The third day of the crossing
Qingling was stunned for a while, and felt the corners of her clothes being pulled. It turned out that Xiao Baozi was pulling Qingling's clothes with his hands. The mouth babbled, and it was difficult to jump out of the fairly clear hunger, uh. As he spoke, he squeezed Qingling's body. Qingling stretched out her hand to hold him into her arms, but he was well-behaved, and he didn't cry, just whining and talking in Martian, or popping out a word or two of hunger.
Hearing the sound of the little bun, everyone in the prison raised their heads to look at the little bun, but several children leaned on their mothers to whisper that they were hungry. The adults are starting to react.
Qi Jia's eldest wife said, "It's almost time, and someone will come to deliver the meal later." After finishing speaking, he turned around and comforted his daughter.
Then he asked Su Mingzhu, who was sitting on the edge of the bed and pulling the old lady, "Has the old lady woken up again?" Is it better? ”
Su Mingzhu paused, frowned tightly, shook her head, looked up at the eldest lady, and lowered her head again, but her eye frames were red and bloodshot, thinking that she hadn't slept all night and cried again. The eldest lady sighed, and didn't dare to ask again, but just said Buddha.
The second wife, Lin, suddenly said: "Sister-in-law, why haven't they heard from the eldest brother and Jingchen until now, and I don't know how they are?" At the end, his voice was choked.
The eldest lady who was asked didn't know how to answer, she was also worried, and now her husband and son don't know what to do. And now she is also afraid of what kind of future awaits them as a family. Her daughter is still so young.
Lin didn't want an answer, and he knew that it was impossible to get an answer now, but he was too scared to say something to relieve the tension in his heart.
During this time, the capital did not know how many officials had been dismissed, and an eerie atmosphere had been hanging over the entire Kyoto. It's good to be dismissed, at least the family is safe. There are also many families whose homes have been raided, and those of several ethnic groups have been bleeding for several days in the vegetable market in the capital.
In fact, since his accession to the throne, the current saint can be said to be a wise king, diligent in government and love for the people, and has implemented many policies to benefit the people, which is very popular. This one is good for everything, but there are many sons, and each of them is good.
Although the crown prince was established early, the prince was crowned at the age of three, and he is now in his thirties. It's a pity that the emperor is suspicious, and as he gets older, even the son he raised begins to distrust. Plus the provocation of the brothers, the contrast. In the end, the prince rebelled, and Jiang was still old and spicy. The prince's rebellion failed, and if he failed, the people also had the backbone to drink a glass of poisonous wine, so he simply left.
The old emperor was angry at first, but the crown prince was always his most valued and distressed son, and now he is dead. He never thought of killing the prince, for fear that the prince would rebel. So it's all the fault of other ambitious princes, who forced the prince to disagree with his old father and embarked on this road of no return. The eldest prince and the second prince, who have contributed a lot, are even more disgusted. The trap of the ban, the depreciation of the deprecation. Not to mention these people who are muddying the water inside, and the courtiers who want to make a profit from the dragon are even more disgusted.
The Son of Heaven was furious, ambushed millions of corpses, and bled and drifted. After the death of the prince, most of the people related to the prince were implicated. And the Su family was also quite wronged, completely angered by the emperor. Because the Su family has always been royalist. In fact, this is the safest, and wise families generally choose this way and will not take sides early.
However, when the emperor and the prince were still in the honeymoon period, they were really obedient to the prince, in order to increase the weight of the prince, they directly waved their hands and gave the prince several leaders who were famous in the literati world to find teachers for the prince, and the original head of the Su family was Su Jingyun's father Su Jiayue was also a representative of the scholars, but unfortunately he died early, but the eldest son of the family is also very knowledgeable, and at the same time, the Su family is still a prestigious family that can help the prince, so he was also named the prince Shaobao. and the older generation of Yang Lao and He Lao in the literary world at that time to assist the prince.
However, because Su Jingyun's eldest brother is heavy and steady. But compared with other colleagues who assisted the prince together, he was not liked by the prince. The rebellion was such an important thing, and he didn't tell the news.
Most of the Su family's house was raided because of the emperor's anger, and there were too many people in the Su family who were officials in the court. Once they form a group, the impact on the literati is too great, and the Su family has actually been slowly divided in recent years, and it is not as united as before, especially the first line of the Yan branch has long been dissatisfied with Su Jingyun and their side branch has more power to speak than the first line of the Yan branch, and secretly interacts with the eldest prince and the second prince in private.
The temptation from the dragon's work is too great, everyone has a fluke mentality, and wants to earn the wealth of the sky, a very popular minister, and glorify the ancestors. has long been ruthlessly noted by the emperor, which has aroused the emperor's jealousy. Just take advantage of this to relieve hatred and disperse the influence of the family.
Therefore, a big family of the Su family was almost served by the pot, and the entire twenty-one families in the capital were all raided, the female dependents were sent to prison and imprisoned, and the adult men were taken for interrogation. Don't underestimate these twenty-one families, in modern times, there may be more than ten people in a family at most, but in ancient times, most of the brothers in a family were not separated, plus concubines and concubines, concubines, concubines, maids and maids, there were hundreds of people in a household. Like Qingling marrying into the Su family, because of the strict family style, you can't take concubines at will, and the brothers of the Su family are more dignified and have feelings for their wives. It's the least populated.
The Su family waited hard in the cell, it turned out that they were also members of the Su family next door, and they had an average relationship with them, but they had to call the second uncle when they met. But now it's no more, and they don't know what the final result of the family is, but when they were called out by the prison history, the crying shook the sky, and they knew that the result was not good, because these low-level officials were the most likely to see the wind and rudder, if it wasn't for the verdict coming down, they would generally not be so unkind to the official women.
Leave them to wait, and sometimes waiting is the most terrible thing. It's been seven or eight days since I came into the cell, and everyone has gone from being anxious at the beginning to being numb now, and when they have eaten the food provided in the cell, no one cares whether it tastes good or not, and it's good to fill their stomachs.
After eating, Qingling hugged the little bun and played for a while, and then mixed into the afternoon, after this time the little bun has been coaxed by Qingling to be obedient, and the little bun does not know that his mother has changed the core, and the child who is only more than a year old does not know anything, and usually takes the child mostly as a nurse and a maid.
So he won't notice that his mother has changed, Qingling herself likes this little bun quite a bit, there is the influence of the original owner or fate, for an old man who has lived alone for many years, teasing a harmless little bun, babbling is also a good thing.
"Xie Shi, you have family members to come and come out with us." The cell boss with a meaty face said impatiently.
Qingling was surprised, but she didn't expect someone to come to see her. And whether allowing a prison visit now means that the verdict on the Su family has come down, and I don't know what the outcome will be.
In an instant, everyone in the cell turned their eyes to look at her, and she handed the little bun to her sister-in-law, asking her to take care of it for a while. In fact, judging from the memory of the original owner, the sister-in-law is a good person, dignified and reasonable, and she is not bad for a few concubines, so she can rest assured that she will hand over the child to her.
The eldest lady took the child and was about to say something, when the old man who was waiting outside knocked on the cell door with a wooden stick and yelled roughly. "You hurry up, if you can't get out, you don't need to see you if you're grinding." Qingling had no choice but to hurriedly follow the cell leader out.
After walking for a while, I saw a young man who looked no more than twenty years old. As soon as he saw Qingling, he excitedly called out, "Little sister." ”
This is someone who genuinely cares about her. She said Third Brother, this is her sibling brother, Third Brother Xie tried to look at his sister in front of him with wide sour eyes. A thousand thoughts passed through my heart.
The silence of his father and mother-in-law, he could not say anything. But the aunt's entrustment when she left, and the picture when she remembered the picture when her little sister bowed her head and gave her purse when she was at home, this is his only dearest sister.
The picture of getting along in the past seemed to be clear all of a sudden, and he made a decision in his heart. Third Brother Xie raised his head and said firmly: "Little sister, you and Su Jingyun should be reconciled, the adult male of the Su family's branch was beheaded, and Su Jingyun and they were also sentenced to exile, I don't worry about you." After you go home, your brother will raise you, and the children will be given to the Su family, and their family will definitely take care of them. You listen to my brother, you're still young...."
Qingling shook her head and didn't agree, she knew that the third brother was really willing to take care of her, but in ancient times, women did not have a suitable identity and would be bound and oppressed a lot. And her brother is married, has a wife and children, and has his own small family. It was enough for him to say these words under the pressure of his father and grandmother and his own future.
Now that the Su family is in exile, with her own ability, she doesn't have to worry about the next road. And she feels that she has such a fate with the original owner, and she is willing to take on this responsibility for the original owner's children. Help the original owner take good care of him, in addition to inheriting the memory of the original owner, the feelings of the original owner are also affecting her, just like she also has a deep blood relationship with the children and brothers who the original owner cares for in her heart.
Xie Ming also looked at his sister, his heart was sour and unbearable, he also knew that his little sister would not agree, she was always quiet, but she was the most soft-hearted, and she would ruthlessly leave the child behind. Xie Ming also couldn't convince her, and handed her the prepared package, which had been inspected, and there were no contraband, gold and silver finances, just a few clothes and a bag of roast chicken, some pastries, and a few bottles of medicine. I looked at them and saw that they were all common medicines. Let Qingling take it.
While the cell boss was inspecting the package, Xie Ming also secretly stuffed something into Qingling's hand, and Qingling also reacted quickly and covered the thing with her sleeve without a trace. Time was limited, and Xie Ming couldn't say anything, so he explained some important information, their family might be exiled, but he didn't know the exile address.
Xie Ming also said that he was sent to a county in Guangling Province as a county commander, and the two didn't know if they could meet again. At the urging of the cell boss, Xie Ming had no choice but to leave. I don't know when the next time we meet.
After Qingling came back to the cell, everyone looked at her, even the old lady lying on the bed woke up, Qingling quickly told them the news that the family might be exiled, but they didn't know where to go and how far they would be exiled. The family was silent when they heard this, and their eyes darkened suddenly.
Although I knew that the outcome might not be good, there was no last glimmer of hope now. The old lady on the bed closed her eyes and didn't know what she was thinking.
Qingling took the little fat man from her sister-in-law's arms, and divided the food in the package, but there were not many things, so she gave them to a few children first. Watching a few children gobble up their food, while politely saying thank you, these children are all well raised. Even the twins were polite. Although the people left behind by the biological mother told them not to contact the stepmother, she would sell them, although they were afraid of Qingling, but they did not make Qingling feel sorry for Qingling.
When Qingling handed them the food, the little girl said, "Brother, do you have anything to eat?" Yun Yuan listened, touched his head and said embarrassedly that he wanted to give up the food to his younger brother. Although Qingling is not the Virgin, she will not embarrass these two children.
"Eat, brother still has it here."
When the two children saw it, they ate it with relish. Seeing that everyone was eating, the little fat man in Qingling's arms was also writhing in Qingling's arms, staring at the pastries in other people's hands without blinking, and his mouth followed it. At first glance, I was hungry.
Qingling felt a little funny looking at him like this, and at the same time felt a little distressed. Busy picking a few pieces of soft pastry and breaking them with his hands, this little fat man knew to beg as soon as he saw Qingling breaking the pastry. He opened his mouth wide and snorted, while pointing at his mouth with his chubby, indicating that he was hungry. Pretty smart.
Qingling fed him little by little. After he shook his head and ate for a while, he seemed to be ordering his little brain melon, sure that the pastry was delicious, and looked at Qingling with big eyes, and pushed the pastry that Qingling was going to feed him to Qingling's mouth, and said in a pitted voice: "Eat, eat."
Qingling looked at the pastry with the little fat man's saliva on her hand and didn't want to eat it. This is not good, the little fat man saw that Qingling didn't eat, and his little eyebrows became an inverted figure, and he looked at Qingling angrily and opened his mouth to "Chi ~ eat." Don't be well-behaved, eat hoy. ”
Qingling fed him again, but he still refused, so he let Qingling eat it one by one. Qingling had no choice but to eat a small petal of pastry quickly. The little fat man continued to eat satisfied, and from time to time he had to eat Qingling a few times.
When the little fat man ate well, Qingling turned out the clothes prepared by the third brother in the package, and the third brother Xie was full of care, and prepared two sets of clothes for Qingling and Su Jingyun respectively, and even Su Yunyuan and Su Yunxi's were also two sets per person, that is, there were more little fat people. There are four small sets of clothes. Qingling touched it, it was pure cotton, and it was very comfortable. Qingling planned to change the little fat man's clothes, and now he has been wearing this set for several days, so he can change his clothes cleanly so as not to get sick.
Qingling was about to undress the little fat man, and suddenly found that the little fat man had this jade plate hanging around his neck. Qingling thought about it and let the little fat man take it like this. Continue to change the little fat man's clothes. Qingling didn't change the clothes of such a young child, but the little fat man was quite well-behaved, and it took a little more time to change it with Qingling.
At this time, the cell boss came twice, once the second wife's maiden family, the Lin family, sent someone to come to see, and once the wife of the Su family's concubine sent someone to come and see. When the two came back, they both brought a package, which was also eaten and dressed, and their eyes were red.
Combined with everyone's information, it seems that there is no doubt about exile. When the matter was settled, everyone calmed down, and the adults were full. Just wait to see if it's exiled there. Even the old lady barely ate some.