In the early hours of the morning, Chen Fengxi came to the Bai family's compound accompanied by Ye Ziyi and Bai Hong.

This authentic old Beijing courtyard house, which is less than a 10-minute walk from the Temple of Heaven Park, has become a boarding house like most of the houses here, and all the rest of the houses are rented out, except for the six rooms in the main house.

The grape trellises were covered with all kinds of clothes, and it was not difficult to see from the snack trucks in front of the gate and in the courtyard that most of the people who lived here were small merchants and vendors from other places.

The scene in front of him made Chen Fengxi feel sad, seeing that the place where his mother lived had become such a scene, who would not be sad?

Chen Fengxi asked unhappily, "How did it become like this?" Is there a shortage of money at home? ”

Bai Hong shook his head: "No matter how much you lack this rent, this is not what my dad meant, it's my grandpa's own will." After his grandmother died, he kicked everyone out of the house. After he got sick, except for the house where the second aunt used to live and where the grandfather lived, Aunt Gong rented out all of them, and we had no choice. ”

"Aunt Gong?" Chen Fengxi asked curiously.

Bai Hong whispered: "It's grandma's dowry maid, and I've always called her aunt, I'm used to it." After grandpa fell ill, he was always waiting for Aunt Gong. She's out! ”

Floral gown, navy blue trousers, white and yellowed hair meticulously combed back of the head, looking at least eighty years old, but looking energetic, it is obviously more than those old ladies in their fifties and sixties.

"Aunt Gong!" Bai Hong cordially stepped forward and hugged Aunt Gong's arm.

"You kid, why are you hurt again?" Aunt Gong asked with a concerned face.

Bai Hong smiled disappreciatively: "It's okay, a small injury." I brought my cousin here! ”

Aunt Gong looked at Chen Fengxi quietly for a while before she said slowly, "Well, come with me." ”

Ye Ziyi pushed Chen Fengxi into the living room, the pungent smell of sandalwood and the smell of disinfectant mixed together to produce an extremely unpleasant smell, this smell was very uncomfortable, some upset, and some restless.

Aunt Gong lifted the heavy curtain and said calmly, "Go in by yourself." ”

"Thank you." After respectfully thanking him, Chen Fengxi turned his wheelchair and walked into the room.

The room of less than fifty square meters is like an armory, and there are not only eighteen kinds of weapons hanging along the wall, but even some weapons that Chen Fengxi has never heard of or seen.

In the center of the room, there is a mahogany Buddha shrine, its delicacy makes people marvel at the carpenter's craftsmanship, marvel at the carpenter's craftsmanship at the same time, Chen Fengxi is also curious about the hollow carving outside the Buddha shrine, because it is not like the ordinary Buddha shrine carved Buddha head or Buddha statue, but carved with a unique shape of the fox, in the Buddha shrine offering box is also a squinting fox, the slightly beating candle flame, making all this seem so weird.

"It's coming!"

The old man's voice sounded, and only then did Chen Fengxi notice that this room was also linked to another room, and an old man with a rickety figure and a thin body slowly walked in from the curtain of the door.

Although the figure is rickety, the pace is quite steady.

Although the body is thin, the muscle lines are very clear.

Although there was no blood on his face, he did not look like a patient with Alzheimer's disease.

All of this made Chen Fengxi curious about the old man in front of him.

"I'm Bai Zhenyue, your grandfather!" Bai Zhenyue saw that Chen Fengxi didn't call himself for a long time, and his face suddenly showed a displeased expression.

"Grandpa, you...... Isn't it sick? Chen Fengxi asked with some confusion.

Bai Zhenyue sat down on the futon in front of the Buddha altar with a calm face, put his palms on his knees, turned his palms outward, and sat down with his eyes slightly closed.

Chen Fengxi was a little dazed, he didn't understand what Bai Zhenbing meant, and just when he didn't know what to do, Bai Zhenyue slowly spoke: "Today's matter, I heard that you are a little reckless, which will bring you death." ”

Chen Fengxi said tentatively: "Grandpa, that ...... I've been drinking a little too much today, and I'm not running out of ideas right now, what do you have to say...... Can you say it explicitly? ”

Bai Zhenyue said slowly: "I know that the past eighteen years have not been easy for you. I'm the same, and I'm not easy. You must know that pretending to be sick is not an easy task, especially when so many people are watching. ”

"Why are you pretending to be sick?" Chen Feng asked puzzled.

Bai Zhenyue said word by word: "For you." ”

"For me?" Chen Fengxi's eyes widened in surprise.

Bai Zhenyue nodded: "Well, for you." After the accident between Soyoung and Nam-sang, I want to bring you back. But if I did, you wouldn't be alive today. But I regretted what I did at that time, and if I didn't take you back, it would make people suspicious, so I could only pretend to be sick to make people feel that our Bai family was finished, and let people know that our Bai family was no longer capable of revenge, only in this way can you survive! ”

Chen Fengxi asked suspiciously, "You are pretending...... Eighteen years? ”

Bai Zhenyue said in a deep voice: "No, it's seventeen years, and I started pretending to be sick in the second year after Su Ying was arrested. Gongbu They are naturally dull, they can't see it at all, if it is Suying, they should be able to see through me at a glance, but it's a pity...... Let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the future. If you come back this time, there will be a lot of trouble in the city, if you just serve the country, then no one will do anything to you, but now that you are focusing on revitalizing the Bai family, the three families of Wu, Zhan, and Chen will definitely not let you go. Especially the Zhan and Chen families, I'm afraid it won't be long before they will attack you, what are your countermeasures? ”

Chen Fengxi said with a tangled face: "That...... Grandpa, can you let me slow down? I'm ...... It's a bit confusing. ”

Chen Fengxi at this moment is not only confused, but simply stupid.

Everything Bai Zhenyue said was the most terrifying word he had ever heard in his life, pretending to be Alzheimer's for seventeen years is an impossible task for a person from both a physical and psychological point of view, Chen Fengxi is a doctor, and he knows this point no more, but all this really happened, and it happened because of himself, so his spirit could not accept it for a while.

After relieving for a while, Chen Fengxi said with a puzzled face: "Grandpa, do you mean that you pretended to be sick at that time just to save me from their black hands?" ”

Bai Zhenyue said helplessly: "It's not just you, but also the Bai family. If I don't pretend to be sick, Zhan Baoshu and Chen Hangju will definitely kill the killer in order to prevent future troubles, so I can only pretend to be sick. ”

Chen Fengxi asked curiously: "I'm still a little confused, even if you pretend to be sick and deceive them...... What is the purpose? Did you know seventeen years ago that I would be where I am today? ”

Bai Zhenyue shook his head: "No, I don't expect you to do anything, I just hope that you can survive, but live well or badly, as long as you can survive." What you have achieved today is a surprise to me. ”

Chen Feng asked puzzledly, "What about this hatred...... How do you report? ”

Bai Zhenyue said expressionlessly, "Come in." ”

As his words fell, men and women dressed in rustic clothes and sloppy shapes walked into the house.

Judging from their dress, dress, hairstyle and smell on their bodies, they are the owners of those snack carts outside.

The twelve people stood in a row in a neat and orderly manner, and respectfully bowed to Bai Zhenyue on one knee.

Chen Fengxi looked at the seven men and five women in amazement, and the moment they knelt on the ground and saluted, they instantly changed from a hawker to a murderous and ruthless person, and even the candle flame was pressed aside because of the change in their momentum.

Bai Zhenyue said expressionlessly: "This is Su Ying's son, Chen Fengxi. ”

The twelve people silently raised their heads and nodded to Chen Fengxi.

Bai Zhenyue looked at Chen Fengxi with a solemn expression and said, "Your mother's swordsmanship was practiced by your five aunts. Your mother's fists and feet were practiced by these seven uncles. The cultivation of the successive heads of our Bai family was all obtained by practicing in the company of the twelve Dharma protectors. The Bai family should have been Su Ying's decision! ”

Chen Fengxi opened his mouth wide in amazement, and he couldn't say a word for a long time, the scene in front of him was a bit like a martial arts novel, and his mother gave up the opportunity to become the head of the Bai family in order to be with his father, which is also fierce, right?

Bai Zhenyue said calmly: "No one knows about this matter except for the previous family masters. Since I had to feign illness, your aunt became the only one who knew about their existence, and you were the second. In the past seventeen years, they have been studying the three families of Wu, Zhan, and Chen, and the martial family is still secondary, especially the two families of Na Zhan and Chen, but the effect is not ideal, otherwise, I would not be a fool in the eyes of outsiders now. They are not professional spies, and it is only natural that this kind of thing cannot be done well. But if I let them out, I still have the capital to fight with the two families of martial arts and war. But it doesn't do anyone any good to do so, so I can only wait, waiting for the right opportunity. Unexpectedly, the opportunity did not wait, but waited for you. ”

Chen Fengxi swallowed nervously, looked at the twelve men and women with unique shapes and said, "Could it be that no one knows about their existence for so long?" ”

Bai Zhenyue nodded: "Except for me and your aunt, no one knows about their relationship with our Bai family. If it weren't for your reckless behavior this time, I wouldn't have let you know about their existence, but now that you have pushed the Bai family to the forefront, I have to think about your safety. ”

Suddenly, Chen Fengxi remembered how to describe the smell in the living room, it was not the smell of sandalwood and disinfectant, but demonic energy!

Bai Zhenyue said meaningfully: "The twelve of them are the last cards of our Bai family, and I will not play this set of cards unless it is time to win." But for now, I had to think differently. The people of the Zhan and Chen families will definitely attack you, the Chen family is okay to say, a group of Lang Zhong who only know intrigue can't make too much of a storm, but the Zhan family has to guard against it, before thinking of a way to deal with them, let them secretly protect your safety first. ”