Biography of the traitorous officials who dominated the Song Dynasty

Chapter 226 Wu Yueniang is alone

When Cai Jing heard this, he frowned and asked, "Brother Ying, why are you laughing?"

Those two fresh, sweet grapes caused juice to splash in Earl Ying's mouth.

"After today's battle, the people of the Jin Kingdom have something bad in their stomachs. I believe they must have thought of some countermeasures next."

As Earl Ying spoke, he took out a few strawberries from the fruit hill in front of him and stuffed them into his mouth.

Gao Qiu slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, exactly! According to my guess, it should probably be the same!"

Cai Jing shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said: "There is nothing we can do about it, but it doesn't matter. In my opinion, we can probably get through this winter safely anyway."

Because there was a celebration dinner held in the Song Dynasty Hall that night, the emperor and his ministers were all drunk, and they did not go to court the next day.

In the next eight days, the Jin army never attacked the inner city of Bianliang again. Jin Wushu and Oli were waiting for an opportunity.

Although it is the middle of winter and the weather is freezing, the weather cannot stay so cold forever. There will always be times when it gets warmer.

By then, as soon as the ice was broken, it was time for the Jin army to launch a fierce attack on the inner city of Bianliang again.

During these eight days, there was no talk in Bianliang City except for preparations for the war.

The story is divided into two parts, and let’s talk about Ximen Qing’s mansion in Qinghe County.

After Ximen Qing's death, his family fell into decline and his property withered.

Those who were close friends with him in the past stole and abducted, completely digging up his home.

Wu Yueniang and Chen Jingji were left behind, clinging to a few dilapidated family businesses, struggling to support them.

As her family's financial situation gradually became poor, Wu Yueniang dismissed most of the servants and maids in the family, leaving only a total of four people to serve in daily life.

On this day, just after breakfast, Chen Jingji and Sister Ximen were sitting with Wu Yueniang in the dining room chatting.

Wu Yueniang took her son Xiaoge, who had just turned two years old, to eat melon seeds, shook her head and said, "Since your father passed away, the family has been in decline. The two remaining shops are not worth a few big bucks."

"The total monthly profits are just enough to provide my wife with the basic expenses for food and clothing. It's really miserable."

"Alas! Speaking of which, it's my fault for not taking good care of the family property your father left behind, causing you and your wife to suffer poverty together with me."

Sister Ximen shook her head and sighed, but said nothing.

Chen Jingji looked at Wu Yueniang, naturally feeling sad. Seeing that Wu Yueniang was about to shed tears, he quickly took the handkerchief from the side and handed it to her.

"Mom, what are you talking about? It's just a matter of earning it after the family fortune has failed. There's no need to feel so guilty."

"Besides, I don't have to worry about running out of firewood to keep Qingshan alive. Those people who were not part of our family are all gone now, but we, husband and wife, and my mother are still at home taking good care of us."

Wu Yueniang nodded while wiping her tears.

She looked at Brother Xiao in her arms and said, "It's not like you are too talkative. Your father has been a suave and dissolute man throughout his life. Now that he is gone, only such a little man is left."

"Ordinarily, it is indeed annoying and hateful, but after all, your father has renewed the incense for the Ximen family. If this line of incense does not continue, then there really is nothing to say..."

Sister Ximen looked at her younger brother and was speechless for a long time, just sighing repeatedly.Not long after, Wu Yueniang's eldest brother Wu Kai came to Ximen Qing's house.

Wu Kai didn't have anything else to do when he came here, he just felt sorry for his sister.

In the past few months, Jin soldiers had been going south to fight frequently. Wu Kai was busy with government affairs all day long, and he still couldn't devote half of his attention to taking care of his sister.

In the past few days, I finally settled on the things that should be done at hand, so I took off my official uniform and hat, put on a green shirt, and came to my sister's house.

When Wu Kai saw Wu Yueniang's haggard face, he immediately felt distressed and said to Wu Yueniang: "Sister, I feel really bad when I see you looking like this."

"When my brother-in-law was alive, he was also a tough and good man. His business was big, he was able to get along well in Qinghe County, and he was able to give some face to everyone."

"As soon as he left, it was like a tree falling down and the hozens scattering. Alas! To be honest, if I, the eldest brother, hadn't been behind your back, I might not have been able to keep such a pitiful family fortune."

Sister Ximen finally couldn't listen anymore and walked out quickly sobbing.

Because Chen Jingji cared about Wu Yueniang in his heart, he always wanted to take Wu Yueniang as his own, so he just watched his wife go out sad and crying, and ignored her, letting her do what she wanted.

Chen Jingji bowed to Uncle Wu respectfully and said, "Uncle, it's my fault. It's useless to blame me."

Uncle Wu shook his head and smiled wryly, patted Chen Jingji's shoulder lightly, and said, "You are also a small person, and you just turned up this year, right? Speaking of which...you are not as old as the current King Kang Zhaogou in the imperial court." Well, how much do you know?"

"But I don't blame you. You just need to remember that everything is God's arrangement. The family has become like this now. As the only male, you must bear the burden of restoring the family tradition."

Chen Jingji nodded repeatedly.

Uncle Wu looked at it for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up and he said, "Sister, the house has become like this and it won't work unless we make some changes."

"How about this? I will personally take you to the Dahang Mountain today to pray for blessings. Maybe the spirits of my brother-in-law's ancestors are still in the sky. May the next days go smoothly."

Wu Yueniang thought for a while and agreed.

There is a Wang'an Temple on Dahang Mountain, which has some heritage and has been widely popular since the reign of Renzong.

Often, people who are having a hard time at home like to go to the mountain to pray for peace of mind.

At the most three to five days, you can go home.

At present, the world is not peaceful and wars are frequent. In order to ensure Wu Yueniang's personal safety, Uncle Wu specially chose to bring 18 police officers with him in the government.

This matter should be done sooner rather than later. Wu Kai decided to rush to Wang'an Temple on Taihang Mountain before sunset that day.

So, he immediately set off with Wu Yueniang.

Wu Yueniang originally wanted to bring her son Xiaoge with her. After all, for the matter of praying for Ximen's family, it would be most effective to bring the only incense that Ximen Qing left behind, but she thought about it anyway, and finally didn't bring it.

The main reason is that the world is not peaceful at the moment. The Jin Army is so powerful, who is not afraid of it?
Along the way, Wu Yueniang listened to Wu Kai's talk about the Bianliang defense battle with great interest.

Hearing Wu Kai talk about how Earl Ying, who deserved to die, had gradually become No. 1 in the Song Dynasty and was a highly respected official, he felt unhappy.

(End of this chapter)