Luoyang Tongzhifu, a man with white skin, tall bee waist, about thirty years old, sat next to the desk, this is Luoyang Tongzhi Ling Yuanhui.

Opposite him stood a young officer in armor, his henchman Sioux City. Ling Yuanhui inadvertently saved his subordinate Su Cheng when he was at the border, and Su Cheng became his confidant from then on. At this time, Su Cheng's face was full of respect: "My lord, all of them have been solved, and there are no living mouths, a total of thirty-three people." In addition, more than a dozen people led by Captain Han died heroically in the suppression of bandits. ”

Ling Yuanhui breathed a sigh of relief, there was a group of bandits who had been entrenched for two years on Luoling Mountain near Luoyang, and the bandit leader fled here from the south of the Yangtze River. Because Luoling Mountain is located at the junction of Luoyang and Fengyu, it belongs to a three-way zone, so no one pays attention to them. But half a month ago, this gang of bandits actually attacked Ling Yuanhang in Luochuan. Ling Yuanhang's subordinates were all killed in battle to protect Ling Yuanhang, and Ling Yuanhang's whereabouts are unknown. Ling Yuanhui sent out his army to search Luochuan and Luoyang, but did not find Ling Yuanhang.

Ling Yuanhui wrote a letter to his eldest brother, King Ling Jun, and asked him to send it to the border through the post station. He also wrote a note to the imperial court to report the matter.

But he still felt that something was wrong in his heart, so he said to Su Cheng: "Continue to go to the capital along the road to find out the news and see if he has returned to the capital."

Su Cheng bowed and saluted: "Yes, general, I will go personally." ”

Ling Yuanhui nodded in satisfaction.

In Guan Yunhe's study, Ling Yuanhang was bidding farewell to Guan Yunhe.

"Hang'er, are all the injuries healed?"

"Yes, Uncle Guan, thank you for this time, I'm here to say goodbye. I'm going to my grandfather's house to see my sister. ”

"Isn't it true that Yuanhang won't go home to see?"

Ling Yuanhang's eyes darkened, and his eyes were complicated: "Shibo, I still won't go back this time, I'm just going to see my little sister, my father is very concerned about my little sister." ”

Guan Yunhe looked at the young man in front of him, his appearance was handsome, but he was pitiful that his mother died prematurely. Although he is only thirteen years old, his expression has a fortitude that is different from that of a teenager of this age. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, this motherless child is precocious! Following his father in the army, he will definitely be a very good general like his father in the future.

"Daddy, Daddy," Yaru shouted as she entered the door, "look at my little bow and arrow, grandpa made it for me." I ......" and then, her voice stopped abruptly. She saw Ling Yuanhang looking at her with a smile.

"Ru'er, don't be naughty, come to see Brother Yuanhang. "Guan Yun and angry.

Yaru stuck out her little tongue and waved at Ling Yuanhang, "Brother Hang, good." ”

"Sister Aru is good. Ling Yuanhang returned the salute.

He looked at the smiling little girl in front of him, as if he saw his own little sister. When she left home, her little sister was less than four years old, and now her little sister is the same age as the little girl in front of her. The little girl in front of her was favored by her father and mother, and her personality was raised to be playful and coquettish. My little sister doesn't know what her personality is now, and she doesn't remember her eldest brother.

Thinking of his little sister, Ling Yuanhang's mood was even more urgent, and he couldn't wait to go to his grandfather's house in one step and see his little sister.

"Brother Yuanhang, are you leaving, are you going back to Northern Xinjiang?" Yaru asked Ling Yuanhang with a pair of good-looking apricot eyes.

"My brother also has a little sister, she is as old as you, in my grandfather's house, I want to go to see her first and then go back to northern Xinjiang. Ling Yuanhang replied, perhaps because seeing her was like seeing his own little sister, and his eyes were very gentle when he looked at Yaru.

"The next time I come back, I'll introduce you to you. Okay, okay?"

"Okay, okay. Aru nodded repeatedly.

Guan Yuanhe coughed.

Ling Yuanhang blushed and said:

"Shibo, Sister Aru, sail away. After speaking, he bowed to Guan Yuanhe deeply.

Guan Yunhe shouted outside: "Come in." ”

At this time, two guards came in from outside and saluted Guan Yunhe.

Guan Yunhe Dao: These are my two personal guards, Guan Long and Guan Hu, this time I will go back to Northern Xinjiang with you. Then he said to Guan Long and Guan Hu: "Now you are by Ling Shizi's side, and you must send Shizi Ye to the border safely." ”

"Uncle Guan, thank you for your great kindness. Rest assured, I will act in secret and return safely to my father. The thirteen-year-old boy held back his tears, shook his eyes deeply, and choked out the door, followed by two guards.

After Guan Yunhe waited for Ling Yuanhang to leave, he wrote a letter and asked people to quickly send this letter to Ling Yuanzhi at the border gate, which was the second letter written by Guan Yunhe to King Ling Jun after returning to Beijing.

Yaru was quiet when her father was writing, she held her chin with her small hands, and stared at her father with big black eyes. Waiting for his father to finish writing the letter, he watched him ask someone to seal it with fire paint and send it away. Then he asked his father like a curious baby, "Are you worried about the safety of your brother who sailed away, and is it for his father to pick him up?"

Guan Yunhe looked at his little daughter, happy, looking at my daughter's intelligence, she could guess what her father was doing at a young age. He couldn't help patting his little daughter's head and scolding with a smile: "Ghost girl, you know again." ”

Yaru shook her head smugly at her father: "Daddy, I guessed right again." ”

Guan Yunhe touched her youngest daughter's hair and joked to her: "There is nothing my daughter can't guess." ”

Yaru hugged one of her father's arms and coquettishly: "Daddy makes fun of people again." ”

The two laughed for a while, and then went to dinner together.

Ling Yuanhang took Guan Long and Guan Hu to the Pingwang Mansion under the cover of night. The old prince of the Ping Mansion is the younger brother of the former emperor and the uncle of the current emperor. Pingwangfu is the maiden home of Ling Yuanhang's mother, the county lord of Changxing. The two bronze lions in front of the door and the dense nails on the door show the prominent identity and status of the owner.

Ling Yuanhang took Guan Long and Guan Hu to the corner gate in the west. He tapped on the door. I heard a "squeak", and the door opened a crack, revealing a wrinkled face, and muttering: "It's so late, who else can come." "I saw a handsome smiling face of the young man outside. The old man felt that the young man was a little familiar.

The young man shouted to him with a smile: "Ye Bo, it's me, I'm the voyage." You don't know me anymore?"

Ye Bo rubbed his eyes, looked at them carefully, and immediately smiled into a chrysanthemum on his face: "Young Master Hang, it's really you,"

The old man hurriedly opened the door and let the three of them in. While saying with a smile: "Young Master Hang has been gone for several years, and this son has grown so tall." I don't even recognize the old man. ”

Ye Bo is an old family member of the Ping Wangfu and has been guarding the West Corner Gate for several years. Ling Yuanhang often entered the mansion from the West Gate when he was a child, and he was very familiar with Ye Bo. Ye Bo likes this smart and handsome young master very much.

Ling Yuanhang smiled and said to Ye Bo: "Ye Bo, your old man has been fine for the past few years. ”

The old man was so happy that he couldn't see his teeth: "I'm fine, young master, come in, the old princess doesn't know how to be happy to see you." ”

Ling Yuanhang said goodbye to Ye Bo and walked straight to his grandmother's yard.

In the outer courtyard, an eight or nine-year-old girl looked up, her skin was delicate and crystalline, her face was round, and she was a little baby fat, under her long eyelashes, a pair of eyes were wide open, and she was counting the stars with a maid.

Ling Yuanhang looked at his sister who had grown up, and couldn't help but feel a little excited. When my father left with me, my sister was only four years old. I was held in my grandmother's arms, crying and calling Daddy. Thinking of the scene when he had to leave at that time, Ling Yuanhang wanted to cry. Now my sister is so old. I just don't know if the little girl still recognizes herself. Ling Yuanhang shouted softly: "Ning'er!"

The little girl was disturbed and turned her head: "Hey, who called me." "Look at the person who calls you, I don't know. He asked vigilantly: "Who are you, how do you know that my name is Ning'er?"

Ling Yuanhang approached the little girl and looked down at her: "Silly Ning'er, take a closer look, I'm my brother." ”

Ning'er looked carefully at the young man in front of her, her impression of her brother had always stayed on the little boy who was less than ten years old. This looks a little familiar, and he muttered in his small mouth: "Hey, you really look like your brother, but your brother is not as tall as you, oh, by the way, my grandmother said that my brother has grown up now." The little girl finally came back to her senses, followed by surprise, she grabbed her brother's clothes, and shouted excitedly: "Brother, brother, you finally came back to see Ning'er." ”

Ling Yuanhang picked up his sister and turned around twice: "Ning'er, do you want to be a brother?"

Ning Er giggled when she was turned, and the crisp laughter came far away. When the old princess heard it in the house, she smiled and said to her husband: "Ning'er, I'm really happy to play today, and I don't know what this girl is playing?"

Zhao Wangye said: "I seem to hear Ning'er calling my brother." ”

The old princess said: "You heard it wrong, Hang'er is at the border." ”

The old prince hehe: "People are old, they may really hear it wrong." ”

In the outer courtyard, the little girl broke away from her brother and looked at the gate of the courtyard: "Where's Daddy?, why don't you come in yet, behind you?" In the little girl's heart, Daddy took her brother away, so naturally she should come back with her brother. She ran to the gate of the courtyard and looked out: "Daddy, daddy, where are you?"

Ling Yuanhang approached his sister, only to see the big tears on her sister's face falling down like rolling beans. He hugged his sister in his arms and gently wiped the tears on his sister's face with his hand: "Ning'er doesn't cry, Daddy misses you too, my brother will tell Daddy when I go back, Ning'er misses Daddy, let Daddy come back to see Ning'er as soon as possible." ”

The little girl lay in her brother's arms and cried out. Ling Yuanhang stroked his sister's head, and tears welled up in his eyes.

The old prince and his wife in the house also received a message from the maid. The two old men hurriedly walked out.

Ling Yuanhang came over with his sister in his arms: "Meet my grandfather and grandmother." ”

Seeing his grandson, who was thinking about it day and night, the two old men were very surprised: "It's Hang'er, it's really Hang'er." "When the kid came back at night, he didn't have any news beforehand, and he appeared in front of him like a trick.

The old princess took over her granddaughter: "Ning'er, my brother is back, you should be happy, why are you still crying?"

The little girl snorted and said, "I thought my father was back, but my brother said that my father didn't come back." Ning'er misses her father. ”

The old princess sighed in her heart: "Poor child. It's missing her father. took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears for her little granddaughter, and coaxed her: "Good boy, Ning'er doesn't cry, quickly lead my brother into the house." ”

Here, the old prince first helped his grandson arrange for Guan Long and Guan Hu to rest. Then a few people went into the house and sat down. The little girl sat close to her brother. The little mouth still sobbed, and the small appearance was very pitiful.

Old Prince Zhao asked his grandson: "Hang'er, why did you bring two people this time?"

Ling Yuanhang said: "Grandpa, I was about to borrow someone from you, and when I came back, I was attacked on the road, and my people were killed in order to protect me. These two people were lent to me by Uncle Guan. This time, when I went back to the border gate, my grandfather was still bothered to arrange it for me. ”

The old prince and the old princess both changed their faces when they heard this. The two old men asked in unison, "What's the matter?"

Ah Ning's eyes also opened wide, and her little hands grabbed the corners of her brother's clothes. Ling Yuanhang lowered his head to see his sister's eyes wide and nervous, and touched her little head with a comforting smile.

Ling Yuanhang told his grandfather and grandmother what happened along the way. The two old men glanced at each other after hearing this, their experience was much richer than that of Ling Yuanhang, a young man, and the two old men had a plan in their hearts, but no one said it. The old prince said to Ling Yuanhang: "When I go back this time, my grandfather will give you thirty people in the open, and secretly send you some more people to follow." You all wear plain clothes. Disguise yourself, and wait until you get back to the barracks. ”

Ling Yuanhang said: "In order to prevent the news from being revealed, I am going to leave early tomorrow morning, so I will meet my two uncles and aunts first." ”

So the old lady went out and asked her henchmen to call Ling Yuanhang's two uncles and aunts. Everyone was naturally full of emotion when they met. After the explanation, the two uncles and aunts went to work on their own.

Ling Yuanhang was pulled by A Ning to ask questions, chattering happily, Ling Yuanhang looked at his sister with a smile, his sister looked very much like his mother, especially those watery eyes, which were almost a copy of his mother.

Xiao A-Ning was raised by her grandfather and grandmother very lively, she ran into her house and took out a string of folded small paper cranes, and said to her brother: "Brother, you see this is folded, after I learn it, I will fold one every month, and my grandmother said that after I fold a hundred, you and your father will come back." ”

Ling Yuanhang took the paper cranes in his sister's hand, there are thirty-four of these paper cranes, seeing that my sister has been folding for more than two years, it can be seen that some of the paper cranes are not very well folded, they should have been folded when my sister first learned to fold, Ling Yuanhang's eyes were a little moist, and the thirteen-year-old boy tried to control the tears he wanted to shed, but it was really difficult. He had no choice but to throw down a sentence: "Sister, wait for me, I'll come when I go." "Deserted and fled. Ling Yuanhai arrived at the room where the gong bucket was placed, and tears could no longer hold back his eyes.

After a while, he controlled himself and came back to look at his sister's big watery eyes looking at him: "Brother, are you crying too?" But my grandfather said that men don't flick when they have tears. ”

Ling Yuanhang answered in his heart: It's just that he hasn't reached the sad place. He smiled and said to his sister: "How can my brother cry, my brother is a man, how can I be like you little girls, my brother just felt that one of his eyelashes fell down, and it was a little prickly, so he rubbed it with his hand and that's it."

The brother and sister played for a while, and Ling Yuanhang coaxed his sister to sleep, but Ah Ning didn't go back. Helplessly, the old princess said: "Voyage, let Ning'er rest with me." You can go sleep for a while, too. When your uncles have arranged the personnel, I will call you. ”

Ling Yuanhang agreed, but he didn't go anywhere else, but said to his sister: "Ning'er, you can sleep on your grandmother's bed, if your brother doesn't leave, I'll lie on my grandmother's floor with my clothes, and I won't go anywhere."

At that time, Ah Ning was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, but she was afraid that as soon as she closed her eyes, her brother would leave, so she couldn't sleep. After hearing her brother say that she would not leave, she closed her eyes under the persuasion of her brother and grandmother.

The old princess also persuaded her precious grandson to rest for a while, and Ling Yuanhang fell asleep on the collapse.

The old princess looked at the wound on her grandson's forehead and felt distressed.

As soon as I opened my eyes the next morning, I saw that my grandmother and grandfather were looking at me, and it was estimated that the two old men had not rested all night. After washing, several people went to eat, and Guan Long and Guan Hu were also invited as guests, but the two said that they would not serve the table, so they had no choice but to arrange another table. The two uncles and aunts were not here, and the old princess said that they were busy preparing road food for him. Didn't wake up Ah Ning. Let her sleep a little longer. But when everyone came out after eating, they found that Ah Ning was already waiting outside. As soon as she saw her brother, she ran over and took his hand and asked, "Brother, are you leaving?" ”

Ling Yuanhang smiled and said to his sister: "Yes, my brother is leaving, you can stay at your grandmother's place and eat well." Grow tall. When you grow tall, your father should come back. ”

Ah Ning's beautiful big eyes were full of crystal tears. She nodded her little head sensibly: "Brother don't worry, Ah Ning is obedient, he must eat obediently, and wait for his father and brother to come back." ”

Ling Yuanhang lovingly touched his sister's hair.

This is to say goodbye and leave. The two uncles had already gathered people in the courtyard, and the two aunts had already prepared food for the road, and had prepared a few sets of clothes for their cousins.

The old prince and the old princess took one of their grandson's hands, the old man reluctantly instructed and instructed, and the two aunts also told a lot with tears in their eyes. Ah Ning has always been close to her brother. Ling Yuanhang knelt down and kowtowed to his grandfather and grandmother three times, and kowtowed to his uncles and aunts three times, got on the horse with tears in his eyes to say goodbye to everyone, and left with a ruthless horse. Behind him, his sister Ah Ning couldn't control her cry, and Ling Yuanhang's heart ached.

The old princess hugged her granddaughter's small body in her arms, and her heart throbbed: this poor child. The old lady took out a towel to wipe away Ah Ning's tears, and coaxed: "Ning'er, be good, let's stop crying." If you cry again, your eyes will be swollen, and your father and brother will feel distressed when they know that you are like this.

The two aunts also came to coax, and after coaxing for a long time, Ah Ning stopped crying, and several people finally put their hearts at ease. The two aunts already loved Ah Ning very much, and in the future, Ah Ning was treated better than their own daughter.