It should have been a very pleasant meal, because Hua Rujiang's appearance ended dismally.

Zhuge Qinghong walked out of the front hall without saying a word after Hua Rujiang flew out, Hu Guyue and Li Licheng never drank a glass of wine again, just silently picked up the dishes, but the three women at the table did not seem to be affected, and they were very satisfied with their meals.

Zhuge Qinghong didn't come back until lunch, Xiao Xinyi took Hu Guyue, Leng Moyan and Qin Youyou around the outside of the manor after lunch, and got a general idea of the surrounding situation. Each manor is about a mile apart, and the open space around the manor is planted by the farmer (Note 1).

Xiao Xinyi told the three of them everything except that Zhuge Villa had a secret property in Surabaya City, but he didn't have time to ask Zhuge Qinghong where the robbers were located, so he just looked aimlessly. Hu Guyue was quiet and weird all the way, only Qin Youyou spoke there by himself: "Hu Hu, you see there is a scarecrow in the field over there." Hu Guyue smiled at her and nodded. "Hu Hu, look at it, there is a lark there, I didn't expect there to be a lark here." Hu Guyue still smiled at her and nodded.

Leng Moyan looked at Qin Youyou, who was chattering, and asked, "Why do you call him Huhu?"

"Huh? Oh, you see that his character is Gu Yue, his own surname is Hu, and Gu Yue is Hu together, so isn't it Hu Hu? Qin Youyou explained excitedly.

Xiao Xinyi smiled: "It makes sense."

Leng Moyan had a black line on her face: "Where does it make sense."

Hu Guyue: "......"

After the four of them looked around, it was already dinner time, and when they returned to the Li family manor, Zhuge Qinghong also happened to come back. Zhuge Qinghong saw the four of her coming back together and said, "Dinner is in the front hall today, you all come over." After saying that, he went back to the backyard, and didn't leave his room until the maid came to invite him.

The atmosphere of the dinner was not the same as the one in the morning, although it was the same day's meal, but now there were only five of them at the table. It is said that Li Licheng went outside to collect the accounts and will come back in a few days, and there are no maids waiting around, Hu Guyue looked at Zhuge Qinghong, who was drinking gloomily, and did not dare to push the cup with him, so he sat honestly on the side and buried his head in eating, Qin Youyou still ate happily.

Just when Hu Guyue was about to eat enough, Zhuge Qinghong spoke faintly: "Ten years ago, I had an old friend who grew up with me who was lost, some people said that she was burned to death, some people said that she was taken into the mountains by peerless masters to cultivate, and some people said that she was taken away by human traffickers and sold elsewhere, I couldn't find her everywhere, and then I went through every mountain I could go to, and every Goulan casino inn cottage had someone I bought, and in the past ten years, I have not stopped looking for her for a day." Yu Luo was saved by me four years ago, that day I bought a person in Langya to pass the pigeon to me, saying that he bought a new woman in the Goolan courtyard, stunning and noble temperament, maybe it is the person I am looking for, I rushed to Langya overnight, just saved Yu Luo who jumped out of the window and begged for death, Yu Luo at that time was extremely fierce, I would rather die than live in that fence, although I am not a gentleman, but I can't do it to see death without saving, and then I ransomed for her, she has no father and mother and nowhere to go, and refuses to accept my silver. I arranged for her to be listed in the Goolan courtyard built by my old friends in Surabaya City, only selling her art and not selling her body, so that she could have a place to stay, and second, she could collect some information for me in the rivers and lakes, which can be said to be my right-hand man. Some of my friends in the rivers and lakes know that I am looking for someone, and usually when I see any beautiful women of unknown origin, they will notify me and let me go and see if it is the person I am looking for. That's what you heard this morning. I, Zhuge Qinghong, am not a righteous gentleman, but I am not a womanizer. After saying this, he drank the wine in his glass.

After Hu Guyue heard what he said, he smiled: "Master Zhuge don't think about it too much, we didn't think about you."

Qin Youyou echoed and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we didn't think about it." Hu Hu, I can't clip that fish-flavored shredded pork over there, bring it to me when you're done. ”

.........

Leng Moyan snorted coldly and rolled her eyes at Zhuge Qinghong.

Xiao Xinyi took the fish-flavored shredded meat handed over by Hu Guyue and pushed it to Qin Youyou. looked at him and said, "Saying so much, the dishes are cold, let's eat some while it's hot."

.........

After saying these words, the atmosphere of dinner didn't seem to change much, the only change was Hu Guyue, who toasted him with a glass of wine.

After dinner, the five of them walked towards the backyard together, and Qin Youyou, who was walking at the back, pulled Hu Guyue, who was walking in front, and asked gently, "Hu Hu, who is the county lord of Ningguo."

"Ahem, Zhuge Gongzi's fiancée."

"Huh? Oh! ”

Although the voices of the two were extremely low, they were clear and clear in the ears of martial arts masters with strong internal strength.

A few people walked to the backyard Xiao Xinyi said to Leng Moyan and Qin Youyou: "You two go to rest first, I want to go for a walk." Leng Moyan and Qin Youyou nodded, turned around and entered the courtyard, Xiao Xinyi walked up to Zhuge Qinghong: "I don't know if Zhuge Gongzi can accompany me for a walk."

Hu Guyue was in good spirits, walked into the courtyard quickly, closed the courtyard gate, and separated the two outside.

The moon in mid-March was almost perfect, and the two walked slowly along the backyard path in the moonlight, the cold moonlight was cut by the branches and sprinkled on their pale blue clothes, which was as beautiful as a dream. Although Xiao Xinyi is tall, he still has a feeling of being a bird when he walks with the tall Zhuge Qinghong.

Before the jade tree is in front of the wind, the people are as clean as the moon, the snow river is clear and clear, and the empty valley is secluded and blue. Golden Wind and Jade Dew, but that's it.

"Is this how you've come over after all these years?" The strings are cut and entangled.

"How did you get here after so many years?" Zhuge Qinghong stopped and looked at Xiao Xinyi's drooping eyelashes.

"Hidden in the deep mountains accompanied by the breeze, pounding medicine and blending incense in front of the honor." Xiao Xinyi raised his eyes and looked at Zhuge Qinghong with a smile.

"You're really the one who reports good news and doesn't report bad news, and this hasn't changed." Zhuge Qinghong suddenly reached out and grabbed Xiao Xinyi's wrist hidden in his sleeve, and carefully looked at the bead-like fingertips, "There is no lack of blood here." Zhuge Qinghong's somewhat rough fingertips gently brushed Xiao Xinyi's fingertips full of fine needles, which were wounds that could not be seen by the naked eye.

The silver needle of the Double Holy Gate is made of special material, which can promote decay, and the disciples of the General Medical Holy Gate carry two kinds of silver needles, one as a weapon, one for saving people, and the silver needle used to save people can be used as a weapon, but the power is a little less. However, the silver needle used as a weapon cannot save a person unless it is absolutely necessary, because once it pierces the skin, the marks left behind cannot be healed. Ordinary disciples first practice blind pinching techniques with ordinary silver needles, and then change to special silver needles when they are proficient, although it takes some time, it can reduce the damage to the fingertips. In order to be proficient in the use of special silver needles as soon as possible, Xiao Xinyi has never used ordinary silver needles to practice blind pinching, Sima Zhengqing made a special ointment for her and rubbed it on her fingertips, although these needles did not actually hurt her fingertips, but these traces were left forever.

Xiao Xinyi wanted to withdraw his hand, but was grabbed by Zhuge Qinghong: "Xin'er, I won't let you be hurt again in the future, I will protect you for the rest of my life."

"Ah Yin, a life is too long, the silver needle will not hurt me in the future, it will only protect me, I can do it myself." Xiao Xinyi exerted a slight force, then withdrew his hand from Zhuge Qinghong's hand and hid it in his sleeve again.

Zhuge Qinghong looked at his empty hand and was a little stunned, did he let go of his hand just now? If he himself is unwilling to let go, can anyone get out of his hands?

"It's late, you should rest early. I'm going back too. After Xiao Xinyi finished speaking, he saluted him, and walked along the road he came from and walked in the broken moonlight and disappeared into Zhuge Qinghong's eyes.

"You have a silver needle to protect you, and I can also protect you with the silver needle, a lifetime is too long, then protect until I can't hold a sword." These words slowly spit out from Zhuge Qinghong's mouth, but no one could hear them.

Only the moon in the sky seemed to hear his murmur through the moonlight, and pitifully sprinkled more clear light on him, but made his shadow even more lonely in the moonlight.

Note 1: Tenant farmers and hired farmers in the grange.