Northland, desert.

General Yan's Mansion.

The house that is not big, the inner courtyard should be the house of the female dependents, it is all opened, half of it is equipped with wooden stakes, half of it is placed with tables and chairs, at this moment, the courtyard is a sound of reading, and the immature children's voices are pleasant and refreshing.

The master who shuttles between the desks is an old man who has passed a jiazi, this master is a Qing guest of the general's mansion, it is said that he is General Yan's year-old friend, the name and origin are not very clear to outsiders, only that General Yan calls him "Mr. Mu", his great wisdom is foolish, but also quite ventilated, perennial dark green linen clothes, gray hair, full of fairy wind bones.

The time to end school is approaching, Mr. Mu spot-checked the homework of several students, and let them get out of school, as usual, these children refused to leave, and they all stayed in the general's mansion to write their homework, Mr. Mu didn't say anything, just watched from the side, a pot of tea, a fan, a Taishi chair, as usual.

The twilight gradually changed, and the children were all ready to go home in groups of three or five, and the scholar sent the children out, and saw a carriage near the general's mansion in the distance, and his heart was puzzled.

As one of the few generals with military power, General Yan has been stationed in the north all the year round, and has never left the north for more than ten years, the general is upright, straightforward and bold, but he has no friends, and the yellow sand in the early years of the north, the trees planted in these years are not very able to survive, although there is some improvement, but it is still very barren, therefore, the general's mansion has not been visited for many years, and this twilight, the carriage that went straight to the general's mansion is not very reasonable.

The scholar followed Mr. Mu in the General's Mansion for nearly thirteen years, speaking of which, he really hadn't seen a few visits from outsiders, and when he was puzzled, the group had already come closer.

The man at the head was tall and big, and at first glance he was a practitioner, probably a guard, and the man turned over and dismounted and stepped forward.

"I'm here to look for relatives, from the east coast, I don't know if General Yan is in the house?"

"The general is still in the barracks, and you are looking for relatives, I don't know which one?" The scholar was puzzled, the east coast is indeed the place where General Yan's young relatives lived, but General Yan lost his father and mother when he was young, and other men in the clan also died in battle, most of the female dependents died in martyrdom, and there were no relatives alive for a long time, the only adopted son is Xue Gongzi, Xue Gongzi is far away in Kyoto City, young and promising, since he is flying Huang Tengda official fortune is prosperous, Xue Gongzi is still a relative, but the father is declining in Kyoto City, and the mother family is still on the rich side of the south.

Li Yao was stunned for a moment, looked at the scholar who looked like he was only twenty-five or sixteen, and said, "If Your Excellency is not at ease, when General Yan sees us, he will naturally know who he is looking for." ”

The scholar was unmoved.

After a while, Li Yao was helpless, took out a white jade auspicious cloud pendant from his arms, and handed it over, "I'm tired of presenting this thing in, since the general of your mansion is not here, the chief Qingke can also see it, it's hard work." ”

Li Yao can stand at the foot of the stone steps half a head taller than the scholar, although his face does not look like a good person, but this treatment of people and things is still remarkable.

As everyone knows, when the scholar saw this jade pendant, his eyes were straight, his throat was choked, and his delicate face was a little incredulous, and he moved his gaze from the jade pendant to the face of the big man in front of him.

Taking a deep breath, the scholar glanced at the carriage not far away, and asked slowly, "Dare to ask, what is the surname of the noble man inside?" ”

Li Yao looked at the scholar strangely, and suddenly paused, "Do you know this pendant?" ”

"What's your name?"

“…… The surname is Mu, and the name is An. ”

The scholar shook for a moment, glanced at the guards not far away, and said loudly: "Since it is the general's relative, let's enter the mansion, please!" ”

Li Yao returned the salute, turned back to invite the people in the carriage, walked a few steps, and when he turned around, he found that the scholar had followed, and was about to speak, when he saw the scholar stop next to the guard again, as if he just wanted to say something to the guard, not to follow and see the people in the carriage.

The scholar said, "The general's relatives have come to the house, go to the camp and ask the general to come back." ”

Li Yao pressed the puzzlement in his heart, and walked back to the carriage quickly, "Master, you can go in." ”

After a while, several people got down from the carriage, all dressed in gray wide clothes, wearing dark cloaks, black silk scarves, from hair to heels, their stature was not as good as that of adult men, they looked quite strange, not like they were here to find relatives, but like they were here to raise Gu and harm people.

Several guards were puzzled, and were about to ask, when the man who had just heard the negotiation with Mr. Mu's scholar said: "My wife has a rash and is afraid of the wind, so it is so, but there is no need to be frightened, this disease can be cured in a few days, and it will not be passed on." ”

The guard looked at him a few times, then at the scholar who had been talking to Mr. Mu and the general all the year round, moved his lips, and finally said nothing, stood back, and continued to stand guard.

The scholar welcomed people in, almost took a fork in the road several times, and also walked hand and foot together, which was really embarrassing, but fortunately, there were no guards in the General's Mansion and there were not many subordinates, and there were no half of the people around at this time, but no one saw it. The scholar, who comforted himself like this, breathed a sigh of relief, but suddenly heard a crisp laugh from behind him, and suddenly froze.

"I haven't seen you for many years, but Brother Qiu is as generous as ever."

Mu Qiu, no, it's Li Qiu, a line of tears rolled down, this time I didn't care about the shame, I turned my head and looked, a few people who were covered tightly from head to toe, most of them took off their face towels, several of them were familiar faces, I haven't seen them for two years, Li Qiu is a little afraid to admit it, they are all big girls......

"The girl came to joke again, so suddenly, there was no news, Mr. is afraid that he will not be able to sleep peacefully because of his employment!" Mu Qiu turned back and continued to lead the way, muttering slowly, with a smile at the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.

It's looking for relatives, not General Yan's relatives, it's their husband's relatives......

The girl is back, back to see the sir!

What a wonderful thing!

It's going to be lively again!

Li Qiu wiped his face with his sleeve, and led everyone around, passing by a few courtyards, occasionally a few older scholars were still working hard.

Looking at those courtyards, Li Xiang had a moment of daunting, and the "nondescript" yards he saw in front of him gradually coincided with the places described along the way by the spring rain, the bookcases and wooden stakes in the yard, the sand table and blades in the garden, the pine camphor trees at the corners, and the few lychee roots at the head of the wall......

Also, there is a small courtyard hidden in the innermost part of the General's Mansion.

Li Xiang had a headache, as if he saw a drooping girl running over, pushed open the door of the courtyard, and then saw the old man enjoying the shade under the tree in the courtyard, and shouted crisply: "Grandfather! ”

In a trance, Li Xiang really saw the old man, sitting under the tree, the old man raised his eyes and looked over, his eyes were full of kindness and turned into a little surprise, and they all returned to a smile......

"Grandfather ......"