All your life is gentle

Entering the back of Lingyun Mountain, the strong wind suddenly rushed towards the face, carrying a chilling and chilling air.The hat and veil rattled.Further north from here, it is cold and cold all year round, with constant wind and snow, and no one is there. It is known as the sea of ​​glaciers.Zi Shi couldn't help being distracted: Is his master somewhere in it?I don't know if someone has found it...

Changsheng suddenly accelerated his speed.Lightly tap the ice ax in your hand to the left and right, move and leap across the ice surface covered with cracks and jagged blade tips, and finally drill into an ice cave.

"Here we are." He loosened the belt and hugged the person on his back to him.

Zi Shi couldn't wait to take off the black veil on his head, only to find that his fingers were already stiff even though he was wearing thick leather gloves.Changsheng took it off for him, brushed off the ice beads and snow flakes around the brim of the hat, held his head to absorb the condensed hoarfrost on his eyebrows and eyelashes first, then bowed his head and kissed his lips.

The extinguished forest flame drained every ray of cold air in his body and heated every drop of liquid in his blood vessels.Zi Shi felt that he must be the cloud closest to the sun on the top of the snow peak, bearing all the warmth from him alone.

When he let go, he heard the sound of knocking on the ice surface from outside the cave, and it was actually two disciples of Aoyun Palace who followed him, and were stunned. ——How long did this kiss last?

Changsheng smiled proudly: "One week." Pointing to the front, "Look."

Looking in the direction of his finger, Zi Shi couldn't help saying "Ah!", and couldn't look away.

The four sides of the ice cave are crystal clear. On the top of the ice cone is like a forest of swords hanging upside down. The white flowers are quietly blooming.Such a pure and beautiful color and posture, bullying Frost, Snow, Bingyu, and Jade are ashamed, and the soul is shocked in an instant, making people speechless for a long time.

The glacier itself usually has a faint blue or green color, and rarely appears pure white. These few flowers that are extremely white and ethereal, set off by the cold sapphire, are doubly gorgeous and eye-catching.In this glacier where there are almost no biological signs, meeting them suddenly makes people feel like Yaotai and Qionglou in a trance.

A few rays of sunlight projected from the ice crevice on the top of the cave, and the golden glow just envelops the flowers, and each petal becomes translucent and stretches freely, blending out a soft and pure luster, which is indescribably wonderful.

Zi Shi was distracted when he saw it, and suddenly he heard Chang Sheng say in his ear: "It is the sunlight at noon every day that breeds these snow-clothed water lilies. It is said that this flower is a gift from God Aoyun to his most devout disciple When it meets gold, it withers, and when it meets meat, it withers, and most people can't find it, and they can't pick it."

The two young masters took out special tools, walked in carefully, cut off the flower stalk, and put the flowers in the basket. After picking all the flowers, they took out a single flower and packed it in a gauze bag, and handed it to Changsheng: "This Your Majesty is holding the flowers for current use." .”

Chang Sheng said thanks, Zi Shi was still in a trance, and simply pressed lightly on the acupuncture point on the back of his head, the gauze bag was hung on his waist, tied to his back, and he was gliding across the ice at a much faster speed than when he came here .When Zi Shi was woken up by him, he felt that he had just closed his eyes and dozed off, and had returned to Aoyun Palace from the ice cave in the back mountain.

The palace is warm, especially in the dormitories. Hot spring water is brought in through copper pipes, making the room warm and comfortable. Wearing a leather jacket, you can sweat immediately.Chang Sheng dragged him to the room for the two of them, taking off while walking, and when he entered the room, he had already taken off only his single clothes and trousers.Zi Shi started to help him, laughing and laughing: "Skinning the bear—no, skinning the wild boar..."

"Stingy, you really hold a grudge." Chang Sheng raised his foot and threw off his boots, surrounded him and began to peel off the last layer.As if afraid that he would be frozen, she slowly loosened the button and stuck it on, kissing along the track where the clothes slipped.

"Changsheng..." The waist immediately softened.

Changsheng supported his waist with his hands, kissed, kissed, kissed until he reached the edge of the innermost hot spring bath, and asked him to stand in the water lying on the edge of the pool.

Looking into the misty eyes, he smiled and whispered: "Don't slip down, it's too shameful to drown three feet high... I'll be right back." Just like that, he left the room barefoot and single-shirted, and went to knock on Master Wuhuo's door .

At this time, except for those who prepared the lunch and the two young masters who hadn't returned from picking snow lotus, the rest of the disciples were having lunch classes in the main hall, and the corridor was quiet.

"Please come in."

Changsheng pushed open the door and went in. Master Wuhuo looked at him, laughed, and handed over the medicine bowl in his hand: "This last one, it should be almost done."

Changsheng made a salute before catching it with both hands: "Fortunately, the great god bestowed the fairyland elixir, and the master's generosity and compassion made Fu Sheng's wish come true."

"I wish he could live here for the rest of his life, but unfortunately His Majesty will not give up."

"The master is very kind. If the master is free, you might as well go down to the world to have a look..."

"Hehe... Your Majesty is testing my old man's practice..." Master Wuhuo smiled and shook his hand, "Seeing that the road is blocked by ice and snow, he will definitely not be able to leave this year, and he will wait until next year when the snow lotus blooms before going down the mountain. Maybe next year There is no harm in coming to live for a month or so in summer."

Changsheng agreed, and went back to the room with the medicine bowl in his hand.

Zi Shi was lying on the edge of the hot spring pool, feeling drowsy and sleepy from the heat.

For more than half a month, I practiced at noon every day, and the details of the process, sometimes I know, sometimes I don't know.More often, it seems to know, but it seems not to know.However, the mentality is very different from before.In the past, when two people practiced together, the unbearable anxiety, uncontrollable arrogance, and powerless resentment from physical desire always made me exhausted quickly, blindly blaming him, purely relying on him, and occasionally torturing him unreasonably... Lately, there seems to be a big difference...

——What is the difference?

There was a splash of water, and he hugged him from behind.Turning his head subconsciously, a mouthful of cool and fragrant juice slid across the tip of his tongue, and before he could react, it had already flowed into his stomach, and the familiar aroma of snow lotus directly permeated his heart.

Thinking of what he said, the snow-coated water lily has no smell when it blooms, but the juice oozes out after being mashed, but it has a unique fragrance.Recalling the beautiful scenery seen in the ice cave today, it is true.The concoction is sweet and refreshing, because it is mixed with honey made from ground plums.It is said that only Lingyun Mountain can collect this kind of nectar, which nourishes and moisturizes dryness, and it is a perfect match with the snow-clothed water lily of Zhiyang Dabu.He said fresh was much better and milder than dried and made into pellets.It doesn't matter, at least the fresh one tastes much better...

"Hmm..." All the pores are open, and the whole body is comfortable.

After the medicine juice went down, Changsheng brought him out of the water.

"Longevity..."

"Ah."

The voice is also like the snow lotus juice mixed with honey, smooth and sweet: "In the past... you told me to endure... I always... It was very uncomfortable, and I couldn't help it, but..."

Chang Sheng bit an earlobe: "But what?"

"The last few times... endured... actually... didn't feel uncomfortable... and..."

"It's still comfortable, isn't it?"

I don't know whether it was the medicinal power of the water vapor fumigation or the embarrassment, the red cloud was dense.

He nodded honestly: "Yes. I used to read that it was said in books, and I always felt that it was impossible..."

"Didn't I tell you..." Re-examination, "What book said this?"

Uh... Could it be that I edited the book myself?

Humming twice, perfunctory: "An ancient book..."

Fortunately, Chang Sheng didn't have the time to be honest with him at the moment, and he taught: "What kind of messy ancient books are you reading?" while reaching out to move the medicine bowl over.

——This fresh snow-covered water lily is not only used to eat, but also used.Master Wuhuo said, support people.

"Sometimes... I feel like... woo..."

"Like... what?"

"It seems that not only...myself...seem...can also understand...your feelings...you said...is it true..."

"It's not true... Try it a few times, and you will know..."

Three months later.

On the fasting day of November [-], the disciples in the palace recite scriptures and pray, and finally sing a carol as usual.Zi Shi respectfully stood at the side of the hall, watching and listening quietly.God Aoyun is a god who has no sect views. He accepts prayers from all sentient beings, regardless of your piety.

During these three months, Changsheng went back to Meili Forbidden City every ten days.The masters follow each other and go back and forth lightly, but they can make a round trip in three days.Counting the days, this trip down the mountain should also come back today.

Zi Shi listened to a scripture and sneaked away to observe the colorful murals behind the altar.The pigments extracted from ores and plants make the picture still magnificent after hundreds of years.The contents of the painting are the various miracles of God Aoyun, which actually reflect the struggle history of the various ethnic groups in Xirong in the early years.

A familiar melody sounded, and Zi Shi couldn't help pricking up his ears.It turns out that today's ending carol is exactly the "Ode to the Four Seasons" that I have heard twice.After more than three months of study, Zi Shi's level of Xirong language is not what it used to be.Besides, the words and sentences of the folk songs are simple, and after listening all the way, I understand most of them.

He also asked about the meaning of Changsheng's lyrics, but he only got an answer that was nothing.The man said: "Singing a hymn to God is nothing more than praising God. The hymn of the four seasons, from spring to winter, repeat four times, it's over." So he put it in the back of his mind.

After the ceremony was completed, I remembered that there must be this song in "The Song of Egger", so I turned around and went to the side hall to search, and I found it in the third volume.I also looked at the translation of Master Wuhuo, and felt that the master tried to be elegant, but lost a lot of the original flavor.Try to translate it in vernacular, and write it next to it with a pen:

"God gave me eyes of light

just to reflect your face

The first tear shed to the world

Turn into a desert source that never dries up

God gave me hunting hands

just to feel your tenderness

The first arrow to shoot into the sky

Become a silent hill that will be guarded forever

God gave me the feet to travel far

just to find where you are

The first call of the distant thought in the wind

I am the one who traveled thousands of miles to come to you

i see you in spring

The grass is green and the flowers are blooming

on the morning dew

It's your pure smile that opens your eyes

i saw you in summer

The grass grows, the flowers are beautiful

in the evening sun

It's your charming smile that suddenly looks back

i see you in autumn

The grass is turning yellow, the flowers are withering

in the moonlight of that night

It's your sad smile when you bow your head and turn around

i see you in winter

The lake water is frozen, the white dew is flying

The flowers and grass are gone

I stand under the blue sky, on the glacier

Sweet smiles while waiting for your return

traversed thousands of mountains and rivers

See all four seasons reincarnation

I've cultivated my past life and promised my next life

In exchange for meeting you in this life and being with you

A snow lotus was planted in front of the altar

From then on, my heart will never wither..."

After dinner, Changsheng came back.

In Meili in November, it was snowing heavily.When a few people climbed the mountain, it was just a few polar bears.

Zi Shi has long been nested in the palace without going out the door.To be more precise, it is to stay in the room as much as possible, read, write, and soak in hot springs.Seeing him coming in, she stood up to meet him, raised her head and kissed him.

Changsheng took a step back: "Cool."

"It's okay, I'm fine." Arms wrapped around his neck, he declared firmly again, "It's really fine, I know it myself."

Changsheng raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

At the same time, the two remembered the promise to do it wherever they like, no matter how many times they promise to double it.

Zi Shi let go: "It's really..."

Just as he was about to turn around, he clasped his shoulders, strangled his waist and wrapped him in his arms. After a wolf kiss, he asked, "What is it really?"

Zi Shi looked at him: "Actually, I want to say that I'm really well. You can go back to the capital first, and come pick me up next year."

Chang Sheng was stunned for a while, took off his coat, sat down at the table, and said slowly, "Didn't you ask me...'the possibility of a court being temporarily independent from the emperor'? Just take this opportunity to try them."

Zi Shi laughed: "How can there be an emperor like you? After half a year, Mr. Mo and Mr. Huangfu would be anxious to lose a lot of gray hair."

"Old Mo has a lot of gray hair... Besides, where did I lose it, am I not remote control?"

Hey, it's even remotely controlled!

Zi Shi also sat down: "There are a lot of things at the end of the year. It's time for your soldiers and crab generals to go to Beijing to report on their duties. They only have this opportunity throughout the year to pay their respects to the sky. You should send them back to pay their respects."

Changsheng tilted his head: "It's a good sentence, why do you change your tune when you come here?"

Zi Shi frowned: "Then I'm not like some people who can sing beautiful songs—isn't it normal to change the key?"

Chang Sheng glanced at the open book on the table, and his face turned red when he saw the contents clearly.

After so many years of teasing, the Mensao male classmate still feels shy occasionally...

That one admired it with gusto for a long time, then suddenly moved to squat down in front of him, put his palms close to his, looked up into his eyes: "Changsheng, I promise: stay here and wait for you!" Come and pick me up. No sickness, no injury, no fatigue, no laziness, no worrying about you, no dragging you down, no flirting with women, no attracting bees and butterflies... Ah!"

Picked up by him and thrown onto the bed, he heard a vicious sentence: "Add one: don't talk nonsense!"

In the twelfth lunar month of the first year of Renhe, the emperor prayed for blessings and returned to the palace from Lingyun Holy Mountain.

Renhe two years.

On the eve of Tianqing Day, Shuzhou sent the last batch of books collected by the original Jinxia Lantai Division to Shunjing, and at the same time sent the classics collected in the original Xijing Imperial Palace and Xinggong.In addition, there are a large number of Buddhist scriptures sorted out by the masters of Puzhao Temple, some of which entered the palace, and some were donated to Dingguo Temple in Beijing.Elder Guiyuan specially asked the abbot to send capable disciples to accompany the official team to assist in escorting.

Among the Buddhist scriptures sent to the palace, there are many scriptures that the elders found from the Xijing Palace.One of them is called "Tandora Vinayaka Prajna Joy Zen Heart Sutra".

On the eighth day of April, the world is amnesty.

This is the most extensive and strongest amnesty since the founding of Huarong.Except for felons who committed serious crimes in the murder case, the general prisoners were basically released from prison after being criticized and educated.The imperial court also ordered the local government to register these people as naturalized according to the law and distribute them with fields, so that they could change their minds and become good citizens again.

Even the few assassins who assassinated the emperor last year and refused to surrender were released after being imprisoned in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for more than a year.

In front of the Chongtian Gate outside the Kaitai Hall, these people were forced to participate in the amnesty ceremony with all the criminals.Kneeling to thank the emperor, after reading the letter of pardon, he was escorted back to the prison hall to accept additional points from the officer: "Fu Chuqing, the leader of the Baisha gang, the first offender, has been put to death, and you have coerced the accomplices into rebellion; you have a good reputation and no criminal record; Bao, temporarily grant parole to see the effect. I hope you and others will distinguish right from wrong, strictly abide by the law, contribute to the country, and benefit the people..."

Several heroes came to assassinate the barbarian emperor, and they would rather die than surrender after being caught. They are all well-known and decent characters in the Jianghu.It's just that as a master of martial arts, he has always done his own thing, served more than one year in prison, and received a lot of legal education in prison, so let alone the embarrassment and aggrieved.Moreover, the attitude of the imperial court was very generous: "Give him parole temporarily to see the effect later." What does that mean?It is to let you go out for the time being, and if you dare to commit crimes again, you can be arrested at any time.

Those who were waiting outside the prison were disciples sent by the Baisha gang and the Hua family.Sure enough, loyalty as a guarantee is not a lie.During Xu Lingruo's negotiation with Changsheng last year, she accepted the conditions put forward by the imperial court, and the Baisha Gang returned to its original nature as a private trade association.After reporting to the local government, it is allowed to operate water business to make a living.

——According to Zishi's statement: a business firm may become a gang, and a gang may also become a business firm, so take your time.

People in the rivers and lakes are loyal, and some people use their wealth and life to protect themselves, how can they hurt others?Assassinating the emperor has always been a serious crime against the nine clans, and these people have already put their heads on the King of Hades.After sending it for so many days, I never imagined that I could see the sun again with it.Walking out of the prison, only to see the sky and the sun, as if he was reborn as a human being.

Fu Chuqing walked out of the prison gate of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

Thirteen months in the dungeon, dizzy from the bright light.He took a few steps crookedly and was supported by a person.

"Master Fu..." After Lu Changgeng carefully identified it, the person in front of him was vaguely similar in appearance, but his complexion was pale and haggard, just like a drunken man on the street.

"Who... are you?" He hadn't spoken to anyone for so long, and his voice was hoarse and stiff.The instinctive vigilance of a beast made him tense immediately, and a cold light shone in his eyes.

Lu Changgeng confirmed it this time, and let go of his hand: "Master Fu, do you still remember the villain? The villain Lu Changgeng."

After they walked for a while, Lu Changgeng asked Fu Chuqing to enter a clean wine shop on the side of the street and find a corner to sit down.

Fu Chuqing lived in prison for so long without interrogation or punishment.It was just that he was injured on the day of the assassination, and was immediately deprived of martial arts by Chang Sheng, and was thrown alone in the dungeon of the Ministry of Justice.It was cold and humid, with continuous injuries and illnesses, no one cared about him, and he lived and died on his own. He spent the loneliest, weakest, most desolate four hundred days of his life.

He thought with all his heart that there would be a trial and a punishment.Subconsciously, she still hopes to take the opportunity to meet someone.Unexpectedly, it seems as if it has been completely forgotten, and it is called unresponsive every day, and the earth is not working.For the first time, he knew that there was such a good method in the world, which was more effective than a soldering iron clamp.In the first few months, my heart was like drinking wine and salt after Ling Chi, and it was throbbing all over the ground in pain.Afterwards, how many times did he think that he was going to die silently in the prison, and when he closed his eyes, it was always him——

Seduce yourself with slanted eyes, murder yourself with a knife, reject yourself with a cold face, fall into your arms to satisfy yourself, submit to yourself with tears, use yourself with raised eyebrows, point your nose and scold yourself, betray yourself with your lover...

——It's all him, it's all him, it's all him.

Such a ruthless person, why... I still can't bear him?

Every time I thought I was going to die, I lingered in the tossing and suffering and survived.Just when he was getting numb and hopeless, the jailer suddenly brought a suit of civilian clothes and announced: "Holy Lord Long En, the Tianqing Day amnesty, the prisoner will be released immediately." Without further words, he was directly invited out of the prison.

"Old... Lu..." Fu Chuqing poured down half a pot of wine with her neck raised, and gained strength to speak.People who have lost their martial arts have been in the dungeon for more than a year, and it is impossible not to make some mistakes.

"It turns out that the adults still remember the villains, that's great."

"Where is Lao Lu's high school now?"

"The villain is now the royal chef in the palace."

"Yu Chuqing... Hey..." Fu Chuqing sneered twice, and said in a strange way: "Congratulations..." Leng Ding suddenly became angry, "Why did your master ask you to come here this time?"

Lu Changgeng smiled apologetically: "I don't know which master... is it?"

Fu Chuqing was taken aback for a moment, then snorted coldly, "Where's your young master?"

Lu Changgeng sighed, with a sad expression: "Your Excellency, I don't know. The young master fell ill in June last year. He could only breathe out, but not in. The imperial doctor said it was hopeless. The emperor came back from Chuzhou and said that he was sending the young master away. I went to some snowy holy mountain, begged the gods to cure me, and immediately left the young master on the mountain. I have been here for almost a year now, and I don’t know what happened. My lord asked the young master’s condition——” Eye circles turned red, “Oh Well, the villain has never seen the young master since last June..."

The news was unexpected, and Fu Chuqing stayed on the spot.

"He...how did he..."

"The young master is not in good health-this adult knows better than the villain. I heard from Imperial Physician Yuan that he lost his vitality when he fled in the early years, and he suffered from several serious illnesses. After all these years, no god came to rescue him, and it was over... …If you say that the young master is so good-looking, knowledgeable, and good-natured, he only helps people and never hurts others. The young master just went to the stars one day and came to this mortal world to have a roll. It’s better to go back sooner than to suffer for nothing..."

Lu Changgeng wiped away his tears, talking non-stop.Fu Chuqing interrupted: "When will he come back?"

"Ah? Come back? There are rumors in the palace that the young master asked the gods to stay behind. Looking at the emperor's appearance, his soul is about to get out of his body, and he hasn't mentioned the matter of coming back. I'm afraid——ah, if it's a celebration day this year." Amnesty, almost all the prisons in the world have been emptied. Tianqing Japan is the young master's birthday, this is the emperor's merits for the young master. I only hope for the blessing of the Bodhisattva..."

Fu Chuqing suddenly said: "Then what are you doing here?"

Lu Changgeng seemed to be thinking of something serious: "Yesterday the emperor asked the villain if he would like to say hello to the old master. The villain thought. The adults have the grace to guide and guide the villains, so this greeting must be done. Also Thanks to such a rare benevolent emperor, the emperor, the villain can still see the adults again..."

Fu Chuqing sneered a few times when she heard the word Renjun.

Of course Lu Changgeng didn't care about him, he took out a small package from his arms and put it in front of the other party: "This is a little thought from a villain, so please don't dislike it. The emperor said... that the court had already announced the death of the leader of the assassins, The title of General Jin Wu, please don’t use it again, my lord.”

Seeing that Fu Chuqing remained silent with a cold face, Lu Changgeng sighed again.

"Ah-my lord, the villain is bold, at least I am a few years older than the adults, so I just say a few words from my heart. This person, living in this world, it is a fate. Fate sometimes must be there, and there is no time in fate. Don't force it. My life is only [-] meters, and I am dissatisfied with traveling all over the world. Look, my lord, even if you become an emperor, you are doomed to many unsatisfactory things. Now the world is finally peaceful, and everyone is looking forward to a peaceful life. Be content, Mo Forcing is the blessing of cultivation..."

Lu Changgeng babbled a lot, checked the weather, and went back to the palace.When Zi Shi was in the palace, he stayed in the middle palace to prepare meals.Zi Shi was not around, so Chang Sheng transferred him to the Imperial Dining Room to serve as the chef of the southern sect, and brought a few more apprentices with him, making him very busy.

Fu Chuqing drank pot after pot and did not know when Lu Changgeng left.

When he thought he was going to die, he was locked up.When I lived in a dungeon and was numb and hopeless, I was released.Climbing out of the cell door, before he could think of him, he was reminded.Seeing an acquaintance, I thought it was because he was still in love, and was hit again.

Where is he?is it dead?live?have no idea.The only thing I can be sure of is that I don't have a single corner of my heart left for me—even if I give up my life not to save him.

The lingering wishful thinking suddenly broke down.Fu Chuqing experienced a feeling that was completely new to him.He didn't quite understand at the moment that this feeling is called emptiness, but he suddenly discovered that wine is really a good thing.It's a pity he forgot that even though his drinking capacity remains the same as before, his body is quite different from before.

Standing up unsteadily, a little confused.The thoroughfare in front of him gave him an illusion.Xiao Er came over and waited to collect the bill.Master Fu used to drink and eat in street shops, when would anyone dare to collect the bill?So the waiter was directly ignored by him,

"Guest officer!" Xiao Er said in a high-pitched tone, "Guest officer's first account has been settled by the previous customer. Later, he ordered eight jugs of wine, one pot of half a catty for sixty renminbi, and the total of eight jugs is 480 renminbi."

——At that time, the imperial court paid great attention to agriculture and cherished food, and the price of wine was not low.

Fu Chuqing looked up at the little girl.The young man was visibly shivering with fright: "Small, small shop... The small profit is small... Probably, no credit..."

Fu Chuqing touched her sleeve, saw the parcel left by Lu Changgeng on the table, took out an ingot of silver and threw it over, picked up the parcel and staggered out.