Song Yi

Chapter 314 There is no way to eliminate this situation

Han Jiang raised her sleeve robe and wiped away her tears, obviously her expression was agitated, and her words were slightly choked up: "Brother Yunfan, you don't have to be polite, the emperor has already told the old man everything, if it wasn't for brother Yunfan's beauty in front of the emperor In other words, I highly recommend this old man to be handsome, and I also recommend this old man to concurrently serve as the Changping Secretary of Chengdu Fulu, and now this old man is still getting drunk in the Dingzhou tavern."

It turned out that after Song Shenzong appointed Han Jiang as the general of the Western Expedition, he also appointed Du Wenhao as the governor of Yazhou. In his eyes, Du Wenhao's reform in Yazhou was more important than Han Jiang's recovery of lost land. After all, dealing with a small Tubo For Song Shenzong, small tribes are not at all important. He hopes to see the results of Du Wenhao's reform. He can no longer bear the long-standing abuses of the Great Song Dynasty at the moment, and Wang Anshi's reform cannot be recognized by the society. , He always wanted to change, and now, he pinned his hopes on Du Wenhao's frontier experimental field reform, so he went to find Han Jiang, and deliberately revealed to him that the reason for his promotion this time was because of Du Wenhao's sponsorship. He was appointed and promoted to the Changping Division of Chengdu Prefecture.

The promotion of Changping Division of Chengdu Fulu is the highest leader of Changpingcang who is in charge of the entire Chengdu Fulu. Du Wenhao, the Yazhou Gou Guanguan, is also his subordinate. Song Shenzong's words made this boss go to the subordinate's house instead He came to the door to thank him because of the official position of his boss, which was recommended by Du Wenhao, a subordinate.

Although Du Wenhao didn't know the inside story, he had already guessed seven or eight points from his words.He also immediately understood the emperor's intentions. Obviously, Song Shenzong wanted to have a good environment for his reform in Yazhou. He knew that Han Jiang was Wang Anshi's man and one of the backbone of the reform. , He was also demoted to a local official.If you have such a person who supports the reform as your boss, and under the emperor's deliberate arrangement, let this boss appreciate you, then you will not obstruct or interfere with your reform.Song Shenzong may have explicitly or implicitly reminded Han Jiang of this point.

Sure enough, Han Jiang shed tears, stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Brother Yunfan, the Holy Majesty has already said that you will implement new reforms in Yazhou and let this old man fully support and cooperate with you. This old man understands that this old man will definitely be your backing , to ensure that your reform will be carried out comprehensively and thoroughly!"

Du Wenhao was very happy, stood up and clasped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, brother Zihua!" He thought to himself, the emperor is really wise, he has thought of everything, he must make a name for himself, and don't let others down.Ask again: "Is the general ready? When will we leave?"

Han Jiang said: "The emperor's order is to leave the day after tomorrow. The military situation is urgent, and the army will rush to Chengdu Fulu at night and night. Brother Yunfan dragged his family with him. There is no need to follow the army so hard. Anyway, the army must first recover Yazhou when it arrives. To clean up the remnants of the army, rectify and restore the local order, and the people who fled to return home will take at least a month, so you can move forward slowly. It will be almost time when the order is restored. It will be just fine."

Du Wenhao said with a smile: "It's so good. However, the Holy Order asked me to go with the army."

"So you have to follow us out of the city tomorrow, and then separate after leaving the city. The emperor didn't say that we can't leave separately. This will save the family members from being too tiring on the journey."

"Brother Zihua is still thoughtful. Thank you very much!"

Han Jiang stroked her gray beard happily, thought for a while, and said: "Your Excellency, the whole family is going westward, and there is no personal guard with him. This journey westward, the safety of the journey is a big deal, um, how about this, the old man sent the fifth army to the west Leave the Qianjin army to the command of the adults, and I will take the front army and the middle army to conquer the Fan army first."

Du Wenhao said: "Is this okay?"

"No problem. The total population of the Xishan tribe, old and young, men and women combined is less than [-]. The light and strong Fan army is no more than [-] to [-] at best, and they are all mobs. I have an army of [-] and are well-equipped. The army is already in the shape of a thunderbolt, and it will surely be able to capture it with one hand and wipe out the bandits. Besides, the rear army is originally a reserve team, and it will not go into battle unless it happens. It is an appropriate arrangement to leave it to you as a guard."

Du Wenhao conceded a few more words, but Han Jiang insisted. Du Wenhao had no choice but to agree.

After sending Han Jiang away, Du Wenhao was very interested, and called Pang Yuqin, Xue Feier, and Lin Qingdai again, got very drunk, and then left.

The next morning, Du Wenhao got up early. This was the last day in the capital. It was time to pay farewell visits. Today, the first person to meet was of course the Empress Dowager.

He came to the palace in a sedan chair, got off the sedan chair and walked into the palace of the Empress Dowager, with his head buried in his thoughts, when he reached the door, he didn't notice that Eunuch Jiao was walking towards him.

Eunuch Jiao held the whisk in his hand, and when he saw Du Wenhao approaching with his head buried, he stood at the door smiling and waited for him to approach.Suddenly he called out in a shrill voice: "Master Du, what are you thinking about?"

Eunuch Jiao suddenly yelled, which really shocked Du Wenhao. When he looked up, he saw that it was Eunuch Jiao, and he smiled and said, "Eunuch Jiao, what are you doing standing at the door? It's really wrong to scare me. .”

Eunuch Jiao laughed and said, "Seeing that you are so preoccupied, I waited for you to come up and ask you, maybe I can enlighten you a few words."

Du Wenhao laughed, and patted Eunuch Jiao on the shoulder: "It's better for my father-in-law to be considerate of me, and it's good to enlighten me, but I'm afraid I will delay my father-in-law's time, and my elm-headed man may not be able to enlighten me. The old ancestor summoned me, I was also about to bid farewell to my ancestors, so it was late at night."

Eunuch Jiao arched his hands, bowed slightly and said, "Master Du is in good spirits when people celebrate happy events. By the way, I haven't had time to congratulate Mr. Du. Our family once accompanied the emperor to Sichuan. The people there are simple and honest. It is a good place with beautiful mountains and clear waters, and the most important thing is... there are beauties!" Eunuch Jiao said mysteriously, with an ambiguous smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Hahaha, then I'm lucky."

"Don't just look at it, marry in if you like it, you have to know that the only way a woman is yours is the safest."

Du Wenhao lightly pushed Eunuch Jiao, and laughed loudly: "I can't see Eunuch Jiao...ah...hahaha..."

Eunuch Jiao jokingly said, "Our family can only watch."

The two entered the gate talking and laughing. Du Wenhao smelled an unpleasant smell and knew that the Empress Dowager was adding fertilizer to her flower garden again.

Eunuch Jiao leaned forward and whispered: "The old ancestor opened a vegetable field next to the flower garden. Recently, he is very interested in planting some seasonal vegetables. He only fertilized the vegetable field yesterday. Mr. Du came at the right time. "

"No wonder, the ancestors are still diligent and eat the vegetables they grow themselves. The taste is different."

"That's right! My ancestors said the same thing, let's go, let's go directly to the vegetable field at this time and she should be there."

Du Wenhao followed Eunuch Jiao to the flower garden, and he really opened up a large piece of land at the side, at least three to five cents in area. There are some green seedlings growing well in the vegetable field, but the taste is too big.

The Empress Dowager was wearing a straw hat with a blue cloth border and a short dress, with trousers rolled up to her knees, holding a hoe in one hand, but this hoe was smaller and more delicate than the ones seen in the countryside. Standing by the vegetable field, I didn't know what to say to the eunuchs and maids, no one dared to cover their noses, so they had to bow and listen, nodding their heads.

"Old Ancestor, Master Du is here to see you." Eunuch Jiao stepped forward and said loudly.

Du Wenhao hurried forward to greet him.

The Empress Dowager raised her head when she heard the voice, and waved to Du Wenhao. Du Wenhao walked quickly to the Empress Dowager, spared the ditch beside him.

The Empress Dowager looked at Du Wenhao with a smile, and said, "Come and see the ancestor for the last time?"

Du Wenhao hurriedly said: "What do you say, old ancestor, you are in such good health now, you will surely live forever."

The Empress Dowager laughed a few times heartily, and said: "It's so annoying to live so old, can you remember to visit Ai's family before leaving, Ai's family is already very happy, are you ready? Say what you need , don’t regret if you can’t buy it if you leave.”

Du Wenhao promised, seeing the thin layer of sweat on the empress dowager's forehead, he motioned to the eunuch beside him to put a clean sweat towel on the ground for him, and then offered it with both hands.

Who would have thought that the Empress Dowager would poke her head in front of Du Wenhao, and said with a smile: "You just wipe the Ai family, your hands are dirty."

Du Wenhao was taken aback for a moment, and Eunuch Jiao poked his back with his fingers quickly, and then he came back to his senses, and carefully wiped off the sweat beads on the empress dowager's forehead with a sweat towel .

Du Wenhao said as he handed the sweat towel to the eunuch beside him, and supported the Empress Dowager: "Ancestor, you must remember to take the medicine prescribed by Weichen every spring and autumn, and don't stop it. It is harmful to your body." benefit."

"You're good at everything, just nagging!" The Empress Dowager pretended to be sullen and blamed.

Eunuch Jiao smiled and said, "Old Ancestor, you dislike Mr. Du's nagging now. In the future, we will be separated. It will not be easy to listen to his nagging."

The Empress Dowager smiled and motioned to talk in a cool place.

A group of people waited to sit down in the gazebo not far away, and several court ladies hurriedly served tea.The Empress Dowager said: "It's true, there are hundreds of imperial physicians in the imperial hospital in the palace, the Ai family only trusts you, once you leave, who do I ask to see the Ai family?"

Du Wenhao served the empress dowager a cup of tea, and said: "The old ancestor's body is strong, please pay more attention not to catch cold on weekdays, don't eat indiscriminately, there is no need to see any diseases, if you really want to be humble, send a letter The minister will rush back day and night to see you."

The Empress Dowager sighed, held Du Wenhao's hand tightly, stared at him lovingly, and said: "It's a long way to go, and you have to bring your family with you. With the experience of being an official in politics, you should be cautious in everything, the emperor is optimistic about you, let you serve in such an important place, and the Ai family can't keep you just because you don't want to, you have to have a sense of proportion."

Du Wenhao was grateful for a while. The gray-haired old man in front of him was an unattainable master in the eyes of everyone. Even the emperor wanted to be courteous, but in his own eyes, she was just a kind and kind old man. An old man who has been with him for a long time and has a relationship, he is reluctant to tell the truth, because he is also reluctant to part with this cheerful old woman: "Don't worry, ancestor, I will definitely come back to see you every year and bring you some Sichuan local food. seeds and beautiful flowers."

The Empress Dowager patted the back of Du Wenhao's hand heavily, and said: "Okay, you go, there is the Empress Dowager and the Empress, the Ai family will not keep you, go." Look at Du Wenhao.

Du Wenhao's nose was sore and his voice was a little trembling. He didn't expect parting to be so sad. He stood up and bowed deeply to the back of the Empress Dowager, and said respectfully: "Wen Hao bids farewell, ancestor take care .” After finishing speaking, he quickly walked down the gazebo.

"Doctor Du, hold back!"

When Du Wenhao heard it was Eunuch Jiao's voice, he stopped and secretly wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes before turning his head away.

Eunuch Jiao hurried forward, handed Du Wenhao a small bag wrapped in a handkerchief, and said: "This is what my ancestor asked me to give to you. She is old and cannot bear the pain of parting. I don't keep you because Afraid of being sad, don't take it to heart."

"How can I take what my father-in-law said to my heart, but I am also sad in my heart."

Eunuch Jiao sighed, handed the things to Du Wenhao and turned away.

Du Wenhao came out of the empress dowager's bedroom, opened the bag, and saw a pair of bracelets inside, both made of gold, one with a dragon carved on it, and the other with a phoenix. A look is from the hands of famous craftsmen.

A small note was pressed under the bracelet, and it was scrawled on it: "This bracelet is a dowry gift from Ai's family when she got married. I am very happy, and I will send it to Wen Haozhen."

After Du Wenhao watched it, his eyes were moist.

Shaoju palace.

The Empress Dowager probably already knew that Du Wenhao would go, and a large box of gifts had been prepared and placed in the hall. The Eldest Princess was sitting beside the Empress Dowager. She was not wearing a short dress today. Shu Guangxiu, the collar and cuffs are darker lake blue, and there are shallow cloud patterns on closer inspection.Dressed in pure white and translucent tulle, holding a white ribbon.The blue silk is like a cloud, without many pearls and jade decorations, only a plain hosta flower is inserted in the hairline; a silver hairpin is inserted obliquely, and a few tassels hang down.He looked a little lonely, with a champagne wrapped between the fingers of his hands, his head slightly lowered, without saying a word.

"Wen Hao, the Ai family doesn't have anything to give you, but it's just something you might use on the road. When you go to Sichuan, everything needs to be taken care of, so I have someone prepare some usable things for you. Although it’s not worth much money, it’s still a little bit of love from the Ai family.”

Du Wenhao's heart was very heavy along the way. Apart from being flattered by everyone's kindness to him, he was more moved and grateful. No one held the airs and said some high-sounding words to him. Simple language, but it can also make me feel the most emotional: "The empress dowager is thoughtful in every way, which makes me very grateful. My minister is clumsy and clumsy. I really don't know how to thank him."

The empress dowager smiled and said: "There is no need to say any words of thanks. Everyone is very sad to know that you are leaving. Yesterday at the empress dowager's place, the empress cried."

Du Wenhao nodded again and again, not knowing what to say, the eldest princess stood up and walked to Du Wenhao, took out a sachet from his sleeve, and said: "You know that I am not good at women, and I know that you want to leave, so I will leave." I asked my mother to show me this sachet, and the flowers and plants in the sachet were picked by myself on weekdays and accumulated, and the embroidery is not good, so you are laughing at it, please accept it as a souvenir." After finishing speaking, without waiting Du Wenhao took it, threw it into Du Wenhao's arms, and quickly left the hall.

Du Wenhao stood there dumbfounded, what is wrong with this eldest princess, she gave herself this thing, only her lover would give such a thing, could it be...

He didn't dare to think about it any further, he looked devastated.Seeing Du Wenhao's expression, the Empress Dowager said: "She doesn't know what to do, just take it as her wish, and you just accept it."

"Thank you Empress Dowager and Eldest Princess, I will definitely keep it well." After speaking, Du Wenhao carefully put the sachet into his sleeve.

"Empress Dowager, don't let your body catch cold, because your body can't catch cold anymore, no matter what season it is, you can't take a cold bath again." Du Wenhao warned.

The empress dowager smiled and nodded, and said: "Ai family remember that, just now someone from the empress palace said, if you come, please remember to ask you to go to her place for dinner, the banquet has been prepared. Ai It's almost time, so I won't keep you here."

Du Wenhao hurriedly got up and bowed to say goodbye.The queen mother also stood up and walked to Du Wenhao, like a child telling her to go on a long journey, said: "I heard that there is a lot of rain in this season, so the family members should not be too tired all the way. It's just a job, don't rush, it's best to be safe." When we arrive, we should report the safety of the Empress Dowager and us, and don’t worry everyone.”

Du Wenhao was choked up for a while, and only nodded.

Coming out of the empress dowager's palace, Du Wenhao saw flowers blooming and willows inside the palace walls, but outside the palace walls was desolate and lonely.

"My friend, you are going far away today, drink this glass of wine, forget the sorrow of being alone in the world, and get drunk until the end of the day..."

Sure enough, in Longyou Palace, Du Wenhao really toasted to relieve his worries. Besides the queen himself, Concubine Zhu De and Yu Geer were also called to accompany them. , After a while, the old cellars of several jars bottomed out.

"Du...Brother Du, hehe, we have to drink to our heart's content today. Someone should compose a poem at this time. Only when there is wine and poetry can it be complete." Yu Geer's tongue was a little out of control, and he smiled With tears, she looks lovely.

"What Yu Ge'er said was that concubine De made a song, and I was a little drunk, as if I couldn't remember anything." The queen was slightly drunk, and she had the best drinker among the concubines in the harem.

Concubine Zhu De nodded, and the pearl hairpin on her head swayed: "Okay, I said one, and Wen Hao also said one, so let's give it to the three of us."

The queen and Yu Ge'er agreed.

Concubine Zhu De thought for a while, and said: "The distance between the hearts is no longer in the heart, and the sadness of parting is not hated to pretend to be happy. The red crisp thin hand fills the wine, and the green willow leaves put the spring plate on the spring plate. The tears in front of the bottle can't cover the eyes, and the dawn is hazy after drinking. Carved saddles have no heart for the beauty of mountains and rivers, and still feel the deep cold of the June night."

Fate is like the wind, coming is also fate, going is also fate, not getting it is also fate.

This poem is very well said, and it expresses everyone's mood, but it is a little sad.Du Wenhao thought so.

"Brother, you have a song too." Yu Ge'er said.

"I can't think of any poems anymore. When I drink wine, I feel melancholy." Du Wenhao said indifferently.

The queen sighed and said, "Master Du said, if you can't remember it, forget it, and leave us a thought, and tell us when you come back next time."

Concubine Zhu De leaned close to Du Wenhao's ear and whispered: "Let's talk about a song, everything is good, just don't spoil the fun."

Du Wenhao bowed his head and pondered for a while, then thought of Nalan Rongruo's "Picking Mulberries", and murmured:

"Who will remember each other in the late autumn match,

Konoha rustling,

The country is far away,

Liuqu Pingshan and Mengyao.

Good times cherish the scenery farewell,
not for climbing,

I just feel ecstasy,
Nanyan was even more lonely when she returned. "

After reciting this word, all the girls wept in a low voice.

……

Du Wenhao came out of the Queen's Palace, he was a little drunk, and there was still a faint smell of wine in his mouth.He felt a lot and thought a lot, but he never revealed it. This unexplainable feeling made Du Wenhao feel very heavy. He looked up to the sky and wanted to shout, but he just sighed softly, and his footsteps drifted a little.

He thought of his little concubine, Lian'er, and he was going to visit her in Lenggong.Although this is the woman Chen Meiren rewarded at the beginning, and there is not much emotion in it, but after all, she is her own woman who sleeps in the same bed.

He staggered to the cold palace.

This bedroom is not as good as an ordinary farmhouse. The inside is deserted and dilapidated, the eaves are full of cobwebs, the courtyard door is ajar, and there is a broom at the door, but there are fallen leaves everywhere in front of the door. It seems that some days no one comes to clean.

Of course the guard at the gate knew him, he bowed and hurriedly opened the door to let him in, without even asking what he was doing here.

Du Wenhao walked in, and the yard was empty. The east wind would blow up the fallen leaves on the ground and the stone table from time to time, and then they would float down. Swaying in the wind, suddenly, with a click, Du Wenhao looked up and saw a dry branch blown down from the walnut tree in the courtyard, just at Du Wenhao's feet, and there were two shriveled immature branches on the branch. The walnuts are firmly attached to it.

"Mrs. Chen!" Du Wenhao stood in the yard and shouted loudly, only to see that the room opened immediately.

An old woman with silver hair came out quickly, squinted her eyes and stood at the door to look at it, then smiled happily, walked down the steps, bowed and said: "The old slave said that except Mrs. Du, who would remember me?" Let's come in quickly."

Du Wenhao couldn't help feeling distressed when he looked at Mrs. Chen, but she seemed to have aged a lot since he hadn't seen her for a while.

The two entered the room. The room was cleaned fairly clean, but it was a bit too shabby, like a country house.A bed, a table and two stools, nothing else.

Du Wenhao looked around and found that there was no one else in the room, his heart sank, could it be..., he asked in a deep voice: "Where is your mother?"

Seeing Du Wenhao's puzzled expression, Chen Po hurriedly said, "Look up."

Du Wenhao looked up, and saw a woman with disheveled hair sitting on the beam, it was Chen Meiren who was so beautiful in the past and now looks like a ghost.

(End of this chapter)