Chapter 52: Reunion and Separation

That's natural, I've been learning calligraphy for many years, and although the handwriting is not atmospheric, it is absolutely neat and beautiful.

A few flowers and trees outside the side hall bloomed just right, and in front of the sparse window, the desert fragrance swept in the wind. A woman holds a pen near the window, carefully outlines, and explains to the little boy next to her, indescribably quiet and beautiful, the clouds and shadows of the sky are slanted on her, sparsely depicting the beautiful figure, in the evening breeze of the slanting sun, the flowers and leaves are sparse, and the figure is clear, outlining a tranquil painting.

"Qing'er is happy to write?" An abrupt male voice broke the quiet atmosphere.

On one side, I saw Chen Qian's handsome figure standing by the door, with a trace of amazing sparks jumping in his bright eyes, and a strange flow of color flashed on his face.

With him, there were Yunxi and King An Cheng, seeing them enter the hall, I scolded Yunxi lightly, "It's more and more rude, why don't you report me when Your Majesty comes!" I don't know how long they stood in the doorway and watched.

"I deliberately stopped her from reporting, I'm afraid it will disturb your interest." Chen Qian walked towards me with a smile.

Inadvertently glanced at Chen Qian's face, his eyes stared straight at me, his clear eyes were mixed with a trace of wonderful different brilliance, just looked at me so intently, the huge Yilan Hall seemed to reflect only my shadow, that kind of gaze, inexplicable, I was a little weak-hearted, and hurriedly lowered my head, "Your Majesty also said, as if there was no sound, suddenly it sounded, and it startled Qingqiang!" ”

Chen Ji said jokingly in the back: "Shurong's sister-in-law is not strange, it is really that scene, the beautiful woman holds the ink, the red sleeves add fragrance to the hands, such a beautiful scenery, the imperial brother is almost stupid, where can I bear to destroy it." ”

Chen Qian just smiled, "When did Brother Xuan learn to be so poor?" ”

Chen Ji quipped: "Then thank you to the imperial brother for teaching by word and deed, the younger brother has stayed by the imperial brother's side for a long time, and it is difficult to learn a point or two." ”

Chen Qian had to smile: "Okay, you second child, you're getting poorer and poorer!" ”

After the joke, Chen Ji didn't forget the serious matter, and led the prince to say goodbye and return home, and Yunxi also went to send it off.

Chen Qian suddenly picked me up from the waist, led to the dormitory, and put me on the bed, his eyes were confused, "I just looked at you, you are teaching Uncle Bao to learn calligraphy, I have never seen you with such a look, so gentle and graceful, I never knew that my Qing'er could be so gentle." Then he said a little angrily, "Why have you never looked at me like that?" ”

I tilted my head and said, "Your Majesty is majestic, Qingqiang is in awe in her heart, and she is polite, how dare you be presumptuous?" ”

"Sophistry!" Chen Qian bit my lip hatefully, "What should I do with you?" "Helpless, resentful voice.

As he spoke, his lips swept up again, sucking deeply, gently kissing my eyebrows, my eyes, the tip of my nose, my breathing gradually became heavier, a pair of hands, from the neck and shoulders from top to bottom of my body, stayed at the waist, and with a pull, untied my belt.

"Bang" sounded the sound of the porcelain cup breaking, I was startled, hurriedly pushed Chen Qian away, and turned my head to look.

Chen Qian also looked over impatiently, but saw Yunxi with a small white face, he didn't dare to look at it, he picked up the broken tea cup on the ground in a panic, and only said, "Your Majesty forgives you!" Then he hurried out.

It is estimated that Yunxi was afraid that I would be thirsty and bring me tea, I never thought of such a scene, thinking of her miserable little face, she must have been frightened.

But when I think about it carefully, I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't tell what is wrong, I don't know if it is my delusion, I seem to see a trace of tears in Yunxi's eyes when he left.

Soon, I couldn't think about it anymore, my clothes were untied, and my heavy body pressed against me, leading me into a world of confusion.

After the pleasure, in my exhaustion, I seemed to hear him whisper in my ear, "Tomorrow, I will take you to meet someone." ”

I was so tired that I didn't pay attention to it, so I fell asleep groggily.

Chen Qian said that he would take me to meet someone and really took me there, and when he got off the court, he changed into a light jade white regular clothes, and sent Jiang Yu's father-in-law to pick me up.

I didn't expect him to bring me to the Jardine Palace, the palace is regarded as a forbidden place where no one is allowed to set foot in, I immediately changed from the original indifference to 120,000 attention, I haven't forgotten that Lan Yao's purpose was the Jardine Palace, there must be some secret hidden in it.

At present, it is the season when the autumn is deep and the grass and trees are falling, but the Yihe Hall is a shaking light and green shadow, the courtyard is full of green bamboo and laurel trees, the autumn wind is curling, the osmanthus is gargling like snow, the fragrance Fei Fei is enthusiastic to pounce on the body, a cluster of green bamboos rises from the ground, the green light flows, the water is like a foot of blue waves with the wind and down, the light and sparse bamboo green flavor is neutralized with the rich and warm osmanthus fragrance, the shade is appropriate, and complements each other.

In the back hall of the Jardine Palace, there are a few maple trees scattered sporadically, there are people under the trees, a man in a gray old cotton robe, holding a cluster of maple leaves in his hand and throwing it into the red clay stove, the retort is placed on the stove, the retort is filled with water, a wine bottle is placed in the middle, the aroma of wine is scattered, and the cooking smoke is indifferent.

Unexpectedly, what Chen Qian brought me to see was a middle-aged man with a clear face and half-gray hair, who was half-rolling up his sleeves and cooking wine on a fire at this time.

"Boiling wine and burning red leaves, Brother Zuo is really interested." Chen Qian walked over with his sleeves fluttering.

The man's body froze, but for a moment, and then he continued to burn the fire, without raising his head, neither speaking nor getting up to salute, but quietly boiling wine.

My body seemed to be frozen, and my eyes did not leave the figure of the man for a moment, I was afraid that he would disappear in the blink of an eye, and time froze in this moment, and unconsciously tears welled up in my eyes.

I leaned down, knelt on the ground, piled up a cluster of red leaves like a hill, not too dirty, hugged the maple leaves in my arms, walked to the stove, put it down, and picked up a handful of maple leaves, handed it to the man, my voice was choked, "Master." ”

The man finally turned his head, and when he saw my face at first glance, his face was in a trance of surprise for a moment, and then he returned to calm, took the leaf in his hand, and said with a faint smile, "Girl." ”

Hearing this long-lost girl, I couldn't hold back any longer, and two lines of tears suddenly fell, "Master, where have you been for more than a year?" I've been looking for you for a long time, but I can't find you, so many things have happened, I thought I would be alone, and there will be no Master anymore. ”

The master sighed lightly, "What are you looking for me to do, you are half of the people who have fallen into the loess, you should also live your own life, how good it is to be free and free without me." ”

Obviously not a crying character, but my tears fell so hard at this time that I couldn't stop it, "Master lied to me, you said you would be fine, you said you would come to me, all lied to me." ”

Master looked at my face carefully, and for the first time looked at me with such kind and gentle eyes, "Okay, don't cry, haven't you seen it?" For more than a year, you must have suffered a lot when you were adrift alone. ”

"Master." I couldn't hold it back, and finally buried my head in his lap and cried loudly, for the first time in so many years, I was so close to Master. Master is no longer an inviolable deity on the high ground, but my relatives, and my only warmth can allow me to rest assured that I can vent all my long-standing loneliness, helplessness, and grievances and completely expose them.

While crying, I felt that Chen Qian was approaching me, and Master's cold voice stopped him, "I said not to disturb my apprentice, but you still involved her." ”

Chen Qian said calmly: "Qing'er misses her master, and she travels all over the world to find your whereabouts, if you don't let her know your whereabouts, she will never be at ease for the rest of her life."

I raised my head, wiped away my tears with my sleeve, and threw out a few words firmly, "I haven't seen Master for a long time, and I have a lot to say about myself, can Your Majesty avoid it?" ”

Shot by my cold gaze, Chen Qian was unconscious, and one example was a gentle tone, "Then I will go back to the Qiandian to deal with government affairs first, and I will pick you up after I finish dealing with it." ”

It turns out that the culprit who caused the dispersion of our master and apprentice is him, Chen Qian!

I remained silent and let him go.

Master patted me on the shoulder and scolded me in a gentle tone, "When you go outside, you should find a stable place to live a good life." I took you in because of mercy in the first place, you and I have a shallow master-apprentice relationship, why bother looking for me? ”

I shook my head, "No, no, for the past four years, although Master has looked cold and indifferent, as if he doesn't care about anything, in fact, you are just not good at showing your heart and don't know how to get close to others. Master has always been very good to me, and I know that in my heart. ”

"Master tricked me into leaving, because he didn't want to involve me in those rights and wrongs, but because he wanted to protect me. It's because I'm not angry, and I've wasted Master's kindness. ”

I raised my eyes and said firmly and persistently, "However, no matter how bad the apprentice is, he will not let him threaten the master with me." Master, even if you do your job and don't have to take care of me, I still have the ability to protect myself. ”

"Threat?" Master's gaze fell on me, "No. You can see that he likes you. ”

I was speechless for a moment in the face of Master's gaze, and after thinking about it, I didn't know what to say.

"Is it fun to be his concubine?" Master asked me.

"Master knows?"

Master looked at me with a hint of pity in his eyes, "He told Master yesterday and said that he would bring you to me. Girl, are you volunteering? ”

I lowered my head, slowly raised it again, and said coldly: "Am I voluntary, is it useful?"

"It's not good to blame the teacher, it affects you."

Master looked at the blue sky for a long time, solemn and sad.

"These careerists are rushing to it, and they are plotting to put the master under house arrest just to get a picture in the master's hand, what is that picture?" I spoke out about the doubts that had been in my heart for a long time.

"It's a map of the world and the earth." Master pondered and spoke, "It brings together the important places of the world's soldiers, and records the gold, silver and iron mines in various places, and the strength of the troops is easy to cause war, and the minerals will be used by people with intentions to make huge profits. This picture is related to people's livelihood, and if it is not used carefully, it will cause chaos to the people. As a teacher, it will never be handed over easily, unless you find the destined hero of the world. ”

Exegesis:

(1) The title comes from Su Shi's "Drunk and Downcast (Elements on the Table)" in the Song Dynasty: "Life is wandering everywhere. Occasional reunion is still separated", lamenting that life is wandering everywhere, just like duckweed. Although they will get together occasionally, they will eventually be separated.