Seeing that the lunch time was almost over, Steward Feng didn't see Wen Ling and the others coming to eat, so he sent the cook to bring the food box over, and soon saw the cook come back empty-handed and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, why don't you take the food box back?"

The cook replied: "I didn't hear any movement when I walked away with the food box just now, I thought there was no one inside, and I thought about whether to bring the food back directly, but when I saw the door of the warehouse open, I thought about it, nothing would happen, I walked in to take a look, only to find that the two people inside were concentrating on cleaning up the herbs, and after asking, I realized that the two were so busy that they forgot to eat time, so I left the food box and let them eat first, and I will go over to pick it up later." ”

Steward Feng twisted a few whiskers on his chin and said in surprise: "I didn't hear any movement when I walked away, I was so busy that I forgot to eat time, why do I feel so weird, the hall will only come back tomorrow morning, presumably in a hurry to perform, but this is also a little too early, and it won't make a name for itself." With that, he paced towards the storeroom.

Ling Haoran saw that Wen Ziqi was still doing the work in his hands seriously with his head down and didn't speak, he had too many questions in his heart and wanted to go up and ask for clarification, but reason told him that now was definitely not the time to find out, but fortunately, he would tell them one by one in the evening as he just said. After two months of getting along, he still couldn't figure out what the origin of the person in front of him was, except that he was sure that he was definitely not sent by them. The chef brought the meal over, originally thought that Wen Ziqi would stop what he was doing and go out to eat, but it can be seen that he didn't seem to take the matter of eating to heart at all, and still focused on sorting out the herbs. For how he has suffered like this since he was a child, he couldn't help but look at the food box on the table, but this time he saw a person standing at the door, this person was Steward Feng, and I saw that Steward Feng had an incredible face, staring at them. Ling Haoran hurriedly got up, clasped his fists and bowed, and said, "Steward Feng." Wen Ziqi also raised his head when he heard this, looked out of the door, and saw that Steward Feng also hurriedly got up and clasped his fists and bowed far away and said, "Steward Feng"

Steward Feng waved his hand lightly and said with a smile: "I heard the cook say that you two didn't even take care of eating when you two forgot to sleep and eat, which made me a little worried about your body, you have to work hard, and you have to eat." If you let those unreasonable guys out there see it, you can't say I'm abusing you two? You are entrapping me in injustice! Could it be that you think that I am abusing you by asking you to clean up these herbs, so you want to go on a hunger strike in protest? ”

Ling Haoran hurriedly laughed; "Steward, look at what you said, how dare we think like this, you let us clean up this is to give us a chance, others want to have this opportunity yet, how can it be abuse, how can it be such a good opportunity to contact so many herbs on weekdays, it's too late to thank you, why do you feel that we are abused, Ziqi, do you say?" After saying that, he looked at Wen Ziqi.

Wen Ziqi was stunned for a moment and hurriedly bent down and hugged his fists and said: "Steward Feng, don't think like this, I have long wanted to come to the treasury to help, so many herbs, I can see them in our mountains, I have only seen many herbs in books, it is you who gave us this opportunity to increase our knowledge." I can't be grateful, why do you think this is abuse, didn't you just give us a day, we are not afraid of not enough time, seize the time to see more and open your eyes, so you forgot the meal time for a while, so you misunderstood. ”

When Ling Haoran heard this, he understood why Wen Ziqi was indifferent when the cook brought the food just now, it turned out that he had calculated that this steward would definitely come to take a look. Where is this calculation, there is still a little bit of honesty in the past.

Steward Feng said coldly: "It turns out that there is really a saying that you forget to sleep and eat, and today I have opened my eyes, since this is the case, I will not delay the two of you to increase your knowledge here, then you two continue to sort out here, don't make any mistakes, the master of the Shicai Hall is rumored to be able to come back tomorrow, and the inspection envoy will also come together to conduct a thorough investigation of the medicinal materials transported to Kyoto, in case something goes wrong, you two will have good fruits to eat!" With that, he turned and walked away.

Wen Ling and the others saw Steward Feng turn around and leave, so they hurriedly bowed their hands and said loudly, "Thank you for making this happen." Seeing that the people were far away, Wen Ziqi looked at Ling Haoran and smiled slightly, then turned around and lowered his head and began to sort out the qi herbs.

As the sun set, it was getting dark, but the storeroom was already dim, and the glimmer of the two oil lamps was no longer helpful. The handyman in charge of the key had already urged him several times outside, and the two of them had to reluctantly leave the storeroom, and when they went to the room, the food was already cold, and the two who had not eaten all day had eaten a few large bowls of leftovers. After the two of them finished eating, it was already three o'clock, and they had to go to the hall master to receive instruction at this time every day, because the hall master still did not come back today, so the two returned to the house one after the other, and after some washing, they each lay on the bed and closed their eyes and fell asleep.

Outside the window, a full moon hung high in the sky, and the sound of his own heartbeat in the silence in the house could be heard clearly, and he heard that the drum was beating three watches outside, Ling Haoran saw Wen Ziqi turn over and get out of bed by the moonlight outside the house, and sat down in front of the coffee table.

Wen Ziqi pondered for a while, then stood up and walked to the window, pushed open a small crack and looked outside, it was late at night, and there was no one hanging out for a long time, so he closed the window gently, walked to the table and sat down slowly, for fear of making a strange noise. lowered his voice and said softly: "I know that you are by no means an ordinary son of a family, you want to believe that I am not their person, so can you tell me who they are in your mouth?" ”

Ling Haoran's brows tightened and he was silent for a long time, only to see him take a long breath and say slowly: "Do you know why I came to Yichun Hall, the four brothers in my family all want to monopolize the ancestral inheritance, and I can do two, but the elders and young are orderly, and I am no worse than my brother anywhere, just because he was born a few years earlier than me." I can only watch, but I can't fight, plus my brother has my uncle outside to help, almost I don't have any chance, so I came to Yichun Hall, hoping to make a name for myself here, but now with you, I can't rank among the top three in the big competition. If you are in the top three, I will give you enough benefits to help me and help me to take the family business from my brother. If you were really my brother's man, I would have died in the past two months. That's why I say you're not one of theirs. ”

Wen Ziqi was stunned and said: "Does the family business need to be taken away from life and death, but I am willing to believe you, I will ask you one more question, I hope you will answer truthfully, you are not here for Dabi?" Because with your strength, I think it's a bit difficult to rank among the top three in the big competition, but the strength behind you is something that Zhu Zhilian never dares to offend. ”

Ling Haoran was also slightly stunned when he saw Wen Ziqi asking like this, and Shaoqing replied: "Exactly, even if he is borrowing a gut, he will not dare to offend." ”

"Well, then I will tell you all that I have discovered today, and you will know what a sin it is if the medicinal herbs of the tribute go wrong."

"Woe to the royal family, Zhulian Nine Clans."

"Then let me tell you that there are two kinds of medicinal materials in the warehouse today that are wrong."

"If it is reported directly to the state government, Zhu Zhilian will be investigated immediately."

"But I don't want to report to the court, I want to sell a favor to Zhu Zhilian"

"Let him support you with all his might, do you intend to be the top three?"

"Exactly, I am neither powerful nor noble, it is difficult to have the opportunity to get ahead, if I tell Zhu Zhilian about this, I will definitely receive his full support."

"What you asked just now is just to determine whether the forces behind me can protect your safety, and tell me that you are afraid that Zhu Zhilian will kill you!"

"Exactly, if you knew this, he wouldn't have done anything to me. Holding the handle in the hands of the feared person can play a real role! ”

"Okay, I see, you use my power to oppress him!"

"That's true, I don't know if you'd like to."

"Why not? Bringing down Zhu Zhilian is good for me, but if I sell you a favor today, his daily return will never be less than now. I bet that your achievements are far from being comparable to a Yichun Hall master. ”

"By your kind words, if he is as you say, he should help you."

"Okay, I've sold your favor, now let's talk about how we will act tomorrow."

"Tomorrow the hall master will come back and summon you and me to ask what has been done in the past few days, so we will say so."