Wish Junshou and Tianqi

Chapter 10 Arguments of the Kyoto Coup 6
It was the half-dawn and half-dawn time when Chu Shou was pulled up from his sleep by Ah Shui, his eyes were sleepy, and he heard the melodious singing in the backyard dimly. , It seems to sweep away the fatigue of the night.

The day is like white wings, and the wind blows the clouds.

It rained a few more times in the night, and the fresh air entered the house with the breeze, which only made people want to hide in the bed more and more.

"If I want to get up so early every day, I'm afraid I will suffer from frequent headaches like my uncle."

Chu Shou stared at himself in the bronze mirror, like a walking corpse, his eyes were empty, and he was so sleepy that he let Ah Shui try to wear gold hairpins, silver hairpins, and jade hairpins on his head... this flower, that flower...

"Today is your first day back. The general ordered you to come over for dinner last night, so you have to prepare well." Ah Shui frowned and pulled the hairpin in his hand, not knowing which one to choose.

"Isn't it the same for lunch?" Chu Shou said weakly like a dead duck, as if his soul had been sucked out.

Ah Shui laughed at the side, and said, "You may not be able to see Mr. Xiang at noon!"

"And at night?"

"The more I can't see you at night..."

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It's a bit ridiculous to say, although their Chu family's meritorious service is so high, their fortune and official luck are excellent, but the terrible thing is that everyone in the family has ill-fated fate, and they did not die well. Leaving the old and the young alive, Chu Shou believes in the more intuitive vicious circle of the Chu family more than the curse that the witch clan's celestial maidens can't survive.

Then let's start with her grandparents' generation - the majestic Zhenguo general Chu Xing and the former emperor's daughter Princess Changning.

At that time, the world was in chaos, and three forces were entrenched. The three forces headed by the Northern Territory, the Central Plains, and You Yan each divided their territory and divided the world into three.

It was agreed to divide the country and govern, but the local resources are uneven, the allocation is uneven, and the northern border is dry, making it difficult to live in winter, and Youyan suffers from frequent waterlogging during the rainy season, which is unspeakable.

Following the trend, the war is imminent.

In the northern border, You Yan and the two countries joined forces and vowed to annex the Central Plains, and the Central Plains was beset by enemies.

The Taizu ordered Chu Xing and Xuanping Marquis Gu Zhun, who were also generals, to lead armies to fight north and south respectively. In order to protect the country, the two had to leave their wives and children behind in the capital.

At the right time, within half a year of Chu Xing Changning's marriage, Princess Changning insisted on going to the northern border with her husband at first, but by chance, she was diagnosed with pregnancy before leaving, so she had to give up her decision to accompany her and stay in the capital.

When Gu Hou went south, Mrs. Gu Hou was already pregnant with Liujia. The two agreed that if they gave birth to a boy and a girl, they would make a marriage and become in-laws. help each other.

However, no one can guarantee how the war will develop. Is it to repel the northern border?Or repel You Yan?Is it to defend the Central Plains?Or is the country ruined?
There is no definite number for everything, and everyone quietly made the worst plan in their hearts.

Later, every time General Chu had a drink of sake and recalled the past in the past month, he would always mention to Chu Shou the scene of Changning wearing a red dress climbing a tower and beating drums, marching bravely for the soldiers.

"It was early winter, and the snow was flying. I only heard the sound of drums and a red shadow, but I knew it was your grandmother. She is the only one who can do this kind of thing in the whole capital. It's just God. Cold, if she wears that beautiful thin shirt, she will definitely freeze to death..."

Fortunately, Chu Xing won the first battle, and then the momentum was overwhelming. The war lasted for more than half a year and the northern border was forced back, and they all asked for peace.

Then he went south non-stop to reinforce Xuanping Hou, fighting all the way, not only regained the city, but also expanded the country to Youyan City.

Taizu changed the name of the country to Ming Qi. This year, the territory of Ming Qi reached the largest in history. The wars and chaos were at the beginning of peace, and the disaster-affected lands were waiting to be rebuilt and revived.

After returning to Beijing, Chu Xing was named the Great General of Zhenguo. However, Youyan became a vassal state of Ming Qi, and the northern border was still in turmoil. In order to protect the people's life, he led troops to guard the northern border. Later, when his daughter was born He also failed to stay by Princess Changning's side.

The family gathers less and leaves more.

Princess Changning was exhausted after giving birth, her vitality was severely injured, and she was depressed. She died in the arms of her children on a winter night in the fifth year of guarding the frontier.

"Every letter she sent always said that she was in good health, don't worry about it, don't worry about it, you are a fool, you are just a big bastard, you only know how to march and fight, if Changning married Su Hanlin, who is so polite, I am sure that my life will be smooth and my children and grandchildren will be full."

Chu Xing regretted all his life, except for Changning, he had a pair of sons and daughters. When he heard the news of Changning's death, he was heartbroken, but for some reason, even though the frontier was pacified, he never set foot in Kyoto again.

Chu Shou smiled brightly, and after hearing the whole story, he laughed and cursed: No wonder a pair of children don't want you, they deserve it.

There is no duality in this world. Grandpa failed his grandmother and family for the sake of his family and the people, and her father, perhaps because he hated his father so much, betrayed everyone for the sake of his beloved woman.

Princess Changning named the eldest son Chu An, and the youngest daughter Chu Nian, with the intention of pacifying the well-being and never forgetting.

And her impression of her father and mother only stayed in the summer night when she was five years old. At that time, she learned the story of her parents from the people of the clan through stalking.

Her mother was a celestial girl of the witch clan, and she fell in love with her father at first sight when she followed Azu to Beijing, and her father eloped with his mother regardless of the family's objections, so lovers can be regarded as marriages.

When he reappeared, his mother returned to the Youbei Wu Clan with a big belly, and she was inside her belly.

The mysterious group carries a mysterious curse. It is recorded in the book that the celestial maidens have to offer sacrifices to the celestial officials. Even if there are no celestial officials present, they often cannot survive.

The day she was born happened to be her mother's birthday.

She was born without a mother.

And lovers are separated by yin and yang.

The father was deeply shocked, and he stayed in front of the grave every day. Within a few days, he was filled with grief and indignation. He was said to be crazy and disappeared.

It wasn't until Chu Shou was six years old that General Chu decided to return to the imperial court with his granddaughter and return to the capital with his granddaughter.

Under the same roof, soon, when choosing a son-in-law for Chu Nian, the relationship between the father and daughter dropped to a freezing point. Chu Shou is a poor scholar with a son who is two years older.

The scholar's surname was Fei and his name was Zheyan. The post-official worshiped Zaifu, and his son Fei Yi was a young general.

Chu Shou clearly remembered that the war lasted for half a year. The little aunt cried and made troubles and hanged herself, and finally forced the old man to nod and got married. The family moved into the house next to the general's mansion, but They respect each other as guests and are kind.

Now the general's mansion is getting more and more bleak, only an old man and a granddaughter are left, and the evening scene is bleak...

It's a pity that after a few days of stable life, Chu's family seemed to be under a spell, and Chu Nian had a difficult childbirth, with one dead body and two lives. When she parted, she asked her to treat her father and elder brother's orphan well, provide for her retirement, and marry a wife.

Later, my cousin led troops to guard the frontier, and my uncle moved to the General's Mansion and lived in the little aunt's courtyard. He treated her and grandpa meticulously and with all his heart.

The older the old man, the more desolate Chu Shou felt. In Nuo Da’s general’s mansion, the dead and the dead were scattered, and the white-haired people gave away the black-haired people. Everything is in the face of life and death. It’s just an ant under the giant wheel. People who are still alive are still struggling, and living doesn't seem to be living for themselves...

Chu Shou has a big heart and doesn't get entangled. Although he has neither the favor of his parents nor the care of his brothers and sisters, but in this world, there are still people who care about him. He already feels that fate has treated him well, and he is always grateful.

It's just that when I think of all kinds of things occasionally, I can't help but criticize the old man, feeling all kinds of feelings in my heart.

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Before he sat down at the dining table, a burst of hearty laughter came along the corridor to the front hall, passed through the screen and flew directly into Chu Shou's ears with the wind.

She was so surprised that she breathed out, pulled away from Ah Shui's shoulder, tried to wake herself up, put on her shoes indiscriminately, and hurriedly greeted him.

Flying to worship, shouted in a rough voice:
"Meet the general, the general is mighty—"

The amusing old general Chu laughed, waved his big hand, and quickly picked up his precious granddaughter, the corner of his mouth didn't let go for a long time.

In fact, Chu Shou just pretended to kneel like that, and was helped up before his knees were bent. How could the old man be willing to let his granddaughter kneel down...

After sitting down and looking at it carefully, Old General Chu frowned, his eyes were full of concern, and asked anxiously: "Qingqing has lost a lot of weight, but is the root cause of the disease?"

Chu Shou served tea, and quickly waved his hands: "No, no, it's so easy to get the root of the disease."

Old General Chu took the tea and hurriedly denied it, snorted and said: "Look at your uncle, since your sister left, he has been seriously ill, and it has been repeated for two or three months. Yu must...have a headache and grin his teeth in pain."

"As for you, you have been lingering in bed for half a year. The old man of the Wu clan is not doing anything at all. He talks about recuperating and absorbing the essence of the world, but he won't let me take you back to the capital. Bah, if your grandfather is here, You won't suffer for so long!"

After finishing speaking, he blew his beard and stared angrily, put down his chopsticks, and chewed angrily.

Chu Shou was also busy with his life, both sides were widowed and lonely old people, they were generally pitiful, so we couldn't treat one more favorably than another...

Fortunately, by chance, my uncle came late, followed by a young man holding a gauze hat and arranging his official uniform as he walked.

Unexpectedly, he broke into the tiger and wolf's den, raised his eyes, saw the old man sitting there angrily, ignored Chu Shouxing's salute, and hurriedly grabbed a few sweet pastries that were enough to fill his stomach.

Turning around, he was about to run away, mumbling: "Ah, ok, ok, get up, get up, uncle is going to be late, let's go, let's go."

Before Old General Chu could speak in the future, he ran away and could only point at the back of the hurriedly leaving, becoming more and more angry.

"Come, come, have a sip of soup, and let your breath flow."

"If he was my soldier, I would ask someone to tie him up and show him to me one by one. It turned out that he was old and married for the third time. It was very difficult to find him. Finally, there were a few suitable ones." Yes, release the pigeons again!"

Chu Shou said angrily: "Who doesn't know my uncle's special feelings, so why do you force others to make things difficult for you?"

The old man pursed his lips and didn't answer. Instead, he turned to his feet and teased: "Jinhu, 嘬嘬嘬嘬 Let's go find relatives for my uncle, huh? We don't eat these, grandpa will buy you a dim sum shop in the south of the city. Peach Blossom Crisp in here, let's go..."

After that, an old man pulled a dog and shook his fan and left.

Chu Shou put down his chopsticks and exclaimed, "Huh!? I've been with a dog all my life again!"

Before taking a few bites, Sanqian ran all the way, panting heavily, resting on his knees, but he was puzzled and asked, "What's going on? Where are the general and the prime minister?"

Ah Shui winked desperately, signaling her not to say more, so as not to upset Chu Shou.

"Hmph, as an old man, I cry every day at home. I didn't expect that holding a dog is closer than my own granddaughter."

After Sanqian listened, he turned to Ashui to the side, and then took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Chu Shou: "Miss, the people in the palace wrote back, saying that apart from the House of Internal Affairs, it is the entire palace, big and small palaces. There's no sign of him in the errands."

"And I also asked the people who were present yesterday. Except for you, no one else remembers that there is such a small internal official."

Chu Shou frowned, and murmured, "How is it possible..."

"Last night, there were 15 people guarding the lords on duty in front of Funing Hall, all of which were recorded in the book. After I read it, there was no one named Zhu Nan."

"Where is the flying tower?"

"Recently, His Majesty ordered someone to build a flying tower to celebrate Concubine Rong's birthday. It was just completed a month ago. A few days ago, for some reason, the imperial army was stationed there. Later, he sent someone to clean it up. It is said that it is the future of the noble concubine. The banquet was chosen there."

"And..." Sanqian hesitated, hesitant to say it, and said with a look of embarrassment: "Besides, when I entered the palace, I met Jin Xiao, who is next to His Majesty, and he asked me to write a letter to you, saying... Your Majesty It’s not like falling down the building by mistake... Now that the court is in chaos, no one can believe it, so I ask the Princess to find a solution quickly.”

Chu Shou lowered his eyes, and stroked his forehead with his right hand, "They are really bold. If it is really not a mistake, then all this makes sense."

Zao Wou-ki said that His Majesty removed the bruises on the back of the head, and there are still many contusions and fractures on his body, not like being stepped on by a horse, but like falling from a high platform.

The little internal official who borrowed an umbrella to send a message last night also said that he fell from a high platform.

It was not a mistake, but it proved the "Silver Ring with Plain Hands". If someone in the palace really wanted to harm His Majesty, then she reminded Concubine Rong to continue the Qianqiu Banquet in order to calm people's hearts. This move is undoubtedly a provocation to the murderer. The next Qianqiu Banquet continued to commit murder, but it was self-defeating.

However, nowadays, how many people are ready to move, even if the real murderer who pushed down the Holy Majesty does not show up, how many people will still be behind to add fuel to the flames and take the opportunity to disrupt the situation...

After thinking about it, Chu Shou said solemnly: "Sanqian, I have a letter here, you send it to King Zhongshan immediately, and tell him to do what it says. Also, please send someone to guard the main hall of His Majesty on the way. Then lead the troops to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to join me."

Chu Shou took out a jade talisman from his waist, engraved with the word Xuanji, surrounded by green bamboos and flying swallows.

Sanqian took the mysterious jade talisman, and looked a little embarrassed: "This..."

Chu Shou breathed a long sigh of relief, raised his eyes, his eyes were shining brightly, and said: "Go, it seems that your majesty guessed right, instead of sitting and waiting for death, it is better to take the initiative to attack, just the right time, this limelight will not be in vain."

　Sauce sauce sauce!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)