Chapter 14: The Dragon and the Phoenix

In another courtyard not far away, Yang Yuanqing also knelt down on his knees and respectfully kowtowed to Shen Wuhua three times, "Yuanqing knocks to see my aunt and grandmother!" ”

Shen Wuhua When Yang Yuanqing came in, she fell in love with this child, mighty and tall, heroic between her eyebrows and eyes, but elegant between her gestures, this kind of figure, this kind of temperament is rare in the south.

"Kid, get up!"

Shen Wuhua hurriedly helped Yuan Qing up, but she couldn't help but smile at Niuniu and nodded, telling her that she was very satisfied.

Niuniu's face turned red all of a sudden, she was also a little worried, Brother Yuanqing was stubborn and never willing to kneel for people, when she saw that Yuanqing actually kowtowed to her aunt and grandmother three times, giving her enough face, she was suddenly overjoyed in her heart.

"I'll call you Yuanqing too!"

Shen Wuhua smiled and said: "I always heard Qiu Niang say that she has a ru'er how to be filial and promising, and I heard Niuniu tell me along the way, how handsome and tall her brother Yuanqing is, I was thinking in my heart, I must see it with my own eyes, I saw it today, and it was really good." ”

Niuniu's face was flushed with shame, and she shook Shen Wuhua's arm like a jiāo, "Auntie, when did I say that he was handsome and tall?" Don't say it! ”

"Huh! Who told me that Brother Yuanqing is a talent, and no one in the world can compare to him, who said this?

Niuniu's face turned even redder, she secretly glanced at Yang Yuanqing, and when she saw him looking at herself with a smile, she suddenly felt ashamed and hated in her heart, this dead bull head. Don't you know how to be modest? also deliberately laughed like this, so that he couldn't get off the stage.

"Auntie, when you meet for the first time, you have to give Brother Yuanqing a little meeting gift!" Niu Niu was flustered. Quickly diverted the topic.

Shen Wuhua smiled and knocked on Niuniu's head, "You dead girl, are you going to take revenge on your grandmother so soon?" Your aunt and grandmother have empty sleeves, so what kind of gift do they have? ”

Having said that, Shen Wuhua thought for a while and said to Niuniu: "Go and bring the small black sè box in the box." ”

Niuniu is overjoyed, is my aunt going to send that treasure to Yuanqing? She was afraid that her aunt and grandmother would regret it. rushed away, and saw Shen Wuhua shaking his head, this girl, is she so eccentric?

"Thank you aunt and grandmother for your kindness, Yuan Qing really can't accept it!"

Yang Yuanqing saw that Shen Wuhua was dressed very simply, and at a glance he knew that the clothes were made of burlap spun by himself, and he was wearing old cloth shoes. He didn't have a single piece of jewelry on his body, and he couldn't bear it.

Shen Wuhua understood Yang Yuanqing's intentions, she smiled knowingly, at this time, Niuniu came out with a black wooden box, and said with a smile: "Brother Yuanqing, this is my aunt's pressure box baby, she never gives it to people." ”

Shen Wuhua took the wooden box and smiled at Yuan Qing and said, "I escaped from the palace back then. It was also a little soft, and then it was slowly sold to feed the children, and only this one was left. I have been reluctant to sell. ”

Yang Yuanqing was also a little curious in his heart, what would be the treasure that Shen Wuhua brought out of the palace and was reluctant to sell?

Shen Wuhua opened the wooden box, and inside it was a piece of beautiful yu, a piece of biyu, oval, crystal round, sè ze, green and without a trace of flaw. The front is engraved with a lifelike phoenix.

Yang Yuanqing was stunned, he hurriedly took out a small silk bag from his arms, and also took out a piece of yu from the bag, which was the dragon and phoenix yu pendant that Yang Jian gave him back then, and he held Meiyu on the palm of his hand. Compare it with the yu in the box.

Niu Niu exclaimed, "Brother Yuanqing." It's exactly the same as your yu. ”

Shen Wuhua took Yang Yuanqing's yu and looked at it for a long time, and sighed in a low voice: "Actually, they are originally a couple!" ”

"Grandmother, how come?" Niu Niu was surprised.

Shen Wuhua didn't answer, she asked Yuan Qing again, "Yuan Qing, who gave you this yu?" ”

"It was the first emperor who sent me, could it be that my piece of yu itself belongs to the Chen Dynasty?"

Shen Wuhua nodded lightly, "This is a pair of dragons and phoenixes, a dragon, a phoenix, the dragon is worn by the emperor, and the phoenix is returned to the queen, your piece of yu is after the fall of the Chen Dynasty, it was obtained by Han Baohu, I heard that it was dedicated to Emperor Sui, and Fengyu is by my side and has been following me." ”

"But I also have a phoenix on this piece of yu."

Yang Yuanqing turned Yu Pei over, and behind him was a lifelike phoenix, Shen Wuhua smiled, "That was added later, and it itself is not, Yuanqing, do you know what this piece of yu means in the Chen Dynasty?" ”

"Yuan Qing doesn't know, please teach my aunt!"

Shen Wuhua glanced at Niuniu meaningfully, but didn't say anything, and gave Yu Pei to her, "This is for you?" ”

"Give it to me?"

Niuniu was stunned, she waved her hand again and again, "This is a meeting gift for Brother Yuanqing, I can't ask for it." ”

Shen Wuhua turned around and smiled at Yang Yuanqing and said, "I originally wanted to give it as a meeting gift, but I have changed my mind now, I will still give this piece of phoenix yu to Niu Niu, Yuanqing, you won't be angry!" ”

"How can I be angry, my stuff is Niu Niu's, as long as she likes it, I don't have a problem at all."

"Brother Yuanqing, is this what you said?"

Niuniu held Meiyu in her hand, her jewel-like eyes flashed with brilliance, and she winked mischievously, "I like your Dawan horse very much, will you give it to me?" ”

Yang Yuanqing mommed his nose, with a wry smile on his face, Niuniu's eyes are very vicious! actually took a fancy to his war horse, if he was alone with Niuniu, he would definitely pat her on the head and laugh and scold, 'Don't dream!' But in front of her aunt and grandmother, this slap will definitely not be able to last.

But Shen Wuhua's slap fell, and she knocked on Niuniu's head again and laughed: "You dead girl, the war horse is the life of a warrior, can you want it?" ”

Niuniu stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Brother Yuanqing, I'm joking for you, but I like this piece of yu very much, thank you." ”

She looked left and right at the beautiful yu in her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and her face opened with a smile.

Shen Wuhua really felt sorry for her grandson, she took Niuniu's hand and smiled at Yang Yuanqing: "I'm going to visit an old man, Yuanqing come with me!" ”

Yuan Qing immediately bowed down and said, "Yuan Qing is willing to accompany my aunt!" ”

In Xinghuafang, Xijingcheng, there is a mansion covering an area of about 40 acres, and in the capital, such mansions are generally official residences. There will be a big sign of 'So-and-so Mansion' on the big mén, but there is no plaque on this mansion, and there is no sign, not even the surname plate that ordinary people hang at the mouth of the mén. A bare mansion, but many old residents of Xinghuafang know that the owner of this mansion is surnamed Chen, that is, the house of Chen Shubao, the former master of Nan Chen.

Fifteen years have passed since Chen Shubao was escorted to Beijing in the ninth year of the emperor's reign, and Emperor Yang Jian of Sui has always sent people to monitor his every move in the palace. Chen Shubao was sad in his heart, so he drank all day long, immersing himself in drunkenness.

As a result of excessive drinking, his health became weaker and weaker, and he finally reached the point of dying.

A carriage slowly stopped in front of Chen's house, and a butler waiting in front of Mén immediately greeted her, and Niuniu opened the car. Helped Shen Wuhua out, Shen Wuhua glanced at the big mén, she sighed softly, she came here once thirteen years ago, at that time Chen Shubao didn't let her in, thirteen years have passed, since he has not been here for a long time, then the last time we will meet. also put an end to this mundane dust.

"Does your master know I'm coming?"

The housekeeper only entered the Chen Mansion later, and he didn't know Shen Wuhua, but Shen Wuhua was the only guest who came to visit the host. The housekeeper was also unusually polite.

"My master is already delirious, I reported to him, he didn't say anything, is the NV layman his old man?"

"Sort of!" Shen Wuhua sighed softly.

"NV layman, please!"

Shen Wuhua nodded, and went in with a shinv, she saw that Yang Yuanqing was a little hesitant, so she smiled and said, "Yuanqing, you can also take a look!" ”

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently. He didn't want to give the horse to the butler, he found that there were a few thieves in Mén's mouth, so he led the horse and followed Shen Wuhua into Chen's mansion.

Although the Chen Mansion occupies a huge area, it is extremely desolate, and weeds as tall as a person's waist can be seen everywhere. The leaves fell all over the ground, and the wind blew them apart. Many of the houses were dilapidated, the panes were dilapidated and creaked in the wind, and through the broken windows, it was clear that the rooms were empty, and even the furniture was gone.

"It's all sold out, stolen out, hey, a loser!"

The old housekeeper saw Yang Yuanqing frowning, so he smiled bitterly and sighed, "The group of people in Mén's mouth, I don't know where they came from, they drank and had fun with their masters all day long, and by the way, they stole Jimo dogs, and now that they see that their owners are no longer good, they want to steal a little bit at the end." ”

The dilapidated and desolate mansion made Niuniu really uncomfortable in her heart, she slowed down, walked side by side with Yang Yuanqing, quietly held his hand, and said in a low voice: "Brother Yuanqing, I really don't like it here." ”

"I don't like it either!"

Yang Yuanqing grabbed her shoulders and gently pushed forward, "Go and hold your aunt's grandmother, she will definitely be in a more uncomfortable mood." ”

"Hmm!"

Niuniu nodded, stepped forward quickly to support Shen Wuhua, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, you can go to Qujiangchi with us tomorrow!" ”

"Silly girl, tomorrow my aunt and grandmother have something to do, you and Yuanqing can go!"

"Auntie, go ahead! The autumn leaves in Qujiang Pond are beautiful, and you must have never seen them. ”

In a ward that was also empty, Shen Wuhua stood silently in front of a hospital bed, the once handsome and graceful Chen Houzhu who loved to write poetry was no longer visible, only an old man as old as seventy years old, with white hair and beard, skinny, face as yellow as gold paper, without a trace of blood, just closed his eyes, waiting for the coming of death.

Yang Yuanqing was also standing next to him, he couldn't believe that this old man was the one who doted on Zhang Lihua, liked to sing in the backyard, and finally hugged Zhang Lihua and Kong Guifei and hid in the well.

At this moment, there was an inexplicable throbbing in Yang Yuanqing's heart, this is the fate of the king of the dead country, I don't know how he survived the last sixteen years of his life, the desolation of the queen Chen before his death carved a deep impression in Yang Yuanqing's heart, an emperor who was addicted to wine and was incompetent and incompetent, must be this end.

At this moment, Yang Yuanqing no longer had any pity for him, nor did he have any interest in him, this room made him feel depressed, he turned around and walked briskly outside.

In the room, Shen Wuhua's low yin poems were returned.

Liyu Fanglin to the high pavilion, the new yàn quality of the city;

Yinghu Ning Jiāo did not enter at first glance, and greeted him with a smile.

The face of the enchantress is like huā with lu, and the yu tree shines in the backyard;

The huā does not last long, and the red ground returns to silence!。