fluttering night wind

In the early spring of the fifth year of Xuanwu, when there was still snow left, Emperor Wu suddenly had a whim and called together his confidants to go to Xishan for a hunting picnic.

Yingying spring water, light green hills, and emerald green hills in Xishan are the first of the eight scenic spots in Yongjing.On this day, the chariots and horses were sparkling, white and yellow, and the emperor stood in front of a palace chariot with a whip in his military uniform, and talked with the people in the chariot from time to time.

"Xu Gongli is so magnanimous!"

Some of the surrounding soldiers are busy with martial law, some are busy setting up camp, and some are taming hawks and dogs.Suddenly, there was such a comment floating in the wind.Bai Yansheng looked at the Prime Minister Sun Shuye in the palace carriage, and sighed: "Ji Ren's matter, you have to persuade him for me." Sun Jiren has been in charge of Xuzhou's military power for 20 years. Although he accepted the title of "Xu Guogong", he declined all rewards. After resigning from office, Pi Ma returned to his hometown in Linxi to do farming, which made the government and the public respect and obey him.

Sun Shuye was sitting in the luan car, with light fur and a gentle belt, looking good, pursed his lips and said with a smile: "The old business has been exhausted with the battle. If your majesty really sympathizes with him, give him a few acres of fertile land and a few livestock, and don't ask Dongping County guards to harass him." He is the one who will help him a lot." The emperor had previously issued an order to the Ministry of Industry to choose a place near the Ganjing Palace to build Xu Guogong's mansion, but Sun Jiren declined the letter.Xu Guogong has been on the battlefield for decades. He has no wife and no children.

Bai Yansheng took a deep look at him, then suddenly stretched out his right hand from the horse, poked into the car, and said, "You won't be like him, will you?" ..." Bai Yansheng clenched his hand tightly and interrupted: "You won't leave, right?"

Sun Shuye's heart twitched, he raised his eyebrows to look at him, both of them were no longer young, and they came to chant to Baitou.He held his hand as before, and said with a smile: "Back then in Linxi, I was a traitor, and you were an officer and soldier, and I couldn't escape from your palm. Now I am a minister, and you are the emperor. Wang Tu, where can I escape to?"

Clasping both hands tightly, Bai Yansheng said softly: "Qing will always be my heart."

Most of the people who accompanied the emperor out of the city were military generals. Huben general Pei Shao rode a jade flower horse, and followed closely behind Princess Wude, who was on a white horse with a golden saddle.Bai Xiliu, who is about eight years old, is dressed in a little red dress, with a small light bow on her back, and a silver luan knife on her waist, looking at the Tangtang River at the foot of the mountain, with a look of melancholy between her brows .

Pei Shao vaguely thought of the Xianbei woman who came back with the sound of white geese in the last years of Jingning. She had vivid features, outstanding talents, and a determination to live and die together, not to get along day and night.He was immersed in the past when he suddenly heard a crisp sound behind him.Pei Shao was shocked, turned around and drew his sword, and shouted, "Who?"

On the muddy floor a few steps away, a little court lady stood up staggeringly, the hem of her skirt was stained with muddy water, a teacup on the jade plate in her hand was overturned, and the other was smashed into the puddle under her feet.

Bai Xiliu rode over, glanced at the little girl's pale face, clapped her hands and said with a smile, "Suiyu's voice is so crisp and beautiful, I've never heard it before. Weixian, quickly change your dirty clothes." , put mine on, don’t make people laugh at you when you go hunting later.” The jade cup was a thing from the previous court, and it was priceless, but she took it off with a soft word.Weixian gave a salute with tears in her eyes, and went back to Luan's car to change clothes.

At this time, General Zhengxi sent someone to report that a flock of wild birds had come up ahead, and Bai Xiliu was refreshed and naturally flattered and left.When I reached the top of the mountain, I saw a group of wild geese flying from south to north close to the peak.A group of people chased the geese to this point, and immediately drew their bows and shot towards the sky.But the flock of geese flew so fast that no one hit them.

"There's another one!" Bai Xiliu heard a small cry from the mountain, turned the bowstring, and saw a lone goose flying past the heads of the crowd.It is said that Princess Takede was skilled in bow and horse since she was a child. She once shot the swaying wick with an arrow in the dark night and the environment where the bull's-eye was difficult to discern.

She bent her bow to the full moon, and everyone held their breath, waiting for her to strike a critical moment, and watched the lone goose slowly fly past.But Bai Xiliu put away his bow suddenly, rubbed his eyes and said: "I can't see clearly, there is sand in my eyes."

Everyone let out a sigh of pity, Pei Shao was about to step forward to ask carefully, when he heard the vibration of the crossbow not far away, a gong rushed into the blue sky and shot the lone goose directly.Immediately, one of them rose into the air, flicked his long whip, and collected the fallen prey in his bag.He took a closer look and saw that it was General Zhengxi Yu Desheng who shot the arrow boldly.This person started from the reckless, was born in Jingning and Yuanyan, and made great military exploits. Dacheng's founding generals ranked behind Sun Jiren and Pei Lie, and he was extremely popular.

Yu Desheng also looked very ambitious. At this time, he was wearing a thin armor, holding his prey and galloping over. He smiled at the two of them and said, "Princess, General Pei, you have offended me by robbing the prey." He clasped his hands and patted the horse. In the past, please reward him in the direction of Emperor Wu.

"Princess?" Pei Shao looked at Bai Xiliu worriedly.Bai Xiliu watched General Zhengxi's horse passing by expressionlessly, and said calmly: "It's so boring here, let's go over there to play."

Her white horse was exceptionally handsome, with extraordinary foot strength, and she left Pei Shao behind in a short while.With the breeze blowing on her face and the mountains overlapping, she leaped across several small streams with her horse in succession. On the upper stream of the stream, she saw a Zhao Yebai horse grazing on the bank, and a man was sitting on a boulder.She was about to retreat into the forest and pretend not to see, but Bai Yan's voice stopped her: "Is it Ah Liu?"

She replied unhappily, led the horse and walked over to Emperor Wu, only to be surprised to find that there was an incense burner on the bank of the river with a few sticks of incense stuck in it, and some white paper money floating in the river.At her age, she certainly didn't know that this was the hometown of Jinyi's night tour when Emperor Wu came to Yongjing for the first time more than 20 years ago, and of course she didn't know who Bai Yansheng paid homage to, so she asked, "What is the father doing here?" ?”

The emperor was alone, and there were no generals around him.The father looked at his daughter from head to toe. Since the last winter solstice return to Yongjing suburban ceremony, he has been busy with government affairs, and he has never had time to be alone with this daughter.Bai Yansheng raised his hand to touch the top of her head, but Bai Xiliu turned his head to the side and avoided it.This cautious little action made the emperor unhappy, and he was even more disappointed: "Daddy didn't wait for you at Longmen Mountain, are you angry with Daddy?"

Bai Xiliu hung her head and said with a serious look: "The son of heaven regards the world as his home, the emperor has important things to do, and the daughter dare not complain."

Isn't this called resentment?Bai Yansheng couldn't help laughing, and after a while he said: "I used to rarely go to Luoyi to see you, you have grown so tall, and my father has never hugged you, so I am very sorry for you." Sometimes he was strict with this daughter, sometimes arrogant.When the situation is tense, she will leave her flesh and blood behind without saying a word, and she will let Bai Xiliu do whatever she wants without avoiding suspicion.However, it was also fortunate that he didn't bring Bai Xiliu with him all the time.Otherwise, in Pei Shao's words, "the lungs will be riddled with anger".

But Bai Xiliu couldn't stand his patriarchal mode, and couldn't help but said: "I'm sorry, Daddy, there should be someone else." She thought of what she saw and heard in Longmen Mountain, and how she felt when she saw Emperor Shu for the first time. , I understood why my mother stood alone until she died, crying in the dust, and why the empress Xie has been in the middle palace since she was in the middle of the palace.

Bai Yansheng's face was a little embarrassing, he was silent for a moment, and turned his head to the pulsating water beside him.

"The quiet night is deep, the light is gentle, and the moon melts in the cold. I have never forgotten your mother for a day. Back then, your mother insisted on going south with me because she didn't want to enter Beiyan Palace as a concubine. So I took her to the Yujian Villa and worshiped Su Zhenren as a teacher, hoping that there would be a relatively free place for her to display her talents outside of politics. Ten years ago, I had already arranged everything, but Under the city of Luoyi, your mother still insisted on her own beliefs." When he said this, he suddenly changed the subject: "Just now I saw a stray bird, and a person without benevolence will not let go. You and your mother Same, talented and beautiful, but this era is too harsh on women. Golden branches and jade leaves are not even as good as ordinary women. In the future, whether it is a high palace or a boat in the rivers and lakes, Daddy only wants you to be safe and happy. Don't rely on the beauty of the country, marry a lover , each other when they were young, don't miss the good times."

Bai Xiliu's eyes were full of tears when she first heard it, but after hearing it, she suddenly felt that her eyes suddenly opened up. A brand new world appeared in front of her. .Feeling agitated, she automatically rubbed against Bai Yansheng's knees, raised her head and murmured: "Daddy, you know, I remember some very strange things..." There was a secret in her heart, and she couldn't vomit it.

Bai Yansheng caressed her hair, and now she was as soft as a kitten, he looked through her eyes, he didn't know where to look, and said in the same distant and confused voice: "I know, I know... "

How could he tell that the night before she was born, he had dreamed of some people and things that were so long ago that he almost forgot.I dreamed that one moment she was wandering in the busy city in strange clothes, and the next moment her soul was already flying nine days away. I also dreamed that her soul slowly floated into the Yaoguang Temple in Luoyi, walked past two Guanyin willows, and flew straight into the pagoda among.When he woke up, the detectives from Luoyi came to report that he had become a father, a comet landed at the same time, and his daughter was born in the pagoda.

Gu Wangqing was high-spirited and calm, and asked who he loved so hard.Both the father and the daughter had a huge existence in their hearts, which instantly made the grievances between them disappear instantly, and their faces softened.

At this moment, a short flute sound suddenly came from the woods not far away.Bai Yansheng glanced over and raised his voice to ask: "What's the matter?" A person appeared from the dense forest and said softly: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Guiming is gone."

Both father and daughter startled at the same time.

Guiminghou is Liu Polu, the last emperor of the Xia Dynasty. After the establishment of the Bai clan, he took a slack for this weak empress with great ambition and talent, and did not kill him, but just lived in seclusion in another palace.Liu Polu has been honest and honest for several years since his abdication, reading and painting to pass the time. The emperor is quite at ease with him. Could it be that he has been trying to deceive others?

Today's outing had to end hastily.

After Bai Yansheng returned to the palace, the whole story of this matter has been investigated clearly.Guiminghou disappeared last night and this morning.Last night's maidservant heard him coughing and went out to serve him tea. When she came back, she saw that the candles had been extinguished, thinking that he had fallen asleep, so she didn't bother him any more.I didn't see him get up this morning, thinking he was catching a cold and snoozing, so he postponed entering the room until noon to check, but the bedding was cold and he disappeared.

Bai Yansheng frowned and asked: "I only heard coughing last night, but no one was there?"

The commander of the palace guards in charge and the Minister of Rites looked at each other and confessed their crimes.Although Bai Yansheng had a bad complexion, he didn't add any censure, he only ordered them to step up their search and arrest, and then he went to see King Xuanning Bai Yan.

Bai Yanxing changed from his usual tired and lazy appearance, and passed the documents from the Qingshang Hall to the emperor with great care.After the emperor reviewed it, he found out that about half a year ago, people suspected of Beiyan had mixed up with Hou Guiminghou, and at that time he was meeting with Xiao Yu and Meng Ziying in Longmen Mountain.

"If Duan Hui and Fu Xi want to take Liu Polu, it makes sense logically. What's the use of Beiyan taking him captive?" King Ning was puzzled.However, Bai Yansheng sighed and said: "If Duan Hui Fu Xi, Liu Polu still has hope of life, if it were someone else, it wouldn't be so. Humiliation at death hurts for a while, life humiliation lasts forever, his life may not be easy."

The pain of death and humiliation is painful, and the humiliation of life is long-term shame.

As soon as the same words were uttered, they were swallowed by the howling north wind.

There is a tall Buddhist pagoda outside Shengle City, which hovers upwards, piercing itself into the sky.Duo bells are hung under the eaves of each tower, and there is a wind-ming corridor, and the iron horses jingle.

On the highest floor of the pagoda, there lived a woman with a ten-year-old beard.The woman is in her forties, but her temples are grizzled, her eyes are red, she is wearing only a thin jacket, her hands are red from the cold, and she is copying scriptures.There is a wooden fish and an oil lamp on the small table under the window.The corners of the walls were piled with scripture scrolls wrapped in linen, some of which were bitten by mice, revealing various characters.Among these piles of scriptures was a narrow wooden bed, and a child was lying on the bed.He was covered with a woman's cloak, the quilt was as cold as iron, and he lay stiff and sleepless. He heard familiar footsteps in his sleep, so he rubbed his eyes and sat up.

There was a sound of unlocking at the stairway in the middle of the room, and the woman put down the bald pen in her hand, turned around, and smiled gently when she saw that the child had woken up.

A bhikkhuni came up from the stairs, holding today's meal in his hand.Two bowls of noodles, slightly steaming, and two black-faced steamed buns, the child glanced at them with joy.The woman was stunned for a moment, an ominous thought flashed in her mind, she got up to take it, and asked softly, "What day is today?" She has been imprisoned in this tower for a whole ten years, and only the Qianqiu Festival and the New Year will have warm faces. hospitality.Her identity is not difficult to guess, she is Liu Jieyou, the princess of Huayang who was married back then, and the abolished princess.

The bhikkhuni shook her head and opened her mouth to babble and hum a few times. She turned out to be dumb. Liu Jieyou said to herself, "You don't know." The child had already run to her side and looked up at her. The dark brown, high-nosed, deep-eyed Xianbei boy is thinner than children of the same age due to malnutrition.

After the bhikkhuni retreated, Liu Jieyou watched the child swallow a bowl of noodles, then picked up the steamed buns to eat, then lovingly touched the top of his head, and asked, "Shu'er, if one day you can come out of the pagoda Are you happy?" Shu'er's mouth was full of steamed buns, and he said in vague Chinese: "Is the mother out of the tower? If the mother wants to go out, I will go out, or I will not go anywhere." Liu Jie worried. Sighed, and was about to speak, suddenly Shu'er let out an "ah" and spit out a mouthful of steamed buns on the ground.

Liu Jieyou's expression changed immediately, he hurriedly pressed his shoulder, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter, is it poisonous?" Shu'er shook his head, but cast his eyes on the ground.There was a white ball of paper in the steamed bun residue, Liu Jieyou picked it up and unfolded it, it was like falling into an ice cellar.Shu'er wanted to come over to see what happened, but Liu Jieyou swallowed the ball of paper reluctantly, and forced a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, just eat your food obediently."

She also gave Shu'er her own bowl of noodles.

The pain of death and humiliation is painful, and the humiliation of life is long-term shame.

At night, Shu'er was awakened by the north wind in his sleep. He looked for his mother in the dark, but only saw something jumping from the high window.The tower is so high, the night is so deep, the movement of falling to the ground is not loud at all.

Looking to the west from the highest floor of the Drum Tower of Shengle Palace, there is a deep yellow fire in the sea of ​​stars, which is the glazed lantern of Ninggu Pagoda.The Crown Princess Xiao Danyue put on her clothes in the cold wind of early spring and stared at her. A confidant palace lady behind her only heard her ask: "A Miao, am I being too cruel for doing this? My brother has always asked me to let them go."

The woman named "A Miao" lowered her head and said: "This master is in charge of family affairs, why ask outsiders?"

Xiao Danyue was silent for a while.A Miao waited for a while, and tried to speak: "Your Highness has dozens of siblings, all born to the same mother, and their lips and teeth depend on each other. When the Great General of Zhu Kingdom was alive, every commandment ordered to eliminate concubines to prevent future troubles."

Xiao Danyue then turned around and said lightly: "Go back."

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After I wear it back to update "Changle Floating Life", the pit is about to rot...

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