Mrs. Luo was also obviously haggard.

The most obvious thing is my hair, which has turned mostly gray in a year.

What worries her the most is naturally her disobedient youngest son Luo Gang.

I originally thought that after Xiao Yi was gone, Luo Gang would be decadent for a while and then naturally fall into a new life. Unexpectedly, Luo Sanlang actually left a letter and then ran away from home and went all the way to join Xiao Cheng.

Is Xiao Cheng’s place a good place?

Although the court did not explicitly say so, it has obviously become a taboo for the Xiao family. Their son went to southwestern Guizhou and actually openly became an official there.

This incident was actually a big blow to Luo Song's prestige within the capital.

Because of this incident, the officials took the three secretaries away from Luo Song and gave them to Cui Ang.

Now in the capital, Luo Song's status has dropped to that of Cui Ang.

If it weren't for Xia Jie's strong support, Luo Song would have been forced to resign long ago. Even so, Luo Song would have struggled in the capital.

I don't know how many people were staring at the seat under his butt with red eyes!

"Is this true?" Mrs. Luo looked at Luo Song in surprise, "The imperial court is going to establish Guizhou Road, and Xiao Erlang will be the pacifier? Doesn't this mean that the imperial court is going to rehabilitate the Xiao family?"

"What kind of rebellion is being vindicated?" Luo Song said with a bitter smile: "Xiao Dalang is still dominating the northwest, and hundreds of thousands of troops of the country were destroyed in his hands. Do you think it can be vindicated?"

"Then Xiao Erlang..." Mrs. Luo's little mind really couldn't understand the operations of the imperial court that seemed to her to be very strange.

"Because Xiao Erlang is using his strength to speak to the court!" Luo Song chuckled: "He has already formed de facto control there. If the court recognizes this fact and gives him the corresponding status, then this place will still be the same.

In the territory of the Song Dynasty, one could even say with a shameless face that our country has expanded its territory again. If you don't admit it, you are just like Xiao Dalang again."

Aunt Luo blinked her eyes and said after a while: "Anyway, since the court has recognized Xiao Erlang, then our Sanlang is no longer a rebel. This can be regarded as returning to the right path, right?"

"That's true!" Luo Song said.

"In that case, can you let Sanlang come back first? Transfer him to the capital or west of Beijing, it doesn't matter?" Mrs. Luo said eagerly.

"Do you think Sanlang will come back?" Luo Song calmly looked at Si'er's eager wife.

Father loves the eldest son and mother loves the young. Mrs. Luo was heartbroken about Luo Sanlang.

It's just that this Luo Sanlang has never been a worry-free master.

That guy first fell in love with a well-known playboy in the capital. Later, because of Xiao Ai, he changed his ways and worked hard. But it was precisely because of this that Mrs. Luo regretted it.

She would rather her son become a gangster without doing his job than let him fall into that situation. With the Luo family's family background, having a gangster is not a big deal.

"No matter what, this is a good thing. Now that my son doesn't agree, let's slowly persuade him!" Compared with the past, Mrs. Luo was already very happy. "The second son of the Xiao family has always been a scheming person.

, since he can force the court and the officials to do this, then it is not impossible for him to overturn the case for Academician Xiao in the next step."

"It's not necessarily good!" Luo Song shook his head and said: "Guizhou Road has been established, and Xiao Erlang has been appointed as the pacifier, but do you know that the imperial court is still very strict against him, using various means to continuously

It will start to move when it comes down."

"What's going on?" Mrs. Luo was very surprised.

"Zizhou Road, Chengdu Road, Kuizhou Road, including Jinghu North Road, etc., starting from this year, they will gradually adjust their manpower. By then, the chief officials above the civil and military roads who will be in charge of these places will be

There are people who have a grudge against the Xiao family and have a feud." Luo Song said.

"How could this happen?" Mrs. Luo was stunned.

"There's nothing strange about this." Luo Song said calmly: "This is a normal reaction. The court had to agree to Xiao Cheng's request, but at the same time, it naturally had to take precautions against him. Xiao Cheng got the name of Guizhou Road's pacifier.

Yes, but the court can install nails in it openly. Do you know who the Guizhou Road transfer envoy has been confirmed?"

"who?"

"Hu Yi!"

Mrs. Luo was dumbfounded: "Didn't Hu Yi lose his official position due to corruption when Xiao Xueshi participated in the concert and has been idle at home?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Luo also understood, but at the same time she also laughed: "Does Luo Yi dare to go to Guizhou to take office? Isn't he afraid that Xiao Erlang will eat him?"

"Of course he dares to go. As long as Xiao Erlang doesn't want to fall out with the court, he has to be tolerated. His life may not be so happy, but there is absolutely no fear of his life. He is mentally prepared for this. Anyway, the court sent him

Go, just to find Xiao Cheng's discomfort, to be a thorn in Xiao Cheng's eyes and a thorn in his flesh." Luo Song said: "For this reason, Xia Shoufu transferred Luo Yi's incompetent son to Kaifeng.

The government is now a judge. You said that Luo Yi would try his best to cause trouble for Xiao Cheng on Guizhou Road even for the sake of his son's future. If he really died on Guizhou Road, then Luo Yi's son would really

I'm afraid Luo Yi is eager to achieve great success like this?"

Mrs. Luo sighed.

"Isn't this still a fight? Our Sanlang will be on Guizhou Road in the future. Based on his friendship with Xiao Erlang, I am afraid that he will hold an important position in the future. Then he will also have to fight with the imperial court. This, I'm afraid, is hopeless.

Fuck him!" Mrs. Luo's eyes were red and she said, "Can I still see Saburo?"

Luo Song also fell silent.

Under the current situation, it is absolutely impossible for the third child to return to Bianliang.

In the future, I don’t know how far things will develop.

Maybe everything will be fine.

Maybe, everything will be worse.

"I'm ready to beg and return to my hometown!" Luo Song said suddenly. "Let's go back to our hometown in Quanzhou. We haven't been back for decades, so it's time for the fallen leaves to return to their roots."

Mrs. Luo was a little confused: "Why, why did you suddenly think of this?"

"First of all, I'm really disappointed. Our official is already a little crazy now." Luo Song sighed: "Secondly, I'm old, and it's difficult to move around in the capital. It's better to be caught in the wrong place when the time comes.

If Hong steps down, it’s better to negotiate terms with them now while we can.”

"You mean?"

Luo Song nodded: "Dalang has been in the position of magistrate for too long. With his ability and political achievements, it is not that he cannot go further, but if he goes further, he will go to Beijing, and I have been staying in the capital.

Naturally, he will not be able to go to the capital to become an official. Now that I have left the capital and retired to the countryside, it is time for Da Lang to return to the capital and become an official. Let him work in a noble place like the Imperial College or the Hanlin Academy first.

When the previous official came out again, he would always be indispensable for a position above the rank of attendant."

Gutai

This will also pave the way for future generations of her family. Mrs. Luo is both happy and worried.

"Even if we retire, can't we just live in Bianliang?" To be honest, Mrs. Luo has lived in Bianliang for decades. She is willing to live in the prosperity here. Although her hometown in Quanzhou is not bad, compared to Bianliang,

That's still too far behind.

"Confused, if I don't leave, how can Dalang enter the capital? If I really stay in the capital, I will only become an obstacle to Dalang's official career. Only by staying away from Bianliang can I be a help to Dalang's future official career!

" Luo Song said.

Dongcheng, the once magnificent Xiao family mansion, is now desolate.

The seal affixed to the door has lost its original color. One strip is broken from the break and hangs down, dancing in the air with the cold wind.

The once vermilion gate is now mottled and worn, with pieces of paint falling off, revealing the original color of the station, and the copper nails on the door are also covered with green embroidery.

Standing close to the crack of the door, you can see that the weeds inside the door are already taller than a human being. There are even trees as thick as arms growing in the yard, and birds are building nests among them, emitting waves of melodious chirping.

I don't know where the sound came from, but the chirping of wild cats came from nowhere, causing the dogs outside the alley to bark wildly.

The entire Xiao family mansion has been completely abandoned.

In the dark night, two lanterns became the only bright spots in the dark Xiao family mansion.

Lanterns are hung in the ancestral hall in the backyard of the Xiao family mansion.

That is the Xiao family's family temple, which enshrines the spiritual tablets of the Xiao family's ancestors.

Xu Wuyan looked older.

A lot of white hair had fallen out, nearly half of his head was bald, and Xu Wuyan's back was stooped. He took a rag and carefully wiped the altar table in the ancestral hall.

In the entire Xiao family mansion, only this small courtyard is left, which is still well-kept.

When the imperial court sealed the entire Xiao family mansion, for some unknown reason, it allowed Xu Wuyan to still live in this small courtyard and take care of the Xiao family ancestral hall.

Xiao Ding once asked the court for the remains of his parents, but no matter what the considerations were, the court was unlikely to agree. However, because of Xiao Ding's strong presence, the court allowed the remains of Xiao Yu and his wife to be buried in Xiao Ding's home.

Tombs of family ancestors.

At the same time, due to the imperial court's defeat on the Shaanxi Road, countless Imperial Guards died at the hands of Xiao Dingxi's army. In order to prevent the families of these Imperial Guards from venting their anger and destroying the Xiao family's ancestral tombs, the imperial court had to send soldiers to guard the Xiao family's ancestral tombs.

No matter whether it is the official family or the capital, they don't want to be at odds with Xiao Ding again because of something like this.

Now on the Shaanxi Road, the defense line that is being rebuilt with great pains cannot withstand Xiao Ding's invasion again.

It can be said that as long as Xiao Ding remains alive, the imperial court will have to protect places like the Xiao family's ancestral graves and the Xiao family's ancestral hall.

After wiping the offering table spotless and adding some sesame oil to the everlasting lamp, Xu Wuyan walked out of the ancestral hall door, gently closed the door, and walked towards a row of houses beside the courtyard wall, where he and a few others

The residence of servants.

The small door on the courtyard wall was pushed open, and a servant walked in with a happy face.

"Old housekeeper, what a happy event!"

"What's wrong? Is there any news from Erlang?" Xu Wuyan asked.
To be continued...