"Helu!" A hoarse voice came from the corner of the cell. The cell was already dim, and when they suddenly heard such a strange voice, the girls were startled and let out "Ah! The ground screamed, and hurriedly ran in the opposite direction.

"Mother! Is there a ghost in this prison? Mo Yunxiang couldn't hide his fear, and hugged Zhang Yun'er tightly and said.

Zhang Yun'er also beat her spirit, comforting her: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, your third aunt has been worshipping the Bodhisattva for many years, and she has the light of Buddha on her body, even if there are ghosts, she doesn't dare to do anything to us." ”

Mo Yunxiao was also a little flustered, but at this moment, she understood more and more that she couldn't be afraid, or she couldn't show that she was afraid. Because although the two mothers and daughters behind him didn't say it, they already faintly regarded her as the backbone in their hearts. Once she is shaken, she is afraid that the entire Mo family will collapse.

At this time, she only had the courage to walk in the direction of the voice step by step. The squeaky sound of the wood and grass on the ground under her feet was a little comforting to her panicked heart.

When Mo Yunxiang and Mo Yunxi saw her passing, they curled up tightly, and a pair of frightened eyes looked at her for a moment.

"Helu! Helu! It was as if a hand had reached out to the darkness. Mo Yunxiao lowered her body and looked, it turned out to be a frail old man. Her mind calmed down a little and asked, "Old man, you call me?" ”

"Helu! You come here. The old man said softly.

Mo Yunxiao was stunned for a moment, then took two steps closer and took a look, and by the dim light, she finally saw clearly. This is not someone else, it is his father and Mo Chenglin, the head of Minglou!

"Daddy?" Mo Yunxiao was surprised and delighted, hurriedly rushed up, held his father's trembling hand tightly, and shouted, "Daddy! How did you become like this? ”

"Daddy?" Mo Yunxi and Mo Yunxiang also glanced at each other, and hugged each other along with their respective mothers. "Da Lang!" "Daddy! The cries resounded throughout the cell.

At this time, Mo Chenglin was half-lying on the pile of firewood and grass, his eyes were sunken, his face was injured, especially his legs, it seemed that he had been tortured with a stick, although it was not broken, but it was also scarred and mottled with blood.

They looked at him and cried even harder. Mo Yunxiao also had tears in her eyes, and she was so choked that she couldn't speak.

"Dalang! Who made you like this? Zhang Yun'er held him and asked with tears and shouts.

Mo Chenglin smiled helplessly and said, "Bitterness, it's all my tea prescription that is to blame!" ”

Everyone was a little stunned and looked at each other. Zhang Yun'er asked again: "What does this have to do with tea and medicine prescriptions?" ”

Mo Yunxiao replied for her father: "Qiu Feng, they are obviously implementing the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, but secretly they are acting for personal gain and want to come up with our tea and medicine prescriptions. ”

"But......" Mo Yunxi wiped his tears and said, "They don't open a teahouse, what's the use of asking for this recipe?" ”

"Humph! Naturally, resources have been replaced. Mo Yunxiao sneered and explained: "Qiu Feng uses the public power of the state to arrest people, once he gets our recipe, he can sell it to those who need it." ”

"Huh?" Everyone was a little stunned. Mo Chenglin nodded with a smile and said weakly: "It's not bad at all." ”

"Dalang! Did you give it to him? Zhang Yuner asked again.

"If Daddy gave it to him, how could he be tortured like this?" Mo Yunxiao continued to explain for her father: "Daddy will never give it to him. ”

Zhang Yun'er was a little anxious, and hurriedly complained: "Da Lang! Why are you confused at this time! What we want is life, not that way. You can give him the recipe, you will suffer less pain, and we will ...... Maybe I'll be able to go home early. ”

Mo Chenglin sighed and said, "Since I am a deserter in the army, once the crime is confirmed, how can I easily let it go?" Whether I give it or not, the result is the same. It's just that...... It's just bitter for you. ”

"Huh?" Zhang Yun'er gasped and was stunned for a long time before she cried: "My life is really bitter!" First...... First, my father and brother suffered, and now my husband has also fallen into the disaster of raiding his family! Why does Heaven tease me so much? ”

Zhang Yuner beat her chest and cried to death. Mo Yunxiang was also in tears, and helped her aside to comfort her slowly.

Mo Chenglin looked at Li Xianmo, who bowed his head and was silent, and asked, "Why don't you speak?" ”

"The slave family is thinking in their hearts, our housewife is really a blessing." She replied.

Mo Chenglin was a little surprised and asked, "How can you say this?" ”

"The housemother entered the Mo family, not only gave birth to a good daughter for Da Lang, but also won the favor of Da Lang." Li Xian Mo said: "Moreover, the master mother went to the West Heaven to serve the Buddha early, so she doesn't have to suffer such grievances from us,"

In the end, her voice choked up, and finally she couldn't help it and cried faintly.

"Mother!" Mo Yunxi also threw herself into her arms and cried uncontrollably.

Looking at the mother and daughter, Mo Chenglin also shed tears. "I'm sorry for you...... I'm sorry for you......" he muttered.

"Son, you have to remember your mother's words." Li Xian Moth helped Mo Yunxi up and said, "If you are lucky enough to be free one day, you should always think of your eldest brother." She's a heroine among women, you should learn from her. ”

Li Xian Mo seemed to be explaining what was going on, Mo Yunxi gritted his teeth and nodded, and finally threw himself into his mother's arms again and cried.

Mo Chenglin also looked at his eldest daughter Mo Yunxiao, and Mo Yunxiao was also looking at him blankly, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Yunxi, you also help your mother to rest, I have something to say to your eldest brother." Mo Chenglin commanded.

Mo Yunxi answered, and helped Li Xian Mo to another corner and sat down.

Mo Yunxiao's jade-like hand was tightly clenched by her father, and she felt that her father was trying his best to shake her hand.

To be honest, she didn't have much special affection for the depressed old man in front of her, and the father-daughter relationship was even weaker. She has lived in an orphanage since she was a child, and the "father-daughter love" is naturally missing in her life experience.

However, when she saw the old man in front of her looking at her with a worried face, her heart was also mixed, and she naturally felt a little pity for him.

"Daddy, what are you going to tell me?" Mo Yunxiao asked.

"Helu!" Mo Chenglin sighed and said, "I'm really sorry for your mother and daughter. Your mother died in childbirth, and I was still picking tea in Quanzhou. Listen to Wen Po, your mother kept calling my name before she died, and she didn't close her eyes until she lost her breath. Alas, she wanted to see me, but I ......"

Mo Chenglin shook his head, adjusted his breathing, and continued: "Fortunately, you survived. You have no mother since you were a child, so you have to be strong in everything. When you were eight years old, when you saw me shoot an arrow at school, you pestered me to learn martial arts from me. I couldn't entangle you, so I taught you some rough kung fu. But then you figured it out on your own, learned to ride a horse and shoot arrows, and even learned the art of sumo wrestling in the army. Later, your temperament became stronger and stronger, and you often galloped through the downtown area, and people avoided it. For this, I have reprimanded you a lot. But you just don't listen. So, I thought about taking care of your temperament, so I began to teach you how to take care of the business of the tea house. You started as a buddy, and then worked as a tea doctor and a bookkeeper, and you are all excellent. Hehe, Cao Mengde said, 'Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou'. I have the right to add, 'Giving birth to a daughter should be like Mo Helu'! Hahaha......"

Mo Yunxiao helped her father sit upright, and listened to him continue: "Our father and daughter have experienced many storms, but now I am afraid that we will not be able to resist it. Helu, will you hate me? ”

Mo Yunxiao smiled bitterly and said, "It's just a matter of making people, how can I hate my father." ”

"Alas!" Mo Chenglin patted the back of his daughter's hand heavily and said, "I blamed you for forgetting our tea prescription before. But now it seems that it is just right to forget. If you really forget, you don't have to suffer from me. ”

"I'm afraid there is another hardship waiting for me to eat." Mo Yunxiao shook her head helplessly.

"I'll take a look." Mo Chenglin's tone was solemn, and Mo Yunxiao was also taken aback, and hurriedly looked up at him.

Mo Chenglin's eyes were sharp, and he said word by word: "Although you are a woman, you can be the pillar of our Mo family." As he spoke, he didn't forget to glance at the two pairs of mother and daughter behind Mo Yunxiao, and continued: "I know that your three sisters are not compatible. However, you are a child who knows the importance and the general situation. If you get out of this trap, Yunxiang and Yunxi, as well as your Erniang and Sanniang, are all extremely ordinary women and Taoists, and they have no way to make a living. At that point, you're going to have to hold up the house. ”

Mo Yunxiao raised her eyebrows and asked, "What does Daddy mean by this?" Do we still have a way to live? ”

"I......'ve calculated it myself," Mo Chenglin said, "According to the law of my Great Song Dynasty, those who flee from the army should be sentenced to exile." However, now it is the beginning of the first emperor's reign and the new emperor's ascension to the throne. According to the law, it should be amnesty to the world. ”

"Amnesty to the world!" Mo Yunxiao's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "Exactly! Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, he has to give amnesty to the world. How did I forget this! ”

"However, even so, it is not guaranteed." Mo Chenglin said: "Some people covet our tea prescriptions, but I'm afraid we can't let them go easily." If you want to get out of here, there is only one way to do it. ”

"What?" Mo Yunxiao's willow brows furrowed, quite nervous.

Mo Chenglin said sadly: "I'm dead." ”

"Huh? This ......" Mo Yunxiao was taken aback, but hurriedly covered her mouth, for fear of alarming the two pairs of mother and daughter behind her.

"After all, what we committed is not a major crime of treason. The Lord is dead in prison, and they will not be able to trouble you again. Mo Chenglin said: "If you catch up with the new emperor to ascend the throne, no matter what, you will have to be released." Hehe, I'm afraid that when the time comes, Qiu Feng will have to be reprimanded, asking him if he used too heavy a punishment, so that the prisoner died, so that the law of the country could not be upheld. ”

"Daddy, never!" Mo Yunxiao was shocked, but he was also able to lower his voice and prevent Yunxiang and Yunxi from hearing it. But she still looked back and continued: "If Daddy cuts himself, he will be more truthful." Qiu Feng will murder us by committing suicide in fear of sin. ”

Mo Chenglin smiled miserably and said, "I understand this." So after I was tortured, I asked an old catcher for something. cough cough cough ......"

"What's that?" Mo Yunxiao hurriedly asked.

"Rhubarb, it's just a medicine." Mo Chenglin explained: "Although this rhubarb is a medicine, if you eat too much, you will be poisoned and die, and you can't use a silver needle to poke it out. Even if an autopsy is conducted, nothing will be found. I had no fatal injuries and no signs of poisoning. Even if Sheng Zhang and Qiu Feng had great courage, they had to consider themselves unlucky. ”

After he finished speaking, he saw that Mo Yunxiao just looked at him with a frightened face, and did not answer, so he gently patted her wrist, as if to comfort her: "Taking rhubarb to commit suicide is a secret in prison." If a person who can't survive the punishment meets a good-hearted cell boss, give some rhubarb and cut it off himself. ”

"Daddy!" Mo Yunxiao grabbed Mo Chenglin's shoulders tightly and kept saying, "No, how can you exchange your father's life for your children's lives!" ”

Mo Chenglin smiled miserably, stroked Mo Yunxiao's temples with his hand, and said, "Licking calves, the way of heaven is like this." You must remember what I said, when he is out of prison, he should treat your two female brothers and two aunts well, and you must not abandon or neglect them because of their past suspicions! ”

"Daddy!" Mo Yunxiao's hands clung to his tattered clothes, her nails almost digging into his flesh. Mo Yunxiao's face was filled with tears, and she also forgot when she shed tears.

Mo Chenglint tightened his grip on her arm, and said with the last bit of strength: "Helu, you have to remember!" After we go out, we will re-erect the signboard of our tea building. And, there's! If you want to ask for our tea and medicine prescriptions, you also have to secretly visit, don't let me be under Jiuquan, I don't know who the enemy is! Helu! Do you remember what I said? ”

"Well, my daughter remembers." Mo Yunxiao nodded heavily. Her psychological defenses had completely collapsed, and tears poured out like a flood that had burst the levees, choking her voice.

Mo Chenglin struggled to sit up slightly, still holding Mo Yunxiao's arm with both hands, his eyes were wide open, but his pupils were no longer bright. "Helu! Helu! He cried out, and his voice grew louder and louder. Mo Yunxiao became more and more sad and felt more and more helpless. She hurriedly replied, "Daddy! I'm here! ”

"Helu! Helu! Mo Chenglin still shouted, staring blankly into the air. His voice was louder, and the two mothers and daughters also noticed the strangeness and gathered around.

"Da Lang, what are you ......" Zhang Yun'er was taken aback, and even more panicked. Daddy! What happened to you? Yunxi and Yunxiang also came up to ask separately.

Mo Yunxiao hugged her father in her arms and said loudly, "I'm here!" I'm here ......."

"Do you remember everything I told me?" Mo Chenglin's voice was hoarse, almost unrecognizable.

Mo Yunxiao nodded while shedding tears, and said, "Remember, remember." ”

"Let you ...... It's really wronged to let you do these things. He said.

"No, my daughter should do it." Mo Yunxiao replied.

This time, Mo Chenglin did not respond to her. She felt that the hand holding Mo Chenglin suddenly sank, and then she gently put down her father in her arms, only to see his mouth slightly open, his eyes wide, and his two hands stretched out into the air, not knowing what to grasp.

He's dead.