Invincible son

Chapter 237 236 [What is immortality]

"The light boat welcomes the guests, and the leisurely lake comes up. When the pavilion faces the wine, the hibiscus blooms all around."

It is unknown when the Furong Banquet started, but it has been a custom in Xingyang since the Wei Dynasty, with a history of hundreds of years.At that time, Xingyang was the capital of the former Wei Dynasty, and its status was extraordinary. There was even a record of the emperor traveling west to visit the Furong Banquet, so this custom has been preserved.After the overthrow of the former Wei Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Xingyang was not affected by the flames of war because of its high walls and thick walls. The city generally maintained stability and peace, and the hibiscus banquet was not stopped even during the most difficult times.

Every year in mid-June, when the lotus in the Autumn River Pond is in full bloom, invitations will be jointly issued by the most outstanding oirans in Yonghefang, inviting celebrities and refined scholars in the city to come to the building for a banquet.The tone of the banquet is mainly relaxed and leisurely. Singing poems and guessing characters are the most common pastimes, supplemented by the music of silk and bamboo played by the Qing people sent by each building.The real highlight is at night, when thousands of lanterns are placed on the bank of the Qiujiang River, setting off the delicate and beautiful hibiscus in the pool, which complements the nine oirans on the bank and is extremely enchanting.

The oirans come on stage one by one, performing their favorite programs, such as dance or music or poems and songs, and the fragrance of their clothes is different.There was even an oiran who splashed ink on the spot and painted the magnificent scenery of Lingzhou with a magnificent brushstroke. In the end, he was asked for a thousand gold.

The preparations for this hibiscus banquet in Kaiping five years ago began as early as April, and everything was ready and only a ray of wind was missing.

"The rustling east wind washes away the dust, and there is light thunder outside the Hibiscus Pond." In an exquisite and elegant manor in the east of Xingyang City, Chen Xizhi was wearing a bamboo-colored lily skirt and stood leaning on a railing, reciting softly.

Although Wang Pingzhang joined forces with some nobles in Kyoto to destroy the Chen family by means of thunder 15 years ago, it was impossible to completely eliminate the Chen family's influence in Daliang.Chen Xizhi escaped from the capital under the protection of a few loyal subordinates, and wandered around the world for more than ten years, gathering the strength of the Chen family while growing.The eight hundred tigers in Hengduan Mountain were the people the Chen family planted in various parts of the state capital, and no one except Chen Xi knew how many properties like the manor in front of them had.

This is the rich legacy left to her by Chen Qingchen who is willing to save the world with business.

A middle-aged woman appeared in the corridor, looking at Chen Xizhi's much thinner back with complicated eyes.

Her name is Ning Ning, Tao Hua's mother, and also the maid beside Chen Qingchen back then.

After coming to Lingzhou for more than a year, she saw with her own eyes that Chen Xizhi was colluding with various forces, faintly turning this place into a second Hengduan Mountain.She didn't know the reason why the other party never concealed herself, maybe it was trust or temptation, the latter was more likely.

Ning Ning gradually became tired of this kind of life, and Chen Xizhi didn't send anyone to watch her. If she wanted to leave, she could leave at any time, but no matter how much she missed Taohua, she still refused to escape.What Pei Yue said to her on the Qishui boat back then was a very important reason, and of course there was also some reluctance towards Chen Xizhi.

In any case, this is the only blood of the Chen family, and it is also the girl she watched growing up.

Chen Xizhi didn't look back, but knew that Ning Ning had arrived, and she asked softly, "Is the arrangement over there?"

"Yes."

Ning Ning responded, stepped forward and said, "Girl, why bother to startle the snake?"

Chen Xizhi smiled, turned around and asked, "Aunt Leng thinks I've been dazzled by hatred?"

Ning Ning stared at the face that seemed to be outlined with a brush, and was in a daze for a moment, as if seeing the young lady from back then.

The two people's appearances are six to seven points similar, but their temperament and personality are very different. Chen Qingchen is gentle and tough, while Chen Xizhi is cold and beautiful with a bit of indifference.

Thoughts were flooding in my heart, and I smiled lightly on my condensed face: "Young lady must have deep meaning in her actions, but I didn't see it."

Chen Xizhi turned around and sat down by the railing, looked up at Ning Ning slightly, and there was a hint of sarcasm in the eyes of Jianshui: "It doesn't have any deep meaning, but I just gave Pei Yue a big gift, I think he will like it. I heard that he was in the Life in Dingguo Mansion was miserable, and Ye Qi stared at him after he left the mansion, and he was busy with trivial matters in Yongzhou, so he didn’t have time to ask questions, so I wanted to let him taste the beauty of the world.”

Ning Ning forced a smile and said: "Girl, don't you worry that after Miss Ye's family finds out about this, she will come from the capital to trouble you?"

Chen Xizhi's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he smiled and said: "Ye Qi has been a maverick since he was a child, and he was often out of tune with ordinary people. At that time, besides me, I am afraid that you were the only one who could talk to her in the mountains. A person like this has a heart that surpasses the sky. Gao's woman, just because she met Pei Yue once, willingly became his housekeeper, how ridiculous."

Ning Ning originally wanted to say that there was nothing wrong with it, but she was afraid of angering Chen Xizhi, so she could only agree: "Maybe Miss Ye is just fulfilling her father's marriage contract."

Chen Xizhi shook his head slightly and said: "It's just an excuse. This time I sent that Jue Se out not only to give Pei Yue a little sweetness, but also to make him have no time to care about him. Doesn't he like the truth? Let him check it out slowly. "

She stood up and looked at Ning Ning, and said in a strange tone: "Actually, those reasons are not important, just incidental. What I don't understand is why Aunt Leng didn't inform Pei Yue?"

Condensed face asked as usual: "What do you mean by this girl?"

Chen Xizhi smiled and said: "I left this matter to Aunt Leng, and I planned to be known by Pei Yue. After all, before you left the capital, you went to Lvliuzhuang to look for Pei Yue. I thought you had changed To become his eyes and ears, now it seems that the bait I gave this time is not enough to make you rebel."

The condensed arms tensed subconsciously.

Chen Xizhi didn't take it seriously when she saw this, even though the two knives were not at hand at the moment, she still remained calm: "Don't worry, Aunt Leng, I won't kill you."

Ning Ning said with a complicated expression: "I don't know what the girl is talking about."

"Ah."

Chen Xizhi chuckled, turned around and exposed his back to Condensed Eyes, and said calmly: "At that time, Pei Yue threatened you with peach blossoms? It was indeed his style, full of pettiness everywhere. I have been observing for more than a year. You, although you didn't really betray me and the Chen family, but I know in my heart that you are no longer the Aunt Leng who ran for my life behind my back."

After all, there was a touch of loneliness.

The past can only be mourned, but the past cannot be pursued.

The condensed voice trembled slightly: "Girl—"

Chen Xizhi still didn't look back, and raised his hand to interrupt her: "I'll call you Aunt Leng again at the end, you didn't betray my news to Pei Yue, which made me not so sad. We have been together for so many years, I have already regarded you as a Relatives treat it. It's just a matter in this world. There are nine out of ten people who don't want what they want. You can't leave the peach blossoms behind, and Pei Yue and I will inevitably live and die separately. If you are caught in the middle like this, it will only happen that everyone Things you don't want to see."

She paused slightly, her chest heaving and falling, obviously her mood was not as calm as she showed.

As if unwilling to speak coldly, she continued to speak very quickly: "Since you didn't betray me, then you can go. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Pei Yue has no time to be distracted, you go to the capital to pick up the peach blossoms, and then go back to Nanzhou to pass Live a stable life. I still have some people in the capital, and they will help you. Just don’t kill anyone this time, otherwise Ye Qi’s temper will definitely keep chasing you.”

Ning Ning said with difficulty: "Girl, I never thought of betraying you."

Chen Xizhi shook his head and said, "Let's go, before I change my mind."

Two lines of tears slid down Ning Ning's face, looking at the woman's thin and lonely back, she took a deep breath, then bowed to Chen Xizhi to say goodbye.

Hearing the condensed footsteps from near to far, Chen Xizhi silently looked at the calm water in front of him, and suddenly let out a sneer.

As if laughing at himself.

"After all, it's the day when everyone betrays their relatives. All of this is thanks to you."

"You came in time, without delaying so many gifts I prepared for you."

"Who made me a very stingy woman?"

"If you don't die, who will die?"

After talking to herself, she raised the corners of her mouth slightly, with a strong killing intent in her smile.

(End of this chapter)