Chapter 50 A Song of Jiangnan
Spring has passed, the scene of the sparse willow blowing wind is just a song in a dream after all, at this time Jiangnan is indeed a good season, everywhere is not ginkgo biloba begonia, defeated, but also the waning moon and the fragrance of flowers is not reduced. The turmoil in the capital has not subsided for several months, and the new emperor has disappeared on the first day of his ascension, and together with the lord of Rong'an, the imperial court has sent people to search the world, but there is no news. Afterward... He Qiyu gave up searching for their traces, and issued an imperial edict, saying that the two of them had already passed away, and he became the emperor with the mandate of heaven and ruled the north and the south.
The people happen to live a dull life, they love to talk about some palace secrets, such a horrific world event, maybe enough for them to want to talk about the happy period of the year, no one knows what the end of the story is, but in the world's teahouse winery, listening to others tell their own stories, quite a bit of fun.
"Have you heard? Listening to the second wife in the alley, her son-in-law went to the capital, and the people there said that the new emperor was not the world at all, he was fascinated by the new queen's appearance, and abandoned the country to live a happy life with her. ”
"Really? I have never seen that new queen, I heard that when she was the lord of Rong'an, she was beautiful and intellectual. If you can see your face in this life, you can say that you will die without regrets. ”
"In this way, our emperor is really a merry man, and now that the wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe, he is actually a swinger brother who wants a beauty not to be a country, haha!"
The winery in Jiangnan is particularly elegant, you sit in the compartment on the second floor and listen to the dulcimer and Su tunes coming from the leakage, watching the drizzle Fusu, all things are tender, and your heart is also turned into a puddle of water at that moment, entrusted to the natural scenery. On the nine-curved bridge outside the window, two or three pairs of lovers are contained under one or two oil-paper umbrellas. They counted the time to return home, but they were reluctant to separate, which was the affection of Chun Shen who didn't know where to go. Forgot to go home...
In a wing room in the building, a pair of people sat there to taste the new tea that had just been picked in spring, not as good as He Qiyu's craftsmanship, but it was also sweet, they came from the capital, all the way away, and they hadn't drunk so clear spring tea for a long time, so they wanted to settle down here. Listening to the gossip of the people on the first floor, I realized that I was the protagonist of the story......
"Ling Ran, in this way, you are really a mediocre gentleman, in the hearts of the people, you are a person who cares about the great country."
Mu Ruoying's interest was completely aroused by the individual guests downstairs, and she listened to the absurd speculations of the people of the world about them, and she couldn't help but feel more and more funny. In this folk chatter, all precautions are always weakened, just like the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River, and they always like to talk about the grievances and hatreds of children. Most of them are absurd, but occasionally those two sentences also have some real meaning, and they are passed on... And it will be passed on to the ears of the people hereafter, and they will enjoy it.
"There's nothing wrong with what they said, I do think in my heart that you are much more important than Jiangshan."
Chu Lingran tasted that touch of spring green, with deep affection, he had never thought much about the country, in the past, all kinds of things were just for the underground resting place of the dead soul, but now, he has a home, and he has two pairs of family in the family, he has long been content. For him, the discussion of the people of the world is just a dream, and the current rain in the south of the Yangtze River is really hazy, but it is more content.
"I used to think that every love word you said was flattering."
Mu Ruoying pursed her lips, she asked Chu Lingran countless times along the way, did he regret it, if the evaluation of him by the future generations was unbearable, would he be ready? He always looked at her without saying a word, there was countless tenderness in his eyes, and some words could not be expressed in words, just like Mu Ruoying was willing to exchange his life for Chu Lingran's abandonment.
"But Ying'er's heart always can't be opened, I tried countless methods, and finally even sent the country, and she was willing to open it for me."
In the past, all kinds of suspicions and stratagems, now they think of it as just a fate, which binds them tightly and never separates. If God intended to let Chu Lingran, who had just returned to the capital, meet the girl who could give him happiness, he would have attached his sincerity to him and begged for that girl's life.
"I love it here, so how about we settle here?"
Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran went all the way to the south, but they really didn't find any satisfactory places in their homes, they didn't want to go to southern Xinjiang to be recognized, they just pretended to be ordinary people, went to farming, weaving, and worried about firewood, rice, oil, and salt. It's very good here, a little more is too pretentious, and a little less is not enough charm.
"Well, listen to Madame."
Jiangnan is long, an eaves corridor nine curves, spring and autumn where there is no excess, they lived there, used fifty taels of silver, there is a huge courtyard, and there is a swing in the courtyard. It's very secluded, there aren't many people, and people like to live around the noisy bazaar, so they live on their own and live as two people.
Chu Lingran planted the tea tree seeds that He Qiyu gave him before, hoping that at the beginning of spring in the coming year, he heard that he had made a lot of political achievements, and a pot of tea looked forward to the bright moon and enjoyed the prosperity with you. Mu Ruoying sampled a few white doves in the court, and she promised Ling'er that she would write a letter every month until she died. After working for a long time, about more than three months, I was finally able to return to my roots in the south of the Yangtze River.
"Ying'er, tomorrow... A distinguished guest came to us, and I asked the fisherman for some fish, and the fish in autumn were the most delicious. He, an old man, loves to eat this bite. ”
Chu Lingran returned from farming, every day before the end of the day, he would come back from the farmland and accompany Mu Ruoying to make the last dish, the two of them were here, forgetting the time, occasionally taking advantage of the rainy season to be lazy and idle, Chu Lingran would go to the river to catch two fish and come back, so Mu Ruoying slowly made that fish the most delicious. She often went to ask her grandmother next door for some skills, and listened to her tell her old stories and grandfather's grievances, loves, and hatreds, which can be regarded as heart-wrenching. It's just that people are old, and they don't want to use extravagant rhetoric to depict some love that has been precipitated over the years, but they just deliver it to time.
"But General Hong?"
They don't care about the world, they rarely go to the bustling downtown to walk around, they haven't greeted strangers for a long time, this Jiangnan water town seems to be just the two of them, if anyone will suddenly visit, it must be Chu Lingran's mentor, General Hong Shunyao. In the past, when he suddenly visited Jingshi, he and Mu Ruoying were only one-sided fate, but today, he can have a long talk, day and night are reversed, there is no burden and national borders on his body, Chu Lingran should be very happy to have a good night with his master.
"It's him, and since we fought the Great War, I've lost contact with my master. I have a different position from him, he abdicated early and lived in seclusion in the south of the Yangtze River, and when he heard that I gave way to He Qiyu, he knew that I should have come to the same world with you. You and I are married for the people of the world to see, and I know that what you want is not that kind of wedding feast. But you and I really don't have a family to be happy for us, I invited the couple next door who are very close to you, and the master, I want to give you a family dinner. ”
It turned out that it was just on the way to Jiangnan, and she mentioned that it would be great if she could let her mother see what she looked like when she got married, the two of them had been lonely since childhood, and now they are dependent on each other when they go away. She will also regret that she has not bowed to her parents and heaven and earth in her rituals. But at that time they were the Son of Heaven and the queen of the same country, and their manners were carved according to the satisfaction of the people of the world, and what she wanted was very simple, but a family banquet, and she sat at a table with her husband and relatives and friends in red clothes, and they blessed them and sent them into the cave room.
"You... You should have told me earlier. I don't have a wedding dress... Once again, I want the red silk clothes of the folk marriage, and I also want all the ordinary things that pour wine and drink. ”
Mu Ruoying is like a child who is going to go on a wild trip tomorrow at the moment, and she is making countless plans for her wedding banquet, and the wedding banquet here is the wedding she wants most. For her, the marriage is just a memory, and if there is a mother and family in this memory, she will feel it even more. If... Ling'er is also there, that is the most complete wedding banquet. But the mountains and rivers here are high and long, thousands of miles away, and only the bright moon is round.
"I asked the grandmother next door to sew the wedding dress for you early in the morning, I heard that there is a saying in this folk, if the wedding dress made by a woman who has a perfect life, the newlyweds who wear the wedding dress can also have a complete life. We have followed the rites, and it is not impossible for us to be mortal. ”
Since the day Chu Lingran settled here, he wanted to return Mu Ruoying a successful wedding banquet. It's a pity that there was no mother present... It's the regret of her life. Therefore, even if the mountains and rivers are long, he has to let Mu Ruoying's mother attend their wedding banquet. He sent a book thousands of miles to the capital, so that Qingfeng and Ling'er could come to their wedding banquet, including Mu Ruoying's mother's tablet, which also arrived.
Outside the window, the warbler sings softly, the nine clouds are red, today, it is appropriate to marry and reunite. Mu Ruoying got up as soon as she got up to prepare for today's dinner, she prepared a fish meal with the grandmother next door, and the crops in the field made some snacks and dishes, Mu Ruoying is no longer the scheming lord of Rong'an, and now she is a good dish for **, and she has become what she wants. Until the afternoon, the sound of horses crying outside the door was the sound that Mu Ruoying and Chu Lingran were all too familiar with, and the war horses would have neat and hearty. It's Chu Lingran's master, Hong Shunyao is here.
"Where's my stupid apprentice?"
When they heard the sound, they rushed to greet Hong Shunyao, and his arrival was the greatest honor of today's wedding banquet. Chu Lingran made a regular salute in front of Hong Shunyao, and now they are no longer majestic generals, but just the father-son relationship of ordinary people's families, not confined to small sections but extraordinarily respectful.
"Master, it's an honor for you to come today."
"Well, what a smell, so fragrant, it seems that I bet on the right treasure. I already felt that fame and fortune were all external objects, but the fins of the autumn were the most difficult to give up. ”
Chu Lingran had long known that Hong Shunyao would never be harsh on his decision, he was on the battlefield back then, no matter how beautiful it was, he just returned to the hidden fields and forests all his life. In this world, there is not much true happiness, if you find it, then the country is just a cold landscape.
"I heard that the general came today, so he made this dish, and you can taste the difference from the one you have traveled to the mountains and rivers before."
Hong Shunyao glanced at the peasant woman behind Chu Lingran, the simple cloth clothes and hairpin were like the two people who had no regrets and put the lord of Rong'an to death that day. In the past, he only thought that this woman was not extraordinary, and her knowledge and strategy were superior, but now her eyebrows and eyes are no longer as ruthless as they were back then.
"Haha, good! Today, I'm going to taste what kind of food this world-shaking lord of Rong'an can make, hahaha. ”
When Mu Ruoying and Hong Shunyao were greeting, a horse galloped towards them in the distance, and today this barren soil is extremely lively, and the figure is gradually clear, the petite person is surrounded by a tall figure, it is Qingfeng and Ling'er!
"Sister! Sister! ”
Ling'er excitedly called Mu Ruoying from a distance, she and Mu Ruoying were separated for more than half a year, the capital is indeed a lot of trivial matters, and she gradually understood why Mu Ruoying insisted on letting her accept Mu Mansion back then, the Duchess of the Kingdom must not be a tea farmer who is not worthy of anything, her current knowledge and methods are all learned from Mu Ruoying, and her foothold in this world is nothing more than some officialdom tricks, and now she is also handy.
"I was thinking about you yesterday, why did you come?"
Mu Ruoying naturally knew that it was arranged by Chu Lingran early in the morning, in order to give Mu Ruoying a wedding banquet that she could expect for a lifetime. They grew up in Gaomen's Mansion since they were children, enjoying endless brocade clothes and food, but they have long lost their desire for love, but now they have, Mu Ruoying only wants a pure love, and with the blessing of her relatives and friends, she told her mother that she had found her hero. Chu Lingran can be his hero of the world, his mother will definitely be very pleased, and she must be happy for her.
"It's Chu... Brother-in-law, don't let me fly the pigeon and pass the book to you. ”
"Something... Can you bring? ”
"Don't worry."
When the two of them were renewing about the old days, Chu Lingran secretly led Qingfeng to another place and asked solemnly. They were in a hurry, and they didn't see Mu Ruoying's mother's tablet placed in the palace tomb, and they handed it over to He Qiyu, so they were naturally assured that He Qiyu would never refuse. Now, Mu Ruoying's mother has a home and a requiem, and she must want her mother to come to her wedding banquet......