[Lotus Lantern] Promise with one's body

When Yang Jian went to say goodbye, King Ying was painting in his study.

"Your Highness..." Yang Jian had just opened his mouth when he was stopped by King Ying.

"Brother Yang, come and take a look at a painting that the king recently got."

Yang Jian followed his directions and looked over. The woman in the scarlet robe, who was as tall as a person in the painting, was smiling with her head down, with a gentle and moving appearance.That woman is none other than Ao Cunxin.Probably the painter is very familiar with the person in the painting, and the gentleness and lingering meaning spread out from the touch of the brush for no reason.There are a few places where the ink has melted away, but it has rendered a hazy and beautiful implication.

The most wonderful thing is that the carrier of the painting is not ordinary rice paper, nor brocade silk, but the crocodile in the sea.Thin but tough, no wonder it is immortal for thousands of years.The age of this painting seems to be quite old.From Yang Jian's point of view, at least a thousand years.

"This is..." Yang Jian asked.

"I'm copying this painting. Brother Yang also thinks that the people in this painting are very familiar." Zhao Xu pointed to the painting with a pen.

"It does look like it." Yang Jian nodded, this painting is as tall as a person, and Ao Cunxin is drawn vividly, as if she is standing in front of him, with her head bowed and smiling, but the corners of her eyes and brows are all lively.

Yang Jian couldn't help thinking that he was "forced" by Ao Cunxin to paint this painting.Although the two had occasional quarrels at that time, after all, the young couple, even if they were proud of each other, could finally get back together for one reason or another.After the quarrel and reconciliation, Ao Cunxin asked himself to paint to "make amends".

It was the day when Begonia was sleeping in spring, Ao Cunxin's beautiful eyes were really charming, and he softened his heart for a moment, and picked up the pen to draw her momentary beauty on the crocodile silk.

Later, the two broke up, and he thought that this silk had been destroyed by her, so he didn't expect to see him again here.

"But I don't have this kind of brushwork. The Cunxin girl I drew is completely different from this painting." Zhao Xu crumpled up Ao Cunxin who was painting, and threw it at his feet.

"It's just that the material of this portrait is really strange. I have never seen such a thing in the world. It looks like gauze and silk, but it is lighter and thinner than gauze and silk. It is cold to the touch. Brother Yang is well-informed, so do you know what it is? "

"This is the South China Sea shark." Yang Jian stretched out his hand to the painting, and touched Ao Cunxin at that time.As King Ying said, it is indeed cold to the touch.He looked at Cun Xin in the painting through time and world affairs.

It's a pity that Cun Xin in that painting is full of sweet and delicate eyes, how can he understand his complicated thoughts now.

"I don't know who this Cunxin girl is? Someone can make such a painting on the legendary crocodile silk for her." Ying Wang said doubtfully.

Yang Jian seemed to be a little impatient, and directly clasped his fists at King Ying and said, "Your Highness, Yang is here to bid farewell."

"Brother Yang, why is it so sudden? Is the servant in the mansion negligent?"

"It has nothing to do with others, it's me who wants to travel around the world. Your Highness, please help me."

"Even you have to leave..." Zhao Xu couldn't help but smiled wryly.

"Your Highness is among dragons and phoenixes, and there are many virtuous and talented people around. Yang is just a commoner with limited knowledge. Besides, Yang is not in the officialdom, and he only wishes to be a wild crane in the clouds and have a place to live in a corner of the world."

"It seems that Brother Yang has made up his mind to leave."

"That's right, please allow your Highness to complete it!"

"This is something that I can't perfect. With Brother Yang's ability, I probably can't stop it." Zhao Xu smiled wryly, his eyes fell on Ao Cunxin's portrait, and he said again: "I recently met Ao Cunxin. The people here are all very mysterious. For example, brother Yang, you, and this Cunxin girl."

"Your Highness has been in the court for a long time, and when he sees people from the rivers and lakes like us, he will probably feel mysterious."

"No, you are different. You are people I can't grasp." Zhao Xu paused, pointed to the ancient painting and continued: "The material of this ancient painting is special, but the Cunxin girl painted on it is as vivid as if she was a girl. It’s in front of my eyes. It’s just the expression on this face, I’m afraid it’s hard for people close to me to see it.”

Yang Jian glanced quickly from the painting, then moved away.It seemed that he couldn't bear to stare at Cun Xin who was so fresh back then. Zhao Xu could tell at a glance that this was Ao Cun Xin, that is, Ao Cun Xin's face had remained unchanged for thousands of years, but the expression between his eyebrows was no longer what it used to be.

"Brother Yang, do you know where I got this painting?" Zhao Xu asked.

"I don't know." Yang Jian clasped the folding fan one by one, and said calmly.

"This painting comes from the palace." Zhao Xu said, "This is something from the palace of the previous dynasty."

Empress Li loved poetry and poetry throughout her life, so it is not surprising that there are ancient scrolls and paintings in the court.

"When is the spring flower and autumn moon?" Zhao Xu said at the beginning, then stopped. "The person who filled in the "Poppy" back then is long gone, but his collection is now in my hands."

"It's just that this Cunxin girl is afraid of extraordinary people. This ancient painting has gone through countless dynasties, but her face has not changed for hundreds of thousands of years."

"Your Highness, what do you mean, Miss Cunxin is a ghost?"

"I don't know." Zhao Xu's eyes fell on the painting.

Yang Jian was about to say something, but Zhao Xu interrupted him with a gesture: "I didn't believe it at first, but yesterday...yesterday...yesterday my deceased wife came to me again, but I couldn't see it. her, but others can see her."

"She probably doesn't want to see me... But I can't leave behind the responsibilities I should bear after my father and queen mother to see her." Zhao Xu said.

"Brother Yang, you should know that we men have more important things to do than the relationship between our children. We have responsibilities that are heavier than life."

Yang Jian was speechless.The biggest presumptuousness in his life was the phrase "go down to heaven and raise the flag to be a demon." But it was just a lie after all.

"Brother Yang, I have responsibilities that I cannot let go of, so I can only feel sorry for her." Zhao Xu seemed to be talking too much today, he looked at Ao Cunxin's portrait and continued: "A lot of things happened yesterday, many things I didn't think about before. what happened."

"My ancestors in the Song Dynasty had a mysterious case of the shadow of a candle and the sound of an ax through the ages, but I don't want to see such a thing again, and I don't want to walk this way."

Yang Jian could understand Zhao Xu's words.He didn't want to see his brother Yan Qiang, so he suspected that the appearance of Shuiyu girl yesterday was related to his younger brother Zhao Hao.

"Brother Yang, I wanted to keep you by my side to help Gu. Brother Yi's knowledge is like entering the officialdom, and he must have a bright future. It's a pity that Brother Yang has no ambition. In this case, Gu can only be self-sufficient, so that we can live up to our friendship. " Zhao Xu said that he was lonely, and Yang Jian knew what he meant, so he couldn't help but smile.

"It's just that in this lonely palace, there will always be a place for Brother Yang." Zhao Xu promised.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your appreciation." Yang Jian said with a smile, shaking his ink fan.

"Brother Yang, you are Kunpeng, this little palace can't hold you back. It's just high mountains and flowing water, there is always a time to meet each other."

"Yes, there is always a time for the mountains and rivers to meet each other. Your Highness, Yang will leave here." Yang Jian clasped his fists and walked away.Before leaving, he glanced at the words on the scarf, and strode away.

Yang Jian knew that Zhao Xu was the same kind of person as himself, with his own ambitions and ideals, so he could only let down those who had deep friendship with him.Because the king's way is lonely and far away, it is only suitable to go forward alone.

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Zhao Xu stared at the painting, but saw that the person in the painting seemed to blink his eyes.

The crocodile silk suddenly moved with no wind, and scattered like water patterns.The person in the painting seems to be walking on the waves, walking slowly from the painting.

"you……"

"Your Highness, don't you know Cun Xin?" Ao Cun Xin asked back.

"Miss Cunxin is really not a woman in the world." Zhao Xu was not surprised, and continued calmly.

"I am of the Dragon Clan." Ao Cunxin said with a smile, seeing that Zhao Xu was still staring at him, he said again: "Don't you believe it, Your Highness?"

"There is nothing I can't believe now. It's just that you are a dragon, but why do you approach me?"

"Your Highness comes from the royal family, so naturally you should know the relationship between the Dragon Clan and the royal family. It's just that I'm here this time to ask His Highness to do me a favor."

"What are you busy with?"

"I hope that in the future, after His Royal Highness is crowned the Great Treasure, he can fast and do a ritual in person. Pray to heaven."

"What do you want?"

"Pray that my uncle Jinghe Dragon King will have a chance to be reborn."

"It is rumored that the Dragon King of Jinghe died in the dream of the former admonisher Wei Zheng. It turns out that he is your uncle."

"Miss Cunxin, everyone has regrets, and I have something to ask for. I hope you can help me find my wife's soul and bring her to me." Zhao Xu said.

"Your Highness probably doesn't know the situation in the Underworld. Once a mortal person dies, he will be brought back to the underworld by black and white impermanence. The judge will criticize his past merits and demerits, and then His Royal Highness will arrange the affairs of his death. Judging by the time of my wife's death, now only I'm afraid I'll be reincarnated."

"But I knew she was here yesterday." Zhao Xu said anxiously.

"That's not her." Ao Cunxin calmly said.

"How is it possible?! How could Ah Li mistakenly recognize Ah Liu?!"

"I didn't lie, it's true." Ao Cunxin said quietly.She looked at Zhao Xu with compassion in her eyes. At this moment, his great ambitions and his ambition for innovation have all retreated to a small point in his life.

What about the emperor in the world?After all, there are regrets that they can't make up for, and there are fates that they can't resist.Ordinary people have the seven emotions and six desires, meeting resentment and hatred, parting from love, and not being able to get what they want, and everything can make people feel the pain of human love.As long as in this world of mortals, no one can avoid such regrets.

At this moment, he is just a mortal who lost his love.But Ao Cunxin just looked at him quietly.

Zhao Xu knew that in this life, he would never see Ah Liu forever.He thought that she still hated him if she didn't come to see him, and he even expected her to come to him for revenge.Until this time, we know that this life is destined to end.After drinking Mengpo soup, I forget all the past.The gentle woman who was waiting for her with a glazed lamp went up to the poor and fell to the underworld, and was never found again.

Life is a arduous trek, and just halfway through, you know that the most important things in life have been lost.The road ahead will continue to move forward, but the road ahead is lonely, with no bright lights to embellish, no red sleeves to add fragrance.

In this life, it can only be like this.Zhao Xu laughed at himself.

However, Ao Cunxin saw his eyes grow old in an instant.