In the first month of the twelfth year of Tianbao, the second master Ji wrote a book to beg for bones.

Emperor Tianbao knew that this was the long-cherished wish of Master Ji Er for many years.

"My grandfather has always had no intention of career, when he came to the capital was forced by the situation, and when his father and mother first decided the world, his old man proposed to resign and return to his hometown." Emperor Tianbao sat behind the imperial book case and sighed softly, as if he was just talking to the white-haired Wang Ruhai who was serving beside him.

Emperor Tianbao did not reach the weak crown, and his long face was like a crown of jade sword eyebrows and starry eyes, sitting there, holding the Zhilan jade tree, and the elegance was unparalleled.

"It's for me, for my mother, that his old man is willing to stay in the capital and be an official in the court. Over the years, the old man has done his best for me. ”

Now the country and the people are safe, the four seas are peaceful, although the Tianbao Emperor is young, but he is sitting firmly in the country, the loyal ministers and good generals in the DPRK are endless, and the second master Ji is also old, and he is finally relieved, so he proposed to return to his hometown.

Emperor Tianbao was reluctant to do so, but in the end he drew a circle with a red pen on the fold.

“…… Sometimes, I really don't want to grow up......" After approving Ji Er's recital, Emperor Tianbao sighed softly again and said a slightly childish word.

In this way, in the palace, he can only say it to this Wang Ruhai, who has been serving by his side since he was a child.

It was precisely because he grew up that those relatives left him one by one. His mother, his uncle, is now his maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother.

And those who know all about Emperor Tianbao's thoughts, there is only one Wang Ruhai in the inner palace.

"Your Majesty." Wang Ruhai stepped forward with a smile, "Empress Fangcai sent someone over, the eldest princess and the princess Yongshou are in Kunning Palace." There are also two horses, the little prince bit the eldest princess's brother Yuan'er again, and no one can coax the two crying, if Your Majesty is free, you have to ask Your Majesty to come over......"

Emperor Tianbao was still sad, but when he heard that his son had bitten his nephew, he couldn't help but laugh.

"Xi'er doesn't talk like that. Brother Yuan is three years older than him, why was he still bitten? …… It's rare that Sister Ah and Qijin are here, so hurry up and order. Prepare the imperial meal in the Xinuan Pavilion ......"

The four sisters of Emperor Tianbao have the deepest relationship with the eldest princess and the princess Yongshou, although the eldest princess is not from the same mother as him, and the princess Yongshou is in the bloodline. Just his cousin.

……

In the spring of the twelfth year of Tianbao. The second and third brothers returned to their hometowns with their wives and children to help Mrs. Ji's coffin.

Now, the three brothers of the Ji family have been divided.

Xinhuatang is the branch of Master Ji. Master Ji has returned to his hometown a few years ago, and the current head of Xinhuatang is Ji Xiaomu.

Xinmeitang is the branch of the second master of Ji, and the second master of Ji is now back to his hometown, and the head of Xinmeitang will be immortal in the future. Changsheng is young, he is already a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and he also has two younger brothers, Ji Xiaozang and Ji Xiaorong. The three of them were studying under the knees of Master Ji Er. He was admitted to the Jinshi successively, and Ji Xiaozang and Ji Xiaorong also entered the Hanlin Academy.

It is even more worth mentioning the name of immortality. The name of Immortal is hardly mentioned. At home, people call him by his nickname, Changsheng, but outside, people prefer to call him Ji Sanyuan.

That's right, Changsheng is the other champion of Daqin after Xie Ge Lao Xie Sanyuan, and the age when he won the championship was nearly ten years younger than Xie Sanyuan back then, which can be described as amazing.

What's even more coincidental is that the master of immortality is none other than Xie Ge Lao.

And this fate of the old and the young is not only that, although Changsheng was enlightened by the second master of Ji when he was young, but later he was taught by Xie Ge Lao. Half of it is because of Empress Dowager Ji's connection, and the other half is that Xie Ge has long been in love with Changsheng is a rare seedling of reading, and being able to bring Changsheng under his door is the first great pleasure in Xie Ge's life.

This sentence was said by Xie Ge Lao himself.

This three-element master and apprentice matter is a good story of Daqin, which is widely praised by people.

Of course, Changsheng also became the fast son-in-law of Xie Ge's hometown, which is another good story.

Xinhetang is the branch of Master Ji San. Unlike Master Ji, who resigned a long time ago, and Second Master Ji who returned to his hometown, now Master Ji San is still an official in the imperial court.

In the Jianping Dynasty, Daqin had just experienced internal and external troubles, and all kinds of waste were waiting to be revived, thanks to the third master Ji who served as the head of the household department, raised funds in many ways, and was good at dancing with long sleeves, and by the time of the fourth year of Tianbao, the treasury had gradually become abundant.

In the fourth year of Tianbao, Master Ji San was crowned as the Marquis of Xiaoyao, and his descendants were hereditary.

There are three branches of the Ji family, and the only one with a hereditary title is not the Xinhuatang of the long house, nor the Xinmeitang of the Empress Dowager Ji who listened to the government with the curtain, but the third master of the Xinhetang who started with overseas trade.

For this matter, there are quite a few discussions inside and outside the court, some say that the Empress Dowager Ji has been very affectionate with this little uncle since she was a child, so it is inevitable to be partial to this little uncle, and some say that the Empress Dowager Ji admits reason and does not recognize her relatives, and the third master Ji was crowned entirely because of his merits to Daqin.

However, no matter how you talk about it, people have no objection to the title of Xinhetang. Because no matter what, they have to admit the merits of Master Ji San.

The merits of Master Ji San are also the merits of Empress Dowager Ji. Later, of course, everyone knew that plans such as going to sea to trade, buying grain, and seeking improved varieties of grain were all formulated by Empress Dowager Ji herself.

In April, Fang Fei, the second master Ji and the third master helped the coffin of the old lady Ji to return to Qingyuan. Master Ji has been waiting for a long time with someone. When Mrs. Ji's coffin returned to her hometown, she naturally wanted to be buried with Mrs. Ji.

To open the grave of Mrs. Ji, although Master Ji is the son of the Ji family, he does not dare to be arbitrary in this matter. Moreover, he is now old, not only his temples are gray, but he is also a little bad at walking, many things at home are decided by the Zhou family, and he doesn't need to worry about things outside.

The three brothers sat down and discussed the matter of the joint burial of Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji.

"The Queen Mother once left a message,......" Ji Er stroked his beard.

"Yes, yes. It's ......" mentioned Ji Xiaotang and the ancestral tomb of the Ji family, Master Ji remembered what he had done, and he inevitably felt a little weak. "The ancestral grave of the Ji family cannot be touched lightly, I remember, remember."

Now if you want to bury Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji together, you have to open Mrs. Ji's grave.

"The Queen Mother has thought of this for a long time. The queen mother's meaning is that it is okay to open the old lady's grave, but you can't use outsiders. Master Ji San said next.

No outsiders are available. This outsider also includes the descendants of the Ji family.

Ji Xiaotang said at the time that it must be the children of the Ji family who do it themselves, and outsiders are not allowed to watch.

"This thing. My third brother and I have already discussed it. Second Master Ji said.

Master Ji San nodded with a smile, and his expression was quite proud: "Fortunately, our family is also prosperous now!" ”

The Ji family is now prosperous, and Master Ji San has made great contributions. It doesn't matter if the son born is dark-skinned or blue-eyed, after all, it is all the blood and bones of the Ji family.

Second Master Ji glanced at his brother. Didn't say anything.

"I'm getting old...... Master Ji sighed.

"Big brother just sit down. The second brother doesn't have to do anything, I will take Changsheng and Xiaozang with them, and I will be able to do things properly. Master Ji San said immediately.

"Okay." Second Master Ji nodded.

Master Ji also nodded.

That night, Master Ji Er and Master Ji San went up the mountain, and the two did not bring many people. Master Ji San took Changsheng, Xiaozang, and Xiaorong to open the tomb of Old Master Ji with their own hands.

After that, Master Ji San entered Mrs. Ji's underground palace alone.

Master Ji San took out a piece of jade from Old Lady Ji's underground palace and showed it to Second Master Ji.

"Second brother, look, this is exactly the jade bi that Xiaotang said."

Second Master Ji took the jade bi and looked at it carefully. Only then did he nod, and then asked Master Ji San with his eyes.

Master Ji San nodded. Then he shook his head again.

The next day, the brothers of the Ji family buried Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji together, and held a simple but solemn ancestor worship ceremony.

After the ancestor worship ceremony, Master Ji and the others went to the sacrificial village to rest first, but the second master Ji and the second Mrs. Ji stayed behind, and the two of them stood guard in front of the graves of Mrs. Ji and Mrs. Ji, talking in a whisper, while looking in the direction of the back mountain, as if they were expecting something.

Finally, footsteps came from the direction of the back mountain.

Mrs. Ji's face changed suddenly, and she subconsciously went in the direction of the footsteps, but because she was too excited, she stumbled under her feet.

Second Master Ji was busy and helped Mrs. Ji Er.

"Madam, don't be impatient." Second Master Ji held Mrs. Ji's hand and comforted Mrs. Ji, but he couldn't hide the look of expectation on his own face.

Soon, a few people appeared on the mountain road behind the mountain, and they got closer and closer.

The first person is immortal.

Behind Changsheng, a man and a woman are led. This man and woman are both in their early thirties, and they are dressed in a low-key way but they can't hide their wealth, but they don't look like eunuchs.

Behind the two of them, there was a pair of young boys and girls, the boys were about fifteen or sixteen years old, and the girls were even younger, looking to be only eight or nine years old.

When these people saw Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji, the middle-aged woman exclaimed, and then sped up.

Mrs. Ji Er also saw the woman, her eyes immediately moistened, and she broke free of Master Ji's hand and greeted the middle-aged woman.

"Niang......" The middle-aged woman took a few hurried steps, threw herself into the arms of Mrs. Ji, and cried and called her mother.

"Xiaoyun, my Xiaoyun, I miss my mother." Mrs. Ji Er hugged the woman, and the mother and daughter hugged their heads and cried.

Second Master Ji also stepped forward at this time, and the middle-aged man knelt down and kowtowed to Second Master Ji: "Father-in-law." ”

"Hey." Second Master Ji's eyes were also wet, and he hurriedly reached out to help the man up: "Huaijin, this has always been good." ”

It turned out that this man and woman were the Shunyi Bo Qi Huaijin and the Shunyi Bo wife Ji Xiaoyun who died outside the capital.

Ji Xiaoyun and Second Mrs. Ji cried for a while, and knelt down busily, kowtowing to Second Mrs. Ji and Second Master Ji, Xie Huaijin also kowtowed to Second Mrs. Ji, but it was not her mother-in-law, but her mother.

The four of them saw each other, looked at each other, their own flesh and blood, they hadn't seen each other for more than ten years, they all had too much emotion in their hearts, and they also had too much to say.

It was Changsheng who pulled the pair of young boys and girls over.

Ji Xiaoyun wiped her tears at this time, and asked the young boy and girl to kowtow to Master Ji and Mrs. Ji Er. with a smile.

"Father, mother, this is Yong'an, born in the early years of Jianping. This is Yongning, who was born in the fifth year of Tianbao. ”

When Master Ji and Mrs. Ji Er saw this pair of grandsons, they were so happy that they almost couldn't close their mouths, diluting Fang Cai's sadness. The two of them hurriedly helped the two children up and looked up and down, asking long and short questions.

It was Changsheng who reminded Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji: "Father, Mother, this is not the place to talk. ”

"Yes, yes, Changsheng is right." Second Master Ji nodded hurriedly, "Let's go home and talk well in a while." Xiaoyun, you better come and worship your grandmother first. ”

Ji Xiaoyun and Xie Huaijin brought their two children here, not only to meet with Second Master Ji and Second Mrs. Ji, but also to know that Old Lady Ji's bones had returned to their hometown and wanted to come to worship Old Lady Ji.

Speaking of Mrs. Ji, Ji Xiaoyun cried again.

She and Xie Huaijin walked to Mrs. Ji's grave with their two children, and knelt down with a thud.

"Grandmother, granddaughter has come to see you. The granddaughter is not filial......" Ji Xiaoyun threw herself down in front of Mrs. Ji's grave and cried out.

When Mrs. Ji died, she was not able to be in front of Mrs. Ji.

"The person your grandmother misses the most is you......" Second Master Ji said with a sigh.

"Does she know that grandmother......" Ji Xiaoyun raised her head and asked with a sob.

"Hide it from your grandmother until her deathbed. Your grandmother asked your sister, and your sister told your grandmother the truth. Your grandmother she is...... She closed her eyes with a smile. Second Master Ji told Ji Xiaoyun.

"In order to protect you, Xiaotang kept the matter a secret, even if we were also kept in the dark, until the Empress Dowager Han died, Xiaotang told us the truth." Mrs. Ji II wiped her tears and added.

At that time, Empress Dowager Han used the throne as bait and asked Ji Xiaotang to get rid of Ji Xiaoyun and Xie Huaijin. Ji Xiaotang naturally won't be fooled, but at the same time, he also understands it. Empress Dowager Han had murderous intent towards Xie Huaijin and Ji Xiaoyun, she didn't agree, Empress Dowager Han could still let others do it.

Others do it, it's better for her to do it.

Therefore, Ji Xiaotang agreed to the Empress Dowager Han as planned.

After that, she discussed with Qin Zhen, and used Li Daitao's strategy to choose two corpses that were very similar to Xie Huaijin and Ji Xiaoyun, and secretly sent Ji Xiaoyun and Xie Huaijin far away from the capital.

In order to completely hide from the Empress Dowager Han and her eyes and ears, Ji Xiaotang did not tell the truth to anyone, including Master Ji Er and Mrs. Ji Er.

So at that time, Master Ji Er and Mrs. Ji Er were really sad.

It is precisely because of this that Empress Dowager Han did not become suspicious, which further ensured the safety of Ji Xiaoyun and Xie Huaijin.

(To be continued.) )