Big Han Weiyang

It seems very elegant to play chess in the pavilion in the corner of the courtyard in the morning after the snow.

The trails, flower bushes, treetops, and eaves are all covered with a thick layer of snow.The sky was pure white and still.

The four corners of the pavilion are lit with stoves, and the lotus-colored gauze curtains hang down from the corners of the eaves. Due to the heat in the pavilion, the falling bottom rolls like water waves.

Outside the pavilion, more than a dozen screens are used to surround the semicircle to keep out the wind.

I was wrapped in thick fox fur and a big cloak, and I held a silver charcoal cage in my arms.That's it, I still feel cold.

That year, Liu Che and Gillian and I walked all the way back from the wasteland, which caused me to be a little chilly to this day.

The game is about to end.

Seeing that the grand master had fallen, I reluctantly took my hand away from the silver cage, and picked up a crystal clear sapphire from the box.The underside of the chess box is warmed with charcoal fire, but it doesn't feel cold to the touch.

Comparing my chess strength with Taifu's, it's like nothing.The Taifu commented that I was loose in layout, invisible and spiritless, and my temperament was uncertain, sometimes aggressive and reckless, sometimes too timid.

Tai Tu always has a way to lead me to go all out.

When I go all out, I can't hide my mind and tricks, so just by playing a chess game, he can see me through from inside to outside.

Taifu gave me five sons, I have a little chance of winning today's game of chess.

Before the temperature of the sapphire dissipated, I spotted the exact location, rolled up my sleeves and was about to take a seat, but the Taifu stopped me.

He gently pressed my hand, and I was taken aback.I have been mentoring with the Taifu for many years, and such close contact is not uncommon, but very rare.

Under Zhuo Qing's brocade sleeves with cloud patterns, his fingers were long and slender, with well-proportioned joints, more moist and smooth than ice and snow, and more crystal clear than sapphire.

Gentle touch, with a slight heat like warm jade.

"Prince, falling here is a good move, but it's a brutal move, and it's easy to be seen through."

Taifu's indifferent voice made me suddenly come back to my senses.There were only a few fragments of what he said just now, and I seemed to hear it, but I didn't seem to hear it.

Recalling the broken sentences that stopped in my ears, I tried my best to put aside distracting thoughts and think about how to go better.

However, the light blue and white of his wrist extending to the sleeve made me unable to concentrate.

The soft touch of the fingertips made my hand stretch in mid-air, neither retracting nor staying.I feel that the chess game in front of me is chaotic, I can't figure it out, I feel bored, and I almost want to give up and admit defeat.

Taifu gently pushed my hand to the lower left corner of the chessboard, and pressed it down slowly.

I followed his movements and stuck the sapphire on the chessboard.

The Taifu took his hand away, and the back of my hand came into contact with the cool winter air again.For a moment, the world covered by a layer of white mist became clear, and the voice in my ear was no longer intermittent.I breathed a sigh of relief.

It has been so long since the second meeting with Taifu, I don't know why I am still nervous.

"It's much better to go this way," Taifu said.

Looking at the chess game, the situation suddenly became clear.

In this way, my victory is set.

"Teacher can always find opportunities to win in chaos, and easily make the chaotic situation orderly. The students are taught." I raised my head and looked at Taifu's face that has been milder in recent years.

After I really treated Tai Tuo with respect and respect as a disciple, Tai Tuo treated me like a teacher like a father.I don't know if I melted him or he melted me.

Tai Tu said unhurriedly: "It's not difficult, you can do it easily if you are in the middle of the game and your heart is outside the game."

I bowed my head and smiled.It's really not difficult.The difficult thing is that you are in the game, but your heart is outside the game.

As I grow older, the estrangement with Emperor Jing that I tried so hard to avoid has inevitably appeared.The distance between me and Emperor Jing in the court hall is getting closer, but our two hearts are gradually drifting apart.

He devoted more attention to Liu Che, who was keen on drinking and having fun recently, and Liu Shun, who was obedient and well-behaved.

When facing me, he will always be addressed as a prince, and the topic of conversation is only state affairs.I wanted to say something to Emperor Jing as A Yue, not as a prince, but I couldn't speak in front of him.

After he got involved in government affairs and military power, he even became vaguely wary of me.

Misfortunes often arise from tiny gaps.No matter how small a gap is, under the catalysis of a long time and caring people, it is enough to become a huge crack.

In history, there are countless things where father and son killed each other in order to succeed to the throne.I understand that in the face of monarchy, fathers and sons like us cannot have pure family affection like fathers and sons in the folk.

But it's one thing to understand it, another to bear it.In the middle of the game, it is not easy to let your heart be ignored.

Tai Tuo exists like a half father, which makes me not so depressed and sad.

"Your Highness." Han who was standing outside the curtain interrupted my thoughts.

I looked at the chess game: "What's the matter?"

"That Mr. Li from Bailu Pavilion wants to see you."

"Master Li?"

"Your Highness, this is the young master Liu Ling sent a few days ago." Han said reminded.His voice is gentle and respectful yet firm, like the thick fluffy snow on a frozen lake in winter.

"It's him. What can he do if he sees me." If it wasn't for Liu Ling's face, I wouldn't bring him back to the palace at all.

I was really not interested in Liu Ling's so-called 'Mr.', so I put him aside, trying to calm him down from his inexplicable thoughts. Unexpectedly, after a few days, he still wanted to see me without knowing what to do.Do you want to make a last-ditch effort?

"Let him continue to wait. The widow is still playing chess with the Taifu."

Han said that he was about to promise, Taifu said: "Why don't you go and see the prince, maybe this person is really worth seeing."

I looked up a little strangely, last time the Tai Tuo told me to be careful of the people sent by Liu Ling, why did he change his tone today: "Then this game..."

"You don't have to rush to play chess for a while, the minister is here to enjoy the snow while waiting for the prince to come back."

Since the Tai Tuo said so, it doesn't matter if I go there.

I put down the silver cage, asked the maid to rub my numb legs, and walked out of the curtain.

At this time, the path was swept clean, and the snow was reflected all around, shining a cold white light.Han said to wrap my cloak tighter.

Entering Bailu Pavilion, passing through the winding corridors, I pushed open the vermilion gate, and felt that the inside was no warmer than the outside.The sky dimmed.

The layout of the hall is very simple.

A couch, a red and black lacquered table, two catkin mats, a pair of incense burners, and several candlesticks.Perhaps because of the spaciousness, the not-so-large front hall looks wider.

Faint white smoke slowly drifted out from the bronze beast incense burner.One strand after another, like the embroidered pattern on a skirt of a train, floats in the air and refuses to disperse.

The young man I saw last time turned his back to me from afar.He still wears dark blue wide sleeves.Around the waist is a jade pendant tied with a blue silk sash, and the plain white embroidered silk gown is folded down from the inside of the hem.

The snow scene outside the window made him look so beautiful.

This is the case with a back view, and I don't know how good his appearance is.

I looked at the bed where Zhuoqing Chengchen was caged, and guessed how long it would take for him to start undressing.

"Mr. Li wants to see the widow?" I stopped in front of the paint table, waiting for him to come.If he's going to whet my appetite, it's almost over by now.

If you continue, it will be annoying.

That man was still standing in front of the window on his own, not inviting me to sit down.

His first sentence was not what I thought it would be.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince must be suffering because he doesn't know how to win the emperor's favor." His voice was as beautiful as morning dew falling into the water.

happy.The word made me frown slightly.If you think about it carefully, it's not wrong.The family affection has faded, isn't it that you can't even win the favor?

Maybe I was wrong, he was really the talent Liu Ling recruited for me.

I said softly, "May I ask what you can teach me, Mr. Li?"

The man turned his back to me and said: "I don't dare to teach you. I think that there are various ways to win the emperor's favor."

"His Royal Highness Liu Shun was so immature. With his childlike cuteness and childlike demeanor, he made the emperor love him. His Royal Highness Liu Fei was able to be loyal to him. Therefore, he recruited heroes from all over the world. He was very brave and extravagant, but the emperor never doubted him. His Highness Liu Che was able to be stubborn. He is talented, but clever but not smart, and his mischievousness caused troubles, which made the emperor like him but also troubled his brains. The more troubled his brains for him, the more he likes him."

He continued: "Your Highness is magnanimous and prudent, and can handle everything in a reasonable and reasonable way, which is praised by all the ministers. This is not bad, but the emperor has nothing to teach you, and there is no need to worry about you. This makes the relationship between father and son weak Now, the difference between the monarch and his ministers has gained the upper hand."

"His Royal Highness is getting more and more popular in the court, and the emperor has to beware of His Highness. When one day, His Highness gains the favor of the whole big man, the Emperor will have to..."

He didn't finish his sentence.It doesn't need to be finished either.

He cleared up the confusion with one word, but I felt sad: "What you said is true. I have done so much, but I did it wrong. However, the relationship between father and son should be in nature, and I don't want to obtain it by false means. "

Even the sneer in that pleasant voice was not harsh, and he said slowly: "Except for the way of heaven, the worldly ways of benevolence, filial piety, propriety and righteousness are all hypocritical pretense. But it is something that does not exist in the first place, but it is created by the sage. Therefore, benevolence needs to be learned to know how to be benevolent, and filial piety needs to be learned to know how to be filial. .”

"His Royal Highness, from ancient times to the present, those people who are famous in history, have their reputations been obtained by their true nature, or by false pretense? Everyone in the world is false, why are you not equally confused? The world is in a daze, why do you need to be aware of the details?"

I stood up straight, started to look him squarely, and asked respectfully: "Then, in Mr.'s opinion, what should I do?"

The man said: "The methods of the three His Highnesses are good, but you can't use them."

I'm slightly disappointed.

"Otherwise, it's picking up people's teeth and wisdom, which is not beautiful. Does His Royal Highness know what filial piety is?"

He also mentioned a word of filial piety just now.However, from ancient times to the present, there have been eight hundred princes and princes who died because of foolish filial piety.I laughed and said, "Filial piety? Is this what the master wants to teach Gu?"

What I said just now, I thought he was a talent with a clear mind, but I didn't expect him to fall into a dead end of corruption.

He solemnly asked again: "Does His Royal Highness know what filial piety is?"

I said helplessly: "To serve and obey parents wholeheartedly is filial piety."

He said with a smile: "It seems that His Highness, like most common people, has only scratched the surface of filial piety. The Master said, if you haven't changed your father's way for three years, you can be called filial. Your Highness, can you explain the meaning of this sentence."

I said perfunctorily, "It means that after the father passed away, not changing his way for three years and continuing to fulfill his ideals is called filial piety."

He said: "Your Highness learns the doctrine of the mean and understands the rules. It's good, but you should draw inferences from others. Why did Confucius talk about after death instead of before death? Could it be that when my father was still alive, he should do something wrong." ?”

I nodded thoughtfully, he made sense in saying so.

He continued: "During my father's lifetime, I did not change my way. I did it not only for my father, but also for my ministers. Even if my father didn't appreciate it, the world would appreciate it. But after my father left, you still didn't change your way. It is for the ministers to see. Do you think the ministers will respect a consistent filial son, or a new emperor who is determined to reform as soon as he succeeds to the throne?"

"Sir, well said," said I, "but shall I always follow my father's way?

He said: "His Royal Highness does not understand why it is three years, not nine years, and not one year? Nine is a large number, which symbolizes infinity. One is one. And three years is not necessarily three years, maybe two years, Maybe four or five years. When the time is right and the court is stable, of course you have to open up your own path."

My eyes lit up, I walked over the table and said, "Sir, is this really useful?"

He said: "Your Highness, do you know what it means to fall in love with each other?"

I said, "It probably means that when two people fall in love, they have the same heart."

He said: "Exactly, the relationship between men and women is like this, the relationship between brothers is like this, and the relationship between father and son is also like this. But the question is, what kind of affection and what do you want to be in order to fall in love with each other?"

I suddenly felt that the avenue was in front of me.I looked at him with burning eyes.

He said: "You should like what he likes, hate what he hates, love what he loves, do what he does, and follow his way. In this way, you will be in harmony with each other. When you are by his side, he will There is never a moment to leave you, and when you go away, he will miss you all the time. So, what else does the prince need to worry about."

As if enlightened, I brushed off my clothes, walked up to him, and bowed deeply: "I was negligent before, sir, don't blame me. Please stay in the palace and teach me, sir."

He turned around, and the pure white embroidered silk robe swirled slightly, like snow returning in the flowing wind.The piles of hem are thousands of piles of jade chips that slowly fell under the tree when the wind stopped and the clouds suddenly stopped.

He lowered his eyes, Shi Shiran helped me up, his long and curled eyelashes cast a faint shadow.I looked up and saw his face, and my heart skipped a beat.

Beautiful face like jade.

The owner of this face once picked me up and promised to go hunting together in Shanglinyuan; once watched me play with Liu Che in the school yard, and felt sad; once accompanied me in the study for five years; once sat in a lonely carriage , went far away at the end of the Chang'an Ancient Road; once turned into ashes along with that letter.

I thought I would never see each other again in this life, but now he stands vividly in front of me.

His figure has changed, his face has changed, his demeanor has changed, and his gaze has changed.He grew from a slender boy to a young man.The almond eyes that were always covered with mist became narrow and indifferent.The gentle and jade-like smile is now only cold.Maybe everything has changed.

But the familiarity from the bottom of my heart, and the throbbing caused by the connected blood, made me feel that when he saw me, he would smile and say: Long time no see, A Yue.

"Brother Liu Rong."