"oh?"
It was the first time Jian Ruocheng heard this. He thought for a while and said, "You seemed to mention that you knew her father before."
Jian Tongguang said: "I just know it, but I don't know it."
"Her father was—"
"Her father, Si Zhongwen, was the minister of Honglu Temple during Emperor Gao's reign."
"oh!"
Jian Ruocheng's eyes widened slightly - Speaking of which, Nanyan can be regarded as the lady of an official family, and Honglu Temple Minister is an official of the fourth rank, who is in charge of tribute, banquets, gifts, seeing off, etc., and has a lot of power. small.
Especially when there are so many neighboring countries around Yan Kingdom.
But then he thought about it—
"The Minister of Honglu Temple during Emperor Gao's reign? Then he-"
"Long ago passed away."
"oh… "
Jian Tongguang sighed, and said, "Regarding the age, I'm afraid Nanyan lost her father when she was very young."
"..."
Jian Ruocheng frowned involuntarily.
He remembered that Nanyan seemed to have mentioned this before.
When he was in Shang Baosi, he once asked Nan Yan if she would like to go home, but Nan Yan told him that she didn't want to go home because her family treated her badly.
Her aunt even wanted to marry her to a man in his fifties as a concubine.
It seems that her life is really hard.
He frowned and thought for a while, then said: "So, after her father passed away, no one in her family became an official again?"
"It seems to be like this," Jian Tongguang said, and shook his head regretfully: "It's a pity."
"What a pity? What a pity?"
"It's a pity that the brothers of the Si family were well-known back then, but now their descendants can't even leave the country."
"Brothers of the Si family? Does Nanyan's father have brothers?"
Jian Tongguang said: "Speaking of that person, he is very famous—of course, you children don't know about it."
Jian Ruocheng said: "Father, tell me."
Only then did Jian Tongguang say: "The boss of the Si family, that is, Nanyan's uncle, is named Si Boyan. He has never been an official, nor has he made any meritorious service, but he was named Bowanghou by Emperor Gao."
"Marquis Bowang?"
Hearing this name, Jian Ruocheng was startled.
Of course he is no stranger to this title, because anyone who has read history books knows that the first person to go on an envoy to the Western Regions and walk out of the thousand-year-old Silk Road was named Bowanghou by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
After that, no one was conferred the title of Marquis of Bowang.
The word "Bowang" represents a nation's determination and courage to explore the outside world without fear of hardships and dangers.
Jian Ruocheng said softly: "Si Nanyan's uncle is the Marquis of Bowang granted by Emperor Gao? He, what did he do?"
Jian Tongguang said: "You also know that before the founding of Emperor Gao, our Tan Kingdom was invaded by the Yan Kingdom. They not only occupied a large area of the Central Plains, but also blocked the passage to the northwest. The Silk Road was invaded by them. cut off."
"Could it be that Marquis Bowang took the Silk Road again?"
"That's right," Jian Tongguang nodded, and said, "And it was during the war that he retook the Silk Road and established contacts with some small countries in the Western Regions. At that time, Si Zhongwen was also with his brother. Because Because of the two brothers, those small countries sent troops to help, so Emperor Gao finally drove the soldiers of the country out of the Central Plains."
"...!"
Jian Ruocheng was dumbfounded.
He didn't expect that one person could play such a big role.
He thought for a while and asked, "Then, what about this Marquis Bowang?"
Jian Tongguang glanced at him and said, "It's gone."