Xia Houshu ran into Songya Hall like a gust of wind, and saw his mother staring at Xia Houyi intently, with loving eyes and a smile on her lips. Xia Houyi reported vividly and vividly on his experiences and what he had seen and heard in the past two months.
My mother asked a few questions from time to time, so the topic never stopped.
This picture of a loving mother and a filial son struck a chord in Xia Houshu's heart. She stared blankly at the door for a long time. What she was thinking about was that if her eldest brother was still here, perhaps such scenes would happen more often.
Qingfang saw it when she came in to serve tea, and said with a smile: "The third girl is here, why are you standing at the door and not going in?"
Only then did Xia Houshu come back to his senses. He put his index finger to his lips and made a silent gesture. He pointed his other finger inside, signaling Qingfang not to disturb the warmth.
Qingfang suddenly understood and immediately nodded to express his understanding. However, Zhong Yuqing was still attracted by Qingfang's voice, smiled and waved to Xia Houshu to come in.
Xia Houshu walked in grandly and greeted his mother, then looked at his brother and joked: "Second brother, you have been away for so long and you haven't written a few letters back. I thought you had forgotten this family!"
Xia Houyi raised his eyes and glanced at his sister, and retorted: "Who said I didn't write a letter? I write to my father and mother every ten days to tell them I'm safe." Then he looked at his mother.
Zhong Yuqing also nodded to express his approval of the second son's statement.
This truth made Xia Houshu feel a little embarrassed. She glanced aside pretending to be angry and said angrily: "You have written letters to your father and mother, but you haven't written to me. Didn't you forget about this family?"
Oh, you have forgotten me!"
Xia Houyi smiled brightly and did not intend to comfort her. Instead, he said carelessly: "You repeated just a few sentences in your letter, asking when I will come back. Didn't I reply to you all at once?
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Xia Houshu stared at his brother with wide eyes, so is this the reason why you only replied to me one letter in the past three months since you were away? It seems that she really needs to carefully consider their relationship as brother and sister.
"Mother, second brother is bullying me again!" Xia Houshu immediately pretended to be aggrieved and leaned towards Zhong Yuqing, pulling her sleeves and saying coquettishly, "Mother, please take care of him!"
There is a saying that "It is difficult to be a householder without being stupid or deaf." As the mistress of the Yue Kingdom Palace, Zhong Yuqing has to face complicated and difficult housework every day, and many things can only be pretended.
Let them be deaf and mute. The same goes for treating children. There is no quarrel between brothers and sisters in the family. As long as it does not involve issues of principle, it is best for parents not to get involved.
Even if you want to control it, you can't.
Zhong Yuqing didn't want to be fooled. She immediately waved her hand and refused: "You two brothers and sisters, please resolve your own matters and don't involve me."
Xia Houshu didn't get support, so he immediately said: "Mom, you are partial!"
"I don't call it partiality, I call it being wise and protective." Zhong Yuqing said with a smile, "If I stand up for you now, and you two reconcile privately later, you still don't know how to laugh at me for meddling in other people's business!"
Xia Houshu couldn't help but purse his lips and chuckle, and Xia Houyi also laughed.
Zhong Yuqing knew that a pair of children were joking, so she couldn't help but smile, feeling helpless and relieved. She straightened out her sleeves, which had a few wrinkles left after being pulled by Xia Houshu, and then raised her head and said to Xia Houyi: "You
After a long journey, you must be tired after being pulled by me and talking for so long as soon as you come back. Now that your sister is back, it seems that she has a lot to ask you. You should take your sister back first. Wait until your father comes back.
, I will send someone to call you again."
In order to make his mother happy, Xia Houyi kept describing what he had seen and heard. His mouth was already dry. After hearing this, he felt as if he had received a pardon and immediately took Xia Houshu away.
When the brother and sister came out of the main entrance of Songya Hall, they looked at two handsome and cheerful young men standing in the yard. Xia Houshu suddenly remembered that when he came in just now, these two young men were already waiting here, so he reluctantly
I couldn't help but look at it a few more times.
Xia Houyi immediately understood what his sister meant and introduced: "These are Fu Xi and Fu Zhi."
"They are master's later disciples. They have practiced hard in the mountains for many years and have learned master's true teachings. When I came back this time, master specially asked them to come down the mountain with me to practice." Then he introduced Xia Houshu to the two teenagers, "This is
Xia Houshu, my sister, whom Master has mentioned to you, we will meet often in the future."
The two young men hurriedly bowed to Xiahou Shu, and the taller one said, "I often hear Master mention Junior Sister Xiahou, and today I finally meet her!"
After hearing this, Xia Houshu didn't know whether to express his honor or helplessness. It seemed that Taoist Lingqiu had indeed mentioned her in front of his disciples, but he didn't know whether he said good things or derogatory words about her, but based on her respect for Taoist Lingqiu
understanding, it should not be a good thing to say.
Xia Houshu curled his lips and looked at the two teenagers carefully. The more he looked at them, the more he felt that their facial features looked somewhat similar, so he asked, "Are you two brothers?"
The taller one said: "My name is Fu Xi, I am nineteen years old this year." Then he pointed to Fu Zhi, who was a head shorter than him next to him, "He is my biological brother Fu Zhi, he has just turned seventeen. We brothers
I'm going to be a troublemaker in my house for a while from now on, so please take care of me, Miss Three!"
Xia Houshu was ashamed and said quickly: "I don't dare to take advice as advice! Please take care of me in the future!"
Taoist Lingqiu was a serious person, but the Fu brothers he taught were very lively. I wonder if it was because they were relatively young. When Xia Houshu asked them to take care of them, they both blushed.
Fu Zhi was more active than his brother. He scratched his head, quickly covered up his shyness, and returned to his original cheerful appearance. Then he patted his chest and said seriously: "Master said that the third girl can be regarded as his."
You are half a disciple, so you are also our junior sister. Moreover, you are also the biological sister of our senior brother, so our brothers will definitely treat you as our biological sister in the future!"
When Taoist Lingqiu was young, he always traveled around the world with one person, one horse and one sword, so Xia Houyi was the first disciple he accepted, and he was naturally the senior brother of the Fu family brothers.
In recent years, Taoist Lingqiu seemed to have grown older, or was tired of seeing the mountains and rivers outside, so he suddenly lost interest in wandering around. Basically, he lived in seclusion in Mianxiang Mountain, paying little attention to the world of mortals.
As a disciple, Xia Houyi could only go to Mianxiang Mountain to visit him every once in a while and ask for martial arts lessons.
Of course, Taoist Lingqiu would occasionally feel bored in the mountains and quietly come to the capital to live for a month or two. Whenever he encountered such a good opportunity, Xia Houshu would go out of his way to offer all kinds of treasures to please his old man, in order to please him.
When you are happy, you can teach yourself some martial arts.
As for when Taoist Lingqiu accepted the Fu brothers as disciples, Xia Houshu had never heard of it. She always thought that Xia Houyi was the only disciple of Taoist Lingqiu, and he was also a lay disciple. But since Xia Houyi said that they were
She had nothing to doubt about the disciples Taoist Lingqiu accepted.
Xia Houshu bowed his hands to the Fu brothers and said politely: "Thank you two senior brothers for your kindness! If you need anything in the future, just ask!"
Naturally, the Fu family brothers were so happy that their faces blossomed with smiles.
Xia Houshu also smiled politely, and then on the pretext that he had something to discuss with his brother, he pulled Xia Houyi forward a few steps, then lowered his voice and asked, "I think they are very good at martial arts, are you sure Lingqiu
Taoists are people who ask you to take them down the mountain to gain experience, rather than specially training them for you?"
Xia Houyi stopped and turned to look at the Fu family brothers who were in high spirits. Then he looked back at his sister and said with a half-smile, "Shur, actually there are some things that don't need to be explained so clearly."
"Oh——" Xia Houshu dragged out his long voice, pretending to understand, but when he thought about it, he felt a little unwilling to do so.
Taoist Lingqiu is an old-fashioned man who is searching for things. He is a Taoist and has no wealth, but he is really generous to Xia Houyi. Once he has something good, he is willing to give it to Xia Houyi, even if he has worked hard for it
All the disciples he cultivated were given to Xia Houyi.
Such a pure relationship between master and disciple is really hard to find even with a lantern.
And she racked her brains to give Taoist Lingqiu big gifts to please her, but she never got such a return.
The world is indeed biased!
Thinking of this, she looked back at the Fu family brothers again, really wanting to ask them what image they had of Taoist Lingqiu, and whether he was as good to them as he was to Xia Houyi.
The Fu brothers' eyes met hers and they smiled shyly.
Xia Houshu suddenly felt some sympathy in his heart and asked his brother softly: "Do they know what Taoist Lingqiu has planned? Are they also being kept in the dark?"
Xia Houyi said: "Fu Xi and Fu Zhi were given to Master by their parents before they died. Although Master is very important in their hearts, the first priority is their biological parents, so Master favors me and they don't care.
As for going down the mountain this time, they came willingly and no one coerced them."
As soon as he heard that the Fu brothers had such a life experience, Xia Houshu asked more curiously.
When Xia Houyi saw that the Fu brothers were far away, he said: "My uncle and aunt from the Fu family are both martial arts practitioners. When they were young, the couple also liked to travel and do chivalry, so they got to know my master. But they
He offended many people while doing chivalry. After they got married and gave birth to their brothers, they had to choose to retire from the world. Unexpectedly, they were found by their enemies later, and they were hunted down all the way. Unfortunately, the Fu family's aunt was killed. The Fu family's uncle fought hard to kill them.
My brother was sent to Mianxiang Mountain, where he went to die alone, and has not been heard from since."
Although Xia Houyi didn't say the next words, Xia Houshu also guessed that the Fu family's uncle was in trouble, so she felt a little bit more sorry for what happened to the Fu family brothers.
Xia Houyi added: "Their brothers don't like people to sympathize with them, so you don't need to show sympathy in front of them. Master said that it is impossible for their brothers to hide in Mianxiang Mountain for a lifetime, so he asked me to take them down the mountain to meet them."
In the face of the world, he will not feel ashamed of his uncle and aunt of the Fu family after a hundred years."
"Don't worry, I will treat them like my brothers." Xia Houshu nodded lightly. She paused and then said: "I think Taoist Lingqiu asked you to take them down the mountain, and you are not just taking them to grow."
Knowledge. With the protection of our Xiahou family, those enemies will not dare to come and cause trouble for them in the future."
Xia Houyi smiled and said nothing.
Xiahou Shu sincerely felt that it was a great honor for him to be born into the Xiahou family. The Xiahou family was like a strong shelter. Although it could not guarantee that his disciples would live long and live in peace, it could provide Guo Kai and the Fu brothers with
This provides the greatest protection to those who are homeless or have a home that they cannot return to.
This is probably the greatest significance of the existence of aristocratic families.