The cold moon hung high, illuminating the stream beside the mountain road like a silver ribbon.

Lu Ying's mother, Lu Xiaoxuan, is chasing a monk.

The woman in the black men's clothes has sword eyebrows and sideburns, her facial features are handsome and extraordinary, her black hair is tied into a high ponytail, and the wind is cold and strong at night, and the wind blows her hair messy.

Lu Xiaoxuan stretched out his bow and set up arrows, only to hear the sound of breaking the air, the arrows passed through the night wind, penetrated the monk running wildly in front, the arrow sank into the shoulder blade slit, came out of the chest, blood splashed all over the ground, and the monk screamed and fell to the ground.

She dismounted and walked up to the monk.

"Sai Huajiao, whose real name is Hua Daqiang, the third generation of sword disciples of the Chicheng faction, raped and killed thirty-seven women and young children six years ago, it is not a pity to die, no wonder my colleagues can't catch you, it turns out that you are a monk in the Tibetan Jin'an Temple."

Saihua said hatefully: "Who should I be, it turned out to be you, the evil star, and the master also fell into blood mold." ”

Two years ago, an arrow pierced the head of the eighth prince of Meng at the border pass, and was named Qiongya County by the emperor Lu Xuan, her real name is Lu Xiaoxuan, and she is actually a daughter.

Lu Xiaoxuan chopped off the criminal's head with a knife and rode back to the city.

In Baixi Hutong in Beicheng, she knocked on a coffin shop, raised her head and asked, "Can you pickle?" I want to keep it from rotting for at least half a month. ”

The shopkeeper of the coffin shop has also seen the world, and he said, "You can pickle it, and you will get it tomorrow." He took the head, took the deposit, and closed the door to send off the guests.

The northern part of the city is very desolate, but the south side is more lively, where sailors and people from the customs gathered, and if a merchant or a man from Qiongya Island crossed the sea, he would enter the port and set foot on the land here.

There are not many people in Beicheng who can afford to light the lamp, and they all sleep at night, the streets are paved with loess, and the livestock will pull manure everywhere during the day, which is picked up by some old farmers passing by, and the fat rats and insects crawl by, Lu Xiaoxuan's eyes swept over the alley, and a small foot was lying on the ground.

Only the feet, the calves, thighs, and the whole person on the top...... There are no more, such scenes were common in ancient times, but Lu Xiaoxuan couldn't adapt to it, a chill rose from her heart, she quickened her pace, ran lightly all the way, and swept over the dirt road of Dongbin City like the wind.

The inn room she set was on the second floor, and she didn't want to alarm the shopkeeper and the guy before, so she opened the window and came out with light work, but now she wanted to go to the window again, but found that the window was locked.

Ordinary parents should be angry at this time, Lu Xiaoxuan just sighed and knocked on the window gently: "Yingying, it's me, I'm my mother." ”

The child's voice came from inside: "Father or mother?" ”

Lu Xiaoxuan said patiently: "Mother." ”

Lu Ying: "Liar, let's say okay before we go out, I have to call you dad outside." ”

Lu Xiaoxuan: "Then I'm your father, cub, open the window, it's so cold outside." ”

The window opened, and Lu Ying stood behind the window with a cloth dog in her arms, with two packets of tears in her eyes, a stubborn expression, and thinly dressed, she was really a pitiful little person who couldn't bear to blame.

Lu Xiaoxuan stepped forward and hugged his small body, and said in a good voice: "I'm sorry, I thought you could sleep until dawn, so I didn't say hello to you." ”

Lu Ying replied in general: "I know, you are always like this, everything you said before you must greet me before going out is to coax me, you see, there is no surprise on my face at all." ”

Lu Xiaoxuan: "Don't coax you, tell the truth, I will definitely not do it again next time." ”

The little ancestor is always very tolerant of his mother, Lu Xiaoxuan hugged him and shook him, Yingying was not angry, and only pointed at her mother's face with her little finger: "You are so cold, mother, go to sleep." ”

Lu Xiaoxuan said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, sleep." ”

took off her coat, Lu Xiaoxuan lay down with her son in her arms, patted him on the back, and wanted to coax him to have another sweet dream, Lu Ying closed her eyes, and after a while, her breathing became even, and Lu Xiaoxuan breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly sniffed her neckline again.

She didn't know if there was any smell of blood left on her body, but since her son, who had a keen sense of smell, didn't say it, it should not be.

Lu Xiaoxuan's heart was big, she fell asleep with her eyes closed, Yingying opened her eyes, and her nose moved.

Hmph, a smell of blood.

On the second day of Qincheng, Lu Xiaoxuan got up early in the morning and practiced swordsmanship in the backyard of the inn.

After breakfast, Lu Xiaoxuan picked up Lu Ying, led the horse to Baixi Hutong, and took a box.

Ying Ying sat on her horse and asked, "What is this?" ”

Lu Xiaoxuan turned over on the horse, sat behind her son, and pinched his nose: "A worthless thing, my mother wants to make a deal with it and exchange it for an antique to go home." ”

With that, she knocked the horse's belly, and the big green horse clattered towards the outside of the city.

Lu Ying is frail, usually only by his grandfather's side to read the account books, read poetry books, this time his mother suddenly went home, first took him to Jin'an Temple to worship the Buddha, and now there is no intention to take a boat back to Qiongya Island, he can't help but wonder: "Where are we going?" ”

Lu Xiaoxuan: "Say, go and change antiques." ”

They went north along the official road all the way, to Jinghu South Road, and continued to go north by boat, to the outside of Jiangling Mansion on Jinghu North Road, where more than half a month has passed, the water system here is abundant, it can be seen that the river extends to the end of the field of vision, and there are thousands of acres of blue waves and lakes.

Ying Ying was already tired and numb, so she could only lie on Lu Xiaoxuan's shoulder.

Lu Xiaoxuan hugged him and dismounted, pointed to the lake and said, "Yingying, look, there are egrets there, egrets in the blue sky on a line of egrets." ”

As soon as Lu Ying saw it, she saw a white bird falling from the sky, a little on the lotus leaf, and then spreading its wings and flying into the sky, extremely free.

The child was stunned for a while, and muttered: "This scenery is more beautiful than in the poem, and this trip is worth it." ”

Lu Xiaoxuan thought to herself, her son is really a literary and artistic young man who is famous in history books, and sometimes he is very coaxed.

She rubbed her son: "You can practice painting when you go back, leave this scene on paper, if Yingying becomes a generation of calligraphy and painting masters one day, and when the family is short of money, she will throw you into a room full of pen, ink, paper and inkstone." ”

Lu Ying naturally continued: "Don't worry, with me, our family business will not fail, let alone sell calligraphy and paintings to make money." ”

Lu Xiaoxuan is upright: "Wrong, I don't mean that the family business is undefeated, but if you really become a calligrapher like Wang Yanliu and Wu Yan, your distress letter should be very valuable." ”

Lv Ying: My mother always says something that I don't know how to reply.

Lu Xiaoxuan: If my son is ten years older, his paintings will be worth more than my ten years of money.

Lu Xiaoxuan said: "There is a lake Xingfang on the shore of this Bailu Lake, the owner Qiuyuan, is the leader of the water transportation of the Jiangling water system, and is righteous and bold, the second owner of the house is strong in martial arts, dignified and majestic, the third master Qiuzhi is an official in the capital, and the Qiu family has made a fortune since 20 years ago, and now it is rich, comparable to your grandfather's thirty percent." ”

Lu Ying's maternal ancestor Lu Fang is the de facto owner of Qiongya Island, and the more than ten major ports on the island are all owned by the Lu family, and the property on the table alone is enough for him to claim to be the No. 1 wealthy merchant in the South China Sea.

Lu Ying can read the account books at home, and naturally knows the wealth of his grandfather, he nodded: "It is quite rich to be able to compare with the grandfather Sancheng, let's come here to visit them?" ”

Lu Xiaoxuan: "Almost, I'm looking for their mother, Qiu Yuxuan, she was the most famous antique dealer in Jiangnan in her early years. ”

Lu Ying: "The antiques that my father wants are in the hands of Mrs. Qiu." ”

Lu Xiaoxuan: "That's right. ”

Six years ago, Saihuajiao debuted in Jiangling Mansion, and harmed countless women from good families along the way, but no one could catch it, until three years ago, he saw the eldest daughter of the Qiu family's uncle.

There are flower thieves every year, and they are so vicious that the people of the rivers and lakes are seeing it for the first time!

If it is said that the girl of the ordinary family was raped and killed, and some people still can't empathize, the death of the eldest girl of the Qiu family, all the martial arts families and wealthy officials feel the same way.

Lu Xiaoxuan took over the case three years ago, but not long after the investigation, the border gate ignited wolf smoke, she received an order from Shangfeng to go to the border pass to preside over the espionage work, and when she came back from the war, she found that her useless subordinates had cut off the clues of Sai Huajiao.

Fortunately, Skynet is restored and not leaked, Lu Xiaoxuan has an informant who is old and wants to go to Jin'an Temple to become a monk, she took her son there to play, and happened to see Saihuajiao!

Before going to Qiuhufang, Lu Xiaoxuan took her son to the inn, wanted to come to the hot water to freshen up, take off his Xuanyi, put on a light purple and silver double-sleeved python shirt, wear a scarf on his head, and step on jade leather boots, he was in good spirits, he was really a young military attache with a sassy demeanor.

Lu Ying wore a royal blue crewneck shirt and a plush green cloak on the outside, and was carried out the door.

The gate of Qiuhufang is extremely magnificent, but there is no overstep, Lu Xiaoxuan handed over the name post, and was soon invited to enter by the middle gate.

Uncle Qiu greeted him and said boldly: "Lord Lu came from afar, he never greeted him from afar, it was rude!" ”

Lu Xiaoxuan held up a box: "You're welcome, the owner of Qiufang might as well take a look at the gift I gave first." ”

Qiu Yuan took the box and opened it to see that it was a human head pickled in lime, and his pupils shrank: "This is, this is ......"

His eyes turned red: "Saihuajiao! ”

As the leader of Huguang Shipping, Uncle Qiu is very deep in the city, and never reveals his true emotions in front of strangers, but at this time, his face is hideous, and he can't wait to chop off this human head and feed it to the dog.

Another man with a mighty appearance stepped forward, took the box and looked at it, and said to the servant, "Take it and chop it up and feed it to the dogs." He comforted Uncle Qiu again, and called Uncle Qiu "big brother" between his words, thinking that he was Second Master Qiu.

Second Master Qiu turned around and nodded to Lu Xiaoxuan, then looked at the young child beside him, and found that the child's face did not change, and he was not frightened at all.

So bold, he praised in his heart.

In fact, in Lu Ying's perspective, he could only see the corners and corners of the box, and the human head was invisible.

Remembering the vegetable shop he saw when he and his grandfather went to the countryside to give porridge last year, he was a little curious about the difference between the pickled head and the unpickled one, but his mother didn't show it.

Lu Xiaoxuan has long been fed up with some parents, and even their children have to shout and report cartoons with martial arts elements, and they can't wait to keep the seedlings in the greenhouse, and they don't know the pain before they become adults, and they automatically understand it when they become adults.

Her educational philosophy is to let children see ugliness, but also to tell him what is beautiful, so that children can better identify the boundaries between good and evil, and establish a more stable three views, but the head is ...... Let's take it easy.

In fact, Lu Xiaoxuan knows that her son is not afraid of these, anyway, Yingying, the child, was born with a love of war, flesh and blood, when Lu Xiaoxuan told bedtime stories, she was also asked to tell more stories about how she served bandits' dens and killed robbers.

Lu Xiaoxuan helped the Qiu family avenge the great revenge, and was immediately treated as a guest, and Uncle Qiu wanted to hold a banquet to solemnly thank her.

Lu Xiaoxuan: "The owner of the workshop is serious, Lu Xuan personally sent people to the door, and he also asked for something, I heard that Mrs. Qiu has several ancient treasures, and Lu Xuan happens to be quite interested in one of them." ”

Uncle Qiu and Second Master Qiu glanced at each other, Lu Xuan, they have already heard of it, he is the leading person in martial arts among the military attaches of the imperial court, and he is discerning, he is not afraid of offending people, and he does not enter the oil and salt, and even solves several difficult and miscellaneous cases, he is a person who is not easy to mess with, such a person actually likes antiques?

But when the benefactor spoke, the Qiu family naturally would not refuse, and Uncle Qiu led them in.

After turning a few doors and entering the main hall, an old woman dressed in gold and silver sat upright, and there were two men and a woman sitting beside her, both of whom had peach blossoms in their eyes and a good appearance with their own charms.

Lu Ying still remembers that her mother mentioned to him that the uncle of the Qiu family has a son and two daughters, the eldest daughter Qiu Pei (deceased), and the second child is the eldest young master of the Qiu family, Qiu Pu, who is fourteen years old this year, and the second daughter, Qiu Yao, who is ten years old this year.

The second master has not yet married and has no heirs.

The third master's wife died early, and he has only one son, Qiu Yu, who is eight years old this year, ranking fourth among the grandchildren of the Qiu family.

It's just that the two teenagers here are in their teens, and they don't know which one is Qiu Pu and which one is Qiu Yu.

Lu Ying secretly looked at the two brothers, they looked very similar, but the taller ones looked more handsome and ...... Hearty, but a little not very energetic, the other is the appearance of a white-faced scholar, very gentle.

The hearty young man looked at him, Lu Ying was stunned, and felt that it was rude to look at people like this, and saw that the young man made a grimace at him, Lu Ying just blinked, and he returned to his serious appearance, and no one else in the room noticed the expression exchange between the two children.

Lu Ying thought, this person is quite interesting, but he is a little improper.

The hearty boy thought: Wow, this baby is so beautiful, it's amazing when he grows up.

Lu Xiaoxuan bowed her hand and saluted neatly: "Lu Xuan has seen Old Lady Qiu." ”

She is a military attache with a knighthood and military merits, Old Lady Qiu shouted without waiting for her to bow, Qiu Pu and Qiu Yao also got up and saluted, and Lu Ying hid behind Lu Xiaoxuan to avoid their etiquette.

The polite part is not over here.

Old Madam Qiu called Lu Ying in front of her: "I have never heard of Lord Lu having such a handsome child before, what is the name of the little son?" How old is this year. ”

Lu Ying replied: "Old lady, my name is Lu Ying, and I am six years old this year. ”

Mrs. Qiu: "That is the first year of Cheng'an, a dog?" ”

Lu Ying said politely: "Yes." ”

Lu Xiaoxuan smiled and listened to the common questions and answers of her son and the old lady when they came to visit the house in ancient times, and when the hearty young man heard Lu Ying's age, the smile on his face was withdrawn a little, and he looked thoughtful.

Old Madam Qiu: "Why haven't you heard of the little boy before?" Is it at home with my mother? ”

Lu Ying glanced at Lu Xiaoxuan, saw her nodding, and replied, "I live with my grandfather on Qiongya Island. ”

With a bang, the cheerful boy rolled out of his chair.

Uncle Qiu lost his voice and said, "Fourth, what's the matter with you?" ”

Fourth, Lu Ying was surprised, this person turned out to be Qiu Yu, the fourth in the Qiu family? But how can he be taller than his older siblings?

Is this eight years old?

Qiu Yu got up and sneered: "It's nothing, it's nothing, I read a book for a long time last night, and I didn't sleep well." ”

Second Master Qiu said with concern: "Fourth, I know that you want to take the imperial examination like your father, but you are only eight years old, don't learn to light a lamp and boil oil, you will burn your body." ”

Hearing Qiu Yu's age, Lu Xiaoxuan was also shocked: "This is eight years old?" ”

The adults of the Qiu family sighed, and Uncle Qiu said: "Yes, he is eight years old this year, and somehow, he is as tall as his mother at the age of five, and he is taller than his father this year." ”

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Ancient Paintings and Calligraphy

Yu Wuzong left only two paintings in his lifetime, the first of which was painted at the age of 15 in the "Qiongya Sea Tide", in which the painter used exquisite brushwork to depict the sea and sky in the rainy season, as well as the ships that meet the waves, with exquisite brushwork and only different shades of blue, blue and green.

Some painting lovers commented that Qin Zhanying's perception of color is at its peak, and she must be a great star in the art world in modern times.

This painting was exiled overseas due to the war, and has been detained by a certain country Oriental Art Museum and not returned, and Lu Xiaoxuan was still fighting a lawsuit before crossing over.

The second - "Picture of Soldiers Defending the Country"

Measuring three meters long and 40 centimeters wide, this painting depicts in detail the heroic demeanor of the frontier soldiers fighting against the Tartars, as well as the cascading fiery clouds and wolf smoke and sunset on the horizon.

No one can say the value of this painting, because a national treasure of this level is no longer allowed to be bought or sold.

Most importantly, the painting is also accompanied by ten thick booklets, the first nine of which record in detail the names, places of origin, military exploits, and pension amounts of all the soldiers who participated in the war, and when they were unearthed from the Yu Nan Mausoleum, they caused a sensation in the entire archaeological community.

The reason why Qin Zhanying was ranked as one of the top ten military gods in ancient times by the key political bigwigs may be one of the reasons.

Notes: The tenth booklet details the deaths of those who dared to be greedy for military salaries and to go for money and food.

Historian: Yikes! When Qin Zhanying fought this battle, he not only used knives on the battlefield, but also killed people off the field.

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Yu Wuzong has the most amazing military feats, the highest artistic achievements, and the most simple funerary goods among the emperors of the Yu Dynasty.

There were no gold and silver jewelry, no jade antiques in his tomb, only a pair of bows and arrows left by his mother, a wood-carved treasure boat given by his grandfather, the prince's regular clothes given by his uncle, and the "Map of Soldiers to Protect the Country" drawn by himself, and a roster that recorded the names and origins of the soldiers.

Some people say that when Qin Zhanying chose to accompany him into the funeral goods of eternal sleep, he abandoned the glory in the eyes of the world and only brought the glory of his life.