"He came to see me yesterday."

Wei Yinniang raised her eyes.

"I already knew his origin from Zhao Bandang. His ancestors were all stonemasons, and he was born in the court, and he dug Buddhist caves for the royal family for generations. From the moment he was born, he was destined to spend his life in the grotto. His father became a master craftsman because of his outstanding skills, and it was the last year of the Jingsheng Dynasty, and chaos was coming, but everyone was ignorant and unaware. In order to show filial piety, the prince wanted to pray for the queen mother to build a 10-zhang giant cave on the cliff to pray for her life, and her life must be completed before the birthday comes, and the time is running out. In order to rush the work, the grotto Cheng did not care about the life and death of the craftsmen, forcing them to dig cave statues on the cliff wall day and night, and people died every day. His father spoke out and begged for the life of the craftsman, but he was reprimanded by the grotto with a cane, and soon died of illness. He couldn't be angry, waiting for the opportunity to kill the grotto, but he didn't have time to escape, he was caught, he was going to be beheaded, and he was also fatal, and the person who was sent by the prince to supervise the cave was your father, sister. He also sympathized with the plight of the cave stonemason, but in the name of the prince's filial piety for the queen mother, he was helpless, and after learning about this, he saw that Yuan was a young man, so he used this as an excuse to change the sentence to exile. ”

Yuan Zhi picked up his life and spent some days with a group of prisoners who were also going to be exiled. The escort also heard some news at that time, and he didn't care about it, and the prisoner found a chance to escape, Yuan Zhi took the opportunity to escape, and met Zhao Bandang, who was fleeing with me that night. ”

Wei Yinniang was stunned, with a look of surprise in her eyes.

Su Yu continued: "Zhao Bandang said that in the years when he returned to the palace, he never found me, thinking that I was no longer there, and he was full of guilt, and he didn't want to stay in the palace anymore, and begged me to allow him to guard the tomb. It wasn't until a few years ago that I came back and he returned to the palace. As for Yuan Value, after Zhao Bandang returned to the palace, he got the permission of my Aya and made an exception to open his grace, so that he entered the palace directly as a eunuch without a regular doorway, and was responsible for the construction at first, but later, I, Aye, thought that he was capable and available, so he found an excuse and promoted him——"

At this time, the carriage returned to the Taoist temple and slowly stopped in front of the door.

The car door opened, and Su Yu saw that Pei Xiaoyuan had come to pick her up, and was standing on the side of the road not far away.

She and Wei Yinniang got out of the carriage. Wei Yinniang saluted him, he nodded and returned the salute, and then continued to wait there quietly.

Su Yu sent Wei Yinniang to the door of the Taoist temple and stopped.

"Sister." She held Wei Yinniang's hand, met her beautiful eyes that were reluctant to look, and called softly.

"Yuan asked me to bring a word to Sister A, he will go out of Beijing tomorrow to serve in Qinzhou, and he should not return to Chang'an in this life. He knew that he was from a humble background, and Chang'an was the place where Sister A was born and raised, and he wanted to have a lot of old diaries to read, and he didn't dare to force Sister A to go with him. Tomorrow, he will be by the Weishui Bridge five miles away from Kaiyuanmen, waiting for you to dusk, Sister. ”

Wei Yinniang didn't answer, her face was a little pale, obviously caused by mental disorder, and after a while, she found that Su Yu was still not gone, still accompanying herself, turning her head to look at the figure, awakening, and a smile appeared on her lips.

"The Marquis of Jingbei is waiting for you. There you go. I see. ”

"Sister is precious! I went! ”

In Wei Yinniang's smiling gaze, Su Yu finally hugged her, let go, and turned to leave.

Pei Xiaoyuan immediately walked towards her, picked her up in the carriage, rode beside her, and walked away.

Su Yu probed out of the car window, saw Wei Yinniang still standing outside the Taoist temple, and waved at her.

Wei Yinniang kept stopping, watching until the carriage completely disappeared at the end of the road, then she turned around and walked in with a heavy heart.

The carriage traveled unhurriedly on the outskirts of the city. The weather was nice and warm and breezy. The rain rolled up the curtains, the person lay on the window lattice of the carriage, raised his cheeks and looked out, and finally, when his eyes fell on the person outside the car, he stared for a moment, and his mood turned peaceful, and the last trace of melancholy disappeared.

Pei Xiaoyuan thought that she was watching the wild scenery beside the road, but after a while, he found that her eyes seemed to stop on her, and finally couldn't help it, and asked, "Why do you think of me like this?" ”

Her eyes twinked and she beckoned to him. He rode his horse and leaned over to her.

"Pei Lang is so handsome. It's the best-looking Lang Jun I've ever seen. She whispered in his ear.

"I'm thinking, when I go to Gan Liang and have nothing to do, I have to take advantage of Pei Lang's appearance to paint a few and save them. lest Pei Lang be old in the future, and the juniors will not know Pei Langmei. ”

Pei Xiaoyuan's face was dark for a while, and his heartbeat was a little faster. If you are in the house at this moment, you must respond to her well. But at this moment, he looked at the people around him. Yang Jae-en, who was closest to him, sat on his horse, his eyes only looking ahead, and he didn't blink. It should not have been in the ear.

He exhaled and sat up straight as if nothing had happened, but the corners of his lips curled slightly imperceptibly.

"I've sent them both away." He hastened to divert the subject, lest his princess continue to make fun of him.

Su Yuwan'er, no longer provoked him, and asked him: "What did you say?" ”

Today is also the day when Yu Wenzhi and He Du go out of Beijing and return separately. Yesterday, the young emperor set up a banquet for the two in the palace, Pei Xiaoyuan accompanied him, and this morning, he personally sent the two out of the far gate for ten miles, and then rushed back here to pick her up.

He Du was arrogant, drank the last glass of wine in the pavilion, and said that the battle of Da Che City made him completely convinced, and decided that Pei was a good man who stood up to the sky, and before parting, he must be a brother with him.

He was two years older than Pei Xiaoyuan, and he made his own opinion, and pulled Ashina, who had not yet arrived in Chang'an, to bow together, taking himself as the elder, Pei Xiaoyuan in the middle, and Ashina as the youngest. Pei Xiaoyuan took a sip.

Because the idea came suddenly, he did not bring incense with him, so he gathered soil as incense and worshipped by the roadside. He Du called Yu Wenzhi and asked him if he wanted to worship together. He was deaf and dumb, and he did not hear. The two of them left him alone. After the worship, He Du was very happy, and agreed that every autumn in the future, he would go north once, hunt the north with Pei Xiaoyuan, and learn kung fu.

As for Yuwen......

Hearing that He Du made this annual autumn hunting appointment, and asked him again if he participated, he should not join the gang, nor should he not not participate.

When Su Yu heard this, he smiled and said, "He has always been reserved. I think it's a hundred wishes in my heart, but I won't say it in my mouth. I bet he'll come. Then it will be lively. ”

Indeed, Yuwen Yin and Yang are used to being weird, and he is the youngest, Pei Xiaoyuan naturally does not care, and then saw the two of them lead their entourage to part ways at the fork in the road, and when he returned to the city, he suddenly slapped his horse back, and said a few words in his ear, saying that it was a certain year, a certain month, and a certain day, Ye Ah Gong came and specially painted a Luo Shen map for him, which was unique in the world, he would treasure it forever, and asked Pei Xiaoyuan, if there was a painting given by his grandfather, after speaking, he laughed and left.

Pei Xiaoyuan suspected that he was deliberately angry with himself.

As the ancients said, the master has a great view, and nothing is necessary.

To be a man must be broad-minded and tolerant of all things.

How could he have a deal with Yuwen's vindictive behavior.

Even if that thing is true, at most he just has a painting of Ah Gong, how can he be bigger than himself, and she is brought by Ah Gong. However, he was still a little unhappy in his heart after all. Hearing her say this again at this moment, I secretly hope that Yuwen will not go in the future.

He didn't want to see him again.

"What are you thinking?" After Su Yu finished speaking, seeing that he was silent for a long time, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

Pei Xiaoyuan sighed, touched his chin, shook his head and said that it was okay.

At this time, it was not far from the city gate, and suddenly a man on horseback came from the opposite side, who was Qingtou. He looked around, and suddenly, when he saw this side from a distance, his eyes lit up, and he rushed to the horse, and when he came to him, he shouted, "Princess! Pimp! Guess who's back? ”

As soon as he said this, Pei Xiaoyuan guessed it and asked if his uncle Cui Daoji had news.

Previously, Cui Daosi in order to recuperate from his injuries, even the prisoner of the meritorious service could not come back to participate, everyone came back, he was the only one left there, who knew that then, the bad news of the funeral passed, he was grief-stricken, and left to come back overnight, but the first emperor was simply buried, day by day, others were still on the road, and the national funeral was over.

In time, it's almost time for him to arrive.

Qingtou couldn't help but nod.

A retinue of Uncle Cui's uncle came to the house just now, saying that he was close to Chang'an, and because of a leg injury, he couldn't go on the road for a while, so he had to stop at Lingao Station and send someone to send a letter to Lang Jun first.

In addition, it was said that King Ashina also came. The two of them came together! ”

Before the gift of offering prisoners, Ashina himself did not come, and sent envoys to attend the meeting to show his submission to the Holy Dynasty. The sage treated him in the way of an emperor, and said to the envoy that as long as Ashina was sincere and a minister, he would not be blamed for the past, and the court would officially canonize him. Unexpectedly, the words were still in my ears, the saint had died, and Ashina felt the virtue of the saint, so he personally escorted Cui Daosi back to Chang'an.

Pei Xiaoyuan and Su Yu glanced at each other.

"What about others?"

"It seems to say, go to Nanshan to find the eldest princess and ask for sin!"

After the funeral, in order for her daughter to continue to recuperate, the eldest princess took Lu Wenjun to the annex in Nanshan, where she had lived for some days.

The two discussed briefly, and they couldn't rest assured, and unanimously decided to go to Nanshan to see the situation. As for Uncle Cui, let Qingtou go back and transfer the news to his uncle Pei Ji and ask him to send someone to answer it.

After the order was completed, the two turned around and immediately rushed to Nanshan again.

Chapter 163

In the foothills, in the midst of the noisy birdsong, in the depths of the thick shade, the two black-lacquered gates that had always been closed were finally opened, and an old steward walked out quickly, and made a gesture to the person kneeling at the foot of the steps outside the door of the Lu family, and then said, "Go quickly!" The eldest princess won't see you! ”

Chengping had been kneeling on the ground like this for an hour, and he raised his head: "I beg the old man to pass a word on my hand again, and I said, I sincerely asked for the eldest princess to come and ask the eldest princess to see me." As long as she can dissipate her anger, she wants me to pay for my sin with my life, and I will accept it willingly! ”

When the steward saw that he didn't eat oil and salt, he sighed again and again, and brushed his hands: "Why don't you listen to people?" What does the eldest prince want you to do? If she says no, she won't see! Listen to me, let's go—"

Before the words fell, I saw a young man dodging out from behind the door, walked up to Chengping and said, "Ashina, even if you kneel until dark, it's useless!" This time, my aunt really hates you very much, if you don't leave, she will be angry, I'm afraid it's going to be bad-looking! ”

Chengping grabbed Lu Wenzhong's arm.

"How is your sister now?" He asked in a low voice.

"She's fine!"

Lu Wenzhong was worried that his mother would see and punish him, so he looked back at the movement in the door behind him and pushed him down.

"Ah Mei remembers everything, but she forgets you cleanly, and she is happy every day, and she is very happy! Don't worry! ”

Chengping was stunned, as if he was happy and sad, and when he was stunned, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps from the door.

Lu Wenzhong turned his head and saw the housekeeper lady beside his mother leading more than a dozen healthy women to drive out, each holding a stick and a fierce momentum. Another house slave carried a clean bucket and was turning out of the side door, and where he passed, the girl and maid all pinched their noses and retreated, and couldn't help but pause: "It's broken, it's broken!" So that you don't listen! Let's go! After saying that, he hurriedly hid.

The house slave carried out the bucket full of yellow and white things, and for a while the stench was stinking, Cheng Ping was immersed in his thoughts, and knelt at the foot of the stairs without moving. The lady in charge led people to rush out of the door, stopped on her waist with her crossed hands, looked at it, and sneered: "If you don't drink wine, you will drink vinegar, and it is difficult to persuade the damned ghost with good words!" Come on, beat this bastard thing away, and then ask him to taste the sobering soup we prepared for him, so as not to dirty the door and be unlucky! ”

As soon as she gave the order, a dozen healthy women rushed up, raised their sticks, and fell towards Chengping without a head or a brain.

This scene is not the same as the previous time when Chengping was beaten. Although the eldest princess also led people to beat Chengping that time, the occasion was the wedding of the princess and the concubine after all, but she took the opportunity to punish him slightly, and he was also measured. This time it was a real violent beating, and after a hard beating, the lady in charge stepped forward again, lifted a boat-sized foot, and kicked Chengping down the steps with one kick. He tumbled down and fell into a ravine of grass.

"Down!" The lady in charge snorted.

Chengping looked like a dead dog, his head was broken and bleeding and curled up in the ditch, motionless. The house slave stepped forward with the bucket and glanced at each other.

This is the order of the eldest princess, how dare you disobey. Just as he was about to splash down on someone, at this time, he saw the head of the house running out and ordered him to stop.

It turned out that after some previous changes, the relationship between the eldest princess and the concubine Lu Jinghu eased a lot and got back together. He finally had time in the past two days, and he also came here to accompany his wife and daughter, and came out to stop him when he saw this. The house slave hurriedly stopped. Unexpectedly, the eldest princess heard the news and came out, and she will not let go of Chengping.

Lu Jinghu dissuaded: "This person has harmed Wenjun a lot, even if he is cut by a thousand knives, it is difficult to eliminate the hatred in his heart." It's just that he claimed to have come here today, and his identity is different after all, and the humiliation is too much, I'm afraid it's inappropriate. The daughter is no longer in serious trouble, and she forgets about it, no matter how good it is, don't entangle with this person too much, just drive it away. ”

The only beloved daughter was bullied, lost to others, and almost died because of this beard, the eldest princess wanted to go up and bite him a piece of flesh down, at this moment both seizures, how to listen to it for a while, the husband only knows how to protect outsiders, I don't know how to feel sorry for my daughter. Lu Jinghu knew her temper, and she scolded her, but she didn't call over, and then ordered her subordinates to leave immediately.

was going to humiliate the person who sent him to the door, but now it turned into a quarrel between the eldest princess and the pony. The housekeeper and the house slaves looked at each other, and they didn't know which one to listen to for a while. At this time, Cheng Ping under the grass pit moved, only to see him open his eyes, slowly climb out of the pit, kneel down to the eldest princess and Lu Jinghu who were arguing, and after kowtowing heavily, he got up, let the hole in his head gurgle blood, turned around, and staggered away.

Hot blood kept pouring out of the hole in her head, flowing all over her face, and Chengping didn't feel any pain, only her father's words echoed in her ears.

She was fine, but she forgot about people and things.

This news was mentioned in the letter sent to him by Pei Xiaoyuan as early as before he left Ganliang. Now he mustered up the courage to come back to face it, only to learn that she remembered everything else but him, and that she was doing well now.

So superb. A proud girl like her should be carefree and stay away from people like him.

From now on, he would be freed from sleeping, and he would no longer have to fall asleep in the shadows of her leap from the lookout.

However, why, after telling himself like this, what came to his mind was the scene of her angry killing from time to time in the past to ruin his wine banquet.

At that time, he was clearly afraid of her. However, when he thought about it, in his heart, it seemed that he had never really hated her behavior. Even later, he did it deliberately, faintly just to see her angry and ruined appearance when she heard the news and rushed to open his wine case to drive away the wine concubine. If she doesn't come, how can the beauty at the banquet arouse a man's desire, and the feast will become boring and tasteless.

And that night.

He remembered again. He had absolutely no intention of doing anything to her. It was at her suggestion to bite her neck a few times and leave some marks, but after she closed her eyes, he leaned forward and saw that her two eyelashes were trembling because of nervousness, but she firmly refused to retreat......

Blood covered his eyelids, and he couldn't see the way out of the mountain for a while, and he threw himself on the ground with a stumbling foot, in pain, and couldn't move for a long time. However, he inexplicably gained some pleasure from it, and even hated that the Lu family had beaten too lightly, and the fall was too light at the moment. A knife should cut off his flesh one by one, and he will be glad. The more his body hurts, the more the tingling sensation in his heart can be alleviated.

Suddenly, I felt as if someone was coming from the other side. He raised his head, and through his hazy eyes, he finally made out the figure.

"Pei Er?"

A smile appeared on his face, he wiped his eyes with a smile, and beckoned to him: "You came just in time!" He staggered to his feet, dizzy from blood loss, and staggered.

"It's been a long time since we've had a drink together, let's go, you accompany me-"

Pei Xiaoyuan stepped up with an arrow, supported the person, and helped him sit under the roadside tree. With no cable ties around him, he quickly tore a piece from his jacket, pressed the still bleeding wound on his head for him, and then turned to the rain.

Su Yu nodded and motioned for him to go, and after seeing him help Chengping go, he continued to go to the Lu family courtyard in front of him. Seeing her coming, Lu Jinghu breathed a sigh of relief, and the eldest princess stopped her anger and led her to see her daughter, but unexpectedly, she turned around and entered, and saw her daughter standing behind the door timidly, looking out of the door and asking, "What's wrong with Fang Cai?" Who's coming? Why is there such a big movement, fighting and killing? Did you and Aya get angry and quarrel again? ”

Today, Hu'er suddenly came to the door, and the eldest princess naturally didn't want her daughter to know half of it, lest she provoke her bad memory, in case the old disease recurred, so she coaxed her to sleep before she came out to teach people. At this moment, when I saw that she was also touching, I hurriedly covered it up, saying that it was an unlucky ghost who asked her brother for gambling debts, and she didn't leave, so she caused some movement. He also said that he had nothing to do with her Aye, and reassured her.

"Look, who's coming to see you?" The eldest princess hurriedly pointed to Su Yu and said to her daughter again, so as to divert her attention.