The red maple leaves that have left the village, the red leaves that have fallen up the stairs, and in the dense autumn rain, the clogs make a rustling sound when stepping on the fallen leaves.

Cui Lin changed into a bamboo leaf green big-sleeved robe, stepped on the clogs under his feet, and the sleeves were fluttering and walked first, Cui Yi and Lu Sanlang, who was supporting the servants, followed behind, Gu Mingzhu took Abi and Xiaokui to follow them step by step towards the flower hall with the clogs.

There are already a few couches in the flower hall, three around the table, on which there are wine and dishes, and the other is next to the chairman, on which are a few delicate pastries, as well as hot tea soup, thin salt and less crispy, smelling more of the fragrance of tea.

Cui Lin sat down on the chairman, and sent Xiaoyuan to the small stove next to him to warm wine.

He invited Lu Sanlang to sit down on another couch, Cui Yi also sat down, and the three of them were silent around the desk.

Only Gu Mingzhu looked at the couch beside Cui Lin, hesitated, and finally sat down, but her face was a little red, and the couch was so close to Cui Lin, what made her blush was the pastries on the table in front of her, which she loved to use in the past, and they were not bad, which really taught her to dare not look at Cui Lin's side, for fear that her face would be even hotter.

Cui Lin was calm, he let Xiao Yuan pour hot wine, and raised his glass to Lu Sanlang: "Lin never thought that he would be able to see Lu Sanlangjun, it's a blessing." ”

Lu Sanlang smiled faintly, raised the cup to smell it with his thin and bruised hands, but he couldn't stop coughing, he had to put down the cup, covered his mouth with his sleeve for a long time before he eased up, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I haven't drunk for many years, I don't want to teach you to see jokes." ”

He leaned weakly on the table, his lips pale: "It's really not as good as living a day of happiness and wanton life like this for many years." ”

Cui Yi looked anxious and asked anxiously: "What is San Lang's illness and why is it so serious?" ”

Lu Sanlang's face darkened, a touch of sadness flashed in his eyes, and he waved his hand weakly: "It's just some fatal disease." ”

After all, Gu Mingzhu couldn't hold back her anxiety, and opened her mouth: "Dare to ask Lu Sanlangjun, what are my father and A-Niang ...... with you?"

Lu Sanlang looked at Gu Mingzhu and looked at Gu Mingzhu a little rudely for a while before he smiled slightly: "The county lord and the eldest princess are seven points similar, the eldest princess back then was famous all over the world, and no one can compare with her appearance and grace." ”

"I just saw the eldest princess once, or at the palace banquet, at that time, the eldest princess was the most favored princess of the first emperor, and the abolished prince, Wei Wangjing and the king of Yu are all compatriots of the same mother, the most noble. It's just that the crown prince was brave and brave back then, and King Jing of Wei was virtuous, and they were deeply loved by the first emperor, and King Yu was not so important in comparison, if it weren't for the change of the abolished prince back then, I am afraid that today's throne may not be ......."

He did not shy away from such taboo words of great sin, and said calmly, as if it was just an ordinary thing: "Back then, the crown prince was deposed because of the matter involving the witch Gu Town, and he hanged himself in the East Palace, the first emperor ordered a thorough investigation but found out that it was Wei Wang Jing who ordered someone to frame the abolished prince, Wei Wang Jing was convicted and imprisoned, and finally committed suicide by taking poison, the first emperor was seriously ill under the grief and anger, and he couldn't afford to be sick when he set up Yu Wang Mao as the prince, and he collapsed in the Taiji Hall after a while. ”

"My father won the trust of the first emperor back then, and he was an important minister of the first emperor with the crown prince and young master Guo Sheng and the general Gu Qing. Lu Sanlangjun's words were a little uneven, his panting was heavy, and he coughed and interrupted his speech from time to time, and it took a while to continue, "And I was just a prodigal son of the Zhao Guogong Mansion back then, with no intention of fame and only love books, wine, poetry and literature, and I have never had the slightest interest in the affairs of my father's court, and I don't know what happened." ”

"It's just that my father's face was extremely ugly after returning from the palace that day, and as soon as he arrived in the house, he locked himself in the study, and no one was allowed to go in, even Ah Niang was stopped at the door, and it took more than an hour before he ordered someone to call me and the eldest brother and the second brother to the study, but they wanted us to go back to Fan Yang's house."

"My father said that the first emperor's illness was already very serious, and I was afraid that he would not be able to last a few days, and he would inevitably be appointed as a minister to assist the new emperor to ascend the throne, but our brothers did not have to stay in Chang'an, and they would return to Fanyang in a few days, and he had already sent a letter back to Fanyang to settle us down."

"The eldest brother and the second brother refused to ask the reason, but my father didn't say a word, just ordered us to leave as soon as possible, and discussed with A-Niang again, and split the family wealth in the house and took it away with our three brothers."

When Lu Sanlang said this, he sighed softly: "Now that I think about it, my father already knew that his life and this mansion were difficult to protect at that time, and he wanted to arrange to save our vein earlier, but he didn't expect ......"

"I didn't expect it to be late after all, the first emperor died of illness in the Taiji Hall on the second day, my father and Auntie, as well as the eldest brother and two brothers were all called into the palace to cry, and the new emperor ascended the throne on the same day, and we were not able to leave Chang'an."

The northwest wind outside the flower hall gradually rose, and the red maple leaves fell into pieces, and the thin sound on the half-closed window moved people's hearts.

The hall was quiet, only Lu Sanlang's low voice mixed with coughing: "On the day of the funeral, all the concubines and palace people who served the emperor in the Taiji Hall were martyred, and when my father returned home, there was only despair left, he no longer let A-Niang arrange for us to leave Chang'an, but quietly ordered someone to send Dai Lang, the son of the eldest brother, who was only three years old, to Zhuangzi to recuperate, and when he came back, he changed his child, and Dai Lang did not know where to go." ”

He looked at Cui Lin: "I don't know if it has been sent to Fan Yang safely." ”

Cui Lin sighed softly and nodded: "Lu Jia Dailang was raised in the family room of the Lu family in Fanyang, and now he is also married. ”

A smile appeared on Lu Sanlang's pale face: "That's good, after all, our branch has not broken its bloodline." ”

"A few days later, my father received a letter, and after reading it, he locked himself in the study and never came out for a day, and when he came out, he just told A-Niang to prepare a set of red gold Ruyi Yingluo and send it to the mansion of the eldest princess of Xuanyang, so as to add blessings and longevity to the soon-to-be-born child."

"But in two days, news came that the eldest princess of Xuanyang had a difficult birth, and she gave birth to the little princess and died." Lu Sanlang couldn't help but glance up at Gu Mingzhu, his eyes were full of sighs, "Later, I learned that the letter was written by the eldest princess of Xuanyang, written to her father, to tell him about his death. ”

Gu Mingzhu's hand holding the tea pot froze there, looked at Lu Sanlang in a daze, and said in a low voice: "You said that my aunt was going to tell Zhao Guogong......"

Lu Sanlang sighed and nodded: "The eldest princess didn't die in childbirth, she was forced to be helpless, in order to save the lives of everyone in the Gu family and the soon-to-be-born county lord, she had to choose such a method......"