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Chapter 21: Heartache 1 Support]

() When he thought of this, he asked without hesitation: "Please forgive the rude people. Can you ask Your Majesty a question?"

Yuwen Yong smiled and said, "What's wrong? I originally wanted to have a good talk with you. Since you have any doubts, please ask me."

Liu Jibei stood up and bowed to Yuwen Yong and said, "Your Majesty is the emperor, and there are many capable and wise men under him. At such a critical moment, why not ask them why they are asking for stupid people like drafters?"

Yuwen Yong stared at Liu Jibei and sighed: "Actually, you have not trusted me completely until now, but I don't blame you. If you have the same position as each other, I will have the same idea as you."

He adjusted his tone, his face became a little cold, and he said slowly: "Since you have said this, I will tell you the truth! At this moment of chaos, except for Yu Jin, the He brothers, and Yuwen Xiaobo, I really can't find a few trustworthy ministers. Do you understand what you said?"

Liu Jibei was not afraid at all. He looked at Yuwen Yong and said, "Then why should Your Majesty believe in the grass-roots people?"

Yuwen Yong replied: "Good question! I am not a reckless person. The reason why I am willing to see you and now I want to ask for your opinions is that I regard you as a confidant."

"Last night, when I came back from outside, I attracted the He brothers and Hu Xi. After asking, I learned about what happened in the past few days, and also saw the memorial you sent. At that time, I thought, who is Liu Jibei? Why did he do this? This made me curious about you."

"I didn't go to court this morning. Although it was due to some physical reasons, more importantly, there were a few difficult things in my mind, so I sent Hu Xi to court instead of me."

"As soon as Hu Xi left, Yu Jin came to see me. He is my most trusted minister. Don't think that he doesn't manage political affairs very much. In fact, he has always been loyal to the court and is extremely caring for me."

"Yu Jin followed me to Fengqiyuan a few miles ago. You already know this, so I won't say much. The reason why he came to see me in such a hurry is that it has something to do with you."

"He has seen countless people throughout his life, but few people can really see it, especially at his age, and he is even more narrow-minded and rare to look down on anyone. However, since you saved him last night and had a deep conversation, he has attached great importance to you. Although you are not a person who has turned up the world or a hero, he feels that you have a unique temperament of being simple and unpretentious, and with this unique temperament, he thinks you can take on the heavy responsibility."

"I was even more curious when I heard that he had said so much about you. When I knew you were living in Yang Zhong's mansion, I sent He Quan to find you."

When Yuwen Yong said this, he suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh! By the way, when I told He Quan that he would come to find you, he was still stunned on the spot. I didn't know how I knew your residence, so I told him about the matter between you and Yu Jin. After hearing this, he regretted his actions to you that night, and told me sincerely, saying how powerful your martial arts are and how great your sword skills are."

"Although He Quan is a eunuch, he is extremely conceited. Especially after his martial arts masters are successful, there are very few people who can admire him so much. Even there are not many generals in the court who like him. Now that I hear that he also admires you very much, I want to see you even more."

When Liu Jibei heard this, he couldn't help feeling a little ashamed and thought to himself: I came out of the palace that night, and I had a pretty prejudice against the He brothers, thinking that they were capricious, cunning, and full of eunuchs. Now that he heard what he said, He Quan did not lose a sincere and honest person. I really misread the other person.

Yuwen Yong didn't know what Liu Jibei was thinking. In fact, he was very interested and didn't care about it. He just kept saying: "When you followed He Quan into the palace and into the greenhouse hall, I looked at you coldly and saw you as a silly look. At first, I was a little disappointed. However, by listening to your words and further examining you, I gradually felt that you were unusual. Not only did you deserve your name, but even exceeded your original expectations. Do you know why?"

Liu Jibei shook his head, smiled helplessly, and said, "Please forgive the ignorance of the people, it is difficult to guess the importance of it."

Yuwen Yong stared at Liu Jibei for a while before sighing slowly: "The greatest charm of yours is the smile on your face. Whether you do it intentionally or unintentionally, your smile is extremely pure and can easily make people feel trustworthy. I have never seen anyone's smile as infectious as you."

Yuwen Yong's words made Liu Jibei feel a little embarrassed. Liu Jibei thought to himself: I am not the one who is lying on the door to make a smile. If you say this to me, I really don't know how to listen.

When Yuwen Yong saw that Liu Jibei was a little uncomfortable, he said sincerely: "Don't have any other thoughts. Although I am young, I also know some truths. If a person does not have a pure heart and no matter how he does it, he will not smile so innocently and make people feel peaceful."

Liu Jibei was speechless because he had never looked at his smile, nor did he know if he was smiling as magical as Yuwen Yong said, so he could only remain silent and pretend that he had not heard it.

Yuwen Yong's face turned a little red, but he didn't know it at all. He continued to continue the topic just now: "Since ancient times, it has been said that people's hearts are unpredictable, but many people don't know that even if an unpredictable person hides his thoughts, his ridiculousness can always reveal unusual information. You may think that I am talking nonsense, but I told you that this is from the mouth of Zhao Zhao, a strange physiognomy scholar."

Liu Jibei didn't know who Zhao Zhao was, but when he heard Yuwen Yong's tone, he seemed to admire him very much. He knew that he was not an ordinary person and couldn't help but think: Zhao Zhao's words do make some sense. Even if a person can hide it, if his smile does not come from the heart, there will be flaws to find after all.

Liu Jibei suddenly remembered that when he was in Songshan, Xiao Ruoyou talked about an interesting thing with him in a chat. If a person's smile comes from the heart, then the smile on the left and right half of the face is almost the same. But if it is a smile with ulterior motives, the right half of the face can still smile as usual, but the smile on the left half of the face will definitely appear stiff. At that time, Liu Jibei did not believe what she said, but after many experiments, he did not expect that this matter was true.

He remembered this, nodded and said, "By observing the smile, you can indeed find clues of a person's psychological changes."

Yuwen Yong sighed: "For the past few days, I have been thinking about what measures should I take to treat Yuwen Hu?"

Liu Jibei asked, "Does Your Majesty have any conspiracy in your heart?"

Yuwen Yong did not answer this question, but said to himself: "Don't think that I know nothing about Yuwen Hu's affairs. In fact, I know every move he makes. The reason why he keeps a low profile is that he doesn't want to ruin the great Zhou foundation."

Liu Jibei sighed: "After that being said, Yuwen Hu's unofficial intention is obvious. If Your Majesty is just kind, he will still be raising a tiger and causing trouble!"

Yuwen Yong looked at Liu Jibei and said, "From your tone, it seems that Yuwen Hu wants to rebel against me. Do you already have confirmed evidence in your hands?"

Liu Jibei took out the stack of books from his arms, walked to the Long Case, presented them to Yuwen Yong and said, "In fact, the memorial was stolen by Caomin from Yuwen Hu. In addition to the memorial, he also took away some of Yuwen Hu's letters. Now he handed these books to His Majesty. After His Majesty read them, he knew that what Caomin said was not false."

Yuwen Yong reached out to take the letter, but did not open it in front of Liu Jibei, but put it on the Long Case and said, "Actually, whether or not these letters can no longer affect my decisions, but I still want to thank you, thank you for doing so many things for me."

After Liu Jibei returned to his seat, he said lightly: "It is a matter of your duty to be able to give your Majesty a little thought, and you don't have to take it to your heart."

Yuwen Yong coughed a few times, then said, "Now I ask you, do you need me to help me?"

Liu Jibei pondered for a moment and said, "Your Majesty has gone to Fengqiyuan this time. I wonder if you have seen Yuwen Shenju and Wang Gui?"

Yuwen Yong nodded and said, "Not only did he meet them, but he even met He Ruodun.

After saying that, he said wonder again: "Why did you suddenly ask about this?"

Liu Jibei replied: "Caomin has said just now that Caomin has some connection with the two generals Yuwen Shenju and Wang Gui, and has also participated in the recruitment of the Barbarian Zuo. To be honest, the 'Baihu Yi King' in the Barbarian Zuozhong is Caomin's wife. Caomin promised her that she must place the Barbarian Zuo who came to Chang'an with the Yulin Army. Since Your Majesty asked what the drafters had to do, Caomin dared to ask Your Majesty to satisfy Chunba's wish!"

Yuwen Yong smiled and said, "Actually, even if you don't mention this matter, I will place those stern people. But since you have said that, I still have to promise you that you will handle this matter more properly."

Liu Jibei knelt down and kowtowed to thank Yuwen Yong.

After Yuwen Yong gave him a flat body, he saw him dropping his seat and smiled faintly, "It's impolite to come but not go. Since I have fulfilled you, should you do something for me?"

Liu Jibei felt aroused in his heart and said to himself: So it’s just waiting for me here? It seems that there is no benefit in the world that is not for nothing.

He looked at Yuwen Yong and said, "Before His Majesty said what he wanted Caomin to do, can he answer two questions about Caomin?"

Yuwen Yong said lightly: "You ask, I know everything."
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