Chapter 110:
The last impression that Lu Jianzhi left in Luoshen's memory was the autumn of the previous year. He remembered that shortly after Chongyang, he went to Jiaozhou. That night he also came to say goodbye to his father.
The sadness at that time, the melancholy of wanting to say goodbye, and the sad back of him saying goodbye to himself and finally turning away and thinking of it, Luoshen is still fresh in his memory.
Streaming like an arrow. Time has passed so long, and there are so many experiences in between.
She didn't know what Lu Jianzhi's mood was tonight, but she guessed that after he and his father said goodbye, he might also want to see her again.
This time, he is really going to leave Jiankang. Before leaving, he should have something to say to himself.
This is an intuition based on knowing him since childhood and having been with him for many years.
Luoshen has been waiting.
Sure enough, the servant girl came to spread the word, and the Dao Gao Xianggong asked her to go.
Luoshen went, pushed the door and entered.
Both parents were in the study, and Lu Jianzhi stood aside.
The previous parting has gone by for years. Luoshen saw Lu Jianzhi's face again tonight - the eldest brother of the Lu family who seemed to have fallen into a dream in the past when she was still an ignorant girl, but was vague and did not leave many deep impressions.
His cheeks were sunken, and he was very thin, but his spirits were not bad.
Seeing her coming, he turned to her, called her "Ami", and said with a smile, "I told my uncle and aunt just now that I wanted to see you. You won't blame me for being presumptuous, will you?"
Luo Shen smiled and shook his head: "Eldest brother will go home tomorrow, even if you don't speak, I also want to come and say goodbye to eldest brother."
Gao Qiao helped Xiao Yongjia to stand up and smiled at Luoshen: "You talk, I will send your aunt back to the room to rest first."
Lu Jianzhi thanked the two of them, sent them out, and turned around slowly.
Luo Shendao: "Eldest brother will be leaving tomorrow. Has everything in and out of the family been arranged?"
A slight smile appeared on Lu Jianzhi's face: "Thank you for remembering, everything is done."
Luoshen smiled: "In this way, I wish the eldest brother a safe return, everything will go smoothly in the future, and we will keep you informed."
Lu Jianzhi looked at her, the smile on his lips slowly disappeared, and he was silent for a moment, and said, "Ami, to be honest, you are still willing to see me tonight, and your kind words are as good as ever. I am very grateful."
"Last year, you took care of my illness and gave me piano scores as medicine, but I failed your kindness and failed to collect them properly. Not to mention my second brother, who was mad and did such filthy and evil things. It almost tarnished the clear names of the virtuous couple. Not only is Li Shishi not surprised, this time, in order to rescue me and the tens of thousands of Lu's children, he went all out and spared no effort."
"Lu Jian's gratitude is full of tears, and I can't express it!"
Luo Shen saw that he actually lifted the hem of his clothes, knelt down in his direction, and solemnly made a kowtow, was surprised, and hurriedly avoided: "Brother, get up quickly! Not to mention me, even my husband, I won't be so gifted by you. Although the soldiers have the family name on their heads, who is not my son of the Southern Dynasties? The ones whom my lord rescued are the sons of the Southern Dynasties."
Lu Jianzhi stood up slowly from the ground and said, "When I was in Jiaozhou last year, I was extremely depressed and blamed others, and even thought that this life was boring. Now that I think about it, how ignorant and ridiculous I am!"
"Being trapped in a besieged city is really on the verge of life and death, and my ears are full of the sobbing of soldiers and soldiers who are homesick in the middle of the night. We know that those so-called obedient people in the past, complaining about the heavens and others, are just mediocre people, no pain, forced moaning, groaning. That's it."
He smiled suddenly.
"Ami, do you know why I gave up mysticism and chased Li Mu to Hushan in the third stage during the Chongyang competition?"
"Because of the first test, he is not inferior to me at all, and the second test is compared to arrows. He and I also seem to be on a par, but I clearly know that if it is true, I am not as good as him."
"I seem to regard fame and fortune as floating clouds, and I never ask about my family status when making friends. In fact, in my heart, I still maintain my own identity. I am not willing to be inferior to the poor family. At that time, I had a competitive heart and gave up Gao Xianggong to do it for me. As soon as we set a level, we must compete with him in Tiger Mountain..."
He was in a trance for a moment, as if recalling the scene at the time, shook his head and smiled wryly. "In the end, I still lost."
His expression gradually became solemn.
"It is only now that I know what kind of character Li Inspector is, far beyond my ability to match. I am convinced of losing to him."
Lu Jianzhi stopped, looked at Luoshen, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips again.
"Ami, you called my eldest brother since I was a child. When I got married, my eldest brother failed to congratulate you. Taking advantage of the blessings tonight, I hope you two are of one mind and will always be good."
"Eldest brother went first. If there is a chance in the future, come back to thank you and your wife."
Luoshen seemed to see a layer of faint, seemingly non-existent glittering water in the depths of his eyes.
But it doesn't matter.
At this moment, on Lu Jianzhi's body, he would never see the sadness or bleakness left in Luoshen's memory in the autumn of that year.
He is restrained and calm.
Luoshen personally sent him, and kept sending him out of the front hall. Fang stopped and slowly turned back.
She knew that Lu Jianzhi had really let go.
On the way back, she felt that her mood was also relieved, and she couldn't help but sigh a little.
In her world, if there was no appearance of Li Mu, if she married Lu Jianzhi smoothly at the beginning, now, it may not be another kind of world stability.
However, if she had a choice, she thought that she would still choose to be like today, get together with him, and love each other.
Without the slightest hesitation.
If she hadn't met Li Mu, she didn't know that she could have fallen in love with a man who was originally a stranger to her.
Defeat the tiger ministers, and offer food at Pan.
In Luoshen's mind, is her stalwart Langjun just like this?
She loves his profound character, his heroic arrogance, his warrior-like courage and blood, and the path of iron and blood on his body that remembers the path of iron and blood he has walked. Scar imprint.
She loved all the gloom, jealousy, and weakness of all those men that he would only show in front of her.
Lu Jianzhi and the surviving soldiers have all returned safely. Now she only hoped that he would come to pick her up sooner.
She wants to be with her husband.
But the news that they couldn't get together immediately was inevitably delivered to her.
After sending Lu Jianzhi away, Luoshen returned to his room and saw her mother sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for her. Seeing her returning, she seemed to get up, hurriedly walked over and helped her sit back again.
"Auntie, why haven't you rested yet?"
She touched her mother's growing belly. I remember that Aye said just now that he sent her back to the house to rest.
Xiao Yongjia asked with a smile, "Jianzhi is gone?"
Luoshen should be. He added, "Nothing else. Brother Lu just expressed his gratitude to my husband."
Xiao Yongjia didn't ask any more questions, he just smiled and sighed: "When Jianzhi said goodbye to you, Aye and me, I saw that he was really different from before. He was outstanding before, and so on. After this hurdle, it will only get better in the future.”
Luoshen nodded, thinking in his heart, and asked: "Auntie, is there any news about when Lang Jun will return?"
Xiao Yongjia glanced at his daughter and handed over a letter.
"Just now when you were talking to Jianzhi, a letter from Jingchen arrived. One is for you, Aye, and this one is yours. I know you read it every day, and I sent it to you myself."
Luoshen's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly thanked his mother and took it.
Although I can't wait to see the news about him, I can't bear to tear the seal. She stood up, ran outside, carefully opened the seal with a cutting knife, and finally took out the letter.
The font he was familiar with, the stylus tick, jumped into view.
The letter was very long, with several pages, and she was still reluctant to read it all at once, reading it word by word.
But gradually, the smile on Luoshen's lips froze a little.
After Lu Jianzhi successfully broke through the siege, and then the news of his return to the south reached him, he stopped his attack on Hulao City, then withdrew his troops and returned to the west of Tongguan.
Luoshen already knew this news earlier.
She thought that when he settled the military affairs in Chang'an, he would be able to come back to pick her up. Or at least, send someone to take her to his side.
But it seems that this hope, at least for now, is clearly impossible.
Li Mu told her that the Central Plains west of Tongguan was not in his plan now.
After taking Chang'an, his first priority was to destroy the Xianbei forces in Longxi.
He missed her very much. After returning to Chang'an, he planned to come back according to the original plan. But the situation in Longxi changed again.
The Tuyuhun clan of Xianbei had been vying for Qincheng with President Gu who succeeded to the throne. Last month, the Tuyuhun clan captured Qincheng, and the Western Jin was destroyed. The Tuyuhun people re-established a state and proclaimed themselves emperor. Taking advantage of the opportunity of his eastward entry into Tongguan, they frequently harassed Chang'an. He decided to counterattack on the spot, destroy the Xianbei forces that had occupied Longxi for many years, and take Longxi to completely stabilize Chang'an. Therefore, he could not come back for the time being, and it was inconvenient to bring her to Chang'an, where there were frequent wars.
Before he left, he had promised to come back to pick him up as soon as he was done. Now it's broken.
At the end of the letter, his tone was very careful, he apologized to her again and again, and told her to wait for his news with peace of mind, saying that after he had destroyed the Xianbei forces, captured Longxi, and completely stabilized the situation in Chang'an, he would definitely come and pick her up.
Luoshen read it several times, slowly put down the letter, raised his head, saw his mother looking at him, suppressed the disappointment in his heart, and immediately smiled: "Aniang, Langjun is busy with the war, if you can't come back, I will also It's inconvenient to go to him to make trouble. Just stay at home with you, waiting for you to give birth."
She thought for a while: "I haven't done my filial piety for a long time in my family. It will be your birthday in a few days. When I'm done with you, I'll go to Jingkou to live for a while."
Xiao Yongjia had just learned the news from Gao Qiao. The young couple, when they were most in love, were worried that their daughter would be upset. Seeing her speaking like this, they felt relieved. They talked with their daughter a few more words. When they got up and went back to the room, they reminded her that if she wanted to reply, she would write as soon as possible. , and will be sent out tomorrow along with Gao Qiao's letter.
Luoshen responded well, waited for his mother to leave, and immediately came back and sat behind the desk, rolled up his sleeves, and washed the inkstone with paper by himself.
Qiongshu and the other maids knew that she was going to write a reply to Li Langjun, and waited while holding her breath, daring not to make a loud voice so as not to disturb her. After waiting for a long time, I saw that she raised the pen, but did not drop a word. After a long time, she put down the pen, turned around and walked out of the door to the courtyard. She was puzzled for a while, so they all followed.
She picked a mallow and found a lush courtyard where she picked a branch of purplish red peppercorns. When she came back, she picked up a book from the bookshelf, squeezed it into it, and put it in the cover, without a word. Write, it becomes a letter.
The maids couldn't help but look at each other in confusion.
Qiongshu couldn't help but ask: "Little lady, what does this mean?"
Luoshen sealed his mouth and smiled without saying a word.
It would be boring to think of him marching and fighting. Ruo Ou is also like her, staying up late at night, sitting up in the tent, and flipping through the volume of books she sent him under the lamp, it is not a good way to pass the long night.
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A few days later, it will be Xiao Yongjia's birthday.
With Lu Jianzhi's family leaving the capital, the Lu family completely withdrew from the imperial court. King Xin'an wrote a letter to impeach Xu Mi, and his words were harsh, and the courtiers all criticized him when they discussed it.
This Northern Expedition has suffered heavy losses, not only in the court, but also in the public. Knowing that he could no longer be content with the imperial court, Xu Mi resigned from the post of Situ under the pretext of returning home to recuperate, left Jiankang, and temporarily returned to Yuanling's hometown in Xuancheng. Some court officials and disciples who were attached to Xu and Lu's family lost their lives, and it was inevitable that they would also be affected, either demoted or deported.
In the past, there were three surnames of the gentry, but after this change, in the end, only the Gao clan was left, and the family was alone.
A few days ago, the threshold of the Gao family was almost trampled by the families who came to deliver the prayers.
Xiao Yongjia did not make a big deal. Gao Qi asked Gao Qi to accept the invitations, and returned thank you letters one by one, but none of the congratulatory gifts were accepted.
To this day, I just invited a few female relatives from the Gao clan who were close to each other on weekdays, as well as the good friend Huaide County Lord who invited her to stay for a few days on her birthday last year. Everyone came together and set up a feast. , called a class of musicians to dance the music to add to the fun, just to celebrate.
Because she was pregnant, she did not drink by herself, and only talked to everyone with a smile. Amidst the cheers and laughter, I saw a servant girl hurried in with a smile, saying that there was a message from the palace, and Queen Dao Gao also came in person, and wanted to congratulate the aunt of the eldest princess on her birthday. At this moment, Feng Jia was on the road and was about to arrive.