Chapter 226 Yunlan's Past

Some people say that the Celestial Empire is one of the most powerful and prosperous countries in the world, with a long history, vast territory and rich resources. The population is tens of millions. And the country's businessmen are particularly outstanding. They have been to many countries and trade all over the world.

Maybe Ruan Nanguo is gradually known by the Celestial Empire, and many people speculate so.

Ruan Nanguo lives in a corner. In the depths of the desolate desert, it has a history of only 300 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of only one million, a small area, and most of them are deserts. The environment is harsh. In the eyes of those powerful countries, this is really only a land of barbarians.

is such a barbarian land, which still inhabits many small countries, such as the known countries such as mud, Qimo, Xiaowan, Jingjue, Yutan and so on.

Because Ruan Nanguo is too close to the north, it has not been noticed by the Celestial Empire for so many years. It was not until nearly a hundred years that the Celestial Empire opened the north-south corridor and more merchants went here that gradually became known.

It's just that it is bordered by the Mongolian Empire in the north and Western Xia in the west. It is surrounded by the Three Kingdoms but does not belong to either side. It is a rare 'three-indifferent' zone. That's why the Celestial Kingdom has the desire to rule here.

After the year of Yunlan, she set out for the Celestial Empire, had a meal all the way, trekked day and night, and finally arrived at the destination of the Northern Song Dynasty at the end of the month.

It is worthy of being a great country. Although it has just crossed the border and is just a remote small town, the spacious streets, crowded crowds, and loud hawkers all reveal the prosperity of the country.

Yunlan stood on the street and looked at this long-lost hometown. She seemed to be separated from each other, and her mood was complicated and emotional. This place is still as prosperous as when it left, but when it comes back again, it has been different.

Just because here, she has no relatives...

She took a deep breath, withdrew all her mood, tightened the kite behind her, and turned into an alley. After walking through the winding path for a long time, she finally stopped in front of an ordinary house, stood in front of it for a long time, and continued to raise her hand to push open the long-closed door and step in.

What you can see is a tall pomegranate tree in the courtyard and the withered weeds in the courtyard. She stepped over the weeds, slowly walked to the pomegranate tree, looked up at the branch that was smoking new buds, looking trance.

I still remember that this pomegranate existed before he came to this house. Later, her father told her that the baby name of his beloved person was Liuer. However, she and Liuer had a similar appearance, so she was named Ye Liu at that time.

Suddenly, she seemed to hear a pleasant sound of piano and a girl's silver bell-like laughter from the yard.

A familiar scene gradually emerged in front of her. Yunlan saw a simple, tall but thin middle-aged man sitting in the yard. He looked a little dim. At this moment, he was lowering his head and placed a lyre in front of him. His slender fingers plucked the strings, and the beautiful sound seemed to flow from his fingertips like life. And out.

"Father..." Yunlan called in a low voice and burst into tears in an instant.

Under the not-told pomegranate tree, a little girl with sheep's horn braids squatted there, reaching out to tease a big yellow dog from time to time, either patting its big head with her small hands or pulling its long ears, until the big yellow dog made a whining sound. The little girl let go of her hand and giggled. Get up, take out a piece of meat from the bowl beside it and throw it to it.

The man saw this scene and shook his head slightly, with a faint smile on the corners of his mouth. The little girl stood up, ran quickly to the man, took his arm, and shouted coquettishly, "Father, father, can you teach durian to learn the piano?"

The man didn't say anything, shook his head, and his hands stroked the piano. His eyes were much softer, but the light in his eyes became darker and darker. He gently touched his fingers as if he were touching his beloved woman, filling his emotions.

At that time, the girl may have been too young to read the darkness in the man's eyes. She shook his arm hard and pouted and shouted, "My father doesn't like durian anymore, just because he picked it up, right?" After saying that, he let go of the man's arm and ran out crying...

The scene in front of us has changed. The pomegranate tree in the yard is already very high. Among the small leaves, it is full of bright flowers. An old man with gray hair sits under the pomegranate tree, covered with a thick blanket and his face is pale. A pair of wrinkled and cloudy eyes were staring at the treetops. At this time, where his eyes touched, a decayed flower fell from the treetops and fell in front of him.

"Ran'er..." He suddenly muttered a woman's name, and his expression became darker and darker.

Beside him stood a teenage girl with a sad face. She reached out for him to close her silver hair blown by the wind and whispered, "Don't worry, father, I will leave tomorrow to find her and pray for her to come back to see you for the last time."

The old man shook his head and smiled gently. He said, "I've seen her. Under this pomegranate tree, she said she was waiting for me..."

The scene in front of him was blurred, and Suti's cheeks were already full of tears.

"Father..." She shouted over and over again, as sad as when the old man left.

She said with tears, "I went to see her. At that time, I just wanted to know why she fell in love and left her father. But when I found it, I knew that she had also passed away. It took me some time to learn about her past in the harem, and then I knew that although she had been loved by her father and her predecessors, she did not live happily. I have also been thinking, is it worth waiting for a lifetime for such a fruitless relationship? Later, I learned that when I fell in love with someone, it was not to tie her (he) to be happy, but to watch her (he) be happy and bless her (he).

When Yunlan said this, she suddenly smiled mockingly: "Because my daughter also fell in love with a person, a person who should not have loved. Without a start, it is doomed to an end. However, my daughter never regretted it. After saying this, she wiped away her tears, resolutely turned around and left the place full of memories.

Five days later, Yunlan finally arrived at her destination, a bustling capital. It is no longer close to the border, but the prosperous Xijing Luoyang of the Celstial Empire.

The purpose of her coming this time is to find the person who repaired the piano, and more importantly, for the 'Songyi' piano, which is now in Luoyang City.

The city is full of traffic and water, and pedestrians are rubbing shoulders one after another, which is a thriving scene. Yunlan skillfully shuttled through the crowd and soon came to a wide street. She walked a few miles along the street and saw a magnificent restaurant near the corner of the street called: a restaurant.

People living here know that this restaurant is one of the largest restaurants in Luoyang City. The high consumption here is astonishing, worth less than one million, and they are not qualified to consume at all. Because the most ordinary banquet costs tens of thousands of taels a table, which is full of rare and precious dishes. I heard that the chef in it was one of the famous imperial chefs in the palace, and he was dug here with a lot of money to be the chef.

The main reason is that this is the place where officials and rich people gather, and the people who come in and out are all head and face. Ordinary people are not enough to see. Some people pointed out that this restaurant was funded by a prince today. In this way, it can more and more reflect the extraordinaryness of the restaurant.

Yunlan paused in front of the door of the restaurant for a few seconds, then turned around and walked to a street behind the restaurant. After a while, she walked around the back door of the restaurant.

What is puzzling is that this back door is also divided into left and right doors, of which the left door is opened all year round and is used for kitchen supplies. Those who deliver vegetables and oil all enter from this door, so a large number of people come in and out every day.

Yunlan didn't even look at the left door. She went straight to the door that was closed not far away and tapped three times, and her voice was short and one long. After a while, the door was opened from the inside, and she walked in calmly.

"Please meet the secret language: See you at the top of Qunyu Mountain." A person came out in the dark and stopped her.

Yunlan replied calmly, "We will meet under the moon."

After listening, the man nodded, made a gesture of invitation, and said in a low voice, "Please follow me."

From the outside, the floor area of the restaurant is not very large, but the inner courtyard is unique. Various styles of pavilions are built on a huge artificial lake, and the project is magnificent. At a glance, I saw the flowers and willows in the attic, and the sound of silk bamboo was undulating and endless. There are several men in official uniforms drinking and talking here.

Obviously, Yunlan was not here for the first time. She did not squint, calmly followed the man around the pavilions, and finally stopped in front of an attic called Zhu Cuiyuan.

"Please wait a moment."

Yunlan nodded, and the man ran to the attic quickly. Soon, the man returned and said to Yunlan, "Master Li, please." After saying that, lead the way in front of you.

"Master Li?" Yunlan thought for a moment and quickly guessed who it was.

went up to the second floor, and the person who led the way left first. Yunlan pushed the door and entered. She saw a slender young man in blue waiting in the room. After seeing her, she stood up and smiled and said, "I haven't seen you for many years. Is Sister Ye?"

Yunlan also smiled and said, "It's not bad. I heard that you are married. Congratulations. However, it's a pity that Sister Ye didn't have time to come back to drink your wedding.

Li Huwei in Yunlan's mouth is Li Wei, the god brother who loves Mo Ziyao.

Two years have passed, Li Wei is still the same, and his whole body is more energetic than in the past. Perhaps after following Gu Moli for a long time, his eyes often exude calm wisdom.

He seemed very happy to hear Yunlan say this and said with a smile, "No, thank you very much!"

Then he stopped smiling and looked awe-in. He returned to the point: "The master hasn't returned to Beijing yet. I don't know what Sister Ye is doing when she comes back this time? But something happened to Ziyao's girl?

Yunlan took a look at him and shook her head with a smile: "She is very good. Although it is difficult to walk in the palace, I will give more support beside her and won't let her make any mistakes. I'm here for something else."

Li Wei nodded. In fact, he knew that Mo Ziyao was in the palace, but he also learned from many aspects that she was not doing well. She almost died six months ago, which worried him and Liu Er for a long time. At that time, Li Wei knew better than Gu Moli why she entered the palace.

Over the years, his wife Liu Er has always told him that she regretted it if she had persuaded Miss Jinger not to let Mo Ziyao enter the palace instead. And the master also regretted when he learned that he might lose Mo Ziyao forever.

They all know the Lord's friendship with Mo Ziyao, but there is no regret medicine in the world. If they miss the opportunity, it will be difficult to turn back.