On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 19 Sentimental Farewell (4000)

Author: He Tiantian from Lotus Picking

Chapter 19 Sentimental Farewell (4000)

Cui Che and his party were traveling in the name of studying to expand their contacts, but the Pei family enthusiastically persuaded them to stay. Cui Che and Feng Deyi stayed in Wenxi for more than half a month and formed friendships with many young people.

On the eighth day of June, I suddenly heard that Yuwen Shenju, the general manager of Bingzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, had successively captured Sizhou and Xianzhou. Gao Shaoyi, the clan leader of the Northern Qi Dynasty, had been defeated and had led more than 3,000 cavalry to defect to the Turks. Today, north of the Yellow River, only Gao Baoning from the northeast is still occupying Yingzhou.

Resist tenaciously.

Originally, Feng Deyi gave up going to Jinyang to visit Cui Che's sister-in-law because he heard that Gao Shaoyi wanted to capture Bingzhou. Now that he saw that Bingzhou was no longer in danger, he brought up the old matter again and wanted to go to Jinyang.

Cui Che asked Pei Xiu for his opinion. Pei Xiu said that he had not visited his aunt for many years, so Cui Che agreed.

Mrs. Pei, who was sitting in the audience, said to Cui Zhaorong:

"I'm afraid Zhaorong also misses his sister? Why don't we go north with them?"

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Cui Zhaorong hesitated after hearing this. Of course she also wanted to go to Jinyang. She and her sister had not seen each other for four years, and the concern in her heart could not be faked.

Mrs. Pei smiled and said:

"Go, the journey is not far, and it will only take more than a month. I have been a slave in Yecheng for four years. How can it be that now that I am well-dressed and well-fed, I still need you to serve me every step of the way?"

Seeing that her mother-in-law had said this, Cui Zhaorong agreed.

On the ninth day of June, in the early morning, I said goodbye to all the children of the Pei family who came to see them off. Since they had to go back to Wenxi County after leaving Jinyang, I had to send my aunt back to the Pei Mansion to feel at ease. Cui Che and Feng

De Yi then made an appointment with them to meet again some time later.

The motorcade left Wenxi County one after another and headed north.

Jinyang is located on the north bank of the Jin River in the northern section of the Taiyuan Basin. It was built by the retainers of the Zhao family of the Qing clan in the late Spring and Autumn Period. It was expanded during the Western Jin Dynasty. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, a new city was built on the east bank of the Fen River, and Longshan County was added to the old city.

Therefore, Cui Che was going not to Longshan County, the old city where Er Zhurong and Gao Huan had their mansions, but to Jinyang New City.

When Cui Che and his party arrived in Jinyang, it was already June 27th.

There are many famous mountains and rivers along the four fortresses of Jinyang. Whenever people encounter beautiful scenery, they have to stop, rest by the carriage, or climb to the top of the mountain to have a panoramic view of the magnificent mountains and rivers.

Although climbing a mountain is painful, the feeling of standing on the top of the mountain is also pleasant.

Of course, as I said before, Cui Che and Feng Deyi were not in a hurry. They went to Wenxi County in the same way.

When Cui Che saw Jinyang New City from a distance, five young men in brocade clothes had already heard the news and were waiting at the pavilion outside the city.

The five teenagers saw the team's logo and came forward one after another. Even though they had not seen each other for four years, Pei Xiu, who was sitting with Cui Che, still vaguely recognized the appearance of the five people and introduced their identities to Cui Che in a low voice.

It turned out that they were the sons of his sister-in-law, Li Yixuan, Li Yigon, Li Yizhang, Li Yichen, and Li Yiying.

Cui Zhaorong's eyesight was not good, and it was only when they got closer that he could see the faces of the five people clearly.

"Meet my aunt."

The five people bowed and saluted. Cui Zhaorong quickly got out of the car and helped them up, praising them constantly.

Cui Che, Pei Xiu, and Feng Deyi also got off the car, and everyone greeted each other.

There are many lineages of the Li family in Longxi, but the most prosperous are the four major families, namely Wuyang family, Guzang family, Danyang family and Dunhuang family.

Cui Che's uncle Li Yuanjian came from Guzangfang. His fifth generation ancestor was Li Bao, a famous general in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Li Bao's father, Li Fan, was the sixth son of Li Hao, King Wuzhao of Xiliang. Li Hao's second son, Li Xin, was the ancestor recognized by the Li Tang royal family. .

It's just that the future royal family of Li and Tang Dynasty are now all named Daye, just like Yang Jian, also known as Pu Liurujian, and the eleven-year-old Tang Guogong Li Yuan also has to be called Daye Yuan.

No need to be surprised that Li Yuanjian was only a soldier in Bingzhou Tiancao when he was in the Northern Qi Dynasty, but he was able to marry Cui Jishu's legitimate daughter.

Not only did Li Yuanjian come from a famous family, he was equivalent to the Boling Cui family in terms of family status. His father, Li Qizhi, was a merit-examination doctor in the Northern Qi Dynasty. He was in charge of the merit-examination of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and was responsible for assessing the merits and demerits of officials for promotion or demotion.

Cui Che and his party were welcomed into the city by the five sons of the Li family and returned to the residence of their younger uncle Li Yuanjian. Needless to say, there was a crying scene when the eldest aunt Cui Zhaorong and the younger aunt Cui Murong met. Cui Che and Pei Xiu were also summoned by her. Those around him, especially looking at the faces of Cui Che and his father Cui Changjun, who were quite similar, were crying even more.

In the past, when the Cui family was in trouble, the younger aunt was able to escape because she had married into the Li family. However, the eldest aunt was from a public family, so her natal family suffered the blame.

Cui Murong looked at his sister's eyes that were cloudy due to being mended day and night, and regretted that he had not helped, and helplessly watched his sister and nephew live a miserable life in northern Xinjiang.

In fact, neither Cui Zhaorong, nor Cui Che, nor Pei Xiu blamed their aunt for standing idly by. At least when he was first assigned, Cui Murong still helped from time to time. It was Cui Changjun, Cui Jingxuan and others who really participated in the rebellion. Only then did they respond at Li Yuanjian's request. Next, I cut off contact with my natal family.

Cui Murong also has her own family. It is human nature for her to not dare to get involved with her natal family who really committed treason. After all, at that time, let alone taking care of them, no one even dared to taint Cui Che and others.

This is why Cui Che was grateful to the wealthy man surnamed Yuan in Northern Xinjiang for giving him a job as a sheep herder and providing a thatched house for him and Pei Xiu to live in.

Cui Murong finally stopped crying after being comforted by a large family. Everyone sat in the main hall and chatted about household matters until it was getting dark, and his uncle Li Yuanjian returned home.

Li Yuanjian, whose real name is Li Huayang and whose courtesy name is Yuanjian, is known in the world. His mother comes from the Wang family in Taiyuan. She is the daughter of Wang Yanye, the minister of Zhongshu in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the governor of Qizhou. His grandfather is Wang Qiong, the censor of the Zhongshu of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the chief minister of the society.

Wang Qiong gave birth to four sons, and their descendants were called the Sifang Wang family, occupying half of the entire Wang family in Taiyuan.

Li Yuanjian's eldest sister Li Yuejing married Wang Xiu, a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan.

The second sister Li Zhaoming married Cui Zheng, a son of the Cui family in Qinghe and the servant of the Northern Qi Dynasty Crown Prince.

The third sister, Li Zhaoxiang, married to Lu Sidao, a descendant of the Lu family in Fan Yang, who served as the minister of Huangmen in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

The fourth sister married Zheng Yun, the prefect of Yangxia County in Northern Qi Dynasty, a son of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

The relationship network between the five surnames and seven clans can be glimpsed from Li Yuanjian's family. It is no wonder that in the Tang Dynasty, the emperor had to issue an edict to prohibit them from marrying each other.

Li Yuanjian was thirty-six years old at the time. He looked like a handsome man with a beard, but his complexion was not good. Of course, it was not because Cui Che and others came to visit him that he was unhappy. He thought he was suffering from serious health problems.

Cui Che and others bowed and saluted. Li Yuanjian treated them very kindly, especially Cui Che.

Li Yuanjian's father, Li Qizhi, was unjustly killed during the reign of Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty. His career was supported by his father-in-law Cui Jishu, and he took care of him. Naturally, he treated Cui Jishu's only male blood in a different light.

As for the original ban on Cui Murong's contact with her parents' family, it is also because Cui Changjun and others actually got involved in Gao Sihao's rebellion.

Think about Cui Jishu, who served Gao Huan, Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, Gao Yin, Gao Yan, Gao Zhan, and Gao Wei. They have devoted themselves to the Gao family for nearly forty years, but they only tried to dissuade Gao Wei from going to Jinyang, so they were said to be

Han officials conspired to rebel and were executed for treason.

How could Li Yuanjian's family dare to come into contact with Cui Che and other descendants of rebels who could be killed even if they were innocent.

After asking Cui Che and others about their intentions for this trip to the west, Li Yuanjian learned that they were going to Guanzhong to study. Li Yuanjian greatly praised Cui Che and believed that Cui Che was only six years old and had determined to study. In time, he would become a great person.

Cui Che's face turned slightly red after what he said. He knew his own affairs well, and his ambition to study was just under the guise of studying abroad.

Of course, when you get to Chang'an, you still have to find a good teacher and study seriously. If you don't have ink in your stomach, you won't have the confidence to copy poems.

The younger uncle originally planned to let his sons go with him, but the five cousins ​​knew that he was in poor health and insisted on staying by his side to serve him. Li Yuanjian had no choice but to leave them in Jinyang.

Cui Zhaorong proposed to diagnose Li Yuanjian's pulse. Although she was a woman, she had studied medicine with Cui Jishu since she was a child. Cui Che's cold was cured by her.

Li Yuanjian refused, but couldn't resist the urging of his wife Cui Murong, so he turned his hand to Cui Zhaorong.

Cui Zhaorong checked his pulse and looked solemn.

On the contrary, Li Yuanjian was open-minded and said with a smile:

"In life, birth, old age, illness and death are normal. There is no need to worry about it, but I hope that I can get together with my family every day and smile together."

Thinking about it, he has seen many doctors over the years, received too many negative answers, and has become indifferent to life and death.

But no matter what, the atmosphere was still much duller.

After dinner, they each returned to the courtyard. Pei Xiu came to sleep with Cui Che again, but Miao Rong blocked the door and refused to let him in.

She is next to her husband every day. Who is the maid who sleeps with her?

Miaorong couldn't bear it any longer. Mrs. Feng just asked her to keep an eye on the cousins. If she didn't stop them, something might really happen.

Cui Che was watching a play inside the door. To be honest, he really couldn't sleep without Pei Xiu's snoring at first, but now that they have reunited, listening to his snoring every night makes him want to have his ears clean for two days.

Seeing Cui Che watching the joke in the room, Pei Xiu shouted outside the door:

"Ache, if you don't get her away, you won't let her sleep with me again!"

Feeling the strange looks from everyone in the yard, Cui Che made three consecutive noises and said:

"How can this person accuse someone of his innocence out of thin air? It's obviously you who insists on sharing a bed with me."

Pei Xiu left in high spirits, and Cui Che didn't chase him. The two of them had been dependent on each other since childhood, and they knew his character very well. This man didn't hold grudges.

Before Cui Che and his party arrived in front of Pei's house, Pei Xiu was humiliated by his brothers. However, after those people apologized, Pei Xiu never took it seriously and had sincere friendship with them.

Sure enough, at dawn the next day, Pei Xiu excitedly approached Cui Che again and invited him to go on an outing outside the city. The two went together to find Feng Deyi, but he declined.

Feng Deyi found out last night that there was a literary gathering today and planned to get to know people in Taiyuan.

He knew that Cui Che had made a splash at the recent Spring Festival Gala, so he extended an invitation.

But Cui Che's previous participation in cultural gatherings was just to spread his reputation to Yang Jian's ears, and his purpose was clear.

There was no one in Jinyang that he wanted to get close to this time, so he didn't bother to join in the fun. After all, he had poems suitable for his age, so he had to cherish them if he used one less poem.

He is still young now, so if he doesn't do something amazing, who can care about him.

Among the five sons of the Li family, the eldest son Li Yixuan, who was 15 years old at the time, and Li Yiyong, who was 11 years old, went to the Wenhui with Feng Deyi, while the younger ones Li Yizhang, Li Yichen, and Li Yiying went on an outing outside the city with Cui Che and Pei Xiu.

Only Cui Zhaorong and Cui Murong were left at home to talk in detail about their experiences with each other over the years.

When Cui Che came back in the evening, he saw that although Feng Deyi went to the cultural gathering with Li Yixuan and Li Yilong, his enthusiasm was waning. After careful questioning, he found out that it was Feng Deyi, the youngest of the three, who was only nine years old, who was at ease at the cultural gathering.

, was praised by others, and went to a banquet with others.

Feng Deyi naturally invited the two of them, but Li Yixuan and Li Yicong felt that they were not interested, so they politely declined.

Cui Che stayed in Jinyang for seven days. During this period, he visited the mountains and rivers and walked in the streets and alleys of Jinyang. His footprints were almost all over Jinyang County.

Perhaps because he eats beef well and exercises regularly, although Cui Che is young, his physique is far better than that of his peers.

Although there are clear regulations in the past dynasties that killing cows is not allowed, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Cows are not killed by humans, but by themselves. As for where and how they fell to death, no one has studied carefully.

Seeing that it was early July and the weather was entering autumn, Cui Zhaorong was eager to go back to take care of Mrs. Pei. The group also bid farewell to Li Yuanjian's family and embarked on the road back to Wenxi County.

It was a stop-and-go journey when we arrived, visiting all the scenery, but it was much smoother when we returned. We set off on the fifth day of July, and the team arrived in Wenxi County in mid-July.

After resting in Pei Mansion for a while, Mrs. Pei planned to leave everyone to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Cui Che and others proposed to bid farewell.

On July 23rd, Cui Che, Pei Xiu, and Feng Deyi said goodbye to Mrs. Pei and Cui Zhaorong, and also said goodbye to the young people they met in Wenxi, and finally embarked on the road to study again.

"Mom (aunt), take care of yourself!"

As the carriage drove farther and farther, the sight of Cui Che and Pei Xiu leaning out of the carriage window and waving goodbye gradually became blurry in Cui Zhaorong's eyes.

"Xiu'er, you should also take good care of yourself and A'che!"

Outside the pavilion in the west of the city, Cui Zhaorong rarely let go of his throat and shouted loudly.

Cui Che resisted the reluctance to say goodbye, waved his hand and said with a smile:

"Aunt! I will take good care of Axiu!"

Pei Xiu wiped away her tears and said angrily:

"I've been taking care of you since you were little. When did you take care of me again?"

"Why should we be so clearly differentiated between you and me?"

The laughter between the two gradually became less clear, and the carriage finally disappeared from sight. Cui Zhaorong finally couldn't hold back his tears.

Cui Che regards her as a mother, so why doesn't she regard this lonely nephew as her own child? Now both sons have left their relatives and traveled far away. Who can bear the thought of saying goodbye and not knowing when they will return?

Feelings of parting.

Just as Cui Zhaorong wiped away her tears and was about to return home, she suddenly heard the sound of horse hoofbeats. When the person came closer, she saw clearly that it was Zhang Wu beside Cui Che.

Zhang Wu handed Cui Zhaorong a piece of paper and said it was left by Cui Che.

Cui Zhaorong opened it and looked at it. The first two characters were "Ci Mu".

This is a poem, written on the paper:

"The clouds are beginning to rise on the way to leave, and the leaves are sparse when leaving the pavilion. The people who complain are like wild geese, and they don't make a single flight."

But Cui Zhaorong's eyes were all focused on the word "Ci Mu", and tears blurred his eyes again.

This idiom, originally called "Song Brother", was written by a seven-year-old girl in the Tang Dynasty.

There is also another way of saying "not flying in one line", that is, "not flying in one line".

(End of chapter)