Brocade tears

When Meng Kuang drove back to Lingji Hall, he was surprised to find that the front and rear doors of Lingji Hall were locked, and there was no one at home.

"What's going on? Where did Xiao Yan and the others go?" Sui'er asked nervously. In this extraordinary period, she was already terrified.

"I'm afraid I know it's not safe here, so I went to another place. Don't worry, let's go to uncle's house first." Meng Kuang said, then turned the carriage and drove to Zhao's grain where uncle's house was.

The Meng family moved to Xiaochangkou from the vicinity of Lingji Palace eight years ago, but my uncle's family still lives in the vicinity of Lingji Palace.Zhao's Grain Store is located on the southwest side of the intersection of Picai Hutong and Lingji Hutong. It is a store in the front and a house in the back. The three-story grain store also has a spacious grain depot.Behind is a three-entry house, quiet and unique, showing the leisure and elegance of Yangzhou people.Since Meng Kuang joined Jinyiwei, he had quarreled with his uncle many times and rarely went to his uncle's house.The most recent time was during the Chinese New Year this year, when I was reunited at my uncle's house for a New Year's Eve dinner.It seems that this place has never changed, and it is still the same as she remembers.

Meng Kuang drove the carriage to the backyard of his home, then took off his mask, got out of the car and knocked on the door.After a while, someone came to open the door.The person who opened the door was a middle-aged man with a simple and honest face. When he saw Meng Kuang at a glance, he shouted in surprise:

"Three girls!"

"Be quiet, Uncle Zhong, I saw that the door of Lingji Hall was locked, so I came to look for Yan'er, but is Wen'er at home?" Meng Kuang said in a low voice.

"Miss Si is here, yes, we are all worried about you, it's great to see you back!" Uncle Zhong lowered his voice and said excitedly.

Meng Kuang took Sui'er and Bai Yuyin out of the carriage, and led them into the door. Uncle Zhong called the man in charge of the horses at home, and asked the man to drive the carriage to the stables in the backyard. He led Meng Kuang and the three of them by himself. Go inside the house.

"Who are these two girls?" Uncle Zhong was a little confused.

"It's a long story, but they are all from our own family." Meng Kuang said.

Sui'er and Bai Yuyin were drawn to smile by her words "my family", Uncle Zhong turned his head just in time to see them laughing, and was immediately speechless in amazement.He had never seen such a good-looking woman in his life, and he would get a pair as soon as he came.A man with amber eyes and long brown hair. Although he is wearing a nondescript servant uniform, he can't hide his beauty and exotic style; the other is wearing a white shirt and white skirt. Can't help being beautiful and beautiful.He originally thought that the third and fourth girls in his family were already first-class beauties, but these two girls have a unique temperament, which attracts people to look at it again and again, the more they look at it, the more beautiful they are, and they can't get tired of it. .

Speaking of clothes... He suddenly noticed that the clothes on the third girl of their family were really amazing. This is a unicorn robe that only princes can wear. Why did they wear it on the third girl?

Uncle Zhong was muttering inwardly, just as they walked into the second courtyard of the house, as soon as they entered, they saw Meng Ai sitting on a stone pier in the courtyard, with one hand resting on his forehead, his eyes half closed as if he was dozing off.

"Miss Si, look who is here, your sister is here." Uncle Zhong shouted hastily.

Meng Ai woke up suddenly, seeing Meng Kuang at a glance, she immediately jumped up, rushed over to hug Meng Kuang, and cried out: "Sister! Where have you been! Are you scaring me to death?"

Meng Kuang has not been home since he left home on the third day of March. Two days later, Meng Ai has not seen her. Investigating the case, it is inconvenient to go home.But there was no news after that, how could she not be worried?

Meng Yan hugged Meng Kuang violently, and pulled Meng Kuang's injured left shoulder.She couldn't help but hissed in pain, Meng Yan let go of her hand immediately, and said nervously:

"What's wrong with you? Where are you hurt?"

"I got an arrow on the back of my left shoulder. It's okay, just a flesh wound." Meng Kuang wrote lightly with a smile.

"You...you don't love yourself!" Meng Yan's tears rolled in his eyes, "Come here, I'll show you the injury."

"Wan'er, Wan'er! Don't be busy, wait a minute. Who is there at home? Where are the three brothers Qingxu?" Meng Kuang pulled her back and asked.

"They have all gone back to Lingji Palace, and it's okay if they don't go back. It's just me, uncle, aunt, and cousin at home." Meng Ai replied.

"Where's Zhan Yu?" Meng Kuang asked again.

"Commander Zhan has been here for the past two days, but he left in a hurry. There is a lot of chaos outside, and their soldiers and horses are searching for fugitives." Meng Yan said.

"Gather all the family members together first, I have something to say." Meng Kuang said.

Meng Yan looked at Sui'er standing behind Meng Kuang and another beautiful woman she didn't know, and felt ominous foreboding in her heart.

Meng Yan asked Uncle Zhong to call everyone to gather in the central hall. She took Meng Kuang, Sui'er, and Bai Yuyin to the room first, found clothes for them to change first, and simply washed and cleansed their faces.Both Sui'er and Bai Yuyin were fine, they could just wear Meng Ai's clothes, but Meng Kuang's unicorn robe was a bit tricky, so Meng Ai had to go to his cousin Zhao Ziyang's room and find a set of Zhao Ziyang's clothes. Replace it with Meng Kuang.Zhao Ziyang is a Confucian student, and his clothes are Confucian shirts with large sleeves.Meng Ai found a white-faced black-collar straight gown that was a little easier to move around, and asked Meng Kuang to put it on.For a while, Wu Sheng became a scholar, but he showed a different kind of elegance, which made Sui Er unable to look away.

After dressing up, everyone was assembled, and the four of them went directly to the middle hall.As soon as he entered the middle hall, he saw that his uncle and aunt were sitting at the head of the hall, his cousin Zhao Ziyang was sitting first at the bottom, and the six trusted old servants of the family were standing on both sides.As soon as they came in, everyone's eyes focused on them.

Uncle Zhao Yun'an's beard and hair were already turning white. When he saw Meng Kuang, he stood up excitedly, stepped forward and took Meng Kuang's hand and said, "Qing'er! You are back, if you don't come back, I will send someone to look for you. "The aunt on the side couldn't help crying, seeing that the child was intact, she was finally relieved.

"My niece is unfilial, and my uncle and aunt are worried." Meng Kuang said guiltily, his uncle seemed to be much older than when he saw him during the Chinese New Year, his wrinkles were getting deeper, and his temples were stained with frost.

"It's good to come back, first put incense sticks on the ancestral tablet and your parents, and report that you are safe."

Uncle took Meng Kuang to the ancestral tablet in the side hall of the middle hall, and offered incense to worship, while Meng Ai arranged Sui'er and Bai Yuyin to sit in the guest seats.

Zhao Ziyang couldn't help turning his eyes to Sui'er and Bai Yuyin, he knew Sui'er, and he looked at the strange woman beside her with a kind face, and after a while, he finally recognized that she was the oiran of Tianxiang Pavilion.Because Zhao Ziyang was an official in the court, he also went to the Tianxiang Pavilion several times for entertainment, and only once did he meet Bai Yuyin.But at that time, Bai Yuyin was wearing theater makeup, and later she entered the private room to say hello. The meeting was amazing, but after all, it was a long time ago, and it took some effort to recall.

Immediately, Zhao Ziyang frowned. Meng Qing actually brought Sui'er and Bai Yuyin back home together. It was already predictable how his old-fashioned father would react. There was some trouble at home tonight.

After Meng Kuang finished worshiping, she took her uncle to the seat, and she stood in the middle hall by herself, and said:

"Uncle, aunt, cousin. The current situation is complicated, there are many parties fighting, and the capital is undercurrents. Tonight, there will be a big incident. I am afraid that the murderer in the city will be blocked on the basis of blocking the whole city. I need to discuss with you and choose an opportunity. Send these two to leave the capital and take refuge in other places." She pointed at Sui'er and Bai Yuyin sideways, Sui'er and Bai Yuyin stood up at the same time, and saluted Zhao Yun'an, Du Shi and Zhao Ziyang.

"Who are these two girls?" Zhao Yunan asked confusedly.

At the moment, Meng Kuang recounted all the things she had experienced in the past six or seven days since her return from the northwest, Sui'er's origin and the origin of the Meng family, and the relationship between Bai Yuyin and Meng's second brother.While narrating, she also sorted out her thoughts. After going through the events of the past few days in her mind, she seemed to have a clearer understanding of the current situation.However, she also understands that Sui'er and Bai Yuyin's identities are very sensitive, especially that my uncle is a traditional businessman, and he cannot accept many things. The only thing he wants is a peaceful and peaceful family, and prosperity and well-being for his children and grandchildren.Bai Yuyin is a lowly prostitute, Sui'er is a fugitive from the palace, involved in many fights, these two women brought disaster and criticism to the family, it is impossible for my uncle to be willing to get involved with them.This point, Meng Kuang had already expected it when he took them back to his uncle's house.Therefore, in her narration, she did not deliberately mention the relationship between Sui'er and herself, nor did she explicitly mention the relationship between Bai Yuyin and her second brother, but she did not hide the fact that her second brother redeemed Bai Yuyin.

Sure enough, the more my uncle listened to her narration, the more ugly his face became.In the end, she had a completely gloomy face, which was not so ugly, but she was also full of worry. Looking at her uncle's expression, she didn't dare to say more.Meng Kuang's voice fell behind, and the atmosphere in the hall became more and more condensed. For a while, Sui'er and Bai Yuyin were both up and down, feeling like they were sitting on pins and needles.Seeing that the situation was not good, Meng Yan hurriedly winked at his cousin Zhao Ziyang.Zhao Ziyang spread his hands with a bitter face, saying that he had no choice.He is also a junior in front of his parents, although he has the weight to speak, but now it is really not his decision.

Uncle glanced at Sui'er and Bai Yuyin again, got up and said:

"Qing'er, Wan'er, and Ziyang, you all come with me."

Meng Kuang's heart skipped a beat. He knew that his uncle might be about to say something ugly. In order to save face for Sui'er and Bai Yuyin, his uncle didn't plan to get angry in front of them.She clenched her fists and secretly encouraged herself, no matter how much her uncle objected, she would fight hard.Whether it is Sui'er or Bai Yuyin, she must keep them, and she must escort them out of the city safely to overcome the current difficulties.Even if her uncle doesn't help, she will not change her decision.

Zhao Yun'an led the three juniors all the way out of the middle hall and into the study not far away.After closing the door, his figure and movements suddenly slowed down.He slowly walked towards the chair behind the desk, Zhao Ziyang wanted to help him, but he waved him away.He sat down on the chair and said suddenly;

"You all kneel down for me."

Meng Kuang looked at his younger sister and cousin, honestly planning to kneel down, Zhao Yunan waved his hand and said:

"Not kneeling on me, kneeling on that portrait!" He pointed to a portrait hanging on the wall of the study, on which was a majestic general in golden armor riding on a snow-white horse.

The three juniors didn't know why, but they didn't want to disobey Zhao Yun'an at this stall, for fear that he would get angry.So the three of them knelt in front of the portrait together, and heard Zhao Yunan say:

"Do you know who is in the portrait?"

Meng Kuang and Meng Yan shook their heads together, they had never entered uncle's study.And Zhao Ziyang sighed softly, he knew it, but he didn't intend to answer at this time.

"That's my Tai/Zu emperor of Ming Dynasty!" Zhao Yunan said, "Do you know why I want you to kneel to him?"

The three still didn't answer, Zhao Yun'an raised his voice and reprimanded: "Because the ancestors of my Zhao family were deeply favored by the Tai/Zu Emperor, they were able to pass on the family for nine generations. For 200 years, they lived a worry-free life! Do you know the achievements of our ancestors? How come it's hard to come by? Do you understand what you are doing now and what consequences will it bring?!"

"Qing'er, Wan'er, your Meng family is the same as the Zhao family. In the early years, the Meng family followed the Tai/Zu emperor to raise troops, walked out of the mountains in the southwest, and passed down to your father's generation, passing on martial arts from generation to generation. Yours Father is the hero who fought against the Japanese pirates, he was the leader of Jinyiwei, and he received the favor of the emperor, have you forgotten? Now, your father, brother and elders are gone, and Kuanger is alone. I am your parent, so I have to discipline you Young people are not afraid of making mistakes, but if they know their mistakes, they can correct them. Neither of those two girls can stay at home, so send them to the government some other day."

"Uncle! Bai Yuyin was redeemed by the second brother. She traveled thousands of miles from Nanjing to Beijing to find him. She has been looking for him for seven years! She is going to pass!" Meng Kuang said immediately in a hurry.

"Presumptuous! A prostitute! How can she become your second brother's wife? Even if she is a concubine, I will not allow her in!"

"Uncle! What you say is too much!" Meng Kuang stood up immediately, scaring Zhao Ziyang and Meng Ai to pull her away.

"You! You rebellious girl, kneel down!" Zhao Yunan pointed at Meng Kuang with trembling fingers, and said, "I must teach you a lesson for your mother today!"

"My mother will not be so pedantic, arrogant, and contemptuous of others like you!"

"Pa", Zhao Yun'an slapped Meng Kuang on the left side of the face, his eyes turned black with anger, and he couldn't stand steadily.Zhao Ziyang hurriedly supported him, and helped him sit aside.Meng Yan's heart was twisted. She had a gentle temper and was indifferent to the world, but now she was trembling with anger from her uncle's words, and her eyes were red. She couldn't help hugging her sister to cover her cheeks, and said in a crying voice:

"Uncle, my sister did nothing wrong, why do you beat her! Our Meng family has no parents, so we just let others bully us like this?"

Zhao Yun'an's face turned pale, and he was speechless for a while.He had no intention of hitting Meng Qing, but he couldn't control himself when he was angry.Meng Yan's words were like a sharp sword, piercing into his heart, making him bloody and painful.How much he loves Meng Qing and Meng Ai, and how sad he is right now.He only knows that the child has made a mistake, and he wants to correct this mistake.Why are these children so disobedient? !

Meng Kuang's face was red and swollen, he knelt down, and his voice was cold: "Uncle, I have made up my mind. I can understand that you want to keep the Zhao family rich and safe. But Bai Yuyin and my second brother have a long and deep relationship, and they have been in love for seven years. Leading. Li Sui'er and I have been separated for nine years. We meet again by fate. Our love is deeply rooted. We have decided to become partners and share life and death together. They are such good women. Apart from our Meng family, they have no one to rely on in this world. How can they Let us down! We, the Meng family, are all lone wolves. If we have anything to do, we don’t burden others. I will do what my father and brother did back then. My Meng family and the Zhao family, this is the end..."

"Meng Qing! That's enough! Don't talk about it." Zhao Ziyang interrupted her before she could say the word "absolutely", "Everyone is too emotional today, and it doesn't matter what you say. Meng Yan, take your sister out , go to the guest room to rest."

At that time, Zhao Yun'an's eyes turned white from the shock of Meng Kuang's outrageous words, and he was about to hold his breath.Meng Ai hurriedly pulled her sister up and took her out of the study, leaving Zhao Ziyang alone in the study to appease Zhao Yun'an.

The two walked all the way to the guest courtyard, Meng Kuang suddenly stopped, Meng Yan looked up at her, and saw that her sister who was so strong that she never shed tears was already streaming down her face.