"Xiaoxi, it's hard for you these days. Dad didn't expect that the emperor would choose you as a colt. ”

In the room, Taifu sent his subordinates away, leaving only him and Ning Xi behind, and then watched Ning Xi speak slowly, his words full of worry and helplessness.

"Dad, I'm nothing. ”

Hearing the worry in the old man's words, Ning Xi was a little moved, and involuntarily showed a look that reassured the old man.

"Xiaoxi, you have always been like this, there is something buried in your heart, and you don't want to say it...... The main reason for letting you come back this time is that I feel that my time is running out, and there are some things I want to say to you......"

Taifu looked at Ning Xi with loving eyes, and then after a pause, he said.

"Dad, your body is still very tough, don't worry, you are still ......"

Facing the old man's snow-white sideburns and the withered yellow face, Ning Xi could feel the breath of aging and death, but he couldn't help but comfort him, but was interrupted by Taifu.

"Don't lie to me, for the Father knows the condition of his body. There is life and death, like a leaf falling and a flower is gone, I have lived to such an old age with a mortal body, I am already very content, and there is nothing I can't think about.

But the only thing I can't worry about is you. I know that you have already stepped into the path of cultivation, and you still have a long way to go. ”

Taifu waved his hand, interrupting Ning Xi's words, a smile appeared on his face, facing death, his eyes were full of open-mindedness, but the last sentence broke the open-mindedness and calmness in his eyes.

Ning Xi's heart was shaken, and she could clearly feel from these words that this was the father's concern for the child.

"It's a good thing that you can step into the path of cultivation, and as a father, you are destined to be different from others. ”

Taifu looked at Ning Xi deeply and continued.

Ning Xi's face moved, and he noticed that Taifu had something to say, and a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes.

"I've always wondered why fatherhood would let you appear as a man. It's time to tell you these words that have been buried in my heart for a long time. ”

Taifu saw the confusion in Ning Xi's expression, and continued.

Hearing Taifu's words, Ning Xi's dark eyes were mixed with a little surprise and concern, and he stood quietly aside, waiting for the other party's next words.

"At that time, I was ordered to leave Beijing to take up a post in a foreign country, and I took my wife and my two-month-old son with me. I thought that the journey would be smooth, but I was robbed and killed by the enemy on the way.

All the guards I brought with me were killed by the gang, and finally they stretched out their knives to our family......"

After Taifu was silent for a moment, he let out a long breath, his eyes fell into deep reminiscence, and when he talked about this past, the old man's open-minded and free face couldn't help but reveal a trace of pain.

Ning Xi looked at Taifu quietly, her expression moved, she couldn't imagine that the old man in front of her had this heavy past, but she didn't speak, she knew that the old man must have something to do with herself when he talked about this past, so she listened carefully to the old man's story.

"I thought I was dying when someone came to my rescue, but my poor child, who was only two months old...... My mother and I only had a son when we were old, and I didn't expect to ...... after only two months of birth."

Taifu said, suddenly his body trembled, his expression was full of sadness, and the corners of his eyes gradually moistened.

"Daddy...... So, I was the child you adopted later, which is why you always disguised me as your son. ”

Hearing this, Ning Xi was shocked at the same time, his mind turned sharply, and all kinds of thoughts also popped up in his mind, and only after the old man's sad expression eased a little, he couldn't help but speak.

"You're not my adopted child. ”

Taifu raised the corners of his moist eyes, revealing kindness, shook his head, and said.

"That's ......"

Ning Xi blinked, his eyes were a little stunned, and his thoughts were a little confused.

"At that time, I was hunted down by the enemy, and in order to kill me, they even invited a Xuanliquid Realm monk to help. Xuanye Realm monk, that is our Wu Dynasty no matter where he goes, he is a strong man on the suppression side.

Under the slaughter of such a strong man, our group had no power to fight back, like ants, crushed by others.

Until the last moment, Eun Gong appeared and saved us husband and wife, and he was holding a small child in his arms, it was you. ”

Ning Xi was a little puzzled when he heard what Taifu said earlier, and when he heard the last sentence, his face could no longer be calm.

"Xiaoxi, you are the child left by that father, you were only a few months old when you were in infancy, and you were a very cute little baby girl. I don't know if you're Eun Gong's child, because I didn't dare to ask too much at the time.

And the way you look now is also caused by Engong. ”

Seeing that Ning Xi's face was shaken, Taifu did not hide it and continued to speak.

"I look like ......"

Ning Xi was extremely surprised when she heard this, she had never thought that such a tortuous and bizarre thing would happen to her, and she had always thought that she was showing people as a man, what kind of purpose did Taifu have. It seems that she is thinking in the wrong direction.

"Engong was very nice, after saving us and my wife, and took us to a nearby small town inn to treat our injuries.

That night, when Eun Gong was treating my wounds, he seemed to sense something, and his face was difficult to see, as if he had encountered something difficult. Then, Engong said that he was going to go out and come back in a few days, so that we and his wife would take care of you.

Finally, as if relieved, he hammered a bead into your body and changed your appearance. He said that the boy was of extraordinary physique, and that if he was not there, he would have made this decision in order to prevent him from being coveted by other monks.

However, it is this act of Engong that has allowed you to show people like this for so many years, and I have nothing to do. ”

In the end, Taifu was a little emotional and helpless.

"As for me taking you away later, that's because, after Engong left, we waited left and right, and we didn't see Engong come back for a month, so we had this idea.

Over the years, I have also sent people to wait at the old inn, just waiting for the benevolent prince to come back again, but there is no news.

As for the clues on you, the only thing I remember is that Engong, who called you a character in your name, so I will give you a single name.

Today I finally told the secret. Xiaoxi, when I brought you back, our husband and wife slowly recovered from the pain of losing their child just now. If there weren't many of you around, I really don't know how we would spend that sad time as a couple.

At that time, I thought that if this child was not found, he would have stayed. Please forgive me for my selfishness, I haven't dared to tell you the truth all these years. ”

As he spoke, the old man's tears flowed, and there was some self-blame and guilt in his expression.