Chapter 269 Convinced

Su Zicheng looked back at the dark-eyed coffin again, leaned against Li Xiaoyao, and whispered in distress, "If you think about other ways, there is no other way?"

"It's so urgent that this is the best way. The prince has earned a good reputation again." Li Xiaoyao spread out his hands and replied in a low voice. Su Zicheng swallowed a few mouthfuls of water, sighed sullenly and asked, "Just now?"

"Well, if you do it, you have to do ten points." Li Xiaoyao flicked Su Zicheng's sleeves and motioned back to him. Su Zicheng took a deep breath, patted the folding fan in his hand in Li Xiaoyao's hand, turned around and strode to the coffin, raised his hand to signal the black guard on the front left to get out of the way. The black guard looked at him blankly and stood at a loss. Su Zicheng raised the bar with one hand and stretched out. He pulled out the black guard and pushed it aside, turned around and put the lifting bar on his shoulder. Dongping's little men did not dare to neglect it and hurriedly took the lifting bar and lifted it. Shi Yu was dumbfounded. Seeing Dongping and others picking up the bar and running to pick it up, Li Xiaoyao grabbed him and said, "Your excellency is leading the way in front of you. Let's go." Shi Yu bowed around in a panic and ran forward with a long gown.

Tang Mansion is a three-entry courtyard, and the door has been closed for a long time. Shi Yu opened the door and ordered urgently, "Told your wife, Lord Tang is back, come out quickly!" Hurry up!" The porter turned pale with fear, and he didn't even have time to mention the lantern. He rushed in to report the news. In a moment, Mrs. Gu ran to the front, followed by a 17- or 18-year-old teenager, a twelve- or three-year-old girl, a ten-old boy and several girls, rushed out all the way.

Su Zicheng and others just arrived at the gate carrying the coffin. Shi Yu saw Mrs. Gu running out and quickly arched her hand and shouted, "Madam, Lord Liang•••••"

"Is it Mrs. Gu? Lord Liang sent Lord Tang back. Li Xiaoyao stepped forward and interrupted Shi Yu's words and said that Mrs. Gu's face turned pale in an instant. Li Xiaoyao saluted Mrs. Gu with admiration and bowed her knees deeply, signaling everyone to retreat to the side. The teenager hurried forward to hold Mrs. Gu and shouted, "Mother!" Mrs. Gu raised her hand to stop him, turned her head and stared at everyone one by one, and kept seeing the dark coffin slowly entering the door. The little girl screamed and squeezed her face to Mrs. Gu with her hands. Mrs. Gu pushed her children out of the way. The coffin passed through the bluestone road in the middle, turned around and slowly fell down in the main hall.

Su Zicheng straightened up and arched his hand to Mrs. Gu and said, "Madam, please. Lord Tang settled down the troops and threw himself into the city and died. Xiao Wang was incompetent and failed to protect Lord Tang." Mrs. Gu looked at Su Zicheng in a daze and suddenly turned to look at Shi Yu. Shi Yu shed tears and pointed to Su Zicheng and introduced first: "This is Lord Liang. It's him all the way..." Shi Yu choked and couldn't say any more. Li Xiaoyao stood beside Mrs. Gu and carefully cared Mrs. Gu and her three children. Mrs. Gu retreated. Half a step, he pointed to the coffin, but his lips trembled and couldn't speak. Li Xiaoyao hurried forward to help Mrs. Gu and advised him, "Madam, my condolences. The child is still young. Lord Tang's coffin has not been closed, and the afterth has not been done. Many important things have to be taken care of by the lady. Madam, please be sorry!" Mrs. Gu burst into tears, bit her lips and drooped her head. Li Xiaoyao took a secret breath and helped Mrs. Gu sit down. She turned her head to look at Dongping and whispered, "Bry the white cloth candle in." With that, he squatted in front of Mrs. Gu and asked in a low voice, "Madam, you have to arrange to arrange the mourning hall and change into filial clothes. The prince has brought everything. Look, who will take charge?" Mrs. Gu took a deep breath and waved her hand and said, "Miss, trouble!"

Li Xiaoyao answered and stood up in a low voice, raised her hand and called a woman to ask her in detail, and told Dong Ping to quickly arrange it everywhere. At that, the Tang Dynasty was arranged into a vast expanse. The coffin was opened, and Mrs. Gu pulled the coffin and cried so many times. After a while, the coffin was nailed and became a ceremony. The mourning hall was arranged. Mrs. Gu and several children changed into sackcloths and filial clothes. Li Xiaoyao looked worriedly at the dizzy Mrs. Gu and the helpless children, sighed, pulled Su Zicheng and whispered, "The prince and Lord Shi go back first. I'll stay here for one night, just in case. ••••”

"Then tomorrow?" Su Zicheng frowned. Li Xiaoyao turned his head and looked at Shi Yu and said, "Lord Shi's family are also in Yangzhou. Would you like to invite your wife over for a day tomorrow to accompany Mrs. Gu?"

"Good, good!" Shi Yu repeatedly agreed, "I'll go back and let her come over."

"That's not necessary. Just come over tomorrow."

Shi Yu turned his head and looked at Su Zicheng. Su Zicheng frowned and looked at Li Xiaoyao about to speak. Li Xiaoyao whispered, "Maybe I will accompany you for a few days. I will persuade him tonight to see the situation." Su Zicheng nodded, turned his head and looked at Shi Yu and said, "Listen to the fifth master." After discussion, Su Zicheng and Shi Yu twisted incense to sacrifice Tang Jisheng and went back. Nanning and Dongping took people to wait in the Tang Mansion.

Li Xiaoyao knelt down on the mat, supported the crying little boy, and whispered, "Don't be afraid, don't cry. My father is gone, and I want my mother, sister, brother, don't cry, come on, sister will wipe your tears." Li Xiaoyao persuaded the little boy in a slow voice, persuaded him to stop crying, took the warm water handed by Haitang and fed him a few bites and asked, "What's your name?" What do you usually call you?

"Xiaojing." The boy replied sobbingly,

"How old is Xiaojing this year?"

"Nine years old."

"Then Xiaojing is an adult, right? Xiaojing, stop crying. When you grow up, you have to take care of your mother and sister with your brother, don't you?" Li Xiaoyao said in a soft voice. Xiaojing looked at Li Xiaoyao as if he didn't understand and nodded slowly. Li Xiaoyao hugged him, pointed to Mrs. Gu and whispered, "Go and persuade your mother to tell your mother that your father is gone, and your mother has Xiaojing, sister and brother, and tell your mother not to cry." Xiaojing nodded and stood up, squeezed to Mrs. Gu, pulled her and persuaded her, "Mother! Mother, don't cry! Father••••• Father is gone, mother and Xiaojing, sister, brother, mother, I'm afraid!" Xiaojing said, his head against Mrs. Gu and squeezed straight into her arms. Mrs. Gu hugged her son and cried again.

Li Xiaoyao waited for Mrs. Gu to stop crying and knelt down beside her and persuaded in a low voice: "Madam, please condolences." Mrs. Gu turned her head and looked at Li Xiaoyao and suddenly asked, "Who are you?" Li Xiaoyao breathed a long sigh of relief: "My surname is Li. Because I am the youngest, I am called Xiaoyao, and because of Xingwu, I am called the fifth master." Mrs. Gu looked at Li Xiaoyao in astonishment: "Are you the fifth master?"

"Have you heard of me, madam?" Although Li Xiaoyao asked a rhetorical question, there was no surprise or surprise on her face. Mrs. Gu nodded: "I heard from my husband several times that the fifth master was in good governance in Hancheng and Chuzhou. My father highly appreciated it. I didn't expect that the fifth master was a girl, so young." Li Xiaoyao lowered his head and said politely, "Lord Tang is flattered, madam, will Lord Tang return to his hometown or stay in Yangzhou?" Mrs. Gu's lips trembled and pressed her mouth tightly with a veil. After a long time, she said, "He said that if you don't go back to your hometown, it's here!" It turns out that he was stupid at that time!" Mrs. Gu's crying uncontrollably revealed. Li Xiaoyao closed her eyes and sighed gently. She reached out and begonia for a clean thick handkerchief and handed it to Mrs. Gu gently stroked her back. When her crying gradually stopped, she sighed, "Madam wants to cherish herself. Lord Tang to stay here also wants his wife and children to stay here. Li." Mrs. Gu turned her head and looked sadly at the eldest son with paper money in the fire basin and the daughter who coaxed Xiaojing. After a long time, she turned her head and looked at Li Xiaoyao and whispered, "Stay here, helpless••••••What does our old widowed mother make a living? Or•••••”

"Madam, don't worry about the livelihood. I'll arrange for you and have children. Madam, you can rest assured." Li Xiaoyao hurriedly answered. Mrs. Gu looked at Li Xiaoyao sadly, closed her eyes for a long time, and said angrily, "You all have to be famous and domineering, and you will achieve great success! It has all suffered from the people, and we have suffered!"

"Madam," Li Xiaoyao was silent for a moment and said in a low voice, "Even if Beiping doesn't fight, my wife feels that the war between Taiping Prefecture and Chizhou Prefecture will not burn to Huainan Road? The prince took over Handi and Chuzhou, and his wife must have heard about what he had done. She thought that which one of the Taiping Prefecture and Chizhou Prefecture could treat the people better than the prince? Do you want to learn more? Do you respect the officials who love the people more? Mrs. Gu looked straight at Li Xiaoyao. Li Xiaoyao looked at her calmly. Mrs. Gu touched the dark coffin and sighed: "There is no one in the dark at night. The fifth master must have a lot of affairs. Go back and rest. Please tell Prince Liang that the prince knows the kindness of the encounter, and the first husband is in heaven. , I must be grateful. I'm fine. I have children. This is the bloodline of the first husband. The bloodline of the Tang family. Fifth Master can rest assured.

"Madam should take care of her health. I will leave someone to take care of Lord Tang's later affairs. Tomorrow morning, I will let people go outside the city to find a place of feng shui. Madam, please keep her spirits at ease. This is my girl, named Dan Yue. I will leave her here to take care of one or two. If there is anything wrong with my wife, just tell her, my wife and the children's life in the future, and other major events. Good job, I'll discuss it with my wife again. Li Xiaoyao said gently to Mrs. Gu. Mrs. Gu nodded. Li Xiaoyao stood up and withdrew and ordered Dongping to take people to help in the Tang Mansion. He took Nanning and others out of the door, kicked his footsteps and walked back weakly.