.

On the day of the trip, the weather was fine, and King Yun personally saw the mission off. He said to Gao Ming: "Do your best, do what you can, and return safely is more important than anything else."

Gao Ming nodded, "I will bear in mind Your Highness's words." Do your best, but also do what you can.

After King Yun finished speaking, he gave the opportunity to Gao Qiu, "Taiwei, tell him a few words at the end."

"How to mediate, His Highness said it very well, you just need to remember it." Gao Qiu looked back and forth between his son and Hua Rong, and finally said: "You all return safely!"

"Yes, Father." The two said in unison.

Outsiders didn't notice him when they heard it, but Gao Qiu knew that Hua Rong's father had another meaning.

He wants to cry but has no tears.

Gao Ming got on his horse, Hua Rong, Wang Fu and others got on their horses one after another, bowed their last obeisance to those who saw him off, rode their horses and set off, and the rest of the team also set off one after another.

When Gao Qiu thought about this journey and his son had Huarong by his side, he felt relieved for a while.

But at the same time, when he thought of Huarong beside his son, he felt worried again.

Gao Ming kept waving goodbye, until the convoy behind him followed, blocking the line of sight with his father, he turned around and looked forward.

Liao Kingdom, here I come.