"So you're here!" Seven-year-old Xue Fan hurried in the twilight. "How did you get covered in mud?"

The street lights were dim, and the man's gaze flickered and dimmed.

"Don't abandon your brother, what do you want?" Xue Fan looked up at Liu Ying, who was known as Luo Bu.

Liu Ying was silent. He was on crutches and followed behind Xue Fan with difficulty. The two of them crossed half of the city near the river, and only then returned to the small inn where they had stayed for a few days when the waning moon was empty.

Xue Fan instructed the shopkeeper to take a few pots of hot water, and while watching Liu Ying wash his hands and face, he complained: "I ran away as soon as I didn't pay attention, next time you go so far, you have to tell me in advance!" ”

Liu Ying wiped his face, revealing a handsome face, still with a high nose bridge and long eyebrows and sideburns, but his eyelashes hung slightly, blocking the confusion in his eyes.

Seeing his thoughtful appearance, Xue Fan no longer bothered, but silently took out the food sent by the store from the food box, sat aside and ate quietly.

Liu Ying washed her hair again, changed into clean clothes, and then sat next to Xue Fan to eat.

At this time, Xue Fan had already eaten, so he asked Liu Ying: "How long do we have to stay in Linjiang?" In addition to the Zhaohuang Palace in Chu State, we have almost all gone to see the interesting places in Linjiang. Don't abandon your brother, where are you going to go next? ”

Zhaohuang Palace...... Liu Ying was thoughtful.

Shu'er, you and I are separated for more than four years, I limped and walked most of Kyushu to find you, who knew that we met again on the streets today......

His Royal Highness the King of Chu, you never looked back at me!

Liu Ying looked directly at Xue Fan, dipped the cup of herbal tea with chopsticks, and wrote the word "Yudu" with tea on the table.

Xue Fan was surprised: "Song Guoyudu? Didn't we deliberately bypass the Song Kingdom before? ”

Before the word "Yudu" was dry, Liu Ying wrote again: "The world changes instantly. ”

Xue Fan clapped his hands and said, "Don't abandon my brother, you really know me so well!" You know, I grew up doing things that no one else would let me do, going where others wouldn't let me go! Otherwise, how could I carry my father and sister behind my back and accompany you out of Yaowang Mountain? Since we left Yaowang Mountain, I have long wanted to go to the Song Kingdom to have a look, but it's a pity that you have been insisting on bypassing the Song Kingdom. Now you suddenly change your mind to go to Yudu, it's really my liking! ”

Liu Ying saw that Xue Fan's eyebrows were crooked, and his little white face was full of joy, and he couldn't help but smile at him. It's just Xue Fan, do you know that Yudu was once the capital of Qi? Do you know that the word "繁" in your name is the complexity of Chen Guoguo's capital Fanjing? How would you know that I was once Liu Ying, the king of Qi, and you were the only son of the king of Chen......

Liu Ying looked at Xue Fan deeply and said in his heart: "Some things, since it is painful to know or not, it is fortunate not to know." ”

Outside the window, the autumn rain was pouring down, falling from the treetops to the eaves, and from the eaves to the ground.

Xue Fan wanted to go to the Linjiang Night Market, but he knew that the night market would not be open on a rainy day, so he had to stay obediently in the simple guest room of the small inn.

He looked boredly at Liu Ying, who was standing in front of the window watching the rain for a while, and saw that Liu Ying had been immersed in thoughts, so he had to silently tidy up the couch and wanted to go to bed early.

However, it was still early, Xue Fan lay on the couch and couldn't fall asleep, and muttered on one foot: "Don't abandon my brother, I want to ......" I want to chat with you.

But he knew that he would not abandon his brother and drink the tongue-chopping soup given by his sister, and he would never be able to speak again, so he had to change his words: "I want to hear you play the piano." ”

Liu Ying thought that a child of Xue Fan's age was the most idle, but he couldn't talk to him, he couldn't tell him what the Seven Kingdoms of Qiwei, Shuchu, Zhao, Chen, and Song used to look like, and he couldn't tell him some celebrity anecdotes and strange histories while traveling, and he couldn't help but think of his father-in-law who had never known everything about him, and he felt another layer of sadness in his heart.

In the small inn at the end of the alley, the candlelight is dim, and the soft sound of the piano is accompanied by rain, like crying and complaining.

Xue Fan covered his face with a medical book, and the sound of the lyre gradually swept up his sleepiness.

Ten fingers and seven strings, Liu Ying's mind also calmed down. At this time, what he played was a remnant song in the ancient tomb of King Zhou on the isolated island of Xuanji, called "Gods and Ghosts", which was composed by Zhuge Suxian after the death of King Zhou Le.

The lyrics of this song say——

The heart has passed away and the body is still there, what do people think?

The mind has been broken and the soul is drifting, what are people afraid of?

Chat about gathering gods and ghosts with residual songs, and invite Qing to come with him in the quiet night. 8090 Chinese

If there is nothing to do before and after, all the immortals will sit and listen to me.

A spirit and a pot of drink with me, and the charm of the spirit is not to resign.

The seven spirits and seven strings are moving, and the joys, angers, and grievances are the same.

Since Qing abandoned me and slept alone, the sun and the moon had no flowers and stars falling.

The tomb is full of gold and jade, and only the wine here is fragrant.

If the gods and ghosts hear what I think, please tell me and know.

Gods and ghosts don't laugh at what I'm afraid of, how can I know each other after two lifetimes!

……

Bounced here, Liu Ying's fingertips paused slightly.

Two Lives Apart...... How did you meet?

Shu'er, for more than four years, between you and me, it is like two lives apart.

At the beginning, I asked you to sit in the Yudu for me, and I didn't let you go to Shu with me to fight.

At the beginning, I promised you that when I returned triumphantly, I would retrieve the hair crown we left there from the Changyuan Hall of Shu Palace, which had fallen a hundred red coral beads, and immediately held a ceremony for you to seal the Qi State.

At the beginning, I promised you, life and life, you and I, born with one heart, and died with the same grave.

But four years ago, all I left you with was bad news and a tombstone on the top of the peerless peak.

What reason do I have today to accuse you of turning a blind eye to me?

After all, you and I are separated by two lifetimes.

You are the king of Chu, the mother of the daughter of the king of Song, and the descendant of King Zhou Le.

And I'm just a lame mute!

My father-in-law died because of me, and my sins are unforgivable.

Xuanji's isolated island changed hands, and my martial arts were exhausted, and I dared to go back, in addition to exposing my whereabouts, who would respect me again, and take me, a waste person who has tired my father-in-law?

Fortunately, King Zhao was traveling outside, and I was not able to meet my father. Even if I did, what could I do for him? Could it be that the son, who has not fulfilled his filial piety for a day, suddenly wants to eat and drink his father's, and ask his father to give me a gorgeous house hidden in the mountains and rivers of Zhao Kingdom?

Similarly, Shu'er, fortunately you didn't see me on the streets of Linjiang.

When I married you, I did not have the permission of your parents and relatives. When I ascended the throne as the king of Qi, I did not give you the canonization of the queen of Qi. When I jumped off the peerless peak to save Paoze, I didn't even inform you......

Could it be that I came back suddenly, and I want to stand in front of you with a limp, and I insist that His Royal Highness the King of Chu who is high up in the sky recognize a street beggar covered in mud as a husband?

Since I was a child, I have learned the way of business of the Zhuge family, and I know what business is the way of the world, and the people of the people are all right. Losing the balance of the ruler because of the whims of the moment is by no means the way to endure.

You and I recognize each other, except for a moment of excitement and joy, what can we do? I'm not sure if the excitement of this moment will be mixed with fright, trouble, and a lot of things to look back on.

And I am beside you, I can neither keep up with your light steps, nor can I talk to you to relieve boredom, and I have to tire your daughter who can't live with her father of King Song to recognize a waste person as a father......

Shu'er, since I woke up, I most want to go to Xiling Shu Road, cross the Yuhe River and Chushui, ride horses and whips, and the cars and boats will not stop, and I will come to you. But......

When you really stand close at hand, tilting your head slightly, I am extremely glad that you are the back to greet you.