Chapter 13: Going to the Grave (I)
Xie Zheng specially wore a plain dress today, sat in the room, and on the bookcase in front of him, there was a pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a brocade bag embroidered with hibiscus flowers. Xie Zheng picked up the pen and wrote a few lines of Juan Xiu's small characters on the paper, but he frowned slightly when he wrote.
The door was wide open, and Yuzhi walked in from outside and called softly, "Lady." ”
Hearing the call, Xie Zheng immediately stretched her brows, as if she didn't want Yuzhi to see anything, she put down her pen unhurriedly, and asked, "Are all the sacrificial things prepared?" ”
As he spoke, he folded the silver paper in front of him twice, then rolled it into half a finger thick and stuffed it into a brocade bag.
Yuzhi replied: "It's all ready." ”
She paused, and then continued: "Lady, the Marquis of Shicai County said that he will also go with him." ”
Xie Zheng was stunned for a moment, glanced at Yuzhi, and said, "I sacrifice to my father, what does he do?" ”
Yuzhi shook her head, "How do you know him?" said that she was not worried that the lady would go out alone. ”
"Let him be," Xie Zheng no longer paid attention to the matter, she sealed the bag tightly, handed it to Yuzhi, and said: "Find someone who is born with eyes, send this bag to the prince's mansion, be sure to hand it over to the prince, remember, you must find someone who is born with eyes!" ”
Yuzhi was slightly stunned, she glanced at the bag, and did not reach out to take it, but whispered: "The lady is still reluctant to break off contact with the prince?" ”
"He has been gracious to me, and now that he is in danger, how can I stand idly by? There is no name in the bag, you just need to find someone to send it to the prince's mansion, you don't have to ask too much," Xie Zheng's face was cold, and he seemed to be a little angry, but Yuzhi couldn't help her, so she had to take the bag and look at it, maybe there was really no name left in this bag, but this bag was embroidered with hibiscus flowers, what kind of friendship did the prince have with Xie Niangzi, how could he not know that Xie Niangzi loved hibiscus the most?
Xie Niangzi did this, didn't she do this to tell the prince that she Xie Yu was still alive?
"Yes, slave is going," Yuzhi turned around, this is about to go out, Xie Zheng was entangled and complicated in his heart, thought about it, and stopped her again, Yuzhi turned around, looked at her with doubts, she reached out and took back the bag from Yuzhi's hand, and said, "Forget it, don't send it away." ”
Xie Zhengxiu frowned slightly, pinched the bag with his bare hands, seemed to be extremely entangled, and instructed Yuzhi, "Don't let the county marquis know about today's matter." ”
Yuzhi hesitated for a moment and responded, "Yes." ”
Immediately afterwards, Zeng Qionglin, the entourage beside Huan Ling, hurried over, stood at the door of the house and urged: "Xie Niangzi, the carriage is ready and ready to go, and the county marquis is waiting at the door." ”
Xie Zheng was shocked when he heard this, for fear that others would see it, so he hurriedly hid it in his sleeve pocket and promised: "I know." ”
Saying that, Xie Zheng walked out, Yuzhi also followed out, and when he walked outside, Yuzhi lifted the bamboo basket placed at the door, and in the basket were some paper money, ingots and incense candles.
The two followed Zeng Qionglin to the gate of the mansion, only to see a carriage engraved with the emblem of the Huan clan of Qian County parked below, Huan Ling was wearing a dark dark coat, dressed very solemnly, standing next to the carriage and waiting, Xie Zheng saw him for the first time, obviously stunned for a moment, she asked: "I went to the grave of my deceased father, why did the county marquis go with me?" ”
Huan Ling said: "Xie Yuanjun is also a person I admire, why not go to worship the sages?" After saying that, he stretched out his hand and motioned for Xie Zheng to take his hand in the carriage, Xie Zheng did not speak, just glanced at him lightly, and then handed him his hand and climbed into the carriage with his hand.
Xie Zheng got into the carriage, and there was a fence in her eyes, she couldn't help but be stunned, at this time Huan Ling had also come up, he explained: "The ancestral tomb of the Xie family is now guarded by a special person every day, and occasionally there will be descendants who go to sweep the tomb, you go over like this, I am afraid that you will be recognized." ”
"Heh," Xie Zheng smiled bitterly, she walked inside and sat down, then picked up the fence and looked at it, and smiled bitterly: "It's really sad, go to your ancestral grave to sweep the grave, and you have to cover up like this......"
She Xie Yu used to be beautiful, but she couldn't imagine that she would have to hide and live in the world now, and she was really making people!
Huan Ling sat down beside her, raised his hand and wanted to pat her shoulder as comfort, but he was stunned for a while, but he withdrew his hand, he took a deep breath, and only said: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, and now the embarrassment is only temporary, and the truth will always come out one day." ”
Xie Zheng smiled faintly, "I hope so." ”
At this time, Yuzhi put the bamboo basket in, and then sat on the carriage seat with Zeng Qionglin, and the two drove together to the ancestral tomb of the Xie family.
The site of the ancestral tomb of the Xie family is outside the west fence gate of Jiankang City, under the stone mountain, drive from the Hou Mansion, about half an hour to arrive, and when you get here, you really see an old man in the flower armor guarding the gate of the cemetery.
Huan Ling got out of the carriage first, and the tomb keeper saw that someone was coming, so he greeted him, he first bowed down to Huan Ling, and said, "Lang Jun is well." ”
"It's polite," Huan Ling also greeted him.
The tomb keeper straightened up, looked at the carriage behind Huan Ling, and then asked, "I don't know which Langjun of the Huan clan of the Qian County is Your Excellency?" ”
Zeng Qionglin stepped forward and said, "This is the Marquis of Yongxiu County." ”
The tomb keeper's face was calm, not panicked, obviously he had seen too many dignitaries, but he just made a fuss, "It turned out to be the Marquis of Yongxiu County, and it was rude." ”
During the period, Xie Zheng also put on a fence and followed the carriage, Yuzhi took the bamboo basket and followed, speaking of which, Xie Zheng had walked to the side of Huan Ling, and the tomb keeper asked again: "This is ......"
Huan Ling glanced at Xie Zheng and said, "This is Neizi, I heard that today is the death day of General Annan, so I followed Ben Hou and came over to offer incense to the sages," he said, and naturally took Xie Zheng's hand, Xie Zheng didn't expect it at first, he was stunned for a moment, but he didn't break free.
The tomb keeper smiled and said: "There are not many people who come to pay homage to General Annan, there are few all year round, but it is Duke Wenjing and Duke Xie Kang, and some people come to mourn every once in a while, and the county marquis really has a heart." ”
Huan Ling didn't say anything, just smiled at him, and then looked at Xie Zheng, she was wearing a fence, separated by a layer of light veil, although he couldn't see her face clearly, but he also clearly felt that her hand holding tightly with him was a little hard, and it was clear that the resentment was very deep.
Xie Zheng did have a grudge, if she hadn't been framed for such a crime for no reason three years ago, why would her father be so desolate that no one would worship him a hundred years later?
Huan Ling whispered: "Let's go." ”
The grave keeper pointed the way, and the group entered the cemetery, Xie Zheng knew the way, and as soon as he entered the garden, he broke free of Huan Ling's hand, walked in front of him, and impatiently looked for Xie Feng's grave.
At that time, the ancestral tomb of the Xie family ushered in a distinguished guest again, the distinguished guest came on a horse alone, and the tomb keeper saw him, and ran to greet him from a distance, and saluted: "The villain greets His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
"Get up," Xiao Zhen got off the horse, and the grave keeper saw that he was carrying two jars of wine in his hand, so he asked: "Your Highness has been in Liangjun for three years, and today, you are here to catch up with Miss Xie, right?" ”
Xiao Zhen only asked: "In the past three years, has anyone visited her here?" As he spoke, he handed the reins in his hand to the tomb keeper, who took the reins, led the horse to the tree and bolted it, and replied: "The crown princess has come once, she came to worship her aunt, and by the way, she put incense on the pillar incense for Miss Xie, but it is the seven lang of the Gu family, who comes every month." ”
"Gu Xun?"