Tianjing twelve years.
November.
The cold and dry wind swept across the northern land, bringing a hearty heavy snow to this long-suffering land. It seemed to freeze all the disputes and grudges that occurred in this land, and also froze every heart. A heart ready to move.
On the wasteland.
A group of wolf cavalry rushed across the endless snowfield.
Among them, two male wolves were as strong as horses, with white spots on their foreheads, and well-proportioned bodies. The thick black and white hair made the two angry Steppenwolves look like they were wearing dog-like armor, making them look particularly handsome. I saw them wearing reins on their heads, dragging a sled on the snow with ease and ease, spitting out streams of white mist from their mouths, as fast as tigers, without any effort.
On the sleigh, there was a tall old man wrapped in thick furs. His eyes were like squares, as if he could see through the wind and snow and see the excitement and prosperity behind the Wall of Sighs.
The warriors of the tribe rode wolves and guarded the old man on the sleigh.
Fortunately, the vast wasteland is not as dry and desolate as before. In the snowy night, a "road" made by footprints runs through the snowfield and through the canyon, directly to the capital of the Daqian Dynasty.
Along the way, the lights of the inn can be vaguely seen, and the hot breath reaches the sky, bringing a little bit of warmth and light to this deserted wasteland.
Samba's face was filled with a joyful smile.
Every time he walked this "business road", he felt as if he was in a dream and couldn't believe it.
This trade route was opened by the Wolf King's good son-in-law, the young general, and many stations were built along the way. Nowadays, the road leading to Beiman is no longer dangerous and harsh. The heavy snow in the wilderness is less cold and more humane because of the lights of the inn.
Thirty years ago, the fight with Zheng Haoran in the wilderness is still vivid in my mind.
All these "changes" made the Wolf King sigh.
This road is called "Glacier".
This time, the Wolf King brought twenty jars of barbarian special tonic wine.
He wanted to stay drunk with Zheng Haoran for a long time.
…
December.
Jingtang Town.
Here we live a life without any disputes, just like a paradise far away from the disputes.
In the hearts of the local people, this town located on the plateau is like their entire "heaven". They don't need to know what is outside the sky, they just need to live a small life under the sky.
Rumble, rumble——
An earthquake without warning swept through Jingtang Town. The local people stood on the ground swaying. After a while, everyone had the illusion that something was "crawling" from the soil under their feet. .
The brief "earthquake" did not bring a devastating blow to the town like a natural disaster - it could not even be called a friction. The shocked people in Jingtang Town walked out of their houses one after another.
After a while, someone pointed to the snow-capped Tianyin Mountain in surprise and was speechless.
On the mist-shrouded Tianyin Mountain, after the earthquake, a deep ravine seemed to split the mountain in half.
If you look carefully, the ravine looks like the traces of some kind of creature crawling through it.
…
Since the "Edict of Abdication" was announced to the world, although the first female emperor in history has not yet officially ascended the throne, this matter has already spread throughout the world. The eldest princess's political achievements in recent years are obvious to all, and the people are eagerly waiting for this event. one day.
The historians and civil servants in the court, with their hair falling out in handfuls, spent the whole night reading history books and literary texts, trying to decide on a resounding name for the country, for the "empress' ascension to the throne", a "big event" that would be remembered in the annals of history. Leave a resounding name.
In the end, it was the empress herself who was about to ascend the throne who decided on the name of the country and the emperor.
Emperor Wei Zhao.
Country name: Kaitian.
At the end of the twelfth year of Tianjing, the young emperor, who had officially been emperor for twelve years, quietly withdrew from the curtain of history.
Emperor Wei Zhao, every time Wei Ruyi thought about this emperor's title, she could not help but think of the homophonic pronunciation of "Wei Zhaodi". She even asked her brother half seriously and half jokingly in the middle of the night when no one was around and they were drinking wine under the moonlight. , is he crazy about having a son?
In response, Zheng Xiu just shook his head and smiled, saying nothing.
As for the country's name "Kaitian".
Zheng Xiu only nodded vigorously: "Yes, it's Kaitian."
The last day of the Tianjing Calendar.
Zheng Xiu held a small reunion banquet at home in a low-key manner.
With a pale face, Chef He pushed Zheng Xiu out of the kitchen, who wanted to help, locked the kitchen door with a bang, and hung a small wooden sign saying "Major General Zheng and cats are not allowed in."
Yue Linglong was on the corridor, looking at her husband who had a shrunken face because he was kicked out of the kitchen. She covered her mouth with a smile, stepped lightly, and wanted to step forward to hold her husband's hand and give him comfort, but at the last moment, her face turned cold and cold sadly. The little hand retracted. These years of experiences, dreams, looking back, and the "picture" that never appeared in front of her, but always came back to her mind in midnight dreams, all reminded Zheng Xiu of the person she has been looking for all these years. Not her. She is like a substitute for "someone". She was born in this peaceful era "at the right time", became the daughter of the Wolf King by "accidental fate", married into the Zheng family by "accidental coincidence", and became the daughter of the Wolf King. She became Zheng Xiu's pillow, that's all. She is infertile and cannot give even the simplest warmth. She is not a good wife. Is this all a dream that I can't wake up from? Yue Linglong can always dream of things that have never happened before. She looked at her husband from a distance who was mingling with a greedy orange cat. It seemed that in her impression, Zheng Xiu would always have only that cat by his side. Yue Linglong knew that her husband was lonely in his heart. "I have suffered so much for you these years." Until, in a daze, Zheng Xiu suddenly came to Yue Linglong and held her cold hand.
Perhaps "what you don't get is always the best." Under Lady Anne's strong request, Zheng Xiu specifically ordered Chef He to cook a pot of fried fish cakes that are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. But in Lady Anne's mind, no matter who made the fried fish cakes, there was no "Fengbei taste". What condiments Feng Bei added to the fried fish cakes remains a mystery. This may be the biggest confusion of the all-powerful super female cat today.
The four tiger and wolf maids moved into their respective rooms and took out a dusty box under the bed. Inside was a "musical instrument" that they happened to catch on the street but liked for some unknown reason. They vaguely felt that they were good at playing, playing, and singing, and familiar yet unfamiliar melodies lingered in their ears for many years. They still couldn’t remember where each piece of music came from or what it meant.
After wiping the instruments clean, they carried the instruments out of the room in a strange way. They saw the sisters who were also carrying the instruments. They were startled at each other, and then they smiled, with ripples in their eyes. This scene seemed like a long, long, long time ago, the same happened before.
Lead-like snow clouds hung in the night sky, but they did not give people a depressing feeling. The clouds, which vary in thickness, show an uncertain light and shadow under the reflection of the moonlight.
The fine snow fell, paving a layer of tranquility to this capital city that was gradually ending its hustle and bustle.
Every household lit dim and warm lamps, but the street children did not want to go home and were still playing and chasing each other, stacking the snow into various shapes.
Qing Shisan and Ji Hongou cuddled up against each other on the roof, quietly enjoying the rare silence.
Qing Shisan, who was proud of the spring breeze, burst out laughing from time to time, ruining his elegance. Ji Hongou was so angry that he sprinkled a handful of powder on Qing Shisan's face. In the blink of an eye, his face was covered with painless red rashes.
After finishing, the two of them were panting, holding hands and interlocking their fingers.
"I felt like I was having a big dream, and none of this seemed real."
Ji Hongou closed her eyes and sighed softly.
"What a coincidence, so am I." Qing Shisan looked at the back of Zheng and his wife holding hands in the corridor, quietly admiring the clouds and snow. He pondered for a moment, raised his clasped palms, and grinned: "I always feel that I used to I once played with a weapon called the Hidden Blade, and one time it rebounded too fast and cut off my ring finger."
Ji Hongou was stunned when he heard this, and Qing Shisan seemed to be recalling: "What's even weirder is that after cutting off the ring finger, he seemed to see... something different."
"It's okay to cut off your fingers. Are you making a fuss?"
Ji Hongou dissatisfiedly picked at the red rash on Qing Shisan's face, implying that what Qing Shisan said was unlucky.
Looking at Ji Hongou's pretty face that could be broken by a bomb, Qing Shisan was moved for a moment, and his rash-covered face slowly came closer.
Ji Hongou was slightly startled, thinking stupidly, she closed her eyes and looked shy.
Boom!
Boom!
A loud noise came from behind, and the two people's heads, which were almost touching each other, jerked back in fright. Looking back, a tall, rough man hurriedly lifted his leg from the hole in the roof, touched his head with short hair, and showed an awkward smile: "Uh, sorry, sorry! That silly boy at home. , crying non-stop, that stinky bitch refused to let me go out, saying that she wanted me to put the baby to sleep, and even made me cry, make trouble, and hang myself all the time. I said tonight is special. I have a reunion dinner with my benefactors. No matter what, she has to join in the fun, but she refuses, and I get furious. I won’t do it until I’m forced to make the ladies moan..." After explaining for a long time, Ji Hongou and Qing Shisan gave weird looks and stepped on the roof. Pei Gaoya slapped his head: "Have I said this before?"
The three of them looked at each other, and after a while, the hearty laughter of three people came from the rooftop.
Zheng's house has guests visiting from time to time, and there are constant knocks on the door. First it was Jiang Gaoyi and his wife, then the "great writer" Mo Fuzi, who was famous for his "Prisoner's Theory", and then the doctor Scar Laoliu who cured Qing Shisan's legs "one time", and then the Situ Yong, the miracle doctor in the city. Two famous doctors in the city met and exchanged greetings. One said he was a senior, and the other said he didn't dare to be a doctor. They handed each other over and over again, showing their humility for a long time. Jiang Gaoyi couldn't stand it any longer. He casually mentioned that Scar Lao Liu and Situ Yong were surprised. They became brothers on the spot and decided to merge the medical clinic. It was a good thing that they hit it off like old friends.
There was another knock on the door, but it was the two sisters Ye and Snake in disguise.
In front of everyone, Snake reluctantly took off his hood, revealing his weird snake-like face. Chuntao, wearing a festive red shirt, said "What a handsome girl" and dragged the two sisters Snake and Ye to the corner. , Knocking melon seeds, I asked Gui Geng this year, how many people are in the family, if you are interested in someone, our son is in the prime of life and full of energy, and so on, it made the two sisters blush, and they were daydreaming, and only one sentence was enough to ask them if they wanted to be a couple. Mrs. Zheng Er, Mrs. Zheng San.
The lights were brightly lit in the antique dining room, and as dishes with all colors and flavors were served to the round table, the host and guests took their seats one after another. Zheng Haoran's face was rosy, he was sitting on the main seat, looking at the small pot of wine in front of him, rubbing his palms together excitedly, his breath was as thick as an ox, while Chuntao and several female family members on the side met each other late, and they just had to decide on a life-long event. , seeing her husband like this, with a sharp gaze like a sharp sword, Zheng Haoran suddenly shuddered, and when he glanced back, he saw that the sky-high cow had lost most of its energy. He squeezed his index finger and thumb and signaled to his wife that he would only drink "a little bit" tonight.
"Huh~Human."
Lady Anne squatted by the charcoal fire, feeling the warm atmosphere of reunion in the room, with disdain on her face, raised her proud head, and sneered. Boom! Chef He passed by and placed a basin of freshly baked fish cakes in front of Lady Anne.
"Humans, being able to make fish cakes for the great, extraordinary, and supreme Lady Anne will add a shining resume to your ordinary and boring life."
Lady Anne's disdainful face instantly twisted into the shape of a licking dog, wagging her tail happily, raising her hand to grab a piece of fried fish cake and stuffing it into her mouth, making a continuous clicking sound.
Chef He fed the cat at the young master's instruction. The orange cat meowed at him stupidly, and Chef He picked his ears blankly - he felt that he was experiencing strange auditory hallucinations.
Bang bang bang, there was another knock on the door, and everyone in the room was stunned. Who else is there tonight? Chuntao went to open the door. When she came back, she turned aside and showed the visitor behind her with a smile.
The travel-worn Wolf King and his entourage, along with a group of wolves and elites, entered Zheng's house, instantly making the spacious Zheng house seem crowded.
Zheng Haoran stared blankly at the visitor. Suddenly, the wind blew, like lightning, passing over the round table. The next second, two half-century old men, who had fought with their lives on the battlefield, stood face to face for a moment. Zheng Haoran said nothing. He smiled and raised his old but powerful fist.
The Wolf King was stunned, his cloudy eyes filled with a long-lost look.
Thirty years later, the two fists touched together and made a thud.
The clouds dispersed and the snow stopped. It seemed as if he was pushed away by this punch.
The original small reunion banquet was changed from one table to three due to the participation of Wolf King and his party. Chef He opened five pots at the same time and twitched in the kitchen like crazy. He wished he had more hands to cook, half An hour later, Chef He exhaustedly brought out two more tables of dishes.
In the courtyard, four maidservants of the Zheng family were carrying musical instruments, playing zithers, zithers, and zithers, which made tinkling sounds from time to time, but they did not form a tune for a long time.
The four girls looked at the room full of people and felt inexplicably empty in their hearts. This scene seemed familiar and nostalgic, but they always felt that something was missing. A trace of hesitation and doubt lingered in their hearts, making them unable to escape from their dreams for a long time. song.
What's missing?
The orange cat, which was immersed in eating, suddenly raised its head and meowed.
Zheng Xiu was stunned, and under the curious eyes of everyone, he stood up and went out to greet the guests.
The visitors were two women wearing splendid cloaks. When the visitors took off their cloaks and hats, Jiang Gaoyi shivered in fright, and he turned his head and wanted to worship: "My lord, Jiang Gaoyi..."
"Shhh - keep your voice down, do you want the whole city to know that Emperor Wei Zhao sneaked out of the palace late at night and sneaked into the Zheng family!"
Xi'er raised her fingers, and with a swish, invisible threads popped out of her sleeves, instantly lifting Jiang Gaoyi into the air and sealing his mouth.
"Ding dong."
I don't know who it is, plucking the strings and popping the notes.
The moment the four girls saw Wei Ruyi appearing here, songs rang in their hearts.
One song expresses joy and sorrow,
One song can wipe out a thousand years of sorrow.
"Let's eat! You won't come home until you're drunk tonight! I said, no one can stop me this time!"
In the gentle and soft music, the father waved his hand and glanced at the madam secretly.
aside,
Listening to the music and looking at the crowd, Zheng Xiu smiled knowingly, closed his eyes, and enjoyed this rare tranquility and reunion.
