Chapter 42: Chinese New Year's Eve
"You'll go to the Shen Mansion later." I was really panicked, and Song Heng commanded Zheng Fuhai.
Zheng Fuhai bowed his head: "In what name does the slave go?" I am afraid that General Shen will have to think about it for no reason. ”
Indeed, on such a festive night as Chinese New Year's Eve, let the monarch go to the Shen Mansion for no reason, Mo said that the people of the Shen family would think more, and he would think more.
In fact, Song Heng could have asked the dark guard to go for a run and then come back to tell him, but today he always felt like he was going to lose something, and he didn't bother to let the dark guard go again.
His intentions were naturally understood.
"Go to the storehouse and pick something, and say that I have given it to them. Today's Chinese New Year's Eve, I am grateful for their hard work. Song Heng said in a deep voice: "Let's do this now." ”
"The minions obey." Zheng Fuhai received the will and retreated.
The banquet was still going on, Song Heng's mind was no longer at the banquet, he raised his eyes to look at the people watching the singing and dancing, drinking and talking below, and there was a strong sense of loneliness in his heart that could not be dissipated.
At this time, in the city of Kyoto, on the long street, a noble man sat on the restaurant and looked at the capital of the prosperous city with thousands of bright lights, and drank a glass of thin wine with a smile.
The man in black next to him didn't look bad, it seemed that the two should be in a master-servant relationship, and he once again poured a full cup for the noble man.
"Da Liang is just like this, it is far worse than our Da Zhou." The man in black looked at the street again, and the corners of his mouth went up.
Looking at the scene of the national capital, it is easiest to see whether a country is prosperous or not, although the people of Daliang live and work in peace and contentment, the long street of Kyoto is brightly lit. Compared with their Great Zhou, it is indeed far worse, Daliang now still has walkers and traders who open and sell on Chinese New Year's Eve, and the houses can still see the ordinary ordinariness of their houses, and the people of their Great Zhou capital almost go to the streets on Chinese New Year's Eve to play and have fun, where do they need to walk the streets and alleys before Chinese New Year's Eve to attract guests.
As the crown prince of the Great Zhou, he was actually proud of himself when he saw this situation, and the corners of the noble man's mouth rose to show his approval, but as a gentleman, he still scolded softly: "Don't be rude, after all, the people of Daliang have adopted her for many years." ”
Adopt? Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince joking with him? The people of the Great Liang adopted their princess of the Great Zhou? It was already good that they didn't give the princess to Emperor Daliang to threaten them, how could they be willing to adopt the princess.
Fortunately, they did not know that the person they adopted was the princess of their country, otherwise their princess would not have been able to save her life.
"Your Highness, I don't understand......" The man in black was about to speak, but the noble man gave him a look lightly, and he immediately changed his words: "Childe, I don't understand, why did we come to Daliang in the name of looking for Miss, if the queen knows the whereabouts of Miss, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky." ”
The big thing in the mouth naturally refers to "spying on the national situation", His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Zhou, the future emperor, secretly sneaked into Daliang to spy on the national situation is not only much more convenient, once it is exposed, it can be said that he is here to find his long-lost sister. But what the man in black said was not unreasonable.
"She is staying in an absolutely safe place now, and even if Guo's hand is stretched out, it is impossible to reach Nafu." The noble man said.
"Safe?" The man in black was slightly surprised, the Three Kingdoms of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Liang and the Northern Qi Dynasty were on good terms on the surface, but they were constantly filthy behind their backs, and there were countless people who had been placed in each other's countries over the years.
Only the Emperor of Great Liang himself knows how many hidden piles were placed in Great Zhou, but there were hundreds of hidden piles placed in Great Zhou by them, and more than two-tenths of the officials in Kyoto had collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, and they were secretly people of Great Zhou.
Officials intersect with each other, forming a powerful information hub. It can be said that as long as one official defects, the information of most officials in the DPRK and China can be roughly excavated. The girder has always been only calm on the surface.
Therefore, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the princess was in an absolutely safe place, he was stunned, except for the palace, which country could not place hidden stakes, there was also a palace that they could not control.
The arrogant army will be defeated, no matter when and where, the arranger is most afraid of arrogance and complacency, if you can't see the enemy and your own strength clearly, it is easy to give the enemy a chance. Seeing that the man in black was so convinced that Da Liang did not have a courtier that they could not master, he glanced at him reproachfully: "Don't think too much about Da Liang and Song Heng. ”
As he spoke, he looked up to the northeast, and he could vaguely see a huge mansion standing there, and a smile crossed the corner of his mouth: "Liang Shen Mansion, isn't Shen Tuo's mansion still safe?" ”
Who is Shen Tuo? He is the current ruler of the Shen family, one of the four great families, and he is also the general of Zhenxi who guards the border all the year round. If you take the five big and three coarse, it is far from enough to describe him behind the gate, because he is not only good at marching and fighting, but also knows the way of arranging troops and arranging formations, and uses soldiers to do things like a god. He almost never lost a battle, won many battles, and his prestige spread to the Northern Qi and Great Zhou.
If Da Liang is wary of Shen Tuo's admiration, then Da Zhou and Northern Qi are respectful of Shen Tuo. If Shen Nanyan's stunning appearance in Daliang is far more famous than his father, then in the rest, Shen Tuo's name can be regarded as spreading all over the country, the whole country, who is Shen Nanyan? They simply don't know and don't care. If someone knows that Shen Nanyan is the only daughter of General Shen Tuo, then the rest of them will ask: "Is it possible to join the army?" Can you have the demeanor of his father? ”
As for the relationship between Shen Tuo and the Great Zhou, it is a long time ago, when the young General Shen put on armor for the first time, and led the troops to fight against the Great Zhou.
The fifteen-year-old general Shen was a one-man pass, and the momentum of ten thousand people repelled the invasion of the Great Zhou, they pressed the Great Zhou, crossed the Qi River, went all the way south, broke through the Tongshan Pass, and approached the capital of the Great Liang State, Shen Tuo was ordered to force their country back to the southern city.
If it weren't for the different positions of the two sides, as the crown prince of the Great Zhou, he would like to worship under General Shen and witness General Shen's demeanor with his own eyes.
The man in black had naturally heard of Shen Tuo's prestige, and he was also convinced when he heard His Royal Highness the Prince's answer: "Then son, should we make a special trip to meet General Shen for a while." As His Royal Highness the Prince's companion, he naturally knows His Royal Highness's thoughts.
"No, it's a long time coming, and there will always be opportunities in the future. Let's go to the Shen Mansion and bring Ah Yuan back after we finish our business. The thought of seeing his only sister who had been separated for many years made him feel indescribably good, and he came to speak with a pleasant face.
Whatever his purpose for coming to Daliang? His first priority must be to bring his sister home and return to their capital.
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Shen Jin and they were close to Hai when they returned home, and they didn't use much in the palace, in addition to the custom of the Great Liang Dynasty, everyone had to keep the New Year, afraid that they would be hungry at night, Shen's mother let the back kitchen put a few small dishes in the ear room, and sent someone to call Shen Nanyan to use with them.
During the banquet, Shen Jin was in a good mood, and personally used chopsticks to clip a chopstick totoaba for Shen Nanyan: "Eat more, we still have to keep the time." ”
"Okay." Shen Nanyan nodded and ate some.
In normal times, Shen Nanyan would not eat such greasy things, and he didn't like to eat fish, Shen Jin played a little wanton tonight, and when he saw that there were too many vegetarian dishes on the table, the totoaba was the only meat dish, so he gave it to her, and forgot that she didn't eat fish for a while.
Seeing Shen Nanyan eating without changing his face, Shen Jin stared at Shen Nanyan several times, and after a long time, he realized that his sister seemed to be different from the past tonight.
The originally cold and beautiful face was dyed with a bit of delicate color, and the extremely cold eyes were full of brilliance, and the whole person seemed to be vivid.
"Mu Zhao is back?" Shen Jin walked next to Shen Nanyan, approached her and asked softly.
If it weren't for Mu Zhao coming back, it would be impossible for his sister to have such an expression on her face. He is not a fool, and the smile in Shen Nanyan's eyes can't be stopped no matter what. When she entered the palace, she was still introverted, but now when she comes back, she seems to be a different person.
Is Mu Zhao really back? Came back without permission? Did you come to Shen Mansion just now? The two of them talked about it? Determined to be together?
"Hmm. He didn't go back to Mufu, and he should be in the suburbs of Beijing tonight. Since Shen Jin had already agreed with them, Shen Nanyan said truthfully: "They came back in a hurry, you can bring them something useful when you go tomorrow." ”
Bring something? Shen Jin was unspeakably depressed in his heart, his sister's words gave him a heavy blow like that, not only admitting that Mu Zhao came back, but also asking him to bring him something tomorrow?
He suddenly regretted that it would have been better if he had been more firm at that time, so that he would not have started to call her brother before marrying Mu Zhao, if she married Mu Zhao, would she forget what her surname was.
His sister had been one less tendon than others since she was a child, and even if she told her how she felt now, she would only look at him blankly, expressing confusion.
"Got it." Shen Jin reluctantly agreed, and it just so happened that he was also going to 'visit' his brother and let him know that it was not so easy to be with his sister.
After eating, it's time to keep the New Year. Father Shen took Shen Jin to personally distribute purses to the servants of the Shen Mansion to ask for good luck.
Mother Shen and Shen Nanyan were sitting in the back room, and Mother Shen was afraid that she would be bored and sleepy, so she pulled Red Sakura and them to play dominoes together.
Ah Ci's father and mother are from the mansion, and the family lives in a mansion not far from the Shen Mansion, and the mansion environment is quiet and the lighting is good.
After coming out of the palace, Ah Ci said a word to Shen Nanyan and went home to celebrate the New Year with his family.
The people who played dominoes were Shen Mu, Shen Nanyan, Hong Ying, and Qingyin, and the number was just right. Each of the four people holds the cards and sits in four places.
The luck of the light yin is very good, and the card skills are also good, and it is a win many times. Shen Nanyan is the same as Qingyin, and the two of them won a lot of silver for a while.
Playing cards on Chinese New Year's Eve was originally to please a lively, and Shen Nanyan, who has always disliked excitement, also joined in, and Shen Mu and Hong Ying were even more happy, happy to take out the silver.