That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 962

Shuzhou, the land of abundance, is fertile for thousands of miles.

There is an old saying that goes, "If you are young, you will not enter Shu, but if you are old, you will not leave Shu." This is evident from this.

The capital of Shuzhou, Jincheng, the city of Jinxiu, is where the name of Mrs. Lanyu Tang Jinxiu comes from.Today's Jincheng is extremely lively, maybe ordinary people can't feel it, but the well-informed wealthy families in the city are on the move after hearing the news, especially the Tang family, the number one wealthy family in Shuzhou, is even more decorated with lights and festoons. The door is in the posture of welcoming distinguished guests.

The reason is very simple. This time Shuzhou came with a few important figures, first of all, Lu Xinlian, the Daoist Daoist, then Zhao Qing, the military commander of the Northern Territory who used to be in charge of the military and horse power of the Northern Territory, and Confucianism. Mr. Qian Muzhai, and two aunts Tang Shengyue and Tang Yuerong who have lived in Jiangdu for a long time have also returned to Jincheng recently. Together with Tang Jinxiu, the wife of the Taishi who has lived in Jincheng for many years, the house is full of guests.

Of course, the most important one is the old Xu Beiyou who wears the seal of the Great General Pinglu on his waist. Known as the pillar of the country that supports the southeast half of the wall, it has the posture that the blue is better than the blue.

Of course, the more important point is that anyone with a discerning eye can see that after Emperor Taizong Wen and Emperor Gao Zongsu died one after another, Emperor Gao Zongsu had no heirs, and the one who inherited the great treasure had to choose from the heirs of the relatives of the side branch, and then look at the king of Qi The other three princes, King Wei has rebelled, King Zhao is dead, and King Yan has been abolished. No one can inherit the great power. Seeing that Her Royal Highness is in charge, if it is not for the continuous war at this time, maybe it will be To imitate what the female emperor did back then, Xu Xiaoge, as the third son-in-law of the Great Qi Dynasty, is more important than the first two sons-in-law.

With so many big figures gathered together, both the face and face, the Tang family, as a landlord, was naturally overjoyed. Now the head of the Tang family is Tang Shengyue's cousin Tang Shengyun, who personally invited him and Qian Muzhai to call him Liu Zhengqing, a Confucian student who is "Qian Liu", came to accompany him. After a big banquet, the host and guest enjoyed themselves.

When the banquet was over, it was already late at night, and the Tang Mansion was still full of lights. Xu Beiyou avoided the lights, and came to a secluded water pavilion in the back house of the Tang Mansion alone. The night was as cool as water, which reminded him of a line of poem, "Silver candle and autumn light are coldly painted on the screen, and a small fan flutters fireflies lightly."I remember that there were five maids who followed Xiao Zhinan back then, namely Yinzhu, Qiuguang, Huaping, Qingluo, and Liuying. The names of the five were taken from this poem, but since he and Xiao Zhinan got married, they seldom saw each other again. As for the five maids, I don't know where they were sent by Xiao Zhinan. Anyway, they rarely appeared in his sight. Could it be that his clever lady was afraid that his rabbit would steal the grass by the side of the nest?
Xu Beiyou laughed at himself, Zhinan should not be so stingy, she didn't say anything to Wu Yu, and she had no reason to be strict with those around her.

Not long after, another person came in, sat on a stone bench not far from Xu Beiyou, didn't speak, but threw a thin envelope to Xu Beiyou.

Xu Beiyou took the letter, and printed the character "Nan" in ancient seal script on it with wax paint.

The person who came was Tang Shengyue, one of the owners of the Tang Mansion, and she said softly, "It was sent from the imperial capital, but it was sent to Jiangdu. Before I left for Shuzhou, Zhang Xueyao specially entrusted me to deliver it to you. "

Xu Beiyou hummed, and used his fingernails to peel off the sealant on the envelope bit by bit, and said softly, "The beacon fire lasted for three months, and the letter from home was worth ten thousand gold. I'm sorry, Aunt Tang."

Tang Shengyue shook her head, "It's a little effort."

Xu Beiyou opened the envelope, and took out three pieces of letterhead filled with small letters filled with hairpin flowers. He took a closer look and saw the words "report to my husband" at the beginning, and he couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Generally speaking, for brothers, relatives and friends of the same generation, the word "Zhi" is used, for sons and juniors, the word "Yu" is used, and only for parents and teachers, the word "Zhi" is used. For the word "and", Xiao Zhinan intentionally used the word "令", but it was a bit of a joke.

Xu Beiyou looked down, "My husband has returned home from the south, are you all right?"

Seeing the word "Wuyang", he couldn't help but think of Xiaofangzhai back then. There were two old people in Xiaofangzhai back then, one old man was still there and the other was gone.

The tree wants to be quiet but the wind keeps on, and the child wants to support but the kiss does not wait.

Xu Beiyou held up the letter paper in his hand, and did not read it for a long time.

Tang Shengyue suddenly said: "There is another letter from Wu Yu, do you want to read it?"

Xu Beiyou raised his head, speechless.

Tang Shengyue took out a letter from her sleeve, did not rush to hand it to Xu Beiyou, and said softly: "Before you answer, I have a few words to say, for a man, three wives and four concubines are commonplace, with your status Speaking of it, even having a few women is nothing, but one thing, you have to understand that Xiao Zhinan's status is unusual, and Wu Yu is not the kind of person who is willing to be inferior to others."

Xu Beiyou frowned slightly, "What does Aunt Tang want to say?"

Tang Shengyue said slowly: "There are nine out of ten unsatisfactory things in life. For some things, you often want to have the best of both worlds, but usually you can't have both, and you always have to choose one of the two."

Xu Beiyou didn't speak.

Tang Shengyue said softly: "There are many men in the world, but there are only a few good men, so they will naturally attract many women to like them. Xiao Yu was one of them back then. Lin Yinping liked it, and Qin Mumian also liked it. I'm not afraid of your jokes. I had some thoughts that I shouldn't have, but I don't dare to put them into action like the two of them."

After a moment of silence, Xu Beiyou looked down at the letter in his hand again, and began to read the letter carefully, with a slight smile gradually appearing on his face.

Tang Shengyue saw the scene in front of her, with a look of nostalgia on her face.

That year, Xiao Yu had just won the Chuan Guoxie from the Zhao family in Zhongzhou, but at this time he was the loneliest. At this time, he was reuniting with his concubine Yan Keqing and his half-sister Xiao Ru's family.

In front of the shattered Zhao family mansion, there was no sound of people, no thunder, only the sound of wind and rain, leaving only Xiao Yu alone in place, really a bit lonely.

Tang Shengyue didn't know what he was thinking at that time, but she only remembered that Xiao Yu coughed a few times, spit out the blood that had been constricting his chest, and then fell down and sat in the rain.

Tang Shengyue remembered what he looked like at that time, sitting in the rain holding Yuxi in a daze, thinking of something, the smile on his face was very peaceful, neither cold nor false, it was a smile from the heart.

At that time, she was only curious, would this heroic man have such a side?
Now that she thinks back, Xu Beiyou in front of her is actually very similar to Xiao Yu at that time.

(End of this chapter)