Lei Yue Longmen

In the new year, there is joy everywhere.Only Cen Zhuo's private courtyard was deserted.Because the house was too far away from the street, even the nearest firecrackers reached her ears, only a muffled sound remained.On this day, she woke up in the morning and was carried out to bask in the sun at noon. She didn't show her temper at all, and obediently obeyed Gu Qing's arrangements the whole time.Even Qingyuan praised her with satisfaction, Gu Qing was both happy and worried.Some time ago, Cen Zhu's "bad behavior" left a big shadow on her.

Everyone thought that if she thought about it, she would face the rest of her life well, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.Gu Qing faintly felt that this was not the case.When feeding her medicine at noon, she kept looking at the door, as if she wanted to go out, but also seemed eager for someone to come.When he saw that his eyes were tired, there was a knock on the door, and it was Qin Liang who came all the way to Weiyang City.There was a hint of disappointment in Cen Zhu's eyes, but when he saw the small thing that was as big as a woodpecker's head he handed to him, a faint smile appeared on his face.

It was an ocarina with only six holes, and it was purple sand in color. It was lying on its side in Qin Liang's hand and could be grasped with just one slap.

Cen Zhu only watched with his eyes, sitting on a special chair, with his hands sandwiched between the wooden boards fixed on the armrests on both sides. The armrests were tilted forward, and two long cylindrical small barrels filled with medicinal liquid were fixed at the end. , Cen Zhu's hand and most of his forearm were hidden in the small barrel.

Looking at her current appearance, Qin Liang couldn't help but have red eyes. He suppressed his grief and put the ocarina on the small table in front of her.

"This is... such a beautiful ocarina, but unfortunately I can't play it now!" Cen Zhu said pretending to be relaxed, the grayness in his eyes flashed away.

A flash of sadness flashed through Qin Liang's heart, but he still persisted. He pushed the ocarina to the middle, "Wait? I'll play after you're done, six holes first. I asked the lady, and she said that as long as you practice regularly, your fingers will be fine. You can restore flexibility. Wait? After you finish practicing, practice eight holes, ten holes, ten or two holes... step by step... it will be as good as before."

Cen Zhu did not hide his hand from him, because to track down the whereabouts of the man in black, one more person would give him more power.What's more, there are not many people she can really trust now.

It's just that Cen Zhu didn't have the enthusiasm he imagined, instead he was a little bit uninterested.recover?She wanted to recover her fingers even in her dreams, but now she couldn't move them, and she felt nothing below the wrists, no cold, no pain, and no hands.This feeling has lasted for two months, and the restlessness and despair in my heart cannot be understood by others.She used to watch Pei Yan after his severed hand with cold eyes, and regarded his crazy state as a bad and perverse nature. Now that she has experienced it herself, she understands the pain that she can't feel unless the pole hits her.

She felt like she was going crazy too!

All the resentment in my life has been accumulated into a fire in my chest, wanting to crush the murderer to ashes!

If I don't kill these despicable people in the dark, and don't tear them into pieces, I will never be able to extinguish the hatred in her heart!

Seeing that her face was livid, Gu Qing seemed about to get angry again, and couldn't help panicking.But she endured it masochistically, and just tilted her head, as if sitting very uncomfortable.

Seeing this, Gu Qing helped her lower the backrest a little, raised the armrest a little, and asked her, "Is this comfortable?" Cen Zhu nodded, and lay on the chair half-backed.Qin Liang couldn't help at the side, so he had to stay away a little bit and watched? The upright chair became a half-upright, and Cen Zhu's elbows were raised or lowered dexterously with the armrests, but the elbows The bottom has been clinging to the armrest without moving, and the wrist is still immersed in the bucket without any leakage. I can't help but secretly thank and admire the maker of this chair.

Cen Zhu lay down, was blown by the wind, felt a little cold, and sneezed lightly.Gu Qing lifted up the quilt around her waist, tucked it into her armpits, and wrapped the cloak around her neck to protect her neck.After finishing, Cen Zhu suddenly watched quietly? She said, "Thank you!"

Gu Qing's expression froze for a moment, and she just wanted to cry for a moment, but she was afraid of arousing Cen Zhu's sadness, so she just smiled slightly? Shaking her head, she asked, "Is it still... cold?"

Cen Zhu also shook his head.Qin Liang watched from the side, and sighed sadly.

"Brother, why did you come here? Isn't it forbidden to leave the capital?" Cen Zhu asked him suddenly, remembering that his case was not over yet and he was restricted from leaving the capital.

"Don't you know? After winter, the Empress Dowager became seriously ill and never recovered. The Emperor took advantage of New Year's Day to pardon the whole world and pray for the Empress Dowager. Those who have committed crimes will be reduced to a lesser degree. The restrictions on me are natural. It’s over. I’ll come to Weiyang to see you as soon as possible.”

"Oh..." Cen Zhu secretly thought that the Empress Dowager was seriously ill, Li Jingzhu and other princes and princesses would usually go to the palace to attend to the sick, so it's normal not to be able to come, so he felt a little relieved.

"Besides, it will be your twenty-seventh birthday in two days. I will come to see you again. I promised my aunt that I would protect you for ten years, twenty years, thirty years... and now It's been twenty years, Ah Zheng..." Qin Liang had the illusion that time flies, as if he met the mother and daughter of the Cen family just yesterday.

Speaking of mother, Cen Zhu's sadness came to her heart again, until Qin Liang left, she still couldn't restrain the deep pain in her heart.When Gu Qing changed her medicine, he gently took out the two white and deformed hands from the medicine liquid.Cen Zhu stared blankly at the ugly skin that had grown out of the fracture, and said in confusion, "When my mother shaved my hair, she said, 'Although my body is hair-skinned by my parents, my mother shaved it for you, so I won't lose my hair." It’s not filial. But in the future, Xiaozheng still can’t easily damage his body, otherwise mother will be in trouble no matter whether she is in the sky or on the ground...'"

Gu Qing's eyes turned red, and she heard her say again: "Master said, all sentient beings are past parents and future Buddhas. Even if they hurt me, kill me, slander me, I must refrain from anger and anger, and forgive me." Because what I receive today is the cause of the previous life, and what I do today is the result of the future life. If there is no going to go, I will enter Nirvana. I think I must have been a treacherous, evil, and wolf-hearted person in my previous life, so that I can have today’s results. Evil retribution. Otherwise, the Buddha is wrong. Human beings have no previous life, let alone rebirth. Enmity in this life is for the current life. Those who slander me, I should also slander them. Those who hurt me and kill me, I should also kill with vengeance. No! Otherwise, it will hurt the loved ones, and the enemies will be quickened! Do you think so?"

Gu Qing was speechless, looking at her in a daze, there was a hint of palpitation and worry.

When sending Qin Liang out, he said, "Are you wondering why I gave her the ocarina at this time?"

He sighed a long time at that time, his expression was full of memories, "When we were young, we lived on Yangjiao Mountain. Every day before dawn, we had to climb to the top of the mountain to ring the morning bell in turn, and we had to ring the evening bell again in the evening. Then We used to think it was too troublesome to go up and down the mountain twice, so we stayed on the top of the mountain for a day after ringing the morning bell. We did the homework assigned by Master on the mountain. Every time we finished the homework, she would climb to the tattered pole in the bell pavilion. On the bell and pestle, climb the rope to look at Kyoto. Sometimes I will sit in the middle of the wood, take out the ocarina and play a song quietly.

That ocarina was discarded by a family when we were begging for alms in a village under the mountain. It was already very old, and the edges were still damaged.She asked others to beg for it, and patched up the damage with mud herself, so that she could still blow it.At that time we were very poor, and we had wandered for many years before we settled down in the Yangjiao Temple. Our respective monk robes were covered with patches, and we didn't know how to mend them any longer.But she can always enjoy herself.She is very talented in blowing the xun, and she can play nice tunes as soon as she gets started.After ringing the evening bell every day, when the sun sets and the evening glow rises, she will sit on the swinging wooden pestle and play a song.

At that time, I stood at the foot of the mountain and listened to her music.Sometimes there is a gentle breeze, sometimes it is mixed with crows, and sometimes it is accompanied by the sound of bells.

At that time, she often played a very familiar tune to the distance.She said that her mother often hummed that song before she was alive, and every time she listened to this song, she could feel that mother was still waiting there? She came back..."

"Gu Qing, can you understand? A child who has left his hometown and has no one to rely on can only express his longing for his mother in this way. This is her only sustenance...and it was destroyed like this!"

When he spoke, water filled his eyes, "No one has the right to do this! I must catch that person. Gu Qing, can you understand me?"

Gu Qing nodded at the time to express his understanding, but when he saw the hatred in Cen Zhu's eyes, he was suddenly slightly shaken.

"Sister, Sister, Sister, Sister..."

Wu Jingchai rushed all the way into Lingxi Palace, looking for Li Jingchen as if something important happened.Seeing that my old lady was also here, I ran back immediately!

"Stop!" the princess shouted to stop him.

Before Wu Jingchai lifted his feet, he knew he couldn't run away, so he turned his head awkwardly, "Mother..."

"What are you running for?" The eldest princess in an apricot-yellow gown sat on a chair, and when she turned around while talking, the Linglang ornaments on her body made a ringing sound.

"Me?" He pretended to be stupid and pointed at himself, "...I didn't run away?"

Li Pingzhu saw through him at a glance, and he couldn't get out of his anger. He stretched out his finger and pointed at him, "You said you didn't run away, and you will fly away if you are more sloppy! Tell me! What happened?!"

Li Pingzhu was choking when he spoke, and seemed to be overwhelmed.Wu Jingchai knew that it must be thanks to the old queen mother. Every time she went to the palace to pay a visit to the queen mother, her mother would get fat three times, like a cannonball about to explode.When he came back, he spread fire on the Wu family father and son.But I didn't expect that the old lady was ill this time, and her ability to stab people did not weaken.Now that his father is not around, he can only live alone.Alas, why bother, bad luck hit the muzzle.

"No... It's New Year's Eve, what can I do? I just came to chat with Sister Huang! By the way, where is Sister Huang? Why don't you see her?"

"You think I'm stupid, don't you?" The eldest princess glared, and stood up to pull his ears. Wrapped in Wu Jingchai? The thick fox fur was as heavy as a bear, but fortunately, she was nimble, running around and dodging, he knew Li Pingzhu couldn't run in a dress, and even jumped up and down without bounds.Anyway, if you wear it thickly, even if you drop your buttocks, it can bounce back quickly.

Li Jingxi was knocking from the side, and Guazi giggled. The pale yellow dress was wrapped in a scarlet-like cloak, which made his whole face more bright and charming.He smiled and said, "Sister is still in the Empress Dowager's Palace! Why are you looking for her?"

"Huh? Sister Huang is accompanying the Queen Mother, why don't you go?" Wu Jingchai stopped for a while, quickly glanced at the eldest princess, and said "Oh—" with a penetrating expression.He should have thought about it a long time ago, her old mother and Li Jingxi were said to be the most unpopular female duo with the Empress Dowager Yan, so they must have seized the opportunity to stay cool and stay.Sister Huang is the most unlucky, she can neither be willful and mischievous like Li Jingxi and not go to the sick, nor can she be like Li Pingzhu, just look at it to avoid embarrassment.As the crown princess, this is not good, there is no freedom at all.

"Princess, the emperor welcomes you!"

Li Pingzhu, who was tired from chasing him, flicked his sleeves, "humph", "Wait? I'll settle the score with you later!"

After she left, the little marquis finally breathed a sigh of relief, his head was so hot that he was sweating.He unbuttoned the black fox fur under the collar, revealing the deep blue coat with a cross-collar underneath.Huqiu was handed over to Liufeng for temporary care, and went straight to Li Jingchen's small table to grab some fruit to eat.After taking off his shoes, he put his legs on the kang, peeled chestnuts and said, "Hey, let me tell you something!"

"Finally, listen!" Li Jingchen leaned his body on the back pillow, assuming he was listening attentively.

In fact, since she fell ill in winter, her body has not improved much, and she always has intermittent fever.That's why the emperor specially exempted her from going to pay her respects.On the surface, he was afraid that the queen mother would be infected with her bad luck and her illness would get worse, but in fact, it was the other way around.The emperor was sympathetic to the baby's second daughter's unhealed body, and was afraid that she would have another conflict with the queen mother, and she would be wronged for no reason.With her unyielding temperament, she will not be able to think about her body when the time comes.

"I got some very bad news about...Cen Zhuo." He emphasized the name of that person, and Zhu'er, who was careless at first, let go of his lazy sleepy eyes, revealing a bit of vigilant doubt.

"What's wrong?"

"I heard..." Wu Jingchai lowered his voice and said, "Cen Zhu is actually a woman, and she is the daughter of Cen Zhi, the former censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who disappeared for no reason [-] years ago."

"Where did you hear the rumor?" Li Jingxi frowned, feeling that something was wrong.

The author has something to say:

The Xun was changed to an ocarina. Considering that Cen Zhuo is a character who enjoys himself more, and the sound of the Xun is more mournful, playing the mourning Xun all day is not very similar to her style.Change to a slightly brisk ocarina.

PS I recommend listening to the ocarina song "Original Scenery of Hometown" by Japanese ocarina master Sojiro.This should be the Expose Age series.