Fu Song

Chapter 535 The Former Residence
Smoke and dust billowed in the city of Tokyo, covering the sky and the sun. I don't know how many squares and houses were on fire, and I don't know how many people were weeping bitterly under the wanton looting of the Liao soldiers.

Luo Song sold himself to Xiao Chuo in exchange for three days.

Three days later, the Liao army was no longer allowed to raise the butcher's knife to the people of Tokyo City.

But this can only restrain that kind of large-scale looting, and those sporadic burning, killing, and looting, not to mention it is a wartime, is in a subjugated capital, when Zhao and Song were at their strongest, the most powerful in Tokyo. When there are rules, how has such a thing ever been broken?

Under the nest, how can there be a complete egg?
It is also said that no snowflake is innocent during an avalanche.

Hundreds of riders accompanied a luxuriously dressed woman on the causeway of the canal. The weeping willows had just sprouted, and some greenery could barely be seen, basically nothing could be concealed.

Looking back on the past, this was the happiest place for boys and girls. With the help of those dense weeping willows, you can do a lot of things that make people blush and heartbeat.

In another month or so, it will probably be fine, right?
It's just that at that time, on this causeway, will there be any young people with such a leisurely mood?
"Your Majesty, it's just ahead!" Yelumin reined in his horse's head and looked back at Xiao Chuo.

Under the river embankment not far away, many houses have turned into ruins, some of them are still on fire, ruined walls can be seen everywhere, and even many charred dead bodies can be seen .

Yelumin frowned slightly, someone had already rushed over and kicked those scorched feet into the depths of the ruins.

Among the ruins, there was a one-story house with a small yard that was not damaged at all, and even the guise erected on the high flagpole in front of the door was not damaged at all. At this time, it was blowing in the wind.

Peach Blossom Stuffed.

On the door panel, the gilded poem is still as conspicuous as ever.

Standing in front of the door, Xiao Chuo gently stroked the poem she wrote on the door,

The peach blossoms are still there,

The spring breeze is still there,

just people
But it's completely different.

Go inside and sit by the window.

Looking sideways at the scenery on the river?

But there is still scenery to speak of?

There are charred logs floating around, and strange dead people drifting down the river.

This is completely like the scenery of Nine Nether Hells.

The owner of Peach Blossom Stuffed was trembling.

When the Liao army rushed in, they didn't even have time to escape. They watched as their familiar neighbors were dragged out of the house by the vicious Liao soldiers and hacked to death on the spot. Time becomes someone else's property.

The family huddled together in a small house, waiting desperately for the final moment.

The screams outside gradually subsided, and the sound of horseshoes and wild laughter gradually subsided, but no one stepped into their room.

He doesn't know why,
I only think that this is God's blessing to him, and it is the Bodhisattva's favor to him.

"A pot of peach blossom wine!" Xiao Chuo suddenly turned his head and looked at the boss: "Under the shopkeeper, you are much older.

The shopkeeper stared dumbfounded at Xiao Chuo in front of him, feeling a little familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen this person before.

Judging by the way this woman is dressed, she is undoubtedly a nobleman from the Liao Kingdom, but how could she know her name.

"The vicissitudes of the world have changed in just seven or eight years." Xiao Chuo sighed softly: "Peach Blossom Temple in Taohuawu, Peach Blossom Immortals live in Peach Blossom Temple. Peach Blossom Immortals plant peach trees and pick peach blossoms In exchange for wine money. When drunk, he only sits in front of the flowers, and when he is drunk, he comes to sleep with flowers. Half drunk and half awake day after day, the flowers fade and bloom year after year. I hope that I will die of old age, and I will not bow before the chariots and horses. Che Chen If you compare the obvious to the hermit, one is on the flat ground and the other is in the sky. If you compare flowers and wine to chariots and horses, you can’t be idle. The world laughs at me for being crazy, but I laugh at others I can't see through. I don't see the tombs of heroes in the five tombs, and I don't have any flowers or wine to hoe the fields!"

"Your Majesty, this poem is really amazing. Once this poem comes out, I'm afraid no one in the world will dare to use peach blossom as a word anymore!" Sun Chun was born as a Jinshi, and he is quite different from Yelumin, his face is full of admiration color.

Xiao Chuo shook his head slowly: "I didn't write this. Once a year, four or five youths came here together. A woman was drunk and mad, holding a pot and a pen, and wrote on this door that peach blossoms still laugh at spring breeze." .Many people praised the writing of Peach Blossom to the extreme, how could there be such a song, which is truly unprecedented!"

"This is." Sun Chun wanted to ask, but after glancing at Xiao Chuo's expression, he swallowed it back.

Boss Xie finally came to his senses at this time, this woman turned out to be the girl who wrote poems after getting drunk here many years ago, but, why did the official of the Liao Dynasty call him his mother?
I vaguely remember that they should be the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Song Dynasty!
"Niang Niang?" He looked at Xiao Chuo confusedly.

Sun Chun said with a smile: "Boss Xie, this is your great fate. If you didn't have such a relationship with my empress of Daliao, do you think your Peach Blossom House can be preserved?"

"Empress Daliao?" Boss Xie plopped down on the ground, causing everyone in the room to burst into laughter, even Xiao Chuo and Yuan Er.

"Boss Xie, a pot of peach blossom wine needs fifteen years." Xiao Chuo said
Boss Xie got up tremblingly, and walked towards the cellar in the backyard in a daze.

Yelu shook his head slightly, and a guard followed immediately.

The thick wooden door was opened, Boss Xie walked in, and glanced back at the guard.

The guard looked at the size, shook his head, the place is not big, and he could see everything inside at a glance.

Boss Xie set up a small bench, stretched out his hand from the highest cabinet, and brought down a jug of wine, and when he lifted the jug of wine, he also stuffed something into his sleeve.

The guard standing at the door was completely unaware.

Returning to the front hall, Boss Xie bowed, holding a jar of old wine with both hands, and walked towards Xiao Chuo step by step.

"Please, Madam, taste it!" Boss Xie bent down and handed the wine jar forward with both hands. At the same time, the whole person suddenly moved forward, and the wine jar fell to the ground. In his hand, there was already a black handle. something like an awl.

With a laugh, Yelu Min stretched out his hand, grabbed the boss by the neck, and lifted him up in the air, and with the other hand, he pulled Boss Xie's hand, and snatched the awl lightly and deftly.

"It's the awl used to break the mud seal!" Yelumin glanced at the guard who followed, and the guard knelt down with a bang.

"Forget it, let him go to the army!" Xiao Chuo waved his hand.

"Thank you for not killing me!" The guard's voice trembled. He made such a big mistake, but he could still save his life. What else could he do besides thanking him.

"Get lost!" Yelumin waved his hand.

The guard immediately trotted out of Taohuaju.

The altar of peach blossom wine did not fall to the ground, but Xiao Chuo reached out his hand to catch it firmly.

"Boss Xie, why did you kill me?" Xiao Chuo looked curiously at the bar owner who was trembling and ashen-faced, and at this moment, all his fellows had been kicked out. Then one by one they were tied up and pushed into the yard. "Look, your house is safe and sound, and your family is not missing a hair. It's all because of me. Why do you want to kill me? Do you know that such a move will make your entire family suffer? ?"

"Barbarian demon girl, everyone gets it and punishes her." Although the words were incoherent and his upper and lower teeth were chattering, Boss Xie still spit out such a sentence: "You beasts, how have you ruined Tokyo? "

Boss Xie burst into tears.

Xiao Chuo's face was as frosty.

Carrying the altar of peach blossom wine, he walked out slowly.

"Ma'am, is this Xie?"

"Don't embarrass him!" Xiao Chuo waved his hand: "Kill him, there will be no peach blossom wine in this world."

Walk along the embankment for a while, then turn into a straight street, and walk forward for about half an hour, a once extremely luxurious and prominent house appeared in front of everyone.

It's just that the house is clearly in decline now.

The weeds in front of the door were as tall as half a person, and on the vermilion gate, the red paint had already fallen off, and a seal that had completely changed its color could still be vaguely seen.

Xiao House!

This gate, which has been closed for nearly ten years, finally unfolded slowly in front of Xiao Chuo again.

As far as the eye can see, it is actually barren.

Weeds grew even on the ridge of the roof.

Several guards stepped forward, pulled out their waist knives, and slashed all the way, opening a path in the barrenness.

This house contains all the happy childhood of Xiao Chuo. Here, she has parents who love her and loves her, and her second brother who spoils her unprincipledly. As long as she wants, the second brother can always Try to get it for her.

I still remember countless times the two sat on the ridge and looked up at the starry sky,

I still remember my mother chasing my second brother in the big house with a wooden stick,

The second brother was clever, and the mother couldn't catch up, so she ordered the servants to help, but those servants usually benefited from the second brother a lot, shouted loudly, but few of them actually did it.

Before he knew it, Xiao Chuo came to a dilapidated small building.

The windows on the second floor are all gone, like a big black hole, the withered weeds hang down, and there is no trace of the small pond in front of the small building that used to be full of lotus flowers in summer.

Suddenly a meow came from the grass.

A cat poked its head out, tilted its head, and looked at Xiao Chuo.

"Butterfly!" Xiao Chuo cried out.

Perhaps it was because too many people had never called this name before, the cat took a few steps forward suspiciously, and stretched out its nose to sniff Xiao Chuo.

Xiao Chuo's tears flowed down all at once.

It never occurred to her that the cats she raised back then were still alive.

It must be about ten years old now, which is already considered an advanced age among cats.

Xiao Chuo squatted down and hugged the cat tightly in his arms.

As if finally smelling the scent of the former owner, the butterfly hugged Xiao Chuo's neck tightly with its two paws, the cat's head wiped Xiao Chuo's face back and forth, meowing non-stop.

It seems to be asking, where have you been all these years?

Except for Yelumin and Sun Chun, the rest of the guards stood far away. In the eyes of these guards, their empress is omnipotent and the most perfect person in this world. At this moment, Xiao Chuo looks extremely fragile .

"Your Majesty, let's go to the ancestral hall!" Sun Chun whispered.

"We checked, Mr. Xu is still alive, and he is still in good health. He has been guarding the ancestral hall all the time, and it is well taken care of!" Sun Chun whispered.

Xiao Chuo nodded, holding the butterfly in his arms, and walked towards Xiao's ancestral hall.

The ancestral hall is not far from Xiao Chuo's former small building, separated by a wall and a moon gate in the middle. Compared with the barrenness of other places in Xiao Mansion, this place is tidy and clean.

However, Xiao Chuo froze there.

She wanted to come to pay homage to her ancestors and parents, but at this very moment, there was a man standing under the steps in front of the ancestral hall with a straight knife.

His beard and hair are all white, and even his body is a little bent, but he is leaning on a big knife, standing in front, and glaring at Xiao Chuo.

"Grandpa Xu, I'm Xiao Qi!" Handing the title butterfly to the guard behind him, Xiao Chuo took a few steps forward.

"Stop!" Xu Wuyan roared angrily, slashed his knife, and said sharply, "This is the place where the ancestors of the Xiao family and the heroic spirits of the past dynasties are located. If the Liao dog wanted to take a step further, he killed me first and stepped on me. .”

Xiao Chuo looked palely at the old man opposite who seemed to collapse with just one breath.

Xiao Chuo naturally knew the knife in his hand, it was Mr. Xiao Ding's personal weapon, after the old man passed away, this knife has been enshrined in the ancestral hall.

"Grandpa Xu!" Xiao Chuo called out again.

Xu Wuyan's eyes were red, "Empress, please respect yourself! This is the place where the heroic spirits of the Xiao clan reside, and the Liao people will never allow it to be profaned. If you want to go in, kill me first."

Yelumin took a step forward, and said in a low voice: "Madam, I'll go and take care of this old guy without hurting a single hair, and then get him away!"

Xiao Chuo shook his head slowly.

Under everyone's gaze, Xiao Chuo knelt down, bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.

Xu Wuyan did not move away, as if he did not want the ancestors of the Xiao family in the ancestral hall to think who the woman kneeling in front of him was.

Xiao Chuo got up and strode out.

"Your Majesty, what should we do here?" Sun Chun followed closely and asked, "Don't worry about it, just let it be!"

"Don't you want to repair it?" Yelumin also felt a little inconceivable.

"Even if it is repaired, it's not my turn to repair it!" Xiao Chuo turned his head and glanced at the ancestral hall behind him again, "Maybe, someone will come to repair this place in the future, let's go, the private matter is over, next, That's the real deal!"

"Understood!" Both Yelumin and Sun Chun were a little excited.

"Your Majesty, just as we were leaving Peach Blossom Residence, someone came to report that Lin Ping, the great king of the South Courtyard, had entered the palace!" Sun Chun said, "Then, Wanyan Bage was also brought in, and the last one to go was Yeluzhen."

"Understood!" Xiao Chuo's tone was calm, "Your Majesty is a hero, even though time is running out, he still wants to be a hero again! However, a dying person will never be able to compete with a living person .”

(End of this chapter)