novelraw Chapter 125 The Truth
Chapter 125 The Truth
Lin Ruhai is a very decisive person. He said that if he wanted to pick up the stone lock, even if he did not achieve a little achievement every day, he had to work hard.Now that you have succeeded, if you say you don’t practice, you don’t practice!
Winter in the south of the Yangtze River is cold and gloomy. Although the house is lit with a stove, with a hand stove in hand, a foot stove under your feet, wearing a fox fur, and sitting in the study, you feel cold when you reach out to read a book. Whenever someone opens the door, The ink in the inkwell is frozen.
He just read it for a while, and decided to take the book and go to his wife's room to read it.
The study room is too big and there are too many windows. It is common sense that the bigger the room, the colder it is.
"Huh? I came here to look for books, why did I start reading here?" Lin Ruhai asked himself while holding the hand stove, did I seem to be lying?The boy following behind was carrying a stack of books, expressing his incomprehension to the master being frozen like this.
The wife sat in the warm pavilion and drank tea. As soon as she entered the door, she felt as warm as spring, and the heat rushed towards her face.
The old couple seriously talked about "Which character is better between Bai Letian and Li Taibai", and the topic changed to "Bai Juyi's character is Letian and Li Bai's character is Taibai, so what should Daiyu's character be called in the future", "Will she come back after the New Year?" Go home' for a serious discussion.
Jia Min leaned on the cushion, although her face was tired, she didn't wear much jewels on her head, she was wearing half-new and not old silk, she didn't look rich and noble at all, she just thought she was a beautiful and charming beauty, although she was old, she was not Less elegance.
She said: "Daiyu sent a letter last time, saying that the emperor and empress were very kind to her. I guessed that she would not come back. Now the emperor and empress have no children. When we have no children, I can't help seeing other people's children." Stay with me, but I still have some guesses, but the queen has no scruples."
Lin Ruhai raised her head and sighed: "Others wait until their daughters get married in their teens and miss them like me when they are gone, but I have experienced this feeling early. Sigh."
Jia Min comforted: "It's good, we both have reached this age, and our health is not good, we don't know when,,, Daiyu will be favored by the queen, and we can count on him for the rest of our lives."
After all, after you passed away, the Lin family was gone. Unlike others, she didn't have any brothers from her natal family to rely on.
Originally, there was Fourth Sister Wen. I always felt that she was unreliable, and it would be better to have a queen.
Lin Ruhai squinted her mouth, and one of her teeth began to hurt again: "Next year, next year, I must be transferred back to Beijing! If the mountains don't move, I will move!"
Jia Min picked up the teacup and took a sip: "Speaking of this, Yuan Chun, my eldest niece, born to the second elder brother Zheng, she is very favored in the palace, and suddenly she was made a noble concubine. In turn, she belongs to Daiyu." Cousin, the queen won't hate Daiyu because of this, will she?"
Lin Ruhai thought for a while: "Jia Yuanchun,,, when did she become a concubine? Why haven't I heard of it before?"
Jia Min: "I also think it's strange. I wasn't a concubine at all. I've always been a female official in the Queen's Palace. I don't know what happened, but I suddenly became a noble concubine. This is really a step up to the sky. It's too fast and too high. It's called People think it's strange. I don't know about the concubines of other families. Concubine Zhen of the Zhen family in the south of the Yangtze River was first named a beauty when she entered the palace, and then she was favored and leapfrogged to become a concubine. After another three years, she was named a concubine. The noble concubine who was sealed is now an old concubine, why..."
Lin Ruhai narrowed his eyes slightly, with a half-smile: "There must be a mystery when things go wrong, and we will find out in the future." He had heard a bit of news. The following are all used to support the scene.
Jia Min frowned, and tugged on his sleeve: "Speak clearly, such vagueness makes people worry for no reason."
Lin Ruhai pulled his sleeves out, smiled and blinked: "You look down for a long time, and you will know for yourself. I'm not sure."
Jia Min grabbed his sleeves to prevent him from taking it out, and thought about it carefully: "Is it strange that the canonization is strange? My natal family has not done any meritorious service. Even if Yuanchun was favored, it is really strange. Many girls from famous families are buried in the harem. My family The girl in my life doesn't count either, alas."
The family has no binding force on the emperor, let alone force the emperor to favor whom. Their honor and disgrace are still in the hands of the emperor. To force the emperor to treat someone well, it must be a powerful minister like Cao Cao and Huo Guang.Empresses are all famous families, but is it not rare that emperors of all dynasties neglect empresses and abolish empresses?
For concubines, to please the emperor is more important than anything else. It is a matter of personal character and physical condition, and the family cannot help.Because of being favored by the emperor, there are many things about the family's prosperity, but there are few concubines who are favored by the family.
After all, Lin Ruhai is not an otaku who likes to read Gong Douwen, and he is not interested in discussing these things, so he drank tea silently: "You don't care what they do, and Yuan Chun is not familiar with you, and her honor and disgrace have nothing to do with you and me. Daiyu was born You are smart, you won't go to Concubine Jia to make fun of it, the empress is wise and open-minded, you won't offend her for this matter."
The two were chatting, and the eldest maid came in to salute beamingly: "Master, madam, there is a letter from Miss Jingcheng."
Lin Ruhai was overjoyed, stood up excitedly and walked to the door, took the letter paper from the messenger, knowing that the messenger must have never seen Daiyu, still couldn't help asking: "How's the weather in the capital? Is it too cold?"
The messenger bowed and said, "Reporting to Master, it's almost the same as in previous years, not too cold."
"Well, good." A familiar hand suddenly stretched out from the side, and took the letter from his hand.Lin Ruhai scribbled instructing his servants to take the messenger to rest, reward him with food and money, and hurried back to read the letter.
Lin Ruhai was holding the post, crying bitterly: "Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooloo!" Now that it's like this, what's the difference between this and the font she used when she first learned to write!"
Jia Min didn't agree with him, the font was obviously very cute: "This font is unique, it's a chic and unrestrained play."
Lin Ruhai wiped his tears and stood a beard: "Hmm ... uh ... the wife said that it is really beautiful."
I was terrified when I first saw it, but it’s actually quite good, and it can be said to be back to basics.
Jia Min smiled and gave him a blank look: "Cry as soon as you say that. Could it be the clan of the Han Dynasty?"
Lin Ruhai shyly covered his face with his sleeve, read the letter carefully, and arranged what the ancients did.Only then did I settle down to read what was written in the letter, which was still the old cliché: Say hello to your parents, wear more clothes when it’s cold, lie down and have extra meals, I miss you so much.I have been reading four books recently, and every time I read them, I have different insights.Occasionally I got a new post, full of innocence, now I imitate it, it’s so round and chubby, it’s super cute, isn’t it?Ask dad to comment.
Lin Ruhai was attracted to it unprincipled, holding her face together and said, "Yeah, it's just super cute!"
Jia Min (#‵′) Humph!
Lin Ruhai: ~(￣▽￣～)~
He not only ordered people to bring pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but also studied the brushwork of this glutinous rice balls, deliberately imitating this style of writing, and wrote a cute poem: The old man is talking about being a teenager, and the left is yellow.
On the right Qingcang, brocade hat and sable fur, Qianqi rolls Hiraoka.
To report to Qingcheng, follow the prefect, shoot the tiger and watch Sun Lang.
Jia Min almost collapsed: "Although this font is cute, it's too inappropriate to use it to write this poem."
Lin Ruhai spread his hands: "I just wanted to write about my old man's teenage madness. After I finished writing, I felt that there was too little, so I continued to write. Is it too abrupt to change the font back to cursive?"
Jia Min looked at it for a while, and a bewildered smile appeared on his face: "It's like this now, it doesn't have the usual flavor. It's pretty good."
The two wrote a letter to each other.Lin Ruhai secretly crumpled up the half-word written in glutinous rice balls and threw it away. It's too embarrassing!
Jia Min felt that this was worth laughing at, and waited quietly for half an hour. When he went out to pick up the book to be sent to Daiyu, he whispered to the maid: "Hurry up and pick up that ball of paper."
She took it back and smoothed it carefully, suppressed a smile while reading it, quickly folded it and put it in the letter she wrote, and specially marked it as 'your father imitated your handwriting, but he was embarrassed, so he crumpled it up and wanted to throw it away.Snatched by me, sent to you, the right to make a smile'.He took the letter again, sealed it, and hurriedly sealed it with paste.
Fearing that the master would come back and find that the ball of paper was gone, he quickly wrote a similar glutinous rice ball. Although he couldn't remember how he wrote it, it was not a problem to write it round and fat.Knead it into a ball and throw it away after writing.
Lin Ruhai came back just after finishing her work.
Jia Min wiped his sweat secretly, laughing uncontrollably.
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Liu Qiqi cried for a while, her clothes were wet with tears, she was helped by her son into the inner room to change clothes, and she calmed down by the way.
His two daughters-in-law entertain guests here, the eldest daughter-in-law Li, and the second daughter-in-law Tao.Mrs. Li said with a smile: "My old man has been thinking about the descendants of General Wen all the year round. Now that she is safe and sound, the old man can have a good New Year this year."
Dow smiled and said: "That's right. Thank you both, I don't know who you two belong to Miss Wen. Thank you both. General Wen's daughter should also be sent this year. You are 30 years old, should you get married?"
Xiang Baozi has always been numb to this kind of marked, gentle and virtuous housewife, and said bravely: "Thanks to my sister-in-law's inquiry, Miss Wen has already married, and her husband's family, Zhuo, is an idler in the court." Almost forgot My master did not know how to get himself an official position.
Tao frowned slightly, hesitated to speak, and simply smiled: "Being an official wife, with her family background, she should be an official wife. How many people know her background? Although General Wen's grievances are obvious to all, but young It is not false that the court tracked down the whereabouts of his wife and children, how come you all know her identity?"
Xiang Baozi immediately liked him: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, very few people know at this time, only Mr. Zhuo and our close friends know." She had to praise Shi Hu: "My master is cautious and trustworthy. They are all loyal people, besides, there are endless voices in the court to reverse the identity of General Wen, so nothing will happen."
Mrs. Li asked: "Ah Jiang, it looks like you don't look like a servant of an ordinary family, who is her?"
Qin Ajiang glanced at Xiang Baozi in a strange way, and said shyly, "I am the son-in-law of Miss Wen's apprentice."
Li Shi and Tao Shi looked at each other, they couldn't stop guessing in their hearts, and looked at Xiang Baozi: "Then who is this lady?"
Lonely men and widows travel all the way, they should be husband and wife, otherwise how embarrassing the journey would be?If it is said that they are husband and wife, it is strange to see that they also match each other as husband and wife.Look at this fat girl with a knife in her waist, looking forward to brilliance, with a masculine and high-spirited look, but this Qin Ajiang looks weak, he entered the door in a gentle and polite manner, and responded fluently in front of the old man, but he was a The appearance of a weak scholar.
Xiang Baozi resented him talking nonsense, so he couldn't talk nonsense about his senior sister, so he simply——she smiled shyly, and rubbed her ears a little embarrassedly: "You two sisters-in-law, I'm really sorry, A-Jiang married into my house son in law."
Qin Zhongyu was so blushing that she couldn't lift her head up, and thought weakly: I can't be married, I'm the only one in my family, I have no parents, no brothers next to me, if I marry my son and your surname, my family will be extinct, my title It can be passed on to another generation!
The two housewives looked at each other and laughed: "Sure enough."
"Seeing how you two have a good heart, you are a good match."
Xiang Baozi had been through the battlefield for a long time, and he didn't blush or breathe when he told such a lie, but he didn't dare to look at Ajiang Qin's expression.
Qin Zhongyu was not in a bad mood, looked at Xiang Baozi secretly, and said to himself: She didn't just throw a dart at me to kill me, so she shouldn't be too angry.I touched my butt several times along the way, and today I answered my words again. She really is interested in me, so happy~
Li's Dow looked at the fat girl silently looking at the sky and the earth but not at her husband, and her husband kept staring at her, and thought this couple was really interesting.
When the scene was a little awkward, Liu Qiqi came out again. The old man washed his face, combed his beard and changed his clothes, his face was radiant: "The letter wrote a few words, not very detailed. Alright? Have you learned martial arts? General Wen said that she is very talented in martial arts, if she is a boy, she must be a hero on the battlefield, the words are still in my ears."
Qin Zhongyu said enthusiastically: "Mrs. Wen is excellent in martial arts, but after leaving home, she disappeared among the people incognito, secretly avenging her father, and never made a name for herself."
"Okay, okay, a man can bend and stretch." Liu Qiqi asked again: "She hasn't heard from her all these years, why did she write a letter all of a sudden?"
Qin Zhongyu was secretly proud. Seeing General Wen's old friends so happy, he felt that he had done a great deed: "Mrs. Wen was lost at a young age, and she didn't know much about her father's relatives, friends and old friends. , and I don’t know where to ask. The Ministry of Criminal Affairs secretly investigated the old case under the order of the Ministry of Justice. A kind servant of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs found some friends of General Wen. He read the intimacy written in the letter and told Mrs. Wen. Send us here."
Xiang Baozi secretly winked: Idiot, it’s not a big draft to lie, what you wrote in your letter is about Mrs. Wen’s life, she doesn’t have much promise, now that she is an official wife and knows the servant of the Ministry of Justice, this is already high society, okay?
Why does the servant of the Ministry of punishment add "kindly" in front of him, he is obviously a "very curious" minister of the punishment department, and he doesn't blush when he praises himself like this.
Qin Zhongyu doesn't think so, he thinks this is the daily friendship~Tan Shou~When his father's old friends came to take care of him as an orphan, they were all kinds of servants, ministers, and various magistrates.Innocent wink, what do you mean?
Liu Qiqi was full of emotions: "Yes, we have been separated for many years, and we have not heard from each other. She doesn't know me, and I have never taken care of her. Although I am alone and alone, I have the entrustment of General Neiwen."
Qin Zhongyu took the opportunity to ask: "The well-meaning servant of the Ministry of Punishment also found a letter from General Wen to your old gentleman. The letter said 'Xidelin'er'. Madam Wen felt a little strange. I don't know what's going on?"
After hearing this question, Liu Qiqi laughed, smiled, shed tears, and sighed: "There is an unknown and secret past event involved."
Qin Zhongyu sat upright at first, but now because he was too curious, he deliberately pulled up his waist again, as if someone stuck a bamboo pole down his collar.
Xiang Baozi couldn't help leaning forward, anxiously waiting for the "Xinmi Past" in his heart, like a meatball about to fall out of the bowl, or like a jade mountain falling.
Liu Qiqi talked about these past events casually, without needing to recall them at all.He said: "General Wen gave birth to a daughter, the joy of Nongwa, and he wanted to claim that it was the joy of Nongzhang."
"What?" *Qin Ajiang, Xiang Baozi, his two sons and his daughter-in-law.
Liu Qiqi looked at the restless young people in this room with contempt. You young people just haven't seen the world. I think I talked and laughed with General Wen back then: "You don't know why he wants to do that?"
Qin Ajiang looked at Xiang Baozi: We guessed completely wrong.
Xiang Baozi blinked his big confused eyes: That's right, it's not that I guessed wrong, but guessed it backwards, everything is just the opposite.
Liu Qiqi said: "He did this because he wanted to protect his daughter. At that time, the political situation in the court was complicated, and the three forces of relatives, eunuchs, and nobles competed with each other. General Wen was regarded as a noble, but he had no relationship with the nobles in Beijing. Not too good, and his relatives and eunuchs all regard him as a noble. The general's wife is also a woman with strong martial arts. The general was very relieved at first. Once there is a change in the court, his wife will definitely run away.
But having a child, it’s not easy to run with a child. The situation in the DPRK and China is changing rapidly, and no one knows what will happen. The general intends to tell the public that he has a son, and he usually raises the child as a son. Children can’t distinguish between men and women. .In this way, if there is a change in the court, the "son" can be taken away by the general's wife in women's clothing, and the mother and son will be disguised as "father" and daughter. "
Xiang Baozixin said: My master has never dressed up as a man, because the big rabbit is too big. In fact, this is also a problem with her figure. You look like me, with a bigger belly than her chest, so there is nothing wrong with dressing up as a man.If she is a little fatter now, she can cover her breasts, and if she is a little thinner, her breasts will be smaller. If she was a child, a black and fat child would really be indistinguishable from male to female.
Qin Zhongyu was almost taken aback, and then understood: "This strategy is very clever, why is it useless?"
Liu Qiqi smiled: "General Wen told me: It's too difficult to lie. Once you say it's Nong Zhang's joy, the world will know that you have a son. How will you justify Zelan's name in the future? How to marry? How to explain?
Once an accident happens and everyone knows that General Wen’s son is on the run, it will be easy for Wen Zelan to give up her surname. Women, how to face the questioning eyes of the world?How do you get married in the future? "
Qin Zhongyu burst into tears: "Parents' love for their children should be far-reaching!"
Xiang Baozi was a little dazed, this, General Wen thought too much and went too far, he really deserves to be a general, the level of meticulous thought is really shocking, is my master really his daughter?My master doesn't seem to have the feeling of 'raising the family's burden' at all.
Liu Qiqi asked about the court's current attitude for a while, and then asked Wen Zelan if her martial arts were good?Who is she married to, what is the status of the other party, and is she living happily?Is there still an investigation into the 'Wen Tong Ming Yu Party'?
Qin Ajiang couldn't help but tell all about her killing Huang Jinlang and others, with a longing look on her face.
Liu Qiqi patted the table and said: "Okay, I'm so happy, bring me some wine!"
The sons did not dare to disobey, so they had to bring a jug of wine.
Liu Qiqi drank several cups in a row, and then boasted about General Wen's heroic appearance.
Xiang Baozi was so curious that he finally inquired round and round: "I heard that General Wen is tall, thin, and handsome in white. Is it true?"
Liu Qiqi looked at her as a little daughter-in-law (in order to cover her head and face tightly and prevent the wind, she pulled up her hair), her eyes were bright and she wondered if General Wen Tongming was handsome, and she sighed inwardly: Hey, I don’t know much about this The women only know to ask if he is handsome, but they don't know that his big heart and the staunch loyalty of guarding the border are the most charming.
But he still replied truthfully: "It is indeed very handsome. He said that he is a gentleman, and he is warm like a jade. In his wooden house, he disturbed my heart. Alas, you have never seen him, but there is a song in the border city of the year: I just feel that you look back and make me miss you. The court and the curtain."
Xiang Baozi couldn't hold back his excitement, and secretly scratched Qin Zhongyu's paw, and was very curious: "After listening to you, I know that my wife's mother is also a person with high martial arts skills, but I have never heard of such rumors, Mr. Liu Can you elaborate, sir?"
Qin Ajiang rubbed her waist and listened.
Liu Qiqi was not willing to satisfy the little daughter-in-law's gossip mentality, she felt like a gossip, but she really wanted to talk about General Wen.He first sang for 5 minutes about General Wen's broad mind and discerning eyes, and then said: "Mrs. Wen has a short stature, dark complexion, and decent appearance. I heard from General Wen that she has great strength, slightly better martial arts, and a lot of alcohol. "
In fact, they met through arm wrestling while drinking in a tavern. I won't tell you about such a shameful thing.
Xiang Baozi's chin is about to drop to the instep, never would have thought that my master has such a good-looking father, who turns out to look like her mother.However, General Wen is really a wonderful person with vision!Why is my master short, fat and dark?Because follow mother!
Qin Zhongyu was also excited, never expecting such a secret: "But according to the file, General Wen's wife is the younger sister of one of his staff, isn't it?" ah.
Liu Qiqi looked at him amusedly: "If you want to marry an orphan girl, why don't you arrange a good status for her?"
Qin Zhongyu suddenly realized: "It's great that General Wen is not bound by the world." It's the same as what I do~
Liu Qiqi said: "It's getting late, you and your wife will stay overnight and go on the road tomorrow."
Qin Zhongyu and Xiang Baozi were addicted to gossip and couldn't extricate themselves, so they agreed in a daze.
After dinner, we chatted for a while, talking about the atmosphere in Beijing, the direction of the wind, and the attitude of the Holy Majesty towards General Wen.
At night, arrange for the two to sleep in the same room.
A little embarrassed.
Qin Zhongyu stood on the ground looking at her, and said weakly: "Miss Xiang, I offended you today."
Xiang Baozi stood at the door and looked at him, "Well...it's nothing, but what should we do now?"
Qin Zhongyu said: "According to the novel, I should let you sleep on the bed and sleep on the chair by myself. But it's too cold today, I promise I can sit still."
The little widow who ran into Liu Xiahui's arms was so cold that she couldn't bear it, so she ran to her neighbor Liu Xiahui's house to keep warm.
Xiang Baozi rolled his eyes: "I have never seen you so afraid of the cold in my life."
Qin Zhongyu blinked innocently: "I read in some novels that a heroine can wear a pair of white pants and sleep in the air."
Xiang Baozi: "Hehehe, do you think there is Bai Lian who can withstand me? Forget it, let's all sleep on the bed, one person and one quilt, you can really do Liu Xiahui, and you will freeze to death when you get out of the quilt!" When I was out and about dressed as a man, I slept in Chase bunks.
Qin Zhongyu said shyly, "Thank you. Girl Baozi, don't worry, I will ask the official media to come to your house to propose marriage when I return to Beijing."
"Huh? Why? Because of today's words? Or because of this?"
"Not all,,, when I got on and off the horse along the way, you supported me and touched me several times. Don't I understand? I'm not an idiot."
Xiang Baozi said in his heart: You know shit, but I don't!I didn't touch anything, the clothes you are wearing are so thick, like a mattress.But she already had this intention, and hearing his willingness, she stopped asking: "Don't you think I'm fat?"
This trip has been fruitful, not only did I know the root cause of my master's black and fat, but also found a husband, okay.
Qin Zhongyu said righteously: "Marry a wife and marry a good man (the wife's figure is not important, the three crosses are omitted here), you are a little thinner than my mother."
And you don't think I'm not self-motivated, I know martial arts and I'm willing to come out with me to visit Liu Qiqi, it's really like-minded.In the past, I was like going to the door to ask for relatives, but now I see you act vigorously and resolutely along the way, and you are very experienced in all emergencies, which is really charming.
It was a real joy, a hit-and-miss.
The author has something to say: That's right, someone guessed it, Fourth Sister Wen follows her mother.