The 800 drums of the dusk will stop, and the convoy of the Patriotic Mansion will enter the fangmen. When I arrived at the mansion in the dark, it was already more than halfway through. Aunt Fang led her subordinates to greet the master with lanterns. In front of the house gate, the horses were unloaded for a while, and the lights were bright. The Patriotic Mansion, which has been lonely for a long time, has really not been so lively for a long time.

After a day of tossing, even if the energy is as red as a whisk, I feel a little tired. led the three girls in red to the house. Aunt Fang greeted her, and the red cloth stepped forward to take the lantern in Aunt Fang's hand.

"Are all the rooms packed?"

"It's all ready, the cross-courtyard where Yun Gongzi lives has been cleaned up."

"Hmm. By the way, there is another tiger, this time this is the daughter-in-law of the big tiger, and I will cut some fresh meat steak and send it over in a while. "Hongfu's heart is really biased, and when Xiao You came, she didn't see her specially arranging to send meat.

"Mother, be careful of the steps."

"It's okay, I remember that the door here was originally inlaid with glazed walls, embedded with night pearls, and a little light was very bright. I didn't expect it to be gone......"

Hongfu suddenly stopped, turned to look at the mother and son who had just stepped into the door of the mansion, the flickering candle flame in his eyes was terrifying, and the tiredness of Fang Cai was swept away. Aunt Fang was just about to speak, but she was stopped by waving her hand. Seeing this, the red clothes also followed the sound, pricking up their ears to listen to the conversation over there.

I only heard Cheng Mu ask in surprise: "Mother, have you ever been here?" How do you know that there is a Night Pearl here? ”

Aunt Mei sighed, but did not speak. In front, Li Kun helped his grandfather to walk silently, and Li Zhenan was still outside to help settle the salute. Zhenyue quietly followed Cheng Mu in the shadows, and the servants who came and went didn't even notice it. Passing through the middle gate, Aunt Mei subconsciously stopped to look to the left, but it was getting late, and the candlelight could only illuminate five steps away. I can't see anything over there. Aunt Mei looked at it a few times, shook her head and sighed. As he walked forward, he saw a lantern stop in front of him. Behind the lantern, the red face is lit and dark.

"Pengzhan is ambitious, the green clouds are straight up, the three mountains are strong, and the immortal poplars are immortal." Red Whisk looked at the hazy darkness, the glint in her eyes reflecting the once magnificent bronze lamp tree. "When the Yang family was destroyed, the bronze tree was included in the palace, and after the war, I don't know if it is still there." Hongfu retracted her gaze and looked at the silent woman in front of her, and asked in a light but undeniable tone: "Madame's surname is Yang, I don't know what it has to do with the Duke of Chu in the previous dynasty?" What does Li Luoyun have to do with the Yang family?! ”

"Alas...... The past is unbearable, Su Mei, now that she is back, these are always to be faced. Mrs. Li is kind to Yu Yun'er, if you are willing, talk to Mrs. Li. Old and tired, he retired first. Li Guangxiong looked at Su Mei and thought of Luo Yun's deceased mother, the woman who was gentle and graceful on the outside and stubborn and tenacious in her heart. The past comes to mind, this Chang'an City, these deliberately forgotten pasts, are ...... after all Can't forget.

Seeing Li Guangxiung leave, he once again felt that this old man was not simple. Everyone in Lijiazhai has their own past, what about this old man's past? Cheng Wu in the afternoon came from Cheng Zhijie's personal guard. Su Mei in front of her must have something to do with this Yang Mansion, what about the people in Li Jiazhai? What about Li Luoyun? And who do they have a relationship with? They didn't want to hide it, and the secret would be revealed layer by layer......

"Mrs. Yang, please, let's go to the flower hall for tea."

"I don't dare to be called a lady. It is an honor for Su Mei to be able to have a tea conversation with Sister Hongfu. Aunt Mei pushed Cheng Mu away and solemnly performed a standard lady's ceremony.

Hongfu's eyes shrank slightly when she heard Aunt Mei's name for her, Yue Da confirmed her thoughts, raised her hand to signal, and led Aunt Mei to the flower hall, and at the same time told Luan Nier to prepare tea and snacks. She had a hunch that tonight's story would be long.

In the ninth year of the Great Cause of Sui, when he was the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the Duke of Chu Guo, and Yang Xuangan of the Zhu State rebelled. In the summer of the same year, Yang Xuangan surrounded Luoyang and fought for a long time. When Sui reinforcements arrived, they were forced to retreat westward, and they were defeated three times in one day. In the end, on the way to Shangluo, he felt embarrassed and asked his younger brother Yang Jishan to kill him. Yang Xuangan's younger brother was six people, either died in the army, or was beheaded. The Yang clan of the Duke of Chu was uprooted.

Yang Su's fifth son, Yang Minxing, was a doctor in the Sui Dynasty at the time, a noble minister of the Qing Dynasty, and did not accompany the army on the Northern Expedition. Yang Xuangan was in Chang'an when he raised the army. After receiving the letter from his brother, he ran around to connect the magnates of various families, and on the other hand, as a precaution, he sent his wife and daughter to the manor outside the city. Later, when he learned that his brother's attack on Luoyang failed, Yang Minxing secretly sold Heng Property and transferred gold and silver treasures out of the city. Subsequently, Yang Xuangan was defeated and died, and Yang Jishan was arrested and his car was split. The news of the Chang'an clan changed suddenly, and Yang Minxing had no chance to escape, and after being arrested, he was sentenced to death.

Fortunately, his wife and daughter, who were hiding outside the city, fled from Chang'an under the cover of the old acquaintance with the Duke of Chu. But then he was searched and arrested by the imperial court. Seeing that the general trend had gone, Yang's mother asked her daughter Xiuning to leave the camp with her maidservant Su Mei at night and fled into the mountains and forests alone. On the morning of the second day when Yang Xiuning and Su Mei fled, the camp was besieged by the traitors in the generals. In order to divide the Yang family's property, all the soldiers who encircled and suppressed were slaughtered.

At that time, Xiuning's lady and maid did not run far, so they hid in the mountains. The maid can't forget the morning sun that day, scorching and dazzling. shines on the blood of the Yang family, like the glazed platform purchased by the eldest master, and it is ...... But my heart is cold......"

There was a pot of wine in front of Hongfu alone, and he poured himself a drink. Hongfu recalled the old Guogong, remembered that the power of the Yang family was leaning towards the government and the opposition, and once he was careless, the Yang family came to this point. "And after that? You went to Lijiazhai? ”

After nearly 20 years, Aunt Mei, who was still a little girl, talked about these past events at this time, her tone was light and unwavering, as if she was telling a story. "That year, my lady had just proposed marriage with a son of the Li family in Longxi, and the old lady also wanted us to flee to Longxi to seek refuge. But Xiuning's wife said: The marriage certificate of the two families has not been established, and he and the Li son do not know each other. The Yang family suffered a catastrophe, and everyone rebelled and left. Even the rest of the Hongnong Yang family were eager to clear up their relationship, how could the Li family shelter her at this time. Even if the Li family really accepts her, the Yang family is ruined, she has no maiden family to rely on, and she will not be at the mercy of the Li family in the future......

"Xiuning girl...... Did I see it when I was in Yang's house? Hongfu pursed his eyebrows and thought for a while, but he was not impressed. When the old prince Yang Su was alive, it was the most glorious time of the Yang family, and the Yang family had hundreds of relatives and thousands of servants. She was one of the better dancers at that time, and she saw a lot of people. And when she left, Xiuning should still be a little girl under the care of a nurse, even if they met, they wouldn't remember it after so many years.

Aunt Mei raised her head and looked at the corners of her eyes that did not show the slightest fine lines, and the thin calluses and a few fine lines on the belly of the fingers holding the cup were also left by practicing martial arts, but the skin on the back of her hands was still delicate and white. Unlike her hands, which are busy with housework, they are already rough. The two sat together, and Hongfu looked younger than her. sighed silently in my heart, what a wonderful life encounter. Hongfu, who was bent on following Li Jing to leave the Yang Mansion back then, could he have predicted that he would become the new owner of the Yang Mansion in Chang'an many years later?

"Madame is not impressed. But my lady has been admiring and remembering Mrs. Hong's red silk dance since she saw it. Later, the lady once told her maid that she refused to go to the Li family according to the marriage contract, but she was not affected by her wife's actions back then. She didn't want to leave her fate in the hands of others. ”

"Heh~ I didn't expect that I still have such an admirer, but unfortunately I couldn't get acquainted with it at the beginning." The red whisk raised his glass and drank it all, and his cheeks were slightly red under the candle flame.

"Madame has seen Yun'er, and she should know that what the maid said is true. A few years ago, when Xiuning was still there, she often fell into the past, missing the old lady, the old lady, and missing this family. So he reminisced about the past every day and wrote it down. Every grass and tree, every tree, every house, every garden, as long as you still remember the details, have all been written down to comfort the pain of lovesickness. Among them, about the people of the Yang family, except for a few old ladies and wives, only you mentioned the most to Sister Hongfu. ”

Hongfu was silent, and filled the cup again: "No wonder Yun Boy is so familiar with this house. If it weren't for the fact that he was too young, I doubt he ever came. "After taking a sip, I feel that without the gourd, this wine will not be fragrant no matter how I drink it." You haven't told me where you went in the first place? In the mountains? Didn't you meet Yun Boy's father? ”

Aunt Mei shook her head, nodded again and said, "Although there are some twists and turns, I am indeed fortunate to have met my uncle." It was only later that the maid learned that the old lady gave some of the treasures and industrial title deeds hidden by the Yang family to Xiuning Niangzi. Those things were worth ten times as much as the cartloads of gold and silver that had been divided among the pursuers. At that time, the lady wanted to go to Yizhou to find a place to hide for a few days. But I didn't want to be bitten by a poisonous snake before I got out of the mountain, and I almost died. ”

The red breeze was slightly drunk, and he had long lost his manners, and he couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "I think it's a catastrophe that doesn't die and meets the person who is hit." Two little girls raised in the boudoir, do you think the rivers and lakes outside are so easy to walk? ”

Aunt Mei thought about what happened back then, although she had experienced hardships, what Hongfu said was right, and she couldn't help but smile in agreement: "What Madame said is not bad, and when I look at it later, the encounter at that time was indeed like fate." It's just that I didn't realize it when I was in it. The lady was poisoned and unconscious, and the maid was so frightened that she only knew how to cry. I didn't dare to go to someone for help, but fortunately I met my uncle and third brother...... It is Li Zhen'an, who is with him today. My uncle's surname is Li Zhenping, and their brother happened to pass by, heard my cry, and rushed to save my wife. It's just that the lady had just suffered a family disaster at that time, so she was very cautious and cautious, and the uncle seemed to have something to do, so she just left with a few words. ”

Hongfu was a qualified listener at this time, and asked appropriately: "Oh, didn't you fall in love at first sight and promise each other?" So how did they meet again? ”

"It's also Xiuning's lady Yu Wanzi's bad luck." Aunt Mei couldn't help laughing as she spoke, the suffering at the beginning, but now that she thinks about it, she can smile calmly, "I walked along the mountain road for a day, and I didn't know where I went at that time, and I was robbed by a group of mountain bandits who suddenly came out. At that time, my wife and I were really frightened, thinking that we were in a catastrophe. Xiuning lady said that she would avoid humiliation with her will to die. Unexpectedly, as soon as we were dragged to the door of the bandit head village, we saw my uncle and the third brother swaggering out of it. ”

"Oh? Is Li Jiazhai really a bandit? When I saw Li Zhenan today, I felt that it was not simple, he was definitely a warrior. "Hong Fu came to the interest, her curiosity about Li Jiazhai has been holding back for a long time, but unfortunately her people can't find useful information.

Su Mei shook her head and said, "At that time, the maid and the lady also thought so, and the maid begged for mercy. However, it was not what Madame thought. It's a bandit's den, not Lijiazhai. My uncle is not a gang of bandits, but the bandit leader is a little afraid of him. The relationship is complicated, and the maid only slowly understood when she came to Lijiazhai later, and Mrs. listened to me slowly. ”

"Good! It's been a long time since I've heard such a story. Red, Luan Nier! Don't eavesdrop, go get a few side dishes, and get two pots of wine to listen to the past of Yun Xiaozi's parents. It's a rare opportunity! Hongfu spilled the tea in front of Aunt Mei and poured wine" These past events have been held in your heart for many years, right? I'm afraid it's Yun Boy, you haven't even said it, right? ”

Aunt Mei turned out to be a red breeze of the cup handed over, hesitated for a moment and raised her head to drink it all, drank too quickly and choked a few times, two blushes appeared on her face, and she lowered her head and put down the cup: "The maid hasn't drunk for many years, thank you, madam." ”

Red wrinkled his nose playfully, and said slightly angrily: "Yun boy, such a good wine, doesn't he honor you?" ”

Aunt Mei shook her head: "Madam, don't blame Yun'er, his gourd wine never stingy people drink, it's just that the maid is not interested." ”

While the two were talking, the door of the flower hall was pushed open, Hongyi walked in with two jugs of wine, and Lang Xuan followed behind with a plate of dried fruits, and Luan Nier's side dishes seemed to have to wait. After the two women put down the fruit plate and wine jug, they sat down in the corner lamp in a low-key manner. Hongfu glanced at the two women and chuckled, no matter how much the relationship is cleared up on face, what woman doesn't gossip in private?

Aunt Mei noticed the difference between these women when she first saw her in the afternoon, and she also knew from Luo Yun's letter why he went back to surrender, knowing what Luo Yun was thinking, Aunt Mei did not blame the three women, but there was inevitably some scrutiny in her eyes. Red Whisk turned his face to notice Aunt Mei's gaze, snickered in his heart, interrupted Aunt Mei's gaze with a light cough, and heard a slight sound of relief coming from behind him, Red Whisk endured the intention of continuing to listen to the story.

"Since the Li brothers are not a gang of mountain bandits, why do they appear in the bandit village?"

Later, I heard my uncle say that the bandit leader Li Congwen was my uncle. He was expelled from Li Jiazhai in his early years. The time they went, it seemed that Li Congwen sent something back and begged to re-enter the clan, but was rejected by the old patriarch of the Li family. My uncle came here to return things to Li Congwen. ”

"Li Congwen?" Hongfu frowned, feeling as if he had heard of this person somewhere. But at this time she was more curious about another thing. "You said that the Li family clan, which family and branch does the Li family belong to? Ha, it won't be someone from the Li family in Longxi, right? ”

"Lijiazhai is Lijiazhai. The maids don't know who their ancestors are, they only know that the people of Lijiazhai have their own lineage and have nothing to do with the Li family in Longxi. Aunt Mei's words did not make Hongfu's brows stretch, and she drank a glass alone and listened quietly.

"My uncle saw me and my wife at that time, and unceremoniously asked the bandit leader Li Congwen to release him. Then Li Congwen said that he would give his wife to his aunt as a maidservant. Just let us go. ”

"So obedient? It doesn't seem to be a promising bandit either. ”

Aunt Mei glanced at Hongfu in surprise: "Madame doesn't know the thief Li Congwen?" ”

Hongfu rubbed the rim of the cup, glanced out the window, and muttered to himself: "Li Congwen...... The thief ......" A gleam flashed in the phoenix's eyes, and the red breeze suddenly remembered a deceased best friend. looked at Aunt Mei in disbelief, and said three words word by word: "Mother...... Child...... Army? ”

The red-clothed man in the corner was also shocked when he heard this, and raised his head to look at Aunt Mei. I saw Aunt Mei nod affirmatively, confirming Hongfu's guess.

"At that time, there were not so many people under Li Congwen, but there were nearly 10,000 bandits and thieves, dominating one side." Aunt Mei held the wine cup in both hands, looked at the cloudy wine in the glass, and her thoughts slowly fell into memories. At that time, my uncle and third brother were at Yun'er's age, dressed in rough clothes, carrying a hunting bow and a short knife, and under the eyes of thousands of bandits, they strutted and shouted to the bandits, without fear. For the lady and the servant, it is a hero who fell from the sky. ”

The corners of his lips were lightly raised, but what came to mind was the figure of his husband. At this time, the door of the flower hall was pushed open again, and Luan Nier walked in with a tray and put down three plates of side dishes lightly. Looking up, he caught a glimpse of Hongyi and Rongxuan waving at her in the corner, and was stunned for a moment, then walked over and sat down behind Hongyi silently.

"You just followed the two teenage heroes?"

Aunt Mei wanted to nod yes, as if she was frightened back then. It's a pity that Xiuning is too stubborn. "The lady is very grateful to my aunt, but she also begged my aunt to send us out of the mountain. lied to him and said that we were going to Yongzhou to join our relatives. But my uncle said that he couldn't leave too far, so he could only send us to the nearest county town. Then we arrived at Zhouzhi County...... The night after the separation, we were arrested by the Yuwen family in the inn. ”

Hongfu couldn't help but laugh and pointed at Aunt Mei and said, "You are really unlucky to get home, once you are arrested every day, you don't have to run for your life in fear." And then what? Your uncle saved you again? ”

"Hmm......" Aunt Mei raised her glass and continued to recall, "We were locked up in the county jail. Those miscellaneous pieces of the Yuwen family want to bully the lady, and then ...... The prison caught fire, and I fainted, and when I woke up, I was in Lijiazhai. I heard the third brother say that it was my uncle who took five of their brothers and burned down the prison. It is said that at first, it was to save a family in Lijiazhai that was detained by the government, but it was an accident to find out that we were unexpected, and my uncle couldn't see those beasts bullying women, so he knocked them out and locked them in a burning prison. ”

"Good! It's really heroic! Red Whisk listened happily and raised his glass to drink. In the troubled times, women are like mustard, she follows her husband to join the army, except for her husband's extremely strict control, military discipline is good, other troops rob the people, ** women's things are too common, she wants to manage powerless. Because of this, she has great admiration for the one who single-handedly created the Women's Army. What they did was miraculous.

"After this experience, the lady is afraid after all. We lived in Lijiazhai, and later the mother and aunt got married, and I also married Cheng Wu, who later joined Lijiazhai. Later, there was Mu'er, and Mrs. Yun'er also had Yun'er...... I thought I would be happy to live like this for the rest of my life. But after a few good days, the world was in chaos. ”

In the year of the "Thirteenth Year of the Great Cause...... the situation changed abruptly, the heroes rose everywhere, the Sui Dynasty building collapsed, and how could the red breeze forget.

"August of the thirteenth year of the Great Cause. Mrs. Li ...... Princess Zhao's women's army hit Zhou Zhi. Li Congwen had already led the army to join the army at that time, and it was also the first of his team to attack the county seat of Zhouzhi. But instead of attacking the city, he gave the opportunity to attack the city to others. ”

"Why is that?"

Aunt Mei's eyes were gloomy, and she stared at the wine cup with an indescribable meaning, and her voice was cold and proud: "Because my uncle took a hundred children of Li Jiazhai to guard the head of Zhouzhi County." ”

Hongfu's eyes narrowed slightly, speculating on the meaning of Aunt Mei's words: "The women's army was invincible in attacking Jingzhao County, and even Qu Tutong was defeated, and I didn't hear of any obstacles. ”

"That's because my uncle and the children of the Li family have only been in Zhouzhi City for one day." Aunt Mei's tone was rarely tough, and some things were irrefutable in front of her, because she saw it with her own eyes. "Xiang Shanzhi led the army to attack the city and was frustrated. Li Congwen turned his head and led his soldiers to surround Li's village. ”

"Is he mad at attacking his own people?"

"Madame is wrong. Li Congwen didn't dare to have such a heart, he besieged Li's village, and then sent someone to inform his uncle in Zhou Zhicheng and force them to give up defending the city. ”

Hongfu slowly exhaled a mouthful of wine, not wanting to go around in circles anymore: "What is the origin of Li Jiazhai?" ”

Aunt Mei shook her head slightly and said, "I don't know...... The maid only knew that when the uncle received the message, he took all his children to abandon the city that night, crossed the camp of 7,000 troops besieging the city, and went up the mountain at night to break through Li Congwen's camp. tied up Li Congwen and killed all the way back to Lijiazhai. 100 children...... Everyone was wounded, but none died. ”

There was silence in the flower hall for a while. Hongyi, who knew a little about military affairs, couldn't help but gasp, such strength is no longer something that can be described as brave and good at fighting, is the Luoyun clan uncle Li Zhenan who saw in the afternoon so powerful?

"How many people are there in Lijiazhai?" The red eyes are sharp at some point.

Aunt Mei was a little sad when she heard this question: "When Lijiazhai was prosperous, there were hundreds of clansmen, and there were also 100 tenants. Now...... There are only 100 families left in Lijiazhai. ”

Hongfu secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this answer for some reason, and asked casually: "Could it be that the women's army has attacked the mountain?" ”

"Madame, don't you know that Princess Zhao and my Xiuning lady have known each other since childhood?"

Hongfu was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly said: "I forgot the relationship between the Yang family and the Li family." ”

"On the second day of the siege of the cottage, Princess Zhao went up the mountain. After hearing about it, the lady made an appointment to meet. The two talked for half a day on the top of Yunshan Mountain. Only the uncle has been up, and the maid doesn't know what he said. It was only then that Li Congwen was released, the army besieging the mountain was withdrawn, and Zhouzhi County was broken that night. The old lady of the Li family came forward to protect the county government officials. The lady dedicated most of the wealth hidden by the Yang family to Princess Zhao as military resources. And the uncle ...... couldn't resist the lady's pleading, violated the ancestral teachings, and took a few brothers and dozens of Li family children to go down the mountain with Princess Zhao. ”

Hongfu looked at Aunt Mei inexplicably, and thought for a while: "Xiuning should want her husband to follow the princess to make military achievements, so as to get ahead, right?" ”

Aunt Mei shook her head slightly and denied Hongfu's speculation: "The lady is holding the idea of revenge, hoping to see the demise of the Great Sui." As for what Madame said, she made a contribution...... Lijiazhai has ancestral training, and the children cannot go down the mountain to join the army. At that time, my uncle had great prestige in the clan, and he was destined to be the next patriarch, so he insisted on going down the mountain and his brothers followed. The old patriarch couldn't do anything about him. Later, because he was worried about his son, the old patriarch also asked the second uncle to ...... That is, the old lady Li Guangxiung, who came today, took more than 100 children to follow his uncle down the mountain to join the army. ”

"How many Li family villagers are there in the army today?"

"Nope."

"How so?"

"Two hundred sons went down the mountain, and less than a hundred returned. Even if he didn't come back, even if he didn't die in battle, he was expelled from the clan like Li Congwen, and he was no longer a disciple of the Li family. ”

"If you achieve meritorious deeds, isn't it also a glorious ancestor? Why was he expelled? ”

Aunt Mei took a deep breath and slowly spit out the answer: "Because of the clan rules!" ”

Hongfu was confused, and had never heard of this kind of prescribed ancestral teaching, and felt that Li Jiazhai was strange up and down: "What kind of clan rules? So inexplicable"

"The children of the Li family...... You must not fight by force......"

"Huh? What makes sense? ”

"Because there is an ancestral teaching."

"What kind of ancestral teaching?"

"Force, blood."