Chapter 6 Apricot blossoms

Legend has it that Emperor Yang of Sui wrapped silk around trees in order to show off his wealth. As a result, foreign envoys said to him: Since there are so many silks that entangle trees, why not wear them for those beggars on the street?

History was written by the victors, and was established in the Tang Dynasty and Sui Dynasty. Of course, it would not say anything good to it, and it was difficult to distinguish between true and false.However, it should be true that there were beggars in the Sui Dynasty, and it was not only the Sui Dynasty who had many suffering people.

The same is true in Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty. There is an abandoned yard behind the City God Temple where Ji Xin is enshrined. It was originally a public property. Because it was not useful for a while, it was just thrown there, becoming a place for many beggars and refugees to shelter from the wind and rain.

The old lady's family was burned to death by fire, and the whole family was burned to death. It was really amazing. The people in the village not only refused to help, but instead said that she was punished by Lei Gong Tianshen after doing something wrong... Alas.

Yuwen Ji still had a clean and neat manly outfit, carrying a big bag, and said without looking back.

Xue Chongxun stood behind her without saying a word, just staring silently.

Auntie, it’s cold at night, so I’ll give you an old quilt.Have the burns on your body been better? Remember to apply the medicine I prescribe to you on time.

After a while, she stood up and said to Xue Chongxun: There is another one there, both children are covered in cold weather. Do you want to go and have a look with me?

You are busy first, don't worry about me.Xue Chongxun said expressionlessly.

When Yuwen Ji passed by him, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: I said there is nothing that coincidental in the world, right?Can you meet you in Qianfu Temple, and can you meet you in Chenghuang Temple... Don’t have any bad thoughts. There is a saying that a friend’s wife cannot be played with, I already have a husband’s family.

Xue Chongxun said truthfully: It was a coincidence that I met you here. I was my follower.

how?Yuwen Ji asked casually.

Xue Chongxun said coldly: These people are good. Are the innocent people killed by your father, and the orphans and widows in the family are not good?

Yuwen Ji shivered, her face turned pale, and her eyes showed a ghost-like expression: You...what were you saying?I don't understand.

Sanniang, have you seen it?And the others with her, where are they now?

Although the name Sanniang is simple and common, and there are many similarities, Jing happened to mention it to Yuwen Ji, so there is no possibility of similarity.

Yuwen Ji took two steps back to gain a foothold. She looked at Xue Chongxun in shock and said in disbelief: I don’t know what my father is doing, and he doesn’t let us care about it... He promised us to be a good official in the future and benefit the people... What have he done, what do you want to do?

Thinking about what he was going to do, a faint sadness flashed in Xue Chongxun's eyes. Although the sadness was so faint that it was difficult to detect, it was a faint pain.

Why?

He can no longer understand himself.

He raised his head and saw a leaf falling from a high place, slowly and gently. It turned out that the leaves would fall in spring...

The country is legal and moral, and good and evil will be rewarded. I am an official of the Tang Dynasty. Punishing evil and promoting good and eliminating violence and maintaining good is the duty. What do you think I want to do?Xue Chongxun said expressionlessly.

Yuwen Ji was stunned for a moment, and then came to her senses and said coldly: You are such a selfless person. You ask someone to follow me and come to tell me what they do. Go directly to find the evidence and do what you should do. Ah!

You said.Xue Chongxun turned around and left. Sanniang was in my hands. She was the evidence. The Censorate would take care of this matter.

etc!Yuwen Ji looked panicked and glanced at the medicine bag in her hand. If you wait for me for a while, I will give these packs of typhoid medicine to those two children... I don't believe it unless I see Sanniang with my own eyes.

When Yuwen Ji came back, Xue Chongxun said in a mocking tone: Be hypocritical, your family is doing things that are harmful to the world, and what good people are there to pretend to be here?

When he said this, Xue Chongxun felt a feeling of relief.

Yuwen Ji said palely: There is no way if you don’t believe it. I really don’t know what my father was doing before.But I also know that Sanniang and the others are not good people.I also asked my father, who said, if I don’t try my best to let my wife and children live a good life, what else can I talk about?No matter what bad things he has done, he has never had any false intentions towards his relatives. What else can his daughter do?Fortunately, my father has corrected it now, and his relatives will definitely forgive him.

Relatives...

So what does it feel like to be plotted against by your relatives and try to kill you?

Xue Chongxun thought about it and didn’t seem to feel anything, but what if it were those relatives from his previous life?

In my memory, he was a completely different person in his previous life and had a completely different family.

Xue Chongxun gritted his teeth, but unexpectedly, he made a sound, and then pretended to be caused by the cold weather. He reminded himself: The Tang Dynasty was the Tang Dynasty, and modernity was modern!

Here, it is natural for her father to break the law and her children to be guilty. Didn’t she, Yuwen Ji, enjoy her father’s bloody interests?

She deserves it!

At this time, Yuwen Ji said: If I want to atone for my sins, I would rather atone for my father. My father is old and I can't bear to see him suffer any more.

Xue Chongxun sneered at her and said to herself: OK, you should be punished for him. I really have no interest in treating your father's sins.

Xue Chongxun got on a tightly covered felt truck and said to Yuwen Ji: Come on.She hesitated for a moment and finally came up.

The sky was gray, the felt truck was airtight, and the light inside was dim, which made Xue Chongxun's face even more gloomy. Yuwen Ji couldn't help but say: You were right at Qianfu Temple last time. I didn't know you, and I didn't expect you to have such a side.

Xue Chongxun said: I don’t know myself, let alone others?

He remembered that it seemed like one time he was having a scene among an official prostitute. A singing prostitute said that he had the smell of sunshine... It was really funny, maybe because he was a little dark.

The groom Pang Er knocked on the carriage and asked: Mr., where are you going?

Mist and wanzhai.

The two people in the car were speechless and silently met for a long time. They could only hear the wheels of the car, and the noise outside that sometimes appeared, as if they were not.

The felt car drove straight into the Yinyunzhai. Yuwen Ji got out of the car and looked at the environment. This strange place was obviously not the Duke of Wei's Mansion. She said with some fear: Why did you bring me here?

You are not going to see Sanniang?

Yuwen Ji frowned and said: What exactly is this place?Among my servants is a member of Feng Erlang's family. If it is a place I shouldn't have come, how can you tell me... Sanniang!

Although the person next to the window just stood for a moment and disappeared immediately, Yuwen Ji immediately recognized Sanniang.

Because this woman who is as deserted and gloomy as a female ghost can be deeply touched at first glance.

Xue Chongxun smiled at the corner of his mouth: Do you believe it?So now let’s talk about the conditions when we enter the house. You are right. If I just want to punish evil and promote good, what should I do to you?

Before entering the house, he found that the flowers of the apricot tree in the yard were blooming particularly brilliantly. Xue Chongxun couldn't help but reach out and fold a branch and hold it in his hand.

It was still the same wooden house, and it was still the same. I sent a large pot of tea on it and said that it had already started to rise; the difference was: there was only one tea cup.

Xue Chongxun poured hot tea with this only teacup and drank it leisurely.Yuwen Ji looked at him and snorted in her nose, probably because she didn't even have basic etiquette.

Imagine that a few strangers suddenly rushed in from home, and without saying a word, they cut off your father's neck, allowing you and your mother to watch his blood flow from the wound... It was just because someone asked your father to take out five hundred stags of money for no reason, but he did not agree.How would you feel?

Yuwen Ji's delicate face had no sign of any expression. She frowned and said in a daze: You mean what your father did...

Xue Chongxun was silent.

impossible!You are lying!At most, my father tried to evade taxes...

Is your ignorance pretending or real?Xue Chongxun sneered and said, "Does Sanniang need someone like tax evasion?"Why am I lying to you?

He held the warm teacup and walked two steps in front of the Mumu case, and said slowly: The cunning rabbit dies, the hunting dog cooks; the birds are gone, and the good bow is hidden... cruel!What a real man does!Yuwen Xiao gave red gold and a thousand gold. Okay, his wealth has been cleansed. What should Sanniang do if he has lived and died for him?Yuwen Ji, have you seen other people in the past few days besides seeing Sanniang just now?

No!You lied to me... you must be lied to me!

Yuwen Ji was just talking about this, and her tears quietly came down, "My father is not that kind of person!"My mother said, I was not born yet, and when my father was at the most downturn, he had already reached the point of working as a porter at the dock, but the supervisor deducted his wages. My father would rather do heavy work on hunger than save half of the rations and take them back to his mother, and lied to his mother that he stole it...

She was already crying: My father is affectionate, righteous and responsible, he is the person I respect the most, and the best man in the world...

Xue Chongxun didn't say anything and didn't argue with her. She actually understood it, and tears explained the problem.

Sure enough, Yuwen Ji's attitude changed drastically, and there was an unprecedented coldness and...

Crazy: OK, so what if my father is that kind of person?His position in my heart will never change!What do you want, what exactly do you want, and money?Your Duke of Wei actually enfeoffed three thousand households, is it short of money?Want to be colored?It’s really funny. Xue Chongxun, have you played with few women?

Xue Chongxun put the apricot blossoms he had just picked in front of his nose and sniffed them. Suddenly he crushed them in his palms and rubbed them hard for a few times until he squeezed out the fragrance of the petals before he could stop. Then he smelled them again, saying, Only in this way can it be the most fragrant.

He thought: Maybe there is a better way, but it takes time to figure it out. Why should a real man stick to the details? Isn’t it enough to achieve the same goal?