Chang'an ancient meaning

That night Li Chengqi stayed in Princess Taiping's mansion, his appearance made his brothers worry when he went back.Xue Chongjian sat by the bed and tied the wound on Li Chengqi's hand tightly with a white cloth. Li Chengqi lay quietly on the bed, his eyes looking at the bed curtain above his head. Going is as majestic as a golden drum on the battlefield, and it is as fast as a karma drum.He thought of the sentence on the veil, "North wind is cool, rain and snow are shackles", and he felt a sharp pain in his heart, so he curled up and said in a low voice: "Huanu, close the screen."

Xue Chongjian got up and pulled up the screen, plugged in the machine tenons, removed his boots, went to bed and said, "Don't be too worried, cousin, maybe the Supreme just temporarily confines my aunt just like how he dealt with the third uncle and concubine Yuan. There is always a way to save him."

Li Chengqi nodded and said: "This is my only hope now... But, but, what if..." He didn't dare to say any more, a line of tears slowly fell from the corner of his eyes.Xue Chongjian sat beside him and looked at him for a long time, then wiped away his tears with his hand, and said, "What I say now is useless, and you will definitely not listen to it. I just want to advise you, instead of thinking wildly now, it is better to sleep well." Jue, gather up your strength and use it tomorrow, are you pointing at me to carry you into the palace?"

Li Chengqi was stabbed by his rather harsh words, and smiled shyly: "Am I useless? I also hope that I can drive all these thoughts out of my body, so that this night can pass quickly." But when I close my eyes, I see some messy things. Before going to bed every night, my mother always spreads my clothes and puts them on the smoke cage; I used the fan to fan us; when Ah Hua was very young, she didn’t dare to play on the swing, so my mother hugged her and sat on it, and Cheng Yi and I pushed them on both sides. When the swing went up to the sky, Ah Hua giggled happily. Laughing, my mother also laughed, and the flowers on her face were twinkling... If these are all gone, I..." He suddenly burst into sobs, and buried his face in his sleeves.

Xue Chongjian saw his grown-up cousin turning around and sobbing like a child, and felt sore in his heart. Facing some things, they couldn't grow up.He recalled some illusory past events, and he seemed to hear the ticking sound of falling water in his ears—I don’t know if it was the sound of the light falling in the air, or it was his illusion—it turned out that seven years have passed, and the time has passed What they have is gradually taken away, but no gift is seen.

He gently moved over, put his arm on Li Chengqi's shoulder, and said in a low voice: "If there is nothing to do tomorrow, I will bear it with you." patted.That night Xue Chongjian sat beside Li Chengqi all night, listening to his cousin's breathing which was sometimes disordered and sometimes peaceful.Outside, the wind howled like a ghost crying, but in the small space surrounded by the twelve cloud screens, it was peaceful and quiet.

The next day, Xue Chongjian took Li Chengqi into the palace to play ball. In the evening, a group of teenagers drank and had fun. Both Li Chengqi and Xue Chongjian felt drunk, and the weather was cold, so they rested in the inner palace house Xiuyuan given by the emperor to Princess Taiping.At the time of the second watch, someone tapped on the window three times, and Li Chengqi, who was not asleep at all, turned over immediately.He put on his coat, tied his belt, and took off the strings of jingle things hanging from the belt, and put on a black cloak.Xue Chongjian kept staring at him, seeing that Li Chengqi's whole body was covered in black, and his face became pale as snow.He was suddenly disturbed, but he didn't know what to say. When Li Chengqi was about to go out, he stopped him, picked up his short knife and tied it around his waist, and said, "Be on guard, be careful, if you don't come back at dawn , I’ll go find my mother.”

Li Chengqi stared at Xue Chongjian for a moment, seeing that his eyes were also a little dark, thinking that he was too tired to sleep last night.It was rare for him to see Hua Nu, who was always lively and frisky, his lips trembled a few times, but finally he was worried, and said: "If I don't come back, you and aunt will take care of Chengyi and them." Xue Chongjian frowned and said: "Bah! I don't care about your brother!" Li Chengqi forced a smile, took a deep breath, turned and walked out the door.

Xue Chongjian stood at the door, watching Li Chengqi being led by two servants, stepping on the residual snow all over the ground to a deep garden.The moonlight was obscured by the red clouds, and the two small lanterns in their hands flickered faintly in the darkness like phosphorus fire.Xue Chongjian stared at it for a long time, until his eyes hurt so hard that he finally couldn't see, then he closed his eyes slowly. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, and the branches pressed by the snow broke with a "crack", and he couldn't help but lightly hit the tree. There was a chill.

Li Chengqi lived in the East Palace for six years, so he was familiar with the path. The road leading to the East Palace was always secluded, and owls hid in the dark and screamed sharply.Li Chengqi was extremely nervous, but he was not very afraid of the voice, he just felt that under the cover of it, the sound of the three people's footsteps was no longer so piercing and shocking.Suddenly a person turned out from the side of the road, bowed in front of Li Chengqi, and said, "Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness." Li Chengqi was startled, and said in surprise, "Who are you?" The man raised his head, although he was dressed as a servant , but he is tall and tall, with a high nose and deep eyes, which is different from the Central Plains people.At first, Li Chengqi thought that this person's voice was slightly familiar, but at this time with the dim light, he felt that this person's appearance was two or three points the same as Suizi's, his heart was shocked, and he lowered his voice and said: "You...you are Ashina Ke sweat!"

Ashina Yuanqing smiled faintly, pulled up Li Chengqi's sleeve and said, "Your Highness has good eyesight, I am here to escort Your Highness into the East Palace." Li Chengqi snatched his sleeve from him, and he already saw that things were far from what Suizi said It's that simple, Fan Yunxian was originally a servant, so it's reasonable to ask him to visit his father, it's strange to send a foreign general into the palace, and at this moment, there is suddenly a Zuoweiwei general Xingxi dead Khan, his voice is a little strange Trembling: "I just want to visit my father, General Fan is enough, why do you work for Lord Khan? Can Khan tell me the truth, why do you want to see my father?"

Yuan Qing said: "There are eyeliners all over the East Palace. It is not suitable to talk here. After entering, the minister will explain to His Highness and the emperor's heir." Li Chengqi said anxiously: "No! If you don't make it clear, I can't take you in! I can't leave you in danger. Father!" Yuan Qing took a deep look at him and said, "I can learn from the sun and the moon in my heart towards Emperor Gao. I came here to save the emperor's heir and Your Highness. If Your Highness doesn't trust me, you can turn back now." He then After bowing, he went straight to the East Palace.

Li Chengqi touched Li Zhaode, Suizi, Ashina Yuanqing, Baijianfu, and Beifeng Qiliang in his heart, and there was a buzzing in his head, and a vague idea came up, but he couldn't believe it.Seeing Yuan Qing's back like a mountain, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. At this time, the arrow had already left the string, and he couldn't turn his head back, so he had to grit his teeth and follow.

Li Dan sat quietly on the futon, the room was not lit, only the incense burner in front of the Buddha emitted a little bit of faint light from the hollowed-out silver cover, shining on his handsome face.He had long thought that this bit of dark fragrance would be exhausted, and waited quietly, quietly, for a long time, until his world sank into pure darkness, but that little light still flickered stubbornly.Just like an immortal human heart, no matter how hard you try to suppress it, no matter how wind and snow force you, you will never be able to break your ties, longing, and attachment.This is what the Buddhists call greed, hatred, ignorance, love and hatred, separation of love and inability to seek.

Concubine Doulu lifted her skirt, walked in softly, sighed, walked to the Buddha statue, poured some water into the palm of her hand with a clean bottle, then lifted the lid of the incense box, took out two pinches of incense and poured it in. The copper chopsticks brightened the fire.As the smoke curled up, it was Buddha's benevolent eyes looking at the world quietly. Concubine Doulu bowed her palms together and watched for a while, then suddenly her nose felt sore, she quietly flicked tears with her fingertips, turned around and knelt down beside Li Dan, and said, "Your Highness, Rest in peace."

Li Dan said: "You have been worshiping Buddha for several years. How do you explain these three sentences, 'You can't get the past heart, you can't get the present heart, and you can't get the future heart'?" There is no place to pursue it, and it cannot be obtained; in the future, the mind will have wild dreams, and it is completely impossible to decide, and it cannot be obtained; now, the mind is filled with hundreds of thoughts, and it cannot be lived for a moment, and it cannot be obtained for a moment." Li Dan pointed to the bed under the Buddha table A phoenix bird embroidered on the curtain said: "Tell me, is it the heart of the past, the heart of the present, or the heart of the future?" Concubine Doulu trembled in her heart, and then she remembered that the curtain was embroidered by Concubine Liu that day. , because I have used it for several years, I am used to seeing it, but I have forgotten where it came from.She knew that Li Dan missed his wife and children, her heart ached, and she choked up tears on Li Dan's shoulder.Li Dan smiled softly: "You taught me, but you can't see through it yourself? Don't cry."

Suddenly a servant came in hurriedly, with a panicked expression on his face, he said: "Your Highness, the King of Shouchun County... is here!" Li Dan's face changed, and he stood up suddenly with his hands on the ground, and rushed out with big strides, just as he was rushing Li Chengqi walked inwards, his eyes met twice, but Li Chengqi felt that his whole body was weak, he didn't know whether it was sadness or joy, he staggered two steps forward and knelt down on the ground, walked forward on his knees, hugged Li Dan's legs and cried: "Daddy!" , Daddy, I finally see you!"

Li Dan didn't care about other things, he pushed his shoulder away forcefully, and hurriedly scolded: "What are you doing here? Do you have the supreme will?" Li Chengqi was tear-stained, and he didn't have time to answer, he just asked: "Father, where is my mother?" Li Dan's face became darker, and his voice trembled: "You...you entered the palace without authorization? Get out quickly, this is not the place you should come to!" Li Chengqi looked at his father's face, and felt that the little hope that was floating in his heart was also gone. Knocked into the bottom of the sea by a wave, his whole body convulsed with pain in his lungs, he said in a trembling voice: "Could it be...it's really like what they said, both Niang and Mrs. Dou have already..." He only hoped that his father would say something, or It doesn't matter if he comforts him or reprimands him, but Li Dan is just stunned, and whispers: "I don't know."

Li Chengqi's eyes turned black from the pain in his heart, and suddenly a fishy sweetness came out of his mouth, and his body collapsed, so startled that Fan Yunxian and Concubine Doulu came to help him.Li Dan saw three people behind his son, pointed at them and said, "Who are you...?" Fan Yunxian glanced at Li Dan, and said softly: "This servant is Fan Yunxian, the servant who served the emperor before, Your Highness, are you talking clean inside? What?" Li Dan nodded in confusion.Yuan Qing helped Li Chengqi up and followed Li Dan into the Buddhist hall, while Concubine Doulu stayed outside to watch.

After entering the house, Li Dan asked them to put Li Chengqi on the futon, and personally lit a lamp. The three of Yuan Qing straightened their clothes, kowtowed and kowtowed: "Minister Ashina Yuanqing, minister Baijian's mansion Xue Daxin , The slave girl Fan Yunxian kowtowed to His Royal Highness Qiansui." Li Dan didn't turn around, flicked his sleeves and said: "I don't know what you are here for, if you still remember the kindness that the late emperor treated you well, take my son out quickly. "

Yuan Qing and Fan Yunxian looked at each other, Fan Yunxian walked two steps on his knees and said: "Your Highness, all the kings of the Wu family plan to kill His Highness, the two imperial concubines have been murdered, and Your Highness is already in danger. We are waiting I dare not live up to the kindness of the late emperor, so I risked my life to enter the court. If I can save His Highness, I will not regret waiting for my death! The slaves have already arranged everything with Yuanqing Khan, so please leave the palace as soon as possible with the King of Shouchun County. All the heroes of the Western Turks escorted His Royal Highness to Baijian Mansion first, and raised the banner of Xingtang in the north of Hebei. The people of the world have been thinking about the Tang Dynasty for a long time, and His Highness will gather followers when he ascends. At that time, there will be tens of thousands of soldiers from the Western Turks , there are old ministers such as Li Zhaode, Your Highness, why worry about the ancestral temple gone!"

So it turned out that Li Chengqi finally understood that Li Zhaode's song Beifeng was not just telling him that the situation was critical, and that Suizi wanted him to enter the palace was not just to deceive others.

Li Dan's hands could not tremble slightly, he turned around and shouted sharply: "Shut up!" He took a deep breath, walked up to Li Chengqi, and asked, "You brought them into the palace?"

Yuan Qing stepped forward on his knees and said calmly: "Your Highness, the King of Shouchun County doesn't know about this matter." Li Dan raised his eyes to look at Yuan Qing and said solemnly: "Ashina Yuanqing, your general of the town, Zuo The great generals of Weiwei are all appointed by the Supreme, right? Whether it is the Great Zhou Dynasty or the Great Tang Dynasty, it is all our Han family affairs, why do you want to participate in it?" Yuan Qing looked at Li Dan quietly and said: "Although I am a barbarian, but I understand that "loyalty is the same". It was Taizong Tian Khan of the Tang Dynasty who descended on the day of my Western Turks, not the Emperor Wu of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The selfishness that His Highness said, the minister is not without, the minister helps His Highness to accomplish things, and His Highness will let him go back in the future native land."

Li Dan knew that Ashina Mishe, the father of Ashina Yuanqing, was loyal to Emperor Taizong, so he sighed and said: "I am claustrophobic, and I can't do your big things. Don't talk about it anymore, take me away." Follow my son."

Fan Yunxian kowtowed and cried: "Your Highness! Your Highness, now that the King of Luling has been abolished, and his life and death are unknown, the emperor only has the remnant of His Highness' lineage. The ancestral temple and the country are all tied to His Highness. If His Highness leaves, whether it is successful or not, Li can always be preserved." Tang Xueyin; if Your Highness stays, all the county kings will be eggs that will overthrow the nest, can Your Highness have the heart to see them repeat the mistakes of the two ladies?"

Li Dan walked slowly to Li Chengqi's side, hugged his son's shoulders and said: "Even if the kings of the Wu family refuse to give up, it is only a misfortune for my family. If I go with you, thousands of people will lose their families and die. The earth bleeds and fills the fields. What's more, the son turns against his mother, the law of heaven does not allow it, I can't do it."

Yuan Qing never expected that they risked their lives to save Li Dan, but Li Dan refused to leave, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, I have heard a saying that Xiao Ci is the thief of Da Ci. The hope of Li Tang Zhongxing depends on you." Once you are alone, you can’t be limited to the mere mother-child relationship! When the current emperor poisoned your two elder brothers and denounced the King of Luling, did you ever think about the mother-child relationship?”

Li Dan was silent for a moment, and said word by word: "I am not sensitive, but I have three virtues, which are compassion, frugality, and daring not to be the first in the world." Zong committed a great crime, but there is no other way."

Li Chengqi didn't know why, but when he heard his father make such a decision, he was relieved to let go of his burden. He struggled to kneel up, and said, "I follow your father." Li Dan lovingly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said, " Silly child, I am sorry for your mother and son."

The author has something to say: Some people may think that Li Dan is stupid, but in my opinion, he was right in that era when we couldn’t have both.