Everyone in the courtyard gathered together, and it was not lively for a while.

Old Man Nalan stroked his white beard and said to Chu Tiannan: "Tiannan, what do you think of the current situation in China?"

Hearing the old man's words, Chu Tiannan stopped his movements and stood in the courtyard thoughtfully. After he returned from the North, all the things he experienced along the way kept coming back to his mind, and the good and bad people he had met did the right things and made some mistakes.

He knew that the hidden meaning in the sentence asked by the old man Nalan was not so simple, and he was stunned for a while and replied: "The major families in China are vying for power, and the holy countries abroad are eyeing Huaxia, and today's Huaxia can be said to have internal and external troubles. ”

Old Man Nalan nodded with satisfaction when he heard this, and then said, "The people of my generation are already dying, and the future is yours." ”

"If the general trend is out today, you have to go back to the north and hold it up. The business of Jia Jia is always not on the big stage. Tiannan, you have all the skills, I know it, why don't you continue to manage the northern border?"

"Old man, the North is now a monolith, and it's the same with me or not. ”

Old Man Nalan then said in a deep voice: "Tiannan, what do you think is the most important thing for people of my generation to do?"

Chu Tiannan thought for a while and said, "I don't want to lie to you about big things, you should have great ambitions and serve the country loyally." I was a very vulgar person, and I went to the North because I was framed, and I became the throne of the North by mistake. Now that he has become famous, he just wants to live a quiet and peaceful life with his wife and daughter. ”

He cleared his throat, and then said: "What people of my generation should do varies from person to person, what do you mean, old man, Tiannan understands, but now that it is peaceful and peaceful at home and abroad, let me continue to be a lazy idler." ”

Chu Tiannan stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, after retreating from the northern realm, troubles came one after another, and he was not an idler if he was living a good life now.

Hearing Tiannan say this, the old man smiled: "Tiannan, some people are destined to do great things, this is fate." You can't avoid it if you want to. As a soldier in the north, you can go from a small soldier to the throne position in five years, Tiannan, you are not an ordinary person... And now the north can be peaceful and peaceful, most of it is due to you..."

Yelu Feiguang listened to this on the side, nodded like garlic, he was the most convinced of Old Man Nalan's words, following the throne for the past few years, he was the most clear about Chu Tiannan's strength.

Old Man Nalan continued: "Tiannan, the most important thing that people of my generation should do varies from person to person, and it can be big or small. If you are an ordinary person, you will do the right thing to do if you work hard and live and work in peace and contentment. For you, you don't just want to do this kind of thing, you have to know one thing. ”

"With great power comes great responsibility!"

When Chu Tiannan heard this, he was stunned, he looked at the old man distractedly, and shook his head, "I don't have that much ambition, now I just want to live a simple life." One room, one table, three people, three meals a day. ”

”

Thinking of this, Chu Tiannan grinned, he thought of the exquisite Nini in Suzhou, who had been out for so long, and he missed it in his heart, I wonder if Nini would pester her mother again and ask where her father had gone?

"Hahahaha...."

He sighed, and seemed a little disappointed in Chu Tiannan: "Tiannan, now you know that in China, today's businessmen, today's army, almost everyone is a smart person. Those businessmen are full of thoughts about how to amass their wealth, and those in the army are thinking about how to get promoted. Today's Huaxia Kingdom is full of people who are too smart..."

"But you know, the most important thing that the country needs to survive is stupid people. If the country wants to be rich and strong, it needs those who ask for their lives for the country and know that they can't do it. ”

"Since ancient times, we have had people who worked hard, people who worked hard, people who asked for their lives for the people, and people who sacrificed their lives to seek the law. Although it is equivalent to the so-called "official history" of the genealogy of the emperors and generals, it often cannot hide their glory, which is the backbone of our Huaxia country.

"Just as Shang Ying's law was split by a car and died, Wen Tianxiang died after his death and threw himself into the river, Wang Yangming spent his life creating the study of mind and making it blossom and bear fruit. ”

Chu Tiannan was silent, his heart was touched.

A dark cloud drifted across the sky, obscuring the sun's blazing rays, and the light dimmed instantly. The light and shadow were swaying, time was like stagnating, in this small courtyard space, Chu Tiannan and Old Man Nalan collided and intertwined their eyes, as if they were confirming something.

Old Man Nalan's eyes narrowed slightly, his eyes suddenly sharpened, his eyes were like torches, and he said in a deep voice to Chu Tiannan: "That... What if there is a national war?"

The most recent national war between the two countries dates back to 80 years ago, in which the Holy Kingdom attacked China in an all-out way, attacking all the way from the north of China to the south. That national war almost caused the destruction of China.

The contradiction between the two countries has always existed since ancient times. There have been countless battles, large and small, but in the past few years, because the armistice signed after Bai Peng's death has subsided slightly, only a few disputes have occurred on the border.

"What are you going to do then?"

The eyes in the courtyard were all looking at the two of them, and Chu Tiannan was silent and frowned slightly.

He lowered his head and pondered for a while, raised his head, his eyes became sharp, and he replied in a deep voice: "If the country lives and dies for profit, should it not be avoided because of misfortune and fortune." ”

"My wish now is just to live an easy life with my family, but if someone doesn't want me Chu Tiannan to live a good life, then they don't want to live a good life. If anyone dares to trample on my Huaxia land, my northern throne will kill them without leaving a single piece of armor. ”

The old man looked at Chu Tiannan, tilted his head, and occasionally looked at a few people in the courtyard, and smiled, "Rolling the Yangtze River is passing away, and there are talented people in the upper generation of the river! With your generation, I can rest assured that I can play Tai Chi in this small courtyard if I want to come to the old man, hahahahaha..."

"Well, you don't have to play with my bad old man here, go about your own young people's business."

The old man hammered his waist a few times with his hand, and muttered: "It's been a long time since I've exercised like this, but I'm getting a little back pain..."

After the old man Nalan signaled, everyone left the courtyard.

The dark clouds in the sky have drifted past, the harsh sunlight is shining down, the shade of the trees on the roadside is swaying, with a long song of insects, the road is full of traffic, and the sound of children laughing and playing in this old town can be heard from time to time.

Is there really going to be a war?

The words of the old man Nalan still echoed in his mind, but he had to connect the scenery in front of him with the scene filled with the smoke of war.

It's not real, Chu Tiannan sighed.