To The Land of Nevernight

Chapter 141

The approval from the Ministry of Officials came down quickly, and Fu Xiru resigned and returned to his hometown.

After staying in Shengjing for another month, Fu Wei got together with a few old friends and felt that he had no more regrets, so he packed his things and left Shengjing.

"It's a pity that my two students are still in Youzhou and haven't come back."

Wang Quan said with a smile: "When you go back to Changzhou, can Zifeng visit you when he comes back? You can go there with confidence. You are fine. You have no official status and a light body. You can really travel around and be a sculpture." The Lord of the Insects."

This is true, Changzhou is in Beizhili, very close to Shengjing, it is not difficult for Wang Qin and Tang Shen to visit Fu Wei.

However, Fu Wei said that he wanted to go back to Changzhou, but he didn't really go back immediately.

After leaving Shengjing, he went all the way south along the Grand Canal, visited famous mountains and rivers, and had a drink with several literary masters who lived in seclusion in the mountains.In April, he came to Gusu.

Gusu is a good place for outstanding people. As soon as he got ashore, Fu Wei said with emotion: "I will see you in Gusu, and everyone sleeps in the river." I saw that the large and small canals and ravines are like a dense net, which is not normal. It is a grand and graceful Gusu city.

Fu Wei has already resigned from office, so he will not disturb the officials of Gusu when he comes to Gusu.He brought Wenshu boy and Qinfu boy to an elegant and quiet house in a carriage.After knocking on the door, the old housekeeper who opened the door looked at him in surprise, his eyes turned hot, and he said, "Fu Xianggong!"

Fu Wei smiled and said: "The old man has already resigned from office. Where did Mr. Fu come from? Just call the old man the master of Diao Chong Zhai. Isn't that what your master called me before?"

The butler nodded again and again, and turned sideways to let people in: "Please."

Fu Wei stepped into the Liang Mansion.

Liang Song's wife died many years ago, and she has no children.After his death, Xu Hui, the only nephew, got a job as a county magistrate, and he went to the post six years ago.Only the butler and some other loyal servants lived in Liang's house.They cleaned the mansion clean. The master's study and bedroom were all spotless, no different from six years ago.

After Fu Wei looked around, he came to Liang Song's study room. He looked carefully twice, and finally looked at a picture hanging on the wall. I just wrote "Viewing Yueyang Tower", and the original work is here?"

The steward said: "It is the handwriting of the fairy Zuoshan."

Zuoshan Immortal is a famous calligrapher in this dynasty. Fu Wei had a relationship with him when he was young.Not everyone likes to retreat to the mountains and forests and not care about world affairs, the mountain fairy is a full-fledged businessman.Every year, he writes a few pieces and puts them up for auction.His calligraphy is excellent, but his calligraphy is also extremely expensive.

Fu Wei looked at it for a while, stroked his beard, and smiled slightly: "Jing Ze still has such a thing, and he didn't show it to the old man first, so he just put it here?"

The housekeeper thumped in his heart and bowed his head in silence.

The butler had never read the letter written by Liang Song. He knew that Tang Shen went to Shengjing six years ago and worshiped Fu Wei as his teacher.Over the years, every time Tang Shen returned to Gusu, he would visit Liang's house.Even if she doesn't come back, Mrs. Tang will always take care of the two families.Otherwise, with a few of their servants, how can they take care of this huge Liang Mansion?

But the housekeeper didn't know how much Fu Wei knew.If Fu Wei misunderstood Tang Shen's purpose of worshiping him as a teacher, it would ruin Tang Shen's affairs.

Fortunately, Fu Wei didn't say much, he said, "Where is Liang Bowen buried?"

The butler immediately sent several followers to take Fu Wei to Liang Song's cemetery in a carriage.

Fu Wei asked Wen Shuboy to prepare a pot of good wine, and asked Fuqin Boy to take out a calligraphy and painting.He spilled the wine in front of Liang Song's tombstone, put the painting on the ground, and lit it with a fire letter.No one knows which painting he burned, but he burned it without blinking, so it shouldn't be too expensive.

Fu Wei took out a small silver leaf from his bosom, and he buried it in the soil in front of Liang Song's grave.

"Liang Bowen, oh Liang Bowen, you've really run out of tricks. The old man just forgot to bring a purse and asked you to buy a meal and wine, and you asked the old man to accept you as a student. This is really a big loss. Let’s meet on the Naihe Bridge, you have to buy me a few pots, otherwise I will make you look good.”

Fu Wei talked for a while, then left with the two bookboys.

After staying in Gusu Mansion for two days, Fu Wei went north by boat to Jinling.

The members of the Tang family did not know about Fu Wei's visit to Gusu Mansion until three days later. Mrs. Tang immediately sent someone to look for him, but Fu Wei had already left.Tang Yundao: "Mother, Mr. Fu is cousin Jing Ze's husband. We should treat him well when he comes to Gusu. We only know now that everyone has left. What should we do?"

Mrs. Tang was also worried, but after thinking about it, she said, "Since Master Fu doesn't want to make a big splash, then let's pretend we don't know. It's just that you write a letter to Shen'er and tell him that Master Fu has been to Gusu." thing."

"Yes."

The news of Fu Wei's traveling around did not reach Youzhou.

In April, there is still no spring in Youzhou, because the spring breeze does not pass Yumen Pass.

In the past two months, a major event happened in Liao.

In March, Emperor Liao went to Xijin Mansion in Nanjing to hunt, which was supposed to be a happy event for the monarch and his ministers.Unexpectedly, at the celebration banquet, the eldest prince Yeluzhan angered the emperor, and the Liao emperor was furious, so he ordered the eldest prince to be escorted back to Dading Mansion, where he was locked up to reflect on his own mistakes and was not allowed to go out.

When this matter spread to the Great Song Dynasty, many officials understood that this matter was nothing more than the struggle between the second prince Yelushege and the third prince Yeluhan of the Liao Kingdom, which involved the eldest prince.The eldest prince had never been a candidate for the crown prince, and now he was counted out like the fourth prince, which was really expected.

However, Tang Shen wrote a secret letter and sent it to Shengjing.

When Su Wenyun received this secret letter, his expression changed, and he went to the palace to face the saint that day.

After hearing Su Wenyun's words, Zhao Fu was rarely interested.While drinking ginseng tea, he said with a kind smile: "Is there anything else? Please tell me in detail with Fei Ran."

Su Wenyun saluted respectfully: "Yes."

Su Wenyun told the whole story about the hunting in Jinfu Mansion.

Yeluzhan, the eldest prince of the Liao Kingdom, is a rough man who loves to be arty, but has no ink on his chest.The people of Liao admired the culture of the Song people, and the nobles yearned for the culture and etiquette of the Song people.Among them, the second prince, Yelushege, did the best. He was well-read in poetry and books, elegant and graceful, and was a well-known talent in the court of the Liao Kingdom.

Yeluzhan also wanted to learn from his younger brother and be an elegant literati.But he can't draw a tiger to be an anti-dog, firstly he can't be a gentleman, and secondly he can't do an errand.Coupled with his ordinary background, Yeluzhan has never been a candidate for the crown prince.

Although Yeluzhan is stupid, he is not a fool.After the fourth prince Yelu Longzhen was caught committing adultery with Princess Anding, he couldn't sleep at night and was so worried that his face was sad all day long, fearing that he would become the next Yelu Longzhen.So under such a strong sense of crisis that he couldn't sleep or eat, Yeluzhan finally decided not to fight for the throne anymore, he just wanted to survive and spend the rest of his life in wealth.

He went to the prince Taishi Yelvding to show his loyalty.

It is a great joy that the eldest prince backed down and was willing to assist the third prince and become the party of the third prince.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world. When this matter reached Yelushege's ears, he was so angry that he couldn't speak.On the second day, at the second prince's mansion, a handsome young servant was rolled up on a straw mat and thrown out of the city because of illness.

Originally, Yelushe wanted to plan a hunt in Xijin Mansion to make Emperor Liao happy.But as soon as this matter happened, he and Yeluqin and others made a plan together and resorted to this trick.

Yeluzhan is lustful, and when the prince of Liao Kingdom goes hunting, he can bring a woman who serves as a bed servant with him.Brother Yelushe planned to send Yeluzhan's concubine to an official's tent.How dare this official touch a strange woman in rich clothes, Yeluzhan also came to find him at this time.Without saying a word, he beat up the official and comforted his concubine who was crying so hard that he missed the time of the celebration banquet.

It wasn't a big deal at first, but Emperor Liao had always been on Yelushege's side.

Brother Yelushe took the opportunity to attack and asked the eldest prince where he was and why he was late.Where does the eldest prince dare to deceive the emperor, he can only tell the truth.Brother Yelushe sighed, "Brother, you are just a woman, how can you delay such a big event as the celebration banquet."

Yeluzhan thought to himself: You don't like women, you know nothing.

But he didn't dare to say it, so he could only suffer from this sulking.

Seeing this, Yeluhan naturally took the opportunity to ridicule Brother Yelushe: "I heard that the second brother came to Xijin Mansion to hunt this time, but he didn't bring your concubine with him. Oh yes, I saw a handsome eunuch in the tent, yes Second brother's new school boy?"

Brother Yelushe's complexion changed, and Emperor Liao also became angry.

Emperor Liao was dissatisfied with brother Yelushe, but he didn't want to dispose of his favorite son, so he sent Yeluzhan away.Yeluzhan was really involved for no reason this time, and he was extremely wronged.

Afterwards, Emperor Liao called Brother Yelushe by himself. The Liao emperor who once galloped on the battlefield said coldly: "What little eunuch?"

Brother Yelushe said respectfully, "It's just a bed warmer."

"Kill it."

"……Yes."

Leaving Emperor Liao's tent, Brother Yelushe let out a long sigh of relief and smiled slightly.

The so-called killing [-] enemies means [-] self-defeating.Emperor Liao was angry with him, but it was nothing more than a male pet, a trivial matter.Even Emperor Liao himself once had a few little eunuchs who warmed the bed, men just for fun, as long as they don't take it seriously, it doesn't matter.

Emperor Liao always thought that Brother Yelushe just liked to play with men, not just men.Because he had many concubines in his house in order to deceive others.

If it's a game, it's fine.If you have no interest in women, that's a big deal.

Once this matter was over, Emperor Liao would only be angry with him because of the male favorite, but he would never think that Yeluzhan's matter was his own doing.

It's just a pity, that little eunuch is very beautiful, and his eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to a Song Dynasty man he has a crush on. He has to send someone to die before he has played.

After regretting for a while, Brother Yelushe called his confidant guard and said calmly: "Kill it, find a remote forest and throw it away."

"Yes."

The author has something to say: In this chapter, the poem "See you in Gusu" is quoted~