Chapter 4: The End of Fate (15)
In an elegant and chic tea house in the west of Bailuan City, there are seven men and women standing at the deserted door. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"This is the house of that generation of sages? β
"No, the old man has no money to live. β
"Sister Xue, it's too polite to speak disrespectfully to the elders. β
"Get out! The stinky boy hasn't grown taller yet, come and teach me. β
"You haven't said who is going on here? Southern Song Zi is really here?"
"Don't worry, the old man has always been restless, and if he comes back, he will run here. β
Xiaoxue was an old man, and the Southern Song Dynasty of the saints in the Long family's mouth was devalued as worthless. She herself doesn't care about verbal foul language, but the few people around her are all chivalrous warriors who are affectionate, righteous and polite, and it is difficult to be as foul as her.
It's no wonder that Xiaoxue has been worried about everything recently, and finally lost the trouble of Xinghai Yuelou, and she came to Minyu and them quite easily, and specially took them to find someone, it was already very good to be able to say a few words of meat, but before she was in a bad mood, she was expected to be polite to anyone. For example, now, instead of kicking people's doors in a hurry, she knocks politely, which is already a big improvement.
"Who are you looking for?" the boy in Tsing Yi who opened the door asked humbly and politely.
Xiaoxue took out a golden token and threw it to Xiao Tong: "Is the old general here?"
Xiao Tong took the token, looked at Xiaoxue and a few people behind her, retreated to the door, and bowed: "Everyone, please come in, the general is in the back garden." β
"Got it, thank you. Xiaoxue generously crossed the threshold, turned her head to Min Yu and said, "What are you doing in a daze? β
Min Yu and the others were stunned, and then followed Xiaoxue in, and unexpectedly found that she was quite familiar with this place, and she didn't need a child to guide the way, so she led them to the backyard with familiarity.
"Sister Xue, who is the general?" Min Yu couldn't bear it and asked.
"It's also an old man, but it's just an old man of the Three Dynasties, an old man who sits in the town. β
"General Qi Rin of Zhenguo?" Bai Fan, who was traveling with him, exclaimed, and the other people's faces changed slightly.
Xiaoxue glanced at Bai Fan and said lightly: "It's this old man, don't ask me how he got involved with my family, the story in the middle is too long, and it won't be clear for a while, in short, if you want to see Nan Nanzi, just look for him." β
Xu Shu carefully looked at the scenery along the road, and saw that the tea house was elegant and exquisite, although it was not a rich and expensive scenery, but the flowers and trees were carefully trimmed, and the face and road were paved with smooth white pebbles, which showed that the owner of the tea house was a person who knew how to enjoy life. He praised: "I heard that the old general Qi Rin has made great achievements, but I didn't expect that the old general in his later years would cultivate and recuperate here." β
"Don't praise him to your face. Xiaoxue snorted lightly, "The old guy doesn't praise him, if you praise him, you may be happy and don't know what his surname is." As he spoke, his vision suddenly opened up, and the group came to the lotus pond in the backyard.
In late winter, the lotus pond is a bleak and slaughtering scene, with different shades of withered yellow lotus leaves, some sinking into the pond and turning into silt, some blackening, scattered floating on the water surface.
On the shore, two gray-haired old men were playing chess, and the young men watching next to them sat quietly. The young man's delicate eyebrows were sometimes solemn and sometimes soothing, and he looked intently at the chess game that was unfolding in front of him, as if he was devoting himself to the realm of speculation and research.
"Yo, you're here too. Xiaoxue left the people of the Long family, trotted all the way behind the young man, patted the shoulders of the people, and said with a smile: "Who wins? β
"Quiet. Liu Changnan gave her a silent gesture, lowered his head and continued to study the chess game.
Xiaoxue pursed her lips and muttered: "What's so good about playing chess, it's not as good as my sister." β
It's sad and boring to play a game or something, and she hates a lifeless atmosphere and a stuffy bad guy.
"Hah! I won!" an old man suddenly stood up and shouted, causing everyone's hearts to jump.
Xiao Xue slapped the table fiercely, and the strength of her hand directly shook off a few black and white chess pieces on the table. "It's noisy! Dead old man, you will be quiet. β
The world was silent for a few seconds.
"It's you who should be quietest here. Liu Changnan's expression lost the seriousness just now, and he was a little more powerless.
The old man who won the chess game was dressed in gray and white brocade, his white hair fluttered like a white cloud falling from the sky, he stroked his beard, and his wrinkled eyes looked at Xiaoxue, with a narrow smile in his eyes. "Little girl, I heard that you cheated your sister, what's the matter? Han Wen Nan Nizi didn't confine you in?"
"Dead old man, you're getting rid of your teeth, don't ask about your daughter's family, okay?"
"The bigger you are, the more disrespectful you are, and you have read so many sage books in vain. β
"You're still disrespectful. I'm not a gentleman, I can't be a humble gentleman, let others do it. β
"You, you......" The old man pointed to Xiaoxue, "You" couldn't say a complete sentence for a long time. Xiaoxue didn't continue to argue with him, turned her head and shouted at another old man: "Old guy, I haven't seen you for two years, where did you die?"
"Hehe....." The old man in dark gray coarse clothes twisted a white chess piece, and his thin fingers finely polished the smooth chess piece, and in the face of the disrespect of the younger generations to the elders, he only smiled and said nothing, calm and relaxed.
Liu Changnan glanced at the Long family on the side, and said in a low voice: "Don't be rude, Xiaoxue, this is our teacher." β
"A teacher who hides here and doesn't see his apprentices is not a good teacher. Xiaoxue looked around at the quiet lotus pond and ignored Liu Changnan's first half of the sentence. "Old fellow, is it fun to travel all over the world?" and then she sat down on the fourth stone bench, and said to the rough old man while playing with chess pieces: "It's really time for you to come back, I have a little matter I want to ask your old man for help." β
He said "please", but the posture was lazy and the tone was arrogant.
"What's the matter?"
"Now, my new friend. She stretched out her hand and pointed over thereβthe Dragons. "Come on, don't stand so far, let me introduce you to a few people from the Long family, from left to right, Min Yu, Bai Fan, Miao Nu, Xu Shu Daxia, Xiao Zhu, and ...... Oh, not the Zhu Yu of the Long Clan. "One by one, none of them were left behind, and even the identity background was clearly understood. When everyone listened to what she said, they couldn't help but think - what is she going to do?
Liu Changnan is an old acquaintance of the Long family, and from the first time he saw her bring them here, he guessed what this girl was doing.