Chapter 14: Departure
In Youzhou City, in the palace of King Yan, Shi Qingyi, a man in white robes, was packing his clothes and bags in the room. Thinking that he was leaving, Shi Qingyi couldn't help but feel a little sad, and sighed: "Alas! I can't tolerate a place in the huge Yanwang Mansion, it's really ridiculous!"
The man continued to clean up, but his eyes kept washing over the past.
In other words, Shi Qingyi, as the eldest son of Shi Anshan, why is he so unvalued and treated, it has to start with Shi Anshan has never been the king of Yan, how to do that Zhonglang general.
Shi'an Mountain was originally a cloth cloth common man in the Longguan area, but he was strong since he was a child and refused to be buried. Although he is poor, he has a good way of dealing with others, often helping others, and being even more proud of his friends. If someone comes to make friends, Shi Anshan will be hospitable.
If someone came to visit the house, and there was no wine in the house, they would sell the land in exchange for wine, and if there was no meat in the house, they would slaughter the ploughing cattle for wine. In short, it is a word of "righteousness" to treat friends. Those visitors praised and boasted to him, and gradually, Shi Anshan's pride spread.
For a time, everyone in the four seas knew that there were righteous people in Longguan, called Shi'anshan. There is an endless stream of people from the rivers and lakes who come to hear its pride, and the visitors often bring luxury gifts and even thousands of gold to the meeting. Gradually, this stone Anshan was spread all over the world because of "righteousness".
But Shi Anshan doesn't seem to stop there, with money, he began to come to Chang'an, through various means to contact the upper class, because he flattered sycophants, and often heard and watched, always saw the opportunity, willing to serve the court, hoping to be recommended. The ministers accepted his money, and although they liked him more and more, they did not recommend him a word.
Shi Anshan knows that if you want to enter the official career, there are only three ways to go, if you are born in a family of eunuchs, it is one way; if the previous road is not, you can also study hard to gain fame, or join the army to establish meritorious service; if the first two roads are not, you have to pray for the mandate of heaven and get the appreciation and recommendation of the powerful, this is the last way.
In the more than a year that Shi Anshan came to Chang'an, he often traveled to the fireworks alley and willows, and came into contact with all kinds of people in Chang'an, especially those court ministers who liked to come to the land of fireworks and willows.
After Shi Anshan spent an unknown amount of money, he finally got his wish and entered the palace as a small guard, with his strategy and talent, he was appreciated by the commander, learned a skill, was promoted, and became the youngest Zhonglang general.
This Shi Anshan became a lieutenant general by the emperor's side at a young age, and for him he was young and ambitious, how could he not be frivolous?
Shi Anshan's career became more and more smooth, and he gradually began to indulge and be uninhibited, more and more eager for power, and Seli was heartfelt. When there is nothing to do, he often goes in and out of the dust, and it is rumored that when Shi Anshan was in Chang'an, he used his Zhonglang identity and even hooked up with those concubines who were left out in the palace, so that Shi Anshan's self-respect for the army was partly due to this.
It is said that once Shi Anshan came back drunk from outside, and a maidservant girl in the family waited for him to rest.
For Shi Anshan, this doesn't seem to be why, but the maid is pregnant, and she is pregnant and gives birth to Shi Qingyi in October.
At that time, although Shi Anshan had a small achievement, he was not yet married, and he was worried about his future, so he did not give the slave and maid a name.
Strange to say, and somehow, the slave died of illness soon after. Shi Anshan saw that this Shi Qingyi was flesh and blood after all, and he was still swaddling, so he raised it at home and fed it every day.
Besides, although Shi Anshan was the king of Yan, he knew that his foundation was unstable, and if he wanted to gain a complete foothold in the land of Yanbei, he must get the support of the local family, so Shi Anshan had a relationship with the Gongsun clan of the Youzhou clan, and married Gongsun Nan's daughter Gongsun Su as the princess of Yan, and later there was Shi Qingren, Shi Anshan is also extremely fond of his young son, and has been cultivating him as a successor.
It's just that this Shi Qingren is not as smart as Shi Qingyi, but he is gifted, and he is born with a strong body, much like Shi Anshan back then, and he is brave at a young age.
Although there are many famous teachers who want to be included in the sect, Shi Anshan is always worried about the future of his young son, so he has been letting him practice literature and martial arts since he was a child. And that Shi Qingyi, Shi Anshan was afraid that he would threaten Shi Qingyi in the future, so he did not allow him to practice martial arts. Fortunately, Shi Qingyi himself knew and did not force it, so as not to be suspicious of his father, and he was low-key everywhere.
Shi Anshan not only enveloped the local clans, but also swept around all parties in the rivers and lakes, and the various sects in the Yanbei region flourished at this time. Relying on the Grand Canal and his iron fist, Shi Anshan completely built Yanbei into his own kingdom, and here he is the biggest king.
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"Brother, what are you doing?"
Shi Qingren ran over, saw his brother packing his clothes, and asked curiously.
Shi Qingyi put down the clothes in his hand and said with a smile: "Qingren, brother, now you are going to a far away place, what about you, you have to study hard and practice, you know." Shi Qingyi touched his head.
"Brother, why are you going, can you take me with you, I want to go with you too. ”
Shi Qingyi touched his head and said, "Not yet, when Qingren grows up, my brother will take you again, okay?"
"It's not good, if you don't take me there, are you going to leave me, my mother is gone, Sister Bilan is also gone, and they haven't come back. Now that you're leaving again, aren't you ready to come back, you're all gone, isn't there only me and Daddy left in this Yanwang Mansion, Daddy is busy with his own business all day, and no one plays with me anymore! I don't want you to go, I don't want you to go, woo, woo, woo......"
Shi Qingren cried a little choked.
The young man ran over and ripped off all the clothes that were about to be packed, but Shi Qingyi was helpless and didn't stop him.
I saw Shi Qingren crying while tearing it away: "I don't want you to go, I don't want you to go......"
Shi Qingyi saw that his younger brother was like this, and he actually wanted to leave, but he knew that he couldn't do anything about it, and he couldn't talk to him, so he comforted: "Qingren, you listen to me first." He grabbed Shi Qingren, Shi Qingren stopped, but the tears were still flowing.
Shi Qingyi said meaningfully: "Qingren, my brother is now grown up, I want to go out to travel, see the great rivers and mountains in the world, and experience and experience, didn't the book say that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books." My brother has read a lot of books, but he has not walked much. My brother promised you that he would definitely come back, and when my brother came back, he would tell you about the outside world, how about it?"
Shi Qingren was skeptical, sobbing and said, "Really?"
"Of course it's true, but you have to study hard and practice, don't waste it, wait for my brother to come back, but I'm going to test you!"
"Well, don't worry brother, Qingren will definitely do it, but you also have to promise me that you will bring me a sister back then, I think my brother won't be sad all day long. ”
Shi Qingren wiped his tears and said.
Shi Qingyi smiled and nodded.
"Don't lie to me, but hook up with me. As he spoke, he stretched out his hand.
Shi Qingyi stretched out his hand and hooked him, but in Shi Qingyi's heart, where could he forget.
It is said that this Shi Qingyi also had a beloved girl, but that girl was a maid in King Yan's mansion, called Bilan. Na Bilan was originally the daughter of the Yanwang Mansion, and she grew up with Shi Qingyi since she was a child, and the two were childhood sweethearts. That Shi Qingren was younger than them, so he often played behind their butts, and the three of them could be said to be the happiest at that time.
That year, Shi Qingyi was eighteen years old and Bi Lan was sixteen years old. Na Bilan is as bright as the autumn moon, slim and elegant, and the two have long been in love and have the heart to spend the rest of their lives together, but Shi Qingyi did not tell his father.
On that day, the two brothers, Shi Qingyi and Shi Qingren, went out to the temple in the west of Youzhou City to pay tribute to the deceased Princess Yan, and fasted and stayed in the temple for two days, but they were not in the Yan Palace.
That day, Shi Anshan did not go with him, and at night, when Shi Anshan returned home, he didn't know how, he was drunk, and he happened to meet Na Bilan when he returned to the room. This Shi Anshan has never tasted a woman for a long time, seeing that she is white and beautiful, and her posture is beautiful, she was in her heart for a while, so she forcibly held down Bilan, but Bilan struggled, and was finally taken to the room by Shi Anshan.
After that night, Bi Lan was haggard physically and mentally, unbearable and insulted, and knew that he would no longer have the face to see his beloved, so he hanged himself in King Yan's bedroom.
Shi Qingyi and the two brothers will return to the palace after the sacrifice, Shi Qingyi will look for Bi Lan as soon as he returns to the house, but there is no trace of her, and he does not know if he asks the next person, that day he looked around like crazy, Bi Lan seemed to have evaporated from the world, and even everything about her was gone.
At this point, Shi Qingyi didn't think about tea and dinner all day long, and his health deteriorated, and then Shi Qingyi went to Tongtian Pavilion, and when he came back, he seemed to be a different person, and he no longer had the smile on his face, and no one knew what he did when he went to Tongtian Pavilion that day. Since he didn't bring it up again, no one brought it up again, and everything went back to normal.
Outside Youzhou City, the young man was followed by a group of subordinates, only the young man was waving his hand, he had tears, full of sadness to say goodbye to the people on the boat, Shi Anshan did not come, but just explained that the people who followed Shi Qingren were going to watch Shi Qingyi leave.
On the boat was Shi Qingyi, followed by a scholar, who traveled lightly, just in a small boat.
As the sun rose, the boat rode the wind to the south, and gradually drifted away, Shi Qingyi finally glanced back at Youzhou City, then turned around and never looked again.
"Childe, is it reluctant?" the scholar asked.
"Being in the Wang family, I can't help anyone at all, and I can't give up my mind. ”
The scholar didn't seem to understand, so he didn't say more.
Along the way, the scholars were enjoying the scenery along the way, but Shi Qingyi was absent-minded, with no expression on his face, maybe there was some sadness and helplessness in his heart!