Chapter 37: The Halberd

"Sister, don't."

Xu Chen grabbed Xu Yourong and didn't let her go any further.

"Chen'er, let me go."

Xu Yourong looked angrily in the direction of the room, this was the first time Xu Youshan had seen her show such emotions since Xu Yourong left the retreat courtyard.

"What? Are you on his side? Unable to pull Xu Chen's hand, Xu Yourong looked at Xu Chen with a smile.

For her father, even if Xu Yourong didn't want to understand it at all, she still couldn't understand it clearly.

literacy at the age of three; reciting poems at the age of five; Under the age of six, he can not only meditate on the four books and five classics; At the age of eight, he won the top spot in Taixue; At the age of fifteen, he became the youngest champion in the history of the Jiangzuo Xu family and even this dynasty.

Xu Xi's name has long been famous all over the world, and he has been in charge of the Governor's Mansion at a young age of less than a year before he was established. Who among the scholars does not bow down to him and worship him as a celestial? What's more, this is still his own father.

Yes, Xu Chen does worship Xu Xi, just as the scholars all over the world worship Xu Xi; Just like after Xu Xi had the eldest son in the world, he still couldn't hide his rare talent, Xu Chen did have blind respect for his father's intelligence.

But even if Xu Chen and Xu Yourong have many irreconcilable contradictions in their treatment of Xu Xi, as long as Pei's vital interests are involved, then the two of them are absolutely unanimous with the outside world, even if the object is Xu Xi, it is not negotiable.

But the current situation seems to be definitely not the time to be unanimous with the outside world, besides, "Second sister, it seems that my father and mother have something to discuss today, and I may not be able to meet you, so why don't you go to Qinhuatang with us to say goodbye to your grandmother, and then go to Sheng'an Xuan together." Xu Chen grabbed Xu Yourong tightly, but suddenly turned his head and said to the person who was about to shrink into the corner.

The dispute between Xu Xi and Pei is so loud that they can hear it here, and it must be even more inextricable, but a person as strong as his mother would not want others to see this situation.

Xu Yourong, who was going crazy, was stunned when he heard this, and Xu Youshan was also stunned.

It's true that she can't stay in the early autumn hall any longer, but she can't go to the Qinhuatang either!

"No, no, second brother. I'd better go to Sheng Anxuan first. Xu Youshan said with a sigh.

Even Xu Youshan knew that Old Madam Qi didn't want to see her, how could Xu Chen not know, but under Pei's teaching, Xu Chen's humble character couldn't be embarrassed by Xu Youshan alone.

Xu Chen wanted to persuade again, but Xu Yourong suddenly calmed down and said, "Yes, it's not very convenient for the second sister to go to Qinhuatang, so let her go to Sheng'an Xuan first." ”

Xu Chen's eyebrows frowned, but Xu Youshan immediately borrowed the ladder to go down the house, got up and saluted and left.

"Eldest sister, what are you doing here!"

After Xu Youshan completely disappeared from their sight, Xu Chen's beautiful eyes looked at Xu Yourong disapprovingly, but Xu Yourong pulled him and ran directly towards Qinhuatang.

Akado

This morning, it happened that this morning, it was also not a normal atmosphere.

In the house, Mrs. Qi stood by the window, twisting a string of jade Buddha beads in her hand, while Mama Lu stood not far away, whispering something.

"Zhenguo Gong Nie has received the decree today, and has completely taken over the position of the general army of Liaodong, and the fold of the old man Zhai's letter to the old man to return to his hometown will be played when he receives it on the same day. Even Uncle Zhai was transferred out of Liaodong and transferred to Lingnan Yuanyang as the governor of Lingnan Prefecture. ”

"Lingnan Mansion Yin, a fourth-grade official, the saint is really a great kindness."

With a snap, she clenched the Buddha beads, and Mrs. Qi looked out the window with deep eyes at a weeping old phoenix tree that had been tilted by the wind.

Half a life of horses, birth and death, to protect the family and defend the country, how many Zhai family boys are shrouded in horse leather and sunk in the battlefield, and in the end, they can get this kind of end?

"......" Mama Lu was silent, opened her mouth, and finally comforted: "You can't think like this, as long as there are people left, there will be a future." Didn't you often say that with the passage of time, Jinshang has become more and more indulged in luxury and pleasure, and the older he gets, the heavier his suspicion becomes. ”

"Yes, it's a great blessing to be able to save a life." It's just the injustice in my heart, the white bones of the bloody halberd, and the song of the dead that fills the world?

Mrs. Qi suddenly remembered what Mrs. Wen said to her when she returned to Beijing for the last time: The year the third child died, my distressed heart shrank, and my eyes were sometimes surprisingly resentful. The year my second child died, I was directly unconscious, he stayed by my bedside, looking at me with red eyes, and did not shed a single tear. Now, the fifth child is also dead, but I don't feel it at all, but he actually cries. You know, he actually cried...... When his father died in battle, he didn't cry. He didn't cry when his father was slandered as a retreat. He didn't cry when his mother was determined to die. But now he actually cried, I only knew at that time, I was the knife that stabbed him the deepest, you once asked me, did you regret marrying him desperately, I said at that time I don't regret it, now, I have not regretted it, I have not.

Always, no.

"Close the window, I'm tired, I won't see anyone today." Turning around and leaving, Mrs. Qi waved her hand to stop Mama Lu, walked into the study alone, and closed the door.

How could Mama Lu not know what Mrs. Qi remembered again, the old man of the Zhai family has served the country and the people all his life, and among the five children of him and Mrs. Wen, even three of them died on the battlefield for the country, and the youngest of them is still the child that Mrs. Wen entrusted to the old lady for five years!

But these blood and tears, in the end, in exchange for the old man Zhai resigned in order to save his life, Uncle Zhai was transferred from the place where his ancestors and grandfathers, his brothers and brothers buried their bones, and the children of the Zhai family in Huanchuan used their lives to guard the head of the nine sides, Liaodong.

"I have something to see my grandmother, you let me in, Sister Qingwu."

Mama Lu was still sad, but there was a sudden commotion outside, Mama Lu frowned and opened the door and walked out, and after seeing that the people who were stopped by Qingwu were Xu Yourong and Xu Chen, she relieved her eyes and called: "Miss, second master." ”

Xu Yourong and Xu Chen turned around and saw Mama Lu saluting them, and hurriedly turned sideways, and then Xu Yourong stepped forward and grabbed Mama Lu's sleeve and said hurriedly: "Mama Lu, I have something important to see my grandmother, can you go and report it for us." ”

If it was usual, there would be no need to report it at all, Xu Yourong would have walked in directly without hindrance, but today she grabbed Xu Chen and hurriedly ran over, but when she saw Qingwu and a few mothers-in-law guarding outside the room, Xu Yourong knew that something bad was wrong.