The second year of Wude, autumn.

Cloud vapor, Wuhua Tianbao, bustling, endless, here is the capital of the Liang State Bianzhou.

Mao Zheng, a team quietly poured into the city, entered from Donghua Gate, and went straight to the imperial city through Changning Street. They are the first group of people to enter the city today, and they are the secret team of King Liang, thirty-three tricks.

Magicians are born to gather information.

But this time, what they brought to King Liang was not the intelligence of various countries, but the thirty-three pearls and jades.

But after that day, King Liang had a serious illness, and after recovering from the illness, he always looked pale and tired.

In the second year of Wude, winter.

The bells on the mountain in the distance rang slowly, and the snow accumulated a thick layer, three inches deep. The cold wind was cold, Qiongqiong's broken jade flew in chaos, and the whirring sound was like the cry of a terrible ghost. The curtains in the house rose and fell in the wind. She was disturbed by the wind and snow and woke up.

Get up, get out of bed, and put on the square-toe boots that can't be distinguished by the pattern and pattern. After waking up, the first person she saw was the man who was always as calm as a breeze, with beautiful eyebrows, and he still greeted her with a smile. It seems that she is still the same as before, unchanged. However, she understands that all this is different.

"Just wake up!" He just said this sentence lightly, unable to guess the turmoil in his heart, as well as the worry, worry, pain and despair beyond these words.

In the winter of the fourth year of Wude, the envoys of various countries have brought generous gifts to the Liang Kingdom to congratulate, and the world's rare and exotic treasures are all gathered here, tortoiseshell pearls and jades, and rare antiques are countless. The envoys of various countries came this time to congratulate the king of Liang on his new canonization, and secondly, the countries of Zhou also wanted to take this opportunity to be fortunate to Liang in order to seek refuge. What's more, many beauties were offered, but they never wanted to be rejected by this Yuan Shufei one by one. Only the person sent by Murong Kui, the prince of Yan Kingdom, did not refuse.

That night, the Taiji Hall was brightly lit all night, King Liang retreated from everyone, only the two of them talked with candles and nights, no one had ever seen King Liang in such a situation, even when Wude ascended the throne as emperor in the first year, he had never had such a vigorous interest. Thus, the next day there were three rumors:

As soon as he said that, King Liang fell in love with that person's appearance, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a slender body, he was the best among the people, and he wanted to include him in the palace as an escort, and his status was far higher than that of the Huangmen squire who was with him all day long.

Second, that person has the talent of Jing Tao Wei strategy, the ambition of governing the country, and is an out-and-out virtuous person, and the king of Liang wants to give him the official position of Situ, which is far better than those ministers and strategists who talk about swords in the court all day long.

San said that because he was the person sent by Yan Guo, Yan Guo was the mother of Concubine Yuan Shu, and King Liang loved Wu and Wu, so he treated that person very well.

However, after a night of chatter with the man, King Liang did not give him an official position, nor did he summon him again. After three or five days, people gradually forgot about it. And he also lived in Murong Kui's house in Bianzhou all day long, or playing the qin and chanting, or studying poetry and painting, or making appointments with three or five friends to stand in the stream, or riding horses on the outskirts of the city. In short, he is happy and free like a fairy, and he is really envious of others.

Such a time is easy to pass, and it is already the spring of the fifth year of Wude.

"How can the emperor have the leisure to come to me today?" Xu Yuehua followed the rules and gave a salute.

"I haven't seen you for a long time, and today I want to come to you to sit in the Chaoyang Palace."

"But you're here to relax?" Yuehua asked him jokingly, "If you come to relax, the emperor should drink this cup of tea or leave quickly, I have been with the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha for many years, and I don't want to be contaminated with your harem trivialities!" ”

Wang Qu didn't care about her words, picked up the cup of tea on the table, got up and carefully looked at the ornaments in her hall, and caught a glimpse of the scripture on the case.

"What a good book is taught to put on the table, bring it to me and let me see it"

"The previous child asked Huazhen to go outside the palace to help me find it, but it was just some folk tales, and it couldn't get into the emperor's eyes, and the emperor still drank the tea in his hand quickly, so as not to lose the taste if it was cold!" Yuehua stepped forward to clean up. Wang Qu snatched it and read it.

"When did the story of the infatuated man and the woman get into Sister Xu's eyes?" Wang Qu flipped through it and threw it to her again.

"I'm used to reading poetry, I've listened to a lot of songs, and I want to see the story of this crazy man and woman, just like I eat too much fish and meat, and I also want to taste the taste of vegetables, so that the two things are suitable."

Wang Qu was unhurried, lying comfortably on her couch and asked, "Tell me what story is written in this book?" ”

"Left and right are just some life and death, love and hatred. Your Majesty, when you come to my Chaoyang Hall today, you must have something to say to me, so why should I bother to tell the stories in those books. ”

"I want you to plant this Chaoyang Palace full of peonies," Wang Qu looked at her expectantly.

"Peony! If Yuehua is not mistaken, in the second year of Wude, the emperor was furious because of a pot of peony flowers, punished the whole palace, and ordered that no more peonies should be planted in the palace. Now, not to mention Bianzhou, even the entire Liang State can't find a few pots of peonies. Yuehua is really difficult to do this! ”

"You don't have to worry about this matter, just take it slowly, Mu Shan will help you, and when the flowers bloom in the future, I will reward you!"

"If there is something to tell me one day, you can send Mushan to pass it on, you don't have to bow down in person, Qianqiu Palace, Shouchun Palace, and Yongle Palace can all keep an eye on my Chaoyang Palace, and it is the best reward to avoid disturbances for Yuehua!"

Xu Yuehua ordered the painting to present the box of treasures in front of Wang Qu, and said softly: "Yuehua is closed all year round, and there is no need for these things outside the body, the jewels sent by the queen are not needed, and they can't afford it, so they will be handed over to the emperor to bring back to fill the treasury silver." ”

"She's bothering you again"

"I'm used to it!"

"The queen is ignorant, don't be like her, the queen is her sister after all!"

"Your Majesty, are you still waiting for her?"

"Four years have passed, and the battle of Jinguan is like yesterday, still vivid, full of corpses and rivers of blood, and I dare not abandon it. On that day, I sent people to search all the secret passages, the Marquis of Anguo's mansion, and the entire Jinguan City, but they couldn't find any trace of her, and I didn't believe that she would die. ”

"The spring cold is especially bad, the emperor must not feel sad and pass away, since he is already the king of Liang, the country and the society are important. The moon hung a bead curtain, and Mu Shan quickly escorted the emperor back to the palace. Xu Yuehua tied his cloak and handed over a medicine box. The two looked at each other, and at this moment no words were better than ten thousand words.

Bianzhou, Shen House.

"Su Qing, where is Yue'er now?" Shen Changjun lifted the bead curtain and asked her.

"The girl is in the backyard," Su Qing replied slowly.

Shen Changjun paced to the backyard, stood by the moon gate and looked at her, watering the peony over and over again, the water had already soaked the soil and was muddy.

"Don't pour it anymore, it'll be doused by you"

I didn't know that she was helpless and mourned: "Dead, dead, all dead......"

The roar pierced people's hearts like a sharp sword, and the blood of the Zhijiao was splashed on the spot, and they died. And the tears in the eyes are like the ice rain in winter, and the cold wind hitting people's faces is a heartache......

If you regret not at the beginning, everything is difficult to save, maybe everything can be saved!

"Tomorrow's Flower Dynasty Festival, how about going to Qiyun Mountain in the western suburbs with my brother to visit an old man?" Although she turned her back to him, he knew that she must be crying, so he wanted to take her to relax.

It was the night breeze that spread, and the Tai Chi Hall was as silent as ever. Wang Qu leaned on the railing, staring at the tattered scroll on the table by the candlelight, which was tattered but treasured to him. A gust of wind passed, and I helped him turn a few pages, only to see a few lines written on it vaguely:

On the eighth day of April in the third year of Zhaoxi, he carried eight buckets of water for the birdmen, and moved thirteen pots for peonies and mulberry loosening soil.

Wang Qu looked at these lines, and his thoughts couldn't help but return to the Xiangwang Mansion in Yuzhou.

In the second year of Zhaoxi, Liang and Yue combined forces to attack Shu, Yizhou was exhausted and the military situation was urgent, and Jinguancheng was in danger. The king of Shu hurriedly begged for a truce, selected young and beautiful women among the princes and nobles to send Liang Guohe, and finally chose Han Wei, the daughter of the Marquis of An, the lord of Qingning.

At that time, he was still an idle man, a prince who was not allowed to enter the palace without an edict, and as long as the king asked for a verbal message, he was forced to accept a prince sent from Shu and his relatives.

That day, he heard that the team had arrived at the post house, so he took Zhang Mushan out.

On that day, he was hit by a "reckless" woman on the long street of Dongmen, but she didn't even apologize.

That day he noticed that his words and actions were different.

"The prince also saw it, it's time to go home, right?"

He sighed, "Let's go back."

"Lord, they are now living in the post house, just waiting for a good day and an auspicious day to marry."

But he said, "This king does not like such a woman! ”

That's him...... The first duplicity.

"Your Majesty, the three of you are here to report, Chang Lingxiu has returned, and today he has entered Qiyun Mountain." Zhang Mushan stood in front of the window and replied carefully.

"Mu Shan, tomorrow you will go to Qiyun Mountain with me!" Wang Qu commanded.

Zhang Mushan was a little puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to announce it into the palace, and why do you need to come in person." ”

"If it's someone else, forget it, he...... I want to ask for myself."

"Your Majesty, the queen sent someone to ask, tomorrow's flower festival The emperor can be interested in accompanying the Shuyi and Jieyu in each palace and hall to enjoy the flowers and sacrifice to the gods" Qibao, the inner servant, stood outside and asked cautiously.

"I have something to do tomorrow, let the queen preside over it." Wang Qu said perfunctorily, and when he saw that he still didn't retreat, he asked again: "What's the matter?" ”

Qibao bowed his head and replied with an embarrassed face: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yuan Shu is waiting outside the palace to ask, when will the emperor go to the Qianqiu Hall to see the second prince?" ”

"I just went to the Qianqiu Hall yesterday and told Concubine Yuan that there is nothing to do and there is no need to come to greet you every day. Let her go back! Retire! Wang Qu said impatiently.

Shippo answered and withdrew.

"Mushan, tomorrow you will disguise yourself with me, pretend to be the children of ordinary people, and go to the western suburbs for a walk, and you just happen to visit the people." Wang Qu seems to attach great importance to this trip to Qiyun Mountain.

At dawn and sunset, the sun was covered with golden wings and scattered across the eastern sky, and they set out at midnight.

"Young Master Yuyang, why don't Sanqi and Siwu travel with me." Zhang Mushan caught up with his horse, and because he was hiding his identity, Wang Qu called himself the son of Yulin.

"Thirty-three tricks haven't been given to me for a long time...... Catch me a big fish, why follow me every day, and quickly hide to carry out the mission. Besides, no one knows about your trip, if you really meet a mountain bandit, I don't think it will be your opponent Zhang Mushan. He patted the horse's belly with his feet and galloped forward. It must have been a long time since I went out of the palace, but today I feel particularly refreshed and relaxed.

"Childe, today's Flower Dynasty Festival, it just so happened that we met!" They passed by the old elm tree at the foot of Qiyun Mountain, Zhang Mushan touched the wishing card hanging on it, and a gust of wind passed the wishing card one by one and made a crisp sound, and I don't know how many boudoir resentful feelings were recorded on it.

"Mushan, hurry up, this regular spiritual cultivator may not be in the view, maybe wandering elsewhere, and you have to rush back to the palace before sunset." Wang Qu urged Mushan to hurry up, so as not to delay the business.

Qiyun Mountain, Qingyun View.

"Lao Dao and Gongzi have an appointment for three years, and I am afraid that I will not be able to escape today. That's it, if the son has any doubts, the old Taoist must know everything. ”

"I once read a book of "Yingzhou Strange Stories", which contains a thing, called Fu Lingyu, if it is nourished by human blood, it can be used to communicate with other worlds, gather people's souls, and then return to the world. Dare to ask, is the things contained in this book true? Wang Qu stood quietly on the side and looked at this old way, brushed his beard, scratched his hair, and shook the dust in his hand.

"Fu Lingyu, from beginning to end is just a legend, when Lao Dao visited Xishu before, he heard a thing or two, Shu may have appeared, but he didn't really know about it. Childe, the old Taoist sees that you must not be an ordinary man, and always wants to persuade you, if there is really this jade in the world, it will cause a storm, if this jade really exists in the world, how can the life and death of the person be determined by the sky? ”

Wang Qu was convinced of the existence of the Lingyu after reading the "Yingzhou Strange Stories", so at this moment, no matter how the Taoist Chang Lingxiu persuaded him, he still believed that this jade existed, just like he didn't find her bones among the tens of thousands of corpses in Jinguan City at that time, but after all, it was just self-deception.

"I am the Son of Heaven, I am the Heavens, I don't let her die, she must not die!" He angrily snatched the door and led his horse along the secluded mountain road, and the sun fell into the valley in the distance, and the afterglow of the slanting sun spread out through the gaps between the deep forests, and in the distance there was the chirping of a cuckoo, and a cuckoo flew by, and the surroundings were very quiet. Zhang Mushan followed behind him and was also holding the horse silently, in the past, when he was in Yuzhou, whenever there was a troublesome that could not be resolved, he also led the horse slowly. It's just that she was with her at that time, and now it is already a thing or a person.

"Brother Tan, after a long time, I was able to meet here, my little sister was sick at a young age, and she was sick for many years, but fortunately you helped her to heal for three points, this kind of kindness can not be repaid, it is better to go to my house to live for a while, in order to show the gratitude of my brother and sister!"

"Changjun, you and I don't have to say thank you, it's just that it's strange that she is sick, sometimes good and sometimes bad, and there is no certainty. Although it can't be cured right now, it's good to meditate. It's just that now I see that this moon phase is very different from before! ”

"What's the difference?" Changjun asked him.

"Once upon a time, when I saw my sister Yue, it was 'more than thirteen years old, and the cardamom tips were in early February.'" Now that I meet again, at this moment I only think of the sentence 'fresh skin is moist, beautiful and delicious'! ”

"Tan Su, how come you are such a good Taoist that you don't have a righteous person in your day?" Shen Biyue threw him a pot of wine, "Drink your bar!" ”

"I think that if it weren't for the old man who had to pass on the mantle to me, I wouldn't have become the lonely old man I am today! In addition to reading and chanting scriptures all day, I still read and chanted scriptures, and I didn't see a woman with my eyes, but it happened that today I met Sister Yue, who I haven't seen for many years" Saying that, he was about to reach out to pull the corner of Biyue's clothes, and was slapped away by Changjun with a palm.

"Alas...... I don't know who showed mercy everywhere and provoked those daughters' families to become lovesick for you, and they couldn't afford to be sick. Brother Tan, you have read all the beauties in the world, my family is unbearable, and drinking this glass of wine is regarded as my practice for you! ”

"The general also invited me to live in the house for a few days, so I turned my face and didn't recognize anyone, I really care for my sister, I don't know which kid is cheaper, I will marry your Yue'er!"

"He's coming!"

"Who?" Tan Su asked incomprehensibly.

Shen Changjun just smiled faintly and was silent.

On Changning Street, the bustling crowd is mixed with rouge, incense and wine and meat. Every year, the boss of the flower festival has to achieve so many pairs of infatuated men and women. But even so, there are still many sorrows and hatreds in the world, and it is difficult for lovers to become dependents.

"Today's Flower Dynasty, the prince promised to worship the gods with me, admire the moon, drink wine, and take me to see the apricot blossoms in Zhongming Lake," she stared into his eyes with an expectant look. Once upon a time, she was so innocent, always pestering him, bothering him, and annoying him. Although Wang Qu said: No, unwilling, can't...... But my heart slowly got used to her requests and vexatiousness.

On that day, the flowers were dotted, the apricot blossoms were dotted, the faint fragrance wisps, reflecting the faint moonlight, she stood in the apricot orchard of Zhongming Lake, laughing happily, her laughter was like a crisp silver bell. I watched as she picked one and broke another tree, but in the middle of the day, she beckoned to me with the apricot blossoms in her arms. I stood on the boat in the middle of the lake and looked at her smiling, and I felt happy in my heart! Today, I searched this mountain but I didn't see a single apricot blossom ......"

He was a little disappointed and ordered: Mushan go back to the palace!

Wang Qu left Qiyun Mountain, and finally didn't want to believe what the Taoist said, because "Yingzhou Strange Stories" really contained Fu Lingyu, and he had also tried the jade in private, and now he just wanted to rush to verify it!

Although Zhang Mushan didn't want to disturb his mind, he didn't want him to suffer and increase his sorrow, so he dared to say: "Today's flower dynasty, Changning Street is very lively, and there may be that Hualang stall!" ”

So the two of them rushed to Changning Street!

Passing by the old elm tree at the bottom of the mountain, I saw that there were still a few people hanging wishing cards on the tree. Wang Qu stopped the horse, touched the wishing card on it with his hand, and smiled, in Yuzhou, every year the flowers will hang a wishing card on the tree, but the content of the wishing card every year is exactly the same content "Spring tour, apricot blossoms blow all over the head." Mo is young and romantic. The concubine intends to marry and rest for the rest of her life. There was a last sentence in this poem, but she never wrote it. Wang Qu once asked her why she didn't write a complete poem, but she didn't answer, just smiled.

"Girl, this apricot blossom is so beautiful, buy some and go back!" Su Qing showed her a few apricot blossoms and asked her if she wanted to buy them.

"Apricot blossoms are a lifeless thing, and they disappear with the wind, so don't sigh!" Shen Biyue picked up one of the branches and blew it, and sure enough, the petals scattered from the branches and fell to the ground with the wind.

"Why did the girl say this, apricot blossoms are the most beautiful flowers in the Flower Dynasty!" I saw him standing in the lamplight and glancing at her, and she also looked up at him standing under the lantern.