Chapter VI Wu
Don't guess Shaoqing's thoughts.
A full moon hung on the starry curtain, Shen Liuting went out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and ate a bowl of noodles with Qi Nuo's two pieces of Hu Cake outside, and then he carried the food box and swaggered back to the Honglu Guest House from the main entrance.
Now almost everyone knows that there is an unlucky guy among the rough envoys, who is called by the "jade-faced Shura" every day to receive punishment, so no one will be surprised by her night return. Even if she didn't return overnight, it was impossible for Wu Zhangshi to send someone to Honglu Temple to alarm Qi Nuo in order to inquire about her whereabouts. Only I can't prevent Qi Nuo from knowing when he will have a whim, so he sends Kuang Feng to the guest house to look for her, and he will be able to wear it at that time.
It's better to be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years. Shen Liuting, who was going straight to the Musk Le Courtyard, thought of Qi Nuo and suddenly stopped. She almost forgot his advice, this food box is made of good sour branches at a glance, she brought it in from the gate when the guards and sweepers saw it, and then sent it to Baili Zhan, and it was carried by the two, it was too ostentatious, leading people to speculate, and it was necessary to keep a low profile. So she turned around and walked back towards the residence. She still had a few sheets of oiled paper and tethers in her room, which happened to be enough to wrap the pastry and carry it.
It was not too late, and when Shen Liuting returned to the courtyard, the windows of the two or three houses were still showing a dim light. Under the moonlight, Da Fei sat on the bench in the courtyard with one foot, holding the dagger she gave and carving wood to play. Hearing the sound of footsteps approaching, he glanced up, then grinned and asked, "Brother Shen, you have been arrested for more than a day and a night this time, are you okay?"”
It's okay, it's okay, it's good to Xi get used to it. Shen Liuting waved his hand, followed the roll of his eyes, and asked him, "The boss didn't ask me today, did he?"Is there anything special going on in the inn?”
No, Wu Zhangshi has been thinking about how to please Princess Sangji recently. Anyway, you were called away by Zuo Shaoqing, people are not in his hands, and you don't have to take responsibility for accidents, so he didn't bother to ask. Da Fei replied, blowing away the sawdust. Da Fei's ancestors were craftsmen who made wood carving in the previous generation, but when they were passed on to this generation, the family changed, and his father died early, so he couldn't leave much of his skills to him, and he couldn't make a living. So he went into the inn to work as a handyman, and only carved some knick-knacks in his spare time to pass the time.
Shen Liuting smiled reassuringly, his eyes fell on the thing in his palm, and he said sincerely: "Brother Da Fei, your wooden horse is much better carved than the previous times." ”
I'm just thinking about it, if I really want to do wood carving, there will be a lot of things just for the guys, where can I really make decent things with a dagger!Da Fei shook his head and laughed heartily. Laughing and laughing, he frowned again, and looked at Shen Liuting's gaze with a little hesitation.
Brother Da Fei, what's wrong?She blinked.
I didn't want to tell you, but I didn't think I should make decisions for ......youDa Fei put down the dagger and paused before continuing, "Wu Zhangshi didn't look for you, but since the afternoon, people from the Musk Paradise Kingdom have come to look for you several times. Just the old woman you helped in Honglu Temple last time. ”
Shen Liuting couldn't help but feel a hanger, and hurriedly asked, "How many times has my aunt looked for me?"Did she say why?"If it weren't for the last resort, Xiao Zhan's nurse would definitely not come to find it easily.
How do I know that?We couldn't understand each other. Just figuring out that she is here for you, I am half-guessing and half-ignoring, and it took me a long time to compare and draw with her before I was sure. ”
Shen Liuting was stunned for a long time, then he slapped his head with a smile, and secretly said that he was so anxious that he forgot about the language barrier.
Look at me, I'm confused!Thank you Brother Da Fei for telling me, I'll clean up and go to find my aunt. ”
As she spoke, she was about to enter the house, and after walking a few steps, there was a shout from behind her: "Brother Shen!."”
What else does Big Fei have to explain?She stopped and waited for him to approach.
When I was a kid, when my dad was doing wood carving, I was watching from the sidelines. He often told me that being a man is like carving wood, and every knife must be correct. But I always felt that if it weren't for my father's upright and righteous life, he wouldn't have waded into the muddy waters that shouldn't have waded in, and left me and my mother early. ”
Against the moonlight, Shen Liuting saw Da Fei's rugged and tough face showing a look of nostalgia and confusion, and was grateful to him for being willing to persuade her to think twice with his sad past.
She lowered her eyes and saw that Da Fei was still holding the semi-finished product in her hand, and her smile was full of firmness: "Now I really don't have enough ability to carve every knife rightly, but I believe that as long as I stick to my heart and work hard to pursue it, just like making this Trojan horse, one day it will become a beautiful wood carving art." ”
Even if I fail, I have left my own marks for this world, I am right, the way of thousands of people is right, and the road has the hope of being right. ”
The night breeze rose suddenly, and the autumn was cool and gloomy, but it couldn't extinguish the cluster of flames that ignited in Shen Liuting's eyes at this moment, and it was hot and shiny. Da Fei couldn't help but be stunned, and forgot to speak for a while, but suddenly felt that the things in his hand became heavy, and although the familiar companion was close in front of him, he didn't seem to be standing with him in the four corners of the high wall.
But anyway, Brother Da Fei, I know that you want to hide it from me because you are afraid that I will take trouble again, thank you for worrying about me. I will always remember your affection. ”
It wasn't until her last word was completely scattered in the wind that Da Fei suddenly came back to his senses, pursed his lips and handed the wooden carved horse in his hand forward, and said in a deep voice: "I haven't been to school for a few days, and I don't recognize a few words, but listening to what you just said, I don't know what's wrong, and I suddenly want to try." I don't have the ability to do big things, so let's try it and see if I can make wood carvings as good as my father's. ”
Shen Liuting read his eyes, and took the wood carving horse with a smile: "Then I will accept this wood carving for Brother Da Fei to be a witness, and when you make it one day, I will come and exchange it with you." ”
Well, it's a deal!”
Coming out of the lower courtyard, Shen Liuting carried the pastries to the small courtyard of Musk Leguo. It was late at night, and there were very few people still walking in the inn, so Wei Yuanwei, who was patrolling, drank people from afar to interrogate, so that Shen Liuting, who was walking quickly, would not miss it with the nurse who came to find her again.
Ladies and gentlemen, ladies and gentlemen, this lady is from the Musk Paradise Mission, and she is looking for the little one. Shen Liuting, who heard the movement, hurried over in three steps and two steps, and explained to the patrolling soldiers with a smile, "You military masters are really dutiful, hard work, hard work." ”
The first lieutenant general was unmoved, and asked in a rough voice: "If you don't look for someone during the day, you will come to look for it in the middle of the night?"What do you do to be unseemly?Could it be that it is a private teaching?”
Oops, you misunderstood!Shen Liuting protected the nurse behind him without a trace, and her smile did not decrease, "The eldest lady has been looking for the little one several times during the day. It's just that the little one was summoned to Honglu Temple by Zuo Shaoqing yesterday and came back in the evening. If you don't believe it, the little companion in the lower courtyard can testify. ”
Another guard glanced at her, and turned to the deputy general: "Vice General Rong, I see that she is very dishonest when she smiles, so I should take them to Wu Zhangshi." ”
What kind of bad fate is this, he is going to be sent by Wei Yuanwei to see Lao Wu again, the corners of Shen Liuting's mouth twitched.
Good boy, am I getting you in trouble?What are they going to do?The nurse didn't understand, but she just watched a few soldiers all speak coldly, and took Shen Liuting's hand uneasily.
Shen Liuting patted the back of her hand and comforted her in Atai: "Don't worry, I just need to go to Master Wu to explain the situation, I can handle it." ”
Hey!What are you muttering!Seeing that Shen Liuting suddenly stopped speaking officially, the soldier thought that she was fighting ghost ideas and colluding confessions, so he raised his sword and shouted, "Don't come with me quickly!."”
Wait!Who knew that Deputy General Rong raised his hand to stop him, and looked at Shen Liuting suspiciously, "You look a little familiar, I have seen you in **?"”
So Shen Liuting also took a closer look at him by the moonlight, and his heart settled down, quietly waiting for him to think about it.
You ......Are you the righteous brother that General Luo brought to the room on duty this morning?”
Hearing this, Shen Liuting only learned Qi Nuo's appearance, and bowed his head slightly: "The general has good eyesight." ”
The moonlight is dim, I didn't see people clearly just now, I was offended, and I ask Brother Shen to forgive me. Vice General Rong hurriedly took half a step back and clenched his fists to make amends.
Vice General Rong doesn't have to be like that. I feel honored that the general has only met me and that he can recognize me under such circumstances. It's just that I don't know, do I and this lady still need to go to Wu Zhangshi?”
Of course not!General Luo is bold and righteous, and treats the soldiers like brothers. We can all trust the righteous brother he recognizes!Vice General Rong was a straightforward man, and immediately said, "I'll let you give you a section so that you don't run into other brothers on patrol." It is difficult to walk at night, so Brother Shen helped the eldest mother to walk slowly. ”
Unexpectedly, Luo Hao has a high reputation in the army, and this big brother knows that he is not a loss. Shen Liuting was overjoyed, but once again warned himself in his heart to be expressionless, pampered and not surprised, and put on the posture of a righteous brother of Zhonglang, he had seen the world anyway.
Well, then thank you General Rong, and there is also this brother Lao. She smiled lightly and thanked her again, and then said to the nurse, "Auntie is fine, a misunderstanding." I'll send you back first. ”
Good, good. The nurse didn't know what happened to make these soldiers suddenly change their smiling faces, and politely put away their swords and raised their hands to ask. At that moment, she didn't dare to ask more, so she followed Shen Liuting back according to her words.
The three of them were quiet all the way, and it was not until they reached the wooden gate of the abandoned vegetable garden that Shen Liuting stopped and turned around and said, "This brother, there is no Wei Yuanwei patrolling here, we can go in by ourselves." You've been sent here for a long time, so let's stay. ”
Yes, then I'll go back to the lieutenant general. ”
When the soldier said goodbye and walked away, Shen Liuting shook the nurse's hand, frowned and asked, "Auntie, you are in a hurry to find me, are you in any trouble?"Someone deliberately embarrassed you and did something very excessive?”
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It's not that anyone is embarrassed, it's just that the ninth prince ......The nurse sighed and shook her head halfway through her words, "Well, you can go and see it." ”
Good. I got some good pastries by chance today, and I originally wanted to send them to you, and I stopped by to see Xiao Zhan. The wrinkles and furrows on the nurse's face were filled with helplessness and exhaustion, Shen Liuting couldn't bear to ask any more, so she only responded in a low voice, helped her steady, and walked in step by step.
Under the shadow of the moon, the road leading to the courtyard of the Musk Le Country became more and more barren and grassy, and with every step, Shen Liuting felt that his heart sank. Soon, her eyes passed through the courtyard gate and saw Bai Li Zhan in the night, who was holding a slingshot, repeating the same action over and over again, hitting the stone at the laurel tree in the courtyard.
Every tremor of the dead branches makes a wail, and even the wind blows in fright.
In this situation, the young man's eyebrows were engraved with a cold and stubborn aura, and the green eyes were no longer reminiscent of the beautiful fireflies of the forest. It was as if she saw the eyes of a wolf, a wounded and abandoned wolf cub, licking her pus-shed wounds alone in the endless wasteland, in the white and cold moonlight.
He was whimpering, whimpering silently.
Xiao Zhan: What's wrong with him?The complete strangeness froze Shen Liuting in place.
That slingshot was a gift from our king on the ninth prince's sixth birthday, and the only gift that was not a gift. The nurse looked at Bai Li Zhan, who had grown up since she was a child and was better than her parents, and began a long story, "In the ancient legend of Musk Music, people believe that before the founding of the country, there was a demon on the earth, that demon had no flesh and blood body, only a pair of green, gloomy eyes, swept like a black wind, where it passed, natural disasters continued, and the people were killed and injured countless times. Therefore, from the moment the ninth prince opened his eyes, he was regarded as ominous, and everyone avoided it. ”
No wonder ......No wonder he was so guarded and cautious when he first met, and his eyes fluttered for her fearlessness and praise for the green eyes.
The prince's biological mother is the king's side concubine, and she has a very good relationship with the king, but because the side concubine is weak, she has not been pregnant for a long time after marriage. I think that at the beginning, when Niangniang was pregnant with the ninth prince, I don't know how happy I was, and the king also died one after another because the previous princes were born shortly after, so a blessing ceremony was held to bless the child to be born safely and grow up**. But everything changed because of these green eyes, and even a clan and courtiers once asked for the prince to be executed. ”
When Shen Liuting heard this, he couldn't help but clench his fists angrily: "There are more different pupil colors in the world, just like skin appearance." What happened to the green pupils?What's the difference with black and blue?It's just a color!They actually want to kill a baby child for the sake of pupils, it's just stupid!”
You are a good boy, which is why the prince wants to be close to you. The nurse sighed, took her hand and patted her lightly, before continuing, "The side concubine Niangniang originally went to the ghost gate when she gave birth, and heard about it, just to save the life of the ninth prince, she just got up and ran around, begging the king, begging the queen, begging the elder brother in the family, begging the lady of the clan who had been friends in the past, and since then she has fallen ill, and she went within two years, leaving the ninth prince alone. ”
And what about King Uhan?Xiao Zhan is also his biological son no matter how he says it!”
The king rarely came to see the Nine Princes, and never allowed the Nine Princes to attend royal banquets. But this does not blame the king, for the king, the best way to protect the ninth prince is to make everyone forget about his existence. Only in this way will no one repeat the statement that the Nine Princes are born demons and will bring disaster to Musk Le. There was a deep helplessness in the nurse's voice, "There are two older princes and three princesses above the ninth prince. Originally, the eighth princess was willing to play with the prince, but when she was four years old, the eighth princess had a serious illness without warning, and although she was finally cured, everyone said that it was because she was close to the ominous person. After that, whether it was the intention of the eighth princess or not, she never came to the prince again. ”
Losing his mother's love, his father's care was so untouchable, excluded by his brothers, and tolerated by the world, Shen Liuting couldn't imagine how to spend such a childhood.
Until eleven years ago, the king raised troops to attack Daxing, and the war did not go well for a year before and after. The clan and the courtiers thought of the Nine Princes again, and they thought that it was the ominous green eyes of the Nine Princes that caused the defeat of the Musk Le Army, and asked that even if the prince was not executed, his eyes should be gouged out and banished from the country. The king had no choice but to send the prince to Daxing to keep him safe for the proton. On the day of the prince's sixth birthday, the king hurriedly met with the prince, but he did not have time to prepare anything, except for a slingshot that he had played with as a gift. ”
I still remember that the ninth prince didn't sleep all night with a slingshot in his arms, and he was full of joy looking forward to the royal court summoned by the king as promised, but he didn't know that what was waiting for him in the royal court was the royal edict who sent him away from his hometown. The nurse choked, raised her hand and rubbed it in the corner of her eye, a piece of wetness, "Since then, the ninth prince has often had nightmares, and after waking up, he can no longer sleep, and he will keep playing the slingshot until he is so tired that he faints. Every time he tossed like this, he couldn't lift his arm for days, and his fingers were ground down by the stones. I feel sorry for the prince, but I am just a subordinate in the end, and I can't do anything. ”
The ninth prince, he doesn't know who to blame!”
The stones tore through the wind, the laurel branches wept sadly, and the thick clouds covered the bright moon. The nurse's lament was still in her ears, Shen Liuting bit her lip and stared at Baili Zhan, who was gradually falling into darkness around her, and suddenly felt that he was being swallowed up by this endless darkness, and if he couldn't find another beam of light, he would never be able to break free again.
Xiao Zhan!Shen Liuting couldn't bear to let him face the darkness alone, handed the pastry to the nurse, and rushed to him. She stood beside him, calling his name one after another, trying to pull him back from the bottomless abyss, but she could only watch as the last half inch of clear light under his eyes gradually extinguished, like a huge canopy of heaven above his head that was closing little by little, ruthlessly erasing the stars.
Click, click, click, ......”
Beads of blood dripped from his fingertips and smashed against the bluestone at his feet. The dried blood on the stone had congealed into a dark color, but it seemed to be burned by drops of fresh, red blood that became more and more poignant and shocking.
Ten fingers are connected to the heart, but Baili Zhan's expression is blank.
Xiao Zhan, look at me, look at Brother, did Brother buy you new clothes to wear?Does it fit or not?Brother also brought you delicious food, all of which are some snacks that you can't taste in the inn, we can still eat like that night, while eating, Brother will tell you stories, okay?Shen Liuting held back the sourness in his nose and tried to raise the corners of his mouth to chatter, but in exchange for his indifference.
In addition to leaning over to fetch stones, Bai Li Zhan only stared at the deep hole in the trunk of the laurel tree that had been pierced by stones. It seemed that that was his green eyes, his doom, a curse that he couldn't fight with all his strength.
I don't know that he collected so many gravel from ** and filled a bamboo basket, and now he has only used half a basket.
Stop, Prince!The nurse also came forward to persuade her, and she was already in tears, "It's my mother who is useless, I'm sorry for the dying entrustment of the side concubine, and I won't have the face to see her even if I die in the future!."”
She just did it herself, the nurse was still anxious and sad for him at such an age, and she ran several times, but he still looked deaf!
Baili Zhan, do you still have a conscience?Do you really want to make your mother, who has taken care of you since childhood, so sad and sad?”
Shen Liuting's anger couldn't be suppressed, and he caught a glimpse of the bamboo basket out of the corner of his eye, and kicked the bamboo basket over with one kick, and the stones rolled down from it and scattered.
The words of the question were loud, and Bai Lizhan's body was almost imperceptible. But it was only for a moment, and then he bent down indifferently again, picked up the blood-stained stone from his feet, and straightened up to the bowstring.
Brother!"Young man!”
The petite figure rushed into the line of sight from his side, Baili Zhan's pupils suddenly contracted, and in the flash of light, he simply deflected the slingshot in the direction at the moment he let go.
The edges and corners of the broken stone were sharp, and they hissed and grazed the side of Shen Liuting's neck, drawing a line of blood.
Brother!The thin figure swayed in the wind and sat down, Bai Lizhan threw away the slingshot, rushed forward two steps, didn't care about landing on one knee, and supported her anxiously.
Shen Liuting was actually stunned, his legs were a little weak, and he let him caress her neck, looking at her wounds by the faint moonlight of the clouds. It was only when the stone came directly with the strong wind that she realized how impulsive she was, such a close distance, such a great force, in case he didn't have time to retract the momentum, in case the stone flew towards the eyes......
Her wound was slender but not deep, Baili Zhan breathed a sigh of relief, but she still roared with red eyes: "You are crazy!".”
If you want to go crazy, then my brother will go crazy with you. Shen Liuting forcibly suppressed the fear in his heart, and looked at him steadily, without the slightest intention of retreating.
After that, there was silence for a long time, and the young man who was half-kneeling in front of her lowered his eyes and pursed his lips in a fierce arc. The long eyelashes cast a thick shadow, making it impossible for her to see if there were waves in his eyes.
After a long time, when Bai Lizhan raised his eyes again, the stubbornness between his eyebrows faded, and he seemed to have returned to the night of the first meeting, staring at her cautiously with wet jewel-like eyes, and asked very lightly: "Brother, do you hurt?"”
It's fine, it doesn't hurt. Seeing this, Shen Liuting's heart was relieved, and he took his hand that covered his wound and blew it gently, "What about Xiao Zhan?"Does it hurt?”
Hands hurt, so it doesn't hurt so much here. He tugged at the corners of his mouth and pointed his other finger at the mouth of his heart.
His voice was hoarse, and he suppressed a trembling cry. Shen Liuting leaned over, reached out to take him into his arms with pity, patted him on the back, and whispered: "If it hurts, cry out, you won't hurt so much." ”
His chin rested on her shoulder, Baili Zhan's green eyes widened in a daze, and the cold air invaded the warm embrace, and he shivered uncontrollably. The mother left him when he didn't remember, although his mother loved him and loved him, but after all, she was separated from him by a gap between master and servant and refused to cross, without that intimacy. For many years, he was haunted by nightmares, and he often did not dare to fall asleep in the cool nights, fantasizing about sleeping in the afternoon when the sun was warmest, and even if there were nightmares, he would not be as cold as ice when he woke up.
But after all, he lacked such a warm embrace, no reservations, no distance, as if it was a wonderful elixir in this world, so that all the ugly and erosive wounds in the chest cavity grew and healed in an instant.
Don't be afraid, there is no shame in crying in front of your loved ones. Shen Liuting couldn't see his expression, but he sensed his inner struggle from his silently undulating shoulders, "Cry now, cry enough, so that you really have the courage to laugh in front of those who have bullied you in the future, you know?"”
Brother, what did I do wrong, why did everyone dislike me and avoid me?”
From choking out to sobbing in a low voice, to crying out loud at the end, once all the emotions that were pressed in his heart were released, it was like a flood bursting its banks, although he still couldn't get an answer to why God was so unfair to him, but he vacated the place in his heart. It doesn't have to be cold and raging water, and it should be warm and warm.
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