Chapter 53: Kou Zhen
Looking at the little dice that ran out with the sticker box, Bai Ye hurriedly said: "Wait..."
"Wait, wait! The concert must come to Bianjing before me! That's how early you can make arrangements! ”
"What else can be arranged? I concealed that my daughter was in front of me, and I kidnapped you behind..."
Mo rubbed the token and stood up, "I didn't write these things in the recital, I only wrote about you being a daughter, and the Queen Mother would be very happy if she knew that you were a woman." ”
Suddenly getting up and sliding down, Xia Zongxiao looked at Bai Ye seriously: "In addition to hiding my daughter's body, I didn't write anything else, more things are better than less things, so as not to cause extraneous branches." ”
"But if you don't play, the right phase will also play, I can't hide it, I know you're good for me, but no one will believe your rhetoric."
"He's not going to play, does it matter believe it or not? My rhetoric is just a step down for both sides, as for the recital just now? It's also a step, because I want to marry you, you are a woman, and the court will know after all, but you can't step into the court, you can't step into the emperor and queen mother, and taking the initiative to ask for guilt will be counted as giving them an explanation. ”
"But—" White Night was still uneasy.
"It's okay! Trust me! The courtiers in red and purple in the court will be angry, the emperor will be annoyed, but the queen mother will be happy... As long as the Queen Mother is happy... No matter how angry they are, they have to stuff themselves in their stomachs... As for Kou Zhen, don't worry, he owes me a favor, it's time to pay me back..."
"Rest assured... It's okay... I promise, Kou Zhen will be released tomorrow night at the latest... Believe me. Xia Zongxiao took Bai Ye's hand and said seriously.
The actions of the two of them as if no one were beside them caused a lot of embarrassment in the tent, and Sun Yanwu and Yang Zhong and other guards could not look at it, they could only keep their heads down and stare at their feet.
Gu Mancang, who has never had a sense of existence, smiled and looked at his prince without shying away.
He has been with Xia Zongxiao for many years, and the actual housekeeper of Weiwangfu knows a little bit of Xia Zongxiao's secrets, and knows what the living white tiger means to Xia Zongxiao and their Weiwangfu, although he has always been skeptical of this rumor, but after all, people like them would rather believe it than not.
Now it seems that his own prince has believed it. Since the prince believed, they also had to believe.
Gu Mancang coughed lightly and said loudly: "Your Highness, Princess, Yang Tongzhi is still there!" ”
Xia Zongxiao said unhappily: "Are you still there?" Anything else? ”
Gu Mancang stepped forward at this time, replacing the usual work of the little dice, serving tea and pouring water diligently, two cups of fragrant tea wafting the fragrance of tea, holding it in front of Xia Zongxiao and Bai Ye with a tea tray, personally serving tea and handing it to Xia Zongxiao's hand and whispering in Xia Zongxiao's ear....
In Shuozhou City, there has been a curfew, and in the streets and alleys, except for the footsteps of the soldiers on patrol at night, there are only occasional sporadic dog barks, and the entire Shuozhou City is quietly asleep.
In a prosaic private courtyard near the Thorn Mansion in the Inner East City, the lights in the rest of the rooms have long been extinguished, except for the study, where there are dim bean-sized lights shining through.
In the study, on the couch, an old man in a Confucian satin robe was lying on the couch with his arms on his pillow, and a woman in her cardamom years, with a beautiful appearance and elegant clothes, was carefully kneeling on the couch, beating the old man's arm sideways with a beauty hammer with moderate rhythmic strength.
The old man half-squinted his cloudy eyes, and from time to time his throat came out with the unique guttural sound of the elderly, and the crumbling of a book half-rolled in his hand was about to slip out of his hand.
A man in an official robe who was standing on the register respectfully looked at it carefully for a moment, and then walked in on tiptoe and did not dare to make a movement, lest he alarm the old man.
Gently took down the ancient book that might slip at any time from the old man's hand, the man's movements were very gentle and careful, but the moment the ancient book left the old man, the old man still woke up.
The cloudy eyes opened in confusion, the eyes were still moist, and a nasal voice seemed to wake up hazy, and a tear overflowed from the corner of the eye.
Coughed a few times, the phlegm in his throat was very heavy, and he coughed violently for a long time without coughing it clean, and the cardamom woman kneeling beside him gently stroked the old man's back, and her voice was soft and moving: "Old man......"
The man hurriedly took out a golden toad spittoon from the bottom of the couch and waited for the old man to discharge the filth, and the cardamom woman handed over a cup of weak tea in a timely manner, and wholeheartedly supported the old man's head full of age spots to his chest, and served the weak tea one by one......
The old man's violent cough caused his heaving chest to not calm down, but the old man's voice gently patted the woman's white and tender tenderness with relief and relief: "This expedition, thanks to Lan Niang's accompanying service, otherwise this trip will not be thousands of miles, and the boat and car will be tiring, but it is really a bad crime..."
"It is the duty of the concubine to serve the master..., master, you and Qilang still have official business to discuss, the concubine went to the back kitchen to prepare some plain side dishes for the lord to eat for supper, and the concubine retired." After Lan Niang finished speaking, she climbed down from the old man's feet, gave a slight salute and turned away.
The old man stood up with the help of the man, and the carbon light in the carbon stove in the room was dim, and the heat dissipated into the cold air not long after it dissipated.
The man in the official robe waited for the old man to sit down in front of the bookcase, and put on a cold coat for the old man, and then took the tongs and prepared to take out the fine silver frost charcoal from the bamboo frame on the side of the charcoal stove and add it to the furnace.
But was stopped by the old man: "Wen Pu, don't add it... People are getting old... If it's too hot in the house, it's easy to get sleepy, so it's better to be cold and sober when it's cold......"
"Yes, uncle." Kou Wenpu put down the tongs and returned to the old man to stand.
The small lampstand on the bookcase, the lights are swaying and dim, as if it may be extinguished at any time, Kou Wenpu took out the needle from the table and gently dipped it in grease and picked it, the small flame instantly became bigger, the light illuminated the entire bookcase, and the surrounding area was a messy spread of letters and official letters coming and going everywhere.
Only in this writing area in front of Kou Zhen, a long-written impeachment of Jizhen and the general of Zhenbei Bai Ye was lying quietly on it, but it had not yet been sealed.
Kou Zhen's dry and withered hand trembled slightly and picked up this piece, the dim light swayed, Kou Zhen has passed the year of knowing his fate, and he has been buried in government affairs all the year round, which makes his eyes more and more poor, and he wrote down one by one on the top of the light, like a wriggling worm, wriggling in front of his eyes.
Kou Zhen put down the chapter, rubbed his astringent eyes with both hands, his wrinkled face was full of tiredness, he sighed lightly, and a dry and hoarse voice came from his throat: "Take it and burn it......"
"Uncle... This? ”
"Burn it... I don't need it..."Kou Zhen watched Kou Wenpu take the piece and send it to the carbon furnace, as soon as the carbon flame that was almost about to be extinguished touched the paper, the outer skin wrapped in silk silk touched the flame and emitted a unique burnt smell, which filled the entire study, Kou Zhen took two deep breaths, staring at the more and more prosperous open flame in the furnace, until the open flame in the furnace was extinguished, and only the carbon light that was about to be extinguished was emitting a light that was not there.
People are already in the twilight, more and more sentimental, a little thing can be associated with a sad spring and autumn emotion, Kou Zhen just watched the fire of the stove change from nothing to disappear and nothing, the fire disappeared, leaving only a pile of ashes and dust How similar is his life?
When I was dying, I realized that time is precious, and the young man is still vivid, and in the blink of an eye, he will be in the end of his life......
After a short period of sadness, Kou Zhen put away his thoughts and ordered: "Early tomorrow morning, you will go to the prison to release all the people related to the Bai family." ”
"Uncle!" Kou Wenpu was very puzzled, the purpose of their coming to the north this time was not only for northern aid, but also for ......
Kou Zhen shook his head lightly and whispered, "No need to say more... White Night is a daughter... King Wei wants to marry him as a concubine... The Bai family can't move..."
"What does this have to do with us? Bai Ye led the army as a daughter to deceive the court saint for many years, and then kidnapped King Wei and left the army privately! All of them are great sins! Take this to take down the Bai family... The Bai family has been operating in Jizhen for several generations, and it is deeply rooted, if you miss the opportunity, you will regret it! Uncle..."
Kou Zhen stared at the faint dancing candlelight, his cloudy eyes reflected the dancing candlelight with memories, and muttered, "... This is what I owe him..."