Promotion and fortune in Song Dynasty

Hugging his mother who was crying bitterly, Lu Ci remained silent, only patted her bony back from time to time, and finally replied very softly: "Okay."

Instead of pinning the few remaining days on a ray of illusory hope, why not just live each day to the best and let her do what she wants to do?

Thinking of this, Lu Ci felt relieved.

The biggest mistake in his life was that he was smart enough to think that it would be a long time, and his mother Lu and him were separated for so many years, and they only communicated by letter.

So much so that when faced with a mother who is suddenly seriously ill and the time is running out in a blink of an eye, she can only smile and prepare to accept the pain of her son wanting to support her but not waiting for her.

He is too late to regret, how can he watch his mother leave with regret?

He didn't intend to hide any more, and directly told his mother about Qin Yuyi's visit.

Mother Lu had already shed tears at this time, and while wiping the wet corners of her eyes embarrassingly, she pursed her lips and smiled: "Why do you need to take more medicine? To tell you the truth, the medicine soup is really bitter. I can't even like it at all. Since it's true that it won't get better, why don't you bother me any more."

Lu Ci nodded.

How could he be willing to witness it with his own eyes, why would his mother accompany him for a longer period of time, suffering and living in pain?

He smiled, and suggested in a considerate manner: "Okay. Why don't we cook a bowl of mother's best white jade ball soup in a while?"

Mother Lu's eyes were filled with starlight that she had not seen for a long time, and she laughed heartily when she heard this, "My son knows me!"

From this day on, except for the decoction that relieves pain and nourishes the body, Lu Cijin has been stopped.

After learning of his decision, Zhong Yuan couldn't believe his ears, and was even more frightened, so he went straight to his house, and immediately said: "Qi Yu, you are not too sad, you are going crazy! "

"You child, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Sitting on the bench, Mother Lu, who had been concentrating on her needlework, raised her head angrily when she heard the words, "Okay, you still dare to come to the door, I'm just worried that I won't be able to find you to settle the whistleblower's account!"

It has been a long time since Zhong Yuan saw Lu's mother, who was seriously ill, being so energetic. When he was told this, he subconsciously looked at Lu Ci.

Lu Ci smiled and nodded: "This is not only my intention, but also mother's wish."

Mother Lu smiled and nodded.

Zhong Yuan stood there in a daze, his gaze kept switching between Lu Ci and Lu's mother, and after a while he shook his head in disbelief: "You guys..."

Seeing that he couldn't persuade the two of them, he swallowed the words that came to his lips.

After a while, Lu's mother was a little sleepy, and when she went back to her room for a short rest, Zhong Yuan grabbed Lu Ci in a hurry, lowered her voice, and said anxiously: "I know I can't persuade you, but you are so rash. The news about the withdrawal of the medicine must be sealed, otherwise if it gets out, it will be completely unrecognizable and you will be roasted on the fire!"

If a parent's blood relative gets sick, even if it is incurable and terminally ill, according to the common sense of the world, even the poorest family will have to go all out to save their family and property, until they breathe their last breath, which can be called "filial piety".

What's more, Lu Ci is now rich and well-to-do, but he cut off the medicine soup that hangs his life. If he wants to let others know, is it an ironclad evidence that he was stingy with money and wantonly murdered his widowed mother?

As a young Zhong Yuan who knew him better, he knew clearly that the reason why Lu Ci made such a decision was just an open-mindedness to bear the severe pain.

It's just that he also knows that it's difficult for people in the world to understand this independent mind, and the danger of destroying bones and destroying bones is not a joke.

Seeing that Zhong Yuan was sweating profusely in anxiety, Lu Ci smiled lightly instead.

"Brother Zhong's concerns, I also understand." Lu Ci patted the back of Zhong Yuan's hand, and said quietly: "It's just that if the world thinks of me, I will go against my mother's wishes and make her linger in the sick bed for the rest of the day." Am I not a son of man in vain amid endless suffering?"

"Ugh!"

Zhong Yuan did not know how many times he sighed: "I know I can't persuade you! I can only take care of you for a while, and let you be careful!"

Lu Ci smiled and said: "I know it well, so you can rest assured."

Zhong Yuan frowned and sighed.

What he never dreamed of was that it would be difficult for him to find someone from the second day after hearing this sentence from his friend.

After Lu Ci woke up, his mother asked her where she wanted to go and what she wanted to do.

"Suizhou City." Mother Lu said without thinking, "I want to go to Suizhou."

Lu Ci nodded: "Okay."

In the early morning of the next day, he really took his mother, took a donkey cart with all the daily necessities, and took a dozen servants, and went out of the city leisurely.

Seeing the Lu family's donkey cart come out, most of the people who were impressed by this Wenqu star who made Mizhou people have a very long face first rubbed their eyes in a daze, and after making sure they read it correctly, they couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

Sure enough, the rumors that Mother Lu was seriously ill were just rumors, right?

After all, just after the New Year's Eve, the moment when the ice melts and the snow melts is approaching, so if you go out at this moment, you can only go to the temple.

Of course, Lu Ci didn't want to take his mother to the temple in the mountains.

Whether praying to gods and worshiping Buddha can cure illnesses or not can be known clearly only by looking at the ending of the most "pious" first emperor, Zhao Heng.

The wheels of the donkey cart moved forward. When passing by the gurgling stream, he came down with his mother on his back and fished on the bank; Come, bake a delicacy with his own hands, let his mother taste it; when he saw the picture of winter plums in full bloom and spring peaches in bud, he hugged his mother and got out of the car, and drew a sketch for her who was sniffing the flowers... …

Every time Mother Lu experienced a new thing, she would be able to recollect it for a long time with satisfaction, and sighed with a smile: "I finally understand, why those little gentlemen especially love Ci'er."

Lu Ci also smiled lightly, and didn't answer, just listening to his mother's words gently.

After walking down a distance that was neither too long nor too short, there was no trace of solemnity or sadness.

Finally, under the laughter and laughter, I finally arrived at Suizhou City.

Looking up at the plaque hanging on the city gate, Mother Lu's face was full of nostalgia.

After entering the city, she did not raise the curtain of the car to look outside, but looked at with a smile, who had grown up and became the only son of a gentleman recognized by the world as being knowledgeable, gentle and considerate. Light as a mosquito said: "When I took you away, you were only a little old..."

Lu Ci has heard a lot of similar sighs and chatter about nostalgia for the past along the way.

As always, he smiled quietly and listened patiently, but when he came into contact with her unprecedented bleak gaze, his heart trembled slightly.

"I'm still young, so I can't even remember what happened back then," Lu Ci took a trembling breath, holding those thin and cold hands calmly, gently passing the warm body temperature over, smiling He said: "Mother, would you like to talk about it?"

Mother Lu didn't know when she woke up, her eyelashes were filled with tears.

She herself is still ignorant, and even her eyes have become blurred, and she can't see the face of Ci'er who is close at hand, she doesn't feel strange at all.

Recalling the distant and beautiful days when she was with her husband day and night, a sweet and happy smile slowly appeared on her face, and she responded to Lu Ci's invitation without thinking, and slowly talked about something that she had never mentioned before. Everyday fun.

At that time, the family was poor, but everyone was well-connected. Although the husband and she had known each other not long ago, after they got married, he treated her very well.

After finishing her official duties, as soon as she came home, she would always take away her heavy work; when she became pregnant, she tightened her belt and hired a maid to take care of her, and even sent people to go all the way to help her. She bought sour peaches, which were not easily available in winter; when she wanted to give up her name, she happily lay on the bed with her, and after many days and nights of discussion, she finally settled on...

As Mother Lu talked, her mind gradually became confused, her words fell apart and intermittently, her eyes closed unconsciously, her voice became softer and softer...

"Mother."

Lu Ci seemed unaware of this, and only interrupted her vaguely conscious narration very gently, and said with a smile: "I actually have something else to do, and I've been keeping it from you."

Mother Lu's words immediately paused.

She was silent for a while, as if she was thinking about the meaning of these words, and at the end she chuckled, her mind seemed to regain clarity in an instant, and her cloudy eyes opened, full of expectation: "Ci'er, you...have you already Have a crush?"

Lu Ci didn't know, this was clearly a sign of returning to the light, and he was very worried.

He was heartbroken, but still had a bright smile on his face, and gently pressed the rough back of his hand to one of his cheeks, his eyebrows and eyes were curved, and he said coquettishly: "Mother knows me."

"You..."

Mother Lu's eyes lit up, and two water marks spread from the corners of her eyes, and she complained slowly, "It's just naughty."

Lu Ci smiled, but before he could speak, Mother Lu had exhausted her last breath, facing the direction where Lu Ci's face was, and asked the last question with all her might: "She treats you... okay?"

"Excellent."

The smile on Lu Ci's lips grew wider, and he said without hesitation: "It should only be better than my mother's treatment of me, and it should be a little bit worse."

"That's fine, that's fine..."

Mother Lu smiled gratifiedly, the last bit of regret was finally completely extinguished, and her tear-filled eyes slowly closed with confidence.

Lu Ci also closed his gradually moist eyes, and bit his lower lip tightly.

After a while, he could clearly feel that the gently rising and falling chest of the mother he was holding had become dead silent.

With the arrival of that moment, the slight breathing sound and the slight strength that Lu Ci could feel in his palm disappeared together.

— fortunately.

Lu Ci still closed his eyes, hugged his mother who was as thin as a piece of paper intimately in a gentle posture, and remained motionless.

——Before mother left, she still smiled when she saw him.

I don't know how long it took before the driver, who knew nothing about it, parked the donkey cart in front of the gate of a mansion, shook the cold air on his body vigorously, opened the curtain of the car a little, and asked cautiously: " Lord Lang, the guest residence is here..."

Lu Ci, who kept his head down and his face was covered by shadows, raised his head slightly when he heard the words, and replied with a smile: "Okay."

As soon as the words were finished, the coachman watched in amazement, the powerful master who was always calm and calm, just smiled like this, and fell forward.