Queen, go for hegemony

Chapter 21 Black Brother and the Guards

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Dad's funeral is all frugal.

He didn't like extravagance when he was alive, and naturally he didn't need extravagance after death.

There are not many people who come to express their condolences. It is not a wonder in the world that people take tea to cool down, but it is everywhere.

Instead, it was Yan Yu who came once.

He put three sticks of incense in front of his father's spirit, took a long breath, touched the coffin and wanted to cry, but I interrupted him with a smile.

"Uncle Yan, don't be sad. Daddy is just being lazy, that's why he went away. Now that Daqi's [-] soldiers are suppressing the border, and the flames of war are reigniting. Uncle, although you are old, you must command the front of the battle. You can sleep a little longer, let him sleep..."

He probably saw that there were no tears in my eyes, and he looked very surprised, and finally sighed again: "You child..."

It's not easy to reprimand me for being unfilial, so I turned around and left.

I heard Uncle Tong's old voice coming from outside the filial mantle: "My master is gone, what should Xiao Lang do?"

An Qing was quite aggrieved: "Master has held Xiao Lang in his palm all his life, but when the end came, he was not only mad at Xiao Lang to death, but also Xiao Lang's heart was as hard as a stone, and he never shed a single tear... How unfilial... "

I put my forehead on the cold coffin, and I haven't slept for several days. Since the heavy rain that night, I have been unable to fall asleep. No matter whether my eyes are open or closed, I always see my father's bloody face...

I stayed in front of my father's coffin day and night, and I don't know which day I felt dizzy. I took out my small dagger and stabbed it in my leg. I could still feel the pain at first, but soon, deep down in my heart. The pain inside seemed to cover up the pain in my body, I just stared blankly at that piece of rouge that was gradually soaking wet. Pain.

I heard Uncle Tong sigh in a low voice: "An Qing, you don't understand, the master always thinks that there are filth in the court, so he likes Xiao Lang's heartless smile, and he doesn't want to treat Xiao Lang as well." Push it into that muddy pond..."

I felt as if my heart was tightly grasped by a hand, until I couldn't breathe. Hidden behind the cloak, the dagger in my hand stabbed fiercely at my leg.It doesn't feel like light or heavy, but looking at the shocking red, I always feel that I fell into the blood pool, stained with blood, and I can't wash it off...

An Qing protested unconvinced: "It's not that Xiao Lang didn't want to get involved in this matter... Didn't someone come to see Xiao Lang two days ago, saying that they wanted to welcome the young master to preside over the overall situation... I don't understand Tong Bo Why did you stop it? Let Xiao Lang inherit the master's legacy and revive the family reputation, what's wrong with that?"

Uncle Tong is in a state of mind, the past few days have been extremely hard, I have never heard him report this matter.

"What do you know? How many of those people have sincerely assisted the young master? Are you thinking of pushing a puppet master up so that they can become kings in the future... An Qing, if you want to make some achievements, I won't stop you. Now that the master is gone, you can go on your way early. But Xiao Lang can't, as long as she lives in peace, it's enough for the master, this is the master's hope..."

I bit my lip, and there was a bloody smell between my teeth... Daddy, is it true that as long as I am obedient and live in this world in peace, you will be less angry with me?Can you just forgive me a little bit?

I knocked my head down on the coffin, and felt the hand holding my heart tighter and tighter... I think I will be out of breath soon...

The Empress Dowager's reward was handed down at a running price, and there were a lot of funerary utensils.

In the past few days when the coffin was parked, four or five groups of men in black had already come to the house.

Every night I just make people light up all the candles in the house, guard the mourning hall with Uncle Tong and the others, despite the noise coming from the study in the backyard, occasionally go out to relieve, and even collide with Brother Heiyi, I nodded: "Brother, you Feel free!" Turning around, he went straight to the latrine.

After four or five nights of intrusion like this, it is not known whether the palace got the news or for some other reason, the Empress Dowager suddenly sent a team of imperial guards to protect Anzhai.

Those janitorial guards ran rampant in the mansion, turning all the rooms upside down, wishing they could dig three feet into the ground, I walked past them without looking at them under such disturbance, and those people stopped what they were doing. Staring at me with big eyes.

I went to the room to find bandages, although the filial piety clothes were very loose, but if Tong Bo found the blood on my legs, he would still be scolded.

I nodded politely at them: "The mansion is shabby, and the hospitality is not good. If you are thirsty, go to the kitchen to find a bowl of water to drink. The old servant at home is old, so take care of me!"

The clattering sound continued, and the imperial guards were so shocked that they dropped the shovels in their hands to the ground.

Look, daddy, I am safe now, obey your words, and live in peace...

Naturally, my bedroom was not spared either, things were turned around a lot.Luckily everything is still where it was.I pulled out some fine white cloth and tied up the wound on my leg finely.Clutching his dizzy head, he went to the next door.

Dad's bedroom is next door, and after I entered, it was as if someone had punched me hard on the front door, and my whole brain hurt.The room was turned beyond recognition, even the floor tiles were pried away, and it was unknown what these people were looking for.

I walked a few steps in this room, and saw a small red thing between the random piles of floor tiles and clothes. The polished one is extremely smooth, and the small fish is dyed red, which is extremely fresh.There is a small gold ring in the mouth of the fish with a Pisces knot on it, like a child's waist accessory.

I thought for a long time before I realized that this was made by my father when I was very young. He polished the little wooden fish himself, and then dyed it carefully with dye. Even the crooked double fish knot on it is also my father Compiled.I cherished it very much at the time, and I carried it with me every day to play with it non-stop. After the color faded and I found a new favorite, I untied it and threw it in the room.

I don't know when it was packed in the room by my father, and the color is very bright, presumably it was re-dyed later.

It turns out that I have always been self-willed, I don't know when, I just discarded the most precious treasure, and now I was unintentionally turned out of my father's room by these people...

Tears were big and big, and they fell heavily, hitting the little wooden fish, and my hands were immediately stained red...

I hold the little wooden fish tightly, like holding the last treasure, I can't wait to stuff it into my heart to fill the large gap that has been dug out there...

The night when Dad sealed the coffin, the mansion was extraordinarily peaceful.

When the coffin is sealed, it is forbidden to do anything in the mansion.

Uncle Tong brought a box and opened it in front of me, "Xiao Lang, master, I don't know what to do with this thing?"

I poked my head and took a look. It was a piece of black jade the size of a palm, but half of it was missing. It looked a bit strange, and it was heavy in my hand.I was suddenly blessed, those people dug three feet, didn't they want to find this thing?

"Is this Daddy's?"

Uncle Tong hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

I even picked up the box, "Since it belongs to Daddy, let him be buried!" Turning around, I placed it gently at Daddy's feet, looked at the peacefully sleeping Daddy for the last time, and slowly closed the lid of the coffin .

Uncle Tong stared at me dumbfounded: "Xiao Lang...Xiao Lang..."

I wondered: "Moyu can't be buried? Is there such a rule?"

Uncle Tong laughed dumbly, and his face was indescribably weird: "Good! Good! It's up to Xiaolang, it's better to bury this thing! It's all up to Xiaolang!" Although he laughed, the two lines of turbid tears followed. The old cheeks flowed slowly.

I worked with him to seal the coffin, and when my father was buried the next day, everything was calm.

Three days later, I went to the palace to express my gratitude.

The Queen Mother was crying in the Yining Palace, as if she had died, which made me extremely embarrassed. I thought that my father had already been buried. If the Queen Mother went to the spirit watch with me, maybe people thought she was related to my father by blood. Woolen cloth?

I originally thought that when Daddy was brought home that day, she probably wanted to "accidentally" Daddy, but seeing her crying in such pain, I choked up several times and felt like a villain.I also listened to her reminiscing about her father's kindness back then, how she and the late emperor shared weal and woe, and now she died young... I propped my head that hadn't fallen asleep for a long time, and felt a splitting headache.

The woman cried, and it really was fatal!

Fortunately, Xiao Huang is still the same. Seeing that I am getting old, he brought a lot of snacks in a hurry, then pointed to my eyes and said strangely: "Xiao Yi, shouldn't your eyes be swollen like peaches, so you can't see people?"

I gave him a stern look, "You're talking about a woman, right?" I took a piece of red bean cake and put it in my mouth.

He wasn't too stupid, he stared at me for a while, listless as if his father had died.

I just comforted the Empress Dowager in the Palace of Yining and was exhausted, and now I don’t have the energy to comfort him. I ate some snacks and was about half full before I explained the purpose of my trip: "Your Majesty, I want to go to Suicheng to serve as a soldier."

Xiao Huang's jaw dropped.

"Xiao Yi, you must be sad when the regent is gone. I am very sad when my father and emperor are gone. But the queen mother has already said that you should be well accommodated. You can open your mouth wherever you like, as long as you fight. Right?" He turned his head and glanced at the door quickly, seeing that none of the palace people were there, he listened to him: "I heard that Prince Daqi is very powerful, you'd better not go to Suicheng."

When Uncle Tong heard that I was going to Suicheng, he almost hugged my arm and cried.

"Xiao Lang, since you are going to fight in Suicheng...that thing...you buried that thing..."

I'm not interested in what he said, but recently Daqi finally cleaned up the small affiliated countries in the north, set aside his horses, and took the world with Da Chen.

I said lightly, "Dad is actually thinking about Da Qi's calling and sacrificing his life for benevolence, right?"

Uncle Tong stared at me blankly, "How do you know?" But in just a few days, his face has aged ten years, and his reaction has become much slower.

I looked up at the sky, and there was a cloud of lead, and a heavy rain was probably caused by negligence.

Now, what else do I not know?
(End of this chapter)