Hou Fang's death shocked Li Su very much.

For the Tang Dynasty, Li Su was an outsider. Yes, he was actually an old ghost from a thousand years later. He had never experienced the wind and frost of thousands of years, but had two lifetimes of vicissitudes.

From the nine years of Zhenguan to this strange era, until the eighteen years of Zhenguan, Li Su has always thought that he had completely integrated into this world and was in a prosperous world, marrying a wife and supporting his family, playing with long sleeves, taking into account both the family and the country, and gradually gaining money and official status, and gradually developing from a poor farmer to the emerging powerful people today.

Speaking of which, Li Su was a little proud, after all, he was still a little capable.

But until today he realized that he had not been fully integrated into this world, at least he did not understand the values ​​of people in this era.

What kind of mood and purpose can make a dignified wife of the Duke's official family stab herself in the heart without hesitation. Why did she choose death? What does she want to tell her death? What purpose can she achieve?

Li Su didn't understand. At this moment, he was completely confused and looked confused.

Turning his head mechanically, Li Su looked at Li Shimin with a dull look. Suddenly, he found that Li Shimin's eyes were red, his lips were trembling slightly, and he gritted his teeth and said nothing, but there was a little regret on his face. Soon, Li Shimin blinked his eyes, and tears filled with them fell like rain.

Li Su was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized.

He finally understood why Hou Fang did this.

Li Su's layout is not a problem, but it is too gentle. Li Su was originally a perfectionist. He wanted to achieve his goal, but he did not want the Hou family to pay his life in exchange. Li Su didn't mind being vicious to the enemy, but he never had the habit of attacking his friends. It was the ultimate he could accept that he could accept.

Liu Ping was indeed fucked by Li Su, not only because of the reputation of the people. Li Su believes that many censors in the court have probably heard of this. The memorials impeached Liu Ping may have already flown into the Secretariat of the Secretariat as snowflakes, and Liu Ping's fate is not much better.

So what are the remaining goals that have not been achieved yet? The imperial edict to pardon Hou Junji is the most important and the most needed by the entire Hou family.

Hou Fang has always known Li Su's layout, obviously she does not have much confidence, because she knows Li Shimin better than Li Su. She knows that Li Shimin's compassion is not so easy to arise, and is the most ruthless imperial family. If you pretend to be a tragic situation, you can attract the emperor's compassion. Is the emperor's compassion that cheap?

Hou Fang was the first wife of the Duke's Mansion and a person who had experienced great storms. After Li Su's plan was revealed, Hou Fang felt that it was not enough. It was not that the plan was not perfect, but that Li Su's bargaining chips were not heavy enough, and it was too gentle from beginning to end, without any intensity. In this way, the chance of Hou Junji getting the emperor's pardon order was smaller.

So Hou Fang chose to commit suicide.

She wanted to use her life to shock Li Shimin! Using her own blood to awaken the past charisma that was buried in her heart.

This price is something that the Hou family must pay, and it can only be her. Although Hou Jie is the eldest son, his weight is not enough, and the children given by other concubines are not enough. Only she, the head of the Hou family when they were in a downfall, and only has this weight is she, the wife of the main wife who was struggling to support the broken family.

Looking at the tears on Li Shimin's face and sad look on his face, Li Suquan understood for a moment.

A few days ago, Hou Fang stood in front of the gate, and every word that sternly taught Hou Jie a lesson exploded in Li Su's ears like spring thunder.

"...For the male members of the Guard's family, all the women and children of the Hou family can sacrifice their lives, including me! Only when the male members are alive can the Hou family have hope, and only when they make a comeback can they wait until your father is in a state of great prosperity and the amnesty orders to return to the capital."

Li Su closed her eyes, and at some point, her face was covered with tears.

Hou Fang really did it, and used his life to awaken Li Shimin's compassion and bring about the resurgence of the family.

Is it worth it?

Li Su didn't know that he was too confused at this moment. His values ​​for two lifetimes were strongly impacted by a woman today.

In Li Su's silence, Li Shimin finally spoke. The Hou family waited in a desperate situation for more than a year, and at the same time, they paid the life of the mistress of the family. Hou Fang's death finally made Li Shimin determined to re-emphasize Hou Junji.

"Chang Tu, and issued an order, eight hundred miles of fast horses summoned Hou Junji to return to the capital, re-appointed Hou Junji, re-appointed Hou Junji, re-appointed Duke of Chen, Zhong Geng Ganglie of the Hou Junji, posthumously named the wife of Shen, Ministry of Works sent craftsmen, Ministry of Revenue allocated money to build a tomb with princess ceremony, and granted Hou family a million stalks of money and hundreds of pieces of silk, and granted Hou Junji's eldest son Hou Jie's left guard general."

Chang Tu bowed and accepted the order.

Li Shimin thought for a while and added: "In addition, return the original house of the Hou family to him, and give him a hundred servants from the Hou family to select them from the palace servants and send them tomorrow."

Li Su turned her head and looked at him, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

After all, I still didn’t fully trust Hou Junji. I don’t know how many eyes there are among these “hundred servants”.

The heart of the emperor...

After pausing for a moment, Li Shimin said again: "Mr. Anping Liu Ping is vicious in nature and bullies women and children. He is in power and is rampant. He can take his title, dismiss his post, and be infiltrated into Dali Temple for strict trial. Mar. Anping's relatives were demoted to common people and exiled to Chang'an on the same day. He will be exiled to southern Qiong. He will not be vacant for ten years."

Always follow orders one by one.

After giving the order, Li Shimin looked at Li Su and said, "As you asked, after Hou Jun gathered and returned to the capital, I will appoint him as the chief general of the Longyou Dao Army and lead his troops to the Western Regions."

Li Su stood up and saluted: "I will thank Your Majesty for your behalf."

Li Shimin nodded, closed his eyes tiredly, sighed softly, raised his sleeves to wipe away the tears from his face, and his expression was extremely desolate.

Li Su was also deeply saddened at this moment and saluted Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, I... want to pay homage to the Hou aunt."

Li Shimin was too lazy to say anything, but waved his hand powerlessly.

Li Su and Chang Tu exited the hall together.

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After leaving the palace, Li Su hurried to the Hou family. Chang Tu rode a horse and walked side by side with Li Su. Originally, Li Su wanted to chat with him for a few words, which was considered familiarity, but at the first moment, he felt very sad. Secondly, Chang Tu kept his face as if he was not close to strangers. Li Su was too lazy to pay attention to him, and the two rushed to the front of Hou's house silently.

Two white lanterns were hanging high in front of the Hou family's gate, and it was obvious that they were already mourning.

There was a person kneeling in front of the door, and it was Liu Ping, the Marquis of Anping.

Liu Ping looked desperate and bowed his head without saying a word. Hou Jie's heart-wrenching cry came from the courtyard. The crying sounded outside the door, and Liu Ping's body trembled slightly.

Li Su glanced at him coldly.

By the way, Hou Fang's death had nothing directly to do with Liu Ping. Liu Ping had no intention of harming her, nor did he force her. The Hou family had to pay the price of life. Liu Ping was just an excuse for Hou Fang. Even without Liu Ping, with Hou Fang's plan, she would still find another excuse to commit suicide.

Reason told Li Su that Liu Ping was actually a victim in this matter, but his inner emotions made Li Su unable to maintain his rationality. After trying hard to restrain himself, he resisted the urge to kick Liu Ping hard.

When Li Su entered the door, he found that the Hou family had set up a spiritual platform. Snow-white mourning flags and soul-summoning banners stood on both sides of the spiritual platform, waving in the wind. There was no other arrangement except the spiritual platform and the flags.

Li Su couldn't help feeling sad. The current situation of the Hou family was that there was no money to hold a decent loss.

"Uncle Fang Wu!" Li Su said loudly.

Fang Laowu responded.

"Uncle Fifth, go and get my jade plaque to Cheng's house quickly, and temporarily second it to 5,000 guan. Others will send a few people to the temples and Taoist temples outside the city to invite a few monks and Taoist priests to bring magical instruments and come to make a temple for 49 days."

Fang Laowu took the order and left.

Li Su's voice alarmed the people of the Hou family. Hou Jie, dressed in mating and mourning clothes, rushed out. All the direct and sideline children of the Hou family, as well as many women, children, elderly people and children, came out. Headed by Hou Jie, everyone knelt down to Li Su.

Li Su was shocked and hurriedly stepped forward to help each other: "Brother Hou Xian, what are you doing? Get up quickly!"

Hou Jie's face was covered in tears and choked and said, "After my mother committed suicide, she still breathed a sigh of relief. Before her death, she asked me to give a great gift to Brother Zizheng. It was you who saved the Hou family. You are the benefactor of the Hou family. This kindness of the Hou family will be hard to repay for generations."

Li Su said with a sad expression: "I was not careful and I was killed by my aunt. How could I have kindness?"

Hou Jie shook his head: "This is my mother's own choice, and no one knows that she had this plan, how can she blame Brother Zheng? If the Hou family wants to rise again, they must pay the price. The family has prosperity and there is never a shortcut. What should be paid must be paid. My mother thanks the most is Brother Zizheng. She said that if Brother Wu Zizheng provides this opportunity to the Hou family, even if she dies, she is worthless..."

Hou Jie felt more and more uncomfortable as he spoke. Finally, he couldn't help crying and said, "I, Hou Jie, is unfilial. I should have paid the price. Why did my mother take the lead?"

Li Su was also sad.

For the prosperity of the family, he paid for his life without hesitation. Li Su couldn't help but ask himself again, is it worth it?

Is such a woman respectable or terrible?

After patting Hou Jie on the shoulder, Li Su couldn't say anything comforting, and sighed: "Aunt Hou has been put into the coffin?"

Hou Jie choked and nodded: "The female family in the family has sorted out her remains for her, and she has entered the coffin, and the coffin is placed in the front hall."

Li Su sighed, "I would like to ask Brother Hou to take me to worship. It is because I am not good at doing things well, so I must apologize to my aunt."

Hou Jie sobbed and shook his head, then led Li Su into the front hall.

In the middle of the front hall, Hou Fang, wearing a white dress and a white dress, lying quietly in the coffin, his eyes closed and his expression was calm. I wonder if it was Li Su's illusion, but he even saw a faint smile on Hou Fang's face.

After sighing in pain, Li Su knelt down to Hou Fang's knees and kowtowed three respectfully.

After the ceremony, Li Su stood up, and looked at Hou Fang's face again. After a long time, he turned around.

Hou Jie was still following Li Su, his eyes were red and swollen, and his expression was in pain.

Li Su patted his shoulder and sighed, "Aunt Hou has not died in vain. There is an order outside the door. You are the eldest son of the Hou family. Go out to receive the order."

Hou Jie nodded suddenly. The whole family was looking forward to the imperial edict that the moon had been waiting for, but it could no longer cause any turmoil in Hou Jie's heart. The lost title, family property, official position and everything were filled with blood from the inside out, and the blood of the closest relatives.

The one who was about to worship had finished worshipping, Li Su walked out of the door, stopped after just two steps, turned around and looked at Hou Jie.

"Aunt Hou said that it was his blessing in this life that your father could know me, but in fact she was wrong."

Hou Jie looked up at him in confusion.

Li Su looked at the coffin in the front hall again and sighed: "The greatest luck in your father in this life is to marry your mother. If you really want to marry Aunt Hou, your father will have accumulated about ten lifetimes of virtue."

After saying that, Li Su stood outside the front hall, bowed to the coffin for a long time, and then stood up for a long time, then turned around and left.

Outside the Hou family gate, Hou Jie knelt in front of Chang Tu with a sad face, listening to Chang Tu's remarks on the imperial edict. Behind Hou Jie, the children and concubines of the Hou family's houses looked happy. The smile that seemed to melt spring snow formed a sharp contrast with the coffin of the mourning hall behind him, which was very dazzling.

There is only one Li Su in the world, and there is only one Marquis in the world.

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Li Su suddenly felt very tired and returned home silently. Without saying a word, she fell on the bed and then fell asleep.

I slept for a long time, but I was not at ease.

Li Su had a long nightmare, and the dream was filled with ghosts and monsters, blood and bones, the gods laughed and the ghosts howled.

I don’t know what plot I dreamed of, Li Su shouted "ah" and suddenly flicked up from the bed, sweating profusely and his eyes were dull.

A pair of slender jade hands held a square scarf and gently wiped the sweat beads on Li Su's forehead.

Li Su raised his godless eyes and saw Xu Mingzhu's worried and anxious face.

"Husband, you have a nightmare..." Xu Mingzhu used a positive sentence.
To be continued...