Chapter 143： Emperor brother

Chapter 143 Emperor Brother

Chu Nanzhi didn't dare to persuade any more, knowing that these old people value face more than life.

The head of the Liu family, Liu Chengming, managed to bring back his two sons, but the head of the Chu family couldn't even control his own children.

Chu Wenyu didn't want to return to the Qi family until his death, but the members of the Chu family went to the Qi family for a few taels of silver, and watched them flatter the mother and son of the Qi family. Sweeping his dignity.

After sitting in the room for a while, Chu Nanzhi was in a daze. Chu Luoqian, the head of the Chu family, suddenly staggered up to her, and whispered in her ear: "Nanzhi, come here with the old man for a while." trip."

Hearing the sound, Chu Nanzhi immediately opened his eyes, saw the patriarch's frowning face, and quickly got up to follow him to the side room.

Seeing that it was the head of the Chu family who was asking the question, Lin Jinxiao didn't dare to follow up.

Chu Luoqian sat on the seat, leaning on his crutches, and said in thought: "The old man heard from the person who came back from the Qi family today that Wen Yu was sent to your family by sneaking two fish a few days ago. After my mother learned about it, she reprimanded him a few words, and then he couldn't think about taking poison and committing suicide."

"Uncle did indeed send two fish over. I heard from my mother that my uncle went to help one of his fellow Taoists release water to catch fish a few days ago, and then dropped by."

Chu Nanzhi replied softly.

But Chu Wenyu shouldn't be overwhelmed by such a trivial matter, it's just too ridiculous.

Chu Luoqian sighed sadly: "Wen Yu has lived a sad life in Qi's family these years. Those of us who are old people know it well, but there is no way to do it. When your father-in-law was alive, you couldn't control this matter. How can us clan elders get involved?"

After thinking for a while, he considered again and said: "No matter what, we still have to get these unfilial heirs of our Chu family back from the Qi family. Wen Yu will come back home until he dies. They are still licking hot faces." Going up, this is not to make relatives and enemies happy, but also to make Wen Yu feel cold under the nine springs, where will I put this old face of me and several elders in the future."

"Grandpa Zu doesn't have to worry too much, people's hearts are unpredictable, this kind of thing can't be forced."

Chu Nanzhi took this matter very seriously, even blood relatives cannot avoid renunciation, let alone people of the same clan.

Chu Luoqian was a little unwilling: "Anyway, since Wen Yu's funeral is held in his own home, it concerns the face of the Chu family, so I, the patriarch, have to take care of it."

"Grandpa Zu, are you hungry? I'll get you a hot bowl of porridge."

Seeing that he was still struggling with this issue, Chu Nanzhi deliberately changed the subject.

Chu Luoqian waved his hand: "I'm not hungry."

"Then I'll help you go upstairs to rest for a while, you're getting old and you have to sleep."

"I am not sleepy."

Chu Luoqian was a little annoyed, and he talked to her in a serious manner. This little girl's jokes are useless. They are really useless, and they are useless at critical times.

Chu Nanzhi felt that he, a junior, shouldn't play tricks in front of him. It can be seen that he is so stubborn, so he had no choice but to talk to him:

"Grandpa Clan, just look away. Things in this world are just like this. How many people can not be moved by worldly fame and fortune? Even if you go and tie up all the clansmen by yourself, they won't be convinced." It's also useless."

At this point, she couldn't help but quietly looked at the old patriarch, and seeing that his expression softened a little, she continued to persuade: "Fortunately, people from Nanhua Temple and the Shen family came to support the field, and there are many neighbors Help, uncle and the old man will not be chilled when he leaves."

After hearing these words, Chu Luoqian didn't argue anymore, and Mo fell into deep thought by himself.

"Grandpa Zu, rest here, I'll go to the hall to have a look first."

After finishing speaking, Chu Nanzhi brought him a bowl of tea, then returned to sit beside Lin Jinxiao.

Lin Jinxiao was resting quietly with his eyes closed, when he sensed movement nearby, he immediately opened his eyes and looked over, staring at Chu Nanzhi, seeing that her expression was calm, he knew that the stubborn old man inside did not make things difficult for her, so he closed his eyes in peace Continue to take a nap and rest.

Chu Nanzhi got up to refill some tea for the Taoist priests, sat back beside Lin Jinxiao and dozed off unknowingly, but when she woke up, she found herself leaning on his shoulder. The little white face was staring at him blankly.

Chu Nanzhi got up in a panic, looked around, and found that except for the Taoist priests who were still chanting scriptures, the rest had already left the mourning hall.

Chu Nanzhi looked at Lin Jinxiao in surprise, but he said in a slow and gentle voice, "Follow me out to greet you. Princess Shu and two benefactors are here, outside the courtyard."

Hearing the name of Princess Jinshu, Chu Nanzhi trembled in fright, and reprimanded with a dissatisfied face: "Then why don't you wake me up earlier."

"No problem."

Lin Jinxiao stood up calmly and slowly, and said casually, "She won't mind."

"you"

Chu Nanzhi was looking at him suspiciously, and immediately realized the interrogation words. This guy is also Chang Lao's student, so he naturally knew Lin Jinshu.

The last time when the county government said goodbye, I heard the princess called him the emperor's brother, and I actually had some doubts.

"Back then, Chang Lao resigned from office and went back to hiding. Princess Shu was secretly sent to the teacher's home. I had the honor to study with her in the teacher's home for several years. We had a slight friendship. Later, she was taken back to the palace. We occasionally wrote letters. Contact, until she was ordered to Beizheng to completely cut off contact."

Lin Jinxiao patiently explained to her.

I didn't want to tell her these things before, because I was afraid that if she was stubborn, she would instruct me to seek an official again.

Now that she has become so sensible, it doesn't matter to tell her something.

"I see."

Chu Nanzhi suddenly realized while nodding, and at the same time cursed this guy secretly in her heart.

What a scheming little trickster, the original owner had been with him for five years, and he didn't even know about the fact that Princess Shu had studied in Chang Lao's mansion, let alone their classmate friendship.

She helped Lin Jinxiao out of the mourning hall with some resentment. In the courtyard, Lin Jinshu was waving the crowd to get up. Seeing the couple, he hurried up with Mr. Nie and Mr. Chang.

Lin Jinshu had already taken off his military uniform today, and was wrapped in simple white plain clothes. He looked a little more like a daughter's girl. When he came to Lin Jinxiao, he bowed to Lin Jinxiao with the bow of a man's hand: "The imperial sister has seen the emperor Brother."

Brother Huang just said with a crisp sound, which immediately caused an uproar in the surroundings.

Although everyone knows that Lin Jinxiao is a descendant of the royal family, since the imperial court ordered the abolition of the feudal clan two hundred years ago, with the continuous decline of King Pingning's lineage, the descendants of the clan scattered all over the place have long been out of orthodoxy.

The entire county respected the members of the Lin clan on the surface, but they didn't really take them seriously in their hearts.

At this moment, when Princess Jinshu solemnly called him imperial brother, and came here specially to pay tribute to the Chu family's funeral, he knew that the importance of this was self-evident, and he was afraid that he would start paying attention to King Pingning's lineage all at once. There were heated discussions:

"Your Highness the Princess is not here to pick up the members of the Lin clan and live in the capital, right?"

"Who knows, it's a pity that the head of the Lin family didn't come. He has been looking forward to this day for a long time."

"Hey, I don't have the skills right now. I ate a funeral banquet at Qi's house yesterday. I'm afraid I'm still drunk at this moment."

Lin Jinshu listened to the discussions around him, but ignored them, and ordered the accompanying guards to hand over the silk gold and sacrificial supplies to the Chu family, while he himself dragged Chu Nanzhi and his wife inside together, offering incense and offering sacrifices. After that, I went to the side hall to talk with Chang Lao Nie.

Liu Yun led the sisters of the Chu family to serve tea to the distinguished guests in awe, and then hurriedly retreated.

She has never even seen the face of the county magistrate in her life. Although she has a royal son-in-law, she is just a descendant of the declining royal family who can't calculate her seniority by counting on her fingers several times. At this moment, she unexpectedly saw a living princess. He also affectionately called his son-in-law "Emperor Brother", and was so excited that he even trembled when he walked.

(end of this chapter)