It seems that there is an urgent matter, they are Da Lang's colleagues, is it related to Da Lang?

The porter Lao Zhang bowed and nodded: "Three adults come with me." ”

Nangong Qianrou got up, and under the leadership of the porter Lao Zhang, she walked through the front hall and came to the backyard. In the distance, I saw a child wearing a small cloth bag, whose appearance could only be regarded as cute, and was led out by a girl in a long skirt with a stunning appearance.

The immature pouted and the reluctant look followed.

The two sides looked at each other, and the girl stopped, looking at the three watchmen in amazement.

"The three adults have something to see the master. The porter Lao Zhang explained.

Xu Lingyue nodded reservedly, retracted her gaze, and dragged Xiaodouding to the side.

Xu Lingyin was dragged by her sister with one hand, raised her other hand, and pointed at Nangong Qianrou with her stubby fingers, shouting:

"Such a beautiful sister, as beautiful as my mother. ”

Beautiful sister?!Nangong Qianrou, who was expressionless, almost broke her skills, turned her head in disbelief, stared at Xu Lingyin, and the corners of her eyes kept twitching.

Is this kid stupid? Are the eyes used as decorations?

He raised his head slightly and let the child look at his Adam's apple. But the stupid child didn't understand what he meant, and shouted vigorously:

"Sister, you are as beautiful as my mother. ”

She seems to think that being as beautiful as her mother is a high evaluation.

Nangong Qianrou brushed her sleeves away, and others dared to say that he was a woman, and he had to shed his skin if he didn't die. It's just that he is dignified and golden, and he is too lazy to see it like a child.

Xu Lingyue watched the backs of Nangong Qianrou and entered the hall.

"Why didn't my sister leave?" Xu Lingyin raised her palm-sized face.

"It's a colleague of the eldest brother, let's go to the school later. Xu Lingyue said softly, taking her sister and turning back.

In the back hall, Xu Pingzhi, who had just finished eating, got up in a hurry and greeted him, a little puzzled, a little frightened, and hugged his fists and said, "Lord Jin Gong." ”

The dignified golden gong actually came to Xu's mansion, which Xu Pingzhi did not expect.

With the noble status of the golden gong, even if Xu Qi'an is like a fish in water in the yamen, it is impossible to deign to be a gong family.

Unless there is something important.

This golden gong is a Peugeot, and from a distance, I thought it was a woman, no worse than Erlang who looked like a boy and a girl..... Xu Pingzhi thought to himself.

"Pretty sister. ”

Xiao Douding followed Xu Lingyue back, stood at the threshold, and screamed as if flattering.

This kid is so annoying, and you'll cry later...... Nangong Qianrou frowned, thinking of Xu Qi'an's death, her heart couldn't help sinking.

His eyes swept over Xu Pingzhi and looked at the beautiful woman at the dining table, what the child said was true, she was indeed a gorgeous woman.

"Lord Jin Gong came to the humble house, what advice do you have? Xu Pingzhi asked.

Nangong Qianrou retracted her gaze, was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Tongluo Xu Qi'an died in Yunzhou, and this official is here to give away the silver." ”

As he spoke, he unfolded his palm, and the gong behind him handed over the silver with a silent expression.

Nangong Qianrou handed another three hundred taels of silver to Xu Pingzhi, but Xu Pingzhi didn't accept it, he froze, like a stone carving, motionless.

Even his eyes froze.

Xu Qi'an died in the line of duty.... Nangong Qianrou's words were like thunder exploding in Xu Pingzhi's ears, and the soul of the explosion was scattered, and the liver and intestines were broken.

For a moment, it felt like the whole world had lost its color, and my mind was filled with bad news.

Xu Qi'an is his nephew, the orphan of his brother, he has been raised by his side for 20 years, how is it different from his own son? No, he is even more loving than his own son.

Second Uncle Xu has always had a strong sense of responsibility to Xu Qi'an, because he is the orphan of his brother's lineage and is the only surviving.

Raising him, watching him marry a wife and have children, and spreading branches and leaves for the long house is Xu Pingzhi's best wish in this life.

Now, this nephew is gone, and if you say no, it's gone?

In a daze, Xu Pingzhi suddenly heard the sound of falling, and when he looked back, it was his wife who fainted.

"Sister, what did you die for?"

Xu Lingyin didn't understand, she raised her head and looked at Xu Lingyue beside her.

Xu Lingyue didn't answer, she stood abruptly, like a lifeless paper flower, beautiful but pale.

The porter Lao Zhang cried: "To die is to die." ”

Nangong Qianrou sighed in her heart, put the silver on the table, and said, "In another three or five days, the bones will be sent back to the capital, and you should prepare for the funeral in advance." ”

The eight-hundred-mile expedited paperwork naturally arrived in the capital ahead of the bones.

After speaking, Nangong Qianrou turned around and was about to leave.

"You're a liar!"

The roar of the little lion came, and Xu Lingyin stopped in front of the three watchmen, glaring at Nangong Qianrou menacingly.

A six-year-old already knows what death is.

Nangong Qianrou ignored it, bypassed Xu Lingyin, and continued to walk out. But Xu Lingyin refused to let him go, chasing him to the death, shouting: "You lie to people, you lie to people....."

The child's thinking is very simple, as long as he convinces the liar and asks him to take back what he just said, the eldest brother can come back, as long as he convinces the liar, the eldest brother can come back......

Nangong Qianrou had no choice but to speed up her pace, leave the Xu Mansion with two gongs, and walk far away, he turned back uneasily.

The child persistently chased after him, standing alone at the door, crying and trembling his little body.

Like an abandoned little beast.

Nangong Qianrou suddenly regretted a little, he should have waited a little longer, waiting for this child to go to the school to tell Xu Qi'an about his death.

"Take her back and let her family take good care of her. Nangong Qianrou tilted her head and ordered the gong on the left.

"Yes. ”

Xu Fu carried his fainting wife back to the room, Xu Pingzhi came to the front hall to look for his daughter's figure, intending to comfort a few words, but Xu Lingyue sat at the table in silence, her eyes were empty and she didn't move.

Second Uncle Xu exhaled slowly, called the porter Lao Zhang, and said in a deep voice: "Send someone to the academy, tell Erlang the news, and let him return to the house as soon as possible." ”

Lao Zhang wiped his tears and nodded, and retreated.

In fact, there are few people in the house who can ride horses, no matter the importance of the matter or the perspective of time, it is only right for Xu Pingzhi to go to Yunlu Academy by himself.

The porter Lao Zhang knew that the old man couldn't ride a horse now.

......

From the capital to Qingyun Mountain, it takes two hours to come and go, and if the equestrian skills are not exquisite enough, the time will be longer.

Xu Xinnian returned to the house at noon, and he came back alone, and the people who passed the message were left behind by him.

Riding the horse to the gate, Xu Xinnian pulled the reins of the horse violently, and the horse stopped suddenly and raised its front hooves high.

Before the horse's front hooves fell, Xu Xinnian had already turned over and dismounted, rushed into the house with a pale face, and when he crossed the threshold, he tripped and fell to the ground, breaking his forehead.

Unconsciously, he staggered to his feet, stumbled into the house, and saw his family in the back hall, his weeping mother, and his sister who was empty-eyed and lifeless.

Of course, there is also Xu Lingyin, who sits alone on the steps outside the front hall, scribbling on the ground with a dead branch.

When the bad news came, the adults were immersed in grief and ignored the child's feelings. Xu Lingyin didn't dare to ask, didn't dare to speak, so she could only sit on the steps alone and say nothing.

Xu Pingzhi's eyes were red, he looked at him, and said in a low voice: "Erlang, your eldest brother.... Nope. ”

Xu Xinnian's body shook, and his eyes turned black.

.......

At noon, the sky was overcast and the cold wind was raging. Immediately after that, it began to snow.

This is the first snow after the spring festival, and it is blowing one after another. In a short time, snow covered the ridges, covered the treetops, covered the paths, and the whole world was covered in a thin coat of silver.

Royal Palace, Imperial Garden.

The crown prince invited the second prince, the fourth prince, the sixth prince, and the three princesses to enjoy the snow in the Qingji Pavilion.

The charcoal fire was blazing, and there were fine wines and delicacies on the table, and the prince took a sip of wine and said with a smile:

"There was a snow last year, and I thought I would see snow again until the end of the year. Unexpectedly, just after the spring festival, the snow came again. ”

The third princess said with a smile: "I heard that the warlock who formulated the yellow calendar of Si Tianjian said that the greater the snow before the beginning of spring, the harvest after the autumn will be agreed, I don't know if it is true or not." Although this snow fell after the spring festival, it was just in time for the beginning of spring. ”

The crown prince smiled and nodded, then looked at the fourth prince and asked, "What's going on with Huaiqing?" ”

The fourth prince shook his head sullenly: "I don't know." ”

Huaiqing didn't appear for a while, and originally occasionally got together with the royal brothers and sisters, but since some time ago, he has closed the door directly.

Although the fourth prince and Huaiqing are compatriots of the same mother, Huaiqing's character can't be kissed by his brothers and sisters.

Hmph, it must be a faceless person illuminated by my light..... Lin'an took a sip of wine and thought proudly.

With the wide spread of backgammon, her Lin'an's name also shocked the capital, just ask, under the light of this princess, the humble Huaiqing naturally had to shrink at home and dare not go out.

Thinking of this, Lin'an happily drank a few more sips, Hongxia quietly climbed onto her round face, and her charming and amorous peach blossom eyes were slightly blurred.

Several princes couldn't help but take a few more looks, and it was a very pleasing thing to have a talented and good-looking sister.

Well, the word "talent" is still up for debate, and the beauty is well deserved.

Framed in Xu Qi'an's heart, in addition to fitting the image of the little queen of the nightclub, and then there is the kind of girl in the class who is particularly beautiful but has very scummy grades when she was a young student.

The kind of female scumbag who will have a sad face and keep scratching her head when doing math problems.

But because it's too beautiful, it's highly sought after by boys, and it will make other girls in the class hate it, and they slander a bewitching jian in private.

And Huaiqing is a cold female academic bully, but because her personality is too eye-catching, she will not be liked by the girls, and she is jealous in private: Cut, what's the big deal.

The only difference between a cold female student and a bewitching female scumbag is that a female student can play other girls in the class to death. And the female scumbag could only pout angrily.

"This snow is auspicious, do you know yesterday's eight-hundred-mile expedited paperwork?" the prince said.

"Zhang Xingying's pacification of the rebellion in Yunzhou?" said the fourth prince.

The crown prince nodded: "The Ministry of Labor of the Qi Party colluded with the Wushen Sect to cultivate power in Yunzhou, and his heart can be punished. Fortunately, Governor Zhang had outstanding ability, saw through the conspiracy, and exterminated the rebel party. ”

After a pause, the prince looked at his sister Lin'an: "Xu Qi'an has made great contributions to this case, and he was called the son of Changle County, but he is also worthy of his name." ”

"Of course, Xu Qi'an is me...."

Originally, Lin'an was happy when she heard the prince's brother praise Xu Qi'an, and she instinctively wanted to show off, but when she heard the second half of the sentence, she was suddenly stunned.

"Brother Prince.... You, what do you say?"

The charming and amorous face, the sweet smile froze little by little, the peach blossom eyes widened slightly, but the look was empty, staring at the prince in a daze.

"Oh, don't you know yet?" sighed the Fourth Prince.

"That gong Xu Qi'an died, it's a pity, it's a pity. ”

Bang... The glass shattered on the floor.

Everyone looked at Lin'an.

Lin An didn't realize his gaffe, and his delicate and white hand tightly grabbed the prince's sleeve, crying with a trembling voice: "Brother prince, don't laugh with me...."

There was a sparkle in her eyes, and a pitiful pleading.

The prince was stunned for a moment, his face suddenly gloomy, brushed away Lin'an's hand, and said in a deep voice: "This matter is true, my father has already drafted a decree, and when the bones of the gong are transported back to the capital, he will issue a decree to posthumously seal it."

"Lin'an, pay attention to your own identity. ”

The dignified princess was so out of shape for the death of a subordinate, and the prince was sentimental when he was in Lin'an. He didn't want to speculate.

Lin An silently retracted his hand, got up without saying a word, and walked into the vast snow.

"Lin'an, Lin'an....." The prince chased to the edge of the pavilion and shouted at her back.

The red dress walked silently, and the snowflakes fluttered and fell on her hair.

The prince turned his head and roared at Lin'an's personal palace maid: "Don't go to hold an umbrella for the princess yet." ”

The palace maid happened to pick up the umbrella and was about to catch up, but when she heard the words, she paused, blessed the prince, opened the oil-paper umbrella, and chased after him quickly.

In the pavilion, the princes and princesses had not yet come back to their senses, and their expressions were dazed.

On the other side, the palace maid who had been patted on the buttocks by Xu Qi'an, holding an umbrella, cautiously looked at Lin'an's side face, and didn't dare to speak.

It's a pity that the gong died in the line of duty...... The palace maid sighed in her heart.

Suddenly, she heard a gentle choking, turned her head in shock, and saw that Princess Lin'an had burst into tears.

"Princess?!"

The palace maid trembled and screamed, looking around in a panic, but fortunately the snow was falling, and there was no one around, so she lowered her voice: "Why are you crying, yes, is it because of him?"

"Hongu, Hongu doesn't know ....."

Tears slipped down one by one, and Lin'an raised his hand and pressed his chest.

It's empty.

.........

"It's snowing, I like snowy days, I should wait for the snow to stop, I can have snowball fights with my brothers, and I can build snowmen and snowhorses. ”

Princess Huaiqing's residence, in the warm tea room, Chu Caiwei was holding a cup of tea, eating pastries, and looking at the heavy snow outside the window.

She has a shallow pear vortex and enjoys a pleasant afternoon, with hot tea, delicious pastries, and watching the snow.

Princess Huaiqing was wearing a white palace skirt, and she was already wearing a summer dress that highlighted her figure.

She ignored the nagging of her close friend, holding the scroll in her hand, but her eyes were looking at the snow in a daze.

"Princess Huaiqing, what's the matter with you, these days you don't give up. Chu Caiwei felt that she was being ignored and was very angry.

In the black eyes, there were pieces of white snowflakes, and Huaiqing said faintly: "Cai Wei, the letter written by this palace on your behalf may not be handed over to you." ”

Chu Caiwei ate the pastry heartlessly and asked, "Why?"

"He died in the line of duty. ”

Chu Caiwei's hand shook, and the pastry fell to the ground.

.......

Stargazing Tower, Bagua Terrace.

Chu Caiwei stepped on the steps dejectedly and came to the top floor of the stargazing tower.

The goose feathers and heavy snow are drifting, and the gossip platform has accumulated a thin layer of snow, and the supervisor is sitting in front of the desk, with a radius of three feet, and the snow does not fall.

Chu Caiwei stopped behind the prison supervisor and choked up aggrievedly: "Teacher....."

"Since I was a child, every time my senior brother bullied you, you cried and ran to complain to the teacher. The prisoner did not look back, but smiled and drank a glass of wine.

"There is no senior brother bullying me. Chu Caiwei pursed her mouth and cried: "Xu Qi'an is dead, Xu Qi'an is dead, I'm so sad....."

The prison was silent for a moment, turned his head to look south, seemed to be looking at something intently, and suddenly chuckled: "Good thing." ”

Chu Caiwei cried even more fiercely, stomped her feet hard, and scolded while crying: "Bad old man, stinky old man, my friend is dead, you still say good things, why don't you die." ”

"How did you tell the teacher? The teacher has lived for 500 years, but he hasn't lived enough, so he has to borrow another 500 years from heaven. The prison said angrily.

"So, what you just said is what you should say as a teacher? Chu Caiwei cried and cried.

"It is naturally a good thing to say good things for teachers. Jian Zhengdao: "The year before last, did you take the rebirth pill that the teacher gave you?"

"What a rebirth pill. Chu Caiwei wiped her tears.

"Rebirth pills, a Jiazi only refines three rebirth pills. Emperor Yuanjing's kid begged to be a teacher, and he was reborn and dug pills for the teacher who didn't give it. The prison was even more angry.

"Oh, in my bag. Chu Caiwei sobbed and said, "If you don't say it, I forgot it, and I don't need that thing." ”

Jian Zheng nodded and said with a smile: "Remember, you gave the rebirth pill to Xu Qi'an." ”

"I didn't. ”

"You sent it. ”

"I don't, in my bag. ”

"Shut up, you sent. When someone asks you in the future, that's what you say. ”

"Oh. Chu Caiwei cried again: "Teacher, Xu Qi'an is dead." ”

She has a habit of coming to the prison to cry when she encounters something sad. It's like a child who has been wronged and will cry to his parents.

"You've just stepped into Liupin, so don't go out these days. ”

After Chu Caiwei left, Jian Zheng spread out his palm, and an orange and yellow elixir lay quietly in his palm.

Then, the supervisor plucked a strand of white whiskers and exhaled softly.

The whiskers fluttered in the wind, higher and higher, and suddenly swelled and turned into a big white bird.

The big bird cried desolately, hovered in the air for a moment, and with a swoop, it took the rebirth pill in the prison officer's hand.

Chu Caiwei returned to the room and looked down in the deerskin bag around her waist.

"Why did the teacher suddenly tell me about the rebirth pill, and also said that he gave it to Xu Qi'an...."She choked and searched for it, but she couldn't find the rebirth pill.

.......

"You trust Wei Yuan so much, are you willing to tell him all the secrets on your body?"

In the dimly lit cabin, Yang Qianhuan sat cross-legged with his back to the coffin.

The fact that Xu Qi'an is Wei Yuan's illegitimate son, he knew that it was not credible after a little thought, Xu Qi'an was twenty years old, and Wei Yuan had already been a eunuch in the palace more than twenty years ago.

"Dad is joking or something, do you understand the joke. Xu Qi'an lay in the coffin and sighed:

"Of course, trust is trust, Wei Gong is good to me and is willing to cultivate me. It is not an exaggeration to say that I am as kind as a mountain. But I was a little resistant to telling him the secret. ”

"Why?"

"How can I say it, Wei Gong's mind is too deep for people to see through, you never know what he is thinking in his heart. I don't know how he will react when he tells him the secret. ”

"That's right, Wei Yuan, like my teacher, is a terrifying person with a deep mind. Even a man like me, who holds the moon and picks the stars, can't see through them. Yang Qianhuan was puzzled:

"Then why are you willing to talk to me about these heartfelt words?"

Xu Qi'an said with a smile: "Because Senior Brother Yang is a man with a pure heart. ”

Except for the hobby of pretending, I don't care about anything else.

Yang Qianhuan nodded, and felt that this was weird, "I always feel that this is not a good word..... Have you ever thought about leaving the capital? Anyway, you're already dead, and you can go anywhere. ”

"But my family is in the capital, so of course I have to go back. Xu Qi'an sighed:

"I also yearn for the days when the green shirts fought with swords and walked the rivers and lakes. But no matter where you go, there is a home in the world that you can go back to at any time, and you won't panic. And once I leave the capital, I may not be able to go back in this life. ”

After getting along for a while, maybe it was too boring, the two first talked casually, and gradually began to say something in their hearts.

"This is also true, when I go out, as long as I think of Si Tianjian's senior brothers and brothers, as well as teachers, I feel solid in my heart. It's not really homeless, it's just traveling. Yang Qianhuan bowed slightly.

Xu Qi'an said that he wanted to go back to ask Wei Yuan's opinion, but in fact, it was perfunctory to Yang Qianfan, and he was weighing the pros and cons of confession.

Wei Yuan was good to him, he knew. But after confessing, did Wei Yuan choose to reseal the Shenshu, or did he choose to turn a blind eye? In the absence of references, Xu Qi'an did not dare to take the risk.

After all, he is not Wei Yuan's own son.

But he was reluctant to leave the capital, and he was in a dilemma for a while.

In addition, the monk Shenshu once asked him to keep it a secret and not reveal his existence. Xu Qi'an couldn't figure out how the Shenshu monk would react if he told Wei Yuan the secret.

You can't really believe that a god-like master is a compassionate bodhisattva just because he is always kind and pleasant.

"Hey, force.... Senior Brother Yang, are you married?" asked Xu Qi'an.

"Nope. Yang Qianhuan shook his head: "Women are a burden, I don't need them." ”

If so, then you only have two paths to take: First, like Yasheng in Yunlu Academy, become a man who will always stand behind his wife. Second, be a man with a warm bowel.

Thinking about it, Xu Qi'an couldn't help laughing.

At this moment, there was an unknown bird crying outside the ship, desolate and lonely, like the wailing of a night owl.

Yang Qianhuan was stunned for a moment, then was taken aback, and blurted out: "It's the teacher's breath." ”

.......

PS: I'll go back to Beijing in the next chapter, change it first, change it later, and fix the typo when I get home from work.