Chapter 11 Chapter 11 The son returns home, suitable for his family

At the foot of the mountain, the crimson water is rolling all the way to the southwest. In the col between the river and the mountain, there is a large ginkgo forest.Fallen leaves like golden feathers spread all over the ground, like golden dust. In the middle of the golden ground, there is a huge mat made of gray and white wool, and on the mat is a golden lacquer food box. It must have been someone who came early to arrange everything, and then retreated far away, leaving only the two of them to drink and enjoy the autumn. The young master took out the food from the food box in the same way, a row of small jade bowls covered the whole mat, the faint warm yellow jade, like human skin, was extremely thin, so thin that it could be scattered through the mat. geometric pattern.

The dishes are all cold food and fruits, such as carp, pounded treasures, Weibo, cannon paste, dew chicken, bear scorpion, turtle eggs, peach gum, roll ears, boiled chestnuts, preserved oranges, drunk dates...there are so many things to see. The bottom layer of the food box is wine warmed in hot water. Young Master Su poured two cups and said with a smile: "It's autumn, it's better to drink warm wine without hurting your health." After saying that, he passed a cup to Yan Wei. Yan Wei took it with both hands, put it on her lips and took a sip, then looked up at Young Master Su.

Young Master Yu smiled again: "Recently, things have been busy, and I didn't bother to visit you. How are you doing?" Yan Wei nodded, took a sip of the wine, but didn't speak.The steam of the warm wine rose up and condensed between the eyelashes, as if there was a faint fog in front of his eyes. "It must be boring without someone close by your side. I will send you some books in a few days... I wanted to find a puppy or a bird to accompany you to relieve boredom, but I don't know if you like it or not?" Young Master Xuan asked. . Yan Wei said softly: "You don't need to be so troublesome, I don't know what will happen to me tomorrow, so why bother to bring other creatures..."

Young Master Sui said softly: "You are already over sixteen years old, you can bear it for another year or a half at most, and then you will be married off in a glorious manner, and then you will be free..." Yan Wei let out a long sigh and did not speak. "You don't have to worry, if you have someone you like, just tell me, and I will do my best to fulfill it. If you don't have someone you like yet, just tell me what you want, and I will take care of it for you." Young Master Yu said . Yan Wei was taken aback when she heard this, and looked at Young Master Su with wide eyes.

Young Master Sui smiled and said, "What? Don't believe me? Will I still lie to you?" Yan Wei lowered her head in embarrassment, and said softly, "If that's the case...then, please..." Young Master Yu asked again: "Then, do you have a sweetheart, or not?" Yan Wei still lowered her head, without looking at Young Master Sui, she just nodded slightly. Young Master Sui said, "Who is it? Tong Li?" Yan Wei's heart was beating wildly, her whole body seemed to be frozen and motionless. After a while, Young Master Su sighed softly: "That's Li Qichen?"

Yan Wei was even more nervous, she felt her heart was about to jump out of her stomach, and she wanted to nod, but her head and neck seemed to be out of order, and she froze there, unable to move. Young Master Sui suddenly said briskly: "This is not, and that is not, it must not be someone I know?" Yan Wei was very anxious, and said softly: "No..." Then she felt that the "no" was very ambiguous, so she nodded vigorously. Young Master Su couldn't help laughing out loud, and said: "Okay, I understand...don't worry, just leave it to me." "Really?" Yan Wei raised her head with tears in her eyes.

Young Master Su patted Yan Wei's head with a smile: "Of course it's true. When have I lied to you? Don't worry, you will get what you want." "Brother..." Yan Wei couldn't help but called out. There seemed to be a flash of light in Young Master Yu's eyes, and it disappeared after only a moment... Only a pair of clear eyes were left, looking at Yan Wei kindly, making people suspect that the tear just now was just the shadow of a cloud passing through his eyes .Young Master Xuan raised his head and drank the wine in the glass, but because he drank too much, he coughed violently.

The wine was hot, and most of the food and wine went down. The two of them gradually lost the topic of conversation, and they only spent a few days together, and they had exhausted everything that should be said.He didn't speak, and was a little embarrassed. "Girl Cong...Second brother, is he okay? Did he go out of the house like you?" Yan Wei asked hesitantly. "Second brother? Isn't he in the Gu Valley?" Young Master Su was very puzzled. "No! Didn't he go back to Huaidu last time?" Yan Wei was surprised. Young Master Sui said: "He went back to Huaidu. He was escorted back by Li Tichenchen. He only stayed for a few days and was escorted back to Qigu. In order to comfort him, Junfu even used the crown prince's guard of honor."

Yan Wei anxiously said: "It wasn't that time! After he returned to the valley, another waiter in black came into the valley, saying that the king was seriously ill, and hurriedly called the young master back to Huaidu, so he left!" Yan Wei still I'm not used to addressing you as Junfu, I just say Dawang. Young Master Yu was also surprised: "Your father has never been ill, and he never called his second brother back." "Ah?!" Yan Wei was taken aback, shaking her hand, and the glass of wine rolled down on the mat, getting wet, "Could it be that...is Young Master Cong kidnapped?"

Seeing that Yan Wei was in a panic, Young Master Yu hurriedly comforted Yan Wei and said, "Don't worry, what's going on, tell me slowly." Yan Wei then told a series of things about how she got down from the red cliff, how she returned to the valley, how Gongzi Cong left, and how she was forced to leave.In addition, he recounted what he saw and heard when he first went to Yin Valley and Gongzi Cong's suspicions and guesses. He didn't even say a word about Gongzi Cong's suspicion that someone had poisoned him, but he just skipped Xiong Ying's pregnancy. things.Yan Wei only felt that this matter was very disgraceful to Gongzi Cong, so it was worth not mentioning it.I also remembered what Xiong Ying said to her on the small bridge that day, she would go to the son Cong's mansion soon, it was all nonsense, and sure enough, there was not a single truth in the mouth of this femme fatale.

The more Yan Wei said, the more dignified Young Master Su's face became, and his brows were deeply knit together.After Yan Wei finished speaking, he stood up abruptly and shouted loudly, "Come on!" Four attendants ran quickly from outside the forest, all bowing and obeying orders. "You, go to the Weiwei of the inner court, and bring me the bottom file of the servant in black who has been out of Huaidu for business within three months! You, go to the military commander's office, and check whether the people who escorted Gongzi Cong to Yinggu that day have returned Who gave the order! You, pass on my order, and the palace is temporarily detaining Xiong E, Xiong Ying, mother and daughter! You, stay here to deal with the aftermath." Young Master Yu's voice was stern, and the four of them took orders one after another. "Let's go!" Young Master Su turned to Yan Wei and said, his tone had softened, but he was still impatient. "Where are you going?" Yan Wei asked. "Go back to the palace and report to your father." Young Master Sui said. Yan Wei was waiting outside the gate of the palace to be summoned by King Yang, feeling a little apprehensive. The relevant etiquette titles, Young Master Yu had already explained one by one on the way home, but he still felt a little scared. What exactly he was afraid of, but he couldn't explain clearly... I didn't expect to meet my biological father for the first time. Such a scene. Under the guidance of the eunuch, Yan Wei entered the hall, saluted, knelt down on the table, looked up and looked around, only to find that the young master Sui had left the hall at some point, and there were only herself and King Yang in the huge main hall. Although it was afternoon, the light in the hall was still a little dim, and the sunlight came in through the south window, and the spots on the north side, where King Yang was, looked blurry. It took a while for Yan Wei to get used to the darkness in the palace, and she could clearly see the appearance of Yang Wang Xuanhao, who was more than ten years older than Yan Changchu, with a long beard, and his facial features were very similar to those of the young master Sui. , but felt that he was tired for no reason... King Yang didn't seem to be flustered or shocked by such a big incident, he just asked kindly: "You have been in the palace for a long time, but are you still used to it?" King Yang's voice was low Thick and thick, there is a faint echo in the huge hall. Yan Wei did not expect that the first sentence that King Yang uttered was almost the same as the first sentence that Young Master Sui asked in the ginkgo forest.But this time, Yan Wei could no longer answer with a nod, as it was not proper, and King Yang might not see it clearly, so she replied respectfully, "Yes. It's still a habit..." "It's still a habit... so is there something you're not used to?" King Yang continued to ask. Yan Wei straightened up slightly, and replied: "Yes. After all, I have lived among the people since I was a child, and when I first entered the court, there will be many things I am not used to. This is human nature." King Yang gave a noncommittal "hmm" and asked again, "Have you seen your mother and concubine?" Yan Wei's heart skipped a beat, and she still said respectfully: "I happened to pass by that day, and I glanced through the crack of the door..." "What do you feel in your heart?" King Yang asked again. Yan Wei sighed, and said: "I can't tell... Although it's pitiful, but the causes planted in the past will reap the fruits of today..." "En." Yang Wang hummed again, stopped talking, and seemed to be looking at Yan Wei. Yan Wei lowered her head and stared at the pattern on the edge of the brocade mat three feet in front of her. She was not used to Yang Wang's coercive eyes. She felt a little tight in her chest and just wanted to leave here and take a breath outside. "You... have you ever planned for the future?" King Yang asked again. This question is still similar to the topic of the young master Sui just now. Is it true that father and son are connected?Yan Wei was a little hesitant, and paused before replying: "As a woman, in the future... it will be nothing more than a husband and a child." Yang Wang asked again: "Have you ever thought about what kind of person is the most satisfactory to marry?" Yan Wei blushed for a while and her heart beat, she stroked her temples with her hand, collected herself, and then slowly replied: "I don't want to show off and be rich, but I want to be safe and happy, have a skill, be able to help others and be respected by others, that's a happy marriage. After Yan Wei finished speaking, she realized that what she was talking about seemed to be someone like Yan Changchu, and her wish was actually nothing more than to be able to live the life she used to in the future... "Oh? A normal woman, either you want to marry a prince or nobleman, or a famous minister and general. You are different." Yang Wang said in a relaxed tone. Yan Wei suddenly thought of Lu Jin, Lu Jin's husband, Jiang Guo's soldiers who had been knocked out, and couldn't help blurting out: "Although good generals are good, they have been fighting for years, and husbands and wives cannot be reunited. Once a general succeeds, there will be a lot of trouble behind him." The bones of soldiers, behind each set of bones there are weeping wives and fatherless sons. 'Soldiers are an ominous weapon, not a gentleman's weapon, and must be used as a last resort'." King Yang smiled: "That's a good point! But if you don't use troops, others will use them for you; if you don't use troops first, you will be powerless to fight when others are ready to strike first. How can there be any eggs under the nest? Then you will suffer , or hundreds of millions of living people. If you live in peace and do not think of danger, it is a crime for the king! To make the country strong and strong, and people dare not use troops against it, is the way to long-term peace and stability." Yan Wei didn't know how to interface, maybe, this was right.But... why can't countries live in peace and harmony, and have to fight to the death? King Yang didn't know what Yan Wei was thinking, and he said along his own train of thought: "'Go up and attack the enemy, secondly attack the enemy, and then attack the city. , both benefit the enemy and ourselves, this is the so-called 'benevolent soldier'." Yan Wei thought carefully about what King Yang said, and it really made sense, to strike first and hit a hit, so that the people of the two countries would suffer less from the war. King Yang asked again: "You have been to Jiang Guo before, how did you feel?" "I just think it is very fresh, and it is different from Yang Guo in every way. Countries are like people to people, each has its own characteristics. Compared with Yang Guo, there are good points and bad points." Yan Wei said in a relaxed tone replied. King Yang smiled again: "Oh? Then tell me, how is Jiang Guo better than Yang Guo, and how is Yang Guo better than Jiang Guo?" Seeing King Yang's peaceful expression, Yan Wei also gradually relaxed, and said with a slight smile: "Jiang Kingdom has a wide variety of silks and exquisite embroidery, which really opened my eyes. But their country lacks salt, the food is bland, and the cooking methods There are only a few simple things like steaming, boiling, broiling, and roasting, unlike our country, where there are various and colorful diets. Therefore, Jiang Guo wins in clothes, and our country wins in food.” King Yang asked again: "If you had a choice, would you rather live in Jiang Guo or Yang Guo?" Yan Wei raised her head, looked straight at King Yang, and said, "I am from Yang State, so of course I would like to live in Yang State." King Yang nodded, and said again: "I heard that you have met Jiang Guo's Prince Yang?" Yan Wei was startled, and then remembered that the four of them had fought against Longyang that day, and his father must have mentioned it when he returned to life, so she said: "Yes, I have confronted him head-on." King Yang wanted to ask again, but suddenly Young Master Sui entered the hall, King Yang stopped and asked Young Master Sui, "How? What's the result?"