At this time, Zhuoxian and Huaishuo gathered half of the defenders of Juyong Pass, as well as 50,000 soldiers from all over the country who came to the rescue, plus the soldiers who could fight in Huaishuo and Zhuoxian, a total of 100,000 people.

You must know that the Dingbei Army, which originally guarded the gateway of Youzhou, was only 200,000.

There are 80,000 thieves in Fanyang City, as well as the families and guards of the surrendered clans, and perhaps, there are many hermits who have been unwilling to be exposed, but most of the time the hermits are farmers who farm the land, and if they are not trained, they are really on the battlefield, it is not worth mentioning.

The army only did not open Fan Yang, and Chen Bing in Huaishuo and Zhuo County was waiting.

Wait for the scouts to find a shortcut around Fan Yang, and find a way to form a siege with General Hua Peng, who is trapped in Pinglu, and attack Fan Yang together.

But at this moment, Li Mao couldn't wait.

His mother was sick and dying, waiting for him to return in Beijing.

Therefore, Li Mao entrusted Chen Yi to replace him and go to Zhuoxian and Huaishuo to "inspect military affairs", of course, in the name of the outside world, it must be Li Guogong who went to inspect, but when he arrived at the place, it was Chen Yi who was inspecting with his seal. Zhang Ning and Zhang Zhi of Zhuo County will cover him and cover his eyes.

Even if he is found out, he is not afraid. He can say that Chen Yi is bright and he is dark, and the two of them are in order to check the situation in the army, so they divide labor in this way.

As long as there are no major battles during this period, there should be no problem in obscuring the past. If there was a war, he also wrote a letter by hand, entrusting Zhang Ning and Zhang Zhi brothers to help temporarily replace his affairs.

He thinks that he is not a genius who has passed through the heavens and the earth, and the two brothers of the Zhang family are far better than him in internal and military affairs, with these two people, what else is he worried about?

Li Mao arranged everything, and rushed to the capital day and night.

Even if he travels sleeplessly, it will take half a month to get to Beijing, not to mention that he is secretly returning to Beijing, he can't bring more people at all, and he can't enter the post station, and the speed will be much slower.

However, it has been more than 20 days since the letter from home arrived in Youzhou, and according to the letter, if his mother really only has a 100-day life, only if he does not sleep, he can rush back before then.

Li Mao went out of Juyong Pass among the refugees who went south, brought five empty horses and three henchmen, and rushed back lifelessly. He knew that the Chinese army around him might expose his itinerary to the emperor, but he couldn't control it anymore.

It's a big deal to lose office, and it's a big deal to be blamed.

Now it's Da Chu who wants to use him, not what future he wants to seek!

Horses, hurry, hurry!

In the temple of Zhiyun.

Mrs. Qiu hadn't opened her eyes for a long time.

Even if Li Mei tried his best to "kiss", he didn't see any change.

Zhang Xuanji and Zhang Xuan, who had been waiting on the side, opened their eyes of heaven, just glanced at them, and shook their heads helplessly.

It's a miracle that such a situation is still alive.

The two children, Li Rui and Li Ming, no longer have the image of a prince at all. Because the weather was too hot, they only wore thin silk clothes, and even then, children were prone to sweating, and the silk clothes were often attached to their bodies layer after layer.

Because they slept so poorly, their eyes were bloodshot, and sometimes they could just sit and nod their heads like chickens pecking rice.

The adults feel sorry for the children and always hope that they can sleep a little longer, but now in this situation, the four imperial doctors all said that Mrs. Qiu would leave at any time, and even the ginseng tablets and ginseng water could not be stuffed in, Li Ming and Li Rui were afraid that their grandmother would go when they were asleep, so the two brothers could only keep wiping their faces with ice water in the ice basin to make themselves sober.

Li Zhao curled up on a small couch in the main room and slept soundly. He worked harder than the two grandsons of the Shinkoku Mansion, because he had to help manage the accounts of the Shinkoku Mansion.

The old lady is about to go, preparing for the funeral is not a matter of words, although the old lady ordered to start buying it from two months ago, but the ancient preparations for the funeral are too complicated, to the level of Qiu Laotaijun, lamp oil, paper, mortal vessels, candles have grades, and the money used in the funeral to open the way, guide the way, and spend money on fire, is also a lot of money.

The accounting of the expenses spent could make the Fang clan and several stewards in the mansion tired to death.

Li Zhao's mother, Jane, never thought that her son could do this, and the first time she saw the steward asking respectfully in front of his son, her eyes almost didn't pop out.

Then when his son was playing an abacus in his left hand and holding a pen in his right hand to help Fang's settle accounts in the main house, even Li Zhao's father, Li Rong, couldn't accept it.

He sent his son to Beijing to be an official in the future, not to be a housekeeper in the Xinguo Mansion!

Li Rong pulled his son to interrogate in the corner for a long time, Li Zhao has been close to his mother since he was a child, and he complained a little in his heart that his father snubbed his mother, and when he heard his father's words, his stomach became angry, he shook his hand, and retorted with his neck:

"Is it a housekeeper who can settle accounts? Are so many officials in charge of accounting in the household department all housekeepers? As the head of the household, what is wrong with Lord Chen teaching children this? Even if the son is a housekeeper, he will also be the emperor's housekeeper in the future, and now the cousin's grandmother's mansion trusts her son and is willing to let her son assist in sorting out the accounts, what is there to complain about! ”

Li Rong was speechless by his son, and his face turned purple.

Li Zhao was most unaccustomed to his father's timid and cowardly appearance, seeing that his father only had opinions, but he couldn't even say the reason for rebuttal, and he turned over and over the sentence "This is not something that a scholar should learn", he was really impatient, and he shook his hand and entered the house.

Everyone in the world can learn what a scholar should learn, but if he learns something, people in the world may not be able to learn!

The teacher said that if you learn his skills, you will become a humerus when you become an official, and you will be a giant in business, which is much more useful than what you get from studying hard!

Anyway, his father didn't care what kind of official he was, his teacher said that when he was sixteen years old, he would ask for an official for him, let him follow his children and grandchildren to have a long vision, and then give him the face of an official's son!

Li Jun never came back, he followed the people to the desert grassland, thinking that the letter from home was not delivered to him. Because of this, Li Zhao's mother talked about this concubine a few times without any trouble, saying that he was a person with no conscience. Later, Fang couldn't listen to it anymore, and said faintly, "My master hasn't come back yet", which made Jian stop talking.

At this time, the Fang family knew what kind of character this relative of his cousin's family was. The housewife has a fiery temper and a cowardly personality, and that aunt may be docile or forbearing, but in short, it has become a safe haven in Li Rong's heart.

Uncle Tang is a hard temper, Uncle Tang is more generous, but not good at words, which has developed a character like Li Rong. and then married such a young lady, and there was no way to live hard.

No wonder Uncle Cousin didn't allow this cousin to go to Beijing to take refuge in the Xinguo Mansion, even if he took refuge, he had to stand up on his own.

Hearing that Mrs. Qiu, who was in the Mansion of the People's Republic of China, was seriously ill, many people who had received Mrs. Qiu's favor in the past came to the door to bow and pray for blessings. I don't know who Lu Dao is now lighting a longevity lamp on the steps of Xinguo Gong, and then some people follow suit and come to the door to light one.

Most of these people who lit the lamps were the people of Xicheng who received the favor of the Xinguo Mansion during the hailstorm that year, got porridge, rice, hot water, new cotton clothes and quilts, and spent the most difficult winter night.

Most of the quilts and clothes sent by the Shinkoku government at that time were good materials, and some families suffered huge losses in the hailstorm, and then they took these clothes and quilts away, and even survived the later days.

There are also some who believe that Mrs. Qiu was a son who came to the world, and now she wants to return to heaven. They come to light the lamp because they have children in the family who are about to be born, or they want to ask for their children and grandchildren, so they also come to light the lamp, hoping that the emperor can see their prayers before returning to heaven and fulfill their wishes.

The oil lamps under the eaves of the Xinguo Mansion were put on more and more, and later the people in the Xinguo Mansion had nowhere to go out, so they could only walk through the side gate and the corner gate. After the Fang clan learned of this situation, he did not allow his subordinates to remove the oil lamp casually, these were all "wishing powers", if one of them was extinguished, it was not a good sign. Maybe if there are more people lighting oil lamps, the old lady can get better?

Now she wants to try even the slightest bit of hope.

The people of the Xinguo Mansion received the instructions of the lady, so they took good care of these longevity lamps, and added oil to them from time to time, for fear that some of the lamps would go out. If Gu Qing was awake, he would definitely be sad. Wasting so much lamp oil and lighting so many lamps is useless, isn't it hot to light the door in this summer?

The oil lamps were lit too much, and even alarmed Chu Rui in the palace. Chu Rui had a very good impression of Old Taijun Qiu, and heard Zhang Xuanji say that this old man was the "lucky star" of Da Chu, so not only did he not stop it, but he issued an edict to ask Jingzhao Mansion to send someone to guard the lamp for the Xinguo Mansion, on the one hand, to show his honor, on the other hand, he was also worried about the fire and burned the inner city.

At that time, many students in Guozijian were deeply favored by the Xinguo Mansion, and Gu Qing ordered people to place dim sum and porridge in Weishuang Hall for them to use, which became the most beautiful memory of their study in Weishuang Hall.

These students spontaneously wrote prayers, hoping that Heaven would prolong the life of this virtuous old man for a few more years, and they tied the prayer poems with red ropes and tied them under the mulberry and catalpa trees in front of the Shinkoku Mansion, and hung them all over the trees.

Then the people lit the lamps, the literati hung prayers, and some people who liked to watch "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or play "Three Kingdoms Killing" went to an open place to put a Kong Ming lantern.

When Li Mao returned to his house, it was at night, and the direction of his house was full of fire, and he was so frightened that he couldn't care about the inner city and couldn't gallop his horse, so he turned over and galloped in the direction of Xinguo Mansion.

In order to stimulate commercial development, there is no curfew in the east and west cities of the capital, so the lights are bright, but the east city to the inner city is the place where dignitaries live, and for safety, it is not allowed to have lights at night.

Could it be that there is a fire in the house? Or did someone set it on fire?

Why is there no one to put out the fire, and there is no noise?

There were no stars or moons in the sky, and the air was extremely hot, and it looked like it was going to rain. If only it really rained, it's summer, and there is plenty of rain, and if it really rains, even if it catches fire, it can be extinguished by rain.

Li Mao was thinking so crankily in his heart, and rode his horse to the front of Qingshui Fang.

In the distance, the thousands of oil lamps reflected the vermilion gate of his house, and they crashed into his heart at once, causing him to burst into tears and break his liver and intestines.

There were countless pieces of paper hanging under the mulberry in front of the door, as if they were quietly saying something.

When his father died, there was a lot of traffic in front of his house, but it was not as violent as the silence that today brought to him.

"Who's over there? The inner city is not allowed to trespass, this is the Xinguo Mansion, why don't you get off the horse? "The official sent by Jingzhao Mansion was Wang Youzi, and he saw a person riding a white horse into the inner square from afar, and he immediately came out for interrogation.

Li Mao had a hat on his head, if it weren't for the fact that this horse was a good horse, Wang Youzi would have called someone to put Li Mao aside for interrogation.

At this time, Li Mao's two generals stepped forward and handed over the sign, "Why aren't the generals on duty today, but the men from the Jingzhao Mansion are here to guard the door?" We are the generals who came back from Youzhou, and we went back to report the news. ”

"We're not guarding the door, we're guarding the lights." Wang Youzi took the sign and looked at it, and when he saw that it was correct, he pointed to the corner door next to him. "You also saw it, the door next to the gate must not be able to walk, the side door is estimated not to open at this time, go and ask if there is anyone guarding the corner gate, go through the corner gate."

North Park, Zhiyun Temple.

Gu Qing was already gradually leaving the soul at this time, or rather, it was already a situation of "the soul does not possess the body".

She saw Li Rui forcefully ask her younger brother to sleep for a few hours, and then come to change shifts with her; She saw Zhang Xuan and Zhang Xuanji writing something on the side, and Zhang Xuan even pierced ten fingers and dripped into the cinnabar; She saw her never-before-seen "concubine" Mu stunned and hugged Li Mei, who had fallen asleep, and didn't know what Lu Dao was thinking; She saw Li Zhao asleep on his mother's lap, and Li Rong was sitting at the door of the room, looking straight at his toes.

Mama Hua and Xiangyun were taking out some clothes from the cabinet with tears in their eyes, and at the same time they took out a pair of court boots. Grandma Sun brought a crown inlaid with beads and emeralds, and carefully placed it on the wooden frame on the side.

However, in just a moment, she returned to her "body".

I opened my eyes.

She didn't know if everyone in the Dao was the same as her before she died, but she had a clear premonition that she was really going to die at this time. She felt that her spirit was not as good as she had ever been, and she was even a little excited.

But the tongue could not move anymore.

Gu Qing snorted softly, and everyone rushed to the bed in surprise, and Xiao Li Mei was jolted by her "aunt" and immediately woke up. When I saw that my grandmother, who hadn't opened her eyes for a long time, opened her eyes, shouted "grandmother", "grandmother", and waved her hands towards her grandmother's body.

She was speechless, she could only blink and glance at everyone.

No one seems to think that she is going to die immediately, looking at their surprised eyes, do they think that she will soon speak with a red face?

It's a pity that she can't even tell a bad joke before she dies.

Oh, she was wrong, and someone still knew she was going to die.

Zhang Xuanji, who had heavy eyes, looked emotional, and there were two tear stains on Zhang Xuan's face.

They are all "masters" who have taken the wrong style of painting, so they can naturally see that she is going to die.

Gu Qing looked at Zhang Xuan and stared at him deadly.

She didn't want to be stuck here, she wanted to go home. She neither wants to lie next to Li Laoguo and rob the tomb with the genuine Qiu Bing, nor does she want to stage a thriller of "open the coffin and help me up" many years later.

Who knows what will happen to her soul after Lu Dao dies? It's aggrieved enough to be attached to an old lady, and being attached to a skeleton can scare people to death!

Zhang Xuan received Gu Qing's gaze, not only Zhang Xuan, but the whole family noticed that the old lady was staring at Zhang Xuan.

"Old lady Qiu, please rest assured, I will give you the last ride."

When Gu Qing heard Zhang Xuan's words, she smiled contentedly.

"Daochang Zhang, what do you mean by this......" Li Rui asked with red eyes.

"Brother, brother, grandma!"

"Grandmother, grandmother!"

"What about Madame? Where is Madame? Call Madame back! ”

"Madame was called out by Li Qing."

"What's the shouting about?" Fang Shi stepped through the door, followed by a man wearing a hat.

The man with the hat was covered in dust, and there was a lot of yellow mud on his feet. As soon as I stepped into the house, there were two footprints in the house.

The mother-in-law guarding the door frowned, but the man walked straight to Gu Qing's bed as if he hadn't seen it, untied his hat as he walked, biting his lower lip to prevent himself from making a sound.

"Uncle......" Li Rui shouted in surprise when he saw the appearance of the person coming.

However, before he could say the word "father", he was interrupted by a sad cry from Mama Hua, who was kneeling at the head of the bed.

"Mrs. Tai, Mrs. Tai!"

The white light flashed outside the house, Li Ming and Li Rui glanced sideways at the window, and a bad omen rose in their hearts.

Mama Hua is a martial arts student and is the most sensitive to breath.

Old Taijun Qiu closed her eyes again, looking like she was asleep again, but in fact, she had no breath.

Mama Hua put her hand under Mrs. Qiu's neck and withdrew her hand in a daze.

As if to express her feelings, there was a sudden thunderclap in the sky, which shook the hearts of all the people in the room as if they had been beaten by drumsticks.

Li Mao, who had returned to the capital with great effort, ran to the bed in three or two steps, and knelt down on the couch at once, completely ignoring the surprised eyes of the sister-in-law and sister-in-law next to him, and reached out to grab Gu Qing's hand hanging outside the thin quilt.

……

He froze in place, unable to utter a word.

Mama Hua stood up, and her body was shaky.

"Mrs. Tai...... Mrs. She ...... It's up. ”

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Gu Qing: Just because I was in the crowd, I took a look at you......

I've used up all my strength to get back to the light!