In Liangzhou in spring, dark clouds destroy the city, silent and sad, and you can't feel the joy and vitality that spring should have.

There were few pedestrians on the streets, only horse-drawn carriages hurrying by, and all of them were hung with white lanterns and white flags.

The gate of the Liangzhou General's Mansion is open, full of plain eyes, there are two coffins parked in the mourning hall of the main courtyard, and the surrounding kneels are full of family members and servants who are heavy on filial piety, and the guests who come to mourn will block the inside and outside of the courtyard.

Gu Huanyi knelt in front of the spirits of her father and brother, her empty eyes open, and there were cries in her ears one after another, which made her breathless.

It's been five days since the accident in her family, and she still can't accept it, how could her victorious father and heroic brother die at the same time?

And those who died together with them were the 80,000 Gu family soldiers who were known for their prestige!

In the spring of this year, Beiyi waved his troops south to attack Liangzhou City, and the Gu clan led troops to meet it.

When the two armies were stalemate, an avalanche occurred in the Snow Lotus Mountain on the west side of Liangzhou, which broke the dam of the mountain pass, and the mountain flood poured for thousands of miles, approaching Liangzhou City.

There are enemy troops in front of the Gu family's army, facing the mountain torrent on the side, and there is a city of people behind them to protect.

In the end, General Gu chose to lead tens of thousands of soldiers to build an embankment and dig a river overnight to divert the torrent that was approaching Liangzhou City, but they were also annihilated by the torrent and Beiyi.

The only fortunate thing is that the flash flood rushed out of a piece of Heze outside the city of Liangzhou, blocking the road to the south of Beiyi, so that the people of Liangzhou waited for reinforcements and avoided disaster.

Today's two coffins are the clothed graves of the Gu family's father and son, and their bodies are still in the hands of the enemy and cannot be retrieved.

As soon as he thought of this, Gu Huanyi's heart was like being pierced by an iron cone, dripping blood crazily.

"Father! Brother! Gu Huanyi couldn't help it, and fell on the ground and cried again.

Mama Miao, the nursing mother who was guarding her on the side, said sadly: "Miss, please mourn, Madame has fallen ill, can you have any more accidents......

Gu Huanyi's mother, Song, could not bear the pain of losing her husband and child, and fainted in front of the spirit the night before yesterday, and had been unconscious for two days.

Gu Huanyi held back her crying and asked anxiously, "Hasn't my mother woken up yet?" Let Lang Zhong think of some way, no matter what medicine you want, I'll let people find it! ”

Mama Miao wiped her eyes and bowed her head silently, Lang Zhong had already told her in private that her wife was already riddled with old diseases, and now all her thoughts were lost, so she was afraid that she was going to go with the general, and she wanted them to be ready at any time......

Thinking that Gu Huanyi would be left with an orphan girl in the huge General's Mansion, Mama Miao couldn't help but hug her and cry out loud.

Just when the master and servant were crying bitterly, Song Ping, the housekeeper of the outer courtyard, trotted to him and reported urgently: "Miss, someone is here in Beijing!" The prince of the Ming Dynasty came to mourn by order, so go outside to greet the holy envoy! ”

Although Gu Huanyi is young, she has grown up with her parents since she was a child, and her knowledge is not short-sighted, she knows that this holy envoy who came by order is very important to the Gu family!

This time, the Gu family army was defeated, 80,000 soldiers were killed, and the Xuan Kingdom suffered heavy losses!

Whether the father and son of the Gu family are heroes who sacrificed bravely to protect the people of a city, or sinners who failed to resist the enemy, it all depends on the words of the saint.

Outside the Gu Mansion, the iron hooves were heavy.

In the twilight, hundreds of black-armored knights held royal flags and escorted a man dressed in plain clothes.

Looking at the white figure in the distance, Gu Huanyi thought to himself, this must be Li Congxin, the son of King Ming.

Although Gu Huanyi grew up in the northern borderland, she had heard of the name of the prince of the Ming Dynasty before.

King Ming is the eldest brother of His Majesty, and there is only one only son under his knees, Li Congxin, who was named the son of the world at birth.

This son has been outstanding since childhood, not only loved by the king of Ming, but also respected by the emperor, after getting the martial arts flower at the age of fourteen, he began to walk in the Beijing army as an errand.

It is only appropriate for him to be the holy envoy on behalf of the emperor, and Gu Huanyi is thinking about the relationship between the Ming Wangfu and the Gu family in his mind, hoping to find some useful information to help his father and brother strive for a good result.

But it's a pity that the Gu family is a frontier guard, and they rarely interact with people in the clan, and Gu Huanyi can't find the slightest entry point to win over Li Congxin.

When the holy envoy approached, Gu Huanyi didn't dare to look more, and immediately knelt down in front of the door to greet him.

Li Congxin dismounted and stepped forward, stretched out his hand to help Gu Huanyi, who had just fallen on the ground to make a big salute, and said in a cold voice with a slight hoarseness: "Miss Gu is exempt, please mourn." ”

These hands are extremely powerful, holding Gu Huanyi's forearm through the clothes, and the temperature is even a little hot.

Gu Huanyi's heart was a little relieved, the prince of Ming treated himself so politely, and there was grief in his voice, which showed that he was friendly to the Gu family.

She got up and was about to thank her, but she saw Li Congxin wave his hand to the black horse behind her, and in an instant, hundreds of knights with spears in hand poured into the Gu Mansion.

Gu Huanyi was very frightened, and asked in surprise: "Prince Ming!" What do you mean by that? ”

Li looked at her from the bottom of his heart, his expression was indifferent, and the previous kindness seemed to be Gu Huanyi's illusion.

I only heard him say coldly: "The Holy Lord sent me to come to mourn and take care of the Gu family's funeral, from today on, the Gu family will be temporarily taken over by me." ”

Condole? Aftermath?

This is obviously a posture of copying the house!

The anger in Gu Huanyi's heart rose, and she endured her temper and said, "The Holy One has compassion for my orphans and widows, and sent the son to help, and the little girl is grateful." But if the prince uses a knife and a gun in front of the mourning hall, if outsiders see it, they still think that my Gu clan has committed some serious crime, so I'm afraid it's not good, right? ”

Gu Huanyi's arm was still held in his hand, and she broke free twice irritably.

Li Congxin finally let go, rubbed his fingertips, did not answer her words, and walked into the door with his hands behind his back.

Li Congxin walked to the mourning hall, glanced at the coffin, didn't even put on the incense, and directly ordered someone to pick up the guests who came to mourn and seal the door of the house.

The guests scattered and fled, and the family screamed and hid in the corner, and cries of panic and anxiety were everywhere.

Gu Huan was so angry, now that her mother is sick, and her cousins are busy with the unfinished war, she is the only master in the family.

She nervously clenched her fists and stepped forward and said: "My Gu clan has guarded the northern gate for hundreds of years, and the people of Liangzhou know that my father and brother died on the battlefield, and they did their best to defend the gate of Liangzhou from being broken by the enemy. They are now coming to mourn, but only to pay tribute to the heroic souls, don't you even allow that? ”

Li Congxin said: "The general's bones have not returned, why are you busy paying tribute to your clothes?" The funeral was done in such a hurry, it was not very decent. ”

Gu Huanyi was stunned.

The family received a battle report from the front line, and when they learned that their father and brother had died in battle, Gu Huanyi and his mother completely lost their minds, and it was his cousin who invited the clan elders to come and decided to do the funeral immediately.

Because the body of his father and brother is still in the hands of the enemy, Gu Huanyi also asked, why not wait for the reinforcements to recapture the body, or will the capital come to the will and then hold the funeral?

At that time, the cousins said that only by preemptively letting the emperor know what the people of Liangzhou wanted, would they not be sentenced to the great crime of the Gu family's failure to resist the enemy.

Although Gu Huanyi felt that it was inappropriate, the major affairs of the family had never been decided by her little woman, and she was in grief, so it was up to her cousins to decide.

Now it seems that the Gu family's little trick has been seen through at a glance.

Gu Huanyi didn't dare to offend the holy envoy too much, so he had to say softly: "The battle ahead is stalemate, and I don't know when I will be able to take back the bones of my father and brother." The people of Liangzhou are grateful to my father and brother for fighting the flood with their flesh to meet the enemy, and they want a place to remember, and we also obey the will of the people, so we hurriedly built a mourning hall......"

"Conform to public opinion?" Li Congxin suddenly interrupted her words and said coldly: "Miss Gu said cautiously, whatever the people of the world want, it must be towards the saint." ”