Chapter 153

Hearing Yan Shuo's footsteps sounding behind him, the patriarch lowered his head and said lightly:

"I don't know why the adults are looking for the old decay?"

After hearing this, Yan Shuo smiled slightly, and did not answer in a hurry, but walked straight to the back of the desk and sat down on the chair.

It seemed that it was inadvertent, Wan Yanshuo picked up the document on the table that read "Sacred Continent, Tuoba Royal" and put it aside.

Put it in a place where the patriarch can see it at a glance.

But the patriarch didn't look half surprised at this, as if he was ignoring Wan Yanshuo's movements, his body didn't move, and he didn't even raise his eyelids. After seeing that Yan Shuo sat down, he didn't mean to speak, and after a moment of silence, he said indifferently: "If the adults don't have something to order, the old man will ask for his resignation." ”

After hearing this, Yan Shuo shook his head, leaned back in the chair, and after reclining down, he stretched out his hand to point to the chair in front of him, and said with a slight smile:

"Patriarch, please take a seat, I want to confirm one thing when I come to you this time, but there have been a lot of affairs recently, and when I saw the copywriting file on the table, I was a little distracted in a trance, so that I was so neglectful that I hope the patriarch will forgive me."

After speaking, he raised another document in his hand, and there were only three words on the cover of the document - Tuoba Hong.

Seeing this, the patriarch's eyes flashed, but he didn't answer immediately, but bowed and saluted, "Your Excellency is polite." ”

Then he took a step back and sat down on the chair that Yan Shuo was pointing to.

After Yan Shuo saw that the patriarch didn't look at the Chinese book in his hand, the corners of his eyes twitched in an instant, but he still had a smile on his face, and said: "The patriarch is so determined, it is indeed the 'person who can calm the world with his own strength' in the mouth of the first emperor, and I admire it." ”

After hearing this, the patriarch lowered his head slightly, his face was as usual, and he responded lightly: "To be able to get the praise of Wanyan Shuo from the Wanyan clan of the Empire, the old man is terrified. ”

As soon as the words fell, they looked at each other and smiled, as if they had seen old friends for many years, and the sincere smile that was left after tacit understanding.

But looking at the coldness in the eyes of the two, there was no smile at all.

After the two laughed at each other for a long time, Wan Yan Shuo smiled at the patriarch: "The patriarch even heard that I finished Yan Shuo, and I was really flattered." ”

After hearing this, the patriarch nodded and smiled: "The old man didn't just know that you were Lord Wanyan, I hugged you back then, then you were just born, and you would only cry in my arms, thanks to a palace maid passing by, I coaxed you happy, otherwise it was possible for you to cry to death at that time, if this is the case, the empire will be one less general, it is a pity," Speaking of this, he suddenly sighed deeply, shook his head and said: "The years are like flowing water, fleeting, and you can never look back, you can't think of things in the blink of an eye, you are so old, And to be able to see the old man again in Dingbian City, it is really unpredictable, and he is not in control. ”

After hearing this, Yan Shuo frowned slightly, his eyes showed doubts, he sat up straight, pressed his hands and arms on the table, looked directly at the patriarch, and asked with a sneer: "Just now the patriarch said that it was the palace maid who passed by and saved my life, it seems that the patriarch and Zai Xia were alone back then." ”

The patriarch replied with a smile: "Yes, the past is in a hurry, and it is like a cloud of smoke, and I can't go back, but many major events are remembered all the year round, so that decades have passed, but I still remember it clearly, as if it is deeply imprinted in my mind, and I can never forget it." ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Wan Yanshuo, with an apologetic look on his face, and said: "The old man is old, and he has been away from his hometown for decades, so that every time he talks about the past, he will have infinite emotion, and adults must not blame." ”

Wan Yan Shuo reclined down again, lightly buckled the table with his fingers, looked at the patriarch and said: "It's okay, as long as the patriarch can answer the questions below, even if I feel a few days and nights, I will accompany Yan Shuo to the end." ”

The patriarch's eyes flashed, he shook his head and smiled: "Lord Wanyan is decisive in killing, and the old man admires it, no wonder Liu Xiu of the Han Kingdom can entrust you with an army of 150,000 with peace of mind, if it were me, I would do the same." ”

I don't know whether it was intentional or not, the patriarch accentuated the word "peace of mind".

After hearing this, Yan Shuo's face remained unchanged, and he replied lightly: "The patriarch has won the award, and I am quite curious about the past of the patriarch, I wonder if the patriarch can tell me about it now?" ”

The patriarch smiled, patted his head, and replied: "I'm old, I always forget things, and now I even forget half of what I said, which makes the adults laugh." ”

Speaking of this, he coughed lightly, as if he was caught in the past in an instant, and the patriarch's face, which was still smiling, instantly became stern, and after a long silence, he said slowly with the accent of the vicissitudes of the past:

"Since Lord Wanyan doesn't dislike the old man's verbosity, then the old man will tell the adult in detail, so that the adult can have an understanding of the situation when he left the country, and he will know the reason why the old man is far away from his homeland and does not return here."

Speaking of this, he glanced up at Yan Shuo, and when he saw that Yan Shuo was listening intently, he nodded and continued:

"The country of leaving the country was driven to the wilderness by the countries of the sacred continent for hundreds of years, although the emperors of the past dynasties had the intention to counterattack, in order to return to the mainland, no longer suffer from generations of hunger, but the mainland adjacent to the border of the Han State was prosperous, and the heyday situation could last for hundreds of years, although there were also several generations of mediocre lords, but there was always Emperor Zhongxing, assisted by the virtuous ministers, the Han State was pulled back from the edge of the precipice of decay, so that the emperors of the country were unable to go north, so they had to be in a corner of peace, led the people to live a cruel life. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly looked up at Yan Shuo, and said with a smile:

"What do you think of Liu Xiu?"

Wan Yan Shuo didn't seem to expect the patriarch to ask this question, his brows furrowed slightly, and after pondering for a while, he sighed slightly and said:

"The dragon is trapped in the shallows, and now it is the time to get out of the water, and the ascension is in sight."

The patriarch's eyes flashed after hearing this, and he nodded and said, "If you can make Lord Wanyan willing to use his life without rebellion, it seems that Liu Xiu is indeed an extraordinary lord." ”

Wan Yanshuo nodded and said lightly, "You continue." ”

The patriarch smiled, with an apologetic look on his face, and said:

"The old man is old, and he runs away while talking about the topic, Lord Wanyan."

Before the words fell, he saw Yan Shuo wave his hand and said with a smile: "What the patriarch said, which sentence ran away, I really didn't find out." ”

The patriarch shook his head lightly with a smile, and said: "My lord said that the old man continued, the people who left the country were regarded as barbarians by everyone on the mainland, thinking that we were still drinking blood, and the barbarians who had not yet been civilized, were to take more precautions, and strictly forbade one of the people of my empire to step into the mainland, and in the long run, the empire gradually closed, and in the poorest corner of the entire continent, survived, but fortunately, as long as the empire did not move, the mainland army did not go south, so there was no external trouble, but no matter the size of a country, as long as it involves power interests, there is a struggle, even if it is out of the country, it is no exception. ”

Speaking of this, he felt thirsty, so he subconsciously picked up the teacup in front of him and wanted to drink water, but when he picked up the cup, he found that it was empty, and there was not a drop of tea.

Wan Yanshuo smiled embarrassedly when he saw this, turned his head and shouted a few times to the door.

Several maids came in with steaming teapots, and after bowing in front of them, they each stepped forward and filled their cups with water.

Wan Yanshuo nodded, motioning for the maids to leave the teapot and let them retreat.

The maids saluted again and slowly retreated, and after they closed the door, the patriarch on the side suddenly turned his head to look at Yan Shuo and asked:

"You maids are not simple."

Wan Yanshuo frowned, and said in surprise: "I don't know why the patriarch said this?" ”

The patriarch held the teacup in his hand, he looked at Yan Shuo through the mist that covered his vision, smiled slightly, and said: "When the old man left the country, in order to save his life, he once learned a little self-defense kung fu, although he had no achievements, but he was a little rough about the palm of the family. ”

Wan Yan Shuo's eyes flashed, but his face did not show a little strange feeling, he just nodded and said, "Got it." ”

Seeing this, the patriarch smiled slightly, and said: "Now that the world is about to be chaotic and the situation is complicated, those 'eyeliner' and even assassins around you are not necessarily sent by Liu Xiu. ”

Wan Yanshuo raised his head suddenly when he heard this, looked into the eyes of the patriarch, and said coldly: "What do you mean by 'eyeliner' and 'assassin'?" ”

Seeing that he was suddenly angry, the patriarch hurriedly bowed and said, "It's the old man who lost his word." ”

Wan Yan Shuo leaned back and said in a deep voice: "If there are others here and hear what you just said, even if you are a member of the imperial family, I will kill you." ”

When the patriarch heard this, a glint flashed in the depths of his eyes, but his face showed a look of panic and fear, he hurriedly stood up, bowed down and replied, "The old man knows that he is wrong. ”

Wan Yanshuo waved his hand and said, "You continue." ”

The patriarch sat down according to his words, took a sip of water, put down the teacup, and said:

"Although the country is a barren land, the people have been hungry for hundreds of years, and even the ministers of the court have no surplus food, but despite this, there are people in the court of the country every day intriguing and attacking each other, until more than a hundred years ago, the nobleman Wanyan Honglie became the minister of state, and with his own strength to clean up the court, almost overnight, all the forces that existed for more than 100 years collapsed, Wanyan Honglie was also rewarded by the emperor, and gave the title of earl, hereditary viscount, since then, after a hundred years of development, The Wanyan family has finally become an imperial family second only to the royal family, because the Wanyan family has too much power, and is deeply feared by the emperor, the emperor therefore used a lot of means, planning to disintegrate the Wanyan family's forces, and cultivate other forces to contain them, but with little effect, the nobles saw that the emperor had no way to take them, and became more and more unscrupulous, and did a lot of bad things"

He glanced up at Wan Yan Shuo and asked with a smile, "What do you say, Lord Wan Yan?" ”

Wan Yan Shuo did not answer, but sighed, stood up, bypassed the patriarch, came to the window, looked at it for a while, then retracted his gaze, and said helplessly: "The emperor wants to capture the old man!" It's a pity that the elders of the family are blinded, and no matter how much I persuade them, they don't know how to restrain them. ”

The patriarch nodded, and said behind Wan Yanshuo:

"Although the old man is far away from the capital, but the domestic situation can be seen thoroughly, the Wanyan family has done too many wrong things, which has aroused the anger of the people, but the people dare not speak out, once someone sues the royal court, it is the time when the Wanyan family is destroyed."

Wan Yan Shuo's pupils instantly widened. R1058