After saying this, he walked to the spotlessly clean tea case, put the letter down and flipped it to the back, and then took out an iron box that he had carried with him, and opened the box with a fire fold - uncle haha - opened the box and pulled a ball of fire paint from it, and then blew the fire fold, and burned the fire paint and dripped it on the seal of the letter bag.

At this time, Lin Shan asked again: "Do you have a seal that can prove your name?" ”

Lin Shan's action in this set of letters was too decisive and too fast, Yan Xingzhi didn't come back to his senses at all, and he was just stunned when he heard the words.

"Then just press the fingerprints." Lin Shan didn't wait long, and the fire paint hardened as soon as it cooled.

Yan Xingzhi came back to his senses at this time, and did not say anything more, according to the words, he pressed his thumb on the slightly hot fire paint that was still relatively soft.

"Uncle Lin is very busy, but he still has to work for a letter from his juniors, which is really embarrassing for his juniors. If there is an opportunity in the future, the younger generation will definitely come to the 'door' to thank you. "On the occasion of parting, Yan Xingzhi took a deep look, and his words were very close to the usual salute of the famous 'door'.

"The lightness of a piece of paper, the matter of raising a hand, what can be done." Lin Shan smiled and bowed, then pointed to Liao Shi's shabby-looking 'medicine' box on the tea case, and then said: "The 'medicine' master's decision to take you back to his master's ancestral mountain 'gate' seems to you to be just a sentence and a decision, but what he has to face is double pressure and danger. You also have to cherish yourself along the way. ”

"Thank you Uncle Lin for your kind words, and the younger generation will remember it." Yan Xingzhi shook his hand again, and then he was about to carry the strap of the 'medicine' box.

At this time, Chen Jiu on the side suddenly called "Wait a minute", and then trotted to the back hall. A moment later she trotted all the way back, and the gray 'colored' earthenware flask in her hand was gone, but there was an old gourd hollowed out and made of flask.

"It's hard to put this old wine when the mud is opened, bring it to the 'pharmacist', he likes this." Chen Jiu handed out the old gourd, and when Yan Xingzhi took it, she picked up the blanket hanging on her shoulder, handed it over and said: "This is some of the 'meat' preserved 'meat' I made, all of which have been marinated with good spices, and it is best to go down the throat with the wine." ”

"Thank you...... Aunt ......" Yan Xingzhi happily took the old gourd, and almost brought out the word "aunt", and when he slipped out of the rhyme, he was forced to twist it into a "aunt" word, and the sense of language was a little strange.

Although Yan Xingzhi is extremely young, a person like him who is relatively shallow in the world will not be accustomed to thinking about some trivial possibilities, but can look directly at the essence of the event. Three years ago, he followed Liao Shi to 'mix' in the northbound team of Lin Shan, and along the way, he saw how the 'girl' named Chen Jiu in front of him took care of Lin Shan.

Even if Lin Shan has not made any commitment to the old wine for some reason, in Yan Xingzhi's view, whether or not to say a certain sentence at this time will not constitute an interference in changing the 'sex'.

However, Tong Guò got along with each other in the past three years in the Northland, although Yan Xingzhi admired Lin Shan's personality very much, but this man who was older than him had no kinship with the Yan family after all, and he still needed to guard the humility of his juniors, so even if he decided in his heart about it, before Lin Shan himself officially spoke, he was not good at saying anything.

Chen Jiu listened to Yan Xingzhi's slightly strange tone, and somewhat misunderstood his mood, as if he suddenly remembered something, he took out a brocade bag from behind his back, shook it slightly, handed it over, and said with a smile: "Of course, we can't forget the peach 'meat' preserved fruit, which is the favorite of the little master of the Yan family." It's just that the vegetables and fruits here are sold very expensive, and there is no silver to buy, so I only made these four taels of preserved fruits, but it is not a small family of wine aunts. ”

Lin Shan said softly on the side: "The road is far away, and there is no light burden, so I can't bring more." ”

At this time, Yan Xingzhi's eyebrows were already trembling slightly, and his eyes were flooded with a layer of 'dampness'. In addition to the two people who saw him off in front of him, during the three years he stayed in the Northland, he never neglected to take care of him in two ways, and at this time, the feeling of 'excitement' came to his heart, making his 'chest' almost full.

Yan Xingzhi outside the 'door' didn't slow down until he ran a long way, and then looked back from afar, grinning and browning, with a bright smile on his face.

Seeing the face that was a little blurred because of the distance, I could clearly feel the sunny sky in the smile, and the old wine, who had been just standing in the house and watching the gifts, suddenly felt like a clear sky. From the old to the young, as well as those generals who are more familiar with walking here from the outside to the inside, they all 'revealed' some kind of expectation and advance wishes, and they were only short of the final choice of the people around them.

Chen Jiu looked at Lin Shan beside him, and saw that he was looking at somewhere outside the 'door', and his eyes still fell on the path that Yan Xingzhi ran away, silent as if he was distracted about something.

She looked at him thinking, and she almost couldn't help but ask him if she was thinking about the construction that the young master of the Yan family seemed to use all his strength to 'revue' when he left.

But she moved her lips and hesitated for a moment, but finally stopped the thought.

Because she cherished the man in front of her, including every moment of standing side by side with him, sitting opposite him, looking at each other, and talking together, she set up several rules of self-discipline for herself very early, among which one of the most frequently used was not to interrupt the man's silent thinking.

Lin Shan quickly stripped the 'spirit' spirit from that short-term thought, after all, Yan Xingzhi's words only touched him slightly, and it didn't make much of a 'tide' and 'wave' in his heart.

Seeing Chen Jiu's waiting gaze, he just said gently, "Do you want to send them off?" ”

Chen Jiu hesitated for a moment, then shook his head slightly and said, "I won't go, I said those disrespectful words to Uncle Liao just now, he should be a little annoying to me." ”

Lin Shan held a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said slowly: "I have seen many doctors, and there are very few people like him who have been persevering for one thing for several years, so he is actually an extremely difficult person to annoy. ”

Chen Jiu suddenly asked curiously: "You don't bother such a persevering person, even if he has shortcomings that are several times more hateful than the precious character of perseverance, right?" ”

"Yes......" Lin Shan replied with one word, and he seemed to realize that Chen Jiu's question might contain the storage of two people. One is Liao Shi, and the other is herself.

There was no more thoughtful look on his face, but there was silence.

Chen Jiu sighed softly, his eyes inadvertently swept over the letter on the tea case, and then he remembered the location next to the letter, and put aside Liao Shi's 'medicine' box that was shabby on the outside but extremely rich and neat inside.

"Actually, you should send him off." After a moment's hesitation, she spoke again, already saying something else, "The 'medicine' master will never leave his chest, he is prompting you to send him." ”

"No, he's prompting Yan Xingzhi." Lin Shan said with a smile indifferently, "If he takes a step first and takes the 'medicine' box with him, the young master of the Yan family is afraid that he will go crazy." In a hurry, it is inevitable that something will be missed, such as losing your family letters, losing your 50-year-old wine puree. ”

Chen Jiu smiled: "You mean that the 'pharmacist' master is waiting for his little follower 'medicine' boy to sweep the field for him?" ”

Lin Shan said with a smile: "He still knows how to use people." ”

Chen Jiu gradually smiled on his face, and said calmly: "Then you really don't plan to send him?" ”

"No, no." Lin Shan sat down beside the tea table.

"You don't go...... Chen Jiu sat down on the chair on the other side of the tea table without the slightest hesitation, "...... Then I won't go. ”

Lin Shan glanced at Chen Jiu deeply and did not speak.

There was no sound in the dining room for a long time.

Even the command to summon the maid 'girl' to clean up the scraps on the table did not come out.

After another hour of this, a few maidservants and 'women' who had been lined up outside the house because they were not allowed to disturb finally approached, and asked the 'waiter' at the entrance of the 'door', only to know that the dining room was already empty.

A maidservant 'girl' couldn't help but say: "Sir is so strange today, I have a meal with the 'medicine' old man, but he lined us up so far, and he didn't tell us to put away the bowl when he left, and let us wait for a long time." ”

The 'waiter' at the entrance of the 'door' heard this, and his voice was slightly cold, and he only said: "Please don't regard Lord Lin's humility and gentleness as a presumptuous space, and not just any 'girl' can walk so close to Lord Lin like Miss Chen." If you feel that you can't get over it here, I can help you ask Lord Lin for instructions on your behalf, and I believe he will not be reluctant to send someone to send you back to Beijing. ”

The mouthy maid 'girl' couldn't help but tremble when she heard this, and she didn't dare to say anything more.

A few maidservants 'girl' entered the house to clean up the scraps, and the maid 'girl' who had been orally lectured by Lin Shan's henchman guard at the 'door' just now suddenly couldn't help but say again: "What! I'm not just gossiping, what kind of fierce is that 'squire' guard. ”

A tall maid beside her dissuaded: "You better say a few words!" You are not familiar with the 'squire' guard, how can you gossip about the affairs of your master's house in front of him? Let alone...... The little brother at the 'door' just now was right, don't think that you are a weak 'girl', you can be presumptuous with this. Of course, Mr. will not embarrass a 'girl' son because of some trivial things, but do you know what the result will be if you are disgusted by him? That is, Miss Chen's appearance, talent, and character 'sex', can be Mr.'s intimate person, and occasionally let 'sex' frolic without scruples. ”

"Che, that's your 'private' thought, but in my opinion, it's not. Look at the tea cup that was almost glued to Lin Shansheng's hand, don't you see? Although the Chen family's wine is mellow, it attracts an endless stream of drunken buyers, but Mr. Lin directly quit drinking, what does this mean? "What the maid 'girl' who was talking about at the mouth of the 'door' just now said to the tall maid 'girl' expressed great disapproval, "After all, it's still disgusting...... Miss Chen was originally a celebrity in Dongfeng Building, and she stayed in that building for a long time before Dongfeng Building changed the rules of the 'door' plaque...... Is she still a girl......"

Except for herself, who said this, all the maidservants and 'girls' who were cleaning up the scraps at the table stopped moving.

When the mouthy maid saw this scene, she already realized that an extremely strong oppressive force came from the gaze of several maid 'maids' around her and smashed it on her face.

A maidservant 'girl' in the left corner of the table suddenly said a little meanly: "Pray that you don't marry the wrong man in the future!" Because a person like you can no longer be able to get up and cheer up after a single setback. It's just a setback like this, maybe every 'woman' can't avoid it without entering the building, and it seems that you are very dangerous! ”

The tall maid 'girl' also spoke, and said in a cold voice: "Why wait for that kind of test, like you, a servant 'girl' who likes to talk long and short-talked, I'm afraid that I only need to send you back to General Mu's Mansion in Kyoto, and a word of gaffe can kill you." ”

A maid 'girl' in the right corner of the table also said with a cold face: "It's really a shame that you are still a maid 'girl' who has been cultivated in General Mu's mansion." General Mu's wife is the aunt of Emperor Ling of the former dynasty, and the old general also has a daughter-in-law who is also a member of the royal family of the former dynasty, and the backyard of this family can be described as the most complex and dangerous household among the nobles of Kyoto. Because of the subversion of the noble status of the mother's family, the struggle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the backyard of Mufu is even more distorted, you haven't tasted lasagna, chili oil, skewered tofu and other new things in it, and you should have seen others enjoy it, how can you forget what the scourge of the tongue can do? ”

Lasagna refers to a belt made of leather on the inside and brocade cloth on the outside, moistened with water, and then 'pumped' on the person's body. This kind of torture instrument can be carried around, and it is not too conspicuous like a mace, but the servants and maids who have been served by this torture instrument will inevitably leave scars on their bodies that will not be erased for many years.

Chili oil is relatively simple, it is a red soup made by soaking chili peppers and 'flower' peppers in boiling oil, but when using this kind of thing to punish the servants and maids, it is generally made to lie on their backs or swallow them upside down. The slightest mistake in the swallowing angle may lead to a mute for the person being punished. Even if they escape the catastrophe of becoming dumb, the servants who swallow this chili oil will have diarrhea for at least seven days, and their mouth and tongue will be paralyzed and tasteless for at least a month, and they will not be able to swallow half a cent of hot food, so they will have to eat raw food for half a month and wait for the injured mouth to recover.

This trick was learned by two princesses of different generations from the Criminal Department, but it has to be said that their intention to improve it is very ingenious. Although these two condiments are somewhat expensive, they are very popular on the Kyoto table, and they are well stocked and can be used at any time, and they can afford to spend as much as the money of the Mu family. It's just that the servants and maids are suffering, and the ingenious wisdom of the two princesses can only make people fearful.

The first two punishments are widely used in the punishment of the crime of theft and the crime of long tongue by the servants and maids in the back house of the Mu Mansion, respectively, as for whether the punished person really stole the master's valuables, or criticized the master with many mouths, he may still have done nothing, just blocked the intersection of the two princesses walking around the garden, and was dragged to punishment, no one knows.

As for the punishment of skewering tofu, it is a bit ingenious, and it also shows the distorted wisdom of the two 'female' masters.

There is no tofu that can be picked up with a thin needle, and when the two 'female' masters of the Mu Mansion who had the status of the princess of the previous dynasty asked the servants and maids to string the tofu with needles, they not only asked the servants and maids to pinch the sharp long needles to the tofu strings in the hands of the servants and maids, but also worried that they would not be able to prick each other's fingers when they had experience, so they ordered them to be able to fluently answer the family rules and regulations of the Mu Mansion that the two princesses studied at any time while stringing the tofu.

The eldest princess and the fourth princess of the previous dynasty got together to become a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the identity of the royal family was lost, so they devoted themselves to the struggle for the status of the family house.

This is the hell in the hearts of many palace slaves who were assigned to Mu Mansion! Even if one day they were extremely lucky enough to have a reason to leave there, and how many midnight dreams they had, they still couldn't escape the terrible torture they had suffered in the back house of the Mu Mansion.

At this time, the 'door' of the dining room of Lin Shan's residence was full of tongues, and when she entered the hall to clean up the leftovers and dishes, this maid 'girl' who was open-mouthed was from the Mu Mansion.

Therefore, the other maids and maids who cleaned up the table with her, except for some who were not accustomed to this person's pampered and arrogant words at the entrance of the 'door' just now, and listened to this person's criticism of the wine in the hall, which really angered the maids, and the maidservants and 'women' were really a little curious, this long-tongued 'girl' really came out of the Mu Mansion?

And after being verbally beaten by all the maids around him, the long-tongued maid 'girl' seemed to really remember the terrible back house of the Mu Mansion. Of course, she didn't want to be sent back there, her 'spirit' world was filled with fear at an extremely fast speed, and she didn't have time to think about all the good things in Lin Shan's residence, and all that was left in her mind was the horror of the Mu Mansion's back house, which was thousands of miles away.

Her hands trembled, and her shoulders trembled. After a while, she suddenly said hoarsely, "I don't want to go back...... But where do we end up? It is obviously impossible for Mr. Lin to stay in Northland forever......"

The tall maid on the side smiled warmly, then raised her eyebrows and said, "It's where you end up, not us." The old 'pharmacist' is gone, and you are not the only one who can see it, and Mr. Lin will not stay here for long. ”

Halfway through her words, she glanced around at a few maids in the hall, and said with a slightly slower face: "So we have all discussed, so we will stay in the Chen family's small winery, and we will go wherever the eldest sister goes." We sincerely admire the ability of the wine sister and are willing to follow her to be a wine lady. If we can't find a good match, we would rather live a good life than marry a bad man, and there is no good result in suffering and suffering, that is to be ruined for a lifetime. ”

Standing at the table, several maid 'women' who obviously had the same mind as the tall maid 'girl' nodded their heads again and again when they heard this.

The tall maid 'girl' suddenly smiled leisurely again, and added: "However, with Sister Jiu's wide connections in Kyoto, as long as you follow her, it seems that you don't have to worry too much about finding a lover." When the time comes, watch me pour a pot of Chen family's old wine, wouldn't it be better than those brocade embroideries to lock men's hearts? ”

"Yes, yes!"

"Sister Jiu said a long time ago that if you want to keep a man's heart, you must first lock a man's stomach, and I will recite this sentence several times a day."

"Sister Jiu has been trying to make fruit wine these days, I have tasted it, maybe in the future, not only can I lock the hearts of men with wine, but even my mother-in-law and sister-in-law will pick it up together!"

The maids in the hall laughed unconsciously, and the sorrow that was still floating between their eyebrows just now was suddenly melted away...... There were some things that seemed to be all glued together into the eyes of the mouthy maid 'girl' who had just speculated on the old wine.

In the joyful discussion of the maid 'girl', there was a certain 'color' under the eyes of the mouthy maid 'girl' sinking little by little. She didn't want to appreciate the happiness of others, but she couldn't have it herself, so she looked elsewhere.

At this time, no one noticed that the dark face in the eyes of this maid 'girl' was getting deeper and deeper, and gradually a little angry was rising.

But at this moment, a person suddenly walked in from outside the 'door', and his eyes met the hint of anger in her eyes. The maid 'girl' with a sensy gaze was stunned, and the speed of cleaning up her floating scheming was a little slower. The sudden arrival of the 'attendant' guard has been with Lin Shan for a while, and his eyesight to observe words and 'colors' is not low, and he can see at a glance that this 'girl' seems to have evil intentions, and he is also slightly stunned.

However, when he withdrew his eyes to look at the rest of the maids in the hall, he thought that he understood that the trace of 'gloomy' and 'color' that he had just witnessed suddenly might just be due to the jealousy between the 'women' because of something, so he didn't take this little matter to heart.

Among the several maidservants who were laughing in the hall, there was a maid 'girl' who noticed the 'waiter' who suddenly ran in a little faster than everyone else, obviously familiar with each other, and she immediately shouted: "Brother Shanliang! ”

"Sister Mian'er......" In front of everyone's eyes, the 'squire' guard named Shanliang suddenly felt a little embarrassed to shout out this title that he was already familiar with.

In fact, the few maids who came to pay attention together, because they were still discussing how to lock the hearts of men just now, so when they heard the slightly intimate names of the two people in front of them, they unconsciously had a little more subtlety in their eyes.

With a slightly embarrassed smile, Lin Shan's close cong Shan Liang got down to business, and said with a smile: "Do you know where Lord Lin went?" ”

Immediately, a maidservant 'girl' said, "Go and send the old 'pharmacist' master, right?" ”

Soon another maidservant 'girl' expressed a different opinion: "It seems that she did not leave the dining room from the former 'door', but may have gone to the study." ”

Shan Liang shook his head and said, "No, I came from the study, and the 'door' is still locked." And if Lord Lin wants to send the old 'pharmacist' master, he will not bring his 'attendant'. ”

At this time, the maid 'girl' Mian'er, who was familiar with Shan Liang, thought about it and said, "Sister Jiu is not here, maybe Mr. Lin went to the wine shop with her." ”

When Shan Liang heard this, he shook his head again and again and said, "Lord Lin can't touch alcohol now......" Halfway through his words, he suddenly closed his mouth, and his expression was nervous. Maybe it's because the young 'women' he faces have known each other for a long time, so he was negligent for a while and missed half a sentence.

It was only a few close servants like him who were informed of this in order to facilitate the 'serving'. But of course, Shan Liang also remembered Lin Shan's repeated emphasis that this matter must be kept secret, otherwise this weakness will be taken away by someone with a heart, but it will cause great harm.

The 'attendant' standing outside the 'door' suddenly walked in and slapped Shan Liang.

A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of Shanliang's left mouth, and the maid 'girl' Mian'er next to her screamed in surprise when she saw this scene.

Shan Liang didn't speak, nor did he express his anger at the 'guard' outside the 'door' who 'pumped' him, he just suddenly raised his right hand, not to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, nor to return the slap to the 'guard' who 'pumped' him, but to 'pump' his right cheek with his backhand.

The 'squire' who had just walked in from outside the 'door' and slapped people with his slap only then said in a stiff voice: "What's the matter? Go outside and say, what is there to say here! ”

The two 'squires' immediately walked out together, as if they didn't remember the two slaps just now.

The servants at the table stopped talking, and their men moved again, and they cleaned up the table faster.

When the 'women' were about to leave the dining room with the trays, the tall maid 'women' suddenly said in a deep voice: "Today we are just cleaning up the plates in the dining room, nothing else happened, do you remember?" ”

All the maids nodded when they heard this, and there was no longer a trace of relief on their faces.

The more things you have in your heart, the more you can't easily take it personally, and the secrets you learn inadvertently may not all be beneficial gains. The maid 'girl' inadvertently learned the truth that Lin Shan can't drink alcohol today, although it is enough to overturn the 'gloomy' argument of the mouthy maid 'girl' just now, and prove that Lin Shan does not drink the wine made from old wine, and does not dislike her, but who dares to say this?

This secret is like a double-edged sword, hanging over the heads of all the maids and 'women' from today, I am afraid that only when they no longer 'serve' the forest cedar and go thousands of miles away to cut off the connection, the threat of this sword will be forgotten for a long time and melt.

The maidservants couldn't laugh, but the maidservant 'girl' who had 'revealed' her gloomy eyes in the laughter of everyone just now laughed at this time. She didn't smile brightly, she just moved the corners of her mouth like a 'twitch', and although she was smiling, the anger in her eyes seemed to be heavier.

It's just that because she walked at the end of all the maids, no one noticed the smile in the corner of her eyes and mouth that was even more cruel than a curse.

The smile was only faint, and it was calm.

Whether it is a few maids and maids who come to the dining room to clean up the table and plates, or the two 'waiters' who are guarding outside, at this time, they are all in their hearts for a while, but the matters of these two aspects are very different.

The 'servant' Wei Shanliang came to look for Lin Shan, because just now Liao Shi took a step first, and when he met him at the big 'gate' of the residence, he 'handed over' something to him and asked him to pass it on. This was not an urgent matter, but to Shan Liang's surprise, after only a few moments, several of the main characters in the residence were gone.

The 'attendant' who slapped Shan Liang just now, after listening to Shan Liang's report, thought about it: "Although the people in this place are still relatively simple and peaceful, exceptions are not ruled out. You take my waist card and call a few people to the west of the town to look for it. ”

Shan Liang took the waist card and said hesitantly: "If Lord Lin really went out of town to send the old 'pharmacist' master, how can you be sure that you are going to the west?" We don't know where the 'gate' of the old 'medicine' master is. ”

The 'squire' guard who was asked by him explained: "It is impossible to go north, there are almost no deep mountains and forests there, and it is almost to the wild goose realm, and the old 'medicine' master will not go there when he returns to the mountain 'gate', so only the other three sides are left." I'm going to look for the 'tide' of the river, and I'm going to look for it on the east and south sides respectively, so you don't have to worry about it. ”

Shan Liang nodded and went.

Just when the 'guards' in Lin Shan's residence were all facing a 'cloud' over their heads, and they were calling the whole team to prepare to go out of the town to find someone, the two people they were looking for had already left the stone archway at the entrance of the town. Two horses and a couple of men galloped at a moderate pace on the unrepaired dirt road at the exit of the town, their hooves moving in unison, kicking up a cloud of smoke.

This road did not go far, and the two men turned into a mountain pass.

It is not very accurate to say that these two people rode horses to climb the mountain, because the "mountain" that the two horses climbed can only be described as mounds. The mountain is not steep, and the sparse trees on the mountain are comparable to the top of the head of a middle-aged man who gives thanks to life. Horses in the north have long been accustomed to this kind of sparse mountain forest, and can run wild in it almost without hindrance, as if walking on the ground.

However, Lin Shan and Chen Jiu did not continue to walk on the dirt road, but carried the reins to the mountain on horseback, the main reason was that they had caught up with the footsteps of Liao Shi and Yan Xingzhi.

When they got up the mountain, a man and a woman on horseback on the mountain looked at the old man and the young man walking on foot on the dirt road down the mountain, and the speed of the horse was slower to the same pace. In this way, the four of them walked on two parallel lines, one high and one low, hundreds of meters away.

The slender old man walking on the dirt road carried a bamboo basket for collecting 'medicine' behind his back, and a belt around his neck that framed the 'medicine' box like a necklace, and the 'medicine' box was a little heavy because it was filled with no less than forty-three small 'medicine' bottles, and at this time it was like a large jewel pendant at the front of the necklace, bouncing in front of the sunken 'chest' as he walked step by step.

The old man's thin shoulders were still hung with the slices of marinated and dried meat, and at the end of the robe hung the old gourd that was holding fifty years of wine, and it was also "walking" on his crotch.

Liao Shi threw all the weight on Yan Xingzhi's body onto his shoulders, which were not strong.

Yan Xingzhi, the only grandson of Yan Guang, the doctor of the Taiyi Bureau, walked beside Liao Shi, and he was very close. The vision of the two people walking on horseback on the mountain was slightly blurred, and Yan Xingzhi's hand was placed under the 'medicine' basket behind Liao Shi's back, as if he wanted to use his hand as much as possible to help Liao Shi lose some weight.

The three years of living in Beidi are the years of Yan Xingzhi's growth, and the dietary environment with more meat and less vegetables has made this young man who was still as tall as Liao Shi when he came here, and now he has grown to the height of Liao Shi's forehead on his shoulders.

In order to support the 'medicine' basket on Liao Shi's back, Yan Xingzhi had to walk with a slight bow, so the appearance of the old man and the young walking together looked as awkward as it was.

Lin Shan, who was riding slowly on the hill here, finally couldn't bear to sigh and said: "The 'medicine' box is full of 'medicine' bottles that the 'medicine' master regards as treasures, so the box is made of three layers of materials, and there is a layer of iron plate in the middle that has been forged hundreds of times. Although the box was not big, I weighed it, and with those bottles, it weighed about thirty pounds in total. Counting the set of tools for climbing the cliff to dig 'medicine' in the bamboo basket behind him, he must have fifty pounds in this outfit. ”

Chen Jiu, who was riding a horse beside him, pondered and said, "About the weight of half a bucket of water next to the well pavilion in the backyard?" ”

Lin Shan nodded, and said, "Uncle Liao has to walk about four hundred miles with the weight of this half bucket of water. ”

"Four hundred miles?" Chen Jiu's eyes were a little surprised, looking at the old and young people walking slowly on the dirt road below the mountain in a somewhat awkward posture, she thought for a while before she said: "From this direction, where his division's 'gate' is located, it should reach the clear water and surrounding mountains in Zhongzhou. However, you can move the people in Zhongzhou, and he won't let you send someone to send him, so you can also transfer the people from Zhongzhou to respond. ”

"It may be in the Zhongzhou range, but it may not be in the clear water and surrounding the mountains...... I don't know ...... accurate," Lin Shan lowered his head a little annoyed, and then quickly raised it again, "Liao Shi is considered to be a peer of my mentor, but his teacher's 'sect' was separated from the Beili School a few generations ago, otherwise it would not have been passed down to this day, and there would not be such a big difference in expertise and attainment." Since their 'medicine' valley has become an independent faction, it is not easy for the Northern Fence to intervene. Perhaps only the official inheritors of the generation of the Beili School can have enough manpower to find out the specific location of the 'Medicine' Valley, but I think it's better not to know, lest the 'Medicine' Valley be robbed. ”

When she heard the words "Inheritor of the Northern Fence School" in Lin Shan's words, she didn't think deeply about how the 'Medicine' Valley might be destroyed because of the leakage of the 'Dew', she just unconsciously remembered what Liao Shi explained to her a few days ago.

As for the Hokuri School, which is extremely low-key, but has a long journey that is almost the same as when the previous dynasty was in operation, there are strange school rules that resemble the laws of the cultivators.

If Lin Shan can't inherit the position of the inheritor of this 'sect' of the 'Gate' school, or if he voluntarily renounces his qualifications before returning to the 'Gate' of the 'Gate' for promotion, does that mean that he does not have to comply with this regulation? That is equivalent to saying that he can really make a lifelong commitment to the 'girl' around him who he likes happily?

Looking at Chen Jiu as if he was thinking about something, he looked slightly distracted, but Lin Shan could not accurately recognize the thoughts in her heart at this time, and only thought that she was still pondering the location of the 'medicine' valley.

After a little consideration, Lin Shan said slowly: "Although only Liao Shi knows the way back this time, since he took the initiative to take Yan Xingzhi to the 'Medicine' Valley, he should be able to take care of it well no matter how far he travels along the way." ”

Chen Jiu retracted his distant thoughts, and nodded lightly when he heard the words. And when her thoughts returned to her, she suddenly remembered something she had heard Lin Shan accidentally mention about the 'Medicine' Valley before, and couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that the 'Medicine' Valley kidnapped children to practice the 'Medicine' puppet is true?" ”

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On the top of the hill a hundred paces away on one side of the dirt road, when the couple on horseback were talking about a certain topic at a critical juncture, the old man on the dirt road parallel to the ridge, who had carried a lot of weight on his front and back, seemed to be crushed by this, and he was talking to the young man beside him to a point where he was about to quarrel.

Yan Xingzhi wanted to remove the bamboo basket on Liao Shi's back and carry some weight for this elder whom he respected incomparably, but it was already the sixth time that he was pushed away by the old man's thin palm.

"It's just a bamboo basket, and it's not heavy!" Yan Xingzhi, who had just been pushed away, did not come close for the time being, and kept a three-step distance from Liao Shi, he was rejected many times, and he couldn't help but be a little strangely annoyed, raised his eyebrows and said: "If you don't let me carry it, the burden in my heart is heavier!" ”

Liao Shi still didn't back down at all, and said with a breath in his nostrils: "Nonsense, this is just the weight of half a bucket of water, and I can still afford it." ”

As he spoke, I saw him press one hand on the 'medicine' box in front of his 'chest' so that it would not bounce and bump on his 'breast' bone, which had no 'flesh', and with the other hand around his back, pulling at the bottom of the bamboo basket so that it would not always slip on both sides of his thin shoulders.

But this action, in Yan Xingzhi's opinion, is a bit like he is protecting himself, and he will no longer let himself touch the slightest.

Yan Xingzhi pouted and said: "I know that the 'pharmacist' is going to take me to a somewhat distant and dangerous place, and I have been paying attention to recuperating my body in the past few days, just four hundred miles, not to mention letting me carry the weight for you the whole time, at least two hundred miles of weight can still be done." ”――45877+dsuaahhh+25194653――>