Chapter 49: Bringing Back the Daughter-in-law
Yuan Bao saw that he was so calm, and he couldn't hold it back first. Last time, he blamed Noah for being wrong, and what he said was hard to hear, and he always felt a little guilty in his heart.
"Oh, master, when there is no news, you are so anxious, you can't wait for a monkey to go to the room, why are you so calm now?" Yuan Bao hurriedly said: "You send your subordinates down to investigate, it will be clear, Handan City is not far away." ”
Baili Jiu proudly threw his hair behind his head, and shook his head vigorously: "Who said that you went, this master will go out in person!" I'm just thinking about whether to stay in Handan City or choose to go south if she really recovers her memory. ”
Yuan Bao turned his head excitedly and left: "No matter what, we have to go to Handan City first, right?" Naturally, I can hear from her. I went to pack my bags and set off right away. ”
Bailijiu was busy putting on his shoes, and he was in a hurry: "What kind of salute to clean up, ink like the old ladies, and flash with silver tickets!" ”
"Then I'll prepare the horses."
Yuan Bao ran out of smoke and collided with the person who hurriedly walked in on the opposite side, and exclaimed, "Oops".
He thought it must be some reckless guy, and he was about to scold, and when he saw who it was, he suddenly shut up.
The energetic old general "Oh" took two steps back before he barely stood firm: "Are you busy reincarnating?" What are you doing in such a hurry? ”
Yuan Bao smiled: "You are content, old general, thanks to you for bumping into me, the flesh is still elastic, if you bump into that kid of Bingluo, you can be half dead." ”
Yuan Bao joked with a hippie smile, and the magnificent flesh on his stomach trembled and trembled, making the old general lose his temper in an instant.
"Two people have a microphone and a stuffy oil bottle, both of which are annoying, get out of the way." The old general shouted at the house at the top of his voice: "Xiao Jiu Xiao Jiu, are you dead kid?" ”
It seems that the old general is in a good mood today.
Baili Jiuyi jumped up lightly, put on his shoes and returned to the bed, covered the quilt and asked weakly, "What's wrong, Dad?" ”
The old general pushed away the ingots and broke into the house excitedly, his eyebrows flying: "As long as you kid is not dead, get up for Lao Tzu and go to the barracks for two days." ”
"Why?" Baili Jiu pretended to cough twice, and said with a weak look.
"Something big has happened to Murong Villa, I want to rush over immediately." The old general didn't care about his son, and couldn't wait to say: "All the affairs of the capital will be handed over to you." Don't pretend to be Lao Tzu. ”
"Something happened to Murong Villa, what did you do in the past?"
"What to do? I have been friends with Murong Cheng for eight years, and I have felt guilty for many years as I watched the Murong family being wiped out overnight and was powerless. Now that I finally have a clue, I naturally want to go and see, who dares to go to Murong Villa to make trouble and kill people? Or is it really as rumored to be, to avenge the Murong family? ”
If it is well-informed, it is still slightly better.
He changed his pathology and sat up from the bed: "Even if you go, it won't help, it's better to let me go." ”
"You have been practicing martial arts with the princes in the palace since you were a child, and you have never been to the villa, you don't know anything, I don't worry, I have to go to this matter in person." The old general replied.
"I don't know anything, but I know who killed those men in black, is that enough?" Baili Jiu pretended to be a high and profound way.
The old general was stunned: "How do you know?" ”
"Because, the one who appeared in Murong Villa was your daughter-in-law, my wife, and I naturally wanted to arrest her back!"
"Daughter-in-law? You mean? The old general was a little incredulous, who else could he have in his son but her: "You mean, it was Noya who killed those black-clothed people in Murong Villa?" Has her martial arts recovered? ”
Baili Jiuyi nodded solemnly: "Not only that!" I also suspect that Noya is Murong Nuo, the only daughter of Murong Cheng, the owner of Murong Villa! ”
"How so?" The old general's breathing couldn't help but begin to become chaotic, showing the excitement in his heart.
"On the first day of our wedding, when I saw her inadvertently using the Murong family's peerless Tai Chi Moon Collector's hand, I had doubts in my heart, and I made a special trip to have someone track it down, but then I felt a little ridiculous, so I gave up. Until you returned home, I heard you say that Noya was very much like Murong Shibo's only daughter, so when I went to the first line of heaven, I passed by Handan City and made a special trip to Murong Villa, and I saw the stone tablet you stood at the gate of the villa, which engraved Murong Nuo's name. The strange thing is that the name has a sword mark on it, which was carved by someone with a sword using internal force. However, when I inquired in the local area, I heard that nearly sixty members of the Murong family died at that time, and none of them were spared, and all of them were killed, and there was no way to investigate. So I had to give up on tracking again. ”
Then he simply told the old general about the painstaking efforts to conceal the identity of Noya's killer.
The old general couldn't hold back his joy when he heard this, although the facts have not yet been verified, but the hope rising in his heart has made his heart knot for many years have a momentum that is about to open: "The sky has eyes, if it is really her, under Jiuquan in the future, I will also be worthy of Murong City!" ”
Baili Jiu jumped up from the bed: "Then I'm leaving?" ”
Looking at the old general again, he was already in tears, and solemnly patted him on the shoulder: "Xiao Jiu, when you see her, you must bring her back safe and sound." This kid is too bitter. ”
Baili Jiu smiled, and his face was also solemn: "Dad, don't worry, I will never let her have anything to do." ”
"Well, then you can go, all the affairs in the capital will be handed over to me, although rest assured."
Baili Jiu nodded heavily, twisted his body out of Yiniantang, his steps were brisk, where was there still a little sick and weak?
Sure enough, Noah is his best cure, and the medicine will get rid of the disease.
Old man Xue lived in the north of Handan City, living alone, in three adobe houses, the house was very shabby, and there was not even a decent piece of furniture.
Originally, with his craftsmanship, even if he was not rich, he would definitely be able to live a prosperous life, but his temper was strange.
First, others choose the master when they eat, but he is a picky eater when he cooks, and not all dishes are accepted. Such words are tantamount to offending many people, some restaurants dare not invite, and some restaurants are unwilling to go.
Second, they all say that "the apprentices of the church starve the masters", and the cooks are very secretive about their own special skills. When preparing the sauce, I shut myself in a small dark room, and no one else was allowed to see it. And Master Xue is different, there are countless craftsmen who have been appointed by him, but he has never accepted apprentices, and there is no personal filial piety during the New Year.
In fact, the most important point is that Master Xue is righteous and squandering money. He earned a lot of silver taels in his life, but he couldn't keep it in his hands. He has no children and no daughters, and he has nothing to worry about, as long as he has a lot of work at hand, he is willing to help those people who are living in difficulty. This is another reason why he has a very high reputation in Handan City.
In his spare time, he often sits alone on the bench at the door in a daze, and sits for half a day. Unless there are children in the neighborhood who come to him to beg for help, they forget what is full of heart.
At nightfall, Noah found Old Man Xue's home, where he was having dinner in the courtyard. There is not even an oil lamp lit in the house, sitting outside, one is transparent, and the other is not stuffy.
He was still thinking about the little girl dressed as a man he had seen at the Jade Ding Festival that day, and he thought how good it would be if she were his apprentice. At the very least, she's back to see herself, and she's promising.
Also, she said that she had amnesia and forgot what happened before. In other words, there is a reason why I haven't seen her for many years, not because I have seen the wrong person.
He comforted himself like this, and the memory came alive again, and every time she suddenly appeared in front of him, as flattering as a dough, and called her master crisply, saying that her name was "Nuo'er", a promise of a thousand gold. He is always dressed as a boy, and he never seems to have asked him, is it a man or a woman?
As if he suddenly remembered something, he put down the bowl in his hand, turned back to the house, rummaged through the camphor box in the corner of the house for a long time, found something, came out, and looked at it in the moonlight. It was a spoon made of bamboo. At first he taught her how to carve turnips when she gave herself a gift.
The handle of the spoon is the appearance of a female doll, combed with a double bun, and the skirt is spread out, making the spoon body. The spoon has been carefully polished and is particularly smooth. He was reluctant to use it, so he kept wrapping it in a handkerchief and putting it in a suitcase. It's been a long time, and it's a little cracked.
He thought, at that time, he was still laughing at how the baby carved a female doll to give away, why did he never think that she might be a female doll?
"Master." Someone behind him called him calmly.
Old man Xue thought it was an illusion, so he didn't care, and continued to look at the spoon in his hand.
"Master." The second sound was a little choked.
Old man Xue turned around in surprise. The boy he had seen during the day was already kneeling in front of him.
He was motionless, and suddenly he didn't know what to say.
"Master, Nuo'er is not filial, and it has worried you for so many years."
Old man Xue realized at this time that the hope in his heart seemed to have come true.
"I'm not your master." He coldly refused, but his heart melted into a puddle of water.
Noya knelt on the ground, the tears in her eyes reflected the bright light of the moon, but there was a smile on the corner of her mouth: "Master, Nuo'er is sorry for you, Nuo'er didn't come back to beg for your forgiveness, Nuo'er just wanted to come back and kowtow to you and look at your old man." ”
Old man Xue raised his face and let the moon dry the tears in the corners of his eyes before turning around: "After reading it, you can go." ”
"The master is still blaming Nuer, isn't he?"
The stubborn old man suddenly became angry: "Shouldn't it?" You don't say goodbye, and you have been gone for eight or nine years, and there has been no news. In the past two or three years, you've secretly sent me two taels of silver a few times, right? Every time you come back quietly, leave something and leave, and don't even see a face, shouldn't my old man be angry? Am I short of that little bit of silver? ”