Red makeup Chitose

In the second year of Xuanwu, Wu State, Yangzhou, Jiangzuo County, Biandu.

It was early winter, and the sky was terribly overcast. In a deserted tomb on the outskirts of the city, a crow perched on an old tree like ink dots. Suddenly, it was disturbed by something, and it flapped its thin wings and ran wildly.

Immediately, half of the sky was covered, like the black clouds that were about to overwhelm the mountains before the rain, making the already dim sky even more cloudy.

The barren tomb is the place where the folks bury the nameless, the homeless and the familyless. Usually, there are only large and small buns, but today there are seven tall suet jade tombstones, carved beams and painted buildings. If the gold and jade inscriptions were placed on the side, it would be an enviable burial of a family, but it would appear strange and out of place in this miserable place.

Huo Ruyuan glanced at the crow above his head, and asked Habayashi Wei next to him in a low voice: "Is this bird always like this?"

Habayashi Wei whispered: "That's not true! It just flew here today, screaming in a hurry, it is probably going to be winter, there is no food in the woods, and they are forced to come to the city."

"Unlucky..." Huo Ruyuan frowned, but only for a moment, then looked at the seven tombstones again, raised his hand, "Go to the coffin!"

Several soldiers got orders to hang the seven coffins with hemp ropes and slowly put them into the tomb, but Huo Ruyuan suddenly burst into tears and rushed to stop the coffins.

"No! No more! Let me take another look at them! Father-in-law, mother-in-law...it is my son-in-law who is incompetent and cannot ask for forgiveness for you! But... but murdering the prince is a serious crime, and my son-in-law is willing to bear it The pain of killing flesh, and I don’t want to misuse the public for personal gain!! My son-in-law will go to hell in a hundred years, and he will be treated as a cow and a horse, and let everyone deal with him!!!”

The majestic seven-foot man cried so hard that he hugged the coffin and did not let go. The so-called love was so crazy that the people and soldiers onlookers all burst into tears and persuaded him one after another.

"Master Commander, as you said, murdering the crown prince is a felony. You have obtained the whole corpse for them, and buried them in person, which is already very kind!"

"That's right, if you didn't commit a serious crime, you can only be buried in a barren grave. Look at this mutton jade, look at this pomp, and if you take it to the ancestral tomb of any famous family, it will be worthy of reputation!"

"The Jin family came from an ordinary commoner. My lord, you are already the commander of the third-rank Habayashi guards. You have never left the Jin family and have never taken a concubine. Who in Wu and abroad will not praise you for your noble character, which is respectable! "

"I heard that your lord loves the Jin family very much, and hides them in the mansion like treasures. Although there are ladies from famous families who don't go out of the door, the commanding lord's favorite wife is simply an offering to a Bodhisattva!"

The people let out good-natured laughter, watching Habayashi Wei hurriedly pull Huo Ruyuan away, the coffin was lowered into the grave again, and even the shovel for filling the soil was decorated with gold tassels, their eyes became more fiery, thinking The car money for this trip is guaranteed to be earned, and I will definitely have a good time in the teahouse when I go back.

The Jin family's murder of the crown prince was supposed to implicate the whole family according to the law, and the body should be divided by five horses. Huo Ruyuan, the son-in-law of the eldest son of the Jin family, knelt in the hall for three days, not only begging for the life of his wife, the Jin family, but also for the grace of the Jin family's entire body. In the end, he released the news that he would bury his father-in-law and mother-in-law's family in a grand manner, and half of the people in Biandu had reserved seats to watch the excitement.

After all, a grand burial is a grand ceremony held in the ancestral mausoleum by the aristocratic family, and ordinary people have no chance to witness the grand occasion.

But this time Huo Ruyuan released the news early, no martial law, no garrison, the people wiped away the saliva that scolded the Jin family for treason, and immediately circled the day of execution on the calendar, and had to add a special sentence: a quarter of noon , If it’s too late, you won’t be able to squeeze in!

Therefore, today, half of the people of Biandu drove ox carts, horse carts, and carts to squeeze the execution ground until the head fell to the ground, and then followed Huo Ruyuan to the barren grave for burial. , No one disliked the earthen buns all over the place, and they all pushed and stood up to occupy a good viewing seat.

"I said, ordinary people of the Jin family, who gave them the courage to murder the prince?"

"It is said that the Jin family and the Moling Su family colluded, and the Moling Su family took refuge in the surname Wei! Hey, the common people shouldn't get involved in these things. The sky is falling and there is a tall one to hold them back, or you see? The aristocratic family took it away. serve as hatchet man!"

"It's been rumored that those with the surname Wei must be against it. It's been passed down for so many years. What's going on? Even the Duke of Wei dares not wear armor every time he enters the capital! Let me tell you, the person who passed it on has ulterior motives and deliberately discredits the majesty of the royal family. !"

"Even if it's true, Bian is the capital of Jiangzuo County, so you can't hit us here! Common people, just worry about whether they have food or not. This is called duty! Don't grab the positions of soldiers and officials!"

"That's right, some people are just fed up and worry about it! I really think I'm capable, but I just want to show off! Think I'm a fool? I won't be fooled by that!"

Immediately there was a echo from the crowd, and the last uneasiness in each other's hearts dissipated. They all straightened their waists and scrambled to stand on the earthen buns. Dozens of hundreds of mounds were almost flattened.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze! The ones in front bend over, and the ones behind can't see!"

"Oops, the conductor made your lord faint from crying!"

……

Amidst the concern and approval of the crowd, Huo Ruyuan fixed his dark eyes, saw a Habayashi guard supporting him, and hesitated to speak.

"I'm fine. Did you say something? I was confused just now and didn't understand." Huo Ruyuan rubbed his temples and waved his hands.

Only then did Habayashi heave a sigh of relief, leaned closer to Huo Ruyuan's ear, and whispered a few words, the latter's face was pale from crying, covered the ground with a gloomy blue color.

"Running out?! Are so many people in the mansion trash! It's not half a mile here, and she ran all the way, but no one stopped her?! Followed her?!"

"My lord, calm down! The servant girl named Ah Tuan by Madam's side tried her best to stop the guards before letting Madam run out! There are not many people passing by, and they all saw that Madam came from the Huo Mansion, and you only have one wife from the Huo Mansion." They didn’t take concubines, so they looked at his wife’s clothes and guessed her identity! It’s not easy for the subordinates to stop them, for fear of spreading the word and changing it! We can only take the first step and ask your lord to make a decision!”

Habayashi Wei was so frightened that he trembled, his head was covered in hot and cold sweat, and he couldn't tell the temperature.

Huo Ruyuan glanced at the crowd of onlookers, gritted his molars, and was about to ask how long it would be until he heard the exclamation of the crowd like a nine-day golden thunder, which made him tremble instinctively.

Immediately before the people arrived, the sound came first. A woman pushed aside the crowd like a savage, rushed forward, screaming and threw herself on the tombstone of Suanzhiyu.

"Grandmother! Father, mother! Second uncle, second aunt! Cousin, cousin! Manman is here, don't leave Manman behind!!"

The woman is in her twenties, and the pearl hairpin in her temples is a golden luan with a string of pearls attached to her mouth. The knee is the obedience of Mrs. Gaoming.

In stark contrast to the brocade clothes, her hair was disheveled, her tears were dusty, her shoes were lost somewhere, and her bloody bare feet seemed to have come all the way. In addition, her complexion was abnormally fair, as if she had been locked up all year round. At home, it's like it hasn't been exposed to the sun.

As a result, her body was too rich and heavy, like a puppet doll wrapped in silk and satin by the master.

The originally bustling crowd froze for a moment, and the discussion suddenly exploded, buzzing so much that even the crows were overwhelmed.

"Look at how you dress up. Could it be the Commander's Wife, the daughter of the first wife of the Jin family? I heard that your boudoir's name is Jin Mingwei?"

"Hey, it's human nature, she's the only one left! But who told her family to commit a felony? Commander-in-Chief was able to save her, because Gu Nian and his wife are deeply in love!"

"Commander's wife, since the grace is so great, let's live on, and add a few fat boys to your lord, it's the right thing to do!"

"Madam's condolences! Your Excellency's lavish burial of Jin's family has already given you face. You must not complain to your lord any more. You can't blame your own natal family for being deceived by lard and murdering the prince?"

Huo Ruyuan listened to the discussions around him, a stone fell to the ground in his heart, he winked, let the gongs and drums of mourning and music play a little more, and went to help Jin Mingwei by himself.

"Manman, it's because my husband is incompetent, and I can't ask for forgiveness for the Jin family. If you want to complain or hate, you should come to my husband. I just ask you not to hurt yourself... It's because my husband is incompetent. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

Huo Ruyuan suddenly knelt down with a plop, repeated the three words I'm sorry, and begged Jin Mingwei for forgiveness with a sad expression.

Jin Mingwei caressed the seven tombstones one by one as if he had never heard of it, and murmured something in his mouth, crying and laughing, as if he was in another world and seemed out of place.

But she didn't respond, Huo Ruyuan just kept kneeling, pushing his grief to the peak amidst the mournful music resounding through the barren grave.

The crowd froze for another moment, and then burst into accusations like boiling water, all aimed at Jin Mingwei.

"Why do you still let the adults kneel? Madame, among other things, your own mother's family committed a crime. You can survive because of the adults to protect you. You still don't know what is good?! Who is to blame?!"

"That's right, this burial is as grand as a public servant's. Madam, what are you dissatisfied with? The majestic third-rank official kneels down to you. If you are shameless, I will be wronged for you. I will be treated like a donkey for my good intentions!"

"Such a poisonous woman who doesn't know the general idea, my lord might as well not protect her! Wu Guoyou must have noble girls line up to renew the strings for my lord!"

"Look at her running all the way, making herself tattered, she is doing it on purpose! Who is she doing it for?! Bah!"

A certain daring commoner spat on Jin Mingwei's face, his voice was not loud, but it made the crowd instantly quiet.

At any rate, it is the wife of the third rank, is it over?If she really wants to care about who she wants to die, who among the people present can live up to her?

Everyone turned their anxious eyes to Huo Ruyuan, but the latter didn't even look at the spitting people. Instead, he cupped his hands in grief, and said loudly: "I'm going to be bold today, and please don't criticize my wife anymore, after all. The grace of childbearing is beyond the heavens, and it is understandable to lose your mind under grief! My lord, I thank all my fathers and folks!"

After saying that, Huo Ruyuan bowed to the people, scaring them so that their knees became weak, and they all knelt down to return the salute.

"I can't do it! My lord has broken the grassroots! My lord, please get up!"

"There is an adult in the state of Wu, and there is a Habayashi guard led by an adult. We are not afraid of the rebellion of the ten surnamed Wei!"

"That's a good point! The Wu Kingdom will unify and become the emperor of Kyushu!"