A month later, Hangzhou, pen painting tang.

It has been several days since they returned to Hangzhou from Panyu, and today is a rare day when the weather is not too hot.

"Luo Luo," Haitang said to Ruan Whale Luo, who was squatting by the lotus pond, "Are you better?" ”

Ruan had been languishing since she learned that day her father was dead, and she barely said a word on the way back to Hangzhou.

For her, whether her father was killed, or her father was changed with Duan De since he was a child, it may be a great blow, and her resentment towards Duan De is also infinitely magnified.

Ruan Whale Luo stood up and showed an ugly smile at the begonia.

"Luo Luo, I'll show you something when the girl and Xiaocheng come back from Hangzhou in the afternoon," Haitang walked over and gently hugged her shoulder, "Actually, there is still a little bit of something about the Duan family that we have hidden." ”

Ruan Whale Luo was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "You always bring constant reversals, and I don't know whether to watch this thing you said or not." ”

The breeze blows through the lotus pond, and the lotus flowers have bloomed, and they sway comfortably with the breeze that rubs over them.

The two stood quietly for a while, and as the footsteps approached, Yao Bai also came to the lotus pond.

"Brother Tang." He said.

Haitang gave Ruan Whale Luo an apologetic smile and followed Yao Bai back to the lobby of the wine shop.

"Got eyebrows?" Begonia poured a cup of tea for Yao Bai.

Yao Bai picked up the steaming teacup with a solemn expression: "There are some clues, last time I found all the way to the Qiang Imperial Court, but I almost broke the clues on the Cen family's side, which can only show that the Cen family is involved with them, but in this matter, the Cen family is probably just a chess piece for them." ”

"It's impossible for a chess piece to know what a chess player thinks." Begonia raised an eyebrow.

"However, the Cen family has more or less left some traces of chess players," Yao Bai took a sip of tea, "I followed this clue and found that they may have appeared in Jinling." ”

"Jinling," Haitang was a little surprised, "did you go to Jinling after that?" ”

Yao Bai shook his head: "No, although they may no longer be in Jinling, but I'm still afraid of startling the snake." ”

"When we are free here, we will accompany you to Jinling," Haitang thought for a while, "It just so happens that the girl and I may also have something to do with them." ”

"Then I'll thank Brother Tang," Yaobai's brows stretched slightly, "I can't relax my vigilance here, I'll leave tomorrow, I'm afraid I'll have to wait a while to come back." ”

"Okay, let's have a meal together tonight, just as we welcome Luo Luo, and see you off."

In the evening, under the sunset, Xiaoyue and the old city finally returned together.

Haitang called everyone and went to the lobby of the wine shop together, and at this moment there was the Qiankun Ding in the lobby - the people of the Duan family gave this Ding to Liang Zhi, and Liang Zhi handed it over to Haitang. In Xiao Yue's words, this Ding is considered to be Duan De's reward.

"I've been studying this tripod for the past few days," Begonia was the first to speak, "and finally discovered the hidden secrets of this tripod." ”

He said, stroking the smooth ears of Qiankun Ding: "This ear is so abrupt, I wonder if there will be any mechanism." However, it is not difficult to find the mechanism, but the difficult part is to crack the mechanism. ”

"And you're unraveling?" Old Cheng asked with some curiosity, this girl did not follow Haitang and them to Panyu, although they had already heard everyone talk about their experience in Panyu, but obviously she was still the most interested in Qiankun Ding among everyone.

"Well," Begonia said, tinkering a few times on both sides, and everyone could only hear a "click", and then there was no sound.

"I remember the first time I saw this tripod, I asked Duan De why he felt that the actual space in the tripod was smaller than it looked from the outside, and he said at that time it was because of the thickness of the base," Begonia reached out and took out a copper baffle from the tripod, "Now it seems that it is because of the hidden mystery in this tripod." ”

Everyone stood up and looked inside the ding, only to see that after the baffle was removed, the bottom of the ding was empty, and nothing was hidden.

"There's nothing down here?" The old city was stunned.

"No, you take a closer look at the Dingbi below," Xiao Yue's eyes widened, "There are words." ”

Yes, there are words.

"Don't be greedy, don't be evil."

Just four words.

"This ......" Yao Bai wanted to say and stopped.

"There are still some small characters here," Haitang said, only to see a few lines of small characters engraved next to the four big characters, "This tripod is cast by Duan Ge, the head of the family, and it is hoped that it will be passed down from generation to generation." Qiankun, can contain all things in the world, I hope that the future family owners remember, tolerance is great, do not be greedy and evil, this is the foundation of people, the foundation of the family. Begonia read it out.

"......" Yao Bai was silent for a moment, "It's really ironic, Duan De thought that the Qiankun Ding was a replica of the Qiankun Ding of Hongjun Daozu, and he relied on a little stone into gold to fill the greed in his heart - but the meaning of the word 'Qiankun' on this Ding is that there is tolerance and greatness, don't be greedy and don't be evil." The two are the exact opposite. ”

"Okay, originally I was also wondering if it would be some priceless treasure left by the ancestors of the Duan family to the descendants, although these few lines are not worth much, but this may be the reason why the Duan family started to rely on," Looking at Ruan Whale Luo who was thoughtful on the side, Haitang said, "Luo Luo, this thing was given to me when we left Panyu, speaking of which, we were put on a table by him." ”

Begonia reached out and took out a note, which did not look as old and yellowed as the ones used as evidence at the time, but looked much newer in comparison.

Duan Li stretched out her hand to take it, and the handwriting on the paper was familiar to her.

Uncle Chungzheng:

Here I want to confirm one thing: Did you switch identities between me and my second brother when we were very young?

In fact, I have long suspected it, maybe you think your plan is seamless, but I, the victim, have always been very sensitive, at first I was only suspicious, until I became the lord of the city, I was able to hide from you to investigate the events of the year, you did it very secretly, and hid it from everyone - but the second brother himself is different.

He spent all day drinking, acting recklessly, and even vaguely told the truth of the year in the drunkenness of the fireworks.

It was at that time that I learned that in fact, my father's sudden death was also planned by the second brother - the second brother was really a terrible person.

The past has become a thing of the past, and his drunken words alone cannot be used as evidence, and I have no intention of pursuing these things anymore.

I just want to live a good life in the future - have you ever thought about it, under the governance of the second brother, the Duan family has no future at all.

Maybe the second brother is going to attack me recently, I can feel it.

I have already looked down on these things, it would be best if nothing happened, but if something like this really happened one day, please find a way to expose the true face of the second brother, this is also for the sake of the Duan family.

If the truth is revealed to the world - please send this letter to my daughter, please tell her that there is no need to resent anyone, she told me since she was a child that she wanted to leave Panyu and go outside to see - I never promised her, but now, I want her to go out of her own way and live in her own way.

Night, tonight sixteenth, the full moon hung high in the sky, surrounded by thousands of twinkling stars dotted with her.

The lotus pond separates the front yard and the backyard of the wine shop, and passes through the wine shop to the backyard of the pen and painting tang, most of the open space here is grass, and they enclose the other part of the small open space paved with bluestone slabs, and several rows of bamboo are planted around the courtyard wall around the open space, and a small stream runs through the grass and is connected to the lotus pond, and a wooden arch bridge is built from the junction of the creek and the lotus pond, and the other end of the arch bridge is a pavilion built in the pool.

The people sat on the grass, around the irregular circle of bluestone slabs in the middle of the meadow, where a fire was burning and roasting meat.

Everyone had been eating and drinking here for a while, and even Old City and Ruan Whale Luo, who had never drunk alcohol, were slightly drunk.

There wasn't much meat left on the shelf, and there weren't a few drops of wine left in the pot next to him, and everyone was still a little unsatisfied at the moment.

Yao Bai stood up suddenly, and his eyes were a little red: "Brother Tang, Yue girl," his body shook a little, "Since the death of my parents, I have never opened my heart to anyone, until I met you." I've been adrift for so many years, and it's like home, a real home. ”

"Okay, okay, don't be sensational, you've said this several times tonight," the old city on the side also shook his body and stood up, trying to pull Yao Bai to sit down, "Usually so serious, why are you babbling like a girl now......"

"It's different," Yao Bai whispered, "it's different." ”

"I understand!" Old Cheng patted his chest, "To be honest, I'm also very lucky to be here." At first, I was worried about whether Begonia was a charlatan, but it wasn't until the master left...... I found out that this was my home. As she spoke, her eyes were slightly red.

"Okay, okay, you two hurry up and sit down," Xiao Yue said a little impatiently, "You want to eat and drink, Yaobai, you have to leave tomorrow." ”

"I'm going to get the wine!" Yao Bai said, and walked crookedly towards the liquor store with the support of the old city.

"Brother Begonia," looking at the two people who were far away, listening to the crackling sound of the burning branches in the fire, Ruan Whale Luo spoke, "Why do you want to open such a wine shop?" ”

Haitang said with a smile: "Because my parents used to run a wine shop. ”

As he spoke, Yao Bai had already stumbled over with two large jars of wine on his left and right, and the old city behind him was also struggling to walk with a jar of wine.

"You've drunk so much, can you still walk tomorrow?" Looking at Yao Bai's excitement, Xiao Yue was a little speechless.

"Life must be happy," Yao Bai laughed, and handed a jar of wine to Begonia, which belonged to the brother and sister. When the old city came over and sat down—the jar she was holding belonged to her and Ruan Whale Luo—Yao Bai picked up her own jar of wine and shook it at Old City and Ruan Whale Luo, "Master Cen," and then turned to the Begonia brothers and sisters and shook it, "Dan Qiusheng," he stood up, "will enter the wine, don't stop the glass-"

After that, he looked up and took another sip of strong wine.

They ate and drank noisily until midnight, when the crowd finally became a little more excited.

Ruan Jingluo staggered her steps and walked to the pavilion of the lotus pond, listening to the sound of everyone frolicking behind her, she seemed to be muttering to herself, and seemed to say to the begonias beside her: "Listening to what they said just now, I thought about a lot of things." ”

"What did you think?" Begonia is also a little drunk at the moment.

"I've figured it out, I'm just like them, the first half of my life is over, and I want to live with my father's expectations for me," Ruan Whale Luo looked at the closed lotus bud, "Although the hatred for Duan De will not decay, I am Ruan Whale Luo, and I will only be Ruan Whale Luo in the future...... I now seem to understand why they all say this is their home......"

The two looked at the lotus flowers under the moonlight, and no one spoke for a while, and after a while, Ruan Whale Luo broke the silence: "By the way, I haven't paid you yet." ”

Haitang smiled: "Reward? You have treated yourself as us, and what pay do you want? ”

Under the moonlit night, the water surface of the lotus pond was sparkling, a gust of wind blew, she stretched out her hand to brush the flowers, rubbed Ruan Jingluo's slightly red cheeks, wiped the tips of Begonia's ears, and mischievously swirled beside Yaobai in the far clearing, and finally under the guidance of the stars, she turned over the courtyard wall of the pen and painted the Tang, swept through the depths of the dense forest, and ran towards the farther ahead.

—————— Dividing Line——————

Lala-la, even if you write a little bit, you will write another chapter!

The story of Qiankun Baoding is over, and the protagonist group has added another cute Ruan Whale Luo - please look forward to the next more exciting story.