The entrance of Shangnan Foundation Gentang is in the northeast of Shangnan Town with the horse gang.

The moonlight is draped on the eaves of the rows of tiles, like a thin wave surging, layer by layer to the night in the distant sky, like a slight cloud of smoke but not smoke, more and more baked to make the stars and moon light flow, the sky is as bright as water. The cold air seeped out, and the green tile roof under the moonlight began to frost, and the heaven and earth were like a light veil, hazy and miserable.

Xu Ruyu took Youli's hand and walked silently on the eaves. A gust of wind passed, the clothes fluttered, and Youli's messy filament blew on Xu Ruyu's face, so she was entangled, Xu Ruyu looked at Youli with affectionate eyes, gently pulled her messy hair with her hand, and said: "The king of Beijing County is below, let's go see him." ”

"Ah, why didn't you say it earlier, I see people like this?"

Xu Ruyu smiled slightly, attached his lips to her ear, touched the tip of his nose to her ear, and said softly: "You are already very beautiful like this." Although Xu Ruyu uses Danxi to control her voice and is not afraid of alarming others, she is still accustomed to having her surname attached to her ear when she says such intimate words.

Xu Ruyu lightly hugged Youli's waist and said, "Let's go down." ”

Cai Yuhua, who had been guarding outside the door of the hall, was taken aback when he saw Xu Ruyu and Youli appearing in the courtyard, and after seeing it clearly, he hurriedly made a gesture to let the Jingwei who sneaked up around him retreat to their original places.

Xu Ruyu felt that the killing machine that was surging in quickly faded away, as if nothing had happened. Xu Ruyu felt that his body was a little stiff and a little cold, and Youli sent a warm warmth that made him feel at ease through the soft wattle that was with him. His throat was dry, and before he could speak, he was already trembling. There was a sigh in the foyer.

Cai Yu leaned sideways to get out of the way, stretched out his hand to the half-hidden hall door, and said, "The prince has been waiting for a long time, please invite General Qingfeng and Miss Jiang to enter." ”

Xu Ruyu looked at Youli beside him, Youli held his palm with one hand, held his arm with the other, leaned his warm body on his body, and his eyes were as bright as cutting autumn water.

Xu Ruyu straightened up and stepped into the hall proudly.

Cai Yinian is close to the sixtieth birthday, sitting cross-legged on the carpet of splendid flowers, his long black and shiny hair is tied into a bunch of purple silk and draped behind him at will, even if he sits, he can also give people the feeling that his body is great, and the dark purple velvet silk robe flutters down like water, completely hiding half of his body under a blooming and obscure flower.

If it weren't for his sigh just now, Xu Ruyu would almost not have noticed this person who dissolved in the night and the faint light. Is this man with a hill-like back my uncle?

Cai Yi stood up slowly, his dark purple robe flowing down like water, leaving no wrinkles, and his long black hair glowed with a strange glow. Cai Yi turned around and presented his ancient frustrated and thin face in front of Xu Ruyu's eyes, with a pair of eyes like distant stars, dim and clear, which made people feel weird.

"You guys are here, sit down."

Xu Ruyu was silent, sitting on the carpet according to the words, and Youli sat beside him.

"Does Ru Yu have a grudge against the Cai family?"

"You don't dare. It's just that my father never mentioned the Cai family before his death, and Ru Yu's life experience was simply told to me by my godfather by the water, and Ru Yu never knew how to face it. ”

"Then let me blow away the dust that covers you from the past." Cai Yi's expression became distant, indulging in the deep memories of the past, his eyes were closed lightly, and his ancient face became no longer real as if it had dissolved into a dim lamp.

"Twenty-seven years ago, that is, in the early spring of the twenty-fifth year of the New Dynasty, Wang Zongzhengqi of Nanmin County was fifty years old, and I went to congratulate the Cai family on behalf of Youji Cai, when your mother was only seventeen years old, and it was in the prime of life, and the distant road was full of mysterious and strange interest for her, so she naturally secretly followed me forward. Although it was secret, your grandfather also knew about it, but he didn't want to spoil her interest. Among our five brothers and sisters, only your mother is the most favored by your grandfather, and in her year, your grandfather asked the inner court for her for the title of the lord of Jialing. ”

Xu Ruyu unconsciously clenched Youli's palm, leaned forward, and looked focused for fear of missing a word from Cai Yi.

"The day before our birthday, we rushed to Fuzhou City, and Zong Zhengqi hosted a banquet in the palace to entertain us. In addition to the official assistants of Southern Fujian, there is also the county lord of the Zongzheng family, Zongzheng Ningshuang. That year, the weather in Nanmin was surprisingly cold, and several braziers were lit in the hall, but they could not drive away the chill in the tall hall. Fortunately, the guests and hosts were enthusiastic, and the night banquet that day was just like the standard night banquet of the wealthy family, which made people fascinated and happy. When the maiko of the county palace danced the fifth dance, the Jingwei guarding the palace gate came in and reported to Zong Zhengqi that there was a Confucian named Xu Xing outside the palace gate who asked for a meeting, and wanted to offer Pingliu to ask for advice on banditry. The gathering of bandits on Liuqiu Island is older than that of Puji Island, and Nanmin County is deeply disturbed. In the early spring of 27 years ago, the Liuqiu bandits sent troops to raid Zhangtai in southern Fujian, and 27 villages and market towns were sacked. More than 10,000 unarmed civilians were slaughtered by the pirates. At that time, your mother and I had just arrived in Nanmin County, and we didn't know such a thing. The family bell rings and eats, and the diners often reach thousands. Your mother asked Zong Zhengqi curiously at that time: 'Why is it that there are Confucian students in Nanmin County who fight the autumn wind?' Zong Zhengqi was obviously used to seeing people who came to eat for nothing under the guise of offering advice, so he laughed and ignored it, and asked Jingwei to get dozens of dollars to send people. ”

Jingwei went and returned, the Confucian man named Xu Xing was not begging, he wanted to see Zong Zhengqi. At that time, Zong Zhengqi's face became ugly, he probably felt that I, the guests in the north, had lost the dignity of the king of his county, and a frail Confucian student dared to ask to see the king of Nanmin County at will, Zong Zhengqi was irritable and asked Jingwei to drive the Confucian away. At this time, it is snowing, if you have been to Nanmin in spring, you know how rare snow is for Nanmin. We continued to drink and dance in the splendid hall, where the flames of the brazier kept the cold out of the hall. After an hour, it was the Jingwei who came in to report, and the Confucian scholar named Xu Xing offered a proposal and asked Zong Zhengqi to read it. Under our gaze, Zong Zhengqi took the policy written on the horse dung paper with a gloomy face. We see that his hands holding the book can't stop trembling, and we all think: he must have made that arrogant and tired Confucian angry like this. Zong Zhengqi strode out of the main hall, his gorgeous brocade robe dragged across the burning brazier, burning a corner, or your mother reminded him to find out. At this time, we knew that the Confucian who was asking to see outside was a great person, Zong Zhengqi saw his advice, and ran to the mansion gate before the whole crown, he felt that the previous neglect, only by personally welcoming him to the mansion gate, can he feel a little guilty. The thousand-word policy book written on horse dung paper is the "Ten Strategies for Pingliu Seeking Bandits" that was later widely spread by the world, also known as the Ten Policies for Bandits. ”

"We saw the Confucian in a green robe on the long street in front of the palace, with a tall body, a thin face, and his face was red from ice and snow, he is your father, Xu Xing, the head of the six handsome people in the world, he is unrestrained, because of Zong Zhengqi's previous neglect, he is displeased, and he does not want to step into the palace with him. Zong Zhengqi gave him a long salute, called him 'sir', and asked him for advice on how to quell the bandits. At that time, the people who were able to attend the banquet in the palace of Nanmin County could be said to be the handsome man of the world, but they were still deeply impressed by his superb views on banditry and the policies that could be implemented. It was then that your father's fame began to spread to the world. In the falling snow, your mother untied her cloak and put it on your father. It took your father three years to quell the Liuqiu bandits, and Zong Zhengqi set up Fengzhu Mansion on Liuqiu Island, granted your father the position of Governor of Fengzhu Mansion, and allowed him to organize his own tribe. Your father refused and returned to Qingzhou alone. ”

"Twenty-three years ago, your father suddenly appeared in front of my Wangyi Beijing County Palace, asking to see the then King of Beijing County, that is, your grandfather, and threatened to belong to my Cai family. At that time, your mother was laughing and screaming, and she couldn't imagine that she was a twenty-one-year-old girl. In the four years before this, your mother did not know how many family marriage proposals she had refused, and none of us knew the reason for this, until your father appeared in the palace of Beijing County, and we knew that she was in a hurry with your father in Nanmin, and she could not let go. Although your grandfather was wary of your father's sudden arrival, he could see that your mother was so pleased, that is, he did not want to make any extraneous trouble, so he adopted your father's advice on the use of troops in Fen County, and entrusted him with the important task of managing the Yuan, hoping that after your father achieved fame, he would get rid of his status as a Han scholar and dissolve into the family family, so that your parents' family affairs would be possible. ”

"Later, I learned that your father defected to my Cai family just to hope that my Cai family would send troops to contain the strength of the Xun family in Fenjun County and rescue the millions of people in Xiangzhou and Fanchuan who were resisting taxes. Your grandfather was furious about this, and personally went to the army to relieve your father of his military authority and escort him back to Wangyi. In fact, although your grandfather was angry at that time, he did not embarrass your father because of your mother's relationship. At this time, all the celebrities who heard about your father's righteousness flocked to my Beijing County Mansion to intercede for your father. Sect Master Fu also appeared in Wangyi to intercede for your father, and your grandfather released your father at that time according to the will of the people, only asking those who heard about it not to let the matter spread again. At that time, it was almost impossible for your father to marry your mother. Even if your father didn't take advantage of my Cai family, the chasm between the Gao Men and the Han clan would separate the two of them. ”

"When your father was about to leave Wangyi, it was revealed from Nanping County that your father was the descendant of Tianji Xueqiu. As for the intention of the rumor, no one can guess it now, but my Cai family has a blood feud with Tianji Xueqiu and the Rong family of Nanping County for two generations, and now I heard that your father is actually the descendant of Tianji Xueqiu, and your grandfather will naturally not let it go. and your father in custody. Who would have thought that Tianji Xueqiu would be famous for being a good slaughter before becoming a grandmaster? In that year, the dynasty was replaced, and the Rong family, the commander of Tianji Xueqiu, and the soldiers and horses of the Yuan family confronted me, Cai, Xun, Gu, and Huo. After the defeat of Tianji Qiuxue, relying on the unpredictable martial arts cultivation to find the dignitaries of the four great families of the New Dynasty, he found our Cai family, and my mother and younger brother were tortured and killed. My mother didn't know anything about martial arts, and my youngest brother was less than a month old. This incident angered Grandmaster Fu, who had been hidden in the rivers and lakes for decades, and Grandmaster Fu stepped in to stop Tianji Xueqiu's evil deeds. Even Sect Master Fu didn't have the grasp of Shengtian Ji Xueqiu, which showed how high his martial arts cultivation was. Later, for some reason, Tianji Xueqiu repented of his evil deeds, gave up worldly affairs, and devoted himself to martial arts. But the blood feud between my Cai family and his second generation can't be resolved. ”

"Your grandfather took his anger out on your father, and if Tianji Xueqiu did not show up, your father would be sentenced to death. At this time, your mother secretly let your father go, and your grandfather, in a fit of rage, expelled your mother from the house. Your mother only needs to travel for a while before she can return home. But your parents unexpectedly met again in Wanling in the East China Sea, and the two decided to abandon worldly thoughts and join together. At that time, your mother was afraid that your grandfather would have a branch on the festival, so she only informed me alone. Later, when your grandfather found out about this, he silently passed the throne to me, and went into retreat, and no one knew how far the anger in his heart had reached. After your mother gave birth to you, she found that you were born with a great Zhou Tian, and this kind of physique is very easy to die, but cultivating my Cai family's jade recipe can break through this innate limitation, if the meridians around your body are not formed, use the jade skill to wash the marrow and expand the pulse for you, it will also have the same effect. Your mother's skills are insufficient, so she wrote to beg me to do something for you. I thought it wouldn't be wonderful if your mother could take this opportunity to reconcile with your grandfather. For the sake of insurance, let your mother take you to Wangyi Shangbeihe Villa to see your grandfather. In Betsuru Villa, there was an accident that no one expected. When your grandfather saw your mother, he waved his sleeves and struck your mother in anger. Mother's cultivation is not low, and the strength of that sleeve is difficult for her, but I never thought that your mother's forcible luck to wash the marrow and expand the pulse for you, the loss of skill is too huge, and you have not been well recuperated after giving birth to you, and your weak physique can't block the blow of the sleeve. ”

"Your father vomited blood after hearing the news, and he was already drowning when he arrived in Wangyi, but fortunately he was accompanied by Yun Qingxu and Kou Zitoad, so he didn't cause another disaster. At that time, we wanted to let your father take you away after breaking through your innate limitation, but neither my grandfather nor I could calmly face you who were waiting to be fed, and your father did not want to entangle with my Cai family anymore and take you away on a snowy night. Nearly 20 years after that, your grandfather never set foot out of the Farewell Crane Villa. ”

Xu Ruyu's face was like a pool of stagnant water, and there were no ups and downs. Only Yu Li could feel his almost hopeless sadness from his cold hands.

Cai Yi sighed and continued: "Since the tragedy in Bayang City came, we have been looking for your whereabouts, and until now, God has asked me to see you. Your grandfather swore that if he did not get your father's understanding with you, he would never leave the mountain. Your father has passed away, and his greatest wish in his hometown is to see you. If you can let go of the resentment in your heart, then go to Wangyi and take a trip. ”

Xu Ruyu bowed and kowtowed, still silent, Mu Ran walked out of the hall with Youli's hand, jumped on the eaves like broken waves, and quietly returned to the single courtyard behind Yuanju Building.

The cold body and slightly twitching shoulders all showed that his mood was in extreme turmoil at this time. You Li let his tears wet his sideburns, and couldn't help but cry with him, his hands stroked his shoulders over and over again, and said softly: "No one has ever thought of this. ”

Xu Ruyu loosened his tight arms slightly, hugged Youli Huan, looked directly at Youli, and said in a hoarse voice: "I also know this, but I can't say it." Xu Ruyu showed a shortness of breath after pointing out the mountains and rivers in front of Youli, which also showed that Youli was his spiritual dependence.

Xu Ruyu said softly: "My father's family was in drought when he was young, thousands of miles of terracotta, and dozens of villages and towns had no harvest, but the wealthy family took the opportunity to hoard food and raise the price of grain. For a while, the villagers were helpless and began to eat. My father was six years old at the time, and he had already opened his mind, but the family still reluctantly changed him to another family. Fortunately, my father's husband passed by and snatched him from someone else's mouth. It wasn't until the beginning of this year that I realized that the gentleman in my father's mouth was Tianji Xueqiu, one of the three great grandmasters. My father followed the Tianji Grandmaster to learn the art of war and government affairs, but for some reason he never practiced martial arts. Every time my father told me about how he almost became another man's food, he was always depressed and always said, "This is just one of the tragic scenes in the world." My father has been running around the world for half his life, believing that the family has become a stable social structure for three hundred years, but it is also this social structure that has caused the division of the heroes, the war in the world is continuous, and the people of Li Shu are at the lowest level and suffer all kinds of enslavement, and countless tragic tragedies happen to them all the time. ”

Youli said: "I can't bear it every time I see the misery in the world, but the help is limited. At that time, when I said goodbye to you in the Jinshui of Wangjiangyi, I saw you pointing out the mountains and rivers, heroic, and there was always a strange feeling, and then I heard the rumors that you forgot yourself for the people in Donghai County, although my heart was worried and heartbroken, but I knew that you were still the same you, and my heart was also relieved. If you can help this world a little more, I will always support you. ”

Xu Ruyu said gratefully: "I'm afraid that I will suffer you." ”

"I can be with you, I have been given preferential treatment, how can I say that it is bitter, even if it is bitter, I am willing, because my husband is a figure who opens the sky and the earth."

"Now the situation in various places is still unclear, the power of the family is too strong to allow us to directly confront, but I will not let the tragedy of Bayang City repeat itself, my father had a lot of beautiful ideas when he was alive, and those beautiful ideas have now become the deepest wish in my heart, let me tell you one by one."

Early the next morning, Cai Yuhua sent a letter from the Foundation Palace. Xu Ruyu checked whether the fire paint was complete, and signed a reply letter for the sender to bring back. Although this letter is signed with Cai Yuhua's name, it is actually a letter left by Cai Yi, the king of Beijing County. After Xu Ruyu and Youli finished reading the letter, they started to breathe, crumpled the letter paper into crumbs in the palm of their palms, scattered it in the case, and accumulated in a grave, and the wind blew without a trace.

Xu Ruyu sighed: "He went back, as if he decided that I would not forgive them." ”

"I think he should have understood your mind yesterday."

Xu Ruyu smiled reluctantly, cheered up and said, "Do you want to go to the camp with me to train the soldiers?" I want to train these more than 200 people into the best soldiers in the world. ”

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