box of hearts

Chapter 6 Zhan Chunkui (5)
Qi She smiled unabated, and caressed the cat intently, "I used to have a cat too, and it stayed with me for seven years. In the end, when it was old and sick, it couldn't even take a sip of water. As a result, it didn't know where the strength came from that night. Jumped into my bed, slept head to head with me all night, died the next day, and looking back on it is painful. I never had a cat again."

After Qingtian heard it, his voiceless voice said: "One person can congratulate, one person can sigh."

"how do I say this?"

"The third master is a nobleman, and all he talks about is the national economy and the people's livelihood. Occasionally, Qingtian is honored to listen to some trivial matters, which is congratulations. However, political disputes are dangerous, and one has to be careful every step of the way. Although the third master's side There are tens of thousands of followers, and their hearts are unpredictable, but they have no choice but to entrust their obsession to an animal, which is lamentable."

Quietly, Qi She looked at her.If we say that the temptations women bring to him all the time are like a closed and ambiguous room, which makes him just want to go in and have a good sleep; the woman in front of him is a window, and one day the window will be opened ——he was sure—the scenery outside the window was his heart.

Qingtian smiled sweetly, "I'll serve the third master a set of songs, what would the third master want to hear?"

Qi She also smiled and answered: "Men are afraid of "Night Run", women are afraid of "Si Fan". Let's play "Si Fan"."

Qingtian turned around and took the pipa, sat down, plucked the string three or two times, and sang: "The little nun is only twenty-eight years old, and she is just young, and her hair was cut by the master. Every day, I burn incense and change water in the Buddhist hall, and see a few disciples The game is under the gate of the mountain. He looks at us, and we look at him. He is with us, we share him, and we are so worried. Enemies, how can we achieve marriage, and die in front of the palace of the king of hell. The grinder is pounded, the saw is unraveled, the grinder is grinded, and it is fried in an oil pan. Oh, let him! You will see the living suffer, but have you ever seen a dead ghost with a shackle? Oh, let him, look at the moment. .”

Yingying's voice twittered cleverly, and Yun Ning choked on ice.I don't know if it was the beautiful woman from the Chu Pavilion who went to the ancient Buddha, or the black-clothed nun fell into the moon, the flower and the sky.

At the end of the song, Qi She admired it sincerely: "'Quba once taught good talent to wear clothes, and the makeup is so beautiful that Qiuniang is jealous every time'. The name of the oiran is well-deserved." After a pause, he shook his head again, "That's not right, This song "Pipa Xing" is inappropriately quoted, 'The boss married a businessman's wife' - the future is miserable." After pondering for a while, he smiled brightly, "To tell you the truth, I am a vulgar man who leads the army to fight, and the poems are full of I don't know much, and I can't think of anything at the moment. I only remember the song "Wu Ye Cry" by the golden man Liu Ying. , Returning to Yubian Xie', let you "encounter endless things in your life, spring thoughts into the pipa" [5]."

The Qingtian Pipa on the Jindun was half hugged, and was stunned for a moment.For the first time, there is such a noble person who sincerely blesses such a lowly person.She looked down at her right hand, which was placed on her lap, and the broken treasure ring on her finger shone brightly. "Thank you, Third Master, for your kind words."

There are willow branches outside the eaves sweeping the lintel of the window lightly, Qi She looked at the shadow, but she didn't know what kind of expression it was, so she just stroked the cat, "Do you have a name?"

Qingtian nodded with a smile, "I am in the imperial court."

"Qin Se is guarding?"

"Don't be quiet." [6]
At that moment, no one knows, when the ancients in the "Book of Songs" can be inadvertently matched like a secret sign, something that can't be more right will happen.

5.
After Qi She left, Second Sister Duan immediately cross-examined the identity of the mysterious tycoon: "Hey, who is this third prince? I asked for a long time and he only vaguely said that he was the first assistant king." The nephew of Mr. Quezhao's family. I think he has a lot of official power, with a short knife hanging from his waist and a slight limp in his legs. He must be a military general with military exploits. But after much deliberation, he can't match up with the famous and respectable members of the Wang family. , or the governor who just came to Beijing from other provinces? But he is too young. Damn girl, where did you meet, don’t fool me..." Qingtian didn’t dare to speak nonsense, and just dropped one sentence: "There is still a wine party, let me go to socialize first, and I will talk to my mother another day." So he prevaricated.

It was nearly four o'clock for a drink, and the sun was already high when I woke up the next day.Qing Tian vaguely heard movement outside the house, so he stretched and sat up, "Mu Yun? Come in."

Mu Yun, her maidservant who was close to her, lifted the door curtain and took a look, giggling, "I won't come in, someone else will come in."

As soon as Mu Yun moved aside, the slanting sunlight flashed, and it happened to stamp a golden edge on the slender figure behind her: Qiongzhi Biyue, the posture of people vying to throw fruit; Pen - it is the number one scholar, Qiao Yunze.

Qing Tian smiled, it was completely different from the smile she had when she faced Qi She last night, there was no extraneous and forceful charm, only the clear and clear joy and joy.She supported the bed board with both hands, raised her face slightly, her long messy hair was dragged on the pillow, "It's bad, I haven't done my makeup yet, I just have such a sallow face, don't be offended by Zhuangyuan Qiao."

Qiao Yun came to sit down beside the bed with a smile, helped Qingtian gather up her half-draped pajamas, and touched her forehead to her, "I like to see you without makeup."

"I only dare to keep a plain face in front of you." She showed a row of white teeth brightly, "I haven't even wiped my teeth."

Qiao Yun lowered his head and kissed Qingtian's mouth. He closed his eyes, and the outline of his side face was as delicate as an embroidered image stitch by stitch.Finally, he opened his eyes again and looked at her closely, "What are you looking for me in such a hurry?"

Qingtian pulled away lazily, and said in a light tone of relief: "The prince regent came last night."

Qiao Yunze's complexion tightened, and his eyes immediately turned to another embroidered quilt folded inside the bed.

Qingtian raised his hand and patted his chest, with a hint of anger in his words, "You're just thinking about it, you can't stop. But after playing Chawei once, he still pretended to be surnamed 'Wang' and chatted with me for a few days, After listening to a piece of music, he left without even taking a sip of tea. When I heard him talking, I didn't take my slip of the tongue that day at all into my heart, and I won't take my anger out on you, just feel at ease."

Qiao Yun pondered for a while, and then his gentle voice sounded slowly: "This is what makes me feel uneasy. The Prince Regent controls the Fusi with his palm. He forced his fourth brother, King De, to death with his own hands. You made such an embarrassment like him in front of his officials, but he was exempted from felony, and now he visits you in disguise. I'm afraid he likes you very much in his heart. Among the guests, Duke Jianguo, Lord Feng, is of great status, Yushi Qiu Jin holds the real power, and Prince Shangshu, Liu Yanei, has a rich family. Although everyone is proud of their wealth, they have their own scruples. Forcibly carried into the mansion. But the regent is very different, if he becomes coveted, he can occupy you with a word, then we two..."

Qingtian cut Qiao Yunze off with a soft sigh, "I've thought about this too, so I told him bluntly yesterday that although I've fallen into prostitution and had to act on every occasion, the only one I love in my heart is you. There must be life and death, but in private, the prince regent is quite compassionate, and he doesn't seem to be the kind of person who uses power to overwhelm others. If I misread it, he really hit me with crooked ideas there, I I can handle it with confidence. I deal with men every day from the moment I open my eyes to the time I close them. No matter how great the regent is, he is still a man. All in all, your future will never be damaged in the slightest because of me."

"My future?" After a long silence, Qiao Yun also sighed, "Didn't you give me my future? On the day of the March Examination, you sent me to the examination room of the Gongyuan [7] examination room. There are three memorial archways outside the gate, the east is "Getting Scholars by Mingjing", the west is "Seeking Talents for the Country", and the middle is "Tiankai Wenyun". Dragon Gate'. I stood under the Dragon Gate and looked back, looking at you and thinking in my heart, this time I went to the Dragon Gate, not for the scriptures, not for the country, not for the world, but only for you. Along the way, every day of my life I rely on you to support me every step of the way, for my livelihood and study, and for my friendship and attachment. You have given me everything, what else can I give you? Ask yourself, I am not even as good as your guests. They want to flatter you, Give you a whole set of wood kiln wine utensils, pave the street with ten miles of long silk, or make a pair of ambergris powder shoes with hollowed-out silver bottoms. Once you step on it, a fragrant red flower will be left on the ground, making you grow every step of the way. Lian... and I, what I call "Dakui Tianxia" and "Student of the Son of Heaven" in vain, to this day, I can't even afford the spices to fill the soles of my shoes."

Qingtian's eyeballs moved a few times from side to side, and then fixed directly in Qiao Yunze's eyes, "They gave me these things, because they only regard me as a thing. They like to watch me sing, Watch me dance, watch me become a poem in seven steps, watch me crown the Three Realms, watch me make people pity me at once, and make people laugh at me at the same time... just like everyone loves to watch the actors on the stage Yu Ji dances the sword, the goddess dances Hua, but after the play is over, the actor is too tired to move and collapses on the play box, who would like to watch it?" She stared at him blissfully, smiled suddenly, lowered her eyes and held his hands, "Only facing you , I can keep a clean face, I don’t need to appear on stage, face the audience with thousands of faces, only facing you, I am myself. Without you, I am nothing, just a ‘thing’. Ah Yun , I was given by you, compared to this, what else is it? Don't have such clumsy thoughts. "

(End of this chapter)