Chapter 53: The Sea of Books
Mo Yuanju was mentioned by Xiao Yuan for Xiao Lei's courtyard, hoping that he would have a lot of knowledge in ink and pen.
Mo Yuan was in the center, and there were more than a dozen people standing. No one spoke, and they stood still as if they were a cluster of statues.
"I ...... I don't know...... The girl is ...... It's ......" The boy waved his hands in front of him in a panic. The future young lady of the Xiao family, he is a penniless poor man, how can he be offended.
"No one is allowed to say anything about today." Xiao Lei glanced at everyone, except for Ya Po and the young man, all those who were left behind were already the descendants of the Xiao family. The subordinates who sold the death deed are the slaves of the master's family, and life and death are in the hands of the master, and they dare not agree.
Hearing the maid's servant's promise, Xiao Lei turned his eyes to look at Ya Po.
"Childe, the slave family is a trader. I have to support my family. "Ya Po is a shrewd person, if the Xiao family wants her to cut off her livelihood in Shicheng, it will be easy. The subtle language is indicative of her attitude.
"Enter the Xiao family, death deed. Or leave Stone City. Xiao Lei got up again and walked into the boy, the boy was still a few years away from the year of the weak crown, and his height was a head shorter than Xiao Lei.
The young man looked up at Xiao Lei, this seemingly elegant son of the Xiao family actually had an aggressive side.
"Dead ...... Deed of Death. The boy's throat rolled up and down, and he felt an invisible pressure in front of him.
The boy lost his parents since he was a child, lived a life without a fixed home, and lived by abduction and abduction until now. No matter how difficult it is, I never thought of selling myself to a certain family to be a subordinate, even if I could have a place to eat and wear, but I lost my freedom.
But this time he was completely planted, offended the future master's mother, and sold the death deed. But if he is driven out of Stone City, his life will be ten thousand times worse than now, and he may die on the unknown way.
"Yunbi, take Ya Po to the account room to get the money, take out five taels from my moon silver, and reward Ya Po." Five taels of silver can be used by ordinary people for half a year, and the tooth flowers that are smiling have come out, and Yun Bi frowns frequently.
"Let's go." Yun Bi was some distance from Ya Po, and she was reluctant to get close to these three sects and nine streams.
"Shen Po, please arrange their residence and work, don't bother me if you have nothing to do today." Xiao Lei's spirit became more and more tired.
"Okay, okay." Shen Po looked at the courtyard gate for most of her life, and she was able to "give orders" in this courtyard once a day, and she was flattered that the wrinkles on her face were about to fall off with a smile.
Shi Manman helped Xiao Lei and slowly walked back to the room, leaving the frightened young man standing in place stunned. And that's the end of it? Didn't they get tied up and beaten severely?
"I'm in trouble again?" In the room, Shi Manman stood beside the bed and looked at Xiao Lei uneasily. Judging from the expressions of those people, it seems that they have caused incomprehensible trouble, and they don't know whether it is serious or not.
"How can I make a big trouble in Kunlun, it's okay." Xiao Lei comforted.
"You rest, I'll go to the study." Shi Manman saw that as soon as Xiao Lei was lying on the bed, the spirit of the strong beating immediately dissipated.
Xiao Lei hummed groggily, and fell asleep with the squeak of Shi Manman closing the door.
She can't make trouble for Xiao Lei anymore, she must understand the rules of the world as soon as possible, Shi Manman secretly decided.
"Girl, where are you going? The old slave will show you the way. Shen Po instructed a few new maids to clean up the room, and just happened to see the stone vines standing outside Xiao Lei's door with a hesitant face, and it was too little to please the future young lady.
As soon as Shi Manman went out, he remembered that he forgot to ask the specific location of Xiao Lei's study. Although he said that the study was in the middle of Mo Yuan, he didn't say which wing room.
"Where is Xiao Lei's study?" Shi Manman asked.
"It's in the wing room on the right, and the old slave will lead you." Shen Po pointed in a certain direction to the stone vines.
Shi Manman nodded and followed behind Shen Po, Shen Po's slightly sideways road posture made Shi Manman feel weird. Shen Po has been a descendant of the Xiao family for many years, and she knows how to be respectful and orderly, if it weren't for the guidance, she wouldn't be able to walk in front of her master.
The courtyards where each master of the Xiao Mansion lives are decorated in accordance with strict requirements, such as Xiao Lei's courtyard decorated with bamboo, Xiao Jin's courtyard decorated with plum, and pavilions and pavilions are readily available.
Shi Manman admired the scenery along the way, and Shen Po's old voice flattered: "Girl, it's here." ”
Pushing open the mahogany door of the study, there was a strong smell of books, different from the smell of food, the fragrance of books and ink mixed with a touch of sandalwood, when he first met Xiao Lei, he seemed to exude the same smell.
Shi Manman casually took down an old book from the shelf, with esoteric words and awkward grammar, and it was very hard to read.
After turning two pages, I found that I could not understand the meaning of the Chinese characters of the book, so I put the book back on the shelf.
She remembered that Xiao Lei once said that she could take a look at "Mountains and Rivers" first, and the stone vines scanned the past in rows, and an inconspicuous corner "Mountains and Rivers" was sandwiched between the layers of many books.
She took out the "Chronicles of Mountains and Rivers" and flipped through it as casually as before, glanced at it hastily, and suddenly there was a light in front of her, and she sat cross-legged on her knees, regardless of whether the ground was cold or not, and turned back to the first page and read it with interest.
The words in the book are pieced together in my mind into ink paintings, with mountains, rivers and people. From undocumented legends to lesser-known customs.
There is even a mention of "demons" in it.
It reads: The demon is born from cultivation and is refined, and the evil can be righteous with people, and those who have gone through three tribulations and become human can be tried or can become a positive result.
"Three tribulations? Humanness? Positive fruit? What is a positive result? Shi Manman muttered to himself.
Shi Manman spent half a day and a night stumbling to read "Mountains and Rivers", and when he encountered an incomprehensible place, he held the book to find Xiao Lei. After coming and going, Shi Manman asked Xiao Lei less and less. She read more and more books.
Three days later, Xiao Lei was able to get out of bed freely, and he hadn't seen Shi Manvine for nearly a day. I heard Yunbi say that she nests in the study every day, and even eats three meals in the study.
His injuries were healed, and the first thing he did was naturally to visit Grandmother Xiao's hospital. Grandmother Xiao has where she is now, and it is all because of him.
Before going to Grandmother Xiao's yard, Xiao Lei wanted to go to see Shi Manman, so he casually asked her if she was going with him.
When Xiao Lei entered the door, he saw that a pile of books had been stacked beside Shi Manman, and she was turning the pages at a very fast speed, as if she was not reading, but deliberately looking for the contents of a certain page. But in the blink of an eye, Shi Manman threw away the books in his hand and grabbed them at the void, and the books on the bookshelf obediently floated into Shi Manman's palm.
"Vines!" Xiao Lei reminded in a low voice, vigilantly looking back to see if there was anyone. Fortunately, he came alone, if others saw this scene, Shi Manman's identity would not be able to hide.