[Caiyun Kingdom] The beginning of people

"Xiao Lan." While I was tasting the newly harvested Yuqian Longjing in the bustling street, someone's blue sleeves slipped through the beaded curtain of the room.

"Good morning, Hua." I smiled and offered to sit down.

Hua dragged her long robe and sleeves, and sat lazily across from me, "Going back?"

"Yeah, Lanzhou is too beautiful." I put down my teacup and picked up the plum bag, "I'm a little tired of seeing it."

"Oh~" Hua dragged on a long ending, "Xiaolan has told the truth. You are really a layman who doesn't know the beauty of Lanzhou."

…the plums are so sour.I silently put down the plum bag, took the jujube paste bag from Hua, took a bite, and said while Hua was drinking water, "I'm sorry, where my husband is is the best place in the world for me." He said with a smile, "Now, the place in my heart is Guiyang. I'm so sorry."

"Pfft!" Hua gulped out a mouthful of water in a gaffe.

I handed him a small handkerchief with a guilty conscience.

Hua glared at me, "Aren't you planning to enroll your son in the academy that Cui Changfeng runs in Lanzhou?"

Changfeng set up an academy to give lectures between Wang's family and Lan's family.Although it was not the time of the Warring States period, in just a few years, his academy was well established.Several years of experience in politics allowed him to run this academy brilliantly.

"I had this idea at first, but I'll wait for Boqing to make his own decision." I smiled and warmed the cup, "I have no problem with what he wants, as long as he learns well."

"No," Hua wiped the corners of her mouth gracefully, "I want to learn how to be bad."

You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others.I shook the teapot and said with a smile, "Yes, I have been educated." With the worst mother in the world, I am not afraid that Bo Qing is too good at learning, haha.

"What about after that?" Hua took the tea I handed over, "It's time for Li Jiangyou to take over. If you want to leave, Lanzhou is the best place to retire. I can accompany you to choose a house. I promise it won't be Even Kui Huangyi can't fault your messy eyes."

"The way of elegance in Guizhou has nothing to do with me." I laughed, "Thank you, but there are assassins everywhere in Lanzhou offering rewards for my head, so I'd better go for it." Salt is a tough battle when you touch it.

"Zhang Sanniang is Zhang Sanniang. Her methods seem to be gentler than your husband's, but they are just as cruel." Hua divided the blue duck egg in front of her and handed half to me. Chairman Zhang who has been grinding for many years?" To rectify the competition between official salt and private salt, in the long run, it is a soft knife.I blew on the tea, and gently swept the tea leaves floating on the water with the lid of the cup, "You don't blame me?" I took a sip of the tea.

"If the Lan family falls like this, then let it fall." Hua held the cup in one hand and looked out of the street, "But it's not yet this time. Even if the kid king falls, the Lan family will still stand. "

I know that the Lan family is the most deeply rooted noble in Caiyun Kingdom, and now is far from the time to collapse.After that?Then talk about it later.I also turned my gaze out of the window, fed a blue duck egg into my mouth, and said honestly: "I know that the Lan family will not chop me off for using this method, so I did this." Fair competition , they are not afraid with the style of the Lan family --- it is precisely their style that has stood for thousands of years and is still at the top.

As for other short-lived but extremely cruel private salt merchants, that's another story.

"fear death?"

"Of course, I'm not a cat." I touched my neck.

"Dare to come, the Lan family won't let them touch you." Hua opened my hand with chopsticks, "Xiaolan, don't eat so many egg yolks, do you think you are still young and young?"

...Do I have no right to eat as an old woman?I touched my nose, "Thank you in advance."

As dusk approached, Lan Xiaohua was going home for dinner.He stood up, straightened his sleeves, and asked, "Then," he raised the corners of his mouth, his handsome face and narrow phoenix eyes were under the orange light of dusk, making people forget the wrinkles on his face for a moment, "I now Should Xiaolan be called Zhangzhou Shepherd, Zhang Sanniang, or Miss Zhang and Mrs. Kui?"

Xiaohua is as bad as ever, always asking such difficult questions.I took the cup, sipped the wine, and raised my glasses to each other, "It's all just one sentence, as Sect Master Lan pleases." Whichever one is me.

"Then it's Xiaolan." Hua drank the wine in one gulp, then waved to me, lifted the bead curtain, and walked outside.

After sitting for a while, after dinner, the servant came and called.

"My lord, you still have to leave tomorrow, or should you go back early and rest?"

"Okay." I nodded with a smile, stood up, and returned.

Early the next morning, I packed my bags and left the city in a low-key manner.

"Master Zhangzhou Mu!" The soldier guarding the city gate was startled when he saw me, and quickly knelt down on one knee.

I didn't expect anyone to know.I invited them up with a wry smile, said goodbye to them, and drank a bowl of wine.

"Master Zhangzhou Mu, take care." Finally, they knelt down on one knee again and sent me out of the city.

I smiled, lowered the curtain of the car, and left the city in the winter of the 21st year of Shangji before the sky brightened.Sitting in a carriage, traveling across states and counties, I finally arrived in Guiyang before spring came.As usual, the New Year's pilgrimage, Li Jiangyou succeeded Jing Youli as the third prime minister of the Shangzhi Dynasty.

Then, in the astonishment of everyone, I handed over the letter.

Year after year, it has been almost ten years since the year when Huang Yi and I retreated.

If you don't take my life, it's game over.

"Zhangzhou Shepherd," Zi Liuhui on the Jade Throne looked at me, didn't respond, and said instead, "I just want to appoint you as the state shepherd of Hongzhou. Or do you want to go back to the Central Committee?"

I shook my head and said with a smile: "I am in poor health, unable to do anything, and I have owed your kindness to you. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me." I presented the begging form with both hands.

Zi Liuhui looked at the seal, and then said slowly: "Thank you alone."

I bowed my head and said, "I don't dare to be a lowly minister." Thank you so much, the King of Caiyun Kingdom.

Zi Liuhui was silent for a long time, while all the courtiers were waiting in silence, he struck the ground with the sword in his hand, "Clang!" The kind-hearted king raised his sharp eyes and said, "Sure! play."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." I saluted again.

"Zhangzhou Mu." Zi Liuhui called out.

"My minister is here." I raised my head.

"Happy Chinese New Year." He pulled the corner of his mouth.

I froze for a moment, then smiled and replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty." Unfortunately, the queen is not here.Hope you have a happy new year too.

But it seems impossible.

"The minister also has his own book to play." Huang Yi stood up and glanced at me.

"...Yeah?" After Zi Liuhui was stunned, he immediately reacted and danced, "Wait, wait, Mr. Kui..."

Huang Yi ignored him, and said to himself: "I tell my old man to return to my hometown."

"No..." Zi Liuhui said loudly, "You can't be alone!"

I stepped back silently, covered my mouth with my sleeves, and laughed.Zi Liuhui is really a playful king.

"Please again, my lord."

"Don't be alone!" Of course he wouldn't allow it. Li Jiangyou has just taken office, and the central government should not change.

Huang Yi looked at the king above him coldly, "I beg you again." However, this world never said that it would not be able to turn around without anyone.Huang Yi has done everything that should be prepared and done. Manpower is sometimes poor, and the rest is left to future generations.

It seems to have done a lot, but under the wheel of the times, it seems that nothing has been done.Against the background of the starry sky, human beings are not much bigger than ants, but there are some things that they have to do even if they sacrifice their lives.

For example, trade your life for happiness.

Zi Liuhui was stared at by Huang Yi and trembled. Just as he was about to speak, Li Jiangyou who was standing next to him patted him, and General Yulin Lan Qiuying who was standing on the other side patted him too. Zi Liuhui then calmed down, looked at Huang Yi, then at me, and then changed back to the king with a clear and sharp expression.

"Clang! Let's play."

"The minister takes orders."

"Mr. Aoi."

Huang Yi looked at him.

"Thank you Guyi, happy new year."

Huang Yi glanced at Zi Liu Hui, and then said: "Prime Minister Li."

"In..." Li Jiangyou bit her tongue, "Yes, what's the matter, Chief Kui?" Don't blame him, but Huang Yi's attitude of ordering people to do things is too natural.

"The gentleman's appearance is not good, and Li Cheng is very diligent in supervising it."

"..." All the young talents turned green.

I bit my lip to keep from laughing.Your Majesty is also kind, Huang Yi really is.After the court was over, for the first time, Huang Yi and I walked one after the other without avoiding suspicion or looking at others.I waited at the same spot, and Huang Yi walked towards me across a short distance from the court hall, raised his hand to stroke my half-white sideburns, and then carried me out of the golden palace together.

"Luochun Tower has hired a new dim sum chef," Huang Yi helped me step over the high threshold, "Where are you going to use it at night?" He glanced at me, "I heard that this chef started out by making biscuits. "

"..." Kui Huangyi... I covered my forehead, "Okay, it's up to you."

The golden light of the setting sun shone obliquely on the white jade in the square in front of the palace. Huang Yi and I stopped, looking down from the high steps, we could have a panoramic view of the magnificence of the palace.

"Didn't Boqing say that he wanted to eat dumplings? How about we try sesame seed cakes another day?" I said softly.Huang Yi held my hand, and I followed his footsteps to continue walking outside.None of the courtiers who usually came forward to greet us after the court came down to bother us.

Huang Yi snorted coldly, "Is it reasonable for him to ask mother to accommodate his son? Don't worry about him, don't eat what he doesn't want to eat, I don't care if he is so stupid that he doesn't know how to flatter his mother."

With a snort, I turned away my face and laughed, and with Huang Yi's support, I went down the steps and slowly walked out of the majestic palace gate──

At the end of spring in the 22nd year of Shangji, our family of three bought an ox cart and walked slowly on the country roads.

"Mother," Bo Qing, now 14 years old, was driving the car, with one leg up and the other dangling on the car floor, "We are almost leaving Zizhou, can you tell us where we are going? right?"

I opened the curtain and asked with a smile, "Guess?"

Bo Qing took a straw pole to play with the cow, "This direction is either Heizhou or Baizhou. Heizhou is the hometown of my mother. I guess it is Heizhou?"

"We came to Heizhou because of our hometown, so why don't we stay in Zizhou?" Zizhou Guiyang is Huang Yi's hometown.

"Because Father has offended too many people, in order to avoid being hacked after resigning, of course the best way is to go~" This kid really dared to say.

I looked back at Huang Yi, he was not angry, but just glanced at the child.Yes, running away is the right thing to do.Although we have arranged things well when we go here, the former political enemies still need to be careful. Of course, they can run as far as they can.

Of course, the most important thing in choosing this location is our willingness.

"I guessed wrong," I handed Bo Qing a pot of water, "but it's not far away. What we're going to is the old management house at the junction of the black and white states."

"Housekeeper? Uncle Feixiang's house?"

"It's his hometown. After Feixiang's father passed away, he gave the house to me." Perhaps Mr. Guan, who has been through the world, also understands that Feixiang has settled down in Guiyang all his life, and I am just a lazy child, hahaha.I tilted my head and said with a smile: "It's a big house built on the middle of the mountain. From the front of the house, you can see the vast expanse of white mountains. Behind the house is the clear spring on the mountain, and there is a waterfall not far away. Flying down a few feet." I said slowly according to Guan Zhai in my memory, "It's a little cold in winter, but it's extremely cool in summer. If the weather is fine, you can still see it from the wide platform. Huoshaoyun. This is the most beautiful Huoshaoyun I have ever seen." I looked back at Huang Yi, who was also looking at me.

In the past, it was the house of the underworld boss, but now it is the most suitable place to be lazy.

"Ah... well, mother, my son doesn't have the taste for beautiful scenery... Where can I eat? The beautiful scenery is in front of you, and you have to be accompanied by delicious food. Life is not complete." Bo Qing said earnestly, "Leaving the market stall If it is too far away, my son will want to cry."

I turned my head and said with a smile: "Yes, mother will take you to eat delicious food." I just don't know if the stall I like is still there.If you're not there, go and see if there are any new good stalls.

Bo Qing raised his hand upwards and shouted loudly: "Mother is the best!" The old cow pulling the cart also roared in cooperation.

"..." My child, I will misunderstand that you like me because of eating.

"Kui Boqing." Huang Yi called out coldly.

Bo Qing immediately sat up straight, coughed lightly and pretended to be straight.

"By the way, if you want to stay in Guiyang, that's fine too. Don't you want to take the imperial examination?" I asked.

"Never."

I nodded in relief—someone is normal at last, why bother to squeeze my head into that ghostly place.

Unexpectedly, Bo Qing continued: "Even if you want to be an official, you can just ask your father for financial support? Why do you have to go to the examination room to be tortured? You are not an idiot."

"..." Hey, if you say that, I will be very sad if I have no money.Aristocrats are indeed disgusting goods.

Huang Yi suddenly said: "I won't agree. If you want to do it, you can take the test yourself. If you are not so good that you can't pass the test, then don't do it."

Boqing laughed and said happily: "It's better! Hey, I don't have that muscle. If I don't become an official, I won't be an official. I don't believe that there is no place for Kui Boqing in the world. He knocked on the railing of the carriage and sang loudly to the beat: "Guest house, sigh fluttering, gathering and parting in a hurry. Raising the whip, that forbearance blooms. Looking down, setting sun, people, no, see, ha, full sleeves Tiaohong, watch off~Chu Yunkong, there is no trace of the past! Angzang man, hold the sword~go to the end of the world!"

"The Analects of Confucius, ten times." Huang Yi said bluntly.Seeing Boqing complaining, the man said coldly: "Are you dissatisfied? If you want to copy "Zizhi Tongjian", as a father, I can kindly help you."

Bo Qing immediately shut up.

I laughed and was taken back to the car by Huang Yi.

"It's windy outside, why are you squeezing with that kid?" He frowned and asked me to sit inside, but he bent over me and sat near the car door, "I have sent someone to get ready first, Don't worry." He lowered his voice, "You won't be hungry."

"Huh? It's interesting to find it by yourself." Did he actually do a market research on local snacks?

"Running around all day, madman?"

"……you dislike me."

Huang Yi grabbed my face hard, "If I have a bad back, please stop walking, you idiot!"

I rubbed my nose and said, "Yes, thank you, my husband." Forget it, as long as there is something to eat, haha.After a while, listening to the clear insects whistling outside the window, I asked him softly, "Don't you regret it?" It took me a lifetime to climb to the position, so I pulled away.

"What about you?" He looked back at me.

"Although it's a little undervalued to say this, I will live well wherever I am thrown." I want to be an official, and I want to do something that I can do, but leaving is also what I want to do .I'm fine, so what about him?I can stay in Guiyang all the time.

"Retiring bravely in the rapids is the best policy to protect yourself."

"I was expecting you to say that it's a hero's sad beauty pass." But I know, there is my reason.

Huang Yi held my hand, and then talked about other things: "I can't give you money. After a few years of staying in Nanping, I want to submit a form to resign the Aoi family's position in the noble list. Would you like it?"

I froze.Huang Yi wants to return Kui's noble status?As a child of an aristocratic family, although he didn't say anything, I know how much he values ​​his family.No, speaking of it, he didn't seem to care at the time whether I gave birth to a son after Kui...he...

"I will arrange your life well," Huang Yi said in a deep voice, "but it will be inconvenient for you to lose your noble status like me. Do you agree?"

How many hardships did Huang Yi have to go through to come up with this idea?See clearly the future of the nobleman, no longer cling to the identities that have brought him many entanglements, and throw away all the old ones.Obviously, for such an identity, he has suffered so much. When he was young, his whole family was sent to death. When he grew up, he has been risking his life and running around in this country.

──Separate from my childhood sweetheart.

──Lies make me cry.

──Between the country and the adoptive father, the country was chosen.

And now he doesn't want it anymore?

I felt sorry for him, looked at his face, then lowered my head, and shook his hand tightly, "What nonsense? I'm too happy if you want to do this." I raised my head and said with a smile, "Look. , then you are no more noble than me." I am a wicked wife hahahahaha.

He closed his eyes fiercely, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Nonsense!"

"It was you who always buried me first..." Dare to say that you have never cared about my identity or your identity?And, why have I never cared about my identity?A person spends most of his life trapped in the cage of identity, even forgetting his original wish.

At first, I just wanted to be happy.

Either that world or this world.

"Bones after death."

I said to him: "It's all a piece of loess." Money can't buy me happiness. He can play however he wants, and I will accompany him.

As long as he also plays with me, eats, drinks and has fun with me.

He took my shoulders, and I leaned on his shoulders along with his strength.It's not convenient to smoke incense when I'm away from home, Huang Yi's body now smells fresh and refreshing, very ordinary, the same smell as the clothes he borrowed from me in the kiosk the day we first met.

Of course, I'm not a dog's nose, probably, the difference between the two is just my overthinking?

Suddenly, Huang Yi raised his hand and touched something on my head. I reached out to touch it, but he refused to let me, forcing me to take out a mirror angrily.In the photo, it is a sunflower headdress made of brown crystal, which is neither as exaggerated as gold hairpins, nor too plain like silver hairpins, nor quieter than white jade. It fits my half-white head just right.

I smiled, put down the mirror, and leaned on Huang Yi's shoulder again, he still wrapped my shoulder with one hand, and held mine with the other.

"For Xiaoxiao Muyu ~ Sajiangtian! Some ~ Qing, Qiu, Wash." Outside the car, Bo Qing, who had not been born in Ansheng for a while, sang with verses, "I can't bear it~ Deng, Gao, Lin , Far away, looking at my hometown~ Miaomiao, it’s hard to get back. Thinking of a beautiful woman~makeup, building, building, looking, miss a few moments, the sky~knowledge, return, boat!」

In the mansion with beautiful mountains and rivers between black and white states, Huang Yi and I gradually, the sun sets to the west, reflecting the bad loess.

Never thought that the day when they were born in the same quilt and died in the same acupuncture point would really come.

The author has something to say: the extra episode will be released next week.