bamboo horse prince

"How is your stay at the Ministry of War?" Li Sheng asked.

After Shi Lingxin came back from Jiangbei, he was recommended by Li Sheng to be a second-rank servant in the Ministry of War. If he was not good at documents, he was overwhelmed by the tedious affairs of the Ministry of War.

"Not good!" Shi Ling continued without any scruples, "At the beginning you told me that this was a fat job, but when I went, I just dealt with those sour literati all day long, especially the Ministry of Households, who deliberately withheld military rations. I really want to throw him to the far north to experience it."

"Just take your time. The Ministry of War is in charge of military registration and is one of the important departments of the imperial court. If you really want to benefit the soldiers on the frontier, you must control the Ministry of War." Li Sheng said carefully, "If you don't understand anything, you Ask Yang Nian for more advice."

"Hey, speaking of this, Yang Nian, look, I just bought you a gift in the street market."

Yang Nian laughed and said, "Is it considered a gift of apprenticeship? I don't accept such a dull apprentice as you."

Shi Lingxin took out a green hat, "Isn't the prince's day fixed, I have to express it."

Ren Xiaoxiao suppressed a smile, watching Yang Nian turn the hat around in his hand and put it on Li Sheng's head.

"Then you gave this treasure to the wrong person."

"Eh?" Shi Lingxin didn't understand the intention, he was so busy recently that he didn't know anything.

"Ling Xin, I still have something to trouble you." Li Sheng took off his hat with a sigh, "On the day I got married, I wanted to ask you to be my guard."

"Of course!"

Yang Nian said again, "He wants you to take the bride away."

Shi Ling was puzzled, "It's not good to say this in front of the prince."

The whole table laughed because of Shi Lingxin's behavior.

"Ah, stop teasing him, let me talk to him about this." Ren Xiaoxiao watched Shi Lingxin being played around, and offered to rescue him.

Prince Cheng's big day is coming soon, and the ostentation is as grand as when Yang Feng'er married into the palace.

In addition, Li Sheng fought on the battlefield all the year round and made friends with many generals. All the young men who followed him to marry him were handsome and mighty young men, which made the girls who watched all the way blush.

As a member of the Yang family, Yang Nian not only had to accompany Yang Xin to entertain the guests in the front hall, but also accompanied Yang Xin's wife in the side hall to chat about the household chores, waiting for Yang Xiaoyu to go out.

"A few days ago, Xiao Yu and his father had a quarrel. The little girl always said that she would not marry or not. It was all false. Today she put on her wedding dress early in the morning."

Yang Nian could only helplessly apologize, "What the third aunt said is true."

"Look, this younger sister is married, and you, the elder brother, have not yet settled down. I think the young lady of the Lu family is very nice. You and their family are also very close. The third aunt will tell you about it." ?”

"This..." Yang Nian, the third aunt, usually likes to connect people, so she had to talk to Yang Nian as expected.

"Ma'am, it's not good, it's not good!" The third aunt had just half-spoken about Miss Lu's conditions when Yang Xiaoyu's maid hurried in.

"Bah, bah, what's wrong, can't you say auspicious words this day?"

"Miss, she!" The little maid knelt down and saluted, "Miss has locked the door and we are not allowed to enter."

"What's the trouble now?"

"How long has it been?" Yang Nian asked.

"It will be half an hour. The young lady said she was nervous and wanted to be alone, so she told us all to come out, but the time is coming soon," the little maid said more and more anxiously, "We are thinking about whether to let someone Knock the door open."

Yang Nian couldn't think well, followed her quickly to Yang Xiaoyu's room, waved away the maidservants surrounding the door, raised her foot and kicked the door open with all her strength.

As soon as the door opened, screams spread throughout the house, causing everyone in the front hall to panic.

As soon as Mrs. Yang saw what was going on inside, she couldn't stand it any longer, the whites of her eyes rolled up, she took a few breaths, and passed out.

Yang Xiaoyu's red dress was hung on the beam by a white silk.

Yang Nian bit his lip hard to keep himself from screaming. He drew out his sword, raised it above his head, and chopped off the white silk.

Yang Xiaoyu's body floated down from mid-air like this, and landed in Yang Nian's arms.Her body temperature is still there, just like that day when she clung to Yang Nian's arm and begged him pitifully to take her to the academy to see Qiu Xu.

Yang Nian held back his sadness, and said to the maidservant, "Bring third uncle over here."

The welcoming team was stopped halfway, Li Sheng already knew the news, untied the red thread wrapped around his hands, and sighed.

"Go home."

The Yang family's happy event turned into a funeral, and Yang Xin was so shocked that he suffered a stroke and was immediately carried to the hospital bed.

Yang Nian became the backbone of the Yang family for a while, endured his grief, and ordered the situation in an orderly manner. The servants quickly took off the red silk of the mansion, replaced it with white tents, notified the Ministry of Rites, and sent the guests They were all sent back.

After finishing all this, it was already dusk, and he finally opened the last letter left by Yang Xiaoyu, with her red string wrapped around it.

"I can't wait to tear myself in two, half to live up to my son's deep love, and half to repay my father and mother for their upbringing," she wrote in the letter.

This letter of hers was not left to Qiu Xu. Except for this sentence, there was no information about the two of them. She wanted to protect Qiu Xu even before she died.

Yang Nian stroked the center of his eyebrows, took a breath, and held the red rope in his hand.

He knew someone else was waiting for her.

When Qiu Xu saw Shi Lingxin's figure, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. His heart was still on hold. After all, the time agreed with them had been checked for more than an hour, and he was really afraid that something might go wrong.

"Where's Miss Yang?" Qiu Xu asked.

Shi Lingxin opened his mouth several times, but he couldn't say anything comforting. He took Qiu Xu's hand, spread his palm, and put the red rope on his palm.

"She's here." Shi Lingxin said.

Qiu Xu was stunned for a while, but he was a smart person, so he understood immediately.

He wanted to ask for proof again, but he couldn't make a sound.He felt a bitter taste in his mouth, and his appetite turned over as if someone had tightly squeezed him.He knelt down, covered his stomach with his hands, retched, his facial features were squeezed and twisted, and tears flowed unconsciously.

"She wants you to live a good life, become the number one scholar, and marry..." Shi Lingxin originally said according to Yang Nian's words, but he couldn't continue seeing Qiu Xu in such pain. He looked up at the sky, "I I heard that after death, if you worry about your loved one, there will be a little soul left in the world to guard that person. I think she must still be by your side."

Shi Lingxin knew that these words could not comfort Qiu Xu, but he had seen many partings between life and death, and he knew that some people died so that others could live better.