The dean of the Mountain Foot Academy has a daughter who got married a few years ago. Tang Yunqing is very talented and talented. If the dean likes her, it will be of great benefit to him whether she will be accepted as a closed disciple or an adopted son.
Duan Yuexiu took Tang Yunqing to the Shanli Academy on horseback to visit the dean of the academy. Unfortunately, the weather was not kind and it started to rain halfway.
I finally arrived at the academy despite the rain. People in the academy said that the dean had just gone out to visit an old friend in the morning.
Duan Yuexiu stood in the corridor and seemed to sigh: "Don't God want me to send you away?"
Tang Yunqing looked at the people around her with hope, "Uncle Duan, God won't let you send me away, so just keep me by your side!"
Duan Yuexiu smiled and refused: "No!"
In the evening, the rain gradually stopped, the strong wind dispersed the dark clouds in the sky, and beams of golden light slanted out from the gray clouds, illuminating the land.
The dark clouds scattered, the colorful clouds drifted, and the sun, which was about to set in the west, squeezed out of the clouds, revealing its complete disk.
Duan Yuexiu glanced up and taught Tang Yunqing beside him: "Look at all the things in this world, they are so magnificent! Don't cling to the sorrow of this world!"
Tang Yunqing heard this and stopped talking.
Early the next morning, the two set off from the academy and headed for the capital.
The dean's return date has not yet been determined, so Duan Yuexiu is not at ease about leaving him in the academy, so he can only come back next time.
Duan Yuexiu took Tang Yunqing back to the capital, intending to buy things for him in the past few days. A man riding a tall horse, wearing a red official uniform, a gauze hat and a sword around his waist suddenly approached, followed by many sword-wielding attendants.
"Isn't this Mr. Xiao Duan? What a coincidence?" the man said, with a hint of joking in his tone.
Duan Yuexiu stepped forward and bowed his hands in salute, while blocking Tang Yunqing behind him.
"I've met Mr. Shen!" Duan Yuexiu said respectfully.
"I heard from my subordinates that Mr. Xiao Duan has been busy running in and out with a child these days. Whose child can make Mr. Xiao Duan worry so much?" Shen Ye said with concern while riding on the horse, his tone remained the same, and his whole body was full of aura.
Fierce and threatening.
Duan Yuexiu lowered his head for a moment and said coldly, "It's my own child."
Hearing this, Shen Ye was a little surprised, "It turns out he is the child of Mr. Xiao Duan! I wonder which son of Mr. Xiao Duan he is? Let me see, as a Shangguan, I can give him some kind of greeting gift."
"...It's Duan's child who was raised outside. This child's mother passed away, and Duan..." Duan Yuexiu looked embarrassed and wanted to explain.
Immediately, Shen Ye laughed loudly before he could speak: "I said that Mr. Xiao Duan has been bringing a child in and out this month. It turns out that he is raising a child outside! Since he is Mr. Xiao Duan's flesh and blood, then...
It’s time to take it home properly, what’s the point of hanging around outside?”
"A man will be blessed if he has many children. What does it mean to have a few confidants outside? Mr. Xiao Duan, you should take this child home quickly. Mr. Xiao Duan's family is very thin. Bring your children to recognize your ancestors and bring prosperity to your family! If you let me
If the official knows that you left this child outside, I will definitely accuse you of the crime to the imperial censor, saying that you have ignored your dearest relatives and children!"
Shen Ye mocked Duan Yuexiu for a long time before leaving.
No matter how doubtful Tang Yunqing was, she didn't dare to speak just now. She only spoke in a quiet and uninhabited place.
"Uncle Duan, that person..."
There seemed to be a lot of emotions hidden in Duan Yuexiu's eyes. She looked at the child in front of her, touched his head and said, "That is Shen Ye, His Majesty's confidant. He copied the Shi family with his own hands..."
Having said this, Duan Yuexiu sighed, "Shen Ye is a man of high position and power, but he is humble and uncooperative. He has made many enemies in the court. I raise a foreign wife, and he can't cure my sins. At most, he can say that my moral character is lacking." , mocking me in the court. If I say you are someone else’s child, he will definitely check your parents, find out that you are a descendant of the Shi family, and take you away."
"Shen Ye is like a hungry wolf. He will not let go of a piece of meat if he stares at it. If I don't throw the piece of meat out, he will bite you. I made this decision out of desperation. I can't watch Shen Ye take you away. .”
Once this child leaves, he may not come back alive.
After hearing this, Tang Yunqing's eyes were filled with tears. "Uncle Duan, it was my fault, it's all my fault!"
"It's not your fault. Shen Ye noticed you because he didn't like me. If it weren't for me, he wouldn't have come here at all. It's my fault."
"Qing'er, I know you are a smart child. Now that you have met Shen Ye, you must have some thoughts in your heart. You are still young and should not hold hatred in your heart. I am not teaching you to retaliate with kindness, but I hope that you When one day you enter the court and serve as an official, you should put the people of the world first and be virtuous."
"You don't have to become someone like Shen Ye for the sake of Shen Ye."
"I was young and ignorant when I first entered the officialdom, and I almost made a big mistake. It was the elders of the Shi family who helped me, so I helped your mother. Now, I don't know whether it is good or bad. If you follow me home, can you If you can have shelter from the rain under the roof and have three meals of food and clothing, I will let you study, but I can’t give you anything extra.”
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"My youngest son is named Ming. How about I call you Duan Mingqing?"
After Duan Mingqing recalled this past event, he remembered that when he was a child, he had a moment of despicable joy in his heart after learning that he had become Uncle Duan's wife. Apart from Duan Yuexiu, he could no longer find anyone he could rely on. .
If he hadn't forced himself, agreed to Uncle Duan early, and gone to the house he found for himself, things like this wouldn't have happened.
He got his wish and stayed in the Duan family. Uncle Duan's reputation was ruined by him, and the harmony of the Duan family was ruined by him. There was no going back.
But if he left midway and Shen Ye found out about it, the Duan family would be in even greater trouble.
Everything was forced upon him and it was his fault.
Compared to Duan Mingqing's silence, Duan Mingjing couldn't help but speak.
"Chen Ye! This old man! He is really doing a lot of harm to people!" Duan Mingjing jumped up and cursed.
The Duan family was also raided by Shen Ye back then!
"It turns out that this old man has been dealing with my father all these years! No wonder he has been gone for so long and was involved in a case a few years later! I really can't wait to..." Duan Mingjing said and started to grin!
Qiao Lan coughed slightly, and Duan Mingjing immediately calmed down.
"It turns out there are so many origins in this!" Wang Kaizhi sighed.
He had also heard the name of Shen Ye, who had persecuted many virtuous people during his decades in power. Two years after the chaos broke out in the capital, someone sent news to Xiliang, saying that Shen Ye's body had been hung on the city tower as a memorial for thousands of people. When someone is whipped.
Even a Shangguan from Xiliang went to a restaurant to get drunk to celebrate.
Qiao Lan sat upright, looking at the faces of everyone in the room, and then lowered her head and sighed. If Mrs. Qiao was still here and knew these things, she would definitely be very sad.
After hearing what happened when his wife left, Shi Xiyuan couldn't help but shed a few tears. "Qing'er! It's all my fault, it's my fault! Can you forgive dad?"