In the morning, when the sky was still dark, with the first rumbling of the dawn drum, the drums on the drum towers in Luoyang City gradually rang one after another, followed by the bells in the temple, for a time, the whole east seemed to be awakened from a deep sleep, and the doors of the fang gradually opened at the same time, the city gates in the four directions of the southeast, northwest and northwest also gradually opened, to welcome a new day in this midwinter.

As soon as the guards who built the chūn gate opened the door, they saw five or six horses snorting white gas, in addition to the ordinary villagers who had entered the city to sell vegetables and charcoal. Seeing that several riders on the horses were wrapped in thick leather robes and hoods, and even so, there was white frost hanging from the hair on their foreheads, and at a glance, they knew that they had rushed to the city gate at night and waited for the door to open, and several guards could not help but be stunned. Not to mention that the night road is the most difficult to walk in winter, even in summer, few people rush to the road at night, in case they encounter bandits and bandits, and it will be bad luck to die without a corpse. The guard led by him routinely stepped forward to check, and when he saw that the person in front of him took out a talisman with the words of the Cui family, he immediately took a sideways step to make way out. It was not until the group hurriedly galloped over without saying a word, and the first two guards came forward.

"Whose family is so desperate?"

"It's from the Cui family in Yongfeng...... I heard that Mrs. Cui is dying......"

Although Cui Jianxuan has always hated the rule that horses are not allowed to gallop in the two capitals, he has never hated this rule so much. If it weren't for the fact that after entering the city, Du Shiyi couldn't help but say that he immediately stepped forward and pressed his reins, and he couldn't wait to rush home immediately. When he finally turned into his own aconite gate in Yongfengli, he couldn't care about anything else, and galloped to the main gate as if he were flying on the horse's belly, and after rolling the saddle and dismounting, he went straight in. Because he was still wearing a hood on his head, the doorman guarding the door did not react for a while, and when he waited for someone to pass by, he shouted in a hurry: "Who are you, dare to trespass......

"Don't shout, that's Cui Shiyilang!"

Du Shiyi took a step slower, and saw that Cui Jianxuan had already run away without even a shadow, thinking that he was a guest after all, and he couldn't come like Cui Jianxuan, so he stopped and reminded the doorman. That door Ding immediately realized, at this time, the messenger of the Cui family and Tian Mo also rushed over, and the messenger saw that Du Shiyi hesitated, so he hurriedly said: "Du Langjun is not an outsider, please follow a certain inside." ”

Knowing that the Cui family was probably busy at the moment, I was afraid that no one could take care of himself, the person who accompanied Cui Jianxuan back, Du Shiyi originally planned to find a hostel to live in temporarily, but since the messenger said so, he nodded and threw the reins to Tian Mo. Bypassing the main hall to the second gate, the Fu Yuan he had seen before had already greeted him with two maidservants, and when he saw him, his face was excited, and then he hurriedly said: "Thank you Du Langjun for accompanying Eleven Langjun and rushing back regardless of the night." Now Eleven Langjun has rushed to see Mrs. Tai, and the Thirteenth Lady is also there, Du Langjun, please come with me. ”

Seeing Fu Yuan's sallow face and haggard face, it was obvious that she had been up for a long time, and her eyes seemed to be red and swollen from crying, Du Shiyi suddenly understood that the situation of Mrs. Du De of Qi Guotai was probably extremely bad. However, he didn't expect that at this time, Fu Yuan still wanted to take himself to see Mrs. Tai, although he was a little puzzled, he still nodded and followed him closely. The last time he came, he always found that there were maidservants quietly looking at him, but this time, he saw that all the people who came and went were hurrying with their heads down, and when they retreated to the side of the road to salute, there were still people quietly wiping away tears.

"Mrs. Tai is lenient, and even if the servants make big mistakes, they are rarely severely punished, so now she is seriously ill, and the whole family is very sad." When she arrived at the door of Mrs. Tai's bedroom, Fu Yuan whispered to Du Shiyi, and then her eyes turned red. After a long time, she took a deep breath, opened the thick felt curtain with one hand, and then said softly, "Du Langjun, please come in." Although Mrs. Tai's mother family is prosperous, she has not had much contact over the years, and her sisters and brothers of the same generation have all passed away. This time, the old disease suddenly recurred, and no one from Chang'an had rushed over, and Du Langjun was the first to arrive. Even the two lords have not yet had time to return. ”

Only then did Du Shiyi understand why Fu Yuan was so excited when she saw her. After entering the house, he took off his hood and handed it to the maidservant, and then he washed his face and hands in a copper basin, and then walked to the east side of the house. Before he could step into it, he heard a crying sound from inside, and saw Fu Yuan on the side with a miserable face for a while, he couldn't think about it, and hurriedly walked in, but saw Cui Jianxuan kneeling in front of a short couch with his back to him, beside him was a young girl, who was lying on the couch and crying bitterly.

Is it really a step too late?

Just when he sighed in his heart, he suddenly heard a woman's scream from the side: "Jiu Niang, stop howling!" The grandmother and daughter are heroes, and they have single-handedly supported the Cui family in many ups and downs, Hugh said that there is nothing to do now, even if there is something, there is no need for you to do such a sad state! ”

Only then did Du Shiyi see Cui Wuniang, who was wearing a lotus lotus sè dress and had no other accessories in her hair. After seeing her shout, he knelt on Cui Jianxuan's body

Cui Wuniang on the side really tried his best to hold back the sorrow, but he could still hear the low sobbing sound, and he only felt that he was really a little redundant as an outsider. But just when he was in a dilemma, he found that Cui Wuniang looked at him, and then she was surprised and happy, squatted down and whispered in the ear of Mrs. Tai on the couch.

Du ...... Is Du Jiulang here? ”

In addition to Cui Jiuniang's sobbing, the room was quiet, and this faint voice was particularly harsh. Du Shiyi didn't hesitate anymore, hurriedly stepped forward, and when he arrived at the edge of the couch, he saw Cui Jianxuan move to the right and give up a seat for himself, so he knelt down and sat down, but he saw that Du De, the wife of Qi Guotai on the couch, was pale and bloodless compared to what he saw before, and her chest was even more violently undulating, and her eyes that were trying to open were already dim. He called Mrs. Tai, and habitually reached out to take the pulse of his wrist, and when he saw that the pulse was so weak that it seemed to disappear at any time, he couldn't help frowning tightly.

"I didn't expect it...... You can also see the Du family. The light in Dude's eyes, which were already extremely faint, suddenly brightened again. She stared at Du Shiyi thoughtfully, and only then exhaled softly for a long time, "I think when I left home to get married, Twelve Lang was also your age...... Really...... It's like ......."

Although Du De said that he was like the truth and said that he was a member of the Du family, Du Shiyi looked at her slightly sloppy eyes and knew that she must be nostalgic for her old relatives - Fu Yuan had already said just now that this noble Mrs. Qi Guo no longer had any brothers and sisters of the same generation alive - so he did not interrupt Du De's thoughts until she began to speak in a low voice.

"At the beginning, Emperor Gaozong was sick and weak, the Empress of Heaven was in power, and the family was often to blame, and Twelve Lang had just entered the office, but because of his youthful vigor, he suddenly made amazing words, and was involved in such a monstrous disaster, and the Du family tried again and again, but only to save his life for a long time, and he never came back in this life, and he never saw him again......"

As if thinking of sad old things, Dude's voice was particularly low: "Twelve Lang must have blamed me, who was a sister, for not contributing, but the Cui family was also in turmoil, I gave birth to Taizhi and Qingzhi, and Gezhi was in the womb, even though Shiro almost couldn't help but join his colleagues to write and make suggestions, I also stopped him to death...... The Empress of Heaven is suspicious, if she is suspicious of the family and friends, I don't know how many people will be uprooted...... Later, I sent someone to look for him, but he refused to pay attention to it, and before Shiro could try to ask for forgiveness for him, he went early...... Of my brothers and sisters, I am the only one who lives long because I can endure ......."

Listening to this kind of old thing that outsiders should never hear, Du Shiyi couldn't help but feel heavy in her heart. He glanced at Cui Jianxuan and Cui Jiuniang on the side, and saw that this pair of brothers and sisters was also unable to hide his shock, he knew that even they were the first time to hear it, and quickly glanced at the men and women around him, and most of them had the same expressions. Only Cui Wuniang lowered her eyelids, and there was no joy or anger on her face. However, the next moment, I saw Cui Wuniang make a gesture, Fu Yuan stepped forward and respectfully asked someone to retreat temporarily, and after a while, in addition to Cui Jianxuan and Cui Jiuniang, the rest of the Cui family in the house was only Cui Wuniang and Cui Chengxun Cui Qian, but Du Sanniang stayed in place, glanced at him and lowered his head.

"The situation is changeable, the world is unpredictable, Shiro has always forbeared, so he won deep trust, and once served as the secretary of the order, but Yongchun suddenly gave up after three years. Later, it was the Empress of the Heavenly Emperor who called the emperor, the two Zhang were rampant, Tai Zhi was a member of the Ministry of War, a humble position, I originally thought that I would continue to endure this life, but I didn't expect Tai Zhi to report to me, the Tao is to hoe Jiān with Zhang Cambodia's Huan Yanfan and others, I knew that the time was fleeting, so I acquiesced to him, and the result was a fluke. I, a timid woman who has been afraid of things for decades, was named the lady of Qinghe County because of the merits of my eldest son.

But I didn't expect that in just a few years, Wei Shu people were in turmoil, although Taizhi was a hero, but he was still degraded all the way to Zizhou Sima, but at that time, Shangzhou Sima was actually more daring than his eldest brother, he first sneaked back to Luoyang from Shangzhou, and I made a knee to secretly Chen said, now yù far away chasing Zifang to avenge Han, and strive to implement the strategy of Bao Xu Cunchu...... In this way, I, the least daring, actually agreed to him. The mother of the royal tomb can still give up her life, let alone me? It was because of the decision at that time that he sneaked back to Chang'an with his henchmen to help the first emperor and the current Bixia Ping Wei Shuren rebellion, and was crowned the Duke of Zhao, and I was named the Lady of Qi Guotai because of this...... It's just that I owe the Du family at the beginning, and I can only let Tai Zhizhi take care of the Du family for me......"

After this long reminiscence, Dude paused for a long time, and only when she was relieved did she slowly speak: "You all remember that if things are urgent, you must not be impatient, if you are impatient, you are easy to be impulsive, and if you are impulsive, you will change. If you can't do something, you can't force it, but if you can't do it, you will go to it even though it's difficult and dangerous! ”

Spit out these admonitions word by word, she turned her head to look at Du Shiyi with difficulty, and closed her eyes for a long time. I don't know how long it took, Du Shiyi only heard her whisper: "Wu Niang, your grandfather and fourth uncle, haven't they come back yet?" ”

Cui Wuniang hurriedly shook her head, but she said two words of comfort in a soft voice, but her eyes revealed unprecedented unease.