The weather has officially entered autumn, the withered yellow autumn leaves in the yard have fallen, the wind rolls, the ground is full of dead leaves, but no one sprinkles and sweeps, a bleak.

In the past few days, the whole Lin Mansion has been like frightened birds, and the atmosphere does not dare to come out. Officers and soldiers came every day, rummaged through them and then returned in a hurry. At first, it was polite, but now it is becoming more and more impatient, and the slightest offense is a kick and scolding, and I don't know how many good things have been wasted during the period, let alone how many have been taken away.

The entire Lin Mansion has become scattered in just a few days, and many subordinates have also taken advantage of the disaster of the main family to slip away with their objects, except for most of Mrs. Lin's accompanying rooms at the beginning, and they are all gathered in Lin Xi's east wing, which is almost the most complete place in the Lin Mansion.

Pei Xuan walked into Lin Xi's bedroom under the guidance of the little servant, and suddenly a strong smell of medicine came to his nose with a hot air, and he almost subconsciously frowned.

I saw Lin Xi sitting at the head of the bed, leaning weakly on a cyan soft cloth pillow, it was not yet late autumn, but his body was already covered with a thick quilt, and the stove below was burning charcoal, and the room was very warm. After not seeing him for many days, Lin Xi's already small face became thinner and thinner, his cheeks were sunken, his face was pale, except for a pair of eyes that were still clear and transparent, and the whole person seemed to be fragile and shattered when touched.

Zhou's mother was sitting on the small round pier on the edge of the bed, holding a small spoon in one hand and a medicine bowl in the other hand and carefully feeding it into Lin Xi's mouth, her face full of distress.

Seeing Pei Xuan, Lin Xi got up and called softly, "Senior brother." ”

As soon as he heard this voice, Pei Xuan's nose was sour, his heart tightened, and he took a few steps in front of Lin Xi, and said regretfully: "Didn't you say that it was already good, why did you not see it for a few days and became weaker?"

As he spoke, he looked at Zhou's mother, "What did the doctor say?"

Mother Zhou was about to reply, but she heard Lin Xi say leisurely: "What's the matter, doesn't senior brother know?" Now my father's life and death are unknown, and I don't know if he has suffered in that prison...... Ahem......"

Saying that, there was a cough, Zhou's mother immediately reddened her eyes, patted his back gently, took the tea sent by Yuanyuan and persuaded: "Young master drink saliva to moisten his throat first, you are like this, how can Mrs. feel distressed in the sky, even the master has to worry, the young master must take care of his body!"

Speaking of Lin Qing, Pei Xuan's eyes darkened slightly.

Lin Xi looked at him and pulled the corners of his mouth slightly, and then instructed Zhou's mother: "Senior brother likes to drink Biluochun, Zhou's mother went to see if it was still there, it was turned over before, I'm afraid it's gone, I don't care about anything, pick it up and drink it." ”

Mother Zhou looked at Lin Xi, only to see that he nodded slightly, then pressed the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, and beckoned to the girl in the room, "Tuan Tuan, you go and see the medicine fried on the stove, those uneasy little hooves are afraid that they have long been gone, but don't go too far." Yuanyuan, is the dim sum in the kitchen still hot, Young Master Pei finally came to the door once, don't be slow. ”

Tuan Tuan tucked the corners of the quilt for Lin Xi, helped Lin Xi's pillow, and then walked out of the house with Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan blessed Pei Xuan again before leaving, and said: "Young Master Pei, you know that our young master is the most expensive, but he has always cared about things, if there is really anything, don't do anything to the young master, you are his senior brother, you can't ignore him." ”

Pei Xuan nodded.

Only the brothers and sisters were left in the room, but there was silence for a while.

After a long time, Lin Xi looked at the charcoal stove and said, "Senior brother came over today, I'm afraid I can't wait over there." ”

Pei Xuan moved his lips and didn't speak, but he acquiesced.

"Has my brother ever been to see my father? Has he suffered? The autumn cold wave makes the dungeon even colder, and my father is a scholar, so I don't know if he can stand it. ”

Pei Xuan has been there, he sees him almost every day, but his teacher knows that once he recognizes the reason for death, even if he uses a big punishment, he can scold you first. The scholar is arrogant and never gives in, and the only thing that can make Lin Qing worry is ...... He really doesn't want to involve his most beloved little brother, but loyalty and filial piety have been difficult to achieve since ancient times.

Thinking of this, Pei Xuan held Lin Xi's hand exposed outside the quilt, looked at Lin Xi's eyes and said: "Xi'er, brother knows that you are the most transparent, and now the teacher insists on it, not only himself, but also you, the entire Lin family, do you think about it? Doctor Min is desperately trying to treat you, finally the sky has eyes, and the cold on your body is slowly disappearing, don't you want to go outside and see these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains? Yes, Lord Qincha is about to arrive, but before that, Lin Mansion must have folded in first. Xi'er, for my brother, I want to protect you and protect the teacher, as long as you get the account book, the teacher will naturally be safe and sound if there is no threat to them!"

This is the other party's promise, Pei Xuan really hopes that the Lin family can spend this festival.

Lin Xi's eyes darkened, how could he not know this truth, with his temperament, he naturally put his own safety first, he has always admired this kind of sentiment of throwing his head and spilling blood, and he does not approve of it. But he couldn't stand that this was his father, and the moment before he died in his previous life was vivid, so he really couldn't drag Lin Qing back.

"Dad trusted you, so he told you at this time, but my brother turned around and betrayed him. ”

Pei Xuan's expression ached, "That's what the teacher told you?"

Lin Xi nodded.

Pei Xuan smiled in a low voice and sighed: "The teacher is too naïve, does he really think that Master He drank too much and went to the river in the middle of the night, walked unsteadily and fell into it before drowning? ”

But isn't it, Lin Xi smiled bitterly, his father is sometimes so naïve.

But Pei Xuan, knowing what kind of person his teacher was, still concealed and secretly passed on the news, which was even more shameful.

Although Lin Xi's expression was not shocked, his eyes were instantly sharp, he raised his chin slightly, looked at Pei Xuan's eyes and asked word by word: "Senior brother, two adult princes, who are you loyal to?"

Pei Xuan was shocked, and was about to speak, but he heard Lin Xi's indifferent voice, "I don't know where the account book is placed, you came here today to let me persuade him, you have to let me know what role you have played in it, and whether you can be trusted behind you." ”

Lin Xi's cold little face coincided with Lin Qing's, Pei Xuan closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he said: "The queen died early, the back seat is free, and there is nothing to come out of the middle palace, so the elders come first." ”

Lin Xi nodded, and his heart immediately understood.

He said, "I want to see my father." ”

Lin Xi wrapped in a thick round-necked fox fur cloak, and walked down the steps leading to the dungeon step by step, the dungeon has no sunlight all the year round, it is dim and cold, a few oil lamps are burning alone, and he can barely see the road ahead, just coming in for a while makes people feel gloomy.

Lin Xi calmed his face, bit his lip, and followed the cell head inside without saying a word, until he went to the deepest part.

The figure inside moved slightly when he saw the visitor, and seemed to raise his head to take a closer look through the only oil lamp, but heard the cell boss say, "Lord Lin, the young master of your mansion has come to visit you." ”

The iron chain with the thickness of the child's arm on the cell door made a sound, echoing in the empty cell, and Lin Qing opened the cell door before he could call "Xi'er".

"Young Master Lin, come in, you have said hello from above, you and Lord Lin have time to talk slowly. You, say it well, persuade it well, I've been in this dungeon for more than ten years, and I've seen too many iron bones turn into white bones, but oh my God, it still hasn't collapsed, but what about people, when they die, there is nothing. After saying that, he smiled and went out.

"Dad!" Lin Xi didn't wait for the cell boss to go far, so he hugged Lin Qing and buried his face in it, and the tears that had not moved finally came out of his eyes. After nearly ten days of worrying and maneuvering, he finally found a place to vent his fatigue and grievances.

I have never discovered how important my father is in the past ten days, with Lin Qing here, Lin Xi can be willful, lazy, and a teenager who has not grown up.

And Lin Qing just hugged his son and looked up at the pitch-black prison roof, trying to force the tears back.

The father and son hugged each other quietly for a long time before they heard Lin Qing's sigh, "Dad is still bothering you after all." ”

The mood was calm, Lin Xi let go of his hand and wiped his face, so that the father and son could follow the faint oil lamp to look at each other carefully.

Lin Xi touched the prison clothes on Lin Qing's body, and saw that the white clothes did not have any traces of blood, so he relaxed slightly. Lin Qing stroked his son's little face distressedly, he had finally grown some flesh before, but now he had lost weight again, and the guilt for Lin Xi in his heart was even worse.

Lin Xi talked in detail about the current situation at home, Lin Qing listened quietly, neither father nor son mentioned the key account book, and after talking about Pei Xuan's visit the day before yesterday, Lin Qing was silent again.

Lin Xi looked at his father's resolute and apologetic expression, his heart sank little by little, and then a sadness permeated his heart, dissolving, and the pain was as if he had been injected again.

The shout of "Xi'er ......" contained a thousand words, and finally turned into a sharp dagger and pierced Lin Xi's heart.

Lin Xi's hands trembled, clenched into fists and stuffed them in his mouth to bite, sobbing in a low voice, unable to be hoarse, but his liver and intestines were broken.

He wanted to grab Lin Qing's collar and shake it vigorously, and asked him loudly, don't you want your son? What are you going to do with him? A child without a mother and without a father to protect him, how will he survive in the future?

But Lin Xi is not an ignorant teenager after all, and in the end, he just asked: "Dad, don't you regret it?"

In the dark, Lin Xi only saw Lin Qing's eyes with light, and then there was a sonorous "No regrets" without hesitation. ”

Lin Xi closed his eyes, stood up slowly, pulled the corners of his lips slightly, looked back at Lin Qing, and gently spit out a sentence after a long time, "I will be proud of you." ”

For the integrity he didn't have, for the arrogance he lost, for the belief he wavered.

In an instant, Lin Qing cried bitterly.

When Lin Xi's figure became more and more, Lin Qing threw himself on the cell door and shouted: "Xi'er, you have loved to read miscellaneous books since you were a child, especially travelogues, bright moon and rivers, thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, Dad wants you to be happy and comfortable, the world is vast, where is not a place to live, don't be an official like Dad! It's all Dad can't stand you!"

The body gradually slid down from the prison door, and Lin Qing muttered, "It's too difficult to be a good official......

Lin Xi was stunned, turned around, and couldn't see his expression clearly in the dim light.

And Lin Qing's figure in the prison suddenly withered.