The candlelight in the living room of the east courtyard was bright, and the two frightened maids stood solemnly in the door, looking timidly at the third old man waiting outside the door from time to time, looking so helpless.

The third master glanced at Wu Ming, who was drinking alone at the table of the Eight Immortals in the room, and saw that after drinking a bottle of wine, the sumptuous dishes on the table were still motionless, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly.

In the living room of the main house, the candlelight was also flickering, and Chen Jiyao, who was forced to change into new clothes, sat opposite each other with his third aunt, looking sad and uneasy.

Hearing the familiar footsteps of the third master, Chen Jiyao stood up as if he had been electrocuted, took a few steps to meet him, and asked anxiously: "Third master, how is it?" ”

"Back to the eldest brother, he didn't look at the plate of gold bars and the ocean, he didn't say a word from beginning to end, just drank, at first I thought he was hungry, but he didn't move the chopsticks from sitting down to the little brother leaving, the apricot girl trembled and poured him a glass of wine, and let him wave his hand to catch down, little brother, I was really scared, I didn't dare to go in to persuade a word." The third old man replied with a sad face, and when he saw Chen Jiyao's painful face, he hurriedly helped him sit down.

Chen Jiyao let out a long sigh, and tears flowed down: "No wonder him, no wonder him!" It is destined that I Chen Jiyao will kill each other, and I will be the last! ”

"Master, you can't think so!" The third aunt hurriedly handed her husband a handkerchief.

The third old man didn't have a taste in his heart, knowing the hidden pain of the death and cripplement of the eldest brother Chen Jiyao's two sons, he could understand Chen Jiyao's remorse and sadness at the moment, and pondered for a moment and persuaded in a low voice: "Big brother, the little brother has the courage to say a word, since he didn't kill us ruthlessly, then the great resentment should be solved, even if he can't let go for a while, at least it will not bring disaster to our Chen family in the future, so the younger brother feels that the eldest brother doesn't need to be too sad, one day, he will let go of this hatred, maybe he will recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, Take 10,000 steps back, even if his surname is Wu, isn't it still your bloodline? ”

Chen Jiyao froze, his excitement gradually calmed down, and the slightest clarity gradually poured onto the spiritual platform.

He raised his head and nodded gratefully to the third master, and slowly turned to the third aunt beside him: "Xiaoyu, I want to go and talk to him, what do you think?" ”

The third aunt shook her head slightly: "At this time, he must be very chaotic in his heart, it is estimated that he will not have a good face for a while, if the master goes at this time, it may backfire." Otherwise, I'll go and see for the master, how to say that I'm a woman, easy to talk to, and see that he is not the kind of cool villain, otherwise he won't let us go. ”

Chen Jiyao nodded frequently, what he wanted was this result, his life was saved, his head sobered up, and he had a clearer thought: "Alas! In this way, you can only go, don't think that I just saved an old life, and I have a non-dividing thought, I am really uncomfortable! One thing, I've never told anyone, over the years, I have walked around the streets every polder day, and I was thinking about whether I could see this little son. ”

Speaking of emotion, Chen Jiyao couldn't help wiping his tears again, and the two people on the side also wiped their eyes with him.

Chen Jiyao sniffed and continued: "Twenty-four years, I have only seen him four times, I remember three years ago, on my forty-fifth birthday, I finally waited for him in the market, at that time he was not as tall and strong as now, thin body, barefoot, wearing tattered clothes, carrying two baskets, selling charcoal on one side, selling yam in baskets on the other, seeing people dare not speak, always with his head down, his eyes are dull and spiritual, I secretly cried for half a month when I came back, alas! ”

"In the early autumn of last year, he came to seek revenge, you also know it, at that time I lost my temper, no one was allowed to beat him, stopped Kang'er from letting their brothers kill each other, and sent him to the prison in the city before dawn, I thought that after a few days, his resentment could be eliminated, and I left it to find an opportunity in the future, and find a way to let him recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, but people are not as good as heaven! In the blink of an eye, he turned out to be so fierce and ruthless, so bold, coming and going and seeing many soldiers as nothing, which made people shudder! Think about it carefully, the few lives that died in his hands, the most important is the self-conceited Steward Wang who has a martial arts, which of these people is an idle person? As soon as I closed my eyes in the past two days, my mind was full of his wolf-like eyes, all his cold murderous aura, and all his deep resentment! It seems that this bit of flesh and blood, I won't come back! ”

"Old man......"

The three of them sighed for a while, and their hearts were extremely heavy.

sighed for a long time, the third aunt saw the expectant eyes of the third master, comforted her husband with a few kind words, tidied up her hair and clothes, took a deep breath and left quickly. Coming to the door of the living room of the east courtyard, the two little maids hurriedly bowed, and then looked worriedly at Wu Ming, who was drinking in the room.

The third aunt shook her head at the maid, strolled to the table of the eight immortals, and saw that the wine glass in Wu Ming's hand was empty, so she naturally grabbed the wine bottle and poured wine for Wu Ming: "Eat some food, drink on an empty stomach and hurt your body." ”

Wu Ming's eyes were slightly closed, and he looked at the woman in front of him coldly, feeling a little guilty when he saw the strip of cloth bandaged on her forehead.

The third aunt is in her early thirties, but she looks like she is only twenty-five years old, seeing Wu Ming staring at her like this, her pretty face suddenly turned red, she moved two steps and sat opposite Wu Ming, and showed a kind smile again: "Yuehan mentioned you to me several times, saying that you look like your eldest brother Bo'an, but unfortunately Yuehan was sent away by Master Wang this morning, otherwise she would have been able to see each other." ”

Wu Ming took the wine glass and drank it all, gently put it down and asked indifferently, "What do you want to say?" ”

The third aunt was too stunned: "I don't mean anything else, but I think if you want to, just stay, presumably up and down, there won't be any big trouble." ”

"Thanks!"

Wu Ming picked up the bowl, and ate it regardless of the cold food, and quickly put down the empty bowl under the stunned gaze of the third aunt, stood up and sorted out the armed belt around his waist: "The rifle left in the front hall is my food money, farewell!" ”

"Wait! If you really want to leave, you can't wear this dress anymore, I guess there are cards everywhere now, and you can't go north, you can't go west, there is a war going on there. The third aunt was too anxious to advise.

"War?" Wu Ming turned around, as if he didn't believe it.

"It's a war, someone from the city reported to County Magistrate Wang in the morning, we only learned about the road, the two divisions sent by the Nanchang Bandit Suppression Command are encircling and suppressing the red bandits in Yiyang and Dexing, and more than 1,000 officers and soldiers of the Fuzhou Security Regiment have also driven to Hengshan City, from Jingdezhen to Dexing and then to Yiyang, water and land routes are set up for card inspection, if you run into this dress, it is estimated that there will be trouble." The third aunt's face was full of worry.

Wu Ming frowned: "Xie Lu Xie!" If so, can you find me some clothes? ”

"Wait a minute."

The third aunt walked into the room on the north side quickly, took out a stack of neatly folded clothes, came to Wu Ming and looked at his dirty clothes and pants, and suggested after a little hesitation: "Otherwise, I'll ask someone to take you to the backyard to freshen up, there is hot water there." ”

Wu Ming grabbed the clothes, put them on the chair and shook them one by one, and was very surprised to see that the black clothes and pants were a set of exquisitely made stand-up collar youth clothes, and took them in his hand and looked at them carefully.

The third aunt thought that Wu Ming had never seen this kind of new clothes, so she hurriedly smiled: "This is the latest trendy style in Shanghai in recent years, imported wool, which Bo'an made when he was studying in Shanghai." ”

The third aunt stopped abruptly and explained to Wu Ming worriedly: "Bo'an is the eldest son of our Chen family, he is as tall as you, humble, versatile, and talented, studying at Fudan Public School in Shanghai, but I didn't expect that he ran back from Shanghai before graduating, saying that he was going to Guangzhou to take the military academy examination, and then left regardless of it, until four years ago, we received a mailing package, and saw the commendation order stamped with the seal of the General Headquarters of the Revolutionary Army and posthumously recognized him as a major, only to know that he had been killed in battle for more than three months. This house is his, and we haven't touched it, if he's still alive...... Look at me, if you don't like it, I'll go to the master and find you another dress. ”

Wu Ming shook his head slightly, picked up a pile of clothes and strode out of the door, turning to the backyard as if he knew the way.