In the quiet hall, the grandfather and grandson were speechless for a moment. In the courtyard, scented tea purchased by someone from Kyoto was piled up in one corner, and the fragrance of tea and flowers in the bag slowly seeped out, surpassing the scent of flowers in the entire courtyard. Between the flowers and trees, a few yellow-pink butterflies danced up and down, above the flowers and trees, there were occasional sounds of the first chirping of a few chicks, very crisp.
"Go, when the young phoenix cries for the first time, you are already grown up, and you have to go to see the world." The old lady then smiled and said: "It's just that you go to the capital alone, the children's house, I'm afraid you will suffer a lot of grievances." , can you bear it?"
Fan Xian knew what grandma was talking about, and said with a sweet smile: "Second aunt has been very kind to me these years, and she often brings things here, so don't worry, grandma."
The old lady smiled and shook her head, knowing that this calm-looking but eccentric little guy must not have such thoughts in her heart, she touched his head, was silent for a while, and suddenly sighed: "If... what will happen in the future?" For the sake of me and your father, please bear with me."
"Yeah." Fan Xian nodded with a smile.
"According to my heart, I don't want to let you go to the capital." The old lady said very carefully: "It's just... you still want to go to the capital, so I have to tell you something."
"Xian'er listen to grandma's orders."
"Do you still remember Housekeeper Zhou four years ago?" The old lady looked at him with a smile.
Fan Xian's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't dare to look directly into grandma's eyes. After a while, he smiled wryly and said, "Of course I remember."
After this reply, the grandparents and grandson finally pierced this layer of paper. The old lady said seriously: "You are calm and smart, you don't need to worry about anything. But from that incident, it can be seen that your heart is still too pure."
Fan Xian sighed inwardly: "Isn't Chunliang a compliment?"
As if guessing what he was thinking, the old lady's slightly narrowed eyes had a cold light, and she said coldly: "If you really want to go to the capital, you have to do something according to me."
"What is it?" Fan Xian vaguely guessed.
"Be more ruthless." The old lady seemed a little tired, leaning back, leaning on the grand teacher's chair to rest her mind, "This world seems to be peaceful, but if you are not ruthless, you will still suffer in the end."
Fan Xian was silent. In fact, he is not a good gentleman, but he has never had the opportunity to show his dark side in Danzhou, so after listening to the old lady's admonition, he understands in his heart that this is golden and good advice.
The old lady half-closed her eyes, and said: "Your mother was so smart back then, but she was so kind-hearted that she ended up..." She suddenly opened her eyes, stared at Fan Xian and said word by word: "I would rather kill others by myself, And don't let others kill you."
Fan Xian nodded vigorously.
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"Go and clean up. Your father is in a hurry. I'm afraid there is something wrong in the capital." The old lady looked at the child who had spent fifteen years with her with tenderness on her face, "If I don't go to the capital, I will In Danzhou, if... you don't live well in Kyoto, and someone wants to bully you, you can come back if you want."
"Hey." Fan Xian responded, stood up and walked straight to his bedroom without saying anything.
After entering the room, he sat on the bed silently, pulled up the quilt and wiped his face, making his hair messy, and whispered to himself: "Damn, I almost cried, grandma is really sensational."
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Just after nightfall, the lights in the room came on faintly. With a blank expression on his face, Fan Xian wrote a letter to his sister in Kyoto, telling her the news of his upcoming arrival. The carriage in the government office will not be much faster, maybe she has already arrived in the capital as soon as she received the letter, it seems that there is no need.
But Fan Xian is a person who saves his energy very much, since he has already written it, he can seal it in the envelope. He was about to tell Sisi to remember to send the letter tomorrow, when he turned his head, he saw his eldest maid, Sisi, propping her jaw thoughtfully beside her, looking at him in a daze.
"Sisi, what are you thinking about?" He shook the envelope in front of the maid.
Sisi woke up and said embarrassedly: "It's nothing. This is a letter for Miss? Then give it to me."
Fan Xian retracted his hand and looked at her curiously: "What's wrong?"
After thinking about it for a while, he finally plucked up the courage to ask, "Master, are you happy that you are going to the capital?"
Fan Xian sat up straight and looked at her with a smile: "Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"
"Young master, I heard that people in the capital are very bad." Sisi bit her lower lip, not knowing whether she should say, "And... you have no status after all, so I'm afraid it will be hard for you to go to the capital and be in front of the second wife. .”
Fan Xian laughed and said, "So you were worried about me. I just avoided her. In the future, even if you can't make much money in the capital, you can open a medical clinic to support yourself. It's fine if you don't stay in the Earl's Mansion... I, Actually, I just want to visit Kyoto.”
Sisi said: "The young master will not be idle for the rest of his life. The young master has read so many books. He will definitely pass the imperial examination next year. In the future, he will become a high-ranking official and honor his ancestors."
Seeing her earnest expression, Fan Xian smiled slightly and didn't answer. He didn't have the slightest idea about Guangzong Yaozu in his heart. Deep in his heart, he really didn't have any feelings for the cheap old man in Kyoto. This was very different from getting along with grandma. .
"Why doesn't the young master want to take me to the capital?" This is where Sisi is really worried. She looked at Fan Xian pitifully, "Those maids in the capital must listen to the second wife. There is no one around you who can be trusted." people, what can I do?"
Fan Xian sighed, Sisi was two years older than himself, so she might have left the house a long time ago if she was placed in someone else's house, but because of her two lives, she seemed more mature and stable in secret, which made Sisi feel that she was Very reliable.
He looked at Sisi seriously and said, "Because I don't know what the capital looks like, it's impossible for me to take you away."
Sisi actually understands this truth, but when she thinks that she and the young master will be separated from each other in the future, she is afraid that she will never see her again, her heart is slightly sour, so she hastily turned her face away and packed the things on the desk.
Fan Xian looked at her busy back, and his heart was gloomy, but he knew that he couldn't say anything at all.
There may be good scenery in Kyoto, and there are many interesting people or things, but there must be swords and guns in the open and crossbows in the dark. I am willing to take some small risks to experience this, because since I have a second life, there is absolutely no reason to stay alone in the small city of Danzhou for the rest of my life. But he was not sure that he could protect the people around him, so it was impossible for Sisi to follow him.
In the evening, he quietly went to the grocery store.