Twelve: Four Hao
His face instantly became solemn, "What's going on?" ”
Zhang Yan herself was taken aback, "I don't know either!" ”
But it turned out that Mrs. Zhang has a special physique and delicate skin, but whenever the silk fabric with a rough texture is stained, it will have red and swollen spots. It's just that she was born in Zhao Wangfu, and she has never touched inferior fabrics since she was a child, so she has never had a seizure. It's just that today I was in a hurry in the wilderness, and I had no choice but to wear socks once, and I committed it.
Liu Yingzhuo put on her shoes and slammed the door, "Zhang Yan, what kind of wish do you have, I think it's better to forget it all!" He walked through the courtyard to the door and called out, "Green pine." ”
Qing Song hurriedly rushed to the door, bowed down and asked respectfully, "What do you have to say about Lang Jun?" ”
"Go to the mountains and pick some herbs to reduce swelling and relieve itching, try to be as fast as possible!"
The dark brown medicinal soup exuded a faint mint scent, Zhang Yan sat on the couch with her lips pursed, and put her feet in the middle, the feeling of swelling and itching slowly faded, and there was a cool feeling.
Due to foot reasons, Zhang Yan did not go to the hall with Liu Ying, but stayed in the room to feed alone. The four kinds of farmhouse side dishes are delicious, one meat and three vegetarian dishes, the meat is the wet chicken, the vegetarian dishes are white melon seeds (winter melon), bamboo shoots and shallots, and the fragrant sprinkled rice is very good. Just remembering that I was stacked in the house by myself, I felt very aggrieved.
Zhang Yan fiddled with her clothes and belts hatefully, and suddenly heard the sound of rolling footsteps from the wooden ladder, but it was Jing Niang who came to clean up the dishes and chopsticks with a lantern. She hurriedly poked her head out of the mullioned window and called, "Sister Jing Niang,"
"Sister," she folded her hands, "I'm bored here, help me!" ”
Jing Niang looked at the girl in surprise, and saw her sitting half-naked on the couch in the room, with a pair of feet coated with pale green plaster, and a pair of apricot eyes pitiful, she couldn't help but smile, thought about it, turned around and folded down the stairs, and came back again after a while, carrying a pair of tang clogs in her hands.
Zhang Yan's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly cheered and stepped on the clogs, Tangmu was cool and spacious, her little feet were buckled in it, she suddenly felt empty, stood on the ground and shook a few times, held Jing Niang's hand, and said with a smile, "Sister Jing Niang, let's go down together?" ”
Jing Niang smiled and nodded.
A bright moon sprinkled down and sprinkled on the quiet land of Shangshan. Zhang Yan took Jing Niang's hand and walked on the porch, her snow-jade feet buckled in the clogs, stepping on the bluestone slab, like a gardenia in the moonlight.
The moonlight was shining into the hall, and Liu Ying and Tang Bing, the prince of the East Garden, sat opposite each other. Tang Bing insisted that the white son was the first, and the piece fell in the upper left corner of the chessboard, making a "snap" sound, and asked with a smile,
"I don't know what is Hua and what is Xia in the prince's heart?"
Liu Ying was dressed in a Yanju white robe, holding a sunspot between the index finger and middle finger of her right hand, holding a sleeve in her left hand, falling on the chessboard, raising her head, and replied in a deep voice, "I think that those who are brilliant are Hua, and those who are restored are Xia!" ”
Tang Bing's eyes showed a look of satisfaction, and asked, "In the past, His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty and the overlord of Western Chu fought for the world together, King Xiang was strong and your father was weak, but the world was finally obtained by the Han family, why did the prince think?" ”
This question is very acute, Liu Ying thought for a moment, and replied solemnly, "Back then, my father once said to people that he was not as good as staying in the marquis, not as good as Xiao Chengxiang, and not as good as the generals and soldiers as the marquis of Huaiyin, but he could use outstanding people, so he could finally win the world." Lonely and talented, I secretly thought that winning the world and governing the world, although all kinds of difficulties are different, the bottom is in the four words of the monarch and the minister! ”
Tang Bing lowered his eyes, unable to see his expression, dropped a white piece, closed the circle, ate a black chess piece on Liu Ying's chessboard, and said with a smile, "The prince's words are dignified, but his chess strength is not very high?" ”
Liu Ying's face was slightly confused, "The kid learned from his uncle and grandson, Taifu Yan, the way of chess, and the last skill of carving insects, can only cultivate temperament, it is not worth too much effort!" ”
An old man and a young man were reflected in the mullioned window, casting a long shadow. Zhang Yan walked under the hall with clogs, and saw the figure on the window shaking, with a warm yellow color, and couldn't help but smile.
This teenager is working hard for his dream. Regardless of the success or failure of the ending, at this moment, his figure is so moving!
Zhang Yan opened her mouth in the moonlight, "You have to succeed, uncle." ”
Jing Niang turned around and saw that she hadn't caught up, so she couldn't help shaking the lantern.
Zhang Yan came back to her senses, "Hey, it's here!" ”
"Uncle and grandson are treacherous, and this is even more unreasonable." In the hall, Tang Bing snorted, stroked his beard, and showed a disdainful expression.
"Sir," Liu Ying's voice was slightly displeased, and he arched his hand, "Uncle Sun Taifu is very knowledgeable, taught me a lot, and formulated etiquette and patriarchal laws for the Han Dynasty, and is a social minister." Sir should not lose respect! ”
Tang Bing was stunned for a moment, looked at him and laughed, "Okay, okay, I didn't expect that Shusun Tong would be able to teach such a disciple as you." His tone was very strange, but he couldn't hide his relief,
"But that's fine."
Now the Han Dynasty, who is in ruins, needs not a wise and martial emperor, but the inheritor of such a pure and benevolent heart.
"Don't Your Highness believe what I say?" Tang Bing said with a smile, "That old man uses chess as a metaphor for people and learns from His Highness." He raised his hand and gestured to the chessboard,
"Your Highness, please."
Liu Ying's heart was clear, and when his black piece ate Tang Bing's large piece of white chess, he arched his hand and smiled, "Mr. Cheng." ”
Tang Bing smiled, "It's time to give in!" ”
Liu Ying was stunned, looked down at the chessboard carefully, but saw that after a piece of white chess surrounded by his own black chess was raised, the situation on the board changed, and the situation of the black chess did not become clear, but was faintly suppressed by the white chess.
Tang Bingshu said leisurely, "Life is sometimes like a game of chess, and the sunspot is proud, but he doesn't know that he has fallen into a crisis. Baizi temporarily retreated, but he also won a broad world for the future. Although the way of chess is a small section, it contains the truth of life, which can wash away people's impetuousness and make people look far. - These are all things that the prince should learn as a prince. ”
Liu Ying knew that Tang Bing was using chess to turn it into herself, so she listened solemnly.
Tang Bing asked solemnly, "If the crown prince succeeds to the throne one day, what does the prince think should be the way of governing the country that you follow?" ”
Liu Ying grabbed the chess pieces on his cheek, his mind was no longer on the chessboard, and he said solemnly, "Father is still prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and Gu has not seriously thought about this matter. However, when he was a lonely child, he encountered war and saw the hardships of the people's livelihood, so he did not force the way to govern the country, but only hoped that the people could gradually become rich and happy, and no longer suffer from war! ”
Tang Bing buckled the chessboard, got up and said, "It's not early, the prince should go back and rest!" ”
Liu Ying came out of the hall, saw the candle on the second floor of the east wing extinguished, there was silence, knowing that Zhang Yan couldn't help but be lonely and slipped out of the house, sighed, carried the lantern and walked from the corridor to the courtyard, looking for the whereabouts of her little niece, and suddenly heard the girl's delicate voice from the kitchen at the south end of the courtyard, "Sister's craftsmanship is so good!"
He followed the sound into the kitchen, and saw a clay kettle on the round-headed stove in the room, the grass under the kettle was crackling, and the two girls were surrounding the stove, the older one was watching the fire, and the little girl changed into a primrose yellow scattered flower silk shirt, tied a coral plain long skirt, draped in long wet hair, and a pair of apricot eyes looked at the pottery kettle.
"Ah Yan," he called, "what are you doing?" ”
"Yo, uncle," Zhang Yan turned her head, the red fire shone on her smiling bent eyebrows, dyed with a layer of gorgeous warmth, "Sister Jing Niang and I are cooking supper, do you want to try it?" ”
Liu Ying glared at her and said, "It's all nonsense." "The voice is intimate,
He nodded towards Jing Niang and said, "My niece is still young, so I'm causing trouble for the little lady!" ”
Jing Niang's face flushed slightly, and she shook her head to indicate that she was fine.
Zhang Yan complained, "Uncle, if you continue to be so serious, be careful to become a little old man!" ”
The white porridge in the kettle was churning, Jing Niang put out the fire, put it into a lacquered bowl with a copper ladle, served it to Zhang Yan and Liu Ying, and gave another boiled egg.
Liu Ying looked at Zhang Yan, who was immersed in drinking porridge, with a faint smile on her lips, so she also sat down next to the desk, picked up the bamboo chopsticks and drank the porridge slowly.
After drinking a bowl of porridge, Zhang Yan put the empty bowl on the table, only to feel warm and comfortable.
Liu Ying's right index finger flexed up and knocked on her brain, "Get up." It's getting late, it's time to go back to your room! ”
"Woo," Zhang Yan snorted and hurriedly said goodbye to Jing Niang.
Jing Niang smiled slightly, walked to the kitchen door, and saw the backs of the boy and the girl in the courtyard, under the moonlight, the young man's hand held the girl, warm and Ningxin, and the girl's complaining voice came faintly in the wind, "Uncle knocked me again, one day he will knock me stupid!" ”
"Let's sleep," Liu Ying just didn't hear, "I have to get up early tomorrow!" ”
"Oops," Zhang Yan raised her head, a pair of big apricot eyes were very innocent, "My hair hasn't dried yet!" ”
Liu Ying pushed open the door, so angry and funny, she had to pull a handkerchief and call, "Come here." He pulled her in front of him and wiped her hair with a handkerchief. The moonlight shone down quietly, casting a clear light on the window of the east wing, Zhang Yan suddenly exclaimed, "Pain, tap it, uncle, you pulled my hair!" ”
"What's wrong?" Liu Ying was stunned, folded the veil, untied the knotted hair for her, raised her eyebrows and said, "Your aunt's hair was not as bad as you when she was a child!" ”
"How do I know?" Zhang Yan shrugged her shoulders and threw herself on the couch, "Maybe I'm with Ah Weng!" ”
Her hair was almost dry, so Liu Ying put down her handkerchief and commanded, "Okay,"
Tang Bing, the prince of the East Garden, who was dressed in a big hat, quietly went out from the back door, went up a sheep intestine mountain road, folded a few times, and knocked on the door of the house in front of him.
The door immediately opened from the inside, and three gray-haired old men greeted him and called, "Brother Tang, it's finally here!" ”
In the candle-lit room, Qili Gongji Wu Shi asked, "Big brother met this prince today, what do you think of the prince?" ”
"It's too short to see much." Tang Bing twisted his beard, "But the prince is indeed a humble gentleman and loyal." ”
The other three Hao glanced at each other, and Xia Huang Gong Zhou said, "Since the prince is loyal, he is also worthy of my loyalty!" After all, now that the Han world has just been pacified from the decades of competition in the late Qin Dynasty, it needs a virtuous and benevolent heir more than a wise and martial promising. ”
"That's what I thought too." Tang Bing said loudly,
"I see that the prince's words are qualitative and compassionate, this is benevolence; Don't force people to treat us and other intentions, this is the degree. Advance and retreat have respect for the teacher, this is respect. Take good care of your nephews, this is love. There is such a monarch with the idea of benevolence and righteousness, the heart of respecting talents, the meaning of calmness, and the degree of tolerance, I will wait for him to assist him, why worry that he can't rule the world every day? ”
"Brother Tang and Brother Tuesday are right."
"In that case, let's go and meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince tomorrow!"