Yuantai eighteen years, early autumn.
"Youlan Bieye" is a famous scenic spot on Baoyan Mountain in Huanren County. The original owner was an elegant scholar of the previous generation, who was an official to the prime minister. Because he loved orchids in his life and planted all kinds of rare orchids in the garden, he named the villa "Youlan Bieye".
After the owner passed away, his descendants were convicted of embezzlement and confiscated their property. "Youlan Bieye" was also seized and confiscated. Later, the late emperor gave this place to Fu Jian, the former Duke of Yingguo. Since then, it has been passed down from generation to generation and has become a private property of the Fu family.
Huanren County is only a few dozen miles away from the capital. Baoyan Mountain is full of dense forests and valleys, making it a good place for hunting. It just so happened that the summer heat was over, and a group of playful children were bored, so they went to the mountains to play and hunt. Fu Shen had no choice but to be the host, so he had to send someone to clean up and prepare to welcome the guests. For this reason, the boss of the Qin family was not happy, and when he saw Tian at home, he pointed at Sang and scolded Huai in a strange way, saying that he was a fool and a prodigal. Fu Shen went out to socialize lazily, and was annoyed to death by her. While sharpening his knife, he was planning to find a Yuzi for a fight when his second uncle suddenly came back from northern Xinjiang.
Fu Tingxin settled the Qin family with a few words, and promised Fu Shen to go out to play with confidence. When he came back, Fu Shen was reluctant to leave. Fu Tingxin has no children, and Fu Shen grew up in front of him since he was a child.
"Second Uncle," Fu Shen sat on the table in Fu Tingxin's study, dangling his legs, "Qiudong is when border defense is critical, why did you come back suddenly?"
Fu Tingxin was rummaging through boxes and cabinets to find things, and he said without raising his head, "There is something going on in the court."
Fu Shen guessed it immediately: "Jin Yunfeng, the waiter of the middle book, went to prison for treason?"
Fu Tingxin stood up suddenly: "How did you know that?!"
"That group of young masters who are going to ruin our homeland said," Fu Shen grinned, "Second Uncle, I'm not too young. I didn't understand before, but now I don't understand."
Fu Tingxin raised his hand to rest his forehead: "Shen'er, listen to the second uncle's advice. Don't laugh like this outside in the future, it's too stupid."
Fu Shen: "..."
Fu Tingxin simply threw the box and cage away, sat on the desk just like Fu Shen, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think about this?"
"Me?" Fu Shen said, "I just... just take a look."
Fu Tingxin slapped him on the back of the head and said angrily, "Speak well!"
Fu Shen was beaten forward by him and touched the back of his head aggrievedly: "I just took it as a rumor! Jin Yunfeng was convicted because he was led into the Jiangsu and Zhejiang boat division commanding Han Yuan's complicity case. He After all, he is the minister of the middle book, the same prime minister, the same one with Han Yuan is outside, the other is in the court, the inside should be coordinated with the outside, and everything will be fine..."
Fu Tingxin couldn't listen anymore: "What kind of shit... Shut up, I'll just say it once, it's up to you how much you can understand."
"The commander of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang boat divisions, Han Yuan, is under the command of Sa Zhimu, the Admiral of the East Sea Division, and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas are the fiefs of King An. When the case of Han Yuan's co-conspiracy happened, not only did Sa Zhimu want to beg for an official position, but the emperor also moved to abolish the fiefs of King An. mind."
Fu Shen: "What does this have to do with Jin Yunfeng?"
Fu Tingxin: "Jin Yunfeng was convicted because he repeatedly expressed his opposition to the abolition of King An's fief, and asked the emperor not to kill each other. With his position, this was not a big crime. The trouble is that he was a former Hanlin lecturer. I have taught for King An. With this relationship, why do you think the emperor condemned him?"
Fu Shen: "The emperor clearly dealt with the case of Han Yuan's complicity, but he actually wanted to take back King An's fief, and he also took the opportunity to beat the Southeast Navy. Because, the scattered kings and the generals stationed on the frontier... This is his Two confidants."
Fu Tingxin was stunned by the incisive summary of the "two confidants", clutching his chest and smiling bitterly: "My eldest nephew, you are direct enough."
However, Fu Shen didn't take his joke, and stared at Fu Tingxin with burning eyes: "I just remembered that I have something to do with these two. Isn't there one in our family?"
"I think it's crooked," Fu Tingxin dismissed his concerns in time, "I came back to help Mr. Jin to express his sympathy. Back then, I was a companion to His Royal Highness King Su and had a teacher-student friendship with him. If something like this happened, I would You can't speak without saying a word."
Fu Shen was not fooled: "I think His Royal Highness Su has a 'teacher-student friendship' with Jin Yunfeng. He doesn't like to show up, so he asked you to do it for you, right? How much does he owe you, and when will he be willing to repay the debt? If not From now on, can you sell yourself to be my second aunt?"
Fu Tingxin was not annoyed when he was teased, and said calmly, "Good question, I suggest you ask him in person next time."
"Tsk tsk, the two of you must have dug a hole again and wait for me," Fu Shen has already been dug out of experience, "I won't ask, you can go as a bachelor!"
In fact, they all knew that it was just a joke that couldn't come true. Fu Tingxin was a border guard, and King Su was a vassal king. The two confidants were in serious trouble, and they didn't dare to get too close in front of others, let alone get married in an open and honest way.
Fu Tingxin raised his hand and touched the top of his head, and sighed: "Sometimes I really hope you will become an adult soon, so that I can leave all the burdens on you and go free, but I also want you to never grow up and never have to face These are involuntary."
Fu Shen didn't take it seriously, he said, "I'm not short of fame and fortune. In the future, I will defend myself and fight the Tartars. When I become a solitary minister, no matter how careful the emperor is, he won't be able to suspect me."
After hearing his childish speech, Fu Tingxin raised his hand and slapped him on the back: "You can! I have a few letters in the box, go and find them for me."
Fu Shen jumped off the table and rummaged through the boxes and the cabinets resentfully.
Fu Tingxin stared at his back and smiled slightly. There was a bit of misery in his smile, and he said in his heart, "Little bastard, I taught you so many history books, don't you know what 'unnecessary' is?"
After being miserable for a while, he reassured himself: "Forget it, let's be naive, isn't it still me and my eldest brother."
In the autumn of the eighteenth year of Yuantai, the wind and waves were calm.
No one could have predicted how impermanent things are and how fate can make people.
In the nineteenth year of Yuantai, Fu Tingyi was assassinated by the Eastern Tatars. The following year, Fu Tingxin died in the battle of northern Xinjiang. In the same year, eighteen-year-old Fu Shen left Beijing and set foot on the northern battlefield.
In the 25th year of Yuantai, Fu Shen returned to Beijing with an injury, and was married by Emperor Yuantai.
That day, the study was full of mess, the conversation that only the uncle and nephew knew, a hidden love affair, the uncle's hope and luck, the boy's outspoken declaration... All of them finally became a mirror image.
No matter how bitter and grudged in the future, Fu Shen was still a naive and flamboyant little boy. Fu Tingxin asked him to go out to play, and he took a group of friends and friends to Baoyan Mountain.
Those who came close to Fu Shen were the children of nobles and nobles. The civil officials of this dynasty were not awarded titles, and most nobles were from aristocratic families. These half-aged teenagers danced with knives and sticks all day long, and couldn’t even sing a song to the gods. Quatrains, not to mention facing "a gentleman in flowers". This group of big monkeys enjoyed the orchids for a while, rested for a while, and had lunch. In the afternoon, they heard that the drinking water was ready.
There are no beasts on Baoyan Mountain, mostly roe deer, hares and pheasants. It is said that there are wild boars from time to time. Fu Shen rode slowly through the woods on horseback, taking aim from time to time with a bow, and the arrows were not missed. His archery was trained in the Beiyan Army, and it was a little overkill to deal with chickens and rabbits. Just feeling bored, there was a sudden rustling in the jungle on the right in front, and the sound of horses' hoofs sounded immediately. Yi Siming and Fu Shen, who were on the horse, looked at each other from a distance, and drew their bows to aim at the shadows in the grass.
Fu Shen clasped the bowstring with his fingers, narrowed his eyes, and gradually saw the outline of the object, his heart moved.
"and many more!"
He immediately called to stop, but unfortunately it was too late, Yi Siming's arrow had already left the string, Fu Shen couldn't stop it, he didn't even take aim, raising his hand was an arrow, and the arrow body drew a nearly straight trajectory in the air, "Ding "With a loud bang, Yi Siming's feather arrow was deflected by a few feet!
Yi Siming was stunned at first, and was about to have a seizure when he suddenly heard Fu Shen shouting, "Who's where? Come out!"
The grass rustled, and the shadow slowly grew taller, wider, and finally stood up—it turned out to be a woman with a burden in her arms!
She threw herself down on her knees in front of Fu Shen's horse, and burst into tears: "I beg your son to save me!"
Yi Siming rode his horse over, looked up and down, and said suspiciously, "Looking at how you dress and behave, you don't look like a village woman in the mountains, but you come from a big family... What are you holding in your hand?"
The woman shuddered when she heard the words, did not answer, buried her head tightly, and only held the burden in her hands tighter.
Fu Shen took a few steps closer, raised the woman's jaw with his long bow, and said coldly, "Let go."
The woman was stared at by him, and there was a layer of cold sweat on her back, and she was so frightened that her whole body became weak.
She had a baby in her arms!
Fu Shen frowned, "The one who shoots Hanako?"
During the conversation, a few more people heard the movement and rushed over, forming a circle to look at the woman, but seeing her face with tears mixed with dust, they still did not hide her graceful appearance. Although this group of people couldn't write poems for angels, it didn't mean they couldn't tell the difference between beauty and ugliness. At that time, they moved with compassion: "Girl, have you encountered any difficulties?"
The woman trembled like a cowardly rabbit. After hesitating for a while, she finally said in a trembling voice: "My servant Caiyue, yes, is the servant girl of the Jin Shilang's family in Beijing. The one in her arms is my little master..."
Some people are puzzled: "Jin Shilang? Which Jin Shilang?"
Fu Shen has come to understand: "Zhongshu Shilang Jin Yunfeng. You escaped privately with your child."
"I beg your sons to let the slaves and servants live!" Caiyue knelt down and cried, "This child is the only blood of the Jin family, and he almost fell to his death when he ransacked the house... My master was wrongfully imprisoned, and the family's daughters were unbearably humiliated, and they were all hanged to death. In front of the hall! The slaves and servants desperately took the little master to escape from the capital, and were chased and killed by the court officers and soldiers all the way.
She cried so pitifully, but Jin Yunfeng was involved in the crime of conspiracy and rebellion. Once the charge of "harbouring a fugitive" was detained, it would also kill people if he was not careful.
However, after all, these noble children were young, full of kindness, and quite powerful in their family, so they did not suffer any losses, so they decided to help without any hesitation. Yi Siming is a sensible person, he stopped several times but failed to stop him, so he turned his attention to Fu Shen for help. Fu Shen remembered that his second uncle had come all the way back to plead for Jin Yunfeng, and the handmaiden of the Jin family just bumped into his hand. Could it be that there should be a way for this child to survive? After thinking about it, he finally gave in, and ordered the entourage to say: "Take her back to the villa and change her clothes. If anyone asks, say it's the girl my mother sent to serve. Don't say too much, just go."
The servants lead the way. Yi Siming still frowned and said worriedly: "The identity of this woman is very important. If there is anything involved in the Jin Yunfeng case, we will be in trouble."
"Well," Fu Shen nodded nonchalantly, "one person does things and one person is responsible, Brother Yi, don't worry, if something happens to the public, everyone will not be implicated."
These words worked well, and someone immediately slapped the mountain on the chest: "What did Brother Fu say! How can you let you take the blame alone? If there is nothing else, count me as a share!"
Everyone agreed, and Yi Siming was completely helpless. Fu Shen smiled and said, "Don't panic, everyone, what else to do. Baoyan Mountain is the private property of my Fu family. Even if there are pursuers who want to search, we must first ask the owner's family whether they agree or not."
Before he finished speaking, the sound of horses' hooves came from behind, like rolling thunder swept over, and it was approaching where they were in an instant!
Fu Shen's eyesight was excellent, and when he looked from a distance, he recognized the official uniform with silver embroidery on a black background—
Feilongwei!
Damn, this slap in the face is too fast!