Xijing Chronicle

"The villain's surname is Xue. He was born in Zi City. His name is Zi Nu. He is good at the lyre."

"Oh," Grandpa Quan nodded, his high-pitched voice was like the sound of scratching the wall with his nails, which made people get goosebumps, "And you, what's your name? What are you good at?"

"My surname is Gu. She was rescued by Princess Pinghuai, hence the name 'Huaisheng'. She is good at playing flute."

"It's a good name, and it looks good."

Eunuch Quan turned the "lion head" in his hand unhurriedly, narrowed his eyes, his face was wrinkled and intertwined with gullies, and the way he smiled or not made people feel chills in the heart, and he dared not look at him.

The two young men who followed him lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

And at this moment, a young man in brocade clothes came over from the other end of the flower/path, with a smile on his face, but he didn't look too attentive, he just made people feel comfortable: "Look at this How about the two of you? If you are not satisfied, there are still a few people in my hands who have a little understanding of music, which can be slowly selected by Zhongguan."

"Zhongguanren" is a respectful title for eunuchs like them. Eunuch Quan is very satisfied with the attitude of this proton towards him, so he is willing to give some face, and said slowly: "No, the one selected by His Highness is naturally the best."

Qiao Zi complimented: "For Zhongguanren's [-]th birthday, no matter what, they naturally want to pick the best. They spend all day at my residence, and now they are lucky to be able to compose music for Zhongguanren's birthday banquet."

"Since it's the best, I don't dare to take what others like. Don't worry, Your Highness, I will return it to Zhao when I'm done using it."

Eunuch Quan was flattered by his praise, and he laughed and chatted with him for a while, then left with two retainers who were temporarily acting as musicians.

Quan Gonggong's full name is Quan Cheng'en, a name bestowed by the first emperor himself, revealing an unparalleled honor.Not to mention the [-] forbidden soldiers in his hands, but just saying that he served the old man of the late emperor all his life, and followed the young emperor for ten years. This friendship is enough for him to stand firm in the cloudy and treacherous Xijing.

The little emperor thought of his father-in-law's hard work over the past few decades, so he pardoned him two years ago to leave the palace and start a mansion. Later, he gave him two young and beautiful court ladies beside him as personal servants. This incident caused quite a lot of protests in the court. However, the little emperor insisted on going his own way, and when Eunuch Quan lived outside the palace for a period of time, the favor became more and more powerful, and those voices gradually disappeared.

Since then, everyone knows that there is an uncrowned king in Xijing who is under one person and above ten thousand.

Gu Huaisheng and Xue Zinu followed Quan Gonggong into the whole mansion with low eyebrows, and then a steward led them to Xiyuan.After Grandpa Quan was away, Xue Zinu became much more lively. Even though he had tried his best to restrain himself, he still couldn't help but look around curiously. However, Gu Huaisheng seemed to be taken by the wealth of the mansion, and the rules were incomparable. Didn't dare to lift it up.

The steward looked at the expressions of the two of them calmly, without saying a word, walked through the vestibule, the central hall, and through the winding corridors in such a calm way, along the rockery and flowing water, exotic flowers and plants, jade trees and strange stones, seeing It's been a long while, but it hasn't come to an end yet, which shows how "rich" the whole mansion is.

Gu Huaisheng lowered his head, and there was a sneering smile on the corner of his mouth that no one saw.

When passing by a garden, there was a burst of laughter not far away. The steward kept walking, and Gu Huaisheng was not interested in looking up at the excitement, but Xue Zinu was full of curiosity. Can't stop exclaiming: "Ah! Why is that man naked?!"

"It's just a disobedient dog in the house." The manager looked at Xue Zinu with a half-smile, his eyes seemed to point, and Xue Zinu was so frightened that he didn't dare to look around.

The two of them were not members of the whole house, so they were arranged in a separate courtyard in Xiyuan, with two maids to take care of them, which was not bad.They were not in a hurry to compose music that afternoon, but got acquainted with the living environment. When it was time for dinner, they were suddenly called to go.

"A distinguished guest came to the house. The master mentioned that the two sons are proficient in music. The distinguished guest wants to meet you."

Gu Huaisheng opened the sandalwood box he carried with him, took out the carefully kept jade flute from it, walked out of the room, and saw that Xue Zinu in the east wing had also come out with the piano in his arms. He seemed a little nervous and couldn't stop taking deep breaths.Gu Huaisheng patted him on the shoulder gently, and said politely to the boy waiting in the courtyard: "Thank you for leading the way."

The little servant hurriedly said: "Don't dare, please come here, two young masters."

Following the boy, he walked the afternoon road again. When passing the garden, Gu Huaisheng felt something in his heart. He couldn't help but look up, but saw that the place that was still bustling in the afternoon was empty at the moment. The red blood is shocking.

Gu Huaisheng couldn't help but pause, the boy noticed it, followed his gaze, and couldn't help laughing: "Tsk, why didn't they take care of it well, it made the two young masters laugh."

Seeing that this servant was much more talkative than the steward in the afternoon, Xue Zinu couldn't help asking: "Who is that guy...in the afternoon?" Why did he receive such inhuman treatment?

"The two of you don't know, that man is just a lowly slave bought by our master," the boy said with contempt and contempt both inside and out, "I heard that he used to be the son of a rich family, and then something happened in the family. I was demoted to a lowly status, and this was bought back by our master. Hey, don’t you say that people should accept their fate? No matter what your status was in the past, you are just a lowly person now. A nobleman has the life of a nobleman, and a lowly person can only be a lowly person. What a pariah, but this person has been refusing to accept his fate, he is as stubborn as a cow, and always makes the master angry, shouldn't he be punished, and why should he?"

Daliang household registration is divided into noble, official, good, merchant, slave, and lowly. Among them, most of the lowest lowly are sinners, and they will not be able to be good for life. The master is in control, and the descendants follow it.Therefore, if someone commits a serious crime and is demoted to a lowly status, many people would rather choose to kill themselves than live in idling and suffer.

Xue Zinu whispered: "Then he doesn't want to accept his fate, and he doesn't want to be humiliated, why doesn't he commit suicide..."

The little servant's ears were sharp, and when he heard what he said, he couldn't help laughing proudly: "Do you think he doesn't want to die? He committed suicide several times when he first came to the house, but the master was strict and saved him every time. When I came back, I made everyone feel uncomfortable, but after the master found out that he still had a younger sister in the teaching workshop, he told him that if he died, he would take his younger sister to replace him, and then he calmed down."

It was clearly a cruel and inhumane thing, but there was no pity in his tone, only unconcealable gloating, Xue Zinu frowned uncomfortably, and wanted to reprimand, but suddenly a hand was on his shoulder , Gently squeezed, and then he swallowed all the words in his stomach.

Turning around a rockery, a pool of water suddenly opened up in front of the eyes. The pool was as big as a lake, and the water surface was like a mirror, reflecting the bright moon in the sky and the lights beside the water. It's a pity that there is no thousand emeralds, and the quietness is missing, and there is a little more loneliness.

The young man stopped, pushed them lightly, pointed to the brightly lit water pavilion in front of him, and said in a low voice: "Here we are, go in, the master and the nobles are waiting."

There is no window in the waterside pavilion, rolls of white gauze hang down from the window railing, dancing with the wind, the sound of silk and bamboo sounds elegant and graceful, Gu Huaisheng and Xue Zinu entered side by side, listening to the melodious sound, and stepping on white jade floor tiles .Right in the middle of the walk, Grandpa Quan's high-pitched and lazy voice came: "Come and see, this is King Kuilang."

Gu Huaisheng paused, King Kuilang's name was He Jiu, he was the younger brother of the late emperor, because he was too weak to be the emperor, so he was never feared by others, he was a well-known idle prince, now the late emperor died of illness, and the ruthless prince He Ze ascended the throne However, he was able to live well in this turmoil despite being killed and demoted by the children of the royal family. This method has to be admired.

The sleeve was suddenly pulled gently by someone, Gu Huaisheng came back to his senses, looked at Xue Zinu's implied anxious eyes, returned a comforting look, knelt down and saluted with him: "I have seen Zhongguan, I have seen His Royal Highness King Kuilang. .”

"Get up, there is no need to perform such a big gift," a middle-aged man's voice sounded, soft and elegant, with a hint of a smile, "I heard that you are the disciples recommended by the prince, and you are proficient in music. Why don't we come to two ditties, so that we can gather together this pleasure."

Seeing such a distinguished person for the first time, Xue Zinu was a little nervous, and even answered "yes" twice, and his voice changed.Gu Huaisheng was much calmer than him, he held the jade flute in his hand steadily, and asked respectfully: "I wonder what song you two noblemen want to hear?"

King Kuilang said, "It's all right."

Gu Huaisheng thought for a while, and whispered the title of the song in Xue Zinu's ear.

The musician who was playing at the side stopped playing and made an open space. Xue Zinu sat down in the middle and carefully laid the piano flat on his knees, while Gu Huaisheng stood beside him holding the flute. About to play, Grandpa Quan suddenly said: "Wait a minute."

King Kuilang wondered, "What's wrong?"

"There are good songs to accompany, but there is no beauty to accompany. It is a waste of this good time." Eunuch Quan squeezed his throat and laughed, and then whispered a few words to the maid who was waiting behind him, and the maid had to be ordered to go He went out, and went back after a while, followed by three young and handsome boys.

Eunuch Quan likes pretty boys, no one in Xijing knows that, King Kuilang smiled, although he doesn't like boys, but Eunuch Quan's face cannot be refuted, and after the three boys sat down, he also took them with him. One was by his side, and was about to order the two musicians to start playing, but he heard Quan Gonggong beside him say with a sullen face: "Is there another one?!"

The three teenagers flinched, looking at me and looking at you, and the last one who was the most delicate shivered and squeezed out a smile, and said with a trembling voice: "My lord, Brother Xue is not in good health, so I can't come... "

"What a temper! I doted on him too much, and made King Kuilang laugh." Eunuch Quan squinted his eyes and interrupted him sinisterly.

King Kuilang frowned imperceptibly, but quickly covered it up. He was indeed not used to some of Grandpa Quan's habits, but at the moment he didn't want to make troubles, so he smiled and smoothed things over: "Since you are sick, , it’s better to leave it like this, middle officials, don’t lose your spirits.”

However, Eunuch Quan shook his head, turned his head and told the person behind him: "Gui Er, go and 'invite' him over yourself."

The "gui'er" he called was named Quangui, and he was adopted in the palace as his adoptive son to end his retirement. He was probably close to Zhu, Chi and close to Mo, and black, but he had the same face and temper as him.

Hearing what his foster father said, Quangui didn't understand, he smiled and went out, and returned after about a quarter of an hour, followed by two burly servants, carrying a chicken like an eagle carrying a chick. skinny man.Unlike the three teenagers who came earlier, the man looked to be in his 20s, without any clothing covering his body, showing his lean and beautiful body.

What is shocking is that the man was wet from hair to toes, and his eyes were out of focus. As soon as he was free, he reached out and grabbed his throat, panting with difficulty, like a drowning man salvaged from the river The same, and all kinds of scars staggered all over his body, as if he had tried all the instruments of torture in Xingbu.

Seeing this young man, Xue Zinu involuntarily let out an "Ah", feeling pity in his heart, and said in a low voice, "This man is the one I saw this afternoon..."

Gu Huaisheng didn't respond, he only looked up at the man when he was just brought in, the scars on the body were really shocking, it made him feel a little bit unbearable even though he thought his heart was as hard as a stone.But soon he suppressed this untimely sympathy, and lowered his head indifferently.

What if there is sympathy?Now that he has not avenged his vengeance, he can only live on with a strange face, who else can he care about?

All living beings, get along.

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PS: "Songpai mountain is full of emerald greens, and the moon is dotted with waves and a bead" is from Bai Juyi's "Spring Title on the Lake". This article is empty, so let's assume that Bai Juyi existed

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