Chapter Seventy-Eight: Uncle, Grandfather
The two got out of the carriage, but the guards of the Houfu did not know Zuo and stopped them from entering.
Now that Hou Ye is seriously ill, he can't slack off for a moment.
"You call Uncle Zhang out, he knows me."
The guards were surprised that the Zuo family actually knew about the housekeeper of the Houfu, and after thinking for a while, they decided to go and talk to Uncle Zhang first, lest it would be bad if he was really a nobleman.
Now that Hou Ye is already preparing for Hou Ye's death, he is afraid that Hou Ye will not come up in one breath and catch them off guard.
Uncle Zhang is in full swing preparing the items he needs.
"Uncle Zhang, someone came in outside, saying that it was the eldest lady of Houfu, I don't know it, and I'm afraid of bumping into the nobles, so please go over and have a look."
Uncle Zhang put down the things in his hand and hurriedly ran to the door of the mansion.
The door of the mansion opened from the inside, and Zhang Bo saw Zuo's face through the small gap in the door, and tears welled up at once.
It's the eldest lady, it's really the eldest lady.
When he walked to the threshold, he mixed it and almost fell to the ground.
"Miss, is it really you? You're finally back. "Uncle Zhang is so excited, Zuo's has not changed much in the past ten years, and he can recognize and buy it at a glance.
But he couldn't believe it, was this really Miss?
Zuo's eyes were blurred by tears in an instant, "Uncle Zhang, it's me, it's me, I'm back!" ”
Uncle Zhang is an old man from Houfu, he has been here since Zuo was very young, and he is very loyal to Houfu.
When she was a child, the scene of Uncle Zhang making a swing for her is still vivid, and now, Uncle Zhang is old and his waist is bent.
But as always kind.
"Okay, okay, just come back.
Let's go, let's go in. ”
After Zhang Bo made a big salute, he hurriedly beckoned them in.
"What is this?"
The fact that the Bai family's righteous daughter was also on the genealogy spread in Kyoto, and almost everyone knew about it.
"This is my daughter, Nanyi."
Uncle Zhang said yes again and again, and then Lin Nan and his party gave a big salute, "Little Miss, you haven't been to the eldest lady's house yet, let's go in, Master Hou will definitely be very happy to see you." ”
The heirs of the Marquis of Anyuan are thin, with only one son and one daughter, and his son Zuo Fangyu is now serving as a servant in the court, and his daughter is Zuo.
The two of them have been close since childhood, and the elder brother Zuo Fangyu loves her sister the most, and she basically does everything.
She hadn't seen her brother for more than ten years.
The news of Zuo's return to the house spread immediately, and Uncle Zhang wanted to take her to see Master Hou immediately, but Zuo was afraid that his father would still be angry with her and refused to see her, so he planned to meet his brother first.
When she returned home, she looked at the same but different layout as before, and she seemed to settle down all of a sudden.
This is the kind of stability that is not available by Bai Yun's side, like the stability of truly returning to one's own place.
The left side of the breed came quickly, and the footsteps were hurried, showing the anxiety of the moment.
Zuo waited in the front hall, his palms were slightly sweating, he hadn't seen his brother and sister-in-law for more than ten years, but they were still the same as before?
"Yun'er."
A familiar voice came.
As soon as Lin Nan raised his eyes, he saw a man who was eight points similar to Zuo's.
This is her godfather.
"Brother~"
"Yun'er~"
The two figures hugged each other tightly, and the thoughts that Zuo had endured for more than ten years collapsed in an instant at this moment, and her brother's warm and solid embrace as always made her feel at ease.
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back."
Lin Nanyi had never seen Zuo cry like this.
Outside, she is Bai Yun's wife and the mother of the Bai family, and her words and deeds are seen by others.
Here, she can be a sister in her brother's arms, with a place to rely on and a warm embrace.
Lin Nanyi couldn't help but sniff, damn it! How can you be so moved!
Woo woo ~ ~
The brother and sister cried for a while before they came to their senses, and Zuo Fangyu turned his head to see Lin Nanyi.
As soon as Lin Nan looked at him, he knew that he already understood who he was.
Resolutely and generously saluted, "Uncle is healthy." ”
Zuo Fangyu was obviously stunned for a moment.
Uncle? No one had ever called him uncle, and the child who could call him uncle was gone more than ten years ago.
Now the name that suddenly came out evoked his long-sealed memories.
At that time, there was no sadness between Zuo's eyebrows.
Yes, as the only daughter of Marquis An Yuan, the only lady in the Hou Mansion, almost the whole mansion is afraid of falling in her hands and holding it in her mouth for fear of melting.
Zuo is also competitive, and has shown an unusual love for qin, chess, calligraphy and painting since he was a child.
You can learn everything to be proficient, and she is a famous talented woman in Kyoto.
In the twenty-eighth year, Hua married Bai Yun, Bai Yun respected her, and on the day of marriage, he said in front of everyone that day that he would not live up to her in this life, and there would be no second woman.
It's good to live in my mother's house, and it's good to go to my mother-in-law's house, and the relationship between husband and wife is harmonious, and they respect each other like guests.
At that time, she laughed insolently.
But now, the sorrow between the eyebrows has not dissipated, and his face is much paler.
"This is my righteous daughter, and I am also the concubine of me and Bai Yun, who has been on the family tree."
Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Zuo explained beside him.
Lin Nanyi bent his knees again and called softly, "Uncle." ”
This voice successfully pulled Zuo Fangyu back from his memories, this voice wanted Zuo to pull him soft and glutinous to call his brother when he was not out of the cabinet before.
If he hadn't known that her daughter had really died more than ten years ago, he would have really thought that this was her long-lost daughter.
"Alas!" Zuo Yu slowly responded.
In the future, he will have a niece.
He was not blessed in his life, and he gave birth to three sons in a row without a daughter.
Now that he and his wife are old, they don't dare to take any more risks.
looked at Lin Nanyi, as if he had all his dream of not having a daughter.
My sister's daughter is also his daughter, regardless of whether he is biological or recognized, as long as his sister recognizes, then he recognizes.
This is their little lady.
The front hall was harmonious, but the wife of Zuo Fangyu, Yin, never appeared.
Zuo's asked casually, it turned out that Yin took a few sons to his parents' house, and heard that there was a scholarly conversation meeting there, and there were many people who went, so they also let them go over to see the world.
"Let's go, I'll take you to see Dad."
After some greetings, Zuo Fangyu proposed to meet Hou Ye.
Zuo was a little scared, she didn't dare, she was afraid that her father was still angry and refused to see her.
She figured it out now, the situation was very critical at that time, and even Bai Yun didn't arrive in time, let alone her father, who was trapped in the palace and couldn't get out.
"Yun'er. Don't be afraid, Daddy is not angry for a long time, after you resolutely left that day, Daddy always looked at the direction of Baifu in the study and sighed.
You're his only daughter, so how can he blame you? ”
Zuo was still a little scared.
In the end, at Zuo Fangyu's insistence, Zuo and Lin Nanyi came to Hou Ye's courtyard together.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, a strong smell of medicine came to my nose, and all I could smell was bitterness.
Daddy can't bear the hardship the most, when he was young, he had to use candied fruit to coax him to drink it, but now he is soaking in this pharmacy all day, how uncomfortable he should be.
Zuo wiped the corners of his eyes, trying to make himself look less sad, and couldn't let his father see her like this later.
In the past, my father loved him the most, and I would feel distressed for a long time when I bumped him.
Zuo Fangyu took the lead in pushing open the door and entered the room, "Dad!" ”
Zuo didn't dare to step in for a long time, Lin Nan half-pushed and half-helped her in, "Mother, sooner or later, you have to face it, it's better now than when people are gone." ”
Although this is not a good thing, it is also true.
Hou Ye's current situation is that one day is counted as one day, if he doesn't go in today, he won't know when he will meet again.
Don't do things that you regret.
Zuo Shi went inside, the smell of medicine became even stronger, and he couldn't help but cover his nose and cough lightly.
"Who's coming?"
The old and weak voice came out, and Zuo's feet were mixed, and he almost fell directly to the ground.
Her father, the tallest man in her mind, how could he be like this now.
Hou Ye was lying on the bed, the quilt was up to his neck, and the room was extremely dark, I couldn't really see Hou Ye's face, but I knew that it must be very pale at the moment.
Hou Ye didn't expect that the father and daughter would meet again would be like this, and after a long time of reacting, the biggest reaction was to pull the quilt up and cover the whole person, her Yun'er loved beauty the most, and he couldn't let Yun'er see his half-dead appearance.
No.
The elderly Hou Ye had weak movements, and he didn't pull the quilt for a long time, and he looked a little flustered.
Lin Nanyi didn't look over, this kind of scene is really a cry once you watch it.
Zuo fell to his knees, "Dad, your unfilial daughter, it's too late." ”
The tone is full of sadness.
The grandmother guarding next to her had not yet recovered from the joy of the eldest lady's return, and she immediately became sad when she saw this scene, and kept her handkerchief in front of her to prevent tears from falling.
Hou Ye also had no strength to compete with Zuo's anymore, and when he saw her appear, he was relieved.
Fortunately, fortunately, he can still see the person he cares about the most one last time.
Zuo crawled to the bed on his knees and grabbed Hou Ye's hand, which was as old as a tree.
"Dad, my daughter is sorry for you, I have never been filial by your side for more than ten years, and my daughter is sorry for you."
Hou Ye was also a little excited, "Yun'er, as long as you come back, it's fine." ”
He tried his best to raise his weak hand and patted Zuo's hand, obviously less intake than out, "Yun'er, dad is sorry for you, dad didn't come back in time at that time, didn't save your child, don't blame dad, okay?" ”
Hou Ye's guilty voice sounded, Lin Nan's tears flowed silently, he didn't have the courage to listen anymore, and turned around and walked out of the room.
Zuo shook his head frantically, "Daddy, it's my fault, I don't blame you, you didn't have anything to do at that time, Dad, I don't blame you......"
Zuo's tears fell silently, crying many times in the past few days, but there was no time when there was such heartache as now.
As soon as Lin Nan came out of the room, Uncle Zhang stayed outside, and when he saw her come out, he hurriedly saluted, a little apologetic, "Miss, the smell inside is too big, it's good to come out and breathe." ”
This is the daughter identified by the eldest lady, that is, the little lady of the Marquis of Anyuan's mansion.
Lin Nan shook her head, not because of the taste inside, but because the scene inside was too touching.