Tide beat empty city

Chapter 31

It's snowing late, can you have a drink?

The strokes are out of deeds, just like the person.Zhan Zhao looked at the two lines of short book on the paper and smiled slightly.The ink seeped through the back of the paper, as if it was still dripping dry; it seemed as if he could see the incessant flow between his brows again.

To be able to write such words and invite him to drink, he should be a lively mouse.Thousands of miles away, he knew what Zhan Zhao wanted.

It's a pity that there is no snow here, otherwise I really want to have a drink with you, even if it's across the sky.

Concentrating for a while, Zhan Zhao picked up his pen and wrote back.

Bai Yutang looked at the book case alone and laughed straight away.

It's the first time I've seen Zhan Zhao write and draw.Bai Yutang pursed his lips critically, his master's attainments at the age of seven had already surpassed this painting by a lot; stupid cats are really not afraid of showing their ugliness.

A picture of spring plowing and a picture of harmony, Zhan Zhao carefully wrote inscriptions respectively.Looking again, Bai Yutang rubbed his nose and smiled again.I think it's because I didn't paint in my life, and I didn't have Zhan's private seal, so I made two fingerprints next to the characters.

The picture is simple and clear.Tell him that he leads the army and land, and his wife and daughter are by his side.The self he painted is like an ordinary person, not similar in appearance, but with a peaceful expression.

After watching for a long time, Bai Yutang gradually stopped laughing, and finally let out a long sigh.

This cat still has to be one step ahead of others, freeing out other flavors from the inside and outside of the words in the painting.

Be magnanimous in the twists and turns, leaving behind the beauty and ugliness dispute, not self-defense.Let the world, understand or not understand.

If you want to fantasize about it, Bai Yutang recreated two pictures according to the original picture.

This is Zhan Zhao, he looked at the person in the painting and thought with satisfaction.

Whether to paint me too well.Zhan Zhao is silent, am I not the person who knows myself best.

The painting is complete with inscriptions and postscripts, regardless of the form, content, material, pen and ink, it is much more particular than the original work.Bai Yutang said that he had never seen the appearance of a catwoman before, so he used my son's facial features as a mirror image to fill in them.Even so, I want to draw more realistically than you.

Bai Yutang also said that to seal the letter at the beginning and the end, the master took the gold and stone and carved it himself.Even if my grandfather's cat is only painted once in a lifetime, I don't want people to laugh at it.

But the seal did not come with the letter.Feeling inexplicably uneasy for a while, Zhan Zhao secretly laughed.I really don’t want to paint anymore, so why think about it again.

He no longer thought about it, and went out to open up wasteland in the mountains.

You go home and I go home, talking about how to live.It was the weather in March again, and his daughter was three years old.His son is like a little Bai Yutang.

Love, hate and madness melt into wax, burning in the daytime, no more dazzling than a leaf of water in a rice field.

He buried himself in the sowing, and his heart was full of joy.Hearing the cry, he looked up, and on the long ridge of the field, Zhan Xin jumped and cut through the green waves, and flew into his arms.

A spring road leads to the other end.The so-called face of hope is nothing more than this.

Zhan Zhao stood up, hugged his daughter and turned around twice, slightly surprised: "You came here by yourself? Didn't your mother teach anyone to follow?"

Just a three-year-old kid.

Zhan Xin twirled his fingers around to play with his hair, lowered his eyes and said, "She walks around the house, ignoring me. Go back and look, they must not have time to look for you, so I'm here."

"Who are they?" Zhan Zhao was taken aback.

Zhan Xin looked at him, with long eyelashes hanging down: "I don't know him. It seems to be, it seems to belong to the princess's house."

Zhan Zhao was angry and funny, and asked back: "Who is the Princess? I told you not to speak like this, but I just can't remember."

He put Zhan Xin down, took her hand and walked home.Ask her: "You were fine when you left, who made you unhappy again?" When she was upset, she called her mother the princess.

Zhan Xin remained silent, lowering her head even lower.

A drop of water splashed on the wrist.Looking at the sun above his head, Zhan Zhao suddenly stopped and squatted down.

The tears in Zhan Xin's eyes were about to fall again, and he raised the back of his hand to wipe it, and said before he could ask, "They said that grandma died."

After a while of silence, Zhan Zhao asked softly, "Why is Xinxin crying? Do you know what death is?"

Zhan Xin shook her head and said, "Because Mother is crying."

The Subai carriage stopped in front of the palace, Yongning and his daughter got out of the carriage, and stood still.Zhan Zhao led the horse aside, and quickly supported him from behind.

Yong Ning looked back at him, his face pale.After a long while, he said to himself in a daze: "I just wanted to take her family together for a reunion. How could this happen?"

Zhan Zhao sighed, and comforted him: "Go in first."

Looking up and seeing the plain mantle and white banner, Yongning trembled violently and shook his head again and again: "No, I won't go in. It's all fake and lied to me."

Zhan Zhao put his arms around his shoulders and almost dragged her into the door.Zhan Xin followed behind, tightly holding onto the hem of his father's clothes, seeing Zhan Zhao looking down at her, he said in a childish voice, "Daddy, tell Mom not to be afraid, Xinxin and Daddy are here."

Yong Ning heard that there was an undercurrent gurgling in the tearing pain, and he couldn't tell whether it was cold or warm.He stretched out his hand to pick her up, put his cheek against his face and said, "Good boy, mother is not afraid. Xinxin is not afraid either."

Li Xian died violently after eating, and there were signs of poisoning.The palace closed the news, and everyone said that the princess was busy with political affairs, unfortunately died of illness, and the funeral was arranged according to the regulations.While Yongning brought Zhan Xin to guard the coffin and wept bitterly, Yong Nian went outside and whispered to Zhan Zhao.

"Zhao, am I doing the right thing? The princess was poisoned by others. If it spreads out, I'm afraid Xixia will find out and won't let it go."

Zhan Zhao didn't answer, but asked, "Who will give what the princess eats and dies?"

Yongnian bowed his head for a while, and said, "Zhao, don't be in a hurry. It's a new offering this year. It was originally given to Li Yi. After she gave birth, she would eat less cold food and give it to Wangfei."

Zhan Zhao took a deep breath, closed his eyes and said, what else.

"...The fruit was presented by Uncle Yu, Yu Yang. The next day after the incident, he surrendered himself to the palace and is now in prison. No one knows what the crime is..."

Before he finished listening, Zhan Zhao turned and went out.Walking through layers of courtyards, I don't know where I want to go.He caught a chief guard and asked Ming Yuyang where he was being held, and went into a deep prison.

Yu Yang closed his eyes and leaned against the corner.Hearing the sound of the prison door, his eyes widened and gradually widened, fixed on Zhan Zhao's face, his voice was so trembling that he couldn't make a sound.

Zhan Zhao sat down across from him, put his hand on his shoulder and called out: Brother...

Yu Yang lowered his head, two tears fell into the straw mat, and sucked them in quickly.After a long while, I asked: Yu Yuan is by your side, be good, be good...

Zhan Zhao nodded and said, he has grown taller again, and he is very diligent in learning Kung Fu.The brothers in the camp and the local people all liked him.I would also like……

Yu Yang stretched out his hands to hold his arms, and said in a low voice, then I will hand him over to you.Please……

He wants a master, but also a father.When Zhan Zhao interrupted him, sadness welled up in his heart, and he couldn't explain why.

Brother, you are wronged.You won't hurt anyone, and I can't be wrong.

Yu Yang shook his head and smiled wryly: Brother...can I still call him that?You don't know how many grievances in this world you can't and cannot bear to say.Harm...I don't want to.but……

Seeing him keep silent, Zhan Zhao said earnestly, Big brother, can't you trust Zhan Zhao?

Yu Yang didn't raise his head, looked at the ground and said, even if you know the truth, it's hard to tell people clearly.Nothing can be redeemed.

The eldest brother has never tried it, so he knows that Zhan Zhao is powerless.Even so, I need to know.

You want to know if my big brother is a villain?

After asking, Yu Yang smiled wryly again, why should I care about this.It is enough that you see that Yu Yuan is not a villain.

These words hit my ears, and my heart was pierced like a knife.Zhan Zhao said word by word, you only think of death in your heart, and you don't care about anything else?You don't care, why do you need to recognize your brother, why tell Yuan that your home is my home?If you don't understand, if you die, you owe me a family.You owe it to the afterlife?

Yu Yang stared blankly, and couldn't help raising his hand, trying to wipe away the tears slowly gathering in his eyes.

Zhan Zhaoshen grasped him, leaned slightly, and his eyes gradually became clear.Sighing, big brother forgive me, Zhan Zhao lost his composure.I know what kind of person you are.It's just that if you don't say it, teach me how to be willing.My heart, do you understand?

I understand, and I don't understand.Yu Yang sighed, finally nodded and said, I don't understand why you don't want to be confused.Until now, it still hurts me.

Tears finally could not hold back shed.Zhan Zhao hugged his shoulders, hiding his eyes in the dark.Said for a long time, big brother, Zhan Zhaoxiang has no relatives.Do you have the heart to let me gain and lose?

On the contrary, Yu Yang calmed down, patted him on the back and smiled: You look like a father, and you still tell me this.Why no relatives?It is more and more.I'll tell you, just a little request, you just listen and don't embarrass yourself.

It turned out that when he was studying agriculture, he often traveled to and from foreign families.He seldom puts on airs as a prince, calling him "uncle" and "aunt" when he enters the door, and he never shies away from talking and laughing with his family members face to face.Yu Yang's eldest daughter and second daughter are married, and only the youngest daughter, Yu Lan Daizi, is left at home. When her parents are busy, she will serve as the host to entertain and teach, and she and Yongnian are getting acquainted with each other day by day.

In Yexia Sangzhong, there is a daughter Huaichun, who was not restrained by the etiquette of her parents.By the time Yu Yang regretted pampering his daughter, the two had already become close by skin.Although Yongnian revealed his intention of marrying, he was also afraid of the power of disasters in the east of his family and behind him in Xixia.Yu Yang has been a retainer for generations, and he knows the general situation, so he thinks about finding someone at home, and he will marry Yu Lan as soon as possible, so he never thinks about it.

Unexpectedly, Yu Lan was stubborn and would rather die than obey.In a hurry, I told my mother that I was pregnant.If she wants to marry, she will only wait for one dead body and two lives, and the coffin will be prepared in the wedding hall.Yu Yang was heartbroken and angry, and just as he was in a state of desperation, Li Yi heard the wind from somewhere, secretly sent someone to bring abortion medicine, and forced Yu Lan to swallow it face to face.How could Yu Yang want his daughter to suffer such a great humiliation, so he beat her up and ordered him to return to Li Yi, Yu's daughter, I will control her myself, and I will not bother the princess to teach her a lesson.

Li Yi was furious when he got the report, and immediately went to Yongnian and declared that he had eliminated the evil seed of his concubine, and wanted to marry another in this life, after my death.Yongnian was startled and furious when he heard the words, and slapped him away.Li Yi drew his sword without hesitation, pierced his arm until blood flowed all over the ground, and said coldly, this is a small punishment.The daughters of our party are always loyal and will never allow their husbands to betray.If there is a second time, no matter who she is, both of them will be killed together.Guess you can't reach out this dirty hand, so you hit me instead.

Li Yi left after saying that, and the palace servants hurriedly called the imperial doctor to bind the wound.Yongnian rested until night, but he was finally worried, so he sneaked to Yu's house to check in person.Yu Yang politely said that although the fetus is not safe, the daughter is fine; the matter has come to this point, he does not want to cause another disturbance, and insists on not teaching the two to meet.Yongnian was helpless, repeatedly told Li Yi the threatening words, told him to be careful, and then left.

Yu Yang couldn't sleep at night.Thinking all day, making a decision.

After listening, Zhan Zhao asked, why didn't elder brother discuss with Zhan Zhao earlier when this happened?Perhaps today's disaster can be avoided.

Yu Yangdao said that his family was so unfortunate that he was really ashamed to say it.I have poisoned, but I have never regretted it, not only for my Yu Yang's daughter, but also for Yu Wen's heirs.You didn't see the lord being assassinated, that moment of embarrassment.As Li Yi said, if she doesn't die, the prince will have no successors; then it won't be another riot and scramble, which will harm the common people.Unexpectedly, the poison was eaten by the old concubine by mistake. My crime really cannot be redeemed by death.

Zhan Zhao asked, the eldest brother's heart is peace, why didn't he ever think of poisoning the princess, and Xixia might take action as soon as that day?I don't think you are such an impulsive person.

Yu Yang shook his head and said, I am not impulsive.In the past few years, South Vietnam's military strength has increased greatly, and with the imperial court as backup, it may not be impossible to resist Xixia.External conflicts only occur in the morning and evening. In comparison, internal strife is more terrifying.

Zhan Zhao has many doubts in his heart, but it is difficult to ask them when he opens his mouth.She tried to stand up, but was pulled back by Yu Yang, and said slowly: Yu Lan, of course she reaped the fruit of her own accord, but the child she is carrying is of Yuwen's bloodline.My ancestors once made a solemn oath that their children and grandchildren would be loyal to the royal court of Yuwen from generation to generation, so how could they kill this innocent fetus?I'm in prison now, and I can't return home every day; I have a family of old and young, and the only ones I entrust are my brothers...

When he said it, he bowed down and bowed down.Zhan Zhao raised his back, saying, I understand what big brother means, and Zhan Zhao will live up to his trust.But don't worry, this matter may turn around, wait for me to ask.

Yu Yang hurriedly grabbed his sleeve and said in a low voice, it's a matter of the prince's name, brothers must not say anything to the outside world.Personal honor and disgrace are minor matters. Now that the princess has passed away, the current situation is unstable; but I am afraid that someone will take advantage of it and take the opportunity to cause chaos.

Zhan Zhao looked back.Whether it's an obsession, he doesn't believe that he will poison him and is a murderer.After a long while, he held his palm and said, "Elder brother just asks."Zhan Zhao remembers your words.

Yu Yang laughed at this moment, shook his head and said, no more.If I can still go out, it's been a long time since I sat in the courtyard with you, enjoying the breeze and drinking tea.I miss you so much.

Zhan Zhao left the prison and returned home in a hurry, and quickly sent a letter to Xinzhou, asking Yu Yuan to treat him where he was and not to cross the jurisdiction.Afterwards, he went to Yu's house, comforted everyone, and handed the blue belt back to Yongning, asking her to take good care of him.Before he could explain, he went to the palace to see Yongnian.

Seeing him, Yongnian couldn't hide his surprise.Hastily pulled the chair and sat down, his eyes were dazed and he couldn't speak.How long has it been since I sat by his side.

Zhan Zhao smiled faintly and said, I came from the prison.Dare I ask what crime the prince convicted Yu Yang?

Yongnian said in a trance, not yet.Zhao's claim?

After thinking about it again and again, I have to ask: You stay in Lan, but you are sincere.

Yongnian blurted out: Do you think I am or not?

Zhan Zhao frowned, but kept silent.

Yongnian suddenly smiled: Zhao, you are upset.Why.I like others, maybe you don't want to see them.

Zhan Zhao asked back: Do you like it?

Yongnian laughed even more, feeling very happy: What's wrong?So you know who I've always been thinking about...

Zhan Zhao's anger gradually grew, and he stopped him and asked: "My beloved's son, why did you ruin her life?"How you marry a wife, you know your nature; or is today's tragedy caused by your handwriting?

Yongnian was devastated immediately, and asked tremblingly: Zhao, am I so miserable?I just want to have a child. In your eyes, is that a heinous crime?

Zhan Zhao stood up and didn't answer, but he rushed to hug him, weeping: But if you have a single order, I don't want anything.If you want me to pardon Uncle Yu, I will let him go immediately; no matter what unjust case, if the court intervenes, I will...

Zhan Zhao pushed him away violently and returned to his seat.Yongnian stepped back to the door, and almost collided with the guards who rushed to report.The guard steadied him and bowed his head.Looking at Zhan Zhao again, he dared not make a sound.

Yongnian didn't feel annoyed, and shouted: "What are you looking at furtively?"Say it out loud to me!

The guard hurriedly took a snapshot and said loudly, "It was reported from the prison that Mr. Yu Yang had just touched the wall and committed suicide, and he had already ascended to heaven."

In the reverberation of the echo, Zhan Zhao's body lightened, and he was as confused as a torrent of water.Standing up and wanting to ask for details, he saw the building tilted and the girders fell straight down, suddenly blocking the light in the room.

Lying on the couch when awake.Slowly remembering the past, Fang felt the pain in his heart.Bleeding from the pain, he forced himself to swallow it back. He struggled to the ground, clenched his teeth and walked out.

Yongnian trotted behind him, Zhao, Zhao, I'll send you off...

Zhan Zhao refused, went out and mounted his horse, galloped to the prison, took Yu Yang's body and carried it home.I got off the horse and stepped into the chaimen. Seeing that the courtyard was still there, I couldn't stop crying.

You said that you want to sit here with me and blow the wind, but the words are still in your ears, why don't you get up.

He lowered his head, and the moon was hazy in the middle, so he couldn't see clearly.

There were people surrounded on all sides, but he didn't notice, he carried Yu Yang across the main room, and put him on the couch in the inner room where he usually rested, his feet were weak, and he staggered and sat in front of the couch.

Putting his hands on his cold body, he asked for a long time: Why didn't you wait for me?

When Yu Yuan received Zhan Zhao's handwritten letter, he didn't know what was going on at home.I waited anxiously until the next night, when I was awakened from my dream, opened my eyes in a daze, and called out "Master", and couldn't think of what to ask for a while.

Zhan Zhao was covered in cold air, the ten-thousand-year-old polar ice in his sleeves leaked from his heart, and Yu Yuan couldn't stop shivering from the cold.Apart from watching him pack up his bag quickly, he couldn't move at all.

Zhan Zhao grabbed his hand and went out, the moonlight fell on the two saddles, they were pale and blue.The wind blows like a trumpet, blowing from the wilderness, and the spring is gone without a trace.

After getting on the horse, Zhan Zhao said the first sentence: Come home with me.

Just say this one night.For the rest, he was powerless and unable to speak.

Yu Yuan was also uncharacteristically silent, as if he had predicted the future.

At dawn, the city walls in the distance are half-buried in blue, and the winding lines of the battlements are vaguely traced, a little blunt.Zhan Zhao slowed down the reins, turned his head and said, Yu Yuan, your father has passed away.

Yu Yuan looked back at him, the hole in his face gradually shattered.

Zhan Zhao continued to say, you are the only man left in the family.Mother and sister, still waiting.

After speaking, he quickly moved forward.

Yu Yuan followed and stood side by side with him.After a while, he said in a hoarse voice, Master, I remember.

Zhan Zhao turned his face slightly, tears fell from his eyes and were blown away by the wind.

Three days before the burial, the coffin was concluded: Yu Yang mistakenly planted poisonous fruit and committed suicide by taking the blame.Nian Qi was in the public office when he was born, and he worked hard, and the poisonous strain has been destroyed now, and the damage is not widespread.

Yu Yuan thanked him.After the funeral, the neighbors and relatives who came to express their condolences were sent away, and returned home with Zhan Zhao.

On the road, Zhan Zhao revealed his plan: send Yu Lan to Changzhou, and Yu Yuan follow to protect his sister.

Yu Yuan nodded silently, and asked when Master wanted me to come back.My mother is still here.

"Don't worry, I will take care of your mother."

Yu Yuan didn't make a sound, and said for a while, "I listen to Master. But I don't understand about my sister."

Zhan Zhao stroked his shoulder, "Sister's child, your father wants him to be born. You are the one he can't let go of. If you don't understand things, you can slowly figure it out later. Don't worry. Now you just need to know that you are Only in a safe place can father leave with peace of mind."

"Isn't it safe here? Dad is gone, and I don't want to leave you again." Yu Yuan said, his eyes wet, and he held his hand tightly.

"Don't you want to see Master's house?" Zhan Zhao shook him back with a smile, "Stay there for me."

"I can't compare to Master, so I dare not replace you." Probably because of tears, Yu Yuan said, his eyes lit up: "Master, you go back too, and bring the Princess and Xinxin with you, they haven't even seen your home."

Zhan Zhao didn't know what to answer, so he looked at him and smiled.

Yu Yuan understood immediately.Wherever Master goes, he will also miss the soldiers and people of Xinzhou.Otherwise, why I haven't left yet, I'm already thinking about coming back.

Then he doesn't want to go back to Jiangnan?Is it like yourself, in the place you want to go back the most, there is a person you miss the most.If he didn't tell, Yu Yuan didn't know either.But he could feel that Zhan Zhao's concern was so different from everyone else's.They are so far away that they can be separated from each other, but they are actually the closest to each other.

If that's the case, I would rather not be missed by him and just stay by his side.The wind is gentle and fresh, full of the smell of Zhan Zhao; Yu Yuan is thankful for himself, and misses those who are missed by Master. I don’t know how good and strong he is, and he can also withstand long-term longing and long-term separation , and not timid to give up.

But is there really such a thing as this person? It's so painful.Yu Yuan was moved by himself, and Zhan Zhao knocked two tears away with one finger: "What are you thinking? I don't answer when I ask you."

Yu Yuan blinked vigorously, approached to hold his arm and said, "When do you want to come back to accompany your parents, and be your soldier."

Having trouble sleeping at night, Yongning simply got up and got dressed.In the study window, the faint light was still on.She made ginseng tea, went in and put it on the case.

Zhan Zhao bowed his head to write the letter, then picked it up and drank it.bitter?Frowning and asking her: "I also forgot the time. I think it's getting late, why don't you go to bed?"

Yongning caught a glimpse of the words on the letter, his eyes were sucked, and he could not make a sound for a long time.

Changzhou Zhanjia, all the fields and houses are there, and there are old servants who guard the gate.Zhan Zhao wrote to him, saying that he would take over Yu Yuan's siblings and treat them as his own family.The wording was reasonable, but he said that the woman is his new concubine.

Finally understanding what she was looking at, Zhan Zhao couldn't feel his face turning hot, and said, "It's easier to put it this way. People in the village value chastity. I don't want their siblings to leave their homes and be despised and ridiculed again."

There is another section that he did not mention.The journey is long, if the letter is intercepted by Li Yi or the gangsters from outside, relying on Yan Zhan's family members will also be a layer of protection for the two siblings.

Yongning asked, "This is not true, is it? Whose child is that?"

Zhan Zhao was really startled, he opened his eyes wide and forgot to explain.

Yong Ning couldn't bear it when he saw it, and said with a smile, "Why didn't you tell me that you are in Xinzhou and Yu Lan is in Duanzhou. We haven't seen each other for three years. Where did the child come from?"

Zhan Zhao's eyes softened suddenly, "Don't you already know. Why should I say it?"

"I don't know." Yongning walked behind and gently massaged his shoulder: "Yu Lan stays in the mansion, and I can take care of her and give birth to the child. Why do you have to send her away? Are you worried that the child's father will find him? But What's wrong with that..."

As if destined, she could only know nothing about her brother.Zhan Zhao pressed her hand and sighed softly: "Brother Yu once ordered that he didn't want everyone to know about it. Wouldn't it be best to send her away from this place of right and wrong?"

Yongning didn't speak, but hugged him from behind.Feeling the heat and humidity on his shoulders, Zhan Zhao couldn't help panicking: "Yongning, why are you crying?" After spending a few days with Yu Lan, did she hear anything?

Yongning raised his head, picked up his sleeve, wiped his eyes and said, "I think of my mother. She said that a woman married her husband, and I didn't go home with you. I'm not a good wife."

"That said," Zhan Zhao sighed deeply, "but I blame me for not taking you back."

Yongning held his hand and pressed it on his belly: "Zhanxi is coming soon. In the future, you must remember to take him back."