July arrived in a blink of an eye. On the second day of July, there was a sudden strong wind and thunder that lasted all night long. The strong wind made the windows bang. In this season, there should be autumn thunder, but the wind and thunder were not strong.
Rain is still very rare in autumn. Many people were so frightened that they couldn't sleep. Considering the previous solar eclipse, I can only say that this year is really not like an ordinary year.
They say July is a hot month, but the temperature did not drop very quickly. Chen Chong did not sleep deeply that night. He was still thinking about why there was no news about Kong Ming's victory. After all, according to his previous plan, he should have won by this time.
Is it because the journey is too long and the good news is still on the way? The last time I received a letter from Kong Ming was a month ago, saying that it had marched to Xiangping and was about to have a final decisive battle with the Liao army. Chen Chong trusted Kong Ming
Talent, but this abnormal sign still made him a little worried. He didn't know where the problem was. But he also knew that being anxious would not help. Since he couldn't see things, he could only wait quietly for the outcome.
Early the next morning, Wei Xi came over to give Chen Chong a routine report on the government affairs. After he finished speaking, he asked Chen Chong: "Prime Minister, it will be July 7th soon. Things are not heavy this year. I would like to ask if the peace and harmony can be restored."
It is a tradition during the reign of the Qing Dynasty that the government and the public rest for three days."
It's July 7th. After hearing this, Chen Chong fell into deep thought for a moment. July 7th is called Chinese Valentine's Day, also known as Langjing. Although it is famous for the meeting of Cowherd and Weaver Girl on this day, the actual connotation is more than that. Because July is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month.
Early autumn is the most suitable time of the year, so people often dry their clothes and books at this time, which has led to some allusions. For example, Bian Rang's great-grandfather Bian Shao took a nap in the sun with his bare belly on this day.
Others teased him for his big belly, so he replied, "My belly is full of the Five Classics. Showing my belly means drying books. This shows the prosperity of the custom of drying books. However, since the Chuping period, the people were in chaos and the people were in dire straits, so this folk custom faded away."
Chen Chong recalled the past of sharing books with his wife Cai, and a feeling of nostalgia arose spontaneously.
After being called out by Wei Xi a few more times, Chen Chong realized that he was in a daze. He collected his thoughts and said harmoniously to Wei Xi: "You have worked hard in the past few years. Since there is nothing important this year, I will do your best."
Let’s do what we want, but the messenger from Liaodong can’t stop and ask again. I estimate that Kong Ming’s military report will arrive in the next few days.”
Wei Xi only agreed and bowed to Chen Chong before turning around and leaving. When Chen Chong was the only one left in the room, he stood up and opened the wardrobe on the side. After groping for a long time, he finally took it out from the bottom floor.
Chen Chong picked up a sachet, which contained the black hair cut by his wife and the silk silk that Wannian had given him. Chen Chong felt the cool touch of the sachet on his hand. The past many years ago came to his mind, making him sit for a long time.
, it was not until Chen Xiu called him to eat that he slowly walked out.
During the meal, Chen Chong and Chen Xiu said: "It will be July 7th soon. Please prepare yourself. After two days of rest in the house, we will take out all the books to dry them." Chen Xiu was quite impatient at first.
But Chen Chong said again: "I don't have a long time to live, so these books are already yours, how can you not cherish them?" Chen Xiu then turned from anger to joy and quickly agreed. Dong Bai watched from the side.
Looking at the father and son, she felt a little comforted, but also a little sad. She knew that Chen Chong had one less thing to worry about.
The news of the Chinese Valentine's Day holiday spread quickly throughout the government, and the officials in the government were very happy, and their words were a bit excited. But Chen Chong remembered another thing. He called Zhao Qiu over and asked him: "Are you thirty?"
What's going on? You're still not married yet. Don't you have such high standards that you don't like anyone? If someone else's family is too high and they don't like you, then tell me, while
This time on July 7th, I will act as a matchmaker for you."
Maybe it touched Zhao Qiu's mind. Zhao Qiu's words were a little nervous. He replied awkwardly that he didn't need the teacher's help. He would definitely get married this year. When he said these words, Chen Chong rarely felt some life in them.
Well, what's going on? Chen Chong guessed jokingly that the student might have been emotionally hurt somewhere he didn't know.
In this way, amidst all the expectations, the fifth day of July finally came. When the meeting adjourned in the afternoon, within two minutes, most of the officials had gone home, and there were only a hundred or so people left in the huge mansion, most of whom were not good at talking.
He also heard that the curfew outside the city was relaxed at this time, and the orphans in private schools wanted to go out to play. Chen Chong agreed, and specially gave them two slings of five baht, hoping that they could have fun in their youth.
As soon as they left, the originally noisy Prime Minister's Mansion became quiet, and only the chirping of cicadas and birds could be heard.
In this silence, Chen Chong asked Chen Xiu and Chen Pei to sort out the classics at home, while he and his wife Dong Bai sat by the lake, feeling the breeze that was constantly flowing between the sky and the earth after the sunset. Chen Chong suddenly said to Dong Bai:
"I haven't seen Yide for a long time. Is he really still unwilling to come to see me?" It turns out that he has been thinking about this brother in his heart, but he still doesn't want to put down his dignity and reconcile with him. Dong Bai was angry and laughed at the same time.
She teased her husband: "If you don't want to see him, why would he come to see you?"
"Black is black, white is white, he and I both know that." Chen Chong did not dwell on this topic anymore, but asked Dong Bai to play a piece of music. After losing his sight, music has become one of his few things.
It was a lot of fun. Dong Bai knew Chen Chong's preferences. In his old age, he only loved Chu songs and Qu Yuan's "Nine Songs" even more. So he took out his adoptive father Cai Yong's Paulownia Qin, rolled up his sleeves and played and sang beside Chen Chong. This time
She sang "Da Siming", and its words were:
"The heavenly gate is wide open, and I ride on the mysterious clouds. Let the wind blow to the forerunner, and let the drizzle sprinkle the dust. You are flying back? Come down, and the mulberry trees are flying across the sky to follow my daughter.
The generals are coming to Jiuzhou, how long and young are they? Flying high and peaceful, taking advantage of the clear air to control the yin and yang. I and you are speeding together, leading the emperor to the nine pits. The spiritual clothes are here and the quilt is here, and the jade pendant is here.
One yin comes and one yang comes, no one knows what I am doing. I will break away the sparse hemp and the Yaohua, and I will leave it behind. The old man is so slow, he will become more sparse if he does not get close. He rides on the dragon and rolls around, galloping high.
Soaring to the sky, the osmanthus branches are hanging there, and the Qiang is getting more and more worried about people. Worried about people, what can I do? I hope that if there is no loss now, I have the right to strengthen people's lives, what can I do about separation and reunion?"
The general idea of this poem is that mortals are worried about the uncertainty of their life span, so they pray to Da Siming, praying for a longer life. However, while praying, he also thought that mortals' destiny cannot be controlled by themselves, so what is the use of longevity?
I felt sad for a moment and decided to cherish the present moment more. The sound of Dong Bai's piano was passed down by Cai Yong himself. When he played it at this time, it seemed as if the clouds were flowing and the moon was setting and the crow was crying. The world was desolate and changing, and even the time was dimmed.
The song was as clear as water, but its taste had changed, as if there was always a little sadness in the mountains and rivers, as if there was faint bitter wine in the throat, and as if a woman was crying.
After playing the song, it was already dark. The moon gradually hung on the branches, and the autumn wind brought white light like ice and snow, which turned into a patchwork of colors on the lake. Although Chen Chong could not see such a scene, he could hear the gentle rise and fall of the lake water.
The sound of rocks reminded him of the scenery of the North Sea, and the sound of the tide of the North Sea gradually sounded in his ears.
At this time, someone suddenly knocked on the door, and the knocking was loud and urgent, followed by a series of panicked and irregular footsteps. Chen Chongzheng felt strange, and Dong Bai beside him couldn't help but exclaimed, what happened?
At this time, he heard a familiar and weak voice, saying to him urgently: "Prime Minister, leave quickly, there is a coup in the palace!"
Chen Chong's head buzzed, and he heard that this person was Zheng Chong, whom he had promoted, but his voice was soft, as if it would be blown away by the wind at any time. Chen Chong stood up, stretched out his hand to grope forward, and quickly held a pair of hands
, but these hands were wet and covered with sticky and cold liquid. Chen Chong knew that this was blood that had gone cold. Chen Chong asked: "Wen He, what happened?"
"Just now, Wei Xi used the emperor's order to summon the officials of the Prime Minister's Palace to the palace for a banquet after the sleep break. As a result, not long after entering the palace and sitting down, Wei Xi came out with the edicts from the emperor and the queen mother, saying that the prime minister
A party conspired to rebel, and then ordered the palace guards to massacre us! Many people died! Pang Shiyuan led us to rush through the door, and they all died... Only I escaped! But I was hit by two swords, and I guess
You won’t live long... Prime Minister, go quickly, go to Xuanwu City! As long as you mobilize the Shanglin Army now, you still have a chance to turn defeat into victory..."
As the words gradually became short of breath, Chen Chong felt that the hands he held were gradually becoming weak. Finally, with a "pop", Zheng Chong fell to the ground and died of excessive bleeding.
The atmosphere in the mansion completely cooled down. Although Chen Chong could not see, he knew that everyone was looking at him, waiting for his orders. He took his hand back and kept thinking about the truth behind the scenes: Liu Jia wanted to kill him.
It is completely understandable that Wei Xi and others want to seize the opportunity to seize power, but the question is, what reason do they plan to use to convince the world? Rebellion? He has never issued any instructions related to rebellion. In the past two years, he has only Shi Yuan
He persuaded himself to depose and establish the emperor again, and at that time there was no one but two people...
Wait, Zhao Qiu's face flashed in Chen Chong's mind, and he immediately asked: "Zhongcheng, is Zhongcheng here?"
The only answer he received was silence, and the uneasy rumblings of everyone. Chen Chong suddenly thought of the Double Ninth Incident that year, and there was intelligence that there was a dark room of King Pingyang around him, but in the end it ended without any problem. Now everything is correct.
He put his hand on a willow tree and did not move for a long time, but he already understood in his heart that there was probably no way to survive this time. He asked Kong Ming to go on an expedition to Liaodong and took away most of his direct descendants, thus giving these people the last chance.
Taking advantage of the coup, Zheng Chong asked himself to go to Xuanwu City, but Taichang Street must have been sealed off now! If Wei Xi and the others acted quickly, I'm afraid even the surrounding city gates would have been sealed off!
After a long while, Chen Xiu couldn't help it anymore and said directly to Chen Chong: "Sir, let's leave quickly. Even if we don't go to Xuanwu City, we still have to leave the city. The world was conquered by you. If we leave the city, we're afraid we won't be able to kill him.
Have you killed these villains?"
"Nonsense!" Chen Chong waved his hand to stop him and said: "Don't say we can't get out of the city now. Even if we get out of the city, the world has just been at peace. Is there really a civil war?"
"Then what are you going to do, sir? Are you waiting here to die?"
At this time, Chen Chong straightened his body and said to everyone who looked at him with a dull but firm look: "I, Chen Chong, have been worthy of the country and the country for the past sixty-eight years, and worthy of the people of the world. How can I wait here to die?"
?!" He then held the hand of his wife beside him tightly and said decisively: "I want to meet the emperor in person and prove my innocence!"