forget the river

Chapter 15

Duan En can be regarded as a high-ranking person after he was appointed as the Secretary of the Prohibition.Not only the salary is paid monthly, but also there is no need to hide and hide every day, and appear in front of people in an upright manner.Although it is necessary to wear a specially customized silver mask to walk in the palace, it is much better than going out at night.

Regarding the fact that Duan En must wear a mask to act, Kyung Rak originally disagreed.Dog days are stuffy and hot, and the full-face mask is airtight and sweaty. The skin of ordinary people still feels uncomfortable, not to mention that Duan En's face hardly has a piece of good skin. It is too inhumane to force others to cover it like this. .

It's just that when Duan En was accompanying the emperor to walk in the palace, a certain female officer of the Department of Internal Affairs was frightened and collapsed to the ground. If one day accidentally disturbed the queen mother, it would be troublesome.

Therefore, Lu Mocheng asked the weapon supervisor to find a special person to weave a soft and breathable silver half mask for Duan En with soft silver silk, revealing two eyes and a monk's chin.After wearing the special mask, Duan En didn't have to be extra careful to avoid the eyes of others, and walked freely in the palace.

Coupled with Jingluo's advice, Duan En always remembers his walking and standing posture, with his head held high and his chest high, coupled with a good figure, it actually aroused the hearts of several female officials in the palace.Every time the female officials "coincidentally" met Duan En, they all respectfully called "Silver Faced Young Master", with a somewhat coquettish tone in their tone.It's just that being as dull as Duan En can only make a woman's heart miss her.

Since Duan En has a rank, his rights have increased a lot. Apart from the due remuneration, he can even ask for leave to leave the palace.Originally, the guards in this palace were not many Duan En, and they were not short of Duan En. They didn't need him all the time, but since the last time's blatant assassination, they more or less relied on Duan En.

This day, the Secretary of the Prohibition finally granted Duan En a half-day vacation, but Duan En disappeared early in the morning and went out of the palace.

The silver mask was always too eye-catching, so Duan En casually borrowed a bamboo hat and came out from the side door.Fortunately, although the distance is long, it does not pass through the market on the main road, so I am not afraid of meeting too many people, so it is easy to turn around a few alleys with Duan En's footsteps.

Duan En took out a neatly folded note from his pocket, looked up to compare the address and card number, raised his hand and knocked on the door knocker a few times, and someone welcomed him into the house.It was a mother-in-law who came out to lead them, probably because someone had warned her, she didn't dare to look up at Duan En's face, she only called out "Young Master" and then retreated.

The mother-in-law turned out to be from the palace, and was sent out of the palace to take care of Duan En's mother - Duan Shi.Duan En agreed with a "hmm", and hurried into the back room.

Duan's eyes are bad, and his ears can't hear clearly. When Duan En entered the room, Duan was holding a teacup in both hands, not drinking, just warming his hands.Duan En stepped harder, but Duan Shi didn't notice, Duan En stomped a few times, Duan Shi seemed to be aware of it, turned his head slightly towards the door, and called tentatively, "Mrs. Hui?"

Granny Hui is the palace maid who takes care of Duan's family. Duan En just pursed his lips, as if smiling, and called out, "Mother" after a few steps away.Even if the blind Duan's ears are bad, he will never mishear this word.Is the son here?She happily and skillfully avoided the tables and chairs and went up to Duan En.

Duan just smiled, while reaching out to touch Duan En's face, being avoided several times skillfully, Duan didn't care too much.Duan En called mother softly again, Duan Shi seemed a little surprised, hugged her son tightly with a smile on her face, and asked him what he wanted to eat, Granny Hui could do anything.

Duan En held Duan Shi's hand, led her back to the table, and laid out the food boxes she brought. The snacks wrapped in oil paper were sweet and salty, which Duan Shi liked to eat.I ate with Duan Shi, chatted for a while, coaxed Duan Shi to bed and took a nap, and then stuffed some money for Hui Po, so I won't say more.

Hui Po sent Duan En out, worried that Duan would stay alone, so she didn't dare to send Duan En away, and went back soon.Duan En turned around and watched the door slowly close, still motionless, standing motionless five or six steps away from the entrance of the alley.

"Who? Why are you following me?" Seeing the sun hanging in the middle of the sky, Duan En couldn't help but preemptively strike.It turned out that Duan En discovered early in the morning that someone had been sneaking behind him, acting suspiciously.If it is seeking money, it is possible to act now, but that person is unwilling to make a move, I am afraid that the target is the two old women in the mansion.Thinking of this, Duan En became even more impatient.Moreover, Duan En's ears are very good, just by listening to the sound, he can tell that this "bad man" has only a little bit of three-legged cat skills, so he is nothing to be afraid of, so he simply raised his breath to intimidate him.

Kyung-hsiang touched his nose, turned out from the corner awkwardly, and coughed embarrassingly.He had heard that this person was very powerful, but following the emperor closely, he was always a little uneasy, thinking that this person might not know his identity, so he waited for the opportunity to follow all the way.He didn't expect to be discovered just after leaving the palace, and he didn't know whether he was too good or he was too bad.

"I heard that my younger brother has recruited a very powerful master. I'm just curious and want to meet him." When someone found out, Jingxiang showed up boldly, with his hands behind his back, walking in front of Duan En with official steps.

"Kiln land?" Duan En didn't understand.

The Seventh Prince held back his desire to scold the street, gritted his teeth and said, "Your emperor."

"He's not the demon emperor!" Duan En understood now, and gave Seventh Prince a blank look, although Jingxiang couldn't see him, "He's a good man, don't bully him."

Who dares to bully him, that monstrous brat, if he doesn't bully him, he has already accumulated virtue in his previous life.I was so idle that I was worried that the old thirteen would be tricked and secretly come to test it out, but I didn't expect that I would be "bullied" by others instead.Kyungxiang didn't want to talk to him, he wanted to go home and cry to the wall by himself.

Jingxiang now knows that the person in front of him is probably a stupid big man with one muscle.The prince's arrogance came up and he didn't bother to say much, so he turned around and left.It's just that instead of making it, he was brought back by the collar.He angrily slapped Duan En's hand grabbing his collar, "Do you know who I am?"

"Bad guy?" Duan En thought for a moment, then answered seriously.

Kyoung Xiang was so angry, who on earth looked like a bad guy, wearing a veiled bamboo hat in broad daylight.Struggling angrily, he raised his hand and knocked off Duan En's mask, and suddenly froze.

Duan En was also stunned, staring at Jing Xiang in a dazed way, his eyes slightly dodging.He turned around in a panic and hid his face.Kyung-hsiang regretted it now, hurried to pick up the bamboo hat, and condescendingly patted the dust off it with his hands before handing it to Duan En.

Of course, Jingxiang didn't expect such a secret, and he didn't think about hurting others because of this kind of thing.But Jingxiang was wrong, Duan En didn't hide himself because of low self-esteem, but because he was afraid of scaring Jingxiang.With his back to Jingxiang, he took the bamboo hat, put it on again, and turned back.Then he brushed against Jingxiang's side and wanted to go out from the alley.

"What's your name?" Kyungsang asked him.

Duan En didn't understand why this person asked such a question, but he still told him his name honestly.

The one that cuts off grace... um...?Doesn't sound like a good name.Kyungsang thought about it, but didn't say it.Just watched that person go further and further away.That figure, and the elongated shadow, overlapped with his long-term memory.Kyungsang shook his head in self-denial, probably just a similarity.

After lunch, the emperor made an appointment with the Seventh Prince to have a secret talk in the study.The water conservancy engineering drawings built by the previous generation Changhe North that Kyung Luo wanted were finally found, and it was not good for someone else, so Kyung Xiang had to make a trip to present it to the emperor himself.

Jingxiang also doesn't understand what kind of virtue Kyungluo is now. In a study room, he has to put up heavy curtains to make the whole room dark before lighting candles, which makes people feel very depressing.Obviously, the young Kyung Luo in the early years still preferred clean and bright windows, but now he likes this gloomy look.

Jingxiang felt that his brother didn't need to report, so he pushed the door and walked in, then looked around, and found that Lu Mocheng was not there, so it couldn't be better.

Jingxiang was still secretly glad that a cold object was stuck to his neck, and Jingxiang was so frightened that he took a few steps back, and almost fell to the ground when he couldn't stand still.Unlike Kyung Lo, Kyung Hsiang is just a literati, and those few self-defense techniques are only enough to escape, how can he stand up to such a sudden attack.

"It's not a bad person, you can step back." Kyung Luo was sitting in front of the imperial desk in the middle of the study, lowering his head to write and draw something, looking very focused, seeing Kyung Xiang coming, he just said this to Duan En, which was regarded as After saying hello to Jingxiang, he lowered his head and continued writing.

Jingxiang rolled his eyes at the emperor, but he was accompanied by a master, and the energy of bickering on weekdays was frightened away, so he kicked and pushed the booklet in his pocket to Kyungluo with his mouth curled up, "Here, The only thing you want is a replica, so it turned out that it was lost by that short-sighted guy."

Kyung-hsiang pronounced the six words "guy without long eyes" in cadence, and Kyung-lok was not stupid, of course he knew who the needle was in Seventh brother's words, so he said "haha" twice, "It's okay, copy That's fine, I just want to know how the dam in the north of Shangjin is repaired."

"You can't take off the curtain, and you can't see anyone stuck on the black side."

"Even if the window is wide open and the light is bright, you may not be able to find where the person is hiding." Kyung Luo laughed at him, and waved the copy in his hand, "Thank you."

"This gentleman, we met in the morning." Duan En walked from the dark place to the place where the light could reach.

As soon as Kyungxiang raised his head, he met his silver mask, the silver light flashed, and remembering the cold touch on his neck just now, he couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body.Looking carefully at Duan En standing in front of him, he only felt that he was tall and wearing a delicate mask. Although he was shocked for a while and didn't recognize him, but when he thought about the figure and voice of that person in the morning, it was that... Duan En?

"Oh? Do you know each other?" Kyunglo knew that Duan En was on leave, and Duan En's leave was approved by him himself.Kyung Luo is just curious, but how did Duan En hook up with Kyung Xiang one morning.

"Well, he followed me." Duan En thought about it carefully, and felt that it was correct. "And knocked off the bamboo hat I used to cover my face." Duan En sued by the way.

Kyung Luo snorted, looking at Shang Kyung Xiang with a helpless expression.

"It's even, you pointed your sword at me just now." Jingxiang took a few steps back to avoid Duan En's sharp edge.

"It's not a sword, it's a scabbard." Duan En knew that he was out of his mind. Although Kyung Loen allowed him to wear a sword, Duan En's sword could not be taken out of its sheath without Kyung Lok's permission.After all, this Duan En is a person who can move his sword faster than his brain, so it would be bad if he was accidentally injured.

Kyung Xiang was choked up and had nothing to say, the emperor still looked like he was sitting and watching the show, and if he stayed any longer, he would be making fun of himself, shrugged his shoulders and snorted coldly, "I've worked hard for half a month to find engineering drawings for you. , I came to see you in a hurry when I finally returned to Beijing. I didn’t expect that I didn’t even saliva. I can see you clearly. Don’t stay anymore, I’ll complain to the Empress Dowager!”

"No, no." Kyung Luo knew that Kyung Xiang was annoyed by Lu Mocheng, and this time, he probably added another Duan En to his revenge notebook.It seems that the sour scholar has nothing left to stare at the martial artist.

"Kingxiang is my family, so the reaction doesn't have to be that big." After Kyungxiang left, Kyunglo told Duan En.

"Oh." Duan En agreed.

"Actually..." Kyung Lok paused, "You don't need to come out if you look particularly weak."

"..., yes." Duan En obviously didn't listen carefully, and was half a beat behind before answering.

"Duan En, if you have anything to say, just say it." Kyung Rak asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty, Duan En also thinks that this curtain should be removed." Duan En tried his best to organize his words.

"Oh?" Kyungra didn't expect to say this, and he was a little too late to react.

"It's not good for the eyes." Duan En replied.

Kyung Luo didn't speak again, and Duan En couldn't hear the answer, so he retreated back to the dark place embarrassingly.

This curtain was installed after Mu Yan died.After that, Kyung Luo often stayed alone in the study. He knew that Mu Yanlin became very photophobic in the last three years because of his illness and emotions.Kyung Luo thought that the spirits of those who died in vain would linger in the same place and could not get out. Perhaps the whole palace was just such a dark place, and Mu Yan might be willing to come to him because of this relationship.But it's a pity that Kyungro seemed to be crazy, alone in the dark study room, talking stupid things to the air for several months like crazy, but he couldn't hope for anything.

"I want to see an old friend. I thought he would come only if this is the case." After a long time, Kyung Luo spoke.

"Perhaps you haven't thought that this old man actually prefers bright places?" Duan En asked back.

When Kyungra heard this, he was thoughtful.All the good memories between him and Mu Yan are when the sun shines through the branches and falls on Mu Yan's face, and when the moonlight covers the ground.

"Yeah." Kyungra smiled, "Let someone remove it later."

Kyungra is in a very good mood today.A person is sitting somewhere in the corridor holding a jug of wine and drinking it by himself.Duan En looked around not far away.He was summoned by Kyungro.

"Have a drink with me?" Kyung Luo handed the newly filled wine cup to Duan En. Duan En never refused to the emperor, took the wine with both hands and drank it down.Kyung Luo patted the seat beside him, motioned for Duan En to sit down, took the wine cup in his hand and filled it up himself, and took a sip vigorously.

"Today's moon is really round." Kyung Luo looked up, and behind Duan En was a round full moon, the moonlight sprinkled on Duan En's silver mask, and the light spots jumped.

"My lord, today seems to be fifteen?"

"Wrong, it's Jiwang. The day after the sungazing is when the moon is at its fullest." Kyung Luo smiled, pointed to his cheek, and signaled Duan En, "There is no one else, so I took off the mask. Anyway, I'm not afraid."

"Yes." Duan En raised his hand and took it off.Suddenly he became relaxed, and his mind became a little dazed. He was rude in front of the emperor, avoiding the emperor's gaze and looking sideways at the sixteenth full moon. When he saw it, his eyes were full of moonlight.

Kyungra has seen this kind of eyes somewhere a long time ago, shining brightly and very focused.

"I have a friend who always likes to watch the moon when it is bright. He likes to look at the moon, but he doesn't like the full moon. He said that the full moon is too full, and it will lose if it is too full. It is not as good as the crescent moon, although it is not perfect. Always something to look forward to.”

"Your Majesty, you must like him very much."

“How come you see?”

"When you mentioned him, your eyes were shining. Is he the old friend you mentioned?" Kyung Rak nodded, and Duan En looked at Man Yue again before continuing, "Your feelings for him are the same as Man Moon's. Full."

Kyungra was stunned, yes, it was the same as the full moon.If it hadn't reached the extreme, how could he hate it to the bone, he thought that he was the only one holding this relationship in the palm of his hand, how could he know that the relationship is also a surplus and a loss, and only he can't see through it, which hurt Mu Yan miserably. "Yeah, I love him so much, so I hurt him." Kyungra smiled wryly, shaking the flagon, it was already empty.

"I thought you were not smart, but you said what I want to know the most in my life." He changed hands and asked Xiao Lizi to warm up another pot, "Today have a good drink with me." Unknowingly, Kyung Luo has already been in front of Duan En. "You and I" match.

"Your Majesty, Duan En is not a fool." Duan En frowned, this was the first time Kyung Luo saw Duan En make an expression other than a deadpan expression, unexpectedly a little funny.

"I haven't been able to sleep well one day after he left, but the strange thing is that since you came, I have actually slept very soundly. Probably because I feel at ease."

Duan En didn't understand the turning point, he looked a little ignorant, Xiao Lizi quickly warmed up the wine and brought it, Duan En consciously took over and poured the wine for the emperor, thought for a long time before saying, "If the sage is willing , Duan En is willing to accompany you."

"That's what you said." Kyungra smiled and drank it down.

The author has something to say: If he hadn't reached the extreme, how could he hate him to the bone? He thought that he was the only one holding this relationship in the palm of his hand. He didn't know that the relationship is also a profit or a loss. Only he can't see through himself. I especially like this part (つД-｀) because Kyungra is an idiot...

Yesterday’s friend’s engagement banquet, it’s early in the morning when I got back from drinking... It’s a little late, and I can’t stay at home during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and I don’t have a chance to stock up on food... I slept for two hours yesterday, and I’m going to _(: з"∠?)_