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Chapter 71
After Lin Dan secretly went to the border, the Lin family was in a mess for a long time. The old lady didn't even dare to get sick, so he quickly got up to take care of the mid-career, and sent someone to find his granddaughter along the way, for fear that she would encounter any danger. A good home, dead and scattered, has been in chaos.
On the contrary, Aunt Shi and Lin Wan, who were thrown out by the old lady, lived very comfortably. The Lin family has many heirs, and all of them are capable of literary and military skills, and they are quite promising, so the children in Aunt Shi's belly are not so precious. When the child is born, the Lin family can give him a bite of food, but more are gone. But now, the situation is completely different. All the good sons of the Lin family were killed in battle. Only Lin Qing survived, but he fought at the border. The situation is very dangerous. Therefore, the child in Aunt Shi’s stomach has become an indispensable existence in the Lin family. Big.
The night the old lady received the bad news, he sent someone to ask Aunt Shi to return to the house. Aunt Shi said that she was weak and could not move the place, so she refused to get on the carriage. The old lady understood what she meant, and went to pick up the person in person the next day, and pulled down her face to apologize to her. For the children, for the future of the Lin family, the old lady can bear anything.
Aunt Shi didn't take Qiao anymore, and led Lin Wan back to the house in a splendid manner. After staying for a few days, Lin Wan also found out that she was pregnant, so she didn't make the old lady angry. Everyone knew that the night when Lin Wan and King Kang fell into the wilderness, they had done good things and sowed evil seeds. Those words that Ding Mujie praised them at the beginning, now it's a face-slapped look again, what kind of noble character, persistence in chastity? These two are despicable and frivolous. They are really shameless.
The old lady was dizzy and vomiting blood, but had to send someone to deliver a letter to King Kang. King Kang has not had an heir after five years of marriage, and he is a little worried. Although Lin Wan is of little use value, and the Lin family has also fallen, the child is the key to seizing the progeny, so he can’t avoid it, so he ordered a small sedan chair to pick up Lin Wan. .
Lin Wan was not able to marry in a splendid marriage, and he was more or less unwilling, but as long as he thought that he was carrying King Kang's only heir, and that the mother was expensive by the child, he might not be able to climb into the position of concubine in the future, so he was relieved. Up. Seeing that the Lin family is getting more and more dilapidated, and that she has entered the palace and will have endless glory and wealth in the future, she is very proud of it, and what is more, she is still dreaming about Lin Dan's miserable situation at this moment.
In her opinion, it was extremely stupid for Lin Dan to rush to the border alone. At this moment, he might have been ruined and killed by some bandit. She wanted to say something to the old lady: Don’t be busy looking for people anymore, just go look for the bones, that would be faster.
Unfortunately, not long after she was proud, a battle report came from the border, saying that General Xue Zhao died in battle. Lin Dan was ordered to replace Xue Zhao and became the chief general of the Chinese army. He led the Western Expedition to defeat the Xiongnu and retake it. The seized Hetao area.
In the battle report, King Zhuang frequently asked Lin Dan for merit. He said that although it was a helpless act to activate the female generals, the facts proved that his vision was correct. Lin Dan was indeed worthy of reusability. Slip it out and praise it again, and speak beautifully.
King Zhuang's beautiful words made the emperor a little relieved, but more importantly, Lin Dan was able to beat the remnants of the Xiongnu one after another, regaining many villages and even cities, leaving the emperor with nothing to say. The female player should be a female player. As long as he can fight, he can do anything.
If the emperor didn't speak up, the ministers underneath naturally couldn't bear it. The matter of Lin Dan as the chief general passed silently. As time passed, Lin Dan's military exploits became higher and higher, and his prestige became more and more prosperous. He actually had the name of God of War. The Lin family, who had been precarious and precarious, slowly stood up again.
The old lady felt relieved when he learned that his granddaughter was still alive, and saw that the Lin family, who was still alive, was gradually returning to its former glory, with many smiles on his face. Mrs. Lin, who has been ill for a long time, is also slowly recovering. These days, she can help the old lady to take care of her, and she is no longer immersed in the pain of losing her husband and son. All the servants who had sprouted their intentions settled down to serve the master.
The only unhappy person in the house is probably Aunt Shi. These days, relying on the child in her belly, she is proud of the scenery. She often ran to Mrs. Lin's room, calling her a doctor. In fact, she was proud of her, and she was ready to persuade the old lady to help herself as a wife. You know, Lin Qing is still killing the enemy on the battlefield, and I don't know if he can come back alive. The seedling in her stomach is the most precious treasure of the Lin family. As a child's mother, how could she be a concubine?
When the old lady saw her selfish face, she felt upset. He sent her back with a few words and told her that the so-called flat wife would never appear in the Lin family. The main room is the main room, and the concubine room is the concubine room.
Aunt Shi was so angry that she gritted her teeth and hated the old prince and the people of Lin Mansion more and more. She secretly vowed in her heart that she would get revenge one day. But she never expected that the opportunity for revenge would come so quickly. Occasionally, the maid she bought handed her a message saying that General Lin was not killed in battle, but was shot and killed by Lin Dan himself. In order to preserve Lin Dan's reputation, the entire Western Expeditionary Army was sealed, and they were not allowed to talk about this. They only said that General Lin and Marshal Lin were both killed in battle.
But Lin Dan couldn't overcome the hurdle in his heart. He personally wrote a letter to confess his guilt to the old lady, and said that after he came back, he would give the whole family an explanation. After reading the letter, the old lady couldn't help crying, and unconsciously fainted on the couch. Several maids hurriedly went to help, and all saw the words on the letter. After the old lady woke up, Yan Ming ordered a few people to be silent, but couldn't hold back the greed of human nature. After all, he missed his mouth.
Aunt Shi rubbed her hands in excitement and rewarded the maid with a large sum of silver. Then she wrote a letter to Lin Wan, asking her to find a way to fix Lin Dan, so as not to be too proud of Madam Lin and cover her limelight. Lin Wan Zhengchou had no chance to fight for favor with King Kang, so he revealed the news to King Kang that night. So the next day, the memorial to impeaching Lin Danjie to kill his father was scattered on the table of the old emperor like snowflakes, and many slanders continued to come in. In his ears, he actually made him feel jealous of Lin Dan, and then he issued a decree to call Lin Dan and King Zhuang back to Beijing.
Fortunately, King Zhuang had already prepared and ordered someone to submit a joint letter from the officers and soldiers who recorded the truth of the matter. He also urged people of insight to argue for Lin Dan before the imperial court.
Originally intending to hide things to the death, the streets were heard overnight, and there was a lot of noise. Hearing people outside scolded his granddaughter for being cruel and conscientious, the old lady felt like a knife. She didn't have time to punish the thief, so she immediately put on the court clothes of the first grade sacred fate, took the imperial dragon head stick, and went into the palace.
The old prince once rescued the first emperor and the queen mother. She insisted on breaking into the Jinluan Temple. The Yulin Army on duty did not dare to stop and sent someone to ask the emperor for instructions. At the Jinluan Temple, the courtiers were divided into two factions, and they were arguing into two groups. One faction accused Lin Dan of killing her father, and was immediately called back to Beijing for accountability. The other faction stood up and tried to defend her, saying that she was forced to be helpless. Excusable, it is better to let it go.
The emperor's brains were all quarreled by them. Hearing that the old lady was coming, he let her into the hall without thinking. Lin Dan is guilty and not guilty, forgivable and unforgivable. Just let the old prince, who is a close relative, judge, the courtiers must quarrel, and let them quarrel with the old maiden.
Sure enough, after the old lady walked into the hall with the dragon head stick, both parties were quiet and looked at her with scorching eyes.
The old lady respectfully saluted the emperor, and slowly said: "I have heard your argument just now when I was waiting outside the hall. Why did Lin Dan kill his father? For the specific circumstances, I want to come to the fact that you are already at King Zhuang and the generals. I saw it in the joint letter, saying that she was in vain as a son of man, or that she was excusable, it is all reasonable. I am not here to fight with you, just want to talk about my own views."
The old prince arched his hands at the courtiers one by one, and continued: "The dilemma of loyalty and filial piety has been a commonplace since ancient times. All of you are civil servants, and the feeling is certainly not deep enough, but in our military commander's house, this is an eternal problem. Loyalty. How to choose between filial piety and filial piety is a personal choice. I dare not say anything. But in our Lin family, if loyalty to the emperor and patriotism and filial piety are placed on the same scale, we will inevitably choose loyalty to the emperor and patriotism and abandon filial piety. Erlang, when he is an adult, will leave his mother’s side and go to the border to fight. They have dedicated their lives and deaths to the country and the monarch. They have never fulfilled a day of filial piety. Between the small family and everyone, they choose to guard everyone and give up the small family, but also It is precisely because of their choice that there are thousands of small families that are stable and peaceful. Can you say that their choice is wrong? When you live a stable life, have you ever thought about their contribution? For the victory of Wei, and for the Xiongnu's iron cavalry to fail to level our mountains and rivers, my son chose to die, and my granddaughter chose to shoot his biological father. One of them died with a smile, and the other lived in pain. I’m stuck in this day forever. I was also heartbroken when I received the news, but I don’t think my granddaughter did something wrong.”
The old lady looked around at the courtiers around him, and said, "I believe she never regretted it, even if she was given another chance, she would still shoot that arrow, because in her heart, loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and defense of rivers and mountains are more than filial piety. Important. Without her arrow, the military will not be as stable as a rock, the soldiers will not be high-spirited, and I will not be able to win the current victory. When you impeach her, you must think she did something wrong, you must think that she did something wrong. Between the monarch, Shanhe, parents, and Xiaojia, she should choose parents and Xiaojia. Filial piety is the most important thing for you, and Xiaojia is much higher than Heshan for you. I dare not dismiss your thoughts. But I can’t agree. My Lin family’s family motto has been passed down for hundreds of years, and it’s always only eight words—being a loyal emperor when you live, and you are martyred when you die. We only know that there is a country, but we don’t know that there is a family. Is this also wrong?"
The old lady knelt down slowly, knocked her head in tears, and said: "My Lin family has died loyal to the emperor from generation to generation. This heart can be proved by the sun and the moon, and I hope the emperor can learn from it!" Her sonorous voice echoed In the hall, the courtiers were embarrassed, and did not dare to look at the emperor's face.
Above this court, in front of the monarch, who would dare to say that his parents and small family are far more important than the monarch and Wei's Jiangshan Sheji? The words of the old lady undoubtedly hit the faces of all the officials who impeached Lin Dan, and also moved the emperor's expression.