For the words of Wen Moqing's unclear meaning, Yan Liwu can always hide and hide, and found that the content of the conversation gradually added an ambiguous taste, so he hurriedly found some flowers and plants for the ninth year to divert the topic. Wen Moqing didn't pursue it, and still walked along the path with no obvious traces to the top of the mountain.

Qixian Mountain is slow but not high, all the way to pick flowers and grass to talk and laugh soon approached the top of the mountain, through the dense peach forest that shades the sky, a large open space suddenly appeared in front of you, and the sight suddenly opened up.

The open space is large, and a central four-room connected wooden house is very small in comparison, surrounded by four large vegetable gardens. Directly opposite the wooden house stands a huge waterwheel, and the clear spring water flows into the pond along the bamboo pipes; There was a man sitting in a wooden chair by the pond, dressed in black clothes, but exuding an indifferent aura like a fairy.

"Petty? How did you get back? Hearing footsteps behind him, the man turned and laughed first.

Wen Moqing frowned slightly, stepped forward and couldn't help but snatch the book in the man's hand: "How many times have you said that don't read outside when the wind blows, and if I find out, I will burn all the books." ”

"Wind? Is it windy? Ah, I didn't notice it when I was too focused, but there was no wind just now. The man wanted to quibble, but when he saw Wen Moqing raise his eyebrows, he hurriedly raised his hand to make a surrender form, "Okay, okay, it's my mistake, I will never do it again in the future, and if I do it again, I will burn all the books of Xiaoqing." ”

But in just three sentences, Yan Liwu was dumbfounded.

I thought that Wen Moqing was the most cheeky and flamboyant one in the world, but I didn't expect that there was a sky outside the sky, and there were people outside the world, and there were such superb sophists living in seclusion on such a fairy mountain, and then looking at the man who was about thirty years old, his face was gentle and often smiling, although he had slight wrinkles, he did not look old, and he couldn't see that he was a more powerful character than Wen Moqing's mouth, and he was more and more admired.

Sure enough, the people related to Junzilou are not good stubble.

"Xiaoqing, these two are ......" The man tilted his head slightly to look at Yan Liwu and Chu Jiu, and suddenly showed a look of sudden realization, muttering and complaining, "The children are so old, Xiaoqing, don't you tell me when you start a family?" It's really sad......"

Wen Moqing raised her eyebrows: "Uncle Tong, what else do you like besides those books?" Burn it all together. ”

"I still like the guests you brought, do you want to burn them together? Martyrdom or something, I don't mind at all. ”

"Uncle Tong's skin is getting thicker and thicker, and he is really old."

"You're not bad at being a little affectionate, and I have a lot of true inheritance."

At this point in the conversation, Yan Liwu silently covered Chu Jiu's ears, trying his best to let the innocent child avoid this cheeky conversation, but he was muttering in his heart - what is the origin of this man? Tube warm ink love is called small love...... It's really a dirty and cute scum.

Yan Liwu was bored guessing, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and his face quickly turned white.

Wen Moqing called Uncle Tong, and among the people Wen Moqing mentioned in her memory, there happened to be a person surnamed Tong, and the relationship with Wen Moqing was extraordinary, which means that the middle-aged man in front of her who was smiling gently and smiled might be......

"General Tong?!" Because he was too surprised, Yan Liwu couldn't help but exhale in a low voice.

The face that had been smiling gently froze slightly, and it recovered in an instant, and his bright eyes looked at Yan Li: "How many years ago, now I am not a general." If the girl wants, she can call me uncle, if she doesn't want to, she can call me whatever she wants, and there is no need to be constrained by etiquette here. ”

Sure enough, it was Tong Ruchu, the chief general of the women's army in the past? Isn't he Jiu'er's father? Also, hasn't he already been executed, how is he still alive? Yan was at a loss and had mixed feelings, but he was more joyful than confused, and took a deep breath and respectfully saluted Tong Ruchu: "I have seen Uncle Tong." ”

"Away from the worries, good names, the worries of the world, the hustle and bustle of the distant dust. But I think I've heard it before, and there may be someone with the same name. Tong Ruchu glanced at Wen Moqing without a trace, and turned to Chu Jiu with a smile, "What about this little friend, what is your name?" ”

Chu Jiu hid behind Yan Liwu, and said timidly: "Chu Jiu, Sister Honglian and brother-in-law both call me Jiu'er. Uncle...... Hmmm......"

"Jiu'er doesn't need to be called by a rigid name, just call me uncle." Tong Ruchu saw Jiu'er's hesitation, and smiled softly, and his gentle temperament was not inferior to Wen Moshu.

Wen Moqing glanced at Yan Liwu, and said lightly: "Liwu, you take Jiu'er over there for a walk, there are a lot of wild fruits and vegetables in Shanyang noodles that should be ripe, pick some more and cook at night." ”

"Hmm." Yan Liwu nodded, and pulled Jiu'er to salute respectfully, "Uncle Tong, let's leave for a while." ”

Looking at the back of Yan Liwu and Jiu'er leaving, Tong Ruchu thoughtfully: "Wen Wen understands etiquette, she is a good girl, I hope it is just a duplicate name." ”

Wen Moqing understood what Tong Ruchu meant, was silent for a while, and sighed with a hint of exhaustion: "I hope it's just the same name and similar looks." ”

"It can't really be the Qinglian King, right?" Tong Ruchu was slightly surprised, and then shook his head, "I think too much, I think too much, since I can be brought here by Xiaoqing, then she is definitely not the Qinglian King." That's it, I shouldn't worry about your business, as long as you're happy. ”

Wen Moqing didn't want to hide it from Tong Ruchu about his identity, but he had more important things to say than this.

"Uncle Tong, do you remember this?" Wen Moqing took out the bronze soldering and spread it in his palm, his eyebrows lowered.

Tong Ruchu looked down, lost his mind for a moment, and the complicated look in his eyes was agitated, and it took a long time to calm down.

"Remember, I won't forget it after many years." Tong Ruchu slowly stretched out his left arm and lifted the sleeves of his shirt, and the inside of his forearm and the large marks such as copper soldering pieces were clearly visible. After a low sigh, Tong Ruchu smiled faintly and bitterly: "This brand was burned by A-Ying himself back then, and it was this copper brand that was used." A-Ying said that this copper brand is the treasure of the women's army, the thing is there, unless she dies, she will never lose the symbol of the women's army. ”

"Uncle Tong doesn't ask me where I got it from?"

"Since it is no longer in A-Ying's hands, it means that she has not escaped the catastrophe after all, where did she get it, and what's the point? Things are dead, and leaving them can only be used as a thought, and there is no need to ask where they come from or where they return. ”

Tong Ruchu suddenly felt that Wen Mo was expected, put away the copper brand, covered the long blanket on Tong Ruchu's legs, and pushed the four-wheeled wooden chair to the door of the wooden house.

"I found clues to the Women's Army in Anzhou, and I followed the clues to find Aunt Ma and Aunt Mu, they are still alive, and they have had a hard time these years. Aunt Mu told me that in fact, General Sang also escaped the encirclement and suppression of the imperial army with them, but unfortunately General Sang was too worried and failed to survive the past few years. ”

"Petty." Tong Ruchu thought for a moment, and suddenly lowered his voice to call for warmth, "I don't care anymore, why should you blame yourself?" Zhongzhou is so big, how easy is it to find a person whose life and death are uncertain? In addition, they can't easily reveal their identities, and it is even more difficult to find a needle in a haystack. I know A-Ying's temperament best, after that incident, she must hate the court and the emperor, even if we can reunite and reunite, we will quarrel endlessly, it is better not to see. It's just that you've been complaining about yourself and tossing yourself all these years, I always want to talk to you about these things but can't find a chance, and now I take this opportunity to say it together, so as not to embarrass yourself with this matter in the future. ”

"Uncle Tong used to be more open than anyone else, but not everyone can do it." Ten fingers clenched quietly, and Wen Moqing deliberately calmed his tone.

Tong Ruchu shook his head: "You kid...... It's really stubborn. When I jumped into the ice to save you, I didn't want you to be grateful or guilty, I was just carrying out my faith, and it wasn't your fault. Besides, at that time, the emperor was already suspicious of me, but I didn't know it, no matter whether there was such a thing or not, sooner or later I would be removed as a thorn in the eye, and I had nothing to do with others. ”

"But I have been burdened by General Sang and the women's army, and this debt cannot be shirked." Wen Moqing breathed a long sigh of relief and laughed at herself, "If you don't talk about this, there is no point in it." Uncle Tong, can you guess why I brought the two of them to Qixian Mountain? ”

Following Wen Moqing's gaze, Tong Ruchu looked at the two figures that appeared in the distance: "Jiu'er calls that girl's sister, call you brother-in-law, do you want me to marry you?" Don't do that, the owner of the autumn mansion has to find me desperately. ”

"I haven't talked about the worries yet, so I'm not in a hurry for the time being." Wen Moqing hesitated for a while, and then held the copper brand in his hand, "This copper brand belongs to Jiu'er." In the eleventh year of Emperor Zhenghe, that year was not only the time when the women's army disappeared from the Yuan Kingdom, but also the time when Jiu'er was born, and the person who sold her to Qinglou said that this copper brand was the only clue to find her biological mother - Uncle Tong, I never believed in the will of heaven before, but after seeing Jiu'er, I finally believed that some things were already destined in the dark. ”

The chief general of the women's army who dominated the frontier and shook the country naturally had no shortage of brains, and the meaning of warmth and affection, Tong Ruchu immediately understood, and his shocked eyes were fixed on Chu Jiu's thin and thin little body.

At that moment, there was silence for a long time.

Once had an enviable status, but was ruined overnight, the family was ruined, but most of the people who suffered such a catastrophe were disheartened or hated and crazy, but Tong Ru was strong enough to accept the reality and survive the most painful years. Xu is God's tribute to this tenacity, when Tong Ruchu thought that there were no more blood relatives in time, Wen Moqing led Chu Jiu to appear, and hinted to him in a calm tone that this was his daughter, the only child he had with his deceased wife Sang Ying.

Silent until the mountain wind blew and the pond sparkled, the middle-aged legendary general slowly turned his stiff neck and smiled kindly in the face of Wen Moqing.

"Little love, this is the greatest gift from God."

Yan Liwu took Chu Jiu to wander on the hillside for a long time, and saw the sunset gradually disappearing on the mountain, and the red sunset was about to sleep quietly, knowing that Wen Moqing took the two of them in order to talk to Tong Ruchu about the ninth day of the first month, Yan Liwu had to return to the wooden house on the top of the mountain, full of wild vegetables and mountain fruits.

"Brother-in-law, you see, Sister Honglian and I picked a lot of wild fruits!" Half an afternoon's happy time made Chu Jiu's slightly thin little face flush slightly pink, and the sense of timidity was much weaker, and under the instigation of Yanli, he carefully held the reddest and largest one in front of Tong Ruchu, "Uncle Tong, this fruit is for you." Sister Honglian said that eating more of this wild fruit is good for the body. ”

Tong Ruchu did not take the fruit immediately, but looked at Chu Jiu in a daze, his eyes were full of warmth and tenderness, and there was a little comfort - his only child was not contaminated with the filth of the world, and was still the most flawless and simple white jade.

"Uncle Tong?" Chu Jiu was stared at a little panicked, and thought that he had made a mistake in saying something that had provoked Tong Ruchu, so he couldn't help whispering.

"Well, eat the fruit." Tong Ruchu came back to his senses, took the wild fruit with a smile, and took a big bite hard.

The wild fruit is sour but not astringent, sweet and juicy, flowing down Tong Ruchu's throat to the softest place in his heart, the same sweet and sour mixture.