Crown Sword

Farewell to the post pavilion in the east of Shengle City in the Clouds. On that day, although the sun was shining brightly in midsummer, it was difficult to hide the haze on the face. The stagnant and deep atmosphere that only exists on wet rainy days, in Spread quietly from person to person.

Shuang Li's feelings are the most straightforward, with sadness and reluctance hanging on his face. After waking up in the morning, he has troubles one after another, either knocking over the washbasin, or knocking off the chopsticks while eating. The gloom is getting deeper and deeper; Cui Tanfeng brings A bit melancholy, neither deep nor shallow, but when it's time to part, it's very easy to see.

As for Chao Chen and Gongyang Yue...

Ever since he went out, Chao Chen has been picky about Gong Yangyue's clothes, he only said that he didn't pick a day, he was obviously going to send someone off, but he was dressed in red as if he was going to meet a relative, it's not like he didn't change his clothes, Tuoba Xiang is amazing It is very suitable for ordinary clothes.Gongyangyue sang against him, and would not change even if he was beaten to death, and his expression was still very ostentatious.

After bowing their hands and saying goodbye, Chao Chen broke off an old willow branch as a gift according to the customs in the south of the Yangtze River, and wrote a wish for the future.

Gong Yangyue stepped forward, picked up the wicker handed over, and swept it at the person.Chao Chen's jaw was itchy, he frowned and reached out to grab it but he couldn't catch it, and said with a straight face, "Come again!"

"I don't want to," he waved his hand, "Why didn't I?"

Cui Tanfeng made a point from the side: "Willows are meant to be kept, and the gift of breaking willows is the meaning of saying goodbye and keeping them."

Gong Yangyue pondered for a moment, returned the willow sticks, turned around and said to the crowd: "It's boring, if the fate comes, we will get together, and if the fate goes, we will disperse, why don't you look at it? Look at some of you who are frowning, and those who don't know think it's life and death. Let me tell you, as long as these two legs can still walk, there will always be a chance to meet again in the whole world!"

"That's Goguryeo..." Shuang Li muttered softly.

"What's wrong with Goguryeo? It's not Chang'e flying to the moon! As long as you have the heart, you can meet at the end of the world and the bright moon!" Gong Yangyue rubbed her head frantically, combed her hair for an hour, rubbed it into a rotten chicken coop, and then He whistled innocently, and said with a smile to Qiao Min: "That's it, I'll go to Wandu Mountain City to fight the autumn wind some other day. You, the head of the guard, should treat you well. When you don't want to do it again, you can come Come from Shunan, this pair of bowls and chopsticks is not bad!"

Shuangli took out his head, took out the abacus and did some calculations, and then said: "Seventeen doesn't eat much, doesn't use much, can sleep on a couch, and do work consciously, so it looks like a good deal! But you, Lao Yue ..." She glanced at it, disgusted, "You are the most expensive, and you should manage your money well, don't keep buying alcohol."

"You don't care?"

"I want to get married. One day I will marry Master Shiang, so I won't bother to take care of you, um... let Brother Chao take care of you!" Saying this, Shuang Li asked Chao Chen for help, "Brother Chao ,dont you agree?"

Gong Yangyue snorted disdainfully: "He can't control me!"

Cui Tanfeng laughed, Chao Chen and Qiao Min had nothing to say, one with a dark face and the other dumbfounded.Shuangli laughed, then patted her chest and continued to say nonsense: "Seventeen, I'm waiting for you to come, I can still afford to raise you four big men, aunts and aunts!"

"Go, go, go." Gong Yangyue pushed her away, holding her fist to beat someone, the bitter and dull atmosphere finally eased.

Qiao Min looked at the four people making jokes, his eyes were hot, but when he thought of those rumors, his fingertips felt cold. In the end, he didn't say anything, he clasped his fists as a gesture, and turned away.

He thought that he always deceived his friends, Shunan would probably not go, and he would not have the face to go.

"Seventeen!"

Shuang Li jumped up and waved, but he resisted not looking back, but got on his horse, whipped the horse, and headed east.The voice was rapidly disappearing, looking at the distant mountains, he restrained and tightened the rein in his hand, and said silently in his heart——

"Ram Moon, I'm sorry."

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On the way back to the city, on the side of the road, I ran into a bearer who was selling fresh nuts for sale. Shuangli picked some from left to right and bought some, wrapped them in coarse cloth, and stuffed them into the arms of Gongyangyue. Qiao Min did all the work, and now that he left, Gong Yangyue immediately thought of him, and in the chase with Shuang Li, he thought about the possibility of chasing him back.

Chao Chen couldn't stand it anymore, so he walked towards the city gate leisurely, and when he reached the base of the city wall, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure hurrying past.

"Daguan?"

He chased after him, and only after chasing into a small forest did he call out the lost man. Chang An didn't expect to meet him, and was a little dazed.Looking at the direction the person came from, it seemed that he had just come from the village, so Chao Chen took advantage of the situation to say a few words: "When did you come back from the walking platform?"

"Shortly," Chang An replied truthfully, "Your Majesty will go on a personal expedition, and the court needs to be taken care of. Lord Yan was transferred back to Sheng Le, and I will go back with him."

Seeing him clasping his hands while talking, his expression was not very good, Chao Chen said a few more words of concern, Chang An couldn't hold back, and vomited his troubles like beans.

Yanfeng returned to the capital, and his official career was smooth, and he, a subordinate, also followed suit.It is said that at the feet of the emperor, even a small official is more comfortable than a big brother outside, not to mention that he is close to home. Chang An thought about his mother's advanced age, so he thought of taking the opportunity to buy and sell a small house in the city, and take someone to live with him. Live in the government office, and at the same time avoid running around in and out of the village.

But his mother, Sun, not only disagreed, but also scolded him. Chang An was full of resentment, and bravely quarreled with her, and then ran out of the house in one breath.

As the saying goes, there is no overnight feud between mother and child, it must be that the old man is used to living in the city and is not used to life in the city. Chao Chen kindly offered to help him, but Chang An was also weird, and stopped him with one sentence, and lamented sadly : "It's useless, no one can help me, and I can't change it at all."

Chao Chen muttered: "I haven't even said it yet..."

Chang An was categorical: "There is no need to try, I know the result, it is predestined."

Chao Chen was puzzled, and asked three times in a row: "How did you know? Where did the destiny come from? Are you really not going to try again?"

Chang An shook his head: "Mr. Chao, I thank you for your kindness, I understand the truth, but... hey, forget it, let me sink down, it's not worth helping, as I am so unpleasant, there is no hope in living in this world .”

You know you're not likable?

Chao Chen thought so in his heart, but still said: "You tell me, I can understand."

Chang An was depressed: "In this world, there is no empathy."

The two quarreled for a while, but Gong Yangyue couldn't find Chao Chen when he looked back, and came after looking for a trace. Chang An raised his eyes and saw him, and ran away, which made Gong Yangyue puzzled: "What's wrong with him?"

Chao Chen found it funny.

"No matter what, I think it's enough to give him a good beating," Gong Yangyue squinted at the direction he was fleeing from, and suggested earnestly, "How old are you still insisting on saying you're sad?"

Chao Chen couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Seeing that Chao Chen was leaving, but the direction was not going back to the city, Gong Yangyue asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll go and see him." Chao Chen patted his arm and said nothing.

Gongyangyue snorted, thought about it but couldn't hold back her mouth, and shouted from a long distance: "Do you want me to help?"

Chao Chen turned around, looked at his face, and teased, "You want to fight?" Then he muttered as he walked, "Your own mother-child relationship is still unclear, if you have such thoughts, why don't you think about the matter between you and the princess?" Solve it, if she knows that you are leaving Yunzhong, even if the long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain, she will be sad for a long time."

Chang An ran too fast, his feet were sprained by the broken stones under the grass, and he was resting against a tree. Chao Chen had good foot strength, turned a small slope, and chased him, but he was so scared that he jumped on one foot , tremblingly asked: "Where is the young master?"

Chao Chen bluffed him angrily: "He said he would beat you up, and he is copying guys!"

Hearing this, Chang An let out an "ouch" and fell to the ground, simply hung his arms on his knees, drooped his head, and looked disheartened: "It's better to hit with a sword .”

The words were so shocking that Chao Chen's feet almost slipped in shock: "That's right, it's quite funny."

"I'm not kidding," Chang An sighed heavily, "I'm ashamed to say that when I was young, I thought viciously, if one day I die, will my mother pay more attention to me, cry bitterly, regret, and Guiltily said: If I had softened my heart to Daguan, maybe this would not have happened.”

He took off the Confucian scarf and the clothes of the students, indicating that at this moment he wants to get rid of the shackles of the Confucian "heaven, earth, monarch, relative and teacher" for the time being, and just be a layman with a clear distinction between love and hatred, but some thoughts are deeply rooted in his bones, and he is restless. , and finally neatly folded his clothes and put them neatly by his feet, as if he was afraid of being blamed by God, making people look funny and sad.

"Daguan, one's origin is not something one can choose."

"I know, I'm just not reconciled, I just hate my temper, I also want to be like Brother Yan, talking and laughing happily with others, and I also want to be like Little Lord, not afraid of heaven and earth, but I can't do it, if it weren't for me Mother, how could I become what I am now!" Chang An picked up the gravel on the ground, stretched his arms vigorously, and threw it towards the creek, causing a large splash of water.

His emotions were like a bankrupt, and he couldn't hold back his words anymore.

"Mr. Chao, do you know that I don't feel any love, and I'm not needed by anyone! There are thousands of talented people in the world, and brother Yan just pities me." Chang An covered his head and cried out in pain, "When I was young, my mother always scolded me. I, no matter what I do, whether it is good or bad, she is not satisfied! Yes, maybe everyone will say that a loving mother is a loser, but why is she so strict with me, why is she criticizing me so righteously? Greedy for petty gain, jealous, love to compare?"

Chao Chen frowned, noncommittal.

Chang An took a deep breath, wiped his face, and continued dejectedly: "I envy Brother Yan very much. Mrs. Yan is so gentle, virtuous and considerate. I don’t know how to get started at every turn, even if I want to reprimand someone, it’s well-founded and well-founded, but my mother, she only cares about herself, she doesn’t care about me at all, she just keeps making troubles and making things difficult for me!”

"I remember when I was a child, she went to the town to buy vegetables. In order to get a penny cheaper, she picked and picked and deliberately said that the vegetables were rotten. Sometimes she would suspect that others had stolen her scale, and she rolled up her sleeves for a penny and scolded the street. It was so ugly. , What can you do with a penny, and you can’t buy a sesame seed cake!”

Every time he went to the school to listen, and bumped into him on the road, he would quietly avoid him, ashamed to travel with him, and even more afraid of making jokes for his classmates. He had a mother who was like a tigress.

"Later, there was a gentleman who heard that I was very talented, so he said he wanted to take me to study. Guess what my mother did when she heard about it? She actually took a lot of things and stuffed them with smiles and good words. It’s very embarrassing,” Chang An was puzzled, “I was supported by talented and knowledgeable people, why should I be so humble and begging, and when I saw it from left to right, I thought I was flattering, and Mr. Teach people to stigmatize and stink!"

"Another time, on my tenth birthday, my mother took me to a restaurant for a meal. The store heard that it was a good day, and gave me a bowl of longevity noodles. This is something that makes people happy, but when paying the bill, she But deliberately said that the child is not full, can I give another bowl! How can she show such a face and beg for it, we are not beggars!"

There were many more such things, one after another, that weighed on Chang An until he couldn't breathe. He became more and more inferior, more and more frustrated, studied hard, and desperately wanted to escape from that house.Until he met Yancai, the noble person in his life, who recommended him for him, he was finally relieved and happy that he could get rid of the nightmare as he wished.

That day he swore that he would never return to that broken place again.

But when he arrived in Shengle, saw the wealth and ostentation of the world, and saw the glitz and glamour, he realized that the gap between people was like heaven and earth. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but soften his heart—

After all, she is his mother, no matter how bad it is, filial piety cannot be avoided.

But his mother, his mother has always only cared about herself, never cared about his feelings, never understood his difficulties, just like a stone in a latrine, stubborn.

At the end, Chang An was like a lost child, tearfully tearing at Chao Chen's clothes: "Mr. Chao, what do you think I should do, how should I do it?"

"Yeah, how to do it?"

Chao Chen lightly brushed his hand away, got up and walked along the creek for two steps, meditating on himself.

At this time, a couple passed by on the other side of the stream. The husband was carrying a load of firewood, piled up like a hill, and he was panting under the pressure. The wife carried a basket of vegetables and a chicken on the left, walking briskly and easily.

When the husband saw it, he felt unbalanced: "How can you be such a mother-in-law, lazy like a pig all day long!"

"I'm too lazy to be like a pig? Who picked the water at home? Who hoeed the grass in the vegetable field? Who applied the fertilizer? Who did the shit and piss? I see you care so much!" The wife retorted.

"Did you pick the water? I picked that bucket yesterday! There is also the second kid who pissed, and I obviously picked it three times!"

The wife calmed down a bit: "Did you pick it in the morning or in the afternoon?"

"morning."

"It was used up early, and I went to pick another bucket in the afternoon. I also said that I was the only one picking it up. After busy work, I returned the child's excrement and urine. I saw that you didn't fart a single fart!" The wife said in shock.

The husband said softly, "You didn't see it doesn't mean I didn't do it! How about your hand injury? Just tell me if you feel uncomfortable. I'm busy with other things and I didn't pay attention. I'll rub it for you when I go back."

Chao Chen's eyes lit up, and his heart suddenly became clear. He turned his head to Chang An and said, "You have your own calculations in your heart. No matter what others say, it won't help. Since that's the case, it's better to take the edge of the sword."

"how?"

"Don't you want to die, then die once!"