Chang'an ancient meaning

After Gao Lishi left, Li Chengqi and Li Dan calmed down and just waited for the big event of that day.Li Chengqi asked the Minister of Internal Affairs for another piano, and played chess with his father every day. The father and son were isolated from the world in this cool place, playing strings on the chess hall with the green window, and the breeze from the bamboo and wood still brought a breath of fresh air. Share fragrance, comfortable and comfortable.How many people in the outside world are running around, doing great things, but for their father and son, it is rare in this life to be leisurely, not thinking about the future, nor the past, it is really a gift from heaven.

But that night, Li Chengqi waited for Li Dan to fall asleep, walked lightly to the window, wanted to add more spices to the incense burner, but when he looked up, he saw the sky was as blue as water, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and a full moon Hanging high in the blue sea and clear sky, the moonlight like silver foil shone directly on the ground, the table, and his green shirt through the green screen window.His chest seems to have been hollowed out by the bright moon. If you don't look carefully, the flowers and trees are swaying and the moon is melting, which is vaguely similar to Luoyang Xiu Academy and Chang'an Five Kings House where he and the flower slaves enjoy the moon. It's just that they may not be the same in this life. He looked at the moon again.It was only at this time that he really understood the sorrowful meaning of "I don't know who Jiang Yue is treating". He is not invincible, but he is still afraid of parting, reluctant to miss love, afraid that one day he will be cut off from this moonlight and that person relation.

Li Chengqi stood by the window for a while, wanting to say something to Hua Nu. Naturally, the letter paper cannot be written. After pondering for a moment, he walked slowly to the hall, turned the qin over, and carved the words on the belly of the qin with a grate knife. : "Slave sending flowers: A guest came from afar and gave me a lacquered qin. The wood has lovesickness, and the strings have parting notes. I will keep this tune all my life, and I will not change my heart in the cold. I would like to be a spring song, and the palace merchants will look for it. [1] Li Chengqi is in Baifuyuan."

He has never learned engraving, the knife is clumsy and blunt to use, and his handwriting is very ugly, and his handwriting cannot be read at all.He felt a little ridiculous again, would this piano be in Hua Nu's hands?Would he just turn it over and see it?There are so many emotions fluctuating in his heart, but the hope that God gave him is very slim.

Wei Sui was assigned by his aunt to guard Xiangwang here, and he stayed there for nearly ten days without any incident.Seeing that his aunt was about to register, he was also very happy in his heart. He drank two glasses of wine by himself in the evening. After all, he didn't dare to drink too much. .Sleeping in the middle of the night, I was suddenly awakened by a loud cry. I sat up suddenly, and I seemed to hear a lot of shouts and noises in my ears, just like a copper pot boiling water, and there was an eager ping-pong sound hidden in the chaos.Wei Sui was stunned but thought he was having a nightmare, when suddenly the door of his room was knocked open, and a Habayashi shouted in panic: "General! Someone robbed the courtyard!"

Wei Sui woke up with a start, and didn't care about dressing, jumped out of the bed barefoot, grabbed the halberd by the bed, and rushed out the door, but the outside was already a mess, and while the torches were shaking, he saw hundreds of Yubayashi fighting together They were dressed in the same color, and they couldn't look closely at their faces in the confusion, and they didn't know which one was their own.He stomped his feet and shouted to the person beside him: "Take your people and follow me into the hospital to kill Li Dan!" The Empress Dowager Wei once confessed to him that if there was any change, he would immediately kill Li Dan by dredging from the bottom of the pot.He rushed into the courtyard with a dozen of Yu Lin, and ran into Xue Chongjian, who was supporting Li Dan with one hand and Li Chengqi with the other, and came out of the courtyard. To stab, although Xue Chongjian held a sword in his right hand, he couldn't swing it for a while because he was supporting Li Dan, so he had to knock Li Dan down with his shoulder in a hurry. The halberd was stabbing Xue Chongjian's right arm, and Li Chengqi was shocked. He shouted: "Huanla!"

Xue Chongjian felt a sharp pain in his right arm, and he didn't care about protecting the pain at this time, so he hurriedly handed over the sword to his left hand, tried his best to hold Wei Sui's halberd, and said loudly: "You take my uncle and cousin away! " Four Wanqi soldiers supported Li Dan and Li Chengqi and ran away, but Li Chengqi struggled to break free and shouted: "Go and save him!" Not daring to be negligent, he hurried to help, and two swords took Wei Sui's long halberd.A lone army from Xue Chongjian broke into the palace to save people, not many people were brought, but they were all strong martial arts athletes among thousands of riders. Li Chengqi's wrist grabbed him and ran out of the courtyard.

Li Chengqi followed Xue Chongjian to rush out of the courtyard amidst countless fiery figures, and was stopped by Yulin guards, but Xue Chongjian stabbed them down with a sword.Li Chengqi stumbled several times, thinking that he was stepped on the corpse. At this moment of life and death, the shadow of sword, light and sword was beside him. No one could predict what would happen next moment, but there was no clear sense of fear.The only clear feeling was that there was warm liquid running over his wrist, and he knew it was Xue Chongjian's blood.

There was a faint sound of killing and shouting behind him, but no more guards came up to him, Xue Chongjian slowed down a little, and saw that besides the two Wanqi who were supporting Li Dan, there were only one or two people left beside him, so he turned his head Looking in the direction of Baifuyuan, the flames were still swaying, and it was expected that the Wanqi athletes were desperately blocking the pursuit for them.His eyes became hot, but he couldn't think any more at this moment, and said to those Wanqi: "Report!" Immediately, they shouted in unison: "Bai Fuyuan is peaceful!" Although there were not many of them, they Several voices gathered together, but they also sounded inside and outside.

Xue Chongjian shouted, and led Li Dan and Li Chengqi to continue running. When they were approaching Xuande Gate, they suddenly heard a deafening cry outside the gate, and then the huge palace gate trembled, like an embankment being beaten by huge waves, sending out pain roar.Li Dan asked: "Your people?" Xue Chongjian only answered: "Ge Fushun!"

That torrent suddenly broke through the Xuande Gate, which was closed at night, and countless armored soldiers rushed in like a black tide. tongues of fire licked their cheeks.The ground was jolted by people and horses, and the general in armor jumped off his horse first, ran to Li Dan and bowed deeply: "Your Highness, I deserve death for being late in the rescue." Panting heavily, he nodded his head, supported Ge Fushun's icy armor and said: "The general is working hard." Ge Fushun waved his hand, and said to the guards beside him: "Send Your Highness and Mr. Xue Lang to Xuanwu Gate!"

Several soldiers immediately led the horses, and Ge Fushun personally helped Li Dan get on the horses.Surrounded by his own army, Xue Chongjian felt relieved, only to feel the severe pain in the wound on his right arm, which made him twitch from shoulder to forearm, and his left arm was so sore that he couldn't even lift his sword. Bringing the horse to his side, he turned his head and smiled at Li Chengqi, "My cousin will take me for a ride."

After Li Chengqi ran violently, his breath was slightly bloody, and countless soldiers passed by him shouting, so that he couldn't hear what Xue Chongjian said at all.The intense firelight only illuminated that bright smile, allowing him to see the slight upturn of the handsome mouth, and saw a strange color flickering in the bright eyes. Tenderness and comfort, but there is still a little childish coquettishness.This smile made Li Chengqi finally understand that he has returned from hell to this world of candlelight.

Li Chengqi helped Xue Chongjian get on the horse first, and then he himself stepped up and sat behind him. He felt that the man relaxed his body, leaned all his weight on his arms, and rubbed his cheek against his neck.Li Chengqi asked in a low voice: "Is the pain severe?" Xue Chongjian replied lazily through his nose: "En." He lowered his head and kissed Xue Chongjian lightly on the cheek, and then knocked on the horse's belly to steer the mount.

Until the horse moved, Xue Chongjian was still in a daze. The kiss was as light as a butterfly touching a flower stamen. If it wasn't for the slight moisture on his cheeks like falling snow, he would almost have thought he was dreaming.This was the first time they were so intimate in front of thousands of people, so many people passed by them, it didn't matter to them whether these people saw it or not.What they can feel is the heartbeat of each other, and the familiar aura of each other, which isolates the bloody atmosphere of fireworks and blood around them. When the two of them ride together, they will be in a clean world where the golden lamp replaces the moon.

They marched against the army to Xuanwu Gate. Li Longji and Cui Riyong had personally brought people to greet them. Li Longji threw himself under Li Dan's horse and cried loudly, saying that it was a capital crime. Li Dan also burst into tears and got off his horse to help him. Li Longji sighed: "The clan society is in trouble. It depends on your stability. What is the crime?" Li Chengqi helped Xue Chongjian get off the horse, and Xue Chongjian hurriedly asked, "What about my house?" Li Longji said: "I have succeeded there, Wang Shiqian brought People are going to meet my aunt, and they will be here in a while." Only then did they heave a sigh of relief, and Li Chengqi said, "Hurry up and find a doctor, Hua Nu is injured." Cui Riyong hurriedly said: "The minister is in case there is a change, so I brought the doctor with me." My family doctor is here." A doctor hurriedly bowed forward with a medicine box on his back, Xue Chongjian shook his head and said, "Don't worry now, just wait a moment." Li Dan had recovered his composure at this time, looking at the faint fire in the south, he said: " How is it deployed in the palace?"

Li Longji hurried forward and said: "Ge Fushun attacked Xuande Gate, Li Xianfu attacked White Beast Gate, if they succeed, they will be in front of Lingyan Pavilion." Li Dan nodded, and saw a young man following Li Longji, Said: "Who is this lord?" The man hurriedly took off his hat and kowtowed, and said: "Chen Nanyuan Director Zhong Shaojing kowtows to His Highness."

Although this person is in charge of the repair of Nanyuan, his subordinates are also craftsmen, but the official office is located in the palace garden.Only then did Li Dan understand why Xue Chongjian was able to lead people into the palace. It turned out that they even used such a foreman.Li Dan smiled slightly, helped Zhong Shaojing up himself, and said, "Thank you for your help, my lord."

A few torches were shining in the distance, Princess Taiping came galloping with a team of attendants on horseback, Xue Chongjian rushed forward and shouted: "Mother!" Taiping saw her brother and son from afar, she jumped off the horse and gave a hand Hugging Xue Chongjian, choked up and said, "You scared my mother to death!" But when Xue Chongjian said "Ouch", she said in surprise, "What!" Xue Chongjian smiled and said, "It's okay, I got a little injury."

At this time, I suddenly heard shouts from the palace courtyard: "Lingyan Pavilion is peaceful!" Li Longji said happily: "They have succeeded!" He bowed to Li Dan and said: "My son will go to meet the two generals." He nodded and said: "Be careful, don't hurt the emperor." Li Longji was stunned, and said: "Father?" Li Dan said solemnly: "The one who made trouble was Ni Wei, after all, Chongmao is your third uncle's son, and he is the emperor who is right and proper today. , we can’t bear this charge. Sanlang, Daddy ordered you to protect him, not to be hypocritical, nor to discuss with you.” Li Longji’s face changed slightly, and he bowed: “Son, don’t dare to be reckless.” He and Cui Riyong, Liu Youqiu, Zhong Shaojing and others got on their horses and were about to gallop out when he suddenly thought of something and turned around and said, "Do you want to go with me?" Li Chengqi said, "I will stay here to take care of Daddy and Huanu." Li Longji smiled Said: "That's good. Brother just got out of danger, so he rested in the veranda for a while."

Li Longji left two hundred soldiers to guard the Xuanwu Gate, and then rushed into the inner court with a troop.Li Dan and others entered the room, the doctor checked Xue Chongjian's wound, and saw a wound about an inch wide on his right arm, his sleeve was soaked in blood, luckily no bones were injured.He cleaned Xue Chongjian's wounds, and he had plenty of gold sore medicine with him, and wrapped them tightly with a white cloth after applying them.Taiping heard from him that as long as he can rest in peace for a few days, he will be cured. Although his long-sustained heart has finally fallen, he still hugs his son and sheds tears.

Li Longji galloped and killed in the palace, but he still did not forget to send people back to report the news to his father and aunt from time to time. At one time, he learned that Webster had escaped into the flying camp of Taiji Palace and was killed by the soldiers, and at another time, he learned that Princess Anle had fled to the right. Yanmingmen was beheaded by the pursuers.Li Dan stood in front of the window, thinking about the scene in the palace, for some reason, he felt no joy at all, these are all his relatives.Xian's body is still lying quietly in the Tai Chi Hall, but his sad soul can only hover above the chaotic palace, watching his favorite wife and daughter being killed by his younger siblings and nephew in front of his coffin .He thought of his second brother Li Xian's "Huangtai Melon Song", the melons and fruits on their vine finally fell one by one.

At the time of four drums, Li Longji returned from a great victory, and Liu Youqiu also went back and returned, reporting back: "I brought people into the palace of Shangguan Zhaorong, and Zhaorong led the maid to greet him with candles, and took out the draft of her will, claiming that it was her. She insisted to ask the Prime Minister to assist the government. She also said that she was the one who took Mr. Xue Xiaolang out of the mansion, and only the princess knew what was right and wrong. The minister dared not make a decision on his own, so he had to come back and invite the princess to..." He was about to say, "King Linzi "Suddenly seeing Li Longji frowned and looked at him, he immediately came to his senses and said after a pause: "...The king made a ruling."

Xue Chongjian thought his mother could explain it clearly in a few words, but she didn't say much, but Princess Taiping smiled and said: "What kind of person is Shangguan Wan'er, you still don't know? What was the purpose of the prince Chongjun killing the palace? "Xue Chongjian was startled and said: "Mother!" Taiping suddenly raised his eyebrows slightly, and scolded him: "I want you to talk more!"

For a moment, everyone in the room was silent, Taiping only faced Li Dan in silence, Xue Chongjian was startled by his mother's expression, and dared not speak any more.After a long time, Li Dan sighed softly and said: "Forget it, crow slave, how about leaving this matter to your aunt?" Li Longji leaned forward and said, "Of course." Taiping smiled slightly at Li Dan and said: Brother, since she climbed out of me, I will take Hua Nu to see her, and she will be convinced." Li Chengqi was surprised and said, "Auntie, Hua Nu is injured." Taiping said: "He went with me on the burden. Seeing his mother's resolute expression, Xue Chongjian wondered secretly, stood up and said to Li Chengqi, "I'll be back as soon as I go."

Li Longji ordered someone to find a pair of shoulder clothes, and Taiping and Xue Chongjian sat together, entered the palace through Xuanwu Gate, and went to the palace where Shangguan Wan'er lived.It dawns early in summer, just after five o'clock, and the east has a slight white belly.In the dim light, soldiers could be seen dragging corpses or carrying the wounded around in the palace. The blood on the ground had not had time to wash away, and there was still a scream coming from nowhere from time to time.Taiping didn't pay attention to these, the heavy pavilions with overhanging eaves of Taiji Palace were lingering in the moist morning mist, like a fairy house in a cloud dream.She took a deep breath of the morning's cold breath, looked at the lonely star in the east, and couldn't tell the difference between sadness and joy in her heart.She was finally able to really look up at the sky once in this palace, but those good years and good people couldn't come back.

After a while, she saw Xue Chongjian leaning on his shoulders and drooping his eyes in silence, she hugged him gently with distress and said, "Tired? Haven't you rested these days? Does your arm hurt so much?" Xue Chongjian shook his head, He said in a muffled voice, "Aunt, I don't understand." Taiping smiled and said, "Do you think that Aunt wants to put Shangguan Wan'er to death because of her greed for merit?" Xue Chongjian said, "My son remembers what Aunt Shangguan said, Is your only friend."

Taiping smiled lightly, there was a lot of sarcasm in her smile, and she didn't know why she thought it was ridiculous, she whispered: "Huanu, my mother has four older brothers in her life, and your father, they all treat me very well But among all the women in the world, Wan'er is the only one who is willing to listen to me and speak to me. There is no one in the world who understands me better than her. Before I got married, there were twenty The day is to sleep with her. When I was 14 years old, in order to avoid the Turkic marriage, you Aunt asked me to go out of the house once in the temple. Waner came to accompany me. We secretly ate meat and painted the Buddha Guanyin. Rouge. At night we lay on the bed and listened to the clock, and once Wan'er said that she would never marry in her whole life and would just stay with me."

Her tone of voice was gentle when she said this, and a slightly sweet smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, as if she was reminiscing about the interesting things in her youth.Xue Chongjian said: "My son doesn't understand anymore." After a moment of peace, he sighed and continued: "Many people and things will change, and things will change. It doesn't necessarily mean that the person is dead." Kankan stopped at the gate of Shangguan Wan'er's palace.

Different from the panic and chaos in other places, this place is peaceful. The slashing lamps carried by several court ladies cast a hazy halo in the dark gray morning light.When Taiping and Xue Chongjian entered, the candles in the hall were still on. Several red candles were burning all night, and thick tears of wax like agate mountains were piled up. The remaining lights were flickering in the morning wind passing through the hall.Shangguan Wan'er was sitting in the hall. She was dressed in palace attire, and the high bun on her head was combed in an orderly manner. Perhaps she had been sitting for a long time, and her soft waist was slightly tilted while she was kneeling, looking at a piece of fried tea on the table. The small copper furnace was in a trance, and the gleaming flames danced in her blue-like eyes.At that time, she was over forty years old, and she had always been thin, without the plumpness of the beauties nowadays. For some reason, Xue Chongjian still felt that she was extremely beautiful, and this beauty had not changed since he could remember.No matter what the surname is in the world, Shangguan Wan'er is the most bizarre sight in this palace.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, Shangguan Wan'er turned her head, and the long jade beads falling from the bun in her hair swayed gently on her cheeks, as clear as a teardrop.When she saw Taiping, she didn't look surprised at all. She stood up and walked slowly towards Taiping, her cherry lips parted with a smile: "Congratulations, I made tea and wait for you." Taiping took her hand and said With a smile, said: "Thank you."

A pair of close friends who have been friends for 30 years held hands and talked happily after the disaster together. For some reason, Xue Chongjian watched from the side, but felt a little cold all over.

Taiping smiled and said: "But I never admitted what you told Liu Youqiu." The smile on Shangguan Wan'er's face could not be put away in the future, but there was a rare look of confusion in her eyes, this look reminded Tianping of the girl who came from Yeting. The young girl who came out felt a sharp pain in her heart, but her face turned to a stern expression. She put her lips close to Shangguan Wan'er's ear, and said softly, "Wan'er, you think I don't know anything."

The smile on Shangguan Wan'er's face gradually cooled down, and she subconsciously wanted to withdraw her hand.Taiping also took half a step back, and said to Xue Chongjian with a sneer: "Huanu, this is the man who killed your father." Xue Chongjian almost suspected that he had heard wrong, and said in surprise, "What did you say!" The princess looked at Shangguan Wan'er, and said coldly: "You hate Sanlang for alienating you, so you proposed to my mother to marry Li Wu. If you want me to remarry, Sanlang must die. You can kill him with one sentence."

Xue Chongjian's blood turned retrograde for a while, and he shouted in shock: "Shangguan Wan'er! Is what my mother said true!"

Shangguan Wan'er has experienced countless storms in her life, and at this moment, she has never felt any fear. She vaguely remembered the last smile of Empress Wu in Shangyang Palace. It turned out that she had never escaped her grasp.She smiled slightly and said: "Empress Zetian told you, right? It's hard for you to endure it for so long." Taiping smiled and said: "You are the person that third brother loves deeply, and you are attached to Awei Wu Sansi, how dare I touch you " Shangguan Wan'er lightly nodded her head and sighed: "I have always wondered why Li Chongjun entered the palace and wanted to kill me by name. I couldn't bear to think about you." Taiping said: "At that time, I didn't intend to kill you." Shangguan Wan'er sneered lightly and said: "That's because you know that he is not my opponent." Taiping said: "I know that you are always low-browed and pleasing to the eye, but you are not a person who seeks to humiliate yourself. I will give you the whole body." She also raised her hand to caress the brand of plum blossoms on Shangguan Wan'er's eyebrows.

Shangguan Wan'er withdrew her hand from Taiping's hand, she took a step back slowly, and said with a faint smile: "After all, you are good to me. As a reward, I will send you a few more words. It is a foregone conclusion that Xiangwang will be enthroned, and Xiangwang will count his sons." Among them, Li Longji, the king of Linzi, has great ambitions and acts decisively. He will not be willing to be an idle prince, and you will not be willing to have the power you regained be taken by others. With your temperament, aunts and nephews must not be compatible. Although the king of Linzi You are young, but you are a woman, you are no different from me or Awei, in the eyes of the world, you have already lost. You can take this as advice from a friend..." A sentence came out of her cherry lips, as if Sleepy whisper: "...or a curse."

She said that Bi slowly turned around and walked towards the back hall. What she thought of at this moment was not her relatives, Xue Shao, whom she had devoted her true love to, or Wu Sansi, Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Changzong, Cui Shi, Li, who had a close skin to skin relationship with her. Obviously, neither.The only scene she can remember is that in the spring of that day, Li Xian was in the colorful building beside the Kunming Pool. She sat alone on the upstairs and judged the officials' poems. An honor bestowed by Wan'er.After reading each poem, she threw it away, and hundreds of pieces of poems were scattered into a vast and prosperous sea of ​​fragrant snow.The fragrance of Rongrong flowers, the dipterocarp from the poems, and the unique fragrance of pen and ink are mixed together, and they linger in the air. The smell is really good. [2]

After Shangguan Wan'er turned around, Taiping still tilted her head and pondered for a moment, then she also turned around resolutely and walked towards the outer hall.Xue Chongjian was stunned on the spot, logically speaking he should hate Shangguan Wan'er, but he couldn't find a trace of hatred in his heart, in front of his mind, like the scenery in the garden before him, everything was shrouded in misty clouds.At this moment, the tea soup in the stove boiled, and the milky pearls were like countless snow-white pearls one after another, but they were broken one by one.Xue Chongjian recalled that afternoon, the same cup of tea. His mother stroked Shangguan Wan'er's clean face and said, "Wan'er, I only have one friend in this life." , Even if you coax me, I will admit it." The scenery that day was infinitely quiet and beautiful.

The author has something to say: [1] Bao Zhao's "Imitation of a Guest Coming from Afar", among the poets of the Southern Dynasties, I love Bao Zhao the most.Junyi Bao joined the army. In Bao Zhao’s poems and essays, there is not only the anger of a lonely literati at the wrong time, but also the courage to deal with emotional life and death. I like him, probably because I am a cynic. .

[2] In the Cailou poetry review, the champion was Song Zhiwen, and the runner-up was Shen Quanqi. Both of them had good poems, but unfortunately their character was not very good. Their tragedy lies in the late Wu Zhou Dynasty and the Zhongzong Dynasty. It's basically over.