Su Fengnuan moved out of the way, and said to Patriarch Ye, "Ye Chang is not in a good condition yet, I just asked him to come out of the house today to get some fresh air."
At this time, Patriarch Ye also saw Ye Chang who was slowly sitting up from the deck chair under the osmanthus tree. He stood where he was, looked at him for a while, saw him standing up, looked at him, and then walked away. past.
Everyone in the world knows that Patriarch Ye went to Beijing twice. The first time was decades ago to discuss the marriage of his daughter. The second time was when King Rong An and his concubine died in battle. After returning to Beijing.
In the blink of an eye, twelve years have passed.
The last time he saw Ye Chang's appearance was when he was a child, but now he has grown up.
Although Ye Chang's appearance has all the advantages of King Rong An and Princess Rong, but it inherits more from Princess Rong An.
Patriarch Ye came up to him and looked at him, his eyes slowly turning red.
Ye Chang's expression remained unchanged, he looked at Patriarch Ye for a moment, and then smiled and shouted, "Grandpa!"
Patriarch Ye nodded, stretched out his hand to pat him on the shoulder, and said for a while, "Good boy."
Ye Chang still smiled, "Grandpa is tired from running around all the way? Should we take a rest first? Or go into the house and sit for a while before resting?"
"Not tired." Patriarch Ye shook his head, "I heard that you were recuperating after waking up, and it was raining on the way, so you didn't rush on your way, let's go into the house."
Ye Chang nodded, and invited Patriarch Ye to enter the house.
Ye Xi and Su Fengnuan also entered the house.
After a few people talked for a while, Su Fengnuan asked Ye Xi, "When did senior brother get hurt in his arm?"
Ye Xi smiled and said, "You little girl, say you are careful, sometimes you are careless, say you are careless, you can still notice what you should pay attention to. I have tried my best to cover it up, but I was still caught. Did you see it?"
Su Fengnuan smiled and said, "You are so close to me, drinking tea is slow, and there is a little effort when raising the arm, which shows that the arm is injured. As a medical student, it's hard for me not to pay attention."
Hearing this, Ye Xi changed the right hand holding the teacup to his left, and said, "If I had known that I would be discovered by you, I wouldn't have hidden it."
Su Fengnuan asked him, "Before you left Beijing, you were fine and your arm was not injured, but when you picked up Grandpa Ye, what happened?"
Hearing this, Ye Xi glanced at Patriarch Ye, and said, "Grandpa was attacked once on the road, although he didn't suffer any serious injuries, but he also suffered some minor injuries, half of the Ye Family's secret guards who followed Grandpa to protect him were lost. When I received him, I thought that I was almost at the border of Beijing, and I should be fine. Unexpectedly, I encountered a second surprise attack, and there were more people than the first time. And equipped with extremely powerful crossbow arrows, I I was shot by an arrow and hurt my arm. But it’s nothing serious, I’ve been bandaged by a doctor, and I’ll be fine after a few days.”
Su Fengnuan was surprised, "Someone actually attacked Grandpa Ye? From Ye's house to the capital, he actually attacked twice? Who is it?"
Ye Chang shook his head, "We were in a hurry to go to Beijing, and we didn't even bother to investigate. Those people were wearing black clothes and masked faces, and they were equipped with crossbow arrows. Other than that, there were no flaws, and they didn't survive."
Su Fengnuan turned her head to look at Ye Chang when she heard the words.
Ye Chang's face darkened slightly, "The Ye family's hidden guards are not pustules, but half of them are broken. What kind of ingenious crossbow arrows are so powerful?"
Ye Xi flicked his sleeves, and took out a very small and exquisite crossbow arrow from the sleeve, the arrowhead was black and shiny, and the body of the arrow was no bigger than a palm.
Su Fengnuan reached out to take it, glanced at it, and handed it to Ye Chang.
Ye Chang took the delicate crossbow, looked at it carefully for a moment, and narrowed his eyes.
Patriarch Ye asked Ye Chang, "What did you see?"
Ye Chang said, "I didn't see anything, but I just thought that such a small clever crossbow could hurt half of the Ye family's hidden guards and cousins. If I made a large-scale clever crossbow like this, I'm afraid it would be an attack on the city, so I won't say anything." Down."
Patriarch Ye's face turned cold when he heard the words, "Yes."
Ye Chang tilted his head and said to Su Fengnuan, "What do you think?"
Su Feng said warmly, "At present, we don't have such ingenious crossbows in our arsenal in the Southern Qi. The crossbows used in the Southern Qi army are not as good as this one." Then he flew out of the door with a "swish", and passed on the trunk of the osmanthus tree in the courtyard that was big enough for one person to embrace.
Qian Han stood guard at the door, and immediately ran to the tree when he saw this. When he got under the tree, he was startled, walked around the trunk, pulled out the arrow feather from behind it, and sent it back to the painting hall. Su Feng warmly said, "It penetrated the tree trunk."
Su Fengnuan nodded, took a look at the arrow feathers, and said, "Small ingenious crossbow arrows are so powerful. I only used half of the power to penetrate a tree trunk surrounded by one person. If it is a large-scale ingenious crossbow arrow of this type, ordinary It can also achieve half of the effect if used by the lieutenant generals in the army.”
Ye Chang nodded, his face condensed.
Patriarch Ye said, "I have never seen this kind of ingenious crossbow, nor have I heard anyone say that anyone secretly made this kind of ingenious crossbow. The origin of those men in black is unknown, and I don't know why they attacked me. "
Ye Xi said, "Grandpa has not been out of the Ye family for many years, and the Ye family has not participated in the court affairs, and sticks to Jiangnan. For many years, it has been peaceful and peaceful. I didn't expect that this time because my cousin was injured, grandpa went to Beijing, and there would be such a double turnaround." encounter."
Su Fengnuan said, "There are people who are not afraid of the Ye family's power and dare to touch Grandpa Ye. Does that mean that someone wants to attack the Ye family?" After finishing speaking, she asked, "How many secret guards did Grandpa Ye bring to Beijing? "
Patriarch Ye sighed when he heard the words, "One thousand."
Su Fengnuan was taken aback, "Why so many? That is to say, if you bring a thousand people, if you lose half of them, you will lose five hundred?"
Patriarch Ye glanced at Ye Chang and said, "I brought 1,000 secret guards into the capital to leave Ye Chang with 800 secret guards in the capital. Over the years, he grew up safely, and I never worried too much, but recently Over the past few months, so many things happened to him one after another, and he was almost in danger several times. This time he stood in the palm of the emperor, and his life was in danger. , but there is no guarantee that there will be no more dangers in the future, after all, the court seems to be stable, but there are also turbulent tides, especially the crown prince will be abolished sooner or later."
Ye Chang heard the words and looked at Patriarch Ye, "So grandpa brought a thousand hidden guards?"
Patriarch Ye nodded.
Ye Chang asked, "The first time I lost five hundred, what about the second time?"
Patriarch Ye's face darkened when he heard the words, "Three hundred people were discounted, and now there are only two hundred people."
Ye Chang's face darkened.
Su Fengnuan's heart trembled, a thousand hidden guards lost 800 twice, she looked at the Ye family leader and said, "Grandpa Ye brought a thousand dark guards into Beijing for Ye Chang's sake, if it wasn't for that, your dark guards would be worthless." Less, I’m afraid it’s already…”
Patriarch Ye nodded, "Yeah, I think I have lived in Jiangnan for many years, claiming to be kind to others, not to participate in coups, but to ask about the government. The Ye family in Jiangnan has been in Anshun, so far, I never thought that someone would want my life."
Su Fengnuan looked at Ye Xi upon hearing the words, "Who is so brave to touch the Ye family in Jiangnan?"
Ye Xi frowned and said, "In addition to courage, you also need to have the ability to move." After finishing speaking, he said, "The people behind it obviously wanted to kill Grandpa on the way. Once Grandpa died, if someone took the opportunity to deal with the Jiangnan Ye family, Ye Family There will be chaos under panic, and the consequences will be unimaginable."
Su Fengnuan nodded, "Southern Qi has four borders: Xiangcheng in the east, Fenghuangguan in the west, Yejia in the south of the Yangtze River, and Sujia in Yanbei in the north. Xiangcheng is surrounded by the sea, and the blue sea is thousands of miles away. It is a natural barrier. , and in the south there is the Ye family in the south of the Yangtze River, which is adjacent to the Nanling Mountains. There is a natural miasma as a barrier. Ordinary people enter the miasma forest, and those who do not come out alive are also a natural barrier. Although the Ye family did not enter the dynasty, they stick to the south of the Yangtze River. Having been entrenched for several generations, it can be regarded as a separatist regime. The Su family in Yanbei has the Wuwang Mountain and the Wuwang Valley, which is also a natural barrier. Therefore, when the army was raised in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, they chose the western region many times. Compared with these three places, Fenghuang Pass guarded by Bingjia It is a breakthrough that can be broken through.”
The three nodded.
Su Fengnuan said again, "Now, someone wants to kill Grandpa Ye. The purpose of killing Grandpa Ye may be what we guessed, to take the opportunity to disrupt the Ye family. Could it be that someone has been planning to take the land of the Ye family Is it?" After she finished speaking, she looked at Patriarch Ye and asked tentatively, "Is it possible that it's not a foreign enemy? It's an internal strife?"
Patriarch Ye's complexion was gloomy, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Among the older generation of the Ye family, there are no ambitious people who want me as the Patriarch. As for the new generation, they are jealous of some talented people. A capable person. The Ye family has reproduced for several generations and lived in peace for several generations. Although the rules are strict and the upbringing is passed down, they are no better than before. Whether there is such a thought behind the Ye family is not certain."
Ye Xi heard the words, "Ever since my aunt died in the battle, and my grandmother was so sad that she became ill and went away within a few years, my grandfather's health has not been very good in the past few years, and it is inevitable that he has lost energy and neglected some things." Luo, he blamed himself a little, "Grandpa kept it from me, and I was too lazy to go back to Ye's house. I wandered outside for two years. I didn't expect such a thing to happen on his way to Beijing."
Su Fengnuan looked at Ye Xi and said, "It seems that senior brother will not have a happy life in the future."
Ye Xi was silent.
Patriarch Ye took a look at Ye Xi and said, "Ye Chang hasn't even traveled far from the capital in the past twelve years. You have traveled all over the world these years, which is enough. I have intended to let you go back, but you delayed Procrastinate. As the only legitimate son of the Ye family's descendants, the Ye family is your responsibility, and you can't escape at any time. I will let you go for two years, which is about the same."
Ye Xi nodded when he heard the words, "This time, grandpa was assassinated twice, and I was terrified, so I don't dare to be willful anymore." After finishing speaking, he said, "I plan to set off tomorrow and go back to Ye's house first, grandpa finally came to Beijing , let’s stay here with my cousin for a while. My aunt and uncle are gone, but you are still here. You are the one who can make decisions for him, and you just decided his marriage. "