122. North Vietnamese priests
Wan Qing deliberately observed Gao Zhengce's reaction, only to see Gao Zhengce hook the corners of his lips and smile lightly, looked at Xiao Gao Wan'er, and said softly: "Wan'er, in addition to this wish, do you have any other wishes?" ”
Xiao Gao Wan'er shook her head and replied seriously: "Father, apart from this wish, Wan'er has no other wishes. ”
Such a similar dialogue picture seems to have met somewhere, but Wan Qing just can't remember it.
Beiyue, the royal palace, the king, the princess, Wan Qing closed his eyes and pondered carefully, and a trace of memory quickly flashed in his mind, like a memory that happened in a palace, where a celebration was being held, and there were emperors, princesses, concubines, and courtiers............
Thinking about it further, it seems to come to mind a picture of a woman in green clothes leading a group of little dancers dancing in the court, and when she was about to think of something again, Xiao Gao Wan'er suddenly grabbed her hand, this grasp, although it was very light, Wan Qing in contemplation was startled.
Xiao Gao Wan'er raised her head, her jade-like eyes stared at her beautiful face, and asked seriously, "Sister Wanqing, what are you thinking?" Are you thinking about my father again? ”
Thinking about your father again? When have I ever thought about your father? A trace of embarrassment flashed in Wan Qing's eyes, she pulled the corners of her lips, and said with a shallow embarrassed smile: "I've been wondering if Wan'er has any other wishes." ”
Xiao Gao Wan'er turned her face sideways, snorted unhappily, shook the hand that was holding Wan Qing back, glanced at Wan Qing with the rest of her eyes, and said dissatisfiedly: "You ignored me just now, you don't even know what I said to my father, if you are thinking about my father, then Wan'er thinks it's just that, I'm afraid that you are not thinking about my father, but also ignore me." ”
Wan Qing was speechless for a while, so she could only continue to laugh awkwardly, and after laughing awkwardly, she raised her eyes and glanced at Gao Zhengce lightly, only to see that there were no waves in his eyes, and he was quietly looking at the river lanterns full of rivers in front of him.
Knowing that Gao Zhengce is not interesting to him, he is afraid that this little clever ghost will be cranky and say everything.
Xiao Gao Wan'er bent her eyebrows again, and said with a smile: "But Sister Wanqing, you didn't pay attention to what I said to my father just now, so naturally I don't know what my father asked me, but the question you asked is exactly the same as what my father asked, is this very in line with an idiom that Mr. once taught me, called having a heart?" ”
Wan Qing looked at Xiao Gao Wan'er's serious appearance, remembering that she was just a seven-year-old child, and it was inconvenient to explain too much to her, so she raised her eyes slightly again, and moved her gaze to Gao Zhengce, who was looking at the river lantern, and Gao Zhengce in her sight at the same time took her eyes back from looking at the river lantern, and turned her head to meet Wan Qing's four eyes.
Gao Zhengce smiled faintly, looking at the moonlight pouring down at night, the moon shadow under the tree was mottled, Gao Zhengce's body was covered with a layer of faint moonlight at this time, and his eyes seemed to have an invisible attraction at the moment, attracting her to desire to look at him next.
This man is quite handsome in her eyes, but Wan Qing has never looked at any man in her memory, and this pair of eyes is fine, and she was accidentally attracted by him, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
Xiao Gao Wan'er, who was standing between the two, raised her head, and saw Gao Zhengce and Wan Qing looking at you, looking at me, I looking at you, and embarrassedly lowered her head to look away, covered her lips and smiled softly, and then took Wan Qing and Gao Zhengce's hands together, and said with crooked eyebrows: "Wan'er likes her father and sister Wan Qing, Wan'er wants to be with the two of you all the time." ”
Wan Qing and Gao Zhengce have been together for a long time, naturally know that Gao Zhengce has always been around the lack of women, in the past when he was not a king, his father had intended to give him more than a dozen good women, but at that time Gao Zhengce was almost not close to women, so he did not hesitate to refuse this reward, after he ascended the throne of the king, there are courtiers continue to send beauties to their arms, this beauty has its own strengths, singing, dancing, painting, playing the piano, writing well.......... Almost all the beauties in North Vietnam wanted to lean on Gao Zhengce, but Gao Zhengce was a dedicated and long-term person, the first prince gave him a marriage when he was eighteen years old, and after his only wife died in childbirth seven years ago, he never touched any woman again.
It is estimated that it is because Xiao Gao Wan'er has never liked a woman like now, and Gao Zhengce was surprised that Princess Wan'er liked Wan Qing, so he would treat her well.
Xiao Gao Wan'er pulled the two of them out of the river and walked to the lively street, the three of them looked at the bright lanterns on the street, there were rabbit-shaped, duck-shaped, tiger-shaped, and fox-shaped, Xiao Gao Wan'er pointed to one of the fox-shaped lanterns, and said, "Father, Wan'er likes that little fox lantern." ”
Gao Zhengce touched Xiao Gao Wan'er's head, smiled and said softly: "Since Wan'er likes it, then my father will buy it for you, you two are waiting here, and I will come back immediately." ”
Soon, Gao Zhengce walked back with a fox lantern and handed it to Xiao Gao Wan'er's hand, Xiao Gao Wan'er took it and said: "When Wan'er couldn't sleep in the past, Sister Huan would tell Wan'er the story of the Qingqiu fox, she said that there is a place in this world called Qingqiu, there are many fox fairies in Qingqiu, those fox fairies are very good-looking, can fly, can change, but Wan'er looked at the fox in her hand, and felt that the fox was not a cute little animal? The fox fairy is also a small animal, just like the one in Wan'er's hand, but why does the fox fairy in Wan'er's hand neither fly nor change? ”
Wan Qing chuckled softly.
Gao Zhengce smiled with his eyebrows, and said softly: "Wan'er, those fox fairies in Qingqiu are all living beings, and they have experienced immortal cultivation, so they will naturally fly and change, but the little fox in your hand is just a lantern made of paper, since it is paper, it will naturally not fly and will not change." ”
Xiao Gao Wan'er nodded, as if she was pondering something, and said after a long time: "Wan'er thinks that this Qingqiu fox fairy should be as beautiful as Sister Wanqing, no, Sister Wanqing may be many times more beautiful than these fox fairies." ”
Gao Zhengce's gentle eyes swept across her face, picked her up in his arms, and gently scraped the bridge of her nose after the index finger of his right hand was bent, and said, "Wan'er, Sister Wanqing has been by your side for a few days, and your words have been more and more. ”
Xiao Gao Wan'er said: "When Wan'er is happy, she will talk more, and when Wan'er is unhappy, she will talk less, does my father want Wan'er to be happy or unhappy?"
Gao Zhengce couldn't help but grin when he heard this.
The monarchs and ministers of North Vietnam are very advocating the Mandate of Heaven, divination has always been very popular in North Vietnam, divination has long ago become an indispensable thing for the kings of North Vietnam every day, the first king has stipulated that all North Vietnamese national events must be repeatedly divined, and all national activities must also be done after divination.
The people of North Vietnam all believe that the sacrificial work should be controlled by the priest with a higher reputation, and the priest is responsible for the work of sacrificing the deceased of the royal family, sacrificing heaven and earth and other major sacrificial activities, sacrificial is an extremely important activity in North Vietnam, every time the people who participate in the sacrificial activities must be neatly dressed, behave in accordance with the etiquette norms, and can hear the order to advance and retreat and kneel, and the sacrificial process will be sacrificed with wine, fire, and animals.
North Vietnam has always spread the legend that there is a half-fairy living on the Lilan Mountain, and even the kings of the past dynasties are very much looking forward to meeting the half-fairy, and regard the half-fairy as a god-like existence, if one day they are lucky enough to meet the half-fairy, they must do everything possible to keep her in their own country to serve as a priest in North Vietnam.
There has never been a formal priest in North Vietnam, because of the belief in half-fairies in North Vietnam, both monarchs and ministers agree that only half-fairies can be priests, so every time a priest event is held over the years, Wang Jun himself replaces the half-fairy.
Now that Gao Zhengce has met this strange woman, although he is not sure whether she is a half-fairy or not, but just by virtue of the wave of her hand when she drank last time, the smashed wine jar was restored to its original state, Gao Zhengce felt that this woman was the most suitable candidate for the priesthood of North Vietnam.
Because the half-fairy is too difficult to find, even if it can be found, the half-fairy is a cultivator after all, and she may not be willing to be a priest and a mortal minister.
It's just that Gao Zhengce didn't expect that this Wan Qing was also very reluctant to be a priest, and Gao Zhengce could faintly feel in his heart that Wan Qing didn't seem to care about the official position, but liked and longed for a free and unrestrained life.
Gao Zhengce has always treated his courtiers like a monarch and a minister, and he felt that he should not do to others what he did not want, and he was also reluctant to force others to do what he did not want to do.
Huo Yue fell asleep after getting drunk on the day she was drunk in the pavilion and comparing wine with Wan Qing, and she didn't know what happened later, but she heard that Wang Jun regarded her as a half-fairy, and intended to let her serve as a priest of North Vietnam.
Huo Yue listened to the statement of the maid in the pavilion that day, saying that after Na Wanqing drank the jar of wine, he smashed the jar of wine, and then with a wave of his hand, he restored the broken jar to its original appearance.
The person who can restore the broken wine jar to its original appearance with a wave of his hand must not be a mortal, Huo Yue was very curious when he heard this, so he decided to go to Wanqing again.
Huo Yue took another jar of wine this time, but this time the wine was just wine that had been brewed for decades, and it was not so strong compared to the last time.
Huo Yue invited Wan Qing out again, someone invited him to drink, and Wan Qing was very happy to come out to see him, and after meeting him, Wan Qing slanted the corners of her mouth and smiled: "Huo Yue, I didn't drink enough last time, do you want to continue this time?" ”
Huo Yue said: "Wan Qing, I heard that Wang Jun is going to make you a priest, why don't I come to celebrate?" ”
Wan Qing took a breath, pulled the corners of his mouth helplessly, and said: "Wang Jun first rescued me, and then made friends with me, and now he wants to make me a priest, do you think my life is too good?" ”
Huo Yue's eyebrows bent, and he smiled: "Wan Qing, your life should be regarded as bitter and sweet, I don't know what kind of big accident you had before, you were washed by the river all the way to the bank of the Lilan River, when Wang Jun and I saw you, you were already dying, as the so-called catastrophe does not die, there will be a blessing in the future, saying that it is too good to say that it is too good, but it is not very reasonable, this may be the answer to the sentence that the misfortune and blessing are relied on, and the blessing and misfortune are lurking." ”
Wan Qing glanced at him and said, "Woe to you.......... What lean? Good fortune.......... And what? ”
Huo Yue scratched his head and said embarrassedly: "I am a martial artist, and my cultural level is not high, so I don't know if this sentence is appropriate or not." ”
Wan Qing didn't bother to discuss this with him, and smiled lazily: "The amount of wine in your jar is much larger than the one last time." ”
Huo Yue said: "The last jar of wine is an old wine that has been brewed for hundreds of years, and it is difficult to buy and hard to find, Wang Jun was extremely reluctant to take it out, but he decided to take it out because it was Princess Wan'er's birthday. ”
Wan Qing was silent for a moment, and said, "Huo Yue, didn't you come to me with it, how did I drink it up?" ”
Huo Yue said embarrassedly: "Yes, it's just that Wang Jun asked me to drink with you, and if you want to blame Wang Jun, you can blame Wang Jun and him alone." ”
Suddenly, Gao Zhengce's voice came from behind him: "Huo Yue, are you bold?" ”
Huo Yue's expression froze, and he was stunned for a long time before he slowly turned around, looked at Gao Zhengce, and said with an embarrassed smile: "Wang Jun, I didn't mean to talk about you. ”
Gao Zhengce said lightly: "It's the widow who treats you too well on weekdays, and you dare to talk about the widow behind your back." ”
Huo Yue said with a smile: "In the world, there is no king of any country who can be as approachable as you, who loves his subjects and loves the people." ”
Gao Zhengce glanced at Huo Yue lightly, sat down on the stool again, and said, "I will drink with you today to see who gets drunk first." ”
Huo Yue nodded, hurriedly poured three bowls of wine, and the three of them each picked up a bowl and drank it together.
Huo Yue poured three bowls again, and the three of them drank it again.
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It wasn't until Huo Yue was slightly drunk that he asked drunkenly: "Miss Wanqing, when did you practice drinking, it's so powerful!" ”
Wan Qing raised her eyebrows and asked lazily, "Huo Yue, isn't this a contradiction?" ”
Huo Yue frowned and said, "Contradiction? What contradiction? ”
Wan Qing said slowly: "You all say that I have amnesia, since I have amnesia, naturally I don't remember the past, since I don't remember, then why do you want to ask me about the past?" ”
Huo Yue nodded and said, "Yes." ”
Huo Yue looked at it, and then said, "Then let me ask you something about the current matter, why don't you want to be a priest?" Priesthood is an important position in North Vietnam, and it is a pity that it is not appropriate. ”
Wan Qing smiled faintly and said, "I don't even know what I know, who I am, where I come from, how can I take on such a heavy position as a priest, and besides, wouldn't I feel comfortable idle?" Why do you want to take on such a position? ”
Huo Yue pondered for a moment and said, "I heard that you are a half-fairy on Lilan Mountain, half human physique and half immortal physique, with immortal power, you can call the wind and rain just by waving your hand, is it true?" ”
Wan Qing felt helpless and said, "It must not be true." ”