Chapter 10 Chapter Ten Ning Ming

When Di Qing turned back to the cell, he was a little surprised.There were too many things that surprised Di Qing, Pang Ji would speak up for him, Luo Chongxun, a great eunuch, couldn't do anything to a small imperial guard, and the grand master of Kaifeng Mansion even had a headache for him. Of course, what surprised Di Qing the most was that he turned in righteous indignation and saved the lunatic who injured Ma Zhongli, but he didn't expect that the lunatic he rescued turned out to be the Eighth Prince!Whether this is a blessing or a curse, he couldn't figure it out.But he somewhat understands that the Eighth Prince is not bad to him, at least he can testify for him.

One Eighth Prince's words are more effective than ten thousand Zhu Dachang's testimony.With the testimony of the Eighth Prince, I'm afraid Ma Jiliang would not dare to act recklessly.But why did the Eighth Prince testify for this humble imperial guard?Isn't he afraid of offending the queen mother?Is the Eighth Prince a lunatic?Di Qing didn't understand. What made Di Qing even more puzzled was that Cheng Lin's postponement was actually postponed for half a year. In the past six months, the Kaifeng government has not made a conclusion on Di Qing's case, so Di Qing can only stay in prison.Summer went to autumn, autumn went to winter, and it was cold day by day in prison. Fortunately, Di Qing still had friends. Every time Zhang Yu came, he complained again and again, as if Zhang Yu was the one in prison.The Kaifeng Mansion just dragged on like this, what can Zhang Yu do?Instead, it was Di Qing who comforted Zhang Yu and reassured the brothers.One day Guo Kui brought winter clothes and didn't say anything, but Di Qing already understood that he might spend this winter in prison.

Di Qing is no longer looking forward to when he will be released from prison.In prison, he had a rare peace of mind.Fortunately, he still has a Wulong.There seems to be a great secret hidden in the five dragons, Di Qing looked over and over again, but still couldn't understand. The red dragon never appeared again.But Di Qing knew that it was not an illusion, but where is the secret? On this day, when Di Qing hoped to despair, the prison door rang, and a jailer came in and said, "Di Qing, go to the government office, the case is finalized." Di Qing was greatly astonished, and followed the jailer to the Kaifeng government office.Along the way, I realized that the capital city had already snowed, and the Kaifeng mansion was a little cold.

The government office in Kaifeng is as deserted as the wandering Xueer, and the old people are gone.Obviously, like Di Qing, they don't know when Di Qing's case will be concluded. When Di Qing arrived in the lobby of Kaifeng Mansion, he found only two government officials standing lazily. Yin Chenglin of Kaifeng Mansion was sitting behind the official case, her beard still sparse, and Pang Ji was standing aside, still with a sad face. Feeling apprehensive, Di Qing knelt down in front of the hall.Cheng Lin said: "Di Qing, you act in the name of a yamen servant, and you destroy people's firewood carts, are you guilty?"

Di Qing thought, "Why did you get here?"Why not ask about Ma Zhongli?I had to answer: "The villain is indeed wrong." Cheng Lin pondered and said: "Although you falsely used the name of Kaifeng yamen servant, fortunately, you did not cause any serious consequences. But the fight was fierce, and you cannot be lightly forgiven. As usual, you will be fined for five years of probation, and then you will be accompanied by that The old man who lost the firewood cart can be released from prison for a tael of silver, do you know if you can plead guilty?" Di Qing blinked, not knowing how to respond for a moment.The five-year grinding penalty meant that Di Qing would not be promoted within five years, but Di Qing didn't take it seriously.He can afford a tael of silver, but this kind of punishment is simply wrong!So what if he injured Ma Zhongli?

Seeing that Di Qing was silent, Cheng Lin frowned and said, "Aren't you willing to accept the punishment?" Di Qing asked awkwardly, "I can get out of prison after paying the fine?" Pang Ji said aside: "Exactly." After that, he and Cheng Lin exchanged glances, and both could see each other's helplessness and exhaustion. Why are they helpless? Could it be that they are tired because of Di Qing?Di Qing stopped thinking about it and shouted, "I am willing!" Pay the fine and get back the original clothes.Di Qing walked out of the prison in Kaifeng Mansion alone.

He came in inexplicably, and left inexplicably.When I came in, the willows were swaying, and when I came out, the lonely dead branches were covered with heavy snow.Breath into frost, what a cold winter! Di Qing couldn't help but rubbed his hands and stomped his feet, before he could move, he suddenly stopped.Standing alone in front of him was a man with beard stained with frost, apparently standing in the wind and snow for a long time, looking at him with a smile. Di Qing was overjoyed, and ran over and said, "Brother Guo, why are you here?" Guo Zun looked at Di Qing up and down, and said, "Just come out." He patted Di Qing on the shoulder and said, "You did nothing wrong in this matter."

Di Qing's nose was sore, and a surge of hot blood rushed to his heart.It's nothing for him to be wronged by Ma Jiliang and others, and it's nothing for him to be misunderstood by the woman in white, but Brother Guo understands him, which makes him feel ashamed. "Brother Guo, I always give you trouble." Guo Zun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "You and I are brothers and friends, why bother talking about this? I know you have a lot of doubts, so let's talk while walking. I will take you to meet someone." Di Qing was a little puzzled as to who he was going to see, but even if Guo Zun asked him to jump into the fire pit, he would jump down.

Guo Zun didn't let Di Qing jump into the fire pit, and the two walked side by side on the snow.The snow condensed into ice and shattered into crumbs, creaking and creaking, as if Di Qing's mood at the moment. "I know you must be very strange. Why did you come out like this? Why hasn't anyone mentioned Ma Zhongli?" Guo Zun looked at Lamei in the corner with deep eyes. Di Qing hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes. They have no reason to let me go." "They won't let you go, so you have to be careful in the future." Guo Zun said lightly: "But now it's different, Ma Zhongli actually injured the Eighth Prince! If you are severely sentenced, then Ma Zhongli will be a death penalty! This point They think clearly."

Di Qing finally understood, "So they can only let the Kaifeng government close the case hastily, and everything is a big deal?" Guo Zun had a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, "You are right. You are accused of fighting fiercely, and hurting others is an unintentional mistake. So Ma Zhongli also fought fiercely and hurt the Eighth Prince unintentionally. You are imprisoned." For half a year, he has been lying on the bed, as long as the Eighth Prince does not pursue this matter, and the Queen Mother does not intervene, then it will be forgotten." I thought to myself, this kind of treatment is expected.But the strange thing is, why did the Eighth Prince act as a witness for Di Qing?

Di Qing sighed, "Now I finally understand the beauty of power..." He wanted to say something more, but he had nothing to say. "Di Qing, you are wrong." Guo Zun stopped, turned around and looked at Di Qing with burning eyes, "Here, power cannot cover the sky with one hand, and even the Queen Mother can't do whatever she wants. Because there are upright people in this capital. You There is no big mistake in this matter, so as long as you deal with it fairly, you will be fine. But if you are really wrong, no one can save you!" Di Qing murmured: "It's easy to say that it's fair to deal with four words, but it's not easy to do it." Suddenly his eyes lit up and he said, "Brother Guo, are you taking me to see an upright person?" Guo Zun's eyes were full of relief, "You are not stupid at all. The person I brought you to meet is called..." Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud bang and the sound of a gong.The sound of the gong was so loud that it not only interrupted Guo Zun's words, but also made the snow on the dead branches rustle. Guo Zun's eyes fixed on a sedan chair in the distance.Di Qing also looked at the sedan chair, full of astonishment, he had never seen such a strange sedan chair.But it is not so much a sedan chair as it is a bed, because the sedan chair has no top cover, and the sedan chair is definitely not that wide.But it can also be called a sedan chair, because who has ever seen someone carry a bed on the street? At the end of the long street, eight lamas suddenly appeared. The eight lamas held giant cymbals, and every ten steps they walked, they would knock on the giant cymbals together.The loud sound just now was the sound of the eight giant cymbals hitting together, no wonder it was deafening. After the eight lamas, sixteen more lamas carried the strangely wide sedan chair.There was only one person sitting on the sedan chair.That man was also a lama, but half of his body was naked. Although he was a little thin, his muscles were like iron.In the cold wind and snow, the man was still steaming from head to toe.The monk had a big mouth, a big head, and his nostrils turned up to the sky. When he saw it suddenly, it seemed that his nostrils were even bigger than his nose. When Di Qing saw him, he felt that this lama had an indescribable weirdness.Bianjing dignified, why are these lamas so arrogant?Di Qing has been in the capital for many years, and he has never seen such a weird and arrogant lama. "Brother Guo..." Di Qing wanted to ask about the origin of this lama, but suddenly found that Guo Zun's face became extremely ugly, and his eyes showed vigilance and reminiscence.Di Qing froze, but couldn't continue to ask the following words. Those lamas seemed to be walking slowly, but after a while, they arrived beside Guo Zun and Di Qing.It was cold and snowy, and the wind was bitter. There were no pedestrians on the long street. Even if there were people, they would step aside early when they saw the momentum.Guo Zun took Di Qing back two steps, but remained silent.The lama on the sedan chair snorted suddenly, and looked at Guo Zun with his slightly closed eyes. Those eyes were emerald green. Di Qing only felt that there seemed to be endless secrets hidden in those eyes, and he was almost attracted by those eyes.Guo Zun took half a step forward and stood in front of Di Qing.Di Qing's gaze was cut off, and he shivered, not knowing why for a while.The lama on the sedan stared at Guo Zun for a moment, the sedan did not stop, and gradually went away. But the lama's eyes were deep and meaningful, as if ice and snow were hard to break.After the sedan chair disappeared at the other end of the long street, Guo Zun looked away, snorted coldly, and murmured: Is it him?How did he come here? Di Qing was puzzled, "Brother Guo, what is the background of that lama?" Guo Zun shook his head, "You don't need to know. But don't mess with this person in the future." His tone was full of guard, and he seemed to be remembering something.Suddenly he heard a person next to him say: "Oh, what kind of system is Cheng?" Guo Zun looked over and saw a man who looked like a scholar shaking his head and went to the restaurant.Guo Zun's eyes flickered, and he said to Di Qing, "Let's go to the restaurant for a few drinks." Seeing that Guo Zun didn't answer, Di Qing didn't want to ask, so he followed Guo Zun to the restaurant. The outside of the building is freezing and snowy, but the inside of the building is as warm as spring.In the lobby of the restaurant, there had been a lot of chatter among drinkers, but Guo Zun ignored it and went straight to the second floor. When Di Qing went up to the second floor, he saw a person sitting by the window near the long street, and his eyes lit up.The man was poorly dressed and washed white.Because his back was facing here, Di Qing couldn't see his face.The man was a bit fat, and there was only a jug of wine and a plate of crystal salt on the table. Di Qing found that the man was a real drinker, because only a real drinker would skip the food and only drink with crystal salt. They didn't want other flavors to interfere with the interest of wine tasting.That man is by no means poor, because that dish of crystal salt is not cheap.But judging from his clothes, he looks like a poor scholar.What kind of person is this?Di Qing thought to himself, is this the person Brother Guo wants to bring him to meet?What ability will this person have? The man was just looking at the long street. Although he was a little fat, his back was full of loneliness.Just as Guo Zun was about to move, he suddenly saw the man pick up a bamboo chopstick on the table and lightly tap the side of the celadon dish, making a tinkling sound.Although the voice is far less pleasant than Zhang Miaoge's piano, it has its own character. Guo Zun actually stopped and listened to the sound quietly.Di Qing was puzzled, not knowing what Guo Zun was up to. At this time, the man murmured: "There is no one hundred years old in the world. It's useless to think about it with your fingers, exhaust your organs, and use your energy in vain. The young are foolish, and the old is haggard. There are only years in the middle, when the spring breeze is proud, and you can bear to be tied to the false name?" , took another sip of wine, and sighed lightly, as if there was something embarrassing.His voice was hoarse, as if he had experienced many vicissitudes.Although the man's voice was low, both Guo Zun and Di Qing could hear him clearly. Guo Zun was full of sadness and thought. When Di Qing heard this, he became obsessed with it.I just feel sad coming from it, and I can't wait to cry immediately.Since he was a child, he liked to fight fiercely and seldom read books, but his mother had high expectations for him and taught him to read, so Di Qing was not illiterate.But if the thesis is good, it's tofu with ponytail string - don't mention it. But he understands the meaning of that word, because that word can only be understood by those who are hard-working.That person said that life is only a hundred years, young and ignorant, old and too sensible, only the high-spirited moments in the middle are good, but it is a pity that chasing fame and delaying life. Young and infatuated, old and haggard, only the middle years, proud of the spring breeze, forbearing to be tied to the floating name!However, in a few words, Di Qing almost shed tears after talking about life with a snap of his fingers. Although Guo Zun was also affected by the past, he still remembered the reason for coming.Just before he stepped up and walked over, the literati who had gone upstairs had already arrived in front of him, nodded slightly and said: "Brother Xiwen invited me, what advice do you have?" The person who recited the words stood up and bowed, "Master Song is willing to move forward, I am very grateful to you." Lord Song waved his hand and said, "Today we only talk about poetry and wine tasting, not business affairs. I don't know if Brother Xiwen asked me to come, do you want to walk the snow with me to find plums?" Brother Xiwen changed his words and said: "Brother Song doesn't want to talk about state affairs, but to tell the truth, the next time I invite you here is related to state affairs." Lord Song's face changed slightly, and Brother Xiwen said again: "Brother Song, do you remember the words 'being disloyal as a minister'?" Lord Song said displeasedly: "It turns out that Brother Xiwen invited me here because he just wanted to be ashamed to me?" Di Qing couldn't understand, so he looked at Guo Zun again. Seeing that he was listening attentively, it was difficult for him to ask questions, so he had to listen patiently. Brother Xiwen shook his head and said, "No, I just feel that I'm 'unfaithful'." Mr. Song's face was cloudy and uncertain, and he said after a while, "Brother Xiwen, why did you say that?" Brother Xiwen filled a glass of wine for Master Song and said, "Brother Song, should you know about the suburban sacrifice in a few days?" Master Song said: "Right now, all Chinese and military officials in the court know about this matter. The Holy Majesty and the Empress Dowager worship the heaven and the earth and pray for the blessings of the world. It is a blessing for the country." Brother Xiwen said indifferently: "Brother Song really thinks so?" Lord Song frowned and said, "What does Brother Xiwen mean?" Brother Xiwen said: "If it is true as what Brother Song said, it is indeed a blessing for the country. But of course Brother Song knows that this time, the Holy Majesty is going to bring all the civil and military officials to the Huiqing Hall to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday just like he did on the Changning Festival. , and then go to Tianan Temple to receive worship." Lord Song said slowly: "This is the filial piety of His Majesty, it seems...it seems..." He was about to say something, but brother Xiwen looked directly into his eyes with guilt on his face, and said no down. Brother Xiwen asked: "What does it seem? Why didn't Brother Song continue? I think the emperor has the way to treat relatives, but not the etiquette of being a minister; he has the position in the south, but there is no ritual in the north. If you serve your relatives inside, you can practice family etiquette." But the Holy Majesty and all the officials worshiped the Empress Dowager together, which would be detrimental to the status of the monarch and the prestige of the lord, and should not be the law of later generations. If things go on like this, chaos in the world will not be far away!" Although Brother Xiwen was still calm, his tone was already aggressive. Di Qing was confused when he heard this, and thought, these two people should be talking about the Queen Mother and the little emperor's sacrifice to heaven. The emperor wants to go to Huiqing Hall to pay homage to the queen mother's birthday during the heaven sacrifice. Why doesn't brother Xiwen agree?Brother Xiwen said that chaos in the world is not far away, but it is a bit unfounded to worry about. Master Song sneered and said, "What's the use of Brother Xiwen telling me this? Do you want me to tell the Holy One?" Xiwen said with a smile: "I do have this idea." Master Song laughed, "Then what is Brother Xiwen going to do? Don't you just want to imitate Su Qin's tongue?" Brother Xiwen said slowly: "What I have said today has been submitted to the two governments yesterday." Lord Song froze, with shame on his face.Brother Xiwen said: "Brother Song is invited to come here today. I don't want to force others to make things difficult. I just ask Brother Song to think about the incident of 'disloyalty as a minister' that day. If he can wake up and wash away his past humiliation, the world will be lucky, and the court will be lucky. Knowing that there is no regret, but watching the civil and military affairs of the court, no one leads the speech, but now she is not famous, and she is undoubtedly relegated. I only hope that I can wake up the insightful people in the court with a few words, even if I die, I will have no regrets." Brother Xiwen's words had become more and more generous, and Mr. Song seemed ashamed, and was speechless for a while.After an unknown amount of time, Lord Song finally said, "Brother Xiwen, I would like to tell you a story." Brother Xiwen had regained his composure and said, "Brother Song, please speak." Master Song said: "The forest is luxuriant, and there are birds hiding in it. When the hunter passed by, all the birds were solemn and silent. But one bird was unwilling to be lonely, and chirped, but the hunter found its trace, shot an arrow, and died. That bird will suffer from this disaster if it doesn’t want to talk too much, if it is as silent as other birds, maybe it can enjoy the rest of its life, Brother Xiwen, don’t you think so?” Brother Xiwen sighed and said, "Thank you Brother Song for reminding me. But I will die in Ning Ming, and live without silence!" Although the voice was deep and deep, Guo Zun's body shook when he heard it, and admiration appeared in his eyes.Although Di Qing didn't know why, but when he heard the sonorous and powerful voice hitting the ground, for some reason, his blood was surging in his chest. Ningming dies, but lives without silence!Those eight characters were strong and sharp, piercing Mr. Song's face pale, piercing the unspeakable silence in the restaurant, and waking up the high-spirited dream of no regrets. The wind was cold and the sound was condensed, and the upstairs was silent.Only the snow floats quietly, like that lonely figure, speechless-but persistent like winter. Master Song finally had respect in his eyes. He seemed to be aroused by those eight words, and after pondering for a long time, he finally said, "Brother Xiwen will not be alone!" After he finished speaking, he drank the wine in his glass and got up go downstairs. Brother Xiwen didn't stop him, and didn't send him off, he just sighed again, picked up the wine in his glass, and fell silent.Then Guo Zun walked over and cupped his fists and said, "Lord Fan, Guo Zun is being polite." Brother Xiwen heard the words, turned around and looked around, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, "It turned out to be Commander Guo." Glancing at Di Qing beside Guo Zun, Brother Xiwen said, "Is this Di Qing?" Only then did Di Qing see Brother Xiwen's face.The face was very fair, but somewhat gloomy, and there were wrinkles at the corners of the eyes, full of hardships.The first time Di Qing saw Brother Xiwen, he felt that he was lonely, but when he saw the man's eyes, Di Qing realized that he was very wrong. Those eyes are bright and persistent, gentle and affectionate. After people see them, they will suddenly find that the reason why this passionate person sighs sadly is definitely not for himself.He does not need pity from others, because he is pitying the world. Guo Zunji said: "Master Fan is right, he is Di Qing. This time he can come out, I would like to thank Master Fan for writing a letter to plead for Di Qing's grievance." believe.Such a person, who has never met him before, is not afraid of offending the Queen Mother and complaining for him? Lord Fan smiled, "Commander, you shouldn't thank me. This is just a matter of duty." Guo Zun's eyes showed excitement, "If everyone in the world is like Mr. Fan..." Master Fan waved his hand, interrupted Guo Zun's words, raised the jug and filled three glasses of wine, and said, "I'm leaving today, I don't know when I'll see you again, I'll see you later with a glass of thin wine." Go downstairs.Holding the glass of wine, Guo Zun raised his voice and said, "Lord Fan, the wind is fierce and the snow is cold, please take care of it!" Master Fan nodded and went downstairs, far away.Guo Zun sat down dejectedly, frowning.Only then did Di Qing have time to ask: "Brother Guo, who is this Mr. Fan? What were they talking about just now?" Guo Zun came back to his senses, drank the wine in the glass, and explained: "Just now, that Lord Fan is called Fan Zhongyan, and he is currently the school manager of the Mi Pavilion. That Lord Song is called Song Shou, and he was originally a Hanlin scholar of the imperial court." Di Qing firmly remembered Fan Zhongyan's name, and couldn't help but said: "The position of the school manager of the Secret Pavilion is much worse than that of the Imperial Academy, but it seems that Song Shou has...respect for Master Fan?" He couldn't find it for a while. With the right words, Fan Zhongyan feels like Song Shou's boss. Guo Zun stared at Di Qing and said: "You have to understand that if you want to gain respect from others, you can't rely on power and official position, but on your character. Power and official position can only make people fearful, but they cannot be respected!" Di Qing silently chewed on Guo Zun's words, as if realizing something. Guo Zun poured himself a glass of wine, and said, "Although Mr. Fan has a low official position, he is respected by many people in the capital. If I were to evaluate Mr. Fan, I can only use eight words to describe him, 'Heart Worry about the world, dare to be the first!" Guo Zun seldom commented on people, but when he talked about Fan Zhongyan, there was respect in his eyes. Worry about the world, dare to be the first!After hearing these eight words, Di Qing said after a long time: "Brother Guo, does this person really deserve this comment?" Guo Zun held the wine glass, looked at the snow, and said after a long time: "His original name is Zhu Shuo, and Fan Zhongyan was his own name later. His father died early, and his mother was kicked out of the house by the Fan family who were fighting for wealth because he was a concubine. Zhu's family. He was eager to learn since he was a child. After he knew his true life experience, he was ashamed to change his surname and went to Yingtian Mansion to study. I heard that he lived in extreme poverty at that time. In winter, he lived by cooking porridge. Frozen and divided into four pieces. Two meals a day, each meal is two pieces of food. When the first emperor was still there, he passed the imperial examination, became a Jinshi, and has been in politics since then. Return to Fan's surname and set up your own family." Di Qing said with emotion: "Master Fan's firm will is admirable." Guo Zun smiled desolately, "It is understandable for such a person to be cynical even if he is a little bit cynical. But although this man was unfortunate in his childhood and suffered many hardships, after he entered politics, he was as clean as water and helped the world. As long as he is When encountering injustice, no matter who the opponent is, he must fight to the end. Therefore, although he is a great talent, he is still difficult to be reused by the court in the ups and downs of the officialdom. When he was demoted to Taizhou, he saw that the seawall was in disrepair, so he led others to repair Hundreds of miles of seawall saved tens of thousands of people from being displaced. He went to Yingtian Mansion to teach and helped countless poor scholars. He only wore one piece of clothing all year round. Although his official position was low, he would speak out when injustice was encountered, and he would never remain silent. Let’s talk about you, although many people know that you are wronged, but he is the only one in the court who dares to write a letter for you to offend the Queen Mother!” Di Qing felt agitated and regretted, "I forgot to thank him just now. He seems to have something very embarrassing. What did he mean when he said to Song Shou just now that he was 'unfaithful as a minister'?" Guo Zun explained: "At the beginning of the Empress Dowager's administration, Ding Wei, a sycophantic official, took over all the power, dismissed Kou Zhun and Li Di, the famous political enemies, and demoted them from the capital. Both civil and military forces in the court succumbed to Ding Wei's despotic power, and Song Shou was no exception. Although Song Shou knew that Kou Zhun and Li Di were loyal ministers, the imperial edict denounced Kou Zhun as "disloyal as a minister". Comments to Li Di It is "attachment to help evil". Song Shou prides himself on being upright, and this incident can be said to be a sore point in his life. Fan Gong mentioned the incident of "disloyalty as a minister", not to expose Song Shou's scars, but mostly to persuade Song Shou Shou, he didn’t persist last time, leaving a lifetime of regrets, I hope he can persist this time.” Di Qing was puzzled and said, "Master Fan just wants Song Shou to persuade the emperor not to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday? Doesn't it seem like nothing?" Guo Zun looked around and saw that there were no drinkers around him, so he lowered his voice and said, "Di Qing, there are many things you don't understand. Although the queen mother is hanging down the curtain, the emperor has grown up. Many people hope that the queen mother will return to power sooner. Son of Heaven, but the Empress Dowager doesn’t seem to have this plan at all, and many people privately discuss that the Empress Dowager herself wants to be emperor.” Di Qing was stunned, remembering what Zhang Yu said at the Xihuamen back then, and suddenly said: "So the Queen Mother would rather die than Kou Zhun, and only use cronies, are you preparing for usurping the throne?" Guo Zun sighed, "Whether the Empress Dowager will usurp the throne or not, no one knows. But in the past few years, the Empress Dowager has traveled with the emperor's jade scorpion, and the pilgrimage standard has become more and more close to the emperor's etiquette. In a few days, it will be winter in the court. For the sacrificial offerings, the Son of Heaven has to bring his ministers to celebrate the Empress Dowager’s birthday first, and then offer sacrifices, which undoubtedly puts the Empress Dowager above the Son of Heaven. The Empress Dowager is making progress and testing the intentions of the ministers step by step. Duke Fan is afraid that the Empress Dowager will usurp the throne and the world will be in chaos, so I wrote a letter against this matter. Now that the court has made a slip of the tongue, only this gentleman dares to be the first. I brought you here, in fact, I want you to have a few more words with him." Di Qing came to his senses, "Brother Guo is afraid that I will be depressed, so he wants to encourage me with Fan Gong's affairs?" Only then did he understand Guo Zun's good intentions, and he was very grateful. Guo Zun smiled and said to himself, Di Qing has finally grown up, alas, I only hope that he will suffer less in the future.The two were thinking about each other, Di Qing drank another glass of wine, and said emotionally: "I will definitely go to Fan Gong's mansion to pay my respects in a few days. Such a person is worthy of my respect." Guo Zun shook his head and said, "No need, I think he will leave the capital soon." Di Qing was startled, "Why?" Guo Zun said sadly: "Didn't you just listen to Song Shou's saying that the first bird always dies first. This time, Fan Gong wrote a letter against the emperor bringing civil and military officials to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday. I am afraid that he will be expelled within two days." Jingcheng! When he sang 'Forbearance connects the floating name' just now, I already understood his intention." Di Qing was shocked and said: "You mean, Fan Gongming knew that he was going to be demoted, but he still wanted to write a letter?" Suddenly he thought of Fan Zhongyan's parting words, "I will see you again today." Di Qing finally understood, but his heart suddenly felt sore, For that lonely back. "Yes, this is Fan Zhongyan, what a Fan Zhongyan!" Guo Zun put down his empty wine glass, tapped on the table and sighed: "You should meet this kind of person, so I brought you here today." He got up and put down some broken silver, and walked downstairs.But before going down the stairs, a forbidden army came rushing over. Seeing Guo Zun, he was overjoyed and said, "Commander, you are indeed here. The queen mother hastened to call you into the palace." Guo Zun was stunned and didn't know what the Queen Mother was calling for.Turning back to Di Qing, he said, "You go back first, I'll go to the palace." Di Qing nodded, saw the wind and snow on the road, watched Guo Zun leave, then turned and walked towards the Guo Mansion.He drank some wine, and through the drunkenness, he recalled everything in the restaurant just now, his mood was agitated for a while, and his heart was full of sorrow for a while. He was originally a country boy with a kind nature. With some skills, he always liked to take care of injustices.Later, after several hardships, his personality has changed a lot, somewhat cynical and self-pitying, but now knowing about Fan Zhongyan's past, it suddenly occurred to him that Mr. Fan was still worried about the world after suffering many times, why did he have to give up on himself? Thinking of this, Di Qing cheered up, seeing the wind and snow blowing against his face, he didn't feel the cold, but was very excited.Opening his chest with the help of alcohol, he chanted loudly: "There is no one hundred years old in the world. It's useless to think about it with your fingers and exhaust your organs! You are young and old, and you are old and haggard. There are only a few years in the middle, and you are proud of the spring breeze. Forbearance to be associated with a false name?" Di Qing I don't like writing, but I like the desolate artistic conception of this word.When I was returning from the snow, I passed by an alley, the road was blocked by wind and snow, and suddenly I saw a big tree on the other side of the alley wall with a kite hanging on it. The kite is exquisitely crafted, with a bird painted on it, with gorgeous wings, a red beak, and red and yellow wing spots on both wings, which looks quite bright in this pale capital city.Di Qing fell in love with the bird the first time he saw it, although he didn't know the name of the bird on the kite yet. This is not the season for kite flying, but why do kites land on the trees?It suddenly occurred to Di Qing that if he came to fly a kite in such weather, this person would be as lonely as the kite.No more thinking about it, Di Qing was about to climb over the wall and tree to take down the kite, and was about to make a move when he suddenly heard a woman's voice: "Hey, can you help us take down the kite?" Di Qing turned her head, her heart trembling, and saw two women standing at the other end of the alley.The person who spoke was a maid, and a woman was standing next to the maid, looking at him in surprise.The woman was dressed in white fur, with white and jade-like skin, and the snowflakes in the sky were dancing around the woman like petals. Against the picturesque eyebrows and black and white eyes, it was like a landscape with splashed ink, which was wonderful. Di Qing was speechless for a long while, not wanting to see this woman again.This woman is none other than the woman he met by chance at the Palace of Heavenly Kings. The woman was surprised at first, then happily, and said happily: "You... you came out? It turns out..." Suddenly, her face flushed, and she realized that she and Di Qing were not familiar with each other, so she stopped talking. As for the "so" After all, there is no more to say. Di Qing said: "It's not long since I came out." He suddenly felt ashamed of himself and felt that he was not worthy to talk to women.This woman is so elegant, she is just a forbidden soldier, and she has been in prison, besides, they thought they were just a jerk who was jealous of others and snatched women, and they had hurt this woman back then, she blushed, did she regret talking to him ? Thinking of this, Di Qing turned his head and wanted to leave, but the woman called out, "Di Qing, wait a minute." Di Qing stopped, turned around after a while and said, "How do you know my name?" The woman blushed again, bowed her head and remained silent.The maid said: "Is there anyone in the capital who doesn't know your name? An ordinary forbidden army beat the emperor's relatives to serious injuries for the sake of a woman." The woman shouted: "Yue'er, don't talk nonsense." She looked up at Di Qing and said, "Di Qing, she is joking with you, don't take offense." Di Qing smiled self-deprecatingly, "What right do I have to blame others? This girl, if I have nothing else to do, I'll leave first." The surprise at the first meeting, the misunderstanding when seeing you again, and the bewilderment when seeing you again, all of them Turned into clouds and smoke in this smile. Seeing that Di Qing was about to leave, the woman hurriedly said, "Can you help me take down that kite before leaving? The tree is very tall, and I can't take it down." Di Qing glanced at the kite, and asked, "Did you make the kite?" Seeing the woman nodding, Di Qing stopped talking, trotted a few steps, stepped on the wall with one foot, flew up, and jumped again. Grab a dead branch and stand on top of the wall.The wall was about ten feet long, and Di Qing was able to climb up it with ease, and was surprised by his agility.At the same time, it was a little strange that with such force, there was no pain in his mind.Could it be that the headaches that had tormented him for many years improved after half a year in prison? The burning pain in the palm of his hand made Di Qing realize that he was only on the wall when he was stabbed by a branch.But this little injury was nothing to Di Qing. He carefully climbed up the tree and took a long time to remove the kite wrapped around the dead tree.Di Qing jumped down from the tree, reached out and handed the kite to the woman, saying, "Here you are." The woman was about to take the kite, she turned her beautiful eyes, covered her mouth suddenly, and said: "Your hand is bleeding!" She shook it a few times, as if she was about to faint.Di Qing hurriedly supported her, "Are you alright?" Suddenly felt something was wrong, seeing the girl staring at him, she hurriedly let go of her hand and said, "She...you quickly support her." The maid snorted coldly, supported the woman and said, "Miss, it's cold here, let's go back." The woman looked at Di Qing and said, "Thank you very much." Seeing that Di Qing still had blood on his hand, she suddenly said, "Your hand is wounded, you need to bandage it." After finishing speaking, ignoring the maid's surprised gaze, before Di Qing refused, He took out a piece of silk, took Di Qing's hand, and lowered his head to bandage his wound. Di Qing looked down, only to see the ink-like black hair falling on the snow-like neck, feeling a little flustered, turned his head away, not daring to look again.I just felt that the woman beside me was exhaling like blue, and the slightly cold fingers and the soft silk handkerchief touched the palm of her hand, which made Di Qing tremble as if she was standing on the cliff. After an unknown amount of time, the woman finally felt relieved and said: "It's bandaged." Di Qing hurriedly said: "It's cold, you should go back quickly, don't catch a cold." The woman smiled sweetly, took the kite from the maid, and said, "Thank you. And... thank you for the flowers." After she finished speaking, a blush welled up on her jade-like face, and she finally turned and left . Di Qing wanted to persuade him to stay, but he had no excuses, and suddenly hated himself for being clumsy. When he saw the kite, his heart moved, and he called out, "Girl, what's the name of this bird?" Ask the woman's name.But to ask one sentence, it was like pouring out all the strength in the whole body, and I couldn't ask another sentence. The woman's figure was slightly condensed, and her back seemed to be shy, she said: "This bird... is called... Hongzuiyu." After saying that, she walked away quickly. Di Qing stared blankly at the woman's back, and murmured, "Red Mouth Jade? That's a good name." He actually knew what he was thinking, but he no longer had the courage to strike up a conversation.I don't know how long it took before I felt the cold all over my body. I couldn't help shivering, and found that my body was already covered with snow, like a snowman...