Chapter 156: The Birthday Banquet is a promise
"Hunting?"
The disciples seemed to find that the sheep ate meat, and their eyes were full of wonder.
"I've never heard of a disciple from an outer sect going out hunting and doing morning exercises?"
"I don't know, the senior brother said that if he can't hunt enough rabbits and don't allow him to come back, it is estimated that he will die there, here, every eighteenth, eighteenth, twenty-eighth will have a heavy snowstorm, and it will start to rain tonight."
The nameless senior brother raised his head and looked out the window, there were already cumulus clouds in the distance, and it was estimated that the wind and snow would come soon, if Fu Muhibiscus could not come back before dark, it was likely that he would have to sleep in the wilderness in the wind and snow.
Senior Brother Xiaoyou, who was lying on the bed, raised his eyes slightly, supported his waist with a serious expression, and muttered: "Some people are despicable, shameless, and indecent, and they actually make this kind of trick, if something happens, the little junior sister will definitely hate him for the rest of his life." β
"Senior Brother Xiaoyou, what are you muttering? Who is mean, shameless, and indecent? β
Yun Xiaoyou's body stiffened slightly, and her flashing waist began to hurt again, "It's okay, Senior Brother has ordered, arrange a new room for Senior Brother Xiaopang, and you will take her to the one at the end of the East Courtyard later." β
"Isn't that next door to Senior Brother's room?" The junior brother was surprised.
"Yes, the building near the water gets the moon first, I look so serious on weekdays, there are really a lot of tricks behind my back, and the thirty-year-old bachelor is really not called in vain, and he has accumulated a lot of money."
The nameless senior brother didn't know what Yun Xiaoyou was talking about, so he opened his clothes, and while helping him rub the iron and drink, he said, "Senior Brother Xiaoyou, can you take the little fat junior brother later?" β
"Why?" Yun Xiaoyou endured the pain and asked.
"Just now we saw Xiao Baiyun coming over and taking the little fat junior brother away, the two of them were talking and laughing, and they didn't know where they went."
"That little kid at the top of Baiyun Peak, what are you doing here to find the little fat junior brother?"
"I don't know, they seem to have gone to the South Courtyard, do you remember? The second village in the whole world, where the fire is the worst, is said to have been used to put books. β
"What are they going to do there? It won't be..."
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Holding a lantern in his hand, Xiao Baiyun took Shunhua's hand and walked all the way, passing through the desolate and depleted garden, the flowers all over the yard were burned to ashes, and they were covered with a thick layer of hoarfrost.
It looks very quiet and deep.
"It must have been beautiful before." She couldn't help but sigh.
Xiao Baiyun looked at the blackened pear blossom around the corner and nodded.
"Well, grandma used to like this place the most, and the rape flowers in the yard were all planted for her by my grandfather."
"This is the Seven Star Pavilion?"
Shunhua raised his head and looked at the two-story tower at the end, full of emotion, presumably the fire must have burned for a long time.
Fortunately, the second village in the world, the southeast, northwest and northwest courtyards are not connected, otherwise, there must be no slag left.
Xiao Baiyun looked at Shun Hua, blinked his round eyes, and asked, "You specially asked Young Master Ben to bring you to the Seven Star Pavilion, what is the matter?" β
"Master Ben is here to find out the truth about the destruction of the second village in the world overnight." She said firmly.
Hearing this, Xiao Baiyun was pleasantly surprised: "Really? β
Shunhua looked down at him, touched Xiao Baiyun's head dotingly, and said with a high spirit:
"Of course, although you didn't hook up with me, but this master has not forgotten, I have set up a note for you, this master is full of promises, a promise, I don't do loss-making business."
Xiao Baiyun was a little moved at the moment, his nose was sour, the little kid held back his tears, and turned his head arrogantly, "What you said yourself, you will definitely find out the real culprit behind the scenes, if you can't find out, Young Master Ben will rely on you all his life, don't leave, eat up your family's rice, and spend all your family's silver." β
"Stinky boy, where did you learn it, you can actually touch porcelain."
Hearing this, this young boy who was an early bloomer giggled, and Shunhua saw the smile he should have for his age for the first time.
Shunhua, who was in a good mood, stepped into this Seven Star Pavilion that looked like it would collapse at any time.
All of a sudden, she felt a little awkward on the soles of her feet, and she looked down and picked it up, and it turned out to be a book with a burned corner.
She flipped through it, and could barely see half a wordβε.
"Does your dad like books?"
"Well, I don't usually see it."
Looking at Shun Hua with a serious expression, Xiao Baiyun pulled the corner of her clothes, "You want to investigate the murderer, why do you want to come to the Seven Star Pavilion?" β
"This is the place where the second village in the whole world is burned most thoroughly, and this may be the location of the murder, or it may hide the murderer's motive for killing."
She walked slowly forward, picked up the fallen bookshelf, and found that the books inside were burned to ashes, and there was really very little left.
"And, when you don't have a clue about the murderer, it's a good idea to know the dead."
"It makes sense, that young master is here to help you too." After that, Xiao Baiyun rushed over, and Shunhua shouted: Be careful. β
As soon as the words fell, Baiyun Dingfeng stepped on the floor and inserted half a foot into it, but fortunately Shunhua supported him in time, otherwise, he would have fallen under the tattered floor.
"Whew-" She breathed a sigh of relief and said bitterly, "I just wanted to remind you that there was a fire here, and things shouldn't be very stable." β
Xiao Baiyun put his hands on Shunhua's shoulders and slowly lifted up his left foot that was inserted into the floor.
"Are you hurt?" She said with eager concern.
The frightened little white cloud shook his head silently.
"Wait for me at the door."
Xiao Baiyun's expression was a little lost, he lowered his head and said, "Sister, do you think that Young Master Ben is very cumbersome and can't help you?" β
"How come, you can help me analyze, record, and help me investigate the case, you little brain melon is so smart, no, isn't this little master a loss?"
"Hmm." Xiao Baiyun blushed a little from being praised, got up from the ground, slowly moved outside the door, squatted at the door, and looked at her quietly.
Shunhua continued to bow his head and pick up the bookshelf, and according to the direction of the fall, he tried his best to restore the original appearance of this Seven Star Pavilion.
As she cleaned up, she asked, "Little Baiyun, what are your father's preferences on weekdays?" β
Xiao Baiyun thought about it.
"My dad likes a lot of things, horseback riding, hunting, reciting poems, playing chess, fighting crickets, but what he likes most is compiling martial arts cheats and studying martial arts."
"Compiling martial arts cheats, this preference is new."
"Well, he once wrote an entry cheatbook for the master of the martial arts alliance, and before he died, he was still working hard to write a new sword book, but he didn't expect that just halfway through the writing, he drove to the west."
"Sword spectrum, do you have a name?"
"Hmm... It seems to be called "Yunkai Sword Technique". β
Shunhua found some burnt cover fragments under the bookshelf, and was surprised to find that these fragments could be joined into a single book
"One, two, two... Ten or two, the stumps of the twelve volumes are all there, and the whole set of books is actually burned neatly and cleanly, but it is a pity that the editor's hard work has been done. β
She opened her eyes slightly, and said thoughtfully: "Little Baiyun, do you remember that there is a set of books in the house with red covers, a total of twelve books. β
Hearing this, Bai Yundingfeng shook his head, "It seems that there is no such set of books, but there are white ones, which are compiled by my father, called "Wangtian Sword Book", which records the sword carried by the famous heroes on the rivers and lakes, and my father bound it into a book and sold it in the market, making a lot of money, and because of this, it became famous. β
Hearing this, Shun Hua raised his eyes suddenly, vigorously wiped the remaining fragments, turned his fingers and looked, as expected, the dark red on his fingers was blood.
The amount of blood was so large that the cover of the book was dyed red.
She swept through the ashes of the bookshelf and found that there was still a little blood left in the unburned area.
"Little Baiyun, do you remember where were the bodies of your grandfather and your father when you and your grandmother came out of the secret room?"
Hearing this, Xiao Baiyun paused, was silent for a long time, and said with tears in his eyes:
"Behind the stone gate, they fell on the edge of the pond, and Grandpa put his finger into the pond at that time, as if pointing at something, but unfortunately, later Master Ben was abducted, and when he came back, the pond was also dry, and the fish in it were all turned into dry bones."
"You're reminding me of something."
Something she wanted to ask, but didn't ask.
Shunhua turned his head and asked suspiciously, "Why were you abducted by a cold-faced one-man show?" It stands to reason that you are so smart that they can't kidnap you if they want to. β
"Young Master Ben left with the two of them voluntarily."
"Voluntary?"
What is this initiative?
"They lure you out of the second village in the world with sugar gourds?"
Shunhua suddenly felt that this idea was a little funny, and sure enough, he was slapped by Xiao Baiyun.
"Do you think Young Master Ben would be so naΓ―ve that he would follow others for the sake of a sugar gourd?"
"Or what?"
Xiao Baiyun said dejectedly:
"They lied to me that as long as I followed them out of the second village in the world, I would be able to meet the enemies who destroyed my Baiyun family, but unfortunately, they lied to me."
"It's so strange, anyone can enter the second village in the world? Do you know who brought them? β
Xiao Baiyun shook his head, "I don't know, after the accident, all the major sects rushed to come to the second village in the world, saying that my father owes them money and things, I think, they should have the chart drawn by my father in their hands, and they all know how to get here." β
"Strange, really strange." Shunhua tapped his head and muttered as he walked.
The sudden clue, like the ball of yarn in front of the cat's eyes, is both novel and messy.
"What's strange?" Xiao Baiyun asked curiously.
"The Seven Star Pavilion only puts books, so there are no valuable ancient paintings or anything like that?"
Xiao Baiyun shook his head, "Grandpa originally hung a collection of ancient paintings here, but later my father proposed that after opening the door here for guests to enter and read books, those treasured ancient paintings were moved back to the secret room of Grandpa's room without leaking." β
"This is the strangest place, those rabble who came to the door were greedy for money in the Zhuangzi, is there anything valuable in this Qixing Pavilion where the books are placed, why do you want to burn this place?"
"Young Master Ben doesn't know."
Suddenly, someone shouted.
Both of them were startled, and turned their heads to see the initiator standing in front of the two of them.
"It turned out to be Senior Brother Xiaoyou, I was almost scared to death by you." Shunhua complained strongly.
"What are you doing here?" Senior Brother Xiaoyou smiled flirtatiously, "Isn't it playing hide and seek?" β
Xiao Baiyun crossed his arms, glanced at him, and teased: "Do business, we are not as idle as you." β
Senior Brother Xiaoyou was amused, "What kind of business, add me one." β
"We're looking in... None of your business. β
Xiao Baiyun walked to the door and shouted, "Uncle Chubby, Young Master Ben suddenly has a little stomach ache, can you accompany Young Master Ben to the thatched house?"
Shunhua raised her eyebrows, and asked her to accompany her when she went to the thatched house, this famous and bold young master of the Baiyun family, what happened today?
"Okay, Master Ben will accompany you."
After that, Shunhua put the fragment into the money bag and accompanied Xiao Baiyun out to find the thatched house, Senior Brother Xiaoyou did not follow, and curiously went into the Seven Star Pavilion to see what Shunhua was looking for just now.
Shunhua followed behind Xiao Baiyun and found that he had walked all the way from the South Courtyard to the East Courtyard.
Could it be that the thatched house in the south courtyard burned down?