Volume 1: Once Upon a Time in the Capital Chapter 142: The Story Behind the Story
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Li Xiangru lowered his head and thought for a while, but in the end he was helpless. He can arrange a person with good character to slowly pursue Xiaomei, and arrange a few accidents to make Xiaomei have a good impression and dependence on that man, so that everything can fall into place. The success of this game was very great, but he couldn't do it.
Li Xiangru turned around and looked at the little sister with a face that was slowly indifferent, and after thinking about it a few times, he said, "Even if you hate me, it doesn't matter." Yes, I am not hostile to the right children. Brother Mao Ye also told me to take care of me. That's the only thing I can do!" He waved his hand to stop the little sister from speaking, and added, "Even if I refuse, I will still do it." In any case, the children are innocent, they are also from the Lu Mansion, and they can be regarded as continuing the bloodline of the Lu Mansion. ”
After Li Xiangru finished speaking, he slowly walked outside the courtyard, and when he walked to the gate of the fence, he suddenly stopped, and turned around and said, "I will take care of the aftermath, but it is better to change places." At least gather a little bit with the people in the village, kid...... It's all still small. ”
The little sister pursed her lips tightly and remained silent until Li Xiangru stepped out of the fence door, and after hesitation, she said, "Wait!"
Li Xiangru stopped and looked back at her little sister in surprise.
The little sister turned her head to look out of the courtyard, and there was already a noisy footstep and shouting in the distance.
Li Xiangru followed the little sister's gaze and listened intently for a while. The sound of the footsteps is the same as the sound of the Orion Fields on the mountain, it should be the Orion Gate returning from outside, and the harvest should be good listening to the shouts.
"Let's stay for dinner and then go!" After speaking, the little sister turned around and went into the house, and after a while, she changed her clothes and came out, walked directly to the stove, and began to work on dinner.
Li Xiangru hesitated for a while, but still retreated to the courtyard.
After a while, a little boy led a five-year-old girl from the outside towards the land.
The little boy wiped the little girl's face, which was stained by playfulness, and whispered that the little girl was too unhygienic and always playing with mud, saying that when his mother saw him, he would be scolded and so on. It wasn't until he saw Li Xiangru at the door that the little boy stopped, a little surprised and a little surprised. He trotted over and tilted his little head and asked, "Huh...... How is it in my house?"
The price of growing up is in exchange for interesting and simple innocence and ignorant whiteness and cleanliness. When we grow up, we can no longer find the inexplicable reason to laugh as children.
In order to make a living, Xiaomei has to get up very early in the morning to pull vegetables to the city on a trailer to sell. A pair of children had to be entrusted to Aunt Ge not far away to take care of them.
Aunt Ge's inability to have children has become an unspeakable pain in their small family, they love the cleverness of their youngest son Ji Rong, and they like the cuteness of their youngest daughter Ji Huan even more.
Ji Rong followed Uncle Ge up the mountain to hunt, and Ji Huan stayed at home with Aunt Ge to take care of him. It is a kind of happiness that is mutually enjoyable and comforting. Aunt Ge said that she wanted to accept Ji Rong as her godson, but the little sister directly refused without giving any explanation. But the little sister agreed to let Ji Huan shout
They are fathers and mothers. Uncle Ge looked puzzled, why is his daughter okay, but his son can't? Accepting as a righteous son does not require Ji Rong to change his surname, but this kind of relationship makes the relationship between the two families better, and it stands to reason that the living little sister should agree. After mentioning it a few times, I saw that my little sister was still resolute, so I had to give up. Uncle Dige, who is in his forties, is not the kind of person who is stubborn and unreasonable, although he has never really gone out to see things, but he has a belly like his strong and broad chest. The couple still have a good love for Ji Rong, the brother and sister.
Ji Rong maintains the innocence that an eight-year-old boy should have, and at the same time is much more sensible and well-behaved than his peers.
When he was three years old, he had no father. As for her father's true identity and information, Xiaomei did not tell him truthfully, he knew that it was just a fictitious ordinary birth.
He only has memories of his uncle, and when he was very young, he began to take care of him, hugged him, coaxed him, taught him some basic martial arts, and told him a lot of truths. The only impression I have of my father is that I get a little bit of it from my mother, who rarely mentions it.
It wasn't until his uncle died that he began to feel that something was a little bit wrong. However, the mother kept her mouth shut and did not say a word about it. He didn't want his mother to worry too much, so he didn't mention it anymore. Outside this remote city, there is only silent growth.
Under his mother's threatening gaze, Ji Rong stopped chattering questions. He wondered what kind of skills this good-looking man had, and whether such skills were enough to teach him. At the very least, it's a good choice to read. What's more, my mother also said that this man was a former friend of my father's?
After a simple dinner, the little sister washed Ji Huan and then hugged her to bed and let the two brothers and sisters go to bed.
Li Xiangru stood in the courtyard, silently looking at the night sky scattered by stars. In this warm little home, he remembered that his mother was so gentle before.
The little sister came out after waiting for the two brothers and sisters to go to bed, looked at Li Xiangru standing in the courtyard, walked over slowly, and said, "Let's go outside for a walk." ”
Li Xiangru looked back at the room, then nodded.
"There was a flood in my hometown, and my father was swept away by the flood to save my brother. No more news from him. "The river is not wide, and the babbling water sparkles under the faint stars. Xiaomei looked at a rapids and said slowly, "After the flood, the houses in the village were all knocked out, and the crops in the fields were all spared. My mother took us to join relatives in the capital, but we fell seriously ill and died on the way. At that time, we were only a third of the way. Before dying, my mother told my brother to take good care of myself and me, and asked us brothers and sisters to remember the address of our relatives in the capital, saying that even if we are separated, we must remember to go back to that place to find each other in the future. At that time, our age was about the same as that of Ji Rong's brothers and sisters. ”
The little sister's face sometimes showed sadness, sometimes showed a smile of remembrance, she turned around, and looked at Li Xiangru who was silent behind her, silently
"We don't have silver taels on us, and my mother was deceived by a liar when she only had a silver fork." My brother was beaten by those bad guys, and at that time I only knew how to cry, squatting next to my brother with a blue nose and swollen face and crying. The elder brother just wiped the spilled blood, smiled and comforted me that it was okay. Then my mother was hastily buried, and we set off for the capital to join our relatives. ”
Li Xiangru sighed softly, patiently listened to the little sister's story, and said, "It must be a very difficult journey." ”
"yes...... It's very difficult...... "The little sister looked away and looked at the sky and the stars. He continued, "Even on a night like this, there are only a few stars, and the night is not bright. My brother and I hid in a dilapidated temple, and that night a group of splashes snatched me away...... When I was picked up and walked away, I saw only my brother being beaten viciously by a group of people. My brother put his hands on his head and didn't say a word, just looked at me in pain......" her voice slowly became choked, "After several reversals, I was taken to the capital by those people, and in Anning Town, I was locked up in a cage and sold like a shopping mall. After passing through two more fierce and vicious masters, my brother found me. At that time, I was already eleven years old, and he also became a guard in the Marshal Mansion. After my brother found me, he didn't recognize me directly, but just arranged me into the marshal's mansion, and even silently didn't let me know that he was kind to me. Those years were the most comfortable and happiest days I lived. ”
It's not the night that renders sadness, it's sadness that renders the night.
Li Xiangru looked at the little sister who was crying silently, revealing a complicated mood. He had not experienced such a separation, but he seemed to understand the connection between family and blood.
After a long time, the little sister raised her sleeves, wiped away her tears, turned her head to Li Xiangru and reluctantly squeezed out a smile, and said, "Saying this, just to talk." ”
"Hmm. Li Xiangru nodded understandingly, saying this is really just to say this.
"My brother has said more than once, he said that although he is the youngest, he always causes trouble, and often provokes the commander to be angry. However, they are the ones who admire the most. He also told me that the commander always praises him behind his back, saying that he is a very talented person who can surpass the commander in less than ten years. The little sister smiled and diverted the topic sadly. He also said, "He said that the people he admires the most are except for the division commander and the military division." ”
Li Xiangru smiled bitterly and said, "It turns out that I didn't know that I was so good." ”
Xiaomei shook her head and said, "It's far more powerful than I imagined." I have seen those people, those who came to the capital to assassinate Fan Taiwei, those who participated in the massacre of the Marshal's Mansion, and the mastermind who really succeeded in assassinating and had some weight never succeeded. Only...... It worked. ”
The little sister looked at Li Xiangru seriously, and said, "It's amazing! Feng Kangbo was killed all over the house overnight, this is also what he did, right?"
Li Xiangru was slightly shocked in her heart, but she didn't want even her little sister to know about it?
The little sister seemed to see through Li Xiangru's thoughts, but she didn't do it
explained, continued, "Feng Bokang is a person with military power in the capital, and the defense in the palace is quite tight, although I don't know what means to achieve the goal, just from the news that I can't find any clues about the murderer, it can be seen, it is very powerful. Thoughtful and vicious. When she said the last sentence, she deliberately accentuated her tone, testing Li Xiangru's reaction.
Li Xiangru's face was calm, he didn't need to do anything, he pondered for a while the purpose of not casting his little sister to find him, and after pondering for a while, he directly expressed the doubts in his heart and asked, "What is it for you to want me to stay?" I believe that it will not just tell me a story. ”
After staring at Li Xiangru for a long time, the little sister looked a little disappointed in her eyes, and said slowly, "Of course, it's not just to tell these boring stories. What I want to tell you is that there are still descendants in the Marshal's Mansion. ”
Li Xiangru's eyes narrowed, and a look of vigilance rose in his heart.
Xiaomei didn't play dumb riddles to make Li Xiangru guess too much, and told a fact like a thunderbolt on a sunny day. "Master Lu, and a grandson!"
(End of chapter)