Chapter Twenty-Four: The Pulse Is Silent
The peace talks ended smoothly, and the emperor ordered everyone to disperse and officially enter Liyun City tomorrow. Tang Changyu was still angry and distressed for Liu Ning to rush into Liyun City to fight regardless of his own safety, so he dragged Liu Ning's left arm to his side, and Liu Ning hissed a breath of cold air, his brows furrowed tightly.
Only then did Tang Changyu notice that there was a scratch on the left arm that Liu Ning had been hiding behind him, and the blood that flowed out had dried on his clothes, staining his sleeves red, and he looked a little hideous.
Tang Changyu blankly tore off a piece of his robe and gently bandaged Liuning's wounds. Tang Changyu carefully took Liuning's right hand to take her back to the Tang camp, walked all the way to the city gate with a straight face and did not speak, Liuning only felt that the strength in his hand was great and warm, and he just wanted to get on the horse, but was picked up by Tang Changyu and put on his horse, and then Tang Changyu also got on the horse, circled Liuning into his arms, and threw an eye knife at Liubin who followed behind him before leaving, and said: "Next time, take care of your sister, don't let her mess around." ”
Liubin felt the cold air on Tang Changyu's body, so he had to take advantage of the situation and quickly nodded, muttering silently in his heart: Isn't this all for you! You still don't appreciate it, besides, can I stop my good sister, if you stop her, you will hate me, and if you can't stop you, you will hate me, how can you and your husband and wife bully people so much! Why am I so miserable?
Liuning nestled in Tang Changyu's arms, the familiar breath lingered in his nose, and he remembered that Tang Changyu was as nervous as a child just now, completely no longer majestic and indifferent, and laughed unconsciously.
Tang Changyu's hand pinched Liuning's nose hard, and his voice said coldly with a chill: "You still dare to laugh!" ”
Liuning didn't answer, closed his eyes with a smile, and leaned on Tang Changyu's arms, Tang Changyu looked down at Liuning, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a faint smile.
Back in the camp, the first thing Tang Changyu did was to carefully bandage the wound for Liuning, this knife was neither deep nor shallow, but Tang Changyu couldn't imagine the scene at that time, a person who didn't like to kill, how much torment and torture he had to suffer to kill all the way in front of him, the sword had no eyes, fortunately this time it was only a small injury, she was always like this, she didn't know how much to care about herself.
Thinking about it, Tang Changyu's eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously, and Liuning's hand gently stroked Tang Changyu's eyebrows, and said gently: "Your frowning look is not good-looking." ”
Tang Changyu held Liuning's hand tightly in his hand, looked at Liuning's eyes and said: "I'm more worried about you than myself, you always don't know how to think about yourself, I'm afraid of ......" Tang Changyu was afraid, and he was even more afraid of saying these fears into a prophecy, he wanted to protect her, so he couldn't let her see his weakness, even if this weakness was Liuning himself.
didn't continue, but said to Liuning in a very soft and slightly pleading tone: "Don't be so disregarding your safety in the future, please, okay?" ”
Ryu Ning nodded obediently, and the two finally looked at each other and smiled.
Early in the morning of the second day, Li Shimin led everyone into Liyun City as he wished, and Li Junzhi respectfully greeted the holy driver outside the city. At noon, Li Junzhi prepared a banquet, one is to celebrate the smooth return of Liyun City to Tang, and the other is to wash the dust for the ** who came from afar.
Li Junzhi is a literati, and the banquet is not unconventional, with the fresh and elegant style of a literati, which has a unique flavor. The dishes and drinks are served in jade, although not as expensive as gold and silver, but elegant and chic, it looks more elegant and refined, and in the hot summer, the jade tableware is even more cold to the touch.
The wine is brewed in a bamboo tube, the taste is lingering with a faint bamboo fragrance, the momentum of some wine is lightened, every two people have a table, the dishes are not the same, they are distributed at will, the jade plate is engraved with poems, and the color and fragrance of this dish echo in detail. And the emperor and Wanyan sat on the upper seat, and the table was the best of all the dishes.
The sounds of silk and bamboo and dance music at weekday banquets have also been replaced by unique Turkic music and dance, which only makes people feel that the aftermath is lingering and endless. This ingenuity made Li Shimin's joy rise from the bottom of his heart and applauded again and again.
More than half of the banquet, Li Junzhi finished showing the unique and enchanting Turkic culture, the style of the song changed, it was a piano and a flute from afar, the music played was like mountains and flowing water, a group of women in black and white clothes danced, it turned out to be a formation of dancing Go, Li Junzhi knew that Li Shimin liked Go, so he did what he liked, which made people's eyes shine.
One will change a formation like this, and another will change a formation like that, which makes people feel dazzled and can't help but admire, wonderful, wonderful.
After the dance of this song, Qin Di changed another song, the sound of the music was long, and between the low chanting and shallow singing, it was like complaining and admiring, like crying and complaining. A woman wearing a goose yellow dance dress came gracefully, the woman's goose yellow dance dress was decorated with long water sleeves, gradually changing from goose yellow to white, the green silk was not pulled, and it was scattered to the waist, the corners of the lips were slightly hooked, and the eyebrows and eyes were revealing a smile.
The screen unfolded behind her, all kinds of pigments lined up in front of her eyes, only to see the woman dancing, the water sleeves were pulled, the brush was dipped in paint, a flower bloomed on the screen, and a flower bloomed on the screen, with a turn, the jade hand took the brush, lightly stroked, another water flowed on the screen, the goose-yellow figure rotated, jumped, shuttled between the screens, people were overwhelmed, only to feel that the sound of silk and bamboo stopped, the landscape, flowers and birds on the screen have jumped in front of you.
Dancing and painting at the same time is not only wonderful, but also beautiful. Everyone applauded, the woman glanced around, smiled vaguely and gently, and bowed to Li Shimin: "Minnu Yunqing, I have seen the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." Then he saluted and said, "I have seen the mother, the marshal, and the generals." ”
Li Shimin raised his hand to signal Yun Qing to get up, smiling with ambiguity and appreciation, Wanyan beside him was also smiling at this time, but her eyes were full of coldness, she glanced at Li Junzhi coldly, and then turned her eyes back to Li Shimin, and said to Li Shimin with a smile: "Your Majesty, the concubine is tired and wants to go back to rest first, the concubine will not disturb you to enjoy this moving song and dance, don't let the concubine sweep your Yaxing." ”
Li Shimin heard the meaning of Wanyan's words, and said: "Reward." He accompanied Wanyan out of the table.
Seeing off the emperor and Niangniang, Yun Qing was about to leave, but she heard Liubin shouting: "Girl, please stay." ”
Yun Qing turned her head in some surprise, met Liubin's narrow peach blossom eyes, couldn't understand his emotions, and only heard Liubin say: "The girl dances gracefully, and the painting she has made has been prepared, and she is still the finishing touch." ”
Yun Qing was as interested as everyone else, and smiled at Liubin and said, "Oh? What's missing? Childe, please speak, the little woman listens. ”
Liubin continued: "This painting is still short of a poem with just the right inscription. Yun Qing heard this, the corners of his mouth flashed a little smile, but this smile seemed to have a little self-deprecation and helplessness in Liubin's eyes, and a little surprise and happiness, I saw that Yun Qing had already picked up the brush, Liubin didn't think much about it, and then said: "This first pair, the mountain shadow is beautiful, the water is long, a tree is full of flowers, people are in the distance, although it is blurry, but there is a posture of wind and dust, it should be, the guest comes from afar." ”
Without waiting for Liubin to finish speaking, Yun Qing turned his head and picked up Liubin's words: "Leave me alone." He turned around and wrote this poem on the screen, but the font was unexpected. There is such a talented girl among the dancers, and everyone is secretly impressed.
Liu Ning looked at Liu Bin with a smile, and whispered to Tang Changyu in a low voice: "My brother admires such a talented woman the most." Both of them smiled knowingly.
Liubin nodded and expressed his appreciation to Yun Qing, and then said: "This second painting is a detailed description of this thin water and long flow, although there are only a few strokes, but the river flow is vividly depicted, the river water is clear, sparkling, but there are no other sundries, it should be Yingying water, the pulse is silent." This third picture, a detailed description of the tree flowers, the blooming posture of the flowers jumped on the paper, the fine description makes people feel as if there is a dark fragrance, but if you look closely, it looks like a beautiful face, and the smile at the eyebrows and eyes is difficult to hide. As for this last one, the mountains are majestic, and this lonely figure looks up at it, even more insignificant, and the top is faintly bright, so that people can't tell whether it is sunrise or sunset, this one should be ......"
"Sijun makes people old, and the years are too late." Liubin and Yun Qing said in unison.
After saying that Yun Qing had finished writing, Liubin picked up the cup on the table, poured it full of wine, raised his glass from afar, and showed Yun Qing the reward of his bosom friend, Yun Qing smiled and nodded as a return gift, Liubin drank the wine in the cup, and the goose-yellow figure had disappeared, leaving only four screens with ink not dry.
Liubin put down the cup, suddenly felt a pang in his heart, as if he understood something, and after quickly browsing the four screens, he confirmed his doubts, and a self-deprecating smile appeared on his mouth, it turned out to be so.
Isn't this first painting a metaphor for the emperor coming from afar, and isn't it just saying that I fell in love with the emperor at first sight, and I hope to stay by the emperor's side, and live a happy life with the emperor from now on, until the end of the day.
The intention of Yun Qing's origin is already very clear, but has the emperor understood the meaning of this painting? Looking at the emperor's affection just now, it seems to be quite interesting to Yun Qing, looking at Wanyan's reaction just now, did she also find these problems, so she pulled the emperor to leave the table? With the emperor's exquisite and clear thoughts, he will not be able to see the deep meaning clearly, is it a compromise to accompany Wanyan to leave the table? Suddenly realized, and suddenly fell into a puzzle, Liubin was a little distressed, and drank another glass of wine.
What about Yun Qing? The performance just now is clearly to regard herself as a bosom friend, it is rare for the two to have such a common language, but she is to the emperor? Isn't the place that can be left blank for the emperor who likes to compose poetry? But he ......
Liubin smiled bitterly, too many things that were obviously deliberately made turned out to be so obvious, but he only focused on the goose-yellow shadow and ignored the observation. Who is she? It's like finding the most suitable soul, and you can interpret everything about yourself, but everyone in the world sighs to interpret the flowers, and I don't know who the flowers are interpreting?
Liubin sighed secretly in his heart, and moved the four screens into the room where he lived amid everyone's ridicule.
In the vast sea of people, Yun Qing and Liubin met, it is rare to have a confidant in life, after Yun Qing left, his heart was undecided, his mind was so clear by the man he met at the table, but he didn't know his name.
Yun Qing secretly laughed at herself again, she was just a lowly dancing girl in Li Jun's mansion in Liyun City, the task was not completed, and she was still delusional to meet the noble and talented man at the table.
Sometimes when we meet, I really don't know if it's a catastrophe or fate.