Sixty-six. Rumors
Hurriedly rushed to the room where Situ Yi was temporarily staying, only Situ Yi and his brother Qin Nanfu were in the empty hall, and the two drank tea silently, thinking that they were talking about everything.
Qin Nanxi tightened the sachet in his sleeve and raised his feet into the door. He saluted the two of them uprightly and said, "General, brother~"
Qin Nanfu raised his head when he heard this, and people couldn't help but stand up and look at Qin Nanxi.
Situ Yi got up from afar and said with a light smile: "Nanxi, Lord Qin has something to ask you." It's not convenient to go anywhere else, so you can tell me about it. ”
Qin Nanxi nodded, owing himself a debt to thank him for his thoughtfulness. After all, she is Su Jiu in the General's Mansion, and she is a friendship with Situ Yi, but she should not recognize Qin Nanfu. Naturally, she didn't want to go to her brother's room.
"You girl! How could you run so far alone? Do you know how worried Daddy and I are? Qin Nanfu's words were a lie specifically for Situ Yi, but the concern and distress in his eyes when he looked at Qin Nanxi were true.
"Brother~" Qin Nanxi had no choice but to pretend to be embarrassed and bow her head.
"If it weren't for the letter I received from the general a few years ago, my father would be afraid, I'm afraid...... Fortunately, when you arrived in Yunze, you also inherited the general's magnanimity and didn't care about your willfulness, otherwise you would be a capital crime! Qin Nanfu said in a stern tone, and then turned to Situ Yi with a deep look.
Situ Yi stepped forward to support Qin Nanfu with both hands, and said, "Lord Qin really doesn't have to be polite. As long as Nanxi is safe, it's fine. She's still young, and it's inevitable that she'll be willful. Adults should have never happened to them. ”
Qin Nanfu arched his hand to Situ Yi again, and said sincerely: "Nanfu thanked the general on behalf of his father!" ”
Situ Yi shook his head and said with a smile: "Lord Qin will thank me no less than ten times tonight, so let's leave it at that." Your brothers and sisters have been separated for a long time, so I must have something to say, and I still have some small things to deal with, so I won't accompany you. After that, he arched his hand to the brothers and sisters of the Qin family, then turned around and went out, and gently closed the door.
Qin Nanxi looked at the figure he left, and only turned around after a while, but saw her brother frowning tightly, staring at her scrutinically.
"Brother~" Qin Nanxi called out in a weak heart, walked to the table and poured him a cup of hot tea.
"How much does Situ Yi know about Su Xu?" Qin Nanfu took the tea, and a trace of gloom that Qin Nanxi had never seen before flashed in his eyebrows.
"He, what he knows is also half-truths, I naturally don't dare to mention Mr. Su, fortunately, brother, you said that Brother Xu had changed his surname to Liu, so I said that I wanted to find someone who was Liu Xu." Qin Nanxi swallowed his saliva secretly, trying to explain.
Qin Nanfu lowered his head and took a sip of tea, and said in a calm voice: "Now that the matter is over, I can only believe what he said." Situ Yi is a man with deep thoughts, and I really can't figure out his motives for doing this. ”
"Brother, Brother Yi, he is not deep-minded, he is just grateful for his father's teaching, and he said that he will do his best to protect the Qin family." When the words landed, Qin Nanxi himself regretted it. The change in attitude towards Situ Yi should not be seen by his brother so suddenly. At the beginning, my brother took such a big risk to send him out of marriage, but in just 100 days, the vow not to marry at that time has become a maintenance everywhere.
Qin Nanfu's hand holding the teacup stopped in mid-air, raising his head and staring at Qin Nanxi in shock.
Qin Nanxi hurriedly lowered her head, her hands involuntarily wringed the handkerchief in her hand, and the small sachet in her palm was moistened by her sweat.
There was a moment of silence in the room.
"Since Su Xu is really gone, you are going to marry him, like this...... That's good! Qin Nanfu lowered his head and blew the fine foam in the cup, and took a sip of tea before saying lightly.
"Brother, daddy, is he okay?" Qin Nanxi blushed and asked with a bite of her lip.
"Fortunately, your father also knows about your escape, and the illness is also three points true and seven points false, but it is just pretending to be shown to outsiders. However, when he received Situ Yi's letter a few years ago, his father was very surprised. ”
"What was the accident?"
Qin Nanfu shook his head and received: "Dad just said that he couldn't think of it, and he didn't mention anything else." He stayed alone in the study for the night, and the next day he personally replied to Situ Yi, and I don't know what to write in the letter. ”
"Daddy also replied to Brother Yi? He didn't mention it to me! Qin Nanxi was a little surprised.
"Hmph, Brother Yi, it's still very smooth!" Qin Nanfu looked at his sister, and the incredibleness of the talent in his eyebrows was gradually replaced by satisfaction.
As soon as Qin Nanxi wanted to speak, he was cut off by Qin Nanfu, who suddenly became solemn: "By the way, since Su Xu is gone, what do you do with the dance book left by Mr. Su?" ”
Qin Nanxi was stunned, and then told the story of burning the dance score when he sacrificed to Su Xu a year ago.
"You burned that score?" Qin Nanfu asked in surprise, his tone was very abrupt and strange.
Qin Nanxi nodded and looked at him puzzled.
Facing her surprised and puzzled eyes, Qin Nanfu's eyes flashed, and he turned around and explained softly while adding tea: "That dance score is also a thought left by Mr. Su, why bother to burn it like this, it's a pity." ”
Qin Nanxi sighed and said quietly: "That's what Mr. told me to give Brother Xu by hand, since Brother Xu is gone, I can only burn it to him, so I can barely complete Mr. Su's entrustment." ”
Qin Nanfu sighed lowly, nodded, didn't answer again, paused for a moment, suddenly reached into his arms, took out a piece of paper and handed it to Qin Nanxi, and said with a smile: "This is the song I heard on the road this time, you can take a look." ”
"Ballads?" Qin Nanxi took it suspiciously, looked at it, and saw what was written on the paper:
"Dadi Official, Shengqiang Liang, Zhang Tonggong, Qiankun Liang, Taiye Pond Wet Yellow."
Qin Nanxi's hand holding the cotton paper couldn't help but tremble, and his heart also chuckled. This is the nursery rhyme that Mr. Su taught her at the end, and told her never to tell anyone about it until she found Su Xu. It's just that there is still half a sentence missing on this paper, and that half is:
"Heng Canglang, Nanmu Xiang, Dian'er Wang, Heaven and Earth, Baiyu Bridge Railing Purple Light."
"Do you read what this ballad means?" Qin Nanfu couldn't see Qin Nanxi's lowered gaze, and he didn't see her surprise.
"Where did my brother get this ballad?" Qin Nan asked by pressing the doubts in his heart.
"Huangkou Xiaoer sang casually, all the way, I listened to some meaning and copied it."
"Interesting? What's the point? Qin Nanxi looked at the weird smile between his brother's eyebrows and asked.
"Earth Officer! Earth Officer! Think about it. Qin Nanfu took back the thin piece of cotton paper, folded it on one side, and reminded on the other.
"Brother, you mean, Situ!" Qin Nan's eyes widened in shock! Situ's surname is the official of the earth in the Zhou period, as long as he knows a little about the history books, he can guess this layer.
"If this ballad spreads to Beijing, I'm afraid that your brother Yi will ......" Qin Nanfu cut off the conversation and sighed lowly.
This ballad that I have been familiar with since I was a child, this nursery rhyme that I have always pressed in my heart and never said, turned out to be a rumor! "Zhang Tonggong, Qiankun is cool, and the bank of the Taiye pool is yellow" This is clearly saying "Situ, rebellion!" ”
If there was a thunderclap overhead, Qin Nan froze in place, almost stopping his breathing. Why is the ballad taught to her by Mr. Su a rumor that directly refers to the rebellion of the surname Situ? And why did this secret nursery rhyme, which she had kept for ten years, suddenly spread among the people?
"It's Situ good, but Situ is not the only one of yours!" Qin Nanfu chewed a smile at the corner of his lips and said softly.
If it doesn't refer to Situ Yi, it naturally refers to Uncle Xiao's nephew Situ Kun, that is, Uncle Xiao's party. Qin Nanxi's mind quickly flipped over these intricate things, and his mind unconsciously slowly fell back to the half of the ballad that his brother hadn't heard. If the first half of the sentence refers to the rebellion of Situ Yi, then what is the second half of the sentence talking about?