Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty-Three

In a previous life, Hai Baozi, an Internet writer friend, told me excitedly that it takes some misfortune to engage in art, because only unfortunate experiences can give birth to the deep feelings and passion in the artist's heart. Now I deeply feel that those words are more or less reasonable, and every mask here is the best I have ever seen in two lifetimes. Although the faces inside have their own advantages and disadvantages, the expressions of each character are interpreted subtly and delicately. , Those who are angry are painful and distorted, while those who are sad seem to have broken their livers and intestines.

"I don't know who made these pottery masks. The second thing is that they are exquisite, and the charm is so moving." I couldn't help asking, "Could it be made by Madam?" That Yaoji nodded, and smiled slightly: "It's dark here, and the night is long... After all, I have to find something to do for myself." I praised a few more words, and pretended to stare at the mask, hoping to find some clues so that I could get out as soon as possible. "If you like, I can teach you." She looked into my eyes and smiled erratically: "Anyway, it will be useful in the future."

The lights flickered for a while, and her treacherous smile was printed, as if there was a ghost sitting in front of me, and my heart skipped a beat, it was going to kill me, could it be that she wanted to imprison me here for a long time? I secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva and thanked her dryly, but she just smiled and drank another cup in a blink of an eye. I looked back at those masks again, so as to avoid her terrifying gaze, and felt hairy in my heart, as if I recognized the original characters of a few characters inside, one should be Yuan Qingwu, full of weird, evil and debauched expressions, and One of them is Duan Yuerong, but his expression is like that of a bronze statue, and the heart-wrenching pain is vividly expressed on these masks.

Duan Yuerong once proudly showed off to me that one of his admirers, Piao Piaosheng, the author of "The Wild History of Sexual Interests", once wrote so foolishly that no one can withstand Duan Yuerong's casual smile, That style, that charm (save the five hundred words of self-promotion), when I broke his narcissism so contemptuously at that time, that floating life must be astigmatism plus five hundred degrees of myopia. I think Duan Yuerong must have understood my sarcasm, because what answered me was a phoenix flying to the moon hairpin tremblingly nailed to my ear, full of murderous looks.

But I am sure that more people will not be able to stand his painful expression, because the more I look at it, the more painful I feel, and I can't help but grasp the skirt of my clothes and bow my head. "I can't stand it any longer," Yao Ji shook her wine glass and said calmly, "When I saw this bronze statue for the first time when I was a child, I cried uncomfortably and called my father to save this man. My father and mother just laughed at me. But at that time, A-Lian heard about it, and took the ax from the third uncle to chop off the copper chain on Shura's body, and he was not even ten years old at that time."

No wonder there was a shallow gouging mark on the iron chain on Shura's left wrist. Sima Lian was a child at that time, so he probably lacked strength. However, it's hard to imagine that Sima Lian and this moody Mrs. Yao Ji had such a pure age! "At that time, A-Lian was so pure and kind. We all hated the hateful Yuan family so much, and didn't let us see the warm sunshine. When I was young, I always wanted to grow up quickly, marry A-Lian, and leave this dark and damp place. Palace, but who knows, A-Lian and I have changed since we met him." With a bitter smile, Yao Ji drank the wine in the cup in one gulp, and some of the wine gradually flowed down from the corner of her mouth. That Que'er went over to brush her lightly, she blocked her way slightly, looked at me in a daze for a while, and murmured: "Jingru said, you have a gem called Zishang on your body, which reminds people of many past events. Uncle also mentioned it to me, but I didn't take it seriously, but now I really believe it, Que'er, do you think it's the same?"

The bird nodded silently.Yinger just looked at me silently. Jingru, why did another Jingru come out?Who is Jingru? I didn't dare to look at Yao Ji, for fear that she would see the thought in my eyes, so I had to look away. I was dumbfounded when I saw the highest point. The two masks looked exactly the same, but the charm was not completely different. The expression on the left Proud but preoccupied, the one on the right has a weird and deep smile, which is exactly the high-fidelity outline of my father-in-law's current saint. In the highest second row of the whole wall of pain and mystery, there are unexpectedly two child masks hanging in the first row on the right, which are really cute, and then two rows extend to the right, in order from small to large Arranged, it slowly shows the growth pattern of these two children from young to old, from childishness to maturity, I guess it may be one piece a year, there are 29 pieces in total, the two prototypes of this mask Should be twenty-six years old.In the last picture, it can be seen that there should be a man and a woman. The woman is beautiful and gentle, with a happy face, while the man has a handsome face, but the eyebrows are very deep, as if he is worried.

Wait, the older smiling faces of these two people look familiar. "That's my Zhu'er and Ding'er," Yao Ji said sadly, "They were taken away by the original family not long after they were born." When I heard it, I wondered, "Why did the Yuan clan want to rob your family's children?" "It's not because of that stupid thirty-two-character mantra." "Because my Ding'er and Zhu'er are twins." Yao Ji said drunkenly, "Haven't you heard the nonsense about twins' birthdays and Dragon Lord's Nine Heavens?"

She flicked the glass cup vigorously, and said bitterly: "It's just bullshit within bullshit." "Why do you have to be that emperor after giving birth to two children? He thought that everyone in the world wanted to be that shit emperor? Jingru and I just want to be together forever." She stood up suddenly. Getting up, he flew up and grabbed the mask of the holy god with a strange smile, and turned it into ashes with a little force. So Yao Ji has two children who were arrested by Yuan Qingjiang?Since he was feared by Yuan Qingjiang, he must be of the Yuan family lineage. Reminiscent of what Feibai once mentioned with admiration, his uncle's real name was Yuan Qingshan, but he later changed his name to Yuan Qingfeng and the word Jingru. The sideways gaze of the Xuanyuan royal family just changed.Sure enough, that Yin Zhongkui is the twin brother of the original Qingjiang. He may have encountered Sima Lian but survived in a dangerous situation, and simply feigned his death in the dark palace. A generation of heroes from the original family are saddened by the beauty pass. Could it be that this person with the original surname is the beauty, and that beauty is this Yaoji?

I understand, of these two masks, the one that Yao Ji destroyed should belong to Shengshangyuan Qingjiang, and the other one full of thoughts belongs to Yuan Qingshan. "Is Zhuer Ding'er still alive now?" I asked cautiously. Yao Ji nodded with tears in her eyes: "My Zhu'er is married to a hero of the age, and my Ding'er is known as Zifang Zhang of the age." It turned out to be a man and a woman. These twins can be regarded as twins who can transform into dragons, so why should they snatch them? The Yuan clan's road to the top, the direction of the blade, is it not just the dead soldiers of the ant people who are so heartbroken?Resolutely smashing the shackles of the blood, burning love and abandoning the heart is the truth of the unworldly meritorious deeds, right?

Looking at the women of the Yuan clan, the original spouses Qin, Xie Meixiang, Jinxiu, Lian, Queen Xuanyuan, and the Yao Ji in front of her, even if she is wrapped in Qiluo, Jindianjiaoyang is just a different kind of cage, or there is no fate for children. Either the yin and yang are separated or the flesh and blood are separated, or they are forced to be bloody and become murderous weapons. No matter how they choose to live in the Yuan family, their lives have long been kidnapped on the chariot of the so-called "Dragon Lord Nine Heavens". Thought-provoking lament. What about me?I suddenly and subconsciously remembered that I had also become Yuan's important and deeply loved woman!Then what will happen to me?Can not help dry mouth.Cold hands and feet. "My Zhu'er is kind and blue-hearted. She doesn't love those dandies in the purple garden. She chose my son-in-law. Guo is a dragon and a phoenix among people. The Yuan family also relies on my uncle to turn things around. I must be wise and brave." , both civil and military, familiar with military books, and a general," she replied proudly, raising her head, and then said melancholy: "But, but, my Ding'er, what he met was not human, he fell in love with someone who was not The one who should be loved, he saved a master who shouldn't be saved." Zhu'er, Zhu'er, among the people I know, it seems to be my sister-in-law Pearl; Ding'er... the only name in the Yuan family that contains Ding, seems to be Yuan Fengding who supports Jinxiu. Taking a closer look, I really didn't expect that the adult masks of the two children were really pearls and Yuan Fengding. The cup in my hand slipped to the ground and shattered. That's right, that pearl is just a maidservant, but she knows the secret of Yuan's family. It was originally said that a child from a distant relative of Yuan's family was adopted by Yuan Qingjiang, but now he has been promoted to the king of Ningkang County, the son of Shangzhu Kingdom. Rong said that although there are many people who flatter him, he has never seen his relatives come to pay his respects? !I remembered that around his waist was a topaz jade pendant with a beautiful face, exquisitely carved, very similar to Mrs. Yao Ji. I asked: "If my guess is correct, Mrs. Yaoji, your daughter is my sister-in-law, Mrs. Yipin Gaoming Pearl? Your son is the current Ningkang County King Yuan Fengding, whose name is Chengxian?" Yao Ji's face was still full of tears, she was staring at me like the eyes of a distant mountain and a clear pool, but suddenly she took a step forward, and she smiled at me, and exhaled a strong smell of alcohol from her cherry lips , I instinctively stepped back, she flicked her fiery red sleeves, took a step closer to me, and giggled, as if a naive child had won a glass marble, and she couldn't contain her excitement: "The legendary Huaxi Madame is smart." I couldn't help but step back, and fell onto the seat again, so I had to straighten my clothes and sit upright, bowed in a respectful posture for the elders, and said in a low voice, "I will be here in the future." It's the eighth day of the lunar new year, the queen's birthday, and I want to give a big banquet to all the noble ladies in the central palace. After the banquet, I think the smell of alcohol is very strong. I can sincerely invite Mrs. Zhongyong and her children to come to the Shangxin Pavilion to change clothes. At that time, Mrs. Yaoji can go back Make sense." Yaoji followed me and sat down on the mat, listening very seriously, with a kind of ecstasy shining in her eyes, which is a kind of touch unique to a mother. She held my hand tightly, which made me jump. . Her hands were unusually cold and wet, and it was only when she realized that her palms were sweating, she tremblingly said: "Bring the plum blossom wine that the lord rewarded the year before last, I want to get drunk with Hibiscus today." "My lord said that I want to wait for him to come and have a drink with my wife." Huang Ying'er said coquettishly, "Why don't you let Ying'er go and fetch the sweet-scented osmanthus lotus bar that the old man sent for?" Sure enough, the lord and the uncle here are clearly two people, the original Qingjiang must be the lord, then the other former Qingshan is the uncle. Yao Ji turned her back to Huang Yinger, her pretty face turned gloomy, she gently let go of my hand, turned around slowly, smiled again, and gracefully sat back in her seat. "Okay!" Yao Ji glanced at Huang Ying'er, and smiled softly: "Ying'er is right, if you want Que'er to get it for me, you can talk to the princess with me." Yao Ji raised her chin slightly at Que'er, Que'er walked out in a muffled voice, Huang Ying'er walked over gracefully, Yao Ji suddenly pointed left to Huang Ying'er's left leg and flicked slightly, Huang Ying'er couldn't dodge in time, staggered, almost At the same time, Que'er, who had already reached the door, suddenly turned back like lightning and slapped Ying'er hard after her strength. Ying'er slowly fell to the ground, and the music suddenly stopped. Ying'er was lying on the ground with her limbs twitching, blood gushing out along the mask, winding down to her neck, reflecting her pale skin, the mask, and the white paper-like palace gown, it was shocking. Yao Ji lazily flicked a drop of blood on her cuff, and said with a smile, "I'm most annoyed that people will use my lord to suppress me. Letting your dog live for so long is considered a compliment to you." Que'er was still silent, just kicked Ying'er to the edge of the pool. In an instant, those seemingly colorful and elegant golden dragons emerged from the water, opened their mouths wide, and dragged the girl down with their sharp teeth. In the water, dozens of golden dragons thumped the originally calm stream. In an instant, the surface of the water was frighteningly bloody. About five minutes later, the blood was swept away with the stream, and the dark deep palace returned to calm again. As the air of the catacombs, I don't even know what she looks like, as if there was only one dumb waiter, Que'er, here. Que'er raised her hand slightly in silence, the music started again, and she was the only one left in the arena dancing beautifully and lightly. At this time, the two gray-haired waiters I saw last time came in with a plum bottle, filled the wine glasses for Yao Ji and me, and then went out to guard the door, calm and composed.Yao Ji also acted as if nothing had happened. I tasted the fine wine but couldn't taste it. The pity that just arose in my heart was discounted like this. What a terrible mother! She smiled at me and said, "I heard that the Holy Majesty once bestowed on his wife lifelong inseparability?" I nodded in agreement, and she gave a slightly melancholy oh. "The original family always boasted that their ancestors were descended from heaven and man, and I never believed in this kind of nonsense." Yao Ji picked up another glass bowl and threw it on the ground vigorously, and the water chestnuts in it scattered all over the floor: "Tell me, since it is Heaven and man come down to earth, why would they give medicine to the one they love?" This time I know why the Yuan family has ordered so many glazed lotus vessels, and the toughness required for making each one is higher than that of the last one. Sure enough, the last one is more exquisite than the last one, but in the end they all went missing. The most important thing is that this one is worth ten taels of silver!My buttocks haven't warmed up here yet, and thirty taels of silver is just a waste of money. Maybe next time I can suggest to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to order some wooden or official porcelain, which can save a lot of expenses. I was thinking wildly, when there was a smell of alcohol, it turned out that Yaoji approached me slightly drunk and asked, "I heard that you opened the statue of the gods?" "yes." "I went there with A-Lian before, it was just a bunch of furry gods with purple pupils, how did you do it?" I briefly talked about the opening process, and she asked questions curiously, which related to the sad past of the Xuanyuan family. I omitted the past between the Empress Dowager Li and Prince Ni, and only explained that The throne forced Princess Wanrong to death, and then Xuanyuan Shuyi, together with King Dongxian and others, first framed Concubine Li for rebellion, indirectly angered Dezong to death, poor Queen Li was brutally murdered and so on. The more she listened, the more energetic she was, drinking one glass after another, but her face didn't blush and she couldn't breathe. After drinking, her beautiful eyes became brighter and her problems became more and more. "Unexpectedly, you have such an adventure at such a young age." She looked at me blankly, without any malice, but I was still afraid of her in my heart, and I just heard her say: "It's not worse than when I was young. I, too, are destined to serve the True Dragon Emperor." The author has something to say: To commemorate the legendary end of the world... Hot buns, hot buns... I would like to reiterate to everyone, because the manuscript has to be submitted, and I am watching, the content I wrote will be constantly revised, so There are at most two chapters a month, please bear with me, the next chapter should be around Christmas and New Year's Day.