Rise in the glory of the king system

Chapter 625 Last month
There will be no good consequences for playing truant, whether in the Earth Age or in the current Age of Kings.

Last month, she was caught by the instructor and went back to rehearse the dance. After the palace banquet, there was a holiday. She even picked up Qiao Ying from the seaside, and asked for leave to take Qiao Ying around Chang'an City for a few days.Counting all the time, I haven't been to school for nearly a month.

Gongsunli still remembers the day her classmates looked at her with envy and pity on the day she went back to school.She knew what that look meant, and good things always have a price.

Shangguan Wan'er made a list of homework for the past month, handed it to her with a smile, and did not forget to tell her: "The final exam for this period is scheduled around the summer heat. There is not much time, so you have to work hard."

Gongsunli made a rough calculation. She had just passed Grain Grain a few days ago, and there were only [-] more days left. If she wanted to catch up with the progress of a month, she needed to do twice as much homework every day as usual.She wanted to cry but nodded, expressing that she must work hard.

From that day on, she devoted herself to the process of crazily chasing the progress. It can be said that she forgot to sleep and eat, and she had long forgotten the matter of the heavenly book that Qiao Ying said.

Qiao Ying came to Chang'an from the distant Jiang County to look for the Heavenly Book.

Gongsunli didn't know what the Heavenly Book was, and in fact, Qiao Ying didn't know much either.When asked, she just looked down at the shining orb in her hand, and said softly: "I must find it, no matter how many years it takes."

On the day they first met, Qiao Ying was wearing an orange-red short skirt, holding the blue bead in her staff, standing on top of a carp and riding the wind and waves.Apart from going out to sea by boat, it was the first time that people saw carp going out to sea, so it caused a lot of commotion on the beach at that time.

The girl who came riding a carp was very mysterious, and she couldn't tell anything except her own name.No one knew where Jiang Jun was, no one knew who Sun Ce was, and no one knew what the heavenly book she was looking for was, and she was completely unfamiliar with Chang'an.Therefore, after some communication (sa) communication (jiao) association (mai) business (meng), Gongsunli obtained Di Renjie's consent, and brought this beautiful sister to the teaching workshop as he wished.

After she went back to school, Qiao Ying went out by herself to inquire about the whereabouts of Tianshu.But after many days, still nothing.

The turning point came one day at the end of June.

Because the test was approaching, Gongsunli spent all day reading in the school.In the scorching heat of summer, she unconsciously grabbed a copybook and fanned it. Fanning with her left hand and writing with her right hand perfectly matched each other.

It was the weekend, and there should have been no one in the school.When Shangguan Wan'er opened the door and came in, she didn't know that Gongsunli was here, so she froze for a moment.Gongsunli didn't know that the husband he respected would come on weekends, so he stared at Shangguan Wan'er in a daze.

It was Shangguan Wan'er who responded quickly, and immediately introduced to the woman who was traveling with her: "This is a student of mine. I took a leave of absence a few days ago and missed a lot of homework, so..." She looked at Gongsunli again.

Gongsun Li quickly picked up the conversation and said, "Sir, that's it. The Jiaofang is too noisy, so I just want to come here to read."

After Shangguan Wan'er explained a few words, the woman beside her smiled slightly: "Hi, I'm Jia Luo, from the Western Regions."

"Western Region" seemed to be an important place, and Gongsunli's rabbit ears stood up.

Jia Luo came to Chang'an to visit Wu Zetian in the capacity of the city lord of Qianku City, and wanted to borrow some manuscripts from the Langhuan Library of the Tang Dynasty.When meeting the Holy Queen, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the Holy Queen was so reluctant, but under the background of the sincere repair between the Tang Dynasty and the Western Regions, the Holy Queen had no reason to refuse, so she simply threw the matter to the female officer in charge of the library, Shangguan Wan'er is fully responsible.

"I usually come to this school often, and some of the books I have read before will be left here casually. I like to annotate when I read, and the books I choose are all rare books printed by the school. I think you may like these."

Jia Luo thanked him, and followed Shangguan Wan'er into the back hall, the sound of their conversation gradually drifting away.

Gongsunli lowered his head and continued to read, but his mind could not calm down.

Qianku City has a collection of books that are more than ten times that of Langhuan Library. They were collected and treasured bit by bit by successive city lords of Qianku City, and they were preserved after surviving numerous natural and man-made disasters.And three years ago, it was heard that in a demon invasion, all the books in Thousand Cave City were destroyed.

Five years ago...it happened to be the "Mid-Autumn Misadventure" that the people of Chang'an are talking about now, and it was also the only time she failed in a mission.The skinny boy rode a horse and galloped over the ancient road to the Great Wall, without noticing the girl holding a broken willow in the long pavilion behind him.

She understood every word on the paper, but she couldn't understand the words connected together.Memories are like tides, once the floodgates are opened, the past reality can be washed away.

The conversation between Shangguan Wan'er and Jia Luo gradually came out again.

"...It has always been clear that books are fleeting things, and only civilization can last forever."

"Books are the carrier of civilization, and the destruction of the collection of books will inevitably affect the progress of civilization. But things have already happened, and it is useless to think too much. Human beings can only move forward." Shangguan Wan'er took out two more books from the shelf and handed them To Jia Luo: "Don't embarrass yourself."

Gongsunli just pretended not to hear and concentrated on reading.As I was reading, I suddenly realized that the copybook I was fanning seemed to be the printed copybook of my husband and grandfather, so I quickly put it down and fanned it with something else.Fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er didn't notice her small movements, and just asked, "A Li, where did you put the "Mengxi Bi Tan" that you borrowed last time?"

This sentence can save Gongsunli from the state of pretending to read and not seeing anything.She walked to the bookshelf and looked for it based on her impression: "It should be... um... I remember... here!"

She took out the book and handed it to Jia Luo, who was holding a book and reading it with a thin maple leaf bookmark between her fingertips.The bookmark was carved from red willow wood, with a golden-red color, hollow veins, smooth lines, and extremely exquisite.Gongsun Li couldn't help but sigh: "What a beautiful bookmark."

Jia Luo smiled: "If you like it, I will give it to you."

How can you ask for something when you meet for the first time.Gongsunli quickly declined, but Jia Luo directly stuffed the bookmark into Gongsunli's hand: "Take it, I have a lot of these bookmarks, and I use them to reward good children who love to read."

In the end, Gongsunli accepted the bookmark with a blushing face, and sat back to continue reading.The conversation between Shangguan Wan'er and Jia Luo, who deliberately suppressed it, came to her ears intermittently, but she only thought about the person far away on the Great Wall.

It's been five years, has he ever been to Thousand Cave City?The lord of Thousand Cave City said, this bookmark is given to someone who loves to read, so will he also have such a bookmark?Is this considered... the same style as a couple?
Even though he was very clear in his heart that that person knew nothing about his own thoughts, he still couldn't help but secretly thought about it in his heart.If he hadn't been burdened with blood and deep feud, could he hold hands with himself like an ordinary couple, and walk in the streets and alleys of Chang'an openly and aboveboard?

"What are you thinking? I've been reading a page for 10 minutes."

Gongsunli was startled, wanted to explain but couldn't speak, his cheeks were blushing quickly.Shangguan Wan'er shook her head and sighed at her unfulfilled student.Jia Luo smiled and said, "Don't read it if you don't want to read it, come and help us find a book."

I don't know if I don't look for it. It turns out that there are so many books in the school.The three of them worked hard for nearly a whole morning, and only managed to find half of them, and some of them couldn't be found.

"Remnants of the Heavenly Book?..." Shangguan Wan'er thought for a moment: "Isn't that lost long ago?"

"Yeah, I don't have any hope. Besides, the spells recorded in the heavenly book are so powerful. Even if they exist, the Holy Queen will not lend them to me easily."

"You are overthinking this, there is no such thing in the Langhuan Library."

The two laughed together.In a blink of an eye, he saw Gongsunli frowning and looking thoughtful.

"I haven't heard of the Book of Heaven, but a friend of mine is also looking for it recently."

It seems that the heavenly book is something very dangerous. For some reason, the two well-read women became serious together.

After a while, Jia Luo slowly opened his mouth: "This friend of yours...can I meet?"

Inside Daming Palace.

Wu Zetian closed the folder in her hand and put it on the desk: "Cambodian, I will leave it to you to take full responsibility for the Western Region mission's entry into Beijing. Remember, you must not be arrogant or damage the prestige of our country."

The man who looked like a minister standing at the foot of the stairs nodded in agreement.

"Also..." Wu Zetian fiddled with the tea leaves floating on the water with the lid of the teacup, but his eyes were not focused, as if hesitating for something.After a long time, she made up her mind, and said in a deep voice: "Send a letter to General Fuguo. You don't need to sign it, just say, the arrow is on the string, when you choose the right time, the right place, and the harmony of people."

Zhang Jianzhi was stunned for a moment, and then raised his voice: "The Tang Dynasty has not used weapons for 20 years, and the generals have no fighting spirit and no preparations. Not to mention that the outcome is unknown, only the loss of life is the misfortune of the Tang Dynasty. Empress... the Holy Empress should think twice."

"Why don't I know." Wu Zetian smiled, but his eyes were cold: "I have my own considerations, so you just do it. That Fuguo General is not a quiet person, he may not listen to me."

The general will be outside, and the king's life will not be accepted.This is a story that has been repeated throughout the ages.Zhang Jianzhi was not sure what the empress was thinking, even if he was worried, he had no choice but to go back and follow suit.

It was night, and a post envoy set off from Chang'an in the dark, and rushed to the Great Wall with a letter of only a few dozen characters.

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>>04
Two years later, Gongsunli has become a student of the Dance Department of the Central Academy of Drama, and has become a new dancer with excellent results. The video of her debut three years ago has over [-] hits on the Internet.

More and more people approached her, some invited her to make dramas, some invited her to act in movies, and some celebrity artist companies approached her to talk about cooperation, but Gongsunli rejected them all.Only when she wants to buy dresses and cosmetics, she will make a cameo role in a movie to earn a little extra money.

In the movie, too, she only dances and does nothing else.She guest-starred as a dance stand-in in various movies, and gradually became known to everyone. She was praised by the media as "sticking to the original heart in the trend and carrying forward classical dance".

She shook her head helplessly.The entertainment media always likes to find some people and shape them into a single positive or negative image.Whether this group of people is "sunshine", "charming" or "evil", they all seem to be directly summed up by a certain label.This kind of "network persona" is neither plump nor real.

The real Gongsunli is a girl who knows that she has to work hard on her body but is often lazy. She is a girl who knows that eating sweets will make you fat but can’t remember how much to send. She really wants to act in a youth school drama but is too busy and has to push it. The girl who sheds tears because of her refusal is the girl who is good at dark cooking and is keen to invite everyone to taste it.

A girl who has many suitors but has been single for 20 years, a girl who has many friends but is very lonely.

Those entertainment reporters were right about one thing: she really loved dancing.When she blooms on the stage, all the hard work is not worth mentioning.As if she was born to do this, it was her calling.

The entertainment reporter also noticed one thing: she always kept a copy of "Little Biography of the Former Tang Dynasty" in her bag.No one knows what kind of book this is. Judging from the search results in the public library system, they only know that it was written by Guan Waner, a female historian in the Tang Dynasty. Even the National Library does not have a collection of it.

In June of this year, Gongsunli participated in the graduation ceremony of Central Opera as a school girl, and sent blessings for the future to the seniors and sisters.Senior sister Wang Zhaojun who graduated before also visited in friendship and presented a program with Gongsunli.

After the ceremony, Wang Zhaojun invited her to visit BJ.The two met shortly after Gongsunli debuted, and it has been more than three years now.At that time, Wang Zhaojun was still a third-rate singer, and Gongsunli was also a little girl who could only dance.Today Wang Zhaojun already has a place in the Chinese music scene, and Gongsunli is still the eternal heroine in her MV.

The auditorium of Central Opera is hidden in BJ Nanluoguxiang.When the two of them left the school gate, it was already eight or nine o'clock in the evening. The shops in Nanluogu Alley were all closed, and the alley looked a little eerie.It began to rain in wisps, so Gongsun Li opened his umbrella to cover the two of them.

"As expected, Ah Li never leaves his umbrella." Zhaojun said with a smile.

Gongsunli also laughed, "An umbrella can give people a sense of security, so I always carry it with me."

"A Li is also a girl who can bring a sense of security to those around her."

The two walked northward talking and laughing, passed the Drum Tower under the night, and came to Houhai.Houhai has the famous BJ's bar street, where the lights are feasting, singing, singing and dancing, and sleepless all night.Gongsunli didn't dare to enter the bar, so the two turned back to Beihai.

Beihai is a famous scenic spot, and Gongsunli has been here a long time ago.Moreover, Beihai is famous for its location, the Royal Pool Garden, which is not very beautiful in itself, and she is not interested.

Zhaojun said: "You girls who study dance usually pay attention to controlling your diet, right? The graduation ceremony just happened to be over, and you haven't performed recently. How about I take you to Dashilar for dinner?"

Dashilan is a well-known restaurant street in BJ. Its history is said to date back to the Ming Dynasty. Gongsun Xin was moved, and he only hesitated for two seconds before agreeing.

Beihai is not far from Dashilan, and there are only two bus stops, separated by Tiananmen Square.The two discussed it and decided to walk over.

Tiananmen can be said to be BJ's landmark building. Every winter and summer vacation, thousands of tourists come from all over the country to watch the flag raising.The raising and lowering ceremony of the flag is also very particular. The time of raising the flag every day is consistent with the sunrise time of the day, which means "rising with the sun."

The daily flag-raising ceremony is accompanied by the first ray of dawn in the morning, which really makes people feel hopeful.

For this famous flag-raising ceremony, many tourists came to Tiananmen Square one night in advance and did not hesitate to wait the whole night.In summer, the sunrise time is early. Every night, many tourists sleep in the underground passage, just to have a look at the flag raising.

There are still no holidays for primary and secondary schools, and there are already a lot more tourists than usual.There are many sellers in Tiananmen Square. Wang Zhaojun bought a small kite, and Gongsunli also bought a pair of rabbit ear hairpins.

"Hahahahahahaha Ah Li, you look too childish." Zhaojun laughed.

"Aren't you naive?" Gongsunli asked back, "It's fine to play with the kite, but I can't fly it."

"You will come."

Gongsunli and Wang Zhaojun completely forgot about going to Dashilan for dinner.It was a windless night, and the two of them dragged the kite and ran in the square for more than an hour, but they failed to make the kite fly.Only once, it flew tremblingly for less than ten meters, and then turned around and fell straight down.

The kite fell and hit a little boy. Gongsunli ran over and apologized.After just two steps, she seemed to be frozen in place by something.

Beside the little boy, a young man in the uniform of the armed police helped him up and comforted him softly.The armed policeman was holding Gongsunli's kite in his hand, and after the little boy was taken away by his mother, he turned to look for the culprit.

Gongsunli froze in place.

Have you ever felt that way?Just for a moment, the world is silent, and the unnecessary people and things around you are far away, only joy and excitement are mixed together, washing your nerves.Different and complex feelings rush through your veins, rushing into every cell of your body, until your whole body is submerged by the tide.

Even if it's fleeting, you realize that this feeling was there before, even if it was only for a quarter of a second.

Her heart was beating fast, and her limbs stood stiffly in place.The armed policeman looked at her, frowned rather puzzled, walked over and put the kite in her hand.

"It has just rained and there is water on the ground. If the kite is wet, it can't fly. Don't play today."

Until he turned to leave, Gongsunli didn't make any movement.She stood there blankly watching, watching the armed police pass through the tourists, saluting each other with another armed police, and completing the changing of the guard, Gongsunli breathed like a drowning person.

It's him, it's him, great.

Brother Shouyue, it's you.

The familiar figure from the back who lifted up the little boy, the gentle and deep voice and the warmth of his fingers.His casual movements reveal traces of strict military training, and his tall and straight figure contrasts sharply with the surrounding tourists.With every gesture, every movement hit her heart hard.

Wang Zhaojun came over and touched her: "A Li, what's the matter?"

Gongsun Li grabbed her hand with great strength.

"I... I saw someone I haven't seen for a long time."

Wang Zhaojun followed his gaze, "The armed policeman?"

"Ah."

"You know him?"

Hearing this, Gongsunli turned his head to look at her, thought for a moment before saying, "I don't know him, but I like him."

"Ah?" Wang Zhaojun couldn't understand, "You don't know him? Then why did you like him? I always thought you liked Li Xin... Hey, the little girl now. Ah Li, am I getting old? Why can't you keep up with the times?"

Gongsunli didn't answer, but shook his head and said, "Sister Zhaojun, you go back first, I will wait for him here."

"What?!" Wang Zhaojun was completely shocked this time, "If you have something to do, just go and tell him. If you don't dare to ask for a WeChat ID, I will ask for it for you. Don't be afraid."

"During guard, I can't disturb him."

"That's right, what if you are caught as a terrorist." Wang Zhaojun muttered, "That's not okay, why don't we go to the underground passage and wait, no matter what, you are a little girl, how can I be in the middle of the night?" Throw you here."

"I'm not a little girl anymore, I'm an adult, Sister Zhaojun." Gongsunli said helplessly, "It's still a bit cold at night in summer, go to the underground passage, I'll wait here."

Wang Zhaojun refused, and pestered Gongsunli for a long time, but she was very firm.In the end, Wang Zhaojun had no choice but to find the nearest underground passage and stay in a position where he could see Gongsunli without blowing the night wind.But she didn't know that the next day's entertainment news headline became "Popular singer Wang Zhaojun squatting in the underground passage, wearing thin clothes and looking bleak, suspected of being broken in love".

Gongsunli didn't expect that she would wait for one night.

The guard posts in front of Tiananmen Square are changed every four hours, while those on Tiananmen Square are changed every eight hours.The time for Baili to be on duty is from ten o'clock in the evening to six o'clock in the morning of the next day.

But Gongsunli didn't know when Baili's appointment would end, so she had to stand by and wait, not daring to walk away.At one o'clock in the night, it began to rain again, and it tended to get bigger and bigger.The tourists sleeping on Tiananmen Square hid in the underground passage, and Wang Zhaojun also hid in. Soon, Tiananmen Square was empty.

There are only armed police standing guard under the sentry umbrellas. In the entire Tiananmen Square, there are about a dozen of them at a glance.Gongsun Li held an umbrella and walked around twice until his legs hurt. Then he chose a position where he could see Baili Shou and continued waiting.She doesn't want to be seen by others and sometimes stands a little further away.

The rain in summer always comes and goes quickly. After three o'clock in the night, the rain has completely stopped, the night sky is clean, and you can see the bright stars in the sky when you look up.Gongsunli was still walking up and down Tiananmen Square, and several armed policemen around her had noticed her.Gongsunli thought silently, I'm not a terrorist, don't arrest me, I'm just waiting for someone.

At four o'clock in the morning, the sky gradually brightened.This is the first time Gongsunli witnessed the dawn, and he realized that "a ray of light in the dark" is a lie.In fact, because of the scattering of light, the sky is lit up bit by bit before the sun comes down.

The street lights went out, and crowds began to pour out from the underground passage.Everyone is pushing forward, trying to find a closer position.

Wang Zhaojun was still squatting in the corner and did not wake up.

The sky was very clean and clear. Soon, a group of honor guards carrying the national flag came out and walked to the rostrum.The crowd began to commotion, and tourists took out their cameras to take pictures.The selfie sticks were lifted up one after another, and they were still trying to reach higher.

Finally, the national anthem sounded, and a ray of golden sunlight shone from the horizon.Sunrise is just a moment.

The flag was hoisted, and the crowd suddenly fell silent.When he was a child, the flag-raising ceremony in school was the most boring. Gongsunli never thought that the flag-raising ceremony was actually as the teacher said, an extremely solemn moment.

But she still deserted and turned her head to look at Baili Shouyue under the umbrella of the sentry post.Soldiers have to salute when raising the flag. He stared at the slowly rising flag with a calm expression and calm eyes.

Gongsunli turned his gaze away.Only she knew what a firm and brave soul lay beneath that calm expression.She knew how much Baili kept the promise in the previous life, to protect the Great Wall, for Chang'an after the Great Wall, and for a girl in Chang'an, how much she paid.He still joins the army in this life, but fortunately, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and fortunately it is a peaceful and prosperous age.She hoped he didn't have to actually go into battle, that fate never had to test his patriotic resolve.

After the flag-raising ceremony, tourists began to take photos.It was daylight, a bus was passing by on Chang'an Street, and it was already busy with traffic in a blink of an eye.

At six o'clock in the morning, the armed police changed their guards.Gongsunli waited all night, but suddenly lost the courage to go up to say hello.She hesitated, they were strangers in this life, and Baili Shouyue didn't remember her.Obviously, they cannot be said to be destined.If it weren't for the "Little Biography of the Former Tang Dynasty", Gongsunli would not know what these histories have to do with him.

Will their fate in this life be the same as it was 1000 years ago?Would he be better off if he hadn't met himself?
Seeing Baili Shouyue and another armed policeman saluting each other, she turned around quietly.

This period of history, it is best to be forgotten, Brother Shouyue, I hope you will never know.

Gongsunli bowed his head and took a small step, the wooden heels of his dancing shoes hit the floor tiles, making a crisp sound.

I use this night to say goodbye to you.

She was holding onto the umbrella, but her fingers were already cold. She wondered if they were frozen by the cold wind blowing all night.Fortunately, it is summer, and the temperature will rise quickly when it gets dark.Gongsun Li faced the rising sun and narrowed his eyes slightly.

The sun shattered into a piece of gold in her eyes.She couldn't see the road in front of her clearly, but she heard the sound of someone hurriedly chasing after her.

"Girl, please stay."

It turned out to be such an old-fashioned term.Gongsun moved in his heart and stopped.

"You...waited for me all night, and left without saying anything?"

Gongsunli turned around, looked at Baili Shouyi, and said flatly, "No, what's the matter with you?"

"Have."

Gongsunli was taken aback for a moment, but saw a slightly puzzled expression on Baili Shouyue's face, "Well, girl, we... have we met before?"

"you know me?"

"I don't know each other. But I feel like we met a long, long time ago." Baili Shouyue was a little uncertain, "Seeing you standing there waiting for me last night, I always felt that you seemed to have been waiting for me for a long, long time. "

At this moment, Gongsunli really heard the sound of the ice breaking.The stream began to rush, the grass sprouted, and the peach blossoms all over the mountains seemed to bloom in an instant.

Six hours, neither short nor long.She has waited for the rainstorm to pour down, the stars to shine, the crowds of people, and the loneliness.Finally, she waited until Yun Po's sunrise, and he chased him over and asked: Have we met before?
"It's okay," she heard herself say, "not long."

(End of this chapter)