Early the next morning, Ye Huaiyu and Ye Huaixin went to worship their ancestors together, and when they returned home, it was already past lunch time.

There were already people waiting at home.

It was the family member of the Shuai Mansion who came to find the eldest young master Ye Huaixin.

At that time, Ye Huaiyu and Cheng Jingxi did not go straight back to the house, but stood in the front hall with Ye Huaixin.

Jia Ding said: "Eldest young master, there has been a letter from the palace, saying that there is an urgent matter, and I urgently invite you to go back to discuss." ”

Hearing this, Ye Huaixin just glanced at Jiading lightly and asked, "Did you say anything?" ”

Jia Ding shook his head, "Back to the young master, the people in the palace didn't say anything specific, but just said that it was very urgent, and asked you to rush back immediately after dealing with this matter." ”

Ye Huaixin hesitated.

Cheng Jingxi looked at the people in front of her silently, her eyes drooped, and she suddenly felt a little difficult in her heart.

"Young master," the family member said again, "The people in the palace say that it is an urgent matter of 100,000 ......"

"Okay," Ye Huaixin said, and then turned his head to ask Ye Huaiyu, "Have you seen all the worship process today?" ”

Ye Huaiyu nodded, "It's on par." ”

"The next two days are not much different from today's, I have something in the palace that I have to go back, and everything here will be handed over to you." Ye Huaixin looked at his third brother, the eldest brother's style was very decent, "You must do a good job, don't chill the hearts of the ancestors." ”

Ye Huaiyu nodded, his expression was less joking on weekdays, "Big brother, don't worry." ”

Ye Huaixin turned his head to Jiading again and said, "I'll leave today." ”

After the family leaned over and saluted, they were led down to rest, Ye Huaiyu and Cheng Jingxi were also ready to go back, and before going out, he said to Ye Huaixin: "Big brother, pay attention to safety on the road." ”

"Hmm."

Ye Huaixin replied stingily, no matter how much he said, he would explain the rest of the matter as if he was routine, as if he could be tired by saying one more word.

Ye Huaiyu didn't feel anything about this, and the relationship between their brothers was supposed to be like this.

Ye Huaixin went back with his wife and children in the afternoon, and except for a few fixed subordinates in the entire mansion, only Ye Huaiyu and Cheng Jingxi were left.

The two of them had nothing to do in the afternoon, but it was a waste of time to nest in the room, so they discussed it and decided to go out for a walk.

In fact, there is no good place to play in the barren mountains and mountains, but it is always very different from the bustling Shangjing, if you just talk about the scenery, it will still have a different flavor.

The countryside is indeed very depressed, and it is rare to see a person in the prime of life in ten miles and eight villages, and three or two old people gather together and sit dryly, and when they see them coming from a distance, they raise their dehydrated eyelids to look at them, and then continue to sit without interest.

The bark-like skin glows a little shiny in the sun, but it's lifeless.

The two walked slowly in the direction of the mountain forest.

"What do they do for their daily lives?" Cheng Jingxi asked.

Ye Huaiyu said: "Some people will regularly go to the outside market to buy and distribute it to the families who still live there. ”

"Someone? Who? ”

Ye Huaiyu smiled and didn't answer, just glanced at her.

Cheng Jingxi suddenly said, "You? ”

Ye Huaiyu retracted his gaze and looked ahead, and replied: "It's not me, it's my father, when the natural disaster came a few years ago, he had a premonition that maybe it would be such a situation, so he sent a letter back and asked me to do it. ”

"I can't believe you're doing these things." Cheng Jingxi really didn't expect it.

Ye Huaiyu curled his lips slightly, "No way, the ...... of the DPRK" He paused for a moment and continued, "If this matter is brought to the surface, it will definitely be a big deal, the DPRK and China will discuss it for several months, and it will take several months to make a conclusion, so it will drag on like this, and it will take almost a year and a half to be implemented, but the people here can't wait, after a year and a half, this place will really be uninhabited." ”

"My father is nostalgic, and the ancestral grave is still here, and he has been leading the troops all the year round, so he has no time to separate. In the end, I can only leave these matters to me," Ye Huaiyu said, "Actually, my father's idea is very simple, nothing more than to keep this place, but if this matter is known to the officials of the DPRK and China, it will definitely be another war of words and impeachment, and there will be too many troubles, so it will be carried out in secret, except for me and him, you are the third person to know about this matter." ”

Cheng Jingxi pursed her lips and smiled, pointing to the dense mountains and forests, "So you tell me this, do you want to kill me?" ”

Ye Huaiyu said: "If we want to kill, we will also end up together, and if someone finds out that we are in pairs, they will also think that we are martyred and died." ”

"Then I really want to thank Fujun, at least let me have a companion on the Huangquan Road, not alone." Cheng Jingxi gestured and hugged her fists to thank you.

Ye Huaiyu wrote: "Be polite, but instead of saying thanks, it's better to be practical." ”

"Oh? What does the young man want actually? ”

"How about making a promise?"

Cheng Jingxi blessed her body like a little lady, and said with a smile: "This strong man, the little woman has been married to her husband's family since she was a child, so she can only sell her art and not her body!" ”

Ye Huaiyu, who descended from a young man to a strong man, stroked his palms and laughed, "That kid, I'm going to rob the people's daughter!" ”

"Phew! In broad daylight, someone dares to act so boldly, it is really hateful, it is really shameless, come on, drag this person down, and hit the twenty boards first——"

Ye Huaiyu covered her stomach and laughed, which book did this little wife read recently?

Cheng Jingxi also smiled, "Did I act well?" ”

"Okay, great, no one in the theater can match you!" Ye Huaiyu praised without hesitation.

"Thank you, Mr. Thanks."

The two walked and chatted all the way, and before they knew it, they came to a waterhole nearby, and there was a man-made cave next to the waterhole, and they didn't know when it was dug up by someone with a heart.

"When I came to play when I was a kid, this cave didn't exist!"

"Maybe someone fled for their lives here and hit a cave for rest."

"The natural disasters in the first two years have made there a lot less living creatures here, and those who are lucky enough to survive have fled for their lives, and those who are not so lucky have all died here," Ye Huaiyu said as the two of them had already walked to the front of the cave, "so the chance of living creatures in here is very small." ”

"Go in and have a look."

The cave is not big, but it is a full place to stay, and it will not seem crowded when the two of them enter, but it is not opened, and it is not a passage to escape.

"Is the water in the pool outside alive?"

Ye Huaiyu said: "It's living water, when I was a child, I came to play, and I once swam out of the village from here. ”

At this time, the sun has turned west, and when the sun sets completely, it will become extremely dark and cold here, Ye Huaiyu no longer walks far away with her, and proposes to go back.

Cheng Jingxi was also very tired after walking for most of the day, and nodded in agreement when she heard the words.

The worship of the next two days was carried out step by step, in short, it was like that, whether it was done well or not, no one commented, anyway, the ancestors did not express dissatisfaction when they saw it.

The two of them walked around the countryside in the past two days, except for the living water and a cave, there was nothing special about it.

On the fourth day of their stay in the old house in the countryside, the two prepared to leave for Beijing.

The guards at home still circled the carriage in front of and on the left and right as they did when they came, but the scope was reduced and the number of people was halved - Ye Huaixin took half of it with him when he left.

All the way out of the village in a low-key manner, Cheng Jingxi no longer looked outside with her eyes as if she had never seen the world, and knew that she would have to bump in the carriage for two days next, so she planned to take a break to recuperate and recuperate.

But God didn't give her such luck.

Not far from the village, the carriage suddenly shook, and Cheng Jingxi and Ye Huaiyu both pounced forward by inertia.

The sound of panicked footsteps outside came, and the two of them quickly glanced at each other, Ye Huaiyu immediately took out a long dagger from under the seat and stuffed it into Cheng Jingxi's hand, ignoring her surprised eyes, slammed her face and kissed her lips heavily, "Protect yourself!" ”

I don't know what the fight has been like outside, but the guards of the Shuai Mansion are all taught by Ye Shuai himself, although the number is not large, but they can still be on top for a while.

A sharp knife suddenly pierced in, grazing Cheng Jingxi's ear, Ye Huaiyu quickly pulled her away, and at the same time pulled out the long knife that had been following him from under the seat, and stabbed it along the path of the sharp knife.

But hearing a scream of "ah", the people who tried to sneak up on them had already gone to Hades first.

Cheng Jingxi swallowed her saliva, her eyes fixed under the seat.

He had been prepared for a long time, because he knew that he would suffer such a catastrophe?

But now she didn't have time to think about it, someone was frantically chopping the carriage, and in a moment the carriage might have to be split in two.

Ye Huaiyu listened carefully with his ears for a moment, and secretly dealt with a few people who were close in the car, and then lifted the curtain and found that the horse pulling the cart was released by someone who lacked morality!

It is impossible to escape by car, so you can only fight your way out.

The scene was chaotic, the enemy was outnumbered, and no matter how well-trained the guards of the Shuai Mansion were, they couldn't stand the many people on the other side, and soon most of them fell, and the few remaining people were injured except for the parts on their bodies.

"What should I do?" Cheng Jingxi was tightly protected by Ye Huaiyu, and seeing that he was about to kill the person who rushed up with a knife, he could still ask this question calmly.

Ye Huaiyu took the time to smile at her, "Are you afraid?" ”

Cheng Jingxi shook her head, it was useless to be afraid.

"Sanshao, subordinates protect Sanshao and his wife to leave!" Someone suddenly stepped forward, his arm was still bleeding, and he was indeed wearing the clothes of their handsome mansion.

The man was about to reach out and grab Cheng Jingxi, Ye Huaiyu's eyes darkened, and he simply raised the knife in his hand, and the person's blood splashed, Cheng Jingxi trembled, raised his hand and touched his face.

It was the man's blood.

"How did you find out?"

Ye Huaiyu's eyes were cold, "It looks different." He raised his hand to wipe the dirt for her, "I remember every one of the guards of the Shuai Mansion." ”