Chapter Eighty-Four: The Blessing of Flesh
"Xiao Jingzhi, why did you just come back?" she said simply, but also sadly.
He felt the pain in her eyes, so he didn't dare to look at her flat abdomen, nor did he dare to look at her wet eyes, so he could only gently press her on his shoulder and comfort her softly: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, we Jinhuan are not afraid, everything is over, I ...... by your side"
"But, child, our child was killed by Zhao Yu, it's all my fault, I clearly promised you at that time, we said that we would go to Mingjing Temple to repay our vows, and we said that we would ......."
Before Xiao Jingzhi came back, she thought that her tears had dried up, but she didn't want to be so weak when she saw him.
"Well, this child has nothing to do with us, we still have children, and Zhao Yu ...... I won't let him go!"
From a very early beginning, he began to call him "Zhao Yu", but it was the first time for him to express his hatred like this, he has never been a person who is easy to show his emotions, and his current performance can only show that he is angry and abnormal.
"Jing Zhi, we must take revenge!" she has been slaughtered, which does not mean that she has no idea.
And Xiao Jingzhi said that Zhao Yu's difficulties several times were within his ability, so he didn't feel embarrassed at all, even Zhao Yu forced him to marry a princess, he also accepted it, on the one hand, for Ah Cheng, who was poisoned, and on the other hand, even if Zhao Yu forced him to marry a concubine with more than a dozen rooms, it didn't matter, he just hung them on the wall like a mural, he could bear it.
But this time, Zhao Yu did it to their children, he really couldn't bear it, since you are unkind, don't blame others for being unjust.
The troubled waters that disturbed the previous dynasty, others didn't have that ability, he Xiao Jing knew it!
Xiao Jingzhi's occasional gloomy expression made Zhou Jinhuan's body cold, and he obediently lay in his arms, and asked softly, "Have you thought about how to deal with him?"
"Jin Huan, the person we have to deal with is the saint of today, naturally everything has to be arranged carefully, you can stay in Xiao Mansion well, everything has me, I will never let you out of my sight again, even if it is only for a day or two. ”
He had also said before that he wanted to take her by his side, but there was never all this, he deeply rooted this sentence in his heart, people, only by planting their heels, can they learn a long lesson.
"When you're feeling better, we'll go to Spiegel Temple again. He helped her up and pinched her face, he still had meat when he left, but now it was very weak, he sighed: "Abortion is a big loss for the body, how can you not eat well?"
"I can't eat it. "She doesn't know the taste of the eclipse these days, and no matter how delicious it is, it's a waste of food.
"Mrs. still has to give birth to a child for her husband, how can it be good if she can't eat like this?" Xiao Jingzhi's begging words made her face blush slightly, slapped him lightly, and said coquettishly: "The Buddha is above, what nonsense are you talking about?"
The two went back to the room together, and with Xiao Jingzhi there, she ate more food today than before.
"What the hell is going on with my father-in-law?"
Zhou Ming's incident happened after he left, and the matter was urgent at that time, and he didn't write to him, so he naturally didn't know.
After telling the matter as it was, Xiao Jingzhi's face was better than she imagined.
"Don't you think Zhao Yu is too vicious, using his father's earnest psychology to lead his father into the trap step by step. ”
"As far as I know of you, you should be aware of this. ”
"Before the incident, I only saw Lu Fei's side, and my father's mouth was also very tight, until Zhao Yu sent someone to send a reward, I didn't know that he invited merit with miracles, at that time I only felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't think of what the problem was. ”
"Blame me, if I had told my father-in-law a few more words, I don't think such a thing would have happened. ”
No one can blame Xiao Jingzhi, besides, the incident has already happened, and it is too late to say whose fault it is at this time.
"You've been in bad health lately, so don't think about your father-in-law's affairs anymore, just leave these to me. ”
Zhou Ming's matter, if she didn't tell him, she was afraid that Zhao Yu's pervert would play tricks on him, right?
On the day Zhou Ming came out of prison, it rained heavily, and the summer rain was always sprinkled, endlessly, Zhou Jinhuan's body was still weak, so he didn't follow Xiao Jingzhi to pick up the old man.
She didn't have any emotions, but she was not in good health, and the objective conditions didn't allow it, but she didn't want the Zhou couple to be too careful.
The front foot came out of the prison, and the back foot came to the Xiao Mansion.
"Dad, mother, why are you here?" she was lying on the bed, dressed neatly, otherwise it would be really embarrassing.
Zhou Ming seems to have aged a lot overnight, and his originally gray hair has turned more than half, which shows that he has suffered a lot in prison.
Seeing that she was about to get up, Mrs. Zhou hurriedly stepped forward, her tone was a little anxious: "My girl, what are you doing when you get out of bed, don't you lie down well?"
"It's been a few days, and it's not in the way. She laughed and diluted everything with the gorgeous color of her facial features, but it was more pure and lovely, and it was such words that made Mrs. Zhou sad, holding her hand, as if she didn't dare to look at her, her voice choked: "Jin Huan, it's all my father and mother who are not good, it's my father and mother who have dragged you down and Jing Zhi......"
"Where is my mother talking about, if it weren't for my father and mother, Jin Huan wouldn't even have a home, and Jin Huan should thank you for giving Jin Huan a home. She said this not hypocritically, but from the heart, she was in this other world, the Zhou Mansion gave her the feeling of home, and she should be grateful.
"However, that is your first child, a woman is not more than anything else to conceive a child, if something happens to the first child, it is very bad for the body......" Mrs. Zhou was a little distressed and stroked her flat lower abdomen, her expression was very distressed, tears rolled down, Zhou Jinhuan hurriedly wiped her tears: "Mother, Jing Zhi and I are still young, it won't hinder it, it's a big deal, it's a big deal if you come over a few more times to get me the medicinal food." ”
She laughed as she spoke, and stuck out her tongue very vividly after the last sentence, but Mrs. Zhou's expression was still not relaxed, and Zhou Ming also walked over, with a look of self-blame: "It's all my fault, I don't deserve to be your father, if I could have thought about it more at the beginning, or waited for Jing Zhi to come back and discuss it with him, things wouldn't have come to this point." ”
"Zhao Yu wouldn't have let us go, speaking of which, Daddy, you are just being affected by us. Xiao Jingzhi interjected a sentence, Zhou Jinhuan understood, and immediately answered: "Before his daughter and Jing Zhi got married, the emperor deliberately sent him to the Great Liang Kingdom to exchange protons, which almost killed him; Later, he deliberately let Princess Changle marry into the Xiao Mansion, dividing the relationship between me and Jing Zhi; Later, putting Daddy in the position of prime minister, on the surface, it seems that he came to Daddy, but Daddy, have you ever thought about it, Daddy has been an official for a lifetime, never formed a party for personal gain, and has been safe and secure after several dynasties, how can he let Zhao Yu wear small shoes?"
"Actually, in the final analysis, it's not your father and mother who hurt us, it's us who have burdened you, if it weren't for us, Zhao Yu would never do anything to you, having said that, we can only hate ourselves, how can we blame you?"
After she finished the call, she thought that the two old men should understand, and they wouldn't be unable to figure it out, who knew that they seemed to be even more.
"You stupid girl, how can you say that, even if the emperor intends to rectify the person is you, but if your father can think about it more, won't it be completely able to prevent such a thing from happening, and now the result is that your child is gone, which is the most important thing, because your father is in prison, your child is gone, you know?"
Mrs. Zhou said this, Zhou Jinhuan really didn't know what to say, thinking of the child who died in vain, tears finally fell.
"Look why you can't speak so much, look, make the child cry again, right?" Zhou Ming wanted to pull Mrs. Zhou up, but she and Zhou Jinhuan were already hugging and crying, that scene made him want to cry a little, looking back at his proud son-in-law, he didn't cry with it, but his eyes were red, presumably because of the child who died early and had no fate.
"Let's not cry, lest Zhao Yu look down on us, he must have sent someone to observe us secretly, huh?" Zhou Jinhuan didn't want to mention that child anymore, every time he mentioned it, it was like stabbing him in the chest with a knife, and the wound scabbed over again and again, and was pierced open again and again, the flesh and blood were blurred, and the pain was unbearable.
"If the father and mother really feel sorry for their daughter, they will come to Xiao Mansion to send some delicious food to their daughter, so that her daughter will be satisfied. She said this to make the Zhou couple feel relieved, but Mrs. Zhou replied helplessly: "Jin Huan, it seems that my father and mother can no longer accompany you." ”
Zhou Jinhuan was taken aback, and habitually looked for the answer from Xiao Jingzhi: What is the situation?
"Zhao Yu sent his father-in-law to Jinzhou as a state pastor. ”
Hearing this, Zhou Jinhuan's body stiffened for a moment, thinking that Zhou Ming was sent to Jinzhou when he was old, what tricks did Zhao Yu want to play?
"Jinzhou is very close to Xishu, which is the border between the two countries, but Xishu has always been very respectful to Dayan, Dad, you should not have anything to do when you arrive in Jinzhou, on the other hand, Yecheng is densely populated with officials, there are many people and many things, plus our relationship with Zhao Yu, your life will be 10,000 times sadder than in Jinzhou, so to speak, Zhao Yu has done a good job in this matter......
"Silly daughter, what are you talking about, we can at least help you a little here, if we leave, you are truly isolated, and what the emperor wants is also such an effect. ”
Mrs. Zhou could see it, but Zhou Jinhuan couldn't let her think like that, and she couldn't think like that, so she spoke: "Daddy, you have nothing to do with this struggle, and occasionally have an intersection with these things, but in the end it has nothing to do with it, Zhao Yu understands this, so he transferred you to Jinzhou, and Jing Zhi and I also know this, so we will also support you to go to Jinzhou." ”
"My mother didn't think about it so much before, but when I heard what you said today, I understand that the emperor will not let you go easily, both of you have no foundation in Yecheng, how can you ......?"
"Everyone has their own life, and we are naturally not so easy people to accept our fate, and our father-in-law and mother-in-law don't have to worry about us. ”
Many times, Xiao Jingzhi's words can be worth Zhou Jinhuan's thousand words, and when he said this, the Zhou couple just looked at him deeply, and nodded, which can be regarded as agreement.
"Did Zhao Yu say when he would let his father go to work?" she hurriedly turned the topic here, and the paragraph about the child was finally turned over.
Zhao Yu's order was very anxious, and Zhou Jinhuan had become better in the past few days, so he accompanied Mrs. Zhou to the street to buy some things.
Yecheng is the capital of Dayan, and there are naturally many things to buy and sell, Zhou Jinhuan wants to buy every thing she sees, her enthusiasm is very high, Mrs. Zhou can only smile and shake her head, but she does not suppress her enthusiasm.
The market in this era was not developed enough, and before dusk, the shops on the streets were closed, and she carried large and small things, and her heart was still empty.
"We will come over tomorrow to buy things, the pastries of Cheng Ji are the most delicious, but there is no fresh osmanthus cake at this time, it would be good if we could go to Jinzhou again in autumn......"
"These are all orders from the emperor, and we can do it whenever we want. Mrs. Zhou looked at Zhou Jinhuan with a look of pity and gently pinched her face: "It's good for Jing Zhi to come back, my mother sees that there is some meat on your face." ”
"It's really fake, I still have to lose weight, but I can't be fat!"
"Nonsense, where are you fat now, girls will be blessed if they want flesh, understand?"
Mrs. Zhou's words really soothed the hearts of the girls in the slightly chubby world, and Zhou Jinhuan also smiled and agreed, losing weight was just a verbal thing, she had hardly done it, and in the end, the food could not be disappointed.
"These things, Jinzhou may not be absent, tomorrow our family will go to Mingjing Temple, before leaving, your father and I will go to incense, ask for peace. ”
"That's fine. ”
In ancient times, they could go thousands of miles away by plane, but they had to go to Jinzhou step by step, and they should really go to the temple first to ask for peace.
On the day of the incense, the sun was very good, a few clouds hung in the blue sky, and occasionally a few birds crossed by, and the arc was very beautiful.
This is not the peak season for incense, there are not many people, the four of them went to the Daxiong Hall together, and Mrs. Zhou disappeared after the incense.
"She, every time she comes here, she will bother the master in the temple, this time I guess I will go to the master again, let's go to a meditation room first. ”
Unlike what I imagined, Mrs. Zhou came back soon this time, and when she came, her face was very ruddy, and she could see that she was in a good mood.
"Let me guess, the master must have said that my father's trip to Jinzhou was very smooth, right?" She leaned over, her face was determined, Mrs. Zhou nodded again and again, and smiled like a flower: "Or my family Jinhuan is smart, the master has said so, and your father and I will rest assured." ”
When the four of them left the Spiegel Temple, their faces were very happy, but everyone's thoughts were different.
There is a saying that there is never a banquet in this world, and on the third day of going to Mingjing Temple, the Zhou couple will leave.
Although the Zhou couple did not have any partisan attributes, they were also old people in the officialdom, and many people came to see them off.
Zhou Jinhuan and Xiao Jingzhi are their dearest relatives, standing in the most conspicuous place, when they say goodbye, Zhou Jinhuan suddenly remembered Cheng Ji's pastries, which are things that only Yecheng have, how could she forget?
"Dad, mother, you wait a minute, I'll go to Chengji first, I'll be back soon, I'll be back soon......"
She ran in a hurry all the way, and when she arrived at Cheng Ji, she grabbed the boss's sleeve and said in a very anxious tone: "Give me six portions of all the pastries, be quick!"
"But those pastries ......"
"No, it's money!"
She handed the money to the boss very much, and the boss silently rolled his eyes, for a while, the pastry was ready, but ...... It seems to be a lot, she can't seem to take it alone, right?
"I'll just say it, madam, we have pastries, the key is that you can't take them!"
"Forget it, let's take both copies first, and I'll send someone to pick up the rest tomorrow." "What she actually wanted to say was, since you knew it was going to be like this, why didn't you say it sooner?
And the boss is even more innocent, he wants to say it, but you don't have a chance to speak!
Even if there were only two portions of each pastry, there were a lot of things, and she carried a large bag of things, and finally rushed back, but fortunately, they hadn't left yet.
"Jin Huan, in the future, when my father and mother are not around, you must take good care of yourself and don't wronged yourself. Mrs. Zhou hugged her gently, salty and wet tears fell on her neck, and she held back her tears: "Mother, don't worry, Xiao Jingzhi doesn't dare to bully me." ”
"Xiao Jingzhi, our daughter will be handed over to you, you must not let her be hurt again, otherwise our old couple will not spare you. Zhou Ming patted Xiao Jingzhi, and Xiao Jingzhi solemnly promised: "Never again." ”
Thousands of miles away, there will be a farewell, watching the Zhou couple get into the carriage, Zhou Jinhuan lay on Xiao Jingzhi's chest, tears flowed down, Bei Yan gently bit his fingers, and asked softly: "Jingzhi, we will still meet with my father and mother, right?"
"That's nature. This was his firm answer, she believed, stared at the distant carriage until she could no longer see it, rubbed her eyes, and smiled: "When they were there, I was embarrassed to say, now that they are not here, I am no longer afraid of hurting them, after all, they are so innocent." ”
"Yes, the blessings and misfortunes in the future are all the business of the two of us, and we won't be dragging others down. He hugged her tightly in his arms and imprinted a kiss on her forehead, she gently pushed him away, as if she suddenly thought of something: "I still have four pastries left in Chengji Pastry, let's go buy two more copies, make up six copies, and send them directly to my father and mother to Jinzhou, okay?"
"Then you have to use a fast horse, otherwise the pastry will be broken if it doesn't reach Jinzhou." ”
"Yes, just use fast horses, they should be very happy to get such a gift when they arrive at the state governor's mansion, right?"
As soon as they said they would do it, the two bought pastries and sent someone to deliver them, as if something big had been done.
The night was supposed to be peaceful, but a piece of news shattered all the calm.
"Wan'er, you say it again!"
"My lord, Mrs., Wan'er heard it with her own ears: Lord Zhou Ming and his wife were assassinated on the way to Jinzhou. ”
The Zhou couple has just walked for less than three hours, how can they encounter an accident, this is simply impossible?