Chapter 016: Return to the People
Today, Mrs. Feng Wei went to the family temple to cry and mourn, and Yuan Zheng returned to Wei Mansion with his own temple from Qiao Gongshan. The little guy in front of the door led everyone to the sedan hall and dropped off the sedan chair. Yuan Zheng walked out of the sedan chair in plain linen, the whole person was pale and cold, and there were red marks left by repeated tears on his cheeks.
Not far away, a small group of men dressed as hunters drove around two carriages, facing the morning sun, and the carriage behind was clearly two coffins, and a rough cry came from the horse team.
"Ye ...... Brother Ye is back? The northwest wind whistled along the street from the direction of the carriage, with a complete coldness, Yuan Zheng asked with a trembling voice.
Mrs. Wei was already too thin to be formed, trembling and unable to walk quickly. Several daughters-in-law took turns carrying her back from the backyard to the front hall, and in a few days she became older and older, because she was in a hurry, the silver and white hair that was caressed by the wind shook on the top of her head and looked even more haggard and helpless, and the corners of her lips were drooling, and her words were not clear, but she urged her daughters-in-law to go quickly.
The footsteps of the crowd slowed down as they approached the coffin in the front hall, and the old lady got down from the back of a daughter-in-law, and the red sandalwood cane slammed heavily on the ground, but her figure shook.
Cheng Ye and others hurriedly rushed to help her, everyone was afraid that she would be unbearable when she heard the bad news again, and when she was hesitating, the old lady actually stood up and stabilized her figure, and her teeth and fingertips trembled slightly and shouted in a deep voice: "Take me forward, see this unfilial son!" Unfilial son! ”
Her fingers were dry and thin, and her plump and delicate skin had dried up like the ebb tide of a river, leaving only a pair of bulging eyes, embedded in the wrinkled lines of her skin.
When she entered the door and saw the two black lacquered coffins, she began to tremble violently, saliva, tears, and snot all poured out, and the servants were extremely sad and distressed when they saw this. In desperation, Chi's mother kept taking a handkerchief to help the old lady wipe her face, as if erasing these could relieve her heartache a little, in a vain attempt to stop the old lady's pain even a little.
The coffin was slightly opened, because it was winter, and several guards took turns to inject ice and snow into the coffin during the escort journey, although the body had begun to decay, but the face was still faintly recognizable. The old lady stretched her hands forward until she grasped the wall of the coffin, and her body began to shake violently.
Chi's mother saw her suddenly stretch out her right hand, trembling and hesitating to touch it, she couldn't help but feel a spasm and tingling in her heart, but saw the old lady's hand suddenly and resolutely waved to the cheek of the person in the coffin, making a gesture to hit down, and the force of the gesture slackened the moment it touched her face, "You unfilial son, leave me and my grandson and leave!" ”
Mrs. Wei and Mrs. Wei are very affectionate, it was a good story in Beijing, in order to marry the ladies of the Wen family, Mrs. Wei swore that she would only marry one wife in this life and never take a concubine. The two only had a son after marriage, and it was not until the age passed that they gave birth to Wei Jinglin, the eldest son died in the western expedition of Mingzong, and there was only one young son left in the family.
In a family of military lords, every time he goes out to the avant-garde Jinglin, he will make an agreement with his mother that he must triumph as soon as possible, so that his mother will not worry about it day and night, and he has never broken his promise for more than 40 years. But today, once the promise is broken, yin and yang are separated forever.
The old lady sat weakly in front of the coffin, her eyes became more and more protruding, her dry eyes were already full of blood red, and she turned a deaf ear to the sorrow of her grandchildren and the persuasion of the servants. ”
In this way, there was still no rice in the night, and her head hung down unnaturally, and when Chi's mother came to her senses, the old lady slipped down her shoulder and fell to the ground, and the person had passed out.
After settling the grandmother, she went to the porch, and someone came to talk back, and Fei Lao, who had returned to Beijing, had already placed the people in the front yard room.
"What is Fei Lao's condition?" Wei Chengye couldn't hide his tiredness on his face, but his weak shoulders were straight.
"As soon as I got out of the car during the day, the father-in-law Qiao beside the third master of Yuan sent the little one to invite the doctor, and the doctor said that he was depressed and the severe wind and cold had been incured for a long time, and he needed to be careful to raise him.
Most of the stewards of the Wei Mansion were trained and promoted by the old lady and Mrs. Wei herself, and they were very loyal and capable.
The Wei Mansion never treats people harshly, and the old people in the Mansion even have to respect the young master and young lady. Wei Chengye bowed slightly and said: "Things are arranged very properly, and the hard boy steward has worked for me!" ”
How dare the boy steward be entrusted, and immediately bowed in fear.
Yuan Zheng took a few people, carrying lanterns, and waited at the gate of Wanjuan Zhaiyuan, and when he saw Wei Chengye coming over, he hurriedly greeted him. Cheng Ye saw that he had changed into a burlap slash, his heart couldn't help but ache, and his throat was choked and he couldn't speak.
In the middle of the day, both of them lost their loved ones, and they looked at each other miserably under the lamp, "This body is decrepit, and I can't take it off." Cheng Ye rubbed his dry and swollen eyes, his whole heart hurt as if he had been caught by life, he wanted to shout in his heart, and wanted to find his eldest brother to help him stand up.
"Mother-" A heart-rending cry came from the warm and sunny room not far away, and the sister who was originally well-behaved and polite completely collapsed under such a big change, and she has been crying so loudly for the past few days.
The two of them listened silently together, only to find that the whole house was filled with large and small cries from far and near, like countless lonely souls floating in the air, grabbing people's hearts, livers, and lungs to tear apart, making the world a miserable purgatory and unable to survive.
"Third Brother Zheng, accompany me to meet a benefactor!" Cheng Ye's throat was still choked, he grabbed Yuan Zheng's hand, and walked to the front yard with the lantern in his hand.
The ugly bang knocked on it, and the door of a guest house in the west wing was open.
The room was like a bean, and the man and a teenager standing at the gate during the day sat under the lamp in a daze. The young man was about ten years old, thin and small, and listened to the crying outside, and from time to time a few tears fell from his mouth. The man had already noticed his expression, and there were many unbearable expressions in his eyes, but he knew that he could not comfort the child, so he had to remain silent.
Wei Chengye stood at the door with Yuan Zheng, one big and one small in the room also stood up, and the four people looked at each other in and out of the house.
Guo Xiaoyi endured the heartache and cleared his throat, "This is Ah Duan's son, Lou Ah Xiao." While walking to the door with Ah Xiao's hand, he gently introduced him in his mouth, but the movements on his body did not stop, and he was about to take Ah Xiao to kneel down and salute, "This is the second young master of our Wei Mansion, the second master Ye, that one is the third son of His Royal Highness King Li, King Zhengjun." ”
Seeing this, Cheng Ye and Yuan Zheng hurriedly took a few steps forward to support the person, and Cheng Ye first saluted Guo Xiaoyi to meet the elders, and then walked to the room with Ah Xiao's hand. Xiaoyi was originally a cavalry lieutenant under Wei Jinglin, and was later promoted by Wei Jinglin himself to be the captain of Wei Chengxuan's personal guards. Therefore, although Guo Xiaoyi did not dare to call himself an uncle, Wei Jinglin was very strict with his family education, and Chengye had always been a son and nephew to Xiaoyi.
Cheng Ye and Yuan Zheng held Xiaoyi and Ah Xiao to sit down at the table, and they took a few steps back and knelt down in their robes and bowed down, Xiaoyi and Ah Xiao were shocked, and they were too busy to jump off the chair and kneel on the ground. Seeing that Yuan Zheng also walked quickly to Cheng Ye's side and knelt down, "Ye'er's benefactor is my benefactor." Xiaoyi and Ah Xiao were even more frightened, and they fell to the ground in fright and didn't dare to get up.
"Uncle Xiaoyi settled Mr. Fei and Lou Engong's family, and immediately galloped to Kyoto to settle the Wei family, until today to welcome the return of my father's and brother's coffin, Uncle Xiaoyi has not closed his eyes well in the past two months."
Cheng Ye bowed, and when he got up, he was already in tears, and his voice was choked. Guo Xiaoyi's face was full of sadness and panic, and he took a few steps forward to help Chengye and Yuan Zheng get up, but neither of them refused. He was originally a man of the army, but when he saw the current situation, he had to bow down again.
"Lou Engong is righteous, sacrificing his life for my father and brother, such kindness, Cheng Ye dare not repay him with his life!"
Turning his head to bow to Ah Xiao, Xiaoyi and Yuan Zheng also bowed down with tears when they heard this.
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