Mikago

Ye Zuolan also couldn't tell how long she had been standing blankly.

When he came back to his senses, the crowd of spectators had dispersed in sevens and eighties.And during the pushing and shoving just now, he loosened his hair, lost his right shoe, and tore a big hole in his left sleeve... The appearance at this moment may only be described as "miserable".

The black-shed carriage where the mother was imprisoned had long since disappeared without a trace, and the gate of the new house was closed again, with a cross seal pasted in the middle.

It turns out that all this is not a nightmare, but a reality.

By the way... my sister...

Crying and depression must be put on hold for a step, Ye Zuolan warned herself that she must cheer up.

He quickly returned to the meeting place with his sister, but did not rush to tell, but grabbed Ye Yueshan's hand and led her to a secluded alley.

There is an old house hidden deep in the alley. The owner was a famous court official a hundred years ago.Today, the descendants of the ministers have long since fallen into poverty and moved to live in other places.In the old house, there are only broken bricks and tiles, dead trees and grass.There is only one ancestral hall, which can barely shelter from wind and rain.

Ye Zuolan led her sister into the ancestral hall and carefully closed the door.The eyes of the siblings met for a moment, and he finally couldn't help it, and cried "Wow".

Ye Yueshan is also a girl with exquisite seven orifices. When Zuo Lan cried, she guessed nine times out of ten, and her face turned pale with fright.After Zuo Lan finished talking intermittently about what he had seen, the siblings were already in tears.

However, they still couldn't figure out what was going on.

"I think...it should be related to the impeachment memorial."

Ye Zuolan expressed the contradiction in her heart: "However, as the saying goes, 'opening the gate of rites to hang the rules, marking the way to establish the rules', since ancient times, all dynasties have praised the courtiers who have the courage to impeach. Even if the impeachment is not To be sure, it is not necessary to impose such a severe punishment on the impeacher...otherwise, who would dare to speak out again?"

Ye Yueshan didn't know much about the etiquette in the court.She thought for a while, and suddenly put her arms around Zoran's shoulders.

"No matter what, the people from the imperial court captured our parents...I'm afraid they won't let us go. Zuolan, we must hide and find a way to survive!"

"That's right..." Ye Zuolan was about to get up immediately: "I saved some money for buying books in the dormitory of the Imperial College, I'll go get it!"

"You can't go!" Ye Yueshan hurriedly stopped him: "They know that you are studying in the Taixue, so you must wait in the Imperial College. If you go, you are throwing yourself into a trap?!"

"That's right..." Ye Zuolan finally calmed down, and sat aside with her head in her arms: "Then what should we do? I only have a few small pieces of silver on me, what should I do in the future?"

"Maybe we should find a chance to leave the capital." Ye Yueshan bit her nails and said, "Go to Liuquancheng's uncle's house. He is a sensible and good man, so he should be able to take us in."

"Going out of the city?!" Ye Zuolan was stunned: "Is it possible to leave parents alone like this?"

"What do you mean?" Ye Yueshan asked back with red eyes, "Is there any way, tell me quickly!"

Ye Zuolan opened her mouth to defend herself, but when her voice reached her mouth, she found that she had nothing to say at all.

The Guozijian is not going back now, and if he wants to find a classmate there, the other party may not be willing to come to this muddy water.As for Mr. Hong, after all, he is only a teacher of the first class, and he also pursues the way of being wise and protecting himself.

So, who else?

Ye Zuolan touched her chest silently.

There, the letter paper that was once torn into pieces by my father has been carefully put together.But it was clearly just an extra sheet of thin paper, but Ye Zuolan seemed to be carrying a piece of wrought iron, which was extremely heavy.

Tang Ruilang, Tang Ruilang... If it were any other situation, he would definitely not just sit idly by.

However, the person his father impeached was precisely his father.And his father may be the culprit of what happened today.

Obviously, there are only [-] days left before the Duanyang appointment...

In all dejection, Ye Zuolan could only hold his head in tears, and he didn't know how long it took before he felt Ye Yueshan gently push his shoulder.

"It's getting dark. How about Zuoran go to the street to buy some food?"

Only then did Ye Zuolan feel that her belly was empty, so she nodded and walked outside.

On the side street not far from the old house, there is a pancake shop, the cherry pancake shop is the most famous.When returning from the ten-day holiday, Ye Zuolan would bring a few coins for Ye Yueshan, in exchange for many compliments.

At this moment, he came to the bakery, took out the broken silver and prepared to trade, but his eyes stopped on the price tag on the wall - it is now late spring and early summer, and the season for picking cherries has long passed, and the cherry blossoms are blooming. The price has also risen by two pennies.

Ye Zuolan calculated the price, then looked down at the broken silver in her palm.My heart suddenly felt sour, and it was not until the clerk in the store asked me three times that I managed to come back to my senses.

"Here, your favorite cherry pie."

Back at the ancestral hall, Ye Zuolan handed the pancake wrapped in oiled paper to her sister, while she sat aside and began to study the broken iron pot she found in the yard just now.

Ye Yueshan immediately frowned slightly: "Why don't you eat?"

"I've eaten." Ye Zuolan replied, "I'm a little thirsty now. There is a well in the yard. I'll see if I can bring some water up."

Ye Yueshan didn't argue with him, she got up and walked in front of Ye Zuolan, and wiped the corner of his mouth vigorously with her sleeve.After wiping it, I checked it backhand, and there was no oil stain at all.

"Give you."

She split the cherry porridge in two, and gave half of it to Zoran.Then he took off the gold bracelet on his wrist: "Find a chance tomorrow and pawn it."

"No!" Ye Zuolan refused without thinking, "This may be... the only thing mother left you!"

"Not the only one, nor the most precious."

Ye Yueshan shook her head, and looked at Ye Zuolan again with tears in her eyes: "I still have you, and you still have me... Let's live a good life, this should be the most important thing right now."

After eating the glutinous rice cakes, Ye Zuolan wiped the broken pot clean, tied his jacket to the ear of the pot and sank it into the well, and the water from the well was cool and sweet.

The siblings drank some water and slowly calmed down.At this time, the sound of the winter drum closing the street was heard in the distance.

After the sound of the winter drum, there is a curfew in the capital, and idlers are not allowed to walk around casually—for others, it is a good time to come out and venture out.

Ye Zuolan wanted to go home and take a look.He persuaded Ye Yueshan to stay in the ancestral hall and wait for news about him, but if she hadn't returned by dawn, she would have to take the remaining broken silver and sneak out of the city to join her uncle in Liuquan.

The night-shrouded streets were eerily silent.Ye Zuolan suddenly realized that this was the first time in her life that she violated the laws of the Ning Dynasty.

If a person who violates the curfew is caught, he shall receive twenty strokes of the cane according to the law.However, the punishment stick and the family stick are not the same, and the stick can make people bruise.It is said that during the reign of the first emperor, an official received sixty punishment sticks for committing crimes. After the execution of the punishment, the flesh on his legs had been smashed, and large pieces fell off when he was lightly touched.

Ye Zuolan didn't dare to think any more.

He walked cautiously across the moss-covered path to the east wall of the new house.There is a broken water tank by the wall, filled with soil, and a hydrangea blooms in it.He stepped on the water tank, tried several times, and finally managed to turn over into the house.

Tonight is a full moon, and the snowy moonlight shines on the courtyard.The shadows of the maple trees and the pergolas move slowly, and the carp eats the fallen flowers in the pond... everything is quiet and beautiful, as if the next moment, my mother will be able to open the door under the moon and walk out of the house.

Ye Zuolan took a few more steps forward following the phantom that was so yearning in her heart.The figure of the mother disappeared, and there was a pale seal on the closed door.

This is the reality... The mansion will eventually collapse, and all the tranquility and beauty in the courtyard will also turn into barrenness and death.A hundred years from now, no one will remember this place.Not to mention, no one would know that there was once a family of four whose life was fleeting in this mansion.

Milky white mist slowly rose from the pond, wrapped Ye Zuolan's body, and floated towards the small courtyard that once belonged to him.

He pierced the paper on the window and peeked into the house secretly, only to see a mess everywhere.The pieces of porcelain that were broken during the quarrel that day were still scattered in front of the long case.Only books and display utensils have been confiscated.

Not anymore, all the memories from childhood to the present, all the cherishable things, have easily become the property of others.Ye Zuolan felt as if a hole had been dug out in Ye Zuolan's heart, the place was empty, the tears had already flowed dry, and she only felt sore.

He was in a daze when a small wind suddenly blew from behind his head.A big old hand suddenly stretched out from the mist, and pressed it on his shoulder!