The sound of the string sounded at first, like the gentle gurgling of running water, and then like a jade bead sliding into a silver vase, dancing lightly and crisply, but when you hear Zhou Ehuang sing along with the sound of the string that seems to be condensed and ready to run:
You will not appear in the snow pavilion on the flower path.
Jinling Yao shines in the sky, and the Tanghua desk curtains, I have been naked for a few times, but I am afraid that tears will stain my face.
The five-stringed pipa and the breeze, the sentimental music is composed of two swallows.
The last thing is the bright moon, the sound of jade beads falling, expressing my wish.
Bounce back to loneliness.
The sound of the piano is like running water that is about to freeze with frost, swallowing astringently under the ice and begging for action, or like flying swallows flying clear in the morning and evening, wind and rain complaining about the eaves of the nest. The music of the strings makes people feel melancholy, but there is also a hint of resentment in the disappointment.
Expectations divided.
Lin Wanzhen, who had closed her eyes and was intoxicated with the music, opened her beautiful eyes, turned to Luo Xiaoyao, who looked melancholy, and whispered: "The round case that senior brother hid that day was decorated with Tang flowers embroidered on it?"
When Luo Xiaoyao heard the longing in the sound of the piano, he was thinking of Xiao Muyun. When he heard Lin Wanzhen's inquiry, he suddenly remembered that the cloth of the round case was embroidered with Tang flowers, which reminded him of the sound of Emperor Zhou E's piano.
Xingyi vaguely guessed that the person she was missing in her singing was herself. She couldn't help but sigh softly in her heart, but she responded in a low voice: "Go back first."
Lin Wan really wanted to know what he was thinking, with a hint of cunning in her smile, she nodded, followed Luo Xiaoyao and walked through the flowers, the breeze blew slowly, jumped over the courtyard wall, and disappeared into the night. With the skills of the two of them,
, Emperor Zhou E, who had no martial arts skills, was completely unaware of it.
In the east courtyard hall, Zhe Deshou, who saw Luo Xiaoyao and others returning and chatting with Shang You, smiled and said, "But the matter has been done?"
Luo Xiaoyao sighed softly, but heard Lin Wanzhen respond: "Since ancient times, we have heard that the rescued people would repay each other with their bodies, but the people who had never thought of rescuing had the intention of repaying them with their bodies. Alas, I felt lonely.
…I’m afraid the Zhou girl will have to play till dawn this time.”
Zhe De Shou was startled, and looked at Luo Xiaoyao, who was blushing and smiling awkwardly. He thought about it, but he guessed the reason. He couldn't help but sigh, "This week, the girl didn't know the pain of love, but she can't let it go.
Her innocent state of mind is impaired..."
Luo Xiaoyao nodded and said with a wry smile: "That's why I can't meet her, lest she get into trouble."
"It would be a bad thing not to see her." Zhe Deshou shook his head and said: "She has a girlish heart and a chivalrous feeling. Seeing that Brother Luo is not only handsome and handsome, but also able to fly over walls and walk on walls to punish evil, he should be the person she longs for.
It's natural to have feelings."
"And she rarely leaves home now, so she doesn't see much." Lin Wanzhen smiled sweetly and continued: "But she doesn't know that among the young talents and heroes in the world, senior brother is not the only one..."
"Just as Miss Wan Zhen said," Zhe De Shou nodded, "She has been in love for nearly two years, as if in a dream. If she doesn't break it out, over time, she may really become a demon..."
Luo Xiaoyao smiled bitterly and said: "I'm bad at words, but I don't know how to express myself with words, alas..."
"Hehe," Lin Wanzhen said with a smile: "Senior brother can create sword moves with his mind, and his talent and emotion are certainly not weak. Why not also compose a poem. With Miss Zhou's talent, I can clearly understand it."
Luo Xiaoyao was afraid that Emperor Zhou E's love would deepen and he would incur a love debt. On the way back, he was thinking about how to reject Emperor Zhou E. He was shy by nature. It would be difficult for him to express his love to others or to reject her love.
But as Lin Wanzhen said, his writing was extraordinary. When he heard this, his mind moved, so he asked the arrow guard to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, pondered for a moment, and wrote with the words of Emperor Zhou E:
The hibiscus that emerges from the water dissolves the green gauze.
Yaoguang jade washes away the beautiful flowers, and the breeze carries them away. Plum blossoms, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums are fragrant, and the southern flowers of the lake and river are eclipsed.
When Lin Wanzhen next to her saw this, she pouted and said: "Brother, you must be praising Miss Zhou's family, right? It's okay to call her the most beautiful woman in the south of the Yangtze River... Then praise her more than the elegance and beauty of plums, orchids, bamboos and chrysanthemums.
What about Senior Sister Mu Yun?
Senior brother will never say that he is not worthy of this young lady from the Zhou family, will he? Hehe, junior sister, I want to see how senior brother Xiaque writes? Maybe the little girl will also depreciate herself and reply with a song, haha, you can come to me then
Go, or forget about Senior Sister Xiao..."
After several questions and two sneers, Shang You and Zhe De Shou were secretly amused. They seemed to think that what Lin Wan Zhen said was reasonable, so they looked at each other and nodded.
All of a sudden, three pairs of eyes looked at Luo Xiaoyao, but his face suddenly turned pale and then turned red. His original intention was to praise Emperor Zhou E profusely first, but in the second half, he felt ashamed that he was not worthy of it, so he declined politely.
After hearing what Lin Wanzhen said, I couldn't help but pause and ponder. My eyes turned to the 'Water Dragon Yin' placed on the case. My thoughts moved, I dipped in ink, and immediately wrote:
The dragon sings in the clouds and the phoenixes in the sky are full of love. They have already made an appointment at the end of the world.
Smiling at the rustling rain and snow, where the wind blows and the waves surge, I write with long feelings.
I don't want to disturb my guests.
"I don't want to be a guest...well, good words." Zhe Deshou said with a smile.
"Let Brother Zhe laugh," Luo Xiaoyao put down his pen, smiled slightly, turned to look at Lin Wanzhen, and muttered: "I think...junior sister can use this word with her again when we leave Jiangning Mansion.
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"This should be the case, lest Miss Zhou get frustrated or have no intention of practicing." Lin Wanzhen nodded.
"If my going may distract her, I will ask Junior Brother Shang and Junior Sister to go together tomorrow night. Just as Brother Zhe and Junior Sister meant, Miss Zhou is naturally chivalrous and yearns to fly over walls and fly over walls, and to do chivalry and justice, but the environment
Due to limitations, I don’t have much knowledge, so I can only place my thoughts on me, and since love is just budding, it is inevitable that I will have the wrong feelings..."
"Let her divert her attention? Hee hee, that's feasible." But hearing Luo Xiaoyao's words like a love expert, Lin Wanzhen said with a sweet smile.
"This..." Shang You was startled when he heard this.
Lin Wanzhen saw the look of surprise on his face and said: "She has been keeping it in mind for more than two years. She must not be a turbulent person, but her love... was mostly due to her yearning for chivalry. Senior Brother Shang is heroic and talented.
Jun, go together and demonstrate a martial arts, which can broaden her horizons, or make her broaden her mind and look down on her obsession..."
"Is this what it is?" Shang Youdan's face turned red when he heard Lin Wanzhen's praise for him, and he smiled in embarrassment.
"How can I make it impossible?" Lin Wanzhen chuckled and said: "If it is possible, I would like to bring all the brothers from the academy together, and all of them will fly over the walls in front of her, messing up her mind, and letting her know that there are heroes in the world.
Senior Brother Luo is not the only person who is loyal to justice."
"Haha... Miss Wan Zhen's intelligence really convinced Zhe." Zhe Deshou laughed and said: "How many women in the world place their first yearnings on people who look similar to them at first sight because they are not well-informed.
When you meet someone who is not kind, if you have a lot of talented people to choose from, you will definitely have a sense of understanding. But if you know the good and bad in people's hearts, you will rarely suffer from sadness."
Luo Xiaoyao thought of Xu Wenxiang's experience and couldn't help but sigh.
On the evening of the second day, after Lin Wanzhen and Shang You went to the Zhou family's residence, Zhe Deshou asked Jianwei to fetch a jar of fine wine, and invited Luo Xiaoyao to have a drink at the pavilion in the courtyard. After toasting each other, Zhe Deshou
Shoudao: "Brother Luo, do you know why Mr. Jiang agreed to your participation in the assassination?"
Luo Xiaoyao was stunned for a moment, not knowing what Zhe Deshou meant, and said suspiciously: "Brother, please give me some advice..."
"Guide? You wouldn't dare." Zhe Deshou shook his head and said with a smile: "Two days before Zhe arrived in Bianjing, I heard that the Holy Emperor came to the Princess's Mansion and had a chat with the students of the academy?"
Luo Xiaoyao felt something in his heart, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said: "Exactly."
"The day before leaving Beijing to go south, Mr. Jiang had a conversation with Mr. Zhe and mentioned this matter..." Zhe Deshou paused and said: "In these troubled times, with the background of Brother Luo, he can be said to be a noble person.
, and if you are not serving in the imperial court, you should not be involved in danger."
"Mr. Jiang heard the words of the Holy One and realized that Senior Yi had good intentions and spent decades of hard work to keep the students sincere and aware of the great righteousness, so he did not want to let Brother Luo's passionate feelings go cold."
Just as Zhe Deshou said, as the young master of Luo Xiaoyao Tongbao Pavilion, he does not have to put himself in danger. Even if he wants to help the Zhou Dynasty, he can just send the masters in the pavilion. Luo Xiaoyao recalled Jiang Qiubai at that time
The hesitation and difficulty in making a decision must be a struggle in my heart. Thinking of this, I can't help but shake my head and smile bitterly.
"Zhe has something to do, but I need Brother Luo to agree to it."
"Brother, please give me your instructions."
"If something dangerous happens this time, Brother Luo should protect Miss Wan Zhen and retreat first... Don't act out of anger."
"This..." Luo Xiaoyao didn't expect him to say this, but was stunned.
"Zhe knows that Brother Luo is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death." Zhe Deshou said with a smile, filled up the wine for Luo Xiaoyao, raised his glasses to each other and drank it all in one gulp.
Whether it is to lead the troops, or to resist the enemy, it is the right thing to do, not to mention that a general should be benevolent... there should be no regrets."
"Brother Zhe, why did you say this?"
"Senior Yi's inheritance of Shengjiao only places his hope on future generations of talents. The Luo brothers and the academy students are all the efforts of Senior Yi. They will surely be the role models of this generation in the future. We must know how many young and promising people are in troubled times.
There is no way to teach people, and they waste their lives, or they are frustrated in their official career, or they help Zhou to do evil. With the passion of Luo brothers for their family and country, they should be able to pass on the teachings of Senior Yi."
Seeing Luo Xiaoyao's desire to argue, Zhe De Shou Zhengse said: "Brother Luo, you should know the importance of educating people in the academy, promoting virtue in prosperous times and establishing loyalty in troubled times. Why do some Confucian teachers have people who dedicate themselves to protecting them? This is because
The merit lies in the future..."
"How can Xiaoyao, who has little knowledge and knowledge, have the ability to compare with the sages?"
"Brother Luo is a man of ambition." Zhe Deshou shook his head and said: "How can we underestimate our ambitions? Your Majesty, Mr. Jiang's expectations are all aimed at the awakening of your generation and mine. With brother Luo's sincerity, he will surely lead the way.
The students of the academy offer their voices for peace in the world."
Luo Xiaoyao was deep in thought, silent for a moment, and then asked: "Brother Zhe, what do you think of Junior Sister Wan Zhen?"
Zhe De Shou knew that he intended to change the topic, he sighed in his heart, then smiled and said: "Miss Wan Zhen is quick in thinking and well-controlled in advance and retreat. She is really a rare and rare woman in Zhe... I think Commander Lin has a good way to teach his daughter.
He must be a great person, and Brother Riluo will definitely introduce him to me."
"Commander Lin is heroic and righteous, and he was once a hero in Jingnan." Luo Xiaoyao nodded and said with a smile: "Junior Brother Shang said that he dotes on Wan Zhen, but he has never seen any willfulness in her."
"Yes." Zhe Deshou nodded and said, "She is generous and well-spoken. She is really well-educated."
"My junior brother Guan Shang has feelings for her." Luo Xiaoyao chuckled and said, "It can be a matchmaking move..."
"Wan Zhen's experience is comparable to that of an ordinary woman. I think she has her own opinions in her heart, but you and I can't control the right and wrong." Zhe Deshou shook his head, then chuckled: "Hey, Senior Yi and other wise men in the academy teach well.
Let all the students know the righteousness of the family and the country, but they have not taught them to show their emotions. All of them are observant and clumsy, and are a pile of stupid wood."
Luo Xiaoyao couldn't help but smile, raised his glass and laughed, "Brother Zhe is right, a pile of wood, haha... Come, let's cheers to this pile of wood that will bloom in the future."
"Haha... OK." Zhe Deshou laughed heartily, clinking glasses with Luo Xiaoyao and drinking.
Suddenly they heard footsteps coming from the atrium corridor. The two of them looked up and saw Manager Zhu leading a man in black. Luo Xiaoyao said happily: "Mr. Mo..."
The person who came was none other than Mo Busan. Zhe De Shouzi also met him in Fuzhou. When he saw this, he got up and went to greet Luo Xiaoyao, leading him to take a seat in the cross-courtyard hall.
After sitting down, Mo Busan hesitated for a moment, raised his hands and said with a smile: "Mo was ordered by King Nanping to meet General Zhe and Mr. Luo, but he didn't know what happened? Haha, can you tell me?"
Guo Rong ordered Mo Bushan to make good use of Gao Baorong's secondment. Naturally, he would not state clearly in the imperial edict the assassination of the Liao envoy. As soon as Mo Bushan met him, he started asking straight to the point.
Zhe and Luo looked at each other and smiled. Zhe Deshou nodded and said: "With Mr. Laomo running around, we rely on him for help. How could we not tell him..."
Then he told him about asking him to help assassinate the Liao envoy. Mo Busan was surprised and heard that Lin Wanzhen recommended him. He smiled bitterly and said: "Miss Lin thinks highly of Mo. Oh, is Miss Lin here too?"
This Jiangning Mansion?"
"Junior Sister Wanzhen is so charming, how could she not come?"
"Junior sister?" Mo Busan looked slightly suspicious, then smiled and said: "Haha, it turns out that Miss Lin and Mr. Luo are already brothers and sisters in the same sect. I'm really happy."
Along with the sound of footsteps, Lin Wanzhen's voice came, "Well, Mr. Mo wants to drink and celebrate..."
As he spoke, Lin Wanzhen and Shang You had already entered the hall. Mo Busan stood up to greet them, and then smiled and said: "If Mr. Luo is willing to entertain Miss Lin, Mo will be lucky."
"It's already late, but there's no food." Luo Xiaoyao smiled and said, "If Mr. Mo doesn't mind, I'll serve pickles with wine..."
Mo Busan laughed and said, "Fine wine without delicacies is not enough. Mo will try it again tomorrow."
Everyone laughed when they heard this. After Lin Wanzhen and Shang You took their seats, Luo Xiaoyao asked: "But are you meeting Miss Zhou?"
Lin Wanzhen nodded, "I see you, Miss Zhou, but she is both disappointed and happy."
"When I went tonight, they were resting before Haishi. Junior Sister Wanzhen frightened those maids, so she asked me to use the Lost Dispersion to make the servants sleep soundly." Shang You said awkwardly: "Then Junior Sister went to knock on the door.
He opened her window and announced his identity and purpose of visit..."
Lin Wanzhen continued with a smile: "I think no one else knew about her meeting with Senior Brother. After knowing my identity, she opened the door and saw Senior Brother Shang in the corridor. She was surprised and asked Senior Brother Luo who you were.
Where..."
Lin Wanzhen paused for a moment and then said: "I told her that my senior brother is in the north and is practicing martial arts with a group of disciples and cannot come. That girl looked disappointed.
Entrusted to teach her martial arts, her worries turned into joy."
"She asked me again if I was the one who taught the evil young man of the Liu family a lesson, and I told her that the heroic act that day was not my fault." At this point, Lin Wanzhen chuckled, "That Miss Zhou was in vain.
It’s a look of disappointment, I don’t want her to look down on me, hehe, I just fluttered in front of her..."
"Haha..." Shang You laughed and continued: "At that time, junior sister Wanzhen performed Qinggong, left and right, up and down, but it made Miss Zhou stunned. After a long time, it was
After coming back to his senses, he invited the two of us into the house."
"Senior Brother Shang thought that he was not allowed to enter women's boudoir, so even though he was invited, he did not go in. Instead, he went to the pavilion in the courtyard alone. After I entered, I taught her the entrance to the 'Tai Su Heart Sutra' and explained it to her.
I understood the essentials, but I didn’t think it would be appropriate to stay for a long time, so I made an appointment with her to meet at Hai hour every night.”
"Then Miss Zhou asked me if I had free time during the day, and I was willing to teach her during the day, so I asked her how we could meet. She thought she was afraid of wronging me, but changed her mind when she saw that I agreed..." Lin Wanzhen smiled.
, "After my questioning, I just revealed that I wanted me to use her as my maid... The maid named Yanyan, as her distant relative, comes to her house every day in the afternoon."
Luo Xiaoyao nodded, "That's very good. Her house is close to the Longwu Military Office. Sneaking in and out every night is always dangerous."
"I put the poems and qi formulas given by my senior brother in a bag and gave them to her, telling her that if I don't go there after three days...she can open them and watch them."
Everyone knew that she wanted to participate in the assassination, but they were afraid that it would happen suddenly, so they made arrangements for the teaching in advance. Luo Xiaoyao and Zhe Deshou looked at each other and smiled bitterly after hearing this.
At the end of the next day, an arrow guard came to inform the Liao envoy Xiao Buye that he and his party had arrived at Qingfeng Posthouse. After learning the news, considering the seriousness of the matter, he surrendered to defend the country. Shang You personally led several arrow guards to disguise themselves as ordinary people.
Take turns to observe the entry and exit of Liao envoys and their escort around the post house.
At three o'clock on August 14th, after three days of observation, everyone gathered in the hall of the other courtyard to discuss countermeasures.
Zhe De Shou said: "The Liao people and the Longwu military guards of the Southern Tang Dynasty were very cautious in setting up their defenses. After Xiao Buye and his party arrived, they went to the palace to meet the Southern Tang emperor. They were accompanied by masters from both sides for the three round trips.
In addition to the seven masters of the Khitan Guard Division led by Zhou Tong, there are also five masters sent by the Southern Tang Dynasty, including Shen Liancheng and Gu Yanchun, as well as hundreds of dragon and tiger guards led by them..."
"Xiao Buye went back and forth three times without changing his security personnel. When he returned to the post house, they were all stationed inside. There is no way to know the rotation of the guard in the post house..." Manager Zhu continued: "And there were more than three hundred people at night.
The famous soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty were patrolling all around, but they did not enter the inn. After every three hours, they would go directly back to the Longhu Army camp."
Mo Busan frowned when he heard this, "In this case, it is difficult to make a decision... Unless the guards stationed inside go out and arrest him when he is alone, then he can disguise himself as him and sneak into the post.
Inside."
Elder Fu hesitated for a moment and said: "Zhou Tong and Shen Liancheng are all about to enter the realm of the golden body and the Nascent Soul, but they cannot do it if they sneak into the abduction... Can we enter the palace and meet Xiao Bu?"
Did you take action on the entourage of officials from the Southern Tang Dynasty who also met?"
"In the past three days, except for the emperor's brother Li Jingsui, no other officials have contacted Xiao Buye privately." Manager Zhu shook his head, "And those who could follow Li Jingsui in, except for two or three officials, were also his six.
They are known as personal attendants, and their skills are at least as high as the spiritual level. They all live in the palace of the emperor's brother, so it is difficult to take advantage of the opportunity to be alone."
Zhe De Shou nodded, "Today around three o'clock in the morning, there were four outside Longwu Army guards escorting a small sedan inside. Did Brother Shang send an arrow guard to report the news of his coming and going?"
It turned out that when Zhe Deshou and Shang You were handing over the surveillance, the sedan just happened to enter the post house. Feeling suspicious, he ordered Shang You to pay close attention to it.
"Brother Shang has not yet sent the arrow guards to report back," Manager Zhu shook his head and said: "Those four dragon and tiger guards are not people stationed in the post. I think they are some Southern Tang officials visiting Xiao Buye..."
Zhe De Shouyan said: "Now the two countries are discussing...if it were not the person in charge of contacting the Liao envoys from the Southern Tang Dynasty, even someone who had a good personal relationship with Xiao Buye would have never been able to come to visit before the joint agreement between the two parties was finalized.
, so as not to cause trouble."
"Yes." Tian Ying, who was in his thirties, continued: "What General Zhe said is true. The discussion between the two countries is of great importance. Before the matter is decided, all non-chief officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty will avoid being suspected of leaking secrets..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Shang You walking in quickly. Zhe De Shou's eyes lit up and he asked: "But the identity of the person in the sedan chair has been found?"
Shang You nodded and smiled: "As Brother Zhe expected, the sedan was sent out by the four guards when it was about to arrive at Haishi. I followed all the way, but the sedan was sent to the 'Huanchun Pavilion' on Rouge Street.
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"Huanchun Pavilion?" Zhe Deshou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "These officials like the beauty of flowers and willows, but want to know the identity of the person riding the sedan? And where are the four guards?"
"I asked the accompanying arrow guards to stay and inquire, and I went to follow the four guards. Hehe, I saw them returning to the post house, and the arrow guards reported that the person riding the sedan was a master of piano music from Huanchun Pavilion.
The woman, as Senior Brother Luo said the day before yesterday...the one who was rescued by Junior Sister Xiao was named Narcissus."
"Narcissus girl? Is it her?" Luo Xiaoyao was stunned.
"This is an opportunity. The four guards must have just been ordered to escort the Narcissus girl into the post house to play music. If Mo Mou expected it to be true, these four guards will stay in the post and they should be sent to pick up the Narcissus girl in the future.
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"Hmm." Zhe Deshou nodded and said, "Social entertainment in officialdom is indispensable."
"Then I'll go to Huanchun Pavilion tomorrow..." Luo Xiaoyao looked at Zhe Deshou, "Listen to Miss Narcissus?"
"She is a righteous woman in the romantic field. She is not afraid of the villains and can perform her art without selling herself." Zhe Deshou said in a deep voice: "In this troubled time of dynasty and country disputes, if she can know the truth of the unification of the world,
It is impossible for her righteousness to be used by me... But I think she is not an ungrateful person. She can go and find out for a while. As long as the four guards will still go to find her and play music in the post house, then I will wait.
There will eventually be a chance to disguise yourself and sneak in."
At the end of August 15th, Zhe Deshou and Luo Xiaoyao took Lin Wanzhen, who was disguised as a man, and followed the guidance of two arrow guards to Rouge Street.