Chapter 501: Going to the Grave
"No need to chase!"
Chi Changting looked at the payment on the envelope and recalled Zhanyu.
"Whose letter?" Chi Tang looked curiously.
didn't see a word, and was slapped on his face by Chi Changting.
"Daddy!" Chi Tang Jiaojiao said annoyedly.
Chi Changting didn't have the heart to laugh with his daughter, and read the letter again with a grim face.
The hand holding the letter trembled violently, and then handed the letter to Zhanyu: "Go and check what the letter says!" You go in person! β
Zhan Yu took the letter and looked at it, his face also changed, and he hurriedly left.
"What's wrong?" Chi Tang looked at the letter that returned to Chi Changting's hand, and was a little uneasy, "Whose letter?" β
"It's nothing," Chi Changting squeezed the letter in the palm of his hand, and his expression gradually calmed down, "The matter of official affairs still needs to be verified, so there is no need to worry." β
Chi Tang let out an "oh" and was about to withdraw his gaze, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the hand he was holding the letter.
The letter was gone, and between the fingers, the scraps of paper fell like sand......
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Chi Tang thought about it for a long time, but he didn't figure out who wrote the letter or what it was written, and he was faintly uneasy, so he planned to get up early to go to his father for breakfast.
Who expected to be outside the door of Daddy's room, but heard that he was out.
"Where did you go?" Chi Tang asked.
Daddy has just returned from the war, and it is said that he can rest until the end of the New Year, but it is not ruled out that there will be other entertainment.
"Ah Lang asked people to prepare incense, candles, paper money, it should be to pay homage to Mrs." The squire replied.
Chi Tang was stunned.
Why didn't Daddy take her when he went to worship Auntie?
Could it be that you have something to say to A-Niang alone?
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Southwest of the capital, Gaoyangyuan.
After Tang Yun died, he was buried here.
Chi Changting walked to the monument and squatted down, wiped it with his sleeve, stared at it for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Ah Wan, I came to see you......"
Fingertips brushed her name over the inscription and smiled.
He turned and sat on the ground, half-leaning on the tombstone, and took out a stack of paper money from the bamboo basket he had brought with him and placed it on his lap.
These hands folded the paper money, and they were as skillful and dexterous as holding a pen and a gun.
Tang Yun's tomb is not magnificent, and it is inconspicuous in the tombs of Gaoyangyuan.
One is because he didn't do much as an official back then, and the other is because he didn't have the heart to repair the tomb.
He watched her breath for a moment, and felt that he was also dead.
I couldn't hear anything, I couldn't see anything, and I wanted to sit there with her in my arms until I was old.
Ah Tang was taken care of by her aunt, and her brother and sister-in-law also helped take care of her funeral.
Every time I think of this, I feel shameless to see her.
She worked so hard to live, she was sick, but there was always light in her eyes.
What she looks down on the most is the person who seeks death and life and doesn't know how to cherish it.
If she had been in heaven at that time, she would have been disappointed in him.
Without him, he is useless, and he can't even take care of his daughter......
Later, he was promoted, but he didn't plan to build a tomb for her.
He thought that in the future, he would take her back to Henan and be buried on the top of Song Mountain.
He promised to carry her up to the top of Song Mountain to watch the sunrise and sunset, and he always remembered what he said that day-
"I will soon practice strength, I can carry you to the top of Song Mountain to watch the sunrise and sunset, you also have to take medicine well, the top of the mountain is very cold, you have to be strong to go up!"
She smiled and nodded.
He was afraid of embarrassing her again, so he hurriedly added: "It's really not good, I'll go hunt a few foxes and make a fox fur for you, you won't be afraid of the cold when you put it on!" β
She still smiled and nodded: "Then you have to practice hard, I'll wait for you!" β
Then she moved out.
The promise he made when he was nine years old has never had a chance to fulfill even if they meet again later.
He didn't even live up to such a simple promise.
The marriage between him and her is clearly that he has climbed her.
In the years when she married him, she didn't have a good life and suffered many grievances.
He was conceited, reckless, and had nothing.
Even the love given to her is so immature.
Everyone said how he loved his wife and how he loved his daughter.
But he obviously carelessly caused his wife to almost die, and his negligence caused his daughter to be scalded and almost disfigured.
When he was with her, she always tolerated him and helped him.
Only she knew that Chi Changting was so stupid.
Only she knew that he couldn't do anything without her.
Thankfully, she gave him a daughter.
A daughter who loves life as much as she does.
"Today I'm here to tell you two things," he folded the paper money while saying on the other hand, "One is that our Ah Tang is going to get married, to Li Yan, the crown prince of the current dynasty," he couldn't help laughing, "Did you never think that Ah Tang could still be a queen?" Actually, I didn't think about ......."
"In the past, I always said that it was good to find her a family background, and the family didn't have to be too high, but I didn't expect that now I would marry the highest family in the world......"
"But don't worry, I think that kid is very good to Ah Tang, if it's not good, isn't there still me? But if Li Yan's wife is not good to Ah Tang at all, I will take her away and find another husband...... This doesn't seem to be appropriate, the whole world is not the king's land, in case Li Yan doesn't let people go, it will be very troublesome-"
"Why don't I be a powerful minister? If he dares to treat Ah Tang badly, I will make himself the emperor, what do you say? β
"Our Ah Tang, how can we let people bully us? The prince can't do it either......" At this point, he suddenly became dumbfounded.
He simply stopped talking, gathered the folded paper money into a pile, lowered his head and lit the incense candles, and burned the paper money one by one in front of the grave.
After being quiet for a long time, he spoke again and said in a low voice: "Ah Tang's wedding date has been set, and it will be the third day of March next year...... She's only sixteen years old, don't you think she's too young? I can't bear to ......."
The voice choked again.
He wiped his eyes and said in a dumb voice: "I always feel that I was still calling my father in my arms yesterday, why are you going to get married?" β
"Where's that Li Yan? It's not as good-looking as me, it's not as good as my martial arts, it's not good at writing, and the song "Qingying" can't be blown well, and I don't know what Ah Tang likes about him......"
"I wanted to delay it a little longer, but as soon as I opened my mouth, Ah Tang was anxious with me, do you think this is a girl extrovert? Look at her, she doesn't want a daddy......"
If you talk too much, it's always not good.
He wiped away his tears and simply said nothing.
Just silently burned the paper money.
Leaned over the tombstone and kissed it, stared for a moment, and whispered, "One more thingβ"
"Ah, I'm going to get married......"
He had loved such a good person with all his heart, and there could never be a second time to fight for himself.
He didn't deliberately want to guard it, he just felt that he was distracted and didn't deserve to have it anymore.
So he looked ahead and backwards, and watched the girl turn away again and again.
Until I can't stand it anymore, until I want to cherish it.
He laughed and said, "From the past to the present, I am not good enough, but you don't dislike it-"
The wind is blowing, the candles are shaking, and the tombstones are standing quietly.
Behind him, there was the sound of pedestrians stepping on the dead grass, probably the same person who came to the grave.
"I'll go back, I'll come to see you next time," he paused, "Bring Ah Tang with me next time." β
I didn't bring her with me this time, I don't know how to complain about him at home!
Shaking his head and laughing, he packed his things.
Behind him, the footsteps of the dead grass approached more and more.
He frowned, still looking down to collect his things.
The footsteps sounded like a weak woman, nothing to be wary of.
But when he got up, the footsteps stopped right behind him.
"Ating ......"
Trembling slightly, dumb to silence.
Chi Changting's mind exploded, and it was blank......