On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 19 Sentimental Parting (4000)

Cui Che and his party used the name of study tours to expand their contacts, and the Pei family enthusiastically persuaded them to stay. Cui Che and Feng Deyi stayed in Wenxi for more than half a month, forming friendship with many young people.

On the eighth day of June, I heard that Yuwen Shenju, the general manager of Bingzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, successively captured Sizhou and Xianzhou. Gao Shaoyi, the clan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, was defeated and had led more than 3000 cavalry to defect to the Turks. Today, north of the Yellow River, only Gao Baoning in the northeast is still occupying Yingzhou Recalcitrant.

Originally, Feng Deyi gave up visiting Aunt Cui Che in Jinyang because he heard that Gao Shaoyi wanted to take Bingzhou, but now seeing 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 her opinion, and Pei Xiu said that she hadn't visited her aunt for many years, so Cui Che agreed.

Mrs. Pei, who was listening, said to Cui Zhaorong at this moment:

"I'm afraid Zhao Rong misses his sister too? How about going north with them."

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Cui Zhaorong was hesitant when she heard the words, of course she also wanted to go to Jinyang, since she hadn't seen her sister for four years, the concern in her heart couldn't be faked.

Mrs. Pei smiled and said:
"Go, the journey is not far, and it's only been about a month or so. I have lived in Yecheng as a slave for four years. Now that I have rich clothes and fine food, I still want you to serve me every step of the way."

Seeing that her mother-in-law said so, Cui Zhaorong also agreed.

On the ninth day of June, in the early morning, I bid farewell to a group of Pei's children who came to see me off. Since I had to go back to Wenxi County after leaving Jinyang, I had to send my aunt back to Pei's mansion to be at ease. Cui Che, Feng De Yi made an appointment with them to meet again in a while.

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

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

Therefore, what Cui Che is going to is not the old city of Longshan County where Er Zhurong and Gao Huan's tyrants are located, but the new city of Jinyang.

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

In Jinyang, there are many famous mountains and rivers along the way. Whenever people encounter beautiful scenery, they have to stop, or rest by the carriage, or climb to the top of the mountain to see the magnificent mountains and rivers.

Mountain climbing is painful, but the mood of standing on the top of the mountain is also joyful.

Of course, it's still the same sentence, Cui Che and Feng Deyi are not in a hurry, the two of them went to Wenxi County, that's how they came.

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

Seeing the logo of the team, the five teenagers greeted them one after another. Even though they hadn't seen each other for four years, Pei Xiu, who was seated with Cui Che, vaguely recognized the faces of the five and introduced their identities to Cui Che in a low voice.

It turned out that they were the sons of his little aunt, Li Yixuan, Li Yigong, Li Yizhang, Li Yichen, and Li Yiying.

Cui Zhaorong had bad eyesight, and only when they got closer did he see the faces of the five people clearly.

"Meet my aunt."

The five bowed and saluted. Cui Zhaorong quickly got out of the car and helped them up, praising them non-stop.

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

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

Cui Che’s little uncle Li Yuanjian came from Gu Zang’s house. The fifth ancestor was Li Bao, a famous general of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Li Fan, Li Bao’s father, was the sixth son of Li Hao, the king of Wuzhao in Xiliang. ancestors.

It's just that the future Li Tang royal family is now surnamed Daye, just like Yang Jian, also known as Pu Liurujian, and Li Yuan, the 11-year-old Tang Guogong, must also be called Daye Yuan.

Don't be surprised that Li Yuanjian was able to marry Cui Jishu's daughter-in-law when he joined the army only for Bingzhou Tiancao in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Li Yuanjian was not only from a famous family, but also comparable to the Boling Cui family in terms of family status. His father Li Qianzhi was a meritorious doctor in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Cui Che and his party were welcomed into the city by the five sons of the Li family, and returned to the mansion of the younger uncle Li Yuanjian. Needless to say, the crying scene where the elder aunt Cui Zhaorong and the younger aunt Cui Murong met, Cui Che and Pei Xiu were also called by her. Beside him, especially looking at Cui Che's somewhat similar face to his father Cui Changjun, he couldn't help crying.

In the past when the Cui Mansion suffered disasters, the little aunt was able to escape because she had married into the Li family, while the eldest aunt was both from the public and natal families.

Cui Murong looked at her sister's cloudy eyes because of being mended day and night, and regretted that she hadn't been able to help, and watched her sister and nephew living a hard life in northern Xinjiang.

In fact, neither Cui Zhaorong, nor Cui Che, nor Pei Xiu blamed my little aunt for standing idly by. At least when she was assigned at the beginning, Cui Murong still helped from time to time. It was Cui Changjun, Cui Jingxuan and others who really participated in the rebellion. Next, cut off contact with her natal family.

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

This is why Cui Che is grateful to the rich man surnamed Yuan in northern Xinjiang for giving him a job of herding sheep and providing a thatched cottage for him and Pei Xiu to live in.

Under the comfort of the whole family, Cui Murong finally stopped crying, and everyone sat in the main hall, chattering about the household chores, until it was getting dark when little uncle Li Yuanjian came off duty and returned home.

Li Yuanjian, whose real name is Li Huayang, and whose character is Yuanjian, is famous in the world. His mother comes from the Wang family of Taiyuan.

Wang Qiongsheng has four sons, and the descendants are called the Sifang Wang family, which occupies half of the entire Wang family in Taiyuan.

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

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

The third sister, Li Zhaoxiang, married Lu Sidao, a servant of the Huangmen in Northern Qi Dynasty, and a descendant of the Lu family in Fanyang.

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

The relationship network between the five surnames and the 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 intermarrying each other.

Li Yuanjian was 36 years old at the time, and he looked like a bearded man, but his complexion was not good. Of course, it was not because Cui Che and others were unhappy when they visited him, but probably because of his serious illness.

Cui Che and others bowed to salute, Li Yuanjian treated them kindly, especially Cui Che.

Li Yuanjian's father, Li Qianzhi, was wrongly killed during the period of Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Yang. His official career was supported by his father-in-law Cui Jishu, and he took care of him. He naturally treated Cui Jishu's only male blood with special respect.

As for the prohibition of Cui Murong's association with her natal family, Cui Changjun and others were to be blamed for their involvement 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. He worked hard for the Gao family for nearly 40 years, but he only discouraged Gao Wei from going to Jinyang, so he was said to be a Han nationality. The officials met for rebellion and were executed for treason.

Even if they are innocent, they can be killed, so how dare Li Yuanjian's family come into contact with Cui Che and other descendants of rebels.

Inquiring about the intention of Cui Che and others on this trip to the west, Li Yuanjian appreciated that Cui Che was only six years old when he learned that he was going to study in Guanzhong.

What he said made Cui Che's face turn red, he knew his own affairs well, what he wanted to learn was just under the guise of a study tour.

Of course, when I really arrived in Chang'an, I still had to find a good teacher and study hard. I didn't have ink in my stomach, and I didn't have the confidence to copy poems.

The little uncle originally planned to let his sons go with him, but the five cousins ​​knew that he was not in good health and insisted on staying by his side to serve. Li Yuanjian had no choice but to keep them in Jinyang.

Cui Zhaorong proposed to take Li Yuanjian's pulse. Although she is a woman, she learned medical skills from Cui Jishu since she was a child. She cured Cui Che's cold at that time.

It's just that Li Yuanjian declined, but couldn't help his wife Cui Murong's urging, so he turned his wrist to Cui Zhaorong.

Cui Zhaorong checked the pulse, his face was serious.

On the contrary, Li Yuanjian saw it openly and said with a smile:
"Life is alive, birth, old age, sickness 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 show a smile together."

Thinking about it, he has seen many doctors over the years, and got too many negative answers, so he has already looked down on life and death.

But in any case, the atmosphere was still a lot dull.

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 them in.

Every day, she is next to her little man, who is the big maid who sleeps with her.

Miaorong couldn't bear it anymore, if Old Madam Feng asked her to watch the pair of cousins, if she didn't stop her, something would happen.

Cui Che was watching a play inside the door, and to be honest, at first he couldn't sleep without Pei Xiu's snoring, but now after meeting him again, listening to him snoring every night, he also wanted to keep his ears clean for two days.

Seeing Cui Che watching a joke in the room, Pei Xiu shouted outside the door:
"Ache, if you don't push her away, you won't let her sleep with me in the future!"

Feeling the strange eyes of everyone in the courtyard, Cui Che poohed three times and said:
"How does this person defile people's innocence out of thin air? It's clear that you insist on sharing the same bed with me."

Pei Xiu walked away in a haughty manner, and Cui Che didn't chase after him. The two had depended on each other since they were young, and they knew his temperament very well. This man didn't hold grudges.

Before Cui Che and his party came to Pei's residence, Pei Xiu was humiliated by brothers of the same clan, but after those people apologized, Pei Xiu never took it to heart and had sincere friendship with them.

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

Feng Deyi inquired last night that there would be a literary meeting today, and planned to meet people from Taiyuan.

He knew that Cui Che had become a blockbuster at the Jinchun Wenhui, so he extended an invitation.

But Cui Che's previous participation in the literary conference was just to spread his reputation to Yang Jian's ears, with a clear purpose.

This time Jinyang didn't have anyone he wanted to get close to, so he didn't bother to join in the fun. After all, there were poems suitable for this age in his belly, so he had to cherish one poem and one less.

Now that he is still young, if there is no amazing move, who can pay attention to him.

Among the five sons of the Li family, the eldest son Li Yixuan, who was 15 years old at the time, and 11-year-old Li Yigong went to the literary fair together with Feng Deyi, while the younger Li Yizhang, Li Yichen, and Li Yiying went on an outing with Cui Che and Pei Xiu. Cui Zhaorong and Cui Murong talked about each other's experiences over the years at home.

When he came back in the evening, Cui Che saw that Li Yixuan and Li Yigong, who went to the Wenhui together with Feng Deyi, were not in a good mood. After careful questioning, he found out that Feng Deyi, who was only nine years old, was the youngest among the three, and he was like a fish in water at the Wenhui. , was praised by others, and went to a banquet with others.

Naturally, Feng Deyi also invited the two, but Li Yizhen and Li Yigong felt that they were bored, so they politely declined.

Cui Che stayed in Jinyang for seven days. During this period, he visited the mountains and rivers, and also walked in the streets and alleys of Jinyang, almost covering the entire Jinyang County.

Maybe it's because of delicious beef and regular exercise. Although Cui Che is young, his physique is far better than his peers.

Although the past dynasties have expressly stipulated that killing cattle is not allowed, there are policies above and countermeasures below. The cattle 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 autumn was coming, Cui Zhaorong was anxious to go back to take care of Mrs. Pei, and the group also bid farewell to Li Yuanjian's family and embarked on their way back to Wenxi County.

When I came, I stopped and went, visiting the scenery, but when I returned, it was much smoother. I set off on the fifth day of July, and the team arrived in Wenxi County in mid-July.

After resting in Pei's residence for a while, Mrs. Pei planned to stay with everyone for the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Cui Che and others offered to say goodbye.

On July 23, Cui Che, Pei Xiu, and Feng Deyi bid farewell to Mrs. Pei and Cui Zhaorong, and also said goodbye to a group of young people they met in Wenxi, and finally embarked on the road of studying again.

"Mother (aunt) take care of yourself!"

As the carriage went further and further away, Cui Che and Pei Xiu leaned out of the car window and waved goodbye, which gradually became blurred in Cui Zhaorong's eyes.

"Xiu'er, you have to take care of yourself, take care of Ah Che!"

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

Cui Che suppressed the reluctance of parting, waved his hands and said with a smile:

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

Pei Xiu wiped away her tears and said unhappily:
"I've been taking care of you since I was a child, when did you take care of me again!"

"Why should we be so clear between you and me?"

The two people's teasing voices gradually became unclear, and the carriage finally disappeared from sight. Cui Zhaorong finally couldn't hold back the tears.

Cui Che regards her as her mother, so why doesn't she regard this lonely nephew as her own child, now that the two sons are leaving their relatives and going away, thinking of the parting and the unknown date of return, who can bear the pain The feeling of parting.

Just as Cui Zhaorong wiped away her tears and was about to return home, she suddenly heard the sound of a horse's hooves, and when the person got closer, she saw clearly that it was Zhang Wu who was beside Cui Che.

Zhang Wu handed Cui Zhaorong a piece of paper, only saying that it was Cui Che's.

Cui Zhaorong opened it and saw that the first two characters were "Ci Mu".

Here is a poem, written on the paper:

'Don't leave the cloud at the beginning, and the leaves are thinning from the pavilion.People who are lamenting different geese don't fly in a row. '

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

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

　　There is another way of saying "fly without making a trip", that is, not returning with a trip.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)