4. Swing

"Pitch Xuan" is located in a quiet courtyard. The front of the Xuan is facing the water, and the Xuan is leaning against the mountain. The water is curved water, and the mountain is a rockery. Although this landscape is made by digging the pond and the soil, it is also extremely natural and tranquil.

There was a little garden by the water's edge. The flowers and trees in the nursery are planted properly, and a long row of arrowroot vines meander and roll at the head of the small nursery frame, forming the word "twilight roll" in cursive writing.

And on the rockery, if you climb, you will see a stone pillar, there are words on the stone, inscribed as "Chaofei".

Connecting these four characters together, that is, "Flying in the Twilight Volume" - Connecting the clouds flying in the morning by the mountain, digging the pond and accepting the rain of the twilight roll - Painting the building flying to the south of the clouds, and the pearl curtain rolling in the western mountain rain at dusk, which is probably the interest of these four words.

Pei Hongling lowered her eyelashes and sighed, she was already familiar with these words. How can it be unfamiliar? Since the day she came, Pei Ju had arranged for her to live in this small separate courtyard for several days. In the past few days, she has been instructed by her third brother that she can't go anywhere, and even her sister-in-law and nephew haven't been able to see her. She only has to climb the water every day and talk about her spare time.

This kind of leisure was also what she was looking forward to, but the person she expected to spend leisure with was no longer there.

It was still a hot day in July, Pei Hongli wandered alone in the cool and secluded path of the evening, but there was no joy in his heart. It's not that she doesn't know that if she enters the third brother's Pei Du Mansion, it will be like throwing herself into a birdcage again, and she will no longer be able to make her own decisions about everything. But outside this Pei Mansion, there is a snares of one day and one place - freedom, where is the freedom that she can be free to do whatever she wants?

Pei Hongli gently pressed his left arm from his shoulder down with his hand, as if to relieve the tiredness of his body. She has survived the storms for so many months, but once she has time to take a nap at this moment, she feels an indescribable tiredness. She muttered a few words in her mouth, and they were all those words over and over again:

Yang Baihua, who did you fly to? Is it okay to send a pair of swallows in black clothes, a red scarf and a black tree?

He should not answer. Yang Baihua, total deviation of the trace. Either they can't get it in the mud, or the branches hang gently. It's the end of the world......

What do these words mean? Why did Yue Zheng say that the person who could be entrusted with the liver and gallbladder record, the name of the person in the first place could not be said or said, and he only entrusted her with these few hidden words. The word is, the man will send for him. If you can meet it, you will recognize it, but what do these words mean?

And why does Yue Zheng say that there are only two and a half people who can be entrusted with this liver and gallbladder record in this world? The world is surging, and the more he pays attention, is there only so few people who can be entrusted with big things? The first is the nameless man; the second, but it is Ding Xilin, the waiter of the Ministry of Water - from what she heard, Ding Xilin had a small gap with her husband in the court; The third, that is, the half of the person, is Pei Ju.

He is his biological brother, so after Pei Hongli took over the liver and gallbladder record that day, the first thing that came to mind was him. She wanted to take Xiaozhi back to Yuzheng's hometown of Zhuji, which meant that she could entrust him with the hard work of her deceased husband by the way. I didn't think about it, but he wouldn't answer.

Dongmi chased and killed like this, and the third brother refused to accept it, this burden can't be unloaded!

But Yue Zheng clearly said that when he went, Dongmi was afraid that he would be caught off guard. But they have been planning for a long time, and the time they can leave for her is no more than a year at most. Within a year, if you haven't found the person you should be looking for, and you haven't entrusted the liver and gallbladder records, I'm afraid that the world will become a big mess.

Pei Hongli was worried in his heart, and now, most of the half year has passed, is Dongmi about to launch. And himself, is he destined to live up to the trust of his deceased husband?

She was groaning in her head, and a red shadow suddenly drifted out of the corner of her eye.

The red shadow seemed to be shaking on the wall over there, and Pei Honglian looked up, what? Someone in the next yard? Who's that?

But when she looked up, the red shadow was gone.

In the summer of July, the sky full of courtyards saw the turquoise of the elm and willows that covered the sky and the sun. made Pei Hongli wonder if he was dazzled for a while, and what flew up from the partition wall was just a beautiful red flying flower.

At that moment, she heard footsteps behind her. As soon as Pei Hongling turned around, he saw that the third brother was walking slowly.

The figure of the third brother is also much richer than when he was younger. Although there were still no wrinkles on his yellow and white face, Pei Hongli was shocked to find that a few strands of gray hair had been added to his sideburns.

Just a few days ago, when they last met, she hadn't noticed. Could it be that this gray hair is new?

Pei Hongli stretched out her hand and pointed at Pei Ju's hair.

Pei Ju smiled and sighed. I only heard him smile and say: "The people of the Pei family are used to white hair. I didn't believe it when I was young, but my grandfather and father were like that. They were only thirty years old, and their sideburns were already frosty. I didn't expect it, but it's still like this. ”

Pei Hongli couldn't answer, so he only shook his head with a wry smile.

Her father, grandfather and brother can be said to be still rare officials in power, right? They worry about a lot, even if they don't want to add gray hair. Although she knew that what they were trying to support was not the same as Yu Zheng. Speaking of which, they are not even the same world as the one that Yue Zheng wants to protect. The more Zheng focuses on the people of the world, and the third brother, the world in his eyes is only those rules and cultural relics and the powerful men in the same class as them.

He wanted a reign that lasted as long as possible.

The corners of Pei Ju's eyes were stained with the shadow of the pine and the green, and one or two traces of fish's feet appeared that are usually difficult to see. I only heard Pei Ju say: "The boat is gone, and the rivers and seas will live for the rest of their lives; The boat passed away, and the river and the sea sent the rest of his life...... When I was young, I didn't understand why a generalist was as old as Dongpo, so why he sighed. I didn't think I was his age, but I already understood what it meant. ”

Pei Hongli smiled bitterly and shook his head. She knew in her heart why the third brother came, even if he was making idle words.

But the world road is the world road, and the warmth between brothers and sisters is the warmth between brothers and sisters after all. She stretched out her fingers and gently stripped the hair on Pei Ju's sideburns, and said with a smile: "Do you remember that when you were young, you always liked to talk wildly, and grandpa's answer to you was usually only three words: 'not old, not old, not old'." It's okay now, if he sees you now, he will always say that you are 'old', right? ”

"What's more, your face is already small, and with this strand of white hair, you look more magnanimous."

She knew that the third brother was a man with a very heavy appearance, so she would comfort him so lightly. Thinking of the third brother who was always powdery-faced, lavender-lavender, and beautiful, Pei Hongli's heart was at a loss - although the third brother back then was always frivolous, she would rather be like that, rather than the third brother who was as calm as he is now, with a yellow-white face, as if he was covered with a mask that would never be taken off once he put it on.

Pei Hongling dressed her third brother and said with a smile: "Third brother, what, you are the governor of Jiangxi, and you are also a candidate, are you also very unhappy?" ”

Pei Ju smiled and said, "Sister Ling, it's just that others make fun of me, even you make fun of me?" Don't you know that I loved to play and love back then? It's just that when it comes to political affairs, I can't find those happiness for a long time. ”

As he spoke, he raised his head, as if he was about to shake away some unhappiness: "The world is like chess, and when I was young, I always thought that I could be a layout person." I didn't think it was getting bigger, and the more I lived, the more I went back. I slowly found that I was just a chess piece in this big game of chess, and no matter how hard I worked, I could only be a chess piece that was in its position and sought its own government. Make a chess piece, do you think you will be happy? Even if it's not anyone, it's fate, and we can only make them dare not move easily. ”

Pei Hongling smiled, and when he heard him finish his words, there was still a trace of arrogance that he couldn't control, and he replied softly at the moment: "You have governed Jiangxi well." Every time I receive a letter from my father's family, although there are few words in the letter, I am still very satisfied with you. What, what problems have you encountered lately? ”

Pei Ju smiled: "There will always be problems, but I didn't think about it, they are all brought from the people I know best." Sickness - the sickness that always looked at you when I was a child, slug disease, you should still remember, right? ”

Pei Hongli nodded.

Pei Ju said with a smile: "He suddenly sent me someone half a month ago. That person violated the royal law and should be punished with capital punishment, he is Hua Rong of the Hua family in Yingtan, and he is also the favorite grandson of the old lady of the Hua family. But the Yingtan Hua family is a big help for me to stabilize the situation in Jiangxi, this person, do you say I kill or not? ”

As soon as he raised his head, he raised his eyes to look at the northwest: "The third brother has been in charge of the political situation in Jiangxi since seven years ago, and he has been in charge of it with all his might, although he dare not say that he has done a good job, but he has not yet left the four words of 'meat eater contempt'. The trend of 'Eastern Secret', which is disturbing the world, has not yet been able to infiltrate Jiangxi, and I can be regarded as maintaining peace. But in the middle, all kinds of reluctance, all kinds of compromises, I am afraid that outsiders will not know. You may have heard the four words of Yingtan Huajia, 'Saibei and Jiangnan in his life, and return to Huafa with a pale face', Brother Ju has always gotten along with them very well. The way to govern, my father said back then, but 'more things are better than less'. However, there are always those who are not willing to be plain and pretend to join the WTO and will take the initiative to cause you countless troubles. That Chen Qu is sick, and he is the one who gave me a problem. ”

Pei Ju's face darkened: "I'm not killing or letting go now." Kill it, I am afraid that this matter will be a gap with the Yingtan Hua family, which will give Dongmi an opportunity to take advantage of - the Yingtan Hua family is still something I can't offend now. But if you let it go, the people will complain. Dongmi's Mu Benteng has arrived in Jiangxi, and he is looking at the side, which is by no means a good match. With his encouragement, I am afraid that it will be more troublesome than killing. Moreover, do you know that in order to behead the righteous son of the old man Lu in the palace, I have caused a great enmity in the court. Hehe, but it was ...... three or four days ago."

β€œβ€¦β€¦ The pavement building on the diagonal street of Nanchang City suddenly burned. Do you know why? It was the son of the former Nanchang garrison who had a quarrel with the turtle slave in the building, and in a fit of rage, he set fire to it. I've taken this man down. But what to do now, do it or not? There have been more than a dozen such things in a row these days, and I think it's all Dongmi forcing me. Without their involvement, where would so many things have happened in Nanchang, which has always been Qingning? ”

Pei Ju sneered slightly: "These troublemakers are all squires and aristocrats, all of them are looking at me, and they all have forces behind them." If I ignore it, Nanchang will be chaotic, the people will be resentful, and Dongmi will inevitably have a big gap in power. If I want to do it, I must first kill Hua Rong, and the alliance with the Yingtan Hua family will collapse. This is a bureau that Dongmi has done for me. Dong Mi is just afraid to wait for that situation, right? So, our childhood playmate is sick, and now he is roasting your third brother on the fire. ”

As soon as he helped Pei Honglian, the brother and sister sat down.

"I didn't think about it, at this time, you are here again."

He gently patted Pei Honglian's shoulder: "Third brother is not tired of you coming, but you have a liver and gallbladder record on you, which is a thing that Dongmi and Qingliushe are determined to obtain." Only one Dongmi is enough to make your third brother and the land of Jiangxi in danger, where can there be another Qingliu Society? To tell you the truth, the third brother's guard commander Canghua has now been recalled for the surnames Hua and Cang, and your third brother's Pei Mansion seems to be safe now, but in fact, the defense is full of loopholes. Sister Ling, can you hand over that liver and gallbladder record, let's choose an appropriate time to burn it, just enough to let Dongmi and Qingliushe know about burning it, and don't give them the heart to do it? Think about it, the husband is not guilty, but he is guilty......"

Pei Ju sighed: "Then, you can rest assured that the third brother will have a good time, and our brothers and sisters will live a quiet life, isn't that good?" ”

Pei Hongling lowered his head slightly, avoiding Pei Ju's seemingly concerned eyes.

She knew that this was the real intention of the third brother who came here today.

If he can't get "Liver and Gall Record", he will burn it?

No matter how deep the brother-sister relationship is, after the world has gone through a lot of trouble, that little bit of warmth back then is actually nothing in such a difficult situation. She is just a game of chess that the third brother has to face, if it is available, even if it is tempted by warmth, the third brother will only regard the "Liver and Gall Record" that she values as just a move in his court battle.

But how could he say "burned it"?

Pei Hongli glanced at his brother in the twilight very quickly. If others don't understand him, how can she not understand him! That's just an illusion of weakness. Does he already know that the formal "Hepatobiliary Record" can burn it, and the actual "Hepatobiliary Record" has long been printed in the heart of her sister, and he is confident that sooner or later he may set it out.

The secret associated with it is big, and the power is also great, in the eyes of a man like the third brother, who loves power, how could he miss it in front of him and not take it into his pocket? He just wanted to calm his own heart, and secondly, to temporarily delay his current crisis by burning "Liver and Gall Records".

Yu Zheng was in the court when he was born, although he never collided with Pei Ju face-to-face, Pei Hongling also knew that the two of them were actually political enemies.

Thinking of this, I saw Pei Hongli smile slightly: "Strange Dao Yue Zheng When he went to talk about this person who can be entrusted to "Liver and Gall Record", he was the last to mention you. ”

Pei Ju's eyes flashed, and he asked with a casual smile seemingly unintentionally: "Then before he left, he said that this thing can be entrusted to which people?" ”

Pei Hongli was alert in her heart, but she still had hope, and said with a faint smile: "Are you playing tricks on me?" He said that there are only two and a half people who can support this thing today. ”

Pei Ju seemed to be more and more interested when he heard this, and asked, "Oh? ”

Pei Hongling smiled: "It's a pity, I don't know who the first person is, and I know the second person, but I can't tell you." As for the half of the people, it's you. Because it's only half a person, you have to add 'Possession Gu' before you can entrust it. ”

The look of disappointment on Pei Ju's face disappeared immediately. He laughed, and said seemingly unintentionally: "Little sister, I have heard people say in the past two days, you have been reading a few words in your mouth recently, what 'Yang Baihua, fly to whose house', what, do you want to know who wrote it?" ”

Pei Hongling's color changed slightly, and his father said that the third brother was 'cold and spicy'. She smiled faintly and said, "That's just a casual reading, what's the matter, does the third brother know who wrote the words?" ”

Pei Ju smiled slightly: "I seem to have heard someone say it." But the person who wrote it is thousands of miles away, and you probably will never touch her. According to the news from the palace, it seems that those are the words that the Queen Mother likes to read the most. ”

It is said that the current Queen Mother was born in the Heavenly Pavilion, and there has been a legend in the rivers and lakes: she is the mysterious owner of the Yuedan. By the way, in the past two days, there has been a small disturbance in the boundary of Panyang Lake, and it is said that the three groups of envoys sent by the master of Yuedan have been intercepted and killed by the six horses under the account of Dongmi Wanche on the shore of Panyang Lake. Sister Ling, do you think this world is chaotic enough? ”

He looked at Pei Hongling with a slight smile.

Pei Hongli was shocked "Huh" - the third brother clearly seemed to be saying: There is one person you can entrust to that thing, and you will almost never see it, because there is Dongmi blocking it, and they have already guessed who is in the first place that Yue Zheng wants to entrust to the liver and gallbladder record. And the other, even if you enter my Pei Mansion, you will almost never have the opportunity to meet. The only one in front of you is me, if you don't trust me, who else do you want to give it to?

Pei Hongling raised her head and looked at the dense shade of the tree, as if she wanted to find the eyes of Yue Zheng that she longed to see at this time in the thick blue shade. He didn't dieβ€”for her, his death didn't mean he was really gone.

The third brother seems to be really untrustworthy, and what Yue Zheng thinks about is really right. She said in her heart: But the more Zheng, you can rest assured, even if the world has no trust, but you still have a wife who will always be strong for you when you touch the bottom line. Even if this strength brings about the pursuit of Dongmi, it is the ambush of the Qingliu Society that you created. Even if this strength brings me the necessary battle of wits with my own brother.

A smile flashed at the corner of Pei Hongling's lips, except for herself and Pei Ju, I am afraid that no one will see that the true meaning hidden under that smile is such a cold ice engraving. I only heard her smile and said: "Okay, burn it, some things should not exist in this world in the first place, what's the pity of burning?" ”

"Third brother, you have been wiser than me since you were a child, not to mention that I am powerful, if I insist on taking it, I will definitely not be able to protect it. However, this is the only thought that Yue Zheng left me in the world, and it is also the only connection for me to live. If you have to grab it, burn it. I just don't have anything else to worry about. ”

She lowered her head: "From now on, in front of Ciyan, the little sister is not filial, so please ask the third brother to take care of it alone." ”

For a long time, there was no sound around Pei Honglian. Because, Pei Ju is already gone.

- After Pei Honglian's words came out, Pei Ju had already changed color. She was threatening him with her parents. He didn't speak, he got up and left. When he walked to the gate of the garden, he turned around and smiled: "Okay, little sister, since you have decided to do this, I am your brother, so I have to share the disaster of destroying the door with you." ”

He knew that once the little sister was resolute, even if the blade was on the chest, it would only be regarded as a pleasure. He could only urge her like this, with a gentle file.

Pei Hongli looked at him with a smile, but smiled miserably in his heart: Third brother, third brother, you are ...... Even the old father and mother took advantage of it.

The idea in her eyes was as sharp as a knife: "Under the nest, there will be no eggs." The world is a big nest, the world is overturned, do you really think that you and I can really happen to be the two eggs left after the nest is overturned? ”

Pei Ju smiled faintly: "I just hope that Gao Tang's parents can spend the rest of their lives safely." ”

Pei Hongling's face changed, and his heart suddenly trembled. I saw her bow her head and ponder for a while, and then sighed and said, "Maybe, you are right." Even if I want to see the master of that month, I can't see it. This liver and gallbladder record is still burned. You make me think again, maybe, I really should give this thing to you and burn it. ”

Pei Ju smiled and said: "Are you afraid that I will not be able to speak up, and I will say that I burned it, but I will crack its secret in private." ”

Pei Hongling said with a smile: "I'm not afraid of this, because the liver and gallbladder record is written in the world's least common 'female book'." Today, there are not many people who can recognize it. What's more, even if you recognize it, there are many hidden words in it. Except for you, little sister, unless someone uses life and death to coerce, they can't figure out the secret of how to crack it, and it's just useless things in their hands. ”

The garden gate squeaked, Pei Ju didn't answer, and pushed the door away.

Pei Hongli took a deep breath. She looked at the clouds in the sky that came late - towards the twilight roll, towards the twilight roll. And the affairs of the world, the affairs of the human heart, are destined to have no reason for the freedom of the scroll like this cloud in the sky?

Suddenly there was a red shadow in the corner of his eye, what was that? Pei Hongli turned his head suddenly, the swing was actually a swing. Back then, she was bored in her boudoir and loved to play on the swing.

It's the only game for women born in deep houses.。

I saw a red shadow float up again, and the swinged high in the courtyard again.

Pei Hongli looked up.

Above the swing, there is a woman - Luyang Lou went out on the swing, a beautiful and beautiful poem for a long time.

I saw that the woman was dressed in a red shirt, and the red flew out of the courtyard wall between the full green canopy, like a little dream shadow floating above the green sea in the ten thousand green bushes. And the woman on the swing, her clothes flew and rolled, fluttered up, swung out of the wall as if she wanted to float in the wind, and fell like a smile. Pei Hongli was stunned, but there were two words floating in his heart.

That's a person's name:

Yanluo ......

β€”β€”Luyang House goes out on a swing.

Slender hand holding rope, up and down......

That is, her cousin, Shen Yanluo.