Many years ago, in the distant Star Domain of the Federation Xilin, on the planet called 5460, an imperial official named Arthur was executed by military law for refusing to obey the orders of his superiors to massacre federal civilians, and then buried in the cold ground with the corpses of more than 9,000 federal civilians, and this imperial official named Arthur was the brother of Aunt Susan.
"I'm so proud of him."
Aunt Susan turned around and shook the chowder porridge in the pot, and wiped the corners of her eyes, she didn't know why, the nerves that were rough enough to be sharpened by life have become so delicate and sensitive today, as if returning to a happy and beautiful childhood.
After eating the hot and fragrant chowder, the quiet courtyard was lit up with soft lights, Xu Le drove Zhong Yanhua to wash the dishes, Aunt Susan couldn't resist him, so she had to sit down and hold his hand and chat, caring about how he had lived these years, and at some point, Aunt remembered the story told in the kitchen, and took out a well-preserved notebook from the room with great cherishment, opened it carefully, and continued to tell her nostalgia for her brother and the pride born from it.
"This is the notebook I gave him when he enlisted in the army."
Xu Le silently watched the pages of the book turn in front of him one by one, and did not tell Aunt Susan that it was he who found her brother's body, and it was he who brought the book back to the empire, and then returned it to this warm and peaceful courtyard through the hands of Huai Caoshi.
After paying the heavy price of two broken bowls, Zhong Yanhua finally finished the cleaning work awkwardly, rubbed his reddened little hands a little awkwardly, sat back in the chair in the living room, and came over curiously when he saw this scene.
"Let's play cards for a while," Xu Le asked Aunt Susan with a smile.
Just like many long nights in the fugitive empire back then, the small courtyard began to have nothing to do with gambling card games, the game of the flower card on the south road of the empire is really interesting, and the bell fireworks that replaced Paul's position took only three rounds of time, and then fell into it deeply.
Late at night, the alleys outside the courtyard began to hear the sound of wild dogs and wild cats chasing and provocative.
The small bed was still in the corner of the attic, and there was a table next to the wall of the window, and the tools in the drawers were rusty from being unused for a long time, and beyond the tattered eaves of the slum, the white courtyard in the white moonlight could be clearly seen in the distance.
Zhong Yanhua lay prone on the bed, palming his chin with both hands, curiously looking at Xu Le, who was sitting at the table with tools in his hands and constantly working, and found that he was not raising his eyebrows or squinting at this time, and finally had the most relaxed and pleasant look on his face, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, what kind of magic did this small courtyard have, which could make him who was carrying an unimaginable burden to ordinary people, become so calm.
She asked her doubts very directly, Xu Le put down the six-star knife and soldering iron in his hand, looked at the high-definition player parts scattered on the table, and replied in a low voice: "At that time, I was in the most dangerous moment of my life, seriously injured and unconscious, trapped in the imperial net, and could die at any time, and Aunt She didn't have any reason to take me in, but she took me in without asking for a reason." ” Xu Le turned his head, looked at the girl on the bed and said with a smile: "The place where people can see hope from despair is heaven, and this small courtyard is heaven for me." ” After a moment of silence in the attic, his rare sigh of emotion sounded again.
"You also passed the book just now, what you don't know is that this book of notes followed the once young, proud, resolute and gentle imperial official, spent seven years in the treacherous space, and then buried deep in the mass grave under the 5460 glacier, until that year Shang Qiu and I discovered its existence, and then I brought it to the empire."
Zhong Yanhua looked at him in surprise.
"I met Arthur, and then was rescued by Arthur's sister in the empire, this is fate or fate I learned at least a little in this small courtyard, human beings may be noble and despicable, but this really has nothing to do with the race, Aunt Susan and her brother Arthur are both from the empire, but they are both noble and kind people."
He turned around, picked up the six-star knife and the micro-probe soldering iron, and began to assemble the high-definition player again in concentration and silence, lowered his head and said: "Aunt has cleaned up Paul's room, you go to sleep quickly, tomorrow we will go to the Master Fan Mansion." ” Zhong Yanhua got up from the bed, stripped the rope from his wrist, neatly pulled his satin-like light chestnut straight hair into a cute bun, and said, "I thought that the matter over there was important, and we would go to the Master Fan Mansion first." ” Xu Le's shoulders sank slightly, he didn't look back, and said after a moment of silence: "I've been away for so many years, I'm really a little scared, I'm afraid that she will die." ” The next day's breakfast was spicy noodles and bean paste buns, under the loving eyes of Aunt Susan, Xu Le ate very fragrantly, Zhong Yanhua, who was still combing his hair in a bun, looked very fragrant, his eyes were smiling and smiling, and his mouth was indecently snapped, but his legs resting under the table were obviously a little nervous.
"I took my sister shopping, and it was the first time she came to Tianjingxing."
Xu Le took the hot towel from his aunt and wiped his mouth, and said, "I'll pick you up at the market in the afternoon, are you still the old store?"
"yes."
Aunt Susan replied with a smile, glad at his words.
Because it is too early, the undulating roads in the slums, the soil between the inferior cement slabs has not carried too much sewage and rolling, so it is not so dirty, and the dusty green trees on the side of the street, with the clear morning light, look a little beautiful.
"If you can't eat it, don't eat it."
Xu Le looked at Zhong Yanhua beside him and said, today's girl is wearing a black skirt with a high open neck, combing an oval bun, revealing a white neck, and the collar looks particularly eye-catching, and the cool morning breeze blows a few strands of hair, very beautiful, with a sense of youthful surname.
"I want to please my aunt."
Zhong Yanhua said with a smile.
Xu Le said with a smile: "There's no need to be so polite. ” Hearing this, Zhong Yanhua slowly lowered her head, her mood was not so high, she kicked a stone in front of her, and complained silently in her heart, what a big fool.
They didn't go far, the white courtyard was waiting for them quietly on the side of the road, this courtyard looked very ordinary, but looking at the courtyard wall that stretched far away, it could be roughly judged that the area was huge, and the buildings in the courtyard were all extravagant log structures, and the buildings that were not tall were hidden in the green trees, silently exuding the smell of time.
The most conspicuous thing about this courtyard is the color.
Xu Le silently looked at the scattered temporary tents and board houses around the courtyard, and understood that these dilapidated buildings must have regrown after the imperial troops bulldozed them, so he withdrew his gaze and looked in through the slightly open main entrance of the courtyard, only to see that both the inner walls and the wooden pillars of the buildings inside were painted in the purest white, and the white was disgusting.
When the spring flowers bloom, although the morning breeze is cool, the fragrance of flowers comes out through the wall, and a little wisp between those tall green trees turns into a refreshing beauty.
Although it is in the slum, the streets around the white courtyard are as clean as a palace, and although even the wild cats and dogs have not gotten up because of the fatigue of last night, many imperial policemen can be found around the courtyard looking indifferently.
Zhong Yanhua felt the tense and solemn smell in the air, squinted his eyes and asked, "How do we get in?"
Xu Le replied, "Go in." ” Zhong Yanhua was stunned, his thin eyebrows frowned slightly, looked at him and said, "Brother, you are becoming more and more like a third-rate philosopher now, I am not used to it, and I don't like it." ” Xu Le smiled and said, "I'm telling the truth. ” After a pause, he explained, "Now that the entire Imperial Hierarchy knows who we are and where we are, in that case, we can only visit us honestly." ” Walking into the master's mansion, politely announcing his name, accepting a routine security check, and under the leadership of the housekeeper who had a relationship with each other, he marched towards the depths of the white courtyard, with flowers and trees, green trees, dead trees, stone walls, wooden walls, and shadow walls, and the sound of reading, discussion or heated debate coming from the buildings.
A few years ago, when he infiltrated the Master Fan Mansion, it was night, and he was in too much hurry when he fled, Xu Le didn't see more details of this white courtyard clearly, but today he didn't have the mood and spirit to see the most bizarre place in the Zuotian Star Domain, just waiting to meet that guy and ask him some questions.
In the innermost part of the white courtyard, the man on the stone steps turned around, his fluttering white robe swayed in the wind, revealing his dazzling legs, revealing his dazzling perfect face, and the white traces of stars appeared between the strands of hair tightly tied behind his head, and his smile was still shameless.
The housekeeper retreated, Xu Le looked at Master Fan, couldn't help but scratch his head helplessly, and asked, "You are waiting for me to come over again this time" "Of course."
Master Fan smiled and prepared to step down the stone steps, saying, "Still in the name of love and literature and peace. ” Xu Le took Zhong Yanhua's little hand, stared at the white robe fluttering around the waist of Master Fan, suddenly thought of an extremely important question, stretched out his left hand to cover the girl's eyes, and asked in a deep voice: "Today, are you wearing any panties?"
Master Fan frowned at his heroic eyebrows, he would be very old next year, and his beautiful face still reverberated with a seductive taste, exuding brilliance like a monster, and complained: "I'm not an exhibitionist. ” Xu Le looked at him mockingly, and was about to say a few words of sarcasm to this guy, when he suddenly found that he had a few slightly cool slender fingers on his left hand.
He looked down in astonishment, only to see Zhong Yanhua pull away the hand that was blocking her eyes, looking at the white-robed master Fan Fan who floated down from the stone steps, his black eyes were dotted, and he was shocked and shouted to the nymphomaniac: "Brother, look at how beautiful this uncle is."
To be continued: