ephemera

As soon as he arrived at the palace, there was bad news.

Today's queen mother died.

The inside story is still unclear, and His Majesty the Emperor cried so hard that it was unbearable.

I stayed in the imperial palace, and I brought Xiyan Huaji and He Huihua with me. A group of "grassmen" dared to walk around in front of the nuns and father-in-law. It is indeed a bit unfair.But the eldest princess sent someone to warn us and called us guests, which made us look good.When the eldest princess came, she also brought news, saying that just in time for the death of the queen mother, she declared that the protection of the gods was not enough, and announced the establishment of a new god.

I feel something is wrong.

Especially after He Huihua gave me a strange look.

I really want to explain that the Queen Mother's death has nothing to do with me, even if I wanted to erect a statue, I wouldn't dare to be so presumptuous.

Fortunately, the little emperor didn't think about it, and he took me to tell stories at night as usual.

He was really tired these few days, but the Kui Kingdom was in full swing. After seven days of release, His Majesty’s eyes were swollen and never went away. I had to try my best to tell him interesting things, and even used my own stories to coax him. .

I said: "Back then, a child was born in the Sea of ​​Plenty, with no one around him. After an unknown period of time, a giant red dragon came to the sea, using water as a medium, to show him the joys and sorrows of the world. One day, the picture in the water changed to..."

"Dig Yue." His Majesty called me.

I asked: "What's the matter?"

"If that child is alone, won't he have to suffer the pain of parting from life and death?"

I think His Majesty grew up in this deep palace, and the questions he asked were not so innocent and cute, which made people feel a little headache. I said, "Not necessarily, as long as he has bonds with other living beings, he will naturally suffer from parting."

His Majesty glanced at me faintly, and I was startled, but he stopped talking and let me finish the story. In the end, I watched him slowly close his eyes, beat his leg that had been kneeling on the ground, stand up and walk away.

The father-in-law outside was still asleep, with a smile that could not tell whether it was joy or sorrow, he grinned at me and stepped aside.

When passing by Huaji and Xiyan's respective dormitories, Huaji's room was already in darkness. He works regularly, like a puppet, while Xiyan hardly sleeps, but he doesn't like to disturb others. He will blow out the candles and go to sleep on the couch. .

I don't know why I have insomnia, and it's not all His Majesty's fault, but the question he asked made me feel a little empathy, and I couldn't help but think of the dragon, and my heart was desolate.

The moonlight was cold, so I flew to the roof, planning to enjoy the moon for a while.

As soon as I got on the roof, I saw a white tail behind me. I was in a bad mood. Xiyan appeared at the right time, but unexpectedly he hurriedly stood in front of me and asked, "Teacher, are you alright?"

I was baffled by the question, so I replied, "Why did you ask this question?"

Xiyan took out the white fan at his waist, it turned out that he hung the jade beads I gave him on the fan, so it seemed appropriate.The jade bead was floating in the air at this moment, trembling slightly.

My heart skipped a beat, and I dragged Xiyan to fly directly to His Majesty's bedroom, but halfway through, my spiritual power was low, and I had to shamelessly rely on Xiyan's fairy spirit to get there smoothly.

His Majesty took the poison he did not know where, and took a gulp of it himself. At this time, he was lying on the couch, breathless.I was so anxious that my head was smoking, and my father-in-law finally stopped smiling, but the panic expression he put on made me even more angry. He screamed suddenly, and then stumbled out to call for the doctor.

It was too late, I saw part of His Majesty's soul floating out.

Xiyan locked that part of the soul with a fairy spirit, then grabbed His Majesty's wrist, and without thinking, poured a large amount of fairy spirit into the body of the Nine-Five Supreme. I squeezed Xiyan's hand, slowly Slowly guided the rampaging fairy, and sent the excess fairy back to Xiyan's body.

Just in time, the fairy forced out the poison, taking advantage of this gap, the imperial doctor rushed over.

Xiyan slowly took back the hand I was holding. The imperial doctor had no time to salute, so he threw himself on the ground, felt the pulse for a long time, then took out the antidote pills and fed it, and finally caught that little pulse, He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, okay."

This matter did not get out.

Your Majesty woke up, crying silently. At this moment, only Xiyan and I were in the hall, but no one spoke.

Finally I said stupidly: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother can't bear to see you like this."

"She had the heart, otherwise she wouldn't have never looked at me since she was a child, and ignored me when I was bullied. Such a cowardly person, I thought I would die of old age in the palace. After finally getting through it, why did she commit suicide again? If you really miss me, how can you bear to commit suicide?"

His Majesty's voice is very small, but every word is heartfelt.

The queen mother committed suicide. She was quiet and there was no pain on her face. I only saw it from a distance, and found a faint smile on the corner of the queen mother's mouth. I don't know if she escaped from death to celebrate the victory of the Kui Kingdom, or there are other secrets behind it. , I don't want to ask.

"Sister Huang doesn't like me either. She always wants to seize my power. I really... don't want to be an emperor. If I still have a chance to leave the palace in this life and become a nameless person, I think I will have a living." The meaning of going down, otherwise I will always be in this palace, full of intrigues and scheming everywhere, so tired, I am really tired."

I approached unconsciously, and His Majesty lay there weakly. He glanced at me, sneered, then lifted his arms feebly, making a gesture of hugging.

"hug me."

Just a kid.

Your Majesty's body is very cold, still trembling slightly, warm tears fell into my neck, as if two holes were going to be scalded.

That day, Xiyan and I returned to our bedroom in silence. I muttered in my heart for a long time, wondering if there is any way to realize the wish that His Majesty told me quietly.

After thinking about it for a few days, I came up with some clues. I heard that taking advantage of the opportunity to create a new god, the statue of the Valkyrie in the Chunhua Hall in the palace will also be refurbished. Taking advantage of the excitement, I took Xiyan to have a look.

As for Huaji, he likes to be quiet and doesn't want me, a "noisy" person, to stay with him.

Chunhua Hall is decorated with a lot of vermilion, which is bright and beautiful when you look around.Standing in the center of the main hall, the statue of the Valkyrie is carved from thousand-year-old red sandalwood. This statue has a history of a hundred years. The reddish-brown statue seems to have been enlightened during the long period of admiration and offering. , can see through all illusions in the world.

I stood at the gate of the main hall, feeling that I was being seen through by those eyes, and all the fear that came late 600 years ago surged into my heart at this moment. Tomb-sweeping day, I said: "Go and see, as a teacher, I have to explain a few things to Uncle He."

I immediately turned around and fled.

That world that belongs to the gods cannot allow me to defile it in the slightest.

The view from the heights is still good, I flew to a tall tower in the southeast corner of the palace, remembering that the red dragon once let me sit on his back, fell from the nine heavens to the sea, the wind in my ears Hurrah, sometimes the red dragon would silently carry me and fly over the sea for a long time. Between the clouds and the soft wind, I looked down at the boundless sea, and my heart was filled with joy.

Dusk was coming, and flocks of birds passed by me, the dull bells from the clock tower swayed across the huge capital, and the sound of clothes being flapped suddenly came from behind.

His breath reached the tip of his nose in an instant.

"Hee Yan."

Xiyan didn't say anything, just sat beside me quietly, and took out something from her bosom to show me.

"What is this?" I looked at the simple and elegant hosta in his hand and asked strangely.

Before he could answer, I knocked on my hand and said, "Oh, I know, Master, if I have a sweetheart, I think this hairpin is not bad..."

When Xiyan got blue veins on his forehead, I didn't dare to speak anymore. Huaji has a good temper, and Xiyan has a dull gourd. Although the two of them are not as approachable as me, they can be regarded as generous people who are happy and invisible. Every time I was forced to lose my grace.

Xiyan said: "The high priest of the Chunhua Temple said that this was a hundred years ago when her predecessor traveled northward, and she happened to meet the battlefield after the demon clans fought each other. This hairpin fell there. The owner should have been wiped out. The evil spirit lingered for a long time, but it was the lovesickness of the original owner. The senior was moved by his persistence, so he brought the hairpin back and kept it under the statue of the Valkyrie, praying that the infatuated species can let go of their obsession and gain peace."

I asked: "It sounds like a very precious thing, why did the high priest give it to you?"

Xi Yan said: "The high priest said I am a predestined person."

I looked at the hairpin again, and at his long hair that was loose at random, and said, "Why don't you wear it?"

Xi Yan nodded, and I started to help him tie his hair into a bun, and inserted the jade hairpin on it. After looking at it for a moment, I unconsciously gave out admiration.

I asked, "Didn't you send Shifang Bird to find out where Ulunzhu is?"

Xiyan said: "This time we not only found out about Ulunzhu, but also found out about his relationship with the late Queen Mother."

I propped my chin and didn't say anything.

Xiyan asked: "Teacher, why didn't you go to Chunhua Hall just now?"

This kid, which pot can't be opened and which pot can be lifted.

Xiyan added: "Teacher, you are very scared, right?"

I did not speak.

Xi Yan was not reconciled: "I used to be very scared when I was in the Heavenly Court, especially when I saw Guan Miao."

I think of the past, the contact with Guan Miao is basically on the battlefield, he is ruthless and shows no mercy to those who break the rules, but he is indeed an indispensable spiritual pillar of the Heavenly Court.But that's right, whoever gets such a heavenly emperor will find a way to find another god to maintain the dignity of the heavenly realm.

The spring breeze is coming, Xiyan glanced at me, not knowing what to say, after a while he asked: "Is it cold?"

I shook my head and looked around. At this time, the sky and the earth were in full view, and the golden light sprinkled the entire capital, which could inspire the blood of many heroes and sons and daughters to rush, but I just wanted to cry in a very useless way.

Xiyan had an unfathomable expression on his face, which gradually disappeared in the darkening sky.

That night when I returned to the dormitory, Uncle He came to say goodbye.

I took a sip of tea and asked puzzledly: "Didn't your Majesty give He Shuli a post in the pavilion, and it doesn't go well?"

Uncle He smiled and said: "I thought Mr. Xiao would feel that I was dissatisfied, but I never thought about it and asked me if I was going well. It was really not going well, but it was all because of He himself. The bachelors in the cabinet are all ten Years of cold windows, ten years of copywriting, ten years of teaching, are different from my half-way monk, He is ashamed of himself, and his dream of being an official and helping the people is indeed out of date."

I guessed that Uncle He was squeezed out, and the undercurrent of struggle in the palace continued. Since Uncle He was promoted by an unpopular emperor, Uncle He's life would be like stepping on the tip of a knife. I asked: "If you retreat halfway like this, will you regret it?" ?”

Uncle He said: "Retiring halfway is also a way of judging the situation and knowing how to turn back when lost."

I hesitated for a while, and finally asked, "Uncle He, if there was something you had to do but didn't know how to do, what would you think?"

Uncle He smiled lightly, half bookish and half mountain bandit, he said, "How do you do it with peace of mind."

I felt relieved and said, "Good answer, thank you Uncle He."

Uncle He said: "If we can see each other again in the future, I hope Mr. Xiao will not have any worries."

Uncle He was about to leave after speaking, I suddenly thought of a way to stop Uncle He.

"Uncle He, you have no children. Wouldn't it be wonderful if a child followed you out of the palace at this time?"

Uncle He's eyes lit up, and he said, "Would you like to say something? I can!"

"..."

In the middle of the night, I called Hua Ji to discuss this matter. Hua Ji stared at me and said, "Do you dare to play the idea of ​​the Nine Dragon Supreme?"

I said, "The little emperor wants to leave here. He has no heart to rule the country. Seeing the posture of the eldest princess and General Yunhui recently, it will be a matter of time before the palace is forced."

Hua Ji felt that this was the reason, so he said, "That also has to wait for an opportunity."

I glanced at Uncle He and nodded.

After staying in the palace for half a month, the eldest princess came to His Majesty that day and said that the construction of the new statue had been completed in the capital, and the rest of the area was also speeding up construction. His Majesty asked me to go out with him to have a look.

A group of people headed towards the newly built temple in a mighty way. I heard someone chanting the title of "God of Abundance". The appearance of dictation is pure and flawless.

I asked the eldest princess who decided on the name "Fengrao Hall", and the eldest princess said that it was my two "love disciples".

The strength of the few believers already has aura, I feel a powerful energy is gathering on me, I squeezed my hands, and found that the muscles on the arms have been firmly attached to my bones, soft for a long time Unconsciously, I was a little happy, and I shook the hands of Xiyan and Huaji suddenly.

They looked at me at the same time, I smiled, and neither of them let go of their hands.

In the thousands of years, there have been heartbreaking stories, but when you find that your best friend is still by your side, the moment of happiness can withstand the sword and protect against wind and frost.

When we set off to return to the palace, an assassin rushed out from the crowd and headed towards His Majesty's chariot, wishing to make a gesture to drive there. I pressed his shoulders and shook my head at him.In an instant, the murderer was slashing at us with a knife. Huaji and Xiyan beat them to the ground. Someone sneaked up on me from behind.

The blade broke, I pushed backhand, the murderer hit the ground hard and fainted, I heard the accompanying guards screaming: "Protect Your Majesty!"

Then there was the sound of a sword piercing into the body, at the foot of the imperial city, the emperor was humiliated.

But how long will it be the Spring Festival, and this year's spring has come too bloody.

The guards rushed to kill all the thugs, leaving no one alive, and there was no evidence. The eldest princess slowly walked out of the crowd holding her dead brother. I glanced at her, and when she looked back, her eyes widened Waves completely disappeared when she looked at General Yunhui.

The life of Kui Kingdom, at the price of blood, began to flourish again.

Half a month later, the eldest princess proclaimed the emperor by virtue of General Yunhui's force. General Yunrong refused to obey, and was decapitated by his subordinate Xiao Huai. No one noticed that the new Lishege scholar He Huihua disappeared.

The three of us stood on the top of the mountain, watching the two figures walking slowly on the winding mountain road gradually go away.

Prosperity, wealth, fame and fortune are nothing compared to the freedom of the heart.

It's time for us to start again.

Intermission

([-]) Ulun beads

The sky does not produce golden pagodas, and his life is like a long night.

That day, the unknown warrior on the prairie rescued a soft flower with his rough hands.

He pretended to be serious and watched the princess pass by him, and kept silent about the princess running away at midnight and encountering a pack of wolves.The princess turned her head and glanced at him, but said nothing.

The place where the hungry wolf bit was still hurting slightly, right on the calf, Wu Lunzhu lowered his head, as if the princess himself was shining brightly, making him afraid to look directly.

His princess is the last hope of the entire Chunyi tribe. She can exchange for gold and iron, horses and sheep, in exchange for the temporary well-being and peace of the Chunyi tribe.

She is great, shining, blessed by the gods.

She always seems to be easily endowed with value and meaning, which Ulunzhu doesn't really want, and he regards the princess as his dream.

Wu Lunzhu is just an ordinary man, and he doesn't love to expand the territory like the noble children of the rich. He prefers to watch the flock of sheep walking leisurely on the newly grown grass when spring comes. , the white clouds in the sky floated carefree.

But as the matter of the princess's marriage was settled, a strange anxiety rose in his heart. Until the day the princess was sent away, Wu Lunzhu still didn't know where to vent his anger.

Wu Lunzhu stared fiercely at General Yunhui who came to meet the princess. General Yunhui felt his gaze and nodded politely to him, which made Wulunzhu a little ashamed.

This feeling of mixed grief and anger lasted for a long time, he was just a young man with full of vigor, and a young man would always make many mistakes, in a country where mistakes were not tolerated, this might bring death to others.

The first mistake he made was not saving the Khan in Chunyi under the horseshoes of the Xianggui Tribe. He had to admit that there was an intentional factor in it. Ulunzhu saw Khan kneeling on the ground when he was interrupted , he had the opportunity to stand in front of the Khan like other warriors, just for the name of loyalty.

But the unreconciled feelings made him violate this tradition. The moment before death came, he was full of the idea of ​​seeing a Liaojin Pagoda, so he ran away and became a shameless existence on the grassland.

During his wandering life, he headed south all the way, wanting to step into the territory of Kui Kingdom in the southeast. He wondered if he would still have the chance to see the Liaojin Pagoda.

By chance, he rescued the eldest prince who was chased away by the second prince of the Xianggui tribe. The eldest prince hid his strength and bide his time, and on the day he finally led the army into the account, he became the most trusted person of the new Khan by virtue of his bravery.

The truth of what happened later was blurred by time, and Ulunzhu didn't know when he was pushed onto the stage of fate. On that stage, he was entrusted by the kings to kill the Khan who had become overly suspicious, and he would It is their new king, those defections and killings will be changed into legends with a faint light.

In this land, bloodliness is higher than power.

Wu Lunzhu remained silent. In the eyes of outsiders, he was a khan who wanted to achieve great things, thinking about the fertile land in the south, but only he knew that he was still the ordinary boy back then, looking forward to the fantasy in his heart.When he found that this dream was getting closer and closer to him, sometimes he would laugh unconsciously, and the other kings looked at him and thought it was the prelude to the song.

This was the second mistake he made. Chunguo could have headed south in a more powerful situation, but Ulunzhu was worried that the princess would die in that miserable harem before he could pick her up.

The most heroic, ruthless and incomprehensible Khan picked a soft flower on the edge of the grassland, and then broke through the southern border with his iron hoof.

The mountains and rivers to the south are picturesque, and Wu Lunzhu looked at it deeply, thinking about the road that the princess walked in those days.

On the day of offering sacrifices to heaven, he suddenly felt an outsider visit, and a group of white birds flew by in the sky. Time passed, and he covered his face and wept, because he suddenly realized that he could no longer remember the appearance of the princess, nor could he remember how heavy the mountain was. Only the four words "Liaojin Pagoda" raged in his heart day and night, turning into a terminally ill obsession. If he lost it, he would lose all of himself.

That day, he never imagined that he would go back to the end of the road, and lost his way for a while. He followed his subordinates and hid under the vast dry grass. Hearing the sound of officers and soldiers searching around, he firmly held down the subordinate who wanted to rush out to die for him. hand.

They fled along the direction of the river, hoping to return to their original hometown. Fortunately, Wu Lunzhu returned to the territory of the Xianggui tribe in ragged clothes.

Since then, Wulunzhu has disappeared. Some people say that Ulunzhu is often seen in the territory of the original Chunyi tribe, but when people go looking for it, they find nothing. A newborn child grows up and asks his parents. : "Where did Ulun Zhu go?"

"Maybe the cloud floating in the sky is him."

Later generations gave mixed reviews to this hasty crusade, and gave many men a dream.But Wu Lunzhu never thought about the affairs behind him, because he became a confidante in anger, and later generations are no longer as pure as him.

([-]) Liaojin Pagoda

The so-called life is to make mistakes again and again.

Liaojin Tata is a beautiful person, but she is not aware of her own beauty.

This is the first mistake.

Because she didn't know her own beauty, that night she didn't know that the brilliance in the warrior's eyes bloomed because of her.

The Chunyi tribe is a small tribe on the grassland. Liaojin Pagoda has heard many legends about the daughters of rich tribes, and they all exist like goddesses. When she looks in the mirror, she slightly dislikes her face.

Ever since she heard Chunhou's request for marriage, she never thought that she would be able to escape from the heavy snow, but Liaojin Tata couldn't help but escape, leaving the fate of the whole family behind.

She knew that he would catch up, so she didn't run hard. She only remembered that her whole body was cold in the ice and snow, and then her tears were frozen by the wind and couldn't flow out.

That heart was pounding in the snowy night, and the chasing warriors helped her block the wind and snow and the wolves. The eyes of the leading warrior seemed to be shining, and Liao Jintata was seen bowing his head, and it took him a long time to say anything The words came: "I will go back with you."

She leaned on the warrior's shoulder, and turned to look at the boy named Ulunzhu who was bitten by the wolf on the calf. He smiled, and the frozen grassland immediately melted into spring in her eyes.

Wu Lunzhu was born in an ordinary herdsman's family and grew up in the rare peaceful days of the grassland. What he saw in his eyes was the boundless grassland and the bright starry sky. He was used to being gentle with lambs, but not so used to heavy swords and weapons.

On the contrary, it was this kind of "gentleness" that touched the heart of the little princess. Since she was a child, the princess liked to come to play with him. Well, you shouldn't be in this place."

The other boys also secretly laughed at Ulunzhu, but no one envied him, because the princess could not belong to him, and this short-lived love would eventually die of power.

Liaojin Tata also understood this later, so he never went to play with Ulunzhu again, and he didn't want to see the boy who didn't like to talk looking at the sky.

Before getting married, she took advantage of the early spring to always pass by the warrior named Ulunzhu. Ulunzhu was so bored and dazed that he didn't dare to look at her.

Like a donkey, she mused to herself.

She doesn't like such a man. Don't they say that all daughters in the grassland should marry the most powerful and handsome man?

Later, when she went to Kui Kingdom, she dreamed back in the middle of the night, the sound of wolves made her shed tears, she belatedly realized that the women in the world actually like different people, anyway, she is different, she wants to go back to Chunyi every day , returned to Ulunzhu's side, laughed at him for being like a donkey, and then greedily enjoyed the peace of mind that those eyes brought her.

This is the second mistake she made. The long-term homesickness made the emperor of Kui country find rare melancholy in her eyes. Men hate women's tears the most. This has become the emperor's mind. means of grace.

Liaojin Tata was favored and bullied at the same time, but she didn't say anything, because she had an extra life in her stomach, and when she couldn't survive, she would think about this child, it was a little life... Won't it grow into that person's temperament?

The prince is noisy, and bluntly pointed out that the mandarin duck embroidered by his mother looks like a goose.

Liaojin Tata didn't explain that what she embroidered was actually two eagles.

But, little prince, he has learned to laugh happily, to hold back when he is being bullied, and to secretly spit into the tea of ​​other empresses... Oh, this is not taught by Liao Jintata, Liao Elm heads like Jintata, except to go to the emperor's ear to complain, usually start fighting when they lift their chairs, scaring the other soft and beautiful empresses to their wits.

These two girls are not suitable to live here.

Liaojin Tata herself wondered why those lovely children died at the hands of concubines. This kind of fear made her more uneasy, and sometimes she felt breathless when she looked at her little prince.

She protected the little prince so well that she escaped illness, fright or poison, and finally came to the throne of emperor. Only then did Liao Jintata realize that her child was not suitable to be emperor at all.

There is another more important thing, that is, she finds that she does not love her children.

She has more ardent expectations and a freer soul in her heart, and the little prince has become more and more a burden, a burden of life, and she dare not die because of this burden.

This is the third mistake.

When she heard that Ulunzhu, the emperor of Chun Kingdom, was calling, she felt joy that she shouldn't have had.

She once again dreamed of the girlhood dream, the boundless grassland, the wolves in the snowy night, and a pair of always humble and sincere eyes.

Liaojin Tata knew that his dream would cause many people to lose their lives, including his own child, that unbelievable little majesty.

So she endured the torment all the time, while praying for the Kui Kingdom, and asking for a lottery for Ulunzhu.

When the palace lady came to report the good news, Liaojin Tata paused for a while while drinking tea, then smiled as usual, and said, "That's really great, Aijia can sleep well."

After she finished speaking, she really went back to the dormitory alone. Everyone knew that the young queen mother was behaving strangely, so she didn't feel suspicious.

The poison in her hand was once a fight between concubines, and she secretly hid it in her sleeve when the conspiracy was revealed. Later, the eunuch who dealt with the matter searched for a long time but could not find the whereabouts of the poison. When she asked her, she shook her head, The eyes are innocent and pure.

Drinking poison was a terrible crime. She endured the pain so that she would not die in a decent way. In a trance, she saw Ulunzhu walking towards her, looking like a teenager. At that time, she asked him: "Who gave you your name?" ?”

The young man lowered his head and smiled embarrassedly, touched the little lamb in his arms, and said, "My father, he wants me to be as free as the colorful clouds in the sky."

If there is an afterlife, I will be born on the grassland and marry an unknown man in exchange for a long life.