Cui Ning stayed in the Buddhist hall and found many advantages, the biggest advantage was that she could borrow books from the big library of clan studies! There were rules in the library that ordinary people could not take books away, and the old lady seemed to have privileges in this regard.

The old lady couldn't walk an inch in the Buddhist hall, as if she had made a mistake and was imprisoned, but in terms of privilege, it didn't seem to be.

Cui Ning didn't think much about it, she soaked in the pile of books all day long, when the old lady was reciting and copying the scriptures, she was in the old lady's room to read the borrowed books, and sometimes she would look at the books on the shelves, and the days were simple and busy.

Cui Ning is like a sponge, constantly absorbing water. She found that the more books she read, the less she felt she knew.

She has been working hard to understand the Tang Dynasty, trying hard to find the traces of the divine knife, forgetting to sleep and eating, and unwilling to stop for a moment.

In terms of reading, she also showed extraordinary talent. No one knew that in the eyes of the whole clan, this little girl who was dragging her feet was growing up rapidly in a place that others couldn't see.

It's the day.

After reading a book all morning, Cui Ning was dizzy, and when she looked up, she was stunned to find that the sun outside was dazzling.

She was stunned for a moment, feeling that something was wrong. Usually when she reads a book and forgets the time, the Lin family will come over and call her to have breakfast with the old lady, but today there is none, and seeing that it is almost noon, the old lady has never come.

Cui Ning hurriedly closed the book and walked quickly to the Buddhist hall.

The courtyard was quiet, there was no one, and I saw the closed door of the Buddha hall from a distance.

Cui Ning went to the door, and didn't hear the chanting and the sound of wooden fish, so he knocked on the door and shouted, "Grandmother?"

When no one answered, she reached out and pushed, and the door bolted from the inside.

"Grandmother?"

Still no one answered.

Cui Ning sat on the steps and waited for a while, beating the drums in her heart, there would be no accident, right? Grandmother is so old......

Thinking of this, Cui Ning stood up and kicked the door hard.

There were two loud bangs, and the door was not kicked open, but there was still no movement in the house, which made Cui Ning even more convinced that something was wrong!

She didn't care about the numbness of her legs and feet, and kicked hard more than a dozen times, and with a bang, the door of the Buddhist hall suddenly opened, and a gust of wind swept in with incense.

The old lady knelt on the futon, dressed in a smoky gray dress, plain and delicate, and the wind lifted her clothes, but she didn't notice it.

"Grandmother?" Cui Ning walked directly across from the old lady, only to see her eyes closed, her face pale, blood oozing from her lips, but her expression was as peaceful as ever.

Cui Ning said in a trembling voice, "Grandmother, wake up." ”

She reached out and took the old lady's hand, it was cold, and it was no longer warm as before.

Those who pass through the hall and the wind blow even chill in the bottom of their hearts.

Cui Ning suddenly withdrew her hand as if she had been pricked by a needle, and ran out of the door, "Someone!

Someone outside the courtyard heard Cui Ning's call, and two servant women greeted her, "Ning Niangzi." ”

"Go and ask for a miracle doctor!Something happened to my grandmother!" Cui Ning said urgently.

The faces of the two servants changed, one of them ran to ask for Divine Doctor Sun, and the other ran to the patriarch's side.

Cui Ning returned to the Buddhist hall and sat in front of the old lady and did not dare to move. She could probably see that the old lady was poisoned, and the master had said before that moving the poisoned person would accelerate the onset of the poison, so she didn't dare to touch the old lady casually.

Suddenly, hurried footsteps sounded in the courtyard.

The patriarch and Doctor Sun arrived at the same time.

"Divine doctor, please. The patriarch said.

Sun Shao was not polite, and went straight into the Buddhist hall, as soon as he saw the old lady's face, he felt that something was wrong, and his fingers were put on her wrist again, and his heart sank.

There was silence in the Buddhist hall.

Sun Shao slowly stood up and saluted the old lady, and then said to the patriarch, "The old lady has been gone for more than two hours. ”

Cui Ning's ears buzzed, and the feeling that the second senior brother had when he was buried in the sea of fire swept over the world again, making it unbearable for her.

Seeing the appearance of the old lady, the patriarch waved his hand to let the idle people in the house withdraw, "Divine doctor, Xie is poisoned?"

"Yes. Sun Shao respected the old lady very much, so he knew everything, "The villain should have been poisoned twice, the old lady was already poisoned last night, and adding some more doses this morning can cause death." ”

The patriarch frowned and glanced at Cui Ning, and then said, "Please also ask the Divine Doctor Mo to reveal this matter to others." ”

"It's nature. Sun Shao knew that the patriarch was preparing to end this matter secretly, if the Xie family knew about it, people would definitely come to question, and the Cui family must not bear the reputation of assassinating his daughter-in-law.

Soon, the people of the Ling clan, the people of Dafang, and the elders of other clans had already arrived and were waiting in the courtyard.

The patriarch pondered for a moment and went out to say, "Li and Ling, as daughters-in-law, you two should come in and serve your mother-in-law for the last time." ”

Everyone in the courtyard was shocked, and they knew that the old lady had passed away!

The patriarch arranged other matters outside, leaving the elders to discuss how to deal with the matter.

"Who in the family would harm their younger siblings?" said a clan veteran.

The old lady never made enemies with anyone, even if she didn't deal with anyone, she wouldn't want to kill her.

The patriarch said, "I haven't seen the Lin family in the past, only Ning Niang is alone by the old lady's side." In any case, this is not publicized in advance, so let's check it privately...... Xie's body has never been very good......"

The room was silent, they knew in their hearts that Sun Shao, Ling, Li and Cui Ning had all seen the old lady's appearance before she died, and if the Xie family came to mourn, if they saw the old lady's appearance, they couldn't hide it.

"Our Cui family is doing the right thing, and this matter cannot be hidden from the in-laws. The elder of the clan stood up and said, "The Lin clan is the maid who came over from the Xie clan to marry, even if it can be concealed for a while, but the paper can't contain the fire after all, who can guarantee that it can be concealed from the rest of the world?

This patriarch is the previous patriarch, and now he is in his old age, and he is highly respected in the clan, and his speech is much more effective than the current patriarch.

"What the third uncle said is true. The patriarch chimed in.

The patriarch expressed his position, and the others had no opinion, and then they discussed the content of the letter, and finally decided that the patriarch would personally write a letter and send it to the Xie family.

Besides, the Ling family and the others, when they saw the old lady's appearance, were all shocked, and it took a while to come back to their senses, and they found the shroud that had been cut long ago to help the old lady change it.

Not long after, the Lin family, who was waiting for the old lady, came back after hearing the news, and when he saw the old lady's appearance, he fainted.

Lin is the old lady brought over the bride maid, at the age of twenty by the old lady as a matchmaker married to a steward in the outer courtyard, gave birth to two sons, and then returned to the old lady to serve, until now, now the old lady is around her such a cronies, next to some rough maidservants, it can be seen that her relationship with the old lady is not ordinary.

According to this matter, the Cui family has not mourned, only kept the body, and discussed how to deal with the matter after the Xie family came.

When the Xie family received the letter, they first sent the old lady's younger brother to arrive day and night, and it only took about ten days.

The weather is getting cooler, and dozens of ice basins are placed in the room where the coffin is kept.

Cui Ning has changed into a thin jacket, that's it, kneeling all day, her lips are frozen purple. It was only then that she truly realized that the old lady was dead, and finally understood what death was all about.

On the mountain that day, she saw the senior brothers fall down one by one, and the warm blood splashed on her face, only to see the second senior brother smiling at her in the fire, listening to his chatter, and in a blink of an eye she arrived in a strange place, those things were like a lifetime away, as if the senior brothers were still there, as long as she found the magic knife and went back, she could see them again. But only now did she understand that death, even yesterday, was laughing with them, and she could still feel the temperature on their hands, but today there was only a cold body left, and from then on, Yin and Yang were separated, and she couldn't say a word.

After the burial, the man disappeared forever.

This time, she didn't faint, and she clearly felt an indescribable pain slowly devouring her heart, and tears kept pouring out uncontrollably.

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