Chapter 431: The Emperor's Road (2)
Time into March, on the land of Hebei, the ice and snow have already melted, the spring water flows slowly, the withered grass on the riverside is the first to send out white and tender new shoots, and under the withered grass, occasionally a camellia has sent out a touch of green.
A young girl squatted down with the hem of her skirt and stretched out her little hand to remove a ball of withered grass, and a smile appeared on her slightly bronzed face, and then she carefully plucked a camellia and put it in a small basket at her waist.
Looking at the small basket, there was already half a basket of shepherd's cabbage, which showed that the girl had been out to pick wild vegetables for a long time.
Suddenly, there was a shouting in the distance, followed by a stream of dust, a chaotic sound of horses' hooves, and a troop of cavalry whistling by. The girl raised her eyes to star, and there was a hint of hatred in her eyes.
"Lan'er!" A young man's voice came from behind him, but this voice was quite majestic.
But the girl's eyes narrowed slightly, and she turned around and said angrily, "You are going to scare me to death!" Then he threw himself into the young man's arms and said, "I dreamed last night that you came back, and when I got up in the morning, I came to pick your favorite camellia." ”
The young man smiled, showed a sincere expression, and said, "It's still Sister Lan'er who feels sorry for me." Is Mother okay? ”
The girl Lan'er's face was a little unnatural, and she said: "Since you left, the patriarch of the Kuoye tribe of the Xi tribe has come to the tribe several times, and my mother seems to be fine, but I am afraid that my mother is afraid that the people of the tribe will see it, and I didn't come out." Look at the dusty, and it is the Xi people who show off their might, trying to make the mother and the tribe submit. ”
The boy was tall and climbed into the dirt bag. Looking at the Xi people galloping by in the distance, a trace of killing intent suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he immediately clenched his fists. said: "One day, I will destroy the Khitan and Xi tribes!" ”
Lan'er suddenly smiled and said, "This time I went far away, but what about seeing my father?" ”
The young man smiled and said, "I've seen it!" ”
Lan'er sneered and said, "That must have been seen from a distance, so I didn't dare to recognize it!" ”
"Lan'er. Looking for a fight! The young man's face was confused, and he stretched out his big hand to make a gesture.
Lan'er smiled and ran away. smiled: "Shame, shame, Brother Pei Yu, shame!" ”
The young man is Pei Yu, since the rebellion of the Khitan Xi tribe, in order for the tribe to survive. His mother sued him for his identity. Let him go to Yangzhou to find his aunt first, before leaving, Pei Yu swore an oath, but he didn't expect a lot of things to happen during the trip, so that he was a little wooden and finally just took a turn in Luoyang, and then returned to the tribe.
Pei Yu feigned anger and chased after the girl Lan'er, who shouted for help and ran into the tribe.
Not much. The people of the tribe all knew that Pei Yu had lasted more than half a year and finally returned.
Pei Yu's tribe. Most of them are Han people, mainly Han people who escaped after the border areas were plundered by the Turks, and some Khitan and Xi people who are unwilling to be exploited by the patriarchs of the Khitan and Xi tribes, and of course there are poor people from some tribes.
Now the tribe has grown to 50,000 people, and it has long attracted the attention of the Khitan and Xi people. So when the war started, the two big tribes began to annex the small tribes, so this tribe, which was dominated by Han people, suddenly became a sweet spot in the eyes of the two tribes, but Pei Yu's tribe had many warriors, and their martial arts were very good, and they were not a last resort
Neither tribe is willing to settle by force.
And to the surprise of the two tribes, the patriarch of this tribe turned out to be a mature woman with a beautiful appearance, which immediately made the two tribes have a mind, and later the Khitan was tired of the war, so they no longer asked, but only the Xi tribe did not let go, and put forward a request to marry the patriarch. As a result, the relationship between the tribe and the Xi tribe was very tense, and all men over the age of thirteen in the tribe practiced every day, making their own leather armor and preparing to rebel against the Xi tribe.
Pei Yu is tall, but he is also a loyal young man, so when he sees the questions of the tribal elders, he respectfully answers them one by one until he steps into the house quickly.
Pei Yu's tribe is located in a large mountain col, most of the people are engaged in farming, so this tribe does not have a big yurt like a nomad, but built a stone house, Pei Yu's home is in the innermost part of the tribe, and it is also the largest family in the tribe, symbolizing the status of the patriarch.
When Pei Yu stepped into the door, he saw his mother and Lan'er, as well as many younger brothers and sisters waiting for him, and when he saw his mother's eager eyes, he immediately knelt down in front of him, but he couldn't speak.
Pei Mu smiled slightly: "What's wrong with my son?" ”
Pei Yu cried: "The child makes his mother miss it!" ”
Pei Mu laughed and said, "Do you see how many hairs I have white?" How many wrinkles do you have? ”
Pei Yu stood up, scratched his head, and said, "Mother has become beautiful!" ”
"Little rabbit, it's only been a long time since you went out, and you have learned to be oily and smooth! Okay, now that I'm back, let's tell my mother about what I've seen along the way! As Pei Mu spoke, she turned around and walked inside, and a group of boys and girls around Pei Yu behind her kept shouting. Listening to these laughter, she suddenly shed two tears, but quickly wiped them with a handkerchief, and then sat on a low stool, waiting for Pei Yu to enter the room.
Not long after, Pei Yu entered the house, sat on a low stool, picked up the teapot and poured a bowl of herbal tea, poured it into his stomach, and said, "Mother, the child misses his mother, and Sister Lan'er." Mother, you don't know, Yangzhou City is too big, there are too many people, but Mother, this is nothing, when the child came to the divine capital, the city wall, the house, it was too high......"
Seeing Pei Yu boasting, Pei Mu asked slowly, "Have you ever seen your aunt?" ”
Pei Yu suddenly stopped bragging and fartizing, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and said: "When the child arrived in Yangzhou, he inquired, he moved away several years ago, and the child arrived in Shendu, guess who the child saw?" The King of Wei of the Great Zhou Dynasty, that martial arts, that physique, was immediately impressive, and he didn't have any shelf, do you guess he still asked me to be his guard? But mother, who are we, how can we be human slaves? After eating a big meal in the palace of King Wei, the child came back......"
Pei's mother's eyes flashed with a bright light, and when she heard the child's flickering words, she knew that she was afraid that she would be angry, so she said: "Mother didn't say that you won't recognize it, since Mother let you know that he is your father, I hope that your father and son will recognize each other." ”
"Mother, children only have mothers." Pei Yu immediately lowered his head.
Pei's mother sighed and said, "Since you went to Luoyang this time, have you ever seen your grandfather?" ”
"Mother, my grandfather's mansion is too big, they don't let me in, and the children have never seen it, but the people in Wei Wang's Mansion are very modest......"
Wei Wangfu.
After Wu Zheng returned to the mansion, he went into the study, the Tiance Mansion was about to be built, this study was the only place to stay for one day and one day less, and to be able to enjoy peace and tranquility. It had been more than two months since there was no personal maid in the study, which made Wu Zheng feel more and more uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but think of that girl, Li Xianhui.
That weak posture always made him unforgettable, and from time to time it tugged at a certain heartstring in his heart, he understood very well what it meant, ethically speaking, Li Xianhui is Taiping's niece, so Li Xianhui has to call him uncle. What's more, there is also the wild relationship with Concubine Wei, which makes him unable to take the step of subverting human ethics.
Wu Shu thought about Li Xianhui, and the more he thought about it, the more he wanted to see Li Xianhui, and then said to Gao Lishi: "Tomorrow the court will be closed, invite the Zhongwang family to go outside the city, you go and ask first, see if people have this will." ”
Gao Lishi hurriedly received the order, and then bowed and retreated, now he rarely received the call of the king of Wei, so he was very respectful and very uneasy, but as long as the king of Wei had an order, he was at ease.
However, after Gao Lishi had an in-depth discussion with the old eunuch Gao some time ago, the old eunuch Gao taught all his skills to Gao Lishi one by one. For example, why did His Royal Highness King Wei invite King Zhong's family to go to Qingqing, and what kind of purpose did he have in this?
You must know that now that King Wei is the crown prince of the Great Zhou, he is the future emperor, and now Li Xian is just a loyal king, is it necessary to invite the loyal king's family, and is it necessary to deliberately encircle the loyal king?
Colliers was a clever boy who suddenly had a question, and he thought about it while he sat in an ox cart. Gao Lishi knows the relationship between His Royal Highness King Wei and Concubine Wei, but if this is the reason, then it is enough to directly invite Concubine Wei to serve in the mansion, so why bother to invite the family to go to Qingqing?
The Wei Wangfu was only two miles away from the Zhongwang Mansion, so he soon arrived at the side gate of the Zhongwang Mansion, and after handing over the worship post, he quickly entered the Zhongwang Mansion. Now that the Zhongwang Mansion is not as depressed as before, the servants have increased by hundreds, and there are those maidservants, at this time, the sky is not dark, and the Zhongwang Mansion has begun to light up.
Gao Lishi was led to the guest hall by the servant, and a young girl walked over slowly, and when she saw that it was Gao Lishi, she immediately bowed and said: "It turned out to be Gao Lishi, how is Your Highness?" ”
Gao Lishi was stunned for a moment, isn't this girl Li Xianhui? Why did you ask Your Highness as soon as you met? I was shocked in my heart, and then I looked at Li Xianhui's weak body, and then thought about His Highness's majestic and strong body, and my heart was immediately denied.
He also saluted and said: "His Royal Highness sent slaves and maids to invite the Zhongwang family to go to the city tomorrow. ”
"Really?" Li Xianhui exclaimed, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.
"It's true!" Colliers repeated.
Immediately, Gao Lishi stepped into the guest hall of the Zhongwang Mansion.
Li Xianhui only felt that her heart was a little hot, why was she like this? It's just that when I saw His Royal Highness King Wei's personal eunuch tonight, I couldn't help but ask. She returned to the dormitory, sat on the couch, and the majestic figure of the King of Wei resurfaced in front of her.
"Sue the king, if you have any grievances, the king will make decisions for you......"
"What the hell am I doing? Why do you think about that man in the dead of night? Do you really want a man? But her father, her brother, and all those men of all kinds, why didn't she want to, but she wanted to think about him? ”
Li Xianhui was puzzled, so she began to paint, yes, since she was a child, she liked to paint on the river beach alone, and now she has just changed it to paper. As he painted, a man's face jumped onto the paper, looking majestic. Li Xianhui stared at it for a long time, feeling that she still hadn't drawn the man's bearing, and was about to crumple it up.
"Sister, what did you draw, let me see!"
Behind him came the voice of Li Bao'er, the county lord of Anle. (To be continued......)