"Squeak—"

In August, a tree in the Hou Mansion in Luyang Township, Luyang County, squeaked.

Under the tree, there were two guards and two servants in the palace, looking up nervously at the big tree in front of them, because at this time, a young man about ten years old was climbing on this tree, trying to catch a cicada hiding among the branches.

This young man is the second son of their house, the second son of Zhao Jing, the marquis of Luyang Township, Zhao Yu.

"Young master, don't go up......"

"Second son, be careful, be careful with your step......"

"Young master, you have a ...... on your left."

The minions and guards below reminded in horror.

"Don't scream!"

Stepping on a branch, the boy in the tree shouted dishappily to the bottom, "I'm going to catch the biggest ......."

As he spoke, he seemed to have seen his satisfied prey, his face showed a little joy, stretched out his right hand and pinched a cicada hidden in a cluster of leaves, and cried out happily: "I have caught, I have caught......"

Before the words fell, I heard a click, and the branches under the boy's feet broke in response, and the boy exclaimed in surprise, and fell down from the tree.

"Young master!"

"Second son!"

Several servants and guards below let out an exclamation, and rushed to the spot where the boy was about to fall, and scrambled to catch it.

But the inertia of the boy's fall still hit the ground, and the servants and guards fell to the ground.

"Young master?"

"Second son?"

Placing the little master of his house flat on the ground, the servants and guards nervously checked the condition of the little master, for fear that the latter would be traumatized.

And their little master seemed to have fainted from excessive fright.

Seeing this, several servants and guards looked even more panicked, and they actually accused each other.

One of the servants pointed at a guard with a panicked face and shouted, "Zhang Ji, it's all your fault that you couldn't catch the young master in time!" ”

The guard, who was called Zhang Ji, was about to explode in his chest when he heard this, and scolded angrily: "Shouldn't you bastards be blamed for this? If you hadn't instigated the second son to climb the tree, would the second son have fallen? ”

Hearing this, the servant forcibly defended himself: "The young master wants to catch the cicada, how dare I wait for the people who are waiting to stop it?" As a guard, you should ensure the safety of the young master, and if the young master accidentally falls, you should continue to ...... at the bottom in time."

"Cao An, you bastard!"

The guard, Zhang Ji, was furious when he heard this, and stared at the servant with beads of eyes, eager to swallow the other party alive.

And while these people were accusing each other, another servant shouted: "Hugh is going to quarrel again, the young master seems to be awake!" ”

Hearing this, everyone immediately stopped arguing, and gathered around the young man, nervously watching the latter's eyelids move slightly, and he opened his eyes faintly.

"Young Master ......"

"Second son?"

Under the nervous gaze of several pairs of eyes, the young man slowly opened his eyes.

It could be seen that when the young man opened his eyes and saw a group of people around him, he was obviously stunned for a moment, and looked around with some anxiety.

"Young master."

The servant who had just called the most fierce man in the world, that is, the one named Cao An, squeezed away the others and greeted with concern: "Young master? Young master? Are you okay? ”

The ......" The young man was silent, just looked at the people around him with an uneasy expression, and then looked down at his hands, his face showing a little elusive astonishment.

Seeing this, Cao An was mistaken, and hurriedly shouted: "What about the cicada that the young master just caught?" Find out! ”

"Uh-oh." The other three woke up like a dream, and hurriedly split up to look for the cicada, leaving only Cao An to stay by the young man's side, nervously paying attention to the condition of his little master.

A moment later, the other servant shouted in surprise in the distance, "Found it, found it!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly ran back to the young man, holding a rather large cicada in both hands and presenting it in front of the young man.

But to everyone's surprise, the young man did not look happy when he saw the cicada, the latter just looked at the cicada in the servant's hand, and then looked up at the crowd, his face dazed and puzzled.

Seeing this, a little panic appeared on Cao An's face, and he asked with concern, "Young Master?" Young master? You ......"

After shouting twice, he suddenly found that his little master was looking at him very unfamiliarly, as if he was seeing a stranger, which made him even more panicked: "Young master, I'm Cao An...... In the past, you were the closest to Xiao, you ......"

On the side, the two guards saw the condition of their little master, and couldn't help but discuss it in private.

"Zhang Ji, didn't you catch the second son?"

"I caught it......"

"How did the second son get it...... Did you hit your head? ”

"Uh...... I didn't notice that......"

At this time, Cao An also heard the whispered discussion of the two guards behind him, and after a little thought, he cautiously asked the little master in front of him: "Young master, ...... Did you hit something when you just fell? …… The small one refers to, did you accidentally hit your head? ”

As he spoke, the little master in front of him still had a confused look on his face, so he pointed to the tree next to him with a smile and explained, "Young master, do you remember? We were in the house, and when you heard the cicadas in the courtyard, you decided to catch the biggest ...... I never thought that when you caught the cicada, the branches suddenly broke off...... It's also to blame Zhang Ji and those people for being too incompetent to catch you, and I will punish them heavily when I turn around......"

His words made Zhang Ji's guards glare at him angrily, but at this moment, the two guards didn't dare to attack, after all, they also obviously felt that something was serious.

Not only them, but in fact, everyone present gradually realized the seriousness of the situation: the little master in front of him didn't know if he had hit his head when he fell, or if he was frightened, and he became as if he didn't recognize them.

"Could it be that you really hit your head?"

Zhang Ji and several other guards muttered quietly and looked at each other, their faces were a little ugly.

For example, Zhang Ji, he reached out and touched the hard leather armor on his body at the moment, wondering if the second son accidentally bumped into the hard leather armor on his body when he reached out to catch the second son, after all, Fang Cai was so flustered, he didn't dare to guarantee it.

If you do accidentally bump into ...... Although it is leather armor, but when he thinks of the hardness of this leather armor, Zhang Ji and Ma Cheng glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but feel a little apprehensive.

Although this matter is not entirely their responsibility, if this little master is really hit by the head, then they will definitely not be able to escape the involvement.

At this time, Cao An was still asking the young man with concern: "Young master, maybe you accidentally bumped into ...... when you fell down Uh, I hit my head, so I don't know how many villains there are...... But can you tell me about your current situation anyway? Do you feel anything unwell? Young master? Young master? ”

It may be that seeing Cao An's vigorous inquiry, the young man hesitated for a long time, and then said softly: "I...... Belch...... I'm fine......"

After that, he looked at the people around him with a little restraint and uneasiness, and saw that everyone had no abnormal reaction, so he continued: "I...... It's just a little ...... Some dizziness and want to ...... Rest...... Uh, take a break. ”

Hearing that the young man finally spoke, and his mental condition was barely good, Cao An, Zhang Ji and others were relieved, and immediately everyone hurriedly took the young man back to the latter's house.

After a while, when the young man was already lying down on the bed in the house, Cao An asked, "Young master, can you stay in the house and wait?" ”

"I ...... I want to rest alone......" replied the boy on the bed, covering his head with a futon.

Hearing this, Cao An wanted to speak and stopped, and after hesitating for a while, he said helplessly: "That...... Alright then, young master, then you ...... Then you can rest, little ...... Xiao Ji and Zhang Ji are guarding outside the house, if there is anything, you can call me the two of you......"

"Hmm." The young man in the futon answered.

Seeing this, Cao An and Zhang Ji glanced at each other, and the two walked out of the house worriedly.

There was a creak, and the door shut.

At this time, the young man lying on the bed pulled down the futon covering his head, sat up on the bed, looked at his hands with an incredulous expression, and then touched his face again.

“……”

I don't know what he muttered, the young man looked around, his hands touched from side to side, sometimes touching the bedding covering his body, sometimes touching the carving of the bed under him, and his face showed deep thought that was not as old as ten years old.

Immediately, the young man looked at the room a little blankly, his eyes showed a little helplessness, as well as inexplicable panic and uneasiness, as if he was full of strangeness and incomprehension about everything in front of him.

I don't know how long later, the young man carefully got out of bed, stepped barefoot on the bluestone bricks in the house, quietly walked to the door of the outhouse, and looked out through the crack in the door.

From the crack in the door, it can be seen that the servant named Cao An and the guard named Zhang Ji are indeed still standing under the wooden corridor outside the house at this moment, and they are still arguing quietly from time to time, accusing each other.

Shrugging disappreciatively, the boy quietly returned to the inner room, looking around at the furnishings.

As far as the eye can see, the furnishings in the house are very ancient, the bluestone paved floor, the beautifully carved wooden furniture, the young man's brows are slightly furrowed, and his expression is inexplicably complicated.

Suddenly, the young man's eyes caught a glimpse of a wall case on the side, and saw a jade carved beast on it, the size of an adult's head, which looked quite weighty and valuable.

"Tiger?"

The boy's mouth muttered for the first time.

But when he looked at it carefully, he shook his head again, because he saw that this jade carved beast, lion beast, tiger body, and back was draped with straight lines, which was very different from the tiger he remembered.

"Foxy?"

The young man curiously stretched out his hand and stroked the jade carving beast, he had no mine at home in his previous life, but he had never seen such a precious jade carving.

And at this moment, he suddenly heard the voices of Cao An and Zhang Ji outside the house: "Meet Madame." ”

There was a little panic and uneasiness in the voices of the two.

As soon as the words fell, a rather imposing female voice interrupted him: "Okay, the concubine has learned what happened, and I will talk about the punishment of the two of you later...... What about the dragons? ”

"The young master is resting in the house...... Cao An said in a low voice.

Hearing this, the boy hurried back to the bed and lay down, and just as he was lying down, he heard a creak, and a woman dressed in fine clothes pushed the door open.