"Since the great-grandfather traveled far away to return to the field, this war knife has not drunk human blood for more than 30 years, my grandfather single-handedly supported the huge family business, physically and mentally exhausted, obsessed with alchemy, once took three Yuan Jin Dan after falling asleep for a long time, to the other world to become an immortal, at that time my father was still in Chang'an, he was originally preparing to learn from the text. His father returned to his hometown to take over the family business, he was an upright scholar, and he was not good at running the business on the road, so he took his second uncle back from Hengzhou and handed over half of the business to him. Within two years, they officially split the family property in front of the spirit of their ancestors, one palm bright and the other dark. ”

Su Qing took the chopping iron from Li Mao's hand, flipped his wrist and tried it, his eyes were as clear as water: "My father used it for two years when he was young, but he couldn't study or practice martial arts, and he left it after taking over the family business." When my brother was at home, he often took it out to play, and asked a master craftsman to rearrange the scabbard. Further back...... It hadn't been unsheathed for five years, so much so that the back of the knife was rusty. But it's a sword, I'll show you. ”

Su Qing took out three copper coins, stacked them on the table, turned the knife in his hand around, and after feeling the knife, he slashed down in the air with a "bang", and with a crisp sound, the three copper coins flew out, and a new knife wound was added to the table.

Li Mao retrieved the copper coin that had been blown away, and the incision was neat, and he was surprised for a while. Su Qing stretched out his head to look, his hair was rubbing against Li Mao's face, itchy and crispy.

"I haven't practiced knives for a long time, and my hands are raw."

Su Qing showed the blade to Li Mao, and the two of them checked it together, but they didn't find any gaps, not even a trace of imprints.

"Good knife, good knife!" Li Mao was full of praise, "It's just such a treasure, I deserve it." ”

Su Qing pursed her lips and smiled, glanced at Li Mao, put away the knife and returned the sheath, held it in front of Li Mao, and said softly: "The men of the Su family are unwilling to inherit it, and I am a female streamer, and now it belongs to you." ”

Li Mao solemnly took the knife, stroked it, and couldn't put it down, Su Qing pursed his lips and smiled again, and said coquettishly: "It's just a weapon worth six dollars, why don't you look at it over and over again like this?" He snatched the knife from Li Mao's hand, put it on the desk, and said: "Go and hire a knifesmith tomorrow to polish and polish it well, you are now a general of the unified army, and it is really not like saying that you will go to the battlefield with a rusty knife." ”

Speaking of going to the battlefield, Li Mao's face was gloomy, it was not the first time he had been on the battlefield, but it was the first time as the commander of the three armed forces, it was a lie to say that he was not nervous, in fact, he had been insomnia for several nights. Su Qing knew this, but she just pretended not to know, she smiled and comforted: "The bandits are all rabble, and they will scatter in a hurry when they see the banners of the official army." As long as you don't push them to their deaths, no one will fight with you. Seeing that Li Mao's face was still ugly, Su Qing pursed her lips and smiled, walked out of the room, coughed, called Xiaoru, and ordered, "Please come to the princess." ”

Soon after Xiao Ru left, he brought a thin old man with snow-white hair, red eyes, and less than six feet tall, who at first glance looked like a skeletal ghost. Su Qing bowed deeply and respectfully called Taigong. Before getting married, Su Qing had always been the big housekeeper of Su Zhen's house, in charge of the huge family business and hundreds of people, and he had been dealing with all kinds of characters for many years, with a majestic and steady temperament, the Su family was from the chief manager to the servants, and in front of Su Qing, they couldn't hold their breath and tremble, even if they grew up together, they didn't dare to make a little mistake in front of her, Li Mao was the first time to see her so respectful to a subordinate.

He looked carefully at the sloppy thin little old man, and his heart was full of doubts.

"This is Mrs. Mao, who traveled with my great-grandfather to marry Jinlan in righteousness, and can move a sixty-eight-pound iron cone, brave and invincible. This time, when I heard that you were on the march, I specially came from my hometown to escort you. As soon as he said this, the old man interrupted Su Qing impatiently, pointed to Li Mao's face and asked angrily, "This is your newly recruited son-in-law?" ”

The sound shook like thunder, and Li Mao's ears were buzzing, and he was just about to explain, when Su Qing pulled him, shook his head and said, "Taigong is deaf, don't care." ”

Seeing Su Qing's mouth moving but not hearing what she said, the old man was anxious, so he shouted loudly: "I'm not deaf!" Your little rabbit cub Hugh wants to scold me behind my back, I have lived for such a long time, I haven't seen anything, Su Yi called me uncle when he was a child, 'uncle, dig a bird's nest for me', 'uncle, I want to eat mulberry fruit', 'uncle, I called the dog to bite', hey, how sweet and sweet the little mouth is, when I grow up, I think I'm an eyesore, send me to the grange outside the city to work as a coolie, go to Qizhou to ask the gods and I say, 'I'll accompany you?' He said, 'You old man stay at home honestly, don't make trouble for Lao Tzu', don't want me to accompany you, what is the result, no one cares about dying in the inn! When I went to collect him, my ears and nose were gnawed away by the rats, and there was a big hole in my face. ”

"Wow", hearing the tragic situation of his grandfather Su Yi's death, Su Qing couldn't help but burst into tears. "There's a fart to cry now, people can't come back to life after death." Mrs. Mao was very arrogant, didn't care, and continued to talk to himself,...... changed Su Zhen to be in charge, his heart was even darker, and he actually sent Lao Tzu to guard the granary, which did not see the light of day all year round, ungrateful, ungrateful. ”

The old man beat his chest and paused, looking in a miserable state of pain, Su Qing wiped his eyes, gently pushed away Li Maohuan's hand on her waist, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said coquettishly: "Taigong, it's all some old old stories of old sesame seeds and rotten grain, don't mention it, since I grew up and sensible, have I ever treated you badly?" You touch your conscience and tell the truth. The old man complained, his face softened, and he couldn't resist Su Qing's coquettishness, he wiped the smeared stars on his snow-white beard, and there was a rare trace of tenderness in his red eyes, and he smiled: "In the end, you still have a conscience, and often steal some wine and meat for Lao Tzu to enjoy." Anyway, what the hell is the idea of bringing Lao Tzu out of the moldy granary this time? ”

Su Qing snuggled up to Li Mao, just smiling, but not speaking. The old man snorted, his face darkened, and he stretched out his fingers like dead branches to Su Qing's forehead, and shouted like thunder: "I want Lao Tzu to go into battle to protect the safety of your son-in-law." Your grandma, I know that you girl is not well-intentioned. He added: "You have picked a son-in-law for more than ten years, and you have picked such a product." How can He De, is it worth Lao Tzu's life for him? Su Qing didn't answer, just smiled, she leaned her head slightly on Li Mao's shoulder, and looked at the old man with her eyes. Li Mao took advantage of the situation and hugged her waist and showed affection in front of her.

Lao Er covered his eyes in pain, and roared like thunder: "Understood, don't fake in front of me." Alas, I have eaten your Su family's wine and rice for 30 years, and the 100 catties will be returned to you. Seeing that the old man was relieved, Su Qing knelt down in front of the old man, and begged with tears in his eyes: "Taigong, I entrust Li Lang to you, you have to protect him thoroughly, don't let me be a widow at a young age." Busy pulling Li Mao said: "The prince promised to protect you thoroughly, don't thank him for the old man." Before Li Mao could come to his senses, the old man had already waved his big hand and shouted: "Excuse me, I don't like this kid left and right." Girl, I agreed for the sake of your face. . ”

After the old man finished speaking, he glanced at Li Mao, and became frizzy for a while, only to feel that he was not sitting, nor was he standing, there seemed to be no place for him to stand between heaven and earth, and he hummed for a while, and walked like a fly, compared with the old dragon bell when he came, he was completely like a different person.

Li Mao was stunned for a while, and asked Su Qing: "This old man ...... How long does he live? Su Qing said: "I can't tell how big he is, but I know that you and I plus ten people are not his opponents, he eats four meals a day, and he has to eat a chicken at each meal, plus three flatbreads and a pound of wine, who can eat this kind of food?" ”

Li Mao was not satisfied with this old man, knowing that he was a strange person, but he didn't want to use him as a guard, but it was difficult for Su Qing to be kind, so he said in a roundabout way: "He is the same generation as your grandfather, and he is so old, he has no eyes on the battlefield, if he is injured, how can I feel at ease?" ”

Su Qing's answer surprised Li Mao, she said: "Hugh cares whether he lives or dies, he was originally my great-grandfather's subordinate, my great-grandfather saved him three times on the battlefield, he saved his great-ancestor once, and he bowed to his brother with a dead face." The great-grandfather took off his armor and returned to the field, fearing that he would have a bad temper and would not be able to tolerate him in the army, so he took him with him. Yuanxing Gong opened a small shop in Caozhou and worked hard. He is idle and causes trouble. Later, Yuanxing Gong gave him a family affair, and the lady gave birth to three boys and four girls, but he didn't care, and he couldn't play at home all day long, thanks to Yuanxinggong's constant help, he raised his children to adulthood.

"When his children are married, no one wants to take care of him. You don't know how evil he is, living in his son's house, picking up ashes, living in his daughter's house, hooking up with other people's mothers-in-law, and stealing money from others. When he was old and helpless, his grandfather and father took him in, gave him a job to do, and had a job to eat, he was good, he relied on the old and sold the old, and his mouth still stinks, and his father and brother hated him, I was born with good intentions, and I never treated him badly in terms of food. He kept clamoring to repay me with his life, but the opportunity came. ”

Li Mao sighed, Su Qing said: "Hugh has to sigh for him, he has today, it's just that he took a wrong step back then, he shouldn't have returned to the field with my great-grandfather, his glory is in the field, and the horse leather shroud may be his best belonging." ”

The two of them were silent at the same time, and the sound of the room outside the window came clearly, and finally Li Mao broke the silence first, he slid his fingers on Su Qing's thin waist, and Su Qing turned around, his eyes were hazy and drunk.

"Hold me." Su Qing prayed softly.

Li Mao picked up his wife and walked to the next room, where Xiaoru had prepared a huge bath bucket with just the right temperature.