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He paused before he went in eagerly, "Second uncle? ”

Cui Jie's eyes were red, he was clutching a letter in his hand, his wife was clutching her chest and falling on the chair crying bitterly, there were already several people around her, and Cui Liang's wife had already been carried back to the backyard in a coma.

When Cui Jie saw Cui Li, he reluctantly suppressed his emotions and asked, "Why are you here?" "He just received the letter here, and he didn't even receive the news from the big house next door, how did he come so quickly.

"My second brother happened to be in Suzhou, and I just received his letter, second uncle," Cui Yan handed him the letter in his hand and sighed: "You mourn and change." ”

Cui Jie clenched his fists, and all kinds of doubts flashed in his heart in an instant, how could it be so coincidental that Cui Ling was in Suzhou?

Under Cui Jie's grief, the emotions were not covered very well, Cui Jie's eyes were condensed, the grief on his face was more real, he held Cui Jie's hand and said: "Second uncle, Suzhou is not close according to this, do you see how Brother Liang arranges, do you want Brother Chong to go there, or let my second brother send Brother Liang back?" ”

Cui Chong is Cui Jie's second son and Cui Liang's younger brother.

Generally speaking, it is enough for him to pick it up in person, he has to be trustworthy, and it is best to let Cui Ling send people back.

But Cui Ling saw the doubts in his eyes, but he didn't think that he would rest assured that Cui Ling would take over.

Who knew that Cui Jie gritted his teeth and said, "No need, I'll pick it up myself." ”

Cui Yan was surprised, "But your body is ......"

"Don't worry," Cui Jie said with a cold face: "My son can't just die outside in such an unknown way. ”

Yes, it's just not clear, how could his carefully cultivated eldest son die of an accidental fall from a horse?

Cui Jie did not accept such a statement, he opened Cui Ling's letter, which was simpler than the one sent back by the head of the guard, and there was no useful information.

only said that Cui Liang accidentally fell from a horse and died, and he was now arranged in Suzhou City, and then comforted him throughout the whole story.

Cui Jie folded the letter angrily, he didn't need them to comfort him, he wanted the truth about his son's death.

Cui Yan saw that his hand trembling a little, lowered his eyes slightly, and no longer persuaded.

Mrs. Cui almost fainted from crying, because she didn't see the corpse, she refused to believe it until now, and muttered vigorously: "How come, how can it be, Liang'er's riding skills are so good, how can she fall off the horse?" Last night I dreamed that he came back with a happy face......"

Cui Jie said to his subordinates with a calm face: "Help Mrs. go down." ”

At this time, the big house next door also received the news and sent someone over to question, Cui Yan took the initiative to help greet him, although he really wanted to leave at this time.

When he returned to the fourth room two streets away in the evening, Yijiu immediately followed gently, "Uncle, the Lu family heard that the second master sent a letter back, and sent someone over to question." ”

Cui Jie rubbed his forehead and said, "Tell the Lu family that the second master has not come back, and I will personally visit when I am done here." ”

"Uncle, it's better to take the opportunity to let the second master come back, Miss Lu has been filial piety, and their marriage should also be put on the agenda."

In fact, Cui Ling's age should have been married three years ago, but it was only by chance that he met the Lu family to keep filial piety, so it was postponed for three years.

Now that Miss Lu is also twenty, the Lu family has to be even more anxious.

Cui Yan was also anxious before, but at this time, he shook his head and said: "Don't worry, I will go to the Lu family in person, and it is better for the second brother to stay in Suzhou." ”

He hadn't forgotten Cui Jie's suspicion just now, although he already knew that it was Lin Qingwan's hand, but he knew even more that his second uncle was very suspicious, but he was afraid that he wouldn't believe it easily.

If he had told him the truth, he would have been more suspicious.

Cui Yan took out the letter, lit it and burned it, his face flickering in the firelight.

Lin Qingwan guessed correctly, there are contradictions within any family, as long as it does not affect the entire clan, few people will rashly come forward and do thankless things.

What's more, the relationship between the fourth and second rooms of the Cui family is more complicated.

Cui Ling has been studying abroad since he was twelve years old, and his feelings may not be so deep, but Cui Ling, who has been struggling to support the fourth room, is not as simple as his younger brother.

The moment he learned of Cui Liang's death, he was not sad, going to the second room was just doing his duty, but after seeing Cui Jie's defensive suspicions, he thought more about it, and felt that Cui Liang's death was not a bad thing.

Everyone is of the same clan, he and Cui Liang are the same generation, others don't know, doesn't he know, Cui Liang's current fame is half of his talent, and the other half is pushed up by the second uncle.

He is not as amazing as the legend, and it is not a pity that he dies, but it is an opportunity for the fourth room of the Lin family.

Because Cui Zheng has no sons-in-law, only two concubines, and those two concubines are mediocre in talent.

And the third room is a concubine, and the patriarch of the Cui clan in the future must be selected from the second and fourth rooms.

Why did Cui Jie go to such great lengths to cultivate Cui Liang?

His purpose is not only to be a leader, but also to serve Cui's family. From the moment his second brother showed more outstanding intelligence than Cui Liang, Sifang began to be suppressed.

His parents were dead at the time, and he had only been married for a short time, so he was ignorant at first, but he only understood after being reminded.

He had to send his second brother to Jiangling to study, and sure enough, as soon as the second brother left Cui's family, the second room stopped moving, and the life of the fourth room was better.

For so many years, Cui Ling has been home and counted the number of times he has been slapped, and it is impossible to say that he does not hate in his heart.

Cui Ling didn't know these things, but Cui Ling kept them in his heart.

Thinking of his brother's question in the letter, Cui Yan called Yijiu and said in a low voice: "Go to Uncle Fang and ask him, four years ago, no, it should have been five years ago, what happened to the second room five years ago, did you send someone to Suzhou?" ”

Yijiu responded in a low voice, bowed and withdrew.

It is difficult for outsiders to inquire about the Cui family, but it is very easy for the Cui family to inquire about the Cui family, not to mention that Cui Yan has already prepared.

The next morning, he replied on the morning of 19, "Uncle Fang said that five years ago, Young Master Liang and the son of the Black Thorn Shi family seemed to have caused a death in Yangzhou, and they were chased tightly, so the master of the second room took action to smooth out the traces, and the big room also seemed to intervene." ”

Cui Yan frowned, "Dafang also knows?" ”

"In addition to the few guards that Uncle Fang knows, there are also a few soldiers on the other side of the big house, so ......"

"Do you know who it is?"

"Uncle Fang doesn't know much, those guards have very tight mouths, Uncle Fang has been inquiring a lot over the years, but I don't know who it is, but the other party's family background should not be bad, someone checked halfway, and almost caught the Cui family's side, and the master of the second room seems to be very taboo."

Cui Yan sneered, and understood in his heart, but he was afraid that Lin Jiang had checked it, although he couldn't get the evidence at that time, but people knew it.

He calculated in his heart, nodded and said: "I know about this matter, let Uncle Fang shut his mouth, there will be some turmoil in the second room recently, let him guard the door well, don't alarm the people inside." ”

Yijiu asked in a low voice: "Uncle, do you want to disclose this matter to the second room?" ”

"No," Cui Yan said: "Even if we can't be friends with Lin Qingwan, don't take the initiative to enmity with her, it's not worth it for Cui Liang." ”

What's more, the other party can kill the other party as soon as Cui Liang comes out of the Cui family, and he won't let his guards find traces, which shows her methods.

I'm afraid that she started to prepare soon after Xie Yiming's death, which shows her patience and forbearance, such a person who has the means and can bend and stretch, he doesn't want to provoke.

Not only him, but also the second brother can't provoke.

Cui Zhen hurriedly sent a letter to his younger brother, but this time it was in a code language, the letter was sent to Suzhou quickly, and this morning, Cui Jie had already taken his second son Cui Chong to Suzhou first.

However, Cui Lian was not in a hurry at all, Cui Jie was anxious that he was too old, and he didn't believe that his horse could run past his guards.

And just as Cui Jie was rushing to Suzhou for his life, the Chu Liang army, which had been silent for nearly two months, launched an attack on Jiangling Mansion at the same time.

Although Jiangling Mansion is densely populated, but there is little land, under the attack of both sides, there is almost no resistance, Chu State attacked the Jiangling Palace first, Emperor Meng took all the concubines to selfishly cut off in the palace, and when the Liang army finally came to the city, the Chu ** team had already searched all the things in the palace.

Zhao Jie of the vanguard army glanced at the Meng Palace with pity, and began to arrange troops and build defensive positions.

Moreover, as far as he knew, Yao Shi and his group of juniors were still in the city, and he had to try to get them out as much as possible, and if they could be used by him, even if they couldn't, they would sell a favor.

The speed of the military report is the fastest, so when the news from Jiangling reached Cui Ling, he received his brother's letter.

Both sides were anxious, and he read the military newspaper before he worriedly opened his brother's letter.

There are three things in the letter, one is that the second uncle will come to Suzhou to deal with Cui Liang's affairs in person, and the eldest brother asked him not to interfere too much; The second is that Lin Qingwan's matter is best rotten in the stomach, he has already checked, Xie Yiming's death is indeed related to Cui Liang, people are just taking revenge, and they are not good at interfering too much as outsiders; The third is that he has agreed with the Lu family, at this time the world is turbulent, and it is not an auspicious time to get married, so the marriage between the two families will be postponed for another year.

And it's not safe outside, he'll send him a few more guards, and they'll arrive soon.

Cui Ling didn't expect his brother to be so straightforward, he said that he didn't care about it, he burned the letter, thought about it, and took the military newspaper to find Lin Qingwan.

Forget it, since he doesn't let him take care of it, then he just shouldn't know about it.

Cui Ling's news was sent by his friend in Jiangling, half a day faster than the news Lin Qingwan got, and when he arrived at the Lin family's courtyard, Lin Qingwan had just received the news from Jiangling.

Hearing that Cui Ling was coming, she put away the intelligence report in her hand: "Whether it is an enemy or a friend, you will see it in a while." ”

Yi Han hurriedly got up and followed her.

As soon as Cui Ling saw Lin Qingwan, he eagerly stepped forward and said, "Lord Lin, my senior brother and they are trapped in Jiangling, you may rescue people?" ”

Lin Qingwan had a big smile on her face, and the fierce aura on her body dissipated a little, "I'm thinking about it too, let's go into the house and say." ”