Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter 30
Chen Huang seemed to be stabbed by a steel needle, his face was as pale as paper, and he bowed and said: "How dare I..." Jin Fu sighed and said: "Gege Mingcha. This time I came to Beijing, the emperor summoned three times, twice When it comes to the Khalkha incident, the southeast of the country is in trouble, so we can’t take care of the northwest, so we have to deal with Ge Erdan in vain. Speaking of this matter, the emperor was very emotional, and ordered me to control the Yellow River within a few years to ensure water transportation, in case of emergency food transportation , wait for Taiwan, and then send troops to the west! Zhungeer and the Mongolian feudal clans are different from Korea, Ryukyu, and Nanyang countries. They have been the territory of our Chinese Celestial Dynasty for thousands of years, how can we allow Ge Erdan's rebellious ministers to separate themselves without authorization?"

"You mean...really?" Axiu's voice trembled violently.

"How dare you speak nonsense?" Jin Fu stood up slowly, and said in a low voice, "...the emperor has secretly ordered the ministers of Jishu to draw up a plan for the western expedition. This winter and next spring, the emperor will go north to visit the sky and contact the people in the south of the desert. Meng, discussing big plans—" He stopped suddenly, the matter involved top secret, and Kangxi told him that "the law should not be passed on to the six ears", he felt that he had talked too much in order to comfort Axiu.Axiu smiled with tears in her eyes, brushed her hair, and said: "You have to tell the emperor that Ge Erdan mined a lot of gold in Zhungeer and gave it to the kings of Eastern Mongolia, don't let the emperor trust them easily! "Jin Fu laughed hurriedly: "Of course it must be played, and even Gege's ministers here must play it one by one."

Axiu bit her lip, glanced at the embarrassed Chen Huang resentfully, and said, "Please don't talk about my affairs for now, and wait until we have something to do with Chen Huang!" For a while, everyone was silent again.Jin Fu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Let's discuss this matter in the long run..." After finishing speaking, he opened the door and came out.People who eat wine in the courtyard have already stopped drinking.Self-proclaimed Zhiren closed the door and screened people, which has caused uneasiness among the followers. Later, when they heard loud voices inside, sometimes there was no sound, they all found it strange.When everyone was whispering to each other and had no clue, seeing Jin Fu and Feng Zhiren coming out one after the other, their faces were pale.Standing in front of the steps and looking at the sky, Jin Fu said with a smile: "It's getting late, and it's cloudy again. Let's go back to the post and leave Tianyi behind. His manuscript hasn't been found yet!" Linming station.

The sky was drizzling, and only Chen Huang and Axiu were left in the room.After Jin Fu left, Mrs. Han and Liu were busy leading people to clean up the leftover seats, so they all withdrew with excuses.Axiu knew what she meant, since she sat and ate tea without saying a word, Chen Huang felt a thorn in his body and was restless.After a while, I heard Axiu say:

"Mr. Tianyi, when will you... set off for the south?"

"Don't dare," Chen Huang sat at the other end of the table, heard Axiu call him "Sir", and replied with a bow, "I will leave tomorrow. Chen Huang is a scholar at the end of his career, and he has a chance to meet the princess, and he will always remember it in his heart .From now on, the ends of the earth, everyone is on their own side, hope Ge Ge is kind to himself..."

Before he finished talking, Axiu interrupted him with a sneer: "I don't want you to call me 'Gege'! I have been in the Central Plains for a few years, and I have gradually understood that in Shaanxi you rescued me, that's all. In Huangliangmeng, you I live in the same room, so where do you put me when you talk about the word 'famous festival'?" Chen Huang was also really moved at this time, and it took him a long time to sigh: "People are not grass and trees, so how can you be ruthless? How can I be indifferent to me? But think carefully, if you really follow me, will I go with you to Mongolia, or you will go with me to rule the river under Jin Fu's men? The princess can't forget about revenge, Chen Huang and I want to develop my ambitions in the cause of river defense. Nothing in the world is perfect. Why do you and I do things that are useless? ——As for things like Shaanxi and Huangliangmeng, Chen Huang has already forgotten, that is, he never mentions a word to his father, brother and best friend !" Axiu was silent for a while, and then said coldly: "Of course you are a gentleman, I can trust you—if you are looking for flowers and asking willows, can I, Axiu, have a crush on you? The emperor promised to send troops to destroy the thieves, so I am more at ease. , let me tell you a word, you travel all over the world, I always look for you, follow you, I want to watch you marry someone else!" As she said, tears welled up between her eyelashes.

Chen Huang opened his mouth, but he had nothing to say, and the room was silent for a moment. At this time, the cold wind picked up outside, and the cold rain was falling in the courtyard.In the evening, the vines of sage on the wall swayed gently in the rain, making a rustling sound.Of these two people, one is a scholar in brown clothes who has traveled all over the river and devoted himself to river governance, and the other is a noble woman who has a deep hatred and left her home to beg for food on the streets.By chance, they bumped into each other and created this inexplicable fate.

Chen Huang felt very sad in his heart, and slowly got up and walked to the window, looking wistfully at the flowers and plants in the wind and rain, without turning his head, he said slowly: "Axiu, you said that you like me and want to marry me, I Chen Why doesn't Huang love you? But, if you think carefully, our identities, foundations, ambitions, and experiences are so far apart, like the two stars of a businessman who meet in the sky, like a cow and a girl looking at each other across the river!"

What is "participating in business", Axiu only knows that "Niu Nu" is the Cowherd and Weaver Girl, but she doesn't know "participating in business", so she walks over slowly, stands side by side with Chen Huang, and looks out the window.The clouds in the sky were very low, churning into a cloud of fog, the drizzle was drizzling, and the heavy water drops on the banana leaves fell heavily to the ground like tears.Chen Huang looked into the distance through the rain curtain, and his voice was a little hoarse: "Shen Xing and Shang Xing go east and west, one after another and never see each other..." Axiu felt sour when she heard this, and she shed tears early, But Chen Huang said again: "This is like Naihe, have you heard of it? Naihe doesn't build a bridge for the living, that can only be crossed after death. You and I stand on each side of Naihe, how can..." He He choked up a bit and didn't say any more.

Hearing his desolate and sad tone, Axiu realized that the scholar had a broad and deep heart without hesitation.Her heart was about to break, she didn't say a word, turned around and took down a harp from the wall, and it bounced loudly.Chen Huang heard her playing "A Flower in Nanlu", and suddenly remembered Guan Hanqing's "Yellow Bell Tail" that day, and chanted:

I'm a copper pea that can't be steamed, can't be boiled, can't be pounded, can't be fried, and can't be fried.You son, whoever teaches you to get into his hoe, can't get rid of it, can't untie it, can't take it off, slow to move the layered brocade heath... You just dropped my teeth, crooked my mouth, limped my legs, and broke my hands. God has given me all kinds of nasty symptoms, but I still refuse to give up.

After hearing this, Axiu sighed: "You love river governance so much, there is nothing you can do. You sang Guan Hanqing's song, but I also have a song "Liangzhou Seventh" Fenghe." After speaking, he sang softly:

In an instant, the world is silent and swallowed, who should play this harp to?In the sky, it is difficult to cross the bells and rivers, and the sand and dust in the desert flow together with the river... But what is the other side, what is the gentleman, and the lonely boat!Why don't you say anything?Who will send Feng Taoyun Chengxi home...

After singing, he fell down and wept: "These two top strings are the bells of the harpies Lingxiu. One is for you, and the other is for me..." As he spoke, he pulled it violently, only to hear "ding..." "dong ..." Two beeps, the string must be heard.The lingering sound lingered for a long time.

It was almost the Mid-Autumn Festival in August when Mingzhu received the letter from Jin Fu.Because in the letter besides the relocation of the Governor's Mansion and the restoration of the Guiren embankment, the matter of Axiu was mentioned, he knew very well that the matter was of great importance, so he immediately sent a flying horse to Handan to pick up the princess.It only took two days to receive the report, not only the princess was not in Congzhong, but Han and Liu's family also moved together.The neighbors only heard that they moved to her eldest son in Anhui, but they didn't know the real address.Mingzhu couldn't do anything, so she took the letter and took a sedan chair to Cai's alley to look for Gao Shiqi.During this period of getting along, Mingzhu knew very well that Gao Shiqi's intelligence could not be turned away by her. From Kangxi's tone, her trust in Gao Shiqi was actually higher than that of other ministers.Kangxi ordered Gao Shiqi to be in charge of writing the imperial criticism, saying that it was to let Xiong Ci rest on his shoulders and free up time to teach the prince, but Gao Shiqi didn't care about the affairs of the ministry, but only counseled the important documents of each ministry. The duties and powers of each party were divided in half to those surnamed Gao.However, this Gao Shiqi has another outstanding feature; he can not eat, drink, scatter, or scatter all day long, and can read the official documents at a glance. He is the most eye-catching. Someone has long called "Gao Xiang" and short "High School Hall" indiscriminately.Seeing this, Mingzhu is no longer as self-contained as she used to be when encountering problems, and always cares about Gao Shiqi first.

As soon as the big sedan chair fell off, Gao Shiqi happened to be wearing neat court clothes and came out briskly. Seeing that it was Mingzhu coming to the mansion, he closed the fan in his hand with a "wow", bowed to the ground, and said with a smile, "Oh, it's Minggong! What is it?" Can the wind blow? Why don’t I go as soon as I say hello?”

"Tanren," Mingzhu said with a grin, "don't be so 'Minggong Mingxiang' to make people feel nasty, are you waiting in the upper study room - just call Lao Ming - it seems that I came here at a bad time, you Are you dressed so neatly, are you going to go out?" Gao Shiqi laughed and said, "You don't know how to dare, but just now brother Zha Shenxing came to pass the decree, the emperor gave a banquet to Hongru in Xiyuan, I'm afraid he has already arrived at the Zunfu I'm going to deliver the decree. Now that we're here, how about we go together?" Then he ordered the horses to be prepared.Mingzhu said quickly, "Tell them to bring an extra horse, and we will go with the bridle."

They got on the horse and stepped on the stone pedal again, and the servants behind them also rode to accompany them.Looking around, Mingzhu realized the beauty of Gao Shiqi's not riding in a sedan chair: he is dignified, elegant, and airy, because there are not many followers, and he does not show his official style.He couldn't help laughing and said: "You are a person who is meticulous in everything big and small, which is enviable! Alas... I am old."

"Brother," Gao Shiqi called honestly and bluntly, "you are only in your forties, how can you say that you are old? Suo Lao San is old! About riding a sedan chair to see how high the horse is, and riding a horse to see how stable the sedan chair is, one mountain looks at the other. It’s human nature to have a good view of the mountain.” He pointed at Mingzhu’s four-person official sedan chair with a whip and said with a smile, “I didn’t want to sit because of the pity of the three bearers.” Mingzhu asked in surprise: "Three? Why three?" Gao Shiqi giggled, and said, "Look at the four porters, the first one is like the minister who walks in the study room - proud; No.2, like the censor - no Dare to fart..."

Mingzhu laughed and asked, "Why don't you dare to fart?"

"I'm afraid I'll smoke the nobleman in the sedan chair!" Gao Shiqi glanced at Mingzhu, and said again, "——No. 2 followed behind the sedan chair and couldn't see the road, like a confused Hanlin——Dark and dark; the last one followed every step, like a Cao Si Guan—has no idea at all... Aren't these three pitiful?"

Mingzhu listened silently thoughtful.After a while, Fang smiled and said, "I'm a bit like the bearer at the end—has no idea. This is a letter from Jin Fucai, just take a look." Gao Shiqi Zhuma took the letter, frowned, read it, and glanced at it. He handed the pearl back at a glance, but he didn't make a sound, and sighed after a while: "Niehaiqingtianwuyucha, what a couple of idiots..."

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(End of this chapter)