one day ago.

Liu Ming was buried gravely.

Everything in the Liu family's mansion is plain.

Sections of white silk are hung on countless green bricks and gray tiles, like a pair of elegiac couplets, stretching into the depths of the mansion.

Outside the mourning hall, more than 40 of Liu Mingming's concubines knelt in front of the mourning hall and cried loudly for an unknown amount of time. Their tears ran dry and their throats became hoarse from crying.

In the mourning hall, Mr. Liu Gun and Liu Ge were dressed in gray clothes and gray robes, sitting silently on the Taishi chair next to the coffin, staring at the Liu family wearing sackcloth and mourning outside the hall.

He looked calm, as if he was watching a farce that had nothing to do with him.

At this time, the waiter outside the door called out in a long voice: "Mrs. Concubine Jing of Prince Jing's Mansion has arrived!"

Liu Gun's expression finally changed. He looked past the crowd of mourners lying on the ground, across the patio, and looked at the long and dark porch opposite.

Concubine Jing walked into the mourning hall with the support of Grandma Chunrong, knelt on the ground with a plop, and burst into tears: "Father!"

Several attendants in black slowly closed the eight red lacquer doors of the mourning hall and led Sister Chunrong away, leaving the father and daughter alone.

Mr. Liu Ge did not help Concubine Jing up, but stood up slowly, facing the coffin and turning his back to Concubine Jing: "You are no longer from the Liu family, why are you coming back?"

Concubine Jing walked forward, knelt at the feet of Mr. Liu Ge and begged: "Father, I grew up here since I was a child. I am your biological flesh and blood. How can I not be from the Liu family?"

Mr. Liu Ge put his hands behind his back and stared at the coffin in the mourning hall: "Since you were pregnant with Prince Jing's heir and asked someone to calculate that it was a boy, you didn't even want to go back to the Liu family mansion. Since you are determined to only be Jing.

Princess, if you don’t become a member of the Liu family, why should you go back?"

Concubine Jing begged: "Father, it's not that I don't want to come back, it's that grandpa only has Liu Mingming as his grandson in his heart. Every time I go back to the Liu family's mansion, he never looks at me. What am I going to do when I come back?"

Mr. Liu Ge said: "You brothers and sisters have grown up here since childhood. Your eldest brother went to Yuanjue Temple and completely cut off the secular world. Your third sister passed away early due to bad luck. Now your second brother has also been killed by the eunuchs.

…”

Concubine Jing was silent.

Mr. Liu Ge gently waved his sleeves and said in a low voice: "Do you still remember what this room is called?"

Concubine Jing hesitated: "Tongxintang."

Liu Ge said: "This Tongxin Hall was built in the autumn of the twelfth year of Houde. At that time, the Liu family transported eight sky-reaching golden nanmu pillars from the South China Sea to make pillars, which represented the eight brothers and sisters of the Liu family at that time. The Liu family has ancestors

As a lesson, brothers and relatives must not harm each other. This is what I taught you since childhood, but you have all forgotten it."

Concubine Jing sobbed: "Father, I remember it."

Liu Gelao asked: "You once met with the Secret Service. At that time, you said that your second brother wanted to make a fire monitor... Do you want me to continue?"

Concubine Jing's expression changed.

She turned back to look for Chun Rong's location, but remembered that the attendant in black had taken Chun Rong away.

Concubine Jing suddenly turned her head, looked at Mr. Liu Ge and said solemnly: "Father, the second brother harmed my child, and also sent people to kill Liu Shiyu, who is my sister's only flesh and blood! He was the one who wanted to kill me first.

!”

Mr. Liu Ge said calmly: "The current situation in the Liu family is all because I didn't teach you well. Go back, the Liu family is about to be destroyed. Go back to Prince Jing's Mansion and be your princess. You and I, father and daughter, will sever ties today so as not to harm you."

Concubine Jing walked forward and knelt at Liu Ge's feet, sobbing: "Father, please don't say that, I won't go back. Do you still remember that when you were a child, you took me to fly a kite outside the house, you took me out for an outing, you took me

I went to attend a cultural gathering, and you taught me music, chess, calligraphy and painting... When I was twelve years old, you joked that when I grew up, I would turn into a kite and fly to other people's homes. I said that as long as you pull the string, I would fly back.

By your side."

Mr. Liu Ge smiled and said, "I cut off my money, and when I went out I found that the Liu family no longer paid for your debt, so I thought about the Liu family again, okay?"

Concubine Jing's face gradually calmed down, and she let go of Mr. Liu Ge's leg: "Father, my daughter has realized her mistake. This time, my daughter will obey your orders and will never go against your will."

Mr. Liu Ge returned to the Taishi chair and sat down, and said with emotion: "You have to remember that the Liu family is not yours and mine, but the Liu family of thousands of Liu family members. You and I are on this big ship of the Liu family.

If they can accompany it for a short journey, generations of outstanding people in the Liu family are just ghosts escorting it. If the heads of the Liu family cannot understand this matter, the Liu family will not be able to save this long-term foundation."

Concubine Jing asked: "What does father want to do this time?"

Mr. Liu Ge's expression was uncertain in front of the candlelight in the mourning hall: "There is no turning back when I shoot my bow. I will do what your second brother has not finished."

Concubine Jing trembled: "Second brother is so bold, why do you, father, follow him in his mischief?"

Liu Gelao sighed: "He left this mess, and I have to clean it up for him... There is no turning back. I will send a maid by your side. When it is critical, you need to cooperate with her to do something."

Concubine Jing asked: "What does father want me to do?"

Mr. Liu Ge said calmly: "If you shouldn't ask, don't ask. You will know when the time comes."

Concubine Jing struggled for a long time before kneeling in front of Mr. Liu Ge: "Father, I am willing to help you, but after the matter is completed..."

Mr. Liu Ge's eyes were deep, and he gently stroked Concubine Jing's cheek: "Dad, you are the only daughter by my side now. In the future, the world and the Liu family will belong to you and your children. This time, the Liu family will be affected by you."

The second brother is forced to make a big bet."

Concubine Jing slowly stood up, wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and said in a calm tone: "I should still be able to give birth to an heir for the prince, but the prince also has a son, Zhu Yunxi. Father, I need a promise."

Liu Gelao smiled and said: "This is the child of my Liu family. How does he cry like a child? You will no longer need to worry about Zhu Yunxi soon. Maybe you will receive news in a few days. Concubine Yun is in cahoots with your second brother.

, her child will also be removed so that you can vent your anger."

The corners of Concubine Jing's mouth raised slightly.

At this time, Old Liu Ge changed the topic: "Tell me about that young apprentice from the Taiping Medical Center, the one you promised two thousand taels of silver to buy your second brother's life, Chen Ji."

Concubine Jing was stunned for a moment: "Why did father ask about him?"

Liu Gelao didn't answer.

Concubine Jing thought for a moment: "This man is quick-witted. He discovered something was wrong with the cup that my second brother gave me. Later, I tried to frame him, but he somehow found out and lost the cup you gave me."

Dongzhu."

Mr. Liu Ge said slowly: "Later, you sent people to various pawn shops to find the Dongzhu. What was the result?"

Concubine Jing shook her head: "I haven't seen that Dongzhu, so it should still be in his hand."

Mr. Liu Ge laughed and said: "This guy is quite calm. He didn't use Dongzhu, which is so valuable, to exchange for money. Thinking about it, he should be the one who ruined my Liu family's affairs. Who would have thought that such a person would just

Just a medical apprentice...here."

Several attendants in black opened the eight red lacquer doors, and Mr. Liu Ge said to Concubine Jing: "You can go back."

Concubine Jing hesitated for a moment, but finally stood up and left: "My daughter will leave first."

When they left the Liu family's mansion, Chun Rong, who was beside the carriage, came up to help her, but she saw that she raised her wrist and slapped Chun Rong hard in the face: "Eat the inside out!"

Chun Rong lowered her head and did not dare to say a word.

In the mourning hall, Mr. Liu Ge sat on the Grand Master's chair without getting up. He just told an attendant in black with a cold expression: "Tell Mr. Feng that before the second son's head is seven, we will collect the traces and the golden pig head will be returned for the second son to be buried with him."

"Master, where are the prince and the princess?"

"If you want something alive, bring it back."

…

…

At this moment.

Chen Ji was walking on the cinder road of the small town. On both sides of the road there were the sounds of drunken guessing, prostitution, and dice rolling. No one noticed him at all.

But he suddenly discovered that what was used to buy and sell things in this small town was not copper coins or silver, but sticks of wood chips. Without such wooden chips, it would be useless to bring silver.

As a result, it is difficult for outsiders to enter the town.

Chen Ji stood in front of the medical center and watched silently. He originally planned to buy medicine for Bai Li directly and brazenly, but now he couldn't spend it even if he had money.

We can only wait until the medical clinic closes before stealing.

At this moment, a group of people came in from outside the town. The leader was a middle-aged man in a green shirt, followed by dozens of stern-faced black-clothed followers.

On both sides of the road, when the soldiers saw this group of people, they immediately stopped and stood respectfully on both sides of the street with their hands lowered: "Mr. Feng."

"Good evening, Mr. Feng."

Chen Ji thought for a moment, then turned around and followed the group.

Without squinting his eyes, Mr. Feng rode his horse to a wine shop, where a group of soldiers were drinking.

But when Mr. Feng pointed his finger, a black-clad attendant immediately jumped off the horse behind him and dragged a soldier out of the wine shop by his hair. When the other soldiers saw this, they stood up one after another, but they dared not speak in anger.

Mr. Feng sat on the horse and said casually: "General Li, what time is it? Are you still in the mood to drink?"

Li Pianjiang hurriedly got up from the ground: "Reporting to Mr. Feng, the search team has gone out, and there is no news yet."

Mr. Feng smiled: "I'm not satisfied with this answer."

As soon as he finished speaking, the attendant in black drew his sword and struck, and Li Pian's head fell to the ground.

Mr. Feng pointed to another soldier in the wine shop and said: "From now on, you will be in charge of this place. Don't drink anymore. Seal the entire military town and search every house. Anyone who encounters any suspicious persons will be arrested."

The soldier hesitated and said: "Mr. Feng, our military town is heavily guarded..."

Mr. Feng laughed again: "I've been looking outside for a whole day but I still can't find anyone. Since it's not outside, it must be inside. Why is it that someone else is still a noisy one? Then someone else comes to talk to me."

The next moment, the black-clothed entourage rushed forward and slashed with a knife. Another human skull rolled on the ground, and blood spattered the entire wine shop in scarlet.

A soldier wiped the blood on his face, suddenly threw the wine bowl on the ground, and knelt on the porcelain piece with one knee: "Mr. Feng, I am willing to take on this important task. Before the end of the hour, I will turn the general upside down."

If we don't find anyone, we will finally come to see you."

Mr. Feng looked at this person with interest, and threw a stack of blank paper portraits on this person's face: "Very good, I like ambitious people, and the master also likes ambitious people. Go ahead and do the work. The person in the portrait

, shoot without mercy."

The military man took the portrait and unfolded it, revealing a thin young man on it.
Chapter completed!