Linzhi

Prince An's Mansion was expanded on the basis of Duke An's Mansion. Because of the theory of ghost houses in the previous dynasty, after the first emperor gave the house to He Rong, the Ministry of Industry wanted to cut down all the gloomy vegetation in the house and transplant new ones. , but was stopped by He Rong, and they were only allowed to build it, leaving nothing at all. After He Rong moved in, it was unknown whether it was because of a new renovation or a new owner. A little bit of the gloomy past?

He Rong was not affected by He Xiu's gloominess, and poured wine and served vegetables slowly.

He didn't answer the other party's question, but instead mentioned the past: "Second brother, do you remember this kind of wine?"

He Xiu picked it up and took a sip, which was sour and bitter, and couldn't help frowning.

He Rong said: "When we were in Fangzhou, there was a festival one year, and we couldn't afford good wine. You and Wu Lang went to the county to buy this kind of wine. You said it was Hehe wine."

He Zhan groaned: "I remembered!"

He was a little embarrassed: "Actually, there is no name for this kind of wine. At that time, my second brother and I had limited money in our pockets and couldn't afford any good wine. We couldn't bear to go back and let you down, so we bought a few taels of the cheapest wine and sold it on the street. After wandering around for a long time and racking my brains, I finally came up with a nice name."

Naturally, He Xiu also remembered that he came up with the name of He He Jiu in a flash of inspiration. After returning home, although everyone thought it was bad to drink, no one said it out. Afterwards, He Mu approached him and stuffed some money. Give it to him, and let him buy some delicious food by himself, so as not to spend all the money on wine.

In retrospect, the past is vivid in my mind, so why was there anything left behind?

He Rong said: "At that time, Ah Xin was still young, naughty and troublesome. During the Lantern Festival, he insisted on going out to watch the lanterns. My elder brother was afraid that going out would cost money, so he refused to take him, and even beat Ah Xin. It was you who stopped the eldest brother, and then secretly took Ah Xin out and bought him a lantern."

He Xiu remained silent.

He Rong said leisurely: "The last time I went to see him, I saw that lantern hanging on the head of the bed. It didn't fit in with the rest of the room, but it looked like something precious. He refused to throw it away."

He Zhan said with a smile: "Don't mention it, Ah Xin still remembers that when we were young, we told him that if we wanted to take him up the mountain to hunt, every time we met, I would ask, when will you and Uncle Wu take me to go hunting?" Forcing me to dare not see him now, and I have to wait for His Majesty to order Qiushou before I can give him an explanation."

He Xiu clenched his fists tightly, and then slowly released them.

"If the child in Lu's womb can survive, in a few years, he will be as big as He Xin." He said lightly.

He Zhan suppressed his smile, a little uneasy, and glanced at He Rong.

He Rong's face remained unchanged, but he said, "If my mother hadn't been charged with the crime and was ordered to commit suicide by the late emperor, and if your mother hadn't died of illness on the way to Fangzhou, you would be able to enjoy the blessings with Your Majesty now."

He Xiu was slightly taken aback.

He Rong said: "Second brother, who can live without regrets? Why don't I want to go back to the past and redeem my regrets? But a man should be upright in his life, right from wrong, and you blindly resent your elder brother and sister-in-law, and vent your anger on Ah Xin. What's the benefit? Could it be that you used to treat every bit of him in a hypocritical way?"

He Xiu sneered: "You put it lightly, you have never married a wife and had children, and you don't have your own blood, how can you feel my heartache?"

He Rong: "I understand. When I was in Western Turks, there was a woman named Ah Qing who had never lived with us. She saw that Moli Khan's nephew, Jia Luo, wanted to insult Gao and could not bear to suffer for the women of the Central Plains. She stepped forward, but was kicked right in the center by Jia Luo, and died. At that time, I was right in front of my eyes, but I could only watch her being killed, unable to lend a helping hand. Now Ah Qing is the second sister-in-law. For you, the grief must be a hundredfold."

He Zhan had never heard He Rong talk about this past, so he couldn't help staring at him at this moment.

He always felt that the third brother had become a little different since the return of the Turks, but he never went into it. Now that he thinks about it, it might have nothing to do with the woman named Ah Qing.

With reddened eyes, He Xiu took a deep breath, and once again saw his wife's cold body lying on the ground with no breath.

"You know? Every time I see a child now, I think, why is it my child who died instead of someone else? He didn't even have time to come out of his mother's belly to look at me. I don't even know if he is a boy or a child. girl."

"But what does this have to do with my sister-in-law and Ah Xin!" He Rong suddenly yelled, which startled He Zhan. "Could it be that they killed the second sister-in-law on purpose? At that time, with rioters around, what could they do as a woman and child? If you have the ability, you should run into the palace early in the morning and stand in front of her. She blocked all dangers, instead of blaming others here! What does the elder brother owe us? If I were like you, immersed in resentment all day long, wouldn't it be time to hate the late emperor to the bone? But so what? Use, can my mother survive?!"

This was a bit disrespectful, but fortunately there were only three of them here, and He Zhan naturally couldn't report to the outside world, so he just looked at the two of them worriedly.

In fact, He Zhan thinks that the third brother is really not suitable for this kind of job of smoothing things over between several brothers. Although the third brother is reasonable, but when the second brother has such a stubborn temper, he will refuse to listen to him. Denounce it directly.

The result is that the two may have a falling out or even fight because of a disagreement.

Adding two more He Rong, he would not be He Xiu's opponent. He Zhan was really afraid that the second brother would punch the third brother's nose, so he hurriedly said, "Second brother, the third brother's words don't mean anything else, just hope Don't be depressed anymore. In fact, we are all very sad about the second sister-in-law. The elder sister-in-law also feels guilty for not being able to hold the second sister-in-law in time that day. People invited you to the palace to meet and apologize to you face to face, but you have been refusing to meet them."

Rather than presenting facts and reasoning here, He Rong wanted to grab He Xiu's skirt and slap a few big ears directly to make the other party sober, but after all, it was just thinking about it.

He suppressed his anger and said to He Xiu: "Brother has agreed to ask His Majesty to let you go to Ganzhou and serve under Zhang Hou's command."

He Xiu was taken aback, and said stubbornly, "Is he finally willing to nod his head?"

He Rong: "Brother is not compromising with you, let alone in exchange for you to support him as the prince, he just hopes that we brothers, even if we can't go back to the past, don't fight each other and repeat the mistakes of the late emperor. "

He Xiu turned his head away, remained silent for a while, and finally asked, "When shall I leave?"

"You can set off whenever you want. When you go, you will also bring Zhang Erlang and Saburo with you. They have followed Zhang Hou on the battlefield. This trip will give you a lot of help."

He Rong got up and walked over.

He Zhan was a little nervous, afraid that the third brother would suddenly reach out and slap the second brother in the face, and he would definitely be beaten badly, so he straightened up quickly, planning to go to the rescue if he saw something was wrong.

But he saw He Rong put an embroidered pouch in front of He Xiu.

He Xiu frowned.

He Rong: "Jia Niang embroidered this before she was alive. When she embroidered her wedding dress, she also embroidered a sachet for our brothers."

He Xiu picked up the embroidered pouch and found that it was bulging and seemed to be filled with something. When he opened it, it turned out to be a dried bauhinia flower.

Miscellaneous English have accumulated, and the fragrance is alone in late spring.Still like the trees in the hometown, suddenly recalling the people in the hometown.

He Xiu stared blankly at the embroidered pouch in his hand, and tears fell down unconsciously.

The man did not shed tears, but he did not go to the sad place.

"In a few days, Empress Pei will have a thousand years, the empress doesn't want to be extravagant, and just let us enter the palace for a simple meal, how about the second brother go together?" He Rong asked.

He Xiu lowered his head and stared at the embroidered pouch. After a while, he sighed, "I see."

He Zhan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The brothers also had no intention of eating anymore, and He Rong was about to have the banquet removed when a servant rushed to report that the palace servants had come to deliver an order to let He Xiu, He Rong and He Zhan enter the palace together.

The three of them knew that there must be something urgent in the palace, and He Zhu had already prepared the carriage and was waiting at the door without He Rong's instructions.

When He Xiu came to ride a horse, he first rode into the palace alone, while He Rong and He Zhan followed in a carriage.

On the carriage, He Zhan was a little strange: "Third brother, did sister really make embroidery bags for us all? Why haven't I received them?"

He Rong: "I asked Wen Jiang to do it."

That is to say, the second brother was cheated?He Zhan twitched the corner of his mouth: "Then you are not afraid that the second brother will ask Qilang and the others to expose this matter?"

Having said that, he also understands why the third brother did this. Jia Niang's death is the pain in each of them. It is undoubtedly the best way to use Jia Niang to soften the second brother. way.

He Rong: "Big brother Qilang, I let Wen Jiang give it to me. In the name of Jia Niang, don't worry about them leaking."

He Zhan protested: "Then why don't I have my share?"

He Rong: "You won't expose me, you can save a little bit, don't you need money for embroidery thread?"

"..." He Zhan convinced him, "Then I ate your banquet just now, do you want to charge me too?"

He Rong: "If you are willing to give the best, let's calculate according to the price of the best restaurant in Chang'an."

He Zhan was so angry that he was incoherent: "I have never seen a third brother who is more stingy than you!"

He Rong's response was to roll his eyes directly.

……

Emperor Jiayou summoned them into the palace temporarily, it was really urgent.

"The six tribes of Nanyi rebelled against the imperial court, and even killed the envoys of the five Lingnan provinces. Even Guangzhou was attacked. What do you say about this matter?"

When He Rong and He Zhan arrived at Xuanzheng Hall, Zhou Ying and others were already there.

He Xiu raised his head and met He Mu inadvertently. Both of them were taken aback. After a while, He Xiu gave a rare slight nod to He Mu and bowed his hands in salute. This is almost unprecedented after the new emperor ascended the throne. , He Mu's heart skipped a beat, and then he realized that He Rong's persuasion might have worked, so he couldn't help but smile back at He Xiu.

Others didn't care about the two of them, and all their attention was on the Lingnan rebellion.

Zhou Yingdao: "Your Majesty, the six tribes of Nanyi have always been disobedient to the king, and they are no less lenient than the Eastern and Western Turks. It is only because Mrs. Guiyi was there at the time, her heart is for the heavenly dynasty, and she can suppress the six tribes. The Lingnan area has peace for a while. After Mrs. Guiyi's death, the different tribes in Nanyi began to divide again, and this time the one who rebelled was the most powerful one, and the leader was named Li Zhan."

He Rong asked a question: "I remember that not long ago, there were still three parts in Nanyi, how come there are six parts now?"

Zhou Ying: "After Mrs. Guiyi's death, most of the forces loyal to her were inherited by her son Sanza. In addition, there were two tribes that were originally wanted to be gathered by Mrs. Guiyi. They saw that Mrs. Guiyi was not there. , took the opportunity to break away again, and later the Sanza tribe had civil strife, and the other two tribes also had conflicts, which became the current six tribes. It can be said that Nanyi, which was originally under the unified control of Mrs. Guiyi, has now become fragmented. situation."

He Zhan expressed curiosity about a woman who could unify Nanyi: "Who is this Mrs. Guiyi, and why can she command Nanyi, and no one dared to resist when she was alive?"

Zhou Yingdao: "Speaking of Mrs. Guiyi, she is really a strange woman. She was originally a Nanyi Han woman, but she married Sang Yi, the leader of the Nanyi Sang tribe. At that time, the world was in chaos, and Sang Yi died of illness. When she was young, Mrs. Guiyi took over the control of the Sang people, and gradually united the various ministries, forming an alliance or sending troops. Finally, she was supported as the leader of Nanyi, and she took the initiative to submit to our dynasty, and presented the "Nanyi Mountains and Rivers Map" to Emperor Gaozu. Dayue, give her the title of first-class Mrs. Guiyi, and praise her for being a heroine with great righteousness in her heart. This is the origin of the title of Mrs. Guiyi."

Emperor Jiayou was not interested in listening to allusions, so he couldn't help but interrupt him: "The Turkic people are very ambitious, and there is Xiao Yu who has always had ulterior motives. If they know that the south is in chaos, it is impossible to guarantee that they will not take advantage of the situation. Dear friends Just think about it quickly!"

Apart from He Rong, Zhou Ying and the others present, there was also Li Kuan who was already unemployed at home.The incident happened suddenly, Zhang Tao, Chen Wei and other capable fighters were not in the capital. Li Kuan had also been on the battlefield several times and had rich experience, so he was naturally invited by Emperor Jiayou to serve as his staff.

Li Kuan said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the south is thousands of miles away, and the situation changes from time to time. As far as I know, the interior of Nanyi is not stable. As Zhou Xiang said, there are many conflicts among the six tribes, and Li Zhan may not be there. It will be able to stabilize Guangzhou, and the most urgent task is to deploy troops nearby to counter the rebellion."

Fan Yi, Minister of the Ministry of War, said: "The closest to Lingnan is Hongzhou. Hongzhou has a military strength of about [-]. However, the terrain of Nanyi is complex, rugged and plagued by miasma. Nanyi can be soldiers of all ages. Jiang Xun, the governor of Hongzhou, is not good at it. Leading troops, I'm afraid I can't take on the important task of calming the chaos."

He Xiudao: "I would like to share your majesty's worries."

He had never led troops to fight before, and when he said this, everyone took it seriously, and He Xiu also felt that his request could not be granted, so seeing that Emperor Jiayou did not make a sound, he had no choice but to keep silent.

Li Kuan cupped his hands and said: "If Your Majesty does not give up, I am willing to lead troops to put down the rebellion."

He Rong frowned slightly.

Before Emperor Jiayou could show his relief, He Zhan also came out and said, "Your Majesty, I'm willing to go too."

The author has something to say:

The meaning of the redbud flower is related to brotherhood, so the dried redbud flower is in the embroidery bag, but it is inconvenient to say it directly in the text, so I will explain it here.

He Zhan: Third brother, can you pick a little more?

He Rong: Yes, you can come to my house in the future, and you will be charged a threshold depreciation fee once you enter the door.

He Zhan: Damn...

Volume Four: The Long Sword of Relying on the Sky and Ten Thousand Miles of Beard