The officers and soldiers used their whips. This time some people ran away, while others stayed. A few grumpy men with bad tempers even went to seize the guards' whips, and the scene became increasingly chaotic.
A guard ran over and asked Liang Nai and Lu Ronghui to leave first, lest these irrational people rush over.
Lu Ronghui looked at the woman who kept struggling.
When the woman was taken back, the evil boy said that he would kill their whole family.
But if they let it go like this, and the emperor would pursue it later, they would definitely get nothing good from them.
Lu Ronghui didn't want to worry about it anymore. She sat upright on the carriage and threw the hot potato to Liang Nai.
Liang Nai gritted his teeth, looked at the two guards over there, raised his voice and said, "Take care of this bitch for me. I'll settle the account with you if I lose her!"
After saying that, he quickly winked and asked them to let him go.
The guard hesitated a little, but finally relaxed his grip.
The woman immediately pushed them away, turned around and ran away.
The two guards were stunned. One of them suddenly bent his legs, stretched out his hand to cover his crotch, and jumped several times: "It hurts! It hurts!"
The other one reacted, not to be outdone, and rolled on the ground holding his stomach: "Oh, sir, she ran away!"
"Useless trash!" Liang Nai shouted angrily, stretching out his finger, "Why don't you go after it!"
But I was quietly relieved in my heart.
Lu Ronghui was on the carriage and took a candied fruit and put it in his mouth. The sweetness spread in his mouth. He closed his eyes and couldn't hear or see.
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An Yudao strode back from outside and ran towards An Qiuwan's courtyard as soon as he entered the house.
"Father, something happened again!"
It was getting late, and the bright lights were hung high in the large and spacious room. Warm ground dragons were burning under the floor covered with soft pine brocade carpets. The surrounding windows were wide open, letting in the cold wind, which made it comfortable and cool.
An Qiuwan sat on the floor, leaning against the table, raised her head from the book, looked at her second son walking outside the door, and whispered: "One day, two days and three days, something happens every day."
An Yuzhi and An Yuping were on the other side of An Qiuwan, looking up and saying nothing.
An Yudao stepped over the threshold, came in and told what happened on the street that he just learned about, and said: "It is said that many people were shouting there... Dog Emperor."
Even if this is the inner courtyard of the An family, An Yudao would not dare to say these three big words easily.
"The Dog Emperor," An Qiuwan smiled, "Just scold him. Can you really call him a dog?"
An Yuping frowned and looked at him.
"What's the situation outside now?" An Yuchi asked.
"There wasn't much of a collision. The nearby patrol guards rushed over as soon as possible. Lu Ronghui and Liang Nai have probably arrived at the Yanyun Guards Mansion now, but if this news is sent to the palace, I'm afraid the emperor will be furious."
An Yuzhi frowned and said in a deep voice, "It's such an eventful autumn. It's almost the beginning of winter, and there are so many events."
An Qiuwan smiled again, raised his withered hand and gently smoothed the pages of the book, and said: "Incompetent people are often furious and do not use it. If they are not capable, they will be angry all day long."
The sons were stunned.
"Father." An Yuping shouted softly.
"Did you say something wrong, father?" An Qiuwan looked at him, "Our emperor never loses his temper, but does he lose his temper at the people who made him lose his temper? No, he
He only gets angry at the poor eunuchs around him and the women he lets him play around with."
"Father, you were not like this before," An Yuping said. "What you have said recently seems to be more and more..."
"Mean?" An Qiuwan said.
An Yuping paused and quickly lowered his head: "My child has never said this before!"
An Qiuwan smiled and looked up out of the window.
The wind blew the branches outside the window, and the moon shadow danced. He had sent away all the nearby servants. Now, in the entire compound, except for the four of them, father and son, there was only the old housekeeper Yu Nan standing at the door of the compound waiting for orders.
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"It's almost time," An Qiuwan said. "After a lifetime of talking about panic and doing a lifetime of things against one's will, one of the greatest joys in life is to say what you want to say in your heart before you die."
"What nonsense are you talking about, father!" An Yuping said hurriedly.
An Yuzhi and An Yudao lowered their heads, looked pitiful, and said nothing.
An Qiuwan took off the emerald green jade ring on his hand. Under the light, the ring had a bright luster, and sharp edges flashed as it turned.
An Qiuwan gently placed it in front of An Yuzhi: "Da Lang."
An Yu clenched his fingers on his legs into fists, trembling slightly, and said painfully: "Father, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it."
"It's a pity that Silang and Qilang are not in the capital," An Qiuwan said. "My aunt had a difficult delivery and died too early. Si Niang and Liu Niang have not been seen for two years."
An Yuping heard something was wrong, looked at An Yuzhi and An Yu and said: "Eldest brother, second brother?"
An Yuzhi and An Yudao looked at him and said nothing.
An Yuping looked back at An Qiuwan: "Father, what's wrong? Why did you say these things today?"
"Don't be impatient, Ping'er," An Qiuwan said solemnly, "Where has your usual composure gone? Are you so agitated like this?"
He looked at An Yuzhi: "Da Lang, put it on."
"Father..." An Yuchi frowned.
"I've been verbose all my life. I don't want to say too much today," An Qiuwan looked at the book and said calmly, "I will only say three things as a father. You brothers, listen up."
The room fell silent, and the sons of the An family looked at their father quietly.
Under the firelight, An Qiuwan's face looked as old as that of an eighty-year-old man. It was full of ravines. In just a few days, there was no longer a single black strand in her hair.
An Qiuwan looked at them and said: "First, the royal family is not the world, the people of the world are the world, and 'the emperor' is just a rhetoric used by the foolish people and the emperor to deceive themselves and others. One of the ancestral mottos of my An family has the saying of 'loyalty to the emperor and all virtuous people',
You guys should just say this. We are loyal to power, love wealth, and seek the prosperity of the family for a hundred years. Those who lose power will die in a short time. You have all seen the fate of Duke Dingguo. But if we settle down in the future,
If you really lose power, you must be like the current peace house, retreat when you need to, evacuate the court as soon as possible, don't mess around too much, learn from Lu Guo's family, be free and easy, and protect wealth."
The sons did not speak.
An Yuping blinked his eyes and looked at the ring finger in front of An Yuzhi in fear.
"Second, establish a destiny for the people," An Qiuwan continued, "You must remember that you are not loyal to the emperor, but you must love the people. Wood is born from the soil, we are the wood, and the people are the soil. Every family is based on the talents of all people.
If they stay established, they can live well, and we can live prosperously."
"So," An Yuping looked at the thumb and said lightly, "So we love people, do we love them because they can make us rich, or do we love them because all living beings are suffering?"
An Qiuwan paused, looked at him, sighed softly, and said, "Fourteen."
An Yuping looked up at him.
"Don't be too kind, conscience is the most worthless thing," he raised his hand and patted his son's shoulder, and said, "Weak people, they are fun, they are easy to anger, and they are also easy to be grateful. If you show them a little kindness, they will be better."
Then they will be grateful to you. Have you ever seen a dog fed a mouthful of meat? Do their tails wag happily? "
