Chapter Fifty-Eight: Kneeling in the Street
Wang Shangshu wanted to have a good chat with Xi Cui at the moment, he wanted to see through this girl, there was no reason, he was just simply interested. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThere are very few women who can make him feel a sense of crisis, Xi Cui is the second, and there was a Huai'an Hou lady before. But after all, Mrs. Huai'anhou is a person who has experienced strong winds and waves, followed a man like Huai'anhou to the battlefield, experienced life and death, and supported the huge industry left by her ancestors alone. Such a person naturally wants to be different, but he can't figure out why Xi Cui is.
But at this time, he was not suitable to alarm Xi Cui. Didn't Mrs. Huai'an Hou leave Xi Cui to Yun Ting to take care of Yun Ting? Xi Cui did not seem to disappoint her, she did support her wife's inheritance, and was able to do it without betraying her master for money. But these are all under the premise that it is not about his life and death, and he wants to know how she will behave if she is asked to die for Yun Ting.
So he walked in and told Xi Cui the conditions he had finally negotiated with the emperor to save Yun Ting that day. He then told Xi Cui bluntly that he had decided to find Xi Cui to kneel on the street instead of Yun Ting.
Wang Shaoyan was stunned at first when he heard his father say this, and then immediately objected. How can Xi Cui be asked to do this kind of thing, Xi Cui's body is thinner than Yun Ting, where can she withstand such a toss. The most appropriate way is to find a strong rough mother to do it, anyway, the emperor ordered the black veil to cover his face and no one was allowed to look at it, which was clearly intended to let them speculate.
But Wang Shangshu scolded angrily, "How can you be confused in this matter? The emperor gave us convenience, but we can't slap the emperor's face with the emperor's heart, right? You don't want to think about it, can you make people believe that it is Yun Ting? We're just looking for a similar one! The most important thing is to find someone who can be trusted, in case the person who is looking for is not strong-minded, and he can't stand it halfway, and he lifts the veil and begs for mercy, our Wang family is a big crime of bullying the king. So this matter can only be found by Xi Cui, and only Xi Cui knows the severity. Wang Shangshu has always had a light smile on his face, and the temptation in his eyes is also very obvious, which makes Xi Cui even more disdainful.
Obviously he is a selfish villain, but he still wants to repeatedly speculate on other people's thoughts, I really can't understand why Mrs. chose such a family for Miss in the first place!
But in the end, Xi Cui still agreed, not because she really cared about their Wang family, but because she was afraid that if something like that really happened, Yun Ting would really not be able to keep it.
But she hadn't experienced what she was about to face, and she was a little panicked. But at this moment, even Mama Wu is no longer around, and she has lost the only person who can discuss her heart.
Rui Niang came to her in the evening, she should have known something, after having Huanhuanxi by her side, she was obviously much faster, and even her complexion was much better. And it was even easier for Huan Huanxi to find out what news, so Xi Cui saw Rui Niang's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and knew that she must have known her decision.
They left without saying anything, and Xi Cui also lay on the bed after she left. Ever since he learned the news of Xi Yunjian's death, Duan San had been silent a lot, and he had almost completely disappeared recently, I wonder if he would leave him just like that? If there is no Duan San, will she be able to cope with what is about to happen alone?
After two days of fear, General Sun's coffin finally arrived at the city gate. And the news that Xi Yunting was about to kneel down to greet General Sun's coffin in person had already spread all over the streets and alleys of the capital. The people who received the news waited on both sides of the road early, waiting to see Xi Yunting kneeling and bowing three times wearing linen and filial piety.
Xi Cui was veiled and dressed in sackcloth, and before dawn, he was escorted by Duan San, who had a stubble face, and stuffed into a sedan chair, and waited at the city gate early.
At sunrise, there were footsteps getting closer and closer, Duan San lifted the sedan curtain and carefully pulled Xi Cui out, "They are here, be careful yourself, I can't get too close to you." But don't worry, I'll always follow you, no one dares to do anything to you! His eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept for a long time, and the stubble on his face looked a little decadent, but the way he looked at himself was still the same as before, Xi Cui felt that he could trust him.
Not long after Duan San left in the carriage, some people wearing military uniforms and carrying a black coffin slowly walked over. The leader was a general, as can be seen from his robes. The general rode a horse, and with him rode ahead a man dressed in a red eunuch's garment, who was not like an ordinary eunuch holding a whisk, but with empty hands. Seeing Xi Cui standing here, he didn't ask, just smiled and gestured to the people behind. The eight soldiers carrying the coffin lowered the coffin lightly and stood neatly aside.
After a while, dozens of people who still looked like eunuchs came out of the city gate, and as soon as they came, they took the initiative to stand in front of the coffin, replaced the few soldiers who carried the coffin before, and slowly lifted the coffin of General Sun Lao and walked towards the city gate.
The general and the leading eunuch did not follow the front, but waited for the coffin to walk a distance before driving the horse, and when passing by Xi Cui's side, the eunuch smiled and said, "Young Madam Wang, don't worry, our family will take General Sun's coffin slowly, and those escorting soldiers will also follow you and watch, you can rest assured and salute boldly, no one will dare to touch you." ”
With that, he left.
Xi Cui followed the coffin, and when he got to the bottom of the city tower, the coffin stopped, and the general and the inner supervisor who were walking in front again looked back at Xi Cui at the same time, and the road was full of people watching the excitement. Everyone was pointing at themselves, as if they were waiting to see a good show.
Xi Cui walked three steps, knelt down, kowtowed three times, got up and continued to walk forward three steps and knelt down again, kowtowed three times, got up again, walked three steps forward, bowed and bowed and knelt down, kowtowed nine heads. After the ceremony was completed, the coffin continued to move forward, and Xi Cui continued to follow......
There were bursts of shrill insults from the crowd watching, including the elderly, young men, women, and even children. In their eyes, Huai'an Houfu is a traitor and a disloyal villain, and he is the remnant of Huai'an Houfu, and he should die to apologize for the sins committed by his people, but he wants to live in the world by virtue of his power, which is really shameful and hateful!
Soon there were rotten vegetable leaves, then rotten eggs, and even leftovers...... Xi Cui endured the suffocating smell and continued to kneel in three steps, nine steps and one bow, feeling that his knees were already in unbearable pain, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted.
Among the crowd of people who kept roaring with indignation, there was a person who didn't say anything, just quietly followed Xi Cui forward, and this person was Qi Yu. Although everyone thought that it was Xi Yunting who was following the coffin to receive punishment at the moment, he knew from the beginning that it would not be her. He thought that the Wang family would choose to sacrifice Xi Cui, but he always had a fluke mentality, thinking that Xi Cui and Yun Ting were so close, and the last time he saw Xi Cui, it was clear that she was no longer an ordinary maid, and the Wang family might choose someone else, but he still couldn't help but come to watch. Because he was afraid that it would be Xi Cui, he didn't expect it to be Xi Cui! Although she was veiled, after all, the two had been friends for many years, and he still recognized her at a glance.
How can the Wang family be like this, after snatching people away from their own hands, they do it like this, the Wang family is really too deceitful! He clenched his fists, but he couldn't get close to Xi Cui, and could only watch as the ignorant but angry people threw all kinds of filthy things at Xi Cui, but Xi Cui just lowered his head to receive the ......
Xi Cui's legs began to tremble, her knees were already bleeding, and two red blood marks appeared on the ground left behind her, and her figure began to flutter, staggering, and struggling......
The shouting and scolding in the crowd continued, and the soldiers who followed Xi Cui next to Xi Cui were also attacked by rotten eggs, and in order to protect themselves, they had to slow down their pace and widen the distance between them and Xi Cui.
The pain in all parts of her body had already blocked Xi Cui's hearing, and the bustling crowd outside, the insults one after another could no longer enter Xi Cui's ears, she could only hear the sound of her heart beating, and the sound of her own difficult breathing, one by one, getting louder and faster, and was forcing herself to die step by step......
The things in front of him began to distort and deform, and the pitch-black coffin that he had been following and the person carrying the coffin all turned into blue-faced and fanged demons in an instant, scratching his teeth and rushing towards him, trying to choke his neck and take away his breath......
Xi Cui bit her lip hard to remind herself to stay awake with pain, but she found that she didn't even have the strength to command her teeth......
Duan San has been blending in the crowd, his eyes have never left Xi Cui, and his ears have always been vigilant, he has to ensure that no one can get close to Xi Cui, otherwise Xi Cui will not only not be able to save Yun Ting but also take his own life into it.
He couldn't let Xi Cui die again.
These days, he has been reflecting on it, if he was willing to change his temper and not cause trouble for Xi Yunjian, An An stayed in the barracks and stayed by Xi Yunjian's side, Xi Yunjian might not have died. The Hou Mansion of Huai'an will not suffer such a catastrophe. The Xi Yunjian he knew was definitely not a person who would collaborate with the enemy and commit treason, there must be something in this, but unfortunately he was not smart enough to think of the strange thing.
But Xi Cui is different, Xi Cui is smart and capable. As long as she is willing to make up her mind to investigate, she will definitely be able to find the truth and return the Xi family's innocence. So he can't let Xi Cui die, Xi Cui is his only hope to repay Xi Yunjian for saving his life, now that his benefactor is dead, he can't let his benefactor die in vain!
I saw that his ears suddenly moved, and a black shadow pounced on Xi Cui.
Duan San raised his head suddenly, and one of them flew out and fought with the man in black. Soon, several more masked black-clothed men came, and their target was very clear, the black veil on Xi Cui's face.
After the fight, the team had to stop, but Xi Cui was already dizzy and continued to kneel and kowtow to continue to walk forward, and accidentally was touched by someone behind the eunuch who was carrying the coffin upside down, and fainted.
The red-clothed eunuch rode over, looked at Xi Cui who had fallen to the ground, and ordered the coffin to be put down first. The few little eunuchs who carried the coffin soon all gathered around Xi Cui and surrounded Xi Cui.
Duan San was fighting with a few black-clothed people, when he found that Xi Cui was surrounded by people, he was confused, raised his hand and rushed to this side, the red-clothed eunuch flew to block him, the two of them passed two moves, and understood each other's foundation, and then separated, the red-clothed eunuch knew that Duan San's martial arts were not weak, so he politely explained, "The strong man misunderstood, our family is ordered by the emperor to protect the young lady of the Wang family, you still concentrate on dealing with the few faceless people behind you." ”
Duan San looked at the eunuchs who did not approach although they surrounded Xi Cui, and did not seem to mean to hurt Xi Cui, so he turned around and scuffled with the man in black again.
One of them had better light skills, and found an opportunity to avoid Duan San's obstruction and jumped in front of the eunuchs, and was just about to take a step closer to Xi Cui, but was slapped in the chest by the eunuch who was blocking him, almost vomiting blood.
And the masked man who was injured looked at several eunuchs with eyes at this moment was not afraid, but angry! The red-clothed eunuch took a closer look at the martial arts moves of these black-clothed people, as if he saw something, but he didn't do anything, didn't say anything, just quietly rode his horse to the front of the team.
The man in black who was injured returned to his companions, and after entangling with Duan San for a while, he saw that he could not get any benefit and withdrew. Duan San wanted to chase but didn't dare to leave Xi Cui, so he had to give up.
Seeing that the man in black had dispersed, several eunuchs woke up Xi Cui and lifted the coffin again. Everything goes on......
Xi Cui only thought that he was unconscious, and he didn't know what had just happened, so he buried his head and continued to follow the team.
Although the soldiers accompanying them had all experienced life and death, they were also very indignant at the death of General Sun, but they couldn't bear to see a weak woman being treated like this in public, not to mention that they heard that the girl in front of them was still Miss Yan of the Hou Mansion of Huai'an. The pampered daughters of the Hou Mansion suffered such humiliation because of a so-called elder brother adopted by their father, and the hatred in their hearts had long since disappeared with the first few shouts. Now all they see is a lonely young lady, helpless and burdened by her father and brother......
So they weren't afraid of those messy things, so they sped up their pace and followed Xi Cui, and some even took the initiative to file one or two rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs for Xi Cui.
It's a pity that these Xi Cui can't see them at all, and they don't have the strength to see them.
Finally arrived at the door of Sun's house, Mrs. Sun saw the coffin and cried and pounced, crying and scolding Xi Cui who was following the coffin, of course, the name she read in her mouth was Xi Yunting.
Send the coffin into the mourning hall and continue to bow.
At this moment, Xi Cui was already kneeling on the ground with a pale face, completely unconscious.
Of course, the people of the Sun family knew that Xi Yunting in front of her was a fake, and if Xi Yunting was really pampered, she should have died on the road a long time ago. But they didn't dare to lift the veil on Xi Cui's face, but the emperor said it, kill immediately!
At this moment, there are also several other military generals' families in the capital, as well as the families of several young generals who have made military achievements with General Sun this time but have not yet been knighted by the emperor himself. These people naturally didn't have a good face when they saw Xi Cui, but in the end, it was the woman in the back house, and they couldn't bear to see Xi Cui's bleeding knees, so they didn't scold with Mrs. Sun.
Princess Li has been standing with Mrs. Sun, she always felt something was wrong when she looked at Xi Yunting who was veiled in front of her, this figure was very familiar, she thought that she would feel familiar when she saw Xi Yunting, but it was impossible for the Wang family to really ask Xi Yunting to appear, but if it was someone else, how could she feel familiar? In the Wang family, she has only seen the two sisters of the Wang family, Xi Yunting, and ...... Xi Cui!
Thinking of Xi Cui, Princess Li couldn't help but look at the person in front of her more carefully.
Although her figure looked similar to Xi Yunting, she remembered that Xi Yunting was taller, and when she stood next to Princess Chaoyang, she was three fingers taller than Princess Chaoyang, and Princess Chaoyang's height was very familiar to her. The person in front of her was obviously relatively low, she thought about it, and at that time, Xi Cui seemed to be indeed the lowest among the three.
Could it be that this is Xi Cui?
Thinking that it was Xi Cui, Princess Li was not calm. She knew that her son liked Xi Cui, although she had been to the southwest battlefield in the past few months, but when she wrote to tell him that Princess Chaoyang and Lao Keqin were married by the emperor, his reply was simple and happy, and he didn't have any thoughts about Princess Chaoyang at all. At that time, she wondered if her son was still thinking about this Xi Cui in her heart.
Later, when she learned that her son had won the first merit and the hussar general was bound to win, she thought, if it wasn't like the old lady of the Wang family asking for a favor and asking Xi Cui to be a concubine for her son, the dignified general thought that a girl from someone else's family was not good.
But this thing hasn't really been done yet, Xi Cui appeared in front of her like this, how should she accept it? Seeing that her legs are saved, they will leave the root of the disease, do you really want her son to admit a woman with leg problems into the door? Even if it's a concubine, it's not good, it's related to the face of the Liwang Mansion.
Although she felt in her heart that a loyal servant like Xi Cui was really rare, looking at her appearance, thinking of her previous kindness to herself, she also felt a little sad in her heart at the moment, but even if she was distressed, she felt more sorry for her son, didn't she?
So when Mrs. Sun scolded Xi Cui, she didn't scold her, but carefully persuaded her, and helped pull the old lady and didn't let her kick Xi Cui.
Before General Sun's mourning hall was properly placed, Xi Cui had been kneeling in the courtyard, and after the mourning hall was set up, she was pressed hard by several rough envoys of the Sun family, and kowtowed several times, until her head broke and bled out. The Sun family was understanding that they were venting their hatred, and they didn't dare to expose it knowing that what the Wang family sent was fake, so they had to work hard to grind Xi Cui.
At this moment, Xi Cui's character is over.
As soon as the red-clothed eunuch said that he could return to the palace to resume his life, Duan San immediately came out, kicked away the two mothers-in-law who were grabbing Xi Cui's arms with both feet, and looked behind him...... (To be continued.) )