Chapter 54
Chapter 54
In the 33rd year of Shunkang, the winter had just passed, and the spring was chilly. On the [-]th birthday of the old King An, a banquet was held in the mansion of the vassal state in the middle of Shu.Many people came from the court, even several other old princes from Jiufan of Zhiguo also came from thousands of miles to pay their respects.The people were crowded together in the gallery in the back garden, it was still snowing lightly, and the plum trees on the shore of the lake were in full bloom.
"The first emperor has been ill for many years, and the prince is only six years old. It is said to be a birthday banquet, but it is actually a test of which team An Wang's mansion is on." Jing Yue sighed, and he kissed Lu Xun's soft earlobe one after another, "The first emperor Those few princes from all over the world came, and they all surrounded me, clamoring for me to pick up and fold plum blossoms for fun. Yi escaped and met you under the plum tree by the lake."
As Jing Yue spoke softly, the scene appeared in front of her eyes.
The fine snowflakes fell continuously, linking the heaven and the earth together, and the crimson plum blossoms stood out in the off-white daylight. The man was wearing a moon-white jacket with a jade belt around his hair, and he was lying on a branch of a plum tree. Resting on the ground, with arms resting on the back of the head, one leg hanging in the air, with the falling clothes swinging back and forth, petals fell all over the body and shoulders.
"At that time... I didn't have the habit of breaking my sleeves, and my temper was not as it is now." Jing Yue let out a sigh, and he said softly: "But that kind of lake, that kind of snow, and that kind of plum blossoms , I was caught off guard and saw you, I thought it was the plum blossom that turned into a ghost."
Lu Xun frowned, interrupted Jing Yue, raised his eyes and said, "That's Lu Wenruo, the young patriarch of Pingjiang Lu Mansion, not me."
Jing Yue shook his head, and he said firmly, "It's you, I know it's you, you two are so different, I can tell the difference."
Old An Wang's birthday was of great importance, and the Pingjiang Lu family in the rivers and lakes also came to celebrate his birthday. Patriarch Lu Feng brought the young patriarch Lu Xun. He often heard old An Wang talk about the Lu family and Lu Feng on weekdays.
In the rivers and lakes of turbid wine, fighting horses and fighting swords, which man did not have the heroic spirit of walking around the world with a bamboo hat, a long sword, and white clothes when he was a child. He listened to his father telling interesting stories about the world, and he was quite envious of that man who was about his age. Young master of the Lu family.
So old An Wang birthday, he searched for the young master among the continuous pieces of brocade clothes, and searched thousands of people in the crowd, but the man was sleeping among the plum blossoms.
Hearing the sound, the man tilted his head slightly, his eyes were very clear, like a lake full of stars, being blown by the breeze wrapped in the cold fragrance of plum blossoms, there was a layer of lazy ripples. "I still remember the first sentence you said to me." Jing Yue smiled lightly, he tightened his arms around Lu Xun, and said, "You seemed very surprised when you saw me, you widened your eyes and said 'Ah, what a handsome man', his eyebrows and eyes are so playful. I didn't understand what you said, but looking at your expression, I thought you were praising me, so I jumped up and jumped on it. Branches, squat beside you."
"Later the branch broke, and the two of us fell to the ground. You were so painful that tears rolled in your eyes, and you said 'how can I feel such a strong pain in a dream'? Asking where you hurt from the fall, how did you suddenly seem like a different person, pursing your lips and pushing me away, your eyes are not as clear as I saw them at first, they are dark, not at all youthful."
Speaking of this, Jing Yue paused, thought for a while, and then nodded affirmatively, "Yes, he was very different from you at that time, the kind where you would laugh when you saw me, and your whole eyes would move brightly, He didn't, he was disgusted when he saw me. You two, I think you are the knight with clean clothes, but he is like a politician in muddy water. He behaves like an old master, without a trace Proud."
After these words, Lu Xun was stunned. Hearing Jing Yue's statement, he seemed to have been here a long time ago, but he couldn't remember it for some reason.
Lu Xun was silent for a moment, then shook his head, and said, "I don't have any impression of what you said, and I don't remember it." He paused for a moment before asking again, "Did I appear again after that?"
"Yes." Jing Yue nodded, "In the 34th year of Shunkang, an accident happened in Prince An's Mansion. My temperament changed drastically. When I got angry, I killed people. Everyone was afraid of me, but you were not afraid. You still treated me the same as when we first met." I laughed, I didn't know you and Lu Wenruo were two people at that time, so I was very distressed, I don't understand why you treat me well sometimes, and sometimes not..."
Speaking of this, Jing Yue paused for a moment, picked up Lu Xun, turned around and walked into the soup pool, "Hey, let's get into the water first, the water will be cold after standing for a while."
The two sank into the water, and the warm water patted on their bodies softly. Jing Yue took Lu Xun's black hair in his hands and washed him with soap horns.
"Later, I gradually discovered that something was wrong. You have some small actions, such as frowning your eyebrows when you are angry, and biting your lips when you are guilty, and your words are extremely harsh, and there are only half of the ten sentences that do not disappoint people... ...."
Lu Xun was a little angry when he heard that, he raised his hand and slapped Jing Yue, and said angrily, "You are cursing me around the corner."
"Look, you frowned again." Jing Yue smiled and raised her hand to touch the center of Lu Xun's eyebrows, but was slapped away by Lu Xun with a cold face. He was not annoyed, and continued: "Every time I see you is always very short, just Then one hour or half an hour, the number of appearances is very small. I have to wait for a year or two for you to appear. At first I looked for you everywhere, but later I was just afraid that you would leave without saying goodbye. Because every time you It appeared without warning, and then disappeared without a sound, which made me feel at a loss."
Jing Yue sighed, bent slightly, leaned his forehead on Lu Xun's shoulder, and said softly: "You are driving me crazy...Xiaoyaogu pretending to be amnesia is not actually testing you, I'm afraid What should I do if you only stay for another hour? It has been seven years since I saw you last time..."
The words were very soft, but each word fell heavily on Lu Xun's heart, and a bitterness mixed with sweetness spread in his chest.
He remembered the "first meeting" with Jing Yue in the Huaiyang Chu Chu Pavilion, and he fell asleep that night with a big heart, but Jing Yue didn't kill him, he was still puzzled at the time, but now he has the answer.
There is also Jing Yue's attitude towards the young owner of the Lu family in the original book—it has always been more tolerant than hatred, the original owner treated Jing Yue like that, Jing Yue didn't kill him until he died.
All of this was because Jing Yue was waiting for him, waiting for him to show up when he had no return date.
Some things can't be thought about carefully, and it will only hurt when you think about it carefully.
Lu Xun sighed, he didn't turn around, he just put his arms around Jing Yue, tilted his head and gently rubbed Jing Yue's temple hair, "Shen Zhou once told me that I made you afraid-afraid that I would leave without saying goodbye. Until now I Only then did I understand the meaning of that sentence...Sorry for keeping you waiting."
"It's not too late. I didn't have the guts to kiss you before. I pretended to have amnesia, but I did a lot of stupid things." Jing Yue smiled sullenly, stretched out her tongue and licked the back of Lu Xun's neck contentedly, and when she lowered her eyes, she saw his shoulder blades A pinpoint red spot is very dazzling on the slightly pale skin.
Jing Yue frowned slightly, a flash of light flashed in his mind, he squinted, his face darkened, and was about to raise his hand to touch, but Lu Xun turned around.
"So all in all, I was coaxed all the way by you. You taught me to understand your heart, but I don't even remember it. How can I understand?" Lu Xun said, lowering his eyelashes, rethinking what Jingyue said before After reading it again, he said with a smile: "You were depressed a lot during that time, but your body was given to you, but your heart was as cold as a stone. Don't you want to take out your heart and give it to me?"
Jing Yue came back to his senses, suppressed the doubts and guesses in his heart, smiled when he looked at Lu Xun, pulled him into his arms, pinched his chin, kissed the thin lips that were wet with moisture, and lifted them up after a while. Burned all over.
"Well...don't do it, we still have business to do later, I don't want to sit on a chair with a pain in my back." Lu Xun turned his head away, holding Jing Yue's restless hand with unsteady breath. hand.
"Okay, it's all up to you." Jing Yue nodded, stopped moving, and just quietly hugged Lu Xun to soak in the water.
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Ying Tianfu.
Yuan Ren flipped through the ledger with a sullen face, surrounded by Cheng Yin from the eight states of Liaodong.
"Lord Yuan, King An's visit is too sudden this time, and we have no time to make up for some debts." Cheng Yin of Zhongbo Prefecture had a sallow face.
He was called down from the bed, and he had just gathered his strength to have fun with the sisters in the brothel, but when he heard that Wang An wanted to check the accounts, he was frightened and softened, and his steps are still a bit vain.
"It's too late! It's too late!" Yuan Ren threw the account book on his face and cursed loudly, spattering all over the floor, "Why didn't you do a good job when you asked for money? Tell me it's too late at this time? Get out and do it!" , I can’t do it well and come to see you! The magistrate will take off your black hat first!"
After this roar, the expressions of all the people in the hall changed, and all the Yins of the city bowed their heads in silence, holding their faces and being scolded.
Zhongbocheng Yin held the account book and nodded reluctantly, "I'll make it up now, sir." As he spoke, he cupped his hands and gave Yuan Ren a bow, and then walked out quickly.
The other Cheng Yins in the hall also took their ledgers and left.
Cao Jian, the steward of Yingtian Mansion, brought up the teacup, "Your Excellency, calm down, don't be in a hurry, checking the accounts is not a big deal."
He has sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, and there is a black mole the size of a little fingernail on his left eyelid. He looks very bad, and he said slowly: "King An's audit is just a walk-off, and I guess he has no money. Yes, so..." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand in front of Yuan Ren, and rubbed his five fingers together.
Yuan Ren's face softened a little, he stroked his beard, and said thoughtfully: "If this is the case, we must also make a good account book. After all, we are not on his team. If we miss the handle, it will be in his hands, how many times will it be?" Money can't even make up for it."
"Your Excellency is right, didn't there be a drought last year? The food collected from those untouchables was not enough, and the eight states of Liaodong provided food and salaries to the Liaodong Army..." Cao Jian whispered into Yuan Ren's ear Said: "We have too much to do here."
Yuan Ren couldn't help nodding, a smile gradually appeared on his face.
The two were thinking about it, when suddenly a waiter came to report that Lu Xun asked to see him.
Yuan Ren waved his hand impatiently, "Let him wait first, the matter of going to Changbai Mountain has been arranged for him, and the money cannot be given for the time being, and we can wait for King An to check the accounts!"
The waiter responded, "da da" ran back and forth.
Lu Xun and Jing Yue stayed in the soup room until the second quarter of the unitary hour. Yuan Ren personally led people to the posthouse to pick them up. Seeing Jing Yue coming out, he hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "My lord, the chariots and horses are ready."
"Thank you." Jing Yue nodded slightly.
Lu Xun changed into a lake blue gown. In the twilight, his face was very elegant, like a scroll of ink painting, as plain as blue.
He stepped on the footstool and bent down to get into the carriage, but was stopped by the guards standing aside, "Who is it! It's so rude!"
Lu Xun pursed his lips. He supported the carriage wall and turned his head to look at Jing Yue, "Jing Chengjue, they won't let me get in the carriage."
Jing Yue was talking politely to Yuan Ren. Hearing this, he raised his eyes and said loudly with a smile: "They stopped you, take a good look at tonight's account book, go through all the old accounts, pick the bones in the egg .”
Yuan Ren's face changed when he said this, and he looked back at Lu Xun again.He always thought that the handsome young man was Jing Yue's new bride, so he didn't take it seriously all the time. Jing Yue's words were like a blow to the head, shaking his whole body.
Before he could get annoyed, Yuan Ren rushed to Lu Xun's side and prostrated himself, "I don't know how to call you sir?"
"Hey, there's no need to be too polite. I just took a job from the Holy Majesty and accompanied the prince to check the account books." Lu Xun waved his hand.
"Damn the lowly position. I have neglected my lord. Please forgive me." Yuan Ren did not dare to get up, but knelt down on the ground to apologize.
Lu Xun ignored him, turned around and got into the carriage, Jing Yue came over and helped Yuan Ren up, "You don't need to be polite, he lives with the king." Then he stepped on the footstool and bent down to get into the carriage.
Yuan Ren's face was very ugly. He raised his sleeves and wet his forehead with cold sweat. He glanced at the carriage, waved his hand, and signaled the guards to drive.
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