Because it was the Chinese New Year, Si Junyuan, who was sentenced to exile in Lingnan, had to wait until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month before he could set off south.
Si Junshan stood with his hands behind his back, looked expressionlessly at Si Junyuan who was sleeping in the corner, and said:
"I'm sending my mother back to Hengzhou today. Do you have anything to say to her?"
Upon hearing this, Si Junyuan in the corner rushed over.
He stretched out his hand through the wooden fence with all his strength, trying to reach Si Junshan's collar.
His eyes sparkled as he smiled:
"Second brother, I knew you wouldn't just stand by and watch someone die!
You really came to rescue me!"
However, Si Jinchang in the cell opposite stood up and yelled at Si Junyuan:
"Father! Wake up! He won't save you!"
Upon hearing this, Si Junyuan glared at Si Jinchang in the cell opposite and cursed:
"You are such a disaster, if it weren't for you, how could I have ended up like this?
You evil creature! Why don't you kneel down and help me beg your uncle! "
Si Jinchang looked at Si Junshan and asked angrily:
"Second Uncle, how can you be so cold-blooded and ruthless?
Take a good look at my father!
He is eight years older than you, and he will be 48 years old after the New Year!
How did my father treat you when you were young?
And now, you actually sent him to prison with your own hands?
Where is justice? Where is your conscience? "
Si Junshan looked at the indignant Si Jinchang and asked slowly:
"Is this your true self?"
Si Jinchang's expression froze, and he was about to retort when he heard Si Junshan say:
"So, your lives are lives, but Si Jinhao and Heng'er's lives are not lives?
Your grandmother's life is not a life?"
Upon hearing this, Si Junyuan suddenly knelt on the ground, wailing and crying:
"Brother, I really didn't expect Mother to fall off the bed, let alone die!
I didn't do it on purpose, and I don't want to do it this way!
Second brother, please take this as a plea from me. Please go to the Jingzhao prefect and ask for mercy, and suppress this matter!"
Seeing this, Si Jinchang's face darkened and he said:
"Father, how could you kneel before him?"
Si Junshan was too lazy to pay attention to them. He turned around and said:
"Since you don't have anything to bring, I won't stay any longer. You two, take care of yourselves."
As he spoke, he frowned.
He never knew that one day he would talk to his most respected elder brother in this way.
Si Junshan strode out, and behind him came a burst of cursing, wailing, and crying...
Just as he was about to leave the cell, he heard someone shouting:
"Junshan! Junshan!"
Si Junshan looked in the direction of the sound and saw four or five people imprisoned in a cell on the south side.
Isn’t it the clan leader Si Changkai and several of his uncles?
He paused and asked:
"It turns out to be the clan leader. I wonder if the other uncles are doing well?"
Si Changkai took two steps forward, grabbed the wooden fence and said:
"Junshan, look at us old guys, we've all spent the New Year in this prison, and we know we were wrong!
Can you please ask the Jingzhao prefect to let us old guys go back to Hengzhou?"
Si Junshan shook his head and said:
“In the past, the clan leader always said that the clan has its own rules.
How come you don't know the laws of your country now that you've arrived in Jianzhou?"
The third brother in the prison heard this and immediately jumped up in anger and cursed:
"Why are we in this situation? It's all because of your family's affairs! Actually, you are also involved in this matter!
No matter what, you have to get us out today!
Otherwise, when we return to Hengzhou, we will definitely remove your branch from the family tree!"
Si Junshan heard this, but said indifferently:
"Oh, uncles, you may not know that I am sending my mother back to Hengzhou today.
I will tell the other uncles in the clan everything that happened to you in Jianzhou word for word.
Based on your personalities, I'm afraid you are no longer suitable to make decisions for the Si family!"
As soon as these words came out, Si Changkai's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted:
"Junshan! Your fifth uncle was just joking with you.
If it's inconvenient for you to go and plead with the Lord of Jingzhao Prefecture, then don't go. We'll just...stay for a few more days."
At this time, Si Junshan had already walked out of the South Prison Gate, got on the carriage, and rushed towards the house where the old lady was placed.
He did not announce the old lady's death.
It was because he remembered Qi Moli mentioned something at Ning Jiu Manor a few days ago:
After the New Year, he will ask the Imperial Astronomical Observatory to find an auspicious day for his wedding with Xing'er.
If the old lady's death is made public, the child will have to observe mourning for three years.
He didn't want this matter to delay her important life event.
When he arrived at the house, he saw a woman in white kneeling in front of the coffin, crying bitterly.
Si Junshan also felt sad. He sighed softly, looked at Si Jinming who was standing beside him, and asked:
"Who is that?"
Si Jinming bowed and said, "Second uncle, it's Sister Yun'er.
She came here yesterday to mourn for her grandmother."
As soon as he finished speaking, Si Jinyun happened to raise her head and look over here.
She said in a hoarse voice, choking with sobs:
"The daughter has met her father!
Yesterday was the first day of the new year, and I wanted to go home to pay my respects to my father.
But when he met his cousin on the way, he learned that his grandmother had passed away.
The grandmother has always been kind to her daughter, and the daughter feels extremely heartbroken when she thinks about this.
I heard that my father is going to send my grandmother back to Hengzhou soon. Please allow me to go with him to see her off!"
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