Lei Yue Longmen

127 The Bird in the Cage

Looking at her floating figure, Cen Zhu felt very helpless.Compared with Lan Yingrou's understanding, gentleness and obedience, this sister of one mother is simply a little devil. Not only is she strong and domineering, but she also likes to surprise people when she does things.If I don't follow her, maybe she will really deal with Lao Chen.

When I returned to Xiling, I saw a person lying on the stone tablet at the intersection, who seemed to be asleep.Curious, Cen Zhu walked over to have a look, and found that it was Wu Jingchai, so he called him: "Young Master?"

"Damn it!" Wu Jingchai suddenly rolled down from the stone tablet, and when he saw it was Cen Zhu, he immediately pointed at her and cursed, "You kid standing there silently, who are you trying to scare?" ?”

"I didn't want to scare anyone?" Cen Zhu had an innocent face, and then he saw him? Sweat dripping on his forehead. It was a bit strange, "Young Lord, are you alright?"

"What can I do? Son?"

"Aren't you going to Xiling to visit the second princess?"

"That's right, that's right, I'm going to see it now." He flicked his sleeves, straightened his clothes, and walked forward confidently.However, before raising his feet, his eyes slanted and he caught sight of Cen Zhu, "Are you going to Xiling too?"

"Yes, but I want to rest here for a while, please first!" Cen Zhu planned to sort things out before going back.So he leaned on the place where Wu Jingchai had been lying down before, and was in a daze.

Wu Jingchai frowned as he looked at the long and secluded royal road in front of him, took two steps back, and turned around.He hesitated and said: "Forget it, I won't go to see her? Anyway, I can't see her without looking up, so you go and say it for me. Just say that I have been here."

After finishing speaking, he was about to go back along the Shinto path. Cen Zhu hurriedly called him, and kindly reminded him: "Young Lord, you'd better not go back now, that Princess Lanque is pulling King Dun and Cheng What about Wang’s storytelling? I can’t finish it for a while. Why don’t you wait for her to finish telling the story before going.”

Wu Jingchai stopped, and turned around, "You're right. You're right. I thought so a long time ago." Wu Jingchai found a step and jumped up to the stone tablet. .

Cen Zhuo smiled, guessing him a little bit? Why are you so flustered, probably because he was listening to a story? He heard too much.Pretending to be ignorant, he said with a smile: "I've rested, and I'm going to Xiling now, Young Master, do you want to go together?"

"Okay!" Seeing her throwing an olive branch, Wu Jingchai immediately abandoned his previous position and quickly followed her.

"Why doesn't the young master have a guard with him?"

"Hey, Xiaoliu has to let me out and keep an eye on Princess Lanque. Otherwise, I can't get away." Wu Jingchai was honest and walked for a while looking forward and backward.Cen Zhuo suddenly squatted down on the spot, and apologized to him, "I'm sorry, I got sand in my shoe, and I took it out. You go first, and I'll catch up to you later."

Wu Jingchai didn't suspect him, so he walked ahead.The further inward the royal road of the Xiling Mausoleum is, the denser the shade of the trees on both sides, and in some areas the trees on both sides meet at the top of the head, forming arch holes one after another.In addition, some of the leaves on the trees have already started to turn yellow, reflecting each other with the green leaves, which is a rare and beautiful sight for ordinary people.But for the young master who just heard the exciting story, only one word came to mind, why is this place so like Huangquan Road?

They couldn't help slowing down their pace and waited for Cen Zhu to catch up with him.But after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement behind.The young master had no choice but to turn his head to look, and found that the area he had just passed was empty, where there was half a figure, only the autumn wind swept over the fallen leaves on the floor tiles, making a "rustling" sound.

People... people?Am I dazzled?Or...or was it blindfolded by something.

He was fixed on the ground, not daring to move, so he maintained this movement for a long time.It felt like a gust of evil wind had penetrated into the sleeves, causing the clothes to make a strange sound of whirring.

Suddenly there was a sound of "swipe", the branches behind him trembled, and the young master turned his head reflexively, and saw countless leaves circling and falling down, as if the sky had fallen, some of them fell on him... Eyes?, completely blocking the line of sight.Little Hou Ye felt as if he was being buried alive, so he flicked off the leaves in a panic, but more leaves fell on his face.It was like a hailstorm, you couldn't hide from it, and it just hit them in the face.For a moment, I really felt like falling into Skynet, tired of coping, and about to suffocate.

At this moment, a series of female laughter suddenly came from an unknown direction, "Giggle!"

A cold, creepy sneer that seemed to seep from the ground.

The little Hou Ye shivered, and felt something standing behind him, staring at him.A cool breath ran along their backs and suddenly climbed up to the top of their heads, and they subconsciously felt that their souls were leaving their bodies and flying limply to high places.

At this moment, another voice was heard: "Young Master, what are you doing?"

It was Cen Zhu's voice.He turned his head slowly, and saw Cen Zhu still squatting at the place where he took out his shoes just now, staring at him curiously.Doesn't seem to understand him? Why did you "open your teeth and show your claws" just now?

Wu Jingchai didn't speak, but looked at her vigorously again. It was true that she was still picking out her shoes on the spot.He? Feels like his mind is in a mess. Could it be that what he saw and heard just now were hallucinations?

"Did you...did you hear something just now?"

"what?"

"A... woman's... laughter."

"Didn't you laugh?"

"I laughed? I didn't laugh! Did you laugh?"

As soon as the words fell, both of them saw the frightened look on each other's faces, and suddenly "ah", they both spread their scud legs and ran towards Xiling in panic.

They rushed into the gate of Xiling in one breath, "Hurry up, close the door!" The two of them pushed a door, slapped the royal road outside the door, and leaned against the door. Up?, panting.

Hearing the movement, Yuezhong? and "Lanxi" came over, "What's wrong with you?" Wu Jingchai didn't care who it was, and burst into tears while hugging each other, "Master, have I never done anything wrong in my life? Ah, Why did I encounter such a thing? Son! Father, mother, come and save me!"

Wu Tianji quietly looked at Wu Jingchai's mournful appearance, and really wanted to give him a kick in the ass to embarrass him here.

Yue Zhong was stunned, "What's going on? What happened? Master Cen?"

"Rong, let me slow down and drink some water first!"

Cen Zhu ran back to his "temporary room", closed the door with a "slap", hugged his belly, and almost laughed himself to death. This Wu Jingchai looked very dandy, and he was not afraid of anything. So easy to cheat!

But she?hadn't finished laughing when a person suddenly came out from the shadow of the room, "My God!" Her legs gave way, and she immediately sat on the ground in fright, her butt hit the floor, and she wanted to cry flowed out.

"what happened to you?"

Seeing her lying on the ground with her back on her back, the man asked with a frown.

"I'm going, it turned out to be you, you scared me to death." Cen Zhu recognized Li Jingchen, and he had a false alarm, clutching his chest and panting.Want to stand up, but the result? Sitting down again, "I can't get up, give me a hand."

Li Jingzhu stretched out his cold fingers, and Cen Zhuo pulled her to stand up, patted the mud on her body, still breathing a little, panting, "Why are you here?"

Li Jingchen didn't answer in a hurry, he stretched his hand to the back of her neck, and squeezed out a withered yellow leaf from her neckline.When Cen Zhu saw the fallen leaves, he was shocked, and thought to himself: "It's really dangerous. Fortunately, Wu Jingchai didn't see it, otherwise it would be exposed."

"Am I here for something? I want to tell you, do you know the whereabouts of Steward Chen?"

Cen Zhu suddenly realized, "You came to tell me about Lao Chen's arrest? Right?"

Li Jingchen raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, "You know?"

"Well, it was Lou Manguan who gave me the letter."

"Then what are you going to do with it?" Li Jingchen went back to the table and sat down, Cen Zhu also went over and stepped over the stool to pour water.Just after eating, she was so frightened again. She was already dying of thirst and drank several cups in a row.

Li Jingchen seemed to think about it for a moment, and said: "This matter? If Lan Que can let go of his mouth, it will be much easier. Right now Princess Lan Que is in the imperial tomb. If you want to go, I can get someone to help you Introduction."

Cen Zhu gulped down his saliva and said with a smile, "No need? I've already been there."

"Been there?" Li Jingchen didn't seem to believe it.

"Yes." Cen Zhu said with a smile: "I just got the news, and I went to see that Princess Lanque. Although she is small, she is very good at talking. I explained the whole story to her, and she decided not to do it." Don't worry about it. So, you don't have to worry about it for me. It's all settled."

Although Li Jingchen was still suspicious, but when he heard that the matter was resolved and she looked so happy, he was also infected with joy, and smiled with curled lips.

When Cen Zhu saw her charming smile, he couldn't resist it in an instant. He moved the stool towards her, and got closer. Rubbing and rubbing like a puppy.

Li Jing's neck felt a little itchy, and he patted the back of her bulging head lightly to stop her from acting up.

"Don't move!"

"It's so comfortable!"

Li Jingchen glanced at her, then raised his hand to wrap around her head, making it easier for her to lean on.

"Fei Li, if? In the future, you find out that I have concealed something from you, but I didn't deliberately conceal it from you. Will you be angry with me?"

Li Jingchen plucked one of her ears, pressed it down, and it grew back automatically.After thinking about it, "Well, no, everyone has some secrets in their hearts that they don't want others to know. As long as they are concealed out of good intentions, I don't mind."

"You are so kind." Cen Zhu sighed sincerely, and then said sincerely: "Being able to meet you made me feel that every decision I made before was correct, and I will never regret it."

"Really?" Questioning tone.

Cen Zhu thought of something, and quickly expressed his feelings, "Of course, leaving you five years ago is my only fault. This has already been determined and will never be reversed!"

Li Jingchen let out a "hum", put his hands on her? back, and poked her chin hard in her neck.Xun sighed comfortably again, "Cen Zhuo, do you know that the East Palace is actually a big cage, and everyone who enters the cage has to live in the cage. The cage can protect you, but it can also restrict you. When I first entered the cage, For a while, everything lives according to the rules in the cage. So is marriage, so is freedom. Because I know that as long as I do that, everyone in the cage will be satisfied?"

When Cen Zhu heard her say that she was in the cage, she felt a little distressed, and that was exactly the case. Since she entered the East Palace, she couldn't control many things.The price of rights is freedom. When you are pushed to the center of the crowd, life is destined to no longer belong to one person.

Li Jingchen felt her tighten her arms, and instead patted her on the back comfortingly, "But later I found out that this cage was not even my own, it belonged to my brother. Since he was born From the beginning, every iron wire in this cage was extended and reinforced to adapt to their growth. Tai Fu is my brother's Tai Fu, the counselor is my brother's counselor, and the staff is also my brother's staff. They? Formed a powerful East Palace, strong enough to reject other people's intervention. My entry enabled them to maintain their original appearance and maintain the original order. So in their hearts, even No matter how well I do, I’m just a substitute for my brother.”

"But even so, I never thought of leaving the cage. Because I know that even if it is a substitute, such an opportunity is very rare. I also admit that I desire power, desire to be the master of the world, and desire to be listed in the history books. Leave your own name. Therefore, no matter how vast the world outside the cage is, if it can't help me realize my ideal, I don't envy it."

"The only time I longed to escape from the cage was when you left me that year. I thought, if? I can save you? I don't want anything. I drop everything and fly away with you. But I'm glad that I couldn't find you in the end. Back to you. I was only 19 years old at that time, an age easily seduced by love. I knew clearly that if I found you, I might really leave everything behind and go with you. Regardless of my ideals, my Aspirations, my family, my unwillingness. So now, even if I have you, I am still a whining, ordinary woman full of complaints."

"Of course, I have also thought about it. There is nothing wrong with being an ordinary woman. There is nothing wrong with rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. Others can do it, why can't I do it? But do you know? I tried it in a small kitchen for a day, cutting vegetables At that time, I was thinking that tomorrow the Ministry of Household Affairs will go down to inspect the prices of grain and vegetables. Who should Donggong recommend to go? You can’t pick old fried sticks, and you can’t pick strangers. You have to pick some officials who are upright and experienced; When I was cooking, I thought about the flood in the upper reaches of the Ruijiang River, how to resettle the refugees? I have to write a note later and pass it to my father. Also, last year's drought in the Zhuohe River, I don't know how the local officials provided relief. Are you done? I have to send a censor down to Weibo for a private visit. In the end, the vegetables were not cut very well, and the frying was messy. Yun Zhong and Yun Zai ate a few mouthfuls, did not say any comments, and did not make any expressions .At that time, I knew that I could no longer adapt to the life of daily necessities, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea. Even if I am at the stove, my heart is..." Jiaguo.

Before she finished speaking, Cen Zhu let out a "poof" laugh, which then turned into a muffled laugh.Laughing until he leaned back and closed, he waited for a long time before saying: "You still say I am funny, you are the one, okay! You even go to the small kitchen to cook, you should use ink to fry memorials? Hahahaha! The most ridiculous thing is , Yun Zai Yun Zhong didn't speak, how unpalatable is that? Hahahaha!"

"If you laugh again, I won't say anything."

"Okay, I won't laugh anymore! Say it, say it." It was the first time for Cen Zhu to hear her speak such a long word. He pursed his mouth hard, but disobedient gas still spewed out.Li Jingchen looked at her holding her stomach and holding back her laughter, her thoughts were completely interrupted, and she said angrily, "Stop talking!"

However, it is really not reconciled not to say it, after all, so much has been said.To cut a long story short.

Staring at her with wide eyes: "The reason why I tell you so much is to tell you that last time you left, I wanted to go to find you, but if you leave again in the future, I will definitely not Go find you again. Because you left, it proves that you and I are not like-minded people, I won't...you laugh again, I really won't say anything!" She stood up angrily.

"Okay! I won't laugh anymore." Cen Zhu hurriedly pulled her down, "Didn't you see that I laughed because I was a little sad? If... I really left, don't you really want to stop laughing?" Did you find me?"

Li Jingchen pursed his lips, and before his eyes turned red, he put his chin over her shoulder, put his hands around her neck tightly, and said with a little aggrieved: "Then you should never leave."

"Okay. If? Other? The wish of a bird is to fly out of the cage, and my wish is to be able to sit in the cage with you forever. Wherever you are, I will fly there. I will never be apart for the rest of my life."

§Volume [-] The Jade Bell Ringing in Xiashan§

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