Grandma Lu's house, in the kitchen.

Guo Yu and Ah Ying are cleaning up pots and pans.

"Tomorrow? So fast?! Ah Yu grabbed the chopsticks and looked at Guo Yu with some surprise.

"A message came from the family, saying that the eldest brother would return to Jiangning in the near future. Dongyu is almost recovering, and we want to rush back as soon as possible. ”

Guo Yu wiped the plate, and it was difficult to hide a little solemnity between his eyebrows.

"Big brother is also back to Jiangning? "Who's going to sit on the border?"

Ah Yu felt a little strange, but the latter sentence did not come out. The second brother didn't know that she and Li Tian had met, and he didn't know that Li Sun was also on his way back to Jiangning. She didn't want to explain the relationship between the two, more than one thing is better than less.

Jinzhou, on the northwest border, has always been jointly guarded by the crown prince Li Tian and the major general Guo Qi of the Dingyan Army.

When he was in Zhuma Post before, Li Tian said that he was edicted back to the Mid-Autumn Festival for reunion by the Holy Lord, so it is absolutely impossible for the eldest brother to be edicted back at the same time, so...

Thinking of this, Ah Yu couldn't help but look up at Guo Yu and whispered, "Did something happen?" The eldest brother guards the border, how can he go back when he says back...".

Guo Yu didn't expect Ah Ying to be so keen, so he suppressed his emotions at the moment and said, "This is the reason why my father is in a hurry to let you go back." I also mentioned to you before that the eldest brother suffered at the border, although the saint did not pursue it too much, but the Guo family was not happy for a while. This time, although the reason for the eldest brother's return was not clearly stated, it can be seen that the situation is serious. ”

"This is too risky, if it is discovered, then the big brother..."

"Therefore, only the Guo family knows about this matter."

Guo Yu looked directly at Ah Ying and said solemnly.

Ah Ying knew the priorities, especially the second brother who emphasized the word "Guo family", which means that Shen Dongyu may not know about it.

Guo Yu's voice was low, and he continued: "Someone has already stretched out his hand to the border, so no matter how far it is, as long as that person wants to, then anyone in the Guo family may have an accident."

Ah Ying pursed her lips, thinking of the recent Bamboo Horse Post incident, she was a little uneasy, but still said: "It's been so long, few people still remember my existence...".

Guo Yu continued the work in his hands, without raising his head, and said leisurely: "Those who intend to remember will never forget."

Ah Yu lost his words. After thinking about it, most of the people who knew the inside story back then were relatives of the Guo family, wouldn't that be...

Ah Ying was a little surprised and asked, "Are you suspicious of the Runzhou side branch?"

"It's not impossible," Guo Yu said lightly, without any emotion.

Looking at Guo Yu's slightly indifferent appearance, Ah Yu was secretly shocked in her heart.

She always thought that the second uncle and the third uncle were just political disagreements, but she didn't expect that the struggle between the two houses was so strong.

In that case, will the parents' affairs back then also be related to the second uncle?

Thinking of this, her hand slipped, and the small porcelain bowl slammed on the stage, and she was shocked into a cold sweat.

****

"How old is it, why are you still hairy, you can't even hold a bowl?"

Grandma Lu lifted Ah Yu's left hand and gently applied the medicine.

"Grandma, I've made a small cut, it's okay."

"It's still a little hot now, what should I do if I'm infected, girls don't have so many scars, do you know?"

Ah Ying looked at Grandma Lu's cautious appearance and felt a little funny and a little sad.

She's like this old man, with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, and she is always as good as ever.

What are some of the things she should say?

Ah Ying pursed her lips, and her voice was a little soft: "Grandma, I want to tell you something... Tomorrow, the second brother will go back to Jiangning... I..."

"You have to go back with him. Right. ”

Grandma stopped what she was doing and looked at Ah Jin.

Ah Ying didn't expect Grandma to know, and she was stunned for a moment.

It seems that everyone is very prescient and knows their plans for a long time.

"Guo Yu told me when he first came..."Grandma Lu paused, and then continued: "You are all good children with ideas, I can't stop you." Now that you've made up your mind, go ahead and don't leave yourself with regrets. ”

Ah Ying was inexplicably sad when she heard this, she was grown up by Grandma Lu, and once she was gone, she met indefinitely, who would be willing to do it.

Ah Ying grabbed Grandma Lu's hand tightly, as if she couldn't catch it anymore as soon as she let go.

Grandma Lu smiled gently at her, touched her head, and said, "Don't worry, aren't there still Alan and Acen, they are much more attentive than you." When you get outside, don't be sloppy like this anymore, there aren't so many people out there who want to tolerate you. The Guo family has a close relationship with the palace, and you need to deal with all kinds of high-ranking officials and nobles all day long. We're not here, so we have to learn to protect ourselves. ”

"Well, I will—" Ah Yu's eyes were filled with tears, but she was reluctant to let it fall.

will part, the hardest to hurt.

"Eh, by the way, I'll give this to you Uncle Gu when I get to the Gu Mansion."

Grandma Lu took out a small string of beads, and in the center was a bead made of obsidian, which was knotted with ink-colored hanging silk, simple and generous.

Ah Ying took it, looked at it carefully, put it in his arms, and nodded.

****

Parting is always so fast.

Early the next morning, before dawn, the three of them packed their luggage and prepared to leave.

This time, Ah Yu did not inform anyone. She thought that it would be good for her to go quietly alone.

There are still many things to deal with in the village, and Guo Yu and his wife don't want to trouble everyone anymore.

This road out of the stockade, Ah Ying couldn't be clearer. Guo Yu carried Shen Dongyu on his back, and Ah Yu protected him on the right side, and from time to time he ordered a few sentences where he should go. The whole mountain forest is quiet, and occasionally a few birds can be heard.

Ahead into the shrub area, the greenery is densely packed up to the calf, masking the uncertain risk.

Guo Yu, who was walking in front, suddenly lowered his feet, his body was suddenly crooked, Shen Dongyu snorted lightly, and the small sachet hanging on his waist rolled to the side.

Guo Yu was secretly shocked, immediately stabilized his footsteps, and protected his wife with his arms. Seeing this, Ah Ying quickly followed.

"Zihuai, let me down, I'll go by myself" Shen Dongyu hugged Guo Yu's neck tightly, a little worried.

Guo Yu turned around, tightened his arms again, and smiled: "It's okay, it's almost there."

Ah Ying saw the sachet rolling down, slid down the slope with a short body, and said as she walked: "Second brother, you go first, I'll pick up the sachet."

Guo Yu stopped his steps, turned around to look, and his eyes locked on Ah Yu.

Ah Ying remembered that this sachet was left by Shen Dongyu's late mother, and she always carried it with her, which was a kind of longing and sustenance, which meant a lot to her.

She slid down the slope, balancing on the bushes with her left and right hands. The soil was soft and sticky, mixed with a fishy smell.

Ah Ying sniffed, brushed aside the bushes, and reached for the sachet.

There was some mud on the sachet, Ah Ying took it in his hand and patted it gently, and a shadow inadvertently caught a shadow in the corner of his eye.

She looked at it subconsciously, and her heart jumped violently.

She saw a pair of eyes, sharp and fierce, like a shrewd eagle, watching her warily, as if they were about to attack at any moment.

Ah Yu's eyes widened, but his subordinates moved faster, grabbed a handful of mud and threw it up, and quickly retreated at the moment.

Almost instantly, the man moved. Quickly dodging the oncoming mud, like a sharp arrow breaking through the heavy bushes, he jumped up.

At the same time as Ah Yu retreated, Guo Yu on the slope immediately noticed that something was wrong, and as soon as his arm was loosened, Shen Dongyu immediately jumped off and was on guard.

Guo Yu stepped forward and drew his long sword.

The other party reacted extremely quickly, and in the blink of an eye, he approached in front of him. Ah Jin's hand flipped down, without any fancy, and attacked directly.

The pale black true qi surged, and the dense black particles rotated.

The other party did not panic when he saw this, and his speed continued unabated.

Seeing that Ah Ying was about to hit with a palm, the opponent's cross arm blocked, and the two collided with their true qi, and they were evenly matched.

As soon as he touched the other party, Ah Ying noticed that the situation was not good, this person didn't know what kung fu he was practicing, but there was an inexplicable gravitational pull, like a thread tied to you, slowly pulling you, digesting your true qi, making you unable to move for a moment.

Ah Yu soon couldn't support it, Guo Yu noticed the vision behind him, jumped up, grabbed Ah Yu by the back collar, pulled it hard, and took it back, and at the same time, the long sword pierced the other party's heart.

Shen Dongyu immediately supported Ah Jin, who was a little struggling, and luck stabilized her somewhat chaotic aura for her.

The other party didn't seem to expect that there was a master here, so he quickly slid back, turned his finger into a sword, and stabbed out fiercely.

As soon as this move came out, Ah Ying was immediately a little stunned, so familiar move! This is!

said that it was too late, and Ah Yu threw out a stone with a wave of his right hand, and the stone flew fast, cutting through the sky and hitting the opponent's neck.

The man only cared about the fierce enemy in front of him, and he didn't expect a sneak attack, his head quickly tilted back, his shoulders collapsed, and he fell backwards with a softness that was different from ordinary people.

Seeing this, Ah Ying on the slope got up angrily, crossed his hands on his hips, and shouted loudly: "Gu Zhan! Are you sick? ”

Both sides of the fight were stunned, the man twitched the corners of his mouth, smiled awkwardly, quickly retracted his figure, took a step back, pulled off his scarf, and a strange but delicate face was revealed.

When Guo Yu heard Gu Zhan's name, he instantly understood.

Own.

He had originally met Gu Zhan, and it was Miao Village that he sent the two of them to.

Although there is only one side, Guo Yu has an excellent memory, but he still has to admit that he really didn't recognize it just now.

It's such a powerful disguise technique, and even the color of the pupils has changed.

"Gu Zhan, who are you scaring when you are pretending to be a ghost here, you are really wrong, how dangerous you are, how old you are, why are you still like this!"

Ah Ying twisted her eyebrows, gasping for air, and cold sweat broke out on her back.

She was really angry. Usually you can joke as much as you want, but not now, this is not out of Yueqi Mountain, there are some hidden mysteries here She may not be able to deal with them in time, fighting here, something big will happen.

Gu Zhan looked at this little sister who was a round younger than him, with a waist inserted, and angrily accused her, like a little adult, and he was not angry, he just thought it was funny.

Seeing that he was silent and laughing, Ah Ying was out of breath at the moment, staggered down the slope, and smashed into his heart with a punch.

"You're still laughing!"

Gu Zhan slammed it, clutched his chest, arched his waist, and twitched.

"Why are you so ruthless?! It's getting bigger and smaller! The fair-faced young man looked at her with hooked eyes and raised eyebrows.

Ah Ying didn't even look at him immediately, and said with a smile: "Hmph, are you going to bully me in front of my second brother?!" I think you're just a long age, not a long memory! Ah Ying looked very iron-clad and steel-proof.

Hearing this, Gu Zhan raised his head and looked at Guo Yu again.

"Second son Guo, let's meet again, kung fu is really good! Admire, admire! ”

"Don't dare to be, Gu Gongzi's ability is admirable." Guo Yu arched his hand and said politely.

Gu Zhan scratched the back of his head and smirked: "What kind of ability do I have, I..."

Ah Ying is the most unbearable person to compliment each other in front of her, you say I'm good, I say hello, it's really boring.

"Oh, it's okay, it's okay, people are just polite, you really take it seriously, it's all your own people, what's there to be polite"

Ah Yu muttered, turned around and walked up the slope, Guo Yu also turned around and followed, pushed Ah Yu on the back, and sent her up.

Gu Zhan was dumbfounded, pursed his lips, and said, "Yes, everything you say is right, I'm afraid of you." Let's go, they're all waiting outside, we'll go back early, and we can have breakfast in time! ”

Guo Yu lowered his body and planned to continue to carry Shen Dongyu, but Shen Dongyu said: "Zihuai, I have almost recovered, and now I am not so weak, I will walk with you."

After that, she stepped forward and took the initiative to take Guo Yu's hand and squeezed it gently.

Guo Yu was stunned, as if he didn't expect his wife's move, looked up at her, and saw Shen Dongyu smiling at him.

"Sister Dongyu, your sachet fell just now" Ah Ying stuffed the sachet she picked up into Shen Dongyu's hand and smiled slightly.

Shen Dongyu was taken aback, only then did he realize that his sachet had fallen off, and hurriedly thanked him. This time she didn't hang the sachet around her waist, but carried it in her arms.

Gu Zhan looked at Guo Yu and his wife on the side, with a meaningful expression.

The four of them rode the morning mist and stepped on the fine sunlight and walked out of the mountain.

"Ah Yu, how did you find out about me just now?" Gu Zhan leaned in and asked in a low voice.

Ah Ying glanced at him, pointed to the shadow of the tree on the ground with her chin, and said with a smile: "Well, of course I saw your shadow, so you can hide it better."

Gu Zhan immediately realized that he made a mistake.

"You really know how to wear clothes, fully armed," Ah Yu tugged at Gu Zhan's dark green robe, "I saw your bright eyes."

When Gu Zhan heard this, his expression immediately became incredible, and he kept chattering that he had picked out this dress that was the color of the mountain and forest plants for a long time.

Ah Ying didn't respond to him either, and hung himself to show off.

"Aren't I also sampling your efforts, by the way, Ah Yu, you will go back later, but don't tell them about it... I..."Gu Zhan whispered.

"Okay, I know, don't worry, I won't betray you!" Ah Yu pretended to be very vicious, trotted to Guo Yu's side, turned his head and glared at him.

Gu Zhan followed behind alone, and shook his head helplessly, he knew that Ah Ying would definitely not say it, this girl is like this, with a knife mouth and a tofu heart, with Grandma Lu.

Gu Zhan looked at Ah Jin's long hair thrown up as he walked, and he was a little distracted for a moment.