Wolf Dysprosium

Jin Yan was dazed by this cup of tea.

Xie Yuanzhi stared at him, just like when he knew he made a mistake in the past, as if he could pull out a wooden board from behind at any time and hit him hard in the palm.

"What else do you have to say!" Xie Yuanzhi yelled again, "I still made a mistake because of the teacher, and there is someone else who proposed this bastard method?"

Jin Yan bowed deeply to Xie Yuanzhi: "There is no one else but the students."

Without saying another word, Xie Yuanzhi closed the door heavily.Remnant snow on the door threw Jin Yan's face, and he felt colder and colder.

Chen Shuang hurriedly wiped off the water from his head and face.The surroundings were unusually quiet, and the people following the surveillance were hiding so well that Jin Yan could hardly find out by himself.He sighed, turned and left.

"It was Cen Rong who said it." Jin Yan said to Chen Shuang, "He returned to Liang Jing earlier than us, and he wanted to report Bishan League to the officials. There is absolutely no way to bypass my existence."

When his message to Ming Yetang reached Cen Rong, Jin Yan guessed that Cen Rong hadn't told Emperor Renzheng of the true meaning of Bishan League's plan, let alone mentioned that the plan came from Jin Ai.Because at that time, it was not known whether the plan would work, let alone the attitude of Bei Rong.Now that the covenant was finalized, Cen Rong even brought the hostage of the Pingzhou League back to Liang Jing from Beirong. The combination of the two, Cen Rong said that the Bishan League was proposed by Jin Yan, which would naturally cause shock in the court.

Emperor Renzheng should have known the true intention of the Bishan League's strategy, but the rest of the courtiers could not have understood the inner key.People in the court can only deduce based on the existing clues that Jin Yan must have encouraged Cen Rong to give up so much territory to Beirong in order to return to Dayu, in exchange for the freedom of the proton. ——Things spread to the ears of Xie Yuanzhi who was no longer in the temple, and I don't know how many misinterpretations he suffered.

The Bishan League was created through the collaboration of Cen Rong and Liang Anchong.Now this covenant has been criticized a lot, Cen Rong is young, and Grand Master Liang presided over the signing of the Pingzhou League, even if the two were at fault, Grand Master Liang suffered the most.

Jin Yan thought about it again and again, only to feel a headache.There are twists and turns, he doesn't want to think, but he has to think.

"Shall we go back?" Chen Shuang asked.

Before they knew it, the two had reached the bank of Yanzi Creek.Spring is yet to dawn, and the crabapple trees on both sides of the stream have only [-] bare branches. There is a thin layer of ice crust on the Yanzi River, and you can see the gurgling water at the break of the ice shell.There are many flower lanterns hanging on the crabapple tree, which are in the shape of flower buds, while the swallow stream is full of small lotus lanterns, with red petals blooming on the lamp base and a candle in the stamen.

"Let's go to Yufeng Tower." Jin Yan said, "Today is the [-]th day. In previous years, the Lantern Festival was held on the [-]th day. Why is it earlier this year?"

"It is said that it is to celebrate the cessation of the border war." Chen Shuang said.

The two walked along the Yanzi Creek, and when they came to a street corner where there was a lot of people, Jin Yan stood still.Chen Shuang pushed him from behind, and Jin Yan couldn't help but follow him in the direction of Qingsuli.

There are many dignitaries and dignitaries living in Qingsuli, and there are groups of children at home, so the Lantern Festival is naturally very lively.In this bustling street, there is only one place where the lights are dim, and there is no trace of popularity.

General Jin's mansion was locked, and there was a seal on the door.The closer Jin Yan got, the more frightened he became, and he tightly wrung his fingers in his sleeves.There was a small vendor selling lanterns along the street in Qingsuli. The candles illuminated Jin Yan's face, and Chen Shuang saw his black eyes filled with tears.

There was no one in General Jin's mansion, but the outside was cleaned up.There were seven or eight people putting up lanterns at the door, but they were sky lanterns.The candles heated up the air in the lamps, and the sky lanterns slowly flew up into the sky. Jin Ye opened his eyes wide and saw that each sky lantern had the words "The sky is bright and the sun is bright".

This is what was written in the imperial edict that my father received the title of "General Zhongzhao".The imperial edict is so redundant, how can the common people remember it clearly?So only these eight words are always on the lips of people.

It seems that as long as there is Zhongzhao General Jin Mingzhao in the world, the sky will be bright and the sun will be bright forever, and the haze will be eradicated.

Seeing Jin Yan and Chen Shuang standing silently, the street vendors thought that they were also here to mourn Jin Mingzhao. They pulled the corner of Jin Yan's clothes and opened the cloth towels to reveal stacks of sky lanterns in bamboo baskets. .

"One copper plate is enough." The peddler smiled, "I can help you write the characters Tianri Zhaozhao." He copied the pen and ink from the bamboo basket, and the ink was sealed in a small bottle.

Jin Yan: "Do you get paid for writing?"

Vendor: "Writing eight characters will cost me four copper coins."

Chen Shuang couldn't help but said, "Your business is very shrewd."

The peddler: "If you write and scold Grand Master Liang, you won't receive any money."

Jin Yan didn't buy it, just stood quietly in the corner.The seven or eight people left after setting up the sky lanterns, and a few more came after a while, some old and some young, all illiterate. After buying the lanterns, the peddler asked the peddler to write on the lanterns, "The sky is bright, the day is bright." Zhao Zhao".

Jin Yan leaned over and took a closer look. These eight characters must have been written too much and too familiar. The strokes are sharp and powerful, with bones and tendons.

"The handwriting is good." Jin Yan couldn't help but said, "You have this skill, why bother selling lamps here?"

"I can only write these eight characters!" The peddler laughed. "My youngest name is Yang Song'er. Apart from my name, I can only recognize the eight characters in front of me. We are all the same. We have to write these eight characters all the time. You can figure it out with your eyes closed.”

As soon as this remark came out, several lamp sellers around him smiled and nodded.

The front of the mansion was empty again, leaving behind burnt paper money and incense ash.A peddler ran over to clean it up, muttering, "Don't dirty the door of General Jin's house."

On the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, they sell lamps in front of General Jin's gate, and people passing by often come to burn one or two.There are old men and women who can't read a single word, come every month, and tremblingly take out a few copper coins full of oil stars. "There were more people during the Lantern Festival last year." The vendor came in from the outer city of Liangjing to do business, and he didn't recognize Jin Yan, so he said casually, "Qingsuli is full of kneeling and crying people. Soldiers also come, we At first I thought they were here to drive people away, but who would have thought that they would burn two or three pieces of paper money after dismounting one by one... Hey, young man? Do you want to buy a lamp? General Jin’s lamp."

He started to attract guests again, and Chen Shuang and Jin Yan continued on their way.Jin Yan walked a few steps and then turned back, there was always an endless stream of people coming to put lamps and burn papers in front of the mansion.People kowtowed in front of the stone lions and murmured.He couldn't hear a word, and actually couldn't see clearly. Chen Shuang wiped his tears with his sleeve, and said in a low voice, "There are many people in the world who miss your father."

"...I miss him too." Jin Yan whimpered.

He had been suppressing his emotions all the way, but he couldn't hold back when he returned to his old residence.Everyone is doing their own thing, the world is moving forward and flowing, spring comes and goes, swallows go and come back, he weeps in a kind of pain mixed with absurdity and sadness.Chen Shuang quietly accompanied him until Jin Yan regained his composure.

The two continued to walk towards Yufeng Building, and the traffic became more and more crowded along the way.The fire-burning golden phoenix in the palace had already flown out, lighting up the lamp pavilion on the top floor of Yufeng Building.The road was full of bustling people, and a child held up a dragon lantern and shouted: "This is the dragon of the Beidu Lantern Festival! My dad saw it before, and he made it for me! It can fly!"

Jin Yan could only pretend that he couldn't hear.Everything at the Lantern Festival will take him back to a year ago, to the memories he had with He Lansone.He hurried through the crowd and stepped into the gate of Yufeng Tower, and was greeted with waves of sound one after another.

The guy in Yufeng Tower didn't recognize him, but the big shopkeeper and the second shopkeeper remembered him very well.The second shopkeeper was overjoyed, and shouted loudly: "General Jin's Mansion, Jin Yan—come!"

In fact, in the past ten years or so, it has become his habit to shout happily every year.Jin Mingzhao never came to this kind of place, but Jin Yan was either taken by his family, or carried by Cen Rong and others, and he came to Yufeng Tower to enjoy the lanterns almost every year on the first night of the Lantern Festival.He was smart and cute since he was a child, with a quiet and well-behaved personality. It can be said that the two shopkeepers have watched him grow up year by year, and now they can recognize him at a glance, and the voice of greeting and notification is full of joy.

But as soon as the words fell, the first shopkeeper stomped on the second shopkeeper.Yufeng Building was terribly quiet for a moment, people on the first floor turned their heads to look at the door, and there was a sudden commotion on the second and third floors, people all ran to the railing and looked down, all eyes focused on Jin Ye.

Jin Yan felt Chen Shuang's back tense almost instantly.

He smiled warmly at the first shopkeeper and the second shopkeeper: "Long time no see, two shopkeepers."

The two hurriedly greeted Jin Yan, a little curious, a little embarrassed, a little nervous, and a little relieved after looking at him.Steward Ma had already run down the stairs at this time, and said with a smile: "Little General, you are here, the third prince has been waiting for a long time, and I will miss you."

Jin Yan: "..."

It's just me.His heart skipped a beat, it seemed that today's lantern banquet was not held by Cen Rong and him alone, there were other people at the banquet.Wearing a fox fur, he walked up the stairs steadily with Steward Ma, and Chen Shuang followed behind him. Jin Ye looked back at him and found that he had lowered his head.

"Raise your head, Chen Shuang." Jin Yan said, "You are a well-known hero in Ming Yetang, what are you afraid of?"

"I've never been stared at by so many people. It's a bit scary." Chen Shuang said in a low voice, "I'm not Yue Lianlou. When I do things, I'm most afraid of being stared at."

Jin Yan smiled slightly, he was not so nervous anymore.

The best viewing location of Yufeng Tower is under the light pavilion on the top floor, which is usually never open.In previous years, this was the position of Grand Master Liang, but it was taken down by the third prince tonight.Go up the lamp pavilion along the revolving stairs, and when you enter the door, you will see a huge octagonal room, which is open on all sides and has large windows.The room is lit with warm charcoal and incense, and the hot aroma of the dishes arouses the gluttons in people's stomachs.The two musicians held the piano and hid behind the screen, playing leisurely. Cen Rong sat in the first seat and greeted Jin Yan cheerfully: "Come here! Sit next to me!"

He seemed to be half drunk, but Jin Yan knew that he could drink very well.Sitting down at the empty low table next to Cen Rong, Cen Rong introduced everyone in the room, such as the son of the minister, the son of the minister, the son of the governor, and so on.Jin Yan memorized them one by one, and raised his hands in a bow.

Everyone made no secret of their curiosity and looked at him one after another.The man brought food and wine to Jin Yan, and there were deafening cheers from outside the window, it was the procession of the parade.

The routine activities on the first day of the Lantern Festival are palace lanterns and a parade. Emperor Renzheng will make a brief appearance. Jin Yan estimated that the emperor had already returned to the palace, so Cen Rong led everyone to drink and have fun in Yufeng Tower.Although everyone was full of curiosity about Jin Ye, but no one spoke to him first. Cen Rong kept chatting with Jin Ye all the time, asking him if the food and drink were to his liking, and whether the residence was satisfactory.

Everyone knew that he was brought back by Cen Rong, and Jin Yan didn't hide it, and thanked him generously.

At this time, someone finally said: "Jin Yan, you are too skinny, is it because Bei Rong has no meat to eat, or is it too tired to work?"

Several people immediately laughed lowly during the banquet.Jin Yan took a look at that person, and the person who asked the question was named Sheng Hong, the son of the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment.He knew that everyone at the banquet should know that he had been a slave in Beirong, so he didn't say a word, just bowed his head and drank.

To embarrass him is to embarrass Cen Rong.Jin Yan was curious. When he was in Liang Jing, he heard that Sheng Hong's words and deeds were unreasonable. He was a rare bastard among officials and eunuchs.

Unable to get an answer from Jin Yan, Sheng Hong couldn't help but smiled embarrassingly.

It's just that before Jin Yan finished his glass of wine, he heard laughter around him.Several people patted the tables and stools, leaning back and forth, Sheng Hong was holding a glass of wine, and somehow splashed it on his face.

"I'm disrespectful, I'm disrespectful!" Sheng Hong said loudly with a face full of artificial astonishment, "How can this be worthy of my respectful father!"

Several young people around him suddenly burst into increasingly crazy laughter.

Cen Rong wondered, "Sheng Hong, what's the matter?"

Jin Yan sneered in his heart.Deng banquets are all children of the same age, but not everyone is of the same heart as Cen Rong.Afterwards, Sheng Hong taunted Jin Yan a few times, such as neighing like a horse, asking Jin Yan if he was familiar with the sound, and asking Jin Yan how it felt to wear Beirong's fur robe, which was only worn by slaves.

Jin Yan didn't intend to argue with this kind of aggressive person here.After drinking two glasses of wine, he bid farewell to Cen Rong.Walking downstairs to Yufeng, the big shopkeeper chased him out, and stuffed a faintly steamy box into Jin Yan's hand. "Little general, I remember that you like to eat our Yufenglou's Shanhai soup, and I have prepared a special one for you."

Jin Yan was surprised: "Didn't Yufenglou no longer serve common dishes like Shanhai Geng?"

The big shopkeeper: "If the little general wants to eat, Yufenglou will make it, anything unusual or unusual."

Jin Yan accepted the thanks, handed the box to Chen Shuang, and bowed goodbye to the shopkeeper.Chen Shuang whispered, "That Sheng Hong humiliated you just now, why don't I kill him?"

Jin Yan: "...that's not necessary."

Chen Shuang: "He will never be noticed by anyone. An accident can make him disappear without anyone noticing."

Jin Yan laughed: "I'm not afraid of being noticed. To me, you are a thousand times more important than Sheng Hong and his ilk. Don't stain your hands with this bastard's dirty blood."

Chen Shuang straightened her waist, and smiled shyly and surprised.

The two of them reached the corner, and a horse galloped behind them.Cen Rong rode on the horse and asked Jin Yan why he didn't attack Sheng Hong just now.

"That's the lantern banquet you set up." Jin Yan smiled, "He just refuted your face, what does it have to do with me?"

Cen Rong looked at him right away, gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Little bastard! Are you not angry?"

Jin Yan: "I see that you are not angry, so I am embarrassed to be angry. The third prince will act in the future, so please say hello to me in advance. Jin Yan can also cooperate a little bit. The stage is more lively and more interesting."

Cen Rong turned his face away, and said solemnly: "Sheng Hong is not mine. His father is close to Grand Master Liang."

Jin Yan looked at him seriously, and then said softly after a while: "Cousin, it's not easy for you and me."

Cen Rong was agitated by his words, looked up at the brightly lit long street, and suddenly waved his horsewhip and laughed loudly: "It's not easy! It's easy!" Let me tell you, Dad had a nightmare and woke up and wanted to see me. I will go to you tomorrow and tell you about the court affairs in detail."

He led the team across the Suzaku Avenue separated by the big red branch, and galloped towards the palace.Just after entering the palace gate, Eunuch Yang, who was close to Emperor Renzheng, was already bending over and waiting.

"What's wrong with daddy?" Cen Rong asked as soon as he got off his horse, and walked with several attendants and Eunuch Yang to Deyuan Palace where Emperor Renzheng lived.

"Back to the third prince, the official family is staying in Concubine Jin's Palace today. After returning from the Lantern Tower, they ate some soup cakes. They said that their chest was tight, and they fell asleep early. I just woke up from a dream, and I was in a hurry to find the third prince."

Cen Rong asked again, "What dream did he have?"

Eunuch Yang was worried on his face, without saying a word: "You will know when the third prince is gone."

Cen Rong kept walking, and asked in a low voice, "Missing Fifth Brother again?"

Eunuch Yang lowered his head and sighed softly.Feeling heavy in his heart, Cen Rong hurried into Deyuan Palace, and went straight to the bedroom after seeing Concubine Jin.Emperor Renzheng was lying on the bed, sighing, seeing him approaching, he quickly stretched out his hand: "Rong'er, I just dreamed that something happened to Jin'er, and the fire in Baiqueguan was blazing, it was terrifying."

Cen Rong hurried back, but what he heard was not related to himself, so he could only suppress his displeasure and comfort him in a warm voice.

In Qingsuli, the vendors selling lanterns had already left, and the front of General Jin's Mansion was clean and tidy, without any fallen leaves or ashes.Jin Yan glanced at it from a distance, then turned his head and walked onto the bridge of Yanzixi.

Chen Shuang was talking in a low voice beside him.

"The fifth prince, Cen Zin, went to Fenghu City. He was called the governor, and he should actually go to fight for military merits. Liang Taishi is behind him, and the Northwest Army is now controlled by Liang Taishi's son-in-law. How can the emperor rest assured that the fifth prince will go to the border?" Chen Chen Shuang was puzzled, "Isn't he afraid that Cen Jin will lead the Northwest Army to rebel?"

Jin Yan laughed uncontrollably: "That's because you don't understand Cen Jin."

Chen Shuang: "How is he?"

Jin Yan: "He is the one person in the world who is absolutely impossible to raise the flag to seek rebellion. Even if I rebel, Cen Jin will not be able to rebel."

Just as Chen Shuang was about to ask again, she suddenly grabbed Jin Yan and stood in front of him.

The lights here are dim, there are no pedestrians, and there are two silent figures lying quietly on the crabapple tree not far away.The moment Chen Shuang became alert, the two figures jumped up at the same time, several cold lights shot out from their hands, and they were heading towards Jin Yan's face!

The author has something to say:

When Cen Rong and other princes called the emperor and queen, they also called them father and mother directly, not father, queen, mother and queen.

Shanhai Geng, there are mountain bamboo shoots, tender ferns, fish meat, and shrimp roe in the soup. After steaming, seasoning is added, covered with vermicelli, and steamed in a small container. There is soup and juice. It is a seasonal food.It is not easy to make mountain and sea soup during the Lantern Festival. The bamboo shoots and ferns near Liangjing have not yet grown, so they have to be collected from further south.A good mountain and sea soup requires delicious ingredients, and the steaming time must be accurately determined, but it is not an expensive dish, so Yufenglou no longer serves it.

But because Jin Yan likes to eat, the shopkeeper specially asked the cook to cook it for him with ingredients from the kitchen.