Chapter 37 Song in the Clouds The mysterious old man is inexplicable
"I don't know what happened to Lingchang and them, no revenge can find her. Huo Jie muttered.
"Don't worry, Jiren has his own nature. A girl as good as Lingchang can't bear to be destroyed by anyone. A young man listened to Huo Jie's slightly distracted self-talk and comforted.
Huo Jie couldn't think of any other reaction at the moment except for a disappointed nod.
"Alright, alright, don't think it's useless. Talk about something fun. ”
"Happy? ”
"Are you sure?"
Glancing at the young man with a smile in his eyes, Huo Jie suddenly had a bad premonition.
Seeing that Huo Jie's face was surprised but there was no follow-up, the young man continued: "Seeing that you are quite close to that noble little girl, you will not ......"
Huo Jie's face was stunned when he heard the first half of the sentence, and he hurriedly interrupted him: "Stop, stop, you can't talk nonsense." He said this in a slightly playful and helpless tone, but the next moment, he said solemnly, "Woe comes from the mouth."
It was noon, the scorching sun was at the head, even if it was sheltered by the shade of the trees, there was still a heat wave hitting everyone, and the patience tirelessly grinded everyone to fatigue. After walking for a while, chatting casually with his companions and feeling comfortable, Huo Jie followed the people back to the wooden houses for a lunch break.
The wooden house where Huo Jie lived was an off-the-ground platform, supported from the ground by several stout wooden pillars, and surrounded by brown fences to prevent them from falling or climbing by foreign objects. The ventilation is not bad, but the shading effect of the wooden house is not as reliable and comfortable as it should be, and the gaps between the wooden boards can be seen everywhere. Happily, a tall weeping willow tree provides plenty of shade and makes the cottage a refreshing escape from the heat.
Huo Jie flipped through the book for a moment without distraction, not feeling sleepy, dizzy, and thinking that there were still tedious tasks to be completed in the afternoon, he put the book next to his pillow, lay flat on his back, and escaped into a dream.
The gentle breeze outside the window gently stroked the forehead hair of the sleeping Huo Jie, and then naughtily jumped onto the scroll, turning the pages of the book, as if the charm of words attracted the sincere yearning of heaven and earth.
Everything seems to be quiet and comfortable to the most wonderful side of summer.
The girl tiptoed up the ladder, her face full of elfish smiles, she peeked through the window and found that the boy had fallen asleep, and her delicate face disappeared from the window, and in a moment she heard a creak the door was opened a small crack, and the girl's figure appeared sideways.
The girl's expression was a little nervous, and the sound that the wooden door had to make when it rotated and rubbed. When she stood stiffly and realized that Huo Jie was not disturbed, she patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, put the rich fruit basket in her hand on the table, looked at the surrounding environment, nodded with satisfaction, and gently retreated.
When Huo Jie woke up slowly, he first caught a glimpse of the extra fruit basket, and secretly had more calculations in his heart, and he never touched the basket, so he washed his face in the corner of the room and pushed the door out.
There is an inexplicable tacit understanding, perhaps because of the habit formed for a long time, Huo Jie walked out of the house and people rested one after another. And the members of the dart game also had a foresight to be infected by the invisible aura, so that no one was an exception, and people were busy under the fruit trees.
Climbing, fruit picking, collecting, carrying. In a very short time, people enter into orderly laws.
"Little Brother Huojie. ”
The housekeeper Lao Li came from a distance, greeting Huo Jie as he walked.
"Is there something wrong with Steward Li looking for me?" Huo Jie put down his work and walked over.
"The owner of the village, please. Lao Li said concisely.
"What's the matter?" Huo Jie wondered. The reason why he was strange was because he had never met the owner of Taoli Mountain Villa, and he thought that his identity was not enough to attract the attention of such a high-level person, and there was no special reason why it was really difficult to be received by the owner.
"You'll know when you see it. ”
The carriage of Taoli Villa is not as grand as it was imagined, because it takes a completely exquisite route. The carved paintings of bright silver ornaments, the tassels of bright gold and clear flowers, the light Luo Qiman, and the flowers of all beasts give people a sense of luxury.
Riding in a carriage and driving through the hills and lakes, Huo Jie's heart suddenly sank. Although extremely vague, Huo Jie is still sharp and alert to define the feelings in his heart as disappointment.
The owner of Taoli Villa is a burly middle-aged man, who obviously has strong muscles like a dragon, but has fair-skinned soft facial features that are harmless to humans and animals. Especially the way he laughs, his eyes are curved like the first quarter moon, which makes it difficult to match him with the reputation of the iron-blooded man who has been in the battlefield for a long time and is known as the "smiling tiger".
The place where they met was in a castle-like building with a strong medieval Western style, Huo Jie was particularly impressed by this meeting and Yun Zhongge, because as soon as they met, the tall and oppressive Yun Zhongge said meaningfully: "How about it, the more I know about my Taoli Villa, the more disappointed I become." ”
Huo Jie said: "How do you say this?"
Yun Zhongge said: "You don't have to deny it. Since I founded this Taoli Villa, I have never thought of building it into a paradise of seclusion, nor have I intended to build a sacred place for idle clouds and wild cranes. ”
Huo Jie said: "What does Master Yun Zhuang mean by this is not that he is not capable enough, but that he really did not mean it?"
The song in the clouds laughed without saying a word.
"Come with me, I'll take you to meet someone. ”
The singer's palms in the clouds were glowing with white mist, wisps of wisps, wrapping around Huo Jie's limbs, and the power contained in them was quite majestic. With a wave of his palm, the air was misty in color, and suddenly, there seemed to be a crisp ringing of a bell, and there were ripples in the invisible, and Huo Jie and Yunzhong Song disappeared in place together.
A wonderful experience ensued, and when Huo Jie opened his eyes, he found himself in an unfamiliar environment. Looking around, it was a room like a secret room, with shelves of various textures, bottles and cans of colorful liquids, and a strange disgusting smell permeating from them.
Huo Jie wanted to ask Yun Zhongge for an explanation, but found that Yun Zhongge had long been missing, and after looking for a long time, he only found a thin old man from behind the mountain of equipment with the sound of jingling.
"Yo, young man, you're here. The old man had a thick tortoiseshell on the bridge of his nose, but his eyes swept out from above the tortoiseshell. He seemed a little excited, and enthusiastically hugged Huo Jie's back: "Come on, young man, try my newly formulated longevity potion." ”
Huo was polite, endured the old man's yellow teeth and choking bad breath, and obediently came to the old man's masterpiece.
"Let me drink this?" Huo Jie felt that his sense of smell was greatly challenged, and he secretly said in his heart that after today, he would never feel bad again.
He looked away in disgust.
The old man was bored with himself, so he had to drink the smelly potion in a stupid manner, and after drinking, he said indignantly: "You young people, treat life like reading a pastime novel, and only an old man like me will hide in a corner alone and chew a poem." ”
Saying this, the old man's energetic eyes glanced at Huo Jie, and he paced back and forth twice, with an impatient look on his face.