Sixteen. Farewell
Qin Nanfu walked in with two burdens of bright autumn sun on his shoulders, and was meeting Qin Nanxi's rare respect for him, and a trace of an unnatural smile immediately appeared in the corners of his eyes.
"Seeing that I was about to leave the cabinet, I really grew up, and when I saw my brother, I still knew how to salute." Qin Nanfu is not good at joking, and when he said an inappropriate word, he was forced to be a little embarrassed, so he had to avoid Qin Nanxi, pull off his clothes, and sit down.
Qin Nanxi didn't actually annoy him, just got up, sat down obediently under him, poured a cup of tea himself, and said with a smile: "My brother can only make fun of Nanxi on weekdays, but in the future, Nanxi is gone, I'm afraid that such an opportunity is also rare." ”
Qin Nanfu's hand holding the tea cup trembled faintly, and a few fine foams in the cup responded to this faint trembling, glowing with milky white light, and swirling gently on the turquoise tea soup. The tea mist swirling on the cup lightly enveloped Qin Nanfu's lowered eyebrows. His eyes are almost exactly the same as Qin Nanxi's. After all, they are compatriots of the same mother, and parting is imminent, Qin Nanxi looked at his brother, and his eyes were inexplicably moist.
"Now I don't have any homework to ask, why is my brother here today?" Qin Nanxi asked knowingly, and quietly wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes when she turned back.
"Your days at home are one day less, and in the future, I'm afraid it will be difficult to even see you, so I'll come to see you when I'm free." Qin Nanfu took a sip of tea casually and put the cup back on the table. raised his head, stared at Qin Nanxi intently for a long time, and then said calmly: "Yesterday, I deliberately asked your sister-in-law to mention Su Xu's whereabouts to you. ”
"Brother!" Qin Nanxi knew that he would inevitably say it, but he didn't expect him to be so straightforward.
"Your sister-in-law came back and said something about whether it is a fish or not, and it made me laugh." Qin Nanfu deliberately chose his words, and in vain decorated a little closer parting.
"I understand that Ciyun Temple is not as cautious as at home." Qin Nanxi also replied very lightly, for fear of provoking the tears he worked hard to hide.
"Hey, now this home is not as good as the outside, Changping Wangfu sends people and things every three or five times, who knows where our family will grow some ears and eyes!" Qin Nanfu glanced out of the door and said with a smile.
"They don't care about Daddy?" Qin Nanxi said annoyedly.
"Fortunately, with your sister-in-law's mediation, our family will not become the backyard of Princess Changping."
"Situ Linlang is inevitably too deceitful! Daddy, ...... him? ”
"Dad is okay, almost all of my father's books have been rejected by the saint recently, and I don't have time to take care of these things." Qin Nanfu sighed.
"All of them were dismissed by the Holy Lord!" Qin Nan was surprised, she had never heard of such a thing.
"Yes, the Holy One wants to send troops to crusade against the Northwest People's Kingdom, and my father and several adults in the court have written against it, but they have all been rejected by the Holy One."
"Daddy knows the holy will and resolutely expands the territory, and the soldiers have been deploying in the northern Xinjiang for nearly three years, why should Dad hit the stone with an egg and rebel against the Holy Hearing?" Qin Nanxi was shocked and heartbroken.
"Dad is dedicated to guarding the peace, promoting benevolent governance of the world, thinking that this is for the benefit of the people, and the responsibility is heavy on the sky, how can he take the disobedience to the Holy Hearing in his heart! After all, some booksellers are angry! Qin Nanfu had a slight disagreement and helplessness between his teeth.
"Scholarly spirit? Daddy shoulders the Dutch people Antai, why is he wrong? Raise an army to start a war, success or failure does not matter first, as long as the war is together, it is not the people who bear the brunt of the disaster? Even if he wins, in the end, it is the saint who is eloquent and eloquent, and a generation of Ming monarchs. If it is defeated, it is just a great misfortune, and the ambition of the master has not been rewarded! But who cares for those border people who have been displaced and whose homes have been ruined? The blood-stained childhood memories made Qin Nanxi extremely angry, and he suddenly got up at this time, and his tone was aggressive and sharp.
"Hey, prosper, the people suffer, die, the people suffer. If the person in the upper position is the lord of heaven, maybe it is Li Min who can survive, and his father can also be rewarded. Qin Nanfu got up and patted Qin Nanxi's shoulder, and sighed lowly. Beyond his simple words, his mind has gone unrestrained to a vast world, where everyone has their own place and their destiny.
"Well, I'm not here to make you sad. Do you remember the assassination of the saint three years ago? Collecting his galloping thoughts, Qin Nanfu turned the conversation back.
Qin Nan calmed down, nodded, and listened quietly.
"At that time, I cooperated with Situ Kun to preside over the trial of the attendants of the Qianning Palace, and one of them was a small chamberlain named Liu San who confessed some things. It is said that the assassination has actually been planned for a long time, and one of the masterminds of this matter is the former minister of the former Prince Yumin, who died in Youzhou ten years ago. ”
"Youzhou, ten years ago? Brother is talking about Mr. Su? The hair around Qin Nanxi's body stood on end.
Qin Nanfu nodded slightly, and solemnly stared at Qin Nanxi and instructed: "Except for my father, me, and your sister-in-law, no one knows that you grew up in Youzhou, and this matter must not be mentioned again!" ”
Qin Nanxi naturally knew the severity, nodded, and only asked: "But this doesn't make sense!" Mr. Su was killed ten years ago, and the assassination was three years ago, how could it be arranged on Mr. Su! ”
"I don't know if it's an arrangement, Situ Kun, a cool official, exhausted torture, so there were many former ministers of the former dynasty who were bitten out at that time, because Mr. Su had passed away, and Situ Kun didn't check on him in the end."
"So what?" Qin Nanxi was puzzled.
"When Liu San mentioned the old ministers of Prince Yumin, I was alert, and found an opportunity to interrogate him alone, and later, before he vomited more, I sent him away." Qin Nanfu was speechless.
"You killed him!" Qin Nanxi was shocked and stared at her handsome brother in disbelief.
"At that time, he had already gone through three or four rounds of torture, and I sent him away, too, to find relief for him. What's more, he also said that the former minister of Prince Yumin, who was exiled in Youzhou, still has a son left in the world, saying that he is living on the border of northern Xinjiang. ”
"He, he's talking about Brother Xu!" The shock made Qin Nanxi's voice tremble a little.
"If what he said is true, Su Xu should still be alive." This matter has been repeated thousands of times in Qin Nanfu's heart, and when he talks about it at this time, his tone is unusually calm.
"But, but Daddy said that he and you have secretly looked for Brother Xu for many years, and there has been no news." Qin Nanxi wondered.
"Liu San's confession, no one knows except me, I, I deliberately didn't reveal it to my father."
"Why?"
"If you let my father know that Su Xu is still alive, with his temperament, he must be looking for him, and he must try his best to fulfill the marriage contract between him and Mr. Su back then, and marry you to Su Xu. However, his father is in a high position, and many pairs of eyes are eager to stare at the tip of his nose, no matter how delicate he is, he can't stand the gap between everyone. I can't. A family, there must be someone who plans carefully so that it will not be full of people......." Qin Nanfu took the following, over the years, he had naturally seen some blood, and his heart palpitated.
"Sister-in-law also knows? She ......, "There was a small ripple in Qin Nanxi's heart.
"Although she is the daughter of the Xiao family, in the end she is my wife, the daughter-in-law of the Qin family, and she has believed ....... past few years." Qin Nanfu defended his wife.
"Does Daddy know?"
Qin Nanfu turned around and stared at Qin Nanxi, a complicated look flashed from his eyes, and he slowly shook his head.
"My brother didn't plan to say this because he thought I would be pointed out to Situ Chong?"
"Yes, Dad thought it would be like that."
"Dad has always been at odds with the Yasukuni Mansion, how can he be willing to marry me to the Situ family?"
"Dad has not always been at odds with the Situ family, Situ Jing's old Guogong and his father are fellow villagers, and they also have a deep friendship, but after the old country's father, Situ Kun and his mother's behavior is not in the eyes of his father, so he is gradually estranged."
"Dad and Yasukuni are fellow villagers?" Qin Nanxi was surprised.
"As for Situ Chong, he is a gentle, kind, harmless rich and noble son, if you can't avoid being assigned to marry after all, marrying Situ Chong, at least it will be peaceful and joyful, rich and glorious, and worry-free for a lifetime. Dad can still reluctantly accept it. After a little delay, Qin Nanfu received a sad answer: "I can still accept it." However, but now he pointed you to Situ Yi, if you really marry him, in the future, you will live in the bitter cold land of the frontier for a long time, think about it...... Hey, it's better to be when you're really sick and gone. With your brother Xu, you are still happy in your heart. Even if my father and I can't see you, we can rest assured. ”
"Brother." Qin Nanxi called out with two lines of tears, full of gratitude, guilt and worry.
"Don't be afraid, Situ Yi is far away in the frontier, no matter how arrogant Situ Linlang is, he can't ignore his father's face, and your marriage will only be watched by the wall, if you have three long and two short, it is not unreasonable to rest in the boudoir for a year or two." It turned out that Qin Nanfu had already thought of using this risky method to drag out the marriage.
"But, if so, if it is two or three years from now...... What should I do? Qin Nan was reasonable.
"The flowers are similar every year, and the people are different every year, after two or three years, I'm afraid that it is..." Qin Nanfu's eyes suddenly burned with a crystal brilliance, and he was alert when he greeted Qin Nanxi, and he paused before he received: "There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, Nanxi don't hesitate." If that lady in the palace comes to your room, I'm afraid it won't be so cheap. ”
"Brother" Qin Nanxi wailed, knelt down, and kowtowed to Qin Nanfu.
"Nanxi! What are you doing! Qin Nanfu hurriedly supported her, and his eyes were already full of dampness.
"Brother, from now on, Nanxi can't be by his father and brother's side! Daddy, he is not in good health, and he asks his brother to pay more attention. Choked and unable to contain it, clinging to his brother's arm, Qin Nanxi cried: "Just because Nanxi is determined not to marry Situ Yi, but it has brought such great difficulties to the family, the love of my father and brother has been fulfilled, and Nanxi is only afraid that she will be able to repay it in the next life!" Brother must cherish it without authorization! I wanted to say too much, and I was stuffed in my throat together, and Qin Nanxi was a little incoherent.
Qin Nanfu saw that he couldn't help her, so he had to kneel down opposite, caressed her shoulder lovingly, nodded solemnly, but only said briefly: "Sister, don't worry, everything is with my brother." ”