After all, who lost whom: broken glass

Chapter 9 Princess Xuanji (1)
When Rong Yu returned to Cuiweiju, he found that he was still holding "The Family of Liu Yi" in his hand. The green bamboo pages and the strong ink characters on the cover were thick and dignified, just like the years themselves.The small seal under the word is red ocher, like dried blood.Rong Yu discerned carefully, it seemed to be a woman's sword dance, but he couldn't recognize the word exactly.

She sat silently in the Wuxin Pavilion, the sky was fine and blue, and scattered geese flew past.

It is said that the history is like a knife, and Rong Yu read all the way, only a few words, already feel thrilling, if King Pingliu gave her the impression of a hero, then King Pingyi is a real king.Interestingly, the former was born as a prince, while the latter came from the rivers and lakes.

The first time Liu Yi broke into the field of vision of history books was in Youzhou in the autumn of the 15th year of Emperor Luo of the Qing Dynasty.Youzhou is the westernmost territory of the Dayu Dynasty. It is full of yellow sand, rough wind, and the sky is like blood when the sun goes down.

It was Princess Xuanji who came to Youzhou earlier than Liu Yi.

In the 11th year of Emperor Luo of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Xiaocheng died, and Princess Xuanji was exiled to Youzhou for disobedience. Along with her was the highest chief executive of Youzhou, Hou Yuwenxi, who disobeyed orders.The disobedient Hou Yuwenxi is the only younger brother of Empress Xiaocheng.

Many years later, the old people in Youzhou would tell the young travelers with great interest about the morning when the horseshoes from the capital broke through the morning fog in Youzhou. Immediately, a thick veil hung from the wide-brimmed hat, and when she galloped by, her long hair was as black as the deepest night, suffocating despair struck in an instant, until those amber eyes looked at to you.

"The eyes of the princess and the devil are the same color." This rumor spread like the wind in this remote border town. The strange thing is that no one became hostile to the princess because of this, maybe because of disobedience to the queen's ban, or maybe because of this The princess sent far away by her father is not as delicate as the legendary golden branch and jade leaf.

"Why do you say that?" The traveler was busy, but he couldn't help but interjected to ask the old man.

The teenagers in Youzhou are proud of their superb archery skills, and every year Xinglong Festival holds an archery competition.In the Xinglong Competition held by Emperor Luo of the Qing Dynasty in 13 years, after three rounds, Yin Jianwen, the young master of the Yin family, was far ahead. Everyone said that this year, the Yin family won the championship again. At this time, a BMW suddenly galloped into the field.Riding the horse was a handsome young man with black hair in white and high spirits. When he entered the arena, no one could get off the horse, the horse couldn't untie the saddle, and when he raised his hand, he couldn't see how he set up the arrow and drew the bow. The arrow that hit the center of the list was squeezed past and shot right through.Everyone was amazed, the young man turned around and shot three arrows, each of which knocked out the heart arrow, but the young man was still sitting firmly on the horse.

Enraged, Yin Jianwen got on his horse and shouted, "I'll meet you!"

The young man didn't even look at him, he raised his bow and shot another arrow, which was still aimed at the arrow left by Yin Jianwen in his heart, Yin Jianwen didn't have time to think about it, he took the bow and shot a horizontal arrow, the arrow of the young man in white caught his shot, He turned slightly, but his speed didn't slow down. When he reached the target, he heard a "chi" and went deep into the bull's-eye, squeezing the old arrow out.When the arrow came out, Yin Jianwen was greatly surprised. It turned out that the young man had expected this move a long time ago, and the most rare thing is that the arrow and the strength are perfectly matched.

He was also young and vigorous, Yin Jianwen refused to admit defeat, and instead fell in love with him. For the next half a day, he followed the boy in white. He was half a second faster than Yin Jianwen, and the difference was only a few centimeters, a thousand miles away.After repeating this, Yin Jianwen finally had to cup his hands and said: "Brother is very good at kung fu, Yin admits defeat." Then the young man turned his head to look at him, his eyes were gloomy, and he was as silent as the night.

Yin Jianwen is not someone who has never seen the world, but that young man's only one glance made him lose his mind, thinking: If this little brother is a woman, he must be a magnificent figure.

The arbitration sent the laurel crown to the boy's horse, and when he looked up, he couldn't help but exclaimed: "Your eyes—" The eyes of the boy in white are amber, the same color as the devil, and only Princess Xuanji has such eyes in the entire Youzhou City .

The young man in white was stunned, and without reaching out to take the laurel crown, he turned his horse's head and left. The horse was extremely handsome, and by the time everyone recovered, the young man had long since disappeared.

Later, Youzhou City invited a respectable old man to deliver the laurel crown to the Hou's mansion. The Hou just smiled and said: "My niece is stubborn, so please don't blame me." He did not deny it.

The people of Youzhou are fierce and martial, so the princess easily won the favor of the people of Youzhou.The traveler lowered his eyebrows and thought about it, then asked with a smile, "Is there anything else the princess can do? The kid is quite curious."

The old man looked the traveler up and down, he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, his features were clear, and his clothes were not very particular, but he naturally had a calm and calm demeanor, unlike a peddler, and also different from a pedantic scholar. As for the man, he seemed to be powerless, so the old man became vigilant. Could it be that this man is a nobleman from the capital, and that's why he was so enthusiastic about the deposed princess?His tone lightened, and he replied lazily: "Princess is usually gentle and respectful, and rarely goes out. Even if she does, she just goes to Xilin Temple to offer incense and pray for blessings."

The traveler naturally heard the perfunctory in the old man's tone, but he was not annoyed, thanked him, and led his horse towards the city.

A few years later, the old man described this man to the people of Youzhou City in this way: if a dragon walks like a tiger, he will become a great weapon.

This traveler is Liu Yi. He was 17 years old that year. He lived in Mobei and Jiangnan. He had traveled all over every inch of the dynasty, even as far as the Western Regions and northern borders. But no matter how many places he traveled, the land of Youzhou was destined to be in his hands. Turning marks are left on the lifeline of palm prints.

Youzhou City is not far from the border, and there are wars from time to time, but the disobedient Hou is very capable. Over the past few years, the population has increased and the market has flourished. Therefore, Xilin Temple is full of incense and is quite polite to tourists.Liu Yi borrowed a wing room in Xilin Temple. The room was not too big, but it was neatly furnished and the vegetarian dishes were delicious.

Liu Yi usually enjoys flowers in the temple and watches some monks play chess.Youzhou is located in a remote place, but Xilin Temple has grown a lot of exotic flowers, especially peonies, such as Yao Huang, Wei Zi, etc., which are hard to find in Luoyang these days. It is a tree crowned with black jade, the color is like jade, the shape is like a crown, it is as powerful as the royal court, and it has the aftertaste of a beauty. The whole Daewoo Dynasty cannot find a second one, and it is extremely precious.

Liu Yi came a little early, Guanshi Moyu had just budded.Although there are at least ten days and a half months before the flowers bloom, Youzhou City has already gathered a lot of tourists who come here admiringly, many of them are gorgeously dressed, but their demeanors are quite modest and calm.Liu Yi listened to the guest monk talking about it, saying that it's really evil these days, why are there so many people who come here to enjoy the flowers in their leisure time.

"Why doesn't your temple welcome people to come and enjoy the flowers?" Liu Yi said with a casual smile.

The Zhike monk was not wary of someone behind him, and was taken aback. He put his hands together and recited a Buddha, and replied: "Sins, sins. The monk is just worried that if a war starts, innocent people will suffer."

Liu Yi leaned against the sun and said lazily: "Why are you not afraid of harming the flowers and trees? One flower is one world, one tree is one withered glory, Amitabha, what a sin, a sin."

"This... this... is of course the best way to avoid Zhan Luan, the little monk is guilty." Sweat broke out on the little monk's forehead. The young man was clearly standing in the sun very lazily, but his eyes swept over, Just to teach him to give birth to a sense of fear that has nowhere to hide.

The young man burst out laughing, still looking nonchalant, and asked casually, "I heard an old saying that a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. If Youzhou City is really so dangerous, why doesn't the princess go back to the capital?"

The Zhike monk's face was flushed red, and he said in a low voice: "This... this... Sorry, I don't know." After saying this and saluting, he was about to turn around when suddenly the young man said coldly: "Little monk, is your heart guilty?" The body swayed, and suddenly there was a wind in the hall, and the murderous intent was rippling layer by layer like the light of a knife.

Little Snack Liu Yi was taken aback, with a lazy expression on his face, and said with a smile: "The little monk is too nervous. I don't mean anything malicious. I just want to ask the little monk to tell you that Liu Yi intends to pay homage, and please forgive me."

The Zhike monk still turned his back to him, chant the Buddha with palms together, as if he had never heard of it.But the wind of the knife gradually dissipated, the sun shone, and the breeze blew.He bowed to the emptiness from afar and said, "That's good, that's good, the little monk really doesn't know the meaning of the almsgiver."

Liu Yi said: "You don't need to know."

The monk who knew the guest said nothing, and wandered away.

A few days later, Liu Yi was playing chess with the monk Xinyuan, when suddenly someone came to report that a distinguished guest was coming, and senior brother Xinyuan was invited to preside over it.Xinyuan had no choice but to say sorry, and went out with the monk.Liu Yi picked up a sunspot, suddenly smiled and said: "Is the princess here?" The Zhike monk's face was slightly sullen, but his tone was quite peaceful, and he lowered his head and said: "The benefactor, please come with me."

It is still the usual path, only turning a corner at the end of the path, passing through the hibiscus in Xilin Temple, which is so prosperous that it cannot be controlled, and it is suddenly clear in front of you, it is an independent courtyard, which is exquisite and grand, and there is a woman in white in the courtyard, The high bun of the aristocratic woman was combed, revealing the white and slender neck.The Zhike monk looked at his nose, nose and heart, and retreated silently.

Liu Yi heard his own heartbeat at that moment, it was not in a hurry, it was calm and powerful.He approached the woman in white, bowed and said, "Your Royal Highness."

The woman in white turned around slowly, her face was a little pale, and Liu Yi was stunned by her peerless beauty, suddenly remembered that there is a poem that says "flowers are more beautiful when they are pale", which is so apt.

The princess said: "It is you who want to see me?" The indifference seemed to come from a very far away place, faintly affecting the echo of the years.

"Yes," Liu Yi suddenly became in a trance, as if he had known this person for several lifetimes, involved, entangled, and could not die.

The princess said: "Could it be that you only said this word when you saw me?"

Liu Yi said: "Of course not, it just occurred to me that what I want to say to His Highness has actually already been guessed by His Highness."

The princess's eyelids drooped, silent, a butterfly flew over and landed on the princess's hairpin.The princess took out a piece of soft gauze from her sleeve, then raised her eyebrows and said: "You write what you want to say on the gauze, if it matches what I guess, that's fine, if it doesn't match—" The princess smiled slightly, and the butterfly on the hairpin looked like He was frightened and flew away.Liu Yi said: "If it doesn't match, then I will give my life to Your Highness."

The princess handed over the tulle, and Liu Yi couldn't help laughing seeing the princess's hand holding the tulle as white as jade.Seeing his smile, the princess was stunned, and said solemnly: "Do you believe that I can kill you?"

Liu Yi replied: "Your Highness can say this, obviously you already know your identity. Don't worry, Your Highness, Princess, it is definitely not His Highness who is laughing."

The princess looked at the young man in front of her. He was dressed in coarse white clothes, with handsome eyebrows and sculpted eyes. She couldn't see anything unusual, but absolutely no one dared to underestimate him, because his name was Liu Yi, who had only been on the stage for two years, and the world was overthrown by Liu Yi.The princess sighed, she was born in a noble family, and this kind of common people was not in her eyes, but her uncle once warned her not to underestimate the Jianghu, the roots of Yuwen's family are rooted in the Jianghu.Yin asked, "Then why are you laughing?"

Liu Yi found a pen and ink from the stone table, and was writing with a pen brush. Hearing this, he said with a smile: "If what I write matches what your highness thinks, please also ask the princess to give me this grace."

The princess wondered, "What grace do you want?"

"Your Highness, please allow me to tell what I laughed at just now." Liu Yi folded the tulle and handed it to the princess.The princess only opened it halfway, and said, "You can tell."

Liu Yi said with a smile: "I was thinking just now, it's not that the princess can't kill me, but she just can't bear to kill me. But I would rather win the name of dying under the peony flower." Salute and retreat.

The princess first saw him acting smartly, and wanted to stop him, only to find that he had already retreated to the gate of the courtyard. Fang realized that this son's great name in the world was not a fluke.Suddenly thinking of the frivolous words such as "the peony flowers will die" before leaving, I couldn't help feeling annoyed, and wanted to tear off the soft gauze, but the soft gauze unfolded against the wind, and seeing the two words "Beijing" written in thick ink on it, I finally hesitated. .

The first meeting between Liu Yi and Princess Xuanji was perfunctory in many fragments of wit and beauty in the later folklore, but it was the version closest to the truth, and it was unexpected that the situation was treacherous, and the chance encounter in a small border town turned out to be The biggest turning point in the fate of the Daewoo Dynasty.

In fact, "Liu Yi's Family" only used a few numbers to describe this meeting: Yi traveled to Youzhou, went to Xilin Temple to meet the Lord, the Lord laughed and cried, and said to the man: I will return to Beijing!

——Of course, it was attached by later generations. Given the situation of Princess Xuanji back then, she never dared to say a word or take an extra step.

Not long after this meeting, the battle in western Xinjiang became tense. The first emperor ordered the guards to withdraw to the pass, but Hou disobeyed his orders. With Liu Yi as his general, he led the troops to defeat Jing Guo and captured more than [-] prisoners.Emperor Luo of the Qing Dynasty was overjoyed. He wanted to add the title of Marquis of Disobedience, but the Marquis of Disobedience died in the line of duty. The former emperor had to summon Princess Xuanji back to Beijing, and bestowed the title "Mingyue", which means bright moon.The following year, Liu Yi married Princess Mingyue and served as the Minister of the Ministry of War. Since then, there have been ups and downs, ups and downs, and they have nothing to do with power ambitions.

Rong Yu looked carefully, the confrontation between Liu Yi and Jing Guo was really dangerous.At that time Jingguo stationed [-] troops, and Youzhou's garrison was less than [-], and the food and grass were only enough for one month. What kind of method has made these people to follow him to take risks with all their hearts? Although wealth and wealth are in danger, but no matter how important wealth is, it is definitely not as important as life.

The strangest thing is that the disobedient Hou died not on the battlefield, but from the plague that was prevalent in the army.This is so strange, isn't it a miracle that someone with the dignity of a prince should be infected with the plague that is prevalent among the soldiers of the upper and lower ranks?Logically, the military doctor in charge of this matter should be sentenced to death, but the history books only vaguely skipped it and dealt with it hastily.Rong Yu closed the book and thought: This disobedient Hou was exiled because of disobedience, and died because of disobedience. The word disobedience is really suitable for him.

Fang thought of this festival, Zhishu came to ask for instructions: "I don't know what your mother wants to have for dinner?"

Rong Yu said: "Don't you have a food list in your hand?"

Zhishu muttered, and it took a long time to explain, it turns out that Zhiqi has always been in charge of important matters in the palace, and Zhishu and Zhihua are completely unaware of the rest.Rong Yu's heart sank when she heard the words, she just remembered and asked, "Where did Zhiqi go?" Zhishu replied that Zhiqi was invited by the Queen Mother and never came back.

Rong Yu's heart suddenly became uneasy again, although she expected to use the method of Prince Ping, Zhiqi would never have a chance to talk, but if the empress dowager personally tried the trial, the outcome would be unknown.If Zhiqi reveals her deal with Pingjun Wang, then Pingjun Wang is fine, Xin Yu may not be willing to take his life, but her life, will he be willing to take it?Rong Yu touched the restless flesh and blood in his stomach, and suddenly became discouraged - if he was determined to be ruthless, then it would be fine.

Zhiqi didn't come back after all, and he didn't come back at night.Rong Yu naturally knew what happened, and when the people below asked again, he only reassured them not to panic, saying that Zhiqi had another place to go, and ordered Zhishu to take care of Cuihu Residence temporarily.The people at the bottom left as ordered, only to know that the picture seemed to be hesitating, so Rong Yu left her behind and asked what was the matter.

Zhihua said: "Sister Qi left me something when she left, and told me that if she didn't come back, I would hand it over to your empress."

Rong Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What is it?"

Seeing Rong Yu's appearance, Zhi Hua said tremblingly: "Go back to your mother, this servant doesn't know."

Rong Yu realized that he had lost his composure, and hurriedly said softly: "I forgot, it was something that I taught Zhiqi to collect, and it has been said for more than a year. I don't want Zhiqi to remember it before leaving, and it is really difficult for her."

Zhihua said: "Sister Qi also said the same." After saying that, he handed over a wooden box with both hands, Rong Yu smelled the fragrance on the box, it was lighter than sandalwood, clearer than musk, more elegant than floral fragrance, and for a moment he thought Not knowing what kind of incense it is, she took the wooden box and said to Zhihua: "Okay, I understand, you go down." Zhihua hurriedly went down as if she had been pardoned.

Rong Yu held the wooden box in his hands, there was something in the wooden box, it was more than double the usual weight, dark brown, dark glazed, and there was a seal on the box, with the word "况" on the seal. Rong Yu recognized the official seal, and pondered: I don't have any reason to fall into her hands. What does she mean by leaving this, a threat or a warning?It's a pity that she went to the Compassionate Ning Palace this time, even if she wanted to, she couldn't save her.

——Then what is in this box?

She thought about it carefully, and counted all the things she knew about chess, but none of them matched. The more she thought about it, the more curious she became. At first, she wanted to throw it away and not be tempted, but later, she wanted to take a look. It's getting worse and worse, she can't suppress it anyway, she knows at least three ways to recreate the firemark without leaving any traces, but whether to look at it or not, Rong Yu pressed his hand on the wooden box, maybe this is the biggest trap , as long as she opens it, there is no way out?

Does anyone have a way out?Rong Yu sneered, and looked up, the sky was suppressed by green clouds, the wind blew up, and the weather turned cold all of a sudden.

Xin Yu came in the evening.He helped Rong Yu up, and stared at her for a long time, his brows and eyes were immersed in the twilight, giving off a very confused atmosphere.Rong Yu looked at his thin profile, and thought: If the queen mother really wants to kill her, the only one who can save her is this man in front of him, and he has a thousand things wrong with him, and it is always good for her... Thinking about it, there is a bit of gentleness in the eyebrows and eyes, and the foundation of gentleness is the sadness of being dependent on each other.

Xin Yu asked: "You were assassinated in Biluo Palace today, is there such a thing?" Rong Yu didn't have time to think, turned over and knelt down, and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

Xin Yu hesitated for a while, but finally stretched out his hand to support her and said, "You are a man now, so there is no need for that. As long as I can take it, I will always take it for you."

He spoke these few words extremely slowly, but Rong Yu could hear them clearly. He was willing to take responsibility for her, but he would never allow her to deceive and betray her.

(End of this chapter)