Chapter 332: Zhiqiu
An autumn rain is cool,.
Hanzhang Hall is lush with flowers and trees, it is the time when the autumn chrysanthemum osmanthus is in full bloom, Queen Xiong, who has taken care of the palace affairs, took a group of palace people to walk among them, and thought a little lonely, although now that he is the master of the house, the sword hanging on his head has finally been taken down, why is it a lot lonely? It's not that the husband who became the new emperor indulged in singing and dancing beauties and despised her, the new emperor is very diligent and loves politics, and the harem has not changed much, and the women are still those women, and there has never been a new beauty; It's not that her sons are not angry, her three sons have all become talents, the eldest son has become the prince, the second son and the third son have become princes, not only have a heavy army and are deeply trusted, but also very capable and friendly; The only daughter also rushed to reunite with her, and both children and daughters were doing very well. What's the grievance about this?
Thinking about it, but the palace rules are strict, and it is no longer easy to see his sons and grandchildren, and the daughter-in-law who is used to serving by his side is no longer as able to accompany him every day as before. She thought of her young son Zhang Yizheng, who had not been seen for many days, and thought of the ill-fated and completely disappeared Brother Xu Ying, and she was a little sad in her heart, so she asked, "What is Xiao San'er busy with these days?" ”
"I heard that I went to assist the second master in chasing down the remnants of the rebel king." Mama Qu looked at the queen's expression carefully, and saw some loneliness, so she comforted and explained without a trace: "The third master is busy these days, no, after coming back, he will immediately go to the west to fight the Jin." ”
Queen Xiong's eyebrows showed a little sadness, since Brother Xu Ying went, Zhang Yizheng didn't seem to be idle, and the number of times she came to her to say goodbye became very few. Although he always seemed busy, it seemed that he refused to come to see her, but the mother of the person. How could he not know that his son was estranged from him and had the meaning of alienation? She was worried that he would become more and more depressed, but he didn't, just kept running around and doing things, and his temper was grotesque and manicurous. Brother Xu Ying is dead, but the days will go on, and he can't be allowed to go on like this...... The queen plucked a famous chrysanthemum that was in full bloom and ordered: "Qixi Festival is approaching, and there can be no banquet." Prepare some deceptive and delicate things to reward the ladies of the ministers' families above the third grade. ”
Qixi Festival, Daughter's Day, that is the main reward for unmarried women of school age in the ministers' families. Although it is not suitable for marriage at present, there is always some meaning in it, the prince chooses a concubine. Where can it be done in a hurry? Naturally, you have to plan ahead, and when everything is ready, it's almost the same. That's a big deal! Mama Qu became excited, and took the opportunity to say: "Niangniang, Mrs. Feng handed over a sign and wanted to enter the palace to meet her, and sent two pearls to Concubine Duan's side......
Queen Xiong frowned unhappily and sneered: "Her family is really in a hurry. My sister has only been dead for more than two months, and my sister is in a hurry to get married? Where is the righteousness and shame? ”
This is too mean to say, and it almost completely cuts off the possibility of marrying the Feng family again, that is, the Feng family's daughter has the comment that the queen has been awarded. I'm afraid that there will be many twists and turns in marriage in the future - that is, many people have long forgotten etiquette, righteousness and shame, and only remember to make great trade-offs, but the new emperor and queen have always loved this set, who dares to marry such a woman without interest. Marry someone like that? But it's also self-inflicted. Mama Qu was secretly proud, and said persistently: "There is one more thing. I heard that a few days ago, Feng Chang, the son of the Feng family, disrespected the third master in the army, and was ordered by the third master to stuff horse manure, whipped in public and cut off his right leg......"
The Feng family is full of people in the army, and this Feng family's son Feng Chang, that is, Feng Bao'er's eldest brother, is the leader of the younger generation of the Feng family, and crippling this person is equivalent to inserting a knife in the heart of the Feng family. It's no wonder that Mrs. Feng is so anxious, knowing that it is not suitable to enter the palace and walk around now, but she is also willing to take risks. Why did Zhang Yizheng behave like this, Queen Xiong also knew it in her heart, the so-called new hatred and old hatred, Feng had already swayed left and right, kept provoking, and then there was the death of Brother Xu Ying, so it was just a matter of not being angry, since she had the ability to be angry, why should she endure it? This is just a prelude, and the good days of the Feng family are still to come.
Queen Xiong sighed: "In any case, the Feng family also has merit, this child is too willful, and he is not afraid of losing his sense of proportion and angering his father." You didn't tell me earlier. The new emperor remembered the Feng family's "great achievements", and he would not rest assured of the military power in the hands of the Feng family, the reason why he did not settle accounts and seize power was just because the time was not right now, although she could understand Zhang Yizheng's mood, and she didn't think that this matter was serious, but she felt that he should wait a little longer.
Seeing that she wasn't really angry, Mama Qu smiled and said, "It's not that I deliberately hid it from my mother, but the news came in." Don't worry, the third master is reasonable, and no one can make a mistake. ”
Although she is crazy, she is still much more stable than before, Queen Xiong was silent for a moment, and said: "I remember that there is a girl in the Xu family named Brother Li, bring it to me when the opportunity is right, and then inquire about what kind of family their family likes, and should show her a good marriage." After thinking about it, he instructed: "It's autumn, send a piece of crane to the prince, the second master and the third master respectively, so that they can take care of themselves." Tell the third master again, if that person knows, he will not be happy for him to work hard. ”
Mama Qu bowed and retreated, led someone to clean up her things, and by the way, she revealed the news that the queen mother would be rewarding the families of the ministers above the three grades on Qixi Festival and the dissatisfaction with Feng's daughter. As soon as the news came out, it caused countless ripples. The two widowed young princes need to be married, and they don't have any children, it is a once-in-a-lifetime good time, so everyone who thinks they are noble has invested heavily in carefully dressing up and building their daughters, just hoping to take the opportunity to soar into the sky.
There are also palace people hinting that the Yao family and the queen miss the princess Xu Yingge, who has gone, and has the heart to point out a good family for Brother Li, so I don't know what kind of family the Xu family looks at. The Yao family discussed with the Sun family once, but they picked an ordinary official eunuch family with an innocent family background and a decent style, and the children were excellent, capable and gentle, which surprised many people who wanted to marry the Taifu Mansion. When the emperor heard this, she smiled, saying that Xu Heng was too cautious, and then gave countless gold beads and brocades.
And the crane full of the queen's mother's love was sent to the army, but Zhang Yizheng, who led the troops to pursue the remnants of King He overnight, could be missed.
The grass and trees know autumn, but it has only a few autumn rains and a few autumn winds. The leaves of the trees that had been lush and green turned a little yellow and withered. Xu Fu sat under the tree and quietly looked at the direction of Shangjing, and his eyebrows, which had calmed down, were a little more lonely.
Brother Xu Ying glanced at Xu Fu quietly, lowered his head and bit off the thread on the navy blue men's robe, and made a look at Qingyu on the side. Qingyu understood, so she stepped forward to help Xu Fu: "Son, let's try how well this robe is repaired." ”
Xu Fu got up cooperatively and said with a smile: "It's very suitable." ”
"Childe, we're bound to have to delay here for a few days." The twins hurried in and told everyone the latest news: "The rebels are being pursued more than a hundred miles away, although they may not come in this direction." But it is also necessary to guard against the stragglers who are fleeing and hiding in all directions, and they must be well prepared on the road, so it is better to stay for a few more days and wait for the situation to calm down before going on the road. "If you venture out on the road, it's not a trick to be recognized by people.
Survive in troubled times. How can it be that easy? Since she has embarked on this road, she should know that there will be all kinds of accidents, and the road ahead is long, and she is not in a hurry at this time. Brother Xu Ying easily accepted the reality, and even felt that Xu Fu's body was actually very weak, and it was not a good thing to travel for days, so he could rest if he could. Xu Fu finally picked up this life. He also changed his opinion on many things, and he said, "Since that's the case, then wait." ”
Inns, wine shops and other places are originally places to cause trouble, and it is okay to live temporarily. It's not appropriate to stay for a long time. The twins went to find a place where the widow and widow lived alone, and only said that if they were sick, they would find a quiet place to live and recuperate, and it was not easy for the widow to survive. Since he was a little greedy for money, he didn't ask much when he saw that the money he gave was abundant. First of all, he vacated the main house where he lived and two slightly more decent side rooms, and was also responsible for cooking every day, just wishing they could stay longer.
In addition to massaging the injured arm with Xu Fu every day, Brother Xu Ying carefully ate some food for everyone to nourish and nourish their bodies under limited conditions, while Twins and the person who led the way sent by Zhang Yizheng went out to visit from time to time to inquire about the news.
After three or four days, the twins came back and said: "The battle ahead is over, King He's soldiers are defeated and killed, King Hui has fought a beautiful battle and made great contributions, and the soldiers and generals have retreated cleanly. And he that led the way said, Let him rest for two more days, and then he will go. ”
Brother Xu Ying was a little disappointed, she looked at Zhang Yizheng who was also around here in this issue, and she could suddenly appear in the middle of the night and talk to her, but I was afraid that I couldn't see her. Disappointment to disappointment, but I still remember that there was a person who had no news, so he asked: "King He is dead, what about his sons?" Didn't you say that An Liu was very powerful? ”
The twins said: "An Liu is powerful, but he can't resist thousands of troops. This time, in addition to the news of King He's death, I also heard that several of his sons who were with him died, and two of them were escorted to Beijing. I don't know whether An Liu is dead or alive, but if I think about it, I won't end well if I live. ”
Brother Xu Ying didn't ask anymore, An Liu's crimes were not small, killing the king, stealing the jade seal, and conspiracy, basically he committed the most serious crimes in the world, if he died, God would be merciful to him, otherwise he would have to be delayed.
No one expected that she would meet An Liu so soon.
The dead An Liu, his death was not as vigorous and eye-catching as the things he had done before, he died quietly in a small mountain temple in the wilderness, and under him was still the Huang Yiduo who had not been found by everyone since the palace chaos. Both of them were fatally wounded, but compared with Huang Yiduo, who had messy white hair, hideous face, misplaced facial features, and was blind to death, An Liu died beautifully. He is said to have died beautifully because even though he had countless wounds on his body, some of which had even festered to the bone, his face was clean, his expression was calm, and his purple-colored lips had a smug and contemptuous smile. It seems that he was proud that he crushed Huang Yiduo to death after all, not Huang Yiduo who died on top of him, or maybe he was proud of something else.
The place is very remote, if it weren't for Brother Xu Ying and others who wanted to hide their eyes and ears and had to take this trail, they would not have been able to see it. The bodies of the two had not yet been destroyed, and Brother Xu Ying guessed that they had not been dead for too long. She didn't see the rumored jade seal, and she didn't have the heart to find this hot potato.
The middle-aged prisoner was very interested, but it was a pity that he searched the entire mountain temple and never found the jade seal. He had no choice but to toss the bodies of Huang Yiduo and An Liu over and over again, "These two people were poisoned before stabbing each other. He said to Brother Xu Ying and Xu Fu in a very affirmative tone, and at the same time, there was an unknown light in his indifferent eyes, "It must be an embarrassment, uneven distribution of spoils, and mutual killers......"
Brother Xu Ying didn't listen carefully to what he said later, the smell in the mountain temple was unpleasant, and it was not good to stay for a long time, so she quickly left the mountain temple and walked under the tree not far away to blow the wind. She was a little curious about what happened to An Liu, why he didn't be with King He and the others to let the jade seal play its due role, but died in obscurity in the small temple like this, but one thing is for sure, his life was sent to the jade seal that he desperately stole out.
Since the jade seal is easy to find, and it has to avoid the eyes and ears of the person who leads the way, everyone cannot stay for long. Xu Fu burned Huang Yiduo and An Liu to ashes with a light fire, so that these two people have me, I have you, and they can still be entangled in the underworld and never be lonely.
The clouds on the horizon are changing like flowers, and the scenery outside the mountain temple is beautiful, Brother Xu Ying can't help but think, if Ruo Anliu knows that the place where his bones are buried is actually such a piece of land, and if Ruo Anliu knows that his fate is such a situation, then will he still do those things? The answer is that he will still do it, because he is Anliu, and he doesn't believe in fate, so he has to fight to the end. So she thinks that the smug smile that An Liu put on his face is actually for the new emperor - I just want to make you never find the jade seal, and I want you to never sit still.
The deaths of An Liu and Huang Yiduo brought a different kind of silence to the small team, and after walking out of this remote path, they lost their still unknown inner prison. Xu Fu jumped like thunder, eager to turn back and kill people, Xu Yingge grabbed him and said softly: "Fate is here, it is useless to stay, it is important to hurry." ”
is to repay the favor, the inner prison saved her brother and sister once is enough, since he is interested in the jade seal and has ideas, let him go, what does it have to do with them? Killing may not be able to kill, and it is even more of a disaster to stay strongly.
Xu Fu was silent for a long time, and finally listened to her words. After moving forward for another two days, Brother Xu Ying finally saw Zhang Yizheng returning triumphantly on the side of the road. It's just a glance from a distance, but they already know each other's intentions, she waits, and he waits.
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The 4,000-word chapter, I believe everyone has already seen it, the conclusion has entered the countdown, if nothing else, tomorrow will be the finale.
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