Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 216 Nanzi and Wei Linggong (4K8)

Night falls and stars rise.

Emperor Qiu, the east bedroom of the palace.

Marquis Wei was sitting on the mat, holding the bronze mirror in his hand. Looking at the haggard face reflected in the mirror, he couldn't help sighing.

"You are in the prime of life, but how can you give birth early. How difficult is the country, how can you feel safe?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of gold and jade colliding outside the hall, and then, he finally saw the beautiful face that he remembered and could never forget.

The woman walked up to him with small steps, and she paid her respects and said, "Little boy Nanzi, I pay my respects to the king."

The troubles in Wei Hou's heart were swept away, he smiled and beat the beat with his hands, and sang to himself.

"There are vines in the wild, and there is no dew. There is a beautiful person, who is clean and graceful. When you meet, it is my wish."

(Wild grass and vines are connected into pieces, and the dewdrops on the grass are shining. There is a beautiful woman walking on the road, with beautiful and beautiful features. It is a coincidence to meet me unexpectedly, and it just meets my wish)
When Nanzi heard Wei Hou reciting poems, he said angrily, "Aren't you still frowning just now? Why did you change your face so quickly?"

Wei Hou didn't care so much, he laughed and continued to sing: "There are vines in the wild, with zero exposure. There is a beautiful person, as graceful as Qingyang. When you meet, you will be with you."

(Wild grass vines are connected into pieces, and the dewdrops on the grass are big and round. There is a beautiful woman walking on the road, with delicate features and beautiful face. It is really a coincidence to meet her unexpectedly, and the tryst with her is very happy)
"With a beauty always by my side, even if I have thousands of worries, what can I do? Hahaha..."

Nanzi came to sit beside Marquis Wei and filled a glass of water and wine for him.

"As the king of a country, you should be an example for all people, how can you blindly indulge in sensuality?
Although Xiaotong is a woman, she doesn't understand the way of a gentleman to govern the country.

But recently I have often heard women in the market gather and sing, the tune is sad and desolate.

Presumably something big is going to happen in the middle school, right? "

Marquis Wei was taken aback when he heard the words, and then asked, "What did the women sing?"

Nanzi recalled the tune he heard, opened his lips and teeth, and sang softly.

"Bo Xi, the king of the state, Jie Xi. The uncle also insists on death, and is the king's forerunner.

From the east of Bo, the head is like a flying canopy.Is there no ointment for bathing, who is suitable for it?
It rains, it rains, and the sun rises.Willing to say Sibo, willing to be sick first.

How can you get the grass, and talk about the back of the tree.I would like to say Sibo, make me feel sick. "

(My husband is really mighty, a hero of the nation. My husband is the king's vanguard.

Since her husband went east, his hair has been disheveled.Which ointment is lacking?For whom to modify my face!

When it was going to rain, it rained, but when it came out the sun was shining brightly.I was thinking about my husband so much that I had a headache and I was willing to think about it.

Where can I find Nessence Grass?People say that the grass grows in the shade of trees.Thinking about my husband makes me sick)
After Nanzi sang, he began to persuade: "Although I am the wife of Wei Guo, I am still someone else's wife after all. How can I not empathize with how women miss their husbands?

It's just that I don't know who offended you, so that you will recruit the army, slave the husbands of the women, and even risk their lives to attack them at all costs? "

Hearing this, Marquis Wei smiled wryly and said: "If the women were worried about the war, then they don't have to worry about it now.

Qi Guo attacked Lu, Gao Zhang was defeated and captured, Guo Xia led the army to retreat, and now the Jin army is also led by Fan Yang, Zhao Yang, and Zhong Xingyin to enter Yiyi to garrison.

In this situation, even if the widow wants to fight, he doesn't have the ability. "

When Nanzi heard this, he asked curiously: "Little Tong is a woman and doesn't know anything about military warfare. Can you tell me about the connection?"

Marquis Wei took up the wine and drank it down, and replied: "Forget it, anyway, there is nothing to do now. Since Madam wants to hear, then I will tell you something while the cook is preparing the meal."

Marquis Wei explained to Nan Zi the reasons and consequences of his conspiracy with Marquis Qi to oppose the Jin Dynasty.

While listening, Nanzi refilled the wine glass for Marquis Wei.

"So, you have been so angry, but in your heart, you don't want to form an alliance with the Jin people again?"

"What if you don't want to?"

Marquis Wei said helplessly: "My master and uncle have been advising me before, saying that Wei is a small country, if we rashly get involved in the conflict between Qi and Jin, we will only kill ourselves.

But I was able to continue the sacrifices of my ancestors in Weiguo and maintain my status as a monarch, all thanks to the help of the former Marquis of Qi.

The Marquis of Qi is kind to me, and the Jin people bully our country again and again. Even the Lu thief Yanghu who wanders behind the Jin people dares to ride on the heads of us and other guards, ignoring the face of our country.

I endured this tone again and again, thinking that I would take advantage of this opportunity of Qi State's attack on Lu to return all the anger that had been pent up in my heart for many years.

Who would have thought that Qi State would be defeated in the Battle of Dayeze, and even Qi Shangqing Gaozhang fell into the water and was captured.

Hey... After all, Gao Zhang is a veteran general of the Qi State, how could he be defeated by an obscure Dr. Tu Qiu? "

When Nanzi heard this, he persuaded him politely.

"Jin people have no way, and they are rude to you, everyone in the world understands this.

Not only do you hate Jinren, but so does Xiao Tong.Jin Fan Yang detained the envoy of my parents' country, and made him unable to return home for two years.

However, because Song State was afraid of Jin State's powerful strength, it dared not even make the slightest statement of resistance.

You want to oppose Jin with Qihou, this is the righteousness of the world.

But now the people of the country cannot be united with you, so the women complain that you recruited their husbands to fight.

From this point of view, it is not a bad thing for you to choose to adopt the advice of Mrs. Qu and the others to re-alliance with the Jin people.

The little boy heard: If you are united as one, the monarch and ministers are comrades, and then you can guard the country together with them.

Now the whole country of Wei cannot be united, and the will of the monarch and ministers is not unified. At this time, going out to fight will only result in failure.

You have now not only avoided failure, but you have also saved the husbands of the women so that they can have a happy family.

When you encounter such a good thing, it's fine for you to be unhappy, why are you still frowning? "

Marquis Wei was surprised when he heard this and said: "One mind at a time, comrades of monarchs and ministers, can we guard the country together with him?

Alas, although the widow has always known that you are a strange woman who understands poetry and music, I didn't expect you to know the principles of governing the country! "

Nanzi replied with a light smile when he heard the words: "This is not my opinion."

Marquis Wei asked, "It's not what you said, but which gentleman's opinion is that?"

Nanzi said angrily, "That's exactly what you think, that little-known Doctor Qiu of the State of Lu is saying!

The books he wrote are now bestsellers in the eastern and western cities of Diqiu. Even a little girl like me who doesn't like reading has read several of his works.

You are the king of Wei, and the people of Wei depend on you for survival. How can you not pay attention to the doctrine of a virtuous gentleman? "

Marquis Wei laughed awkwardly when he heard the words: "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh .”

Speaking of this, Marquis Wei was a little curious: "I just don't know what books this Dr. Tuqiu has, can Madam recommend some books for me to read?"

Nanzi recalled the works she had seen, and said with some embarrassment.

"Tuqiu Zaizi wrote a lot, among which are the special works "Wei Liaozi" and "36 Strategies" about the use of soldiers, "Taichu Calendar" about astronomy and calendar, "Erya" about teaching children to read and so on.

I sent someone to buy these books, but I am not very interested in them, so I just flipped through them a few times and threw them aside.

Among Zaizi's monographs, I have read most of them only "Shan Hai Jing", which talks about the spirits of mountains and rivers, and "Tuqiu Poetry Collection", which sings about the various forms of the world.

Among them, "Tuqiu Poetry Collection", Xiaotong would like to regard it as a masterpiece of poetry, and I can use it to appreciate it with you in the future. "

When Wei Hou heard this, he laughed and said: "I thought that Zaizi Tuqiu was just a master who studied and commanded the army, but I didn't expect him to dabble in such a wide range.

Since Madam likes "Tuqiu Poetry Collection" so much, there is no need to change the day.Tell me about the content of it now, which one of the content does Madam like the most? "

When Nanzi heard Wei Hou talking about "Tuqiu Poetry Collection" with her, he immediately opened up the chatter box, talking about the content in an endless stream.

"Among Zaizi's poems, I like "Children's Song" the most. I can take it out and sing it with you."

When Marquis Wei heard this, he immediately ordered the left and right sides to say: "Quick! The music master is here, and I will accompany my wife!"

After a while, several musicians brought their zithers to the hall to arrange them.

Beautiful music came from the east bedroom, and Nanzi sang and danced to the music.

"The water of the Canglang is so clear that it can wash my tassels.

The water of the Canglang is turbid and can wash my feet.

Qingsi Zhuo Yingxi, praised by all people.

The turbidity washes the feet, and the eyes of the audience are white.

If you can't distinguish clear from turbid, how should you deal with yourself? "

Wei Hou savored this piece repeatedly, and always felt that there seemed to be some inexplicable emotions in it.

He couldn't help but asked, "What exactly did Zaizi Tuqiu want to express when he wrote this poem?"

Nanzi returned to Marquis Wei, and replied slowly: "If it is according to the book, this poem was written by Zaizi when he saw the confluence of Jishui and Wenshui.

He saw that Jishui was turbid and Wenshui was clear, and the two could not be combined, so Zaizi felt hurt when he saw something. "

Wei Hou nodded and said: "I can roughly guess the situation at that time, but everyone is thinking, why did Zai Zi hurt his feelings when he saw things? What kind of feelings did he hurt?"

Nanzi replied with a smile: "Maybe Zaizi met a sweetheart, but the sweetheart has no intention of him, so I made this love poem out of sadness."

Marquis Wei shook his head when he heard the words, "I can't agree with Madam's opinion. If according to what you said, Zaizi should be a benevolent gentleman who knows the past and the present, how can such a person be troubled by the relationship between men and women?
I think he probably couldn't stretch his ambitions, so he wrote this poem as a sustenance. "

When Nanzi heard this, a hundred displeasure popped out of his heart immediately.

"Zaizi was born in a humble family, and at a young age he leapt to the position of a doctor in the state of Lu. He fought against the army of Ju in the east, fought against the army of Qi in the north, and had the experience of being an envoy to the state of Jin with the Shangqing of the state of Lu. How can such a great husband Say that ambition has not been stretched?

It is precisely because his ambition has been stretched, but he has suffered setbacks in the relationship between men and women, so he has such emotions.

Look at the two sentences in "Children's Song", "reputed by all people" and "all people have white eyes", what kind of determination is this?
This shows that Zaizi doesn't care about other people's opinions, even if he is unclear, he just hopes that he has a home.

According to this line of thinking, the woman whom Zai Zi loved probably had a huge disparity in status with him. The woman couldn't bear to delay his future, so she flatly rejected Zai Zi.

At this time, Zaizi saw the confluence of Jishui and Wenshui, but they still could not blend together, so he couldn't help crying when he saw things and thought about people, and this is how he came up with this "Children's Song".

It is your fault that you cannot interpret the meaning and regard him as a villain in the secular world who is chasing fame and fortune. "

After Nanzi finished speaking, he turned his head away, his face flushed with anger, and he didn't want to talk to Marquis Wei anymore.

Seeing that his wife was angry, Marquis Wei hurriedly coaxed her.

"I don't know poetry and books, and I haven't read Zaizi's works. Naturally, I don't know Zaizi's character as well as you do, Madam. If there is anything wrong, I hope Madam will forgive me."

Seeing that Weihou had a good attitude of admitting his mistakes, Nanzi stopped fussing with him.

Marquis Wei laughed when he saw that Nanzi had calmed down, and poured a glass of wine for her with his own hands, disregarding the dignity of a ruler and minister.

"Come, come, madam, drink with me."

After drinking a glass of water and wine, Nanzi's greased lips became brighter again, and a little bit of drunkenness appeared on his fair face.

Marquis Wei smiled and asked again: "Mrs. Cai mentioned Zaizi just now, and she knows everything about his life. Did Zaizi also record his life experience in the book?"

If an ordinary husband asks his wife such a question, he is probably jealous.

But if it was Weihou and Nanzi, it would be commonplace.

Because the emotional relationship between the two can indeed be described as platonic love.

The Marquis Wei and his wife have a very good relationship, but at the same time, they both play their own way, and sometimes they can play together from time to time.

Nanzi is the princess of the Song Kingdom. Before she got married, she had a relationship with Song Gongzichao, a beautiful man of the Song Kingdom, and she also broke up with him after marriage.

And Wei Hou's first reaction after learning about this incident was actually - please take me to play together!

The second reaction is - if you think it's unfair, I can also bring Mi Zixia, the four of us can play together!

It is precisely because of Weihou's always open attitude that Nanzi did not want to hide anything from Weihou.

She replied directly: "I don't know if you have heard of something called a newspaper."

Marquis Wei shook his head when he heard the words: "I do know about paper, it seems to be a novelty that came from the state of Lu. I have never heard of newspapers."

Nanzi said: "Newspapers are published on paper and are used to publish recent news.

Now in the territory of Lu State, the "Ren Bao" is published every half a month, and the "Tuqiu Monthly News" is published once a month.

Because newspapers will publish the latest changes in the world situation, business travelers to Lu will buy newspapers to judge the recent rise and fall of commodity prices.

And after they return to China, they will exchange these newspapers with other business travelers.

The reason why Xiaotong can understand Zaizi's deeds so well is because I have collected every issue of "Ren Bao" and "Tuqiu Monthly News" from Diqiu Business Traveler since it was released.

Xiaotong not only knew Zaizi, but also learned many names of Dr. Lu Guoqing from the newspaper.

Even the officials in Tuqiu, Zaizi's fiefdom, I can call out their surnames and positions one by one.

Under Zaizi, there are Yizai Ranqiu, Yisi Kou Gaochai and others...

It's just a pity that because of the war, the last two issues of the newspaper have not been brought back by the merchants from the state of Lu. Otherwise, why would I have to learn about Tuqiu Zaizi's victory over the state of Qi from you? "

When Nanzi said this, Weihou suddenly raised his finger between his lips, signaling her not to speak.

Nanzi didn't understand why at first, but after she calmed down, she suddenly heard the jingling of carriage bells outside the wall.

The two were holding their breaths listening to the carriage bell, but suddenly, the bell stopped abruptly.

After being silent for a while, the bell rang again suddenly, and then went away.

Weihou lowered his voice and asked with a smile, "Which doctor do you think passed by just now?"

Nanzi blinked playfully when he heard the words: "It must be Yun Boyu!"

Hearing this, Marquis Wei asked suspiciously: "There are so many doctors in our country, why do you say it must be Yun Boyu?"

Nanzi replied: "According to etiquette, when ministers pass the gate of the monarch's official palace, they must dismount and salute, and then lead the horse and walk over, or put their hands on the carriage crossbar to express respect and respect for the monarch.

Xiaotong heard that sincere loyal ministers and filial sons will not only abide by etiquette in public, but will not violate etiquette in the dark where no one knows.

Yun Boyu is a virtuous gentleman of Weiguo, and he is meticulous in everything he does.

So even if he passes through the palace gate at night, he will not violate the etiquette, so I am sure it is him. "

Hearing this, Marquis Wei teased and said, "Then what if it's not Yun Boyu?"

After hearing this, Nanzi immediately bowed to Marquis Wei, "Then I can only congratulate you."

Marquis Wei wondered, "Why are you congratulating me?"

Nanzi replied with a smile: "Xiao Tong always thought that there was only one gentleman like Yun Boyu in Weiguo, and if the person who came was not Yunboyu, it meant that there was another gentleman in Weiguo.

As the monarch of the Wei State, you have two gentlemen to assist you, how dare Xiaotong not be happy for you? "

Marquis Wei laughed and replied after hearing the words: "Madam is right! Come on, help me to see if the one who just passed by is Mrs. Qu. Oh, I don't know if I have two gentlemen to assist me." Good luck!"

　Everything that is great must be rebellious.

　　As the writer is, so is the reader.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)