43. The darkness is dark
If it comes, it will be eaten.
was polished out of the city by a series of thrilling experiences. Yao Miaoyi calmly accompanied Queen Ma to lunch. The two chatted while eating, and Queen Ma asked some about her life in Suzhou, who the Yao family had, how old Uncle Yao was, etc., all of which were trivial household chores.
Just when Yao Miaoyi thought that Queen Ma would stay in the family for a short time, Queen Ma suddenly changed the topic, "I heard that Shouqian met with you, his attitude was a little cold, and he was quite complaining?" ”
Yao Miaoyi said: "Princess Huaiqing said that the maiden was Xu Feng, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei who disappeared that year, and the king of the county did not think so. ”
Queen Ma asked, "What do you think of your background?" ”
Yao Miaoyi said: "The blood of the father and the mother is like a mountain; The father-in-law is full of hardships and hardships, and his kindness is unforgettable. Miaoyi's kindness and kindness must be repaid. It's just that Miaoyi doesn't remember her childhood memories for a long time, and she can't mistake her life because of greed for wealth, isn't it disrespectful to her biological parents? Moreover, it is a felony to pretend to be a royal family, and Miaoyi cannot affect her father-in-law and the Yao family because of greed. ”
Queen Ma pondered for a moment and said, "Don't be blinded by wealth, you are a person who understands love and righteousness." ”
Yao Miaoyi said: "The queen has won the award, Miaoyi is actually a person who chases fame and fortune, and fame and fortune are the foundation of a career. With status and silver, Baihetang can continue to open at the feet of the Son of Heaven, Miaoyi studied medicine and miscellaneous work in Yao Ji Pharmacy when she was a child, knowing that it is not easy to make a living, but defeat is the fastest. ”
Yao Miaoyi held the rice bowl in her hand, "You can eat as much as you want when the bowl in your hand is big." is insatiable, and with his cleverness, he can be prosperous for a while, but he can't be prosperous for a lifetime. Be cautious, so that you can always have a bowl of Ansheng rice to eat, and you can also keep your family holding their own rice bowls. ”
This is very vulgar, but Queen Ma listened to it very well, and said with a smile: "The little girls of your generation have never suffered hardship, their feet have never been sticky to the mud, and they speak in a crepe, light and fluttering, and they will disperse as soon as the wind blows." You are a very interesting girl, and you will often come to the palace to talk to me in the future. ”
With Queen Ma as a big backer, why not. Yao Miaoyi said: "Yes." ”
As soon as the words fell, Zhu Shanggong outside came in with a smile and said, "Niangniang, Princess Qingyang asks to see you." ”
Princess Qingyang is Zhu Yuanzhang's niece and should have been crowned the county lord, but Zhu Yuanzhang made an exception to seal the princess. When Xingniang was poisoned to death by her husband, Zhu Di, the fourth cousin of the Duke of Qingyang, helped solve the case.
Queen Ma hurriedly said, "Quickly call her in." ”
Princess Qingyang is the oldest, and she is already a middle-aged woman. She was slightly fat, wearing a light fur skirt, with an air of wealth and beauty.
Yao Miaoyi hurriedly stopped her chopsticks and saluted Princess Qingyang. The princess walked over quickly to help her up, and looked her up and down, "Sure enough, she looks like a royal sister-in-law!" ”
This imperial sister-in-law is Zhu Shouqian's mother-in-law, Da Xie.
Queen Ma said: "It's a pity that this little girl doesn't remember the things of her childhood." ”
Princess Qingyang's heart was fast, and she immediately understood what Queen Ma meant, "Whether it is Xu Feng or not, this Yao girl has also made great contributions, just now I went to the East Palace to see Shui Sheng and the crown princess, the mother and son are safe, Amitabha." ”
In fact, Yao Miaoyi's first contribution was to solve the case of the poisoning of the female official Xingniang, but in the good days when the emperor and grandson were born, it was not suitable to mention this kind of bloody case.
Anyway, everyone knows this. Queen Ma instructed: "Qingyang likes to eat warm pots, so ask the imperial dining room to send a pot." ”
In fact, Princess Qingyang had lunch in the East Palace, but the queen mother had already opened her mouth, and she did not shirk, the three women chatted while eating around the pot, Yao Miaoyi listened a lot, ate more, and said less, keeping in mind the advice of Hu Shanwei and Zhu Shouqian.
Halfway through the meal, Zhu Shanggong came over and whispered a few words to Queen Ma. Queen Ma nodded and said, "Miss Yao, you follow Zhu Shanggong to the Palace of Worship." ”
The palace has been out of the harem, and it is the place where the emperor's ministers work, is it ......
Yao Miaoyi had a faint guess in her heart, this is coming too fast!
Out of the harem, Zhu Shanggong really said: "Wei Guogong already knows about you, and he wants to meet you." ”
Even if it was to see his own daughter, it was inconvenient for the ministers to enter the harem, so only Yao Miaoyi went out of the harem to see Wei Guogong.
This father actually saw it in the barracks, but at that time she was an ant-like barracks, and her father was the marshal of the Northern Expeditionary Army, so she couldn't recognize her even if she took a photo.
And this time, alas, what are you afraid of? As a secret party of the Ming Sect, under the guidance of the Four Princes, he pretended to be a fake member of the Ming Sect, confusing the truth with the false, the true and the false, and there was almost no truth to it, and it should be no problem to fool the Duke of Wei. And with Queen Ma and the four princes in the background, Wei Guogong will not forcibly take her away.
In the palace, Xu Da, the Duke of Wei, and Zhu Di, the fourth prince, sat opposite each other. Xu Da is a child of a peasant family in Fengyang, he didn't have the opportunity to study, but he heard that the storyteller talked about the Three Kingdoms, Liu Guan and Zhang Taoyuan were three righteous people, and the most admired was Guan Yunchang who held a Qinglong Yanyue knife.
The black and shiny beard hangs down to the chest, and with the red court dress and the five-beam gold crown, it looks even more majestic. Where is there a little bit of the appearance of a peasant in the countryside of Fengyang?
As the first hero of the founding of the country, he has long lost count of how many times he has fought on the battlefield, and Xu Da has practiced the calmness that does not change color when Mount Tai collapses.
But today, hearing Zhu Di's story about Yao Miaoyi's experience, Xu Da was a little inexplicably flustered.
In fact, there were also girls who were looking for or took the initiative to come to the door to recognize their relatives, when he met with them, he had never been so worried, ten years have passed, I thought it was hopeless, but after today's next dynasty, Emperor Hongwu asked the fourth prince Zhu Di to tell him the news.
Zhu Di has told the ins and outs of the future, and he has not even missed the experience of the military camp.
Looking at Zhu Di's mouth opening and closing last time, Xu Da was in a trance, as if Zhu Di had become a storyteller in the countryside of Fengyang as a child, telling a bizarre legendary story. It turned out that he and his daughter were so close, and they experienced a long Northern Expedition together, and his marshal built a sand table in his tent to deduce the military situation, while his daughter sweated like rain in the wounded barracks, saving the dead and helping the wounded.
“…… Uncle Xu. "Zhu Di has always regarded himself as a junior in front of Xu Da, Chang Yuchun, Li Wenzhong and other famous generals, and does not put on a princely stand, "Judging from his appearance and experience, he should be eight points accurate, but Miss Yao doesn't remember the past, but the Daoyan Zen master who adopted her is still going to Goryeo, and he may still remember some things." The queen mother's meaning is to let you meet first. ”
After experiencing the rebellion of his father-in-law Xie Zaixing, Xu Da has always been cautious in his life, and Zhu Di regards himself as a junior, but Xu Da's response is still respectful and polite, "Whether it is or not, Weichen is grateful to the four princes for telling him; Thank you for the queen's concern and search. Unexpectedly, in his lifetime, Weichen would have the opportunity to reunite with his daughter. ”
Zhu Di said: "Uncle Xu is polite, you are a general who was born and died for the Ming Dynasty, when my aunt was assassinated, Xu Feng disappeared, my father and mother have always been thinking about it, and never gave up looking for it, the sky has eyes, and one day, father and daughter will be reunited." ”
The two exchanged a few more polite words, and Zhu Di said goodbye and left, leaving Xu Da to wait alone in the palace. Xu Da walked around the hall, opening the window from time to time to look outside, expecting the familiar and unfamiliar figure to appear.
At the end, Xu Da couldn't even stay in the hall, so he simply put on the big red gorilla felt and walked outside the hall, today the wind and snow are strong, the weather is cold, and the snowflakes fall on the red gorilla felt and do not melt, layer by layer to cover it, and soon it becomes "white and red".
Yao Miaoyi was wearing a fire fox fur given by Queen Ma, and she happened to be red from head to toe, which was particularly eye-catching in the snow, and she was wearing an oilcloth umbrella, and the snow that fell on her head could be slightly less.
Zhu Shanggong saw the five-beam golden crown on Wei Guogong's head from a distance, and said: "I sent it here, and the one wearing red in front of me is Wei Guogong, you can talk to him, maybe you can remember something." ”
"Thank you Li Shanggong for sending me." After Yao Miaoyi saluted, she walked straight to the tall red figure in front of her.
Wei Guogongku stood in the courtyard, the snow was about to drown the instep of the official boots, and even the thick silkworm eyebrows were covered with snow, he was not used to playing an umbrella, even if it was raining, he would put a waterproof tarpaulin on his clothes, and gallop his horse.
He still remembers the scene when he first met his wife Xie: at that time, his father-in-law Xie Zaixing was in the prime of life, and he was the highest-ranking military general under the lord, and even he was a general under Xie Zaixing, so he was sent at his disposal.
On that day, he was ordered to escort the family of his boss Xie Zaixing, and the Xie family sisters in the boudoir were in the same car, who didn't know Wuzhong Shuangbi? They all want to get a glimpse of Fangrong, but they are afraid of Xie Zaixing's prestige, and they don't dare to make a mistake.
There is only one person, who is ready to try, and is not afraid of being beaten by Xie Zaixing - that is Zhu Shouqian's father Zhu Wenzheng.
Zhu Wen is the only nephew of the lord Zhu Yuanzhang, who is different from a farmer like Xu Da. Zhu Wenzheng's parents died, Zhu Yuanzhang adopted his nephew, and invited Jiangnan celebrities to teach four books of poetry.
The young Zhu Wenzheng is an all-round talent in literature and martial arts, can go on horses to fight, and can also chant the wind and the moon. The young boy Huaichun has been longing for Wuzhong Shuangbi and has always wanted to find a chance to get close, but now that he has this once-in-a-millennium opportunity, how can he let it go?
Anyway, no matter how angry Xie Zaixing was, he didn't dare to cripple Zhu Wenzheng.
What's more, Zhu Wenzheng thought of an excellent excuse: the horse is frightened, the plains are fertile, and there will be no accidents, and the horse will naturally stop when it is tired. He figured it out and secretly sprinkled a handful of lice on the horses pulling the cart!
The horse was bitten and manic, pulling out his feet and galloping, the size of the Xie family in the car was discolored, Zhu Wenzheng took the opportunity to jump into the carriage, opened the car door, and pulled out the big Xie who was protecting his sister, and hugged him to his horse.
At that time, Xu Da was a widower with a dead wife, and secretly scolded Zhu Wenzheng for messing around, but he had to jump on the galloping horse, slowly control the horse to appease, and finally stopped before the carriage rushed to the river.
A plain white hand lifted the car door, and the fingers seemed to be carved from mutton fat jade, and the beauty was so unreal. He couldn't help but hold his breath, as if as soon as he exhaled, this beautiful fantasy disappeared.
Xiao Xie was shy and timid, only half of his face was revealed, looking at the sluggish eyes of the man on the horse, she turned from shy to angry, and closed the car door heavily, "Hmph, Dengzi!" ”
Xu Da twitched the corner of his mouth, he wanted to say, girl, my surname is Xu, not Deng; The name is Da, Feihuang Tengda, not called the name of "apprentice".
But he didn't say it after all, because he thought about a lot of things at that time: for example, when I dipped garlic juice in the barbecue at noon, Zhu Wenzheng said that the smell in my mouth can smoke mosquitoes.
For example, I have black mud between my fingernails.
For example, I haven't shaved in two months, and I seem to be able to jump around my beard at this time.
The only eye-catching object on Xu Da's body is the red scarf tied around his neck. At that time, although Mingjiao had been divided into three parts by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhang Shicheng, and Chen Youliang, the army was still called the Red Turban Army, and everyone wore a red scarf. And the red scarf around Xu Da's neck was used as a hand towel by him, full of sweat stains, oil stains and various wrinkles, which was miserable.
…… Xu Da took a picture of the river, and his image at this time was that of a bandit, so don't be embarrassed in front of the beauty.
Wait until tonight to jump into the river and wash, shave your beard, wipe your teeth and rinse your mouth, change into the new clothes and shoes that the Lord has rewarded, and put on a neatly ironed red scarf, and then identify yourself.
Half a year later, the lord Zhu Yuanzhang officiated and married the big and small Xie families to Zhu Wenzheng and Xu Da respectively.
But then ......
A touch of red marks gradually soaked into the white snow, like an open flame burning, Xu Da understood who was coming, and the already cooled blood began to boil.
The woman in the fiery red fox was holding a begonia red oil-paper umbrella, and the snow was lying on the paper umbrella like a cloud, which was already as thick as tiles.
The paper umbrella covers the head and face, and the appearance is not clear, and the only thing that is exposed is a bare hand that holds the handle of the purple bamboo umbrella steadily.
Xu Da's memories when he first met Xiao Xie began to overlap with reality, overlapping on a hand that seemed to be an acquaintance.
The handle of the umbrella gradually leaned back, the woman showed her true face, she stepped on the chaotic jade, her bright eyes seemed to suck all the light away, and the bright Xu Da didn't dare to look at her, but he couldn't help but look at her.
Just the moment they met, Xu Da knew that this was Xu Feng, the little phoenix born to him and Xiao Xie.