The fox minister in the late Tang Dynasty

Chapter 169 Flowers bloom only for results
It was getting darker, and the lights were standing on the small table, and in the middle hall of the front yard, women in different dresses and colors were sitting around smiling and whispering, or secretly peeking at the dark young man under the light, or seeing the dim oil lamp. , kicking the hem of the skirt, Shi Shiran went over, took a twig and fiddled with it gently.

The lights gradually brightened.

The first woman on the left has white traces of her hair in Bu Yao's bun, and looks at Geng Qing with wet red eyes, mostly grateful and kind.

Earlier, when Geng Qing was invited to enter the middle hall, the woman heard the news of the yellow thief's death from him, she got up and saluted the young man, Geng Qing stepped forward to help him, but she pushed him away, saying that this is a must.

One is to thank Geng Qing for avenging her husband Yu Cong, and the other is to remove this scourge for the Li family clan and the Tang Dynasty.

After thanking her, the woman walked to the center, took the sandalwood from a concubine, muttered something silently, then inserted herself in front of Yu Cong's coffin, folded her hands and closed her eyes, bowed and bowed before sitting back.

"Ji Chang worked so hard, willing to risk the name of resentment, and committed himself to being a thief, so he was able to plan and drive this yellow thief to the end. When His Majesty returns to the court, Master Mistress will not let you be wronged no matter what, but I don't know, Your Majesty is here now Where and when can I arrive in Chang'an?"

As the emperor's aunt, the clan of the Li family, it's not inappropriate to ask where the emperor is now, and if he stays in this house all day, the news is naturally not well informed.

Geng Qing put down the tea, answered truthfully, and said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, people travel long distances, you should take it step by step. Right now, Qingde's subordinates have reported that His Majesty has left Hanzhong two days ago. The mountain road is dangerous and he is returning to the court." I’m afraid we’ll have to wait until next month.”

Hearing this sentence, Princess Guangde laughed and relaxed a little, and the concubines sitting around smiled even wider, chattering, "You can go back to the palace." "Your Majesty doesn't know." Are you skinny?" In the middle of the words, there was also a woman with a hesitant face, pinching her handkerchief and looking away, occasionally glancing at Geng Qing in front of her out of the corner of her eye.

The concubines present here, Geng Qing knows that they are all the daughters of noble relatives in the city, and some families are probably gone. They were raised in boudoirs when they were young, and entered the palace when they were old. I am used to this kind of life of freedom, talking freely, laughing, and fighting with each other, and I have to be bound by the rules when I return to the palace, so some of them are naturally hesitant.

Geng Qing thought, keeping a smile on his face. Now that the emperor is coming back, he should keep some distance from them. There were some jokes before, and what should be taken back should be taken back, so as not to cause trouble in the future.

"Master, all concubines, Qing came here this time, besides telling you the news, there is actually one more thing to say."

"What's the matter?" Princess Guangde looked at him, raised her hand, and signaled the joking concubines to stop.

Li Huan, who is quite prestigious among the women, saw the woman raising her hand, stopped talking and laughing quickly, and looked at Geng Qing one by one, the latter took a breath, brushed his wide sleeves, stood up and cupped his hands around them.

"This matter is to bid farewell to the concubines. I have been entrusted by the chief steward, and I can finally hand over my errands. After returning to the palace, I must not say the word "husband" back then. This is used to confuse the yellow thieves. After His Majesty returns to court, he can no longer talk about it, so as not to annoy His Majesty."

The girls standing or sitting around, even though they usually love to chat and laugh with him, gradually suppressed their smiles at this time, and remained silent for a long time before nodding their heads scatteredly.

People who have lived in the house for two years and have been with them for a long time will leave soon. Many of them may never see each other again.

As a woman, Princess Guangde is also a little sad. She is someone who has experienced it, and knows what these girls are sad about. She didn't scold her, and she just regarded it as one of the many regrets in her life.

In the silence, Geng Qing arched his hands heavily. Now that the matter is over, he didn't stay any longer, and bowed his hands to Li Huan again, then took his leave and left. When he stepped out of the threshold, there was a sudden voice in the middle hall behind him, "Husband!" ' rang.

Geng Qing stood under the eaves and looked back, and saw in the hall, one by one women got up and walked to the door, gathered together, the concubine who was talking smiled sweetly, and bowed shortly.

"Send off your husband."

The corners of the other women's eyes were filled with tears, and they all lowered their bodies to salute, and said in unison: "Send off your husband, and hope your husband is well!"

This is the last time.

Geng Qing's throat was a little sore, and his nose was also sore. Looking at this group of yingyingyanyan women, he remembered the time when Huang Chao came over, it was really dangerous.
Thoughts were drifting, he came back to his senses, turned around, raised his sleeves, and bowed towards them.

"Qing, I also hope that all the ladies are in good health, please stay."

After finishing speaking, he straightened his back, didn't take another look, strode down the stone steps and walked out of the courtyard gate, Dachun was puzzled, got into the carriage and urged him to leave.

Afterwards, Geng Qing stopped coming here, Jiuyu returned to the palace, took someone to clean the palace, then took a carriage from the palace to Guangde Square, presided over by Li Huan, took more than 20 concubines one by one. Buluo was sent back to the palace. Before leaving, all the girls waited in the courtyard for a long time, but no Geng Qing appeared. After Jiuyu urged her not to miss the good time to enter the palace, she boarded the car with a little disappointment Slowly drove away from the yard where he had lived for two years.

The courtyard walls with white walls and black tiles, the old pine trees in the courtyard, and the well-tended flower gardens turned into red palace walls again in the eyes of the woman.

Many of these women may never see the outside scenery again for most of their lives in the future.

As for the fact that Geng Qing had read a lot of sad books, he would not be bothered by these things. He calmed down and had nothing to do. During this time, he began to think about his old profession again, reading under a tree in the morning, or pushing his father After strolling outside for two laps, when I came back, I took the carpenter's tools, planed the wood, and sketched on the blueprints. In Dou Wei's words, the husband started to make torture tools again, but I don't know what kind of tools he will make this time. .

Dachun, Qin Huaimian, and Zhao Hongjun even opened a handicap in private, pulling the helpers in the courtyard to bet on how many people will be tortured this time, but the three of them lost all their money to the helpers, Qin Huaimian and Zhao Hongjun were fine. Dachun was chased by Widow Zhang with a broom and ran all over the courtyard.
Later, Qiao Niang said that it was the husband who heard the bet and changed it temporarily.

Geng Dachun was so angry that he rode the carriage without speaking for several days, and almost crashed into a shop on the side of the street without paying attention. Sleeping outside Widow Zhang's door with the quilt in her arms.
It was unremarkable, but lively. At the end of the month, the soldiers and horses of the Jiedushi from various towns outside the town returned to Beijing one after another and stationed outside the city.

In the courtyard, Li Cunxiao appeared from time to time. Whenever he was free, he ran out of the barracks, or followed Li Keyong into the city to discuss matters with the old ministers, skipped work halfway, and dragged Geng Qing to talk, or helped Wang Jinqiu, The old man Geng was doing something, and sometimes he pushed the old man away and passed by a brothel.
The old man Geng was so frightened that he pushed two wheels to escape and drove across the long street quickly. For this matter, Wang Jinqiu pulled Li Cunxiao's ears and cursed for a long time in the middle hall, and Geng Qing also stood in the denunciation line.

The mighty general who charged forward, bowed his head and knelt on the futon, did not dare to say a word, as if no one had scolded him like this for a long time, with a smile on his lips, thinking that this is the feeling of home.

Of course, Bai Yunxiang and Qiaoniang also had complaints about him, especially Bai Yunxiang. The house in the courtyard was already tense, and Li Cunxiao would stay overnight every time he came here. The woman rolled her eyes when she saw him coming.

The lively days passed day by day, after the end of the month, the day when the dragon raised its head in February, the news of the emperor's return to the court had spread throughout the city, and the convoy had already entered Chang'an.

On the day of entering the city, almost half of the people in Chang'an ran over and gathered in several streets inside Mingde Gate, looking out on the third floor and the third floor outside. Tell the people not to go down the street.

On this day, Geng Qing had already reserved a place in the restaurant, and brought the young and old together. Even if he stood on the third floor, he could barely see the back of the head of the person in front. Soon, there was a voice shouting from the outside: "Go into the city!" Now, Your Majesty has entered the city!"

The crowd was surging, and many people shouted the words of Long Live the Son of Heaven and the mighty power of the Tang Dynasty, and the loud noise made people's ears hurt.Geng Qing looked at the gap, and all he could see was a canopy passing by, and behind him Li Cunxiao rode his red horse in armor, looking around majesticly. I don't know if it was the warrior's intuition, or if he knew Geng Qing's position in advance. Riding on horseback, he actually smiled towards the third floor, and walked slowly with the "Long Dragon" escorting him with the Yuwang Lance.

The scene of Tianzibao driving into the city is over, the crowd excitedly talked about what they saw today, and left in twos and threes, Geng Qing straightened his clothes, pushed his drowsy father, and called Wang Jinqiu, who had tea and dinner over there, Dachun, Qiaoniang and the others went downstairs and drove away.

'It's time to reward the meritorious deeds.'

Geng Qing said lightly.

Sure enough, two days later, two face-to-face eunuchs came to the palace, explained the rules in the palace, and informed him to enter the palace to face the saint at five o'clock tomorrow.

In a sense, the time has come for the Jiedu envoys of various towns to share the fruits.

　There is still only one chapter today, and it will probably be added tomorrow. The plot at the end of this volume is almost clear, and it will be on the shelves when this volume is over.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)