"PS: Challenge the emotional drama a little, and next, the tiger cub is going to find a nest."

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By the time Mao Jue and Mao Lao County Commander woke up again, it was already that night.

When he opened his eyes, he saw his wife and his faithful servant standing in the house, and when he saw that he was awake, he immediately gathered around him and asked for warmth.

Mao Gong waved his hand and asked weakly, "What time is it?" ”

The old servant replied, "It's time, Mao Gong." ”

"When?" Mao Gong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "...... the person who came today?"

The old servant seemed to guess what Mao Gong wanted to ask, nodded and said helplessly: "As he said when he left, around dusk, he led a team of soldiers to the county government and ordered the officials in the county government to announce the news.......

"Yes."

Hearing this, Gong Mao let out a long breath, his face full of sadness: "People are gone, it's not really necessary to care about these, I'm just indignant, indignant that these villains act unscrupulously, and indignant that Gongyu's family is innocent and tragic, but they will be framed after death, this world ...... It's too evil! ”

As he spoke, he instructed his wife, "Help me up." ”

With the help of his wife, Mao Gong sat up on the bed, and immediately, he instructed the old servant: "Take pen and ink." ”

"Yes."

After a while, the old servant took pen and ink and spread a blank bamboo book in front of Mao Gong.

At this time, Mao Gong waved his pen and wrote a letter on the bamboo book, carefully rolled it up after drying, and entrusted it to his wife: "Old woman, I am afraid that my life will not be long, you send someone to hand over this letter to your son, and ask him to take this letter to Handan to meet 'Chen Gong', and ask Chen Gong to come forward to help Gongyu's family wash away their grievances." …… Although Gong Yu's family suffered a catastrophe, I can't sit idly by and watch him still be framed by some wicked people after his death. ”

The more he talked, the more uncomfortable it became.

After all, the Marquis of Luyang lost his father at a young age, and after getting his help, he had special respect for him.

Such a young generation who watched him grow up suddenly suffered a tragedy, and even had to be framed after death, Mao Gong naturally couldn't accept it.

Old Mrs. Mao obviously also saw that her husband's life was short, and her sunken eyes couldn't help but appear a little crystal because of her age, but after all, she was an old man who had already known the destiny of heaven, she endured sadness and nodded, and said, "I remember, don't worry." ”

"Remember, remember."

After a few words of advice, Mao Gong's body leaned softly on the futon behind him, and slowly closed his eyes.

That night, the old county commander Mao Jue passed away.

Seeing her husband pass away, although Mrs. Mao was sad in her heart, she also remembered her husband's instructions before his death, and instructed the old servant: "Without further ado, you immediately go out of the city in the name of reporting the old man's funeral, go to Suiyang to see my son, and hand him the letter written by the old man before his death, and ask him to go to Handan immediately to see Chen Gong." …… Remember, don't be known by the soldiers of the Liang Cheng army. ”

The old servant endured his sadness and nodded, and said, "Don't worry, old lady, but who is that Chen Gong?" ”

Old Madam Mao reminded: "It's that Chen Gong, have you forgotten?" Over the years, Chen Gong has passed by our Ye County several times to find the old man for a drink. ”

The old servant smiled bitterly and said: "Although the old servant knows that there is such a person, but I don't know who the other party is, and Mao Gong has never revealed it, if the son asks, how should the old servant answer?" ”

Old Madam Mao thought about it, nodded and said, "Okay, the old body will tell you." That Chen Gong, that is, the current Chen Taishi, Chen Zhong! ”

Hearing this, the old servant's face showed a look of shock, and he was speechless for a while.

After a long time, he opened his eyes wide and asked in exclamation: "Is that the most trusted minister today, the first general of my Great Jin, and the 'Tiger of the Sun' who has been almost undefeated for decades, Chen Zhong and Chen Taishi?" ”

"Yes."

Old Madam Mao nodded.

She can understand the old servant's shock at the moment, after all, that Chen Gong is indeed a well-known and important minister of the court who can be called the pillar of his Jin Kingdom, who would have thought that such a big man would become a good friend with an ordinary county magistrate?

"You will leave tomorrow morning, don't delay the old man's dying request."

"Madame, don't worry, the old servant doesn't dare to slack off even if he scatters this old bone."

At dawn the next day, the news of Mao Gong's death came out from the Yexian County Yaya, which once again shocked the people of Yexian County.

You must know that before dusk last night, the people of Ye County had already been shocked once, and that was the news that came out of the county government at that time.

The county government claimed that Hou Zhaojing's family in Luyang Township, Luyang County, colluded with the rebels and intended to rebel, and was killed by the Liangcheng army according to the law.

When the news spread, the people of Ye County were almost dumbfounded.

Since Zhao Yu, with the help of Mao Gong, convened large and small businessmen in the city in Yexian County, who doesn't know that the Luyang Township Marquis and Mao Gong have actually known each other for more than ten years?

Not to mention, the township marquis of Luyang is benevolent and can be called the sage of Luyang County, how could he collude with the rebels and try to rebel?

Combining the two, some people may have made a joke about Mao Gong last night: "Mao Gong is old and confused?" ”

But today, the county government spread the news of Mao Gong's death, and the people of the entire Ye County immediately noticed that something was wrong.

Big businessmen in the city, such as Wei Pu and Lu Kuang, as well as local families, went to the county government to inquire about the situation, but unfortunately they couldn't ask what the results were.

I have to say that Mao Gong has been a county magistrate in Ye County for more than 20 years, although he has also been disliked by some businessmen and even families because he is too upright, but when it comes to Mao Gong's morality, no one can find any fault.

Seeing this, the Liangcheng army stationed in the Yexian area immediately entered the city to maintain order, and finally calmed down the hearts of the people who were in turmoil.

At this time, Zhao Yu was taking Jingnu down Yingshan and came to Ye County again, waiting for the opportunity outside the city.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for two days, he didn't wait for Liang Chengjun to leave Ye County, but waited for the bad news of Mao Gong's death.

I have to say that this bad news is really a heavy blow to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu didn't know that Mao Gong had written a letter before his death, asking his family to transfer it to his son, asking his son to immediately go straight to the royal capital Handan to ask to see that Chen Gong and wash away the grievances of the Zhao family in Luyang.

On the day he learned the bad news, Zhao Yu took Jingnu back to Yingshan on the north side of Ye County, and returned to the place where he stayed on the nights of the past two days.

The Lady of the Dead picked up some withered branches, took out the fire fold from her bosom, and lit the bonfire.

That fire fold was made by Zhao Yu himself by cutting a piece of bamboo in the past few days, and using the short sword with a sheath that Zhang Ji gave him to defend himself when he was separated from Zhang Ji and the others that night.

This short sword was hidden in Zhao Yu's arms at the moment, and it was also the only thing for the two of them to defend themselves.

Lighting the bonfire, putting away the fire fold and putting it back in her arms, Jingnu sat next to Zhao Yu, endured it for a long time, and finally asked cautiously: "Young master, will you go to Ye County tomorrow?" ”

“……”

Zhao Yu shook his head silently.

Also, Mao Gong is gone, what else is he doing in Ye County?

"That'...... Where to? ”

"Tomorrow...... Bypass Yexian and go to Yuncheng to have a look. Zhao Yu said hesitantly.

Go to Yuncheng and go to your grandfather and grandmother?

No, this is not Zhao Yu's original intention, the reason why he chose to go to Yuncheng was purely to see the current situation of the second elder, if the second elder is still safe and sound, then take the second elder and flee together.

Tell him that if someone really wants to kill his Zhao family, then for the Zhou family, those people will definitely not let go.

Cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, this is the truth that three-year-old children know.

But he still had a trace of luck - maybe someone from his hometown mansion escaped from Ascension to Heaven by luck, defected to Yuncheng before him, and escaped from Yuncheng with the second elder before Liang Chengjun attacked the second elder of the Zhou family.

Or, when the second elder learned of the tragedy of his Zhao family, he guessed that he was not spared, so he fled in advance, leaving a useful body to avenge his daughter, son-in-law, and grandson, and it was not impossible for him to do so.

So far, Zhao Yu can only pray silently like this.

"Goo......

Zhao Yu's stomach rang, and when he reacted, he felt unbearable hunger.

While the sky was not completely dark, they went to the vicinity to look for anything to see if there was anything to eat, but unfortunately, in the mountains and forests near winter, there were really not many things to eat, Zhao Yu and Jingnu searched for nearly an hour, and only found a few mountain fruits, most of which were rotten and broken.

These found mountain fruits, mostly mountain chestnuts, to be precise, should belong to nuts, very small, it looks like there is a handful, but in fact, there is not much meat when the shell is peeled off, which is not enough for Zhao Yu and Jingnu to be hungry.

No, when it was about midnight and around the hour, Jingnu's stomach began to growl first.

She shyly snuggled in Zhao Yu's arms and pretended to sleep, but under the light of the bonfire, her slightly trembling eyelashes and blushing face still betrayed her.

At this time, Zhao Yu had no intention of teasing her, because he was also hungry and cold, and immediately, his stomach growled.

However, at this moment, she saw Jingnu take out a cake from her arms and hand it to Zhao Yu: "Young master, I still have food here." ”

Zhao Yu was stunned, looking at the cake in Jing Nu's hand intently, looking at the cake that had only been bitten off a small corner.

If he remembers correctly, this should have been given to them by Cai Yu three days ago.

Zhao Yu's one he had already eaten at that time, but he didn't expect Jing Nu to secretly hide hers, even he hid it, and it wasn't until he was hungry at this moment that Jing Nu took it out.

Why don't you eat it?

Why are you hiding it?

It seems that there is no need to ask such stupid words, and you can know what is going on at a glance.

"I'm not hungry." Zhao Yu shook his head, and although his stomach was growling with hunger, his face did not change.

But even so, Jingnu still stuffed the cake into Zhao Yu's hand: "Young master, you can eat, don't worry about me, I eat less, and I am already full after eating those mountain fruits just now......"

Before she could finish speaking, her stomach rumbled, and her face flushed with shame.

In the end, at Zhao Yu's insistence, Jingnu compromised, she snuggled in Zhao Yu's arms, and took a big bite of the cake that Zhao Yu stuffed into her mouth.

Stuffing the last bite of food into the mouth of Jingnu, who waved her hand again and again to refuse, Zhao Yu hugged her and said softly: "Mother is right, no matter how strong a man is, there must be a supportive ...... behind him Scold. With you, I won't be confused. ”

Jing Nu was stunned, a sweet smile appeared on her face, she quickly swallowed the food in her mouth and hugged Zhao Yu's arm.

"Jingnu, she will always follow the young master, and she will never leave the young master, just like the lady is to the countryman......"

The first snow is gradually falling.

Zhao Yu and Jingnu hid in a simple shack made of tree branches, snuggled up to each other, and watched the snow fall from the sky.

The snow is cold, but the heart is warm.