Du Shiyi almost turned over the entire Songyang Temple, but still did not find any trace of Du Sanniang, and Zuihou suddenly thought of the grass house under the steep peak. After asking the handyman who guarded the door to confirm that the person was gone, he hurriedly said goodbye to Song Fuzhen and hurried back. As he went, it was already dark, and by the time he turned into the familiar path, it was almost completely dark.

At this time, the faint light in the bamboo forest seemed to become a guiding light, and when he reached the fence, he saw the light on in the grass hut. The moment he pushed open the courtyard door, he suddenly heard a dog barking, followed by someone on the other side of the shed as if someone had poked his head, and then Tian Mo's voice came.

"Don't worry, it's Lang Jun back!"

In front of the thatched house, Zhuying watched Du Shiyi walk quickly, hesitated for a moment before he came to the front and whispered, "After the lady came back, she locked herself in the house. ”

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Du Shiyi nodded, pushed the door and entered the house, and said in a low voice, "You are guarding outside, don't let people spy on the movement." ”

"The servant understands!"

Zhu Ying, who had always been called more casually in front of the Du brothers and sisters, nodded vigorously, and when Du Shiyi entered the house and closed the door, she immediately took two steps forward, her eyes fixed on the shed over there and the path outside.

After the renovation of the huge three rooms, the main seat in the center and the four guest seats on both sides have been replaced by simple seats, and the simple paper lattice fan originally used to divide the east room has also been replaced by plain carved wood screens. At this moment, the lampstand in the bright room was lit, but the east room was pitch black, and there was no movement at all, as if the room was empty in the first place. After entering the door, Du Shiyi saw this scene, and only hesitated slightly, and then went straight to the east house. The bamboo bed that Du Shisanniang slept on in the past by the window has not been changed, and at this moment, a petite figure is lying against the wall.

"Thirteen mothers."

Calling softly, seeing that the person did not move, Du Shiyi turned around and sat down, and also turned his back to the person above and said: "I was in Songyang Guan just now, I was anxious, and I shouldn't say that about you." After all, if it weren't for your night care and thousands of miles of medical treatment, maybe my brother would have died a long time ago, and he wouldn't have been as good as he is now. ”

"Nonsense!" Although Du Sanniang on the bed did not turn over, she couldn't help but blurt out two words. Immediately after, she realized that she had been sad and angry since she came back, but her brother's breath was close at hand, and she wanted to continue to say a few angry words, but those sentences could not come out of her mind at all, let alone then come out. She could only grit her teeth fiercely, and Suo Xìng was silent again.

"Uncle Nine is in Xiping, Xianzhou, and I only have a sister like you to rely on for my life, so I am always afraid that you will be in danger if you are not careful. But after listening to Zhuying's words, I knew that my thirteen mothers are not only rich and noble, but also extremely smart and stoic, I underestimated you. That's right, if it weren't for you, how could you have delayed me for so many years like a living dead, how could you have sent me all the way from Jingzhao Mansion to Songshan, and how could you not kneel down in front of Songyang Temple, and refuse to move half a step even if it rained heavily? ”

Du Sanniang's heart trembled violently when she heard this, and the sadness and despair she used to face her brother's serious illness seemed to permeate her whole body in an instant, and her eyes were suddenly covered with tears. Sensing that Du Shiyi's hand was lightly pressed on her shoulder, she didn't know how much strength she had exhausted, so she finally gritted her teeth and didn't say a word.

"So, it's all my brother's fault. Knowing that the blood is close to the heart and brotherhood, even if you are in a safe place, you will still think about me, but you still ruthlessly sent you away. Knowing that you are smart and clever, I will not ignore the request for help in front of Sun Taichong, and blame you. I know that you are not the kind of person who is tempted by other people's favors and vulgar things, and he only treats you as a child......"

"Brother, don't say it, don't say it......"

This time, Du Shiyi's words were not finished, and a low voice was finally heard. The bamboo bed creaked twice, and Du Sanniang, who had been facing away from the outside, finally turned over, her face was full of tears, and her eyes were already red. She sat up straight, and said in a choked voice, "Brother is right, it's me who is not good." I shouldn't have lost my temper with my brother in front of my grandson, and I shouldn't have secretly run back alone...... It's all me...... It's all because I think my brother hates me for making up my own mind, and I think my brother hates me for getting in the way......"

Seeing Du Sanniang say this, she suddenly burst into tears, Du Shiyi was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly reached out and took her into her arms. Thinking about it, I have been copying books and listening to lectures in Lu's Thatched Cottage these days, and most of the senior brothers have taken care of it, and although Du Shisanniang has Cui Jianxuan sent two domestic servants here, and the county office has also taken care of it, but after all, that kind of loneliness is different. And he rarely came back once, and only took her to Dengfeng County for a walk, but when she encountered something, she said something about her, and it was a matter of course that the little girl couldn't get over it.

"It's okay, it's okay......" He gently stroked Du Sanniang's back, and comforted him for a while, until Du Sanniang's sobbing frequency gradually decreased, he let go of her, and stuffed a piece of silk handkerchief in her hand. Seeing that the little girl turned her back and rubbed her eyes and nose vigorously, after turning around, her eyes and nose were red, and he smiled lightly rubbed her hair that had been scattered, "If you have anything to say in the future, just say it directly, but don't run away like today, so I looked for you everywhere in Songyang Temple, and later I learned that you had already run away from the gate with the bamboo shadow." ”

"Brother......

Du Shiyi looked at Du Shisanniang with a sad face, and then said: "I have also reflected, it is important to study, but if you are always left behind, it will be ten days and half a month, I am too much to be a brother, I am worried that this kind of thing can't just be said." After Ming Rì returns, I will make it clear to Master Lu and strive to come back to visit you every five rì......"

"Don't, brother, don't, don't delay your studies for me!" Du Sanniang almost shook her head into a rattle, and pressed her brother's hand again, "I just want my brother to be good, as long as my brother has a bright future in the future, it doesn't matter if anything else." My brother also said that I am smart and clever, so I can take care of myself! ”

Du Shiyi took a deep breath and was about to put on an unquestionable attitude, when suddenly he heard a vague shouting outside, followed by a dog barking, as if mixed with Tian Mo's shouting. Surprised, he stood up, and just opened the door when he heard a familiar voice coming from the other side.

"Du Nineteen, you squeak, are you at home? On this big night, if it hadn't been for the fourth senior brother with me, I would have almost fallen into the ravine! ”

It's Cui Jianxuan!

Du Shiyi, who was taken aback, suddenly remembered that before he came out today, Pei Ning had ordered him to go early and return early, and after he encountered that series of things, he had already forgotten this order. He hurriedly came out of the grass hut and said loudly: "At home, at home!" Tian Mo, quickly bring Cui Langjun and them in! ”

There was no need for Du Shiyi's orders, and the Cui family servants who were now here to help watch the grass hut naturally recognized the young master, and at this moment, he appeased the barking dog, and then welcomed the person in. I saw Cui Jianxuan holding a glass lamp in his hand, and behind him was the sturdy and burly Hou Xiao. When he saw him, Hou Xiao didn't stop, and Cui Jianxuan immediately rushed forward angrily.

"Du Nineteen, what's the matter with you! As soon as I was released out of the mountain, there was no shadow, and I didn't see you come back, I thought something had happened to you, and I begged the fourth senior brother to take me over! ”

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, today I took Thirteen Niang to Chengzhongfang City, and then I encountered some unexpected things."

Thinking that the two of them deliberately walked over the mountain road for themselves, and Cui Jianxuan had already exposed the problem of being the most afraid of the dark before, Du Shiyi was very sorry for a while, and hurriedly let the two of them into the house. Du Sanniang personally served two cups of slurry water, and then retreated to the east house with the bamboo shadow. Seeing that Cui Jianxuan drank the syrup in one go, and then glared at him with extremely annoyed eyes, Du Shiyi had to explain the turmoil that happened in the middle of the Fang City. After he finished speaking, the fourth senior brother Hou Xiao frowned, and Cui Jianxuan was even more angry and slapped on the low couch he was sitting on.

"Damn, damn it, I knew that Gongsun would come to Dengfeng County, I would have come out with you today!"

As soon as the words fell, Cui Jianxuan saw Hou Xiao's displeasure, thinking that this way was thanks to the fourth senior brother's hard pull, otherwise he would be so frightened by those birds and wolves that he couldn't walk halfway, so he had to laugh and cough dryly: "However, that Liu Nuan is really hateful!" Is he here to supervise the locust hunting, or is he here to wind and snow! ”

Speaking of locust hunting, Hou Xiao, who had always been opposed to this, frowned deeper for a while. However, thinking that it was the little junior brother who cured his teacher's eyes, he opened his mouth, but in the end he still didn't speak. At this time, Du Shiyi spoke: "Since this matter started because of me, Gongsun everyone stayed in Songyang Temple, and it is inconvenient for me to go back, so I also ask the fourth senior brother to return to Master Lu." ”

"It's fine." Hou Xiaotian was not good at these complicated disputes, nodded and said, "I'll go back now." ”

"Although the fourth senior brother often walks the mountain road, but now at night, you can't see your five fingers on the mountain, so you must not take risks!" Du Shiyi hurriedly grabbed Hou Xiao and said in a deep voice, "Although this grass hut is not spacious, it is more than enough to accommodate you for one night, and it will be too late to hurry back early in the morning!" ”

"It's okay, little junior brother don't worry...... Since I was a child, I have followed my grandfather to drill mountains all day long, and I am the most haode hunter in the four towns near and far! ”

Hou Xiao looked at Cui Jianxuan as he spoke, but Cui Jianxuan said categorically: "The fourth senior brother went back to report the news, I stayed here, and I could help if I had anything!" ”