Chapter 5: The Deceased
Li Jing, Marquis of Ruyin, was the queen of Luzhou's famous family back then. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 There was a change in Yunjing, Deng Sheng's yellow robe was added, and the Son of Heaven was coerced to order the princes, so he led his retainers to raise troops and entrenched in one side. Later, when the Quartet was in turmoil, he was the first person to join forces with the Gao family, so after the founding of the country, he was named one of the seven great meritorious marquis of Daqi, received a gold seal and purple ribbon, and broke the ground and was knighted.
For Zige, this name has another deep meaning: Li Jing, Marquis of Ruyin, has a close relationship with his father Yang Yuxuan, and has always loved her in Beijing in the past, and she has also called her "uncle". The two families have been friends for generations, and although they have their own side, they look up to each other. Li Jing's son, Li Huan, was also her childhood friend, and he always followed Zige when he was a child. For many years, Zige didn't expect to see him again in this secluded countryside.
Luo Shaokang and Ji Cheng sat in the front of the car and led them down the mountain, talking endlessly.
"Master Hou is returning to his hometown to worship his ancestors this time, and he specially instructed me not to make a noise, but to quietly invite the girl over. I stayed at the mountain pass early, carefully observed, and after seeing the girl's car, I immediately decided that you were the person the Hou Ye wanted to invite, so I quietly followed behind......"
He was talking complacently, but suddenly he felt that he couldn't make any sound in his throat, and he was actually dumb by someone.
When he turned around, he saw Mu Lijun sitting on the roof of the car with Erlang's legs crossed, with an impatient expression, and the flower branches in his hands had already been pulled bald.
"You're always bragging, I can't get used to it."
He snorted lightly and turned his head away, not looking at Luo Shaokang's angry expression. Zige and Hongshang looked at each other and smiled, but neither of them spoke.
At this time, the car has traveled to the bottom of the mountain. On the side of the road stands a simple teahouse, open on all sides, and the curtain that is the sign has long been yellowed by the sun. Just because it is located in the place where the car is going down the mountain, it is a little popular, but the scenery is still desolate.
At this time, several jujube red official horses had stopped in front of the teahouse, and Zige got out of the car and followed Luo Shaokang all the way to the museum.
"Lord Wang, I brought Miss Ange to you."
One man sat at the top, and the rest of the attendants stood at his side. After Luo Shaokang reported, he waved at him, and then stood aside.
"The girl is tired of carriage and horses, and she has come from Ayaluo City to see the old man. Sit down. ”
Li Jing, Marquis of Ruyin, smiled slightly, and there was no arrogance of arrogance in his posture, but he was extremely approachable. Although he is more than half a hundred years old, he is heroic and vigorous, and his body is still vigorous in brocade clothes.
At first glance, it reminded Zige of his father, if he was still alive, he must be so handsome, Zige's heart couldn't help but feel a little sour. Looking at Li Jing's smiling face, the "uncle" almost blurted out.
"The little girl has seen ...... Master Hou, it is inconvenient to make a big gift here, please forgive Master Hou. She whispered, bowed respectfully, and sat down across from him.
"It doesn't matter." Li Jing's gaze touched Zige's delicate face, and his expression was slightly stunned, but he quickly concealed a smile, "But you sent someone to send me a letter, saying that you want to ask for the relics of the deceased?" ”
"It was the unfortunate death of the elders in the family, and An Ge was desperate, so he remembered the old love that his mother had mentioned, so he came to ask for it." Zige lowered his head and said respectfully.
"Your name, but your name is Lin Ange?" Seeing Zige nodding, his eyes narrowed, and he asked in a deep voice, "Do you have a token of the old man in your hand, let me confirm one or two?" ”
When Zige heard this, he put the dice on the table. Li Jing's expression changed slightly, he picked it up and looked at it carefully, and when he turned to the blood-red word "Yang" in the center of the circle, his face showed mixed feelings.
"Exquisite dice An red beans, into the bones of lovesickness do you know...... Unexpectedly, more than ten years later, Li Jing can still see this old thing today. ”
He sighed, turned and took a small package from the attendant's hand and placed it between the two of them. It was wrapped in a boxy place, sealed with a dark red brocade, with peacock feathers as silk thread, embroidered with a colorful phoenix, and the pattern was exquisite, but it looked very old.
"You go down first, let me have a word with Miss Lin."
He dismissed the others, and Fang opened his mouth and said slowly: "Yang Yuxuan loved these Qimen Dunjia and organs the most back then, and said that they were quite similar to his own art of war. I also saw him play with this dice at the time, and I didn't expect it to be in your hands today. ”
"The world is unpredictable, the past has passed away, and only these things left behind can be relied on."
He looked at Zige for a long time before responding: "Yes, the world is unpredictable." I have kept this thing for 12 years, when Yuxuan expeditioned to Beizhou, before leaving it to my hand, saying that it will eventually be passed on to the descendants of the Yang family in the future. ”
His fingers trembled as he unwrapped the package, revealing its contents, Zige took a light breath and stepped forward to take a closer look.
It was a Go board carved from rosewood, the size was no more than two palms, and it was quite heavy to start, and there was the sound of jade colliding with each other. The surface is nineteen straight lines in the vertical and horizontal, dividing the chessboard into 400 small grids, but the middle Tianyuan is concave, leaving a square shallow groove.
Zige studied the chessboard carefully for a while, and then figured out the ingenuity: the dice were the key. She put the dice into Tian Yuan, the little vermilion "Yang" character pointed down, and with a slight turn, she heard the sound of a mechanism in the box staggering, and the dark grid in the middle of the chessboard opened in response. There's a hint inside.
"Yu Xuan did this trick, Yang Hou wrote this tip, and at that time he also said with a smile that all the strategies of the world are in his hands." Li Jing said softly, "You see, this package is a poetry riddle. A foot of crimson is better than dust, and the old is not as good as the new. ”
"The bottom of the well is lit with deep candles, and the Gonglang is a long line of Mo Go. Exquisite dice and red beans, do you know the lovesickness in the bones...... Aunt Yang had long expected that the Yang family would also have a new look one day. Zige pinched the bag and said distractedly, the casual word 'aunt' fell into Li Jing's ears, making his expression change sharply.
"Empress Yang is your aunt? Aren't you ......?"
Seeing that he had no intention of breaking it, Zige simply got up, knelt down solemnly in front of him, and looked at him with bright eyes.
"Uncle Jing...... I'm a song! I am Yang Yuxuan's daughter Yang Zige! ”
Li Jing's eyes widened, looking at her face, speechless for a long time, and the eyes that had shown the color of old gradually filled with tears. He reached out to help Zige, looked at her face again and again, and couldn't help but tremble: "I think it's the same...... How can there be others when talking like this? ”
"After ten years, my uncle's voice has not changed much." Zige couldn't help but burst into tears, recalling that in the past, when he was in Beijing, he would have a banquet with the Li family in the palace during the New Year's holidays.
"I was in Luzhou back then, and I didn't save your father's family, so I thought I would regret it for the rest of my life." He held Zige's hand and looked excited, "Incredible...... Incredible...... That sister-in-law, but she also escaped? ”
"My mother is the housemother of the Yang family, so naturally I can't escape death, but Aunt Yang asked someone to rescue me and raise me as an adult in Yaluo City. Ge'er has been doing well until ......" Zige's eyes turned red, and he replied in a trembling voice: "Until the Fang clan sent someone to kill my adoptive mother and destroy my family's farm, Ge'er couldn't bear this depression and set off for Beijing." ”
Li Jing was speechless for a long time, just silently traced Zige's cheeks with his eyes, his eyes filled with muddy tears.
"All these years...... I'm sorry for you. He said in a dumb voice, Zige heard this, and the tears in his eyes were also about to fall.
"The song is not bitter...... just remembered that the Yang family had been wronged for many years, and his parents and aunts died tragically, and now he is tossing and turning, and he can't sleep at night. ”
"The birds are all gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooked. Back then, Empress Yang and Yu Xuan were both dragons and phoenixes among people, so naturally they would not fail to understand this truth. It's just that the king's heart is fickle, and the traitor's plan can't be guarded against, otherwise how could everyone rebel and leave their relatives and die young......"
Two lines of tears fell down his cheeks, and he stood up, walked to the railing, looked at the rolling mountains in the distance, and let out a long sigh. His appearance was much haggard for a moment.
"Since the day His Majesty killed the Yang family, the hearts of the soldiers who rose up together have long been cold. Now the people in the court, even if there are still the old people of the Yang family in the past, I am afraid that no one dares to say a word anymore. Your Majesty is now ...... I became more and more suspicious, and when I returned to my hometown to worship my ancestors, he asked Empress Fang to take my wife to the palace. On the surface, it is said that I am asking all the women to listen to the queen's teachings, but in fact it is a deterrent method, teaching me not to act rashly. I have the heart to overturn the case for the Yang family, but I can't go back, Ge'er...... Do you understand me? ”
"Ge'er naturally understands, my uncle is now with you like a tiger, and the height is cold. But Ge'er knows that his uncle's affection for the Yang family is sincere and trustworthy. Zige got up, came to his side, and said softly, "Ge'er doesn't want his uncle to implicate his family business for the Yang family again, and this time when he enters Beijing, Ge'er will also keep a distance from the Hou Mansion." ”
"What kind of family business is not a family business, I can get to this point, all because of the Yang family's great help. I have always remembered this affection. He looked back at Zige, revealing a hint of worry, "Ge'er, you want to undertake this big event at such a young age, teach me how to rest assured that ......"
"Aunt Yang led the army at the age of eighteen, and her father was a striker in the army early. There is no dog girl in the door, and now is the time for Ge'er to do her best for the Yang family. Zige clenched his fists and felt the weight of the envelope in his hand. This time in Beijing, Ge'er will be cautious step by step, gain a firm foothold in Beijing first, and then seek big things, and my uncle doesn't have to worry too much. ”
"You have been smart since you were a child, and with this Yang family tip in hand, it is not difficult to gain a foothold in Beijing." He stroked Fuzige's cheek with pity and sighed, "It's just that you have a special identity, and once you are discovered, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”
"So my uncle has to keep a distance from me, after I go, if I see you again in the capital, don't show my stuffing in front of people." Seeing that he seemed to disagree, Zige added, "If my uncle is concerned, send Huan'er here, and I can also let him hear the same." ”
"Then I'll leave it up to you." Li Jing couldn't resist Zige, and said with a half-smile and a half-sigh.
The two talked about the old for half an hour. Because Li Jing had something important to do and needed to return to Beijing immediately to face the saint, the two of them reluctantly said goodbye and agreed to recount in the capital.
Zige stood on the side of the road, waving his hand and watching Li Jing's back disappear immediately. The bag in her arms was warm, just like the two lines of hot tears on the face of the deceased, but it was the best gift for her to enter Beijing this time.