All your life is gentle

In just a few days, the editors and writers of the Lantai Division of the Imperial Academy were trained by their new bosses to work in a very different way from the past: every day at Maoshi, after signing and depositing, they went to Mr. Li's desk to get the day's work. task bar, busy separately.When the time of day passed, Master Lantai walked slowly into the gate, walked around each room to see if there were any doubts, and then started to do his own thing.

Anyway, he was ridiculously late on the first day of taking office, and the subordinates have a high degree of self-consciousness about the boss's own way of doing things.Besides, after two days of observation, it was discovered that Master Li came late and left too late.There were two lazy writers who would slip away without completing their tasks when they were away from the office, but they were left behind to work until nightfall.Considering that they lived far away, the adult sent a carriage from the mansion to the door of the house, which made the two of them flattered and frightened, and they worked hard from then on.

Tianzi Shi got up especially late this day, and when he stepped into the hall of Lantai Division, his subordinates were coming out one after another, preparing to have lunch.Every yamen is equipped with handy cooks, and there are also officials as fastidious as Zi Shi who bring their own meals and borrow them from the kitchen to heat them up.Of course, the most stylish ones will bring their own cooks to the government office to serve them.

Everyone said hello and left one after another. Wang Zonghan was the last one and turned back.

"I said, Zi Shi." In private, the young people were still talking about friends, not talking about rank.Wang Zonghan frowned and lowered his voice: "Could it be that you don't know that there is a bit of a lottery? Why should Zi Zhou urge you! If this continues, do you still need a salary?!"

Zi Shi saw his earnest expression, which made people feel sneaky and a little funny.The one who was very cooperative showed embarrassment: "It's too early in the morning, I can't get up..." After all, it was not an honorable thing, and knowing that the other party really cared about him, he smiled embarrassedly while talking, "Salary or something, oh , Zizhou said—"

Li Wen took it for him: "To tell you the truth, my lord, the second young master said that anyway, he earns enough money to spend by himself, and the young master can do whatever he likes. No one in the family objects—it's hard to buy autumn and winter sleep!" The so-called " No one in the family objected", that is, from the young master to the young lady, down to the coachman and stable boy, they all had a high degree of consensus.Li Wen said again: "I heard that the fathers-in-law in charge of Dianmao don't really care about it as long as they are looking for the door to manage it. It's a pity that the second young master refuses to agree." After finishing speaking, he sighed helplessly.

Li Zhang said in a slow voice: "I want the second young master to make arrangements for this, unless the sun comes out to the west." As if to correct his own young master's image, he specially added: "Your Majesty Wang doesn't know something, but the young master has always been a light sleeper. Copying and writing during the day and night, and taking the work in the yamen back to do it, I always go to bed after midnight, alas!" I couldn't help complaining, "Have you ever seen such a servant for the court? Work hard Live without salary..."

Zi Shi patted him: "Okay, okay, don't tell Mr. Wang to laugh at our family for having no rules."

But Wang Zonghan became worried: "Zi Shi, I know you are in a hurry, but you can't be so nonsense. If this goes on, your body will not be able to bear it-cough, why did you fall into "Master Wang"? Isn't this embarrassing me..."

"Thank you, Brother Wang, for your concern. It's strange to say that since I took over this job, I've been busy every day, and I've been sleeping very soundly, so I can't get up in the morning. But my energy is better than before, and I don't feel tired. The so-called Never tired of it, or is that the case? Brother Wang, please don’t worry..."

On his first day at work, Zi Shi went through the twenty catalogs, and browsed through Lan Taisi's collection over the years.Just as he expected, most of the books collected by the former Shuzhou prefectural school and collected by the people are classics and history, and the two types of subsets are very scarce.Most of the items that are still missing in the former have been completed in detail, while the latter are mostly blank pages. Even many books that have entered the Lantai Division's collection have not had time to be registered.

The next day, Zi Shi divided his twelve editors and more than twenty writers into three groups.The first group is responsible for the classics and history section, continuing to search for classics that have not yet been collected and put into the library, and trying to complete the details.The second and third groups are in charge of the "sub" department and the "collection" department respectively, first verifying and recording all the books that have been put into the warehouse but not registered one by one.Before leaving the office every day, the leaders of each group will write the progress of the day into a special log, put forward the estimated progress of the next day, and show Lord Lan Tailing a review.Before Zi Shi left, he checked them carefully one by one, wrote a task note and put it on the table.

In the first few days, there were often times when he was asked to rework: unify the style, stipulate the format, point out mistakes... He was too lazy to talk nonsense with others, so he simply made a few examples to demonstrate.Editors, editors and writers, no matter their age or seniority, saw his meticulous, rigorous and impeccable samples, and all complained and dissatisfied and choked back.

The task that Zi Shi has set for himself now is to make out as soon as possible the details of the two types of books that have been seen and heard in the subset, but are now unsearchable.The features in many of these books have been blurred in my memory, so I was anxious to write them down while I still had impressions.In addition, it is necessary to search for missing books as soon as possible.Some remote and rare collections are not valued by the people. If they are not collected in time, they may disappear without a trace at any time.Most of Lantaisi's books have become orphans, and even the catalog itself is extremely precious, so they are never allowed to be taken home.He could only copy down part of the brief list and asked Yin Fuwen to help him find it.If Fuwen Building has it, I will borrow it and leave a copy.So every day I leave the government office later than others, and after returning home, I must continue to be busy until late at night.

At the beginning, Wang Zonghan insisted that he would work overtime with him.

Zi Shi firmly refused.

Wang Zonghan was puzzled, and was a little annoyed: "What do you have to do alone? Or do you think that I, Wang, is a talent with little knowledge and can't be dispatched, so it's useless?"

Seeing him angry, Zi Shi smiled apologetically, "Brother Wang misunderstood. If Brother Wang stayed, Brother Yuan and the others would be embarrassed to leave first. The other writers couldn't help it, and they had to accompany them even if they swallowed their anger. In the end, it was tiring You can't go home when it's time for everyone to go home, pointing at the back, slandering secretly, being a villain in vain. I like this job, and it doesn't matter if you don't pay for it. It's..."

Wang Zonghan was stunned for a moment: "Zi Shi, you... oh!..."

"In the past, disciples redeemed people but did not take their gold. The sage said: "If you take the gold, you will not harm your actions; if you don't take the gold, you will not redeem people again. "Brother is indeed well-intentioned, but younger brother must pay attention to details. If we work together as one, if we force ourselves for a while, we will not be able to continue. My younger brother is selfish, and I hope you will understand."

Wang Zonghan looked at him, and said angrily: "Since that's the case, you shouldn't be the one who started this!"

"Isn't this...cough, is it itchy..." Zi Shi rubbed his hands, pretending to be depressed.

Wang Zonghan was so teased by him that he couldn't help laughing, a surge of heat suddenly surged in his chest, rushing left and right.He tried his best to suppress it, and said seriously: "Zi Shi, I understand what you mean. A sage is a saint, but don't throw me and ordinary people too far away. The atmosphere of the Imperial Academy has always been idle. Tight, but not good at clearing things up. In my opinion, according to your regulations, after two days, these people will be familiar with each other, and the speed can be much faster..."

Mr. Wang didn't accompany Mr. Li to work overtime after all, but he just kept quiet during the day and worked harder.Every morning I looked forward to his coming, but when he didn't come, I couldn't help being anxious and worried. When someone came, seeing his indifferent appearance, I was secretly angry.After being awkward for several days, I finally waited for this opportunity to speak alone, and decided to speak out from the standpoint of caring for my friends.Originally prepared to criticize, the momentum was already weak when he spoke.Knowing that he burns a candle, forgets to eat and sleep, and is full of worry and concern, how can he tell the rest?

Gritting his teeth for the last time, he said to Li Wen: "Ah Wen, I think you are very clever. I have already taken care of Eunuch Cao's place, and I will help you sign for the past few days. From tomorrow onwards, you will come here every day at [-] o'clock to replace your young master. Let's sign it." After that, without looking at Zi Shi, he went straight out and went to eat.

The three masters and servants froze on the spot.After a long while, Li Zhang said: "Master, Mr. Wang is really a good person." Li Wen scratched his head: "A good person. But—is it a little too good?"

The Double Ninth Festival is on the ninth day of September, and the tenth day of the first day is closed, with two public holidays in a row.

People from the Qingyuan Hou's Mansion came to the door early in the morning on the ninth day of the ninth day to pick up Miss Xie's family to reunite with his grandparents.Mrs. Han repeatedly urged the young master of the Li family to come with her. Zi Shi remembered that he had seen the old lady last time, and counted all the ladies from the rich families in Xijing City, and dared not go without saying anything.Zizhou Zigui knew that his eldest brother was actually thinking about the batch of books borrowed from Fuwenlou, and he didn't want to waste time, so he didn't force it, and told his servants to go to Hanfu for the festival.

For Yin Fuwen, who is long-sleeved and good at dancing, Zi Shi's Lantai order is both public and private, so he will spare no effort to help.But when Zi Shi wanted to send others to serve as volunteers, the etiquette of reciprocity became more and more important.Therefore, in addition to busy screening the books brought by the Yin's family, during the two days off, he had to hurry up and gather up the accompanying poems of "A Beautiful Calendar in the Flower Cong", so as to end this ambiguous affair.

At night, the maids and servants were all sent away, and the sketches of "Green Yunxuan" were lined up on the Daping case. Zi Shi flipped through a few poems of the predecessors while writing on the Feihua paper.Lu Yunxuan sent 48 final drafts, among which the ones that were too vulgar and crafty were revised several times according to his opinion.Originally, I planned to directly extract the accompanying poems from the collections of predecessors, but after looking through them, it is rare to find a sentence with a good style and suitable content.

It's easy to write, but it's not slow. It's just that I gather so many at a time, and it's not easy to come up with new ones. I still need to read and write, and look for chapters and sentences to find inspiration.As the saying goes, "Learning without thinking will lead to death, thinking without learning will lead to peril", the words of the sages are always justified...

Turning to a certain page, there is a small order of "Bodhisattva Man": "The green window stands deep in the color of hibiscus, and the lanterns send joyful autumn waves overflowing. A smile enters the curtain, and the spring heart is uncontrollable. The rain and clouds are scattered, with shyness and resentment. Flowers Tenderness can't help smoking, the spring breeze is still alive."

Just thinking that these few sentences were still vivid, I read the last two lines and almost laughed "haha". "The flowers are tender and can't help smoking, the spring breeze is still alive"-this is too vivid.The front is still pretending, and the ending is so explicit that it is deafening.

Laughed for a while, shook his head and scrolled down, and saw a few jingles: "Everything in the world is so strange, there is a stream sandwiched between two hills on both sides. There is a spring rolling at the entrance of the cave, and there is no road in front of the door. The grass is luxuriant. Flowers in the abyss are hard to pick. , Birds do not live on the peak of the nest. Only the old monks often come here, and they are as drunk as mud when they return from the incense." I thought: the vulgar is the elegant, and this is also interesting.The last sentence "go back drunk like mud after dyeing the fragrance", the artistic conception is not bad...

Busy with academics these days, at the moment I am flipping through a few collections of erotic poems. While enjoying myself, I suddenly feel an urge to find someone to gossip about...

However, such murmurs and whispers——

Even though there are thousands of styles, who would you tell them?

…………

Looking up, the walls and shelves are full of books, lined up in a silent queue.

"Read it when you are hungry, use it as meat, read it when you are cold, use it as a fur coat, read it when you are lonely, and use it as a friend, and read it when you are worried, and use it as a golden stone." It is true.That's all.Today, there are books on the shelf, meat on the plate, fur on the body, friends in communication, and gold, stone and harp in the room.

Still missing something.

"When you smile into the curtain, you can't hold back your spring heart." I look irritated because-there is no companion by my pillow.

Zi Shi stood up.I really shouldn't watch this at night.Forget it, do it tomorrow.Lock the picture album and poetry collection in the drawer, turn off the lights, and walk out of the study.Li Zhang was dozing off in the cubicle outside, when he heard the door open, he stood up stiffly.

Followed into the bedroom and asked: "Master, should you rest now?"

"Ah."

"Then Ah Wen and I bring the water in?"

"it is good."

Li's mansion has a special bathroom in the backyard, and the young master personally designed it and directed the construction.After visiting the Second Young Master, several colleagues and friends, they all imitated the example in their own mansion, which shows the level of comfort and convenience.But since the beginning of autumn, it is easy to catch cold when exposed to water and wind, so the servants would rather take the trouble to boil a pot of water every night and send it to the bedroom just before the young master goes to bed.

When everything was settled properly, Zi Shi said, "Go to sleep, don't worry about it, it won't be too late to tidy up tomorrow."

Li Wen warned: "Young master, don't soak for too long, the water cools quickly in cold weather, and it's not good to soak the leaves for a long time." ——The young master likes to soak for a while after washing, and specially prepared a large bathtub for bathing.

Li Zhang lit the bedside luminous lamp, and put the fire sickle velvet within reach.I have been sleeping much more peacefully at night recently. This thing is not very useful, so I am still prepared.Put the double-layer thermos next to it: "Master Anshen Tang, don't forget to drink it." Then put the hand warmer in a cotton cloth cover and stuff it under the quilt, "Master, remember to take it out when you sleep, so as to save the iceman in the middle of the night."

Zi Shi smiled wryly: "Okay, two big brothers. Zi Gui is not at home, you should let me be at ease." Saying this, he threw the two loyal servants out of the room.

After washing, step into the tub and sink down slowly, letting the warm water that exudes the fragrance of mugwort leaves embrace you.

Blindfolded by the dense mist, I gently waved my hand away, and saw the ends of hair floating back and forth in the water, as if I was restless and restless tonight, ups and downs.As soon as he lowered his head, the small round white pendant on his chest quietly hung there, like the loneliness condensed into pearls and hard as iron in the depths of his heart: small in size and high in density, pulling its owner to fall towards The bottomless abyss.

How many times have I tried to take it off, hide it, even... smash it and bury it.In the end, it still stayed on the neck, just hanging down like this.This heavy and unrelieved feeling, on the contrary, is reassuring - it confirms Li Zishi's deepest and most painful bond with this world.Tell yourself that you have lived another life clearly and truly.So, after several struggles, I finally decided: No matter where that person goes, I will take it with me until the end of this cycle of reincarnation.

However, tonight... is especially unbearable...

I closed my eyes, rolled up my body, and suddenly felt that I was not shrinking into the bottom of the water, but into the pendant on my chest.It's like the ghost spirit in some supernatural stories, bid farewell to the mortal world, gather into a stubborn stone, sleep for thousands of years, and wait for the fateful opportunity.

... When he woke up, his eyes were clear, and he realized that the water in the bucket was no longer steaming.Standing up, water droplets dripped down the broken hair on the forehead, seeping into the eyes, a little stinging.Hehe... If only he could hide in the rocks.The story is not romantic enough after all.It gave me such a miraculous start, but what followed was a step by step soaked in sweat, blood and tears, getting heavier and heavier, and I couldn't get out.

——how can you think about it carefully?I had no choice but to think about it.

Don't think about it, never forget it.There is nowhere to speak of bleakness.

Shaking his head, he stepped out of the bucket.A few steps forward, I reached out and took out the rectangular bath towel that hung on the screen to wipe my hair, and turned around while wiping—the replacement clothes were on the floral tooth shelf beside the bed, and when I was ready to wear them, I went directly to the bed, and then leaned against the head of the bed to wait With my hair dry, I flipped through a few pages of idle books, at least making the day a pleasant end.

Suddenly he heard a rough panting behind him, especially clear in the quiet night.Immediately afterwards, there were four words bang bang: "It really is you!"

The sudden incident made Zi Shi tremble with fright.Concentrating, slowly put down your hands, wrapped the towel around your waist, and slowly turned around.

A person came out from behind the screen, his eyebrows and eyes were all twisted, as if he was pleasantly surprised, but also seemed to be wronged and hated: "It really is you..."

Zi Shi recognized the other party and was shocked.I only had one face-to-face meeting, although I feel that this person has bad intentions and is definitely not a kind person, but I never imagined that he would be so bold.Just in time for Zi Zhou Zigui to be absent tonight—a flash in his mind: It can be seen that he has carefully planned and watched for many days and came prepared.Ah Wen and Zhang fell asleep next door, quietly and without any movement, and I don't know what he did.Immediately, my scalp was numb, my palms were sweating, and my legs felt weak.

Secretly clenched his fists and straightened his body: "It turned out to be Mr. Fu, the director of Lifang. Mr. Fu broke into his private house in the middle of the night. I don't know what business he has to do? Could it be that Mr. Mi mistakenly identified me as a fugitive and a bandit, and wanted to bring him to justice?" ? If that is the case, please come to the door with the official document and arrest order under the blue sky and broad daylight, and Li Mian will be waiting for you at any time."

Fu Chuqing looked at him, gritted her teeth and sneered: "You can really pretend! I almost told you to deceive me again. Fortunately, I didn't dare to forget that you were a master of acting in the past. When I saw you in the palace that day, I looked like you. Later Talking face to face, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it. After much deliberation, you have to carefully recognize what you say with your own eyes. Sure enough... Li Mian, Li Mian, you are acting so well that I, Fu, can't believe my eyes... ...Unfortunately, the expression on your face is fake, but the scar on your back is not fake!" As he spoke, he approached viciously.

Zi Shi retreated subconsciously, his mind was in chaos.The other party's words were like sharp and long steel thorns, piercing through the head suddenly.As time goes by, some muddy ponds that have settled in the deepest part of the river of memory have already grown aquatic plants and fish, completely covering up the traces. At this moment, they are completely stirred up, instantly staining the entire water area.

He supported his head with both hands, and looked forward blankly: "The scar on your back...how do you know? You...who are you?..."

"Huh! I really can't see the coffin without crying... I still have to put it down, right?" Fu Chuqing took another step closer, "Who am I? Who am I?" Suddenly very angry, he looked up to the sky and shouted, "How dare you Ask who I am!" With a shake of his shoulders, there was a sharp cracking sound, and the buttons snapped and fell to the ground one after another.He tore off the shirt on his upper body, exposing his strong chest, pointing to the twisted scar on his chest, with a hideous expression on his face: "Take a good look, who am I——Four years ago, Xianshuling, Chuzhou , the makeup remover, in the Bodhi Temple, the person who was almost stabbed to death by you! Do you remember?!..."

Zi Shi thought: Xianshu Ridge, makeup remover, Bodhi Temple... so familiar place names...

——Yes, I have been there... We...we... were looking for a place to spend the winter, and went to Yupan Peak to find the entrance to the cave, but we met a group of robbers.Later... later... ah!Head hurts.Who is this person, why is he getting so close, staring at me fiercely?Please move away, I don't know you...

Fu Chuqing opened her eyes wide, staring at Li Fang's every move.Seeing his pale face, absent-minded eyes, and trembling body, as if he might fall down at any time, I felt really indescribably happy.Slowly sticking to him, he continued to press word by word: "It seems that you are not only good at acting, but also have a great forgetfulness! I dare not forget a single bit of it, but you have forgotten everything for me. This is too unfair...don't worry, I'll remind you..."

Zi Shi's ears rumbled, and he vaguely saw the opening and closing of the other's lips, not knowing what to say.But it seemed as if countless copper hammers and iron axes were drilled out of his mind, knocking on the door of the past with a "bang bang" that knocked his head almost to pieces.

He thought: Then... what happened later? ...ah, and later, he killed the robbers... well, that's it...

Hold down the hammer and ax that are slashing and slashing, and say to yourself: That's it.

The headache gradually subsided and I could hear voices in my ears.

Fu Chuqing stretched out her arm suddenly, grabbed his hand and pressed it on the scar on her chest.

Zi Shi felt like being burned by a cannon: "Let go!" He struggled desperately, but he couldn't move at all, half of his body was painful and numb, and he lost consciousness immediately.He took a deep breath: "Master Fu, please let go! As I said, you've got the wrong person."

"It's so ruthless. How could you forget so easily..." Fu Chuqing smiled sinisterly: "It's no wonder, it's just a one-night dewy marriage, and after such a long time, with your slutty appearance, I don't know how many disciples you have hooked up. Forgot that I should have...but, Li Fang," he murmured while holding Zi Shi's hand and drawing circles around the scar, "you broke into my territory and seduced me so much that I couldn't help myself. Taking advantage of my cherished feelings, using my own knife, I almost sent me to meet the King of Hades... You said, I finally found you, how could I be willing to let you go? Huh?..."

When Zi Shi heard this, he stared blankly at him.The slanted broom eyebrows, the raised peach eyes, the cold tone of voice, the sinister smile, the sky was spinning, accompanied by the light of the sword, the pool of blood, the wind and the flames, "Boom" broke open the last door that blocked the memory.

The camera zooms in sharply, and the screen switches rapidly——

Those people, men and women, who are they?Why am I with them?Ah, they got lost, Zigui and I agreed to give them a ride... so many robbers!It turned out that the robbers nested in the temple... something bad happened, the leader of the robbers found out that Zigui was a girl, what should he do?what to do? ...

The camera advances to the Guanyin Hall in the depths of the main hall, and the picture freezes on the incomplete statue of the Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Great Mercy and Great Compassion Guanyin on the Chiba Lotus on the base of Xumi. Zi Shi heard a distant moan of pain.The next moment, he realized that the groan was coming out of his throat, and there was nothing in front of his eyes, just blackness.

Boundless, pitch black...

He just fell down softly like this, refusing any response.

Fu Chuqing stretched out her arms involuntarily, and caught him carefully.It's like catching the fallen Ling Xiaohua from the nine heavens.