It was dark, with strong winds and rain. Yuechi screamed in her heart, "This rain will fall, you have to find a place to shelter from the rain." "Hurry up and find a place to live. Who would have thought that this poor and remote place, the land of barren grass and wild forests is uninhabited. Even with an umbrella, Yuechi can't withstand the torment of the rainstorm, and most of his body is soaked.

After running for a while, he slipped and fell to the ground. "Oops."

"Girl, are you alright?" A clear voice came. She saw a green robe, and although it was common, the man was wearing a garment of good material, probably made of silk.

As soon as she looked up, she saw a hand stretched out, and Yuechi stood up and said, "Thank you." ”

When I got up, I saw that the man had a green bottom on his forehead, and a transparent green jade was embedded in the middle, which was a rare object at first glance, and he must also be the grandson of the king of the family.

The rain fell on his head, and Yuechi remembered that he had just fallen and his umbrella fell to the ground, and he was about to pick up the umbrella, but he pushed the umbrella to Yuechi, and he picked up her umbrella to hold it.

He smiled and said, "There is a temple not far ahead, let's take shelter from the rain." He complained again: "Alas, after walking less than half a mile, he was so heavy that he had to rush back to worship the Buddha." Yuechi was amused by him, "I can't see that you are so unserious." ”

The man sneered: "Heh, I haven't seen any serious behavior from those ordinary people, and they haven't used Zhuang Zheng as a façade together." I also pretend to be that steady, maybe I meet someone like me, maybe I can call my brother and brother to conspire together for great things, and we will build a dynasty and create a great cause like Liu Shu in a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day. ”

Yuechi couldn't help but say: "You are really sharp, give you a little gap, and I can't wait to turn into a needle and prick it in, so that people can know how sharp your teeth are." ”

"Oh, I actually helped up a more powerful girl halfway, dare to ask the girl's name? Where did it come from? Where to go? How are you doing along the way? "People are cheerful and shrewd, which makes people love and hate.

"I'm not the awesome girl you say you call anything. I don't have a surname, I have been under the fence since I was a child and I have no fixed place, is my name? The person who raised me casually called him 'Yuechi', and then he was afraid that I would ruin his family's name if I was penniless, and he would not let me enter his family's genealogy, and he would be raised as a maid who boiled water and cooked rice. Later, he was sold to Yangzhou to learn from good talents, so that he could be a pipa girl to make people happy. The kung fu of playing the pipa is good, but the kung fu of accompanying people to joke has not improved at all. No, within a few months, I was scolded for being a fool and kicked me out. My aunt, who has always loved me, had to let them come, and watched me go to the people. ”

The rain was pouring down, and the momentum did not decrease, but the rain was pouring in, as if it was going to let the rain flow into a torrent to wash the earth.

Yuechi choked up for half a minute, and then said: "After that, I will go to Dong's hometown, that is, Dong Jieyu's Laozi, who is now being favored, and make a little money there to earn some scattered monthly money." But that old thing has the heart to climb up, but he doesn't have the talent to match it, and he dares to call himself 'Dong Guolao' in a remote county in the name of his daughter, and he still walks sideways in the county, thinking that he is a saint who says nothing about it. After a few months of staying, I couldn't stand his dirty behavior, and after settling the money, I left early on the grounds that my family was sick. ”

He couldn't help but interject, "Your story is like the miserable situation of the ancients in their early years, not like what the girl's family should experience, but like an allusion that should be passed on." ”

Yuechi thought that he was ridiculing her again, and said angrily: "Who has the heart to make nonsense allusions with you here, there are many allusions in the world, why do you just stare at allusions similar to my experience." When others see it, they think that you only know that there are those down-and-out scholars, and they don't know that there are all kinds of things in the world. This inevitably adds a personal story, saying that you are an idiot and a fool. ”

She thought he would be annoyed and angry by this, but she didn't think that the unknown man would laugh, as if what she said was not sarcastic, but as amusing as a witty phrase between jokes. "I haven't seen such a clever girl as you in Chang'an and Luoyang, even my sister doesn't dare to be so sneering at me and tell me right from wrong."

"Cut, you are sour and mindless, you are still a big man, and you have to fight with a maid." Yuechi pouted and scolded.

"A poor woman also knows that she should be a prudent lady. What about you, but you do the opposite, you want to be a female general, and you want to go around fighting grievances for others, what's so good about that? If you lose your sense of proportion, you will be disliked like a shrew. ”

Yuechi blushed, and for the first time in her life, she was told that she wanted to go underground. "You scolded me? You black-hearted. I should have tore your mouth apart. ”

He said with a straight face: "If I say another sour word, I will take away your umbrella, leave you alone, and I will go to the temple to rest by myself." ”

"Who wants your stinky man's stuff." She threw the umbrella into his arms, "Give me back my umbrella." ”

"Haha, you stinky girl, be careful of the rain."

Yuechi held the umbrella and glared at him. "Snort" and turned his head away.

"I just don't give you an umbrella and I want you to run forward, and it won't be cold if you are poured by the rain."

When she heard this, she became even more angry, "You are not black-hearted, heartless, heartless, ruthless and unrighteous things." ”

"You go straight forward a few hundred steps, and it's not too late to scold me again."

At a glance at the moon pool, there is really a temple that can shelter from the wind and rain, "You actually dare to play with me in a circle." ”

He hurriedly smiled and explained, "I don't know how I got there this way, but I'll tell you when I saw it." ”

She laughed and said, "Okay, everyone is turning around and laughing at me, even if I meet an unkempt ghost, I can't help but panic with a few words." ”

"If you want to say yes, then I'm going to say no. It's the way to go. ”

Yuechi then sneered, "I want to see what makes you stand out." ”

"You don't see the night rain and cold, and it's even colder and harder, and the green light falls alone." And when he had said a word, he said nothing,

Yuechi muttered, "Why don't you say it?" I'm still waiting for the next sentence. ”

He said: "In the next sentence, I don't see the green light cold, but I see the beauty falling in the rain." Then he laughed out loud.

"Just make fun of me. Don't be afraid of a rotten sore on your tongue. ”

"Stinky girl, if you weren't a beauty, maybe I wouldn't have helped you up, and I wouldn't even look at you more."

"I know you're a conscienceless." When Yuechi said this, he couldn't think of anything else to scold.

He said bluntly: "A few steps away, it's not too late, go to the temple and scold as you like." ”

Although the temple is not large, it is neatly repaired. The man knocked three times, and a monk came to open the door, "The poor monk has been waiting for a long time, two donors, please." Then the monks showed them the way.

He also saluted: "Thank you, Master, for taking me in." ”

"The two of you will go to the wing room to rest, and the poor monk will go to the Buddha to see the lamp." The monk said as he walked.

"Go and bow down to the Buddha." He said. The monk paused for a moment and said, "Please come with me." ”

The moon pool followed them into the temple. Outside there were dark clouds and torrential rain, but inside the lights were bright. Only then did she see the monk's face, who was not very old, thin and thin, wearing a wide robe, and quite religious.

The young monk cut the lanterns, "Master Hongming left the temple not long after, there was a fire here, a few people took the opportunity to leave, people left one after another, and then I was the only one left to take care of the temple. There was no pain in his voice, just a slight heaving.

He cut the incense candles in turn, added sesame oil in front of the Buddha, and left silently.

"His name is Huixiu, and he is now the abbot of Wenqing Temple. Hye-so's master, Hongming, is close friends with the first exam. He said lightly.

When Yuechi heard him say this, she became interested, and remembered that she didn't know his name yet. He asked, "I don't know your name?" ”

But he changed his words, "I will definitely say the name, but you have to listen to me tell a story first." ”

Tsukichi wants to know his name more than a story. "You can put the story aside, tell me your name first."

Without arguing, let's start with a sentence: "In the year of Fu Liang Xingping, there were many heroes in the land of Yingchuan. ”

"It doesn't sound like a good story." As soon as Yuechi heard the beginning, he felt that it was not interesting, and waited for him to do something early. Besides, the year of Xingping was only a few decades ago, and the left was just a dynasty.

"Don't worry, although what I said is not very good, it is very interesting inside."

She was even more bored, "Those who don't tell stories are the same thing as you." ”

The man frowned and said, "Hmph, others have Yaxing to listen to, but I don't have the elegance to speak." ”

Yuechi sat in the hall for a while, it was really boring to find himself. The man knelt before the Buddha and worshipped, reciting the scriptures in his mouth.

After reciting the Buddha, the man knew that she was very bored, so he asked tentatively, "Seeing you like this, it is better to bake your clothes first." ”

"Only the outer cloak is wet, and it was just taken to roast the fire." Tsukichi said lightly.

"Then I'll continue to speak, and if I don't want to listen to it, I should think of it as a song humming before going to bed."

Yuechi couldn't hold it on his face, and nodded in response.

The man deliberately cleared his throat to make her look away. "Let's talk about it."

"Good, good, good." He said three good words in a row, and then said in a tricky way: "This story is a bit boring, but it is not boring." ”

"The Yingchuan Han family has become a world-famous family with several in-laws. Among them, there is a junior named Han Ling, who has made great contributions to the peace of the chaos and won the emperor's appreciation. At that time, Liu Qi, the powerful minister, ah, he was the uncle of Emperor Liang Ming, and he was a general at the time, so he took the opportunity to win him over when he saw that he had talent. The emperor and the ministers all wanted to win him over, but in fact, they were trying to win over the entire Yingchuan clan behind him. Of course, you can only choose one or the other. So......"

Yuechi interrupted him, "Why can you only choose one or the other, aren't they uncles and nephews?" ”

Prelude

He patiently explained: "The emperor ascended the throne at a young age, without a father or mother, and could only sit on the throne with the help of his uncle Liu Qi. However, after Liu Qi took power, he never wanted to return to the emperor. As he grew older, the emperor became more and more unhappy, and from time to time he bypassed Liu Qi to appoint courtiers loyal to him. At that time, Han Ling was depressed and uncomfortable, because the emperor alone could not fight against Liu Qi, who was heavily armed. But according to the name of the two people, they can't easily prevaricate in the past. ”

"And how did he fool him?" Tsukichi asked.

The man said: "How can it be called fooling, even if it is a poor son of heaven, you have to give some face in front of him." He pulled out the kettle and took a few sips slowly. At that time," he deliberately pulled a long voice, and looked at her look again. "At that time, a man said to Han Ling: 'Since the general does not want to get involved in it, and he does not want to offend others, if he wants to have the best of both worlds, it is better to spread rumors of the Qiang rebellion in the capital, and then ask for rehabilitation to protect himself.' ”

"And he really did that?"

He said slowly: "The rumors did spread in Chang'an City, but he didn't go to Liangzhou, but stayed in Beijing. ”

"Huh? It's all like that, and he still has the leisure to continue to stay in Beijing. Tsukichi was surprised.

"That's not an idle heart, it's a heart that will be so attentive." He stared at the candlelight in front of the Buddha, and as the night deepened, the candles became brighter and brighter. Yuechi finally had time to stare at his face, with handsome eyebrows and an extraordinary bearing, indeed like a noble son from a scholar family.

"Han Ling asked his staff to recommend Liu Qi's younger brother Liu Fei to be stationed in Liangzhou, and he himself took the opportunity to take Liu Fei's position."

"What kind of official is that Liu Fei? Let him use means to occupy his seat. ”

"Liu Fei relied on Liu Qi to get the position of general of the chariot cavalry, and he didn't take care of things much, so he blindly let his subordinates do things."

"Then isn't Liu Fei demoted?"

When a lamp was dimmed, he took a pair of scissors and cut the red candle carefully. Suddenly said, "I'll make a riddle, can you guess it?" He just turned his back to her and never looked back.

"Hey, why don't you talk about this, but don't tell the story."

"On a whim, there are only four words that come up with 'flying clouds are easy to disperse'." He stared at the lights.

"Ah, I'm the worst at that." "I think it's fireworks." ”

With the strength of his hand, he cut out the fire. sighed, "How many times can people have the joy of gathering together, they are like fireworks, gathering and scattering." ”

"You'll be emotional, too." Yuechi said with a smile.

"Yes, the older I get, the more I feel emotional, especially the separation, which is even more embarrassing." He turned the lamp back on and sat down again," I continued. Later, Han Ling, the general of the cavalry, bought Liu Qi's subordinates, but after a year, Liu Qi was gradually elevated. ”

"In that case, it is up to Han Ling's ability to bring down Liu Quanquan."

"Ha, girl, how can the knowledge behind this make sense in a sentence or two. I said, it's the emperor's trick behind his back. And some of them were authorized by the emperor, intentionally or unintentionally. ”

Yuechi argued: "Didn't you say earlier that Han Ling didn't follow anyone?" ”

"Just ask the whole world, is it not the king's land; On the shore of the land, it is not the king's minister. Emperor Ming is weak, but he can still command the world. Han Ling is a great courtier, and he must obey the holy decree after all. ”

"So what else is Han Ling's story?"

"Do you want to hear about the love history? Or is it a battle of power? ”

"Of course it's a glamorous love history, what you just said is really boring, and I don't understand it, so I'm a nerd who listens to people in vain." Tsukichi muttered in his mouth.

The man immediately struck her on the forehead, "What does the dead girl think?" ”

Yuechi complained: "You talk about you, you can't tell stories, you just like to hang people's appetites, and when you have enough appetites, you don't say anything, what kind of person?" ”

"Alas, he married more than a dozen concubines, but unfortunately none of them were to his liking."

Yuechi was taken aback, "This man is really a womanizer who likes the new and hates the old." ”

The man laughed a few times, "So what? It's not a lifetime of trouble. ”

"Could it be that he already has a heart?"

He hesitated for a long time before he said: "There are rumors in the house that he has always admired his brother's wife, but everything is nothing to corroborate. ”

Yuechi thought that he could hear something new, and he was a little disappointed. "If that's the case, I'm afraid it's not true."

"Ah, later, he became a general with the support of Emperor Ming. At the same time, his brother Han Yu died, and the children left behind had no one to raise, so he took his three sons and one daughter to raise them himself. Maybe it's retribution, Han Ling has six daughters but no son. Later, he raised Han Yu's second son, Han Pei, the eldest son, as his own son, and later gave him Jizhou. ”

The man stopped talking and took a few more sips of water.

"That's it?"

"No, this is just the beginning, there is a long part to follow, do you want to listen to it?"

"Idle is idle, let's talk about it."

He went over and pushed the door open, and the rain outside had turned light, dripping with raindrops. "Later, it's Han Pei's story."

"Wait, you said this, it won't be your family's business, right?" Yuechi suddenly realized.

"I'm finally smarter, it's really my family's business." He blows the wind at the mouth of the wind and appreciates the rain.

"Ah, who are you? Grandchildren? Usually, there seems to be nothing to tell about the story of the family. ”

He "shh ”

"You always don't tell the text, where did the story come from?" Tsukichi complained.

"Han Pei has nothing to talk about, mainly some open and secret battles between officials and eunuchs, all of which are dirty, filthy and shameful things. What is the use of a knife to kill people, divert the tiger from the mountain, and darken Chen Cang...... These tricks are all used to it. The man yawned and said lazily, "I'm too sleepy." ”

"Then what's the use of you saying this, it's not even empty talk to pass the time?"

Yuechi is furious, it is better to just get some sleep. "You!"

The man yawned again, "Oops, oops, don't you want to hear about love history?" I'll talk about it, I'll talk about it. ”

"Don't tell those boring stories again!" Tsukichi warned him loudly.

He looked at the Buddha statue for a moment, and then that indifferent, quiet smile appeared on his face. "The rain has stopped, let's go out and talk."

As soon as the rain stopped, the large black clouds dispersed, and the bright moon emitted a shallow halo, which was quiet and pleasant. The low chirping of wild birds outside the temple adds to the quietness of the place.

"It's been more than ten years since my mother passed away on a moonlit night, but I still remember the moonlight that night." He looked up at the night sky and reveled in the moonscape of the first break in the rain. "But it's not a midsummer like this, it's Mo Chun, yes, Mo Chun." He paused and choked up: "She has been worrying about it for most of her life, all for our family. Even though I'm not her biological son...... At the end of the day, it's all just empty thoughts now. ”

Yuechi stopped his doubts with interest, silently closed his mouth, pricked up his ears, and listened carefully to him.

"She was called Yuanji, but until she passed away, I didn't know her real name, only that this name was chosen by my father Han Pei for some reason. Even her surname was known to her relatives. Everything she had seemed to belong to her father. Every move, every smile, without exception. He sighed repeatedly, "I was born to her dowry, but I was brought up by my mother since I was a child, and I am better than my own mother and son." ”

Yuechi listened to him say so much, but he didn't understand what he was going to say, but he knew that he couldn't do without the truth of seeing things and thinking about people.

"When I was young, I always didn't understand why people had to fight, they had to grab, they had to step on others to earn a master. Isn't it good to be an ordinary person who appreciates the spring and autumn moon? Why do you always have to go through a storm and walk a thousand miles? Why is there a clutch? "He must have suppressed this anger for a long time before it became so intense." Later, when I took refuge in Yanzhou, I learned that there are two words in the world that have to bend over for this, that is, 'helpless'. ”

"When I was young, I always complained about gathering less and leaving more, and when I was older, I was sad that I would finally be settled and dispersed. Heaven is going to make people, and I came here out of helplessness. ”

Yuechi said: "So, you are the prince of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

He smiled again: "I am Han Xuan, the prince of Boling County, and my cousin is Ji Ying." But now that I'm traveling in plain clothes, let's call me Ji Ying. ”

Yuechi was stunned, and met a prince and nobleman halfway. However, for her, who was born in cloth, it is not always the same when she meets the emperor. "Your story is not as good as the old woman on the street."

"My father used to live here for a while, ah, it was the last years of his life, and he used to meditate here, or go to the mountains for a walk, or play the piano and make tea, in short, it was much quieter than a place like the capital. I still remember that the plum blossoms and red calyx were covered with snow that year, and Master Hongming asked him to go outside the mountain to enjoy the plum blossoms. But in the early spring of the following year, he died. Ji Ying said sadly. This is where he used to be when he was alive. ”

"So, you're here because you miss your old friends."

"Not exactly." He said mysteriously.

"And what are you for?" Yuechi couldn't help but ask in surprise.

He "shh ”

"Foolish guy." Yuechi took a sip of him, and she was looking down on him for pretending.

Ji Ying sneered: "You look like a lower riba person, how can you have the demeanor of a pipa girl?" "I'm used to seeing the elegant ladies in Luoyang, so I naturally can't get used to the rustic manners of the countryside.

"You dare to say that I am from Xialiba, I have to let you see, see the spring and snow, and open your eyes." After that, open the bag, take out a handful of jade sandalwood pipa, and play it in a shape. Ji Ying took the pipa, thought about it, looked at the jade bone and red sandalwood, and couldn't help sighing: "I'm afraid that this pipa can't even be taken by the imperial concubine in the palace, there should be only one in the world, girl, where did you get it?" ”

"Enlightened benevolence, but unfortunately he didn't teach me for a few years and went back to my hometown to recuperate." Wolchi Road.

Ji Ying said thoughtfully: "If I have time, I will definitely visit him." ”

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