In the northern part of South City, there is a small courtyard with two entrances with red walls and brown tiles. Against the backdrop of the tall gate towers around it, this small courtyard looks desolate and lonely.
There are two rows of tall pines and cypresses planted against the courtyard wall in the yard. Although they are all dead now, the withered yellow leaves are still hanging firmly on the branches, dense and lush, as if they will come back to life immediately after pouring a sip of water.
Two rows of pines and cypresses block most of the light in the courtyard, making the courtyard look dim and dim even at noon when the sun is shining brightly, giving people a depressing feeling.
The people around me would subconsciously speed up their pace whenever they passed by the small courtyard gate, fearing that they would be unlucky if they walked too slowly. Because according to local customs, pines and cypresses cannot be planted in the yard, only in the cemetery.
Will plant these things.
There are many rich and powerful families around. Although they have some complaints about the pines and cypresses in the courtyard, they dare not criticize them in front of the owner of the courtyard, even if they complain a few words in front of him, because the courtyard owner
They cannot afford to offend the owner of the courtyard.
Wei Ziyan, Duke of Wei, was the youngest son of the former emperor.
In the year when Emperor Su led his army to break through the gates of the imperial capital of the Wei Kingdom, he had just turned sixteen. He was handsome, talented, and had the reputation of being the living little Duke of Zhou.
Zhou Gong was a great sage three hundred years ago. His life was magnificent and he left countless legendary stories that are talked about by the world.
However, when the Su flag was fluttering under the towering city walls of the imperial capital, it was he who led his five hundred personal guards to take advantage of the opportunity of patrolling the city to raid the city gate army, open the city gate and let the Su family's cavalry into the imperial city.
The Wei Dynasty was destroyed, the royal family was slaughtered, and he was the only one left. He naturally became the biggest sinner of the Wei Dynasty, and was nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of the Wei Dynasty, and was poked in the spine and scolded by countless old officials of the dynasty.
, you may even get spat on when you walk on the street.
However, he never stood up to explain a word from beginning to end. He only said one sentence on the day when Emperor Su ascended the throne to discuss meritorious deeds and rewards, that he was going to Yancheng to live out his life.
Yancheng was a strategic center for military strategists in the southern region. He, the surviving son of the previous dynasty, wanted to go there. Who knew if he had another purpose? Therefore, he was strongly opposed by many new ministers and generals at that time, saying that he was naturally rebellious, cold-blooded and vicious.
Even my own relatives dare to rebel, and I'm not sure if one day my wings will get stronger and I will raise a flag to rebel.
These remarks can be described as murderous and heart-wrenching, but Wei Ziyan's expression was calm and he did not blink an eyelid from beginning to end.
Emperor Suhuang was a broad-minded man. Whether he believed that Wei Ziyi would not rebel or was not afraid that Wei Ziyi would rebel, he overcame all opinions and not only approved Wei Ziyi's request to go to Yancheng, but also granted him the title of Duke.
After that, Wei Ziyan followed Zhang Tufu's Zhang family army to the south and made great contributions in the battle to recapture Yancheng. Emperor Su was very happy when he learned about Hou Longyan, and posthumously granted him the title of "Tongxiu" in front of his Duke's title. That is to say, as long as the Su dynasty does not
If it is destroyed, the title of Duke of Wei Ziyan can be passed down from generation to generation.
However, Wei Ziyan just laughed it off.
He did not continue the southern expedition with Zhang Butcher, but stayed in Yancheng, chose such a small courtyard, and lived there for so many years.
I don't know if it was to make Emperor Su and his ministers and generals completely at ease, but Wei Ziyi never married, never adopted a son or a daughter, nor did he recruit any followers or personal guards. He just played with flowers and plants all day long.
Listen to small songs, and when you get interested, you will pick up the erhu and play one or two verses by yourself, and you can also hum a few songs by yourself.
Several of the servants who were responsible for serving him in the past two years died of old age one after another. These servants were all rewarded by Emperor Su when he granted him the title of Tongxiu. They were all ordinary people who did not know how to practice. They should be
It's just a simple reward, and there is no intention to monitor him, because if you want to monitor him, you have to have a certain level of cultivation to do it.
After decades of getting along, he developed a deep relationship with these servants, so after everyone died, he bought a good coffin for them, and buried them directly in the yard without sending them to the cemetery for burial.
Under the cypress trees.
Emperor Su seemed to have forgotten his existence. He did not reward new servants, nor did he spend money to buy new servants. He lived alone for the past two years. He ate, drank, slept, made oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, all by himself. If
Without knowing his true identity, if you meet him on the road, you will only think that he is an old farmer who lives in poverty.
At noon, the sunshine in early May is already as fierce as midsummer.
Wei Ziyan heated up the leftover rice porridge he had eaten in the morning and ate two bowls of the pickles he had cut in the morning. He used to love chewing a few broad beans, but he has lost several teeth in the past two years, and he feels helpless when looking at the broad beans.
I won’t buy it anymore.
After finishing the meal, I washed all the dishes, chopsticks and porridge pot, then walked twice in the yard with my hands behind my back to eat, then opened all the doors and windows to let the sunlight in, and murmured to myself
Said: "Let Lieyang only suppress your grievances, so that your grievances will not grow into ghosts and cause harm to the world. Don't worry, everyone. I won't live long. I will go over there to apologize to you soon. I will kill you then.
Cut it, please do as you wish."
If a stranger came to the courtyard at this time, when he saw the scenes in the rooms, his scalp would be numb with fear, and the air conditioner would keep blowing on his back. Every room was filled with spiritual tablets.
, at a glance, there are thousands of rooms in total. Coupled with the pine and cypress trees in the yard, it is really a gloomy place.
These spiritual tablets do not belong to anyone else, but to the ancestors of his Wei family.
However, on the ground in front of the incense table where the memorial tablets are placed in the main hall, there is a soul tablet lying upside down on the ground facing the incense table, making it look like it is kneeling on the ground.
If you turn this spiritual tablet over, you will see that the name engraved on it is clearly the name of Wei Ziyan's father-in-law, the last emperor of the Wei Dynasty, and the fifth king of Wei Wei Ren'en.
Obviously, Wei Ziyan hated his dear father so deeply that he even opened the city gate with his own hands, let the enemy troops enter the city and seize his father's throne. He was not satisfied with his anger, and even had to kneel down his tomb for dozens of times after his death.
Year.
His hatred for Wei Ren'en can be seen to the core of his hatred.
"Seniors can sleep full of energy in front of these spiritual tablets every night, which is really admirable to juniors." A voice suddenly sounded under the shade of the trees in the southeast corner of the yard. If you didn't open your eyes and look closely, you wouldn't be able to see anyone there.
Wei Ziyi clasped his hands behind his back and looked sadly at the memorial tablet of the Wei family's ancestors in the main hall. He was not frightened by the sudden sound and did not even raise his eyelids. It seemed that he had already known that an uninvited guest was coming to the courtyard.
He sighed and said: "If I could sleep full of energy every day, how could my beard and hair be so pale, how could my strong teeth fall out, and how could my body gradually become rickety?"
"Senior, you are already seventy-four years old this year. What you said are all normal phenomena of aging. Do you still want to keep your appearance forever and stay young?" The person in the shadow of the tree sneered, listening to him speak.
His tone was not friendly towards Wei Ziyan.
"You have an ageless appearance? Doesn't that make you a monster? It's impossible. These ancestors are eager for me to go down and confess my crime. They have already been waiting for fifty-eight years. We can't delay it any longer." Wei Ziyi shook his head.
smiled.
"Senior, Qi Wuwei sent ten thousand elites to Baihuang Mountain." The person in the shadow of the tree seemed not to want to continue chatting with Wei Ziyu and changed the subject.
"I heard about it when I went for a walk in the morning." Wei Ziyi nodded, "It is said that the second son of the city lord's palace was attacked by a big-toothed dog while he was patrolling. Qi Wuwei was eager to save his son?"
"yes."
"I'll ask again, does Big Tooth Dog have anything to do with your master?" Wei Ziyan's tone suddenly turned cold.
"No."
"I hope not. Why did you come here today?" Wei Ziyu asked.
"My master hopes that senior will go to Baihuang Mountain."
Wei Ziyu: "What are you going to do in Baihuang Mountain?"
"kill."
"Who to kill?"
"Qi Changkong."
Wei Ziyan frowned, and after a while he said, "Is she okay?"
“The master is very nice, and I miss my senior very much.”
"good."
"Senior agreed?"
"yes."
"Then I wish the seniors immediate success in advance. The juniors will say goodbye."
"Wait a minute."
"Senior, is there something wrong?"
"You've been standing on someone's grave for so long, and you didn't say sorry before you left?"
"He is just a lowly servant. Senior, do you think he can bear an apology from this junior?"
"I can bear it." Wei Ziyan said in a calm voice.
"He can't bear it!" The person in the shadow of the tree said in a suddenly cold tone, word by word.
boom!
However, as soon as he finished speaking, he knelt down and his whole knee directly hit the ground. Then he knocked his head to the ground, thump, thump, thump, three times in succession against the small grave.
"How is it? Can you bear it?" Wei Ziyan asked with a smile.