The Shuguo Mansion has been covered with a thick layer of dust by the years, the faded Zhu Gate is wrapped with rusty chains, and the sealed paper posted by the government has long been blown off.

Under the cover of night, this once majestic mansion is now left with boundless silence.

This place has been neglected for a long time, because the crimes committed by its former owner are too serious, and the court has no intention of changing it to other uses, so even pedestrians rarely pass by, for fear that they will accidentally commit some taboos.

At this moment, two figures came to the back wall and looked at the high wall in front of them, which was like a silent forbidden place.

Hengyu, who was wearing an ink-colored cloak like the person beside him, looked around, picked up a piece of grass at the base of the wall, bent over to look at the room, and said in a low voice: "There is a dog hole here...... Look at the size, it should fit just right with me. ”

Seeing that she was eager to try, Xiao Mu grabbed her arm and lifted the person up.

Hengyu turned his head to look at him.

Xiao Mu glanced at her: "You're not dirty." ”

Then Hengyu saw him put down the food box in his hand, bent down calmly, and said to her: "Step on me and climb up, sit on it and wait." ”

Hengyu was stunned: "Stepping on you?" ”

"Don't worry, I can't fall you." Xiao Mu urged: "Come up." ”

Heng Yu didn't hesitate any longer: "Then I'...... Stepped on? ”

Xiao Mu let out a "hmm".

Heng Yu supported his shoulder from one side, stepped on his back carefully, and saw that he was really steady and did not move, so he stepped on his shoulder with confidence.

Xiao Mu straightened up, and when he lifted her up, he held her leg through the soft dress.

Heng Yu grabbed his hands tightly on the wall and whispered, "It's okay, it's enough!" ”

Xiao Mu then carefully lifted the person up.

"Give me the food box." Hengyu sat firmly on the wall and stretched out a hand downward.

In the light moonlight, the girl sat on the wall and looked at him, and stretched out her hand to him, with the stars above her head.

Xiao Mu was inexplicably stunned for a moment before handing the food box to the hand.

Then, with the help of his feet, he climbed with both hands, lifted his body lightly, and easily jumped onto the high wall.

Heng Yu saw it in his eyes, and he only had one feeling - this is obviously not only agile, but also less experience, and he should do a lot of things to go over the wall.

She couldn't help but think that when he was young, he had an uninhibited temperament, disobeyed discipline, and it was about common for him to climb over the wall.

Heng Yu was still out of his mind, suddenly felt that his body was empty, the whole person lost his balance, and his head was blank for a while, and he subconsciously hugged everything he could hold.

Xiao Mu landed in the courtyard wall with her, looking down at the person who was holding him tightly and didn't dare to let go.

Hengyu barely came back to his senses, and let go of the person without getting rid of the shock, and said with a pounding heartbeat: "...... Why didn't you say a word and suddenly jump off like that? ”

The courtyard wall of this Shuguo Mansion is not ordinarily high.

"Suddenly?" Xiao Mu looked at her with some amusement, but seeing that she was indeed frightened, he still said with a proper attitude: "I will remind you next time." ”

As he spoke, he took the food box in her hand: "Let's go." ”

Hengyu walked forward with him, looking around by the moonlight, only to feel that he was in a solemn state, revealing decay and desolation.

The two of them walked quietly, Heng Yu looked at his too quiet back, and felt that he needed to say something: "...... I also came here once when I was younger, when I was about four or five years old, and I came with Awen, but I didn't seem to be able to see you. ”

Her voice was very soft, and Xiao Mu did not respond.

Just when Heng Yu felt that he had no intention of speaking, he seemed to come back to his senses and said, "I am more than five years older than you, and when you are four or five years old, I am already very stubborn, and I am easily homeless." ”

As he spoke, his gaze swept over the familiar and unfamiliar bricks, tiles, and trees.

Heng Yu followed his line of sight and looked forward, and said strangely: "That's a ...... Cherry trees? ”

Xiao Mu nodded and walked over with her.

"This is a gift from a saint and planted by my father." Xiao Mu recalled.

"This thing is very rare, and it has only been more than ten years since it was paid tribute to Beijing." Heng Yu looked at the red cherry fruits, and said: "The cherry orchard in the palace is ripe at this time of year, and it is necessary to recommend the temple first, and then set up a cherry banquet to give the new branch jinshi - when my brother was in high school, he got a few in the palace, but he was not willing to eat them, so he specially hid them in his sleeve and brought them home." ”

When Xiao Mu heard this, he raised his hand to pick a few intact fruits and handed them to her: "No one takes care of it, but it grows quite well, but it is cheaper than birds." ”

Heng Yu held it in his hand and looked around: "This is where Uncle Shi's outer study is located, right?" ”

"Yes, my father used to do business here." As soon as Xiao Mu's voice fell, his expression changed slightly.

He grabbed one of Hengyu's hands, took her to dodge behind the rockery on the side, and whispered, "Someone is coming-"

When he pulled himself to dodge, Heng Yu had already guessed this possibility, and at this time, Wen Yan lowered his breathing a little lighter, and paid some nervous attention to the movement outside the rockery.

It's not terrible for someone to come over, but if someone finds out his identity—

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the sound of light and fast footsteps to come closer.

Hengyu looked silently through the gap between the two rockeries, and saw that the person who came was wearing a blue robe, and his steps were extremely fast, obviously with some kung fu, he walked all the way to the top of the stone steps, and then squatted down, and after putting something I don't know, a fire was ignited.

It's burning paper money.

It was too far away, and Heng Yu couldn't see the person's appearance clearly, but looking at his figure, he was obviously very young.

The other party stayed aside, never said a word, and waited until the paper money burned out before leaving.

After a while, Xiao Mu and Hengyu walked out from behind the rockery.

"Does Master Hou recognize that person?" Hengyu asked in a low voice.

Xiao Mu shook his head and looked in the direction where the other party left: "Judging by the actions and behaviors, it should be a guard, probably doing things for the master." ”

"Who could that be?" Heng Yu thought about it and said: "It must not be Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, the eldest princess's mansion will put some worship things in private every year today, and she will not come here......"

It is precisely because the eldest princess's mansion has never fallen to worship every year that she knows that today is the birthday of Shu Guogong.

"Could it be that Yan Ming?" She guessed.

Xiao Mu had already come to the stone steps, squatted down to check the worship objects, and fixed his eyes on the wine jar that had been uncorked: "It's the wine that my father likes...... Maybe it's his old friend. ”

In this Jingshi, my father also had many friends before his death, but there was an accident in the family, in order not to be implicated, it is inevitable that he needs to avoid it as much as possible, and everyone has a family and clan to protect each other, which is understandable.

After many years, it is very rare to remember my father's birthday, and to venture to come here to worship.

He was also curious about who instructed the man, but he couldn't chase him.

It wasn't a problem to stop the other party, but he couldn't explain why he, as Xiao Mu, was here.

The man in blue drove out of the Shuguo Mansion with ease, took the path and left Anrenfang, and returned to the downtown all the way back to the downtown area, found a carriage parked on the side of the street, and whispered through the window: "Master Lang, everything has been done." ”

"Then let's go." Humanity inside the car.

The man in blue answered "yes" and jumped into the seat, and the coachman drove the carriage.

In the car, the steward who came out to do business together said, "Master Lang, there is one more thing...... Today, I heard from the housekeeper in the girl's courtyard that the girl deliberately wanted to go back to Zhuangzi outside the city to live for a while, saying that she always remembered the things of her childhood recently and wanted to go back to see it. ”

The person sitting opposite him pondered for a moment before he said, "Since she wants to go, then arrange it." ”

"Yes."

……

After Heng Yu and Xiao Mu arranged the worship things they brought, they walked into the study that had almost been emptied.

Calligraphy, paintings, porcelain and other items have long been emptied when the house was raided, and at this moment, there are only a few yellowed old books on the warped desk, covered with dust and cobwebs.

Xiao Mu approached and took one of the volumes, and sure enough, it was the military book that his father usually liked to read.

"My father spent most of his life on the battlefield, or on the way to the battlefield. When I was young, he told me that if he had a choice, he would like his destiny in this life to be on horseback on the battlefield or in the barracks, and in any case not to be like those who are paralyzed and sick in the twilight, which is really unpleasant—my mother sneered when she heard this, and said only that it would be as he wished, even if he was too old to walk at that time, and that he would carry him on horseback before he could breathe. ”

When the father heard this, he was pleased, and said, "If you have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for?" I was so angry that my mother pulled me away, and told me that I must not be stupid with my father in the future. ”

At the mention of this, there was a complicated smile on the corner of Xiao Mu's mouth, and he lowered his eyes and put down the military book: "It's just that my mother failed to keep this promise, and my father also failed to do so." ”

Father's destination is not on the battlefield, not on the sickbed-

Heng Yu heard a burst of pain in his heart, and he didn't say much, but only stood quietly with him for a long time before proposing: "Let's go out for a walk." ”

The two of them went out of the study, Xiao Mu took Hengyu around, and finally came to a courtyard.

"This is my former home."

"It's going to be the size of three of my yard." Heng Yu looked around, pointed to a clearing next to the corridor, and saw that there were still a few wooden stakes and arrow targets erected there, and couldn't help asking: "Where is the martial arts arena?" ”

Xiao Mu nodded: "Yes, the ancestral training of the family, all children who have reached the age of six must practice every morning. ”

"It is worthy of a family of military generals." Heng Yu looked at the corridor again: "I have seen this place in a painting, when I was in Yingzhou, in Yan Ming's courtyard——"

It turns out that the background of the painting is Shi Jingzhi's residence.

"When he was young, he was weak and couldn't learn martial arts, so I practiced my sword here in the morning, and he was convenient for him to read in the morning."

As they spoke, they walked through the corridor, over the rockery, and through a moon gate, to a patio.

Moss grew in the cracks of the green bricks, and a pine scene made in the center of the patio was still there, and the two sat down at the stone table next to the pine view.

"On the day of the accident at home, I promised my mother to go home and have dinner, but I didn't even do it."

The two sat next to each other, and Heng Yu heard this and looked at him: "So you have lost your sense of taste since then, right?" ”

She had heard Master Yan say that he had a lack of taste, and Grandpa Bai said that it was due to a knot in his heart.

Clearly, he saw the breach as a mistake that would be extremely difficult to let go.

Therefore, since then, he has paid special attention to the word "promise" - guarding the world is also keeping his promise to his late father.

"Yes." Xiao Mu said frankly: "Fortunately, it has slowly recovered. ”

"Recovered?" Heng Yu showed a smile and stretched out his hand to him: "Then let's eat a cherry." ”

The moonlight fell on the patio and on the palms of the girls' hands, and a few cherries shone with a moist and delicious light.

Xiao Mu smiled between his eyebrows: "I don't like sweets, so let's eat them." ”

Heng Yu wiped it with a handkerchief, gave one to his mouth, and immediately said, "It's not sweet......"

I rubbed another one and handed it to him: "Taste it, it's not sweet." ”

Xiao Mu had no choice but to take it, but as soon as he bit it in his mouth, he was so sweet that he doubted his life, and raised his eyes to look at her: "Is this still called sweet?" ”

"It seems that the sense of taste has really returned." Hengyu's eyes were full of smiles.

Looking at those smiling eyes, Xiao Mu's eyes couldn't help but smile: "You don't have to coax and tempt me like this." ”

Seeing him smile, Hengyu's tone became serious: "I know that things are people, they always touch the scene and hurt the situation, and it is in vain for outsiders to comfort them." But at this time, Hou Ye only needs to know two things-"

Xiao Mu looked at her quietly.

"This first thing is naturally to find out the truth, so that we can have an explanation for the past, the old people, and ourselves." Saying that, Heng Yu put the last cherry in his hand and said softly: "The second thing is to focus on the future, and the days to come, and there are still many worthwhile things waiting for Hou Ye." ”

Compared with her many sycophants and some flowery rhetoric in the past, these words seem extremely simple.

But like a spring spring, wherever it flows, it can take away the cold despair that has been silent for a whole winter, and inject new life into the valley that has not been echoed for a long time.

Xiao Mu knew that the clear echo in his heart at this time was because of her words, but it was already more than just because of this sentence - the first Wang Chunquan flowed, and under it was the vitality that had been accumulated for a long time.

Even before today, she had quietly gathered a lot of strength for him, pulled him out of the mire, and brought him back to the blazing sun.

He looked at the bright moon above the patio and said, "Over the years, I have never thought about what will happen in the future, like an unconscious walking corpse, I don't know what to eat, I don't know where to go in the future, I don't know where to go, I don't know where to go, and I don't even gradually lose my ability to empathize with the joys and sorrows of the world, life or death doesn't seem to matter. Sometimes when I am alone and look into the distance, I feel that everything in this world seems to have nothing to do with me. ”

"I thought that would be the end of this life." Still looking at the moon, he said, "But now, I am no longer so—as you said, there is still much to be done in the world." My life is still worth cherishing. ”

Heng Yu was much happier and more relaxed for him when he heard this, and asked with a smile: "Then how and when did Master Hou figure it out?" ”

"I don't know exactly when. But I know it's because I was lucky enough to meet someone. He replied to the moon.

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