Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

Just when Chang'an was covered with heavy snow, Chenzhou also ushered in the new year. After months of searching the rebels and restricting the checkpoints, the people can finally live a peaceful year. There are also merchants on the Internet who dare to come out to sell New Year's goods. The delicate flowers are brought in by car, and they are quickly robbed.As a result, a bouquet of flowers was hung in front of every household. The tranquil color lightened the tense atmosphere in the city, and once again brought the ancient city of Zhou back to its original vitality.

Yan Jinghan was still wearing that robe, sitting cross-legged on the edge of the bed, holding a flower in his hand and looking at it over and over again.After a while the door opened, she looked up, and Yuan Sui came in with a food box and wine.

Yuan Sui put the things on the table and said, "Lord Yan, Happy New Year."

Yan Jinghan looked at her curiously and said, "Did Mr. Yuan come over with another drink? I've made it clear in advance that it's impossible for you to extract a confession from me while I'm drunk, so don't worry!"

Yuan Sui took a stool and sat wearily, took out the food from the food box and arranged it, and said coldly: "Master Yan really thinks too much, Yuan is going to be interrogated, and that is also in the lobby of the Criminal Department, how could he be here?" A place to force a confession?"

Yan Jinghan sat at the table to eat, poured himself a glass of wine, and sighed: "This is not just talking casually, Mr. Yuan really can't take a joke."

"Master Yan's jokes are unbearable," Yuan Sui drank in one gulp, frowning, "...what kind of wine is this?"

Yan Jinghan glanced at her wine glass absently: "You don't even know the wine you bought yourself?"

Yuan Sui said, "I don't drink much, how do I know?"

Yan Jinghan said: "Hua bar, I don't have much energy, just drink whatever you want, and don't delay things."

Yuan Sui seemed to be preoccupied, so he simply put down his wine glass and ate the food.These days, her investigation of the case has been greatly hindered. Although she has some clues, she has made little progress.She couldn't help but sighed: "I don't know when Master Li will come to Chenzhou."

Yan Jinghan's handsome eyebrows moved, and he said lightly: "It's fine if you don't come back, the water here is extremely deep, and it's useless to come here."

Yuan Sui shook his head and said: "How can it be useless? As long as you are willing to take the first step in everything, you can take the second step..."

The two touched a glass of wine, Yan Jinghan suddenly said: "Wait a minute, you seem to have heard this before."

Yuan Sui said: "Ah, Master Li said it, I just borrowed it and used it."

Yan Jinghan smiled while holding the flagon: "Hey, Qingping is still the same."

Maybe it was the drunkenness on her face that made people forget those troubles. Yuan Sui felt a little light in her body, and she couldn't help but feel a little interest that she didn't usually have, and asked, "What, did Lord Li say that before?"

Yan Jinghan put down his chopsticks and said, "You want to talk about the past? At that time, we were still studying in the Chang'an government school, and we didn't have any spare money. We could only go to the wonton shop on the street to eat wontons and talk while eating. Thinking about it now, it seems like it was yesterday." things."

Yuan Sui sighed, "It sounds good."

Yan Jinghan smiled and said, "Of course it's very good."

The two raised their glasses again, Yan Jinghan said: "Master Yuan, for the sake of treating me to drinks and food, I would like to advise you, you should forget about the matter of Chenzhou. , if you have a connection, go through it, if not, then report to the official department and report your crime to the court, even if you are demoted, it will be better than staying in Chenzhou."

Yuan Sui wiped his face and said: "How can I forget it? I can forget it, but how can those dead people forget it? As an official of the imperial court and a servant of the Ministry of Punishment, can I also forget it like this, and do things rashly?"

Yan Jinghan sneered: "Is there anything you can do? The current situation is a long-standing illness that cannot be cured for a long time. Once it flares up, it will affect the whole body! The first emperor did not go to court for decades, and gave these people enough sweetness. Even at this point, you are still so greedy, thinking about going one step further—"

She said softly: "How did Mr. Shen Ge get removed from the cabinet, and why His Majesty still retains Mr. Yan Ge? Don't you understand these things? There is no distinction between the clean and the dirty in this court, and everyone is in the same boat. They all want to be for themselves, who will come to live for the common people in the world. After reading so many sage books, it is said that the sage came from the Yellow River. If you can believe this, you are stupid? Throughout the ages, those who worry about the world have always been the responsibility of others. , who is going to write a biography and rectify their names!"

There was a moment of silence in the room, and Yuan Suicai said for a while, "You...you speak too fast, wait for me to think about it."

Yan Jinghan couldn't laugh or cry immediately, feeling that what he had just said was for nothing.She didn't tell Yuan Sui the ominous premonition in her heart, the new year is over, it's time for those people to come to her.Picking up the flowers on the table and looking at them, she gently put them down again, looking at the brilliant afterglow outside the window.She used to think that when winter comes, she can only see the vast whiteness, but there is such a winter in this world, where there are still green trees and flowers everywhere, accompanied by the setting sun, as if it is an everlasting music, always so full of vitality.

After a while, Yuan Sui said: "What you said is the truth, but chronic diseases can also be cured, it depends on whether people want to be cured or not."

Yan Jinghan stared blankly for a while, and said: "Master Yuan, it's winter now, and I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my life."

Yuan Sui happily drank the last sip of wine in the glass, and said: "You live here, no one can touch you, why not lose your life?"

Yan Jinghan smiled and said: "It's not easy to die alone? Poisoning, assassination, Liang Zhoumu didn't just go there, the governor of a state is like this, let alone me."

Yuan Sui didn't speak, and he didn't know if he was drunk or confused, Yan Jinghan lifted the quilt and lay back on the bed, waited for a while before asking: "Master Yuan, Qingping really wants to come to Chenzhou?"

She didn't expect Yuan Sui to answer, but she heard Yuan Sui say: "She sent a letter and said she would arrive after the year."

Yan Jinghan shook his head, his voice lowered following the movement: "...Then come."

On the ninth day of the first lunar month, when Shao Cong came to visit, Qingping was busy with official duties.There was a table of greeting cards in the mansion, whether these people saw or not, whether to accept gifts or not, the stewards were all waiting for her to decide.

"Wow, so many things." Shao Cong exclaimed, "What is this, please? So many!"

She was startled, Qingping ordered someone to serve tea, and said to her in the midst of his busy schedule: "Sit down first, I'll be right over."

Shao Cong smiled and said, "What's the matter, are you going to be a high official?"

"Get promoted and get rich." Qingping said casually.

The servants moved things into the warehouse in an orderly manner. Shao Cong walked over with some hesitation, stood behind her, saw the pen in Qingping's hand flying fast, and asked: "On the morning of the [-]th, the caravan to Minzhou is about to leave. you……"

She paused, and wanted to say that if you can't come, then forget it.Qingping guessed what she was thinking, and said, "I will go then."

Shao Cong didn't quite believe it: "You have been promoted to Shangshu, can you still leave Beijing at will?"

Qing Ping smiled, thinking that Shao Cong really had a simple idea, no wonder Shao Ming asked her to come to Chang'an, given the current situation of the Shao family, keeping her there would only add to the chaos.But she couldn't tell the truth to Shao Cong, so she could only smile at her inscrutablely, and said, "Don't reveal it."

Of course, she couldn't say that when they reached Chenzhou, they would go their separate ways. Without the cover of the Shao family's caravan, it was still unknown whether they could reach Chenzhou smoothly.

But when will the court issue a new transfer order, Boss Yan Ge can't really let her go to Chenzhou like this.

Shao Cong wanted to say something, but finally gave up, waved his hands and said: "Forget it, if you really can't get out, it's the same to send someone to greet the relatives."

Qingping thinks you didn't say that before, why did it change so quickly.She naturally understood that it was because of her promotion to Shangshu that Shao Cong had to pay attention to it.Since Shao Cong came that time, he always sent people to her house to talk about things.Qing Ping didn't bother to go to the guild hall to find her, and would rather drink with Feng Yun than face Shao Cong.As far as the Shao family is concerned, this marriage is indeed a high priority. Because of the past events, Shao Cong is also very dissatisfied with her background, and even feels that her younger brother has been wronged and has to commit herself to marrying.She was unwilling, so she could only neglect Qingping in words and deeds, so that she could vent her anger first.

Qing Ping doesn't compete with her either, in her opinion, the marriage with Shao Ming is just to get what they need, and it's not really about being tied to the Shao family members, and getting along with Shao Cong is only a few days, It's too worthless to care about this.

Now that the matter was settled, Shao Cong left just like that. The steward stood aside and couldn't help but said: "This young lady of the Shao family really doesn't know how to behave, she doesn't even give you face."

Qingping said flatly: "Let her go, it's not a big deal."

She looked a little tired, sat on the chair and looked at the greeting card in front of her and said: "All these are left, if there is nothing important, don't bother."

The steward was a little surprised. She knew that Qingping was a bit lazy and didn't like places with many people, so she persuaded her: "My lord, you have been promoted, and this human relationship is inevitable. What should be dealt with is still to be dealt with."

Qingping propped his head and thought for a while, but didn't take her kindness into consideration, covered his mouth and yawned: "Okay, you'll see if you get a score, and send it to the study when the time comes."

The steward had nothing to say, so he could only respond.

So Qingping was free to go back to her room to rest, these few days she was dreaming every night, and she didn't have a rest during the day, the busy people were much haggard.Even so, she didn't dare to take it lightly, and tried her best to cheer up to deal with tedious official duties.She fell asleep with her clothes on, and after a short sleep, she had a dream again. In the dream, she was running aimlessly on the grassland, with Xi Rong's pursuers behind her, standing not far from the Moon River line of defense, she hesitated whether to past.

Do you want to go there?At this time, no one could tell her the answer, everything was covered in a gray mist, she could not see the way forward, and there was no possibility of retreating.

She wanted to go over, but her back felt warm, but she fell into a familiar embrace, and the man embraced her and said, "Don't go over."

The man said, "Wait for me to come back."

Qingping couldn't help but want to look back at her face, but she was afraid that when she turned around, she would see the look of knowing everything on the man's face.She wanted to ask about Yunzhou, do you really not know about it? Did you lead all this?What she wants to ask more is the question that has been buried in her heart for a long time, is it true that you have arranged everything from the beginning, and even this relationship is just a part of the game?

Before she could speak, she was already awake, looking up at the light pattern on the bed curtain.

Even in a dream, it was still difficult for her to confess this matter frankly, as it remained unresolved, she did not dare to confide half a word.

She is afraid that what she loves is nothing more than a dream in the end, like the clear brilliance when returning from a dream at midnight, maybe this illusion is broken, and there is only one look.