"Boss, do you still have wine-stuffed rice balls?" Yuan Ming looked at the cloth-clothed woman and asked.

"Yes, yes, please sit down, officer. Big pillar, a bowl of wine-stuffed rice balls! The woman nodded, turned and lifted the curtain, and shouted to the cookhouse.

Not long after, a middle-aged man in his thirties walked out with a bowl of steaming rice balls.

When he put down the bowl and wanted to turn away, Yuan Ming stopped him.

"Li Dazhu, where is your father?"

"Do you know my dad?" Li Dazhu turned around and saw that Yuan Ming looked young, and he was suddenly a little puzzled.

"When I was a child, I often ate his wine-stuffed rice balls, but I didn't expect that the small stall at the beginning is now open, how is his old man's health now?" Yuan Ming said with a smile.

"You care, my father went two years ago." Li Dazhu's expression darkened.

Yuan Ming was stunned: "Go?" Two years ago, was there more than seventy? ”

"That's right, there are eight out of seventy, as the saying goes, life is rare in seventy years, and my father can be regarded as peaceful." Li Dazhu sighed, as if he didn't want to talk about this topic anymore, so he said slowly and went back to the cooking room.

In the store, the sound of the abacus crackled, and Yuan Ming sat at the table in a daze, looking at the rice ball bowl in front of him, his heart was sullen, and he had an indescribable feeling.

Suddenly, he stood up with a thud and walked briskly towards the outside of the store.

"Hey, guest, you haven't paid yet!" The woman shouted when she heard the commotion.

Yuan Ming shook his hand without looking back, and a piece of silver fell steadily on the counter.

At the same time, hearing his daughter-in-law's shout, Li Dazhu also ran out of the cooking room, and was about to chase Yuan Ming, but was stopped by his daughter-in-law.

He was immediately surprised when he learned that Yuan Ming had casually given a piece of silver, and when he saw the wine-stuffed rice balls that had not moved, he was even more puzzled.

"What a weirdo." He looked at Yuan Ming's departing back and couldn't help muttering.

……

After half a burnt incense, Yuan Mansion.

Yuan Ming, who was concerned about his parents, was about to enter through the gate, but suddenly frowned and stopped.

A feeling of being spied on spontaneously arose, and without hesitation, he released his divine sense to search around, and soon found a Qi Refining Monk in a green shirt in the alley not far away.

He had a breath talisman on his body, and he thought he was hiding it well, but he couldn't hide Yuan Ming's divine sense at all.

Yuan Ming felt a familiar aura of mana from him, and immediately understood that he was a disciple of Changchun Guan, and he was immediately displeased in his heart, but he didn't get angry and did not move, but just used illusion to deceive him, and then flew into Yuan's mansion.

Then, without alarming anyone, he touched all the way to the door of the study, and before he got close, he saw Fu Qingzheng meticulously guarding the door.

"Commander Fu, is my father in the house?" Seeing this, Yuan Ming took off his disguise and stepped forward.

Fu Qing was subconsciously irritable when he saw someone coming, but when he heard the voice, he felt that something was wrong, and when he looked up, he found that it was Yuan Ming, and he rubbed his eyes in disbelief.

"Less...... Master? Is it really you? He couldn't help but shout.

Yuan Ming nodded with a smile, and was about to speak, but heard a sound from the study behind Fu Qing.

With a squeak, the door of the study was opened, Yuan Zuochong walked out quickly, saw Yuan Ming outside, and looked up and down a few times, first happy, but then sad.

"Ming'er, you shouldn't have come back!" He sighed deeply.

Yuan Ming frowned, remembering the Changchun monk guarding in front of the door, so he immediately asked: "Father, has something happened at home during the years I have been at home, why is there a Changchun monk guarding the house?" Is it still for the sake of the national teacher? ”

"Alas, now is not the time to talk about this, Ming'er, you quickly take advantage of the fact that the others from Changchun Guan are not here, quickly take the secret passage and leave the house, don't be caught by them, Fu Qing, you will lead the way for him now, I will go to the front hall, if the Changchun Guan people come, I will try my best to delay." Yuan Zuochong said hurriedly.

Fu Qing nodded to accept the order, but Yuan Ming flashed in front of Yuan Zuochong like a ghost, and said calmly:

"Father, don't worry, when I entered the house, I found that someone was watching, and he didn't let him find any traces, and now Changchun Guan doesn't know that I have returned home."

"Ming'er must not be careless, now there is an elder of the Changchun Dynasty in the capital, and his means are not small, you can't hide it." Yuan Zuo hurriedly said.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Ming suddenly smiled, showed a trace of momentum towards his father, opened his mouth again, and summoned the Soul Destroying Sword out.

"The father is too worried, but it's just a knot, and if the child wants to hide it, he will never notice it." Yuan Ming said with a smile.

"Ming'er, have you also stepped into Yudan?" Yuan Zuochong stared at the Soul Destroying Sword, his eyes widened, and his expression was incredulous.

"It's been a while, but I can't get home in time because of trivial matters, and I ask my father to forgive me." Yuan Ming said.

Yuan Zuochong's expression changed on his face, with excitement, relief, and even a hint of envy.

In the study, Yuan Ming sat opposite his father and briefly talked about his experience over the years.

Yuan Zuochong listened silently, the look of surprise in his eyes continued, and when he heard that Zuo Qinghui came to the door and Yuan Ming had to kill him, a trace of inexplicable look flashed in his eyes, and his mood also changed.

"That Changchun Guan Jiedan Elder named Zuo Qinghui, was it really Ming'er that you killed?" Yuan Zuochong suddenly asked.

"Yes, my father asked this, did he know about it in advance? Could it be that Changchun Guan also found out? Yuan Ming is not a stupid person, as soon as he heard his father ask like this, he immediately realized something.

"Since you left, Changchun Guan has sent another foundation building monk to serve as a national teacher, because my father has unloaded the burden on his body and is no longer responsible for government affairs, and he has no intention of making enemies with our Yuan family, and he has always been well water and not river water." Yuan Zuochong said.

Yuan Ming just listened silently, did not interrupt or speak, only heard Yuan Zuochong pause, and then continued to speak:

"But six years ago, he suddenly visited his father, and repeatedly mentioned that he wanted to see you, but he was blocked by his father, and he didn't say anything on the surface, but since then, there have been more monks outside the mansion to watch, and they think they are well hidden, but his father has also been trained in the army, and this observation is still there, but at that time, my father was still puzzled, and for some reason they suddenly had the idea of looking for you again."

When Yuan Ming heard this, he still looked at Yuan Zuochong without any waves on his face.

"The father wants to use the relationship to inquire, but the correspondence is also controlled by them, and the father can't get useful information at all, until one day, there is suddenly an extra piece of jade slip in the father's study, which says that there is an elder in Changchun Guan who is inexplicably missing, and they suspect that Ming'er did it, so they sent an elder of the Yudan period to investigate the matter with full authority, and the Jiedan elder is sitting in the capital at this time, and it is also his idea to monitor the Yuan Mansion, in order to wait for the rabbit."

When Yuan Zuochong said this, Yuan Ming's eyes finally moved imperceptibly.

"At first, I thought there was another hidden meaning in this matter, Changchun Guan just found an excuse to attack Ming'er, who thought, it was really Ming'er you killed." Yuan Zuochong smiled bitterly.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming also sighed helplessly, killing Zuo Qinghui back then was really a last resort, although he also guessed that Changchun Guan would find out sooner or later, but he really didn't expect that they couldn't find themselves, and they would attack their parents.

Not to mention that the parents have lived in the capital for a long time is an iron law for immortals, and Changchun Guan can completely ignore it, which is really arrogant.

"In addition to surveillance, what other measures does Changchun Guan have?" Yuan Ming asked worriedly.

"In the dead of night, they sneaked into the house a few times, and they retreated after a search, and they were discovered by me and your Uncle Fu a few times, but they didn't care at all." Yuan Zuochong recalled the scene at that time, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes.

"What about the royal family in the Changchun view, didn't they react?" Yuan Ming asked expressionlessly.

"The matter involves Elder Jiedan, and they may not be able to show up against it, but I suspect that the jade slip in the study at that time should have been left by someone from the royal family." Yuan Zuochong said.

After a pause, he persuaded with some concern: "Ming'er, although you are now married, but after all, you are weak, in the face of a behemoth like Changchun Guan, after all, it is better not to have a head-on conflict, in my opinion, it is better for you to leave quickly, and your mother and I can understand." ”

"Father, the child has been away for so many years, and he can be regarded as understanding a lot of truths, escaping and hiding cannot be exchanged for peace, a sect like Changchun Guan, the more forbearance and retreat, the more they will gain an inch, only by showing the strength that they are afraid of, they are willing to sit down and talk about it." Yuan Ming glanced at the extra white hair on Yuan Zuochong's temples, and said in a calm tone.

Yuan Zuochong opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but before he could speak, he heard Yuan Ming's tone increase a little:

"Besides, they have humiliated you and your mother so much, they have long since taken us seriously, and if I leave today, what if they run out of patience and do even more things?"

When Yuan Zuochong heard this, his face was a little ugly, and he didn't speak.

"Aren't they looking for me? Okay, then I won't hide it, just go home openly, they want to ask for an explanation for Zuo Qinghui's death, and I also want to ask for an explanation for Zuo Qinghui's bullying and forcing me to be his slave! A cold light flashed in Yuan Ming's eyes.

Seeing Yuan Ming like this, Yuan Zuochong was half relieved and half worried, and still persuaded: "Changchun has a big view, Ming'er must not act impulsively." ”

"Father, rest assured, I will not act blindly." Yuan Ming nodded.

Seeing that Yuan Ming's expression was calm, and he didn't seem to be carried away by anger, Yuan Zuochong was a little relieved, and talked to Yuan Ming about some trivial matters at home in the past twenty years.

Older people always become a little chattering, but Yuan Ming didn't feel bored at all, not only listened carefully, but also interjected two sentences from time to time, saying two witty words, making Yuan Zuochong laugh.

Father and son talked so happily that they lost track of time until a "squeak" knocked on the door.

(End of chapter)