Baishan City, Liu Family.

A little red mangs floated from the white part of the fish belly in the east, and then like a fire in the prairie fire, it quickly ignited the land and dispelled the cold.

"Crunch ......"

Next to the vermilion two-zhang lacquered gate, a small door slowly opened, and the cloth-clothed young man with a sackcloth shawl walked out with a broom, walked down the entire thirty-eight stairs, and gradually went up, sweeping away the leaves and dust accumulated overnight, and it didn't take long for pedestrians on the street, and the hawkers also came out of their stalls one after another, and there were bits and pieces of movement in the house, and a new day began again.

After cleaning the door, the young man turned back to enter the door, and after a while, he carried a whole bucket of water, soaked the rag, and began to wipe the door, which was taller than the three of them combined.

A slight cough sounded, and the young man looked back, and a rickety old man with snow-white and thin-haired hair walked out from behind the side door, carrying a fluffy steamed bun that had just been baked, and handed it to the young man.

"Uncle Qing, it's almost late autumn, it's cold, your body is not good, it's okay to get up late, I'm here." ”

The young man took the steamed bun and stopped what he was doing.

The old man waved his hand and smiled: "I'm old and can't sleep, so eat it while it's hot." ”

The young man and the old man sat side by side on the stairs, and the young man put his shawl back on the old man and pulled the corners of the shawl.

Looking at the young man who took a bite of half of the steamed bun, the old man's gaze stopped on the young man's stiff cheeks, his expression was in a trance, and he smiled after a while: "Qing'er, after this while, Uncle Qing will help you find a matchmaker after the beginning of spring and find a few good girls for you." ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, shook his head with a smile: "No, Uncle Qing, this matter will naturally come when the time comes." ”

The old man clasped his hands in his sleeves, shrunk his body, and said softly: "Qing'er, Uncle Qing wants to see you start a family and start a business in this life, and there is nothing else to look forward to, you are not too young, the kid from my second brother's family is about the same age as you, isn't this that my son is almost full moon?"

The old man thought in pieces, and said: "Since we can't be those martial artists who can go to heaven and earth, it's good to be an ordinary person, alas, if I hadn't been confused for a while, let you go to the assessment, how could you wander outside for four whole years." ”

The young man swallowed the steamed bun in his mouth and said with a smile: "Uncle Qing, didn't I come back again, it was a pure accident back then, no one thought that the team would encounter a black sandstorm, and I was unlucky, I happened to get lost with the team, fortunately, God opened his eyes, and he could be rescued by a passing business traveler, but these guys went south and north, and when I woke up, they all ran to Dayuanzhou, and in order to save the money for the journey, I could only delay it for four years." ”

The old man sighed and said, "You are a child, you must have suffered a lot in the four years you have been away, but it is good to come back." ”

After the young man ate the remaining steamed buns in three or two bites, the old man looked at the street below and sighed: "Qing'er, when I picked you up outside the city, it was also like this in autumn, you have had a poor physique since you were a child, and even a cold almost killed you, especially when you were four years old, the doctors said that you were not saved, you survived, since that time I have known, your life is hard, when you disappeared four years ago, I always believe that you are still alive and will come back." ”

"Is it hard?"

The young man wiped his mouth and grinned, "Maybe." ”

The old man let out a breath of heat in his palm, paused, remembered for a while, and asked: "By the way, you have been back for a month, have you gone to the head of the clan?" I remember that when you were tested for second-class talent four years ago, the clan had already promoted you to the status of the inner family, and the inner family is not as good as the sideline, even if you are looking for a job, you can find something better. ”

The young man nodded and said, "I haven't had time to go yet, I'll go back and see." ”

The old man chattered endlessly, pulling the family routine, which is nothing more than someone from whose family married a daughter-in-law, and who from whose family found a job that saved effort and made money.

"Boom ......"

Different from the creaking sound of the small door, the sound of the two-zhang high middle door being pushed open at this moment was like a roar.

The young man turned his head to look back at the group of people who walked out behind the door, and the old man subconsciously quickly got up and stretched out his hand to pull up the young man who was still sitting on the steps.

Generally, the clansmen enter and exit through the small door, and the middle gate will be open unless there are distinguished guests or the elders of the clan are extremely high, and the young man saw the middle-aged man in the silk coat at the head of the line, and behind him were three young men and women.

The elders and young people in the clan knew very little, but he happened to know this person in front of him that he was the one who handled the martial arts talent test of the entire family back then.

"Law enforcement elder Liu Chunchen. ”

The old man's expression moved slightly, this person's identity is quite prominent in the Liu family, except for a few people, he should be the leader.

The most important thing is that according to the seniority of the older generation, this man should call him the third uncle.

Liu Chunchen nodded slightly to the old man, as if he had said hello, the latter hurriedly smiled back, but sighed lightly in his heart, the reason why he struggled again and again four years ago and asked He Qing to participate in the talent assessment was largely due to the influence of this person, Liu Chunchen was the same as him, he was a member of the side clan, but because of his outstanding cultivation talent, he was included in the inner family, and he has made great progress over the years, and his cultivation has increased greatly, and he has actually sat in the position of the fourth leader of the family.

Liu Qing has no talent, can't cultivate, and when he was young, he also broke away from the family to do business and broke through, and finally owed a lot of debts back to the Liu family, and was chased by the debtor to the door, at that time I happened to meet Liu Chunchen, who paid the debt for him in love, and arranged the job of a doorman for Liu Qing, who was nearly middle-aged, until now.

Liu Chunchen stepped out and casually glanced at the young man next to the old man, who clenched his fists and bowed his head slightly, and shouted softly, "I've seen the elder." ”

Liu Chunchen gave a faint sigh of gratitude, just took a step, frowned, turned his head to stare at He Qing's thin and tough face, and superimposed on the young boy four years ago in his memory, and was stunned: "He ...... Qing?"

He Qing has been back for a whole month, but he has been going deep into the Jane, but not many people really know about it.

Liu Chunchen was very impressed by He Qing, four years ago it was the family test he presided over, and there was a second-grade talented clansman among the side clansmen, you must know that Liu Chunchen was only a third-grade person, and there was still a distance from the second-grade family, He Qing at that time could be said to have shaken the Liu family, and in that year's test, there were only three second-grade, and the other two were carefully cultivated seedlings in the clan.

"You're not dead?"

Liu Chunchen's eyes showed a strange color, and he said in a deep voice: "When you disappeared four years ago, Liu Qing begged me to find you, I spent half a day turning the desert upside down, and I couldn't find you. ”

The yellow-haired young man behind the law enforcement elder stood with his chest crossed, and said with a strange smile: "Elder, you have been in retreat for half a year, of course you don't know, He Qing came back as early as a month ago, and he also alarmed the third elder at that time, and he himself said that he was rescued by a passing merchant after being separated from the assessment team, but he was taken to Dayuanzhou, and stayed in that unfamiliar place for four years to make up enough money for the journey back." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Chunchen's eyes swept back and forth over He Qing's body, and he frowned: "Why is your spiritual power so thin? When you first awakened the second-grade talent, you were already a triple spiritual power, right?"

The yellow-haired young man spread his hands and said, "Elder, do you know, when the third elder checked for him, he found that the meridians in this guy's body were blocked, according to what the third elder said, he should be a spiritual power ...... now."

The yellow-haired young man raised a finger and said, "One heavy." ”

Liu Chunchen turned his head to stare at the yellow-haired young man who was giggling, and said, "Did I ask you?"

The yellow-haired young man shrugged his shoulders slightly, lowered his head and touched his nose, hiding the schadenfreude on his face.

Liu Chunchen stepped out in one step, grabbed the wrist of He Qing, who was flat, and looked gloomy after a while: "The three main veins are inch by inch, the foundation has been destroyed, who is so bold and dares to bully my Liu family's children?"

Four years ago, He Qingke was praised by many people as Liu Chunchen's second, and in the eyes of many collateral clansmen, He Qing will also ascend to the sky in the same step as Liu Chunchen, so the latter also paid special attention to this rare collateral seedling, but he didn't expect this to happen.

He Qing said softly: "After being taken to Dayuanzhou, he accidentally fell into the hands of slave merchants, and he fell to this point, but ......"

He Qing calmly slowly showed a bright smile on his face: "It's good to be able to come back." ”

He Qing glanced at the yellow-haired young man with his head lowered, the latter noticed He Qing's gaze, looked at him, the corners of his mouth rose more and more, He Qing's face did not change, his gaze crossed him, and stopped at the young man and woman behind him, the young man's face was like a crown of jade, his body was slender, and he never showed or expressed his expression from beginning to end, the woman next to him was covered with green silk, and her fingers brushed the hair around her ears, and He Qing's eyes were separated.

"Willow elephant, willow square thing. ”

He Qing converged his gaze, the same as four years ago.

These two people were the other two second-grade talents in the original clan, but as for the yellow-haired young man, it was one of the three places that he was robbed of by He Qing suddenly.

After all, if there was no He Qing at the beginning, this yellow-haired young man Liu Changshan would be the third candidate and could go to Quzhi Academy to participate in the assessment, but no one expected that He Qing would encounter a black sandstorm on the way to the academy with the team and disappear.

Liu Chunchen let go of He Qing's wrist, and sighed helplessly, what can he do with the murderer who is far away in Dayuanzhou, and the person in front of him is like this in this life.

"Fate is unpredictable. ”

Liu Chunchen could only sigh, patted He Qing on the shoulder, turned around and walked down the stairs, Liu Xiang and Liu Fangwu immediately followed, holding their hands behind their heads, Liu Changshan, who was hanging his son, walked at the end, and when he passed by He Qing, he paused, looked playful, and leaned to He Qing's side and whispered: "Providence makes people, to be honest, no one expected this." ”

The corners of He Qing's mouth twitched, he turned his head to look at the face in front of him, squinted slightly, and said, "Didn't you expect it either?"

Liu Changshan was stunned, and then the strange smile on his face became more and more intense.

He spread his hands and said seriously: "Yes, I didn't expect you to be rescued by a passing merchant at all!"

Liu Changshan laughed and strode away.

The white-haired old man on the side stroked the back of He Qing's hand with his withered palm, and kept saying: "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay to come back, it's good to be back......

It's just that even the old man himself didn't notice that he had pinched He Qing's fingers so white and even a little blue.

He Qing turned around and patted the old man's back, the old man's voice became softer and softer, and there were crystal drops on the back of He Qing's hand: "It's all my fault, it's all my fault, you shouldn't let you compete for the assessment quota at all, it's all my ......"

He Qing's slender body stood like a green pine, he slowly raised his head and let out a long breath, as if he wanted to vomit out all the suffering in the past four years.

......

Liu Chunchen, who was walking on the street, straightened the corners of his wrist clothes, glanced at the yellow-haired young man who was playing a small song at the back without leaving a trace, and asked in a deep voice: "Who is the team leader who took you to Quzhi Academy for assessment four years ago?"

Liu Xiang was silent, and did not intend to speak, but looked at Liu Fangwu on the side, the latter's father and mother may have the ability to predict, knowing that their daughter will be so moving, so they took the word Fangwu.

Liu Fangwu's knuckles approached the red lips, hesitated for a while, and finally sighed lightly: "It's Liu Qingshan." ”

Liu Chunchen sighed, his face was expressionless, and he continued to walk forward.

All the Liu family members know that Liu Qingshan, who has reached the realm of Dacheng in cultivation, is the grandfather of the yellow-haired young man behind him whose blood is dissolved in water.

In the world, many answers are in people's hearts, but it depends on whether people are willing to break through this thin layer of window paper.

Now it seems that there is no need and no use.