The Rise of the Cold Gate in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 53
Xiao Qinzhi is now more than seven feet tall, dressed in black, showing stability, with deep eyes, staring at the elder sister whom he has not seen for a long time, with distress and pity, many words are stuffed in his chest, and with a simple sentence Greetings, to name a few.

Xiao Yunzhi raised his head, and looked at his younger brother who was half a head taller than him with teary eyes. After not seeing him for a year, he had already undergone such a big change. There was unspeakable comfort and joy in my heart, but it turned into deep worry in an instant.

Xiao Qinzhi keenly caught the subtle changes on Sister's face, and said that it was Fahrenheit who set up obstacles for Sister to leave, and asked: "Sister, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, sister is fine." Xiao Yunzhi turned around and wiped away his tears, ignoring the greetings, he pulled Xiao Qinzhi into the inner room with his long, white and cold fingers, and whispered:

"A few days ago, my mother wrote to me and mentioned that you stumbled into the lake. Fortunately, it was nothing serious. My father passed away, and now you are the only man in the family. Don't act recklessly in the future. If something happens, you can teach me What should mother do?"

"A few days ago, Uncle An's friend came to visit and talked about the poem you wrote in the Bei Ya Ji, playing chess with Mr. Chen's family. Uncle An came to tell me, and I didn't know that I was worried about you in the future. My lord, if my father finds out, he can rest in peace, he was most worried about you when he was alive."

"But Xu Miao, Xu Xianmin?" Xiao Qinzhi thought for a while and asked in doubt.

"Well, Uncle An is studying in Wu County. He said that Xu Miao came from Jingkou to visit the Taihu Yaji, and he came to visit, so he mentioned you."

Wujun is on the south edge of Wuxi, and Taihu Lake is in the west. Therefore, the venue of Taihu Lake Gathering is located in Yuantouzhu, Wuxi. It is a peninsula lying on the northwest shore of Taihu Lake. Got this name.

Yuantouzhu is full of beautiful mountains, deer tops welcome the brilliance, Yuanzhu spring waves, lush forests and bamboos, cliffs, cliff stone carvings, and the water of Taihu Lake, especially in the late spring of March, when thousands of flowers bloom on the island, and the crowds wave their sleeves. It has always been a favorite of literati and inkmen, and it is an elegant place for open-air parties.

The Jinling County Government has issued an edict that this year's Taihu Gathering will be held on March [-]th, three days after the Shangsi Festival, and all the talents in the county who are willing to participate in the finale are on their way to Wuxi.

Xiao Qinzhi and Xu Xianmin got acquainted in Bei Yaji, and their friendship was not bad. Before he realized that Xu Xianmin was spreading his name for him, he couldn't help being grateful, so he asked: "Is Xu Xianmin still in Huayuan?"

"Should be there, you can ask Uncle An later." Xiao Yunzhi led Xiao Qinzhi into the house, and went straight to the study, seemingly in a hurry.

The furnishing of the study is similar to the "Orchid Grass Room" in the west building, simple and simple, the difference is that the bookshelves are full of books, the ink is fragrant, the four treasures of the study are on the desk, and the ink in the inkstone has been grinded.

Xiao Yunzhi took a pen and dipped it in ink, handed it to Xiao Qinzhi, and said: "Is there a new poem coming out recently? Write it quickly and let me see."

Xiao Qin was at a loss, didn't know why, he thought that Xiao Yunzhi asked him to come early yesterday because he had something urgent to do, but he didn't realize that he wanted to write poems, but he didn't write any poems in the past few days, and he bluntly said that he didn't write any new poems.

"Then write the poems in Bei Ya Ji." Xiao Yunzhi urged.

Xiao Qinzhi became more and more confused, while writing, he asked: "Sister, what's the matter?"

Xiao Yunzhi didn't say a word, stroked the hair behind the ears, stared and lowered his eyebrows, and watched the nib of the pen moving on the paper with concentration, the more he looked at it, the more delighted he was. I remember you used to learn Hanli with me, when did you learn regular script? It was taken from Zhong Yao, no wonder Xie Taishou and Yan Zhongzheng competed for "book" and "poetry".

Xiao Qinzhi put down his pen, attracted Man Gu who was waiting outside the door, gave him a look, Man Gu understood immediately, ran to the gate of the courtyard to guard, and asked Kong Qing to fetch a cup of tea on the pretext of being thirsty, and then looked at Xiao Yunzhi stretched his eyebrows and asked in a low voice:
"Sister, there is no one here now, just you and me. You can tell me why you are so eager to let me come earlier? But Fahrenheit is making things difficult for you?"

"If that's the case, sister, you don't have to worry. I have my own way to deal with it. I will definitely take you home today. No one can stop me."

Xiao Qinzhi's words were resolute, his eyes were firm, unquestionable, revealing incomparable confidence, long-lost family affection, this moved Xiao Yunzhi, and his heart was warmed and relieved. There was a little worry before, but now it disappeared. Like the breeze blowing over the hills, the pale face regained a little brilliance, and the black eyebrows and pink cheeks became more and more beautiful.

"Brother, don't worry, I'm fine." Xiao Yunzhi put away all the bitter thoughts in his mind, stared at Xiao Qinzhi, and smiled slightly: "Did Second Uncle not tell you when you came? "

Xiao Qinzhi's eyes widened and his hair exploded. His first reaction was that the patriarch had cheated him again. He shook his head violently and hurriedly asked:

"How did he trick me?"

"Ah?" Xiao Yunzhi fixed his eyes and stopped laughing, covered his mouth and exclaimed, after hearing all kinds of deeds of the patriarch Xiao Qinzhi's enumeration, he couldn't help but burst into a gorgeous smile on his face, and said lightly:
"Don't be rude to the second uncle, he is for your own good. You are smart, but you don't want to learn, and you insist on being a young boy, and the second uncle has no choice."

He blamed himself again: "Originally, you made my mother worry because you were idle all day long. The second uncle didn't talk about me because he was afraid that my mother would be more worried. It doesn't matter if I tell you now. The year before last, Mrs. Cheng proposed that I remarry Cheng Ying. , the second uncle didn't agree, let's let this matter go."

"Last year, Mrs. Cheng mentioned it to the second uncle again, but the second uncle still didn't agree."

"Wait." Xiao Qinzhi stopped, and said in doubt: "You are married to Huashi, how could Huashi agree with you to remarry Chengshi?"

Although the Eastern Jin court encouraged widows to remarry, for noble families, raising one more person was a matter of nothing. It was a disgraceful thing for noble families to remarry the wife of a deceased son or nephew.

Xiao Yunzhi suddenly fell silent, pursed his lips and remained silent, unable to conceal his sadness, as if a huge boulder was pressing on his chest, unable to speak.

"They say Madam is not good." Kong Qing's angry voice came from the door.

Kong Qing was holding tea, just walked to the door of the study, happened to hear it, came in, and called softly: "Young Lord Qin, here comes the tea."

"Drink tea first." Xiao Yunzhi murmured softly, unable to hide his sadness, then asked Kong Qing: "Is Rong'er awake?"

"Not yet, the light green is guarding." Kong Qing handed the tea to Xiao Qinzhi. He was in a hurry and didn't take a good look at it. Now he looked at Xiao Qinzhi carefully, and suddenly felt that he was very handsome, which was very different from before. Same.

Kong Qing came to the Xiao family since she was a child, and she knew that Xiao Qin's Xiao mother was good-looking, but it was only limited to her appearance. Looking at it now, she has an extraordinary temperament, deep and stable, even though she is a minor, her face There is a hint of childishness, but it is more mature, which makes people feel at ease for no reason.

"What did you say?" Xiao Qinzhi put the tea aside, he didn't want to drink tea, and hurriedly asked Kong Qing.

"They said" Kong Qing looked at Xiao Yunzhi distressedly, angry and aggrieved, said: "They said that the uncle died, and they all blamed the wife. The uncle was fine, but as soon as the wife married, the uncle died."

Just as he was talking, Kong Qing suddenly burst into tears, and the tears fell one by one. The gloomy grievances that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time seemed to have a breakthrough, pouring out one after another, crying: "Young master is clearly suffering from a disease, woo-woo-"

"Young Lord Qin, you are here. Take us away quickly, and don't stay here anymore. They treat us as disaster stars. Except for Mr. An Xiaolang who often comes to see the eldest lady, everyone else avoids leaving."

"Woooo-"

"Before they snatched the little lady and forced us to leave without food for the lady. If Mr. An Xiaolang hadn't secretly helped us, we couldn't have survived. Fortunately, the little lady was crying and making noise, so they sent us back."

Kong Qing's burst of catharsis made Xiao Qinzhi feel mixed feelings in his heart. He thought, "No wonder I couldn't even see anyone on the way here. Rumors hurt people's hearts the most. The whole Huayuan is isolated. Xiao Yunzhi, to force her to leave, to use the tricks to deal with a weak woman, is really despicable. Also, if they don't agree, how can Hua An come to help in secret, obviously because they are afraid of starving Xiao Yunzhi's reputation to death."

Thinking of the pain that my sister has endured in the past few years, I am afraid that it is far more than this, but she has been carrying it silently all the time, and there is no mention of it in the letter back home, Xiao Qinzhi felt his eyes moist, Choked up and said:
"Sister, you are so confused, why don't you go home? In this place, under the anger of this disgusting person, don't you have to eat at home?"

"Brother, I—" Xiao Yunzhi was sad and sad, as if the orchids were withering, spring and autumn came.

Kong Qing groaned and said: "Young Lord Qin, don't blame Madam, it's not that Madam doesn't want to go home, it's because she doesn't want to part with Miss."

Xiao Yunzhi's face was full of tears, and his voice was melancholy and desolate, he said, "I met Yanzhi to die, and we will never leave, but God didn't fulfill his wish, so he passed away. Yanzhi was the happiest Rong'er before he was alive, and he hugged her all day long. Hand, tell me to take good care of Rong'er before I leave."

"Rong'er is only so young, and she has already lost her father. How can I abandon her? If I leave, Rong'er may not know who her father and mother are in the future?"

"Ah——" Xiao Qinzhi sighed, blood is thicker than water, the way of human relations, being a mother is strong, looking at the thin Xiao Yunzhi, his heart is very blocked, and he is even more angry at Fahrenheit's behavior, and he doesn't think about it for a moment Staying in this place, jumped up and said indignantly:

"Sister, pack up your things, we'll go home now."

Suddenly, Xiao Qinzhi paused, Xiao Yunzhi is a strong woman, she would rather endure gossip, slander, starvation than leave, just to take care of Xiao Rong'er, so why did she leave now? ?

In addition, since Fahrenheit had previously forced Xiao Yunzhi to leave voluntarily by using the trick of "three bad things", he didn't dare to face it publicly, which showed that he divorced his wife without a legitimate reason, so Fahrenheit was extremely happy for Xiao Yunzhi to remarry Cheng.

Unfortunately, this marriage was rejected by the patriarch, and there is only one possibility left, it was Xiao Yunzhi who wanted to leave Fahrenheit on his own initiative, so that a mother could voluntarily leave her children.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qinzhi looked at Xiao Yunzhi squarely, fearing that she would be bullied again, grabbed those scorching white and cold hands, and asked anxiously: "Sister, tell me quickly, what shameful thing Fahrenheit uses Means, threatened you?"

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(End of this chapter)