Begonia Spring Festival Gala
Chapter 1 Chapter 1
Qingyu first met Qiutang at the Queen Mother's peach banquet. At that time, Qiutang ascended to immortality at a young age. He was a hot newcomer in front of the emperor of heaven. Thoughtful about talking, but also feel that Qiutang stands among the immortals who have seen the vicissitudes of the world, like a new wicker in early spring, it is a touch of innocence and beauty, which can easily wipe away the fatigue and burnout after many days of hard work.
"Being able to ascend to immortality at a young age is really a talent." My friend Chonghua Immortal praised, "Besides, he is such a handsome character, no wonder the Emperor of Heaven has favored him."
The eyes of both of them were full of admiration, probably feeling the gaze here, Qiutang smiled in this direction, and walked over, the immortals who were left behind looked at each other, Immortal Qingyu of the prison department was serious and old-fashioned, did they not want to provoking.
Qiutang naturally didn't know Qingyu's notoriety in the Heavenly Court, so she walked up to him and saluted respectfully, and said, "I'm Xia Qiutang, I haven't asked the names of the two immortal friends yet."
The two returned the gift, and Chonghua said: "I am the Immortal Chonghua who manages the marriage, and this is the Immortal Qingyu who is in charge of the criminal law. I have heard that the immortal friend has ascended, and I have not had time to visit the Immortal Mansion in the future. I am really rude."
Compared with Qingyu, who was quiet and quiet, Chonghua was warm and talkative, and he quickly became familiar with Qiutang. Qiutang said with a smile: "Since the fairy friends manage the marriage, why don't you calculate the future marriage for me, okay?"
Sure enough, she is still young, Qing Yu thought, turned her back and smiled silently.
Of course Chonghua didn't refuse, and quickly counted with his fingers, but he showed hesitation when he counted.
"Could it be that I'm not in a good mood?" Qiu Tang asked.
Chong Hua couldn't stop thinking, and said: "According to my calculations, I'm afraid he is destined to lose his beloved."
Chonghua never misses a divination, Qingyu glances at Qiutang in surprise, this person is so blessed.However, Qiu Tang didn't seem to care much, and said with a smile: "Since the fairy friend said so, then I will hold the one I love in the palm of my hand, so I won't lose anything."
Chong Hua just laughed without saying a word.
Afterwards, Qingyu and Chonghua sighed behind Qiutang's back, and then forgot about it.After the Peach Banquet, Qing Yu continued her gloomy office life. There are countless gods and gods in the heaven, and some people always break some precepts every now and then. Now, where is the heart to meddle in other business?
Because of Qingyu's stern and unselfish face, gods and gods are most afraid of committing crimes at his hands. If anyone is so unlucky to meet this evil god, he can only pinch his nose and suffer whatever punishment he deserves, so Qingyu It's been a long time since I met someone who dared to use his brains like this, but when someone suddenly tried to offer bribes, Qing Yu was really dumbfounded.
"Try it, this is the best peach blossom wine in the Xia Dynasty, and it is the orthodox inheritance of Mrs. Jiang." Qiutang smiled like a bright dog's tail flower, and put two jars of small peach blossoms with a strong wine fragrance in front of Qingyu "Shangxian, will you let me go?"
In fact, Qiu Tang didn't commit any serious crimes, she just appeared in her own temple and beat up a bully who instigated servants to push people.Because of violating the commandment of not being allowed to appear at will, Qing Yu sentenced him to come to his house for an hour every day to sort out the files for the next month. Firstly, it was a small punishment, and secondly, it was also to let the gods who had just entered the heaven familiarize themselves with the law, so as not to cause trouble in the future. Make other troubles.Qing Yu believes that such a treatment is reasonable and there is no room for accommodation.
Looking at the stacks of files that were as tall as a person, Qiutang thought that it would cost her life to sort them out, and the smile on her face became more sincere and sincere.
"No." Despite Qiutang's threats and temptations, Qing Yu remained steadfast.
Qiutang had no choice but to resign to his fate, he was not stupid, he found out Qingyu's reputation in a few days, and worked like a model every day, but he sighed at Qingyu every day.
"With so many files, Qingyu, you are going to exhaust me to death."
"I beg you, why don't you beat me up and let me go, okay?"
"Qingyu, stay on the line today, so we can meet again in the future."
Although Qiutang was noisy, Qingyu's playful appearance always reminded Qingyu of a puppy that liked to roll around on the ground on its belly and act coquettishly when she was in the human world, so Qingyu finally couldn't help it, "poof" chuckled out loud.
Qingyu was used to being serious and serious, and when she first smiled, it was like days of wind and rain suddenly clearing up, or like the surface of a frozen lake suddenly thawing.
Qing Yu said softly, "If you really don't want to be punished, I'll test you a few questions, and if you answer all the questions correctly, I'll let you go, how about it?"
Qiutang gave a "hmm" sound like a mosquito.
"If someone was loyal and kind in life, but was killed by a traitor, and then turned into a ghost and killed the enemy's whole family and servants, how would you deal with it?"
Qiu Tang hesitated for a while, then replied: "This person died unjustly, to avenge himself, there is nothing wrong with that, even though the methods are somewhat cruel, we should deal with them leniently, and save him from death."
Qing Yu then asked: "If a person has committed a heinous crime, but after he repents, he saves the common people and does a lot of good deeds. At this time, someone seeks him to avenge his father's death. Will you protect him or not?"
Qiutang frowned slightly, and said hesitantly: "It's not bad to kill people for their lives. It's just..."
Qingyu then asked the third question: "If killing one person can save hundreds of lives, but this person is innocent, what should you do?"
Qiutang couldn't answer at all, and looked at Qingyu with a sad face: "You deliberately make things difficult for me."
Qing Yu smiled and said, "I didn't embarrass you. These things have happened to my colleagues. Now it has been clearly stipulated. The first thing is to kill ghosts. It's right to take revenge, but it shouldn't hurt innocent people's lives." The second, you should pay for your sins. The third, you should kill because 100 people are more than one.”
"You are the first to become an immortal, and you still don't understand the affairs of being an immortal. As an immortal, you must put the common people first, and you must think twice before doing everything. Just like you showed yourself to teach bullies this time, there are three mistakes. One is to show your appearance rashly. Cause pilgrims to riot. Second, beating pilgrims is detrimental to morality. Third, it causes others to follow your actions, causing serious injuries to that person and punishing them too severely. If you want to punish him, you can secretly cast a spell on him, or at night That's all for dreaming, why bother to beat up and make the house full of storms?"
"That's the case." Qiutang's eyes were filled with anger, "As a god of war, my duty is to protect the people. If I don't teach him a lesson about that man's rampage, won't people think that I bully the good and fear the evil, and damage my reputation?"
Qing Yu shook her head: "Even if this will damage your reputation, as an immortal, you should be able to endure what others can't bear. How do you think that the immortal who dealt with those three difficult things can make the right choice under the guidance of thousands of people? It's just Remember to save all sentient beings, and bear all the sins and sufferings yourself."
Qiu Tang was noncommittal, but she never complained in the following days.
Halfway through January, it was autumn in the human world, and the heavens were cooling down day by day. After an autumn rain, Qingyu was agitated by the cold and had a cough.He had this problem when he was not a fairy, even if he became a fairy, it was a serious illness and difficult to cure, he was dumb and unable to speak for several days.
After getting along for many days, Qiutang felt close to Qingyu early.Moreover, seeing Qingyu coughing and frowning, remembering how beautiful his smile with stretched brows was, he couldn't bear to let him continue to be tortured by the cough.
One day, Qingyu buried her head in the official documents as usual, and the decoction sent by Chonghua was left aside to cool slowly.Qiutang coughed lightly, and when Qingyu looked at him, she took out a white porcelain bottle from her sleeve, put it on Qingyu's desk, and said, "This is the Sydney ointment I made, it can cure coughs."
Qing Yu didn't pick it up right away, Qiutang mistakenly thought that he didn't want to take the medicine, and immediately said, "Sweet, not bitter."
I am indeed afraid of suffering. I used to take medicine, and my mother always prepared some desserts by the side. After the mother left, no one took care of my temper. Qingyu never mentioned it to others, even Chonghua didn't know .
Memories suddenly came flooding back. Qingyu melted a spoonful of pear cream with water. In the hot air, she tasted the long-lost sweetness on the tip of her tongue.
"Thank you." Qing Yu said hoarsely.
After the Qixi Festival, Chonghua finally had time to go see his friends.He brought the peach blossom wine that Qingyu suddenly fell in love with recently, and before anyone informed him, he rushed into Qingyu's study excitedly.
"Qingyu, look what I brought you!"
The scene in front of him made Chong Hua suddenly lose his voice.Probably because he was too tired, Qing Yu was taking a nap at his desk. When he closed his eyes, his ice and snow temperament faded from his whole body. His eyelashes were thick and slender, and his lips were bright red, showing a face like a begonia sleeping in spring.It was a cold autumn day, perhaps because he was afraid that he would catch a cold, someone put a robe on Qingyu's body, and the owner of the robe was approaching his forehead, as if about to kiss him.
Seeing Chonghua come in, Qiutang straightened up quickly.
Chonghua glanced at Qiutang, at this time Qingyu was awake, and asked Chonghua with a smile, "Why are you free to visit me?" He naturally took off Qiutang's coat and handed it to him.
Qiutang coughed lightly, her gaze wandered, and she said, "The recent files have been sorted out, so I'm leaving first."
Qingyu knew that Chonghua didn't like to have other people present when he was talking, so he nodded and told Qiutang, "I'll go find you later on."
After Qiutang left, Chonghua immediately sat beside Qingyu, and asked him in a low voice, "What's the matter between you and Qiutang?"
Qing Yu slightly opened her peachy eyes: "Why do you ask such a question?"
Chonghua was afraid that he was thinking too much, so he didn't mention the love affair he had just seen, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that you don't like to get close to people, but you get along well with Qiutang, so I'm just a little confused."
"He is careful and enthusiastic. He is an interesting person." Qing Yu smiled and teased him, "Why, are you jealous?"
Seeing Qingyu's frank expression, Chonghua felt relieved, and replied, "Bah! Why should I be jealous? He was not born when I met you!" He stopped talking, and the two chatted again. other things.
"That's right." Chonghua asked again before leaving, "Just now you and Qiutang were talking about descending to the mortal world, what are you referring to?"
"It was Qiutang who said that the time in January is over, let me go down to earth with him while he is handling the affairs of the temple, to test whether his behavior is up to standard, and also to test whether the recent punishment is effective." Qing Yu replied, "I think there is indeed If necessary, I agreed."
"Chonghua, why is your face so hideous all of a sudden? Did the pastry go bad just now?"
What Qingyu didn't know was that Qiutang's heart was beating wildly after she came out of him.The more he gets along with Qingyu these days, the more he can't suppress the expectation in Qiutang's heart. He can't even think about what his expectation is, and he almost wants to jump off the nine heavens in embarrassment.
Fortunately, I suppressed the desire to kiss the corner of Qingyu's lips lightly just now, but letting Chonghua break through his forehead and secretly kiss Qingyu's forehead is enough to make people feel ashamed, it is simply obsessed!
Chonghua will definitely tell Qingyu, if Qingyu knows that she has such dirty thoughts about him, will she still pay attention to herself?Qiutang wandered around the courtyard, kicking the cobblestones here and there.Why didn't Qing Yu come to find herself? Could it be that she was angry?
Fortunately, the servant's notification saved him: "Shangxian, Qingyu Shangxian is here to visit."
Qiutang turned around almost in ecstasy, and saw Qingyu standing under the crabapple tree at a glance.When Qiutang soared, he brought a Four Seasons Begonia from the practice place to the heavenly court. The rain and dew in the fairyland were gentle. Now the flower tree is more than one foot high, and the pavilion is like a cover. When it is in full bloom, it is full of clouds.And Qing Yu stood under it, smiling, she was a human-faced Begonia, with the same color for a moment, it almost burned Qiu Tang's eyes.
"Why are you stunned?" Qing Yu looked suspiciously at Qiutang, who was frozen in a turning posture, "Didn't you say that I will go down to earth with you, let's go."
There are many pilgrims in Qiutang's temple in the world, and when they descended to earth, the two found that the prayers she received were as many as snowflakes.This is because the common people can only pin their hopes on the gods nowadays.Qiutang knew that the world is not peaceful now.Since the previous emperor Xia Ai was usurped by his younger uncle in the Xia Dynasty, signs of turmoil began to appear. Today's monarch has his father's cruelty but no wisdom. The taxation of the servitors was harsh, and the people suffered unspeakably.Qiutang was the legitimate son of the great general of the Xia Dynasty, so he naturally became the most trusted patron saint of the people.
"This is just a drop in the bucket. To really save the people from the misery, we must find the source of the evil." Qiutang said to Qingyu while processing the people's prayers, "Nowadays, the tiger and the wolf are in power. Choose another Mingjun. The king of Chu is the direct son of Emperor Ai, and his virtues are generous, if he can be helped to the throne, the turmoil in the Xia Dynasty may be resolved."
Qing Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "Although this is the best policy, the change of power is a major event, and one careless move will harm the people of the world, so it is better not to intervene."
"That's natural." Qiutang smiled slightly, "I've learned a lot from you in the past month, such a big event is due to luck, I know."
"Okay." After finishing the last prayer, Qiutang stretched her waist and said, "It's rare for you to come to the mortal world, why don't you go for a walk with me?"
Although the Xia Dynasty was in an eventful autumn, the prosperity of Lin'an, the capital of the country, remained unchanged.The cool breeze brought the soft singing in the tavern song stage, the leaves of the huge sycamore tree beside the road had fallen, and a soft golden layer was spread on the ground. In the light rain, the vendors were reluctant to go home, and they were still enthusiastically selling their products. Cars, horses and pedestrians flocked endlessly. If they hadn't had a clear understanding of the current Xia Dynasty's situation, there would be a school of singing and dancing in front of them.
Holding an umbrella, the two walked slowly down the long street, each speechless, but their hearts were soft and at ease, as if they had been walking like this for a lifetime.
With a sound of "crash", the quiet time in front of me was shocked.
The two of them frowned and looked towards the place where the noise came from, only to see a greasy-faced, fat ball-like son of an official, leading a group of servants, standing in front of a row of overturned stalls, spitting and scolding a Woman: "Master wants to marry you to give you face, don't you don't know what is good or bad. If you are in a hurry, master will tie you back right now, without giving you any money, believe it or not?"
The woman was trembling with fear, but her attitude was still tough: "Young Master Lu, the little girl is determined to be a showman rather than herself, so I'm sorry."
It turned out that this Young Master Lu fell in love with a woman from Zhangtai, and wanted to marry her as a concubine, but the woman refused. When the two met on the street, Young Master Lu wanted to take her back. So out.
"Damn." Young Master Lu showed disdain, and pushed the woman to the ground, "You're a bitch, why are you pretending to be noble? I'm going to order you today."
Young Master Lu waved his fat hand: "Tie her back for me."
He changed to a lewd expression again, and stretched out his hand to caress the woman's face: "Look at this pale little face, you are terrified. Don't be afraid, go back with the young master, and let the young master love you well."
This young master Lu is dressed luxuriously, and he is of good status at first glance. Even if the people on the street are filled with righteous indignation, they dare not meddle in their own business, but Qing Yu and Qiu Tang have no such fear.
"Stop!" Qiutang stepped forward.
"Hey, who are you? Dare to spoil my good deeds." Young Master Lu didn't pay attention to the two little fair faces in front of him at all, he only regarded them as stupid brats who were too strong, and ordered his servants: "Hit me."
Qing Yu made a decision in her hand, and a stone flew up from the ground and hit Young Master Lu on the forehead with a "poof".
"Oh." Young Master Lu covered his forehead, "Who hit me!"
Another stone hit his fat buttocks, and Young Master Lu immediately jumped three feet high, with a terrified expression on his face, as if he had only been stepped on by someone.
The servants looked at each other in dismay, and rushed forward to stand up for their master, Qiutang chuckled lightly, followed by the sound of stones piercing through the air.
Qiutang's strike was much heavier than Qingyu's, and the stone hit their knees, and those people's knees softened, and they bowed in unison.
"Yo, you all knelt down, so it seems that you know your mistake." Qiutang said with a smile, "I will let you off for this girl today, if you do it again next time..."
He rolled his eyes, as if he had many ghostly ideas in his heart.
"You, you, you! You wait for me." Seeing that the situation was not good, Young Master Lu got up from the ground, uttered a few harsh words, and led his servants to turn around and run away. He has such a round body and so flexible movements , is simply unbelievable.
Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Qiutang gracefully helped the woman up: "Miss, are you alright?"
The woman shook her head and bowed to the two of them: "Little girl Luo Xu thank you two gentlemen for saving their lives."
She kept her head down just now, Qingyu and Qiutang didn't see her face clearly, at this moment she slowly raised her head, revealing a face as beautiful as a flower, Qiushui's eyes took a deep look at Qiutang, and immediately lowered her head like a crow's feathers Eyelashes, like water lotus, not very cool and shy.
She is so beautiful, everyone thought, there will be another story about a hero saving the beauty.Qiu Tang couldn't help but was taken aback for a moment, then said with a smile: "Miss, you're being polite."
Qing Yu frowned slightly.
"Today's feet dare to do such a thing of robbing women." After bidding farewell to Miss Luo Xu, the two continued to move forward, Qiu Tang sighed, "It can be seen that this world is really chaotic."
With the afterglow of the setting sun, Qingyu raised his head and looked towards the direction of the palace. Qiutang was not cultivated enough to see it, but he could see that the once dense purple air on the palace was now so thin that it was almost indistinguishable. On the horizon, there was a stream of steaming purple air rushing towards Xiaohan. The people living there were the Xie clan in the north, who are now the most powerful enemy of the Xia Dynasty.
The Xia Dynasty has come to the end of the sunset.If the Xia Dynasty were to perish, the Xie Clan would take control of the Central Plains, which might bring stability to the world, but at that time, how would Qiutang, who was a loyal queen of the Xia Dynasty, feel?Qingyu wanted to tell Qiutang a thousand words in his heart, but maybe Qiutang's profile in the sunset was too gentle, he couldn't bear it after all, so he could only say softly: "Thank you for your hard work."
In the gradually setting sun, Qiutang shook her head and gave him a soft smile: "It's nothing. What you taught is to live for the common people and die after death.".
After this day, Qingyu didn't see Qiutang much for several months. He knew that Qiutang was busy with affairs, so he didn't care much. During this period, Qiutang asked someone to bring a message and asked him to draw a picture of crabapple in the rain.So when Chonghua visited one day, he happened to see Qingyu mounting a painting.
"Hey, this begonia is really well drawn." Chong Hua joked, "Looking at the test paper at dawn, Concubine Yang fainted from alcohol. Which beauty is Qingyu going to give it to?"
"What nonsense?" Qing Yu smiled and hit him with the book in hand, "Qiu Tang asked me to draw this."
"Qiutang, you must have no good intentions." Chonghua thought to himself.
"Every time I come to see you, I'm always with Qiutang. I feel like I've fallen out of favor." Chonghua said intentionally, "He's been seduced by other beauties now, right? Why doesn't he come?"
Qing Yu was about to answer when she heard laughter from outside the door. "Who said I won't come." Qiutang walked in the door carrying a pot of peach blossom wine, with smiles on her brows and eyes.
Qingyu didn't know that Qiutang actually only heard Chonghua's last words, his ears turned red, and he gave Chonghua a reproachful look.
"Hey, your favorite little peach." Qiutang smiled and put the wine on Qingyu's case, and poured a glass for him, "Don't say I forgot you."
"You came here just in time." Qing Yu said, "I have already framed the painting, and you will be satisfied after looking at it."
Qiutang picked up the painting and said, "You are recognized as a master of painting in the fairy world. What are you not satisfied with?" While looking at the painting, she saw a crabapple standing in the rain, half-bloomed, shy and timid, just like a beautiful woman. The delicate eyes are hazy, and Xiaomeng is still awake, but it really has both form and spirit, which is great.
Chonghua asked deliberately: "Do you want to keep this painting of Qiutang Shangxian for yourself, or do you want to give it to someone?"
"Give it away." Qiutang rolled up the painting and hid it in the Qiankun bag, saying, "Qingyu, do you still remember Miss Luo Xu? This painting was given to her. My own painting really couldn't be put on the table, so I had to borrow flowers to present Buddha." gone."
Just as Qing Yu was about to bring the wine cup to her lips, her fingers trembled when she heard this, and she dropped the wine cup to the ground.
"Then that girl Luo Xu is the confidante of Qiutang Shangxian?" Chonghua glanced at Qingyu sullenly, and asked Qiutang with a fake smile.
"Probably." Qiutang picked up the wine cup, wiped it clean, and handed it to Qing Yu, "Why are you so careless?"
Since the first meeting that day, Qiutang has met Luo Xu several times in the mortal world.When the two met, they had to chat a few words.Qiutang was already moved by Luo Xu's noble and proud attitude even though he was in the place of fireworks.During the conversation, he also gradually realized that Luo Xu was not just beautiful, but cared about state affairs, was quite familiar with righteousness, and even gave her a high regard.After coming and going, Qiutang developed a good impression of Luo Xu.Although it is different from his inexplicable throbbing towards Qingyu, this kind of affection is more of admiration and affection, but that is also good, Qiutang thought, being with a mortal woman is not like being with a man. Emotion is even more shocking.What's more, Qingyu is such a noble person, any thought of overstepping the rules is considered a blasphemy against him, in order to get along with Qingyu again, it is better to cut off the hazy feelings for him as soon as possible.
Luo Xu once mentioned that he likes the beautiful but not vulgar begonias, so Qiutang asked Qingyu to draw a picture of begonias, and made up his mind to use the opportunity of sending the pictures to express his heart.
"If you can hold a beautiful woman home, it will be all thanks to Shangxian's paintings." Half joking and half serious, Qiutang bowed to Qingyu in a decent manner, "Qiutang thank you here in advance .When the success is complete, I will invite Shangxian to drink, and Xiao Taohong will definitely take care of it."
He didn't realize that the smile on Qing Yu's lips had already taken on a bitter meaning.
"Qingyu, you won't treat him?" After Qiutang left, Chonghua anxiously asked Qingyu who was clearly out of his mind.
"How could it be?" Qing Yu lowered her eyes to organize the book case, covering the strangeness in her eyes, "Don't think too much about it."
Chonghua heaved a long sigh and said, "Qingyu, if you fancy someone else, I won't say anything as a friend. But Qiutang's marriage was calculated by me. Being with him will not end well. In the future, I will Don't get too close to him."
He said that Qingyu had always been calm and reserved, and would never disobey his own advice. However, when these words came out, Qingyu was speechless for a long time. After a long time, Chonghua heard that Qingyu responded with the word "yes" in a low voice. .
Afterwards, Chonghua deliberately paid attention to Qingyu's movements. He really followed the advice and alienated Qiutang. It happened that Qiutang and Luo Xu had made their hearts clear. I worked hard before, and it was safe for a while.After some time, Chonghua finally felt relieved, and stopped taking care of him.
Chonghua was relieved too early.
In a blink of an eye, winter is coming.This year's winter seems to be extremely cold, refugees who froze to death can be seen everywhere in the Xia Dynasty, and the sound of wailing can be heard all over the world.With the help of Qingyu and other gods, Qiutang set up stoves in all her temples, distributed free rice porridge, and tried her best to help more people survive this cruel winter.But the territory of the Xia Dynasty was too big, there were too many people suffering from hunger and cold, and the abilities of the gods were also limited. Their efforts, after all, were nothing more than a cluster of faint fires in the long night.
The tragic situation of the refugees aroused the anger of the people, and the court of the Xia Dynasty became more and more turbulent.And at this time, after years of preparation, the Xie clan finally crossed the frozen great river at the border of the Xia Dynasty, went all the way south, and invaded the territory of the Xia Dynasty.The dying dragon of the Xia Dynasty, after lingering for many years, will eventually be killed by the sword of the dragon.
"What did you say?!" Qing Yu suddenly stood up from the desk, frowned and asked the Earth Immortal who came to report, "Qiu Tang is heading to the front line?"
"Yes. Xiaoxian saw it with his own eyes. Qiutang Shangxian passed Xiaoxian's ancestral hall in military uniform." Dixian said, "Xiaoxian thought, isn't there General Qiu among the generals at the front now? My father is at the front Fighting, Qiutang Shangxian must be worried."
Qing Yu forced herself to calm down, and asked in a deep voice, "Does anyone else know about this?"
"No one else knew about it." The Earth Immortal replied, "Except for Xiaoxian, there are no other immortal friends there. To report to the Heavenly Emperor, Xiaoxian is not qualified enough."
"Don't tell me about this, I will report it to the Heavenly Emperor." Qing Yu told him, putting on her coat in a hurry, "I'll go for a walk first, and bring him back before he causes trouble."
After all, Qing Yu was one step too late, Qiu Tang had already arrived at her destination.At this time, the two armies were fighting to the extreme, with blood and flesh flying across the battlefield.On the battlefield, the sky is dead silent and unidentifiable. Under the sky, bones are piled up like a mountain, and blood is flowing everywhere. The Senluo Hell is nothing more than that.General Qiu's personal soldiers are the bravest of the Xia Dynasty's army. They were invincible at first, but perhaps the Xia Dynasty is really about to die. This army has been running around for many days, and it is exhausted. Although the enemy army fought bravely, they gradually lost the wind.If Qiu's army was defeated, half of the Xia Dynasty's Great Wall would be destroyed.
"Qingyu, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I won't be able to be the calm and upright fairy you hoped for anymore." Qiutang thought to herself, raising and lowering the sword in her hand, chopping off the head of the enemy soldier like harvesting wheat, spilling blood on the His face was fishy and sweet.
"I'm here today, so I won't let Qiu's army be defeated!" The sword in his hand wanted to kill the enemy again, but with a "clang", Qiutang's attack was blocked by a man with a long sword.
"Qiutang, stop and go back with me." Qing Yu's voice could be heard clearly even on the noisy battlefield, "This matter is out of our control."
"Qingyu, how can I go back?" Qiutang smiled wryly and shook her head, "It is the soldiers of our country who are fighting bloody battles, and the leading general is my father. How do you want me to go back?"
"You are crazy." Qing Yu said angrily, "You are a god! You participated in the war and changed the luck of the two countries! If something goes wrong, how can you afford the consequences!"
"Then what do you want from me!" Qiutang was also angry, what kind of people in the world, what kind of luck?Could it be that for these things, he could witness the collapse of the Xia Dynasty and the death of General Qiu? ! "Xia Dynasty can't perish! My father can't do anything either!"
A vein popped out on Qiutang's forehead, and his eyes were about to burst. Qingyu knew that Qiutang could not be persuaded to return now, and was about to use her magic power to forcefully take him away.At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side of the two of them: "Tang'er?"
"Father!" Qiu Tang turned her head suddenly, it turned out that in the chaos army, General Qiu happened to ride past these two people and recognized his son.
After many days of marching, General Qiu's face was covered with dust: "Tang'er, why are you here?"
"Father, I'll help you."
"Nonsense!" General Qiu stared fiercely, "You are a god now, what a shame it is to participate in a mortal war, go back!"
Qiutang's face flushed with anxiety: "Father, why are you saying the same thing? Do you want me to leave you here alone?"
General Qiu wanted to say something else, but the battlefield wouldn't last too long, so he could only wave his hands, and finally took a deep look at his son, with a faint smile on his tanned face, and rode his horse again. Into the enemy line.
In fact, Qiutang practiced outside since she was a child, and she rarely met her father. Even if she did, the general, who was used to giving orders, didn't know how to spoil his son. Laugh, it's not bad if it doesn't scare the young him to tears.Qiutang didn't expect that the first time she saw her father smile was on the battlefield where warmth was the least tolerated.
"Let's go." Qing Yu said softly.Qiutang didn't pay attention, just stared blankly at his father's back.
Just at this moment, an arrow slanted past the two of them, the trajectory of the arrow was so clearly visible that Qiutang even unconsciously stretched out her hand to grab a handful, catching nothing.
Fighting against each other, the two saw that the arrow accurately shot into the back of General Qiu's heart with the force of crushing stones!
"Father!" Qiutang let out a roar.
General Qiu heard his son's call, looked back at him, and moved his lips, as if wanting to tell him not to worry.However, at this moment, a knife in someone's hand in the chaos army took the opportunity to fall high, and neatly chopped off the head that was always proud and majestic.
The hot blood in General Qiu's cranial cavity splashed high into the air, and time suddenly passed extremely slowly. Qiutang saw the handful of warm blood streaking across the air, and even a drop of it landed on his face when it fell. Still warm.His words were still in his ears for a moment, but now, in the dazzling sunlight, his tall body has slowly fallen to the ground, like a mountain that has guarded the world for many years has finally collapsed.
In Qiutang's eyes, even if the sky falls apart, it's nothing more than that.
In the trance, there was a scene of memories clearly in front of my eyes. It was the scene when Qiutang accepted everyone's prayers in the temple not long after she had just ascended to immortality.At that time, Qiutang saw that her father was also in the praying crowd, his face was not as dark as usual, and he bowed down to pray for blessings like everyone else.Qiutang was very curious about what he would write, so she stealthily peeked at his prayer note, and saw that it was written in bold handwriting—"May the river be clean and the sea be clean, and the world be peaceful. May my son's journey to immortality be smooth and live forever."
"Father." The noise around him quickly went away, and it seemed that there was only a cold silence left in the world.After a long time, Qiutang heard a familiar voice, someone said to him repeatedly: "Qiutang, come back with me."
"Qingyu." Qiutang felt his body tremble slightly, and he heard himself say, "You heartless monster, I will never, ever forgive you."
The news of General Qiu's death soon spread to the court of the Xia Dynasty, and also to the most famous brothel in the capital.After Luo Xu finished reading the news from the battlefield, she picked up the piece of paper with her slender fingers and threw it into the brazier to dispel the cold.
Suddenly a gust of cold wind passed through the room, and the crystal curtains tinkled.
"Who?" Luo Xu vigilantly picked up the sewing scissors and asked sharply.
A slender figure appeared behind the crystal curtain, "Miss Luoxu."
"So it's the young master." Luo Xu softened his voice, but his eyebrows and eyes were still very vigilant, "I don't know the young master's sudden visit, what's the matter?"
"Miss Luo Xu." Qing Yu asked warmly, "You told Qiu Tang about General Qiu's marching route, right?"
Luo Xu's fingers trembled, and he said with a smile: "My lord, you are joking, I am a singing girl, how could I have such extraordinary skills to know the whereabouts of General Qiu?"
Qing Yu laughed lowly: "Really? But I found out that before Qiu Tang went to the battlefield, the last person who came into contact with him was you, girl. If it wasn't for you, I really can't think of who he would get the news from."
Luo Xu's voice became cold: "My lord, you must provide evidence for everything."
"I've been thinking about how you have the ability to know such a secret." Qing Yu said, "until I heard about such a poem."
Luo Xu's lips were already pale.
"Changing willows are lingering back to Ting, whose attitude is it? Poor weak catkins, drifting with the wind. Misty messy clothes sleeves, send each other past the long pavilion. I urge you, even if it gets muddy, don't turn into duckweed." Qing Yu After a pause, "Miss Luoxu, no, Your Royal Highness, you don't know about the handed down works of your mother, do you?"
This is the work of Emperor Ai's empress who escaped from the palace. At that time, she was desperate and wrote mournful poems in the cold of the green lamp wall.The queen who was pregnant with Liujia before leaving the palace gave birth to a daughter outside the palace.The uncle sent someone to kill her daughter, and it was the loyal old servant girl who replaced the princess's life with her own granddaughter and preserved Emperor Ai's flesh and blood.Weeping poplar, weak catkins, Luo Yi.Yang Weiguo's surname and Luo Xu's first name, she took the stage and never forgot her identity for a day.She is a phoenix soaring in the sky, destined to fly back to the plane tree in the palace one day!
"Of course, this is just a guess. Naturally, I will not identify you just because of a name." Qing Yu continued, "I continued to investigate based on this guess, and found that you are the owner behind many getai brothels. According to those women who served dignitaries and dignitaries, you obtained a lot of court secrets. And you told the king of Chu about these secrets. Your huge information network, and your support for the king of Chu, contact your name again, if you If I can't identify you, I'm stupid."
"That's right, it's me." Now that the matter has come to this point, Luo Xu has simply shed her weak disguise, and she proudly held her head up, "I am the princess of Emperor Ai, the younger sister of the current King of Chu."
"Did you already know Qiutang's identity?" Qing Yu asked.
"That's right. Although the clay sculptures in the temple are not like him, but he
"Being able to ascend to immortality at a young age is really a talent." My friend Chonghua Immortal praised, "Besides, he is such a handsome character, no wonder the Emperor of Heaven has favored him."
The eyes of both of them were full of admiration, probably feeling the gaze here, Qiutang smiled in this direction, and walked over, the immortals who were left behind looked at each other, Immortal Qingyu of the prison department was serious and old-fashioned, did they not want to provoking.
Qiutang naturally didn't know Qingyu's notoriety in the Heavenly Court, so she walked up to him and saluted respectfully, and said, "I'm Xia Qiutang, I haven't asked the names of the two immortal friends yet."
The two returned the gift, and Chonghua said: "I am the Immortal Chonghua who manages the marriage, and this is the Immortal Qingyu who is in charge of the criminal law. I have heard that the immortal friend has ascended, and I have not had time to visit the Immortal Mansion in the future. I am really rude."
Compared with Qingyu, who was quiet and quiet, Chonghua was warm and talkative, and he quickly became familiar with Qiutang. Qiutang said with a smile: "Since the fairy friends manage the marriage, why don't you calculate the future marriage for me, okay?"
Sure enough, she is still young, Qing Yu thought, turned her back and smiled silently.
Of course Chonghua didn't refuse, and quickly counted with his fingers, but he showed hesitation when he counted.
"Could it be that I'm not in a good mood?" Qiu Tang asked.
Chong Hua couldn't stop thinking, and said: "According to my calculations, I'm afraid he is destined to lose his beloved."
Chonghua never misses a divination, Qingyu glances at Qiutang in surprise, this person is so blessed.However, Qiu Tang didn't seem to care much, and said with a smile: "Since the fairy friend said so, then I will hold the one I love in the palm of my hand, so I won't lose anything."
Chong Hua just laughed without saying a word.
Afterwards, Qingyu and Chonghua sighed behind Qiutang's back, and then forgot about it.After the Peach Banquet, Qing Yu continued her gloomy office life. There are countless gods and gods in the heaven, and some people always break some precepts every now and then. Now, where is the heart to meddle in other business?
Because of Qingyu's stern and unselfish face, gods and gods are most afraid of committing crimes at his hands. If anyone is so unlucky to meet this evil god, he can only pinch his nose and suffer whatever punishment he deserves, so Qingyu It's been a long time since I met someone who dared to use his brains like this, but when someone suddenly tried to offer bribes, Qing Yu was really dumbfounded.
"Try it, this is the best peach blossom wine in the Xia Dynasty, and it is the orthodox inheritance of Mrs. Jiang." Qiutang smiled like a bright dog's tail flower, and put two jars of small peach blossoms with a strong wine fragrance in front of Qingyu "Shangxian, will you let me go?"
In fact, Qiu Tang didn't commit any serious crimes, she just appeared in her own temple and beat up a bully who instigated servants to push people.Because of violating the commandment of not being allowed to appear at will, Qing Yu sentenced him to come to his house for an hour every day to sort out the files for the next month. Firstly, it was a small punishment, and secondly, it was also to let the gods who had just entered the heaven familiarize themselves with the law, so as not to cause trouble in the future. Make other troubles.Qing Yu believes that such a treatment is reasonable and there is no room for accommodation.
Looking at the stacks of files that were as tall as a person, Qiutang thought that it would cost her life to sort them out, and the smile on her face became more sincere and sincere.
"No." Despite Qiutang's threats and temptations, Qing Yu remained steadfast.
Qiutang had no choice but to resign to his fate, he was not stupid, he found out Qingyu's reputation in a few days, and worked like a model every day, but he sighed at Qingyu every day.
"With so many files, Qingyu, you are going to exhaust me to death."
"I beg you, why don't you beat me up and let me go, okay?"
"Qingyu, stay on the line today, so we can meet again in the future."
Although Qiutang was noisy, Qingyu's playful appearance always reminded Qingyu of a puppy that liked to roll around on the ground on its belly and act coquettishly when she was in the human world, so Qingyu finally couldn't help it, "poof" chuckled out loud.
Qingyu was used to being serious and serious, and when she first smiled, it was like days of wind and rain suddenly clearing up, or like the surface of a frozen lake suddenly thawing.
Qing Yu said softly, "If you really don't want to be punished, I'll test you a few questions, and if you answer all the questions correctly, I'll let you go, how about it?"
Qiutang gave a "hmm" sound like a mosquito.
"If someone was loyal and kind in life, but was killed by a traitor, and then turned into a ghost and killed the enemy's whole family and servants, how would you deal with it?"
Qiu Tang hesitated for a while, then replied: "This person died unjustly, to avenge himself, there is nothing wrong with that, even though the methods are somewhat cruel, we should deal with them leniently, and save him from death."
Qing Yu then asked: "If a person has committed a heinous crime, but after he repents, he saves the common people and does a lot of good deeds. At this time, someone seeks him to avenge his father's death. Will you protect him or not?"
Qiutang frowned slightly, and said hesitantly: "It's not bad to kill people for their lives. It's just..."
Qingyu then asked the third question: "If killing one person can save hundreds of lives, but this person is innocent, what should you do?"
Qiutang couldn't answer at all, and looked at Qingyu with a sad face: "You deliberately make things difficult for me."
Qing Yu smiled and said, "I didn't embarrass you. These things have happened to my colleagues. Now it has been clearly stipulated. The first thing is to kill ghosts. It's right to take revenge, but it shouldn't hurt innocent people's lives." The second, you should pay for your sins. The third, you should kill because 100 people are more than one.”
"You are the first to become an immortal, and you still don't understand the affairs of being an immortal. As an immortal, you must put the common people first, and you must think twice before doing everything. Just like you showed yourself to teach bullies this time, there are three mistakes. One is to show your appearance rashly. Cause pilgrims to riot. Second, beating pilgrims is detrimental to morality. Third, it causes others to follow your actions, causing serious injuries to that person and punishing them too severely. If you want to punish him, you can secretly cast a spell on him, or at night That's all for dreaming, why bother to beat up and make the house full of storms?"
"That's the case." Qiutang's eyes were filled with anger, "As a god of war, my duty is to protect the people. If I don't teach him a lesson about that man's rampage, won't people think that I bully the good and fear the evil, and damage my reputation?"
Qing Yu shook her head: "Even if this will damage your reputation, as an immortal, you should be able to endure what others can't bear. How do you think that the immortal who dealt with those three difficult things can make the right choice under the guidance of thousands of people? It's just Remember to save all sentient beings, and bear all the sins and sufferings yourself."
Qiu Tang was noncommittal, but she never complained in the following days.
Halfway through January, it was autumn in the human world, and the heavens were cooling down day by day. After an autumn rain, Qingyu was agitated by the cold and had a cough.He had this problem when he was not a fairy, even if he became a fairy, it was a serious illness and difficult to cure, he was dumb and unable to speak for several days.
After getting along for many days, Qiutang felt close to Qingyu early.Moreover, seeing Qingyu coughing and frowning, remembering how beautiful his smile with stretched brows was, he couldn't bear to let him continue to be tortured by the cough.
One day, Qingyu buried her head in the official documents as usual, and the decoction sent by Chonghua was left aside to cool slowly.Qiutang coughed lightly, and when Qingyu looked at him, she took out a white porcelain bottle from her sleeve, put it on Qingyu's desk, and said, "This is the Sydney ointment I made, it can cure coughs."
Qing Yu didn't pick it up right away, Qiutang mistakenly thought that he didn't want to take the medicine, and immediately said, "Sweet, not bitter."
I am indeed afraid of suffering. I used to take medicine, and my mother always prepared some desserts by the side. After the mother left, no one took care of my temper. Qingyu never mentioned it to others, even Chonghua didn't know .
Memories suddenly came flooding back. Qingyu melted a spoonful of pear cream with water. In the hot air, she tasted the long-lost sweetness on the tip of her tongue.
"Thank you." Qing Yu said hoarsely.
After the Qixi Festival, Chonghua finally had time to go see his friends.He brought the peach blossom wine that Qingyu suddenly fell in love with recently, and before anyone informed him, he rushed into Qingyu's study excitedly.
"Qingyu, look what I brought you!"
The scene in front of him made Chong Hua suddenly lose his voice.Probably because he was too tired, Qing Yu was taking a nap at his desk. When he closed his eyes, his ice and snow temperament faded from his whole body. His eyelashes were thick and slender, and his lips were bright red, showing a face like a begonia sleeping in spring.It was a cold autumn day, perhaps because he was afraid that he would catch a cold, someone put a robe on Qingyu's body, and the owner of the robe was approaching his forehead, as if about to kiss him.
Seeing Chonghua come in, Qiutang straightened up quickly.
Chonghua glanced at Qiutang, at this time Qingyu was awake, and asked Chonghua with a smile, "Why are you free to visit me?" He naturally took off Qiutang's coat and handed it to him.
Qiutang coughed lightly, her gaze wandered, and she said, "The recent files have been sorted out, so I'm leaving first."
Qingyu knew that Chonghua didn't like to have other people present when he was talking, so he nodded and told Qiutang, "I'll go find you later on."
After Qiutang left, Chonghua immediately sat beside Qingyu, and asked him in a low voice, "What's the matter between you and Qiutang?"
Qing Yu slightly opened her peachy eyes: "Why do you ask such a question?"
Chonghua was afraid that he was thinking too much, so he didn't mention the love affair he had just seen, and said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's just that you don't like to get close to people, but you get along well with Qiutang, so I'm just a little confused."
"He is careful and enthusiastic. He is an interesting person." Qing Yu smiled and teased him, "Why, are you jealous?"
Seeing Qingyu's frank expression, Chonghua felt relieved, and replied, "Bah! Why should I be jealous? He was not born when I met you!" He stopped talking, and the two chatted again. other things.
"That's right." Chonghua asked again before leaving, "Just now you and Qiutang were talking about descending to the mortal world, what are you referring to?"
"It was Qiutang who said that the time in January is over, let me go down to earth with him while he is handling the affairs of the temple, to test whether his behavior is up to standard, and also to test whether the recent punishment is effective." Qing Yu replied, "I think there is indeed If necessary, I agreed."
"Chonghua, why is your face so hideous all of a sudden? Did the pastry go bad just now?"
What Qingyu didn't know was that Qiutang's heart was beating wildly after she came out of him.The more he gets along with Qingyu these days, the more he can't suppress the expectation in Qiutang's heart. He can't even think about what his expectation is, and he almost wants to jump off the nine heavens in embarrassment.
Fortunately, I suppressed the desire to kiss the corner of Qingyu's lips lightly just now, but letting Chonghua break through his forehead and secretly kiss Qingyu's forehead is enough to make people feel ashamed, it is simply obsessed!
Chonghua will definitely tell Qingyu, if Qingyu knows that she has such dirty thoughts about him, will she still pay attention to herself?Qiutang wandered around the courtyard, kicking the cobblestones here and there.Why didn't Qing Yu come to find herself? Could it be that she was angry?
Fortunately, the servant's notification saved him: "Shangxian, Qingyu Shangxian is here to visit."
Qiutang turned around almost in ecstasy, and saw Qingyu standing under the crabapple tree at a glance.When Qiutang soared, he brought a Four Seasons Begonia from the practice place to the heavenly court. The rain and dew in the fairyland were gentle. Now the flower tree is more than one foot high, and the pavilion is like a cover. When it is in full bloom, it is full of clouds.And Qing Yu stood under it, smiling, she was a human-faced Begonia, with the same color for a moment, it almost burned Qiu Tang's eyes.
"Why are you stunned?" Qing Yu looked suspiciously at Qiutang, who was frozen in a turning posture, "Didn't you say that I will go down to earth with you, let's go."
There are many pilgrims in Qiutang's temple in the world, and when they descended to earth, the two found that the prayers she received were as many as snowflakes.This is because the common people can only pin their hopes on the gods nowadays.Qiutang knew that the world is not peaceful now.Since the previous emperor Xia Ai was usurped by his younger uncle in the Xia Dynasty, signs of turmoil began to appear. Today's monarch has his father's cruelty but no wisdom. The taxation of the servitors was harsh, and the people suffered unspeakably.Qiutang was the legitimate son of the great general of the Xia Dynasty, so he naturally became the most trusted patron saint of the people.
"This is just a drop in the bucket. To really save the people from the misery, we must find the source of the evil." Qiutang said to Qingyu while processing the people's prayers, "Nowadays, the tiger and the wolf are in power. Choose another Mingjun. The king of Chu is the direct son of Emperor Ai, and his virtues are generous, if he can be helped to the throne, the turmoil in the Xia Dynasty may be resolved."
Qing Yu was silent for a moment, then said, "Although this is the best policy, the change of power is a major event, and one careless move will harm the people of the world, so it is better not to intervene."
"That's natural." Qiutang smiled slightly, "I've learned a lot from you in the past month, such a big event is due to luck, I know."
"Okay." After finishing the last prayer, Qiutang stretched her waist and said, "It's rare for you to come to the mortal world, why don't you go for a walk with me?"
Although the Xia Dynasty was in an eventful autumn, the prosperity of Lin'an, the capital of the country, remained unchanged.The cool breeze brought the soft singing in the tavern song stage, the leaves of the huge sycamore tree beside the road had fallen, and a soft golden layer was spread on the ground. In the light rain, the vendors were reluctant to go home, and they were still enthusiastically selling their products. Cars, horses and pedestrians flocked endlessly. If they hadn't had a clear understanding of the current Xia Dynasty's situation, there would be a school of singing and dancing in front of them.
Holding an umbrella, the two walked slowly down the long street, each speechless, but their hearts were soft and at ease, as if they had been walking like this for a lifetime.
With a sound of "crash", the quiet time in front of me was shocked.
The two of them frowned and looked towards the place where the noise came from, only to see a greasy-faced, fat ball-like son of an official, leading a group of servants, standing in front of a row of overturned stalls, spitting and scolding a Woman: "Master wants to marry you to give you face, don't you don't know what is good or bad. If you are in a hurry, master will tie you back right now, without giving you any money, believe it or not?"
The woman was trembling with fear, but her attitude was still tough: "Young Master Lu, the little girl is determined to be a showman rather than herself, so I'm sorry."
It turned out that this Young Master Lu fell in love with a woman from Zhangtai, and wanted to marry her as a concubine, but the woman refused. When the two met on the street, Young Master Lu wanted to take her back. So out.
"Damn." Young Master Lu showed disdain, and pushed the woman to the ground, "You're a bitch, why are you pretending to be noble? I'm going to order you today."
Young Master Lu waved his fat hand: "Tie her back for me."
He changed to a lewd expression again, and stretched out his hand to caress the woman's face: "Look at this pale little face, you are terrified. Don't be afraid, go back with the young master, and let the young master love you well."
This young master Lu is dressed luxuriously, and he is of good status at first glance. Even if the people on the street are filled with righteous indignation, they dare not meddle in their own business, but Qing Yu and Qiu Tang have no such fear.
"Stop!" Qiutang stepped forward.
"Hey, who are you? Dare to spoil my good deeds." Young Master Lu didn't pay attention to the two little fair faces in front of him at all, he only regarded them as stupid brats who were too strong, and ordered his servants: "Hit me."
Qing Yu made a decision in her hand, and a stone flew up from the ground and hit Young Master Lu on the forehead with a "poof".
"Oh." Young Master Lu covered his forehead, "Who hit me!"
Another stone hit his fat buttocks, and Young Master Lu immediately jumped three feet high, with a terrified expression on his face, as if he had only been stepped on by someone.
The servants looked at each other in dismay, and rushed forward to stand up for their master, Qiutang chuckled lightly, followed by the sound of stones piercing through the air.
Qiutang's strike was much heavier than Qingyu's, and the stone hit their knees, and those people's knees softened, and they bowed in unison.
"Yo, you all knelt down, so it seems that you know your mistake." Qiutang said with a smile, "I will let you off for this girl today, if you do it again next time..."
He rolled his eyes, as if he had many ghostly ideas in his heart.
"You, you, you! You wait for me." Seeing that the situation was not good, Young Master Lu got up from the ground, uttered a few harsh words, and led his servants to turn around and run away. He has such a round body and so flexible movements , is simply unbelievable.
Amidst the laughter of the crowd, Qiutang gracefully helped the woman up: "Miss, are you alright?"
The woman shook her head and bowed to the two of them: "Little girl Luo Xu thank you two gentlemen for saving their lives."
She kept her head down just now, Qingyu and Qiutang didn't see her face clearly, at this moment she slowly raised her head, revealing a face as beautiful as a flower, Qiushui's eyes took a deep look at Qiutang, and immediately lowered her head like a crow's feathers Eyelashes, like water lotus, not very cool and shy.
She is so beautiful, everyone thought, there will be another story about a hero saving the beauty.Qiu Tang couldn't help but was taken aback for a moment, then said with a smile: "Miss, you're being polite."
Qing Yu frowned slightly.
"Today's feet dare to do such a thing of robbing women." After bidding farewell to Miss Luo Xu, the two continued to move forward, Qiu Tang sighed, "It can be seen that this world is really chaotic."
With the afterglow of the setting sun, Qingyu raised his head and looked towards the direction of the palace. Qiutang was not cultivated enough to see it, but he could see that the once dense purple air on the palace was now so thin that it was almost indistinguishable. On the horizon, there was a stream of steaming purple air rushing towards Xiaohan. The people living there were the Xie clan in the north, who are now the most powerful enemy of the Xia Dynasty.
The Xia Dynasty has come to the end of the sunset.If the Xia Dynasty were to perish, the Xie Clan would take control of the Central Plains, which might bring stability to the world, but at that time, how would Qiutang, who was a loyal queen of the Xia Dynasty, feel?Qingyu wanted to tell Qiutang a thousand words in his heart, but maybe Qiutang's profile in the sunset was too gentle, he couldn't bear it after all, so he could only say softly: "Thank you for your hard work."
In the gradually setting sun, Qiutang shook her head and gave him a soft smile: "It's nothing. What you taught is to live for the common people and die after death.".
After this day, Qingyu didn't see Qiutang much for several months. He knew that Qiutang was busy with affairs, so he didn't care much. During this period, Qiutang asked someone to bring a message and asked him to draw a picture of crabapple in the rain.So when Chonghua visited one day, he happened to see Qingyu mounting a painting.
"Hey, this begonia is really well drawn." Chong Hua joked, "Looking at the test paper at dawn, Concubine Yang fainted from alcohol. Which beauty is Qingyu going to give it to?"
"What nonsense?" Qing Yu smiled and hit him with the book in hand, "Qiu Tang asked me to draw this."
"Qiutang, you must have no good intentions." Chonghua thought to himself.
"Every time I come to see you, I'm always with Qiutang. I feel like I've fallen out of favor." Chonghua said intentionally, "He's been seduced by other beauties now, right? Why doesn't he come?"
Qing Yu was about to answer when she heard laughter from outside the door. "Who said I won't come." Qiutang walked in the door carrying a pot of peach blossom wine, with smiles on her brows and eyes.
Qingyu didn't know that Qiutang actually only heard Chonghua's last words, his ears turned red, and he gave Chonghua a reproachful look.
"Hey, your favorite little peach." Qiutang smiled and put the wine on Qingyu's case, and poured a glass for him, "Don't say I forgot you."
"You came here just in time." Qing Yu said, "I have already framed the painting, and you will be satisfied after looking at it."
Qiutang picked up the painting and said, "You are recognized as a master of painting in the fairy world. What are you not satisfied with?" While looking at the painting, she saw a crabapple standing in the rain, half-bloomed, shy and timid, just like a beautiful woman. The delicate eyes are hazy, and Xiaomeng is still awake, but it really has both form and spirit, which is great.
Chonghua asked deliberately: "Do you want to keep this painting of Qiutang Shangxian for yourself, or do you want to give it to someone?"
"Give it away." Qiutang rolled up the painting and hid it in the Qiankun bag, saying, "Qingyu, do you still remember Miss Luo Xu? This painting was given to her. My own painting really couldn't be put on the table, so I had to borrow flowers to present Buddha." gone."
Just as Qing Yu was about to bring the wine cup to her lips, her fingers trembled when she heard this, and she dropped the wine cup to the ground.
"Then that girl Luo Xu is the confidante of Qiutang Shangxian?" Chonghua glanced at Qingyu sullenly, and asked Qiutang with a fake smile.
"Probably." Qiutang picked up the wine cup, wiped it clean, and handed it to Qing Yu, "Why are you so careless?"
Since the first meeting that day, Qiutang has met Luo Xu several times in the mortal world.When the two met, they had to chat a few words.Qiutang was already moved by Luo Xu's noble and proud attitude even though he was in the place of fireworks.During the conversation, he also gradually realized that Luo Xu was not just beautiful, but cared about state affairs, was quite familiar with righteousness, and even gave her a high regard.After coming and going, Qiutang developed a good impression of Luo Xu.Although it is different from his inexplicable throbbing towards Qingyu, this kind of affection is more of admiration and affection, but that is also good, Qiutang thought, being with a mortal woman is not like being with a man. Emotion is even more shocking.What's more, Qingyu is such a noble person, any thought of overstepping the rules is considered a blasphemy against him, in order to get along with Qingyu again, it is better to cut off the hazy feelings for him as soon as possible.
Luo Xu once mentioned that he likes the beautiful but not vulgar begonias, so Qiutang asked Qingyu to draw a picture of begonias, and made up his mind to use the opportunity of sending the pictures to express his heart.
"If you can hold a beautiful woman home, it will be all thanks to Shangxian's paintings." Half joking and half serious, Qiutang bowed to Qingyu in a decent manner, "Qiutang thank you here in advance .When the success is complete, I will invite Shangxian to drink, and Xiao Taohong will definitely take care of it."
He didn't realize that the smile on Qing Yu's lips had already taken on a bitter meaning.
"Qingyu, you won't treat him?" After Qiutang left, Chonghua anxiously asked Qingyu who was clearly out of his mind.
"How could it be?" Qing Yu lowered her eyes to organize the book case, covering the strangeness in her eyes, "Don't think too much about it."
Chonghua heaved a long sigh and said, "Qingyu, if you fancy someone else, I won't say anything as a friend. But Qiutang's marriage was calculated by me. Being with him will not end well. In the future, I will Don't get too close to him."
He said that Qingyu had always been calm and reserved, and would never disobey his own advice. However, when these words came out, Qingyu was speechless for a long time. After a long time, Chonghua heard that Qingyu responded with the word "yes" in a low voice. .
Afterwards, Chonghua deliberately paid attention to Qingyu's movements. He really followed the advice and alienated Qiutang. It happened that Qiutang and Luo Xu had made their hearts clear. I worked hard before, and it was safe for a while.After some time, Chonghua finally felt relieved, and stopped taking care of him.
Chonghua was relieved too early.
In a blink of an eye, winter is coming.This year's winter seems to be extremely cold, refugees who froze to death can be seen everywhere in the Xia Dynasty, and the sound of wailing can be heard all over the world.With the help of Qingyu and other gods, Qiutang set up stoves in all her temples, distributed free rice porridge, and tried her best to help more people survive this cruel winter.But the territory of the Xia Dynasty was too big, there were too many people suffering from hunger and cold, and the abilities of the gods were also limited. Their efforts, after all, were nothing more than a cluster of faint fires in the long night.
The tragic situation of the refugees aroused the anger of the people, and the court of the Xia Dynasty became more and more turbulent.And at this time, after years of preparation, the Xie clan finally crossed the frozen great river at the border of the Xia Dynasty, went all the way south, and invaded the territory of the Xia Dynasty.The dying dragon of the Xia Dynasty, after lingering for many years, will eventually be killed by the sword of the dragon.
"What did you say?!" Qing Yu suddenly stood up from the desk, frowned and asked the Earth Immortal who came to report, "Qiu Tang is heading to the front line?"
"Yes. Xiaoxian saw it with his own eyes. Qiutang Shangxian passed Xiaoxian's ancestral hall in military uniform." Dixian said, "Xiaoxian thought, isn't there General Qiu among the generals at the front now? My father is at the front Fighting, Qiutang Shangxian must be worried."
Qing Yu forced herself to calm down, and asked in a deep voice, "Does anyone else know about this?"
"No one else knew about it." The Earth Immortal replied, "Except for Xiaoxian, there are no other immortal friends there. To report to the Heavenly Emperor, Xiaoxian is not qualified enough."
"Don't tell me about this, I will report it to the Heavenly Emperor." Qing Yu told him, putting on her coat in a hurry, "I'll go for a walk first, and bring him back before he causes trouble."
After all, Qing Yu was one step too late, Qiu Tang had already arrived at her destination.At this time, the two armies were fighting to the extreme, with blood and flesh flying across the battlefield.On the battlefield, the sky is dead silent and unidentifiable. Under the sky, bones are piled up like a mountain, and blood is flowing everywhere. The Senluo Hell is nothing more than that.General Qiu's personal soldiers are the bravest of the Xia Dynasty's army. They were invincible at first, but perhaps the Xia Dynasty is really about to die. This army has been running around for many days, and it is exhausted. Although the enemy army fought bravely, they gradually lost the wind.If Qiu's army was defeated, half of the Xia Dynasty's Great Wall would be destroyed.
"Qingyu, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I won't be able to be the calm and upright fairy you hoped for anymore." Qiutang thought to herself, raising and lowering the sword in her hand, chopping off the head of the enemy soldier like harvesting wheat, spilling blood on the His face was fishy and sweet.
"I'm here today, so I won't let Qiu's army be defeated!" The sword in his hand wanted to kill the enemy again, but with a "clang", Qiutang's attack was blocked by a man with a long sword.
"Qiutang, stop and go back with me." Qing Yu's voice could be heard clearly even on the noisy battlefield, "This matter is out of our control."
"Qingyu, how can I go back?" Qiutang smiled wryly and shook her head, "It is the soldiers of our country who are fighting bloody battles, and the leading general is my father. How do you want me to go back?"
"You are crazy." Qing Yu said angrily, "You are a god! You participated in the war and changed the luck of the two countries! If something goes wrong, how can you afford the consequences!"
"Then what do you want from me!" Qiutang was also angry, what kind of people in the world, what kind of luck?Could it be that for these things, he could witness the collapse of the Xia Dynasty and the death of General Qiu? ! "Xia Dynasty can't perish! My father can't do anything either!"
A vein popped out on Qiutang's forehead, and his eyes were about to burst. Qingyu knew that Qiutang could not be persuaded to return now, and was about to use her magic power to forcefully take him away.At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side of the two of them: "Tang'er?"
"Father!" Qiu Tang turned her head suddenly, it turned out that in the chaos army, General Qiu happened to ride past these two people and recognized his son.
After many days of marching, General Qiu's face was covered with dust: "Tang'er, why are you here?"
"Father, I'll help you."
"Nonsense!" General Qiu stared fiercely, "You are a god now, what a shame it is to participate in a mortal war, go back!"
Qiutang's face flushed with anxiety: "Father, why are you saying the same thing? Do you want me to leave you here alone?"
General Qiu wanted to say something else, but the battlefield wouldn't last too long, so he could only wave his hands, and finally took a deep look at his son, with a faint smile on his tanned face, and rode his horse again. Into the enemy line.
In fact, Qiutang practiced outside since she was a child, and she rarely met her father. Even if she did, the general, who was used to giving orders, didn't know how to spoil his son. Laugh, it's not bad if it doesn't scare the young him to tears.Qiutang didn't expect that the first time she saw her father smile was on the battlefield where warmth was the least tolerated.
"Let's go." Qing Yu said softly.Qiutang didn't pay attention, just stared blankly at his father's back.
Just at this moment, an arrow slanted past the two of them, the trajectory of the arrow was so clearly visible that Qiutang even unconsciously stretched out her hand to grab a handful, catching nothing.
Fighting against each other, the two saw that the arrow accurately shot into the back of General Qiu's heart with the force of crushing stones!
"Father!" Qiutang let out a roar.
General Qiu heard his son's call, looked back at him, and moved his lips, as if wanting to tell him not to worry.However, at this moment, a knife in someone's hand in the chaos army took the opportunity to fall high, and neatly chopped off the head that was always proud and majestic.
The hot blood in General Qiu's cranial cavity splashed high into the air, and time suddenly passed extremely slowly. Qiutang saw the handful of warm blood streaking across the air, and even a drop of it landed on his face when it fell. Still warm.His words were still in his ears for a moment, but now, in the dazzling sunlight, his tall body has slowly fallen to the ground, like a mountain that has guarded the world for many years has finally collapsed.
In Qiutang's eyes, even if the sky falls apart, it's nothing more than that.
In the trance, there was a scene of memories clearly in front of my eyes. It was the scene when Qiutang accepted everyone's prayers in the temple not long after she had just ascended to immortality.At that time, Qiutang saw that her father was also in the praying crowd, his face was not as dark as usual, and he bowed down to pray for blessings like everyone else.Qiutang was very curious about what he would write, so she stealthily peeked at his prayer note, and saw that it was written in bold handwriting—"May the river be clean and the sea be clean, and the world be peaceful. May my son's journey to immortality be smooth and live forever."
"Father." The noise around him quickly went away, and it seemed that there was only a cold silence left in the world.After a long time, Qiutang heard a familiar voice, someone said to him repeatedly: "Qiutang, come back with me."
"Qingyu." Qiutang felt his body tremble slightly, and he heard himself say, "You heartless monster, I will never, ever forgive you."
The news of General Qiu's death soon spread to the court of the Xia Dynasty, and also to the most famous brothel in the capital.After Luo Xu finished reading the news from the battlefield, she picked up the piece of paper with her slender fingers and threw it into the brazier to dispel the cold.
Suddenly a gust of cold wind passed through the room, and the crystal curtains tinkled.
"Who?" Luo Xu vigilantly picked up the sewing scissors and asked sharply.
A slender figure appeared behind the crystal curtain, "Miss Luoxu."
"So it's the young master." Luo Xu softened his voice, but his eyebrows and eyes were still very vigilant, "I don't know the young master's sudden visit, what's the matter?"
"Miss Luo Xu." Qing Yu asked warmly, "You told Qiu Tang about General Qiu's marching route, right?"
Luo Xu's fingers trembled, and he said with a smile: "My lord, you are joking, I am a singing girl, how could I have such extraordinary skills to know the whereabouts of General Qiu?"
Qing Yu laughed lowly: "Really? But I found out that before Qiu Tang went to the battlefield, the last person who came into contact with him was you, girl. If it wasn't for you, I really can't think of who he would get the news from."
Luo Xu's voice became cold: "My lord, you must provide evidence for everything."
"I've been thinking about how you have the ability to know such a secret." Qing Yu said, "until I heard about such a poem."
Luo Xu's lips were already pale.
"Changing willows are lingering back to Ting, whose attitude is it? Poor weak catkins, drifting with the wind. Misty messy clothes sleeves, send each other past the long pavilion. I urge you, even if it gets muddy, don't turn into duckweed." Qing Yu After a pause, "Miss Luoxu, no, Your Royal Highness, you don't know about the handed down works of your mother, do you?"
This is the work of Emperor Ai's empress who escaped from the palace. At that time, she was desperate and wrote mournful poems in the cold of the green lamp wall.The queen who was pregnant with Liujia before leaving the palace gave birth to a daughter outside the palace.The uncle sent someone to kill her daughter, and it was the loyal old servant girl who replaced the princess's life with her own granddaughter and preserved Emperor Ai's flesh and blood.Weeping poplar, weak catkins, Luo Yi.Yang Weiguo's surname and Luo Xu's first name, she took the stage and never forgot her identity for a day.She is a phoenix soaring in the sky, destined to fly back to the plane tree in the palace one day!
"Of course, this is just a guess. Naturally, I will not identify you just because of a name." Qing Yu continued, "I continued to investigate based on this guess, and found that you are the owner behind many getai brothels. According to those women who served dignitaries and dignitaries, you obtained a lot of court secrets. And you told the king of Chu about these secrets. Your huge information network, and your support for the king of Chu, contact your name again, if you If I can't identify you, I'm stupid."
"That's right, it's me." Now that the matter has come to this point, Luo Xu has simply shed her weak disguise, and she proudly held her head up, "I am the princess of Emperor Ai, the younger sister of the current King of Chu."
"Did you already know Qiutang's identity?" Qing Yu asked.
"That's right. Although the clay sculptures in the temple are not like him, but he
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