An oil lamp was lit in the room, and the lights flickered and jumped, causing the shadows of the people to sway with them.

An old man sat by the fire, holding a two-foot-long cigarette stick in his hand, and his eyes were closed, and he was spitting out clouds.

When the door was pushed open, the old man opened his eyes half-open, and did not hurry to speak, but took a puff of dry tobacco before saying indifferently: "Are you back?"

Su Xiaoqi nodded lightly.

The old man glanced at the little girl beside Su Xiaoqi again, then knocked the cigarette stick on the stove, and said, "I didn't come early, and now the food is cold, if I don't eat, I will go to the kitchen to heat it up." ”

Su Xiaoqi replied: "I've already eaten it." ”

The old man nodded, his eyes closed again, and he continued to swallow the clouds and mist.

The little girl quickly moved a stool for Su Xiaoqi to sit down, and then moved another one for herself and sat next to Su Xiaoqi.

Su Xiaoqi looked at the old man who was swallowing clouds and fog opposite, and stopped talking.

Since he was sensible, he has known this pair of grandchildren, and there is only a Rhine River between the two families, but before that, no matter how Su Xiaoqi looks at it, this old man is just an ordinary old man, and when he looks at it at this moment, the feeling for Su Xiaoqi is completely different.

Like the water of the sea, the wood of the deep mountains, there is a mystery and depth inside and out, and it is not real.

The old man didn't open his eyes, and suddenly said: "After going out for two years, I have gained a little knowledge, and my horizons have widened a lot, which is not a bad thing, but after all, I am still short-sighted." ”

The little girl looked at Su Xiaoqi, then at her grandfather, and wondered, "Grandpa, what are you talking about?"

Only then did the old man open his eyes, put the cigarette stick aside, pointed at Su Xiaoqi, and said coldly: "I said that he, after going out for two years, he doesn't know how thick the sky is, who gave him the courage? Dare to go to the City Lord's Mansion to ask long and short questions." ”

Su Xiaoqi hurriedly got up, and before he could speak, the old man waved his hand, "Okay, go and go, what else do you say?" Since you can come back alive and embark on the path of cultivation, then go and find out your father's death, and it will not be in vain for him to pull you so much." ”

Su Xiaoqi nodded and said, "I wrote it down, I will definitely give Su Rufan justice." ”

The old man seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world, and sneered: "Justice? ”

Su Xiaoqi was speechless.

The old man got up and patted the soot on his body, "It's right for young people to be a little impulsive, but don't know how to die when you die, otherwise you don't know how to die, it's called wrong, it doesn't matter if you die or not, don't bother my granddaughter, otherwise even if you die, I will crush your corpse and scatter ashes, don't blame me for not reminding you when the time comes." ”

Su Xiaoqi hugged his fists and said, "Yes!"

The old man picked up the cigarette stick, turned around and walked into the back room, and said to himself: "I'm old, and I have a weak heart for many things, so I told you these things for the sake of Su Rufan's face......"

He muttered a lot, and after Su Xiaoqi heard it, he couldn't hear it clearly, and only heard one sentence, "Panyang Town is not big, but the water is deep." ”

The little girl pursed her lips, "If you are old, you will talk a lot, little seventh brother, don't care." ”

Su Xiaoqi smiled and nodded, but after sitting down, he began to think.

Before Su Rufan died, he let himself leave Panyang Town, so what happened back then, Su Xiaoqi actually didn't know anything at all, and it wasn't until later that he heard that Su Rufan went to Haotian Sect, and then he never came back.

Later, he heard from others that Su Rufan was nailed to the stone pillar in the sword pool by Haotian Sect, so he secretly went to Haotian Sect, but found that he was not even qualified to enter Haotian Sect at all, but only confirmed the fact that Su Rufan died in Haotian Sect.

At that time, he only thought that he must make himself stronger, and he must go to Haotian Sect to bring Su Rufan back openly, so he entered Tianji Pavilion.

Fighting again and again, just to get a little more reward, and then use it in exchange for some news and things that can make him stronger, so in the past two years, he has killed a lot of people for Tianji Pavilion, and in exchange for anyone, he has completed so many tasks in two years, and he has already accumulated a lot of wealth, but he has nothing.

Most of the money he earned was used to buy intelligence, and the rest was also used to buy some life-saving magic weapons, such as the soft armor he wore earlier.

But he soon found out that if he only relied on the mission in exchange for intelligence, and only relied on the reward given by the Tianji Pavilion, he didn't know that he would have to go to Haotian Sect in the Year of the Monkey, so he chose a mission in Panyang Town, hoping to find some clues about why Su Rufan went to Haotian Sect in Panyang Town.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that it seemed that he was wrong from the beginning.

About Su Rufan, it doesn't seem to be a secret in Panyang Town.

The Jiang family knows, Chen Qingqing's grandfather knows, and maybe even Tong Sanniang knows.

They all know it, but they don't tell themselves, what are they trying to hide?

He began to sort out the events of two years ago, Su Rufan suddenly let himself leave, and asked him to go to the north and not come back for five years.

It was obvious that Su Rufan knew that he would die, but why didn't he tell himself the truth, but just gave himself a knife, and let himself die and not lose this knife, what does this knife have to do with Su Rufan's death?

The little girl frowned and said, "Little Seventh Brother, what do you want?"

Su Xiaoqi came to his senses, shook his head and said, "It's nothing." ”

Then he got up and said, "I should go back, you go to bed early, go to bed early and get up early, you can grow faster." ”

The little girl believed it, held an iron plate in both hands and covered the stove, lit the lantern again, and handed it to Su Xiaoqi.

Su Xiaoqi carried the lantern, left the Chen family, faced the wind and snow, and slowly walked onto the bridge.

After crossing the Rhine, Su Xiaoqi did not go home, but stood in the wind and snow on the bank of the Rhine and closed his eyes.

The cold is uncomfortable, but it can also keep you completely awake.

There are many things that he must think about seriously, at least to sort out a clue.

In the next few days, Su Xiaoqi will live in Panyang Town, and the Jiang family will send items from time to time, everything is available, until Su Xiaoqi's rooms are all piled up, and the Jiang family is still sending them.

Su Xiaoqi did not refuse, and accepted all the orders, but he never touched the things sent by the Jiang family, and when the Jiang family's subordinates moved in, they were where they were.

And Su Xiaoqi occasionally goes to a fairy drunk, at the beginning of the three days and two ends of the two heads, slowly go less, every day is to follow the little girl of the Chen family, fishing, set birds, catch pheasants, of course, and the big yellow dog, and because of the existence of the big yellow dog, the harvest is quite rich.

Everything is the same as two years ago, except that there is less sloppy man and more worries.

In the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, according to the customs of the Chinese Empire, every household would put up lanterns and post couplets to show the meaning of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new.

After being busy, he had to keep the New Year, when Su Rufan was there before, he did this, and then Su Xiaoqi left Panyang Town, and spent two years outside, he just bought a pot of wine, three incense, and a few pieces of yellow paper, and burned it to Su Rufan, and then watched others busy.

Now that he is home, Su Rufan is gone, and he naturally has to do what he should do, so a series of tedious things such as cleaning, writing couplets, pasting couplets, and worshipping ancestors have to be completed by him alone.

Tiredness is inevitable, Su Xiaoqi has not had a good life since he was a child, so he is naturally not afraid, but it is really difficult to write couplets.

Su Rufan also taught him to write before, but if he really posted it, he would probably be laughed to death.

The old man of the Chen family writes really well, don't look at the old guy who is weak, and the words he writes are called a dragon flying and phoenix dancing, full of momentum.

Su Xiaoqi wanted to be cheeky and ask for two, but he was afraid that the old man would not agree, and he went outside for two years, and he didn't bring anything to the old man when he came back, so he really couldn't open this mouth.

He suddenly missed the sloppy man a little, although the man's words were not as imposing as Old Man Chen's, but he was delicate and lovely, and he looked clean and comfortable.

In the past, whenever Su Rufan wrote, Su Xiaoqi would look at Su Rufan a few more times to confirm that those beautiful regular scripts were really written by such a sloppy man.

Time gradually passed, seeing that the sky was about to get dark, there was no way, Su Xiaoqi could only spread out the red paper he bought a few days ago, and grind the ink and pick up the pen.

Solemn and solemn, slow and cautious.

I don't know how long it took, but seven words appeared on the red paper, "sad every year", the handwriting is neat, and the pen and ink are rich.

Su Xiaoqi put away his pen and looked at the seven words, and he was quite satisfied.

So he put the written one aside and changed it to a piece of paper, this time it was written "Sui Sui Ping Sui An", after writing it, Su Xiaoqi already had beads of sweat on his forehead.

He put the written couplets together, showing a satisfied smile, not to mention whether the handwriting was good or bad, Su Xiaoqi, who had not read a few books, felt that the battle was neat, and it couldn't be better.

After admiring himself in his heart, he took advantage of the momentum and wrote a four-character horizontal criticism of "years and years of peace".

After he finished writing, he couldn't wait to post it for others to read, so he took the couplet to the fire, boiling the paste while carefully drying the handwriting.

It seems that at this time, he is a little young, but he is originally a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy.

When I walked to the door with the couplet, I saw the little girl of the Chen family sneakily running towards this side, looking back as she ran.

Su Xiaoqi frowned and shouted, "Qingqing, what are you doing? ”

The little girl came to Su Xiaoqi, and it took a lot of effort to take out a crumpled ball of red paper from her arms, and said in a low voice: "I know that Brother Xiaoqi doesn't have a couplet, this is written by my grandfather, I secretly brought you a pair, anyway, my grandfather wrote a lot, he definitely doesn't know." ”

Su Xiaoqi took the ball of paper and said bitterly: "But if I paste it, won't he know? It doesn't matter if he hits me then, if he tears it up for me, then it will be wronged, Su Rufan said in the past that the couplet can't be torn if it is not replaced in the next year, it is unlucky." ”

The little girl suddenly said, "Yes, what should I do?"

Su Xiaoqi handed the couplet he wrote to the little girl, and said proudly: "What did I write?"

The little girl looked at it carefully and praised: "Okay! It's better than what my grandfather wrote, I know everything you wrote, and I have a headache when I look at what my grandfather wrote." ”

At this time, the door on the other side of the Rhine River was pushed open, and the old man Chen held a cigarette stick and said loudly: "Qingqing, why did you run away again, come back to help me, by the way, ask that kid to come over and eat together after he is done, what is the matter with eating alone for the New Year." ”

The little girl listened to the previous words, pursed her mouth, and when she heard the back, she immediately jumped up and replied loudly: "Hey, I'll come now, grandpa, don't climb so high when you're old, wait for me to come back and post it." ”

As he spoke, he turned around and ran towards the bridge, not even the stolen couplet, and turned around while running: "Little Seventh Brother, come over for dinner after sticking it, my grandfather killed a big chicken, if you don't come, we won't be able to finish it, then it will be cheap." ”

The big yellow dog with its head and tail ran to the bridge, and when he heard this, he was immediately unhappy.