"If there's anything you don't know how to ask, you can ask it. After Ling Hougu finished speaking, he raised his eyelids and looked at Brother Diao opposite, hooked the corners of his mouth, and put down the teacup: "If you don't know how to ask, then I'll ask you." ”

Diao was stunned: "Okay, okay, but listen to the master." ”

"Someone, serve a pot of tea!" Hou Ye shouted outside the door.

"No, no, no, wait, this can't be done. I, a common man, am a great honor to be able to take shelter from the rain under your roof. This is also a discussion with you tasting tea, no, no, you can't do it!" Diao Mou looked frightened and waved his hand again and again. That feeling of crampedness made Ling Hougu a little fascinated.

Ling Hougu's expression was focused, so that the arm that flicked his sleeve to take the teaspoon accidentally touched the tea bowl that he had just put down. The remaining tea in the bowl happened to be sprinkled on a pile of rice paper on the table, and the words on the paper were wet and smudged impartially.

Ling Hougu was surprised: "Look, this age is old, and my hands and brains are not coordinated." As he spoke, he got up and found a handkerchief to prepare to absorb water.

Diao hurriedly stood up and tried to use his sleeve to help Ling Hougu solve the problem in front of him. Unexpectedly, he forgot that his sleeve was wet by the rain, and when he went up his sleeve, the handwriting became flowery.

"Oh, this, this, Hou Ye, this, I, I forgot that my clothes were just wet from the rain, Hou Ye, this, Diao really caused you a mess. ”

Ling Hougu smiled: "It's not in the way, it's just a word." Write it again. As he spoke, he picked up the corner of the paper and stood up smoothly.

Diao looked at it: "Master Hou, is this something on your mind?"

Ling Hougu raised his eyelids to meet Diao's gaze: "Literacy? This is to see this sad word on this paper, guess it!haha~"

"I have been sad and disturbed, and I have been alone for a long time. It rains on the spring sail river, and the sideburns of the mirror are frosty. Diao guessed that even if the background and mood of Hou Ye writing this poem were different, I am afraid that it would be difficult to hide his melancholy mood. Moreover, only the first sentence was written, and I was sad and disturbed. ”

"Hey, there are two hits. From the moment you came in, I felt that you were not ordinary. Looks like I'm not wrong. Ling Hougu said as he put down the paper in his hand.

"Hou Ye has won the award. I'm just an ordinary person, but I used to teach in Shudi. Later, the war raged in this Shu land, so why did he need to teach any books? I couldn't hide! I went to this western land to find my relatives and ask for a safe life!"

"Come to Xifan to live in peace? Then you're thinking too much. In the poor and remote areas, I haven't fought this year, and I don't have to fight all the way inside and out in any year? I advise you, after this rain, hurry up and go back to Shudi. Fight, and it is impossible to always fight. Soldiers also have times when they are tired. ”

Ling Hougu said lightly.

Diao thought about it and retreated to the side chair.

"The key is that I can go back, but I haven't seen this cronie, and I always feel unsteady in my heart. Her mother is still at home waiting for me to report back. If you tell her this time that not only will no one see her, but the city will be gone, it won't kill her!"

"Who are you looking for?"

"Ah, she called my uncle. ”

"Uncle, you don't look very old, why did you become an uncle?

"Hey, no, she's a big girl. Look at the 'Mao, Chinese, and Net, although I don't look very old, but this generation is here, and it is inevitable that I will be called my uncle. There are not many literate people in our clan, and I am one of the few. Others, working and raising, giving birth to life, you see, lift up my generation, haha~"

This Diao's age seems to be a little similar to Ling Hougu, at least, it doesn't say that there is a sense of age that hinders communication. Moreover, this talk comes and goes, and it is comfortable to listen to.

Hou Ye had no disgust with the Diao in front of him, it was raining outside, and he happened to have nothing to do, so he simply sat down and had a good chat.

"I used to teach, but I suddenly stopped teaching, get used to it?" asked Hou Gu again.

"Of course you can't get used to it. There is no way, though. Master Hou, you also know that Shu has been fighting in recent years, and the people are unstable, and they can't earn a lot of money by teaching. And before that, Shu was cultivating on a large scale, and the common people, how many of them were willing to let their children study? They couldn't eat, and it was important to fill their stomachs! At that time, there was really one of them, and all of them went to the fields to do farm work. Originally, there was a school in the city where I used to teach, and I taught a few hairy children, but later, there were no hairy children. Speaking of this, Diao sighed heavily.

Ling Hougu did not speak. He picked up the tea cup on the table, took a sip of tea, and suddenly looked up and said, "Look at my housekeeper, I said to bandage your legs and let him go down, there is no one yet!"

Diao was stunned: "No, no, a little injury, it's not in the way, really, don't worry." ”

"Just now, you said, where did you get this injury?"

"Oh, yes, there's a city across from you, it's called, it's called, oh yes, it's called Xiangmentai. Although I am not familiar with this place in Xifan, it is true that I have never heard of such a city, and "Diao said this, and he was silent.

Ling Hougu stared into his eyes: "And what?"

Diao smiled embarrassedly: "I said, don't be surprised." I just think this city is a little strange. ”

Ling Hougu sat up straight and leaned back: "What's a strange method?

"Diao came all the way from Shudi, passing through countless prefectures, but he never saw a Quartet order to enter the city. It's also interesting to say, I'm stubborn. The place that was given was pointed to was the place in front of me! As a result, there was no shadow of the city! I wondered at the time, could it be that this city had changed its owner and changed its name? So I found a door to go in and see what was going on. ”

"And then?"

This bandit robbed the silver, but fortunately, there were still a few children left in his arms, so I stuffed them to the little soldier at the door, and I said: "Official, you see, I came all the way to find my cronies, and I don't know how many of my lords are here, and there is nothing of value on me, just like that, don't be too little!

Diao took a sip of tea.

Ling Hougu smiled: "Why, I didn't let you in?"

"Yes, I didn't let it in, I didn't say anything, and even threw out the silver. Tell me, hey, I didn't say anything about breaking in, I picked something, and I heard everyone go in. I still think to myself, we haven't crossed the ranks! Why did we get out?"

Ling Hougu was also surprised: "Didn't you open the city gate today?

Diao was puzzled: "Don't accept people, what does Hou Ye mean?"

"Brother Diao doesn't know anything! I won't tell you anything, the original name of the city you went to was indeed called Badi. However, as you said, there has been a change of dynasty and a new master! ”

Ling Hougu stood up as he spoke, walked to the side of the pet parrot, touched the little guy's head, looked up at Diao Mou who was sitting on the side chair, and asked lightly, "Is it fun?"

Diao looked at the parrot and smiled: "Hey, fun is fun, but these are all the darlings raised by rich officials, and ordinary people like us are not bad if they can fill their stomachs." This thing, that's just to see. ”

Ling Hougu straightened up: "I didn't ask you parrot, I'm talking about the Xiangmentai opposite." ”

Diao put away his smile, he kept staring at Ling Hougu's figure: "Master Hou, when did this gate change its name?"

"It's just recently. The one who came was called a sudden, not to mention that you were an outsider, and even I looked at him every day, and I couldn't figure out what kind of play it was. ”

"So, Master Hou also thinks that the Xiangmentai on the opposite side is greasy?"

"Greasy?"

"Oh, no, no. It's just that someone thinks that this city is a bit special. ”

Ling Hougu paced a few steps forward and came into Diao. Bent down slightly: "The city opposite, don't look at him broken, but there is no shortage of silver." After Ling Hougu finished speaking, the corners of his mouth lifted upwards and smiled evilly.

Diao was stunned, and met the eyes of Ling Hougu, who was close to him: "There is no shortage of silver?

Ling Hougu straightened up again, his left hand behind his back, and continued to play with the two chalcedony balls in the palm of his right hand: "This city, it's okay to send out silver! So, if you want to take money in, it's impossible." ”

"But this city, judging from the appearance"

"I don't know if Brother Diao has noticed the Sifang City Gate? There is one of them, called Rashomon. ”

Diao lowered his head and thought about it, and nodded: "Yes, Luo Sheng." ”

"It's because you're literate, you've read, and you know the hanging order on that door, and that's why I've told you so much. If you are a person who really can't read a single word, you can't talk about it. Do you know Luo Sheng, what do you mean?"

"Yes. Duplicity. ”

"Yes. Ling Hougu laughed: "It's not the same as the outside, who are you talking about? I advise you, go back and tell the girl's mother that she is living well, after all, the name of the city has changed, but the people are still those people. You see, in that city, where can you find such a master, who pays money every day and doesn't have to work?"

"Have you ever been in the city?"

Ling Hougu turned around and stared at Diao. It took a long time to squeeze out a few words from between his teeth: "I'm going, I haven't gone yet." ”

As he said this, Xiao Man's voice came from outside the door.

"Oh, father, father!" When Hou Hou was stunned, Xiao Man stepped in with his skirt. was just about to open his mouth to be coquettish, and suddenly found that there was a person sitting on the side couch. So, politely half-squatted, and said hello.

The tone was also gone, and the laziness when he called his father and the king: "There are guests?"

"What's wrong with you?"

"Oh, what do you mean by that? Haven't I been obedient all the time lately? No one has bothered you. ”

"Well, no, no. Ling Hougu was perfunctory.

"Father, I'm not bored. ”

Ling Hougu returned to the couch, looked at Xiao Man in front of him, and looked helpless: "Do you think it is interesting for my father to sit here?

Xiao Man glanced at Diao Mou, who was sitting on the side, and after thinking about it, he couldn't help but walk behind Ling Hougu with his skirt, lying on his ear, and said in a loud voice: "Father, you can find something for me to do, suffocate me!"

"Where's Cher?"

It doesn't matter if this question asks, Xiao Man suddenly pulled his neck and raised his voice: "She!"

Xiao Man stood up straight, with a disdainful expression: "Hmph! She has changed since she liked that cold face! Do you know what she's doing now? ”

Ling Hougu frowned: "Don't be surprised. Say, come and scare me!"

"She actually learned embroidery with Linglan in the house! Ouch, I'll go, you don't know, she's scared to death! A master who has been riding horses and archery all day long, and going up to the house and trees, actually embroidered flowers?

Diao Mou, who was sitting on the chair opposite, laughed: "This is the princess of the waiting master, right?"

"I smiled. The youngest daughter is spoiled. ”

Xiao Man was still unrelenting by Ling Hougu's side: "Father, I heard that Sang Ye came in the morning?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Did he say that there was anything interesting in their city lately?"

"Fun, are you still going?!"

"I can't go on a rainy day, but I have a thought. ”

Ling Hougu stretched out his hand, as if he was angry, but actually patted Xiao Man's arm lovingly: "Look at you." ”

Diao got up: "Miss, if you don't dislike it, I can show you my hands, perhaps, Miss Bo smiles." ”

This news was both surprising and delightful for Xiao Man. She carried the hem of her skirt and descended a few steps from Ling Hougu's couch to Diao's side. He looked him up and down: "What will you?"

"Xiao Man! Everyone who comes is a guest, as a family, you must be polite to the guest. ”。

Xiao Man turned around and pouted: "Got it." ”

After turning his head, he saluted Diao: "What will you do?"