[R18] Will drink wine – “About Wine” Chapter 299 [English]

Chapter 285, Gaodian (3)

It was already Xu o’clock when the gentlemen left, and the door curtain was rising and falling, but Yao Wenyu picked up the tea cup and slowly stirred the foam, his face was obviously sick when he was thinking.Yuan Zhuo returned to Qidu, but neither saw his old friends nor returned to Yao’s old residence.

Shen Zechuan looked at the case and said, “You said this morning that you wanted to see Xue Xiuzhuo?”

It was very quiet inside and outside the warm hall, so quiet that only the sound of falling snow could be heard.Yao Wenyu stared at the rising tea foam in the cup and replied: “They are all dying people and should be seen.”

Shen Zechuan turned his eyes and even though he remained calm, he was still moved by these words.

Yao Wenyu didn’t drink tea. He looked at the window with the dim light of the lantern, and saw the shadows of falling snow.

“It’s the New Year,” Yao Wenyu smiled slightly, “Master Fu, have a good New Year.”

* * *

Xue Xiuzhuo is locked up in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment. He has his hair tied up in a neat bun. Even without the official robe, he still maintains his former composure.

When Yao Wenyu’s four-wheeler arrived, Xue Xiuzhuo put down the chopsticks for eating and looked through the door without feeling surprised.he said: “It’s cold in January. Did Shen Zechuan send someone to clean the streets?”

Yao Wenyu turned the four-wheeled cart with no snow on his shoulders and said: “The Forbidden Army has its own arrangements.”

Xue Xiuzhuo held his knees and looked straight at Yao Wenyu.They both lived in each other’s shadow. In the first half of his life, Xue Xiuzhuo was the nameless blade; in the second half of his life, Yao Wenyu was the piece of broken jade.

Xue Xiuzhuo said: “The snow on Kaichun Mountain has melted. The location of the teacher’s grave is not good. You can repair it.”

“You live in Qudu all the time,” Yao Wenyu said, “Didn’t you go and see it?”

Xue Xiuzhuo’s straight spine was hanging in the snow behind him, and he said truthfully: “I don’t dare to go.”

There was silence in the cell.

Yao Wenyu lowered his eyes, seeming to be slightly sunburned.He put the Bai Zi in his palm on the table, and silently pushed it towards Xue Xiuzhuo in the darkness.

Xue Xiuzhuo stared at the chess piece, and in the long silence, he seemed to hear the sound of rain on Bodhi Mountain.

“Many years ago,” Xue Xiuzhuo’s voice was calm, “Teacher promoted me to an official position instead of looking at me as a descendant of a noble family. I read Qi Huilian’s policies and knew that the world is vast, and there are people called ‘courtiers’. They ran all over the Zhou Dynasty and became the indispensable pillars of the Zhou Dynasty. In the year of Yong Yin, Qi Huilian was imprisoned, and the teacher wandered several times on the watchtower where Zhaosu Temple can be seen. I asked him what he was looking at, heLet’s look at the last ‘minister’ in this world.I felt strange at that time, because Qi Huilian was a minister, and so was the teacher.By the time of the Xiande Year, many people, including officials and officials, were killed in order to collect evidence of Hua Siqian’s crimes. They were all local loyal ministers.”

Xue Xiuzhuo has thought about these things for so long that he has become numb. He has become hard-hearted and will no longer cry uncontrollably late at night.He respects Hai Liangyi so much, but the reality is too cruel.

“These people have no graves or graves. They all died in the fighting. They were wiped clean by the noble family with a wave of their sleeves.” Xue Xiuzhuo’s eyes were emotionless. “The remonstrance at the hunting ground in Xiandenian was the hope of countless people whose names you have never heard of. We overthrew Hua Siqian, but the teacher did not continue.”

As a result, the Queen Mother survived and the family remained indestructible.When Li Jianheng ascended the throne, Xue Xiuzhuo also wanted to assist him, but Li Jianheng simply could not shoulder the important task.

What exactly is Hai Liangyi insisting on?

Xue Xiuzhuo didn’t understand that he was standing at a fork in the road and refused to follow Hai Liangyi anymore. He couldn’t see the light on this road.

“To this day,” Xue Xiuzhuo raised his eyes, “I don’t recognize the teacher’s path. No one can convince me in this situation, not even Yuan Zhuo, nor you.”

Yao Wenyu turned the four-wheeler and headed out of the cell.

Xue Xiuzhuo looked at Yao Wenyu’s back and said: “I was born to be Xue Xiuzhuo. I can take my life and name whatever I want. Who wins between you and me? It’s just that I lost. My Lord was born at the wrong time and lost to Shen Zechuan. It was the timing that was wrong, not fate.”

Yao Wenyu’s four-wheeler stopped, he didn’t look back, he just turned his face sideways, and said word by word in the shadow: “Time, fate, and luck.”

The cell door slammed shut, completely separating them from light and dark.

Yao Wenyu pushed the four-wheeler along the narrow passage and choked suddenly when approaching the gate.The light at the door was dim. Yao Wenyu held the handle and gradually couldn’t see the front clearly while breathing.

“Sir…”

The jailer on the side exclaimed.

Time, fate, and luck are beyond my control.1

Yao Wenyu clenched her fingers in the air sadly, then fell straight forward.

When Yao Wenyu woke up, a dark lamp was lit in the room.

Shen Zechuan stood by and said softly: “Since He Songyue is coming, please talk to me and wait for us.”

Yao Wenyu looked at the curtain and replied softly: “I will ask Songyue to go to Bodhi Mountain and plant a Bodhi tree waiting for me.”

Shen Zechuan lowered his eyes, the sourness was close at hand, as if tears were about to fall in the blink of an eye.

“Winter is so long,” Yao Wenyu said melancholy: “Before I entered the capital, I doubted that I could wait until the flowers on Bodhi Mountain bloomed.”

“Wait a minute,” Shen Zechuan said dejectedly, his voice hoarse in an instant, “Yuan Zhuo.”

Yao Wenyu didn’t answer and started coughing again. This time the blood soaked the handkerchief and could no longer be hidden.he was quiet for a moment and said: “The Yellow Book of Juexi has been implemented for many years. Jiang Qingshan is a good official. Lan Zhou left he, who is Juexi’s parents. If the general dares to refuse to send troops to stabilize the world, she will become the king, and all the five counties of Qidong can submit. Although Fei Sheng has small flaws, he is still a useful talent. With Yin Chang’s stone tablet, let heReturn to Duanzhou, Duanzhou can be saved.Cheng Feng…” Yao Wenyu’s breathing increased, “Cheng Feng originally wanted to retire after his success… I have left a message with him… Lan Zhou, the new emperor cannot live without advisers. I am leaving, and with Cheng Feng’s thorough knowledge… I can help you to stabilize the country…”

Yao Wenyu was soaked in sweat, as if he was having a seizure, and even his face was turning pale.He raised his hand and grabbed Shen Zechuan’s sleeve.

“In this world…” Yao Wenyu was about to stand up, but while he was still gasping for breath, his eyes were slightly red, “I want you to come and sit down! I’m so young…it’s not time yet…”

Shen Zechuan held Yao Wenyu in his hand and said slowly in the candlelight: “I am not made to be an emperor.”

“You are the lord, the lord of the world.” Yao Wenyu said firmly, “In the future, the world will be different, but at this moment, only you, Shen Lanzhou, can sit! The old case has been cleared… Shen Wei has been sentenced harshly…” He gasped, his throat was broken, his clear and jade-like voice became hoarse, and he was still coughing up blood in a hurry as he spoke, “Lan Zhou… you are aboveboard…”

Shen Zechuan’s tears were already welling up, and his lips were moving, but he couldn’t say a word.

“We will return home safely…” Yao Wenyu clenched her fingers tightly, “You have no worries… I wrote a document half a year ago, and all the yamen from all over the country were included in it. I am a little clumsy about the people’s governance in the eight cities… In my humble opinion… you take it… from now on…”

Yao Wenyu suddenly vomited blood with the help of Shen Zechuan’s support.The red stains were soaked on his sleeves and robes. He didn’t even wipe away the blood and barely touched the corners of his lips.

“…Jiangshan Sheji will be left to you.”

The burden that Hai Liangyi had lifted was taken up by Yao Wenyu.He does not follow other people’s ways, he is his own practitioner.No matter how the world evaluates him, he is the banished immortal who came riding on a donkey.

Yao Yuanzhuo never became an official in his life, but he did it; Yao Wenyu wanted to fulfill his teacher’s wish, and he also did it.He came into the world naked, and it doesn’t matter if he is broken. Except for Qiao Tianya, he doesn’t owe anyone.

“If I could meet you sooner…”

Yao Wenyu looked at the window, where the heavy colors that had not been thrown away were hung. He smiled tiredly and moved the hand with the red thread.

“…Ah.”

Qiao Tianya rode his horse in the heavy snow, carrying the piano on his back, broke through the fence, and rolled off the horse amidst the boos of the Forbidden Army.Fei Sheng came to help him, and he pushed Fei Sheng away, climbed up from the snow, looked across the long corridor, and saw that the light at the end was out.

Qiao Tianya walked a few steps and tripped over the steps again. He fell here. Suddenly his shoulders and arms shook. He looked up at the heavy snow and burst into tears while laughing.

“…God damn it! You’re teasing me…you’re messing with me…” Qiao Tianya cried uncontrollably, “I’ve suffered all this…”

Why bother doing this to him again.

Qiao Tianya raised his arm and pulled the piano off his back.

Fei Sheng stepped forward to stop him and said urgently: “Qiao——”

But it was too late, Qiao Tianya suddenly raised the piano and threw it down the steps.The piano that he had cherished all his life made a “buzzing” sound as the strings were broken, and then the piano body burst into pieces, broke into two halves, and fell into the snow.

The wind and snow obscured Qiao Tianya’s eyes, and his unkempt hair flew in the air. As the piano broke, his heart died.

“Since there is no Yao Yuanzhuo in this world,” Qiao Tianya slowly closed his eyes, as if mocking this ridiculous arrangement, “then Qiao Songyue died.”

Fei Sheng chased Qiao Tianya and asked in the heavy snow: “Where are you going?”

Qiao Tianya didn’t answer. When he turned around, he took off the sword that was heavy with grudges and staggered towards the way he came.

The carriage stopped, and now that he got out of the car curtain, he trotted to catch up with Qiao Tianya.he clapped his hands and sang in a childish voice: “I don’t care about all things, so why not be surrounded by all things. Donor, there is no wind and frost on the road ahead, but you are the only one who shines in the mirror. With the click of a finger, the past has faded into smoke.”

If Qiao Tianya didn’t hear it, since he followed him, the clothes, one big and one small, fluttered and disappeared together in the heavy snow.

The sky is blue and glazed, unstained by dust.

* * *

Shen Zechuan sat alone guarding the snow eaves from dusk to dawn.he Hearing the sound of snow falling on the eaves, time seemed to freeze.He finally returned to Qudu, looking at the sky from here, the past events are still vivid in his mind.

“You know that year,” Shen Zechuan hugged his cloak and said slowly, “Why did I promise Ce’an to wear earrings?”

Fei Sheng stood far behind and said, “Because the master and the second master have a very good relationship.”

Shen Zechuan raised his hand and broke off the plum blossoms that were blocking him, and said: “…because I know that someone will leave. People who disappear in the heavy snow will never come back, except Ce’an.”

Xiao Chiye put earrings on Lan Zhou’s ears, showing his dominance but hiding his love.Every time he holds Lan Zhou’s face, his eyes are always so hot. This is love that cannot be retreated and desire that cannot be hidden.

Shen Zechuan put on the earrings given by Ce’an, which also declared his possession. He still had tenderness amidst the pain and cruelty.This is his softness, which he only gives to Xiao Ce’an.

Fei Sheng didn’t dare to get too close. After Yuan Zhuo and Song Yue left one after another, Shen Zechuan hardly saw Ji Color.Shen Zechuan has already stood at the pinnacle of the world. Even if he has not yet worn the crown, he is still different from when he was still in Zhongbo.The difference is not that Shen Zechuan has changed, nor that Fei Sheng has changed, but that the place has changed. It seems that in this royal capital that has stood for hundreds of years, the steps are intimidating.

Fei Sheng tried his best to coax: “Master, the princess and the prince are on their way and will enter the capital in a few days.”

Shen Zechuan said “hmm” and Fei Sheng stood silently.