Du Jie's sharp eyes saw that the girl next to the man was the lotus picking girl from before. This is interesting, why is she here? When Chu Mu heard that he was the land protector of this place, he frowned and said, "My Lord, Chu Mu, the three of us are here to find someone, that is Marshal Du, who has been fighting in the northwest for five years. Do you know who he is?" Where is your home?"
After hearing this, the middle-aged man sighed and said, "Hey, you are officials in the court, I guess. To be honest, Mr. Du left for the west more than ten days ago."
Du Jie's face, which he didn't know what to say at first, suddenly turned pale. He opened his eyes wide and said, "It's impossible..."
The middle-aged man who claimed to be the land security guard was a little surprised to see Du Jie's reaction, but he still sighed and said: "Master, to be honest, Marshal Du suddenly fell ill more than ten days ago and passed away in less than three days. This is the end of the world. The old marshal left so quickly, and we never thought that the villagers in the village collectively held a funeral for him. Before he left, old marshal Du had an old slave by his side, and there was no one else at all. Oh, what a pity for this man. How could a great man of his generation end up like this?"
"You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense! You're talking nonsense..." Du Jie couldn't hear anything anymore. He shook his head and pointed at the man and yelled: "I don't believe it, I don't believe it..."
Seeing that it was not good, Chu Mu ran over and helped Du Jie. It didn't matter. Du Jie finally couldn't help but spurt out blood. Chu Mu screamed inwardly, and quickly gave Du Jie some relief. It took a long time for Du Jie to recover. He said to the middle-aged man with tears and tremblingly: "Uncle...please take me to my grandfather's grave." "
"Your grandfather? Are you the grandson of Marshal Du?" This time it was the security guard's turn to be surprised. He looked at Du Jie up and down carefully many times, and then bit his ear at the person next to him. The person listened. Wan nodded and left quickly. But after a while, the man came back again. Not only was the man back, he was also followed by a ferocious old man. The old man had a very ferocious scar from the top left on his face. He had dark skin and was seven feet tall. In the crowd, Standing inside is like half a black tower. The old man followed the man back, looked left and right, and saw Du Jie's face was overjoyed. He ran to Du Jie's side and said, "Young Marshal, why are you back?"
As soon as Du Jie saw the black old man, he burst into tears: "Grandpa Qiu, is my grandfather dead? How could he die?"
The black old man laughed loudly: "Young marshal, don't listen to their nonsense. I'm fine at home. Let's go! I'll take you home." After saying that, he pulled Du Jie up from the ground, turned around and saw the land security guard and said: " This is my young marshal. From now on, you should see clearly and don’t see anyone saying that my master is dead and that he has no eyesight."
The land guard nodded obediently, and said sorry to Du Jie with a face of shame. The black old man ignored him at all, took Du Jie's hand and left.
On the way to Du's house, it took Du Jie a long time to calm down his extremely sad mood. He raised his head and asked the black old man: "Grandpa Qiu, why did the land security guard just now say that my grandfather is dead? Is this land security guard bullying others?"
"How is that possible? Not to mention in a small Ningze, even in the entire Zhezhou Prefecture, no one dares to bring trouble against the master. But the master has ordered that if anyone comes to look for him, just tell others that he is dead. I don't know. Why, you see, I don’t dare to call you Marshal anymore. I have to call you Master every day, so I got used to it.” Qiu Yong said helplessly.
This black old man's name is Qiu Yong. He has been Marshal Du Wei's adjutant for more than ten years. Du Wei rescued him from a group of death row prisoners. Because of this, Qiu Yong has followed Du Wei steadily for more than ten years. After the battle, after Marshal Du resigned, Qiu Yong followed Du Wei back to Ningze and became an old slave of the Du family.
Although Qiu Yong is an adjutant in the army, he only listens to the words of Marshal Du. Even the supervisor of the army ignores him at all, which makes him very unpopular among the top brass of the army. Fortunately, Marshal Du protects his shortcomings, as long as it is not No matter what big mistake it was, we turned a blind eye and passed it by. This Qiu Yong was loyal and brave, and he moved forward bravely when he killed the enemy. The scar on his face was from the enemy's injury when he rescued Du Jie. From then on, Du Jie treated him like his own grandfather.
Qiu Yong loved Du Jie very much. When Du Jie's parents were killed, Du Jie cried so hard that Qiu Yong guarded him for ten days. At that time, the Du family was already depleted. Marshal Du heard that When I heard this bad news, I was so angry that I almost fainted. Thanks to Qiu Yong and his Tiger Guards who surrounded the Chinese army tent day and night, no mutiny occurred. Therefore, if you want to say which general in the entire Northwest Army is the best at fighting, Du Jie can't say, but if you want to say which general his grandfather likes best, it has to be Qiu Yong.
The Du family's old house is located in the center of the entire township. The Du family is a large family and has acquired real estate over several generations. The buildings here are probably over a hundred years old, simple and elegant. The river outside the door is led into the courtyard, and then leads out again along the entire Du residence. The courtyard is very spacious, with ponds and weeping willows and lotus flowers. Although Du Jie came back for the first time, he often heard his grandfather talk about his time in the old house when he was a child, and he was fascinated. Now he is finally back.
A group of four people happily walked to the door of Du's house. Qiu Yong happily ran to open the door, but before he could reach out, the door opened from the inside. A playful girl in an emerald green dress walked out of the yard. She had a round face and big eyes and looked curiously at the three people behind Qiu Yong.
Qiu Yong looked at it and said with a smile: "Luan girl, why are you at home? Do you miss your Grandpa Qiu?"
The girl ignored Qiu Yong, walked past him and walked to Du Jie: "You are brother Du Jie, brother Du Jie, hello, Luan'er wants to say hello to you."
Du Jie was stunned. He had never seen this girl before. He looked at Qiu Yong with questioning eyes. Qiu Yong was wondering if he had offended this girl and why she ignored him. The girl who called herself Luan'er bowed to Du Jie, jumped to the door, and then said with a straight face: "Grandpa has an order. If Du Jie comes back, he is not allowed to go home. Let him go back and forth wherever he comes. If he insists on breaking into the house, he will not recognize his grandson."
Qiu Yong pulled his face down when he heard this: "Girl Luan, don't talk nonsense. Master, he loves the young marshal the most. The young marshal is already at the door of the house. How can you not let him in? Get out of the way, don't mess around."
The girl Luan'er didn't buy Qiu Yong's account at all. She waved her little hand and said: "I'm not messing around at all. If Grandpa Qiu doesn't believe it, you can go in and ask Grandpa. Luan'er is the keeper who has just been personally appointed by Grandpa. Grandpa has an order. Du Jie is not allowed to enter the house."
When Qiu Yong saw that what Luan'er said was true, it didn't seem to be false. He thought for a moment, then turned back to Du Jie and said: "Young marshal, wait at the door. I will go in and talk to the master. There is no reason why my grandson is not allowed to enter the house at the door. Young marshal, don't be anxious. Let's accompany Luan Yatou at the door first." Let’s play.” After saying that, he turned around and walked into the house.
Du Jie heard what was going on? Did you do something wrong outside to make grandpa unhappy? Grandpa doesn't want him anymore, Du Jie was thinking wildly at the door, and he was in a state of confusion and didn't know what to do. But the Luan'er girl seemed to be very interested in Du Jie and kept stealing glances at him. Once Du Jie looked into the door, she immediately stood up and raised her little hand, really thinking that she was a general guarding the door. Seeing how cute the little girl was, Chu Mu asked Du Jie, "Junior brother, is this little girl a relative of yours?"
"No, it's the first time I've seen her. Who knows where she came from? And she blocked me from seeing my grandpa." Du Jie said with a sad face.
Who knew that Luan'er heard this, and she raised her head unhappily and said: "Brother Du Jie, why are you talking like this? Luan'er didn't come out of nowhere, Luan'er was given to grandpa by his own hands. Yes, grandpa is dead. He had no choice but to hand me over to grandpa. Grandpa treated me like his own granddaughter." As he spoke, his face became a little sad, and a few tears began to roll in his eyes.
"What grandpa handed it to grandpa with his own hands, I was confused by what you said. Okay, okay, I won't say it anymore, just don't cry. I will wait here honestly." Du Jie hates girls crying the most. , his heart softens whenever a girl cries, and he has no choice but to compromise.
Na Luan'er burst out laughing when she heard Du Jie's assurance, then wiped her tears and looked at Du Jie with a hint of pride. Then he looked at Chu Mu again, and finally stopped at Ye Qingcheng.
"Ah, sister is so beautiful." Although she was covered with a veil, the girl who called herself Luan'er still stared at Ye Qingcheng in surprise: "Why is sister so beautiful? What is sister's name? Sister, my name is Luan'er. Can you be my sister?" This girl who calls herself Luan'er is really quirky. Ye Qingcheng was not good at talking. Luan'er said this to her. If she were a man, she would have done it long ago. But with such a cute little girl, not only did she not want to do it, but she also wanted to squeeze Luan'er's little girl. Face.
At this moment, Qiu Yong walked out of the house with a depressed look and his head lowered. When Du Jie saw him, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Grandpa Qiu, how are you?"
"Well... the master said that when he issued a military order to you, you came back after learning your skills. I ask you, you have been away for three years and you have learned all your skills?" Qiu Yong said.
"Look, I'm not lying." Luan'er was even more proud when she heard this, and nodded Qiu Yong with her little head and said
"I...I didn't sneak back here on my own this time," Du Jie hurriedly replied.
"Are you going to see the emperor?" Suddenly an old and powerful voice sounded from the wall.
When Du Jie heard this voice, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately shouted excitedly: "Grandpa!" After shouting, he rushed through the door. The voice sounded again: "Stop, if you take another step you will no longer be my grandson, Du Wei!"
