After his inner voice was read, the little cannon fodder became the darling of the world

"Let's go out first."

Nangong Jiu took Xiao Wang and Xiao Xing out of the house.

"Let's go buy some gifts and we'll go in for a formal visit."

Xiao Xing worriedly said, "We don't know their personalities yet. Would it be bad to rush into recognizing them?"

“I didn’t say I wanted to recognize you.

Before, I saw mostly servants in there, and rarely saw the masters, so I had no idea of ​​their character.

We will have the opportunity to meet them only when we pay them a formal visit. By then, I will be able to judge their character.

Don't worry, I won't reveal my identity easily."

After a while.

The three of them bought gifts, came to the door of the house, and asked the doorman to report.

The concierge hurried forward and asked, "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

"Looking for your master."

The concierge asked, "We have so many masters. Which one are you looking for?"

"Looking for your old man!"

"You are?"

"We are considered your old master's relatives and friends. We have come to visit him and verify some things."

The doorman looked Nangong Jiu and Xiao Wang Xiaoxing up and down.

Seeing how they were dressed, they didn't look like they were here to ask for money, so he nodded and said, "Wait here for a moment, I'll go in and report to the old master."

A small courtyard in Li’s house.

The old man, who had difficulty walking and looked a little thin, was carried by several servants and placed in the sun in the yard.

"Old Master, the master has instructed that when the sun is out, you can come out and get some sun."

"Good, good, the winter sun is warm and comfortable!"

"Then you stay in the sun. Call us when you want to go back to the house."

The old man waved his hand, sent the servant away, and half-lay in a chair, looking carefully at every brick and tile in front of him.

Reluctantly, he muttered to himself, "I am getting old and will soon die. I will soon go down to accompany my ancestors. I really can't bear to leave this home where I have lived all my life."

Maybe I'm getting old and like nostalgia.

The old man recalled the ups and downs of his life, sometimes smiling faintly, sometimes silent.

Just as the old man was immersed in memories of the past, the doorman came quickly.

"Old Master, there are a few people looking for you at the gate of the mansion. They say they are your relatives and friends who came to visit you and want to verify some things with you."

"You want me to verify something? I haven't been involved in anything for more than ten years. What can you ask me to verify?"

The old man thought for a moment and then asked, "What does the person who came look like?"

"The person in charge is a little kid with two servants. They don't look like bad people."

"Little kids? That's strange. Bring them in. I want to see what they want to prove."

"Eh!"

The doorman responded and ran away quickly.

After a while, Nangong Jiu and the other two walked in.

"Old Master, they are the ones looking for you!"

After the old master looked at Nangong Jiu and the others, he called the servants.

Soon, the servants brought tables, chairs and snacks.

The old man greeted, "Please take a seat!"

Nangong Jiu winked at Xiao Wang Xiaoxing, and Xiao Wang Xiaoxing presented a gift.

Nangong Jiu smiled and said, "Old man, we are sorry for disturbing you. We have a small gift to express our apology!"

"Little kid, no need to be polite, just tell me why you're here."

Nangong Jiu nodded: "Whether you believe it or not, I am here to find my relatives on behalf of my elders."

"Looking for relatives? What's the name of your elder? Who are you looking for?"

"My ancestors lived on your land a long time ago, but the house has changed in appearance."

The old man smiled and shook his head.

"You may have come to the wrong place. Seven generations of my family have lived on this land for more than two hundred years, and the ownership has never changed."

Nangong Jiu disagreed: "What about those above the seventh generation?"

"Little kid, are you here to make fun of me, an old man? How can I know about things that happened more than seven generations ago?"

Nangong Jiu took a sip of tea leisurely.

"You don't know, but I do know something."

The old man angrily said, "You know? If you know, why do you come to me? No, you are only two or three years old, what do you know?"

"Old man, don't be angry.

I do know some, for example, among your ancestors, there was a lady named Nangong Yunxue, her son was named Li Peizhou, and her grandsons were named Li Chengjin and Li Chengqian. "

The old man sat up straight.

"Who are you? Why do you know the name of my Li family's ancestor?"

"So, I didn't find the wrong person! Old man, I don't mean to offend you, I really came to you to verify it.

The elders in my family are the ancestors of your family.

Don't worry, I have no ill intentions, I just want to come and see if you are doing well."

The old man's brows were wrinkled into the shape of the Chinese character "川".

"What happened? Can you tell me more about it?"

Nangong Jiu smiled and waved his hands: “Maybe if I tell you, you will think it’s nonsense.

Not long ago, one of my elders had a dream in which she used to live here.

She said that this used to be a two-story house with a small courtyard at the back, where some flowers, plants, and fruits were planted. There was a stream not far from the courtyard, and she often washed things in the stream..."

The old man opened his eyes wide.

I couldn’t believe it and said, “When I was young, I heard my grandfather chattering.

It is said that our ancestors originally lived in the east of the city and later moved here.

He also said that this was just a two-story house with a small courtyard at the back, and that his ancestors liked to plant flowers, plants, melons and fruits beside the courtyard.

Could it be that your elders are the ones who sold my ancestral house?"

This old man has a very rich imagination.

Nangong Jiu just smiled and said, "Old man, can I take a look at your family tree?"

The old man agreed immediately: "Since you are the descendant of an old friend, why not just take a look?"

After saying that, he told someone to get it.

Nangong Jiu quietly separated a wisp of his spiritual consciousness, probed into the old man's sea of ​​consciousness, and withdrew it after a moment.

Soon, the servants brought the family tree.

The old man turned to the page that recorded Nangong Yunxue.

"She is my great-grandmother! The story passed down from generation to generation is that my great-grandfather was an official in the Ministry of Works and died in a palace riot.

In order to avoid disputes, my great-grandmother moved here with her family and lived a low-key life.

Since then, our house has never had a plaque hung on it."

Nangong Jiu thought about it and nodded. He had indeed never seen the plaque.

The old man continued, "In my grandfather's generation, my great grandfather Li Chengjin died early due to illness and left no descendants.

Our Li family never takes concubines, so we have never had many descendants.

From my grandfather to me, three generations have been single-line descendants. My son’s generation finally broke this rule and gave birth to three sons and one daughter…”

The old man explained while flipping through the family tree.

Nangong Jiu recalled the last time he visited his aunt. Li Chengjin was still very healthy at that time.

"Do you know what disease your great grandfather had?"

"I got smallpox. I heard a lot of people died that year."

Nangong Jiu thought of the sweet-mouthed, handsome young man and sighed secretly.

"Then how is your grandfather Li Chengqian's birthday?"