MLIAM Chapter 34
by VolareChapter 34: Playing the Rogue I’ve helped you quite a bit this time, asking for a reward…
Wei Yan went directly to the posthouse as soon as he arrived in Lü’ang County, hoping to see Yu Shuli if he hadn’t gone to the military camp, to ease his longing, and to give him a surprise.
Who knew there would be no surprise, but a bunch of frights.
Looking at the group of girls dressed in gaudy colors in front of him, Wei Yan seemed to recall that night at the Brothels.
The young man with a flushed face was drunk, mixed in among the women, being stared at by pairs of malicious eyes.
Wei Yan wanted to stop it, but he was troubled by the lack of an identity, so he could only sulk.
If Yu Shuli hadn’t taken the initiative to call him “brother” at the time, he probably would have been able to let Yu Shuli indulge in the Brothels.
The delicate and charming women were worlds apart from him, a big man who had no interest in romance.
Now… Wei Yan felt as if the scene was repeating itself.
But it should have been different.
Yu Shuli had already promised him that he would carefully consider it and give him an answer.
But now it was still like this… Wei Yan’s forehead veins throbbed, but he couldn’t get angry.
Yu Shuli didn’t like men, this was a perception he had always had. Therefore, even if he had long since developed strange feelings, he had never mentioned it.
The only time he lost control of his emotions was when Yu Shuli came to him after losing his memory that time, not only climbing onto his bed, but also touching him.
Wei Yan didn’t consider himself a saint. The ignorant and clingy sweetheart was by his side, and he was intimate with him as if he had completely forgotten the old grudges, he could hardly control himself, so he declared his secret love, and made up a reason of “private lifelong commitment” to try to reconcile with him.
With a lie, he enjoyed a treatment he had never had in three years, not only receiving protection from Yu Shuli’s personal soldiers, but also receiving his first gift in three years.
Wei Yan couldn’t bear to expose this lie.
In addition, the Emperor had said that Yu Shuli refused Princess Jiangning because he liked men, whether this reason was true or false, Yu Shuli could not possibly be engaged to any girl at present.
Wei Yan knew that this was his only chance, so he tried every means to plot this marriage.
But, it seemed now, it didn’t matter whether he exposed it or not.
This was just his own serious illness, and he was already terminally ill.
Now he had come from thousands of miles away, just waiting for Yu Shuli, the doctor, to give him the final verdict.
Facing Wei Yan’s questioning, Yu Shuli didn’t realize the other party’s emotions, he scratched his head and smiled “hehe”: “I was being a hero to save the damsel in distress.”
A faint smile appeared on Wei Yan’s face: “Is that so? Does the young general still have the mind to be a hero to save the damsel in distress while on an expedition? It seems that the matter of the military pay has not brought you any trouble.” He lowered his eyes and coughed a few times: “I was being sentimental, and I sent someone to rush here, but now it seems that it was unnecessary.”
“Ah!” Yu Shuli’s eyes slowly widened, revealing a bit of joy: “So you brought the supplies and military pay?!” He almost leaned close to Wei Yan, his beautiful face showing a relaxed and joyful smile.
He instantly recalled Wei Yan’s cough just now, and couldn’t help but worry a little: “Is your body still okay? It must have been hard to rush all the way here, right? Actually, you don’t have to come, just the supplies will do.”
Wei Yan met Yu Shuli’s eyes, and found that he was really worried about him.
For the sake of the supplies, he could actually go this far?
Wei Yan sneered in his heart, and he took a step back in an abnormal manner: “The young general is surrounded by beauties, enjoying the flowers and the moon, it is indeed disappointing for a sick man like me to come and interfere.”
“I didn’t mean that…” Yu Shuli scratched his head, looking at Yang Shang for help. He was more professional in coaxing men, hoping that he could give him some guidance.
Yang Shang quickly waved his hand.
At a glance, it could be seen that Yu Shuli’s family’s rank was much higher than their Flying Dragon General’s.
Yang Shang even rejoiced that Flying Dragon General was not such a character, he looked at Yu Shuli apologetically, expressing that he couldn’t help him, and said: “That… it’s getting late, my man must be anxious, I have to go back quickly, you guys talk…”
Yang Shang, who was originally talking eloquently, was now running faster than a rabbit.
A cool breeze blew past, leaving only Yu Shuli and Wei Yan, and a certain Zhong Nian who was an innocent bystander, in front of the wine table.
Zhong Nian touched his nose and looked at Yu Shuli: “Young general, how about I also…”
Yu Shuli looked at Wei Yan’s increasingly ugly face in the cold wind, and he finally walked over and helped Wei Yan tidy up his cloak, “Let’s go back first, we’ll talk about it when we get back.”
Zhong Nian breathed a sigh of relief and echoed twice.
Then he surreptitiously hid behind and sized up Wei Yan, who had left first, and Yu Shuli, who was following closely behind.
Hiss…
The atmosphere between these two people is very strange today.
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“Why did you think of coming to the border yourself? Your body is not good, the weather in this border town is cold, and the cold wind is strong, a little cold can take your life.”
Inside the house, Yu Shuli poured a cup of hot tea for Wei Yan, and moved the charcoal basin closer to him.
Wei Yan carefully sized up Yu Shuli’s expression, his face stiffened for a moment, “Thanks to your deputy general, his reply was extremely urgent, I thought something bad had happened to you.” He looked at Zhong Nian, and threw a ledger over: “Give this batch of urgently needed supplies list to your general to look over.”
Zhong Nian was ashamed for a while, and hurriedly handed over the ledger.
“Although Zhong Nian is not very smart, he is loyal and has no bad intentions, he is also worried about me, he didn’t deliberately trick you into coming.”
Wei Yan “hmmed” meaningfully, not looking like he was going to deliberately pursue the matter. “It doesn’t matter, anyway, there’s nothing going on in the capital as winter approaches.”
Zhong Nian scratched his head, “Thank you, Prime Minister Wei, for your forgiveness.” He smiled honestly: “I didn’t expect that Miss Wu Qingqing would actually be Prime Minister Wei.”
Wei Yan’s expression remained unchanged: “There are also spies in your military camp, your general should have told you, I use an alias, also for safety reasons.”
Zhong Nian nodded repeatedly, and was a little embarrassed: “That’s right, but this subordinate is stupid and hasn’t caught that person yet.”
Wei Yan nodded: “Don’t worry. I have already looked through your account books, correspondence between soldiers, and daily expenses, I have a good idea of who this person is.”
What he meant by not being anxious was that he was already sure of success, and probably even had a whole plan in mind to lure that big fish out.
Zhong Nian bared his teeth: “Thank you, Prime Minister Wei!”
Yu Shuli glanced at Zhong Nian. He could casually hand over the military’s account books to outsiders, he didn’t know whether to praise him for finding the right person, or to scold him for being careless.
Zhong Nian shrank his neck, and showed Yu Shuli eight neat teeth.
“I asked him for it.” Wei Yan said.
“Prime Minister Wei is after all General Yu’s own man.” Zhong Nian said: “I won’t show it to others casually.”
“You’re not muddled.” These words meant that he wasn’t blaming him.
Yu Shuli casually glanced through the account book that Zhong Nian handed over, and threw it aside after only flipping through it a little.
Wei Yan raised his eyebrows: “Don’t you want to take a closer look? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll trick you?”
Yu Shuli shook his head: “I believe you.”
Wei Yan chuckled, picked up the account book, and flipped it to a certain page for him: “You didn’t look carefully.”
Yu Shuli heard this, and only then did he look over following his actions.
When he saw a few familiar names, he frowned.
These few people… their status in the military is not low.
“You’ve already locked onto these few?”
This person was extremely terrifying, Yu Shuli didn’t even know how he had discovered it.
“Yes, I came, on the other hand, to help you find this person.” Wei Yan said: “Otherwise, how can I rest assured to let you go to the battlefield?”
“So you’re making fake accounts?” Yu Shuli sized up the strange numbers that had been modified by Wei Yan on the account book, blinked his eyes, and was very puzzled: “Do you think they’ll come and steal the account book?”
Wei Yan didn’t know any of the people in his army, but he was able to see the clues of the so-called internal spy by checking the account book, and was able to instantly do the opposite and use their own methods to deal with them.
“Shh, be careful of eavesdroppers.” Wei Yan walked over, lowered himself and leaned close to Yu Shuli, and said in a low voice: “Stealing it is too risky, but taking a peek is more than enough. When I came, I had already asked Zhong Nian to create momentum, claiming that the martial arts supervisor would come soon to supervise the grain theft case, if that person is guilty, he will definitely take action before that. As long as we grasp the opportunity, we can catch a turtle in a jar…”
He then looked at Zhong Nian: “This matter of making fake accounts, General knows, I know, you know, if there is any leakage…”
Zhong Nian quickly covered his ears with a pale face: “This kind of news is too inside… I didn’t hear it, I didn’t hear it… I promise not to tell anyone about the account book…”
Yu Shuli rolled his eyes in disgust: “Stupid.” He took the account book from Wei Yan’s hand and threw it to Zhong Nian: “Prime Minister Wei wants you to spread it.”
Zhong Nian’s eyes widened.
“Put the account book in a conspicuous place in my room, and strengthen the patrolling guards.”
Zhong Nian took the order and left in a daze. When he closed the door for Yu Shuli and Wei Yan, he muttered: “After strengthening the patrol, how can the spy steal it?”
Wei Yan rubbed his head: “Your deputy general…”
Yu Shuli smiled awkwardly: “He’s not very smart, but at least, it proves that he can’t be the spy.”
Wei Yan didn’t comment: “If the other party was looking for such a spy, they wouldn’t be worried about being betrayed by him.”
Yu Shuli smiled, the matter of the account book passed, and he began to talk about the topic of the two of them: “Tell me, what kind of temper have you been throwing all this time?”
“I’m not throwing a temper.” Speaking of this, Wei Yan’s expression, which had finally eased, became awkward again.
He coughed a few times and stood up: “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go back to the capital.”
“Leave now?” Yu Shuli suddenly reached out and pressed his wrist, frowning and pressing him back to his seat: “No… you just got here… and didn’t you just say that you would help me catch the spy?”
“The remaining things, the young general can also complete by himself.” Although Wei Yan obediently sat back down, his mouth was bitter: “Or does the young general want me to stay and watch you have an affair with so many women?… I’m not that magnanimous.”
“Wei Yan…” Yu Shuli simply walked over and grabbed his palm: “The answer you want, I really need to wait a little longer.”
Wei Yan’s eyes darkened.
“But don’t worry, I really don’t have anything to do with others!” He explained: “Those ten or so girls were rescued by me from the Hongmen Banquet that Xu Song gave me that day. If I don’t take action, their fate will be to fall into the Brothels in the future…”
“Xu Song?” Wei Yan frowned: “The governor of Suzhou?”
Yu Shuli nodded, and simply told Wei Yan everything: “This person has a big background behind him, and he is engaged in the business of selling official positions, he came to me, wanting to exchange the military pay for official positions with me.”
“You agreed?”
Yu Shuli nodded guiltily, and defended himself: “But don’t worry, I’m just acting and pretending to agree, those people who come in can’t grasp any secrets, and the fame won’t fall on them. And I also left a thought, in order to prevent them from turning back and biting me in the future, I asked these ten or so girls to help me testify and sign their names. So they can now be considered my witnesses, and if this matter comes out in the future, I will have an explanation.”
“How does the young general know that this matter will come out in the future?” Wei Yan raised his eyebrows.
Yu Shuli hesitated: “I thought… the Imperial Court will definitely investigate, corrupt officials…”
Wei Yan sneered: “So you’re so bold, dare to take the risk alone?”
“I’m good at martial arts.” Yu Shuli pulled his hand: “Don’t be angry. I’m also thinking about helping you a little bit. Not long after the disaster relief, the national treasury is empty. His Majesty must have realized it, and maybe he will ask you to be the knife soon, and come forward to knock on the heads of those corrupt officials. Even if you kill a chicken to warn the monkey, you always have to have a goal, I want to pave the way for you in advance.”
“Is it… for me?” Wei Yan subconsciously tightened Yu Shuli’s hand, and there was an unspeakable taste in his heart, both sweet and stagnant.
Yu Shuli shook off his hand: “Otherwise, why would I bother so much?! I’m a general, is it necessary for me to deal with a bunch of smelly old men?”
Wei Yan suddenly chuckled.
Yu Shuli was inexplicable: “What are you laughing at?”
Wei Yan shook his head and suddenly stood up.
Yu Shuli’s eyes were a little lost: “Are you still leaving?”
They haven’t even been together for an hour.
“Who said I’m leaving?” Wei Yan walked over, his height, which was a little taller than Yu Shuli’s, had a slight sense of oppression.
Seeing him getting closer and closer to him, Yu Shuli’s Adam’s apple moved: “If you don’t leave, then… what are you doing?”
“I’ve helped you quite a bit this time, asking for a reward.”
Yu Shuli “ah?”ed, looking like he was still out of the loop.
Wei Yan raised his hand, stretched out his slender fingers, went around Yu Shuli’s lapel, and moved up his chest bit by bit, across his Adam’s apple, and finally stopped on his lips.
“So soft.” He exclaimed.
Yu Shuli took a step back, his back pressed against the table, his cheeks flushed: “You… you’re playing the rogue!”
Wei Yan chuckled: “That’s right, you reminded me.”
Not allowing Yu Shuli to escape any further, he bent his eyebrows happily, pressed his palm on one side of Yu Shuli’s cheek, then pulled his face closer, and then kissed him like this.
This time it was obviously different from the previous tentative kiss on the cheek.
This time… it was a kiss on the lips.
Yu Shuli’s eyes widened suddenly, and he was about to retreat, but found that there was no way to retreat.
His back was against the table, and in front of him was Wei Yan’s tall shadow, his eyebrows drooping and pious.
The breaths of the two instantly overlapped, and the scalding breaths tore and entangled, Wei Yan’s tongue wantonly invaded his lips, attacking cities and seizing territory.
Yu Shuli’s ears were filled with his own violently exploding heartbeat, and his mind was filled with one magnificent firework after another.
He thought: I didn’t push Wei Yan away, and even felt that his mouth and tongue were so soft… I seem to… be crazy too…