The wooden door creaked very slowly, like the thick murmur of an old man's throat, and his breath smelled stale.

Xu Pingjun subconsciously looked up at the ......

Intuition tells her that today's guest is different from yesterday.

Sure enough, it was not the mother-in-law and sisters-in-law who pushed the door in front of yesterday.

What a real old woman.

The old man seemed to have walked into her own yard, she didn't feel uncomfortable at all, she was on crutches, and kept reaching forward to touch and poke, poking the stones to block the way, and she went around again...... The hands and feet are quite nimble.

Xu Pingjun didn't know who the person was, so he just thought that the old woman had gone to the wrong place, because he said, "Mother-in-law, who are you looking for?" ”

The old woman did not speak, but did not hear, and groped her way again.

"Mother-in-law?" Xu Pingjun's face was full of suspicion.

When the old man came and stepped on the stone steps, she bent down/bent down nimbly, lifted her foot over the first step, poked her crutch further up, and lifted the other foot...... So I went up to the porch.

Xu Pingjun put down the work in his hand and greeted him: "Old woman, you have found the wrong home,...... Where do you want to live? I'll take you. ”

The old woman reacted at this time, but she didn't retreat, only waved her hand, which seemed to say: "Find a good home, don't bother you." ”

Xu Pingjun had to look at her closely, and then he saw the old man's eyebrows clearly. She was extremely old, and the wrinkles on her forehead drooped in one place, and she looked lifeless; The face has been crumpled into a ball, and there are age spots scattered everywhere; The exposed neck looks like a dead branch broken from a tree in autumn......

But the outline of that face can still be seen. The eyebrows are the eyebrows, the eyes are the eyes, and the single type is a good-looking appearance. Xu Pingjun thought deeply that when she was young, this old woman Xu was also a beauty......

But the years are not forgiving. The beauty is old, and the vain teaches people to be sad.

The old woman seemed to have walked into her house, she was not polite at all, ignored Xu Pingjun, bypassed her and sat down on the pestle.

The old man liked the appearance of children, and when he saw the sleeping baby in the cradle, he actually "giggled" and teased the child.

This time, without waiting for Pingjun to ask again, the old man accosted himself: "How good are the eyebrows and eyes of this baby!" Gee...... These three courts and five eyes, but they are strange people! This baby's biological father is amazing! Tsk......"

Xu Pingjun only said crazy things as an old man, so he continued: "Thank you for your words, I wish you to grow up safely and healthily, but I am the greatest blessing for being a mother." ”

The old woman finally glanced at Xu Pingjun and said, "Your wish may come true." ”

Xu Pingjun was anxious, and said in his heart, what sign is this? How did a mother-in-law who had never met suddenly come to the house, and suddenly ...... This mother-in-law doesn't speak well, doesn't her wish be that the child can grow up healthy and grown, which is difficult to achieve?

The old woman ignored her thoughts, and said: "Emperor Daxing has been raised in the deep palace since he was a child, and he is noble, do you see him grow up?" Hehe, it's grown into a withered grass! I've been sick all day long, doesn't this mean that it's gone...... Alas......"

This old woman is really not afraid of losing her life, and she dares to make random arrangements when the bones of Emperor Daxing are not cold. Xu Pingjun has a kinship. But the moment she looked up, she caught a glimpse of tears in the old woman's eyes......

That kind of sadness, no matter how much you talk nonsense, can't hide it.

Xu Pingjun suddenly felt his heart tremble.

She didn't know what kind of character this old woman was, but she faintly felt that this old woman was sad in her heart.

She stopped driving people away, took back her work, sat opposite the old woman, and cut her shoes.

The old woman didn't hide it anymore, and suddenly wiped away her tears.

Xu Pingjun didn't expect the old woman who had seen the cold face to be like this in front of her, so she also felt sad, so she asked, "Old man, what are you sad about?" Tell me about it, and I might be able to sort it out with you. ”

The old woman looked at her, as if to confirm whether the person in front of her could be trusted. After a while, he said to Xu Pingjun: "I have lived to my age, what sad things have you not touched?" But there's one more thing I can't figure out, and I can't get over it......"

"What?" Xu Pingjun stepped forward and patted the old man's back and comforted: "If you encounter something sad, find someone to talk to, and let it go, or it will be fine." ”

The old man hesitated slightly, and said in a choked voice: "How can it be so good?" The old man has just encountered a misfortune...... The old body is so old, a few days ago...... A few days ago, I ......" The old woman sighed deeply, and then said slowly: "The younger brother who has been dependent on the old man for so many years...... I unfortunately passed away a few days ago! The younger brother is smart and clever, and gentle and benevolent, you say, why did God want to take his life? Woohoo......"

The old man lowered his head and really choked on a handful of tears.

Xu Pingjun thought about it, the old man is so old, no matter how young the "younger brother" in her mouth is, she thinks that she is a little old, the world is troubled, if you are in trouble, God will not be kind, it is extremely difficult for people of this age to live a long life. Because of the comfort of the old man, he said: "The old man is not sad, how can he be perfect in life?" The younger brother who wants to come to the old man's house has also enjoyed happiness, longevity and blessing, and it is not a loss to go through the world. ”

Unexpectedly, when the old woman heard her words, she didn't feel comforted, but howled and cried: "...... What longevity and blessings! He is a worried life, whether he is blessed or not, and another thing to say, he has never touched the word 'longevity'! Little woman, how old are you as an old brother? He's just ...... It's just a few years older than you! ”

"Are you so young?" Xu Pingjun was shocked, because he knew that he had lost his words, and he didn't know how to comfort him for a while.

"So young," the old woman sighed, "if not, how could the old body be so sad?" If he is in the age of retirement, he can be regarded as having enjoyed it, and God's arrangement, the old body can't stop it, and he can accept it. ”

It was in the prime of life, and it was unacceptable for anyone to change it, no wonder the old man was so sad.

Xu Pingjun couldn't say anything anymore, listening to this sad story, he unconsciously became sad.

The two sat and cried at each other, and I don't know how long they sat there, and the baby in the cradle suddenly cried too.

"I think I'm hungry, take a look." The old man was very concerned about this child.

Xu Pingjun picked up and coaxed the child.

The old man suddenly said: "This kid is endlessly blessed!" As he spoke, he reached out and touched the child's forehead, and said, "This forehead is also full, the appearance of a nobleman!" ”

Xu Pingjun was naturally happy when he heard it, his own child and his mother hurt, and people said that the child was good, and he was naturally happy to be a mother.

The old man sat down for a while, then he couldn't bear it anymore, got up and said, "The old man is going to leave." Oh yes, I bother you to say a word to the child and his father, the old man will never break his word, and if he wants to be compensated with him, he will give it. ”

"What's ......" Xu Pingjun heard in a fog.

When the old man saw her like this, he asked, "Your husband and his father are sick?" ”

Xu Pingjun was even more surprised: "Do you know that you are sick?" ”

"Liu is sick, the old body naturally knows," the old man nodded, and said, "He is very good, and he is also a blessed one, if you fight him more in the future, it will be an endless blessing!" ”

Xu Pingjun smiled and said, "He is a fabricator, how can he be blessed." We have lived a small life, and it is also very good, rich and glorious, which I dare not think of in this life. ”

"Huh?" The old woman exclaimed: "Isn't this Liu Ill the grandson of Prince Lu and the queen of Emperor Xiaowu?" Zongzheng has been a member of the family, how to say that he can be regarded as a relative of the emperor, and he also has half of the Han Dynasty. ”

Xu Pingjun waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile: "You are joking, he is a 'royal prince' who has been leaked out of his illness, except for the fact that his blood is stained with the Han family, and the glorious mountains and rivers of the Han Dynasty have nothing to do with it." ”

"Oh?" The old woman was suspicious: "Hasn't this kid ever told you about your old body?" The old body still owes him a good thing......"

Xu Pingjun didn't react at all, still looking confused.

The old woman saw that Xu Pingjun didn't look like a liar, so she confirmed again: "Didn't this kid Liu Yiji ever mention to you where he met the old man that day?" Who was with him at that time, what words were he said to him, and what promises were made to him, these ...... He never talked to you? ”

Xu Pingjun shook his head in confusion. She was already in a bad mood at this point. She had been married to her, and they had never spoken anything from each other, and now it seemed that the illness had hidden many things from her!

The old woman didn't say anything anymore, but muttered for a while: "You sue Sù for illness, and his mother-in-law has come to look for him, so it's okay." The rest of the matter, he knew in his heart. ”

The old woman poked her crutches and got up slowly.

The untethered wooden door still "squeaked", like an old man who was about to die, and an old lament sounded from his throat......

Xu Pingjun didn't know where to get the courage, and when she saw that the old woman had gone out, she picked up the child in the cradle and followed closely behind......

When he went out of the door, he bumped into Sister-in-law Zhang next door, causing Sister-in-law Zhang to shout: "Ouch Pingjun!" Where are you going? It's not the moon yet, and it's not good if the wind blows! The body that was damaged during the confinement can't be raised back for a few months! If there is anything to buy, it is impossible to get up in the morning to call the illness away? Our neighbors can also do it for you! Why bother you like this! ”

Sister-in-law Zhang is quick to speak, but she is also really kind-hearted, Pingjun has always been favored by her, so she didn't think much about it at this time, and immediately said: "My good sister-in-law, are you busy now?" ”

"Not busy! What do I have to do! It's nothing more than coming to you to chat! Whatever you have to ask, just ask. ”

Xu Pingjun said: "Good sister-in-law, you can help me follow the old woman who just walked in front of me, she is slow, easy to follow, just watch her enter the door......"

"Old woman?"

"Yes, this old woman is strange, and I don't know where she came from, and this one came to my house, and the gods babbled something I didn't understand...... I wondered, so I wanted to go with me to find out......"

"Okay, okay, don't say it," Sister-in-law Zhang interrupted Xu Pingjun's words with a smile and said, "I understand, you just have to leave it to me." I just need to find out which family's 'lost' old woman she is, isn't it? ”

"Yes! I'm really tired of my sister-in-law! ”

"Just leave it to me...... I was idle, and I went to see the excitement and have fun. Sister-in-law Zhang smiled and turned back to leave: "You go in, don't catch the wind, I'll come over to inform you in a while." ”

"Hey," Xu Pingjun responded, "Sister-in-law Zhang ......follows slowly."

The child in his arms began to cry again.

Xu Pingjun sat under the porch, fed the child, and put the child to sleep, so he cut the shoes to pass the time, and waited for Sister-in-law Zhang to come back......

Sister-in-law Zhang is really neat, and she knocked on the door after a while.

Xu Pingjun was just about to catch up, but was blocked by Sister-in-law Zhang's gesture: "Don't worry, your body is inconvenient, I'll just come up." ”

She took a few steps up the stairs.

Sister-in-law Zhang sat down on the pestle and said to Pingjun: "Can you have tea?" I'm dying of thirst! ”

Xu Pingjun hurriedly got up and went into the house to pour it, and brought the tea: "Sister-in-law Zhang, I bothered you to investigate, but you got the result?" ”

"Well, that's natural! Don't you feel at ease about what I do? Sister-in-law Zhang couldn't wait to take a sip of tea and said, "Pingjun, thanks to you for letting me explore, I can be regarded as a deep insight!" ”

"How ......"

"Where did you say the old woman went?" Sister-in-law Zhang patted her thigh and said: "I walked with her, and quietly followed her, her legs and feet are quite neat, and she hasn't stopped halfway, it looks like where she is going, and she is thinking about it." Hey—guess where she stopped? ”

"Where?" Xu Pingjun was already confused, and she was even more confused by this sister-in-law's words: "What does Sister-in-law Zhang mean by this...... This old woman is not an ordinary person? Where did you go to your house? ”

"That's right!" Sister-in-law Zhang shouted: "I followed her carefully all the way, she stopped in front of a high house, and I also stopped." At that time, I was thinking in my heart, where did this old woman come from? He was able to climb a noble family in Gyeonggi......"

Sister-in-law Zhang used to talk around the bend, and Pingjun was impatient, so she said: "My sister-in-law, are you saying whose house is inconvenient?" ”

Sister-in-law Zhang smiled embarrassedly: "Ha, look at me, I like this when I say that I am happy...... I will tell you that ,—— is the mansion of the great general Huo Guang! Hey, such a person, can you think of it? ”

"Huo Guang?"

"Yes, it's that noble Qi Huo Guang! After the collapse of Emperor Xiaowu, Huo Guang, one of the several auxiliary ministers! Sister-in-law Zhang exaggeratedly prolonged her nasal voice: "--The power is monopolized......"

How did this mother-in-law get involved with Huo Guang?

Xu Pingjun was puzzled. I thought that I still had to wait for the illness to come back and ask him carefully before I could analyze the results.

Sister-in-law Zhang began to talk endlessly: "How can an idler enter my original general's mansion, this mother-in-law must be unclear-headed, so she went to the wrong door." Oh, just thinking about it, someone in the general's mansion really came to open the door, and it wasn't the woman who beat her out, I couldn't hear what they were saying, but with the look and attitude of the doorman, I could also sense that the door was welcoming her. Sure enough, the old woman shook her head and swaggered in as if she were at home......"

Xu Pingjun lowered his head and pondered, thought for a while, and said to Sister-in-law Zhang: "In this case, it seems that this old woman who doesn't know where to come has a lot to do with the General's Mansion." ”

The two talked like this for a while, and Zhang's sister-in-law got up to say goodbye, because she said that she would talk about it tomorrow, Xu Pingjun didn't keep it, and sent it and thanked her.

When the sun set, Liu Yi had already collected the stall and came back.

The sluggish illness didn't know that Pingjun was angry, he just greeted him with a hippie smile as usual, but Pingjun didn't give him a good face, and he was already a little worried, so he asked, "What's wrong?" Pingjun's complexion didn't look very good...... "He reached out to probe her forehead: "I haven't seen a burn, and I haven't been sick." ”

"Is it a heart disease......

Xu Pingjun's words amused Liu Ai, so he leaned forward and said with a smile: "Pingjun's 'heart' is sick?" It can be seen that it is the husband's fault. ”

"It's your fault," Ping Jun pushed him away with a palm, "you don't do good deeds." ”

"What's wrong with me?" The illness has a very good attitude, but he still has no heart and no lungs and smiles, "Pingjun is angry with me? Recently, I have been busy selling utensils on the street, and I have been less accompanied, so I feel uncomfortable? ”

"No," she said, petty, "it's just ...... You have a relative who has come to you, but I don't know it. How did you think that I should be your wife? I'm really angry about this. ”

"Relatives?"

"yes—"

"Lu Guo's uncle is here?"

"Knowingly asked." Xu Pingjun pursed his lips and sat to the side.

"Is my uncle here?" Liu Yi said excitedly: "Pingjun, I left home when I was young, and I didn't move around with Lu Guo's relatives frequently, if I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely introduce you to you, don't be angry, okay?" ”

Xu Pingjun was really crying and laughing at this time, and said that this person was angry with her, so he said: "Your uncle, your uncle!" My uncle is far away in Lu country, but how can he say that he will come! ”

"That's not uncle?" Liu Yi had scratched his head, and he really couldn't think of relatives from elsewhere.

Xu Pingjun hurriedly said: "That's your Achi mother-in-law!" She taught me to tell you, she's here! When did you ever marry such a relative, how do I not know? ”

Liu was stunned, and he naturally quickly knew the crux of Xu Pingjun's anger.

"Ah Chi's mother-in-law......" Liu Yi had already faced his wife, a little embarrassed for his concealment, he coaxed Xu Pingjun and said: "Pingjun don't be angry, this Ah Chi's mother-in-law's identity is really strange, I met by chance, I don't know what happened, I was confused at that time, and I didn't talk to you when I came back." ”

"I can't understand what 'Granny Ah Chi' said about 'reward'...... Did she promise you anything? Xu Pingjun suddenly remembered Granny Chi's words.

"Remuneration?" Liu Yi didn't dare to think about it, but he didn't dare to hide it from Pingjun, so he took Pingjun's hand and said to her: "This 'reward'...... Ah Chi's mother-in-law said that day that she wanted to promise me Jiangshan Sheji, you say, isn't this nonsense? Can I believe it, Ping-kun? Jiangshan Sheji...... I thought everything I met that day was a dream. ”

"Jiangshan? What is the origin of this Ah Chi mother-in-law? Xu Pingjun was shocked, she couldn't accept so much "nonsense" for a while.

Liu Yi had already informed Pingjun of what happened outside the Changmen Palace that day.

When Xu Pingjun heard this, he was shocked and frightened, because he asked: "So, ...... you that day Have you ever seen the Young Emperor? ”

Liu Yi nodded: "The young emperor was not in good health at that time, he kept his head down, half-covered his face, and coughed very badly. I didn't know he was a young emperor at the time...... I only feel that this young man is very cultivated in speech and demeanor, and his demeanor is graceful, but it's a pity that his complexion is very poor, as if he is congenitally deficient. At that time, I had a faint premonition in my heart, afraid that God would be jealous of talents. Sure enough, it didn't take long for the news of the young emperor's death to come from the palace. ”

Xu Pingjun couldn't believe his ears......

"Pingjun, what's wrong with you?" Liu Yi had already seen that she was in a trance, so he reached out and shook it in front of her eyes, and Xu Pingjun came to his senses at this time, because he said, "That...... Who is Granny Ah Chi? ”

"She called the young emperor 'younger brother', thinking that she was the princess under the knee of Emperor Xiaowu, but I don't know why she would live in the cold palace Changmen, which has been abandoned for many years."

Things are getting more and more confusing, and the two of them are afraid to think about it...... Xu Pingjun thought about what happened today, because he thought that this information was extremely important, so he did not hide that today's mother-in-law Ah Chi came to look for a sick person, and left, and Zhang's sister-in-law stared at it, and found that Ah Chi's mother-in-law had hidden in the general Huo Guang's mansion and told her that she was sick.

The illness has frowned: "In this way, Granny Ah Chi does not live alone in the Changmen Palace, and is isolated from all things in the court, she can have contact with Huo Guang, which means that she has a close relationship with the government and political affairs......" He thought about it deeply, and then thought of the bad points.

Knowing him is like a flat king.

Pingjun said: "I'm already worried about my illness...... None of the words that Granny Ah Chi has said to you are crazy? The promise she has repeatedly reminded you of is also ...... It's true? ”

Give him the Jiangshan Sheji. A promise.

She boasted in front of the young emperor that she was already a good child.

She said that she was a good young man, but she was up to the task, and she was relieved that the country was on his shoulders.

Liu Yi shook his head again and again: "No, no, no!" That's a joke! Pingjun must know that in the court situation, the dark tide is surging, and all the princes have backers behind them, and they are all staring at the throne! I'm sick and I'm a grass citizen, what is it? I'm afraid that if I am a pawn of others, others will disdain to pinch it. ”

"It's not unreasonable to say that you are sick, but if you think about it, the road is not unsmooth. It is precisely because the illness is as pure as white silk and there is nothing, so it also has a qiē. You have no power behind you, no backer, which means that you can be used by any force, you are a fledgling in their eyes, you don't understand anything - you are the best pawn! Anyone will compete for it! ”

Hui Rupingjun, her words are actually right.

But that's all later.

If it weren't for God, who would have been able to plan it all?

At least the illness has already thought that Pingjun is wrong.

Not long after, news came from the court that there was a candidate for the successor to the throne, and it was Liu He, the king of Changyi who made jokes.

Before long, Liu He became the emperor.

Amnesty to the world.

The situation was shocked, and finally calmed down.

The world is still the same world.