Chang'an ancient meaning

Xue Chongjian walked into the courtyard, and the maidservant who led him in was about to come in to announce, but he stopped by raising his hand, and listened attentively. There was a whining sound of xun in the room, and then a tinkling sound, as clear and clear as the wind blowing jade, spring water shattered Remnant ice, it was the sound of Lingling's chime.Xue Chongjian frowned and said: "Who is your king playing with?" The maid said: "The people from Taichang Temple came this morning with many musical instruments, and they said they wanted to compose some music. His Highness has been busy with them all morning."

Xue Chongjian snorted, walked around a clump of Xiangfei bamboos, because the house was very hot in summer, the door was not closed and the curtains were not closed, he saw at a glance that the hall was full of musicians kneeling, and they were all well-versed in music.Li Chengqi was turning his back to hit him, Xue Chongjian stepped up the steps, and said with a smile: "If you have a heart, hit the chime! [1]" Li Chengqi was slightly startled, and when he looked back, he smelled alcohol on his body first. , Surprised: "Why are you here today?" All the musicians in Taichang Temple quickly got up and bowed to him.

Xue Chongjian smiled and didn't answer, walked around the hall, casually dialed out a series of flowing syllables on the piano, turned his head and asked a musician: "What are you doing?" : "Decades ago, there was a set of tunes circulated among the folks called "Sang Tiao Wei". Gai Tianyi thought that Empress Shun Tian should be the mother of the country and be in charge of sericulture. His Royal Highness ordered this tune to be Sang Wei Ge Twelve It was played during the empress's silkworm ceremony." Xue Chongjian said with a smile: "Ha, in the past, Empress Zetian sang "娬Meiniang" in the world, and today Empress Shuntian sang "Sangtiaowei", I don't know this piece , but how many years can you play?" Li Chengqi's complexion changed, and he hurriedly said: "Huanu! You are drunk, go into the room and rest."

Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "You all sing songs in unison, Taiping, let me join in the fun too!" He stepped forward, took off the Futou casually and threw it aside, and took off his round-neck robe, revealing a snow-white shirt underneath , but he was wearing a light green sweat scarf, which made his face more and more suitable to Ruo Wodan.He took the yellow sandalwood drumstick from a musician, and stood with his legs slightly apart in front of the Jiegu drum.The temple minister smiled flatteringly and said: "Xue Erlang condescends to teach you, what tune do you want to play, do you want them to accompany you?" Dare to say more, hurriedly stepped aside.

Xue Chongjian tilted his head as if he was meditating, when suddenly there was a crisp sound, and the attendants thought it was a flash of lightning outside the room, but they saw that Xue Chongjian's right hand just shook and returned to its original position.The Najie drum is passed down from Xiaoyuezhi. The body of the drum is made of ram skin covered with flower porcelain. The rhythm is the second rhythm of the Yang rhythm among the twelve rhythms. .After Xue Chongjian played a few preludes, Shoushan's movements gradually accelerated, the drums were loud and short, and there was the sound of metal and stone clanging, faintly bringing out a fierce and chilling attack.Xue Chongjian spread his legs apart, his body was as motionless as Yuan Ting and Yue Zhi, and he swung the drumsticks with his forearms and wrists. The pair of yellow sandalwood drumsticks fluttered up and down like a pair of yellow butterflies in his hands, and everyone couldn't see clearly With his gestures, he could only hear the sound of drums as urgent as summer rain hitting duckweed, and it seemed like thousands of cavalry galloping, and the sound of slaughter on the battlefield rushed towards his face.

Xue Chongjian's tambourine skills used to be played only by empresses at family banquets in the palace. Today, all the musicians in Taichang Temple could not have imagined that he, a dude, had such a unique skill. They were stunned and surprised. Only Li Chengqi secretly sighed .

After playing a song, the Minister of Taichang Temple praised: "Usually I only heard that His Royal Highness Linzi King is good at Jiegu, but today I heard Xue Erlang play "The Music of the King of Qin Breaking the Array", and I have seen what is the meaning of 'head like a green mountain peak, hands like Bai Yudian'. If you come to Taichang Temple, the drum masters in our temple will probably run away." Xue Chongjian wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, and he beat the drum in a rush, feeling drunk, and hiccupped: " Escape...what's wrong with escaping, phoenix phoenix, He De's decline, that's all...if we can escape, we will also escape..." Li Chengqi saw that he was quite drunk, he helped him and told the priest to say : "Let's come here today, go back and let them get used to acting, come back tomorrow."

Li Chengqi helped Xue Chongjian into the inner room, and slowly put him to lie down on the jade mat. Xue Chongjian stretched out his arms, wrapped his arms around Li Chengqi's waist, and put his head into his arms.Li Chengqi struggled a bit, but did not break free, and said: "Let go, I'll get you hangover soup." Xue Chongjian shook his head and muttered: "No, I'm not drunk." He still held him firmly.Li Chengqi sighed, took out his handkerchief to wipe off the sweat on his face, and asked: "Where did you drink all this wine?" Xue Chongjian said: "Where else? Except at home, Weifu and here, my mother They didn’t even let me go to the wine shop.”

Li Chengqi was speechless, the turnaround of the situation was beyond their expectation.Since the Shenlong Revolution, Wu Sansi relied on being the grandfather of Princess Anle, and was favored by Empress Wei. The hustle and bustle has risen day by day, and the power has been far more prosperous than Wu Zhou Dynasty.Ever since the case of Prince Consort Tongzhen's murder of Empress Wei, General Wei Yue suing Wu Sansi for adultery with the Empress, and Tianjin Bridge yellow paper case, the emperor has killed all the heroes of the Shenlong Revolution.After the five kings left, Taiping and Li Dan became the biggest threat to Empress Wei and Wu Sansi.An Le and Empress Wei slandered Princess Taiping and Xiang Wang in front of the emperor. Although Li Xian was friendly with his younger siblings, he gradually became suspicious.On the one hand, the rewards of Taiping and Li Dan were thickened, and the actual seals of both of them were increased to [-] households, and on the other hand, they were strictly guarded against them.

The emperor once wanted to appoint Li Dan as the emperor's younger brother, but Li Dan hurriedly resigned, and even resigned from the post of Taiwei.Wu Sansi also sent guards to the Prime Minister's Mansion and Princess Taiping's Mansion to set up a battle house at ten steps, and patrol the gate with soldiers, which is the same as the palace ban.Li Dan just entered the court as usual, and when he returned home, he closed the door to thank guests, indulging in calligraphy and exegesis. Taiping also forbade his sons to make friends with courtiers, so as not to cause trouble.Xue Chongjian used to go hunting and singing with many young friends in the downtown area, now that he has a hot father-in-law like Wu Sansi, the self-esteemed sons and daughters all look sideways, fearing that if they associate with him, they will be suspected of being clinging, and those who try to curry favor with him, he looks at him again No, in addition to the strict restraint of the mother, she alienated all the friends in the past.Li Chengqi could still endure such a day of house arrest, but Xue Chongjian was extremely bored.

Li Chengqi sighed: "Today is your mother-in-law's birthday, you should go to pay homage to her birthday." Xue Chongjian frowned and said: "No! If you go, you will meet those two people, and you will be annoyed when you see them!"

Li Chengqi knew that he was talking about Wu Sansi and Wu Chongxun's wife, Princess Anle.Perhaps because of the tragic death of Zhongrun Xianhui, the emperor poured all his paternal love on Princess Anle Li Bao'er, pampering her to do whatever she wanted.She won the right to establish a mansion from her father, and then the princesses left the palace to open the mansion one after another. Even Shangguan Wan'er, as a concubine, had a mansion outside the palace, opening an unprecedented imperial concubine to live outside. wonders.An Le often made his own imperial edicts, covered them up, and only asked his father to sign them with a seal, but the emperor obeyed them with a smile.Seeing that the prince Li Chongjun was not favored by his father, An Le begged his father to make him the empress dowager. Princess Taiping was ignorant of other matters, but she had to advise her elder brother on this matter.An Le is jealous of her aunt, and occasionally met Xue Chongjian in Wu Sansi's mansion, and they also looked at each other coldly, Xue Chongjian didn't go to pay birthday wishes today because he didn't want to see her.

Li Chengqi smoothed Xue Chongjian's messy hair with his fingers, and said in a low voice: "After all, the princess is different from King Dejing[2]. She always loves you like her own son, so she should go to pay respects today. Besides, if you don't go, How can your wife get a foothold in her mother's house?" Xue Chongjian said sullenly: "We have been arguing about this all morning, and my mother prepared a generous gift for her to go back by herself. Cousin, guess what I mentioned to Wu Sansi last time? As for Mr. Zhang Jianzhi, what did he say? He said, "I don't know what is called a good person and what is called an evil person. But those who are good to me are good people, and those who are evil to me are evil people." I don't know, There are such arrogant and shameless people in the world, yet the third uncle still trusts him so much!"

Li Chengqi smiled wryly, and said: "Your Majesty has suffered too much. Only the Queen is by your side. It is human nature to want to give her more compensation. Floating clouds may not last long. When His Majesty's Sacred Heart returns, it will be natural." We will rectify the bad government." Xue Chongjian was full of depression, took advantage of the drunkenness, sat up, and said with a sneer: "Forget it, today is not as good as Er Zhang's fashion. I think of that day when we were in the wild with Mr. Zhang Jianzhi I swear, everyone is putting their lives to work, what kind of revolution, but in the end it only achieved the fame and wealth of a bunch of dirty villains! We don’t even have a foothold!"

Li Chengqi thought of the tragic death of Zhang Jianzhi and others, and his heart ached, but he didn't want Xue Chongjian to say more, so he pressed his mouth lightly and said, "Lie down, and I'll get you a towel to wipe your face." Li Chengqi took a tree Putting the plum into his mouth, he got up to put a handkerchief in the cold water. Xue Chongjian held the plum in his mouth, and the sour taste lingered in his mouth. Pregnant."

Li Chengqi's hands were soaked in cold water, but they shrank back suddenly as if they had been scorched by a raging fire. He watched the water drops gently dripping from his fingertips and falling into the silver basin, causing a small ripple, like Teardrops are average.His body stood still for an unknown amount of time before he managed to speak out: "Ah, this is a good thing, my cousin is really happy for you." For some reason, the voice trembled uncontrollably.

Xue Chongjian smiled silently and said, "You are not happy."

Li Chengqi reached into the basin again, and used the sound of water waving the handkerchief to cover up his gaffe.After a while, his breathing became stable again, and he came back and put Xue Chongjian's head on his lap, wiped his face, and said softly: "My cousin is really happy for you. When you have a child in the future, you should be more stable, no You should drink so much more, let alone make Alan angry." Xue Chongjian looked at Li Chengqi's cold eyes and his usual gentle smile, and he thought, could he always be like this to himself from now on? look?He held Li Chengqi's hand, put it on his face, and murmured: "Cousin, let's go back to Luoyang." Li Chengqi didn't understand what he meant, and said, "What are you going to do?" Xue Chongjian said: "If you don't do anything, just We accompany my mother and uncle, and go back to Luoyang to live, I don't like Chang'an anymore." Li Chengqi smiled and said: "Silly flower slave, where we go, we are never up to ourselves."

Xue Chongjian had another belch, and even his eyes were hot. He whispered: "When I was young, you always told me how good Chang'an is, so you lied to me. I miss Luoyang now, and I miss Chong, who was studying. Fu Dian. I really want to wake up drunk and find that I am still only six or seven years old. The most annoying thing every day is to get up early to study, and the thing I am most afraid of is being spanked by that old man Song. But next time After finishing school, Dad will wait for us outside the East Palace and take us to play horseback riding..."

Li Chengqi gently stroked Xue Chongjian's cheeks. The skin that had just been wiped off by water was smooth and smooth, but because of the alcohol, it was still as warm as warm jade.It reminded him in a trance of when he was a child, Hua Nu bounced up and ran to him to call his cousin, and he smiled and pinched Hua Nu's face.Is it really possible to go back to the distant childhood time by getting drunk?He also tried, why does the lingering loneliness sneak into his heart every time before he wakes up?Li Chengqi hugged Xue Chongjian, leaned on the bed rail, listened to the breeze blowing the green bamboo outside the window, listened to the never-ending noise of the cicadas, and only when they cuddled together could they enjoy the distant and fresh dreams together.

After a long time, Li Chengqi gently pushed Xue Chongjian's shoulder, and said softly, "Huanu, it's time for you to go to Dejing Palace to pay your respects to your birthday."

When Xue Chongjian came to Prince Dejing's mansion, the banquet had already been arranged. In the outer hall, the concubines of Prince Dejing were entertaining ladies and wives from various families, and colorful boxes and cabinets were piled up outside the door.Xue Chongjian casually looked at the signatures pasted on the boxes and cages, followed the maid who led the way into the inner hall, the singing and dancing in the hall was reaching the joyous place, Wu Sansi and the princess sat at the top in auspicious clothes, and the people sitting below were all the children of the Wu family, see Seeing Xue Chongjian, she said with a smile: "Here comes the sweet guest!" Xue Chongjian walked to the hall and saw Wu Linglan sitting beside his mother. Joy to come.

Xue Chongjian looked at Wu Chongxun again, but he didn't see Princess Anle, he relaxed a little, kowtowed to congratulate the princess, the princess was very happy, but Wu Sansi looked displeased, and said: "Why did you come here at this time?" Xue Chongjian said: "The king of Shouchun County is making up a song for the queen, and asked me to play Duan Jiegu to fill the number." Jianchang Wang Wu Youning said with a smile: "It turns out that Huanu still has this ability, so we should open our eyes." Xue Chongjian said casually "Unfortunately, I sprained my wrist today." Wu Sansi frowned slightly, and was about to speak, the princess hurriedly smiled and pulled Wu Sansi's sleeve, and waved to him with a smile: "It's okay, it's just another day—come , Come and sit next to Mother."

Xue Chongjian walked up to the concubine, looked at Wu Linglan with a smile and said nothing, Wu Linglan was wearing a red tube top today, and an emerald blue gold mud multicolored embroidered jacket on the outside, and a pomegranate flower skirt spread out on the bed, as if a bright red had fallen all over the floor The fiery pomegranate.She silently retracted her skirt, and Xue Chongjian sat down beside her. Princess Dejing touched Xue Chongjian's neck and said in a low voice: "Huanu, you don't know, most women are irritable at this time. Then there is something that I don't understand etiquette, look at me, give Alan a point." Wu Linglan said angrily, "When did I not understand etiquette!"

Xue Chongjian sat closer, and saw that Wu Linglan's face was covered with makeup, but her eyes were still slightly red and swollen, and when she saw the flowers on her forehead, she felt a slight pain in her heart, and said with a smile: "I know I was wrong. I’m here to make an apology to my lady.” He took out a small gold box from his belt, gently and carefully opened it under the table, and picked out a small black worm from it, which was pointed at his fingertips. The small pointed head is like kowtowing.Xue Chongjian smiled and said: "It's inconvenient to salute here, so I have to ask him to kowtow for me a few times." This kowtow to beg for mercy from his lover was originally a common method used by young men nowadays, Wu Linglan couldn't help but pursed her lips and smiled again. She turned her face and snorted, "Who cares about it? It's disgusting." Xue Chongjian laughed softly, "I came late just to catch it. My lady should accept it because of my half-day hard work." He Put Chong'er back into the gold box, tie the gold box to the skirt on Wu Linglan's chest, and form a delicate concentric flower knot.Wu Linglan gave him a blank look, but couldn't help but pursed her lips into a smile, the two shallow dimples reflected the full color of the room, like a puddle of spring water.Seeing them like this, Princess Dejing finally smiled comfortably.

Today was originally a birthday celebration for the elders, and the musicians of the Jiaofang Division only chose festive and lively songs and dances to perform. At one moment, the silk, bamboo, sheng and pipes were playing together, and twelve teenagers on the field were combing their small hair, making them look like fairy children, each Holding a fairy peach, singing and dancing to celebrate the birthday of the princess.The dance was not very interesting, Xue Chongjian felt that the beating of the gongs and drums hurt his ears, he looked at the banquet casually, and saw that besides all the relatives of the Wu family, there was actually Cui Shi, the servant of the school's official department.After Cui Shizhong became a Jinshi, he was originally a merit tester named Wailang, who was appreciated by Zhang Jianzhi because of his talent, so he placed him beside Wu Sansi and asked him to monitor Wu Sansi's actions.Cui Shi saw that the emperor was dissatisfied with Zhang Jianzhi and others, so he joined Wu Sansi and planned to kill the five kings for Wu Sansi. chapter matter.Xue Chongjian saw him sitting beside Wu Pingyi, the son of Yingchuan County Prince and direct scholar of Xiuwenguan, as if he regarded himself as Wu Sansi's nephew and nephew, he couldn't help but sneered, and then thought that he had suspected that his cousin had something for him back then. Affection really defiled my cousin.

He was thinking wildly, when Wu Linglan stabbed him, he suddenly woke up, only to see Wu Chongxun who was opposite him had stood up, toasted the princess, quickly picked up the gold cup on the table, stood up with Wu Linglan, and said a few words of congratulations.After drinking a glass, the princess waited for everyone to sit down, and the music was changed to "Wan Nian Huan". The princess laughed and said, "They don't like to listen to such an old-fashioned song. Ah Zhen's literary talent is better than that of our Wu family's children." It is the best here, and last year I was rewarded with red flowers by His Majesty for writing poems, why not sing us a new song?" Wu Ping said with a smile: "My nephew has no good works recently, but I have learned an ancient style that has been circulated in the market. The tune, the meaning of the words is beautiful and lingering, just now I saw the harmony between the county magistrate and his wife, I picked one of them and sang it for fun." Wu Linglan blushed and covered her face with a fan, the princess was very happy, and said with a smile: "Sing quickly. "

Wu Pingyi hit the gold cup with silver chopsticks, and sang: "Send a message to the man who makes the machine in the sky, and send a message to the checker by the river [4]". Wu Pingyi is a handsome young man with a clear voice. All quiet down and listen.Only Cui Shi's complexion changed slightly, he glanced at Wu Sansi, but said nothing.Wu Pingyi then sang: "At first glance, we can spend a hundred years in a hurry. Who can wait for the Qixi Festival so far away. If you want to know what people want to find, you have to be united with each other. There is no limit to one heart and one mind. Throwing paint and glue is not enough. Only shyness is regarded as romantic, Hold this kind of mutual sympathy and love from the beginning to the end. Love each other and love each other twice as much as love each other. There will be a couple in each generation. Don't compare the loyalty to the mysterious stone, but to clean the turbid water and dust, and only leave a letter under the pillar, so I want to learn from the heart."

Xue Chongjian didn't listen carefully at first, but the phrase "painting and glue is not enough to imitate" suddenly caught his ears, so he couldn't help but pay attention, and then listened to him singing "Love each other, love each other, love each other, love each other, a generation is a couple", in my heart It was sour and hot like boiling water. For a while, the sound of Li Chengqi swaying the water, and Li Chengqi's trembling low laughter were entwined with the singing in front of him, and penetrated into his ears like a gossamer.Such a lingering song, such a tender vow, should only be listened to by two people who love each other and sit together holding hands, otherwise, the listener will feel jealous of the happy love in the song, and feel resentment over the song. The song is more tormenting people's mind.

When Wu Linglan was listening to the music, she kept stealing eyes to look at Xue Chongjian, and saw that his face was mixed with sadness and joy. Today, the candles in the hall were flickering, covering half of Xue Chongjian's cheeks with a warm color.Wu Linglan only felt that this color, this expression was exactly the same as when she was staring at him by the campfire that day.There was also such a faint smile on his face that he couldn't figure out, and there was also such a faint sadness that he could never guess in his dark eyes.That sadness was like a sharp sword like frost and snow, cutting off her longing for married life.Compassion, love, love and blind date are the happiness they earned by risking their lives, but Xue Chongjian absent-mindedly put it aside.She doesn't understand what is wrong with Xue Chongjian, why he spends less and less time with her, and often stays out at night, and why when he looks at her, it seems to be looking at some unknown place behind her .The mother persuaded herself that Xue Chongjian was favored and indulged by Princess Taiping, and it is natural for young people to be romantic.So her marriage became a game of quarrels and reconciliation. Whenever she was desperate, Xue Chongjian would give her some warmth, like a long-dried dry grass that received a drop or two of rain and dew, and continued to survive in memories and fantasies. .

Wu Linglan panicked and grabbed the small gold box on her skirt, wanting to prove something, but the gold was cold and hard, without any warmth from the man.

After Wu Ping sang one by one, everyone in the hall cheered and applauded. Wu Sansi also said with a smile: "Who made this song?" Compose the music and spread it in the capital." Wu Sansi's face sank, and people in the capital dared to spread and sing King Luo Bin's poems, of course it was because Empress Zetian had passed away, but King Luo Bin once ridiculed the Wu family's "nature is not meek, The ground is really cold and weak", which was hated by Wu Sansi, so he never made it clear to him.Wu Ping patted Cui Shi's shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Chenglan, Queen Zetian said in the past that King Luo Bin doesn't need it, but the prime minister does. If this person can live to this day, how can there be seats for you and me in the Xiuwen Hall?" Cui Shi's jade-like face was flushed red, he laughed dryly, but did not answer.

The people who praised the good ones just now were a little embarrassed, Wu Chongxun hurriedly said: "What's so interesting about singing a cappella, let them dance a set of "Green Waist". As the song lingered, everyone in the hall hurriedly resumed their laughter, just like the cooled firewood was refueled to ignite the fire, and a lively scene was set up again, which was brighter and more prosperous than before.

At this time, a servant came to the hall in a hurry, knelt down beside Wu Sansi and kowtowed, and said something in a low voice.Seeing that the servant belonged to his own family, Xue Chongjian couldn't help being a little surprised, but Wu Sansi frowned, pondered for a moment, and then nodded slightly.The servant came down and went to Xue Chongjian and said in a low voice: "Mr. Erlang, the princess is suddenly unwell, please go back quickly." Feeling dizzy, I vomited up my dinner, His Highness ordered the servants to come and look for Mr. Lang to go back."

Although his voice was not loud, Princess Dejing heard it, and hurriedly asked: "The weather has been very hot these days, but did you suffer from heatstroke? The family doctor I have been taking care of is okay, let Chongxun accompany me to see it." The servant He hurriedly laughed and said: "His Royal Highness has already sent someone to invite the imperial physician, and made a special trip to explain to the slaves, so as not to disturb the princess's birthday banquet, Erlang Jun can go back with the slaves." Xue Chongjian stood up and apologized to the princess, and was about to leave the banquet , Wu Linglan also got up and said: "I will go with you." Xue Chongjian said: "You just accompany your mother." Princess Dejing went straight and said: "There is no reason why my daughter-in-law is out for a banquet while my aunt is sick, you hurry up Go quickly." Xue Chongjian didn't have time to say more, and hurried out with Wu Linglan, helped Wu Linglan get into the car outside the door, and he got on the horse and went straight to Princess Taiping's mansion.

The author has something to say: 1. "The Analects of Confucius·Xianwen": The son hit the chime in Wei, and the man who passed the gate of the Confucian family said: "If you have a heart, hit the chime!" Then he said: "What a shame! Hush! No one knows, but it’s nothing more than oneself. The deep will be severe, and the shallow will be exposed."

The chime is a representative of praising the peace of the world. When Confucius knocked it out, a vegetable seller first said that this person has a deep meaning, and then said that you are so busy in the world, so what should you do?

2. After Li Xian came to the throne, he pretended to be the king of the Wu family and demoted one level, and Wu Sansi's title was changed from King Liang to King Dejing.

3. Wu Pingyi, surnamed Zhen, with characters, Wuhou family, son of Wu Zaide, King of Yingchuan County, this is a very different kind of talent in the Wu family.

4. From Luo Binwang's "On behalf of the female Taoist priest Wang Lingfei presents the Taoist priest Li Rong", the phrase "one generation, one couple" was later borrowed by Nalan Xingde, and became famous. It seems that the influence of the idol group is still great.