On the day of the Flower Fair, Shen Wen was called up at dawn. What can a six-year-old girl dress up in the General's House? But this time, Mrs. Yang told the maids to dress up the two girls well—these people may have sons of a similar age, and now they will make a good impression on each other, and it will be easier to talk about marriage in the future.
Shen Wen sat in front of the mirror, thinking of the upcoming series of dealings with people, his expression was a little sleepy, Xia Hong thought that Shen Wen hadn't woken up yet, so she tied a yellow gauze flower in a bun while smiling Said: "Look, little lady, how beautiful it is."
Shen Wen raised his eyes and looked at himself in the mirror. Her face and her second brother followed the old concubine's. Her eyes were slender, but why are her cheeks so round? Lips were thick as if they were going to pucker up. In her long solitude, she has seen through the changes and emptiness of the world. She doesn't like jewelry and clothes, but she only cares about food, maybe because she can sometimes smell the aroma of food in the void. Since her rebirth, she has changed her habit of being very picky in her previous life. As long as it is food, she likes to taste it. As a result, she gave birth to twice as much baby fat as in her previous life.
She frowned, and secretly made up her mind not to eat so much food, what would she do if she became a little fat person in the future? It doesn't match the image of sister Lin she wants to create. People say that she has a big heart and a fat body. If she cries again, people will probably think it's fake. Thinking of this, he became even more worried, and his little eyebrows frowned slightly.
When Xia Hong saw it, she didn't dare to speak anymore, she was afraid that this person would cry again, and she would have to go to pay her respects later, she was crying, and the wife had to be replaced again. If you do it for another year, you will be able to get married. At this time, you have to be careful, start well and end well, and don't be demoted into a rough servant girl or something.
When Shen Wen entered the main hall wearing light yellow silk and green gauze trim, he found that his brothers and sisters were all present, and his wife and old lady hadn't come out yet. Today is the flower viewing party, I want to come to Mrs. Yang to call all the children over to give the last instructions.
Shen Yi had a stern face, slightly frowned eyebrows, and pursed his lips tightly. He was still a fifteen-year-old boy, but he wanted to look like he was twenty-five years old. He was wearing a light blue gown with a white belt, and he looked aloof among a group of children.
Shen Wen walked up to him, smiled and pulled his sleeve as a greeting. Shen Yi forced a smile, and gently touched the top of Shen Wen's head. Shen Wen understood that Shen Yi knew the purpose of this flower fair, so he was probably a little nervous. Shen Jian who was beside Shen Yi was one and a half years younger than him, always had a smile on his face, bent slightly, and whispered to Shen Wen: "Don't mess with elder brother, he is shy right now."
Shen Yi's face turned red all of a sudden, and he looked at Shen Jian with anger, Shen Jian raised an eyebrow, and looked back at Shen Yi provocatively. Shen Wen hurriedly put on a smiling face, looked up at Shen Jian, and pulled his sleeve. Her mind is not that of a child, and sometimes she tries to speak as little as possible.
Shen Zhuo next to him pouted and said, "Little sister, don't beg someone to hug you, you are so fat now, like a little pig, no one can hug you anymore." But Shen Yi and Shen Jian are both teenagers, so they don't hug Shen Wen very much anymore, not because she is fat. Shen Wen stared hard and looked at Shen Zhuo with an angry look, Shen Zhuo twisted his nose and squeezed his eyes at her.
Shen Xiang who was next to Shen Zhuo pushed Shen Zhuo, and scolded: "Don't bully my little sister!" It seems that she still remembered the fight with Shen Zhuo yesterday. Shen Xiang has thick eyebrows and a wide forehead. Because of martial arts training, she has eyes full of energy. She is somewhat similar to her elder brother Shen Yi. She has a heroic beauty. Today she is wearing a pink riding uniform and a short skirt with narrow sleeves, which looks very neat.
Footsteps sounded from inside. It seemed that the old lady and Mrs. Yang were about to come out. The children stood up straighter. Shen Zhuo moved his foot and stepped on Shen Xiang's. Shen Xiang screamed, and then He punched Shen Zhuo, and Shen Zhuo sat down on the ground as soon as he received the punch. At this time, the old lady and Mrs. Yang were entering the outside room. Yang yelled first: "Bring a ruler! What day is it today?! I've been talking for nothing these two days?!"
Shen Xiang also shouted unconvinced: "He stepped on my foot!"
Shen Zhuo raised his eyebrows upside down, "I didn't mean to!"
Shen Xiang immediately retorted: "Exactly! He still bullies my little sister! He calls my little sister Little Pig!"
Shen Zhuo sat on the ground and couldn't get up: "Aren't you screaming too? Mom, she even pushed me!"
Yang already took the ruler in his hand, and said to Shen Xiang: "Stretch out your hand!"
Shen Xiang's eyes were filled with tears. She was Yang's first daughter after giving birth to three sons. Yang loved her very much since she was a child, and rarely taught her a lesson. She developed a proud temperament. Besides, she Now that he felt it was all Shen Zhuo's fault, he felt even more wronged.
In his previous life, Shen Wen couldn't bear the two children's fights every day, but looking at them now, he finds them cute and fun. Seeing that Yang Shi was really going to beat Shen Xiang, she hurried up and took Yang Shi's hand, without saying anything, she shed tears drop by drop. She believed that if Mrs. Yang knew what would happen to these two children in the future, she would definitely be reluctant to fight them.
Shen Jian smiled and said: "Mother, don't be angry, today's flower festival, if the elder sister's hand is swollen, how can I receive those young ladies?"
Shen Yi also said solemnly: "The eldest sister and the third brother are just joking."
The old lady also opened her mouth and said: "That's right, it seems that our Hou Mansion has no rules, how can we beat people on this day when we meet people?" Looking at Yang's dissatisfaction, it seems that it is all her fault.
Yang couldn't get off the stage holding the ruler, staring at Shen Xiang and said, "Just hit it!"
Shen Xiang frowned and stretched out his hand slowly, Yang slapped the ruler, Shen Xiang gritted his teeth and retracted his hand, looking sideways at Shen Zhuo. Yang also turned to look at Shen Zhuo. Shen Zhuo stood up, patted his clothes, and stretched out his palm in front of Yang with a look of indifference. Yang's powdery face was covered with frost, and she slapped her hard, Shen Zhuo let out a cry, raised her hand to her mouth and blew vigorously, Shen Xiang burst out laughing, Shen Wen laughed too, with tears still on her face superior.
The old lady pulled Shen Wen to her side, stroked Shen Wen's back and said, "Wen'er just has a soft heart."
Yang sighed: "This child cries every day, and Xiang'er is really not in the same temperament."
The old lady was not happy again: "How can we all have the same temperament? There are nine kinds of dragons."
Yang curled her lips, and said to the children: "Today there are many people in the house, you all should hold back your temper, don't make people laugh." She glanced at Shen Yi and continued: "Look aside, if I ask you to come , come here right away, don't delay."
Shen Yi lowered his eyes and nodded, Shen Jian grinned and said, "It must be, mother, don't worry."
Shen Zhuo pretended not to understand and asked, "Why did you come here immediately? Do you want to see someone?"
Shen Yi looked sideways at Shen Zhuo: "Third brother, I haven't taught you martial arts for a long time, wait for me at the school ground tomorrow morning."
Shen Zhuo smiled immediately, "Brother is so kind to me, I'm so grateful."
Shen Xiang was gearing up: "Great brother! I'll go too, teach him a lesson!"
Shen Zhuo leaned over to Shen Wen: "My younger sister is coming too. Watch the third brother practice martial arts with the eldest brother, so that I can protect my younger sister in the future. This is what an elder brother should do." What he said was to remind the elder brother to love himself, and The younger sister loves to cry the most. When she sees that she is being beaten, she will definitely cry. The older brother can't see tears, so naturally he won't be cruel.
Shen Xiang also leaned over: "Little sister, he called you little pig just now!"
Shen Zhuo retorted: "I didn't bark anymore, you barked twice."
Shen Wen bit his index finger, looked at Shen Zhuo, and asked weakly: "Then what should you call me now?"
Shen Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, looked at Shen Wen's swollen eyes with tears, and blinked twice in disbelief. If he was subdued now and called Shen Wen nice, then his price would be a little lower in front of Shen Xiang, and it seemed that he was The elders have another way of doing things. If you don't call it nice, your mother and grandmother will be right in front of you, so you probably won't be able to please. Looking at the bright yellow dress worn by Shen Wen and the chubby child's face, Shen Zhuo didn't believe that Shen Wen was setting him up. The young man's heart prevailed, and he said to Shen Wen solemnly: "Of course it's a little Yellow chicken, fat little yellow chicken!"
Shen Wen closed his eyes with all his strength, squeezed out a tear, pulled the two corners of his mouth down, turned his head to look at the old lady, the old lady pointed at Shen Zhuo and said angrily: "You little heartless! Wen'er is such a good sister who bullies me. .”
Mrs. Yang picked up the ruler and said to Shen Zhuo: "You! Come here! Anyway, you don't need to receive female guests!"... Amidst Shen Zhuo's exaggerated wailing and Shen Xiang's giggling, Shen Wen also smiled. Shen Xiang admired Shen Zhuo from admiration to fighting to growing up and then to admiration again. The two are actually a pair of brothers and sisters with the best relationship. He must have been jealous in his previous life, so he tried hard to dislike them.
After Yang slapped Shen Zhuo's hand, he gave some instructions and ordered breakfast to be served. Everyone ate breakfast quietly, Yang wanted to take care of the affairs of the mansion, and the children left.
When we arrived in the yard, the spring morning breeze was gentle, and Shen Wen said sweetly: "Brothers and sisters, today is the first flower festival I have seen, I made a sachet, and made a thought for my brothers and sisters. After finishing speaking, she motioned to Xia Hong, who brought a plate with four identical sachets inside.
Shen Wen picked one, and held it to his elder brother Shen Yi with both hands.
When Shen Zhuo saw the sachet, he laughed out loud.
Shen Wen glared at him, then turned his face to look at his eldest brother with a smile, and said, "You don't need to wear it, as long as you hang it where you don't throw it away."
Shen Yi lowered his head to look at the fat Shen Wen who had just reached his waist, then looked at the ugly sachet, and said with a smile: "How can you not wear it when my little sister made it?" After speaking, he picked up the sachet and hung it on his belt On the top, the rough sachet looked particularly inappropriate under Shen Yi's exquisitely embroidered belt,
Shen Wen was dumbfounded, and stammered: "But, I didn't look good..."
Shen Yi smiled and said: "Little sister is only six years old, she is already doing very well."
Shen Wen pulled Shen Yi's sleeve: "Just wear it for a while, don't make people laugh, but brother must keep it!"
Shen Yi nodded: "Since there is today's date on it, I will wear it for one day, and then I will definitely keep it."
Shen Wen smiled, and picked up another one for Shen Jian. Shen Jian took it with a smile and hung it on his waist. Before Shen Wen could speak, he said, "Don't worry, sister, I will definitely not lose it. This piece of jade is rare."
Shen Zhuo picked one with his left hand, and said with a bitter face: "It's so ugly, I have to take it with them, otherwise people will think I'm not your brother, what is this stuffed on it, it looks like a small Shizi, little fat bird, you have hurt me."
Shen Xiang pushed him away, took the last one, hung it on his waist and said: "You are so stupid, it is agate, little girl, don't listen to him, you sew better than me, and there are such good ones." Something's up there."
Shen Wen smiled, and signaled to Xia Hong again, Xia Hong handed over two sachets that looked the same as the others, Shen Wen hung them on her body, Shen Jian asked: "Little sister made it for herself, why do you wear two sachets?" indivual?"
Shen Wen said seriously: "If I meet someone who wants to give a gift, I will give it away." Seeing her serious little adult appearance, several people laughed.
Shen Yi patted the top of Shen Wen's head again, and said, "Okay, my little sister is thoughtful, maybe this way I can find a good friend."
Shen Zhuo pouted: "Probably someone who is as fat as her."
Shen Wen looked like he was crying, Shen Jian hurriedly smiled and said: "Little sister, don't pay attention to Saburo, I will teach him martial arts with my elder brother tomorrow."
Shen Xiang stared at Shen Wen: "You won't forget me when you get the handkerchief?"
Shen Wen shook his head vigorously at Shen Xiang, "No, no, you are my sister, and no one can replace you."
Shen Xiang smiled with satisfaction, Shen Zhuo saw this and said: "Are you still a sister? You don't look like a woman, you can be a brother."
Shen Xiang raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and patted Shen Zhuo's swollen right hand. Shen Zhuo turned and ran, saying as he ran, "Fourth Brother! Stop chasing, you can't go back if you chase again..." Shen Xiang chased ran over.
Shen Yi watched the two brothers and sisters walk away, and said to Shen Jian: "It's probably a while before we come, let's go to Zangshu Pavilion."
Shen Wen immediately said: "I'll go too, and I'll go too." Zangshuge is Shen Wen's favorite place to go, and Shen Yi naturally agreed, and informed Yang's family of the whereabouts of the three of them, and the three of them went to the Hou's Mansion not far away The Library Pavilion.
In fact, the so-called Zangshu Pavilion has only one floor, and in terms of the number of books, it is far less than the amount of civil servants. There is a study in the general's house, which is already very elegant. Most of the collections in the Zangshu Pavilion are military books or history books. When Shen Yi's brother and sister entered the pavilion, Shen Yi found a book, sat down by himself, and started to read. Shen Wen knew that this elder brother didn't mean to be cold on purpose, but he just didn't like to talk. Shen Jian walked slowly among the bookshelves with Shen Wen.
At this time, the books are all placed flat, one pile after another, and they have to be turned over one by one. Shen Wen is short and can only look at the two shelves below. Shen Jian spends most of his time with his elder brother Shen Yi, and has no time to play with Shen Wen. Today, he is free to accompany Shen Wen. He thinks that this younger sister is round, soft-tempered, and very cute, so he flips the shelf that Shen Wen can't reach. Tell Shen Wen one by one the books on the Internet, if Shen Wen wants to read it, take it down and hand it to Shen Wen.
The sun is higher, the room shines into the sun, there is a slight floating dust in the sunlight between the bookshelves, the birds are singing outside the window, and the air is full of the fragrance of spring. Shen Wen's eyes flicked over the books, and he caught a glimpse of Shen Yi, who was concentrating on reading, showing the resolute lines of his side face. Hearing Shen Jian's voice speaking in a coaxing tone beside him, and Shen Xiang's laughter faintly in the distance, he felt that this The world can be so warm and beautiful. She lived a muddleheaded life in her previous life and never cherished such a life.
Someone outside the window reported that Mrs. Pingyuan Hou brought her eldest son Zhang Yunming and two young ladies to visit and had already seen the old lady and his wife. The two young ladies of the Zhang family stayed there, and Zhang Yunming came to see the young masters. Shen Wen raised her spirits. Although men and women were different at this time, she was only six years old, so she should not have too many scruples. Sure enough, Shen Yi hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said please.
After a while, the book boy led a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy in. Shen Wen had never seen the eldest son of Marquis Pingyuan who died with Shen Zhuo and the third prince in his previous life, so he couldn't help but pay attention to him.
Zhang Yunming should be only thirteen years old at this time, his straight eyebrows and eyes have not yet opened, but his demeanor is obviously imitating the style of a literati, his gait is slow, his chest is straight and his jaw is straight, he is holding a fan in one hand, and his elbow is slightly bent. Put it by your side. Shen Wen knew that he practiced martial arts since he was a child, so he couldn't help smiling at his behavior.
After Zhang Yunming greeted Shen Yi and Shen Jian over there, he saw Shen Wen in a blink of an eye, and Shen Yi said, "This is my youngest sister." She was short and fat, and looked a little clumsy.
Zhang Yunming smiled back and said: "Little lady, you don't need to be too polite, I know your brothers very well."
Zhang Yunming's words were not out of politeness, the two families were family friends, the seniors fought together on the battlefield, Zhenbeihou and Pingyuanhou were good friends who grew up together. It's just that Marquis Pingyuan surrendered his military power on the grounds of being wounded after more than ten years of fighting and killing on the border with his own Marquis. It's not like Marquis Zhenyuan who holds heavy troops and is stationed at the border. Marquis Pingyuan is actually an empty prince, and married a despised businessman's daughter, Li Shi, who lives a luxurious life in the capital without asking about political affairs.
It is said that the businessman's daughter Li Shi was extremely jealous, relying on her natal family being the richest man in the south of the Yangtze River, she did not allow Marquis Pingyuan to marry a concubine. Marquis Pingyuan had a son, Zhang Yunming, and then had two daughters. The eldest son was ten years old, and finally had another son. The eldest daughter is sick all the year round, and it is the younger daughter who comes out to walk around. Shen Wen knew that Zhang Yunming would always go to compose poems and recite Fu with literati in the future, and be regarded as an arty person.
In the previous life, Marquis Zhenbei and his eldest son died, and after the defeat of the Shen family army, Marquis Pingyuan, who had always been wise and safe, finally stepped forward to lead the commander-in-chief. Rectify and come out, and his eldest son please be the pioneer. Only then did people know that Mr. Zhang, who usually dressed as a literati and went to the examination of a scholar, was a martial artist with uncompromising martial arts skills.
Shen Wen looked at Zhang Yunming sweetly and said: "Since the young master is familiar with my brothers, I should also be familiar with your sisters. May I ask which sister is here today?"
Zhang Yunming replied: "Today are my cousin, Miss Zhang Er and my younger sister, Miss Six." Marquis Pingyuan has two brothers who are not separated. His own youngest daughter.
Shen Wen pretended to be puzzled and asked: "What about your eldest sister? Why didn't you come? There are a lot of flowers in our house, so it's fun." Then she blinked, lest she wasn't cute.
Zhang Yunming really smiled and said: "The eldest sister is sick and can't go out." He spoke very skillfully, which shows how many times he has said this to people.
Shen Wen was just waiting for this sentence, and hurriedly frowned and said sincerely: "How good is that?" in a childish voice.
Zhang Yunming quickly comforted her: "She has always been in poor health, she just needs to rest more."
Shen Wen pretended to be sad, untied a sachet from his waist, handed it to Zhang Yunming and said, "Please help me give this sachet to my eldest sister."
Zhang Yunming was a little embarrassed, looked at Shen Yi, and Shen Yi smiled: "It's a sachet specially made by my younger sister for this flower festival. Look, there is still today's day on it."
Zhang Yunming had no choice but to take it, and Shen Wen said seriously: "You must give it to the eldest sister. She is sick and cannot come, and she must feel uncomfortable. Look, I have sewn a jade pendant on this sachet, and it is engraved with Xiangyun will give her good luck, maybe she will recover from her illness."
Shen Jian smiled, and said to Zhang Yunming: "Give it to your elder sister, my younger sister really values her sachet."
Zhang Yunming had no choice but to take it, and Shen Wen begged again with an extremely cute look: "You have to give it to her! I will go to see her some other day and tell her what we did at the flower fair today." Did not give.
Zhang Yunming nodded hurriedly: "Sure, I will definitely give it to her. I thanked my elder sister first."
Shen Wen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, she finished a move.
Before the previous emperor moved the capital, he ransacked and killed Zhenbeihou and Pingyuanhou's two houses. The wife of Pingyuanhou, Mrs. Li, was killed together to protect her youngest son. But that night, the eldest daughter broke out of the official camp with more than 20 people in her hand, and then took advantage of the chaos in the city to move the capital, gathered the old people of Pingyuanhou, assassinated the prince, and rushed out of the capital after an attempt. Only then did people realize that this sick eldest daughter who was raised in a deep boudoir and usually kept her name hidden was not a woman, but a man! His name is Zhang Yunzheng.
Shen Wen didn't pay much attention to this matter when she was wandering in confusion just after she died. It was only later that she paid more and more attention to people's narration of this period of history that she knew about Zhang Yunzheng's life experience.
It turned out that Marquis Pingyuan once rescued a Taoist priest during the war. The Taoist priest told him that his second son would be raised as a girl until he was twenty-two years old. In this way, I am afraid that it will be difficult to live past the age of twenty-two. Even if I get married, the whole family will suffer. Marquis Pingyuan didn't want to do this, but his wife Li Shi was very superstitious and insisted on doing so. This second son was raised as a girl since she was a child, that is, the "big sister" Zhang Yunming said was always unable to excuse her illness. When the incident happened in Pingyuanhou's mansion in the previous life, it was only ten days before the second son's 22nd birthday.
After Zhang Yunzheng broke out of the capital, he contacted the Shen and Zhang family's former departments everywhere, exposing the prince's plot to frame Zhongliang. At that time, the Beirong had already swept across the north, and the imperial court fled south. He was unable to fight against Beirong, so he also went to the south. After that, he led people to murder the then prince, who would be the future emperor, again and again. After several assassinations failed, he assassinated people under the prince everywhere. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes they miss only to escape their lives, but it is endless. He killed the prince's two concubines, several staff members, the eunuchs next to the emperor after he ascended the throne, the bureaucrats the emperor reused, and finally killed a young prince, and many people were injured by him. He has not stopped in the following twenty years, and he comes out to create bloody cases from time to time, he is simply what later generations call a terrorist.
The imperial court has hunted him down for many years, and the prince hated him even more after he ascended the throne. He once used him as an example to warn his subordinates that "weeds must be eradicated, otherwise there will be endless troubles". When Zhang Yunzheng was in his forties, he was besieged on a mountain, and all his men died. He fought with the officers and soldiers hungry for seven days and nights before being captured. The emperor ordered the death penalty, and after being tortured, he was cut alive to death. When he was dying, someone asked him if he had any regrets, and he said that he was seeking benevolence and deserving benevolence, and he would not repent when he died.
Shen Wen knows that he also suffers after death, so she must feel the fear and pain of those innocent people who killed him, but she understands and forgives what he did to a certain extent. It is the pain and despair of a survivor: if You can't face the tragic death of your family by doing nothing. I couldn't let go of this life in that long loneliness, maybe it was because I didn't do my best for my family when I was alive, and my sense of guilt was so heavy that I couldn't follow them away.
This is the person Shen Wen most wants to make friends with in this life, but unfortunately he is still only an eleven-year-old child. Shen Wen didn't know if this person would still have such a stubborn fighting spirit if he didn't go through the big change of family destruction. But no matter what, this person has a tough mind, and the purpose of giving the sachet today is to lay the groundwork for a future meeting.