Chapter 19: Farewell
"Da Da Da ......"
Before I knew it, it was getting dark, and the window sounded the sound of claws slamming the door.
Night Terror silently opened his eyes, looked down at the bandage on his chest, then rolled over and sat up, put on his shoes, and opened the window.
"Twitter......"
Outside the window, the big bird who had stayed up all night was drowsy and cooed, and then fell straight forward.
Night Terror hurriedly raised his hand to catch it, rubbed it for comfort, and then put the bird in the hat, turned around and began to dress.
There was a mess in Xiaoshan Fort last night, and the wind naturally became louder and louder during the day, standing in the inn room, you could hear the discussion of the pawns of the rivers and lakes, and even the matter of Long Zhengqing's war book was transmitted to the town at a very fast speed:
“…… Turbid wine Qingfeng treats the young dragon, this is obviously a war book, Long Zhengqing has not shown up for many years, why did he suddenly appear in Wanghai Tower......"
"The third and second of the eight men of the Night Terror Hall, sooner or later they have to find the door to fight, Long Zhengqing may have seen the night Yama King rush too fast, instead of being found and beaten up, it is better to put a big square in the ring to fight, so that losing is nothing more than a ranking exchange, not ashamed......"
"That's right...... Who do you think has the better chance of winning? ”
"The Night Great Yama King is the martial artist with the most records after Fengguan City, and he can't suppress the silence of Hualing, and Long Zhengqing is estimated to be ......."
"The most difficult level of the Great Yama that night should be the Pingtian Sect Master. One is good and one is evil, one official and one bandit, if this happens, it will inevitably lead to human life......"
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Night Terror Hall listened at the window with his belt on, and when he saw the Jianghu people talking about the Pingtian Sect Master, he somehow recalled the white tuan'er in the ice mounds......
According to his estimates, the final appearance of the Pingtian Sect Master should have entered the realm of returning to the basics.
The difference between Wu Kui and the Grandmaster is worlds apart, and the same is true for the above, since the Pingtian Sect Master has already taken that step, it shouldn't take long to be on an equal footing with the Zuo Xian King of the Northern Liang.
He used that magic pen with a sword in Xicheng Port, and even stabbed Ling Hu Guan to death with a finger last night, which was actually a step forward.
But at present, to reach that state, it is all by a flash of inspiration, and it is not yet possible to fully grasp it, and it is half a foot outside the door.
How to grasp and consolidate that feeling is a problem at present, and it feels like it has accumulated too little......
Thinking so, Night Terror put on his clothes, went out to the outside of the room, and wanted to go downstairs to fetch water and wash, but stopped when he passed by the door.
Last night it was late, and the water was more skinny, and I rolled on the bed with Miss Fan for half a night, but I fell asleep at dawn, and I haven't woken up yet.
The night terror hall was listening next door, and I couldn't participate in it and interject, but it was actually quite uncomfortable; After pausing at the door, he pushed open the door and took a look.
The next room is almost furnished, except for the table and chairs, there is a bed; Two dresses sit on a bedside shelf, and two pairs of embroidered shoes sit on the floor.
Xuanji Zhenren was lying on her side, wearing white thin pants and a wine gourd belly pocket, holding the graceful beauty in her arms with both hands, looking like an evil fairy who was sleeping with her daughter-in-law.
Fan Qinghe was lying outside with his back to Xuanji Zhenren, his clothes were tighter, but he was rubbed a little messy, even in his sleep, there was still a slight feeling of lovelessness between his eyebrows.
As soon as Night Terror opened the door, he saw Shui Er's eyes open a line, looked at him, and then looked at Qinghe in front of him, and then raised his right hand, held the warm water bag that she couldn't grasp with one hand, and pinched it lightly or heavily.
On the placket of Fan Qinghe's dark clothes, traces of five fingers can be clearly seen......
After pinching it, Xuanji Zhenren lay down and closed his eyes, making a sleeping appearance that 'has nothing to do with me', and there was no movement.
?
Night Terror didn't expect Shui Er to want to frame him, and when he saw that Miss Fan was awakened, he quietly closed the door, and soon there was a conversation in the house:
"Enchantress! Are you dead asleep? It's all dawn......"
"Hmm~......"
"Hurry up, really, I still move my hands and feet when I fall asleep......"
……
Moments later, outside the inn.
Because the charcoal-red horse was too eye-catching, the Night Terror Hall moved the horse out and stopped in the side alley; And the big black fat horse, which was originally quite mighty, stood side by side in front of him, and they were all compared to fat donkeys.
The Night Terror Hall put the unconscious bird into the bag on the horse's side, tied up the belongings, led the horse and waited for a while, and the footsteps sounded from behind.
Xuanji Zhenren walked out of the back door, and it was difficult to see the demonic appearance in the room, the white clothes were like snow and the temperament was like a fairy, and the demeanor was quite cold.
And Fan Qinghe was wearing a dark skirt and a hat, and he looked a lot more angry, and after seeing the night terror, his eyes were still a little dodgy, and he silently walked to the other side of the big black horse and buried his head in things.
Xuanji Zhenren came to him, casually helped the Night Terror Hall to sort out the robes, raised his eyes and asked:
"Go back to Jiangzhou City first?"
"Wanghailou is over there in Lin'an County, let's go over and see the situation first, I'm just a flesh injury, there's no problem, it's estimated that it will be fine when I wait for the place."
……
Fan Qinghe stood next to her, and saw this good daughter-in-law-like demon girl in a blink of an eye, her red lips moved slightly, and she wanted to bow her head as if she hadn't seen it, but she knew that the demon girl was deliberately angry with her, and she pretended to be calm and frowned when she thought about it:
"In broad daylight, you're not afraid of people seeing?"
Xuanji Zhenren's expression was as immobile as a mountain, and he deliberately leaned into his arms.
Seeing this, Night Terror Hall turned his head and wanted to help Miss Fan brush her hair from her ears and a bowl of water was flat, but Fan Qinghe hurriedly lowered his head and ran away from the dark horse:
"Ling...... You two ride a horse, I'll go my own, let's go. ”
Xuanji Zhenren just deliberately teased Qinghe, and she really rode a horse with Night Terror, she was afraid that she would have to be touched as a river god Niangniang, so she jumped lightly and fell on the back of the big black horse:
"Driving~"
Hoof, hoof......
The horse walked towards the mouth of the alley.
"Huh?"
Fan Qinghe stayed where he was, and when he saw the Night Terror Hall and the only horse left, his eyes suddenly panicked, and he hurriedly chased after him, and jumped behind Xuanji Zhenren:
"You don't have a horse, do you? I'm here to ride this ......."
"I'm giving you a chance."
"Give what chance? I haven't settled accounts with you about last night......"
……
Night Terror Hall watched the two of them drift away, couldn't help but shake his head and chuckled, turned over and followed behind the charcoal red horse, and remembered something in his heart.
When he set off from the capital, Yuhu said that he would go back after playing for a few days, and he would ride the rouge tiger when the time came; It's been almost a month since I left the capital, so I guess I'm in a hurry......
Tap, tap, ......
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Knock –
Knock –
The distant morning bell rings from the bell and drum tower and enters the thousands of streets and alleys of the capital.
Standing on the top of the Mingyu Tower in the east of the city, Dongfang Liren stretched out his arms in front of the screen, let the maid wear a silver python skirt, his eyes jumped over the screen, looking at the snow-capped imperial city, his eyes were as majestic and arrogant as ever, but there was a three-point tiredness in the depths of his eyes.
As a regent in the capital, it has been more than 20 days to help my sister deal with court affairs, and Dongfang Liren has gradually adapted to the rhythm of life, but he also understands what it means to be alone.
The relatives and friends who can talk are gone, and she is the only one left in the capital, although there are more than 10,000 people, but after being busy with business, there is no one around her to accompany her to relieve her boredom, and the days can be said to be quite lonely.
Dongfang Liren thought that in the past ten years, her sister has been like this every day, but she has enjoyed the wealth of the world under the protection of her wings, and she feels a little unhappy.
Although she was bored and tired, she still suppressed her sister's thoughts, and even thought that there would be no big things in the court in a short time, so that she could hold on for a while longer, and her sister could play outside for a longer time.
However, she does have a little itch about the situation in Jiangzhou.
Childe is six feet tall, but his mediocre facial features hide sour on all sides......
Thinking of the private message sent back by his sister from Jiangzhou, Dongfang was also amazed by the hearts of his people, and he could even imagine his sister sitting in the banquet and seeing with his own eyes the appearance of the night terror hall and the Jiangzhou genius when they were fighting with each other - at that time, my sister should be as happy as a monkey......
When I returned to the house, I must have copied down the bed and pondered for most of the night, and complained about why the mother concubine gave birth to her so stupid......
……
Thinking so crankily, waiting for the clothes to be dressed, Dongfang Liren came to the desk, picked up the stack of folds in front of him, and began to deal with today's errand.
But before he could read two copies, there were footsteps outside the door, and the maid appeared at the door and bowed down to report:
"Your Highness, there is a Beiliang student outside, who calls herself Hua Qingzhi, and wants to meet His Highness, do you want to invite her in."
"Hua Qingzhi?"
Dongfang was stunned, she still remembered this talented girl in Yanjing who could put pressure on her, but she hadn't seen Long Yinlou since then, and she only knew that she was studying in Guozijian, and she didn't pay attention to it because she was busy with government affairs.
Hearing that Hua Qingzhi dared to run to the door to ask for a meeting, Dongfang Liren was a little curious, put down the fold, got up and walked downstairs:
"Where is she?"
"Outside the door, Your Highness wants to go out to greet you in person?"
"She has inconvenient legs and feet, so she can't climb the stairs to ......"
"Oh......"
……
At the same time, outside the main gate of the palace.
Willow-like snow fell on the street, and the palace guards stood solemnly on the side of the street in armor, looking at a carriage parked outside the palace gate.
The carriage was not decorated, but it was quite lenient, and the escort Huaning served as the coachman, because he was here to meet the second emperor of the Great Wei, he was still a little nervous, standing beside the carriage upright, and his breathing was very reserved.
A wheelchair covered with white mink velvet, placed next to the carriage, Hua Qingzhi, dressed in a winter skirt, sat upright on it, holding a small brass stove in her hand, with a soft blanket on her knees, looking full of bookishness, looking at the dragon shadow wall inside the door.
Lu Zhu changed into a set of Yun'an's common lady skirts, holding a long wooden box in her arms, probably afraid that the cold wind would blow the young lady cold, standing on the side and shielding the breeze with her body, and muttered in a low voice:
"King Jing is now the regent, we are ordinary people, or northerners, isn't it appropriate to come to the door to ask for a meeting?"
Hua Qingzhi held the stove to warm her hands, and said softly:
"I'm about to leave, and it's hard to see each other again for the rest of my life. Although King Jing and I are far apart in status, we also have a friendship of playing a game of chess, no matter whether King Jing sees it or not, I always have to come to the door to say hello. ”
Lu Zhu grew up in Yanjing since he was a child, and he has been in Yun'an, which is also prosperous but has a completely different taste, for nearly a month, and he really wants to play for a while.
But since Hua Ling, a thief in the rivers and lakes, made a scene in Tianjie, it seems to have affected the friendship between the two countries; Li Shilang rarely went out to walk around, and the officials of Great Wei were not very enthusiastic, so they originally stayed until the New Year as planned, but it was only less than a month, and Li Shilang was ready to return to the camp.
The students who went to Beijing to study will go back at the beginning of spring next year as planned, but Hua Qingzhi did not come to study, but just followed the envoy team to come over for treatment.
Now that Dr. Wang has prescribed a prescription, he takes medicine to slowly recuperate, and he doesn't have to go to the hospital every day; The envoy team wanted to return to Beiliang, so they naturally had to go back.
Green beads pondered for a moment, and said with a pity:
"Last time, Miss went to the Yeguo Mansion to deliver pens, I thought that I would socialize a few times, but I didn't expect that the Night Guogong would leave Beijing in two days. Let's go, we may never see each other again......"
"Why do you need to ask about parting when you see each other, there is no time for life to get together and disperse."
Hua Qingzhi sighed softly: "Ye Gongzi is the favorite of Great Wei, we live in Yanjing, and we can still see him, it can only be that he is with a large army and comes to Yanjing City." If that's the case, then I'd rather never touch him again in my life. ”
Lu Zhu knew that this was the truth, no matter how powerful the night boy was, it was impossible for him to go to Yanjing City single-handedly in order to get together with his old friends.
Thinking of this, Luzhu became more and more lost in his heart, thought about it and whispered:
"If Yegongzi really hits Yanjing, for the sake of his friendship with Miss, he shouldn't move our Washington, huh? At that time, even if the young lady gets married, I am afraid that she will have to remarry in order to repay this kindness...... I don't know if the night boy will dislike the married young woman......"
??
Hua Qingzhi raised her hand and flicked it on the skull of the green bead:
"A person like Yegongzi is in front of the country's major affairs, how can he favor women for personal gain? However, grandpa has already returned to his hometown, and he also has prestige in the family, if our dynasty is defeated, and the southern dynasty wants to annex the north, it is still necessary to let the Hudong Confucianism braid for the empress. If grandpa is willing to surrender, our family will naturally be safe and sound, if he refuses, it will be nothing more than a martyrdom for the whole family......"
Lu Zhu was just joking, and when he heard this, he sighed softly:
"How many things happened to the rise and fall of the Three Kingdoms, and the characters of the two dynasties were tragic. The North and the South can obviously live in peace, but they want to fight you to the death, and in the end, it is not our little daughters who can only go with the flow......"
After two days of chatting, I waited only a moment, and there was a sound of footsteps behind the shadow wall.
Stomp ......
Lu Zhu stopped talking, thinking that the maid who had reported it had returned, but when she looked up, she saw a figure in a silver python robe walking out.
The figure was very tall, walking with its head held high, and the fat-headed dragon on its chest trembled slightly, looking much bigger than the delicate lady......
Hua Qingzhi saw that the queen of Dawei went out in person, and there was obvious surprise in her eyes, she put down the small stove and prepared to get up and salute.
Dongfang walked out of the shadow wall, and when he saw this scene, he raised his hand slightly:
"Miss Hua doesn't have to get up, she has been recuperating in the capital for many days, and her legs and feet are better?"
"The little woman greets His Royal Highness King Jing."
Hua Qingzhi still stood up with the armrests, folded her hands on her waist and saluted, and smiled;
"Doctor Wang gave a prescription, which is stronger than before, but it will take a few years to raise it well."
Dongfang Liren came to him with his entourage, because it was more troublesome to move the wheelchair to Mingyulou, so he raised his hand to signal Hua Qingzhi to sit, and then personally supported the wheelchair and walked on the main street of the palace:
"Miss Hua is still young, and she will only be in her early twenties in a few years, so there is no need to worry. This Wang is good at chess calligraphy and painting, but there is indeed a lack of chess friends, and if you have time in the future, you can come to the palace at any time as a guest. ”
Dongfang Liren is not a kind word, after all, Night Terror Hall and her sister are gone, she is crazy all day long, although she and Hua Qingzhi are not on good terms, but it is also very interesting to have a comparable opponent, and fight every day.
When Hua Qingzhi was in Yanjing, there was no opponent among the women, and she didn't finish the competition with the queen, which was actually a pity, and sighed lightly when she heard the words:
"Li Shilang has something important at home, and he is about to go back to the north, so I have to go back with him. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely visit His Highness again and learn chess again. ”
Dongfang Liren knew that Li Si was going to slip back, but he didn't expect Hua Qingzhi to leave.
They are in two countries, Hua Qingzhi is a scholarly lady who doesn't know martial arts, and the chance of meeting again for the rest of her life is slim.
Dongfang Liren may be a hero and cherishes a hero, and he doesn't want this thorny talent to disappear like this, so he slowed down a little and thought about it:
"It's a pity to say goodbye and it's hard to meet. Miss Hua is just a daughter's family has nothing to do with the situation between the two countries, if you are interested, you can actually find a good son in Yun'an, this king will give you a marriage and a decree, and it is not impossible to enter the government as a daughter in the future......"
Hua Qingzhi relies on her talent to learn, not to mention the champion in high school, she can still be on the list in the imperial examination, she can be regarded as a talent, and Da Wei is a female emperor, and it is indeed possible to be a female waiter or something in the future.
Dongfang leaves people with such conditions, if she is an ordinary woman with some ambitions, she will really stay and serve Dawei.
But Hua Qingzhi is just a young lady from a wealthy merchant family on the surface, but behind her back she is the granddaughter of the old lady of Beiliang, and her background is not much different from the queen mother.
In the face of the queen's kindness, Hua Qingzhi did not refuse directly, and after a little groaning, she half-jokingly said:
"If you want to find lovesickness, you have nowhere to go, you can only send Yaoqin to your heart. Childe has his own bosom friend, and it is rare to listen to it when he is empty. ”
“……”
Dongfang Liren blinked his eyes and heard the meaning of this - the son he fancied was already famous, and he couldn't be appreciated and listened to if he stayed to pour out his heart with the sound of the piano.
said so bluntly, do you want this king to pity your infatuation, but can you accept you?
Dongfang Liren couldn't figure out whether Hua Qingzhi was joking, or if she was really digging the foot of the wall in front of her, after thinking about it, she didn't answer positively, turned around and asked the maid to take a dagger and handed it to Hua Qingzhi:
Suddenly said goodbye, and the king did not prepare a greeting gift. The name of this thing is 'Qinghe', and the talented girl Gu Yanzhi of the previous dynasty likes it, and Miss Hua should like it. ”
Hua Qingzhi took the delicate little dagger with a light cyan color, and surprise flashed in her eyes.
Hua Qingzhi has read a lot of books in the two dynasties, and he has been stumped by the 'Wang Ting's posthumous works' in the night terror hall a few times, and I have heard of the allusion to this dagger before.
Legend has it that during the previous dynasty, Miss Gu, who was born in the family of the official eunuch in the capital, met a young courtier who came to negotiate with the Northern Dynasty by chance, and fell in love with each other at first sight, but the situation between the two countries was-for-tat, and there was no way to finally become a family.
Before parting, the young official was not easy to confide in his heart, so he gave Miss Gu the dagger he carried, saying that he would definitely come to Yun'an again one day.
Miss Gu is also an infatuated person, for the sake of a word, she waited from the age of twenty-eight to the gradual passing of Fanghua, and everyone felt that Miss Gu was deceived by the people of the Northern Dynasty, so she didn't wait.
As a result, I never thought that after the armistice and peace talks between the two Koreas and the relationship warmed up, the young official really resigned and came to the Southern Dynasty as a scholar, although he was in his fifties, he never got married, until he came to Yun'an, and married Miss Gu, who was also unmarried.
And in the end, when the scholar died, he had no children and no daughters under his knees, and he scattered all his family wealth, and built a cemetery outside Yun'an City, and wrote 'three feet of soil by the bridge, burying the poor people', giving the woman who failed to become a family member in this life a place to return, that is, the Hualiu Bridge where Hua Ling finally wanted to enter the ground, which can be regarded as the first love of the previous dynasty.
This story ends well, but it is not very satisfying, after all, the two waited until they were forty or fifty years old to get their wish, almost a lifetime.
The queen sent this, the meaning is obvious-if you are interested in the night terror, just wait slowly, it's not that there is no chance.
Hua Qingzhi was just joking, and she didn't have the same feelings for Miss Gu as she did for the night terrors, but she really liked this dagger, and said with a slight bow:
"Thank Your Highness for your kindness. His Royal Highness gave such a generous gift, and the little woman only prepared a painting, but she couldn't handle it. ”
"Oh?"
Seeing this, Dongfang took the picture box from Luzhu's hand, opened it to check, but saw that it was a picture of snow - winter snow in the cold river, and a small boat floating on the river; She and Hua Qingzhi sat on both sides of the chess table, engrossed in playing chess, and the chessboard endgame, and it could even be seen that it was the game of chess that she and Hua Qingzhi had not finished.
Next to him, there was a man in a black robe with a saber hanging from his waist, standing on the bow of the boat with his hands and looking at the distant mountains.
The artistic conception of the painting is very good, it has nothing to do with the identity of the situation between the two dynasties, only the leisurely and elegant boating in the snow, but this family of three ......
She reunited with Hua Qingzhi, continued the unfinished game of chess in Longyinlou, and drew the Night Terror Hall next to it.
If you draw a few maids next to you, you can still understand it as an entourage, and between heaven and earth, there are one man and two women......
Dongfang Liren felt that the meaning of this painting was intriguing, but he really couldn't find anything wrong with it in person, so he just nodded slightly and put the painting away:
"I just hope that in the future, there will be such a day."
Hua Qingzhi painted this painting, in fact, it didn't mean much, she just hoped to reunite with the people she had met, and said with a smile:
"Yes, just like this 'Qinghe', as long as you wait, you can always achieve your wish in the future."
"Hehe......"
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I wish you all a safe and healthy Dragon Boat Festival!
(End of chapter)