Chapter 148: Hand in Hand (2)
I glanced at Wuxian suspiciously, and he nodded at me with a calm look.
"No!" I bowed in and went into the house and came out with my robe.
"This thousand feather robe is made of the spirit of a hundred birds, and it is blessed by a hundred witches for nine hundred and eighty-one days, and it is a spiritual thing for blessings. And the bird feathers on this witch crown are taken from the sacred bird Qingluan, which lives in Kunlun for a long time, feeds on the brain marrow of the evil dragon, and is the natural enemy of the earth dragon. As long as these two things are there, Jinyang City will be safe and sound. β
As soon as these words came out, everyone was fascinated. I took the opportunity to hold up the crown of my robe and said loudly: "Zi Huang can suppress the evil spirit of the earth dragon and protect the peace of Jinyang for a hundred years by storing these two things in the temple of Jinyang!" β
"Cheng Yin, take it!" Wuxian motioned for me to hand over the robe to Yin Duo.
"Sorcerer!" Yin Duo knelt down and took the crown of his robe.
Eventually, under his leadership, the crowd left my yard in a mighty way.
"Whewβit's hard to kill me." I let out a long sigh and sat down on the floor.
"Get up, go into the house with me, just now my father sent someone to deliver an urgent letter." Shirtless smiled and handed me his hand.
"Another urgent letter? Is it urging you to go back? I took his hand and stood up.
"No, my father gave me Taigu City."
"Did the prime minister give you Taigu City as a miner?" I asked.
"Hmm." Shirtless nodded and smiled.
Taigu City is adjacent to Tushui in the east, Fenshui in the west, the fertile field outside the city is thousands of miles, the fertile land is ten thousand hectares, the three grains of millet, Liang and millet are all planted, it is the granary of Jinyang City. In addition, the only mountain peak in Taigu City is also rich in a kind of rare fruit with sharp core red skin, which has a sweet and crisp taste, and can be sold for a high price of 10 baht in Xinjiang. Therefore, if anyone seems to Taigu City to be a piece of "big fat meat" shining with golden light, Zhao Ying ordered it to be given to Wuxian at this time, and for the other sons of the Zhao family, I am afraid it is not as simple as blushing.
"What do you mean?" I asked shirtless.
"What Father Qing means is that if I can handle the things of Qidi, this Jinyang City will be mine."
"Taigu is the 'backyard' of Jinyang City, and there is no reason to only send the backyard and not the front hall. Ha, the Zhao family is about to explode at this moment. No matter how many gifts your fourth brother gives, no matter how many people you woo, they can't resist your trick of asking for disaster relief. If you don't fight, you fight. What Master said is indeed true! β
"You don't praise the people nearby, why do you praise Taishi?" Shirtless raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"Ahem, Hongyun'er has a thousand miles of planning, and her wisdom is unrivaled in the world, the little woman admires it so much, she just wants to be able to occupy a place in your house and be a strategist in the next day." I pretended to bow to the shirtless.
"I, Zhao Wuxian, how can I accept the Taishi of the Jin Kingdom as a strategist in the palace." Shirtless looked me in the eye and said word by word.
"Teasing me again?" We put away our smiles.
"The urgent letter said that Tai Shi Mo resigned from the post of Tai Shi and quietly wrote a book and wrote history, and my father intended to let you succeed him as the Tai Shi of the Jin Kingdom."
"Nonsense! I'm a woman! β
It is an unwritten rule that the father gives way to the son, and the teacher passes on the disciple. Shi Mo's master is the last Taishi of the Jin Kingdom, going back more than a hundred years, and assisting Jin Huigong is Shi Mo's ancestor Shi Su, the original owner of my white jade dragon crown. Because of this unwritten rule, I always thought that the next Jin Taishi would be Yin Gao or Ming Yi. As for myself, even if I am a teacher, it is impossible for me to become Shi Mo's successor. Women are women, and there has never been a precedent for women in the world, let alone the history of the Jin Kingdom.
Zhao Yingqi has always acted boldly, and more than 30 years ago, he cast a criminal tripod and showed the people of the Jin State the code written by Fan Xuanzi in clear text, so he was subjected to countless abuses.
"If the punishment is unknowable, the power is unpredictable", if Li Shu knew what crime he committed and what punishment he would receive, then they would lose their reverence for the nobles. Therefore, those who respect the rule of etiquette are extremely indignant at Zhao Ying's move. Kong Qiu of the Lu State accused him of destroying the orderly system of the noble and the lowly, and even said, "Jin Qi is dead!" Wrong way! After that, when this Confucius and his disciples traveled around the world, they all deliberately bypassed the Jin Kingdom. If Zhao Ying let the woman do the history of the Jin Kingdom this time, then Dr. Kong is afraid that he will shout that the Jin will die again.
What exactly does Zhao Ying's move mean, Wuxian and I can't guess the deep meaning, and we only plan to ask Shi Mo after returning to Xinjiang.
On the second day, the Fenshui in the morning light was dyed golden by the rising sun, and it flowed quietly through the fields full of green seedlings. In the sky, flocks of birds are returning from the north, flapping their wings and screaming happily as they bend over the water. A few wild ducks that were hiding on the water's edge and napping were startled by the flock of birds, quacked twice and flew into the sky.
After drinking Yin Duo's farewell wine with Wuxian, we got on the boat on the return trip. Innocent was surrounded by more than a dozen little hairy heads who worshipped him, and they got along for a few months, and when they parted, both boys and girls were all crying and red-eyed, and even Innocent had a deflated mouth, looking like he was going to cry.
Si'er didn't get on the boat for a long time, she couldn't help tiptoeing and looking in the direction of Jinyang City, she wanted to say goodbye to someone, but that person never appeared.
"Si'er, he won't come. Get on board, you're leaving. I sighed softly in my heart and shouted at Si'er.
"Hmm." Si'er answered me, took two steps towards the water's edge and looked back, but Xiao Jiu was still nowhere to be seen in the distance.
When Innocent heard my voice, he put down the little girl he was holding, sprang out from among the children, jumped onto the boat like a fly, and then got into the cabin and never came out.
We left Jinyang City in the cries of everyone's parting, and the boat was sailing on the flat water, but everyone's hearts could not be calm.
"Sister Si'erβSi'erβ" On the bank of the river, Xiao Jiu stood under a peach tree and screamed loudly.
"Xiao Jiu?" Si'er walked out of the cabin and was stunned when he saw Xiao Jiu.
"You wait for me, you wait for me to become a general to marry you-" Xiao Jiu shouted as he ran with the boat, and finally threw a wreath made of peach branches.
The boat was more than a foot away from the shore, and the garland was thrown lightly and finally fell on the water.
The inky black branches are dotted with pale pink peach blossoms, and the wreaths rise and fall in the shimmering waters of the river. Xiao Jiu on the shore looked at it distractedly, and the four children around me looked at it regretfully, and I felt sorry in my heart, so I took the boatman's pole and wanted to fish it up.
"Let me do it!" Wuxian took the bamboo pole and plunged it into the water, tiptoed, took advantage of the tilt of the bamboo pole, flew to take the garland, and then twisted his body and jumped down on the board.
"This is also his heart, if you have a heart for him, wear it!" Wuxian handed the wreath to Si'er.
Si'er took the garland and pinched it in his hand, and a pair of beautiful eyebrows frowned tightly.
"If you want, I'll let the boatman dock now, and we'll take Xiao Jiu to Xinjiang together." I walked over to Si'er.
Si'er bit her lower lip and shook her head, until Xiao Jiu's figure disappeared from our sight, and she never wore the garland.
After that, Si'er and Wuxian locked themselves in the cabin, and I sat on the edge of the boat with my shirtless, and my mood was like the flowing water under my feet, up and down.
"Are you still thinking about Xiao Jiu?" No shirt asked.
"Xiao Jiu is honest and sincere, if it weren't for Si'er pretending to be Yu An in his heart, I might have taken him back to Xinjiang to fulfill his true feelings."
"Yu An? The person who is happy with the four children? β
"Well, do you remember what I told you about Tianshu earlier?"
"Remember, the mysterious organization hidden in Huashan. How? Could it be that Si'er's sweetheart is also in Tianshu? Shirtless frowned.
"Well, Yu An is now the head of the Tianshu Xun hexagram. Didn't you say that the prince had a way to contact Mingyi, I wanted Mingyi to send a message to Yu An, so that he could come to Xinjiang for a free trip. Si'er is fifteen years old this year, and I don't want to delay her. β
"What about you? Would you like to tie your hair? β
"Are you in a hurry?"
"I've been in a hurry for more than a year." Shirtless held my hand and pretended to be aggrieved.
I smiled and withdrew my hand: "I'm not in a hurry, the marriage contract hasn't been made yet, what are you talking about and etiquette!" β
"Yes, although you have no father or mother, the six rites are indispensable. When we come back from the Qi Kingdom, I will go to ask Taishi! β
"Maniac, which one said he wanted to marry you?" I scolded him, but in my heart I rested my head on his shoulder.
Shirtless tapped my head and laughed, and then sang softly to the sound of the oars:
"The peach is dying, scorching its bloom. The son is home, and it is appropriate for him to live in his room.
The peach is dying, and there is a fact. The son is home, and his family room is appropriate.
The peach is dying, and its leaves are blooming. The son is home, and it is suitable for his family.
β¦β¦β¦β¦β
"When I gave you peach blossom brew, you seemed to have sung this song?"
"Well, this is the song that was sung when the girl was married. When you and Si'er have done the ceremony, they will both get married! Shirtless's voice was filled with laughter.
"Your father wants me to be the Taishi of the Jin Kingdom, do you dare to marry the Taishi as his wife?"
"I don't marry Taishi, I only marry Ah Shi......" He lowered his head, and the rest of the words were all hidden between his lips.
Fenshui from north to south, coupled with the windy spring, take a boat down the river, when I came, I walked for nearly a month, and it took less than half a month to go back. After arriving in Xinjiang, Wuxian and I went directly to Zhao's Mansion to report the situation in Jinyang City to Zhao Ying, while Wuxian and Si'er hired a carriage to return to my courtyard by the muddy water.
Outside the gate of Zhao's mansion, there were already stewards who led a group of servants and maidservants, holding bronze hand-cleaning bronzes and silk handkerchiefs waiting at the door.
"You've never enjoyed such treatment, have you?" I leaned in and chuckled.
"Look at this posture, there may be a banquet in the evening, you can hurry up after seeing your father later, so as not to accompany you to suffer."
"Drive me away? Are you afraid that you will be embarrassed to accept it in front of me if you will give you three or five beautiful female music at the banquet later? I raised my eyebrows and teased, and without waiting for Wuxian to speak, I walked a few steps into the door. After a while, all the servants and servants gathered around, pouring water and handing towels for a while.
After cleaning our hands and faces, the steward took us into the front hall where Zhao Ying met with his retainers.
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