Chapter 31: Parting

Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, the book is ranked third. There are many contents of the book, such as poems and songs, short sentences and couplets, and it is also a way to test the scholars' attainments in poetry.

What is unsurpassable in poetry is a sentence from Shangguan Yishui, the president of Daqi Zongheng Academy a year ago, "The journey of the avenue, the world is for the public", resounded throughout the three kingdoms. To this day, this sentence is still engraved at the door of Zongheng Academy, and Shangguan Yishui's handwriting is not at all as youthful and heroic as his age, but vigorous and powerful, and the carving is even more intriguing.

The pride of the world, with the compassion of the world.

Shangguan Yishui is the dean of the first academy in the world, worried about the country and the people, and pursues the way of governing the country to assist the king, and his reputation is spread in the three kingdoms. However, Shangguan Yishui himself is low-key and humble, living in a simple place, and even people in the academy rarely see him in person. Shangguan Yishui Sect has 3,000 disciples but no disciples, you must know that there are as many as 30,000 students who come from the three countries of the academy every year, and this is still selected by participating in the examination. Although Zongheng Academy is a college of Daqi, it recruits students from the Three Kingdoms, and the people of the Three Kingdoms are also proud to be students of Zongheng Academy. Duanmu Lei, the head of Ruihua Duanmu Mansion, has studied in Zongheng Academy for seven years, Shang Tianlin has studied in Zongheng Academy for ten years, and Xue Candle's father, Old Man Xue, has also studied in Zongheng Academy for five years. The four major families of Ruihua have a tradition of going to Zongheng Academy to study since ancient times, but when they reach the younger generation, although they have amazing and glamorous people, they are all arrogant, either to break into the world by themselves, or the business of the Three Kingdoms is nowhere to be seen, either indulged in vocal music, or closed doors. It is no wonder that Yaoyun has not sent troops to Daqi for three years, but he is eyeing Ruihua, and the private affairs of the general Jiang Zhaoye can only be said to play a small role, and more because Yaoyun has spies in Ruihua to disturb him, and he feels that Ruihua's country is gradually declining.

But is that really the case?

Zhuge Linyun, who was sitting on the second floor, ate the peaches newly presented by the maid, and when he saw the audience, he looked curious and expectant. It has nothing to do with him how Zongheng Academy is, he Zhuge Linyun doesn't like to read since he was a child, and he prefers to get along with the straightforward king compared to Shangguan Yishui's serious appearance.

"It's another competition, little one, how are you preparing?"

Xue Zhu and Qin Muyu returned to the pavilion, Duanmu Li had already been waiting for a long time, and in front of him was a mountain of melon seeds. Duanmu Li was infected by Xue Candle?

"Not prepared."

Qin Muyu sat down, Duanmu Li put the melon seed hill in the palm of his hand and sent it to Qin Muyu's mouth, Qin Muyu didn't want to eat it, but she and Duanmu Li got along for many days, so she naturally understood Duanmu Li's stubbornness. If she didn't eat it, Duanmu Li had a way to let her eat it, so she opened her mouth, stretched out the tip of her pink tongue and gently licked it into the upper end of the melon seed mountain, and continued to slowly eat the next melon seed kernel after chewing and swallowing. For some reason, the melon seeds in Duanmuli's hands have a peach blossom fragrance, which is not greasy or good, but it is an intoxicating peach blossom fragrance. Qin Muyu couldn't help but be a little more greedy, and wiped out the melon seeds on it, Qin Muyu didn't think about it, he continued to stretch out his little pink tongue and licked Duanmu Li's palm, the pink delicate little tongue gently brushed the white skin of the palm, and Duanmu Li's palm was slightly itchy.

Xue Candle's throat moved slightly, and he watched Qin Muyu's cheeks puff and chew melon seeds before he began to speak, and his low voice caused Duanmu Li's cold side eyes. Xue Zhu looked at Duanmu Li with a smile, but saw that Duanmu Li's eyes were clear and there was no lust at all.

"I've gambled a hundred taels of gold, little fellow, if you win, half of my fortune will be yours."

"Not interested. I really can't write this handwriting. ”

Qin Muyu's tone was light, but Xue Zhu didn't believe it.

"Oh? The little guy loves to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger, don't try to fool me. ”

"You'll know when you read my words, well, forget it, I'm afraid of scaring you, eldest son."

"Afraid? Little one, I won't be afraid of you. Xue Candle's eyes were full of awkwardness, but there was an awkwardness that Qin Muyu didn't understand. Well? What's wrong with Master Xue?

"This is not certain, maybe as soon as my true deeds are revealed, your eldest prince Xue will immediately stay away from me."

"Sanzhang? I'm three inches too far from you. ”

"......" Xue Candle suddenly approached, and Dan Fengfei lost his usual laziness, with terrifying sobriety. There is only a small person in his eyes, this is his world.

"I can't beat the world, but Xiaoyu, I can give you the best life I can give. You love the small bridge and the smoke and willows, I accompany you to sail on the river to see the softness of the south of the Yangtze River, you love the lonely smoke of the desert, I accompany you to ride a horse to watch the sunset outside the plug, you love to park the east fence, I accompany you to live in seclusion with men and women? Xiaoyu, I can do my best for you, as you wish. ”

Xue Zhu suddenly approached, and the scorching breath scorched Qin Muyu's face, and Qin Muyu's heart suddenly jumped. How did he know that all she wanted was a simple life? Men and women weave, life is leisurely, indulge in mountains and rivers in leisure time, and the soft and heroic scenery is in the eyes. Xue Candle, why did he ......

"Xiao Yu's words are indeed unique."

Duanmu Li suddenly spoke, with a smile, Qin Muyu immediately escaped from the ambiguous atmosphere that Xue Zhu suddenly created. Beside him was Duanmu Li, who was still cold in the summer, Duanmu Li had already sat between him and Xue Candle at some point, Xue Candle did not hide the displeasure in his heart, and Qin Muyu breathed a sigh of relief, and then, after reacting, he was slightly embarrassed.

It's one thing to say that your words are ugly, and it's another thing for others to say that they are ugly. Qin Muyu couldn't help glaring at Duanmu Li slightly, accusing him of demolishing his own platform, wasn't it in the study in the bamboo house of Duanmu Mansion that she wrote two prescriptions on a whim, and she was laughed at by Duanmu Li to this day. She can't write, blame her?

"Hmph."

I didn't know what to say, she simply snorted, anyway, she didn't think about winning the championship, even if it was...... Well, it's nothing to expose her crooked and unstructured handwriting, and it's not all her face that is lost, as well as Duanmu Li's face. Thinking so, she suddenly became happy, but heard two chuckles.

Xue Candle's laughter was full of lazy flavor, with a bunch of his black hair, and the golden man also leaned lazily on the back of the chair, his eyes narrowed. Fox.

Duanmu Li's laughter was still cold, but it was pleasant, his long hair was slightly tied, and his inky hair and white clothes spread down his thin but lean figure, and the coldness contained an indifferent heart that was not as cold as his face.

Qin Muyu was a little stunned, and at this time, she suddenly realized that the two people sitting next to her were the dragons and phoenixes among the people, regardless of their wealth and intelligence, even this appearance was difficult to find.

"What a little guy, still a stupid guy. Little one, what am I going to do with you? ”

With a light sigh, Xue Zhu arrived on the other side of Qin Muyu in a flash, and reached out to touch the top of her head, but was directly opened by another big hand. Xue Zhu was not annoyed, and then played with Qin Muyu's hair, smiling with satisfaction. Duanmu Li glanced at Xue Candle, although it was a warning, but because of his long-standing expression and cold and undulating voice, it was not any different from usual. After Duanmu Li "warned", he continued to peel the melon seeds, I don't know if he was stimulated by Xue Candle's blind "eating melon seeds can promote development".

The three of them were inking in the house, and the calligraphy competition outside had already begun when Qin Muxue intercepted Qin Muyu. How many people, Qin Muyu didn't care, anyway, she must be the penultimate one who came from the outside, besides, she has won two times now and has been out of the limelight, and she is not confident in poetry, this competition, she will go up to mean it.

The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, how can everything be as she wishes?

"Things are people, and everything is restless, and tears are shed before words." A gentle voice sounded in the audience, Qin Muyu looked at it, it was indeed Tang Wanyue, and her words were just like her people with a kind of resilience in gentleness.

"Even if you know each other, the peach blossom is still the peach blossom, the small bridge is still the small bridge, the flowing water is still the flowing water, but people are no longer the same. The scenery is still the same, but people and things have long been unrecognizable, there is no need to mention anything, my heart is full of emotion, I want to open my mouth, but I am speechless. Unconsciously, tears broke down in my eyes. ”

Tang Wanyue didn't wait for the emcee to comment, she explained herself, her eyes looked at the attic on the second floor, and her voice was choked,

"You know what I mean? The tears will dry when they have passed, and they will disperse when people see them. Why be persistent? ”

The curtain on the most remote part of the second floor moved slightly, like a pebble entering a lake, and finally returned to calm.

"Miss Wanyue is open-minded." In another attic on the second floor, a voice suddenly came out, warm and appreciative.

"Willing to give, willing to give. Since Miss Wanyue has given up, I may have it? Murong Qingli looked through the curtain at the woman who had already wiped away her tears, and sure enough, she got a refusal,

"Wanyue Xie Second Prince raised."

Qin Muyu's gaze followed Tang Wanyue to the pavilion, and Xue Zhu said beside him,

"Jiang Zhaoye, here. Little one, do you think he will give up when he hears these words? ”

"Of course, it can't be."

"Why?"

"Because he's Jiang Zhaoye." He is Jiang Zhaoye, the Jiang Zhaoye she knows, endured humiliation and fled to Yaoyun, and finally sat in the position of a general, and the suffering can be exhausted in one word? Such a man should understand, cherish, and miss. It's just that now Ruihua and Yaoyun are tense, but he is here, not incognito, but dignified, to see his childhood sweetheart. If you can give up this kind of love, and if you are rejected, you will let it go, then ...... He is not Jiang Zhaoye.

"In a folk essay, there is a sentence that love is not to possess, but to let go when it is time to let go." Xue Zhu sneered, "Only a fool would say anything to be fulfilled." ”

"Hmm." It is rare, Duanmu Li agrees again.

Admit it, Qin Muyu, Duanmu Li, and Xue Zhu are similar in their bones, paranoid and stubborn. Can't get it? How can you not get it? Even if you don't want to give up this body, there is absolutely no reason to let go. How is Jiang Zhaoye not the same person? Similarities repel each other, similarities but also attract, the soul that is estimated will grasp the faint warmth until death.

There was nothing exciting next, it can be said that the great demeanor was robbed by a few characters, and others were reduced to foils whether they wanted to or not.

Mozhu's words are like her piano, not stained with dust, but also with a kind of girlish romance, the loneliness of a teenager and the shyness and swagger of a woman.

"On a spring tour, apricot blossoms blow all over the head.

Who is young? Foot Merry.

The concubine intends to marry and rest for the rest of her life.

Even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed. ”

The wind and the sun are beautiful, all things germinate, the spring wind is warm, the woman walks under the tree alone, her feet step on the petals, the pink apricot blossoms gently fall on the woman's black hair, and the face is more delicate. On the face, itchy, in front of the eyes, the trees and flowers are blooming.

Such a poetic spring, the girl on the spring outing, how bright the clothes and ornaments, how beautiful the appearance, how charming the feelings, and how graceful and amorous the posture is. The falling flowers are colorful, and the petals are fluttering.

Back then, the queen of Daqi walked in the scenery of Mo in spring, and the king of Daqi would be kind and empathetic to send someone to bring a letter, telling him to enjoy the tour to his heart's content, "You can return slowly." At this point, Mo Shang gives people a sense of beauty like a fairyland.

Such a reminiscent Moshang, such a spring-like spring day, there was a young man, handsome, chic, and lazy and free with a smile. Such a man is "graceful and beautiful". appeared in the right place at the right time, and found the girl's eyes.

He happily picked up the fallen flowers on the girl's hair, lowered his head and smiled, and under the sprinkled apricot blossoms, he bowed his head, his black hair flew, and shouted, "Girl." ”

He may just be accompanied by the guards to go out, boring twisting the falling flowers, the lazy smile has not been put down, just an inadvertent look, which makes people intoxicated.

He may have just been in a hurry, but in this season when everything sprouted, he was still as usual, dressed in bright yellow clothes, with a look of what the world had to do with me, and a smile that didn't know what was going on in his heart. He may have just hurried by, not knowing that there was a young girl in the forest who was looking at him infatuatedly.

There are too many possibilities, and there is only one word in the girl's heart, "full of romance." Then a thought flashed into her mind, and she said,

"The concubine plans to marry and rest for the rest of her life." I am willing to marry him, I want to marry him, for the rest of my life, to be satisfied.

I don't know if her words have been spoken, but now that she has spoken out, on top of the large-scale move of Ruihua, who has attracted the attention of thousands of people, she has made a declaration of love to her life. How bold is that? In this blind marriage and dumb marriage, in this world where men are respected, as a Qinglou woman, her words are too bold, and even, amazing. But what about the one she loves? What about the man who is known to the three kingdoms to spend a lot of money for her? What about the man she was looking forward to calling her "can return slowly" on Mo? If it starts again, if her acquaintance with him is not in this green building, if everything is like a new life, will he like her again as she fell in love with him at first sight? The inner turmoil was expanding, and when she thought that everything was certain and everything was ready, she found that she could not understand him at all, where was his heart, his love?

She asked herself: What if Xue Zhu was really as affectionate as rumored? But she couldn't care so much about it for a long time, and when the man came up to her and came to her with a gesture of understanding and protection, she had already surrendered.

Even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed! In this way, if there is no result, and I am ruthlessly abandoned in the end, I will never regret it! In my heart, how do I hope that what I meet is my beloved.

"Even if you are ruthlessly abandoned, you can't be ashamed! Good sentences, make decisive words and wonderful! The emcee was the first to stand up, her tone excited. How not to get excited? This straightforward text, this direct and burning love, she is not warm and calm, she is not rational and peaceful, she is a young man, even a young and ignorant passionate first love.

How abundant, unrestrained, and fiery this love is!

But what about the boy on Mo? Like the eager gaze of the audience and Mozhu, Qin Muyu also looked at Xue Zhu, who had not seen the slightest emotion since Mozhu's poetry, and wanted to find something from his usual smile.

"If not, how can I say goodbye."

Xue Candle smiled carelessly, and then looked at Qin Muyu and smiled,

"Little one, I'll let you understand me."

Duanmu Li's eyes flashed.