Father-in-law Qiu's thoughts drifted farther and farther away, gradually returning to his childhood.

At that time, it was a troubled time, and the harvest in the field was average, but the family was united and lived a very happy life, but the good times did not last long, the bandits rushed into the village, and killed people when they saw them, and when the officials and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty came to the village, the whole village, there were only four people left in the dry well.

He covered the mouths of his younger brothers and sisters to prevent them from making a sound, and looked blankly at the mouth of the dry well, where there was a black-faced man, half of his body was hanging on the wall of the well, and he couldn't see his face, only strands of blood flowed down the wall of the well, and gradually ticked on Gonggong Qiu's face.

That's his father! covered his children with his own body, and as for the mother, don't say anything, in troubled times, people are not as good as dogs.

When the nine-year-old father-in-law Qiu climbed out of the dry well, it was already noon the next day, and the officers and soldiers of the Sui Dynasty had already returned to the camp. But his tears couldn't stop flowing, was his appearance at that time just like the child in front of him?

The brothers collected their father's body, and their mother's body they searched for a long time but did not find it, or they could not recognize it, and all the female corpses were unclothed, and their faces were cut in a mess.

They could only give up, Father-in-law Qiu dug a big pit, rolled his father's body with a straw mat, and buried it hastily in the mountains, Father-in-law Qiu didn't know how to read, so he could only find a broken door panel to come over, and the brothers pressed a bloody handprint on it, which was regarded as a tombstone.

The second and third children cried loudly, the little girl was already scared silly, a little precursor to dementia, and the frightened father-in-law Qiu kept covering her eyes.

The third child cried and asked, "Big brother, Mom and Dad are dead, do you think we are lonely ghosts!" ”

This sentence made Father-in-law Qiu's heart twitch, and he almost fainted without pain, Father-in-law Qiu stopped his younger brothers and sisters in his arms, crying and saying, "No!" No! Big brother is here! Big brother is here! ”

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"What are you crying about! Big brother is here! ”

Qiu Gonggong's memories were interrupted by the voice of the little boy in front of him, and he saw that the older child was leaning into his waist and said to the two younger brothers, and the two little ones looked at the eldest brother pitifully and said, "But, but the eldest brother can't tell stories."

"I can learn! Tomorrow I'll ask my dad to ask a gentleman to teach me, and then I'll tell you."

Another little boy muttered, "But sir, have they heard the story of the palace, and they don't know the news of the grandfather."

The older boy's shoulders collapsed and he was a little discouraged.

Another little doll cried, "That's it, if you can't hear the story of the palace, you can't go back to grandpa to change candy and eat."

As soon as he heard that there might be no sugar to eat in the future, even the older child was a little tearful, and the three little guys stared at Gonggong Qiu with a pair of big eyes, and the older little boy said pitifully, "Mr. Qiu, can you tell us more stories about the palace today, we will go back to tell grandpa a little bit every day, and we can eat two more days of sugar."

Gonggong Qiu rubbed his head with a smile and asked, "Looking at what you are wearing, you don't look like people from poor families, how can you have no sugar to eat?" ”

"Grandpa said that eating too much sugar is not good for the throat, and it is not good for the teeth, so he won't let us eat it. Only after we hear the story of the palace can we tell him some candy to eat, and it can't be a repeat story."

Speaking of this, the little guy was aggrieved and wanted to cry, "It's a pity that you're leaving, old man, otherwise you can change more sugar to eat"

This innocent childish joke of Qiu Gonggong laughed, there are not a thousand but eight hundred people who take the initiative to contact him in Datang, all of them come with various purposes, and this is simply to eat sugar, maybe there are only these three little guys in front of him!

Gonggong Qiu smiled and pulled a few little guys to his side, and asked amiably, "Okay, what story do you want to hear, do you want to listen to the imperial study or the imperial garden?" Yesterday I told you about the sun room and Zhenguan potatoes, why don't I tell you about the rich peony today? ”

The older child shook his head and said, "I want to ask Mr. Qiu about someone", Gonggong Qiu was stunned when he heard this, and then smiled and said, "Yes, but the palace is huge, and I know so many people, I don't know who you want to inquire?" ”

The older child straightened his small chest and said, "I want to ask you about my grandfather, my grandfather's name is Qiu Tianpi!" Fifty-one years old this year, hehehe, when I first heard that the old gentleman was also surnamed Qiu, I thought you were my grandfather, but unfortunately you are too old and the age is not right."

Speaking of this, he was still a little proud, as if he was very observant, and he was very proud of it!

But then he found that something was wrong, and Mr. Qiu in front of him actually stared at a few of them in a daze as if he had lost his soul.

The younger boy said resignedly, "Don't mind Mr. Qiu, my eldest brother is like this, he speaks straight, but his heart is not bad, and he doesn't sincerely say that Mr. Qiu is old."

Another little boy was also busy helping his eldest brother explain, "That's it, please don't be angry with Mr. Qiu", after speaking, he reluctantly took out a candy in his small pocket, and timidly handed it to Qiu Gonggong, "This candy is regarded as my eldest brother's atonement, this is made by grandpa with oranges, sweet and sour is delicious"

Father-in-law Qiu's tears burst down, the little ones panicked when they saw it, and the older ones hurriedly reached out to wipe the tears of Father-in-law Qiu, I don't know why, he just couldn't see the old man in front of him crying, and his heart was very sour after seeing it.

Gonggong Qiu wiped his hand casually, his eyes were stronger, and he asked with some trembling, "I haven't asked you three little guys before, what are your names?" The older child whispered, "My name is Qiu Fu, this is my younger brother Qiu Lu, and Qiu Shou"

Father-in-law Qiu trembled and asked, "Your grandfather, what's your name?" A few little guys looked at each other, and they didn't know why he asked his grandfather's name, but out of politeness, Qiu Fu still said, "My grandfather's name is Qiu Tianyou, and the two of them belong to my third grandfather, and the third grandfather's name is Qiu Tianfu."

Father-in-law Qiu cried and cried and laughed, these three little dolls are his grandchildren!

When his father named their brother, he thought about it, God bless, Fu Lu longevity! It's a pity that they only have three brothers, and the woman has no name, but I didn't expect that when the grandchildren were in their lifetime, they would be blessed with a long life!

Seeing the old man in front of him crying and laughing for a while, the three little guys were completely confused. Gonggong Qiu smiled and rubbed their heads and asked, "This is the Wushuang Marquis Mansion, why did you come here to play?" It's not a place for ordinary people to come."

Qiu Fu nodded and said, "My family is a tea shop, I heard that Hou Ye is going to get a business district in the county, my father is very interested, so he came to the county", Qiu Shou also interjected, "I heard that the old lady of the Hou Mansion believes in Buddhism, and she also asks for the blessing of the Buddha, so that Hou Ye can return to the county completely, my grandfather listened, and wanted to come to burn a stick of incense for the Buddha Hall, and wanted to pray for my grandfather."

Qiu Lu followed, "As soon as the old grandmother heard my grandfather say that it was to pray for the grandfather in the palace, she agreed immediately, and said that the blessing must be burned enough incense for a month, even if Mr. doesn't say goodbye to us today, we are afraid that we will have to say goodbye to Mr.

Gonggong Qiu recalled the voice and smile of the old lady of the Hou Mansion, and his kindness to himself was very obvious, and that kindness was not mixed with any interests, and he really cared about it. This also made Father-in-law Qiu a little puzzled, now listening to his grandson say this, it seems that the old lady is very friendly to the people in the palace.

Gonggong Qiu was a eunuch in the palace of the Sui Dynasty before, and he was able to continue to be a eunuch in the palace of the Tang Dynasty, and mixed with the status of the prince's henchman and eunuch, it is conceivable that he has experienced something, and he is definitely not as approachable as he seems.

No matter what he went through, his first thought must be to think in the darkest direction, so that he will not let himself down, and only then can he survive! It's the same this time, it sounds reasonable at first glance, but is there really such a coincidence in the world? Or is Wushuang Hou investigating himself?

Immediately afterwards, he denied his thoughts, when the Tang Army attacked the city, he used the method of cheating death to escape, not to mention Su Bai, even Xuanwei couldn't find out his true identity at all, after all, he was already 'dead'!

Could it all be a coincidence? Gonggong Qiu muttered in his heart.

Then Gonggong Qiu smiled and took the hands of the three little guys and said, "The person you are talking about, the old man doesn't know" The three little guys couldn't help but show disappointment, and then they heard Gonggong Qiu say, "But I can tell you some other stories, but you have to promise me one condition"

The three little guys glanced at each other, not knowing what Mr. Qiu wanted, and Gonggong Qiu said softly, "You can go back and tell the story I told you, but you can't describe my expressions and movements today, can you do it?" ”

Qiu Shou was relieved when he heard this, and said softly, "Sir, don't worry, my brother can still do this little thing."

Father-in-law Qiu also smiled and said, "It's good to be able to do it", and then pulled the three little guys into the house, it was a little cold outside, so let's go back to the house and talk about it.

In an inconspicuous position on the third floor, Su Bai and Wang Xiaobao stood side by side, staring at Gonggong Qiu and the three young children walking into the mansion, Su Bai asked, "Look at Gonggong Qiu's expression, this news is really true"

Wang Xiaobao said softly, "Gonggong Qiu is also a person who talks about righteousness, the old eunuch who gave him a clean body back then was kind to him, when the Tang army entered the palace, he managed to save the old eunuch's life, and only the old eunuch in the world knows his roots."

Su Bai nodded and said, "Don't alarm the others, that kid named Qiu Fu is good, go and ask his family, if you are interested in letting him be my disciple", Wang Xiaobao was stunned for a moment, and then continued to return to his usual Gujing Wubo face and said, "This kind of great opportunity, they cherish it too late, how can they refuse?" But Master Hou, if you do this, I'm afraid it will arouse the suspicion of Gonggong Qiu."

After Su Bai saw that he couldn't see the figure of Gonggong Qiu at all, he turned around and walked away, and said softly, "Even if you know, what can you do?" We are all people on the prince's chariot, if the chariot overturns, no one will want to live, I am just reinforcing the chariot! ”

Wang Xiaobao stopped talking, and followed behind Su Bai like a shadow, he could feel that since Su Bai was knighted, he had changed a lot, whether it was in momentum or ideas, it had changed a lot!

But no matter how Hou Ye changes, in his heart, he is still the same young man who brought himself home when he was about to starve to death!

The crown prince is finally going back to Beijing, and the Xuanwei who came with him breathed a sigh of relief, since Zhang Duobao fought with the masters of the mansion that day, their life in the mansion has become a little difficult, and even the subordinates in the mansion do not have much good face for them, which is something they have never encountered.

They're Xuanwei! It represents the face of the Son of Heaven! How dare these subordinates look down on themselves?

At that moment, there was a hot-tempered Xuanwei who was about to teach them a lesson, but before they could do it, more than a dozen people came out of the room on the side, staring at him coldly, and the Xuanwei stood on the spot at that time, he knew that as long as he did it, these people would definitely tear themselves apart immediately!

By the time the prince's leg injury was healed, their living conditions would be even worse!

They also know that they are at a loss, they all keep their heads down when they walk, and now they are going back to the capital, how can they not feel relaxed.

Li Chengqian looked at Su Bai's family reluctantly, the prince was going back to Beijing, of course Su Bai and Wang Xing were going to come out to see them off, even Tang Ju licked his face and came to see him off, after all, there are not many opportunities to see the prince, and he is not like Hou Ye, so capable.

Su Bai chuckled and said, "Don't make this gesture of a child, you are in Chang'an, I am in the county, but it is not impossible to see you for two hours, why bother?" Li Chengqian sighed and said, "This is the first time that this palace has lived outside for such a long time, and I am really reluctant to let go of your family."

Su Bai chuckled and said, "If you think it's good, you can come often in the future, the relationship between you and me is known to the court, even if they talk about it, it's nothing", Li Chengqian still shook his head and said, "It's inconvenient, it's still inconvenient, by the way, the land next to my prince's mansion is still empty, why don't you move your home to me, then we can meet every day"

Su Bai chuckled and shook his head, "I'm a county marquis, how can I talk if I'm not in a fief?" ”

The two chatted for a while, and waited until Gonggong Qiu urged two or three times before setting off. Gonggong Qiu's eyes when he looked at Su Bai were somewhat complicated, and he was still not sure if the matter of the three children was a coincidence.

Su Bai didn't care about these either, and still saw off as usual, without the slightest abnormality.