Attack Jade (攻玉) - Chapter 19

[Chapter 16 (2)]

At that time, Tubo and Nanzhaoguo invaded Jiannan Province, it was the most dangerous time of the military situation, and every time Grandpa returned from the expedition, he could not accompany your Aunt Niang for long to leave, so Grandpa didn’t even know what song your Aunt Niang loved to play.

He hung his head and gently caressed the body of the piano with his fingers, and his eyes were unusually gentle: “But Grandpa knows that your aunt loves to caress the piano and loves to write poetry, when the tea ceremony first arose, your aunt was the first person in the two capitals to learn this way, every time someone in Chang’an came out with a new poem, she recited it in her eyes, and she counted faster than anyone else in those tricky arithmetic.” There is nothing in this world that she cannot learn.

His lips trembled: “She has many hobbies, and Grandpa doesn’t know much, but Grandpa still wants to say that when your mother is there, it is the happiest years of Grandpa’s life.” Grandpa’s most fortunate thing is to marry your aunt.

Teng Yuyi looked at Teng Shao with tears in his eyes: “Even so, why is there Wu Yingying?”

Teng Shao gritted his teeth: “Grandpa told you earlier that Grandpa was entrusted by someone to take care of Wu Yingying, and Grandpa owes you a lot of money in this life, but he has never betrayed your Aunt Niang!”

Teng Yuyi stared at his father deadly, only to feel ironic and inexplicable, his father could not remember the song that Ah Niang had played, just now he played it, but it was Wu Yingying’s “Su MuSha”.

Perhaps his father himself did not know that he had moved his heart to Wu Yingying at a certain stage, and this was undoubtedly sadder than death for his mother, who loved her father deeply.

She said in a hateful voice, “Does Grandpa dare to say that Ah Niang’s illness has nothing to do with Wu Yingying!” You brought her home, but did you ever think of luring a wolf into the house? At that time, Ah Niang’s life was in danger, you left the medical officer to see Ah Niang, but you specially sent that Wu Yingying to the ferry, do you know that it was you who personally forced Ah Niang to a dead end!

Teng Shao’s gaze suddenly became extremely severe, staring at Teng Yuyi half-dazed, and then fell back, his eyes hid endless misery and pain, and said in a dumb voice:

“Ayu, your aunt’s death is like a thorn in grandpa’s heart, since she left, grandpa has not lived a day without living in torment, grandpa thinks he owes you auntie and is willing to bear all this, but you are different, Ah Niang has been gone for so many years, you have so many things in your heart, when will you be willing to let go completely? Teng Yuyi was

extremely disappointed, and swallowed even more: “Good, just return Ah Niang to me!”

She stepped over the threshold, her head did not turn back, the flying snow swept over the sky, for a moment she was confused, her face was wet and cold, she couldn’t tell whether it was tears or snow, she pushed aside the hand stove and cloak handed over by the people, and braved the snow to go outside.

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When Teng Yuyi got up the next day, Teng Shao was no longer in the palace.

Cheng Bo came over and said that in the early dynasty, the sage had appointed Teng Shao as the Grand Marshal of The Terracotta Army, and that he would soon lead his army to attack Huaixi Province.

“Old Master will have already gone to the barracks, and he will leave Chang’an in these two days at the latest.”

Teng Yuyi was holding a copy of the South China Classic before the case and said lightly, “I know.”

Cheng Bo added, “Before the old master left, he instructed that the lady must take Duan Fu with her when she goes out for a while, and if she wants to go out of the city, she must notify the old slave in advance so that the old slave can make arrangements early.”

Teng Yuyi wrote that last night Grandpa had said that this time the court’s counterinsurgency move was difficult, perhaps related to the fact that Gyeonggi was secretly lurking a large number of rebel henchmen.

There have been examples of courtiers being ambushed when they go out for fun at night, and Grandpa is worried that those thieves will attack their families? If they really dared to do so, it would be too blatant.

However, this battle is crucial, so that the counter-rebel division can go out one day later, and the rebels in Huaixi can win more points for their own side, and Grandpa’s worries are not entirely unreasonable.

She turned her head to look out the window, the snow was clear at first, and the sky was light.

“It’s coming soon, I’m going to Du Mansion today to send some gifts to my uncle, so you should make preparations early.”

Cheng Bo responded and arranged it himself. After a while, he hurriedly turned back, “Lady, there are people in the palace, and the empress has a will.”

Teng Yuyi hurriedly changed his clothes and went to the middle hall, and sure enough, there was a eunuch waiting there.

The eunuch said: “Recently, the weather has been cold, the grain transportation in Suiyang and other places has been obstructed, the saints have listened to the heavens and listened to the lowly, and they have been sending envoys to Suiyang overnight to relieve disasters and help the poor, and Empress Kun has a heavy load and voluntarily fasts for january to pray for the people’s blessings.” The Za family came today to invite Lady Teng to the Great Hidden Temple to pay homage to the Buddha. Tomorrow at the end of the day, the empress dowager will leave the palace, and Lady Teng should also make preparations as soon as possible. Teng Yuyi

leaned over and said, “Obey the will.” The eunuch cleared

his throat and smiled, “In addition, Princess Changyi also had something to say to the Miscellaneous Family to Lady Teng: ‘That day Merlin dealt with you, I and Ah Zhi both thought you were interesting, this time to go to the Great Hidden Temple to fast and worship the Buddha, you must also come early. The eunuch’s

voice was sharp, and he repeated Princess Changyi’s words with such a smile, and his expression and tone were exquisite. Teng Yuyi looked down and listened, almost having the illusion that Princess Changyi was standing in front of her.

Teng Yuyi smiled, “The courtesan obeys the instructions.”
After the
eunuch left, Cheng Bo quickly went to deliver a letter to Teng Shao. Teng Yuyi stayed in the mansion to pack his bags and sent someone to send a gift to Du Mansion.

Dayin Temple is located in Fuxingfang, built more than a hundred years ago, has always been a royal Buddhist temple, I heard that the saint has not yet recognized the ancestors when the monk received the great favor of the abbot Yuanjue monk, and now after the throne, the Dayin Temple has become more and more incense flourishing.

The next day, Teng Yuyi accompanied Feng to the Great Hidden Temple, and in addition to the relatives of several important courtiers in the court, the empress also invited the wives and daughters of several foreign dignitaries who were trying to suppress the rebellion.

Teng Yuyi was placed in the Xuanpu Pavilion in the east wing, with the daughters of several princes and ministers sharing a sleeping place with her.

Because of the need to meditate on the Buddha, the servants of the various provinces were not allowed to enter the temple, and Duanfu was naturally stopped outside.

Teng Yuyi only brought the most calm spring velvet and biluo into the temple, fortunately, there was not much clothing, and it was easy to dot it.

The master and servant were busy cleaning up, and there were people in the corridor outside: “The temple is lined with trees, and there are certainly more birds, it is estimated that there are bird nests on any tree, which is used with great trouble, you specially send someone to help you find the bird nest, beware of alarming the aunt.” This

voice was childish, it was the Princess Changyi.

Ah Zhi said, “But the trees are so high and the snow is so big, how can we climb up by the two of us alone?” Sister, you quickly think of a way, the weather is so cold, the birds may be about to freeze to death in the nest, we have to get them into the house earlier. When

the other noblewomen heard this, they came out of the room earlier: “I have seen Princess Changyi, and I have seen the Lord of Jingde County.”

Ah Zhi said excitedly, “Do you want to find it with us-”

Princess Changyi hurriedly covered her mouth and bowed to the people: “We are looking for Lady Teng, but I don’t know where she lives?” Before the

words could be heard, the door inside opened, and Teng Yuyi came out with the spring velvet and biluo.

Ah Zhi and Chang Yi’s eyes lit up: “Hey, you finally showed up, we were looking for you.”

Teng Yuyi smiled and squinted, “I don’t know what happened to the two highnesses looking for a courtesan?”

Chang Yi took Ah Zhi’s hand and stepped into the room: “Enter the house and say it again.” The bag in the room has

just been half packed, and there are many clothes on the bed and the bed, which is good to be annoyed and not chaotic, and it is not an eyesore to look at.

Chang Yi and Ah Zhi turned around in the room and looked back at Teng Yuyi, “Don’t you forget to answer what we should do?”

Teng Yuyi said, “If your two highnesses are talking about finding a magpie’s nest, this time I am afraid.”It’s not.

Ah Zhi was a little anxious: “Why not?”

Teng Yuyi pointed out the window: “It began to snow again in the afternoon, the snow outside was windy, even the treetops could not see clearly, at this time, running out, not only could not find the bird’s nest, maybe it would fall half dead, it was better to wait for the weather to be good and then look for it.”

Chang Yi said, “But when the weather is better, those birds will freeze to death.”

Teng Yuyi said, “Princess Changyi, who told you that birds would freeze to death?”

Chang Yi said, “Big Brother said.”

Big Brother Naturally meant Lin Chengyou.

Teng Yuyi asked, “What did His Highness Shizi say?” Ah Zhi’s

round face was a little red, and he fell to his feet and sighed vigorously: “Look, Sister Ah, I will say that they don’t know.”

Teng Yuyi said, “Huh? What the hell is going on, the courtiers are willing to hear more about it.

Chang Yi said, “Once when Ah Zhi and I went to Zheng Zhi’s house to play, when we passed a big tree, we saw Ah Da Brother looking for something in the tree, and I thought he had lost something, but he said he was looking for a bird’s nest.” We asked him why he was looking for this thing, and he said that it was winter, and the birds would freeze to death when they stayed in the nest, and he helped the birds move their nests, which was also a good thing. A few days ago, it was snowing in Chang’an, and the weather was getting colder, and Ah Zhi and I began to worry about the birds in the palace.

Teng Yuyi looked at the two without words, this Chengwang Shizi was really not small, and a few words of casual blindness actually made the two sisters believe in it.

She smiled: “Birds don’t freeze to death.”

Ah Zhi shook his head and said, “I don’t believe it, my brother never deceives me, Ayu, don’t use words to coax people because you want to be lazy.”

Teng Yuyi said, “How dare the courtesans deceive Your Highness, Your Highness and think about it, in order to keep out the cold, birds either fly south in autumn or build nests in advance, generation after generation, they are all bred in this way, if every winter will freeze to death, won’t the birds in the world have long been extinct?” Chang Yi was

suspicious: “Yes, Ah Zhi, no one has moved the birds into the house in the past, but as soon as the spring begins, the birds will chirp out.”

Azhi pondered and raised his mouth high, “Damn, why did you lie to us?”

Chang Yi thought for a moment and said, “Since Big Brother came to Dali Temple, he has been in the city every day, and that day he obviously said that he was going to leave drunk, but he ran to the tree, ah, do you think Big Brother is investigating any case?” She was

excited, and her eyes were as bright as the morning star.

Teng Yuyi coughed, and the investigation of the case found zheng shu shooting home? Acting in this way is too eye-catching. But if it is not an investigation, why should he take words to lead his two sisters away.

Ah Zhi was still angry: “Anyway, the prince’s brother and brother will also come to the temple, and when the brother comes, I must punish him for telling us a few more stories, or play with us.”

Chang Yixue sighed in the appearance of an adult: “Last year, Big Brother A joined the army for a whole year, came back and told a lot of stories, usually catching demons and exorcising demons, and often interesting things to tell us, but after he arrived at Dali Temple, he refused to say anything, he was so busy lately, he may not be willing to pay attention to us.” Ah Zhi shrugged

his shoulders down: “Sister, I can’t find a bird nest now, let’s play something.”

Chang Yi let Teng Yuyi come up with an idea, and when he turned around, his eyes swept over the Bed, and he was surprised: “What is that?” Teng Yuyi

looked down, and the thing was lying quietly next to a pile of intimate clothes, which was the ragdoll that Ah Niang had left for her.

Ah Zhi also felt strange, Teng Yuyi’s clothes were not noble and clean, but the ragdoll was dull and white, as if it had been repeatedly touched and washed, and it was so worn out of shape.

The two walked over, this ragdoll is different from the common dolls in the street, it is actually a woman holding a little girl, the arms of the two are sewn together with thread, making a posture of snuggling with each other, from the look point of view, it should be a mother and daughter.

Ah Zhi said curiously, “Ayu, you are so old, but when you go out for a few days, don’t you forget to bring a ragdoll?”

Chang Yi carefully stroked the head of the muppet: “This ragdoll is so old, why not change it to a new one?”

Teng Yuyi quietly removed the muppet and smiled: “When I was a child, I had it, and I was reluctant to throw it away for many years.” I have a set of wooden villains made by Yangzhou craftsmen, flexible, can change clothes, although not as good as the things in the palace, but also clumsy and cute, the two highnesses want to see? The

two looked at each other, “Okay, take it out and see.”

Teng Yuyi put away the ragdolls properly and took out the set of villains to play with them.

The three of them sat down, and Teng Yuyi put a dozen or so villains on the table, picked up a feather fan and raised his arm and finger, and pretended: “I do Zhuge and you do Cao Cao, put the boat on the table, and I will borrow grain.”

Chang Yi grabbed a little green-clad man: “I don’t want to be a bearded tyrant, I want to be a big beauty mink cicada!” Ah Zhi, you be Lü Bu.

Ah Zhi shook his head and shook his head: “I don’t want to be Lü Bu, I don’t want to be Zhuge and Cao Cao, they are all boring and tight, I want to be Gu Qu Zhoulang.” When

the game was rising, the outside suddenly said, “Who are you?” What to do here? It was

the voice of a young man, and Ah Zhi and Chang Yi were stunned and cheered, “Big Brother Ah is coming!” The

two men slipped out of the house, and the attendants hurried to follow.

Teng Yuyi pushed open a slit in the window drawer and saw two men surrounded by servants in the court, and the man on the left was very familiar, who was the prince he had only recently seen.

The other was tall and handsome, and it was strange that this man was wearing only the green robes of the Qipin officials, but there were a bunch of internal servants next to him.

Ah Zhi and Chang Yi ran to the man, “Brother Prince! Big Brother, have you just come from Dali Temple?

Teng Yuyi was a little surprised, and almost didn’t recognize that it was Lin Chengyou.

Lin Chengyou touched the heads of Ah Zhi and Chang Yi, and then asked the maid in front of him, “Are you dumb?” What is the sneaky going to do? The

maid bowed her head and said, “If you go back to Shizi, the maid came to find the little lady of General Teng’s house in the name of my family’s mother, and I heard that Princess Changyi and the lord of Jingde County were in The house of Lady Teng, and the maid did not dare to trespass, so she wandered here, accidentally disturbed the prince and His Highness Shizi, and only asked His Highness for a light punishment.” The prince was

always gentle and calm: “Who is your lady?” “Daughter

of Li Changmao, Suzhou Thorn Shi.” When my mother-in-law lived in Yangzhou before, she had befriended Teng Niangzi and learned that Teng Niangzi was in the neighboring courtyard, and niangzi asked her son-in-law to send some vegetarian points to Teng Niangzi. This

is true, the maid is indeed holding a silver flat lacquer tin tray in her hand.

Teng Yuyi frowned, he had never seen this person before.

However, she had some impressions of Li Changmao’s daughter, Li Changmao was a deputy general under Grandpa in his early years.When he was still in Yangzhou, Li Changmao’s wife took her daughter to the palace as a guest.

Li Xiaoniang’s maiden name is Li Huaigu, taking the meaning of “Huaiyang Yonggu”, she and Li Huaigu have played once or twice, but they can’t talk about friendship.

Lin Chengyou let out a cynical smile on his lips: “Yangzhou’s? The maid’s

face was faintly flushed, but she replied calmly: “It is true that the place of origin is Yangzhou, but the lady has only lived with the old man in Yangzhou for three years.”

Ah Zhi snorted heavily, and Lin Chengyou turned his head to look at her, and said in a mocking tone: “What are you laughing at?”

Ah Zhi put up two fingers: “Two.”

Lin Chengyou did not ask what “two” meant, but sneered: “Or you ask your brother, what is the nickname of her mother’s wife?”
When
he spoke to Ah Zhi, his voice was softer, less fierce, more gentle and patient.

The’s face became even redder.

Ah Zhi muttered, “My brother has asked, so you can talk about it.” The

maid said, “The old man did not specifically give the lady a nickname, because she was the third in the family, and she was called the third lady since she was a child.” Lin Chengyou snorted and ignored the: “As

soon as the prince came, he looked for you, where did I go when you went, did you play enough?” Go and ask your aunt for peace. The prince looked at Changyi: “The

eldest brother has brought Ah Da for you, you always clamor for Ah Da to tell you a story, today you can let him tell you enough.”

Chang Yi said angrily, “I haven’t lost my temper yet, Big Brother, why are you lying to us!”

Lin Chengyou smiled and said, “Wronged, when have I ever lied to someone?” “And

said no, you cheated us so badly about that bird’s nest last time.”

“What bird’s nest?” What’s the matter?

Ah Zhi muttered high, “Brother, you still want to deny it!” The

prince looked into the room, as if he had the intention of hesitating, but Teng Yuyi’s room was as quiet as ever, and no one came out to show his face, so he had to say to the maid: “No need to kneel, you get up.” The group was

about to leave, the’s legs were numb after kneeling for a long time, and when he got up, his body was crooked, and an object fell from his waist, and the thing rolled round and silver, and rolled straight to Ah Zhi’s feet.

The maid looked frightened and was busy coming to pick it up, but Chang Yi had already ordered the internal servant to pick it up, and it turned out to be a silver sachet.

“Agu.” Chang Yi tilted his head to recognize the words on it.

Lin Chengyou took a step and turned his head to look at the past.

“What is this?” Ah Zhi was curious and rushed to Chang Yi’s side, “Strange, how can someone be called Ah Gu?” The

maid hurriedly knelt down and said, “If you go back to Your Highness, this is the property of the third lady of my family, because the lady has a ‘solid’ character in her maiden name, and the word ‘Agu’ is engraved on the small pieces of her body.”

Ah Zhi wanted to hand the ball to Lin Chengyou, but Lin Chengyou refused to pick it up: “Didn’t you say that your mother’s nickname is Sanniang, why is it called Ah Gu again?” The

maid said busily: “The third lady is the little name of the niangzi, and Huaigu is the big name of the niangzi.” When the mother was born, the old man was ordered to protect the grain transportation of the two provinces of Huaiyang, and in order to seek a good meaning, he named the mother Li Huaigu.

“Huaigu, Huaiyang Yonggu… Agu. Lin Chengyou looked strange, “Did your lady ever come to Chang’an when she was a child?” The

maid bowed her head and said, “I have indeed been to Chang’an several times.” “You were

also here in the eighth year of Long Yuan?”

Teng Yuyi secretly wondered, could it be that Li Huaigu was the female doll who saved Lin Chengyou when she was a child?

The eighth year of Longyuan was the year of Ah Niang’s death, she and Grandpa fu coffin back to Chang’an, the road boat and car labor, she because of the thought of her mother crying endlessly, not long after coming fell ill.

I heard my aunt say that once she had a fever so high that she was convulsive, and if she hadn’t asked the palace’s Feng Yu to prescribe medicine, she would have almost been unable to save her.

“This…” the maid shook her head, “the maid can’t remember clearly, you have to ask the lady and the lady.” Lin Chengyou looked

at the maid, and the prince was about to open his mouth, when an internal attendant at the entrance of the courtyard came over and said, “Your Highness the Prince, Your Highness shizi, the empress please come over.”
Not long after
they left, the empress asked the girls to go to the Cloud Hall to fast and copy the scriptures.

From the empress down, everyone needs to copy enough ten volumes of scriptures, and there is no meat in the temple for three days.

At night, after the iftar meal, Teng Yuyi came out holding the scripture scroll given by the empress, and there were internal attendants everywhere, and when he went around the winding veranda, the surrounding area suddenly became quiet.

Teng Yuyi knew that there were guards standing inside and outside the Great Hidden Temple now, like a golden city soup pond, but the temple was secluded, and it was inevitable that people would be afraid, she walked quickly through the corridor, and suddenly a person came around the corner.

Teng Yuyi almost fell to the ground with the scroll in his hand, and the man gave it a false support and immediately released his hand: “Lady Teng.”

Teng Yuyi stabilized his mind and bent his knees in a salute: “Your Highness the Crown Prince.” The

prince said frankly: “General Teng asked me to bring you a few words, I guess you will pass by here, so I waited here for a while, forgot to tell you in advance, didn’t scare you?”

Teng Yuyi said, “When I returned to Your Highness’s words, I wasn’t frightened, but I didn’t know what Grandpa said.” But

in his heart, he wondered, how could Grandpa take the initiative to entrust the prince with words?

The crown prince said, “General Teng is in the western camp at the moment to rectify military affairs, when I went, he was about to find someone to return to the city to send you a letter, but the military situation is urgent, and people and horses from all sides are waiting for him to give orders, I see that he can’t open the air, so I said that I am also going to come to the Great Hidden Temple today, which can be conveyed on my behalf.”

“Your grandfather asked me to tell you that he would not leave the Beijing Division for the time being for the next two days, but by the time you leave the temple, most of them have already left, and recently the rebel henchmen have frequently rebelled, and this morning another messenger has been attacked.

Teng Yuyi listened to these words quietly and bowed his head: “Er, keep it in mind.” Thank you Very much for your highness the Crown Prince for speaking on your behalf. The

crown prince smiled: “When I was with the army on the western expedition, General Teng saved my life, and after more than half a year of fighting, I was given oral instructions by him, and I personally recognized General Teng as a taifu, and it was also the duty of a student to pass on the message on behalf of the teacher.” The words have been brought to the place where Teng Niangzi can go back to bed.

This was humble and frank, which not only explained the reason, but also dispelled the doubts in Teng Yuyi’s heart, Teng Yuyi said: “There is His Highness Prince Lao, the courtesan daughter is very grateful, if there is no side matter, the courtesan will retreat first.” The

prince nodded, took the lead in taking a step, took a few steps, and suddenly turned back: “You now have Wen Mu in your hand, and it is convenient to enter the palace, and if you encounter any tricky things, you can let people come to me with Wen Mu.”

Teng Yuyi was silent for a moment, and was about to refuse, when a narrow light shadow appeared on the wall, and someone came over.

Teng Yuyi and the prince stood in a silent corner, without even a waiter around them, and if they collided head-on, they would make people mistakenly think that they were in a private meeting.

Teng Yuyi didn’t want to have anything to do with the prince, looking around and thinking about getting out as soon as possible, but there were verandas on both sides, and unless he jumped from the trunk, there was nowhere to hide.

Seeing that the light shadow was getting closer and closer, the prince signaled Teng Yuyi to silence and pushed her into the hidden room behind her, but he did not go in, but covered the door for Teng Yuyi from outside.

Teng Yuyi’s heart jumped, this is not a good method, but if you don’t show any traces at all, it can only be like this.

The footsteps got closer, and the sound grew louder.

“The aunt heard that she had found the orphan of that year, and even the reward was ready, who knew that it was another impersonation.” Brother, how do you know that Li Huai has inherent problems?

Lin Chengyou said: “I went to Dongshi to investigate the case, just ask a question, two days ago someone went to Dongshi to cast a batch of small belongings, from combing grates to incense balls, everything is required to engrave the word ‘Agu’, but the mold that was originally taken was engraved with the word ‘Three Niang’, which shows that this person’s nickname is called San Niang, and suddenly changed the engraving of ‘A gu’, isn’t it for today’s out.”

Ah Zhi was stunned: “Ah, this Li Huaigu is too bad, but brother, aunt has already punished her, why do you have to force her to change her name?”

Lin Chengyou said, “Does she also deserve to be called Agu Agu?” I am in a bad mood today, this surname Li himself bumped into me, the aunt fasted the Buddha, I also did some good deeds, kindly changed her to Li Huaisan, this name is not suitable for someone like her? If she is not satisfied, calling a cat and a dog will also make it, in short, don’t let me hear her call herself Agu again.

Ah Zhi smiled for a while and then asked, “Brother, how do you know that they are not the Ah Gu of that year?”

Lin Chengyou said, “You just said you were looking for a bird’s nest, and your brother took you to fly around the tree?” Azhi cheered

, “Oh well! Then

he said, “Not good, not good.”

Lin Chengyou seemed to be smiling: “Why is it not good?”

Ah Zhi exhaled and said, “I understand, I understand!” Every time I wanted to ask something, my brother would deliberately interrupt me as long as he didn’t want to answer me.

Lin Chengyou whispered, “Ah Zhi, are you listening, are there birds calling?”

“Brother you’re here again.” Ah Zhi stomped his feet, “Brother, you just tell me!” This time I was taught that next time you don’t have to expose them yourself. “What is

in your little head, where in the world are there so many things to find the roots?” You just said that there is nothing delicious in the temple, take advantage of the fact that there is no one now, brother went outside to buy you some snacks, last time that jade tip noodles you liked?

Azhi made a character: “No, no, I don’t eat anything!”

“Okay, that brother’s gone.”

Ah Zhi said urgently, “Brother! The

prince stiffened his scalp and greeted him: “Ah Zhi, don’t you know your brother’s nature, if he refuses to say it, no one should want to ask it.”

Ah Zhi was surprised: “Why is the prince’s brother here?” The

prince coughed, “I just came out of the abbot’s place and was about to return to the palace.”

Ah Zhi said, “Brother Prince, you are so clever, can you figure out what’s going on?” The prince was

absent-minded: “After so many years, what can make your brother recognize it at a glance?” Hairpin ring? Wrist bracelet?

Ah Zhi said, “No, no, I think it must be something funny, and only Ah Gu has it.” The

prince laughed: “Ah Da, listen, Ah Zhi’s tone of voice is more and more similar to yours.”

Lin Chengyou smiled; Don’t dare to compare, she is much more difficult than me.

“Azhi, this place is too windy, if you have anything you want to know, go to the side and ask.”

Ah Zhi said, “If my brother won’t tell me, I’ll spend the night here.”

Lin Chengyou smiled, “Well, I’ll go back to Yamen immediately, you stay here well, just think about it in front of the wall!”

Ah Zhi burst into tears, and Lin Chengyou took a step, as if he had picked up his sister: “I’m afraid of you, you don’t cry, and the crying brother is really gone.” The

prince hurriedly broke the siege: “I will torture your brother for you, don’t stay here, beware of the cold.” I

heard Ah Zhi say, “Auntie said that it is related to what kind of ragdolls, but the muppets all look the same, how can you rely on this to recognize people?” Brother, tell me if it’s okay.

Lin Chengyou said, “You see this ugly look of your crying, go back to the bedchamber first, brother told you.”

Ah Zhi was overjoyed: “Today I saw a strange ragdoll, who also lived in Yangzhou, but her name is not Ah Guo.”

Lin Chengyou sighed for a long time: “That person knows that you are my sister-in-law, but it happens that you can see the muppets, and he also knows what is lonely and not lonely, and takes the initiative to say that he does not call this name.” I have seen this kind of road a lot, and recently the head has been a little bigger. Teng Yuyi

listened furiously behind the door, what does this have to do with her?

The crown prince patiently said to Ah Zhi: “Don’t blame your brother for being upset, recently the change of officials in the imperial court, how many foreign officials have come to beijing to report for duty, grandpa and ah niang love your brother, this is something that manchu officials know.” If grandpa knew that the daughter of a certain official had saved your brother, he would definitely have a blue eye for that person, so that during the election period, he would also be more reliant, so recently many people called themselves Ah Gu and entrusted the courtiers to send messages to the palace…”

Their voices became smaller and smaller.

Teng Yuyi waited in the room for a while again, until the outside returned to silence before he flashed out.

Out of the Xuanpu Pavilion, Chun Rong and Bi Luo were still waiting outside, the noses of the two were red, obviously not lightly frozen, the three masters and servants returned to the sleeping place to rest, and there was no word that night.

For the next two days, Teng Yuyi followed the Empress every day to worship the Buddha, and everything was the same, but the statues of Changyi and Azhi were strictly disciplined and did not wander around.

After three days like this, it was time to leave the temple on the fourth day, and at dawn, Teng Yuyi was still asleep, and suddenly someone pushed and shoved her in her dream.

She opened her eyes in confusion and faced the terrified faces of Shang Chun Velvet and Bi Luo.

“Mother, wake up!”

Teng Yuyi was drowsy, these two girls had been following her for many years, and they had always been careful and calm, so out of shape, not knowing what had happened, she suddenly got up: “What’s wrong?” The

two of them cried silently: “Something happened to the old man.”

Teng Yuyi froze.

Bi Luo was frightened and uneasy:”When the old master went to the court today, he was ambushed by a group of rebels at Jiafu Gate, and Cheng Bo had just rushed to deliver a letter, and even the empress was alarmed.”

Teng Yuyi’s heart was beating rapidly, and he was helped up by someone in a panic, only to find that his hands and feet were numb like wood.

She pushed the two away, bowed her head and rubbed her shoes: “Most of them heard wrong, I want to ask Cheng Bo in person.” No, Grandpa is still in the West Camp, I went directly to the West Camp to find Grandpa.

Chun Rong and Bi Luo served Teng Yuyi dressed. The three masters and servants picked up and went out, the sky will be bright, the snow will flutter, and there is a sense of confusion and emptiness between heaven and earth.

Teng Yuyi choked on a cold wind before realizing that he had forgotten to wear a large hat, but he couldn’t care less, and ran to the door of the courtyard in a hurry and bumped into a group of people.

When the first person was dressed in a ceremonial dress, it was the queen, and the attendants behind her were dumbfounded, and there was a faint uneasiness.

The empress saw Teng Yuyi and quickly greeted her: “Lady Teng.” A

strong sense of foreboding appeared behind Teng Yuyi, and he barely maintained the number of etiquette: “I have seen the empress…”

The empress took Teng Yuyi’s arm: “No, hurry up.” The empress’s hand was

even colder than Teng Yuyi’s, and she said in a deep voice, “The calf cart is ready, your grandfather is leading the guard on the left, and the saint has sent all the palace servants to the palace, and is doing his best to rescue and treat them.” Child, don’t be afraid, your grandfather is red-hearted to serve the country, and he will definitely be murdered. Teng Yuyi

trembled, “What happened to Grandpa?” The

empress was silent, and untied the snow-white fox fur on her body and tied it to Teng Yuyi: “The thieves failed to assassinate several officials last time, so they put the target on General Teng, which should have been planned for a long time, even General Teng’s skills are…”

The queen has seen strong winds and waves, and her attitude and tone are far less calm than usual. It can be seen that this assassination of the courtiers almost shook the entire government and the opposition.

Teng Yuyi could not stop trembling, hanging his heart and walking outside, the empress was full of worry and anger, and personally sent Teng Yuyi out of the inner garden to stay.

Cheng Bo was covered in blood, and as soon as he saw Teng Yuyi come out, he fell to his knees. When he knelt, many of Teng’s guards, including Duan Fu, all knelt on the ground.

“The little man should be damned, by the time the little man arrived, the old man had been seriously injured.” Cheng Bo’s snot flowed.

Teng Yuyi numbly stepped forward to help: “On the road, tell me what happened today, 1510.”

Teng Yuyi got into the calf car, and Cheng Bo and the others followed him on horseback: “In the past few days, the military situation in the front has been urgent, and Chang’an is not peaceful, and when the old man came in and out, he specially added a team of guards, and after completing the military affairs in the west camp, he will go on a campaign tomorrow.” In the morning, the old man passed by the Jiafu Gate with his guards, and suddenly there was a heavy fog around him, and the fog was very evil, and he smelled dizzy for a long time. At that time, the old man said in the fog: Beware of ambushes. As soon as he said this, a bunch of assassins came out from all directions.

When the Wuhou who patrolled the streets heard the movement and arrived, most of the guards were killed on the spot, only one luckily did not die, and the man was only one breath left after being rescued, saying before he died that some of the assassins knew magic, and obviously heard the sound of swords in the fog, but there was nowhere to hide. The old man was strong in force, killed most of the assassins, and finally suffered serious injuries, and now the wounds in the chest and abdomen were bleeding continuously, and Feng Yu was trying to stop the bleeding. Teng Yuyi

clutched the armrest tightly, still in the treatment, that proves that there is hope, Grandpa is physically strong, the situation should not be as bad as he thought.

She rushed to the left leading guard with a hint of hope, and some soldiers said that General Teng was placed in the middle hall, and Teng Yuyi walked inside with trepidation, and along the way she only saw a forest of swords and swords, and not a single official was seen.

When they reached the middle hall, it was full of people, and the officials either sighed and shook their heads, or paced anxiously.

I don’t know who said: “General Teng’s daughter is here.”

Numerous eyes swept toward Teng Yuyi, who walked over, and the officials automatically separated to the sides.

Teng Yuyi first saw his father’s boots, then the dark ochre robe.

However, when she got closer, she found that her father was wearing a royal blue shirt, which at first glance was mistaken for a dark ochre color, because her father’s entire chest, abdomen and calves were stained with blood.

Teng Yuyi’s legs were soft, and several people ran up behind her and forced her up.

She staggered over and suddenly saw her father’s face, which had never seen such a miserable white face, whiter than paper, but her eyebrows and eyes were unusually black, as black as ink, if it were not for the abnormal face, it would be like a person on the painting.

She moved over to her and carefully grasped her father’s cold hand.

Teng Shao’s eyes were open, and there was no longer any breath.

Teng Yuyi said softly, “Grandpa.” The

soldiers began to weep in a low voice.

Teng Yuyi looked at both sides blankly: “What does this mean?” Why don’t you give my grandfather medicine? Several elderly people seemed

to be the emperors in the palace, and there were tears in their eyes, and they bowed their hands: “General Teng is seriously injured and incurable, we are incompetent, and we have no power to return to heaven.” Cheng Bo’s

tears flowed down, his shoulders were short, and he prostrated his head desperately.

Duan Fu and the others opened their mouths and knelt down without a word.

The young soldier cried, “These thieves! Blatantly framing such a loyal and good general is not an exaggeration to die a hundred times! From today onwards, I will hunt down the murderers day and night, and whenever I catch the thieves, I will cut them off at the first level. “General Teng has

led the army for decades, destroyed countless thieves, and knows how to use people well, who is not convinced!” Now that General Teng has been murdered by the traitors, how can we be safe? Don’t take revenge, swear not to be a man! “Don’t

take revenge, swear not to be a man!”

Teng Yuyi gently shook his father, and his father did not react at all, despairing to the extreme, but instead became wooden.

The sight of my father’s speech that night was still in my eyes, but in just a few days, how did my father become such a cold shell.

She whispered, “Grandpa, here I am.” ”

Hurry up, get up and see your daughter.”

The people next to her saw that Teng Yuyi was not right, and tearfully wanted to pull her away, Teng Yuyi stood motionless, the father and daughter were as stubborn, Teng Shao’s eyes were unyieldingly open, and it was clear that there was still a lot to say.

The leading guards wept incessantly, some people went to the palace to report the funeral, and some people wanted to move Teng Shao to the coffin.

“General Teng’s eyes can’t be closed.”

The man wept and said, “This is an unfinished ambition!” General Teng, you can rest assured. In your lifetime, you have traveled thousands of miles and made countless achievements

[End of This Chapter]