A Piece of Li Song Changting Twilight

Zhao Pingzhen soon collapsed.

He fell ill on the way back to Pingcheng, and the illness came down like a mountain. After three days, it was very difficult for him to get up.The local officials found the best doctor for him, took dose after dose of medicine, and got needle after needle.The best doctor, the best medical skills and the best medicine, but Zhao Pingzhen recovered slower than others, and it took about ten days before he regained some energy.But this illness emptied his body, and he lost a lot of weight in just over half a month.

Zhao Pingzhen has never been so embarrassed in his life.He is always above others, even the emperor's order, he listens to what he likes to listen to, if the people below offend him, he will kill whoever he wants, and stay if he finds it interesting Make yourself happy.

He has met a lot of interesting people and experienced a lot of boring things.However, I don't know when it started, Zhao Pingzhen no longer has "interesting" in his mouth, he keeps saying "boring".Peach blossoms are boring, fresh lotus seeds are boring, beauties singing and dancing are boring... Even thinking about Qin Xiaolou is boring.

When he was most ill, Zhao Pingzhen recalled a long time ago in a trance.That was the first time he met Qin Xiaolou after he became an adult. He took Zhu Liming to the Qin Mansion to treat Qin Chengxue's leg disease by pretending to be a genius doctor. After Qin Chengxue was able to get out of bed, Qin Xiaolou promised to agree to Zhao Pingzhen's three conditions as a reward .At that time, Zhao Pingzhen used two of them, and agreed that he still owed one, and I will tell him later when I think about it.Although Qin Xiaolou has done many things for Zhao Pingzhen over the years, Zhao Pingzhen never mentioned the third condition, because he forgot it because he was careless.But forgetting, does not mean that the promise is invalid.

Zhao Pingzhen thought, if he could see Qin Xiaolou again next time, he would use this third condition to let him stay with him for the rest of his life.Anyway, it has been ten years, and that habit is deeply rooted in his bones. Even after two years of separation, he still habitually touches the place next to him when he wakes up every morning, wanting to hug that person into his arms.It hurts too much for him to give up this habit and start again, like having the marrow drained out of his bones.

After Zhao Pingzhen returned to Pingcheng, he completely let go of things.Because these years he has often put down picks, sneaking out for a month or two is common, and he trusts his subordinates enough, so now Xiang Yunlong is able to provoke the leader, and the generals can still do without this coach. Do what you should do, and don't be afraid of what will happen if you make a wrong decision, because no matter what wrong thing you do, as long as Zhao Pingzhen thinks that he is unintentional or forced by the situation, then Zhao Pingzhen will take all the responsibilities on his shoulders.

So this time, Zhao Pingzhen locked himself in the room and did not come out. No one had any objections. If he could decide on major and minor matters, he could make his own decisions, and if he couldn't, he had to make his own decisions.

When the news of Qin Xiaolou's death reached Jin Guo, Wan Yanzhao jumped up.

He couldn't figure out why Qin Xiaolou would do this.He believes that Qin Xiaolou is not dead, but the golden cicada has escaped its shell, but so what?It was impossible for him to search the land of Mu country to find someone, and even if he found it, it would be useless. Qin Xiaolou had "died" this time, and all the value in him was gone.He thinks that Qin Xiaolou has the handles in his hands, and those handles are enough to ruin Qin Xiaolou's reputation, but now that Qin Xiaolou has ruined himself, those handles are no longer handles.

What he still has in his hand is the evidence that is enough to make Zhao Pingzhen die.Zhao Pingzhen has no sons or grandchildren, but if Zhao Pingzhen can be killed, it can be regarded as eliminating a serious worry for Jin Guo.So Wan Yanzhao almost didn't hesitate, and ordered people to secretly send those things to Lin'an.

On this day, Zhao Pingzhen received two packages at the same time.One was from Pingcheng, and it was sent by Zhao Pingzhen, and the other was sent to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs by an anonymous person. Because the matter was of great importance, the Ministry of Criminal Justice submitted it to him for personal handling.

Zhao Nanke hesitated for a while in distress, and finally decided to deal with the case of the Criminal Ministry first.

He opened the package, and there were a few booklets and some imperial certificates with bloody fingerprints inside.Let’s look at the imperial statement first. Some officials in Pingcheng sued Zhao Pingzhen for leaving his post without authorization, misbehavior, and deceiving his superiors. The capital privately increased taxes and miscellaneous taxes, making life difficult for the people in the north, and they had to pay ninety catties of taxes for a harvest of one hundred catties.Moreover, Zhao Pingzhen resumed the farming system, not only to reclaim wasteland, but also to rob farmers of good fields.Now the men in the three northern cities have all joined the army instead of fleeing southward!It is impossible to find a single commoner in a city!

Zhao Nanke frowned, every time he read a word, it hurt more.He knew that his younger brother was horizontal, but he didn't know that he had reached this level, because Zhao Pingzhen had indeed reversed the war in the north in a short period of time, so he had been vertical all the time.But looking at these imperial certificates, it is an understatement to say that Zhao Pingzhen has no kingly law, and even the heavenly king and Lao Tzu don't take it seriously.

Zhao Nanke thought, what Zhao Pingzhen did was like treating people with stomach problems. What he did was to cut up the stomach with a single knife, and the stomach problems would disappear immediately, and maybe the heart and liver were injured by the way.But as the king of a country, he can only boil medicine slowly, even if he can't cure this stomach problem, he can't hurt his liver and intestines.

Then, he went to look through those account books.

He turned to the fifth page, closed the ledger suddenly, clutched his heart and fell onto the dragon chair: It's too exciting, it's so exciting!Qin Xiaolou was worthy of being brought out by Zhao Pingzhen. What kind of bear heart and leopard courage, it is to eat the courage of the Jade Emperor and the heart of the Tathagata Buddha. They can do this kind of thing unexpectedly!

Zhao Nankewu took half a stick of incense to recover, his hands were still shaking, his mind was in a muddle, and he had no idea how to deal with Zhao Pingzhen—if he seriously followed the law, let alone his brother. It's not enough to lose his life, and it's not enough for the entire royal family surnamed Zhao to accompany him to lose his head!

In the end, Zhao Nanke decided to see what Zhao Pingzhen sent him first, and whether it could soothe his wounded heart.

After unpacking, Zhao Nanke sat in the Golden Luan Hall for an hour staring at the pile of things.

——Soldier talisman, token, general seal, king seal, battle robe... and a jade pendant that Zhao Nanke gave Zhao Pingzhen when he was a child...

And a letter, which read: Forgive my brother for the last reckless act.Only when the younger brother is dead.don't read.Don't hang up.

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Zhao Pingzhen left.To be precise, he escaped, not because of the account books stolen by Qin Xiaolou, not because of the dissatisfaction of lower-level officials with him, not because of Zhao Nanke's blame.It is because of his own heart.

For more than two years, it has been an uninterrupted nightmare. All those who were killed by him will have to pay for their lives, and all those who are unfortunate because of him will curse him to be unlucky.In addition to those familiar people, many strangers also broke into his dream, saying that he wanted to avenge his relatives who died in the battle as soldiers, and that he should bear the responsibility of this miserable life.

From panic at the beginning to numbness later.Zhao Pingzhen didn't believe in ghosts and gods in the past, but later he didn't care about it.He thought: Once I succeed, my bones will perish. This has always been the case. Why do you refuse to let me go?Or can I not let myself go?

Dreaming back at midnight, he heard Sanskrit calling him, and a golden seal scattered all the evil spirits.

After Zhao Pingzhen disappeared, many messages in Pingcheng said that because Qin Xiaolou was too sad, he escaped from the world of mortals to find his lover.In fact, it is true to escape from the world of mortals, but it is false to find a lover. ——He never thought of looking for Qin Xiaolou, besides, in the vast world, where would he go to look for it?

one year later.

There is a dilapidated temple called Dahe Temple in Pingliang Mountain. Not only is it dilapidated and small, the mountain road is not easy to walk, because it is said that the Buddha once settled in the area of ​​Pingliang Mountain when he traveled eastward, so there is still some incense in the temple, but it is not full. The monks in the temple are barely able to survive, and most of the time they have to rely on the monks to go down the mountain for alms.But fortunately, Pingliang Mountain has the aura of heaven and earth, and the environment on the mountain is quiet and pleasant, making it a good place to meditate.

On this day, a wandering monk came down from the foot of Pingliang Mountain for alms. He entered a small teahouse beside the post road, recited a few Zen words, and asked the waiter in the teahouse to give him a steamed bun to satisfy his hunger.

The waiter in the teahouse put down his work to look at him for a while, and not only gave him steamed buns, but also gave him a small plate of peanuts to eat.

Xiaoer said: "The monk is a wandering monk? I haven't seen you before. Didn't you come from the Dahe Temple on Pingliang Mountain?"

The monk just smiled: "It's a wandering monk."

Xiao Er said: "The life of a wandering monk is so hard. The sky is covered by the earth and the ground is used as a bed. He eats and sleeps in the open. Why doesn't the monk find a small temple to settle down?"

The monk said: "Still looking for it."

Xiaoer smiled and said, "You might as well go to Pingliang Mountain to see it. The monks who come down there are all full of spiritual energy. I heard that the feng shui on the mountain is good, and they will all practice to become Living Buddhas."

The monk smiled: "Thank you."

This monk is none other than the former Rui Wang Zhao Pingzhen.Today's Zhao Pingzhen, even if Zhao Nanke stood in front of him, I'm afraid he wouldn't recognize him for a while: the skin that used to be smooth as if smeared with honey was often stained with dust and didn't bother to wash it, and he was dressed in a half-worn cassock. People feel very peaceful.Zhao Pingzhen has been carrying a noble aura since he was born, standing in the crowd, he is conspicuous everywhere, even the real dragon emperor standing with him will be overwhelmed by him, which makes people dare not look at him.But now he is unattractive, it doesn't matter if you see him or not, you will think this monk is very attractive after seeing too much.

After the monk finished eating the steamed buns, he recited a few sutras for Xiao Er in the teahouse, and left leisurely.

The four seas and five lakes are traveling against each other, and thousands of rocks and ravines are facing the autumn wind.There is nothing wrong with this, once the mood is calm, time is already flowing, and there is no need to come and go in a hurry.It's fun, it's fun.

The monk set off to climb Pingliang Mountain at noon that day, admiring flowers and trees, reciting poems and enlightening Zen all the way, climbing the [-]-meter-high mountain road for a whole afternoon.

When he finally climbed to the gate of the Yamato Temple, he was not in a hurry to go in. He stood outside the gate of the temple for a stick of incense, and saw all the flowers, plants and trees here, and said leisurely: " The joker has been walking for a long time, how long will I be going? If marriage comes, I will grab the branch in front of me."

After reciting a poem, the old temple gate was pulled open from the inside, and amidst the ear-piercing creaking sound, a young monk holding a bowl appeared in front of him.

When the four eyes met, it was as if they were seeing each other for the first time.

Don't worry about me in the future, lovesickness is far away.Bashan, Chushui, Nanyang Prefecture, why bother to pick all the cold branches and refuse to live?

Why bother to pick all the cold branches and refuse to live.

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The author has something to say: The full text... is really over...

Originally, this article was intended to be about [-] words long, but the story of Han Xu’s death ended when Zhao Pingzhen hugged the dying Qin Xiaolou and asked him if he had ever liked him, Qin Xiaolou asked him what about you, Zhao Pingzhen If he didn't answer, Qin Xiaolou died.Halfway through the writing, I couldn’t stop writing it myself, and I couldn’t bear it, but at the beginning, I was thinking that this guy would die anyway, so I made Zhao Pingzhen do evil, and then the character settings of these two people were also decided from the beginning. It is impossible to have a perfect HE, so this ending is already very complete (wiping away tears)

Thank you to all the readers who follow the article, I am so slow, everyone still does not give up (the author was beaten), Xiaosheng is really moved.Bow to everyone!I love you all—333—