The room of the post house is very simple, and there is no empty space in a palm-sized place, with a bed and a table and two chairs.

Under the candle flame, Mrs. Yong'an Hou on the bed was red, her whole body kept spasming and convulsing, and she kept saying nonsense: "Don't come, don't come over." I have done something wrong, and I have been punished. Why don't you spare me......"

Because Mrs. Yong'an Hou's whole body convulsed. Cheng Jinghong wanted to give a needle to Mrs. Yong'an Hou, but he didn't know where to start.

The door was slammed open.

Cheng Jinghong turned his head. Sure enough, it was Pei Zhang, and the two brothers Pei Jue came.

Pei Zhang rushed to the side of the bed in a few steps, and his voice was hoarse because of his emotion: "Mother! ”

Mrs. Yong'an Hou was still twitching, and her voice was suddenly sharp: "Pei Qin! The evil deeds you have done, you are innocent! Don't come to me, get out! ”

While shouting, he waved indiscriminately, and hit Pei Zhang's face with a snap.

Pei Zhang didn't care about the stinging pain on his face, and quickly shot out to point at Mrs. Yong'an Hou's faint hole. Mrs. Yong'an Hou really quieted down and stopped shouting. The instinctive convulsions of the body did not stop.

"Doctor Cheng," Pei Zhang's voice trembled a little: "Please, save my mother." ”

Cheng Jinghong didn't say much, nodded slightly, sat on the edge of the bed, and began to administer first aid to Mrs. Yong'an Hou. Chen Pi immediately stepped forward and helped his master.

Pei Jue stood in front of the bed, looking at Mrs. Yong'an Hou with a face like a tree, and a strong sour feeling surged in her heart.

Mrs. Yong'an Hou is not a kind mother-in-law, but she is not so bad. Except for being mean and never taking him seriously, he didn't treat him very harshly. His biological mother died early, and he still grew up peacefully in the Pei family's house. The food consumption is not as good as that of the eldest brother, and it is also a fine food and clothing.

In the past two or three years, Pei Zhang and Yong'an Hou father and son have turned against each other. Mrs. Yong'an Hou was caught in it, and she didn't have a comfortable day. The Pei family suddenly changed dramatically, and Mrs. Yong'an Hou was like a flower out of the soil from the day she left the capital, withering and withering day by day.

He had a strong premonition that Mrs. Yong'an Hou would not be able to hold on, and would be buried in a foreign land like the three dead Pei family members, becoming a lonely ghost.

……

As Pei Jue expected.

Mrs. Yong'an Hou has boiled up the oil and dried up, and she has no intention of surviving, and she has not improved after applying the needle. The convulsions were getting worse and worse.

Cheng Jinghong sighed gloomily and said to Pei Zhang in a low voice: "You have solved Mrs.'s faint hole!" When Madame wakes up, you and Madame will talk. ”

This undoubtedly tells Pei Zhang that Mrs. Yong'an Hou has come to an end and will not survive tonight.

Pei Zhang's eyes were red, and the grief in his heart almost overflowed his eyes. The whole person seemed to be frozen, and he didn't move.

Pei Jue's heart was heavy and uncomfortable, not only for his mother-in-law, but also for his eldest brother. He put his hand on Pei Zhang's shoulder and whispered in a dumb voice: "Big brother, you can solve your mother's faint hole!" ”

After a while, Pei Zhang hummed and stretched out his hand to untie Mrs. Yong'anhou's faint hole.

It is also strange to say that Mrs. Yong'an Hou suddenly stopped twitching, and the moment she opened her eyes, she was very conscious.

This is the return of light, and it is also the last moment before dying.

Mrs. Yong'an Hou also seemed to know that her limit was approaching, so she was not afraid, but her face was full of relief: "I'm dying." ”

After leaving Beijing for two months, Pei Zhang gritted his teeth and survived, no matter how hard and tired he was, he never shed tears. At this time, just a few words entered his ears, Pei Zhang's nose was full of sourness, and tears came out of his eyes.

Mrs. Yong'an Hou struggled to fumble with Pei Zhang's hand: "Azhang, don't cry. I should have had this day a long time ago. After two more months, it's time to see your father. ”

Pei Zhang choked up.

Pei Jue also cried.

Cheng Jinghong sighed in his heart, got up and walked out. Chen Pi also went out with the master. When the master and servant returned to their rooms, they sighed together.

Chen Pi said in a low voice: "Childe, the slave has never liked this Yong'an Hou lady very much. But now that she is dying, I feel that she is also pitiful. ”

As a doctor, it is not pleasant to watch a patient die.

Cheng Jinghong was silent for a moment before saying: "Mrs. Yong'an Hou used to be pampered and illustrious, but she was exiled overnight, and she has collapsed mentally. Along the way, she was sick intermittently, and I had expected that she would not survive Lingnan. ”

Sure enough, as soon as she arrived in Lingnan, Mrs. Yong'an Hou was not good.

Chen Pi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Childe, I miss Sister Licorice, and I miss my son Xiaoshan." ”

Cheng Jinghong cheered up and comforted Chen Pi, who missed his wife and children: "When they arrive in South Vietnam and they settle down, we can leave for Beijing." ”

There is still a month's journey to get to Jiuzhen. Waiting for the Pei family to settle down for a few days, and then leaving for Beijing, it will take another two or three months. If you add and subtract it, it will take four months for the family to reunite.

Chen Pi snorted listlessly.

……

In the room, Mrs. Yong'anhou's face was unusually ruddy, and she had the strength to speak. She called Pei Jue first: "Ah Jue, come here, I have something to tell you." ”

Pei Jue choked and knelt down on the edge of the bed.

Mrs. Yong'an Hou never treated this concubine, and she almost never spoke to him with a good voice. Now I close my eyes and go west, but I am gentle.

"Ah Jue, over the years, my mother-in-law has not treated you well. But you've always been respectful to me. In the past two or three years, your father has exalted you everywhere, and you have not carried away, but you are still very respectful to me. I have always respected and been close to your eldest brother. ”

"You and Princess Shouning have made a family affair and want to be a concubine. You weren't really happy at first. At that time, I knew that you were a good boy with a good heart. It's me who has always looked down on you. ”

"It's just that I'm born snarky and mean, and I don't want to praise you in front of people. I'm going to die, and you don't have to hate me as a mother-in-law. ”

Pei Jue was already crying uncontrollably: "Mother, don't talk about this. I never held a grudge against my mother. ”

Mrs. Yong'an Hou pulled the corners of her mouth, and said in a gentle voice that she had never had in her life: "Now that the Pei family is in trouble, your eldest brother has to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the patriarch." Ah Jue, you have to help your eldest brother. ”

"I now understand that brothers are siblings, linked by blood. Whether it's a concubine or a concubine, you are all brothers. When I die, you will be the closest to each other. From now on, you must support each other and hold on together. ”

Pei Jue cried so much that he couldn't speak, so he just kept nodding.

Mrs. Yong'an Hou reluctantly stretched out her hand and patted Pei Jue's head: "I still have something to say to your eldest brother, you go back first!" The dead don't look good, so don't look at it. ”

Pei Jue kowtowed three times, and the surging tears blurred his vision.