The north wind whimpered, Luoyang City. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

The gray walls and green tiles are all hung with all kinds of red silk, and the gray branches that have lost their leaves are also wrapped in red silk, and they are full of joy.

This is a day of celebration for the whole world, the most noble princess of the Xuan Empire, the only child of His Majesty the Emperor, Princess Yangcheng, who is known as the first beauty of the empire, is going to get married today.

Everyone had a smile on their faces, and they whispered to each other that it was this beautiful princess born to Empress Zhao, and her east bed concubine was neither Zheng Bingde, the son of the Duke of Weiguo from His Majesty's mother's family, nor Zhao Feifei, the son of Wu Changhou, from His Majesty's wife's family.

This lucky colt is Wei Youqing, the chief of the carp people from Pearl Island, an island far away in the South China Sea of the empire. Pearl Island was originally a wild island, the island was covered with primeval forests all the year round, the natives were fierce, the imperial court was not able to govern this island, so it was used as a place for exile prisoners, this Wei chieftain, is the descendant of these exiles. It took him more than ten years to naturalize the natives and the exiles, collectively known as the carp people, and Wei Youqing was elected as the big chief by the carp people. Chief Wei encouraged farming and handicrafts on the island, developed maritime trade, and slowly penetrated from Lingnan to the country, forming his own commercial kingdom within ten years, which was rich and rivaled.

Three years ago, Chief Wei met Li Taoyao, the princess of Yangcheng, who was beautiful and fragrant, followed the footsteps of the beauty, came to Luoyang, and personally presented the territory of Pearl Island to the beauty's father, His Majesty Emperor Li Chenghe, and returned to the imperial court.

Li Chengsi ordered the Patrol Department to secretly investigate, and found out that Wei Youqing's ancestor was exiled because he was implicated in a corruption case, which involved many people, and many people were innocently implicated. With a stroke of the pen, Li Chengsi pardoned the Wei clan and all the carp people on the island, and Wei Youqing, as the chief of the carp people, was named the carp candidate and allowed to open a mansion in the capital. He also likes Wei Youqing's personable demeanor and good conversation, Li Chengsi has the intention to accept it as the east bed, breaking the strange circle that the princess of the royal family must marry the Zheng family and the Zhao family, so he respects him as a guest secretary and makes him always accompany the king.

At this moment, this mysterious carp in the eyes of everyone is slowly walking on the avenue of his own Houfu. The avenue leading from the entrance of the Houfu to the door of the inner house is occupied by various stretchers tied with red silk. When a tall and thin man saw Wei Youqing, he ran over, bowed down and said, "Chief, everything is ready!" ”

Wei Youqing's elegant and calm face showed a slight smile, he walked to a stretcher, and the man next to him opened the box, gently peeled off the silk jewelry and other items on it, and lifted the partition of the box slightly. Wei Youqing had already seen the sword light and sword shadow under the partition, revealing the chill of the forest. He bowed slightly, and the man sealed the box as it was.

"Wei Rong, these hundreds of brothers, as well as the lives and net worth of our carp people, glory and wealth, are all in this time. We can't fight with our lives, do everything with our cameras, and we are not sure, we would rather not do it. Wei Youqing continued to walk slowly towards the back house, speaking slowly to the man behind him as he walked, his voice was unhurried, although it was low but clear and pleasant, it reached Wei Rong's ears.

Wei Rong, Wei Youqing's personal guard chief, replied solemnly: "Please rest assured, Chief, Wei Rong understands." The two walked to the door of the inner house, Wei Youqing stopped, turned back to Wei Rong and said, "Go back and tell the boys that you can't go in and out of the inner house at will in the future." A gentle smile appeared on his face, and the child said affectionately, "In the future, there will be a mistress in the Wei Mansion." ”

Wei Rong smiled infected by his smile, and his voice was much softer, "Yes." ”

Wei Youqing smiled and patted him on the shoulder, turned around and walked into the door of the inner house. Going around a red sandalwood shelf Dali Temple screen to the west, is a wide verandah, the verandah twists and turns, winding to the north. The halls and pavilions on both sides, rockery bonsai, and pieces of plum blossoms open in the wind. Now that there are red colors, the smile on Wei Youqing's face has lasted until the Mid-Levels Villa at the end of the verandah.

Mid-levels Villa is named after the hot springs on the mid-levels, and it is a mansion built by Wei Youqing's father-in-law Shi Wen'er in Luoyang before he built a mansion. In the years that followed, Shi Wen'er lived in a wooden house in the pear grove behind the hot springs in the middle of the mountain.

Wei Youqing followed the rugged gravel road, bypassed the middle of the mountain, walked into the bare pear forest, and walked to the deepest wooden house. He didn't knock on the door, just pushed it open and walked in with his head down. There were tables, chairs, benches, bed nets and bedding in the room, but there was no one. Wei Youqing walked to the cabinet standing on the wall, and gently moved a rattan basket on it, only to hear the ground rumble, slowly cracking, revealing a row of neat stone steps.

He walked down the stone steps, took the torch that was stuck in the wall, and the stone slab above his head rumbled and closed again. All the way down the wall, five steps and a torch, illuminate the stone steps. Wei Youqing held the torch and walked down the stone steps, and when he reached the end, there was a path to the right, but he turned to the left and tapped on the stone wall. The stone wall was opened from the inside, and the eyes suddenly opened up. An underground palace appeared in front of him.

Wei Youqing didn't go in, but said to the person who came to open the door: "Father-in-law, the child is about to enter the palace, because His Majesty's will is to get married in the palace, and when the child takes Tao Yao back to the house, he will come to offer tea to your old man." ”

Shi Wen'er laughed and said, "This, it's not a big deal, Le'an, are you ready?" ”

Wei Youqing frowned secretly, but still smiled and nodded, "Father-in-law, don't worry, Youqing knows it." ”

Shi Wen'er also lowered her head and frowned secretly, raised her head with a smile, and asked, "After tonight, where will that honorable princess of Yangcheng go?" I've been with you for ten years, girl. ”

Wei Youqing's face finally pulled down, he stared at Shi Wen'er, and said word by word: "What the child likes is Miss Taoyao, and the father-in-law asked her where to go?" Fugui Township is the same as Huangquan Road. Father-in-law, the child is serious. May I? ”

Shi Wen'er's face changed, and her chin lowered her eyebrows: "This is the lord's family matter, and his subordinates have no right to interfere." ”

Wei Youqing stared at Shi Wen'er for a while, then turned around and stepped on the stone steps, and said loudly as he walked: "The child is Wei Youqing, the chief of the carp people, how dare he be the lord of his father-in-law?" The father-in-law should call the child Le'an. ”

Shi Wen'er looked at his back and sighed tiredly.

In the blink of an eye, the Zhuliang Dynasty has been dead for more than 30 years...... Shi Wen'er has also gone from a heroic teenager to an old man over half a hundred years old. The past is like smoke, as if it happened yesterday.

Thirty-five years ago, in Luoyang City, the same north wind whimpered, rolling up withered yellow leaves. The sky was gray, with some gray-black clouds floating. Zhu Youzhen, the pale emperor of Liangmo, was wearing a white robe, wearing a white robe, wearing hair and bare feet, and kneeling at the city gate with a jade seal in his hand.