Seeing Li Xinchen nodding in agreement, Xiao Maha sighed deeply, raised his head slightly, and his face was full of regret: "I didn't expect that Engong would still leave after all······ God won't give me the Xiao family a chance to thank me in person. ”

"Well······ Eun Gong? Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian subconsciously glanced at each other, and their faces showed surprise. It stands to reason that Li Cheng hid in this vast mountain after Chen Qingzhi's Northern Expedition fifty years ago, and Xiao Maha had not yet been born at that time, how could he talk about having kindness to Xiao Maha?

"Daddy?" Xiao Shilian looked at Xiao Maha who was excited in surprise, and thought that his father was confused and recognized the wrong person for a while.

Xiao Maha immediately took out a copper ornament from his waist, and Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian's eyes suddenly widened, because the copper ornament and Li Cheng's copper ornament are exactly the same size and specifications, but the Rui beast carved on it and Li Cheng's one are just in the opposite direction, as long as anyone has a heart can see that these two copper ornaments are a pair.

"This ······" Li Xinchen opened his mouth, and immediately understood that Xiao Maha must not recognize the wrong person. And I also understand that this bronze ornament is very important to Xiao Maha. It's no wonder that his father still took out this bronze ornament when he left - behind this seemingly unattractive copper ornament, there must be stories that Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian don't know, but are very important to the previous generation.

Xiao Maha sighed deeply and slowly raised his head: "Back then, my father served as a county in Shixing (author's note: now Shaoguan City, Guangdong), Shixing is located in the south, and it is the land of Longxing in this dynasty, but more than 50 years ago, it was still a barren and unattractive small city.

At that time, the attention of the Southern Liang was in the north, and there was no time to take care of the south, so it was reasonable to have such a situation. The main task of my father was to stabilize the people's livelihood and eliminate the bandits, because these bandits entrenched outside the city of Siheung blocked the road from Lingnan to Jiangnan, so the imperial court at that time had a headache for them, and it was a big trouble.

Some people want to use the bandits to get rid of the father completely, so they don't support the father, but he orders the father to eradicate the bandits as soon as possible, otherwise he will be punished for a felony······ This felony is at least going to cost you a head. ”

Suddenly, Xiao Shilian and Li Xinchen fell silent, and Xiao Maha's father, Xiao Liang, was even a little distant to Xiao Shilian. After all, Xiao Liang died when Xiao Maha was young, and Xiao Maha was raised by his uncle Cai Lu after that, so of course Xiao Shilian had no impression of Xiao Liang, at most he had seen the portrait of this grandfather in the ancestral hall of his family.

Xiao Maha rarely mentions his grandfather's affairs, and Xiao Shilian has never asked, seeing Xiao Maha open his mouth today, he didn't expect that his grandfather Xiao Liang would have such a twists and turns in his life, and he suddenly looked at his father with some curiosity.

"The bandits are powerful, although my father has an uncle to help, but the soldiers are small, and it is not good to suppress them, but they hurt themselves and fall into the siege of the bandits. And at that time, there was a country boy who led a team of village warriors into the siege and rescued his father, and then trained the village warriors to help his father clean up the bandits around Sixing. Xiao Maha recounted this past that had been gradually forgotten in a deep voice, and his eyes unconsciously fell on Li Xinchen.

Li Xinchen suddenly showed a look of surprise: "The young man the general said is ······"

Xiao Maha nodded: "You guessed right, it's your father." At that time, Engong was the famous 'Shixing Spear King', a spear danced earth-shattering, no bandit could get close to him, in the countryside, hearing the name of Li Cheng, all admired it, and what was even more admirable was that Ling Zun refused the reward of his father and the court at that time, and everything he did was because the husband was responsible, and he should protect the peace of the party······"

Li Xinchen took a breath lightly, he had always felt that Li Cheng was definitely not an ordinary soldier, just his martial arts that were much stronger than Old Man Zheng and Old Man Song, and could even block a road alone, was enough to prove his different identity, and now I heard it, I didn't expect that my father would have such a meritorious career when he was young.

"My father was moved by what his father did, and he has always regarded him as the benefactor of my Xiao family. After the Southern Liang general Chen Qingzhi recruited the white-robed army to prepare for the Northern Expedition, Engong intended to go north, and his father was deeply grateful to the kindness of the public and had not been able to reciprocate, but at that time the father was honest and honest, and the family was poor, so he took the bronze ornament and cut it in half with a sword, and gave half of it to Engong. ”

"At that time, because of Engong's excellent martial arts, coupled with the recommendation of his father, Engong was easily selected into General Chen's white-robed army······ Eun Gong has not been heard from since. ”

Xiao Maha, who talked about this period of the past, said this, sighing. And Li Xinchen and Xiao Shilian were also speechless.

This period of the past fifty years ago has been talked about by Xiao Maha in such a flat tone, which has already made the two of them young people feel heartbroken.

Fifty years ago, it was a turbulent era that belonged to their elders.

Xiao Maha slowly put the two copper ornaments together, at this time Li Xinchen realized that this copper ornament was not a pair, but originally one, but because of years of wearing and rubbing, the original incision has been polished and smooth, which shows that Li Cheng, Xiao Liang, and Xiao Maha have been concerned for many years.

"Since there was no news of Engong, my father searched in many ways, but to no avail, and his heart was depressed, coupled with the recurrence of the disease that fell when he was initially clearing the bandits, so it didn't take long for him to die, and when he left, he couldn't let go of the kindness of Engong at that time and did not repay it······ My Xiao family is a family that values love and righteousness, and the kindness that saved my Xiao family and my father in danger should be repaid even if it continues for three generations. Since childhood, I have never dared to forget my father's entrustment, but at the beginning of the Northern Expedition, General Chen's army was covered in a torrent, so I thought that I would never find Engong in my life. Xiao Maha said in a deep voice, and his expression when he looked at Li Xinchen became more and more friendly.

Hearing his father's loud words, Xiao Shilian also straightened his back, obviously very proud of the Xiao family's tradition of valuing love and righteousness.

Xiao Maha sighed and looked up at Li Xinchen: "Fortunately, God has eyes, although Engong is gone, at least there are still heirs left in the world." Little brother, you can say what you want, the kindness of Engong to my Xiao family back then is like reconstruction, if there is no Engong, there will not even be a certain Xiao Maha, such kindness, my father is incapable of repaying it, today I Xiao Mahatian is the great Chen Wuyi general, maybe there is something else to do. ”

Li Xinchen was silent for a moment, and shook his head solemnly: "General Xiao, I don't need anything. ”