The courtyard in front of me was desolate, full of broken walls and ruins, and it could be seen that it had been abandoned for a long time. Naturally, it is not uncommon for a remote place like Liuzhou to have this kind of yard.

Su Lian's footsteps were fluttering, but her face was sad, everything here made her feel inexplicably familiar, as if the courtyard that Lu Bai found was the place in her memory.

Lu Bai has always been a quiet person, and seeing Su Lian so silent, he didn't know whether what he was doing was right or wrong.

Xu Rulie tidied up Wan'er's swaddling clothes a little, stood beside Su Lian, and his free left hand gently interlocked with the ten fingers of her right hand, and said softly.

"Let's go in and see."

Hearing Xu Rulie's voice, Su Liancai suddenly came back to his senses from his memory, nodded slightly, and everyone walked in, and it could be seen that this was just a small courtyard of the simplest civilian house.

It's just that although this courtyard looks like it has been abandoned for a long time, the things inside are still neatly arranged, and even the water tank and gourd scoop placed on the side of the courtyard wall have no traces of spider webs on them, and the straw piles and firewood under the cowshed are also full, as if someone has come to add them from time to time.

"Here? How do you look like it's inhabited? Didn't you say that this yard was deserted? Xu Rulie looked around, vaguely felt that something was not right, and couldn't help but turn around and ask Lu Bai.

Lu Bai scratched the back of his head, and pointed to the house with a little innocent skin that had been mottled with a large piece of wall.

"But, master, this house has been dilapidated like this, and there is no sign of people walking here often, so the little one thinks it is deserted."

This is not bad, people who can have so many patience to sort out the firewood pile must not be poor enough to live in this kind of place, Xu Rulie twisted his brows, and he didn't mean to blame Lu Bai, but just glanced at Su Lian worriedly.

And Su Lian's eyes were also full of doubts, and she slowly walked towards the huge dry well in the middle of the courtyard.

This dry well has been abandoned for a long time, and the pulley pillars used to lift and lower the bucket on it have also decayed and dilapidated, as if they will collapse at any time, Su Lian looked down and saw that the well was empty and only full of dust, and the manhole cover with countless broken petals.

It felt that this place did not match her impression, because the courtyard here was too narrow, and the location of the dry well in Su Lian's memory was relatively open.

But this dry well inexplicably evokes the memory of Su Lian's separation from her mother when she was young, even if the place is different, but this situation and this scene really makes people have to see things and think about people.

Xu Rulie hugged Wan'er, who was extremely worry-free at this time, and slowly walked to Su Lian's side. "How? Do you think it's right? ”

Su Lian didn't answer, just shook her head gently, and Xu Rulie also sighed, thinking that she was in a bad mood, so she hurried to comfort her. "That's the case, but don't worry, we still have time after today, just take your time."

As he spoke, Xu Rulie was just about to pull Su Lian back to the carriage, but he didn't want to look at it to one side, and suddenly saw crystal tears on Su Lian's face.

Su Lian couldn't cry silently, her eyes were wide open, she didn't say a word of complaint at this time, but it made people feel pity more than ever.

"Li'er, what's wrong with you?" But if Su Lian could tell the reason smoothly, maybe Xu Rulie would not be so worried, but being so silent at the moment made him feel even more scared.

Xu Rulie panicked for a while, and he really didn't know how to comfort him, but suddenly he heard the sound of a carriage rushing towards him not far away, which frightened Su Lian's body with a sudden reflex.

Seeing this, Xu Rulie twisted his brows and rolled his eyes slightly, not knowing what he thought, he hurriedly took Su Lian behind the firewood pile under the shed, and quietly commanded Lu Bai.

"You go and take the carriage away, and stop wherever you want, and make sure to see what the people who come down look like."

"Yes." Lu Bai nodded, he was always obedient to Xu Rulie's orders.

After all, he was originally just a slave on the slave farm, if he hadn't been bought back by Xu Rulie, he was afraid that his life would have been gone, so even if he was now Xu Rulie's retinue of the death contract, he never thought about it.

Listening to the sound of the white carriage slowly leaving, running towards this side, the carriage will still take a while to arrive, Xu Rulie hurriedly took Su Lian, and covered his figure by the block of the firewood.

The terrain here is open, and the carriage coming here will definitely not just pass by, or take 10,000 steps back to think, even if Xu Rulie guesses wrong, it will not hurt, but if someone really comes, maybe there will be some unexpected gains.

Xu Rulie closed her mouth and made a golden body gesture with him, she quickly took out her handkerchief, wiped it dry, the tears on her face, and then heard a new carriage stop outside the courtyard.

"It seems that someone's carriage is also parked here, why is there no one now?"

It was an old man who spoke, and there was a man opposite him, who listened to the voice of a relatively young man, "It's okay, maybe it's just passing by, don't pay attention to it, anyway, there is nothing of value in this house." ”

When the words landed, there was a faint sense of loneliness in the man's tone.

At the gate of this deserted courtyard, a new carriage was replaced by a rutted carriage, and the decoration was not very ornate, and it was as simple as a random rental from the street.

Chen Mingche had a thick sadness between his eyebrows, he didn't take anything in his hand, quietly waiting for the old man who helped him drive, took out the key from his arms, and the two of them slowly went to the yard.

"It's just a pity, the land around here was originally very fertile, my mother reclaimed a few acres of vegetable land behind the yard, and the cabbage and radish grown every year are exceptionally sweet, Ah Kun also liked to catch crickets in the vegetable field with us the most, and now he can't go back."

"Childe, now at this time and that time, Master Xu is now developed, and he is still thinking about Childe, it can be seen that Master he still misses the old love, why do you ......"

The old man wanted to speak and stopped, Chen Mingche didn't understand what he wanted to say, but he still felt a little confused.

Behind the firewood and grass pile by the courtyard wall over there, Xu Rulie hugged Wan'er and listened to the conversation between the two, but he recognized who Chen Mingche was, but today it was the first time to see a real person, but he didn't expect to come to the former residence of Liuzhou Dian Shi so coincidentally.

vaguely remembered the conversation that day, and after listening to it, Xu Rulie only felt that Xu Kun, the assassin of Liuzhou, was a general person who did not learn and did not know what he was doing, but Chen Mingche beside him seemed to be a clear person.

Xu Rulie's eyes turned a slight arc, and he also quietly made an calculation in his heart, Su Lian stood beside him, holding his breath and not daring to make a sound, but he was also keenly aware that Xu Rulie seemed to be acquainted with the person outside.

Over there, Chen Mingche was also trapped in his own memories, and the old man was even more dizzy, and neither of the two parties noticed the existence of the other.

But at this moment, Xu Rulie was not in the right place, the ears of straw lightly scratched Wan'er's nose twice, and Wan'er, who had been sleeping sweetly, couldn't help but sneeze, and then began to cry.

"Wow-"

The child who just woke up was the most difficult to coax, and this baby cry that pierced the sky not only shocked Xu Rulie's body, but also Chen Mingche and the old man on the other side were even more frightened.

"Who?!"

Chen Mingche's face was full of fright, in this empty place where no one asked, there was a baby's cry suddenly, how could it not make people feel scared.

Xu Rulie had no choice, so he hurriedly handed over the child to Su Lian to coax, and then walked out with a little embarrassment and hugged Chen Mingche.

"I'm really sorry, Lord Dianshi, we are just passing by today, I don't want to disturb the adults, please don't blame the adults."

Chen Mingche furrowed his brows, if it was anyone, he would suddenly find that a stranger appeared in his house, he must have been a little unhappy.

He was just about to say something, but he noticed Su Lian, who came out from behind Xu Rulie and hugged the child, with tears on his face, looking at how pitiful this was, he was embarrassed to say what he had prepared all of a sudden.

"You, you're from outside? Aren't you looking for a place to stay? ”

Chen Mingche hesitated for a moment, and was embarrassed to think directly about people in the worst way, so he stood still and asked scrutinically.

"Yes, but I and my wife passed by here, just to find her former home for my wife, and my wife left her hometown at a young age and I don't remember it anymore, so we just came here to try our luck."

Xu Rulie bowed slightly, except for the emperor and queen in his life, he had never bowed his head to anyone, in order to cover up his identity, it was already good that he could do this.

And his words also hit Chen Mingche's heart, his eyes really softened, and he couldn't bear to continue to investigate, "I see, then you are in the wrong place today." It's just that you're from outside, how do you know the identity of this official? ”

"The name of the master of the classic history, no one knows anyone in Liuzhou here, but I have heard about it once in the streets and alleys."

Xu Rulie smiled slightly, this kind of thing is very appropriate to say to anyone else, but in front of Chen Mingche, it makes him feel a different kind of irony.

Chen Mingche's face stiffened slightly, and he didn't have the heart to ask Xu Rulie about his origin and identity. As soon as Xu Rulie was free, he suddenly remembered Wan'er, and hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see that the child was still quiet in Su Lian's arms, and when he saw Xu Rulie's face, he couldn't help laughing softly.