Mountain House Autumn Leaves

Qiu Ye lived in the old wine shop outside Lian City for seven months.Surprisingly, he felt very at ease here. He had never stayed so long anywhere except the place where he was born.

"Wake up so early, don't sleep for a while?" Shanju came out of the house with sleepy eyes, and saw Qiuye sitting in the yard, fiddling with the tassel that was tied to the sword earlier.

Qiu Ye looked at the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the side of the mountain, and shook her head: "That's why you sleep until the sun sets and think it's early."

Shanju smiled and said: "Isn't that right? I want to make wine at night, so naturally I can only rest during the day. You also know that I can't come out during the day."

Shanju's hair was still a little disheveled just after waking up, and his cheeks were slightly red, and his lazy and leisurely look made Qiuye look a little crazy.After a long time, Qiuye asked: "Shanshan, is what you said true?"

Shanju sat under the grape trellis, spread out the paper, drew ink and picked up a pen: "Naturally it is true."

Qiu Ye raised the tassel in her hand, and asked doubtfully, "Is this thing really 200 years old?"

"Yes. By the seventh day of next month, exactly three years and five months in 220."

"You're bluffing me again." Qiu Ye shook her head, "How can something that is more than 200 years old be so new?"

Shanju just smiled and said nothing, just focused on the rice paper in front of him, splashing ink, and the pen was like a snake.

Qiu Ye looked at Shanju's white robe, and couldn't help but believe it again: Shanju's white clothes can still be spotless all these years of brewing, and a mere tassel is still so brand new, maybe it's okay?

After a moment of silence, Qiuye asked again: "You said, I killed many people before?"

"Yes."

"I also slaughtered a city?"

Shanju looked in the direction of Chaolian City: "No, the ancient city that has flourished for thousands of years is almost ruined in your hands."

"I also abandoned my wife?" Qiu Ye smacked her lips, why did she seem to be getting more and more unreliable?

"Yes."

Qiu Ye laughed: "I abandoned my wife, how do you know? You can't be the one who was abandoned by me, right?"

Shan Dwelling's flowing brush strokes paused, pursed his lips, and said with a forced smile, "Yo, you guessed it right."

Qiuye didn't notice the changes in Shanju, and when he heard Shanju say this, he laughed out loud: "Just say you're coaxing me. You're a man, why would I be with you?"

Qiu Ye was still playing with the tassel in her hand, and she couldn't help but look back at Shan Ju before waiting for Shan Ju's reply for a long time.

I don't know if it's because of the setting sun, or because it's covered by the grape trellis. Qiuye felt that the mountain dwelling at this time was overshadowed, and even lost a bit of vitality. He couldn't help feeling a little worried, and he tentatively called out: " Mountain?"

Shanju smiled wryly, ignored Qiuye, put away his pen and ink, got up and was about to leave.

Qiu Ye hurriedly called Shanju: "It's getting dark, won't you be selling wine today?"

Shanju said: "No, we won't open the stall today." After saying that, he entered the house without looking back.

You are a man, how can I be with you?

Yes, leaves.That's what you told me back then.

210 Eight years ago, Liancheng was still the same Liancheng.

Early spring is still the same early spring, the winter snow melts, the cold spring is expected, and everything recovers.

It seems that everything is the same as before, but there seems to be something different.

There is actually one difference, because the champion of the new science and literature is a commoner who has lived in the mountains for a long time.In addition, there was a man of commoner background who won the first place in the martial arts examination and won the first prize in the martial arts. I heard people say that he seemed to be a man named Qiu Ye.

On the day the imperial list was posted, the court exploded.

In previous years, it was not that there were outstanding civilian children, but without exception, they were all secretly suppressed by the nobles in power.The reason why Shanju was lucky enough to win the number one prize was because he was lucky enough to meet the emperor to inspect it in person in the palace examination, and the emperor had the intention of suppressing famous families.

But Qiu Ye, relying on a long sword, stood out from the crowd in full view.That martial arts was probably very exciting, and it has been widely spread among the people for a long time. Shanju thinks that he has never been interested in dancing with knives and guns, but he has heard a lot about it.

However, the court has always been at odds with civil and military forces, and Shanju is just glad that he has been favored by the heavens, and he has not wasted ten years of hard work, but he is not very enthusiastic about autumn leaves.

Things in the world are always impermanent, just as he did not expect to be named on the gold list, Shanju also did not expect that he would be killed because of this.

Green mountains and green waters are the most important way to cultivate one's temperament. Even if it becomes famous all over the world, the mountain residence does not make a lot of noise because of it. It is just like when we were in the mountains in the past, wearing white robes and black hair, walking in the downtown area on foot, and going back and forth Between the imperial city and his hut.

The white solitary shadow in the wilderness walks slowly alone, the mountain dwelling sees its own courtyard from a distance, the lantern in front of the door has faded away, so he wonders how much lamp oil he should buy when he returns from the city tomorrow, so that the house will be more popular .

Just as he was thinking, Leng Buding fell into an embrace. Shanju was stunned for a moment, and several long swords crossed in front of his eyes. The icy blades reflected the cold moonlight, making Shanju's eyes hurt.

Even after many years of self-cultivation, at this moment of life and death, Shanju also panicked, and almost instinctively reached out to grab the person who was protecting him firmly.

"The number one scholar, I'm afraid of death." It's been a long time since Shanju let go, this man couldn't help but sarcastically.

Shanju came to his senses this time, only to realize that the assassin was already dying, and he broke out in a cold sweat, and saw that one hand was tightly grasping the opponent's waistband, his face turned red instantly, and he hastily let go.

"Why is General Qiu here?" Shanju was annoyed that he had really lost his face just now, and he was grateful for Qiuye's rescue just now, he was grateful at the moment and ashamed at the moment, it was really mixed feelings.

"I never thought that you would be good at medicine." Qiu Ye obviously answered the question.

Shanju only said that Qiuye was injured just now, and hurriedly said: "Know some fur, if the general feels any discomfort, Xiaosheng can give it a try."

These words caused Qiuye to laugh: "You literati don't feel too tired to panic. Open your mouth and say 'Xiaosheng', and shut your mouth as 'Xiaoke'. It's tiring to listen to."

Shanju frowned slightly: "I'm afraid it's not suitable for etiquette."

"How can there be any impoliteness? I don't know how to write the word 'li'. If you are really afraid of being rude, don't talk to me so politely, just call me by my name." Qiuye said, pointing to the light in front of her The dim courtyard: "Why, Shanju doesn't plan to take me there?"

Shanju smiled and said: "If I want to thank you for saving your life, I can go to a restaurant in the city. My room is too simple, I'm afraid you will hate it."

Without further ado, Qiu Ye walked towards the courtyard, came to the door, reached out and flicked the dust that fell from the lantern, and said: "The master can have such an elegant sentiment, how ugly is the humble room?"

Shanju paused his hand as he was about to open the door, and looked in surprise at the autumn leaf standing upright with a sword behind the lamp.

The shabby room is so shabby, for many years, he has never heard anyone say that this swordsman is actually a confidant?

"But it's wrong if you don't have a lock on your house. How can you survive if there are thieves?" Qiu Ye changed the subject, and began to chatter about Shanju again: "But if you meet a killer like Cai just now, how many more locks will you have?" Locks may not be useful. Your house is really dilapidated, and even the lights are about to go out. I'll help you buy a box of lamp oil tomorrow."

Shanju was almost stunned by these words, who said that the shabby room is not shabby?

"To tell you the truth," Qiu Ye drank the tea made by Shanju in one gulp, "probably everyone is the same as me. I didn't expect you to be good at medicine, let alone you cured the illness of the empress dowager who was ill in bed for a long time. .”

Accompanied by the heat from the pot rising slowly and the fresh fragrance of tea, two figures, black and white, sat facing each other under the moonlight.Shanju added another cup of tea for Qiuye: "My family has studied medicine for generations. I have learned some medical skills since I was a child. I have seen the empress dowager's illness in ancient books. It's just a coincidence."

"You study medicine from your family, but study hard?"

"Exactly."

"how so?"

"Save people. Studying medicine can save one person, and being an official can save people all over the world."

Qiu Ye looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "You only want to save people, but you almost put yourself in it."

Shanju was taken aback: "Why?"

"Do you know the origins of today's killers?" Qiu Ye said: "You and I were born in poverty, but won the number one scholar in civil and military affairs, which is bound to become a disaster in the eyes of the dignitaries in the court. You cured the queen mother's illness today, and the dragon's heart is very happy. You have been promoted to an official again. In just two months, you have been promoted to three ranks in a row, do you think you will have a good death?"

Qiu Ye's tone became serious, and even the mountain dweller also said in a low voice: "Because I have received the grace, did I cause disaster?"

"Among the former Scholars, how can there be no one from a poor family who is inferior to the nobles? But no one has ever received this honor. Why do you think it is?" Qiu Ye sneered: "People who are greedy for life have benefited from the nobles. Since then, those who have been far away from the imperial examinations, and those who have a little bit of character, have been repeatedly assassinated. In such a world, why do you want to save it?"

Shanju was silent for a moment, and said word by word: "It is this kind of world that needs me to save. Let the court be just, let the poor families see the light of day, and let the morals of the world be repaid." At the end, Shanju smiled and said: "Besides, isn't there someone like Qiu Ye who knew I was in trouble and came here to save me?"

People in white robes under the moon are full of righteousness, and they come out of the mud without being stained.

Qiu Ye was stunned for a moment, then smiled: "Okay, you come to save the world, and I will save you."

Liancheng, a thousand-year-old city, surrounded by mountains and rivers, has repeatedly seen miracles.

The miracle five years ago was that two people from ordinary backgrounds both won the number one scholar in civil and military affairs.The miracle five years later will be the prosperity and peace, the government is clear, the territory is expanded, and the country's prestige spreads far and wide.

All of this was accomplished by two young men who were only in their twenties, one living in the mountains and the other Akiba.

"It's time to go out again, Ye Zi, when will you come back this time?"

"At least a few months."

"How much?"

"Not much, within half a year, I will definitely come back." Qiu Ye's soft eyes fell on Shan Ju: "After this triumphant return, I will ask His Majesty for a marriage."

Shan Juzheng paused for Autumn Leaves' tasseled hands, and lowered his eyes: "Yezi, I'm afraid."

Qiu Ye took Shanju into her arms and joked like a joke: "Why, after so many years, are you still afraid of those worldly gossips?"

Shan Ju frowned in front of Qiu Ye's chest, shook his head, choked with sobs and said, "The two of you and I have made great achievements in these years, His Majesty has long been afraid, so how can we promise you and me?"

Qiu Ye felt her chest was wet, and she heard Shan Ju say: "Ye Zi, I, this is the first time I regret that I have made such a contribution for the world."

Qiu Ye helped Shanju up, and wiped away the teardrops from the corners of his eyes: "Look, the majestic Prime Minister is crying here, those corrupt officials and dignitaries who have been punished by you, if they want to know, they will die in prison." .”

Shanju was coaxed into a smile by Qiuye's words, and he barely held back his tears. Then he pointed to the tassel on Qiuye's sword: "I made this with my own hands. You should wear it comfortably. If you lose it, I will not forgive it." you."

Qiuye rubbed Shanju's forehead: "Tassels are here, people are here."

But Shanju's heart was not at ease because of this, for some reason, he was always in a trance, as if something was going to happen, what exactly was it?

Sure enough, roughly what happened.

In the early morning of the next day, the emperor urgently summoned Shanju to enter the palace. Because the queen mother fell ill, all the imperial doctors in the palace were helpless, so they had to invite Shanju to enter the palace for treatment.The Empress Dowager is old and her condition fluctuates from good to bad, Shanju had to be ordered to stay in the palace for a few days to keep the Empress Dowager safe.Although it is not appropriate to perform such an errand with the honor of the prime minister, but the emperor's order is hard to disobey, human life is at stake, and Shanju will not shirk it.

But why?

Why did everyone tell him that Qiuye married the princess when he came out of the palace after healed the Queen Mother's illness?Everyone told him that Qiu Ye led the three armies and was about to leave the city with his wedding blessing?

Why is he the only one who doesn't know?

Why marry her?Why wear the clothes someone else gave him?

why?

Shanju, who had been guarding the queen mother in the palace for several days, ignored his already exhausted body, lost his mind, and staggered towards the outside of the city.

Ye Zi, don't you even want to tell me when you're leaving?

Outside Liancheng, there are three armies, armored everywhere, horns resounding, gongs and drums shaking the sky.

Shanju could only feel that the shining armor made his eyes hurt, the drum music made his head dizzy, and the high God of War made his limbs feel weak.

Regardless of the civil and military officials who sent the army, regardless of Wei Ran's courtiers of the emperor, Shanju stumbled to the side of Qiuye, grabbed Qiuye's horse rein, looked up at Qiuye, and said in a low voice: "Why?"

It seems to be asking Qiuye, and it seems to be talking to himself.

With his back against the sun, Qiu Ye didn't show any expression on his face, but his voice was cold and ruthless: "You are a man, how can I be with you?"

The bright sun in the clear sky made the mountain residence almost blind, and even the figure of autumn leaves was blurred.

The reins in his hands fell loose, and each person rode, and the iron armor and gold robe also went away.

Shanju stood where he was, looking at the dust raised by the horse's hooves, lost in thought for a long time.Suddenly, the emperor said: "I came to report yesterday that a plague broke out in Jiangbei. The prime minister has excellent medical skills. Why don't you go to Jiangbei to help the common people?"

Shanju smiled indifferently: "I obey the order."

Shanju took one last look in the direction where Qiu Ye was going away, Ye Zi, I hope you will not regret it, and I hope you can find happiness.

After three months of hard work day and night, the plague was finally killed in Jiangbei.Seeing Jiangbei Wanmin thanking him for saving his life, Shanju was in a daze. He was still helping the world, but the person who promised to save him back then was no longer by his side.

Shanju's eyes darkened, and he fell straight to the ground.When he woke up, he was already on the couch in the post station, Shanju stood up with his forehead supported, secretly thinking that his health was getting worse, but he was so tired that he fell into a coma.

Waking up in a daze, I heard people talking outside the door:

General Qiu Ye led the rebellion, fought bloody for three days, and captured Liancheng, no matter old or young, women or children, no chicken or dog was left behind.

There was a buzzing sound in Shanju's head, maybe he was hallucinating from exhaustion?How could that guy massacre the city?And why rebel?

Dawan horses ran day and night, and finally rushed to Liancheng.

Wreckage everywhere.

Blood flows into a river.

A thousand-year-old city has been reduced to a purgatory on earth.

Shanju trembled and crawled over corpses.The blood soaking this ancient city has turned black, glistening sticky under the hot sun, mosquitoes linger over the city of Lian, and the stench sweeps across the entire city.

Shanju walked here, step by step, searching every corner, calling the name that made him think about it day and night, until his swollen throat could no longer make a sound, finally on the female wall of Liancheng, he found over him.

What he was wearing was not a golden armored battle robe, but an ink-colored robe that he sewed for him, and what was tied on his sword was a tassel that he wove for him, with acacia seeds he had planted on it.

The body riddled with holes and the ink robe soaked in blood, whether it is red or black.

The cold body, the bright sun in the sky, whether it is hot or cold.

Shanju buried his head and cried, why he could save the world but not him alone?Why can't he come back two days earlier?

Shanju took off the tassel from the Autumn Leaf Sword, and in a sea of ​​blood, at the price of all the achievements of the master, apprentice and ancestors in helping the world and saving people, ask for an oath:

Wish to be invincible.Not old, not dead, not born, not dying, not entering reincarnation, not seeing the sun.

Ye Zi, when you are reincarnated, I will definitely ask you why all this happened.

Qiu Ye hurriedly chased back to the house, saw Shanju fell on the bed again without saying a word, and said helplessly, "How can I make money for wine if I don't open the stall today?"

"Shanshan doesn't want to open the file, how about I open it for you?"

"Shanshan is angry?"

"It's not good to sleep too much, get up and walk?"

"If I've said something wrong, just tell me Shanshan, why bother?"

"...Forget it, you can sleep a little longer, I'll open a stall to sell wine."

When Qiuye was about to leave, Shanju suddenly heard Shanju say: "What gear are you driving, the lamp oil in the lantern has already run out."

"Who said, look what this is?"

Shanju looked at Qiuye and saw that he was holding a box of lamp oil in his hand. He was a little surprised for a while, but he still muttered: "Who asked you to buy it!"

Qiu Ye was stunned: "Why, didn't I promise you to buy lamp oil?"

Hearing this, Shanju's deep eyes lit up, and he looked at Qiuye in disbelief: "Yezi, tell me, when did you promise me to buy lamp oil?"

Qiu Ye frowned: "I don't remember that, but I vaguely remember that I promised you."

Shanju hurriedly asked: "What else? Do you remember anything?"

Qiu Ye shook her head: "There are always some things recently, I can't tell when I did it, it seems that it did happen, and it seems that it never happened."

Shanju pursed his lips and said for a long time: "Great, you finally remembered something."

"what?"

"Well, I knew it, I will always remember it."

Great, Leaf.I believe that you will always remember the past.