Green mountains, green water.

Gentle wind, scorching sun.

A teenager, dressed in fine clothes, was lying on a huge boulder halfway up the mountain.

With his hands crossed and overlapped under his head, he held a dog tail flower in his mouth, squinting his eyes slightly, quietly watching the white clouds in the blue sky changing various shapes under the breeze.

"The sky of Datang is really spotless, even the white clouds are so white......"

muttered a vague sentence in his mouth, the young man's eyes closed, and the dog's tail flower in his mouth stopped trembling regularly and tilted uncontrollably to the corner of the young man's mouth, and after a while, there was a soft snoring sound between the young man's nose.

Under a wild jujube tree more than ten meters away from the young man, two servants dressed as subordinates, one holding a goose down robe in his hand and a red lacquer food box at his feet, stood there boredly and glanced at the boy on the boulder from the corner of his eye from time to time.

"Uncle Shi, young master, are you asleep? I think I hear all the snoring. ”

The young man in Tsing Yi who was holding a long robe in his hand whispered to the older ones, as if he was hesitating to go up and cover the long robe for their young master now, so as not to be blown by the mountain wind for a long time and suffer from the cold.

"I should have slept...... Uncle Shi was a little unsure, and he glanced at the young man on the boulder twice, and whispered to the little girl, "Why don't you go up and try it?" Since the young master recovered from his injury, although he has forgotten many things, his temper has become much better, but he has not fallen asleep, and he will not blame him if he thinks about it. ”

The little guy shuddered, and couldn't help but take two steps back: "Forget it, the young master said not to disturb him, if you go up rashly, it will inevitably be punished again." Last year, Tang Fu was directly rewarded with more than 20 big mouths because he quarreled with the young master to sleep at night, and his face was swollen like a pig's head, and he couldn't open his mouth to speak for several days, I ......"

Uncle Shi's eyes widened, and he reprimanded in a low voice: "Are you just watching the young master fall asleep in the mountain wind like this?" If the young master suffers from the cold, you can't afford to pay for ten! When the time comes, don't say it's a few mouths, even if you break one of your legs, it's nothing, why don't you go quickly?! ”

At the critical moment, Uncle Shi, that is, Tang Panshi, finally showed his bearing as a housekeeper, and his voice was full of power.

"Know... Now that I know ......, I'll go over ......."

Being stared at by Tang Panshi like this, Tang Lu had no choice but to bow his head in response, and slowly walked towards the young master on the boulder.

"Young master......, young master ......"

When he got closer, he really heard the slight snoring of the young master Tang Xiu, and Tang Lu was a little relieved. stepped forward and barked softly twice, seeing that the young master showed no signs of waking up, he slowly unfolded the goose down cloak that had been on his arm and put it on the young master's body, and then took out the dog tail flower that was already crumbling from the young master's mouth and threw it aside.

"Why?! Leaf, why do this to me?! ”

After doing everything that should be done, just as Tang Lu was about to retreat, Tang Xiu, who was sleeping, suddenly let out a loud cry, which frightened Tang Lu's legs and sat directly on the ground, his little face opened his mouth to explain, but somehow he couldn't make a sound in his throat.

Fortunately, Tang Xiu didn't make a sound after saying this, Tang Lu looked up carefully, and found that the young master was frowning, his eyes were still closed and he didn't really wake up, so he breathed a sigh of relief: "It turned out that he was talking in a dream, and he was really scared to death." ”

"However, who is the leaf in the young master's mouth? How come you've never heard of it? Is there such a person in the house? ”

Although he was puzzled in his heart, it was not appropriate to stay in the place of right and wrong for a long time, seeing that the young master was still asleep, Tang Lu turned around sharply and trotted all the way back to the butler Tang Panshi's side.

"Well, well done." Tang Lu came back safely, Tang Panshi's thin yellow face showed a slight smile, patted Tang Lu's little shoulder, and sighed softly: "Sure enough, it is the people who have seen the hearts of the people for a long time, and at the critical time, it is still a slave like you who is the most intimate." Like Tang Fu and Tang Shou, their white-eyed wolves, seeing the decline of the Tang family, they all scattered and scattered, completely ignoring the old lady and the old man's favor to them. ”

"Uh......"

Tang Lu opened his mouth but didn't speak, if he had a choice, he wouldn't choose to stay, with the temperament of Young Master Tang Xiu, it was better when there was an old lady and a master in control, but now the old lady and the old man are all gone, if it is due to Young Master Tang Xiu's temperament, the Tang family will only fall overnight.

The reason why Tang Lu didn't leave, in addition to the inconvenience of his slave status, is more important is the life-saving kindness of the old man Tang Su to their mother and son back then, he stayed just to repay his kindness and pay off his debts. At least until the Tang family is completely broken and Young Master Tang Xiu no longer needs him, he will not leave.

"Young Master just said in his sleep? I just seem to hear what he calls Yezi, right? ”

Hearing Steward Tang's question, Tang Lu replied in a low voice: "Uncle Shi heard it right, the young master did scream, and my legs were so scared that my legs were weak." It's good that it's just a dream word, otherwise I would have to get a few big mouths......"

"Leaves?" Ignoring Tang Lu's long-winded words, Tang Panshi raised his eyebrows slightly and said to himself: "If the old man remembers well, the young lady's milk name when she was in her mother's house seems to have the word 'leaf', will the leaf that the young master said be the young lady?" ”

"It should be, after all, the young master was kicked by the young lady in the first place......"

Halfway through the words, Tang Lu carefully closed his mouth, it was not right for the slave to criticize the master, not to mention such a humiliating matter, if it was heard by Young Master Tang Xiu, I am afraid that it would not be a problem that a few big mouths could solve.

"That's why it's weird." Tang Panshi raised his hand and stroked the two dry mustaches on his chin, smacked his lips and said, "The young master doesn't like the young lady in the first place, otherwise he wouldn't have insulted the young lady on the day of the wedding." ”

"The young lady has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and she is stubborn, so it makes sense to use some punches and kicks on the young master in a hurry, and the young master himself should have expected it, why is it ...... now?"

Hearing Tang Panshi's self-talk, Tang Lu couldn't help but cast a very contemptuous look at the sleeping Young Master Tang Xiu. The young lady is such a good person, he still thinks that he deliberately picks thorns and squeezes around, and he doesn't look at what kind of virtue he is, hmph, he deserves to be taught a lesson by the young lady.

Of course, it seems that Tang Lu just secretly discussed these rebellious words in his stomach, if he was really asked to talk about it in front of Tang Xiu, he would never dare.

"Alas, forget it, it's useless to think about it, it's useless to think about it." Tang Panshi shook his head: "In the end, this is all a matter for the husband and wife, and it is inconvenient for us to be subordinates." Moreover, now that there is a young lady sitting at home, and there are also people who can control the young master, maybe our Tang family can be revitalized again. ”

Tang Panshi's wish was very good, but even he didn't believe the words that came out of his mouth.

The Tang family has indeed declined, relying only on a wealthy maid who has just passed the door and a young master Tang Xiu who can't help him, it is difficult for the Tang family to prosper again and reach the heyday when the old lady and the old man are all alive.

As the chief steward in charge of all the affairs of the Tang Mansion, no one will know better than Tang Panshi the various predicaments that the Tang family is facing now.

The old lady and the old man have passed away one after another in the past two years, and the young master Tang Xiu, who has no one to restrain him, as the only heir of the Tang Mansion, only took less than a year to scatter the old bottom of the Tang family.

Half a month ago, the young master got married, greeted and sent him, purchased new furniture, and the only few living money also went to seventy-seven eighty-eight. It is now early spring, and there are still several months before the time to collect rent, if it weren't for the young lady taking out some dowry to subsidize the family, the current Tang Mansion is afraid that it will not be able to open the pot.

Therefore, for the young lady Pei Caier, Tang Panshi is still very grateful. Even on the day of the wedding, she kicked the young master to death in front of many guests, and she didn't wake up until the morning of the third day, Tang Panshi still didn't think Pei Cai'er had done too much.

In Tang Panshi's heart, by the side of their young master Tang Xiu, there should indeed be someone who can beat him and dare to beat him.

The husband is sluggish, and he was beaten to death by his own daughter-in-law, although it is not very good to hear it out, and it will even lose some face, but it is always a hundred times better than the broken family road and the scattered ancestral wealth.

Therefore, now in the Tang Mansion, except for Tang Xiu, the young master, everyone's hearts are all on the side of the young lady Pei Cai'er.

"Uncle Shi, the young master seems to be awake."

Tang Lu, who had been paying attention to Tang Xiu's movements, reminded the housekeeper beside him softly after seeing the figure on the boulder turn over and move slightly.

Tang Panshi retracted his thoughts that had drifted away, turned his head and glanced in the direction where Tang Xiu was, and saw that Tang Xiu had already sat up from the cobblestone, bent over to lift the food box on the ground, and said softly: "Young Master thinks he's hungry, let's go over." ”

Tang Xiu looked at the goose down cloak on his body, and then at the old and young who were walking towards him, and knew it in his heart. When Tang Panshi and Tang Lu approached, Tang Xiu asked Tang Lu in a faint voice, "You put this cloak on me?" ”

Tang Lu's body trembled, thinking that the young master was going to settle accounts with him, so he timidly glanced at the old housekeeper beside him, and said in a humble voice: "Yes...... Yes, young master. ”

"Hmm." Tang Xiu nodded lightly, unfolded the cloak from his arms and draped it lightly on his body, then jumped off the cobblestone and walked straight down the mountain, and whispered when he passed by Tang Panshi and Tang Lu: "It's hard work." ”

"Huh?"

Tang Panshi and Tang Lu were both stunned, and watched in amazement as Young Master Tang Xiu gradually walked away along the path down the mountain, and it took a long time before he came back to his senses: "Xiao Luzi, I heard it right, Young Master, not only did he not get angry, but he also said to us, 'Have you worked'?" Does this seem like something our young master can say? ”

"I seem to have heard it too," Tang Lu also said a little dazed: "Young Master, he does seem to have said ......"

"Young Master, he has indeed changed......"

sighed a few words, and found that Tang Xiu had already walked a long way, and the two of them reacted and hurriedly chased down the mountain.