CHAPTER XXVIII
When Gu Changlan was born, he was a moment later than Mu Cai, but it was this moment of time that made the two become two completely different lives. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The first emperor was addicted to alchemy, and on the night when the virtuous concubine gave birth, there was a furnace of pills opened, and that furnace of pills almost emptied the treasury, and many of the medicinal materials were from the open sea, among which there was a thousand-year-old ginseng, which gave birth to a baby.
This furnace of elixir carries the dream of immortality of the first emperor and the dream of the alchemy Taoist Zhang Tianshi of wealth and wealth.
But such an important furnace of elixir exploded.
The first emperor was furious, he looked at the blown up Taiji Palace, and ordered the forbidden army to execute Zhang Tianshi immediately, and the little eunuch who reported the good news hurriedly ran in.
"The emperor, the emperor, the concubine Niangniang gave birth and gave birth to a pair of princes. ”
It's twins! Zhang Tianshi suddenly had a plan in his heart.
"Your Majesty, please listen to the minister's words, one of these twin sons must be ominous, and he collided with the emperor to cause this pill furnace to explode! If the emperor doesn't believe it, count the hours. ”
The little eunuch who reported the news was also blindsided for a while, how could such a big happy event as giving birth to twins become a bad thing in the mouth of Zhang Tianshi.
"What nonsense!" the first emperor reprimanded, but did not ask anyone to escort him away.
People fall into the devil, and even the ghost words can hear three points of truth, not to mention the most noble emperor in the world, he has enjoyed this overwhelming power, and tens of thousands of people admire him, so he began to be afraid.
I am afraid that I will grow old and die, and I will no longer be able to enjoy all this, how good it would be if such a good thing could be immortal and immortal.
Zhang Tianshi is already in his fifties, but his face is not old, every time he is given the pill can make him feel a few years younger, his words are more effective than the Yanguan Yushi.
"Your Majesty, this furnace of elixir Weichen has been preparing for three years, and it has been decades since he visited overseas fairy grass, with Weichen's ability to refine the pill, how could he make such a mistake as frying the furnace, Weichen just heard that there were twin children born, it must be one of them who has a disaster in his life, and the emperor is in conflict with your life. ”
Zhang Tianshi's words were conclusive, and the first emperor believed eight points, and after Zhang Tianshi's divination, he decided that this disaster star was Gu Changlan.
In order to be pampered, the virtuous concubine sent Gu Changlan out of the palace overnight and handed him over to Bailu, who trained secret guards, to raise.
"Yunman, you are now more and more bold, even my lord dares to do it. A cool voice sounded in the night, interrupting Yun Man, Yun Man and Yan Zhao looked back, and saw Gu Changlan wearing a cloak and walking from a bamboo branch, carrying an octagonal glass lamp in his hand, the wine in his eyes had dissipated, and there were a few shadows in the distance behind him.
"The subordinates don't dare, please punish the master. Yun Man knelt on the ground, not daring to look at Gu Changlan's expression.
"Go to Ye Wuqing to receive the punishment. ”
"Yes. Yun Man stood up, walked past Yan Zhao, and walked towards the figure in the darkness.
Ye Wuqing is in charge of all punishments, if Yun is Gu Changlan's right and left hands, then Ye Wuqing is the doppelganger for Gu Changlan's dark place.
In comparison, Tang Qi went to dig graphite, which was just a small punishment and a big commandment.
Yan Zhao didn't expect Gu Changlan's wine to wake up so quickly, she watched Yun Man leave, watched Gu Changlan walk in, bowed her head and didn't speak.
Gu Changlan brushed the bamboo leaves off her head for her, and said in a deep voice, "Do you want to know so much?"
Yan Zhao nodded firmly, she desperately wanted to know everything about Gu Changlan, whether it was his hardness or his fragility, she wanted to know.
"You come with me. Gu Changlan carried the lamp and walked in front, illuminating a rugged stone road.
The road they were going to take was the road leading to the lantern tower, and the stone road was paved by the monks in the temple one by one, all the way to the bottom of the lantern tower.
The green bamboos on both sides are rustling, like a road to death.
Yan Zhao couldn't help but look back, and saw two shadows following from afar, like ghosts floating in the dark, her heart trembled, and she walked quickly to Gu Changlan's side with some fear.
"Don't be afraid, they're my bodyguards. Gu Changlan shone the lamp in front of Yan Zhao to prevent her from falling.
Xiao Shami, who was guarding the light tower, saw that the person who came was Gu Changlan, and he was not polite, so he only bowed his body and got out of the way.
Yan Zhao followed behind Gu Changlan, wondering in her heart, she watched Gu Changlan not stop, winding up the stairs of the light tower, and gradually the ever-bright lights below were shining into Yan Zhao's eyes one by one.
On the top floor, dozens of ever-bright lamps were burning warmly, and under the lamp holders, there were people's names and birthdays.
Yan Zhao looked over one by one, and saw Gu Changlan's lamp in the corner, at that time he was still surnamed Mu, and only his name was written on the oiled paper pressed under the lamp, and his birthday was not written.
Gu Changlan walked to his Changming lantern, cut off a piece of lantern flower, and said: "When the first emperor was here, he loved alchemy, Taoism flourished, Buddhism declined, and the magnates in Beijing were afraid of losing their tongues, so they no longer lit the lantern. ”
"Then who lit your lantern?" Yan Zhao asked.
"It's my master, Bailu ordered it. Gu Changlan closed his eyes slightly, his long eyelashes covered the sadness in his eyes, he asked Yan Zhao to sit down on the small table next to him, and added oil to the oil lamp himself.
"After the virtuous concubine sent me out of the palace, I waited here for my master to come, after the master received the flying pigeon message, he walked day and night for six days before rushing here, and I had no one to take care of me during these six days, presumably the virtuous concubine did not want to let me live at that time. ”
Yan Zhao listened to him as a virtuous concubine, but she was afraid that these four words would cut his heart like a knife every time she shouted, she lowered her head and couldn't bear to look at his expression.
"It was the abbot of this temple who couldn't bear it, and every day he called someone to quietly come in and feed me some rice soup.
He wrapped me in a robe, personally went up to the lamp tower, and lit this everlasting lamp for me, he couldn't name me, so he took the word Changlan for me, wishing my life to be worry-free, and the waves were not alarmed.
This lamp is more than 20 years, and I am still alive, if he can see it, he will definitely say that he should be a big white man, holding a wine jug and sprinkling wine in the lonely mountain. ”
Yan Zhao heard a sad sound in his voice, and was about to look up, but Gu Changlan reached out from behind to cover his eyes, his palm was cold, covering Yan Zhao's eyes, and a tear fell into Yan Zhao's combed hair, which was cool and wet Yan Zhao's scalp.
Did he cry? Yan Zhao's heart was sour, his eyes swelled, and a nameless sorrow churned in his chest, like a beast, ready to burst out of his shell at any moment.
She quietly let him cover her eyes, and after a long time, she said, "Is your master treating you well?"
"Okay, the virtuous concubine is gradually relaxed because of my pampering, and even the clothes, shoes and socks are not sent for me, they are all handled by my master, I was very naughty when I was young, often stole his wine to catch monkeys in the mountains, and was often chased and beaten by him all over the mountain, and even my senior brother carried a lot of black pots for me.
He never told me these dark things, and the seventeen years I spent in the lonely mountain were the most free and easy, never worry-free things. ”
Gu Changlan remembered the days in Gushan in the past, showed a smile, let go of the hand covering Yan Zhao's eyes, he sat down, looked at Yan Zhao's red eyes, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, what's so sad about this." ”
Every time he was beaten, he always had to ignore Bailu angrily, and Bailu would touch his head and smile: "Good boy, what's so sad about this." ”
But at that time, he felt that being punished was probably the saddest thing in the world, and he always brushed his master's hand away and said angrily, "Don't worry about me." ”
But when he couldn't take care of himself anymore, Gu Changlan felt that the sky had fallen.