Since he had to stay for two more days, Yinzuo was naturally very happy in his heart, and couldn't wait to lead his brother to go boating on Taihu Lake.

"Brother, let me tell you, although I really didn't want to go back at first, but later it was because I was really short of money."

Yinzhen frowned slightly, and asked him: "Emperor Niang said that you brought a lot of silver with you. It is reasonable to say that this is not the case, but what happened during this period?"

"Although this Jiangnan is a rich place, there are still bandits. After all, Shunfeng Shunshui and I are few and weak. When faced with a disparity in strength, we have to give up some money for safety. But brother, don't worry, I will live in peace." It's doing well."

"How good can it be? Won't you write me a letter when you have no money? No wonder you lost a lot of weight today." Yinzhen began to feel distressed.

"I see that although I'm a little thinner, I've gained muscle and my body is solid. I'm almost twenty years old. How can I let you worry about me? I'm not a child, and I can't go home crying. What a shame.

Later, I learned stone carving from a master who lived in seclusion in the mountains. The finished products are quite popular in Suzhou, and occasionally I sell paintings.

But you also know me, I love to eat, every three or five days I want to eat a delicious meal in a tavern, plus the cost of renting a house, the weather turns cold, and it costs a lot of money to buy clothes, this money I haven't saved enough, and I dragged it until now without knowing it. I really didn't mean not to go back! "

Along the way, Yinzuo kept talking about the people and things he encountered during his solo travels in the south of the Yangtze River in the past few months. His tone was light and cheerful, and Yinzhen knew that he was having a good time, so he listened quietly all the time. Occasionally, I catch up and ask a question.

The two brothers were gossiping, when suddenly it began to drizzle, and there was fog on the lake, like a dream and fantasy, both true and false, Yinzhen looked at his younger brother with a blurred face beside him, and couldn't help but grab his arm .

Yin Zuo looked at him suspiciously.

"elder brother?"

Yinzhen shook his head, and said after a while: "It's raining, let's go back."

"That's no good, I haven't caught any fish today, brother, wait for me for a while, I will let Shunfeng bring two coir raincoats over, let's continue."

As soon as the words were spoken here, Shun Feng Shun Shui, who was waiting next to him, brought a very simple coir raincoat.

Su Peisheng had a hard time, how could he help to wear this, he had never touched it before, and in the end Yinzuo helped his brother put on the coir raincoat that was not very beautiful but did protect it from the rain.

"Okay, brother, listen carefully. The rain falls on the lake. The sound is very pleasant. It is a song of its own. Every time I listen to it, I feel calm from the inside out, and all worries and worries are left behind. , you try too."

"Yeah." Yinzhen replied softly.

The two brothers stopped talking, only the sound of the pattering rain, accompanied by the sound of birds singing from time to time in the forest on both sides of the bank, and the sound of the wind blowing the leaves.

Yinzhen quietly looked at his younger brother who was smiling and immersed in the mountains and waters. At this moment, he was very convinced that even if he was born in the royal family, some people could indeed enjoy such a simple and unpretentious life without being stained with dust.

Suddenly there was the sound of something heavy hitting the water on the lake.

Yinzuo's fishing rod moved, and he began to close the rod very skillfully. After a while, he held a big silver-white fish in his hand, and Yinzuo easily took it off the hook , into the small wooden barrel aside.

"Brother is lucky today. This is one of the three white fish in Taihu Lake. It has thin bones and scales, fresh and tender meat, and a very sweet taste. However, because it is easy to die after leaving the water, even the taste will be greatly reduced, so it is the most suitable fish. Cook and eat on the edge of Taihu Lake, let's have lunch on this boat today."

"It's up to you."

Naturally, just such a fish is not enough to eat, and the boatman also helped to salvage some other fish and shrimps with a fine net.

In addition to fishing in the lake, Yin Zuo also took his brother to the surrounding areas to taste the most delicious food, to appreciate the most interesting customs, and to play with local unique things. Two days passed almost in the blink of an eye.

When setting off to return to Beijing, Yinzhen stood on the bow of the boat with Yinzuo, looking at the bustling place that was gradually going away, feeling deeply moved.

"It's no wonder that the literati and scholars who have been to Jiangnan in the past dynasties have praised 'there is a heaven and there are Suzhou and Hangzhou'. It really makes people linger and indulge in it."

"Brother is starting to feel like 'I don't want to miss Sichuan', right? Why don't we go to Shandong for a while, I still miss the Confucian cuisine there." Yin Zuo deliberately teased his brother.

"The end of the year is coming soon, if you are not afraid of Huang Ama personally sending someone to arrest you and return to Beijing, go ahead."

Yin Zuo immediately grasped the key point, and asked: "So, this time, Huang Ama didn't send you to arrest me?"

"But I knew about Ama from Jinghuang, and he didn't let anyone stop him. You should understand what he means."

"Oh." Only then did Yinzuo give up his plan to continue going out for a while.

"Brother, are the elders in the family still in good health recently? What happened in the palace?"

Yinzhen told him the current situation of several elders in detail.

"Everything is fine, everything in the palace remains the same, but everyone misses you and often asks about you."

Yinzuo feels more and more guilty now.

"I will apologize to the elders one by one. By the way, brother, how is sister-in-law? Honghui has grown taller again?"

"Well, fortunately, she is in charge of the mansion, which saves me a lot of worry. Honghui is a little weak, and he has always been afraid of me, so he is not close to me. I think he should be a little older, but he is still young, so he can't look down on me. Big out."

"Brother, how can you do this, he is your own son, you should care about him more, play with him, he is still so young, you always scold him with a straight face, of course he will be afraid of you, how dare you close to you."

"But you were not afraid of me when you were young, and you were very close to me." Yinzhen looked at him with a smile in his eyes.

Yin Zuo was dumb, and could only mutter softly: "That's different."

"Then fourteen, what happened to Qionghua and Yaohua?" Yin Zuo didn't ask about the other brothers.

"He still has that mischievous temper, causing trouble everywhere, but You Er Niang protected him, Huang Ama also indulged him, he was fine, he got into trouble, but someone remembered it on my head, and almost, Forget about him, Qionghua will get married next spring, and the date will be in February, Yaohua will be by Erniang's side, everything will be fine."

Yinzhen's words seemed objective, but they actually belittled Fourteen and elevated himself.

"This fourteenth, he knows to cause trouble. When I go back, I must give him a good lesson, so as not to cause him trouble for you again."

Along the way, Yinzuo refrained from asking about other people's current situation, but Yinzhen casually mentioned it many times, which of course was not a good thing.

For example, Old Nine and Old Ten frequently come and go to Lao Ba's house, eating, drinking and having fun all day long, looking for flowers and asking willows, they are very happy. The implication is that he did not take him, the sixth brother who brought them up, to his heart at all, and did not even ask a question. .

The fifth child now has a loving wife and son, and hides in his mansion all day long, rarely going out.

As for the older ones in front, they are now busy fighting for power and position, fighting each other in the court hall, and repeatedly hurting him, an innocent person.

After Yinzuo finished listening, his expectations for his brothers decreased. He lay on the railing, looking at the endless blue waves, wondering what he was thinking.

"Yinzuo, what happened in Hangzhou? Why did you leave in the middle of the night?" Yinzhen finally opened his mouth to ask.

Yinzuo didn't hide it, he sighed, and slowly told what happened the night he ran away from home.

"That day after the inspection with Huang Ama, there was a banquet in the evening. The Queen's mother always wanted me to marry a wife. She felt that the fate of women in Beijing could not be suppressed, so she first found a woman from Jiangnan to put beside her to test it out.

Now that Queen Mother has this idea, the local officials and their family members will not all stare at me. As a result, other people will naturally be left out in the cold. I can't avoid it and hide in the dark. Unfortunately, it happens Hearing big brother and the others talking together, they said, said me..."

When Yinzuo said this, he laughed at himself.

"It is said that I am deep in thought, and I don't seem to be fighting for it. In fact, I love the limelight the most. When I was young, I would please the elders. I also said that Er Niang's scheming methods have been passed on to me, so brother, you have fourteen years to become one. The boring gourd who only knows how to work hard, and the other dude who only knows how to cause trouble.

There are many more ugly things, I don't want to talk about them, I know they are all drunk, that's why I said what I have been suppressing in my heart, I was very sad for a while, and I left in the middle of the night, brother, Am I being hypocritical? "

Yinzhen, who didn't say a word, stepped forward to hug him, regretting asking about this matter, in fact, he had already guessed in his heart, but hoped that Yinzuo would speak out by himself, completely disappointed in those so-called brothers, so as not to be hurt more deeply in the future.

"Brother understands, brother knows what kind of temperament you are, it is definitely not what they say, you were brought up by me, and, whether it is Uku Mama, Huang Ama, Huang Erniang or Erniang, They have experienced so many things in their life, and they have never seen any kind of person. If you are really the kind of person they say, how can the elders not know, and how can they love you so much.

So don't care about those who don't understand you at all, only hurt you, slander you, only me, I am your brother, the only person who understands you, understands you, and cares about you. "

Men don’t cry lightly. After Yinzuo grew up, he seldom shed tears in front of others. After his brother said this, the grievance in his heart couldn’t be suppressed, and he spewed out. He put his head on his brother In his arms, he wantonly vented the sadness in his heart.

Since then, Yinzuo has become more dependent on him, and has regained the talkative nature he had when he was a child. He said many things in front of him, but none of these words was a complaint or accusation against the other brothers.

The two brothers fell asleep together as they did when they were children, Yin Zuo's breathing gradually became calmer, but Yin Zhen did not fall asleep.

Seeing that Yin Zuo shrank his neck and was very afraid of the cold, he tucked up the quilt for Yin Zuo, and personally added some charcoal to the charcoal basin in the house to make the room warmer.

Yinzuo's heart is soft, so he is more likely to get hurt. Perhaps it is not a good thing to force him to stay in Beijing. At a special moment, it is more appropriate to let him go out for a trip. When all the dust settles, he will not be so sad.

The author says:

There is one more chapter, finished writing

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like