Today, the master and brother are out, only me and Nian Nian are at home, we are sitting at the table drinking tea and chatting, it is so boring, both of them are listless.

"Let's go clean up the study for the master!" Anyway, it's idle, so it's good to find something to do.

"Good! I'm going to fetch a basin of water! Nian Nian suddenly became interested and trotted to fetch water.

Usually the master is a clean person, the study is neatly tied, the desktop is spotless, and the brush and inkstone are clean when not in use.

The shelves are densely packed with books, although there are a lot of them, but they are neatly arranged, but the classification is a little messy. That's just right, I have something to do.

"Wow! Miss, this is so clean, I don't even know where to wipe it! Nian Nian was stunned.

"It's okay, you wipe it again." With that, I began to organize the books.

I stacked all the books and sorted them one by one, when my hand accidentally pressed against the bulge on the wall. Suddenly, a dark compartment opened, and a book lay quietly inside.

I looked around, Nian Nian didn't find it, and I didn't hear the movement of the master and brother coming back, so I secretly took out the book, wanting to quietly see what kind of book it was, and the master hid it so tightly.

I reached over and took out the book, when I first saw the title of the book, I was a little shocked, isn't this a long-lost mastery? It is said that basically no one knows this subject, and the relevant books have long been extinct.

Driven by curiosity, I secretly tucked the book into my sleeve, intending to take a sneak look at it to satisfy my curiosity and send it back to the master.

I carefully closed the dark compartment, put the other books in order, and quietly ran back to my room, hiding the books under the covers, as if nothing had happened.

"Senior brother, you're back!" I walked up quickly and took down the master's medicine basket and asked Nian Nian to make them tea.

"What are you two doing at home today?" Master, this question scared me very much.

"No, it's too boring, I packed up your books for a while, chatted for a while, and then you guys came back." I deliberately acted like I was bored.

After the master came back, I was a little weak-hearted, for fear that the master would find that the book was missing in the study, so I pulled the master outside and asked him to tell me about his previous affairs, so as to reduce the time for the master to enter the study.

"Master, tell me about your youth!" I looked at the master with a curious expression, poured tea for the master, and then stood behind the master and squeezed his shoulder.

"Did you do something bad? Why is there nothing to do today? "The master's eyes are thieves, and when he sees me so attentive, he has some suspicions in his heart.

"No, I just want to know what happened to the master before, and I want to know if the master had a favorite girl when he was young?" After being guessed by the master, my heart was more obvious, but I turned my back to the master and didn't notice the change in my expression.

"Someone the master likes? I'm going to hear it too! I'm going to hear it too! Hearing what I said, the senior brother hurriedly ran over, sat on the stool, and looked at the master expectantly. He had never heard from the master about whether he had anyone he liked.

"Miracle doctor, just tell me about it!" Nian Nian lay on the table and looked at the master with an innocent face.

"Okay, okay? Master, tell us about it! "Originally, I just planned to not let the master enter the study, but when I heard my brother say this, I suddenly mentioned my interest, and I also really wanted to know if the master had anyone he liked.

"Okay, sit down, I'll tell you about it." The master smiled, put his hands on the table, and began to reminisce.

"That was when I was younger, maybe eighteen or nineteen. I have a senior brother and a junior sister, the younger sister is the master's daughter, and the three of us grew up together since childhood. We collected medicines together, studied together, played together, and I had the happiest time of my life. As he spoke, the master stopped and took a sip of tea.

Then the master ......, "We are listening energetically, and the master can make us anxious when he stops."

"Every day, I began to gradually like my sister, although she has a lively personality, but she is also extremely careful. I think it must be a blessing to be able to marry her, but one day I found out that the person my sister likes seems to be my brother, she always secretly sends things to my brother, hiding in the dark and watching my brother, at that time I was young and vigorous, I think as long as they don't get married, I still have a chance. ”

"And then? And then what? ”

"When I catch my breath, I'm not like you young people when I'm older." The master took another sip of tea, to be honest, it may be that the master is really old, and after a few words for a long time, he was slightly gasped.

"I once confessed to my sister, but she rejected me, she said that she has someone she likes in her heart, but she doesn't want to tell me who it is, I actually have a bottom in my heart, I know that the person he likes is my brother. It didn't take long for the master to think that she had reached the age of marriage, and asked her to choose between me and my senior brother, and she chose senior brother. I can only watch them get married......" Speaking of this, the master sighed, with a hint of loss in his eyes, and his body trembled slightly.

"When I was young, I felt that I couldn't stand seeing them loving in front of me all day long, so I chose to leave that place, I didn't say goodbye to anyone, and I didn't leave the letter, I wandered alone for a long time, until I picked up Du Ruo in Yunmeng Mountain, I chose to stay here, I didn't expect that I would stay for most ......of my life."

"Master, I'm sorry, we shouldn't have asked......" I felt a little guilty in my heart, if I hadn't asked on purpose, the master wouldn't have remembered these sad pasts.

"It's okay, so many years have passed, it's just a thing of the past." The master raised his hand and gently patted my hand on his shoulder. After saying that, the master got up and went back to the room.

"I'm really damn ......" After watching the master leave, I lay on the table a little dejected, and the master must be very sad.

"It's okay, junior sister, maybe the master's heart will feel a lot better if you say it, I'll go talk to him." After my brother comforted me, I went into the study.

"Master......" Du Ruo knelt down as he spoke.

"Hurry up, what are you doing!" The master was a little surprised, and hurriedly came over and pulled Du Ruo up.

"It's all because of me, if the master hadn't picked me up, maybe I'd have a better life now, but I dragged the master down." The senior brother changed his heartless appearance in the past, and cried bitterly.

"Silly boy, if you hadn't been with me, I wouldn't know what I'm like now! I raised you as a son, hoping that you can become a talent, and I hope that you can experience the warmth of the world. The master's eyes were red as he spoke.

"Master......"

"Don't cry child, read a book with me!" The master pulled the senior brother to the side, handed him a book, and the two of them began to read the book quietly.

After returning to the room, I lay on the bed for a long time, feeling a little self-blame, it was all my fault, which made the master unhappy.

Suddenly, when I turned over, I was hit by something, and I touched my hand into the quilt, only to remember that there was a book hidden in my quilt.

I cautiously got up and closed the door, then sat down on the bed and opened the book, reading page by page. The book describes in detail how to draw a delicate face, and how to make the face invisible to the human face.

The book says that if you want to draw a dough, human skin is the best, pig skin is second, apply a special ointment to the face, cover the face with the dough and wait for a few minutes, if you don't stick to the face and look closely, you can't see any flaws, if it is made of human skin, even the closest people around you are difficult to find.

After reading it, I couldn't help but get goosebumps all over my body. is so cruel, no wonder this book will be extinct in the rivers and lakes, if it is still circulating, I don't know how many people will lose their lives because of it.

I tiptoed out of the room, looked around and saw that no one noticed, so I quietly walked into the master's study, put the books back in the master's secret compartment, and tidied up the books next to them.

"Niannian, go, I'll take you out." I whispered to Nian Nian, wanting to take her out to buy a piece of pigskin and come back, and quietly try to see if it was really as magical as the book said.

"What are you going to do, Miss!" Nian Nian looked up and asked me.

"Don't worry so much, just follow me!" I'm a little helpless, is she a hundred thousand why?

When I arrived in town, I prepared some items needed for the skin, bought a piece of pork, asked the boss to give me the pigskin alone, and rushed home with Niannian.

"Niannian, you put the pork in the kitchen and come to the room to find me, remember to close the door!" I told Nian Nian and ran back to my room to start studying.

"Miss, what are you doing?" Nian Nian saw that I sneaked to the town today to buy some inexplicable things, and secretly hid in the room, and asked her to close the door, which felt very strange.

"Shhhh Be quiet, don't let the master and brother find out, when I'm done, you'll know what I'm doing. As I spoke, I kept drawing on the pigskin.

"That's it!" I applied the ointment evenly to my face, gently covered the dough over my face, and pressed it with both hands for a while.

"Ahh ......" Nian Nian was surprised and couldn't help but cry out.

"Shh I quickly reached out and covered her mouth and told her not to speak, it was terrible to be discovered.

"Isn't this Senior Brother?" Nian Nian covered her mouth like a child and asked softly, her eyes almost popping out.

"That's right! This is what I learned secretly, and I can't let the master know, and from now on, only God knows that you know and I know, and I must not let a third person know. I quickly took off the dough and said to Nian Nian.

"I swear to the sky, absolutely ......" Nian Nian pointed to the sky and swore a poisonous oath.

"Silly girl, I believe you, otherwise how dare I let you know." I interrupted Nian Nian and pulled her hand off.

"I'll wash my face, and you secretly help me bury my dough in the bamboo forest outside." I thought to myself, this pigskin must be buried for a few days and will be gone, and it will not be discovered by the master.

But there is a saying that if you don't know, you can't do it unless you don't know it......