Brother Donggong

When Cui Bicheng came back, I was peeling peanuts.

Pick one by one, knock off the skin, and clean the red clothes inside, and put them in the small dustpan aside.

He got out of the sedan chair, relaxed, and walked in bit by bit with his peacock walking stick, "Why is the door open?" As soon as he came in, he saw the neatly arranged wine and vegetables on the stone table over there, and there were wooden doors next to it. Box, he sat on the stone pier over there, "He came just now? It's okay."

I'm still peeling the peanuts.

I can't calm down without peeling the peanuts.

Seeing that I was silent, Cui Bicheng came over, sat cross-legged in front of me, and looked up at my face, which was flat.

"It's really strange that I didn't hit you. Why, that little wolf cub has changed his sex?"

As he spoke, he took the peanuts and peeled them.

Me, "How about the marriage proposal?"

Cui Bicheng, "I agree. Yin Butang agreed at that time. He didn't say anything, but Miss Yin asked to see you. Although she was scolded by her father at the time and didn't say anything later, I still think she wants to see you." I want to meet you. By the way, I heard that when the empress in the palace proposed the marriage, it was the girl who agreed. Yin Butang originally didn't want to find a prince to be his son-in-law, but after the palace change happened, Yin Butang Immediately agreed. He said, you are the son of his old man, and his daughter is the daughter-in-law prepared for you."

"But, brother, have you really thought about it? Do you want to marry someone else's girl? Marrying is really a lifetime thing. If you have a baby in the future, you won't even regret it."

I nod.Marry, if you don't marry Yin Qiluo, I'm afraid she will disappear...

The Yin family has more than one house in Yongjing. The small courtyard where Yin Qiluo was looking for last time was a dowry prepared by her mother for you. After Yin Butang came to Beijing, he lived in a big house in Beicheng.Although it is incomparable with other local nobles in Yongjing, it is also a compound with three entrances. There is a row of large rooms in the north, with plaques, couplets, and paintings from the emperor hanging on them. It looks dignified and extraordinary.

Yin Mingyang was sitting on the main seat, looking at me indistinctly.

I also looked at him, in fact, my mood is quite complicated.

A veteran who fought against the Huns, a governor with a powerful army in his hands, a leader of the country, an old friend of his biological father, who gave birth to a daughter and said that I prepared a daughter-in-law for me, um, the father of my future wife, my future father-in-law Lao Taishan...

But today was the first time I saw him in my life.

He looks pretty good, but he is a bit frail. People who don't know him must think he is a teacher.Fair skin, slightly slender eyes, and three beards, smooth and smooth.He was wearing a light gray and dark blue silk gown, and a pair of black cloth shoes on his feet.

In fact, logically, I am a citizen and he is a first-rank official.

I saw that he still wanted to kowtow to salute, but he said again and again, no courtesy, no courtesy, so he gave me the first guest seat, and then asked the old servant to serve tea and snacks, but no one moved.

As an official gift, tea is about seeing off or saying goodbye to guests.

"I... and your father are old acquaintances, he saved my life.

The Yin family and Lao Zhao's family are family friends.My father used to work with your grandpa.He was the governor of Gan Ning at that time, and my father was his food leader.At that time, Dazheng's army did not fight the Xiongnu, but the Western Xinjiang.Among the sixteen countries in the Western Regions, Gaochang was the most troublesome.Your grandfather once made a blood oath to never destroy Gaochang, and he swore not to be a human being. He also established the family law, and his children are not allowed to associate with Gaochang people for generations, and those who violate it will be punished.Later, some things happened, and the Zhao family fell into decline. I don't know what happened after that.I thought you would disappear as soon as you hit the ground, but who would have thought that...

Hey, this child Qi Luo has suffered too. "

I lowered my head, "No one ever told me that."

No one has ever told me that my grandfather made an oath that all descendants of the Zhao family will not befriend Gaochang people, and those who violate it will be punished!

Yin Mingyang, "After so many years, it's not easy to survive. Who would dare to say anything else."

He obviously got it wrong.

"I asked the empress in the palace for an order, saying that the marriage of our two families should be done according to the old customs of Gan Ning, but the empress should not be too extravagant, because she is afraid of causing trouble for me. I know, Yongjing is now This situation is indeed extremely dangerous, but I am a girl like Qiluo, so I will never wrong her.

Dowry gifts and so on are still to be given, I will marry Qi Luo with a large courtyard, servants and so on, you two discuss, if you are willing to use someone from Yongjing, you can look for it here, if it is not easy to use, then Tell me, I will find it for you from my hometown.Old folks, be down-to-earth. "

I have only heard that my surname is Zhao. Even if no one told me who my real father is, I still know that he is Zhao Runan.A sinner who has been tortured, whose children and grandchildren will not be able to recover for several lifetimes.Now I know again, my grandfather was also a veteran in the battlefield for a while, this is just these glory, with the decline of the Zhao family, it was finally forgotten by everyone.

I suddenly thought of Ayla and the child again.

It turned out that our feelings were so intolerant from the very beginning.In addition to rebellious relationships, conspiracies in the palace, my cowardice and avoidance of the world, and national hatred and family feud, it is actually the legacy of my grandfather.If the grandfather knew underground, the blood of his descendants had already been fused with the blood of Gaochang people. I don’t know that after I followed his old man to the underground, he would treat me, a grandson who had never met, and me who had no fate. The children who see the sun, will there be another massacre?

I'm in a daze.

Yin Butang said again, "At noon, stay for a meal. It's the rice from your hometown. Maybe you haven't tasted it in Yongjing for many years. I don't know if it's smooth or not."

Although Yin Mingyang did not expressly agree, he still asked Yin Qiluo to meet me. After all, Miss Yin is also a lady of a famous family, and she will meet a man privately before getting married, regardless of whether that person is his unmarried husband-in-law or not.

Yin Qiluo is also in the big house of Yin Butang, she still looks like that.

She has exquisite makeup on her face. I don't know how she gets her rouge bead powder. It's different from other brands. She always makes her face have a soft luster, even a little moist.

She was enjoying the shade in the garden, and her maid was fluttering butterflies by the Qushui Pond not far away. We met by chance next to a jasmine bush. She gave me a small embroidered purse with swastikas embroidered on it. It contains some mint, ice flakes and steamed roses, exuding the smell of flowers blooming after a rainy summer night.

I saw the string of beads on her wrist, and thought that my name was engraved on it. My heart was very complicated, and the most should be guilt.If my bad things want to make such a good girl suffer with me, I will start to break my heart.

Yin Qiluo suddenly said, "I know who you are, from the day I agreed to marry you in the palace, I know what you are like. There are many rumors about you in Yongjing City."

I nodded, "Yeah."

"However, there are no more rumors than others."

I,……

"The husband-in-law of the second lady of Fuyuan General's Mansion is the third son of Uncle Zhongyi's family. Yesterday, a flower girl was brought back from South Street to be the fourth wife; Her family disliked her, but she was afraid of the power of the Shangshu family and did not dare to divorce her wife, so she could only be indifferent to her and let her go to the family temple to eat fast. Because of jealousy in Nanguan, my youngest son killed Yuan Shilang's third son, and was taken into custody immediately, all the princes of the county prince's family were abolished, and the old county prince died on the spot."

"Comparatively speaking, you... are the best. My father said that you are affectionate and righteous. I will not lose if I follow you."

I still lowered my head, "Follow me, you may have a hard life in the future."

She laughed, "Then marry a chicken and follow the chicken, marry a dog and follow the dog, anyway, women will live like this all their lives." As she said, her fingers unconsciously stroked the beads on her wrist. There was a jade plaque inside, Engraved with 'Yu', Zhao Yu's Yu.

She said, "It is only now that I know that what the old people said is true."

I asked, "What?"

Yin Qiluo, "Marriage is determined by the sky, and it is not in the slightest."

Well, maybe it's true, everything is fate, and it's not in the slightest.

The meal at Yin Butang's house at noon was not bad, and the dishes in Ningzhou were completely different from those in Yongjing.Yongjing here inherits the tastes of Jianghuai and Lu regions, and the taste is smooth, mainly with the original flavors of vegetables, river delicacies, and meat.However, many dishes in Ningzhou are seasoned with spices from Xijiang, mostly beef, mutton and pasta, and they like hot and sour.

Mrs. Yin cooked it herself. She roasted a lamb, then mixed a plate of spicy dishes with sea-buckthorn fruit, Chinese cabbage, and bamboo shoots, and served a plate of sauced beef, accompanied by coriander, egg garlic, and homemade fruit. The dipping sauce made of vinegar, and finally a large bowl of soba noodles for each person, fried eggplant and minced meat for whistle.The meal is served with Ningzhou sweet rice wine.

Keep it quiet, Yin Mingyang and I ate a lot of this meal.

Because I was really embarrassed and had nothing to say, I could only bury my head and eat.Yin Mingyang is a general, he is really good at eating.He ate a leg of lamb by himself and half a plate of beef in sauce.I ate two slices of beef, but I ate a bowl full of soba noodles, and I felt like my belt was about to open.

When leaving the dining table, for some reason, a soft voice floated over, "That boy is not bad, he has been a prince, and his manners are extraordinary, but he is a little thinner... However, he is quite edible, and he is so big. A bowl of noodles is enough for our daughter to eat for ten days, and my master can't eat such a big bowl, not bad... Mom, are you satisfied..."

I really feel like touching my forehead, I feel so blue.

In order to digest the bowl of noodles, I walked from Yin's mansion back to Cui Bicheng's small courtyard, and walked a full ten miles.

After making a marriage arrangement, my mother called me into the palace.

She gave me all the private money she had saved for so many years. I saw that it was an astonishing amount.She took out two more good sets, all of which were genuine palace treasures. There was a dotted emerald phoenix hairpin that was painted by the imperial concubine Chu in the previous dynasty, and it was made by the Needlework Bureau. A rarity.In addition, there is a pair of jade bracelets, I don't think my mother is willing to wear them herself.

"Mother, I have money there, besides, the Yin family is not poor, so there is no need to do this."

I push it to him.

She glanced at me and forced it to me, "What do you know? Mother, in this life, lives to watch you marry a wife and start a family. When this day comes, Mother is willing to die."

"Mother, good thing, what are you talking about. Don't cry."

I reached out and wiped away the golden beans that had been slapped off her face.Not to mention, watching her live her whole life with a big birthmark, and suddenly she became a beauty, I'm still not used to it.Hey, as expected, people always dislike the ugly and love the beautiful. I really can't bear to talk poorly to such a beautiful woman like before.

"son……"

"Ok?"

"Don't hate the emperor, when you were young, he loved you very much..."

After a long, long time, I nodded, "I know."

I know, I don't hate him.Anyway, my life is his, life and death honor and disgrace are all his.