"What about Yi'er," the old man added a little pathos to Tuesday's sorrow, "I think that at the beginning, your father was quite famous as an official in the court and won the sacred heart, and although your eldest uncle was a hereditary earl, the Zhou Mansion was already outside the middle and inside, and in order to marry your eldest aunt, he sold land and houses, and became a complete ruined household. Fortunately, your father took care of it, and he took the lead in the business of the Zhou Mansion, and recommended your two uncles as officials, and your mother helped to take care of the operation, so that the Zhou Mansion had the same situation as it is today. ”

There is such a thing, Ye Junyi is not the deity, and he doesn't know it. But he said: "This is a family, and my parents should be like this." ”

"Good boy, hey!" The old man sighed on Tuesday, "Your mother said the same, she has worked hard in the Zhou Mansion for several years, and your aunt and uncle saw that the family had accumulated meager funds, so she and your father had to move out of the Zhou Mansion with the age of five, and they were pitiful for your parents who had been in charge of the Zhou Mansion for a few years, but they did not even have a place to live, and they only rented a courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing to live." A few years ago, your father sent someone to say that your mother was, and that she had gone........."

Speaking of this, the old man on Tuesday covered his face with his sleeves and couldn't cry. Ye Junyi also wept when he heard this, one was that there were remnants of the original feelings of this deity, and the other was also lamenting the couple.

"Suddenly, your grandmother and uncle and I don't believe it," continued the old man on Tuesday, "and when you get to the mourning hall, you will catch your father and ask him to explain what happened." Your father said that one of your mother's best friends had gone to her house to watch fish, but accidentally slipped into the pond, and when he was rescued, he was already out of luck."

"Since it is an ornamental fish, my mother's friend should be a big family." Ye Junyi said strangely, "Such a family must have many servants, why can't the guests fall into the water in time to rescue?" ”

"Your uncle and I thought the same thing," said the old man on Tuesday, "that is, to ask your father who this woman is, and to call the door to ask for an explanation, but your father actually tried to stop him, and knelt down in front of the court, but did not say the woman's name." ”

"Why is my father like this?" Ye Junyi really felt that this matter was extremely strange.

"Yi'er has grown up," Master Zhou saw her listen, although he was shy, he didn't cry or make trouble, and he was also very organized about the crux of the matter, and he unconsciously showed a relieved smile, "I am also puzzled with your uncle, according to the fact that your parents' relationship is excellent." Your father was a classmate of your uncle, and had a very good personal relationship with your uncle, who was two years older than me, and was invited to the house as a guest. At that time, your father was twenty-seven, but your mother had just reached the end of his life, he had this wife, very cherished, the two of them were very affectionate on weekdays, but that day your mother died in vain, he had such an attitude, I really can't figure it out. ”

"Isn't there a hidden secret to my mother's death?" Ye Junyi said again, "Or if this woman returns to her family a high-ranking person, she can't be offended?"

"Yi'er's words are reasonable," Master Zhou continued, "After all, your father has so much kindness and righteousness with the Zhou Mansion, and your uncle and I saw him like this, and it was not easy to force him, and I helped bury your mother at that time." After your mother's death was over, your father entrusted you to your uncle, and I thought about it a little bit after a long time. A few days before your mother's departure, your father came to the house and talked with your uncle all night, and I have no way of knowing what he said. I admired his learning, and the next afternoon, when I went to look for him, he and your uncle were very drunk, and I helped him to rest in the wing, and settled him, and I was about to leave, but he cried and pulled me, and said a lot of strange things. ”

Ye Junyi listened quietly, but did not interject this time.

"Hey—" The old man sighed after taking a sip of tea on Tuesday, "He cried to me: 'Brother, I'm afraid I can't turn around this time, and it is also a great pleasure to accompany your little sister to the Huangquan Road, but this heart can't let go of Yi'er.'" ’

I said, 'You are so drunk today that you are talking nonsense.' Little sister, she has a good husband like you, but she has not been accompanied by this good life for a lifetime, and when the filial piety period is removed, another virtuous woman is selected to fill the house, and the good life takes care of Yi'er, why do you say so. ’

When he heard this, he wept even more, and said to me, 'Brother, do you really think that Madame's wife fell into the water on her own?' No, no, I was born in a water town, I taught her some water, a small pool, how can I kill her? Lies, lies! Don't they know to me? When they brought back the body of Madame, they wrapped it in cloth, and I was only allowed to look at her face, Madame, who clearly had a serious bruise on her face. ’

'Nonsense! When I heard this, I scolded him angrily, "I thought you were a person who could trust my little sister for life, but I didn't want you to be such a cowardly and incompetent person!" Why didn't you tell us the truth and go to the woman? ’

'Brother,' said your father, 'I can't say to you!' The monks and Taoists in front of the spirit, the servants who served tea and poured water were carrying murder weapons, and they coerced me to say a single word, that is, to kill all the worshippers, burn down the mourning hall, and even the neighbors of me, together with the Zhou Mansion, will kill and burn down all the slag. As long as I don't talk nonsense, I will be promoted to an official and become rich, and I will be an official and a servant. ’

When I heard this, I was frightened into a cold sweat, so many murderers are just that, Xu Your father's official position turned out to be a squire, is this what ordinary people can do. I stood in front of your father's couch and was startled for a while, but I came to my senses, poured a cup of tea on his head to sober him up, and asked him, 'Who is this woman?' Do you have such a ability? ’

Your father was splashed with water and sobered up, but he didn't really want to say it, and when I asked him again and again, Fang said: 'Brother, don't you ask, you want to be your official, don't get involved in these things, lose your own little life, and it's not worth it to affect your wife and children, parents and brothers.' Do you have what it takes to be a woman? She is doing things for people, and the master behind her is extremely powerful. However, the man was very well disguised, and before this incident, some colleagues had drunk and told me that this person had behaved extremely badly, especially greedy, and secondly, he regarded money as his life, as long as it was a woman he looked down on, no matter who it was, it was the emperor's concubine, and he would definitely get it. What's even more heinous is that most of the women he got were tortured to death, with no skin, and even dismembered and thrown away. When this colleague told me, I still didn't believe it, laughed at him for being drunk and talking nonsense, after the accident of my wife, I secretly asked a friend to check the woman, and the woman and this person were actually a pair of adulterers and adulteresses, and then I thought about the above, Mrs. She was not poisoned by this person, so what? ’

'The whole world is not the emperor's land,' I said, 'don't tell me this again, you just tell me who this person is, and I will go to the palace to sue him.' ’

'Haha......' Your father listened to my words, and he burst into tears and laughed up to the sky, "Sue the royal court, do you think I haven't tried?" This person is very well disguised, the emperor favors him very much, this Daqi is now half of the sky is his, what you and I say like Xiaoshi, will he believe it? Oh, didn't I mention it to you? This person has a strong sense of revenge, someone has impeached him, the emperor saw the fold and threw it at him with a smile, he saw it at the time, and he also smiled, looking like he was clear and self-purifying, and he didn't step on it. But within a year, this person who was on the fold was guilty of treason, and he was even of the Nine Clans! Do you know, I also wanted to steal a fold, but before I could hand it out, his person appeared in front of me, and then I was transferred to Shanxi to investigate the history. Knowing that he will fulfill his promise and give me real power, in fact, my life will not last long, and he will do it when he leaves Beijing. ’

At this point, the two of us could only hug our heads and cry for a while.

'Brother,' he took me by the hand after crying with me and said, 'You are young, you must not be arrogant, or you will abandon your official position and go to the countryside to serve flowers and grass, and you must be cautious and say less about right and wrong. My Yi'er, you must remind your brother that you must not let your head be shown outside, and you must not let men and women you don't know to see her, and when she is a little older, she will marry into an ordinary family, and the farther away from the capital is the better. 'Hey! ”

Speaking of which, the old man was already in tears on Tuesday, and Ye Junyi had already tried to wet Luo Pa.

"That's the case," Ye Junyi said, "That day, the eldest uncle and his wife wanted to send me to Yasukuni Mansion as a concubine, and the second uncle also agreed, just so that my niece could be protected by the Hou Ye?" ”

"Hey!" After hearing this, the old man on Tuesday said, "Your eldest uncle has been in the official for a long time, and he has so many thoughts that he shouldn't have, and when he sees that you are becoming more and more prominent, he and your eldest aunt will forget your parents' kindness and trust to him, and he will use you to make a transaction in exchange for benefits." When I knew about it, it was decided, and it was useless to block it. After thinking about it, this has never been a good thing, once the life of Marquis Xu, very few people don't know, no matter who that person is, it may be difficult to move him; Besides, being a concubine in this Houmen deep mansion is rarely seen in front of people, although it is a little insulting to you, but it is the most important thing to keep your innocent life. ”

But she showed up! In the Zhou Mansion, she ran out to question Xu Ziqian, in the Ke Wang's Mansion, although Princess Jing reminded her later and wore a veil, how many people had seen her face before.

"Half of the sky of Daqi is his, who is such a powerful person?" Ye Junyi thought silently in his heart, and involuntarily said this, "King Ke who is like a blind bear? A person with a wicked face may not have a bad heart. Ruiwang? Ruiwang looks gentle and elegant, doesn't he seem to be such a person? In addition to these two people, there are other powerful people in Daqi? ”

"That's what I think too," said the old man on Tuesday, taking a sip of tea, "There are only a few people in this Daqi who have some forces. Xu Houye can also be regarded as one, but his identity is embarrassing, he was mostly naughty when he was young, and he didn't like it for the saint. Although he made great military achievements, he was jealous of the saint and seized the throne, and after he came back, he was suppressed a lot, cut his military power, and let him hold a civilian position, and his power should have been divided and reduced over the years. The possibility of the two kings of Na Ke and Rui is very great, and there is one person whose power can also be compared with the second prince, that is the husband of Princess Changfu - King Changshan. ”