Li Chaoge was not surprised by the name at all. She nodded and said, "I heard that your cousin and sister-in-law are good at planting flowers, especially peonies. Is there such a thing?"
Song Wen was slightly surprised when he heard this. He thought that these people from the Gongmen were coming for Liniang, but this girl asked Mudan as soon as she opened her mouth, and she knew the situation of Yang Hua's family like the back of her hand. Now Think about it, her question just now was also full of purpose.
Their target turned out to be a cousin
Song Wenwei nodded with some vigilance: "Yes? Really? My cousin is obsessed with peony flowers, and later met my cousin sister-in-law. The two of them have similar interests and hearts, and they can be called a fairy couple. It's a pity... "
Li Chaoge's eyes moved, and he glanced at Gu Mingke calmly: "What's the pity?"
Song Wen let out a long sigh, and said, "It's a long story. Please come in and listen, two adults."
Li Chaoge had nothing to do, Song Wen led the way ahead, Liniang went in to pack the tea, did Li Chaoge? Act immediately, she walked up to Gu Mingke, and asked: "What is Shaoqing thinking? Since just now, Shaoqing has been silent. Could it be that Shaoqing dislikes me? Annoying to ask questions?"
What was he saying? After finishing speaking, Gu Mingke sighed softly and said, "No?"
"That's good." Li Chaoge said leisurely, "I thought Shaoqing didn't want to accompany me to listen to the case, so I wanted to leave now."
In fact, Gu Mingke really did think so, but once Li Chaoge said it, he seemed to be "unfeeling" when he asked to leave again. Gu Mingke had no choice but to say, "Okay, I will accompany you to finish listening."
Song Wen and Liniang cleaned up the living room, Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke took their seats, and the others sat around. Liniang served tea, and then went to the inner room to take care of the children.
Little Mudan seemed to be extremely afraid of Gu Mingke, and she trembled with fright just as soon as Gu Mingke entered the room.
Song Wen apologized: "I'm sorry, the little girl is afraid of strangers, and made you laugh at me."
Li Chaoge shook his head, and said, "It's okay. He's always? indifferent? In fact, he doesn't mean anything malicious. Just keep talking."
Gu Mingke raised his eyes and glanced at her: "Ask about your case? Don't talk nonsense."
When Song Wen heard this, he felt that something was wrong. His eyes quickly swept over Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke, and the more he looked at them, the more he felt that these two people were different. In fact, Song Wen wanted to ask when he entered the door just now. As colleagues, the distance between the two of them is too close, and there are some people who believe that they are husband and wife. At this moment, Song Wen smelled that the "incense" on Li Chaoge and Gu Mingke was "the same". Song Wen consciously pryed into the privacy of the upper class, so he stopped quickly, not daring to think about it.
Song Wen made up his mind and continued, "How did my cousin and sister-in-law meet me? I don't know. It's just that one day, our family suddenly received an invitation from my cousin, saying that they were going to get married. I'm going to attend." Cousin’s wedding banquet, I saw my cousin being very considerate to a beautiful woman, my cousin’s sister-in-law is not very good at doing housework, my cousin does all the housework, asks about her health, and cares about her. I used to suspect that my cousin’s sister-in-law is ? Transformed by some ghost, I stayed with my cousin to try to do something wrong, and then I met Liniang... "
Song Wen laughed at himself when he said this, and they turned to look behind the screen. Liniang seemed to feel something, and turned her head to meet Song Wen's eyes. Song Wen looked at his beloved wife and daughter, and said: "As long as it is the love of the heart, is it? Human or demon? It doesn't matter. But... At that time, I was young and ignorant, and I was always vigilant against my cousin. There are realgars, mahogany swords and other things hidden in the house, but my cousin didn’t respond at all. I stayed at my cousin’s house for a few days, and was gradually moved by his cousin’s affection, so I stopped being wary of my cousin , went home with my parents. Then I received a letter from my cousin, saying that they and my cousin felt that the village was too noisy, and decided to move to a clean and uninhabited place to live in seclusion. Finally they went to Pingshan, and I? In my spare time, I have been to Pingshan twice. I found that my cousin and his wife are very loving. My cousin is farming, and my cousin is weaving. I am very happy. I feel relieved, and then my grandfather My mother passed away. I was so busy making a living that I didn't visit my cousin for a long time. When I finally got some free time and planned to take Liniang to see my cousin and sister-in-law, I found that the courtyard in Pingshan was empty. My cousin and sister-in-law are missing, and the black dog that my cousin has raised for many years is also gone."
After hearing this, Bai Qianhe couldn't help asking: "Yes? No? Encountered bandits?"
Although the hermitage is clean, it is easy to attract thieves because of the lack of people. Song Wen shook his head slowly: "I? At first I thought I had encountered bandits, but? I? Checked the yard? There was no trace of rummage in the house. Nothing of value was lost. The "sieve" that fell suddenly. It didn't look like it was ransacked by bandits, it was more like something happened, and my cousin and sister-in-law were taken away in an instant."
Li Chaoge's brows moved, and he asked, "How do you know they were? arrested? What if they were in danger and moved urgently?"
"Impossible." Song Wen flatly vetoed it. After he finished speaking, he realized that his tone was too hasty. He took a deep breath and said, "I? Children, they still have small clothes for the children in the house, if the two of them really want to move, why would they throw away the children's clothes?"
At this time, Liniang answered in a low voice in the room: "The girl should not have a child yet, so she can't understand the "feelings" of being a parent. If "we" are in danger, let alone run away, as long as we "have" breath, we can ?Never give up on my daughter."
Li Chaoge really didn't have a child? He couldn't understand this kind of topic. Bai Qianhe was drinking tea at first, and when he heard this, he jokingly said: "It turns out that the commander also made a mistake in judgment. It's okay, after another two years, the commander and Gu Shaoqing will have a child?" You will understand."
Li Chaoge was stunned, she quickly glanced at Gu Mingke, then turned her head to stare at Bai Qianhe: "Shut up. If you talk any more, I'll just take you to make soup."
Bai Qianhe shrank behind Zhou Shao in aggrieved manner, and Li Chaoge took another look at Gu Mingke, feeling so embarrassed that he couldn't bear it. She tried her best to pretend to be calm, and said, "He? Always? Make jokes like this, don't mind."
Gu Mingke looked calm, he nodded and said, "There are no children in the house, it's normal for you not to understand."
Li Chaoge had already adjusted it, but it was even more embarrassing for him to say that. Behind him, Bai Qianhe showed an "oh" expression. Li Chaoge didn't look back, and could imagine how lively those people's expressions were.
Is this the ?question of ?no?kids?? Leaving aside the fact that Li Chaoge has never thought about having a child, let's just say that Li Chaoge's current son-in-law is Gu Mingke. If there is a new child in the mansion, who does he plan to give birth to
Song Wen glanced over Gu Mingke and Li Chaoge. These two are both outstanding in appearance and extraordinary in temperament. Although they are wearing official uniforms, it is obvious that their family backgrounds are very different from those of the followers behind them. Song Wen had been skeptical before, but now that Bai Qianhe confirmed it, he became more convinced.
Song Wen said with a smile: "The two adults are really a husband and wife. Both of them are dragons and phoenixes among the people. The children they will give birth to will be extraordinary. I wish you two will grow old together and have a precious son soon."
Li Chaoge was silent, she didn't know how the topic was distorted like this? However, Gu Mingke nodded and agreed.
He? The wind is calm, the posture is elegant, even when he hears the topic of children? He is not in a hurry, calm and elegant.
It seems that the person who was robbed and married by agreement was not? He
Li Chaoge stopped, and she held back for a long time. Seeing other people watching quietly? She couldn't bear it and said with a cold face: "Don't chat during official business. Go on, what happened after Yang Hua and Mudan disappeared?"
Song Wen seemed to be hesitant, he paused, and said: "Later I found a letter in my cousin's secret compartment, which said that my cousin was taken away, and my cousin went to rescue her." Cousin..."
Gu Mingke lowered his eyes and said nothing, the earth dog was lying outside the door, staring at them vigilantly all the time. Hearing Song Wen's words, the earth dog seemed to have some feelings, purring in a low voice.
Li Chaoge looked at Song Wen. Song Wen was so panicked by such a gaze that he couldn't help avoiding his gaze. Li Chaoge said slowly: "I? Think that you and your wife have good intentions and never hurt others, so I'm lenient. If you? Lie, I? Maybe? Have to change my mind."
Song Wen suddenly panicked, raised his head and shouted no, then he seemed discouraged, and said, "It's not? I? I read it from a letter. I? I heard it from my cousin's raised? Xiaohuajing."
When Bai Qianhe heard this, he forgot the password that Li Chaoge had given them, and was so surprised that his tone changed: "Flower essence?"
Isn't this a love story? Why did ghosts and goblins run out again
Li Chaoge knew it. She asked, "What flower essence?"
"I don't know." Song Wen shook his head, "One of them looks like a vine."
Li Chaoge was basically sure that the black dog demon and the vine spirit could not be wrong, they were the monsters she encountered when she left the Black Forest. Li Chaoge probably had some guesses about what happened in Pingshan back then, but she didn't reveal it, but continued to ask: "Isn't your cousin a man? Why are there ghosts in the family?"
"I haven't contacted my cousin for many years, and I don't know his cousin's movements." Song Wen seemed a little embarrassed, "My cousin... is indeed not a person, but she is not a monster, but a fairy .”
The few people behind gasped, never expecting the story to run in a strange direction. Mo Linlang had been quiet all this time, and couldn't help but ask, "Immortal?"
"Yes." Song Wen was hesitant at first, but after he said it, the following words became more and more smooth, "At first I was also surprised, but those two in the cousin's courtyard A little flower spirit said that they were originally ordinary flowers, and they were cared for by the peony fairy herself. They absorbed the fairy energy day and night, and gradually became spiritual. They also said that the cousin came back as usual that day, and the cousin was wiping his sweat Suddenly, the sky was surging, and a group of heavenly soldiers and generals appeared, trying to capture my cousin indiscriminately. The cousin wanted to protect her cousin from escaping, and blocked the heavenly soldiers, but she only made two moves, and the surroundings suddenly became extremely tense. Cold. I don’t know when a person stood on the clouds. That person was cold and ruthless. He didn’t say a word. What’s strange? Yes? My cousin didn’t dare to say a word when she saw this person. Tie it back to the sky."
Bai Qianhe clicked his tongue and asked, "What about your cousin?"
Song Wen was depressed: "I was taken away together, and I never came back after that."
The people in the room let out high and low sighs, telling a love story, and being beaten with sticks. Mo Linlang is a little girl with delicate and sensitive feelings. She sighed: "It turns out that there really are no immortals in this world. But, Fairy Peony did not do anything harmful, nor did she use immortal methods to help Yang Hua seek Li, why did the Heavenly Soldiers arrest her?"
"I don't know." Song Wen also shook his head, "But those two little flower spirits said that when the heavenly soldiers came to arrest my cousin, they once said that it was a big mistake for a fairy to move the heart of the mortal. He was punished with dignity by Beichentian."
Li Chaoge immediately caught the name? "Beichen Tianzun?"
"It seems to be the name." Song Wen scratched his hair and said, "I don't know who it is, but it's... looking at the reactions of my cousin and the heavenly soldiers and generals, they seem to be Terrified of this man."
Mo Linlang was confused and couldn't bear it: "Why?"
Song Wen replied: "According to what those heavenly soldiers and generals said, it seems that immortals are not allowed to move their hearts, and it is wrong to fall in love with others."
Not only Mo Linlang, but the other guys also sighed. Zhou Shao kept silent, and now he said emphatically: "It's ridiculous. If you love someone, you will naturally want to treat her well and marry her. If there is such a thing in the world? Heavenly Court, instead of punishing crimes of murder, arson, and corruption, arrests a couple who love each other, it's really absurd."
Several other family members were deeply touched and responded softly. Some people turned their heads inadvertently and found that the earth dog was lying by the door with tears in its eyes.
He was very surprised: "Why is this dog crying? Could it be that he can understand human language?"
Seeing that the Dali Temple official mentioned the dog, Song Wen explained: "I? I picked this dog up on the street. After seeing me, it insisted on following me for some reason. I didn't want to chase it away , so I kept it. Later, Liniang gave birth to a daughter, and I sold things outside during the day, and couldn’t go home, thanks to it, I took care of the nursing home.”
"Yes." Li Niang answered, "Although it is a dog, it is just like a member of our family. It knows how to protect little Mudan. When Mudan was learning to walk, it was always by the side. , Inseparable, even my patience can't match."
Everyone was amazed. Hearing two strange stories today and seeing a dog that loyally protects the master, this trip is worth it. They were talking in the back, and Gu Mingke just sat quietly without saying a word.
Li Chaoge glanced at Gu Mingke very indifferently, and asked Song Wen: "After Yang Hua and Peony Fairy disappeared, is there any news?"
"No?" Song Wen shook his head, "Life or death? I don't know. I waited for a long time with Liniang in Pingshan, but there was no movement, so I could only go home regretfully. Afterwards, I? But no one ever saw them again, it was as if…”
It's like disappearing from the world.
Li Chaoge thought to herself, if there were no accidents, what she saw when she was twelve years old was the scene where the heavenly soldiers and generals captured Peony.
Little Peony was crying sickly in the room, her voice was like that of a kitten, it was heart-wrenching to hear. Li Chaoge saw that Song Wen had never been in contact with planting flowers, nor had he obtained any flower planting secrets, so he could only leave with regret.
Before leaving, Li Chaoge said to Liniang in a half-reminder, half-warning voice: "Your child? Is it a mixed race of human beings, born weak, and feeding blood will eventually cure the symptoms but not the root cause. Finding a way to make her healthy is the only way." Righteous way. From now on, don’t go to the White Horse Temple to steal chickens again. If I find out that you have killed people…”
Liniang hurriedly said: "My family dare not. My family obeys orders and dare not steal again."
Li Chaoge saw that although Liniang had a demonic aura, but the aura was pure, without the smell of blood after cannibalism, he knew that she had never harmed anyone before. And with Liniang's weak "monster power", she can barely protect herself, and she has no energy to do unnecessary "things". After Li Chaoge beat Liniang, he left the Song family with someone.
It was getting late now, the smell of cooking smoke wafted from the alley, and the voices of mothers calling for their children could be heard from both sides. Mo Linlang was still immersed in the story of Yang Hua and Mudan, and kept sighing: "It's too heartless. It's not wrong to love someone. How can you punish someone for this?"
Although Song Wen didn't say anything, everyone present felt that there was a feeling that Yang Hua and Mudan might be in danger. After walking for a while, Gu Mingke suddenly turned his head and looked towards Song Wen's courtyard.
Liniang was standing at the door with the baby in her arms, talking to Song Wen in a low voice, and the dogs surrounded them, looking happy. Liniang felt the gaze, raised her head, and found that it was Gu Mingke.
Liniang held the child in her arms and saluted, and asked cautiously, "Is there anything else, sir? What are your orders?"
This lord looks beautiful and looks as clean as a fairy. Although he rarely speaks, Liniang is extremely afraid of him, far more than that girl.
Although Li Chaoge saw that Liniang was a monster and threatened her not to harm others, Liniang was not afraid. This man alone gave Liniang a bottomless feeling.
Both the little peony and the earth dog are afraid of him, and Liniang feels terrified just by looking at each other's eyes.
Seeing Gu Mingke stop, the others turned their heads and looked at Gu Mingke strangely. Gu Mingke glanced at the girl in Liniang's arms, and asked, "She's a hybrid of a human and a monster, and she was born intolerable by the laws of heaven. Even if you use your own blood to help her live past the age of two, she will be sick and weak in the future." , Life is bumpy. Is it worth it to cut off my life's cultivation for this?"
Liniang felt that Gu Mingke's words were restrained, and no one else could hear them except her and Gu Mingke. Liniang smiled, and looked down at her daughter lovingly: "It's worth it. Although practice can lead to a long life, but you hide in the mountains and live in isolation, you don't know the warmth and coldness of the world, and you don't know love. Such a life? Even if it's a thousand years, what's the use? You might as well have a good time, even if you die, you won't have nothing to remember when you die."
Gu Mingke stared at Liniang silently, he turned around calmly, and the silence restriction was released quietly.
A voice from the outside floated in, and Song Wen asked Liniang from the side: "Liniang, what did that lord say to you, I? I didn't pay attention, I didn't even hear it."
"It's nothing." Liniang looked at her daughter's flushed face and said with a smile, "Are you sleepy again? Auntie is going to carry you back to sleep."
Seeing that his daughter was sleepy, Song Wen quickly lowered his voice and carefully escorted his wife back to the house. The earth dog also gathered around the owner's feet, sticking out its tongue, but didn't make any barks.
Li Chaoge and the others stood in front and waited for Gu Mingke. It seemed that after a moment of distraction, Gu Mingke finished speaking. The man from Dali Temple grumbled and complained: "What did Shaoqing say? It's so close? Why didn't I hear it?"
Li Chaoge didn't hear it either. Seeing Gu Mingke approaching, she didn't mention what happened just now, and asked, "Let's go?"
"Let's go."
Finally able to get off work, Bai Qianhe cheered and ran away first. Li Chaoge rode a horse in the back. At this moment, all the birds were returning to their nests. The setting sun turned the street into a warm golden color, and the children were laughing and running on the street. Horseshoes go against the flow of people, crushing the sun all over the place.
Li Chaoge asked: "What are you thinking, I haven't spoken all the time."
After Gu Mingke came out of Song Wen's house, he was very silent. He stared at the sunset in front of him and asked, "She is a monster, why didn't you kill her?"
"What's your name?" Li Chaoge glared at him angrily. "What's wrong with monsters? There are people? There are bad people, and there are monsters? There are good monsters, how can there be? They just scream and kill. "So, what's the difference between us and those villains and monsters who do all kinds of evil?"
Yes? Ah, where is the boundary of justice? How to distinguish between law enforcement and killing
Gu Mingke looked straight ahead, and the golden twilight shone on him, like gold and jade, extremely clear and radiant. Gu Mingke asked: "They? One of them is a man and the other is a demon, but they got married privately. Don't you hate it?"
"So what." Li Chaoge snorted lightly, not caring, "So what about monsters, what about people, even if prisoners can decide who to fall in love with, they? Are people married? The reason why people are different from animals and trees is because they have free will. If you can't even decide who you want to be with, then what's the point of living?"
Gu Mingke looked back at Li Chaoge, Li Chaoge held the rein, noticed his gaze, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What's wrong?"
Gu Mingke gently withdrew his gaze, without saying a word. He has been in charge of the prison for thousands of years and has never wavered. But at this moment, they suddenly began to doubt, was what he judged really? right
Gu Mingke asked himself that he had no shame in his heart. He? Every case and every case was judged according to the rules of heaven. The rules of heaven have been established since ancient times, and no offense is allowed. But? It has existed since ancient times, so it must be? Correct
For the rest of Li Chaoge's life, he searched for many flower planters, but no one had heard of a way to make peonies bloom in winter. Peonies are delicate, experienced? Flower farmers can hardly support them in normal seasons, let alone Li Chaoge, a novice? Seeing that the first day of the Yuan Dynasty was approaching, Li Chaoge gave up and ordered someone to send the unmoved flower soil into the palace.
She really did her best. Whether the peony blooms or not is left to God's will.
In the second year of Jingming, the Queen of Heaven presided over the grand court celebration on Yuan Ri, and all the flowers in Luoyang bloomed overnight in the cold winter, but only peonies did not bloom. The Queen of Heaven was angry and demoted Peony.
On that day, Luoyang was covered with silver, the sky and the earth were white, but the flowers adorned the branches, ignoring the frost and blooming proudly. It was like spring in Luoyang, and the common people rushed to the streets, bowed to the palace city, and praised the miracles.
In the bustle, the indifferent? Peony seemed out of place. People in Luoyang praised other peonies for their beauty, but they admired peonies for not fearing the Queen of Heaven and keeping the order of flowers alone.
After this incident, the people of Luoyang loved the peony even more, and the writers praised the peony for its pride. After Tianhou was advised by Princess Shengyuan, she took pity on her strength of character and named Peony the king of flowers.
Auspicious auspicious rains fell from the sky frequently, and now there are even more flowers blooming overnight against the season. All the officials said this was the birth of the Holy Lord, and God gave decrees one after another. Later, the people made three petitions, calling for the empress to ascend the throne. The wave swept from Chang'an, Luoyang to all parts of the country. Finally, the emperor Li Huai went to the gate of the city, claiming that he had little talent and learning, and that his virtue was not worthy of a king. Therefore, he abdicated the throne and begged his mother to become emperor.
After Tianhou repeatedly declined, Yu Yingtianmen accepted the emperor's Zen throne, proclaimed himself emperor, and changed his reign name to Chui Gong.
It took only two years for Li Huai's reign name, Jingming, to be changed to Chui Gong. In April of the first year of Chuigong, the Holy Mother God Huang Wuzhao ascended the throne and pardoned the world. Princess Shengyuan and Princess Guangning asked themselves to be deposed as princesses, and the late emperor Li Huai was appointed crown prince and lived in the palace.
In the first year of Chuigong, the era when the first female emperor in history officially began.
——The end of "Peony Flower".