Qin Bai looked at the white-clothed young man who was approaching step by step outside the door, and then turned his head to look at Wen Shaoyang, the young master of the Wen family, who was standing aside and his eyes had been on his cousin, and sighed secretly. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at these two handsome young men, he seemed to have returned to his old youth. When he was still a young man in white, Tang Fu was like Wen Shaoyang, and he took care of him a lot. Among the children of high-ranking families like them in Jingzhong, his friendship with Tang Fu is the best. More than 30 years have passed in a hurry, but the two of them are already things and people, separated by life and death, how can people not sigh?

Tang Fu is the eldest son of a scholar at Tang University, a few years older than him. Tang University Scholar is also a Jiangnan person, although he was not born in a high-ranking family, but he is also a son of a famous scholarly family, known as a talented person, and his knowledge is extremely admirable. He was a scholar in the court, and he was quite holy in front of the first emperor, and he also had a good reputation in the scholars, coupled with a gentle temperament, and he was the most kind to others, and did not like to compete with others, so he was very popular. Tang Fu grew up and was extremely popular among the children of official eunuchs of similar age.

At that age, they have such a family background, although making friends is somewhat affected by the family's political position, but basically they still put their own heart first, as long as they have the same temperament, they will play in one place, regardless of what else they have, and the friendship is much simpler. Qin Bai himself is a disciple of the Yongjiahou Mansion, both the son of Jiangmen and a relative, but he has never had any scruples when getting along with the children of a noble scholarly family like Tang Fu. Looking back now, he lived fifty years old in his life, and it was only in those years that he made the purest friends.

Although Tang Fu was a few years older than him, he also had a fun-loving temperament when he was a teenager, but he was quite particular about his daily life, and was joked by his friends that he was vassally elegant. For example, Tang Fu once liked lotus flowers the most, and the stationery, tea sets, dishes, and accessories used were all lotus patterns, and even the embroidered patterns on his clothes were also based on lotus patterns, and the incense was also used for lotus, lotus leaves, and lotus stamens. Friends laughed at him, saying what his name was, and directly called himself "Lotus Boy".

Qin Bai happened to be interested in engraving at that time, and he learned some fur from a teacher. It was Tang Fu's birthday, and he wanted to give a gift. In order to practice engraving, he bought a lot of materials, which cost a lot of money, and spent almost all the pocket money in his hand. In the next few months, there were gifts for his mother and aunt's birthdays, and the expenses of a few of his friends' parties, so he needed to save some, so he thought of another way to get a special gift for Tang Fu, which was a seal he carved by himself.

At that time, he was also promoting narrowness, deliberately carved the seal into a lotus pattern, and embedded the word "Tang" in the center of the ancient seal. It took him several days to draw this pattern, and he was very careful when he carved it, Tang Fu was very surprised when he received it, and because he understood the meaning of the seal and laughed with him and his friends all night, everyone was punished after returning home the next day, he asked his mother to punish him for copying five hundred ancient seal characters, and his hands were cramped, so he remembered it very clearly.

It was really carefree at that time, but unfortunately it didn't take long for such good times to change. In less than a year, the battle for the heir began, Qin Bai's brother-in-law and sister of the crown princess were imprisoned, and then the Yongjiahou Mansion was also in trouble. What was once a simple friendship is ultimately no match for realistic considerations. The children of families like them, no matter what they think in their hearts, still have to obey the orders of their elders in the end. Some of the friends followed their father and brother on the side of the Qin family's political enemies and turned against Qin Bai. There are also people who are on the side of the Qin family, but they are unlucky one after another. It is still light to suffer the disaster of breaking the family, and even more than one person has lost his life.

Tang Fu may still cherish their friendship, right? It's just that Tang University is a scholar with a good reputation and easy-going temperament, which means that he doesn't like to offend people. Although wealth and wealth are in danger, his approach has never made him a supreme minister, but he is better than a stable word. The Tang family retreated in the battle for succession, closed their eyes and became blind and deaf, and flattered those who had the upper hand. With such knowledge and interest, the powerful prince naturally would not embarrass this bachelor with holy grace and his family, not to mention the relationship between the Liao King here......

Qin Bai only knew that when the three of them were deported from Beijing, Tang Fu and others poured him a glass of send-off wine at Shilipo on the outskirts of Beijing, and stuffed Cheng Yi with ten taels of silver. Tang Fu didn't say anything at that time, this was probably the limit of what he could do.

Compared with those old friends who turned against the Qin family, or those who completely stood by and watched, Tang Fu still had some old feelings for his little friend. Qin Bai used to cherish it very much. However, because he later met the father and daughter of the Niu family and received more kindness from them, he felt that Tang Fu's friendship was shallow.

The father and son of the Qin family were exiled to the border city, and the old lady Niu helped a lot, helping to find a house, find furniture, send food, clothes and quilts, and also invited a doctor for the old marquis of Qin, and arrested the medicine. If it weren't for the help of the Niu family, Old Marquis Qin might have died in the border city in the winter of the year of exile, and it would be impossible for him to survive for more than a year. Qin Song, Qin Bai's eldest brother, that is, the reigning Marquis Cheng'en, may also throw his life away in the border city, where will there be today's wealth and glory? It's a pity that the old marquis suffered too much on the way to exile, and his vitality was damaged, and after all, he still couldn't survive until the rehabilitation decree was issued......

Qin Bai once returned to the capital, and he inquired about the whereabouts of his old friends. Those who once stood on the side of the Qin family's political enemies are the enemies of the current saints, and naturally they will not end well. Those who once suffered because of their support for Jinshang, as long as they survived, were also rehabilitated one after another, regained their wealth and honor, and even went further than before.

But such people are a minority after all, and most of them have not survived this day. Even if he survived, after many hardships, he would no longer be the same person he used to be.

Qin Bai was sad for his dead old friends, and he didn't meet with the living old friends, but he inquired that the Tang family's situation was not very good, but it was not too bad. Tang scholars and mud can certainly keep themselves, but after the new emperor ascends the throne, his behavior is not very popular. Scholar Tang was frightened, became ill, and tentatively took the fold of complaining about illness, which was quickly approved, and had to return to his hometown with his illness. Tang Fu was not affected because of his fame, and he was appointed to be released, and the location of the release was not too bad, but the Tang family was in Beijing, and it was not as good as before.

But the Tang family survived the turmoil safely, so Qin Bai didn't ask much about the follow-up. It wasn't until he saw Tang Fu's grandson today that he knew that the Tang family had plummeted after that.

The daughter of the Tang family was assigned to the king of Liao by the first emperor, which happened before the change of seizing the heir. King Liao was born to a palace man, and he did not stand out among the princes. He was not good at literary talent, so he simply concentrated on the development of martial arts, devoted himself to practicing martial arts, learning the art of war, and had the intention of being a great general, so as to stand out among his brothers. The marriage of the Tang family was an accident for the King of Liao, and he himself hoped to marry a powerful general's daughter as a concubine. But when the first emperor decreed, he could only accept it. The daughter of the Tang family is both talented and beautiful, but she is also quite loved by him. In the newlywed season, the couple once fell in love for a while.

However, the seizure of the heir has become more and more violent, and even some princes have lost their lives, and more than one has been imprisoned. The King of Liao felt that this was a good opportunity for him to come out on top, but his father-in-law, the scholar of Tang University, thought that such a dangerous matter should be avoided and seek a stable and optimal situation, anyway, when the results came out, no matter which prince ascended the throne, the King of Liao would be a stable prince, and wealth and honor were not a problem, so why should he get involved at this time? If he was implicated, wouldn't he suffer a big loss? So the scholar of Tang University made a statement in front of the first emperor and asked for an errand for the King of Liao to guard the eastern frontier of Liao.

At that time, the big war was over, and the border was just a few small messes occasionally, and no major events could happen. When the King of Liao was transferred, it was true that he had gained a considerable fief, but the place was bitterly cold, and he had no military exploits to make, let alone take advantage of the chaos in the capital to seek some benefits from it, so how could he not complain in his heart? When he heard that the crown prince had extricated himself from the East Palace, successfully defeated all the princes, and became the new emperor, the resentment in his heart deepened. He didn't know the details of the dispute over the heir in Beijing, and just based on the news he had heard, he couldn't help but wonder, if he was still in the capital, would he also have the power to compete? Although the crown prince is the eldest son, he is after all a person who has been imprisoned, how can he compare to him, an innocent brother?

Thinking about it, doubts become demons.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, the Tang scholar fell ill again, and Tang Fu was also the prefect, and the Liao princess Tang was in the domain with the Liao king, and soon fell out of favor. Not long after her son was born, she was sick in bed, and her husband was not so angry that she died within two years. Scholar Tang got the news, but he regretted it. He was already seriously ill, and this anger was even worse, and he vomited blood and died.

Tang Fu was also disheartened when he learned that his father and sister had both died. Taking the opportunity of Ding Wei, he broke away from officialdom, but did not return to his hometown, but stayed in Datong to accept a few students and teach with peace of mind. His talent and learning are also high, but his teaching performance is not as good as that of his old friend Qin Bai, and among the students he teaches, there are only a few people who raise people and show talents. Uncle Wen was under him at that time, and he was one of his most outstanding students. He had only one daughter, and he gave it to this student.

Later, the daughter of the Wen family married Zhao Shuo, the son of his sister Liao Princess Wen, which was really unexpected. He is very concerned about his grandson Wen Shaoyang, and he is also very concerned about his sister's grandson Zhao Mo. He even went to Liaodong in person, wanting to find an opportunity to meet his sister's children and grandchildren. It's a pity that the King of Liao didn't allow it, and he and Zhao Mo could only get along with each other after all.

Tang Fu was in poor health, and after returning from Liaodong, he became ill and passed away ten years ago. At that time, Wen Shaoyang was only five years old, and Zhao Mo was not yet two years old.

Qin Bai recalled the experience of his old friend's short life, and sighed secretly in his heart. Watching Zhao Mo, who was dressed in white, step by step into the hall, the face on his face was so similar to that of an old friend when he was young, he couldn't help but show a warm smile. (To be continued.) )