Although she was out of shape when they first met, the middle-aged woman who was called the eldest wife by Du Shisanniang calmed down, and immediately made amends. She is the rǔ Qiu Niang of Du Shiyi and Du Shisanniang, but she is not the slave of the Du family, when Du Shiyi was seriously ill, although she was pregnant again, she still helped take care of it for a while, until the joy was too serious, so she had to go home to recuperate. Later, when she learned that Du Sanniang had escorted her brother to Songshan for medical treatment, she went to Du's house again, but her brother and sister had already left.

At this moment, she wiped the corners of her eyes vigorously, and then said with a smile: "There was news before that Lang Jun and his mother were in the Eastern Capital, but they never came back, and the slave was a little suspicious, but I didn't expect that I finally looked forward to you coming back today." I haven't come back for three years, I'm afraid Lang Jun and his wife may not remember the way home, right? It just so happens that the slave is idle at the moment, and the slave is leading the way. ”

Du Sanniang used to sneak to Qiu Niang's house to play, just passed by this familiar house, and suddenly couldn't hold back, at this time Qiu Niang volunteered to say, she immediately smiled and took her arm and said: "Where will you not recognize!" However, it would be better if you had to lead the way. Brother, okay? ”

Knowing that this zuihou was not really asking for her permission, but that the little girl was coquettish, Du Shiyi naturally smiled and nodded. And Qiu Niang resigned again and again, but after all, she couldn't resist Du Shisanniang, and was dragged into the car. Along the way, Du Shiyi only heard Du Shisanniang's voice chattering in the ox cart behind her, as if she wanted to tell Qiu Niang all the experiences of the three years outside. Thinking of the simple and almost simple house just now, there seemed to be no one else, and the memory of the autumn lady had a husband and children, he couldn't help but be suspicious and reborn.

Although there are ugly houses like Qiu Niang's house, there are more villas in Beidu. Even if the outside looks like a mountain country house, you can pass by from the outside, but only to see the slave guarding the door, the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra in the inside is endless, occasionally there are cars and horses going out, most of them call forward and follow the followers. This is still the fact that there are no extremely outstanding officials from the Jingzhao Du clan in the DPRK today, and most of the people are in the shadow of the door, or they eat the old books of their ancestors, otherwise the scene of this crown is naturally more prosperous. And Che Qiuniang's words also drifted into his ears with the wind.

"Over the years, the clans in Duqu have multiplied, and there are more and more people, I heard that the last time Zhu Po Wen Hui, in addition to our Du Qu, Du Village, Guazhou Village, Dujiawan, Zhu Po, for a while, all the Du clans scattered in Fanchuan sent people to go, and the heroes gathered. Hearing that Du Langjun worshiped under the door of the current Dayin Lu Gong, Zhu Po Du Laofujun was very happy, and praised Du Langjun in front of everyone as a blessed person, otherwise Ji Tai came ......"

With Qiu Niang's guidance, it is naturally much easier to find a place than relying solely on Du Shiyi's past memories and Du Shisanniang's impressions. The ox cart traveled for a long time on the roads that had been formed for hundreds of thousands of years, and finally stopped in front of a house. Compared with the previous small and exquisite, or magnificent Beiye Mountain, the exterior wall of this mansion is still a little neat and solemn, but the door is closed and there is no one in front of the door, and there is an indescribable sense of depression in the faint sense.

Qiu Niang quickly got out of the carriage and jumped off the ox cart, glanced at the old mansion where she had been employed for a long time, and then sighed gloomily and said: "I heard that this outer wall was repaired by the old man of Zhu Po Du after Lang Jun and the lady left, and after the repair was completed, he ordered the door to be locked and no one was allowed to enter or exit. Because Lang Jun and his wife have been gone for a long time, there was no news at first, and some people had the idea of this homestead, planning to buy it to build another business, and then the message came from the eastern capital before it stopped for a while. ”

His brother and sister are not there, and his uncle Du Fu is an official outside, Du Shiyi knows that although what Qiu Niang said is very hateful, it is human nature, so she didn't take it to heart. At this moment, in the face of the heavy iron general's door, he beckoned Liu Mo to come up, and pointed to the padlock and said, "Do you have a way to take this lock off for me?" ”

Although none of Liu Mo and the others were lock-picking masters, they were better than the large number of people, and a group of people ping-pong tossed for a while, and the big lock, which was unstable and unusually strong at first, finally fell to the ground with a bang. However, just as Liu Mo breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out his hand to push the two gates suddenly, with the unpleasant creaking sound, a loud shout suddenly sounded behind the crowd.

"Who is so bold as to dare to trespass on the Du family's house!"

With this shout, seven or eight men on horseback appeared in front of everyone. I saw a person in front of the head with a big waist and a round waist, a long knife at the waist and hips, a straight back, and a black beard on the lower jaw. Just as he gestured and ordered his entourage to come forward and surround Du Shiyi and his party, he suddenly saw a young girl in the ox cart poke her head out and screamed in surprise and joy.

"Thirteen brothers!"

At this sound of the thirteenth brother, a figure suddenly appeared in Du Shiyi's mind. However, although Nadu Thirteen often comes to the house to eat, he is also a burly man with five big and three thick, but he is only five years older than him, with a white complexion, where is his face like this person now, with a little black and shiny oil, and a bush of mustache that makes people unable to distinguish their age?

"Thirteen Niang, oops, is it really Thirteen Niang?" The bearded man's eyes widened suddenly, and after jumping from the horseback to the ground, he came to the ox cart in three steps and two steps, stared at Du Sanniang for a moment, and then turned to Du Shiyi. This time, he rushed over without hesitation, and couldn't help but say that he patted Du Shiyi on the shoulder, and it was hahadaxiao who said, "Okay, you are nineteen lang, you came back without saying a word." Fortunately, Thirteen Niang's voice and Thirteen Brother shouted quickly, otherwise I would have directly asked people to take you all down first and then question! Really, when you get to your own door, you pick the lock first, and you don't know to come to me? ”

Du Shisanlang Du Shihan and Du Shiyi are the same great-grandfather, however, unlike his bookish name, people have liked to dance with guns and sticks since they were children, and they are actually famous rangers in Chang'an. He said a lot of things to himself, and no matter what Du Shiyi's reaction was, he stretched out his hand and pushed the door wider, and when the rebel stepped in first, he was zhanzhu. It wasn't until Du Shiyi and Du Sanniang came in that he spoke: "Du Laofujun just let people build a wall to block those who covet it, and the rest of the houses have not been repaired. The wind blows and the rain is drenched, and you won't be able to live at all for a while. ”

Du Sanniang looked at the corridors on both sides of the building, only the ruins remained, leaving only the main hall standing alone in the middle, but it had also shown a tendency to decline, thinking of the fire that almost made her collapse to despair, and couldn't help but hold Du Shiyi's arm for a while. And in this courtyard for the rest of his life, Du Shiyi was also silent for a long time, and then said: "Let's take a look later." ”

"Don't look, don't look at Brother!" Du Sanniang hurriedly spoke out to stop her, but seeing that Du Shiyi still insisted on moving forward, she had to let go of her hand and dodge in front of Du Shiyi, "Brother, have you forgotten that the fire started from the back bedroom, and the back is even more unsightly than the front......"

"It's okay, are you still afraid that Brother I will become the same as before because I went to see it?"

Du Shiyi smiled and pressed Du Sanniang's shoulder, and strode forward again. When you go around the main hall that seems to be shaking, you will be greeted by a blackened ruin. He couldn't tell where Du Sanniang was talking about the dormitory, and he could only see that among the blackened rubble, there were countless weeds and wildflowers, tenaciously pulling out bright buds and green leaves, blooming colorful flowers. At the same time, the memories of that night in the fire flashed in front of his eyes, and Zuihou had to stretch out his right thumb and middle finger and rub his temples vigorously, which only then did he suppress the slightest trace of restlessness.

"Brother, brother?"

Hearing the familiar voice in his ears, Du Shiyi turned his head sideways, and seeing that Du Sanniang was still full of worry, he smiled bitterly and spread his hands and said: "It seems that it is right to spend the night in Chang'an City last night, otherwise if we find this place at night, I'm afraid we will have to sleep outside." ”

After saying this, seeing that Du Shihan also came in, he said thoughtfully: "Thirteenth brother, according to what you said before, no one has come in here yet?" ”

"Of course no one has ever come in." Du Shihan nodded with great certainty, patted his chest and said, "In the past few years, I have personally led people to inspect. And when I built the outer wall, I had wires and bells installed, so that the neighbors would know when they heard the movement. It's just that I didn't expect to run into a lock smasher today, I thought it was a stupid thief from somewhere! By the way, Nineteen Lang, did you come back this time to pay tribute to your hometown? ”

Du Shiyi suddenly raised his eyebrows and said, "How does the thirteenth brother know?" ”

"Really?" Du Shihan's eyes widened in surprise, and then he scratched the mustache on his chin with some distress, "I heard that this year's Jingzhao Mansion exam is really lively, not to mention anything else, just our Jingzhao Du Clan, there are seven or eight plans to take the exam." This year's Jingzhao Mansion test was presided over by Guo Quan, the county magistrate of Wannian County, Guo Shaofu, and Du Laofu Jun heard that several elders had begged him, and hoped that he would say hello to Guo Quan. After all, Guo Shaofu had received the favor of the old mansion gentleman. If you add ...... to this."

"Du Langjun!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard a sudden call from outside, followed by Liu Mo rushing in like a gust of wind: "A group of people came from outside, and the Tao was sent by Zhu Po Du Lao Fujun." I heard that Du Langjun and the thirteen ladies are back, please go to Zhupo Mountain to see you for the first time! ”