Cui Lang shook his head and shuddered, "What about grandfather?"
"The master of the house goes out and returns home in the evening."
"That's it." Cui Lang glanced at the sky and showed a desperate expression: "Eldest brother is really kneeling."
…
Inside Cui's ancestral hall, the scent of incense and candles is thick, and the sound of needles falling can be heard in the silence.
Cui Jing knelt straight, just like she did when she was a child.
On the desk, the tablets are arranged neatly one after another. The top tablet of Cui's ancestors is covered with a shrine, but Cui Jing's eyes are always fixed on the bottom tablet.
That was his biological mother Zheng who had died long ago.
There was silence everywhere, Cui Jing remained motionless, like a statue, blending into the gradually dimming ancestral hall.
Until the door of the ancestral hall behind him was pushed open, and the last ray of twilight came in.
"Get up."
A majestic old man's voice sounded from behind.
Cui Jing then stood up and saluted with the visitor: "I have met my grandfather."
The old man looked at him and said slowly: "I have lost weight again."
Cui Jing's aura was no longer as cold as before: "In the past two years, my grandfather has been worried."
"If you really think so, just promise your grandfather something." Unlike Cui Ai, who was cold and stern, Cui Ju, the real head of the Cui family, was emotionally restrained, his emotions and anger were not expressive, and his tone was authoritative but not harsh, but
The feeling of oppression is even worse——
"I will enter the palace tomorrow, hand over my military power, and ask myself to step down from the post of general of the Xuance Army."
After a brief silence, Cui Jing said: "My grandson is really hard to obey."
Cui Ju's old eyes were filled with excitement: "Do you know what you are talking about?"
"My grandson knows very well."
"Father, why bother talking to this rebellious son?" Cui Hao came after hearing the news, his face still livid.
Cui Lang followed him, hiding outside the door of the ancestral hall and peeking in secretly.
At this time, Yuan Xiang came quickly, took a look at the situation in the ancestral hall, walked in, and reported to Cui Jing: "Captain, the saint has urgently summoned the governor to enter the palace."
Cui Jing raised his hand: "Grandpa, my grandson will leave first."
"No—" Cui Ai sternly tried to stop him, but Cui Ju raised his hand to interrupt him.
Cui Jing raised her feet and left the ancestral hall.
"Eldest...eldest brother..." Liulang Cui, who had always been arrogant and domineering, was now like a mouse meeting a cat, and his voice was like a mosquito.
Cui Jing tilted her head slightly, glanced at him, said "hmm" and walked away.
Seeing him walking away, Cui Lang dared to raise his head and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Father..." In the ancestral hall, Cui He frowned and said, "You are not at home today. I don't know what is going on... He came home today, and only the young men in each room greeted him. The rest have not shown up... Ever since he joined the army.
Since then, there have been countless voices of dissatisfaction among the clan, and today it is clear that-"
"Then you shouldn't reprimand the clan members harshly in front of them and make them kneel until now." Cui Ju looked at his son and said firmly: "This is not called establishing prestige."
Cui Wei frowned, but also lowered his head: "My son is not thinking well."
…
After leaving the mansion, Cui Jing jumped on the horse and said, "Let's go."
Horse hooves stepped on the dusk, and a group of people quickly left Anyifang.
To the north of Anyifang is Dongshi, which is not far from the palace city and can be reached by horseback in three quarters of an hour without stopping.
Cui Jing dismounted in front of the palace gate, and the chamberlain who had been waiting here came forward and saluted: "We have to wait until Governor Cui...the Governor invites his slaves to come and see the saint."
Cui Jing handed the horse to Yuan Xiang and followed the eunuch into the palace.
"Hey." Watching his captain walk away, a young soldier sighed sadly and whispered: "Brother Yuan Xiang, I don't understand. Our captain is so brave and unparalleled. He is a young general with great resourcefulness.
, I don’t know how many extraordinary achievements I have made in these years... If I can achieve such a future, it will be smoke from the ancestral graves, and my father will have to tear up the family tree overnight and redraw it, and write my name on the first page.
Okay! Why did it happen when we arrived at the Governor’s place, it was like..."
Another soldier answered: "It's like murder and arson, committing all kinds of evil, so many crimes that it's hard to write on a bamboo chime..."
"What do you know?" Yuan Xiang rolled his eyes: "Shut up."
Who told it to be Cui?
Yuan Xiang looked at the figure that had disappeared behind the palace gate and sighed in his heart.
After so many years, everyone has noticed what happened between the governor and his family.
Actually, he felt a little aggrieved for his own governor.
…
Cui Jing entered the inner palace and came to the Xuanzheng Hall.
"Your Majesty, Cui Jing, comes to see you." Cui Jing lowered his head and saluted on the imperial steps.
Born into a top noble family, the young man was cultivated by the Cui family as the future head of the family since his childhood. Even before the imperial power, the noble spirit that was engraved in the bone marrow since he was born has not been weakened in the slightest.
Above the imperial steps is a huge map of mountains and rivers carved in white jade, on which is the territory of Dasheng.
Above the jade picture and in front of the dragon table, there is a bead curtain hanging.
The Holy Emperor is sitting behind the beaded curtain, and the meticulous bun of his hair under the emperor's crown has turned white.
"Cui Qing, please rise." There was no sense of age in her voice, only unattainable majesty: "Cui Qing led his army in triumph, and it was a tiring journey. I shouldn't have called you in a hurry -"
"On the day of arrival in Beijing, as the commander-in-chief, I should go to the palace to meet the emperor. Cui Jing is late." The young man in armor was tall and tall, and presented a memorial: "The details of this battle are here. Please take a look at it."
A female official who looked very young came forward, took the memorial, and nodded to Cui Jing with a smile.
Cui Jing nodded slightly in response.
The female official will submit the memorial to the Holy Emperor.
"Cui Qing and General Chang fought hard for two years and finally expelled the Southern Barbarians from our Dasheng territory. It is really a great achievement for their hard work." The empress did not rush to read the memorial, and her tone was pleased and appreciative: "These years, if not, if not
If Cui Qing fights the outside world and keeps the inside quiet, it will be difficult for me to be as stable as I am today during my great prosperity."
"This is not Cui Jing's fault." The young general's voice was not serious, but he answered without any hesitation: "It is the elite troops left behind by His Highness the former Crown Prince who are guarding the country for Da Sheng."
The smile on the Holy Emperor's face froze slightly, and a moment of sadness flashed in his eyes.
"Yes." She said in a low voice: "My son's heart is about prosperity, and his heart is about the stability of the country..."
She did not show too much emotion, and looked at Cui Jing through the bead curtain: "Actually, the reason why I urgently summoned Cui Qing to the palace this time is for the matter of Dayun Temple——"
When Cui Jing heard the words "Dayun Temple", Cui Jing, who had his eyes half lowered, immediately raised his eyes.
The voice of the Holy Emperor sounded from behind the bead curtain: "A strange phenomenon suddenly appeared in Dayun Temple."
Cui Jing's eyes changed slightly: "A vision?"
The Holy Emperor nodded and said slowly: "Half a month ago, Wujue asked the monk to deliver a letter to the palace..."
In the main hall, the lights on the Suzaku candlestick flickered on and off.
Not long after, Cui Jing came out of the Xuanzheng Hall.
The female officer followed Gong E out: "I will take Governor Cui out of the palace -"
Cui Jing refused: "No need."
The female officer was about to say that she was sent off on His Majesty's order, when she saw that the young man had quickly walked down the white marble steps.
He walked with a long stride, and the chamberlain with the lamp had to trot to keep up.
The female official stood quietly for a moment, and then she turned back to the palace when she saw the silhouette disappearing from sight.
"Captain Cui was anxious to leave the palace and did not let Luo Er see him off." She went to the imperial desk and raised her hand in salute.
The Holy Emperor didn't say much. He leaned on the dragon chair and closed his eyes to rest his mind. He didn't know what he was thinking.
After a moment of silence, the female official said softly: "Auntie, there is no need to worry too much..."
The Holy Emperor just nodded imperceptibly.
The female official said no more, silently retreated, and ordered the palace maid to burn the soothing incense pills.