Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

When Qingping left the palace, the rain had stopped, and the rain clouds hanging over Chang'an seemed to have dissipated a little. Several golden lights penetrated the thick dark clouds and fell on the glazed tiles of the palace roof. It can be seen that the rainwater fell in clusters along the corners of the eaves, forming a light hanging. crystal curtain.

She stopped outside the palace gate, and the palace man who led the way said: "My lord Li stay here, Liu Shangnv ordered my maidservants to wait here for a while, she will arrive in no time."

Qing Ping nodded, looked back at Yun Po's palace after sunrise, and stood under Le Cheng's gate waiting quietly.The thin wind mixed with moist water vapor brushed across her cheeks, and a beam of sunlight fell from the top of her head. She straightened her back and gently closed her eyes in the dazzling light.

Liu Zhen came from the sidewalk and saw a person standing there.She was tall and tall, and her royal blue peacock-patterned court gown set off her brows like ink paintings, and the corners of the clothes were blown away by the wind.The daylight fades away, making people think that the skylight has been cut into pieces, delineating a clear boundary between light and dark.The appearance when we first met is still vivid in my memory, time flies, the girls of the past have grown up, and the hands that were once tightly held are finally loosened.Her voice was very soft, as if she was afraid of disturbing something, she whispered: "Qingping?"

The man opened his eyes, turned his head to look down at her, and a very faint shadow fell on the blue brick, tall and straight like bamboo.

Liu Zhen originally wanted to chat with her, but at this moment, she couldn't say anything.

She wants to ask, Qingping, now you can seek benevolence and benevolence.

It's just that the man's eyes are as open as the breeze and the moon, and it seems to be the same as before, as if the haze of the past has dissipated, leaving a gentle and clear.Looking back has become empty, no matter how much helplessness there is, it can only be sprinkled in the endless years, which is just sentimental.

It turned out that she didn't need to say much, she already understood this truth.

Liu Zhen heaved a sigh of relief, walked over quickly, and said, "Long time no see, I heard that you were ordered to enter the palace this time, so I found time to come and have a look."

As the eldest court lady next to Chu Jun, Qingping naturally knew how busy Liu Zhen was, and the so-called Kan Kan was a time picked out of her busy schedule. She took her heart and said with a smile: "It's rare to enter the palace. It's been a while. You are working in the Zichen Palace now, and I have heard of Liu Shangnv's name in the previous court."

Liu Zhen shook his head with a smile, sighed and said, "It's just that the subordinates praised you a few words, and you can't do much. But you, as a servant in the Ministry of Rites, are more adult than before."

Qingping saw a bit of tiredness in her eyes, and knew that the days when everyone was hot-eyed were not so easy, so he followed her words and said, "No way, everyone has to carry it. I'm so tired. Only then can I take a breather." The time has come, this matter has come, and it will not stop for a moment."

Knowing that she was talking about Chenzhou's affairs, Liu Zhen said, "I'm about to leave the palace and leave the capital. The schedule is so fast?"

Qing Ping said: "Yes."

The two of them never talked about the past, and occasionally smiled at each other, the tacit understanding was as usual, seeing the palace gate approaching, Qingping slowed down, Liu Zhen would not look for her for no reason, there must be something to say.

When he reached the palace gate, Liu Zhen couldn't see her off anymore, stopped and looked at her and said, "Your Majesty has already sent Tianxuan to Hezhou to investigate the case with Lord Yuan, and I'm afraid it's not just about being greedy for ink."

They actually sent Tianxuan out, it seems that the case that Yuan Sui is going to investigate this time has a lot to do with it, Qingping thought of the letter she left for him before she left, and what Yuan Sui meant, I am afraid they are going to investigate one thing?

Liu Zhen took a deep look at her and said, "Master Li, you need to take care when you go to Chenzhou this time, so I'm leaving."

Qing Ping bowed his hand in return and said, "Thank you."

After leaving the palace gate, Qingping was supposed to go back to the mansion in a sedan chair, but on the way she changed to a carriage and went to the imperial prison of Dali Temple.

She changed into casual clothes in the car and entered the prison with the token.The sign was sent by Chen Kaiyi privately, and this was to repay her for everything she had done in selecting servants. There was an extra Chen Shijun in Chu Jun's harem, and she also got the token leading to the Imperial Prison.

The order was correct, and no one asked her identity.Qingping walked straight inside, the prison was dark, stuffy and humid, the air was filled with a faint rotten smell, even the torches on the wall had lost their temperature, Qingping walked outside a cell, lightly buttoned it. He opened the door and said, "Mr. Si?"

There was a man lying on the straw bed in the cell, and he didn't even move when he heard the words.Qingping thought for a while and said, "Mr. Si can deny Wu Ying."

It took a while in the dark cell to hear a hoarse voice: "What are you talking about? Now that I am a person who is neither human nor ghost, many things have been completely forgotten. How can I remember anything?" people……"

Qingping lowered his eyes and said, "It doesn't matter if you remember or not, she is already dead."

The prison fell into dead silence, and the person on the bed did not speak for a long time. Qingping stood there for a while, and said, "You are her biological mother, so I should tell you about this matter. Now that the news has been delivered, I will take my leave."

"Your Excellency stay"

The person on the bed turned over and sat up, and said, "You said...Wu Ying is dead?"

Qing Ping's eyebrows jumped, he smoothed his hands, and said: "Yes."

"Ah... I remembered, you are that Li what." The man sneered, and said: "In the past, the nameless people under King Xin's command are not worth bothering to remember."

Qing Ping was unmoved, and said: "I came here this time to ask Mr. one thing—"

"I don't know anything." The man interrupted her roughly, raised his hand and threw a broken bowl filled with water and threw it at her. Qingping was splashed with water, and he didn't even try to avoid it, leaving his robe stained. Said: "Wu Ying died in Yunzhou. I personally collected the bones for her, and now they have been sent back to the Wu family. It's just that her father has remarried, so I didn't disturb him."

"I want to ask sir, did Wu Ying leave anything with you before she left?"

"Dead." The man stared blankly at the cell door, his hair was disheveled, and suddenly laughed loudly: "Dead! They are all dead! Good death!"

The laughter echoed in the imperial prison, it was very frightening, and then it gradually fell down, a low sobbing sound came, as if hiding an unspeakable sorrow, Qingping reached into his sleeve and touched the edge of the paper crane , waited patiently for a while, and the person in the cell slowly said: "Less than half a month after she left, I received a letter from her."

"It is said to be a letter, but there is not a single word on the paper. It is just something drawn with cinnabar, which looks like an eye."

eye.

Something broke free, surfaced like broken ice, and instantly turned into bright red blood, dripping into the hot yellow sand scorched by the sun, and condensed into black blood clots.

The blue bead string flashed a poisonous green in the firelight, and it was so easy to wrap around her neck, like putting a deadly rope on a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

The corners of the scripture scrolls have withered and turned yellow, and the incantations were written on it with a gold pen. They were hung in the tent, and it suddenly looked like——

From nowhere came the sound of whimpering, whimpering and weeping. The originally peaceful prison suddenly boiled like water falling into a pan of oil, and prisoners were crying and howling everywhere. For a moment, people felt as if they were falling into hell. , her back hit the cold wall, the person in the cell had already returned to the bed, her pupils shrank slightly, she turned around and left the prison quickly.

When she came out of the imperial prison, she felt that the cloudy sky outside was also very bright. When she arrived at the carriage, there was clear tea in the carriage, obviously someone was already waiting inside.

Qingping was not surprised, stepped on a low stool and got into the car. A middle-aged woman was sitting in front of the small table. When she saw her, she came to salute and said, "Master Li."

Qingping accepted her worship, and said: "Why is Wu Daoshi driving in the car of the headquarters?"

The person who came was Wu Yue's mother, who served Wu Dan as lecturer of the Hanlin Academy. She held a cup of brewed tea in her hand.She said: "I heard that your lord is leaving Beijing for business, so I came here to say goodbye to you. You can't drink alcohol, so let's replace wine with tea."

Since the Wu family stood in the wrong team, their position in the court has become somewhat awkward.Although Chu Jun didn't talk about punishment, it was obvious that he would no longer reuse members of the Wu family.Qingping picked up the cup and took a sip, his lips and teeth were fragrant, and said lightly: "Master Wu, you are welcome."

Wu Dan obviously had a lot of doubts, but he still said politely: "Master Li, there is no need to be modest. Thanks to your lord's dealings with the Wu family in the court, a few disasters have been avoided, and it will not be..."

What he said was somewhat sincere. As a servant of the Ministry of Rites, Qingping came out of Chu Jun's old residence. She could always get news of many things earlier, and it was just a way to sell Wu's family for a favor.Wu Yue was kind to her once, and this was regarded as repaying her.

What's more, although the Wu family was suppressed, it was a prestigious family in Hezhou after all, and they still had connections in the court, and they were quite prestigious in Hechen and Chenzhou. Qingping's trip was in Chenzhou. You won't lose money.Qing Ping said: "Master Wu doesn't have to worry about the effort. This department and Wu Yue are old acquaintances. Seeing her clan members are in trouble, naturally they won't stand idly by."

Wu Dan didn't expect that there was such a layer of relationship in it, since it was an old acquaintance, he felt uneasy first.Although the person in front of him was dressed in civilian clothes, he could not hide his outstanding character, and his gestures revealed a kind of calmness as deep as deep water and as steady as a mountain.

Although Wu Dan was a minister of the same dynasty as her, the chances of meeting her were few, let alone talking so close. She had been an official for decades, and she boasted that she had seen countless people, but she couldn't see through the situation in front of her. people.If it was because of her ineffective daughter Wu Yue that she took care of the Wu family a lot, then this friendship would be too real; Without His Majesty's secret consent, how could she dare to act like this?

Wu Dan's heart was pounding. Does this mean that Your Majesty intends to be lenient with the Wu family network?Could it be that the Wu family can still make a comeback?

Qingping let her look at him, put down the teacup and said indifferently: "If Mr. Wu is fine and needs to go back to the headquarters to change clothes, I won't keep you any longer."

She tilted her head slightly, her eyes were like water, and there were some ripples. She could clearly see Wu Dan's joyful expression, and said calmly: "I still have to advise Mr. Wu, sometimes don't be too optimistic. Do everything well and do the worst." plan, so as not to be completely disappointed in the end.”

After saying that, she made a very free and easy gesture of invitation, and put down the car curtain while Wu Dan was dumbfounded.The wheels turned a few times, picked up mud, water and dirt, and disappeared around the corner.

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