Ning Gu

Peach Blossom March, Shengjing is full of spring.

The Chongque is majestic, the deep garden is solemn, the soldiers and guards hold halberds, and all the officials line up.In front of the Suzaku gate, there is a ten-mile brocade shop, waiting for the emperor to enter the hall.

There has been a good thing for a long time, and the people are surrounded by the red wall of the palace, looking forward to it.The new emperor's ascension to the throne was originally a very lively event.

The human voice disappeared instantly before the chariot entered, and the people under the canopy were magnificent.Sitting upright, serious and unusual.

There was a young man following the chariot, looking from a distance, he seemed to have just passed Guan's age for two or three years, and he still looked childish, with delicate features and a friendly smile.If it weren't for the rumors in the streets and alleys, no one would have connected him with the word "Ning".

Of course, no one in the court dared to mention this word with him, after all, the master behind him was also the master of these courtiers.In the final analysis, it was nothing more than unreasonable gestures and private rumors.

"Do you know? That's the favorite of the new emperor." The people who leaned over were whispering.

"I know, there are many lives on my hands."

"Are those rumors true? He is Xie Wuling?"

"It's him, how about it, you know people, face, but not heart!"

"..."

The young man followed the chariot, listening to these broken words, although the scene was noisy, he couldn't hear them very clearly, but two or three broken words still had to be drilled into his ears.

He turned a deaf ear, his eyes still followed the man in the chariot, never leaving.

It was originally a phase, under one person, above ten thousand people, he should have greeted him in front of the hall, but he still chose to accompany him.Not because of anything else, but because such opportunities are few and far between, and he is not afraid of rumors from the outside world. When he took this step and made this fate, he knew that he, ah, was coming to an end.

He has always seen clearly than anyone else, but he is more greedy than anyone else.

The new emperor ascended the throne and appointed officials around him.Forgive the world and comfort the people; and hold palace banquets to comfort the officials.Gone at a glance, singing and dancing, all in peace.

What really broke the tranquility was not the dawn shadow on the third day, but the night moon on the second day. The spring moon this night was extremely bright, as if it wanted to illuminate all the dark shadows in this world.

Spring night, Xie Mansion Intermediate Court.

There was a sound of leakage, and the courtyard was full of moonlight. In the courtyard, there was a table, a pot and a small cup. The young man in the crimson robe lay on the table, poured the pot and poured himself a cup of tea.

He inadvertently looked at the little boy standing beside him, with trembling hands under his sleeves, and said to himself, "I'll wait for someone to come later, so you pack your things and go."

"Master." The little boy knelt down immediately after hearing Xie Wuling's words, "Although I'm afraid of death, I still want to go with you, and there's a guide on the way..."

"Hush——" Xie Wuling put his finger in front of his lips, "You let others hear your words, but you are guessing the holy meaning."

Before saying a word, Xie Wuling pointed to the long scroll in the room, and teased: "Besides, there are still many people who will accompany me on the road tomorrow. Which round will it be you?"

Xiaotong secretly wiped away his tears, he has been with Xie Wuling for more than ten years, he has heard and seen a lot, and he knows what kind of person his master is.

To be honest, he thinks his master is probably the smartest person in the world, but his master has done the most unintelligent thing in Fufeng City in the past ten years.

"It's late at night, it's time for him to come, you go down."

The little boy kowtowed and said goodbye without further words.

He knew that the people Xie Wuling was waiting for tonight were from the palace. He had watched his master dismiss the servants a few days ago and put the young master in place; he also knew that his master should leave tonight. He saw the master wrote In the long scroll, I saw the master wearing a crimson robe, and saw the master cooking a pot of emerald snails, drinking it for himself.

The breeze lingers outside the courtyard wall, and leaves rustle on the apricot tree inside the courtyard wall.

The young man looked up at the apricot tree under the moon. He loves apricots very much, half because of the compatibility of temperament, and he is a romantic master by nature; robe.

"Hey, emerald snails paired with vermilion, half my life is considered complete."

Since Xie Wuling entered Fufeng City, he has been saying this "green snails should be matched with vermilion". In the past, every time he said this, the vermilion was someone else's.Tonight, it's my own.

He was deeply engrossed in the person above the heavy gate, and finally left a thousand ridicules to himself, which is not too bad to say.

He pursed his lips and made a wry smile, and greeted the person he was waiting for tonight.

He propped his elbows on his forehead, and raised his hand to wave: "Elder-in-law, let Xie wait so long."

"Master Xiang, so leisurely, do you think you can guess the holy will again?"

"Elder-in-law, you think highly of me." Xie Wuling handed the empty lamp in his hand to the visitor, and then handed him the jug beside him, signaling him to take it easy, "How can I have such a clever plan?"

The eunuchs around the new emperor seem to be used to his reckless behavior, and they seem to be perfecting such an unruly person. They are not in a hurry to bring the order of the palace, but only take the cup and pot from him, and pour a cup for themselves .

"The long scroll is in the house, and my father-in-law took one for me. I have already displayed the names and crimes on the scroll. If there are other signs that can be sent away a few days ago, they should be finished. In the future, I hope my father-in-law will help you." I took care of him."

"It should be. Do you have something else to say, Mr. Lang?"

"Yes!" After Xie Wuling accepted the words, he suddenly fell silent again. I really want to come, and thousands of words in front of that person are deaf to my ears.He looked up at the solitary moon in the night sky, and said after a long time: "It's not a good day to choose."

"Huh?" The eunuch didn't react because Xie Wuling suddenly changed the subject.

"Today is Qi'er's birthday," the smile on the corner of his mouth became more bitter, "He must be very happy tonight."

"I think I should have a good time holding a banquet for him." The eunuch said this, but his heart was also sad. The trace of his life in the future is the time of human sacrifice.The eunuch couldn't tell for a while whether he should pity the person in front of him or the young man in the palace.

"The royal family owes him ten years for this banquet."

"The emperor has drawn up an edict to change it to Lu's surname and raise it by his side. When he is weakly crowned, he will be granted the title of master with a different surname, and the etiquette of eating and drinking will be the same as that of the prince."

"Keep it by his side? That's fine." Xie Wuling lowered his head and sipped the tea, the hand holding the teacup trembled a little, causing him to immediately raise his head to drink and put his hands under his sleeves, "Qi'er is more sensible than me, As long as it pleases him."

"Xiao Langjun, you are smart and clever. What's your pleasure? Tonight, the boss led him to overshoot and deliberately lost him. Ask him if he wants a reward?"

"Then he must beg for a few sips of fine wine. I remember the ones in my cellar, but he stole them all."

The eunuch shook his head and said: "No, he asked how many boxes of gold leaves, and said that Daddy loves gold leaves the most, and he will bring them to you when he leaves the palace in the future."

The water vapor in Xie Wuling's eyes was uncontrollably dense, and he was glad that he raised his head at this moment, so that tears did not fall to the ground.

Just as he was about to speak, he couldn't help sobbing: "Poor him for becoming my adopted son, calling me Daddy, and begging for gold leaves for me, if..."

What if he finds out about the dirty things behind him in the future?

Of course, Xie Wuling didn't want to mention these words, but how can the white corpses hidden behind the power be counted with one or two hands?

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. Father-in-law, give me that thing. I'll be on my way earlier, so you can go back to the palace earlier to rest."

The eunuch took out a porcelain bottle and a pack of candied fruit from his arms, and handed them to the young man in red robe.

"It was ordered by the superior, saying that you can't eat hard, so let me grab you."

"It's rare that he still remembers." Xie Wuling frowned slightly, with a tenderness that was different from usual.

"The emperor also said that it is useless to be passionate." The eunuch seemed to be imitating the attitude of the person in the palace, and conveyed these four words in sneering words.

"He said it a few years ago." Xie Wuling sat up, opened the porcelain bottle, drank it in one gulp, but put the handful of candied fruit aside, and said with a straight face, "Xie Wuling remembers the holy edict."

Then he fell on the bamboo mat in the court, closed his eyes, and suffered from the poison.

I used to listen to stories and say that this person will always remember everything before him before he dies.From the qin under the Zhaoxing Temple to the couch in the Yunqi Garden, from the exquisite flowers on the opera robes to the Yujing tree in his Xie mansion, he loves everything very much.

The last scene stayed on the main hall of Chongque. He and all the officials bowed their heads to the man. In a hundred years, I would have no regrets if I could get him to stop me, even for a moment.

His vision blurred, the apricot tree was still swaying by the breeze, he on the mat under the tree smiled and closed his eyes, as if he had a sweet dream, in the dream there was someone in the dream generally.

The only frightening thing was that the blood overflowing from the seven orifices stained the bamboo mat and stained the crimson robe.

Tonight's Yuehua visited the entire Xie Mansion, but he was forgotten in the end.

Drinking poison to quench thirst is nothing more than that.Wuling, really deserves the name, and there is no tomb at the end of life.

Historical records:

On the third day of the first month of the first year of Yuan Shu, Xie Xiang died in the mansion, and wrote a thousand-character crime book, which was presented to the saint.

On the second day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, the officials involved in the crime were sentenced.

On the third day of the first month of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, the files of the officials involved in the crime were sealed in the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

In February of the second year of Yuanshou, the imperial examination was resumed and Dingchunwei was established.

In March of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, Qi cried at the side of the holy man. The holy man was sympathetic, and allowed people to find Xie Ning's body, but he could not. He gave Qi to live in the old mansion for three days before giving up.