Chapter VIII

The county seat during the Spring Festival is really lively. A year's hard work, a year's depression, and a year's pain seem to be vented at this time. Zhu Yidao realized that the ancient Spring Festival was not an ordinary New Year's flavor. From the twenty-third day of the lunar month a year ago, the sky seems to be filled with the atmosphere of festivals. This festive atmosphere, in a particularly traditional and classical place now, will even last until February when the second dragon raises its head, but the ** of celebrating the Spring Festival should be said to be from Chinese New Year's Eve to the night of Shangyuan. Everyone whipped spring cattle on the street, put lamps, silkworms, and made sheep intestines, which was really happy. Even Lao Zhu couldn't help but be infected by this emotion, he happily bought a lot of firecrackers, shouting while setting off the firecrackers, Xiao Nan was timid, hiding on the side and covering his ears, but he was still very happy to watch Lao Zhu set off firecrackers. Only the big man was next to him holding his arms and looking at the sky in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking.

Lao Zhu is not excited, since he grew up and was sensible, how many years have he not been so happy to let off firecrackers? How many years have I not had such a happy Chinese New Year's Eve dinner? It's a re-experience of childhood memories!

But on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, after eating a sumptuous dinner, looking at the fireworks in the sky, listening to the happy shouts of the children, and touching the peace knot that symbolizes peace and happiness, Zhu Yidao still remembered his parents and girlfriend who he would never see again. Mom and Dad, do you know that children are doing well in a distant world, and children are blessing you in a distant world!

Zhu Yidao burst into tears.

In that moment, he felt deeply lonely, lonely and helpless. He didn't know how far he could go in the unknown. He only knows that surviving, surviving strongly, and living happily is the best reward for his parents' nurturing grace for more than 20 years!

A pair of small hands handed over a handkerchief, which exuded a faint girl's body fragrance.

"Don't be sad, you still have me, and my father!" Xiao Nan whispered softly beside him, then wrapped her hand around his waist and gently pressed her head against his back.

Comrade Lao Zhu felt the long-lost family affection at this moment, yes, Xiaonan, Dahan, aren't they all his relatives? In this strange world and strange times, with relatives, the journey should not be lonely.

He turned around and gently hugged Xiao Nan in his arms. Xiao Nan trembled slightly, but did not resist. She also knew that Zhu Yidao finally accepted herself from the heart, and accepted herself, who could be said to be inferior to a sparrow. Compared with Qin Xiaolai, she doesn't have her beauty, her beauty, her gentleness and loveliness, and her help to Zhu Yidao, but Zhu Yidao accepts herself as a chicken-like girl. Xiao Nan is actually very inferior. But that's what love is all about. What is love? In fact, it is the happiness that two people can be together, tolerate and understand each other.

Dahan kept looking at Zhu Yidao from the side of the corridor. Through such a long period of contact and understanding, he knows that this is a different noble son, although he is also picky about what he eats, although he often shows disdain in the clothes he wears, although he ...... But this noble son has never been arrogant, never high-minded, never condescending to the world, he seems to know what he wants to need, and knows what he wants to protect. When Dahan saw Zhu Yidao's true feelings for Xiao Nan, the stone of psychology was finally put down.

Dahan never told Zhu Yidao what his surname was, and Zhu Yidao didn't know if he was careless or didn't care at all, and he never asked.

Dahan's original surname is Shen. His father is Shen Lian, the only Shen Lian in the history of Jinyiwei who has been praised by later generations.

In the seventeenth year of Jiajing (1538), Shen Lian was admitted to the Jinshi examination, and successively served as the county commander of Liyang, Eping, and Qingfeng. Honest and loving the people, with outstanding political achievements.

In the winter of the twenty-ninth year of Jiajing (1550), the Mongol Warat army invaded and threatened the capital. The emperor summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to discuss the strategy of retreating from the enemy, and from morning until noon, no one spoke. When he retreated from the dynasty, Zhao Zhenji, the secretary of the Guozi Supervisor, said loudly: "The minister thinks that the Son of Heaven should take out gold, silver and silk to recruit troops, and personally reward the brave men. Jin Yiwei experienced Shen Lian strongly supported Zhao Zhenji's opinion and impassionedly added it. Xia Bangxian, the secretary of the ministry, reprimanded Shen Lian: "The civil and military ministers didn't speak, what are you talking nonsense about a small official?" Eventually, the court accepted their advice that the main battle should not be surrendered, and soon the enemy army withdrew.

At that time, the northern border troubles were very serious, and it coincided with the first assistant of the cabinet, Yan Song, who abused his power and concealed the military situation. Shen Lian saw that the Ming Dynasty was about to perish, he was so anxious that he drank at a friend's house, sentimentally saddened the state affairs, and wrote a note on the spot, exposing the ten major crimes of Yan Song's father and son. The emperor issued an edict saying that Shen Lian had been noisy in the Golden Palace last year and did not pay attention to the etiquette of being a minister, and now he wanted to gain fame by falsely accusing and slandering the minister, and ordered him to be punished. In the end, Shen Lian was reprimanded by the Imperial Staff and sent to Baoan Prefecture (now Zhuolu, Hebei) outside the Saiwai to farm.

In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing (1557), Yang Shun, the commander of the military department and the governor of Xuanda, fought with the Mongolian Tatar tribes and lost more than 40 cities, but Yang Shun killed a group of innocent residents who fled the war to lie about their military achievements. Shen Lian learned about this and sent two poems to Yang Shun to ask him, and the wording was very harsh and harsh. Yang Shun immediately consulted with Yushi Lukai, who was patrolling Baoan Prefecture, and killed Shen Lian in the name of the White Lotus Sect. On October 17, Shen Lian was killed at the age of 51.

Yang Shun sent people to Zhejiang to arrest Shen Lian's eldest son, Shen Xiang, and tortured him every day after being arrested. Later, Wu Shilai exposed Yang Shun and Lu Kai in the incident, and the emperor was furious when he saw it, and ordered the arrest of the two and the release of Shen Xiang. He also killed Shen Lian's second son. But Yang Shun didn't know that the one he died with his staff was not the real Shen Lian's second son. Shen Lian learned that Lu Kai wanted to kill him, so he quietly sent his second son away from home, shedding the last bit of direct blood for himself. Shen Lian's second son is called Shen Yun, and Shen Yun is the current Han Dynasty. At that time, Shen Yun was only six years old. Shen Yun changed his name and surname and left for a foreign country, it was not that he did not think about revenge, but he knew that his rash revenge would inevitably be in vain, and it would ruin the bloodline of the Shen family. He chose a different path. even became a brocade guard unknowingly.

However, Yan Song soon fell, and six years after Jiajing's death, Longqing also died. Longqing's son was a puppet emperor for ten years, killed Zhang Juzheng, and truly grasped the government.

Shen Yun knew that his revenge had been avenged, and there was no need to take any more risks. It's time to enjoy the rest of your life. Shen Yun has been in exile for so many years, and he has already practiced the ability to see people. Zhu Yidao may not live in the temple, but Zhu Yidao can protect and take care of his daughter Xiao Nan - Shen Hui. And you can really have no worries. Shen Lian is a hero and a hero who is truly admired by everyone in Jinyiwei. Shen Yun's ability to survive until now is the result of many people's deliberate protection.

But Jin Yiwei can protect him for a while, but he can't protect him for a lifetime, let alone his only daughter.

This is the real reason why Dahan met Zhu Yidao by chance, saved Zhu Yidao, and asked him to live with his family. In all fairness, Shen Yun is selfish, but he doesn't have bad intentions. Yan Song was scheming for selfishness, and although he died of old age, his only son Yan Shifan was killed by Jiajing. What is the significance of Yan Song's old death in the wild? Jiajing left Yan Song a way to live on the surface, but in fact, it made Yan Song's life worse than death!

Shen Yun sighed lightly, looked at the two people hugging each other at the window, and whispered to himself: "Zhu Yidao, Zhu Yidao, the old man's daughter will be handed over to you from now on." The old man is indeed selfish, but the old man hopes that his daughter can have a happy family and a harmonious and happy life. The Shen family has already shed too much blood, and they can't float around like duckweed anymore......"

Zhu Yidao quickly calmed down his emotions, and he gently picked up Xiao Nan's dark and delicate little face with his fingers: "You haven't told me yet, what's your name!" ”

Xiao Nan shyly lowered her head to her chest, and kept rubbing the corners of Zhu Yidao's clothes with both hands: "You still don't know people's names after so long?" My name is Shen Hui, my father's name is Shen Yun, my grandfather...... It's Shen Lian. ”

Shen Lian?? Who is Shen Lian??

Zhu was confused. Shen Hui smiled.

It's good not to know, in many cases, the more you know, the more trouble, and the heavier the psychological burden; The less you know, the less trouble you have, and the less psychologically burdensome. Why don't teenagers know the taste of sorrow? Because the boy doesn't know anything, doesn't understand anything.

This is the sorrow of life.