After Cui Yi heard this, he suddenly felt that the world was spinning, and his head was buzzing, and he staggered two steps, then fell to the ground, opened his throat and cried a few times, fainting.

The little official hurriedly held him up, patted his chest a few times, and saw that he gradually opened his eyes, and without waiting to ask, there was another miserable wail. When Cui Yi stopped crying and calmed down a little, he told him about the details of the matter, so that the festival mourned smoothly.

Cui Yi wiped his tears, and said with red eyes: "Brother Zhou, it's hard for you to make this trip, tell me such an important matter as soon as possible." I have to let my sister know this news, but I am afraid that she will be overly grieved, so please go with me to report the condolences. ”

The little official surnamed Zhou sighed: "You don't have to thank me for this matter, you just need to thank the new Lord Shangshu." ”

Who is he...... Thank you for what this person has done? Cui Yi looked puzzled.

"This adult's surname is Ye, Yongjia, and the word Tinglong, and he has recently been designated by the emperor as the number one hero to eradicate the Liu Party, and he is in charge of the soldiers and the criminal department, which is unprecedented in this dynasty. Seeing that your family was pitiful, he asked me to come to report the news non-stop, and paid for the coffin and undertook Cui Shilang's funeral expenses. And a few taels of silver for you......"

As he spoke, the little official took out a heavy bag of things from his arms and stuffed it to Cui Yidao: "Take it, a total of fifteen taels." ”

Cui Yi's face flashed with a slight joy, but he frowned for a moment, and hesitantly took the silver: "Brother Zhou...... Why is that Lord Ye so kind? ”

The official paced and said: "It is expected that he is a new official, and he is at the time of buying people's hearts, so he just uses this move to show his affection, and I am afraid it has nothing to do with your family." ”

Cui Yi nodded in frustration, but he knew what was on his mind, so he persuaded him with warm words: "I know that Brother Cui has a motivated heart, but you are a talented person, he is an important minister of the imperial court, how can you cling to it at will?" You're only twenty-three years old this year, and your days are still long, calm down and take the test for a jinshi, won't you gain fame and fortune? ”

"Well, I listened to Brother Zhou," despite this, Cui Yi was still uncomfortable, he had his plans, but he refused to make his words clear, so he had to hold back his stomach depressed, "Don't mention these words for the time being." You and I will go first to report the funeral. ”

The two entered the inner hall and saw Cui Shi talking to the housekeeper's mother-in-law. His sister was only two years older than him, just over twenty-five years old this year, and she was born with a beautiful appearance, with a pair of gently raised long moth eyebrows, a greasy jade-like face, slightly thin lips, a light red with a crystal luster, and a hint of a smile between her words, which was very delicate. A few years ago, because of the death of her husband, she came back to Cui's house to stay a widow for three years, and this year she took off a mourning dress and came out to take care of the affairs of the family.

"Mother-in-law, stand down." Cui Yi said calmly and made a gesture to the old woman; The latter rarely saw him so respectful, and expected that he had brought a lot of news, so he glanced around twice, said goodbye to Cui's, lifted his skirt, and went out of the room lightly.

With a sad look, the Zhou officials told Cui Shi Chen the news of Cui Longhuai's death, which shocked her so much that she fell off the chair, tears fell like rain, and the crying was heartbreaking.

Seeing that his sister's face was pale and she was about to lose her breath, Cui Yi was so anxious that she stomped her feet again and again, beckoned a few old women outside, carried Cui Shi to the bed in the inner room, and drank a few bowls of hot tea before she was about to recover; Cui Yi saw that she was fine, so he went out to thank the Zhou officials again, said a few words of greeting, and sent him away.

"Miss, your body is not as healthy as when you were young, but you can't be too sad and break your body......" The housekeeper stroked her hand and pouted worriedly.

"Father, he, he ......" Cui Shi mentioned his father, and two lines of tears appeared in his eyes again, "His body and bones have always been fine, why did he go so inexplicably?" How can I be at peace in my heart......

"The old man is usually a person who values family affection, and he must have considered something, so he made this choice. But the lord is always for the good of you and the son, and the young lady must not make a mess of her body again and live up to the lord's last wishes. ”

"Oh, don't guess nonsense, let the old lady be careful!" Cui Yi stomped his feet outside the door, lifted the curtain, strode in and reprimanded the mother-in-law, and drove away without leaving a trace.

"Brother B, why do you ......," Cui Shi said, coughing again.

"Sister," Cui Yi said, "this matter is not out of our control. Now that my father is gone, I still want to do a good job of the funeral as soon as possible, so that my father can leave in peace. ”

"I heard your brother Zhou say that it was the newly arrived Lord Ye who gave us the funeral expenses?"

Cui Yi glanced at her, as if he was thinking about something else, was silent for a moment, and replied, "Yes, it's him." ”

Cui Shi frowned slightly: "As soon as this person arrived, my father looked for a short time in the yamen...... Spent so much silver on my Cui family......"

"Sister, after all, he helped us solve a big problem, so don't doubt the kindness of others."

"Yes, yes," Cui sat up slightly, wiping tears from the corners of his eyes, "but that's not the biggest difficulty. Now that my father has passed away, what's the point of us staying in the capital? He still has more than 100 acres of land in the township, so it is better to use the fifteen taels of silver as a coil and return to the hometown with the obituary. ”

Cui Yi let out a long breath and sat down on a pear blossom wooden chair behind him, facing the dazzling sunlight outside the window, and hesitantly back and forth with his hands on the chair handle.

"Alas," Cui frowned and gritted his teeth, "I ask you, what's so good about you teaching here?" Why are you still in love with this place? You can't pass the imperial examination here, you can't climb the elite, you have to make no money and no power! ”

"Sister, you have to believe me," Cui Yi pointed to his heart vigorously, "I have my own clever plan to achieve my ancient great cause!" ”

"A clever plan on the left, a clever plan on the right, in case you toss around, you still haven't made a name for yourself, and sooner or later you will be so poor that you will be penniless, how can you go back?"

Cui Yi turned his head, still not yielding: "Before he became famous, he sold this circle chair, and if he didn't have any money after selling it, he would sell other items!" Don't think you're going to scare me with that! ”

Cui Shi was so angry that he had to close his eyes and shake his hand: "Good, good!" I don't believe that you are a talented teacher of children, what great things can you do in the past few days! ”

Cui Yi snorted coldly, stood up, took the bag of silver on the table, and walked out of the house.