Chapter 10 Along the River Lamp Thoughts

Xiao Qi inadvertently raised the hairpin in front of him, and was surprised to find that there was a "夭" written in the pink peach heart, and gave the hairpin to Ling'er and Qingyi, and the two of them were also called magical.

As for nursery rhymes, they are not mixed, and they still close their eyes like that.

The stage of surprise for several people has passed, Xiao Qi wrapped the hairpin again, since he didn't know how to deal with it, in order to show respect, he had to discuss with Zhang Biao before making a decision.

"Let's wait and discuss it with my brother."

The place of prayer, in the southwest of the royal estate, is called 'Shun Zheng'.

The towering mountain peaks are in front of you, and there are countless mountains one after another, stretching endlessly and magnificently, here is the natural danger of the capital, and it has always been the starting point of the expedition of the Western Army of Chengguo.

At the foot of that mountain, a rushing river gathers, and I heard Xiao Qi say that this is the source of the Jingshi moat.

Before they reached the foot of the mountain, they saw that the main road had been piled up by pedestrians, and everyone could only get off the car and walk, Fan Wei arranged for the Zhang family's carriage and a few servants to stay in place, and took a few people to follow Xiao Qi and them inside.

Xiao Qi was not much surprised by this situation, it seemed that she had come many times.

Just now, Xiao Qi took the hairpin to Zhang Biao, and Zhang Biao, who saw the hairpin, was obviously stunned for a moment, and then laughed for a long time, but gave Xiao Qi the same advice as the nursery rhyme.

After listening to Zhang Biao's words, Xiao Qi was also reassured, and thought that he would discuss the matter with his grandfather after returning home.

After Xiao Qi knew the value of the hairpin, he knew that he couldn't put it casually, so he felt that it was best to give it to someone he trusted.

So he handed over the hairpin to Fan Wei and told him that the hairpin was very important and should not be lost, Fan Wei was obviously stunned by Xiao Qi's solemn entrustment, and he got into the carriage and put it on the mezzanine, and ordered someone to guard the carriage well, and there must be no mistake.

As soon as he walked back to Xiao Qi, he felt a little uneasy, so he ran back and took off the hairpin, which was a little difficult.

Zhang Biao looked at Fan Wei with a snicker, probably thinking that it was a waste of time, so he asked Fan Wei to take out the hairpin and put it in the hair of the nursery rhyme.

Fan Wei smirked and said thank you to Zhang Biao, seeing that Fan Wei suddenly became naïve, it made Zhang Biao's stomach ache even more.

Of course, no one noticed that the peach pendant on the hairpin actually emitted a faint pink glow.

When the group followed the crowd to the place of sacrifice, it was already evening, and there were vendors setting up stalls in the place they passed, shouting endlessly.

Blessing Day, as the name suggests, is a prayer to heaven and sincere and respectful worship in order to attract sentient beings and bring happiness to the world.

There is a stele standing on the riverside, the stele is engraved with Buddhist scriptures, there is a vacant place there, at this time, the occasional people kneel down in front of the stele to worship, when they see that there is no one there, Xiao Qi asked everyone to wait first, and ran over to solemnly kowtow to the stele four.

Taking advantage of Xiao Qi's absence, Fan Wei explained to Zhang Biao the reason why Xiao Qi wanted to come here.

Four years ago, the former emperor felt unwell, so he thought about taking the prince who was far away from Zhiguo back to Beijing.

In order to show the demeanor of our Dacheng country, I had to send the most prestigious general of the younger generation in the court at that time to the Zhiguo to welcome the crown prince.

It's just that Chengguo has never established diplomatic relations with Zhiguo, and he has to pass through Yueguo, just in case the emperor can only ask for Zhang's door, hoping that Xiaoqi's father will go to Zhiguo.

Of course, this is not a reason for a son of heaven to come to the door in person, the first emperor wanted Xiao Qi's mother, that is, the princess of Yue Kingdom, to go with him.

In this way, Xiao Qi's parents and several officials of the Ministry of Rites went to Zhiguo with more than 1,000 people, making the rest of the family envious, escorting the crown prince back to China, although it seems to be a trivial matter, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that whoever sees the new emperor first, this matter is done, who is the future minister of the humerus, although it is the icing on the beauty of the Zhang family.

It's just that no one thought that the prince was back, but the prince was alone.

The prince later told the truth, and on the way back from Zhiguo, Yue Guo treacherously intercepted and killed the prince on his own borders, and Xiao Qi's father led people to fight desperately to send him out.

What a big deal to intercept and kill the prince, the first emperor was furious, and wanted to conquer the Yue country, and the ministers of the court and the central government wrote one after another to say that it was impossible, and the current saint showed a benevolent and generous character at that time, and told the emperor about this matter in a letter, and the war cost the people and money, which is really impossible.

He also said many times that if the interception and killing was done by the Yue country, he would not choose to do it within his own territory, and he should send envoys to the Yue country, and the two countries would work together to find out the people to comfort the souls of those soldiers in the sky.

Under the persuasion of the current saint, the emperor sympathized with the hardships of the people, and finally gave up the use of soldiers.

Such a major event, the DPRK and China will definitely make waves, and the ministers who have grudges with the Zhang family take the opportunity to write a letter to impeach Zhang Xiangye, the Zhang family is not doing well, so that the prince is frightened, although the crime is ambushed, but the Zhang family should be punished. Xiao Qi's parents are the most suspicious, in order to protect the country, the Zhang family's rights in the army should be withdrawn, at the beginning, the emperor did not care, and later they joined forces to slander the Zhang family If there is an anti-country, the country will definitely not be a country.

The emperor was grateful for the friendship between the two ancestors, although he did not do it at that time, but once the seeds of doubt were planted, then one day they would sprout and grow.

In the autumn of three years ago, when the emperor died, he issued an edict, and the truth of the matter was not ascertained, and the Zhang family's right to take charge of military affairs in the army was removed for the sake of protecting the reputation of the Zhang family.

Although the Zhang family did not have the intention of rebellion, they were unclear at the moment, and had to take the edict of the first emperor to show their loyalty.

The first emperor died, and the current saint succeeded to the throne, but all the people who should have thoroughly investigated the matter were recalled, and the current saint directly told the world, 'Lone has become an emperor, and there is no one in the world who can harm me.' ’

Set up a monument in this Shun Zheng, commemorate the soldiers who died in battle to save themselves a few months ago, bury the soldiers' clothes on Shun Zheng Mountain, and accept the worship of the world, although the Xiang Ye and the protégé of the Zhang family played many times, so that the emperor thoroughly investigated the matter, but the saint only said that he could trust the Zhang family, no need to check carefully, and since then, this matter has become a mystery.

Today's Shengshang Xiong Taowu is far from being able to compare, outward, and Zhiguo established diplomatic relations, first reformed the pedantic and outdated decrees internally, and then promoted the virtuous and capable, appointed a lot of powerful people, and did not blame the Zhang family like the first emperor, first posthumously named Xiaoqi's father as the governor of the army, Jianyi Hou, and summoned several descendants of the Zhang family to the imperial court, entrusted with important positions.

"The emperor deserves to be the Son of Heaven." Speaking of this, Fan Wei couldn't help but sigh.

Whether the Zhang family is really at fault, or whether the emperor really trusts the Zhang family, there is a lot of speculation in the market.

Just when Fan Wei wanted to continue, he saw Xiao Qi beckoning to this side, apologizing to Zhang Biao, and walking to Xiao Qi's side.

When Fan Wei saw that Xiao Qi was back, he didn't say any more.

"Brother, I have already ordered someone to prepare the river lantern, let's go and release the river lantern."

Zhang Biao listened attentively just now, and didn't notice that at this time, a bright lantern had floated on the surface of the river, flowing along the water to the distance.

"Brother, do you think there are really gods in this world?"

Xiao Qi didn't wait for Zhang Biao's answer, so he said to himself: "Maybe there will be." ”

Xiao Qi took the two lotus lanterns handed by the servant, walked to the shore and lit the candles, put the two river lanterns into the river one after another, and stood there staring at the river lanterns stupidly, letting them drift.

The river lantern is to mourn the deceased relatives, bless the living people, of course, there are also various myths about the river lantern, according to legend, the river lantern is to point out the way to reincarnation to the deceased, it is said that if the river lantern does not sink this night, the deceased will have to live.

Xiao Qi never ordered someone to go downstream to look for the river lantern, not that she didn't believe it, but she believed in these and was afraid to look for it, afraid that there would be no two lotus lanterns she put downstream. So she just didn't look for it, and used the common river lanterns on the market, maybe the result of not knowing the result, it might be the best result.

Xiao Qi looked at the river lanterns on the water in a daze, and seemed to be trying his best to restrain himself from looking for the two lamps he put down.

Ling'er quietly put one down, still muttering something.

"Is Sister Qingyi the Jingshi who came with her brother?" Xiao Qi suddenly asked Qingyi.

"A few days ago, I was rescued by my husband, and I followed him."

"Oh."

Qingyi was a little puzzled by Xiao Qi's words, only thinking about the relationship between Xiao Qi and Zhang Biao.

As a few people walked along the river's banks, they could see river lights flowing downstream.

The candle-lit river lanterns resemble lotus flowers in full bloom, and the orange candles shine brightly, which is very spectacular. From time to time, a few lights collided, sank into the water, and disappeared, only the ripples could faintly swing under the candlelight.

"Is Miss leaving?"

Fan Wei asked Xiao Qi, and Xiao Qi looked at Zhang Biao and the others.

"Brother and sisters, what do you think?"

Qingyi looked at the passers-by, and for some reason felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he said, "It's not early, let's go and rest." ”

Zhang Biao and the nursery rhyme did not speak, looking casual. After everyone had decided, they began to walk towards the place where the carriage was parked.

There is one of the four acropolis of the capital near Shunzheng Mountain, Tusi City, and the Blessing Festival is a more important festival in Beijing, and there are lanterns hanging on the roadside from time to time to make it easy for pedestrians to pass.

Their next goal was to go to a Zhang family's manor near Tusi City.

After getting into the carriage, the nursery rhyme asked Qingyi to take off the hairpin in his hair and return it to Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi saw that Qingyi's face was a little bad, so he asked: "Sister Qingyi's complexion is not good, isn't she feeling unwell?" ”

"Maybe I'm a little tired, so I don't look good."

Qingyi always felt that something bad was happening, but he said it to everyone, after all, for this kind of illusory thing, it is better not to say it, it makes people uneasy.

"That can only be lightly dressed, sister is a little tired, and here is still some distance from the yard."