Chapter Eighty-Four: Growth
"You know only one thing, but you don't know the other." Wei Baohu got up and left his seat, slowly paced to the window, and looked out through the hazy peach blossom paper in the daylight.
Since getting the news of Zhao Niangzi's death, Wei Baohu has been unable to sleep at night, and there is always a sad and resolute look at Zhao Niangzi and every word she says at the foot of Luming Mountain.
He personally promised Zhao Niangzi to lie dormant in the court and preserve his strength. However, more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye, and they still haven't been able to find an opportunity to help the three Lang Jun seek back the throne.
Not only that, Zhao Niangzi was also poisoned by Liu Yuan's cheap fang, which not only made him feel painful, but also made him suspect that Zhao Niangzi ordered him to hide, just so that he could live with a clear conscience.
Maybe Zhao Niangzi didn't want something like Cui He and Cui Langjun to be martyred again, so she arranged it like this.
However, at present, the undercurrent above the court is turbulent, and Nanqi will soon usher in great changes.
At this moment, the eldest prince enveloped the Wei family. Xie Jiulang also intends to get acquainted with him, so should he respond? And how to respond?
Xie Jiulang is a native of Donggu, and it is unknown whether he came to Kyoto with the eldest prince because of the friendship of friends or if he had other plans. Therefore, he wanted Wei Yan or Wei Wei to test Xie Jiulang first and then make a decision.
But Wei Baohu couldn't explain the cause and effect to the two of them, so he used a radical method, which never thought about it, but caused the disgust of the two Wei brothers.
"Grandfather, what is the first and what is the second?" Wei Yao stepped forward, stared at Wei Baohu with his eyes, and asked sincerely.
Ay!
Wei Baohu sighed secretly. These two children are loyal and scheming, they won't beat around the bush, and they don't know the reason, even if they make friends with Xie Jiulang, what clues can they find?
"That's it, nothing, nothing. You should study and practice martial arts. ”
Wei Baohu waved his hand dejectedly and sat back in his seat.
After two or three sentences, Wei Baohu lost his spirit without warning, which made Wei Yao both distressed and unpredictable.
Wei Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Grandfather, don't worry, I will definitely ask Xie Jiulang for advice if I have the opportunity." ”
Wei Wei didn't see Wei Baohu's strange appearance, and called out in distress, "Brother! ”
After the first month, he went back to the academy, the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, and his grandfather wrote a letter at most to urge. My brother was pitiful, and he stayed in Kyoto to be whined by his grandfather, and the pressure was as great as you can imagine.
Wei Yao squeezed his eyes at Wei Wei and motioned for him to quickly say something soft to appease his grandfather.
Wei Ji was unwilling, but he also whispered obediently: "Grandfather, I can't learn composition or anything like that, so let's talk to Xie Jiu about poetry and painting." However, I heard that Xie Jiulang is weak, and he should also learn some kung fu from us to strengthen his body. ”
Wei Jiu was reluctant, so he broke Xie Jiu's anger.
Wei Baohu snorted in great displeasure, raised his eyelids, glanced at Wei Xuan, and reprimanded: "Little family anger! How can Master Chu teach a student like you?! ”
"Grandfather, I'm ......" Wei Ji wanted to defend himself, but Wei Baohu raised his hand impatiently to stop him, "You, first wash off the sour and rancid smell on your body, and then talk to others about poetry and painting." ”
Wei Wei's face turned red, his mouth flattened, and he was silent. He didn't have a good impression of Donggu Xie Jiu. Can't you honestly practice and read at a young age? You have to pretend to be old, talk about Zen composition, and be in the limelight.
"Grandfather, what the fifth child said is right. I heard that Xie Jiu came to Kyoto with his stepmother, except for the eldest prince, there are no three relatives and six friends around him, and it is very boring to think about it. He taught us to sing poetry and paint, and we taught him to hunt and bow, isn't it right?! Wei Wei glanced at Wei Wei gratefully, and the brothers smiled heartily.
Wei Baohu was displeased
"Hunting Keju?" People don't have that kind of effort! He still has to go to Xiangyun Temple to visit Master Futu in his spare time! You don't look at who you are dealing with Xie Jiu, and who are you dealing with? ”
Wei Yan was silent. Master Futu, Master Buyan, Clumsy Weng, Mr. Hua and Baili Ke, Ning Lian......
One is either a great Confucian or a master, or an important minister in the court.
Grandfather is right, he should learn more from Xie Jiu, instead of picking on him because he is jealous of others' excellence.
Wei Baohu said and spoke, giving birth to a little melancholy. His two grandchildren are afraid that they will not be able to catch up with Xie Jiulang, and they are useless to be demanding. I got acquainted with Xie Jiulang first, and it's not too late to talk about anything else.
The three ancestors and grandchildren had their own concerns, so they listened to the little servant outside the door report: "Master Hou, Donggu Xie Mansion sent a Spring Festival gift." ”
Wei Wei's brows furrowed slightly. Just talking about him, his congratulatory gift arrived, which was really a coincidence.
Wei Baohu raised his voice and said, "Come in!" ”
The little servant held a delicate ebony inlaid snail magnolia in his hand and put it inside, "Master Hou, this is sent by Xie Langjun from Donggu." ”
Wei Baohu took it into his hand, opened it and saw the nine beautiful and lovely lotus flowers placed in the center, and actually used gold leaf to make the flower heart, Wei Baohu couldn't help but mutter, "Huh? Is this sugar? He picked up one and took a small bite, then smiled, "Winter melon candy?!" Ha ha! Interesting, interesting! ”
Wei Yao and Wei Wei also came to him, staring at him, not daring to ask him for food.
Wei Yao pointed to the balls made in the shape of flowers and asked, "What is that?" ”
"It's delicious, too." Wei Wei replied casually, his attention was all on the spring cattle made of sugar flour, three positions of about the size of the spring cattle vivid, some bowed their heads, some looked up, and one tilted his head playfully looked at his companion, showing a vivid rural childishness, which was really wonderful.
Wei captured the tiger training and returned to training, in the end, he still loved his grandson, picked up a spring cow with a hanging head and put it in Wei Wei's palm, and said: "Oh, don't be in front of me, take it and appreciate it slowly." ”
Wei Wei was embarrassed to be silly, holding it in both hands, but the baby's is not good.
Wei Baohu picked up the winter melon candy and cake again and handed it to Wei Yao, saying, "The winter melon candy is delicious." ”
Wei Yao was overjoyed, "It's pleasing to the eye just by looking at it, how can you be willing to eat it." ”
"Look at your little bit of interest!" Wei Baohu said so, and picked up another one for Wei Yao, "Are you willing to eat it now?!" ”
The elder brother and grandfather talked and laughed, and Wei Wei felt awkward.
From childhood to adulthood, my grandfather favored his brother, not only because his brother was the eldest son, but also because his brother was very much like his father. The appearance is similar, the temperament is similar, and even the time of birth is the same as the four drums.
There are some things that I can't envy.
Wei Wei's index finger rubbed back and forth on the back of the spring cow, and after a while, the sugar melted when it was hot, and his fingertips were stuffy and greasy.
The winter melon candy fell into his stomach, Wei Baohu was in a good mood, and praised from the bottom of his heart: "This Xie Jiulang is really extraordinary. ”
After Wei Yao was happy, he felt that something was wrong, and asked Wei Baohu vigilantly, "Grandfather, is Xie Jiulang trying to win us over?" ”
Wei Baohu put the box on the table, hid the part where he and Xie Jiu met at the gate of Xiangyun Temple, and said, "If you are intentionally wooing, you won't send such a worthless but thoughtful thing." ”
Wei Yao nodded reassuringly, "Grandfather, at this juncture, we must not make any mistakes, otherwise, we will cause trouble." ”
Well? Unexpectedly, Wei Yao went to Liangzhou and grew a lot.
Wei Bao stared at Wei Yan expectantly, "You can talk to me carefully." ”
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