Chapter 116: The Cinnabar Feast in the Heart
Gu Mingfeng's eyes were still outside the door, as if he was drunk, and he shook his mind for a long time before he spoke, "Han'er, you have not been poor, you can't empathize with my suffering, the first emperor treated me like a mountain, it can be said that without the grace of the first emperor, I would not have my current status, originally I wanted to marry Han'er to Prince Yu, but then I figured it out, I still respect Han'er's intentions, after all, the rest of your life is so long, and it feels like a waste of time to spend it with someone you don't like"!
"I don't understand, since my father wants to repay the kindness of the previous emperor, shouldn't it be more appropriate to marry me to the current saint"? Gu Mohan said with a strong sense of ridicule in his tone, and now this person wants to play the emotional card with himself?
There must be cause and effect, my father is very strange today, he has never used this kind of humble words to talk to himself, the father in his memory has always been high-spirited, arrogant to the extreme, people in officialdom have long been accustomed to not showing joy and anger, even in front of his own arrogant Ling Zhenghuang, do not dare to say a word in front of his father.
"The saint has been three palaces and six courtyards since ancient times, the harem is full of beauties, no generation of kings can avoid becoming a saint's concubine, either the grace is high and powerful, or the lonely old man understands this life, but the word grace is all based on the saint's mind, once he gets grace, once he may be replaced, I am a father, how can I push Han'er into the fire pit, and become the princess of the prince is different, as long as my father is alive, King Yu will not dare to marry any concubine, even after my father died, Han'er had already sat in a secure position at that time"!
Gu Mingfeng felt that his head was starting to become groggy, as if he had been raining heavily for a long time, and he was dull.
"......", Gu Mohan looked at the person beside him without saying anything, he finally knew why his father was able to turn his mother and Ling Zhenghuang around, this man seemed to be born with a calm and amorous face, and every word he said in his mouth could touch the heartstrings, and every word of the word could be touched, but even so, it couldn't change what this person did.
"If Han'er wants to listen, it doesn't hurt to talk about it"!
"That kid will listen to him", Gu Mohan said without changing his face, his voice was still cold, it was rare for this person to be drunk, it was rare to have a rare opportunity, what was this person's past, he was really curious.
Gu Mingfeng smiled bitterly twice, more like talking to himself, still in such a gentle tone, "When I Gu Mingfeng was a child, my life was as ordinary as an ant, from birth to the age of the crown, no one ever looked down on me, because my family was poor, I suffered from cold eyes and ridicule, the people in the village said that I was destined to be a single person in this life, and I couldn't get a wife at all, and later when I was crowned, the old matchmaker in the village introduced a stupid woman to me, the woman was almost the same age as my mother, stupid and stupid, and the corners of her mouth kept saliva, Without waiting for the matchmaker to open his mouth to mention the conditions, he was beaten away by my mother with a broom, that was the first time I saw Wenwen's weak mother have such a big temper, late at night, my mother thought I was asleep, and whispered a half-loud whimper at the head of my bed, afraid of waking me up, and walked away after a while"!
"Winter practice, summer practice, I have never given up the book of sages, and the desire to serve the court, those people's cynicism I remember every word in my heart, saying that my father and mother raised a waste, don't be embarrassed in studying, it is better to go to the town to work as a laborer like their son in exchange for some silver taels, and in the end, they don't forget to mock, 'Tsk, by the way, how can I forget the identity of Lord Gu, our Lord Gu is a person who wants to be an official', after these words fell, there will always be a few sneers that invariably followed"! Gu Mingfeng clenched the armrest of the mahogany chair next to him, his fingertips turned white, as if he wanted to vent something.
Gu Mohan looked away in shock, what he had to do now was to listen quietly, people were terrifying, what he didn't expect was that his father, who was so beautiful, was so unbearable before......
"When I entered Beijing to catch the exam, I left home in advance, my mother embroidered a new dress for me, said that I was afraid that I would not be able to raise my head in the patched clothes in Beijing, and handed over the only money in the family to me, in addition to the registration fee for the exam, only twenty copper coins were left to do the expenses on the road, and I took dry food to say goodbye to my father and mother, the distance from my hometown to the capital is equivalent to the distance from Baili City to Xiangyang City, I did not cultivate, only walked to the capital on foot on two legs, starvation, rain are common, hungry to cook wild vegetables to eat, every step, The heavier the perseverance in my heart, the more clearly I remember the faces of those people, and I swore in my heart that I would turn over in the future, and I would definitely turn my face!"
"I walked for three months, I arrived in the capital, only a penny stuffed in the shoes, I thought if it was high school, I would buy a steamed bun to celebrate, there were dozens of days from the beginning of the time, there was no money to live in the inn, I could only live in the broken temple in the suburbs, and then I heard that selling calligraphy and painting can be exchanged for silver, I stayed up all night and wrote a lot of calligraphy and painting, put on the new clothes embroidered by my mother, and stood at the corner of the capital to sell calligraphy and painting, because of the clumsy mouth, I did not sell a pair of them all morning, thinking that I could only break the temple and continue to cook wild vegetables. I encountered falling snow"!
"The beautiful woman is from the jade flower, like a frightened swallow stepping on the flying dragon. This poem is used to describe my first impression of the snow is the most appropriate, she is followed by two small guys, respectfully call her Miss, I think this should be the daughter of a big family in Beijing, she looked at a few pairs of calligraphy and paintings, obviously can't put it down, then asked me the price, I thought for a while, in the entanglement should say a few pennies will not scare people away, but not waiting for me to speak, she seems to be waiting a little tired, the little guy behind me directly stuffed a bulging money bag in my hand, directly took the four calligraphy and paintings and left, as if very anxious"!
Gu Mingfeng narrowed his eyes slightly, and the smile at the corner of his mouth was very soft, "I have never seen so many broken silver, a bag full of broken silver, almost enough to meet the needs of our family for a lifetime, when I shouted that she gave too much, she said that those paintings were worth so much in her eyes."
"Since then, every day I will take calligraphy and painting to the street to sell, come and go with the snow cooked, the day before the palace test she gave me a set of good study four treasures, she said that the study four treasures finally met the real master, wish high school champion, when I took it, she smiled, such as the spring breeze in March in the world, no one will be good to others for no reason, there will always be a reason, I have experienced the warmth and coldness of the world is more known, but also more cherished, for the words of crossing the line, never say much, the snow is like the nine heavens in the fairy pond, Hopeless, but impossible"!
"At that time, I was thinking, if I was the champion in high school, I would go to Luoxue's house to propose, if I failed, I would disappear in her world, and the time waiting for the unveiling of the list seemed to be extraordinarily difficult, every time I met her, it was torment for me, I refused to take a step forward to break this embarrassing situation, she was afraid of the identity of her daughter's family, and she was not allowed to come forward, but the good thing is that I was nominated in the Jinluan Palace, and I ended up with the name of the champion."
"When the list was unveiled, I waited for the snow to fall in the old place where the paintings were sold as agreed, and it was at that time that I expressed my love as it was, but what I didn't expect was that the snow fell was not the daughter of a big family, but the daughter of the famous general in Beijing, and the general loved his daughter, how could he let Luoxue marry a poor scholar like me, even if it was a champion, it was just a few petty officials, and he couldn't look down on it at all."
"Later, I figured out that instead of this, it is better to be free to cut it off, I like snowfall, and I love her even more, so I don't want her to be in a dilemma, but she scolded me, a big man gave up because of such a little thing, and let go of the cruel words, if I leave, she will never marry, and will not marry me, she said she never goes back."
After saying this, Gu Mingfeng couldn't help laughing, and faint tears flashed at the bottom of his eyes, "Similarly, my father-in-law looks down on me as much as ever, even so?" Luoxue is always willing to be with me, I will not let her down, not long after high school, I sent someone back to my hometown to take my parents to Beijing, I worked hard, even if it was difficult, I never gave up, so hard days I have heard, the future is within reach of me, this way can be described as a smooth progress, but a year later, my parents died of illness one after another, my mother was smiling before she died, Luoxue was very filial to her, she regarded Luoxue as her own, the only last words were to want to return to her hometown, with her father's spiritual position, and bury them together".
"I know, my mother is earning a breath, I want others to see the scenery of the original shabby scholar, I returned to my hometown, and buried my father and mother, those people completely changed their faces, and an adult smiled extremely flatteringly, I said, in the future, I will turn my face, so even if the court intends to move the people there to the town in these years, I have stopped them all, they are only suitable for staying in the poor and remote places, until they die, I am so eager to report, I don't care if others spread rumors about me, those people can't fight me at all, they are just poor people, it is difficult to turn over the sky, what I want is that they can't turn over for generations"!
The last sentence was said by Gu Mingfeng through gritted teeth, and the resentment in it only increased, and after half a sound, he seemed to be tired, lying on the table and not speaking.
Gu Mohan's frowning brows stretched slightly, what did his father tell him to do this? Looking back on the past and present? Seeing that the person sitting in the right seat seemed to be asleep, Gu Mohan finally couldn't bear it, untied his robe and gently covered his father, and then walked away.
Thinking was extremely chaotic, but Yan Yu's face appeared in Gu Mohan's mind, and the cold wind blew Gu Mohan more and more sober, no, he had to see him immediately.
Clusters of snow flew down, as if countless torn cotton balls tumbled down from the sky, and the three words of Broken Wolf Cliff on the stone tablet attracted Yi Qingxuan's sight.
"Childe, there is a teahouse in front, here is very close to the frontier, the weather is getting cold, Childe still changes his clothes and drinks a cup of warm tea before hurrying", Fu Yan turned over and jumped off the horse, and said respectfully, although the road is urgent, but if the prince is infected with the wind and cold because of this, it will be more than worth the loss.