Book of Changes

Chapter 14

"I beg the sage to spare the king's life." Xie Qiulang knelt on the ground, his face pale, "He is not the one who plots rebellion."

Seeing that Emperor Wen ignored his intentions, Xie Qiulang kowtowed on the ground.After all, Emperor Wen couldn't bear to see the child he had grown up with since he was a child. He scolded, "Come on! Don't stop him yet! What a crazy general looks like!"

Xie Qiulang was picked up from the ground by the guards, and he was so decadent that he couldn't stand up.

Seeing his appearance, Emperor Wen couldn't help but soften his voice, "Wu An, I know that you and Wang Lingrang have a very close friendship, but the state's etiquette is here, let's not say that he falsely preached the imperial decree, murdered important officials, and the crime of treason alone is fine." When punishing the Nine Clans."

"Fake imperial decree?" Xie Qiulang asked with a sob.

"Wang Lingrang, while I was drunk, imitated my voice and sentenced your brothers to be beheaded, and the Xie family should be exiled," said Emperor Wen. "So, you have to plead for him."

Xie Qiulang knelt on the ground and smiled wryly, but it was just retribution.

"You step back." Emperor Wen turned around with his hands behind his back, not looking at Xie Qiulang anymore.

Seeing this, the manager walked to Xie Qiulang's side and whispered, "My lord, step back."

Xie Qiulang looked at Emperor Wen's back, bowed his body, and stepped back with his arms parallel to the ground.After exiting the threshold, he knelt straight down.

"My lord, Mr. Xie is kneeling outside the door."

"Kneel, let him kneel." Emperor Wen stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the sky in the distance, without moving for a long time.

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"Master, second master..." the attendant walked up to Xie Qiuyue and said hesitantly.

"Entered the palace?" Xie Qiuyue asked casually.

"Yes"

"At this time, tell the old man later"

"Yes"

"Go back"

Xie Qiulang was sitting in a small study room with small and low tables and chairs.Xie Qiulang was lying on a half-worn huanghuali bed with a corner missing, leaning on a table with one arm, reading a state chronicle.This study has not been entered for a long time, the air is full of dust, and thick spider webs are hung in every corner.

Xie Qiuyue had already guessed that Xie Qiulang would enter the palace to face the saint, but she did not stop her.Xie Qiuyue knew that Xie Qiulang had done something he wanted to do but could not.Xie Qiuyue watched the censer glowing with green smoke through the state annals, turning a page from time to time, her seemingly peaceful heart was turned upside down.

After sitting for a stick of incense, Xie Qiuyue couldn't sit still anymore. She has been an official in the court for many years, but she has never had such an urgent hope for Sheng to go online, but she also knows that it is impossible.The Holy Majesty could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, so why did Wang Lingrang seize the opportunity to pass on a false oral order? The Holy Majesty wanted to uproot the Wang and Xie families in one fell swoop.

Xie Qiulang began to circle the room, turning left and right.This book was read together with Wang Lingshi, the corner of the table was cut with a sword during that dispute, and the incense burner was stolen from the palace by the two of them.When they were young, the two of them made a vow that they would never stay in the capital, and only wanted to govern Linzhou.In the end, even if they meet face to face, they can no longer eat wine and chat together.Thinking of all the things before, all kinds of emotions came to my heart.

Xie Qiuyue looked at the inkstone on the chopping board, it was the square inkstone that Emperor Wen bestowed on Wang Lingshi for the first time when he ascended the throne.Xie Qiuyue walked over and picked up the inkstone, which was heavy.Half pay, Xie Qiuyue walked quickly to the door.

As soon as he walked out, he saw Mrs. Xie standing with his back to him, "Think clearly."

"Think clearly," Xie Qiuyue said firmly.

"No regrets?" Old Madam Xie Fu's old voice came over.

"No regrets." Xie Qiuyue became more and more determined.

Old Madam Xie sighed, "Go, but you have to know that the entire Xie family was saved this time because your elder sister sacrificed her life to bring it back. You are not only his old friend, but also Yier's younger brother. It’s just a cocoon for the second time.”

Xie Qiuyue bowed to Mrs. Xie, and walked quickly to the door.It's just that the pace is getting slower and slower, and the demeanor is getting more and more calm.

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Xie Qiuyue saw Xie Qiulang kneeling under the eaves from a distance, his figure swaying.Xie Qiuyue was not in a hurry, and walked over slowly, as if she was delaying something.When he came to Xie Qiulang's side, Xie Qiulang looked up and saw Xie Qiuyue's eyes filled with hope for an instant, and called "Brother" in a weak voice.

"Thank you Shangshu for seeing you"

"Proclaim"

"Minister Xie Qiuyue pays homage to the Holy One" Xie Qiuyue kowtowed to Emperor Wen as usual, just like a routine.

"flat body"

"Thank you, my lord"

"Mingzhou, you are here to intercede for the Wang family"

"Yes"

"I have made up my mind on this matter."

"May my sage listen to my minister's analysis?" Seeing that Emperor Wen did not speak, Xie Qiuyue continued, "This Wang Lingshi grew up with my sage, and he used to study with me. Kindness, after all, I can't bear to see the old officials lying dead on the street. Kuang Wang Ling has been assisting the Holy One for many years, so it is too ugly. It is better for the Holy One to give him a face. Firstly, the Holy One will feel more comfortable, and secondly, it will appear that the Holy One is broad-minded and merciful."

"Mingzhou, I thought you would force me like Wu An," Emperor Wen said with a sigh of relief.

"The subject is the subject of the Holy One after all, and he should be loyal to the emperor." Xie Qiuyue replied, "What about Wu'an?"

"Go down and take Wu An back. Then send the imperial physician to take a look."

"Yes"

Emperor Wen watched Xie Qiuyue help Xie Qiulang to leave, and he knew that he couldn't go back after all.When I was a prince back then, I had to do many things; now that I am king, I am even more worried. After all, I can't afford to gamble.

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"Brother" Xie Qiulang looked at Xie Qiuyue with eyes full of trust, and his lowered hand tightly tugged on Xie Qiuyue's sleeve.

"Let's go home." Xie Qiuyue's voice was still so gentle, but Xie Qiulang felt as if he had suddenly fallen into an ice cellar, and the November wind suddenly scraped his face inch by inch like a knife.Xie Qiulang let go of Xie Qiuyue's sleeve, and just as he turned around, Xie Qiuyue grabbed his hand.

Xie Qiuyue pulled Xie Qiulang over, looked him in the eyes and said, "If you want to take in the Xie family that elder sister bought with her life, then go ahead."

Xie Qiulang looked into Xie Qiuyue's eyes, remained motionless, and then returned to Xie's house like a puppet on a string.He is gone after all.

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On the day of execution, there was no cloudy rain or heavy snow as imagined, and even numbness was not so sad.

Xie Qiuyue huddled in the study and read a book, while Wang Lingshi meditated in the prison.

Xie Qiulang brought a pot of wine and a pot of tea and went to the prison alone.

☆、Chapter 15

Wang Lingrang leaned against the wall and took a sniff, "Good wine! Osmanthus wine from the banquet building in the west of the city?"

"Oh, the nose is quite good"

The jailer opened the cell door and let Xie Qiulang in.Xie Qiulang threw the wine into Wang Lingrang's arms.Wang Lingrang opened it and sniffed it, with an intoxicated expression on his face, he gulped it down, "Come, sit down"

"I..." Xie Qiulang wanted to say something, but couldn't speak.

"I lost." Wang Lingrang said with a smile, "This time Xie Jiaqi is better than him."

Xie Qiulang smiled wryly and shook his head, "Both will suffer."

"I wanted to take Xie's family into the water together, but I didn't expect that such a cold-blooded sage still has a trace of old friendship with Concubine Xie in his heart." Wang Lingrang slowly stated the events of the past two days, as if he had been with an old friend. It was like replaying the game after losing, "That day when I was imprisoned in Hangzhou, Yuan Heng sent a box of military books to his second son. I knew it was a game. But I didn't expect it."

"What didn't you expect?" Xie Qiulang said, "I didn't expect that the person standing behind Xie's family to play against the Wang family this time is the Holy One?"

"That's right, when I returned to Beijing that day, I saw Yuan Heng's housekeeper serving the Holy Majesty, so I knew that the Holy Majesty wanted the Wang family to be destroyed." Wang Lingrang said, "But later, when the Holy Majesty came to visit my father at home that day, my father hadn't known about it for a long time. Where to travel, I have no choice but to pretend to be my father and sit behind the screen to talk to the Holy One, the words of the Holy Mountain are full of trust in the Wang family, and plan for the Wang family."

"The Holy Majesty put down his airs to express his trust in the brother, and thought that this matter was quite strange, and he was afraid that the family's misfortune would be diverted, so the Wang family would be accused of falsely preaching the imperial decree." Xie Qiulang added a sentence.

"I thought that the Holy Majesty would deal with the Xie family this time, and for the stability of the court, he would also give the Wang family time to breathe and plan. But I didn't expect Concubine Xie to be so decisive and abruptly reverse the situation. The original situation where both Wang and Xie were lost, now only If the family was destroyed, the Holy Majesty could have pretended not to know, dealt with the Xie family, and then brought up the old matter again, destroying the Wang family. In this way, the Holy Majesty was at a loss, and I don’t know when the next time the Xie family will be caught." Wang Lingrang also Knowing that I don't have much time, I didn't talk about it, and the two started chatting like they used to, just like teenagers.

The two sat facing each other, drinking tea and wine on their own.Until the executioner came in with poisoned wine, "My lord, it's time to get on the road."

"Put it down," Xie Qiulang said calmly, "I'll send him off."

"The miscellaneous family will retreat first, General Xie, don't waste the time." After finishing speaking, he went out.

Xie Qiulang thought about it all night last night, thinking he could convince himself thoroughly, but when he saw the poisonous wine lying there, his whole body was weak, his throat seemed to be stuffed with cotton, "Back...Back it" However, no matter how ruthless the fight between the two was before, at this point it is just two old friends saying goodbye.

"Hey" Wang Lingrang responded, leaned forward and took the poisonous wine and poured it into the wine glass in his hand. The poisonous wine was like a trickle in the mountains and was illuminated like stars in the sky by the sunlight leaking from the window. "It's a pity, I was supposed to pour wine for you to see you off outside the Meridian Gate, but now it's the other way around. Good afternoon, I'm doomed to miss your coronation ceremony. Come, have a drink with me."

Xie Qiulang raised the teacup, his hands were trembling, and he held the teacup vaguely, with his arms hanging in the air.Wang Lingrang clinked glasses with Xie Qiulang coolly, and drank it down in one gulp.

Xie Qiulang watched Wang Lingrang drink it, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground, splashing everywhere.Xie Qiulang sat so close to Wang Lingrang, but he didn't even dare to touch Wang Lingrang, because he always felt that if he touched Wang Lingrang, he would melt.Xie Qiulang stared blankly at Wang Lingrang.

Wang Lingrang saw him bewildered, and chuckled, "It's not so fast, come and chat with me." Xie Qiulang wanted to reply to Wang Lingrang, but found that his cold teeth were shaking.

Xie Qiulang sat powerlessly and desperately, watching Wang Lingrang drink one cup after another, seeing blood slowly oozing from the corner of Wang Lingrang's mouth, watching Wang Lingrang's expression getting more and more painful, watching Wang Lingrang calm down a little bit.Xie Qiulang had tears in his eyes but they couldn't shed them. The whole world was spinning. He fell to the ground with Wang Lingrang, and the whole world became quiet.

Xie Qiulang was taken back to Xie's house by Xie's family, and burned for three days and three nights. There was no cure for stone medicine, but he recovered miraculously on the third day.That night, the tiled lamps lit the wilderness red, and the night was as dark as day.

Later, Xie Qiulang continued to serve as the inspector censor, but he declined the entourage sent by Emperor Wen and went south alone.Three years later, she married the Wang family of Yanzhou, and the parents of both parties were very satisfied.

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The Wang family is well-educated, talented, and especially good at making wine and painting fans.

When the sisters-in-law were chatting that day, Mrs. Wang talked about the first time she met Xie Qiulang.He was wearing a slightly ill-fitting half-worn silver-white gown with a moon-white vermilion bird pattern and a purse embroidered with emerald green bamboo. He opened a folding fan with one hand to cover half of his face, and he turned sideways and whispered to the person next to him. say something.He also said that Xie Qiulang is good everywhere, but he is addicted to alcohol.

Later, the Wang family gave birth to a son, and Xie Qiulang gave his son a nickname, Shan, saying that he hoped that he would stick to his heart, stay on top of things, and never give up.

Three years later, Mrs. Wang asked Xie Qiulang which gentleman he had found for Shan'er to enlighten him.

At that time, Xie Qiulang was slightly drunk, "I have a close friend who is extremely talented and famous in the capital. Let him enlighten Shaner. In the future, Shaner will not be ranked in the top three. Look at how I laugh at him."

"An old friend?" Wang was a little puzzled, "Why have I never heard from my husband that there is such an old friend?"

"We grew up together, and we haven't seen each other for many years. His surname is Wang." At this point, Xie Qiulang suddenly sobered up, and his words choked up, "Forget it, why don't we go back to Luojing? Good Shaner. You go to rest first, I will wait later"

"Okay" Wang agreed, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something, stood at the door and looked sideways at Xie Qiulang, "I heard from my sister-in-law that my husband is proficient in swordsmanship, and the children all want to see it. Where, I will find it and wait for you to dance a sword for the children."

"That sword was originally a gift from an old friend, but... I lost it. I have another sword, and I will take it out someday."

"it is good"

Only Xie Qiulang was left with tears streaming down his face.

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"Guest officers, it's cold and frosty, and the sun is getting late. I know what will happen in the future. Please listen to the next chapter to break it down." The storyteller slapped the slate and walked away with a smile.

I looked out of the window and saw a man in a moon-white round-neck gown with a silver-white vermilion bird pattern and a purse embroidered with emerald green bamboo. He opened a folding fan with one hand to cover half of his face and whispered to the person next to him. say something.People gradually dispersed, and I went back to my room to rest.

On the second day, I walked around and found nothing.Then I went back to the teahouse to listen to the book.Speaking of Yanji three years, recuperating, the treasury is becoming more and more abundant, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. …

In the third year of Yanji, Xie Qiuyue, the eldest son of the Xie family, and Wang Lingshi, the eldest son of the Wang family, performed the crown ceremony, and Emperor Wen ordered them to be inspecting censors.Xie Qiulang and Wang Lingrang followed his elder brother to study all the way, each family brought only two followers, and the six of them set out on the road.Wang Lingshi was dressed in an indigo Taoist robe with emerald bamboo embroidered on the cuffs, and a sword called Suikong was pinned to his waist.Look again, Xie Qiuyue's crimson purple Taoist robe, with a crane on her shoulder, and a folding fan in her hand.Xie Qiulang and Wang Lingrang bickered in the carriage behind because they were young.

Wang Lingshi and Xie Qiuyue rode side by side, "Where is Mingzhou going?"

"How about Sebei?

The storyteller was speaking with great interest, and the people in the seat were listening intently.However, I was entangled in mundane affairs. When I went to the teahouse again, another story had already started for a long time. I found a corner and listened attentively with a pot of tea.

The storyteller took a sip of tea and continued, "I talked about this last time...

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For ten days and a half months...

☆、Chapter 16

On the second day, I thought that I would arrive early, but I never thought that the storyteller would go back to the teahouse in the middle of the night to concentrate on storytelling by himself. At this time, it had already been said that Yun Shuai had gone through a lot of wandering, and found a half-open door in a panic. The door hid in.But I never thought that the back of the gate is not as gloomy and gloomy as the inside of the pagoda, but actually forms a world of its own, with green pines and cypresses, willows and green shores, strange mountains and rocks, peaches and plums competing for spring, and colorful fallen flowers.

Yun Xunxuan was hesitating whether to walk along the road or wait for the ghosts and monsters behind him to disperse and leave this place, at this time, a small fish with a blue body but no more than the size of a palm swam over from the sky and swam up to Yun Xunxuan's eyes. Said childishly, "The master said that the madam is back, and asked Tu Nan to take the madam home."

For some reason, Yun Xunxuan felt that the little fish looked very kind, and when he heard him say that he was going home, his nose felt sore, and he nodded in response.The small fish named Tunan swayed in the air, turned into a fish about [-] meters long after rolling a few times, and carried the clouds to the depths of the bamboo forest at will.

After Yun Xunxuan suppressed the unknown emotions in his heart, thinking about the little fish calling himself his wife, he wanted to open his mouth to ask several times but gave up.After about half a cup of tea, I saw a bamboo building in the bamboo forest, and vaguely saw a person waiting at the door.

About three hundred steps away from the bamboo building, Tunan said, "Tunan can only send his wife here."

Yun casually got off Tunan's back, whispered a thank you, and walked towards the bamboo building alone.When he got closer, he saw a man standing eight feet tall with a face like a crown of jade, standing behind the door, "Madam is back."

Yun casually stood outside the door, seeing all the grievances of the man in front of him in the Zhenyao Tower pouring out these days, he threw himself into the man's arms and cried bitterly.The man hugged Yunxuan tightly with one hand, and gently placed the other hand on Yunxuan's head, closed his eyes, and lowered his head.This man is none other than Mo Hanshan who was suppressed under the Demon Suppressing Tower.

After Yun Xunxuan cried out all the grievances of these days, he withdrew from Mo Guan Shan's arms, wiped the tears from his face, and said with a flushed face, "I made you laugh."

Mo Hanshan looked into Yunran's eyes and said, "I am your husband." After hearing this, Yunran's eyes widened subconsciously, and he stared blankly at Mo Hanshan.Mo Hanshan rubbed Yunran's head, and said softly, "It's been a long time since I haven't seen you, but I'm still so stupid. Husband knows that Xiaoyi has lost your memory, so let's go to the room to rest. Let me slowly tell Xiaoyi what happened in the past?" "

After finishing speaking, Mo Hanshan took Yunxuan's hand and led her into the house.Yun casually lowered his head, looked at the hands held together by the two, and could not help but squeeze hard.Mo Hanshan felt that he turned his head sideways to look at Yunxuan, then pursed his lips and smiled, then looked forward.

Yun casually washed his face and sat on the soft chair, holding a small bowl of soup, eating in small bites.Mo Hanshan sat across from Yunxuan and told Yunxuan about the past.Engaged in the details of how the two met and knew each other, from the small Kongming lanterns that were set off together when they went down to the world, to the big red makeup of the two when they got married, to a few words that there is no way in the heavens, and the separation between heaven and man forever.

"Are we going to live here from now on?" Yun casually half-lyed on the boulder, playing with the bamboo leaves blown by the wind.

"This place is as muddy as a quagmire and an abyss, and the sun is not visible. It's okay to stay for a few days." Mo Hanshan bowed his head and played the piano, a strand of long hair hanging from his temples fluttering gently with the wind, "I watch the sky at night, and Kunwu sword in a few days Born, I will send Xiaoyi away on that day."

"What about you?" Yun asked casually.

"I still have something to do, I have to do it. When I finish, I'll go find you. Then we'll find a wild forest, how about some wine, mulberry and hemp?" Mo Hanshan pressed down the strings, looked up at Yunxuan, A glance of tender yearning that can't be expressed for thousands of years.

"Then let's find a peach grove and wait until March, when the mountains and rivers are hundreds of miles away. There must be mountains and water. Every day, we will hear the birdsong, or sleep soundly until the sun is three poles. Fishing in summer, and enjoying the snow in winter." Yun Random Sitting on the stone, he muttered, "We want a two-story bamboo building and raise a few rabbits. The kitchen needs to be bigger, and I will leave a study room for you. Put some boulders in the yard under the shade of the trees. , Sitting cool in summer. I also need a swing, a deck chair..."

Mo Hanshan listened to Yun casually chanting, and waved his sleeves to the guqin to change pens, inks, papers and inkstones.Stroke by stroke, it outlines the peace and tranquility of the years that have been separated for thousands of years.

The east wind and drizzle came rustling, and there was light thunder outside Furong Pond.

After finishing the painting, Mo Hanshan counted with his fingers, and the time was just right.He looked up and saw Yunxuan lying on the rock and fell asleep, got up and walked over, knelt down on one knee, looked at Yunxuan with his body half bent, and gently pinched Yunxuan's face that had become rounder over time.

Mo Hanshan pulled out the hairpin on his head, drew it into a pendant in the shape of a feather, and tied it on Yunran's wrist.Turning around and leaving, humming softly, "Jun Si, I'm not free...