Kyushu lonely mountain snow

He dreamed again.

He was thumping in the river, and someone pulled him to swim to the other side of the river with difficulty.

He heard the man's breathing gradually became heavier, and the hand holding him gradually weakened.

On the shore behind, the Habayashi Heavenly Army had already set up their formation, and the rain of arrows fell again.

He thought he was going to die.

After an unknown amount of time, the person who pulled him across the water suddenly pushed him hard.He came to his senses all of a sudden, and climbed onto the shore on hands and feet.

He turned his head, trying to pull the man ashore.

But he saw that the blue clothes had been completely stained with blood.

"Xiu Xing!" Bai Yuxing woke up from the dream again, short of breath and trembling.

He had already been shot by an arrow when he first entered the river, how could he still have the strength to pull himself across the broad West River?

At that time, I was so cowardly and incompetent, and I had to rely on their protection along the way, and I couldn't help anything.

In the end they all died, and only he survived.

He remembered very clearly that the moment he turned around, he wanted to grab Su Xiuxing's hand, but he saw the feathered arrow behind him and the blood-stained Tsing Yi.

His body sank into the Xijiang River, never to open his eyes again.

There will no longer be someone who taunts him and protects him all the way, no one will be so fierce and free and easy, who can talk and laugh with ease under Chenyue's pursuit.

In order to protect his incompetent self, he died in Xijiang and at the hands of Chenyue Sect.

Bai Yuxing sat in the dark, his breathing gradually calmed down, but his body became colder and colder.

The bedroom hall was filled with the smell of incense, he closed his eyes, and suddenly remembered what Bai Litian had said before committing suicide.

"Xiuyuki, who was wearing the dirty blood of the old era, died, and I, who was also wearing the dirty blood of the old era, should die too."

"...The survivors are all clean people."

Bai Yuxing's ascension to the throne was seen as the end of the sunflower era and the beginning of a new era.

But he is very clear that the mark left by the old era will never be erased.

"Clean people..." He sneered and said to himself, shaking his head.

The 15th year of Dayin Tianbao, autumn.

The autumn wind was so strong that day that it could blow people into the air.Bai Lianmo regretted that he had chosen to travel in this day's clothes. He was in the carriage at this time, and he could still hear the terrible howling wind outside the window, and it was even more difficult for the horses and drivers who pulled the carriage.

The streets of Huangcheng are bustling and noisy on weekdays, but today there was almost no one there, and the carriages drove past recklessly, just to return to the palace as soon as possible.

"His Royal Highness!" the coachman suddenly shouted, and then he heard the neighing of the horse, the carriage gradually stopped and stopped in the middle of the road, "There seems to be a dead man lying in front of him!"

"Dead?" Bai Lianmo was taken aback, how miserable it would be to die on a deserted street in such a windy day.

He lifted the heavy curtain in front of the car, and the cold wind poured in, making him shiver.He saw a dozen or so steps in front of the car, and there was indeed a ragged man lying face down in the middle of the road, very thin and thin.

"Go and see, maybe he's still alive." Bai Lianmo ordered.

One of the four accompanying riders got off his horse, stepped forward and turned the man's body over, felt for the pulse, and shouted back, "Your Highness, he is still alive!"

"It's important to save people, help him here, and take him back to the palace for treatment first!" Bai Lianmo resisted the wind and said, "I can't go anywhere in such a horrible weather."

So when this kid woke up in a daze, he was already on a comfortable warm couch somewhere in the Taiqing Palace.

The young lady who was standing by listened to the movement, glanced at him, let out a sigh and said, "Are you awake? Have something to eat, someone will take you out of the palace later." After finishing speaking, she pointed to the table in the middle of the room with her chin. Plates of Dim Sum.

He was a little dazed, dizzy when he got out of bed, and he knew he was hungry, so he hurriedly sat down at the table and grabbed a cake and stuffed it into his mouth.

"This is where?"

"Prince East Palace." The little eunuch said impatiently, "Our prince kindly rescued you and asked the imperial doctor to take your pulse. Who knew that you fainted from hunger. There is no place for you to stay in this palace. This room I live here, you eat quickly, leave the palace as soon as you finish eating, we have no time to care about you."

"Prince...East Palace?" He was stunned.

"Eat quickly!" the little eunuch urged again, "Take it away if you can't eat."

Unexpectedly, the man was in a daze for a moment, then suddenly stood up and said, "I won't leave."

The little eunuch looked at him with strange eyes.

"I'm starving to death when I go out." But he said, "Well... this father-in-law, can you let me stay in the palace and get an errand?"

"Hey, do you think anyone can work in the palace? Who knows what your background is." The little eunuch laughed, "Besides, except for the emperor and the prince, all the men living in this palace are eunuchs. Do you want to be an eunuch that much?"

He hesitated for a moment, then said with shame: "It's better than starving to death."

The little eunuch seemed to find it funny, laughed a few more times, and said: "There are still such people. If I were you, I would rather starve outside. Come on, it's getting late today, you can make a bed with me first." Go to sleep, and tomorrow I will talk to the prince for you. Our prince is kind, so he will agree if he is sure."

"Thank you, Eunuch." He breathed a sigh of relief.

When the little eunuch said the next day, Bai Lianmo really agreed with him to stay in the palace, but only for a month, saying that he would find a job for him outside to ensure that he would not starve to death. Staying in the palace to do things, you don't have to be a eunuch just to survive.

In the evening, Bai Lianmo even ran to take a look at him.At this time, he had washed up and changed into the clothes of a palace official. He was much tidier, but he still looked skinny.

"What's your name?"

"Ink words, the ink of ink, the words of words." The young man smiled, stepped back a few steps and knelt down: "I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"It doesn't have to be like this. I rescued you back and I didn't want you to be my servant. I'll leave after a while." Bai Lianmo said helplessly, "The palace is not a fun place either."

Mo Yan got up, and under the candlelight, his hair and pupils were light brown.

Bai Lianmo frowned slightly, "Are you Yuren?"

Mo Yan was taken aback, nodded and said, "Yes."

"No wonder you're so skinny, I'm afraid you can't do strenuous work." Bai Lianmo thought about it, "Forget it, I know a young master who sells jade, and I'll find you an easier job with him."

Mo Yan was taken aback again, His Royal Highness, the heart is indeed not so good.

He had no choice but to kneel down again, and thanked him for the second time.

In the next month, Mo Yan settled down in the palace and finally lived a life without worrying about food and clothing.It's just that the atmosphere in the Prince's East Palace is quite weird, and the servants are fighting each other, and the relationship is by no means harmonious.Those who are a little older especially like to boss around the newcomers, and even hit them at every turn.

Indeed, it is not a good job to be a current person in the palace.But as long as there is no need to worry about food and clothing, Mo Yan can't care so much.This grievance was nothing compared to what he had suffered before.

In any case, he never wanted to go back to his hometown, and he never wanted to recall all the things he had suffered before.

On this day, Mo Yan was instructed by the old eunuchs to go out to work again, unfortunately lost his way on the way home, wandered around the Taiqing Palace for a long time, but couldn't find the location of the Crown Prince's East Palace.

It was evening in a blink of an eye, and he wanted to ask someone for directions, but there was no one around.In desperation, he had no choice but to enter a palace courtyard randomly, wanting to see if there was anyone inside.

Who knows that this is a more exquisite and gorgeous palace courtyard than the Prince's East Palace, with pavilions, waterside pavilions, flower gardens and pergolas, small bridges and flowing water, everything is complete, and the path paved with bluestones extends to the front of the magnificent palace. Under the eaves are written the three characters free and unrestrained.

"Liu Shang Dian?" Mo Yan couldn't help but read out, and walked in.

Before he walked in a few steps, he heard a familiar voice behind him that made him feel headache.

"Hey, hey, where are you going, kid? Come back!"

It was the old eunuch who liked to dictate to him the most.

Mo Yan had no choice but to back out and explained, "Eunuch, I'm lost."

"If you get lost, you can't go there." The old eunuch gave him a sharp look, "Dare to run into His Highness Yan's bedroom, are you impatient?"

"...Your Highness Yan?" Mo Yan raised his head curiously. In this palace, besides the prince Bai Lianmo, who else can be called His Highness?

"Go, go!" The old eunuch grabbed his ear and walked back, with such strength that he almost wanted to pluck his ear off.

"Oh, the father-in-law is merciful!" Mo Yan cried out in pain as he staggered forward, scolding the father-in-law a thousand and eight hundred times in his heart.

Early the next morning, Bai Lianmo changed his clothes and prepared to go to court. When he saw Mo Yan standing beside him, he asked with a smile, "I heard that you lost your way yesterday and ran to Liushang Hall?"

Mo Yan nodded in embarrassment.

"Can you identify the way now?" Bai Lianmo smiled, picked up an unknown object wrapped in several layers of silk from the case, and handed it to him, "Help me send this piece of jade to Liushang Hall Your Highness Yan, I'm very busy today, and I don't have time to go."

Mo Yan took the jade carefully, and couldn't help but ask, "His Highness Yan is..."

"Ah, it's my younger sister. Everyone calls her Your Highness Yan." Bai Lianmo raised his arms so that the maid could tie a belt and jade for him, "She likes to wear black clothes and her hair is white. surprise."

"White?" Mo Yan was really surprised. It is said that natural white hair should not appear on the Chinese people in Donglu, let alone the direct blood of the Bai royal family.

Bai Lianmo knew what he was thinking, and said with a wry smile: "It's not natural, but if you ask me why, I can't tell."

So in the morning, Mo Yan came to Liushang Palace according to his words, and after a few steps into the palace courtyard, he saw two people playing chess on the gazebo in the middle of the lake. There was a small stove next to the chess table, and a pot was boiling on it Tea.

Of those two people, one of them was indeed dressed in black and white hair, so it must be His Royal Highness Yan, and the other was dressed in brocade clothes, he looked like a middle-aged man, and his appearance was not very clear.

Mo Yan straightened his clothes and walked inward.

"On my way back yesterday, I happened to meet His Majesty in the Imperial Garden. Guess what he told me?" Zheng Chenzhao said with great interest to Bai Chuyan.

"I want you to behave better in the future, and don't make my maid here cry anymore." Bai Chuyan stared at the chessboard with a flat tone.

"No." Zheng Chenzhao said with a cheeky smile, "Your Majesty actually wants my adoptive son Su Xuan to take over the position of Minister of the Young Household and be in charge of taxes on mountains, seas, ponds, and lakes."

"Father has long taken a fancy to Second Young Master Su's ability in business, and wants him to manage gold and silver for the court." Bai Chuyan picked up the boiling teapot at the side, got up and refilled the celadon teacups for himself and the opposite side. Tea was served, "What did you say?"

"How can I decide this matter? It's just that Xuan'er is doing business everywhere, and he can't return to Tianqi several times a year, and his brother Su Yan stays in Tianluo Mountain Hall all day. His Majesty can't see the two of them, so he has to come with me." Say." Zheng Chenzhao took a sip of his tea and said, "But let me tell you, Xuan'er manages the canal of gold in Tianluo, doing business all over the world, so there is no time to take charge of the imperial court. I am afraid this matter will disappoint His Majesty gone."

"Well, you always tell me that Second Young Master Su is used to being free and doesn't like to be restrained, so these rules and regulations of the court are really not suitable for him." Bai Chuyan played with a warm chess piece made of black jade in his hand, "It's just that , in Tianluo, even if you are the second master, can you really be free?"

Zheng Chenzhao was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face gradually faded, "He has lived a good life these years." He sighed softly, "Compared to Tianluo in the sunflower era, it is already much better."

"Yes." Bai Chuyan threw the chess piece in the air, caught it again, and said with a smile: "After all, it is the Su family, with the protection of the court, and not too restrained by the mountain hall. As long as you don't get involved with Chenyue, you can It's been all right."

Zheng Chenzhao was startled, looked up at her, hesitant to speak, "Yan'er, actually he..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a figure approaching from the shore of the lake, Zheng Chenzhao glanced at him vigilantly, and had to shut his mouth.

When Mo Yan came to the gazebo, the two of them were silent, they didn't even continue to play chess, and they all looked at him, making his scalp numb, and he didn't dare to lift his head, so he could only respectfully move the A piece of jade wrapped in silk is presented.

"His Royal Highness Yan, this was sent by His Highness the Crown Prince." Mo Yan tried his best not to be so nervous.

Bai Chuyan's eyes lit up, and he took the piece of jade, but didn't open it, just smiled and said, "You are Mr. Mo?"

Mo... son?

Mo Yan said with shame: "I dare not."

"Brother Huang told me about you." Bai Chuyan slowly uncovered the layers of silk, revealing the shiny sapphire, "Didn't he say that he would introduce you to a young master who sells jade? This piece of jade is a new item in that young master's shop."

Before Mo Yan could answer, Zheng Chenzhao said in surprise, "Gong Ziyu?"

"Yes." Bai Chuyan smiled.

"...Your imperial brother is really a good person."

"This is very similar to the father." Bai Chuyan lifted the sapphire and admired it carefully under the sunlight. The jade was translucent and its brilliance was dazzling.

"Thank you, Mr. Mo." Bai Chuyan said to him.

Mo Yan never expected that he would receive such courtesy, and felt like he was about to break out in a cold sweat, so he hurriedly resigned and left.

After he left, Bai Chuyan looked at Zheng Chenzhao again, "Azhao, what did you just... want to say?"

Zheng Chenzhao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "It's nothing, let's talk about it later."

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