Princess Caifeng Gu Luan, who was already guilty of the death of the Eighth Emperor Brother, saw the pink-carved little nephew Gu Lingjin in Concubine Qin's arms such a pitiful act, and the tears in her tearful eyes poured down wantonly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Hurriedly poured incense to pay tribute to the Eighth Emperor Brother, walked over and pulled up Concubine Qin, who was bowing her head to salute her, and reached out to hug Gu Lingjin, who was still holding a pair of small hands.

"Aunt Huang, don't cry. ”

While speaking in a childish childish voice, he raised his little hand and tried to wipe the tears that flowed wantonly on Gu Luan's cheeks. This only aroused the endless grief in Gu Luan's heart, and he couldn't stop crying:

"Okay, okay, auntie doesn't cry. ”

Because the eighth prince Gu Ye was still very young, and his death was too sudden, and the tomb was not prepared in advance, so according to the etiquette, today's so-called funeral is just to decorate the eight princes with the funeral, and transport the coffin in the "Ejian Huguo Temple" forty miles outside the north city gate. It is also commonly known as the suspension of the spirit. It was not until after the tomb was built that an auspicious day was chosen for burial.

Different from the rule that women are not allowed to enter the cemetery when they are buried in the earth, they are allowed to send their relatives to each other for a temporary time in the Huguo Temple as they do today. However, unmarried women are generally not allowed to go.

Due to the number of rites, Gu Luan originally did not plan to accompany the coffin of the Eighth Emperor to Huguo Temple. But he didn't expect that the little nephew said anything and didn't want to leave Gu Luan's arms. Even if Concubine Qin was angry and made Xiao Gu Lingjin cry, she still refused to leave.

"Sister-in-law, let me go with Ling Jin. ”

"How does this work?"

When Concubine Qin was still a side concubine, her son Gu Lingjin was just the concubine of the Eighth Prince, and she was not qualified to attract spirits. The so-called spirit attraction is to wear filial piety clothes, wear filial piety hats, and carry soul flags on the shoulders to walk at the front of the funeral procession. The person who attracts spirits is generally the eldest son and grandson.

Therefore, when the holy decree was promulgated in the morning, Gu Lingjin was duty-bound. Although people are too small to carry a flag, according to etiquette, they must have immediate family members in their arms, and they still walk in the front. As for what the eldest son and grandson do, they will also be replaced by a special person.

"Your Royal Highness, by all means. ”

Jia Yi, the prime minister of the main mourner, also hurriedly stepped forward to try to stop her, but Princess Caifeng insisted on holding Gu Lingjin in front of the funeral procession, and in the end, everyone could only rely on her. At this time, Princess Caifeng Gu Luan had already left behind her father's advice not to go out at will after returning from Ouyang Qinxin's fence courtyard that day.

Not all the people who attended the funeral had to accompany the coffin to Huguo Temple, but it was composed of several elderly princes, as well as direct relatives such as Concubine Qin's mother and son, as well as four officials of the Ministry of Rites, etc., and the rest were mostly family slaves.

The princes and ministers did not need to accompany them, but they just waited for the actual burial day to go and offer condolences.

So, Gu Luan walked in front of the funeral procession with Xiao Lingjin in his arms, and several princes, including the eldest prince Gu Fan, the third prince Gu Shi, the fifth prince Gu Keng, the sixth prince Gu Tong, and the tenth prince Gu Yun followed behind, and left the capital at the beginning of the day. Forty miles away, walked for two hours, arrived at the Huguo Temple was already the beginning of the unitary hour, the sun had set, and the night was slowly pouring out from all directions.

It stands to reason that Concubine Qin's mother and son, as well as several princes, want to stay and guard the spirit, but Gu Lingjin still said that she didn't want to leave Gu Luan's arms. There was no way, Princess Caifeng Gu Luan, who shouldn't have stayed, had to make an exception to stay.

Because Huguo Temple had already received the notice, it would not be panicked because of the sudden addition of a princess, everything was in order, and everyone was settled in an orderly manner.

After dinner, Gu Luan hugged Gu Lingjin, who had always been in his arms, and first went to the coffin of the Eighth Prince to put incense on it, taught Gu Lingjin to kneel in front of the spirit and kowtow decently, and then carried him into the room that had been prepared to rest.

After all, the bumpy forty-mile road, although he sat in the carriage after leaving the city, Xiao Lingjin quickly fell asleep due to fatigue, but Gu Luan couldn't sleep at all. Looking at the candles on the table that were shortened inch by inch, Gu Luan's mind was full of thoughts.

One will be the elderly father, one will be the royal brothers who are fighting openly and secretly, one will be the eighth emperor brother Gu Ye who died because of himself, and one will be Wu Zheng who is still seriously injured in the fence courtyard and has not woken up.

As soon as he thought of Wu Zheng, Gu Luan's eyes suddenly appeared in front of him since Jinling City asked Wu Zheng to escort him along the road.

The Linshan Mansion State Guest House was exhausted.

Sihui County ventured out of the city, but when crossing the river overnight, the boat accidentally broke and fell into the river. Mouth-to-mouth in the water, almost naked in the wilderness, in the dilapidated room of the deserted courtyard, how many acupuncture points have been touched by those big burning hands?

Woyun Temple in the west of the city fought fifteen people, first two crossbow arrows in the body, and almost died under the long sword in the opponent's hand, so far there is no heartbeat and breath, dead or alive is unknown.

"Why? Did you owe me in your last life? Or did God deliberately arrange for me to owe you three lives so that I could repay you with the guilt and anxiety of the rest of my life?"

Thinking about it, Gu Luan's eyes couldn't help but shed strings of tears again. I don't know if it was because tears blurred his eyes, or because the core twist of the candle was too short, Gu Luan felt that the light in the room suddenly appeared in a trance, becoming bright and dark.

Moreover, the heartbeat did not increase for no reason, and in the quiet cold night of early spring, I could faintly hear an inexplicable thudding sound.

"Luan'er, hold Ling Jin and leave quickly, if you don't leave, it's too late. ”

"Starling?!"

It was clearly the voice of the Eighth Emperor Brother, and Gu Luan sat up suddenly. The candlelight in front of me was still as bright as before.

"Is it a hallucination, or is it a dream?"

Familiar with all kinds of books, including Gu Luan, who is familiar with wild history notes, can't help but be surprised.

"Could it be that the soul of the Eighth Emperor Brother came to support his dream?"

As soon as he thought of this, thinking about what happened to him in the recent period of time, as well as his father's instructions that day, Gu Luan immediately got up and dressed, wrapped the sleeping Gu Lingjin with a thin bed, ripped off the bed tent and tied it to his back in a rope, blew out the candles on the table, tiptoed open the door, turned the corner of the wall in a flash, and did not alarm the guards sent by the palace not far away, and hid in the gloomy and dense Gubelin behind the room.

Because it was sixteenth, although there was a full moon in the sky, it was obscured by a thin layer of clouds. By the hazy moonlight, Gu Luan did not dare to walk along the road in the temple, but specially drilled around in the gaps of the ancient cypress and green pines, hoping to leave the Huguo Temple as soon as possible.

I didn't dare to walk too fast, first, for fear of making a movement, and secondly, for fear of waking up Xiao Lingjin on my back.

Fortunately, Xiao Lingjin slept very hard, and her breathing was long and steady.

It's not that I didn't want to remind the other imperial brothers and tenth brother Gu Yun, first, Gu Luan didn't know how to explain, after all, even she couldn't figure out whether it was a dream or an illusion. The second is that he knows in his heart that he has always been in trouble, and nothing unfavorable to the royal brothers has happened. Therefore, Gu Luan still decided to take Xiao Lingjin out to see the situation first. (To be continued.) )