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Xue Chongjian didn't want these villains to see his weakness, so he gritted his teeth and dragged his numb legs to the edge of the torture bed. During the action, he injured his buttocks with a stick, and his muscles throbbed in pain. .He bent down to the torture bed, silently grasped the edge of the torture bed, and suddenly found that the black paint on the edge had worn off a lot, revealing the original color of the wood, and immediately understood that it must have been caught by the person who was rode before.He remembered that he had once imagined that it would be a kind of sweetness to lie on the same torture bed with Li Chengqi to be punished, but now he didn't even dare to expect such sweetness, his eyes were sour, and he quickly closed his eyes.

Seeing that he was so obedient, Ma Cha regained his courage, and said with a sneer, "Xue Qing is very skilled. If you don't restrain me, I can't rest assured. Come here, and tie me up!" Immediately, someone came forward with a rope, Xue Chongjian Lifting his shoulders, he thought dejectedly, anyway, at this point, he doesn't care about being humiliated by this little bit.He lay still on the torture bed, and let the executioners use ropes to firmly bind his armpits, chest, back, waist, knees, and ankles, and tied his hands to the two sides of the torture bed. on one leg.

Ma Cha finally felt relieved when he saw this, and Gao Lishi sent someone to tell him the "lesson of good life". Gao Lishi said this, just like the emperor said it himself, he grinned grinningly, and said: "Let me go Take off his pants and beat him hard!"

Xue Chongjian raised his head suddenly, and said angrily, "Macha! You are too deceitful!"

Ren Zhigu sneered and said: "Dali Temple tortured ordinary people, all of them stripped their clothes and walked with sticks. If you resist the decree and go to Beijing to visit the prince privately, any one of them will be enough for His Majesty to demote you as an ordinary person. Last month, the consort Pei Xuji You paid a private visit to King Qi, and you were demoted as a commoner and exiled to the south of the Five Ridges, are you more honorable than Prince Pei?" He glared at the executioner: "You still don't do it?!"

A criminal officer stepped forward, first took off Xue Chongjian's shirt and shorts on his back, then tore off his belt several times, and pulled off a pair of white silk trousers to the knees.Xue Chongjian was wearing Li Chengqi's gown. Although Li Chengqi didn't wear incense on his clothes during his funeral, he was contaminated with a lot of fragrant fragrance when he went in and out of the palace. When he turned it over, there was a faint scent of fragrance in the air. He opened it, causing the person who undressed him to be surprised.He was the closest, and could clearly see Xue Chongjian's slender and smooth thighs were covered with warm colors under the lamplight, as if flowing with the brilliance of pearls and jade, and there were several red and purple stick marks three fingers wide on the buttocks, which were layered and swollen. The coagulated blood has turned into a reddish-purple color, which is set off by the white skin, making it even more dazzling.

When the man's hand touched his clothes at the beginning, Xue Chongjian's whole body was burned with rage. The rage made him struggle hard, trying to break the binding, but the rope soaked in water was extremely strong, and a deep wound was drawn on his wrist. Red marks, but not necessarily loose.When his body was cold, all his strength was finally taken away from him, and he lowered his head in despair.He knew that his cursing and moaning now would only provoke more ridicule and humiliation from these shameless villains.He can only wait for these people to knock him unconscious and kill him soon.He suddenly remembered that his father's state of mind before his death should be exactly the same as his at this moment.The same hundred rods, the same at the last moment of life, with strong thoughts and desires.Heaven teased them with such a cruel reincarnation.

Ma Cha finally had a way to vent the fright he had suffered just now, and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth: "—Hit hard!"

Xue Chongjian heard the chorus of the torturers beside his ear, it was neat and loud enough to shake the night sky, and he smiled slightly in his heart, humiliation, torture, blood, death, in the eyes of these people, are they so joyful and excited? ?If you have thoughts and loves in your heart, you should cherish life even more, how can you be so contemptuous of the lives of others.He suddenly understood why Li Chengqi was so sad and angry when he drove Suizi to rob, and would beat him severely.He has suffered all kinds of hardships in recent years. He is no longer the charming child who only had his cousin and grandmother in his heart. He gradually understands the inevitability of suffering. On the contrary, he understands Li Chengqi's state of mind more clearly.It turns out that only when one's own life is near the end, when one realizes the reluctance and fear of death, will one know the value of life.

Just as he was thinking, his whole body suddenly shook violently, and he heard a clear and loud noise, before his mind returned, he felt a sharp and vicious pain in the chaos, which suddenly surged from the inside of the muscles on his buttocks, as if it was about to tear the skin , Break through the blood and come out.The hurricane-like huge wave didn't rush out of his body, but it returned back into his body, as if rubbing his lungs into a ball.He gritted his teeth with all his might, and swallowed the scream of pain that rushed to his mouth, only then did he realize that they must have changed the torture stick, presumably it belonged to the torture stick, and it only contrasted with the ten sticks that were as gentle as wind and rain.

Before he could recover from his tight breathing, another blow from his left side hit the already swollen skin, and the pain, like a knife pouring oil, penetrated deep into the skin, and flowed into the limbs along the blood. Baike.Xue Chongjian was more or less on guard this time, and clenched his fists tightly to gather his mind. Although his body convulsed violently, he didn't make a sound.

At this time, Ma Cha's mood was slightly relieved, and he leisurely watched Xue Chongjian slowly tormenting under the heavy torture stick.He has been sitting in court for the past few years, and he is well versed in the use of torture. He knows that today's sticks are all veterans of torture. Knock down the next stick.Human dignity and faith are cut off inch by inch in this ups and downs with no end in sight, slowly crumbling into powder, and will eventually surrender to the despotic power and authority.He wanted to see how long this pampered and pampered princess' beloved son and royal family's darling could rely on his vain and childish pride to persist in the face of this simple pain.

Xue Chongjian was sweating profusely again, because the teeth were clenched too tightly, and the sun on both sides jumped wildly, which covered the loud sound of the staff scolding.It's just that the dull but fresh sharp pain can't be avoided no matter what, and no amount of memories and thoughts can cover it up.The pain was like wildfire in a prairie prairie, spreading rapidly from the place where the rod fell, from uploading to his forehead and back of the head, from down to the tip of his toes, and before it dissipated, a new wave The pain is almost perfectly healed.Although the pain was only on the buttocks, he couldn't help trembling and moaning under the violent pain from his internal organs to the thousands of pores all over his body.

When the twenty rods were finished, the criminals changed as usual. Xue Chongjian took advantage of the gap to turn his head back. He wanted to see the moonlight again. Maybe this was the last time he saw the moonlight in Chang'an City. It was at this moment. The only thing that can communicate their thoughts.He was trembling and confused, but he clearly remembered what he and Liu Qianqian said about "Sharing the Moon A Thousand Miles Away". Liu Qianqian said, "If that person is by my side, the moon will be lovely regardless of whether it is cloudy or sunny. If thousands of miles away, the bright moon is just someone else's bright moon." He suddenly felt that they were so superficial at that time, this was originally a hope that was born when people were forced to a desperate situation, and there was really nothing to rely on, how could they bear to say a few words? Then kill this expectation.What seemed heartbroken and sad at that time has become a memory with a touch of sweetness, and finally he can only rely on this clear light to support himself.He only hoped that if he could take another look at the clear light, he might be able to gather some courage to face the more brutal pain.

As soon as he turned his head, all he saw was a dark and thick torture rod, blocking his vision, followed by a burst of darkness, and he really couldn't see anything.Just because this time it hit the severely injured skin, it seemed to be ten times more painful than before, and all the blood vessels in his body were about to explode for a moment.He subconsciously bit his lower lip hard, and strands of blood stained his shell-like teeth.

This time, it took only three or four sticks, and the swollen skin finally couldn't bear the force of beating Chu, and the skin was ripped apart and blood burst out.Xue Chongjian clearly felt that the edge of the torture rod was like a rolled steel knife, deeply digging into his flesh and blood and then pulling it out fiercely, smashing the flesh to pieces.He was in so much pain that he wished he could slam his head on the torture bed to make himself faint quickly, but his whole body was tightly bound, and even this little space was not at his disposal. In the horrifying pain, he could only silently recite in his heart over and over again, expressing Brother, cousin, cousin.Just like all living beings look up and chant the name of Buddha in suffering, these two words are his only faith and salvation in this life.

His eyes were blinded by sweat, but he was still very clear in his heart, knowing that he was not crying.The departure of his mother and Alan seemed to have exhausted the tears in his body. After experiencing such heart-wrenching pains, although he was unable to make his flesh and blood resist the hard and heavy instruments of torture, he would no longer worry about the pain of flesh and blood. I wept bitterly.Tears were originally poured into the weakness of feelings, and the only person in this world who could deserve his tears was his cousin.Facing this group of despicable villains, when he was about to lose his mind in pain, he felt only a sneer in his heart.He believes that even though he is about to be killed by the rod, he has gained more in one day and one night than many people can ask for in a lifetime.

Sitting in the hall, Macha saw that Xue Chongjian's buttocks were beaten to pieces, several streams of blood snaked down his white thighs, soaked into the white sweat towel, and gradually dyed a white towel. red.He was also very surprised in his heart, adding to the first ten sticks, Xue Chongjian had already received nearly fifty sticks, he was in extreme pain but he was convulsed and struggling under the restraints, not to mention waiting for him to cry and beg for mercy, he even let out a yell Never heard of pain.Ma Cha frowned and tapped on the table, Xue Chongjian is still Puzhou Biejia, although he has no one to support him, but he is still a member of the royal family, if he is really going to be executed, he may have too much to do with it, so he just knocked him out like this, lost Go to prison and let Gao Lishi go.

Ma Cha never spoke, and after forty beatings, the criminal officials changed hands again.When the stick fell, Xue Chongjian only trembled slightly, but he was unable to struggle anymore.His frail body was finally tormented to the limit, and it seemed that he couldn't bear the extra pain, and he still felt the heavy blow of the stick behind him, but his skin and flesh seemed to have been burned to ashes by the three-way fire, leaving only the bones waiting to be knocked Peeling it into powder, the pain is not as unbearable as before.

It turns out that hell is nothing more than this. He is willing to be bound by love and lust and fall into it, so he shouldn't have any complaints.The vision in front of him gradually blurred, he quickly closed his eyes, gathered the last bit of strength, and carefully traced Li Chengqi's appearance in his mind.

He believed that he would remember him, remembering him dragging himself to slide in the snow, remembering him rubbing bath beans for himself in the soup pool, remembering the shy and smiling moon under the porch.Long before he remembered the personnel affairs, Li Chengqi's appearance was branded in his soul, the rod would not be broken, the fire would not be melted, even if he crossed the Styx River, walked across the Naihe Bridge, and drank Mengpo soup, this There is no criminal law or method in the world that can force him to forget his cousin.Cousin told him to wait, and he would wait the same when he was in the mud plow, he was not selfishly asking his cousin to go to hell with him, he just believed that his cousin would not abandon him, just as he would not abandon him He does.

A smile slipped unconsciously on the corner of his lips. It turns out that this is mutual acquaintance and joy, that is, they have known each other for more than ten thousand miles. .

Macha saw Xue Chongjian's hand slipping down slowly, and his body stopped shaking, knowing that he couldn't bear it and passed out, and he couldn't think about it when he was angry, so he had to sit upright, and when he finished the round, he was killed. People put Xue Chongjian in prison.Suddenly there was a rush of horse hoofbeats in the creepy sound of stick hitting, Macha raised his head in surprise, and was about to order someone to find out what was going on, when he heard the shrill sound outside the door tearing open the door. Night Sky: "The holy driver is here!——"

Everyone in the hall was taken aback, Ma Cha hurriedly got down from his seat, before he fell to the ground, the door was pushed open, and it was Li Chengqi who broke in first.He saw Xue Chongjian tied up on the torture bed with blood dripping on his buttocks and legs. He cried out in pain: "Flower slave!" He strode forward and lifted Xue Chongjian's drooping face with trembling hands.While wiping the sweat on Xue Chongjian's face and the blood stains under his lips in a panic, he wished remorsefully that he could redouble the pain and move it to himself.He entered the palace and came back again, the delay was less than half an hour, Hua Nu was already tortured to the point of dying.He regretted dying, Hua Nu came all the way to look for him, how could he let go of his hand and leave him alone in this ghost?

At this time, the emperor brought Gao Lishi in, and the whole hall shouted: "Your Majesty, ten thousand years." The emperor was also slightly taken aback when he saw this scene, but when he saw Li Chengqi trembling all over, he smiled slightly and said to Macha: "Is Ma Qing asking the case?" Ma Cha said in a trembling voice, "Your Majesty, the criminal Xue Chongjian refused to plead guilty and injured the temple official in court. I had no choice but to resort to criminal punishment." The emperor took two steps forward with his hands behind his hands. , looked at Xue Chongjian's wound, and asked casually: "Is the beating over?" Ma Cha was startled, puzzled by the emperor's intentions, but he didn't dare to hide it, so he had to bite the bullet and whisper: "The beating is not over..." The emperor said coldly: "Zhen and King Ning are here to hear the trial. Since the beating is not over, I woke him up and continued beating."

Ma Cha was originally full of apprehension, but when he heard the emperor's words as if he had received an amnesty, he let out a long breath and almost collapsed.But he felt very confident, and said sharply: "Come here, wake him up..." Before he finished speaking, Li Chengqi suddenly raised his head, met him with sad eyes, and said in a low voice: "Who would dare. "Ma Cha and Li Chengqi have known each other for several years, and they have never seen him look gentle, respectful and thrifty. For some reason, his eyes flashed, and he felt a chill of fear welling up in his heart, but he dared not finish his sentence.

The emperor sneered, stepped forward and said, "I dare." At this time, no one in the hall from Gao Lishi down dared to speak out, they all peeked at the emperor brothers who were all naked, the lights in the hall were too bright, and they seemed to be splashed on them when they swayed. Bloody.

Li Chengqi stood up straight silently, and looked at the emperor. Since his younger brother became the emperor, he had never looked at him like this. Even his appearance was gradually hidden in the faint cigarette smoke on the high platform throne.Today, when he re-examined this person with the same blood as him, he was slightly startled. The face was so strange, the lines seemed to be carved on the stone by craftsmen, with a perennial cold and mocking smile, which could no longer be compared with his memory. The teenagers in the movie coincide.He was a little puzzled, are they really brothers?The father is gone, and no one in the world can testify to this blood relationship. They will never face each other in the way of brothers, so it is better to be in the way of monarch and minister.

Li Chengqi said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please move to the inner hall. The minister has secret matters to report." The emperor smiled and said: "Private affairs should not be discarded. If elder brother has something to say, you might as well wait until the case is finished by the minister of the temple." Li Chengqi said: " This case should not be tried by Ma Siqing. I impeach Dali Temple Qing Ma Cha for marrying a prince for private affairs, and intends to plot against my minister." Ma Cha was shocked and horrified, and said loudly: "Your Highness...Your Highness, don't speak nonsense, what There is such a thing!" The emperor had vaguely guessed what Li Chengqi meant, and said with a downcast face: "Which prince is it?" Li Chengqi calmly said: "It is the guilty minister."

Finally the emperor couldn't take it anymore, he flicked his sleeves and shouted: "Absurd!" He glared at Li Chengqi and strode towards the inner hall.Li Chengqi smiled lightly, and turned around to follow him in. When there were only the two of them in the room, the emperor said angrily, "Are you crazy! Do you want to embarrass me and embarrass Daddy's spirit in heaven?" Li Chengqi slowly lifted his clothes Kneeling down, he said: "I dare you, may I ask your Majesty how to deal with Xue Chongjian?" Seeing that he was only entangled in this matter, the emperor smiled coldly and said: "He resisted the decree and entered Beijing, and a hundred sticks is unavoidable. Is there anything else?" The crime will not be known until the trial is clear." Li Chengqi said: "What if the minister is willing to take the blame for him?" The emperor sneered and said: "There is a grievance and a debtor. When the eldest brother is guilty, I have never tolerated it. Eldest brother has nothing to do, and I will not let elder brother suffer on behalf of others."

Li Chengqi closed his eyes for a moment, that was all he could do. Hua Nu suffered too much for him, and he should bear the rest.He slowly reached into his sleeve, took out a roll of white silk, and offered it with both hands: "Your Majesty is guilty, please punish me severely!"

The emperor didn't know what tricks he was playing, so he took it with a sneer, only glanced at it, and his whole body trembled violently like thunder.He couldn't believe it, so he read the white silk carefully twice, and then he was sure that the handwriting was not forged. After reading those few sentences clearly, a rush of blood rushed back to his chest, and the hatred made him He just wanted to kill the person in front of him with a sword.No, he understands that what he hates is not the person kneeling in front of him, but the person who has already passed away, and he still needs to cry bitterly, pretending to be mournful and serving him in filial piety.As much as I hated him, the person in the bridge tomb hated me as much. Before he left, he had to step on his pride and self-confidence, and cut off the meager blood relationship between them mercilessly. broken.

He closed his eyes for a moment before he could slowly suppress the rising disgust.He told himself, it doesn't matter, he is already the Ninth Five-Year Lord, the person in the mausoleum can't do anything to him, and the elder brother in front of him can't do anything to him. He is a living god who has jumped out of the ethics that bind ordinary people.

When he opened his eyes, he changed into his usual cold expression again, and asked, "Is this a rubbing?" Li Chengqi shook his head and said, "It's from your father's handwriting." The emperor asked again, "Where do you have a rubbing?" Li Chengqi said: "No." The emperor sneered, cursed inwardly for being stupid, walked quickly to the lampstand, lifted the lampshade, and ignited the white silk in his hand.When the handful of bright flames were about to burn his hands, he threw them down casually. When the ashes fell to the ground slowly, he took a deep breath and jokingly asked, "How is it now?"

Li Chengqi watched his movements silently, without any surprise on his face, and said calmly: "Your Majesty misunderstood, I did not do this to blackmail Your Majesty." The emperor wondered: "Then why did you take it out?" Li Chengqi said: "One It is a heinous crime for the minister to possess this thing. If your majesty cannot forgive Xue Chongjian, please share the same crime with me. If your majesty wants to exile him, I am willing to go with him. If your majesty wants to punish him, please do so. He was buried together. Secondly, I also want to reassure Your Majesty, I know that I am stupid and cowardly, and I have never had the slightest thought of the throne."

The emperor sneered and said, "What if I don't punish you?" Li Chengqi looked up at the emperor and said, "I should surrender myself to Dali Temple." The emperor clenched his fists slowly, gritted his teeth and said, " Are you using my not being able to kill you as a bargaining chip?"

Li Chengqi smiled shyly and said: "I have committed a lot of crimes in this life, and it is a fluke to survive until now. If I am lucky enough to be honored by His Majesty's grace and be able to steal my life, I am still willing to live and see my great Tang Dynasty. I know that in the prosperous age, someone must turn flesh and blood into sacrifices to increase the brilliance of His Majesty's sword, and someone needs to turn his body into bricks and stones to build the Great Wall for His Majesty. Some people live and some die. Buried, this is a prosperous age. Shiro lost his brocade because of this prosperous age, Bamei lost his husband because of this prosperous age, and Hua Nu lost all his relatives because of this prosperous age. I boldly beseech Your Majesty to give Hua Nu a share of grace, he The only happiness I have with my minister is to be able to be with me for the rest of my life. I am the most prominent and useless person among the subjects in the world. I am willing to use my respect, idleness, and ignorance to achieve Your Majesty's benevolence and the name of a sage. The minister will also teach his children and sisters to keep themselves safe, not to act recklessly, and not to harbor delusional thoughts. Maybe we can't have freedom, ambition, and friends, but we can see the myth of my Tang Dynasty reappearing in the prosperous age of Zhenguan in my lifetime. As Li We will rejoice for our Majesty and our country."

After he finished speaking, he slowly changed his tone, kowtowed respectfully, and said: "Your Majesty rose from danger to help the country, and his merits will last for thousands of years, and his virtues will be passed on forever. He must stand shoulder to shoulder with Tang Yao, Yushun, and Emperor Wu Taizong of the Han Dynasty. No matter how His Majesty treats your ministers, The ministers are all fortunate to be born as citizens of the Tang Dynasty. "The emperor's elder brother, who is lying on the ground, has already opened up with himself and is willing to be a sacrificial vessel to decorate the prosperous age. Why should he refuse?It’s just that it’s not so cheap. Even if there is an exchange, he should set the price. The emperor said: “When the Supreme Emperor is buried in the bridge mausoleum, he should be buried with the empress. Li Chengqi's abdomen convulsed violently, and his throat felt faintly sweet and fishy. The emperor saw his pain in his eyes, smiled lightly, and saw that he was willing to sacrifice a little for this prosperous age after seeing him boasting about Haikou.

The emperor originally thought that Li Chengqi would hesitate for a moment, but unexpectedly Li Chengqi immediately said: "Your Majesty's mother, the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng, deserves to enter the Taimiao and be with the Supreme Emperor. I will be present today to request this matter."

He was so decisive, the emperor was not very surprised, he lowered his head, saw the unburned ashes at his feet, and sighed softly, this was the last farewell between his father and brother.He turned around and said calmly: "Xue Chongjian entered Beijing against the decree, so he must be punished. After he recovers from his injury, he will be relegated to Yuanzhou Biejia. The elder brother has stayed in Qizhou for two years, it's time to change places, to Yuanzhou Go be the governor!"

Li Chengqi kowtowed three times, and said: "I thank Your Majesty for your kindness. I will finish painting the mural on the Huaexianghui Building for Your Majesty before leaving."

The emperor smiled lightly, that's it, the calyx is shining, leaving behind several pictures, several articles, for the people of the world and future generations, fabricate a beautiful lie about father, son, filial piety, brotherhood, friendliness, and let them believe that their prosperity , how perfect it is.He flicked his sleeves and said coldly, "Go!"

At the end, I would like to be a mandarin duck and not be envious of immortals

It was late at night when Xue Chongjian woke up again. When he opened his eyes a little, he felt the glare was unbearable, so he had to close his eyes again, and moaned in a low voice, which was hoarse and somewhat unfamiliar.Li Chengqi was full of grief and joy, and hurriedly covered half of the screen to cut off the bright lights outside the bed. He gently held Xue Chongjian's hand, choked up and said, "Huanu, you scared my cousin to death."

Hearing his voice, Xue Chongjian tried to open his sore eyes, a gleam of light jumped into his pupils, and through Li Chengqi's haggard face, he saw a carved gold incense stick hanging on the bed curtain behind him. The ball, like an eternal star in the east, quietly shines on the world.His heart was hazy, the starlight was so perfectly connected with the memories of his previous life, those past events surrounded by pearls and emerald greens, and the smiling spring breeze, under the light of the starlight, all broke out of the dust and sprouted, and quickly rendered into a peach blossom Chung Li's spring.He almost thought that the gurgling water in Pujiu Temple was just his messy nightmare from last night.When he woke up from his dream, his cousin gently raised his fingers, and the mica screen depicted for them the blurred world of the Xiangjiang River in the Tang Dynasty. The sentimental and charming incense balls silently confide their vows with the resting fragrance. .

But the severe pain behind him gradually became clear, and he also saw the dazzling white clothes on Li Chengqi's body.In just three years, their most important relatives in this life left one by one, and in a blink of an eye they all became lonely and lonely, with no elders to protect their waywardness, and no distant world for them to gallop.Those without parents are called orphans. He lived in Puzhou for three years, and finally understood the horror of this word clearly. Everyone is afraid of death, not necessarily the pain at the moment of death, but the fear of being separated from relatives after death. longing and loneliness.

Xue Chongjian only felt that the sorrow, fear, desolation, grievance, and longing that he had suppressed for three years suddenly turned into a surge of acid and heat into his eyes, and his eyes, which had been dry and swollen and painful when he was rode, finally gradually became moist.This is the world between him and his cousin, and he can express his love and pain in a childish way again.Xue Chongjian put his hands around Li Chengqi's waist, buried his face in his arms, and wept bitterly.Li Chengqi leaned down and gently rubbed the back of Xue Chongjian's neck with tears hanging down his cheeks. They both knew what the other was thinking at the moment: He was the only one in this world.

Xue Chongjian cried for a long time in Li Chengqi's arms until he was exhausted and his whole body relaxed and collapsed.The sweat mixed with their tears bathed his body clean and light, and the comfortable fatigue was like being immersed in a warm soup pool.He knew that his bones and flesh, which had been burned to ashes, gathered together again, and he regained his soul from the mud plow, and was reborn as a human being.

He looked at Li Chengqi with eyes blindfolded and said, "How many days have I slept?" In his arms, he said in a low voice: "I have sent Chang Shi to Puzhou to pick up Alan's coffin. When you can get up, you will preside over the burial yourself." Xue Chongjian was still trembling with pain when he heard the name , subconsciously put a sticker on Li Chengqi, and said, "How can he let me go?"

Li Chengqi pondered for a moment, and finally told him about the edict and the burial of the Empress Dowager Zhaocheng in the Taimiao, and also told him the good news that the two went to Yuanzhou together. In one place, no matter sorrow or joy, we can bear it together, just like the intimacy between two children, and it seems to be devout and open to gods, Buddhas and gods.

Xue Chongjian gritted his teeth, and said angrily: "This shameless villain!" Li Chengqi said: "I think my mother has a spirit in heaven, and she will ask me to save you." In his arms, he wished that this whole body of flesh and blood could be fused with him.Only such a hug without any gaps can make him feel safe and secure.In the eyes of outsiders, they are all unfilial sons. Because of their cowardice, they have failed their father's expectations and mother's kindness. Only when they hug each other can they have the strength to fight against the heat of the whole world together.

After Xue Chongjian woke up, Li Chengqi resumed his days of waking up early and going to court with his shift, and painting for Huae Xianghui Building in the afternoon.National mourning is carried out with the day instead of the month, and when the mourning period ends on the 27th, the princes who were assassinated abroad will leave Beijing. The huge picture must be painted within ten days, and the time is very tight.It took him three hours to paint after leaving court, and it was dusk when he returned home.

Li Chengqi rode on the horse, chasing the fiery sunset in the western sky, feeling very relaxed and joyful in his heart, thinking of Hua Nu waiting for him at home, even the soreness in his waist and legs, he felt a bit tired and comfortable.When he passed by the West Market, it was just when the market was about to close, and the stall owners and tourists were in a hurry, and his horse was caught in the bustling, restless but steady flow of people.He only felt that even the neighing and panting of cows and horses sounded so tender. He put down the hard work of the day and wanted to rush home to reunite with the people he missed. He could finally taste the warmth of ordinary people in the world.

When he returned to the mansion, he went straight to Xue Chongjian's dormitory, and saw a maidservant standing outside the door with a sad face holding a medicine cup, and asked in surprise, "What's the matter?" The maidservant knelt down and said, "Mr. No one is allowed to enter the house, and the servants are not well served, please forgive me." Li Chengqi was slightly startled, took the medicine cup and said: "Leave it to me, you go."

When he entered the room, Xue Chongjian thought that he had heard the voice, turned over and lay on his side, supported his head and neck with his arms, looked at him and smiled slightly.He was only wearing an icy silk tunic, and he didn't know whether it was the lustrous flesh color on the inside, or the warm light from outside, that thin silk turned into a beautiful cloud.In the splendor of the rosy clouds, there is a person like a jade mountain lying on his back. Frivolous romance and lingering affection blend together, flowing down the corners of his smiling mouth, his bent arms, and the corners of his thin clothes.In a trance, Li Chengqi seemed to see a hundred thousand spring flowers blooming, and heard three thousand Jialing singing, and he actually stepped into the Penglai fairyland.

He put on a straight face when he entered the room, but at this moment his heart beat unstoppably fast, he pursed his lips tightly to restrain his smile, walked straight to Xue Chongjian, took off his pants carefully, and saw that although the wound had scabbed over, The flesh is still bruised and mottled, and the place where the skin was broken is still swollen.I wanted to scold him, but when I saw the scar, my heart ached so much that my breath went limp, so I could only reproachfully say, "Why didn't you take the medicine? Your butt doesn't hurt anymore?"

Xue Chongjian curled her lips and said, "I'm not doing well right now. It's more convenient for you to leave me behind. Just let it hurt, so that I won't bother you when I get out of bed." The appearance is full of love, pity and guilt in his heart, as sweet and sour as a plum in his mouth.He took off his boots, sat on the bed, pinched his knees and hissed softly.Xue Chongjian asked in surprise, "What's the matter with you?" Li Chengqi laughed and said, "I stood for two hours to draw the horse's head, and then knelt for an hour to draw the four hooves, and my knees were so painful." Even he was a little surprised. People who don't cry out for pain, why don't they feel that they have such a childlike heart in front of Hua Nu, and they are willing to exchange this little pain in exchange for his love.

Xue Chongjian was skeptical, and said: "The people in the painting academy are all dead? Do you want to be this handyman?" Li Chengqi laughed and said, "No, your Majesty is building the Huae Xianghui Building, and he named that wall for me to paint." Xue Chongjian and others After seeing Li Chengqi for a day, I originally felt resentment in my heart, but when I thought of him painting on the ground, I felt a pain in my heart. Although I hummed, "You deserve to be courteous, your legs deserve it." But I couldn't help stretching out my hand, He rubbed on his knees.

Li Chengqi took off his official uniform, suddenly remembered something, took out a small gold box from his sleeve, and said with a smile: "This can't be lost, you have to confess later." Xue Chongjian poked his head out of his arms, and said, "What treasure? "Li Chengqi laughed and said: "The elixir prescription that your Majesty asked from the Taoist priest of Zhongnan Mountain, it is said that if you take it, you will be immune to all diseases and live forever. Your Majesty said, "Every time I want to take medicine, I ask for wings. It's like the natural wings of brothers and sisters." Shun was the most holy man, and he gave up his pride to be close to the nine clans. The nine clans were in harmony and the people were peaceful. This is the rule of the emperor. For thousands of years, the world has returned to goodness. In my spare time, I made a wonderful selection of the Immortal Scriptures and obtained this miraculously effective prescription. The ancient saying: Take it for a test. Now I share this medicine, and I wish to share a long life with my brothers, forever infinite'..."

He recited the book bestowed by the emperor, and Xue Chongjian couldn't stop laughing as he listened. He laughed loudly and shook the wound, and then frowned, wrinkled his tongue, covered his buttocks and called "Ouch", he finally recovered his breath, and said with a smile "At his age, does he suffer from fear of death? He doesn't even look at Zulong's end." He took the gold box and opened it, took out a black pill inside, threw it into the spittoon, and laughed Said: "Don't eat it, it's nothing to dirty your mouth." Li Chengqi didn't stop him, he saw Xue Chongjian's smile again after three years, and felt that his body was as light as a fairy when he raised his eyebrows and in the blink of an eye Joy, is there any more effective elixir than this in the world?He smiled and said: "If I don't eat it, I won't eat it even if it's a real elixir." He leaned over and kissed Xue Chongjian lightly on the face, and said: "There are flower slaves, I don't want to become a fairy."

After Ruizong's funeral, Li Chengqi was transferred to Yuanzhou Governor, and Xue Chongjian was transferred to Yuanzhou Biejia.Xue Chongjian was still unable to ride a horse, so Li Chengqi accompanied him in a car, and the meandering car and horse slowly arrived at this unfamiliar ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River. On that day, what jumped into my eyes was the vast expanse of green bamboo in the wisps of clouds and mist, the smoky clouds scattered into the continuous mountains, and the green trees and city walls. Unfold a verdant ancient painting for them.When the car enters the city, the moist scent of grass and trees rushes towards the face, as if there is a faint cloud shadow floating outside the window, and you can easily hold a wisp of it.

Xue Chongjian leaned on the car window in a daze. He originally thought that as long as his cousin was by his side, it would be fine for the emperor to send him to any place of smog.After three years of misery, he was suddenly shocked by the vast and clear scenery, and felt that it was not like the beauty that a person who left his homeland could have.

Yuanzhou was called Yichun in ancient times, because there are beautiful springs in the city, which are cold in summer and warm in winter, as beautiful as spring, and pleasant to drink.The official residence of Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian was adjacent, and the titles of Inspectors they held were all false titles, and they were not allowed to interfere with local government affairs. They were finally able to let go of their worries and spend most of their time indulging in the green mountains and green waters.Yuanzhou is surrounded by mountains, and Yangshan Mountain has the best scenery. The mountain walls are smooth and steep. On a moonlit night, the whole mountain seems to be emitting a faint light, like a huge pearl floating in the Milky Way.

Camellia and moso bamboo flourish here. Xue Chongjian and Li Chengqi were shocked by the camellias only in the spring of the following year.