The autumn breeze is bleak, and thoughts are like a tide. At this season, the nights in Axeyang County are noticeably colder.

Not to mention Yu Ruyi, who has been living in the relatively mild climate of Jiangnan since he was a child and has never set foot in the northern border, was born in the middle of the harsh winter of February and has lived in the north for 12 or 3 years, He Nan also felt that this year's autumn wind was mixed with a trace of bitter cold.

That is, Yan Chunlai and Wei Xuan, two people who practice martial arts, one has a true qi of yang, and the other has an extremely strong physical body, so they did not feel strange about the increasingly cool weather.

The four of them were sitting around the house of He Nan's family at this time, and a small stove was set up on the ground at their feet, and a hot pot boiling with hot soup was boiling on the stove.

"Why do you keep frowning, maybe it's because you invited us to have a good meal, right?" Wei Wei saw that He Nan's face had been gloomy, and the atmosphere on the table was relatively depressing, so he wanted to make a joke to liven up the atmosphere.

"Wasn't he like this all the time yesterday afternoon?" The chopsticks in Yu Ruyi's hand picked and picked in the bowl, fiddling with a piece of green vegetables, but he didn't take a bite for a long time.

"I've noticed this, but I don't know what you're worried about......" Yan Chunlai put a piece of meat in his mouth, and his voice was a little vague, "Is it something that Lord Yushi explained to you?"

"Go further, when you leave the Golden Pavilion......"

"Hmm...... Starting with Mr. Chi flipping the table?"

He Nan, the main master, didn't say a word, but these people were already talking about it.

In the end, Yu Ruyi, who was the most delicate, and Bing Xue was smart, came to a conclusion: "Let's start by reading the letter brought by Chi Zebao." The two rough men also felt justified after thinking about it - the change in He Nan's mood seemed to have started at that time.

"Hey......" He Nan finished eating the beef in the bowl, put down the chopsticks, and then drank the wine in the cup: "You eat first, I'll go and let it go." With that, he got up, pushed open the door, and went into the courtyard.

Yesterday, Yan Chunlai took He Nan out alone, and he repeated Li Mastiff's instructions to him, to the effect that Zhou Fang, the county guard of Shuihan County, was also his own disciple, and he could be regarded as a fellow senior brother whom He Nan had never met. Zhou Fang is also newly transferred to Shuihan County, presumably the affairs are quite complicated, so it is better to let He Nan go to him first to make a clerical master book to help his senior brother share the pressure.

He Nan also agreed to this matter, and he even felt that this senior brother was very likely to be specially transferred by the master to help him. However, although Shuihan County and Axe Yang County are adjacent to each other, it will be the end of the month until the report is made by his senior brother.

After explaining everything, the bound Tianbianwei brother in the room also woke up slowly, with a look of wanting to cry without tears. Yan Chunlai is also kind, and he returned the uniform of the heavenly border guard who robbed the other people to others and let him go.

After spending the night in Axe Yang City, everyone rushed to his hometown with He Nan early this morning, that is, Xuanyang County, which is subordinate to Axe Yang County.

Under the rule of a county, there are several county towns to dozens, and the selection system of officials is to select from the people of the county as much as possible, except for the order of one county, which must be appointed as officials of other counties, which is also to prevent the people of the county from colluding with the local tyrants, and the upper beam is not correct and the lower beam is crooked, and the higher level of local officials is also the same as the county guard, so He Nan's father, as a native of Xuanyang County, went to Qingming County to do the county order.

He Nan's residence in Xuanyang County's hometown is a square courtyard of acceptable scale, he has never returned home over the years, so he has been handed over to his uncle He Lei and aunt He Ni to take care of, but He Lei's brothers and sisters do not live here for a long time, just come every month to simply clean it, and add a handful of incense to the gods worshiped at home during the New Year's holidays.

Today is not the day when He Lei's brothers and sisters come to clean, so He Nan did not meet his relatives, and because it was not early to arrive in the county seat, He Nan only bought some wine and food in the vegetable market on the street, preparing to visit his relatives who have been taking care of him tomorrow.

As soon as he pushed open the door of his long-lost home, He Nan's tears rolled down involuntarily. Bai Yujing is prosperous and brightly lit, and he is quite taken care of there, has a pretty good errand, and even has a cottage to settle down......

But only this is his home, and almost every inch of blue bricks and red tiles can make him cry.

When he was on an errand in the capital, He Nan would occasionally feel a little homesick; when he arrived in the county town, He Nan was quite excited to invite the two to the best restaurant; today he went north a little further north into the county seat, He Nan was still full of excitement; and it was not until he stood in front of his home that He Nan found that all his emotions had turned into exhaustion and fatigue - he just wanted to lie on the small bed where he slept as a child and squint quietly for a while.

He Nan left aside the people in the side hall, climbed alone along the wooden ladder behind the room to the top of the main hall, sat down, and then took out the black snake pipe in his arms, lit the tobacco and stuffed it into his mouth.

Although the ravines and ravines made him a little uncomfortable, his mood at the moment was the most relaxed in these days.

The first three top ministers of the empire, the personal disciple of Li Mastiff, the head of the Shanhe Mansion, the chief judge with a carved heart and a tough method, and a rebellious young man who dared to bargain with the five princes to meet his opponents...... No matter how much limelight he was outside, when he returned to this home, he seemed to have lost all his disguises, unloaded all his baggage, and became the immature child he once was.

He Nan has always had a fear of heights, because he once accidentally fell from a branch when he was a child climbing a tree, but fortunately there was no big problem with the softer sand below, but the fear of heights was still deeply engraved in his heart. Only the tiled roof of this main hall did not give him the slightest fear, but gave him great peace—perhaps because whenever he had any troubles, his parents would take him to sit on the roof, tell him fables, and enlighten him through the characters and events in the stories.

At this time, he held a slender cigarette stick in one hand, pillowed the other arm under the back of his head, leaned against the ridge of the roof and lay down, staring at a pair of eyes, staring at the moon that became more and more round as the Mid-Autumn Festival approached, and his heart couldn't help but feel a trace of sadness - now he is no longer afraid of heights, and even light skills can be regarded as good, but he has encouraged him to climb on the roof again and again, and the person who accompanied him to overcome his fear is no longer there.

Two thin streams slid down his sideburns at the end of his eyes, but He Nan let them swell until he got wet with his own clothes.

Suddenly heard the sound of rustling behind him, He Nan hurriedly wiped away his tears and got up quickly, it turned out that Yu Ruyi found himself on the roof, so he found the wooden ladder behind the house and climbed up.

This wooden ladder has been around for some years, and it is already fragile, Yu Ruyi stepped on the weak wooden steps, and suddenly let out an exclamation. Seeing that the wooden steps were broken, He Nan jumped out with an arrow, leaned down and grabbed Yu Ruyi's jade wrist, and scooped her up from the air.

"Whew...... Scared the hell out of me. Yu Ruyi stood firm and stroked his chest and let out a long sigh, "Thank you." ”

"It's a gesture. He Nan grinned.

Yu Ruyi suddenly came to He Nan's face, observing He Nan's face by the moonlight, He Nan knew what the other party was looking at, and hurriedly turned half of his body and took a step back.

"You...... Crying again?" Yu Ruyi raised her eyebrows.

He Nan hurriedly wiped away the remaining tears with his hand, and said hesitantly: "Smoke...... It's so choking. ”

Of course, Yu Ruyi knew what he was hiding with this statement, but she didn't ask, but sat on the roof: "I've never seen a man cry before, but today I've seen you cry twice." ”

Just when He Nan didn't know how to respond to the other party, Yu Ruyi said again: "Are you homesick...... When I was a child, I was sent to Guanghan Palace, where it was really hard to practice martial arts. I'm not afraid of hardship, but every night I feel homesick and cry when I think of home. I was afraid that my fellow sisters and sisters would laugh at me, so I put my head in the quilt and cried secretly, my crying eyes were dry, and when I was tired of crying, I slept on the wet bedding. ”

Only then did He Nan know that Yu Ruyi was still a disciple of the Guanghan Palace, which only accepted girls, among the nine major sects of the rivers and lakes, and then thought that this girl actually cried and had to stuff herself in the quilt, which was still quite strong.

He just wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Yu Ruyi, who was talking to himself: "Later, I got used to it, and I rarely cried, but after being away from home for a long time, I will still be very sad." ”

"Everyone cries when they leave home, why do you cry when you get home?" Yu Ruyi wrapped his two arms around his knees, and turned his head to look at He Nan, who was standing on the side and weeping in the wind.

The answer already came to Henan's heart—this is my home, but I don't have any family anymore.

But he never spoke like this, he was afraid that he would collapse in an instant, so in the end he only slowly spit out a few words, and pointed to the courtyard with his finger: "This is empty ......"

Yu Ruyi lived in a prosperous family, so she couldn't fully empathize with He Nan's feelings, and she didn't dare to imagine what would happen if her home became so deserted, but she could understand He Nan's feelings, so she didn't bother him anymore.

He Nan lay beside Yu Ruyi, and through her words, his own emotions were vented a lot, and his mood was better, and he fell asleep unconsciously.

The two sat on the ridge of the roof, Yu Ruyi looked at He Nan, who was sleeping calmly, by the moonlight, and suddenly thought of his corpse-like sleeping appearance in the past and now it is really like two people.

After a long time, He Nan shivered in the cold wind, woke up in a daze, and found that the roof was really full of people—Yan Chunlai and Wei Wei also sat up.

"Second brother, old Wei...... Why did you come up too?" He Nan rubbed his eyes, "When did you come up?"

Yan Chunlai and Wei Wei were like two generals, answering He Nan's questions one by one.

"Seeing that you are not in a good mood, I think about coming up to accompany you. ”

"It's not been long since you fell asleep, and it's been almost an hour. ”

"Oh......" He Nan scratched his head, Xu was a little bitten and his head ached, "The wooden ladder is broken, how did you two climb up?"

Yan Chunlai pursed his lips: "I taught you all light skills, can't I still do it?"

Only then did He Nan realize that he could go to the roof with light skills. It was the touching of the scene and habit that made him climb the ladder behind the house as he did when he was a child.

"What ...... I" Wei Wei scratched his head, but his eyes were fixed on the eaves.

He Nan followed Wei Wei's gaze, only to find that the eaves of his roof had collapsed, and his expression was distorted for a moment: "You girl...... You can't jump up on the eaves, right?"

Wei Wei nodded silently, revealing a look of shame.

He Nangang wanted to take this opportunity to laugh at Wei Wei, but found that these two people had been holding back a smile and looking at him, and also at Yu Ruyi behind him. As soon as he turned around, he met Yu Ruyi's cold expression.

Yu Ruyi stretched out a finger and pointed to the hem of his big red dress, and He Nan suddenly trembled after seeing the stains on the skirt.

When people are cold, they will involuntarily approach the warm place, and He Nan squirmed and stuck to Yu Ruyi's side in his sleep, and all the saliva flowed to the corners of Yu Ruyi's skirt.

He Nan, who knew that he was wrong, lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Yu Ruyi's sharp eyes that could kill, but Yu Ruyi put his hand in front of He Nan: "Take me down." ”