"When the people are gone, what are you going to prepare?"

Chen Qiqing lowered his head as he spoke, sighed, and said, "The baby originally planned to say goodbye to the old man and leave here after the hot weather, right?"

"Hmm!" Liu Shuangli nodded honestly, but said again: "If Mr. wants me to accompany him, I will stay with Mr." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"

The old man nodded lightly and said nothing more.

Liu Shuangli waited for a long time, but did not hear back, so he could only open his mouth and ask the old man: "Sir's daughter, in fact, Mr. can-"

The old man shook his head, interrupted Liu Shuangli's words again, and said, "The baby wants the old man to go to the girl, right? But the girl can't go." ”

"Why?" Liu Shuangli was startled and asked.

"Because ......" Chen Qiqing pondered for a long time before he sighed again and replied, "Because my daughter's family is also ...... It's gone!"

"Gone?" Liu Shuangli exclaimed.

The old man nodded, frowned, raised his eyes to look at the moonlight in the sky like water, and said faintly for a long time, "The place where my daughter married is Xuanhua Mansion in the northeast of the capital, and it is very close to Jizhou City, where the child served. Originally, the two of them were the best to take care of, although they were far away, although the old man and their mother could hardly see them for a year, they were also relieved. But...... That year, Xiao'er's army was defeated and punished by the imperial court. I don't want to think that next year, Xuanhua, where my daughter's family is located, will be repeatedly harassed by the Mongols. My daughter-in-law and son-in-law, and my grandson, who was just two years old, all died, under the iron horses of the Mongols. The child's mother, because she couldn't stand the repeated blows, also went with her in the second year of the accident with her daughter's family. Now, I'm left with a useless old man, living alone in this old house. ”

The night of early spring is very cool, even if there is no wind blowing, it will soak people cold all over the body.

The old man's voice fell, no one continued to speak, and the atmosphere in the courtyard was so heavy that people couldn't breathe.

After a long time, Liu Shuangli shook the old man's cold palm and said softly: "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, I'm ...... I didn't expect ......" At this point, Liu Shuangli squeaked, not knowing what to say.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's really okay!" the old man said in a non-repressive voice, but his voice trembled uncontrollably.

"Mr. Chen, you ...... Don't think too much about this house......" Liu Shuangli persuaded softly, but he really didn't know what to say so that he could no longer hurt the old man. So after only two words of persuasion, I stopped talking and couldn't continue.

The old man smiled: "If the house is gone, it will be gone, and the old man has been guarding this house alone for too long." I just wanted to wait...... Waiting for our son, who will be back one day......" The old man paused for a moment.

Liu Shuangli didn't dare to say more, just waited quietly.

The old man just looked at Liu Shuangli deeply, and after a while, he reached out and felt a tightly wrapped red silk cloth from his arms.

The red silk cloth looks very old, and the original bright red coloring has faded to mud color.

I saw the old man holding this piece of silk cloth with trembling hands, and slowly opened it in front of the two children.

His movements were so deliberate, so careful, as if what he was holding in his hand was not an old piece of silk, but an extremely precious treasure.

After a long time, the silk cloth was finally completely opened, and I saw that what was wrapped in the silk cloth turned out to be a piece of jade, and a dark blue one was very ordinary bat jade.

"This jade pendant is worn by the old man's son since he was a child. The old man gently stroked the jade pendant and said in a deep voice, "Six years ago, in the border war, the former army of Xiao'er was defeated. The imperial court issued a decree that all officers above the rank of lieutenant should be escorted and punished. It's just a pity for my little boy, who just got into the fame, was awarded the title of Nomadic Lieutenant of the Seventh Grade, and was sent to Jizhou to fight the border, and the first battle in which he personally participated ended in such a result. ”

Chen Qiqing said, looking at the jade pendant in his hand with a confused look, staring at it for a long time, without crying.

Liu Shuangli held the old man's hand tightly, his mouth opened, but he didn't know what to say.

"Baby......" After a long time, the old man took a deep breath and said, "The old man wants to entrust you with something." ”

"What's the matter, sir, as long as Shuangli can do it, he will do his best. ”

"This jade pendant," the old man wiped the jade pendant lightly, looked at Liu Shuangli and said, "The old man wants to ask the baby to take this jade pendant, if God has eyes, he can let the jade pendant meet Xiao'er again, and bless him with peace and sound, old man, even if the old man dies, he will be blind." ”

"Mr. Chen?" Liu Shuangli exclaimed, an ominous feeling rushing through her heart.

"In that battle, my little boy was at the forefront, and after the defeat of the army, it is said that the little boy returned to the camp with the defeated army, but suddenly disappeared two days later. The old man explained.

"Missing?Did Mr. just say that he was punished by the imperial court, why did he disappear again?" Liu Shuang said bizarrely, "And this jade pendant ......"

The old man shook his head and looked straight ahead with his eyes: "The disappearance of Xiao'er was before the imperial court condemned the crime. At that time, because he could not find the child, his military headquarters convicted him of desertion. In the past, there was the name of a deserter, and then the crime of the court, and the double guilt was added together, and my son had only one way to die. ”

"This ......"

"After the defeat of the army, the jade pendant was secretly sent to the old man by his comrades in the children's army. The old man continued, "It is said that after the child disappeared, they accidentally found it when they were looking for people everywhere." They told the old man that they didn't believe that someone like Xiao'er could be a deserter. Therefore, they firmly believe that there must be something else hidden in the disappearance of the child. ”

When the old man said this, he muttered for a moment with his eyelids half-closed, and then continued: "The old man has been guarding this home, waiting and looking forward to the day when he will be ...... Will come back secretly and return to this home. Tell the old man, say that he is not a deserter, and say that he has always been good, good!"

"Sir, don't be too sad!" Liu Shuangli clasped the old man's hand and instinctively comforted: "Mr. is a good person, and Mr.'s son must be good, I think he was just trapped by something for a while, so he can't come back." As long as the gentleman is patient and waits, he will definitely wait for that day!"

The old man sighed, looked up at the sky, and shook his head heavily for a long time, his eyes full of desolation.

"Thank you for your good words. ”

"And sir?"

The old man closed his eyes, and said faintly for a long time, "The home is gone—"

"If the home is gone, you can build it again, as long as the people are still ......," Liu Shuangli subconsciously responded.

The corners of Chen Qiqing's mouth flashed a subtle smile, shook his head lightly, and when Liu Shuangli's words just fell, he whispered: "Why do you need to ask, the sea is long!"

"No, this poem is 'I want to ask questions, and the sea is long'. Qin Siyang suddenly put on a straight face, and said with a straight face, "Meng Xiangyang has the heart to ask Maze!"

"Siyang—" Liu Shuangli exclaimed.

Qin Siyang was also taken aback, the two children glanced at each other, and turned to the old man Chen Qiqing together in a panic.

In a hurry, Qin Siyang actually spoke in front of Chen Qiqing.

He is mute, and it is impossible for him to be dumb anymore.

Regarding the panic of the two children, the old man just smiled calmly, looked at the boy and said, "The baby is right, it is really the old man who recited the wrong poem!"

"Sir, let's ......" Liu Shuangli looked at the old man embarrassedly, not knowing how to explain.

The old man patted Liu Shuangli's hand and nodded clearly: "Don't worry, the old man already knows, you two are good babies, how can I embarrass you!"

"Sir has known ...... for a long time"

The old man nodded: "Everyone has things that he doesn't want to talk to people, this is human nature, how can it be difficult." ”

The two children were stunned for a moment.

The old man smiled sadly again, looked up at the full moon half-hidden behind the clouds, sighed, pressed his hands on the armrests of the chair, and made a gesture to stand up.

Seeing this, Liu Shuangli hurriedly stood up and stretched out his hand to support the old man.

Qin Siyang was still a little apprehensive in his heart, but seeing that Liu Shuangli's action of supporting the old man was very natural, he also relaxed and turned around to hold the old man's other hand.

The night is deep, and the evening breeze is blowing at this time, penetrating people's hearts. In such weather, it is really not appropriate to talk about it in depth.

Therefore, the old man Chen Qiqing didn't say anything more, let the two children support him, and went back to his room to sleep in bed.