Nightwatcher

Although Xu Xinnian often despises his vulgar father and elder brother in his heart, his father is his father, so it's okay for him to despise him, so he can't allow outsiders to slander him.

Therefore, upon hearing Zhao Panyi's accusation, Xu Xinnian first quickly calculated the ages of himself and his sister in his heart, and confirmed that he was his own. Then he flew into a rage and sneered:

"Zhao Panyi, you keep saying that my father is ungrateful, what evidence do you have?"

The Battle of Shanhaiguan happened 21 years ago, I am 20 years old, Lingyue is 18 years old, the time does not match, so he and Lingyue are not orphans of the Zhou family.

Zhao Panyi sneered: "People have been dead for 21 years, there is evidence... But Xu Pingzhi's ungratefulness is ungrateful. Is it worthwhile for me to slander him?"

Xu Erlang didn't believe it, he waved his hand: "Come on, tie this dog up for me."

The soldiers who cook the meat have been paying attention to the movement here. Hearing this, they drew out their sabers one after another and swarmed over to surround Zhao Panyi and other 30 soldiers.

The soldiers under Zhao Panyi drew their knives and confronted their comrades with a stern face. Although they were wounded and outnumbered, they were not afraid at all.

Being on the battlefield is like being in hell. Since the expedition, they have fought against the Yasukuni cavalry in turn, and their hostility has long been cultivated. No one is afraid of death.

Zhao Panyi pressed his hands and signaled his subordinates not to be impulsive, spit out a mouthful of phlegm, and said disdainfully: "I don't work hard with my colleagues, unlike someone, like a father, like a son, they are all ungrateful dogs thing."

Xu Erlang's face was gloomy, and he shouted: "Tied."

The soldiers rushed forward, knocked Zhao Panyi and others over with the handles of their knives, tied them up, threw them aside, and then went back to cook the horse meat.

Zhao Panyi was still cursing there, including the eighteen generations of the ancestors of the Xu family, including the female relatives.

Xu Nian then ordered his soldiers to plug Zhao Panyi's mouth, so that he could only whine, and could no longer breathe out fragrance.

"Family?"

Seeing that his brows were tightly furrowed, Chu Yuanzhen asked tentatively with a smile.

Xu Nian shook his head, looked at the ground not far away, and said hesitantly: "I don't believe my father is such a person, but Zhao Panyi's words reminded me of something. So leave him alone for now. come down."

When he was a teenager, the relationship between his eldest brother and his mother was not good, which caused his father a headache, so his father often said that he and his uncle fought against each other, and his uncle blocked the knife for him and died on the battlefield.

Xu Erlang had heard it all since he was a child, but now, this Zhou Biao who appeared out of nowhere seemed very unreasonable and weird.

He looked at Chu Yuanzhen and said, "You seem to have a way to contact my elder brother?"

Xu Erlang was quite cautious, and since there were no outsiders here, wouldn't it be good to just say the book? Chu Yuanzhen reached out and took out the fragments of the book, and asked, "Do you want to contact Ning Yan? Tell me, what's the matter?"

Xu Nian glanced at the fragments of the book in surprise, and said, "Tell him what happened here, and ask him to ask my father for verification."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Chu Yuanzhen writing on the surface of the small jade mirror with his hand instead.

The setting sun was completely engulfed by the horizon, and the sky was blue and dark. After Xu Qi'an had dinner, taking advantage of the blue sky, before it was completely covered by night, he comfortably digested his food in the yard, and kicked shuttlecock with Xiao Douding.

Xiaodouding still can't control his strength very well, he always kicks the shuttlecock into the outer courtyard, or kicks the ground out of a hole.

The vigor has increased too fast, she has only practiced the physical training method of the force Gu department for a few months? Is it her luck, or my luck? Xu Qi'an was almost dumbfounded.

"Lina, what's the matter with the ring tone? The progress is too exaggerated."

He turned his head to look at Lina who was sitting aside, peeling and eating oranges.

Lina wrinkled her nose when she heard the words: "I said that Lingyin is as strong as a calf, full of energy and blood, and is a good seedling for cultivating strength Gu. You don't believe my judgment?"

This seedling is so good, I'm almost sore Xu Qi'an held the shuttlecock in his hand, looked at the shallow pit under Xu Lingyin's feet, and said helplessly:

"She still can't control her own strength, and she will overdo it if she is not careful. In terms of cultivation, take it easy."

Xiao Douding is a lively and active child, and she is more clingy to her aunt. She went to school at the beginning of the year, and whenever she came home, she would rush into the hall with her small schoolbag on her back, and make a reckless dash towards her mother's round peach buttocks.

Now that I have been at home, I am not so clingy to my aunt.

Bao Buqi will go out again one day and with her current strength, the Xu family might have three more motherless children.

"oh!"

Lina nodded. She remembered that Lingyin was not a child of the Power Gu Department. Children of the Power Gu Department can use violence without restraint and are not afraid of hurting their family members.

And if you break the utensils and items at home, you have to be careful of your parents using violence against you unscrupulously.

But the ring tone is not good, the Xu family are all ordinary people.

Xu Qi'an is satisfied, Nanjiang Xiaoheipi is certainly a naive girl, but the advantage of being naive is that she is not coquettish, she is obedient and sensible.

For the same problem, if it were Li Miaozhen, she would say: Don't worry, from now on, the training intensity will be doubled to ensure that she can control her strength in the shortest possible time.

Changed to Lin'an: Then don't study, let's play together.

Changed to Caiwei: Cultivation is so boring, let's eat.

Changed to Huaiqing: Are you teaching me how to do things?

At this time, the familiar heart palpitations came, Xu Qi'an immediately left Xiao Douding and Lina, and walked into the room quickly.

It was Chu Yuanzhen who initiated a private chat request to him when he found out the fragments of the book from under the pillow.

[Three: Brother Chu, how is the battle going north? 】

[Four: The battle is difficult, but it is still good, each has its own winners and losers. I came to you to ask you something for Erlang. 】

Ten seconds later, the second paragraph came: [Four: We met a general banner of Xixian County in Yongzhou named Zhao Panyi, who claimed to be good brothers with the second uncle of the Xu family in the Shanhaiguan battle. 】

[When he saw Xu Erlang, he yelled at Xu Erlang, calling Xu Ershu an ungrateful person. The reason was that Zhao Panyi, Xu Ershu and a man named Zhou Biao were good brothers in a team and fought against each other in the battlefield. 】

[Later, Zhou Biao took a knife for Uncle Xu and died on the battlefield. Uncle Xu swore to treat his family well, but Uncle Xu broke his promise and never visited Zhou Biao’s family for twenty years. I don’t believe there is such a thing as resigning from the old age, so let me pass the letter to you, and ask you to ask Second Uncle Xu. 】

Xu Qi'an wrote a reply almost with trembling hands: 【Wait for me! 】

After collecting the fragments of the book, he didn't go to the second uncle immediately, but poured himself a glass of water and drank it slowly. After drinking the water, his hands stopped shaking.

"squeak"

Opening the door, Xu Qi'an walked towards the East Wing with a blank expression, and knocked on the door that was glowing with candlelight.

Second Uncle Xu was wearing normal clothes, came over to open the door, and said with a smile, "Ning Yan, what's the matter?"

Xu Qi'an opened his mouth, closed it again, spoke for a few seconds, and asked softly, "Second Uncle, do you know Zhao Panyi?"

Second Uncle Xu was obviously taken aback, his tiger eyes opened slightly, and he said in astonishment: "How do you know the brother I made friends with in the Shanhaiguan Battle? Let me tell you, that is my brother who died for friendship."

Xu Qi'an nodded: "Why didn't you contact me later?"

Second Uncle Xu shook his head and laughed: "You don't understand, military life is divided into different parts of the world, and each has its own responsibilities. After a long time, it will fade away."

Xu Qi'an still nodded, and asked again: "Then you must also know Zhou Biao?"

Uncle Xu looked at his nephew, his thick eyebrows frowned, "What's wrong with you today, why do you know about Zhao Panyi and Zhou Biao?"

Xu Qi'an shook his head lightly: "Second uncle, you answer me first, did Zhou Biao die in battle?"

"Yeah, it's a pity to lose a brother."

"How did you die?"

"Back then, we were sent to stop the corpse soldiers of the Witch God Cult. Zhou Biao died in that battle." Uncle Xu sighed.

"Didn't block the knife for you?"

"What are you talking about, it's your father who blocked the knife for me."

""

A gust of bleak autumn wind blew, under the porch, the lanterns swayed slightly, and the candlelight swayed, illuminating Xu Qi'an's face, cloudy or sunny.

"I see, thank you second uncle"

After a long time, Xu Qi'an said in a shy voice, and then, under Xu Ershu's puzzled eyes, slowly turned and left.

Second Uncle Xu watched his nephew leave, and returned to the house. The aunt in a white dress was sitting on the bed, with her long legs bent, looking at a comic book of folklore.

Comic strips are specially developed reading materials for young children and illiterate people like aunts.

The glamorous and plump aunt didn't raise her head, she concentrated on looking at the comic book, and said: "What is Ning Yan looking for you, I heard you are talking about brother."

Uncle Xu frowned and said in confusion:

"Strange, he asked about two brothers who fought with me during the battle of Shanhaiguan. But one was killed in battle, and the other was far away in Yongzhou. He shouldn't know him.

"I also asked me if Zhou Biao blocked the knife for me. Am I so weak on the battlefield? This one will block the knife for me, and that one will block the knife for me."

My aunt raised her head, her dark and vivid eyes examined him, she frowned and said, "Wait, who's here?"

"Zhou Biao, you don't know him, but that is my brother from the army."

Auntie shook her head, "No, I remember him. When you came back from writing your family letter, you seemed to have mentioned this person, saying that it was thanks to him that you could survive. I remember that Ning Yan's mother read that letter to me. of."

It's a pity that the family letter from twenty years ago is long gone.

Uncle Xu's face froze suddenly, and he looked at his wife in disbelief, as if he were looking at a madman.

[Three: Tell Erlang that there is indeed such a person, and that the second uncle failed him. 】

After distributing the letter, Xu Qi'an lightly put the fragments of the book on the table, and said softly: "Go out first, I want to be alone for a while."

Not far away, Zhong Li on the small terrace gave him a cautious look, dragged his embroidered shoes, and tiptoed away.

The door of the room was closed, and Xu Qi'an sat at the table without moving for a long time, like a sculpture.

In the far north, after Chu Yuanzhen finished reading the biography, he was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Xu Nian beside him.

Seeing the other party's expression, Xu Xinnian's heart sank suddenly, and sure enough, he heard Chu Yuanzhen say: "Ning Yan said, what Zhao Panyi said is true."

Xu Xinian's face turned extremely ugly. He was silent for a while, then drew out his knife and walked towards Zhao Panyi.

Zhao Panyi's eyes widened sharply, staring at Xu Xinian, and he let out a "woo-woo" sound.

His subordinates cursed angrily as if they were facing an enemy.

The soldiers eating meat soup also heard the sound and looked over.

Xu Nian turned his wrist around, cut the rope with a knife, threw the knife aside casually, and bowed deeply: "It was my father who was not a son of man, and the father should pay for his debts. I will do whatever you want."

Zhao Panyi stood up slowly, both disdainful and puzzled, wondering why this kid's attitude changed so much.

He sneered and said: "I am not the one Xu Pingzhi is sorry for, why are you pretending to be with me?"

Zhao Panyi spat at Xu Xinian's feet, leaned over to pick up the saber, untied his subordinates, and prepared to take them away.

"etc!"

Xu Nian called out and said, "My brothers are all injured and hungry, stay here to bandage, drink a bowl of meat soup before leaving."

Seeing that Zhao Panyi didn't appreciate it, he immediately said: "The matter between you and my father is a private matter and has nothing to do with the brothers. You can't disregard my life and death for your own personal enmity."

Xu Xinnian successfully persuaded Zhao Panyi, he was reluctant and reluctantly stayed, and sat around the campfire, sharing the crispy and fragrant meat soup with his colleagues, with a satisfied smile on his face.

Xu Nian returned to Chu Yuanzhen's side, stared at the small jade mirror in his hand, and wondered, "You use this to contact my elder brother?"

Chu Yuanzhen let out a hey, with a free and easy smile: "Of course, the book from the ground can be passed on thousands of miles away."

His smile froze suddenly, he twisted his neck inch by inch, and stared blankly at Xu New Year.

"What's wrong?" Xu Nian asked in a daze.

"You, don't know, fragments of the underground book?" Chu Yuanzhen opened his mouth and spat out every single word.

"What is a fragment of a book from the ground?" Xu Xinian was still at a loss.

thump thump thump Chu Yuan took several steps back in shock, his voice was a little sharp: "Aren't you number three?!"

"What is number three?"

Pata Chu Yuanzhen's hand slipped the fragments of the book from the ground and fell to the ground.

It was late at night, Xu Qi'an got up from the desk, opened the door, looked around, and saw Zhong Li hugging his knees, leaning against the window, falling into a deep sleep.

He sighed, leaned over, put his arm through the bend of his leg, and hugged her, the touch from his arm was mellow and mellow.

Going back to the room, put Zhong Li on the bed, and covered her with a thin blanket. It's autumn, if she doesn't cover her with a blanket, she will definitely catch a cold tomorrow morning with her bad luck aura.

"call"

After blowing out the candles, Xu Qi'an also shrank into the bed and fell asleep.

When sleepiness strikes, the last thought is: I seem to have overlooked a very important thing!