Slowly walking to the bookshelf, His Majesty the Emperor lowered his body slightly, and his slender fingers slowly slid over the neat books, and then stopped at the deepest part - this row of the bookshelf contained stele stickers and the Imperial History from Xuntian Pavilion
He remembered the rare books from the old dynasty that he had collected very clearly. The last time he sorted them out, the books were slightly slanted from left to right, but now the direction of the slant is the other way around. Has anyone touched my bookshelf?
His brows furrowed slightly, his fingertips tapped lightly on the angular edges of the book, and then his knuckles suddenly tightened, flipping a whole layer of books to the other direction, and then he saw a piece of paper hidden deep in the bookshelf.
Taking out the piece of ink paper and placing it on the desk, His Majesty the Emperor looked at the five words dripping with ink on the paper. His brows furrowed even more. After looking at it in silence for a long time, he suddenly asked sharply: "Who has touched my body?"
Imperial study room?"
After a while, three eunuchs knelt down in the imperial study room. The three eunuchs involuntarily raised their heads and looked at the fat guard commander next to the desk, with eyes full of help. All the guard tasks around the imperial study room were
Xu Chongshan was in charge. The three eunuchs didn't know why His Majesty was angry, so they could only hope that he would stand up and speak.
Xu Chongshan cautiously took two steps closer to His Majesty the Emperor and asked softly: "Your Majesty, I can guarantee that no one will dare to enter the imperial study privately."
The emperor Li Zhongyi has always been lenient in governing the country. These close ministers know his temperament, and they don't feel like they are afraid of the emperor when they are by his side every day. However, Xu Chongshan did not dare to be careless when it came to the imperial study.
The emperor slapped the desk hard, looked coldly at the five big characters on the paper, and asked in a cold voice: "No one dares to enter my imperial study privately, so where did these five characters come from? Could it be the underworld?
The kid wrote it!"
He frowned slightly, looking at those five words that seemed to be piercing into his heart, he felt more and more irritated. After a pause, he said: "It's about this month, please check it carefully for me!"
Xu Chongshan bowed respectfully and saluted. From the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the five ink characters on the paper. He was about to turn around and leave. Suddenly he thought of the tired and bold young man at the beginning of the month. There was a buzz in his head and his body suddenly became extremely stiff -
—Everyone in the palace is very disciplined and no one dares to enter the imperial study privately. After thinking about it, it seems that the only one who has the opportunity to approach the imperial study and enter the imperial study within this month... is that boy!
"What's wrong? Did you remember something?" The emperor looked at his side face coldly.
Xu Chongshan smiled slightly and said: "I am wondering if it was written by one of the imperial companions in the academy, and then was mistakenly taken into the imperial study. Speaking of which... this word is really good."
The emperor glared at him angrily and scolded: "Are I inviting you to appreciate calligraphy? Don't I know whether the calligraphy is good or not? What I want you to find out is who is so bold as to enter my imperial study privately?
, you still dare to write with my pen!"
Xu Chongshan smiled awkwardly and exited the imperial study. After he closed the door of the imperial study, slowly straightened his body, and walked out of the garden in the pleasant spring breeze after the rain, he realized that his back had become clammy.
After a while, the deputy commander of the Ouchi Guards appeared under the cold eaves of a side hall somewhere. He stared coldly at the pale little eunuch, gritted his teeth and said in a cold voice: "You are also one of my secret guards.
When I asked you to take him to the duty room behind the imperial study, how dare you leave him outside the imperial study and leave?"
The young eunuch raised his head and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, you ordered your subordinates to clear the area around the Imperial Study Room at that time. In this case, I would be conspicuous if I stayed there any longer. Besides, how could I have known that the person named Ning was actually there?"
You are so audacious, you dare to break in even though you know it is the imperial study room."
"What's the use of talking about this now? That idiot has already broken in!"
Xu Chongshan glared at him angrily and said: "Your Majesty is going to investigate this matter now. Judging from your Majesty's expression, if you catch that guy, you will give him a dozen blows at least, so you have to remember that for me.
Idiot has never been to the palace, let alone the royal study, do you hear me?"
The little eunuch said with a mournful face: "Sir, if we give him up, it's over. His majesty's beating of him more than ten times can be considered a punishment, and we don't need to bear this responsibility for him."
Xu Chongshan said bitterly: "Idiot! That idiot is now my subordinate! If your majesty finds out that the secret guard hired such an idiot, I will be laughed to death? If your majesty is not relieved and wants to punish me, where can I reason?
go?"
"That's the relationship with Mr. Chao. Your Majesty must show some affection..." the eunuch reminded timidly.
Xu Chongshan walked away and shouted: "Damn it, am I going to take the blame for that idiot because of Chao Xiaoshu?"
Just when Xu Chongshan and the young eunuch were about to cover up the matter, Emperor Li Zhongyi of the Tang Dynasty was staring at the calligraphy in the imperial study. Suddenly, he walked to the bookshelf and pulled out a keyed box, and read out the words written by himself.
A piece of writing was extracted from a manuscript that was rarely shown to others and placed next to it.
The previous picture was written by the emperor himself on the night of the Chunfeng Pavilion incident, and he was going to give it to Chao Xiaoshu, with a reward to comfort him for the years of being trapped in the black city, and to encourage him to serve the court in the future. However, he did not expect that this picture would be written.
But there was no chance for him to go out. After chatting with him, Chao Xiaoshu left Chang'an City casually.
"A fish leaps into the sea right now...isn't this right?"
His Majesty the Emperor frowned and looked at the two characters side by side. He moved his eyes to the other character and murmured: "Flowers are blooming on the other side of the sky? Could it be that they can't bloom on this side? I have to leave Chang'an City and leave my Tang Dynasty."
In full bloom?"
The emperor's anger came from the fact that someone dared to touch the imperial study, and from the five dripping ink words that exposed the emotions that he had been deliberately not thinking about. However, after his emotions gradually calmed down, he frowned and looked at the flowers blooming on the other side of the sky.
This word, thinking about the dispute between Chao Xiaoshu and Chao Xiaoshu that day, gradually made some other meanings.
"The sea when the fish leaps is my sea after all. The day when the flowers bloom on the other shore is the real day of freedom. Since I have trapped that guy for more than ten years, letting him go is just repaying a debt. Why not give freedom to others too?
Give yourself freedom?”
The emperor's brows gradually widened, thinking about the sadness he felt when he looked at the wet flower trees in the morning, and thinking about the friend who was very different in status but very close in temperament and temperament.
The green shirts fluttering among the flowery mountain paths make me feel as if I am far away from the city of Chang'an, feeling relaxed and free both physically and mentally.
However, he was the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty after all. Although he had figured it out, he was still a little angry. Looking at the words, he angrily rebuked: "Even if what you said is right, I can't let you off lightly! We must find him out."
Who the hell wrote these words, how dare you mock me! Who the hell wrote these words, but what the hell did you write...oh...it's so well written!"
Having seen through the tangles in his heart, his state of mind was naturally completely different from before. Only then did His Majesty the Emperor really take a serious look at the words. From the previous few glances, he just felt that the framework of these five words was peaceful and strict.
At this time, when I took a closer look, I realized that the five characters of "花开天天" are actually slim and well-proportioned, with strong bones but hidden among the plump and dark ink, not prominent at all, fresh and strong yet soft and earthy, it's really
Superb product!
"This... is such a good calligraphy! The strokes are both square and round, broad in structure, charming and proud in appearance, agile and elegant, and full of character... Who wrote this calligraphy? It is much better than me!"
His Majesty the Emperor's eyes narrowed, his brows raised, and his fingers trembled slightly as he brushed the words "Flower Blossoms on the Other Side of the Sky" in the air, feeling quite unable to control himself. He knew that his evaluation of these five words was unfair.
The ink words on the paper are not only much better than what he wrote, but they are not inferior at all when compared with the wonderful notes by famous writers hanging on the wall, and are even better than those written by him.
Just as Ning Que lamented in the imperial study that day, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty's handwriting was not very good, but his appreciation level was really high. He became more and more fascinated when he saw it, and he actually saw these five characters written by Ning Que that day.
When he couldn't bear the feeling of being relieved by expressing the extremely itchy place, he felt that these five words were like the hazy flower branches blooming on the other side of the sea and could not be reached in the distance, gently brushing against his back from top to bottom, bringing together these days.
All the frustration and dissatisfaction was wiped away.
"Good calligraphy! Really good calligraphy!"
His Majesty the Emperor only felt that his mind was broadened and he found peace and tranquility again. He looked at the five ink words on the paper with a smile, and did not hesitate to express his most sincere appreciation.
Suddenly he raised his eyebrows, slapped the desk hard, and shouted sternly: "Here comes someone!"
After a while, the three eunuchs knelt on the floor of the royal study room again, and turned their eyes for help to the deputy commander of the guards, Xu Chongshan.
We are arranging guards to investigate secretly, but... there is no news for a while."
As one of the closest ministers who knows His Majesty the Emperor best, he knows that the Emperor is not a grudge-bearing person. Let alone such trivial matters as entering the imperial study to write a calligraphy privately, even the more outrageous and absurd things in the palace can be done as long as they do not affect the country.
Gang Zhengtai, as long as time goes by, will not pursue it again. He originally planned to drag this matter out for days and months until it was finally indifferent, but he never thought that the emperor would go against his usual mood today and perform a series of actions.
pressure.
The emperor didn't even look at him. He looked at the calligraphy on the desk with great intoxication. He gently stroked his long beard and ordered: "Check carefully for me who wrote this calligraphy, but remember not to shock this person."
Calligraphers, please treat each other with courtesy. Well, when you find him... please come to the palace respectfully for me, and I will ask him for advice."
"Ah?" Xu Chongshan raised his head with shock on his face.
A moment later, the deputy commander of the Ouchi guards, whose official uniform was wet and dry again, appeared again under the cold eaves of a side hall somewhere. He looked at the young eunuch with a wonderful expression in embarrassment and said in embarrassment.
: "Yes, that's the situation in the Imperial Study Room. Now it seems like that idiot is going to get a blessing in disguise."
The little eunuch patted his chest fearfully and said with a sweet smile: "My lord, this is a good opportunity. If there is a calligrapher among our secret guards that His Majesty appreciates, your face will definitely be very bright."
"There is no chance, and there is no glory, at least for now." Xu Chongshan looked at his loyal subordinate with a smile, and said: "You have to remember that idiot, no, Ning Que has indeed never entered the palace."
The little eunuch looked at him in surprise and asked, "Sir, why is this?"
Xu Chongshan smiled like he was crying, his voice squeezed out from between his teeth, and he said: "Because... we didn't recognize him before, and if we recognize him again now, that would be... deceiving the emperor."
The little eunuch figured out the problem in an instant. He looked sad and smiled, rubbed his little fists and said in distress: "Look at what happened. How did a good thing turn into a bad thing?"
Xu Chongshan thought to himself, why are you crying here? I turned an excellent opportunity to flatter His Majesty into a major crime of allegedly bullying the emperor, which is really worthy of crying!
When he thought about this, he couldn't help but regret it to the extreme. If he had taken the blame for Ning Que in the first place, why would he be in such a dilemma now, looking at a treasure mountain but not daring to move the hoe?
The little eunuch rolled his eyes, looked at him cautiously, and came up with an idea: "How about I go back to your majesty now and say that I didn't think of Ning Que before, but now that I checked, I remembered him."
"idiot!"
Xu Chongshan was already in an extremely bad mood, and he reprimanded bitterly: "I couldn't remember it when I wanted to punish the crime at first, but I remembered it now when I wanted to give a heavy reward. Just because His Majesty treats us leniently does not mean that His Majesty is that! Some are unimportant.
It doesn’t matter if you hide the matter from Your Majesty, but if Your Majesty feels that your ministers really treat him as that person, you will know that in front of His Majesty, we are that person!"
He forcibly suppressed the irritation in his heart and said in a deep voice: "You cannot admit the crime of deceiving the emperor. Since you didn't admit it at the beginning, you can't admit it until you die."
The little eunuch raised his head and looked at him innocently and said, "If Ning Que is found, we can't even deny it."
Xu Chongshan was silent for a moment and said: "Time, only time is the only criterion for testing truth. This is the only thing that idiot said that is not an idiot. Only time is the only way to reduce guilt."
The warm spring breeze blows on the lawn, penetrates through the flower trees, enters the alley, and then enters the room along the gap between the study window and the white wall, blowing on the faces of the young students, giving them a warm and lazy feeling.
It's a great time for spring sleepiness, but the students in Bingshe looked sleepy, but also a little confused, because a certain desk was empty.
The third dismissal bell rang, and the students left the study room in twos and threes, or returned to Chang'an City, or went to the Kitchen Hall to grab the freshest corn cobs, or dragged the scholars back to the old school along the stone path next to the wetland.
When we arrived at the old school, we still didn't find that guy. After asking the teacher, we found out that the guy didn't secretly go up to the second floor. The doubts in everyone's eyes were even heavier. Situ Yilan and Jin Wucai couldn't help but chat with the classmates beside them.
During the discussion, Zhong Dajun frowned and stood by the bookshelf, thoughtfully. He was used to seeing that guy walking up the stairs with a pale face every day. Today, he suddenly couldn't see that scene. Everyone felt a little surprised.
By the east window on the second floor of the old building, a female professor wearing a light-colored academic robe slowly put down the pen in her hand, calmly raised her head, and looked in the direction of the stairs. After waiting for a while, she found that no one came up, and she frowned.
She couldn't help but frown slightly. She didn't agree with the student who didn't care about his body and risked his life to go upstairs to study. However, after watching with cold eyes for so many days, she finally appreciated the student a little more. Today she found out that the student didn't come.
He guessed that he probably gave up, and he couldn't help but feel a touch of regret in his heart, but it was a pity that he couldn't persist.