Xie Zhang seemed to recall and think about it carefully, and finally shook his head: "I have never heard him talk about who he wants to meet, but your father has made friends with celebrities in his life, and it is common to go out occasionally to visit some famous scholars and Confucians, but two days before he died, his grandmother saw him depressed, and seemed to be a little unhappy, he stood alone under the plane tree in front of his courtyard for a long time, and his grandmother refused to listen to him.

That day it rained again, he was drenched, the next day he fell ill, coughing up blood suddenly, grandmother was frightened, and specially invited the doctor in the palace to see, I thought it was just some small illness of typhoid fever, but who knew that the doctor actually said that your father himself suffered from heart disease, which is a disease that is not metallurgical, and this rain completely crushed the body, that is, Hua Tuo is alive, and he is powerless to return to heaven...... Sure enough, only a day later, your father ......"

At this point, Xie Zhang couldn't speak anymore, and his voice couldn't control it and choked.

Xie Ling's heart was also surging like a tide, and sorrow rose spontaneously, filling the entire heart, but his mind was bright, and the peaks turned around, as if he had returned to his youth:

She sat on the swing and watched her father stand under the tree, the breeze blowing, the ink hair fluttering, and the white clothes were better than the snow.

"Ah Ling, come here, Ah Weng will test you a question today: Do you see the leaves on the tree swaying slightly, is it the wind moving, or the leaves moving?"

"Ah Weng, Ah Ling thinks that the wind may not be moving, and the leaves may not be moving, probably our hearts are moving! Father, you see that there is no wind over there, but the flowers are still falling, is this in line with a Buddhist saying: not the wind, not the flag, but the heart of the benevolent? ”

After she said this sentence that day, she clearly saw the joy and surprise on her father's face, but in an instant, she heard him say abruptly: "Ah Ling, you are very smart, when you grow up, you will definitely be different from others, but unfortunately Ah Weng can't see it." ”

"How so? Ah Ling will soon grow up, and when the time comes, Ah Ling will also follow his father to go all over the famous mountains and rivers to watch the sunset over the long river and the twilight snow on the thousand mountains. ”

Her father's hand touched her face, and her picturesque face was full of love and sorrow: "Ah Ling, when you grow up, you must learn to protect yourself and your sister, let's Xie family or don't be the turtle that is enshrined in the temple, let's be the hermit of the idle clouds and wild cranes, do you say okay?" ”

"Good!"

After that, she was taken into her father's arms, and gradually fell asleep in his tulip-scented arms, and vaguely seemed to hear a sentence:

"If you don't say anything, you don't give up, and you take the wind back to carry the cloud flag.

Sadness and sadness are parting, and happiness is new to each other. ”

The mouth moved casually, and unconsciously, he actually read out this poem, and Xie Zhangshi on the side was suddenly stunned and exclaimed: "Ah Ling, how do you know this poem?" ”

"What's wrong with this poem?"

"Before your father died, my grandmother sat in front of him and listened to him recite this poem."

Xie Ling was also stunned, and hurriedly asked again: "Besides, what else did my father say?" ”

Xie Zhang shook his head again and said that he didn't know, and after a long time, he only said: "What fallen leaves, what is sad...... Before he could finish his sentence, he closed his eyes, and his grandmother couldn't remember, couldn't remember......"

Xie Ling's face sank slightly, and there seemed to be a broken string in his head that was about to be connected, but at this moment, a sound of footsteps came from the door, and then he heard a gentle shout: "Ah Ling, mother is looking for you, I didn't expect you to be here with your grandmother!" ”

As he spoke, the person had already walked up to her, and instructed the servant beside him: "Quick, take it out and show it to the old lady and Xiao Langjun!" ”

Two maidservants responded, one holding a gold-painted tray, and the other walked up to her with jade Ruyi.

I saw the maid with the jade ruyi in her hand picking up the brocade silk covered on the tray, and there seemed to be silver light pouring down from the tray, but it was a dress made of ice silk.

The maid shook off her garment, and saw a brocade tunic of white mink trim covered with silk yarn, which did not look complicated and fancy, but it was priceless.

"Ah Ling has been in Luofu Mountain for five years, my mother didn't do anything for Ah Ling, so she made this dress before you came back, thinking that today's scholars are happy to return to the basics, either white or Xuan, Ah Ling's Xuan clothes are a lot, I don't know if this white dress can fit Ah Ling's body, whether it can be liked by Ah Ling?"

"Come, try it for Xiao Langjun, just let Ah Jia see how the craftsmanship of the son-in-law's uniform is?"

The two maidservants took the clothes and were about to report them to Xie Ling, but when they saw Xie Ling suddenly raise his hand, he pushed the clothes away, looked at Zhu with cold eyes, and asked, "During my father's illness, did you serve by his side?" ”

Zhu Shi was stunned for a moment, and asked with a stiff face: "Ah Ling, what did you say?" ”

"Let me ask you, did you serve your father before he died?" Xie Ling raised his voice again and repeated.

Zhu's face suddenly turned pale: "This is so good, why did you mention your father again, Ah Ling......"

Before he finished speaking, he saw that Xie Ling had already walked outside the house, Zhu Shi was suddenly shocked and inexplicable, and looked at Xie Zhang's family in a panic, and said aggrievedly: "Ah Jia, the son-in-law didn't do anything wrong this time, right?" The child-woman has no children under her knees, and Bento Ah Ling is the only son of the child-wife, and she just wants to treat him well with her heart, but this child, is it because the woman is not his biological mother, he doesn't like it......"

"Zhu, you are in vain, how can the children raised by my Xie family be so narrow-minded, mothers and sons are filial piety, brothers and friends, and brothers and sisters, and it is also my Xie family's motto, Ah Ling is in a bad mood today, you should be more tolerant and generous as a mother!"

"Yes." Zhu lowered his head, clasped his hands on his knees and bowed, his chin covered the trace of resentment and doubt in his eyes, and said with a smile, "By the way, doesn't the Ah family want to go to the temple to worship the Buddha?" The son-in-law heard that the incense of the Xiangshan Temple on Gu Mountain is the most prosperous in the past few days, and the most known guests, so it is better for the Ah family to go there to see, and the son-in-law is also about to ask for a sign for Ah Yun! ”

"What are you asking for?" Xie Zhang asked.

Zhu smiled and said, "Naturally, it's a marriage sign!" A few days later, the prince held a banquet in the East Palace, if it is according to the usual practice, it is a girl from a famous noble family can also go to the banquet, the woman thinks, His Royal Highness the prince has not yet married a wife, Ding Guifei Niangniang has a good nature, and likes the sound of the piano in the mountains and rivers, and our family A Yun is a genius in this aspect of piano skills, with her song "Changqing" of Ji Zi, may not be able to win the first place in the girls' banquet, and win the love of Ding Gui Concubine......

"Zhu, don't say it again! My Xie daughter doesn't marry the Xiao royal family! ”

Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, he was broken, and Zhu's face was embarrassed again, and he bowed his head and said: "Yes, but, Ah Jia, why is this?" With Ah Yun's talent, wouldn't it be a pity if he didn't marry the Xiao royal family and the prince? ”

"The glory of this earthly world is the first dangerous thing, honor and disgrace, and then see the disease, the gathering of goods and wealth, and then the contention, Zhu, do you understand the meaning of this?"

As soon as Xie Zhang said this, Zhu's face turned pale, and he couldn't help but hang down, and replied ashamedly: "Yes, the son-in-law understands." ”

"Understood, let's go down! Ah Yun's marriage doesn't need you to worry about it, I have my own plans in my heart. ”

After Xie Zhang's finished speaking, Zhu's lips moved again, as if he wanted to say something, but seeing Xie Zhang's extremely tired look, he didn't want to listen to her at all, so he had to say: "Okay, then the Ah family has a good rest, and the son-in-law is busy." ”

……

In addition, when Xie Ling returned to his Dexin Academy, he immediately asked Qiu Shi to take out the arrow-tailed mink Ling that she had taken down when Jin Ling was assassinated, and compared it, and saw that the mink Ling in his father's book was exactly the same as the one left by the assassin.

Holding these two mink lings in his hands, Xie Ling's gaze gradually condensed a touch of fallen crystal.

Qiu Shi saw that her hands were trembling, so she couldn't help but ask, "Lang Jun, what's wrong with you?" ”

I heard her mutter: "Father, he didn't die of illness, he must have been killed by someone, Nagato Fu, sad fallen leaves, and this mink feather, who is it, who wants to kill me after killing my father?"

Why did he want to kill my father? ”

Qiu Shi also seemed to be frightened for a while: "What Nagato Fu?" What mink feathers? Girl, what the hell is wrong with you? ”

Xie Ling woke up suddenly, raised his sleeves to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, looked at Qiu Shi and smiled: "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered my father, Qiu Shi, you go and prepare two things for me, let's go to Xiangshan Temple!" ”

Qiu Shi Weiwei nodded: "Okay, what does Lang Jun want?" ”

"The short sword that my master left me: love and non-attack, and a Buddhist scripture."

"Good, good!"

Qiu Shi nodded again and again, and was about to go to Xie Ling's cage to look for these two things, when the sound of the door outside the door suddenly sounded, Qiu Shi was startled, and asked, "Who is outside the door?" ”

I heard a servant's voice replying: "It's our eldest lady who has come to see Gorou-kun, can Gorou-kun be in the house?" ”

Qiu Shi looked at Xie Ling and said, "Lang Jun, it's the eldest lady." ”

"You have prepared the things for me, I'll go out first to see what Sister is looking for me?"

"Yes."

As soon as Xie Ling went out, he saw Xie Hanhan smiling in front of him, Xie Hanyun was already very beautiful, and today he wore an indigo ice silk tulle skirt, with a flying fairy bun on his head, only a few flowers were embellished, and he was wearing a white coat, which looked pretty and bright, and it was extraordinarily beautiful.

"Ah Ling, you see me dressed like this today, is it okay?"

She deliberately circled in front of Xie Ling, looked at her with a smile and asked.

Xie Ling replied: "Sister is naturally beautiful, no matter what she wears, she is extremely beautiful!" ”

"Look at your mouth, the more you grow up, the more you will be flamboyant, and you will say something nice to me."

Xie Hanyun said that, walked over again, took her hand and said, "Ah Ling, you accompany Sister Ah to Xiangshan Temple!" Sister wants you to do me a favor. ”

"What's the busy?"

Xie Hanyun smiled and said, "I want to see the prince." ”