Biganchun

Weiran Bianjing, Da Nei occupies the northwest of Que City.In May of the third year of Jianlong, Emperor Taizu ordered Guangcheng to paint the Luoyang Palace and repair it according to the picture.

Eighty years have passed in a blink of an eye, and the bright moon of that year still hangs in the night sky, and the clear light is gradually fading, spreading all over the nine layers and three palaces and the imperial palace wall in the old paintings.

Behind the Ruisi Hall, in the Gongchen Gate, the trees are quiet and the birds are resting, the grass is quiet and the flowers are hanging down, only the agarwood is light and diffuse, and people want to be drunk and sleepless all night.

In the west corner of the garden, there are nine mulberry trees lined up in a row, with luxuriant branches and leaves, all of which are more than ten feet tall.There is no wind on a clear night, but there are occasional slight tremors between the branches and leaves. The moonlight passes through the gaps between the leaves, reflecting the broken jade Qiongyao on the shoulders of the people under the tree.

The man was wearing a fourth-rank official robe and a long knife on his waist. He seemed to have stood under the tree for a long time, and finally frowned, raised his head, and called softly to the tree: "It's the third day, why are you still so slow?" Tun Tun? How long are you going to wait?"

Before the words fell, there was only a soft rustling of mulberry branches, and a person came straight down from the tree and landed beside the speaker.Her skirts fluttered, revealing a slender figure under the dark green eunuch's robe, holding a flat long wooden box, the black lacquered lid was already tightly seamed.

She raised her eyebrows, and seemed to be more annoyed than him: "I said earlier that picking a single mulberry leaf from this sacred tree will not be careless. Bai Yutang, if you are impatient, you can keep it or not, it's up to you."

I thought that Bai Yutang should be quite courageous in his actions, but I didn't expect this person to be so timid. In the end, he just resorted to this kind of secret trick.She had been secretly regretting in her heart that she thought of asking him for help, it was really unnecessary.

Bai Yutang shook his head and sighed, put his left hand on the handle of the knife, and walked slowly outside the imperial garden.

This girl's name is Qingcheng, and she looks smart, but she really doesn't know what is good or bad... In just one day, he found an opportunity for her to replace the palace supervisor of the Imperial Garden for an hour in the middle of the night. Ye Neng let her carry the wooden box out of the palace, how much money was spent and how much effort was spent, this girl was not grateful, but in the end she was full of resentment...

But women and villains are difficult to raise. The sage has explained the truth thousands of years ago. It's a pity that all the men in the world are still obsessed with it.

Qingcheng followed his footsteps, snorted coldly, the expression of displeasure on his face, even a blind person could see it.

Bai Yutang gave her a slanted look, and couldn't help but said: "Do you really think that with your sharp sword and lightness of work, it's justified to visit the palace at night?"

Qingcheng paused: "Why not?"

Bai Yutang also stopped: "That's right, this is indeed refreshing. But the forbidden area is unusual, and breaking into the palace with a knife is even more taboo. If there is the slightest mistake, you will not be the only one who suffers." ...That sick cat is fine, Mr. Bao is probably the first one to be implicated. If you cover up the blue sky of Kaifeng Mansion for the purpose of refining silkworm silk, you will be guilty of a serious crime. The Tianzhang Pavilion incident before , almost turned the world upside down, I don't believe it, you don't have any regrets in your heart."

Qingcheng sneered: "That's right, I'm full of regret now. It's ridiculous that I was ignorant and ignorant. I didn't know that Lord Bai looked like a wild crane, but he was actually a member of the government. Without these many rules and principles, how could he be worthy of the crown of Lord Bai?" ?”

Bai Yutang frowned: "Back then when the Five Rats made trouble in Tokyo, my brother stole the Three Treasures, and the Three Plays Royal Cat, no one in the Jianghu knew? I, Bai Yutang, later condescended to accept this mere fourth-rank official rank, all because of my admiration for Mr. Bao's actions." As a human being. If you compare me with those people who are trying to gain fame, don't blame me for turning my face."

Qingcheng Fang waited to retort, but saw a group of imperial guards patrolling the night coming from a distance, so he had to keep silent, and followed Bai Yutang sideways to avoid, allowing the imperial guards to pass first.The lantern in the hands of the commander of the Imperial Army was flickering, and she quickly lowered her head and eyes, fearing that her identity would be exposed.

Unexpectedly, the commander of the forbidden army stopped in front of Bai Yutang, with a smile on his face, but there seemed to be a hidden edge in his words: "Master Bai, I heard that you have been on duty in the palace for several nights in a row, which is really rare... I will treat you to a drink or two, little brother, after a while, I don't know if you can appreciate it?"

Bai Yutang was extremely annoyed by this man, but he still cupped his fists and smiled: "Commander Dai has worked hard! I still have some errands in Kaifeng mansion tomorrow morning, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you tonight, and I will make up for it some other day."

Commander Dai turned his eyes on Qingcheng, and said haha: "It's okay, it's okay, the errand is urgent, Mr. Bai, please go ahead. The younger brother still needs to inspect, so let's go ahead."

Seeing that the imperial army had gone far away, Qingcheng chuckled, turned around and left.Gongchen Gate stands majestically on the front road, its height seems to touch the stars directly.The shadow of her fluttering clothes, against the distant backdrop of the lights of the city tower, is like the wings of a luan.

Bai Yutang jumped to catch up to her figure, and asked curiously, "What are you laughing at?"

The corners of Qingcheng's lips raised slightly, and he said lightly: "It's nothing, it's just that at that moment, I was a little dazed... I don't know whether the person standing next to me is Mr. Zhan from Kaifeng Mansion, or Bai Wuye from the empty island. ?”

Bai Yutang frowned, forced down his anger, and said, "I'm making a compromise, isn't it all for you?"

Qingcheng glanced at him, utterly ungrateful: "To be clear, you are doing it for Tianshuibi, not me."

Bai Yutang was stunned for a while, couldn't help but smile, and said, "Okay, okay. No wonder that cat is afraid of you. Even if I, Bai Yutang, see a person like you, I still have a headache."

Suddenly there seemed to be a hint of vigilance, his eyes flashed, and he said: "I am not on good terms with that cat, it is well known in the world, but Mr. Bao always wants to take the opportunity to win over... Now that you girl is here, it is possible that it is that Gongsun Ce's." A trick, using this to make me and the cat feel sorry for each other, and get rid of the old rift?"

Seeing his solemn expression, Qingcheng couldn't help laughing and said: "You can figure it out. If everyone in Kaifeng Mansion knows what you and I are doing now, I'm afraid the first thing to do is to open the punishment system and punish us both severely." Glancing at Bai Yutang again, he said calmly, "Between you and Zhan Zhao... do you really need someone to win you over?"

Bai Yutang's heart skipped a beat and he remained silent.

Between him and Zhan Zhao, grievances and resentments have been entangled for these years, and it is true that the word "disharmony" cannot be easily explained.

The two were speechless, as if they had their own concerns, they went to the bottom of the city tower to check their badges, walked out of the Gongchen Gate, and went south a few hundred paces, there was a forbidden army guard.The person on duty in the guardhouse, Bai Yutang, had been careful in the morning, so Qingcheng went in and changed his clothes.After she came out, the two walked through the streets and alleys, and returned to the entrance of Zhuque Alley not long after.

Bai Yutang saw that Qingcheng frowned all the way, looked up at the moonlight, and said: "I see that you are very worried tonight, how about going to Qingfenglou for a drink together? You can't drink the wine there."

Everyone in Bianjing City knows that although Qingfenglou's dishes are ordinary, the pear flower spring brewed by the shopkeeper's secret recipe is amazing, and even the royal wine in the palace is not as good.

To invite a drink late at night, it was extremely abrupt for a girl, but Bai Yutang has always been informal.Although he and Qingcheng had only known each other for a few days, he knew that she acted in complete disregard of worldly standards, this episode was quite in line with his temper.

But Qingcheng shook his head and said: "I don't know how to drink, even if I go with you, it's boring." Looking up, seeing a slight disappointment on Bai Yutang's face, he smiled lightly: "Doesn't Master Bai still have some errands tomorrow morning? It’s almost the end, why don’t you go back to rest sooner?”

She said lightly, and mentioned some joking words just now, which relieved Bai Yutang's slight embarrassment.He smiled brightly, turned and left.

Watching Bai Yutang's figure disappear, Qingcheng somehow felt a little envy in her heart - he is also a rootless wanderer, but he lives so freely and freely, and he is not in a dilemma like her.

Although the world is big, she cannot choose where to go.The direction of every step has been predetermined in the dark, and it is absolutely impossible to change it.

What's more, there are a group of brothers beside him, although they are far away from each other, they have the same friendship.And she, for the rest of her life, had to depend on each other.

The dark alley is deep and secluded, just like an impermanent life.Not far away, although there is also a place to stay for tonight, it is only a place to stay temporarily. Although there are also red houses and green steps, no one will wait in front of the door for her to return at night...

Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks, and her heart skipped a beat——

Outside the house, there is actually someone waiting in front of the door!

Hearing her footsteps, a tall figure slowly stepped out from the shadow in front of the door.Jiyue was full, casting a layer of faint light on his vermilion clothes.

Her eyes were as deep as water, her expression was still, all her worries were quietly concealed, and the tranquil aura approached her step by step, which inadvertently made her lose her mind.

How could it be possible to confuse him with others?Even though she seemed to see a trace of his shadow on Bai Yutang just now, the sight of his figure made her understand again——

To her, he, after all, is somewhat different from others.

She lowered her head, pushed open the courtyard door, and walked into the courtyard.There was an exquisite lamp on the stone table in the court, and Aman was sitting in front of the table with his hands supporting him. Seeing that Qingcheng had returned, he quickly stood up and took the wooden box from her hand: "Girl, you are back. No Say you just can’t sleep, just go out for a walk, pick up a few red peony flowers by the Suzaku bridge to match with Wanxiang pills tomorrow? Why have you been here for so long? Master Zhan has been waiting for you at the door for a long time.”

Qingcheng looked at her and saw a faint smile in Aman's eyes.This clever girl was afraid that Zhan Zhao would see through the matter of Qingcheng and Bai Yutang entering the palace at night to get the mulberry leaves of the sacred tree, so she casually made up this excuse.

Seeing that Qingcheng and Zhan Zhao were relatively speechless in the courtyard, Aman hurriedly said: "Girl, Master Zhan is still in serious condition. When I was waiting for you just now, I stewed some ginseng soup, and I will bring it to Master Zhan."

She withdrew and left, the flowers and birds in the courtyard were speechless, returning to silence.Qingcheng sat down on the stone plinth in front of the table, lowered her eyebrows and was speechless.

Zhan Zhao approached her and said, "It's so inconvenient to come so late, I've disturbed you and Aman."

Qingcheng raised her head and glanced at him: "Why are you so polite? You are the owner of this house, so naturally you come whenever you want."

Zhan Zhao didn't know how Qingcheng knew about this, and he was surprised in his heart, so he could only say: "After the trial, the officials specially told Lord Bao that your living quarters must be properly arranged. Lord Bao and Lord Gongsun thought about it, I still think it's a good place to…”

After so many explanations, I still didn't say that this was my idea.He couldn't help laughing at himself.

Seeing his stiff answer, Qingcheng changed the topic: "What can you do tonight?"

Zhan Zhao walked to the stone table and took out a goose-yellow paper tube from his sleeve: "This is a gift from the government. Eunuch Yan specially sent it to Kaifeng Mansion tonight, and ordered me to hand it over to you personally."

Qingcheng was slightly surprised, and stood up from the stone plinth. Fang wanted to take the paper tube from Zhan Zhao's hand, but saw Zhan Zhao shook his head with a smile. Kneeling down, he said, "Nian Suguang kowtows to the Holy One for his reward."

She got up and took the paper tube from Zhan Zhao, peeled off the vermilion lacquer seal, and gently opened one end of the cover, only to find that what was inside was actually a scroll.

Seeing this, Qingcheng and Zhan Zhao's hearts moved.Zhan Zhao took out the scroll from the scroll and slowly unfolded it.In the small courtyard, under the moonlight, there are ancient trees, mountains and rocks painted on it, and the beauty is like life. It is the portrait of Marseille that Zhan Zhao brought back to Kaifeng Mansion from Tianzhang Pavilion on the day of the imperial trial!

Qingcheng raised her hand to caress the scroll, but seeing that the color of the painting was as new as it was, without the blood splattered by Zhao Jue that day, she couldn't help being surprised, and said softly, "Am I dreaming?"

Zhan Zhao lingered on the painting for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Although this painting is exactly the same as that one, it is a new one."

Qingcheng follows Zhanzhao's gaze and looks at the inscription at the end of the scroll. Zhu Mo looks like it, and the words are correct. "At the end of the spring of the second year of Baoyuan, I reproduced the portrait of Marsai, the princess of Uighur in Ganzhou."

She raised her eyes to look at Zhan Zhao: "This... Could it be that the official ordered Tianzhang Pavilion to draw another painting based on the fragmented copy?"

Zhan Zhao's gaze seemed to be glued to the scroll, and he shook his head slowly for a long time.

Under the inscription, there is a small cinnabar seal of a pair of dragons, and the flying clouds are outstanding, as light as a rainbow.

In the whole world, there is only one person who can inscribe money with a vermilion brush and seal it with double dragons.

This portrait is actually the imperial brush of Zhao Zhen, an official today!

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