Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

Qingping sat in the study for a few days, thinking about the past and the past over and over again, but still couldn't figure out the answer.

She hadn't had a good rest for a few days, and when she got up from the table, her eyes went dark, and she was dizzy for a while before she recovered, and then someone came to ask for instructions, whether she should go to the hall for dinner.

She thought for a while and asked, "Is Lang Jun feeling better?"

After returning from offering incense at the Jokhang Temple, Zhang Wei also fell ill. In order not to overwhelm Qingping, the two of them ate their own meals for the past few days and asked the servants to deliver the meals to the house.Qingping counted, it seemed that he hadn't seen him for seven or eight days.

Although you need to pay more attention to the relationship between men and women, ignoring it like this is not an option, she then said: "Let the kitchen make it lighter. If your husband is in better health, please invite him out for dinner."

The servants agreed, and went to spread the word.

Qingping looked at the stack of books and scattered papers on the table, she tidied up irritably for a long time, but there was still a mess everywhere, she stood by the table, next to her hand was the uncollected inkstone, and the brush rolled down with a clatter Suddenly, ink stains stained a new piece of paper, Qingping stood there in a daze, but didn't know what to do.

The past happened one after another. On this cold and dark winter night, Qingping suddenly felt disheartened. There were too many things, and she was still helpless.

After tidying up hastily for a while, someone came to invite her to have dinner. It was already dark outside, and the snowflakes fell on the ground and the eaves, and there were rustling sounds, which made people feel less lonely.This icy excitement made people fall into an even more speechless loneliness, calmed down and calmed down, went to the hall, the servants were already arranging the dishes, and they all saluted when they saw her.

Zhang Wei's face was pale, without a trace of blood, and he sat there in a daze, and it took him a long time to react, a little out of his mind, and said: "You are here... let's eat."

Qing Ping said: "You have been sick for the past few days, how are you feeling better?"

Zhang Wei paused for a moment, as if he didn't expect her to ask: "Please check with the doctor, but it's just that the weather in Chang'an is too cold, I didn't realize it for a while, and I got some wind and cold..."

The meal was boring, the two of them had their own thoughts, because of various complicated reasons, Qingping just felt tired, and Zhang Wei obviously had something on his mind, he glanced at Qingping hesitantly, as if thinking about what to do Open your mouth.

The usual meeting between the two was at the dinner table, Qingping saw that he was hesitant to speak, so he pulled himself together and asked, "Why, do you have something to say to me?

Zhang Xiong tilted his hand to scoop up the soup, and poured the hot soup with his hand, almost scalding himself.The servants hurriedly took a damp cloth and came over to wipe it, and it was a mess to clean up again. Most of the food on the table was cold, and Qingping was not in the mood to eat. He waited for Zhang Wei for a while, but was interrupted by this incident, Zhang Wei said in a low voice: "nothing."

Qingping turned around and left, went back to the study, picked up a book to read, what a coincidence, just picked up a newly bought book "Qing Jia Yi Zhi", which was written by Mo Heng, a well-known folk book , the records are all anecdotes, which have been widely circulated after rehearsals by opera troupes.It’s just that this book was unknown at first. When Emperor Taiping was there, in order to celebrate the birthday of Emperor Xiyuan, he summoned the most famous music troupe to perform in the palace. "The Fox Girl Saves Her Father" won the praise of all the family members and ministers, and Mo Heng became famous all over the world.It's just that this person's identity has become a mystery, and there is only such a book written by future generations who can't find it. It was reprinted and reprinted by major bookstores, making a lot of money.

This book came out earlier, and it has been handed down to the present, and it is not known which edition it is.Most of the stories about the "Chenhe Knot", which is widely circulated in Hezhou, also come from here, so some people suspect that this Mo Heng is from Hezhou. As for who he is, it is still unclear.

Qingping turned to tell the story of two good friends, Wei Chen and Xu He, who escaped from bandits. According to the preface, this book has been handed down for more than two hundred years since the Qingjia period, and it almost became a banned book in the Jianxing period. |Book, the major bookstores were forced to delete a section of the book before it could be republished.The stories in it have been edited and modified several times by later generations, and it is no longer known what the original book looks like.

Qingping closed the book, and it was rumored that some nursery rhymes were spread out somewhere during the Jianxing period, which alluded to the court's injustice, the emperor's improper position and so on. These rumors came from some small stories. Emperor Jingxuan, who was in power at the time, went to the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple to thoroughly investigate the case, and closed down several big bookstores, implicating several officials of the Ministry of Rites, and people were panicked for a while. .

This new book is a bit thin, and some of the stories in it should have disappeared. Qingping thought about it, and decided to go to the book market to find out if there are people who like to collect books. They can read the version of this book before Jianxing .

As she was thinking, suddenly there was a knock on the door.

The sound stopped after a while, Qingping thought it was just the wind blowing the door, so he didn't pay much attention.

The knock on the door paused for a while, and then knocked persistently again, stopping three times, very rhythmically.

The candles on the table were almost burning to the end, and the room was gradually darkening. This situation was really weird. Qingping lowered his head, not intending to pay attention to who was outside the door. The knock on the door stopped for a while and then rang again. , She endured it for a while, and finally couldn't bear it and opened the door.

Most of the man's face was covered by the hood, his body was hidden in the darkness, only his clean chin was exposed, Qingping squinted his eyes, and said: "My lord, I am very honored to visit the humble house late at night."

Tianshu took off his hat and said expressionlessly, "Master Li was joking."

She bowed and stepped back, revealing the person standing behind her.

When Qingping saw this familiar face, he subconsciously wanted to close the door, but the man was one step faster than her, and said coldly: "Li Qingping."

Qing Ping had no choice but to let go and opened the door, bowing and saluting: "Your Majesty."

When Tianshu stepped back, Chu Jun's face seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, which was unbearably cold.She held the corner of her mouth, lifted her robe and entered the room, sat down in front of the desk, and looked at the messy piles of books on the desk.

Seeing this, Qingping's mind was spinning fast, why did Chu Jun leave the palace late at night?At this time, she has not yet ascended the throne, and her foundation is not stable, so what is the reason for leaving the palace rashly?

Chu Jun casually flipped through the books on the table, and saw that there was a legendary story book inside, he paused, and said, "I don't know Li Shizhong still has such a good mood."

Qing Ping said: "Your Majesty, thank you for asking, this is just a little hobby of this subject."

Chu Jun tapped his hand on the table lightly, this is the action she often does when thinking about things, Qingping looked at that hand, bowed his head and remained silent.

Chu Jun suddenly smiled and said: "I heard that you still have a fiancé at the house, why don't you ask him to come out and meet with you."

Qingping's heart skipped a beat. Although she had already imagined this matter, she did not expect that Chu Jun would intervene.If it hadn't been for the first time in the capital, her status had not been restored, and it happened to be a big funeral, so she couldn't get married, otherwise she and Zhang Wei had already become a nominal couple according to the plan.

She searched for excuses, and said in a low voice: "He...a countryman, he doesn't know etiquette, he might offend His Majesty, please forgive him."

The room was getting darker, and the candle on the table seemed to be burning out. Qingping went to get a new one from the shelf, and after apologizing to Chu Jun, he approached the table to replace the candle.

The faint fire light came on, and then the room was bright again. Chu Jun suddenly reached out to hold her hand, and the two looked at each other through the candlelight. Qingping laughed a few times, and said, "Your Majesty—"

"Qingping," Chu Jun said, looking at her face, "how does it feel to be with a man?"

There was a bang in Qingping's head, and he felt a little ridiculous, this was really what Chu Jun said, how could she say such a thing?

Chu Jun looked at her dazed look, and pulled her against the table, Qingping only felt that her voice was very far away: "Is there something you are hiding from me?"

Qingping's hand was held by her, and he felt as if he was being held by shackles, and he couldn't break free no matter what.Chu Jun had a panoramic view of her struggle and anger, and looked into her eyes calmly.

"Getting married, starting a business, marrying a husband and having daughters is just human nature, and ministers are nothing more than that. You can't get rid of this custom." Qing Ping didn't dare to look her in the eyes, fearing that she might see something wrong, so he could only whisper, " When I was young, I always had some wild delusions, I was too ignorant, I was talking nonsense, I couldn't count—"

But Chu Jun interrupted her, and said: "Nonsense can also be counted. If the listener has a heart, why can't it be counted?"

Qingping's pupils shrank, and her breathing suddenly became rapid. How could she not understand what Chu Jun said, she just gritted her teeth and didn't make a sound.

Chu Jun's hand slowly stroked her face, and pushed a strand of hair to her ear for her. The two of them used to do this kind of action when they were in love with each other. So uncomfortable, I just feel extra humiliated.

She grabbed Chu Jun's wrist with her backhand, gritted her teeth, and said, "Your Majesty once promised ministers in Qiandi. You may not be a good minister, but you cannot be a villain!"

"No one asked you to be a lucky minister, Li Aiqing." Chu Jun said indifferently, "Whether it is a virtuous minister or a lucky minister, they are all ministers. They serve the Lord and perform the same duties, so there is no need to distinguish them."

Qingping couldn't believe it, wishing to beat her up on the spot, but he didn't dare to show his heart, suppressed his anger and forced a smile: "Your Majesty can't go back on what you said."

Chu Jun withdrew his hand that was stroking her side face, smiled, and said inexplicably, "It depends on who it is."

Qingping was free, and hurriedly distanced herself from her, her thoughts were so confused, she wanted to sarcasm when she heard the words, but when she met Chu Jun's cold gaze, she suddenly stopped talking.

She didn't want to anger Chu Jun. In a sense, she even had to rely on Chu Jun's power to find out what she wanted to investigate.

"What Your Majesty said is true." She took a deep breath and said calmly: "Is it the king's land within the four seas, and the king's subjects on the shore of the land. The subjects depend on your Majesty, just like a daughter depends on her mother. How dare you not follow what your mother said?" ?”

Chu Jun was a little surprised, but his complexion softened a lot. He looked at her with dark and unspeakable eyes for a while, and then said: "It would be great if you can really understand this truth, but I'm afraid you don't understand it well and make up your own mind."

It was silent again, and Qingping couldn't help but feel a little lucky and a little bit disappointed. Chu Jun had counted the test, but he heard the knock on the door again, and a man's voice came, which was very clear in the silent night: "Mr. Kowtow to His Majesty."

Tianshu opened the door, and Zhang Wei went to get dressed, and knelt outside the door in only white and elegant single clothes, kowtowed and paid respects.

Qingping was taken aback. How did Zhang Wei know about Chu Jun's visit tonight, and why did he come to the study suddenly? He always stays in his own room and doesn't ask about the study.

"Master Li said that you are her fiancé, but you claim to be Deng Zhang, so you obviously already belong to her..." Chu Jun looked at Qingping inscrutablely, and asked jokingly.

Qing Ping's heart skipped a beat. Why did Zhang Wei violate the original agreement with Wu Yue and expose himself to Chu Jun?And his ledger...

Zhang Xiong took out a blue book from his side, held it in both hands, his figure was a little wobbly, and said: "I beg your majesty to forgive me for offending your majesty, the civilian husband has an important evidence to present to your majesty, so he risked his life to come here, I just beg Your Majesty to uphold justice for my late wife and return her innocence!"

It was snowing outside, it was the coldest time, Zhang Xiong's lips turned pale, Qingping was afraid that he would not be able to bear it, so he knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, he is not in good health, can you let him come in and talk?"

Chu Jun glanced at her sharply, and said after a while, "Come in."

Zhang Wei stood up unsteadily, just as Qingping was about to thank him, Chu Jun said, "You go out first."

Qingping stopped his movements, responded in a low voice, and retreated outside the door.

Even though she had thousands of words to say, she could only pray silently in her heart, hoping that Zhang Wei would not do anything out of the ordinary.

In the study, Chu Jun said, "Zhang Wei, you were born in the Zhang family of Chenzhou, and your native place is Mingxing. Are you correct?"

Zhang Yi said: "Yes."

"Your wife Deng Jie is an official in Hezhou. She was convicted of embezzling public funds two years ago and committed suicide in prison. Is it true?"

Zhang Wei suddenly raised his head, shook his head and said: "She was slandered by others, please be aware of it, Your Majesty!"

As he spoke, he knelt and took a few steps forward, and put the account book by the table. Chu Jun frowned, picked an unused brush from the pen holder, and flipped a page casually. The red and blue seals are still clear.

It wasn't a forged account book, she flipped through a few more pages and said casually, "Wu family, do you know it?"

The eyes of the people at the table were like hawks, Zhang Wei's forehead was covered with fine cold sweat, and he said in a low voice, "Return to Your Majesty, I don't recognize you."

Chu Jun looked back to the ledger, stopped on a certain page, and said thoughtfully: "The Wu family doesn't recognize it, so what about the Xie family?"

Zhang Wei looked at her in horror, and opened his mouth: "...I recognize it."

"Pretending to be smart." Chu Jun snorted, closed the account book, and said, "You don't recognize the Wu family, but the Xie family does?"

Zhang Wei kowtowed, and said: "Because I went to Jokhang Temple to offer incense a few days ago, my husband met people from Xie's family."

After a while Chu Jun said: "Say."

Zhang Wei said: "Yes, they thought that the account book was in the hands of Mr. Li, and Mr. Li seemed to have a deep affection for the civilian husband, so they let me steal it, tear off a page on it, take it out of the mansion, and then take this account book. Submit to Your Majesty."

The people in the seat didn't speak for a long time, Zhang Wei's heart was beating so hard that he felt dizzy.

He thought the emperor would ask which page it was, but she didn't.

Chu Jun said: "Get up."

Under her gaze, Zhang Wei felt that he had nowhere to hide, so he choked up and said, "The husband didn't lie..."

"I will investigate." Chu Jun said slowly, "Deng Zhang, you said that you want to clear your wife's name, so are you willing to do anything?"

Zhang Yi raised his head suddenly.

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