Chu Lang

In June, Jinling, Anyang Palace.

Two boys around seven or eight years old were playing in the yard full of osmanthus trees. If you looked carefully, you would find that the two children looked almost alike.

After playing for a while, one of the boys suddenly remembered something, stopped what he was doing, and asked the other: "Brother, did you understand the article my father asked me to recite yesterday? He said that he will take the exam when he comes back from morning court today." us."

"Yes, but I'm not very familiar with it yet." As he spoke, the elder brother stuttered and began to recite, "Yuzhang's old county, Hongdu's new mansion. The stars are divided into Yizhen, and the ground is connected...what are you going to pick up?"

The man had just returned to the mansion when he saw two jade-like children reciting books in the yard shaking their heads. He couldn't help but remind him: "The ground connects to Henglu. Qi'er, you recited it very well, but you still need to memorize it a few more times." If you memorize the meaning, you won’t forget the following halfway through the recitation.”

When Chu Qi and Chu Lin saw the man, they chattered out all the words they had saved for a day, and flew towards him.

"Father, you are back. Elder Brother Qingsong said that today the emperor will leave you to discuss matters. We thought you would come back very late." It was Chu Qi who said this respectfully.

"Father, I haven't memorized the article yet, can you give me a few more days?" It was Chu Lin who said this with a hippie smile.

The man had a child in his arms and answered their questions very patiently.

Anyone who sees the picture of loving father and filial son will feel envious.

Chu Yue also felt very relieved when she saw the two children who gathered beside her like chicken cubs.

It's just... how great it would be if Lin Yuan could be here too.

Even though Linyuan is already ten years old, I don't know how tall he is, whether he looks like me, and...does that person treat him well?

Sometimes Chu Yue would also dream about Linyuan, and the boy in the dream looked seven parts like herself and three parts like that person.He always called his father sweetly, he was very well-behaved, not as noisy as Chu Qi and Chu Lin.

After floating clouds, the water flowed for ten years.

Ten years ago, just after Lin Yuan was born, he took the Guixi Pill and left Chang'an, and went to the grassland with Tang Zhong.Chu Yue was weak since childhood, and became even weaker after giving birth. It took him more than a year to fully return to normal.

During the days of cultivation, he always walked out of the tent alone at night, looking up at the thousands of stars.In the vast universe, he is so small, as small as a speck of dust.Compared with this night sky, the yearning for Linyuan seems to be insignificant.Relying on this idea, he survived the first year.

After his body recovered, he said goodbye to Tang Zhong and left the grassland.Just as Gurzhen said back then, no one can accompany anyone for a lifetime, and the day when he and Tang Zhong will be separated is inevitable.Chu Yue took Mo Zhu and Qing Song together from Beili to Nanzhao, went to many places, saw many scenery, and met many people.

Until one day, he inexplicably received a letter from his fourth brother at the posthouse.

He didn't know how the fourth brother knew that he was still alive, let alone how he found himself.But the contents of the letter made him immediately pack his bags and return to his long-lost "home".

His father was seriously ill, his second elder brother Chu Chen was under house arrest, and Chu Jue tried to force the palace to usurp the throne.

He returned to Jinling as the sixth prince, and under the pseudonym Chu Yu, rescued the second brother together with the fourth brother, and imprisoned the third brother in the prison.

When the old emperor was dying, he asked to see his youngest son who was sent to a neighboring country to be married by himself.

Standing in front of the sick bed, Chu Yue looked at this old man in his dying years, feeling a little sad.He once, very, very much wanted to be loved by this old man, and would do anything for him.But when he was framed by his third brother, his father didn't even give him a chance to defend himself.

With the last sliver of clear mind, the old man said to his young son: "I... just because I am afraid that you will repeat the mistakes of your elder brother. Jue'er and the courtiers sent you to Beili... It was not my original intention. Yue'er , forgive dad...will you?"

Nanzhao's eldest prince, Chu Ying, had passed away before Chu Yue could remember.

He committed suicide because of a man and was pregnant with his child when he died.

After that, the old emperor hated Duanxiu to the core.

But these are all what Chu Yue heard from her second brother later.

Standing at the foot of Zijin Mountain, Chu Yue watched her father's coffin being carried to the imperial mausoleum step by step by the palace people. Suddenly, she understood everything her father feared - he was just afraid that he would witness the death of a son again.

But...how could my father have expected his experience in leaving the country in the future?

The day before Chu Jue's execution was lightly rained, Chu Yue carried an oil-paper umbrella to the prison to see her half-brother for the last time.

"You sent Peony?" Chu Yue lowered her head, looking at Chu Jue who was sitting in the straw with pity.

Chu Jue didn't even raise his head, just sneered, and then said: "You are wrong, Mudan is never mine. Your return will do me harm instead of benefit, so why should I deal with you?"

"Think about it yourself, who will benefit the most when you come back?" After saying this, Chu Jue didn't talk to Chu Yue again.

Chu Yue understood.

He looked at the third brother for a moment, this man has been fighting for a lifetime, using all available methods, but in the end he was still imprisoned in this small cell, letting him be his mermaid.

Is the word "quan" really so important?

Later, Chu Jue asked to beheaded, and Chu Chen ascended the throne.

On the day of enthronement, the fourth brother got up early and ran to find him.

Among the elder brothers, only the fourth elder brother, Chu Yu, treated him well without any impurities. Even Qingsong was sent by Chu Yue to take care of him when Chu Yue returned to the palace.

"Second brother can be regarded as enthroned." Chu Yu was in his 20s, smiling like a child.

Chu Yue laughed at him: "Second brother ascends the throne, why is fourth brother so happy?"

"Oh, for most of my life, I've only worried about my second brother." Chu Yu sat down on Chu Yue's bed with her legs crossed, and said, "It makes me happy to see him ascend the throne. Ziyu , do you have any wine here?"

Chu Yue also sat across from him, and said, "Fourth brother, after the enthronement ceremony, if you drink alcohol, I'm afraid you will be punished by second brother."

"Oh, boring." Chu Yu complained.

Chuhong has always been an interesting person, and his personality is similar to Gurjin in some ways.But Guer's "out of tune" is more of a disguise, while Chu Yu is an instinct.

Jiutianchang opens the palace, and all nations pay homage to Mianqi.

Nine layers of jade steps are piled up, and the officials file in.As the heroes who assisted Chu Chen in ascension to the throne of God, Chu Yu and Chu Yue were on the left and right.

"Second Brother... No, I have to call you Brother Huang from today. Brother Huang, why isn't it over yet?" The ceremony of offering sacrifices to the heavens was cumbersome and complicated. Chu Yu, who has always been informal, took a break and complained to Chu Chen .

Chu Chen was in a very good mood today, and he never blamed Chu Yu for being impatient. Instead, he leaned slightly, raised the corner of his mouth and said to him, "What's the hurry, this is just the beginning."

At this time, both Chu Yue and Chu Chen were facing Chu Chen, and no one had noticed that there was a military general approaching Chu Chen quietly from behind.

"Second brother, be careful—"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of swords piercing into flesh and blood.

Chu Chen was unharmed, because Chu Yu stood behind him.

"Fourth Brother—"

The general was subdued by the guards, but Chu Yu was injured in the heart and lungs, vomiting blood profusely.

"Second brother, Ziyu, please help me take good care of Tao Niang...don't let her suffer."

In Chu Yu's life, apart from his two brothers, there was only one Su Tao who cared about him.

In just half a month, his father died, the third brother was killed, and the fourth brother was assassinated.In the bustling family, only two brothers are left to depend on each other.

When he first came to the throne, Chu Chen was too busy to take care of himself, let alone take care of Tao Niang.Chu Yue consciously accepted the order of the fourth brother, and ran to the fourth brother's house when she had time.

Su Tao lost her husband not long after she gave birth, and she couldn't afford it immediately.

Chu Yue had given birth to a baby herself, but she had never taken care of such a small baby herself.Looking at the two children left behind by his fourth brother, he couldn't help but think about Lin Yuan, wondering if Lin Yuan would cry in anxiety if he took a sip of milk like this when he was a child, and whether his face would be full when he was full. All with a smile.

A few months later, Tao Niang died, and the two children were completely raised in Chu Yue's mansion.

Chu Yue taught them to speak and walk, trying to make up for the life he missed in Linyuan through the two young children.

Two years after Chu Chen ascended the throne, Wuxi was in turmoil. He was suspicious by nature, afraid that the remnants of the third prince and his party would not be cleared up, so he dared not easily hand over the military power to others, so he gave the military amulet to Chu Yue who was at home with children. .

Chu Yue took Mo Zhu back to the battlefield after a long absence.

His broken wings finally grow back.

Aspiring to eat Dongyi meat hungry, laughing and drinking Nanman blood thirsty.With 36 elite soldiers, it took him less than half a year to step through the miasma and sweep [-] tribes of Wuxi barbarians, becoming famous in the first battle.

After the class teacher returned to the court, he was named the king of Anyang, with a heavy army in his hand.However, Anyang is located at the junction of Zhaoguo and Beili, and the two countries have been fighting constantly because of the ownership issue. Chu Chen set Chu Yue's fiefdom in Anyang, which has a deep meaning, and it can be said that the benevolent sees the benevolent and the wise sees the wisdom.

But on the whole, Chu Yue's life after returning to Jinling was quite comfortable.On weekdays, he took care of the children at home, went to the school grounds to practice soldiers, went to the last morning court on the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, and went to Qinghe Mountain to play chess and chat with his master during the holidays.

At least, on the surface, it couldn't be more wanton.

However, only he himself knows that sometimes he still dreams that the young man in brocade clothes in Chang'an city is holding his hand, rubbing it carefully, and at the same time swearing and imagining their future.

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After the clouds parted, the water flowed for ten years. ——Wei Yingwu's "Happy Meeting with the Old Man of Liangchuan on the Huai River"

Nine days are closed and the palace is opened, and the clothes and crowns of all nations worship the crown. ——Wang Wei's "He Jia Sheren's Works in the Early Dynasty of the Daming Palace"