The Huo Family Ancestral Hall has always been the most solemn and dignified place in the entire Huo Mansion.
Because Mrs. Qiao comes here to chant scriptures every day and she likes quietness, generally no one will come to disturb her.
Helian Yu walked to the entrance of the ancestral hall and could see from afar the numerous tablets placed high and low in the hall.
There are pine and cypress trees planted on both sides of the courtyard, reaching vertically into the clouds. When the wind blows through the trees, they are still and motionless.
He slowly stepped over the threshold and walked in, his steps as heavy as if they were filled with lead.
The eternal lamp swayed slightly in the wind, and the names engraved on each tablet could be clearly seen in the flickering light.
This is where the Huo family’s ancestors gathered.
This is where his father Huo Pingchang was supposed to be.
The people on these tablets were originally considered his ancestors, who died on the battlefield while fighting for their country.
Although he is from Northern Qiang, the blood of the Huo family flows in his bones...
Now standing in front of these tablets, Helian Yu didn't dare to look directly at the names engraved on them.
He just knelt down silently in front of the eternal lamp, his whole body almost touching the ground.
When he raised his head slightly again, he noticed something under the altar.
When he pulled out the thing, it turned out to be a tablet. When he saw the name on it, Helian Yu was stunned for a moment.
The name engraved on it is: Huo Pingchang.
There are cracks on this tablet, as if someone had dropped it on the ground.
Looking at the other tablets neatly arranged above, each one is spotless, and it is obvious that someone comes to wipe them carefully every day.
Helian Yu stared at the name on the tablet in his hand with a confused look on his face.
He grew up on horseback as far as he could remember, and his father taught him how to ride and shoot arrows.
He told his father that he wanted to become the most powerful warrior in Northern Qiang.
His father praised him for his ambition, saying that he had the demeanor of his youth and would surely be the best man in Northern Qiang in the future.
Later, my father was promoted continuously, his power grew, and he became busier and busier.
He never neglected his studies and martial arts training, and in this way he slowly began to understand the history between Beiqiang and Dacheng.
He knew that the two countries had always been strong rivals, and had fought no less than a hundred battles, large and small.
He also knew that Dacheng had an ever-victorious army called the "Huo Family Army."
The Huo family has produced many great generals who are good at fighting and fighting, decisive in killing and skilled in using troops.
Although they were enemies, he also admired the Huo family when he read military books and history books.
They are not afraid of death or losing, and they will fight every battle until the last man falls.
At the same time, he naturally also learned about the Battle of Gale Valley that changed the situation between the two countries and that the elite troops of the Huo family army were completely wiped out.
At that time, he was still sighing, feeling that the Huo family had fallen like this.
But later, Huo Yan emerged and began to revive the Huo family army alone.
Even though the other party was an enemy, Helian Yu respected and admired him very much.
But he didn't expect that his father, who was a high-ranking official in Northern Qiang, was once a member of the Huo family army.
Helian Yu knelt there, closed his eyes, and seemed to be able to hear the shouts and the collision of weapons on the battlefield.
He thought about his dream last night.
It is hard to imagine that one day the brothers and comrades who fought side by side with you would shoot a fatal arrow from behind.
No matter what the reason, it is hard to forgive him for sacrificing everyone else and defecting to the enemy country to be given an official position and a noble title.
Helian Yu kowtowed slowly. His father would probably never come back here, so he, the son, would apologize to all the ancestors on his father's behalf.
Even though Helian Yu knew clearly in his heart that neither the ancestors of the Huo family nor the living people of the Huo family would forgive Huo Pingchang.
He kowtowed three times and finally took out the thing in his arms.
He stared at the wrapped object for a long time, and finally placed it under the altar.
After doing all this, he stood up and prepared to leave, but when he turned around, he saw someone standing quietly outside the ancestral hall gate.
…
A thin figure, silver hair, and a slightly tired face.
She stood there in a green dress, just like the green pines and cypresses in the courtyard, seemingly weak but extremely tough.
It’s Mrs. Huo.
Helian Yu didn't know when she stood there and he didn't even notice it.
She must have recognized him, but she didn't call out to him. She just walked towards him step by step, her footsteps as light as a falling leaf.
Now he stood there, not knowing whether to leave or stay.
Mrs. Huo walked up to him and glanced at his face.
Helian Yu felt embarrassed and ashamed. He felt ashamed when he thought about his relationship with Madam Huo.
But Qiao looked him up and down and just smiled casually.
Helian Yu heard her treat the younger generation like an ordinary adult, and said in a gentle tone,
"I've lost a lot of weight."
He slowly tightened his hands on his sleeves.
Qiao turned her gaze to the tablet in front of her, knelt down, patted the cushion beside her, and signaled Helian Yu not to stand.
Helian Yu also knelt down. His mood at this moment was even more different from when he was kneeling alone.
He didn't speak.
Qiao clasped his hands together, silently recited a passage of scripture, then opened his eyes and said,
"I didn't expect you to come back."
Helian Yu lowered his head, "I..."
Mrs. Qiao didn't look at him, but only asked, "Does your...father know?"
"He didn't know when I left..." Helian Yu bit his lip, "But now, he should know."
"Does your mother know?" Qiao asked again.
For a moment, Helian Yu didn't know what she was asking about his mother knowing: his running away, or his father's affairs.
But he answered them all, "Mother didn't know originally. She only found out when Dacheng's documents arrived in Beiqiang a while ago. After that, she fell seriously ill. I told her when I left..."
After hearing this, Mrs. Qiao remained silent for a long time.
On the way to Dacheng, Helian Yu also thought about what would happen if he was discovered by the Huo family?
Especially Mrs. Huo, and...his half-brother whom he had never met.
He thought that they must hate him so much that they wanted to kill him.
He had always thought that his family was happy, but now he discovered that it was built on the pain of another family.
I even felt like a thief, stealing someone else's father and someone else's perfect family.
But now, Mrs. Huo was surprisingly calm when facing him.
Could it be that beneath this calm lies a deeper storm?
Helian Yu knelt there, quietly waiting for the storm to rise.
At this moment, his heart was much calmer.
He even felt that even if Madam Huo killed him now, it would be a relief for him.
But Qiao did nothing.
"I recognized you the first time I saw you that day..." She knelt for a long time, then slowly turned around and said softly, "You and Zhengze look very similar. If you stood together, no one would suspect that you were not brothers."
Helian Yu listened quietly without saying anything.
Huo Zhengze is his father's other child.
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