armyinform Chapter 91
Chapter 91
The people sent to find Qingshu added wave after wave, Wuji thought that there would always be news about him, but after repeated inquiries, the news of Qingshu became even more remote.The vast grassland outside the Great Wall swallowed his footprints, leaving no clues left. Every time the guards got the news that someone had seen him, when the secret guards followed the rumors, it turned out to be rumors.
In addition to waiting and searching, Wuji has nothing else to look forward to.The scenery in the palace has been rotated once, the flowers withered and bloomed, the seeds left over last year turned into a pool of lotus, and then thanked one after another, Qingshu still did not come back.
In the beginning, Wuji stayed in the Qihuang Hall every day except dealing with government affairs.In the dead of night, even if the wind blows the trees, Wuji will wake up with a slight noise, mistaking it for Qingshu's return and rushing to the door in a hurry.The door of the temple is always wide open, so that I can see if anyone is coming outside from a distance.
Month after month, summer flowers fall in profusion, the scenery in the palace is dyed with the shivering of autumn trees, and the withered branches and leaves are lingering and shaking to avoid the tearing of the autumn wind.Wuji has simply moved the affairs of the court to the Qihuang Palace to deal with. Except for the early court, he is reluctant to go out at other times, for fear that he will miss Qingshu in the blink of an eye and make him leave again.
In this way, we waited until the cold winter came, and ruthlessly froze the water surface that had become shallower.Fluffy snowflakes fell on the window one by one, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hei fell asleep lying on their stomachs, and Xiao Hua and Hu Zi squeezed between them.The snow shadows outside reflected the sunlight, making the eyes hurt a little, and the Qihuang Hall was warmed by the charcoal fire.Shang Ding presented Wuji with a white-haired and black-patterned tiger-skin robe, and Wuji looked at him expectantly and said, "Is there any news about Qingshu?"
Shang Ding shivered and moved his eyes aside, the corners of his mouth twitched, not daring to speak.Wuji has seen him like this more than once, and every time it is accompanied by the same answer, even if he is silent, Wuji understands.After such a long time, I can't remember the original arrangement. Wuji asked Shang Ding, "Are you still dispatching secret guards outside Juyong Pass?"
Shang Ding replied: "Yes, a new batch of people is changed every two months, and they will send the news back to the capital to report to you every half a month."
Wuji took two sips of the warming ginseng soup, but his closed heart was still covered with frostbite.Putting the bowl on the table, watching the thin to transparent slices of ginger soaked in the clear soup, Wuji couldn't help but shake his head.Looking over the top of his head, looking at the vast sky behind the snow curtain, he let out a long sigh full of sadness. "Pass down my order and tell them all to come back."
Shang Ding was taken aback: "Your Majesty, don't you want to find your son? Maybe you can find him after a little more time."
Wuji smiled, but that smile seemed to make people feel heart-wrenching pain: "Just follow my order and spread the word."
After sending so many masters and spending so long, Wuji has to admit that Qing Shu is hiding from him on purpose. I am afraid that unless he shows up actively, those people will have no chance of finding him. It is just a waste of time and energy.
Wuji moved back to his bedroom, and the Qihuang Palace was so empty, and there was no one living in it all the time. Fufeng and others took care of it every day according to Wuji's order, and everything was kept as it was when Qingshu left. Exactly the same, time stood still inside, waiting for the master of the palace to come back again.
Wuji firmly believed that Qingshu would definitely come back, as if he just went for a long walk, and when he was tired from walking, he would return to the palace.But I no longer have the energy to continue living alone in that place full of memories of two people, thinking of him, every day, every gap between breaths, thinking of him, thinking of him, every time I open my eyes No matter where you look with your eyes open, there is Qing Shu's figure. Every time you close your eyes, the beautiful memories of the past will falsely deceive and tease yourself.Thinking of him, listening to the sound of snowflakes falling to the ground and breaking, missing him so much that I was going crazy.
The wild geese return to the north, and new life has quietly appeared in the world under the thick layer of snow. Finally, when the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, Wuji gives an order, and the monarch and his ministers have fun together, and go to the hunting ground to hunt.While the other ministers were still chasing birds and beasts in the woods, Wuji had already changed into the casual clothes he had secretly told people to prepare, and rode his horse to the direction of Juyongguan alone.
He knew that if Zhiming went outside the customs to find someone, Fan Yao and the others would definitely try their best to stop it. It would be more convenient for him to go there secretly and then come back secretly. As for the arrangements for the court after leaving Beijing, Wuji had already written Once it's done, put it on the table in the imperial study, and only wait for Yang Xiao and others to hand it over to them when they can't find him.
When we arrived at Juyongguan, Wuji bought some clothes from outsiders at a clothing store in the town to change into.At this time, the border has been in a calm state, and the people inside and outside the pass have contacts with each other and are close and friendly.Wuji did not pretend to be a wealthy businessman, but tried to be as unobtrusive as possible, and dressed himself as an ordinary peddler.A money bag was hung on the shoulder, and a pole was carried, in which were some things that women like to use like rouge and gouache.
After finding the local chamber of commerce and asking where there were people living outside the customs, Wuji walked straight there. He didn't have much time, so he had to hurry as much as possible.Most of the people outside the pass are nomads, and they are far away from each other. Even if Wuji performs martial arts, he is not afraid of being seen.He picked up his lightness skills and quickened his pace, and walked towards the place marked by the chamber of commerce. It was a place where a nomadic herd lived together a few days ago, and now he could only hope that they hadn't changed their grazing place yet.
It was also Wuji's luck. According to the normal time, the herd should have moved out yesterday, but a heavy rain the night before prevented the herd from migrating.As soon as Wuji arrived at the place, he immediately played the role of a salesman, knocked on the clapper, and hawked loudly.
People outside the Guan usually go to Juyongguan to buy things like rouge. Occasionally, there are peddlers who come to sell them outside the Guan. It's also much cheaper, it's like a pie in the sky, attracting those girls and daughters-in-law to come out of their tents to see his goods, Wuji was surrounded by them, and put the burden on the ground for them to choose, so It is also more convenient than carrying.
"Brother, can you reduce the price by another two cents?" The aunt liked a few items, and she bought them all if she wanted to, but she was a little bit reluctant, and tried to make Wuji cheaper, but Wuji agreed.
Wuji frowned and said, "Success, big sister, to tell you the truth, in fact, I did this small business not to make money, but to find out about my lost brother."
At this time, the women were almost ready to pick things out. They bought everything they should buy and what they shouldn't buy. They bought good things at a cheap price. They were all smiling, and they also thought about chatting with Wuji. Seeing him say If you are in pain, let him talk about it in detail.
Wuji lied and said: "Half a year ago, my brother and I had a quarrel because of the separation of the family, and he left in a fit of anger. Thinking that my parents died early, and my elder brother raised me up, I actually said something harsh to my elder brother just for a while. He must have been heartbroken, otherwise he would not have left me alone. Afterwards, I regretted looking for him in every possible way but could not find him. I only found out that he had gone outside Juyongguan. So I gave away my share of family property I bought some of them, walked around the streets, and found out all the way here, I only hope to ask my elder brother to forgive me, otherwise I will not be able to forgive myself even if I die a thousand times.”
The people listening on the side were moved by his fake show: "Tell me what your elder brother's name is and what he looks like. Maybe we have met before. It would be good to point you in the right direction." of."
"Then there are more elder sisters." Wuji described Qing Shu's appearance and body in detail, and then took out the portrait of Qing Shu that he carried with him to show everyone, but unfortunately, no one recognized him.
After putting away the shadow picture, Wuji hurriedly got up, and after asking the direction of another settlement, he picked up the pole and walked towards it.The plan to leave the capital this time is only one month away. Although Fan Yao and Yang Xiao are in charge of the court, I am very relieved, but as the emperor, leaving the capital for no reason, it is more or less unjustifiable. In order not to arouse anger, I should not leave easily Good for a long time.
The burden gradually became empty, Wuji had already gone to three meeting points, asked no less than a hundred people, and none of them had ever seen Qingshu.Staying in the wilderness, Wuji lit a fire, watching the dancing flames, feeling uneasy, could it be that Qingshu is not outside the pass at all?Is it possible that I looked in the wrong place from the beginning?If he was not outside the pass, where would he go?
He took a branch and stirred the fire to make the fire burn hotter.Suddenly two people approached him from behind, Wuji had no time to turn around to listen to the voice, and picked up two coals with a branch to hit them.
"It's you!"
Wuji turned around and was surprised, it was Yang Xiao and Fan Yao who came. "Why are you all here?"
Yang Xiao said with a wry smile: "Of course I came to look for the emperor. You went hunting and left the capital. I have been looking for you in the hunting ground for two whole days. If Eunuch Shang hadn't given me the letter you left behind, I'm afraid I would have We have to dig three feet into the ground in that hunting ground and look for them.”
Wuji looked at them: "You are all here, who will preside over the court?"
Fan Yao said: "For the time being, you have invited your uncle, King Yin Ye, to support the imperial court, but a family cannot be without an owner for a day, and a country cannot be without a king for a day. Please return to Beijing as soon as possible."
"Let me stay one more day—"
Yang Xiao is relatively older, and he has a more secure grasp of the importance of the world: "Your Majesty, the area outside the pass is far from thousands of miles away. I understand your desire to search for people, but even if you search inch by inch, you don't know when. How many times?" What difference does it make to stay one day or one less day, and invite the emperor to return to Beijing."
At this time, no one knows where Qingshu is, not even himself. He just keeps walking forward as he pleases, and stops when he encounters the scenery he likes, takes a short rest, and then restarts. departure. .No matter how good the scenery is, it can only bring temporary satisfaction, but it can't give Qingshu a sense of 'home'. He always feels that there is something forgotten and broken in a certain place, and that point is what he wants to find.
"It's another spring of the year. I don't know what Wuji is doing now. It's probably spending time in the palace drinking wine and admiring flowers." Qing Shu guessed with emotion on the temporary small bamboo building he built, the wind The blowing roof shook a bit, but Qing Shu didn't care, he didn't plan to live here for a long time, so the house was built so-so.
Wuji was still half-persuaded and half-forced by the two prime ministers on the left and right, and went back to the capital together.
In the past, I was glad that I became the emperor, so that I have the right to keep Qingshu, but now, Wuji is struggling to be the emperor because he has locked himself.After returning to the capital, Wuji knelt down at the altar of the altar for the whole night. On the second day, after the morning court, he left several important officials behind.
Yang Xiao and the others didn't know why Wuji only left them behind, trying their best to figure out the holy will.After all the other people had left, Wuji signaled to the other palace people to leave as well, the palace door was closed, Wuji walked down the imperial steps, and took off the dragon hat in front of them.
"I have no intention of missing the throne. You were originally my subordinates, but now you are an important minister of the court. I have a lot of trust in you. Let you re-elect a suitable person to become the emperor."
Fan Yao said: "I don't know where the emperor said this? Now the country is safe and the people are safe because of the emperor's good governance. You are the aspiration of the people of the world. Please don't make such an astonishing move on the spur of the moment. If you abdicate without reason, not only the court The turmoil and unrest among the people makes it even more likely that foreign countries will have the opportunity to invade our dynasty, please think twice, but the flames of war will be rekindled and people will be devastated, the people are so innocent."
Yang Xiao, Yu Yu and others even made admonishment with death, and the matter of abdication was forced to end.
Wuji shook off the crowd and went back to the bedroom alone.My stomach twitched, senior brother, they forced me to be the emperor, why is everyone in the world against me and refuse to let me find you.Brother, why didn't you come back? Back then, when we clearly agreed to go back to the palace together, I gave you the gold medal. Why did you keep avoiding me?
Luo Die's memorials were brought by Shang Ding from the imperial study and placed on the table, Wuji looked at the stacks of stacks, and the discomfort in his stomach became more intense.Stepping over and sitting at the table, Shang Ding looked at Wuji's face and asked anxiously: "Your Majesty, you—"
"I'm fine, you go down."
Unfolding a memorial, looking at Yinhuang, feeling restless, the white jade Langhao brush was broken in his hand, the tip of the broken jade pierced his palm, blood trickled down his fingertips onto the gold bricks, and collapsed in all directions.Wuji slumped on the chair, listening to the sound of blood draining from his body.
Wuji couldn't figure it out. He couldn't figure out why the gods had given him the talent to practice martial arts, so why did he make things difficult for him? He couldn't figure out why he took away his beloved since he was allowed to become emperor.Throwing hope to himself by mistake, suffocating himself to despair again and again, if possible, he is willing to hand over all the talents that everyone admires, in exchange for a mediocrity, a love that lasts together.
Your Majesty is the Emperor of all the people in the world, I can no longer be my own master.Enduring tears and sorrow, brother, are you teasing me because of the past, and now you are hiding somewhere to watch my jokes.Ah, people say that the king is the superior and the minister is the subordinate, but no one said that the king cannot come down after being pushed to a high place.
Heaven, heaven, I never want to believe in you, let alone any gods in the sky.But this is what I pretend to believe in. I can continue to be a virtuous king and a wise lord until the oil is exhausted, as long as you replace the person I miss.
Wuji really did what he said, and he was more diligent in political affairs than before, accepting honest advice, Chen Zheng, and discussing it earnestly.It was less than three o'clock, and the lights in the imperial study had never been extinguished, but the look in his eyes never recovered.
Whenever he had free time, he never went to the theater for entertainment, but silently walked up to the small building next to the Qihuang Hall, looked at it from a distance, and waited quietly with vague hopes, waiting like that , Often you can stand motionless for an entire afternoon after waiting, just longing to get out of the figure you have been thinking about day and night from among the cascading branches and leaves.
Fufeng and the others know Wuji's relationship with Qingshu best, and they also understand that Qingshu's departure is like heartbreaking to Wuji.Unable to bear to see him tormenting himself day and night like this, Fufeng found an opportunity to persuade him softly: "Your Majesty, the young master will not come back." Biting his lips, he said the following words: "You still, still accept another concubine—— "
Wuji turned around and strode away.
"emperor--"
Just five years have passed, but Wuji is no longer the same as before. The ministers saw his changes, and even Yang Xiao had to doubt whether he was right or not for forcing him to continue to be the emperor. wrong?
Wuji seemed to be a good emperor, but he worked too hard on government affairs, day and night, and he looked like he was going to exhaust himself to death without hesitation.Everyone knows what he is competing for time with, but no one knows what the object of the competition is.The former young hero is now like a skeleton propped up by a wandering soul of remnant thoughts. The courtiers secretly discuss that they don't know what disease the emperor suffered from. It is a pity to be dragged down like this. No matter what, it seems that the end is approaching. .
Because of this level of worry, many of the courtiers who were looking for a long way persuaded Wuji to accept the concubine, posing countless reasons, just because they were afraid that Wuji would have no successor and the country would not be safe.As long as those remonstrances in the past are reasonable, Wuji is omnipotent.But only this time he refused.
Wuji said to Yin Yewang who had been transferred back to the capital long ago, "I wonder how old is my uncle's grandson?"
"It's five years old now, smart and cute."
Wuji pondered for a while: "I intend to ask my uncle to adopt him to me. If a child can teach me, I will pass it on to him for generations to come. As for the matter of accepting a concubine, you don't have to mention it. If someone dares to commit another crime, don't blame me Show mercy."
Within three days, the grandson of King Yin Ye was sent to the palace. All the ministers needed was a wise enough monarch, so Wuji had no intention of getting close to him.He invited a famous teacher to teach him the way of cultivating martial arts to become a king, and every five days he went to give him a test.That child is really smart, with far-reaching knowledge and unusual children, but he would cry secretly because of homesickness. Although Wuji listened to the reports of people around him to save money, he never tried to comfort him. It's better for him to understand that he can't bear it.
Proficient in medical skills, Wuji knows his physical condition better than others. Although it is not hopeless, but he is hopeless in his life, and he would rather go like this, at least a hundred years later, he can reunite with Qingshu underground.It's just that he was a little unwilling, and the thief God deceived himself again, and he fulfilled his promise, but it didn't.I really want, I really want to read the green book again before leaving behind the funeral and closing my eyes forever.
Wuji lamented in the empty palace, the smoke and dust passed by, a horse carrying a man rushing to the side door of the Forbidden Palace, took out the special gold medal and entered the palace.
It is estimated that five years have passed, and people in Qihuang Palace are afraid that things will change, but I didn't expect that everything will still be the same as before. In a trance, it seems that my departure was only yesterday.It's just that although the things are still the same, there is no one in the Qihuang Palace, and no one responds to the bell.
"That's right, I'm not here, so why would they stay here and guard an empty temple?"
Shaking his head desolately, Qing Shu boiled hot water on his own, and found a set of clean clothes.After tidying up, she shaved off Xu Liao's full beard in front of the mirror, revealing her still clean face underneath.He didn't inform anyone, thinking of giving Wuji a surprise, changed his clothes, and went directly to find Wuji.
Estimating the time, Wuji should still be dealing with government affairs in the imperial study. Although it is against the rules to rush in by himself, he can't take care of that much.On the way to the imperial study, from time to time, I heard the whispers of the palace people, saying that outside the house, the emperor's health is getting worse and the crown prince is very cute.
Five years, I have been away for five years, wandering for five years, and it took five years to figure out my feelings for Wuji.It is doomed that I cannot bear children for him in this life. As the emperor, it is not wrong for him to marry a wife and have children for the sake of the country, why is he so sad.My heart is stinging, am I jealous?Before going to find him, I was ready to stay with other people by Wuji's side, but I don't know until I really fall in love with someone, and I don't want to share it at all. Love is greed, domineering, and inexplicable unreasonable trouble.
The window of the imperial study room was open, and a small crystal jar was placed on the stage, in which a pair of twin lotus flowers were raised.Wuji's cold voice can be heard from a distance, and that voice used to whisper lingering love words in his ears.I really have been away for too long, this time we meet, whether he beats or punishes, Qing Shu will take it hard and beg for his forgiveness.
Only after being apart can we know the beauty of being together.It was only after I strengthened my feelings that I realized how deeply Wuji loves.
As he approached the window, he suddenly heard another person's voice. Looking inside, it was a yellow-mouthed child, holding a book and answering Wuji's words.From Qingshu's point of view, it looks like a scene of a strict father teaching his son. The crown prince they said is actually true!