After a period of sighing, the three finally settled down.

It was easy to wait for the old housekeeper to calm down, but suddenly said:

"Young master, the old slave is still a little worried."

"Huh?" Xie Zuo looked at the old man strangely: "What's the matter?" ”

The old butler frowned and sighed:

"In fact, the so-called strategy of driving the tiger and devouring the wolf is not perfect, there are too many variables, if it is not a last resort, the old slave is not willing to take such a risk. Therefore, according to the old slave's humble opinion, there are still two worries. ”

Hearing the old housekeeper say this, Xie Zuo's heart rose again, and he nodded and motioned for the old man to continue.

"The old slave thinks that if you don't think about winning before you lose, this matter should be divided into two sides." The old butler paused and continued:

"It will be done, if the Yu family wins miserably, it is not enough to be afraid, but the left and right are not strong in the countryside, and under the heavy losses, it will inevitably be the end of a hasty retreat, and I dare not come to provoke again. But if the copycat wins...... With the tyrannical nature of the thief, when the casualties were heavy, the old slave was worried that he would be aroused into bloodlust, and he was determined to die with me. ”

"Uh......" Xie Zuo felt a little toothache. The old housekeeper said very reasonably, the thieves are doing the business of licking blood on the knife edge, if they are stimulated to be ferocious, they really have to fight to the death with themselves - Xie Mansion is not a fortress with high walls and deep ditches, and it may be able to block the thief's life! Not to mention, the fact that he was able to be easily infiltrated by bandits the night before yesterday is proof of this.

"Does Uncle Qin have a good plan?" Xie looked at the old butler with a blank eye. Since he can easily break through the danger, in his opinion, there should be a countermeasure.

I didn't think that the old butler waved his hand and said, "Young master, don't worry, and listen to the old slave." ”

Coughing lightly, the old butler continued:

"What I just said is the result of driving the wolf and devouring the tiger. But after all, there are too many variables, and no one dares to guarantee that everything will go as planned, so the young master still needs to be prepared to escape in time after the defeat. ”

Xie Zuo nodded, indicating that he understood. If things really come to that point, I have no choice but to abandon all the real estate and just run away with some softness, so as to lose the car and protect the handsome. However, in this way, I am afraid that most of the property inherited by the Xie family for several generations will become the spoils of bandits or the Yu family, or a tool to vent anger.

Therefore, Xie Zuo is definitely unwilling to make the decision to flee easily. However, why did the old butler mention this at this time?

"The two points mentioned by the old slave are actually missing a key point."

"What's the key?" Xie Zuo couldn't wait to ask.

"A guard who dares to fight and can fight!" When he said this, the expression on the old housekeeper's face was quite lonely.

"Speaking of complaining about the old slave, the house has been peaceful for a long time, and there was the protection of the lord in the past, so it was safe and sound. But now that the old man has been gone for many years, he has not yet established a guard team with the responsibility of guarding the home in time, and the old slave and the old slave are really ashamed of the old man and the young master! ”

In the end, two lines of tears came out of the cloudy old eyes, and the whole person also left his seat and fell down to Xie Zuobai!

Xie Zuo was young in the end, and his reaction was fast, he pulled the old man up with a cat's waist, and wanted to comfort the old man, but he didn't know where to start, so he had to pat the old man's back with one hand, and read in his mouth: "It's okay, it's okay!" ”

Fortunately, the old housekeeper was only emotional for a moment, and he quickly calmed down and said to Xie Zuo:

"The old slave thinks he is incompetent, and dares to say that he will pull up a qualified guard within a day. When I learned from the pain, I suddenly remembered that my lord had left a good fate during his lifetime, but it was just right for this occasion. ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter from his arms, presented it to Xie Zuo with both hands, and said respectfully:

"What the old slave is looking for is this thing, I don't want to find it in the master's study, young master, please take a look."

Xie Zuo took the letter, but saw that the letter paper was yellow, and the ink stains in the letter were thick, obviously this letter was some years old. Looking at the content again, it is also very ordinary, nothing more than a letter written by a woman named "Zhan Yang" to her son "Zhan Yu", and the content is only about some crying of missing, and I really can't see anything special.

Facing Xie Zuo's puzzled eyes, the old housekeeper sighed with a sigh on his face:

"The old man is a man, he is kind and charitable, and he has a lot of help to the villagers. A few years ago, I met an old woman in Dongping Township, who was lonely and miserable, and had compassion, not only took her to the county government to live, but also took money from her salary to support the old woman. Needless to say, the old woman was grateful to the master, but it was not until she was dying that she told the master that she had a son who served in the border army, and it was said that she had accumulated merit to the border army; Because she didn't want to drag her son down, she didn't tell her son about her embarrassment. The letter in the young master's hand is the letter written by the old woman to her son when she was dying, but she has kept it in her hand because she has never left an address. ”

After a slight pause, he added:

"The border army has been fighting against the Hu people all year round, and the soldiers have always been brave. And there is no merit in the army and no promotion, this son is the capital of the border army, and he thinks he has real skills. With Dubo's body, he led the guards of the home care home, whether it was to resist the desperate counterattack of the bandits, or to deal with the pursuit of the thieves. Therefore, the old slave suggested that the young master invite this son to thank the deacon in the house for me, so as to meet the expectations of the public! ”

Xie Zuo was like listening to a book from heaven, and he didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

What's going on? Suddenly a cheap dad's legacy came out, and it just happened to be the military talent that was urgently needed now, is this God's sudden opening of his eyes, for the many bad luck that befell him in the past, is it to make compensation?

But wait a minute, Frontier Army? I don't know where the so-called side plug is, but even if I think about it with my ass, I know that it definitely won't be near the left. There are no planes these days, how long does it take to go back and forth? It is estimated that when he comes back from the side plug, the grass on Xie Zuo's grave will not be a foot but three inches!

"Uncle Qin, it is good to have experience in the army, but after all, far water can't quench your thirst from near ......" Xie Zuo suddenly found that the old housekeeper's expression was very calm, and with his wisdom, it was absolutely impossible not to even consider such a simple problem. In this way—

Sure enough, the old butler smiled freely: "Young master doesn't need to worry, since the old slave recommended it for the young master, how could he not think about it?" ”

Speaking of this, the topic suddenly changed: "The fields of our Xinshan Village are divided into two by Xixi. Although most of the land deeds belong to the Xie family, most of the cultivators are not tenants, but use a zero-rent method to temporarily rent the seeds. Young master, do you know why? ”

Xie Zuo didn't know why the old housekeeper was suddenly talking about this, but he still replied honestly: "I don't know." ”

"This is because most of the people on the north shore are landless people who have fled from other places or suffered wars, and they always have a dream of returning home one day, so even if the cost of zero rent is much higher than that of a long-term tenant, they are still willing to rent zero for the luxury of returning home at any time."

The old butler sighed, as if lamenting the fate of these people. But then, the tone changed again: "However, there is a very special family, who is on the north bank, and has signed a long-term lease, but does not live in the house provided for the tenants on the south bank, and has built a grass hut on the outskirts of the village on the north bank. ”

Hearing this, Xie Zuo already had a guess. Sure enough, the old housekeeper revealed the answer in the next sentence:

Before his death, the old man said that this son had come to visit his mother's tomb, and then seemed to reveal his willingness not to stay away. According to the age of this son, combined with the time when the household on the north bank appeared in Xinshan Village, the old slave boldly guessed: The household on the north bank, eight or nine times out of ten, is the son of this old woman! ”

Xie Zuo bit his lower lip and didn't make a sound. Look, what's going on? God really made amends to himself. Otherwise, why not only send talents, but also intimately! If you want to say that this is not arranged by God, the ghost doesn't believe it!