Chang'an ancient meaning

Xue Chongjian came from a dark place, and the two people around the campfire never saw him. Cui Shi's poem had come to an end: "Once you abandon your pen and inkstone, you will use your spear and halberd for ten years. How can you swear by the Yellow River? It's like a stone. You can be a shepherd minister, and you will be a guest at sea for a long time." He sighed aloud, took the wine bag from Li Chengqi's hand, took a sip, and then coughed loudly.Li Chengqi patted his back for him and said: "Chenglan has the talent of Yu Xinchangqing, and he will make a sensation in the world in the future, so he should take good care of his daughter."

As soon as Cui Shi drank, Xue Chongjian saw that there were no jugs and cups at the banquet, and the two of them obviously used a leather bag.He thought of Li Chengqi's love of cleanliness in the past, his clothes were spotless, even when he was imprisoned, he only used his own utensils for food and drink.Now he is sitting on the ground with this person on the wasteland full of yellow dust, and drinking with a leather bag without hesitation.He thought it was funny, Li Chengqi and Cui Shi had only met each other for three to five days at most, and they were already so close, it turned out that he was only cautious and reserved when facing himself.

The mount below him seemed to feel the master's mood was different, raised his hoof and was about to gallop, Xue Chongjian put all his strength on his hands, the reins pulled the horse with a long hiss and stood up, almost throwing him off the horse too.Li Chengqi then turned his face away and saw Xue Chongjian standing next to him with a livid face, he couldn't help being surprised: "Huanu, when did you come?"

Xue Chongjian's hands were hot and painful, and he didn't know if the blood was wiped out by the reins. If it followed his temperament, he just wanted to step forward and kick the wine bag over, but now his whole body was cold, and his bones seemed to be buried in ice and snow. If someone knocks it now, his heart will be shattered into powder like an ice edge falling to the ground.He looked at Li Chengqi, took a few breaths, and finally said: "I disturbed your pleasure."

Then Cui Shi slowly moved his head away from Li Chengqi's shoulder, rubbed his eyes and smiled and said, "It's Xue Erlang? Cui Shi of Boling, does Erlang still remember me? Erlang was still tired when I was studying in the Eastern Palace. Hold the board."

Xue Chongjian still had fresh memories of the first day of school, but he had long forgotten who the fellow sufferers were, and he suddenly mentioned it, thinking that he had seen all the embarrassment of his childhood, and now it sounds like a joke.He took a deep breath, jumped off the horse and took a step closer, seeing that Cui Shi's eyes were blurred and his face was like Shizhu, his expression and appearance were somewhat similar to those of the Zhang brothers in the palace.

Li Chengqi chuckled, and said, "You guys have gone through adversity together, Hua Nu, come and have a drink together, and I'll go back with you in a while." Xue Chongjian looked at him coldly, and heard him mention "we have gone through adversity together". Words, the more stinging in my heart: You have forgotten the people who have been through hardships with you.He squinted at Cui Shi's hands, which were whiter and slender than a girl's, untied the horsewhip around his waist, and suddenly pulled the wine bag in his hand. Cui Shi was startled: "Ouch!" It was very painful to be swept by the whip.Both Li Chengqi and Cui Shi's drunkenness was awakened by this whip, Li Chengqi stood up in shock and said: "Huanu, what are you doing!"

Xue Chongjian waited for him to stand up, only to realize that his belt had been untied, and trembling all over for a moment, fearing that if he stayed for a while, he would not know what he would do, so he sneered, "I'm disgusting!" He turned around and jumped suddenly, Without even stepping on the stirrups, he jumped directly on the horse's back, whipped the horse's buttocks, and then left in the dust, but felt very sad in his heart: this effort will be useless in the future.

Li Chengqi was startled and angry when he saw Xue Chongjian beating someone for no reason at first, but when he suddenly jumped on his horse, his vigorous posture was as familiar as yesterday.For the past three years, Li Chengqi watched Xue Chongjian leave day by day, and suddenly changed places. He was too busy these days, and he hadn't fully understood the meaning of it.Now staring at it from afar, the long yellow dust diffusely blurs the figure, as if standing under the sun to send someone away. He has never experienced this situation, but the ancients said it clearly, looking up at the floating clouds, dying to each other Over, it turned out to be like this.

Cui Shi saw that the expression on Li Chengqi's face gradually changed from surprise to pain, and wondered: "What's the matter with you?" Li Chengqi said anxiously: "I will apologize to you later, first I will borrow your car to give me a ride, and chase him quickly! " Cui Shi shook his head, and hurriedly ordered the coachman to set up the car.Their car was not as fast as Xue Chongjian's horse, and when they chased to Princess Taiping's mansion, Xue Chongjian had already arrived for a long time, he was very irritable, but he felt exhausted, so he lay down on the couch sideways regardless of the dust all over his body.

When Cui Shi mentioned it today, many memories from his childhood came one after another, and each piece flowed through his heart as clearly as yesterday.On that snowy day, when he was beaten, he lay down on the bed and waited for him full of grievances. At that time, Li Chengqi was the only one in his heart, and now he didn't know if he would come.He wanted to know what went wrong, why the joy that had lasted for several years would collapse so quickly.

Xue Chongjian felt that his nose was sore, and the bright lights in the room were dazzling, but he deliberately opened his eyes to watch.After a while he heard the hurried footsteps outside, he felt a little joy in his heart, and then estimated the time, he knew that he came by car, maybe he was in the same car with that Cui Shi, he got angry again, and turned over.

Seeing Xue Chongjian in the house, Li Chengqi heaved a sigh of relief, stepped forward and said slowly: "Huanu, what happened today is not what you think." Xue Chongjian smiled coldly, and said, "What do I think? Li Chengqi blushed, and said: "Chenglan literati are unruly and bold, we will never..." He really couldn't say it, but he knew that Xue Chongjian had misunderstood deeply, so he gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "... matter." When he said these four words, even his voice trembled.

Xue Chongjian turned over and got down on the bed, and looked at Li Chengqi coldly. It was difficult for him to distinguish the similarity and difference between the blush on Li Chengqi's face and the blush on Cui Shi's cheeks.He saw the Baodian belt returned to Li Chengqi's waist, and he couldn't imagine in his mind how Li Chengqi untied and put on the belt in front of Cui Shi.He couldn't help but said: "It turns out that drinking together, taking off your clothes, and being unruly and bold, so what's the deal?"

He usually said something to Li Chengqi, he had never used such vicious cynicism, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether he despised himself or them.I just feel that today's events are disgusting from the beginning to the end, and every time I mention a word, it's like being pricked by a poisonous thorn.He could only turn the venom that hurt him to the marrow into a sharp sword of words, to relieve and retaliate a little, just like stabbing the wound deeper with a knife, so that some pus and blood could flow out.

Li Chengqi's face turned from red to white, and after a moment of silence, he said, "We are just friends." Xue Chongjian said with a sneer, "Why have I never heard of it? When you were at the bottom of the judge's court, what happened in the deep courtyard of the palace, Can they pass half of the news? Now that you are free, and the third uncle has been restored to the crown prince, they see how much money you are worth as the county king, and they are all looking for you!"

He clearly accused Cui Shi of being a follower of power. Li Chengqi has always treated others with his own heart, and he has been bullied by the heat for several years in the palace. Now that the visitor has a sincere feeling, he is very grateful.Hearing his harsh words, he couldn't help but said: "Hua Nu, you can't humiliate Chenglan like this."

Xue Chongjian thought: You allow him to humiliate me.It's just that it's hard for him to utter these words, the utterance becomes a begging, the utterance makes him a defeated general, and the utterance is to admit that he and Cui Shi are fighting for something.His natural arrogance made him disdain to compare himself with Cui Shi, but those verses and today's Cui Shi's eyes are rampant in his mind, as if they want to tear him apart.Maybe he really lied to himself.

Li Chengqi has always been in adversity, precarious, struggling to survive, and being forced into desperation time and time again.So is he taking advantage of his desperate situation?Those desperate situations are like high walls, and only he can overcome them. He rescues him time and time again, nourishing Li Chengqi in the cage with food and happiness, and also nourishing himself.He is satisfied that he can see him every day when he climbs the tree, and he can hold his hand when he climbs over a wall. The wall surrounds Li Chengqi's hope and vision, but it is like a box made of gold, carefully guarded. His dream of never giving up.

If there is no despair, is there no reason to wait for more than 1000 days and nights in the past three years?If there was no despair, would it be that he would not have dared to embrace him that day?If there is no despair, is it possible that the iron horse that night was more leaky, and just quietly dispersed in the vastness of time?

God’s will has played with them for too many years, there are deprivations and rewards, and now the gods and Buddhas are tired of playing, and for the first time they conform to God’s will, let the crown prince return to the Li family, let the glory and respect return to Li Chengqi, But how much position he still occupies in his heart, he doesn't know.He only knew that he couldn't turn back, and he only felt at ease when he saw that person's smile and heard that person's voice.Spring flowers are blooming, horseshoes are light and swift, summer trees are shady, cicadas are singing and insects are singing, autumn rain is sparse, the sky is full of cranes, the winter wind is chilling, and Qiongyao is everywhere. Without that person, will these colors and sounds fade into pale silence?

Xue Chongjian smiled lazily and said: "He is so sincere, you just let him go. Come on, change my clothes for me, how can I see Miss Zhao Qi when it's so dirty?" Li Chengqi's face changed slightly. Since he was hiding in Liu Qianqian's house, he knew that Hua Nu had contacts with the prostitute's house in Beili. He understood Xue Chongjian's meaning of revenge, so he turned around silently and walked out.

Shi Chun hurriedly asked Xue Chongjian: "Your Majesty, do you want to prepare carriages and horses for Your Highness?" Xue Chongjian was furious, took off the whip around his waist, and beat Shi Chun, scolding: "He has someone to pick him up, what do you need? ?!" Shi Chun followed Xue Chongjian for more than ten years and had never been beaten, so he was startled and quickly knelt down.Li Chengqi heard the sound of the whip behind him, his shoulders moved slightly, his footsteps paused, and he still walked out without turning his head.The whip in Xue Chongjian's hand kept hitting Shi Chun's shoulders and back with all his might, but his eyes still couldn't help following Li Chengqi's white clothes as he gradually moved away, until finally it was as gloomy and empty as the night.

The servants and servants in the room had never seen the young master so violent and lost their composure. They all knelt down and did not dare to say a word.Xue Chongjian couldn't see anymore, so he lowered his head to look at Shi Chun, and saw bloodstains on his neck and shoulders, but he was trembling and biting his sleeves, without even moaning.Xue Chongjian lowered his whip silently, a burst of surprise and guilt surged in his heart, he was silent for a moment, and said, "Let him see a family doctor." Turning around, he entered the Nuan Pavilion.

When Li Chengqi left Princess Taiping's mansion, the curtain of the carriage at the entrance of the alley was lifted. Cui Shi glanced at his face and said, "What? Didn't we agree?" Li Chengqi said in surprise, "Didn't I ask you to go back first?" Cui Shi He smiled and said, "If King Shouchun walks home on foot, it will be news in Shendu City tomorrow. What's wrong with Xue Erlang? Do you want me to accompany you?" Li Chengqi smiled sadly, shaking his head and said: "He is that Temper, none of your business."

He got into Cui Shi's car, Cui Shi said: "I have one more thing to tell you today. Has your marriage been arranged in the palace?" Li Chengqi was startled, not knowing why he asked this, and said: "No. "Cui Shi laughed and said: "Yongyong Mingyan, the dawn of the sun. A scholar is like returning to his wife, but he is not in the ice. I have a sister, who is 15 years old this year. She has a decent appearance and talent." Li Chengqi didn't expect him to have such an idea , staring at Cui Shi for a moment, said: "You five surnames and seven clans, never bother to marry people like me?" , you are different from others."

Li Chengqi opened the curtain of the car and looked out silently. After such a night of trouble, it turned out that the moon had already come out, and the clear water was flowing on the bluestone road.The night of late autumn brought a bit of chill, two or three lone stars around, accompanied by the blue night sky, seemed to shoot out from the deep sea, people could not help but think of how the woman in the moon palace survived alone long night.Suddenly, he felt a sense of sadness. Such a night only made people feel cold and lonely. He shouldn't have left Hua Nu, but the horse's hooves were rolling, and the wheels were crushing the stone slabs, and he sang like pain. He knew that he was going farther and farther away. up.

He also didn't understand why when Cui Shi mentioned marriage, he thought of Hua Nu's eyes, his eyes just now were as cold as the stars at this time.Maybe he was too far away from ordinary people's life, he never thought about what his future wife would be like, would a woman make him wait for more than 1000 days and nights?Would you sit on the porch and look at the moon with him?Li Chengqi thought about it, and smiled wistfully, his life was filled by one person, and there was no room for others.

Li Chengqi said: "Chenglan, I can't be your great love. You should know that I was born in a deep palace, grew up in the hands of a woman, and have five human relationships, monarch and minister, father and son, husband and wife, brother, friend, Everything is useless. If it hadn’t been for someone who has sacrificed his life many times to save me these years, I’m afraid I won’t even have the chance to see the sun again today. I still don’t know how to take care of a person. If something happens in the future, I still can’t even protect myself. Life and death in the Breathing, talking about people like me. Now I don't have the heart to think about these things, you daughter of the Cui family, you should choose a clear family background and don't delay on me. "

Cui Shi was not wary of him saying such words, smiled a little embarrassedly, and said: "This is not an urgent matter, you should take it easy first, it will not be too late in the long run."

On the second day, Li Chengqi only said that he was not feeling well, and thanked the guests behind closed doors.Xue Chongjian came to the villa because of the drunkenness, and saw A Luo in Li Chengqi's courtyard with a maid, holding silver scissors, holding a green-glazed bile bottle, picking flowers.They were punished by Xue Chongjian yesterday, and when they saw him, they knelt down and saluted.Xue Chongjian pinched A Luo's face with a smile, and said, "I don't eat people, what are you afraid of?" A Luo forced a smile, and said, "Your Highness is at home today." Quiet, smiled and said: "Aren't you full of guests here, why is it so deserted today, can't you set up a net to catch birds?" A Luo said: "Your Highness originally likes to be quiet, but I am tired of running these days. "

Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "He originally liked to be quiet, so he originally liked to be quiet." He sat down on the corridor and said with a smile: "You are following a well-learned highness, and you should have read some books by ear, so you know that the next one is the Duke Zhai. A story?" A Luo didn't know why he sat here and chatted with her, and said with a smile: "I don't know." Xue Chongjian tapped her forehead, and said: "Stupid, how can he be a master! Tai Shigong said, The man surnamed Zhai is Tingwei, and the guests are at the gate; and if it is abandoned, a bird can be set up outside the gate. Digong was restored as Tingwei, and the guests wanted to go. Zhai Gong was at the door and said: "One dies for a lifetime, and one knows friendship. One is poor and one is poor. Wealth is a friendship. One is rich and the other is cheap, friendship is seen.' You go back and find this paragraph, copy it ten times." A Luo smelled alcohol on him, and knew he was drunk, so she had to say: "Slave servant Follow orders."

Xue Chongjian said a few words to a submissive maid, but she also felt bored, so she got up and went inside again.Li Chengqi was inside the house, listening to Xue Chongjian complaining outside, annoyed and funny, just reading a book.Xue Chongjian staggered up, fell down beside Li Chengqi, leaned against him and said, "Cousin, I'm thirsty." Li Chengqi saw that he had returned to his usual salivating expression, and said that he had spent the night and was already After revealing what happened yesterday, his heart felt warm, and he hurriedly handed him his teacup, Xue Chongjian leaned over and drank it dry in Li Chengqi's hand, smacking his lips and said: "It's a little salty, I want to drink sweet-scented osmanthus dew. " Li Chengqi ordered the maidservant to get it quickly.

Seeing that his cheeks were on fire, Li Chengqi sighed, "Where did you go to drink a lot of wine again?" Xue Chongjian frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "At first I was at Zhao Qingqing's house, but later Zhang Xiu'er, Wang Sanjie and the others all came and wanted to eat chrysanthemums." Soup cake, I went to my garden in the west of the city." The bowl of clear dew that Li Chengqi was holding was gently swayed, and a few drops of water splashed out, and he handed the bowl to Xue Chongjian silently, Xue Chongjian took a few sips and said: "Why is it so hot here?" He tugged at his collar, loosened his belt, tore off a few sachets stuffed inside, and said with a smile, "They hid this thing on me again." He picked it up One, smiled at Li Chengqi: "Cousin, the daughter's body fragrance on this, you smell it, is it different from the aloe fragrance we use?"

Li Chengqi looked sideways at Xue Chongjian, and saw that after he had loosened his lapel, there was a lavender lipstick like a woman's cherry lips imprinted on the collar of the snow-white jacket.He suddenly understood the purpose of Xue Chongjian's visit today, and his heart was just icy cold. He carefully discerned the breath on his body, and sure enough, besides the smell of alcohol, there was also an inexplicable ambiguous warm fragrance.He couldn't bear it anymore, pushed Xue Chongjian away, stood up and said, "Take a rest when you're tired."

Xue Chongjian was sitting precariously, but he pushed him and fell on the couch, but he grabbed Li Chengqi's sleeve and said with a confused smile: "Cousin, I will take you for a stroll tomorrow too, I don't know if you don't enter Sri Lanka." The world is the ultimate joy. Don’t you like to play the flute? Zhao Qingqing’s flute is very good. I have never heard of anyone who can play the flute like that. Like the moon..." He groaned and sang: "...the lamps and trees shine a thousand lights. The bright moon comes one by one. The prostitutes are all the plums, and the songs are all the plums..." The hand holding Li Chengqi's sleeve slowly loosened, and his head He fell asleep as soon as he crooked.