I live in Beihai Jun Nanhai [Rebirth]

Originally, according to Shui Jing's personality, it should be a good thing that Xie Wuyi was busy with government affairs all day long and had no time to take care of him. He just happened to be able to roam around the world at will as before, and he didn't have to get stuck in order to "go to appointments" from time to time.

But now, he didn't feel relaxed and comfortable at all. Instead, he always felt a little empty, as if he didn't have any interest in going anywhere, and even Yu Gong didn't bother to take a step.

Xie Wuyi was already so busy, Shui Jing naturally didn't think about sword practice any more, and didn't even go to disturb him at will to distract him unless necessary.

In the next few days, Shui Jing went to the top of the main hall to listen to the court meeting when there was morning morning, and went to see Mr. Yanque, the accountant, giving lectures when there was no morning morning. See Xie Wuyi reviewing the memorial by candlelight.

Just like what Shui Jing had seen before, Xie Wuyi often would be in a daze for a while while he was grading papers, and after a moment of stupor, he would pinch his brows again as if he suddenly woke up from a dream, and continue to critique with his head down.

I don't know whether he was too focused to hear the sound outside or if he heard it but ignored it, every night the sound of the clapper on watch in the palace had struck the fourth watch, but he still acted as if he hadn't heard it, sitting on the desk without moving. forward.

After looking at it for a few days, Shui Jing couldn't stand it anymore. Every night at three o'clock, he would jump off the eaves and throw a stone into the opposite window, knocking out the candles in the house.

At first, Xie Wuyi didn't realize that it was man-made. It wasn't until he lit the candle several times and then was extinguished again and again that he seemed to realize something.

Strange to say, since then, Shui Jing has never seen him in a daze before the case again, and I don't know if he wants to seize the time to review more papers before the midnight shift.

Fortunately, in the days to come, as soon as the candles in the hall were extinguished, Xie Wuyi would no longer try to re-ignite it, but would get up and leave directly, as if acquiescing to this rule.

It was the end of the year in a flash, but Xie Wuyi didn't get any leisure because the year was approaching. Until the New Year's Eve, he was still busy from dawn to [-] in the evening. After that, he finally stopped reviewing the memorials. Instead, according to the Queen's order, he rushed to the King's bedroom before dinner.

The Lord's illness has not improved so far. When he had an attack, he had a splitting headache and could not see or hear. But fortunately, he followed the doctor's advice and did not work hard for the past six months. As a result of resting, the attacks were less frequent.

New Year's Eve is a time of reunion in the world, and the empress order Xie Wuyi to go there to eat the family reunion meal. Shui Jing watched Xie Wuyi's back enter the king's bedroom from a distance, then turned and left, boarded the Wangming Tower.

The Wangming Pagoda is more than a hundred feet high. Standing on the top of the tower and looking around, you can almost have a panoramic view of the entire Yudu.

Shui Jing had also been here at night before, but that time had passed, and he could only see countless dark houses, streets and alleys sleeping in the moonlight.

But now on New Year's Eve, the entire capital of Yu is like a sea of ​​stars, the lights of thousands of houses are flickering, and the inside and outside of the palace are bright.

Looking at the quiet and peaceful Yudu in front of him, Shui Jing suddenly felt a strange emotion that he had never felt before, like loss, and also like melancholy.

He looked down at the shadow cast by the moonlight on his feet, and for some reason suddenly remembered what was said in the poem, "Standing alone, the shadow of each other is inseparable."

At Anyuguan on New Year's Eve that year, he once asked Xie Wuyi if he would "think about relatives" during the festive season, but now that he asked himself this question, he suddenly realized that he had no "relatives". Where does this sense of loneliness come from?

Shui Jing couldn't help but think back, how he spent the millennium New Year's Eve in the past, where was he, and who was around him?

Thinking about it, he suddenly realized that he had no memory at all. There were only three New Year's Eves that he could clearly remember, and these three times, the people around him were Jie Wuyi.

In the first year, they listened to the noise of the lieutenant soldiers all night in Anyu Pass.

In the second year, after Xie Wuyi and the Queen of the Kingdom finished their New Year's dinner, they went to the East Palace with a water mirror to "watch the New Year". At night, they were so sleepy that they almost knocked on the table, but they still refused to go to sleep. They insisted on holding their chin until dawn .

In the third year, Yanque dragged the two of them to accompany her to set off fireworks, and insisted on Shui Jing and Xie Wuyi to take her to the roof while it was still on, but she danced so happily that she almost fell into the roof when she stomped on a tile. In the room, Aunt Zhou was terrified.

Thinking of this, Shui Jing couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth, but when he came back to his senses and looked at the lights of Wanjia in front of him again, he felt a little lost.

He was a little helpless by his inexplicable mood change, so he simply stopped looking for troubles on the top of the tower, and went down the tower to the small courtyard where Yanque lived.

As Shui Jing expected, Yanque had already finished the New Year's dinner with Aunt Zhou, and was making a fuss in the courtyard preparing to set off fireworks.

Seeing Shui Jing approaching, Yan Que's eyes lit up, and happily dragged him into the room, first stuffed two dumplings into his mouth, then stretched out his hand and smiled and begged for the money.

Aunt Zhou couldn't help laughing at the sidelines, and smiled to tell her not to mess around.

"You little money fan," Shui Jing pinched the tip of her nose with a grin, took out a hibiscus red jade tablet from her bosom and handed it to her, "Here, press the money."

Yanque originally wanted to make trouble with him, but unexpectedly he came prepared, looked at the jade tablet, and asked in surprise, "Dushan Red Jade?"

"Yo?" Shui Jing was a little surprised, "What kind of eyesight do you have, that you can recognize it at a glance?"

What Yanque said is correct, this jade plaque is carved from Dushan Jade produced in Qiongguo, because Dushan is located in Nanyang, Dushan Jade is also called "Nanyang Emerald".

Yanque proudly said: "That's natural. Brother Taishi thinks that the one I'm studying under is really just an ordinary accountant? He is the treasurer of the treasury. In the past few years, he has often followed his old man to count the treasury. It's good to see him." There are so many things!"

Shui Jing hadn't paid much attention to that "Mr. Accountant" in the past, and he really didn't know that he still held an important position in the palace.But looking back at this moment, I vaguely remember that my impression of him was that despite his age, his brain turned extremely fast. Shui Jing often felt that if such a person was not in the palace, he would have been a wealthy businessman outside the palace.

Shui Jing looked at Yan Que's smug little face, and exaggerated: "Tsk, so I'm not playing tricks? It seems that this thing can't catch your eye?"

"No, no, no," Yan Que quickly pulled out the jade token before he withdrew it, "This jade token is so exquisite, let alone it was given by Grand Master Brother, but Que'er is so disrespectful, how can there be any reason to refuse it?"

As she spoke, she turned sideways while holding the jade token, and smiled mischievously, with an expression of "don't even think about taking it back from me again".

Shui Jing couldn't help smiling, the little loss she had just had on the Wangming Pagoda disappeared in an instant, touched her head and said: "Okay, put it away, I'll take you to the roof to set off fireworks."

Yanque giggled and nodded in response, suddenly seemed to think of some unpleasant experience, frowning hesitantly: "The roof..."

Shui Jing knew what she was thinking at a glance, smiled and patted her chestnut and said: "Don't worry, I can't throw you down."

As soon as Yanque heard this, he immediately lost his worries, and followed Shui Jing out of the house bouncing around.

Shui Jing flew up to the roof with her, jumped from room to room, and set off all kinds of fireworks.

Aunt Zhou looked up and stared intently at the bottom, sometimes marveling at the blooming fireworks, and sometimes frightened by Yanque's bold actions, she just felt that the night's ups and downs were like swallowing a hare.

It was late at night, and Shui Jing couldn't help but look in the direction of the king's bedroom.

At this time, Xie Wuyi must have finished the New Year's dinner with the Queen of the Kingdom, so what will he be doing now?Did he return to the East Palace to keep the year old, or did he go to the Imperial Study Room again?

After setting off all the fireworks, Yanque finally felt drowsy belatedly. When Shui Jing led her to jump off the roof, she was already yawning, as if she was about to fall asleep the next moment.

Shui Jing smiled helplessly, handed her over to Aunt Zhou, turned and left the courtyard.

After walking for a while, Shui Jing saw that there was no light in the imperial study from a distance, so he didn't approach again, and turned to the East Palace.

Arriving at the East Palace, seeing the lights on in Jie Wuyi's dormitory, Shui Jing couldn't help but feel a little relieved, and walked towards the door, but before he could take a few steps, the fire light from the dormitory's doors and windows suddenly went out, and he fell into a trap. Darkness.

Shui Jing paused, and stood there for a moment.

Why is it so unfortunate?

He reached out and took out another jade tablet from his pocket, lowered his head and smiled helplessly.

This jade tablet is similar in style to Yanque's, both made of Dushan jade, except that the one for Yanque is hibiscus red jade, while the one in Shui Jing's hand is permeable white jade.

Shui Jing had remembered this custom ever since Yanque asked him for money with a playful smile on New Year's Eve last year, and when he went back to Four Seasons Mountain, he brought out these two jade plaques.

600 years ago, a severe plague broke out in the world, and almost all countries and regions were not spared, only the foot of Dushan Mountain in Nanyang was not affected at all.

After the plague passed, people discovered that there was a huge jade vein at the bottom of Dushan Mountain, and the reason why they were able to avoid the plague was probably because of the nourishment and protection of this jade vein.

Dushan jade's reputation of "dispelling evil spirits and expelling diseases" comes from this.

At that time, Qiong Kingdom did not exist, and Nanyang belonged to an ancient country named "Suo".These two jade plaques were made by the jade craftsmen of the Shuo Kingdom with the first batch of jade mined from Dushan at the order of the Lord. ", regarded as a treasure by the royal family of Shuo Kingdom, and passed down from generation to generation.

More than 200 years ago, the state of Shuo was replaced by the state of Qiong, and these two jade plaques were in the hands of the ruler of the state of Qiong. Since then, they have been enshrined in the treasure house by the royal family of Qiong state, hoping that they can protect the royal family and the people's well-being.

Five years ago, when Daluan attacked Qiong, Shui Jing saw that Daluan's soldiers were approaching the capital of the country, while the king of Qiong was still dreaming of death, so he exchanged two thousand-year-old Ganoderma lucidum for these two jade tokens, and brought them to the palace. Back to the Four Seasons Mountain.

Naturally, Shui Jing didn't believe in the so-called "exorcism from evil spirits", but it was true that jade wares nourished people. Moreover, he still remembered the phrase "being in the history" that Xie Wuyi said back then. The hundred-year-old utensils probably have some meaning to Xie Wuyi, so he deliberately brought them out of Four Seasons Mountain and kept them with him, intending to give them to him and Yanque as "suppressing" objects on New Year's Eve.

Shui Jing looked at the pitch-black dormitory, and stood there for a long time without leaving.

Although I learned from Shi Jiu that Xie Wuyi's current busyness is due to the aggravation of government affairs caused by the king's illness, Shui Jing always feels that there seems to be some other reason for this.

He has always been unwilling to believe that Xie Wuyi was deliberately avoiding him, but for so long, all the clues have been trying to make him accept this answer.

After a long time, Shui Jing sighed softly, pulled out a strand of hair and tied the jade tablet, walked over and hung it by the door frame, then turned and left.

As soon as the New Year's Eve is over, the inside and outside of the palace are busy with their duties as usual, and Xie Wuyi is no exception. He seems to want to make up for the time spent on New Year's Eve dinner , Moved the early morning time forward by another half an hour.

Shui Jing saw it, but did not intervene to stop it. He knew that if he hadn't forcibly extinguished the candles in the imperial study room every night, Xie Wuyi might have postponed the bedtime as well.

This night, Shui Jing sat on the roof opposite the imperial study room as usual, watching Xie Wuyi reviewing the memorial from a distance.

The sound of clappers sounded far away in the middle of the night, Shui Jing jumped down from the eaves and walked towards the opposite side, picked up a stone and bounced it through the window to extinguish the candle, and the room was instantly enveloped in darkness.

Originally thought that this would be another tacit silent scene of "you turn off the lights and come back to the palace", but unexpectedly, Shui Jing was about to turn around and leave when Xie Wuyi called out from the room: "Master."

The author has something to say:

Thank you Treasure Angel Mountain Cicada, I like it very much, the cuteness index is Yaoyaoling, the nutrient solution of the koi and the overlord ticket^▽^

Standing alone, inseparable from each other. ——Li Mi's "Chen Qing Biao"