Everlasting prosperity

The year is approaching, the whole country is collecting merchants and farmers, and the whole family gathers to welcome the new year!

For this reason, the whole country of Great Wu took a seven-day holiday.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Zhang quietly left the palace with Yao Ling'er, and ran to the city street of Xiyu to enjoy and welcome the new year.

On New Year's Eve, children are forced not to sleep, and watch each other for joy.

To welcome the New Year, the whole family carries colorful lanterns, wears bright foreheads, looks colorfully dressed, clusters of songs linger in the ring sky, bright fireworks and lanterns fill the pool with Yao, wine shops and fragrant buildings shake their sleeves lightly, and the moon goes up to the west building.

The streets of the city are filled with joy, and tens of thousands of Yuefu people gather together.

There are three thousand pieces of old music in Liyuan, and Xi Yu's new composition is thirteen tunes.Masked lions and tigers can distinguish true from false, narrow shirts embroidered with trousers and drums.

Viewers are like mountain shoulders and shoulders, whoever separates the heel and the tip from the chaos.The fragrant wind blows laughter all the way, and the drunken jade is covered by thousands of miles of red gauze.

All in all, all joy awaits new arrivals.

Among the crowd, a charming woman in a tan-colored silk embroidered dress twisted a gold hairpin with her forehand and gently inserted it into the topknot of her head. She looked at the man in front of her with a bright smile. A bright and gorgeous star in the night sky adorns the entire starry sky.

"Angkor, do I look good in it?" Yao Ling'er asked with a smile, her eyes curled up like a crescent moon.

Wu Zhang looked at the little girl-like Yao Ling'er in front of him, nodded dotingly, and replied, "It's pretty, with beautiful accessories and beauties."

Hearing this, Yao Ling'er smiled even brighter, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, and her eyes were full of stars, shining dazzlingly.

"Look! There's a boat over there!" Yao Ling'er shouted suddenly, reaching out and pulling Wu Zhang's sleeve, jumping up and down.

Wu Zhang followed her gaze, and saw a small boat slowly floating in the pool.

The small boat was full of bright flowers and incandescent lamps, red silk satin was tied on a bamboo railing, the ceiling and the hanging door were inlaid with brocade gold threads, tightly entwined and decorated with the whole boat.

A small boat floats in the pool, full of wings, and goes straight to the dawn.

Yao Ling'er glanced at Wu Zhang, reached out and grabbed his arms, stood on tiptoe, and pecked lightly on the side of his cheek.

Immediately, I saw a touch of red clothes floating towards the center of Yaochi, heading straight for the small boat.

Everyone exclaimed, and when they looked up, they saw a little red light falling on the boat, and a graceful figure appeared there.

Yao Linger looked at Wu Zhang who was looking up at her affectionately in the crowd, smiled, raised one hand lightly, twisted her blue fingers, shook her brocade sleeves lightly, covered half of her makeup, turned around and circled around, three thousand blue hairs were ethereal, and her body was covered Qi skirt followed.

When the musicians around saw a beautiful woman dancing on the boat, they all looked at each other, sat down on the spot, and played music together.

All of a sudden, there was music everywhere, everyone held their breath, stared intently, and all of their faces were intoxicated with admiration.

The sound of the music is melodious and high-spirited, from the beginning to the end, from the qin to the xiao ming, from the qin to the pipa, to the sound of the xiao luo, and the sound of the drums.

In an instant, the yangqin ding-dong, the hu and xiao, the sound of bells and drums, the clanging of guqin, and the clapping of snake drums all sounded and shook all directions.

I saw the beautiful woman in red clothes on the boat, with her hands raised above her head, and her wrists clasped together to strike, her eyes lowered to the still water of the pool, and her toes lightly tapped on the top of the boat.

For a moment, all the musicians held their breath and stopped playing.

At this moment, Yao Chi was completely silent.

After a while, a silver bell rang lightly.

Stepping on the sound of the silver bell, the beauty clicked on the spot, opened her arms, looked up at the sky, and turned around wantonly.

This touch of red color bloomed on the small boat in the pool.

All of a sudden, the crowd reappeared, and the music pierced through the air, following the dance.

Just like this, Wu Zhang quietly looked at the tan color in the fairyland, quietly watched her dance wildly and wildly, and her unruly, charming and bright smile embellished and illuminated the whole fairyland.

At the end of the song, Yao Ling'er lightly raised one leg, stretched it into the air, straightened her waist, and stretched out her arms, like a phoenix flying with wings.

She looked at Wu Zhang in the crowd, and smiled with her lips curled up. The charming look in her eyes was captivating and captivating.

The beauty in red clothes jumped up, rushed into the crowd, disappeared into a black table, and disappeared.

Just when everyone was still immersed in the beauty of the dance and the joy of the beauty in red, Yao Ling'er and Wu Zhang had disappeared without a trace.

And in Xicheng, the capital of King Xi Yu, in Zuixiao Tower——

A man dressed in black robes and a black gold suit, with a high crown of black jade on his head, looks majestic and dignified, surrounded by dignity.

This person is the emperor of the Great Wu Kingdom, Wu Zhang.

In order to allow Yao Linger to watch the entire royal city from Xi Yu's tallest building, he booked the entire Zuixiao Tower.

At this time, he was holding Yao Ling'er, leaning on the railing, looking at the night view of the city.

All the streets and markets are clustered with lights, which are as bright as the sky.

The actors downstairs, dancing and singing, went straight into the sky.

In heaven and earth, right now, Wan Qing gathered together.

"Angkor, do you know that this is the first time I really celebrate the New Year." Yao Ling'er leaned on Wu Zhang's neck and said softly.

"Every year from now on, I will accompany you." Wu Zhang looked at the new colors in the city and replied.

Yao Ling'er smiled softly, and said, "At that time, I was young and didn't know the right and wrong in the world, so I entered Chenxiang Pavilion in a daze, and worked there as a fragrant girl for many years, able to dance, compose poems, paint, and play the piano. , playing chess, appreciating flowers and making tea, tasting wine and discussing swords, I have learned everything."

"They asked me to dance in the auditorium during festivals to please the pilgrims, and I agreed. This response took place for many years, and I have forgotten how many dances I have learned."

"Later, the luthier in the pavilion left, but went to a place that no one knew, and never came back. Sometimes they asked me to replace him, playing and singing for dignitaries and guests."

"I once met an official who liked me, but wanted me to get drunk with him. I don't know why. The number one sister in the pavilion stopped this for me when she saw that I was innocent. It’s no longer the number one.”

"Did you know? Once Chu Ye is the number one card in the pavilion, it will no longer be the number one card. I remember that she had a sweetheart, but she left that sweetheart for me."

"Later, I started to practice swords. The steward said that there are many people in the world, and I might meet a swordsman. Let me be prepared. So, I practiced long swords day and night, you see Look, there are calluses on this hand."

"When I grew up, the steward saw that I practiced sword all day long, and felt that it was bad luck, so he taught me how to enjoy flowers and make tea, and how to taste wine. I was so drunk at the time, and his favorite The porcelain vases are all broken."

"In the end, guess what, he fined me to do laundry for a month, which was the entire Chenxiang Pavilion. My hands were blistered."

"Afterwards, later... I stopped dancing, because I wanted to leave there. So, I picked the guests, as long as I like them, as long as they are good people."

A trace of tears leaked from Yao Ling'er's eyes, but she still smiled.She turned around and looked at Wu Zhang with tenderness.

"Later, I met Ji Anjun, the person who took me away."

"Finally, I met you."

Yao Linger stared at Wu Zhang's eyes, and reached out to gently caress his face.

Wu Zhang quietly listened to all Yao Linger's words, quietly remembered every detail, and thought carefully about every encounter she had.My heart hurts.

He never asked about Yao Ling'er's past, he thought it was sour and hard, and he didn't want to cause her sadness.Unexpectedly, she said it out by herself, telling it so calmly, as if it was just a story of one person, a person who had nothing to do with her.

But this person is herself, how can she express her pain so lightly?

"I have thought about a lot of things about Princess Wuyang. I thought she was a gentle lady, but I don't know that it was you who came here." Wu Zhang reached out and gently held her hand, placing it on his heart, tenderly Kai looked at her and said, "Fortunately, it's you who came."

Yao Ling'er slightly hooked the corners of her mouth and smiled slightly.

"Ling'er, in this life, I am willing to stay with you forever and ever, to grow old, never to be separated, can you allow me?" Wu Zhang asked softly, with tenderness in his eyes like the sea.

Yao Ling'er looked into his eyes, nodded slightly, with a slight smile on her lips, like a peach blossom blooming in spring.

Seeing Yao Linger nodding slightly, Wu Zhang stretched out his hand to wrap her in his arms and hugged her tightly, stroked her long hair gently with one hand, sniffed the fragrance in the hair, and felt soft in his heart.

An unknown color flashed in his eyes.

In the spring of the fifth year of Longzhang in the Great Wu Kingdom, the emperor Wu Zhang abdicated, the regent resigned, and Pingyang King Wu Ke succeeded to the throne, which was the first year of Jiaxuan.

Under the south gate of King Xiyu's city, a bronze carriage with two wheels of pagoda tree was standing.

"Brother Wang, after this trip, it will be difficult to see each other again." Wu Zhong looked at Wu Zhang with reluctance in his eyes, and said in a sad tone.

Wu Zhang looked at Wu Zhong, who was almost as tall as himself, reached out and patted his shoulder, took a deep breath, and replied, "No matter where you and I are, we will always be brothers in this life, connected by blood, and there will be a day See you again."

Hearing this, Wu Zhong's eyes couldn't help but ache, and a trace of tears leaked from the corner of his eyes.

"I can, can I call you Brother Zhang again?" Wu Zhong's nose was sore, holding back tears, and choked up.

Wu Zhang raised the corner of his mouth, smiled slightly and nodded.

"Brother Zhang, I wish you a smooth journey. Zhong'er is here. I wish Brother Zhang and Sister Ling'er grow old together and live happily in the world."

When Wu Zhong was talking, he put his hands together, bowed down to Wu Zhong, and blessed him respectfully.

11 years ago, he sent Wu Zhang to Jiuzhao in the same way. Today, he is going to send off his brother again.

The road was long and long, and he didn't know how many late autumn nights he had survived. During those ten years, he stayed inside the palace wall and watched the road leading to Jiuzhao.He couldn't see the end at a glance, and he looked at it like this every day, as if he wanted to see through the end of the day.

Sometimes, his father would always stand behind him, and accompany him to look at the distance that is the same color as the sky until dawn.

But my father wouldn't know, how can the longing in his heart be eliminated by just looking at this extreme place?

In fact, he didn't know when he would change his friendship with his elder brother. He thought it was just missing him, but every time he received a letter from Wu Zhang from Jiuzhao, he was ecstatically excited, which made him I can't believe it myself.

The deep yearning and the excessive love turned out to be such a change.

He realized that this feeling should not exist, so he carefully kept it in his heart. Even if he missed Wu Zhang again, he just buried this longing deeply in his heart, and found trivial things to divert his attention every day.

But this love will always make people feel at a loss.

The more he avoided and the more careful he was, the more he couldn't control his heart.

In the middle of the night, he just couldn't help thinking about this person, whether he was doing well, whether he had encountered difficulties in Jiuzhao today, whether he was like himself, thinking about himself like this always Will be so tossing and turning, can't sleep at night.

Finally, he waited for Wu Zhang's return. For ten years, he waited for this person who made him think about it day and night.

He tried his best to get close to Wu Zhang, but he also tried his best to bury the spoiled affection in his heart.

But Wu Zhang's affection for him is only a brotherly affection after all, no matter how much he loves him, he can't cross that boundary.He also understood that he should bury this random and ridiculous feeling deeply in his heart.

When he knew that Wu Zhang wanted to marry Princess Wuyang of Beili Kingdom, he was heartbroken, as if he had fallen into the abyss of a cold pool, icy cold and suffocating.

But he couldn't refuse, this was Wu Zhang's decision, and it was also a marriage between the two countries, no matter how reluctant he was, he couldn't ignore Da Wu.

When he saw Princess Wuyang, his mind was at a loss. He didn't know that there was such an unruly but intoxicating woman in this world. He thought that his brother would like it.

Subsequent events did prove one point.

Forget it, since the elder brother feels happy, no matter how bitter he is, it doesn't matter.

Wu Zhong watched Wu Zhang jump into the carriage, the upward arc of the corner of his mouth was finally pulled down, the tears that had been held back for 11 years finally flowed down, his eyes were full of reluctance.

He watched the carriage leave slowly, looked at the marks made by the wheels on the ground, two long tracks, leading to the distance.

After a while, he knelt down slowly, covered his face with his hands, and cried.

Brother Zhang, allow me to call you one last time.

I would like to give up the life span of this life, in exchange for you and my sister to live forever, forget about the rivers and lakes, idle clouds and wild cranes, live forever, and never return to the world.