When Li Changtian was amazed that Uncle Zhao was not an ordinary person, Yan Shu had already made several moves with the sword, and in the blink of an eye, Yan Shu chopped off the sword in the other person's hand, gaining the upper hand.
The man took a step back, stabilized his figure, and did not move again, as if he was not afraid of the sword in Yan Shu's hand at all.
The next moment, Yan Shu suddenly withdrew his strength, holding the hilt of his sword with both hands, knelt down on one knee in front of the man, and shouted with his head bowed.
"Father."
Li Changtian, who was about to rush over to help, quickly stopped, his eyes widened: "Huh???"
foster father? ?
The man showed a gratified expression and said, "Shu'er, get up."
Yan Shu stood up, picked up the sword that had just been knocked down by him on the ground, and offered it respectfully with both hands.
The other person put away his sword, and his eyes fell on Li Changtian: "Who is this little brother?"
Yan Shu said, "Father, this is a friend I made on the road."
"Friend?" The man's voice was slightly startled, his brows raised slightly, "Shu'er, you've always been on your own, and this trip is also for an order, why... did you make a friend on the way?"
"It's a long story," Yan Shu said.
"It's okay, I'll talk about it later." The man turned his head and asked Li Changtian, "Little brother, what's your name?"
Li Changtian quickly said his name.
"My humble Qin Jueming, nice to meet you." The man nodded.
Judging from his appearance, Qin Jueming seems to be less than forty years old. He has a resolute appearance, without anger and prestige, and his tall and straight figure can be seen as a martial arts practitioner.
It's just that the simple and clean pale blue cotton robe doesn't match the words 'Shuofang Jiedushi' at all.
Li Changtian hurriedly cupped his fists in return.
"Shu'er, take this little brother to the guest room, and then come to the hall for dinner." Qin Jueming held the sword, turned and walked back into the room.
Yan Shu bowed his head and saluted: "Okay."
"Ah, ah, ah." Uncle Zhao hunched over and shouted at Yan Shu twice.
"Uncle Zhao, go get busy too." Yan Shu cupped his hands.
Uncle Zhao nodded and turned to leave.
Yan Shu picked up the package that had just been dropped from the fight on the ground, and said to Li Changtian, "Let's go."
"You, don't you, don't you want to explain?" Li Changtian followed Yan Shu's footsteps in a daze.
"What do you want to know?" Yan Shu asked.
Li Changtian glanced at his thoughts, and then asked, "Is he your adoptive father?"
Yan Shu nodded: "Well, after my father was wronged and died, it was my adoptive father who adopted me."
"Then why did he hit you just now?"
"My foster father taught me martial arts since I was a child, and he was testing me just now."
"But didn't you come here to investigate the case?"
"right."
"Then your adoptive father, isn't he the one who was investigated?"
"right."
"But..." Li Changtian circled back, "He is your adoptive father!"
Yan Shu looked at Li Changtian, and said indifferently, "Is there any relationship between me investigating the case and him being my adoptive father?"
Li Changtian: "..."
Li Changtian was stunned.
Ah, what is being unselfish.
Ah, what is indiscriminate favoritism.
Ah, what is fair and honest.
After being stunned, Li Changtian applauded with emotion.
Yan Shu: "..."
Yan Shu led Li Changtian to the guest room in the west courtyard, he pushed open the wooden door and said, "You can rest here."
Li Changtian asked, "What about you?"
"I'm on the east side of the courtyard, you can come and find me if you need anything."
"Okay, thank you."
"You take a short break, then go to the hall. There are no servants here, and no one calls for dinner." Yan Shu was afraid that Li Changtian would not remember clearly, so he slowed down his speech, "So you have to remember that when you eat breakfast, you eat lunch. At noon, dinner is... "
"Wait, wait." Li Changtian was confused, "What time?"
"Eat time, noon..."
"What what? What do you eat?"
Yan Shu: "... I'll call you when I'm eating."
"Okay, thank you brother." Li Changtian clasped his fists gratefully.