Shengpingfang, Cui Ying's house.

Su Yingsleeve and Mrs. Cui were talking, when they heard Cui Ning'er, who was in charge of the wind outside, say in a coquettish voice: "The master is back." ”

The two stopped talking and went out to meet Cui Yingzhi.

Cui Yingzhi was helped in by Cui Pingzhi. His appearance is quite similar to Cui Pingzhi, except that his sideburns are frosty, his forehead is wrinkled, and he looks much older than Cui Pingzhi, who is well-maintained.

Cui Pingzhi smiled apologetically at Mrs. Cui: "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I didn't expect my brother's alcohol to regress so much, and he lay down without much pouring." ”

"He has been in Wu County for many years, and he has never drunk a single drink, how can he keep up with your alcohol consumption?" Mrs. Cui and Su Yingsleeve took Cui Yingzhi and smiled at Cui Pingzhi: "It's not early, uncle should go back and rest early." ”

"Okay, I'll come back tomorrow to see my brother." Cui Pingzhi nodded, then turned around and left.

When Cui Pingzhi walked away, Cui Yingzhi, who was full of alcohol, opened his eyes, and clenched his fist towards Su Yingzhi and pleaded: "It's rude." ”

"It doesn't matter." Su Yingsleeve didn't mind, and said with a smile: "I should have said sorry to you, but you and your brother were reunited after a long absence, and you didn't have a good drink." ”

"Hehe, I know that the saint likes to be quiet. Let them drink it, and don't even think about stopping tonight. Cui Yingzhi took the decanting soup offered by Cui Ning'er, raised her head and drank it, and then asked, "The saint has been in Beijing for more than half a year, and she hasn't encountered any trouble, right?" ”

"It's all right, but I can't bear to keep bothering you to take such a big risk." Su Yingsleeve said softly, she was sincere in what she said.

"The saint's words are too outward." Cui Yingzhi said with a straight face when he heard this: "Everything our husband and wife do is our own volition. If you can make a modest contribution to the great cause of Taoism, it is worth taking any risk. ”

"Yes, Holy Maiden," Mrs. Cui couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "If you can see the establishment of a humane paradise in this life, no matter how much sacrifice you make." ”

"Well, as long as we do our best, we will get closer to our goal every day." Su Yingsleeve said softly. In fact, she is not as enthusiastic about the so-called 'humane paradise' as these two people. But it is precisely this belief that makes these two sons and daughters of the family still betray their origins and become the most loyal believers in Taiping Dao.

More than ten years ago, Cui Yingzhi, who was in his prime, was Cui Yan's favorite son. Cui Yan's careful cultivation of him is far greater than that of Cui Pingzhi today. Cui Yan pinned his hopes on Cui Yingzhi to continue to be in charge of Cui Valve a hundred years later, but everything was completely changed because of the change in Bao'en Temple eleven years ago.

Before the incident, Cui Yan was very conflicted, and the ethics of the scholarly family told him that he should be loyal to the monarch and patriotic. But the identity of the head of the gate valve family made him and Emperor Qianming naturally opposed. After some struggle, Cui Yan still chose to join King Ping's side and sent his eldest son Cui Dingzhi to participate in the assassination of Emperor Qianming.

This incident caused an uproar among Cui Valve, and the clansmen who had read the books of the sages could not accept the betrayal of Emperor Qianming by the lord of the valve, and accused him of betraying his lord for glory. But Cui Yan was not too worried about this, and when the matter was completed, he became a high-ranking and powerful Shang Shuling, and held the right to appoint officials below the fourth rank of Daxuan. The criticism of the clansmen was really much smaller, and they were replaced by flattering smiling faces, hoping that the lord could reward his family with an official position......

But there are also those nerds who can't eat the past and never forgive Cui Yan, including Cui Yingzhi, whom he has high hopes for.

Cui Yingzhi watched coldly as his father betrayed his lord to seek glory, and the clansmen tended to become inflammatory, and they were very disappointed in the flies and dogs in the gate valve. After a big fight with Cui Yan, he asked to be released and stay away from this disgusting place of right and wrong. Cui Yan was also angry at that time, and directly threw him out of Jiangnan to be a small county magistrate.

This was exactly what Cui Yingzhi wanted, he refused the hard work of his uncle and brother, and took his wife and daughter south to take up his post the next day. When he was an official in Jiangnan, he witnessed the court's brutal suppression of the southern gentry and common people, and became more and more discouraged. When he was depressed and confused, he came into contact with Taiping Dao by chance. After in-depth understanding, Cui Yingzhi felt more and more that the doctrine and purpose of Taiping Dao was not the devil's way preached by outsiders, but the avenue for the welfare of the people of the world.

Later, the husband and wife took the initiative to join Taiping Road and became Sun Yuenlong's important internal response in the gate valve.

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Late at night, the guests dispersed, and the back house was silent, Cui Yingzhi and his wife and Su Yingsleeve were still talking.

"I had a drink with a few brothers today, and I heard from them that this time I received Lu Xin's favor, and my father didn't want to delay the marriage indefinitely." Cui Yingzhi whispered to the holy woman.

"That stinky boy used my money to buy Cui Valve," Su Yingsleeve said a little angrily: "I really lifted a stone to shoot myself in the foot." ”

In the final analysis, what she wants is to get entangled with Lu Yun so that he doesn't get out of her control. But if Cui Ning'er and Lu Yun are truly combined, it is not in her interests. After all, Cui Yingzhi has been marginalized and cannot touch the authority of Cui Valve, even if the two get married, they can't change anything.

And in Su Ying's heart, there are some small emotions that she can't explain, she just doesn't want Lu Yun to really marry Cui Ning'er, even if the 'Cui Ning'er' is herself, she doesn't want to.

"What can I do then? If you really want to get married, it will be a big trouble. Mrs. Cui also had a big head when she heard this.

"What's so hard about that?" Cui Yingzhi laughed and said, "I'll go and quarrel with the master again tomorrow, won't this marriage be left again?"

"It seems to be a method...... Mrs. Cui nodded and said: "Anyway, you are also a father, if you don't nod your head, the marriage will not be possible." ”

"No need." Su Yingsleeve got up slowly, pointed in the direction of Beishi and said with a smile: "When this news is released, I'm afraid that someone is more anxious than us." ”

"The Holy Maiden is talking about Miss Shang?" Mrs. Cui heard the song and knew what she meant.

"Who else is it not her?" Su Ying smiled and said, "That little girl was handed over by Shang Yun, how could she just suffer a dumb loss?" Didn't she send someone to touch my bottom all day long? Don't you just want to put me along? ”

"That's true, but she can't make a fuss about it, so how can she get this game back?" Mrs. Cui was a little puzzled.

"Who said she couldn't make a fuss about that." Su Yingsleeve took out a piece of newspaper from her sleeve and handed it to Mrs. Cui, which was Taiping Dao's eyeliner in Shang's head office, and the surveillance report of Miss Shang.

"Can you see what's wrong?"

"It's nothing...... Mrs. Cui looked at it, didn't see any clues, and handed it to Cui Yingzhi again. The latter is immediately apparent. "In this winter, why did she send someone to Lingnan to look for sour plums?"

"Ah, it can't be?" Mrs. Cui thought of a possibility and was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth. "What a coincidence, right?"

"Count the days, it's almost that coincidental." Su Yingsleeve repeated in a dejected manner: "You say, how can it be so coincidental? ”