374. Farewell
Su Xiaojin was worried, and after a few simple words of explanation to Qin Wenya, he said goodbye to her, and said that he would definitely come to see her again next time he was free.
Qin Wenya smiled and said okay, she waited for her. Su Xiaojin reluctantly left the frontier.
Along the way, Su Xiaojin was thinking about his father's serious illness, and looked at the medical book from time to time, looking like he was seriously studying the condition.
Tang Muchen looked at Su Xiaojin's appearance, and wanted to tell her the truth many times, but when the words came to his lips, he was silent again. He didn't know where to start, after all, he also learned about this matter from other people's mouths, and the specific details would only be known when he returned to the capital.
Back in the capital, Tang Muchen took Su Xiaojin and went directly back to Su Xiaoqian's home. On the way, Tang Muchen ate more and reminded Su Xiaojin to be mentally prepared, Su Changlin's condition may not be good.
Su Xiaojin glanced at him, and when he came back from the frontier, he said it all the way. She seemed to sense something in her heart. When he was about to walk to the door of Su Xiaoqian's mansion, Su Xiaojin stopped Tang Muchen.
Neither of them spoke to each other, Tang Muchen knew that Su Xiaojin should have guessed, so he nodded silently. Su Xiaojin smiled bitterly, opened his mouth but couldn't make any sound. Tang Muchen walked to her side and hugged her into his arms.
As soon as he got out of the carriage, Su Xiaojin came to the main hall non-stop, and Su Xiaoqian was kneeling next to Su Changlin's body, motionless.
Seeing that it was his sister who came back, Su Xiaoqian's tears came out all of a sudden.
"Sister, why did you come back?" He cried loudly, he had been protected by her since he was a child, and this time she was suddenly gone, and he had not taken care of his father on his own.
Su Xiaojin looked at his father's body and couldn't believe what was in front of him.
"How did this happen?" She asked, crying.
Su Xiaoqian cried that he was sorry for his father and sister, and he blamed him, it was all his fault.
"On that day, if my father hadn't pounced on him and exchanged his life for Ziyuan's life, today's events would not have happened. It's all my fault! It's me who is bad, it's my incompetence, not only did I fail to protect my wife and children, but I also risked my father's life. I hate myself so much! ”
From his younger brother's crying, Su Xiaojin probably understood the cause and effect of the incident. She knew that her brother had a temper, and she didn't blame him. She also knew that if she gave her father another chance, he would not hesitate to pounce.
After listening to her sister's consolation, Su Xiaoqian felt much better.
"You go out first, I want to be alone with my father." Su Xiaojin branched out against his younger brother Su Xiaoqian.
She stood beside Su Changlin and looked at him over and over again, all she recalled in her mind was the scene when the two recognized each other. She lamented the passage of time, disgusted that she had not had time to feel her father's love for a few years, and she had completely lost him.
She lay on Su Changlin's cold body and cried bitterly. Tang Muchen guessed that she would be here early in the morning, and after holding the cloak in his hand and draped it on her body, he took her away from Su Changlin's body and pulled her into his arms.
Su Xiaojin leaned on his arms, all the grievances came to her heart, and she cried painfully.
Tang Muchen was almost distressed when he heard it, he wanted to tell her that the deceased was gone, so don't cry anymore. But he couldn't bear it, just followed her back over and over again, quietly accompanying her. He knew that crying out at this time was the best solution.
Su Xiaoqian wanted to discuss Su Changlin's burial with Su Xiaojin, and the two went out early in the morning to see the shroud, and they wanted to do it themselves.
Walking through the door of the vegetable market, Su Xiaojin saw two heads hanging on the wall. Because of time, they have dried up a little, and their skin has cracked, although they can no longer see their original appearance, she can still see at a glance which one is Tang Yan and which one is Tang Fan.
Seeing this, Su Xiaojin's heart swelled with a trace of inexplicable sadness, and she didn't know why.
Su Xiaoqian watched her sister staring at the two heads on the wall in a daze, thinking that she still had hatred for them, and tentatively called "sister", and said that they had received their due retribution.
Su Xiaojin knew what her brother meant, she didn't answer him, she just said let's go, and the two continued to look at the shroud.
In fact, no matter who they were, how much unhappiness had happened before, on the day they died, everything was already written off. Everyone is dead, and being jealous is nothing more than adding to the distress, and she has already let it go.
For Su Changlin's shroud, Su Xiaojin didn't want to use the name of the emperor's relatives to make him too gorgeous, he wanted Su Changlin to be more relaxed than now when he was below, and it was best not to get involved in politics and other things, his life was hard enough.
She deliberately chose a black shroud, the most ordinary eye color, the material is fine silk, and the pattern is the king of flowers in the national flower, she just wants Su Changlin to be an ordinary businessman who only knows how to make money, which is what she and Su Xiaoqian both want.
After choosing a shroud, the two began to choose the objects for pressing the coffin, one was Su Changlin's favorite dagger inlaid with rubies brought from the Western Regions, and there was also his favorite antique. Whatever I could think of, I put it in.
Zhu Ling knelt beside Tang Muchen, repeated the events of the day one by one, and asked Tang Muchen for not protecting the old man.
Tang Muchen didn't have any intention of blaming, he shook his head and let him get up. He didn't even think about this matter, how could Zhu Ling not know the prophet, so he didn't blame him.
Everything is ready, and it is really waiting for the condolences to be buried.
The emperor knew that Su Changlin's mourning hall was ready, and he also rushed over in his busy schedule. He saw the scene at that time, and he would have a lot of emotion when he saw everything with his own eyes, and he now admired Su Changlin from the bottom of his heart.
For a father, this great fatherly love is beyond his reach.
The arrival of the emperor not only invisibly gave Su Xiaoqian enough face, but also followed a large number of ministers of Wang Gong to follow suit and come to condole.
During this period, there was a constant flow of people, and former business partners also came to mourn, whether they were sincere or not, in short, people came.
Tang Lingyun has also been sullen these days, and everyone is crying with a sad face when he sees it. Sometimes when he can't help it, he will let himself cry, anyway, he is a child, and no one will laugh at him.
Tang Muchen felt very strange, he hadn't seen Tang Lingyun cry when his father died, why did he cry so sadly?
"Why would you cry for him?" He was a little puzzled.
Tang Lingyun told Tang Muchen that he didn't feel that he had a grandfather, he only felt that he had a grandfather.
"The most important thing is that I feel sorry that my mother will not have a father in the future." After saying that, he began to cry again.