Chapter 19 Chapter Nineteen

In the northwest corner of the garden, layers of branches cover an exquisite two-story attic.At the beginning of early spring, the flourishing white plum petals suddenly leave the branches, accompanied by the music that seems to contain the mind of the world, falling slowly like a pen, like a frozen picture, and arousing people's infinite enthusiasm. Daydreams and dreams.Gently, the window lattice of the second-floor attic moved slightly, through the looming gap between the treetops, a clear and flawless face like an autumn moon was reflected.With blue hair hanging down the shoulders, willow-leaf-browed eyebrows, and a pair of ice-like bright eyes revealing an innocence that seems to have been washed and moistened by the fairyland of Yaochi.At this moment, she had already crouched by the window, fascinated by the touching melody.

"There is such an exciting music in this world. You can forget your own existence and enter the world of rhythm. It seems that you can never come out, it seems that you can never be alone..." She murmured to herself. "Sister, why can't I hear the unique sound of this piano?" A little girl in her teens pouted and said. The girl ignored the girl's words, and still said to herself: "I'm afraid it's the people around the emperor who come from the Chang'an palace, who have such a tolerant and broad-minded mind." "Besides the people around the emperor, who else is it! There are no such unruly people in our house, and we don't want to see whose piano..." The little girl was obviously not interested in the sound of this unexpected guest's piano.

"Shhh--Aqian, don't mess around, listen carefully, and listen carefully..." The girl opened the window completely and listened carefully, "The calmness in the sound of the piano, like the feeling of the sea, is by no means ordinary people. able to play." The maid named Ah Qian burst into a smile: "Miss, don't you want to meet a beautiful lady at the piano stage today?" "Don't talk nonsense..." He Lianche blushed, as if she had returned to reality from the illusion, "Go and get my flute." After finishing speaking, she couldn't help picking up the bronze mirror on the table , took a photo, and carefully arranged the clothes...

At this time, after a song was played on the pavilion, the whole air seemed to be solidified, and even the birds on the branches of the rockery stopped to listen, as if they were saying goodbye to the sound of nature and flew to the endless sky... At this moment, a soft and warm sound The sound of the flute cut through the tranquility, and the low and tactful tune was slowly produced by the beautiful girl. It was a song "Little Nishang".The sound of nature, kissing the morning dew, swaying the lingering sound that was just calm and calm like water, continues a kind of pure and distant transcendence.In the sound of the flute, there seemed to be a beautiful yearning and apotheosis of an innocent girl.

Li Jie had been fascinated by it for a long time, but he couldn't help playing the piano and playing with it.In an instant, the garden with a radius of ten mu was filled with romantic air. Occasionally, the plum petals would wither and fall lightly to the center of the lake, leaving waves of tenderness... "Where are you from, little brother, what are you doing playing the piano here?" Li Jie was concentrating on playing the piano, and was suddenly taken aback by this sudden question.He stopped hastily, the portamento left on the seventh string trembled a few times, and he stretched out his hand to hold it down again, and the sound stopped abruptly.Li Jie looked up, but saw a playful little girl, with a pair of big watery eyes looking him up and down.

"Were you tasting the flute just now?" Li Jie asked.Ah Qian glanced at the sword at Li Jie's waist, tilted his head and said, "I'm not that capable, you're lucky to hear my lady's masterpiece... you, you're not the emperor's bodyguard, are you?" " Li Jie smiled and said nothing, but saw a young lady walking out from behind the little girl. In 2028, Hua was born pure and unique, with the temperament of a lady, but without any pretentiousness. His whole body exuded elegance and innocence. , It seems to be integrated with the beauty of this garden, forming a seamless meticulous painting.

"Girl, just now your flute sound..." Li Jie opened his mouth and was interrupted by Ah Qian: "This is Miss He Lianche, my master's daughter. How can you be so careless?" "Ah Qian, don't be unreasonable." Lian Che raised her head, and saw a handsome young man with a slender figure and clean clothes standing in front of her, apparently only sixteen or seventeen years old.Looking up, you can see a big face with a square nose, a straight nose and a square mouth. There is a heroic spirit between the brows, and a bit of majesty.Lian Che couldn't help but slightly lowered her head again, her heart was pounding, and she asked in a low voice: "Did you come to the house with Long Live?"

"Exactly," Li Jie said, "Yesterday your father hosted a banquet for His Majesty, but he did not see Miss." "My father was afraid that I would bump into Shengjia, so he asked me to stay in the room." "So that's how it is. It's my honor to play a song with Miss Heqin today, Sansheng is lucky." "Young master, I'm sorry. When I was young, my father hired a musician to teach me a little bit. But I just listened to the young master's "Flowing Water". Voice." The two chatted gradually, and Ah Qian ran behind the rockery with a smirk.

The winter plums by the lake are shy and have pistils, and the magpies come to touch the pavilion at leisure. The lonely bamboo flute faces the qin in the air, and the bosom friend reflects the leaves. The towering mountains and rivers and the Forbidden City are broken, and the wandering and lonely village hides worries. I seem to have recalled that the bamboo horse was sent to where in Xichuan. "My lord, the emperor is leaving for Chengdu and is looking for you everywhere." The little eunuch Deshun suddenly ran over and knelt down in front of Li Jie. "Got it, you go back first, I'll go right away."

Lian Che was speechless for a long while: "...you, are you the prince?" "Prince..." Li Jie murmured, "If the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, how can there still be the dignity of a prince and grandson..." Lian Che was surprised that she was suddenly not restrained in front of Li Jie: "Then you are leaving?" "Yeah, I don't know when I can return to Chang'an after going to Chengdu." Lian Che showed a look of melancholy: "I'm going to say goodbye, I don't know if there is a chance to meet again. I will give you this bamboo flute."

After receiving the bamboo flute, Li Jie felt a warm feeling in his heart.He suddenly couldn't bear to leave here.Although this small garden pond is clear and full of plum blossoms, although it is far less graceful and beautiful than Qujiang Pond, he has never had the comfort and peace of mind he experienced here.He wanted to stay, stay in He You's manor, and live a life of indifference to the world, but does this kind of life belong to a down-and-out king and grandson like him who is on the run?He also wanted to take this beautiful, elegant and refined young lady to Chengdu. He thought he would always have such a hard-to-find bosom friend by his side.However, what a delusion and dream it is for the country to be ruined and the family to be destroyed.How much he wanted to stay here for a while, because there were endless words in his heart that he did not confide.Then, without saying a word after all, he walked down the stone steps sadly, clutching the bamboo flute tightly in his hand. "Jay—" He had just stepped out of more than a dozen steps when he suddenly heard Lian Che's slightly trembling voice behind him.He was moved for a while, he often didn't want others to call him Prince or Shou Wang, he especially liked the "Jie" of Brother Huang, and he could bring him back to the carefree life of Liuwangyuan when he was a child.But at this moment, Lian Che was so understanding.Li Jie turned around and looked up to see Lian Che standing under the word "Yiran" in front of the pavilion, those clear eyes were looking at him as brightly as if washed by water. "Jay, shall we meet again?" "Yes! When we regain Chang'an, we will meet each other again." Li Jie seemed to remember something after saying this, and took off a jade pendant from his waist and gave it to Lian Che.Then, he hurried out of the garden... On the top of the lonely mountain, the shadow is farewell to Mianchuan.More and more soldiers escorted him, some on horseback, some on foot, to escort Li Xuan to Chengdu... "Your Majesty, Chengdu is ahead. My elder brother has already lined up at the Sima Bridge." Tian Lingzi couldn't help feeling relieved when he thought that he would be able to return to his comfortable life soon.Li Xuan nodded, saw a small town in front of him, and ordered: "I'm a little hungry, let's go to the town ahead to get a job." The attendant at the side helped the emperor get off the horse.When I came to the street of the town, I saw a stone tablet lying on the side, with the words "Tianhui Town" written in three vigorous characters. "Jun Rong, do these three characters have a history?" Although Tian Lingzi could read and write, it stumped him: "Your Majesty, what is the origin of this barren town in the outskirts of the country? It's all auspicious words chosen by the villagers themselves." "No, I seem to have seen these words when I was studying books when I was young. Jie, do you remember?" Li Jie caressed this rough stone tablet and said: "Brother Huihuang, I have a few notes. During the Anshi Rebellion, the first emperor Xuanzong was fortunate to Shu, and returned to Chang'an from this town after many years. Emperor Xuanzong looks back at Chengdu here, feeling the old things. , Li Bai once had a poem of "Tianhui five bases for Chang'an", and later generations called it Tianhui Town." "Yes, yes, I remembered it as soon as you said it." Li Xuan said with emotion, "Unexpectedly, the years have passed, and I have followed in the footsteps of the late emperor." After saying that, he felt a little sad.Looking back at the road when I came here: the official road to Chengdu is already flat, and there is no trace of the hardships of crossing the Qinling Jiange plank road. "I hope I will return to Chang'an soon!" Just as he was thinking, Li Xuan suddenly saw two thin horses running forward and backward on the dust in the distance.Gradually approaching, Li Xuan only felt that the person on the horse in front of him was very familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while... When he got closer, when the man saw Li Xuan, he got off his horse and bowed down with excitement, crying: "Sin!" Minister Kong Wei sees that the driver is late, the emperor forgives me!" "Kong Wei?" Li Xuan tried his best to search for this strange but familiar name from the depths of his mind. "That's right! Your majesty, you don't know this humble minister anymore?" Kong Wei was already sobbing. "I remember now! You are my Taichang Minister Kong Huawen!" "It's Weichen!" Li Xuan hurriedly helped Kong Wei up, he had not been in power for a long time, and many officials had only met once or twice.In front of him, the servant of the household department of the former dynasty was already dressed in rags, his silver-white beard and hair were disheveled, and dust marks accumulated on his face. "Aiqing, you have traveled all the way here, it's hard for you!" "Why did the emperor say that! During the Anshi Rebellion, Du Shaoling was able to escape to Shu because he was a lower body of the eighth grade, and he was still unyielding to the power of lust. The so-called common people are saints! I am a descendant of my master, and I have been taught by my ancestors Confucianism since childhood. Having received the emperor's favor, how dare you not drive to follow the holy driver!" Hearing this, a trace of shame flashed in Li Xuan's heart.On the night of fleeing Chang'an, he left all the officials alone and never intervened. He was in a panic and suffered a lot all the way.Many officials were killed by Huang Chao because they were too late to follow him.However, Zheng Tian, ​​the former fan, greeted him from Fengxiang and took on the important task of revitalizing Chang'an; at this time, he saw a loyal minister who followed life and death like Kong Wei, how could he not be grateful!Thinking of this, he couldn't help but take off the silk around his waist, and regardless of Kong Wei's fear, he personally wiped the dust off Ai Chen's face. At this time, Li Xuan noticed that the person behind Kong Wei was also covered in dust, so he asked, "Ai Qing, who is this?" "I'm about to tell the emperor about it. I met this person sleeping in the open in Deyang. This is Zhang Yuchuan, a member of the Du branch." Zhang Jun hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "Grassman Zhang Jun is ordered to see my lord long live! Long live!" Li Xuan suddenly became excited: "You are Zhang Yuchuan who proposed to Hanyin County to donate food?" "It is the grassroots. Caomin After receiving the oral order from Li County Magistrate, I didn’t dare to delay at all, and traveled day and night to see you. I happened to meet Master Kong at Lutou Pass, so I came here together.” "So that's how it is!" Li Xuan said, "Both of you are my loyal ministers of Li Tang. When you arrive in Chengdu, I will give you a lot of rewards!" Then he asked Kong Wei, "How is the battle ahead?" "Back to the emperor, Mr. Zheng is trying his best to gather people from all walks of life to counterattack Chang'an. It's just that Zhenhai is thousands of miles away. Bing Jianghuai and refraining troops to wait and see... Forgive me for the death penalty, the emperor can no longer use him! He is now sitting on the sidelines, if there is another mistake in my Tang Dynasty, he will definitely follow the example of Sun Ce to occupy Jiangdong!" Kong Wei mentioned Gao Qianli is Gao Pian, who had already emerged during the Xianzong Dynasty. During the Yizong Dynasty, his prestige and fame were all the rage due to the suppression of the Southwest Rebellion.But Kong Wei's words really poked Li Xuan's heart!Although he has granted Zheng Tian supreme trust and power, Zheng Tian is a scholar after all and has no heavy soldiers. He can only pin all his hopes on Gao Pian: "Jun Rong, I order you to send someone to urge Qianli Send troops, can you do it?" "The old slave has followed the emperor's order." Kong Wei said again: "Your Majesty, the envoy who urged the troops to be dispatched has met with you several times. We look at each other on the road!" Li Yan frowned, but he was helpless, he just let out a breath slowly, and said weakly, "Hurry up again!" "Follow the order!" Long Jia continued to travel south, and Li Jie followed listlessly at the end of the team.He knew that not far from Guotianhui Town was Chengdu, the seat of Xichuan Road in Jiannan.It is a city with a rich history accumulated for thousands of years, and it is a romantic and prosperous city.He liked to study literature and history in Liuwangyuan since he was a child, and his memory has already familiarized himself with the literati, refined scholars and embroidered beauties who hurried through that city in history.There are the eternal masterpieces left by Sima Xiangru and Zhuo Wenjun on the Qintai, and there are the eternal famous poems handed down by Xishu Ziyun who lived in seclusion in Mochi; on the banks of the Jinjiang River, you may even find the figure of Xue Tao, the school secretary for girls, washing paper. In the thatched cottage, you may still be able to hear the best lines handed down from the poet Du Fu.Zhang Ji's sentence "there are many restaurants beside the Wanli Bridge, where do tourists prefer to stay" once made him admire the fragrance and sweetness of Shu wine; Let him linger in the intoxication of the faint tea fragrance of yellow buds on the top of the mountain brewed by the boiling water of the river... The towering city tower of the north gate is already in front of you, and the magnificent and thick city wall is unfolding in front of you.Just now, when he was resting in Tianhui Town, Kong Wei reported to Gao Pian that he deeply owed the emperor's favor and supported his soldiers. However, this brand new Luocheng stretching for twenty-five miles in front of him was the grand expansion of Gao Pian in the third year of Qianfu. project.Li Jie clearly remembered that on the day Luocheng was completed, the emperor praised him as "beneficiary to future generations, wise to the past, following Kong Ming in the palm, sitting in Zhang Yi's belly".However, is Gao Pian, who has a great literary reputation and the reputation of "Servant of the Fallen Eagle", really a loyal minister?If so, does he know all the hardships and tribulations that the emperor's brother went through while fleeing south?Li Jie was at a loss. Xichuan Jiedu envoy Chen Jingxuan led Xichuan officials far away to meet him at Qiliting in the northern suburbs. A large team surrounded the young emperor and headed for the northern city. There, a temporary new small court will be surrounded by a little glory and brilliance. born.However, I don't know whether it is Li Xuan, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, or Tian Lingzi who is lying in this short-lived comfort with a gorgeous appearance. Luanjia entered the city of Chengdu. Although the streets in front of him were far less spacious than Chang'an Zhuque Avenue, they were full of prosperity.The merchants on both sides of the street were next to each other, and the plainly dressed people lined up along the street, knelt down on the ground, and shouted long live three times.Chen Jingxuan and Tian Lingzi rode side by side in the middle of the team.Lingzi looked around, and the people in Chengdu seemed to be paying homage to him, and they couldn't help but feel smug, with a smug smile on the corner of their mouths. Chen Jingxuan had already been hired by his brother to become this fat job, but now that the holy driver is here, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.What's more, as soon as the brother arrived in Chengdu, he had someone to discuss everything, and since then he didn't have a lot of ink, and he didn't have to panic when encountering problems.He stole a glance at Tian Lingzi, and joked in a low voice: "Brother, you live in the tenth army's watch and appearance envoy, long time no see, your complexion is getting more and more rosy!" Tian Lingzi smiled and said with a pun: "It's all thanks to the sage Long En. How is brother?" "Okay! Of course! Since I came to Chengdu, I have really enjoyed the wealth! For my brother, I have a steamed dog and a pot of fine wine, and I have two girls to accompany me at night." Chen Jingxuan couldn't restrain his inner joy, "When you come to Chengdu , I'm even more at ease! With you here, those bullshit official documents won't bother me... Hahaha... I figured it out, anyone can do without Tang Dynasty, except you, Tian Junrong. " Tian Lingzi looked left and right, and said with a smirk: "Brother, you are joking. There is an emperor here, and there are civil and military officials. How can I, an eunuch, speak?" He complained in his heart that Chen Jingxuan did not speak according to the occasion. Chen Jingxuan didn't care about these things, he said carelessly: "Hehe, I can't see it, but I can't see it? The little emperor listens to you. What nonsense civil and military officials, isn't that your guard of honor?" "Uh! Keep your voice down!" Tian Lingzi looked around vigilantly for a moment, and saw that the courtiers were surrounding the emperor in front, and no one noticed them, so he whispered, "I'm not superhuman, compared with other courtiers, but Knowing how to read and write is the reason why I am respectable today. However, compared with the old man Qiu Shiliang beside Emperor Wenzong, it is still far behind! It is a pity that I was not born at the right time, and I was not able to be taught by the old man..." "Haha, brother, you can really joke. If you don't get the true biography, can the little emperor let you go?" "Studying since ancient times, three points are teaching, seven points are comprehension. Qiu Lao killed two kings, one concubine, and four prime ministers. He has been prosperous and rich for twenty years, and he can live his old age with grace and courtesy. He is really a model of eunuch! On the day he purged himself and entered the palace, he always took him as an example and comprehended everywhere! The old man has long said: "The emperor should not let leisure, he must read books, and when he sees Confucian officials near him, he will accept advice, far-reaching wisdom, less fun For the sake of the kings, there is no such thing as breeding wealth, holding eagles and horses, and bewitching his heart with the sound and color of hunting every day. It is extremely extravagant, and if you are happy, you will not know it. Then you must reprimand the scriptures. Art, dark foreign affairs, all opportunities are in my hands, and the grace and power are about to go...'" "Okay, okay..." Seeing Tian Lingzi shaking his head and reciting words endlessly, Chen Jingxuan interrupted, "You've come to your senses. If you can control the emperor's officials like this in Chengdu, I can sit back and enjoy the blessings." Tian Lingzi held his head high, complacent, but calm as before: "It's just a joke. If we want to control the government, we need an army of our own. For this matter, brother, we must recruit warriors on the spot in Xichuan and reorganize the army." Forbidden Army." "How many people are needed?" "Eighty thousand and one hundred thousand is not too much, at least fifty thousand!" "It's no problem, leave it to me!" After finishing speaking, the two brothers looked at each other and smiled, and continued to follow behind Long Jia. Good rain knows the season, when spring is here. Sneaked into the night wind, moisten things silently. The wild trails are all dark, and the river boats are full of fire. Xiao sees the red wet place, and the flowers are heavy in the official city. Spring in Chengdu is always very short, and it slips away inadvertently.In winter here, there are few snow-covered scenery, but the snow water from the source of Minjiang River flows slowly from the edge of the city through Jinjiang River, which always makes people feel a little sad in the cold.Looking forward to, after the new year is a new spring.Not far from the east of the city, a few early spring peach blossoms have bloomed on the top of the mountain, but the city is still holding on to the bone-chilling cold.Occasionally, the spring sunshine lazily climbs up the screen wall in front of the door, but the gloomy weather will continue for a long time, until one day the warm wind hits, and spring has slipped by inadvertently.