In the past, I have gone, Yang Liu Yiyi. Now let me think about it, rain and snow are falling.
The weather has not been very good these days. Three days before the winter solstice, layers of clouds were pressing down on the ceiling of the capital Anyang. The young King Liang had no idea that the special envoy from the Three Kingdoms would arrive on the same day, as if he had made an appointment on the road, he was caught off guard in an instant.
This is the first major event he has done after taking the throne, because in the next few days, the alliance of the four countries will be related to the rise and fall of the world and the millennium luck of the great powers in the Central Plains.
Thinking of this festival, Bi Jie, King of Liang, was so nervous that his hands trembled and his palms were full of sweat.
In the evening, Bi Jie confirmed that all the special envoys of the various countries had come, and the officials also personally reported that they had all visited them one by one and settled down. The young Liang Wangfang breathed a sigh of relief. He threw it aside, loosened his belt, and hurried back to the harem.
In the spring, when the flying flowers are brilliant and the twilight is dark, King Liang can't help but think of that evening a year ago:
The stern old father Wang sighed and hanged for seven or eight years. The elder brother, the prince, oversaw the country, and finally survived to the day when their father died. He knew what was waiting for him, and hid in the depths of Anyang Palace, trembling, like a prisoner waiting to be executed.
But in one night, everything changed. General Chongwen held a heavy army in his hand, patiently waited until the last king took his last breath, and suddenly attacked, bloodbathed the court, and burned the Prince Liang to death in the palace. Now that the palace has been renovated and painted, but Bi Jie is always worried when passing by, fearing that the prince's wrath will come out from it and give him an unsuspecting sword.
Just like Geng Yuan stabbed his mother and sealed her throat with a sword.
If the queen mother hadn't supported his brother as the monarch during his lifetime, she wouldn't have to die.
"Stay back a little bit." Bi Jie ordered the inner court guards behind him, panting slightly, and began to climb the mountain.
Anyang Palace is built on the mountain. Four hundred years ago, it was the other palace for Emperor Jin to cool off the summer heat. With the great cause of King Liang Shi's rejuvenation, Emperor Jin, who had the name of the co-lord of the world, even gave the other palace to the Bi clan of Liang. Bi Shi exhausted the strength of the country to expand and renovate it into a splendid and unprecedented huge palace on Anshan Mountain.
Many complex buildings are built on the rock, and the piles are nailed into the rock and cliffs to support this gorgeous palace. The glazed tiles are bright and colorful, and the carved columns and columns reflect the sunlight. Generation after generation, month after year, Daliang's position in the Central Plains has become as indestructible as this heavenly palace that looks down upon China.
It's just that every time I go back to the bedroom, I have to climb such a long mountain road myself. It's really tiring... Bi Jie raised his sleeves and wiped his sweat, but it's not easy for people to carry them. talk.
At this time, he heard a few qin sounds from the palace, and it was Geng Yuan playing the qin. When the piano sounded, Bi Jie's mood improved.
During this year, if there was no joy of Geng Yuan to accompany him into his dreams, he must have had the horrible appearance of the late king when he was dying, his brother was burned to death in the Huaqing Hall, his skin was charred with black skin and blood was seen, and his biological mother was like a slaughtered chicken, spraying from his neck. The tragic situation of blood pouring out of the sky will turn into a nightmare, making him unable to sleep peacefully.
"What did you play today?" Bi Jie returned to the dormitory and returned to his usual appearance, "I am so excited."
"My Healing Game"
But immediately he found another tall general who was sitting opposite Geng Yuan behind the gauze curtain, and he couldn't help but feel a sudden shock, secretly thinking when did this guy come
When he came, he came, and he couldn't pretend to be invisible, so he had to be polite and called "General".
That general was the General Chongwen, the real person in power in Liang State, and said solemnly: "I heard that your uncle is here today, does my king want to see him?"
The young King Liang was a little uneasy, the four countries alliance, the messenger sent by Zheng Guo, it is the general of Zheng Zheng Zi Lu, that is, his uncle.
Bi Jie thought again and again: "Do you mind... Do I meet my uncle before the meeting? Why don't you sit behind the screen and listen?"
"No." Chong Wen replied.
After a period of silence, Bi Jie thought about it and said, "Either, it's still gone tonight. It won't be too late to see you tomorrow. If you want to reminisce, there is always a chance."
This time I heard the reply: "My king has grown up."
Bi Jie didn't say much. After sitting at the case, he read the memorials Zuo Xiang had presented in the past few days, and occasionally cast a glance at Chongwen. At this moment, the qin master Geng Yuan was wiping the sword attentively, and Chong Wen's eyes were looking at the sunset outside the palace.
When Chongwen was old, Bi Jie still remembered the year when he first met him. This famous general led Qianqi out of the Great Wall and killed Feng Rong, who plundered Liang, Dai, and Yong, to the point of fear.
In the autumn when he returned victoriously from outside the Great Wall, before he could reach his thirties, Bi Jie was only twelve years old.
Young people always admire great heroes. That day he stood on tiptoe and looked at Chong Wen. Chong Wen also caught a glimpse of him inadvertently. In front of civil and military officials, he came over and touched his head to show intimacy. .
That year's Chongwen was so powerful and heroic that he was like a sharp-edged sword. As long as he was around, no one in this world would dare to fight against Liang.
In the following years, I heard several expeditions. In four years, after three major battles, the Yong Kingdom of the North, which was hostile to the Liang Kingdom, was severely injured and sluggish, and no longer had the strength to aspire to the Central Plains. Chongwen has also established the reputation of the world's military god, but people always get old, so is the so-called "God of War".
Chongwen is getting old gradually, and now he is no longer confused. The sharpness of the past has all subsided, and there are a few more hoarfrosts on the temples. He looks more weathered than the pampered civil servants.
However, Daliang's government and opposition have no doubts at all, and he can still lead the army and fight.
Such a peerless general should be loyal to the direct line of the royal family, but in the end he stood by his side, not hesitate to launch a coup d'etat to support him as king... Bi Jie is really puzzled.
In all fairness, the older brother with a domineering mind, the prince graduated from business, should have more affinity with Chongwen.
As long as Chongwen speaks, it can affect the intention of the late king at any time. What's more, Crown Prince Shang was thinking about it, just wanted to unify the Central Plains and dominate the world. Aren't he and Chongwen the best partner
Until the night of his death in the sea of fire, the elder brother still cried and begged for mercy towards Chong Wen, not knowing what he had done wrong.
Bi Jie knew that Chongwen didn't like his uncle, Zilv, who became a general in Zheng State.
Although Ziluben is indispensable in this four-nation alliance, the close bond between the mother's uncle's family and the Liang royal family was cut off by Chongwen and Geng Yuan mercilessly in the bloody case a year ago. .
My uncle would definitely not believe the nonsense that the envoy reported that his mother was killed by his elder brother, and he would have guessed that it was a murder.
It's just that now everyone has the same goal, and they must join forces to deal with Yong Kingdom, and personal grievances are put on hold for the time being.
Once the coalition succeeds, sending troops to destroy the Yong Kingdom in the north, and then Zheng, who borders Liang, will become the next enemy of Chong Wen. At that time, the two important generals of the country will inevitably have the opportunity to meet.
"Beiyong is a land of barbarians, like the ferocious wolves in Lingzhou." When the sun went down, Chongwen finally said, "This alliance is not a trivial matter, and it will lay the foundation for the great cause of my king forever."
"Yeah." Bi Jie replied, "Exactly, Gu Wang thought of tomorrow's alliance, and still... still like being in a dream. It's too fast, everything is too fast, King Gu originally thought that he wanted to destroy Yong Kingdom, Maybe ten or twenty years..."
Chongwen got up when he heard this, his tall figure faced the last ray of sunlight, came to the high platform outside the bedroom, and said, "My king."
Bi Jie put down his memorial, and also stood up, coming behind Chongwen.
"Look at the scene in front of you." Chong Wen said, "The time has come."
Bi Jie looked out from the high platform. Outside the city of Anyang in the twilight, there was an almost endless barracks of 400,000 cavalry infantrymen from Liang. Master Wang and the soldiers of the four countries will be the most powerful help for him to take the crucial step of unifying the land of China.
Looking at the city of Anyang, where 200,000 households are flickering with lights, which city is more prosperous than Anyang? Even if Emperor Wen of Jin ordered the world 400 years ago, it is not as good as it is now. This is the real kingdom of the Son of Heaven!
"Capturing the barbarians of the Yong Kingdom," said Chongwen, "this is the wish of the king, down to Li Shu. I would like to carry the banner of this kingly way for you, send troops to the west, and swept all our opponents. It is a beginning, far from an end, and will fight for you at the end, until every inch of the land in the world belongs to you; until the people who live on every inch of land make you king."
Bi Jie's heart was surging, and he was speechless for a while, staring at Chong Wen in a daze.
"It's just before the great cause is finished," Chongwen said lightly, "Don't be burdened by indecision, this minister leaves."
General Chongwen bowed to Bi Jie, his cloak was like a cloud of fire in the setting sun, and he left the palace.
Bi Jie was silent for a moment, sighed lightly inadvertently, and returned to the case in a daze.
"It's time to hold the lamp." Geng Yuan reminded in the darkness.
Bi Jie said, "If you are not in a hurry, just let me stay like this for a while."
Geng Yuan replied, "Blind people don't need lights, so naturally they're not in a hurry."
A black cloth was covering Geng Yuan's brows. From the day Bi Jie recognized him, the violin master had been blind. He played the piano so well that Bi Jie thought that when the piano in his hand made a sound, all the birds in the sky would stop for it; when the strings moved, the water in the world would freeze.
It is said that a pianist can communicate with the world at the highest level. But after listening to Geng Yuan's music, Bi Jie realized that the real peak of music is to retrieve the time long gone for him.
When did he meet Geng Yuan
Strange to say, the young King Liang especially likes to reminisce about the past, reminiscences, recollections of Geng Yuan, and memories of everyone...
Just like the night before he sacrificed himself to become a king, he tossed and turned, unable to help but reminisce about the past and bits and pieces of his childhood.
After tomorrow, he will become the leader of the four kingdoms, holding up the golden sword awarded to the leader by the Jin Emperor, and issuing a crusade to the Yong Kingdom. Just as Chongwen said, Liang Guo will finally take the step of unifying the Central Plains, and it is impossible to say that he will be extra sentimental tonight.
The piano sounded softly, and there were several ding dongs. Bi Jie glanced at the figure in the dark, and the moonlight poured into the bedroom like water. With the sound of his qin, Geng Yuan is enough to spread the word all over the world like a re-heard.
The blind pianist was willing to stay in the deep palace, only to play for him who was once a disfavored prince.
Seven years ago, when Bi Jie left the palace and was on his way to Zhaoshui City, the clear singing of a man caught his attention - Geng Yuan was disheveled, with a white cloth covering his eyebrows, blood seeping from the white cloth, as if he had lost his eyes soon. What he played and sang was "Wei Feng", "From the east of the uncle, the head is like a flying tent. If there is no ointment, who is suitable?".
In that year, the two kingdoms of Yong and Liang fought successively, and the Zhaoshui area was hit by three years of severe drought. Geng Yuan, dressed in black robes, sat in the wilderness among the dead grass, playing and singing this song of missing people, and Bi Jie, who was only fourteen years old, couldn't help but be moved.
He brought Geng Yuan back to the palace and asked him to play it for his brother and other ministers to listen to, but the song did not stop the spread of the war. It was not until he returned to the court that Liang Guocai defeated Beiyong and stopped the war. First victory.
Geng Yuan lived in the palace for seven years, and Bi Jie was used to his singing. There was a time when he was worried that if he was killed by his brother, Geng Yuan would not escape the fate of his death, and he just wanted to send him away as soon as possible. .
"You're right, we'll all die one day, you go on the front foot, and I'll come on the back." Geng Yuan replied simply, "However, it won't die in your brother's hands."
If Geng Yuan hadn't lost his sight, he would have been a famous and beautiful man in Anyang and the world, Bi Jie often thought. His fair complexion, heroic eyebrows, tall and perfect nose bridge, clear lip lines, and slender fingers playing the qin. If one day, after taking off the blindfolded black cloth, his eyes are as bright as the stars in the night, I don't know how many people will fall in love with them.
Even if his eyes are covered with black cloth, the moonlight shines on his face, showing the curvature of the corners of his mouth and the bridge of his nose, that mysterious and unpredictable beauty is enough to rival the famous handsome men from all over the world.
It's just that Bi Jie never imagined that he could still use a sword. When he drew out that dark long sword, the world seemed to change color, and the moment he held the sword in his thin and slender body, it was like changed into a person.
Chongwen seemed to have seen through all this early, so on the night of the forced palace, Geng Yuan was the only one who stayed by Bi Jie's side.
That night was also the first time that Bi Jie saw him use his sword. Prince Shang sent nearly 200 well-trained soldiers to kill him, the powerless prince, and a blind violin master.
Geng Yuan then calmly took out the black heavy sword in his hand from under the piano, and guarded it in front of the door.
Bi Jie looked at the scene in front of him in horror. The blood stained inside and outside the palace, and gradually spread out, but Geng Yuan's self-cultivating black robe was always bloodless. It was not until the fire in the distance illuminated the night, and the prince's screams came from the wind, Geng Yuan sat down again and said solemnly: "Now, you are King Liang."
Bi Jie never figured out how old Geng Yuan was. He looked like this seven years ago, and he still looks like this seven years later. Geng Yuan stayed in the palace most of the time, and occasionally left the palace. Bi Jie sent someone to follow him from a distance, and the reward from his subordinates was that the blind man went to the same house in Anyang City every time. There lived a woman and a child in the house.
"Why me?" Bi Jie rubbed his temples and sighed softly in the darkness.
The palace maid entered the bedroom to light the lamp, and Geng Yuan replied in the last darkness, "Because you are the most suitable."
With a sense of loss, Bi Jie lowered his head and glanced at the memorial. He is a person who easily hurts the Spring and Autumn. Zuo Xiang thinks that he has a "sympathy", which may be the "most appropriate" in Chong Wen's opinion. reason". Bi Jie knew in his heart that the officials did not say a word. Once the elder brother succeeded to the throne, the Daliang Kingdom would usher in a change of power, and generals like Chongwen were even more difficult to control.
As the saying goes, what is the life of a military general? In this life, nothing more than to build a long-lasting hegemony for Daliang.
"Go to bed early." Geng Yuan put the sword into the bottom of the piano and said lightly, "Tomorrow will be a big day in the world, and this day will be recorded in history."
"Will you accompany me tomorrow?" Bi Jie asked.
"Yes." Geng Yuan said.
Although in this four-nation alliance, there should be no assassins acting rashly, and there is no need for this martial artist to protect himself, but Bi Jie really wanted Geng Yuan to be there.
This blind man who speaks very few words has accompanied him for seven years, and accompanied him from an ignorant prince to the king of Liang today.
He couldn't say many things to others, let alone Chongwen, so he could only say it to Geng Yuan. When Geng Yuan heard it, he just nodded lightly. He knew almost everything about Bi Jie's mood, and he joy, and his fears and worries. On such a day, if Geng Yuan is absent, it will be the regret of the young King Liang.
He wanted to listen to his violin for a lifetime, until the day they all grow old and die.