Long live the general

Huo Yi was standing under the outer wall of Huo Mansion with two fish in his arms, thinking about what to say when he saw his mother, and he didn't know what his little niece looked like.

He lowered his head, and suddenly heard a strange sound coming from above.Huo Yi thought to himself that a thief had broken into the house, which little thief dared to steal into Huo's house... He raised his head, and saw a small black head protruding from the wall, supporting himself to climb up with his hands. wall.The bones on the arm are protruding, and the face is ferocious, but it can still be seen that this is actually a pretty little girl.

The outline is like his brother, and the facial features are like his sister-in-law.

The little girl also saw Huo Yi under the wall, showing a surprised expression.

The two just looked at each other for a while, and the little girl finally gritted her teeth and climbed up the wall, but she didn't dare to jump down.

Huo Yi handed the live fish to Huo Xiaoman behind him, and stretched out his hands, ready to pick her up.

The little girl spoke bluntly and asked, "Can you catch me?" She was not afraid of life at all, she was very courageous.

"No problem." Huo Yi raised his arm.

The little girl sized him up for a while, probably thinking that he shouldn't be a bad person who grows up like this, so she jumped decisively, and then fell into a warm embrace.

Huo Yi felt the weight. The little girl should be eight years old this year, as thin as a skeleton.

He put the little girl on the ground calmly, and asked, "The curfew is coming soon, what are you going out for?"

The little girl raised her head and said very arrogantly: "I want to go out and fight!"

Huo Yi: "..."

The little girl asked: "What about you, who are you and what are you doing outside the Huo Mansion?"

Huo Yi was thinking about how to answer, should he recognize his niece in this situation, he felt that neither of them looked very decent.While he was still hesitating, the little girl blurted out: "Are you a fish seller?"

"...It seems not." Huo Yi said slowly, smelling the fishy smell on his body.

"No, it's not. It seems to mean something. You are so weird." The little girl looked at him suspiciously: "Forget it, it's none of my business anyway."

She shook her head, took out a polished short stick from the crack in the wall, put it on her shoulder, and was about to leave unsteadily.Huo Yi quickly grabbed her shoulder, stopped her and asked, "Why do you go out to fight in the middle of the night?"

His niece took it for granted: "There are so many of them, I can't beat them during the day. And if they go out to fight during the day, if grandma finds out, she will be worried."

Wow, she actually knew grandma would be worried!Huo Yi asked helplessly: "Why are you fighting when you have nothing to do?"

He thought his tone was already very gentle, but his niece changed her face and said, "It's none of your business!"

The little girl wanted to break free from his control. Huo Yi knelt in front of her and said seriously: "You can't beat them alone. If you tell me the reason, I will help you."

It was the first time for the Miss Huo family to hear such words, and her eyes widened in surprise: "Are you going to help me fight?... But they are all children, so I'll solve it myself."

"No, I will help you find a way to defeat them." Huo Yi thought to himself that after studying the art of war for so many years and fighting so many battles, it can be regarded as useful.

Miss Huo's family lowered her head and hesitated for a while. After all, the child's inner defense is relatively weak, and she can't resist Huo Yi's temptation.

"Because they scolded my grandfather and dad, saying they were defeated generals... They also scolded my little uncle, saying he was a coward who didn't dare to send troops to attack the Huns." Miss Huo snorted coldly: "My uncle guards the gate of the country in the border county Those bastards, who have the ability to go to the battlefield and scold the Huns, only dare to hide in the city of Chang'an and bark, I will cut their dog's teeth right away!"

She lost her temper as she spoke, Huo Yi had no choice but to hold her down with a little force.

His heart was sour and astringent, but also a little warm. This reason was unexpected but reasonable.Naturally, Huo Yi couldn't let his temperamental niece do such a thing, so he had no choice but to take her home.

"Okay, okay, let's go home first." Huo Yi said: "There are too many people who say your uncle is cowardly, do you want to trouble them one by one?"

"I don't want to go back!" Miss Huo struggled desperately to break free, and shouted: "What are you doing! Who are you! Let me go—liar, you clearly promised to help me!"

"Huo Lingyue, I'm your uncle." Huo Yi took her hand and said in a gentle but undisputable voice: "Xiaoyue, come home with me."

When Miss Huo's family, that is, Huo Lingyue, heard this, she froze with fright.

Huo Yi turned his head and motioned for Huo Xiaoman to follow with two fish, Huo Lingyue followed him to the door of Huo Mansion in a daze, she couldn't call that name in front of people anymore.

So Huo Lingyue asked coldly: "Are you Huo Yi?"

"You should call me Uncle, Xiaoyue." Huo Yi corrected her to address her indifferently.

"Don't call me Xiaoyue." Huo Lingyue lowered her head, kicking the ground once and for all: "I don't even know you."

She liked this fish seller at first... he was good-looking and funny, but he was actually her uncle.

It's too weird.

Grandma would often tell herself about her uncle's childhood. She always sat alone under the tree, staring at the gate motionless, waiting for the man named uncle to come home.Sometimes when she fell asleep after waiting, Huo Lingyue put a blanket on her grandma, and when grandma opened her eyes and saw that it was her, she would accidentally show a disappointed expression.

"Your little uncle is the most considerate person." Grandma said: "Every time I accidentally fall asleep, he will cover me with a blanket and carry me back to the house just like you."

Huo Lingyue thought unconvinced, when I grow taller, I can carry you on my back.Why wait for that little uncle to come back, he hasn't been back for five years.

The little uncle didn't know that you were looking forward to his return so much, otherwise how could you have the heart to keep going and refuse to go home.

Huo Lingyue doesn't like that little uncle.

When grandma asked, she would say that she had no impression of uncle at all, he was just a stranger.But she actually remembered that when she was three years old, her uncle once hugged her and gave her sweet and fragrant fudge.That afternoon, she slept on her uncle's chest, holding the soft candy in her hand, and had a dream that seemed to be floating in the clouds... When she woke up, she was on her bed, and her uncle had disappeared.

After that, he never came back.

Many things have also changed.

Huo Yi was still holding Huo Lingyue's hand. Lingyue felt a little strange. The little uncle had thick calluses on his hands, which were left by holding the bow and practicing swordsmanship for a long time.She suddenly remembered that she had said a lot of shameful words in front of Huo Yi just now, and she began to blush belatedly, and her whole head became hot.

Huo Yi knew who she was from the beginning, but he didn't say who he was.Moreover, he clearly promised to help me, but his words don't count... Your lord is too annoying.

Huo Yi knew nothing about the little girl's complicated thoughts and emotions. When he walked to the door, the guard recognized it for a moment, and exclaimed in surprise: "Patriarch, you are back!"

After Huo Fengnian and Huo Xin left, Huo Yi was the head of the Huo family.

The cheers quickly spread throughout the entire Huo family courtyard, and all the servants ran out to greet the Patriarch, and the courtyard became lively for a while.

Counting all the servants in the Huo family, there are only seven or eight people, which is far from other wealthy families with hundreds of servants.If someone committed a crime, the hundreds of people would be ransacked and executed. In fact, most of them were servants of the family.

In the past, the Huo family was quite famous, and the family was very lively. Since Huo Fengnian left, more than half of the family members have dispersed.Afterwards, Mrs. Huo dismissed many servants, leaving only these few.

Surrounded by them, Huo Yi answered those messy questions. He asked Huo Xiaoman to hand over the two lively fish to the cook to make white fish soup tonight.

The cook asked, "What flavor does the master want to eat?"

Huo Yi said warmly: "Just follow my mother's taste."

"Hey, hey, good!" The cook said repeatedly: "The old lady hasn't eaten fish for a long time."

It's not because Huo's family is poor, Huo Yi still has a monthly salary of two thousand shi. Back then Emperor Yueyun Zhou Jing didn't confiscate his home, Huo's family was still very rich.It's just that Mrs. Huo couldn't bear it, and tortured herself, thinking that she shouldn't enjoy a happy life when the children in the family were beaten to death outside.But she didn't treat Huo Lingyue badly. Huo Lingyue is eight years old this year. She is a head taller than other children of the same age. She uses all the food she eats to grow up. She looks thin, but she is actually in good health and has great strength.

Fights are fierce.

Huo Yi felt a little sour in his heart, and lowered his head to cover it up.

"Aying, what are you talking about so much, let's go cook and add these two fish." A familiar voice passed through the crowd, softly, reminiscent of the most genial wind in spring.

Huo Yi raised his head, his mother Cong Yunmeng was standing at the door, the housekeeper wanted to help her, but Cong Yunmeng smiled and pushed her away.She has already known her destiny, and the cruel years have left heavy marks on her body, her long gray hair, and deep lines around her eyes, but she still has Huo Yi's most familiar eyes and voice.

She stared at her child intently, and called softly: "Yao'er..."

"Mother." Huo Yi took two steps forward and knelt down on one knee in front of his mother: "The child is not filial and cannot serve his parents at home."

Cong Yunmeng quickly reached out to help him, but he didn't help him up. Huo Yi's head hung down, and no one could see his expression.

"What are you doing! It's so cold on the ground, get up quickly." Cong Yunmeng said anxiously: "Look up and let me see how thin you are, have you not eaten properly..."

Huo Yi couldn't speak yet, he was afraid that if he opened his mouth, he would burst into tears uncontrollably.He blinked vigorously, looked up at his mother, and forced a smile on his face.

Cong Yunmeng squeezed his face distressedly, and said in a rambling manner: "No matter how bad the food in the army is, you have to eat well. The war is so hard. I know the army is busy, and I won't blame you. If you know, come back and have a look. Unlike your brother, it has been so many years, and there is not even a letter..."

Huo Yi's face froze suddenly.

The author has something to say:

Huo Lingyue, don't judge people by their appearance!