After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the five old masters and their families went back on their own, and the eight members of the Liu family's main family stayed in the main house of the upper house to keep the New Year together.

Only Caixia and the newly mentioned big girl Huan Cairui stayed in the main room, and the two made tea, and then retreated to the ear room, while sipping melon seeds, chatting quietly, and listening to the movement of the main house, so that if the main family needs to be served, they can appear in time.

In the past, when keeping the New Year, Lord Liu and Uncle Liu would take turns to tell stories to a few little babies, anecdotes from the previous dynasty, wild history legends, demons, foxes and ghosts, etc., Liu Qin especially likes to listen, as long as there is a story to listen to, you can not sleep all night, but this year, Lord Liu and Uncle Liu are not interested, everyone chatted a few words, there is nothing to say, after the house is quiet, you can only hear the sound of the silver carbon of the brazier from time to time, and the cold wind outside the house blows on the window lattice.

It seems that all the stories of demons and foxes and ghosts take place on such a night, quietly, without a trace of sound in the room, suddenly there is an abrupt sound of knocking on the window, then there is a knock on the door, and then the beautiful woman walks in, and then the beautiful woman peels off her face...... Liu Qin was frightened by the plot made up by his own brain, and couldn't help but lean towards Jiang Li, who was sitting beside him, and buried his head in his arms.

"Is Qin'er sleepy?" The old lady sitting on the other side reached out and patted her on the back.

"It's not against the rules to let the children go to bed."

Master Liu spoke, and the others naturally had no opinion, Cai Xinlan called Caixia Cairui in the ear room to help, and the three of them helped a few children wash up together, and put two quilts on the couch where the old lady was crooked on weekdays, four children, Brother Hai and Brother Chao, Jiang Li Liu Qin, shoulder to shoulder, head to head, and they all fell asleep after a while.

Seeing that the children were asleep, Mr. Liu's father and son also got up and went to the small study next to the main room to discuss things, leaving only the old lady and daughter-in-law in the main house.

Here, Master Liu's father and son entered the small study, and as soon as they closed the door, Liu Cheng hurriedly asked: "Father, you just said that your grandfather's death is related to the Fang family, what is going on?" ”

"Sit." After Master Liu sat down by himself, he pointed to the chair next to him, and when he saw Liu Cheng sitting down, he said: "You were still young at the time, I didn't tell you that you know, and now it's time to sue you." Cheng'er, when you and your mother went to Wucheng with your father, your grandfather was still in the imperial capital, he was upright, and he was the duty of supervising the imperial history, although the quality was extremely low, but your grandfather was not afraid of the powerful, anyone dared to participate in a book, once someone sued the children of the Fang family in the capital to rob the people's daughter, and forced the bitter lord to die, the yamen accepted the case with insufficient evidence, and drove the complainant out, I didn't expect the complainant to die inexplicably soon after returning, your grandfather inadvertently knew about it, secretly visited, only to find that the Fang family did more than this, he was indignant, Write down a fold and hand it over to the Imperial History Tower, all the folds of the Imperial History Terrace are checked by the Imperial History Zhongcheng first and then played on behalf of the Emperor, who knows that the Fang family has taken refuge in the Jin family at that time, and this Imperial History Zhongcheng is also a member of the Jin family, so your grandfather's fold was not reported, but was secretly pressed down by them. ”

"How can this be reasonable, can the Jin family cover the sky with one hand?" Liu Cheng asked angrily.

Master Liu's eyes were gloomy, and there seemed to be the figure of the old father in front of him, and his many years of officialdom had made him so trained that even if he was angry in his heart, he could not change his face, but tonight he felt that he couldn't suppress the anger and hatred, he took a sip of tea, and barely let his voice calm down.

"The Jin family was indeed able to cover the sky with one hand at that time, it was not only the maiden family of the queen mother and the concubine, but also the emperor's uncle's family, not only holding military power, but also infiltrating the court, I don't know how many officials secretly took refuge in his family. Your grandfather is just a small seven-rank official, who offended the Jin family, how can he live, and soon he was imprisoned for a trumped-up crime, and the Fang family also bribed the jailer and humiliated your grandfather in prison, if it weren't for the first queen of the year......"

Master Liu paused when he said this, and then continued after a while: "Under the intercession of the former empress and the running of the Nie family, the emperor intervened in the case, and your grandfather was released, although he was not guilty, he was also dismissed. I brought your grandfather and grandmother to Wucheng, and the whole family only happily passed a few years before your grandfather passed away, and I knew that this prison not only destroyed your grandfather's body, but also became a knot in your grandfather's heart that could never be opened, and he did not let go until he died. ”

Master Liu's voice trembled a little, but Liu Cheng had tears in his eyes, he didn't expect that his grandfather, who was so kind to him back then, suffered so much, and while he was sad, the anger in his heart rose even more, a good Jin family, a good Fang family, I Liu Cheng will not wait for you to rest in my lifetime! I thought of Uncle Wutang being in the company of thieves for the sake of glory and wealth, and my heart was even more hateful and painful.

The night was darker, the voices of people were fading, and the lights were still shining a warm yellow light from the houses, dotted with stars, like stars shining in the sky.

The first day of the first month. The first rays of dawn rose from the east, heralding the coming of the new year, Fu Bo commanded the little guys to take the firecrackers that had been prepared to the gate of Liufu, lit the fire, and after a while, the crackling sound of firecrackers spread far away, driving away the plague and picking up the auspicious rui, Fu Bo chattered, while taking out a few red envelopes, and rewarded them to the little guys who put the whip.

The little guys happily took the red envelope, gathered around the door, and greeted each other with a thousand things, and worshiped each other.

In the main room, Cai Xinlan helped up the old lady who had sat all night, the two stretched their waists and walked around, the old lady smiled and said: Old man, if you sit all night, you will not be happy. ”

Cai said with a smile: "On the first day of the first year, my mother is not allowed to say this, my mother is still young, my daughter-in-law is here to give you a New Year's greeting, and my mother wants to seal a big red envelope." ”

Caixia was fetching water and came in, and said with a smile: "Old lady, the slave maid also gave you New Year's greetings, and the slave maid also asked the old lady for a red envelope." ”

Cairui, who came in with her, pursed her lips and smiled. The old lady couldn't help laughing, pointed to Caixia and said, "If you want a red envelope, then don't you kowtow to me quickly." ”

Cairui was newly raised, not as bold as Caixia, and honest, as soon as the old lady said, as soon as she put the things in her hand, she knelt in front of the old lady, and knocked her head three times in a row, the old lady was stunned, and then laughed and fell into the chair, laughing and saying: "You child, true and sincere, get up, get up, hurry up, and let your grandmother give a big red envelope later." ”

Laughing here, several children on the couch also woke up, Liu Qin opened his eyes, just blinked, he felt as if he had brushed something on his eyelashes, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that Jiang Li's enlarged face was above her, and he was also looking at her at this time.

The two were very close to each other, almost lying on their faces on their sides, their two little hands were still around Jiang Li's neck, and their bodies rolled into his arms, and they were tightly hugged by his hands, it was nothing for the two little babies to sleep like this, the problem was that Liu Qin's heart was living with an adult, this posture was too ambiguous, Liu Qin couldn't help blushing, withdrew his hand, pretended to cover his mouth and yawned, and then said in a childish and crisp voice: "Brother Ah Li, Happy New Year!" ”