It should be a celebration for the whole world to welcome the army back to the DPRK in triumph today.
But the wooden coffins directly impacted the entire capital, and there was a bit of sadness.
The streets and alleys closed early and settled down. Even the painted boats on the Qinhuai River that stayed up all night and the long alleys with red sleeves were full of low-pitched singing.
Qing history will remember the achievements of emperors,
The seal carved on the jade stele will be brave,
The whole dynasty was filled with merit and wealth.
Who pities the strong man to turn into ashes?
Zhu Yunxi returned to the palace exhausted. As soon as he entered Zuo'anmen, he saw He Guangyi, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, already guarding there before entering the harem.
With a wave of his hand, the eunuch guards around him walked away, and only Wang Bashi bowed down and helped Zhu Yunxi carry the lantern.
"Has everything been done?" Zhu Yunxi asked.
He Guangyi leaned over and said, "Go back to Your Highness, as per your instructions, I left a message in the broken City God's Temple in the west of the city!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi's tense face softened a little.
The last time the old man was seriously ill, it was Xi Yingzhen who pulled the old man back from hell. When he saw him off, he said something to Zhu Yunxi.
"Kill Monk Daoyan. I owe you a favor, Old Daoist!"
Now that Monk Daoyan is dead, it's time for him to return the favor. So Zhu Yunxi asked He Guangyi to take out the broken city god's temple and place the token in accordance with the agreement between him and Xi Yingzhen.
Zhu Yunxi originally distrusted these quack magicians. But in this era, after truly witnessing the profound and profound medical skills of the ancients, he couldn't help but disbelieve them.
As some people said in later generations, many things are not better than others', but that we ourselves have thrown away, ruined, and deliberately obliterated the good things passed down by our ancestors.
Now is the time for the old Taoist to return the favor. Over at Lan Yu, Zhou Guangzhi and other famous doctors from Tai Hospital have taken his pulse and said that he only has about three months to live.
"Where's the blue jade?" Zhu Yunxi sighed slightly in his heart and continued to ask.
"Returning to Your Highness!" He Guangyi continued, "Shuai Lan is not staying in the palace. He insists on going to live in Chang's Mansion. He has already settled there!" After saying that, he paused and continued to smile, "He also said,
There is no reason for ministers to live in the palace, so he dare not overstep his bounds!"
"Ha!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "He has become more and more disciplined as he gets older! Just drive...forget it!"
He originally wanted to go visit Chang's house, but then he thought about it. He went there rashly at night, and everyone was in a hurry. Besides, he hadn't seen his uncle and nephew for a long time, and it was time to have a good chat.
"Well done, you'll have to keep an eye on me later, so go back and rest!"
Zhu Yunxi said a few words of encouragement and walked towards the harem.
~~~~~
It was late at night, but the lights were still on in the main room in the backyard of Founding Father Chang's house.
Brothers Chang Sheng and Chang Sen sat at the bottom, looking quietly at the top, while Lan Yu ate and drank.
On the table were several delicious dishes to go with wine, including braised pork ears with thousand layers of meat, fried tofu with golden brown on both sides, hand-shredded mutton, and a bowl of hot whole blood ointment.
"Cough! Cough!" Lan Yu coughed twice, frowned, took a big sip of wine, and suppressed it.
Then Kuai took a big spoonful of blood ointment and put it into his mouth, "Damn it, I've been vomiting a lot of blood recently, please replenish it!"
The two Chang brothers looked at each other, and Chang Sheng said, "Uncle, I'm not in good health, so I'd better stop drinking!"
"You know what, wine can cure all kinds of diseases!" Lan Yu said with a smile, holding a porcelain vat of about three taels, "It's been a while since I've had such a good wine, and if I don't drink it, I won't be able to drink it anymore!"
, smiled nonchalantly at the two nephews, "Humans, please enjoy it while you are still alive. If you don't enjoy it, you two juniors will laugh at me. If I hadn't taken care of your aunt, your old uncle, I would come tonight
, I have to find some pretty little ladies!”
"Grandma, I won the battle before, wasn't it...ah!"
"Uncle!" Chang Sen ignored Lan Yu's joke and said sternly, "Don't drink. Your body is like this. It's important to recover. You don't care about yourself, but for the sake of us juniors,
Have mercy on us, okay?"
Lan Yu was immediately displeased, "Mom? You bitch, your intestines were about to come out when someone stabbed you, and you were still drinking heavily and talking and laughing. How can I be considered a bird with this disease?"
"So I'll die when I'm forty!" Chang Sen retorted angrily.
"I'll fucking slap you!" Lan Yu was furious.
"Come!" Chang Sen leaned his face towards you and said seriously, "Uncle, my nephew really wants to honor you for a few more years!" As he spoke, his eyes were a little red, "My father died early, and we brothers
You are the one who cares most about us. Can we please fulfill our filial piety?"
Lan Yu couldn't move her hand away, so she slapped Chang Sen on the forehead.
"Your uncle is not that arrogant!"
With that said, Lan Yu took a sip and continued, "Humans, it's all about their damn lives. The King of Hell tells you to die at the third watch, how can you survive the fifth watch!"
"But, it's strange to say. This time in Liaodong, I had the heart to die. But your Highness sent someone to get it back for me. Now, in my heart, I really don't want to die!"
Hearing this, Chang Sheng smiled and said, "Don't think too much, uncle. The best doctors in the world are all in the capital. The emperor's grandson has ordered you to see a doctor. It's better than those country doctors in the countryside." After that, he added,
"Auntie will be here tomorrow. Don't worry, you don't have to worry about anything!"
"I want a bird!" Lan Yu gave him a blank look, then immediately filled the jar with wine.
"Uncle!" the two brothers exclaimed in unison.
"Your aunt will be here tomorrow!" Lan Yu said with a straight face, "If you don't drink today, the old woman will come tomorrow, and I will still be there!" He said, seeming to grit his teeth, "I have never listened to my wife's words in my life.
But when the time came, and she was about to die, I always felt that I owed her and wanted to obey her. Just have a drink today, and if he comes tomorrow, I won't poke her in the heart with this horse urine!"
The two Chang brothers looked at each other again, shook their heads and stopped trying to persuade them.
After Lan Yu drank half the tank, Chang Sheng hesitated for a moment and continued, "Uncle, my nephew has heard the news, and His Highness the Emperor Taisun intends to revive you... It means deprivation.
The title of..."
"Who said that? It's nonsense. Why do people like me who are about to die need these false names?" Lan Yu said with a smile, "Don't listen to the wind and rain, and don't try to figure out His Highness's thoughts. Now I have already seen it. What?
His mother-in-law’s Grand Master and Duke are all imaginary, but it’s true that they attract people’s hatred!”
As he said this, Lan Yu suddenly slapped his forehead, "Hey, I understand!"
Then, he grinned and said, "Your Highness is planning to give me grace! Grace after death!"
Seeing that the Chang brothers were puzzled, he continued, "Your Highness is thinking that if I really don't survive, my funeral will be more grand. A state funeral with the rites of a duke is always much more beautiful than a Guizhou official in the countryside!"
Having said this, he threw a piece of tofu into his mouth and said happily, "The Duke should be buried at least in Zhongshan Mountain, in front of the Emperor's Mausoleum."
"The monument of achievements of stone figures and stone statues, engraved on the archway, was a great minister during his lifetime, and he will enjoy all the sorrow and honor after his death!"
"Hehe, but, I really don't care about those old fools!"
As he said that, he looked at his two nephews and said, "I have something to trouble you two brothers about!"
"Uncle, tell me!" the Chang family brothers said in unison.
"If I really can't hold on, I'm dead!" Lan Yu said seriously, holding the wine jar, "Tell His Highness, don't bury it with any national ceremony. You two prepare a good coffin, and you can find a place in the shade for your hometown during the Games.
That's it." He said with a smile, "When I was young, I was afraid of being exposed to the sun. I don't want to die and let it be exposed to the sun. Do you understand!"
The two brothers looked at each other again and nodded slightly.
"And!" Lan Yu continued, "I don't want any funeral objects, but I have to bring two things with me." After saying that, he looked at the two brothers, and then said, "One is the knife I had when I was alive, and the other is the knife I wore when I was alive."
's armor."
The tone paused for a moment, and Lan Yu drank down the wine in her hand, "The knife was given to you by your father, and A was given to you by the Crown Prince when he was still alive. In my eyes, gold, silver, and other interesting things are not as good as those two!"
"I'll use it if I'm alive. If I die, I'll take it with me. I'll use it in the next life. It's his grandma's fault!"