Ji Yi and the old man looked at each other and were silent for a long time.

In the end, it was Ji Songxian who held Ji Yi and said: "Dad, it's windy outside, let's go into the house and talk about something." ”

The old man also wiped a handful of tears and forced a smile: "Yes, come into the house and say, enter the house and say." ”

A few people entered the house for a while, the young man smiled and brought refreshments, Ji Yiguan The young man had a handsome face, and his words and deeds were in a certain way, and he liked it a little in his heart, and asked with a smile: "What's your name, how old are you?" ”

The young man gave his words: "The little one's name is Lu Zhenghai, and he is fifteen years old this year." ”

The old man pointed to the young man: "This is my little grandson, who asked for grace a few years ago and released the birth contract, and now he is reading and reading with my husband." ”

Speaking of this, the old man said to the young man: "There is nothing for you to do here, go out and be naughty." ”

The young man went out in response, and after he left, the old man's eyes were slightly red, and he choked up for a long time before he said: "I was young when I was abducted, and I was often beaten by traffickers, and after a long time, I forgot what my surname was, and then I was sold to the Jiang family as a slave, I was young when I was sold, plus I was good and smart, a gentleman in the Jiang family's account room liked me to be clever, and asked me to serve in front of me, after a long time, seeing that my heart is also good, he often taught me to read and write, and taught me how to settle accounts." ”

Ji Yi knew that the old man was afraid that he was going to tell where he came from, so he listened very seriously, and Wu and Ji Songxian were silent when they sat aside.

Listening to the old man continue: "When I grow up, several old tents will return to their hometowns when they are old, and I will still have some trust because I am a slave of the Jiang family. I was sent to the errand of the tent, and later married the Jiang family girl, I didn't know how to think at the time, and I didn't want to marry those family children, so I asked for grace and married a third-class girl who was also bought to serve. ”

Speaking of this, the old man sighed: "However, I still remember that I have a family, a job, and parents, and my parents love me very much, unlike others. They were all sold by their parents. I thought that I had to go back to find my parents and family in this life, and with this reason, I have been patient, and finally won the trust of the Jiang family. I was sent out to be the shopkeeper of the shop. So. When I was out and about, I got a lot more. ”

"And then?" Seeing the old man hanging his head and wiping away his tears, Ji Yi waited for a while before asking.

The old man raised his head and forced a smile: "Later, I had a son and a daughter, while looking for my family. On the one hand, I have to plan for my children, my daughter didn't want to ask her to serve people, so she begged the lord's family to let her out and marry a richer farmer, and wanted to train her grandson to read and write, and get fame in the future, but it was not easy for my son to do it, but fortunately, my son was filial piety, more than ten years ago, my eldest son was also released to be the shopkeeper, and we both looked for my origin, although I don't remember who my surname was, but I also remember where my hometown was, I remember that it was a place called Guxian, and I remember that there is a hundred-year-old locust tree at the entrance of the village, where my family lives in the village. ”

The old man stared at Ji Yi for a while, and was a little sad: "I told my sons, everyone is looking for it, one day, my eldest son went out to run errands for the master's family, and it happened to be in Guxian County, so he used his leisure time to inquire, and finally inquired about his hometown, but my eldest son asked many old people, and I also knew which village I came from, but when I searched for it, my father and mother were gone......"

Speaking of this, the old man couldn't cry anymore, and it took a long time to calm down: "My eldest son came back and told me, I'm afraid that I am a brother with an adult who is an official in Jinling and has a promising future, I didn't believe it, but then I inquired for a long time and actually believed it, but I am a slave of the Jiang family, a lowly family, and you were a promising household servant at that time, if you let people know that you have a brother who is a slave for people, who knows what will happen, and besides, the people of the Jiang family are not good, if you take our family and ask you to do things." …… I felt terrible when I thought about it at that time, after all, this is how my life is, I can't ask my brother to follow me, so I endured it until a few days ago when I entered the mansion to ask for peace, and listened to what the third master of the Jiang family said to make Ji Xiang die a good death, I paid attention to it......"

Ji Yi listened to the old man tell the old man little by little about the things over the years, as well as what he was thinking, and in addition, he also told all the things that the Jiang family wanted to harm him, although he still had doubts, he finally believed it.

"What's your name now?" After a long time, Ji Yi asked.

The old man smiled bitterly: "I didn't know what my surname was, when the traffickers sold me, they gave me a name called Lu Zhong, and I have always been called by this name, and my children also follow the surname Lu." ”

Ji Yi also sighed: "It turns out that you look like me, I should believe you, but this matter is very important, and I have to be cautious." ”

The old man was not annoyed: "This is the way it should be." ”

Only when he looked at Ji Yi with his eyes, he became closer and closer.

Ji Yi didn't know why, but he was a little close in his heart, and said in his heart that this person was really his brother, and because of his blood and family, he was close to him?

"Can I touch your head?" Ji Yi finally made a request.

The old man smiled and agreed, Ji Yi got up and touched his head, and when he touched the back of his ear, he was excited: "Yes, yes, I remember when I was a child, I heard my mother say that my brother was naughty when he was a child, and once he fell and fell to the ground, and the back of his ear was cut by a stone, and he actually shed a lot of blood, and since then he has a scar." ”

Speaking of this, Ji Yi asked the old man to take off his shoes and look at the soles of his feet, and when he saw a natural triangular black mark on his left foot, he became more and more excited: "This black mark is also like what my mother said, it is ...... at the center of the left foot."

He couldn't help himself for a while, and couldn't help crying: "Since my brother was abducted, my father and mother have been sad and injured my body, and then I went a few years after giving birth, and my mother was not at ease when she left, and always pulled me to say that I also have a brother whose whereabouts are unknown, and I don't know where I suffered, so I must find it back when I grow up, and I also told me where there is a mark on my brother's body, and I have been searching for it all these years, where I thought about it, where I wanted to get my brother to ......"

Thinking of his brother being sold to someone else's house as a slave, although he said it very lightly, and he didn't say what hardships he had suffered, how did Ji Yi not know what good it was to be a slave, how he suffered and how much he suffered, and he cried more and more for a while.

At this time, Wu also believed that the old man was his uncle, and got up to give the old man a slight salute, but the old man hurriedly avoided it, only saying that he didn't dare to bear it.

Ji Songxian got up to comfort Ji Yi, and it took a while for Ji Yi to stop crying.

Ji Yi didn't dare to let go of Lu Zhong's hand, and said after a long time: "Even if I am already looking for my eldest brother, I naturally want to recognize him, my eldest brother has also suffered a lot over the years, and I can't give others any more suffering in the future, I, I went into the palace to beg Your Majesty, I can't call my eldest brother's family all cheap, I have to call my nephews and nieces all ...... All are upright. ”

After speaking, Ji Yi got up and was about to say goodbye to Lu Zhong, only saying that he would definitely ask for a good name for them.

But Lu Zhong insisted on stopping Ji Yi, sat down with him and said: "It doesn't matter about getting rid of the nationality, the most important thing now is the Jiang family's wolf ambition, if the Jiang family knows that I am your brother now, I don't know how to pinch you, we are also in danger in the Jiang family, but we should be careful, why don't we stay in the Jiang family first to find evidence of the Jiang family's rebellion, we should agree inside and outside to make the Jiang family defeated, this is the time for our brothers to recognize each other." ”

Ji Yi has been a relative for many years, although he is extremely excited to see his eldest brother who has been unable to find him for many years, and he can't wait to take the eldest brother's family out immediately, but in the end, he is still more rational than emotional, and after listening to what Lu Zhong said, he will respond, and discuss it with Lu Zhong for a while, and then leave with Ji Songxian and Wu.

As soon as Ji Yi walked on the front foot, the young man named Lu Zhenghai on the back foot entered the door, and when he saw Lu Zhong, he asked with a smile: "Grandpa, is that my second grandfather?" Do you recognize each other? ”

Lu Zhong glared at the young man without looking good: "Naturally, yes, but now is not the time to recognize each other." ”

The young man sighed slightly when he heard this, and Lu Zhong nodded his forehead: "What are you sighing, your grandfather and I have passed so many years, and it is not bad for a while, now our family has to keep our mouth shut, no one can say anything about this, in addition, you tell your mother and your sister-in-law to pay more attention, pay attention to anything in the Jiang family, pay attention to it as soon as there is a disturbance, and leave more evidence for everything, and tell your father and your uncles that they will also kill people from the Jiang family that we have brought over the years, forcibly seize people's land, and buy and sell officials." , all the evidence of collusion with foreign races has been sorted out, and when the time comes, our family will be able to get out of the country. ”

The boy was overjoyed to hear this.

Although this Lu Zhong has been a slave since he was a child, he is an ambitious person, and the account man who taught him back then was not a slave, but a serious talent, very knowledgeable, Lu Zhong served him, and learned words from him, but also learned a lot of things, so he began to think about how to get out of the country after marrying a wife and having children, and how to leave a good future for future generations.

Lu Zhong's wife is a virtuous person, wholeheartedly obeying Lu Zhong's words, the couple is also discussed, since the eldest of the Lu family was born, the two began to save up property, and then gave their daughter a naturalization, and later begged Mrs. Jiang to release their little grandson, all for the future.

Lu Zhong is a person with great affection and great wisdom, indeed as he said, he knew that Ji Yi was his brother many years ago, but remembered his identity, in order not to drag down his brother, he didn't tell this matter, he originally thought that in the future, the family would want to ask for a deed of sale and then recognize Ji Yi, where did he think that he would finally listen to the Jiang family to harm Ji Yi, although the Jiang family is his main family, he also has some kindness, however, how can it be compared to the brother's flesh and blood.

Lu Zhong thought that his brother had no parents since he was a child, how much suffering he had suffered over the years to get through the Xiucai exam, and later became a jinshi as an official, no one helped him in the officialdom, and he didn't know how many hardships he had to endure to achieve it Now, his old Ji family will finally have a bright future, or his father and mother will be able to leave a name in history because of his brother in the future, how can he be willing to destroy Ji Yi's brilliant future, let alone let people harm Ji Yi's life in vain, so he is willing to take the risk and recognize Ji Yi, and is willing to sacrifice his own family to bring down the Jiang family who is going to harm Ji Yi. (To be continued......)