generation hero

Chapter 39 Honorable Name

Yuan Tang also felt bored, Feng Cong said: "Why don't we find an open place to climb up to enjoy the scenery."

"Ah, are you going to climb over the wall again?" Yuan Tang said.

"No, let's go out in an open and honest manner."

Shen Jingxuan also agreed, so the three of them changed their luggage.

Back in the capital, the Queen Mother no longer restricted Feng Cong's freedom, and no longer required Feng Cong to bring the palace servants and guards of Kangxin Palace with him when he went out. Wang Qu heard that Feng Cong was going out, so he ran over nervously and asked Feng Cong to where to go.

"Anywhere, don't worry, we're just going out to relax." Feng Cong said.

Wang Qu frowned and smiled apologetically, and said, "Miss Xi and Mistress Concubine are going to go to the Buddhist temple to offer incense today, and they haven't gone out to play since they arrived in the capital, and I'm here to greet guests, so I can't get away, why don't your Highness and the two go out?" The gentleman will take them to the Buddhist temple by the way...Of course, if His Highness wants to go elsewhere, I will send someone else to take them off."

Wang Yu and Wang Yu also went to Jianxiu Garden with Feng Cong and the others today, and they were being entertained by Wang Qu's wife.In order to prevent Feng Cong from running around, Wang Qu even moved them both out.

Feng Cong stared at Wang Que for a while, and the smile on Wang Que's face could hardly hold back, so he said, "That's fine, you can have someone tell the two ladies to prepare."

If Wang Que had been granted an amnesty, he wiped off his sweat and sent someone to go.

Shen Jing said: "You have a bad eye, why scare him. Yun Yanghou is easy-going and kind-hearted, unlike the Queen Mother and Wang Shangshu."

Feng Cong said: "I didn't intend to scare him, I just thought about it. If we three adults want to go out with two girls, we have to think about it."

Shen Jingxuan shook his head with a smile, and said: "No wonder the Wang family did not recommend Yun Yanghou to go out of the town of Shangyun, nor let him hold important positions in the court."

Half a quarter of an hour later, both Wang Yu and Wang Yu were brought over. Both of them were wearing colorful embroidered skirts and plain gauze skirts. The long gauze covers hung down to the ankles. Walking from the flower stems, they looked like two fairy palaces. concubine.

The two girls really wanted to go to the Buddhist temple to offer incense. Yuan Tang thought it was Wang Qu's nonsense. When Wang Yu heard that he could go out, he was so excited that he walked with the wind, and the jade fragments hanging from his hat and the bells jingled. Seeing that Shen Jingxuan was also there, the nanny who accompanied her kept winking at her and asked her to pay attention to her manners. Wang Yu generously greeted the three of them, and thanked them: "If it weren't for you, Auntie and I might not have the chance to go out. gone."

There are girls traveling together, and of course there are more people traveling in cars, guards and servants than the three big men. Wang Pei and Wang Yu got into the car, and the three of Feng Cong rode horses, seeing Xiuyuan's servants leading the way.

Wang Qu took great pains to prevent Feng Cong from disappearing without a trace.

There is a Yunkong Temple on Funiu Mountain near Jianxiu Garden. Because there are many villas and gardens of aristocratic families in the Yuxiang River, the Yunkong Temple is full of incense.

Feng Cong and the others came all the way to the foot of the mountain, and there was an endless stream of people traveling on horses and horses, and many of them were people with beautiful crowns.

The road up the mountain was blocked by carriages and horses. As a last resort, everyone had to walk up the mountain.The trees on both sides of the mountain road are shaded, and the trees are full of barrier seats set up by tourists. Some people bring singing and dancing bands to add to the fun, and the music is everywhere. The guests and hosts dance with the music under the trees.

Yuantang and the others are all boys and girls in beautiful clothes, especially Shen Jingxuan, who is dressed in a snow suit and looks like he will automatically shine on the road, attracting many people's attention. They are often invited by enthusiastic tourists to attend the meeting Fortunately, there are many servants in the Wang family, and they surrounded a few of them. Passers-by saw that their servants were all well-dressed and well-groomed.

The hustle and bustle on the road is much more comfortable than seeing the hustle and bustle of Xiuyuan.There are singing and dancing beauties to watch along the way. Although Wang Yu comes from a great family and her actions are often controlled, she has never seen such a scene outside. She often can’t move while walking. Like Wang Yu, Yuan Tang has never seen it either. In the world, the two huddled in the crowd to join in the fun.

There was a sword dance competition under the tree, and Yuan Tang recalled that night when Feng Cong danced sword under the moon. He pulled Feng Cong's sleeve and said, "You still dance well. If you compete, you will definitely beat everyone else."

Feng Cong said: "I don't just dance for people to see, I only dance for people I like."

Yuantang's heart was crackling, and Feng Cong's phrase "dance for the one he likes" was playing back in his head, and he couldn't stand any song or dance.

Even though he knew that Feng Cong might just mean his friend's liking, Yuan Tang was still very excited.

Feng Cong pulled Yuantang and said, "Let's go, you can still be in a daze no matter how you walk, don't get lost."

"Hey." Yuan Tang responded.

There were more people offering incense in the temple, and the smell of incense wafting from the temple could be smelled from afar. Feng Cong was not interested in praying to gods and worshiping Buddha. Shen Jingxuan accompanied the two girls into the temple to offer incense, while Feng Cong and Yuan Tang wandered outside the temple.

Yuan Tang saw that Feng Cong was not too interested in Buddhist temples, so he asked, "Don't you like going to temples?"

Feng Cong said: "When I was a child, I stayed in Buddhist temples for a long time. When I heard people chanting scriptures and knocking on wooden fish, I got a headache."

He used to live in Fayuan Temple in Shangyun in the name of practicing. Although King Huan sat in Shangyun and took care of everything as much as possible to give him some freedom, he still had to live in Fayuan Temple and could not leave Shangyun.

"Then why did you still promise Wang Qu and the two ladies to come to the Buddhist temple?"

Feng Cong and Yuan Tang walked around the periphery of the Buddhist temple and said casually, "Anyway, there is no place to go, and, don't you really like the excitement? Listening to Wang Qu talking about going to the Buddhist temple, your eyes lit up."

Do I have it?

Yuantang was surprised, as if he was a little excited, because there were too few opportunities to go out to play after entering Beijing. Yuantang's house was also interested in new things, but only a little bit. It was the same for him wherever he went, just He also felt very good walking on the mountain path with Feng Cong now.He only had a little emotion, but Feng Cong noticed it.

Going down the hillside, there is a big tree by the stream. The tree is full of colorful paper sticks, colorful and moving in the wind. There is someone under the tree who sells paper sticks. Yuan yelled: "Do you want to buy a lottery, two gentlemen? Buy a lottery and pray to the goddess of the tree, hang the lottery on the tree, and the goddess of the tree will bless you. The red gold is the parent, and the indigo is the descendant. , Dailu is safe, what does your lord want, I will hang it up for you."

Yuan Tang walked over, glanced at Feng Cong, and wanted to ask if anyone was looking for marriage.

Feng Cong said, "Why, do you want to seek marriage?"

how do you know!

Yuan Tang immediately said sanctimoniously: "What kind of marriage, please... be safe, I hope everyone is safe and successful."

The stall owner has already warmly greeted him, saying: "There is marriage, red is marriage, do you want it, Mr. Lang, you look at the talent, you must be of extraordinary background, hang a red lottery, and marry a beautiful girl from a noble family."

Yuan Tang held his forehead, and asked for a dark green stick to hang it up.

Feng Cong said, "I really don't want marriage. If I want, I'll buy one for you and hang it up."

Yuan Tang was about to dig a hole in the ground, and said: "No! No, there is no marriage, no marriage, no girl, no marriage."

"Why are there no girls?" Feng Cong pointed to the Buddhist temple on the mountain, and said with a smile, "I just accompanied the two girls up the mountain, so you and my concubine can chat pretty well."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Yuan Tang furiously said, "Young lady is so old, how is it possible." Wang Yu is a child, and it would be a crime to think about it in that way, not to mention that Wang's family is so high. Wang Yu, the queen mother will definitely kill him if she finds out.

"Oh——" Feng Cong said in a drawn-out tone: "You think my concubine is too young, so what kind of girl do you like?"

I don't like girls, I don't like any girls!Yuan Tang raised his forehead again, not knowing why the topic suddenly became so weird, it was impossible to talk at all.

Feng Cong approached him and said, "No way, you don't like girls, do you?"

Yuan Tang choked for breath, laughed dryly and said, "Haha, I don't understand what you're talking about."

Feng Cong looked at him, as if he was studying his own reflection in his eyes, and just quietly looked into Yuan Tang's eyes, "That's right, you haven't even kissed yet, Shen Jingxuan hasn't even kissed at this age, you are still young .” He looked away calmly, and dragged Yuantang to another place for a stroll.

Yuantang's heart is going to be bad, Feng Cong has become a bit... bad recently, I don't know if he is out of shape, so he thinks everything wrong, but Feng Cong still looks so good when he is "broken", It's just a little overwhelming.

Yuan Tang always wondered if Feng Cong would find out that he liked him.If they really noticed, and they didn't alienate, does it mean that Feng Cong can actually accept men.

Ah, what a mess.

Yuan Tang was dragged across the creek by Feng Cong in such a mess, and the stream was surrounded by a cloth barrier one person high to the south, and he couldn't get through. There were still people patrolling around the barrier to drive away tourists, and someone came down from the mountain temple on a sliding pole from afar. At the front are Xiao Xiezhi and Xiao Shanzhi, and then several monks and Xiao family's female relatives.

What is this, you can meet it when you visit a temple, and the enemy's road is narrow?

Xiao Shanzhi also saw Feng Cong and Yuan Tang, the corners of their mouths twitched, Xiao Xiezhi looked peaceful, stroked his beard, and asked his servants to invite them to a banquet, Feng Cong of course refused, Xiao Xiezhi listened to the servants' message, Yuan Yao cupped his hands to Feng Cong, and turned himself into the barrier.

Up to this point in the trip, both Feng Cong and Yuan Tang were somewhat in a slump. When they returned to the Buddhist temple, the two ladies of the Wang family had also come out. The group went down the mountain the same way. On the way back, Yuan Tang told Shen Jingxuan that they met the Xiao family brothers.

"Xiao Shanzhi actually believes in Buddhism, he doesn't look like that at all." Yuan Tang pouted.I have seen Xiao Shanzhi with monks several times, but Xiao Shanzhi's character and character seem to have no connection with Buddhism.

Shen Jingxuan said: "His family is like this. When the Xiao family moved south, they stayed with monks all the way and escaped the war and famine. Since then, the Xiao family has worshiped the Buddha, chanted scriptures, and donated to build Buddhist temples. It is not necessarily true that he himself worships the Buddha."

At the foot of the mountain, the two ladies pedaled their carts, and the servants brought three horses. When the servants of the Wang family heard that Feng Cong and the Xiao family brothers met on the mountain, they were a little trembling. It's like a meal.

Shen Jingxuan got on his horse and said, "Their family has a very deep relationship with the monks. There is one thing you may not know. The Buddhist temple in Dan County was also donated by the Xiao family. This is why Zhan Fang is dissatisfied with the monks in Dan County." Glancing at Feng Cong, he said, "Shangyun Fayuan Temple was also donated by the Xiao family. It was Xiao Shanzhi who wrote to His Majesty back then, asking Feng Cong to go to Fayuan Temple to practice."

There is actually such an antecedent.

Zhan Fang was impeached and dismissed because he offended the local monks in Dan County, which in turn angered the believers in the Buddhist temple. I don't know if there is any handwriting behind this. Judging by Shen Jingxuan's expression, there may be some.

The Wang family argued hard in court, and the emperor finally nodded to Feng Cong as king.In the past, Feng Cong had been "practicing" in Buddhist temples for a long time, and it seemed reasonable not to give him a position of honor. Now he lives in the palace blatantly, and has made several public-known disturbances. Considering his age and close relationship with the royal family If he is not crowned king, the emperor's intention of disrespecting his elder brother will be too obvious.

Prince Wenxi has a high reputation and is the eldest brother of the emperor. The emperor is still a bit jealous of his reputation and can't show disrespect, so he took a step back in the matter of being crowned king. Zhen Shangyun's candidate will never let go.

The Ministry of Rites began to choose a title for Feng Cong, and allocated land in central Beijing to build a house for him.

The queen mother personally supervised the construction and expanded the size of the palace. Perhaps because of too much work, there was another autumn rain after late autumn, and the weather turned cold, so the queen mother fell ill.

Wang Shangshu was extremely anxious. He visited the palace several times. He was older than the queen mother, so worried and tired, and encountered the cold wind. He was sick in bed for a few days and had to go home to recuperate.

The imperial physician and the medical officer went in and out of the Kangxin Palace for several days, and the emperor also came to visit several times. The queen mother spared the empress and concubines from sickness, but for a few days, even the emperor was too lazy to see him when he came to visit.

Shen Jingxuan followed the crown prince to Kangxin Hall to greet him, and hurried into Liuxiang Residence.

"Feng Cong, something happened at court today," Shen Jingxuan said, "Xiao Shizhong wrote a letter to change Prince Wenxi as King Rong, move him out of the imperial mausoleum to choose a place for burial, and let you directly descend to the title of King Rong."

Feng Cong and Yuan Tang were making a sand table for King Huan's map. They found wood, stones, and paint. When Feng Cong heard this, he broke a pen in his hand. The ink on the pen tip was washed into the water, like blood. spread.

Yuan Tang had never seen Feng Cong show that kind of expression before. There seemed to be a storm in his eyes, trying to destroy everything he saw, but what burst out was anger and hatred.

He stood up abruptly, and stopped abruptly when he reached the door. The paint on the table was turned over by the hem of his clothes, and the mat and soft seats were instantly stained with mottled colors.

Feng Cong stood in front of the door for a few seconds, as if he was forcing himself to calm down. After counting breaths, he said, "Wang family, what did Wang Shangshu say?"

Shen Jingxuan shook his head: "Wang Shangshu has not gone to the court for many days to discuss matters, and Xiao Shizhong's discussion is what His Majesty meant. Now both the Empress Dowager and Wang Shangshu are ill, and there is no one in the Wang family to preside over it. They don't know any news in advance, and even the rebuttals have not been finalized. "

"I'm going to see the Queen Mother." Feng Cong said, put on his clothes and walked towards the Kangxin Hall.

Yuan Tang and Shen Jingxuan looked at each other and hurriedly followed.

In front of the Kangxin Hall, Tao Neishi was talking to the prince respectfully, Feng Cong knelt down on the stone slab in front of the hall, and said, "Grandson is asking to see the Queen Mother, please pass it on to Tao Ajian."

Tao Neishi and the prince looked at each other, Tao Neishi first said: "This... what is your highness doing, please get up quickly, the empress dowager is ill, and no one can see you right now."

Feng Cong kowtowed towards the main hall, and said loudly: "The grandson Feng Hongyi asked to see the queen mother, the queen mother, they want to take away my father's title. He also did not forget that he was the heir of the Xia Kingdom. When he realized that Beicheng was about to attack Nanxia after he unified the northern border, he risked his life to escape from Yaojing. , can't he afford to be a crown prince?"

The prince's face became a little complicated when he heard the words, and Tao Neishi turned sideways to avoid Feng Cong when he kowtowed.

Yuan Tang ran to the corridor outside the hall, Shen Jingxuan grabbed him and shook his head at him.

Tao Nei waiter said: "Your Highness, please get up quickly, the Empress Dowager is indeed unable to see people right now... Hey, if you don't believe me, you can ask His Highness the Crown Prince, just now His Highness the Crown Prince also wanted to visit the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother has not seen her before."

The prince said: "Hong Yi, get up quickly, the emperor's grandmother is sick and cannot see you, and the emperor's grandmother is not in good health, how can you bother her with the affairs of the court, stop kneeling."

Feng Cong kowtowed to the hall again as if he had never heard of it.

The crown prince persuaded him a few words, but Feng Cong didn't listen, and then the crown prince left with a sigh, and Shen Jingxuan had no choice but to leave as he served the crown prince.

Feng Cong still knelt still and sent the prince away. Tao Nei entered the hall for a while and came out again, saying to Feng Cong: "Your Highness, please get up quickly. The Empress Dowager has already taken medicine and fell asleep. I don't know when she will wake up. Your Highness, please go back first." Bar."

Feng Cong said, "I'll wait here for the Queen Mother to wake up."

The servant Tao Nei tried hard to persuade him, but he couldn't do it, so he went into the hall again.

Waiting until the sunset and the lights on the western mountain, the autumn is cool and cold, the sky is overcast after sunset, and it will start to rain after a while, the heavy rain is carried by the cold wind, and it fills the sky and the earth in an instant, Feng Cong kneels in the rain, his figure is in the rain It became blurred, Yuan Tang watched anxiously from the porch, the rain was getting heavier and heavier, he couldn't wait any longer, stomped his feet, and rushed into the rain.

Yuan Tang also knelt down beside Feng Cong, Feng Cong was already soaked, and the rain slid down his resolute face.

When Feng Cong turned his head, Yuan Tang was blinded by the rain, but he could clearly see Feng Cong's eyes.There was no frustration or abjection in Feng Cong's eyes, only coldness, and Yuan Tang was almost forced to shrink back by his eyes.

The moment he saw Yuan Tang, Feng Cong's eyes moved. He reached out to help Yuan Tang wipe off the rain from his face. The rain was too heavy to wipe it off.

He glanced at the Kangxin Hall with the gate closed, finally stood up and pulled Yuantang up as well.

Feng Cong knelt for too long, his legs were stiff, Yuan Tang supported him, and the two of them walked back to Liuxiangju with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

The Empress Dowager and Wang Shangshu were seriously ill, and Wang's party members in the court became a mess. At the same time, the emperor also started to clean up the arrangement of the Empress Dowager, and the demotion of the former prince was the first step.Then Xiao Shizhong proposed to re-examine Zhan Fang. Because Wang Shangshu put pressure on Dali Temple, Zhan Fang was not punished after returning to Beijing.

Zhan Fang's uncle tried many ways, but all failed, so he went to the palace to see the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother naturally disappeared. After several days of delay, Zhan Fang was detained at home, and Zhan Fang's uncle was so angry that he died. .

The two brothers of the Shen family received orders from the Ministry of Officials, and they were about to leave Beijing to serve as prefects in the local area. Shen Jingyan was sent back to Pengwu County, where the Shen family lived, and Shen Jingxuan was sent to the south.The prince cherishes the talent of Shen Jingxuan, and please keep Shen Jingxuan on the offer, but the Xiao family suppressed the offer.

The officials of the rest of the royal family all changed, Kangxin Hall and the Wang family remained silent, and Wang Qu was so frightened that he stayed behind closed doors. It was rumored in Beijing that both the Empress Dowager and Wang Shangshu were seriously ill.The Wang family has lost two major supports. It seems that the building is about to collapse, and the Wang family members are panicking.

Shen Jingxuan asked a trusted servant to pass the news to Feng Cong every day. The Empress Dowager had been ill for a long time, and the Kangxin Hall was also very disturbed. It was absolutely impossible to spread news inside and outside.

When he came back from the rain that night, Feng Cong locked himself in the room for a whole night. On the second day, he went to the Kangxin Hall to ask for an audience, but the queen mother still disappeared. He went again on the third day, but the queen mother still disappeared. After that, Feng Cong never went again. pass.

He looked at the news that Shen Jingxuan sent in day by day, and became more silent day by day, the coldness in his eyes deepened, he was determined to frighten people, his expression completely changed, Yuantang felt that this might be Feng Cong's past The other side of depression.

In the evening, Feng Cong received another note from Shen Jingxuan, read it hastily, and burned the note on a candle.

Yuan Tang brought the dinner into the room and set the table and chopsticks.

Feng Cong sat in front of the desk but didn't move his chopsticks. He took Yuan Tang's hand, Yuan Tang's heart moved, and he looked up at him.

"Little General," Feng Cong said, "When the Empress Dowager asked you to be my reading companion, I wanted to drive you away, but then I used you to make the Empress Dowager relax her vigilance. It's too boring to be stared at by her all day long. With you here, I don't feel so bored, and I'm also worried that you won't be able to get along well in the capital by yourself, so..."

Yuan Tang stopped him and said, "Are you going to drive me away now?"

Feng Cong was at a loss for words for a while, and smiled helplessly. Yuan Tang hadn't seen him smile for many days, and his smile was a bit bitter at this time.

"It's not to drive you away," Feng Cong said, "The situation is not good for me now, staying in Kangxin Hall will hurt you."

Yuan Tang was very sad to see Feng Cong's smile. He hoped to see Feng Cong's hearty smile, cynical smile, and tricky smile. He said, "Are you going to do something dangerous?"

Feng Cong looked into Yuantang's eyes and said, "How could that be?"

"You're lying." Yuan Tang said: "Then I can't go anymore. What are you going to do, I will accompany you."

Feng Cong smiled and said, "Aren't you going to inherit your father's behest to be a general in the future? They won't let me go. If something happens to you, what will the Yuan family do?"

If something happened to Yuan Tang in the capital, the Yuan family might be ruined.If Feng Cong hadn't mentioned it, Yuan Tang would have completely forgotten that there was still the Yuan family at that moment just now. He felt guilty and sad, and he couldn't ignore the future of the Yuan family, and he didn't want to leave Feng Cong.