Jiangcheng is too remote, and it is quite inconvenient to transmit news, so you have to rely on someone to deliver the letter.

In the second month of Brother Ji'er in Jiangcheng, he received a letter from Brother Lin and Brother Ting.

The brothers who were close in the past are now estranged in their hearts. The two letters of peace are only a few words, and there is alienation between the lines.

After Brother Ji read the letter, he felt bitter in his heart, and he replied to the letter, but he didn't know what to write. It took a long time to write a few sentences.

"Cousin Lin (Cousin Ting) saw that the letter was fine, thank you for your concern. Fujian is close to the sea, and I heard that the scenery of Fujian is quite good. Jiangcheng is close to the mountains, and there is a lot of game and soil in the mountains......"

I wrote a few sentences dryly, and I didn't know what to write.

Brother Ji smiled bitterly and stopped writing.

After another month, Brother Ji received a letter from the capital. This was written by Sister Rong.

The two brothers and sisters have been close since childhood, and their relationship is excellent. However, since Sister Rong married into the Chu family, she has suddenly become much estranged from her mother-in-law and brother. Their mother and son have been away from Beijing for so long, and it is the first time that Sister Rong has written a letter.

Brother Ji deliberately made his mother happy, and deliberately took the letter to Zhao Changqing's bedside: "Mother, my sister has written a letter." ”

Zhao Changqing's eyes lit up, and he was really happy, and sat up with the support of the maid. opened the letter with his own hands, and after reading the letter, Zhao Changqing said with a smile: "Your sister is pregnant again." ”

Sister Rong married into the Chu family for two years and gave birth to a son. It's only been more than a year, and I'm pregnant again. It can be seen that the relationship between the young couple is not bad.

When Brother Ji heard the good news, his expression was relieved, and he rarely smiled: "This is good news." I immediately ordered someone to back up the generous gift and send it to the capital. ”

Zhao Changqing smiled and paused, and said softly: "You read the letter first." ”

Brother Ji was a little surprised, took the letter and read it. When he saw the back, the smile on Brother Ji'er's face quietly disappeared, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

Sister Rong hinted in the letter that there should not be too many correspondence in the future, and there is no need to send people back and forth to give gifts. The distance is long, and it is inconvenient to send messages and gifts.

The so-called inconvenience is just an excuse. This is to gradually distance yourself from your own mother and brother!

What a ruthless and snobbish one!

The more Brother Ji thought about it, the more angry he became, if it weren't for the fact that his mother was seriously ill and couldn't be overstimulated, he would have tore up the letter a long time ago.

Zhao Changqing looked at Brother Ji'er's forbearant anger in his eyes, and the bitterness in his heart was even stronger, and he whispered for a while: "That's it!" Back then, I forced Sister Rong to marry into the Chu family, and since then, Sister Rong has had resentment in her heart and has separated from us. ”

"Now that our mother and son have been brought to places like Jiangcheng, where does the Chu family still put the Lu Wangfu in their eyes. Now, Sister Rong's life in the Chu family is not very easy. This letter may not have come from her heart. ”

The Chu family is the top Jiangmen family in the capital, and it is also a first-class snob.

Seeing that the Lu Wangfu had been beaten into the dust, there was almost no room and possibility to turn over, and the Chu family was eager to draw a line with the Lu Wangfu.

Sister Rong is gentle by nature, and she is used to tolerating things. With such a temperament and temper, without the support of his mother's family, I am afraid that life in the Chu family will not be easy.

In the end, it is his own sister, no matter how angry Brother Ji is, he can't stand idly by.

Brother Ji said with a calm face: "I'll write a letter to the Zhao family, and my uncle often goes to the Chu family." After a pause, he said, "I'll write another letter to Cousin Aluo, asking her to take care of her sister more." ”

……

It takes more than a month to go from Jiangcheng to the capital to deliver a letter.

There was a reply from the capital, and it was already three months later.

In the past three months, Jiangcheng has made trouble with mountain bandits again. Brother Ji was aroused by the mountain bandits, so he simply lived in the barracks, ate and lived with the soldiers all day long, and practiced every day.

Soldiers were recruited with military salaries, and there were few men who were willing to receive them. Brother Ji took out his own silver and recruited new soldiers with double salary. As a result, intermittently there were finally men who applied for the job. The number of veterans and recruits in the garrison added up to a thousand.

Zhao Changqing's illness was good and bad, Zhao had to take care of his son, serve his mother-in-law, and take care of the trivial affairs of the house.

Brother Ji was so busy that he wanted to split himself in half.

The uncle of the Zhao family sent a letter, and the queen often summoned Sister Rong into the palace to accompany her, and the Chu family did not dare to snub Sister Rong at the queen's mother.

Ah Luo's letter is more direct and domineering.

Cousin Ji rest assured, with me here, no one dares to bully Cousin Rong for half a point.

Brother Ji looked at Ah Luo's letter, and his heart was mixed, and he had all kinds of tastes.

He never told anyone, in fact, he had always been jealous of Arlo.

He is three years older than Ah Luo, intelligent and diligent, and he studies and learns martial arts very hard. But Ah Luo is better than him in everything. What's more, Ah Luo has the father who loves his daughter the most in the world. It took several years of thinking to hold the position of prince in front of Ah Luo.

There is such a person in the world, who oppresses you in everything and is favored by everyone. What you have been so desperate for falls into the hands of that person.

How can Brother Ji not be jealous and resentful, how can he be calm?

However, at this moment, looking at Ah Luo's familiar handwriting and direct promise, Brother Ji had to admit that he was indeed inferior to his cousin.

If nothing else, just this open-mindedness, he is far from it.

Put yourself in his shoes, if he were Ah Luo, he would not allow the other party to leave Beijing at all, let alone promise to take care of Sister Rong.

Also, Arlo is pregnant.

Brother Ji silently hid the letter and did not let Zhao Changqing see it.

Zhao Changqing's health is getting worse day by day, and don't let her know the news about Ah Luo. lest she be depressed and unhappy, and her condition will worsen.

……

The fact that Ah Luo was pregnant was concealed, and Brother Ji didn't mention anything about the big case of the officials in the capital.

It's a pity that Brother Ji'er's good intentions have not achieved much results.

Zhao Changqing's condition gradually worsened, and when the weather was cold and autumn, he could no longer get out of bed. The body is boiled dry, and at any time it will let go and close its eyes.

Brother Ji kept watch by his mother's bed for a day and a night.

Zhao Changqing didn't eat the rice, he couldn't drink the decoction in a sip, and his thin and pale face was dead. When he returned to the light, Zhao Changqing's face was strangely rosy, and a trace of brilliance flashed in his eyes.

"Brother Ji, the concubine has to go first, don't be too sad."

"Your father has been waiting for me underground for so many years, and I can finally go to see him and be reunited with his husband and wife."

Brother Ji cried bitterly and held Zhao Changqing's hand tightly.

Those who are about to die are also good in their words.

Zhao Changqing said in a low voice: "Brother Ji, guard Jiangcheng well." No matter how difficult it is, you have to hold on and live well. ”

After saying this, Zhao Changqing gasped violently a few times, then closed his eyes and never opened them again.