Chapter 90: A Father's Gift
Time flies, and if the white horse flies by, a year and a half has passed in a blink of an eye.
In the past year and a half, the situation in the Central Plains seems to have not changed on the surface, but it is an undercurrent.
The wounds of the previous battle between the Northern Qi and the Central Tang Dynasty have been basically healed, and the Central Tang Dynasty was originally in a weak position, but the death of Lu Yu made the whole court rejoice, shouting that the destiny of heaven is in me, so the next round of attack began to be brewed.
Xirong also recovered from Yuan Hao's civil strife, but Nanzheng had fallen into a collapse, and the civil strife became more and more intense, and Li Hu finally did not hold back, with the rapid expansion of his own power, he quickly raised troops to occupy the land of three counties, under the jurisdiction of thirty-seven counties, relying on the strong city defense and excellent sailors, he called himself the king of Wu, and as a result, he became the target of the public and was dragged into the quagmire.
However, Dongxia has always been half-dead, which mainly has a lot to do with the monarch, after getting rid of Wang Meng, the country's situation has improved a little, but the monarch Cui Jiang has focused his energy on expanding the harem and wanting to have a son, and this matter is not very easy to do.
There is a good saying: Wine is intestinal poison, color is a steel knife that scrapes bones, Cui Jiang is originally a weak person, and it is easy to have a little vitality, how can he withstand such an uncontrolled crazy toss? In the end, two good news finally came out of the harem, but one slipped the tire without warning at the age of three months, and the other was done, and the pregnancy fell to the ground in October, but it was a daughter!
Such a double blow crushed the last trace of obsession in Cui Jiang's heart, and he immediately became seriously ill and couldn't take care of things. Now it is relying on medicine to drag out his life, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is just a matter of time or time, and the courtiers have nothing to avoid, because the monarch's weak body is not a day or two, and everyone knows that there is such a day since he ascended the throne. Not too sooner or later.
At this time, Lin Fengjin's son Cui Zhen Cui Yilin, although he was only four or five years old, he had grown very strong, and he had not even had a minor illness since he was two years old.
In addition, his mother, Cui Wangnu, is also in excellent health, only twenty-six years old. It seems that it is not a big problem to live to let his son take the throne and be in charge of the government, and the princess Cui is also doing things steadily, much better than the current monarch, so although Dongxia is facing the threat of the monarch's death, the domestic situation is exceptionally calm and stable
Under such stability, Cui Zhen's days are also very regular every day, he gets up in the morning to ask for peace, and then starts to go to Taifu to do his homework. In the afternoon, I was supposed to read, but since my mother received a letter. I didn't know what was said in the letter, so Cui Zhen got time to jump around and run and play, which was really happy.
The boy was clever since he was a child, so he took the opportunity to peek at the letter, only to see the word "respectfully" at the end of the letter. And then naturally he was beaten.
On this morning, Cui Zhen was doing his homework, and suddenly his mother came over in person, said a few words to the master, and then led him back to the palace, and then followed his mother's car and left the palace. Cui Zhen only went to Chengpinghou's house, he was very excited, and he jumped very lively in the car - Chengpinghou is Cui Ruoying's uncle of Cui Wangnu, and there are also several children of the same age as Cui Zhen in the house, so they can play together.
However, after the car stopped, Cui Zhen realized that he went directly to his mother's mansion outside, but he didn't notice that his mother's eyes were a little red today, but his eyebrows and eyes were full of charm and joy, and he was not as strict as before.
After Cui Zhen discovered the truth, he was still a little stupid, but suddenly heard his mother's gentle words:
"Don't you often ask who Daddy is, be better today. ”
Cui Zhen sighed a little frustrated, and the child's mind was not so fine, so he continued to be led forward, looking absent-mindedly at the flying dragonflies and butterflies along the way.
Then he was led to the front of the hall, and suddenly he saw two people,
A person is a fat old man who looks very rich and kind, looking at his eyes are indescribably doting and spoiling, it seems that Cui Zhen can take off the stars in the sky even if he wants them, this kind of vision suddenly makes Cui Jiang feel very comfortable, because the palace people are more afraid of him, and the courtiers are more respectful in etiquette, this kind of intimacy and spoiling, Cui Zhen has only felt some in Chengpinghou, but it is definitely not as rich as this fat old man.
The other person is a young man standing with his hands in his hands, Cui Jiang has also seen many ministers, but he doesn't know why, he feels that although the man in front of him is only wearing an ordinary plain robe and has no decorations on his body, his aura is not weaker than the prime minister in the purple python robe or something, and at the same time, there is a feeling that he is not in the world.
At the same time, Cui Zhen felt that this young man was extraordinarily cordial, this kindness was very peculiar, mixed with two different feelings in it, one feeling was that this man should be a very close person to him, and the other feeling was that this man had a unique temperament, which could blend with Cui Zhen's own temperament~
Suddenly, Cui Zhen felt that he was being pushed by his mother, and his mother seemed to be covering her mouth and crying.
Suddenly, Cui Zhen suddenly remembered what his mother had said before, walked a few steps forward, and muttered:
"You, are you my daddy?"
Lin Fengjin smiled slightly:
"Yes, I'm your daddy. ”
"Wow!" Cui Zhen was very happy all of a sudden, but said suspiciously: "Are you really my father?"
Lin Fengjin raised his eyebrows and smiled:
"You ask your mother, this is your grandfather. ”
Cui Zhen turned his head to look at Cui Wangnu, and when he saw his mother nodding with tears in her eyes, she immediately rushed over and reached out to ask her father and grandfather to hug, and her mouth was smiling together.
At this time, almost all the power of the court has been controlled by Cui Wangnu, plus almost all the courtiers know that the monarch and the dead have an extra breath of air, of course, the mouth is saying the words of allegiance to the saint, and the heart has long bowed to Cui Zhen, the prince, so Lin Fengjin also lived in Dongxia for a month with confidence and boldness, and accompanied his son well, which can be regarded as making up for his previous omission.
On this day, after Mrs. Cui finished dealing with political affairs, she returned to her house, but she suddenly saw Cui Zhen lying on the table next to her and sobbing, and all the palace maids and servants were driven away by him, and when she heard the voice, she raised her head and cried with red circles in her eyes:
"Mother, mother, daddy suddenly called me over today, and then said a lot of strange things to me, and then disappeared, I can't find it no matter how I look for it, is he gone and doesn't want me?"
Cui Wangnu was stunned and wanted to hold her son's hand, but suddenly she felt that when her hand reached over, she actually felt a slight repulsion, as if two magnets were repelling each other, and suddenly exclaimed:
"What's going on with you?"
Cui Zhen was stunned and said:
"What?"
Cui Wangnu took a step forward, and immediately felt that the repulsive force in Cui Zhen's body was getting stronger and stronger, Cui Zhen also felt this now, opened his mouth and was very stunned, and suddenly woke up like a dream and took out a box wrapped in yellow silk from his arms, and said in tears:
"This is what my father said after he called me over just now, he has been sorry for me since I was born, but I really don't blame him"
Cui Zhen is an emotional child, and he cried again while talking:
"I think my dad is very good to me, I like my dad so much, and then he said that he was going to do something that he was not sure about, and he didn't know if he could meet me again, saying that I was a man, and his son, and he must be strong, and then he gave me this thing, saying that he couldn't come to my birthday next month, and gave me this as a birthday gift for me to carry with me, and I couldn't leave my side. ”
Cui Wangnu looked at the box wrapped in yellow silk, and actually felt that the scenery in front of her was in a blur, she couldn't help but think of a possibility, her heart beat violently for a while, and she immediately said in surprise:
"What's in the box?"
Cui Zhen shook his head and said with tears in his eyes:
"I don't know, after Daddy gave me this thing, it was gone!
Cui Wangnu stretched out her hand, felt the invisible repulsion again, and said:
"You open the box and show it to your mother. ”
Cui Zhen opened the box, looking a little difficult, and at the moment when the box was opened, the whole room suddenly shone brightly, and then Cui Wangnu seemed to see in a trance that a five-clawed golden dragon soared out of it majestically, circled, and finally seemed to be a little reluctant to let out a long groan, and flew into Cui Zhen's body, becoming one with it!
After witnessing this scene, Cui Wangnu was really dizzy, almost unable to stand, staggered and fell to the ground, and finally saw the light gradually fade, and the stunned Cui Zhen grabbed a boxy seal in his hand, with eight words on it:
"Ordered by the sky, both longevity and eternal prosperity!!"
At this time, Lin Fengjin was on the ship heading to the Far North,
After staying in Wu Zuocheng for a year and a half, the first big move he made was to go north, firstly, he wanted to meet his son, and by the way, he asked his father to meet the descendants of the Lin family, and secondly, he wanted to go to the Burning Stone Mountain in the extreme north to meet with the Wa Snake God.
If you want to go north, then you must choose the season and time, otherwise the ice floes in the sea can directly sink the ship, so when Lin Fengjin separated from his son, he also said that he would go, and he would never drag mud and water, just because he couldn't afford to delay. (To be continued......)