Duling's old dream

Zhang Pengzu never imagined that he would reunite with Liu Bingji under such circumstances.

He had imagined their reunion, and he imagined that their reunion should be on top of the halls, Liu Bing would already be sitting in the highest position, while he stood among the officials bowing his head and saluting, shouting long live my emperor.

But now Liu Bingji was wearing plain clothes, standing at the gate of his house, with moonlight on his shoulders, and asked him how he was with a smile.

Just like every ordinary night when they were 17 years old.

"I originally wanted to bring a jug of wine, but I thought it was not suitable for General Huo's funeral." Liu Bing walked into Zhang Pengzu's yard with his familiarity, "What about you? Why do you suddenly have the time to water the flowers in the yard?" ?”

Zhang Pengzu stared blankly at Liu Bingji, for a moment he didn't know whether to answer first or salute first.In the end, he stammered out a sentence, "My minister pays homage to His Majesty", and after speaking, he opened his front and was about to kneel down.But Liu Bingji grabbed his arm, shook his head and sighed: "There is no one else here, you and I still get along as before."

Liu Bing had already sat down on his own, but Zhang Pengzu still didn't dare to move, he stuck in place, neither sitting nor standing.The two of them were deadlocked like this, and finally even such a good-tempered person like Liu Bingji lost his patience. He slapped the table and said, "Zhang Pengzu, do you have to order me to act like an emperor!"

Liu Bing is already a person who rarely gets angry.There is only one time in Zhang Pengzu's memory, when they were still young, Zhang Pengzu accidentally dropped Liu Bingji's bronze mirror. Although the mirror was not broken, it was the only relic left by Liu Bingji's family. Just take it with you, and regard it as a treasure since childhood.That fall caused Liu Bing to ignore Zhang Pengzu for three full days. Later, Zhang Pengzu went to the street to find Liu Bingji's favorite cake, and then gave him his favorite slingshot, and he finally calmed down.After so many years, seeing Liu Bing already showing the same expression as when he was angry when he was young, Zhang Pengzu was confused and forgot about the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers, so he blurted out "I'm sick". Changing his words, Liu Bingji suddenly smiled: "My name still sounds pleasant to my ear."

Zhang Pengzu was stunned for a moment, finally sighed, sat cross-legged across from Liu Bingji, and said, "It's been six years, why are you still the same." Liu Bingji looked at the rose flowers in the yard and said nothing.After a while, he said quietly: "The flowers in this courtyard are much taller."

Zhang Pengzu smiled wryly, and said: "Thank you for giving me a free job. I don't have to worry about food and drink. I don't have anything to do, so I have to take care of some flowers and plants." , another topic started: "I heard that General Huo Da was buried a few days ago."

Liu Bing nodded and asked, "I thought you would be there that day, but I only saw General Zhang and your two elder brothers."

Zhang Pengzu hesitated for a moment, then said: "I should go logically, but that day... just happened to be the day when Mrs. Ba'er was buried."

Liu Bing raised his head after hearing the words, slightly surprised: "I heard General Zhang mention Ba'er's aunt's illness, and I didn't expect it to be so serious." After finishing speaking, he glanced at Zhang Pengzu, and added: "Husband, why is it so serious?" The funeral of a dead wife is a matter of course. I just mentioned it casually just now, not to blame you."

Zhang Pengzu nodded, hesitated for a moment, and asked again: "This time you are here, do you have any confidential matters to discuss?"

Liu Bingji smiled wryly and said, "I'm afraid you are more cautious than me." Then he said, "I'm just tired of being the emperor, and I just want to steal a night of peace."

A breeze blew in the yard, blowing off a few dead leaves.Zhang Pengzu was speechless for a while, and could only watch quietly as Liu was ill. He hadn't seen him for six years. His appearance hadn't changed much, and his demeanor had become more noble under the influence of the deep palace compound, but his However, the youthful look of the past was no longer in his expression.The disease he knew was once a knight-errant in the forest, a bird soaring in the blue sky, but now he is like a bird in a cage, forever bound in an invisible cage.Cage, cage, perhaps each of them was destined to be bound into this cage at the moment of birth.

"Everyone envies you." Zhang Pengzu suddenly said without reason, "But I always feel that you should be happier than you are now."

Liu Bing was already stunned, and sighed deeply: "I also miss Jiang Hu very much."

They didn't talk much that night, most of the time they just drank tea in silence, and later when even the tea couldn't stop their drowsiness, they lay down on the ground like they did when they were young, using the sky as their quilt and the ground as their bed.Liu Bing had already left before dawn. When Zhang Pengzu woke up, he saw only two teacups on the table, and there were a few words scrawled with daggers on the table. A poem learned in "Xiao Ya".

"Don't use the sound of gold and jade, but have a heart."