My years in the Northern Song Dynasty Guozijian

After discussing with the teacher, Ye An immediately went to invite a craftsman. After careful study, he planned to repair a door in the master bedroom of the two of them.It is closed on weekdays, and when you want to see each other, you only need to press it lightly to know.

Naturally, all the servants in the mansion knew about such a big movement, because the Patriarch and Pan Guan were close friends, so they didn't say anything.It's just that some people are a little puzzled, even if they dig the door, how about digging into the inner house?It would be good if one of the two had a wife in the future.But due to his status, it is not easy to discuss.

Ye An didn't think there was anything wrong, he still ate and slept with his friends in the Imperial College, but now he just opened the door.

In the blink of an eye, another month, the weather has already entered late autumn, there are few pedestrians on Bianliang Road, and even some summer snacks are closed.

Ye An happily walked down the street wearing a brand new brocade robe, which was made for him by his grandmother.Ye Po was a good needleworker when she was young, but her eyes were damaged due to overwork, Ye Anchuan didn't let her make clothes after she came here.As a result, the old lady refused to listen, and fought for a long time, and finally compromised, and made one for Ye An every winter.

The silk cotton inside this brocade robe is said to be cotton, but it is actually silk-like fibers.Ye Po has been collecting silkworm cocoons everywhere since spring, and all the servant girls in the whole house have been busy for a year.We must know that the Song Dynasty had already started to grow cotton, so there were not many such luxury.The whole dress was embroidered with dark patterns, it was light and warm, and Ye An had grown a little taller this year, making her look even more eucalyptus after wearing it, which made the girls on the street turn their heads frequently.

After asking many people, I finally arrived at the destination.Ye An looked at the words "Dragon and Phoenix Building" on the plaque, and walked into the shop.

This Longfenglou is a time-honored store in Bianliang, specializing in making gold and silver jewelry. Although the store is small, it is very famous in Beijing.Of course, the design fee is expensive, but it still can't stop the enthusiasm of the little ladies.

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up when he saw Ye An, who was carelessly adjusting his calculations, and knew that this was a big customer.Cautiously stepped forward and said: "The guest officer wants to make jewelry."

Ye An nodded: "I plan to get a set of gold accessories, do you have any recommendations?"

"Of course there are." The shopkeeper smiled all over his face, and took out a picture album from the cabinet, "Guest officer, please take a look, our most popular styles are here."

Ye An picked up the picture album and flipped through the pages. Not to mention, it makes sense that the family has a big business, and some of them are even more exquisite than modern ones.

After reading it, Ye An frowned, "Is there anything else?" I always feel that the style is a bit old-fashioned.

The shopkeeper looked at his expression, and carefully asked, "Does your lord want to give it as a birthday gift?"

"It's Jiji ceremony." Ye An explained.In half a month, it will be the marriage ceremony of Xing Wenjing's younger sister Xing Wenning.Xing Wenjing has already negotiated with Wang Jijiu. After this year, she will drop out of school. When the time comes to restore her daughter's body, it will be difficult to meet her again.Because Ye An also saved Xing Wenning's life, and the Xing family didn't have any acquaintances in Beijing, so they wanted Ye An to attend.

Considering that he was an acquaintance, Ye An agreed.Naturally, such important events cannot be done empty-handed, thinking that the Xing family is not rich, so I thought about buying some things for the little girl.

"Oh~~" The shopkeeper seemed to understand something, with a rippling smile on his face, he took out the picture album and said: "This is all the boutique of our shop, and several of them are just designed. There are not many people in Beijing. Wear it, sir, take a look."

Ye An didn't bother to refute. After opening the album, he found that it was more delicate and lively than the previous one. After reading it again, he fell in love with a butterfly shape.Inside are gold hairpins, earrings and bracelets.Small and exquisite, not much material is used, and it will not be too eye-catching when sent out.

"That's it." He pointed to the page.

The shopkeeper looked at it, and immediately showed embarrassment: "If you come back to my lord, this set of crafts is complicated, and it will take a month to make it. Our store has a ready-made set, but it has just been booked out as a dowry."

Ye An frowned, since that was the case, there was no other way but to change one.

Seeing that his expression was not right, the shopkeeper mistakenly thought that he was angry, and worried that he would offend someone, so he quickly said: "That charming customer hasn't left yet, or you can ask her personally, no, I've already gone downstairs."

Ye An quickly shook his head, indicating that there is no need for it, and accidentally caught sight of the person, his eyes widened in surprise, "It's you, are you getting married?"

I saw the opposite girl, Fu Rongmian, with peach blossom eyes, was her half-brother He Wen, no, it should be called Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen didn't expect to meet him here, so she couldn't speak for a while, and said with a complicated expression for a while: "Brother."

Ye An just wanted to correct her address, but saw that the person opposite her was haggard, as thin as if she would be blown down by the wind at any time, with tears in her eyes.In the end, his heart softened, and he sighed, "Find a place to sit and talk."

Zhao Wen nodded, and the two came down to a teahouse surrounded by maidservants.

"Tell me, what's going on." Ye An asked, and Zhao Wen was only fifteen or sixteen years old this year.Clan women usually marry late, and I haven't heard her mention it before, so why are they getting married all of a sudden?

Zhao Wen said bitterly: "Mum, she...is seriously ill. The imperial doctor said that there is at most half a year left."

Ye An was speechless for a while, and he felt infinite sighs in his heart. He remembered that when he met He Shi last year, he looked so noble and proud, but he didn't expect to become like this.

"Who is the other party? Have you met before?" Ye An asked casually. Zhao Wen was the only daughter of the Duke, and her mother was an old noble.

"That person...is the newly appointed Guangnan West Road Transit Envoy. He just arrived this year and stood up. His wife passed away a few years ago. I'm going to get married there this time."

The cup in Ye An's hand fell on the table with a slap, and after a while, he said angrily, "Nonsense!" Is this my real mother!

Zhao Wen lowered her eyebrows and explained to him: "No matter what, that man is still a young talent, he has no children, and he doesn't have to wait on his parents-in-law, so he is a good match."

Indeed, although the transshipment envoy of the Northern Song Dynasty was only a fourth-rank official, he could be regarded as an existence like the emperor of the earth, who mastered wealth, inspected local officials, maintained law and order, counted punishments and prisons, and recommended talents.However, many soldiers couldn't stand the miasma surrounding the southwestern region, not to mention a weak girl like Zhao Wen.What's more, the imperial court is still fighting each other, and the soldiers are in chaos. Going at this time is almost a narrow escape.

With a forced smile, Zhao Wen said: "Mother said, instead of waiting for her to die and marry a small family, and be trapped in the backyard for the rest of her life, it is better to fight hard."

Ye An looked at her, opened his mouth, and finally asked, "What do you think?"

Zhao Wen shook her head: "I don't want to make my mother unhappy when she leaves." Then with tears in her eyes: "After this farewell, we may not be able to see each other again in this life. Brother, you can give me a ride."

Just as Ye An was about to speak, he suddenly saw the brocade robe on his body, paused, shook his head and said, "Your surname is Zhao, and my surname is Ye. No matter what, it doesn't make sense. I wish the girl a bright future and a safe and smooth journey." I went back and left.

……

In the middle of the night, Pan Yuanqing took off his coat and was about to go to bed when he suddenly heard a very ear-piercing sound, as if someone was sawing wood.

Sensing the sound coming from the next door, Pan Yuanqing didn't want to intervene at first, but the sound became more and more noisy, and even the servants in the other courtyard seemed to notice, and they all held the lamps and looked over there.

Pan Yuanqing stopped undressing, drove the man back, then came to the small courtyard, and gently knocked on the Moon Gate.

The other side was quiet for a while, and then there was a tinkling sound. Pan Yuanqing knew that it was probably the child who fell down in a hurry.So frizzy, what to do in the future.

After a while, the door was opened, and the furry boy Ye An showed a red face through the crack of the door.

"Are you drinking again?" Pan Yuanqing frowned slightly.

"No! No!" Ye An defended hoarsely.

It seems that he not only ate wine, but also cried.Pan Yuanqing thought silently, but did not expose him, but proposed to sit in the other party's courtyard.

Ye An couldn't stop him, so he could only lead him over.After that, intentionally or unintentionally, he covered up the jug on the table.

Pan Yuanqing didn't seem to notice either, but pointed to the musical instrument on the ground, hesitantly said: "This is... a huqin?"

Ye An smiled awkwardly and nodded in agreement.Huqin is actually the erhu of later generations. He studied in the Children's Palace for two years when he was in elementary school in his last life.I am really in a bad mood today, thinking that the ancients often relied on musical instruments to relieve their depression, so I ordered someone to buy one.However, this thing is still a bit different from the erhu, and Ye An is not good at learning the art, and finally saw wood.

Pan Yuanqing picked up the huqin, tuned the strings twice, and played a piece casually.Although he has wandered in the Western Regions for many years, he has also received training from a pure aristocratic family since he was a child.He is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so he is naturally familiar with this kind of popular musical instrument.Soon, Hu Qin's complaining voice sounded.

Ye An listened, and suddenly shed two tears.

Pan Yuanqing stopped playing the piano and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

Ye An couldn't hold back any longer, and told his life experience from beginning to end, and then began to talk about the meeting with Zhao Wen today, and finally said: "I also know, it's not her fault. But when I think of my grandma eating so much Bitter, I just can't talk to her properly."

"Now that she is facing life and death, she sometimes wonders if there is part of my reason. I obviously did nothing wrong, but I always feel uncomfortable in my heart."

"I hate that bastard Zhao Weixian so much. How could he be so bad! Then I felt that I was bleeding from such a person. I'm sorry for my grandma. Thinking about it carefully, I promised my grandma three things before I left. Being an official in the imperial examination is glorious, the second is to find your mother, and the third is to find your father, but none of them are successful! In the past few years in Beijing, although I have earned some money, it seems that I have not helped anyone!" Ye An's preface does not match In the afterword, I fell into self-loathing completely, feeling that I didn't understand it!

Pan Yuanqing looked at his red and swollen eyes, and said quietly: "Who said that, you saved my life."

"The officials didn't intend to kill you at all. After all, I ruined your business." Ye An lowered his head guiltily. At that time, he was not soft on the teacher.

"No," Pan Yuanqing put the huqin on the ground, "Without you, I would have died long ago."

"Huh?" Ye An confusedly recalled what he had done.At this moment, Pan Yuanqing said everything.

"I belonged to the former royal family, and my father was unwilling. Later, I met a master of the Western Regions, who said that my bones were amazing, and wanted to take me to the Western Regions to learn martial arts. My family members were not in good health, so even though he was reluctant, my father decided to send me to the Western Regions. It's over."

"My mother was forcibly married to Pan's family by the late emperor. Since she came here, she has been depressed. Later, she fell in love with the long-term worker in the family. Once again, my father bumped into her. During the dispute, he accidentally killed him. "

Ye An was dumbfounded at this moment, and he couldn't help but hold the other party's hand.

Pan Yuanqing glanced at him, and continued: "I was only 15 years old that year. I hurried home when I heard the bad news. My father had already been buried. I felt something was wrong, so I went to ask. After my mother killed her, she was in a state of panic all day long, worried that I would learn the truth. , and said that the Emperor Song thought his father was plotting a rebellion and sent someone to kill him."

"Later, perhaps because of guilt, my mother was getting more and more haggard, and finally hanged herself in the mansion. Before she died, she handed a letter to the teacher, intending to tell me the truth. But the teacher was worried that I could not bear the blow of my biological mother killing my father, and sent the letter to me. I hid it. I guess he didn't expect me to go back and rebel."

Pan Yuanqing's tone was flat, recalling the moment when he learned the truth in prison, he couldn't help feeling a little bit embarrassed.

At that time, he only felt that the past few decades seemed like a joke.He felt that he should hate, but he didn't know who to hate.

Is it mother?But she raised herself, and death is like a lamp going out, so why should he hate her?

Still hate the teacher?Zhu Qian withstood the pressure of the court and assisted their grandparents and grandchildren for three generations, so why should he hate him?

Pan Yuanqing was like a statue without eating or drinking for several days in prison. Zhu Qian came to persuade him every day, but in the end he had no choice but to tell him about the outside world.When it was mentioned that Renzong wanted to send Ye An as an envoy to Xixia, Pan Yuanqing moved his fingers slightly.

Zhu Qian felt that there was something to be said about the danger of this trip, and said that if he spoke, the boy would definitely not take the risk.

"...No." Pan Yuanqing said suddenly: "I'll go with you." He himself didn't understand why he said this when he clearly had the will to die, but in the end it was indeed because of Ye An that he lived to the end Now.

"I'm going to Xixia with you myself, so you..." Before Pan Yuanqing finished speaking, he was hugged by the other party.

Ye An was crying so hard that he was out of breath, and he was saying something vaguely.

Pan Yuanqing tasted the long-lost helplessness, and wanted to help him up, but in the end he put his hand on Ye An's back.

If I had known... I wouldn't have told him.Sighing lightly, the moonlight shone on the two of them, and the young man caressed the boy in his arms again and again.