This is an old courtyard, and from the moment you enter the door, even the deer can feel the old and ancient charm in it.

It's as if you're entering a courtyard that has stood here for hundreds of years.

The yard is not large, and in front of the black eaves, there is a pond of landscape.

The water droplets splashed by the spring on the rockery stone wall fell into the pool, ticking, ticking.

An old man with black hair mixed with a little white hair, holding a broken sword in his hand, stood slightly bent over the edge of the pool.

His old and godless eyes didn't know where to fall, and they seemed to be the pond water in front of him, and they seemed to be the golden fish in the pond.

The stars in the sky were bright, and a crescent moon fell into the water, as if the fish were playing with the moon.

Uncle Tong walked over, his steps were very light.

"Master, the young master has arrived," he said, bowing down.

Su Ci led Lu'er over, and Lu'er tried to make his steps lighter.

A very warm smile appeared on the old man's face, and his eyes full of old age and godlessness were brightened by this.

He looked at Su Ci and Lu'er, and said with a smile: "Come here, sit." ”

He was still wearing the old-fashioned military uniform, and the scale armor on it had already fallen off, and after many sewing and repairs, although it was tattered, it was very clean.

Behind the old man was a stone table, which seemed to have just been washed and had traces of undried water.

"Grandpa," Su Ci called him affectionately and said, "Why did you come back?"

He pulled the deer and walked over, and Uncle Tong came over with a plate of candy and a handkerchief not long after he entered the house.

After wiping the water stains on the table, the old man sat down and looked at the deer and said, "Child, eat sugar." ”

The smile on his face is very kind, and it gives people a sense of affinity for no reason.

Lu'er smiled and thanked him, but never reached for the candy in the basket.

Su Ci peeled one for him and looked at the old man.

His grandfather's name is Su Jingnan, who was once a battlefield general in the west, and he was a great master, and he made great contributions in breaking Zhao and destroying Yan.

Emperor Zu cut down the sky, and he was ordered to supervise the construction of a long wall of thousands of miles to block the beginningless road of the Emperor of Heaven.

His name didn't ring out over the day, but it still ended up in a dusty book in the Royal Courtyard, but no one looked at it now.

The Su family used to be a big family, Su Jingnan's eldest brother died in the war against Chu, and the third brother died on the way to exile in southern Xinjiang, so he was the only one left in the Su family, and the rest of the non-descendants died in Kyoto.

In order to avoid being killed, he lived as his third brother for nearly ten years, until the middle of the Ming Emperor, when the empire posthumously rewarded meritorious people, and his eldest brother was included in it, but without him.

However, with the blessing of his eldest brother, he was able to regain his identity and enjoy his eldest brother's remnants and live here.

"I heard that you are back, grandpa wants to see you earlier," Su Jingnan said softly.

Su Ci said: "It's just that it's a bit dangerous. ”

Su Jingnan breathed a sigh of relief lightly, and said with a little anger: "A group of dogs who have forgotten their ancestors want to hurt my grandson, and they deserve to die." ”

Su Ci was surprised: "Grandpa killed them?"

Su Jingnan's face softened, and he said, "I left a living for you to question, and I will be locked in the pigsty at the back." ”

"Uh......" Su Ci said in a joking tone: "Grandpa, after so many years, I thought you were really an old gentleman who looked at feng shui." ”

"Haha," Su Jingnan smiled heartily and said: "Grandpa also came down from the battlefield, back then, he followed General Meng Da to travel all over the rivers and mountains, and now although it has declined, a few people still moved." ”

Su Ci said: "Then grandpa, what are you going to do next?"

His grandfather didn't live with them, and the old house belonged to her grandmother.

Su Ci asked because he wanted to know if he would continue to stay here.

Su Jingnan said: "The mountains and rivers are beautiful, I don't go there here, the world outside belongs to you young people." ”

Su Zi was silent.

Su Jingnan said: "When you come back this time, did your teacher arrange something else for you? If you are short, tell grandpa, grandpa will find two people for you." ”

"It's something else arranged," Su Ci said: "Some small things, there is no shortage of people." ”

Su Jingnan nodded, and there were fish playing in the water by the pool.

Uncle Tong stood quietly beside Su Jingnan.

His hand holding the remnant sword loosened a little, he knew that Su Ci was worried about his parents, but he hadn't asked until now, and he was a little relieved to follow his words.

Said: "Last night it was indeed a group of cultivators who broke in, their purpose was to control your father, it should be used to coerce you to do something, since you went to Baihe, I have also been sick, and my asthma is getting worse and worse, it has only been a few days, last night I was going to ask your father, what is your situation in Baihe." ”

The deer's small mouth was filled with sugar, and his big eyes were wide open, looking at this amiable old man with curiosity.

"Are you feeling better now?" Su Ci asked.

"It's much better," Su Jingnan said: "I asked Ah Tong to call you, first, I want to see you, and second, I want to hear you tell me what happened in Baihe, how could someone kill at home?"

Su Ci knew a lot of things, his father must have told him, but he just wanted to hear him talk more.

So Su Ci told him about what happened after leaving home, and it was very simple, but the smile on his grandfather's face was not accepted, and it could be seen that he was in a good mood.

Uncle Tong took out some juice from the house, and brought out some fruit, probably seeing that the deer was a little dry when eating sugar.

"That's right, grandpa," Su Ci grabbed Lu'er's little hand and said, "I recognize Lu'er as my sister, and grandpa will have another granddaughter in the future." ”

Su Jingnan looked at Lu'er with a smile, then took out a big red envelope from under his military uniform, handed it to Lu'er and said, "Okay, come, little Lu'er, grandpa's meeting gift for you, take it to buy clothes to wear." ”

Lu'er was a little embarrassed, and Su Ci said, "Go on." ”

She got up and took it with both hands, pursed her lips, and said sweetly, "Thank you, grandpa." ”

caused Su Jingnan to laugh.

After roughly telling the story, Su Ci looked at Su Jingnan's somewhat unsightly cheeks, how smart his grandfather was, many things could be known as soon as he heard it, even if Su Ci had something to hide.

"So, the little emperor wants to pull you to help him;"

Su Ci said: "Sun Er doesn't know if he wants me to help him, or if he wants me to be a simple chess piece." ”

"Forget it," Su Jingnan said wistfully: "This world is his, I don't want you to have too much contact with the imperial court, but from the day you are accepted as a disciple by Gu Fen, I should know that you will be involved." ”

Su Ci found that his grandfather was so sad when he said such words.

So he comforted: "Your Majesty is still very smart. ”

Su Jingnan didn't speak, and was silent for a while.

Suddenly asked: "Then where is that Kong Ling now, you still don't know?"

"Well," Su Ci put his hands on the stone table, crossed them together, and said, "What happened yesterday should be what he did." ”

Su Jingnan said: "Gu Fen doesn't know why he stole the treasures of the six factions?"

Su Ci thought of the letter he had read earlier, and after thinking about it, he still didn't tell his grandfather, so he shook his head.

"By the way, grandpa, the teacher asked me to bring you a letter. ”

Before he finished speaking, Lu'er took out the letter and gave it to Su Ci.

"He wrote to me?" Su Jingnan said suspiciously.

But I took it anyway and took it apart.

Su Ci paid attention to his face, but it didn't change until he put the letter away.