Peerless luthier

"Boom-thump-thump-"

The deep bell rang in Jinhe Garden, and Zhong Yi took her jade tablet and walked towards the Qin Tower. % Looking back, Fu Sanyi was hugging Huatian, and Yin Zizhong was wearing light blue casual clothes. They all stood there and watched him off.

Fu Sanyi shouted loudly: "Take a good exam, and I will treat you tonight!"

Hua Tian, ​​who was dozing in his arms, woke up with a start, staring at Zhong Yi standing in the distance with her round cat eyes.

Yin Zizhong still had no expression on his face.

People came and went, Zhong Yi was wearing a plain luthier robe, carrying a paulownia qin, her black hair was hanging down her waist, her face was like a crown of jade, and she was so handsome.

He smiled slightly, turned around, leaving them with a somewhat thin back.

It wasn't until Zhong Yi was submerged in the crowd that Fu Sanyi and the others turned around and walked out.

Yin Zizhong put his hands behind his waist and looked up at the blue sky.

Fu Sanyi stroked Huatian's sparse hair, and said, "Why do you feel that the young master is getting quieter and quieter? He doesn't like talking and laughing as much as before. Is it because of the exam?"

Yin Zizhong said lightly: "Perhaps, it is not easy to be a court luthier."

Fu Sanyi nodded thoughtfully, "I hope so."

In the Northern Jin Dynasty, Jin'an (where Xiucheng was originally located), in the imperial palace.

Since Shuoyu proclaimed himself emperor, the system has changed, and the prospect of the Northern Jin Dynasty is bright, and prosperity is everywhere.

Shuoyu has already held a lot of promising people with lofty ideals in his hands, and now, it is naturally time for them to show their ambitions.

Now that the local officials have been put in place, the ministers who came up early are also full of enthusiasm. Most of the memorials they handed over are also about the development of people's livelihood. , Sit back and take a pen to review.

After a while, Su Ran with gold and jade hanging on his waist opened the door and came in: "Your Majesty, Mr. Fan is here."

Shuo Yu didn't lift her head: "Oh, please come in."

Fan Wenzi took a step forward. He was dressed in a well-tailored dark blue official uniform, his black hair was tied up meticulously, and he had a handsome face.With a smile on the corner of his mouth, his figure was tall and straight, and he had a calm and scholarly demeanor. Several court ladies standing in the room quietly lowered their heads.

Fan Wenzi walked up to Shuoyu, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Shuoyu is wearing a blue robe embroidered with gold thread, and the lower part of the garment depicts an ancient wolf totem from the Northern Jin Dynasty, which symbolizes the identity of the ruler.

Shuoyu said, "Speak."

Fan Wenzi raised his head, his eyes were calm, and he said: "The prince has received news from the Western Song Dynasty, and the king of the Western Song Dynasty——Suoatu has agreed to the conditions."

Shuoyu put down the pen in his hand: "Oh? Suoatu agreed so soon?" Shuoyu was a little surprised: "He is not always very stubborn, why, could it be possible to add some conditions?"

Fan Wenzi smiled and said: "The emperor is really smart. His request is that we are not allowed to use the supplies from the Western Song Dynasty during the war."

Shuoyu nodded: "What Suoatu is worried about is this... No problem, Brother Wang has already set up a route in the Western Song Dynasty, and a post station has been arranged on this route, and the supplies will be sent there in the future. Shuo Yu took out a locked silver box from the drawer, opened it, and handed Fan Wenzi a piece of parchment.

Fan Wenzi took it and looked down.

The drawing on the map is simple, just pointing out the locations and then connecting them with lines. However, if you study carefully, you will find that most of these locations are areas under less government management in the Western Song Dynasty, although the distance has been extended a bit.

Fan Wenzi murmured: "I'm really prepared and careful."

"In this way, we have a reason to send some troops there." Shuo Yu said: "Suoatu is indeed old, and it's time to consider an heir."

Fan Wenzi smiled slightly: "Before he abdicates, why not take advantage of it."

Immediately, the monarch and his subjects looked at each other and smiled.

After discussing it for a while, Fan Wenzi passed Prime Minister He's letter to Shuoyu: "Recently, the teacher's health has not been very good. If the emperor has time, he should go and see him."

Shuo Yu raised her slender eyebrows: "Is the medicine I sent last time not good?"

Fan Wenzi sighed: "I'm afraid it's overwork, it's better to let the teacher relax as soon as possible."

Shuoyu nodded thoughtfully, "I see."

After Fan Wenzi left, Su Ran entered.

Su Ran said: "Your Majesty, over there in Nanchu, do you still need to take care of the Prince's previous affairs?"

Shuo Yu said, "Didn't they say they found out a long time ago?"

Su Ran took out a letter from his bosom, and said: "This is from the border. Prime Minister He has ordered it before, so I have been sending people to pay attention at the border."

Shuoyu took it, scanned the contents of the letter, and said, "There is movement so soon? It seems that the people in Nanchu should not be underestimated."

Shuoyu tapped the table with her fingertips, and said, "I don't know how far they have gone... If they found out the current identity of Brother Wang, then there is nothing wrong with it."

Su Ran was slightly surprised: "Could it be...not to deal with it?"

Shuoyu read the memorial again, raised her eyebrows and said, "What are you doing with this? If they want to inquire, let them inquire."

Su Ran looked at Shuo Yu and lowered his head to deal with the heavy affairs, and said in a low voice: "I feel that if someone from Southern Chu shakes up the prince's previous life, it may be bad for the royal family."

Shuo Yu shook his head: "They won't, don't worry."

"But..." Su Ran said, "Prime Minister He ordered you to be careful."

Shuoyu said: "Then just pay attention." He casually opened another memorial and carefully read it with his eyes down.

Su Ran backed out quietly.

The night was getting dark and the streets were lit up with lights.

Zhong Yi sat listlessly in the bright and majestic wing room, in front of him was a large table of delicacies exuding tempting aromas.

Fu Sanyi looked hesitant: "Then, did Master tell you to continue playing?"

Zhong Yi shook his head in frustration.

Fu Sanyi sighed.

Yin Zizhong's face was light: "It's just an exam. Court luthiers are not so easy to take the exam. If that's the case, get ready for the next one."

Zhong Yi looked at her hand, the middle finger was wrapped in gauze.

He murmured: "Perhaps it's not going well these days, and playing the piano... has also been revealed as being impetuous. It seems that Master Shi is right." Zhong Yi raised his forehead: "Speaking of it, Master Shi, alas—— "

Seeing the central characters are so depressed, the dishes on the table are all dull.

The three of them sat together, Zhong Yi couldn't bear to ignore their kindness, and still took the food with chopsticks and delivered it to his mouth.

Fu Sanyi said: "No one can succeed once, you must do it next time!" Fu Sanyi took out a small jar of wine from nowhere, and said: "I finally got it, it's called Peach Blossom Brew—no The top is very soft, you try it?"

Without another word, Yin Zizhong handed over the wine bowl.

Fu Sanyi poured a glass, and immediately, the scent of wine overflowed in the room, and it was a kind of sweet floral scent entangled with the mellow wine scent, the color was clear, and the aroma lingered in the nose, very attractive.

Seeing Yin Zizhong narrowing his eyes in enjoyment, Fu Sanyi smiled and said, "How about it? This is authentic peach blossom wine!"

Yin Zi nodded emphatically: "Okay, very good."

Raising his hand again, the wine bowl bottomed out.

Zhong Yi looked at Fu Sanyi curiously, and said, "Is this wine intoxicating?"

Fu Sanyi said: "Not necessarily, it's just that you don't have a headache when you wake up the next day, and whether you're drunk or not...it depends on how much you drink."

Yin Zizhong said: "Zhong Yi, drink."

Zhong Yi looked at the wine bowl that Yin Zizhong handed over, and the sweet aroma of the wine reflected the lights on the ceiling.

The three young people let go of themselves and chatted about their own interesting stories. At first Zhong Yi still didn't dare to drink more, but after that, he just started drinking like crazy.

Yin Zi met again, and signaled Fu Sanyi not to stop him.

Fu Sanyi seems to be able to understand Yin Zizhong's meaning: he is suffering, let him indulge once.

Therefore, Yin Zizhong did not dare to drink too much, for fear that Zhong Yi would drink too much and cause trouble, such as Fu Sanyi who had already started reciting ancient prose backwards, seeing his misty eyes, he knew that it was almost the same.

Yin Zizhong resigned himself to his fate and stood downstairs in Xiheju, looking at Fu Sanyi on the left who walked like a duck, he felt a headache.

He was still carrying Zhongyi on his back, but he was carrying the jar of peach blossom wine in his hand.

Good wine should not be wasted.

After a lot of effort, after listening to Fu Sanyi's ancient prose, Fu Sanyi patted Yin Zizhong's shoulder contentedly: "Good buddy."

He stretched out his hand to touch Huatian who ran out of the room. His smell of alcohol was a bit heavy, but Huatian smelled the sweetness of peach blossoms, flicked his tail, hummed the tune of a cat, and followed Fu Sanyi into the door unsteadily. up.

Yin Zizhong put Zhong Yi on the bed, and seeing his blushing cheeks and dazed eyes, he knew that he was not awake yet, so he fetched water to wipe him off.

Hua Tian came out of Fu Sanyi's room, squatted by Zhong Yi's pillow and looked at it for a while, opened his mouth and yawned, and fell asleep in the cat's nest.

Yin Zizhong washed himself, turned on the light and planned to go to sleep.

Zhong Yi said, "Ah Li, come here."

Yin Zizhong stopped his movements, Zhong Yi's voice was so small that he couldn't hear it clearly, and said, "What?"

Zhong Yi sat up, with long hair hanging down his waist, black and shiny, he turned his delicate face to look at the door, with rosy lips under his slender eyelashes, his appearance made him a little softer.

Yin Zizhong said softly: "What's the matter, miss your brother?"

Zhong Yi's eyes were a little dull, and she lowered her head: "Well, I miss him."

Yin Zizhong sat beside him and said, "He will come back."

Zhong Yi didn't seem to hear it, but asked: "Old Yin, last time you asked me, do men also like men..."

Yin Zizhong's heart beat faster, but he was thinking about when he said this.

Zhong Yi said to herself, "I think, maybe, I like my brother."

"!!!" Yin Zizhong looked into Zhong Yi's confused eyes in shock.

Zhong Yi lowered her head and smiled slightly: "Perhaps, I like it."

Just when Yin Zizhong didn't know what to say, Zhong Yi started crying again, the teardrops seemed to be broken: "But...but why did he leave me...why didn't he tell me, why did it take so long to go... ...Are you really not coming back?"

Seeing Zhong Yi crying, Yin Zizhong felt a little uncomfortable, and comforted him: "No, no."

That night, the smell of wine aroused Zhong Yi's sadness, but made him speak out what was in his heart, and at the same time, made him cry for a long, long time.

Small paragraph:

One day, Huatian came back with a small note in his mouth.

Zhong Li, who was practicing swords, received it first, and Zhong Yi, who was sitting beside him, was dissatisfied: "Hua Tian, ​​why don't you give it to me?"

Hanada let out a "meow".

Zhong Li fed some small dried fish to Huatian from nowhere.

Hanada hurried away.

For a moment, Zhong Li looked at the note with a pensive expression.

Zhong Yi was very curious.

"let me see."

"No."

"Cut, don't watch if you don't look at it."

After a while, Zhong Yi said, "Show me?"

"... There is a request."

Zhong Yi said: "What?!"

Zhong Li curled his lips into a smile, leaning over to his cheek: "Kiss me."

"..."

Seeing the handsome face so close at hand, Zhong Yi couldn't help kissing Zhong Li.

Zhong Li smiled in a good mood, handed him the note generously, turned and left.

Zhong Yi hastily opened the note, only to see that it was written in italics - please collect it? "What do you mean??????" Zhong Yi was puzzled, "Please—collect—hide—Xiao Tingyun? Huh? Who is this?"

A mysterious voice came: "The person who will lead you to find happiness." Zhong Yi: "...Okay, I've saved it, tomorrow, let Ah Li kiss me..."