Scroll of Seeking Jue in the Realm of the Ten Directions

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When Zhan Linfeng woke up, it was already afternoon, he got up in a daze, and before he could fully recall what happened yesterday, he saw the letter left on the desk.

"Jue is leaving today and will not return. May you be prosperous forever, Changan is happy, Mingjue"

Zhan Linfeng's hand holding the letter began to tremble, and tears filled his eyes. He still remembered what he said to his beloved yesterday, "I am willing to support each other with Mingjue and you for the rest of my life. Mingjue, I am happy." You" woke up today, but it ended up going to the empty building alone.

Zhan Linfeng felt empty, he sat down at the table, and picked up the jade pendant with a purple chalcedony heart in his hand. The carver was very meticulous, every arc, every word, and every line on the jade pendant was perfect Extremely, but what he likes is the person who carves the jade pendant, not a cold and meticulously carved stone.Why did I finally decide to let go of the past and muster up the courage to give my sincerity, but got the same result?Is this the punishment that God sent down to me?I can only grow old alone all my life.

Zhan Linfeng looked out the window blankly, where would Ming Jue go? He has no relatives, and there is no place to go back, or he will turn around. Zhan Linfeng then shook his head mockingly. All can flourish.Zhan Linfeng lived in a daze until the tenth day of the lunar new year. During these ten days, he didn't know how he spent them. As long as there was any sound in the small courtyard, he would immediately get up and open the door, and look towards the courtyard door. Disappointed again and again, Zhan Linfeng knew that Mingjue would never come back.

On the eleventh day of the lunar new year, a man named Qin Jiu came from Furui Building. He had sword eyebrows and star eyes, and was dressed in a light brown cloth robe. He had a well-proportioned figure and a decent manner.

Qin Jiu handed a letter to Zhan Linfeng with both hands, and said, "Master Zhan, this is a young master named Ming who entrusted me to hand it over to you. When Zhan Linfeng heard the word "Ming", he immediately took the letter. When it was opened, it was a letter of recommendation, with only one word "Ming" signed on it, Zhan Linfeng put down the letter, feeling a little lost in his heart: "So he recommends you, Mr. Qin, to take his place in the building? "

"Yes, Mr. Zhan." Qin Jiu said respectfully.

Zhan Linfeng looked at Qin Jiu's face carefully, Qin Jiu could be said to be handsome, without anger and prestige, he was a man of talent ": What is the relationship between Mr. Qin and him?"

"Classmates and old acquaintances." Qin Jiu replied.

: "Seeing that Mister seems to be a few years older than him, Zhan Linfeng tentatively said.

: "Qin's family was poor when he was young, and his enlightenment was a few years late." Qin Jiuyun replied lightly.

"Even if he strongly recommends it, sir, let's stay."

"Thank you, Master." Qin Jiu saluted, Zhan Linfeng nodded, but still couldn't help it: "Where is he now, how is he doing?"

Qin Jiu replied: "I met him on the way. He saw that I was in trouble for a while, and he missed the old friendship. He asked me to join you, my boss. As for where he is now and how he is doing, he only said that he wanted to travel all over the place." The world is so beautiful, I don’t know where I am at the moment.”

Zhan Linfeng was silent. If he didn't want him to find him, Mingjue would naturally not tell Qin Jiu his whereabouts.

Qin Jiu became the accountant of Furui Building and the shopkeeper of Jingdian Pavilion. Zhan Linfeng found that Mingjue had indeed sent him a good hand. He was careful in doing things, decisive in big things, and thoughtful in small things, which was no match for Mingjue. Let more.A few days after the Lantern Festival, Zhan Linfeng received a letter from the capital, which was sent by Liu Yuheng. Liu Yuheng had already returned to the capital, and he had a credit of [-] li for expediting. The first two pages were all written by Liu Yuheng. The remorse for the past, and the confession of his yearning and mad love for Zhan Linfeng, Zhan Linfeng passed by in a flash, and he didn't want to read more. Some love, once the deadline has passed, can no longer be turned back. At the end of the letter, Zhan Linfeng finally stopped, and looked carefully at each word. The last part of the letter was a handwritten investigation letter. Maiko colorful clothes.

"Jizi Caiyi was originally a dancer from Liyiyuan. Because of her pretty looks, she was given to Ming Xuanqing for sex. Three years ago, Ming Xuanqing took her into the Lord's Mansion and became Ming Xuanqing's male favorite. He is dissolute and condescending, which is really disgusting. This trick left Beijing in the first ten days of winter last year. The reason is unknown. Later Ming Xuanqing went to Beijing to search for him, but failed."

Inside the envelope was a portrait of a colorful dress. The person in the painting was wearing a crimson dance dress, with make-up on the eyebrows and eyes. The artist painted it very carefully. Although Zhan Linfeng didn't want to admit it, the pair of slender The eyes are very similar to Ming Jue, except that the temperament exuded by the person in the painting is softer, but it looks like Ming Jue in six or seven points. Zhan Linfeng closed the letter with a soft sigh, and only spread the painting on the table Looking carefully, I tried to find a few obvious differences between Mingjue and the person in the painting, but after looking at it for a long time, I only felt that every place was different, and every place was very similar. Zhan Linfeng looked at the portrait, The steelyard in his heart slowly leaned towards Liu Yuheng's words. He remembered very clearly that Ming Jue wore a string of blood-red and golden beads on his left wrist. Looking back now, it seemed that Lord Ming also wore a string of beads on his wrist. A string of similarities, Ming Jue and Lord Ming are old acquaintances, and Lord Ming's attendants have been in the building. According to Liu Yuheng, the time Caiyi left the capital coincides with the time when Ming Jue came to Furui Building , these situations, like a pair of invisible hands, gradually push Zhan Linfeng to the recognition that Mingjue is a maiko Caiyi, Zhan Linfeng's heart gradually sinks, if Mingjue is really a male favorite, then he How to accept this fact?Zhan Linfeng shook his head again. Mingjue is knowledgeable, courteous, and can do calculations. How could he be a male favorite who makes a living by selling his appearance? But if Mingjue is the male favorite of Lord Ming Hidden secrets, and leaving is also a last resort... Zhan Linfeng wavered, and finally decided to go to the capital to find out in person. If Ming Jue returned to the capital, he would confront him face to face and ask him why he left. If there is another person in the clothes, then it is like going to Kyoto to visit old friends and let go of the stagnant heart.

Zhan Linfeng hired a coachman, prepared the carriage, prepared some clothes, and took some gold and silver coils, and went to Kyoto, the capital of the Han Dynasty, early on the third day.

Zhan Linfeng has no property in Kyoto, but he has an old acquaintance. Yang Jinqiu, who was known as the head of the four princes in Kyoto at that time, has a long history and has been an official for generations. He was the director of Jiangnan Weaving Department a few years ago. I met him when I was in the silk business, and the two hit it off immediately, and became confidants, and often exchanged letters. Now Yang Jinqiu resigned from his official position, left the old house of the Yang family after getting married, and opened a piano hall by himself, called Fengqin Yazhu, to entertain himself. In addition, Zhan Linfeng left the capital to teach the princes of aristocratic families and those who came to learn the art, and because of Liu Yuheng's relationship, he never saw Yang Jinqiu again.Yang Jinqiu's house is in a small alley called Beiya Lane. The door of his house has some characteristics. On the black lacquered wooden door, seven strings are pulled in the style of a lyre. People will hear that Zhan Linfeng did not go to the inn when he arrived in Kyoto, but went directly to Fengqin Yazhu in Beiya Lane. A boy of fourteen or fifteen years old came to open the door. The boy in Tsing Yi stared at Zhan Linfeng, and suddenly raised his voice happily, "Are you Mr. Zhan?" Zhan Linfeng smiled and nodded, "Yes." , Qingcai, I haven’t seen you for a few years, you have grown a lot, Qingcai is a little embarrassed, and hurriedly invite Zhan Linfeng to the door.": Mr. Zhan, you still remember me, I will take you to the front hall first, the teacher is still teaching today. "

"Okay, there is a laborer." Zhan Linfeng pointed to the door, "I still have some luggage in the car."

"No rush, please ask the coachman to wait first, and I will fetch it for you later." Qingcai took his hand and walked towards the front hall.

Zhan Linfeng waited in the front hall for half a stick of incense, and then saw Yang Jinqiu rushing in from the door, followed by Qingcai and a five or six-year-old boy.

"Brother Ling Xuan, do you finally remember to come back to see me?" Yang Jinqiu, wearing a plain white brocade robe with a sapphire belt around his waist, strode into the carved wooden door of the front hall.

"Brother Jinqiu, I haven't seen you for many years. Ling Xuan misses him very much. Now that I see you, brother Jinqiu is even more charming than before." Zhan Linfeng said with a smile.

Yang Jinqiu is very happy: "Ling Xuan has not changed at all compared to a few years ago, and he is still so heroic, but I have passed my [-]s." He pulled the little boy beside him and said: "Xingzhi, hurry up to you Uncle Zhan salutes."

"Uncle Zhan is here, let's just pay respects." The little boy gave a junior salute in a dignified manner.

"The walking distance has grown so high. When I left Beijing, I couldn't even walk steadily." Zhan Linfeng said as he took out a small kit, which contained two thumb-sized gold ingots. Only one was engraved with peace and happiness, and the other was engraved with wealth, honor and auspiciousness. Hand it to Yang Xingzhi.

Seeing his father nodding, Yang Xingzhi took it with both hands, and thanked him, "Thank you, Uncle Zhan, for the gift."

Yang Jinqiu said: "Go to your mother, let her clean up the Wanhua hall, prepare a few more good dishes, and then tidy up the bamboo sword pavilion behind the Wanhua hall."

Yang Xingzhi nodded, and walked away bouncing around, "Young tailor should go first, too," Yang Jinqiu said.The green judge understood and went away. When there were only two people left, Yang Jinqiu sat opposite Zhan Linfeng, poured tea for them, and asked, "Where did Ling Xuan return to Beijing from? Why didn't someone deliver the letter first?" Come with me, and I will send someone to pick you up outside the city."

"I came from Santong City. I also made a temporary decision, so I didn't have time to write a letter to Brother Jinqiu." Zhan Linfeng said.

"Seeing that you are safe now, I feel at ease." Yang Jinqiu sighed softly and said, "Liu Yuheng has been looking for your whereabouts everywhere in the past few years, and he even came to ask me."

Zhan Linfeng lowered his head, "I was obsessed with my obsession back then, and I didn't listen to your persuasion, and I got brother Jinqiu implicated for no reason."

Yang Jinqiu shook his head: "It's just to show me some embarrassment. I have long since ceased to be an official in the court, so what can he do to me as a prince. Hmph, he treated you like that before, but now he is looking for you all over the world. It's his own fault." live." Yang Jinqiu changed the subject and said again: "Ling Xuan, have you ever thought about marrying a wife? You are also in your twenties."

Zhan Linfeng smiled and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."

"You can't forget that Liu Yuheng, can you? Ling Xuan, when you returned to Beijing this time, did you know that he was looking for you everywhere and wanted to be with him..."

"No, I put aside the matter with him long ago, and now he and I are just passers-by." Zhan Linfeng said hurriedly.

Yang Jinqiu nodded and said: "That's good. It's the right way for a man to marry a wife and have children."

Zhan Linfeng was silent for a while before saying: "I met Liu Yuheng at the birthday banquet of King Tata years ago, and he asked me to reconcile with him. Speaking of this matter, I would like to thank Lord Ming for helping me out, brother Jinqiu, do you know Lord Ming."

"Master Ming, are you referring to Xuanqing? He is a popular person in front of the Holy Majesty, why, he also went to Tata?" Yang Jinqiu said.

Zhan Linfeng nodded, and recounted the scene at the Tata Palace that day, only omitting the part where Liu Yuheng was frivolous to him.": I came to Beijing this time, and I originally wanted to go to his house to pay my respects. The last time I came and went In a hurry, I didn’t even prepare a thank you gift.”

Zhan Linfeng said: "Ming Xuanqing is also a person. His paintings are very famous in Kyoto, but they are only displayed, not auctioned. There are several paintings hidden in the palace. It is said that this person knows astronomy, It's a pity that he knows geography and has the ability to manage the world and help the country." Yang Jinqiu changed the subject and said, "He is biased in his actions, and the ministers in the court are quite critical, but the emperor dare not criticize him too much."

"Oh? So what to say." Zhan Linfeng asked curiously.

: "Ming Xuanqing's title was conferred by the emperor himself, and he ranks among the three princes. According to the laws of our court, he must go to the court every morning, but he has always gone his own way, going whenever he wants to, and not even bothering to find a reason. But even so, the emperor let him go, he never blamed him, and he trusted him, two things..." Yang Jinqiu hesitated for a moment, and said: "It's not a big deal for him to raise a male favorite at home. Wealthy families, especially in the south of the Yangtze River, often marry male concubines, but Ming Xuanqing raised male concubines and never restrained them, making them act recklessly, which is somewhat inappropriate."

Yang Jinqiu spoke very vaguely, fearing that Zhan Linfeng would have bad memories, but unexpectedly what Zhan Linfeng wanted to know was something he didn't want to talk about, so he asked, "Could it be that the male favorite...has betrayed his master?" Was discovered?"

"That's not true." Yang Jinqiu didn't hide anything. This is something that everyone in the capital knows, so I told him in detail." That Caiyi's dancing skills are very good, it is said that it is not inferior to Yubai who was famous in Kyoto more than ten years ago, but he is a bit arrogant, no one can compare with his dancing skills, he will only be on stage when he wants to be on stage, he doesn't want to be on stage, Even if you pay a hundred taels of gold, he won't go. Ever since he followed Ming Xuanqing, he has lived in the Duke's mansion. As long as the male concubine of an ordinary family enters the house, he will break the relationship with that romantic place. , the colorful clothes are good, going in and out of Ming Xuanqing's house is like his own home, and when he wants to go on stage, he still goes to Liyiyuan for a dance. As far as he is happy, Ming Xuanqing is an official of the imperial court and has the favor of the emperor, so he naturally provoked some words."

Hearing this, Zhan Linfeng couldn't help but see the shadow of Ming Jue in his heart. If Ming Jue's identity was just like Liu Yuheng's letter said, he was a person in Ming Xuanqing's house. Judging from Yang Jinqiu's words, Ming Xuanqing must be He loves Mingjue so much that he will listen to him despite the opinions of everyone, so what reason does he have to let Mingjue go back with him when he found the capital like this?At most, he is only a few years younger than Ming Xuanqing.": Hearing what Brother Jinqiu said, that Caiyi is a casual person, if you can meet by chance..."

Yang Jinqiu said with a smile: "It's easy to meet him. As long as you have money, you can go to the banquet in Liyiyuan. I have been there twice with Brother Situ. His dancing skills are really unforgettable. Ling Xuan To see his dancing, I just ask someone to inquire about the day when he will be on stage."

Zhan Linfeng clasped his hands and said, "Then I would like to thank Brother Jinqiu. The folk art and dance drama in Liyiyuan is famous in the Han Dynasty. It is not in vain to go back and forth to see it."

Yang Jinqiu said: "I also take this opportunity to accompany you to take a vacation with Fufeng. I haven't been to Liyi Garden for a long time."

The two talked for a while, and went to the Wanhua Hall to eat wine and vegetables. It was not until it was dark that Yang Jinqiu personally sent Zhan Linfeng back to the Zhujian Pavilion, and said to the door: "Ling Xuan, you might as well stay a little longer in the capital The third son Fu of the Fu family, you should remember that it is Fu Mingyang who is ignorant and incompetent, but his wife and uncle Hua Wuya is a rare talent. Now he is a guest at his house and plays the piano well. Situ is very friendly, and someday I will introduce you to meet each other, and we will make friends with the piano, wouldn't it be fun."

Zhan Linfeng felt a little overwhelmed, and said: "Ling Xuan is very happy, and the person that brother Jinqiu admires must be a rare talent."