Chapter 91: Books
Seeing that Wu Yingying did not shirk his responsibility, Cai Yu nodded with relief and smiled at Cai Tianhe: "Don't you want to hate the old master that Gu found for you, General Wu is both civil and military, and he will be your teacher in the future." Come, and then give General Wu a bow of apprenticeship. ”
Although he was praised by Cai Yu, Cai Tianhe knew that once he followed Wu Yingying away, he and Cai Yu would never see each other again, so he bit his lip tightly and bowed down. Xiao Zhouhou was his aunt and stepmother, and she also sobbed in a low voice, saying in her heart, if it weren't for her sister not worrying about this child, she was afraid that he would be bullied by the new queen, and she would never send herself to the palace when she was seriously ill and dying. I have always treated Tianhe as if I was out of my own, and I don't want this country to be ruined, such a young boy who has never suffered before, but he has to follow others to bear the drift of the rivers and lakes alone.
After the apprenticeship ceremony, Cai Yu lovingly stroked the top of Cai Tianhe's head and said to Wu Yingying: "Wu Qing's talent is relieved. ”
Wu Yingying nodded, pondered for a long time, and said: "Teaching the little prince, virtue must do his best, the minister is a military position, and there are very few books in the house, I heard that His Majesty's Jianye Scholar is the place with the largest collection of books in the world, and I hereby invite Your Majesty's Grace and Quasi-Minister to go to the study room to select a batch of books and atlases, and bring them back to the mansion." ”
Cai Yu was also very pleased to see that he was loyal to his business, and immediately ordered the eunuch to lead Wu Yingying to the study room to select books, and he and Zhou Hou still stayed in the palace to talk to Cai Tianhe. From the royal family to the Li people, the affection of parents for their children is the same. Once we are separated now, we may never see each other, and we will tell you how to finish it.
As Wu Yingying expected, although Huang Wen was promoted to Baoyi, with the abundance of books and cultural relics in Jianye's study, it was difficult to find another person to replace her in charge of the study in a short period of time.
The eunuch told Huang Wen that Wu Yingying had come to choose books and withdrew, and Huang Wen also instructed the palace maid who accompanied her to go outside to collect daily sundries, and the two hugged each other. When she raised her head, Nushi's eyes were already red and swollen, and she choked up: "I heard that the Song army broke the city last night, and I was worried about the safety of the general, so I panicked. ”
Wu Yingying smiled: "I'm not good, don't worry, your Langjun's life is very hard." Stretched out his hand to hold Huang Wen's slender waist, held her in front of him, carefully examined her face, and saw it for many days, and saw it again, and his heart swelled with pity.
Huang Wen blushed and said in a low voice: "If something happens to you, I can only go underground." He stood up from Wu Yingying's arms and turned to face the bookshelf.
Wu Yingying resisted the urge to embrace the beautiful woman into his arms and make love, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty has decided to surrender to the Song people, and will leave for Bianliang in the near future, there will be chaos in the city in the next few days, and I plan to take advantage of the chaos to take you out of the palace." ”
Huang Wen let out an "ah", covered her small mouth with her slender hand, her eyes revealed a look of surprise, her head nodded slightly, and then she said softly: "Then I'll wait for you here." ”
Wu Yingying nodded slightly, the two looked at each other hand in hand, and after a while, they woke up and chose books, Wu Yingying just memorized some ancient poems, and relied on Huang Wen to select some classics at this time and put them in the book bag. Wu Yingying leaned comfortably on the desk in the study room to admire her slender back.
Cai Tianhe often goes in and out of the forbidden school, and often goes to Jianye Wenfang to find books, because Huang Wen is quite familiar with Cai Tianhe's academic progress, and he selected a batch of books after a short time.
She picked out the books and stroked the slightly yellowed pages with her hand, and sighed: "You can take some out more, they are rare rare books in the world, I was sent to this palace at the age of ten, these books and atlases have accompanied me through many lonely days, but Your Majesty wants me to burn them all before the Song people enter the city, I am really sad in my heart." ”
Wu Yingying shook his head and sighed: "Your Majesty is even willing to give up the country to the Song people, and it is really a pity that he is still reluctant to give up these books and literary things." I looked up at the books and picture books full of sweat, and I felt pity in my heart.
Seeing that he also sighed, Huang Wen's mind flashed, looked left and right at no one, looked at Wu Yingying, and said in a low voice: "I really can't bear to burn them with my own hands, why don't I sort out the precious calligraphy and painting books together, and send them to your house in the name of the little prince's study, and then you can collect them, and wait until the year when the world is peaceful, and then let them return to the world." ”
Wu Yingying saw that she looked at these scrolls with a very nostalgic look, and it was also a very cruel thing to want people to destroy their life's favorite things with their own hands, so he nodded and said: "Anyway, this is not a big deal, if you think it is good, I will let the guards accept these books at the palace gate." ”
Hearing Wu Yingying's promise, Huang Wen smiled, and happily turned around the house three times in a row, almost not jumping up. When Wu Yingying was with her in the past, he felt that this woman was quiet and beautiful, but he had never seen such a lively side.
The two lingered for a long time, and then they separated.
Back in the apse, Cai Yu and his wife, together with Cai Tian and the club, had red and swollen eyes, and they obviously cried.
Wu Yingying needed a lot of books for excuses, and Huang Baoyi, who had entrusted Huang Baoyi, who managed the study, to send someone to sort it out, pack it into a box, and send it to the palace by the eunuch in the palace tonight and tomorrow. Bid farewell to the queen and lead Cai Tianhe back to the house in a sedan chair. When all the guards saw that he had brought back a child, no one asked a word.
In the afternoon of this day, Xu Xian returned from the Song camp and discussed with Cao Bin that Cai Yu would lead a hundred officials to surrender three days later. At this time, the Prime Minister's Office came to report that Wu Qiao was wearing court clothes and actually hanged himself in the Office, and the clerk of the Government Office was afraid of taking responsibility, so he had already seized Wu Qiao's body and did not allow his family to take it back.
These two incidents dealt Cai Yu a considerable blow, and the next day, he sat in the study all day, depressed, and even ignored the Prime Minister's repeated requests on how to dispose of Wu Qiao's body. The water and rice are not stained all day, and after the week, he personally enters the imperial meal, and there is no relief, and many eunuchs and palace maids do not dare to persuade each other, until the night, suddenly crying for several hours, almost fainting, and ordered the dining room to enter the liquor, and drank drunk.
When he woke up the next day, Cai Yu only felt a splitting headache, he was extremely depressed, staggering around, and actually came to the study according to the usual habit of distraction, Baoyi Huang Wen was taking a few palace maids to sort out the books, and when he saw Cai Yu coming in drunk, he was so frightened that he immediately fell to the ground to ask for peace, Cai Yu only waved his hand and asked them to wait outside the hall.
Only in this study, in the country of books, did Cai Yu feel that he was the real emperor. The vast number of books, recording the way of civil and military affairs since the founding of China, is his life's work. It seems that it will no longer be owned by the Cai family, just like this Yanyu Jiangnan. Looking at the dense books, he felt a little remorseful, if he could put more effort into martial arts and governing the country, the ancestral foundation might not be so degraded.
Thinking of this, he picked up a lit candle and gently lit a yellowed silk book. The flames were beating and burning fast,
Almost instantly, half of the bookshelves of yellow silk rare books were on fire.
"The way of civil and martial arts is impossible today!" Cai Yu felt a trace of joy in his heartache, "Zhao, you have occupied a lonely country, but these ways of civil and martial arts, you, together with your children and grandchildren, will never have a chance to get them." Thinking of this, under the mixture of joy and sorrow, I couldn't help laughing wildly: "Hahaha" Regardless of the bookshelf and some ancient bamboo slips were also ignited, with the sound of beeping and peeling off the burning violently, but instead dancing in the study, "The way of civil and martial arts is extinct today." Hahaha, is it you who are waiting for the loneliness, or is it the loneliness that is wrong for you!"
Huang Wen and the palace maid heard that the sound in the room was wrong, and vaguely saw that there was a fire in the study, and they were all frightened.
The bookshelves of sandalwood and the strange fragrance emitted by the burning of various ancient books filled the entire palace. Cai Yu refused to go far away, and forbade everyone to put out the fire, but watched the entire Jianye study room turn into ashes little by little with a heavy heart.