When Chu Huan and Linlang arrived at Su Mansion, there was still a sunset in the sky, and when they got the report, Su Zhongyan had already rushed over, and when he saw Chu Huan, he immediately wanted to kneel down and salute, but Chu Huan had already stopped and said with a smile: "Seventh uncle, there are no outsiders, they are all their own family, don't be like this." When I came back yesterday, I wanted to come over to meet my uncle, but I was delayed, so I could find time to come over with Linlang today. ”

Su Zhongyan was now respectful and afraid of Chu Huan, and said, "Then I'll go and tell my father now, Chu Du ......!" ”

"Just call me Chu Huan." Chu Huan said with a smile.

Su Zhongyan waved his hand and smiled: "Don't dare, don't dare." Chu Du, my father seems to be in the backyard, I'll go and invite it immediately, by the way, Linlang, you guys go to the hall to drink tea ......! Then he commanded, "Make haste, prepare dinner." ”

Chu Huan also had the intention of having dinner here, but said, "You don't need to invite your uncle, Linlang and I will go to the backyard to meet you." ”

At that moment, Su Zhongyan led the way in front and came to the backyard, which was a small garden, and saw the old lady sitting on a bamboo chair with a book in his hand from a distance.

"Father, Chu Du and Linlang have come to visit you." When Su Zhongyan saw the master, he shouted from afar.

The old lady glanced over here, stood up, but didn't put down the book, and when Chu Huan and Linlang came over and were about to salute, the old lady had already smiled and said, "Excuse me." And he said, "It's quiet here, just sit here for a while?" ”

Chu Huan naturally nodded yes, Su Zhongyan asked two chairs to be brought, and he went to the dinner by himself, the old lady sat down, looked at Chu Huan, and said with a smile: "The first battle is successful, and there is no opponent in the northwest, congratulations." ”

Chu Huan smiled: "It's all thanks to my uncle." ”

"That's not the case." The old lady said with a smile: "You are so old that you are buried in the soil with one foot, and what you can't count on is what you can ......!" ”

"What book does my uncle read?" Linlang asked with a smile: "It seems to be fascinating." ”

"Oh?" The old lady said with a smile: "A book of "Historical Records", I always like to flip through it when I have nothing to do, I just saw the family of King Goujian of Yue, and I have a feeling, so I am a little addicted." ”

Linlang Bingxue was smart, and the old lady said it so specifically, she knew that the old lady was only afraid that she would have something to say to Chu Huan, so she got up and said, "Uncle, I'll go to visit my aunt and them first, and you two can talk here." ”

"It's fine." The old lady nodded and said, "I was just about to say a few words to Chu Du, but you don't want to listen to it." ”

Linlang smiled and retreated, and Chu Huan asked with a smile: "Uncle doesn't know what to feel?" ”

The old lady put down the book and sighed: "It's just a sigh of literary Fan Li." ”

"Oh?"

"Gou Jian will be able to defeat Wu Guo, in the final analysis, I am afraid it will not be possible to rely on him to lie on his salary and taste courage, if there is no loyal assistance from Fan Li and others, he may not be able to achieve anything."

Chu Huan bowed his head and said: "Yes, a good man and three gangs, if they want to break into the world alone with their bare hands, it is easy to be crushed in the end." ”

The old lady sighed, "It's a pity that it ...... in the end!" Shaking his head, "The cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooking, the birds are exhausted, the good bow is hidden, although Gou Jian's perseverance is amazing, but this person can be in trouble, but he can't be rich and prosperous." Afraid of the literary Fan Li, kill the literary species, Fan Li is shrewd, otherwise he will definitely end up ...... death! ”

Chu Huan's face did not change, and he smiled: "So Gou Jian's killing of loyal ministers has always been criticized. ”

"What's the use of that, it's just a matter of talking about it after tea and dinner for future generations." The old lady smiled and said, "But for the literary species, it is painful...... The old man occasionally remembered Wen Chong's mood before he died, and he felt a little heavy, loyal to people, but in the end he ended up like this, which is sad and lamentable. ”

Chu Huan smiled and said, "Is my uncle referring to something?" ”

"Huh?" The old lady waved his hand and smiled: "It's just an occasional emotion, doesn't Chu Du like to hear it?" ”

"Of course not." Chu Huan smiled: "I have always wanted to be instructed by my uncle. By the way, this time I thwarted the conspiracy of the soldiers and horses in Beishan and took Shuoquan back, my uncle stepped forward, and I came to thank you. ”

The old lady laughed and said, "You don't have to thank me, if Shuoquan falls, what good will happen to us Xiguan gentry?" Oh, you have to say thank you, His Royal Highness the King of Qi sent someone over to post and invite us to his palace to celebrate ......! ”

"I heard that my uncle didn't go to the banquet?"

The old lady leaned back slowly, leaning on the chair, looking old, but her eyes were full of wisdom accumulated over the years, "Go to the banquet?" Why go to a feast? ”

Chu Huan was stunned, and the old lady said leisurely: "We organized people to help defend the city because you sent a letter, let's do it according to your wishes, to put it more directly, not only to help you keep this one-third of an acre of land, but also to help yourself keep the ...... of the family business!" Raising his hand and stroking his beard, "Chu Du, before we defended the city, we didn't know that there was another King of Qi in the city, and we didn't defend the city for the King of Qi...... Oh, and that's not what I mean alone, that's what everybody says. ”

Chu Huan didn't expect the old lady to say so directly, and suddenly he didn't know how to say it.

"Chu Du, the old man is now dizzy, and his brain is sometimes confused, so if something is wrong, you will assume that the old man is old and confused, and he is talking nonsense." The old lady said that his old eyes were dizzy, but unfortunately his eyes were still shining, "Yesterday, Qian Boyi came to my house, and when he was talking, he suddenly asked me what day it was in the Qin calendar yesterday, but I was old and confused, and suddenly forgot about it, not only that, but I can't remember who it is today." ”

The corners of Chu Huan's eyebrows jumped slightly.

"I said I was confused, but Qian Boyi also said that he couldn't remember." The old lady sighed: "Chu Du, you said that the people in the northwest, how many people still remember the Qin calendar?" ”

Chu Huan knew that the old lady was quite straightforward when he said this, and sighed: "Uncle, are you saying that the people don't remember the Qin calendar?" ”

The old lady smiled slightly, "Those who live in the deep mountains and old forests don't know that there is also Qin Li...... Well, I still counted the Qin calendar in the first few years, but now I can't remember it. It seems that this Qin calendar has been used for more than 20 years...... For more than 20 years, with the flick of a finger, this northwest is too remote, and some people don't know the Qin calendar, but it's really ......! ”

Chu Huan let out an "oh", and the old lady said slowly: "Northwest people cherish the old feelings, whoever is good to them, they will remember whom...... Well, the Hua Dynasty has been inherited for hundreds of years, and the people in the northwest know that there is a Hua Dynasty, and then the heroes rise together, and there are five countries in the three northwests, today you beat me, tomorrow I will beat you, fight back and forth, the people are not happy, and the five countries are all gone, but those relict ministers still remember their vassal states, but the people do not remember, they still remember the Hua Dynasty...... After fighting for so many years, the northwest is full of scars, the common people wipe away their tears, wash their blood, and start a difficult life again...... Originally, life was difficult, and after more than ten years, it was hard to recover a little vitality, and suddenly it was a harsh tax again, and the people did not live a good life, so they remembered that there was an emperor who wanted to cultivate the Tao and build a palace, so he asked the people to take out their belongings...... Wife and children starved to death, no clothes to cover their bodies, no food, originally endured, and then it was the Xiliang people who killed them, and the soldiers were not angry, their wives were separated, their families were ruined, and they were destined to die at the end of the world. So everyone waits, waiting for some food to come down, don't eat enough, as long as you can fill your stomach, it doesn't matter if you starve to death, don't let your wife and children starve to death...... Wait, wait, wait, watch my family starve to death one after another, but not a single food ......! ”

The old lady's voice was low, like a drooping old man chattering about family affairs, his wrinkled face was full of vicissitudes, but his expression was also extremely solemn.

Chu Huan's eyebrows were locked, and the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.

"Chu Du, you say, what will these people think in their hearts?" The old lady stared at Chu Huan with a pair of eyes that looked at the world, "Do you say that they should kneel down and worship the emperor who cultivates the Tao above their heads, hoping that he will live forever and live forever, or do they hide a knife in their hearts, thinking that one day they will seek justice for their wives and children?" ”

Chu Huan sighed and said, "Uncle, I understand what you mean, you mean that the people of the Northwest hate the Qin State in their hearts." ”

"They may not know what Qin is or what is not Qin, but they never want to suffer such a disaster." The old lady said slowly: "Suddenly, one day, a person came, thinking of the common people, dividing the land, distributing seeds, reducing taxes, thinking that they would live a good life, that is, even those bandits who were forced to rebel also returned to their hometowns to farm, so they had hope in their hearts, the people did not have big ambitions, they thought about one acre and three points of land, the wife and children were hot on the kang, and the wife lived a peaceful life, this person took them to live a good life, what do you say they think in their hearts?" ”

Chu Huan knew that the person in the old lady's mouth was himself, and said with a wry smile: "I also wanted to live such a life before, so I also want the people to live such a life." ”

"That's right." The old lady nodded and said: "So everyone is willing to make efforts, thinking about the person who will lead them to a good life, but if one day, this person suddenly says that he wants to obey the orders of the monastic emperor above his head and be loyal to the monastic emperor, what do you think the common people think?" Without waiting for Chu Huan to speak, the old lady had already shook his head and said, "What you get, no one wants to lose." When the emperor above them made their family ruined, and there was no grace for them, and when they mentioned that emperor, they were first afraid, and then angry, and when they knew that the person who led them to live a good life had to listen to the emperor, they felt that the hope of a good life was shattered, and even the person who led them to a good life could not get their respectful ......! Speaking of this, he paused, leaned back in his chair, stared at Chu Huan for a moment, and then said, "When that time comes, I'm afraid that even you won't have a foothold in the northwest." ”