Red makeup against the world

Chapter 113 The Bad News

A person came out slowly from the inside and asked, "Liu Da, why are you calling me?"

Liu Da picked a big one out of the few dimes he had just obtained and stuffed it for him, nuzzled and said, "Did you see it? You are so young, can you feel sorry for it?"

Hu Laosan collected the money, followed his line of sight to look over, couldn't help but rubbed his eyes, and said, "I'm not dazzled, am I?"

Liu Da patted him and said, "What's wrong with your eyes! Go up and help."

"Hi! Just let one more person in, isn't that enough?"

"What are you talking about!" Liu Da hit his head hard with his hands, and said, "Is it easy to get in? Use your brain."

Hu Laosan rubbed his head and said, "It hurts! Don't hit the boss. I'll go right away."

Xu Wanzhen followed Xu Wenyu, although she let him do it.But seeing his back carrying the food box and walking hard without saying a word, I couldn't help but feel worried and heartbroken.

From the carriage to the door, although it was only a short distance of dozens of steps, Xu Wenyu had a hard time walking.After all, he is only six years old, and the food box is half his height, no matter which position he changes, it is quite strenuous.

She thought about it, and after entering the door, she gave some money to the jailer at the gate, asking him to help call someone to help.Just as he was thinking about it, a man in his thirties came out from the inside, came up to take the food box in Xu Wenyu's hand, and said, "Let the villains do this kind of rough work, and the young master will follow me."

Xu Wenyu turned his head to look at Xu Wanzhen, and seeing his elder sister nodding to him, he let go of the food box in his hand.

After entering the gate of the prison, Mr. Hu led the three of them all the way in.Mrs. Xu leaned on crutches and led Xu Wenyu, while Xu Wanzhen walked at the end holding clothes and bedding.

The prison in Dali Temple is called Tianlao by the common people.But here is not as eerie as people imagined, high walls and narrow alleys, silent.

Those who are detained are all people with status, and they don't see the hustle and bustle of ordinary prisons.But occasionally there was a scream from the depths, maybe it was an interrogation of the prisoner?Xu Wan felt really embarrassed, and Xu Wenyu also held Mrs. Xu's hand tightly.

Hu Laosan turned around and comforted: "Madam, don't be afraid of the young lady and the young master, it's far away."

In Xu Changzong's case, because the emperor's heir was involved, the father and son were detained alone in the depths, not with other prisoners.After walking for a while, I arrived at a prison door.Hu Laosan said: "This is it."

He stepped forward to put down the food box, took out the key to open the cell door, and said, "From the Xu family, family members have come to see you!"

It is said that this family is a merchant, but people often come to take care of them, and Hu Laosan and other jailers have also benefited a lot.Therefore, the father and son were treated carefully.Once you come and go, you will get acquainted.

Mrs. Xu was in a turbulent mood, and led Xu Wenyu in first, leaning on a cane.

Hu Laosan brought the food box into the cell door, Xu Wanzhen followed in, he locked the cell door again, and said: "Remember! One hour, if you have anything to do, hurry up. I will call you when the time is almost up." you."

Xu Wanzhen nodded and said: "This official, the little girl knows."

Being called an official by a delicate little lady, Hu Laosan rubbed his hands, feeling a little embarrassed.He wanted to say something, but didn't know what to say, so he said, "Okay! Okay!" Hu Laosan stepped back, thinking about helping the Xu family to watch more in the future.

When Xu Changzong and Xu Wenmin heard that family members were coming to visit, they stood up early and saw Mrs. Xu coming in.Xu Changzong yelled: "Mother!" and threw himself at her feet.Xu Wenmin knelt down behind him, weeping uncontrollably. He kept blaming himself, blaming himself for being short-sighted and being greedy for petty gains that eventually led to catastrophe.

The cell was fairly clean, but a stale sour smell wafted through his nostrils.Taking advantage of the skylight in front of the prison door, Xu Wanzhen gradually adapted to the darkness in the prison, and put down the bedding and clothes in her hands.

Xu Wenyu finally saw his father. In his young heart, he still didn't understand why he had to come here to see his father.Shouted: "Father! Elder Brother!" He rushed towards the two of them.

Xu Changzong held this little soft body in his arms, tears welled up in his eyes, he thought he would never see his youngest son again in this lifetime.Asked: "Yu'er, where is your mother?"

In prison, what he worried most was not himself, but the orphans and widows far away in Suzhou.There is no man in charge at home, so I wonder if I will be bullied?

"Auntie, Auntie...she is gone, sister said...Auntie is watching us in the sky." Auntie, Xu Wenyu said ignorantly, and finally couldn't help it, crying in Father's arms burst into tears.

"What?" Xu Wenmin took a few steps on his knees, looked at Mrs. Xu and Xu Wanzhen and asked, with hope in his eyes, hoping that his grandmother and sister could deny the news.

The news of Mrs. Xu's death has been kept from their father and son for a long time.Now that relatives meet, it is time to hide it no longer.Mrs. Xu's eyes were red, Xu Wanzhen bowed her head and wept, but no one denied it.

"Ah! Ah!" Xu Wenmin cried out in pain.I actually killed A Niang, that warm figure who loved me wholeheartedly, always stood behind me, tidied up my clothes, and smiled at me, never to be seen again!
And how unfilial I was, I failed to serve the bedside, failed to listen to the last teaching, failed to send my mother to her death, failed to wear filial piety!
His heart ached, and he hated this incompetent self who caused A Niang to suffer!
Xu Changzong hugged Xu Wenyu, who was choked with crying, and asked in a hissed voice, "How did she die?"

"Zhiqing has been in poor health since she gave birth to Yu'er. You know that. Last autumn, she hoped that your father and son would come back to celebrate the New Year. How could she expect that she didn't expect to come back, but received that you were arrested and sent to the sky prison?" news."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Xu recalled the past, choked up and said: "There are rumors everywhere in Suzhou City, and the family property was seized by the government for a few days. Zhiqing was so angry that she fell ill all of a sudden and never got up again. The old year In the spring, Old Master Su went to Lingnan Road to look for medicinal materials to treat her illness. Zhiqing didn't wait for it either."

Xu Changzong choked up silently.As the saying goes, "A man doesn't flick his tears lightly, but he doesn't reach the point of sadness." This sudden news knocked him down completely.In prison, he imagined all kinds of difficulties he would encounter at home, and also thought about whether Zhiqing's body could hold on.

But she never expected that she would go just like that!It was as if his heart had been severely pulled, and the pain spread to all his limbs, causing him to sit powerlessly on the ground.

Xu Wanzhen supported Mrs. Xu, her impression of father and elder brother was still the image that stayed in her mind before.

In her memory, Xu Changzong was thin and not tall.Running a huge family business all year round has been a lot of hard work.But when he returned home, he always smiled when facing his wife and children, and never saw him lose his temper.

The eldest brother, Xu Wenmin, is a typical warm-hearted man. His appearance is [-]% similar to that of his father. Inherited from his father's low stature, he is a handsome man with a gentle smile.

And this is actually the first time Xu Wanzhen, who traveled to the Gaomang Dynasty, saw her father and brother.

The two spent more than half a year in this prison, shackled and handcuffed.Sky Prison is not comparable to ordinary prisons, and there is no time to go out and relax.The two have not seen the sun for many years, and their spirits are decadent.Of course, it was very different from the image in her memory.

(End of this chapter)