General Chu

Tianliang is located in the south, the weather is always warm and the four seasons are distinct.

After the winter, the market on Chang'an Avenue opens, and merchants come and go on the pass.

That day when returning from the city gate, someone blocked the carriage in the middle of the road. Li Jinghua got out of the carriage with a cloak in his hand, looked at the person coming, and asked, what's the matter?

"Lord Li, Caomin sells medicine on the street. I heard that you offered a high price to a doctor who can cure cough. I visited the mansion, but I couldn't see it, so I made this bad plan."

The man stood in front of the horse with his head held high, his long gown was washed white but clean and tidy.Li Jinghua took the medicine bag and walked back to the car, saying that if it works, it will be rewarded in the future.

After the medicine bag was sent to be tested for poison, it was sent to Prince Cheng's mansion.What Li Jinghua thinks is that a dead horse is a living horse doctor. Although the chances of a village doctor's prescription being useful are very small, it is better than nothing.I never thought that someone would come to the palace the next day and ask Li Shaoqing to tell me which doctor it is.

The stubborn illness finally healed, and Li Jinghua couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, but found that he didn't leave the person's address.

I searched all the pharmacies in the city, but there was no sign of the man.Just when everyone was frowning, there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard, and when the door opened, there was only a medicine bag on the stone steps.Pick it up, there is a prescription below.

After that day, the number of gatekeepers in Li's mansion suddenly increased, and everyone was very energetic and waited for the doctor to show up again, but he never came again.

Li Jinghua shook his head and said, forget it, since he took the initiative to come to the door, there must be some conspiracy.If the goal is not achieved, he will always come again.

What he said casually was quickly fulfilled.The second time we met was in the temple, Li Jinghua felt that the person in front of him looked familiar, but after thinking about it, he couldn't remember where he met him.When passing by, Li Jinghua stopped someone and asked, is that you?

"If your lord is the one who stopped the car on the street that time, it's me."

It was only that day that Li Jinghua knew that he almost missed a miracle doctor.

He said that his name was Lin Yuan, he had practiced martial arts for generations, and practicing medicine was just a side job.As for why he knew so much about the situation in Chengwang's mansion, he only said that doctors are benevolent and have everything in mind.

Such words may make sense in the eyes of ordinary people, but Li Jinghua is different. He entered the prince's mansion at the age of eight and became an aide.

"My lord, in fact, we meet often. I pass by the temple every day when I go home, and I often see you. I also know that my lord comes to the temple every month to ask for a lottery."

Li Jinghua nodded slightly and said nothing.That day he left the temple and did not go down the mountain, but turned a corner and followed Lin Yuan back home.The more you go up the mountain, the more empty and sparsely populated it is. After turning a corner, it suddenly becomes clear. The pear trees are densely packed, and the mountains and plains are full of pear blossoms.

Lin Yuan entered the courtyard, first went to the tree that was in full bloom and tied a red ribbon on it, then turned around and went into the house, cooked food and warmed tea, walked to the door after a long while and said, "The humble house is simple, I'm waiting for Mr. Li." .

Li Jinghua came out from behind the tree and said in a low voice, let's get straight to the point, who sent you here, Zheng Guo?Qin?Or which minister in the court?

"I'm all alone and I want nothing and no one will make me work for it."

"20 years ago, you disappeared for no reason after working in Yongle Palace. How do you explain it?"

Lin Yuan stood under the tree with sad eyes. For a long time, he said, I am a sinner.

Did anything happen in Luoyun Palace that night 20 years ago, and what was the last name of the child under the knee of the extremely virtuous concubine? This is the unsolved case of the entire Great Chu. Everyone has been searching for the truth for 20 years. On that day, Li Jinghua All got answers.

20 years ago, Lin Yuan was a guard in Luoyun Palace. Every day, he stood guard in front of the palace gate and watched from a distance the legendary woman who looked all over the city.Chu Zi came every day, no matter how late the next court was, even if he stayed in other palaces, he would come in the middle of the night.Lin Yuan thought that Chu Zi would not miss every night in Luoyun Palace, until Changle Palace was built outside with lights and festoons.

That day after Chu Zifeng, the always gentle and obedient Concubine Xian drank a lot of wine and ran out of the hall barefoot to congratulate her.

Lin Yuan stood guard in front of the palace gate to stop the sad woman as usual, and let her fall into his arms crying.

Wherever the love comes, it is greedy for a while.

After that night, Lin Yuan disappeared from the Chu Palace.The disappearance of a guard was not a big deal at first, but it was not long before everyone forgot about it until four years later the queen reported that Concubine Xian was having an affair with someone.

"At that time, I was outside the customs, and when I got the news, I rushed back non-stop. I ran to death eight horses, and finally found her body in the mass grave where sinners were disposed of in the palace." Lin Yuan looked up at the The red ribbon on the pear tree in front of me is fluttering gently in the wind.

Under the tree was buried the woman he had admired all his life but never got.They have a common child, but they have never stood side by side, and even their affection is not justified.

Li Jinghua looked at him with a frown, and asked after a long while, "You have 1 chances to show up, but you chose to escape responsibility, and it's been up to now, why did you suddenly appear again?"

"I didn't think about what to do with the prince, but I just couldn't bear to watch him suffer from illness and lose weight day by day."

Li Jinghua looked at him indifferently, and said, no matter what, you are a sinner, you can escape a life but not daily suffering.You owe him 20 years of unspeakable resentment and the courage to cry on your mother's shoulder.

Lin Yuan stood still, but the hand that poured the tea shook for no reason. The scalding hot water was poured on his hand, and his fingertips turned red instantly.He subconsciously touched it with his thumb, and then hid his burned hand behind his back.

"Yes." he said.

Later, Mo Wen heard from Li Jinghua that there were pear blossoms blooming all over the mountains behind the temple, and there lived a man with good medical skills.

He concealed all the truth and only scratched the surface.

Mo Wen, who usually pays the least attention to details, remembered this incident by accident.

When Mo Wen appeared on the mountain, Lin Yuan stood there in a daze for a long time.

The people under the tree were surprised by his overreaction, stepped forward and said, I heard that the prescription and those packets of medicine belonged to you.I brought money today, please accept it.

Lin Yuan stood on the verge of crying and laughing for a long time, finally cleared his throat, and said, "Your Majesty came here because he respected me, so why did he bring money?"

As he spoke, he took the money bag.

What I have to admit is that in many cases, the joys and sorrows of people are not connected, even the meanings are different.

For Lin Yuan, Mo Wen was someone who wanted to spend the Lantern Festival and Qingming Festival together, while for Mo Wen, Lin Yuan was just a doctor who had never met.

Even today's meeting was a coincidence that Mo Wen only created when he was idle.

At noon, Lin Yuan took out two jars of pear blossom wine from the cellar and put them on the table.He said, many years ago, I was an errand in Luoyun Palace, which was bestowed upon me by Concubine Xian.I was planning to bury it with me, but now that the prince is here, let's try it.

Cheng Wang's mansion is as rich as an enemy country, and there are all kinds of drinks.But I have to say, this is a great gift.Otherwise, Mo Wen couldn't explain why his eyes were wet looking at this strange man in front of him.

The conversation stopped here, Lin Yuan didn't say anything further, and Mo Wen would never know that he still had a biological father.

The fate of their father and son is so shallow that they only meet once in a lifetime, only this time as strangers.

Not long after that day, people came to the palace.Mo Wen entered the palace facing the warmth of Yangchun and March.

The queen mother said, Mingrong, you are busy every day with your idle time, so don't let Yang Tian live in your house, it's not good to bother each other.

Mo Wen nodded and stared at the floor of the main hall, then said, I have been obedient since I was a child, what can the emperor's wife say.For example, how decent is it for a general to enter and leave the house of a powerful minister unscrupulously?

The Empress Dowager's face froze, and the movement of turning the beads in her hand froze for a moment, and then she said, you must have heard the news of the march north, you are the leader of the troops, and it is easy to affect morale, so don't go out of the house these days. The overall situation is not worth the candle.

Said it was persuasion but actually gave an order, Mo Wen was imprisoned.The only difference from a prisoner is that he is trapped in his own house.Xu Liwenyuan was coming in from the door at that time, heard the words, and said loudly, is Uncle Wang always so obedient?In this case, why not draw the defensive cloth pictures of several cities in the frontier to the lonely king?

"There are painters in the army, and my ministers dare not disturb their sight."

Xu Liwenyuan twitched the corner of his mouth and said, but most of the pictures in the army are made of leather, and they always feel strange when held close.

Mo Wen looked at him calmly for a long time, then said, OK.

There was a new snack in the small kitchen. Xu Liwenyuan originally came to please his mother, but Mo Wen was there, so he dragged people along and ate a lot.When returning to Chengqing Palace, I did not forget to ask the maid to prepare an extra box for Mo Wen to take back.

He is still so keen on dim sum, but he is no longer the boy who would insist on buying sweet-scented osmanthus cakes at the critical moment in the turbulent streets.

"Uncle Wang, Li Shaoqing said that he was too weak to continue to serve as Shaoqing and asked to return home. What do you think?"

"The matter of the court is decided by the king alone, so why ask others."

"Well said, you still understand me. Why would the lonely king let him go home for no reason? Not to mention how many lifelines he holds in his hands, I can't tolerate him just because he wants to get close to you."

"So why ask me, hatred is more important than me, the world is more important than me, and a word from the emperor's wife is more important than me. Your majesty, this is the love you promised me over and over again." After a pause, he said, many people I have been pursuing the so-called love between body and mind all my life. I am different. I had nothing when I was four years old. Everything I hold in my hands since then is a gift from God. If God wants to take it away when I am unhappy, I have nothing to say can be said.I don't envy other people's happiness of marrying wives and taking concubines and having children.

Xu Liwenyuan stood in place and watched Mo Wen walk down the high steps step by step away from him, only to feel that there was fog in front of his eyes, and the mountains and rivers turned gray.

He thought that as long as he was still in this position, as long as he didn't let go, he would never reach the end, even if he was entangled, it would be a continuation.What he didn't know was that some words came to an end after they were said.