Li Ran went out early and returned late for two or three days, and Madam Fu renovated the entire Cuiwei House.

Li Ran's three upper rooms were also a big fight. The innermost clean room was gone, and the partition between the bedroom and the outer room was moved in. The partition between the ear house in the east was removed, and a short tea table was placed. Sitting in summer, drinking tea and reading books, it was very comfortable to think about it.

All the curtains, curtains, bedding, etc. in the house have been changed.

Li Ran expressed her opinion on this item and chose blue and gray. After the arrangement was made, Madam Fu praised it several times.

But Li Ran felt that if Madam Fu was allowed to perform, she would be much better than the blue gray she chose.

However, she likes the feeling of blue and gray. These two colors together give her a feeling of calmness in the years.

The renovated Cuiweiju, especially the three upper rooms, gave Li Ran a feeling of home. At least, this was her nest, or a nest specially built for her.

She once had a such a nest of seventy square meters, on the twenty-eighth floor, with a floor-to-ceiling window. She liked to sit in front of the window and look down at the lights of thousands of houses.

Li Ran rested in her new nest for a few days and received a letter from Wang.

The letter invited her to visit Beizhouqiao Night Market the next evening.

Wang Shi gave her a detailed introduction to Beizhou Bridge Night Market.

There are many night markets and ghost markets in the capital.

The earliest time of Beizhou Bridge Night Market was a ghost market. At the beginning of the first to the third week, many people gathered there to trade in the dark things that were shameful or of shameful origins.

Later, the ghost market became more and more lively and there were more and more transactions, so the lights were lit, and from the ghost market to the night market.

I don’t know when it started, but the rules of Beizhou Bridge Night Market were changed to concentrated in the first half of the night, and the sunset began, and it ended after the third update.

The things that were traded have also gone from all kinds of things to all, and have become the main ones of old objects and books, as well as various antique rubbings, and have become the most visited night market for literati and students in the capital.

When Wang Shi was very young, he often followed his father or brother to visit Beizhouqiao Night Market and buy things with his eyesight.

The night market in the capital city, except for the Zhouqiao Night Market, which mainly sells food, will not open in the first lunar month. Therefore, Wang made an appointment with Li Ran. After the Beizhouqiao Night Market opened, she went to visit Beizhouqiao Night Market with her.

The next afternoon, Li Ran changed into a lotus-colored dress, wore a thin cloak, and came out with Zhou E. She got into the car and headed towards Jinshuimen, preparing to detour the north of the Jinzhong to go to Beizhouqiao Night Market. She was watching the sunset in Daqing Hall on the way.

The sunset in Daqing Hall was recommended by Tao Nong to Li Ran, saying that it was the sunset in the capital, with Daqing Hall being the most important.

Li Ran believed in Tao Qian's eyes. Daqing Palace was on her way to Beizhouqiao Night Market, and the time was just right. It would be a pity not to watch this sunset.

Li Ran's car curtain has always been lifted up high, and in the gently shaking car, he looked at the surrounding scenery.

After passing Tianbo Gate, not far away, a shining temple with golden roofs came into view. Li Ran bowed and asked, "Is it Xiaoyan Temple?"

"Well, go and have a look?" Zhou E turned to look at Li Ran and asked.

Li Ran nodded, got out of the car, stood in the bright yellow corner of Xiaoyan Temple, hesitated for a while, and did not go towards the temple gate that Zhou E pointed to, but followed the wall all the way north.

The sun is about to set. If you go to Xiaoyan Temple for a walk, go out and go to Daqing Hall, you will definitely miss today's sunset.

Let’s look at the sunset first. Today’s sunset will not be there again if it falls, but Xiaoyan Temple has always been here.

Moreover, Li Ran always felt that what fascinated her the most was the atmosphere. For example, now, walking slowly along the wall and listening to the melodious chanting of scriptures in the temple is more of a conversion than entering the temple and facing the glorious statue of the gods.

Zhou E didn't say a word, and followed Li Ran with her hands behind her back.

Turning to Xiaoyan Temple, you can see the tall but dilapidated bell tower suddenly outside the Daqing Hall, and the same tall and ruined drum tower on the other side.

A little further away is a large heavy building built with huge black stones, which is set against the red sunset, the bright sunset, and the vigorous ancient trees nearby. The returning birds flying around the trees are like peach blossoms, which is a picture of the vicissitudes of time.

This picture of time is a background board for each person and flute.

Under the vigorous ancient tree not far away, a tall and thin man dressed in white as snow, with his head slightly lowered, and a jade flute between his fingers, and a melodious sound of the song was lit up.

It's Xie Ze.

Li Ran looked straight at Xie Ze's straight figure and his clothes slings blown by the breeze.

The sound of the flute was mixed with the quiet and chanting sounds in the temple. When the chanting sounds fell, the sound of the flute passed through the sounds of the chanting, and the light rhythm was entangled by sadness, from low to high, and from high to high, and as if sobbing.

Li Ran stood straight, tears bursting out from her eyes.

At the end of the song, Xie Ze put down the flute, turned his head to look at Li Ran who was standing straight with tears flowing down his face.

After a while, Xie Ze walked slowly to Li Ran, lowered his head, and looked at him carefully at Li Ran, who was crying. After a while, he took a step back, the bamboo flute turned around between his fingers, and walked behind him, crossed Li Ran, and left.

"Let's go." Seeing Xie Ze walking away, Zhou E took a step forward and patted Li Ran gently.

Li Ran lowered her head, grabbed the handkerchief that Madam Fu had wrapped around her wrist, and rubbed it around her face.

"Get on the car." Zhou E waved to the coachman.

Li Ran sat in the car and stared at the slowly retreating trees in the house, bit by bit, tidying up the sadness and grievance that was suddenly poured out by the sound of the flute.

Li Ran met Wang at the agreed place, and slowly walked around the Wang family's group of scattered and unremitting protection with the old women, looking at the various stalls on both sides of the street.

Not long after going far, Wang bought two or three books and several broken rubbings.

Li Ran followed Wang Shi, looking absent-mindedly at the stalls and things on the stalls, but didn't see them in his eyes.

"I met General Xie on the way here just now." After walking half a street, Li Ran and Wang Shi walked quietly.

The king is a shocked god.

"He was playing the flute behind Xiaoyan Temple." Li Ran paused and looked at Wang Jing, "I don't understand music. It should be a very cheerful song, but it sounds very sad."

Wang Yin sighed softly, "Let's go over there, and talk while walking."

Li Ran nodded, and with Wang Shi, he turned to a small street with sparse streets next to him, with sparse pedestrians.

"I don't know what's going on."

Wang's voice is very low.

"I only know that General Xie was wandering in the chaos army. When he was twelve or thirteen years old, he met the emperor with the white tiger and from then on, he followed the emperor.

The Xie family was earlier than ours, probably a little earlier than ours, but it might be later. At that time, I was still very young and didn’t remember anything. Our family was very taboo about the Xie family, and I was not very clear about it."

Wang explained carefully, and Li Ran nodded.

"First it was Xie Shangshu and his wife"

"Who are Xie Shangshu and his wife?" Li Ran interrupted and asked.

"It is General Xie's parents, biological parents. General Xie is the only son of Mr. Xie and his wife. He has no brothers or sisters.

As soon as Secretary Xie arrived in the capital, the emperor was still the crown prince at that time. However, the emperor had already taken charge of all the major affairs of the court, so the emperor brought the Ministry of Revenue to Secretary Xie.

At that time, General Xie was still living in the palace, with the prince, and in Jinghua Palace.

Until the last year, before the crown prince’s wedding, the emperor gave him a mansion. Now, he lives alone in his general’s mansion.”

Li Ran frowned.

With her little understanding of the law here, General Xie’s parents were both here and he lived in Beppu. Is this a violation of the law?

"My grandfather, grandma, and second uncle's family. That's it," Wang Shi paused and explained to Li Ran, "It was General Xie's grandparents and uncle's family. They were moved to the capital one or two years later than our family. I had already remembered it at that time.

When I moved to the capital, my second uncle first worked in the Ministry of Works. Two years later, he was entrusted with the important task of Huainan Road Caoshuo Department, so my second uncle and his family went to Huainan Road to serve.

My second uncle served two jobs on Huainan Road. He returned to Beijing to report his work two years ago, and then transferred to Liangzhe Road.

My second uncle and aunt took two cousins ​​to Liangzhe Road, and my cousin stayed.

When my second uncle and aunt were in the capital, they appointed my cousin to Mr. Liu, the Duke of Lu’s Mansion. My cousin married into the Duke of Lu’s Mansion last year.

At this age of my cousin, it was time to discuss kinship, so my second uncle and aunt kept her in the capital and asked her to discuss kinship with my mother.

After Xie Shangshu and his wife arrived in the capital, they built a large house in the capital, which is the current Xie Shangshu Mansion. After the grandfather and his second uncle and his family arrived in the capital, they repaired the Xie family's village outside the city and lived in the village outside the city. After General Xie moved out of Jinghua Palace, they moved into the General's Mansion.

The Xie family has three generations separated from each other. The censor once impeached the matter, but was scolded by the emperor and demoted it to a remote county. Since then, no one has dared to mention this matter.

There must be a huge hidden story in the middle, but no one in our family has ever mentioned the grandfather and grandma.”

Wang Shi stopped talking, and for a moment, he smiled bitterly: "Since I became sensible, my mother has strictly forbidden us to mention General Xie in front of my grandfather and grandmother, and we are not allowed to express our gratitude to the Shangshu and his wife.

A Pei didn't know either. I asked her. When she was in office with her parents, she had never heard anyone mention anything. She didn't even know that General Xie was her relative's cousin. She has been back in the past few years."

Wang Shi spread his hands with a wry smile.

“What she heard and saw was not as much as I did.

During the Chinese New Year, General Xie either was in the palace or on duty. He had never been to the palace or the village outside the city.

After my grandparents lived in the village outside the city, on the first day of the 30th day of the New Year, Xie Shangshu and his wife went to the village outside the city every year.

I didn't know until after Apei came back that I knew that Xie Shangshu and his wife arrived in Zhuangzi on New Year's Eve, and were outside the second gate of Zhuangzi and sat in the car overnight.

The same is true for the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Winter Solstice. Xie Shangshu and his wife went to Zhuangzi and kowtowed outside the second gate. They never entered the second gate."

Wang Shi sighed softly, and Li Ran frowned when she heard this. What kind of tragic story is hidden behind such a family?

"Xie Shangshu and his wife have never come to my house, and we don't go to their house.

We juniors all call them Shangshu Xie and Mrs. Shao.

Mrs. Shao often goes to Daxiangguo Temple to perform rituals. Every time my mother goes to Daxiangguo Temple, she will ask for information first. Whether Mrs. Shao will go or not, if Mrs. Shao is there, she will not go.

Once, my grandmother and I first arrived at Daxiangguo Temple, and said that Mrs. Shao had arrived. My grandmother pulled me and immediately left the back door. My grandmother was leaving very quickly at that time.

My grandmother often goes outside the city and talks to her grandmother, and my grandmother often goes there. When they talk, we juniors are never allowed to get close to each other.

Grandpa, I don’t know, it seems that grandpa always smiles. Most of the time, grandpa is in Baihe Academy, teaching books, discussing knowledge with the professors, and giving guidance to the younger generation.
To be continued...