Seeing his daughter walk into the inner room, You Qiu said to everyone: "Tomorrow's guests from the Yamen, everyone is ready." ”

Speaking of the Yamen visitor, Yu Feng glanced at You Qiu, and a trace of alertness flashed in his eyes.

The others, You Lian, You Chi, Sha Er, Yu Feng and the others, nodded their heads one after another, without asking much, and seemed to be following some conventions.

The people dispersed, and Gu Huai and Heizai followed Sha Er to the backyard of You's house. This yard is surprisingly large. If the storehouse is large and the front hall, it is small and large compared to the backyard.

In retrospect, this one courtyard can withstand four or five mansions in the imperial city.

The courtyard is open-air, but you don't feel the desert climate in the slightest. On the contrary, I can always feel the breeze from time to time, which is very comfortable.

In the middle of the courtyard is a hill with a slender blue waterfall cascading from the top and plunging into the pool at the foot of the mountain. There are gorgeous flowers blooming around the pool, and there are some honey-collecting insects flying on the flowers from time to time, which is a unique micro-landscape!

When Gu Huai passed by this scene, he couldn't help but take a second look, and always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say why.

Beside the hill there were many huts, large and small, of all kinds, which were supposed to be for servants, households, or hired laborers.

Although the color of these houses made of sand and earth is somewhat monotonous, all of them are carefully carved. From a distance, the three-story building next to the hall is even more luxurious, and it should be the boudoir of the eldest lady of the You family.

Gu Huai scratched his head, he looked at the boudoir, and then looked at the front hall that he had just walked over, and found that there was some distance between the two, and he was very puzzled where Miss You was crying, and then where she entered the hall.

A few steps forward, I saw a clearing, in which there was a livestock pen, in which were kept a dozen animals that looked like chickens, with feathers on their bodies, and on their backs something resembling a hump, and from time to time they made some shrill noises. On the wooden sign next to the circle, there are three big characters engraved "Sha Chenxiao". At first glance, this is nothing more than to mark the name of the species, but further down, there is one more sentence worth savoring:

"—Only by getting up early does not take advantage of it. ”

"This is your room, two," Sha Er said coldly, gesturing to a hut across the clearing, "It may be a little crowded, but the place is still good." ”

This house is really small, if Sha Er hadn't pointed over, it is estimated that no one would have found it behind Sha Chenxiao's garden.

Before he walked in, Gu Huai showed some temper:

"Director, Boss You said that there are two rooms in the backyard for us, why is there only one room?"

When Fang Cai Youqiu explained the arrangements in the hall, he said that he and Heizai were in one room.

Blackboy naturally looked around, and saw that there were indeed many empty rooms—even the doors were open, but he didn't say much.

Sha Er glanced at Gu Huai, and said in a weird manner:

"As the supervisor, I have the responsibility to save some expenses for the whole store," he said, pushing open the door and pointing inside, "Besides, are you still not satisfied with the environment here?"

"You ......", Gu Huai wanted to attack again, but Heizai grabbed him with one hand, gave him a look, and said loudly to Sha Er:

"Thank you Director Sha for arranging, it's very good here, please bear with me in the future!"

Sha Er nodded in satisfaction.

Seeing this, Gu Huai looked at the black boy with some surprise, and didn't understand why he was obedient, knowing that when he was in the imperial city before, he had always been protected by his father, and he had never received such a "courtesy".

But suddenly he thought about it again, and felt that he was a little impulsive.

Sha Er can face You Qiu on the surface of one set, behind the scenes, there are some forces in this store, it is not wise to do it at the moment.

Heizai ignored Gu Huai's reaction, and walked straight into the back of the room.

Gu Huai followed and looked over, the room was very small, and the space inside was not very different like You's shop. There are two beds in it, and there is a small wooden cabinet next to each bed, in which some clothes of uniform colors and fabrics are placed, as if in an inn with good service, someone has already prepared everything for the visitor. Moreover, the whole room, from the bed to other furniture items, is spotless, and it is clear that it is often taken care of.

Gu Huai thought, in this You family's shop, is it possible that even the vacant rooms are often cleaned? That kind of cost is not small.

"Which bed do you want?" asked Gu Huai.

Gu Huai thought for a while, and pointed to the one by the window:

"If you don't mind, this is it?" He felt that the world was very new, and he wanted to look at it more often when he wanted to sleep.

"Are you sure?" asked Black Boy.

"Ah...... Yes. Gu Huai nodded, not understanding what Heizai meant.

Seeing Gu Huai's insistence, Hei Zai just smiled, turned around and began to pack up his things.

At this time, Gu Huai unconsciously touched his waist and wanted to take out his bag, but when he only touched his clothes, he remembered that his bag had been lost.

The only thing his father left him before he disappeared.

Gu Huai sighed softly, if he could still see this thing, he would even feel that his father was beside him......

When night fell, a bright moon rose in the sky at some point, and it was a bright moon formed by the sand kun with the divine power of water and soil.

"This moon," Gu Huai looked up through the window, "it's really big......"

This moon is much larger and brighter than the human world, and it is surrounded by a faint blue halo.

"The moon used to be bigger than this...... "Blackboy said as he busied himself.

Gu Huai was puzzled.

"The little fish has grown up again. Blackboy stopped what he was doing and stood by the window.

"You mean Sha Kun is growing up?" Gu Huai unconsciously moved away from the black boy as he spoke.

Maybe it's because of Black Boy's past, maybe it's because he doesn't know him well, or the other party looks ...... It's too dark, and Gu Huai is still a little jealous of this guy who lives under the eaves of the same house.

How could Hei Zai not catch a glimpse of Gu Huai's move, but he didn't seem to mind, and continued:

"Sha Kun lives off people's belief in money. Since humans began bartering, it has had its own prototype. It can be eaten without eating, but there must be an offering of faith. ”

"Then what religion does this fish-bellied person believe? Do you believe in Buddhism or do you believe in anything else?" asked Gu Huai.

Black Box shook his head:

"Neither. They, or rather we, believe in money. ”

Gu Huai frowned, as if he had asked about a copper smell.

"Do you think there is a bit of a copper smell?" said with a smile.

This belief comes from the belief of the residents of Shakuncheng in the pursuit of material things and money. However, this belief must be positive and there must be no evil thoughts. ”

"You're saying that the pursuit of money and justice is the food for the sand kun?"

Black Box nodded:

"There are all kinds of things in the world, different people pursue money in different ways, the gold of kindness makes the sand kun grow a foot a day, otherwise, the gold of malice makes it shrink a foot a day. Moreover, whenever there is malicious gold and ill-gotten wealth in the city, Sha Kun will have some reaction. The city palace building, in fact, is equivalent to the center of the sand kun, and can perceive the changes of the sand kun. Once it senses, the city government tower will send people out to search for the source. ”

Listening to Heizai's words, Gu Huai remembered that when he saw the movement of the high-rise building, was it not that he was dazzled?

"Don't talk about you," Heizai shifted his gaze from the moonlight to Gu Huai, and said, "This Sand Kun City is also magical enough for me. ”

"Hmm...... Keep exploring. Gu Huai echoed and yawned.

I have just broken free from death, and I have encountered so many things, and it is inevitable that I will be physically and mentally exhausted.

He climbed into bed, but he never fell asleep.

First, he relaxed, and he missed his father even more, and secondly, the origin of this person in the same room was not simple, and he was a little guarded.

"Brother Hei, aren't you tired?" Gu Huai asked Hei Zai, seeing that he didn't mean to fall asleep yet.

Black Box smiled, shook his head, and began to look for something in the house.

Gu Huai borrowed the moon and quietly watched him go back and forth, rummaging through boxes and cabinets.

"What are you going to do with a rope?" Seeing that the other party found a hemp rope with the thickness of a female finger from the cabinet and threw it on his bed, Gu Huai chuckled in his heart, wondering if this black man would tie himself up late at night while he was asleep, and then take it out and sell it.

However, he didn't expect that as soon as the black boy got into bed, he tied his hands with ropes and tied them to the side of the bed, and his movements were very fast.

"Brother Xiaohei, who are you!?" Gu Huai sat up from the bed suddenly, and looked at Hei Zai with wide eyes, and the second monk was puzzled.

"Do you want to check it?" asked Gu Huai, and at the same time struggled with his freshly tied hands, "It's very secure." ”

"This ...... Why?" Gu Huai simply got up and got out of bed, but he didn't know what to do.

"When I first came here," said Blackboy, "I slept tied up by others......

"How do you say this!?" Gu Huai was stunned for a moment, and then knew that the black boy was going to tell his sad past.

"A slave, still suffering a murder, no one will trust him even when he is asleep......" Black Boy smiled bitterly.