fluttering night wind

Mencius said: "A Bao, you probably won't take advantage of Lei Zhen's Chunlei Qin. You have been using my Nine Heavens Ring since you were a child, and I still use it for you..."

Meng Ziying interrupted him bluntly in the carriage and said, "My lord, that's it. From now on, mountains and rivers will never meet again."

Mencius stood stunned beside the carriage, his eyes were more sad than the moonlight.Bai Yansheng couldn't bear to see it.

After a while, Honglian took off the harness of the white horse, and Mencius took one in his hand, and suddenly approached the window of the carriage, and spoke to him in a ventriloquist that Ziying could only hear, saying: "A Bao, listen to me. , love and lust for others is like walking against the wind with a torch, and you will surely burn your hands."

Ziying also replied in ventriloquism: "One torch leads to it, and ten thousand fires go to each other, and their love remains the same."

Mencius was absent-minded for a moment, then restrained himself, turned on the horse and let the reins go, the white horse stomped the ground and swept away in the wind.Honglian also chased after him on another white horse.Hearing the sound of the wind in the forest from a distance, he chanted and sighed: "Abao, Abao, I don't know who can cherish and pity you, and treat you like pearls and treasures."

When everything was quiet, Bai Yansheng suddenly felt a slight chill on his face, and when he looked up, there was actually heavy snow falling in the night sky, reflecting the melting moonlight, and the towering city wall was extraordinarily magnificent.

He approached the carriage, and was about to lift the green thick cotton curtain when Ziying said, "Don't lift it, let me sit quietly, my eyes are swollen."

Bai Yansheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and asked for a while, "Who is Ah Bao?"

Mencius Ying said: "A Bao is me. There are many descendants in the Meng family, and all of them are known in the world by characters. The elders are called according to the ranking, and I am the ninth. A Bao is my baby name, and only my mother calls me that."

It was only then that Bai Yansheng knew that he was named Fei and Ziying was his character, so he asked again: "Who is Bi Yuan?"

Ziying said: "My mother's maid, I was favored by my brother after I left. When Biyuan was eleven or twelve years old, she was the eldest lady's girl. She talked back to the eldest lady, and was punished to kneel in the mud on rainy days. I Mother saw it, and asked: Why is Hu in the mud? Bi Yuan replied: If you tell me lightly, you will be angry."

The first sentence of question comes from "The Book of Songs · Decline", and the last two lines of poems come from "The Book of Songs · Baizhou".A few rough sentences outline the appearance of a playful and lovely girl soaked in the fragrance of calligraphy and ink. Bai Yan couldn't help but clapped her hands and said, "What a maidservant of the Meng family." Taking care of him like this, he said, "Isn't your brother treating you badly? Why do you..." Ziying interrupted: "You don't know how terrible he is. As much as I hate him, I hate myself. Grace comes with prestige, if he can just let us go tonight like this, there will be countermeasures in the future."

Indeed, when the New Year's Eve is not at home, he is full of warmth and soft jade, but he returns in vain after searching for his younger brother thousands of miles away, Bai Yansheng is also quite puzzled.

The two were speechless for a while, the gate of the city was not open, the heavy snow was not stopping, Bai Yansheng leaned on the carriage and sat against the wall, suddenly felt that since Chongming left home in 13 years, there had never been such a quiet and peaceful moment.At this time, I felt something in my heart, but there was nothing to rely on, Bai Yansheng couldn't help but put his hands into the car, and was covered by Meng Ziying's cool hands.A snowflake melted in the corner of his eyes, leaving a water mark. He had never seen such an expression before, and he said to Ziying with a half cry and a smile: "You met my sister Yan Rong, but it's a pity that Yan Rong went first, and then she went to see her." I can't see a peaceful world, and I can no longer live a happy life with us."

Mencius Ying knew that the reunion of their brothers made Bai Yansheng think of her dead sister, so she couldn't help but softly said: "Yansheng, sister Yanrong must be watching us from the sky. I am here, and I will accompany you instead of her."

The two of them leaned on each other through a car curtain in the cold night, and fell asleep unconsciously.

It snowed heavily for three days and three nights. On the morning of the fourth day, the people of Yongjing went out to see that the ground was full of broken Qiong and jade, like a world of silver makeup, where jade crushed the universe.

Bai Yansheng brought a jug of good wine to Brother Sun Shuye's courtyard before noon, and when he entered the door, the two brothers sat across the table, one was looking at military books and maps, and the other was doing calculations in the account books. Such a good day and beautiful scenery are in vain."

Sun Jiren stepped forward to take the jug, lifted the lid and smelled it, and said with joy, "Good wine, 20-year-old daughter red." Then he went into the house to move the stove to prepare hot wine for drinking.

Sun Shuye waited for him to sit down, and asked softly: "Now that the new year's festival is over, is there still no order from the palace whether Duke Ming should go or stay?"

Bai Yansheng immediately said: "Today we can only talk about love affairs, not business affairs." Seeing that Sun Jiren really tossed out a small table with a fruit plate and a small red clay charcoal stove, he raised his eyebrows and smiled: "I have a posthumous name, so I am not as good as before." a glass of wine."

Sun Shuye was wearing a brocade robe with lake blue bucket pattern and smiled without saying a word.Sun Jiren raised his head and asked, "Why don't you ask Brother Ziying to drink with you?"

Bai Yansheng waved his hands and said: "He has something to do, he went out early in the morning."

So the window was opened wide, and the snow scene in the courtyard can be seen at a glance.The three of you kept drinking a glass, and I drank a glass non-stop. A jar of wine could be seen in the blink of an eye. Sun Jiren opened his neck and exhaled the smell of alcohol, and said: "If there are springs that are pleasant to the ears, and Luo Qi wears the forest, it will be even more charming."

Sun Shuye was facing the gate of the courtyard, and saw the servants coming from the house stepping on the snow from a distance, so he smiled and said: "This is not coming."

Bai Yansheng turned around, and his servant handed over a famous card and an invitation card, saying: "Ministry Minister Li Wenbo has come from his home, and invites the master to dinner tonight."

Bai Yansheng's complexion changed slightly, Sun Shuye noticed it, and he only heard him say: "You tell the person that I have something to do and can't go at night, and I will make another backup of the soil instrument for him to take."

The servant was about to leave, when Sun Shuye suddenly said, "Wait, is the Li family still outside?"

The servant answered yes.

Sun Shuye turned to Bai Yansheng and said softly: "General, I heard that Mr. Li is a noble relative, at least let him see the face of the real Buddha."

Bai Yansheng reluctantly nodded and said, "Let the Li family come over."

Get down and go.Sun Shuye saw that Bai Yansheng still had a grim look on his face, and asked cautiously: "The general's foothold is not stable, his foundation is not firm, and there are relatives in Beijing at this time, it's like having a mountain to rely on, but why is it such an incompatible situation?"

As soon as Bai Yansheng told him, Fang restrained his expression, and sighed softly: "You don't know, this mountain is probably an iceberg." So he simply married Li's family and regretted his marriage, and Li Wenbo himself went to Beijing to avoid seeing him. Talk about all kinds of grievances.

Sun Shuye gasped, he didn't want Li Wenbo to be such a snobbish person, no wonder Bai Yansheng never went to his house for more than a month in Beijing.Hearing Bai Yan's voice, he said calmly: "Miss Li's family later married Duan Hui's son. Wealth and honor are what people want, but they should be pursued in a moral way. They and I were not on the same side."

Sun Shuye pondered for a while, and said: "General, Li's family has not shown up in the past month, and it must be because of this bad relationship. Today, I am willing to come to the door with a slap in the face, there must be something wrong, the general should give me a little face." , after all, they are officials in the same dynasty."

Bai Yansheng nodded slightly.

After a while, I saw the servant leading a little Tsing Yi, the man was standing in the corridor, restless, peeking at the three people in the corridor, they were about the same age, he couldn't decide for a while, which one was the right one.

When Bai Yansheng saw that he was full of makeup, his heart suddenly moved. He remembered that he had met such a coquettish master in Li's residence two years ago, so he smiled and said: "You are not a servant of Li's residence, are you? Who is your lord?"

The man raised his head and saw that the person in front of him was suave and smug, and he was also overjoyed and said, "This is Lord Zijin Zhonglang. You really have sharp eyes. The master and Lord Li Wenbo are in the same spirit, and they are also close to General Bai." The relatives of Jiajia. It is Mr. Duan, the current Shangshu Ling."

What kind of relative, Bai Yansheng felt sick in his heart when he heard it, but he pretended to be flattered and said in surprise: "Then is Master Li hosting the banquet tonight or Master Duan?"

The little Tsing Yi said triumphantly, "Naturally, the master of the house is the host, and Mr. Li is the company. General Bai is specially invited. Mr. Zhonglang is a new nobleman in the court. The master is afraid that you, a bodhisattva, will not be able to invite you. My lord discusses it, and if I use his name, I think General Bai will appreciate it."

Sun Shuye saw that Bai Yansheng's belly was already boiling and turned against Yingtian, but he still politely ordered people to see off the guests. For some reason, he was relieved and found it funny. It is difficult to be an official in Beijing. This kind of person is full of nonsense and insincere words, it is really miserable.

After the man left, Sun Shuye repeatedly bowed to Bai Yansheng and said, "Congratulations, General."

Bai Yansheng frowned, and said with a wry smile: "There is nothing to congratulate. He has the power to smash the sky, and I don't want to borrow this high branch to live in."

Sun Shuye shook his head with a smile and said: "No. Last night I was very bored and did a fortune-telling for the General. It is calculated that the Red Luan will move this year. I think it has come true."

"Ah?" Bai Yansheng couldn't help being stunned.

At the beginning of the snowfall, the mountains and rivers are connected by a piece of silver, instantly overwhelming the carved beams and painted buildings, tall houses and towers in Yongjing.The Luming Pavilion in Qubo Lane in Beijing is still full of customers.When the gatekeeper went down, he saw a rich man with a fat head, big ears, and short stature getting off a carriage with painted palace lanterns. He hurriedly stepped forward to help him: "Boss Wu, I am looking forward to you again."

The fat rich man hummed twice, he was the owner of Xiangyulou, a first-class restaurant in the capital, followed by a handsome young man, who rolled and rolled into the door. .Boss Wu went into a hall near the water, and everyone set up a banquet, leaving a pipa girl behind, and they all went out.

The woman holding the pipa waited for everyone to leave, then she lifted her face, revealing a dewy face, the servant clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Brother Ziying's disguise is really superb."

Mencius smiled at her and said, "Xiannan, you have also become more diligent." It turned out that the young servant was a daughter.After he finished speaking, he turned to Boss Wu, and before he could speak, the fat man suddenly drooped the corners of his mouth, his wrinkles were squeezed into one place, his face was miserable, and a few lines of old tears rolled out of his eyes, and he was about to fall down and bow down. Ask Meng Ziying to hold him up, and only listen to him say: "Little prince, this old slave has been waiting for you so hard."

Mencius Ying had mixed feelings for a while, and said, "Stop calling it that, Wuhuan has been gone for more than ten years."

It turned out that at the beginning of the Great Xia Dynasty, several barbarians in the southwest inspired Wang Hua and made an appointment to vote.Taizu set up a mansion in Yizhou, an important town in the southwest, to restrain him, and the ancestors of the Meng family started their careers by joining the army with the mansion.Among these barbarians, there is a big clan named Wuhuan, whose terrain is dangerous and important.The chieftain had an only daughter. Because she admired the customs of the Han people, she went to Leimen incognito to learn piano skills. Within two years, she became famous all over Sichuan, and was known as the number one lute player of Shancai.Meng Ye came to Lei's house by chance once, saw through the identity of this woman, and proposed marriage to the chieftain.The barbarian princess wanted to belong to her own family, and she refused to follow her death plan, but the chieftain moved her with love and reason, so she had no choice but to board the sedan chair and become Meng Ye's tenth concubine.Soon after the marriage, the barbarians rebelled, and Wuhuan was also involved. Meng Ye led an army to pacify the barbarians in the southwestern part of the country, and the whole family barbarized them. After dying, when she was rescued, she found that she was pregnant, and she was born as Meng Ziying.

For this reason, Meng Ziying's brothers and sisters looked down upon him when he was a child. Whenever his mother called him by his baby name, if someone else was present, he would sneer and say: "What a Bao, it should be a man."

Looking back on the past, Meng Ziying wiped the corner of her eyes and handed the pipa to Shonan. Shonan took it, sat down beside the roller curtain by the water, and began to play "Wu Ye Cry".

Mencius Ying heard the sound of music, Fang opened her mouth and said to Wu San: "Mr. Wu, tell me what Shen Huaixiu did in Beijing."

Wu San reached out and took out a volume of manual from his pocket and handed it to him: "She has been in Beijing for four months, and she will record here every day where she has been and whoever she has met."

The sound of the pipa beats gold and jade, jealous of desolation, Mencius turned the pages, and was stunned at the end: "Has she been to the palace?"

Wu San nodded and said: "It is said that it is for medical treatment."

"to whom?"

Wu San raised his hand and pointed to the sky.

Mencius Ying's face turned pale, and the corners of her mouth were tightly pursed. After a while, she asked again: "How is the situation in Central Shu now?"

Wu Sandao: "The eldest son and the king of Shu are in a state of fire and water. Years ago, Meng Ye asked the eldest son to go down the river to attack Yongjing, but the eldest son divided his troops to attack Xiangyang, which made Meng Ye furious. He called him to Shu several times. They all refused to go back to the mansion on the grounds that the disaster in front of them was not clear. Meng Ye wanted to seize his military power, so he sent a lieutenant general there, but who would have guessed that even half of the soldiers could not be moved, and no one listened to him." He said here suddenly His eyes were wet again, and he said with tears: "Young master has grown up, and I will rest in peace when I die."

The lonely minister weeps, and the evil son falls in love, so that's the situation.Meng Ziying held back the tears and took the pen and paper on the playing table, wrote a few lines, dried it and handed it to Wu San.Wu San took a look and turned pale with shock, hesitantly said: "My lord, when Madam is alive, I don't want you to embarrass the eldest lord."

Mencius touched her arm holding the pen, and said sadly: "This servant hated people, was terrified, and kept thinking of the dead, and died of hatred. He taught me this handwriting and this whole body of martial arts. I gave it all back to him, but my mother endured the humiliation and gave birth to me in October, so I can't let her die in vain."

Wu San was still full of disapproval, shaking his head desperately and said: "Madam told the old slave that day that she sent the son out of the Meng family to the death. If the son has to escape from the cage, he must be free and carefree, and he should not interfere with Meng's family anymore. Don't worry about her family, and don't worry about her."

Meng Ziying just pushed the note towards him, and said cruelly: "There is no need to say more. After taking this thing back, Meng Ye also thought it was Meng Ziyou's handwriting. This is the most appropriate time to separate their father and son."

Wu San had no choice but to accept the writing paper.

The winter is bleak, the clouds are dark, and the cold wind blows into the hall. Both of them burst into tears when they heard the sad wind, with blood on their breasts.

Wu San was about to speak, when the sound of the pipa stopped, Xiangnan said "Hey" under the curtain, Mencius asked what was wrong, Xiangnan turned to look at him and said, "Let's take a look, isn't this the person who is with you, why don't you come here?" gone?"

Mencius Ying got up and looked under the curtain curiously. A young man in a crane cloak came out from behind the snow-capped rockery in the courtyard with great strides.

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