071 Night Raid on the West Cross Courtyard
"No, no, my lord, I don't want to touch these things...... Let's let Lian'er clean up, the study has always been taken care of by her......"
Not only did Shen Kuo show abnormality, but Fu Ji was also very nervous. When Hong Tao asked her to tidy up the study, she actually refused, standing at the door and refusing to come in.
"You've learned these numbers, are they scary?"
Hong Tao was a little confused, it seemed that not only Fu Ji was afraid, but also Wasp and Gao Cuifeng were also hovering outside the door and unwilling to enter the house, as if there were ghosts in the house.
"Lord Shen, when Lord Shen left, he said that he saw the gods and Buddhas coming, and he was in the study...... Bang......"
Answering the question is Gao Cuifeng, as soon as the word god and Buddha came out, a wind suddenly blew in from the window, blowing up all the white paper on the desk, plus the candle flame flickering, it was really like there was something invisible in the room that responded to the call. Then Fu Ji swooped out, and then the door was closed from the outside.
"Damn! You guys are so righteous, it's really a big disaster to fly separately. Wasp! Wasp! Didn't you say that you can't live if I die, since it's all death, why don't you come in and try to save your family, if you succeed, you will be saved! ”
Hong Tao was really angry and annoyed by everyone's reaction, and originally expected them to regard themselves as the real masters, even if they didn't work hard at the critical moment, they would be able to make a show. It's a pity that no matter how much I shouted, there was no movement outside the door, and I guess I would have run away a long time ago.
"Officials, officials, what's wrong with them...... Look at the chaos in this house, the official should go to the soup, and the lady asked the kitchen to prepare your favorite fish belly. Fortunately, you opened the door, or you have to let Lian'er eat it, I hate eating fish trays the most, and every time I eat it, I have a stomach upset. ”
Soon there was movement outside the door, and it was Lian'er. She was not afraid of legends such as gods and demons, and while covering her nose and not wanting to smell the smell of the house, she pushed Hong Tao out.
"Alas...... At the critical moment, it's still your own people who are reliable. By the way, can Xu Donglai and those children still live in peace these days? As soon as he thought of his own people, Hong Tao suddenly realized that there was still a group of children who needed more attention from him, and he almost forgot about it.
"What if you have enough to eat and new clothes to wear every day? Xu Donglai is bad, he often beats the boy's hand board and doesn't let him cry...... I saw it with my own eyes, but he didn't notice me. ”
Don't look at Lian'er's age, but her mind is as mature as an adult, and even surpasses it in some aspects. For example, she didn't have that much pity on the issue of pity, and she didn't feel that those orphans needed to be pitied.
"You're climbing the wall again to peek? Is it to see Xiao Tong or to see Xu Donglai? ”
Although Hong Tao was busy chattering all day long, he did not delay his observation of the people around him at all, or it was already instinctive, especially the emotions of women, he didn't need to look carefully, just a few eyes and a few words, he could clearly feel it.
Since those children entered the house, Lian'er has changed significantly. No, it's not because of the child, but because of Xu Donglai. This little girl found an excuse to drill into the west courtyard when she had nothing to do, and she couldn't find an excuse anymore, so she climbed to the top of the wall along the jujube tree by the courtyard wall and peeked.
The first time he heard Fu Ji say that Lian'er could climb trees, Hong Tao didn't believe it, but facts speak louder than words, and once he let himself bump into it. Not only can she climb trees, but she also climbs very neatly, and her dress is not wrinkled, and she goes up in two strokes, and has a fight with cats.
But why did she climb trees? Is it to pay attention to whether those orphans are being bullied, or do you want to help the master supervise Xu Donglai's work or not?
Hong Tao didn't think it was either, there was only one person she climbed the tree to peek, and that was Xu Donglai! This little girl is heartbroken, or Xu Donglai has some aspects that attract her.
"The official is talking nonsense again, I told my wife to go ......" My heart was broken by the master, which made the little girl a little embarrassed, so she quickly denied it, and then didn't care about cleaning up the house.
"It's useless to sue Mrs., you better eat less snacks, hurry up and prepare a dowry for yourself, he......" Rubbing salt on people's wounds is Hong Tao's favorite, and he didn't let go of even a little girl, so he deliberately chased to the door to make up for it, and then Lian'er ran faster, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"I'm going to see what Xu Donglai has to attract women...... assistant was scared away, Lian'er obviously won't come back for a while, Hong Tao stayed up with Shen Kuo for more than two days, although he didn't delay eating, drinking and sleeping every day, it was quite uncomfortable, and the bones all over his body were sour. It was a little early to go back to bed, and I just went to the West Cross Courtyard to see the situation of the orphans.
The west cross courtyard was originally the place where the king of the horse feasted, there was a small pond in the middle of the courtyard, and a small pavilion was built, surrounded by strange stones, with two small bamboo forests, at a glance it was the tone that the literati and elegant guests liked.
Since the beating Hong Tao occupied the body of the horse, this place is basically in a state of abandonment. One is that he is unwilling and afraid to fool around with his former friends again, and the other is that he does not want to stimulate the princess's nerves again. Every time she came to the courtyard, the princess would look uneasy.
Now, this relatively independent courtyard has become a kindergarten, and more than ten children, plus two grandmothers and Xu Donglai, live here. In order to prevent naughty children from running around, the courtyard gate was locked from the inside after dinner.
Hong Tao is not the master of the ordinary road, it is very boring to knock on the door to enter, and it will alarm the people inside, so he also slipped to the north side of the courtyard gate like Lian'er. There was a big jujube tree that had grown crooked, its roots were outside the courtyard, and the crown of the tree had reached into the courtyard, and he planned to climb up the trunk and climb over the wall.
But Hong Tao forgot the fact that this body was no longer his original one, and it didn't fit well with his wild heart. It's easier to climb up, but it's a bit more difficult to get down.
Without enough arm strength and body coordination to support it, the wall suddenly grew tall. What's more troublesome is that it is easy to go up the tree and difficult to get down the tree, so you can't squat on the wall and call for help.
"Oops, the basic skills have regressed a bit big, this body is really lacking in practice, and I must make time to recuperate." After brewing for several minutes, Hong Tao still chose the stupidest and safest way to slip down the wall.
As a result, my clothes were also dirty, and my wrists were worn out, which was very embarrassing. In this situation, I can't help but miss the original body, there is really no comparison, there is no harm.
"......" slightly straightened his clothes and was about to tiptoe inside, when there was a sudden slight noise next to him, a bit like the sound of rubbing between woods, which made Hong Tao a little creepy.
The sound comes from the ear room in the corner, where people generally live, but the roof leakage is more serious in the summer of the west courtyard, and it has not been repaired urgently, and it is not inhabited at all, it is an empty house. Small animals like rats and weasels can make noises, but they can't make them, so what could it be?
"Squeaky ......" Hong Tao is also bold, although his legs and stomach are a little weak, but he did not run away, but picked up the top door bar from the side of the courtyard gate, and tiptoed to the ear room. The closer you go, the clearer and more incoherent the sound becomes, and there is only one sound every now and then.
“…… The moonlight is beautiful...... What's going on in this room? I'll go in and see ......."
Lying on the broken window lattice and looking at it for a while, Hong Tao retreated to the gate of the courtyard with the top door bar, put down the stick, slipped back to the door of the ear room with his hands behind his back, and made a sound of talking to himself.