A young man sees mountains as mountains and water as water. On this deserted and beautiful night, Liu Yi had no one to talk to, but he actually talked to the stars.
I saw him looking at the bright moon yearningly, and said innocently, "A few days ago, Yu Mei, who had been so evil, returned to Liuzhou with Grandpa Dongfang's coffin in a low-key manner. She has always been carefree, but these days she has become Very taciturn. No one can easily let go of the death of a close relative. She was worried about being a teenager. Before leaving, she asked me if she could go with her. I shook my head. You have a grandfather, and I still have a father. She She said she never wanted to come back in her life."
My parents are here and they are not traveling far. I thought: If she never comes to Huaxing County in this life, she may never see me in this life.
"This morning, after the master was saved, the bald man who thought only about 'Buddha's fingers on the Cangshan Mountain and good autumn on earth' came to my side quietly and bid me farewell. I asked him what his plans were next. He said he planned to continue going north. I said, "The rivers and lakes are too dangerous. It's better to go back to Baima Temple to avoid the hardships of sleeping in the open air and the hardships." He smiled, made a wish seal, and said to me in a serious manner: "Buddha said: No birth." Immortal, untainted and unclean. The young monk is dull and unable to understand love, hate, life and death. It is very sad here. It is better to go north. If one day in the future, he can ascend to the throne and become the angry-eyed Vajra, he will definitely come back at that time. Look at you'."
At that time, I lowered my head and said softly, "Hmm."
Let's go, you don't belong here, and neither does she. There are too many things worth doing outside, there is no need to stay here, in the past.
"In front of the master's grave, the bald man quietly took off my hand and gave me a string of Buddhist beads. According to him, these beads were made from small peach stones from the mountains behind Shuiheguan, with his special Buddhist inscriptions added to them. The technique can ward off evil spirits and purify the mind. But no matter how I smell it, it smells like saliva and a sour smell of farewell. Bah! It smells terrible."
"If you are not upright, you cannot be immoral. Perhaps it is because of upright people like my father and Grandpa Dongfang that the people of the world can live a peaceful life."
Liu Yi's nagging finally woke up Xia Qing, who saw Xia Qing shouting to Liu Yi from somewhere in the restaurant, "You bastard, why aren't you going to sleep? You have to live your life well! There are so many things to think about, What are you doing!"
Liu Yi stuck out his tongue, "Would you like to watch the stars together? Boss Xia!"
Xia Qing yelled, "I think you've lost your time! When you officially become the shopkeeper tomorrow, will you still be thinking about stargazing? Humph! Let's go!"
As Xia Qing went back to the house to sleep, Liu Yi couldn't help but fall into the past again in the dim light.
"After Grandpa Dongfang died, my father gradually gave up drinking. He spent all day teaching, reading, and writing in Zigui School. Occasionally, he would ask me to go out for a walk, but he no longer stayed up at night as before. Maybe it was because he was worried. The white hair on his temples that had been hidden deep under his father's hair had also disappeared. According to him, drinking was very harmful to his health. He wanted to live a few more years and take a good look at the world for those who had passed away. "
By the way, please stay with me.
"My father moved me to Wangnan Tower and asked me to practice with Boss Xia. He said that a restaurant is like a small river and lake. If you follow Xia Qing here to greet and send you off, you can experience more human relationships and the past, and it will be better for you in the future. Wangnan Tower is running prosperously. Wangnan Tower is not far from Zigui School. On the day I left, my father still said to me sincerely: Yi'er has read enough books. From now on, he will do what he loves and love what he does. , as long as you don’t regret your original intention.”
"Whether it is a wealthy family or an ordinary household, a man of twelve or thirteen years old should have some responsibility. But when my biggest wish as a child suddenly came true, I was a little at a loss. In a daze, I was still a little lost. Then Such inexplicable thoughts and emotions often make me upset and distracted.”
But what I just recalled was never mentioned in the sage books my father taught me!
Thinking about it, Liu Yi slowly closed his eyes, quietly going.
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The moon and stars are sparse, and the magpies fly south. Three twists and turns around the tree, where is the branch to lean on?
When the mournful song was falling, a crystal meteor suddenly fell next to the bright moon. Liu Yi, who was half asleep and half awake, suddenly woke up. He was wondering which saint died when the shining star drew a half arc in the sky. , rushed towards Liu Yi quickly.
Liu Yi suddenly woke up and looked at the stars flying at the speed of light. His pupils were dilated and he was so frightened that he almost peed with fear! Man-made disasters are especially solvable. Who can withstand this disaster from heaven?
Liu Yi stood up in a hurry, thinking of going downstairs to call Boss Xia to escape with him, but he forgot that his feet were still in the basin. As soon as he started to move, he suddenly slipped and fell from the wooden bench to the ground. He turned around and splashed all the foot-washing water on Liu Yi's body. At the end, the foot-washing basin was slammed onto Liu Yi's head, and Liu Yi instantly turned into a drowned rat.
Faced with such a funny scene, Liu Yi thought impatiently: God, if you want me to die, just tell me. In fact, there is no need to go to such trouble!
Liu Yi took the basin away and had no time to escape. A bright light flashed by, and the 'star' was already close at hand. Liu Yi took a closer look and saw that it was a person.
At this moment, a man in gray clothes, a black belt, and a gray scarf was calling the clouds and the moon, coming with a sword. When he was five feet away from Liu Yi, the man stopped with his sword in hand, and looked at Liu Yi outside the window. .
The middle-aged man danced the sharp sword in his hand like a beautiful sword flower in the air, "My child, are you willing to inherit the master's legacy and join the Hu-Kang Gang?"
Liu Yi rubbed his eyes. It turned out that the man in front of him was Sai Beili, the leader of the Huhu Gang who he had met once before, the powerful Sai Beili in Jiangbei.
After hearing Saibeili's invitation, Liu Yi realized it later, and then he couldn't help laughing.
It turns out that everything has just begun!
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The bells and drums are ringing late and late, the early silence is long in the night, and the stars are wandering, waiting for the dawn.
In Wangnan Tower in Beicheng, under the "coercion and inducement" of the sophisticated Sai Beili, Liu Yi was finally eager to give it a try and joined the Cuhuhu Gang. In the building, Liu Yi, who was lucky enough to inherit his master's name, was chatting happily with Sai Beili.
In another room in Wangnan Building, Xia Qing leaned on her arms and leaned on the desk, listening to the laughter and laughter of the two people upstairs, with a sad face. After a long time, he sighed and turned back to the couch.
Why! A Wangnan Tower failed to keep this kid in the end. It seems that the fate of some people is destined by nature. This kid Liu Yi is destined not to live an ordinary life.
As the laughter upstairs gradually died down, a loud snore slowly sounded from Xia Qing's couch.
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In the same month between the north and the south, the inner house of the governor's house in Nancheng was also full of joy. The two masters and apprentices, whose pseudonyms were Liu Li and Lu Tie, were none other than the emperor Liu Yan and the prime minister Lu Zheng. They dressed up in disguise and paraded eastward, bringing the final The destination is set in the small town of Lingyuan.
At this moment, this pair of masters and disciples, the most authoritative people in the world, were sitting across from Ying Zhi and Liu Quansheng and drinking. They were sitting level with each other to hide their identities. They were drinking tea with no intention of drinking.
It seems that the four of them have important matters to discuss tonight and need to be extremely sober.
Counting Ying Cheng, there were a total of five people in the room, four of whom were sitting in different moods.
Liu Yan was in high spirits, Lu Zheng was leisurely and contented, Ying Zhi was a little reserved, and Liu Quansheng was calm. Although the four of them had different expressions, there was only one word in their eyes, happy.
The old king and his ministers met each other many years ago because of something, and they were separated for more than ten years, and finally they met again because of something. How could they not be happy?
Ying Cheng, who was standing next to Gong Li, was just like Liu Yi, who was so frightened that he peed. However, Liu Yi only peed a little, while Ying Cheng peed all the time!
There was a brief moment of silence in the house. After half a cup of tea, a few figures outside the house came erratically. He knocked on the door but did not come in. He said in a muffled voice, "Sage, I have checked all over the county and found nothing unusual. We will retreat temporarily. "
After hearing this, Liu Yan nodded with satisfaction and said, "Captain Changshui, you've worked hard, go get some rest early!"
Captain Chang Shui outside the door came and went like lightning. He only heard a few rustling sounds from outside the door, and then silence returned.
After three breaths, Liu Quansheng and Ying Zhi stood up together, walked quickly to Liu Yan's table, kowtowed in unison, and said in unison, "My lord, Liu Quansheng and Ying Zhi, pay homage to your majesty. May your majesty live forever!"
Both of them were excited, Liu Quansheng was in a state of excitement, and Ying Zhi was in tears. From the corner of his eye, he saw Ying Cheng standing there dumbly, Ying Zhi glared, got up in a hurry, took three steps and two steps to Ying Cheng. Cheng dragged Ying Cheng to Liu Yan's table and pressed Ying Cheng's head.
Just when Ying Zhi was about to speak, Liu Yan, who was too excited to control himself, immediately stood up and lifted the two of them up. He looked left and right, his bright eyes were reddish, and he couldn't control himself, "Call the north wind blowing Linghe." , all of you have gray hairs in one night! The two beloved ministers worked hard for the country and the people. One endured humiliation and the other hid his fame, and finally achieved extraordinary achievements. It is really a great blessing for the country and the people! Come on, hurry up Take a seat quickly, take a seat quickly! We, the monarchs and ministers, sit down and say, Hahaha!"
The four of them were not people who cared about false etiquette. They immediately took their seats and got down to business.
Ying Zhi was the first to speak, using retreat as an advance, "Your Majesty, the Lingyuan clan has just been pacified and the floods have just subsided. Yesterday you sent the chief water guard to inform the ministers that you would go to Lingyuan. The ministers were frightened and prepared in a hurry. If there was any reception, they would not be able to do it. Zhou Zhi, please forgive me, Your Majesty."
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah? What Ying Qing said is out of touch. Since I came to the throne, I have never left Chang'an City. Recently, I want to break free from the shackles and walk around. The travel routes are all temporary. Dear you, If you insist on holding on to this matter, it’s my fault.”
Liu Yan eliminated the embarrassment with a few words of understatement.
Lu Zheng once praised his apprentice: If the old stubborn Dongfang Chunsheng's eloquence is the best in the world, our emperor should be the second.
Now, it is also number one in the world.
On Liu Yan's table, there was a bowl of steaming haggis soup. Liu Yan picked up the warm soup and took a sip. His stomach felt warm and he became energetic. He casually wiped the sweat lines on his forehead and corners of his mouth with his sleeves. Remaining stains, a happy face.
Liu Yan was about to speak when Ying Cheng tremblingly brought a plate of iced sago and walked toward Liu Yan on tiptoe. Ying Cheng did not serve the haggis soup and sago together, but asked Ying Cheng to present the fruit plate. There was no intention of showing his son's face.
Ying Cheng, who was full of chivalry, could not bear this. He took two steps calmly, then quietly raised his head and squinted at Liu Yan. When he saw Liu Yan looking at him with a smile, he started to smile playfully and resumed walking. The usual loose look.
Suddenly, Liu Yan's expression suddenly became stern. Ying Cheng, who was so carried away, expected this, and immediately acted at a loss. He stumbled with his left foot and his right foot, and a plate of Sha Guo was swung towards Liu Yan's front.
Lu Zheng, who was sitting next to Liu Yan, bared his big white teeth and laughed dryly. He thought to himself and gently threw out the peach wood stick in his hand. The peach wood stick seemed to have magical properties. The moment he left his hand, he quickly stood in front of Liu Yan's table. Then Lu With an understatement of "Let's go", the peach wood staff moved happily, spreading branches and leaves silently. Each bunch of twigs accurately caught the flying sand fruits, exactly.
Finally, the peach wood stick moved, and what was placed in front of Liu Yan looked like a peach tree bearing sand fruits.
Liu Yan laughed, picked a piece of fruit, stuffed it into his mouth, and praised, "Ying Qing has a good fruit, and the teacher has a good method."
Ying Zhi smiled awkwardly, "Quinzi has never seen the world, let His Majesty laugh!"
Ying Cheng, who was still sitting on the ground, lost his face and status, cried loudly, got up from the bed and ran out of the house, shouting as he ran, "Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, those who serve the king My minister, I have suffered a great crime! I don’t want to be an official anymore! It’s too frustrating! I want to be a hero who can strike a chord with one sword!"
There were loud cheers in the house, and several uncontrollable smiles could be heard from the beams outside the door.
After a while, the room returned to a short period of silence. The restrained Ying Zhi and the free and easy Liu Quansheng had very different personalities, but they were both well-educated and well-educated. Although they knew that the emperor's trip was by no means as simple as telling a family story, I didn’t even bother to get to the bottom of it.
This kind of thing, if you take the initiative to ask and someone takes the initiative to tell you, the meaning is completely different.
With a calm expression, Liu Yan picked three fruits in a row and ate them quietly. His big, deceptive eyes were staring straight at the 'peach tree' in front of him. Except for his eyebrows, which were loosening and tightening, his expression Always remained rigid.
It's easy to change a country's nature, but it's hard to change one's nature. Ying Zhi, who was once Liu Yan's Huangmenlang, knew in his heart that at this time the emperor had undecided matters and was making final thoughts and plans in his heart.
As a sand core fell to the ground, Liu Yan wiped his mouth and looked at Ying and Liu with a smile.
Liu Yan asked casually, "Liu Qing, how are you doing lately?"
Liu Quansheng was sitting on the table, his words were gentle, and there was a trace of unnoticeable expectation in his eyes, "Your Majesty, the common people are spotless and live in seclusion in the mountains. They have three meals of food and clothing, teach and study, and take pleasure in accompanying children all day long. They are peaceful and at ease."
Liu Yan got up and left the table, pacing back and forth in the middle hall. After a few times, he turned his back to face Liu and Liu, and looked at the "Picture of Drum Officials" on the side wall. In the picture, a generation of mad students Mihenglao drumming old clothes , beating drums and scolding Cao Cao, enumerating Cao Cao's crimes, scolding him for not knowing the wise and foolish, not reading poetry and books, not accepting loyal advice, not tolerating the princes, always being treasonous, and all kinds of misdeeds, which made Cao Cao ashamed.
"Although the central plains of the empire have been in good weather in the past few years, with soldiers returning to Jiaku and horses released in the Nanshan Mountains, it is far from being able to say that the seas and rivers are clear, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and all the people are happy and prosperous."
Speaking of this, Liu Yan suddenly looked back and said angrily, "Liu Quansheng, today's world is the time for me to employ people. You have talents but don't show them. Liu Quansheng, you want the world to think you are unkind and unjust." Can't we succeed? Everyone in the world knows that you and I, the monarch and our ministers, have a deep friendship. I called you to the court several times through secret messages, but you refused. You are trying to put me in an unkind and unjust place with such excuses? Hum! You were in Weiyang back then. Above the palace, there is a saying, "The horn wakes you from dreams, and a ride can determine the ups and downs." What a magnificent word. Listening to these words now, it is even more like the words of a madman like Mi Heng of the Three Kingdoms. Do you want to be an unkind and unjust person? Isn’t it human?”
After asking three times in a row, Yingzhi was so shocked that he hurriedly left the table and knelt down, saying good things for Liu Quansheng, "Your Majesty, Liu Quansheng is not a disloyal and unjust person. This time, the Liu family in Lingyuan can be eradicated by me with the force of wind and thunder." It is the result of Liu Quansheng secretly adding fuel to the flames, so your Majesty, please take a closer look."
Liu Yan's voice became even colder, "Don't I know what you're saying?"
You should know that you are speechless, and the whole room is deadly quiet.
After a while, Liu Quansheng sighed softly, left the table and knelt down, with an expression of emotion and sadness, and said, "Your Majesty, in the few days when the common people returned to Lingyuan with Yi'er for the first time, they had no fixed place to live in, the cold dew fell again, and they were hungry. We squeezed together and cried, faced several night attacks by killers and assassins, and survived all these hardships. For twelve years, my faith has not faded. Now, the tasks entrusted by Your Majesty have not been completed, and the common people dare not take matters into their own hands. he!"
Liu Yan's lips moved up and down, and the sharp gaze in his pupils disappeared completely. He also sighed softly and said slowly, "Quan Sheng, if I say that you don't have to fulfill my promise back then, you are willing to follow me." Are you going back to Chang'an, the capital city?"
At this moment, Prime Minister Lu Zheng, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, "Liu Quansheng, we and other literati study and work, aiming to serve the country and bring peace to the people. This is the righteousness of the family and the country, and sacrificing one's life for righteousness to reward a close friend is a small righteousness among brothers. The righteousness of the family and the brothers are How to choose between Xiaoyi and Xiaoyi? I thought, this shouldn't be difficult, right? Besides, you, Liu Quansheng, are a smart man. You should know that today's world has become too big for the family, and the power in your hands is limited. It is already very difficult to eliminate the family. In the next ten years or so, the empire will no longer be able to withstand the turmoil as great as the cholera epidemic in the capital twelve years ago!"
Having said this, Lu Zheng paused and stared at Liu Quansheng with determination in his eyes, "So, you'd better come back, come back alone!"
After Lu Zheng finished speaking, Liu Yan's body trembled involuntarily, and Liu Quansheng closed his eyes, with a look of pain on his beautiful face, adding a bit of desolation.
Coming back alone? What's the meaning?
Yi'er doesn't want it anymore? Let him fend for himself? Let him be killed by someone with ulterior motives? Don't forget, he belongs to His Majesty...
Thinking of this, Liu Quansheng turned his eyes, raised his eyes slightly, and quietly looked at Liu Yan's expression. After seeing Liu Yan's hesitant look, Liu Quan felt relieved and began to worry about it.
Liu Quansheng stood up, straightened his back, said sincerely, "If your majesty takes back the trust you gave me back then, then you will no longer be the majesty I love in my heart!"
A few words can be heard in the audience.
Liu Yan hesitated for a while, then smiled at Liu Quansheng, "Haha, Liu Quansheng, Liu Quansheng, you are such a stubborn guy. That's all, since you don't want to go back, just stay. After all, a person who is loyal to others can be trusted by others. It can be regarded as an act of loyalty."
Lu Zheng's face was suddenly filled with a look of astonishment. He kept rubbing the 'peach tree' made into a peach stick with his thumb, still wanting to dissuade him, but in the end, he chose to remain silent.
Lu Zheng knew that His Majesty's choice was undoubtedly wrong. In fact, even Liu Yan himself knew very well that this decision might subvert an empire, but some things in the world cannot be evaluated in terms of right and wrong. Just like twelve years ago, when Liu Yan had no choice but to leave, he sent someone to find Lu Zheng, who had retired and returned to his hometown. At that time, Lu Zheng was already over sixty years old. He was tired of officialdom and the world. He just wanted to spend the rest of his life farming and reading poetry in his hometown. However, when he read the emperor's secret edict, he still chose to rush to Liu Yan's side without hesitation and help him resolve one crisis after another.
Lu Zheng couldn't help but sigh: There is true love in the world, Tao is ruthless but there is love!
Over there, Liu Yan laughed loudly and continued to say to Liu Quansheng, "But Quan Sheng, even if you stay in Lingyuan, you will never have any leisure!"
Liu Quansheng's thick eyebrows stretched and he smiled lightly and said, "I would like to obey your Majesty's instructions."
The three of them sat apart again, their brows relaxed, and they should know that the unsettled matters of His Majesty's trip are over. As for Lu Zheng, who was still sitting in his original position, his expression was obviously not good at this moment, and he felt a kind of melancholy from the bottom of his heart.
It seems that some old things are still unforgettable.
Liu Yan cleared his throat and said, "The wind is booming and the koi are leaping, and the time is right. The past few years have been good. After all, we, the monarchs and ministers, are still in our prime. After the Lingyuan Liu family is eliminated, will we? Should we take a step further?"
Ying Zhi and Liu Quansheng looked at each other, nodded, and Ying Zhi raised his hands and swore an oath, "Your Majesty, you will only give your orders. Quan Sheng and I are willing to rein in your Majesty's reins, and we will obey your Majesty's orders."
Liu Yan clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Okay, I'm just waiting for you two to make this promise!"
Liu Yan moved his hands together and picked all the fruits on the 'peach tree'. He picked up the 'peach tree' and shook it left and right beside Lu Zheng. The clattering sound and naive manner made Lu Zheng shake helplessly. He shook his head and finally laughed.
Liu Yan said honestly, "Teacher knows my temper," and handed the 'Peach Tree' into Lu Zheng's hand. The 'Peach Tree' immediately turned back into a peach stick.
Nurturing all things to live endlessly, it can prolong life and increase lifespan immeasurably. A life as small as three feet can be recreated and reversed. It can be seen from Lu Zheng's little trick that the scribes in the realm of immortality can indeed raise the flesh and bones of the dead. With him around, the Changshui guards on the beams outside the door and in the pine forest do not seem so important. .
"Teacher, let me relax for a while, and you can tell me the rest!" After saying that, Liu Yan tilted his body and gnawed on the fruit. It was like "when the boat reaches the end of the water, I lie down and watch the sunset." the taste of.
Lu Zheng nodded lightly to Liu Yan, then looked at Liu Quansheng and Ying Zhi seriously, and said solemnly, "Both of you are not mediocre, so I won't be verbose and go straight to the point."
Liu and Ying moved slightly, and then sat upright like green pines.
Lu Zheng sat there kneeling like an old monk in trance. He tapped the edge of the table with his fingers. Two beautifully bound square booklets with pale white paper appeared out of thin air on his table. Lu Zheng waved his fingers twice, "Whoosh" With a sound, the pamphlet from all directions flew to the table of Ying and Liu, impartial and proper.
On the cover of the booklet, the four-character "Five Grains and Civil Orders" in regular script appear vividly on the paper.
