Chapter 7 first quarter

In March of the fifth year of Emperor Yincheng, Nanhuai City. "Pluck lotus, pick lotus, lotus leaf field. Looking at each other, between feet and water. " As the night wind blew, Liu Yu'er's singing twisted and turned in the wind, and Xiao Su played the piano in harmony, tinkling like rain falling on a wind chime. Lu Guichen leaned against the palace wall, listening to the music of the piano and singing in the two maple gardens next door.Separated by a wall, there is only one lamp in the room on his Guihong Hall, so empty that no one can be seen.In the early spring, the night wind was cool, and the cloth felt thin when it blew on my body.He looked up at the bright moon climbing over the top, the moonlight fell on the green brick floor of the yard like a splash of clear water.

He thought that the land outside the northern capital was still frozen, while the weeping willows in Nanhuai city were covered with a layer of light green from a distance.He is seventeen years old this year and has been away from his hometown for seven years.When he first came here, he would stubbornly climb to the top of the wall, looking down at the Nanhuai City with many doors and doors, and felt that the city in Donglu was so cramped and closed. He missed the boundless northern grassland, where his daughter sang, and the wind Blow grass and see cattle and sheep.But day after day and year after year, the memory of the northern capital gradually faded away.He fell in love with the misty water surface in Nanhuai City, the houses with brackets and eaves, the narrow alleys often covered by jujube trees, and the lights in the downtown area at night. These are all beautiful, which are not found in grassland .He is also very used to Liu Yu'er's a cappella sung by Gong Tune, soft and soft, catkins blowing in the wind, listening to it for a long time makes people feel tired and lazy.The group of girls who played with Bailiyu grew up day by day. They were not as naughty as they were when they were young. They would not jump and call "little barbarians" when they saw Lu Guichen. When they passed by Lu Guichen, they would also With a little red on his face, he moved slightly sideways and saluted him.The little Su who called "Little Manzi" the most when he was a child also became Lu Guichen's piano teacher, teaching him fingering every few days.

Sometimes Lu Guichen felt that he had become a native of the Eastern Land. Last year, he went to Shangyang Pass with Qin Wang's army to fight a battle for the Eastern Royal Family, and almost failed to come back alive.When he came back, he was immediately grabbed by Master Lu and continued to talk about the Dao of Donglu Jingguo, babbling like a scholar of Donglu all day long. He smiled bitterly silently. "That's right, but the connotation is still missing a bit after all. This poem uses the metaphor of lotus leaves, and the meaning still falls on the four characters of 'chishui, gazing'. It’s like a thread, but you can’t ask for it. Xiao Su’s piano sound is too exposed, but Liu Yu’er’s singing seems soft, not that kind of taste. You think about it, it’s the kind of spring that is separated by water and fields. The lotus leaf, the boy and the girl look at each other, or the boy is intentional and the girl is unintentional, or vice versa, but it may also be that both of them have feelings, but they cannot reveal them. I turned my eyes elsewhere, but I couldn't help but still want to take a second look, I wanted to say something but I didn't have anything to say, but I felt bored and distressed in my heart." Bailiyu's voice came from the next door, Elegant and moving.

Bailiyu was the same age as him, seventeen years old. Time has passed, and Bailiyu will no longer throw a bouquet on Lu Guichen's forehead.Unexpectedly, he became elegant and quiet, and he studied Fu all day long, and his writing style was the best in Nanhuai City. Some people said that the descendants of the Baili family finally accepted the writing of King Wenrui.Bailiyu is handsome and good at playing the piano.He seldom goes out of the palace, but there are many aristocratic girls who admire him. Girls often come in groups to wait for him to leave the palace. Baili Yu listens to the piano on the side of the palace wall, pointing out the shortcomings one by one.

"A foot of water is so deep that you can't go beyond it. That person is by your side, within reach, but you can only look at each other in emptiness." Bailiyu sighed softly over there, "You grew up together In the palace, after all, I don’t understand that kind of mood.” Lu Guichen's heart moved slightly. "We don't understand, so Young Master Yu will understand? We didn't go out of the palace, and Young Master Yu just listened to the piano with the ladies through the wall. Could it be that someone's piano sound really moved your heart?" Xiao Su teased .

"It may not be necessary to go out of the palace. Once you have moved your heart, you will naturally understand the meaning of it. It is still superficial for me to say this. After all, deep things cannot be expressed. Only a piano can be obtained when you are at a loss. It's really delicious." Bailiyu has a good temper, and he is gentle and not angry with these girls. "The young master has also been tempted?" Liu Yu'er said. "How could it not be?" Xiao Su giggled, "I said, it was Princess Ming who came to live temporarily during the Spring Festival that year."

"No, it must be Princess Xiaozhou. Don't think that our young master has never met her a few times, but once we met, he combed his hair for a long time." "Nonsense girl, kick me out to beg for food!" Baili Yu smiled, but sighed softly for no reason. The sycamore tree above Lu Guichen's head shook with the wind, and the rainwater accumulated on the leaves fell and drenched his body.He didn't move, he stared blankly at the moon in the sky, something rose from his heart, like catkins, but it was heavy when pressed together layer upon layer, blocking his heart.

"Jimo, it's time for you to invite my guests." Xiyuan pulled the rein loosely, and the two of them rode their horses and strolled along the street.It was nightfall, and they had just finished their day of martial arts training and returned to the city from Daliuying. "Don't treat me like a rich man, so what?" Ji Ye took off his helmet, brushed his sweaty hair, and shook his head fiercely. "I happened to see my uncle's documents today. Next month, the imperial army will be promoted to thirteen people. Your rank will be promoted to Yajiang, and you will no longer be a Qingyingwei. Shouldn't you invite me to drink?" Xi Yuan smiled, "uncle said The Lord of the Kingdom also felt that too many soldiers died in the Battle of Shangyang Pass, and if they are not appeased, they may chill people's hearts."

Ji Ye was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "I thought I would never get promoted in my life." "You don't seem very happy," Xiyuan said. "Although Yajiang is not a high-ranking officer, he is a general, which is different from ordinary Weizuo. Besides, you are in the imperial army, and you are uncle's student. You must be promoted very quickly. You can be promoted to lieutenant general after joining the general. During the martial arts performance in Daliuying, the rank of lieutenant general should have been yours, but the king didn’t give it to you, but according to your current momentum, maybe you can be promoted to lieutenant general at the age of twenty. Many aristocratic children dare not think of this speed, and you can be regarded as getting back what you deserve."

Ji Ye looked down at the rising and falling horseshoes: "Actually, I used to think the same way. It's nothing if the lord doesn't give me a lieutenant general. I'll be promoted by myself, so that one day I will be promoted to be a lieutenant general, which is more honorable than what the lord gave me. Maybe it can be promoted even higher, to the rear general, the former general, maybe the great general..." "You're Uncle's student, so it's not surprising that you've been promoted to the Martial Hall to command envoys." Xi Yuan smiled. "But Xiyuan, we are at Shangyang Pass. So many people died. How many people, like me, want to be promoted, want to be promoted, want to have money, and want not to be looked down upon by others. But they are all dead, maybe If we fight another big battle, neither of us will be able to come back." Ji Ye looked up at Xiyuan, "Why do you think we are working so hard? I keep thinking about it, but I can't figure it out."

Xiyuan thought for a while: "I think we all want to do big things. If we want to do big things, we should be like Li Gong, who dare to work hard and have no scruples. In fact, I saw Li Gong waving a knife on the battlefield, I really don't think he is my enemy. I think heroes are like that. So many Nanman warriors listen to his orders. There must be their reasons. It's a pity that people like Li Gong , After all, there are too few. You are right, many people die after a battle, and there is nothing left." "What about the general? You are the general's nephew, don't you want to be like the general?" Ji Ye asked. Xiyuan hesitated for a moment: "Ji Ye, don't you think Uncle is a difficult person to understand?" Ji Ye was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "You said that too...Actually, sometimes I don't understand what the general is thinking, but it's not convenient to say, Xiyuan, have you been with the general since you were young?" Xiyuan shook his head: "There is no need to mention my family matters... I didn't know that my uncle was General Yu Dianyu until I was about to die. Uncle came to the prison with the emperor's warrant and took me out. He I had dinner with me in the restaurant opposite the prison, and said that he would send me to a distant relative. He said very little, and I was a little afraid to talk to him. Later, he said that someone would come to pick me up and stood up to leave. I just looked at his back. When I walked to the door, he looked back at me, then came and pulled me, saying that from now on he will be my only family member and let me follow him. " "that's it?" "That's it, Uncle is a very special person." Xi Yuan sighed, "I think Li Gong can still learn, Uncle cannot." "By the way, have you been promoted?" Ji Ye changed the subject. "Me too, I can already be promoted to lieutenant general," Xiyuan laughed, "but I was originally a dental general, and this time I have inherited the merits of my uncle. Uncle said that he might talk about a class for me." Dear, so it’s better to have a higher rank.” "Are you going to talk about kissing?" Ji Ye also laughed, and punched him in the chest across the horse, "Then you should buy me a drink." Xiyuan scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "Actually, it's something that has no shadow yet." "By the way, I have to take a shortcut. I have an appointment with a friend." Ji Ye remembered. "Is that Yu Ran?" Xi Yuan punched Ji Ye back, "It's hard to say who will invite whom!" This time it was Ji Ye's turn to be embarrassed, his reaction was the same as Xi Yuan's, he lowered his head and scratched his hair, feeling that his body was very stuffy. "However..." Xiyuan hesitated for a moment, "Maybe I shouldn't have said that, but I'm your friend... I went to the Confucian Temple yesterday and wanted to buy a pair of saddles, and I saw Yuran and Young Master Chen there Picking up the pendant. Young Master Chen also likes her? A girl like her..." He realized that it was really awkward for him to say this, so he turned his horse's head around: "I'll go first, I don't know how many documents are waiting for me to sort out at Uncle's place." The sound of the horse's hooves in Xiyuan disappeared, and Ji Ye immediately stood there alone, feeling cold again.He raised his head and looked out from the dense shade of the trees, the shredded branches and leaves of the stars and the moon shone on his dace armor.