Chapter 5: Men love brides, women despise ex-husband 3

The daughter in the cradle burped and continued to sleep. The man gently stroked the child's forehead with his hand, as if he had stroked a precious porcelain.

I still remember that when she saw Princess Yuanyang for the first time, she was full of praise for her incense-making craftsmanship. When she bent down to smell the fragrance in the incense burner, a natural fragrance came out of her neckline, which made him not know where she was for a moment.

Because he refused the marriage proposal of all the dignitaries, the emperor of the Central Plains betrothed the little princess who was still waiting for him, and did not even ask him if he had a family in the past.

His beautiful and noble wife made him feel that his life was new. He began to be content with the status quo, no longer thinking about going home, and sometimes even forgot that he was thousands of miles away, with his wife and son who had been waiting for him. The son doesn't even remember his father's appearance.

"You have a happy heart, and my concubine has a silk thread embroidered with the same heart. It has been a long time since I have been born, and I can distinguish feelings by seeing things and smelling fragrances. The man came to the window and muttered alone to the thin moonlight in the courtyard.

Before leaving, my wife made a pair of sachets with incense sticks and gave this poem to herself. The pair of sachets was also named after the poem, which were smelling incense and distinguishing love. The wife tied the smell of incense to his skirt, and the discrimination hung at the head of the bed, indicating that she would wait for his return forever.

And this difference will become eternal.

After so many years, he has been greedy for the richness and prosperity of the Central Plains. If he marries the princess, he will have no worries about food and clothing all his life. If he mentions the matter of returning to his hometown again, he will definitely anger the emperor of the Central Plains and cause people to fall to the ground.

Where is your loyalty to your wife? Maybe it fell on the red palace candle and turned into ashes, or maybe he had already forgotten it outside the gate the moment he stepped into the capital, but he had never admitted it.

Men can sacrifice something for their career, even love. He comforted himself in his heart so that he would not feel less guilty when he was awake in the middle of the night.

***

Lu Zidan never thought that he received a generous gift from the Ming Bujing of Dali Temple on the first day he took office in the Ministry of War.

Four officials stepped into the military department and named Lu Zidan. Everyone in the Ministry of War looked at Lu Zidan sitting in a corner in surprise and didn't understand how he offended Dali Temple. Although Lu Zidan was also very puzzled, he did not dare to be careless and immediately came forward: "I'll do it."

An official looked at him with contempt: "I'm sorry, Lu Zhuangyuan, come with us."

"I don't know..."

"Let's just talk about something." The official interrupted him rudely and turned away with the other three people with a wave of his hand.

Lu Zidan had a bad hunch. He hurriedly dragged people to bring words to Dong Shangshu, and he lowered his head and quickly followed the four officials in front of him.

A group of five people came to Dali Temple and did not walk to the study where they used to receive guests, but went straight to the interrogation hall. Lu Zidan shouted in his heart and stepped forward a few steps: "Excuse me, big brother..."

"Where can you afford it? Lu Zhuangyuan should go quickly. What should come is always coming." Another official sneered.

When he came to the gate of the interrogation hall, Lu Zidan saw the familiar backs of an old man and a young man kneeling under the hall at a glance, and unconsciously blurted out, "You... How can you be here!"

After Mingbu Jingduan sat down, he sneered and said, "I didn't expect that Lord Lu, before the official chair was hot, he was going to live in the cell."

Lu Zidan knelt down softly on his knees: "Your excellency must not listen to their nonsense! The lower official is innocent!"

The teenager kneeling in front of him was only twelve or three years old. At this time, he suddenly turned around and stared at him fiercely: "You heinous bastard! You killed my sister and said you were innocent!"

Lu Zidan's eyes widened: "You said I killed your sister. What's the evidence!"

"The evidence is here." Suddenly, Wei Tanyi stepped forward from nowhere. First, he saluted Mingbujing, and then took out something from his arms, so that Lu Zidan could see clearly. That is exactly the fragrance he gave to Miss Dong.

The teenager's eyes were full of hatred, and he stared at Lu Zidan through the long tassels.

"Why is the smell of fragrance in your hands?" Lu Zidan also pretended to be calm.

Wei Tanyi presented the smell of incense to the Ming Bujing, and then turned to Lu Zidan with a smile on his face: "I borrowed it from Miss Dong. Smell the fragrance is worthy of being a symbol of loyal love, and after more than a thousand years, it will never allow its holders to be blasphemed."

Without waiting for Lu Zidan to defend, Ming Bujing patted the wood and said with a calm face, "Lu Zidan, the two witnesses in front of you have told me what happened. If you have the intention of repentance, I can also send you lightly, if you resist stubbornly..."

"How can adults listen to the words of the old man and the child? The subordinate really didn't kill anyone. Please check it!" Lu Zidan snatched loudly and kowtowed repeatedly.

Wei Tanyi sat down on the circle chair on one side of the hearing, picked up the teacup and said leisurely, "It seems that Lord Lu can't shed tears without seeing the coffin. Then the grass people will work hard and tell you the evidence of identifying you again."

Lu Zidan turned to him and looked at each other angrily: "Mr. Wei, your father-in-law has a good relationship with you, but you are here trying to frame me. If your father-in-law knows..." "He already knows," Wei Tanyi took a sip of tea. "Of course, I also told Miss Dong."

The teenager kneeling aside suddenly rushed to Lu Zidan and shouted, "You still give my sister back my sister". He grabbed him crazily. Lu Zidan was beaten so that his official hat fell to the ground. Fortunately, the officials on both sides pulled the teenager away in time.

"Where do you start?" Wei Tanyi just didn't see it. "Let's start with Lord Lu's meeting with the girl Ying'er."

Lu Zidan picked up the official hat awkwardly with the scratch marks just left by the teenager on his face.

"The girl Ying'er is from Luoshui. Smelling the fragrance is the treasure of her ancestors, and she has always carried it with her. When you passed by Luoshui, you were just an ordinary scholar. You fell in love with the beautiful Ying'er girl at first sight. It happened that there was little left on your body, so you lived in her home. During the day, Ying'er girl took her brother to work in the field, and you studied at home and waited for the test. In the early spring of this year, when you are about to leave for Beijing, she will give you Wenxiang. I hope you can remember her after high school and go back to find her.

Wei Tanyi deliberately paused and waited for his reply. Lu Zidan stiffened for a long time and nodded slowly: "Even so, I didn't kill anyone."

"You won the first place in one fell swoop. The dignitaries who wanted to recruit you to be your son-in-law swarmed in. You were stunned by fame and beauty and promised to be the live-in-law of the Dong family. You didn't think you used your real name when you were in Luoshui. Maybe Miss Ying'er soon forgot you and may not come to you, but she came. After learning that you had changed her mind, she was heartbroken and only hoped to take back Xiangxiang and return to Luoshui. She made an unforgivable mistake that forced her to die, which is to tell you the legend of smelling the fragrance. After listening to that story, you decided to give Wenxiang as a gift to Miss Dong with a deep expression and insisted on refusing to return it. Under the dispute, you killed Miss Ying'er.

"Nonsense!" Lu Zidan's eyes turned red and jumped up, "What evidence do you have?"

"The evidence is to smell the fragrance."

Wei Tanyi took the smell of incense from the Cheng of Dali Temple and said, "Miss Ying'er grew up wearing smelling incense. Her own body also has the smell of smell. Although it is not obvious, it still helps me find the body buried by you."

"The fragrance has lasted for thousands of years. You think that no one knows your relationship and no one can get away with it if you kill her, but you don't know that you are greedy for a momentary profit, but you leave the evidence of murder on the girl Yinger. It's really sad."

At this time, Lu Zidan completely gave up and sat down on the floor.

"By the way, I have a secret to tell you," Wei Tanyi suddenly put down the teacup and squatted down beside him. He said in his ear in a voice that others couldn't hear, "Your prospective father-in-law has a strange hobby. Recruiting you as a son-in-law is just a cover. Your death is a relief. You said, should you thank me? ? "

Hearing this, Lu Zidan was shocked and looked at the meaningful smile on Wei Tanyi's face.

"Lu Zhuangyuan has a good journey."

***

"In this way, you should feel at ease, right?"

In the drizzle, the gray shadow under the acacia tree laughed softly: "It's just that the poor woman suffered and died because of the stupidity of the old man."

Wei Tanyi said: "It has become a promise of infatuated children for thousands of years. How can you be stupid?"

"Don't laugh at the old man. If he hadn't believed in his oath when he was young, he would not have forced Ronger and Yingying to die. If he had gone south to the Central Plains with him, or had never met him, all this would not have happened." The shadow sighed faintly.

"There is love in the world, and this hatred has nothing to do with the wind and the moon," Wei Tanyi gently lifted his long wet hair behind him. "Even without you, smelling incense and distinguishing love will still appear, but the title is different."

The shadow laughed a few times and said, "If you smell the fragrance to distinguish feelings, please give it to Mr. Wei, the old body's wish, already."

***

The pattering spring rain cut lasted for several days, but Wei Tanyi has not come to get his oil-paper umbrella. After a long time, the oil-paper umbrella in the corner has become a pimple in Han Ruxu's heart, and he always wants to send it back sometime.

Finally, I had a free afternoon. It was slightly sunny. Han Ruqi took an oil-paper umbrella to Yuezhai. Passing by the stone bridge where he saw the female figure in white last time, he accidentally found that Wei Tanyi was standing there again.

"Are you waiting for the female ghost to come to you?" Opening your mouth is an unfriendly tone, as if it has become a habit.

Wei Tanyi put his hand on the stone railing and squinted at the gray sky in the distance: "Yes, I really want to see her again." Seeing him holding an umbrella in his hand, there was a slight smile on his face: "It seems that Lord Han is going to come to our store, so let's go back together."

The two of them went back to Yuezhai without saying a word. Wei Tanyi was still choosing the tea they wanted to drink as usual. Han Ruxu teased the parrot and felt bored. He casually asked, "Is there anything different about the stone bridge?"

Wei Tanyi seemed to think for a moment and said lightly, "Someone once killed a woman who loved him deeply there, and then buried her in the nearby reeds."

Han Ruqi was stunned: "How did you know?"

"Well," he smiled deeply, "Someone came to me and begged me to avenge the sad woman, and of course I knew."

Han Ruqi suddenly realized: "You are not talking about Lu Zidan, the champion who was inexplicably infected with a bad disease not long ago, right?"

Wei Tanyi only smiled and knocked down a piece of tea cake.

***

"It's raining again..." Han Ruqi frowned and looked out of the door.

"People say that rainy days are guest days, but I don't mind Lord Han continuing to bicker with the little beast." Wei Tanyi said as if it was none of his business.

"Exit's free!" Han Ruxuan stared, grabbed the knife and was about to leave.

Wei Tanyi raised his jaw and said, "You'd better take the umbrella. I'll get it back from you after the rainy season."

I wanted to answer disdainfully that I didn't need it, but I felt that he was kind after all. After struggling for a long time, Han Ruqi still lifted the oil-paper umbrella and muttered "good-you" and rushed into the rain curtain.

After Wei Tanyi saw him go away, he took out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve, pulled out the plug, poured the powder into the tea juice, and gently shook it.

"This time, it's also a lot of harvest. It's not a waste of money. I deliberately ran around Luoshui."