The night is getting deeper, even if the fence is thick, the charcoal basin is warm, and there is even a ground dragon under the pavilion, but the cold outside is getting thicker, and finally it even snows, Du Shiyi naturally will not always enjoy the scenery with Wang Rong outside. After the wine was not drunk, he went back to the house with Wang Rong. He sat down and drank two sips of the stronger Kennan Yaki chūn to warm his body, and when he raised his head and was about to speak, he saw a skin bag delivered in front of him. Faced with this sudden move, he glanced at Wang Rong with an inquiring gaze, only to see her purse her lips and smile: "How about looking at this New Year's gift?" ”

Just looking at the shape, Du Shiyi had a rough guess in his heart, and when he opened the leather bag and took out the pipa inside, he was taken aback. The pipa that Zhang Xu gave him back then was made of the unparalleled Luosha Tan on the back, and after it was dedicated to the Son of Heaven, it is said that Li Longji couldn't put it down. Although this son of heaven is better at drums than pipa, he deliberately practiced diligently, and now the three brothers of the Li family, who are the best at music in the pear garden, take turns to pluck, and Li Longji's progress is more than a thousand miles. And now what Wang Rong gave him is another Luo Shatan pipa

"Such treasures can be found but not sought, why are you ......?"

"It's said that it is possible to meet but not to seek, and to be able to get it, it is naturally more luck than hard work." The corners of Wang Rong's mouth curled, revealing a charming smile, "This is obtained from Qiuzi in the Western Regions, and it is said that it has been passed down among several royal musicians of the royal family for many years, and then because the owner of Zuihou lost power in the royal struggle, it was transferred to me." Treasures reward confidants, although you have rarely played the pipa in front of people over the years, but your skills must not be sparse, and the saint already has such a treasure, you can treasure this thing yourself, will you still be able to swagger around? ”

"Okay, okay, I can't talk about you"

Du Shiyi had no choice but to raise his hand and surrender. However, after carefully adjusting the strings and plucking the strings to try the test, he suddenly had a whim, and a series of cheerful notes flowed from under his hand. And after Wang Rong's initial accident, a suspicious expression appeared on his face. The Tang people are good at music, she is quite good at Konghou, and the scores she has seen can be said to be vast, but she has never heard such a novel and unique tune. Although Du Shiyi was still a little jerky when she played at the beginning, she gradually became mellow, but in the repetition over and over again, she finally remembered the simple tune, and immediately smiled and took the gonghou handed by Bai Jiang with knowledge.

The first time he used the pipa to play this well-known New Year's song in later generations, Du Shiyi was just a whim, and when Wang Rong tried to play with him with Konghou, he was suddenly pleasantly surprised, and he had to deliberately slow down. After three or four times of the scattered tunes, he found that she was gradually becoming proficient and able to keep up, and he immediately resumed his original speed. When the last note fell at the same time, he couldn't help but hahadaxiao said: "I didn't expect to hear this song again one day, young lady, your score is almost comparable to Wang Shisanlang"

"This is also because this song is simple, I can't remember such a complicated tune like Wang Shisanlang" Wang Rong put down the gong hou in his hand, but couldn't help but say thoughtfully, "It's just that this tune is even completely different from those tunes in the Western Regions. ”

"It's coming from a place farther away than the Western Regions." Du Shiyi narrowed her eyes slightly, and said in a long tone, "Beyond the Green Mountains, through the Great Food, in the farther west, there are many countries. It is not the gods of Taoism and Buddhism that are worshiped there, but the saviors they believe in. And there, the instruments are very different from what we have here......"

In front of Wang Rong, although Du Shiyi will not reveal the truth that will always be buried in his heart in this life, he does not shy away from those exotic musical instruments, and gradually deduces from this, talking about the countries that have gone from strong to declining. From Caesar to Pompey, from Augustus Octavian, who went farther and stood taller than them, to the absurd emperor Nero, to the believers in God who gradually laid the foundations of reality, to the Roman Empire, which was divided in half...... These histories, which are completely different from those of previous dynasties, made Wang Rong marvel repeatedly, and Zuihou couldn't help but be convinced.

"Du Lang is really knowledgeable."

"I'm all hearsay, and there are inevitably fallacies. However, the world only sees the sea in the east, the Western Regions in the west, the Turks in the north, and Lingnan in the south. Although ten, twenty, hundred, and thousand years, those places are indeed barbarian lands, and they can only regard this piece of the world in the east as the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, but they may not always be stunned. Because, if others value and admire you, but you always think that others are barbarians, and one day we will be left far behind."

Du Shiyi only mentioned these things that were long enough not to be considered for hundreds of years through the spirit of wine today, and when he saw Wang Rong's face showing brilliance, he smiled and said, "But I am also cāo hollow." I'm just a Chengdu order, so that the people under my jurisdiction can live and work in peace and contentment, which already needs to be exhausted, where is my turn to think about the world outside this huge world? ”

"Aim high and look in all directions, a manly man should be like this." Wang Rong didn't want to think about it, so she replied like this, and when she saw that Du Shiyi was really stunned, she immediately breathed a long sigh of relief, and she couldn't help but think of the past. Since she first met Du Shiyi, he has always had unexpected actions. And no matter how many difficulties and dangers he faces, he always moves forward bravely, but what he thinks is very different from people. She chewed on the exotic customs and scenery of other countries that Du Shiyi had just said, and when she suddenly thought of his words, she couldn't help but have a thought that she didn't believe herself.

Even if he admonished Wushuang in front of the Son of Heaven, Du Lang's heart seemed to have no real reverence for the king?

It was just a thought, but since they were together, she couldn't help but think about it together. Princess Yuzhen and Princess Jinxian are both golden branches and jade leaves with rich experience through changes, Du Shiyi can get their blue eyes, naturally not only because of Jīng's talent in Tongyin Law, every time she sees him sitting and chatting in front of them, she can feel that although he respects the two noble lords who have become monks and entered the Tao, he does not grovel to flattery, some are just calm and equal, sometimes they have something to ask for, but more often they are friends who treat each other equally. And in front of those first-class prime ministers and high-ranking officials, there are those who sincerely have friends with him, those who protect him, and those who hate him to the core, and even if he is far away from him, he is always at ease.

"Young lady?"

Hearing this sudden call, Wang Rong suddenly woke up. Seeing that Du Shiyi looked at herself a little strangely, she wanted to find a reason to prevaricate casually, but when the words came to her lips, she asked in a ghostly manner: "Du Lang...... What are your dreams for the future? ”

Dream?

Du Shiyi didn't expect Wang Rong to suddenly ask such a sentence without a head. Seeing that her eyes shining in the light were staring at him, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "To be honest, I used to think very simply, but to protect Thirteen Niang, the only relative, can make our brothers and sisters live comfortably, peacefully and joyfully." Now this wish seems to have been achieved, but in the two capitals of Chang'an and Luoyang, after the ups and downs again and again, yīn plotted tricks, and arrived in Chengdu for only a few months, but I have seen a lot of people's livelihood and grievances, I can't help but have some other thoughts. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the small white porcelain wine bowl on the dining table in front of him that had only drunk a few sips of Jiannan Burn Chūn, raised his head and drank it all, and then said thoughtfully: "The country has laws, but from top to bottom, they do not rule the country by law, but rule the world with human affection, and the Son of Heaven deters the lower with a rod, the magistrate bullies the people with the law, and the powerful oppresses the common people with power." Of course, I have sought justice for Peng Hai's customers, but there are thousands of injustices in the world to go further, the sage used Yu Wenrong, on the surface, it seems to be to collect money, but from a deeper level, it is to look at the martial arts of the open side, but it is to want to fill the treasury to come to the Guanggong room, and the clothes are gorgeous...... Hehe, although I don't like Mencius, I very much agree with what he said back then, the people are precious, the society is secondary, and the monarch is light. ”

Bai Jiang, who was standing on the side, was shocked when he heard this, and Wang Rong took a breath softly. If these words were heard, just two words of resentment would be enough to ⊥ Du Shiyi would never recover a stern look from her, Bai Jiang immediately came back to her senses, hurriedly put down the wine jug and carried her skirt to the door, until she saw the swan feather snow flying through the crack in the door, and there was no figure in the courtyard outside, she was relieved.

"Such words are not trivial, Du Lang said carefully."

"Would you tell someone about it?" Although he was a little drunk, Du Shiyi, who was still sober in his mind, glanced at Bai Jiang, and when he saw the latter, he immediately turned his head away with a weak heart, and muttered I didn't hear anything, and he looked at Wang Rong again with a smile. Sure enough, under his gaze, Wang Rong couldn't help but bow his head and sigh.

"These words, even if I am to Thirteen Niang or Cui Shiyi, I have never said half a word." Seeing that she looked up at herself in shock, Du Shiyi stretched out her hand to support the seat, and finally stood up, "During the reign of Zhenguan, the people of the world recuperated and recuperated, and gradually became rich, but the defeat of Goguryeo was wasted, and the dead and wounded were not more than tens of thousands, and from the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty to the present, the restoration and many good governance have created this peaceful and prosperous world, but it does not mean permanent." If you can't be prepared for danger in times of peace, then you're just a mediocrity."

The four words of being prepared for danger in times of peace came into his ears, and Wang Rong only felt that it was deafening. The world is like this, why is it not the case with her father? From a poor family whose relatives and friends are still estranged to the richest man in Guanzhong and even the world, his father Wang Yuanbao seems to have climbed to the top, everything is thriving, but is it really a solid foundation?

She took a deep breath and said word by word, "I see." In the future, where will Du Lang go, and where will the concubine go?"