Bei Ran rushed to Luyang non-stop, fortunately, the officers and soldiers who went to suppress the bandits were still in the village, no one was in the way, her road was quite smooth, except for the people who came and went after entering the city as a female madman to talk a few words, nothing else.

The official residence of the servant of the ministry fell in the north of the city, when the north dye arrived, there was no guard in front of the house, she knocked on the door with a worried heart, and it was an old housekeeper who came out to answer her, and the man saw her, first taken aback, and then asked: "Are you the girl of the north family of Qingteng Mountain, North Dye?" ”

Beiran watched him silent for a moment, then nodded.

The housekeeper immediately stepped out of the door with the hem of his long coat and pulled her, "The girl will come in with me, my lord has been waiting for a long time." After entering the door, he grabbed the two doors and stretched his head outside to take a closer look, and made sure that no one was following him, so he closed the door and led the north into the inner courtyard.

It's very strange, there is no one in the inner courtyard, not even a maid who sprinkles and sweeps, Bei Ran can't help asking: "Why is the house so quiet, there is no one?" ”

The housekeeper explained: "After my lord received the letter from the lord of Beizhai, he asked the people in the family to go back to their hometowns to visit relatives on the grounds of vacation, for fear that they would see it when you came. ”

Hearing this, Bei Ran felt as if something was missing, so he said, "What about the lady?" ”

"The girl doesn't know, my wife left early, and the lord is affectionate, so many years have not been renewed, in the past, when the young master was at home, the house was still lively, and then the young master entered the palace as an errand and set up another mansion, and now he does not come back often." Speaking of which, the two of them had already come to Lord Liu's bedroom, and the housekeeper opened the door for her: "Girl, please come in." ”

The indoor scene is not as good as the North Dye thought, I thought that the place where the high-ranking officials were, not to mention the splendor, at least the Dan Ying carved tree, again there is no carving beam painting technology, always have to bear the word exquisite, but here is really simple and old, look at it carefully, the North Dye even feels that it is not as comfortable and pleasing to the eye as the layout of their green vine village. But this is someone else's family after all, and besides, she is still in trouble to run to, and these things should not be on her attention at all.

She went straight inside, and before she saw the Lord Liu that her father said, she heard two rapid and weak coughs, and after coughing, there was a heavy and long gasp, like a breath hanging on half of her chest, unable to lift it, she couldn't help but speed up her pace.

The owner of the voice seemed to hear the footsteps of Bei Dye, and was the first to ask, "Who is it?" ”

Bei Ran took a few steps across the corner of the bed and appeared in front of Lord Liu, and at the same time saw him lying sick in bed.

"Are you Lord Liu?"

Lord Liu looked at her and asked, "Are you?" ”

"My name is Bei Ran, and my father asked me to come to you."

"You're the North Dye?! Come and show me. Lord Liu was obviously very excited, and a pair of wizened hands kept waving in the air, beckoning Bei Dye to pass over.

Beiran sat on the wooden bench next to his bed, looking at the gray-haired old man on the bed, and there was an indescribable sense of sadness in his heart.

Lord Liu stretched out his wrinkled hand to pull Bei Ran, looking at her embarrassed appearance when she fell here, he couldn't help but burst into tears, and said in a dumb voice: "Child, you have suffered, what about your father, are they okay?" ”

Speaking of her father's mother, Bei Ran's tears suddenly couldn't stop and big drops poured out, "My father and mother...... They were all dead. ”

It was as if a thunderbolt hit Lord Liu's head on a sunny day, and his dry hand froze instantly, looking at Bei Ran with a look of disbelief.

"The officers and soldiers surrounded the mountain, and they sent me out alone, and the others were all dead......

Lord Liu hid his face and cried for a while, and then said: "He said in the letter that he would come to me, a dying man, to reminisce after this catastrophe, but he didn't expect him to go first. ”

Beiran looked at him: "You know them?" ”

"I know, why don't I know, an old friend for many years." Master Liu wiped the tears on his face with one hand and said: "He has been away from Beijing for so many years, and he has gone alone in a chic and comfortable way, and he will not say that he will come back to see us." ”

Bei Ran suddenly thought that she urinated in Qingteng Village, where she was born and raised, and she had never heard her father and mother talk about their past, such as when they fell into the grass, and who they were.

But at this moment, she suddenly wanted to know, so she asked urgently: "Uncle Liu, can you tell me how you and my father and mother met, and who they used to be?" ”

Liu Daqi: "They didn't tell you? ”

Kitazme shook his head blankly.

Lord Liu sighed, and then probably understood their good intentions not to say to Beiran, but now the situation is different, and it is time for Beiran to know these things.

He looked out the window, his cloudy eyes seemed to take him to the distant past, because of the unique hoarse voice of old age, he said slowly: "Back then, your father was the most outstanding young talent among the hundred officials in my court, both civil and military, good writing, the first good poem, won the favor of the saints, how many talented people with no career envy him, and he also started a family when he was in his prime, and married a beautiful and kind wife, that is, your mother. ”

"If you want to talk about their origins, you have to start with your uncle, your uncle was also a talented person who entered Beijing in the same batch as your father to take the exam, both of them were extremely good, but after many competitions, your father was better and won the first place in the competition. And your uncle is not a person with a small belly, the two of them did not get angry because of this, but became the closest friends, and then your uncle introduced your mother to him, and the two families were even more close to each other, at that time, it was a good story that was praised by word of mouth. ”

"But the tree is very popular, and your father is good at everything, but he is stubborn, he is young and frivolous, he is passionate about everything, he is never afraid of any court forces, and he is disgusted with those who form gangs, so there are many people who want to pull him into the water."

"Your father is an upright person, nothing has gone wrong, they can't find a reason, so they started from your uncle who led the troops to fight at the border, when the traitorous ministers were in charge, a group of civil officials headed by the right minister wrote to the court, with some perjury accusing your uncle of rebellion, your father tried his best to defend him, but the other party has many people, and is good at demagoguery, Your Majesty was deceived by them and sentenced your uncle to death, together with the team of soldiers he brought to exterminate, the whole army of thousands of people, just died in the border fortress without knowing it, and even the corpse was not brought back."

Bei Ran felt a pain in his heart, "What about later?" ”