Chapter 20: The Storm in the City (I)
One.
I was looking at the excerpts at home, and Qiu Ming hurriedly came in: "Xiangye, Xiangye." ”
"Speak slowly." Qiu Ming grew up with me since he was a child, and he was used to messing around, but now that he is older, I am different from him and other subordinates, I poured a cup of tea and handed it to him, he finished drinking the tea, and said: "Xiangye, Master Yin is here!" ”
"Who?"
"Old Man Yin, your grandfather!" Qiu Ming said, "He broke in without saying a word today, looked for you all over the house, and went directly to the master's wife's room." ”
As soon as I heard that my grandfather went to my wife's place, I hurriedly asked, "Madame is not frightened, is she?" What about soft blue? ”
"Both of you are fine, I easily asked Old Man Yin to sit down in the lobby, so I hurried to invite you." Before Qiu Ming finished speaking, I got up and strode towards the lobby.
Counting the days, I haven't seen my grandfather for many years, my father died, I married a wife, my grandfather didn't come, all of them came to my grandmother, I calculated in my heart, I haven't seen my grandfather for almost seven years, and I don't know if his old man is still healthy or not, but thinking of him breaking in, it is estimated that he is very energetic.
When I arrived in the lobby, I saw that my grandfather's beard was white, but he was in good spirits, drinking tea, and talking to his wife.
"Grandpa!" I stepped forward and saluted, "Grandson Yulan joins grandpa." ”
Grandpa put down the teacup and said with a smile: "Yulan is so big, come and let grandpa take a look." When I approached him, my grandfather reached out and grabbed my wrist and said, "You have had an unstable pulse and frequent headaches since you were a child, but now it seems that you are getting better." Originally, my grandfather caught me like this, which scared me, and I didn't want my grandfather to be worried about my body, so my heart was hot, and I said: "Thank you grandpa for your care, I have taken the medicine of the doctor all these years, and my headache is better." ”
Grandpa looked at his wife again: "Time flies so fast, I came to see you when you were born, your eyebrows and eyes are very similar to your mother, when you were a child, when adults were talking, your eyes were rolling." As the saying goes, three years old looks old, you can recognize a thousand words at the age of three, and your temperament follows your father, very clever. "When I was a child, not only me, but also my wife listened very carefully, "I told your grandmother at that time that this child will definitely be very good when he grows up." ”
When my grandfather said this, I was a little embarrassed, I felt that I had failed my grandfather's expectations, and my grandfather seemed to see what was on my mind, and said with a smile: "You are still young, and if you experience some things, you will naturally grow up, and now that you are a prime minister and a father, the responsibility on your shoulders is even heavier." ”
Grandpa's words to my heart, since I know that Mrs. is happy, I feel that the burden on my shoulders is heavy, I am now managing the Chen Kingdom, which is where my children will grow up in the future, if the Chen Kingdom is stagnant now, it is not my fault, but if the child is born, the Chen Kingdom is still the same, that is my responsibility.
"I heard that my grandfather traveled all over the world, why did he come to Wucheng?" Madame asked me what I thought, and I looked at my grandfather.
Grandpa sighed: "Do you remember Luo'er?" ”
"Luo'er?" I searched for this name in my mind, and I remembered that I have a little cousin named Yin Sangluo, three years younger than me, is the daughter of my little uncle, my little uncle died very early, she lived in my house until she was five years old, and then my grandparents brought her back to the Yin family, and then my grandfather passed on her martial arts, but did not pass on her swordsmanship, but let my grandfather's old friend Murong teach her a long whip. I was fifteen years old when we met again, and although she was only twelve years old, she was able to swing the whip well. Yin Sangluo's elves are eccentric, as unruly as me, and my grandparents are pampered, and they are even more informal.
"Luo'er is missing." When my grandfather mentioned my little cousin, worry appeared on his face, "A month ago, Luo'er said that he was going to come to Wucheng to see you, and your grandmother and I thought that she was also older, and she had experienced and experienced, so she was allowed to come, and gave her money and let her come." ”
I was confused: "But I've never met Luo'er." ”
"That's it, I didn't worry at first, I called a subordinate to follow Luo'er secretly, and then came back when she arrived in Wucheng safely, Changge was far away from Wucheng, even if she took the waterway, she had to walk for seven or eight days, but Luo'er didn't like to take the boat, because she was on foot, all the way to the mountains and rivers, the first ten days were safe, until she entered the Cangzhou boundary, she suddenly disappeared." Grandpa said, "I asked my friends in Cangzhou to look for her in the city, but I couldn't find it, and your grandmother and I couldn't rest assured, so we planned to come in person, but we looked for many days, and we didn't even hear the news of Luo'er." ”
I was secretly worried in my heart, isn't this month just the time for Ying Zhongqing to flee back to Weiguo? Changge is just at the junction of Chenguo and Weiguo, Sang Luo's route to Wucheng and Ying Zhongqing's route back to Weiguo may coincide, if Sang Luo bumps into Ying Zhongqing, will she still live? Thinking of this, I couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly comforted myself, Sang Luo's martial arts are not weak, and he is smart, and he will be fine, and he listened carefully to his grandfather's words.
"If it is tied up by people, but no one has come to ask for ransom, and the people on the rivers and lakes who dare to kidnap my granddaughter have not been born yet."
After a pause, my grandfather said: "My grandfather and grandmother don't have a search warrant, so I can't search carefully, my eldest brother Yao Dongyuan is the history of Cangzhou Thorn, I immediately repaired a book and asked my eldest brother to help find it." Grandpa nodded: "Thank you so much for the hollyhock." Mrs. added: "Cangzhou is flat and has no high mountains, so it is impossible for my cousin to fall off any cliff; In addition, Cangzhou is mostly a large grain-producing state, and it is in the center of Chenguo, and there is no military deployment, let alone a place that people in the rivers and lakes like to go, so the probability of being tied up by my cousin is not great. "Madame's analysis is thorough, not only me, but my grandfather also nodded yes.
After Ying Zhongqing left, I have been secretly calculating his possible escape route in my heart, taking the waterway is too conspicuous, Ying Zhongqing and his party must be pretending to be a businessman, plus Cangzhou is rich, he will definitely stop in Cangzhou, Sang Luo is young, he has not yet wandered in the rivers and lakes, there will be no enemies, the possibility of meeting Ying Zhongqing is indeed very large, but I don't want to say it to worry my grandfather.
"I'm also thinking about it, Luo'er may have experienced something difficult, or she has no money on her, and she hasn't replied to me, I think if she's okay, the first thing is to come to Wucheng to find you, so I came to Wucheng first, I didn't think she still didn't come." My grandfather was a powerful man outside, but I knew that in front of us, he was just an old man who loved his children and grandchildren.
"Maybe Luo'er has left Cangzhou and is closer to Wucheng, or wind and rain, or Jingyang, maybe for some reason I haven't contacted you, grandpa, don't worry, I'll ask someone to find it." I appeased my grandfather, Mrs. should be peaceful, get up to pinch my grandfather's shoulder, I think she is pregnant, let her sit well, I came to serve my grandfather myself, thinking about diverting my grandfather's attention, I can't let him think about Sangluo, I said, "Grandpa, you haven't been back to Wucheng for a long time, the last time I saw Du Duzhen, he also told me that his grandfather often talked about you and missed you." ”
Grandpa narrowed his eyes: "Du? Du Lengquan? ”
In fact, I don't know what Du Duzhen's grandfather is called, but there is indeed a kind of wine called cold spring wine in Chenguo, I heard Du Duzhen say that the names of the boys in their family come from wine, and they think about it.
"Well, I haven't seen Du Lengquan for a long time, so I don't know how he is now."
"Ming'er just doesn't go to court, I'll go and invite Old Man Du, you can talk about the old days, leave the matter of finding Luo'er to me, I'll send someone to Cangzhou to invite my grandmother another day, you will live in Wucheng for a while, and when I find Luo'er back, I will send you back to Changge together." I said it very easily, but in fact, I didn't know the bottom in my heart, but my grandfather seemed to believe me, and snorted, "That's it." ”
Fortunately, Yao Dongyuan was very efficient, and after a few days, he sent a letter back, saying that someone saw Sangluo in a teahouse, and saw someone bullying a beautiful woman, and punished her, but she didn't want the woman to take out a bottle from her arms and sprinkle the water in it on those people, and those people began to howl in pain, and after a while, it turned into blood.
I was shocked, this is bone water! It's over, and it turned out that Sang Luo met that female devil Shui unintentionally!
Two.
Chenguo Wind and Rain City, Mingyuan Temple.
Early in the morning, Liu Mei ate fasting and recited Buddhist scriptures in the temple to sweep the floor, because although she is a monk, she corresponds to Zhongqing's continuous love, and it is the remnant plum master of Mingyuan Temple who asked her to lead the hair to practice, and wait for the dust to be removed, and then shave. Mingyuan Temple is not a big temple, just because the nuns in Mingyuan Temple are all nuns, and Master Remnant Mei is also a well-known martial arts master, because the nuns in the temple have some martial arts on their bodies, and ordinary people dare not come here to offend.
However, this remnant plum master has some connection with my family. My mother's maiden family, the Yin family, was originally a martial arts family that settled in Changge, because my grandfather was recruited by the imperial court into the Hades team and moved the family to Wucheng, in Wucheng, gave birth to my mother. My mother went to the street to buy flowers and met my father, and they fell in love with each other, and finally got married. The marriage of the Zhou family and the Yin family is tantamount to a strong alliance, which will inevitably cause people to be jealous, and my grandfather is tired of being bound, and gradually ignores the affairs of the Hades team, and hands over the affairs to Du Duzhen's grandfather Du Lengquan, after my mother died, my grandfather resigned from the position of the Hades team and went out to travel the world.
After I was born, my grandfather gave me a jade pendant and went on a trip, sometimes I didn't go back to Wucheng for several years, and I rarely saw my grandfather. However, I often hear my father say that my mother is my grandfather's most beloved little daughter, and as soon as I was born, my grandfather gave me his jade pendant that never left me, which shows that my grandfather loves me and Wu. I have the impression that my grandfather's hair is black and white, but he is tall and handsome, even if he is old, he has not lost his demeanor. I heard my father say that when my grandfather was young, he relied on a sword and a set of unparalleled palm skills to walk the rivers and lakes, because he was handsome, he provoked a lot of peach blossoms, but my grandfather was devoted to my grandmother, and he suffered those girls for a lifetime. It is said that this remnant plum master was a monk who was in love with his grandfather to no avail.
No one in Mingyuan Temple is allowed to mention the sad things of Master Remnant Mei, because Liu Mei does not know the story of Master Remnant Mei, and he does not know that he came to Mingyuan Temple, which was arranged by my grandfather. I have some inheritance of my grandfather, I always have an inexplicable good impression of the beautiful, tough girl, I can't bear to let Liu Mei live this green light ancient Buddha, and I can't bear her to go to a remote temple to suffer, remembering my grandfather's old matter, I found someone to entrust my grandfather, and arranged Liu Mei to Mingyuan Temple.
Liu Mei was sweeping the floor, and a girl in purple appeared in front of her.
"Is it Miss Willow Eyebrow?"
Liu Mei was slightly stunned, she had never been out of the temple in Wind and Rain City, and she had never known such a good-looking girl, so she had to nod. The girl in purple said, "I can be regarded as finding you, can you take a step to speak?" ”
Liu Mei shook her head.
"I was sent by His Majesty, and he asked me to come and ask you a few words." The woman in purple gritted her teeth and said.
Liu Mei is even more strange, what is King Ping going to ask her? The woman in purple expected that Liu Mei would be wrong, so she said: "It's not this majesty of Chen Kingdom, it's the majesty of Wei Kingdom." ”
Liu Mei heard this, like a thunderbolt, and many thoughts about Ying Zhongqing came to her heart, these years, she tried her best to restrain herself from thinking about Ying Zhongqing, that is, she knew that they had no future, and wanted to break off her thoughts as soon as possible, so as to convert to Buddhism, as soon as the woman in purple appeared, her efforts over the years collapsed instantly, and tears suddenly filled her eyes.
"You can always take a step now, right?"
Liu Mei saw that there was no one around, so he led the woman in purple to the banyan tree in the backyard of the temple, which was covered by the thick branches of the big banyan tree, Liu Mei took a deep breath and said, "You ask." ”
"Okay, Your Majesty asked me to ask you, do you still have him in your heart?" The woman in purple said with a glance.
Thousands of feelings converged in Liu Mei's heart, and she couldn't speak for a while. What if you have it in your heart? You are the monarch of the future country, I am a nun of Mingyuan Temple, what else? He refused to speak, but nodded slightly.
"Okay, since you have him, are you willing to go to Weiguo with me?"
Liu Mei was shocked and hurriedly shook his head: "I can't go." ”
"Why?" The woman in purple frowned, "Even if you refuse to go with me now, in the spring of next year, Your Majesty will send troops to Chenguo, and when you occupy Chenguo, you will naturally have to go to Weiguo with me." ”
Liu Mei was so shocked by this woman's words that she couldn't speak for a while, she lived in the temple for a long time, didn't ask about the world, only said that Ying Zhongqing would return to Weiguo one day, but she didn't expect him to send troops to Chenguo! Liu Mei wept and said, "He really wants to send troops to Chenguo?" ”
The woman in purple nodded: "Our princess Yiyuan died in Chenguo in February this year, and died at the gate of Yangri Palace, it was your evil prime minister Zhou Yulan who pushed her down, and we must avenge this revenge." ”
Liu Mei was secretly shocked, it turned out that when he was in Yangri Palace, the prime minister often looked for opportunities for the two of them to meet in Baicao Garden, Liu Mei looked at him although he was a little cynical, but he was not such a ruthless person, he was already suspicious of the woman in purple, and thought that if Ying Zhongqing sent troops to Chenguo, he would be the enemy of Chenguo, how could she still have illusions about him? Sighing, Liu Mei said, "You go back." ”
The woman in purple looked at her: "You really don't want to go back with me?" Do you have to wait until the day the stormy city breaks? ”
"Even if the country sends troops to the country, it may not be able to win. Even if I win and break the Wind and Rain City, I will not see his face, and the Wind and Rain City will be broken, and I will die here immediately. Liu Mei looked awe-inspiring, "I am a native of Chenguo, I was born and grew up in Si, Chenguo taught me ethics, taught me loyalty and filial piety, from the moment he decided to send troops to Chenguo, we are enemies, everything in the past has become a cloud of smoke, I will die here, and I will never set foot on half of your country." ”
The woman in purple lost her temper by her words, and there seemed to be appreciation in her eyes, and she said: "Since you are obsessed, I will no longer force it, don't do it." ”
Liu Mei watched the woman in purple go away, leaned against the banyan tree and cried.