In the Jin State Mansion, countless people came to mourn. As soon as the carriage of the Xinguo Mansion arrived at the entrance of the Jin Mansion, many people wearing sackcloth and white belts on their heads came out to greet them.

The Xinguo Mansion is different from many other homes, so it is natural to enter through different doors, directly through the second gate, and enter the mourning hall set up by the Jinguo Mansion.

"Mrs. Qiu, bring the letter to the Duke of Guo, Li Mao, Sun Li Rui, and Li Ming to condole!"

Gu Qing followed Mama Hua's teachings, and took a few children and grandchildren into the mourning hall, and there were many children of the Zhang family who were kneeling on the ground of the mourning hall, the men were kneeling on one side, and the women were kneeling on the other side.

In fact, Gu Qing and the two children are similar, and they can't see such a scene. When she was in the hospital, she would feel uncomfortable for a few days when she saw a child die, but later she became more frequent and slowly exercised.

Although it was the old Jin Guogong who she didn't recognize, who died here, from the memory of Old Taijun Qiu, she could also turn out a lot of scenes where Old Duke Li and him had a happy relationship in their early years, drinking Dadan.

This alone is worth her mourning as Mrs. Qiu.

Li Mao entered the mourning hall, Zhang Nuo, the Duke of Jin, came to greet him in person, Li Mao and Gu Qing lit incense first, they were the representatives of the male host and the hostess in the Xinguo Mansion, representing the family members of the whole mansion to the deceased old Duke kowtow, worship, praise, and respect, and the family of the Duke of Jin was also crying in return.

After the ceremony was completed, Li Mao motioned to the two juniors to worship, walked up to Zhang Nuo and comforted him: "Please mourn!" I have also lost my brother first, and then I lost my father, I can understand your grief, but as an ancestor, I hope that my children can live a better life, as a younger generation, we must cheer up as soon as possible, and it is filial piety! ”

Zhang Nuo's eyes were already red and swollen from crying, and he couldn't say more, so he could only hold Li Mao's hand and nodded solemnly.

The same is true for Gu Qing's side, she knelt on the ground on the women's side, comforted the women one by one, and persuaded everyone to grieve. The ladies of the Jin State Mansion also bowed their heads in return.

Some of them are not destined to be fateful, and they usually can't participate in the queen's banquet, so they haven't even seen the face of the old lady Qiu, and at this time, seeing this old feudal monarch who rarely goes out of the house to come to mourn, some of them are also a little bold, and they took this opportunity to quietly look at the old feudal monarch of the Xinguo Mansion.

Li Rui and Li Ming, the two children, as juniors, not only wore the filial piety clothes required for mourning, but Li Rui also respectfully bowed to the spiritual seat of Zhang Yun, the old Jin Guogong.

His father was a disciple of the old Jin Guogong, and the Jin Guogong Mansion can be regarded as his family's "master family".

Zhang Nuo had never seen the two children of the Xinguo Mansion before, but he had heard of Li Rui, who had "saved his uncle for a thousand miles".

As soon as Li Mao entered the mourning hall with his two children, he had already recognized who was Li Meng's son.

It's so similar! If it weren't for the fact that this child's eyebrows and eyes were more masculine than his father's, he would almost have thought that Li Meng had a soul and had come to greet him when he learned of his father's death.

"Li Meng's son, this year is fourteen...... Zhang Nuo sighed, "If his father is under the spring, he should also smile when he sees his son growing up so and being so talented." ”

Because his family has entered filial piety this year, the younger generations in the family who are of the right age to go to study can no longer enter the palace. His family's filial piety was not only affected in the previous dynasty, but also had many twists and turns in the future of his children.

Thinking of his young son studying hard every day, just to be able to enter the palace to study, and after his father died of illness, the child was not only grief-stricken, but also inevitably a little sad, and at this moment he was also lying on the ground, looking at Li Rui in a daze.

Li Mao heard Zhang Nuo praising his nephew, and said modestly:

"It's my nephew. Speaking of my nephew, his talent is still above my own son......"

Li Mao is introducing his nephew, and he is suddenly born!

Li Ming didn't need to kowtow nine times, at this time Li Rui was still lying on the ground and continued to kowtow, but after he kowtowed, he had already stood up, ready to turn around and go to the brazier to burn a few paper coins.

said that it was too late, and then quickly, a green-clothed official who was standing next to him was about to offer incense, suddenly took a few steps forward, grabbed Li Ming from behind, dragged him to the offering table in three or two steps, leaned back against the huge offering table, and took out a short knife from his arms and put it on Li Ming's neck.

This happened so quickly that even Li Ming didn't realize what was going on. Li Rui immediately stood up and shouted:

"Who are you, let my brother go!"

Li Mao's heart mentioned his throat, and Zhang Nuo's face changed greatly.

If something happens to Li Mao's only son here, he won't want to be kind to Xungui in his life!

"Put down the blade in your hand, what do you want, and tell me, if we can meet it, we must think about it!" Zhang Nuo comforted the green-clothed official as he put his hand behind him and waved.

This means telling the surrounding family not to act rashly.

There are also many family members of Kong Wu around the mourning hall, but this is to prevent too many people from mourning and colliding with people. When the carriage of the Xinguo Mansion came in, the mourning hall had already been cleared, and this person must have come in after Li Mao.

It's just that most of the seven-rank officials are mourning outside the door, and only people who have a good relationship will come in.

Who is this green-clad official? And who let him in?

"I don't want anything, I just ask Li Mao's old dog to pay for his life!" The green-clothed official's face was flushed, and the short knife in his hand was clenched tightly. He was emotional, and the hand holding the short knife shook, and a cut immediately appeared on Li Ming's neck.

"Li Mao, I want you to pay for your life!"

Li Mao felt sorry for his son, his worried brows furrowed, and he said coldly: "If you want me to pay for my life, just come to me, let my son go, and I will go over to hostage." ”

As soon as he said this, the room was in an uproar.

Da Chu attaches the most importance to "filial piety", and if a son dies for his father, he has not yet said the words "I die for my son" like this. When the monarch is in trouble, the courtiers resist, and the same is true. Monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, it is already a ritual law.

At this time, if Li Mao's life is in danger, and his young son dies because of this, no one will say anything about Li Mao, at most regret Li Ming's ill-fated fate.

Gu Qing saw that Li Rui's situation was a little wrong, so she quietly stood up, walked behind Li Rui, and patted him on the back.

Li Rui's hands were clenched tightly at this time, and it seemed that he would rush forward at any time. Gu Qing was worried about losing two children at once, and while suppressing the shock and fear in her heart, she came over to comfort Li Rui.

Li Rui turned his head, Gu Qing shook his head at him, nodded his ears again, and made a "you listen" expression.

"I don't want you to be hostage, I want you to kill yourself here!" The green-clothed official yelled, "If you die, I'll let your son go!" ”

"Xin Guogong, this matter must not be allowed. If you have a case, and he doesn't let your son go, won't you die in vain? Zhang Nuo whispered on the side, "You try to stabilize this thief, let's think again." ”

Li Mao nodded invisibly.

"You can kill me, at least let me be a ghost. I, Li Mao, admit that I have never planned to be loyal, and I have not had a little human blood on my hands, why are you clamoring for me to pay for my life? ”

"You haven't killed anyone, but are there fewer people who are forced to die?" The green-clothed official burst into tears, "My father is at fault, and I can't argue for him, but as a son of man, if I can't avenge him, wouldn't my father have given birth to me in vain!" ”

At this time, there were many other officials, relatives and friends who had good friends with the Jin State Mansion, and some of them were stunned when they saw this kind of thing, and some of them hurriedly went out to report the news when they saw that the situation was not good, and some of them held their breath and carefully observed the development of the gaffe.

Li Ming was held to the neck with a knife, trying to stay calm. He knew that he couldn't act rashly at this time, let alone provoke the villains behind him, otherwise he would be in danger.

But when he heard his father say without hesitation, "I used to be hostage", his eyes stinged.

He knew that this was the kind of soreness after he couldn't blink his eyes, and he was worried that the tears would drip down the hands of this villain who had kidnapped him, making him think that he was afraid, and he would be even more fearless.

In fact, he was not afraid, but resentful.

resented that he was weak and powerless, and resented that he had become a handle of his father.

If this villain insisted on his father's death, he would have no choice but to give up and struggle.

I don't want to do my best, and I can't let him succeed!

Li Mao, who was confronting the official, looked into the official's eyes, trying not to show that he was panicked. He slowly stepped forward and asked, "Who is your father?" ”

"Do you remember Wang Delin?" That officer

Li Mao chuckled in his heart.

It's hard to get this thing right.

Wang Delin is the shepherd of the Fenzhou Horse Farm, this person saw that the matter was exposed, committed suicide, and poisoned the horse, almost burned the entire horse farm, which can be described as a great crime.

"Wang Delin privately raised war horses, lied about the number of horses, and later burned the horse farm, which should have been punished. What's more, he committed suicide, and I don't think there was any persecution. Li Mao took another step forward.

"Don't come here!" The green-clad official screamed sharply in a frightened tone. "You, don't move! Otherwise, I'll cut it off! ”

Worst. It's not a warning at all, it's a madness.

Gu Qing was so frightened that she couldn't breathe in anymore, her body couldn't stand anything, as soon as she was frightened, her heart was about to jump out, she covered her heart and could only lean on Li Rui's body.

Li Rui originally looked at the green-clothed official's knife without blinking, hoping that there would be a moment to go over and grab the knife. But he didn't wait for that moment, but waited for his grandmother's body to be pressed down.

He supported his grandmother with his body, and he longed to cut the green-clothed official with a thousand knives.

When Li Mao saw his mother's gaffe, he was also secretly bitter in his heart.

When he heard the fierce scream of the official, he immediately took a step back.

"Wang Delin only has one wife and one son, and his wife and son have been escorted into Beijing, which son are you?" Li Mao tried to divert his attention from his own son.

Li Ming's neck was already blood-red, looking very scary, the children of the Zhang family were frightened, and they were carried to the back by the nurse, Zhang Nuo's mouth was bitter, and he didn't know how to step down about this matter.

"My mother didn't enter the royal house...... But over the years, my father has never owed me! He made such a big mistake because I was an official in Beijing! The official's face was full of tears, "I complained to him, saying that everything in the capital needs money, Tan Jingbing is handed over, and there is no money left, I still have to support my family, and I have to work with Shangguan, and I want to get a good position......"

"Since then, he has asked someone to send money to us in Beijing, first very little, and then more and more......" He trembled like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind, "It's all you dog officials!" I'm just a petty official, in order to stabilize my official position, I have to serve you officials every year, but you forced my father to death! You're all going to die! Li Mao, if you don't kill yourself, I'll kill your son right now!" ”

"Then why didn't you resign?" Li Ming, who was tightly strangled in his arms and was still holding his neck with a knife, suddenly said:

"If you can't afford this kind of expense, and you feel that Shangguan is unkind, why do you continue to be an official? If you think that it is not an appropriate thing for Shangguan to be honored, why don't you want to change? You have received your father's money, and you are puzzled: why don't you ask if this is ill-gotten gain? ”

"Obviously, you killed your father, why do you want my father to pay for his life?"

"Thou hast been unfaithful to know that thy father's money is not right, and thou hast not dissuaded it; Your father committed suicide in fear of sin, indicating that he thought he was guilty, and he wanted to cover you, but you jumped out and sent you to death, which is really unfilial. It is really unkind for you to insist on taking a child like me hostage for the sake of revenge; You ......"

"Shut up, Ming'er!" Li Mao had a grim expression on his face and shouted, "Don't take advantage of your tongue!" ”

He was afraid that his son would do something stupid. He is still a child, once impulsive, anything can happen, if at this time there is a thought in his mind "I still sacrifice myself", so how can he deal with himself in the future?

People like this official, who have already decided to take risks, have already thought of a dead end!

The green-clothed official's face was blue and red when a child said it, and he was about to stab the knife a little deeper, but Gu Qing, who had already breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly pushed Li Rui away and stood forward.

"If you really want to be qualitative, change your old body. Li Mao forced your father to death, you want revenge, how can you kill him? His father is dead, and you should kill him. ”

Gu Qing slowly stepped forward, Li Rui and Li Mao looked at Gu Qing in horror and opened their mouths to shout.

"Mother, what are you making a fuss about!"

"Grandma, don't!"

At this time, the people who went out of Zhang Nuo's mansion to inquire had already returned.

This person is the doctor of Taichang Temple, from the petty official of the seventh grade, surnamed Wang, in charge of the sacrifice and etiquette teaching of the clan and ministers of marriage and funeral, Zhang Yun, the prince of the Jin Kingdom, is the prince of the first product, the same prince, Taichang Temple sent him to assist in the funeral, so the family in the house was not guarded, but invited him into the hall.

He is a native of the capital, his resume is that his father died when he was a child, raised by his mother, he is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, has a wife, two daughters and a son, and when the government sent someone to his house, he pounced, obviously before he came, he had already sent his wife and children away.

He should not have been improvised, but had been planning for a long time, waiting for the opportunity to take revenge.

"You...... Who are you? ”

Gu Qing tried his best to make himself look old and pitiful, so that he could lower his defense. "The old body is the wife of the founding prince Li Shuo, the mother of the current Duke of Xinguo, and the grandmother of the child you are holding in your hand. How can your father be so cheap to kill your father because of his old son? You should let him taste the pain of losing his loved ones......"

"What am I going to kill you for! There is a debtor and a debtor, I want Li Mao to die! ”

"Then what are you doing to hurt my grandson! You're going to stab my son! Gu Qing's eyes were red with anger, "Your father didn't want his life for you, risked the crime of rebellion to raise money for you, and even committed suicide in order not to affect you, what I'm doing at this moment, what my son is doing, isn't it the same thing as your father doing?" This is what parents do, and your father is obviously for you, why can't you understand it, but think that it was my son who killed your father? ”

"If you really think that those who do wrong do not need to be punished, but those who uphold justice need to die, then you can kill me, only by killing me, you can be regarded as revenge! Think for yourself, isn't that the truth! ”

Gu Qing was already very close to the green-clothed official.

And the official was blinded by what Gu Qing said, and he was obviously in chaos.

Now is the time!

Gu Qing suddenly stepped forward, grabbed the blade with his hand and pulled it out, and in an instant, blood burst out, spraying Li Ming's face. Gu Qing held back the sharp pain in his fingers and gave Li Ming a "Go!" Expression.

Li Ming's eyes were filled with tears, and he felt that the warm liquid on his face was about to burn on his face. His body was thin, Gu Qing opened a hole, and Li Ming immediately tilted his head back, bent down and ran out like water leaking.

It's just that in an instant, the situation where the green-clothed official grabbed Li Ming and Li Mao confronted each other, and it became Gu Qing clutching the blade to death, and the official wanted to use the knife to continue the murder.

The situation was so dangerous that many of the ladies present were already screaming. Li Mao had all his hair and rushed forward, and Li Rui and the family members of the Jin State Mansion who had been preparing for the green official also rushed up, subduing the green official in one fell swoop and saving Gu Qing.

"Grandma, grandma? Doctor! Do you have a doctor in your house? Li Rui hugged his grandmother and hurriedly ran to the other side, looking at Gu Qing anxiously.

Gu Qing's palms were full of blood, her two hands were cut by a short knife, and a few more cuts were torn in the pull, and at this time the flesh and blood were blurred, and her head was full of sweat.

She herself is a doctor, although she trembled in pain, she still opened her mouth to look at the strips of cloth hanging everywhere in the mourning hall, and said to Li Rui in front of her: "First, first take the cloth to plug my wound, stop the bleeding first, and your brother...... Your brother wants to stop the bleeding too! ”

She had no way to check how deep Li Ming's knife edge was, but when she saw that Li Ming was speechless, it should only be a flesh wound.

She moved her fingers slightly, checked her palm again, and found that the tendons and bones were fine, but the wound was a little heavier, but if she kept letting the blood flow like this, even if she didn't hurt the tendons and bones, I was afraid that there would be trouble, and at this time, she didn't care about the wound infection, so she stopped the bleeding first, and the rest was left to fate!

Li Mao and Li Ming surrounded him, Li Ming was kidnapped by gangsters just now and couldn't hold back from crying, but at this time he cried loudly, his face was full of blood and tears, it looked like he was crying blood, extremely scary.

Li Rui didn't care if there was any desecration of the mourning hall, so he hurriedly tore off a few strips of cloth and wrapped Gu Qing's palm around. Gu Qing endured the severe pain, clasped her palms together, and pressed the wound, but she had never suffered such a big sin since she was a child, and she still screamed in pain.

Everyone didn't know what to do, it was just that the Xinguo Mansion came to mourn, how could it become such a terrible scene!

Zhang Nuo, the Duke of Jin, asked his family to tie up the official surnamed Wang tightly, and blocked something in his mouth to prevent him from biting his tongue and committing suicide. Only then did he turn around and prepare to apologize to the family of the Xinguo Mansion.

"I'm really sorry, it's my family who doesn't notice ......"

"Lord Guogong! His Majesty the Emperor has arrived! The Queen Mother has arrived! ”