Chapter 21 Reading the secret letter reveals Du Yu's sadness, recounts the past, and explains Du Jiang and his person
When Princess Nishikori went upstairs, she turned around and asked Wu Weiyi:
"Sir, please come to this palace, I guess there must be something very important at the time?"
I saw Wu Weiyi casually take out the package that he was carrying all the way, and said to Princess Nishikori:
"This is a pair of brocade clothes and jade belts given by the king of Shu, and I am instructed to take it for the princess to see. I really don't know what the intentions of the King of Shu are, but I don't dare to slack off. Now that he can personally hand it over to the princess, it can be regarded as a matter of the King of Shu's heart. ”
Princess Jinzhi took the belt of her clothes, and saw that the brocade robe was embroidered with gold silk thread with a dragon and a phoenix. This brocade princess suddenly hid her face and wept, and she couldn't make a sound.
Wu Weiyi was shocked and hurriedly asked:
"Why is the princess so sad? …… Isn't there something about this? ”
Princess Nishikori sobbed and said:
"Our Shu Kingdom has always regarded brocade silk as the most noble and important goods, and they are generally held by the royal family. I have taken over the brocade weaving workshop since I was twelve years old, and this brocade and jade belt is the beginning of the palace when I took over the brocade weaving workshop of Shu when I was young, and I specially prepared a birthday gift for my father's birthday. Time flies, and it's been six years now...... Later, my father joked that the robe embroidered by the palace was so exquisite that he couldn't bear to wear it. It is said that when the palace is out of the cabinet, it will be transferred to the horse as a dowry. Now I see this thing here again, how can I not let people see things and think about people, and I will be sad......"
Wu Weiyi shook his head when he heard this, sighed and said with emotion:
"Hey...... It's really pitiful for the hearts of parents all over the world...... But the princess ...... When your father entrusted this object to me, he said that he wanted you to think about it and observe it. If this brocade robe and jade belt is just a commemorative thing, why should I hand it over to you? I guess there's something wrong with that. ”
Princess Nishikori listened to Wu Weiyi's analysis, stopped sobbing slightly, and fell into deep thought. After a while, Princess Nishikori picked up the jade belt, up and down, and carefully pinched it with her hand. Sure enough, I found that this jade belt had a needle and thread stitch.
"Huh? Her Royal Highness the princess is still careful, and I have carefully studied it, but I have never found that there is really a mystery here. ”
When Princess Nishikori heard Wu Weiyi say this, she replied again:
"We Shuzhong women, when we leave the pavilion, our parents will prepare a dress and a silk. Write down all his earnest teachings to his children into brocade silk and sew them into the belts of his clothes...... Now that my father has entrusted Mr. to return this thing to me, it is like marrying a daughter, and this palace expects that my father should have left a few words. ”
After listening to this, Wu Weiyi suddenly realized, nodded and said:
"I see...... Your father's intentions are really good and deep, and his consideration of the problem is also leaky. The princess said that when this dress belt was brought out of the palace, she met your royal brother Du Jiang. Obviously, when he saw this dress, he was also a little suspicious. But because this was an object given by the King of Shu, it was naturally inconvenient for him to check it carefully, but he just wore it on his body and tried it, and he didn't find anything else abnormal at that time. Now that I think about it, the king of Shu will give this brocade and jade to you, but let you give it to the princess. The mystery lies in the cracks here! ”
Between the words, Princess Nishikori carefully opened the stitches, opened them and saw that there was a brocade letter placed in it, and Princess Nishikori picked up the letter and read it carefully. But after watching it for a while, Princess Nishikori's crying, which had been stopped, gradually sounded again.
Wu Weiyi saw that the princess's mood was up and down again, so he asked the princess:
"What is the King of Shu talking about in this letter? And the princess added to these troubles in vain? ”
After reading the letter, the princess handed it to Wu Weiyi. Wu Weiyi took the letter and looked at it, only to see that the words on this brocade silk were so similar to the small seal. Wu Weiyi was born in a scholarly family, and he studied under his grandfather since he was a child, and copied a beautiful small seal with various calligraphy. After graduating, he has been engaged in archaeological philological research. Therefore, Wu Weiyi really has a lot of research on the characters of these small seals. Wu Weiyi used the foundation of his small seal calligraphy, and he barely understood the content on this brocade paper.
"My son Du Yu personally revealed: My father is now old. Your brother Du Jiang is now bewitched by the demons, and he is perverse and reckless. With the neighbors as enemies, I am afraid that the disaster of Shu will not be long in coming. My father was also in a coma back then, but he obeyed the wishes of the ministers and made your brother the prince, and now I can't help but feel sad when I think about it. As a father, he knows that the current state of Shu is not as good as before, and he will inevitably have a catastrophe in the future...... To this day, the most reassuring thing for a father is Yu'er...... My father knew that my son had always been impatient, and he was a little arbitrary. But now it's not my Shu country, but the rest of the neighboring states are also rampant with demons, and the chaos in the world has become a success, and this kind of situation is definitely not something you can do. Yelang and my Shu have always been good friends, if my son is in danger at that time, you can go to the lord of Yelang country, Rida Muji, my father has been gracious to him, he will definitely be able to take you in. And for Wu'er's silk-making skills, when Da Muji visited, he often mentioned it, praised it, and respected it. The country of Yelang lives in the southwestern highlands, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. My son should be worry-free for the rest of his life in Yelang Guoan...... Although my father is now trapped in the palace, he is also carefree, but he is at ease, and my son should not worry too much about his father. Father will pray for you every day and wish you peace in your life......"
Wu Weiyi saw the end, and he knew that in fact, the situation of the King of Shu was not as "easy" as he said in the letter. Although he lives in the palace, he is actually no different from house arrest. It is not easy to hide this letter from the prince's eyeliner. Maybe the King of Shu is just to not let the princess worry, so he will talk about his current situation so lightly.
"The princess doesn't have to be too sad, the king of Shu arranged such an arrangement for the princess, and I think it is indeed a foolproof strategy. Fleeing all the way from the Fish Castle to this point, he also knows a little about the situation in the Fish Castle. Your brother is by no means a good man, and if he had lived here for a long time, he would have been harmed. Princess, please plan ahead. ”
Princess Nishikori became even more sad when she heard this:
"Sir, do you know who the dragon and phoenix embroidered on this brocade robe refer to?"
Wu Weiyi replied without thinking:
"Since it is a birthday gift given by the princess to your father back then, this dragon and a phoenix naturally refer to your father, queen mother?"
But the princess shook her head, and replied:
"In fact, my brother Du Jiang and I, although we are not brothers and sisters, have also grown up together. Du Jiang's father and the father of the palace are half-brothers, and although their family is a concubine, they were raised by their father's mother. In that year, Yongguo was suppressed by the combined efforts of Qin, Chu and Ba. The mediocre people wandered around, and one of them entered the Shu Kingdom. My father, the king, was always merciful, and set aside land for the mediocre to provide for themselves. Who knew that the mediocre man was also a wolf in the end, and he actually united with Pakistan to cause chaos in my Shu country. So his father worshiped Du Jiang's father as a general, and took charge of the Shu army to resist the enemy of Ba and Yong. Although he won in the end, Du Jiang's father was martyred and returned with a horse leather shroud. His wife was so grief-stricken that she finally fell ill and died. Only his only son, Du Jiang, was still young, so his father adopted him by his side. The father had no son, so he always regarded him as his own. And the elder brother has always been very diligent and hardworking, and Wen Taowu is very good. And the relationship with the sister of this palace is actually very harmonious. The dragon and the phoenix on this brocade robe, in fact, the embroidery of this palace is none other than himself and his brother Du Jiang. ”
Wu Weiyi listened to these stories told by the princess, but he was full of doubts:
"That's what the princess said...... Prince He ...... How did it become what it is today? ”
The princess sighed, looking helpless:
"My father grew old and frail, and he began to feel unable to do many things. Seeing that Brother Wang is resolute and methodical. So it was decided to set up Du Jiang as the supervisor of the country, and the chief regent of the central government affairs. At the beginning, Du Jiang's brother was diligent in government, and everything was cut by him personally. may be because the affairs of Shuzhong have been too complicated since then, and Brother Wang's temperament has gradually changed. After that, out of nowhere, a demon came to our Shu Kingdom. What is the self-professed ...... The God Sect also has some skills in smelting iron and creating things, and was later summoned by the royal brother. After hearing about this person, he won the trust of Du Jiang's brother and was worshiped by his brother as a national teacher. Since then, Brother Wang has become more and more perverse and violent, and now it has become so unreasonable. ”