"Since the Jiangling Rebellion (2), Chen Ji and Chen Chang were captured in Chang'an for several years, and since the founding of the country, Chen has constantly sent envoys to negotiate and demand the release of the two, but they have not been successful, but they have not seen any action. How could he suddenly take the risk of robbing people now? He Lanxiang stroked his beard and pondered.

Yuwen Hu mysteriously hooked the corners of his lips, "The spies planted in Chen Guo by the widow came to report that Chen Baxian was seriously ill, and his days were running out. ”

With a little bit of this dial, He Lanxiang understood, "Brother Hu is saying that Chen Baxian is about to die, so he is so anxious to save his son and return to Chen State to inherit the unification." ”

Yuwen Hu nodded, and then took out a piece of jade pendant the size of a half palm from his sleeve, the whole body was blue and black, and the color was uniform, like the blue ink color of a distant mountain, and the jade was warm.

"This was left by the Assassin yesterday, and it happened to be picked up by the widow. It told me that letting the man go was not unworthy, but very worthwhile. Yuwen Hu stared at the jade pendant, and a bright flame danced in his eyes.

He Lanxiang leaned over to take a look, his eyes lit up, "This is Shan Xuanyu, it is a Shan Xuanyu that only the Chen royal family is qualified to wear!" Looking at the words on it carefully, Qi Er exclaimed, "King Linchuan, that person last night was King Linchuan!" ”

"That's right, it's Chen Qian, the king of Linchuan." Yuwen folded the jade pendant in his palm and smiled deeply, "Chen Chang can't return to Chen Guo, Chen Baxian naturally can't pass on to him, so he can only choose a successor from among his nephews." Among his nephews, the king of Linchuan is quite talented, and he is also the most valued by Chen Baxian, and once Chen Baxian dies, the king of Linchuan must be the best candidate for the throne. ”

"After the king of Linchuan ascends the throne, the widow will put the prince Chen Chang back to the state of Chen, and then someone will respond to support Chen Chang to succeed to the throne, and the king of Linchuan will not obediently give way. Chen Guo is in a mess, isn't it my Da Zhou who gains? Yuwen's eyes were shining brightly, and he smiled gloatingly.

After hearing this, He Lanxiang also smiled with malicious intentions: "It seems that it is worth letting go of that person last night, let him escape back to Chen State, and in the future, Chen will have a chance to take advantage of the civil strife in Chen." ”

I lay in bed for about ten days, and when my injuries got better, I went out for a walk and exercised my muscles. On this day, in the garden, I laughed and joked with a few maids who usually got along, and a girl proposed to play with the blind man and touch the elephant, and everyone applauded in unison.

Who would have thought that the two brothers Yuwen Yong and Yu Wen Zhi came, and when they heard that we were going to play blind and touch the elephant, they were interested in joining in, but fortunately, Yu Wenyong himself proposed to be a judge, and I was relieved.

I picked the tiles, drew a circle on the ground, and decided the blind candidate by guessing the boxing, rock, paper, scissors, and the loser became the blind, and whoever touched it was the next blind man. The judgment is watched from the sidelines, and whoever steps outside the line will be punished as a violator, and the violator will be punished as blind.

After a few rounds of play, everyone had a lot of fun, and I was accidentally touched. Jingjing grinned, took a strip of cloth and blindfolded me, tied a knot at the back of her head, and began to touch the elephant man in the circle.

Opened his hand and touched it, and suddenly touched a hand, the fingers were slender and powerful, the bones were distinct, solid and heavy, not like a woman's hand, nor the hand of Yuwenzhi's immature and young child. Thinking of this, my palms jumped suddenly, and I subconsciously wanted to shake off that hand, and that hand was a hand, but it clasped mine, and I didn't let go of it tightly. The warm touch was transmitted to my palm, I was angry and anxious, struggling hard, who knew that his other hand suddenly put on my waist, gently pulled, I was caught off guard, almost fell into his arms. The man's mellow, scorching sun-like breath wafted into my nose, and I reached out to push him away, but he held one hand around his waist and could not let go.

The knot at the back of his head was pulled, the strip of cloth fell lightly from his eyes, Yuwen Yong's handsome face appeared in front of him, and his smiling and amorous eyes burned at me, "Since I caught it, I am yours, why let it go?" ”

I didn't want to take it anymore and just stepped on him hard. Yuwen Yong let go of me with a painful cry, and I took the opportunity to retreat far away, and said with a panicked face: "Da Sikong, your feet are okay." I didn't stand firm just now, and I accidentally stepped on the big Sikong somehow, I really didn't mean to. ”

"Anyway, isn't Da Sikong a judge, why did he run into the circle?"

Yu Wenyong straightened up and endured the pain and said: "I just made a judgment boring, so I changed it with the sixth brother, and there is no rule in the game that it is not allowed to change the judgment." ”

I waved my hand again and again, "As long as Da Sikong is happy, Da Sikong can play as much as he wants." Suddenly, I stroked my shoulder and pretended to be uncomfortable, "Oh, the wound hurts again, you guys play first, I'll go back to the house to rest first." ”

As he spoke, I covered my shoulders, took the opportunity to leave, and slowly left everyone's sight, before I put down my hand, looked as usual, walked briskly, and found a cool place to sit down.

Calm down and look at the green trees around me, and the flowers and colors are all over the place, but my heart does not feel a touch of worry. Thinking that the time since I came to Chang'an is not short, there is no news from the master. If Master is not in Chang'an, then where will he be?

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At night, the cool moon slanted westward, and the cold moonlight fell from the high sky. It's very light, it's very clear, like a pool of clear water flowing shallowly. And in the moonlight that dissolves like clear water, a wisp of beautiful flute sound floated softly, and only the sound of the flute can be heard in the quiet night, which is mellow and clear, elegant and soft, like a green smoke, which means that it is long and endless. It's just that in this eloquent and moving sound, there is always a trace of lingering sadness.

"Girl, if one day you come back from outside and see a Chuanxiong hanging on the fence at the door, you are not allowed to take any further steps, immediately turn around and run away, do not look back at a step, do not come back if you run, never come back." Master's face was solemn and solemn.

I said worriedly: "Chuanxiong, Xiong, that is, fierce, is the master telling me to leave because something very dangerous is about to happen?" Why, Master, is anyone trying to harm you? ”

"They didn't want to harm me, but they wanted to take away a picture from my teacher. For the sake of this picture, they will do everything possible to force me to comply. If one day they do find it, you're going to be their bargaining chip for me to push me, so you'll have to go. ”

"No, Master, Qingqiang is not weak and incompetent, I want to stay and help Master."

The master got angry and scolded: "They are powerful, how can you handle them with a girl?" You're gone, and you're going to think of ways to get rid of them. If you stay, it will only affect me, distract me, and become a bargaining chip for them to persecute me. If you really want to be a good teacher, go far away, and don't let them find you, so as not to cause me trouble, and I can't get out. ”

"Master...... "I was very entangled and refused to agree.

"Obedient." The master kept a straight face, and while being angry, he comforted him: "When you leave, the master can get out without worry, and after the master escapes safely, he will think of contacting you." ”

I was uneasy, "What if Master can't find me?" ”

"You can go to Master yourself. You can go to the places where you have traveled to find a teacher, and you will always find it. In any case, the teacher will not leave you alone. ”

The sound of the flute gradually subsided. I put down the bamboo flute, and my heart was sad and unspeakable: Master, are you really safe? Or is this just an excuse for you not to bother me and coax me away?

"Sister Qingqiang, it's so late, why are you still doing a job here alone, do you have something on your mind?"

I turned my head and saw Jingjing standing behind me at some point, and smiled lightly, "I can't sleep, I just have nothing to do to play the." What about you, why haven't you slept? ”

Jingjing walked over and sat down beside me, "I can't sleep, Sister Qingqiang, can you use your flute for me for a while, I want to blow it too." ”

I was surprised, "You can also?" ”

Jingjing's face was shy, and she said embarrassedly: "It will be a little bit." ”

I gave her the flute, and she held the flute to her lips, pressing her ten fingers on the flute hole, and a soft and soft flute gently floated into the night sky. Listening to a song, the sound of the flute is lingering and graceful, and the tenderness is like a turn, like a whisper between lovers, soft and delicate.

I asked, "What tune are you playing?" ”

"It's all some out-of-tune hometown songs." Seeing my expression, Jingjing said a little discouraged, "What's the matter, Sister Qingqiang, didn't I blow well?" ”

I explained, "It's not that you're bad at blowing, it's just that I don't really like lingering, affectionate things." ”

Speaking of this, Jingjing straightened her face, "Sister Qingqiang, you are too cold emotionally. I don't like love, and I don't even like it. You see, Da Sikong is noble, powerful, and so good to you, it is the best destination, why don't you like him? ”

I couldn't help but smile sharply, "Listening to you say this, it seems that the biggest thing we women can do in their lives is to marry a powerful and powerful man, is the meaning of our women's survival to find a beautiful marriage that conforms to the world's vision?" ”

Jingjing was dumbfounded by the question, and I continued: "When a woman marries, everyone will say that she has found a good home, and subconsciously regard a man as a woman's home. It seems that the value of a woman's existence is to marry and have children, and to teach her husband and children. Women with a little insight, their ideological height is only to resist the marriage arranged by their parents, and pursue a lover who is in love, but their eyes are still only on love, and there is no higher ideal. To put it bluntly, women's eyes are still limited to men. Don't you think that we are too narrow-minded and shallow? Why do we have to find a man for ourselves, why do we have to pin our hopes on men, can't we have higher pursuits? ”

After a series of rhetorical questions, Jingjing seemed to be touched, "Sister Qingqiang's statement is so fresh, I have never heard anyone say this before." But she still didn't admit it, "But, Sister Qingqiang, there's nothing wrong with falling in love." Think about it, if people don't have love, how boring and lonely it would be! ”

I looked up at the clear moonlight above my head, and said slowly: "There is nothing wrong with talking about love, but there is nothing wrong with talking about love, people will die if they don't leave love, not to mention the love and love in this world, not only refers to the love between men and women, but also family affection, friendship, as long as you can get one of them, you can be very happy." ”

Jingjing retorted in a muffled voice, "But I still think that if you don't even know what love between men and women is, wouldn't it be too much of a failure." ”

I didn't refute her, but said lightly: "I can only say that everyone's ideas are different, and I respect your ideas." But if it were me, there were so many things we didn't know in this world, should we all go to the bottom of them one by one? I don't want to be obsessed with love, I'm going to look for something happier and more worthwhile for me to do. ”

The moon falls into frost, and the figure is graceful.

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from the Wei and Jin Dynasty poet Lu Ji's "Poems for Today's Good Banquet": "Talking about a He Qi, if the morning glow is rotten." ”

(2) Jiangling Rebellion: In 554 AD, the Western Wei Dynasty attacked Jiangling, the capital of Southern Liang, Emperor Liang was captured and executed, a large number of refugees were looted to Chang'an, and Chen Chang and Chen Ji, who were on errands in the Liang Palace, were also captured to Chang'an. A few years later, Chen Chang's father, Chen Baxian, proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang and established the Chen State.