For the rest of my life, I am lucky to know my old friend

Before the Chinese New Year, there were especially many banquets in Chang'an City. What's more, this year has caught up with the three-year plan, and officials from other places have also rushed back to exchange feelings with their colleagues.Moreover, the Shinke Scholars have been waiting for an official for a year, and they are almost exhausted, and it is time to be awarded an official, so they are walking around and are extremely busy.

But Xue Chengye's banquet was very conspicuous, because it was too lively, not only many dignitaries wanted to get in, but also many Jinshi and civil officials wanted to come and grab a seat.

This is not surprising. Since the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court has been weak, government orders have been ineffective, and Fangzhen has been separated. Take Yan Guogong as an example. Fan Yang’s tax revenue has not been handed over to the central government for 30 years. The reason is naturally the local poverty. If they can't pay the taxes, in fact, these taxes that should be paid have become the soldiers' salaries and weapons of the Cangyun Army.

Naturally, the rest of the towns followed suit and panicked, saying that there was no tax to collect.Since then, the local area has become richer, while the central area has become poorer.Although there is no incident of wage arrears, smart people know that the court is precarious and cannot last, and they all want to find a safe place to take refuge.

Even if you can't find a place to take refuge, one of the advancement steps for a Jinshi is to work as an aide under the various Jiedu Envoys. After returning to the central government, there will be money to manage, and the various Jiedu Envoys will support you. Naturally, you will be promoted step by step.

In Yan Guogong's mansion, Du Heng stood on the tall building and looked at the lively lobby from a distance, took a breath, straightened his clothes, and went over with his piano in his arms.With every step, he felt like he was walking on a knife, but every step was very steady.

A gust of cool wind blew in from the room, and Xue Chengye, who was half lying on the main seat and drinking boredly, was shocked when he saw the person who came in, and sat up straight at once.

It was Du Heng, with his hair tied up in a jade crown and his body wrapped in a green skirt. His slender figure walked in with a moonlight all over his body, sprinkling the coldness of the room.He walked towards him, Xue Chengye looked at him, with more and more doubts in his heart, and the figure walking out of an ancient painting seemed to become blurred.

Holding the qin, Du Heng came to Xue Chengye, bowed steadily, and said: "For the birthday of the country, please present a piece of qin music."

Xue Chengye still looked at him, but because he had already crouched down, he obediently spread out his wide sleeves, like a fallen big bird, stretching its wings in vain, so he could only see his graceful back, but not his body. to his expression.

But in fact, Du Heng was a little scared at this time. He began to worry that Xue Chengye would pull himself up in a fit of anger and hold him in his arms forcefully. Then it would really be irreversible, but no, he heard Xue Chengye say: " All right, get up."

He had just stood up when he heard another sentence from above, "I heard that literati are temperamental, and you have a heart too, so raise your head, there is no need to be formal."

Du Heng was inexplicably happy, and then secretly despised his own shamelessness, feeling as if he wanted to be pampered.It can't go on like this, Du Heng reminded himself again not to be addicted, he bowed to Xue Chengye and went to the side, sat down and flicked the strings, the pine wind was lingering, flowing out, the whole noisy hall was silent, as if from The noisy Chang'an suddenly went to the vast wild.

It's like climbing high and looking far away, hearing the pine waves in the myriad valleys; it also seems to be Gehong Danjing, with strange pine knots, like a dragon; Ju Mao.Heavy snow filled the surrounding fields, a piece of white, extremely clean...

Others were listening to the piano, but Xue Chengye was looking at people. It wasn't that Du Heng's piano was not good, but because he had heard this piece before. At this moment, he suddenly realized that this piece was composed for this time.

Xue Chengye was not so narcissistic that he took this as a surprise from Du Heng, so there must be other reasons. He looked at Du Heng fixedly, and saw Du Heng sitting proudly alone with a chic demeanor, like a white crane. It also has its own elegance, and the flying fingers are like the wings of a white crane.The wings are raised high, as if to fly thousands of miles across the four fields.

But why is there so much sadness in this piano sound?

The pine tree after the snow should be steadfast and unyielding, smiling at the wind and snow, but from the sound of Du Heng's piano, Xue Chengye heard a deep sense of grief and grievance.

Is Du Heng actually unwilling to be with me?Thinking of this, Xue Chengye felt so sad, I couldn't keep him, just like a white crane that fell into the dust by mistake, unless his wings were clipped, he would float away when he licked his wound.

The song is over, and the audience is silent.One of the women praised first: "Good music, good skills." Then she complimented Xue Chengye, "Unexpectedly, Lord Yan is also a refined person. Such a good luthier is not easy to come by."

Xue Chengye reluctantly twitched the corner of his mouth, and said bluntly: "Mr. Du is my distinguished guest, not my luthier."

The woman choked for a moment, and then she showed a broad and noble smile, and said: "Since you are a distinguished guest, why don't you take your seat?"

Hearing this, Xue Chengye got up and went to Du Heng, looked at him greedily, and wanted to hug him directly, as if he could keep this white crane that had been trying to escape, but in the end he still He didn't do that, but said bitterly: "Mr. Du, please take your seat."

Du Heng, who was standing in front of Xue Chengye, was panicking, so when he finally heard the phrase "Mr. Pulled out a smile, nodded, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Gong."

There was already an empty seat under Xue Chengye: all the guests thought that Duke Yan was waiting for someone, but they never thought that this seat belonged to a scholar. Yan Gong is so respected.Many people even made a secret decision, thinking that after returning, they would give him another annual gift, so that they could get close.

Du Heng just took his seat, and a graceful and graceful woman seated opposite smiled at Xue Chengye first, and said: "Yan Guogong is also a person who loves talents, so it can be seen that rumors are not accurate."

Xue Chengye heard the woman's charming smile in his head like broken glass, and interrupted directly: "What rumors? There are rumors out there, you all say it, and just listen to it."

Everyone present was silent, looked at each other, and did not dare to speak, for fear that if the old man was furious, he would not be able to settle the score if he died.

Xue Chengye looked at the woman and said, "His Royal Highness Princess Tongtai, since you proposed it, you should speak first."

Princess Tongtai's face turned pale, and she just said: "I just said something wrong just now."

"Huh?" Xue Chengye snorted coldly, looked around like a tiger patrolling his forest, and said, "Is there anything that can't be said directly?"

At this time, Du Heng said: "General, quality is better than literature, but quality is the standard, and the foundation is based on Taoism. What's the matter if the mediocre don't know?" A drizzle of rain put out the fire.

When Xue Chengye was talking, he kept looking at him steadily, watching his red lips open and close, and speaking clearly for himself, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "Mr. Du said it well." It was so good. , Now he couldn't help but want to take him away, hide him back in his room, and trap him on his bed.

Hearing this, Du Heng looked at Xue Chengye with eyes that seemed to be full of gratitude and respect, showed a reserved smile, and said, "Thank you for your compliment." It was like an ordinary proprietor and guest.

It was as if the entanglement of love and lust between the two of them and the lingering physical body were like the mist at dawn all dissipated, leaving only a vague dream floating in the Milky Way in the sky, Xue Chengye wanted to catch up and embrace this dream , but this dream was too fragile, it actually shattered in his hands, leaving a heart full of sadness.

This desolation was like snow water pouring down on his head, Xue Chengye came to his senses all of a sudden, looked at Du Heng who had stepped down from his seat and was circling in the arena, his heart was slightly cold, he grabbed the wine glass at hand, and drank it down in one gulp. Feel happy.

Princess Tongtai, who had been watching him all the time, saw that he was drunk, so she stepped forward and said softly, "General?"

Xue Chengye glanced at her sideways, just in time to see the shyness with lowered head, beneath the shyness was a trembling mass of snow-white, as if overflowing with plumpness and allure, he blinked, but Du Heng appeared in front of his eyes The blindingly white thigh lying on the tiger skin was as white and greasy as goat's milk, and spilled out like goat's milk, as if it could drown itself.

Princess Tongtai saw that his eyes were wrong, and soon realized that he was staring at her chest in a daze. She was ashamed at first, but as if thinking of something, she brushed her temples and stretched her body so that she could Xue Chengye saw it more easily.

Xue Chengye came back to his senses all of a sudden, looked away, looked at Du Heng in the crowd, and felt a little wronged. He still remembered that when he ejaculated for the first time at the age of 15, he was thinking about those white and tender things in his mother's room. The elder sister of the maid would never think of a man, but since she glanced at him three years ago, she can't forget it until now, and she thinks of him all the time.

Speaking of it, Du Heng has a good appearance, although he has a bit of southern elegance, but he is not the same as a woman, and he is not the same as those stunning child molesters.But in Xue Chengye's heart, he seemed to be passed down from old age. Like the white fox on Fanyang Mountain, he brought misty rain and beautiful scenery in the south of the Yangtze River into his dream, and he would stay there and never leave again.

As soon as he thought of this, he stood up straight away, turned around and left. Seeing this, Princess Tongtai chased after him, calling "General".Du Heng, who was still in the hustle and bustle of the crowd, suddenly heard this sound, but he seemed to have been pricked by a needle. When he turned his head, he happened to see the scene where Princess Tongtai was chasing Xue Chengye away.

Although he had discussed the couple's affairs with Xue Chengye many times before, when the fact happened right in front of him, he felt the cold wind blowing from all directions, coming in from his sleeves, the skirt of his clothes, all the way to his bones .Du Heng reluctantly had a few words to socialize, and then left the bustling lobby.Fortunately, these guests are very good at finding their own fun.

After going out, Du Heng looked up and saw the bright moon in the sky, and the white snow was flying, but he couldn't find where Xue Chengye and the others were. After exploring, he simply went back, and when he thought that the place he was going to was actually Xue Chengye's bedroom, he stopped in his tracks, feeling sad.

He simply turned to the bathroom and took a shower to wake up.As soon as he entered, he saw smoke billowing from inside. It was obvious that someone had just left, so he couldn't help asking the maid who was waiting beside him, "Grandpa Xue, did he just leave?"

"Yes."

"What about Princess Tongtai?"

When the maid heard this, she gave Du Heng a strange look, and said with a bit of arrogance as a servant of the Duke's mansion, "The Duke of the country wants to go back to the inner courtyard, so people will naturally send her away."

"Send?" Du Heng couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and couldn't help repeating it.

"That's right." The maid said, "A little brother in the front yard told me this. Oh, my lord, you can't tell others."

"I won't tell." Hearing this, Du Heng couldn't hold back the smile on his face, so he could only keep a straight face and said, "Okay. I'll wash it too, you go."

"Yes, my lord." The maid turned around and went out, thinking about it strangely, she really didn't understand what Du Heng was asking this for.

The bathroom is naturally not far from the bedroom. If it weren't for the fact that the bath is connected to hot spring water, it must be closer and they are all in the indoor corridor, which can shelter from wind and rain and prevent freezing.But this short distance made Du Heng sweat all over.

When he returned to the room, looking at the dark shadow sitting in front of the window with his back to the light, Du Heng's heart, which was still somewhat excited, suddenly calmed down. Thinking of what happened today, he still felt a little guilty.

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