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Chapter 14 The Duan Family Returns Home
In the 19th year of Duanrui of the Great Zhou Dynasty, His Majesty Chen Hong appointed the eunuch Cao Sang as an internal privy envoy, with power comparable to that of the internal minister.

On the main hall of Taishi Duan Wenchang, he hit his head on a pillar and failed to remonstrate with him. He asked himself to return to his hometown, and led the whole family to leave Kyoto and return to his ancestral home in Jiannan Road. He wanted to open a mountain and set up a courtyard.

As soon as this happened, the world shook.

Wherever the Duan family's chariots and horses went, there were people accompanying them, and when they arrived in Jiannan, the caravan stretched for several miles, with no end in sight.

On the Duan family's ancestral grave outside Jincheng, Duan Yi stood quietly.

A wandering dragon composed of torches passed through the city gate, illuminating the entire Jinguan City.

"Six years later, my husband's mouth finally opened. My old grandfather came back despite the glory and wealth in the capital."

Duan Yi said softly, it's the fifteenth day of the month, and it's the day she guards the grave of her ancestors.

Just in time for the frost, the grass on the tomb has turned white, and the hibiscus flowers on both sides are in full bloom.

Compared with six years ago, Duan Yi is much taller. She is wearing a plain white skirt. If it weren't for the large flowers embroidered with gold and silver threads on the chest, it would be like wearing plain clothes to keep filial piety for the dead. .

"Girl, are we really not going to Qingyun Lane to meet Mr. Xiang and the old ladies? It's still too late to ride there on horseback. We haven't seen each other for many years. If we do... I'm afraid we'll be ruined."

Zhilu stood on tiptoe with a worried look on his face.

When the girl left Beijing back then, she was too young, so I'm afraid she had already forgotten that the Duan family members were not easy to get along with.Especially during that period, the old lady and the old lady both talked about the rules.

Duan Yi withdrew her gaze and walked towards the small courtyard in front of the grave.

It was cold on the mountain, and a charcoal basin was burned in the house. On the chessboard beside it, there were still unfinished chess pieces. On the small stove in the corner, chrysanthemum wine was bubbling, and the room was full of fragrance.

With a flick of her skirt, she took out a white piece from the chess box and landed it on the board.

"There is a Duan Yi in total, so it can't be split into two parts. One is here to help the Duan family town, and the other is going to Qingyun Lane to be the old man's cattle and horses. I want to go, but not now."

As she spoke, she took another sunspot and lost one.

Zhilu listened, the opponent let out a sigh of relief, followed quickly, and closed the door of the small yard. She picked up the tongs, turned the charcoal fire on the stove, poured another glass of wine, put it on the By Duan Yi's side.

"Girl warm up."

Mr. Qi is not here, there is no opponent in chess, Duan Yi has long been used to playing chess against herself.

She had white stones in one hand and black stones in the other hand. Just as she was about to settle down, she felt something wrong with her hands. She looked down and exclaimed, "Oh! It's not good to know the way, my grandfather's grandfather is cracked!"

Knowing the way, I was speechless, my eyelids twitched, tonight not only your grandpa's grandpa was cracked, but your own grandfather who was empty when you just arrived at the door of the house will also crack up soon.

She raised the corner of her skirt and ran towards the small wooden cabinet beside her.

Duan Yi pointed the cracked white diamond to the light, and said, "My grandfather's grandfather is buried in the third space from the left in the northeast corner. Really, ghosts and snakes crossed the border, and his old man was so angry."

Zhilu didn't answer, opened the box, went straight to the location Duan Yi said, took out another white piece from the box, looked carefully, the word Duan Zhengping was impressively engraved on the top of the piece .

Duan Zhengping was the name of Duan Yi's grandfather.

The girl in her family is different from ordinary people, and she is tired of playing with ordinary chess pieces, so she engraves the entire ancestors on the graveyard on the chess pieces.When a son meets Lao Tzu, he will be beaten and kneeled.The grandson surrounded the ancestors, that is to let the ancestors break through.

Only Duan Zhengping, who is a disobedient piece, kills gods when he sees gods, and kills Buddhas when he sees Buddhas, is Duan Yi's favorite pawn.

Duan Yi changed to a new chess piece, and played happily, "If grandfather, father and my name are added, this chess game will be called alive."

Zhilu's heart tightened, pretending not to hear her exclamation, he quickly changed the subject and said, "Girl, how knowledgeable is Mr. Xiang? People, follow him to Jiannan?"

"I heard that even the third prince, Chen Ming, and the fifth prince, Chen Heqing, followed all the way from the capital."

Duan Yi raised her eyebrows when she heard this, and picked up another sunspot nonchalantly, with a bit of sarcasm on the corner of her mouth, "What they care about is not my grandfather's stomach, but my grandfather's lack of heirs. .”

After Duan Yi finished speaking, her spirits brightened, "Did I rhyme the middle?"

Zhilu turned his head away, this is not my girl, this is the silly girl who was possessed by a ghost on the grave.

This is the homework that Mr. Qi left her recently. Talking is not like poetry, but like poetry, and the lines rhyme continuously. In this way, when talking with others, it is like overwhelming mountains and seas, shaking people's minds. .

The girl in her family is extremely intelligent, she can learn everything at once, but she is born with this point... She knows all six of her seven orifices, but she doesn't know anything.

As the saying goes, people are addicted to vegetables. Zhilu rubbed her ears sighingly. She is also very fascinated now, and feels that she will be split with her ancestors.

Duan Yi has a new chess piece, and concentrates on playing chess.

Zhilu didn't dare to disturb, took down a silver spear, and concentrated on wiping it.

After an unknown amount of time, a cold female voice came from the door, "Girl, the child's hour has come. People are about to enter the mansion. Two unexpected people came, one is Jiangnan Cui Zigeng, and the other is God. Stick Chu Guangyi."

Duan Yi was slightly taken aback, and shifted her attention away from the chessboard.

Cui Zigeng?Chu Guangyi?
One is her benefactor and the other is her enemy, both are old acquaintances.

Thinking about it, she stood up, walked slowly to the sacrificial basket beside her, bent down and picked up a piece of paper money with yellowed edges, and stuffed it into her sleeve pocket.

Then walk towards the door.

"Let's go, Zhiqiao, you go forward and open the way. If anyone is more filial than me when guarding the ancestor's grave for eleven years, that is, being filial to the granddaughter, then it is unreasonable not to meet ghosts and monsters. No, it is not right not to meet my grandfather."

The girl called Zhiqiao at the door had a dagger hanging from her waist, and her face was frosty.

She hummed softly, put her hand to her mouth and blew, and the three horses ran over quickly.

Zhilu in the room hastily locked the door, followed the two of them, got on the horse, and ran quickly towards the city.

Mr. Qi's words are still in my ears. Is this Jiannan Road really going to be messed up?

The horses ran fast, Zhiqiao was very familiar with the city, the three horses took a shortcut, and when Duan Yi arrived in front of Duan's house in Qingyun Lane, the leading carriage of Duan's family just stopped.

Duan Yi rolled her eyes, slapped the unburned piece of paper money in her sleeve pocket on the corner of her skirt, turned over and got off the horse.

Her eyes were red, and with a vibrato, she called affectionately towards the carriage, "Grandfather!"

　Have you watched the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)