Chapter 64: The Merchant's Swan Song (12)
"Can you tell me how the general died in battle?" Liu Yanyu's eyes fluttered, and Chu Chu looked at Xiao Yan pitifully and asked.
Xiao Yan asked in surprise after hearing this, "You don't know?" ”
Not only Liu Yanyu, even in the entire Southern Tang Dynasty at that time, from the palace nobles to the civil and military officials, no one knew how Xiao died in battle. They listened to the rumors, and the one-sided Xiao Sheng was not promoted because of improper command, which led to the defeat of the army and killed Zhou Cong, who had become a historical sinner in the eyes of politicians in the Southern Tang Dynasty at that time!
And those soldiers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who knew the truth and surrendered, with the Song army fighting in the south and the north, gradually forgot about this time as time went by, and let it disappear in the long river of history, and future generations were blinded by the history books.
However, Xiao Yan later mentioned this past in his research report, and Xiao Sheng was innocent, clearing him of eternal charges, but this is just a later story.
Xiao Yan recounted what happened after Xiao Sheng's expedition to Suzhou, and Liu Yanyu leaned on Xiao Yan's shoulder and cried bitterly after hearing it. Whoever doesn't hear this story will cry and the listener will be sad, not to mention that Liu Yanyu and Xiao Sheng really love each other, you can imagine how she feels in her heart now!
After a long time, Liu Yanyu finally came to her senses, stroked Xiao Yan's face and said, "I am not born when you are born, I am not dead when you die, I have waited for you for a thousand years, but you have forgotten the past." ”
Xiao Yan didn't say anything, and he didn't know how to comfort her. He just held Liu Yanyu in his arms, that's all.
"Xiao Yan, are you okay?" At this time, Zhang Ke, who had been frightened and ran out before, came back to his senses and found that Xiao Yan was still in the office and had not come out, so he turned back to the research institute and hid outside the door and asked.
"I ...... I'm fine! Xiao Yan let go of Liu Yanyu and replied hesitantly!
Zhang Ke hadn't completely recovered from the fright, and he asked intermittently, "Just now...... Was the female ghost still there just now? ”
Xiao Yan saw Liu Yanyu shaking his head at him, and after making a look, he thought about it and replied, "How can there be any female ghosts, you were dazzled just now, right?" ”
"Really? So I'm in? ”
"Wait...... Wait a minute. After Xiao Yan finished speaking, he turned to look at Liu Yanyu and said, "Why don't you leave first?" ”
Liu Yanyu nodded, with some reluctance in her expression!
As she was about to leave, Xiao Yan asked again, "How can I see you!" ”
"I hear the sound of the piano naturally." With that, Liu Yanyu's figure disappeared from the room.
"What are you waiting for?" As he spoke, Zhang Ke opened a crack in the door, put his head into the room and looked around, and only tiptoed in after making sure it was safe.
"Where's the female ghost just now?" Zhang Ke asked as soon as he entered the room.
"What female ghost? Are you funny? How can there be ghosts in this world? Xiao Yan replied with a flickering look in his eyes.
"Why not, just now I saw her wearing a phoenix crown and a xiaxia veil, just standing here......" Zhang Ke pointed to the position where he was standing before and said excitedly.
Xiao Yan was a little impatient, and roared angrily, "If you say no, you don't have it, why don't you believe it?" ”
"Really?"
"Not really. Are you okay? If not, let's go, I've got something to do! ”
"So tell me what's going on with that helmet?" Zhang Ke pointed to the golden helmet and suddenly asked.
"I'm a little tired, let's talk about it tomorrow!" Xiao Yan said as he forcibly pushed Zhang Ke out of his office.
As soon as Zhang Ke left, Xiao Yan couldn't wait to sit down and play the piano. But this time, he didn't do the same as before, but plucked the strings randomly, and the sound of the piano was quite sharp and harsh!
"The general's piano skills are really extraordinary." Liu Yanyu hid her face and said with a smile after she appeared!
Xiao Yan was extremely embarrassed and said embarrassedly, "Don't laugh at me, I've never learned this!" ”
Liu Yanyu didn't hold back a smile or speak, Xiao Yan put his hand on the strings and asked, "For this thousand years, you have been staying in the guqin?" ”
"Hmm......" Liu Yanyu nodded.
"There's a lot of the world out there, why don't I take you out and see it?"
"The slave family is all according to the general's words." Liu Yanyu replied shyly.
Xiao Yan walked out of the research institute with Liu Yanyu, it was not dark at this time, and the sun was hanging high in the west. Since she hadn't seen the sun for nearly a thousand years, Liu Yanyu's yin qi was extremely heavy, and when the sun shone on her body, she looked extremely painful, and her face and lips began to turn pale.
Xiao Yan saw Liu Yanyu like this, and when he contacted those movie knowledge who didn't know the truth or falsehood, he probably understood why she was like this. He immediately borrowed a black umbrella from the research institute and stretched it out on top of Liu Yanyu's head.
Xiao Yan is worthy of being a highly educated promising young man with a very gentlemanly demeanor, so he has been holding an umbrella and taking Liu Yanyu to visit the Qinhuai River in Nanjing. Liu Yanyu lowered her head shyly and followed him!
They walked on the ancient streets of the Qinhuai River, and the pedestrians all looked back curiously, and everyone thought that Xiao Yan was sick or not, after all, in their eyes, there was only air under the umbrella.
Liu Yanyu looked at Jinling City thousands of years later, and became curious about everything. She would point to the tall building and ask, "Why did you build this house so high?" and then point to the moving car and ask, "What is this running iron box?" and then point to the screen TV in the square and ask, "How did those people get in, I want to go in and have fun too".
Xiao Yan was amused by Liu Yanyu's questions, but he still patiently answered her questions.
They didn't know how long they had walked, and they didn't know how many times they had walked back and forth on this short old street. Xiao Yan felt his arm ache and writhe uncomfortably. Liu Yanyu looked at him and said distressedly, "Your arms are very tired, right?" Why don't we go back?. ”
A smile squeezed out of Xiao Yan's painful face and said, "It's okay...... It's okay, it's getting dark soon. ”
"The general is so tired, the slave family is ashamed!" Liu Yanyu blamed herself.
Xiao Yan still smiled and said, "In the past thousand years, you have seen the outside world for the first time, how can you go back so disappointed?" And I'm not Xiao Sheng himself, don't call me a general in the future, I have the same surname as him, and a single name as Yan, you can call me by my name in the future! ”
"The status of the slave family is humble, how dare you call the son by his name?"
"In our time, all men are equal, and you applaud. Saying, Who else can hear but you and me? ”
"Hmm......" Liu Yanyu nodded slightly.
They were not as restrained as when they first came out, and continued to walk forward with each other's words and laughter. At a bend in the river, Liu Yanyu suddenly stood up. She stared blankly at the slowly flowing river, tears in her eyes.
"What's wrong with you?" Xiao Yan asked with concern.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Yanyu Pavilion was behind me back then, and it was here that I met General Xiao." Liu Yanyu looked at the familiar and unfamiliar scenery in front of her and sighed.
"It's been a thousand years, and you're so sure." Xiao Yan asked incredulously.
"There are some things that will not be forgotten even after a thousand years."
Xiao Yan looked at Liu Yanyu, she had been standing there stupidly, standing for a long, long time. It was getting dark, and Xiao Yan was relieved, moving his arm that was almost useless.