Jinling, the imperial capital of the Great Liang.

The treasure Tianhua King is steaming, and even the city gate here is different from other places, which is particularly majestic and solid. In the endless flow of people entering the city, a carriage with green canopies and two wheels was inconspicuously sandwiched in it, swaying slowly, and came to a halt a few feet from the city gate.

The curtain of the car was lifted, and a young man in white clothes and a clear face jumped out of the car, walked a few steps, raised his head and stared at the word "Jinling" above the city gate.

The two knights who were walking in front of the carriage noticed something strange behind them, looked back, and turned their horses together. Both of them were dressed as aristocratic sons, and they were about the same age, and the one who ran in front was asking from a distance: "Brother Su, what's wrong with you?" ”

Mei Changsu didn't answer, he still maintained the posture of looking up at the city gate, his expression was unmoving, and his black hair was blown up by the wind, and a few traces were scattered on his pale cheeks, making the whole person reveal a deep vicissitudes and sadness.

"Is Brother Su tired?" At this time, another person also ran to the front and said with concern, "It's almost here, you can have a good rest today." ”

"Jing Rui, Xie Bi," a faint smile flashed across Mei Changsu's colorless lips, "I want to stand here for a while...... I haven't been here for so many years, and I can't imagine that Jinling City has hardly changed at all, and after entering the city gate, most of them are still the grand occasion of the crown covering Jinghua......"

Xiao Jingrui was slightly stunned and asked, "Why did Brother Su ...... before?" Ever been to Jinling? ”

"Fifteen years ago, I was taught by Mr. Li Chong in Jinling, and since he was demoted from Beijing, he has never returned." Mei Changsu sighed faintly, closed his eyes, as if to erase the glitz and gloom of his eyes, "When I think of my ancestors, I can't help but feel that the past is like smoke and dust, as if the clouds are scattered and the water is dry, how can there be a day to come again." ”

Speaking of the old Mr. Hongru Li of the previous generation, Xiao Jingrui and Xie Bi couldn't help but look solemn.

Li Chong, a generation of masters who learned the world, although he was called to the court to teach the princes, he did not forget to set up a teaching altar outside the palace walls. Those who are taught in front of him are rich and noble, and they have both, and there is no difference, and they are all the same for a while. However, for some reason, he angered Tianyan, and the body of Taifu was demoted to white, and he left Beijing in anger and died of depression, which was a pain in the hearts of the world's scholars. In the process of getting along with Mei Changsu all the way to Jinling, Xiao Jingrui and Xie Bi both felt that this Su brother had unfathomable knowledge and must have a great relationship, but they didn't expect that he was actually taught by this old gentleman.

"If Mr. Li has knowledge, he doesn't want to see Brother Su feel sad for him and damage his body," Xiao Jingrui persuaded in a low voice, "You are not in good health, we originally invited you to Jinling to recuperate, if you are so depressed, it will make those of us who are friends feel unhappy." ”

Mei Changsu was silent for a long time, Fang slowly opened his eyes, and said: "Don't worry, since you came to the royal capital, you must mourn the sad feelings of the deceased master's loyalty and leaving the capital gloomily, how can you always indulge in sorrow?" I'm fine, let's go into town. ”

It was nearly dusk, the day market was closed, the night market was not up, the street was a little quiet, and the three of them quickly rushed to the front of a great mansion, and the plaque of "Ningguo Marquis Mansion" was hung high, which was very conspicuous.

"Oops, go in and report, the eldest son and the second son are back!" At this time, when the subordinates were busy holding the lamps everywhere, a sharp-eyed manservant turned his head to look at them, and immediately shouted loudly, and at the same time greeted him to say goodbye.

The three of them got off the car and dismounted, and the guest entered the gate of the Hou Mansion after the host, and there was a shadow wall in front of them, and the four words "Pillar Stone for Protecting the Country" on the wall were actually the royal pen.

"Qin Bo, where is my father and mother?" Xiao Jingrui asked an old servant who hurriedly came out.

"Master Hou is in the study, but Mrs. is worshipping Buddha today and wants to stay in the princess's mansion."

"What about my father and my mother? What about the eldest brother and the younger sister? ”

"Master Zhuo and Mrs. Zhuo have gone back to Fenzuo, and Aunt Zhuo and the eldest lady are together."

Listening to their questions and answers, Mei Changsu couldn't help but laugh and said: "It's really chaotic, it's my father and mother, it's my father's mother's, and it's my father's mother's, plus which brother you don't have the same surname, people who don't know will faint when they hear it." ”

"Of course those who don't know will faint, but Jing Rui's life experience is also a legend, and there are very few people who don't know."

"Xie Bi, you are always neither big nor small, call me big brother." Xiao Jingrui deliberately made a straight face, and the three of them then laughed together.

But jokes are jokes, in fact, Xie Bi is right, Xiao Jingrui's life experience is too bizarre, and it involves the Ningguo Marquis Mansion of the noble family and the famous Tianquan Villa, which is indeed known to everyone in the court and the opposition.

Twenty-four years ago, Xie Yu, the Marquis of Ningguo, left his pregnant wife, the eldest princess of Liyang, the imperial sister of the dynasty, to go to Western Xia, and in the same year, Zhuo Dingfeng, the owner of Tianquan Villa, a family of rivers and lakes, also sent his beloved wife who was pregnant with Liujia to Jinling to entrust a friend to take care of him, and he went to Miaojiang to make an appointment with the master of the Demon Sect. In order to avoid the plague, the dignitaries and nobles in the city left one after another and went to the nearby Qingjing Mountain Temple to avoid the disaster, and Xie Zhuo's two wives coincidentally lived in the east and west courtyards of the same temple.

Due to the loneliness in the mountains, the two ladies had a relationship, and they felt that they were of the same temperament and often sat up together. On this day, the two were getting together to chat and play chess, and suddenly they were in pain at the same time. Outside, there was lightning and thunder, wind and rain, and the attendants were busy in panic until late at night, when at last the cry of a baby rang out, and the two boys fell to the grass almost one after the other.

In a happy smile, the midwives carried the two golden and precious young men to a large wooden barrel prepared outside to bathe the baby.

That's when the unexpected happened.

A hollow cypress in the ancient temple courtyard was struck by lightning, a thick branch broke violently, smashed on the roof of the production house, and in an instant the tile was crooked, the window lattice was also shaken off, the wind swept in, the candles in the house were extinguished, and there was a scream. The guards and maidservants rushed out the two ladies in a panic, and the midwives, who were so frightened that they fell backwards and sat on the ground, also hurriedly fished out the baby from the barrel in the dark and fled.

Fortunately, there was no danger, no one was injured, and after the mother was re-selected and settled, everyone was relieved when they suddenly discovered a big problem.

The two baby boys who were held out in the dark, naked and unconcerned, generally wrinkled, generally crying with their mouths open, similar in weight, similar eyebrows, which one was born to Mrs. Xie and which one was born to Mrs. Zhuo?

By the next day, the problem was even more serious because one of the baby boys died.

Since Mrs. Xie is the eldest princess of the dynasty, this matter will inevitably alarm the current day. The emperor ordered the two families to bring the baby into the palace, and sent the imperial doctor to drop blood to recognize the relatives, who knew that the baby's blood was actually mixed with anyone's, there was no difference at all, and then looked at the appearance of the two pairs of parents, the emperor knew that things were difficult.