Changshoufang is located in the south of Xishi and is under the jurisdiction of Chang'an County.

Xue Bai entered the fang from the east gate, crossed the cross long street in the fang to the west, and looked south, you could see the Chang'an County Ya.

He followed Xue Gengbo to the north, turned into the alley, and entered a private house in the north.

Xue Guang's house is the first one at the mouth of the alley, it looks like a big house from a distance, and when I got closer, I saw that the original mansion had been divided into several houses, and the remaining part was less than half the size of Du You's neighbor's house, which was barely a three-entry courtyard.

The arch at the cornice of the roof, the decoration at the cornice, and the stone carvings on the wall all show that this place was once a solid official family.

Entering the door, the furnishing style has some similarities with Liu Tao's house, and the emphasis is on "cutting the complicated and simplifying".

The courtyard is overgrown with weeds, and the traces should have been decorated, such as a large water tank; The lobby is empty, and there should have been a screen in the middle of the pattern; The Duobao shelf was still in the corner, and there were books scattered on it, but there were no books that could be bound into a book...... Probably all sold.

"Rokuro waits."

Xue Gengbo led Xue Bai into the hall and hurried to the backyard.

Seeing that he was walking unsteadily, Du Wulang hurriedly shouted, "Slow down, slow down." ”

The door of the instrument "squeaked" opened, and a woman in her forties with a withered description rushed out with several children, large and small, and asked eagerly, "Liulang?" Is it Rokuro or not? ”

Xue Bai had heard Xue Gengbo say on the way here, and knew that this was the Liu family, the mother of the family.

It is said to be his biological mother.

Her face was yellow, her expression was haggard, and she could still vaguely see some of the elegance and beauty of her youth, wearing a dilapidated narrow-sleeved jacket and long skirt, looking quite down.

Glancing at each other, Xue Bai politely made a cross salute, with a decent smile on his face, and said, "I am a lost person, I have no memory, whether it is Xue Jialiulang is still unclear." ”

"Not Rokuro?"

Liu Xiangjun was looking at Xue Bai deeply, with ardent expectation in his eyes, and quickly dimmed when he heard the words.

She didn't know what to say for a while, then turned to the children behind her and said, "Go and lie down, don't be hungry easily." ”

The children were not curious, so they responded weakly and dragged back to the backyard.

"How could it not be?" Xue Gengbo saw that the scene was cold, and stepped forward and smiled: "It's Liulang." ”

Turning over and over again, there is only this sentence, and there is no more evidence.

Xue Bai looked at Liu Xiangjun and asked, "Have you lost your child?" ”

It's not like I'm looking for relatives, it's more like the government is visiting.

Liu Xiangjun's excitement disappeared a lot, and he was a little disappointed, and replied: "It's been almost ten years, in the summer of the twenty-fourth year of Kaiyuan, my uncle was promoted to the master of ceremonies, Lang Jun took his concubine to Chang'an, passed through Weinan, suffered from heavy rain, and rested for two days before setting off...... The concubine thought that she was swept away by the Wei River. ”

"The Wei River swept away?" Xue Bai asked, "Didn't the human traffickers plunder it?" ”

"Looted by human traffickers." Xue Gengbo hurriedly said: "There were many vendors on the official road that day, all of them were business trips that were blocked by the heavy rain. At that time, the eldest lady didn't believe that people's hearts were so sinister, and mistakenly thought that the Wei River was swept away. ”

"That's right." Liu Xiangjun wiped his tears and nodded again and again.

Xue Bai asked again: "Is Liulang also named Xue Bai?" ”

Liu Xiangjun shook his head and responded: "Back then, there was only the name 'sickness'. ”

Sick means cured, and is often used as a nickname for frail children. It's just that she is so sincere, which makes Xue Bai slightly surprised.

Xue Gengbo said: "Big lady, Liulang now has a name, the single name 'white' is elegant." ”

"Fengya?" Kyauknu snorted coldly.

Du Wulang hurriedly came forward to resolve the embarrassment and asked, "Then where has Xue Bai been in the past ten years?" ”

"This ......"

Tian Shenyu's ears moved, and he turned his head to look at the courtyard gate.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves sounded, and I saw a middle-aged man leading a thin horse into the courtyard, presumably Xue Ling.

Xue Ling is about fifty years old, tall, but very civil, his eyes are blank, and his eye bags are swollen, giving people a sense of emptiness and dazedness after excessive wine.

"Aaron."

Xue Ling raised his hand and shook it, stopping Xue Gengbo and Liu Xiangjun, who stepped forward to speak, and pointed to his thin horse.

Xue Gengbo hurriedly went to lead the horse, and was pleasantly surprised to find that there were Hu cakes and a bag of corn in the horse coat.

"Big lady, Ah Lang is back with food!"

Liu Xiangjun looked happy and said, "Lang Jun finally recovered his debts?" ”

Xue Ling smiled slightly, looking a little proud, but he didn't answer, and walked towards Xue Bai with vague steps, putting his hands on Xue Bai's shoulders.

A smell of alcohol came to my nose.

"My Rokuro is back." Xue Ling said, "It's good to be back." ”

Xue Bai was about to speak.

"Shh Xue Ling shook his head with a smile, let go of his hand, patted the wine bag on his waist, and said, "Liulang, listen to what my father said, let's go to the hall and say." ”

~~

Several wine bowls were placed on the table.

Xue Lingle poured two bowls of wine, but Xue Bai, Du Wulang, and Kyauknu all waved their hands and didn't drink, which made people disappointed.

Fortunately, Tian Shenyu was happy to accompany him to drink a few bowls, and Xue Ling was interested.

"What a strong man!"

Raising the bowl and touching a cup with Tian Shenyu, Xue Ling said loudly: "You are a Hebei hero, I grew up in Fanyang, you and I are half a fellow countryman." ”

In a word, Tian Shenyu suddenly felt that Xue Xiaolangjun's grandfather was very good, and hurriedly responded: "Xie Langjun gives wine." ”

The slave crossed his arms and snorted coldly.

Xue Ling glanced at this beautiful maid, her eyes fell on the jade pendant on her waist, and she smiled unconsciously, and then she gushed out.

"I was born in the ancestral house of the Xue clan in Hedong, and I was the queen of Hedong in the Northern Wei Dynasty."

"My grandfather was courteous, the word was benevolent, and he was in the world with a name, he once broke the Khitan in the north and conquered Goryeo in the east, and defeated the 100,000 army of Tiele with nine surnames with three arrows, and the official book was given to General Zuo Xiaowei, the governor of Youzhou, and the prince of Pingyang County."

"My uncle is sneering, the words are cautious, the people call it 'Xue Ding Mountain', break the 100,000 army of Tubo, resist the Turks, and make great achievements, and the official is the general of Zuo Yulin, attacking the prince of Pingyang County."

"My fifth uncle, Xue Chuyu, was an envoy to Fanyang Festival."

"My cousin Xue Hui is the general of Zuojin Wuwei......"

After the wine was finished, Xue Ling had not yet been able to introduce his cousins who worked in all corners of the world.

Xue Bai listened silently, and took out charcoal chalk and paper to record.

It seems that this is what he has to do when he comes to Xue Ling's mansion.

If you don't ask about kinship, just look at the family background, the Xue family is indeed the queen of the gate, and the heritage is profound.

Now the most prominent is the long house, except for Xue Hui, the general of Zuojin Wuwei, the brothers are all high-ranking officials in Chang'an; The fourth-room and fifth-house brothers mostly served in the army in Fanyang; The second and third rooms are more civilian.

Xue Ling was born in the second room, and his father, Xue Shenfu, had a low official position and no door shade, so he did not have an official body.

Of course, with his life experience, he will not have no way, and if he can fall so far, he must be unable to do it himself. Fortunately, the family background is good, and if the children and grandchildren are angry, there is still a chance to get ahead.

"In short, Liulang rest assured, the Xue family has several generations of high-ranking families, and they will never insult you!"

At the end, Xue Ling burped and laughed heartily.

The hall fell silent.

Everyone looked at it, but it was Xue Ling who leaned on the railing of the Hu bed with his head up, breathing with his mouth open, and actually sat there and fell asleep.

"He's drunk?"

Although Du Wulang was born in the Jingzhao Du clan, he could still listen to Xue Ling's boasting with relish, and he couldn't help but feel a little regretful at this time.

"I haven't said anything important."

Xue Gengbo bent down and entered the hall, and said with a little embarrassment: "There are many people in the house, and Liulang and his brothers are crowded into a room, okay?" ”

Du Wulang listened to it and realized that the difference between him and Xue Bai might be in front of him, and he was extremely reluctant.

Xue Bai looked at him and asked, "My life history has not yet been decided, can I go back to the Du Mansion to live?" ”

"Huh?" Du Wulang was stunned, and then he was pleasantly surprised, and quickly nodded vigorously, "Of course, you can live as long as you want!" ”

Xue Bai then smiled at Xue Gengbo and said, "I will leave first today." ”

"Korokuro, you ......"

"Don't worry, the coming day will be long, if I am really the son of the Xue family, I can't escape."

Xue Gengbo rubbed his hands on the corners of his clothes uneasily, looked at Xue Ling, who was already intoxicated, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Xue Bai had already gotten up and walked outside the house.

In the courtyard, Liu Xiangjun rubbed his hands and watched this scene, not sure if this was his son, so he was not entangled.

~~

The Kyauknu followed out of the dilapidated little mansion, and his face looked a little better.

"Remind you, even if you want to recognize your relatives, you have to ask the right minister first."

"I know." Xue Bai asked rhetorically, "Is there any money?" ”

Kyauknu snorted coldly and took out a purse and threw it to him.

Xue Bai took it, but he went to the roadside stall to buy a lot of pastries, asked the vendor to help hold them, and returned to Xue's house to give them to Xue Gengbo.

"Rokuro, this is?"

"There are many children at home, so you should bring some greeting gifts when you come to the door."

"Look at what Rokuro said."

Xue Bai didn't bother to argue with him about whether it was Liulang's business, so he got on the horse and left the Longevity Fang.

The horses' hooves trampled across the long street, and when they walked up to Pingfang, they heard the sound of the twilight drums, and the day passed like this.

In these years, there are few things that can be done every day, but people can slowly experience the passage of time.

~~

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Qinglan was hiding behind the rockery on the edge of the east hall to wipe her tears.

Suddenly, someone behind me asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

"Huh?"

Qinglan turned her head and saw Xue Bai standing there, with a gentle and elegant temperament, like a breeze pine forest, she couldn't help but be stunned.

"You, why are you back?"

"Huh? Where else to go? Xue Bai said: "Even if you recognize your relatives, you don't move over on the same day." ”

Qinglan smiled and asked, "Then have you found a home?" ”

Xue Bai shook his head and said, "You still need to think about it." ”

"Consider?"

Qing Lan was quite puzzled by this word, and was about to ask more, but saw that Kyauknu was already walking this way.

"Do me a favor." Xue Bai said in a low voice: "I need to get rid of her for a while, and give her something to eat at dinner." ”

"Hmm." Qinglan nodded, "By the way, someone gave you a gift, it's a small box of pastries......"

~~

At night, Xue Bai sat in front of the candlelight and flipped through the book, turned his head to look at Kyauknu, and saw that her expression was a little solemn, so he gave a puzzled look.

"Hmph."

The slaves are still self-reliant.

There was a knock on the door.

Xue Bai turned a page of the book and said unhurriedly: "Open the door." ”

With some difficulty, the slave got up and opened the door.

Xue Bai looked sideways and noticed that her feet under her robe were already a little inward when she walked.

But it was the Du sisters who were outside the door, each holding a few books in their hands, and Qinglan and Qu Shui followed them with lanterns.

"Send some books to Xue Bai." Du Yan smiled faintly.

Entering the house, she put the book in her hand on Xue Bai's desk.

Xue Bai picked it up and looked at it, and first saw a copy of "Cutting Rhyme", and couldn't help but say: "I need this book, Erniang is timely rain." ”

Du Yan glanced at Du Yan and said, "The eldest sister heard you say that you were worried that you would go to the examination room in the future to compose poems and rhymes, so you went to find it." It is necessary to know that the Datang Science Field has extremely strict requirements for the discipline. ”

"Where did you find it?" Du Cheng said in a low voice: "I just saw it and bought it." ”

Xue Bai only turned to the first page and asked, "How to pronounce this word?" ”

"However, with the pearl is still in the water, the rainbow jade is still flawed." Du Yan glanced at it, read it in a low voice, and said: "Xu, read 'tears', referring to the pimples on the silk, the so-called 'jade is flawed, and the silk is fine'." ”

Kyaunu snorted coldly, gritted his teeth, squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth, and said, "Heh, if you want to talk about the Xue family, why pretend?" ”

"Okay, don't pretend." Du Yan raised her head, showing her slender and white neck, and asked Xue Bai, "Are you the son of Xue Ling?" ”

Xue Bai was not in a hurry, and talked about today's events in detail.

The slave finally couldn't take it anymore and turned around and walked out.

"I'll carry a lantern for you." Qinglan hurriedly followed.

"Huh."

"Lady, Xue Langjun, you speak, and the slave and maid go and watch." Qu Shui said and hurriedly ran away.

Du Cheng was a little worried and asked, "Will she sue the right minister?" ”

"Sue her for being greedy and eating a few more pieces of flower balls?"

It is said that when making it, the bean skin in the bean paste should be filtered out to make bean paste, and the glutinous cake will be crushed into semi-transparent, which can vaguely reflect the flower shape of the bean paste.

Qinglan had noticed that Kyauknu liked this delicate little sweet, and gave her more.

Xue Bai was not in a hurry, and then said on the topic: "It can be seen that Xue Ling accepted the money and recognized me as a son." This person is quite unreliable, maybe he spent all the money, and he didn't tell the Liu family the truth, so they couldn't even match the rhetoric. ”

"I said that I have been visiting for many days and have not found clues, how can the prince suddenly find a relative for you." Du Cheng was a little anxious, and hurriedly explained, saying: "I didn't know about this matter with my second sister in advance, and we only heard about it after you left, and the second sister also quarreled with Grandpa." ”

"Big sister." Du Yan interrupted Du Yan's words and asked Xue Bai calmly, "Can you be sure it's fake?" ”

"Fake." Xue Bai said.

There was something he didn't tell the Du family sisters.

In fact, the name "Xue Bai" was used by him in his previous life, and he didn't know who his surname was in this life, and it was Hedong Xue's family.

Unless it was the Lord of Yama who made a mistake with the same name and surname when he drew the book of life and death.

"Donggong found my life experience for me according to my surname." Xue Bai smiled: "It's time for me to stop making trouble with the soldiers of Longyou." ”

"It's a quick reaction." Du Yan had already guessed, and when she heard this, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, a little sneering, and a little revenge-like pleasure, and said: "If you are an ant, it is the easiest thing for him to step on it." But if you are a beast of prey, he will throw a piece of flesh to lure you away. ”

"That's right."

In the power struggle, only interests are discussed, and when Xue Bai was still a small person, it was most convenient to arrange a few people to bury him alive, but now, he has made Donggong realize that it is troublesome to get rid of him, and it is more beneficial to win him over.

Lee Hyung is a mature politician who doesn't care about feelings, doesn't sway grievances, and can make the most profitable choice rationally every time.

Oh, this matter may not have been personally instructed by him, it may have been done by a courtier close to the East Palace, and arranging a father and son to recognize each other can alleviate the immediate trouble.

Unimportant. As a political force, the East Palace will only be more mature and rational.

Xue Bai took out a piece of paper from his arms and put it on the desk.

At the top of the paper is a table of character relationships, and below is a map.

"Longyou old handsome Xue Ne; Jin Wuwei General Xue Hui; vanguard general Wang Haibin; the prince's brother-in-law, Wang Zhonghei; The prince's friend, Huangfu Weiming; Du Governor, the governor of Shanzhou, hoped. Among them, some people arranged for the dead to cause trouble, and some people helped finish it. The relationship is clear? ”

Du Yan nodded.

Xue Bai pointed to the map below and said, "It can be seen that the dead soldiers are hiding in this area, and I have visited them, so they realized that they need to feed me with meat." ”

"So what do we do?"

"Don't worry, with the chips in hand, they will throw the mouse bogey. On the contrary, if I really throw it out, I will still be just a small person. Xue Bai said, "Calm down, wait for them to ask for ......"