I was Idle and Cool Chapter 202: Rainy day in Beijing
"Looks like it's going to rain today..."
Carrying the "chess score" in his sleeve and walking down the corridor with the wind chime with the medicine behind him, Lu Jinxi heard the voice of the maid who was waiting not far away, so he looked up to the sky.
The gloomy sky has a depressing and cold air.
The wind blows the white silk hanging on all sides, and the Taishi's house is full of bleakness. In this late winter and early spring when the ice and snow are gradually melting, the human body does not find half the warmth, but a biting cold.
It's really going to rain.
Lu Jinxi didn't stop, but walked all the way through the mansion that used to be full of guests, and walked towards the dead center hall.
Before she could get close, the rain had already fallen.
Just after Jing Zhe, the pattering rain was still mixed with chills, which enveloped the whole world.
And the closer she gets to the mourning hall, the more uncontrollable her memory will flow back towards the day when Gu Chengqian's accident happened.
It was the first time I saw Gu Juefei like that.
This is the first time I have seen such a death with my own eyes-
It was late at night when she arrived in the old lady's study. The blood on the ground has not dried up, and there is even a little bit of residual warmth that makes people palpitate.
The old lady is lying on the desk.
It is clearly the most painful way to die, but the expression on his face is calm and stable. It seems that he is not going to die, but to an established and known destination.
So she wondered in the emptiness: before he left, did he have any unfinished regrets, or that the destiny had already made him see through everything in this world, even if he had regrets, he would not take it to heart ?
I don't know.
I don't understand.
Can't find a definite answer either.
In the past, it was all-powerful and overturned the political situation, but now it is nothing more than a body that gradually disappears into the world and will eventually turn into loess in this mourning hall full of snow.
The bottom of Lu Jinxi's heart was full of unprovoked disappointment.
She stopped in front of the mourning hall, looked inside, and saw Gu Juefei lighting incense.
The sudden serious illness a few days ago made him lose weight at a speed visible to the naked eye, appearing pale and withered. After several doses of medicine were poured in, he managed to regain his sanity, and dragged the sick body to keep the spirit alive.
Meng Ji thought about persuading him.
But Lu Jinxi knew that he couldn't be persuaded, so he let him go.
Fortunately, the serious illness just wanted to release something that had been suppressed in my chest for a long time. After only a dangerous one, there was no recurrence.
So now Gu Juefei can still stand up and not fall down.
In these days, all those who have a little friendship with the old master have come to express their condolences, but when Xue Kuang rebels and the court is in chaos, they all come and go in a hurry.
Everyone expressed their regret and sympathy.
They never asked the old lady in person why she died, but the discussion in private is probably already boiling like a tide.
Will you die, or commit suicide?
No one knows the answer.
The news of the Grand Master's Mansion is under strict orders and cannot be spread at all, and it is only left to others to guess.
At this moment, Gu Juefei, dressed in filial piety, held four incense sticks in his hands, slowly lit them, turned his back to the door, and asked, "How's the investigation going?"
"The mouth is very hard, and I won't say anything after fighting all night. This morning, according to your wishes, he had a row of his teeth knocked out, and then he was honest."
Standing behind him is Meng Ji, his voice low and cautious.
"It's the same as what Madam suspected before, and it's not bad as you expected. It was sent from the palace, just to ask if the old lady left any hands or feet. Whatever was wrong, everything that should be destroyed will be destroyed. He returned to the palace to recover his life, and did not think of..."
The incense is lit.
The bright sparks burned at the top and slowly fell, and the places it climbed over gradually cooled and became pale ashes.
Gu Juefei suddenly thought that this incense is very similar to people.
His pale and chapped lips were not even bloody; the original Fengshen's face was slightly sunken in his cheeks; the bottom of his deep eyes were covered with a kind of indifference and coldness that was difficult for ordinary people to detect.
His body hides a vague sadness.
But neither Meng Ji behind him nor Lu Jinxi at the door could see even the slightest bit of depression in him.
The short-term weakness after my father's death has been completely wrapped in a hard shell, giving no opportunity to anyone with bad intentions. It is as solid and reliable as an iron wall.
From then on, he was the backbone of the Gu family.
Since then, his ups and downs have affected the honor and disgrace of the whole family.
Gu Juefei bowed to worship, inserted the stick of incense into the incense burner, got up and stared at the spiritual position in front of him, and at the few familiar words on it.
After a while, he said, "If you understand the question, let's deal with it."
"Yes."
Although he felt that the voice was too indifferent and contained a coldness that Gu Juefei should not have in the past, Meng Ji did not dare to refute it.
Lu Jinxi came in at this time.
All the complicated and bright makeup on her body was taken off, and she was covered in velvet. She only asked Feng Chi to hand over the medicine to Gu Juefei, saying: "The matter is important, and the body can't fall down. The medicine prescribed by the doctor has to drink a few more. Day, let's drink medicine first."
Gu Juefei turned around and was silent.
He took the medicine from the wind chimes, the temperature was just right, he drank it in one breath, and put the medicine bowl back into the lacquer plate she was holding.
There was a light "click" sound, the sound of the bottom of the porcelain bowl colliding with the bottom of the lacquer plate.
Lu Jinxi saw his fingers.
Slender, but now it looks like a dead twig, lifeless.
Suddenly there was a dull pain in the bottom of my heart.
These days, Gu Juefei hasn't said much. It seems that the chatty and good-natured son of Gu has disappeared in the dust, and there is no trace of him to be found.
Her words also naturally decreased, and she couldn't help but be immersed in his pain and pain, empathizing with him.
After the Taishi left, he was buried for three days; now is the seventh day, and once today is over, the most important first seven days have passed.
In the current situation, it is impossible to allow him to be filial to the prefect.
There are some things that should always be known to Gu Juefei—
After all, this may be the only last wish left by the old lady before her death.
After delivering the medicine, Lu Jinxi didn't leave, but took out the roll of chess manuals. After reading for a while, he sighed in the bottom of his heart and handed it to him: "This is a gift from the Grand Master not long ago. I found it in the chess manual I came here, I think it should be useful to you."
Meng Ji on the side raised his eyes.
With what he knew about Lu Jinxi, almost when he saw her take out the roll of chess records, he was keenly aware of the mystery.
At this point, she stares almost without blinking.
Gu Juefei didn't seem to have imagined that there was such a thing left. However, after only a moment of hesitation, he vaguely understood...
The hand that stretched out to receive the chess sheet trembled again.
However, the complexity in that expression made it impossible to distinguish between joy and sorrow.
He opened the chess book and looked down. After a long time, he finally laughed. He laughed sarcastically. After laughing for a long time, he finally burst into tears.
The rain didn't stop that day.
Ji Heng came to visit at dusk and talked with Gu Juefei for a long time in the small building.
It was getting late, Gu Juefei went back to the house and lay down silently in his arms all night, no one fell asleep. At dawn the next day, he got up alone and said to her: "I went to the court."
But Lu Jinxi knows that today is not the day of the court.