Fan Li didn't leave this day. He accepted the order of the king of Yue and went to the mountains to find a suitable camp for the Yue army to be formed. Then some details were discussed.

At dusk, I said goodbye to King Yue, left the palace, stood on the street for a while, and suddenly thought, why not go home and have a look?

In Huiji City, he had a general's mansion, which originally had a wife and son, a guard and a maid, and a maid, adding up to more than 100 people.

On the day when the Wu army besieged Huiji, the men of his family all went to war with knives and guns, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead. His wife and son committed suicide, and more than a dozen of his maids committed suicide, leaving only one Luo Jiang, who now serves the king of Wu with Xi Shi. And he himself followed the king of Yue to the state of Wu as a slave.

Since then, he hasn't been home or asked anyone. More than ten years have passed, and he didn't know that the General's Mansion was burned by the Wu army, and it was still there as it was.

A burst of sadness rose in his heart, Fan Li, you are a good mix, you don't even have a home! Anyway, let's go back tonight. The right is the last goodbye.

He had made up his mind. Although the road to recovery is still a long way to go, he will hold on until the last moment. But as long as the restoration of the country is successful, he will not stay for even a day, and will immediately fly away.

After walking a few streets, a tall gatehouse appeared in front, and the plaque inlaid on it was broken and dilapidated, but it was still faintly seen that there were several big words "General's Mansion".

This is it. Fan Li has crossed over and hasn't slept here once. But with the memories left by the original owner, I am still familiar with this place.

The small square in front of the door where the cars and horses were parked was already overgrown with weeds. There are also two locust trees, which are already the thickness of the bowl. Even the oak gate is half a man's tall wild artemisia.

It seems that this place has never been here. Fan Li sighed, stepped forward and pushed, and the door opened silently.

Fan Li entered the gate and came to the yard, which was also overgrown with weeds, and there was no place to put his feet.

At this time it was dusk, and the sun shone obliquely, and the pavilions cast long shadows, and his heart was as desolate as this courtyard.

Suddenly, a weasel got out of the grass, saw Fan Li, did not run away, stood there tilted his head to look at Fan Li, and then disappeared into the grass without hurrying.

Fan Li smiled: "I don't live here anyway." If you think it's good here, stay here. ”

Fan Li stepped on the weeds and walked back step by step. The sun went down completely, and the sky darkened a little, and the huge courtyard looked vast.

When Fan Li came to the backyard, his heart ached, there were two houses that had been burned down, that was the fire that Fan Li had lit himself, and his wife and son were buried in the fire, and the other house was burned to the point that it was a few maids.

After so many years, the bones must be gone. Fan Li wanted to go over and take a look, and after thinking about it, forget it. What's the catch? It is basically impossible for people to live in this world, and it is basically impossible to die of natural old age, which is simply a miracle.

Fan Li turned his head, took another look, and was about to leave, that's all. Actually, I don't use it, but I think it should be like this.

It was in the northwest corner of the backyard that he discovered the miracle. There was a small separate courtyard with his former study. There was not a single weed in front of the courtyard. And it's smooth and clean. Obviously, there's someone here to take care of.

This is truly an amazing find. Who would run to take care of such a small yard when they have nothing to do? Could it be that the homeless people have no place to live and sneak here to live?

Fan Li smiled, thinking, I didn't expect this place to play a little role, if it can really solve the accommodation problem of a homeless man, it will not be bad.

He wanted to retreat and go in to see what kind of people were occupying the dove's nest. After thinking about it, forget it, so as not to alarm people and make people panic. He loves to live, so let's live. There is no rent.

Just as Fan Li was about to leave, an old voice sounded behind him: "The master is back?" The old slave greets you! ”

Fan Li was taken aback, and when he turned around, he saw an old man with white hair, trembling and about to kneel, Fan Li hurriedly supported him: "Old man, don't-"

The old man was at least seventy years old. Fan Li pointed to the small courtyard and said, "Old man, do you live here?" ”

The old man said, "The old slave prepared it for you." After all these years, you still come back to take a look. ”

The old man is an old slave, is it the old family of the General's Mansion? But after searching through my memory, I can't remember that there is such an old family member in the General's Mansion. He said, "Old man, why can't I think of you?" ”

The old man smiled: "Master, I am not from the General's Mansion. Of course you can't remember me. I am your neighbor, and I live right next to the General's Palace. Over the years, you have taken care of me a lot, and you have given me a lot of food and cloth. ”

"Oh!"

Fan Li remembered that there were these things. Fan Li didn't care about money in the first place, he told the housekeeper to take more care of the surrounding people. I can't believe that this old man still remembers this.

Fan Li said: "Old man, how did you think that you would prepare such a place for me?" ”

The old man said, "It is not me who thinks of you, but the queen who thinks of you." That year, I dug up some matsutake mushrooms, which were good tonics, and sent them to the king and queen, and when the king was away, I had a few words with the queen. He knew that I was living on the edge of the General's Mansion, so he told me to clean a house for the General, and that he might have a place to rest when the General came back one day. With that, he gave me some money. I don't want it, she has to give it. I've got a place for you here, and I'll clean it every two or three days. Unexpectedly, the old man is really back. ”

It seemed that his own labor had a value embodied, and the old man had a pleased smile on his face.

Fan Li's heart moved, sighed, and hurriedly bowed: "Thank you, old man, I will spend the night here tonight." ”

The old man said happily, "That's good." The master goes in and rests, and I will teach the child to bring you something to eat. ”

Fan Li said: "Old man, don't bother. ”

The old man said, "Don't bother, you can see that this door is my home." Sure enough, there was a path in the grass that led to a door.

The old man is gone. Fan Li came into the house. This was his study, or the original layout, there was an open bamboo slip on the desk, a carving knife next to it, and a roll of bamboo slips stacked on the shelf. There was a bed over there, the sheets were white, the quilt was square, the room was spotless, and there was a faint fragrance in the air, which was often burned with incense.

It seems that the cleaner is attentive. A sense of gratitude rose in Fan Li's heart. After a while, a middle-aged man sent me to eat, a bowl of rice and two side dishes.

"Slow use, adult." The man was about to leave with the basket.

Fan Li said: "Wait." "He took the bag and took out a piece of gold from it. said: "Thank the old man for his hard work over the years, take it back and buy some snacks for the old man." ”。

The man was terrified, he had never seen so much money in his life. I didn't dare to ask for it in a trembling voice.

Fan Li said: "Take it, take it away, it's all a trivial matter." ”