The Gilded Shadows of Orion Ke Chapter 1

The third prince of Dayu is the most absurd and dissolute person in the world, and he is also an unparalleled romantic and romantic person.

He has lived in this world for eighteen years, writing poems and exercising power to make friends. He is the most beautiful and public peony in Yujing City. As long as he lives, Dayu will be prosperous for thousands of years.

And when he died, his bones were scattered under the iron hooves of the rebels, his head was hung on the city wall, and the petals rotted into the dust. His Highness Phoenix Sheng, the Third Highness of Yan Yan, could no longer speak in the world.

More than a month passed, and all that was left was a skull that had been eaten away by birds. It rolled down the tower and was carried into someone's arms.

---That is Orion Ke, a famous snowman in Beijing.

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Linyuan Academy has a newly admitted young master. He is like the bright moon in the sky, the cold snow on the mountain, or a piece of ice that cannot be covered with heat or melted.

Orion Ke heard of him for the first time when a friend joked: "Hanying, he is very similar to you in the past. His name is Sterling Mu, Sterling Mu."

Orion Ke smiled and took the wine handed by the oiran. He moved his hands and feet with thousands of inimitable charms, his peach blossom eyes were shining with light, he was leisurely and calmly: "Really? I don't remember what I used to be like." "

But many years later, someone drunk and leaned on the railing to watch the moon. Looking at the moonlight on the Jinfen River that had remained unchanged for many years, he chuckled and asked as if he was dreaming: "Your Highness, you are back, right?"

After I lived like you, you turned into a snowman and came back to me, right?

[Orion Ke: Everyone praises Fu Ze as the jewel of Yu Jing. I am the only one who knows the scorching body temperature of Sterling Mu when the snow melts. 】

In the summer of the eighth year of Yuanxing, some monks traveled to the south of the Yangtze River. They saw the floods surging and the good people building bridges. They stood on the river and silently recited Buddhist verses.

The merchant noticed that his clothes were ragged and invited him to go home.

After the meal, the businessman's wife went out to see her off, and she looked like she was pregnant. The monk stared at her for a moment, folded her hands and said: "The fetus in the donor's belly has the root of wisdom. I fear that the wisdom will be damaged in this life, and it will be scattered and wandering, and it will not end well. If you want to be safe and smooth, They can be sent to Buddhist temples for foster care and then returned to their homes when they reach adulthood. "

The merchant believed that the monk left a bodhi seed and then left without knowing where he was going.

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In the spring of the fifth year of Qingzheng's reign, the weather was warm, insects and birds came out of their burrows, the mountain breeze blew through the windows, and the classrooms were lined with rows of dozing students.

Someone was sitting by the window, lazily supporting his chin with one hand, not looking at the teacher teaching on the stage. His eyes followed a light blue butterfly in the spring light outside the window and shifted irregularly.

The spring breeze blew through the window, the book turned half a page, and the pear blossoms fell.

After a moment, the young man stretched out his hand and pointed his fingertips out of the window, like a skillful hunter who had been observing in the dark for a long time and finally laid a hunting net.

Flowers were in full bloom in the mountains, and the nectar-gathering butterflies, either lost their way or attracted by the sound of reading, actually flew towards the window in a daze, as if they wanted to land on his fingertips.

The young man curled his lips and smiled, waiting for it to take the bait.

But suddenly, the "ding-dang-dang---" bells rang in the mountains, and the orderly sound of the four seasons was replaced by noisy chaos. The drowsy students cheered up, and the master put away the lesson plans. Leave the classroom.

The butterfly was frightened, its wing vibration frequency suddenly accelerated, and its undecided route instantly deviated.

Orion Ke watched it fly away from the window, to the foot of the pear tree, and then stumbled into a bush beside the courtyard wall. When it was illuminated by the warm spring sunshine, it was completely unknown where it went.

"Tsk..." He muttered softly and retracted his finger.

"Brother Ke." A voice came from the side. Orion Ke turned around and saw several classmates standing by the desk waiting for him, "Would you like to go down the mountain for a drink?"

The sun was about to turn to the west, and if we went down the mountain now, if we were faster, we could probably get back before the academy was locked.

He thought for a moment, smiled and nodded: "Let's go."

There is a bit of excitement in the mountains, and the small roads that usually don't see many people are now crowded with people, dressed differently from the scholars in the university.

Orion Ke looked over there twice and asked, "What day is it today?"

Caspian Li followed the past, thought for a while, and said smoothly: "Let's enroll students in the school."

"today?"

"Tomorrow, some of you who have close relatives and friends in the mansion will move in today and take the exam tomorrow." Caspian Li replied.

The Great Yu worshiped literature, and today's sages are more concerned with martial arts than literature. There are countless academies in the world, but Linyuan Academy is the only one that can be regarded as a holy place in the hearts of scholars.

Every spring, the school recruits students from all over the country. Regardless of wealth or status, anyone who passes the entrance examination can study in the school. In the future, whether you take the imperial examination and become an official, or you give up your studies and go into business, there will always be one or two places in the world where people are particular about their family background, and they will be accommodating for the sake of the school.

Therefore, every spring, Jingjia Mountain and Jingjia Mountain are very lively.

Hearing this, Orion Ke looked away, remembered something, and frowned slightly.

After coming down the mountain, Master Ke's frown deepened.

The mountains are clean and the dining hall is sparse. Scholars from the school often meet up to go down the mountain to hunt for wild food. Orion Ke has always made a lot of friends, and has attended many banquets throughout the year. Now he is standing in the most prosperous restaurant in Jingjia Town, listening to the voices coming from all directions, and his face looks a little ugly, which is rare.

Caspian Li carefully took a look at his expression, his heart skipped a beat, and hesitantly asked, "How about... changing to another company?"

There were about ten people going down the mountain together, but no one dared to answer for a while. Orion Ke stood there for a while and smiled awkwardly.

"With so much money, where can't we eat?" He said with a smile, and took advantage of the situation to find a table that had just been cleared out in the hall on the second floor and sit down.

Caspian Li smacked his tongue unconsciously and secretly cursed in his heart: How could it not be so valuable? You are all the ancestors who spend money!

If Orion Ke had not made the decision in the Ke family now, he would have doubted that Young Master Ke would have bought a street for him to eat, drink and have fun.

But since the most valuable owner doesn't care about the noisy restaurant and the coming and going of people, they naturally won't look for trouble. Everyone sat down, ordered wine and food, and chatted casually about school gossip and the secrets of the court.

After three rounds of wine, the moon rises above the branches, and the streets are bustling and lively. The once clean place is now bustling with visitors, and in a trance it seems a bit like the hustle and bustle of Beijing.

After Caspian Li drank a few glasses of wine, he inadvertently raised his eyes and glanced at Orion Ke.

Logically speaking, those who can play together at this table are all considered "dandy children" in the school. They all have fathers and brothers in the family who are officials in the court, or are powerful people in the capital, or local officials, and their family backgrounds are high. There is nothing wrong, anyone can walk sideways after leaving the school.

But I don't know when, they all regarded Orion Ke as their backbone, and would subconsciously observe his expressions, for fear that any one of them would not pay attention and make this ancestor unhappy.

Why?

Family background?

It is true that the Ke family is a wealthy businessman, and Mr. Ke has been a master of two dynasties. Orion Ke does have the capital to stand out from the rest, but if it was really just about family background, he would not be in the situation where everyone responds and admires him from the bottom of his heart. .

The cup was filled with Peach Blossom Drunkenness brewed last year. It was not a rare wine, nor was it a very good wine. It was simply catching up with the season and seeking something new. Caspian Li sipped his wine, looking in all directions and hearing in all directions. He easily heard the conversations among the bustling and noisy surroundings.

Jingjia Town is located on the outskirts of Yujing, but it is not a prosperous place. Nowadays, among the guests coming to drink from all directions, they are either bachelors in green robes, or covered with gold and jade, and have drank a few light wines. They are not talking about the past. You can hear the food in the mountains and the fireworks in the city.

Caspian Li listened for a few times, and all of them were poems, essays, statecraft, current affairs and heavy taxes...

---Because scholars from all over the world have gathered in one place, even in restaurants and philistine places at the foot of the mountain, the conversations are inevitably the same: academics, career, and wealth.

Caspian Li was agitated at the thought. He finally thought about it, sighed silently, and shook his head in his heart.

In terms of wealth, the Ke family is the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, a family of philanthropists, and great scholars; in terms of official career, the current emperor respects Taifu Ke Wenrui very much. As his eldest grandson, Orion Ke has been in and out of the palace many times, and was even praised by His Majesty as "a talent to assist the government." ;As for that last point...

In a place like Linyuan Academy, where smart people from all over the world gather together, if there is a person who ranks first in the academic exams every year, and has many policy papers sent to the palace by the master, and the emperor shows them to the princes to read and appreciate, I think it will be the same. No one dares to offend even a single cent...

Caspian Li wanted to understand this. He was clearly drinking the sweet peach blossom in his mouth, but his heart felt sour. He was a little jealous, but he also knew that this jealousy was really unreasonable.

In a place full of geniuses, it makes no sense to be jealous when you meet a person who is extremely talented.

While he was thinking to himself, he couldn't help but secretly raised his head and glanced at Young Master Ke again.

It didn't matter, but when he looked at it, he suddenly found that Orion Ke's face looked a little strange.

The whole school knows that Orion Ke is the best master to get along with. Any student who enters the school to study will never say anything bad about him when they meet him. He has a pair of peach-blossom eyes with a silent smile, handsome and broad eyebrows, and is as humble as a jade young man. He is so far away from others that you can hardly see anything that is beyond etiquette and unruly in him.

He looks like a romantic gentleman from ancient times who came out of poetry books, but he doesn't seem to be fake at all, so it's always very comfortable to get along with him.

But only Li Wen and those who have known him for a long time know that this man is proud to his core.

Proud and independent.

It is true that he smiles at people and is true to being kind to others, but he becomes sarcastic...

That was a disaster.

So when Caspian Li saw Master Ke playing with the wine glass with one hand, a faint smile on his lips, his eyes dropped slightly, he seemed to have no fixed point, and he couldn't tell whether he was looking at the dishes on the table or listening to the conversation beside him. He looked like he was already subconsciously trying to run away.

But as soon as he moved, that line of sight fell over him. After Orion Ke saw his movements clearly, she even raised her eyebrows, raised her eyes slightly, and gave him a questioning look, as if she was wondering why he suddenly wanted to hide.

In fact, Caspian Li knew that he finally found someone to talk to. I had no choice but to cautiously hand over a message: "Brother Ke, are you in a good mood?"

Orion Ke gave a short laugh: "How do you know?"

Caspian Li: ... I didn't see it. I saw that you seemed to be a demon.

Sure enough, the next sentence was heard from this person: "So Brother Li will feel happy after hearing these lofty talks?"

What he said was quite meaningful. The words "eloquent talk" were spoken slowly and softly, and there was no hint of respect at all. Instead, it was full of joking and ridicule.

It was only because he lowered his voice a little, and the people around him were drunk and in the mood to discuss their opinions with others, that they didn't hear what he was saying. Otherwise, many people would have come to explain to him.

People were discussing current affairs, looking forward to becoming an official and serving the country. How could they become so shallow and worthless in the words of Young Master Ke?

Caspian Li was shocked by his criticism, smiled angrily, held up his wine glass and said, "Scholars all over the world learn the ways of Confucius and Mencius, distinguish right from wrong, and etiquette. In the end, most of them just ask for the word 'official' and hope to have a career. Okay." Brother Ke doesn't ask for these things, so he doesn't need to criticize them harshly. "

Orion Ke looked at him for a moment, smiled suddenly, and repeated in a low voice: "Bring glory to the family, serve the imperial court...is this the purpose of studying?"

Caspian Li was stunned for a moment, vaguely feeling that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, but for a moment he couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Orion Ke's peach-blossom eyes still held a smile, but they no longer had any warmth: "For one's own glory to shine on one's family, and for the prosperity of future generations to serve the dynasty, which one is for the world's living beings?"

"!"

Caspian Li was shocked, and cold sweat began to break out from his back in March.

Orion Ke: "Brother Li, if you don't believe it, you can go and ask. There are dozens of people in this class discussing history and the present. How many of them have actually worked in the fields, how many of them have been in jail and experienced evil, and how many of them have gone to jail?" After crossing the border, have you really seen the war and the soldiers guarding the border? "

"Those who take what they learn from books sit high in a pavilion, talk freely under the moonlight, and control the chess game with an outsider's heart. I just find it interesting that the young man is so sincere, but Brother Li actually said that I am harsh?" Orion Ke smiled beautifully , the light reflected in his eyes, like the candlelight on the table, or like the clear shadow in the wine.

Perhaps because the wine had emboldened him, Caspian Li couldn't say a single word of defense after what he said, but he was still unconvinced. He raised his eyebrows and asked: "Brother Ke, since he thinks so little of you, do you dare to ask me if you want to enroll in school?" What do you want?"

Orion Ke smiled when he heard this, turned his wrist, raised his head, and drank all the wine in the glass. The sharp edge that almost pierced him when he spoke again had completely dissipated.

"I am a common man. Naturally, what I seek is wine, S3x, wealth, food and lust, but I dare not promise any ambition to serve the country and become a pillar of the generation."

He filled the wine glass, stood up with a smile, and greeted the guests from all directions: "I hope all your wishes will come true and you will get what you want. Today's meal will be credited to my account, Mr. Ke."

When the moon is shining outside the building, the swallows come.

chapter 2

If you treat yourself to a meal at the foot of Jingjia Mountain, the bill will not be presented to Master Ke. After he said that, the shopkeeper took the account book and went to the nearest Ke family bank to withdraw money, without him having to worry about it at all.

As a result, the school had a group of fresh faces. When someone came to visit the courtyard where he lived and thanked him for his support, Orion Ke realized that this year's enrollment had ended, and Linyuan School had a group of ambitious students. youth.

He smiled and exchanged greetings, and did not invite anyone in. He just stood in the courtyard and talked. After sending people away, he returned to the study.

Compared with the academies next to it, the division rules of the academic houses are relatively pure, and they are based solely on academic performance.

Since the second year of Qingzheng year, Orion Ke has ranked first in the first class every time. Naturally, he was assigned the best courtyard. He lived in the east wing and the west wing was empty.

Logically speaking, we should have a roommate, but there was an accident a few years ago.

One of Orion Ke's roommates got up in the middle of the night to take a pee, walked through the courtyard, and accidentally glanced at the east house. He was frightened half to death by something reflected in the candlelight and moonlight. He got seriously ill and moved out without stopping. Yucai fully recovered.

After that, only Orion Ke lived in this courtyard. The master of the courtyard acquiesced to this irregularity and did not arrange any roommates for him.

This matter hadn't spread, and even if he was frightened, there wouldn't be those short-sighted people outside arranging Young Master Ke's misfortune. Moreover, the compensation he gave was so generous that the roommate in front of him could only sigh, lamenting that he was really cowardly, otherwise he would not know how many benefits he would get from living with Orion Ke in the future.

But Caspian Li knew exactly what frightened the other party.

He once again sent away the new student who came over to talk to Master Ke. Orion Ke was no longer in the courtyard.

Caspian Li walked to the study window with ease and looked at the people in the room through the wooden window grilles.

I was scared when I first saw it, but as time went by, I realized it was no big deal.

Orion Ke was painting, his expression gentle and gentle, more and more like the gentleman in the book, without any hint of harshness or sharpness. The spring light and shadow passed through the window, fell on the desk, and spread softly. As the wind blew and the tree shadows swayed, the broken light began to dance.

On the rice paper is a picture of spring. Pear blossoms are blooming all over the courtyard, and there are people watching through the wall.

Snow-white flowers, fiery red clothes, dark hair and jasper hairpins. Just a back view can make people dream a lot, scratching their hearts and lungs, wishing to go into the painting and ask the person to turn around, so as to see what kind of peerless face behind such thick ink and paint can bear the responsibility of this world. , the only pile of colors.

But that was just a thought. Caspian Li didn't dare to ask Orion Ke more.

The reason is simple, that person is "sitting" on his desk.

---In the posture of a skeleton.

In other words, even the description "tool" is not realistic enough, because it is just a skull.

The bones are thick and dense, staring silently.

Caspian Li glanced furtively, then carefully looked away, chatting with Orion Ke as if casually: "You were too noisy at the foot of the mountain that day. Several groups of people have come to see you these days."

Orion Ke smiled, her expression always gentle, but her words were a bit harsh: "Am I some kind of monkey in the viewing garden, letting anyone take a look at me?"

Caspian Li choked for a moment, but did not refute. He drank a few more glasses of wine at the foot of the mountain that day before he couldn't stand the excitement and stepped into Master Ke's trap. Now that he was sober, he naturally wouldn't let him do this. Keep your harsh words to yourself.

He paused for a moment, called his cousin, and talked about another new thing: "Han Ying, I heard that a student was recruited this year. He is the child of the master in the courtyard."

After the words fell and there was no reply for a long time, Caspian Li himself added mysteriously: "It is said that his literary talent is outstanding and his appearance is better than that of Pan An. The masters have read his articles around the fire several times, and they are always impressed by it." Full of praise."

The spring light was just right, and the birds and birds in the mountains were chatting with each other. Orion Ke sat behind his desk, painting with his head down. He painted the last gold pattern on the red dress with great care, then put down the brush and looked up at Caspian Li.

"I heard, it is rumored..." He let out a low laugh, his eyes clear and clear: "Brother Li, if you are interested, just go and take a look, why bother coming to my place to waste time? "

Caspian Li was not upset when his thoughts were exposed. He just scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "I would like to go, but..."

Orion Ke raised her eyebrows and waited for him to continue.