Novoland: Eagle Flag Chapter 2: Sixteen Swords

In the first year of Emperor Cheng, the third day of September.

There are wind ponds.

In late summer and early autumn, the tung trees were so green that they covered the whole house in black shade. Xi Yan sat in front of the window, smoking a pipe, looking at the pond with dense water and grass.

Xiyuan stood beside him: "Uncle, today I heard that Yingshe's dinner is a party of all the adults in the court. The three princes and nine ministers of the Tang Dynasty have reached ten. Uncle really won't go?"

"I'm not going, please help me back, I have to wait for someone today."

Xi Yuan stared blankly at his uncle for a while, only to feel that his uncle was a little strange today. Who did Xi Yan, the commander of Wu Diandu, wait for? Probably only the king, right?

"Xiyuan, have all my flowers withered?"

"No, the chrysanthemums are about to bloom. I went to fertilize and water this morning. In this year's Chrysanthemum Appreciation Conference, our chrysanthemums will definitely be number one."

"Oh," Xi Yan replied casually, "What about the garden of Zi Linqiu?"

"Zi Linqiu is thankful. Zi Linqiu is no better than chrysanthemums. The flowering period is too short. Why don't you plant a garden of peonies next year."

"Xiyuan, do you think there is any place warmer than Nanhuai City, where flowers are planted all year round and they are always colorful."

Xiyuan scratched his head and was at a loss for a long time: "It's warmer than Nanhuai... probably only Yuezhou? Uncle wants to go to Yuezhou? I heard that snakes and insects are rampant there, and there are miasma and witches." People play tricks."

Xi Yan glanced at him, then smiled suddenly: "What a silly boy."

Eastern palace, west side the hut behind the palace.

Lu Guichen knocked lightly on the door, opened it, and saw a woman sitting by the window with her chin resting on her hands, and two pots of purple flowers were placed on the window sill.

"Su Jieyu, I'm here to return the book I borrowed last time, and I've finished reading it." He said respectfully.

He only saw women occasionally. Since he came to the East Palace, he knew that this woman was in charge of the library, and occasionally came to borrow some ancient books mentioned by Master Lu. The woman was very silent, but every time she would find out the books he needed and wait for him to come to pick them up the next day. We got to know each other gradually, but we didn't say a few words to each other.

The woman took the book and gently patted his head: "Have you finished reading it?"

"After reading it, Mr. Lu praised me for entering the country recently."

"You have worked very hard," the woman nodded, "You are a good boy. If I can have a child, I hope to be like you."

Lu Guichen felt embarrassed.

"Is there anything unhappy about Jieyu?" He asked carefully, the woman smiled a little when she praised him, but he felt that the smile weighed heavily on his heart, making him really uncomfortable.

The woman froze for a moment, then smiled: "I'm not unhappy, I just want to make a decision, but I still can't figure it out as the sun is about to set."

"Decision?"

The woman turned her head to look at him, the west-slanting sun cast a translucent gorgeous silhouette on the side of her face.

"Son, tell me..." The woman hesitated, "How many people can a person like in a lifetime? Do you have someone you like, and you want to do a lot of things for them, no matter how hard it is, you are happy? "

Lu Guichen scratched his head and thought for a while: "There are Abba, Ama, Dahesa, Suma, Jiye, Yuran... and there are mothers, there are Amochi...these are all from me. Someone I like."

The woman smiled: "Too many. People's hearts are so big, they can only like a few people. Have you ever had someone that you liked so much that you wanted to be with her for the rest of your life?"

"Yes." Lu Guichen nodded, "When I was young, I thought that if I grew up, I would marry Mother Heluntie..."

"Mom?" The woman was stunned for a moment, "Why do you think so?"

"Because Uncle Bamoru said that Mother Haruntie will not be my mother when she gets married in the future. She will live with her husband and raise her own children, so," Lu Gui Chen looked at his toes, rubbed against the ground embarrassedly, "I think if I marry Mu Ma, Mu Ma will be with me for the rest of my life."

The woman smiled again, and Lu Guichen felt that he had never seen so many smiles on her face.

"And then?" The woman took his hand, "When did you understand?"

"Later...the mother died later," Lu Guichen's expression darkened, "I will never be with me again..."

"Poor boy..."

Lu Guichen laughed again: "But I'm okay, I still have my father, mother, and Suma. Later, my father sent Mrs. Yingshi to be my mother, and Mrs. Yingshi treated me as well. Very good."

The woman froze for a moment: "Then...do you still think of Mother Haruntie? She died alone, very lonely, very lonely."

"I think so, so the first time I don't want to be called Yingshimu's mother. But I always think about it, and Haruntiemu's mother will not come back to life. I don't think much about it now. Although sometimes I'm afraid..." Lu Guichen also climbed up the window sill to look at the two pots of purple flowers, "I'm afraid that I will gradually forget about Mom."

"You will never forget," the woman shook her head, "Some things will never be forgotten."

"Is Jieyu thinking of someone too?"

"Yes." The woman nodded, "There used to be a man, I think as long as I have a day to live, I would like to follow him to the ends of the earth. But he is dead. I always dream of him, and feel that his voice is still there Around me. Now I want to leave, but I am afraid that his soul is still here, wandering and wandering, and he will be very lonely if he can't find me."

She shook her head lightly, as if she wanted to shake off something: "It's very lonely... very lonely."

"You can come back and visit him," Lu Guichen said, "I thought that if I go back to the grassland, I will build a tall grave for Mother Heluntie, and I will visit him every spring. She, at that time, the creeping chrysanthemum bloomed, golden and golden, and you couldn't see the end at a glance. Mother Haruntie liked it very much."

"Is this all right?"

Lu Guichen lowered his head: "Dahesa told me, don't always be sad, in fact, I will become an old man like him in the future, and I will forget about it at that time. Although I don't want to forget, but He Luntie Mommy also told me that people have to live. In fact, there are always many things to be happy. When I first came to Nanhuai, I thought I would be alone, and now I have two friends. "

"My friend..." the woman smiled softly, "What a silly child, if only everything in the world were as simple as that."

"Why is Jieyu so melancholy?"

"You are also very depressed, child." The woman pondered for a moment, "But if you stay here for a day, you will be happy every day, since you have good friends."

The appearance of Ji Ye and Yu Ran suddenly came to mind, and Lu Guichen nodded vigorously.

"Learn to take care of yourself, life is happiness," she smiled faintly, "You are right, even if you can see the morning sun, isn't it a good thing?"

She stroked Lu Guichen's head, and gently rubbed her face on his cheek.

Lu Guichen stood there blankly, for some reason, he felt that there was a meaning of parting in those faint words.

"Uncle, there is someone posting a book outside the door." Xiyuan walked in quickly.

Xi Yan didn't wait for him to finish, and had already snatched the scroll. He was silent for a moment before slowly opening it.

Xiyuan leaned closer, and what he saw was a landscape dripping with ink. The painting was a large lake like a mirror. There was a small house by the lake. The window opened to face the lake, and there was a faint person inside the window. It was a humid day, and the ink hadn't dried completely, and there was faint glimmer of water on the painting. Xiyuan didn't know much about painting, so he just felt that it was a very clean and distant scene, and it didn't seem like a scene that should exist in the world.

There is a line of slender lowercase letters on the side of the painting: "The mountains are covered with snow outside the window, and the Pinghu Lake will come out of Qianqiu."

Lin Shen has no old customers, just sit and watch the road covered with frost. "

Xi Yan laughed silently.

"Uncle, this is..."

"This is the scenery of the Northern Jin Dynasty. The painting is a hut in the jujube forest, and the window is facing Qingye Lake."

"Uncle has been there?" Xiyuan looked at his uncle in surprise.

"I've been there," Xi Yan smiled, "it's a very quiet place... By the way, have you turned down the seats over there, my lords?"

"I'm going out to explain to the adults."

"Don't push it, wine and beauty, red candle night banquet, it's birthday again, I'll go to the banquet."

"Isn't uncle going to wait for someone?"

Xi Yan smiled and shook his head: "Why are you a fool. The man has already come, in this painting."

Xi Yan strode away, and when he came to the door, he turned around and said: "Tell Ji Ye that he doesn't have to guard the East Palace tomorrow night, and order all the soldiers guarding the East Palace to rest and prepare for the day after tomorrow. The battalion drills the formation."

"Yu Ran! Yu Ran! Asule!" Ji Ye happily ran to the tree and shouted.

Thick branches and leaves completely covered the tree, no one answered, only a hanging ladder rolled down from the canopy.

Himeno nimbly climbed the ladder into the dense green shade, and sat on a long stick, undulating by the elasticity of the branch.

"Himino, what are you doing? We will all fall!" On a branch higher than him, Yu Ran's blue skirt hung down almost to his head, and Yu Ran put her bare feet on his head Stepped on, "You two will die together, don't expect me to save them all!"

Lu Guichen and Yu Ran sat side by side, tightly holding onto the branch under his chest, a little nervous. He was always afraid of heights, but he couldn't hold back Yuran, so he was pulled up to accompany her to watch from afar.

"Where are we going to play tomorrow night?" Ji Ye made a gesture to grab Yu Ran's feet, but Yu Ran put it away immediately, squatted on a branch and lowered his head and stuck out his tongue at him: "Touching other people's feet is more shameless than that." The walls are thick! Don’t you want to be on duty?”

"The general explained that I won't be on duty tomorrow night, and the imperial guards in the East Palace will also be resting to prepare for the drill in the school ground the day after tomorrow."

"Hey, okay, okay," Yu Ran turned his head and grabbed Lu Guichen's shoulder and shook, "It's just right, Asule, I want to visit the place where the prince lives."

"Ah?" Lu Guichen hesitated, "That's the East Palace, which is heavily guarded, and it's not easy to get in and out. I asked the king to come in and out freely, otherwise I wouldn't be able to slip out."

"That's just right, isn't there no one on duty tomorrow night?"

"But the imperial guards guarding the palace gate, Young Master Yu's palace and the ancestral mausoleum will never withdraw."

"I'm going to the palace! I'm going to the palace!" Yu Ran stared wide-eyed, grabbed his shoulder and shook vigorously.

Lu Guichen lost his mind all of a sudden, lost his balance on his feet, and fell downside down.

Ji Ye was taken aback, and hurriedly opened his arms to catch him, but before he received it, Yu Ran had already grabbed Lu Guichen's collar from above. With this strength, Lu Guichen turned over and grabbed the branch in a thrilling manner. When he climbed up again, he was out of breath, and his face had no color at all.

"Yu Ran, stop making trouble!" Ji Ye was also in a cold sweat.

"Oh." Yu Ran muffledly responded, and patted Lu Guichen on the head to show comfort.

"Yu Ran? Yu Ran? It's okay, don't be angry." Lu Guichen suddenly felt that Yu Ran became silent, and he just sat on the branch and watched. Instead, he felt uneasy, jumping like a rabbit.

"I just suddenly remembered my father." Yu Ran shook his head.

"Miss your father?"

"I don't want to, because I have never seen him. I heard that he is dead. He jumped from the tallest tree and fell to his death." Yu Ran stood on tiptoe and looked into the distance, under the setting sun Her skin and eyebrows were transparent white and golden, and her small face was expressionless.

Lu Guichen had to look up to see her face. The wind brushed across his face quietly, and he suddenly felt that Yu Ran was not always so happy.

"Okay! I'll take you to the palace." Lu Guichen said.

"Let's rest on the sidelines." Ji Ye rolled his eyes, "You are a road idiot at all, and I'm not familiar with the paths in the palace. I'll take you to sneak in!"