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He hesitated for a few seconds before looking at him and responding, "No, it's not, I'm just walking around." ”

Ah Rong stared at me and asked, "Xiaolin, why are you so interested in the cold weather?!" ”

"I don't sleep in the middle of the night, I care about going out, and I go out before dawn?!"

Sensing that something was not right, Ah Rong suddenly looked at me suspiciously and asked, "Xiaolin, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Why do you look a little wrong? Soulless? ”

He asked, leaning closer to me, looking closely at my face.

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm fine!"

I shook my head and denied it.

After taking a deep breath, I fixed my mind and looked at Ah Rong and said, "By the way, I'm going to go out to the big kitchen to get something soon." ”

"I'm sorry for you to show me the way in a moment, Ah Rong!"

"Xiao Lin," Master Wan walked up, looked at me carefully a few times like Ah Rong, frowned, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

I lowered my head and denied again: "No! ”

"Master Wan, there's nothing to do, I'm just going out for a walk."

After listening to this, Master Wan still stared at me for a while, observing my movements.

I quickly went to the side house.

On the fire lit by Ah Rong, he put the decoction that Master Wan was going to drink this morning.

Then I stood by the stove and watched intently, and after a moment of waiting I got up and walked out into the courtyard.

Master Wan and Ah Rong are both making preparations before starting work today, and no one is idle.

I explained a few words to Master Wan about the need to pay attention to when boiling the decoction, and reminded him that it is best to take it while the decoction is hot.

After the work was done, looking at the new dawn, Ah Rong and I had to go to the big kitchen as planned.

Compared with the confusion about the terrain and the path in the house last night, I am obviously much more relaxed now, because the map is already in my hand.

When I come back from the big kitchen, I will familiarize myself with the terrain of the house as soon as possible, and let Ah Rong lead the way for me.

There are pros and cons to him being with me, and it's obvious that I can't hide anything from him.

In my opinion, I naturally don't want that to happen.

Because it's so unfree for someone to follow closely!

And I, I really hope to find the opportunity to do things alone!

Thankfully, the Dark Guard did the most important thing to me before leaving.

I am grateful to him in my heart.

The thought of the little box containing the map makes me unconsciously distracted, and I quickly warn myself to be cautious.

Master Wan looked at me and said, "Go to the big kitchen and see the steward and other people doing things, even if you hear some gossip, try not to get into an argument with people." ”

When I heard this, I looked at Master Wan in surprise, and I didn't expect that he was similar to the content of the secret guard's reminder.

Before I answered, Ah Rong said with a smile: "Master Wan, the big kitchen steward said that he could only go over there alone, and I, ah, I won't follow Xiaolin in." ”

"When we get to the bridge outside, I'll wait on the road leading to the big kitchen," Ah Rong glanced at Master Wan, paused, and continued, "When the time comes, when Xiao Lin comes out with his things, I'll help him again." ”

"We'll be back together."

Master Wan turned his gaze to me.

I nodded at him and said in a sincere tone, "Thanks for the reminder, I'll definitely remember it." ”

Aron walked ahead, and I followed him.

We walked out through the east door of the small courtyard where the craftsmen lived, and then walked through the woods to the place where we remembered the large kitchen being located.

Occasionally, Ah Rong would look back at me.

Seeing that I was in a good state at the moment, he asked strangely, "Xiaolin, did you encounter anything in the morning?" ”

He winked at me and asked, "I see that when Master Wan is here, you don't seem to want to say anything." ”

"It's just the two of us right now, can you tell me if I can help you?"

I glanced at him gratefully and said, "It's all small things, I can solve it myself." ”

"Ah Rong, I will try to remember it after I follow you again today."

"Otherwise...... I delayed you to help Master Wan do things, and I couldn't help it. ”

Ah Rong looked at me with a smile and said, "Xiaolin, after saying that we are companions, we have to help each other now, don't think about it." ”

"No, I thought of a way, it's naturally hard to remember the road just like that, there are too many intersecting paths in the house."

I thought about it and said, "I, I'm going to memorize the scenery along the way, and use those as markers to distinguish how to go along the road." ”

This means to inform him in advance.

I'm sure I'll have to hide the map, so I'll have to foreshadow it, lest he find it strange when I get it.

Ah Rong stopped, looked at me and asked, "Xiaolin, will this method be useful?" ”

I glanced at him and said seriously, "I haven't tried it yet, I don't know, but I can't think of a better way for the time being, so I'm going to try it." ”

...... Out of the house, the sky was not yet dawn.

When the dark guard came out of an alley, the whole person seemed to have a different appearance.

However, his outfit is still very inconspicuous when thrown in the crowd.

Especially when the dark guard changed into the common clothes of the common people here in Northland Town, he walked silently in the crowd, and his face looked even more indistinct from the crowd.

He was going to the mountains of the Northland.

However, there are still some tasks to be completed before departure.

Except for the fact that he was ordered to send the map to the house...... Before leaving Northland, you have to go to the streets of the town.

On the one hand, it is to make a little preparation for going to the mountains.

In addition to this, there is one more thing, and that is to go to a shop on the street side of the town in order to meet someone inside.

He was very fast, and when he walked into the street, he saw the shops on both sides of the street that had just begun to do business.

It's nothing more than some stalls selling breakfast and common street snacks.

The weather was cold, and there weren't many people on the streets of Northland.

The Dark Guard passed through the street, and soon onto the stone bridge turned onto another street.

There are a variety of shops along the street, including carpentry shops, clothing shops, pharmacies, and shops selling miscellaneous goods.

The dark guard walked into a shop next door to the pharmacy, which had just opened, and the light was still lit, and a person was busy sitting at the table on the side of the shop.

One of the two young men cleaning the shop was wiping the door frame, and the other had just brought water from the backyard.

They stood in the corner of the shop and said a few words, their voices low, not daring to disturb the person doing things in the shop.

The sky was bright, and the lights in the shop were bright, especially the lights near the table.

Sitting at the table was a man who looked to be in his twenties.

At a glance, this person looks pretty good, and he looks handsome, but there are deep scars on his face.

The scar stretches from between the eyebrows on one side to the cheek, and it looks a little scary to look at.

This shop is one of the few shops in town that sells calligraphy and paintings.

This shop is a little different from others, that is, it can help people repair some calligraphy and paintings that have been improperly stored and damaged.

This man had only been in town for a few days, and he didn't know where the shopkeeper had found such a man.

The two young men in the shop had seen the man's craftsmanship and looked at him in amazement.

At this moment, he was just starting to do things in the middle of the day.

This man has a very eccentric personality, he gets up before dawn to do things, and in the same way, he often ends his work early before it gets dark.

...... The two young men glanced at each other, and continued to clean the shop in preparation for the first customer of the day.

With a shop like theirs, the business is not comparable to other shops, and there are not many customers.

The man sitting at the table reached out and picked up a bamboo skewer and flicked the light a few times to make it appear brighter.

The next moment, he glanced out the window, and then walked to another room separated from the shop.

As soon as he walked away, the two young men who were cleaning quickly glanced at each other, and they all came to the table where he had sat before, and looked down at the calligraphy and paintings on the table.

The man got up early in the morning to do things, and the calligraphy and paintings he repaired were sent to the shop by someone else.

The painting looks mediocre, there is nothing outstanding, it is probably sent to the owner's own liking.

However, the young man in the shop knew that the new master in the store was very skilled.

Because they've all seen him mending it firsthand.

A few days ago, someone sent me a folding fan that looked very beautiful.

Even if the guy in the store looked at it, he could see that the fan must be something expensive.

The landscape paintings painted on it look lifelike, and the painting is more delicate and realistic than the large landscapes hanging in the store.

But a good fan, too, was not properly preserved, and it was impregnated with a whole piece of mold on one corner.

It looks like a flaw on a beautiful jade, which is very eye-catching.

If you don't have two brushes, you will never dare to take over this kind of delicate work.

If you don't pay attention to one, maybe it will be ruined, and you don't dare to take it easily.

As a result, the new master made a move, and the people in the store didn't even dare to come out, and stood in the back room to witness the whole process of the man's restoration.

Thinking about it at the moment, the young man still feels that his memory is still fresh.

They watched as the man covered the fan with a layer of silk, not the ordinary material that could be seen in the Northland.

It is said that the master craftsman himself brought it here as a material used in the repair process.

Others are in the darkroom, the lights are shining, and they raise their fans to look at the light carefully.

He could faintly see the lines of the pattern in the light, and before that, he had been staring at the fan for a long time, and there was a glint of joy in his eyes.

This person is a bit stupid, and even the shopkeeper mentioned this himself.

When he lifted the pen in his hand, he traced the original pattern in the corner of the fan bit by bit.

Amazingly, he didn't just trace the damaged part, but he needed to cover a larger area.

Witness the restoration process and see the pattern he has finished.

Everywhere the pen goes, it is as if the original author was drawing, flowing and full of confidence.

A few people on the side unconsciously fell into a trance.

...... At the end, the shopkeepers witnessed the steps he took to remove the silk that had been covered.

I heard that this is a unique skill, and there are very few people in the world who know it.

Come to think of it, this person is a master of painting skills.

Even if it is done by him himself, I am afraid that the picture scroll drawn may not be lost to the collection sent by those people!

Just now, when the young man saw him leaving, he excitedly stepped forward to check, but he saw an ordinary painting, and he was a little disappointed.

Considering that this man was not nominally a painter, but a repairer, it is assumed that the restoration itself may have been a very interesting thing for him!

That's why he can do it patiently and carefully.

...... The people who suddenly entered the shop from outside startled the two young men who were gathered around the table to look at the paintings.

They quickly left the table and walked to the place where they had done before.

Sweep the floor, wipe the door frame, wipe the door frame.

The dark guard stood in the doorway, saw the situation inside, but did not see the person who was about to meet him, and couldn't help but stand there and frown.

The next moment, he stared at the young man in the shop and asked, "Do you have a master here who repairs calligraphy and paintings?" ”

The young man looked at each other again, and the two of them walked over together!

When they got closer, they looked at the guard again, but they didn't see what calligraphy and painting he was holding, but he had a burden on his back.

Could it be ...... Calligraphy and painting are carried in a baggage?

"Well, that master is in the back room, if you want to ask him to repair the calligraphy and paintings, why don't you go in and ask yourself."

It's not that the young man is unwilling to lead the way, it's that the man has a strange temper, and they all have a bit of a feeling that is difficult to describe.

The dark guard said calmly, "Okay, I'll go find him by myself." ”

...... As soon as the dark guard walked in, the person at the table who lowered his head and spread out the drawing paper immediately raised his head and looked at the door.

Seeing him walk in, the man sitting at the table stood up and said with a surprised expression, "You came so early?" Coming out of the house now? ”

After saying this, he continued to himself: "By the way, you definitely didn't come out through the gate, so you came early!" ”

The Dark Guard gave him a noncommittal look.

Then, the secret guard took out a letter from his bosom and handed it to him, "This is what Childe asked me to bring to you." ”

After receiving the letter, the man showed a flattered look and said, "It's hard for you to make a special trip." ”

He looked down and quickly opened the letter to make sure it was correct.

He thought for a moment and then looked at the dark guard and said, "Where are you going?" ”

He had already seen the outfit and baggage of the dark guard, and most of them were leaving the town.

The dark guard whispered, "I'm going to the mountains, and Childe asked me to take care of things over there." ”

The man at the table, who was still holding the letter, observed the look of the dark guard, and wanted to ask the reason, but hesitated for a moment, but dismissed the idea.

He remembered another thing, and couldn't help but look at the dark guard and said, "Childe is in the courtyard of Beidi Town right now, and you have been here for some time. ”

He looked at the dark guard and asked tentatively, "I don't know...... Have you found the girl's whereabouts? ”