Originally, the rumor that Li Sheng was going to marry Gu's daughter on behalf of his cousin was just a little surprising, and people only heard that they would admire Li Sheng's benevolence and righteousness.

However, what is surprising is that after Li Sheng came out of the Gongyuan after the provincial examination, he suddenly fell ill not long after. And the condition is getting worse and worse, which makes the Wei lady of the Hou Mansion not care about the rules of getting permission from Yong'an Hou to leave the mansion, so she left the mansion overnight and came to Li Sheng's residence to take care of her.

After all, how could this poor woman, who had just finished her son's funeral a few days ago, and now her nephew, who was almost like a parent, lingering on the sickbed after the provincial examination, not make her anxious? Now there is only one of her flesh and blood relatives in this world, and Li Sheng's living relatives are only his aunt, and his father died as early as when he was studying in Nanjing.

Therefore, two poor people, in this lively world, are left with each other's only relatives. Therefore, seeing that the Yong'an Hou Mansion had just passed away from his cousin, he began to treat his aunt coldly, so Li Sheng wanted to take his aunt out of the Hou Mansion after he achieved fame after the end of the imperial examination, so as not to suffer from the heat of the world in the Hou Mansion.

Therefore, for these reasons, Li Sheng had the idea of supporting his aunt.

In Li Sheng's mansion, there was a strong smell of medicine everywhere in the house, and Mrs. Wei looked at Li Sheng lying on the bed, her face was not ruddy, but yellow and white, which made her pity overflowing. She knew why her nephew's health was so poor. Thinking of this, I unconsciously shed tears.

Li Sheng and his son have grown up together since childhood, and although they are not brothers, they are better than brothers. Therefore, the relationship between the two is very deep, even after the separation of Tiannan and Haibei, the friendship between them has not changed, not only do they often communicate with each other and send letters to each other, but even their own son has been able to get more and more attention from the Hou Lord in the Hou Mansion over the years, thanks to Li Sheng's advice for him.

His son also listened to his cousin's advice, and when he was a little older, he took the initiative to ask Ying to go to the Northwest Army to sharpen himself, so that he could inherit the influence of Yong'an Hou in the Northwest Army. In the subsequent major choices, Liu Langjun also actively contacted Li Sheng and sought Li Sheng's advice. And Li Sheng also used his connections to collect information from the palaces of famous Confucian ministers everywhere, and figure out the situation on the border and the imperial court, which enabled Liu Langjun to work steadily and improve step by step.

If it weren't for the accident in this campaign, his son would definitely be able to really begin to accept the inhuman power of Yong'an Hou in the Northwest Army, and he could completely become the head of Yong'an Hou's Mansion in the army in the future. And combined with Li Sheng's outstanding talent at the moment, his development among the civil servants will definitely not be low, so that their cousins can combine the civil and military forces, and they will be able to gain a firm foothold in the imperial court, and they will have the ability to be undefeated.

However, all this disappeared completely with the death of his son.

Why is his nephew in such poor health? This is not only him, he is a literati, and he stays up late to study all year round, which hurts both his body and his mind, and this time his son is in contact with Li Sheng. His nephew is very actively supportive, he has inquired through many parties, this war, the court is very supportive, and does not expect any big victory, just to defend the enemy outside, it is a great achievement.

Therefore, with the active support of Li Sheng and Liu Langjun's multi-faceted campaign, he got a chance to fight independently. thought that this was just a small-scale battle, and Liu Langjun would be able to get a small but not small credit. But. But there was an accident.

Such a change made Li Sheng always think that he was very responsible for the death of his cousin, if it wasn't for his own idea, let him wait for the opportunity to lead the army independently, he would not have led the troops to fight and had an accident. Under the blow of the death of a loved one and the deep self-blame in his heart, combined with the next provincial test, under this series of changes, Li Sheng, who was not so strong, fell ill as soon as the provincial test ended. In this way, the sadness and depression in his heart have not been relieved, and the physical injury has been added, which makes Li Sheng's physical condition worse and worse.

Later, it was under the careful care of Mrs. Wei that her condition improved. In this way, the people around him thought that Li Sheng's condition would gradually dissipate and his body would gradually recover.

However, in the early morning before Zhang Bang, Li Sheng's condition suddenly became serious, which made Mrs. Wei, who had just let go of her heart, lift her heart again.

In front of the hospital bed, Li Sheng asked his servants and subordinates to leave the house, leaving only Mrs. Wei, and said weakly: "Auntie." Sheng, Sheng just dreamed of my cousin, dreaming that when we were children, we were playing around my aunt, and my aunt was sewing needles and threads next to her, and we were all smiling and very happy. But suddenly, my cousin disappeared, he was wearing armor and arrows in his body, he was standing at the head of the bed, looking at me, but he didn't speak, I called out to him, he just didn't answer, but he was bleeding and stared straight at me. I, I know, he's blaming me, he's blaming me, he's blaming me for hurting him. Yes, blame me, blame me, aunt, blame me, blame me for not persuading my cousin, but instigating him to take the initiative to fight and make war exploits early. I was wrong aunt, I was wrong, I was wrong. ”

Seeing her nephew lying on the bed, showing her sick face, Mrs. Wei comforted her reasonably: "Sheng, I don't blame you, I don't blame you, this is just fate, it was your cousin's fate that had this catastrophe, but your cousin didn't escape it." You think, you have such a deep relationship with your cousin, how can you hurt your cousin? My cousin won't blame you, it's all a dream, dreams are the opposite of reality, as long as you let go of the knot in your body, your illness will be fine, child, it will be fine, child. Your cousin won't blame you, and I won't blame you, Sheng, you have to cheer up, your aunt is left with one of your relatives Aunt just sent your cousin away, do you also want to leave your aunt behind? Child, believe Auntie, cheer up, Auntie and your cousin have never blamed you. ”

Hearing his aunt's comforting words, Li Sheng's spirit also improved a little, and he continued to speak: "Auntie, thank you, thank you, aunt, you don't blame me, thank you, you don't blame me." However, I understand my body, this time I may not be able to survive, aunt, aunt, don't be sad, you listen to me, I am not worried about the rest of the world, but I am worried that aunt, you are lonely, and you will be ignored in this world. Originally, with my talent and learning, I would definitely be able to pass the provincial examination. The top five in the first department may need to compete for a match, but it will definitely not be bad to get a first class jinshi and the first. I originally planned to take my aunt out of the Hou Mansion after I won the Jinshi, and I will support you for a hundred years on behalf of my cousin in the future. But now my body is not done, and what happens after this can only be helpless, looking forward to sighing. I think of the capital of the Hou Mansion, and I feel that after I pass away, I still need to find a backer for my aunt to support you for the rest of your life for a hundred years. In recent days, on the hospital bed, I have been thinking about it, and I feel that only Gu Xuejian, the daughter of the Gu family, can rely on my aunt to choose. ”

"Yes, Gu Xue of the Gu family? She is just a weak woman, and she has to rely on others, how can she help me? Seeing that even though Li Sheng, who was already very weak, in the last time of his life, Mrs. Wei, who was still planning for the rest of her life, still couldn't help the question in her heart and asked.

"Auntie, I, cough cough, I" Li Sheng, who breathed a sigh of relief, was still ready to explain desperately, but the violent cough made him unable to say a word, and Mrs. Wei also hurriedly patted his back, and fed Li Sheng a decoction that had been boiled a long time ago, and after a long period of relief, Li Sheng continued: "Auntie, ah, aunt, listen to me, I have already sent someone to inquire, this Gu family's third lady Gu Xuejian and her mother, although they are not favored in the Gu Mansion, but I have learned that this Gu little lady is a tenacious and forbearant person, The strange woman who can face things safely has both her affection and righteousness, which can be seen from the fact that she can take the initiative to keep filial piety for her cousin for 100 days. Moreover, after my death, there was a big crisis in her. Although this crisis is not fatal, if you want to get rid of it, you need the cooperation of your aunt. Otherwise, she will not only be lonely and helpless in this life, but also be looked at and ridiculed by the world. Auntie, cough cough, I, I, I have three letters here, one was written by my cousin before he died, and the other was written by me when I got up a few days ago, asking Gu Xue to read that after my death, you are lonely and helpless, and you can help you when you are in danger. The last letter is not long after my death, Gu Xuejian's crisis came, and I wrote everything you need to do on paper. In addition, there are two boxes of calligraphy and paintings, which are also left with my aunt. One box was for the aunt to use according to the arrangement in the last letter, and the last box was for the aunt to throw herself into the famous and Confucian scholars when she was in trouble, hoping to be helped, or when she was in urgent need of money, she could exchange it for money. ”

As she spoke, she asked Mrs. Wei to find the bookcase next to the bed, and then opened it, and there were exactly three letters lying inside. And the two not big boxes at the head of the bed were also pointed out to Mrs. Wei one by one.

Strongly supporting the sick body, after explaining these things, Li Sheng fell asleep again. Mrs. Wei looked at her nephew in the remnants of her life, still making all preparations for herself, and scolded God in her heart that you are too cruel, how can I let me send a white-haired person to a black-haired person twice in a short period of time? On the other hand, he could only hold back his crying, silently wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, and tucked the corners of the quilt for Li Sheng.

Looking at these words, the burden in his heart seemed to be let go of Li Sheng, and he felt that his face was also soothed and much better. Mrs. Wei could only pray to the Heavenly God and Buddha in her heart, that she could bless her child to survive this catastrophe, even if she had to exchange her life for her life, she would not hesitate to do so.