Chapter 77 If I had known he was coming, I would not have come
All the sacrificial offerings were set on fire, illuminating the surroundings.
Xier took the mat and placed it in front of her girl.
Chang Suining hesitated for a moment, but did not kneel down in the end - it would be fine for her to kneel down on behalf of A Li and her deceased mother, but she was afraid that the other party would be frightened to death in the afterlife.
So he sat cross-legged on the rush mat and put paper money and burnt materials into the copper basin in front of him.
Chang Sui'an squatted beside her and helped her burn the incense, whispering, "Ningning, since you saw your biological mother in your dream, did you ask when your birthday was?"
Chang Suining: “…I didn’t ask that.”
This dream was not that detailed.
Chang Sui'an hurriedly said, "Then remember to ask next time, so that I can hold a birthday party for you!"
Other sisters received birthday gifts, but his sister never celebrated her birthday because her birthday was unlucky - the young man always felt resentful about this.
Chang Suining nodded: "Okay."
If Ah Li's mother dared to come to her dream again -
Chang Sui'an's eyes were filled with impatience: "When the time comes, we will hold a birthday party for Ningning and invite all the young ladies in the capital. Brother will make up for all the birthday gifts for you in the past sixteen years!"
Chang Suining nodded again.
That’s easy.
She can just pick a day she likes.
no……
It’s not enough just to like it.
Chang Suining looked at the fire in front of him, thought for a while, and decided to find an opportunity to trick the most prosperous and powerful horoscope from Wu Jue to use.
This time, she is living a new life, so she should take her fate into her own hands. She has the final say on what her destiny will be in this life.
As she was thinking, her hand holding the fire mace to stir the fire pot suddenly paused. She turned her head and looked at the vegetation behind her in the dark night, and said in a firm voice: "Father, it seems that someone -"
Chang Kuo, who was standing beside her with his hands behind his back, looked over and asked in confusion, "No."
Chang Suining asked cautiously, "Could it be that an assassin has sneaked into the mansion?"
Chang Kuo laughed: "How could there be any assassin? Which blind assassin dares to come to our house?"
Chang Suining looked at the overly arrogant Chang Kuo suspiciously: "Didn't Dad ask someone to check it out?"
"You are quite alert, kid!" Chang Kuo stroked his beard and said with relief, "Well... it's always a good thing to be cautious."
I am content and silent all year round.
You could have said a few more words to prevent people from running far enough.
"Old Bai, take some people to take a look." Chang Kuo then waved his hand and instructed Manager Bai.
Manager Bai responded with a "yes", and went forward with a few servants to check before returning: "General, we didn't find any suspicious traces."
Chang Kuo smiled at his daughter and said, "So, Dad said there was no one here, right?"
Chang Suining nodded.
It doesn't matter, as long as he is having fun acting.
She was too lazy to expose the secret and continued to burn handfuls of paper money - if she didn't burn so many handfuls, she might not be able to finish burning them all tonight.
Chang Kuo said, "Father has to attend court early tomorrow, so I'll go back first... Sui'an, you stay and accompany Ningning."
Chang Sui'an nodded in agreement.
Chang Kuo then left leisurely.
After his figure was out of the sight of his two children, he walked quickly and hurried back to the courtyard.
At the end of the dim corridor, stood an inky figure.
Chang Kuo walked into the corridor alone and said unhappily, "Why are you here again? This is the General's Mansion, not the West Market... You can come and go as you please."
The figure in black turned around, and it was a woman. She raised her hand to salute Chang Kuo, and said in a serious tone: "My master asked me to bring a message to General Chang. The general has returned to the capital victoriously this time. I heard that someone secretly wants to give the general a beautiful concubine. But the general is already at this age, and he should keep himself clean. It is not appropriate to bring those women who come from unknown places back home, which will only cause trouble."
"She controls me!" Chang Kuo is like a big cat with its fur standing on end: "I can do whatever I want!"
The woman looked at him and said, "General, do you want to bring your beautiful concubine home?"
"Nonsense, of course I don't want to!" Chang Kuo shook his sleeves heavily: "Tell her that I don't take concubines because I am too lazy to deal with them, not because I am afraid of her!"
The woman in black: “…I understand.”
"If you have nothing else to do, leave now." Chang Kuo sneered, "Even my daughter could have noticed the noise just now. Her subordinates are getting worse and worse."
At this point, a trace of embarrassment flashed across the face of the woman in black.
She was obviously very careful and didn't make any sound, so how did she get discovered by that little girl?
She couldn't respond to this, so she could only take out a porcelain bottle and put it on the corridor fence beside her: "This is what the master asked me to pass on. When the general's leg disease flares up on rainy days, eating one pill can relieve the pain."
Chang Kuo looked over and spat: "The weasel is paying New Year's greetings to the chicken... It has no good intentions! Who wants her things? Take them away!"
The woman had no choice but to take the things back.
Chang Kuo: “?”
You really took it away, right?
"Go, go, go, tell her not to bother me again about such trivial matters!" He impatiently began to drive people away, turned around and cursed: "...She is so idle! She keeps pretending to be dead! If you give her some warning, she will never let me go!"
The woman rubbed her tormented ears, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
What is foreseeable is that she will have to endure the same torment again after she tells her master these words.
The woman who was about to leave the same way suddenly thought of something, paused, and changed her route.
In the garden, Chang Suining, who was numb from burning paper money, yawned.
Yawning is contagious, Chang Sui'an also started yawning, tears coming out.
He rubbed his eyes and gradually lowered his head.
Chang Suining noticed something was wrong, raised his eyes and looked at him, he was stunned: "Brother, why are you crying?"
"I miss my mother too..." The young man's voice was a little hoarse and choked.
He was just yawning, but as he rubbed his eyes, he suddenly felt something.
"I don't even know what my mother looks like." The young man wiped his tears with the back of his hand.
Chang Suining couldn't help but raise his hand and patted his shoulder gently.
To be honest, she didn't know what Chang Sui'an's mother looked like. Chang Kuo was born in a humble family and had been single until he was over 30 years old. Until one day, he suddenly brought back a breastfeeding baby and said it was his son.
The son was born, but what about the daughter-in-law? When asked, he found out that the daughter-in-law died of complications during childbirth.
According to him, his family had arranged a wife for him a long time ago, and he had forgotten about it. He only found out when he returned home last time that she had been waiting for him. So he kowtowed to her and got married, and then went on to fight.
When he returned home and was about to take the person to the capital, he found out that the person was gone, leaving only a child.
As he spoke, he held the baby in one hand and took out a tablet for his deceased wife with the other.
Looking at the tablet that suddenly appeared, everyone was silent.
Thousands of words can only be turned into one sentence by Wu Jue - your brother and sister-in-law have a miserable life.
Chang Kuo held a grand funeral for his deceased wife.
So, before everyone had time to drink the wedding wine, they sat down to eat the funeral banquet.
This matter was tragic, but also seemed a bit hasty and absurd, but since the dead were the most important, everyone tacitly agreed not to inquire more about it.
As to whether the child was Lao Chang's, no one had ever had the slightest doubt, firstly out of respect, and secondly based on facts - the father and son were like a big buffalo holding a calf, and no one would believe if they said they were not biological children.
"And my mother never comes to my dreams..." Chang Sui'an felt a little aggrieved: "Does she not like me?"
"How can anyone not like my brother?" Chang Suining thought for a moment and asked, "Have you ever had a dream where you wake up and remember nothing?"
Chang Sui'an nodded at her with tears in his eyes.
"That means someone who missed us secretly came to see us in our dreams." Chang Suining slowly turned the paper money with a fire mace, and said seriously, "But they were afraid that we would be too immersed in the dream and sad after waking up, so they asked us to forget everything before leaving."
"So... my mother comes to see me every day!" Chang Sui'an's eyes suddenly brightened: "I almost don't remember what dreams I had every day!"
Chang Suining: “…” He was sleeping quite soundly.
"It's almost Qingming Festival, and it's time to go to my mother's grave to pay respects." Chang Sui'an felt much better and asked casually, "Ningning, do you want to go with us?"
Chang Suining nodded: "Okay."
"Then let's go tomorrow..." Chang Sui'an said, and paused: "Tomorrow is not possible, we have guests at home tomorrow."
Chang Suining looked at him and asked, "Are there any guests?"
"It's Grand Commander Cui." Chang Sui'an said, "Didn't I invite Grand Commander Cui to come back to Beijing and have a drink at my home before at Dayun Temple? Yesterday, my father sent someone to send an invitation to Xuan Ce Mansion, and Grand Commander Cui sent someone to reply, saying that he will come to visit tomorrow—"
Chang Suining nodded in understanding.
It was the time when Cui Jing helped her in the temple, and Chang Kuo said that he would hold a banquet to thank him after returning to Beijing.
The two of them were both teachers and friends, and were comrades who had been through life and death together. It was just that Cui Jing had a more aloof personality and didn't like to socialize with others, otherwise it would be normal for them to get together for a drink every now and then.
And since the other party had come with great difficulty, and this banquet was held because of his help to her, even out of courtesy, she and Chang Sui'an should not choose to go out at this time.
The brother and sister agreed to go out of the city to pay respects to the deceased the day after tomorrow.
After the agreement, they both yawned one after another.
Finally, everything was burned. Chang Suining returned to his residence with the smell of incense on his body. After washing up, he fell asleep. The next day, he got up as usual to go to the martial arts field.
Chu Xing was in a particularly good mood as he looked at the figure of the girl riding the green donkey - perhaps it was because he had experienced the pain of almost losing her yesterday, and now he felt that she was even more precious.
He even brought two fellows from the mansion with him today, under the pretext of "the girl is making progress, you guys can also help give her some pointers", but in reality he meant "look, this is the disciple I, Chu Xing, taught! Hey, I have a disciple, you don't, right" -
Faced with his secret show-off, the two generals smiled on the surface but cursed in their hearts.
At this moment, one of them looked serious and said, "Hey, why is Commander Cui here?"
Having said that, he hurried forward.
Chu Xing looked over and saw that it was indeed Cui Jing.
"I didn't lie to you, everyone is here at this time!" A Dian, who pulled Cui Jing over, pointed at the Chang brothers and sisters on the martial arts field and said.
Chang Kuo had not returned from court at this time. Cui Jing was different from Chang Kuo. He was on duty in Xuan Ce Mansion and was specially allowed not to attend court every day unless summoned.
Chang Suining heard the commotion here and was a little surprised to see Cui Jing coming here.
The martial arts arena was set up in the front yard, so there was nothing wrong with him coming here. What surprised her was that he came so early.
They had thought that he was very busy with work and would probably come around dinner time, so they had not waited in the front hall too early. If they asked the guest to come to the martial arts arena now, it would seem that they were not hospitable enough.
Chang Suining finished the lap and stopped not far in front of Cui Jing.
Cui Jing saw the girl in a sky-blue robe and with her black hair tied up high jump off the donkey nimbly and walk towards him. She took the handkerchief handed to her by the maid and wiped her sweat.
"General Cui." Her breath was a little breathless, her hair on her forehead was wet with sweat, and she raised her hand to salute him, but not bow like an ordinary woman.
Cui Jing nodded slightly and looked behind her: "Not bad."
Chang Suining: "Does Grand Commander Cui like it?"
I always felt that if I said I liked her, I would have to lead a donkey when I left Chang's house. Cui Jing did not dare to nod easily, but only asked: "Do you have a name?"
"Zhu Feng, I just took it yesterday."
Cui Jing’s eyebrows twitched slightly - was it the chasing wind, or the bamboo wind that “blown the bamboo wind across the yard onto the wine surface”?
The bamboo wind in the courtyard blows on the wine, and the two pomegranate trees spark poetic sorrow.
Your Highness's war horse is called Liuhuo.
"My horse is called Rufeng, so my sister named it Zhufeng." Chang Sui'an walked over and explained with a smile.
Chang Suining nodded - it was a very good explanation, but the good thing was that it was not the case at all.
After hearing Chang Sui'an's words, Cui Jing didn't ask any more questions.
Chang Suining did not stay any longer: "General Cui, I'm sorry to leave you for a moment."
Cui Jing nodded.
"Little A'li--" A'dian subconsciously wanted to follow, but Cui Jing raised his hand to stop him.
She was obviously going back to change her clothes.
Adian looked at him puzzledly.
Cui Jing said: "I brought some things for you, senior. Would you like to see them?"
Ah Dian nodded hurriedly: "Yes! Where is it?"
"Senior, follow me to the front hall."
"Uh-huh!"
Cui Jing then walked towards the front hall, accompanied by Chu Xing and others.
By the time Chang Suining had changed his clothes and washed up, Chang Kuoqia had also returned home.
But he didn't come back alone, there was a guest with him.
Chang Suining came to the front hall and saw the visitor——
"Minister Wei?"
As he was about to go up the stairs, Wei Shuyi turned around and looked at the girl with a white top and a green skirt, with a fair and smooth face. "Ms. Chang looks good. It seems that your injury has healed."
"When I was leaving court, I happened to meet Minister Wei, so I invited him along." Chang Kuo explained to his daughter with a smile.
Regarding the previous incident in Hezhou, Chang Kuo believed that he owed Wei Shuyi a favor, but the fact that his daughter was kidnapped could not be made public, so he had no way to express his gratitude openly. So he took the opportunity of inviting Cui Jing to the banquet today and simply set up a table for them.
Chang Suining understands.
The three of them entered the hall together.
"Minister Wei is here too." Chang Sui'an warmly welcomed the guest: "Please take a seat!"
Cui Jing just glanced at Wei Shuyi and then looked away indifferently.
Chang Suining saw it all and felt as if the other party was saying - if I had known he was coming, I would not have come.
"I haven't seen Grand Commander Cui for a few days." Wei Shuyi didn't care about being despised, and sat in the chair next to Cui Jing, smiling and saying, "Usually, I want to chat with you and drink, but you always have various reasons to refuse. Today, I bumped into you."
Chang Kuo smiled and made a bold statement: "Today, I will take it all, and I won't go home until I'm drunk!"
At this time, Chang Suining had not yet realized who this sentence would eventually come true for—
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