Gu Xijue's "Warm Love" Collection

Chapter 60 I'm always by your side (27)
Episode [-]: Burning Heart
March [-], Shangsi Festival.

It was on this day that 15-year-old Fu Yuanzheng met 12-year-old Lu Wanyu for the first time.At that time, he had just buried Fu Bo, the only old loyal servant who accompanied him, and Lu Wanyu came from a family of officials and officials, and was the only daughter of Chief Xiu Nei. Because she was obsessed with kiln work, she often dressed as a man and went to and from various kilns.

Fu Yuanzheng is the grandson of Fu Junyan, a former Hanlin scholar Chengzhi, but his parents died early, so Fu Bo takes care of everything.However, since this spring, he has had nothing but the family property that is barely enough to live on.At that time, Lu Wanyu had just slipped out of the house and was playing in the river by herself.While playing, she saw Fu Yuanzheng.

Fu Yuanzheng was clasping a turquoise bamboo flute with his fingers, playing it slowly.Lu Wanyu couldn't help feeling a little sad when she listened to the seemingly endless loop of music.

After the song was played, she even forgot for a moment that she still had to go to the kiln.

Fu Yuanzheng also saw her.

"This song is wonderful." Lu Wanyu ran up to him and asked, "May I ask you brother, what is the name of the song?"

""Recalling the Old Man"." Fu Yuanzheng said lightly.

From then on, apart from going to the kiln, Lu Wanyu's most important thing was to play with Fu Yuanzheng and listen to him play.Fu Yuanzheng was reluctant to talk to her at first, but he was courteous and could not stand her stalking, so he let her sit aside.After a long time, it has become a habit to have such a person around.

It was only later that Lu Wanyu found out that the biggest reason why Fu Yuanzheng didn't pay her much attention was because he never thought Lu Wanyu was a man from the very beginning.Whether a man or a woman gives or accepts a kiss, he still respects it carefully.However, Lu Wanyu still couldn't figure it out, how could this person see through her at a glance without being recognized after spending so long at the kiln's mouth?But Fu Yuanzheng just smiled and refused to say anything.

Later, the elders of the Fu family found him and handed him over to Fu Yunhuai, an uncle who was also an official in the court, to be raised.After that, Fu Yuanzheng lived in a big house and had a lot of brothers.The elders told him that he was the sixth child.

In this way, it will not be as easy for Wanyu to find him.Seeing less, Lu Wanyu felt that she missed that person who was always elegant and calm even more.Sometimes I can't sleep at night because of thinking about it, and I finally fall asleep, and it's all about him in my dreams. She understands the so-called "sleeping and thinking, tossing and turning" in the book.She couldn't sleep well at night, and she didn't even want to go to the kiln during the day, she just wanted to sit beside him and listen to a piece of music quietly.

So when she was free, she went to sit in the teahouse in the alley of his house, with her eyes fixed on the door, as long as he went out, she would have a way to drag him away.Just like that, she watched him change from a mature boy into a handsome young man.When she sat and listened to his music, she no longer cared whether the music was good or not, but just stared at him blankly.

Fu Yuanzheng has grown up, and Lu Wanyu has also reached Jiji's age.On that day, she changed into women's clothing, light yellow narrow-sleeved trousers, a carmine tube top inside, and a smoky pink long skirt, fresh and lovely, slim and graceful.Fu Yuanzheng saw her in women's clothing for the first time, and there was a little turmoil in his usually calm eyes.

In the evening, when Fu Yuanzheng was reading the scriptures, every word jumped into his eyes and turned into Lu Wanyu in women's clothes.Every frown and smile is full of Liu Jinghua's charming attitude.

All of a sudden, the tears ran out, and Fu Yuanzheng was about to call for help, when he raised his eyes, he saw the silhouette of a woman outside the window.He secretly sighed, did he really hurt lovesickness?
He got up to open the door, and when he looked outside, he saw Wanyu covered in mud. He couldn't help being startled, "How did you get in?"

She smiled brightly, "Over the wall."

He froze on the spot.

"Tomorrow, I will reach my age and I can get married." She stared at him blankly with her big bright eyes open.

"Marry..." He had never heard a girl talk about marrying so confidently, and the younger sisters in his family were ashamed to say it.

"Father said that the second son of Wai Lang's family, a member of the Ministry of Industry, is coming to propose marriage." Her rosy lips pressed slightly, her face full of shyness.

Hearing this, Fu Yuanzheng was slightly suffocated for breathing.

"If I marry him, I won't be able to see you again from now on." She took another step towards him, and when she looked up, the two were already very close.

The two sides were silent for a long time.

In the end, it was Fu Yuanzheng who spoke first.His breath was a little unsteady, and his voice was a little hoarse: "If I say, please marry me and stay with me for the rest of your life, would you be willing?"

As soon as the words finished, Lu Wanyu smiled sweetly in front of his eyes, and lightly opened her thin lips and said, "Then tell me, how long is a lifetime?"

"A lifetime..." Fu Yuanzheng was stopped by the question, and he couldn't tell the length of a lifetime with his full knowledge.

"For a lifetime..." Wanyu suddenly stood on tiptoe, pecked lightly at the corner of his lips, and then whispered into his ear, "until death."

Fu Yuanzheng only felt that the first half of her sentence scratched his whole body like a feather, but the second sentence was so firm that it hit his heartstrings directly.With a buzzing sound, all his rationality collapsed in an instant, he stretched out his arms and hugged her, and murmured: "Don't worry, I will find a way."

Fu Yuanzheng avoided the nursing home, secretly sent Wanyu out of the back door, turned around and was about to go back to his room, but saw his fourth brother, Fu Yuanduo, in front of the porch.Among the many brothers, Fu Yuanzheng looks the most similar to this fourth brother, and is also the closest.

It's just that Fu Yuanduo has been in poor health since he was a child, and has been sick all the time.

"Fourth brother?"

Fu Yuanduo coughed lightly, hesitated to speak, and finally said: "Go to bed early."

"Yeliang, I'll send fourth brother off."

"No need." Fu Yuanduo glanced at him, turned around, and coughed again on the way.

Three days later, Feng Qing, the second son of Wai Lang's family, a member of the Ministry of Industry, fell off his horse, broke his leg, and reportedly injured his head.

When Fu Yuanzheng heard the news, he was a little surprised.He originally wanted to intercede with his clan uncle, so he went to propose marriage before the family of Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Industry.But it just so happened that the family uncle was busy with work these few days, and he was out of the city, so that he was at a loss, like ants on a hot pot every day, and even went to ask the fourth brother...

After sitting for a while, there was a familiar coughing sound from outside the door.Before Fu Yuanduo could knock on the door, the door opened.

"Are you free? Play a game of chess with me." Fu Yuanduo glanced at him with a cold voice.Fu Yuanzheng lowered his eyes slightly, seemingly absent-minded.

Fu Yuanduo ignored him, walked in and sat down at the chess table.

"Chang Shibo recommended me a month ago to go to the Imperial Academy to take the exam and choose chess." Fu Yuanduo slowly stretched out his hand, picked up a sunspot from the chess pot, and placed it on the four or four places on the upper left. "Yesterday, someone said that I won."

Fu Yuanduo was unable to take part in the imperial examination because of his infirmity. This was his unspeakable pain for a long time.Qi Daizhao is not an official, has no rank, but just gives him a place to go, which is really not a happy event.Fu Yuanzheng didn't know whether to say congratulations, so Fu Yuanduo said first: "Today, you will be the first to hold the black."

"Why?" Fu Yuanzheng regretted it as soon as he opened his mouth.In the past, he played chess with his fourth brother, but his fourth brother never won.He was absent-minded today, and when he heard that he was asked to go first, he blurted out.When he walked to the chess table, he was too embarrassed to even look at Fu Yuanduo.

On the contrary, Fu Yuanduo didn't care about it, his dark eyes rolled up, and he said with a smile: "I will lose because of white, so it's better to be more magnanimous."

Fu Yuanzheng watched him put down the last seat, and felt sore in his heart, "Fourth brother is not as good as me in chess..."

Fu Yuanduo responded calmly: "If you lose, you lose. There are so many excuses. With your qualifications, if you are not so upright, you can really inherit the will of your father, or even better."

Fu Yuanzheng didn't understand why the fourth brother had such an evaluation of him.

"Some things, as long as the goal can be achieved, the means will be used." Fu Yuanduo said leisurely.

Fu Yuanzheng looked at him suddenly, and was startled unconsciously. With his cleverness, he seemed to have guessed something, but he didn't want to believe it. "Fourth brother, could it be that you did that?"

Fu Yuanduo smiled unpredictablely, "If you think so, then so be it."

Fu Yuanzheng's hand holding the chess piece froze slightly. It turned out that the falling horse was not God's help, but man-made.

The next day, Fu Yuanzheng hurried out after breakfast.As expected, Lu Wanyu was sitting at the outermost table of the teahouse in a muslin shirt.When Fu Yuanzheng sat down beside her, Wanyu smiled at him and said, "It's you, isn't it?"

Fu Yuanzheng was taken aback for a moment, and then immediately understood that she was asking about the fall of Mr. Feng's horse.He has no habit of lying, "It's my fourth brother."

Her smile began to spread, "So you have accomplices." It seemed that she decided that he was in charge of the whole thing.Fu Yuanzheng didn't intend to explain further, so he didn't answer.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Wanyu just took it as his acquiescence, giggled, and said, "I have to go to the kiln for a while, so you can accompany me."

"Ah."

"Take me to Rongyuelou for lunch?" She began to push forward.

"Naturally." He replied gently and softly.

Entering and exiting the kiln requires a specific copper waist card, and this Wanyu has already been prepared.When leaving the teahouse, he handed it to Fu Yuanzheng, "Take it, otherwise you won't be able to get in."

Fu Yuanzheng took the bronze medal in his hand and looked it over and over again. There were information such as name, position, height, and characteristics on it. He couldn't help laughing, "So my name is Yuan Lang. Yuan Lang, Yuan Lang?"

Wanyu was exposed by him, she blushed and said angrily, "Don't like it? If you don't like it, give it back to me."

"No." Fu Yuanzheng quickly hid it in his arms, and said with a smile, "I like it very much."

As soon as she entered the kiln, Wanyu fell into the water like a live fish, and there were masters she knew well in every key place.In the blank room, she sat down on the dirty stool, hugged the mud head, and waved to Fu Yuanzheng, "Come and help me spin the wheel."

Fu Yuanzheng walked over as he said, and shook the slender wooden stick on the stone wheel, and the stone wheel began to spin rapidly.Wanyu lowered her head, carefully lifted and pressed, squeezed and stretched, and the mud ball began to take shape.

The stone wheel soon slowed down, and Fu Yuanzheng turned it again.Wanyu didn't raise her head until she pulled the whole shape of the vessel.At that moment, the golden sunlight came in from the straight edge of the window, projecting her thick eyelashes on her flushed cheeks.The color of the eyes has been hidden in the dark, but there is a serious and determined light.Fu Yuanzheng watched her quietly from the side.

A sutra bottle was formed, Wanyu carefully removed it from the stone wheel and put it aside.At this moment, a strand of beautiful hair slipped from her bun, and she stretched out her hand to tidy it up, but unexpectedly wiped the mud on half of her face.She didn't mind at all, she turned her head and smiled at Fu Yuanzheng who was a little absent-minded.

Fu Yuanzheng kept his face straight, and reached out to help her fix her hair.Wanyu smiled sweetly, and said, "This will have to dry in the shade for a few days, I'll take you to see the kiln."

It was the first time for Fu Yuanzheng to see such a scene: the fire spewed out from a huge chimney, and the kiln's eyes were bursting with red light, which was very shocking.I just feel that the unremarkable porcelain clay has been completely reborn after being fired in this way, and the way of doing this is too mysterious.

Coming out of the kiln, Wanyu kept complaining that she was hungry.Fu Yuanzheng took her straight to Rongyue Tower.Rong Yue Lou is the most prestigious restaurant in Beijing.Its dishes are exquisite and its layout is elegant, so rich people in the capital flock to it.

It was Wanyu's first time here, looking at the neatly arranged woodcut menus on the plain lacquer plate, she didn't know how to choose.It was Fu Yuanzheng who came here once with his uncle and was so impressed with several dishes that he ordered them all.

"Gizzard sticks, Qunxian soup...it looks delicious." Wanyu rubbed her stomach as soon as the waiter left, and smiled.

Fu Yuanzheng smiled and said, "As long as you like it."

The dishes didn't come quickly, but every dish came out extremely beautiful.Maybe it's because she's hungry, Wanyu eats quickly, but her manner is not ugly.Fu Yuanzheng sat opposite, watching quietly, and occasionally picked up a small order of food with chopsticks, put it on a small plate, and brought it to her mouth.

Suddenly, Wanyu put down her chopsticks, looked at Fu Yuanzheng, stared at him for a long time, and said, "If I can sit and eat with you like this every day, I will eat well if I feel happy, I think I will soon become a stickler. "

Fu Yuanzheng originally thought that she was going to say some affectionate words, but was suppressed into a loud laugh, "Then do you want to be fat, or do you not want to be fat?"

Wanyu pretended to think for a while, and asked solemnly: "If I become round and round, will you still want me?"

Fu Yuanzheng also imitated her and pondered for a while, and when Wanyu became anxious, he said slowly: "As long as it's you, everything looks good."

Wanyu was amused, and said happily, "I used to hate myself for not being a man, but my father told me that it's better not to be a man, because men can't give birth to such beauty. You will probably catch up with my father soon."

"High regards, Master." Fu Yuanzheng nodded.

Getting along for a day, the two didn't bid farewell until sunset.Fu Yuanzheng insisted on watching Wanyu enter the house at the alley, and when he saw her fading back, he suddenly wanted to propose marriage immediately.

Back home, Fu Yuanzheng met Fu Yuanduo who had returned from the palace at the door.At this time, he was dressed in crimson, which was different from when he went.Fu Yuanzheng knew that this was probably a reward from the Holy Spirit.Before he could ask, Fu Yuanduo said, "Wear scarlet clothes and enjoy the treatment of a fifth-rank official." He said calmly, without any hint of joy or anger.

"Congratulations, brother four."

Fu Yuanduo glanced at him, coughed a few times, and said hoarsely: "Next year is the year of the competition, and then I will congratulate you."

After hearing this, Fu Yuanzheng felt a little sour in his heart, but when it came to his lips, he could only say: "Fourth brother Cheng has a good word."

For several days, Fu Yuanduo left early and returned late.Fu Yuanzheng studied the scriptures at home with peace of mind. He made an agreement with Wanyu that the day when he was named on the gold list was the time to prepare for the wedding ceremony.On that day, he gave Wanyu a jade ring belonging to his mother, and Wanyu also promised to return a gift.

At noon that day, a servant brought a finely carved wooden box, saying that it was given to the Sixth Young Master by a young master.Fu Yuanzheng was puzzled, and asked for a long time, but the servants couldn't come up with any useful words.He then sent his servants, and took the wooden box into the house. When he opened it, it was a narrow-shouldered, slender chicken-leg-shaped scripture bottle. A pair of phoenixes with wings were painted on the abdomen, with curved necks and flying tail feathers. The intertwining pattern on the inside is very dynamic.What surprised him the most was that there were four words engraved on the hidden part of the waist: forever and ever.Fu Yuanzheng couldn't help laughing, the bottle was originally a wine container, and the wine stored in the sky lasts forever, which is really interesting.

He placed it on the desk with great care, but found an inscription at the bottom, looking upside down, it was exactly the word "jade" in ancient seal script.

When seeing Fu Yuanduo again, Fu Yuanzheng felt that he was even weaker.As soon as the cold winter came, he put on a thick fox fur. Even so, his face still looked as pale as snow.On this day, the first winter snow fell, and Fu Yuanzheng knocked on the door of Fu Yuanduo's room.At this moment, the house was burning coals, and he was sweating soon after entering the house.

Fu Yuanduo laughed and said, "What kind of etiquette is there here? Do you have to get sick from the heat?" Before he finished speaking, he felt his throat a little itchy, and hurriedly took out a brocade handkerchief.

Fu Yuanzheng was taking off his jacket, when he raised his eyes, he saw a camellia on the brocade handkerchief.Because the brocade handkerchief is white, and the embroidered camellias are also white, if it wasn't for his good eyesight, it wouldn't be easy to spot.He was stunned, this should be a woman's thing, why does the fourth brother have it?
He didn't stare at him anymore, and Fu Yuanduo quickly put away the veil, and looked at him at the same time, as if to investigate.Fu Yuanzheng pretended not to see, and thought to himself, the fourth brother is so careful, there must be a secret that is inconvenient to explain.Thinking about him these days, he has only been in and out of the palace and the inner courtyard of his home. It is impossible for a maid at home, could it be... If he is a person in the palace, it is definitely not a good thing...

"What do you want from me?" Fu Yuanduo asked.

"Can't you find fourth brother if you have nothing to do?" Fu Yuanzheng asked back.

Fu Yuanduo didn't bother anymore, and asked casually: "How do you read the book?"

"Fourth brother, do you want to test me?"

"That's not necessary, your grades will only be far above mine."

Fu Yuanduo was indeed right. On the day of the Grand Competition, Fu Yuanzheng became a Jinshi of the Jiake Division and was hand-picked as Tanhualang.He lived up to the promise, and told the uncle of the Ming clan that night, wishing to go to the Lu family to be hired as soon as possible.Uncle Clan's expression was a bit cloudy, but he still didn't object after all.

When Fu Yuanzheng returned to his room, the night wind in the corridor was very strong, and there was a smell of rain coming.

After Fu's family hired her, the Lu family began to arrange for the dowry.Wanyu's boudoir was full day by day, with utensils wrapped in red silk piled up everywhere.Those red silks reflected on Wanyu's face, like spring flowers outside the window.

While Fu and Lu were busy, Fu Yuanduo fell ill.

After Fu Yuanzheng learned about it, he went to the kitchen to get Fu Yuanduo's medicine, and went towards his room.

The doors and windows in the room were closed tightly, and Fu Yuanzheng pushed the door open to enter. The room was dark and unclear, and there was a rotten suffocation blowing towards his face.He frowned slightly and called out, "Fourth Brother?"

Fu Yuanduo lay on his side, the sudden cool wind and voice woke him up, and he replied feebly: "Sixth brother?"

Fu Yuanzheng put the medicine bowl on the table and lit the oil lamp.

"It's me, I'll bring medicine to fourth brother."

With the light, Fu Yuanzheng finally saw Fu Yuanduo's face clearly.His originally pale face was now a little abnormally red, and his eyes that were always shining had also become a little lax.Fu Yuanzheng walked to the bed, stretched out his hand to touch Fu Yuanduo's forehead, and was startled, "Fourth brother, why is it so hot?"

Fu Yuanduo didn't have any extra strength, he just half-opened his eyes and said in a low voice: "I'm sick, just take a few doses of medicine and you'll be fine."

Fu Yuanzheng quickly helped him sit up and gave him medicine.Fu Yuanduo drank it without saying a word, watched him put the bowl back, and asked again: "Is the wedding date set?"

"It's fixed, it will be half a year later. Fourth brother, get better soon."

Fu Yuanduo didn't seem to hear the words behind him, but murmured: "Half a year later..."

When Fu Yuanzheng left, Fu Yuanduo looked at his back and sighed heavily in his heart: I'm sorry.

Because of his engagement, Fu Yuanzheng would occasionally come in and out of Lu's house.It was a fine day, and the magnolias in Lu's courtyard had disappeared, but the Taiping flowers were in full bloom.

"I heard that the sixth son has sealed the Baozhang Pavilion to wait for control?" Wanyu hid among the flowers, looking around, but the "sixth son" really meant to be a joke.

Fu Yuanzheng looked at her, and just smiled softly: "I haven't made any progress in my official career, so it's not worth mentioning."

Listening to Wanyu, she felt that he was more humble and polite, and he was not arrogant because of his admission, so she was a little more happy.Suddenly she picked a flower, ran up to him, and said with a charming smile, "This flower is beautiful, you should squat down, and I will put it on the hairpin with you."

Fu Yuanzheng grabbed her hand, shook his head and said, "It's too plain."

Wanyu let him hold it, and teased him with a chuckle, "That's right, the Sixth Young Master has a bright future, and he should be full of flowers and flowers."

Hearing this, Fu Yuanzheng pulled her into his arms with a little force, and said softly, "If you dare to laugh at me, you will be punished."

"Punishment for what?" Wanyu raised her head, her chest was thumping.

There was a glint in Fu Yuanzheng's eyes, he reached out his hand to gently lift her chin, stroked it carefully, then leaned down, and kissed her on the center of her brow, where there was a small beauty spot.

This year's Lixia not only rained, but also thundered.

When Fu Yuanzheng came out of the palace, he didn't get into his own carriage, but staggered away in the rain all the way, as if Bigan had been dug out of his heart.

Marriage to Princess Jiachun should have been something that all men in the world would be proud of.Although Jiachun's mother died young, her mother's family is a powerful family, and has been an official in the dynasty for generations, with a deep foundation.And it is rumored that she is beautiful and intelligent, and has always been loved by the emperor, who raised her by her side since she was a child.When she grew up, the emperor also allowed her to have the right to choose her own son-in-law.But now, she didn't choose anyone, but she chose him - Fu Yuanzheng.

The decree has been issued and there will be no changes.

When he left the palace, he saw a group of palace people passing by his eyes carrying pots of white camellia.Because the eyes were familiar, I couldn't help but stop and take a second look.Huang Men, who led the way, said with a flattering smile, "Does the son-in-law also like this white camellia? This is Princess Jiachun's favorite."

That day, Fu Yuanzheng was carried home from the wine shop in the south of the city by his servants.He has always been temperate and never got drunk, but when he got drunk, he fell asleep in a daze.When he woke up again, the first person he saw was Fu Yuanduo.

Fu Yuanduo silently fed him the medicinal soup for sobering up.Fu Yuanzheng half-closed his eyes and remained silent.

"When you entered the palace in the afternoon, Wanyu came to look for you." Fu Yuanduo took a long time to speak.

"I'll go see her tomorrow." Fu Yuanzheng said, and suddenly opened his eyes, staring straight at Fu Yuanduo, "Fourth brother—do you have anything else to tell me?"

Fu Yuanduo frowned and stared at him, hesitant to speak.

Fu Yuanzheng sneered, "Fourth Brother has nothing to say to me, but I do have something to ask Fourth Brother. I wonder if Fourth Brother will be desperate for the one he loves?"

Fu Yuanduo was startled, and then smiled wryly: "Since you know everything, I might as well tell you, if I can have both, I won't show off for a while."

The next day, after returning from Lu's house, Fu Yuanzheng went straight to the house.Just now she happily told him that she wanted to burn the dowry by herself... How could he bear such a woman?

But once in the room, Fu Yuanzheng was stunned.

Fu Yuanduo sat in his room, like a stone Buddha, as if he had been waiting for him for a long time.

"What's wrong? Fourth brother."

Fu Yuanduo turned his eyes slightly, pointed at the chess table opposite, and said softly: "Sixth brother, I have a game of chess here. It was originally set up by a foreigner. There are 36 pieces. Would you like to try it with me?"

Fu Yuanzheng was taken aback for a moment, what did he mean by playing chess at this juncture?
At the beginning, Fu Yuanduo said, "I don't agree."

Why?Fu Yuanzheng refused to accept it, but he was absent-minded, and repeatedly lost in the middle game.

During the melee, Fu Yuanduo said again: "If you insist on resisting the order, not only will this family be destroyed, but she will definitely not be able to use the dowry in this life."

Before the end, he was already defeated.This was the first time he lost to Fu Yuanduo, and it was a disastrous defeat.

Fu Yuanduo looked at him, sighed slightly, and finally said with deep meaning: "It's not that you are not allowed to marry, it's just a later date. Could it be that you can't wait?"

Fu Yuanzheng sneered, if he marries again, he will not be a wife anymore.He stared at the remnant chess game, without saying a word or moving, as if he had settled down.

At night, Fu Yuanzheng walked in the courtyard like a wandering soul, his heart seemed to be full of messes, and at other times it seemed to be hollowed out, with a cool breeze passing through.Before he knew it, he had reached the backyard.There is a meditation hall in the backyard, and only the servants would clean it on weekdays, but recently, candles were lit inside.

He approached and found that the clan uncle and fourth brother were inside.

"Today's imperial court looks prosperous, but it is actually rotten. When I was young, I used to have thousands of ambitions. I fantasized that I would punish rape and eliminate evil with my own body. I don't allow a little sand in my eyes. Only now do I understand that it is not good to be an official." It's..." The clan uncle was disappointed.

Fu Yuanduo remained silent.

The uncle of the clan looked sad, "If I hadn't been too stubborn back then, insisting on not listening to your elder father's words, and standing on the side of the peace faction, I would not have let you be taken as a hostage, and poisoned and harmed, so that into what it is now.”

Fu Yuanzheng was terrified. He always thought that the fourth brother was just in poor health since he was a child. It turned out that there was another reason for this.

Fu Yuanduo finally raised his head, coughed lightly, and said calmly: "Father taught me that if you lose your horse, you don't know it's a blessing. I'm weak and can't take the imperial examination to be an official. It's not because of God's blessing.”

Moisture filled the uncle's eyes, and he murmured, "But this time..."

Fu Yuanduo interrupted: "If there is support from Jiachun's mother's family, it will be just around the corner to persuade the king to set up the Central Plains. Although Liu Lang has just entered the officialdom, with his exquisite mind, he will be able to weigh the interests. He will be a person who knows the general situation. , I believe him."

Fu Yuanduo's words were like falling stones, hitting Fu Yuanzheng's heart heavily.Back then, his father was an upright and upright official, and every day he thought about it, nothing but being loyal to the country and pleading for the people.But the result of such a night of food and clothing is that he died young and died of exhaustion.He still remembers his father's warning before his death: "To be a loyal minister, you often have to know more about deceit and insidious ways than a treacherous minister, so that you can truly do something for the country and the people."

He closed his eyes and leaned against the pillar, feeling extremely bitter in his heart.It turned out that now his choice is not only related to him alone and his family.Princess Jiachun's mother's family is deeply rooted in the imperial court, but she has always been unclear about the Northern Expedition to recover the Central Plains.If he can become Jiachun's son-in-law, the main battle faction of the Fu family will have a better chance of winning.If he really destroyed his family and went to the country because of his own selfish desires, it was just for a moment of pleasure, but there will be no eggs under the nest...

Fu Yuanzheng finally accepted the marriage offer calmly, and the engagement between the Fu and Lu families ended without a problem.The most ironic thing is that the dowry porcelain of Princess Jiachun is still in charge of the Lu family.

Fu Yuanzheng didn't go to Lu's house again, but every day he went in and out of Fu's house, he would stop and quietly look at the teahouse at the entrance of the alley for a while.

And Lu Wanyu never came to look for Fu Yuanzheng again, as if she had disappeared from his life since then.

It's autumn and the wedding is approaching, but news about the Lu family is spreading wildly.It is said that one day, the current Holy Majesty wore a red robe and walked past a piece of white porcelain in the palace. When he saw that the white porcelain was reflected in a very attractive red color, he ordered to repair the white porcelain. The kiln must burn this kind of red porcelain.But this kind of red glaze is extremely unstable, especially difficult to fire.Today, everyone from the kiln worker to Lu Zongxing, the head of the repair department, is in constant panic.

On this day, Fu Yuanzheng rested at home.A servant sent a letter, saying that it was brought to Liu Shao by a young master outside the door.Fu Yuanzheng reached out to take it, and saw four clear and beautiful words on the envelope: Fu Liuqin.

His mind was shocked, and he quickly sent his servants, opened it and looked——

"The autumn wind is clear, the autumn moon is bright, the fallen leaves gather and disperse, and the jackdaws roost and startle again. When lovesickness will meet each other? It is embarrassing at this night! Enter my lovesickness gate, and know my lovesickness. Long lovesickness, long lovesickness, short lovesickness. Infinity Pole, if I knew it was such a stumbling block, why didn't I know each other at the beginning."

Each of these words pierced from his eyes to his heart like a nail.Especially the last few words, every stroke is full of determination and chill.

Lu Mansion.Autumn leaves are bleak.By the window, Wanyu was flipping through an old booklet.This album was obtained by her at the kiln one day.It's strange to say that that day a kiln worker with an unfamiliar face hurried towards her and almost bumped into her. The booklet fell from him, but he walked in a hurry, and Wanyu never found this person. .After flipping through it, she found that some anecdotes were specially recorded in this booklet.One of them wrote: A filial daughter died in the kiln in order to save the father of the kiln worker who could not burn the imperial porcelain, and the pot was made after her death.

She stayed up for days, watching the story over and over all day and night.

At this moment, she is waiting.If he can come and tell her that he doesn't marry the princess, then no matter how far away the world is, she will be willing to accompany her life and death, even if she bears the name of disloyalty and disfilial piety.But, if he doesn't arrive before dark...

"Sixth Brother." Fu Yuanduo pushed the door open and entered. His cough seemed to be much better these days.

Fu Yuanzheng hid the letter behind his back and squeezed it tightly.

"There's no need to hide it. I saw it when she delivered it." Fu Yuanduo turned his back to the direction of the setting sun, the expression on his face was hidden in the dark, and his whole body was hazy.

Fu Yuanzheng was heartbroken, and said, "If I go back on my word, will fourth brother stop me?"

Fu Yuanduo snorted coldly and said, "We have made a plan. If you want to go back on your word, it's easy to put me down now. You're stepping on my dead body. Let's go."

Fu Yuanzheng made a sudden pounce, and in an instant, he threw Fu Yuanduo to the ground.Fu Yuanduo's back hit the ground heavily, and his brows twitched in pain.But he didn't shout out, just opened his eyes calmly and stared at Fu Yuanzheng.Obviously it was Fu Yuanzheng who threw him down, but Fu Yuanzheng was trembling badly. He muttered, "Why did you force me? Why? Why..." A tear fell on Fu Yuanduo's forehead, and then slid down the side. Leaves a cold trail.

"Sixth Brother..." Fu Yuanduo closed his eyes and sighed, "I won't force you, you decide for yourself."

After a while, he felt his body loosen, and Fu Yuanzheng had let go of his strength, and fell to the side.

Fu Yuanduo breathed a sigh of relief, he understood that Fu Yuanzheng had already made a choice.

The setting sun faded away the last gleam of afterglow.Lu Wanyu looked up at the sky, a smile appeared on her lips, but tears welled up from her eyes, in the blurred tears, scenes of joy with him in the past flashed by, so much of the past, it turned out to be fake.

The official delivery date is getting closer, but the kiln still can't make that kind of red porcelain.

If it is overdue, it is deceiving the king.

The next morning, when the sun was rising, Lu Wanyu arrived at the kiln.Not long ago, she made a water purification bottle by herself.The shape of the bottle is similar to the water purification bottle in the temple, but it is different. It has a thin neck, which gradually widens downwards and becomes an apricot-shaped belly.On the belly of the bottle, she painted small stones and cattail grass, and accompanied it with the song "Autumn Wind Ci".

This one bottle was put into the kiln along with what the kiln workers made, their last hope.Everyone hung their hearts and stared closely at the soaring kiln fire.

At noon, everyone gradually dispersed to eat.

Suddenly, the inside of the kiln burst into flames, shooting straight into the sky from the huge chimney.Master Kanse was eating when he suddenly dropped his bowl and rushed over.

"Someone has died in the kiln!" Who knows who was the first to shout out, and then the kiln was in chaos.

Seven days later, open the kiln.

The porcelain in the kiln was broken.Only one bottle shaped like a water purification bottle was intact, and the glaze was bright red, crystal clear and moist, like blood-stained.

Lu Zongxing, the chief of Xiunei, presented the bottle in the hall.Today, he was overjoyed and wanted to increase the official award, but Lu Zongxing refused to resign, and resigned on the grounds that he was too ill to stay in the post.I asked him to stay several times today, and then let him go.

On the wedding day of Jiachun and his son-in-law, this bottle will go away with the marriage.

In the bridal chamber, huge dragon and phoenix red candles illuminated the room like daytime.Fu Yuanzheng suddenly saw the bottle and saw the song "Autumn Wind Ci" that had been burned into his bone marrow. He felt a fishy sweetness in his throat, and then he coughed violently. He covered his mouth with his hands, and his palms were stained red with blood.

The first snow of winter arrived as expected.The doors and windows of Fu Yuanzheng's house were closed tightly, and there was no sound at all.Dressed in fox fur, Jiachun took the decoction from the maid and pushed open the door alone.

"My son-in-law, it's time to take your medicine." Her voice was like a yellow warbler coming out of the valley, and it was especially sweet.

Fu Yuanzheng was silent, just sitting quietly.

Jiachun brought the medicine in front of him and fed it mouthful by mouthful.Watching him swallowing little by little, her eyes gradually softened.

I don't know how long he had been feeding a bowl of soup and medicine. After putting it down, Jiachun took out a brocade handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped away the little medicine juice left on his lips.

Suddenly, Fu Yuanzheng raised his hand and grabbed Jiachun's wrist.He used great strength, as if he wanted to crush her wrist.

While Jiachun was in pain, he let go of his hand, and the brocade handkerchief slipped from between his fingers.Fu Yuanzheng's eyes followed the handkerchief to the ground, and when it landed, there was a snow-white camellia on it!

He laughed violently, coughing into a ball of laughter again.

"You knew a long time ago that the fourth brother is not me?" He asked with difficulty.

Jiachun nodded without hiding anything, "It's not hard to know."

"Then you still choose me to be your son-in-law? You are not afraid..."

Jiachun's eyes were firm, "I have no choice. If I gamble, I may not win; if I don't gamble, I will definitely lose."

Fu Yuanzheng was depressed, "I gambled, and I lost everything."

After marriage, Fu Yuanzheng walked out of the son-in-law's mansion for the first time.It's been two months, and there are some things that he wants to confirm.

However, as soon as he arrived at the gate of Fu's residence, he was startled by the sight in front of him.The entire Fu Mansion was wrapped in white cloth, a desolate scene.He staggered in, and the servants all recognized him, they just called out "Master Son-in-Law" again and again in a daze.

"I knew that you would come to me sooner or later." Fu Yuanduo knelt in front of the coffin in mourning, and said sadly.

Fu Yuanzheng looked at Fu Yuanduo, at the face that was [-]% like him, but now, because of his illness, the two of them were [-]% like him.

"What's the matter?" His voice was hoarse, as if he had swallowed charcoal and ruined it.

"Father invited himself to the Pioneer Camp. Unfortunately, there was no body shrouded in horse leather. Because under the chaotic rocks, it was impossible to distinguish clearly." Fu Yuanduo tried his best to speak calmly, but his voice still trembled uncontrollably.

Fu Yuanzheng knelt down, kowtowed in front of the spirit, and burned incense again, "Since Uncle died for the country, why is there such a desolate scene at home?" He was puzzled.

"Father has been waiting for too long. The timing is not good this time, but he can't wait any longer. In fact, you know, the Fu family has always been the only ones who want the court to regain their lost ground. And a Jiachun, after all, still can't shake her whole body. Mother's position." Fu Yuanduo blinked, but there were no tears in his eyes.Today, with his family broken and his family dead, he no longer wants to carry so many secrets alone.Now that Fu Yuanzheng is here, he wants to speak out.

"Sixth brother, do you still remember Feng Qing?"

"The second son of Wailang's family, a member of the Ministry of Industry?"

"It's him. Back then, you thought I was the one who planned his fall from the horse. I didn't deny it, but I didn't admit it either."

Fu Yuanzheng looked at him suddenly, Fu Yuanduo added yellow paper to the spirit, and continued: "The incident of falling from the horse that day was indeed an accident, and I just wanted to make you owe me a favor by taking advantage of it."

"Why?" Fu Yuanzheng was puzzled.

"Because my father has always wanted to win over Jiachun's mother's family to support the main battle, and the easiest way is to marry our two families. If it is a marriage, the most beloved Princess Jiachun is undoubtedly the best candidate. As for the candidates for our Fu family , I don’t need to tell you, you understand…”

Of course Fu Yuanzheng knew.Everyone said that he was most like the father, and his future was boundless.

"According to father's plan, you had to marry Jiachun. But you had a deep-seated love for Lu Wanyu at that time. I had to make you feel that I was on your side, and I could persuade you when necessary. Besides, Lu Zongxing I would never let my daughter marry Feng Qing. So, how can I not borrow this ready-made favor?"

"It wouldn't have been..."

"Yes, because Lu Zongxing looked down on the Feng family at all. Feng's fawning over the Prime Minister, the stink of it."

"What's the point of talking about it now. I just want to ask, did you show me Jiachun's brocade handkerchief that day, was it intentional or unintentional?"

Fu Yuanduo finally waited for his sentence.Speaking of Jiachun, his heart ached again.

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from you. Jiachun has the right to choose his husband and son-in-law, so I often go to and from the court as a chess player, so I created a chance encounter with Jiachun. I took your name, but I didn't expect to lose myself heart." Fu Yuanduo frowned deeply, "Sure enough, even if all the organs are exhausted, it can't be counted as God's will, and it can't be counted as people's hearts."

"Since Jiachun has the right to choose a son-in-law, why can't it be you?"

"Heh, heh heh, sixth brother, you are the grandson of the former Hanlin Yuan Chengzhi, and you are Tanhualang. Who am I? I'm just a sick child with a decent background. It is only ironic for me to give you the scarlet clothes. I started to agree with my father's plan because of my filial piety and my jealousy towards you. But after riding a tiger, I don't want to lie to you."

"Fourth brother..."

"Although what I said in the Zen room that night was intended for you to listen to, every sentence is true..." Fu Yuanduo seemed to want to pour out all the hidden secrets that had been suppressed in his heart.

Fu Yuanzheng interrupted suddenly: "Uncle said that night that your body—"

"Yes, I'm not a born sick child." Fu Yuanduo clenched his hands in his sleeves, "Forget it, time has passed and circumstances have changed, and I can't go back. However, the people you sent out, because they couldn't see you, took something Delivered to me."

Fu Yuanduo got up and said, "Come with me."

Entering Fu Yuanduo's room again, Fu Yuanzheng felt as if he had passed away.Fu Yuanduo took out an old booklet.A few pages in the brochure were torn, and there was a story recorded on it: A filial daughter died in the kiln to save the father of a kiln worker who could not make imperial porcelain.

"The person's surname is Cheng, and he said that someone deliberately let Lu Wanyu see it. As for who it is, he said, you know more about the court's schemes than he does."

"What about others?" Fu Yuanzheng flipped through the story tremblingly, and asked through gritted teeth.

"He said, this is a favor owed to you, so we won't see each other from now on." Fu Yuanduo also read this brochure, and naturally understood everything, "The Tao is one foot tall, and the devil is one foot high. It seems that Jiachun's mother's family It’s the winner behind the scenes.”

After Fu Yuanzheng listened, the past and the past finally became clear.However, he couldn't hate his uncle and the person in front of him.For the sake of their family and country, they used him, plotted against him, and made him lose his beloved, but if one lost his life and the other lost his heart, how could it be better?There is no winner in this game.Even those of Jiachun's mother's family who think they are smart, have they really won?He laughed, the dark clouds from the north had already covered the top, but they couldn't see it because they were blinded by a leaf.

"I finally understand everything. Okay, I'll help you all." Fu Yuanzheng made up his mind.

Another year of Shangsi.

On this day, Princess Jiachun ran away with her son-in-law.I was shocked today, and I asked the world for my life, but failed.Soon, the northerners invaded aggressively, and the imperial court hurriedly responded to the battle.Jiachun's mother's family was counted one by one in the court hall because of the crime of surrendering to the enemy and treason, and the whole family was punished.

Three years later, in a newly built private house on the outskirts of Fanqiu, a scholar-like man was struggling with a hen.This scholar's face is whiter than snow, and his lips are slightly pale, but his brows and eyes are full of joy in the world.

A young woman walked out of the house, although she was dressed in coarse cloth and hairpins, her gestures were extremely elegant.

"Shiro, it's been three years, and you're still in such a mess." Her voice was so gentle that water dripped out.

Fu Yuanduo turned his head and smiled at Jiachun, "Tomorrow is Wanyu's memorial day, and the sixth brother will definitely come. I want to cook a pot of chicken soup for him myself."

Jiachun nodded and said: "In the past few years, he has suffered too much."

"I never expected that he would forgive me, but I will always be grateful for his fulfillment." Fu Yuanduo's expression darkened.

Jiachun approached him, wiped his sweat with a handkerchief, and said softly: "He has already done what he wanted to do. As for the vain Yuan Zun, you still advise him to stop being attached. I hope this Once, he can stay."

Fu Yuanduo looked at his wife who was close at hand, put his hand on her shoulder, nodded, "Yes."

It was very late that day, and Fu Yuanzheng was alone, walking slowly from a distance under the moonlight.Today, he is even weaker than Fu Yuanduo due to his illness.The soap-colored robe fluttered around him, completely out of shape.His long jet-black hair was tied up carelessly, blending in with the robe.And those eyes, like a bottomless deep pool, cold and without warmth, only when they turn occasionally, it makes people think that he is not blind.Under the moonlight, his complexion is extremely white. This collision of black and white makes people dare not look directly at him.

Fu Yuanduo opened the door for him, led him to sit down, and handed him another bowl of chicken soup. He took it, but only drank half of the bowl.

"Not good?" Fu Yuanduo asked.

Fu Yuanzheng shook his head, but did not answer.Over the years, his voice seems to be getting worse and worse, and sometimes he himself is used to being a mute.

"Perhaps, Yuan Zun with great supernatural powers is really just a legend, otherwise you have been looking for it for so many years, why didn't you find it?" Fu Yuanduo sighed, "Don't look for it anymore, let us take care of you, okay?"

Fu Yuanzheng's eyeballs moved, and he opened his mouth. In the end, he still didn't make a sound, but nodded slowly.

Fu Yuanduo didn't expect him to agree so easily, and was so happy that he forgot to respond.

Early the next morning, just after dawn, Fu Yuanzheng walked to a small dirt slope not far away.There, he buried the scripture vase that Lu Wanyu gave him for the first time as a tomb, and left a wooden tablet with the inscription: "The tomb of his beloved wife, Fu Shi Wanyu."

Morning dew condensed on the tombstone in the morning, shining like tears.Fu Yuanzheng took out a handkerchief from his bosom, and wiped it quietly, back and forth again and again.When the sun rose, the golden light fell on Fu Yuanzheng's face, and he smiled.

On this day, he personally planted an acacia tree beside Lu Wanyu's tomb.He said that since the farewell, lovesickness is still like a dream.

Fu Yuanduo found that Fu Yuanzheng's memory was fading day by day. He seemed more and more stupid, forgetting who he was born in and what time he was in. Even Fu Yuanduo and Jiachun couldn't recognize him anymore.

One day, when it was raining lightly, Fu Yuanduo went to the town to buy some daily necessities.At the end corner of the market, I tripped over something and almost fell.Looking back, it turned out to be a man in black covered in blood.He didn't want to cause trouble at first, but after walking a few steps forward, he heard the man groan in pain again.His heart softened, and he folded back again.Turning over the person and seeing the face, he was startled—he recognized this face, it was the man surnamed Cheng who brought the old booklet to him that day.

Fu Yuanzheng once said that this person is a loner killer who only works for money.He unintentionally helped this person a little, and he wanted to repay his love with all his heart.It can be seen that although this person is cold-blooded, he is not a heartless person.Fu Yuanduo decided to save him.

Staggering to carry him back to the residence, Fu Yuanduo found that Fu Yuanzheng was missing.He and Jiachun searched the vicinity for a long time before finding Fu Yuanzheng who was soaking wet in the bamboo forest on the nearby mountain.At that time, Fu Yuanzheng was caressing a pole of bamboo, looking back and forth, and listening to the sound it made when it was hit by the rain.When he saw Fu Yuanduo, he boldly rushed over, pointed to this branch and begged him to cut it down.

After returning home, Fu Yuanzheng made the bamboo into a flute, and sat on the big rock in front of the house all day long, playing the song "Remembering the Old".

For another period of time, Fu Yuanduo always felt that the paper he bought was running out quickly.One night later, when he got up to go to the bathroom, he found Fu Yuanzheng sitting quietly in the moonlight, turning over a stack of papers.

Puzzled in Fu Yuanduo's heart, he approached quietly and saw a woman was drawn on each piece of paper, sitting or standing, frowning or smiling, very expressive—it was Lu Wanyu.

Fu Yuanzheng turned his head suddenly and saw Fu Yuanduo, he stopped his hands, pointed to one of the papers and asked, "Who is she?"

Fu Yuanduo looked at him—he painted it himself, but he didn't know who it was.Fu Yuanduo wanted to reach out to take it, but he refused, so he quickly hid behind him.

"Sixth brother, her name is Lu Wanyu, and she is your wife. She likes to hear you play "Remembering the Past" the most." Fu Yuanduo helped him up and told him softly.

However, the next morning, as soon as Fu Yuanduo went out, he saw Fu Yuanzheng sitting on the big rock in front of the house.He was finishing playing a song, and slowly put down the bamboo flute in his hand, and turned around and smiled at Fu Yuanduo.

Fu Yuanduo didn't know how long he hadn't seen him smile. He walked up and said with a smile, "It's so early."

"I'm going to find her." Fu Yuanzheng replied in a daze.

Fu Yuanduo asked suspiciously, "Who are you looking for?"

"My wife, Lu Wanyu."

"But she's dead. Her grave is over there."

Fu Yuanzheng looked in the direction of Fu Yuanduo's finger. In the distance, on the bare hillside, there was a green tree.He looked at the small tree in the distance, coughed a few times, but smiled, "Yes, I'm going to find her..."

Life after life, until the end of consummation.

(End of this chapter)