On the statue's right hand, two fingers were missing.

The section is smooth, not like it has been damaged and broken.

Like, that's how it should be.

Lou Que clenched Zheng Xian'er's hand and watched the tears in her eyes slide down.

"That's ......," he guessed.

Zheng Xian'er didn't wipe her tears, looked at the statue and said in a daze: "It's not 'like', that's my mother." My mother's hand was the same way, with two fingers broken on her right hand. So although she taught me embroidery, she didn't do it as well as I did......"

Li Geng comforted him on the side: "Presumably, Aunt Zheng once passed by here, encountered some strange things or rescued someone, and was mistaken by the local people for a fairy. Most folk legends come from this, which is also a common occurrence. ”

"That's how strange it is!" Zheng Xian'er pulled her sleeves and wiped her tears, "My mother is just an ordinary market woman, she doesn't even go out often, how can she ever be to this place?" The capital is thousands of miles away from Sangyu County! ”

Li Geng looked at the statue and stopped talking.

An ordinary market woman?

This statue has an elegant and noble posture, a solemn expression that is not angry and arrogant, the clothes on the body are gorgeous but not vulgar, and the hair ornaments on the head are even very similar to the style in the palace......

Where is this ordinary market woman? I'm afraid that even the noble ladies in the palace who claim to be role models in the world may not be able to have such grooming!

"Kiridai." Li Geng tentatively wanted to guide Lou Que to see the clothes of the statue.

Lou Que shook his head at him slightly, still holding Zheng Xian'er's hand: "Maybe it was a merchant or craftsman in Beijing who had been to Sangyu County and was rescued by his mother-in-law, so he was grateful in his heart, so after returning to Beijing, he made a statue of the god in the image of his mother-in-law to worship." ”

This seems to be barely explained.

Zheng Xian'er let go of a matter of concern, and suddenly smiled again: "Stinky shameless!" Who allowed you to be called 'mother-in-law'? ”

Lou Que breathed a long sigh of relief and laughed: "What, isn't it my mother-in-law?" Let's make a bet, I'll worship this statue now, and if it doesn't recognize itself as my mother-in-law, it'll let it fall down and stone me to death. ”

Without waiting for Zheng Xian'er to agree, he really knelt down towards the statue and bowed.

By the time he finished worshipping, Zheng Xian'er was already laughing: "I didn't kill you!" It seems that the water god Niangniang has recognized you as a son-in-law, you should go and marry the daughter of the water goddess Niangniang! ”

Lou Que was immersed in the joy of gaining his mother-in-law's approval, and suddenly heard that Zheng Xian'er was playing Laipi again, and he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

Seeing this, Zheng Xian'er hurriedly leaned over to help him up.

Lou Que refused to get up.

He stared at the base of the statue and watched.

"What's wrong?" Zheng Xian'er was inconvenient to bend over, so she had to kneel down to accompany him.

Lou Que grabbed a handful of hay from the ground and wiped it on the base, frowned and said, "There are words!" ”

The base of the statue is also made of mud, and it has been mottled over time, but under this rubbing, many words can still be vaguely recognized.

It can be seen that this word was deeply engraved at the beginning.

Li Geng couldn't help but come over, and the three of them carefully identified for a long time, and finally recognized more than ten words such as "the end of summer", "Xichi", "bitter happiness", and "Qingyingji".

Lou Que helped Zheng Xian'er up, and said in a deep voice: "'The end of the summer', at that time, the puppet emperor stole the country not long after......"

Zheng Xian'er was concerned about another question: "I was born in March of the Jiachen year, so by the end of the summer, I should have almost been in my mother's belly...... At that time, my mother was not yet twenty years old, so she must have just married my father, right? ”

Lou Que glanced at her and didn't dare to answer.

I don't know how to tell her, her mother must not have been married at that time.

What Li Geng thought in his heart was: It is related to Xichi, and it is really not an ordinary person!

After a while, Zheng Xian'er's attention fell on the word "Qingying" again: "Qingying? It can't be that coincidental, right? ”

"What's so coincidental?" Lou Que frowned.

Zheng Xian'er didn't answer, but pulled his sleeve and asked, "Does the word 'Qingying' have any meaning?" What does 'Qing Ying Ji' mean? ”

Lou Que was silent, and Li Geng replied for him: "Qingying, which means clean and clear, is unsolvable here, and looks more like a person's name." ”

"Name? Yu Qingying? Zheng Xian'er blurted out.

"Who is Yu Qingying?" Lou Que immediately became vigilant.

Zheng Xian'er was a little distressed: "I don't know who it is." As soon as the queen mother saw me that day, she asked several inexplicable questions, one of which was, 'Who are you Yu Qingying?' How do I know who Yu Qingying is! ”

Lou Que silently wrote down the name "Yu Qingying" in his heart.

Li Geng suddenly interjected again: "Yu Qingying, is it the 'Yu' of 'gloomy thanks to the world, looking down on Tang Yu'?" The name may seem ordinary, but it's interesting when you think about it. If it's the surname Yu, the name is Qingying, it's even more interesting. ”

Zheng Xian'er has always disliked hearing people drop their book bags, but when she heard the word 'string' at this moment, she suddenly remembered the beggar Uncle Yu, and couldn't help but ask: "Yu Xian, Qingying, do you have any meaning?" ”

Lou Que's heart sank, and he instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he didn't stop Li Geng from talking.

So Li Geng continued to laugh and said: "In the past, Shun made a five-string qin to sing "South Wind", and later used 'Yu string' to refer to the qin. And 'Qingying' also happens to be another name for Qin. ——The ancients personified people with the qin, and Luo Xiandeng "Scholar's Picture Praise Preface" cloud: "Jiaotong is a good material, and the number is Qingying." Therefore, the 'Jiaotong', 'Liangcai' and 'Qingying Jushi' can all be used to refer to the 'qin'. ”

Zheng Xian'er didn't understand this half-literate explanation, but she still heard the key words.

Yu Xian, Jiao Tong, Qing Ying. Going around and around, it seems that they are inseparable from the word "qin".

Is it a coincidence that the beggar Uncle Yu is chanting "Xian'er", "Yu Xian" and "Jiao Tong" over and over again?

Is the "Yu Qingying" in the queen's mouth related to the "Qingying" on the base of this statue?

These few names, with her...... Or rather, how much does it have to do with her mother?

Zheng Xian'er was dizzy by these messy questions.

And that's not all.

Li Geng suddenly remembered something, and added: "I remember that you have a nickname called 'Miss Tongjun'?" Coincidentally, the word 'Tongjun' can also be used as an elegant name for the piano. ”

Zheng Xian'er sat down on the threshold and held her head in her hands: "Don't say it, I have a headache!" ”

Lou Que followed and sat next to her: "Don't think about it. That's all about the previous generation, and it's not worth your trouble. ”

Zheng Xian'er raised her head and looked at him: "Do you know anything?" Don't hide it from me! ”

Lou Que hesitated for a long time, and finally shook his head: "I don't know." But...... You'd better not go to see the emperor. ”

Zheng Xian'er thought about it for a long time and didn't figure it out, and finally smiled bitterly: "What you said is inexplicable!" How can I have a chance to meet the emperor? ”

"There is no best," Lou Que squeezed her hand, "we should go back." ”

Zheng Xian'er immediately asked, "Do you want to go back to see that Uncle Yu?" ”

Lou Que paused for a moment and avoided her gaze: "It's inconvenient for us to contact too many people at the moment." Moreover, Uncle Yu was delirious, and it was useless to see it. ”

Zheng Xian'er couldn't refute it, so she had to stand up with him.

It's just that when she turned around to leave, she was reluctant to take a step.

Here, there is her mother.

And the "Qingying" who doesn't know who it is.

In Zheng Xian'er's heart, a strange thought suddenly flashed.

Could it be that where she came from should have been in the capital?

Lou Que took Zheng Xian'er's hand and looked back at Li Geng: "Won't Brother Yanqing go down the mountain with us?" ”

Li Geng smiled slightly and followed: "Together." ”

So the three of them cautiously closed the door of the small temple and smiled bitterly.

This small temple has been abandoned and dilapidated, and I am afraid that it will not be long before it collapses into a pile of rubble. When the time comes, the "water god Niangniang" in the temple should also be reduced to dirt.

There is really a kind of cruelty of red face and dry bones.

Thinking like this, Li Geng couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Lou Que turned around: "It's really a coincidence today, how could Brother Yanqing come to this mountain?" ”

Li Geng paused for a moment and smiled bitterly: "If you don't ask, I will forget." ”

"So, do you remember now?" Zheng Xian'er also turned her head and asked him curiously.

Li Geng walked quickly to the other side of the building, avoiding Zheng Xian'er's gaze: "I wanted to go to Xichi to have a look, and after reading it, I planned to walk around, so I came here." ”

"It's just like us!" Lou Que said with a smile.

Zheng Xian'er thought about it, and suddenly smiled: "Is it the same as us?" We came to see others salvage our bodies, and so did Mr. Li? ”

Li Geng snorted and did not answer.

If there was no Lou Que in the middle, Zheng Xian'er would definitely find that Master Li's face was very red at this moment, and his eyes were also red.

Lou Que turned around and made a gesture to Li Geng: "I'm sorry, now we have some difficulties, and it is inconvenient for us to meet people, which makes you worried." ”

Li Geng was silent for a while, and finally smiled bitterly: "I should have thought that you scourge would not die so easily. ”

"Not necessarily!" Zheng Xian'er deliberately pretended to be gloomy and compassionate, "Look at this barren mountain and wild mountains, the gloomy atmosphere is forest...... Maybe we're both ghosts—"

Li Geng continued: "Maybe I'm also a ghost." ”

Zheng Xian'er immediately shouted: "Hey, Zi Bu is silent!" ”

The two men laughed in unison.

The atmosphere was immediately much more relaxed. Li Geng raised his head and smiled: "To tell you the truth, when I saw you for the first time, I was really startled, thinking that I was in a trance and hit the evil spirit." ”

"So, how did you find out that we weren't ghosts?" Zheng Xian'er never suppressed her curiosity.

Li Geng glanced over the building: "The ghost is not as serious as you." ”

"I'm not serious?" Zheng Xian'er was shocked, "Master Li, if you learn badly, you will scold!" ”

Lou Que grabbed Zheng Xian'er's hand to prevent her from running away, and explained to her with a smile: "As soon as you meet, you ask Yanqing if she is the mountain god here, isn't this considered improper?" If there is a mountain god in this temple, I must teach you a lesson! ”

Zheng Xian'er didn't really care about the question of whether she was serious or not, she was just busy gritting her teeth and stomping her feet: "Master Li has learned badly!" You bad friend can't persuade him well! ”

Before Lou Que could answer, Li Geng had already smiled and said: "The word 'bad friend' is used very well, and those who are close to ink are black, and it is useless to persuade them." ”

"What do you mean, I taught you badly?" Lou Que has a black face.

Li Geng smiled silently and gave him a tacit acquiescence.

The three of them talked and laughed all the way, found the ox cart from which they had come earlier, and sat on it together.

Lou Que and Zheng Xian'er sat side by side, and Li Geng sat opposite the two, with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.

Zheng Xian'er was very curious, and couldn't help but turn her head to look at him.

Lou Que was a little unhappy about this, so he simply turned sideways to block her vision.

Zheng Xian'er owed a debt and looked at Li Geng over his shoulder: "I always feel that Master Li is weird today." ”

"No," Li Geng denied a little awkwardly, "I, as a person, from temperament to life experience, are clear and clear, and I have never been 'weird'." ”

Hearing him mention his "life experience", Zheng Xian'er's heart jumped: "So, do you think I'm weird?" ”

Li Geng hurriedly denied: "I didn't mean you!" ”

Zheng Xian'er herself was confused again: why did she feel that her life experience was "weird"?

Before she could figure it out, Li Geng suddenly raised his hand and pointed at Lou Que: "I mean him!" ”

"What's wrong with him?" Zheng Xian'er was a little confused.

Lou Que also looked over and smiled: "What is my temperament, Brother Yanqing knew it more than ten years ago, where is the 'strange'?" ”

Li Geng avoided Lou Que's gaze, and his expression was gloomy: "I don't know where your 'weirdness' is." You did not enter the Hanlin after the champion and the first, but you ascended to the sky and became a close minister of the emperor's side; No matter how big or small the court is, you will definitely follow the king's side, but you will never open your mouth to discuss the government; Your misconduct is laughed at by the world, but the emperor does not have a word of reproach; You are kind to others and never make enemies, but there are always people who want to take your life...... I can't figure it out, I wonder if Miss Zheng can figure it out? ”

Zheng Xian'er was confused by his question: "What can't you figure out?" Kiridai he ...... Does anyone often want to harm him? ”

"Yanqing, don't say it!" Lou Que sank his face.

Li Geng glanced up, ignored Lou Que's objection, and still said to Zheng Xian'er: "A lot." On the way from our hometown to the capital to catch the exam, and in the inn where we temporarily lived after entering Beijing, we encountered all kinds of open guns and arrows everywhere, and we were poisoned and injured. Later, Tong Jie moved out to live separately from us, and Peimin and I never encountered anything like this. As for what happened to Tong Jie, only he knows. ”

Zheng Xian'er looked at Lou Que in amazement: "The night before yesterday, the West Pool fell into the water, just one of the many 'strange things' you have encountered?" ”

Lou Que frowned and did not answer.

Li Geng said for him: "Falling into the water is too common for him. The only peculiarity this time is that it happened in the royal garden. That's what I couldn't figure out - it couldn't be someone from the royal family trying to kill you, could it? ”

Lou Que smiled bitterly and clenched Zheng Xian'er's hand: "If I knew who was going to kill me, why would I be so embarrassed every time!" This time there was an accident in Xichi, which was also a big surprise to me. But this is also an opportunity, I think, in a few days, the emperor should give me an explanation. ”

"I think you're crazy!" Li Geng's face darkened, "You hide like this, in a few days, the emperor should send you an obituary!" The emperor Chrysostom said that what is the consequences of your death, have you thought about it? The emperor said that if you die, you are dead, and if you are alive, you are dead! At that time, there will be no such person in the world as 'Zhuangyuan Lang Lou Tong Steps', and what else do the dead need to 'explain'! Tell me it's too late for you to show up now, and it won't be a day or two late! ”

"It's okay," Lou Que smiled, "If you don't even dare to throw a hook, how can you catch a big fish?" ”

Li Geng looked at him with the eyes of a madman: "Sure enough...... You're really going crazy! The emperor is a fisherman, you are the bait, and the person behind you who wants to kill you is a big fish? In this way, when that 'big fish' catches it, your life will be gone! Why are you doing this? ”

Lou Que still smiled calmly, unhurried: "You are wrong. I'm not a bait, I'm the 'Champion Lang Lou Tong Steps'. ”

Li Geng was stunned: "You want to give up this identity?" Can...... Ten years of cold window, what are you drawing? ”

Lou Que smiled disapprovingly: "Perhaps, it's Tu'an who lives steadily." ”

Li Geng looked at him fixedly for a long time, and then turned to Zheng Xian'er: "Tongjie is going to lose his future, you don't care about him?" ”

Zheng Xian'er shook her head and said seriously: "This is his business, and others should not interfere with his decision." ”

Li Geng was stunned again.

Lou Que grabbed Zheng Xian'er's shoulder and chuckled: "Don't worry, without this identity, I can't starve you." ”

Zheng Xian'er raised her head and looked at him: "You want to support me?" I thought you didn't have the identity of the champion, and you would have to rely on me to make money to support your family in the future! ”

Lou Que likes the phrase "raising a family" very much.

So, his smile unconsciously bloomed: "That's a good idea. When the time comes, you will be responsible for strategizing, and I will be responsible for running errands for you, so let's hide in the city and be a pair of profiteers! ”

Zheng Xian'er happily agreed, so the two began to work together to look forward to the days of doing business and making money.

Li Geng sat across from them, dumbfounded.

- Brother Tongjie, your three views are crooked, do you know?

The ox cart walked slowly, and Li Geng listened to the crazy words all the way, and he had completely given up on saving Lou Tongjie's three views.

At the fork in the road, Lou Que stopped the coachman and motioned to Li Geng to get out of the car: "This place is not far from the city gate, you can walk over it." ”

The latter sat still and didn't want to move: "Why don't you take me to see where you live now?" ”

Lou Que shook his head: "The fewer people we contact, the better." ”

Li Geng turned his head to look at the coachman.

Lou Que smiled: "Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, Brother Li doesn't have to worry about me." ”

Li Geng got out of the car when he heard this, stood next to him and looked at him for a long time, and finally smiled again: "Indeed, where to go is your own business, I should not speculate, let alone interfere." ”

Lou Que smiled and arched his hand to him: "Brother Li has always had a clear distinction between right and wrong. ”

Li Geng turned his head to look at Zheng Xian'er again.

Zheng Xian'er smiled and waved her hand at him: "Master Li, don't tell anyone that you've seen us when you go back!" Of course, no one will believe you if you say it! ”

Li Geng reluctantly pulled the corners of his lips, didn't laugh, didn't speak, turned around and strode away.

Zheng Xian'er looked at his somewhat panicked back, and couldn't help muttering again: "I still think he's weird." ”

"He's worried about you." Lou Que said with a smile.

Zheng Xian'er was a little puzzled.

The ox cart changed direction and walked again, and Lou Que patiently explained to Zheng Xian'er: "Yanqing wants to remind me not to trouble you anymore, and I want to remind you to be careful of the danger in the shadows. But this kind of saying was suspected of sowing discord, so he had to swallow it and not say it, so he felt uncomfortable. ”

Zheng Xian'er thought about it and couldn't help laughing: "Why does he have to worry so much!" Won't we ourselves- wait a minute, you're saying we're still in danger right now? ”

"Yes," Lou Que gloomily, "as long as the 'big fish' doesn't take the bait for a day, we won't have peace for a day." Therefore, we must be careful not to let outsiders know that we are still alive. ”

Zheng Xian'er was a little worried when she heard this: "Will the eldest prince Li be exposed?" I know he won't say it, but those who know him well must know that he will grieve for you. If he doesn't feel sad after going back this time, others will definitely suspect that you are not actually dead! Mr. Li is so old-fashioned, he can't pretend to be 'sad and sad'! ”

Lou Que looked back at Li Geng, who was about to walk to the gate of the city, and sighed: "His 'sadness' doesn't need to pretend. Last month, his wife died in childbirth, and the child did not survive. ”

"Dead?!" Zheng Xian'er was shocked.

No wonder she always felt that Li Geng's words and expression were a little trance-like, and something was wrong everywhere.

His father was dismissed, his wife and children died, and he barely passed the Jinshi examination, but now he can only slowly boil up his qualifications, and he doesn't know when he will come out - how many twists and turns Prince Li has encountered in the past few months!

Lou Que stretched out his hand to hug Zheng Xian'er into his arms, rubbing her belly through her clothes: "The sister-in-law of the Li family has a soft and thoughtful temperament, and she had several illnesses due to various changes as early as when she was pregnant, and she was just in time for Li Shibo to be dismissed during childbirth, so she couldn't survive it." You're not like her, don't be afraid. ”

"I'm not afraid." Zheng Xian'er grinned at him.

She was really not afraid, she was just a little sad all of a sudden.

A young person, say no, it's gone.

When a woman gives birth, it's really a ghost door. She thought that she didn't have to take this risk in this life, who knew that the world was changeable, she escaped the pressure of ordinary people's family inheritance, but she couldn't escape the sweet words of Lou Que, the bastard, and ran to the ghost door in a daze!

However, this can't be all blamed on Lou Que, right?

Zheng Xian'er seriously introspected herself and found that "giving birth to a smart and beautiful child" did have a lot of attraction to her.

So, who else can blame? If you want to blame yourself, you have to blame yourself first, right?

Lou Que carefully observed Zheng Xian'er's face, and when he saw her brows stretched, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, the first person to be frightened by the bad news of the young lady of the Li family was Lou Que.

I have always heard people say that a woman gives birth to a child and dies for life, but only when things happen to you can you truly empathize.

It turns out that it is really not easy to have children, and it turns out that the "blood" and "incense" that men and families are looking forward to are really what women fight for with their lives......

For a long time, Lou Que constantly blamed himself, regretted it, and blamed himself for making a tough decision for Zheng Xian'er because of his own selfish desires.

This remorse continued until that day, when he really felt the child jumping.

It was a child. He's already here. What else can a father do? It's useless to worry, so I can only do my best to protect his mother and son!

Fortunately, Zheng Xian'er's body has always been strong and her heart is also big. After a few days of getting along, Lou Que gradually ignited a little confidence.

There is still a little trouble to be solved at the moment, as long as he passes this level, he can be at home with his wife and children with peace of mind!

Lou Que stroked Zheng Xian'er's lower back, hesitated and said, "Tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany you to the temple fair." ”

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