The Gu Mansion was once again full of white flowers, mourning everywhere, this was a very grand funeral, beyond the scale of all the funerals experienced by the Gu family, which was not a small number of funerals, and it was also rare in the whole Chang'an City, almost second only to the national funeral.

Because the county lord had been welcomed into the Gu family on the day of marriage, the Gu family still decided after discussing with the King of Jin - only when the happy event was completed, the county lord of Chengshuo was the daughter-in-law of the Gu family and the wife of Gu Qingfeng regardless of life or death.

Therefore, Chen Juntong was mourned as Gu Qingfeng's deceased wife, but because of her status as the county lord, everything was done in accordance with the royal etiquette regulations, and the emperor and the queen mother specially ordered Jun Tong to be buried with the rites of the prince, and the emperor also added an edict to appease the king of Jin, and the queen mother even went to the Gu Mansion in person to cry in person, almost crying out of shape, just like a loving mother who lost her children in an ordinary family.

The queen mother was sudden, and everyone in the Gu family and the Jin Wangfu did not prepare to take over earlier, so when they finally sent Feng Jia back to the palace with trepidation, they all sweated in their hearts, and then continued this painful funeral.

Gu Qingfeng has been accompanying the King of Jin these days, and the prince seems to have lost half his life since the county lord went, he has no hope in life, he doesn't want to eat and drink for a few days, his original strong and heroic demeanor is completely gone, Gu Qingfeng can only try his best to comfort the prince who has lost his beloved daughter while his liver and intestines are broken.

Sangu is in charge of everything, and the father and daughter of the Jiang family often come to help, they are busy, thousands of things, everything disappears silently in this busyness, in the crying and sorrow, in the Suqi snow willows, in the endless mourning and mourning day and night, the world is turned upside down, and the world is turned upside down several times.

They have to keep ......

The Yin family, who excused themselves and did not come to the Gu family's wedding banquet that day, all came to mourn, only Yin Qixiu did not appear. Sangu paid attention to Yin Qixiu's whereabouts, and knew that Yin Qixiu and Lu Yuansi eloped to Luoyang, and they had tested it in front of the Yin family, but Yin Jiheng was just angry and scolded Yin Qixiu for insulting the lintel.

Gu Qingning wanted to tell Yin Jiheng directly that the woman who made Yin Qi cultivate ghosts was not a Qinglou woman, but Lu Yuansi, a member of the Lu family who was lucky enough to survive, but Gu Qingxuan stopped her.

He didn't think it was the best time, and he didn't want Gu Qingning to act impulsively out of a moment of anger.

Gu Qingning also knew what the best thing to do was to wait for Lu Yuansi to be more closely related to Yin Qixiu, and then reveal her identity openly, so that the Yin family could be framed together......

But she couldn't wait, she couldn't wait for Lu Yuan to think of death-

The Gu family cooperated with the Criminal Department to investigate the murder of the county lord, in fact, the facts of the case are very clear, the county lord died of the highly toxic "dotted lip" in the lip grease, which is beyond doubt, what needs to be found out is who poisoned the lip grease. Gu Qingning and Gu Qingfeng had gone to the Jin Palace's Mansion with the people from the Criminal Department to collect evidence, and they found the box of poisonous lip grease, which looked the same as ordinary lip grease, but was actually extremely poisonous.

I asked the maids who put on makeup to the county lord that day, and they all said that they didn't know the origin of this lip balm, and that day the county lord said that he wanted to use this box, and they also asked, and the county lord only said that this was a very important person who gave her a congratulatory gift for her marriage, so it must be used on the same day.

The maids who served the county lord said that they had never seen this box of lip balm before that day. According to the testimony of the people in the house, the county lord was first called into the palace to worship the queen mother the day before he got married, and after returning to the house, he just stayed in her boudoir alone, and there was nothing unusual, and he never saw any outsiders again.

After a closer examination, the personal maid closest to the county lord told the truth, the day before the marriage, after the county lord returned to the house, he received an unsigned letter, and the county lord burned the letter after reading it, and then, that night, she helped the county lord quietly go out from the backyard door.

The county lord had seen an unidentified person alone.

This is the biggest and only doubt.

The investigators focused on this point, believing that the person who was the county master of the night was the most suspicious.

Gu Qingning doesn't think so.

She knew that that person was not the biggest suspect, but that person had poisoned Jun Tong.

According to Jun Tong's last words, it is also clear that that person is Lu Yuansi, who fled from Chang'an that night.

She swore that she would want Lu Yuansi to live at the ends of the world in this life, and there was nowhere to hide, nowhere to hide!

……

"Then again, the world is so big, why did she flee to Luoyang?"

After Gu Qingxuan analyzed the case with Gu Qingning, he was puzzled: "I just tested Yin Jiheng, he clearly knew Yin Qi's cultivation traces, but he didn't mean to send someone to recover it. Several sons of the Yin family are all very measured and intelligent offspring, and it is not like Yin Qixiu's style to abandon the family and elope with a woman in this way, and I believe that if it is really just elopement, Yin Jiheng will not give up this son so easily......"

Gu Qingning and Gu Qinghuan were both deeply impressed by his analysis, she had just obtained the information in her hand, which said that Lu Yuansi and Yin Qixiu had arrived in Luoyang, and the note was crushed by her, "Father, you are right, I used to think too simply, I underestimated these two people, maybe they are not as stupid as I imagined...... They still don't give up, they still bite us and don't let go of our family, elopement is home, and the investigation is true...... Maybe we should think about it......"

Gu Qinghuan lifted the curtain of the car and looked at it, he was about to arrive at the Hussar General's Mansion, he turned his head and said: "Father, sister, isn't Master Hong here, why don't we go back after the funeral, so please ask Master Hong to let the people in Luoyang help us pay attention to the movements of those two people......"

Hearing him talk about Hong Luotian, Gu Qingxuan and Gu Qingning seemed to think of something, glanced at each other, and hesitated. Gu Qingning nodded: "I'll discuss it after I go back." ”

The carriage stopped in front of the general's mansion, which was also plain and white, and got off the car three times, wearing plain clothes and carrying a name post, to He's house to mourn.

In addition to being busy with their own funerals, they did not ignore the same unfortunate things as the He family.

Three visits came to the door, General He and his wife came out to greet them, and there were many other mourning guests on the spot, who never thought that the Gu family would come here at this time. They comforted each other, entered the mourning hall, and bowed their condolences to the deceased.

Gu Qingning didn't say a word since he entered the He Mansion, and Gu Qinghuan's feelings in his heart were even more complicated, originally according to the grade and etiquette, there was no need to kneel down to worship the deceased, but after Gu Qingning entered, he knelt down in front of Hua Ruotian's spirit, and bowed to the funeral ceremony upright.

This is the third time she has knelt in Hefu.

In any case, she really respects Hua Ruotian, and as for the rest, she doesn't want to have any concerns.

When they stepped into the mourning hall, they felt a resentful gaze, and they had only ignored it.

After she had finished saluting, before she could stand up, a figure stood in front of her, condescending to her.

As soon as she looked up, a slap was directed to her face.

It was He Luoke, she still resented Gu Qingning for snatching her sister-in-law's Pranydan.

A dazzling palm print immediately appeared on Gu Qingning's pale face. Everyone else was frightened and blinded.

Gu Qingning's expression was still calm, like a person whose heart was like stagnant water, he was not shocked or angry, he slowly raised his hand to stroke the side of his face, dusted off the hem of his clothes, and got up safely.

He Luoke was also haggard and sad at this time, and only glared at Gu Qingning with resentment.

Gu Qingning stood in front of her, looked at her calmly, and said, "Thank you." ”

He Luoke was stunned for a moment, seeing that Gu Qingning's eyes were getting more and more distracted, he gently stretched out his hand to his face, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, whether it was his movements or demeanor, he looked gentle, but it made her feel even more infiltrating: "I've always wanted to slap myself, thank you for helping me do it." ”

"But do you know?" her hand slowly slid from He Luoke's face to her green silk, "You also owe me my life...... On that day, I could have saved the county lord, but it was just a little, a little bit...... Why is it so much worse, because I'm here to kneel and beg you...... You, Miss He, stopped me and refused to let me take away the pill that could save her...... So, she's gone...... Do you know that Prajna Dan can't save your sister-in-law, but it can indeed save Jun Hitomi!"

Gu Qingning suddenly broke out, her sloppy eyes instantly turned into resentment in full swing, and her hand also violently grabbed her hair and dragged it down, causing He Luoke's head to tilt back.

But how could she be He Luoke's opponent?

"You're talking nonsense! You're so vicious! You're the one who killed my sister-in-law! You're still here pretending to cry and mourn! You're beating up! It's despicable! Gu Qingning, I hate you! Get out of here!"

Although he was still shocked, his reaction was already faster than he thought, He Luoke turned around quickly, subconsciously counterattacked, pushed Gu Qingning away, and struck Gu Qingning with his palm in the middle of the entanglement.

Pushed backwards by He Luoke, Gu Qingning barely stood still, seeing her slap strike again......

Gu Qingning suddenly covered his heart in pain, spit out a mouthful of blood suddenly, and his body fell to the ground weightlessly.

"Sister!"

Gu Qingxuan and Gu Qinghuan were shocked by this scene and rushed over in a panic.

Seeing the blood that Gu Qingning spit out falling on her plain white robe, it was shocking, Gu Qinghuan panicked, and roared at He Luoke who was frozen in place: "He Luoke, how can you put such a heavy hand!"

She was stunned, looked at the palm of her hand that had just made a move, and said in a low voice, "But I haven't hit her yet......"

It is true that he was not injured by He Luoke, the reason why Gu Qingning vomited blood was because of his weakness and shortness of breath, and his body, which was already weaker than ordinary people, finally couldn't bear this torture and hard work, no matter how a scarred human heart was disguised, there was a time when he couldn't suppress the pain and grief anymore.

Gu Qingning still got out of bed that night, because she wanted to keep Jun Tong's spirit, and others persuaded her not to move, so she had to let her. She asked the other people who were guarding the spirit to withdraw from the mourning hall first, and she just wanted to accompany Jun Tong alone.

Gu Qingfeng finally persuaded the prince of Jin to drink some calming decoction and fall asleep, and at this time he also came to the mourning hall, his thoughts were naturally the same as Gu Qingning's.

Gu Qingning didn't think he was bothered, because she knew that Qingfeng was the same as herself, and she was a person who really loved Jun Tong.

Since the accident, they have been busy with their own situations, and they have not had a chance to speak well, she has prepared a lot of words to comfort Gu Qingfeng, but when she finally had the opportunity to say it, she was choked.

Because, she found that with so many words, even she couldn't comfort herself.

Seeing her stop talking in front of her many times, she was incoherent in the middle of the comforting sentence, and then choked with tears and couldn't breathe, Gu Qingfeng felt very uncomfortable, grabbed Gu Qingning's shoulder, and let her lean on her little boy's shoulder and cry: "Sister, I know, you are the saddest ......"

Hearing his words, Gu Qingning immediately burst into tears.

After crying for a while, she finished venting, looked at the coffin and spirit card in front of her in a hazy eye of tears, reached out to wipe away her tears, laughed at herself, and then said, "Forget it, crying enough...... I don't think Jun Tong wants to see us crying all the time...... Qingfeng, let's talk about something happy, tell my sister about ......"

"Good. Gu Qingfeng also rubbed his red nose, looked ahead, and said: "My sister knows everything at home, it's not interesting, it's better to talk about some of the things I encountered when I followed my master to the rivers and lakes......

"Okay......" Gu Qingning leaned on his shoulder, closed his eyes, and listened.

"Sister, do you know when I first dreamed of being a hero? You must have thought that it was the first time I saw my master using martial arts to save people, right? Actually, no, it was when I was sixteen years old, when I just went out with my master, I encountered a robber on the road, I was frightened, although the master and brother had high martial arts, they were outnumbered, we had to abandon the dart and run for our lives...... Haha, do you know who was the first to flee at that time? And who escaped the fastest? It was my master Hong Daxia! At that time, I still felt embarrassed to abandon the dart, and asked Master if he gave up so easily and fled so quickly, and was he not afraid of spreading it out and causing the jokes of his colleagues in the rivers and lakes? My master said, yes, of course it would! Unless it was a hero like me! When this was spread, not only would others not make fun of it, but they would also worship it, and praise me for being able to understand current affairs, and the rats would have to rely on it in the future! After all, Hong Daxia, the head of the Heluo Sword Sect, did this! Haha, at that time, I understood, oh, it turns out that it's so good to be a hero!"

He spoke vividly, making Gu Qingning laugh, and after she finished laughing, she suddenly said, "But...... I never knew your dream was to be a hero......"

Gu Qingfeng choked up and said with relief: "That's because I never said it." Actually, I really like the days of wandering the rivers and lakes, I can meet many people, many things, and I am forced to grow up when I leave home...... It's good, otherwise I don't know what I'm going to become......"

Gu Qingning looked at the night sky outside and said, "This night is very long, Qingfeng, I want to know all the days you have traveled in the rivers and lakes, every unforgettable thing you have encountered, and every unforgettable person......"

"Okay, sister, I'll tell you everything......"

"It's not me, it's our ......"

Gu Qingfeng went on to tell that from being ignorant to being high-spirited, he traveled back and forth between Chang'an and Luoyang, intermittently following his master and brother to dart, and sharing every unforgettable moment with his sister.

Gu Qingning felt that she was a failure as a sister, she always thought that she knew her younger brother very well, but she didn't expect that because of her limited vision, she ignored the other side of her younger brother.

They were all busy scrambling and grabbing, busy with caution and calculation, and there were so many things in their hearts that they despised the most important people and things in front of them.

He said for a long, long time, and said a lot, from trivial anecdotes to a few shocks, from frolicking and amusement to chivalrous deeds, none of which passed by, these are all wonderful and unforgettable memories that belong to him.

Speaking of Oriental dew, twilight and desert," ...... And then it's this year...... I returned to Chang'an, to my home...... Once, I was helping my father on an errand and went on another long trip, but this time I came back very quickly...... On that day, I rode my horse to the door of my house, I just wanted to come back as soon as possible, and I didn't enter the door to report to Manchu as before, and I wanted to see my father, sisters, and brothers all come out to pick me up, but I didn't expect to rush back but I only saw that the door ......was closed."

But then I saw a girl sitting under the stone steps in front of my house...... Dressed in white clothes and hairpins with white flowers, he sat there quietly...... Seems to be waiting for someone...... It's as quiet as a painting...... I was afraid that the sound of my horse's hooves would startle her, and I was afraid that I had forgotten how to dismount...... She was still disturbed, and when she turned around, she saw me...... I saw her too...... At that moment, I just felt as if I had finally found something I had been looking for, and I didn't know what it was, but at that moment, I just felt like I had found it...... After traveling for so long and seeing thousands of mountains and rivers, it is not as wonderful as her eyes......"

“…… Whose girl is this? Why did you come to my door, why did you look so much forward to me, and why did it hurt my heart?"

……

The loss of the king of Jin means that there is no queen in the palace, and he not only lost his daughter, but also lost his long-term ambition.

There is no hope in life, how can it continue?

He almost wanted to die, if it weren't for Gu Qingfeng, Qiao Huai'an and others who carefully guarded and comforted him, I am afraid that he would have already died and left with Jun Tong.

However, half a month after Jun Tong's death, a piece of news turned everything around-

The imperial doctor diagnosed that Princess Xiao was pregnant.

He will have a second child, and the Jin Wangfu will have an heir.

If it had been a boy, it would have been different.

In short, those who are gone will not come back, and those who are alive can always continue to walk.