Dry Dream

day time.

Another few days passed, and the elder brother went to Beijing in disguise every day to inquire about his father, while the mother stood at the door of the house and looked forward to Master Yuan's return when she was free.Yaojun checks the pulse of his sister-in-law at home every day, and prepares tonics and decoctions for her.I still study, practice martial arts, and practice riding and archery.Anyway, Dad can't help for the time being, and I'm idle too.

I was lucky today, I caught a wild duck and a pheasant while practicing riding and archery.Because the family is different now, and there is no money to buy good supplements for the sister-in-law, so it is very happy to be able to hunt for these things that can replenish the body.

When I walked home at sunset, I saw my mother holding on to the door frame and looking around from a distance.The eager anticipation on that face, the tender sadness in the loving eyes, made people feel a pain in their hearts.

Mother is getting old...

There are silver threads in the mother's hair, and there are traces of vicissitudes on her face.

Although my mother would cry and cry from time to time, the family has gone through such a drastic change, but my mother did not fall down, did not blame others, supported the family firmly, and tried every means to save my father.

Niang is an amazing woman.It is reasonable for father to remain infatuated with mother.

"Qi'er is back!" Mother saw me, and happily came up to me.That smile is gratification, the joy of welcoming his son back.

I jumped off the horse and patted the wild duck and pheasant hanging on the saddle and said that I would help my sister-in-law. My mother happily praised me for being good, and took my hand to go home.

In the evening, the whole family sits around the table and eats warmly.Hong'er, Liu'er and the others sat with us.At first they were not used to it, because the servants had never been able to eat at the same table as the master.Now that more than a month has passed, it really feels like a family.

"Hey! Why is it so fragrant, is there any share for us?"

While eating, Master Yuan and Senior Senior Brother suddenly fell from the sky into the hospital, the whole family was stunned, and then swarmed out to welcome the two into the house.

It was a delicious meal, one of the happiest I've had since the accident at home.

Master Yuan brought back 10 taels of silver, which was another big surprise.

Master Yuan said that because he got the news that his father would not be convicted for the time being, he went a little further and went to Lingzhou thousands of miles away to find a big buyer.Niang wept with joy, saying that she would never forget Master Yuan's kindness, and took out a few bank notes as a reward for Master Yuan.Master Yuan didn't want to say anything, saying that our family is using silver now, and the 10 taels of silver is not enough to buy favors.

It is true that money can make Mo Tui ghosts.With the money and the help of Master Yuan and the others, the eldest brother soon brought back good news: We can visit Dad in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice.

It was the first time I entered the dungeon when I was growing up. The dungeon was dark and damp, with musty and bloody smells everywhere.Rats were running around, bugs were crawling and flying, and there were bloody prisoners hanging from the rack.The burning and crackling charcoal brazier, the instruments of torture inserted in it, and the blood-red sewage basin, this scene makes people feel chills and stomach juices tumbling.

The eldest brother stuffed a large bag of money and a basketful of good words to the prison chief. The prison chief smiled and led us to the cell where Dad was held alone.

Father was lying on the kang with a tattered straw mat, wearing a dirty white prison clothes stained with blood.His hair was completely white, covered with blood and mud, piled up in a chaotic mess behind his head.

Dad closed his eyes, his breath was weak, his face was dirty, and the blood from the corner of his mouth spread to his chin.

Father is not wearing shackles, he can't even stand up now, it doesn't make any difference whether he wears shackles or not.

"Master!" Mother cried out sadly, she rushed to kneel in front of Father's bed with tears streaming down her face.

Dad's eyelids trembled twice and slowly opened.Those eyes that were once hale and calm are now devoid of expression, and what's left is a lifeless vastness.

Dad moved his lips, but no words came out.Yaojun walked past me, put down the medicine box, took out silver needles and stabbed Dad one by one.

Dad rolled his eyes, looked at Mr. Yao, then at my elder brother and me, and finally returned to the weeping mother.

I don't know how long it has passed, after Yaojun poured a small bottle of unknown medicinal juice into my father, my father seemed a little more energetic.

"What are you doing here..." Dad said with difficulty.

"Master, what crime did you commit to be beaten like this?" Mother stopped crying and said with a sob.

"Why do women ask this, just take good care of the house." Father seemed to not want Mother to know too much.

"Master, what time is this, and you still say such things." Mother complained, "How can I get you out quickly?"

Father looked at us again, turned his eyes back and said: "It can't be saved, Concubine Zhen is dead, the situation is over..."

"Master!" Mother cried.

"You go out, Ye'er Qier stays."

"Master..." Niang looked reluctant.

"Get out!" Dad was very determined.

With tears in her eyes, Niang walked out of the cell step by step.My eldest brother and I walked to my father's bed and knelt down. My father looked sideways at Yao Jun and said, "You go out too." Yao Jun put away the medicine box and turned to leave the cell.

Seeing that only my elder brother and I were left in the cell, my father looked at me indifferently for a while and said, "Did you take something you shouldn't have?"

I opened my eyes wide in surprise, thinking of the book.

"Our Yan family has never had a peaceful life since we had you." Dad looked at me with eyes full of hatred and said, "This time, you are satisfied."

"I..." I was speechless.

I never thought that all this would be brought about by that book.The culprit is me!

If I didn't take that book and only rescued Lord Yao, wouldn't there be such a bad result?

"Forget it, it's useless to say anything, they won't let me go." Father said disheartenedly: "Take good care of your mother. You go out, I have something to say to Ye'er."

I don't know how I got out of the cell, my mind is full of my father's hateful eyes and his words.

It turned out that I brought all these disasters to my family.

If I also had such a son, would I want to strangle him to death?

97. Visitors from afar

Post time: 04/292010

When my mother saw me coming out, she rushed up to meet me and asked, "What did your father tell you?"

I looked at my mother helplessly, speechless.

"Speak." Mother grabbed my arms and shook them.

"I didn't say anything... Dad asked me to take good care of you..." I murmured.

"That's all you said? Your father didn't say how to save him?" Mother's words sounded crying again, and tears welled up in her eyes.

My eyes were wet, and I shook my head slowly.

Mother let go of me and continued to look at the cell door.The eldest brother is still inside, and she still has hope.

"Hey, I said, this time is too long, I can't explain it to the superior." The cell boss walked over with a smile on his face and said.

"My lord, please wait a little longer." Yao Jun took out a gold ingot from the medicine box and stuffed it into the hands of the prison chief.

Seeing the gold, the cell boss's eyes gleamed, and his expression immediately became greedy and ugly.He hurriedly stuffed the gold ingot into his bosom, salivated and said, "It's easy to talk, easy to talk, talk slowly, don't worry." After finishing speaking, he left humming a little tune.

I looked at Yao Jun in a daze, the gold ingot seemed to be the New Year's money given by my mother during the Chinese New Year.No wonder Mr. Yao brought back so many tonics for his sister-in-law these days. It turned out that he still had some gold ingots, and I forgot about it.

What my mother said is good, I am really heartless.

The eldest brother stayed in the cell for a long time before he came out. After he came out, he said that his father asked Yao Jun to go in and talk.I wanted to follow in, but was stopped by my elder brother.

Yao Jun also went in for a long time, and when he came out, his face was calm.

Mother went in to talk to father again, and the cell boss came over and urged us to leave.This time, Yao Jun could no longer take out gold ingots.The eldest brother took out the banknotes, but the cell boss didn't dare to take them any more, and said with a bitter face that we could not stay here any longer.

It was already dark when we came out of the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It seemed that we really stayed in it for a long time.

Mother cried all the way out of the capital until the gate of the house.Liu Er and Lian Zhi have already prepared dinner, but neither of us is in the mood to eat it.

The eldest brother said that he would leave for Pingzhou early in the morning to seek help from the second aunt, so that I could take care of my mother.Mother asked elder brother what dad had said to him, but elder brother only said that mother should not worry.Mother was so anxious that she cried again, and the older brother coaxed her for a long time, and finally said that it was father who refused to let her tell her, so mother slowly stopped crying.

I couldn't sleep that night, and neither could Mr. Yao.I asked Yaojun what his father had told him, but Yaojun said that he wanted to go back to his hometown for a visit in two days.I said I would go with him, anyway, Fen'an County is not far away, so I can run back and forth in a day.

Early in the morning, the eldest brother packed up his luggage and was ready to go after breakfast.Mother asked Master Yuan to go with her eldest brother, so that she could take care of her on the way, and Master Yuan readily agreed.

Brother and Master Yuan are gone, we can only wait for them to come back.

Yaojun took Hong'er to the town to buy a lot of tonics, and when he came back, he taught Liu'er and Huamei how to prepare and decoct medicine, and wrote several prescriptions and how to take care of his sister-in-law before and after childbirth.I find it strange, didn't Mr. Yao say he just went back to his hometown to have a look?Why does he look like he is about to travel far?

After dinner in the evening, I took my elder brother out for a walk and talked.When I got to a place where no one was around, I stopped and said, "Brother, Dad told me that the family suffered such disaster because of that book, but Dad didn't ask me anything."

"That's because the less you know, the safer you are. Your father doesn't want to die." The senior brother folded his arms and said, "King Hexing will guess that your father deliberately gave Ning Yaojun to him, and then used Ning Yaojun Steal the book. That's why your father is still not convicted. They want to find out the whereabouts of the book from your father's mouth. Once the whereabouts of the book are found, your father's life will be lost."

Before the eldest brother could finish his sentence, he heard a rush of horseshoes getting closer and closer, followed by a