Gu Yunyan solemnly thanked the old man: "If there is no old man to carry them down from the north city wall, we may not be able to find them, this kindness, the Gu family is unforgettable." ”

"You can't say that, your second aunt and grandmother saved the old man's life," the old man hid his face and cried bitterly, "The old man didn't save any of their lives...... No one's life was saved......"

When he was outside the gate, he couldn't save his brothers, so he survived alone, and he could only survive when the city was broken that night.

Obviously a lot of age, he lived the longest, but he lived a tasteless life.

This kind of distress cannot be persuaded by others.

The Gu brothers found some usable straw mats and torn clothes from the ruins on the side, and prepared some hemp ropes, and when they were about to return to Yumen Pass, they tied Gu Yunchan and them behind them and brought them back.

Ge's concubines are two, and they haven't gained much in the city just now.

After walking a few places, I met scattered people and told them about the tragic situation of that night, but when I asked about the Gu family, the Ge family, the Zhu family and other in-laws, I couldn't tell why.

"That night was chaotic, they were all too busy to take care of themselves, it would be good to be able to take care of their own family, who could take care of other families," the old man wiped his tears and sighed long on the side, "Whether you can live or not is probably a matter of fate." ”

Zhu Shi took a deep breath and asked, "Did you see our second aunt's son at that time?" They must have gone up to the city wall without their children, but they don't know if their families carried them away. ”

The old man shook his head: "The whole city knows that the son of the second aunt and grandmother was born like a child, and the old man has also heard of it, but he has never seen it." ”

The group walked back to the General's Mansion.

Jiang Muyuan asked the old man: "When we leave, come with us to Yumen Pass." ”

"I received the kindness, but the old man is not leaving, at this age, don't toss, just here, die here." Old man said.

The old man said it very casually, as if he was not talking about life and death.

When Gu Yunjin heard him say this, somehow, he suddenly thought of the sentence "Life and death are guarding the northern land".

This was said by Gu Zhiqing, Gu Yunjin had never heard it with his own ears, but it was able to outline the tone of the third uncle who was tall and tall when he said this.

They turned the old lady Tian's house open, the table had broken legs, and the inkstone was broken, and some of them could be distinguished in the mess, but there was no one they were looking for.

"Why don't we go to the ancestral hall and have a look?" Ge suggested.

Gu Yunyan responded.

Gu Yunjin followed, panicked, paused halfway through, unscrewed the water bladder and poured a big mouthful.

The clouds were thick and there was no sunlight, but when it fell on her eyes, it was a dazzling white, and she subconsciously narrowed her eyes.

This whiteness reminded her of the dream of that night.

So many people called her name, she found Gu Yunmiao alone, and then, it was Gu Yunmiao who took her hand all the way, walked all the way, through the corridor, and finally ......

Finally, under a large tree.

Perhaps because he was feeling something, Gu Yunjin grabbed Zhu's hand and asked eagerly: "Fourth sister-in-law, when I was a child, I played hide and seek with Yun Miao, causing her to fall off the tree, which tree is that?" ”

Zhu was stunned when asked: "How can I know what happened to the two of you when you were young." ”

Gu Yunxi turned his head when he heard the voice: "Why did you suddenly think of that fork, it seems to be from the west courtyard...... Isn't that one? ”

Gu Yunjin looked in the direction pointed by Gu Yunxi, and behind the low wall in the distance, a section of the tree trunk fell out obliquely, and the leaves had already fallen clean, leaving only empty branches.

"Why did I forget where it ......" Gu Yunyan's eyes sank, and he said, "If you don't go to the ancestral hall, just turn over the courtyard, nine times out of ten it will be there!" ”

Everyone was shocked.

Even Gu Yunjin, who asked the question, was stunned: "Why?" ”

Gu Yunyan went to that place and explained: "That courtyard has never been inhabited, because there is a secret passage out of the city under the west wing, all the way to the south, digging ten miles of road, if the north is besieged by a large army, the herald can go out from the secret passage and send a message to Yumen Pass."

When there was chaos in the city at night, even if my grandmother didn't leave herself, she would let Brother Mian and them go, and instead of walking through the chaotic streets, it was better to take the secret passage.

Grandmother would send them all to the secret passage, and even if we couldn't find anyone, we would find the passage and see if there were any traces of anyone passing through it recently, and we would know if they had gone out through the secret passage. ”

Not to mention the Ge family and the Zhu family, even Gu Yunxi didn't know that there was a secret passage in his house, and he was stunned for a while.

He smiled dryly: "I don't know how many things are still in our family." ”

Gu Yunyan glanced at him and didn't say much.

Gu Yunxi didn't want to get entangled at this moment, so when he arrived at the place, he went to work again.

And Gu Yunjin, standing under the big tree that was almost rooted, stretched out his hand and touched the trunk, thinking silently in his heart, since Yun Miao brought her here in the dream, let her find some traces here.

The condition of this courtyard is not too bad, the patio has stopped a few fallen trees, and the north house has collapsed, but half of the west wing has not yet fallen.

Picking up the tree trunks and stones that blocked the road, at the corner of the house, Gu Yunxi found a body.

The crowd gathered around, removed the things that had been pressed on them, turned him over, and saw a familiar face.

"Second uncle......" Gu Yunxi muttered.

Gu Yunyan pushed Gu Yunxi and said in a trembling voice, "Keep looking." ”

Everyone searched almost ruthlessly, and soon, they found Mrs. Tian in another corner.

Mrs. Tian still held a cane in her hand, she sat on the ground, and the wall behind her was the small entrance to the secret passage.

There was a hole in her forehead that seemed to have fallen from something, hurting her head, and half of her body was soaked in blood.

Gu Yunjin's tears fell, this was not the old lady Tian in her memory, her grandmother, stern and stubborn, her hair was combed and shiny, and her appearance was upright, even if she was angry and wanted to reprimand her, her hair was not messed up in the slightest, not like now, her hair was scattered.

Gu Yunyan took the lead and knelt down and kowtowed to the old lady heavily: "Grandmother, my grandson is here to take you back, knowing that you don't want to leave the Northland for the rest of your life, and when the grandchildren take back the Northland, I will take you back to the ground." I've wronged you first......"

Gu Yunjin also kowtowed.

When the Gu brothers moved away from the old lady Tian, Han Lei stepped down the secret passage, and soon came up again, and said to everyone: "It looks like someone has walked by, and there are still some handprints on the wall, both large and small, and the small ones should be the same age as Brother Mian'er, and they will look like this half a month." ”

This sentence makes people feel relieved in addition to grief.

Lucky in misfortune.