Li Jinglong took Tie Xuan, Xia Xun and dozens of personal soldiers, and hurried to Jinling City in the starry night.
On the morning of this day, on the third pole, Kankan rushed to Jinling City, Li Jinglong and others were all vegetarian, black-faced into the city, because they came in a hurry, they did not have time to report to the imperial court, and there was no one to greet General Li who returned triumphantly.
Jinling City brings together the prosperity of all directions, businessmen gather, if in normal times, more than a million subjects and people or public duty, or open shops to do business, or walk the streets and alleys, or visit relatives and friends, the ancient capital of the six dynasties is the land of gold powder to make it lively, but now it is a little deserted, the streets are in a hurry, and there are few guests in the restaurant and teahouse.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, rode the guest, and the whole Beijing Division suddenly quieted down, Taizu's edict, so that the subjects of the world only obey the three filial piety, and the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen, who had just ascended the throne, ordered the edict to be mourned for three years, and the ministers went to the table, requesting to follow the ancient rites to say Yiyue, in this way, it should be served filial piety for Chinese New Year's Eve thirty-six days and six months, but Emperor Jianwen was as good as the stream, and immediately changed the previous decree, according to the last words of Taizu, and did three national funerals.
At this moment, the period of national mourning has passed, and the people of the world no longer have to serve filial piety, so Li Jinglong and others are dressed at first glance, but no one cares too much about them, because of the suddenness of the incident, many important ministers of the imperial court who are in other places are rushing back to Beijing one after another, and such a scene can be seen every day.
Although the period of national mourning has passed, the subjects of Beijing still dare not be presumptuous.
In addition to going to the yamen on duty, they stayed at home, so as not to be caught by the officials of the science and Taoism, the aftershocks of the collapse of the mountains still shook the world For Xia Xun, the impact of Zhu Yuanzhang's death was not big, he knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was about to die, he was just a small shrimp under the nine abysses, the landslide above the surface of the earth cracked, the huge waves were monstrous, and he couldn't sweep away his body, he, like most ordinary people, didn't care too much about the change of the moon and the change of the emperor, but, His sorrow and sorrow are not all pretended, after staying by Zhu Yuanzhang's side for so long, he actually has a lot of respect for this unsmiling emperor.
This civilian emperor who became a tiger with a cloth cloth, and then expelled the Tartars and ruled the world, is not a saint with perfect morals, but a good emperor who works hard, is diligent and thrifty, jealous of evil, and worries about the world, although he does not have too much in-depth contact with him, but his personality charm has left a deep impression on Xia Xun's heart, and he has no resistance in his heart for Zhu Yuanzhang Dai Xiao, he is willing.
However, his emotions are limited to this.
His feelings for Zhu Yuanzhang are limited to his admiration for a great man, and now that he has returned to the capital, he only hopes to pay the decree to the new emperor as soon as possible, return to his home, and see his relatives.
Between Emperor Jianwen, the emperor who is too wasteful, and Emperor Yongle, who is too shrewd, he just wants to be a little person with a wealthy family, and he doesn't want to call for wind and rain in front of any of them.
Li Jinglong is different, Cao Guogong has a black face, and anyone who sees it looks grief-stricken.
He was indeed grief-stricken, the emperor died, and no one appreciated his great achievements on the southeast coast, at this time, it was not appropriate to reward and commend him on a large scale, and Emperor Jianwen, who had just ascended the throne, could not have the leisure to listen to him tell how to fight bandits in the southeast, how to make great contributions, and the new emperor ascended the throne, there were too many things to be busy.
What is comforting is that Emperor Jianwen is his cousin, and his friendship with him has always been good, and although he has not caught up with the first emperor Tuogu, he has not yet been buried in the ground, and he can still be a minister of spiritual support.
As soon as he arrived in the capital, Li Jinglong didn't even return home, and immediately hurried into the palace to reply to the decree, while Tie Xuan and Xia Xun went back to their yamen to wait for news.
Today, the Jinyi Weidu Command Division is even more deserted, and there are not a few people walking around in the yamen at all, Xia Xun finally found someone to ask where Luo Yan Shi is, and then walked back into the courtyard, and when he arrived at the Moon Gate of the Houjin Courtyard where Luo Yan Shi lived, a few camellias on both sides of the courtyard gate were blooming brightly, Xia Xun suddenly saw Liu Yujue sitting on the stone steps under a cluster of camellias, holding his chin and staring at the ground in front of him in a daze.
He didn't have a place to live in Beijing, and he also lived in the Jinyiwei Yamen, because the Jinyiwei's clothes were too gorgeous, although the period of the national funeral had passed, but he was not going out on business at the moment, so he didn't wear a flying fish suit, only wearing a moon-white robe that he was used to wearing when he was a showman, with an ink-colored belt tightly tied around his waist, his hair was tied with a sandalwood hairpin, his black hair was like lacquer, and his eyebrows were tied with an ink-colored forehead.
He holds his chin in his right hand, a little feminine, but elegant, from the side, the straight nose bridge, slightly upturned red lips, is really more beautiful than a girl's house, those two rows make women envy their neat and tight beautiful eyelashes for a long time without blinking, and I don't know what to look at so fascinating.
Xia Xun lightened his pace, quietly walked to his side to take a look, couldn't help but be angry and funny, there were only a few ants on the green brick ground in front of Liu Yujue, and they were struggling to carry a piece of steamed bread dregs, the small steamed bun dregs were too huge for them, they were busy, lifting or pushing, trying to make the food move forward, Liu Yujue was so distracted, it was such a boring game to watch The emperor had just died, and Xia Xun was not good at laughing with him, and when he saw that he walked to him, he didn't realize it, so he reached out and patted him on the shoulder.
Xia Xun touched it, Liu Yujue's shoulders shrank, he exclaimed, and jumped up suddenly, only to see that his face was already a little white.
When he saw that the person in front of him was Xia Xun, he was stunned for a moment, and then hesitated to call: "Brother Yang Yang" When Li Jinglong's good news was sent to Beijing, it was when Zhu Yuanzhang died, and his war report was shelved, and the new emperor had not had time to pay attention to it, so the news that Xia Xun died in the hands of the bandits did not spread, since he didn't know the news that Xia Xun had "died", Liu Yujue's reaction was a little strange, Xia Xun couldn't help but say in surprise: "Yujue, what happened" Liu Yujue's originally pale cheeks suddenly turned red, and she quickly shook her head panting: "It's nothing, I was a little stunned when I suddenly saw my eldest brother come back." ” Saying that, the eyes that were clear and clear as autumn water were quickly covered with a layer of mist, as if they were about to shed tears, Xia Xun was a little embarrassed, his little brother grew up in a pile of women since he was a child, and his femininity was too strong, Yu Jue was too much like his own brother Liu Bei, and he shed tears at every turn, such a man can't afford to hurt him.
Xia Xun had no choice but to cry and comfort him: "Isn't Big Brother coming back, what is there to cry about, is there someone bullying you in the yamen, tell Brother Yang, I'll help you clean him up." ” Liu Yujue hurriedly shook her head again, and said shyly: "No, no, I suddenly want to cry."
Xia Xun sighed, patted him on the shoulder again, and said, "Okay, I just came back, I have to go and see Lord Shishi, and I'll talk to you in detail when I get back." ” He noticed that when the palm of his hand slapped Liu Yujue's shoulder, he subconsciously shrank again, Xia Xun used to do such intimate movements with him before, but he didn't see him have this instinctive reaction, Xia Xun was a little strange, but he didn't think much about it, said hello to him again, and turned around and walked towards the courtyard.
Liu Yujue wanted to speak and stopped, looked at his back, bit his lip gently, and the mist in his eyes finally condensed into two crystal teardrops, which swirled in his eyes.
Xia Xun rushed to Luo Yan's room for a long time, and reported: "Lord Yanshi, Yang Xu asks to see him." ” "Wen Xuan is back, come in."
As soon as Xia Xun pulled the door, he smelled a faint fragrance of tea, Luo Yanshi sat cross-legged and sat a few days later, dressed in white, the wind god was elegant, and the elegant face that could fascinate many Huaichun girls was with a faint smile, and it could be seen that he was in a very good mood.
"Sit" Luo Kedi gently pulled the sleeve of his right hand with his left hand, and elegantly stretched out his palm to give up his seat, and behind him, there was still the picture of the brocade guard accompanying the emperor on patrol.
In front of him, there were two cups, probably because he had just poured tea for him after hearing Xia Xun's report, and the water was thick and faint like mist.
"Emperor Taizu has died, and the imperial grandson has ascended the throne, which is for the current Emperor Jianwen."
Luo Kedi sighed softly, his two eyebrows locked slightly, and then he stretched out again, and sighed: "Death and life, life and death; It has the night and the day; Life and death are sometimes the destiny of heaven, and it is beyond human power to resist."
"Yes" Xia Xun owes himself, the death of the emperor, a petty official like him, there is really nothing to comment on.
As for the impermanence of life lamented in Luo Yan's words, at his age, there is not much sighing and understanding, death and life, and life; It has the night and the day; Life and death are sometimes, but how to be happy is the only way to be at the moment, and we should cherish the happiness of the moment, this is Xia Xun's experience.
Luo Kedi misunderstood the reason why Xia Xun was silent, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "Wen Xuan doesn't need to be worried, what is the identity of the crown prince and master Huang, and now he is the emperor, you say that he will care about your little displeasure, hehe, these literati, this official does not have a good feeling, but if you think that he will be obsessed with your affairs, and now that he is in power, he will come to embarrass you A small eight-rank chief flag officer, it is inevitable that he will look down on him too much." ” Xia Xun Wenchen Lieli offended Huang Zicheng, Xunqing Lieli offended Cao Guogong, the dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, he really doesn't worry about any follow-up small actions of these two big and small things, Li Jinglong is okay, he doesn't believe that Huang Zicheng, who claims to be a righteous gentleman, will have the leisure to pay attention to him, and after listening to Luo Kedi's enlightenment, he bowed and said: "Lord Xie's enlightenment, even if he really wants to be humble, as long as he follows the rules, it will be difficult for him to catch any tricks, not to mention, there is your protection." ” Luo Kedi smiled and said happily: "Well, so you don't need to worry.
My brocade guard is coming, you have always been calm and capable, this official will definitely reuse you, do it well. ” "Oh" Xia Xun raised his eyebrows slightly, quite surprised: "The emperor is going to reuse our brocade guards" In his memory, Zhu Yunwen has no interest in military generals, and he doesn't seem to have any interest in this group of royal spies Luo Kedi gently pushed a codex with a white silk cover in front of him in front of Xia Xun, and said with a smile: "Come and see if you can see what the mystery is."
To be continued: