After seeing Qing'er, Captain Lin looked for his eldest brother Lin Yi again. However, Lin Yi said that he had consulted several pharmacies, but they all felt that the old man was too old and politely rejected Lin Yi's request.

The tall and thin Heavenly Master also returned to the inn from the courtyard, and asked Daotong to inform Captain Lin that he would stay for another night and then set off back to Changling County.

Hearing these news, Captain Lin was like an ant on a hot pot in the camp, fidgeting.

Then he sent a white horse and came to the city with a sword and a letter.

When Captain Lin entered the city, he went straight to find his eldest brother Lin Yi. After all, his mother had a trust before leaving, and he wanted to try again. By the way, inform the eldest brother of the decision he made.

Lin Yi saw his younger brother and thought that the other party was here to say goodbye. So he found another restaurant and gave his younger brother a meal.

This restaurant is also on the edge of the Qinghe River, but it is relatively remote compared to Baiwei Building, but the area is much larger.

The wine and food in the restaurant are also very rich, and in the center of the main hall, there is a wide table.

On the wide platform, there are a man and a woman wearing heavy makeup. Under the broad platform, several old men held gongs and drums. Eating and chatting while watching is the characteristic of this restaurant.

Because of the matter, Captain Lin chose a relatively remote position to sit down.

Xiao Er came over to greet him, and the shawl habitually wiped around the table, even though there was nothing on the table.

Not long after sitting down, Captain Lin slapped the sword leaning against the table on the table.

The sword lay flat on the table, splitting the table in two.

Lin Yi glanced at the sword on the table, then at Captain Lin, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

Captain Lin straightened his waist, stared at Lin Yi and said, "It's not interesting, the thing will be returned to its original owner." ”

Lin Yi was a little displeased, but he also held back.

Lin Yi smiled bitterly and said, "I am an unworthy thing, and I am not worthy of his sword." Needless to say, go home. ”

Captain Lin heard the self-deprecation in his eldest brother's words and explained: "Father is just angry for a while! ”

Lin Yi was silent.

……

Captain Lin continued: "It's been three years, why are you so stubborn like your father?!" ”

"Don't you do the same, you have to ask me to go back to that home!" Lin Yi was interested when he heard his stubborn temper, so he immediately retorted.

On weekdays, Lin Yi can't see others say that he is stubborn, and he will argue with others for a long time when he mentions it.

Hearing Lin Yi's rebuttal, Captain Lin was a little angry, slapped the table and shouted: "No matter how stubborn my father is, he is just an old man who needs help when he walks." And you? ”

As he spoke, the lieutenant glared angrily at Lin Yi.

"The eldest son of your Lin family, Lin Yi. What is the reason for being so arrogant? What are you waiting for? ”

"Could it be that you have to wait until that poor old man is gone before you can let go of your dignity as the eldest son of the Lin family?"

After Captain Lin finished speaking, without waiting for the other party's reaction, he took the sword on the table and turned around and walked out of the restaurant.

Only the sound of gongs and drums in the restaurant, the sound of babbling, and the sound of everyone clapping and applauding echoed in the building.

On the table in the corner of the building, a man was sitting alone. Under this commotion, it seems to be extraordinarily alone.

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Captain Lin walked out of the restaurant, a little stunned.

I originally wanted to have a good chat with my eldest brother, maybe there will be a turnaround. I don't know that as soon as I get angry, I lose my mind.

Captain Lin had to secretly scold in his heart: "It's all the fault of the old Lin family's stinky temper." ”

The eldest brother didn't persuade him, but the brothers were still unhappy.

Captain Lin wanted to find someone to talk to, but he didn't know who to talk to. Captain Lin led the white horse aimlessly, and looked up to the inn where Qing'er and her grandfather lived. I haven't been here for a long time, so I thought about going in to see Grandpa.

Captain Lin went upstairs and found Qing'er practicing calligraphy.

Grandpa Qing'er signaled not to disturb, and took Captain Lin to the pavilion in the courtyard.

After taking his seat, Captain Lin looked a little restless.

The old man looked at it completely, but he didn't say a word.

After a while, Captain Lin seemed to be a little uncontrollable, and said, "Grandpa, Jian'er has been a little depressed recently, and I don't know what to do. ”

The old man saw that Captain Lin opened his mouth, and said with a smile: "It's all written on his face." ”

After hearing this, Captain Lin unconsciously touched his face, as if there was really something on his face.

"Grandpa, don't have fun with Jian'er." Captain Lin was very entangled at this time, and he had no intention of making fun of the old man.

The old man still had a smile on his face, and said in a mentioning tone: "Is it a family matter?" ”

Captain Lin nodded again and again.

"Is it a matter of the future?" The old man continued.

Captain Lin sat down and said in surprise: "How does Grandpa know?" ”

The old man seemed to be able to read people's hearts, and all the thoughts and thoughts in Captain Lin's heart were guessed by him.

The old man stroked his silver beard with a smile and said, "When you brought wine over yesterday evening, I saw that you were preoccupied, and the anger on your face was still there. I know that you have had a quarrel with someone, presumably the eldest brother in the family should be in this Xuandu, right? ”

Captain Lin was shocked by the old man's perception, and then asked, "What is the explanation of the future that Grandpa said?" ”

"Why is it that the blue sky holds a sword in the daytime, one does not catch thieves, and the other does not arrest thieves?" The old man asked rhetorically.

Captain Lin just "huh" and didn't speak.

"And the letter from home in your arms, you should have made a decision, right?" The old man didn't wait for Captain Lin to explain, and continued.

After saying that, he laughed.

After hearing this, Captain Lin immediately touched his chest. I didn't know that the letter was half exposed, and I didn't find it at all.

"Grandpa Mingjian." Captain Lin said as he stuffed the letter inside.

After doing this, I returned to my previous depressed face. Captain Lin stood up, walked to the old man's side and said, "Grandpa knows what is on my mind, why didn't you mention it to Jian'er early." ”

The old man stroked his beard again and said, "To untie the bell, you must tie the bell!" ”

Captain Lin didn't understand the meaning of these seven words, and asked: "The matter started because of my father, and my father is now thousands of miles away, how can I come to untie the bell?" ”

The old man said, "No." The bell solver is in this Xuandu. ”

Captain Lin thought to himself that in this Xuandu, there were only himself and his eldest brother, could there be anyone else?

Captain Lin looked at the old man with a puzzled look on his face, and said, "Grandpa, don't want to sell to Jian'er." ”

"Your brother's affairs can only be solved by your brother. Only when he unties the knot in his heart can he get out of the invisible shackles. The old man said.

Captain Lin listened half-understood and half-understood, and nodded suspiciously.

Captain Lin understood it himself, and roughly understood that "this matter has to be dealt with, and the eldest brother has to figure it out himself." He thought about it again, and it didn't seem to be any different from not saying it.

If the eldest brother can figure it out, it would be strange, Captain Lin thought to himself, but did not say it.

After some comfort from the old man, although the matter was still unresolved, Captain Lin's heart was much more relaxed.

Then he said goodbye to the old man and went back to the camp outside the city.

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Captain Lin returned to the camp and thought about the day's events again. I thought that I could persuade my eldest brother to go home and take a look, and bring back my father's sword and letter by the way, but I didn't know that it ended in a fallout.

Then I remembered the conversation with Grandpa, and I realized more and more that Grandpa was like a pool of water, and I couldn't see the bottom. Grandpa's appearance also appeared in front of him naturally.

But when he thought about Qing'er and Grandpa's simple dress, Captain Lin felt that it was his own illusion. Maybe Grandpa just listened to more big truths, and Captain Lin comforted himself.

Captain Lin kept thinking in the tent, and there was some movement outside the tent.

A soldier led a man to Captain Lin's tent.

The middle-aged man entered the camp, and Captain Lin got up and saw that it was his brother.

Captain Lin was a little surprised by the arrival of the other party, and got up and froze in place.

Lin Yi looked at his younger brother who was in a daze and said, "Why are you stunned, sit down." ”

Then the two sat down.

After a moment of silence, Captain Lin spoke: "Brother come here, but there is something." ”

The tone was flat, and there was still some resentment left in the day.

"Still angry about daytime?" Lin Yi didn't say anything, but just asked.

Captain Lin replied: "How dare you." ”

Although Captain Lin said so, he was more or less still a little bit in his heart.

Of course, Lin Yi could also read the displeasure in his brother's heart, so he changed the subject.

"When will we leave tomorrow?" Lin Yi said, stood up after speaking, and stared at the sword at the door.

"My brother is busy with government affairs, so I don't bother my brother to see him off." Captain Lin returned.

Hearing Captain Lin's words, Lin Yi turned around and said, "When did I say I was going to see you off?" ”

Captain Lin looked at Lin Yi with a puzzled expression and asked, "Then why do you want to know when to leave?" ”

Lin Yi sat down again and paused for a moment before speaking.

"After staying in the big city for a long time, I miss the country roads a little. Listening to the noise of this street market every day, my ears are calloused. I am tired of eating these delicacies of the mountains and seas every day. ”

"No, I want to find a clean place to clear my stomach. I want to ask you about this convoy, it seems that it is not in the way, if this is the case, then forget it. ”

After saying that, he got up and walked out of the tent.

Captain Lin paused in the tent for a moment before he came to his senses, and hurriedly shouted outside the tent: "Tomorrow morning, I will wait for my brother to arrive!" ”

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Lin Yi walked out of the camp tent, only to feel as if he had unloaded twenty catties of meat on his body, and his steps were much lighter.

After getting into the carriage, Lin Yi unconsciously recalled the scene three years ago.

It was a deep winter three years ago, and there was still half a month and a half before the end of the year.

The snow was particularly heavy that year, and Lin Yi retired from the Xuanwu Army and moved to politics in Xuanyu City.

In Lin Yi's view, there are many ways to serve the country. And choosing the way you like is not a better choice.

Lin Yi liked singing, dancing and poetry since he was a child, but his father insisted that he join the army.

Coming out of Tianze Courtyard, Lin Yi went to the Xuanwu Army in order to follow his father's wishes.

But life in the army is far from the life Lin Yi wants.

Lin Yi faced the boring military life, and his will was gradually worn out.

In the end, Lin Yi abandoned Rong and walked out of the military tent.

The New Year is approaching, Lin Yi returned to his hometown in Yubei to reunite with his family.

After Lin Yi informed his father of this, he knew that his father was furious and drove Lin Yi out of the house that day.

Lin Yi was angry, and vowed never to return to this house.

After three years of cold and summer exchanges, how did he come over, maybe only Lin Yi himself knows.

Although on the surface, he is full of spring breeze. However, the confusion in his heart may only be known to him.

Lin Yi didn't think about compromise, but he didn't know who to compromise with.

Myself? Or a father?

And once, he was not the pride of his father.

Lin Yi felt that it was his father's stubbornness, and every time the new year came in the past three years, it would burn him deeply.

So, after three years, Lin Yi refused to mention the past, and he was even more reluctant to return to that home.

Tonight, however, he figured it out. He is no longer attached to the past, which will only sink him deeper and deeper.

There are some things that are not right or wrong.

Lin Yi loosened the shackles of himself three years ago, and gave the other party a knowing smile.

The carriage staggered into the city, and then drowned in the noisy streets. An ordinary day in Xuandu is also coming to an end.