Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

Chapter 102

In spring, the warblers fly and the grass grows, and the lush green grass grows along the roadside, and the dust can't cover the kind of green full of vitality.Wu Ying stood dumbfounded for a while, got on her horse and went back to the small town, walking in the bustling market, but felt disheartened.The sun was warm, and the long street was bathed in brilliant golden lights. A businessman with a large cargo bumped into her and apologized quickly. She didn't seem to notice it, and just walked on her own.

The letter from Chang'an was in her sleeve, she thought for a while in a daze, and touched the warm tissue paper, but she couldn't believe that she really wanted to do this.

When she arrived at a house, she walked in without waiting for the concierge to notify her. The servants saluted her one after another when they saw her. One of them said: "Miss Biao is here to look for Miss Er, she is already waiting for you in the lobby."

Wu Ying stared at the exquisite stone patterns under the eaves, swallows flying low, and clouds circling the peach forest, which is completely opposite to Yunzhou's exquisiteness, all revealing the luxury and elegance of the host's house, which came all the way from Hezhou. It was carved by a craftsman, she said: "Got it."

When she walked to the lobby, she saw a woman sitting on an ebony chair drinking tea. The man wore a silver crown on his head and a silver embroidered silk robe with a graceful demeanor. The skirt spread gracefully on the ground in a fan shape.From the sitting position to the gestures of serving tea, they are all measured by a ruler, and the rules are so regular that you can't find a single mistake.Wu Yue looked up at her, picked up the cup with three fingers, put it gently on the table, and said, "You're here."

Wu Ying sat opposite her, and the servants left after serving tea. She didn't touch the tea, and said impatiently: "What do you want me to do?"

The two had studied in Cangwu County, and Wu Yue was used to her rude appearance, so he was not angry, and said lightly, "Third Aunt asked me to ask you, why did you send a letter to her last time, so you should let her The Wu family should return to Hezhou as soon as possible."

Wu Ying smiled mockingly, and said, "What? Is it too late for the benefit now? I feel that the mutual market is hugely profitable, so I don't want to leave easily?"

Wu Yue was silent, straightened the green knot on the jade around his waist, coughed and said: "I don't understand, why you said that suddenly." She paused, and seemed to be very troubled, "Things happen for a reason, you always You have to give a reason, for no reason, how can people in your family trust you so easily."

Wu Ying took a deep breath and said, "Reason? Is there still time to talk about this? If there is evidence, can I just talk about it?"

Wu Yue said: "So, it's just your guess."

The sun's shadow slanted into the bluestone bricks, reflecting warm and bright light, scattered all over the ground, reflected in Wu Ying's eyes, the broken light was like a colorful dream, like a phantom that could be broken at the touch of a finger.She said: "You can listen as long as you want, and forget it if you don't want to. What does it have to do with me?"

Wu Yue didn't say a word, but caressing Fang Zheng's smooth corner of the table, he said for a while, "The aunts don't believe it, but I believe you. You are not the kind of person who talks casually, I know it."

"Thanks for seeing it," Wu Ying said, "But what's the use, what can you do?"

Wu Yue said in a deep voice: "Then tell me clearly, don't be so yin and yang."

Wu Ying put her hand on the armrest and looked at her. The two of them can be regarded as studying in Cangwu Official School together from Le'an. Although their friendship has not grown over the years, they know each other very well.She understood that Wu Yue was not just talking, but really asking her why. She sighed and said, "Last month, I accidentally discovered that the Shao family started to withdraw their assets. Although the action was small, it started last year. The Shao family Do your best for this mutual market, this is just beginning to benefit, but secretly it is going to retreat, do you think it is possible?"

Wu Yue's complexion changed slightly, and he said in a low voice: "You don't know, the clan took over many discounted shops from them, and they said they made a lot of money. At that time, I felt something was wrong, and I even talked about it with my third aunt... . " She closed her eyes, her hands tightly clutching the corner of the table.

Wu Ying choked for breath, and said with difficulty: "Get out as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late to leave, don't pay everything, or you will lose everything."

She got up in a hurry, but Wu Yue said: "Understood. Uncle asked me to ask you, when will you go back?"

Wu Ying slowed down, stepped on the boundary of time and turned slightly, and said, "My father... is he doing well?"

"Everything is fine." Wu Yue said, "Uncle still misses you, write to him when you have time."

Wu Ying said softly: "Why bother, he already belongs...how does that person treat him?"

Looking at her stiff back, Wu Yue hesitated and said, "It's all good. My uncle went back home to see my father a few years ago and said everything is fine."

Wu Ying paused every word, and said slowly: "Since he has remarried, don't think about the past, and live life as if everything else is more important... I still have official duties, so I won't tell you more .”

She left in a hurry as if escaping, like a scourge behind her.Wu Yue got up and ordered his servants to come in and put away the teacups. She looked at Qingluan rising from the clouds, with smooth and complicated feather tails, which took advantage of the wind and soared in the clouds, but one day it must fall, how could it fly in the sky? For a lifetime?Wealth is like floating clouds, and the Wu family has had hairpin tassels for generations, a famous family, but now they are also showing signs of fatigue.

She looked at it quietly for a while, then turned around and told the maid who was serving her personally: "Go to the house."

She said, "Bring me my violin."

Mutual Market Supervisor.

"...Sent seven envoys, and ordered Yan Muyun, a senior scholar, to rush to Yunzhou to discuss peace talks with Xirong."

Qingping finished reading this residence newspaper, put it down slowly, and went to see Sun Congshan.

The peace talks are already a certainty, and it is a good thing for Yunzhou. The imperial court has sent soldiers and transported grain and grass for many years, and almost emptied half of the treasury.The Ministry of Accounting had already reported a deficit in the settlement last year, and if it goes on for a long time, it will definitely damage the national strength.

But it's not just that simple.

Sun Congshan said: "I'm afraid there are still some articles here, and we can only know one or two when the mission arrives."

Qingping understood that she was referring to the invisible wrestling among Yunce's army. The turmoil of the battle for reserves eventually affected the official circles and the military in Yunzhou. Although Jiang Min had tried to stabilize at the state meeting, it was useless, and there were always people who couldn't hold back ready to move.

After all, power is the most attractive thing, Qingping was a little distracted, she suddenly thought of Chu Jun's arrangements and arrangements for so many years, could it be that they had to give up everything and came to Yunzhou because they were ruined?She has always been reluctant to think about whether Chu Jun has any ideas about that position.When the two of them were together, she had no time to distract herself from thinking about these things, and it was because she deliberately avoided this question, but she kept it in her heart for a long time, so she was inevitably a little confused.

If she really wanted to compete for that position, what would she do?Qingping thought that with her ability, she might have to wait five years to return to Chang'an to help Chu Jun. Now everything is still undecided, her term of office has not yet expired, and the assessment will all be based on the mutual market and the new law.The new law has already been implemented in Yunzhou. Even if the matter is half successful, the other half remains to be seen, but things are always developing in a good direction.Qingping made up his mind, next time he must ask Chu Jun if she has really given up on fighting for the throne, and can be a feudal lord in Yunzhou with peace of mind.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this, it is rare for Qingping to think about not seeking to make progress.If Chu Jun was in Yunzhou in the future, she would not return to Chang'an, but just stay in Anping.Although Yunzhou is not as prosperous as Hengzhou and Hezhou, but the sky is high and the clouds are vast, and it is far away from the treacherous and complicated courts of Chang'an. You don't have to worry about it every day. It's just that the vassal king has to be stationed in the fief and can't travel freely. Other than this, the other things are still passable.At least the king of Xin in the fief is the biggest, and no one can disobey his orders, and she can also visit Chu Jun in her spare time.

There's nothing wrong with this, but it's just her wishful thinking, she doesn't know how Chu Jun thinks about it.It is also very strange to say, maybe the time to meet is always in a hurry, Qingping suddenly found that she had never heard Chu Jun talk about her inner thoughts, and this thought made her feel like a stick in her throat, and she couldn't vomit.She pressed down abruptly, bid farewell to Sun Congshan, and returned to her usual work place.

Today is also a busy day, and there are only a lot of official documents waiting for her to review.She watched some of them absent-mindedly, and managed to read most of them after making a cup of strong tea in the afternoon.When it was time to release the yamen, she rubbed the corners of her eyes, feeling a little exhausted

A person came in, wearing an apricot red official robe, but it was Wu Ying.

Qingping was disturbed today, he didn't want to affect others, so he just said: "What's the matter?"

Standing by the door, Wu Ying didn't see anything on her face, and said, "No business, I want to invite you to the teahouse. I wonder if you have the time."

Qingping wanted to refuse at first, but then thought that Wu Ying would return to Beijing soon, so he agreed.

The two changed into regular clothes and sat in an elegant room on the second floor of a tea shop. Downstairs was the noisy street. Being in this lively place, Qingping's impetuous heart unexpectedly calmed down.

Wu Ying poured tea and water, and asked: "You have also contributed to the opening of the mutual market. According to the usual practice, the officials from top to bottom must raise their grades. Do you have any plans?"

Qingping is still thinking about this question today, but after thinking about it for a whole day, he still has no idea, so he just said: "I don't know, I have to look."

Wu Ying pondered for a while, and said, "Why don't you go back to Beijing? After the assessment period expires, you can be transferred naturally. Don't you want to go further?"

Having said all this, Qingping can understand what she means, probably Wu Ying's faction is about to start attracting people, and seducing people with official positions and rich salaries is probably the most clichéd and best method.

"Yunzhou is not bad, it's not as complicated as Chang'an. Although the promotion is slow, it's still considered stable." Qingping said, "Peace talks are about to happen, and it's good to keep doing this when the situation stabilizes in the future."

Wu Ying smiled suddenly, but there was not much smile in her eyes, she said: "You really think so?"

Qingping felt that she seemed to have something to say, but she was enduring something, which made people feel a little restless, and she said calmly: "I think so, what's wrong?"

Wu Ying frowned deeply, as if it was difficult to understand what she meant.In the evening, the merchants on the long street dispersed, and the pedestrians went home in a hurry.Qingping suddenly became a little envious of the life of ordinary people, everyone has a place to return to, but she seemed like a fish in the river with nowhere to live, looking for it in the flowing water.

After a while, Wu Ying whispered: "...I saw you at the post that day, what did you do?"

Qingping was startled, feeling as if someone had found out what was going on in his mind.She said: "It's nothing, just go and have a look."

Wu Ying was dumbfounded. The ominous guess in her heart might come true. She looked at her sadly, with pity and disgust, and said: "What a coincidence, I saw His Royal Highness Xin Wang."

Qingping's pupils shrank slightly, and he said coldly, "What do you want to say?"

She suddenly lost interest in picking up the tricks in the intercourse and temptation, and she didn't even want to say a word of perfunctory words.She had also imagined this problem before, what if the matter between her and Chu Jun was found out?As long as anything is done, it will leave traces, how can you hide it from the world for a lifetime, and you will eventually show your feet.

It's just that she never thought that Wu Ying would be the first to notice.

Seeing her face as if facing a formidable enemy, Wu Ying poured tea for her with a smile, and said slowly: "Don't look at me like that, Qingping, I can't do anything."

"But I just want to ask," Wu Ying said as she sat down, "Are you serious?"

Her tone was very natural, and Qingping nodded without thinking.Wu Ying looked at her in disbelief, her hand holding the teacup couldn't help shaking, she suppressed the anger in her heart and said, "Don't joke with me, Li Qingping."

"No." Qingping whispered, she turned her head to look at the sunset outside the window, the warm orange light seemed to ignite a warm fire in her pupils, she said softly: "I'm serious."

Those pent-up puzzles and doubts seemed to be slightly relieved with this sentence, and Qingping suddenly felt that those were not very important.Her life is a gleam of time stolen from reincarnation, life is like a journey against the road, why not go out at night by holding a candle, and seize the day and night.

Wu Ying stood up abruptly, the water covered the table, dripping down the edge, she said angrily, "Are you crazy! Li Qingping, you are so stupid!"

Seeing her get angry quietly, Wu Ying took a sip of tea and took a sip of water. Wu Ying was out of breath, got up and was about to leave, stopped again, turned her head and said angrily: "You are going to be ruined by emotions in the end, what do you think you see? Is it true if you know it? It’s just your wishful thinking—”

"That's wishful thinking." Qingping said without moving, "Maybe it's still wishful thinking. Many things don't have to be so clear. There are too many difficult things in this world, but this one has fulfilled my wishful thinking."

"Do you still remember what we said when we were in the school together in the past? You said that you would find your mother, lock her up at home, and never let her go out again, so as not to disappear again, and make your father sad." Qingping only thought I was exhausted physically and mentally, and felt relieved, "Do you remember what I told you?"

Wu Ying's lips trembled, and she said in a low voice: "...You said that you will visit six states and eighteen counties in the future, and travel all over the country..."

"But do you think I can go now?"

Wu Ying blurted out: "Why not! As long as you are willing—"

She stopped abruptly.

"To tell you the truth, although I know that I may not be able to leave, and I also know that I will not be able to see those scenery." Qingping said lightly and slowly, as if talking to himself, "But I am very happy in my heart, and there is nothing else Things make me so happy. I'm afraid too... What's the point of holding back just because you're afraid."

Wu Ying heard the words and suddenly remembered what her father said before leaving: "I don't regret waiting for your mother for many years, and I don't regret giving up on the way to make people see a joke. I have no regrets in this life, and I hope you will do the same."

Her nostrils were sore, as if she had encountered the most absurd thing, she suddenly couldn't stop laughing, and said, "So, I hope you don't regret it."

She turned around and opened the door, walking very fast, until she reached the door, two wet marks appeared on the corners of her eyes.

The light in the private room was dimming, and a clerk came in cautiously and asked if he wanted to light the lamp. Qingping looked at the wooden table, which was soaked in water from the cup, and said, "No, let's pay the bill."

The author has something to say: Okay, okay, I'm resting, I'm getting fat, and my teeth are recovering very well, but there is a pit waiting for her to heal.