Changes in the sky
Volume 2: The Edge of Heaven
Chapter 182: Hu Bugui
Yinling didn't say much until we were the only two left, and only then did she start urging me to go back and rest.
I still felt guilty towards my wife, so I forced myself to ask her: You won't blame me, will you
Yiren smiled gently: Zirui is the father of the child now, you always have your considerations in making your decisions, Ling'er trusts Zirui.
I was stunned for a moment, slapped my forehead, then put it down and stroked her belly, and I felt better.
Yiren let my hand brush across her belly, and she was suddenly moved: people are truly amazing. At first, she was completely unaware of it, but slowly it became so big.
While talking, she looked at me intentionally or unintentionally. I understood what she meant. I also found it magical that it was like this.
As soon as I arrived at Yuanwai, I received a report that my mother and sister had appeared in Pingleguan waiting for me. Apparently, this must have been the news from various female channels. It seemed that asking my father was useless.
In my father's words, old women just like to chat with each other, and even the most trivial matters can become life-and-death matters.
I rubbed my face and asked Yinling how it looked. Yinling seemed to be a little rosier. I nodded and pulled her in with me.
My mother was relieved when she saw how I walked, including my spirit. To prevent my face from turning pale again after rubbing it, I said that I had not rested well. My mother told me to rest and "left" by myself. But in fact, she kept telling me and caring for me for most of the day, which made me pretend to be very sleepy and rub my face again after a while as if I was about to fall asleep. My sister didn't say much, but her face was a little solemn. She stopped talking after a few times. I was a little overwhelmed by my mother, so I didn't ask any more questions.
After seeing my mother and Sister Qi off, I quickly lay down to rest. I was indeed very tired, and Yinling lay beside me, as if trying to lull me to sleep.
I saw Qiu Luan rushing to the door with hazy eyes, as if to report something. Seeing that I was already lying there half asleep, I didn't dare to come out. Yin Ling hurried out and went to the corridor with her, a little further away from the door. The two of them whispered something, but it was hard to hear clearly, as if it was something bloody.
After a while, Yinling bolted the door and came back to my side, stroking my face with her hand: "You were so fat and healthy, but now you are covered with scars. Just cut yourself, and bleed yourself. Why do you do that?" Qiuluan saw the blood in the hot spring, and the maids were terrified. It's nothing for me to help you. You just washed the wound.
My eyes were closed, and I didn't want to open them, but I could still feel the breath of the silver bell brushing against my cheek.
I put my bell in my arms and smiled: "I have been kind enough to show mercy twice, so how can I not return it? This way he can also excuse himself from his master for not being able to kill me."
How are you going to deal with his family
I said that everyone knew it, but it was obviously not possible to expose it now, otherwise there would be chaos in the world. Moreover, since his family took such a risky move, they must have a plan for the aftermath, and it would be difficult to easily convict him. But this responsibility is too big, and someone must bear it, but it must not be Zishi. This is what Ziyu and I have been trying to avoid. The teacher is not convenient to speak, and the other two are not convenient to say anything. Only Ziyu and I can push away everything that is not conducive to Zishi. I am the victim, so I can naturally help speak. Ziyu is the emperor's son-in-law, so it is much easier for him to speak than others. Not only for the friendship between us brothers and classmates, but also for the future peace of the northwest of the Han Dynasty.
Yinling leaned close to my arms and whispered: Go to sleep.
Finally, he kissed my cheek.
I seemed to fall asleep instantly.
But he woke up immediately, and someone reported that the imperial physician's disciple had arrived.
Yinling quickly straightened her clothes, stood up and opened the door, and saw her brother in the light, apologizing repeatedly: "Don't blame me, sister-in-law. I listened to the master and came to see my eldest brother quickly."
He also brought some blood-replenishing medicine, and whispered in my ear that if I felt the urge to have sex, I would have to stop taking the medicine.
Although it was still a little confusing, I still found it interesting. I tried hard to open my eyes, pulled him close to my mouth and asked him if we could get married. How did he know all this
He said that he had been practicing medicine for several years and understood this principle. He suddenly seemed to remember something and said seriously, "Since your sister-in-law is pregnant, you have to give in in every way and not let her get angry."
Yinling responded with a "hmm" and nodded at me repeatedly, which made me smile more cheerfully.
But I still didn't take it seriously, thinking to myself: From childhood to adulthood, when have I ever dared to let you get angry
But in order to save my face, I decided to change the subject. I asked him what kind of girls he liked, and I helped him choose the color. After all, I am a big brother and I have a wide range of knowledge. He said that he still wanted to study medicine, so there was no rush. I said that it was urgent, otherwise my child would be older than your wife in the future, and he would be at a disadvantage if he called your wife aunt.
As expected, I was attacked by Yinling, but my brother probably didn't see it, he just laughed happily. Yinling seemed to think that it might be serious, so he quickly ran away. He didn't feel relieved until I turned around and said I was fine.
I said, "Brother, I need to rest more." I reminded my sister-in-law a few more times and left. It was much faster than my mother's "left".
I closed my eyes again. This time, Yinling didn't lie down with me. She just went out to help me stew tonic medicine and then left.
It seemed as if Yiren was talking to Ge Liang in the courtyard, but I didn't hear much of it. I felt drowsy and fell asleep again.
As if she woke up immediately, Sister Qi ran back, went into the house with Yinling, bolted the door, and said directly in front of my mother: "Zirui, Wang Guo was finally killed." Just these low voiced words made me wake up immediately.
"Oh." I even sat up: "Brother Meng De, have you finally made up your mind?"
"In fact, it was someone else who did it, but Meng De did not pursue the matter after he found out. He just ordered Lord Li to deliver a letter to Duke Qi. Could it be that he knew it was Duke Qi who did it?"
"How did Sister Qi know?"
"Yu'er and I came back early last night, and I went to Meng De's place, and Yu'er followed me first. When we arrived at the gate of the garden, we saw Lord Li rushing out. Yu'er and Lord Li were quite familiar with each other, so she bowed and called him uncle, and then asked him to leave. It was really strange, Yu'er seemed to respect Lord Li very much, and Lord Li seemed to treat Yu'er like a son or nephew, and he also took care of her a few words, but most of them were about the General of the Cavalry. I just felt strange at the time and asked Lord Li what he was doing; Lord Li then went to deliver an official letter to the Duke of Qi. Could it be that the General of the Cavalry and General Li Zan really have some relationship?"
"Well, that should be right? We are from the same clan, so it's easy to become relatives." I wanted to give him a perfunctory answer.
"Oh, isn't that General Huoqi a member of the same clan as Lord Yuanli?" Sister Qi must have heard a lot about Lord Li Yuanli's deeds under her father's instruction.
"Sister, can we get back to the topic?" I told Sister Qi directly that she had gone off topic. Given my current physical condition, it was obviously unrealistic to dwell on what my father called "things that we care about."
"Oh, yes, because the General of the Cavalry and the Marquis of Qin have been busy with various plans recently. I originally planned to go in and see Meng De and then bring Yu'er to my place to rest. Unexpectedly, Meng De was not in the main hall. I followed him all the way in. People on the road wanted to dissuade me, but they didn't dare to stop me, which made me even more suspicious. I followed him all the way to a room in the backyard. Meng De seemed to hear the wind and hurried out. His face looked a little strange. I told him that I could tell Zirui that Wang Guo was killed." Sister Qi swallowed and paused: "I didn't go in to see, but there was a faint smell of blood. Later, I also sneaked a peek and saw that there was indeed a body."
"Sister, are you okay? Are you not afraid of seeing a dead body?"
I was beaten again. I could only hold my head and look at Sister Qi innocently to prevent the situation from getting worse.
"Don't look at me like that. Don't think I don't know. Yinling once told me that you would just stare with your eyes wide open and act innocent. Humph, you only know how to care about your sister now. Have you forgotten that we entered Luoyang one after another?" Sister Qi obviously felt that the memory was terrible, but I think it was worse that Yinling revealed my secret: "I vomited several times just entering the city that time, and I didn't see you care so much this time. But the first time I met Meng De, it was really nostalgic."
"Well, ahem, that time, I was mostly busy fighting in the battlefield, I'm really sorry, sister. Also, seeing how you dismounted from the horse that time, who would have thought that you vomited in front of us." I still remembered the time when sister Qi dismounted beautifully in front of Meng De and me that day. I didn't have such skill on horseback, so I praised her even more when I thought about it.
Finally, Sister Qi was in a much better mood.
Sister Qi was not with my mother, but when she saw this, she thought that my attack in the mountains might be related to Wang Guo and Duke Qi. But she didn't dare to speculate, so she just told me about it.
Without leaving any instructions or care, Sister Qi left for something, even faster than my brothers.
Yinling and I looked at each other and exchanged our thoughts, and it seemed that we both got the answers we needed from each other's eyes.
We didn't say much, just whispered a few words, and basically there was no disagreement on the matter.
I finally fell asleep. When I woke up, I saw Yinling wearing my clothes and looking at some bamboo slips by the light of a lamp beside me.
I asked her what time it was, and she said happily: "Are you awake? I've slept all day. It's the 10th hour now."
She was extremely thirsty, so she sat up, drank the medicine and a lot of water, then sat down leaning against the couch and continued to ask: Why are you wearing my husband's clothes
The Second Princess has been wearing your clothes for a long time, so Ling'er can't wear them anymore? Speaking of this, Yiren's tone was very naughty.
Oh, you knew all about this
In the afternoon, the two princesses and Ziyu arrived.
They were coming, how could I not know
They didn't let me wake you up because you were sleeping soundly and snoring loudly.
What happened
They are very concerned about your injuries, especially the two princesses, who seem to care more than Ziyu.
Of course, Ziyu must know that I am fine, as I went to see the emperor with him this morning.
But the two princesses really care about Zirui, as if you are really their brother.
I shook my head. It seemed that the Second Princess still couldn't keep my "secret". Or my lie.
I motioned Yinling to come over and explained how I had pretended to be the eldest princess's twin brother before the second princess.
Yinling was really scared at first, but since I explained the reason, she didn't get angry with me for making trouble. She just leaned in my arms and sighed, "Why do you have to do this?"
I didn't want to make any explanation, I just wanted to hold her, hold her tight, but not too tight... lest she say I was going to strangle her, or murder my own wife, etc. Now there might be another charge: murder of my own child.
I could actually fall asleep quickly.
During that time, the only things I could see before my eyes were the busy bells in the house and dreams.
I dreamed about the past and it seemed that I was arguing with people in the dream, as if I had reached a conclusion.
After waking up, I tried hard to recall and finally figured out the conclusion I came to in the dream: We got the position of the four regents thanks to the war in Luoyang back then.
This conclusion is correct but boring, but it gave me a general idea of how to deal with this matter.
After two or three days, I seemed to have found the same feeling of desire for love between men and women as my brother, especially when I saw Yinling hanging around me, I always felt that the presence of her clothes affected my mood.
So I decisively stopped taking the medicine.
Even so, I still expressed that I needed Yinling. But Yinling said that children need quiet and don't want to be disturbed. I asked what I should do? She replied: hold it in.
I had no choice but to go out and expend my energy. The weather was getting warmer, and I could sweat a lot if I walked a little faster in those days. I went to the stables, but I didn't know when Hei came back. But unlike me, who was full of energy and had a very unstable mood, he was lying there listlessly, ignoring my arrival, and clearly refused to take me.
Finally, I found a strong horse, took a bow and arrow, and went out to practice archery. I felt that I was still a little unfamiliar with the use of arrows after the last hunting.
Ge Liang always rode his horse around nearby. When asked if he was used to living there, he said it was very sexual.
I think that although his answer is correct, it is not the right answer to the question.
He thought he was only expressing his main feeling about living in the yard, and he couldn't remember anything else at the moment.
After shooting a pot of arrows, I felt more skilled. Martial arts, archery and everything else still need constant practice. Once you are skilled, everything will be fine. At least I only need to pull the last half of the pot of arrows from a tree. The first seven or eight arrows had to be found in the wild grass at the back. It took me half an hour to find only five arrows. This is not good for the bow's power.
I went to visit the children at the Liaogong's place. Of course, I paid my respects to the Liaogong. But I think that after spending more time with Ge Liangchu, I would unconsciously ignore all the processes that have no practical significance or interest. I can't really tell which of the three girls is which, but they are all very cute.
After I came out, Brother Zilong asked me how I would deal with the female prisoner in the future.
After my two children were orphaned, I gave her some money to find a place for her to settle down and find her a job, after all, she has children too.
Zilong would take her back to Liaodong and make her his nanny. Yue State was too far away and not suitable.
I thought about it and I think this is a better idea. In fact, having a wet nurse for their child who was born out of wedlock will not hinder their work.
Frankly speaking, I really want to ask Yinling to do something.
I seem to have never been so passionate about sex. I suspect there is something wrong with the medicine my brother gave me.
When I came back, I saw Ge Liang and my brother talking happily together. I don't know when these two got together. I am fine. My brother looked at me for a while and said it was true. He also praised Ge Liang, saying that the deer he brought was soaked in wine and used as medicine, which was indeed effective.
The two people looked at me with quite unfriendly and malicious eyes, but I didn't beat them up. I felt that my self-control had improved.
Of course, the main reason was that she wanted to talk to Yin Ling about disturbing Miao Er or Yan Er's rest. Unable to resist someone's indirect and unscrupulous instigation, Yin Ling finally agreed reluctantly.
I was surprised at how energetic I felt that evening.
That night, Guangxin Pei'er and everyone else's letters arrived. (Note: The contents of the letters can be found in Chapter 174, so I won't repeat them here.)
I was very happy to see this, although I don't know if it was intentional or not, Pei'er didn't mention her love for me. But I still wanted to fly back to Pei'er to do something. Yinling was always by my side, she must be worried that if she peeked, Pei'er would feel embarrassed.
As a result, I really dreamed of having sex with Pearl that night, and my pants were wet when I woke up... Recently I feel that I am a lewd person.
It was too late that day, so the next morning I took the letter to find Lord Xu and informed him that his two sons had been recommended by the ministers. By the way, I also wrote a letter to my lady to mention the extraordinary qualities of your sons.
Mr. Xu was very happy, which led to his forced modesty.
But I still felt dissatisfied when I returned. I mentioned the Shangshu Zuocheng to Yinling and said that I didn't need the Shangshutai. It was inappropriate for me, a vassal of Yue State, to have two internal and external courts.
Yinling pulled me closer and said to me: How will Zirui arrange Shi Xie in the Yue court in the future
One word is enough, no need to say more, I understand immediately.
I looked at these two draft official memorials again and again and said happily: They really look like what they are.
Yinling said disdainfully: Of course, just because you don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t care; just because you are ignorant doesn’t mean Sister Pei is ignorant.
I said helplessly: Madam Pingguo, please pay a little attention to your husband's face.
The silver bell directly expresses the transcendent state of ignoring, not listening, and not caring.
Another day, I reported to the court, and finally concluded that the matter was attributed to the remnants of the Dong thief who wanted to get rid of me, and even wanted to get rid of the second prince but failed. It also listed that the remnants had used my name to commit incest in various places to destroy my reputation, and when they failed, they hired deaf and dumb people to kill me. So I ordered the Marquis of Qin to lead people to eliminate all evil and search for the remnants. I also asked all the ministers how to defeat the Dong thief.
Most of the people expressed their willingness to fight, especially Duke Qi and Marquis Sui, who were very active and spoke passionately, showing the character of loyal ministers.
However, some disagreements soon emerged, and it was obvious that there was a problem here - the deployment of troops.
Some people suggested sending troops nearby and sending baggage and food from a distance.
But it was ultimately rejected.
I was the first and most determined person to veto.
Xianbei is in the northern border, which is an external threat; Dong thieves are trapped in Xichuan, which is an internal conflict; Xianbei suffered a disaster and lost their livestock, while Dong thieves were trapped but did not lose their army; although Xianbei has been defeated recently, there have been many wars in recent years, and hatred is hard to eliminate. Although we can temporarily prevent the two sides from fighting, there will inevitably be another war in the future; Dong thieves are poor, but they have no chance to escape. If we want to conquer them, we must fight to the death, which will inevitably waste soldiers and rice, and even last for a long time and will not end well. If Xianbei regroups and attacks us again at this time, our Han will be caught in a situation of being hostile on both sides. Before we can completely resolve the external threat, we must not weaken our Han strength to quell this internal conflict.
Someone even mentioned the five-year agreement between me and the people. I really don’t know how he knew about it. Is everything about me known to the world
This is my agreement with the people. I live in a remote place in the south of the mountains. I will find an opportunity to send troops to attack. I must not damage the power of the Han Dynasty to resist the northern barbarians.
I don't want to lose the advantage of the north over the Xianbei for Dong Zhuo. And the two new governor's offices in the northwest and northeast are being built, so we must ensure stability. This is why I don't want to break up with the Yuan family.
I always feel that although the four regents finally agreed on the overall handling of this matter, they have different private thoughts, but this difference does not matter at the moment. And as long as we still have common interests and common enemies, everything will be easy.
At least there is one detail in common. By keeping the Xianbei as an external threat, our Han Dynasty will not have any internal disturbances for the time being, especially the border powers. After all, except for my father, the other three ministers are not on the border, and my father has the best terrain, so the Xianbei are the least likely to attack.
In fact, the most important thing is that we have unrivaled control over the inner court, and can even influence the outer court, but most of the important positions in the outer court are still held by those wealthy families. This division of fiefdoms is a compromise between the inner and outer courts. Although it is somewhat helpful to ease the various contradictions of the Han Dynasty, I always feel that the Han Dynasty will suffer serious damage in the future because of this. Once this happens, I will also be a guilty minister of the Han Dynasty.
This is the main reason why I hate the separation of internal and external powers. When I was governing, I never thought of setting up a Shangshutai. If it was established, it would be under the Shaofu, doing some clerical work, and never let it interfere in politics. It is a forced separation of internal and external powers. But it seems that it is still unavoidable now.
In the middle of March in the second year of Chuping, the emperor appointed his eldest son Liu Bian as the crown prince and his second son Liu Xie as the King of Ping'an, and granted him the title of Ping'an.
He ordered the princes to return to their kingdoms immediately.
At least I remembered that a doctor named Wei Ning was in the mountains, so I sent an imperial edict to call him back. To be honest, he was not the first person I thought of.
The child was not yet weaned, so I agreed with Brother Zilong to send her to Luoyang first and then to the other place after weaning. The mother was a little confused, and seemed to be a little unclear about the future. I guessed that she was anxious about leaving her hometown, so I comforted her a few words and used myself as an example, saying that I was originally from Sili, then moved to Jingzhou, and now I have moved to Jiaozhou. In the future, her daughter will grow up and eventually get married. With Brother Zilong's care, he will definitely find a good in-law family for her, and she will not suffer any hardship in the future. Then I took them back to Pingleguan together. However, I guessed wrong.
But Ping was optimistic and still made everyone excited before they were ready to leave. Yinling might be pregnant, so she was even more gentle to the girls, hugging this one and kissing that one.
I was still a little horny, but seeing that Yinling had protected herself with her friends, I decided to run around and continue to use up my excess energy.
After visiting the second prince, he did not feel sad, but the crown prince was a little reluctant to see the second prince go back to his country. That day, the two brothers were talking non-stop, and the crown prince asked the second prince to come back to Luoyang to see him often.
The Second Prince was very happy about my arrival. After respectfully seeing off the Crown Prince, as expected, he had a very pleasant conversation with the Second Prince. We talked for a long time. Finally, the Second Prince took my hand and sent me away, and saluted me as his brother.
But when I think back, it seems like we didn't talk about much. We just kept talking about the things that happened in the mountains over and over again.
He was called back by the eunuch before leaving the palace, and he thought that trouble was coming.
As expected, the two princesses called me into a room and dismissed everyone. I thought to myself that I should have found someone else, even my father, and shouldn't have pushed everything onto my son. As a result, the eldest princess was released to wreak havoc, which was really a cruel act to harm the lives of the people and the loyal and good.
The princess even shed tears, and just glanced at me casually, telling me to take care of myself after I left. But from the scene, she really didn't look at me lightly.
I tried to show that I couldn't say too much. I bowed to him and pretended to leave with a sad look on my face.
The second princess is really unreliable. Fortunately, I have kept a backup plan for her and for future confrontation. Besides, rumors are already flying around outside. If this matter is really spread, most people who hear it will just think it is another version of the rumor.
My mother was waiting for me at Pingleguan and asked me if I would let Yinling stay in Luoyang to take care of the pregnancy and come back after the birth.
I thought that once the baby was born, if it was a girl, it would be fine, but if it was a boy, as the child's father, I would have less time to see this son. So I had better go back to Yue as soon as possible.
If my mother gave birth to a boy, I would say that the boys in Lingnan often died young and it was not suitable for them to grow up. I said that was all nonsense.
Ziyu and Zishi took some time to come and see me. We had a good chat. Lao, Zishi and I talked about the future. Lao, especially because he lived next door to Zishi, could visit Zishi often. Zishi drank a lot. I thanked the brothers for all this. I still remember when he left: If I can't drive out the troubles of the northern barbarians for the Han Dynasty, I will be buried in the Wolf Mountain.
Zishi left first, he did have a lot of things to do. Of course, Lao also had a lot to do. As soon as Zishi left, Lao said, "Why did you have to look for your second brother when you were shirking your responsibilities? I'm so tired lately."
Then he said leisurely: You are such a bold and reckless third brother, you dare to tell such a lie. Me: You could run away at that time, but I couldn't run away at that time. If I didn't make up a lie and really became your brother-in-law, what would your sister Yinling do
Zi Yu sighed and continued to conclude calmly: Only a jerk like you would dare to do this.
Soon he left too, he was really busy.
Everyone finally left. His Majesty's motorcade would be slower and leave first, accompanied by my father. Before leaving, he came to me and told me to stay in Luoyang for a few days before leaving, but Yinling could wait until she gave birth before leaving.
I still refused righteously, and said that there were many things about Yue State that needed my advice, so I had to take her away.
I got kicked again.
Zilong and sister-in-law Yunlu finally had to separate temporarily. The two sides discussed the etiquette procedures for a while. They decided to send the betrothal gifts when they returned, and also asked someone to calculate the auspicious day for the wedding.
When the two of them said goodbye outside the Pingle Pavilion, I wanted to ask someone to put up a square screen for them to separate them. Do not look at what is indecent, do not hear what is indecent, and do not think about what is indecent.
The key is that I saw it, heard it, and thought about it, which put me under a lot of pressure. Yinling made it clear that she was very busy, so I didn't want to have any bad ideas. She also said in front of many people who didn't know the truth and those who knew the truth: If others are busy, don't help them, so don't get in the way.
Ge Liang indicated that he was an idler who didn't know how to help, and then suggested that I, a blockage with no interest in helping, go out with him.
I made it clear that I wanted to help, especially since Yinling was pregnant, I had to stay and help.
After Yinling got pregnant, her mood wasn't particularly good, or not very stable, so I soon came out by myself in shame. ** tried hard to restrain his desire to make fun of me, and pretended to pass by. Song looked at me twice, and immediately went back to the house and closed the door. As expected, ** still couldn't escape my beating.
Of course, Ge Liang was waiting for me quite calmly at a distance, but not specifically for me, as if he regarded himself and the surrounding scenery as the first station of my expulsion from home. However, all he did was to symbolically comfort me with some very bad words or rambling questions, and then suggested that I stay wherever it was cooler.
Actually, I was very busy during that period. As the regent, I had to say goodbye to all the princes, as if we were all very good friends. I also had to visit the guards of each family. After all, I was closer to them than the princes, and the princes understood everything, and most of them were happy for me to talk to them more. So I got the opportunity to catch up with him. He seemed to be fine, and I didn't dare to spend too much time with him. In front of his master, I talked about how I lost too much blood and almost couldn't come back; and I had to go to the next family to say goodbye to people. Benchu, after hearing Qu Yi mention Wang Guo, knew that Meng De wanted to keep him for his own use, but I had to kill him. Several of his generals were killed in the Battle of Chencang, and he hated this person deeply, and he felt the same way as me, so he sent someone to secretly kill Wang Guo. Naturally, I was very grateful, and I called Benchu my brother, and scolded Wang Guo for being a traitor and ruining the country.
The time spent at each house was almost the same. Apart from drinking and chatting with Benchu, I spent a lot of time at Lao's house, asking the captain about various situations and occasionally mentioning his horse. I said "very surprised" that his horse was pregnant, and asked if the thief's horse had been caught. He smiled and said that the horses were all scattered together, and he didn't know at the moment, but there were already several suspected horses. Since the horses have different colors, we will know who the horse was born with when it is born. I privately thought that it should be red and black, but it didn't come out because there was no black horse among the "suspects" he mentioned. When asked about when the horse was conceived, the captain said it was probably around the beginning of February. I said that at that time, farmers in my hometown just started to plant rice; then the captain mentioned that the baby was born in November and December this year, and it was the time when the winter orchid bloomed in my hometown, so it might be better to call it Daohan or Milan.
The captain thought the way I named the horse was interesting, and that Daohan's name was too strange, not as nice as Milan. I said that I really liked his chestnut horse, and wanted to have the newborn horse for my child to ride in the future. Since that was the case, the captain might as well give me the chestnut horse. I said that you guys needed war horses more, so why not give you my mount. Your chestnut horse is pregnant and not suitable for long-term travel. The captain laughed and said that horses were not that expensive, and he was confused about why I gave him the horse. As a comrade-in-arms in recent years, I actually hoped that the Hei family would be reunited. Of course, I didn't say it well: In fact, our Hei had tainted your Hong or something like that. I finally said that your chestnut horse couldn't be ridden when it was about to give birth, and my Hei was a stallion, so it was no big deal. As a friend, it was a parting gift this time.
The captain finally accepted my gift. We said goodbye to each other and hugged each other.
I didn't mention Ren Li's matter, and neither did he. I didn't mention it because I hadn't seen Sister Ren recently, and he probably didn't mention it because he wanted me to mention it, but I believe he would believe that I would find a way.
To be honest, I was reluctant to send Hei away. But seeing this grandson recovering and chasing other mares in the stables, ignoring his pregnant wife, I wanted to rush into the stables to rid the people of this evil, just like what I often thought when I saw the ** staring at the convoys of the officials and sisters.
I think I did a good job on this one, as I almost always pestered my pregnant wife, but I was usually ordered to leave in the end.
After this, each family went back and forth. After this farewell, it is unknown when and how we will meet again.
When I saw the teacher, he was packing up the bamboo slips and asked me to carry them to his carriage. He said: "You have to stay in Xiangyang for a few days when you go back this time. I will do it naturally." The teacher smiled and sent me away. Niu Jin saw me off for a long distance, looking forward to the next battle. It would be an honor to serve under my command again.
Brother Meng De dismissed everyone and led me directly to the inner room, where he said frankly that he did not expect Wang Guo to act in this way. He only thought that Wang Guo was talented, but he did not expect that Wang Guo would dare to do such a thing. It was not until Benchu sent people to kill the thief that he understood everything.
I waved my hands and smiled, saying it was nothing, nothing would happen if the thief died. But I always felt that it might not be that simple.
Mother arranged for the people around to continue to clean up, but she called my elder sister to teach me a lesson, but she was eventually sent away by my father. I still have a lot to do. My younger sister finally returned to the mansion that day and was kept by Huangfu Ruo and other sisters. She has been at Kunming Lake for a while. My younger sister and I talked a lot this morning, and she suddenly became serious about getting married. I nodded, I know. Pointing in the direction of Ping An, the girl nodded as if she had grown up.
But it can be seen that Jin'er is actually quite happy, just a little nervous which is understandable. So he often asks me a lot of questions about the Second Prince without making any sense. Naturally, I keep praising the Second Prince.
Ge Liang was wandering around all the time. He was lucky not to be killed by the guards in the garden or accidentally injured by me while practicing archery. I had no idea what was going on in his mind. Maybe he was not thinking about anything.
He would often ask me some strange questions, such as: Am I riding the horse forward, or is the ground moving backward because of my pedaling
I always felt that he was sick, but my brother didn't think so. He seemed to be having a good chat with Ge Liang and would come to see him whenever he had time.
Although most of what I heard were related to medicinal herbs or Hua Tuo, I felt that my brother was also sick.
Before leaving, Yinling asked me to go to Chang'an with him to visit Jingzhao Yin Sima Fang. I asked why, and she said Sima Fang was her cousin, and it was my father-in-law who asked her to visit him when she had time.
I naturally had no objection, since I had nothing to do anyway. Talking about classics and history with Song hurt my self-esteem; talking too much with Old Master Xu made me feel uncomfortable; talking with **, I couldn't afford to lose face; talking with Ge Liang, I always heard about what a human being is, why we are born, why we die, etc. I felt that sooner or later I would become sick like him.
I don't have any impression of Lord Sima Fang. When Wei Kang, the young county magistrate, first mentioned Lord Sima, I wondered if he had any family relationship with Yin Ling. Later, I learned that my brother-in-law Sima Biao was studying at the Sima family private school in Wen County, so I knew he should be related to Yin Ling. Now I know that he is Ling'er's cousin, so I'm not surprised. At present, all I know about him is the two Iron Wolfs outside the gate, but Lord Zhong, one of the three assistants, is such a handsome man that I am looking forward to meeting this distant brother-in-law.
Yin Ling drafted a visiting card, but it was in my name. I was just thinking why not in your name, after all, he is your cousin. Suddenly I realized that since I was going with him, it would be inappropriate for the Regent to wait behind to pass the message, which would make it very difficult for the Jingzhao Yin to do his job, so I held it back.
But I was still criticized. I didn't have anything. Ling'er smiled and turned around: Zirui thought Ling couldn't feel it
But Yinling felt much better because I would go with her, and I was happy too.
Naturally, everyone had to go with them, but their main responsibility was to take a good look around Chang'an before leaving. In particular, Song Haohao was ordered to accompany Master Xu to play, and Qiu Luan and other maids were also given a holiday by me. ** first put on armor as a guard, but when he arrived at the mansion, he could leave on his own. As for Ge Liang, it seemed that no matter where he went, it didn't matter if he went anywhere.
Shanglinyuan is near Chang'an, and it takes half a day to get there. The convoy did not fly my flag, but just moved forward slowly. Most of the families here have left, and the road is very lonely. When it becomes a little lively, it means we are close to Chang'an.
I changed into formal clothes and sat in the carriage to accompany Ling'er. Then I heard a rider running up and down outside, asking in a very sanctimonious tone how far it was from here to Chang'an, but the answer was always a woman's voice.
Although most of us could hear the result, this guy didn't even bother to come over to report. It was really "everyone knows what the ** is thinking." Once, when Qiu Luan came to deliver some drinking water, she couldn't help laughing when she heard the ** outside asking questions again.
In order to keep my clothes tidy, Yinling wouldn't allow me to play around.
But if I don't mess around, my life simply won't be able to go on. Yin Ling, who is at her wit's end, even suggests that I go out and pick a fight to appease the public anger.
I didn't do it this time, although I really wanted to, and I've been doing it a lot recently. But I think it's better to give this kid face outside, after all, he looks like a general in armor. But I made a vow that I would teach him a lesson when I got back, he deserved it.
In contrast, I often brushed the curtain to observe where Ge Liang was, for I was really afraid that he would get lost. This man let the horse lead him. During the time he came to Shanglin, he had practiced his horsemanship. He often stared blankly and thought deeply, but he was not thrown off the horse.
With nothing to do, he continued to take out the letters from Pei'er and others, especially the two memorials for the promotion of Xu Ying and Xu Wei, which were gratifying.
I wanted to write a reply, but then I realized I was going back home soon. I didn't feel like writing anymore.
I arrived in Chang'an at noon, and there was nothing wrong along the way. Chang'an was very lively at dusk and noon, and the wine shops were filled with all kinds of aromas, which made my stomach growl. After having lunch at one of the places, I told the boss not to cause trouble, and then dismissed everyone.
My husband and I drove to the gate of Jingzhao Yinfu. My invitation was handed in by the driver, and I got off the carriage first, tidied my clothes, and asked Yinling to wait in the carriage. Yinling did not refuse, but just smiled at me, and of course I smiled at her.
But out of the corner of my eye I noticed a young man standing by the gate. He was handsome, tall, and neatly dressed. He looked like a talented person, but I didn't know why he was standing there.
"This young man is really handsome, but why is he waiting here with a worried look on his face?" Yin Ling obviously noticed my gaze, so she also lifted the curtain to peek in: "Zi Rui, go ask him."
After becoming pregnant, Yinling became very unruly and unreasonable, but it was inconvenient for her to "disobey", so she could only express her dissatisfaction appropriately: "Can't you use a tone of inquiry?"
"Why?" But this sentence was really asked in a questioning tone.
I really don’t know what’s going on, but I can’t make Yinling unhappy.
So I quickly turned around and asked the boy.
At this time, a middle-aged official in his forties came out and saluted me. But as he came out, the young man knelt down to the middle-aged man without saying a word.
After the greetings, Lord Sima was surprised to know why I didn't follow the guards. I smiled and said that since I was here to visit my wife's brother, it should be a private family matter and I couldn't use official guards of honor.
Lord Sima laughed with me and seemed to have a good impression of me. He immediately skipped all the complicated etiquette and just invited us to go in together.
But he didn't seem to notice the young man next to him at all.
Or maybe he noticed it but deliberately didn't mention it.
But the young man on the ground did the same, at least he said a few words, but just knelt there without moving.
I couldn't help it and took the initiative to mention: This young man is really a handsome and talented person, I wonder which school he belongs to
Lord Sima did not seem to have any emotion change, he just said casually: This is the unfilial dog Lang.
I was shocked: why is this happening
Only then did Lord Sima glance at the young man on the ground and said angrily: As the Shangshu Zuocheng, how can you leave your post without permission
The young man on the ground seemed afraid to explain and just leaned forward in silence.
I could lie, because I knew the biggest responsibility of the Regent was to manage the Secretariat and the inner court. But I couldn't lie. At most, I made a reasonable guess: "This should be the order of my brother-in-law's father, Lord Zhao. I hope Sima's brother-in-law will not blame your son. My father is a kind person and has always been considerate of his subordinates. When he passed through Chang'an this time, he must have made such arrangements."
"Oh, is this true?" This time he was asking the people below him. But I always felt that he had finally found an excuse to leave because his voice was a little anxious.
"That's true. I'm just going back to Luoyang. This morning, Lord Zhao ordered us, the officials from Sanfu, to return to our hometowns to visit our relatives. We only need to get back to Luoyang within ten days. I missed my father and mother, so I rode a fast horse and came directly here. I didn't have time to send a letter first." The young man finally spoke, his voice was deep, but very sincere.
"Then why didn't you come earlier?" Lord Sima's expression finally softened a little, as if he was relieved.
I also think that this young man is too slow. If I could do that, I would have ridden my horse straight home.
"When I was young, I was taught by my parents: I dare not advance unless I am told to, I dare not sit unless I am told to, and I dare not speak unless I am asked. Although I have entered the officialdom, I dare not forget this every day."
I couldn't help but look at Yin Ling. It turned out that it was the whole family's custom to discipline me so strictly. Relatively speaking, Yin Ling was much gentler. If this brother-in-law disciplined me, I'm afraid he would be locked up for ten years when he found out that I was hanging out with Zi She.
The look I gave her was obviously easily interpreted. But there were still people present, so it seemed nothing happened, except that the arm I was holding was inevitably grabbed.
We had another meal that day, but strangely, Yinling also ate a lot with me. I am a big eater, so it's no surprise that I asked Yinling. She said that her appetite hasn't been very good recently, but for the sake of the child, she still tries to eat more. I told her not to eat too much, and she smiled but said nothing.
We gradually became familiar with each other over the cups that day. The young man was Sima Fang's eldest son, named Sima Lang, with the courtesy name Boda, and he was not married that year. I talked a lot with him at lunch that day. His second brother started studying in a private school in Wen County last year, so he often visited him during the few days of vacation after his official duties this year. It is said that his third brother will also go there this year.
Looking at these two talented people, I secretly sighed, why there are no such talents in my country of Yue. There are so many people like ** who are so puzzling that I even want to change his name. His original name was Song Tao, but now it is better to call him Song Pi. After hearing this, I have the desire to give him a tight skin.
He knew that Yinling's younger brother was also there, so he asked the uncle's name. When Yinling said the name, he immediately remembered it and talked to his father about it: "Auntie" had just left, and the teachers in the school often praised him for his extraordinary talent and said he was a child prodigy, and they valued him very much. As a result, he was envied and was often bullied by the local children in the school. At this time, it was his uncle who often protected him, and the two became very close.
I asked who the "auntie" was. She replied: I am my second brother, and my given name is Yi. The word Yi means "virtue" in Chinese. (From the Book of Songs)
I nodded in sudden realization, but in my mind I was already thinking that according to his brother's courtesy name, he should be called Sima Zhongda in the future.