Chapter 60: Time Changes
Qiu Zeyuan looked at Tong Fengyi with an extremely unfamiliar look, "When did you become so cold-blooded and ruthless?" Is a human life nothing in your eyes? Linghyuk is also the child you watched grow up......"
"If he was just a child, of course I would get justice for him. But he's not just a kid, he's a contender for a place! Winning or losing, he has nothing to sympathize with. Also, you have been the only child in the family since you were a child, whether it is wealth or power, you can easily get it without fighting or grabbing, of course you will not understand the sorrow of brothers competing with each other and killing each other, at this point, you are not qualified to command Jiong. ”
"Okay, okay, I don't understand, and I don't want to. Let's talk about things, you said that I have no other choice but Qiu Lingjiong, why don't I have any other choice? Essay Tao Wu Strategy, Economic Lun Ji Shi, which point of Qiao Xuan is not above Qiu Lingjiong? Why can't he be the future Overseer? ”
"What are you mad about?! Yiyou is not your daughter, and Bai Qiaoxuan is not your son-in-law! If Bai Qiaoxuan is qualified to win Pudong, then isn't anyone qualified to be the master of Pudong? Are you going to give the country to others?! At the beginning, you cut off your children and grandchildren for Xin Daixun, I put up with it, and now you still want to give the whole of Pudong to her son-in-law?! Qiu Zeyuan, I'm telling you, it's impossible! As long as I have a breath of air, I can't watch you do whatever you want and ruin the foundation of the Qiu family's inheritance for a hundred years! ”
"I'll just say casually, what are you so excited about? Okay, what do you say about life and death? How unlucky? Besides, after all these years, why are you still so hostile to Dai Xun? ”
Tong Fengyi felt disgusted when he heard Dai Xun's name as if there were thousands of bedbugs crawling on him, so he waved his hand and said, "When it comes to the storage position, don't mention the irrelevant person." ”
"If I don't choose Bai Qiaoxuan, I can also select available talents from my cousins and nephews who have been born in recent years and re-cultivate ......."
Tong Fengyi hurriedly stopped him and said, "Not to mention the effort and time it takes to train the Overseers, do you think Qiu Lingjian will let go of the children you have chosen?" Over the years, in order to save the position, too many people have died in the Qiu family, and it is our best choice now to not let other innocent children be involved in this right and wrong. ”
Qiu Zeyuan was silent, and sighed after a while: "If Ling Yu is ......"
Ling Yu is affectionate, he just saw through the losses brought to him by this position, and he couldn't bear to kill each other before leaving Pudong with his family. He is gone, and reminiscing only adds to the sadness, and is not of any use to reality. Ling Wei is still forgivable, at least he has never done anything to fish and flesh the people. Just take a step back......"
There was silence again, Qiu Zeyuan slowly slumped on the chair, he put his hand on his forehead, and sighed: "I am not suitable for this position after all...... Originally, I had planned to summon Linghyuk back to my wedding with Dai Yi in the next few days, but ......"
"What?!" Tong Fengyi and Dai Yi had the same reaction when they first heard the news, they both thought that they had heard it wrong, Qiu Ze saw that Tong Fengyi's eyes were about to open out, and repeated, "I owe Dai Yi too much over the years, and if I don't pay it back, I'm afraid that the sky will be unforgivable." ”
Tong Fengyi was secretly lost and faintly relieved, and sighed: "You finally figured it out......"
Qiu Zeyuan laughed at himself: "Forty is not confused, if I can't figure it out at this age, I will be really stupid." ”
"Do you know you're a fool? I'm not stupid. Tong Fengyi said with a smile.
Qiu Zeyuan drank a cup of fragrant tea, dispelled the chaos in his mind, and said slowly: "Tomorrow, Qiu Lingjiong, deputy director of the Yejin Garrison Bureau, will issue an official document announcing Qiu Linghe's rebellion and Dou Hong's rebellion. At the same time, Qiu Lingwei was reappointed as the commander of Pudong, and married the eldest daughter of the Tong family on a later date. Dou Hong was meritorious in quelling the rebellion and was promoted to staff officer of the Overseer Army, and he took office on the same day. ”
This time, he openly praised Qiu Lingjiong's identity, let him calm down for a while, and secretly changed his henchmen in the army to civilian positions and relieved him of military power. One rises and one descends, which is also reminding Qiu Lingwei who is the lord of Pudong. Tong Fengyi sighed secretly, if Qiu Zeyuan devoted himself to the position of overseer, he was afraid that this tragedy of fratricide would not happen......
Qiu Linghe's death put an end to the situation where the storage position in Pudong was vacant, and the fate of many people also changed. After Bai Qiaoxuan returned from Chengyang disaster relief, he was promoted by Qiu Zeyuan as the co-commander of Pudong, and he still worked with Qiu Lingjiong. Tong Yuqing was promoted by Tong Fengyi to be the deputy director of the Financial Secretary to fill Tong Baiyi's vacancy, and safely accepted the marriage date set by her father for her and Qiu Lingjiong, waiting for the day when she entered the military palace. Qiu Zeyuan could no longer fully control the political situation in Pudong, so he simply got rid of this burden that he did not want to carry, and handed over most of the government affairs to Qiu Lingjian to take care of, while he concentrated on preparing for the wedding with Dai Wei. When everyone heard about the marriage between Qiu Zeyuan and Xin Daiyi, they all blessed it, but Yiyou secretly cried in the room all night.
On this day, Qiu Zeyuan and Xin Daiyi were cutting the happy words that needed to be used on the wedding banquet, and suddenly heard the sound of dishes falling outside, Qiu Zeyuan whispered to Xin Daiyu: "Youyou is always weird these days, she never hid her heart before, I can see through what she wants at a glance, but I really can't see through her heart now." Said that she was alienated from us, and she learned to cook our favorite dishes every day, and those little hands were tossed by her for the past few days, either stab wounds or burns, and I felt distressed when I looked at them. She said that she was close to us, and she said that she guarded us like a servant in the second half of her birthday, and she did not call my father these days, and her eyes were detached when she looked at me. What the hell do you think she thinks? ”
Xin Dai's mind flashed with sadness and astonishment when she heard that she and Zeyuan were going to get married, the scissors in her hand went in the wrong direction and pierced her middle finger.
The spring breeze outside the window is warm, the yellow orioles are chirping, and the sunlight is cut into little by little light marks by the ignorant greenery, which is reflected on Qiu Zeyuan's snow-blue elastic ink crane pattern robe, which is extraordinarily gentle, just like the long-lost tranquility in Xin Daiyi's heart......
"A small injury is not a big deal, I'll go get the medicine box and bandage it briefly." Xin Dai smiled lightly.
Qiu Zeyuan hurriedly stopped her, "I'll go get it, you sit here and don't move." ”
Qiu Zeyuan carefully bandaged Dai Wei, then picked up scissors and red paper, and said: "You can take care of your hands these days, I will do these little things." ”
The honey in Xin Daiyi's heart was about to overflow from her eyes, and she said softly: "Then I'll watch you cut it." ”
Qiu Zeyuan rubbed her green silk dotingly, just like when she was coquettish to him when she was a child, and the word "good" dragged on infinitely......
During lunch, Qiu Zeyuan and Xin Daiyi praised Yiyou's unpalatable meals as always, and Yiyou was as respectful and alienated as ever. It was as if she had always been a lady-in-waiting in the Overseer's palace, serving the Overseers and their wife in silence and thoughtfulness.
Just when Qiu Zeyuan and Xin Daiyi thought that Yiyou was going to retire respectfully like a few days ago, she walked up to Qiu Zeyuan and Xin Daiyi, and handed Xin Daiyu two sachets with extremely poor embroidery and almost unrecognizable patterns, "This is Yiyou's wedding gift to Aunt and Overseer, it is a pair of sachets with flowers and pedicles, please accept it with a smile." ”
Xin Dai hurriedly took the sachet and handed one of them to Qiu Zeyuan, Qiu Zeyuan praised without looking at it: "It's so beautiful and Dilian, thank you for your hard work, your aunt and I like it very much, you ......"
Qiu Zeyuan wanted to ask her if she had hurt her hand when embroidering the sachet, but he heard Yiyou say: "The Overseer praises falsely, Yiyou is ashamed to be, if the Overseer has no other orders, Yiyou will retreat." ”
Qiu Zeyuan sighed secretly, and let her leave as she wished. As soon as Yiyou left, Qiu Zeyuan immediately said to Xin Daiyu: "This child must have an injury on her hand when she touches needlework for the first time, she treats me like this now, I don't want to ask too much, you can send her some wound medicine later." ”
Xin Daiyi held his hand and said softly, "I will go, and I will persuade her." ”
Qiu Zeyuan also held the warmth of his palm. How lucky was he? Whenever and wherever you turn around, there will be someone behind you who will be gentle with you.
You are the child of the wilderness and the cinnabe of the unforgivable sin against whom your parents once committed. It is only natural that the father and the son repay the debt. You have nothing to grieve. He's not your father, he's going to marry your aunt, and your aunt has been guarding him for sixteen years, how many sixteen years can a woman have in her life? She deserves it, doesn't it? Besides, she has worked hard to pull you up, and she has a great kindness to you, you must not be wolf-hearted and ungrateful, and you must not be as shameless as the pair of dog men and women! All you have to do is bless them and spend the rest of your life paying for the sins of you......
But I'm in so much pain...... It hurts like peeling skin and bruising bones...... I don't want to......
Don't you want to? What qualifications do you have to give birth to such delusions?! You are nothing but the shadow of Xin Daixun! Peeling the skin and breaking the bones?! Well, I'll peel you skin, break your bones, and make you never face him again in your life!
So the tearful Yiyou picked up a pair of scissors and swiped it on her left arm, and beads of sweat slid down her temples in an instant, and bright red blood poured down from her left arm, dyeing her white dress and the white stone on the ground. In order to keep herself from screaming, she also bit her white lips, and her mouth was full of blood and tears.
You should be sober, right? He can't belong to you...... The strength in Yiyou's body is getting weaker and weaker, but his will is getting stronger and stronger, you can't die, what should he do if you die? If there is not even a shadow of Xin Daixun in this world, can he still live in the world in peace? You have to survive, you have to survive for him......
Xin Daiyi knocked on the door for a long time and no one answered, she couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly took the spare key to open the door of Yiyou's room, just pushed the door open, a bloody person suddenly fell at her feet, she "ah" exclaimed, Qiu Zeyuan and several family members on duty were attracted over, Qiu Zeyuan just ran to the middle of the stairs and caught a glimpse of Yiyou who fell in a pool of blood, and was suddenly so shocked that he flew directly from the middle of the stairs, picked her up, and called her name over and over again. When Xin Daiyi saw clearly that the person covered in blood was Yiyou, she was also frightened and didn't know what to do, or a few family members were clever, and when they saw this, they hurriedly ran to invite Mo Fen.
When Mo Fen came, Qiu Zeyuan had not recovered from the panic, and the whole person was trembling, and when Mo Fen checked Yiyou's wound and made sure that it only cut his arm and did not hurt his muscles and bones, Qiu Zeyuan's mood gradually stabilized.
"Check it out! Thoroughly investigate the murderer who stabbed Miss! Qiu Zeyuan roared angrily.
"No need to check, I am." Yiyou, who woke up after taking the medicine, endured the sharp pain in his arm and said with difficulty, word by word.
Everyone was stunned, Xin Dai was busy dismissing the family before Qiu Zeyuan's attack, and when there were only three of them left in the room, Qiu Zeyuan rushed to Yiyou's side and asked angrily: "Youyou, even if you hate me and make you lose your parents, how can you hurt me with yourself?!" Do you want me to die and not be able to face your mother?! ”
Yiyou looked at Qiu Zeyuan's grief-stricken appearance, her peach blossom eyes were full of tears again, she wanted to shake her head, throw herself into his arms and cry as before, but she didn't have that courage anymore, so she simply closed her eyes and didn't listen or look.
Qiu Zeyuan's vague pain for many days gushed out like a volcanic eruption the moment he closed his eyes, he suddenly picked up Yiyou lying on the couch, held her head struggling wildly, and forced her to open her eyes and look directly at herself, her sharp gaze seemed to be staring at the strongest opponent in her life, "What do you want?" Do you hate me that much?! ”
Yiyou's wound was torn apart again when the two of them pulled, and the fiery red blood gushed out again, but she seemed to be unconscious, still-for-tat with Qiu Zeyuan, "I want me to never exist in this world!" Can you do it?! You say I hate you? Right! I hate you to death! Why do you want to keep me as a seed?! Do you keep your shameless woman by leaving me with a wolf's heart and lungs?! Didn't she stay for a moment and go to hell to find her adulterer?! ”
Syllable!
Yiyou's miserable white face instantly became red and swollen, she stroked her hot left side of her face with her blood-stained hand, and a smile sprouted in despair, she sneered: "Sure enough, you love me and spoil me all because of her, as long as I offend her in the slightest, you will pull me from heaven to hell in an instant." ”
Qiu Zeyuan hadn't recovered from that palm yet, he stared straight at the hand he had just slapped on Yiyou's face, thinking over and over again, did I just hit her? But seeing the distinct five fingerprints on Yiyou's face, Qiu Zeyuan's heart was twisted together again.
"You annoy me, hate me, anger me, scold me, I don't complain, I owe you, I can't pay it off in this life. But how can you use such vicious language to curse your mother? She died because she gave birth to you......" Qiu Zeyuan recalled the past and couldn't talk anymore, Xin Daiwei, who was already in tears, hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and persuaded softly: "Brother Zeyuan, you go back to the room to rest first, and I'll talk to Youyou......"
After Qiu Ze left, Xin Daihuai cleaned and bandaged the wound for Yiyou again, helped her change into a clean white dress, and slowly sat on the edge of the bed after taking care of her, staring at the good-looking, pale and haggard Yiyou, and put a wisp of green silk in her hair behind her ear, and said softly: "Youyou, although you are not my own child, but you were raised by me with my own hands, your sorrows and joys, Zeyuan can't understand, but I can see it clearly." You don't hate Zeyuan at all, you hate your parents, and even hate yourself, because you feel that they are sorry for Zeyuan, and even you can't escape the blame. You think you're shameless in the love he has shown you for so many years, don't you? ”
Yiyou curled up his body in a ball, without saying a word, Xin Daihuai continued: "This is not the most painful thing for you, what really makes you want to take it away at the expense of self-harm is your love for Zeyuan, isn't it?" ”
Yiyou felt that her mind was about to be soaked with hot and tumbling tears, she didn't know if she was really shaking her head or had hallucinated, Xin Daiyu saw that Yiyou's face was blood-red by her, her eyes were full of bloodshots, and she couldn't help but burst into tears.
"Yoyo, you may think that my aunt is saying this for herself, but I still have to say what I have to say. Neither you nor I are Zeyuan's beloved woman, and we can get his pity and love because of your mother and my sister. Even if Zeyuan wants to marry me now, his feelings for me are nothing more than guilt and pity, and he has never loved me as a woman. You are my own niece, I don't want to see you repeat the mistakes of me and your mother, our lives have been ruined in falling in love with someone you shouldn't love, your mother has lost her life for this, I have spent the rest of my life for this, and I can't bear to see you too. And if you really love Zeyuan, you should hope that he is safe and happy, for so many years he has raised you as his biological daughter, if you have any three strengths and two weaknesses or have been-for-tat with him, how can you make him feel safe in the second half of his life? How can you bear it? ”
Yiyou hugged his head and cried, sobbing and asked, "Is it that as long as I marry Bai Qiaoxuan safely, he will be at ease?" ”
"As long as you are doing well, he will have peace of mind." Xin Daiyu hugged Yiyou, who was crying breathlessly, and softly relieved.
A ray of sunset reflected on the white snow-like iris by the window, and the light spots on the wings made the dancing white butterflies shine, Yiyou watched the sunset gradually hold up the white butterflies, and said calmly: "I will do what he wants......
Tong Fengyi, who was dressed in a blue and gold ruyi pattern cloud silk brocade robe, walked slowly from this mansion that he had walked through countless times and was too familiar to be familiar with, and the eyes were full of festive red, the red silk flowers worn on the stone lion outside the door, the bright red silk cloth hanging on the plaque at the door, the pink moon season swaying all the way, the red lanterns lit up in each room of the main building, and the red happy words posted on the corridor, hall, column, ground, window, and door...... All kinds of red made Tong Fengyi dazzled and didn't know what to feel.
Although the six salutes were omitted, the scene was still prosperous. I heard that these were all arranged by Zeyuan and Dai Wei themselves, which is really not inferior to our wedding that was full of red tape. He Yanjun, who was dressed in a golden embroidered peony pattern Song brocade cheongsam, sighed.
Tong Fengyi was already holding a sigh of relief in his heart, and he was even more angry when he heard He Yanjun say this, he raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "Is it good?" I am afraid that only Dai Wei is willing to suffer such grievances in the whole world. ”
Tong Yuqing, who was walking behind Tong Fengyi, was wearing a light purple carved silk cheongsam, and when she heard her father say this, she couldn't help but say: "My father is not Aunt Dai Wei, how can I know if Aunt Dai is wronged or happy?" On people's big day, how can my father say some sad words? ”
Her daughter's words made Tong Fengyi speechless, but He Yanjun turned around and said to his daughter: "Your father just sighed, where did you come from so many words?" ”
Tong Yuhao, who was dressed in a navy blue golden moire silk robe, leaned into Tong Yuqing's ear and smiled: "It turns out that my sister also has times when she is scolded......
But before he finished laughing, his right ear was picked up by Tong Yuqing, just in response to the saying that hurting others is not good for himself, he begged for mercy again and again, how funny and funny he looked. He Yanjun saw a pair of children making a mess and secretly laughed on the side, but saw that his husband seemed to frown, with his heart, he shouldn't be angry with children? Thinking of this, He Yanjun hurriedly asked, "Feng Yi, what's wrong with you?" ”
Tong Fengyi shook his head, "I don't know what's going on these days?" This eyelid was always beating and it made me a little uneasy. Saying that, he waved his hand again and said with a smile: "Xu is preparing for Yuqing's marriage in the past few days, and it should be too busy to welcome and send it, so it shouldn't be a big deal." ”
Tong Yuqing hugged her father affectionately when she heard this, and said with a smile: "If my father is too busy, wouldn't it be good to postpone my marriage for a few days?" You don't have to work too hard, either. ”
Tong Fengyi poked his daughter's forehead and said angrily: "They are all people who are going to be the *, they are still so unorthodox, and they can't be so willful after getting married." ”
Tong Yuqing's eyes turned a few times, covering up the memories that should not be evoked, and her face was still smiling like a flower, with the joy that a person attending a wedding banquet should have.
Because the people who came to congratulate each other were acquaintances, the wedding banquet was not set up in the main hall of the main building in a proper manner, but placed in an open space in front of the Moon Tower in the back garden. At this time, it is the scenery of spring in the garden, the delicate and lovely pink peach blossoms, the elegant and fresh white cherry blossoms are dancing in the wind, and the people in it seem to be able to be washed by the naughty elves of petals. The evening breeze is cool, and the fragrant fragrance of ten miles has just been delivered, and the faint fragrance of magnolia has been ushered in. The fragrance of flowers hits people, and the flowing water does not live up to the affection, the drizzle that fell this morning stirred a pool of spring water in Juning Lake, the flowing water is murmuring, pure and natural, better than the music of countless silk and bamboo, the sound of orchestra......
Everyone sat down in turn at this beautiful place, a pair of couples implicated in red silk slowly walked over, and when the two stood in front of the incense case, the ceremonial music played, and the salute officer shouted: "Worship heaven and earth!" ”
Qiu Zeyuan, who was dressed in auspicious clothes and wearing a crown of jade, slowly pulled Xin Daiyi, who was wearing a phoenix crown, to turn around, and the two of them worshiped the gods and the earth together.
"Second worship high hall!" Qiu Zeyuan and Xin Daiyi both wet the corners of their eyes, sixteen years have passed, neither of their parents is alive, they can only tell their heavenly parents in front of the incense candles, they are no longer lonely and helpless wanderers.