Chapter 667: Eighteen Years Ago
Yang Guang got the promise of his heart, so he left the princess Xiao Er to accompany Xinyi in the clean room, and he immediately returned to the Jin Palace, convened Zhang Heng, Qu Tutong and others for an urgent meeting, and sent a message to Jiangling with an expedited message of 600 miles, asking Yang Jun, the king of Qin, to return to Jiangzuo after letting go of the dust, and at the same time, escorting the former queen Sima Luo back to Chang'an, while continuing to closely monitor Mei Er, Fang Shihong and other people in the "Wild Goose's Nest" every move, beware of them attacking the mind again.
For the time being, let's not talk about how to arrange the arrangement on Yang Guang's side, just say that the princess Xiao E stayed in the clean room of Wanshanni Temple to accompany Mrs. Xinyi.
This intention seems to be deliberately grinding Xiao E's temperament, as soon as Yang Guang leaves, he will go to bed with his clothes closed, close his eyes and sit up, not like he promised to Yang Guang before, to explain the reason to Xiao E.
When Xiao Er came to the temple with Yang Guang just now, he heard Li Hun mention that his intention was to urge the monks and nuns to recite the Heart Sutra, and he had not slept all night last night, and he was suddenly assassinated when it was about to dawn, and he understood that she was physically and mentally exhausted, and did not rush to urge her to speak, and also sat up side by side with her on the bed.
It wasn't until it was getting late that night that Xinyi slowly opened his eyes, asked Xiao E for a meal, and lit the lamp in the room, and then began to tell Xiao E about it.
"Princess, you have probably heard of it, I am the concubine of Emperor Ming in the previous dynasty, and I think about it today, I was sent to Chang'an Palace from Jiangzuo about eighteen years ago. But you wouldn't think that I was also a member of the 'Goose's Nest' and was a member of the first batch of 'Goose's Nest'. Xinyi faced Xiao E's surprised eyes, smiled slightly, and said in a calm tone, "Emperor Ming only served as Emperor Zhou for two years, and then died. After his death, I was ordered to take the initiative to approach the powerful minister Yuwen Hu of the former dynasty at that time, and became his friend, and gave birth to a daughter with him, whose nickname is Yingluo, which is the dust you know. ”
"That's why Mrs. Shi will know Guan Zizai's real name and disguised identity in Chang'an City, right?" Xiao E lost no time in deliberately leading the topic to Guan Zizi.
"You don't have to rush, listen to me slowly." Xinyi seemed to see through Xiao E's thoughts, and explained to her, "Since the 'Wild Goose's Nest' was created by the first emperor (Southern Chen Xuan Emperor Chen Xuan), it was specially used to deal with the two dynasties of Jiangbei - the former Zhou and the former Qi, and its organization has its own set of extremely strict regulations and rules. I know so much about him because he was one of my true admirers eighteen years ago. ”
Speaking of this, Xinyi sighed softly, and immediately pulled the words back:
"Although I took the initiative to ask to go to Wanshanni Temple to become a monk shortly after Yuwen Hu was killed by Emperor Wu of the previous dynasty, and at the same time, I also broke away from the 'Wild Goose's Nest' organization with the exception of Guan Zizi, but I have not completely gotten rid of their entanglement over the years.
Guan Zizai kept claiming to respect me and love me, but he still sent someone to lurk by my side for more than ten years, and almost killed me in the early hours of this morning.
I think I Gu Pan'er, since I was sent to the Chang'an Palace eighteen years ago, whether it was to marry the Ming Emperor of the previous dynasty, or to have a good relationship with Yuwen Hu, during which I was Nan Chen, and I could do my best for the 'Wild Goose's Nest', and I dedicated everything that a woman could dedicate, but in the end I still couldn't protect my only daughter, which is really sad. ”
Xiao E quietly listened to Xinyi's emotion from time to time, recalled the past, and no longer interrupted her, allowing her to vent the resentment and grievances in her heart until late that night.
Although there were endless complaints and complaints about Guan Zizai in Xinyi's mouth, she was very strict, and she always refused to reveal the slightest information about Guan Zizai, until she waited until the third day, and she asked Xiao E early in the morning to allow her to return to the Ming Jing Hall to wait for her daughter Lichen's peace message from Jiangzuo with carrier pigeons.
Nearly half of the area of the Ming Sutra Hall was set on fire, but fortunately, the foundation was not damaged, and most of the rooms, including the chanting hall, could still accommodate people.
Under the protection of Li Hun and others, Xiao E accompanied Xinyi to the chanting hall of the Ming Jing Hall, and Xinyi immediately sat down in the hall, closed his eyes and recited the "Heart Sutra" repeatedly.
Xiao Er knew that she was eagerly looking forward to a carrier pigeon flying from Jiangzuo to bring her the news that her daughter had arrived safely in Jiangzuo's hometown, so she also sat down beside her and recited the "Heart Sutra" with her.
The heart recited the "Heart Sutra" without touching the teeth from early in the morning, until it was nearly evening, and finally heard a "cooing" pigeon chirp outside the Ming Jing Hall. She opened her eyes, glanced at Xiao E, stood up and walked quickly outside the building.
Seeing this, Xiao E couldn't help but feel a burst of excitement, and hurriedly followed his mind and walked quickly to the outside of the Ming Jing Hall.
Through the afterglow of the setting sun, it can be vaguely seen that there is a white carrier pigeon circling around the Ming Jing Hall in mid-air, and it is probably under the influence of the Ming Jing Hall that Li Hun led the hussar battalion sergeants to guard, and the carrier pigeon never dared to fall to the ground.
"General Lee, lead the sergeants and step back." Xiao E glanced at Li Hun and commanded.
After Li Hun led the people out of the Ming Jing Hall, the carrier pigeon really "cooed" and flew down from the air and landed on Xinyi's shoulder.
Xinyi untied a small bamboo tube from the pigeon's paws, opened the seal of the bamboo tube, took out a note, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it, and then turned back to Xiao Er and said: "The person has arrived, you can go back to the chanting hall with me, and I will tell you everything you want to know." ”
Xiao E witnessed the scene of Jiang Zuo's Gu clan transmitting information from distant Jiangzuo back to Chang'an with the help of carrier pigeons, and couldn't help but secretly smack his tongue and admire and follow Xinyi back to the chanting hall, still not in a hurry to urge Xinyi to tell who Guan Zizi was and where he was hiding in Chang'an City, waiting for Xinyi to take the initiative to confess everything to her.
"Guan Zizai's real name is Qinglian, isn't this a very chic name?" Xinyi got the exact news that his daughter had arrived in Jiangzuo safely, and he was in a good mood, so he smiled at Xiao Erwan and asked.
Xiao E nodded and replied, "Well, it's really an otherworldly name, presumably this Guan Zizi was also a personable beautiful boy eighteen years ago." I just don't know what his current pseudonym is, and what is his identity in Chang'an City? ”
Xinyi raised his eyes and looked outside the hall, and said to Xiao E with a smile: "Presumably, King Jin will arrive in a short time, so it is better to wait for him to come, and I will tell you about the husband and wife together." ”