That is the emissary of the Northern Man!
Wei Tingjun's grandfather, grandfather, uncle, and brother all died at the hands of the northern barbarians.
While the northern barbarians burned, killed and looted in the thirteen prefectures of Shuobei, they made the Great Zhou fight continuously.
Under internal and external troubles, the Wei family was buried in the increasingly desolate Shuobei Thirteen Prefectures!
The blood feud between the great Zhou people and the northern barbarians will never be exhausted from generation to generation. The court of the Great Zhou Dynasty was weak, the troops in the thirteen prefectures of Shuobei gradually decreased, and the northern barbarians became more and more arrogant.
Now that winter is approaching, the envoys from the northern barbarians have come to ask Da Zhou for "anniversary gift".
The so-called "year ceremony" is actually the court's tribute to the northern barbarians.
Civil servants love face, in order not to bear the name of paying tribute, they insisted on doubling the "New Year's Gift", and the best silk, gold and silver, tea, and ironware were transported to the northern barbarians one by one, and sometimes even sent to the north. A group of delicate and beautiful girls are called "North-South Intermarriage".
The civil servants felt at ease, but they suffered from the frontier soldiers.
The taxes paid by the people did not become the armor and weapons of the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but instead fell into the hands of the northern barbarians. When facing the envoys of the northern barbarians, he bowed his knees, wishing to take out the last bit of money from the treasury; but when facing his own people, deduction of military pay and cutting corners happened from time to time. Basic military officer!
Is there anything more absurd in the world than this
Wei Tingjun remembered that he once led an army to kill the northern barbarians, and then wiped out the government and the people with thunderous force, but he didn't feel very happy in his heart. At that time, his family was no longer there, and neither was Ji Jinrong. There was nothing in this world that could make him happy. Only blood and killing remained in his eyes—
Let these filthy fellows be buried with them, and let them all go down to the fountain to repent.
Ji Jinrong noticed Wei Tingjun's abnormality, and put his arms around Wei Tingjun's neck.
The warm and soft touch instantly made Wei Tingjun's eyes flush. It's all over, it's all over, but in so many worlds ahead, he is still afraid that the person in his arms will disappear at any time.
He fears that what he is holding on to is but a false phantom.
Wei Tingjun kissed Ji Jinrong on the cheek. It's real, they're back, back to where it all started. As for those arrogant envoys from the northern barbarians, they can only be arrogant for a while, sooner or later they will take care of the northern barbarians properly.
Feeling relieved, Wei Tingjun wandered around the "wine country" with Ji Jinrong in his arms, and stopped when he encountered a snack seller, and bought one for Ji Jinrong. Sweet, salty, sour, Ji Jinrong repaid them all one by one.
The waiter next to him was terrified at first, but when he saw that Ji Jinrong didn't look good, he just took a sip and left the rest to Wei Tingjun, so he slowly relaxed.
The two servants who followed closely looked at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes. They had served Ji Jinrong for a long time, and it was not that no one had visited their highness after he recovered from illness, but none of their highnesses showed much closeness.
I didn't expect that when I met the eldest son of the General Zhen Guo's family today, he was so close as if he had known each other for many years!
What a surprise!
What is even more surprising is that the eldest son of General Zhen Guo's family is so good at taking care of others, looking at his actions and eyes, he is more attentive than them. And every time their highness handed over something they had eaten, the eldest son actually finished eating for his highness with a happy face.
When Wei Tingjun walked back with Ji Jinrong in his arms, Ruan Lingyun was already drinking tea with Wei Tingjun's mother in the private room by the window on the second floor.
Seeing Wei Tingjun and his wife from a distance, Wei Tingjun's mother said happily, "My son has always been cautious and arrogant, and he refused to accept anyone. I was worried that he would not be able to play with His Royal Highness, but I didn't expect them to be so close."
"Your Highness, you call him Ajin." Ruan Lingyun's eyes were filled with melancholy, "I've been having nightmares recently, dreaming that I'm just dreaming now, and Ajin hasn't recovered at all. You're back in Beijing Just right, if something happens to me one day, I hope you can help me protect Ah Jin. He is still so young, so I don't worry about it."
"What nonsense!" Wei Tingjun's mother said in a serious tone, "We are foreign ministers after all. If you want Ah Jin to live well, you must gain a firm foothold in the palace. You already have Ah Jin. The past Don't you forget about it?"
"Of course not." Ruan Lingyun sighed, and after a while, she looked out the window and looked at Ji Jinrong who was feeding the candy man into Wei Tingjun's mouth, "I just often dream that I am gone, and Ah Jin is lying on the sickbed alone On top of that, I watched one person after another coming and going, coming and going. I was watching by his side, but I couldn’t say a word to him. Every time I watched those people leave, my Ajin was always What are you thinking? His eyes are so sad, as if to say 'he will definitely not come back'. How much I want to be able to hug him, how much I want to have someone who can hug him and stay by his side all the time."
Wei Tingjun's mother was dumb.
Ruan Lingyun said: "Now I can coax the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty, but I may not be able to coax her in the future—I don't expect Ajin to have any great achievements." Tears rolled down Ruan Lingyun's cheeks, "I just want Ajin to grow up in peace. "
Wei Tingjun's mother was very moved. She assured Ruan Lingyun: "Don't worry, if there is such a day, I will definitely protect Ah Jin for you."
Just as he was talking, Ji Jinrong and Wei Tingjun ran up. Ji Jinrong ran up to Ruan Lingyun, and stuffed the sweet milk in Ruan Lingyun's hand: "Mother, I have tasted a lot of food, this one is delicious."
Ruan Lingyun only felt a faint milky fragrance rushing towards her nose, as if it brought her back to the day when she first hugged Ji Jinrong.
At that time, the imperial physicians said that Ji Jinrong would not live long, but when she hugged her son, she thought he was the cutest in the world, how could he not live long? She guarded the child every step of the way, for fear that he would not be able to hold on in the blink of an eye. Looking back, she hardly slept well in the past two years or so.
Now her son is healthy, lively and smart like other children.
Ruan Lingyun couldn't help hugging Ji Jinrong tightly, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Ji Jinrong was stunned, and reached out to hug Ruan Lingyun. He has short arms and legs, so he can't hug him. He didn't know why Ruan Lingyun was crying so sadly, but during this period of time, he quietly checked Ruan Lingyun's pulse, knowing that Ruan Lingyun had dragged his body down in the past two years.
All for him.
Ruan Lingyun passed away early back then, probably because she was exhausted physically and mentally from taking care of him in the past few years.
Fortunately, now that Ruan Lingyun has figured it out, she finally started to take care of her body, otherwise Ji Jinrong would have to worry about it on the sidelines.
Ji Jinrong's eye sockets were also a little red.
Having experienced so many worlds, he is always like a rootless traveler. What he and Wei Tingjun miss most is still this long gone world.
Ji Jinrong aimed at Wei Tingjun.
Wei Tingjun also gave his mother the sweet milk he bought, it was still warm and smelled sweet. Wei Tingjun's mother was very happy.
Ji Jinrong rubbed against Ruan Lingyun's arms.
He is also very happy.
Why are you crying, the happy days are still long.
After all, Ruan Lingyun has already entered the palace, so she can't stay on the road for too long. After lunch, she parted ways with Wei Tingjun and the others. Ji Jinrong got on the boat and looked back quietly, only to see Qin He standing there, his clothes flapping in the wind, but he remained motionless, as if he had stood like a statue.
Ji Jinrong turned his head to look at Ruan Lingyun, and caught Ruan Lingyun's sighing gaze.
This is why Qin He handed over the military power to Wei Tingjun, right? Even though Ruan Lingyun is gone, Qin He is still willing to pave the way for him with all his strength.
It's a pity that in order to live well in the deep palace, the love buds that sprouted quietly in his youth had to be cruelly pulled out.
Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.
The grandmother of the Xu family was seriously ill, and Xu Qingze served by her side with her clothes untied. In the dead of night, Xu's grandmother suddenly woke up, held Xu Qingze's hand firmly, and said, "Ah Ze, you were the least worrying person since childhood, but you worried me the most."
Seeing her grandmother's loving eyes, Xu Qingze's eyes turned red. He said: "Grandma, I'm going to take the exam soon. Don't you think I'm the number one scholar?"
The grandmother of the Xu family said: "Actually, I don't expect you to be the number one scholar, or to marry a noble family. I just hope that you will be happy. I remember that you liked piano when you were young, why didn't you learn it later?"
In the middle of the night, no one was there, only the grandfather and grandson were chatting, Xu Qingze was slightly in a trance. Yes, I liked it when I was young, why didn't I learn it
Xu Qingze said: "Father said that in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, only calligraphy should be specialized, and a little knowledge of the others is good. A little knowledge of piano and chess can cultivate sentiment, and indulging in it is playing with things and losing one's mind."
"That's it," Xu's grandmother held Xu Qingze's hand, "I want what I want, but I don't want it according to your father's advice, and let someone else listen to your father's advice. I'm very worried, Ze, you won't be happy like this. When you get old, you will have a lot of regrets buried in your heart." She stroked Xu Qingze's handsome face with her other hand, and repeated the words just now, "Ah Ze, I am very worried about you."
Xu Qingze's heart felt sour, and he squeezed back the weak palm of Xu's grandmother: "Grandma, get well soon, when you get well, I will be happy soon."
The grandmother of the Xu family said, "I'm not going to get better." Her eyes were clear without any cloudiness, "You go and call your father and the others."
Xu Qingze wiped away tears, stood up unsteadily, and strode out. When he reached the door, Xu's grandmother stopped him again: "Ah Ze, you must remember what I said, be happy."
Hearing her grandmother's earnest words, Xu Qingze burst into tears and ran out in big strides.
The grandma of the Xu family went that night.
Xu Qingze kept vigil day and night for three days, and finally fell down in the mourning hall, completely ill. Emperor Ji Yu loves Prime Minister Xu, and likes Xu Qingze's filial piety, so he specially sent an imperial physician here.
The imperial doctor took a pulse and said that Xu Qingze was overly sad and worried, and needed a good rest, and don't worry about it in a short time.
Prime Minister Xu had already received Xu's grandmother's deathbed instructions. Seeing Xu Qingze like this, he didn't know that he and his wife usually had too high expectations of Xu Qingze, forcing Xu Qingze to be like a tight string all the time, unable to relax forever.
"When A Ze gets better, let's let him travel for a while." Prime Minister Xu discussed with his wife, "He's almost sixteen, it's time to see what's going on outside."
Sometimes it's not that he wants to force his son to grow up, but that the world cannot accommodate happy people.
Although Xu's mother was reluctant, she still nodded and turned to pack Xu Qingze's luggage. She was afraid that Xu Qingze would be too sad, and she would be perfunctory when packing.
Unexpectedly, this luggage was put in the next spring.
Xu Qingze's illness came on quickly and went slowly, and he didn't get better until winter. Throughout the autumn, Xu Qingze was half asleep and half awake, his brows were tightly furrowed, and he didn't know what he dreamed of. He didn't fully wake up until the new wind came and the weather turned cold.
Winter is not a good time to travel, Xu's mother put the packed luggage back as it was.
However, Xu Qingze's illness made them realize that Xu Qingze was really pushed too hard, and they became more determined to let him go out to travel and relax. After the family had dinner together, Prime Minister Xu mentioned the matter to Xu Qingze.
Xu Qingze was in a daze, and after a while, he said, "That's fine."
Xu Qingze didn't talk much at home, but after recovering from his illness this time, he talked even less. Xu Qingze didn't know how to respond to the concerned eyes of his parents. When he was sick, he had a dream. He dreamed of a long, long future. He knew a person, but in the end they lived in different places because of their different positions, and they ended up in an endless end.
Then the man died, and he lived a long, good life in peace. But just as his grandmother feared, he did not live happily.
He just lived his life the way others expected him to.
In the dream he went to another world, that world was not beautiful, but he met that person again. The appearance is different, but the temper has not changed at all. That person abandoned the position of prince and traveled with him, as if they had returned to the three months when they met.
When Xu Qingze opened his eyes, he found that he was reluctant to wake up.
It's just that that kind of absurd dream is just a dream after all, how could he miss a cruel and ambitious person, and how could he get to know and agree with such a person.
Therefore, Xu Qingze was stunned when he heard his parents propose "traveling and relaxing". It really happened, it turned out that he would really go out.
Will he meet that person again
Xu Qingze couldn't tell whether he was looking forward to it or not. He was still in his grandmother's filial piety and could not attend various poetry gatherings and banquets. As the winter snow deepened, Xu Qingze took two book boys up the mountain to look for plums. Every winter when the plum blossoms, he would climb the mountain to cut back the first plums for his grandmother and the others. This is a habit he has developed since he was a child. Although his grandmother is gone, he still wants to bring back plum blossoms.
Xu Qingze was dressed in white and walked up the snow-covered mountain road. Halfway up, seeing the book boy panting, he stopped considerately: "Sit down and have a rest first."
Two bookboys happily sat beside him, took out a water bottle from the thick cotton tea bag, and handed it to Xu Qingze graciously.
Xu Qingze drank a few sips of the still hot tea soup, but saw a person turning out from the mountain road. His robe was purple, which stood out in the white snow. Looking up, the man was wearing a jade crown and a fox fur cloak, which was unspeakably expensive. Taking a closer look, that appearance is also rare in the world, like a fairy in the sky who has fallen into the mortal world, not a person that can exist in the world.
Xu Qingze was shocked.
How could this person be here
Such a person, how could he not be aware of the identity of the other party? Maybe it's because I like it too much, so my eyes are blinded. Xu Qingze looked away, and handed the water bottle to the book boy to put away.
They don't know each other yet.
Although I don't know why this person passed by here, but it's just passing by, right? Xu Qingze was thinking, but he heard the man's footsteps gradually approaching, and the dead branches on the snow were creaking.
Those voices were very small, but they fell into Xu Qingze's ears very clearly, and he could even feel the vibration of the tympanic membrane of his ears.
Xu Qingze was slightly stunned, and raised his head to look at the person who was walking towards him.
A strange light flashed across the man's eyes. After approaching, he looked at Xu Qingze carefully for a moment, and then asked the guards who followed closely behind to take the two schoolboys away.
In the snow viewing pavilion in the middle of the mountain, there are only two of them left.
Xu Qingze came back to his senses when he heard the shouts of the two bookboys. He got up and said, "Why did you take them away?"
The man smiled and said, "Of course it's because I want to do something that they can't see." He glanced at Xu Qingze who was dressed in white, stretched out his hand to take off the snow-white fox fur cape on his body, and slowly put it on Xu Qingze's shoulders, Also fasten the strap carefully.
Xu Qingze looked at him in astonishment.
It was Ji Mingyuan who came.
Ji Mingyuan said: "Although I don't know why I like an idiot like you, but since I like it, I can't freeze it. It's winter, and you just happened to be sick so you can climb mountains in so little clothes. Is it reasonable?" Ji Mingyuan stretched out his hand Pinch Xu Qingze's chin, "I'm not as good-looking as I am, but if I'm sick for a few more days, I won't be able to catch my eye at all."
Speaking of which, Ji Mingyuan touched Xu Qingze's chin a few more times: "It's quite comfortable to touch." He couldn't help but poke his hand towards the back of Xu Qingze's neck.
Xu Qingze blushed, and slapped Ji Mingyuan's hand open: "What are you doing?!"
Ji Mingyuan pushed Xu Qingze against the pillars of the pavilion, and condescendingly looked at Xu Qingze who was fixed in his arms. Like Xu Qingze, he also dreamed of many things. Of course, like Xu Qingze, he didn't believe that he would fall in love with someone whose ideas and positions were completely different from his own. Xu Qingze's stupid insistence seemed extremely ridiculous to him.
Ji Mingyuan couldn't imagine that he would like someone so much, so much that he would give up his ambition and hegemony for the other person, and only wanted to accompany him to travel and drink happily. The person in front of him is not very beautiful, and he can't please others. What's there to like? What's more, this person is so ruthless that he almost sent him to death with his own hands. After that, the man married a wife and had children as if nothing had happened, and lived happily ever after.
He still likes it just like that, is he stupid
Ji Mingyuan couldn't figure it out, even if he saw the person with his own eyes, he still couldn't figure it out.
Ji Mingyuan reached out and kneaded Xu Qingze's waist: "You dreamed about it too, right? You dreamed about the 'future' too. Otherwise, you wouldn't show that expression when you saw me." He looked at it carefully Xu Qingze's face, "Although I can't see anything about you that will allow me to continue, but since we have had such a relationship, I must let me have a taste of you."
Xu Qingze was furious in his heart.
Was he blind in the dream? How could you think that this kind of guy is like-minded? This is what this guy really is, right? I have long heard that the third prince is promiscuous and absurd, but seeing him today is indeed true!
Xu Qingze slowly calmed down.
Now that he has returned to before everything started, everything in the dream should never happen again. The friendship between him and the third prince should be considered broken in the dream, right? And looking at the appearance of the third prince, it doesn't seem like he likes him very much.
Xu Qingze said lightly: "I'm still in the period of filial piety. If the prince wants to 'taste', he will have to come back next year."
There are so many beauties in the world, after a year the third prince should forget about him completely.
That tossing and turning unforgettable friendship was just a dream, not real.
If the third prince still remembers in another year, it won't be too late to think of another way to deal with it. They are all men, he is not willing, the third prince can't force him.
Ji Mingyuan is also very clear about his temper, it is rare to make a special detour, and in another year, he will definitely forget about it. He stared at Xu Qingze, seeing that Xu Qingze looked calm, not at all embarrassed by being trapped in his arms, he felt unhappy. One must know that during this period of time he was troubled by dreams, and he never had a good rest, but this person seemed to be a normal person, and he was still in the mood to go through the snow to find plums.
Ji Mingyuan sneered "heh": "You are in the filial piety period, what does it have to do with me?"
Xu Qingze froze.
Ji Mingyuan said: "Everyone says they want to be pretty, and you are filial. You look pretty in plain white."
Taking advantage of Ji Mingyuan's unpreparedness, Xu Qingze raised his foot and hit Ji Mingyuan's vitals with his knee, then raised his elbow, and hit Ji Mingyuan's chest hard, and finally escaped smoothly.
He has given up all hope for Ji Mingyuan's character. Offend it, offend it, anyway, they can't get along well. Civil servants even dare to point their noses at the emperor and scold them, so how could they be afraid of a mere prince
Ji Mingyuan's lower body was aching, and he looked at Xu Qingze a little bit harshly. Originally, I just wanted to get back the debt I was disturbed by the dream, but now I added another sum! He has grown so big, he has never been treated like this!
Ji Mingyuan sneered: "Okay, you're very good, Xu Qingze, aren't you? I'll make you cry and beg me."
Xu Qingze didn't bother to pay attention to him, so he took off the fox fur cloak on his body and returned it to Ji Mingyuan, and took two bookboys with him and continued to go up the mountain to cut plums. When turning back again, the arms of the two bookboys were full of plum blossoms, and he was also holding one.
Ji Mingyuan had been waiting at the foot of the mountain drinking tea, and saw the person he was waiting coming down with plum blossoms from a distance. The clothes are all white, but the plum blossoms are red, which makes the man more handsome. Somehow, Ji Mingyuan thought of all kinds of things in the dream. In the dream, the person didn't like to laugh, he looked like a little old man, so he tried his best to make that person happy. When the man finally smiled, he felt that the long drought met the rain, and he was so happy that every pore stretched out.
Maybe he shouldn't have been so tough just now
Ji Mingyuan was introspecting, but saw a few scholars approaching from far away, walking towards Xu Qingze quickly, the foremost scholar stretched out his arms to hug Xu Qingze, then grabbed Xu Qingze's hand, and said happily: "Qingze, I heard that you The illness is cured, we discussed to see you together."
Although Xu Qingze doesn't get close to people very often, his concern for his friends is still very useful. He smiled lightly and said, "Thank you, this is the plum blossom I found. If you like it, you can pick one back."
The scholars were not polite to him, they all took one, surrounded Xu Qingze and walked back.
Xu Qingze felt a sharp gaze staring at him from behind, but he didn't even look at it, and went straight home with the scholars.
Ji Mingyuan stood under the teahouse, looking at the figures fading away on the white snow. He clenched his fists, his knuckles were faintly white.
It wasn't until Xu Qingze's figure disappeared that he squeezed out the words between his teeth: "Okay, very good."