Chapter 22: The Shadow Reappears
Liu Yingming and Liu Qing chattered.
"Lord Liu, can you enjoy the light and have a meal together today, I don't know when I will see you next time, you don't know how someone Liu misses you these days!" Liu Qing looked sincere and invited again.
Liu Yingming wanted to refuse, but when she saw Liu Qing's eyes full of Qiji, she couldn't bear to refuse, "That's it, I just have time today, and I can go with you!" ”
Liu Qing was full of joy, and hurriedly shouted the little guy he brought, "Go quickly, go to Xiangmanlou to order food, I have already explained the dishes to the boss, and let him prepare them and send them to the theater." Liu Qing smiled and said to Liu Yingming, "All the food you order today is what you like to eat, let's eat it in our own theater garden, so as to save people outside from being messy and unsafe." ”
"Okay, I'll listen to you," Liu Yingming smiled, I've been under too much pressure lately, so take this opportunity to relax.
Liu Qing smiled when he saw Liu Yingming, for so long, today is comfortable, he thought that he would miss Liu Yingming in this life, and he didn't want to be able to get together again, even if he couldn't face each other day after day as before, as long as he knew that he was still there, he could still see him occasionally, which was a great happiness. He doesn't know what kind of feeling this is, although he is despised by the world and criticized, he still can't resist his inner concern for Liu Yingming, because he is even more perfect than his daughter's family, and he has a very charming charm that makes people forget his gender and only remember his beauty.
The two were followed by a group of entourage, all the way back to the theater. Those eunuchs who knew Liu Qing in the palace only said that this declining uncle wanted to please the emperor and tried his best to arrange entertainment projects.
Liu Yingming put on a veil and entered the opera garden, he didn't want anyone to recognize his identity as Boss Liu. Now Liu Yingming is dressed in regular clothes, and after more than half a year of secret guard career in the palace, he has sharpened the hardness of many men, compared to the former enchanting Boss Liu, there is a lot more masculinity, coupled with deliberate Qiao-like imitation, he has slowly moved closer to Emperor Hui in temperament, if it were not for Liu Qing, who had been accompanied day and night and was very attentive, ordinary people might not be able to recognize it at a glance.
The two talked happily over wine, as if the years had not passed, and the days were the same as before.
Liu Qing's drunken eyes were hazy, "Yingying, no, Lord Liu, although you now feel extremely similar to my former emperor's brother-in-law, I can still recognize the difference at a glance." ”
"Oh! Tell me what's different. ”
"A feeling, a feeling you gave me, an indescribable feeling, very mysterious, indescribable, but although the emperor is similar to you, he never has this feeling" Liu Qing said proudly, "Therefore, I will never mistake you." ”
"You mean similar in appearance, but different in verve."
"It's not all, our opera appearance, what we pay attention to is a charm ability, and there are also good ones." Liu Qingdao, "What I appreciate most is that no matter what role you play, you can perform her charm." Different characters have different charms. ”
"Do you want to say that I am still the most suitable person to be the servant of this theater?" Liu Yingming asked.
"No, no, no," Liu Qing said, "you are the most suitable thing to be yourself, you are Liu Yingming, my most admired friend." ”
As soon as the two of them drank, Liu Yingming only dared to put down all the disguised masks in front of Liu Qing at this moment and be back to his former self. Liu Qing was drunk, and Liu Yingming told himself that at this moment, he was pretending to be Emperor Hui, who was the real himself, and he accepted what Emperor Hui said before leaving, and the sense of mission in his heart forced him to recognize the reality. Everyone, at every period of time, needs to play a role by themselves, and in what role they stand, they must do what this role should do, which is their responsibility.
And the former self, don't forget, and shouldn't be addicted.
When Emperor Hui and his entourage traveled on the river until the sixth day, they finally arrived at the water system of the Yunyang Mountain Range. The water here is crystal clear, and the bottom of the river is full of beautiful pebbles of different sizes.
The boat moved slowly, gradually from the great river to the stream, until it could no longer go any further.
The boatman and the servant docked the big boat by the stream, and the people led the horses, took their belongings, and got off the boat. The boatmen waited on the boat for their return, while the rest of the people continued to walk the mountain road to the previous palace to join the guards who remained behind.
The mountain road was bumpy, the guards were leading the horses on the trail, Wei Wei followed closely, fortunately he was also a long-distance runner in the 21st century, but the shoes on his feet were not wearing well, thanks to his foresight to change a pair of short boots, otherwise he would have to be like those palace maids behind, wearing round-soled high-heeled bow shoes, walking on the stone and messy mountain road, it was simply a crime.
After walking in the mountains for a few hours, climbing two or three hills, I finally arrived at the palace where I had stayed before dark. The group could finally rest.
Yunyang Mountain is like spring all year round, although it is the middle of winter, the valley is still full of shade, flowers bloom everywhere, and the temperature is much higher than outside.
Wei Wei couldn't wait to sit down on the rocks of the stream, took off the boots on her feet, tore off the brocade silk wraps, and put a pair of tender feet into the stream, "Ah! It's so cool. "Along the way, it was like a fire in the boots, and now it was finally liberated.
"!" Yuegui immediately rushed over when she saw it, and lifted Weiwei's feet out of the water, "Niangniang, you will suffer from the cold like this, don't look at the warmth of this valley, but after all, it is the middle of winter, and the cold in the water is thick, be careful of hurting your body." With that, he dried Weiwei's feet and put on a pair of soft shoes.
After everyone rested for a while, they cleaned up again and arranged their own sleeping rooms. In the evening, the cook was busy eating, everyone ate hastily, and when they were settled, they all went to bed early, and the guards were on duty to keep vigil in turn.
"Early tomorrow morning, I will take General Miao and Master Xie of Guangzhi, and they will set off to take a look at those mountains." Hui Di stayed in Weiwei's room at night, and the two of them lay on the couch together, although they were tired during the day, once they rested, they couldn't sleep again.
Both of them have thoughts, lying down and chatting with each other.
"Now Master Guangzhi has connected the lines on the two maps, and found the hidden treasure locations in the map, just go and find it tomorrow!" Wei Wei asked, "Brother Jing, I'll go with me tomorrow morning!" ”
"Yunyang Mountain is too big, and the mountain is treacherous, although Guangzhi deciphered the location of the treasure, but it is not so easy to really go into the mountain to find it, if Cai Wei also wants to go with me, I am worried that you will suffer hardship."
"Brother Jing, as the king of a country, can be in danger, and so can Cai Wei, not to mention, I don't worry about you."
"Good! Then I'll pick a tame horse for Cai Wei tomorrow······"
At night, the valley was quiet and silent, the temperature was suddenly cold, and the temperature difference was very large compared to the daytime, Weiwei slept closely with Emperor Hui, and occasionally unknown birds whispered outside the window.
Hui Di was in a daze and finally fell asleep. Suddenly, he felt a flash of spiritual light in front of him, and the strong light pierced his eyes so that he couldn't open them, and he suddenly came to an empty and boundless space, where there seemed to be nothing, just a white expanse, no sky, no earth, only a white world that was so big that people panicked.
"Where is this?" Hui Di heard his own voice echoing in this boundless space.
"This is the real you, your inner world." A voice replied, it was a man wrapped in a black shadow, he made a hoarse voice, there was an indescribable discomfort, like the harsh sound of metal rubbing against each other, his body was hidden behind the light and shadow, revealing only a pair of eyes, just looking at himself fixedly. Emperor Hui felt that the black shadow was filled with an aura that he was extremely familiar with, but he couldn't tell what this feeling was.
"Finally waiting for you to come." The sound of the black shadow man's metal rubbing came to mind again, and in the cold voice, Hui Di heard joy, expectation, and deep loneliness.
"Who are you?" Whitich Road.
"I am you." The Shadow Man replied, "I am your past life. ”
"Two mes?"
"Actually, this world is reshaped by you, or me, in order to get everything back on track."
"What do you say?" Hui Di asked.
"Since it is rebirth, you and I should be one, just like Bai Weiwei and Guo Caiwei, but have you noticed that you or I are clearly two people now?"
"So which of the two of us is the real 'me'?" Emperor Hui asked.
"It's all and it's not." The Shadow Man said, "I'm here to get you to cooperate with me and do something. ”
"Back on track?"
"Yes."
"How?"
"You'll find out later." After the black shadow man finished speaking, Emperor Hui's eyes suddenly darkened, as if he had fallen into the abyss, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that he was still on the couch in the room, and Cai Wei on the side was sleeping sweetly.
The full moon outside the window lattice came in through a ray of light, "Is this a dream?" Emperor Hui secretly wondered, "Why is it so weird." ”