"People will be afraid when they come to this hurdle, and so will the king." Shi Mo took a sip of porridge, and then took a small plate of spring bamboo shoots and put it in his mouth. I put down the grate and put the small plate of white and tender spring bamboo shoots behind me. Shi Mo turned his head to look at me and said with a smile: "Master is old, can't bamboo shoots be eaten?" ”

"I only slept for half a night, and when I got up, I ate cold bamboo shoots, and I was careful that my stomach hurt later. Start with a few bites of hot dishes, as well as minced meat. ”

"Okay, listen to you." Shi Mo smiled and picked up the wooden spoon and ate a bite of minced meat, then looked up and said to me, "Later, you go to the dormitory to greet the king, and then clean up yourself, and go out of the palace before sunset!" ”

"Out of the palace? Why? ”

"The ritual of exorcising the disease has been completed, there are many people and many eyes, and it is inconvenient for you to live in the palace as a woman, so it is better to leave the palace as soon as possible."

"Your Excellency agreed?"

"Promised."

"Okay." I combed Shi Mo's hair into a bun, put on a crown, and sat down beside him again, "Master is in a hurry to urge me out of the palace, but you want the disciple to go to the Zhao Mansion to take care of Qingxiang's body?" "Since Zhao Ying fell off the chariot in the last battle to defend the country, his body has been getting worse day by day. Before, there was Yichen who carefully recuperated for him in Zhao Mansion, but now that Yichen was "recommended" by Zhiyao to enter the palace, there is no good doctor available around him.

"The prime minister is not seriously ill, you can visit every two days. It's been more than half a year, and all the whiplashes on your body are healed? Shi Mo put down the food basket and turned his head to look at me, it has been more than two months since I returned to Jin, and this is the first time he has asked about the fact that I was whipped by Ya Ya in the Taishi Mansion that day.

"It's all right." I looked down and replied.

"Okay. You have to remember the humiliation and the lesson that woman gave you, remember who you are now and the glory that the world has given you. You still have a long way to go in the future, how can you walk freely and openly, you should go back and think about it. ”

"I understand."

"Let's go, let's go to see the king with Weishi, say hello, and go out of the palace early." Shi Mo got up and put on his robe hanging from the screen.

"Master, there is still something unknown about the apprentice."

"What's the matter?"

"Today's plate of spring bamboo shoots was sent by Zhiyao, right? Although Zhi Yao is not a good person, he has always been very respectful to his master. Counting further up, the Fan family and the Bank of China clan were also polite to the master. Why didn't the master concentrate on serving God and be a stable history, but instead chose the prime minister as early as possible and jumped into this power struggle? ”

"Where is the stable position above the court? I'm already in the middle of the game, so how can I jump in? ”

"Then why the prime minister? Why Zhao? "Why did you protect the Zhao family back then, and lead Liuqing into chaos? Why? I looked at Shi Mo's kind face, and silently added another sentence in my heart.

Seeing that I was serious, Shi Mo motioned for me to sit with him in front of the desk as I usually did in the mansion listening to his teachings.

"Do you know how many Qing clans were there in the Jin Kingdom a hundred years ago?" He asked.

"More than twenty."

"And now?"

"Four."

"Twenty years from now, thirty years from now?"

“…… Zi Di didn't know. ”

"There will always be only one left, and by then there may not even be even a clan. If there is only one left in the Jin Kingdom, then naturally the best one should be left. ”

"The Zhao family is the best choice in Master's heart?"

"Have you seen the fields that the Zhao family gave to the farmers? Do you know how many steps are for an acre? ”

"When I was in Jinyang, I heard Yin Duo mention it."

"One acre of land pays one acre of tax, and the tax is the same, but the one acre of land that Zhao gave to Li Shu for cultivation is nearly twice as large as the one acre of land given by Fan. Do you understand what it means to be a teacher? ”

"Like taxes, the larger the land cultivated, the more surplus grain the farmer will naturally leave. Zhao's move is to forgive the people and enrich the people. ”

"The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more than is lost; The way of man, the loss is insufficient and the benefit is more than gained. Who can have more than enough to serve the world? There is only one who is the Taoist. (1) This is what I was told to me by a very smart man when I was young. Those who are closest to the way of heaven should be destined for heaven. ”

The way of heaven, the way of man, humanity is close to the way of heaven, and the destiny of heaven can be obtained. Shi Mo's words made me silent for a long time. Suddenly, the Mandate of Heaven was no longer a casual sentence or a casual stroke from a god above the Nine Heavens. Destiny is in the humane ......

At this time, I seemed to be pushed out of a cramped mezzanine room, with the vast sky above my head, the sun rising and the moon setting, the stars shifting, and the questions I wanted to ask suddenly became insignificant.

Before the palace gate was locked, I left Miyagi. Before leaving, I handed over a box of sleeping incense and two bags of drunken flowers to Shi Mo, and told him that if the Marquis of Jin wanted to summon him if he didn't sleep at night, he would melt the sleeping incense in hot water and hang the intoxicating flowers on the pillow of the Marquis of Jin. When people are old, they are old, and some things must not be strong.

After leaving the palace, I would go to greet Zhao Ying every two days. Every time I stepped through his door, I had to remind myself not to think about everything I had seen and heard in the Qin Kingdom, not to think about the city on the banks of the great river that had been destroyed by the war. Because he is as keen as Zhao Ying, a resentful look may make him suspicious.

She Ya is really pregnant this time, outside Zhao Ying's courtyard gate, she "accidentally" bumped into me several times while holding her stomach. Now, she doesn't rush up at me anymore, and her proud eyes are like the long whip she draws on my heart.

Beru felt sorry for me, and asked me to go back to the house at night to say hello, so that I wouldn't meet her.

I smiled and shook my head, what kind of person is she, it is worth me to change the time for her.

February passed mediocrely, at the beginning of March, the grass on the bank of the muddy water was in full bloom after a spring rain, the soft and green leaves of the grass covered the river embankment, and countless lilac flowers came out of the thick green carpet, blooming brilliantly, standing slimly, the wind blowing, a wave of green, a wave of purple, beautiful.

On this day, he and Ming Yi asked me to eat fish, and he also sent someone to send an invitation sticker and a large lacquer box.

When I opened the lacquer box, it contained a set of women's new clothes, a white jade short coat and a lilac skirt. The short clothes are made of silk and linen, which is light and thin, one layer can penetrate five fingers, two layers can penetrate the flesh color, and the third layer is just thin, neither transparent nor heavy. Look at the lilac skirt, it is also very light silk linen, and the pink and purple flowers on the skirt are the grass that covers the river embankment at this moment. I have never seen a spring coat made of summer clothes, a three-layer short coat, a five-layer skirt, and the flowers are not embroidered on the top layer, but embroidered on the second layer, and I have never seen such a dress. Is this inviting me to eat fish? Or do you see that I have been abandoned without shirts, and I plan to dress me up and choose another lover for me?

I put down my dress and untied the invitation. Seeing this, no matter how depressed I was, I couldn't help but laugh.

"Jiayufang, with the United States, two catties of crucian carp can be exchanged for five catties of perch. Those who are glamorous and oppressive, eat fish for half a month, and do not collect half a cloth. ”

Is this going to trade me for food? If he really wants to eat half-moon white food, wouldn't he just pull Mingyi? Isn't it that he has already relied on Mingyi for half a month, and now he is coming to pull me again, right?

There are Jiayu in the south, Hao Ran is covered, the gentleman has wine, and the guest swallow is happy. (2) The owner of this Jiayu Shop is really good at trading, and if his method is really useful, then even the men of Xinjiang will enter his restaurant to eat fish in order to appreciate the beauty.

There are fish, wine, and beauties, so why not?

I put on the white jade short coat layer by layer, tied the silk linen skirt, stood on tiptoe and took a gentle step, the skirt under me swayed slightly, as light as the morning clouds in the sky. The mood is rare and comfortable, a trot out of the yard, both feet jumped into the purple grass full of purple flowers, at this time looked down at the purple flowers and green leaves on the skirt, only to feel like a spring grass flower growing in the ground. As soon as the sun shines and the wind blows, I can't help but want to dance with the wind.

Since he is determined to compare beauty, he can't refute Boru's face. I took out the ribbon from my pouch and tied it in half a bun, smiled and lowered my head to pick three purple hairpins in my hair, and then went east along the river embankment while enjoying the spring scenery.

It's a pity that I haven't walked more than half the way, and I don't know where a rain cloud floated from, and the sun was still shining, and it was raining overhead.

The sun and rain are the most beautiful rain in the world, and I must look up at the golden rain in normal times. But today, this light dress is absolutely impervious to rain, I picked up the hem of my skirt and ran forward quickly, and when I saw the grass hut where the roadside walkers usually rested, I plunged into it.

Whew, it's dangerous, it's dangerous! Two steps later, I am afraid that the clouds on this body will disperse and appear in spring.

I smiled and patted the water droplets from my sleeves and looked up at the rain curtain hanging from the straw hut. Flowing beads and jade, impregnated with a little golden light, only squinted slightly, and an azure figure shook in front of him.

I chuckled and bowed my head to the side, leaving an open space for the visitors.

At dawn, the rain was pouring down, and the people behind him were silent as if they didn't exist. Such tranquility, such comfort, has not been seen for a long time.

The spring rain washed the embankment, and the sun shone on the washed blades of grass, shining with a golden light. I couldn't help but roll up my sleeves and put my hand into the rain curtain to watch the golden rain lines jump on my fingertips.

I didn't see when the man's hand appeared, and when I did, he was already holding my hand gently with the rain.

I looked back in amazement, and he looked down at me and said, "You say, if we can forget everything in the past, wouldn't it be better if we had this first encounter today?" ”

First encounter, in such a spring scene, such a spring rain?

I looked at the red clouds on his eyebrows, at his deep eyes, at his high nose and the two new raindrops on his cheeks, and the tip of his nose was sour. Outside the hut, a mist of rain rose from the tip of the grass, and I stood stunned, sighing and raising his hand to brush away a strand of wet hair from my forehead.

"You're finally back." He said.

"Not for you." I looked at him with the most indifferent eyes of my own.