1 Chapter 1 First Encounter with Wei Jue
My name is Shan Wuxi, and in the second year of Yongning (302), I just passed my nineteenth birthday, but I was not happy at all. The Hu people from outside the Saiwai rode their horses into the pass, and regarded the vast Central Plains as a hunting place. After the rebellion of the Eight Kings, the Jin family was unable to crusade, Chang'an and Luoyang fell into the hands of the Hu people, the mountains and rivers were broken, the lives were ruined, and the people followed the royal family to cross south for their lives, and China became a hell on earth. My father, Shan Jian, was awarded the post of general of the south, and went out of the town of Xiangyang to collect the displaced people from the north, in case the Hu people went south, and he was about to set off soon, but the Wei family of the Wang clan in Hedong sent a mourning post at this time, and my father took me to mourn.
The sky is not beautiful, not long after going out, a zigzag lightning tore open the inky sky, at this time it was just night, it was not so dark, but the black clouds covered the sky, the torrential rain poured down, and there was generally no half a figure in the ghost area around, my father and I sat in a carriage against the wind and walked until a magnificent mansion stopped.
"The front is the Wei family's mansion, dance, this time my father and you are here to mourn the early death of the Wei family's daughter-in-law, you can't come by your temperament!" The father lifted the curtain and was about to dismount, but he couldn't help but turn around and tell him again.
I nodded slightly, but I didn't approve of it in my heart, my father nagged hundreds of times along the way, thinking that our mountain family is also a wang family, my grandfather is still the seven sages of the bamboo forest, my father is the general of Zhengnan, and his family background is not much better than this Wei family, why should he be so respectful?
After getting out of the carriage, he immediately held up his umbrella and looked at the house not far away, and the pair of white lanterns hanging high in front of the house did not know what method was used, which was still extinguished in such a wind and rain, swaying in the wind, adding a bit of weirdness to such a mansion with a closed door.
"Daddy, I'm afraid you have no rules!" Father stopped and began to advise again, his face seemed to be displeased: "This person of the Wei family is not only a high power, but more importantly, their family has been a Confucian for generations, although my Shanjian is now a general of Zhengnan, but he has long admired the Wei family." This boy from the Wei family, who is seventeen years old, is a rare genius in the world, and bringing you here this time is also to let you see what a real character is, so that you don't always mess with the soldiers in the camp. ”
"Aren't you just a nerd? What's there to see? I finally couldn't help but retort, and shrugged my shoulders disdainfully: "Daddy, tomorrow you go out of the town of Xiangyang, take me there, right?" I promise not to mess with you! With that, he took a step......
"Hugh is nonsense!" My father dragged me back: "Look, your daughter's house, she doesn't look like she walks, and she still wants to go to the battlefield?" You will honestly follow your father, and everything will be said after mourning. ”
I was about to say a few more words, but the Wei family had already sent someone to greet me, and my father exchanged pleasantries with the middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper for a while, and then entered the mansion under his leadership.
The mourning hall is located in the main hall, the Wei family is one of the top wealthy families in Hedong, and every grass and tree in the courtyard is extremely luxurious, showing the extraordinary status of the master's family everywhere. Dozens of maidservants dressed in sackcloth, kneeling down in front of a coffin of golden silk nanmu and weeping, presumably all of them were the maidservants of the people lying in this coffin, but it was a pity that their tears were not shed for the master, because when the coffin was buried, it was the day of their burial.
The dead are great!
No matter how reluctant I was, I didn't dare to show it in this mourning hall, and after following my father in front of the coffin, I was taken to the back house by the housekeeper to rest. After a simple dinner, my father was invited by the head of the Nawei family, and I waited in the room for nearly an hour without seeing him come back, and my chest was so stuffy that when I saw that there was no one around, I pushed open the door and slipped out.
I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I love to fight with my father in the army, although I am a woman, but I am not much lost in the army, the Wei family is just a scholarly family, where can a few sentry families find my traces? I wandered around along the winding corridor, and the view of the house was quite impressive, but I was thinking of the boy of the Wei family as described by my father, and I wanted to see if the man, who was called Biren, was as beautiful as the rumors had left him to say.
It was dark, the courtyard was already lit up, and I walked out of the back house through a small garden, and came to the front of the mourning hall, where the maidservants had receded, and the whole hall was silent, and the showers had dispersed, and there were still drops of water on the eaves, and every drop seemed to drop directly in my heart. The air was inexplicably humid, the cold wind that should have been a sultry day but had no reason to be sweltering, and the light and shadow in the mourning hall in the smoke of incense and candles were so clear that it was impossible to see clearly.
I was a little nervous in my heart, and was about to turn around and leave, when I heard a low cry behind me, and the gloomy resentment went straight into the hearts of the people, and there was no one around, the voice must have come from the mourning hall.
"Le'er, I don't blame you, and I never blame you, but everything is still because of me, I shouldn't lose my temper with you, I really didn't expect you to ...... Now that yin and yang are separated, what should you tell me to do? ”
The voice was very low, but I could hear that it was a man's voice, and I immediately settled down, turned around and walked towards the mourning hall, and was just about to boast about crossing the threshold, when the people inside stopped me.
"Who? Didn't you tell me that no one was allowed to trespass after dark......" The man said, raising his head and looking directly at me, "Who are you?" ”
"I'm ......" The words of the exit were choked in the throat.
The life in front of him is very good-looking, his face is beautiful and dusty, his skin is covered in snow, and he is wrapped in white clothes, just like a jade person. Although he is tall but a little thin, his eyes are full of sadness, straight to the heart, just one glance makes people can't help but feel sad, but he wants to comfort him, how can there be such a stunning man in the world.
He didn't care at all about the shock in my eyes that couldn't be hidden, and asked again, "Are you the daughter of Shanjian?" ”
"Why are you so rude? Did you call my father's last name casually? "I'm a little disappointed that the characters in my father's mouth are just pampered disciples.
"Call him by his name because he and I are equals, there is no order to learn, and those who reach it are respected, and your father has to bow his hand when he sees me, this is the number of etiquette."
He said unhurriedly, but when his eyes returned to the coffin made of golden silk nanmu, his voice suddenly became a little faster: "What are you still standing for?" Come in yet! ”
"You!"
I was speechless, this Wei Jue is really a crazy student, and his tone is extremely arrogant! It's just that I don't understand why he suddenly changed his mind, and just as he was thinking about it, he heard a rush of footsteps coming from the front yard, and he was a little puzzled in his heart? Didn't he just say that no one is allowed to trespass after dark, aren't these people from the house?
I was about to question, but I saw that he looked a little nervous, I didn't know what to do, and subconsciously walked a few steps forward according to his instructions, but he pulled me over, and pushed the coffin lid open with the other hand, and before I could react, he was stuffed into the coffin.
"What are you doing?"
The first time I encountered such a thing, I shuddered at the thought of a female corpse lying in the coffin, and was about to shout when I found nothing under me, and there was nothing in the huge coffin except for the thick brocade underneath.
"Stay inside honestly, if someone touches the coffin, try to hold your breath, don't move, I'll explain to you later!"
Before I could ask for the reason, he fastened the lid of the coffin, and almost at the same time, the sound of hurried footsteps stopped outside the mourning hall.
"Wei Gongzi, what do you think? This is a great opportunity, but don't toast or eat and drink! The man was a man, but his voice was unusually sharp.
I'm very strange, obviously there is no female corpse in the coffin at all, why does Wei Jue want to ...... Just thinking about it, I heard Wei Jue say: "As I saw by Father-in-law Qing, our Wei Mansion is holding a funeral, my beloved wife has just died, and my father-in-law and mother are still in grief, and this is the time when I need Uncle Bao, it is not appropriate to go to the court with my father-in-law like this." ”
"Hahaha, Wei Gongzi, Wei Gongzi! You're stubborn. The man's voice was getting closer and closer, and I suddenly felt a light in front of me, the lid of the coffin had been pushed open, and I closed my eyes tightly, holding my breath, and did not dare to move again.
"Leguang's daughter is really a thin life, it's a pity that this good skin is good!" With a soft sound, the lid was closed again. I exhaled softly, as if I understood something, Wei Jue seemed to be reluctant to serve in the imperial court.
"Father-in-law Qing, please go back! You've seen what you should see, and you should have an explanation when you go back! Wei Jue said unhurriedly.
"The Hu people are about to go south in a few days, and they are picking up their soldiers, Wei Gongzi wants to mourn for his wife, but I'm afraid that he won't be able to hold it for a long time, if he falls into the hands of the enemy, then the Hu people don't care about the scholars or the Han family, they will all be beheaded, you must think clearly?" Qing Gonggong's words were sour.
But Wei Jue ignored it, his voice was indifferent, and he chuckled: "The family and the country are all over the world, as a son of man, my parents are here, and I will never travel far." It seems that I can't do the matter of conscription, since Father-in-law Qing has come from afar, I might as well wait until Tianming asks my mother's meaning before returning! ”
I'm not happy in my heart, I have a seven-foot man, but I obey others in everything, what kind of husband is it?
At this time, Wei Jue replied: "Coincidentally, General Shanjian, who is in charge of defending Hu Ren, is also here, if he learns about his father-in-law's remarks just now, will he be annoyed?" ”
Hearing that he involved my father, I felt that this person was not a character like my father said, and my father was not a person as stingy as him.
"Humph!" With an angry snort, the yin and yang weird man replied: "Wei Gongzi will definitely regret it!" After saying that, he walked hurriedly, obviously brushing his sleeves away.