In the west courtyard of Huanfu, Xiao Yin's temporary residence was in a mess, and a message from Chang'an called for going south was completely in vain. Wu Qing sent the meaning of Emperor Zhou, asking Xiao Yin and his party to temporarily live in the eastern capital, and when everything was in order, they would return to Chang'an with Liu Chen.

The holy will is like this, Xiao Yin is very unpredictable. Stunned, he walked back to the backyard from the front yard, holding the lacquer plate with the jade Ruyi in his hand, and followed closely behind him, not daring to say anything. It wasn't until he walked into the court that he couldn't help but ask timidly: "Master Weng, this is packed with boxes, is this going to be opened?" ”

"You don't have to disassemble it, and Luoyang won't stay for a long time, just ask a few small guys to move to the porch as they are." Xiao Yin didn't wait to pick apples, he lifted the purple bamboo curtain on the door and entered the house by himself.

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In autumn, the rain in the eastern capital is getting more and more. After noon, the whole day was gloomy and gloomy, and before long, the rain began to shower.

In the small courtyard of the Gongye Mansion in the west of the city, a whole circle of rain curtains hung on the eaves of the wooden shed. The rain was so strong that the sour branches and wood fences were staggering, and the two children were scrambling to hold on to the felt cloth to protect the herbs in the nursery, but they were blown by the rain and wind, and they couldn't do it.

Fortunately, the storm came and went quickly. Although the sky was still cloudy, the wind gradually subsided, and the rain began to pour down.

There is a bamboo mat under the wooden shed corridor, and on the small table next to it, there is the fragrance of tea in the red clay cup. Mr. Gongye knelt under the porch, holding a roll of bamboo slips in his hand and looking at it, which was quite pleasant.

The vines in the medicine garden were broken several times by the sudden storm. Tong'er walked over from under the porch to take a closer look at the embarrassment, very distressed, and hurriedly beckoned a few children to come over and prop up the shed together, so as not to have any more wind and rain in the future: "Come and get the garden." Just keep the door shut, and look at this day, there will be no guests. ”

When Mr. Gongye heard this, he gently put the bamboo slip on the small table, stroked his beard, and said to Tong'er with a smile: "You have learned everything carefully in stargazing and measurement, but I am afraid that I guessed the wrong thing in today's words." ”

Tong'er wondered in her heart, who wouldn't be hiding at home in such weather?

The childish boy came in from the courtyard outside, learned to gesture to the master, and said that there was such a girl with a hat who knocked on the door, saying that it was a friend of the eldest prince of Huan, and came to visit Mr. Gongye.

Mr. Gongye smiled at his daughter with a surprised look on her face, and told Xiao Tong'er to ask her to come in.

A woman wearing a hood and a white veil draped over her face followed the child through the stone path in the middle of the courtyard to the bottom of the porch and saluted Gongye's father and daughter.

As soon as Mr. Gongye raised his sleeves, the woman sat down on the other side of the bamboo mat. Tong'er picked up the red clay tea set from the small shelf cut from the bamboo roots next to her and prepared to make tea.

"The old man was just thinking, there should be a distinguished guest today, sure enough." When Mr. Gongye spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly, and his gaze was leisurely, as if he could see the woman's face through the veil of the hood.

"I don't dare. The little woman is bothering today, there is really a very important matter, I want to ask Mr. Gongye, "Mr. Gongye's eyes are like torches, but this little woman can be regarded as neither humble nor arrogant," Mr. Gongye has lived in Luoyang for a long time, and he knows how to do strange things. There is an old news in Luoyang, and Mr. must know the inside story. ”

"The girl might as well say it, the old man will hear it."

"In the tenth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, Luoyang discovered Xiangrui. I heard that it was a stone with words engraved on it, and this is what the little woman wanted to ask. As the woman spoke, the veil fluttered, and her face was full of shadows, but the jewel she wore on her chest was revealed, which was made in a high-grade palace and inlaid with gold and jade.

Mr. Gongye picked up the red clay tea cup, groaned slightly, and did not answer.

Seeing this, the woman said: "I heard that this public case caused a lot of gossip back then, if Mr. has something to avoid, it is inconvenient to ......."

"Things in the world are disturbed, and there are many taboos, but only in the old man's grass hut, everything is okay," Mr. Gongye twisted his beard and laughed out loud, "In the tenth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, it was when the Xuanzhang Supervisor of Qin Tianjian was in Luoyang, and someone at the bottom offered such a stone, engraved with the four big characters of "Qilan Fengnu", which was cited as auspicious. ”

"Sir, do you know what these four words mean?"

When the girl asked, she asked about the secrets. The old man heard that Xuan Zhangjian had set up an altar to calculate the fortunes of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but he got a bad omen, saying that there would be chaos in the second decade of the dynasty, and only this auspicious phoenix noble girl could prosper the world and restore orthodoxy. ”

It's no wonder that when it comes to the auspicious events of the year, everyone always flickers in their words, and they are evasive, but they didn't expect that there was such a hexagram of imperial chaos behind it.

Mr. Gongye's frank and unabashed words made the white gauze woman secretly shocked in her heart, but her face was still silent: "Such an obscure thing, Mr. actually said everything to the little woman, and the little woman is very grateful." ”

"The girl doesn't have to be grateful. The old man is willing to speak freely today, but only because the girl on the other side is the girl. If you really believe this auspicious remark, then the girl must have a lot to do with this rhetoric of "rejuvenating the world and restoring orthodoxy". ”

Tong'er knelt on the side to boil water, shocked when she heard the words, and almost lost her temper to put out the fire. The father's words clearly mean that this girl wearing a hat is the so-called "Qilan Fengnu". The woman of the Qilan Xiao family, isn't that the Qinghe Weng who temporarily lives in Huan Mansion? My father must have never seen her, let alone recognized her through the curtains. What's more, "Qilan Fengnu" is just a rumor that has not been mentioned for a long time, and when did he believe such a rumor, and even tie this prophecy to a vassal princess who he doesn't know?

The woman in white yarn lowered her head and took the small cup of red clay handed by Tong'er and thanked her. pondered for a long time, but laughed lightly: "But if you don't believe in this auspicious rui, you don't need to wonder who is the noble girl of this phoenix life, right?" ”

Mr. Gongye didn't answer, just laughed.

"If the little woman is not mistaken, the gentleman will not believe it."

Mr. Gongye stared at the face behind the white veil with blazing eyes, and was a little surprised and approving, smiled, and his voice was slightly deep: "It doesn't matter whether the old man believes it or not. It's just that in the future, people are suspicious and the world is unpredictable, but the girl still believes in a little good. ”

When the white-gauze woman heard this, she held the small teacup silently. After a long time, he repeatedly bowed to Mr. Xie Gongye and left.

"My father is really a god, and no matter how diligent I always practice, I can't keep up." The door of the wooden shed creaked, and as she listened to the guests leaving, Tong'er said to Mr. Gongye with a smile.

"It's not a divine calculation, the envoy of Chang'an announced the holy will, left the lord of Qinghe Weng in Luoyang, and I heard that he also sent a pair of jade ruyi. Naturally, it raises some doubts and uneasiness. As for the identity of this girl, if you observe it, it is not difficult to guess. You've learned all the techniques written in those books. It's a pity that you are too simple in the article of viewing people, and you don't know whether it is a benefit or a curse. ”

Mr. Gongye looked at his daughter, with a rare face full of pity.