The wind blows the plum blossoms over Guanshan

Leaving Longcheng, Changsheng dressed up as a quack, covered his face, and rode southward on horseback.It's autumn in the southern country, and it's a bit bleak, but it's much more colorful than the northern country.The trees in the northern kingdom have lost their leaves long ago, but there are a few evergreen trees in the imperial garden of the palace that are still green.The autumn in the southern country is as touching as in his memory. His impression of the southern country naturally comes from Chu, especially the water in Dongting and the mountains stretching in Wuling, but he rarely goes to Tongcheng.

He was born in Longcheng since he was a child, and his mother was also met by his father in Longcheng. He is very strange to his father's hometown.His father was busy with official duties, and when he was young, he occasionally went back to worship his ancestors, but he came back in a hurry. He was still young at that time, and he didn't quite remember his father taking him with him.When he grew up, his relatives in Tongcheng gradually alienated, and his father rarely went back, so naturally he never went back.It was a strange land to him.

On the evening of the second day, Changsheng came to Tongcheng.The Meng family is a big family in Tongcheng, and all the uncles are well-known figures in the town.He found the Meng family's ancestral house based on his memory, and found that there was a newly built house nearby, with mountains and rivers, and the scenery was very good.He tied the horse by the water and jumped up the gray brick wall. Two servants were playing with potted plants in the yard, but his father was nowhere to be seen.Walking around the house, there were not many servants in the house, there were only five or six servants in total. He thought that his father might be resting in the inner room, so he sneaked in through the small window in the attic.

He went down to the first floor. When he came, Meng Hun was holding a cup of tea with his eyes closed and recuperating. He walked up to him gently and sat down on the chair.Meng Hun seemed to feel a slight vibration beside him, and slowly opened his eyes.But for more than half a year, he felt that his father seemed to be a little older.Meng Hun was startled when he saw a stranger entering, then asked with trembling lips, "Changsheng, is that you?"

Chang Sheng nodded, and removed the hat and veil covering his head, revealing a pale and handsome face.

"Father, long time no see, how are you?"

"Hey... It's okay, I'm afraid it's you who are bad. Your Majesty's temperament is very weird. Although he seldom shows it, I know it very well. There is such a person who is very lenient to others, but he is very eccentric to others. Those they love are especially harsh, they lack a sense of security, and they just want to keep their loved ones by their side no matter what."

Changsheng's eyes widened, wondering why his father would say such words.

"Do you think it's strange for me to tell you these things? In fact, your mother is like this. Although your mother was born in an official family, she lost her parents when she was young and lived in an aunt's house. When I came to Longcheng as an official, I saw her at first glance. After seeing her, she couldn’t move anymore, so I asked around whose daughter she was. Your mother was born beautiful, and there were many suitors. Her aunt saw someone coming to propose marriage, and she was in a hurry to marry her. Later, I gave the most dowry, and she My aunt married her to me."

Changsheng asked: "Father, is it possible that mother doesn't love you at all?"

"That's not true. She really hated me at the beginning. In the early years, I devoted myself to fame and fame. I never talked about marriage when I was very old. When I proposed marriage to your mother, she was in her thirties. She was just 17 that year. Because I gave the most dowry, her aunt married her to me. Of course she was not happy, but she didn't dare to refute her aunt, so she married. After getting married, she was always cold and didn't say a word. I always I made her happy every day, and it took more than a year for her to gradually smile. At that time, we often went to the suburbs of Longcheng and lived happily. Later, when I was promoted, I became busy with official duties and reduced the company. During her time, she secretly became angry. He was very kind to his servants, but he was very embarrassing to me. He even wanted me to resign from office and leave Dragon City many times, and find a quiet place to do some small business to live. I I was tortured enough by her, but there was nothing I could do. After having you again, the situation eased up a little. In fact, if I really left her at the beginning, maybe we would have a better life. After she left, I didn’t want to If you get promoted again, I think it’s good to not be aggressive. I want to resign and go back to the countryside, but considering your future, I think it’s better to stay. But now it seems...it doesn’t seem to be a good thing.”

Meng Hun sighed heavily, and continued: "What is he going to do with you now?"

"I'm his secret guard now."

"How long can you stay here?"

"Stay until the morning after tomorrow."

Meng Hun opened the window, the sky was completely dark, the servant outside urged the master to eat.

Meng Hun led Changsheng to the attic, opened the door and said to the servant: "A Tai, remember to prepare an extra pair of bowls and spoons for me, I want to drink soup."

The guest room on the attic has ready-made bedding, and Changsheng sleeps there without disturbing the servants at home.

Meng Hun spread the quilt for him himself. He hadn't seen his son for a long time, and once heard bad news about his son. This time, Meng Hun was really happy to see his son.He wanted Chang Sheng to leave Murong Zhaohui a long time ago, not because he didn't like Murong Zhaohui, but because he felt that the two were not suitable.When they are together, it is obvious who suffers.But now that the matter is over, he doesn't want to criticize too much.After all, his son was born to his favorite wife, and there was only this single seedling. He didn't love Changsheng, who could he love.

Chang Sheng lifted the oil lamp on the table to illuminate Meng Hun. Seeing a few strands of snow in his hair, his eyes became hot, he said, "Father, my son is unfilial, I'm sorry."

Meng Hun paused for a moment, then said: "There is nothing I can do now, how can I criticize you? I think it would be best for you to leave him. It's not that father is not open-minded, it's that you are not suitable. He is hurting you, and you are willing to stay with him forever. In the palace?"

Changsheng shook his head.

"Other dark guards always return home in good clothes, and they can still get a large sum of money from the court. You don't have to worry about it for the rest of your life. Can you go? To put it bluntly, when you reach that age, will he be happy to see you or not?" A question. Dad left something for you. There are a hundred taels of gold buried under the ground in the backyard of this house, and there are some silver bills in the box at the foot of my bed. But Tongcheng is far away, so if you need it urgently, you can take it in a short while No. In the Sikong Mansion in Longcheng, Dad hid the bank notes in your former room. You moved the bed and knocked on the wall. There was a brick on the wall that was empty, and 1000 taels of silver notes were hidden inside. .If you need it urgently, take it away..."

Meng Hun chattered endlessly, and Chang Sheng felt that his father from childhood had returned.He remembered that his father had always been very verbose, but since he disobeyed him two years ago, his father became indifferent to him, didn't talk much to him, and let him solve everything by himself.He thought that his father didn't want to talk to him anymore.Seeing his father busy for him, Chang Sheng almost shed tears.

"Longsheng, go to bed early today and turn off the lights, so as not to be noticed. From Longcheng to Tongcheng, it will take two days at most, you should go to bed quickly."

Changsheng replied yes, changed his clothes after bathing, and went to bed.

He thought of Murong Zhaohui, and he seriously began to think about whether the two of them were compatible, but he never came to a conclusion.In fact, he and Murong Zhaohui got along very well most of the time, but he really didn't understand why he was treated like this.No matter where he goes, he must get his permission, and even the time of returning must be within the range specified by him.He felt that Murong Zhaohui was too harsh on him.He was a man who wanted to be a great hero, but now he has become what people call a favorite and a traitor.In addition to his own reputation, he was also afraid that his father would be implicated by him and people would blame him for no reason.

In the early morning of the third day, while there were still no pedestrians on the road, he bid farewell to his father and rode away.But this time he didn't go in the direction of Dragon City, but continued south.He had an inexplicable feeling in his heart, he didn't want to go back to Dragon City like this, at least he wanted to go back and have a look.The money on his body is probably enough for him to last half a year, he left a letter with his father, if Murong Zhaohui doesn't see him back when the day comes, he will definitely go to his father to look for him.He wrote in the letter that he would return after going out for a month or so.

If he told Murong Zhaohui directly, he would definitely not let him go, no matter how much he said, it would be useless.He knew it didn't seem very good to leave like this, but he was really uncomfortable.What's more, he just went out to relax, and it's not like he won't come back.

He rode his horse and galloped. After leaving Tongcheng, there were undulating mountains. He slowed down a little, and his mood suddenly relaxed.He really thought about what Chi Lu said, forget about it and start over together.But no matter what, he couldn't let go of Murong Zhaohui who was alone in the deep palace.He just wanted to relax, maybe in less than a month, he would want to go back.

"Young Master Meng, returning to Dragon City is not in this direction, please go north." Chang Sheng reined in the reins and looked around, already thinking about it.He stopped in place for a while, his scattered thoughts slowly gathering.It turned out that Murong Zhaohui had been sending secret guards to follow him.To put it nicely is to protect him, but to put it bluntly, it is called surveillance.He had noticed that Li Qing was following him before. Judging from Li Qing's reaction, Murong Zhaohui should often send people to follow him.He suddenly felt chills in his heart, raised his eyes to see the wild geese flying in the sky above his head from the north, and suddenly whipped his horse and headed south.

With the sound of the wind buzzing in his ears, he ignored the pursuers and ran straight forward.It doesn't matter whether it is to escape or to be angry, he doesn't want to go back.

"Young Master Meng, you should go back." One of them reiterated.Chang Sheng listened carefully to the voice and thought it was Jiang Huo.

Chang Sheng said: "What if I don't return?"

"Then we will be offended."

Changsheng raised the whip in his hand and slapped the horse's butt hard.The horse roared and ran forward.The dark guard was chasing after him, the cold November wind was blowing on his face, so he didn't pay attention.The horse ran for more than ten miles, but there was a cliff in front of it.The hidden guards slowed down, and Mu Hua said loudly, "Boss, we can't go any further!"

Ten meters away from the cliff, the horse roared and stepped back, refusing to move forward.Chang Sheng reined in tightly, the horse stopped, he jumped off the horse, and walked slowly towards the cliff.Below the cliff is a bottomless abyss surrounded by clouds and mist.A few people dared not chase anymore, if something happened to this person, they might not live long.

Chang Sheng sat on the edge of the cliff, thinking about the man in the palace.He couldn't let go of the relationship of more than ten years, and couldn't escape.Could it be that if he died, everything would end?In fact, he didn't want to die, he just wanted to sit here quietly for a while.Although the mountain wind was strong, it made his cheeks hurt.

"Boss, can you come here? Come back with us!" Nan Xing shouted at him.

It turned out that both Mu Hua and Nan Xing were there.Changsheng thought about it, and there were probably four or five people who came out to chase him.With so many people following him, they were simply afraid that he would run away if he was disobedient.There was a self-deprecating smile on his lips, Changsheng, Changsheng, how did you fall to such a point?

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, and one of them said: "Changsheng, can you come here?" It was Li Qing's voice.

Chang Sheng turned to take a look, but he didn't expect Li Qing to come too.He knew that Li Qing followed him in the past, and he thought that after Li Qing was promoted, he would be mainly responsible for other affairs and would not just follow him.When did they start to catch up?Perhaps it was because he was eager to find his father, but after seeing his father, he was too happy to take care of other reasons.He was not willing to admit that he never expected that Murong Zhaohui would ask the dark guard to follow him.

Li Qing approached slowly, as if he expected that Changsheng didn't want to commit suicide.Everyone held their breath, but Chang Sheng just glanced down the cliff, with a blank face, and did not speak.Li Qing grabbed his arm, but Chang Sheng suddenly slapped him back.However, Changsheng's shots are not heavy, after all, he is on the edge of a cliff, and if he makes a mistake, he will die.Li Qingsheng received a slap, and he had expected that he might do it, so he didn't fight him too much, but sprinkled out the drug hidden in his cuff.But for a moment, Changsheng felt dizzy and fell backwards.Li Qing hurriedly embraced him and held him in his arms.

The dark guard breathed a sigh of relief, Nan Xing led the Changsheng horse over, and the horse had settled down, pacing back and forth on the spot.Li Qing carried Changsheng on his back, and said to Mu Hua: "Mu Hua, go find a carriage and take him back to Dragon City."

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