Brother Donggong

The dagger pierced into the flesh three points, and stopped abruptly.

The emperor approached me, stretched out one hand, and grasped my blade with a fingerless finger. The skin was cut open, and the blood flowed down. I looked up at him in astonishment, but his expression was as usual, except that there was a flash of light in the depths of his eyes. Ferocious, it seems that the nightmare of the past is still entangled to this day.

"Let go!" The emperor said softly, and then shouted, "Let go!"

My fingers went limp, I didn't hold the dagger firmly, and the emperor snatched it away.

Li Fang rushed over like a piece of dough, forcibly broke off the emperor's injured five fingers, snatched the dagger, and then cried loudly, "His Royal Highness, you can't scare the emperor like this. You treat the emperor like this!" Stabbing a knife in front of you will kill the emperor!"

I want to say that I am not the "His Royal Highness" that Li Fang said, he died in his infancy and died for me, but looking at his appearance, I can't say anything.

I just opened my mouth, "I, I'm not..." I didn't mean to scare him, I really had nowhere to go.

Li Fang bit her sleeve with her teeth, tore off a piece of white cloth, and hurriedly bound up the emperor's palm.But the emperor kept looking at me, as if he didn't feel that his fingers had been cut open with bloody wounds. He stared blankly for a while, and when Li Fang had finished bandaging his hands, he suddenly raised his hand and stroked my cheek. cheek, and then wiped the tear mole at the corner of my eye with my finger, it was almost bleeding, but I couldn't wipe it off.

He let go, seemingly in a daze, but finally asked me in a soft voice, "Son, are you sad?"

I just stared at him blankly.

Your Majesty, "Don't be afraid."

As he spoke, Li Fang helped him up, and I knelt at his feet, looking up at him, the emperor's black silk robe was embroidered with a five-clawed dragon hovering in the clouds, his round eyes wide open, condescending looking down at me.

He said, "What you should be afraid of, what you should be sad about is still to come. Yu'er, if you think you can't live anymore, just think about me. I don't want you to die, I want you to live. I know my destiny, live It won't be long, then you will live for me, be my eyes, be my ears, and see for me, what will the peaceful world I left behind become in Wen Zhan's hands?"

I walked out from Nanyuan and saw many, many people along the way.

Chu Qiangsheng, all the chief eunuchs of the Supervisor of Rituals, several great scholars in the cabinet, the heads of the Guards, the heads of the Tiqi, the concubines in the harem, the princesses, the third child's mother-in-law Du Guifei, The third eldest, Yulan, Cucumber, my mother, Cui Bicheng, and Empress Pei who seems to have died long ago, that disheveled woman who looks like a lunatic, it is said that she is the real mother of the eldest son of the emperor, and there are some things that are vague and indistinct. The face was floating around on the Shilitian Street in Dazheng Palace.

They are like flowing water, rushing past me.

I went out of Nanyuan, a vast wasteland outside, there was an old white-haired eunuch with a calm face, like an old monk who had already entered meditation.Holding a big broom made of strong weeds in his hand, he devoted himself to sweeping the luxuriant leaves in the forbidden palace carefully. While sweeping, he also muttered like thinking about sutras, "The dynasty will change, and the dynasty will change again." ..."

On the other side of Tianjie is Wen Zhan.

He stood there.

Wen Zhan was surrounded by countless people, those wearing black gauze, armor, and splendid canopies, like mountains one after another, firmly separating him from the world.

I felt something hot in my chest, flowing out.So he bowed his head and covered it with his hands.

Wen Zhan separated from the crowd, just like in ancient mythology, the messenger of the gods separated from the sea, and walked over.He seemed to be smiling, his eyes were bright, like the brightest star in the sky.I seem to finally feel that he at this time is very similar to him at the Dragon Boat Festival five years ago.

It's as if all the love and hatred between us originated from there, starting from that day.

At this time, there are also fireworks all over the sky. Outside the ancient city of Yongjing, colorful gunpowder smoke explodes in the night sky. In front of me is a young man as handsome as a blade, with eyes like flames, and endless entangled but brilliant love and hate.

You start with this and end with this.

He stretched out his hand to me, and said with a smile, "Chengyi, as I said, one day sooner or later, I want you to stand by my side in an open and aboveboard manner. Come, come here."

I could smell dizziness.

It's the smell of blood.

I looked down at my hand, all five fingers were red, and a sweet fishy smell rushed into my nostrils. I rolled my eyes and collapsed straight back. Before I closed my eyes, I could still hear When Wen Zhan shouted, he could still see the dark sky and the fireworks in the sky. They exploded unscrupulously, as if there were a pair of gods' hands outside the sky, drawing elusive and seemingly meaningful patterns in the night sky...

It was very quiet in the darkness, as if someone was talking, and there seemed to be branches swaying and bumping against the window.As soon as I opened my eyes, I sat up from the bed suddenly, but because I got up too hard, my head became dizzy for a while, and a group of small stars bumped back and forth in front of my eyes, so I fell straight on the bed again.

A soft voice next to him said happily, "Ah! My ancestor, you are awake!"

I took a closer look, and Cucumber's virtuous and unbeatable face filled my eyes.

I snorted, "Your ancestor?! Dead people are called ancestors! I'm still alive, don't scream!"

He helped me to sit up, I looked around, and it turned out to be in my own home, not far away, sitting Yin Qiluo, she was doing needlework with her head bowed.

When she saw me get up, she brought a bowl of medicinal soup for me to drink.

In comparison, I was rescued by her again.

After I finished drinking, just as I was about to apologize, she said, "You won't die. If you had been more ruthless at that time, Da Luo Jinxian would not have been able to save you."

I wanted to say something again, but Cucumber quickly pulled my legs off the bed. He put on my shoes and hurriedly said, "Father, hurry up! Come on! The emperor is here, and he has already sat down in the hall outside." It's been a long time, you have to go and have a look!"

As soon as I heard that, I jumped out of bed quickly, didn't even bother to put on my shoes, pulled off my clothes and draped them on my body, and walked outside, saying, "Father is here? Why didn't you wake me up earlier! He's coming What are you doing here?"

Cucumber froze, I looked at him, he lowered his head, but his expression was a bit complicated.

I waited for a while, and he finally raised his head and said, "It's not the emperor, it's the emperor. And..."

He paused again before saying, "Besides, it's inconvenient for Madam to be here..."

Emperor?

emperor?

The difference of one word is thousands of miles away.

When I arrived at the hall, Wen Zhan was drinking tea.He was holding a teacup, and seemed to be looking at something.I smell like Junshan silver needles, presumably there are still pearls in the teacup, and the forest of knives.After a while, he put the teacup back, and he stood up, and I saw that he was wearing a black silk dragon robe, with five-clawed golden dragons embroidered on the black silk like the water of the Ho River, shining brightly.

He stretched out his hand to me, "Chengyi, come here."

I didn't move, but looked at him, and slowly knelt down.

He doesn't move either.

The two of us are like fighting on a chessboard, with the Chu River and Han borders clearly separated from each other.

In the twelfth lunar month of the 40th year of Fenghua, Dazheng No. 40 Sixth Emperor Luan issued an edict to abdicate, and Prince Wen Zhan of the Eastern Palace was called to ascend the throne and officially became the ruler of the country.Once the first month is over, the year name is the first year of Yuanxi.

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Zongren Mansion.

I held a big food box to see the third child who was imprisoned here.

It is said that he was charged with collaborating with the enemy and treason when King Ning was besieging the city.After being seriously ill and besieging the city, the army outside the city was defeated, and King Ning fled, but the third child failed and was arrested.He was in good spirits, and his mind was very clear, and he had pulled off all the dead leaves from the bare jujube trees outside the yard.

"Tell me, how long can I live?" He was holding a fat chicken and was eating it. He didn't have the usual demeanor of Mr. Pian Pianjia at all. He was just hungry and eating, just like another Cui Bicheng.

I poured him a glass of wine, but instead of using the glass, he grabbed the wine jar from my hand, raised his neck, and poured it down his mouth.

I said, "Eat slowly, as long as you don't choke to death, you can live for a long time."

He suddenly stopped, looked around like a mouse, and saw no one, so he leaned into my ear and said, "I know I won't live long, I've seen it all, last night they hung white paper on my house. Ling, one, two, three, one hundred, I saw them all. The people in this yard are all locked up with my third child. Wen Zhan is so ruthless, he is going to send us to the west together! Look... "

His fingers point out.

"It's that room, with two rows of beams and a lot of white silk hanging on it. Waiting for tomorrow, all of us will go to that room, stand in a row, stand on wooden benches next to each other, and then stretch our necks. Go in, kick... slap! You're dead!"

I peeled a shrimp for him and stuffed it into his mouth. He chewed it and said in amazement, "Ah? Why is it so delicious?"

So, I fed him many more.

What I bring are all the rough tea and light rice cooked by my cook, or the rough food in the market, which is only a little more refined than the ordinary poor people eat.There are shrimp, chicken, and wine.The third child is a noble person, and he usually eats dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder. The dignified servants of his family may not necessarily appreciate these things, but now he eats them with great relish.

I packed up the empty food box, got up to leave, and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, the emperor didn't order you to be killed, but just let you live here for a while, and when the limelight passes, everything will be fine. Back then, Didn't Lao Qi live there for a few days, it's no big deal."

He stared at me, then suddenly pulled my sleeve and pulled me over. He leaned into my ear and said, "Chengyi, for the sake of calling you big brother back then, keep my wife and child. Yu Lan In the next life, I will form a grass ring, and I will definitely repay your kindness!"

I agreed.

However, that night, when I arrived at Prince Jia's Mansion, the Third Princess hanged herself.It is said that she was hanged on the white silk by his own brother's own hands.The third concubine's elder brother was afraid that she would bring their family into trouble, so he decided to kill his relatives righteously.

I stood in front of King Jia's Mansion all night, and then ran directly to Cucumber's side, asking him to take care of the youngest Yulan, and I would never have the face to go to the Zongren Mansion to see him again.

Cui Bicheng came running and dragged me back home.

I just felt that my hands were shaking violently, "Wen Zhan, what he said...he at least spared the life of the third child..."

"This is the emperor's will." Cui Bicheng said blankly, "Cut the grass and roots.

I said, you should have thought about what would happen when you abdicated the emperor in a flash of your head. "

I feel that I suddenly understand what my father said - Yu'er, what should be scared and sad is still behind...

In the first year of Yuanxi, the fifth day of the first lunar month.

I eat dumplings at home.

Suddenly, I felt that there were a few more people in my yard, including men and women, servants, maids and cooks, and an old lady who specially painted tricks for Qi Luo.

It is said that there is a girl who is especially good at stewing soup. She is from Cantonese, and the stewed soup is the most nourishing for pregnant women.

It is said that these people were all rewarded by the palace.

After eating the dumplings, we didn't drink the dumpling soup, and the girl carefully cooked the soup on the wooden table.One person, one cup, both intimate and delicious.

I opened the lid in front of me, it was pork liver.

Qi Luo opened her cup, it was Chinese yam, black dates and chicken feet soup.

I glanced at her and said, "Give me a bite."

Qiluo picked up the spoon, filled a spoonful of soup, and was about to drink it for me, but the little girl next to her suddenly rushed over and knocked the spoon in Qiluo's hand to the ground. She knelt down, and everyone behind him knelt down It seemed that I was trembling, I sighed, knowing that I and Qi Luo had turned around before the gate of hell and came back, so I said, "You all get up."

For some reason, at night, I wandered to the clan mansion again.

The third child is sitting in the patio as the courtyard, and is using a few stones to gossip.I think, he must want to dress himself up as King Wen of Zhou, and also perform a Fuxi gossip that has been passed down through the ages.When he saw me coming, he moved his butt and let me sit on that rock.He placed a few more pieces, then suddenly raised his head and asked me, "You mean, after we die, will we be promoted to the heaven of Da Luo? Is that the place that only the Da Luo Jinxian can go to?"

I asked him, "Go there, what do you want to do?"

He was silent, then tilted his head and thought for a long time, and finally said, "I don't know."

Me, "There, you are alone, the person you love, and the person who loves you are not there, don't you feel bored and lonely?"

He continued to gossip about himself and ignored me.

When the sun was about to set and I was about to go back, he suddenly said, "You are much luckier than me. I have only now realized that there is no one in this world who loves me, and there is no one I love."

I shook my head, "No, there is also your mother, Concubine Du Gui, who misses you."

The third child struggled for a while before asking me, "How is she?"

I don't know what to say, "She started eating vegetarian food and praying to Buddha."

The third child nodded, "My mother is still smarter than me. After all, she is a girl from the chief assistant Du Huan's family. She has read more books than men. If she were a man, the Du family would not be so defeated by my uncle."

I shook my head secretly.I thought to myself, no matter whether it is Concubine Du Gui, Mr. Du Xiaoge, or even Mr. Du Ge, as long as the person they are facing is Wen Zhan, no matter how hard they struggle, the result will be the same and nothing will change.

I was about to leave when the third child stopped me, "So, what about him and you? Do you plan to live in Yongjing?"

I was surprised, "Why are you asking this?"

He shrugged, "I made a fortune for you. You are destined to go west, but I know that he will not let you leave his side. Don't you think that the current emperor is like a thirsty man who is about to die. He drank the seawater greedily, the more he drank, the thirstier he became, and the thirstier he became, the more he drank, until now, no one has the power to stop him. And you are the bowl of seawater."

I took two steps and then backed away.I know that people in Dazheng love fortune-telling, but I never knew that this thing can predict one's own destiny.I looked at the long and short wooden sticks in front of the third child, and felt an inexplicable mystery.

I asked him, "Can you count my fate?"

He shook his head, but he said, "I can count my own fate."

That night, King Jia Yulan committed suicide.He swallowed a crane crimson that had been hidden in his robe for a long time, so he died gracefully and calmly, as if he had floated to the other shore in a deep sleep. He said, he is the prince of Dazheng, even if he is a sinner, he will die Die with dignity.

Looking up at the sky, I always feel that the world is lonely and empty.

When I came to Yuzheng Palace again, I saw Yuezheng sitting in Wen Zhan's arms, Wen Zhan was teaching him to read, and Liu Congrong beside him was holding a pair of tongs, and was hollowing out the gold thread to smoke Put fragrant slices like plum blossoms in the stove.

Yuezheng's clear and clear reading voice is like the East Palace many years ago.

At that time, the place was full of princes, all of whom were half-grown children, who were older than Yuezheng.They shake their heads in class and fight each other after class, but everyone is as round as a glutinous rice dumpling.Father is still very healthy and healthy, he can practice and chant scriptures every day, or he can show his majesty on the dragon couch and visit different beauties.My mother is still eating stewed meat in the harem, and the queen is still playing her delicate makeup games.

The emperor heard the voice, raised his head, and saw me.

I used a big gift and kneeled down at the gate of the palace very politely.

Liu Congrong wanted to come over and pull me, but the emperor stopped him, he held the zither and looked at me fixedly, "Don't move, I don't know what kind of moth he came up with recently, it's like this every time."

I said politely, "Your Majesty, Your Highness Seventh, I'm here to say goodbye."

Yuezheng has become much thinner. I haven't seen him since he was seriously injured. When I saw him today, I found that he has lost weight. He doesn't have that chubby feeling. On the contrary, he is much more handsome, just like Wen Zhan when he was a child.Yuezheng looked at me suspiciously, then looked up at Wen Zhan, then stretched out two small hands towards me, "Brother Yi..."

The emperor stood up slowly, holding a sunspot in his hand, placed it on the chessboard next to him, and then, as if he had made up his mind, he said, "Okay, I will spare her life. But after she gives birth to your child, you must Divorce."

I lowered my head and said, "If I can't take a breath, where can I settle down?"

Your Majesty, "It doesn't matter if you become a monk or marry someone else, as she pleases."

I gritted my teeth and finally said, "Your Majesty, when I married her, no one forced me, I did it voluntarily. I don't want to feel sorry for her..."

"Okay!" The emperor was furious, "You are worthy of everyone, but are you worthy of me? I forced the palace for you, seized power for you, and for you, I almost ignored my family and country. Chengyi, tell me, are you worthy of me?" ?”

I am speechless.

At that time, if my father had not spared my life, I would have died long ago.

I'm sorry for him, I'm sorry for Yuezheng, I'm sorry for the father, I'm sorry for the third child, I failed everyone, I should die, but the father let me live, I must live.

He came over and abruptly pulled me up from the ground, "Tell me, is that Cheng Yi who forced my father to abdicate because I dared to risk the disgrace of the world, is he still there? Tell me! Is he still there?"

exist!always there!

If I die, I will bring my love for you to the netherworld, even if I never rebirth, I will not hesitate.

However, I live...

I am a rebellious son who forced my father to abdicate, and I am an excuse to make you inherit the country. Also, I am a man with an extremely complicated and obscure identity. How can you let me stand beside you openly?

I gritted my teeth tremblingly, and said with difficulty, "No, he's not here anymore, he's already dead, and he died here."

I took his hand and stroked my heart.

There are still wounds there that bleed even if touched.

He looked at me, and there was something flowing in his eyes, like water.I love him, but love is not possessive, not plundering, not even tenderness like water, good times like dreams, enduring the magpie bridge to return, the two love for a long time, day and night.

but understanding.

Finally, there was a clear silence in his eyes.

He understands.

He said to me, "I'll give you a few months. I'm sad enough. If you escape, you will come back. But if you dare to leave Yongjing City, I will never forgive you!"

However, I failed him in the end.

Cui Bicheng's hands and eyes are in the sky, and in Wen Zhan's net, he can smuggle Yin Qiluo and me out of the city.When we arrived at the border of Zhili, Cui Bicheng, dressed as a beggar, came over and handed me a bag of money.

He said, "Since you plan to leave, you should go far away and don't wander around in the land of Dazheng. Go to the sea in the east to Fengguo, go to Yumen Pass in the west to Xijiang, go to the Xiongnu in the north, and go to the Coral Sea in the south. It's good to go anywhere. , don’t tell me where you’re going, I don’t want to know either. When one day you want to come back, if I’m still alive at that time, you can come to me. If I’m dead, you can burn paper for me. "

What is the name of such a Tang poem?

Why bamboo flute complain willow, spring is not degree Pass.

The place of Yumenguan is like the homeland of western Xinjiang that Ayila described to me back then.There is yellow sand everywhere, and rows of dead bones.There are populus euphratica that will survive for 1000 years, survive for 1000 years, and be immortal for 1000 years. There are also city walls rammed with loess. I seem to see foxtails floating on the walls.

Outside Yumen Pass, it is completely different from Dazheng, it is a land without memory.

It was a little troublesome when we cleared the customs. Maybe we didn't look like business travelers traveling between the sixteen countries in the western border, so we were stopped by the defenders and asked a few words.

"what's your name?"

"Zhao Yu."

"Where are you from?"

"Yong Jing."

"What are you doing out of Yumen Pass?"

"Send the ashes of an old friend to Tianshan."

The defender looked at me again, nodded, and returned the customs clearance documents to me, but at this time, an officer in strange clothes came by, if this was not the desert, seeing his handsome appearance, I would Thought he was a eunuch.

He came over with a wooden box in his hand.

The officer said nothing and just put it in my hands.

I opened it, and there was a jade pendant inside.It should be Nanzhao's entry into the palace. It is a decent glass, emperor green jadeite, a rare treasure.Surrounded by nine dragons on the jade, the word "Wen Zhan" is engraved in the middle with a big seal.The jade pendant is wrapped with black silk, gold thread, and some red silk, which is very festive, like the auspicious color chosen for a big wedding.

It is the emperor's birthday jade match.

Once promised, life and death follow.

I flipped it over with my fingers, and saw three words engraved on the back: ——I'll wait for you.

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