sunset fever

Warm rain soaks feet, people meet white night

Drink cold wine down your throat and talk about yin and yang

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Qin Jiang sent someone to choose a bamboo silk chicken, which was killed early in the morning, and added longan meat and Sichuan salvia miltiorrhiza to the pot, and stewed some soup.The sky was foggy, and everything on the road was hazy and invisible. Lin Hongruo had been ill for more than 30 days. She was suffering from heart failure, depression and palpitations. She was still sleeping on the bed in the afternoon.

Recently, she stopped crying. Qin Jiang specially asked for leave, came back to stare at her for a while, and said: "The letter has been delivered, your parents should be on the way, they must miss you very much, you have to take care."

Lin Hongruo was covered with black and white bruises. She was not weak at first, but now she was as thin as paper, and her cheeks were retracted. It was not cold today, and she was wearing a moon-white silk nightgown. Said: "I feel much better, I can eat, and I have eaten the soup, thank you for your care."

"I'm a woman too. I understand what you think. You shouldn't blame yourself. You've never done anything wrong."

Lin Hongruo got up, and Qin Jiang supported her arm. The two looked at each other. Lin Hongruo covered her mouth with a handkerchief, coughed a few times, and said, "I know, I'm just angry."

"If I knew more, I wouldn't say you guys knew each other." Qin Jiang blamed herself, sighed, and said.

Lin Hongruo became tired again, her thin eyelids closed down and then lifted up abruptly, she said, "Auntie, I shouldn't have studied medicine, if I hadn't studied medicine, maybe he wouldn't have thought that I resembled that person, and neither won't like me anymore."

"Tell me not to blame myself—"

Qin Jiang handed the cup of water to Qin Jiang's mouth. She watched her swallow a few sips of water, sighed, and said, "If you really don't want to learn, you don't want to learn. You can live with me and take care of yourself. Let's find someone else to learn from."

Lin Hongruo licked the corner of her mouth, her voice trembling, she said: "I have to see him once, I must see him, and speak clearly, no matter how affectionate he is, to me, he is still a bad person."

She has a unique personality. She grew up in a wealthy family. She accepted many things in the book, and she was not humble. hate it.

Qin Jiang agreed to Lin Hongruo. She wrote a letter and sent it to Zhong Qingming's house.

On the second day, there was no more fog, and it was a fine sunny day. The green willows had the warmest emerald colors, swaying in the breeze. Zhong Qingming only came when it was almost dusk. Bowing, said: "Master Qin, I'm here."

Qin Jiang just came back from the palace, she looked at him a few times, and said: "Mr. Zhong, everything you want to say is in the letter. Hong Ruo has never been an unreasonable person. Others can understand what you owe her."

Zhong Qingming was dressed simply, with sweat still on his cheeks, and said: "I only saw the letter in the afternoon. I was originally at my brother-in-law's house. They made a lot of trouble and sent it over, so it took time."

Qin Jiang was silent for a while, and said to him, "Go in and see her."

Crossing the corridor and crossing the bridge, Zhong Qingming entered the small courtyard where Lin Hongruo lived. In this season, the peony trees in front of the courtyard were glowing thick red, a foggy color under the setting sun.

The door of the room was not open, Zhong Qingming raised his hand to knock on the door, he even forgot his sword today.

Lin Hongruo was short of breath, she was sitting by the table, she was dressed lightly and elegantly today, looking at Leng Ao, she didn't answer, nor got up to open the door, but raised her hand and poured the wine into the cup.

"Red Ruo." Zhong Qingming called her.

Only then did Lin Hongruo get up slowly, she walked to the door and said, "It's so late."

"I was originally at my brother-in-law's house, and it took a lot of trouble to get the letter—"

"You've had a good time recently."

The tone of the female voice was raised, and while she was talking, Lin Hongruo opened the door, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, her makeup was done, she was wearing flower hairpins, insect hairpins, and gemstone pendants, and said softly, "Come in."

Zhong Qingming was no longer the same as he was working in the palace at that time. He didn't tie his sleeves, dressed casually, and didn't even wear a decent hair crown. He looked more and more chivalrous.

"It's been a rough day," he said.

The door squeaked again, and Lin Hongruo closed the door again. She led Zhong Qingming to the table, sat down, and said, "I don't talk much, and I don't bother to cry with you. I'm not a good person. , you probably already knew."

Lin Hongruo flattened the corners of her smiling mouth, took out a bottle from her sleeve, put it on the table, and sat down beside the round table.

Zhong Qingming's complexion was not very good. He said, "Even though there are still many unsettled things between Zhao Yu and I, I have nothing to do with you."

He sighed and said, "I know, no one believes me."

"Well," Lin Hongruo nodded with a smile, and asked, "Is there anything else? Is there anything else you want to say?"

At this time, the sun was slanting further, so the room was very dark, Lin Hongruo's complexion was too sickly, under the makeup, it didn't match well, or maybe, the mismatch came from her unpretentious expression.

Zhong Qingming was really scared, clenched his hands tightly, and asked tentatively, "Why... stay?"

Lin Hongruo picked up the bottle on the table, and brushed the body of the bottle with her pale fingertips, the white powder of the medicine floated down, like snow falling into the wine in front of Zhong Qingming.

She said: "Gentleman comes first, if you don't drink, I will."

The medicine had a bitter taste, but thinking about it, the smell of alcohol should be able to overpower the taste of the medicine. Lin Hongruo's expression didn't change much, she didn't seem to care about anything.

"I told myself that I didn't do anything wrong and that I should learn the etiquette in the book in my life, but now, I can't convince myself anymore, what was wrong and how much was wrong..." Zhong Qingming muttered in a low voice, staring at the glass of wine, He raised his head and looked at Lin Hongruo with red eyes.

From her face, Zhao Beak can no longer be seen, but a living lady, bright and fierce.

A drop of Zhong Qingming's tear fell down his cheek. He picked up the cup and raised his head. When the high bundle of hair was floating, this moment was no different from his usual heroic drinking...

Qianling, which connects to Yangjing, is not far away. Chen Taoshao came here in a humble way, and he didn't spend too much time on the road. He temporarily concealed his status as a king. If he wants to travel here and check the government's military camp, he can understand it better. people's sentiments.

The appearance of the city is different from that of Yangjing, it is less delicate and more gorgeous, and it also has the heroism of the nomads, but here, there are other tribesmen, so everything is diverse.At the moment of the war, the industry and commerce have naturally declined a bit, but the defense in the city is still good, and it is not very chaotic for the time being.

When he arrived at the government office, he showed that he had prepared Korean and Chinese documents, and was received. Chen Taoshao claimed to be the special envoy, Mr. Li, so the prefect took him to visit.

"This place is subject to military law during the war, and it is temporarily locked here, and its whereabouts are kept secret."

In the prison built underground, there is a tunnel with lights on the wall leading to it. The closed space smells of rot and mildew. Chen Taoshao walked with the accompanying guards. He asked, "What do the prisoners here eat?" ?”

"It's good to have something to eat, Mr. Li, they are all felonies of treason and collaborating with the enemy. Now food and grass are in short supply. They used to eat coarse noodle soup with brown rice, but now they have wild vegetable noodle soup. It's spring and there are a lot of wild vegetables." The person walked through the dark corridor, turned a corner and headed for the door.

Chen Taoshao said: "If the wild vegetables are not handled well, people will die."

"You can't die from eating. There are a few things that herdsmen often eat. We have nothing to do. The normal errands are also short of food. Prisoners will just make do with it."

Chen Taoshao suddenly stopped in his tracks, he turned around with a frown, looked at the magistrate's face, and said in a low voice: "Be careful, there might be an informant from the imperial court inside, if you really kill him, you dead too."

It was just a lie, the prefect's face suddenly turned gray, he was a little scared, and asked: "Really?"

Chen Taoshao stared at the prefect, then raised his head and laughed, he patted the prefect's shoulder with his folding fan, and said, "I'm scaring you, I only check what I'm in charge of, I don't know anything else."

He was handsome, with bright eyes, turned his head, and saw the fence in the prison, which was thick and dense.

There were not many people behind, and Chen Taoshao glanced roughly at their dirty and unfamiliar faces.Prisoners are dressed in black, which can cover up some filth. They are not crazy, but are sleeping or sitting quietly, and some of them cast dull eyes on people who pass by.

"It's too depressing, I have to find a place with windows, what do you want to find out if you're crazy?" Chen Taoshao walked slowly.

The prefect replied: "Most of these are to be convicted, it's just a matter of severity."

Not to mention the people who have been here for a long time, Chen Taoshao felt chest tight after walking for a while. He glanced at a cubicle and saw a pair of very bright eyes.

Very beautiful, low and silent, the person was leaning against the wall, sitting on a pile of straw; the person opened his eyes even wider, and there happened to be one of the lights in the corridor opposite, so Chen Taoshao could see clearly , His heart sank, he was surprised and puzzled.

He was able to confirm that that person was the imperial attendant who was once favored, and it was the Yan Xiu who was notorious in the court.

Chen Taoshao had no choice but to move forward, he held on to the railing with one hand, scanned the furnishings inside, and asked Yan Xiu, "Why are you here?"

Or, Yan Xiu didn't recognize him, or he didn't trust him. In short, the answer is no. Chen Taoshao was lured by the prefect to go deeper. He kept looking into Yan Xiu's eyes, and Yan Xiu was also watching. he.

Until no one can see anyone.

It has been a few days since arriving at the military camp, and Chen Taoshao still stayed there as a special envoy, and got a good tent. At this time, the camp was moved to the north, and changed to a place near the water. Green grass grew by the lake, against the blue sky , the scenery is pretty good.

The guard went out for a while, then came in again, he bowed and said: "Lord Li, your illness may be a cold, they asked you to go to the military doctor's tent to have a look, he is a famous doctor, maybe he will recover soon."

Chen Taoshao did have pain in his temples, and he would also runny nose, he said: "Let's go, I'm free now."

Before the team came back, there were only a few odd jobs in the camp. After staying outside the military doctor's tent, Chen Taoshao met Yan Xiu's helper first. He lifted the curtain and went inside, guarded by his guards.

There was a tall and thin figure in front of the table, wearing a satin cloak, he turned his head slightly and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Military doctor, I'm a special envoy from the middle of Beijing. I may have a cold. Please help me take a look."

"Sit down, come sit down."

He turned around suddenly, there was still a smile on the corner of his mouth, he went to the back of the table, sat down, and repeated: "Sit."

"Oh."

Chen Taoshao's shock only stayed for a second, he sat down, and he responded quietly.

Everything is so strange, seeing Yan Xiu once is enough to surprise people, but seeing two people in two places who are the same but in different situations is really strange. During the diagnosis, Chen Taoshao took a close look at Yan Xiu's face. Face, he can't say there's anything wrong with it.

After taking the medicine, he went back to the tent.

Chen Taoshao had nowhere to discuss and confide in, so he couldn't analyze the matter better. He had other things to do, so he could only ignore this for the time being. Heard something else.

Chen Taoshao asked him: "Is everything fair in the military camp?"

"Not everything is fair, my lord," the man bowed back and said, "This is something that many people don't know. The military doctor from Fushan killed a wounded soldier. He was supposed to be dealt with, but then nothing happened."

Suspicion clouded his heart, Chen Taoshao frowned and thought, he sat down around the small table in the tent with the officials beside him.

Chen Taoshao was puzzled: "It's over?"

"Indeed, it is said that he was originally going to be locked up in a prison, but he came back safe and sound, and no one dared to expose him. In this case, there is a lot of support from the power."

Chen Taoshao asked, "How did you expose him?"

"It's not a revelation, it's just a story."

The hot tea gradually warmed, Chen Taoshao thought about everything about Yan Xiu again, he even wanted to hurry back to the prison to see if that person was actually Yan Xiu.

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