Lu Jinxi stopped.

On the east side of this open space, there is a low wall with tiled eaves, very plain blue, very old-fashioned. The black-painted door was not closed, half-open, with mottled paint peeling off.

A young servant in a dark gray round-neck robe is holding a piece of cake, sitting on the threshold, and nibbling attentively.

With a handsome face, about fourteen or fifteen years old, he still looks a little childish.

It should be the book boy who was waiting by Xue Tingzhi's side.

Lu Jinxi looked behind him.

Across the half-opened door, you can vaguely see a corner of the courtyard inside, an old well, with ferns and moss growing on the edge, several stone piers, and even a stable.

The five houses on the front are juxtaposed, which looks extraordinarily simple.

Here, it is completely different from the refined style in the atmosphere elsewhere in the General's Mansion, showing a simple roughness and roughness.

Lu Jinxi just looked at it like this, and then slowly frowned.

She didn't speak, just paced slowly towards the door.

Bailu lowered his voice and said: "This is it. I heard that it was the old site of the General's Mansion before it was expanded. At that time, the old man hadn't made a fortune yet, so it was a bit simple. It's for rest when I'm tired, but..."

But now there are not many men in the general's mansion, let alone those who can go to the battlefield.

The old man took the old lady back to the pastoral garden, and he ignored the affairs of the mansion. Of course, this martial arts field was abandoned.

The egret did not say these words.

But Lu Jinxi wanted it.

It's just that this martial arts field is so big and so clean, someone should clean it from time to time.

She walked silently, and now she was at the door.

The book boy who ate the cake had just taken the fifth bite when he heard the shrill whispering of the egret, but he couldn't hear it very clearly, and he wondered for a while: Strange, in front of the yard of the eldest son, there are always dogs and can't find a single one. , why is anyone talking?

When he looked up subconsciously, he saw a pair of delicate shoe toes appearing on the dark gray slate.

The corners of the moon-white clothes hung down and covered, and the gold blossoms were all over the place, hooked with fine stitches. It was elegant and simple, rich and noble, but also gorgeous, it was really beautiful.

The book boy was a little stunned.

"Is the eldest son in there?"

A soft voice came from above his head.

The book boy suddenly shook his hands, regained his senses, and looked up.

Seeing this, his eyes widened in shock, and the half of the cake left in his hand immediately fell to the ground, breaking into several pieces!

"Two, two grandmother...cough, cough, cough!"

Before he had time to swallow what was in his throat, he wanted to speak again, got up even more quickly, and choked at once, his face reddened and his neck thick.

What the hell!

Can the sun hit the east and set today?

He actually saw the second grandmother!

The book boy's round eyes were full of disbelief, but he couldn't speak, and he kept coughing.

He wanted to rush into the yard to report, but Lu Jinxi's eyes were fixed on him without moving at all, so that he couldn't even move his legs.

Of course Lu Jinxi could see the ghostly expression on the boy's face, and also the worry hidden under his eyes.

Feeling indifferent for a while.

She didn't wait for him to answer, she just passed by him and silently entered the yard, and there was a playful voice immediately.

"Don't move, Gale! Why don't you let me wash your tail?"

"My God, I'm so kind!"

"Flicking my tail again, woo, I'm covered in water..."

"It's so disobedient, it pisses me off!"

"I'm also the daughter of the general, why don't you listen to me?"

...

A series of grievances and complaints sounded extraordinarily charming and very smart.

Lu Jinxi immediately followed the reputation.

The courtyard outside is very large, and the courtyard inside is not small.

The ground is covered with regular bluestone slabs, the weeds in the gaps have been shaved clean, and the stables in the southeast corner are empty, but next to the well not far in front, there is a tall and handsome horse.

The whole body is dark and seems to be shining, only the four horses' hooves are snow-white.

Although it only stood there quietly, the horse's head was raised upwards, with the arrogance of Lingyun, and there were many old scars on the horse's body.

The intact right eye is full of divine light, but the left eye is covered with a layer of snow-white shadow and looks cloudy.

At this moment, two small stools were placed beside the horse.

There was no one sitting on a stool.

The other stool was leaning against the horse's leg, and a young man in a green crab-shell robe sat on it, with a large wooden basin at his feet, which was filled with freshly pumped well water.

He was brushing the horse's legs with a large brush in his hand.

Hearing the series of complaints, the young man couldn't help but laughed and said, "Da Feng has a bad temper, don't touch it casually, especially the horse's tail."

Xue Minglang, who was just about to reach out to play with the mane on the horse's tail, froze.

She was wearing a red jacket with snow fox fur, and a pair of red leather boots under her feet.

It was all splashed while brushing the horse.

"Then people don't touch it."

She pursed her lips pitifully, squatted aside, looked at the young man, saw his skillful movements, and a little spark of jealousy burst out, but she didn't dare to say it, for fear of being kicked out next time.

So, had to ask something irrelevant.

"Gao Feng is so bad-tempered. You said before that it was a wild horse outside the Great Wall, so how did my father conquer it before? It must be difficult, right?"

"brush"

The boy's hand holding the brush suddenly paused.

Lu Jinxi stood a little in front of the door and kept watching.

The boy's stature, thin but tall.

The outstretched fingers, even with the slightly unsightly large brush, gave people a feeling of being slender and strong, with well-defined joints, but the skin was a little pale.

He raised his head slightly, the dim sky cast an incomprehensible divine light under his eyes, as if he had thought of something.

Lu Jinxi saw the curvature of his thin lips that slowly lowered, and also saw the clear outline of his jaw, and, because he looked up, became particularly clear and prominent...

Adam's apple.

Even when he sits, one can see that he is very tall.

This frame does not look like a sixteen year old, but looks like a weak-crowned teenager of eighteen or nineteen.

He stroked the old scars, both shallow and deep, on the horse's body. His voice was slow, as if it was stained with the frosty moon and the blowing wind and snow...

"For those who don't deserve it, they are strong. They are real generals, why did they need to work hard to subdue them?"

Chapter 16 First Impressions

"A person who is not worthy...a true general?"

Xue Minglang didn't quite understand it.

In fact, she has read a lot of books, taught by her mother since she was a child.

She also has an extraordinary talent for reading, and feels that the world in the book is much simpler than the real world.

Like her father, like her mother, even like...

at the moment.

It is written in the book that when a good horse encounters a bright master, it will become very obedient.

She can understand this.

But Xue Tingzhi's words seemed to mean the same thing, but she sounded like a cloud.

Maybe he couldn't understand the unpredictable look on the face of this younger brother, or maybe he couldn't figure out the meaning hidden in the words. It seems to be full of admiration, as if smug, as if sentimental about the past...