I was Idle and Cool Chapter 181: Xue’s Ancestral Hall

It's dawning.

The Janissaries who had been under martial law all night quietly disappeared at the end of the street as if they had never been seen before, but the abnormal bells and drums last night, as well as the inexplicable phrase "The general is still facing the court", has always lingered in the hearts of the people. superior.

Not many people get up early, and the streets are deserted.

It snowed heavily overnight, and the entire capital was covered in silver.

A man led a horse and walked slowly along the straightest street in the capital. The sound of the horse's hooves became softer as his boots stepped on the snow.

The capital city, which has been separated for ten years, still looks the same.

There is a chill in the wind.

Compared to the frontier, compared to outside the fortress, no matter how cold the wind in the capital is, there is no chill that hides a sword. If so—

It's just because of him.

The General's Mansion is located in the east of the Imperial City, facing the gate of the street. There are two mighty stone lions squatting on both sides. In the weather that just snowed, someone was shoveling the snow outside.

Surprisingly, the two red lacquered doors opened wide.

It seems that I have received the letter, and I want to welcome the return of a certain person today.

The person standing beside the door was none other than a scribe in a green shirt. If Lu Jinxi was here, she would have recognized him at a glance. This is the person she once caught a glimpse of in Baoding City.

However, the entire General's Mansion knows-

This scribe is named "Cai Xiu"!

The heavy armor originally worn by the man has been removed. In such a cold weather, he only wears an ordinary black robe, with his waist and cuffs tied tightly, showing a vigorous and heroic posture.

He has scars on his hands and even his neck.

When people led their horses and walked slowly from a distance, it seemed that they also brought back the wind and sand that had been fought for many years outside the Great Wall.

The moment he saw him, Cai Xiu's eyes were filled with heat, tears, blood, and even more ambitions that were inflated like the snow that covered the whole world under the sky!

"Cai Xiu sees the General!"

When the man walked to the gate of the mansion and let go of the reins that held the horse, Cai Xiu lifted the hem of his robe and bowed down on one knee.

"Get up."

Xue Kuang glanced at him, but didn't stop at the door. He just said this lightly and strode into the door.

In the main hall, the family has been waiting for a long time.

Mrs. Sun, the eldest grandmother He, the third grandfather Xue Rin, the third grandma Wei, the fourth grandfather Xue Zhun, and the juniors in the family, Xue Mingzhu, Xue Mingli, Xue Minglang, Xue Chi...

Everyone stared at the door, at the figure approaching them.

At the moment when he stepped into the central hall, Mrs Sun, who was always calm and composed, couldn't hold back the wailing, and jumped up at once: "Son-"

Xue Kuang knelt down, bowed down in front of Mrs. Sun, and kowtowed three times: "Unfilial son Xue Kuang, see your mother, these years have made my mother sad."

"Just come back, just come back..."

Sun also knew the news last night. At that time, she only suspected that she was in a dream. Even if Cai Xiu told her over and over that it was true, she couldn't believe it.

Until this moment, I have heard it with my own ears and seen it with my own eyes!

It's back!

Her son is back alive!

He didn't die in the battle of Hanshan Pass. He endured humiliation in the Xiongnu and returned again as a general and hero who made great contributions to the Xia Dynasty!

Sun shi couldn't control the tears, almost hugging with Xue Kuang, sobbing. After a long while, the old maid next to me persuaded and comforted, and then gradually stopped.

No one in the hall spoke during the whole process.

He Shi, whose husband had died, looked at her with red eyes. She was sad and hated. She always felt that Xue Leng's death had nothing to do with Xue Kuang. Wei Xian felt a little dazed. My heart was about to jump out, but now I realized that he didn't look at him at all; Xue Rin on the other side saw her like this, and turned his eyes back to Xue Kuang, and the brilliance in his eyes slowly dimmed; four Ye Xue Zhun is a concubine, and has never had any ideas, but now he is just looking at it cringingly.

Xue Mingzhu was timid and cowardly, but her eyes widened in curiosity.

But Xue Mingli, Xue Minglang, and Xue Chi, who had been sensible a lot over the years, who were standing not far from her, could not remain indifferent no matter what.

They all stared blankly, a look of helplessness.

"Madam, madam, the general came back from a long way and went to the palace to see the emperor overnight. I'm afraid I haven't slept all night. You see..."

Mother Feng supported the shaky Sun family and persuaded her with consideration.

Only then did Mrs. Sun wake up. She wiped away her tears and helped Xue Kuang up with her own hands. She choked up and said, "Yes, yes, in short, it's good to be back. During the days when you were not here, everything in the house was Well, the children are all well. Well, you go back to rest first, go back to rest first..."

"Yes."

Xue Kuang's eyes were slightly red, and he responded with a hoarse voice.

Only then did I have time to turn my eyes around, swept across the faces of the other people in the hall, and finally stopped on the three children.

Seeing this, Mrs Sun hurriedly asked the three of them to be pushed up, and said with tears in her smile: "These are your three children, Sister Li, Sister Lang, and Brother Chi, I haven't seen you soon enough. Father?"

"Father."

When it was rumored that Xue Kuang died in the battle of Hanshan Pass, Xue Mingli was already quite young and had a relatively clear memory of this father. In addition, she was well-behaved and demure, so when her grandmother said it, she called out first.

Only when it was Xue Minglang's turn, her little face was already pale, and she didn't know what she was thinking. Under the gaze of this strange and tall man in front of her, she felt a kind of fear in her heart.

She stumbled and shouted: "Father, father..."

Others may not understand why Xue Minglang is like this, but Xue Chi understands. Even the panic in his heart was shocked, only a lot more than his sister Lang.

Father didn't die, he came back.

What about mother?

My mother has remarried.

And they are supported by their children...

Now that my father is still in the court, the wife of the family has already become someone else's wife!

Even if Xue Chi was young, it was impossible to understand the embarrassing stakes involved.

Under the gaze of this unfamiliar man in front of him, he only felt an oppressive scrutiny and scrutiny.

Xue Chi opened his mouth, wanting to call him like two sisters, to welcome this father who was a general and a hero who he had longed for and admired in his childhood.

But he couldn't say a word.

Although he has two eyebrows similar to his, his eyes are full of confusion and confusion.

Sun Shi only thought the child was too young, or he didn't know what was going on at the moment, so he only came up and said, "I'm so happy, Brother Chi is only ten years old this year, and I haven't seen you since I was born. You Go to rest first, I will talk to them well, there will be more time for your father and son to meet in the future, and there will be more."

Xue Kuang looked at Xue Chi without speaking.

But in the end, he didn't disobey Sun's words, just nodded, and walked out of the middle hall without talking to these children who were still unfamiliar to him.

Cai Xiu silently followed behind him.

The structure of the General's Mansion hasn't changed much over the years, and he can still recognize the way after a brief recollection.

Walking all the way from the middle hall to the back house, detouring for a long distance and passing by the somewhat dilapidated Yanwu Hall, all the servants and servants he met in the road looked at him with a curious and reverent look.

Xue Kuang also felt a trance.

It's just that he didn't stop at all, he just walked slowly, maintaining a consistent speed, passing the garden, the east courtyard, and the cold veranda in winter...

Finally stopped in front of the ancestral hall.

A small courtyard, covered with fine snow, can see dim candles as soon as the door is opened.

This is the ancestral hall of the Xue family.

Xue Kuang walked in from the door with his hands behind his back. Step by step, the tablets that were originally hidden in the shadows became clear.

Father Xue Yuan, second uncle Xue Huan.

And his big brother, Xue Leng, who used to be high-spirited and fought on the battlefield.

Incense candles are lit on the incense table, I think someone worshipped on New Year's Eve.

He just stepped forward, took three sticks of incense from the incense stick beside him and made a stick, put it on the fire and lit it, then bowed down and put it into the ashes sprinkled with ashes .

The room is filled with the scent of death and coldness.

Xue Kuang looked at the slowly burning incense for a long time, and also looked at the silent tablet in the room for a long time, and then slowly gave an order to the outside: "Send someone to invite the eldest son to come back, I want to see you. him."