"Are you here to play cards?" the old lady asked.
The old man was stunned.
Play, play cards
The old lady knocked on the melon seeds and said, "I won't play leaf cards today, I will play Pai Gow, and the price will start at fifty coppers."
What is the queen mother saying? What leaf card? What Pai Gow
The old man looked at the queen mother steadily, and slowly stood up from the ground. He found that although the person in front of him looked exactly like the queen mother, his clothes and bearing were not like the queen mother.
"What are you looking at?" the old lady asked impatiently.
"You... don't you know me?" the old man asked, pointing to himself.
When he said that, the old lady really looked at him carefully.
Looks like a dog.
Still a little familiar.
Where have you seen it
The old lady doesn't remember the past, and occasionally recalls some, but they are all very fragmented fragments.
But the old man felt a little unusual to her.
Isn't it unusual
In the past, when the old sacrificial wine was an official in the court, he often opposed the empress dowager Zhuang.
He is a conservative and firmly opposes the harem interfering in politics, especially women.
As early as when the late emperor was alive, the old sacrificial wine had written many papers to persuade the late emperor to abolish the queen.
After being virtuous, she was once thrown into the cold palace by the late emperor, because of the gift of the old sacrificial wine.
Although she walked out of the cold palace with her excellent palace fighting skills in less than half a year, she earned half a year's worth of money less, and she also invested a lot of her previous savings.
Cutting off her money is like killing her parents!
After that, the virtuous queen regarded the old sacrifice wine as a thorn in the eye.
The old sacrifice wine was exiled to the frontier for five years.
The two fought until the death of the first emperor. After being virtuous, they killed the prince and supported the son of Concubine Jing to ascend to the throne. They became the empress dowager with power.
It was only temporarily that the two of them were decided.
The reason is temporary, because Lao Jijiu controls Guozijian, and Guozijian gathers the most talented young people in the country.
It is an exaggeration to say that the old sacrificial wine controls the future of Zhao Kingdom.
Empress Dowager Zhuang deliberately wanted to bring the power of Guozijian over. At that time, King Anjun was about to return to his country. Empress Dowager Zhuang proposed to Her Majesty that the post of juvenile sacrifice wine could be added in Guozijian.
His Majesty agreed, but it was not the grandnephew of Empress Dowager Zhuang who was canonized as a juvenile sacrificial wine, but the young marquis of Zhaodu.
This little Marquis is the apprentice of Lao Jijiu.
Empress Dowager Zhuang's heart galloped past ten thousand unspeakable horses.
The old sacrificial wine smiled crookedly.
This round seems to have won the old sacrifice wine.
But not long after, on New Year's Eve, Guozijian suddenly went into the water, and Zhaodu Xiaohou Ye was burned to death by the fire.
…
Since the old man resigned from office, he hasn't recalled his past events for a long time. When he first saw the Queen Mother, his thoughts couldn't help but be pulled back to that bloody court.
The old lady said with a puzzled face: "Why don't you speak? Why do you look at my eyes so complicated? And when I saw you, my mood seems to have become a little complicated!"
It's still complicated, it's like the two are old enemies, and she can't wait to find a knife to cut him!
and many more.
Cut him with a knife
The old lady gave the old man a suspicious look.
The two of them knew each other, and this was certain from his eyes and his words.
He was afraid of her.
She didn't dare to look her in the eyes, she seemed a little guilty.
Kneeling down upon seeing her face, how sorry for her
"I know who you are!" The old lady's mind flashed, and she threw the seeds on the table, "Are you the one who abandoned me back then... and came back to find me?"
The old man: "...!!"
Gu Jiao and Gu Xiaoshun came back first, but as soon as they walked through the hall, they found that there were more people in the backyard.
Gu Jiao looked familiar.
Mainly because there was no big shoe print on her face, she didn't recognize it for a while.
"Aunt?" Gu Jiao asked with eyes.
The old lady glared at a shivering heartless man with hatred for iron and steel, and sighed, "Your aunt and grandfather."
Gu Jiao: "..."
Gu Xiaoshun: "..."
Xiao Liulang, Gu Yan, and Xiao Jingkong entered the house at the back. They were carrying large and small bags in their hands, and behind them was a carriage carrying New Year's goods.
Several people and the coachman unloaded the New Year's goods from the carriage.
Xiao Liulang walked in with a pot of sesame oil in his arms, just like Gu Jiao and Gu Xiaoshun, he was stunned when he walked through the hall.
Sitting in the yard were the old lady, Gu Jiao, Gu Xiaoshun, and the old man who didn't tremble so much but was still pale.
There is no way, "being" put a green hat on the late emperor, and I was terrified!
"Grandpa." Gu Jiao introduced.
Xiao Liulang: "..."
I haven't seen you for a while, and you picked up another great-aunt at home
Gu Jiao was wronged: I didn't pick it up this time.
Xiao Liulang gave the old man a complicated look.
The old man's mind was blank at this moment, and he didn't even remember when he came to recognize Xiao Liulang. He just madly confessed to the late emperor in his heart - Wei Chen and the Queen Mother are definitely a pure relationship between monarch and minister!
The old lady's anger has been suppressed, and she asked lightly: "Okay, open the skylight and say something bright, do we have children?"
The old man slipped from the chair and nearly fell to the ground.
As he sat up with a chair, he said with a pale face, "No, no."
The old lady nodded: "I don't think so, otherwise I wouldn't have come all the way to Rokuro."
Xiao Liulang looked at the old man, and the old man wiped away cold sweat.
Fighting with Empress Dowager Zhuang for a lifetime is the most unstoppable in today's round. It can be said that there is no power to fight back!
The old lady said casually: "You abandoned me when you were young. Now that you are old, you want to come to the house to let my nephew take care of you, but there is no door, so get out!"
The old man was relieved, it was the first time that scrolling was so appealing!
The old man left the yard with an unreal feeling.
He wanted to figure out what was going on, so he waited by the door before leaving.
And Xiao Liulang didn't let him down, and he really came out after a while.
The two were not surprised to see each other, as if they had calculated that one would not leave and the other would not come out.
Xiao Liulang no longer panicked at the entrance of the alley last time.
The old man had mixed feelings in his heart: "The one inside is the queen mother, right? Why are you with the queen mother? You can deny that you are A-Heng, but you can't deny that she is the queen mother, and the queen mother is not dead."
Xiao Liulang was silent.
The old man asked sadly: "How could this happen? What happened to you and the queen mother? The queen mother lost her memory, you never have, tell me!"
Xiao Liulang remained silent.
The old man closed his eyes in pain: "Okay, you don't want to say it, I won't force you, I'll see you another day. Today's matter... I will keep it a secret for you."
Xiao Liulang bowed and turned around to enter the courtyard.
"Your leg..." The old man's worried eyes fell on his right leg.
Xiao Liulang took a step: "It's not in the way."
It was the only word he said to himself.
The old man felt that he chased out, perhaps just to say these three words to him.
He didn't want to worry about him himself.
The old man's heart was aching.
Xiao Liulang entered the courtyard, and the old man returned to the carriage.
In fact, today's "harvest" not only met the Queen Mother, but also met his little benefactor.
He never expected her and A-Heng... No, now it's time to call Rokuro.
She and Rokuro are husband and wife.
What is all this fate
In the yard, the whole family looked at the old lady in unison.
"Aunt, grandpa is really gone, aren't you sad?" Xiao Jingkong asked.
In this family, only Gu Jiao, Xiao Liulang, and Gu Xiaoshun knew that the old lady was a leper who was picked up, and none of the three told them, including Yao Shi and Gu Yan.
Xiao Qingkong is naturally not aware of it either.
So he thought that his aunt was real, and so was his aunt.
The old lady ate a melon seed: "Why am I sad? I'll be clean when he's not here!"
Who wants to spend the rest of their life with a bad old man
Isn't it delicious to play poker every day
Xiao Qingkong: "Oh."
When Gu Jiao was cooking in the stove, Xiao Jingkong walked in slowly, pulled Gu Jiao's clothes, and said, "Jiaojiao, let me tell you something."
"What's the matter?" Gu Jiao asked.
Xiao Jingkong tilted his head and looked at her: "Brother-in-law has a nickname called A Heng, a domineering Heng."
Although his brother-in-law doesn't admit it, he already believes so in his heart, that he is rampant and domineering!
Gu Jiao looked at him funny: "Really? How do you know?"
Xiao Jingkong said: "I heard my aunt call, I saw my aunt that day."
Gu Jiao: "Oh?"
Xiao Jingkong sighed: "My brother-in-law and I came back from school, just at the entrance of the alley. My grandfather called my brother-in-law, Ah Heng, but my brother-in-law ignored him, dragged me and ran away. I asked my brother-in-law, and my brother-in-law also insisted that my grandfather admitted his mistake. My brother-in-law is really not filial. Even if I don’t want to recognize my aunt, I can’t treat him like this. Master Jiang taught us to respect the old and love the young…”
Xiao Jingkong felt that something was not right that day, but today's grandpa came to the door, which made him firm up his guess.
The bad brother-in-law really had a ghost that day!
The bad brother-in-law is an unfilial descendant.
He can't do that in the future.
After finishing the complaint, Xiao Qingkong deeply felt the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
He went to the study and picked up books in other languages that he quite despised.
The bad brother-in-law is unreliable, and the good heart is tired.
From today onwards, he has to work harder to support his family well in the future.
Inside the stove, Gu Jiao recalled Xiao Qingkong's words.
seen
Also called a nickname
That said, that person knew Xiao Liulang.
Judging from Xiao Liulang's reaction, Xiao Liulang is also very likely to know each other.
According to Gu Jiao's observation of the man, it is obvious that the man also knew the old lady, and it is hard to say whether it is a real couple.
The old lady's memory is confused, and it is possible to recognize the wrong person.
That's not the point.
The point is that the person knows Xiao Liulang and the old lady, and Xiao Liulang also knows him. Does Xiao Liulang also know the old lady
When he rescued the old lady and kept her without complaint, it was not because of his sudden kindness, but because they were old acquaintances
King An also knows the old lady...
Gu Jiao used firewood sticks to write several names on the ashes.
The old lady, the Prince of Anjun, Xiao Liulang, the Marquis of Xuanping, and A Heng.
…
The old man fell into deep thought after returning to the carriage.
Empress Dowager Zhuang did not deal with Xuanping Marquis Mansion, nor did she deal with herself, while Xiao Liulang was both a member of Xuanping Marquis Mansion and his own student.
Putting Xiao Liulang by the side of the demon queen who brought disaster to the country, the old man was worried.
"No, I have to keep an eye on her!"
The old man returned to the capital this time, in fact, to see a critically ill friend for the last time, and after seeing it, he planned to continue to hide in the mountains.
Now, he has changed his mind.
He quietly used the contacts that had been quiet for many years and rented a small house in Bishui Hutong. Coincidentally, it was right next to Xiao Liulang and Gu Jiao.
The old man moved in hurriedly.
There are not many domestic servants, only Liu Quan and a temporarily hired coachman.
On the first day he moved in, he built a ladder and stood on the wall to observe the movements of the Demon Empress.
The old lady had found him long ago.
This lingering old man, he didn't want her when he was young, but wanted to get her back when he was old
Go dream!
The old lady resisted the urge to hack someone to death, and went back to her house.
But she was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that she couldn't take this breath!
She went to the kitchen, picked up a kitchen knife, and went to the next door angrily.
The old man got sleepy after staring for a while, and went back to sleep.
The difference is that he fell asleep.
But halfway through his sleep, he felt a chill on his neck, he woke up instantly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the old lady pointing a kitchen knife at him.
He was startled: "What are you doing?"
The old lady put a kitchen knife on his neck, and said mightily and domineeringly, "Hand over the private house money!"
The old sacrificial wine who was robbed inexplicably: "...!!"
(End of this chapter)