Early in the morning, Wang Zhizheng and Zuo Yunqing arrived at Zuofu with their righteous son Liangyi. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Zuofu is the same as Ruanfu, the family is in the middle, but after all, it is a wealthy and powerful family in the south of the Yangtze River, and the mansion is still majestic and magnificent, and the magnificent lintel tells the unusual status of this family.

Knocking on the door of the house, standing at the door to greet a handsome young man about thirty years old, he wears heavy filial piety, his expression is solemn, his body exudes a kind of scholarly atmosphere, elegant posture and indifferent expression, it can be seen that he is a child of a family who has no worries about food and clothing, with good cultivation and knowledge, but the long scar on his forehead reveals his vicissitudes of life.

The man saw Wang Zhizheng and Zuo Yunqing standing at the door, but he didn't recognize them for a while, he stared at the two suspiciously and asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Zuo Yunqing's tears flowed down his eyes: "Brother, I'm Yunqing......"

The man was stunned, looked Zuo Yunqing up and down, and suddenly asked in astonishment: "Yunqing!" You're alive?! ”

Zuo Yunqing covered her mouth with her Qianqianyu hand and nodded cryingly: "Well, brother!" Still alive! ”

The brother and sister hugged their heads and cried.

Wang Zhizheng understood that this young man was Zuo Yunqing's elder brother and Zuo Guangdou's eldest son Zuo Guozhu, but I heard that Zuo Guangdou's entire family had died!

Wang Zhizheng saw the Zuo brothers and sisters hugging their heads and crying, and they didn't want to interject and disturb, and the righteous son Liangyi next to him saw his adoptive mother crying bitterly, so he took his mother's hand and comforted: "Mother, don't cry, if there is anything, I can do it for you!" ”

Zuo Yunqing raised his head from the arms of his eldest brother at this time, and pulled Liangyi to wipe his tears: "Liangyi, call uncle." ”

Liangyi bowed to Zuo Guozhu like an adult and said, "I've seen my uncle." ”

Zuo Guozhu pointed at Liangyi and asked, "Yunqing, your son is so old?" Five years ago, when my father was killed, didn't you flee to Suzhou and not leave the cabinet yet? ”

Yun Qing burst into tears and laughed: "This is my righteous son, the child I adopted with my husband." ”

"Your husband?" Zuo Guozhu looked at the noble son behind Zuo Yunqing, Wang Zhizheng smiled slightly, and bowed to Zuo Guozhu: "Under Wang Zhizheng, I have seen Brother Zuo." ”

When Zuo Guozhu heard this, he stared at Wang Zhizheng in astonishment: "Wang Zhizheng?!" Chongguo Mansion Wang Zhizheng?! ”

Wang Zhizheng smiled and nodded: "Exactly." ”

Zuo Guozhu was still stunned and asked Yun Qing: "What, you married Wang Zhizheng of Chongguo Mansion?" ”

Yun Qing also smiled and nodded.

Zuo Guozhu didn't say a word, lifted his robe, and knelt down to the ground to worship Wang Zhizheng: "Under Zuo Guozhu, I have seen Hou Ye, and I thank Hou Ye Zhaoxue for his revenge for my father!" ”

The heroic posture of kneeling made Wang Zhizheng see that his martial arts were extraordinary.

Wang Zhizheng hurriedly supported Zuo Guozhu with both hands: "Brother Zuo, please get up quickly, don't do this big gift!" ”

Zuo Guozhu struggled and refused to get up: "Master Hou, if it weren't for your careful dealings with the old thief Wei Zhongxian, the grievances between my father and Donglin would not know what would happen to the snow, and I don't know when Wei Gelding would bring disaster to the world!" ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded and said, "Okay, then I will be worshiped by you below." ”

Zuo Guozhu respectfully bowed to Wang Zhizheng.

Wang Zhizheng stood up and accepted the gift of Zuo Guangdou's son, and then helped him up again: "Okay, Brother Zuo, please get up!" ”

After getting up, Wang Zhizheng asked solemnly: "I heard that the whole family of the old Zuoge has been killed, why can Brother Taishang be spared?" ”

Zuo Guozhu sighed and said: "It's a long story, it's not a place to talk at this door, let's go to the study and chat while drinking tea." ”

Entering the study, Zuo Guozhu respectfully invited Wang Zhizheng to sit down, Zuo Yunqing sat beside Wang Zhizheng with his righteous son Liangyi, Zuo Guozhu instructed the servants to bring a pot of boiling water in the boiling water room, and then took out a small ceramic jar from the shelf and said with a smile: "This jar of Huizhou Maofeng was left by my father, and my father often said to me before his death, no matter how dark the world is, we must remember that our family is clear, just like this good tea, indifferent and fragrant." ”

After that, he held the teaspoon with his elegant hand, slowly poured it into the purple clay pot, and then took the boiling kettle handed over by the servant, poured boiling water into the purple clay pot, and suddenly a stream of tea fragrance rose, and Wang Zhizheng suddenly felt that his spleen and lungs were fresh: "It's so fragrant." ”

Zuo Zhuguo held the purple clay pot and shook it and said with a smile: "Being able to live in such a world only feels like a dream." ”

As he spoke, he poured the tea into a delicate teacup, and then handed it to Wang Zhizheng.

Wang Zhizheng sniffed lightly and said with a smile: "It's so fragrant, this Mao Feng of Huizhou is really a must!" ”

After that, he gently stirred the floating tea with the lid of the bowl, took a sip, and exclaimed: "This Huizhou Maofeng is really authentic." ”

Zuo Zhuguo smiled and tasted it, and said, "Master Hou likes it, I'll prepare a few catties for you when I go back to Beijing." ”

Wang Zhizheng smiled and arched his hand: "Then thank you, Brother Zuo." ”

Zuo Yunqing, who was on the side with good righteousness, couldn't wait for a long time, she watched the two of them drinking tea and tasting tea, without mentioning the vicissitudes of life over the years, and couldn't help but ask: "Big brother, in the fifth year of the Apocalypse, my father was killed, did you and your uncle, second brother, and third brother all go to prison, I heard in Suzhou that you died with them, how did you get rescued?" ”

After hearing this, Zuo Zhuguo's face suddenly became cloudy, as if he had touched a terrible bottom line in his heart: "I was in prison, I watched Sun Yunhe, Tian Ergeng, and Yang Huan with my own eyes, breaking all the joints of my father's body, nailing his nails with bamboo sticks, washing his feet with boiling water, and finally pouring boiling water on his back, pouring it and shaving it with a steel brush, revealing the white bones of Sensen......"

Speaking of this, Zuo Yunqing couldn't hold back any longer, covered his mouth and cried: "Father, ......!" Qingqing didn't save you......"

Zuo Zhuguo didn't look at his sister, and then said slowly: "Before my father died, he grabbed my hand and said: I'd rather die than confess, otherwise the innocence of my Zuo family will be ruined in our hands...... In this way, I watched my father being tortured and killed, and when Shi Kefa came to see his father, his father was already tortured to the point of flesh and blood, and he insisted on scolding Shi Kefa away, for fear of affecting his disciples......"

Wang Zhizheng only felt cold sweat on his forehead, and asked in a trembling voice: "After Zuo Ge Lao was in trouble, how did you escape?" ”

Zuo Guozhu stabilized his mood, tears dripped into the tea cup, he took a sip and continued: "In the fifth year of the Apocalypse, after my father was in trouble, Wei Zhongxian did not kill me, but beheaded my uncle Zuo Guangji and the second brother Zuo Guodong, I was also beaten to the bone and broken, adhering to my father's order and did not admit guilt, Wei Zhongxian ordered me and my third brother to be put on death row, and was imprisoned for more than a year. ”

Qingqing hurriedly asked, "Who is this young man?" ”

Zuo Guozhu sighed: "This person is the eldest son of Hou Deyin, the former head of the household department. ”

Hearing this, Wang Zhizheng and Zuo Yunqing were suddenly speechless in surprise.

Wang Zhizheng continued to ask, "Hou Qi saved you?" ”

Zuo Guozhu nodded slightly: "My bones are broken, I really can't run, Hou Qi carried me on his back, and dragged the third brother, in that dark night, ran, ran, ran to the south city gate, bought the city gate official, sat on the hanging basket and fell down the city wall, plunged into the cold moat, I couldn't swim, Brother Hou carried me on his back and swam to the other side...... Later, the first soldier caught up, and Hou Qi fought with the first soldier, so that the third brother fled to the river with me on his back. When I arrived at Hejian Mansion, the prefect's messenger arrested me and sent me to the prefect's yamen. After Hou Qi heard this, he went into Shen Shaoxian's bedroom in the middle of the night, and forced him to let me and my third brother go, and then the third brother and I disguised themselves and went into exile in Jiangning and eastern Zhejiang, and since then I have not met Hou Qi...... Until the seventh year of the Apocalypse, I heard that he had died......"

Wang Zhizheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, he changed from a commoner in Suzhou to return to Beijing, and when he passed by Hejian Mansion, Hou Qi attempted to assassinate him.

He looked at Qingqing: "Qingqing, in the sixth year of the Apocalypse, we were in the Yamen of Hejian Mansion, and Shen Shaoxian entertained us that night, do you still remember Hou Qi's assassination of us?" ”

Zuo Qingqing suddenly remembered: "Yes, I remembered, Hou Qi was going to assassinate you that night, could it be that on that day, my brother was imprisoned in the prefect's mansion?" ”

Zuo Guozhu nodded: "What Hou Qi said, there is a drunken eunuch captain in the palace, is that you?" ”

Wang Zhizheng nodded and said, "Exactly." That night, Hou Qixing stabbed me, and I noticed it, but I didn't know that Hou Qi's coming to the river was actually to save Brother Zuo. ”

Zuo Yunqing pulled Hou Liangyi and said to Zuo Guozhu: "Brother, this righteous son of mine is Hou Qi's biological son Hou Baiye, and Hou Ye changed his name to Hou Liangyi." ”

Zuo Guozhu listened, and squatted down in shock to look at Liangyi: "You are Hou Qi's son?" ”

Although Hou Liangyi was young, he was very thoughtful, he nodded and said: "Biological father Hou Qi, adoptive father Wang Zhizheng." ”