Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 553
When He Shizhong went to the Wa country, He Liu would make mistakes and say it was his order.Among Jin Yiwei, who dares to question Liu Ye's order?On the contrary, Xu Siye from the Imperial Academy came to the door and complained to He Liu: My Ruyi just married Shizhong, and you let Shizhong go to a foreign country?Didn't you let my family wish to watch the widow?

He Liu had no choice but to make up a big theory like "a man should put his country first before his family" to deal with his in-laws.

As summer goes and autumn comes, the leaves of the big poplar trees in front of He's house turn from green to yellow.

Xiangxiang and Hanjiao have already returned to Liaodong.In the He residence, only daughter-in-law Xu Ruyi was left with He Liu and Bai Xiaoyan as companions.

On this day, Mrs. Lin from Xikuayuan found He Liu.

Mrs. Lin said: "Master Liu, the second lady has been nauseous and retching for the past few days, throwing up whatever she eats. I'm afraid she has some kind of illness."

He Liu said with some disgust: "Oh, go and find a doctor for her. Remember, when you are taking the pulse, you must be by her side, and don't let her talk nonsense to outsiders."

Although He Liu hated He Fangqing, he had to take good care of her.After all, she was married to He Mansion by Empress Dowager Li.

Actually, He Liu thought too much.Empress Dowager Li had long forgotten about He Fangqing.What she cares more about now is Emperor Wanli.

Because he was afraid that Emperor Wanli would make another old mistake, he messed around with the maid.Empress Dowager Li replaced all the maids in Yongshou Palace with people from Compassionate Palace.She even sent her personal maid, Liang Shanghong, to the Yongshou Palace to serve Emperor Wanli's diet and daily life.

The doctor came to He's mansion and took He Fangqing's pulse.After getting out of He Fangqing's bedroom, Mrs. Lin asked, "Sir, what's wrong with our second wife?"

The doctor replied: "Congratulations! Your second wife is not sick, but pregnant!"

When He Liu heard the news, he almost lost his temper!

Bai Xiaoyan rubbed her chest, and said: "You should look at this matter more openly! Although you and He Fangqing are husbands and concubines in name, but you have never touched her body, in name but not in reality. If she Giving birth to a son and a half daughter for Shizhong can be regarded as an incense for our He family."

He Liudao: "It really fulfilled the curse that Lu Miaoyun gave before she died! If she gives birth to a child, should she call me Grandpa or Daddy?"

Bai Xiaoyan said: "Of course it's called daddy! Alas. That little hoof in Xikuayuan has such a cruel heart! It made our He family's father not a father, and a son not a son!"

He Liu stood up and told Bai Xiaoyan: "Go and prepare a basket of paper money and paper ingots for me. In the evening, you and Ruyi don't wait for me to have dinner. I'm going out to do some errands."

Bai Xiaoyan asked: "What are you going to do?"

He Liudao: "Don't worry about it. Just go and prepare."

In the evening, He Liu rode a horse and brought paper money and ingots to Luan Graves in the southern suburbs.

The sun sets and night falls.With great difficulty, He Liu found the big pit where the bodies of the three Lu clans were buried.

A bleak autumn wind blew by, and He Liu shivered.

He lit a book on fire and began to burn paper money in front of the pit.

While burning the paper money, he murmured to himself: "I, He Liu, have never believed in ghosts and gods. However, I would rather believe in something than in nothing. I said that Miss Lu has a wrongdoer and a debtor. At the beginning, I was instructed to secretly kill the third son of the Lu family. It’s Queen Mother Li, not me, He Liu. Alas, I, He Liu, are the executioners. You have a spirit in the sky. If you want to punish me, I have nothing to say. Now, your curse before death has come true. I beg you , don’t embarrass my family anymore.”

After burning the paper money, He Liu kowtowed respectfully towards the big pit again.After finishing this matter, he rode to Lao Hu's grave again.

He Liu burned Yuanbao in front of Lao Hu's grave, and said to the tombstone, "Old Hu, Lao Hu. You always said that there are no ghosts in the world. Ghosts are disguised by humans, and monsters are also disguised by humans. At that time, I had the same opinion as you. But as I got older, I started to gradually believe in the existence of ghosts and gods and the rhetoric of karma. Alas, in a word. If you have a spirit in heaven, bless Xiaoyan, Shizhong, and Xiangxiang , Hanjiao, and our daughter-in-law of the He family, Ruyi, are safe and sound."

Lao Hu's spirit in the sky seemed to have heard He Liu's pious prayer.In front of the grave, there was a small whirlwind hanging.The ashes of Yuanbao flew into the sky in a whirl.

He Liudao: "I knew it, you old bastard can hear what I say! Damn it, the old brothers of Jin Yiwei back then, only me, the eighth, the eleventh, and the twelfth are left. Not good. Look at that posture, it’s been two years since I traveled westward with a crane. I’m so lonely. Lao Hu, I’ll burn more ingots for you. You got the ingots over there, buy more wine , please ask the second, fourth, fifth, and sixth to take care of them."

"Kow-cha-cha".At the end of autumn, there was a muffled thunder in the sky.Then, an autumn rain started to fall.

He Liu stood up: "Old Hu, it must be the rain from you, an old man. You want to use this rain to tell me that you received the ingot from me, bought wine, and are treating the old brothers to drink. Alas, Forget it, I'm leaving! I'll see you again in a few days."

He Liu left the cemetery and returned home.

The next day, he came to Jinyiwei's stall.

Wang Badao: "Yesterday, the emperor showed mercy and allowed me to enter the palace and visit the queen."

He Liu asked: "Oh? How is the Queen in the palace?"

Wang Badao: "That's good. But she complained about you in front of me! She said you were unreasonable, and sent Shizhong to a foreign country in a daze to do an errand with his head tied to his waistband." .”

He Liu smiled wryly.Heart said: Queen Wang, Queen Wang, how can you know my difficulties?
Wang Ba said again: "Oh, by the way, the empress also said that the sixth sister-in-law will come to the palace when she has free time in these two days."

He Liu asked: "Let Xiaoyan enter the palace? Didn't she say anything?"

Wang Ba poured a cup of tea for He Liu: "Isn't Empress Dowager Li's birthday coming soon? The queen is going to embroider a picture of a hundred years for her. Ask sister-in-law Liu to help draw the pattern."

He Liu smiled: "Success. I'll tell Xiaoyan when I get home in the afternoon."

(End of this chapter)