Chapter 62: A Life of Peace
Xiao Yu returned to his residence, waved his hand to Qu Cang, and ordered, "You go and check who has been in contact with Lin Han recently." ”
These things involving the secret guards have always been handled by Qu Cang, unless something is too deep for Qu Cang to interfere in, Xiao Yu will use his four direct secret guards.
Qu Cang went as promised, Xiao Yu sat on a recliner by the window, closed his eyes, there was a brazier burning with red carbon at his feet, and a graceful woman's light snow came outside the window, the snowflakes were very light and timid, as if she was a little girl, compared to the majestic goose feather snow of a young man, it was naturally much more pleasant, and the house across the window was quiet, quiet and peaceful.
Xiao Yu fell asleep unconsciously in this warm room, and also had a dream.
In the dream, he is not the king of the northwest who sits in the northwest and looks down on the world, he is not Xiao Yu who is only one step away from the earth immortals, he does not have a father of An Guogong, nor does he have a princess wife. He is just a powerless scholar, his family is poor, he married a woman named Qingniang as his wife, and his wife who is also poor is thrifty and thrifty, and he just reads hard day after day, and I don't know how long he has been reading.
Xiao Yu lived in the capital and did a Hanlin editor, which was noble and clear.
It is not easy to live in the capital. He is a six-grade petty official, in the capital where there are many powerful people like dogs, and he walks slowly, he has just arrived, he doesn't understand the rules, he doesn't have any inputs, and only relies on a little meager money, Hugh said that the Zhumen mansion, even the general two-entry courtyard is also unaffordable, can only live in a single courtyard, even this, it also cost him most of his money, and food, pen and ink, favors, which one doesn't need money? The monthly money is spent early, and he can only borrow money to live, not to mention the matter of bringing the young lady over.
The next story is very old-fashioned, so old-fashioned that Xiao Yu has forgotten what year he was a year old when he saw this story.
When the first assistant of the court, he was the chief examiner and his teacher, and he intended to recruit him as his son-in-law. There is a test every three years, a champion every three years, and in a small Hanlin Academy, there are seven or eight champions, some of whom are already seventy or eighty, and some are not enough to stand up, such as Xiao Yu.
There are many champions, but there is only one Shousuke.
So he forgot his conscience, and forgot the young lady who was still waiting in his hometown for him to go back to pick her up.
He sent a letter of resignation to Qingniang, and then walked into the mansion of Lord Shousuke.
After the title of the gold list, the cave room is full of candles.
For a while, the whole capital was talking about him, Shoufu's daughter and wife.
Later, with the support of his father-in-law, he made steady progress, from the Hanlin compilation and decentralization, from the prefect of the fourth product to the left of the third product to participate in politics, and then to the political envoy, and then returned to the capital, the official department Langzhong, the Taifu Siqing, the right servant Lang, and then the governor of Liangguang, the governor of the two lakes, until the governor of Zhili, the head of the governor of the world. Then from the governor of Zhili to the official of Beijing, the official worship of the head of the six departments, known as the official of the heavenly officials, is only one step away from the pavilion to worship the prime minister.
My father-in-law is old, begging for bones, and has returned to his hometown. And he still stayed in the capital, and at the age of fifty, he entered the cabinet as a scholar of the East Pavilion University. At the age of fifty-five, he was the second assistant and a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. At the age of sixty, in the year of the sixtieth year, he finally defeated the opponent who had been in his life for half his life, and was promoted to the first assistant, a scholar of Wenhua Palace, a young master, and a supreme minister.
At this time, his father-in-law had been dead for many years, and just last year, his wife also went before him.
He suddenly remembered the woman named Qingniang, so he sent someone back to his hometown.
It turned out that Qingniang had been dead for many years, and on the day she received his letter of resignation, she told her father and fellow villagers that her husband had been killed by thieves on the way to Beijing, and that night, she hanged herself in the small house that he could never return.
He listened to the report of the people below expressionlessly, waved them down, and then wanted to recall the voice and appearance of the young lady, but he couldn't remember anything, only felt hazy, vague, and couldn't see it really.
Some are like Lin Yinping, some are like Qin Mumian, and there are shadows of Tang Shengyue, Qiu Si, Xie Si, Aman and others.
Xiao Yu woke up suddenly, opened his eyes, the fine snow outside the window was still falling, there was an extra pot of incense on the table, and the smoke was curling and swirling.
Behind this spiraling layer of smoke was a familiar and unfamiliar figure, crouching in front of the brazier, fiddling with the charcoal fire inside.
"If I had tried to kill you, you'd be dead!" a cold joke.
Xiao Yu shook his head, finally came to his senses, looked at the incense, and asked, "What is this?"
The back was still fiddling with the already thriving charcoal fire, and replied: "It's a drunken dream, and it has the effect of calming the mind and sleeping peacefully." ”
Xiao Yu then asked, "Why are you here?" ”
"Come and see you. The woman replied.
There was silence between the two.
After a long time, the woman spoke again: "I dreamed of something just now." ”
Xiao Yu hesitated slightly, and said expressionlessly: "Abandon your family and wife, and go to the pavilion to pay respects." ”
The woman turned around and sneered softly, "Sure enough, words and deeds are the same." ”
The woman is very beautiful, a pair of Danfeng eyes are very similar to Xiao Yu, the slightly pointed chin is slightly raised, making her look a little arrogant and cold, a plain white cotton robe, embroidered on the corners with cheesy patterns in the eyes of everyone's ladies, and a pair of equally plain white embroidered shoes on the feet, with a pom-pom on the toe, which is very cute.
Xiao Yu looked down at himself, on the black python robe, the black and gold dragon looked hideous, and the neckline and cuffs were embroidered with dark gold dragon patterns, which was very noble.
Putting aside the appearance and identity, just looking at the clothes, just like ...... It's a king and a village girl.
Xiao Yu frowned and said, "You have changed a lot. ”
The woman laughed and said, "What, like a village girl?"
Xiao Yu didn't deny it, "I didn't expect the dignified saint to become like this." ”
The woman's tone was a little sour, "What kind of saint am I, but I heard that someone robbed the holy daughter of the White Lotus Sect and wanted to be taken as a concubine." ”
Xiao Yu coughed dryly, and Gu Zuo said to him, "How is your Smelling Fragrance Sect?" ”
The woman was Qin Mumian, she fell silent when she heard this, hugged her shoulders with both hands, and said in a low voice after a long time: "I'm tired." ”
Xiao Yu was silent for a while, and said: "If I am not the king of the northwest now, nor am I an invincible opponent in the realm of heaven and man, but just the same Xiao Yu when I first saw you in the Eastern Capital, would you still come to me?"
Qin Mumin bit his lip lightly, then shook his head firmly and said, "No." ”
Xiao Yu didn't feel the slightest surprise, but just asked, "Why." ”
Qin Mumian said calmly: "I like someone, I always ask for something, are you right?"
Xiao Yu nodded silently.
Qin Mumian asked: "Then I ask for peace in my life, can you afford it?"
Xiao Yu smiled: "I naturally couldn't afford it before. ”
Qin Mumian also laughed, "Then why did I come to you?"
Xiao Yu's smile slowly retracted, "But now I can afford it." ”
Qin Mumian also restrained his smile, "So, I'm looking for you." ”
Xiao Yu smiled and stroked his palm: "It is worthy of Qin Mumian." ”
The woman raised her chin, just like knocking on the door in the rain back then, even the jinghai cloth skirt wore a peerless taste.
Xiao Yu didn't know where he got the courage, he actually stretched out his hand to hold the woman's soft, and Qin Mumian also didn't struggle for the first time, letting the two of them hold hands together.
Xiao Yu pulled gently, and the woman fell into his arms.
In the lingering fragrance of drunken dreams, the woman snuggled into the man's arms, only feeling full of peace.
The fine snow outside the window has a tendency to increase, Xiao Yu put on a white fur for the woman, and the two held an umbrella together and walked all over Jincheng together.
On the second day, the woman took her leave and the man saw her off.
It was sent thirty miles outside the city.
Xiao Yu hesitated for a long time and said, "Stay, I can afford it." ”
Qin Mumian didn't speak, just shook his head with a smile.
Xiao Yu nodded and sighed lightly: "Go all the way, come back when you're tired." ”
The woman turned to leave, and after walking for a while, she turned around and waved her hand.
Xiao Yu smiled and waved.
When he couldn't see the woman's back at all, Xiao Yu stayed in the snow for a long time, and then wrote four big characters on the snow with a finger pen.
I am peaceful.