Chapter Seventy-Three: Shichiro
The autumn breeze is rough and the weather is slightly cool.
Xie Zheng took the jade branch to Jiming Temple to worship the Buddha early in the morning, and was returning at the moment, the two sat in the carriage, you and I chatted one by one, and the woman's family chatted, in addition to eating, drinking, having fun and dressing up, there was only some rap right and wrong, for example, last night Zhang Gou "stumbled" and fell into the toilet and drowned, Huanling's uncle Yu Shi Dafu Li Rong's family added Ding yesterday, Nankang County Gong Chu Yuan married his daughter to Wang Jian, the middle secretary of the Langya Wang family, and Lu Daixin, the wife of the Lu family in Fanyang, cried and cried to Jiankang to join the uncle Xun Boyu who was a regular attendant in the official residenceβ¦β¦ That's the kind of talking point.
Yuzhi was born as a guest girl, she grew up in the Hou Mansion since she was a child, not only practiced a good kung fu, but also learned a lot of spy skills from Zeng Qionglin, and found out the news, which is her old profession after all.
Suddenly, a breeze blew through the curtains, blowing into the car, gently brushing Yuzhi's face, Yuzhi smelled the fresh fragrance of grass and trees, and suddenly felt relaxed, so she lifted the curtain, looked out the window, and sighed: "The carriage is tired, it is really torturous." β
At this time, the carriage was passing through Qianhu, and because the jade branch lifted the curtain, Xie Zheng was able to see the sunset outside the window through the narrow window.
Any scenery under this sunset is beautiful, the front lake is a must, Xie Zheng saw that there was a man wearing a frost-colored wide-sleeved shirt Lang Jun was standing by the lake to paint, thinking that he was also attracted by the beautiful scenery.
Yuzhi stretched out his hand out of the window, pointed at Na Langjun from a distance, and said to Xie Zheng: "Lady, look, there is a person over there." β
"Don't point it, I saw it," Xie Zheng was sneering, and the Lang Jun in the distance suddenly turned around, as if he was adjusting the ink color, Xie Zheng saw his face clearly, and was immediately surprised and delighted, "Gu Xun?" Park, park fast. β
The carriage stopped, Xie Zheng immediately got out of the car, with his hands behind his back, walking towards the lake with a spring breeze on his face, Yuzhi was still sitting in the carriage, she opened the curtain and poked her head out to look at the Lang Jun by the lake from afar, I heard that he was Gu Xun!
Seeing that Xie Zheng had slowly approached, Yuzhi was also busy getting out of the car and following him.
At that time, Gu Xun took Mao Ying and squatted by the lake to wash ink, Xie Zheng walked to his side, looked down at him slightly, Gu Xun saw the reflection in the lake, and immediately turned around, and saw that it was Xie Zheng, and immediately smiled, his cheeks were crimson, he got up and said, "It's you!" β
Xie Zhengwaner: "It's me." β
Gu Xun hurriedly went back to put Mao Ying down, and then asked: "Last time I was in a hurry on the royal street, Gu still didn't know what to call the lady?" β
"Didn't I tell you, my surname is Xie, you just call me Xie Niangzi."
"That's... Are you the lady of the Xie family of Chenjun? Gu Xun asked, looking at Xie Zheng expectantly, Xie Zheng also looked at him, looking at his expression, he clearly cared about whether she was from the Chen County Xie family, Xie Zheng thought in his heart, I really don't know if he wants her to be the wife of the Chen County Xie family, or he doesn't want her to be the lady of the Chen County Xie family.
Xie Zheng didn't answer, but smiled lightly, "What does Lang Jun think?" β
She asked rhetorically, but Gu Xun took her acquiescence, and suddenly looked gloomy, frowned and asked, "Are you really the lady of the Xie family of Chen County?" β
The expression on Gu Xun's face changed, Xie Zheng could see it clearly, and now seeing him so disappointed, he knew his thoughts.
"I was born in the Shu clan, and I can't be related to a scholar clan like the Xie clan of Chen County."
Hearing this, Gu Xun suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief and stretched his sad face.
Xie Zheng pretended to be suspicious and looked at him, "Gu Langjun seems to be very disgusted with the Chen Jun Xie family?" She knew in her heart that if Gu Xun really rejected the Chen Jun Xie family, it would be because of the resignation.
Gu Xun turned sideways, turned to the lake, stood with his hands in his hands, and sighed: "Actually, it's because of my father." β
"Oh? Why? Xie Zheng also faced the lake and stood beside him.
"Do you know Xie Yu, Xie Yanghou?"
Xie Zheng hesitated for a moment before replying: "Naturally, I know." β
"To tell you the truth, I once had a marriage with her, when we were very young, but when we were both old enough to talk about marriage, she regretted the marriage," Gu Xun shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then said: "At that time, it was still the previous dynasty, she lived in the Qi Palace, and my father took me to the next appointment. β
"My Gu clan is also a Wu Jun Shi clan, how could he have suffered such humiliation, my father was so angry that he vomited blood, and since then he has been ill and can't afford to be sick, and he once gambled before he died, Wu Jun Gu and Chen Jun Xie are not allowed to intermarry for generations, and if the descendants disobey, they will not die well."
Xie Zheng had an impression of this, although she also had the idea of withdrawing from her relatives at that time, but she hid it in her heart, but her aunt actually hid it from her, and she took it upon herself to withdraw her relatives, and embarrassed the Gu family, she was also depressed for a long time, after hearing that Gu's father was sick, she wanted to come to the door in person to apologize, but the border was urgent, and she had to leave Beijing in a hurry......
Xie Zheng felt guilty in his heart, "That... Do you hate her? β
"I hated her, but then she died, and I took pity on her."
Therefore, after Xie Yu's death, he often went to pay respects.
"Why?"
"The intermarriage of the scholar clan is for the sake of power and interests, and marrying the Shen family is far more beneficial to the official family than my Gu family."
Five years ago, Xiao Daocheng relied on the troops in Xie Yu's hands and Shen Yuzhi's troops to usurp the throne, and Gu Xun's words were ironic that he did not hesitate to betray his word for the sake of power and interests.
"Gu Langjun, have you ever seen Xie Yu?"
"When she was an official in the court, I hadn't yet entered the ranks, so naturally I hadn't seen her."
Xie Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that he would recognize her appearance.
As he was talking, Mao Ying, who was resting on the desk where Gu Xun was resting, suddenly rolled to the ground, Xie Zheng went to pick up Mao Ying, looked at the silver paper spread on the desk again, and turned around and asked, "Is Gu Langjun painting here alone?" β
"I originally made an appointment, but that person, he believed that he was the first painter Jiang Zuo, every time I asked him back, he would arrive half an hour later than me, not to say that he wanted to let me," Gu Xun said, angry and funny.
"The painter Jiang Zuo is the first?" Xie Zheng thought about it, in her heart, there was only one person who could afford to be the first in Jiangzuo, and that was the one who was called "Gu Lu" with Gu Kaizhi, Gu Xun's ancestor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and she asked: "Is it Lu Tanwei?" β
"It's him."
As he was talking, Gu Xun suddenly laughed out loud and said, "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive." Brother Tanwei! He looked to the south, and really saw a Lang Jun in an ivory robe walking along the shore of the lake, Xie Zheng was stunned, and hurriedly turned his back, she and Lu Tanwei are old acquaintances, a few years ago he also painted a small portrait for her, this person has a very big mouth, but he is a stunned blue, if she meets him today, she is afraid that she will be exposed!
"It's not early, I should go," Xie Zheng left in a hurry after speaking, Gu Xun was full of doubts, and hurriedly called her, wanting to chase after her, but Lu Tanwei had already walked over, so he had to give up.
Xie Zheng didn't look back, and walked straight to the carriage, his pace was quite fast, slightly flustered, and Yuzhi followed her quickly.
Lu Tanwei walked to Gu Xun's side and looked at Xie Zheng from a distance with him, until Xie Zheng and Yuzhi entered the carriage, and he asked, "Zigeng, who is she?" β
She ...... I don't know who she is......" Gu Xun saw that the carriage had set off, and he was a little disappointed for a while.
At that time, in the carriage, Yuzhi lifted the corner of the curtain and peeked at Gu Xun, and asked Xie Zheng: "Lady, is that Gu Qilang?" β
Xie Zheng smiled but didn't answer, but said: "Floating like a cloud, like a frightened dragon, Zhilan Yushu, nothing more than that." β