Xuanmen Xiaoguo Shi is divination again

Chapter 207 Antecedents
Tong Tong was originally a good child, but she was brought up by her mother to be too stubborn, and her vision was not wide enough, which is a bit of a pity.

The old matriarch shook his head, his hands were behind his back, his figure was a little hunched, and his steps seemed to falter. The breeze blew the fallen flowers on the branches, and he raised his arms to catch them.

The color of the petals was extremely light, so light that it was almost transparent. It fell on the deep groove in his palm, as if reminding him of his old age.

Xiao Jue's expression suddenly became dazed, he stared blankly at the petals on the palm of his hand, as if he had inadvertently returned to decades ago——

When did that come?

It wasn't Changle, nor Changning, it seemed to be Yong'an—by the way, it was the Yong'an period.

At that time, he was not in such a gloomy appearance; the Xiao Mansion at that time was far from the hustle and bustle it is now.

The old man stopped and looked up at the peach blossoms blooming by the roadside. The pink and delicate flowers bloomed recklessly and arrogantly, just like the youthful arrogance of a young man.

He was also so energetic, like a new grass.

He closed his eyes, and all the changes started in the 29th year of Yongan, when he was 27 years old and suddenly contracted a serious illness.

That year, he had just entered the new department, and his name and surname were at the top of the imperial list. He thought that he would have a bright future since then, but he didn't expect the illness to come on so quickly and fiercely that it almost killed him.

He passed out completely within three days of being sick, and several times in the coma he thought he was going to die from this world.

He struggled in that groggy darkness for countless days and nights, until one day, a hole seemed to be torn open in that groggy darkness, and a glaring light poured into the water that was heavy enough to drown a person.

He doesn't want to die, he has just won the number one prize, the best season has just come, the Holy Majesty favors him a lot, the important task of revitalizing the Xiao Mansion is still on him, and his wife finally became pregnant with his flesh and blood——

So he desperately broke free from the darkness, desperately pulled back his mind, he opened his eyes, and saw the plain bed curtain in his room, and a woman's soft sobs could be heard faintly beside him ll.

It was the year when he became the crown, three books and six ceremonies, the Ming matchmaker was marrying Mrs. Jiefa who entered Xiao's residence.

When she saw him wake up, she was so startled that she couldn't speak for a moment, he supported his weak body and comforted her for a long time before she gradually calmed down.

From her mouth, he learned that he had been in a coma for fifteen days.

On the [-]th day, if he hadn't been taken care of by his family, and had soup and porridge to hang himself, he would have starved to death even if he didn't die of illness.

According to my wife, the family members thought that he was going to die several times, so they even prepared a complete set of fine golden nanmu coffin for him.

He couldn't laugh or cry, he comforted his wife again and again, and told her to go back and rest quickly.

She was still pregnant with their child.

At that time, he was young and his body was fairly strong. After sending his wife away, he couldn't sit still anymore, and wanted to get up and move his limbs that were already stiff after lying down for fifteen days.

As soon as he got up, he realized that his body was unprecedentedly light, but his chest felt tight for no reason. Two extreme and incompatible feelings appeared on him at the same time, and he suddenly panicked.

later--

Later, his parents entered the house and told him, Jue Er, we have found a very powerful gentleman to do a fortune telling for you. The husband said that you are destined to die young, and you will not live to be 40 years old, but it is very rare The life of great wealth and great honor.

"So?" He was stunned for a moment, then asked subconsciously.

It may be difficult to accept the early death, but he is only 27 years old this year, and there are still 13 years before his [-]s. He can still do a lot of things in these [-] years.

For example, being a good official and contributing to Qianping's administration; for example, watching his child be born safely and grow from a baby to a half-grown teenager.

That's enough, better than those who die in their teens or even a few years old.

It didn't take long for him to calm down, but his mother said, so Jue'er, we begged Mr. to continue your life.

"Extend your life?" He opened his eyes wide in a daze. This word seemed to appear in front of him for the first time. "Why do you want to extend your life? What is the price?"

"The price, the price is..." His mother faltered in front of him, and he looked at her flickering eyes, and asked her the price of this ceremony without giving an inch.

His mother seemed to have made up her mind, and hesitated for a long time before opening her mouth. She said that the price was the 200 years of merit accumulated by their ancestors of the Xiao family, as well as his elder brother's heirs.

"I don't want to, I don't want to continue my life. If I don't live forty, I don't want to live forty. I don't want to waste the merits accumulated by my ancestors." He shook his head, as if he wanted to find the Taoist priest, but his parents knelt down with a "plop" down.

He was startled by them, and he reached out to help the elder, but they avoided his hand.

"Jue'er, do you want to force death to be your mother? Seeing that our Xiao family is about to fall, it took so much effort to produce such a promising child as you, but you are destined to die young—"

"Are you going to let the Xiao family's hundreds of years of foundation be ruined in the hands of me and your father?" His old mother who was nearly fifty years old cried, "How can we face your dead grandfather?" !"

He hesitated: "But this is not the case..."

Isn't it also ruining the foundation of the ancestors?

"That's different!" His mother interrupted him, "That's different, Jue'er, I asked Mr., as long as your destiny of being rich and powerful can be brought to the extreme, the Xiao family will definitely be able to regain its former glory Glory!"

"At that time... as long as there are one or two promising descendants among your descendants, not many, just one—the glory of our Xiao Mansion will definitely continue." She said very excitedly, but he Faintly felt wrong.

"but--"

"There is no 'but', and there is no 'but'." His father, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "Unless you really want me and your mother to die in peace!"

He said harsh words, and after a moment his expression softened slightly: "Jue'er, I have never asked you for anything in my father's life, only this one, this one, okay?"

"Take it as Daddy begging you." He said "Knock Kowtow" several times, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly avoided.

He opened his mouth, looking at the two old men who were kneeling on the ground and refused to get up, seeing the old tears on their faces, all words were blocked in his throat suddenly.

He couldn't say anything.

He couldn't identify with them, but he couldn't fight back either.

He could only bear it and let them do all kinds of things. After his life was extended, his body was indeed getting better day by day, but his heart was getting more and more depressed every day.

The time he stayed in Xiao's mansion was getting less and less, he didn't want to see the stubborn elder at home, so he threw himself into the court and into the Imperial College.

He often traveled around, giving impromptu lectures every time he went to a school, and slowly, more and more disciples under him.

Above the imperial court, he made steady progress, and among the schools, he was full of peaches and plums.

He became the young master, and later became the crown prince and grand master, and finally became the elder of the three dynasties, the master of two generations of emperors, and the Xiao family was indeed as prosperous as it was back then.

But he is very tired.

　At once. .His parents' attitude
　　Hey

　　The old lady surprised me
　　I used to be interested in this role

　　Without any setting, he was just a tool man from the beginning

　　Also came out suddenly (for me)

　　But it's good, it makes the logic more perfect
　　
　
(End of this chapter)