Qi Kuo

Chen Ke just watched Zhao Jun take the wine, and took a sip happily.He looked at his teeth itching, but there was nothing he could do.

Zhao Jun rested his elbows on the table, playing with the small and exquisite wine glass with his slender fingers.The whole body is made of transparent material, and the light red wine liquid in the glass can be clearly seen. The fingers pinched on the glass are magnified through the wine, and the fingerprints seem to be clearly seen.

In the middle, there is a graceful woman wearing a willow green gauze, dancing passionately and sometimes softly to the beautiful sound of the pipa behind the screen. Occasionally, the light gauze in the woman's hand brushes past Zhao Jun's eyes, and a faint fragrance will fill the nostrils, and then break into the room. brain.

He looked at the cup in his hand, and after a while, he gently put it to his mouth like playing and sipped it.His eyes looked over the glass in front of him and looked out of the window for a moment.

Gu Zhi looked at the sitting on the top, and looked at the couples sitting there eating and drinking in pairs, and he was too cold to be alone at the top.So he raised his hand and waved away the idlers standing in the room, only Eunuch Yu Hua stayed inside.

Gu Zhi lost his scruples, picked up the flagon beside the table, and said, "Let's put the table together, it's hard to talk if you sit too far away."

In the past, when the group of brothers got together, there were not so many rules. Gu Zhi sneaked out from the palace over the wall, Chen Ke and the others met outside the wall, and then the few of them laughed and laughed all the way to the restaurant they frequented and sat in the private room on the second floor. A few pots of good wine, a few side dishes, and a large plate of fried peanuts, just chatting all the way.But since he became the emperor, there is almost never such an opportunity for them to have fun.

Chen Ke and the others also remembered that they quickly put the tables together, leaving a gap in the middle, put a stove in it, covered the gap with a gauze, and pressed the surroundings with plates. A small jug was placed on the gauze towel, and they chatted while warming the wine.

Gu Zhi looked at Zhao Jun and Yuan Ming, and raised a glass of wine: "Zhao Jun? Yuan Ming, I just met you today, but you are their friends, that is, my Gu Zhi's friends... Maybe, like this I will make you a little bit unacceptable, but just get used to it, and you don’t have to be so polite with me in private, everyone is a brother.” He didn’t use me but used me to call myself.

Yuan Ming raised his wine: "It's easy to say."

Seeing that he was so familiar, Gu Zhi was startled for a while, and then smiled.

Zhao Jun also raised the wine glass that had just been filled in his hand, moved forward slightly, bumped into their wine glasses, and after a crisp sound, the three looked at each other and smiled.

After they drank all the wine in their glasses, Hu Chen said: "You three can't drink, come, come, come together."

So Tan said while pouring wine: "Slow down! I have something to say!"

Everyone stopped what they were doing and turned to look at him.So Tan adjusted his collar in a serious manner, cleared his throat on purpose, and said, "Just now you asked Chen Ke to come in, are you trying to put us in the right place?"

Gu Zhi: "Huh?"

"..."

So Tan went on to say, "So, we should have a drink, too."

"Okay." Gu Zhi raised his glass, "Then let's have a drink!"

With a sound of "ding", several people clinked their glasses together, singing about the affairs of the world, and the song was full of snowflakes.

After thirty days of drinking, Gu Zhi beckoned to the court ladies and eunuchs waiting outside the door, "Bring me two catties of beef!"

Someone outside the door responded in a low voice. Not long after, a court lady brought a plate of beef. After putting it down respectfully, she crossed her hands and said a deep blessing, took two steps back, turned around and walked away gently. Go out and close the door softly.

Every move is full of awe and caution.

Gu Zhi pointed to the person who had just exited, his eyes were a little blurred, he murmured: "Did you see that? I see this expression every day, smiling slightly, eyes full of fear and caution." He Having said that, he raised his hand to put on Chen Ke's shoulder: "Look, we made a vow at the beginning, but now I'm afraid I can't avoid it... Oh, irony."

Chen Ke took the glass of wine in his hand, and the pale pink wine flowed over Gu Zhi's fair fingers, which was rare and coquettish, but in this situation, it was red and glaring.

Chen Ke patted Gu Zhi on the back: "Drink less."

Gu Zhi ignored him, and just continued talking about himself: "Shen Ke, how long has it been? How long has it been since you told us what you really think? I know there are some things you don't want to mention, but, it's been so long, You are not like me, you have done it, why should you do this?"

And why?But it's hard not to see each other for a long time, and it's hard to learn.

Chen Ke said softly, "Gu Zhi!...You're drunk."

Gu Zhi waved him away, stood up staggeringly, and spoke his own words intermittently: "Tell me, how long has it been, how long has it been? I'm afraid you'll drive me crazy..." He pointed at Chen Ke, Then he glanced at the other people who were lying down, "Say, how kind they are to you, how kind I am to you, how kind we are to you... Why the hell can't you see? Although they are in the Jianghu , but you said, that time? Was there a time when they were not on call?! You not only sealed yourself up, but also us..." He hiccupped and staggered back unsteadily After taking a few steps, Chen Ke hurriedly got up to support him, but Gu Zhi shook off violently, and he couldn't stand still, so he just sat on the ground, and Chen Ke also sat with him, listening to him say: "Look, It's been so long, you should still keep that dagger..."

He said as if he remembered something, and reached out to touch Chen Ke's waist, but he didn't know what to think, he touched himself for a while, and then asked him in a daze: "Where is your dagger?! "

Unbearable and helpless, Chen Ke pulled him up from the ground, pulled him to the seat and sat down, then looked at Zhao Jun who was looking at them with a hazy face, and asked softly, "Where's the dagger?"

Zhao Jun tilted his head and smiled: "I don't know."

"..."

Chen Ke looked at the drunken group, and gritted his teeth to do it himself.

When Chen Ke's hand brushed across Zhao Jun's waist, Zhao Jun shook.Chen Ke was stunned, and found the dagger in threes and fives, placed it in front of Gu Zhi, and said, "Did you see it?"

Gu Zhi looked at Chen Ke, then at the dagger, and suddenly fell down.

Chen Ke, who was the only one who was still awake, looked at the people who were lying or lying down, sighed weakly, called Mr. Hua, and said: "Except for Zhao Jun, everyone else will stay in the palace, you arrange it. "

Eunuch Hua asked someone to come in and help everyone who was sleeping or lying down one by one. After giving their orders, he bowed his hands to Chen Ke: "General Chen has worked hard. It's late at night. Do you want this old slave to prepare a car and horse to take you back to your house?"

Chen Ke declined, patted Zhao Jun on the face, told him to lie on his back, and carried him back.Unexpectedly, Zhao Jun was unwilling to die, so he had no choice but to take Zhao Jun half in his arms and half in his arms. Before leaving, he specially told him: "Take care of it, and prepare a bowl of hangover soup for everyone tomorrow morning."

Eunuch Hua, who sent them outside the palace gate, responded: "Yes, general, go slowly."

Chen Ke walked out of the palace gate, straightened Zhao Jun, and threatened, "Stand still!"

Zhao Jun listened to the order in a daze, and stood up straight with a wobble.Chen Ke stretched out his hand to fasten the belt of his cloak, then untied his own, wrapped Zhao Jun horizontally, and only gave up when he saw that it was airtight.

He looked at Zhao Jun's slightly flushed face from drinking, and his eyes were also stained with crimson.Suddenly, my heart moved, and I raised my hand to pinch Zhao Jun's face.

Zhao Jun was stunned when he was drunk, then squinted his eyes, struggling to take out his hand.

Chen Ke watched him wrestle with the cloak he was wearing alone, his face was all mixed up, and then looked up at him angrily.

Chen Ke ignored his gaze and only cared about his own happiness.

After standing for a long time, Chen Ke was a little cold, so he released Zhao Jun's two hands, regardless of whether he was struggling or not, he put it on his back and left.

Zhao Jun's mind was already a mess, and now it was even more confused. He only felt that someone's hair kept sweeping his face, a little itchy, like a kitten's paw gently scratching his face.

He was happy at first, but then he felt itchy, so he raised his right hand in the air and "slapped" it on Chen Ke's face.

Chen Ke, who was concentrating on watching the road: "..."

Zhao Jun's hand was only strong for a moment, and then fell down powerlessly. His head rested on his shoulder, and his breath lightly hit the bare skin on Chen Ke's neck, mixed with the scent of wine.

Chen Ke whispered: "Don't move."

Zhao Jun didn't respond at all, his hand hanging in mid-air slowly dangled in the air following his steps.

The warm breath warmed his neck, and his body, which was slightly cold because he took off the cloak, gradually warmed up because Zhao Jun lay on his back.

Breath blend.

When Chen Ke carried Zhao Jun to the door of the small courtyard step by step, Granny Huang just opened the door and saw the sweat on Chen Ke's head, so she called the boss out: "Boss, come and pick it up." .”

While putting on his shoes, the boss hurried over to take Zhao Jun from Chen Ke's back, but Chen Ke turned sideways to avoid it: "It's nothing, you go and open the door."

The boss nodded, and led the way with a hollow lantern in front of him, which was actually only a few steps away, which forced him to elicit the demeanor of a palace corridor.

Chen Ke put Zhao Jun down gently, and helped him take off the messy cloak, coat and shoes, let him lie on the bed properly, and covered him with the quilt before going out.

After closing the door, he said to Lao Dao who had been standing behind him, "Help me get a basin of water and bring it to my room."

The boss agreed with a grin, and handed the lantern to Chen Ke. He walked to the kitchen with ease, and fetched a basin of water and brought it over.

Chen Ke's room was next to Zhao Jun's. He tidied it up hastily and fell asleep.

A night without dreams, the garden is full of tranquility.

When Zhao Jun woke up with a headache the next day, it was already high in the sun, and Chen Ke had already gone out in the morning. On the small table in the room, there was a piece of emerald green paper pressed by a blue and white porcelain cup. Word: "Come back at noon, wake up, remember to eat." In the lower left corner, there is a well-behaved Chen Ke.

Zhao Jun picked up the note, looked at it, put it in his pocket with a smile, opened the door and went out.

The sky outside is clearer, the warm winter sun gently shines on the sky and the earth, and a plum blossom quietly blooms in the west corner of the courtyard, exuding a breathtaking fragrance.

Zhao Jun took a deep breath, but his head still hurt a little.

Grandma Huang watched him get up, so she walked over and asked, "What do you want to eat, Master?"

Zhao Jun smiled: "Don't bother mother-in-law...are you?"

Granny Huang smiled: "You can call me Granny Huang like your general. The eldest brother went out to buy firewood, and the second child went out to buy fish."

Zhao Jun nodded, and asked her again: "Then mother-in-law, who are you and the general?"

Granny Huang led him to the kitchen and said, "We were rescued by him, and then he bought this yard and settled us here."

Zhao Jun followed her into the kitchen, took a bowl of soup and rice, and thoughtfully put some hangover remedies in it.

Zhao Jun ate with his head down while chatting with Granny Huang.

Chen Ke got up early in the morning, and as soon as he walked to the busy market, a servant who looked like a servant stopped him, and said respectfully: "General Chen, my master invites you to come to the house to have a talk."

Chen Ke looked at the clothes on the person in front of him, smiled and said: "It turns out that he is from Prime Minister Jiang's mansion, Xiaosheng dare not accept it..." He moved a step to the side, and then said: "Go away, tell your master to take care of yourself." come over."

Seeing that Chen Ke was about to leave, the young man put him in front of him again: "General, please show me your face."

Chen Ke looked at him squarely, with a cold look in his eyes, trembling slightly at the sight of the person standing in front of him, he said softly, "Get out."

After finishing speaking, she stopped looking at him and left.The boy who was left alone stood there and shuddered suddenly.

Chen Ke walked around the streets for a while, bought some small pastries, and walked unsteadily towards where he came from.

When they went back, Zhao Jun was sitting at a small stone table under the plum tree with the eldest brother and the second child, chatting all over the world, and sometimes when they said something, all three of them laughed.

Chen Ke went over, put down the pastry in his hand, and sat on the remaining small stone bench.

The three of them didn't even greet him, they were still chatting about their own topics.

While waiting for Granny Huang to come over and greet them for lunch, she scolded with a smile: "Little bastard, the fire is gone from chatting!"

The second child stood up, pushed Granny Huang towards the kitchen with a playful smile, and said, "Oh, mother, you see we also enjoyed chatting with Zhao Jun, forget it, can I serve the dishes?"

Granny Huang was coaxed and smiled: "Okay, okay..."

When Chen Ke helped put away the table, he said to the old woman, "Grandma Huang, I took him back this afternoon."

Granny Huang looked at him: "Why don't you stay longer?"

Chen Ke just said: "There are some things at home that need to be dealt with urgently."

The boss heard this and asked him, "Do you want me to find a carriage?"

Chen Ke turned to look at Zhao Jun: "Walk or take a car?"

Zhao Jun looked at the sunny sky outside: "Let's go."

The boss didn't mention the matter of finding a car, so Granny Huang went to help them pack their bags.

Before Chen Ke left, he wrapped Zhao Jun in a circle again. Zhao Jun looked at himself wrapped up in a ball, and then looked at Chen Ke's yellow clothes, and said, "General, you are using my airtight clothes to wrap you up." Do you highlight your jade tree facing the wind?"

Chen Ke looked at him unwillingly: "Yes."

"..."

Zhao Jun felt that it was a mistake for him to follow Chen Ke.

Chen Ke took Zhao Jun to a mountain outside the city, and said as he walked, "You have to be mentally prepared, what will hit you later is the shock."

Zhao Jun secretly took off a layer of cloak while he was not paying attention: "Oh."

Chen Ke didn't know how to describe this indifferent tone, mixed with indifference and full of disgust.

The trees in the mountains have already withered, and occasionally a few yellow leaves were blown off by the icy cold wind, whirled in the air, and fell to the ground reluctantly.

Chen Ke asked him: "Why is Huaiqing Mountain always green and never withering?" He reached out and pushed aside a dead branch, waited for Zhao Jun to pass before putting it down, and then went around to lead the way in front of Zhao Jun.

Zhao Jun looked down at the bluestone road under his feet, and said, "My master said that there are immortals guarding Huaiqing Mountain, so it will never wither."

Chen Ke made a "tsk" sound without saying anything, but concentrated on leading the way, helping Zhao Jun push a branch away from time to time.

Zhao Jun followed Chen Ke all the way to the mountain, and gradually the bluestone path paved on the ground circled towards the top of the mountain.

As they walked up the Qingshi road, there were forks in the road, and at the end of one was a thatched hut, from which a lot of hot air wafted densely, white, and dispersed after a while.

Seeing Zhao Jun staring over there, Chen Ke explained to him: "There is a hot spring over there, if you have nothing to do, you can go take a dip."

Zhao Jun nodded, and Chen Ke went on to say: "Those small roads lead to the houses of the maids and servants, so don't worry about it, let's go up."

Zhao Jun followed him up the stairs again, and at the end was an attic with carved railings and painted buildings, which was extremely luxurious.A delicate copper bell hangs from the raised corner of the eaves on the east side, and a few red streamers flutter under the copper bell, fluttering with the wind from time to time, like the tail feathers of a phoenix.

The servant girls who stood by the door and waited for the two of them saluted them. After the salute, two people pushed the door open.

A burst of warmth mixed with the aroma of plum blossoms hits the face.

In the center of the room is a large vase of plum blossoms. It smells extremely strong and has a strong fragrance, but it is not too strong to make people feel disgusted.In order to match this delicate and beautiful plum blossom, the gauze on the surrounding window coffins was completely replaced with plum blossom color, and a few blue branches were inserted in the tall vases around, without any variegated color among them, although it was a little far from the plum blossom in the middle, But this place is green and full of prehistoric conditions, echoing and complementing each other from afar.

Looking in through the plum branches, a rosewood plan is placed directly above, and behind it is an armchair with something carved on the armrest. It is a little far away, and he can't see clearly. At first glance, it is extremely complicated. The chair On the back screen is a painting of distant mountains and near water, with a lone boat in the center, and a man in white clothes on the bow wearing a bamboo hat, printed with green mountains, ethereal like a flying fairy.

Chen Ke took him in and told the people behind him: "Clean up the room next to me, and he will live here from now on."

Everyone agreed, and Chen Ke said again: "Buy some sets of clothes tomorrow, Cang Cang, you take care of Mr. Zhao."

A petite woman dressed in pink and white came forward and greeted Zhao Jun: "Young Master Zhao."

Zhao Jun turned to look at Chen Ke, and Chen Ke also looked at him, his eyes signaled: I said, you have to be mentally prepared.

Zhao Jun bit the bullet and said "Yes".

Chen Ke glanced at the furnishings in the room, said nothing, and let Cang Cang take Zhao Jun down.The "going down" is actually going around the screen and going backwards. A long corridor built along the mountain wall connects to another bedroom.

Zhao Jun walked on the suspended wooden corridor, knocking on the wooden boards under his feet with a "dongdongdong" sound every step of the way. Looking towards the opposite cliff, several plum trees growing on the edge of the cliff were blooming with pink flowers. The tender plum blossoms are imprinted with a piece of desolation, showing pride and elegance alone. Occasionally, a few birds fly by and sing crisp and beautiful songs.

Zhao Jun followed Cang Cang all the way to the bedroom. In fact, there was only one bedroom, but after entering, a carved wooden door was opened inside, and after passing through a cave, it was another scene.

Zhao Jun looked at a plaque on the door of his bedroom, on which was written "Yan Qiu" in a flying pattern.

Cang Cang looked at the plaque and said: "My lord, are you looking at that plaque? It was mentioned by the late emperor."

Zhao Jun looked at her sideways, motioned her to continue, Cang Cang continued: "Actually, this was originally an abandoned palace of the late emperor, and later the emperor gave him to the general, but we haven't touched much of the things inside, this room' Yan Qiu' used to be lived in by a noble concubine, and after the noble concubine passed away, the room was left unused, and now that the son is here, it is opened again."

She looked at Zhao Jun, and said: "Yan Qiu is taken from 'I say autumn is better than spring'. This is the poem that the empress loved most back then, so the first emperor used this name."

Zhao Jun nodded: "Let's go in."

Cang Cang nodded, and pushed open the heavy wooden door.

Zhao Jun followed her in. This is a naturally formed cave. There is no light coming in from the cave. But for some unknown reason, the cave maintains the same humidity as the outside, but the ground is dry and a little damp. I've never felt this way before.

There are several night pearls in the four corners of the cave, and the green light illuminates the whole cave. On the right hand side is a bed made of pear blossom wood. The bed is covered with several layers of light green gauze. A white velvet blanket, a small square table was placed on the blanket, and a small hand warmer was placed on the square table.

On the left is a small pool, in which there are a few small fish swimming leisurely. The edge of the pool is paved with uniform pebbles, and a small tree grows in the right corner. Perhaps because the cave is warm, the leaves have not fallen.

In the other corner was a branch-shaped candlestick with a few red candles on it, but they were not lit.

Zhao Jun sat down without changing his face, and let Cang Cang go down, saying that he wanted to rest for a while.

Cang Cang complied, and gently closed the door when leaving.

Zhao Jun took off his coat, because he was already exhausted from walking and climbing the whole afternoon, so when he lay down, he fell asleep not long after.

When Chen Ke gently opened the door, Zhao Jun had already buried his head in sleep.The whole person was wrapped in the quilt, only covered with black silk like black hair covering the pillow.

Chen Ke reached out and patted Zhao Jun on the back: "Get up and eat, Zhao Jun."

Zhao Jun struggled, opened his eyes slightly to look at him, and said in a daze, "Huh?"

Chen Ke reached out and patted his face: "Get up and eat."

Zhao Jun got up with a confused face, got dressed, and followed Chen Ke out.

As soon as night fell, the Changxin palace lanterns in the corridor were lit up, a whole piece of red, it looked warm and unreal.

Chen Ke took him to the dining table, asked him to eat, and asked him to take a bath in the hot spring after eating, saying that his clothes were ready.

Zhao Jun drank some wine to warm up, and then followed a servant slowly towards the hot spring.

Zhao Jun took off his clothes, tested the temperature, and then dawdled down.

Maybe it was because of the heat, Zhao Jun felt dizzy, like he was lying in a hot spring for a while, anyway, it was so warm, it didn't bother him for a while.

So he chose the most comfortable position, curled up on a rock, and fell asleep in the heat.

After Chen Kedeng and Zhao Jun washed himself and went in, he braved the cold wind and stood outside the door waiting.

After waiting for a long time, Zhao Jun did not come out, so long that he wondered if Zhao Jun fell into the hot spring and drowned.Out of this consideration, he hastily opened the door, and when he entered, he found that Zhao Junyan was not drowned, but his body was wrinkled already.

Chen Ke squatted in front of him, looked at Zhao Jun's reddish face from the hot spring, and held back for a long time before he could strangle him to death by mistake.

Chen Ke picked up and wrapped Zhao Jun with an oversized blanket that was placed on the screen, and walked towards the residence with him in his arms.

When Cang Cang came looking for someone, he saw Chen Ke coming over with Zhao Jun in his arms.She stepped back to the side of the road, folded her hands, lowered her head, and let them pass.

Although she had many questions in her heart, but they were servants, she was very clear about what she could ask and what she couldn't.

Chen Ke put Zhao Jun on the bed and covered him. Looking at his slightly red face, he couldn't help touching him.

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