Cold Palace’s Abandoned Consort

"I just want to get some time for what he wants to do."

After listening to this sentence, Mr. Ma didn't say anything immediately, but just lowered his eyes silently, as if pondering deeply, and I sat there waiting for his response. Looking down inadvertently, I saw his two The legs and the ankles were almost all mud. Although a lot of mud had been knocked out at the door, when I walked in, I still left two lines of mud footprints.

I could not help thinking of Liu Qinghan.

When he entered the DPRK that year, he was always criticized for "mud legs", and he was ashamed of himself, but now I look at the two mud legs of this old man, but I don't think there is anything wrong with it. Close.

At this moment, Mr. Ma looked up at me.

I also hurriedly looked at him. He seemed to feel that I had just stared at his leg. He also looked down and smiled, and said, "The young lady should know that the old man came from commoner clothes, and until now, it was just a muddy leg. . "

I don't know why he turned to it, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer it.

Fortunately, he did not want me to answer, and he continued to say, "Miss and Red Aunt, including those from the Yan family in Chengdu, you are doing great things every day, but none of you is more important than the old man I Learn what a farmer is. "

"..."

"Only two things can be seen in the eyes of the peasants, the land you see when you bend down to cultivate, and the sky you see when you look up."

"..."

"Earth, there is a kind of harvest, but heaven, but moody."

I suddenly realized that the "sky" in his mouth might not be ordinary sky, but-

I was about to say something immediately, but he already felt it in advance. He raised his hand to stop me from speaking, and continued to say, "The government has always been an official and a farmer who is exploitative and unwilling to the farmers!"

My heart beat: "Master ..."

Aunt Hong was also so nervous that she couldn't breathe out. I was afraid that the next moment, Mr. Ma would reject us mercilessly.

After finishing the sentence himself, Mr. Ma was silent for a while. After the gradual breath was steady, he looked up at me and said, "The old man has lived for so many years, and he sees all such corrupt officials. Official, oppress the people ... "

"Father."

I was just wanting to argue with him, and I heard him slowly say, "But I have never seen anyone who is an official who really treats the common people as the sky and worships."

"..."

"Become an emperor, even more."

"..."

"This emperor is the first."

"...!"

I hesitated for a moment, and immediately remembered that when Mr. Ma said that at the beginning of the year, Pei Yuanzhang met with Chabi Xing after the ceremony, and in the end, Master Chang was fired and Nangong Jinhong's ambition He was exposed to the public, and he knelt down on the people and pleaded guilty.

I didn't expect that Mr. Ma would even mention this at this time, let alone that he would know about it.

I couldn't help but say, "Do you know this?"

Mr. Ma laughed and said, "Bad things go a long way, and good things may not go out. Besides, an emperor kneels in front of the common people to plead guilty. This is something that has never happened in previous dynasties. I'm afraid now, I know it all at home. "

"..."

"His new policy has not been implemented in Xichuan, so I don't know; but he is willing to kneel down to all the people, which means that he knows that at least the people are heavier than him, and he is aiming at this, and the old man knows how to do it. "

My heart fluttered, and I saw him look up at me, solemnly smiling: "I'm willing to help Miss."

All of a sudden I laughed.

"Thank you, Father!"

Seeing that I was going to get up from the stool, Aunt Red hurriedly reached out to help me, and she said to Master Ma with a smile on her face, "Master is really a good-sighted man, both the young lady and the owner are thinking so, yes . "

She said that Master Ma shook his head, but did not care about her.

He said to me, "Then, Miss knows, when will they arrive?"

I thought about it and said, "They already know I'm here, and I guess it's only two days."

Mr. Ma thought for a while, then nodded, "I see."

After speaking, I stood up and said, "Then, the young lady is taking a good rest and taking care of the injuries before they come. I'll go down and let them prepare. Let's welcome the distant guests."

I nodded, watching him slowly go out, walked out of the door, bent over, picked up the bucket bucket he placed in the corner, covered his head, and plunged into the fine rain curtain outside.

Until then, I was relieved.

Aunt Hong helped me sit back to the table and said with a smile: "Miss can rest assured now, the old man is an understanding person."

I looked up and smiled at her: "Thanks to Aunt Hong, if it weren't for you, Mr. Ma might not have been so easy to be moved by me."

"Miss, don't say that," Aunt Hong shook her head and said, "My words, he may not really listen to you. This old Mr. Ma, don't look old, don't be confused at all, there are ideas in your heart."

I nodded. As Aunt Hong said, what she said may not be entirely accepted by Master Ma, and even those words I have just played may not have played a role. I think he made this idea long ago and came to ask me, but it depends on my attitude.

Of course, this is better.

I don't need an ally like Yan Ruoyu, but I want an ally like Mr. Ma.

Having just said so much, I was feeling a little thirsty in my throat, and Aunt Hong already poured me a cup of tea. I thanked her, took two sips in my hand, and remembered what I just heard, and asked She: "Aunt Hong, do you know why the old man gave up the job of raising horses in Xichuan and ran here to guard the ancestral hall for the Yan family?"

There was a doubtful expression in Aunt Hong's eyes, and she shook her head and said, "This is the thing of their older generation. When I went to work at the Yan family, he was already here. Their affairs, I really do n’t Too clear. "

"Oh……"

I nodded and stopped asking.

After resting in the house for a while and explaining some things to the guards, I was still unable to sit still, and I couldn't rest all the time, so I went out with a crutch that Aunt Hong found for me.

Because there was a rain in the morning, the outside became colder, but the air was particularly good. The nose was smelling the freshness of the earth and the smell of the grass and trees in the back mountain. Once you went out, you felt the spirit of the person. Excited.

I can see it clearly. In front of me there is a very spacious courtyard. In addition to the main house where I am, there are several small tile houses on each side, which are used for kitchen, bathing and storage, and firewood is piled in the corners.

Although it is far from Xichuan, the feeling of the rural courtyard is no different from that of Jixiang Village.

I walked down the corridor with a cane for a while, and Aunt Hong kept supporting me, watching as I was about to leave the gate of the hospital, she asked, "Where am I going, Miss?"

I said, "Aunt Hong, I want to see the shrine."

"Ancestral hall? Usually, no one is allowed to approach there."

"I can't do it?"

"This," she hesitated as soon as she heard it. "Miss, you are a daughter."

"..."

Hearing this reason, I immediately calmed down. Aunt Hong was worried that I was angry and hurriedly said, "Miss, you know I didn't mean that--"

I looked up at her and smiled, "I'm fine, Auntie, I understand."

"..."

"I won't go in, just look at it from a distance, okay?"

"..."

"I promise."

Listening to what I said, if Aunt Hong really hurts me, she promised to let her go and see her two little girls. Do n’t let Father Ma know that we are going there, and then take me to the village. Go deep.

I haven't been to Gantang Village before, but the villages under the sky seem to be the same. A crowded house, a gravel road, slabs under the eaves that have been washed clean and smooth by rain, and one by one The little child running around with his buttocks, although he has dishes, but the child is a child, his eyes are always bright, with innocence and childlikeness.

This group of dolls probably never saw people born in the village. As soon as they saw me, they all surrounded me to watch the lively event. Aunt Hong couldn't keep away after several times, and finally got angry, and these children just smashed away.

I watched them with a smile and ran away. Then I turned back and walked through a long and narrow alley.

As soon as I came out of this alley, I immediately felt that my eyes were suddenly open, and a large courtyard appeared in front of us.

The courtyard is empty, with at least dozens of feet from north to south, tiled with white slate, which is very different from all the scenery in the village just now, and although many trees are planted in the village, most of them are mulberry trees. But here are two tall Indus trees planted in pairs. After the fall, the ground was covered with fallen leaves, and an old lady was slowly sweeping under the tree.

Behind the Indus tree, stands a tall and towering shrine.

That is the Yan Family Temple.

This is the first time I have seen the Ancestral Hall of the Yan family. It is on a high platform, which is higher than ordinary children. The stone steps paved with white marble have three paths, the middle path. It's the most generous, and it's exceptionally clean. Probably, few people come here on weekdays.

The gate of the ancestral temple was closed tightly, and a large plaque was placed on the gate.

I was suffocated for a while.

Aunt Hong held my arm and felt that I was a little shivering, so she reached out and hugged me, and I said gently, "Here is our shrine of Yan family."

"Yes."

"father……"

"Yes, sir, sir, they are all enshrined here."

I handed the crutch to Aunt Hong's hand, and respectfully saluted the closed door of the shrine.

When I stood up straight again, I saw two smaller halls on both sides of the site, similar to the shrine, but I knew that it was not a formal shrine.

Because there are worshipped tablets of women of the Yan family.