Looking at the mountains and rivers

After the fireworks were set off, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the two held hands and walked slowly back to the downtown.Yang Yan didn't look around with high interest like when he came here, but lowered his eyes quietly all the way.

"Yexi, what are you thinking?" Wei Changxuan shook his hand.

Yang Yan came back to his senses and didn't answer right away. He turned his head and looked in the direction of the moat. There was still a sulfur smell from the fireworks in the air behind him: "When the fireworks were set off just now, there were cheers everywhere. Although I couldn't see it, But I can also imagine what kind of prosperous scene it is." He was quiet, and thoughtfully said, "If the previous war had not subsided, even if Jian'an had not fallen at this moment, it would still be bleak. How could there be such prosperity? Jing. Yang Jie probably won’t have the chance to accept the worship of officials and common people on the wall of Tai’an Palace, Wei Changxuan, Dazhao’s peace and happiness are all thanks to you.”

Wei Changxuan was a little surprised, and quickly shook his head: "No, Yexi, the one who really saved Dazhao was not me, but you." He whispered, "If you hadn't led the army to repel Yan Yu, what would have happened here? The Shangyuan Lantern Festival and the fireworks that were set off on the city tower just now will no longer exist, and even I may not be able to stand here."

Yang Yan turned around and raised her eyes to look at him, her expression complicated for a moment.

Wei Changxuan looked at his face, and said softly: "I know, since you returned to the court, you have been honored as Tai Tuo, Shang Duhu, and General. Now you are No. 1 in the Dazhao Dynasty, but you can say it after all You are still a subject of Yang Jie, this is not what you want. I don't know what kind of painful struggles you have experienced behind your abandonment of years of planning. But I know that Mr. Han resigned from office and left Beijing, which shocked the government and the public. It is related. You have abandoned your mentor who has followed you for many years, as well as your greatest wish in this life, and you may regret it one day in the future. But..."

His words were suddenly interrupted by the laughing voices of children. He saw a few children running past them with lanterns in their hands, and an elderly elder scolded them in a low voice with a smile from behind.Wei Changxuan was stunned for a moment, he remembered that when he was a child, he also pestered his adoptive father to buy such a lantern, held it in his hand and ran all the way, and his adoptive father followed behind panting and chasing after him.Vendors on both sides of the road are courteously soliciting customers, yelling one after another, and sporadic and delicate smiles of young girls can be heard from the attic by the side of the road.

Seeing all the smiling faces, Wei Changxuan couldn't help but patted Yang Yan on the shoulder: "Listen, everyone is smiling on this Lantern Festival night. Yexi, you saved more than one person in a single thought. It is the emperor's country, as well as these traffickers and pawns, and common people. Ye Xi, the peace and joy of thousands of people tonight are all given to you."

Yang Yan didn't speak for a long time, and after a while, he held Wei Changxuan's hand again: "Take me to the theater."

The farce in the booth has ended, the stage is empty, but the audience is still crowded with people, making the air in the booth more and more dull.Looking at this posture, Wei Changxuan expected more exciting scenes to come, so he dragged Yang Yan up the escalator to the second floor, and listened to the movement on the stage through a wooden wall.

This time the opening was not gongs and drums, but the sound of pipa, which rolled down like pearls and jade, and then a pipe flute resounded faintly, and in the sound of the flute, someone came onto the stage vaguely.

"It turned out to be Mr. Yan Jiu, no wonder so many people waited for him quietly." Wei Changxuan said in a low voice, "The owner of the shed has spent a lot of money, and invited him to sing a tune, listen to this music , it seems to be singing about rivers and rivers."

Yang Yan had heard of this Yan Jiu, and knew that he was originally a musician in the palace. Because of his good songs, he was very favored by Emperor Yong'an.But I don't know how he came to sing in the market on the night of the Shangyuan Festival, and he was stunned before asking: "What is Jiangshuixing?"

Wei Changxuan scratched his head: "I heard that after Emperor Taizong sat down in the world, he led all the officials to the riverside to pay homage, but no one knew who Taizong sacrificed to, and some people said that Taizong once had a beloved woman. died in the river, and then someone made up this river trip based on this incident."

At this time, the sound of the pipa on the stage stopped lightly, and the sound of the flute gradually faded away, but the sound of the singing sounded, clear and distant, straight into the clouds.

"Looking at the mountains and rivers from thousands of miles away, where are the mountains and rivers bright.

Walking all the way to the end of the world, the road cannot be broken.

Lifting the sword, pulling the bow and riding the horse, a dream will never last ten years.

Drunk and waking up with wind and frost all over the temples, but it is parting in the world. "

Together with the singing, the noisy voices in the booth fell silent.The singer chanted softly, groaned, and sighed, causing everyone in the audience to be in a trance and intoxicated.The two people behind the board wall listened quietly, and neither of them spoke. After a while, Wei Changxuan said in a low voice: "Yexi, you have read so many books, and there is mention in the book that Emperor Taizong sacrificed to Jiang. Is it?"

Yang Yan nodded silently: "In the first year of Jianyuan, Emperor Taizong did go to the Cangjiang River. He used to set up an altar by the riverside to pay homage to the jade seal of the imperial court seal." He paused, "But what he paid homage to was not a beloved The woman she is in is just a close friend who was left behind by him on his way to dominance."

Wei Changxuan was taken aback. The Romance stories he had heard since he was a child said that Emperor Taizong was extremely righteous, and those who followed him to conquer the world were bandits and bandits. thing to come.

As if aware of Wei Changxuan's sluggishness, Yang Yan slowly explained: "This man's surname is Luo, and his name is Luo Yao. He was with Emperor Taizong when he was young. Not inferior either. Before the Battle of Chuanyin, this man left the army due to illness and returned to Jizhou to recuperate."

Wei Changxuan knew about the Battle of Chuanyin. After this battle, Emperor Taizong led his troops to break through the Luan Pass, captured the capital city, and finally achieved the eternal imperial career.

"What happened next?" he asked anxiously.

"Before Taizong attacked Luanguan, the Yan army of the previous dynasty had already attacked Jizhou. The Yan army knew that Jizhou was the place where Taizong rose, and wanted to lure him back to help and restrain him. At that time, there were two people in front of Taizong. There are two roads, one is to withdraw troops to rescue Jizhou, and the other is to break the Luan Pass and seize the capital. Now you and I already know which one he chose." Yang Yan said in a faint voice, "Seeing that Taizong refused to rescue Jizhou, the Yan army simply After entering the city and massacring them wantonly, that Mr. Luo and a few remnants will retreat to the bank of the Cangjiang River. It is said that he threw himself into the river laughing and died in the end."

Wei Changxuan hesitated and said: "But why is there no such name as Luo Yao in so many stories about Emperor Taizong?"

"Because Taizong issued an order to keep silent, no one is allowed to mention the matter of Jizhou. Even Taizong himself only mentioned it once before his death. It was the 22nd year of Jianyuan, the night before Taizong passed away. In the middle of the night, I heard a low sigh coming from the bedroom, like talking in sleep, 'Since Luo Qing passed away, I have wasted 23 years of life, and I don't know sorrow and joy'."

When Yang Yan said this, he bit his lower lip: "Wei Changxuan, you know why I sent troops to Longzhou in spite of everything and drove out the Yanyu Army who was supposed to be an ally from Dazhao. The tens of thousands of people you just said The safety and joy of all people may or may not be important. I am just afraid, afraid that you will die there, and from now on, I will be like Emperor Taizong in my life, ignorant of joy and sorrow."

Wei Changxuan looked at him in surprise, the song on stage had come to an end, the end was extremely high, the singer's voice rose to the extreme like a torn silk, and then turned into a cloud of smoke and drifted down.

"Don't look at the moon in the west tower alone, the moon is faintly like the old face,

If there is no acquaintance, there should be no hatred. If you hate the west wind, you will not know the years. "

It was a tune he was familiar with, but Wei Changxuan suddenly felt an unusual sadness. Perhaps it was Yang Yan's words that made him think that if the two of them really parted because of this matter, many years later, he would be alone. Looking at the moon hanging in the sky, I remembered that the same moonlight in the past also sprinkled on that young man's smooth forehead.

Yang Yan also listened to these two sentences in a daze, and repeated in a low voice: "If you have no acquaintance, you should have no hatred..." If it is true that you have never met, never met Wei Changxuan, then today...he suddenly found that he did not dare to go any further. Thinking about it, just thinking about not knowing Wei Changxuan, his chest hurts so much that he can't breathe.

He suddenly grabbed Wei Changxuan's hand. Wei Changxuan felt his palms were cold and realized the worry in his heart, so he couldn't help reaching out to hug him, and comforted him in a low voice: "Yexi, don't worry, we won't do this of."

Yang Yan buried her face in his arms, and said very lowly: "But if one day, you were asked to save the world, or come to save me, who would you choose?" After he asked, he smiled wryly, "I guess , you won't choose me."

When he spoke, the applause from the audience rang out like a tsunami, completely covering his voice, and all the people in the booth excitedly stood up, throwing flowers and fresh fruits to the singers on the stage.In this noisy atmosphere, Wei Changxuan lowered his head and pressed it against his ear, and asked with some doubts, "Yexi?"

Yang Yan didn't say much anymore, just raised her face and showed him a pale and somewhat lonely smile.