In autumn and August, the weather is still quite hot during the day, and in the southern region of Yizhou, it is even hotter. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Ren was enjoying the cool in the garden at home at the moment, standing with his hands behind his back, his eyes looking at the sunset in the west. If you take a closer look, it is not difficult to find that Lu Ren is still holding a letter in his hand behind his back.

Hearing the slight sound of lotus steps in his ears, Lu Ren didn't even look back, just asked casually, "Is it Wen Ji?" ”

Cai Yan responded and stood beside Lu Ren to look at the sunset with Lu Ren. After a long time, Cai Yan sighed softly: "The sunset is infinitely good, but it is just near dusk." ”

Lu Ren was stunned: "Why did you suddenly remember these two sentences?" ”

These two poems came from Li Shangyin in the Tang Dynasty, and Lu Ren also said them when he was resting at dusk, and then they were written down by Cai Yan. Originally, there were two sentences in front of him, but Lu Ren couldn't remember it at that time, and he didn't think it made sense to check it afterwards. And for Lu Ren, the poems of the Tang Dynasty poets coming out of the mouths of the people of the Han Dynasty, even if they have been mixed for so many years, they still feel a little weird. Occasionally, it will also make Lu Ren have the illusion that he doesn't know what kind of time and space he is in.

Looking at Cai Yan again, he just smiled faintly: "You have never written much poetry, and you are forced to write it, and the things you write are really laughable." Only once in a while, when you feel something, you will suddenly come up with a good sentence or two. Take these two sentences as an example, they seem to be very plain, but in fact they contain too many deep meanings. ”

In view of the fact that talking about these things with literary people like Cai Yan is purely looking for abuse, Lu Ren's heart suddenly became a little empty, so he smiled reluctantly and said: "I just came out of casual two sentences, what is the deep meaning there?" ”

Cai Yan glanced at Lu Ren angrily and said, "You are always like this!" If I hadn't married you by accident for almost 20 years, I would have known you for a long time, and I would probably think that you were a vulgar person who didn't understand literature and ink. ”

Lu Ren smiled even more vainly: "Wen Ji, the more you say that, the more I can't figure it out." ”

Cai Yan glanced at Lu Ren angrily, and then turned his gaze to the sunset on the horizon: "The sunset is really beautiful, but whenever the sunset appears, it means that the long dark night is coming. And the beauty of this sunset, is it not the last splendor that blooms before the night comes? For us, this sunset is so beautiful, is it because it is about to pass away, so we feel that it is extraordinarily beautiful? ”

Lu Renxin said I just pulled out two sentences in passing, but when I came to you Cai Wenji, it can trigger some philosophical thoughts, or use this style to say it, it seems that Cai Yan You can try to write lyrical prose in the form of vernacular in the future.

He was thinking nonsense here, but Cai Yan turned sideways to Lu Ren and said, "Yihao, whether you have it intentionally or unintentionally, I always feel that when you chanted these two lines of poetry, you were comparing the sunset to our Han Dynasty. And now that the Son of Heaven is holding a football tournament in Xudu, isn't the Son of Heaven trying to bloom this sunset-like brilliance again? ”

Lu Ren was speechless for a moment, he didn't expect Cai Yan to be able to bring these two things together. But think about it again, isn't this what Emperor Liu Xie is like now? And this is not a guess, it was said to Zhao Yu by Emperor Liu Xie in secret, and then Zhao Yu told Lu Ren.

After being silent for a while, Cai Yan couldn't help but ask Lu Ren: "Yihao, our Han Dynasty, will it really become this dying-out sunset?" ”

You say such a question, but how do you want Lu Ren to answer it? You must know that in Lu Ren's heart, the Han Dynasty is actually finished, it is just an empty shell, if it weren't for Lao Cao's still some worries or something, he could make the Han Dynasty a thing of the past with a flip of his palm, but where could Lu Ren say this? After all, on the bright side, Lu Ren is walking a "loyal minister" route.

And Cai Yan may be because he didn't have those experiences in history and didn't receive Lao Cao's kindness, although he is a woman, his "orthodox" thinking is very strong, so Lu Ren is also afraid that he will say the wrong thing, and as a result, his backyard will catch fire.

It's just that he hesitated here, but Cai Yan let out a long sigh in his head, and then grabbed Lu Ren's arm and said, "Yihao, you don't have to worry about anything. Although I am a woman, there are some things that I can still understand. Things have come to this point, and there may be nothing that can be changed, but you are still doing your best to add a little more brilliance to the sunset that is about to set, and this is enough, at least we have a clear conscience. To be honest, when I first married you, I actually had a feeling of resignation, because marrying you is much better than being accepted as a concubine by Lao Cao, and I haven't thought much about anything else. But now...... Yihao, I'm proud. ”

Lu Ren couldn't laugh or cry a little when he said this, and said in his heart, where is this? Where am I where you say you are so great? I also have a lot of my own little ninety-nine, okay? But then again, as a man, being praised like this by his wife still has some satisfaction in vanity.

Sighing and smiling again, Lu Ren didn't want to say anything, and Cai Yan noticed that Lu Ren had dropped the letter between his fingers behind his back at some point, so he picked it up. Originally, according to Cai Yan's character, he didn't want to see it, but when he picked it up, he always brought it to him, and people were stunned for a moment before taking a closer look. And after reading it, Cai Yan was a little surprised and said, "Yihao, you arranged for someone to bring Aunt Ding to us?" ”

Lu Ren nodded. It's hard to say anything else, but it doesn't matter if Cai Yan learned about this matter, so he told Cai Yan about the little thing he arranged. And the letter in his hand was a telegram taken back by the people in Xuchang, indicating that Lu Lan's affairs had been completed, and Mrs. Ding would leave Xuchang for Yizhou in a few days.

Listening to Lu Ren's words, Cai Yan was also surprised, and then couldn't help but worry: "Yihao, will you anger Lao Cao by doing this?" There are some things that others don't know, can we still be unclear? If you do this, don't hurt Aunt Ding when the time comes. ”

Lu Ren smiled: "Don't worry!" How can I not think about these things? It was not Xiaolan who went to pick up Aunt Ding, but a few other children. In addition, I asked Aunt Ding to set off quietly on the day of the opening ceremony of the ball game. Wen Ji You think, on the day of the opening ceremony of the ball game, Xuchang City must be full of people, and everyone's attention is also on Xiaolan, who would pay attention to an old woman in her fifties? Even if Lao Cao's people want to stare at it, it is difficult to stare at it in that kind of situation where there are people everywhere, so Aunt Ding's personal safety should be no problem. ”

Cai Yan said "oh" and nodded again. After lowering his head and thinking about it, Cai Yan asked: "Yihao, you designed to take Aunt Ding to our Yizhou, it should be more than just to reunite with Aunt Ding, right?" ”

Lu Ren was stunned, then shook his head and smiled: "Wen Ji, what are you talking about?" ”

Cai Yan sighed: "Yihao! After so many years, I still don't know what kind of temper you have? Maybe ten years ago, you wouldn't have had any other thoughts about doing this, but now you ......"

“……”

Lu Ren was silent. After a long time, Lu Rencai shook his head and said, "Wen Ji, I don't want to say, is it okay?" And there are some things that I don't want you to get involved in. ”

After a pause, Lu Ren continued with a somewhat helpless smile: "It's not that I'm patriarchal or patriarchal, after so many years, you know that I'm not that kind of person." I just think that you, who are in the ivory tower, had better be able to be pure and pure, and these intrigues and filthy things, let me, a big old man and a stinky man, come. In addition, I can assure you that although I did this with the intention of taking advantage of Aunt Ding, I definitely did not deliberately want to use Aunt Ding, but sincerely wanted Aunt Ding to live a comfortable life for a few days. And the use of Aunt Ding is actually just piggybacking. ”

Cai Yan was also silent for a while, and finally shook his head and said: "Yihao, to be honest, I don't like the way you are now, because if you act like this, the utilitarianism and scheming seem to be too heavy." ”

Lu Ren sighed: "No way! Wen Ji, you should understand, now mine is fighting wits and courage with Lao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, if it weren't for these utilitarian and scheming, they might have been gnawed by them to the point that there were no bones left, not to mention that I could help a group of emperors like now.

"Honestly, I don't like the way I look now! Thinking about this or there all day, don't you think I'm not tired? Do you remember that I once told you that I don't want anything to 'wake up and grasp the world', as long as I can be at ease with the 'drunken beauty knees' is enough. ”

Cai Yan smiled and shook his head: "It's 'awakening and holding the killing sword', right?" But it doesn't matter, it's not much worse for you men. But sometimes I think about it, how nice it would be if we could live in seclusion and live that ordinary and peaceful life? ”

Lu Ren shook his head: "Impossible...... I'm not who I used to be. Now I am carrying too many things on my body, both those that others have stuffed into me, and those that I have on my back, which are either clear or painted. And if I leave and live in seclusion, I don't know how many people will live up to my expectations. So I'm always tempted to leave these things behind, but I can't. ”

Cai Yan said: "Yihao, I don't mean to blame you, I just talk to you occasionally and sigh with you." Whatever you're going to do, I'll support you. ”

Lu Ren smiled, and then made a little joke: "Then I want to find more beautiful concubines, and sleep with me every day, Wen Ji, do you think it's okay?" ”

Cai Yan's face sank at that time: "You dare!" If you dare to do that, I will dare to die to show you! ”

Lu Ren was dumbfounded: "Do you want to be so exaggerated?" ”

Cai Yan's face didn't tighten, and he lowered his head: "You are not serious either." Besides, if you really want to find it, can our sisters still stop you? ”

Lu Ren snorted, stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Cai Yan's fragrant shoulder, and watched the sunset with Cai Yan. But at this time, Lu Ren remembered something, so he asked Cai Yan, "Has Cao Cangshu's matter been arranged?" ”

Cao Chong rushed back to Liaodong on July 26, and Lu Ren returned to Yizhou with Cao Chong on July 28. With the speed of Lu Ren's landing ship, if he really rushed with all his might, he could rush back to Yizhou on the same day, but Lu Ren didn't want to exaggerate too much when it was unnecessary, so he drifted at sea for three days and returned to Yizhou on the first day of August. It's just that even so, it really scared Cao Chong and his party...... Lelang to Keelung, it's a sea journey of thousands of miles! (PS: The bottle is calculated according to the atlas, and it is about 2,000 kilometers...... ）

Lu Ren had some things to do when he returned to Yizhou at this time, not specifically to send Cao Chong over, so after he came back, he handed over Cao Chong's enrollment to Cai Yan, and he was busy with his own affairs.

Looking at Cai Yan leaning on Lu Ren's body again, he responded softly: "It's done, but it's a little different from your previous thoughts." You originally meant to let Cao Cangshu worship under Mr. Zheng's disciple, but Cangshu himself chose to go to the academy to study freely (similar to the electives in modern universities, Lu Ren took the free route), and it seemed that he was preparing to study several subjects at the same time. Because you said not to interfere with him too much, I didn't say anything, and let him go. ”

Lu Ren said: "Yes, let him go!" Actually, this kid is quite pitiful. ”

Cai Yanqi said: "Poor? Yoshiho, what do you mean? ”

Lu Ren said: "He wants to be a heavy ear." ”

Cai Yan is a literary master, and when she talks to her, sometimes she just needs to find an allusion, and this is the case now. And after being stunned for a while, Cai Yan couldn't help but sigh lightly: "Yes, it's been nearly twenty years in a flash, and Lao Cao is now in his sixties, and the matter of inheriting the heirs has to be mentioned." It's just that I didn't expect that in Lao Cao's place, there would be things like Yuan Benchu and Liu Jingsheng. ”

Saying that, Cai Yan first looked at Lu Ren, then at himself, and said with emotion: "Time flies, the old people are old, but we are still ...... Alas! Sometimes I really don't know whether we are happy or sad, blessed or bad. ”

Lu Ren shrugged his shoulders, because Lu Ren didn't know how to say this.

Cai Yan didn't dwell on this issue, and quickly changed the topic: "By the way, Yihao, there are still a few days before the opening ceremony of the ball game in Xuchang." I heard that teams from all over the world have gathered in Xuchang this time, and the Son of Heaven will go to watch the ceremony in person, so presumably this opening ceremony will be a grand event within a grand event, and Xiaolan's performance will also be ......"

Lu Ren hurriedly interrupted Cai Yan's words: "Stop! You don't want to see it again, do you? ”

Cai Yan smiled: "How can you not want to?" Everyone knows that this event will definitely be far away from the previous event where Xiaolan said goodbye to Jiangdong, and I am not the only one who wants to take a look? ”

Lu Ren smiled bitterly: "It's really not good this time." The last time Xiaolan's singing and dancing event was in Jianye, only a few hundred miles away from the sea, we just flew on the board. But this time it was in Xuchang, inland, and we couldn't fly that far. If we use other channels, then we are a little too dangerous. Wen Ji, you can't throw you and me into danger just to watch a grand event, right? ”

Cai Yan couldn't help but be a little disappointed when he heard this: "I thought you and Shirley could have any other way." ”

Lu Renxin said that there is a way, but communication satellites are needed. As for the communication satellites, there are now two spaceships sunk on the bottom of the sea, but both have been damaged, and Shirley also said that with the current conditions, I am afraid that it will not be able to be repaired well. Even if it can be repaired, there are other factors that make it unusable......

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On August 15, the "Football League" in Xuchang was held as scheduled, and the opening ceremony of the first day attracted countless people to watch.

How noisy, how lively, I won't mention it here, anyway, the real protagonist of this opening ceremony is not Emperor Liu Xie, not Lao Cao, but Lu Lan who exudes the brilliance of stars and moon on the stage.

The singing voice penetrates the hearts of the people; The dancing is intoxicating. At that time, I don't know how many people were addicted to it.

For Lu Lan, Xuchang is the place where she once lived after all, and it is her other hometown. No matter what happened before, when she returned here after many years, it was difficult for Lu Lan to completely control some of her emotions, and she couldn't help but integrate these emotions into this song and dance.

Because of this, these songs and dances that integrate Lu Lan's emotions can also go straight to the hearts of the people more than those previous song and dance performances...... To put it simply, today's Lu Lan is completely playing at a super level, reaching an unprecedented peak. And it is this super-level performance that has also transformed people who were still skeptical of Lu Lan into ...... Well, in modern parlance, it's from black to pink.

However, if you want to say that you are excited, you still have to belong to Emperor Liu Xie. As an emperor who knows that his imperial family has reached the end of his life, he can still make an event like "all countries come to court" at this time, which has a very different meaning for Emperor Liu Xie. And in his opinion, he can finally give an account to the heavenly spirits of his ancestors. In contrast, he didn't have any thoughts about Lu Lan...... There are some things that Emperor Liu Xie is still counting on Lu Ren, so where will he provoke Lu Ren?

Lao Cao also ran back to Xuchang to watch the ceremony. In fact, Lao Cao hadn't met Emperor Liu Xie for many years, and he usually wrote letters and tables if he had anything. Although the convening of this "football league" is a bit reluctant, since they have already compromised with many wealthy families, why not join in the excitement of this grand event? And Lao Cao knew in his heart that Lu Lan would go to Yecheng to perform after finishing the performance in Xuchang, but for some reason, Lu Lan's performance in Yecheng would definitely not be as good as the performance in Xuchang. It would be a pity if you missed it.

In addition, Lao Cao also has a regret, that is, for Lu Lan, for this little girl who was lively in Xuchang City, but now she is a peerless beauty, Lao Cao can only look but can't move, and his heart is really a little itchy.

There is another guy who is also locked on Lu Lan with his eyes, but he has a different kind of mind in his heart. If Lao Cao didn't dare to move Lu Lan because he was worried, then this guy deliberately wanted to move Lu Lan. would have such an idea, in addition to the fact that he had long wanted to get involved with Lu Lan, there was also another layer of sinister intentions......