Huh?

I looked at the old man in amazement, never expecting him to say that.

Don't they all say that when people get old, they will have a stronger sense of dependence on their family and relatives? So why didn't he go back?

Rong Yiyuan's performance at that time was completely the performance of a wife who missed her husband, but why didn't he want to go back to see her?

And say things like "don't wait for him any longer"?

"Old man, do you have anything unspeakable?" I glanced at Rong Yan on the small bed, and when I saw that he was not awakened, I was relieved and asked softly.

He lifted his eyelids and glanced at me faintly, his cloudy eyes full of bitterness and reluctance.

But he still didn't speak, which made me a little anxious.

"She misses you so much, I met her last time I went back to my hometown." I continued to persuade the old man to go back.

Of course, I also know that the great battle twenty years ago was won because of this old man and the mask organization he led, and then again, he is a hero of the evil world exorcism circle.

What happened to make him not want to go back to Menjie Village, not want to stay with his wife, and choose to wander outside?

"Twenty Years ...... Ago"

I also want to bring back some memories of him, and by the way, I want to thank him for helping him at that time. But before I could finish my sentence, the old man interrupted and waved at me.

"Twenty years ago? Hehe, that's all in the past. ”

He looked at me with a deep gaze, the emotions in his eyes were extremely complex, containing pain and remorse, but under his eyes, there was still a light flickering, supporting him.

"Twenty years ago, I am afraid you don't know the truth, little girl, right?"

The truth?

These two words made my eyes widen, what truth could there be in that war? Could it be that someone deliberately wants to frame the yang world and want to put the exorcists in the exorcism circle into a desperate situation? So some means were used to summon the evil spirit from the underworld to the yang?

I just made up for it casually, and the fear in my heart couldn't help but rise.

If it's just the escape of evil ghosts caused by the fluctuations of the yin and yang worlds, it's better to say, if it's a conspiracy, someone is deliberately playing tricks, it's really terrifying!

Only 20 years have passed since the war, and if the original culprit is still alive in the world, if his ambitions have not yet been exhausted, he still wants to do evil......

I didn't dare to continue thinking about it, and my heart was in turmoil.

Now that the balance between the yin and yang worlds has been restored, I have seen too much of the tragic past of the yang and the underworld, and I really don't want to let the tragedy happen again.

The old man seemed to see my sorrow, smiled, and said to me in a relaxed tone: "Don't worry, child, you won't repeat the mistakes of the past. ”

"A large part of the reason why the evil spirits appeared in the yang world was because of our negligence."

He slumped in his seat and reached for the teacup on the table, which was still warm.

Compared to the first time I met him, he was no longer crazy, he was like a normal person at this time.

Negligent?

I frowned, confused. What does the Great War of twenty years ago have to do with their negligence?

"The people in our organization, except for me, are all descendants of the Rong family." He was silent for a moment, but finally spoke.

Descendants of the Rong family? So they're the same as me? To put it more appropriately, maybe they are related to me in some way?

Although it is far away, the ancestors are all from the same family!

The Rong family is responsible for guarding the ghost gate, I can't be clearer, plus the old witch in the old family, Rong Yiyuan is also surnamed Rong.

Is there any relationship between the two?

The old man sighed again and stopped talking, I saw Yan Er tossing and turning on the bed, as if he was about to wake up, I walked over, picked him up gently, and patted him on the back.

"That's it, you'll know about it sooner or later, so I'll tell you now."

He propped his hands on his knees, as if remembering something, and spoke slowly.

"I'm the captain of the Hidden Team, and I'm mainly responsible for guarding the ghost gate to prevent the imps from sneaking out of the underworld. Except for me, my subordinates are all members of the Rong family, and the Rong family has guarded the ghost gate for generations, which is the rule left by the ancestors. ”

"However, as time goes by, more and more descendants of the Rong family choose to migrate outside Menjie Village and live in big cities, and there are fewer and fewer descendants of the Rong family who stay in Menjie Village."

"Twenty years ago, just in time for the violent fluctuations in the two worlds of yin and yang, and the guards of the hidden team were surprisingly few, in order to prevent the ghost door from opening wide, too many ghosts scattered to the yang world, I proposed to make a ghost exorcist surnamed non-Rong in the team."

Ah, I get it.

To put it bluntly, it is to ask for foreign aid and borrow manpower from other families, so that it can be easier to defend the ghost gate, which is indeed a good suggestion? Any questions?

"And then? I think it's a good proposition. ”

"Not a bad ghost." The old man leaned back slightly, changed his sitting position, his eyes misty, immersed in the memory.

"Kid, do you think all exorcists are good people? Are all exorcist families decent? Not?! ”

I froze and watched him spit and yell.

"I shouldn't, I shouldn't, I didn't audit the people who came in."

"You mean, someone with ill intentions has infiltrated the hidden team?" The first thing that came to my mind was this possibility, otherwise what would the old man regret there?

"The girl's head is spinning pretty fast."

He nodded, agreeing with me.

"It's true that someone with bad intentions has infiltrated our hidden team, and my negligence prevented me from catching him quickly, they are very obedient and loyal on the surface, but secretly they are doing stirring sticks and creating conflicts for my teammates."

"The war twenty years ago, without their interference, would have ended more easily, instead of causing the vitality of the entire exorcism circle to be greatly damaged, and even led to the destruction of the entire Ding family."

He sighed bitterly and shook his head.

"I wasted a lot of effort to clear the portal and go to the rescue with a small group of teammates who were not affected by the betrayer, but it was too late."

"It's not late, it's not too late at all."

I looked at him seriously: "If you hadn't arrived in time, maybe even the An family, the Mo family, and even other families would have to lose more lives inside." ”

He looked at me gratefully and said guiltily, "Child, you don't have to comfort me. ”

"The Hidden Team was originally given to me by the old woman, and not only did I fail to grow this organization properly, but in the end, the whole team fell apart."

At this point, I clearly understood why he didn't want to go back.

Old man, I'm afraid I'm ashamed of my wife.

For Rong Yiyuan, the people of the Rong family should be regarded as her relatives, but the old man in front of him is the person she loves the most, and he must know it very well in his heart.

Therefore, Rong Yiyuan handed over the descendants of the Rong family to this old man to manage, lead, and continue to exercise the tasks left by his ancestors.

The hidden team was disbanded, and he must be very ashamed, so he felt that he had no face to go back to see Rong Yikite.

Rong Yan writhed in my arms, opened his eyes, looked around in confusion, rubbed the corners of his eyes with his fleshy little hands, yawned, and said in a milky voice: "Mother, I want to drink water." ”

I shoved a bottle with warm water poured into his hand.

His voice successfully drew the attention of the wandering old man, and I changed his position and held Rong Yan in my arms.

"It's only a matter of time before the Hidden Team will inevitably disband."

I looked at him: "Now that society is developing so rapidly, there will be fewer and fewer people who continue to inherit the family business, and some people may abide by the mission left by their ancestors, but because of the society, many people will choose to move forward with the times." ”

"People need to eat, they have to sleep, they need to live, and everyone has to pay for their own life, not to let those ancestors who have long died have their hands in their hands."

Rong Yan stared at the two round eyes, looking at the old man, he was simply a curious baby.

"My family chose to move to the city, my parents both had their own jobs, I graduated, and when the teahouse opened, my work and life will begin."

"The old witch will not blame you, go back quickly."

"Haha."

The old man burst out laughing, his big rough hand covering his mouth, and said with a smile, "You call her an old witch." ”

"Or else? She was originally the psychic medium of Menjie Village. ”

"Oh-"

He replied flatly, and then hooked the corners of his lips with a wry smile: "It turns out that she has become a spirit medium." ”

The meaning of this sentence made my nose sour.

The wandering old man has been away for so many years, and it seems that he has really never gone back once, and he doesn't even know that Rong Yiyuan has become a spirit medium.

"Go back quickly, now that the ghost suppression order has been returned, there will be no more fluctuations in the yin and yang worlds, and the ghost gate naturally does not need to be guarded, and the affairs of the yang world will be handed over to those families for a headache."

"You've done too much for the sake of the two realms, it's time to rest."

Rong Yan held a pacifier in his mouth, blinked his eyes, grabbed my clothes, and did not make a sound.

I got up from my seat and bowed deeply to the old man to express my respect and gratitude to him.

At the same time, I also thanked him for reminding me at the entrance of the playground at that time.

When I looked up, I saw the old man sitting in the chair, already in tears, covering his face with his hands, and I could see his shaking jaw instead of hearing him crying.

……

He said that he would go back to Menjie Village, and I was very satisfied with this answer.

And that couldn't have been the best ending.

Rong Yiyi's request for me was also completed, and after I sent the old man away, the little guy took out his pacifier and shouted, "Mother, who is he?!" ”

I touched his little head and said with a smile, "He's a very powerful, great old man." ”

"But he's dressed in tatters."

"People can't look good, Yan'er......"

I glanced at the invitation card in the corner of the table and opened it.

The very beautiful font appeared on the paper, and I recognized it at a glance as the words written by An Ning.

It was written to invite our family of three to attend the engagement ceremony, and the time-

On the third of the following month.