walk to the water

Chu Xiang also thought that the eunuchs had compared him with those concubines who fell out of favor in the palace just now, and they had a sense of sympathy and pity. He couldn't help laughing, and felt an unspeakable deep shame. The concubine who was thrown into the cold palace.But I, Chu Xiang, was originally a man of seven feet. It is a great shame to be crushed under the body of an Israeli. How can I be tempted by the emperor of the enemy country who humiliated me?

Chu Xiang guessed that with his embarrassing status, if he refused to work for Fu Ling, he would lose interest in his own body, and he would either die or give it to Fu Ming. And never live another day.He didn't intend to live on, but he had to find something to do before he died.

Since Chu Xiang met Fu Ming last time, he had privately connected with the guard named Wang whom he said.The name of the guard was Wang Yuan, and he had been in the palace for less than two years. There was a distant cousin who worked in Fu Ming's mansion, so Fu Ming bribed him through his cousin. Although Wang Yuan was not good-looking, he was very alert .Chu Xiang thought to himself that he must have told Fu Ming about the situation of his "falling out of favor", but he didn't dare to meet Fu Ming rashly, so he only asked the guard to send two letters to express his lovesickness, and hold on for now Fu Ming.Fu Ming still just told him to wait without saying anything else.

Seeing that Li Yuan's servants didn't care about his own behavior, Chu Xiang calmed down, pondered over the tactics of war he had learned before, summed up his experience in leading troops in battle, and used the chessboard as a sand table, using black and white chess pieces as a confrontation The two sides repeatedly deduced the possible offensive side of the Qin army and the corresponding defensive strategy of the Zhou army in the decisive battle across the river. Whenever it reached a critical point, Chu Xiang often spent day and night forgetting to eat and sleep.He quietly took down the summaries of his experience over the years and compiled them into a book of war, but he couldn't send it out, so he had to take advantage of the dead of night to wrap the book of war in oilcloth and dig a hole under the locust tree in the yard. good.

The New Year's Eve is gradually approaching, and I still haven't heard anything from Fu Ming, and Fu Ling is nowhere to be seen, but I have rewarded a lot of things one after another, most of which are all kinds of utensils, stationery, jewelry, and clothes that Zhou Guo tributed. There is also a lot of game such as pickled pheasants, deer and deer.Everyone in Liyuan got busy, preparing for the new year.Lanterns were hung, New Year pictures were pasted up, and the courtyard was also tidied up inside and outside, creating a somewhat festive atmosphere.But Chu Xiang only felt that all of this had nothing to do with him, and he was like a floating duckweed, and he didn't know where he was.

On the eve of the New Year's Eve, Fu Ling specially sent a cook who was originally from the state of Zhou to cook a Jiangnan-style New Year's Eve dinner for Chu Xiang, and enjoyed a large jar of Shaoxing's specialty aged flower carvings. Always faceless.Chu Xiang didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd. Fu Ling's actions obviously failed to forget his feelings, but why did he refuse to show up for so long?Is it playing hard to get?Afraid that I didn't show my sincerity to him, and deliberately left him cold first, and then benevolent to myself, so that I can worry about gains and losses, so that I can be completely devoted to him?Chu Xiang knew very well that in ancient times, the emperors used such tactics to control the harem of the ministers. The so-called unpredictability of the king's mind, false and true, true and false, people will never know that he is ruthless and affectionate.Thinking of this section, Chu Xiang made up his mind to stay the same and respond to all changes. No matter what he does, as long as he still can't let go of himself, as long as he hasn't discovered the relationship between himself and Fu Ming, there is always an opportunity to take advantage of it.

After nightfall, there is a feast of wine and food. Although there are rich food and wine, only Chu Xiang enjoys it alone.Chu Xiang poured himself a cup of Huadiao. Under the light, the white jade cup was filled with clear liquor, which was as bright as amber, and a strong aroma permeated the air.Chu Xiang took a sip, the taste of the wine was sweet and slightly sour, the past was like this familiar aroma of wine, wafting into his heart one by one... When his father was there, he was in a trance, and it was rare for him to go home. It is the day of family reunion that I most look forward to, and after my father died in the country, although there are only three orphans and widows left to face each other, on the New Year's Eve dinner table, the dumplings made by my mother and the younger brother's laughing words are always indispensable... In the past The joyful reunion of the couple is still in front of them, but they didn't expect that after a year, they would be reduced to this!

Chu Xiang drank a few glasses of cold wine by himself, feeling melancholy and feeling melancholy. Relying on three points of drunkenness, he got up and went back to the back room to get the long sword, changed into white clothes, and danced the sword with one hand and the other in front of the court.A little bit of cold stars, reflecting the cold frost and remnant snow in front of the white jade steps, indescribably desolate and lonely, accompanied by the messy sword light, Chu Xiang sang: "Plucking weeds, wei also stops. The day returns every day, and the year does not die." Stop. Exhausted family and exhausted rooms, because of the evil spirits. Don’t let go of the home, because of the evil spirits..." This song "Caiwei" is a frontier fortress song in the Book of Songs. , in which there are both the ambition to serve the country, the celebration of victory, and the confusion when returning home. The changes in the world are full of sorrow and joy.When Chu Xiang sang at this time, he was even more emotional, deep and sad, full of vicissitudes.The servants in Li Yuan stood watching and looked at each other, but they didn't know what he was singing?

When Chu Xiang sang the last verse, he also moved his face: "In the past, I went away, Yangliu Yiyi, now I come to think, rain and snow are falling. The road is slow, thirsty and hungry. My heart is sad, I don’t know I am sad!" Voice Getting lower and lower, almost crying. The lingering sound of the words "I don't know I'm sad" stopped, and suddenly someone in the room clapped their hands and laughed loudly: "The wine is in the wind, the song is long and the flowers are harvested, General Chu is so elegant!" Chu Xiang was startled, and a black figure had disappeared Lightly falling from the roof, it was Fu Ling!

How did the eunuchs and guards think that the emperor would break through the wall?Terrified, he fell to his knees hastily.Fu Ling smiled and said: "Get up, everyone! I escaped from the table today, and I didn't disturb others, so you should keep quiet." Everyone stepped back, and Fu Ling stepped forward to pull Chu Xiang back to the room to sit down. A eunuch came over to serve, Fu Ling waved his hand and said, "You guys go down too! Tell the kitchen to warm another pot of wine and serve some hot dishes."

Most of Chu Xiang's drunkenness had been woken up by him. Unexpectedly, after he hadn't come for a long time, he would suddenly strike again on New Year's Eve, and he broke in over the wall!Thinking about it, he was supposed to be having fun with the concubine in the palace at this time, so what's the point of coming here?Just now, I lost my feelings for a moment, sang an elegy in white clothes, and leaked my heart, and was caught by him, which was very bad.But I heard Fu Ling ask: "On New Year's Eve, why is General Chu so frowning? Could it be that I don't welcome this unexpected guest?"

Chu Xiang forced a smile: "Let's say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. The whole world is celebrating. Your Majesty still remembers me. I came here on a special trip. Chu Xiang is very grateful."