Zhui Xu

781. Chapter 774 is spent on the other side of the old river (1)

Chapter 774 is spent on the other side of the old river (1)

After all, in the West Lake in June, the scenery is not the same as the four. The lotus leaves are infinitely blue, and the lotus flowers are different.

Southern Dynasty.

It was an extraordinarily hot summer day, and Jiangnan was nearing the season of picking lotus. In an annoying cicada, Zhou Pei woke up from his sleep, and there were some traces of nightmares in his mind. The conflicts of thousands of people, in the darkness, reached an indescribable anger, bloody breath, from far away. The place is floating.

How long has it passed since that nightmare war?

The Jurchen’s search for the mountains and the sea, the slaughter in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the half year that she and her father wandered at sea, she left her brother, who had been struggling for six months in this land of Jiangnan.

Time has passed in memory for a long time. However, if you think about it carefully, it seems that it is only in the past.

The close-knit servant girl came in with the iced sour plum soup. She was a little awake and waved her haze in her mind. Soon after, she changed her clothes and walked out of the room. On the corridor, the eaves of the Princess House sprinkled a shade, with walkways, trees, a large lotus pond in front, and ponds. Water waves shine in the sun.

The weather was too hot, and the aisles and pavilions on the pond were not seen. Only the guards on duty in the eaves, the sound of the quarrel, came from the next courtyard of the gallery.

Zhou Pei frowned and went over there, the long corridor extended, the sound on the other side became clearer and clearer, and this clear voice made Zhou Pei’s mood more and more deposited.

The courtyard where she lives is facing the big pond. The most spacious, more than ten rooms are listed by the water. Facing the waterside or the gardens and pavilions on the water, it is the core of the princess house. Zhou Pei lives here. Everyday dealing with various things is also here. The courtyard next to it was a little smaller. A large banyan tree in the courtyard sprinkled a shade in the sun of the poisonous person. When Zhou Pei used to, he saw two men who seemed to be confrontation–in fact, they were only looking for one– – 驸马渠 Zonghui is facing Chengzhouhai, and he has said it for a while. Seeing Cheng Zhouhai always ignores it. At this time, he rushed over and pushed him.

“Why, don’t you talk to me? Do you think it would be a shame to be a little white face? If you look at your age, you can give her a slap…”

Facing Qu Zonghui, Cheng Zhouhai was only a low-browed eyebrow, and he did not say a word. When the horse rushed over and stretched his hands and pushed it, he stepped back two steps, so that Qu Zonghui pushed down in the air and rushed forward. I almost fell in two steps. This makes Qu Zonghui even more anxious: “You dare to hide…”

“enough!”

Zhou Pei Apricot eyes are angry and appear at the entrance of the hospital. The princess of a palace dress has its own majesty at this time. When it appears, the courtyard is quiet. She looked at the man in the yard who was nominally her husband, and there was disappointment in her eyes – but this was not the first time. After two strong repressions, she turned her head: “The horse is too rude. Take him down.”

Her words were directed at the nearby servant girl, the palace monk, and the palace priests led the ceremony, then whispered to the two guards nearby, and apologized when approaching Qu Zonghui, the guards walked over. Qu Zonghui waved his hand at Zhou Pei’s head and prevented the guards from approaching.

“I will go!”

When the words were finished, he took another look at the boat and turned to leave the yard.

If you only look at the back of this departure, Qu Zonghui’s long body, fluttering, and arrogant, is a man who can make many women’s favorite. Over the years, he has indeed relied on this pair of skins to capture the city of Ling’an. Many women’s hearts. Every time he left in front of Zhou Pei, he did maintain such a demeanor. Xu hoped that Zhou Pei would see his pride and how much could change his mind.

However, he never knew that the woman in front of her had never had too much embarrassment about this side of the man. Perhaps she had seen too many things too early, or perhaps she was responsible for the past few years. , is a variety of too complicated situation. Every time Qu Zonghui’s efforts to save his feelings often lasted for several days, lasted for half a month, and then left in Zhou Pei’s unresponsiveness, and began to devote himself to the arms of other women on the grounds of “self-defeating”. .

For Zhou Pei at this time, such efforts are too much like children’s games. Qu Zonghui did not understand that his “effort” was too arrogant to ridicule the efforts of the people in this world. Everything in the Princess House is related to the livelihood of hundreds or even thousands of people. If there is room for giving up these two words, then the world is really good.

It used to be difficult for the sea. This year, Zhou Pei was twenty-five years old and had become an adult in a time she had never realized.

“The Hummer is invisible, and the gentleman is wronged.”

“It’s fine, he is a horse… It’s also because he loves the princess, he gave birth, and he was not jealous.”

“Oh.” Zhou Pei nodded and smiled softly. “Mr. come with me.”

“Ah.”

In the dazzling sound of the sun, the two went to the study room in the courtyard. This is a private routine that has been routinely taken for many days. In the eyes of outsiders, it is inevitable that there is some embarrassment, but Zhou Pei never argues that the position of Cheng Zhouhai, one of the best in the princess palace, has never been moved.

After inheriting the robes of the Princess of the National Cheng Dynasty, the time of the Southern Dynasties has come down for a few years. Today, the Long Princess House is already a more inflated giant in the land of Jiangnan. After the Jurchen’s search for the mountains and the sea, Wu Dynasty actually lost the entire Central Plains. The officials facing the chaos were so painful and cleaned up that Zhou Pei and others reorganized the power of the Princess House in this chaos, and began to regain the mentality of the road.

In a few years, relying on the assistance of Cheng Zhouhai and others, Zhou Pei worked hard and cautiously to learn the skills of Ning Yi to develop bamboo and revitalize various industries. In this bleak time, the Central Plains fell, and a large number of Han people who lost their homes came from the north. The society was chaotic and the people were dying. Many people had no clothes to cover their clothes. In order to solve these problems, the Princess House was in the dark, imperial court. The power of Ming began to develop business workshops in a big way, trying to give these people work. After the initial chaos and embarrassment, when they were awake, everyone suddenly discovered that the financial resources and influence of the Princess House had expanded in all aspects of society. .

The difference between the rich and the poor in the society is increasing. However, the revitalization of business still gives a large number of people the opportunity to survive. After a year or two of chaos, the entire land of Jiangnan is surprisingly unprecedentedly prosperous – this is The status quo that everyone can’t understand – the people in the palace of the princess can only be attributed to all aspects of sincere cooperation and shame, and they are due to their unremitting efforts.

For some insiders, the development of various careers in the Princess House system has even surpassed the bamboo system that could not be mentioned at the time – they finally learned the skills of the rebel in a certain aspect. In my hand, I still have it. After such a huge chaos, they finally saw hope again.

Sure enough, without such a huge disaster, people who survived in a bustling city will not wake up. This is the three times that the Jurchens have woke up to the Wu Dynasty people. As long as this continues, Wu Dynasty will sooner or later rise.

This is a saying that has gradually become popular in many poetry and literary meetings. On the bright side, the great shame of Jingping Emperor has not gone, but the generous call for shameful shame is gradually getting up. This may be The society gradually began to symbolize stability in some form. Of course, the whole process may last for a long time, but it can have such a result, and each participant has more pride in his heart.

This is not mentioned in the Princess House. However, in the exchange of data, there is a place where people can avoid hunger. Zhou Pei or Cheng Zhouhai can feel the stability of one aspect of the heart.

“… Quanzhou, the eight farms, the land can not be collected, but I have already talked with the outsiders, after the grain collection, the price is not allowed to exceed the average price of the market. He is afraid that we will accept Zhuangzi, we should not dare Playing tricks. Puqing’s cotton gauze, this time into the 200 people, it is estimated that it will not be used, some trouble, but the owner told me that he has some new ideas… no matter how to do it, I think people can have a meal first Eat it. On the other side of Yangzhou, the food for disaster relief is not enough. We have some arrangements…”

Bit by bit of calm tone, as the big housekeeper Cheng Zhouhai said these things to Zhou Pei, from time to time, Zhou Pei will also open a few words. In this process, Cheng Zhouhai looked at the woman behind the desk, and occasionally had some sighs in her heart. He is a very masculine person — or not just masculine. — His utilitarian and pragmatic side makes him unconditionally trusting everyone. In the past, only a few people can win him. Pay.

The woman in front of her is not a stunning young man. At the time of her first knowledge, she is still a little young Lady who is not sensible. After Elder Qin’s departure, Ning Yi rebelled, and the heavens and the earth fell. Following Zhou Pei can only be regarded as a temporary right of the boat. The more naive she is, the better she will be fooled and manipulated. However, over the years, women’s hard work and warfare But it is in the eyes of Cheng Zhouhai. She spent many nights slumbering and dealing with things everywhere, taking pains to ask and learn; running and locating in the field, facing a large number of victims, she rushed to the front line for treatment and appeasement, facing the local forces. Forced to fight against the palace, she also struggled to learn various means of coping and differentiation. In an extremely difficult environment, she even had a personal hand-to-hand murder, strongly suppressed the contradictions, and waited for the easing, and then continued to run away. square.

There are many of these means, from the advice and teaching of Cheng Zhouhai. Nowadays, Cheng Zhouhai is not necessarily a woman who admire her eyes, but more or less, she can treat her as a companion. Therefore, he watched the “long princess” gradually become calm and calm in countless troubles, and also gave her a feeling of pity and sympathy.

For a person, especially as a woman, she is never happy. She has been on her for years. It is the responsibility of the royal family. Under the premise of having an unreasonable father, it is the responsibility of the people of the world. This should not be A woman’s responsibility, because if she is a man, she may still be able to reap a sense of satisfaction in her career. However, in front of this child, there is only deep weight and shackles.

Sometimes Cheng Zhouhai even thinks that if she gives up her seriousness and accepts the Qu Zonghui who is a Hummer, she may still get some happiness. The nature of this Hummer is not necessarily bad. He is only young, proud, and weak. He always comes close to him. After ten days and a half, he is consciously neglected and goes to find other women. In fact, Zhou Pei gives him Look at these good faces, he may not do this kind of thing for a lifetime.

After all, the long princess at this time, as a woman, is also extremely beautiful and temperament. The enormous power and long-term independence also give her a mysterious and unattainable brilliance. After many things, She also has a quiet cultivation and temperament, and there is no such thing as a superficial man like Qu Zonghui, who will be reluctant to run back once again after being mad.

Every time he inadvertently thinks of such a thing, every time, in the depths of the heart, there is a more secret sigh. This sigh doesn’t even think about himself – it’s impossible to think about it – in some ways, he may know more clearly than anyone else about the deep princess’s heart, that is, he didn’t mean it many years ago. The secret of darkness between the glimpses. Many years ago, in the courtyard of the Liangliang, Zhou Pei was deeply grateful to the man… such a thing is really terrible.

He buried these ideas.

“… In addition, yesterday afternoon, I saw Dexin. He traveled outside in the past two years, quite different…”

After talking about the matter, when talking about gossip, Cheng Zhouhai mentioned the reunion with a friend yesterday. Zhou Pei raised his eyes: “Li Pin Li Dexin? In recent years, I have heard people talk about his talents. He traveled the world and is looking forward to it?”

“Not quite the same, he told me that there is still doubt in his heart.” Cheng Zhouhai looked at Zhou Pei and smiled again. “I told him about the official affairs, or simply came to the Princess Office to help, he refused. However, he raised some concerns to me yesterday. I think it makes sense. In the past two years, the various shops under our hands have developed very fast, but this is because the northern streamers are constantly going south, and our soldiers will block the water. There may be problems next…”

“Which day is ok, I am surprised…” Zhou Pei clasped his hands and leaned against his face, gazing at the pile of rice paper documents on the table next to him, sighing deeply.

Cheng Zhouhai smiled. In fact, the things he talked to with Li Fei yesterday were quite deep. Many of them were discussions on the roots of Confucianism and Taoism. Zhou Pei chased the back of a man in recent years. Be pragmatic. If Zhou Zhouhai wants to completely retell the things they are talking about, Zhou Pei may only feel bored and wasted time. He simply said the status quo of Li Feng as soon as possible, and Zhou Pei sighed and ignored it.

At the end of the conversation between the two, when they left, Cheng Zhouhai said: “Listen to people, the Prince is coming today.” Zhou Pei nodded. “Well, I said in the afternoon. Who wants to see him?”

“It’s not true.” Cheng Zhouhai shook his head and hesitated. He said, “The Prince wants to do things, and the resistance is great.”

“He is so addicted to the matter, and it is not very determined anyway.”

Cheng Zhouhai smiled: “The fear is that the Prince is still very determined…”

After this was said, Cheng Zhouhai left and left, Zhou Pei smiled slightly, and his smile was slightly bitter. After she left the boat, she went back to work on her official duties. Soon after, the Prince Junwu came over and passed through the Princess House.

Compared to the identity of the prince of Hehe, the 23-year-old Junwu seems to have too simple a simple dress, a light blue and plain crown, a submandibular, a sharp but slightly absent-minded – this is because there is Too many things and reasons for being overly focused on one aspect. After greeting each other, he said: “Qu Zonghui is coming to trouble today.”

“You don’t have to arrange someone around him.” Zhou Pei sighed and shook his head.

“He is making trouble again, I will interrupt his leg sooner or later.”

“You used to be friends.” Zhou Pei smiled slightly. After a while, “I mean, people should be used in the right place. He is an insignificant person. It is not worth it.”

Since Qin Yuyuan died, Ning Yi rebelled, and the roots of the original Right Xiangfu were broken up. Until Kang Wang regained his position after the succession, he mainly gathered under the brothers and sisters of Zhou Pei and Junwu. Among them, Cheng Zhouhai and Jue Ming monks followed Zhou Pei’s handling of business and politics. They were fascinated by people, Yue Fei, Wang Shanyue and others who were sheltered from the Prince Junwu. The two sides exchanged views from time to time.

However, in terms of temperament, the relatively casual Junwu is quite different from the rigorous and rigid sister. Although the two sides are deeply in love with each other, they often feel that they will pick up their bickerings and make differences. Mainly because Junwu was intoxicated after all, Zhou Pei dismissed him as not doing business, and Junwu thought that his sister became more and more “taking care of the overall situation” and would become like the court officials. Therefore, the meeting between the two sides has gradually declined in the past few years.

Seeing each other at the moment, the two men left the subject of possible quarrels from the beginning, and talked about some family trivialities. After a while, Junwu raised the matter about the north: “…for the things of April, Wang Zhongqi, Yue Yuefei, and I will endure it. The penalty is that it is getting more and more, what is going on. If it is not like this The things that come, I don’t want to run this trick. The father is like that… I am really…”

When he talked about this, it was a fire. When the Jurchen was searching for the mountains and the sea, his father Zhou Wei only managed to escape. After the father-son exchange, the army had some respect for his father. However, the emperor was always a little stable. The deputy and the mud, listening to the warmth of everyone’s speech, no matter what Junwu looks for, the other party shows “you are my son” instead of “you are reasonable”, it is really a little resentful.

For his anger, Zhou Pei was silent for a moment: “You know what is going on.”

“Yeah, everyone knows what is going on… can you show it off!”

“The preparation is not enough. No one wants to recruit the Jurchen again.”

“After you don’t hit, can you get ready?”

“The meaning of the temple is to be cautious, and slowly…” Zhou Pei said, but also a little light.

Junwu hammered it to the coffee table next to it.

“Of course, since you have come over, they will give in…”

“This world, this way, after all, still not saved…” Junwu gnashed his teeth.

Zhou Pei shook his head and his tone was soft: “After all, there has not been a standstill. These days, the appearance of the outside looks prosperous. In fact, the people are constantly moving south. We have not kept the situation. The roots are not stable, not a few words of generosity. Can solve the problem, the adults in the church do not want to go north, but since the trend is getting better, they can only maintain the situation first…”

“The general trend is… The people from the north want to fight back. The general trend is true. Such a good opportunity, no one wants to catch…”

“The Jurchens will come again, and Jiangnan will all be jealous. Junwu, General Yue, and General Han, can they give confidence to the Jangtang people once? We must at least block it once, how can we block it? Let the father go to the sea again.” ?”

“There is no certain possibility in the world.” Junwu looked at the sister in front of him, but after a while, he still looked away. He knew that he should not look at his sister. Zhou Pei just stated the reason for others. And in this, there are more and more complicated, arguable and unspeakable reasons. Both of them are actually well-informed and understand.

In the courtyard of the afternoon, the sun was no longer blazing at noon. The room began to have a cool breeze. The younger brother stood up and began to stand by the window and watch the bright lotus pond outside, knowing that he kept screaming. The two talked casually, and Junwu suddenly said: “…I received news from the Northwest earlier.”

“I don’t want to hear.” Zhou Pei answered the first time.

“It’s too bad.” Junwu held the window frame and looked out, whispering. After a while, I turned back and said, “I will enter the palace and I may eat in the palace.”

Zhou Pei nodded. “There was a feast at Xufu in the evening. Mrs. Xu came again and again, and I should pass it.”

Junwu nodded and was silent for a moment: “I am leaving first.”

“I see you off.”

When my sister sent her brother to the government gate, Zhou Pei said, “Because you have come over, the father will accept you.”

Junwu smiled and said: “It’s a pity that he won’t go to the north.” The smile was ironic. “…he was scared.”

Zhou Pei didn’t talk. A few years ago, the search for the mountains and the sea, and the Jurchen’s destruction and death, was printed in everyone’s mind. During this time, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, Zhang Wei, Liu Guangshi and other generals trained. On the one hand, the chaotic area to the north of Qinhuai is very close, and I have played several times and recovered several counties and counties. However, when there is a big battle, the main force and power in the court must start to stop. What is the core reason? What…

… he is afraid.

This is… something that cannot be said on the table.

Zhou Wei can be inconsistent with the mud, can be on the table, help his son or daughter to reverse the application, but at the root, in his heart, he is afraid. When the Jurchen went south for the third time, he had twice repaired the book and summed up the golden martial arts. As soon as the speed of the rifle struck Yangzhou, Zhou Wei could not wait until his son arrived. After all, he had to sail first. In the deepest part of the heart, he is not a strong emperor after all, and there are not even many opinions.

After sending away his younger brother, Zhou Pei walked back to the study. The afternoon wind had begun to become gentle. She sat quietly at the table for a while, extended her hand and opened a drawer at the bottom of the desk. The paper with less information recorded was taken over by her. She turned over. The information was in the middle of the sea and had not been filed. There was an information in the middle. She pulled it out, took a small half, and paused.

That was the news that came back from the northwest not long ago, she has seen it again. Put it here, she is not willing to give it a special classification, at this time, even resisting to look at it again, it is not a strange intelligence, in recent years, similar messages often and often.

She sat there, bowed her head, and closed her eyes to work hard to make all these things ordinary. Soon after, Zhou Pei sorted out the mood and sorted out the information and put them back in the drawer.

However, it is an ordinary intelligence. This is an ordinary day. I didn’t think of anything very special. After such an idea, her attention has been put on the reality, so she greeted the acolyte. After dressing up, I got on the carriage and went out.

The Princess House’s fleet sailed through the streets of the original Hangzhou, known as Ling’an, through dense crowds, to the right-hand mansion of Xu’s residence. Xu Wei’s wife’s maiden family is a Jiangnan genius. The land is vast and there are many people in the family. The influence is extremely deep. After having a relationship with the long princess Zhou Pei, Zhou Pei finally agreed to participate in Xu’s. The second son-in-law party.

In the late summer of the sixth year of Wu Jianyu, the land of the south of the Yangtze River, including Hangzhou City, is showing a prosperous and prosperous life. Even in the midst of it, is it possible that the fall of the Central Plains is a good thing?

Among the Xufu, many bureaucrats and daughter-in-laws welcomed the arrival of the princess. When the sun sets, the banquet begins in the backyard of the Xufu backyard. For Zhou Pei, this is a simple entertainment scene. She is skilled to talk to the surrounding women. The performance is elegant and with a little distance. Watching the ground, occasionally opening, guiding some topics on the banquet. Many women present at the scene looked at the princess of a country of twenty-five years old. They wanted to be close, and they all had the awe of war.

This is not the kind of imperial royal woman. In her hand, she holds half of the royal family. Most of the time, her means is gentle and nominally does not involve any political affairs. In the past two or three years of various famines and chaos, the shooting of the Princess of the Long Princess has also been quite a bit of a fierce example.

A group of ladies who are accustomed to the intrigue in the backyard of the big door, facing such a woman, have natural weakness and embarrassment. Although many people are secretly arrogant, the long princess is too strong at home, and even forced Hummer to give up and squander in the city of Ling’an. However, when the other party has always ignored this rumor, they also respected Zhou Pei. It adds even more fear.

A woman who doesn’t even want a family and a reputation is really going to start a fight. Is there anything she can’t do?

Therefore, the abdominal cramps only stop at the abdomen.

The banquets were mixed and the women talked about poetry and literary talents, talked about the music, and then talked about the things that happened to the princess after the moon. Zhou Pei was decently involved. During the banquet, a frail official woman also fainted because of heatstroke. Zhou Pei also looked at it and made people take the rest.

When the time came, the day was just dark, the banquet was carried out to the majority, and when the singer in Xufu was performing, Zhou Pei sat there, and she had already begun to go idle, and inadvertently, she remembered the dream at noon. .

How long has it been since the nightmare war? In the summer of Jianye, the Jurchen was crossing the river in Huangtian, and now it is Jianye for six years. Time has passed in memory for a long time. However, I thought about it in detail… but it was only three years.

Three years… She looked at the scene of the singing and dancing, almost like the feeling of being separated.

A servant came from the outside, and the servant of the Ancestral Hall saw it, walked silently, communicated with the servant, and took things back. Zhou Pei looked in the eye, and on the side, the lady, accompanied by a smile, talked to the side, and Zhou Pei responded with a smile, and the palace man quietly handed over a piece of paper. Zhou Pei glanced as he spoke.

Her smile faded silently and gradually became expressionless.

It was a hollow that no one could describe, and it appeared on the face of the princess. Everyone was listening to her words—even though there was no nutrition—but the voice stopped. They saw Zhou Pei, who was sitting in the middle of the flower garden at the forefront, slowly stood up. She looked at the note on her left hand without any expression on her face, and the right hand gently pressed it on the table. .

No one dares to speak, the empty expression may be cold and terrifying. The long princess in front of him is commanding people to kill, even killing people personally – she has no imposing manner, but cold All negative feelings such as rejection, unwillingness, etc., or the first time, as if unscrupulously revealed – if the paper is some news about Xu, if she suddenly wants to open the knife That may not be surprising.

“Princess…” The palace man tried to come and help her, Zhou Pei’s left hand, gently waved, and she heard her say: “Fake.”

Mrs. Xu, who was on the side, came over and asked. She was greeted by Zhou Pei’s fierce and short sentence: “Go away!” This sentence seemed to exhaust all her strength, and Xu’s heart was shocked and her face was white. Stop the pace.

In front, the body shook, she didn’t feel it, the eyes were wide open, the tears had already poured out, and the face was full. She stepped back and her eyes swept forward and her left hand tightened. Paper note: “Fake…” The voice didn’t come out very well, because there was blood flowing out of the mouth, and she fell down on the back seat.

Three years…

Looking through the top of the camphor, in the sky, the night is engulfing the last evening glow, the clouds are orange-gray, drifting slowly. Three years… The black thing has fallen, and the message that she is pressing in the depths of her heart is surging. The swords and swords are smashing, the enemy is tens of thousands of people, the iron horse is glacious, the raging shouts and the spreading blood, the bones are in the city, The sea of ​​fire is full of heaven, and the giant, holding the scorpio’s scorpio and mantle in a strong and unyielding posture… Like a volcanic eruption, the mountains and rivers rushed toward her eyes.

Jiangnan, an ordinary, hot day, Yunxia is long.

Zhou Pei is sitting in a chair…

The greatest nightmare, coming…

Looked at it, this chapter is eight thousand words.

(End of this chapter)