Xue Tan didn't seem to take this sentence to heart, he still kept his original posture and didn't move.

Because he knew that since this old man had spoken, he would definitely not be able to hold back his words and continue to finish.

The old general looked at Xue Tan and didn't react at all, and he directly lost the interest in speaking.

But it didn't take long for the words just now to seem to have choked on his throat, and if he didn't say it, it was probably very uncomfortable.

Xue Tan just understands him.

"At the beginning, your bastard dad was exactly like you."

"The woman was obviously dead, but he still couldn't let her go. Your father applied to go to the border area, you know, the desert is lonely, and others avoid it, but he didn't complain at all, and he offered to go. ”

……

Since Xue Qi has been determined to dedicate the rest of his life to the country, although he is a father, it is difficult to say anything.

Just go for it. At that time, the old general knew Xue Qi's request and said to him.

Before Xue Qi left, he knelt in front of the old general and kowtowed to him three times.

"Loyalty and filial piety have been difficult since ancient times. If your son leaves today, it is unfilial to you, and I ask you to forgive me. ”

Xue Qi only said this sentence.

The old general watched his son's head slam on the ground one by one, and of course his heart hurt.

Xue Qi still said what loyalty and filial piety, how could he not know what Xue Qi was thinking in his heart, he clearly hated himself.

The old general never wanted to admit that Xue Qi hated him.

He has a total of three sons, two of whom have sacrificed for the country as early as when they were young, and he is the only one left, and he has to run for the country?

He is really, worthy of a family of generals.

Xue Qi left, the old general naturally couldn't stop him, that is, on a casual sunny morning, the old general watched his only son leave at the gate of the general's mansion.

I just don't know when I'll be back.

The old general held back his tears, he had been strong for most of his life, he had been tough on the battlefield for so many years, and now he had to be tough in front of his son for the last time.

But in an instant, he couldn't help it.

Anyway, it's all my own flesh.

Stationed in the frontier, he said that he could come back once a year, but Xue Qi didn't come back every year.

Xue Tan also had an impression of this past, and when Xue Qi left, he had just remembered,

At that time, Xue Tan still admired his father very much, as a man, he had paid so much for the country without reservation.

Moreover, his father said a few words to his mother before leaving.

"The small altar will be handed over to you in the future."

"It's so hard for you."

"It's me who I'm sorry for you."

“……”

Xue Tan couldn't remember what else his father said.

He remembered that his mother's hand had been on his shoulder, until finally he tried to make his shoulder sore and sore little by little.

What the hell is going on?

Xue Tan's mother, who has always been gentle, endured a lot of pain that day. Until in the end, he couldn't bear it anymore and vented on the shoulders of his skinny son.

She was in pain at the time, and later she regretted it.

But she didn't show it on her face, so that her husband would feel less guilty.

Xue Tan only remembered what his father and his mother said to him that day.

Before his father got on his horse and left, he put his generous palm on his head, squatted down and said to him in a soft voice, "I will leave it to you in the future."

It's completely different from the harshness of the past.

The father at that moment was a loving father.

After Xue Qi explained everything, he turned around and rode away.

There was no looking back.

Xue Tan's shoulder was grabbed by his mother, but he didn't say anything, and simply walked away from his mother.

His mother woke up like a big dream, and quickly squatted down, and said to him a little reluctantly: "I'm sorry, Atan."

Xue Tan until what his mother means.

Because it hurt to pinch him just now, I apologize to myself now.

Xue Tan was also very understanding and told his mother that it was okay.

But if Xue Tan knew what would happen later, he would definitely not say that it was okay.

His mother didn't speak that night.

His mother used to talk to his father in the garden in the backyard every day, maybe about what she did during the day, maybe she heard some interesting stories.

But when his father was gone, his mother shut herself up in the house without saying a word.

The next day, Xue Tan found that his mother was gone.

His mother is dead.

As soon as Xue Tan pushed the door, he saw his mother lying on the bed, but she was not breathing.

The little Xue Tan didn't know how his mother died.

It was all of a sudden that he began to guard this empty mansion with his grandfather from one day on.

His father is gone, and his mother is gone.

At that time, Xue Tan was only a few years old.

The old general continued.

Although Xue Qi went to the frontier, he still asked people everywhere to help watch Xue Qi, he was afraid that one day, Xue Qi would leave quietly like Xue Tan's mother.

However, Xue Qi was not as cold-hearted as he looked.

The old general heard from the person he sent to inquire about the news that Xue Qi would also return to the capital.

Every time the old general heard someone say this, he was very happy in his heart, and waited at home for his son, who had been thinking about it for a long time, to come home, but after waiting for a week, he still couldn't wait for anything.

But the person he was looking for was also sure that the news he had inquired about was true.

Xue Qi just came back, but Xue Qi didn't go home.

The old general knew that he was a failure.

He continued to send people to inquire about Xue Qi's news.

As soon as Xue Qi came to the capital, he immediately sent more people to watch him.

Later he found out.

Every time Xue Qi came back, he would see a woman. At first, the old general thought that Xue Qi had other favorite people here, but every time he wanted to go and see, he heard that Xue Qi was gone again.

That's certainly not the case.

But he still went to look, and he found that every time Xue Qi saw the people he saw, there was a commonality, no matter what part it was, maybe the eyebrows, maybe the mouth, in short, there was always a little bit of them that would be a little similar to a person.

Tan Jiqing.

"I know what your dad's intestines look like in this belly, I don't know what he's thinking?"

Even if he knew that Tan Jiqing was dead, Xue Qi would definitely not find the woman, but he still didn't stop.

did not stop inquiring about Xue Qi.

"Does my dad know about this?" Xue Tan listened for a long time, figured out a little bit of thought, and finally asked.

Did Xue Qi know that his father was sending someone to follow him?

"Of course I don't know."

The old general was even a little proud when he answered this question, he had done so much to hide from Xue Qi.

What's more, everything is for Xue Qi's good.

The old general couldn't understand why Xue Qi just couldn't understand his good intentions.

After a short pause, the old general continued to reminisce.