Crown Sword

When the "news of Chang An's death" came, everyone was eating the famous Roasted Lamb Feast in front of the stove.

"What, Chang Daguan was killed by a wolf?"

It was Yancai's entourage who reported the letter, saying that he had a quarrel with his mother, and because of his stubborn temper, he ran out to the pasture overnight. In addition, his luck was a little bit bad, but he ran into a wild wolf looking for food. His thin arms The thin legs, by the time they were found, had been bitten to a bloody mess and out of shape.

Now that the heat is so hot, the corpse can't be put away, and it will be ready for burial after two more days of rest.

Yancai got the news and was already on the way, a few people got together, they exchanged favors, when this kind of thing happened, it was inevitable to pay respects, it is said that they are orphans and widows, even Tuoba Xiang asked for condolences.

A large group of people shouted and pressed to the Zhuangzi, and Shuangli was chattering all the way: "Why did you die? Tell me, I stopped to eat together not long ago. This is too sudden! Lao Yue, Lao Yue, what do you think?" Isn't it?"

Gongyang Yue hummed, very perfunctorily, with his eyes glued to Chao Chen's body and never leaving him for a moment.

Chao Chen felt uncomfortable being stared at by him: "Why are you looking at me?"

"I'm thinking……"

Chao Chen's heart skipped a beat: "What do you think?"

"The day Chang An was bitten to death by a wolf, you ran into him outside the city gate and chased him for several miles. I was wondering if it was you..." Gong Yangyue paused, pretending to be mysterious, with a serious tone .

Both Shuangli and Cui Tanfeng stretched their necks to wait for the next sentence, while Chao Chen swallowed, and subconsciously pulled his front, looking as if he was suffocated.

Stunning his appetite, Gong Yangyue blinked, and slowly spit out four words: "...you have hit a ghost."

"this one?"

"That's it."

"I thought you were going to say..." Chao Chen let out a breath, but the words came to an abrupt end, then he pushed open the small window on the carriage and changed the subject, "Isn't that Uncle Wu'an and Duke Feng? Come on, get out of the car and have a look " After finishing speaking, he, who has always been calm, rushed to the front, and the always timid Shuang Li was not frightened by Gong Yangyue's words, but was taken aback by his damn positiveness.

Gong Yangyue was at the end, staring at the blue back with his sword in his arms, his expression was neither sad nor regretful, from a distance it didn't look like he was going to express his condolences, but rather he was going to watch a play.

The Sun family was a girl, and when she heard the bad news, she passed out that night. When she woke up, her face was pale and she was very miserable.

According to Uncle Wu'an, it was a tragedy. The person who collected the corpse had never been seen in decades. They said it was a human being, but in fact they were just broken bones left over from gnawing, and they could be identified only by their clothes.Shuang Li was horrified when he heard that, and secretly stuffed a lot of money under the coffin, and when offering incense, he said silently: Daguan, I hope you will be really Daguan in your next life.

Chao Chen wrote only one eulogy, read it in front of all the guests, and then burned it in a brazier.

The well-known old people in the village came in one by one, walked around the coffin, had a few words of comfort with the relatives of the deceased, and then went to the banquet at Bazi.When Chao Chen came out of Xiaolian Hall, Feng Gong was also going out. The two bumped into each other and chatted casually, asking where they were going in a hurry. .

Why look for bad luck?

Chao Chen didn't quite understand, and didn't bother to ask. After sending people away, he avoided others and quietly went to the ancestral hall in the village. nobody.

As soon as he crossed the threshold, Chao Chen heard two whimpers like a cat meowing, and ran after him to see that Chang An was squatting on the ground with his back against the wall, burying his face in his knees and sobbing.

"You came."

"What is this for?" Chao Chen was very surprised. In his cognition, even if there was a deviation from the assumption, Chang An, a big man, would not be able to cry.

Chang Anpei came from it: "It turns out that I'm really not that important. Even if I die, to those people outside, it's just a trivial matter, a meal."

"You now know that using death to prove value is a stupid and unworthy thing. Those who care about you will always care about you, and those who don't care about you never care." Chao Chen knelt down and said patiently, "Besides Woolen cloth?"

Chang An hugged her knees and shrunk into a small ball, a little desperate: "Mom, she hasn't cried all this time, she just sat like this all night, and she didn't feel heartbroken at all."

There was mourning and music outside, and someone was blowing Tao Xun, which was mournful and long, according to the old customs, it was to send the soul back.At this time, Mrs. Sun, who was sitting in a daze holding her son's old clothes, opened her mouth and cried bitterly.Chang An raised his head suddenly, his heart seemed to be savagely grabbed, tears fell down like broken threads, and his heart suddenly softened——

If he really died, how would his mother live?

Before he had time to think deeply, there was a yell on the dam, and the people waiting for food in front of the mourning hall rushed out. Uncle Wu'an ran at the forefront, pointing at the men who were moving things from the house and shouted: "What are you doing? What are you doing? !"

Chao Chen gestured for silence, and went out to ask someone, "What's the matter?"

Feng Gonggong greeted people, and his voice came from far away, full of anger: "It's not that those bastards in their old Chang's family started to grab things because they didn't have a man to support them. God's pity, they are so optimistic. The bones are still cold! This is to force people to death, if the family is really taken away, his mother will not be able to drink the northwest wind!"

"Mother? Mother!"

Chang An couldn't hold back, and wanted to rush out, but was hit by a flying stone. He couldn't cry out or move at once, and could only watch helplessly as a black cloth curtain fell from the beam, covering him completely.

Chao Chen secretly thought that something was wrong, so he went back to look for someone, searched around the ancestral hall but couldn't find it, when he was about to peek behind the incense stand, Gong Yangyue appeared out of nowhere and blocked him for a photo: "What are you looking for? Let's go, there's a mess outside, take a look."

Sun wiped away her tears, stood straight on the dam, still as tough as when she faced Liu Zhi that day: "Wu'an, let them move, the incense in the old Chang's house is broken, what's the use of guarding this little thing?" !"

The men's arrogance suddenly became more arrogant, and they had to pull the horses and carts away directly.

She looked straight, and ran into the kitchen like a ghost to pick up two kitchen knives.Thinking that they were going to see blood, the two groups of people were stunned for a moment, and each stared at each other: "Sister-in-law, what do you mean?"

"Leave this knife to me."

The stones in the hearts of the uncles fell to the ground, and they couldn't help laughing: "Isn't it just two knives? What else do you want, whoever we talk to, we have something to say!"

Mrs. Sun caught sight of the two-palm-wide wooden box tied to the two large boxes: "Leave it here."

"Hey, big brother saved something good, right? Dreaming!"

"Chang San, don't bully people too much!" Wu'an yelled, "If you don't put the things down for me, the motherfucker, I'll sue the government and ask you to look good!"

Chang San picked his teeth with his tongue, gave a sound of pooh, and looked back and forth: "Who are you? What's the relationship with my sister-in-law? Heaven and earth, my elder brother's share is for his son, and now the boy has been bitten to death by wolves." , no successors, things should belong to our family, do your shit!"

Wu'an was anxious to get started, Chang San was timid, shrank his neck to the back of the cart, grinned with big yellow teeth and said: "Return to the government, it's thunder in winter and snow in summer, what a big joke, when did mice have such a relationship with cats?" Okay?" As he spoke, he looked meaningfully at the people in Zhuangzi, and finally fixed his provocative gaze on Wu An.

Feng Gong stepped forward and gave the impulsive Wu'an a hand: "When this kid separated from the family, he used this as a threat. He is not afraid of anything else, but he is afraid that he will die."

Wu'an swallowed his saliva, and stopped in embarrassment.

When Gong Yangyue and Chao Chen came, they saw Chang San driving away all the belongings of Chang's family, which was quite proud.Shuang Li stomped beside her, not understanding that these two were all like soft persimmons, so she called Lao Yue and wanted to make a big deal.

It was just a casual remark, but Gong Yangyue agreed and chased the cart away. Chao Chen helped with the aftermath, and after returning Mrs. Sun to the mourning hall, he went back to the ancestral hall to find Chang An, but no matter how hard he looked He didn't find anyone, but bumped into Wu'an and Feng Gong who were talking by accident.

"Chang San is a person who can do anything in a hurry."

"Are you just watching from the sidelines?"

Chao Chen was flustered and didn't dare to stay for long, so he quietly slipped out through the side door without listening to a few words. After he left, Feng Gong replied: "It's been so many years, the son-in-law is probably really dead, he told me back then. I think it’s better to find a way to send out the things we collected, so that if someone’s mouth is not strong enough, years of painstaking efforts will not go to waste.”

"to whom?"

"Of course it's the young master, they are father and son!"

Wu'an hesitated: "But, but isn't he also the son of Princess Dingxiang? Daguan doesn't mean that after the battle between Yan and Dai, he will be knighted when he returns. Emperor, isn't that all over?"

Duke Feng lowered his voice and looked nervous: "Have you ever thought that he may not be the son of the princess. I see those eyes are not like that of Princess Dingxiang, but rather like that girl Feng back then."

"That's even worse!" Wu'an strongly objected, people who covet fame, fortune and wealth are even more worrying.

The two stalemate for a while, until there are errands outside shouting for food, Wu'an then let go: "I have to think about it again, and when my philosophy has settled down, I will call Chang's sister-in-law and talk about it. It doesn't matter."

When Chao Chen went out, he met Cui Tanfeng on the trail, and it seemed that he was coming from the direction of the mourning hall, so he simply went up to ask about Mrs. Sun's situation.Cui Tanfeng checked the pulse, only said that it was urgent and overworked, just rest and take care of her.Chao Chen hummed, looking elsewhere, Chang An is such a big living person, he didn't show up just now, so he won't disappear suddenly.

Cui Tanfeng stopped him: "I just took a sneak peek at the coffin."

"Ok?"

"I don't know if mutton stained with chicken blood will taste bad." He shook his head for a while, "But no one dares to eat mutton stained with dead bones. What the hell is this Chang Daguan doing? Burial mound?"

The corner of Chao Chen's mouth twitched: "Did Gong Yangyue see it?"

Cui Tanfeng worried: "Why, are you afraid that he will be caught and beaten by that kid?"

"That's not..." Chao Chen resentfully said only half of what he said, as for the other half——

He doesn't know if Chang An will be beaten, but Gongyangyue will definitely make trouble for him, even if he doesn't do anything, he won't be able to please him, especially when the people on the dam start to roar and run wildly again. Big things happen.If something really happened to Chang Daguan, it would be terrible...

But he didn't intend to make fun of others, he just wanted the mother and son of the Chang family to try to understand each other.

Cui Tanfeng caught someone casually and asked, then turned around and said to Chao Chen, "One good news and one bad news. The good thing is that that kid Chang Daguan didn't have any serious problems, and the bad thing is..." He patted Chao Chen on the shoulder. , motioned him to get ready, and then his face fell down, "His old lady is gone."

In the mourning hall, there was only a coffin left, and there was no one in sight. The ashes of paper money in the charcoal basin next to it were still hot, and sparks could be found vaguely, obviously they had just left not long ago.

After looking around, Mrs. Sun didn't take anything, except for the two kitchen knives stuck on the pillar.

There were whispers among the onlookers: "Don't be overwhelmed."

Feng Gong made a face, and Wu'an said: "Hurry up and look for it!" It is not uncommon for the white-haired man to send the black-haired man, and it is not uncommon for the old mother to die after hearing the words. The three layers of the outer layer squeezed outward like the wind, instantly like a lamb in a circle, going to the mountains and plains.

It's a pity that I didn't find it after searching for miles around.

At this time, Chang An, who had unlocked his acupoints, removed the black cloth on his hood, crawled out from under the tribute table in the ancestral hall, and rushed out, scaring people into groups in twos and threes, shouting "deceitful corpse" in his mouth——

"Come on!"

Trembling, Mr. Feng ran over from behind, just as Chang An was about to explain, a pot of dog's blood poured down his head.