Chapter 26 A sudden vision
Cui Lang shook his head and shuddered, "What about my grandfather?"
"The master of the house is out and will be back in the evening."
"That's it." Cui Lang glanced at the sky and said with a look of despair: "Brother, you have to kneel down now."
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Inside the Cui Family Ancestral Hall, the aroma of incense and candles is thick, and it is so quiet that you can hear the sound of a pin drop.
Cui Jing knelt straight, just like he did when he was a child.
On the table, tablets were neatly arranged in layers. The tablet of Cui's ancestors on the top was covered by a shrine, but Cui Jing's eyes were always fixed on the tablet at the bottom.
That was his biological mother, Zheng, who had long passed away.
There was silence all around. Cui Jing remained motionless, like a statue, blending into the gradually darkening ancestral hall.
Until the door of the ancestral hall behind him was pushed open, and the last ray of twilight poured in.
"Get up."
A dignified old man's voice sounded behind him.
Cui Jing then stood up and saluted with the visitor: "Greetings, Grandfather."
The old man looked at him and said slowly, "You've lost weight again."
Cui Jing's aura was no longer as cold and hard as before: "I've made Grandfather worried over the past two years."
"If you really think so, then promise your grandfather one thing." Unlike Cui Yan's cold and stern expression, Cui Ju, the real head of the Cui family, was introverted, his emotions were not revealed on his face, and his tone was powerful but not harsh, but it gave a stronger sense of oppression -
"Tomorrow I will go to the palace, hand over my military power, and resign from my position as the general of the Xuan Ce Army."
After a brief silence, Cui Jing said, "It is difficult for my grandson to obey your order."
Cui Ju's old eyes were filled with emotion: "Do you know what you are saying?"
"My grandson knows it very well."
"Father, why bother talking to this rebellious son--" Cui Wei came over after hearing the news, his face still ashen.
Cui Lang followed him, hid outside the ancestral hall door, and secretly looked inside.
At this time, Yuan Xiang came quickly, took a look at the situation in the ancestral hall, and walked in, reporting to Cui Jing: "General, the emperor urgently summoned you to the palace."
Cui Jing raised his hand and said, "Grandfather, I will take my leave first."
"No--" Cui Wei tried to stop him in a stern voice, but Cui Ju raised his hand to interrupt him.
Cui Jing walked out of the ancestral hall.
"Brother...brother..." The usually arrogant and domineering Liulang of the Cui family now spoke in a voice as quiet as a mouse seeing a cat.
Cui Jing tilted his head slightly, looked at him, said "hmm", and walked away.
Only after seeing him walk away did Cui Lang dare to raise his head and breathe a sigh of relief.
"Father..." In the ancestral hall, Cui Wei frowned and said, "You were not at home today. I don't know what happened... When he returned home today, only the young men from each family came to greet him. The rest of the family did not show up... Ever since he joined the army, there have been countless voices of dissatisfaction in the clan. Today's situation is clearly..."
"Then you shouldn't have scolded him harshly in front of the clan members and made him kneel until now." Cui Ju looked at his son and said firmly, "This is not called establishing authority."
Cui Wei frowned, but lowered his head: "It's my son's fault for not thinking it through."
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After leaving the mansion, Cui Jing jumped on the horse and said, "Let's go."
With horse hooves trampling in the twilight, a group of people and horses quickly left Anyifang.
The East Market is located to the north of Anyifang, not far from the palace. It can be reached in three quarters of an hour on horseback.
Cui Jing dismounted in front of the palace gate, and the eunuch who had been waiting there for a long time came forward to salute: "We have finally met Grand Commander Cui... Please follow me to see the emperor."
Cui Jing handed the horse to Yuan Xiang and followed the eunuch into the palace.
"Ah." Watching his own commander-in-chief walk away, a young soldier sighed with a sad face and wondered in a low voice: "Brother Yuanxiang, I don't understand. Our commander-in-chief is so brave and unparalleled, a young general with both wisdom and strategy. I don't know how many extraordinary achievements he has made over the years... If I could be so successful, my ancestors would be so proud of themselves. My father would have to tear up the family tree and redo it overnight, and write my name on the first page! Why is it that when it comes to the commander-in-chief, it's like..."
Another soldier continued: "It's like killing people and setting fires. He has committed all kinds of evil. His crimes are too numerous to list..."
"What do you know?" Yuan Xiang rolled his eyes and said, "Just shut up."
Who made it the Cui family?
Yuan Xiang looked at the figure that had long disappeared behind the palace gate and sighed in his heart.
Over the years, everyone has seen what has happened between the governor and his family.
In fact, he also felt a little aggrieved for his own governor.
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Cui Jing entered the inner palace and came to the Xuanzheng Hall.
"Your Majesty, I, Cui Jing, pay my respects to you." Cui Jing bowed his head and saluted at the steps below.
Born into a top aristocratic family, the young man was cultivated by the Cui family as the future head of the family. Even before the imperial power, the noble aura that was engraved in his bones since birth had never been weakened in the slightest.
Above the imperial steps is a huge picture of vast rivers and mountains carved from white jade, on which is the territory of Dasheng.
Above the jade picture and in front of the dragon table, there is a pearl curtain hanging.
The Holy Emperor sat behind a pearl curtain, his meticulously-knotted hair bun beneath his crown had already turned white.
"Mr. Cui, please stand up." Her voice did not sound old, but rather majestic and unattainable: "Mr. Cui has returned victoriously with his troops. He has been exhausted all the way. I should not have called you in such a hurry—"
"On the day we arrived in Beijing, as the commander-in-chief, I should have gone to the palace to see the emperor. It was Cui Jing who came too late." The armored young man stood tall and presented a memorial: "Here is a detailed account of the battle. Please review it, Your Majesty."
A female official who looked quite young came forward, took the memorial, and nodded to Cui Jing with a smile.
Cui Jing nodded slightly in response.
The female official presented the memorial to the Holy Emperor.
"Mr. Cui and General Chang have been fighting for two years and finally drove the southern barbarians out of our Dasheng territory. They have made great contributions." The empress was not in a hurry to read the memorial. She said with relief and appreciation: "If it weren't for Mr. Cui's efforts to keep the country safe, Dasheng would not be as stable as it is today."
"This is not Cui Jing's achievement." The young general answered in a low voice without hesitation: "It was the elite troops left behind by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who are guarding the country for Dasheng."
The smile on the Holy Book Emperor's face faded slightly, and a flash of sadness flashed across his eyes.
"Yes." She said in a low voice: "My son cares about Dasheng and the stability of the country..."
She did not reveal too much emotion, and looked at Cui Jing through the beaded curtain: "In fact, the reason why I urgently summoned Cui Qing to the palace this time is because of the matter of Dayun Temple--"
Hearing the three words "Dayun Temple", Cui Jing, who had originally half-closed his eyes, immediately raised his eyes.
The voice of the Emperor of the Holy Ceremonies rang out from behind the pearl curtain: "In Dayun Temple, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared."
Cui Jing's eyes changed slightly: "Vision?"
The Emperor of the Holy Ce nodded and said slowly, "Half a month ago, Wu Jue sent a monk to deliver a letter to the palace..."
In the main hall, the lights on the Vermillion Bird candlesticks flickered.
Not long after, Cui Jing came out of Xuanzheng Hall.
The female official followed the maids out: "I will escort Commander Cui out of the palace--"
Cui Jing refused: "No need."
The female official was about to say that she was seeing him off on the orders of His Majesty, but she saw the young man quickly walking down the white marble steps.
He walked with long strides, and the eunuch holding the lantern had to jog to keep up with him.
The female official stood quietly for a moment, and only turned back into the hall when she saw the figure disappear from her sight.
"General Cui was in a hurry to leave the palace and did not let Luo'er see him off." She walked to the imperial desk and raised her hand to salute.
The Emperor of the Holy Ce said nothing more. He leaned back on the dragon chair, closed his eyes and rested, not knowing what he was thinking about.
After a moment of silence, the female official said softly, "Aunt, there's no need to worry too much..."
The Holy Sepulchre Emperor nodded barely perceptibly.
The female official said nothing more, retreated silently, and ordered the palace maids to burn calming incense pills.
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