Great Imperial Merchant

This title, to Yang Zhongyuan now, seems like a lifetime away.

In the first ten years of his life, he was only called Yang Zhongyuan, but in the next 14 years he became Pingxi.

There is no name, no family, only the word Pingxi is his taboo.

While Yang Zhongyuan was in a trance, the man's name came along: "Brother Tingshu, long time no see."

He has been listening to books much longer than him, and when he heard this title again, he couldn't react for a while, and finally said softly: "My real name is Xu An, if you don't mind, just call me Brother Xu."

Yang Zhongyuan smiled, bowed his head and walked in.This room is more like that, except that the furniture is outdated, but at least it is not so empty that people have nowhere to sit.

Seeing Xu Xiaotian lying on the bedside and staring at Xu An, he dragged a wooden stool by himself, sat down and said to Xu An: "Brother Xu, my real name is Yang Zhongyuan, you can just call me Zhongyuan."

Xu An smiled, he had a sick face, and he was struggling to smile: "I didn't expect that eight years have passed."

Asking him to say this, Yang Zhongyuan also remembered the time many years ago, and he couldn't help murmuring: "Brother Xu, if you hadn't taken care of me back then, I wouldn't have been able to leave the palace alive today. It's really fate."

After Xu An heard this, he turned his head and glanced at Xu Xiaotian. He looked guilty and relieved, but said: "Xiaotian is a good boy, I am useless as a father, I have treated him badly."

Xu Xiaotian shook his head vigorously and said loudly, "Father is the best."

Xu An smiled, stretched out his hand to help him smooth his hair, and said, "Xiao Tian, ​​father is hungry, go and cook a bowl of noodles for me, okay?"

Xu Xiaotian immediately nodded and agreed, and when he walked to Yang Zhongyuan, he said very politely: "Uncle Yang, there is water on the table, you can drink it."

Yang Zhongyuan looked at him with a smile, and waited for his thin figure to disappear behind the curtain before turning his gaze back to Xu An: "Brother Xu, this child..."

"I knew you would ask this," Xu An smiled wryly, and it took a long time before he whispered, "I came back that year, but found that both my father and father were dead, so I found someone in a big restaurant in the city. Helping cook, live alone."

After hearing this, Yang Zhongyuan smiled slightly: "Well, I'm also a cook now."

Xu An nodded: "Look, we can only do this. In the first year, I didn't have any expenses, and with the monthly silver in the palace, I also saved some money. In the second year, I followed the owner of the restaurant to Qingju to help During a banquet, I happened to meet a couple with their children to sell..."

Qingju is the most famous romantic place in Danluo. If a child is sold there, his life will be ruined.

"Is it Xiaotian?" Yang Zhongyuan sighed and asked in a low voice.

"No, Xiaotian is the child of their elder brother. After the elder brother and brother Kun died, they had to adopt Xiaotian according to the law. The two of them soon had their own children, and the family was very poor, so they fought Xiaotian's idea. I heard that the money given by Qingju is high, so they went."

"It's really frenzied, and I'm not afraid of retribution." Yang Zhongyuan said with a frown.

For the sake of one's own child, being able to push another child into the fire pit is really devoid of conscience.

"You have also seen that Xiaotian's child is so good-looking. If he enters there, he will die sooner or later. I was alone at the time, so I took the initiative to tell the couple that Xiaotian Bought it back."

Yang Zhongyuan sighed and said: "It's also your kind heart, Xiaotian has a noble person in his destiny, and the future will be smooth."

Xu An laughed at himself, pointed to his sallow face, and said: "At that time, Xiaotian was still young and his body was not good. He never talked about being sold by his uncle and uncle. Come back with me." From then on, I was very obedient, but I talked less, like a gourd. Later, the two of us came back from the city and settled in Qili Village. There are many tea gardens here. I found a job in the tea garden kitchen, and helped pick tea when the farming was busy. If I am not busy, I can earn more money by being a cook. I originally wanted to save some money for Xiaotian, but now my body is useless. Running here and there. This kid is also a hard-working person."

Yang Zhongyuan remembered that along the way, Xiaotian really didn't talk much, he didn't know him at first, and he didn't even talk about the scene, and he was always very wary of outsiders.Yes, but familiar, but he is very polite and sensible, and he is a very well-behaved child.

"He is a good boy. Brother Xu, don't say that. Although these days have been hard, Xiaotian has become smarter and smarter. It's not bad for the child to suffer a little bit. Now that I'm here, naturally Let you live like this, I have saved some money over the years, and I will be able to cure your illness."

After hearing what he said, the expression on Xu An's face gradually softened: "You, I don't know how much scolding you received when you first went to the imperial dining room. I survived. At that time, I thought, you will definitely be better than all of us in the future, and sure enough, when I left, you will be the top of the Omiya people, right?"

When Yang Zhongyuan first went to the imperial dining room, he was at odds with the Dagong who was in charge of him at that time. Although the Dagong was not a palace official, he was one level older than you, and he would suppress you to death.At that time, Yang Zhongyuan suffered ten times more than now, and he survived even when he was young.Later, that person was transferred to another place, and Xu An became a member of the palace, and Yang Zhongyuan's life became easier.

Xu An is a gentle person. He never bullies or scolds the little palace people under his command at will. Because he and Yang Zhongyuan are both from Danluo, he takes good care of him. Very friendly.

So when Yang Zhongyuan saw a small golden gourd in Xu Xiaotian's hand, he more or less guessed that he had something to do with Xu An.

All the rewards from the masters in Yong'an Palace are basically exchanged for gold and silver equivalents when leaving the palace, and they are not allowed to take them out of the palace without authorization.Xu An entered the palace with Faxiao back then, but unfortunately Faxiao was in poor health and died early before he could get his hair tied. The golden gourd was awarded to the imperial dining room by Emperor Wen at that time. Faxiao did a good job that day. one.Later, before he died of illness, he gave this to Xu An, telling him to live a good life.

Eight years ago when Xu An left the palace, he specifically asked the head of the imperial dining room at that time, and the head manager was also kind, so he specifically asked the head of the Palace Office, Wei, to allow him to bring out this golden gourd.

This thing was made by Emperor Wen, and it was never made in this style in the Tianqi Dynasty. Besides, Xu An hung the golden gourd on his heart with a red string at that time, so Yang Zhongyuan recognized it at a glance.

Speaking of which, it was a coincidence that he would try to ask that sentence.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhongyuan's mood was very complicated: "Well, after you left, I lived a good life in the imperial dining room. I also learned the skills of the imperial cook, and now I can support my father. Brother Xu, have you been alone since you left the palace? "

Xu An's expression was gloomy. He reached out and touched the little golden gourd beside the bed, and said, "I'm content with Xiaotian accompanying me. If it's not that I can't hold on, I can't tell him to take this I pawned the golden gourd, so I just met you and helped Xiaotian."

Yang Zhongyuan understood what he meant, and when he thought that both he and Cheng Weizhe were still alive, he sincerely thanked God in his heart.

There are nine times out of ten unsatisfactory things in this world. Some people lament that they were born at an untimely time, some people mourn the early death of their loved ones, some people want to support their children but do not wait for their relatives, and some people are sad and cannot express their regrets.

Thinking of this, Yang Zhongyuan couldn't help but hesitate to speak.

Xu An saw him hesitate and said, "Zhong Yuan, what do you want to say?"

Yang Zhongyuan saw that his brows were full of depression, his face was sallow, and his figure was thin, so he knew that after so many years, his thoughts were still hard to get rid of.Otherwise, it's just an errand in the tea garden, how could he suffer from heart disease at a young age.

He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "I haven't been back for more than ten years, but I found that things here have long been changed, but there is one person. Although he has become a tall and straight young man, I feel that nothing has changed in the past ten years. I When I come back, Daddy is waiting for me, and he is still here, so I feel content."

Xu An saw that when he talked about his father and that person, his face was full of tenderness, which was completely different from the stubbornness of his youth, so he knew it in his heart.

"Zhongyuan, you are so lucky, you should cherish it, why hesitate?"

Hearing what he said, Yang Zhongyuan suddenly became enlightened for some reason.Yes, he didn't realize it at first, but now that he met Xu An by chance, he suddenly realized that he was the luckiest one.

"However, I don't want to tell him that I have entered the palace. I have kept this secret for too long. Although I think I should tell him, I have already made up too many lies to deceive him. How can I tell him?"

After talking with Zhou Quanxu those few times, Yang Zhongyuan gradually let go of his knots, but now he needs an opportunity so that he can speak clearly.

But every time he thinks that Cheng Weizhe will know that many of what he said before are lies, he retreats a little.

He didn't know how others were, but when he met Cheng Weizhe, he felt that he was becoming more and more cautious, looking forward and backward.

Xu An smiled and said: "Zhongyuan, if you keep cheating like this, sooner or later, the only person will leave you. You see, natural disasters, man-made disasters, sickness and suffering, human life is too fragile, he may disappear at any time No see. Do you want this? Don’t you want to spend time with him, grow old together, and achieve a beautiful marriage?"

Yang Zhongyuan stared at him blankly, without speaking.

Xu An coughed twice, and said again: "Don't be like me, you have lost it before you have time to cherish it."

What he said was so light and yet so heavy.Yang Zhongyuan trembled all over, and he was a little panicked.That's right... If that time comes, there will be more than just regrets.

He will regret, suffer, toss and turn, and will always think about it, thinking about it every day and every month, living in such a terrible loss all his life, until he closes his eyes and leaves.

"So, do you want to tell him?"

There was bitterness and entanglement in Yang Zhongyuan's voice, but at the end he said: "I will find an opportunity to explain everything clearly to him."

Xu An talked for a long time, looking exhausted, Yang Zhongyuan fed him a few sips of water, and helped him to lie down, but he continued to say: "Zhongyuan, get over it early, and you will be happy sooner."