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- Sophocles (one of the three great Athenian tragedies)

Ten years ago, on a dark and windy night, the barbarian tribes that had been expelled from Llorente Province by Bai Haotian quietly sneaked back into Llorente City again;

The Bai family's tradition since ancient times is that men serve in the army, and Bai Haotian's three sons are naturally all serving in the army, and Bai Haowen's son of Bai Haowu happens to be in charge of guarding in the Bai Mansion, after all, Llorente City, where the Bai Mansion is located, was once the territory of the barbarians, and the remnants of the barbarians are still not to be underestimated, and the Bai family must strictly defend their family's mansion.

It was an extremely bloody and cruel night, at least 3,000 barbarian warriors under the leadership of their tribe's powerhouses launched a retaliatory attack on the Bai family's mansion in Llorente City, and the barbarians who were not afraid of death had no intention of leaving Llorente City alive, they just tried their best to make the Bai family pay the price.

After a whole night of fierce fighting, Bai Haowen's three sons and Bai Haowu's two sons all died in Baifu, and Bai Anyun's husband also died in desperate resistance; only Bai Anyun, who had just given birth to a child, took the old and young women and children in Baifu to hide in the back mountain.

Even so, the old and young women and children of the Bai Mansion did not escape the catastrophe; those barbarians actually set a fire to the sky in the back mountain of the Bai family; Bai Anjun was a high-level magician at that time, and it was impossible for her to be smoked to death, but the old and young women and children of the Bai Mansion were not.

When Bai Haotian and the others learned the news and hurriedly led the army back to Baifu, the three hundred and sixty-one people up and down the Baifu were left in a coma in the back mountain.

Except for Bai Haotian's three sons in the army, only the old butler Bai Fu escaped with his grandson and granddaughter and Bai Haotian's seven grandchildren, who were taking these nine children to receive a baptism of light in the southern part of the empire.

Originally, Bai Ling'er was supposed to be baptized when she was two years old, but the other children of the noisy Bai family had to follow, and it happened that there was nothing to do in the Bai Mansion, so Bai Fu took the nine children with him, but he didn't expect it to become the key to saving the Bai family.

Bai Fu's two sons had already died fighting for the Bai family in the army, and his two daughters-in-law, the mothers of Bai Rou and Bai Kai, were also killed in this disaster.

Looking at the Bai Mansion that was burned to ashes by the fire, the Bai family and the barbarians south of the southern border became enemies, not just enemies;

What happened that night has become the most sensitive pain in the hearts of the Bai family, no one can mention this matter in front of the Bai family, not even the Bai family themselves, in the back mountain of the Bai family, it is the remains of three hundred and sixty corpses buried!

The disaster suffered by the Bai family ten years ago also made Bai Rou lose her mother in this disaster, Bai Rou's eyes turned red as she spoke, and tears quietly slipped down her cheeks; looking at Bai Rou who was crying silently, Bai Feng stood up and walked to Bai Rou's side, gently leaned Bai Rou's little head in his arms, and patted her back gently.

Bai Feng's gentleness also made Bai Rou change from silent tears to crying loudly, she hugged Bai Feng tightly and buried her head in Bai Feng's arms, crying out all the thoughts she had missed her mother in the past ten years;

Suddenly, Bai Feng realized that he had forgotten his mother when he was pursuing a more exciting life and a more desired future; now that he had completely left that world, would his mother be okay? Will she miss her unfilial son?

In an instant, Bai Feng's eyes were also wet with tears, but Bai Feng was still a dignified man, his tears just flowed quietly without the slightest sound, and Bai Rou gradually fell asleep in such sad and painful weeping.

When Bai Feng came out of his thoughts about his mother, the little girl had already fallen asleep quietly in Bai Feng's arms; after Bai Feng gently picked Bai Rou up by the waist, he put her on his bed, and then gently covered her with a quilt.

Looking at Bai Rou who still had tears on her face, Bai Feng sighed helplessly in his heart, and after gently wiping away the tears on Bai Rou's face, Bai Feng quietly withdrew from the room.

At this time, although the night was already thick, the servants and patrolling guards who came and went in the Bai Mansion still made Bai Feng feel at ease; Bai Rou must have slept in Bai Feng's room tonight, Bai Feng naturally wanted to go to Bai Rou's grandfather to explain.

Bai Feng, who didn't know where Bai Fu's old housekeeper's courtyard was, asked a servant, and the servant respectfully brought Bai Feng to the old housekeeper's courtyard;

If Bai Fu was really just an ordinary housekeeper, how could he live in such a good independent courtyard? Bai Feng's courtyard was a standard three-house courtyard, and it was also the standard residence of all the Bai family, and the same was true for Bai Fu, the old housekeeper's courtyard.

Just from the standard of this residence, as well as the servant's respect when mentioning the old butler, Bai Feng knew that the status of this old butler of Bai Fu in the Bai family would definitely not be below anyone; this is a world of swords and magic, Bai Fu's status must be proportional to his strength, could it be that every powerful family has a powerful old butler with a noble status?

The cranky Bai Feng walked into the old housekeeper's yard like this, and it happened that the old housekeeper had already returned to the courtyard before, and was now waiting for Bai Kai and Bai Rou to come back; Bai Feng's arrival surprised the old housekeeper, but he still called Bai Feng:

"Second Young Master"

Before the old butler's waist bent down, Bai Feng hurriedly rushed forward to hold the old butler's arm, and then said with a smile:

"If Grandpa Fu salutes a junior like this, it will be tormenting my junior, if my grandfather and my father knew, they would definitely beat me up without hesitation, Grandpa Fu, don't you want to harm me?"

Bai Fu's respect for Bai Feng was known to everyone in the Bai Mansion, and Bai Feng had wanted to stop Bai Fu's respect more than once before, but he always couldn't resist Bai Fu's stubbornness, and Bai Haotian and Bai Mingcheng did not interfere in this matter, so everyone was already surprised.