Chapter 9: Ancestors
Somehow, I suddenly became interested in the ancestors in Jinyue's mouth, and after reading the history books given to me by Concubine Li, I also found the emperor that Jinyue worshipped.
Founding Emperor - Chu Shiyu.
Looking at this familiar name, my eyebrows jumped, and I wondered if this emperor and the person I knew were the same person, or were they the same name?
"History of Zhao" records: the ancestor Chu Shiyu (Wen Zhao 1 - Wen Zhao 14 years), born in Shanzhou City, in the 24th year of Yuan Lin killed the tyrant Yuan Emperor, changed the Yuan to Zhao, known as "Wen Zhao Emperor" in history.
Chu Shiyu was born ordinary, his biological father was a thin official, and his biological mother is unknown. At the age of twenty, he wandered to Guanyang City to meet Chen Yuanhou, which became the first step in his uprising; In the nineteenth year of Yuan Lin, Yangcheng Pass was captured; In the twenty-first year of Yuanlin, he subdued Wang Zhiping, Xu Li and other forces; In the twenty-third year of the Yuan Dynasty, the battle of Huaiyang City almost fell into the trap of the enemy, but with his excellent ability to lead the troops, he broke through the encirclement and killed the king of Huaiyang in the city tower. At this point, all the Yuan Lin City was gathered and established himself as the king.
In the twenty-fourth year of Yuanlin, the mediocre and brutal Yuan Emperor died under the sword, and since then, the Yuan Kingdom has been destroyed.
During Chu Shiyu's ascension to the throne, there was no queen, nor did there ever have a harem. He strengthened his power politically; In the military, he trained diligently and drilled soldiers, and also paid attention to cultural training, and granted amnesty to the world that "women can also enter the hall", and opened the imperial examination system; Economically, taxes were cut for five years, farmland was opened up on a large scale, water conservancy projects were built, new roads were opened, and exchanges with other countries were opened. Under his rule, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, people forgot the fear under the rule of Emperor Yuan, the world was peaceful, Haiqing Heyan, and it was the prosperity of everyone's hearts.
There are not many records about his life, and it only took me more than ten minutes to read his life.
A little embarrassed.
With a dizzy mind, I put aside the annals in my hand and fell asleep again.
This time, I witnessed the beginning of a turning point in his life.
We came to a city, probably hungry for too long, my stomach kept growling, and the embarrassment made me want to dig a hole in the ground.
I vaguely heard a low laugh, turned my head to look over, and sure enough, it was Chu Shiyu holding back a smile.
As a result, his stomach also made a noise in the next second.
"Ha, ha, ha." I hummed these words without smiling, and regardless of his face, I found a restaurant and walked in.
The remaining silver ticket in the bag gave me confidence, and I was happy for a while, so I ordered the signature dishes in the store very generously, and the shopkeeper went down happily to let people prepare.
While I was waiting for the food, I was bored and talked to him, "Eh, where are we?" ”
"Guanyang City."
"Guan Yang?" Thinking of the records in the annals, my eyes instantly lit up, "Really? ”
He glanced at me lazily, "Otherwise, can you give me money to spend?" ”
I felt like I was looking at a fool no matter how I looked at it.
So I decisively put this suspicion behind me.
"Definitely not." I flickered with a serious face, oh no, it's the truth, "The money is all in the hands of girls, if it was given to you, then we wouldn't have drunk the northwest wind a long time ago." ”
He frowned, and looked at me with an extremely surprised and strange expression, "Drink the Northwest Wind?" You are the one who buys antiques, you are the one who wants to buy sugar gourds, and you are the one who buys a bunch of matches that you don't need. He snorted coldly, "So if you continue to spend at this rate, it won't take half a month for us to drink the northwest wind." ”
"Huh?" I didn't know that I had bought so many strange things in my absence.
But I didn't use the money, so I didn't admit it.
"What does it matter, isn't it natural for girls to spend money?" I crossed my arms, my face was right, and my heart was panicked.
Well, it was time to find Chen Yuanhou earlier.
Otherwise, we'll all end up on the streets.
When I was thinking about the question here, I didn't pay much attention to his answer, and my thoughts were only hooked by the food that was served, "It's so fragrant." ”
He laughed again, "Lu Tang, you really only listen to good words." ”
I think that tone is a little annoying.
But, "Of course." I looked at him in confusion and curled my eyebrows, "Don't I just listen to good words?" ”
He was gagged by me, and I laughed even more.
Before I could stop smiling, I heard a cacophony of sounds, and I looked downstairs from the source of the sound.
A man dressed as a shopkeeper was pushing a little boy who was skinny and looked to be in his early teens.
"What, you're going to be a hero again?"
I heard his voice.
"This is not a hero." I corrected him, "Doing good deeds will accumulate virtue." ”
"So you still have to be a hero."
I don't think I can communicate with him anymore.
I didn't bother to pay attention to what he said, so I called another shopkeeper in the store and asked him to give the lotus seed soup that had just been served to the little boy below.
The shopkeeper had a surprised expression on his face, "Miss, are you sure you want to give it to that beggar?" ”
I said, "Why, do you have to look at your identity to give people now?" ”
He hurriedly said, "No, no, it's just that the beggar comes to us every day to beg for food, which makes the other customers in our shop dislike, so we will drive him away." ”
But I don't care why, the child is thin and small, and he is wearing tattered clothes, which looks strange and pitiful.
"You just send this down." Then I slapped a silver ticket on the table, "I'll cover this child's food in the future." ”
The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he saw the hundred taels of silver tickets, and he said that this was not good, but the action of collecting the money was not ambiguous at all.
However, he also quickly brought the lotus seed soup down and prevented a tragedy from happening.
I don't know what he said to the kid, but he glanced at me as he left, and the small figure gave me a sense of determination.
Chu Shiyu, who has been a transparent person for a long time, finally spoke, "Did you see it?" ”
I was puzzled, "What do you see?" ”
"See the look I want to punch someone?"
“……”
Before the meal could be eaten, a man clapping his palms came out from behind, no, he was slapping his palm with a folding fan.
"The girl is so kind." He said.
I nodded, not at all modest, "Thank you, thank you." ”
As soon as I raised my head, I met Chu Shiyu's cold face, which frightened me and immediately lowered my head to eat.
The man sat down at our table on his own, chatting with us with a familiar face, Chu Shiyu ignored him, and I replied a few words out of politeness, and the man spoke more energetically.
In the end, I couldn't bear it anymore and interrupted his eloquent conversation, "This friend, can you let us eat first?" ”
You're really noisy.
His face froze, and finally smiled apologetically, "You eat first, eat first." ”
After he was full of wine and food, he summoned the shopkeeper and wrapped our food with a wave of his hand, and even Chu Shiyu gave him a few more looks.
He spoke directly, "What do you want to do?" ”
The man pretended to be chic and waved the folding fan and fanned it on his chest, looking like a gentleman, but the words he said were very bad, "This brother, may I ask who this young lady is you?" ”
He asked Chu Shiyu, but his eyes were always me.
I was furious by this look, and I could only turn my head away from it.
Chu Shiyu looked at him expressionlessly, "She is my wife." ”
My heart was pounding uncontrollably.
"Oh—" He raised his eyebrows meaningfully, and suddenly knocked on the table a few times, and from the pillar behind him came several men dressed as housekeepers, one of whom stepped forward and put a few silver tickets in his hand.
I didn't understand what he meant, but Chu Shiyu frowned, with what I knew about him, he definitely wanted to hit someone.
"Then I won't beat around the bush, I have a crush on your wife, let's make a price." He began to shake his folding fan again.
I was chilled by his words, and shrunk back on the windowsill to distance myself from him.
I wondered what kind of expression Chu Shiyu would have, and turned my head to look at him.
I saw that he showed an extremely surprised smile, and there was no warmth in his eyes, "Wow." ”
I was shocked, could it be that we got along too shallow these days, and he sent me out so easily.
Just as I was about to question him, he said the next sentence, "I want ten thousand taels of gold, and I want to be promoted to a knighthood, can you do it?" ”
The man's expression stiffened slightly, "What do you mean by that?" ”
He tapped on the table and held out his hand to me, "Come here." ”
I obediently walked over to him.
It was the second time he reached out to me, and I tried to hold it as hard as I could.
"I mean, my wife is a priceless treasure in my heart, even if I am given ten thousand taels of gold and added to the rank of knight, I will not change it."
He looked at the man, the aura on his body suddenly cold, and I could hear that there was already murderous intent in his tone, "Do you understand?" ”
The man slapped the table and got up, so angry that his hand holding the folding fan was shaking, "You play with me!" You don't go to inquire, who dares not to give me face in Guanyang City, my Chen Yuanhou! Come! ”
?? What? I have a question mark on my face, is he Chen Yuanhou who changed Chu Shiyu's turn?
I looked him up and down and thought, 'How can this man be so virtuous?'
I didn't see each other because I'm still thinking about how they met, and the result is ......
Chen Yuanhou beckoned people to come up and rob people, how could his family members be Chu Shiyu's opponents?
Sure enough, within a quarter of an hour all those people were lying on the ground wailing, not even their masters.
The shopkeeper in the store came up to check, and I hurriedly pointed to Chen Yuanhou who was wailing on the ground, "It's all caused by them, and I want to pay for them." ”
Chu Shiyu glanced at me, and I looked at him very confidently.
"Hey, my old waist."
"How is Chen Gongzi? I'll help you up. The shopkeeper didn't have time to care about us, so he quickly squatted down to help him.
"Wait, wait." Chen Yuanhou stopped him, "I'm flashing to my waist, don't do it!" It hurts me to death. ”
He leaned on his waist and looked at Chu Shiyu, "What do you eat, you have so much strength." While wailing and crying out in pain.
Chu Shiyu's face was full of disgust, "Stupid." ”
I saw that Chen Yuanhou's face was completely black.
Just when I thought that their friendship would be shattered because of me, Chen Yuanhou didn't mind his behavior just now, but looked at him with appreciation, "You, very good." ”
Chu Shiyu: "You are rubbish. ”
His face was black again.
I originally wanted to persuade a few words, but after a pair of Chu Shiyu's silent faces, those words couldn't be spoken, so I could only ...... Go with the flow.
A few days later, I met the little boy on the street again, still wearing the same clothes as last time, standing at the door of the restaurant as if he was waiting for someone, or he was begging.
I didn't want to care about it anymore, but when he saw me, he walked up to me, standing in front of me with some restraint, bowing his head and speaking in a low voice, "I...... ...... I showered"
I immediately understood, and I reached out and patted his head without disgust, "Little guy, I don't dislike you." ”
It was convenient to talk to him, I squatted down, looked at his clean-washed and somewhat delicate face, took out a handkerchief and wiped the ashes on his face, "You ......"
Before he could say anything, the boy ran away.
Just when I was puzzled, he quickly explained, "Sister, I'm dirty, don't use your handkerchief, it will get dirty." ”
His voice was so low that I felt a little sad to hear it.
An age that should be lively and cheerful, but lives so carefully.
I took his hand, used my gentle strength to defuse his resistance, and told him, "You're not dirty, don't say anything like that, okay?" ”
I wiped his face again with a handkerchief and told him, "You know, there is no one to trample on or suppress your dignity but yourself?" ”
I couldn't help but laugh when I saw him nod his head in understanding.
"Oh, what a coincidence."
I heard the familiar laughter again.
I stood up and looked at Chen Yuanhou, who I "met by chance", with an expressionless face, "It's not a coincidence at all." ”
This person has met on the street for the Nth time, once or twice is a coincidence, but what about each time?
"Mrs. Yu, where is your husband?" He looked behind me, left and right. I escorted the child to the back, my face a little impatient, "He bought me chestnut crisp, do you have something to do with him?" ”
"Harm." He waved the folding fan and looked dashing, "What do you say?" ”
"Then you better stop talking." I really didn't see his clumsy performance, and I was about to leave with this kid.
"Eh, eh."
"Ahh
His hand that stopped me was cut backwards from behind by Chu Shiyu, making a scream like killing a pig, and then Chu Shiyu threw it aside.
"What do you have to tell me?" He stared at him with a grim face, there was no good emotion in his eyes, and then handed me the chestnut cake and osmanthus cake he bought, "Eat it while it's hot." ”
I nodded, and gave the other bag of osmanthus cake to the child, "Take it and eat it." ”
Again, he refused, "Don't." ”
"No, no." I touched his head distressedly, "You are just the time to grow your body, don't treat yourself badly." ”
"But......" he bowed his head in embarrassment, like words squeezed out of his teeth, "I can't afford to ...... yet"
I was happy and rubbed his little head, "If you feel embarrassed, then grow up quickly, and when you grow up, you will repay my sister." ”
Then he looked up at me solemnly, and nodded his head very firmly, "Okay, I will definitely return it to my sister when I grow up." ”
I rubbed his head, "Okay, little one. ”
He didn't correct my salutation, but explained embarrassedly, "Sister, I'm fourteen, not a little guy anymore." ”
"Oh?" Fourteen?
I looked at him without leaving a trace, and I suspected that he had been abused, otherwise how could a fourteen-year-old grow so thin?
I didn't hear the fighting over there, so I continued to ask with a smile on my face, "Then what's your name?" ”
He said, "Yuanxi, sister, my name is Yuanxi." ”
I nodded and exclaimed, "What a good name." ”
However, how can this have the same name as the young general next to the ancestor?