The autumn rain continues, and the coolness gradually comes.

The procession to transport the dowry of the Heavenly Family had already set off half a month ago, and the capital had not been so lively as it was today for a long time, and the streets and alleys were full of men, women, and children walking north with umbrellas, pointing and pointing between the two rows of officers and soldiers.

The stall owners at the entrance of the market made way for their guests early, and a high platform was erected along the Zhuo River, which had not seen blood for many years, and several prisoner carts rushed out of the crowd of black people, and in the cars were the Yue clan and his family who had rebelled half a year earlier. The vassal king was reduced to a concubine, and he was no longer treated as a royal relative, and even the chains on his flail were rusty.

Before the autumn trial arrived, the prisoner who had been sentenced to behead the prisoner was now trembling on the execution ground, which shows that this person was so heinous that he could order the execution two months earlier. At noon, only Sheng Fuyu was killed, and the rest were accompanied by the beheading, and they were left until the frost fell to listen to the fall.

The warden sat down on the huge field, and felt that the weather was very good, and the place was wonderful, and after cutting off his head, he threw it into the river, and when it rained, the ground did not need to be cleaned.

"The one sitting above is the original commander of Nan'an, who was transferred to the military department by His Majesty in early May. ”

"Isn't that the person who is the prince of Yue......"

The warden Sun Dahe glanced down kindly, and the people who were in turmoil immediately fell silent.

It is said that if you are in a bad mood today, you will be easy to get angry if you are in a bad mood, not to mention that this prince Chitose has rightfully touched the scales, and it is really unreasonable not to use him for surgery.

It is also said that the temper of the present comes from the future queen, when he was in Nan'an, he knew that there was a female medical officer of the Tai Hospital in Lizhou Weizhong, whose identity was very special, and the national dynasty and the Northern Liang made a marriage contract a month ago, and the medical officer did not often come to the official office after that.

It is said again......

"My lord, it's three o'clock in the afternoon. The adjutant sweated and reminded.

Lord Sun came back to his senses and threw the decision lightly, "Well, it's beheaded." ”

It is also said that his old Shangfeng did a lot of insidious and vicious things before the fall, and now he also took the time to go to the edict to see his cousin who was a few rooms away, and when he came out, his face was so heavy that it could rain, could it be that those insidious and vicious tricks are related to His Majesty's family affairs?

There was an exclamation from the audience, and only when the red carpet was about to come down did he give a solemn order:

"Let everyone disperse, there's nothing to see. The next execution was in October, and the stall owners and vendors were ordered to sweep the floor in advance. ”

Adjutant: "......"

The autumn rain shrouded the execution ground like a veil, and the smell of blood drilled into the nose one by one. In the past, the majestic prince was broken into two, and his body in plain clothes was lying in a pool of blood, his head and hair a few feet away were unkempt, and he stared at God without looking at him. The family members who accompanied the beheading wailed loudly, and several slender people rolled their eyes, and simply fainted to the ground.

Life should be like this, it's good to go.

The people who watched the excitement disperse one after another, and Master Sun also walked down the stands leisurely. Their military attachés are no different from the heads of Qian, and they also like to gather to watch the excitement, but the performance at the end of the show is the most important thing. The prince looks like the sun is in full swing, once he falls, all the shrimp soldiers and crabs under his head will be caught in a net, he is not a fish that slipped through the net, but he is a willing person to take the bait. Presumably, when the national dynasty and the Northern Liang went to war, he would also be used today, after all, all monarchs have had to fight for a reputation regardless of their previous dislikes.

It is rare to see a carp jumping over the dragon gate in this world, and the more he thinks about it, the more he thinks he has a point, and he hums a little song and steps into the sedan chair.

I don't know if Your Majesty's anger has disappeared, and the wedding will be on the winter solstice, so don't go wrong and hurt them. On the first day of the new year, His Majesty went out to the capital on the grounds of inspecting the autumn hunting grounds, and the next day he left the court and came back in the afternoon...... Tsk, it is said that Commander Ji has not been accompanying him in front of the emperor since that day? It's been a whole month now, and if you give it away, that person will have to go thousands of miles away, right?

"Adults watch out for the steps!"

"Boom!"

*

"Boom!"

The night was dark, and there was not a trace of the moon shadow and stars. The autumn breeze swept from the field and blew the torches, reflecting the red of the city.

The abrupt crash woke up the people in the carriage, and the soft light of the night pearl seeped out of the green curtain, illuminating half of the delicate woman's face.

"What's going on?" a vague question sounded in the dark.

"It's been raining these days, and the car has hit a stone and stuck in the mud, so it'll be fine for a while. Disturbed the girl, damn it. ”

The woman pulled down the curtain, and a few whispers came from inside.

After a few moments, the horses snorted, and the wheels did go around the rocks, and the bones rolled forward. The thick darkness spread through the woods, crawling along the official road to the towering tower, where several soldiers on night duty could be seen patrolling back and forth.

"I'll do it again tomorrow. ”

I don't know who gave the order, and the horse team stopped in front of the woods.

In the quiet night, more than a dozen pairs of eyes were open, patiently waiting for the drums to beat out, less than two hours, the eastern sky faintly white, and the resident birds spread their wings and left the nest one after another.

The wind swept away the night, and the morning light suddenly poured half of the sky. The carriage, which had rested for half the night, continued to drive towards the city gate, and the large characters on the city wall were bathed in the golden morning glow before the rain had dried.

- Xuanping Gate.

After tens of days and nights, the first outer gate of the imperial capital of Daliang is close at this moment.

The leader of the merchant-like team respectfully handed over the paperwork, and the castle guard opened a few boxes of goods to check them, and when he saw that there was nothing unusual, he let them go. In the last car sat the female dependents, all of whom looked good, and one of the little ladies was listlessly sick, but there was a kind of charm. The merchant took his two younger sisters to the capital to see the sick, and the two sisters looked like Xiao, and when the fence was lifted, they both had a pair of amber eyes, perhaps a mixture of Hu and Han.

I'm afraid it's the girl in the hook bar. The soldier was well-informed, and laughed casually, only listening to the little lady in the blue skirt popping out a standard official sentence from under the fence, and it was very spicy. He took two coins of broken silver, waved his hand to let the convoy into the city, and used the matter to discuss with his comrades.

The number of pedestrians unconsciously increased, and the noise of the vegetable market drifted to the ears, and the accent was similar to that of the south. The main road is extremely wide, the uneven bluestone slabs have been paved for hundreds of years, it is vaguely the same style of several dynasties, and the evergreen weeping willows are planted on the side of the stone bridge, although it is early autumn, the wildflowers under the willow leaves are still blooming luxuriantly, and they are extraordinarily delicate in the sun.

The car passes through the Qionglou, the sheng song is far away, and the flashy scenery gradually withers. Turning into the alley, there is a secluded workshop, a cloud wall several feet high, like a screen, and most of the white powder paint has been lost.

Most of the people in Fanguifang are businessmen, many years ago a noble family living here suffered a disaster, implicated in the neighborhood, these years should move to move, should flee, only a few families remained. However, a major event that appeared on the recent Di copy caused a lot of commotion in the workshop, and even the entire Ming Capital was also eyed by it.

The caravan stopped on a narrow stone road.

A pair of plain satin shoes emerged from under the lake-blue skirt, and walked slowly ahead, the soles of the shoes were still green, and the dew was cold.

Sunset has a layer of molten pale gold on the outside of the walls, and broken cobwebs are glued to the windows, enveloping the dust of the years. The wall is lonely and lonely, obliquely probing a branch, and handing it to pedestrians.

In the silence, a line of crisp bells suddenly cracked, and it was the evening breeze blowing through the eaves.

Ding, Ding-

It was like it was raining for a moment.

It is as if you can hear the sound of the rain hitting the plantain leaves.

It was as if a car was parked in front of the closed door, and the next moment, the coldly clothed guard was about to walk down from inside.

The courtyard was dim, and there were people staring in the depths of the red, and their vague and gentle eyes passed through the grass and trees in the courtyard, through the mottled courtyard walls, through the rusted door knockers, and fell beside the stone steps that had been polished by the wind and frost.

The old people on the stairs have returned, and the return autumn has arrived.

In a flash, it was the sixteenth autumn.

"Squeak-"

The iron door slowly opened, and a corner of the black yarn floated up, and the cold wind came with a refreshing and unfamiliar smell of grass and trees.

Outside the fence seemed to be another earthly world, the time was sealed in the water tank under the eaves by the drizzle of early autumn that year, the vines were green, the fragrance of flowers was faint, the pebble path between the laurel bushes was not leafy, and even the roof tiles were not stained with dust.

The lantern hanging in the verandah suddenly lit up.

A white and delicate hand stretched out under the veil and gently held the orange warm halo.

The caravan looked dazed.

"Your Excellency, please show your example!" the bearded man of the leader immediately stood in front of him and shouted in a deep voice, and several merchants disappeared into the line like a bubble.

A clatter of short blades erupted from the corner, and then a dark shadow fell to one knee under the tree.

"A certain number of three people were ordered to welcome His Royal Highness to the palace, and since then they have not left and right, because the holy decree is not allowed to show up, please forgive Your Highness. ”

The hand made a slow gesture to get up.

The other party's words were like pebbles falling into the lake, arousing discussions, and the bearded man's face was a little unsightly, and he sneered:

"Thank you for your concern, but there is no shortage of guards around you, so you don't need to worry about you. ”

The black-clothed Liang State guard also said coldly: "When I protected the prince in the past, I never saw Qi Ren's face. ”

The atmosphere was extremely depressing, and a clear Lingling voice broke the silence at the right time:

"Since it is inconvenient to show up, Mr. please return to the throne, and when the county meets His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, he will personally thank him. I brought these people from the south, and escorted them all the way to Mingdu, hoping that you can do your best to be a guest and host. ”

I saw another fence showing a tip behind the team, and the woman lifted the tulle, her pale brown eyes shining like the morning star.

When the saluting guard saw this pupil, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he reacted and looked at the motionless person in front of him, only to realize that he had worshiped the wrong master.

The woman who asked him to get up before took off the fence and bent her knees: "Slave Tongyue, there are many offenses." ”

She raised her sleeves to cover her lips, and her eyes under her long eyelashes were as bright as amber, and just looking at her posture, the two were eight or nine points similar.

Liang Guo's guards were hindered by the county lord's face, so they quickly gave a salute and disappeared from the trace.

A businessman shook his sleeves and muttered, "...... They need to worry about it. ”

Do the Liang people look down on their husbands? There are only three secret guards, and they don't look at how many their Majesty has sent, for fear of losing people on the road. Since the beginning of this month, the river drum guards have been on duty in shifts, and they have been used as heavy troops to press the territory, surrounding the carriage as solid, and they can't wait to pack the court sentence as a bodhisattva and stuff it in the niche.

The bearded glare: "How many times have I told you, this is the Su family, not Fanjing, and they can't hold their breath!"

"The one who spoke in the lead just now. ”

"Don't be idle, go sweep the floor!"

The female guard standing at the end said lightly: "The plaque outside is so clean, the room must have been cleaned." When the Empress Dowager Liang learned that the Lord had arrived in the Ming Capital before the bride price, she must have made some preparations. ”

Bearded: "...... Xin Gui, you accompany Master Su back to the room. ”

A small man came out of the guards, squinted and smiled: "My junior sister probably can't remember where her room is, such a big mansion, take us to visit it first?"

Su Hui's heart was still calm, and he suddenly turned around and exited the threshold, looking up at the ink-stained plaque, and in an instant, countless pictures flashed in his mind like a marquee.

Jingbei Palace.

She whispered.

"I'm back, Daddy. ”

*

The courtyard of the Sanjin in the house was really swept clean, and the river drum guards were happy to be idle, holding brooms and pretending to dangle around, without the slightest consciousness of the secret guards.

Ji Wei had a headache, and the three Liang people in the house didn't talk with a wooden face, but they are now colleagues, and they have to work together when they encounter something. He didn't want to do this errand, left Beijing for five months, and went to Liangdu, which was thousands of miles away, he knew that the level of dealing with people and things was on par with the court's judgment, and he had only done his job, but now he took a fancy to his solid eyes, and felt that if he came to see him, he could really hold his head in his hand and run back to Fanjing to recover his life.

In fact, Master Su was very worry-free, and before leaving, he told Jinshang to let him stay, and at that time, he was 100 obedient, but when the car walked out of the two miles, he threw him over directly.

There shouldn't be a problem on His Majesty's side...... He was worried and worried, and only hoped that the day of the wedding on the ninth day of October would come soon, and when Feng drove out of the Liang Realm, he would see if they would lift the sedan chair up.

A subordinate kindly handed him a good melon seed, and Ji Wei sighed melancholy, like a homesick scholar.

The subordinate silently took back the melon seeds and ate them himself, "Oh, I don't have an appetite for looking at you." ”

On the moon, the whistle of grass insects is not as noisy as in midsummer, and the shadow of begonias hangs quietly on the embroidery screen.

Su Huihui used his fingertips to open the petals, and the moonlight became brighter, quietly soaking through the screen and illuminating the face in the mirror.

The maid approached with a basin of water, and the faces in the mirror changed from one to two, and she couldn't help but look away and look at them carefully. I don't know where Sheng Yunyi found this maid named Tongyue, except that her body is about the same as her, and even her eyes are extremely similar. He was worried that Yuwen and An Yang would find her trouble, so he gave her a stand-in, usually this girl bowed down to serve inconspicuously, but when it was needed, it would be of great use.

Su Huihui very much hoped that the maid would not be useful, but a trip back and forth was indeed risky, and since the other party had promised to come to accompany her willingly, she had no reason to refuse.

There is a different person around her, she doesn't feel unaccustomed, maybe Ruixiang is too young to do things at home, and many places are still unfamiliar. And Kiritsuki is as careful as a hair, proficient in everything, and she learns her manners at an astonishing speed without any flaws. Such a woman is simply condescending to be an attendant, and Su Huihui feels that her mistake of liking the new and hating the old is about to be committed.

Tongyue combed her hair, and when she saw the person in the rhombic glasses staring at her, she lowered her head and raised a pair of eyes.

Su Huihui asked curiously, "Have you ever learned a musical instrument?" The cocoons on your hands seem to be played out of the piano. ”

Tong Yue still stroked her hair seriously, and replied respectfully: "My lord has good eyesight, and the slave maid is a musician in the market." ”

"Chi Lianfang?," she said casually.

Unexpectedly, the maid nodded in surprise, "How did the adults guess?"

"It's just a coincidence," Su Huihui explained calmly, "I only know about this workshop and a song and dance hall." Do you know Mrs. Bang Xiang?"

Tong Yue was even more surprised: "Adults also know Sister Bang Xiang? When the slave maid was young, she taught the pipa for a period of time. ”

…… He picks people really as well as he knows.

Su warmed up his interest and asked deliberately: "I heard that Your Majesty used to like to come to your building to listen to tunes?"

Kiritsu put down the comb and smiled, "Adults know everything. However, His Majesty has only been here four or five times, but Yan Gongzi often entertains in the building, summoning musicians to play the drum and sheng. ”

Su Huihui still couldn't hold back, and continued to ask the bottom line: "What kind of music does he like to listen to?"

The maid thought for a while and whispered: "When the first emperor was here, His Majesty once fought with the old musician in the building, and the slave maid could always hear a passage of "Guanshan but the Moon" in the room. If Yan Gongzi is at the same table with His Majesty, the repertoire ordered will not be able to be mastered by his familiar hands, perhaps His Majesty values the technique more than the repertoire. ”

- Chonghua's pipa is played very well.

Su Hui burst out laughing, and the dullness of many days disappeared in an instant. Ling Jieyu told her this mysteriously as an exchange, and her expression was very pleased, she should have thought that if she could be a young master, she must be a good hand. She forgot to play a song before leaving...... He loves to listen to her flattery so much, as long as he praises a few words softly, it is not a problem for him to wipe it for half an hour.

Wait until you get back and let him play it to her. She really missed him.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else. Su Huihui said abruptly, "I have also learned the piano before, but I can't play it well, and now there is my father's piano next door, and I can practice when I have time." ”

She cautiously asked, "When did Kiritsu leave Hanshuiju, and what benefits did they promise you?...... I don't mean anything else. ”

The maid replied in a clear manner: "At the beginning of June, the Yellow Gate said that as long as the slave and maid agreed to enter the palace, they could cut off the music book. ”

"If you don't enter the palace, you can get out of the country, like Mrs. Bangxiang. ”

The maid shook her head, "That's different, the slave's mother is a Hu person." ”

Little by little, her gaze turned into water, softly converging on the mirror, and Su Hui followed her gaze, a finely carved jade earring glittered in the candlelight.

It's not good to ask about other people's private affairs, Su Huihui took off his shoes and went to bed, nesting in the thin quilt, "What a coincidence." ”

The candle flame was extinguished, the bamboo curtain was not lowered, and the fragments of the galaxy flowed on the pillow.

She slept on the six-poster bed she slept on sixteen years ago, and suddenly felt that this long time was like a dream of Nanke, she had never left home, she had never met so many strangers, and she had never had so many unforgettable encounters.

The wind chimes were blown again, the moonlight was like a canopy, and the capital was full of snow.

The iron horse returns to the north, the old swallow flies south, the green light in the dream of the glacier is faint and foggy, and no one blows a song to summon the spirit.