Chang'an ancient meaning

Seeing that there was a bruise on his son's cheek, Li Dan was full of doubts, but now he couldn't ask. He sighed and said, "As His Majesty ordered, I have something to ask Li Chengqi." Putting the cane beside him, he leaned over and kowtowed: "Your servant Li Chengqi respectfully accepts the hadith." Xue Chongjian and others also knelt down hurriedly.Li Dan said: "Li Chengqi, you have repeatedly asked me to leave the pavilion because of my studies. I will invite you to promote a virtuous and loyal man to be your friend and friend, and let your father be your supervisor. Now that you have been out of the pavilion for seven days, you will roam among prostitutes." door, is this your Fu You's fault, or your father's fault?"

Li Chengqi knelt on the ground with bare feet, and the chills made him tremble slightly. He imagined his father's embarrassment and fear when the emperor reprimanded his words, and he almost fainted in shame. It’s absurd and unworthy.” Li Dan went on to say: “In the troubled autumn of the country, I and the prince worked hard day and night, and the soldiers of different surnames knew that we were fighting against the enemy with blood. , can you feel at ease?"

Xue Chongjian didn't expect that it was just a fight, which caused the emperor to reprimand Li Chengqi with such harsh words. Seeing that Li Chengqi was kneeling on the ground, he couldn't lift his head up, and his fair fingers on the ground were just trembling, so he quickly raised his head and said, "Uncle, is it a fight?" I hit it, but my cousin didn't do anything..." Li Chengqi said in a low voice: "I am ashamed, I am ashamed of Gu Sheng'en, and ashamed of my loving relatives, I deserve death."

Li Dan sighed and said: "Come here, invite the nobles from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to come in and charge Li Chengqi thirty sticks."

Li Chengqi's shoulders shrank subconsciously, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.The punishment he feared the most was that the emperor called him and his younger brothers back into the palace. It turned out that he was just going to be beaten up, which was really the best result.He looked down at the cane next to him, and for a moment he thought he was ridiculous. He made such a big mistake, and his father was reprimanded by the emperor. Tiao poop in the past?Even if the emperor wanted to kill him, it was only his own fault.

Thinking of all the entanglements in the past two days and the upcoming whipping of his upper body, Li Chengqi was relieved beyond his instinctive fear.There are too many people and things that he can't decide and can't face, it's best if this cane can knock him out and allow him to temporarily escape for a moment.Li Chengqi kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."

"Wait!" Xue Chongjian jumped up in surprise, and said, "Uncle, grandma, how can I be punished?" Li Dan said, "Half a year's salary." Xue Chongjian asked, "Where are the two from the Wu family?" Li Dan said "It's the same as you." Xue Chongjian immediately said anxiously: "How can you beat only my cousin? It's not fair!"

"Xue Chongjian!" Li Chengqi snorted, and Xue Chongjian was stunned. He has grown up so much that he can't remember when he heard these three words from Li Chengqi's mouth.He turned his head in a daze, wanting to see who was moving his mouth in the hall, he thought he must have misheard, his name was Hua Nu, not Xue Chongjian.No matter how old he is, no matter what others call him, he will always be a slave to his cousin.Li Chengqi met his eyes, his heart was pierced by a knife, and the pain was unbearable, he turned his head and said: "You can't resist the order."

While they were talking, the prison guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs who were waiting outside the courtyard had already filed in. Because it was the king of Zhangzhai, besides two boards, he was also carrying a dark torture bed.Li Chengqi stood up silently, his bare feet once again stepped on the cold ground in winter, trembling all over his body.Li Dan saw it in his eyes, and suddenly felt very regretful in his heart. He has never fulfilled his father's responsibility in these years. A few boards are also good.After all, he is not as good as a flower slave.

Li Chengqi removed the coat by himself, leaving only the brand-new white silk jacket all over his body. Thinking of taking off the clothes for a while, he blushed and begged his father, "Father...let them all go out..." Li Dan understood his intention Xinyi said worriedly: "Do you want...to leave two people to hold you?" Li Chengqi blushed even more, bit his lower lip and said: "I can bear it." Li Dan sighed, after all, he obeyed his son, He said to the servants in the house: "You all step back."

Xue Chongjian clasped Li Dan's arm and said pleadingly: "Uncle, go and tell Granny that you don't blame my cousin for what happened today. It was they who were rude to my cousin first, so I beat them. If you want to beat me, just beat me." " Li Chengqi lowered his head, it was hard to tell whether it was gratitude or pain in his heart, why was he willing to suffer for himself without any grudges again and again?Hua Nu gave too much, and he couldn't afford it anymore, like a string whose pitch was too high and was about to break.He didn't want Xue Chongjian to see his embarrassment, so he deliberately put on a tougher tone, saying: "I deserve what I did, so please go back."

Li Dan looked at Xue Chongjian lovingly, and said in a low voice: "Huanu, don't make trouble anymore, His Majesty is very angry today, if you make trouble again, it's not good for him...you go home." Xue Chongjian shook his head and said: "I won't go back, my mother will beat me when I go back." Li Dan smiled slightly, and said softly, "Your mother is in the palace tonight." Xue Chongjian glanced at Li Chengqi, and said, "Then I won't go back either." Li Dan knew He was worried about Li Chengqi, and he didn't force him. He looked at his son, but he couldn't say that sentence anyway.

Li Chengqi knelt down to Li Dan again, kowtowed and said: "My son is unworthy and shames my father. I will ask my father to punish me after receiving the holy responsibility." He stood up, walked to the execution bed and bent down.No one undressed Li Chengqi, and the two prison guards didn't dare to do anything for a while. Li Chengqi lay down silently for a while. Although he was ashamed to death, he also understood that such delay would not be the end after all.After several times of puffing in my heart, I finally turned back tremblingly, untied the sweat towel, and slowly slipped the pants down to my hips.

Li Chengqi's long hair stretched down to his waist, and two strands hung down the sides of his face, casting a shadow on his delicate cheeks. He closed his eyes tightly, his eyelashes trembling slightly, as if he was begging others not to look any further.

Xue Chongjian saw that Li Chengqi was dressed in white and had black hair, matched with the dark torture bed under his body. The color was monotonous to the extreme, just to set off the brilliance of the middle part of the body.The narrow waist and raised jade mounds are projected on them by the unscrupulous lights, and the color of pearls and jade flows out, which makes people feel that they are gorgeous and then plain. This clear and fair skin is extremely charming and soft.

Xue Chongjian shuddered all over, and the familiar and unfamiliar emotions stabbed in his heart like tiny needles, bringing about a painful spasm of bones all over his body.Perhaps Li Chengqi's skin was soaked too thoroughly by the hot water just now, it was as tender as a newborn, with a lustrous luster, lighter than pear blossoms, more brittle than glass, as if it would break if touched.He couldn't bear to imagine how such a body could withstand the blow of the wooden stick, and he couldn't imagine that there was a body more exquisite than this in the world.He felt a slight dizziness in his head. At a certain moment, this dizziness has nothing to do with kindness, blood relationship, or even identity or ethics.

Seeing that Li Chengqi was ready to pack up, the guards on both sides raised the wooden stick and hit it on the buttocks with a "pop" sound of broken ice and jade.Although they were ordered by Princess Taiping, they came here according to the order, and they didn't dare to be too conspicuous because of partiality. This stick used [-] to [-]% of its strength.Moreover, after Li Chengqi took a bath, when his skin was sensitive, he felt a dull pain suddenly penetrated into his flesh. Although he gritted his teeth desperately without making a sound, he couldn't help but straighten his body up. Like spring water, it flows down suddenly and flows into the small gully, unexpectedly there is a lingering feeling hidden in it.

Lifting the stick, a crimson trace immediately lay across the snow-white buttocks, because the red was too abrupt, although it was scorching and gorgeous, it made people feel piercing and painful.Seeing that Li Chengqi was not restrained by anyone, the two prison guards relied on their own strength to bear the pain. They were afraid that he would not be able to support him if the beating was too fast, so they stopped for a moment and then dropped the next one after one blow.Although this is a bit gentler than the sudden rain, it allows Li Chengqi to experience how the pain falls, how it disperses into the flesh, and how it pulsates in the muscles.He endured so much pain that his muscles and bones were sore, and he only heard the long counting beeps only six times.For a moment, despair and anxiety filled his heart. He always thought that he could survive, but it turned out that he was far weaker than he imagined.Just like some feelings, he thought he could bear to never say them out, but they were in his chest, pounding to break his heart.

After ten blows, the four-finger-wide board had been passed back and forth twice, and Li Chengqi's buttocks were all bright red, and where the new and old wounds overlapped, lavender stiff marks were still swollen.Li Chengqi had to devote most of his strength to control his legs not to toss and turn, not to struggle to avoid being ashamed, let alone gather his mind to bear the pain.The pain on his buttocks was like a blazing fire. Although he was wearing very thin clothes, sweat still permeated through his clothes, soaking the soft silk on the ground, making it almost transparent, and sticking to the youthful and soft body of the young man.

Xue Chongjian stood aside, watching the two torture sticks fall, her heart twitched violently, she felt that she jumped up to take his place, although it hurt a bit, it was better than just watching from the sidelines.Only thinking about what his uncle told him, he endured it for a long time. Seeing that Li Chengqi was almost naked, his two slender legs were also trembling under the whipping.He only felt a wave of heat rushing through his body, hitting his heart, and it was about to burst. In the darkness like a cloud of wind and rain, he clearly knew his wish, and wanted to cover his pain—— Want, want to hold his thin shoulders, want to be close to his skin.

Xue Chongjian is still holding back, he knows that it is different from three years ago, when he could embrace him just to save him, but now if he pounces on him, neither he nor he will have a way out, everything will be out of order.A wish that is too clear is frightening, just like standing on the bank of a river and seeing the raging waves coming.Both teenagers' bodies were struggling under some kind of torture.

Just after halfway through the sticking, the stick wound on Li Chengqi's buttocks was completely bruised and purple. He couldn't control the pain. Although his teeth could bite his lips, he couldn't stop his heavy breathing and groans escaped from between his nose and teeth. come out.He was clasping the head of the torture bed with both hands, and he had already lost his strength. He knew that his strength might have reached the limit with the next blow, so he couldn't help but go back to block the board, turned back to his wrist cruelly, and bit down hard.

When he looked up, Xue Chongjian saw a strand of wet black hair sticking to Li Chengqi's pale cheek, and there were streaks of water under his tightly closed eyes.Those water stains flowed into Xue Chongjian's heart, and the tide rose rapidly, and he was swallowed up, so he couldn't care about anything else.Xue Chongjian strode forward, like three years ago, blocking his cousin under him, but he still looked up at Li Dan, his clear eyes were pleading, but also shone with some firmness and stubbornness.

Because the board was not played fast, the two criminal prisons quickly took it away, and Li Dan said with difficulty: "Huanu...don't make trouble..." Xue Chongjian pleaded: "Uncle, I am the one responsible, let me take the rest !"

Li Chengqi got the gap, but gasped for breath. He raised his eyes and looked back, gritted his teeth and said, "You—get out of the way!" He leaned over to his ear and whispered: "Seeing you like this, I'd rather bear the board myself." Li Chengqi couldn't restrain his trembling, he closed his eyes, and repeated: "Get out of the way."

Xue Chongjian had no choice but to turn to him and squat down in front of him silently. He brushed away the strand of hair sticking to Li Chengqi's face for him. His fingertips touched his hot skin. He saw Li Chengqi caged Under the elegant eyes with a layer of water vapor, the hidden fear is exactly the same as his own fear.He snatched the hand that Li Chengqi had bitten just now, and held it firmly.

Li Chengqi struggled subconsciously, but because his whole body was so weak that he couldn't take it back, he felt a little lucky in his heart, so he let him hold it.The two prison guards saw that Li Chengqi's buttocks were swollen and purple, and that if he beat him again, his skin would break and bleed. They said softly to Li Dan, "Your Highness, take off Langjun's clothes - you can't beat him there." gone."

Li Dan was silent for a moment, walked up to his son, grabbed his trouser waist, and pulled the trousers down to the knees, revealing his plump and greasy thighs. Li Chengqi was powerless to stop him, but subconsciously held his legs even tighter.The board hit the leg, although it was not as harsh as hitting the old wound just now, the tender flesh on the leg was still unbearably painful.Li Chengqi clenched his hands instinctively, and Xue Chongjian's fingers were also clenched until they turned white. This was really his only support in pain for a long time.

It was so easy to finish the [-]-stick beating, and the clothes on Li Dan's back were soaked with sweat. Looking at Li Chengqi, who was limp on the torture bed, he finally showed the mercy of the prison guards. It is already very light.Li Dan slowly let out a breath of oppression in his chest, signaled Xue Chongjian to cover up Li Chengqi's clothes, and personally sent the two criminal prisons out, took off a jade bib from his waist and handed it over: "It's just a small thing, let me express my gratitude .”

The two jailers hurriedly shook their hands and said: "How dare we accept His Highness's things." Li Dan smiled shyly and said: "The lonely king will always remember the affection of the two nobles for the dog." One of them smiled awkwardly and said: "Your Highness, I am ashamed of this servant. This is an imperial mission, and I can only do this. Although the gentleman is in pain, he has no internal injuries. Apply two medicines to dissipate blood stasis and reduce swelling, rest for three to five days, and he will be fine. .” Li Dan bowed slightly to thank again.

When Li Dan came back, he ordered his servant to come in and carry Li Chengqi back to his room.Li Chengqi rested at this moment, gathered a little strength, and struggled to get up, Li Dan said gently: "Take the medicine first, and then talk about it later." He lowered his head and buried his face in the crook of his arms.Xue Chongjian was still squatting on Li Chengqi's bedside with eyes full of anxiety and concern. Li Dan thought of what happened today, and his suspicions became more and more serious. He patted Xue Chongjian on the shoulder lightly and said, "Flower slave, come out with me."

Xue Chongjian didn't dare to disobey his uncle's words, but looked at Li Chengqi affectionately, finally he was not reconciled, and called out: "Cousin." Although he kept his voice extremely low, both Li Chengqi and Li Dan could hear clearly. With unquenchable longing in a trembling voice.He quietly held a strand of Li Chengqi's hair hanging by the pillow in his hand, he thought this small movement was covered by his body, but the slightest strands of entanglement spread directly from the root of the hair to Li Chengqi's heart.In the urging tranquility of this moment, he and he are waiting at this intersection of no way out.

Xue Chongjian finally sighed softly, let go, and followed Li Dan to the courtyard.When the night wind blew, he shivered, and now the north wind was picking up, and the iron horses under the eaves danced in panic, and the sound of ding dong hit Xue Chongjian's heart like a shower.Li Danruan looked at his nephew with scrutiny. He didn't get along with Xue Chongjian much, but he knew a lot about the boy's temperament from other people's mouths.At this moment, he saw Xue Chongjian's slender fingers clung to each other restlessly, as if revealing his state of mind, and they were as chaotic as this iron horse.

Li Dan asked: "Why did you go to Mingyifang today?" Xue Chongjian was startled, that was something that others would never understand, Li Chengqi didn't say anything, even he himself could only pretend not to understand.Li Chengqi is the king of the county, he is a filial son, he should be gentle, courteous and thrifty gentleman, he is subject to more restraints than himself, Li Chengqi said that those restraints have penetrated into his soul, he can't live without them.So he can no longer push down the screen like when he was a child, and he can no longer ask: "Cousin, pat me." He can cover the board for him, but in reality He was persecuted too much, and he had no reason to force Li Chengqi to bear it with him.

Xue Chongjian smiled lightly, and he raised his hand to support the iron horses under the eaves, begging them not to make him afraid of the noise.He regained his usual carefree expression, and said: "There is a woman in Mingyifang who thinks she is good at playing the flute. I told her about my cousin's flute playing skills. She didn't believe her, so she insisted on betting with me. I had to drag my cousin away." Li Dan frowned slightly, and said, "Is that so?" Xue Chongjian never knew that his gentle and weak uncle had such penetrating eyes, he was timid after all, afraid of this gamble If you fall, you will lose everything you have at hand.

Xue Chongjian gritted his teeth and said with a smile, "Yes." The howling of the night wind seemed to cover up the tremor in his voice.