Eastern Capital, late at night, the mansion of Changsun Sheng, the general of the right Xiaowei, was brightly lit, Changsun Sheng had a white cloth medicine belt wrapped around his head, his face was yellow and thin, his eye sockets were deep and he was lying on the couch, coughing violently, the former majestic and freshly clothed and angry horse grassland hero, now like a dying lion, angry like a gossamer, waiting for his doomsday.

A woman in her early thirties, with a good face, full of satin clothes, and wearing a golden hairpin, is Changsun Sheng's step-room Gao, Changsun Sheng's original wife died early, and later continued to marry Gao who was nearly thirty years younger than himself, at that time this marriage caused strong opposition from the three sons who had become adults, but Changsun Sheng still insisted on marrying Gao, and gave birth to a son and a daughter with her, named Changsun Wuji and Changsun Wuji, Changsun Wuji was just fifteen years old, unlike Changsun Sheng, he had no interest in riding and arching a bow horse, and loved to read since childhood, the name of talent has been very prominent among the young generation of the Guanlong family, and the eldest grandson Wujian has not yet reached the age of Ji, he is already famous among the Guanlong family for his beautiful appearance, virtuous and gentle temperament.

It's just that the eldest grandson Sheng has been away for a long time, and the relationship between the three sons born to the ex-wife and the stepmother and the half-siblings is extremely bad, and it can even be called like fire and water, since the eldest son and eldest grandson Xingbu died in the Yang Lang Rebellion, the second son born in the side room, the eldest grandson Wuao, and the other Ying Yang Lang general, the third son and eldest grandson Wuxian who stayed at home became half the head of the family, and the war with Gao's mother and son also lasted for more than ten years, and now it is finally time to break off.

≥≮ Changsun Sheng raised his eyelids slightly, looked at Gao Shi who was secretly wiping his tears in front of him, opened his mouth, and Gao Shi hurriedly stepped forward to help Chang Sun Sheng sit up. Pick up a bowl of soup on a small table. Give Changsun Sheng a spoonful of it. The bitter and bitter smell of medicine stimulated Changsun Sheng's nerves, making his stomach cramp and almost vomiting, Gao Shi hurriedly took out an embroidered handkerchief and wiped it for a while, and Changsun Wuji, who was kneeling in front of the bed, also hurriedly stepped forward and helped Changsun Sheng push his back and stroke his chest for a long time, so that he gradually eased his breath.

Changsun Sheng's eyes fell on Changsun Wuji's body. Although this young man is only fifteen years old, his face is full of precociousness, a pair of black and white eyes are shining, his hair is neatly combed, two sword eyebrows are in the sideburns, and the corners of his mouth are slightly raised, vaguely showing the sky-high momentum of this young man who is unwilling to be subordinate.

Changsun Sheng sighed, stroked Changsun Wuji's cheek, and said softly: "Shiro (Changsun Wuji is the fourth son in the family, and now he is not an adult. hasn't said a word yet), is your third brother still unwilling to come? ”

The corners of Eldest Sun Wuji's mouth hooked. said calmly: "The third brother has been refusing to come over since Ah Da fell ill, he said that Ah Da has his own mother to take care of him, and it is not his turn to be a wild boy. ”

Changsun Sheng closed his eyes in pain: "These are all Ah Da's faults, it's just that it's just that your mother and son are suffering." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyes were shining with tears: "Ah Da, don't say that, no matter what, the child will definitely serve Ah Da, the third brother he just can't think about it for a while, the child will go and invite him over." ”

Changsun Sheng coughed violently a few times, and Changsun Wuji, who was about to turn around and leave, hurriedly supported his father again, and Changsun Sheng gasped for a while before he could speak again: "Guanyin (Changsun Wuji's nickname), where is Guanyin?" ”

Gao wiped his tears and said: "Guanyin is looking at the medicine for her husband at this time, this child, now she makes decoction for her husband every day, and she can't untie her clothes and sleep!" ”

Eldest Sun Sheng sighed: "Alas, Ah Luo (Mrs. Gao's maiden name), I'm afraid that it is, I'm afraid that I can't survive my husband this time, and in the future, I won't be able to protect your mother and son in the future." ”

Gao and Changsun Wuji cried loudly in unison, and grabbed Changsun Sheng's hand: "No, Fujun (Ah Da), you will be fine, you will definitely get better!" They pounced on Changsun Sheng's body and wept silently.

Changsun Sheng was silent, with old tears on his face, and waited until his wife and son stopped sobbing before looking at Changsun Wuji, wiping away the tears on his face with his hands, and said: "Shiro, take advantage of Ah Da to find your uncle and Tang Guogong now, Ah Da has something important to tell them." ”

Eldest Sun Wuji gritted his teeth, wiped his tears, got up and saluted Eldest Sun Sheng, turned around and hurried away, leaving only Gao still sobbing there.

The eldest grandson Wuji bowed his head and walked forward, not taking a few steps, and when he was about to turn the corner, a strong figure suddenly appeared in front of him, the eldest grandson Wuji couldn't hold his feet for a while, hit the man's chest headlong, and directly popped out four or five steps, almost fell to the ground, shook several times, and barely stood still, and when he looked up, he found that it was the third brother who was as strong as a mountain, and behind him, the housekeeper Sun Lin, and more than a dozen servants who were five big and three thick, were holding their arms, playing lanterns, and looking themselves up and down with bad intentions.

The eldest grandson Wuxian is about forty years old, his face is full of meat, and his head is one and a half heads taller than that of the eldest grandson Wuji, and that face is eight points like the eldest grandson Sheng, full of cheeks and beards, and seven points like a Hu man, which is precisely because his biological mother also belongs to the Hu people's noble surname Daxi, and the two noble Saibei Xianbei families are naturally born martial artists.

The eldest grandson Wuxian crossed his arms, stroked his chin with one hand, and said coldly: "Shiro, it's so late, where are you going?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji gritted his teeth and straightened his chest: "Third brother, Ah Da has woken up and wants to see Tang Guogong and my uncle." ”

The eldest grandson Wuxian laughed: "Tang Guogong and your uncle? You really know how to make it up, Ah Da has been dizzy for more than ten days, why did he suddenly wake up at this moment? Do you want to see it, or do you want to see it? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji's eyebrows raised: "Third brother, it's not that I said you, you don't want to see my mother again, now Ah Da is sick like this, as a son, he should also serve with soup and medicine, but Ah Da has been bedridden for a few months, you don't even look at it, and now you still doubt Ah Da's condition, is this what a son should do?" ”

Eldest Sun Wuxian didn't say a word, as soon as he raised his hand, the fan-like slap left a five-finger print on Eldest Sun Wuji's white face, and the voice was crisp, which shocked the eyelids of Sun Lin, the head of the family behind him, jumped.

Eldest Sun Wuji didn't expect Eldest Sun Wuxian to suddenly make a move. Can't dodge. This time I was stunned. The right ear was completely buzzing, and nothing could be heard, and something salty was flowing down the corners of the mouth and nose, and the half of the face felt nothing but hot pain.

Eldest Sun Wuji covered his face with one hand, pointed at Eldest Sun Wuxian with the other, and said angrily: "You, why are you beating me?!" ”

The eldest grandson Wuxian's face was hideous. The fierce face was revealed: "Hit you? Beating you is teaching you the rules of our eldest grandson's family, as a younger brother, dare to talk to my brother like this, shouldn't you be beaten? Sue you, when Ah Da is away, this family is supported by my eldest grandson Wuxian, what are your mother and son, do you think you can fight for the family property when you come in? Sue you, stop dreaming, wait for the old man to breathe. It's time for the three of you to pack up and get out! ”

A group of family members behind him echoed one by one: "That's it, it's up to you kid." This thin arm and thin leg also wants to compete with the third young master for family property, wake up! ”

"Third young master, this kid wants to go out to rescue the soldiers, don't be fooled!"

"Third Young Master, this family is supported by you single-handedly, whoever wants to fight with you, I, Hei San'er, will be the first to refuse!"

"Third Young Master, the master has been unconscious for so many days, it must be their mother and son's hands and feet, this matter must be thoroughly investigated!"

The eldest grandson Wuji covered half of his face, but these words came into his left ear, cutting his heart with a knife, he bit his lip tightly, stood in place, but did not back down a single step.

Changsun Sheng's calm and powerful voice suddenly came from behind Changsun Wuji: "The old man is not dead yet, are you so impatient?" ”

Eldest Sun Wuji turned his head in surprise, only to see that Eldest Sun Sheng walked over tremblingly under the support of Gao's family, his steps were very slow, but still very calm, his face was as heavy as water, although he had a sick face and deep eye sockets, but for many years of crisscrossing the Turks, the powerful aura that had broken through the sea of swords and fires was still written on his face, even in the twilight of the martyrs, it could still make ordinary strong men feel a strong oppressive force.

Eldest Sun Wuxian's eyes widened, he didn't expect that Eldest Sun Sheng would really wake up and come out by himself, but he forgot to speak for a while, Eldest Sun Sheng stared at Eldest Sun Wuxian, and said coldly: "Why, I won't even say hello to your Ah Da?" Or am I so sick that you don't even recognize me? ”

The eldest grandson Wuxian woke up like a dream, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Ah Da, the child greets you, I wish you good health and early recovery." As the eldest grandson Wuxian knelt, a group of family members and housekeepers also knelt down to say goodbye.

Eldest Sun Sheng snorted heavily: "You wish I would die now, so that you can do whatever you want in this family, right?" ”

Changsun Wuxian's forehead was covered with cold sweat, since he was a child, in front of Changsun Sheng, he was extremely inferior and afraid, although he was rampant at home, but he had never been on the battlefield, Changsun Sheng's natural military aura, so that he couldn't speak at all, even if he was so sick now, he still didn't dare to say a word in front of Changsun Sheng, only heard Changsun Sheng's voice echoing in his ears: "The old man repeats it, let Shiro go to Tang Guogong and Gao Shilang (Gao Shilian's official position at this time is the Ministry of Rites) to invite, This is what the old man meant, you still don't get out of the way! ”

How dare the eldest grandson Wuxian and the others say more, they hurriedly stood up and made way of a passage, the eldest grandson Wuji didn't say much, and hurriedly ran out, the eldest grandson Sheng waited until the footsteps of the eldest grandson Wuji were far away, and then glared at the eldest grandson Wuxian, so that he who had just raised his head hurriedly lowered his head again: "Wuxian, Ah Da knows that you have been supporting this family all these years, but this is not a reason why you can use the power to drive the little lady and your younger siblings out, you better remember, there are gods when you look up, people do things, and the sky is watching, If you can't even tolerate your own brothers and sisters, who in this world can't tolerate you? After Changsun Sheng said this, his chest was full of breath, and he coughed for a long time, and he couldn't say any more.

The eldest grandson Wuxian changed his smiling face: "Ah Da, it's the child's mistake, and the child is just in a hurry, thinking that the fourth brother is not serving Ah Da well, so he will say two angry words, don't take it seriously!" ”

Changsun Sheng snorted coldly, turned around and walked back to his room, as Changsun Sheng's figure disappeared around the corner, the smile on Changsun Wuxian's face slowly dispersed, a cold and murderous look stayed on his face, and the housekeeper on the side, Changsun Lin, who was a roe deer, came up and whispered: "Third Young Master, do you want to stop the Fourth Young Master?" ”

Eldest Sun Wuxian shook his head: "No, now that the old man knows about this, he can't be too anxious." Hmph, anyway, the old man won't last long, and then this family won't be up to us. By the way, Gao Shilian's good friend, is Xue Daoheng about to return to the Eastern Capital? ”

Eldest Sun Lin nodded and said, "The news that came just now has returned to the Eastern Capital three days ago. ”

A grim smile flashed on the face of the eldest grandson Wuxian: "Then let's cut off the foreign aid of their mother and son first." ”

Half an hour later, in the Baiguanfang in the Eastern Capital, in an inconspicuous mansion, near the study in the backyard, several servants stood outside the courtyard gate, and in a separate bungalow in the small courtyard, there was a dim candle flame, reflecting the shadows of the two people on the window paper, and the howling north wind drowned the whispers of the two people in the wind, even if they stood at the door, they would not hear what the two people said.

Behind the desk by the window, there were two middle-aged people in satin clothes sitting on the two beds, one of them, about forty, five long beards, elegant and extraordinary, wearing a square gauze crown hat, a yellow round-necked silk dress, white complexion, big ears, it was the current waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Changsun Sheng's brother-in-law Gao Shilian, and the one sitting opposite him was of medium height, with a shrewd and capable face, thin and white, his eyebrows were so thin that he could barely see it, and the two nasolabial folds between his nose were engraved on his face like a scar, which was impressive. Isn't it the new military department squire Hu Sizheng?!

In front of the two, there is a big pot of tea soup, and on a small charcoal stove below, the fire is burning vigorously, Gao Shilian's family is not as rich as Wang Shichong, that is, the courtyard where an ordinary four-grade official lives, there is no secret room, and there is no high-rise building, and this matter of making tea and meeting friends can only be carried out in this study.

Tea culture has begun to become popular among officials in the past few years, because the eastern capital is closer to the land of Jiangnan than Daxing, and Yang Guang himself likes Jiangnan culture very much, although he himself does not drink much, but Yu Shiji, Pei Yun and other powerful ministers are good at this mouthful, so that many people who originally belonged to the Guan Long family also began to learn from it, Gao Shilian is one of the typical. (To be continued......)