Chapter 10 - Confession
The laity are full of wine, who helps the fragrance of tea.
Calming down and drinking a cup of tea on a hot summer day is definitely a good way to relieve the heat, especially when you put down the mundane things and sit in a teahouse with top-notch decorations and facilities, so the business of the teahouse in summer is often unabated.
The beautiful boy dressed in white shook a paper fan unhurriedly, and he was really a handsome son, as gentle as jade.
Opposite the tea table is another beautiful son, such as jade holding a thousand peaks of emerald teacup, like ice like jade in the cup is a few thin rolls like needles of tender yellow tea leaves, obviously is the princes and grandsons of the pastime can not be ordinary pastime, but he does it naturally has a romantic charm, and behind this elegance, there is a little bit of royal spirit that can not be forced.
The narrow phoenix eyes seem to fall on the cup, in fact, it is over this exquisite celadon cup and falls on the fan surface of the man in white, the paper fan is nothing special, the superior fan bone, the superior fan pendant, the inscription on the top is only one of the poems, if you really want to say that there is anything attractive, I am afraid that this word is not beautiful enough, and it is always a little difficult to climb the elegance when you come out to see people on the fan surface.
The "Quiet Girl" in the whole poem, the handwriting is crooked and very clumsy, like a child's joke, Murong Chong looked at it silently for a long time, as if he remembered something, and had a sense of familiarity.
The hand that had been hanging for a long time held the teacup close to his lips, patiently blew off the tea leaves on the noodles, and took a sip, as if casually saying:
"It's not like it's your Mobao."
Xie Yan only glanced at his fan lightly, and there was a reluctance to copy "The Quiet Girl" after losing to him not long ago, and he still felt funny in his heart, and there was softness in his eyebrows and eyes, and he looked casual: "Ah, yes." ”
In the past year, the relationship between himself and Wanzhang has become closer and closer in eating and drinking at the same table again and again, not only the names of each other have become more and more casual, but also often harmlessly drinking and making bets, and the feelings have been deepened in the pleasure of small betting, but ...... It's just a friendship, and it doesn't go in the direction he wants.
Xie Yan turned the front of the paper fan to himself and looked at the handwriting on it seriously: "A few days ago, I made a bet with a friend, she wanted to give me a jar of good wine, but in the end, I asked me to come to this fan and copied the whole "Jing Girl". Speaking of this, he couldn't help but smile, and at the end, he asked lightly, "Why, you seem to be quite interested in this fan?" ”
And the corners of Murong Chong's thin lips were raised, and there was no nonsense, just expressionless and concise and clear to Xie Yan:
"Take me to her."
Two horses carried their masters to the mountain forest, through the rustling bamboo, deep in the mountain forest faintly revealed a lonely hut, independent in the surrounding mountains, like a mountain market. At this time, it was dinner time, and a puff of smoke slowly rose from the top of the bamboo house, looking quiet and peaceful.
Not long after, a girl in red came out of the courtyard, holding a steaming meal in her hand, followed by a round little greyhound, her head was only combed in the simplest bun, the only embellishment was a few newly colored snow-white jasmine flowers in her black hair, and the bright red clothes lined the mountains in the distance, fresh and moving.
Xie Yan and Murong Chong walked slowly, glanced at Wanzhang, and then turned back to look at Murong Chong, and found that he was also looking into the distance, with an indescribable look in his eyes, he was silent for a long time, and said slowly:
"I placed her here a year ago in the hope that she could live happily and comfortably, not because I wanted you to cut off contact with her."
"I know that if she wants to find me, she will."
He knew that she was clever and could always find herself, and if she didn't come to her, she would only be happy and quiet.
The girl in red not far away seemed to be reprimanding the little greyhound at her feet for being too clingy, Murong Chong suddenly thought of an apt analogy, she was like this a year ago, and at that time she was just like this puppy, pestering people too much, which inevitably made people irritable.
But how difficult would it be to live in this seldom-visited mountain without such a lovely creature as her companion?
Seeing that the little greyhound was kicked by himself, he ran away with a grievance, but Wanzhang put down the things in his hand and began to chase it again wholeheartedly, and the scene of the little girl scolding and running to chase a puppy made people feel vibrant.
Looking at this scene, and hearing Murong Chong's answer, Xie Yan smiled slightly, and he didn't know what position he was standing on, and broke the situation: "But I didn't expect that you would be so attentive to her and come to see her in person." ”
After saying this, Xie Yan felt that the people around him suddenly stretched out their hands and grabbed the reins, and the horse that was tightened by the reins obediently stopped, standing in place and waiting for the master.
Xie Yan also had to pull his horse to stop, and asked Murong Chong, who had stopped unexpectedly, puzzled:
"Why don't you go to see her?"
Murong Chong's eyes fell on the two chasing figures not far away, and his mind was full of Xie Yan's words just now, why did he come to see her in person?
After thinking about it for a long time, there is no answer.
But a light warm color slowly floated on his face, and the eyelashes with the golden sunset were like golden-winged butterflies, casting gentle shadows on the carved face, and his voice was faint:
"No, I only said to come to see her, but I didn't say let her see me too."
In the blink of an eye, he had turned the horse's head and walked back decisively, the horse's hooves were dyed a little green on the wet shallow grass, Xie Yan could only be helpless to this moody person, shook his head and turned around, and looked behind him several times on the way back, and waited until the hut was completely hidden in the depths of the bamboo forest, and then let go of the reins and let the horse stride away.
Thousands of miles to the destination, but only glanced at it from a distance, it was late after returning from the bamboo forest, Xie Yan went back to his residence, and Murong Chong returned to the mansion alone. Shortly after arriving at the bedroom, there was a knock on the door.
He continued to pour the tea quietly, and said without raising his head: "Come in." ”
The person who came was none other than Zhen Lei, who was the best at light skills among the eight secret servants under him, and his footsteps fell silently, and as soon as he entered the room, he solemnly knelt on one knee in front of Murong Chong.
Seeing that it was him, Murong Chong, who was pouring tea, stopped what he was doing, and glanced lightly at the other people in the room, and the few little girls retreated sensibly.
Then he took a sip of tea and asked, "What's the matter?" ”
The young dark attendant maintained a meticulous fist-hugging posture, which was the absolute obedience and respect for the Lord that the eight of them had cultivated over the years since they followed Murong Chong's side, even if they were the same age, they respected them like their parents.
Zhen Lei Zhengse said: "My subordinates have just received news from Xunfeng that Fu Jian intends to attack Qiu Chi and Liang Guo, I wonder if the lord wants to take advantage of the war in front of Qin State to start action?" ”
"There's no hurry." Murong Chong's face did not move, he was a self-contained cloud, "I know about this matter, and we don't have to act on this matter yet." ”
"But if Fu Jian captures the two countries, his strength will be greatly improved, and it will be too late to act." The eyes of the loyal lord's secret servant showed deep worry, but he didn't dare to question Murong Chong at all, for the lord's orders, he only had to obey enough.
"It won't be late." Murong Chong smiled, with half a point of demonic and half a point of fierceness in his eyes, like a snow leopard with confidence and elegant claws, "Next, Fu Jian will dominate the north, but the prosperity will decline, and his good life will not last long." ”
Zhenlei raised his head, and his eyes were puzzled: "Lord, how do you know......"
"Naturally, there are people who are superior to help you." Speaking of this, Murong Chong's face suddenly became too warm, his smile became even more obvious, and there was some softness in his voice.
"In another four years, you will know who this master is."
Later generations have recorded that half a year after the death of Wang Meng, the prime minister of the Great Qin, Fu Jian learned from his pain, abided by the teachings, worked diligently, and was very effective in managing the country. Subsequently, Fu Jian quickly destroyed the Qiu Chi State and the Liang State with a sharp method, and in the same year, he sent Youzhou Assassin Shi Fu Luo to lead 100,000 troops with Deng Qiang and others to the north to conquer the country, taking advantage of its civil strife to send troops in time to destroy the only remaining secession regime in the north at that time with a very small number of troops, and unified the north in the twelfth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty. Since then, the Dongyi, the 62 countries of the Western Regions and the Southwest Yi have all sent envoys to pay tribute, and a few years later, Nanxiang, Xiangyang and other counties that originally belonged to the Eastern Jin Dynasty south of the Yangtze River were also captured.
At this point, the Qin State was at its peak.
At this point, Wanzhang's second prophecy has also come true.
When is a country most prone to civil strife? One is the war period, for example, the country, the original people who have bad intentions want to take advantage of the chaos to seize power, but the result is unable to resist the invasion of other countries, so that Fu Jian sat on the fisherman's profits, is to cause trouble within the Xiao wall, the second is the heyday of peace, those who have had great military exploits saw that their own country fell into the hands of others, it is inevitable that they will be red-eyed, or dissatisfied because they have not been rewarded, at this time, as long as there is a little external influence, he will have a heart of rebellion, such as Qin Beihai Gong Fu Zhong and Tang Gong Fu Luo.
Speaking of this Fu Zhong and Fu Luo, they are both pure-blooded Qin royal families, the two are brothers, they are both Fu Jian's cousins, and both of them have contributed to the current territorial forces of the Qin State, especially Fu Luo, who was the greatest hero of the defeat of the Dai Kingdom, brave and powerful, and fierce. However, it is precisely because of this that Fu Jian has always been afraid of him, so he is often a border soldier, and he has always been a military general to guard the border, and Fu Luo has long been used to it, but it is this time after the great contribution of the destruction of the dynasty, there is a problem with the construction. He relied on his self-destructive generation, and his ambition also increased in proportion to his merits, and he asked his cousin Fu Jian for the position of opening the palace and the three divisions but he couldn't, and then he was dissatisfied in his heart, and simply united with Fu Zhong in the sixteenth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty to rebel.
And this Fu Zhong is really only a straw bag compared to his younger brother Fu Luo, who had rebelled as early as two years ago, and the result was naturally easily taken down by the wise and martial Jianyuan Emperor Fu Jian, and he also gained a general under him. Later, Fu Jian cared about his brother's affection, of course, it was also possible that he simply looked down on Fu Chong, not only pardoned this chaotic minister and thief, but also reappointed him as the general of Zhenbei and stationed in Jicheng. I didn't think that he still hadn't learned his lesson, the thief's heart was not dead, and when he saw that his brother was reversed, he immediately stood in the same camp with him.
But this rebellion is really brave and unplanned, and it must be just a farce to make Fu Jian look like it. After Fu Luo's rebellion, he sent people to Xianbei, Wuhuan, Goguryeo, Silla and other countries to ask for reinforcements, but where can the kings of various countries have the same wisdom as him, they are not followed, although Fu Luo is afraid, probably at this time has also come to his senses and began to regret it, but he has already ridden the tiger and killed a few of his subordinates who saw that he was going to be defeated and were ready to denounce, so he could only fight hard. During this period, Fu Jian still sent someone to give Fu Luo one last chance and promised to give him a fief for generations, but Fu Luo didn't know why his brain was about to pump again, and he continued to refuse, and he was ashamed to persuade Fu Jian to surrender, so Fu Jian was completely dead and moved to kill.
Soon Fu Zhong led the Jicheng army to meet with Fu Luo, a total of 100,000 troops, stationed in Zhongshan, in May Wang Jun and Fu Luo Army two armies fought a decisive battle in Zhongshan, the result can be imagined, Fu Luo brothers were defeated, Fu Luo was captured, Fu Zhong fled to Jicheng, was killed by a general on the way, this farce of Youzhou rebellion was quelled by Fu Jian with three or two thousand catties.
The only thing worth saying about this turmoil is that the general who killed Fu Chong, not someone else, it was Lu Guang who was taken under Fu Jian's command after Fu Chong's first rebellion, and when he looked deeper, even this lore was Lu Guang's plan to Fu Jian, if Fu Zhong knew that he would die in the hands of this person in the end, this person's promotion was due to his own death, I don't know how he would feel.
The world is unpredictable, and that's about it.