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Cen Pojing laughed: "How far his convoy can go, I'll chase him back right away and make amends to you!"

After finishing speaking, he made a posture of chasing immediately, but was grabbed by Chi Heng: "What are you doing after chasing him, it's even more troublesome to chase him back, it's better than anything else for him to be so heartless, I'll just say it casually, let me Get some sleep."

"Or, let the guards..."

"I just want to sit here for a while longer. Here, it's quiet and leisurely." After saying this, Chi Heng reclined on the armchair, closed his eyes, and the cool autumn wind blew through his thin clothes. His face gradually calmed down, just like those rare Vulnerability is just an illusion.

Cen Pojing found a piece of clothing from the guards to cover Chi Heng, and sat on the side, carrying peanuts with chopsticks, a piece of peanut and a sip of wine, the strong wine entered his throat, it was hot.The prodigal servant didn't stop for a moment when he came back, even when Chi Heng said those words, he was half-absent.The surroundings became quiet, and then he calmed down, thinking about what Chi Heng said just now, he always felt that he was not as fragile as Chi Heng.

Everyone in the world is afraid of death.

And the king is still victorious.

Because ordinary people are unhappy, sad, miserable, and humble in eight out of ten, the fear of death is smoothed out by life, and death is sometimes even a relief.But the king is different, ninety-five supreme, no one in the world dares not to obey, once tasted the taste of power, people will be greedy, nostalgic, longing for power to hold on tightly, longing for the real "long live", so death changes It's especially scary.

Cen Pojing couldn't help frowning.

Then I remembered Chi Heng's expression just now, it was mostly sadness, not fear.

After thinking about it, Rong Yue's illness about half a year ago aroused the fear in Chi Heng's heart. Who can bear the sudden death of lovers and brothers one by one?Chi Heng, who became the emperor, has been domineering and domineering. He also tried to overthrow everything that was inherent in his eagerness for quick success. Passionate to indecisive, but in any case, he is not a pessimistic person, why would he say such fragile words.

Probably, it's because of the wine, which makes the sadness pent up in the heart vent out.

Tomorrow, he will still be the king of a country supported by his backbone. At that time, there should be no joy, no anger, no sorrow, no mourning.So, at this moment of parting, why not break out a little sadness.Cen Pojing raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

The end of August and September passed by in a hurry.

What Chi Heng had done in the past few months finally took shape. All the official ranks were stabilized, and important officials were placed in appropriate places like chess pieces.However, the dispute between the princes before was not turbulent, and the rumors that Zhong Xu was going to become the first prince that had been circulating for a while were silent, and the busy courtiers who performed their duties had no time to attend to each other.

Entering October, the leaves are falling, and Chi Heng gradually slows down from his busy schedule.

On this day, the ninth day of the lunar new year, Li Nu said that on Wuming Mountain, the front yard of Wanli Academy had been built.This morning, after lunch, Chi Heng dragged Ji Ce to the south with great interest.In the early winter season, as far as the eye can see is the dark field soil. Most of the grass on the ridge has withered, exposing the reddish-brown dry stems, which are crooked in all directions.There were no farmers plowing in Longtou, but one or two cows leisurely eating dry grass.At dusk, the smoke rises, and the green hills in the distance are hidden in the mist, quiet and detailed.

Chi Heng held Ji Ce's hand, pointed to the distant mountain and said, "Wanli Academy is over there, let's go over there."

Rather than looking at the mountains, the scenery, or the academy, it is better to say that I like the feeling of walking slowly.There is only room for one person on the ridge of the field, and Chi Heng walks behind, walking and watching.Ji Ce in the front was wearing a thin dark red straight dress with a lavender belt, and the high bun made his neck look slender and his figure was also slender.At the narrowest part of the field ridge, he couldn't even put one foot down, but Ji Ce walked lightly and steadily, and stopped suddenly as he walked.

Chi Heng stepped forward and hugged his shoulders.

Ji Ce turned around and smiled, "There's a snake over there."

No, a thin golden krait is winding along the edge of the field. Its color is gorgeous, dark red and gold are just right, just like the morning light falling on the palace wall.It is so thin, only as thick as a little finger, it seems to swim over, but shrinks back hesitantly, the snake head looks around timidly, and finally bravely crawled across the ridge of the field, and got into the tangled withered grass No trace.

Walking through the grass, Ji Ce's clothes were stained with dust and dirt, he leaned over and brushed them casually, the wind picked up his belt, and the clothes made a thin rubbing sound.

Walking from the field ridge into the deep forest, it is like the setting sun disappearing into the clouds, and the light suddenly dims.

Occasionally, the homecoming bird makes a shrill cry, the gurgling sound of the flowing water moves closer for a while, and walks silently with the loved one on the path full of fallen leaves, the early winter becomes profound and interesting.Just when everything was silent, a bell sounded from afar. The sound of the bell was deep and distant, knocking leisurely into the heart from the deepest part of the forest.

Ji Ce paused for a moment and said, "This is the Nanshan Bell of Nanshan Temple."

Nanshan Bell?The bells in the world are generally the same, but because of the different places, the sounds are also very different. For example, the bells in the capital are high-pitched and loud, urging people to wake up and get busy, but the bells in the mountains are Deep, like the sigh of a deep mountain.

Ji Ce narrated leisurely: "This bell has been around for five hundred years. It is pure black and cannot be hugged by six people. The bell and the temple were cast at the same time, but the fate of Nanshan Temple was ill-fated. Floods rushed through and were submerged by rocks. Due to these natural disasters, as many as [-] monks died in Nanshan Temple. Strange to say, every abbot of Nanshan Temple is highly respected and does not decline due to natural disasters. Listen to this The sound of the bell is lingering and sad at first, but it is relieved and open-minded in the end.”

Chi Heng pricked up his ears.

The continuous bell struck the last one, and the Zen spirit bloomed like a lotus flower slowly blooming, empty and boundless, with nothing to fall, and the tip of the heart trembled slightly.Chi Heng suddenly remembered three or two lines that he had read somewhere: Nanshan bell, Beishan bell, a bell sounds like nothing, ancient and modern in the dawn.

Ji Ce turned back and continued: "When I was 17, I thought that I would go back to Wuming Mountain at the age of 30, live a happy life, read books, play with birds, and dig a big pond to wash ink and brushes."

"Deputy Envoy Ji, I fell in love with you too late."

Ji Ce squinted at him: "How early is not too late? When I met you, you were young; when you met me, I was young; is there anything more suitable than this? If you are tired of being an emperor, I will I don’t care about the world affairs in which small forest I live in seclusion with you. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t want to be a prime minister, and I would go into the forest with my books and wander around in a floating life, which just happened to fulfill my wish.”

"Don't you like being prime minister?"

"There is no absolute liking, and there is no absolute dislike, but I like it now. It's too early to retire at the age of 30. I want to watch the situation in the capital with you for a few more years, and even if I retreat bravely, this life will not be in vain. I used to like it Trees like flowers more than trees, because trees are sparse and bright, and flowers are dense. Even flowers, they must be sparse and light-colored to be liked." Ji Ce smiled, stretched out his hand and broke a black branch, on which was adorned with unknown The scarlet flowers with petals the size of fingernails are covered with a branch, "But, you see, it is also lovely to have such flowers blooming in the deep mountains-everything in the world, what you and I see and know is We don’t know most of the flowers bloom and fade, and if we are lucky enough to meet them, we should cherish them. So, how can we like them so narrowly?” [-]

Chi Heng hugged Ji Ce from behind: "Deputy Envoy Ji, you've been persuading me to let go, I know all about it."

"……You think too much."

"I know." Chi Heng sealed Ji Ce's lips with a kiss.

The deep and shallow kisses made the early winter twilight lingering. The red birds flew by, their wings touched the branches, and the rustling sounds followed one after another.After the kiss was over, Ji Ce closed his eyes, and the corners of his mouth turned up, as warm as spring.

Early winter, and spring.

Chi Heng let go, adjusted Ji Ce's belt, and said with a smile, "Deputy Envoy Ji, we'll come back in February and March next year, okay?"

Thinking back to the scenery of early spring, spring bamboo shoots sprouting one by one, the branches are full of shallow flowers, and the birds are tender yellow chicks. "Spring is like wine, flowers are like dew, and people are like jade", except Ji Ce, who else is more suitable for chatting leisurely in the fields in early spring?

And tomorrow today, what kind of early winter scenery is it?

Even if the person is still like jade, do you still have the sentiments of today, will you still feel that the last sound is relieved and free and easy when you hear the same bell?Chi Heng gripped the corner of Ji Ce's clothes: "Fuju Ji, if I made a selfish decision, would you blame me?"""

Ji Ce stood still, and said for a long time, "Yuanxi is not just your country."

"I'm not the only one who is suitable to sit in the country. The country doesn't care who the emperor is. As long as he is wise and wise, no matter who is in charge, the country will prosper."

"If you think Zhong Xuzu is worthy of a heavy responsibility, what else can I persuade?"

Chi Heng was silent for a while: "No matter what decision I make, I hope that Deputy Envoy Ji can feel at ease."

"What can't I think about?" Ji Ce asked back, "You pet him, love him, and you don't say anything but actually take care of him. After all, he died once. You exchanged your life for the love of the next life." , how can others be jealous?"

Chi Heng smiled: "A bowl of water is uneven."

"..."

"I'm a little tired. I really want to hand over the country, but not Zhong Xu." Chi Heng raised his head, looked at the twinkling stars in the sky, and said, "You guys helped me win the country back then, and now I want to hand it over, will you? It's too much, but, Deputy Envoy Ji, I have made a decision."

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