The imperial capital did not make any waves, as in the past, but there were many more liquor jars in the Ping'an Building of Guanhua Lane, and the white porcelain collided with each other, and the girls in front of the drunken dream building in the bustling street were a lot less, and the phoenix was overwhelmed.

There is a family surnamed Ren in Xinghua Lane next to Lotus Leaf Street, and the pillar of the family heard that he died on the other side of the mountain in the deep winter sixteen years ago, and the young woman became a widow, and the child whose original name was Ren Ze also had a new name. No return.

The boy who changed his name and did not return wanted to go to the other side of the mountain to see what the other side of the mountain was like when he was not a teenager, and to pay tribute to his father who did not even remember what he looked like.

Ren Bu's father and Tao Li's father died together in the battle of the Salin River, and there are no bones left, perhaps the corpse sank to the bottom of the Salin River, or was trampled into flesh by the demon cubs, who knows. Except for his own family, who cares, at most it is just to send the word mourning.

The children who have no father are also angry, and in the year of the crown, they sat in the position of general in the Dragon Guard Army, and the generals in the ten major legions are no better than the generals who have few soldiers in the hands of the local states, and they are all generals who have real power to command tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

At the age of fourteen, he joined the Zhige Army, became a white goose spy at the age of seventeen, and became a standard commander at the age of nineteen, leaving a prestige in the demon army that did not lose his father. ”

In the past two years, my mother's illness has become more and more serious, and Ren Bu, who is far away in the city of rest, has to return to the imperial capital, and has a job in the Dragon Guard, serving her mother at home. I have no father since I was a child, and I can't have a mother anymore.

Ren Guozhong has been with Tao Jing for more than ten years, and the relationship between Ren Bugui and Tao Li in the next generation is naturally iron, and they are both half orphans, or neighbors, and they are sympathetic to each other.

Tao Li has no father, but he is much happier than Ren Bugui, he does not worry about food and clothing, some people love and some people hurt, and in addition to his mother, he has no relatives and no reason to return to Ren Bugui, only Tao Li, the Li brother in his mouth, in his early years, he relied on his father's pension and his mother's meager income to live a widow life in the imperial capital.

So there was a scene where a little boy trotted all the way from Qingzhu Street to Xinghua Lane and delivered pastries to the same little boy. It is easy to repay what is owed in the world, and it is difficult to repay what is owed in the world.

"Leaving tomorrow?" Ren Bugui patted the bright threshold and beckoned Tao Li to sit down, and when they were young, the two sat on this threshold and looked up at the starry sky, looking forward to the day when they brought a knife and a halberd.

"Let's go tomorrow." Tao Li walked closer, reached out and stroked the smooth and reflective threshold, but did not sit down.

"Gone!" The two brothers did not act as daughters, they just left, and everything was silent.

When Tao Li was about to walk out of Xinghua Alley, Ren Bugui shouted in a trumpet shape with both hands: "If you don't go, can't you?" ”

Tao Li paused, turned around and said, "Don't go, you will kill the Northern Barbarian?" ”

"When I finish serving my mother, I'll help you kill it!" Ren Bugui replied without hesitation.

Tao Li didn't pay attention to it anymore and walked straight out of Xinghua Alley.

In front of a house in Xinghua Lane, a young man stroked the smooth and polished threshold and muttered to himself: "Northern Barbarian, you better pray that he can sit here and eat pastries with me in the future, otherwise I don't mind letting your children be like me in the future." ”

In front of the Sui Mansion on Qingzhu Street, Zhou Wanqing looked at the east and west sides from time to time, looking impatient, Sui Jianzhi's words had no effect at all, "Don't worry about waiting in the house, that kid will not forget your daughter if he forgets you." ”

Looking around, the young man in white finally appeared, and Zhou Wanqing greeted him from afar, reproaching: "I really think Xiao Li, you forgot about your master." ”

Tao Li was dragged home by Zhou Wanqing, her nose was a little sour, and there were already a few white women between her hair.

In the lobby of the house, Sui Jianzhi drank tea all the time, and the corner of his eyes swept towards the door of the house.

How can there be a father and mother in the world who don't feel sorry for their children, and how can there be a father and mother who really feel at ease that their children go out.

"Master!" Tao Li gave Sui Jianzhi a respectful salute, and his waist was extremely low.

Sui Jianzhi accepted it calmly, didn't care about Tao Li, helped Zhou Wanqing to the side of the main seat, and returned to the original position, before slowly speaking: "If the wings are stiff, they will fly away after all, and if you can't keep them, you won't stay at all, I have raised you for more than ten years, and I am your master, teaching you to read and write, teaching you to be a person and doing things, and it is not an exaggeration to take the word master!" It is said that raising children to prevent old age, Sui Yi is gone, I didn't stop him, now you are leaving, I won't stop you either, fortunately, I still have a daughter, if you two can't come back, someone will give me a pension and send him to the end. This gift just now, even if I repay my kindness to you for more than ten years and the love of teaching, from now on, I will not be your master, let's clear the two. ”

Tao Li raised his head, panicked, burst into tears, his lips moved, and he didn't know where to start.

Zhou Wanqing was furious, and was just about to vent, Sui Jianzhi continued: "This account is settled, you and my daughter's account has to be calculated, you and Xiaoying are childhood sweethearts, and they are happy with each other, this is something that the entire imperial capital knows, you have to go to the battlefield, life and death are unpredictable, except for you, my daughter will not be able to marry in the future, how can this be done?" ”

Tao Li's eyes were dazed and at a loss, he hadn't thought about any of this, yes! If she dies, what will Sui Ying do? Xuanping is not comparable to those short-lived dynasties with bad manners, the whole country pays attention to etiquette, righteousness and shame, Sui Ying is recognized by the people of the entire imperial capital as his daughter-in-law who has not passed the door, if he is really dead, what will he do?

"Stinky boy, you still don't know how to change your words?" Our Tianguan, who attaches the most importance to the rules of etiquette and rules in Xuanping, saw that Tao Li was at a loss and didn't know the true meaning of his words, so he had to remind him.

Tao Li was even more dazed when he heard this, and immediately understood the meaning of Sui Jian's words.

"Dad, mother!" After Tao Li served tea to the two, he knelt on the ground and saluted again.

Zhou Wanqing hurriedly helped Tao Li up and hugged him in his arms, crying bitterly, Sui Jianzhi responded again and again, don't turn her head and wipe her face with her sleeve, her wish for so many years has come true today.

This father and mother is unfair to the Sui family, especially to Sui Ying, there are three books and six appointments, eight sedan chairs, and the Ming media is marrying, and even the girl with the phoenix crown is not present.

But I was in a hurry, and after waiting for so long, I didn't wait.

"Xiao Li, come back well, our family is waiting for you." Zhou Wanqing grabbed Tao Li's hands and said, reluctant to let go, as if as soon as she let go, she would no longer see this apprentice, son, and son-in-law who had been raised for more than ten years.

Waiting for you to come back, this is the sentence Tao Li has heard the most in the past few days,

There are no words to part, only a thousand tears.

Impatiently came to the girl's courtyard, and the maid in front of the girl's door blocked Tao Li's way.

"Childe can't go in." Bai Lu leaned sideways and spread out her arms to keep Tao Li out of the courtyard.

"Bai Lu, don't make trouble." Tao Li said anxiously.

"Childe, my young lady has been unwell recently, and I haven't seen anyone."

"Then I'm going to take a look."

"Childe, don't you understand? Miss, she doesn't want to see you," Bai Lu said bluntly.

Bai Lu's words were no less than five thunderbolts, making Tao Li stand unsteadily, dizzy, and his heart seemed to be slashed with a knife. How could she not want to see him?

In the house in the courtyard, the girl in the big red wedding dress turned a deaf ear to the movement outside the house, and continued to flip through the book in her hand, looking closely at the book "A Brief History of War", but the frequency of turning betrayed what the master was thinking at the moment.

"Childe, this is what Miss asked me to hand over to you, saying that you should not forget your words that day."

Bai Lu took two objects from the stone table in the courtyard and handed them to Tao Li, a carrier pigeon and a pair of red beans.

Red beans, a lovesick thing, were on Gu Mountain in Jiangnan Province many years ago. The crystallization of Xiao Lang and Hui Niang's love, the two met for the first time but seemed to have known each other, and they had never met to be lovesick. Spring flowers are soft willows, beautiful women are like jade, she has become the red sleeves that accompany the reading and fragrance under the lamp, when she is tired, she offers him a cup of fragrant tea, and sings and dances for him to relieve fatigue, Xiao Lang sighed: "With this song as a companion, why bother with silk and bamboo?" smiled again and said: "With Huiru accompaniment, why use a group of wives and concubines?" ”

Immediately after parting, Xiao Lang pointed to the distance and said, "In the coming day, I want the wind sheng dragon pipe, and the purple cover incense car welcomes you into the palace." She stood under the horse and looked at him sadly, took something lightly and put it in the palm of Xiao Tong's hand and said;" In the past, there were women who shed tears into blood and turned into acacia beans, and now they pay you with a pair of red beans. He said goodbye and returned without a date.

As soon as the palace gate entered the deep sea, Xiao Lang was a passerby from then on. Since then, Hui Niang has become lovesick. When he returned, she was blushing and the grass was thin.

Xiao Lang did not wail and cry, planted two red beans with his own hands, and after returning to Beijing, he fell ill and died in a few months. The two red bean trees have grown together for hundreds of years.

Later, there is a poem: red beans are born in the south, and a few branches are sent in spring. May you pick more, this thing is the most lovely.

Tao Li took the red bean, and then looked at the carrier pigeon, a pair of eyes were the same as the two red beans in his hand, crystal clear.

"Does it have a name?"

"Red beans."

"Good name!" Tao Li turned around and whispered. The past is vivid.

"After you leave, remember to write to me often."

The young man affirmed without hesitation: "Yes, definitely, definitely." ”

The girl smiled and was very happy, and stretched out her finger and said, "That's once a month." After speaking, he felt a little little, and added: "No, once every half a month." But he still didn't think it was enough, and said, "No, once every five days." Finally, the girl frowned, as if she remembered something, her eyes became a little dim, and she whispered in frustration: "Forget it, it's still once every two months!" ”

The boy didn't want the girl to think about everything for him anymore, so he patted the girl on the back and said, "Then once every ten days, okay?" ”

The girl was pleasantly surprised, and asked uncertainly, "Really?" ”

"Really." The boy replied in an extremely affirmative tone, unwavering.

The girl grinned and laughed, then thought about it, and asked tentatively, "But you will be very busy, can you really have time?" ”

"There will be, there will be." The boy still said without doubt.

The girl pecked lightly on the boy's face, the corners of her mouth rose, and her big eyes narrowed like two crescent moons.

Tao Li walked in the corridor of the Sui Mansion in despair, and when he left the mansion, he didn't even hear Zhou Wanqing's shout.

Heavy rain poured down and swept down the earth. Tao Li walked out of the gate of the Sui Mansion and stood in the rain.

Behind the young man, a girl in a red wedding dress came with an umbrella to avoid the wind and rain for the young man, the young man just wanted to turn back, the girl handed the umbrella to the young man, and said softly: "Go forward, don't look back, I'll wait for you." ”

The umbrella is still the umbrella, and the person is still the same person.