Chapter 4 (I) Trapped in Purgatory
Lu Ya couldn't believe his eyes, the literati was none other than his father's righteous brother Deng Yan before he died. Why didn't he die, why did he surrender to the Tartars, and why did he escort Uncle Wen now? A bunch of questions arose in Lu Ya's heart.
I only heard Boyan continue to persuade: "Now that the big thing has been decided, Zhang Dashuai is injured internally and needs to recuperate for some time, so he sent the three of us to escort Wen Tianxiang back to Dadu first, no matter what, the three of us still need to work together, only a few of us know about this matter, it can be seen that Zhang Dashuai trusts Brother Deng very much, and will be entrusted with important tasks in the future, General Li, don't be angry, don't hurt Brother Deng." β
Lu Ya heard it clearly, and thought in his heart, aren't the Mongols all bad people? Xiangnan's father is really good-tempered and helps Uncle Deng. Where did he know that these words were ostensibly to persuade Li Heng, but in fact they were to comfort Deng Yan, telling him that it would be beneficial in the future and telling him to do things with peace of mind, otherwise Li Heng would kill you, and I wouldn't be able to control it.
Deng Yan could naturally hear the other words, but now there is no need to defend himself under the fence.
Then Boyan said a few words to Li Heng in a muttering voice, Lu Ya couldn't understand it, and turned to look south. Xiang Nanzhi said that Lu Ya didn't understand, and said in a low voice: "Daddy told him not to offend Zhang Hongfan's people." β
The three of them talked for a while in the house, probably to discuss some matters on the road, and Li Heng and Deng Yan did not quarrel again. Xiang Nan was a little tired, so he pulled Lu Ya to sit on the big rock on the side, talking about some interesting stories about children, Lu Ya listened absentmindedly, but he was thinking about how to get close to Deng Yan, so as to ask him about his experience after parting.
By the time the three of them finished talking, it was close to noon. Boyan told Deng and Li to retreat first.
Xiang Nan took Lu Ya into the room, and the four of them passed by at the door. Li Heng saw that Xiang Nan was carrying a girl with a blue nose and swollen face, and he didn't think so, so he took the two big men at the door and left.
Xiang Nan walked straight inside and went to pay a salute to Boyan. At this time, Deng Yan suddenly saw Lu Ya, he was stunned at first, and was just about to say hello, thinking of Boyan, he hurriedly held back, and saw that Lu Ya also looked at him as if he had something to say, so he shook his head lightly and pointed to the backyard.
Lu Ya understood, thinking that Uncle Deng had a very close relationship with my family, how could he not recognize me? He shook his head and told me not to make a sound, and pointed to the backyard to tell me to wait and go down to the backyard to find him. My relatives have died, and now I suddenly see Uncle Deng, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse, anyway, now that I'm alive and dead, it doesn't make much difference to me, so it's better to wait and see him and see what he has to say to me.
"Why are you stunned, Daddy told you to come in. Xiang Nan saw Lu Ya standing at the door stunned, so he called him in.
Lu Ya was stunned, and Xiang Nan had already told his father that he was going to take him away.
Lu Ya reluctantly stepped forward and bowed to Boyan: "Uncle, good!"
Boyan saw that he didn't enter the door, and thought that Lu Ya was very polite, he didn't know that this kid was in a daze, and when he saw him bowing, he liked it in his heart, so he smiled and said: "It's very well-behaved at a young age, not bad." β
Xiang Nan said: "Daddy praises you, don't thank you?"
Lu Ya was not very convinced, it was bigger than the shelf of Emperor Zhao Yu, but at this time, there was no other way, so he had to say: "Uncle Xie Lu." β
Boyan let out an "um" and asked, "What's your name?"
"Her name is Lu Ya," Xiang Nan hurriedly said, "The girl's girl." β
Lu Ya secretly complained, what is this name?
Boyan smiled: "It's really a local name in the countryside." I heard Xiao Nan say that I met you at the beach last night, and I was very pitiful to see that you were alone without a father or mother, and I planned to take you by my side as a maid, would you like to?"
Lu Ya groaned slightly, thinking that a thousand and ten thousand were unwilling.
Xiang Nan said: "Don't ask, Dad, is she willing?" β
Boyan saw that his daughter liked this girl very much, so he didn't ask anything anymore, "Okay, but you are Han, and you can't serve the young lady in the inner house after returning to Dadu, remember?"
Xiang Nan replied for Lu Ya: "Okay, okay, remember." "To the south, Mongolia has a strict hierarchy, and it is impossible to get along with Lu Ya day and night, but it is already very good to have him by his side along the way.
Lu Ya complained bitterly in his heart, it was not like going to Dadu, but Na Boyan had already spoken, how could he refute it, annoyed him, and his life was not guaranteed.
The two said goodbye to Boyan, and just as they were about to step out, they heard Boyan shouting in the room: "You are the emperor Zhao Yu!"
Lu Ya was startled, and was about to think about how to answer, but Xiang Nan said, "Dad, what are you talking about?" She is Lu Ya, a woman, how can she be the emperor?"
Boyan was suspicious, looked at Lu Ya, and Lu Ya said: "I don't know who Emperor Zhao Yu is, I'm really a girl, I don't believe I took off my pants to show you." "I'm going to take off my pants.
Xiang Nan also leaned over and said, "Take it off, take it off, I'll help you." After speaking, he reached out to untie Lu Ya's nepotism.
Boyan said again: "Forget it, forget it, go down quickly, this Xiao Nan really doesn't know what to do." Where did he think of the two children, who seemed to be naughty in their actions, but they were actually playing tricks, an eight-year-old naughty boy dared to lie in front of his dignified adults.
After the two of them left the front hall, Lu Ya said to Xiang Nan: "It's not good, you wait for me here first, I was scared out of by your father just now." After speaking, he ran to the backyard to see Deng Yan.
Xiang Nan stomped his feet in place, "My clothes are all getting dirty from you, come back quickly." β
Deng Yan waited in the backyard for a long time, saw Lu Ya coming, first waved his hand to signal him not to make a sound, took him to a secluded place in the temple, looked left and right, and saw that there was no one around, so he pulled Lu Ya to sit on the ground, lowered his voice and said: "Child, it turns out that you are not dead yet." But I'm worried to death. Is the prime minister good?"
Lu Ya sighed: "Daddy is dead, and I don't know what to do." As soon as I woke up, I was in this monastery. I also saw an old monk last night, I secretly listened to you just now, and that old monk seems to have been killed by Li Heng, right?"
Deng Yan had a look of resentment on his face and said, "Not bad." Originally, when we came in the middle of the night last night, we wanted to secretly investigate the whereabouts of the little emperor, but he couldn't find it, so he became angry and threw all the monks of this temple into the sea. It's strange how you don't have a problem. β
Lu Ya said: "Presumably, when I searched the backyard, I happened to be in the room of the young lady named Xiang Nan, but I didn't know anything about the outside." β
"I see," Deng Yan said: "Li Heng has two people, one is called Heita, and the other is Heishan, who are both bodyguards and killers, where will there be traces when they kill people? But how do you know Xiang Nan?"
Lu Ya will tell it again, and naturally save the embarrassing plot.
Deng Yan let out an "oh" and said, "No wonder you want to dress up as a man." Now if you escape, you are likely to be recognized as the emperor, and I am afraid that you will not be able to escape death at that time, but you are alone, and it is safe to follow me. But it's not a long way to go, would you like it?"
Lu Ya replied: "I don't want to ......" After that, his eyes were already full of tears. He was young and ignorant, and although he felt a lot of emotion in his heart, he didn't know how to express his feelings at this time, and he couldn't go on after only half of the words.
Deng Yan comforted: "Silly boy, stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood." You also heard what the old thief said just now, when you get to the capital, you don't need to be in the inner house, and then I will find a way to take you to a safe place. Now the emperor seems to be still in the world, and if he wants to restore the country in the future, it will all depend on you descendants. Do you know why I surrendered? It was later in prison that I thought of this verse. β
Lu Ya said: "It turns out that my uncle surrendered by fraud, and I was about to ask you, how did you surrender and why did you come here?"
Deng Yan said: "This matter is a long story. Seven days ago, Yashan fought a battle ......"
Lu Ya said in his heart: It turns out that seven days have passed, and I won't know until this time......
β...... Our Great Song Dynasty was wiped out," Deng Yan continued: "I wanted to follow my eldest brother, but I was rescued by Zhang Hongfan many times, and now I think about the situation of that day, it still seems to be vivid" Deng Yan paused, clarified his thoughts, and continued: "That Zhang Hongfan persuaded me to surrender, but I naturally insisted on refusing, so he locked me in prison, where I met Prime Minister Wen Cheng............
Lu Ya asked, "Uncle Wen is still alive, how is he?"
Deng Yan said: "It's rare that you have a heart, and you still miss him, your Uncle Wen is still alive, but it's just ...... He was punished. β
Lu Ya asked, "What is a punishment?"
Deng Yan sighed: "Hey, you are still young, when you get to the capital, you and I have time to get along, I will teach you to read more books and you will understand." Prime Minister Wen's integrity made me admire, and he never surrendered after being punished so heavily. Later, after I told him about the experience of the naval battle of Yashan, he was in pain, hit his head on the ground, and wanted to die to martyr his country, and I persuaded him for a long time before he gave up.
I said, 'The emperor may not be dead, and there will be a day of restoration in the future, so you and I can temporarily surrender and wait for the opportunity to do an internal response.'
Prime Minister Wen said: 'You can surrender, if there is a day in the future, you can also be guilty and do useful things, but as the prime minister, I must not surrender, the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty need to set an example, so that they can unite as one, so let me be this example.' β
I had no choice but to agree, and said to the prime minister: 'I will bear the eternal infamy of the traitor, and I hope that there will be a public opinion in the future.' β
In this way, I surrendered to Zhang Hongfan, and he appointed me as his master, and asked his son Zhang Qi to worship me as a teacher, and asked me to teach Zhang Qi some things about history and military books in my spare time. Later, it was rumored that Taifu was shipwrecked, and I don't know if he was alive or dead.
That Zhang Hongfan actually got the jade seal of the Great Song Emperor in the shipwreck, the day before yesterday he had an old injury, and he was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, and the jade seal would be lost, so he intersected the jade seal and Wen Cheng with Boyan and Li Heng, and asked him to rush back to Dadu first, and he stayed for the time being to recuperate.
Zhang Hongfan ordered me to come with me, ostensibly expressing trust in me, but in fact he wanted to test me. I thought to myself, this is an opportunity, maybe I can rescue Prime Minister Wen on the road, and then escape with the jade seal, but I didn't expect to meet you here. β
After hearing this, Lu Ya felt that the changes in the world were too impermanent, and suddenly remembered Wen Tianxiang, so he asked, "Where is Uncle Wen?" I want to see him. β
Deng Yan said: "In the car outside the temple." It's not early, don't call Xiang Nan suspicious, you go back quickly, don't talk to me on the way, don't talk to Prime Minister Wen, just pretend not to know. When I get to Dadu, I'll find a way to pick you up. β
Lu Ya asked again: "Then what should we do with this jade seal and Uncle Wen? How can we save Uncle Wen out?"
Deng Yan said: "I don't know this way, I don't know martial arts, I really can't think of a way, but I will do my best if I have the opportunity, if I can save it, it will be better, if I can't save it, I have to die together." β
Deng Yan was afraid that Lu Ya would delay for too long, and he would be suspicious, so he asked him to go back first, and he went to visit Wen Tianxiang. Lu Ya hurriedly returned to Xiang Nan's residence, Xiang Nan was a little displeased, and asked him why he had been gone for so long, Lu Ya lied that he had a cold last night, and he had eaten a lot of snacks and had a stomachache.
Xiang Nan stopped asking him, and ordered someone to cook some sugar water for him to eat.
That night, Xiang Nan asked Lu Ya to sleep in his room, but Lu Ya refused.
Xiang Nan said: "If you go back, you will definitely be suspicious of your father, don't kill you as an emperor, I will wronged you tonight, lie on the table for a night." β
The Mongols had not been in the Central Plains for a long time, and they didn't pay much attention to feudal etiquette, and the two were young, so they didn't care about going south. However, Lu Ya felt very embarrassed because he had been educated by Confucius and Mencius since he was a child, but he had no choice but to reluctantly settle for one night, and at night he thought about finding a way to see Uncle Wen anyway, and fell asleep unconsciously.
When the two of them fell asleep, Li Heng searched around the temple again, and naturally did not find Zhao Yu's body, so Boyan decided to set off for the capital the next day - Dadu, as for the rumors that Zhao Yu was not dead, Boyan was just nonsense that the Song people were unwilling to die in the country.
Early the next morning, everyone had a simple breakfast, and then packed their luggage and prepared to go on the road.
Lu Ya didn't have any luggage, so he didn't need to pack it, but he went south with a lot of things one by one, and Lu Ya and Xiang Nan went to Gong and secretly came to the temple.
As Deng Yan said, Wen Tianxiang sat on a prisoner car.
Lu Ya saw that Wen Tianxiang's eye sockets were deep-set, skinny, and very haggard, far from the outstanding demeanor of the former lupine scarf and radiant spirit, and he didn't know how much torture he had endured. Seeing that there were no guards around, he approached to greet Wen Tianxiang: "Uncle Wen, how are you?"
Wen Tianxiang slowly opened his eyes, looked at Lu Ya carefully, and saw that it was an ugly girl, I don't know who it was.
Lu Ya saw that he didn't recognize himself, so he said: "I'm Ya'er, Lu Xiufu is my father." β
Wen Tianxiang recognized that it was the son of the old man, and his dim eyes seemed to have some light, but it was fleeting, "It turned out to be Ya'er, how did you get here?" Deng Yan said that your whole family is dead. β
Lu Ya held back his sadness and briefly told the previous situation.
Wen Tianxiang nodded and said with a smile: "Good boy, you are really fateful." I really hope that one day I will live to see you and the emperor grow up. β
"It will definitely be, Uncle Wen," Lu Ya advised, "Don't be afraid. β
Wen Tianxiang saw the innocent Lu Ya, as if he felt like he had seen the emperor, and felt warm in his heart: "I'm not afraid, I have nothing to be afraid of." Heyββ!" Wen Tianxiang sighed and said: "People's wishes are always illusory, even if I have a wish, but I can't realize it, now that I have decided to die, I will no longer be afraid of anything." β
Wen Tianxiang said impassionedly, and his thin body seemed to flow with infinite energy.
"Ya'er, don't you want to die?" At this time, Deng Yan ran out and said to Lu Ya: "You were found out by the Tartars that you knew Prime Minister Wen and killed yourself. β
Deng Yan came to the two of them and handed a bowl of porridge to Wen Tianxiang: "Prime Minister, let's eat some first, wait for us to hurry." He turned around and reprimanded Lu Ya, and said in a low voice: "What did I say to you yesterday?
Lu Ya said angrily: "Uncle Wen is not afraid of death, and I am not afraid of either." β
Wen Tianxiang put down the bowl and said to Deng Yan: "Recommendation, forget it, it is rare for this child to be loyal, although you and I are in purgatory, we should feel gratified." I don't drink this porridge, you can take it back. β
Deng Yan said: "Prime Minister, you have been on hunger strike for three days, and if you continue like this, I am afraid it will be difficult for most of you." Besides, your injuries ......"
Lu Ya asked with concern, "Uncle Wen, are you injured?"
Wen Tianxiang pointed to his leg, sneered slightly, and said two words lightly: "Punishment." β
Lu Ya stretched out his hand and touched it, and found that Wen Tianxiang's knee was gone, only then did he know what Lu Dao's punishment was, and cried: "How can I be so cruel to you?"
Deng Yan said: "That Boyan was afraid that the prime minister would escape on the road, so he used this punishment on the prime minister...... In fact, the prime minister is a literati, even if he escapes, I'm afraid it's impossible, they just want to destroy the prime minister's mind. β
Wen Tianxiang still smiled: "They can't do anything about me, Ya'er doesn't have to worry." β
Lu Ya saw Wen Tianxiang's smile as if he had won, although he didn't understand why they couldn't do anything about Lu Xiufu, but he still secretly admired it.
At this time, Li Heng and the others finished cleaning up and had already come out of the temple, and when they saw Lu Ya, they were stunned for a moment, and then asked Deng Yan: "Why did this little girl get here?"
Deng Yan's heart is not good, although he is erudite, but the strain is insufficient, and his life is extremely upright, he can't lie, his brain is running fast, but he can't think of how to explain it, so he is speechless for a while.
Lu Ya was extremely calm, and said: "The eldest lady saw that this old man hadn't eaten yet, and the eldest lady took pity on him, so she ordered me to send him food." β
Li Heng suddenly saw that Lu Ya's eyes were red, as if he had cried, so he asked viciously, "Why are you crying? Do you know him?"
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