Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

The brilliance was as clear as water, and the wine in the cup was illuminated transparently. Chu Jun slightly lowered his head and looked at the golden cup in his hand. A halo of light flickered with the movement, and she said, "What does the envoy want?"

Bi Shu looked at the moonlight in the courtyard, and his eyes seemed to reach the farther past through the moonlight: "...When I was young, I traveled around the six states with the mage, looking for the old site of the dragon girl. It's been a long journey. We went north from Chenzhou to Hezhou, and I vaguely remember seeing that person at the market that day..."

Her voice fell on the empty courtyard, when the wind suddenly blew up, dark clouds covered the moon, and the courtyard gradually became dark. Chu Jun paused in his hands, and Bi Shu turned his head to look at her, and said, "Your Highness, too." I know a little about the Jinzhang. The Jinzhang has been enshrining the Dragon God for nearly 800 years. The reincarnation of the dragon girl was found by the great master, and A Yuelai was found by Bi Shu, who was the reincarnation of the dragon girl. But from 150 years until now, no one has If you find Ah Yuelai, even if you have one, you will not be able to pass the ceremony of approaching the gods, and you will not be able to count..."

"But that day, I saw her among the crowd..." Bi Shu slowly withdrew his gaze, bent over to pick up the gold cup, "I knew it must be her. I told the mage, it must be Ah Over the past month, there is no need to calculate, I have seen her countless times in the fugue."

"A Yuelai." She whispered the name, like an intimate lover, extremely lingering; she read a congratulatory speech in ancient Xirong language, and murmured: "Come in the clouds, go in the clouds, and the rain and dew will melt away." The shape, the mountain road is covered with snow,...for the first time since I was appointed, I talked so much with the mage, she told me to look for that person, but when I went to look for her again, she had disappeared .”

Bi Shu raised her eyes, the gold ornaments on her head were hanging in her hair, she pulled out a knot from her collar, untied it and laid it on the table, it was a round bead, revealing a cool and faint light in the night: "Now I am Seeing her again, I know that she has occupied an important position. Li Qingping, Tai Chang of Anping, I would like to exchange this bead with Your Highness for this person."

Chu Jun didn't look surprised when he heard the words, as if he knew she would say this, she said: "Master Li is an official of the imperial court, how can it be used in exchange? Although the envoy believes that she has a different identity... .”

"Forgive me for being helpless." She raised her head and drank the wine in her glass, and got up to leave.

Bi Shu said, "Your Highness can't, or doesn't want to?"

Chu Jun didn't answer her, but made a gesture of letting go, turned around and walked into the darkness.

The guard in black handed over the sealed letter and said, "Your Highness."

Chu Jun took the secret report, tore off the seal, opened it for a look, then folded it in half and put it on the candlelight, the paper ignited immediately, she said to the person beside her: "The king of Yue has already discussed with the royal court in private, if Xi Rong can hold Yun Yun back for her, Cejun, after she ascends the throne, assign the land from Anping to Yuehe in Yunzhou to Xirong."

Sitting in the dark, a Confucian scholar pretended to be a person, and her face was briefly illuminated by the flames of burning paper. It turned out to be Mr. He, a counselor in Sun Congshan's residence.She said thoughtfully: "The king of Yue acted like this, and he didn't hesitate to promise a lot of money first. I'm afraid there will be a big move in Beijing."

"Idiot." Chu Jun said, "If you walk with wolves, you must feed them. It seems that my eldest sister thinks that she has no hope of becoming the throne, so she came up with such an idea."

Mr. He thought about it, and said: "I think it's Zhou Shuai who said that he has already joined King Qi's faction, so King Yue is so flustered."

She went on to say: "This is the same as your Highness's inference. The King of Yue betrayed the Way and the morality. Although the King of Qi took advantage of it, he lost the heart of the family. Now everything is in place, and there is only one last move left."

Chu Jun looked indifferent, and said: "Yes, the overall situation has been settled."

Mr. He couldn't see what she was thinking, so he thought for a moment and said: "Huaizhi is a good child, it is perfect for her to do this." Then he said: "She has been with His Highness for many years, and His Highness is also familiar with it." Her temperament. He has been with her for three years, and she is a person who values ​​love and righteousness. At this critical moment, the state affairs are important, and a century-old foundation is here to fight. She will not be ignorant of His Highness's kindness Be careful."

Chu Jun was quite calm, he pinched a little embers in his hand, rubbed his fingertips to get green ash, suddenly smiled, and said, "That's it."

"A good material also needs to be polished before it can become a pillar." Mr. He saw that she seemed a little gloomy, so he didn't say anything else, and left with his hands clasped.

After she left, Chu Jun leaned against the table and looked at the candle flames flickering in the night wind. The surroundings were so quiet that one could feel palpitations. Her brows were hidden in the shadows, the fire in her eyes flickered, and finally the wick made a soft sound. , Stars burst out, and the darkness instantly submerged her like a tide.

On the sixth day of April, the sky was bright and clear, and Qingping had been waiting for Sun Congshan in the government office early in the morning, but in the end, someone came to report. This time, only a few adults were invited to the council, and no one else had to go.When Qingping learned of this, he bid farewell to his colleagues and went back to assassinate.

She saw Wu Ying in front of her house. Wu Ying was relieved to see her, her nervous expression eased a little, and she said, "You went to the ancient city, just came back?"

Since the conversation between the two of them broke up in the teahouse last time, Qingping seldom saw her. Wu Ying seemed to avoid her intentionally, and the two hadn't seen each other for a while. Qingping said: "Yes, the peace talks yesterday, Lord Sun summoned me to go. Only a few adults were invited in today's meeting, so I will come back."

Wu Ying motioned for her to open the door, Qingping had no choice but to unlock it.The small courtyard is deserted and deserted. After the heavy rain, the vegetation grows overgrown, but it has not been repaired, which is enough to see the owner's laxity.Wu Ying glanced around, the courtyard was pitifully small, and could be seen at a glance, without any trace of other people's lives.She silently wiped the dust off the chair, Qingping was a little embarrassed, and said: "You're smart when you come back, and there's no time to make tea to entertain you."

Wu Ying said: "It's nothing, what kind of tea is it?"

After finishing speaking, both of them were silent. They both remembered what happened in the teahouse that day. Their eyes met and then they immediately separated. Qingping didn't know what to say to her. It's here."

Qing Ping was startled, unable to tell what it was like in his heart, he just said: "Congratulations."

Wu Ying watched the expression on her face, and said: "I don't know if I will have the chance to see you when I go back this time. Yunheng and Hengzhou are thousands of miles away, and Beijing officials are not allowed to leave Beijing privately. I'm afraid it will never be possible again." gone."

Qingping sighed silently, closed the door, and said: "Not necessarily, if you are free, you can have a chance to meet up."

"You are an official in Yunzhou, and you have no family members, how can you go to Hengzhou?" Wu Ying asked, "Besides, you are an official and never leave the jurisdiction. Can you leave Yunzhou?"

"I can't." Qing Ping said in a low voice, looking at her firmly, "I won't leave this place."

Wu Ying lowered her eyes, said sadly and sarcastically: "A long time ago, I also thought so, no matter what happened, I would not change it. But don't forget that people's hearts are changeable, you think you will not change, and you will not change. So change, and in the end, you will still change your original intention. When you reach the point where you can't help yourself, you will understand what I said today."

Qingping doesn't want to argue with her, it's useless to argue, and it's even more useless to split his heart to understand.She said: "What you think now will change in the future. As you said, nothing is constant, the only constant is change itself. If you insist on seeking a constant, it is better to talk about it after the passage of time. This question."

Wu Ying looked at her in a daze. After a while, her fingers trembled slightly. She seemed to be unable to contain her emotions, and said word by word: "Li Qingping, I'm asking you."

"You left Hezhou that day, do you regret it?"

Qing Ping knew that she was talking about leaving without saying goodbye that day, and said: "No.".

"Lie." Wu Ying said coldly, "You can obviously stay and choose a different life. You don't have to be so difficult anymore. Every day is like walking on the tip of a knife, living a life of fear—"

Qingping didn't expect her to say this, and felt a little sad and a little funny for a while, Wu Ying seemed to be the one she was familiar with again, she shook her head and said: "You won't understand."

"I don't want to understand." Wu Ying looked cold, took a deep breath and said, "If you hadn't left that day, would you have stayed?"

She didn't wait for Qingping to answer, and said again: "Aren't you going to stay? I'm so stupid to ask you such a question."

Qing Ping looked at her with a disheartened smile, but finally couldn't bear it, and said: "No, I will stay."

Wu Ying looked at her in astonishment, Qingping was a little hesitant, but said slowly: "At that time, if I stayed, everything would be unknown. But I did think about staying, Wu Ying."

She finally vented the emotions accumulated in her heart many years ago at this moment, "I really want to go to study in Cangwu County with you. That day I was—"

I was going to find you.

Before she could finish speaking, Wu Ying had already hugged her. She buried her head on her shoulder and said in a low voice, "Stop talking, I know."

"I'm leaving, will you really come to find me in the future?"

Time flies, they turn back and forth, they seem to have become little children again, Wu Ying wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, Qing Ping reached out and patted her back lightly, many years ago, she was often laughed at by people like this, before people I don't cry easily, I always cry when I come back from late class in silence.

"Yes." Qing Ping said, "I will come to see you, and there will be a long time in the future, as long as there is a chance, I will definitely see you."

There was a kind of solemnity in her words, Wu Ying let go of her, and said softly: "Yes, you can also write to me, as before, I will always write back to you."

Qingping said strangely: "What letter, I never—"

Wu Ying's complexion changed slightly, and just as she was about to ask for clarification, there was a knock on the door, Qing Ping answered and went to open the door, leaving Wu Ying in the room, she thought of something, and her face became more and more ugly.

Qingping opened the door, and a white gauze floated towards her, and a string of red coral beads on the man's veil was very conspicuous.The visitor obviously came prepared, lifted the corner of the white gauze, and said in a low voice: "Master Li, I advise you to leave this place quickly, time is running out, if you don't leave, it will be too late!"