Later, the second elder of the family lost his beloved son, and was infamous as an anti-thief, and under extreme indignation, they both hanged themselves, and after they died, no one dared to collect the corpses for them, and the family with infinite scenery ended up like this. At that time, I was soft-spoken, and I didn't dare to make much action, so I had to send someone to steal the body of the second elder out and bury it in the middle of the night. ”

"After this incident passed, your father was under house arrest for three months and finally freed, as soon as he came out, he began to collect evidence everywhere, intending to overturn the case for your uncle's family, but who knows, the emperor pretended to be confused, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military also regarded his words as nothing, your father saw the faces of this group of people clearly, and in a fit of anger, he took off his official hat and official uniform directly in front of the emperor, saying that 'the height of the temple shrouded in fog is not as beautiful as the beauty of the rivers and lakes with beautiful mountains and rivers', and then he went out of the court barefoot and never came back."

"Fortunately, he left early, and soon after that, the group of people extended their claws to other courtiers, and most of the beheadings that they targeted, exiled exiles, your father himself left, but he still had a free and chic and free to come and go."

Beiran said: "So my father took my mother to Qingteng Mountain and built a village there to settle down?" ”

"yes." Lord Liu's voice dragged on for a long time, and every word and sentence was still hoarse, and Bei Ran had to listen carefully. He also renamed himself Beiqing Teng...... Oh, you don't know yet, your father's original name was Beiqing, but it was later that he went to Qingteng Mountain to take the name of the mountain there and changed his name to Beiqingteng. Over the years, we have often exchanged letters, but he has never returned, until a few days ago, he wrote to me again, saying that there is a big event in the family, and if the situation is urgent, he wants to entrust his only daughter to me, and then come to the door to thank him when the matter is over, and drink and talk happily, and relieve the suffering that he has not seen for many years. ”

Bei Ran tears, it turned out that her father had already arranged all this, but since they had a way back, why didn't they plan early and evacuate as soon as possible, so that Qingshan would not worry about running out of firewood. So she said, "But my father broke his promise." ”

"Who's to say it isn't. In fact, I should have thought that with his temperament, how could he be willing to give in, and he would definitely fight to the death with the officers and soldiers, and he probably wanted to fight this battle 20 years ago. ”

After listening to Lord Liu's words, a place in Bei Ran's heart that had been buried in the dark suddenly brightened, from childhood to adulthood, she was puzzled by her father's and mother's practices in many things, such as why they were obviously bandits, but why did they have to be gentle and quiet, and still have to read and learn words; When he went down the mountain to rob the road, he only robbed those who were corrupt and perverted the law and were evil and lustful, not those who were honest and honest and loved by the people, but how did he know who was greedy and who was honest?

As soon as she asked, her father scolded her for her young age, "You know a fart", and then waved his big fist to declare the royal power, ordering her to obey, and absolutely obey, not only orally, but also in person, even in appearance.

And now, all the confusion has an answer, because he was an official himself, and he is doing everything in poetry and songs, and his children naturally can't be an illiterate white ding, and he has always been jealous and hateful, and he was persecuted by traitors to fall here, and naturally knows who are the people in the nest of snakes and rats.

Bei Ran was unhappy and resentful, but in the end, he was too useless.

Lord Liu coughed up a mouthful of blood in a hurry, and pulled back Bei Ran, whose mind was wandering in the sky, and was startled at the same time: "Uncle Liu, what's wrong with you?!" ”

Lord Liu patted the back of her hand to comfort her, and said, "Don't be afraid, child, I've been sick for a day or two, fortunately, your father's letter came early, otherwise I don't know if I can survive until then." ”

"Didn't you look for a doctor?"

"Look, I've been taking medicine, but I can't take medicine for this disease, and from now on, I won't have a few days to live." He paused, and then said: "Listen to me, I am about to reach my limit, and I can't afford to take care of you, but I have already greeted Master Xie, the priest of the Hanlin Academy, and entrusted you to him, he is my best friend, he is a trustworthy person, and he will definitely take good care of you for me in the future, and I will let the housekeeper send you over later." ”

After taking a good bath and resting in Lord Liu's mansion, the housekeeper sent Bei Ran to Lord Xie's mansion in Hanlin Academy, and it was also here that Bei Ran really felt that this was an official's home, with all kinds of flowers and trees in the garden, and the furniture was also exquisite, but Lord Xie was not in the mansion today, and it was his daughter who picked up the guests.

The girl described her as good, and it seemed that she was not much different in age from Bei Ran, but for some reason, Bei Ran looked at her a little familiar, and the girl seemed to coincide with her, staring at her for a long time, racking her brains and remembering, the two said at the same time:

"It's you!"

The person in front of him is not the eldest lady who was snatched up the mountain with that batch of bronzes and bundled into zongzi in a wooden box.

Xie Qiaochun clasped his hands to his chest, looked at Bei Ran and said, "It turns out that the distinguished guest my father said is you, why is it only you, your husband?" ”

Speaking of Ji Changkong, Bei Ran had a sour nose and whispered, "He's gone." ”

"Gone? Where to? Why didn't I bring you along? Bei Ran didn't speak, seeing that the signs were wrong, Xie Qiaochun felt that she might cry if she asked again, besides, her family had just experienced such a change, and her heart was fragile, so it was really not good to say too much at this time, so she stopped talking and said: "I won't ask, don't cry, I won't coax people." ”

Kitazor glared at her with red eyes, "Who cried." ”

"Since you are our honored guest, you will live here as if you were your own home in the future, don't see outside, I will ask someone to clean up the room for you, and have a good rest later......"

"Wait." Xie Qiaochun was about to tell her subordinates to do things, but Bei Ran hurriedly stopped her and hesitated: "Are you really willing to help me?" ”

Xie Qiaochun looked at her strangely: "That's natural, our family is very promised, since you promised Uncle Liu to take care of you, you will definitely not break your promise, and when my father comes back, I'm afraid it will be better for you than my own daughter." ”

Bei Ran was pleased, "Thank you in advance." That being the case, I have another thing I want you to help with. ”

"What's the matter?"

Bei Ran looked at the people who came in and out of the house, and then turned his head to look at Xie Qiaochun, the other party instantly understood, and then withdrew those people, leaving only the two of her in the hall.

In the past two days of escape, Bei Ran has figured out some things, how is a place without relatives not a home, since there is no home, what is there to be nostalgic in the world, it is better to do something meaningful with still intact hands.

After listening to Bei Ran's thoughts, Xie Qiaochun was taken aback, his already big eyes were about to catch up with the bull's eye at the moment, and he was stunned: "You really think about it?" This is not a trivial matter, and if you don't get it right, not only will it not be done, but you will die without a place to bury. ”

Bei Ran looked firm: "I had already thought about it before entering the city, otherwise I wouldn't have come here." ”

Xie Qiaochun was a little embarrassed, and after a long time, he said: "If you really decide so, I have a way to do it." ”