In the early morning of the next day, Guo Jing and his wife, Dian Cangyuyin, Zhu Ziliu and others stood at the head of the city, watching Zhao Chang, Yideng and others go to the Valley of Despair.

Cheng Fang was also beside him, chatting with Guo Jing and his wife, and talked about Yang Guo and Long as they spoke.

Huang Rong took over the conversation and said, "Guo'er and Long Gongzi's family are in the Western Regions, so they can't always stay in the Central Plains. Whether we come in the future or not depends on the arrangements of the people themselves, although we are uncles and aunts, it is not easy to talk much. ”

Cheng Fang was able to climb to a high position, naturally he was not an ordinary reckless martial artist, and when he heard Huang Rong say this, he knew that they had declined. Since this is the case, he happily put aside the personal feelings of his children, and then talked about the defense of the city.

Huang Rong didn't want to steal Guo Jing's limelight outside, so she told Guo Jing her idea before going out, so she didn't stay longer, walked down the city tower, and prepared to go home. Huang Rong was overjoyed when she saw fresh fruits in front of a rice grain shop, and hurriedly walked over to buy some. As soon as she squatted down to pick, she suddenly felt someone coming behind her, and when she turned her head, she saw that the person who came was dressed as a scribe, elegant and handsome, and it was Zhu Ziliu.

Huang Rong smiled: "Senior Brother Zhu, is there something wrong?" ”

Zhu Ziliu nodded and said, "There are some things to discuss with Mrs. Guo, but don't worry, buy the things first, and talk about it after returning home." ”

Huang Rong nodded, picked apples with peace of mind, and said while picking: "It just so happens that Senior Brother Zhu is here, help me get some, and buy more." "I picked a dozen apples and pears each. After paying the money, the two of them hugged each other and walked towards Guo's mansion.

After returning home, Huang Rong handed over the apples and pears to Guo Fu and asked her to wash them and keep them for everyone to eat.

After Zhu Ziliu waited for Guo Fu to leave, he said: "Mrs. Guo, this matter can't be known to too many people, let's go to the study to talk." ”

Huang Rong couldn't guess what medicine Zhu Ziliu bought in the gourd for a while, so she followed Zhu Ziliu to the study, and happened to meet Hong Qigong along the way.

Zhu Ziliu also called Hong Qigong by the way, and sent Huang Rong and Qigong to the study to wait first, and then went back to the room to get things. After a while, holding a stack of scrolls, he hurried to the study.

Huang Rong and Hong Qigong looked at each other and smiled, feeling that this scholar was becoming more and more lively.

Zhu Ziliu closed the door tightly, only then did his face relax slightly, put the scroll in his arms on the table, and said, "Mrs. Guo, Old Gang Leader Hong, let's take a look together." ”

Hong Qigong said with a smile: "I always say that Hanako has no ink in her stomach and can't read calligraphy and painting, you two look at it, I'll listen." ”

Huang Rong smiled slightly, picked up a scroll and opened it, and after seeing the content clearly, she couldn't help but be stunned, but she concealed her kung fu very well, and then smiled and said, "Senior Brother Zhu, your skills are extraordinary." ”

Zhu Ziliu said with a smile: "Mrs. Guo praised it falsely, but I didn't let you see how my painting skills are?" ”

Hong Qigong took advantage of the gap to take a look, his mind moved, and he looked at Huang Rong face to face, and the two of them showed puzzled expressions at the same time, as if to say, what do you look at if you don't look at the painting?

Zhu Ziliu picked up another painting scroll and opened it, and said in a low voice: "This matter may also be that I have thought too much." ”

Huang Rong asked, "Senior Brother Zhu, what do you want to say?" Master and I don't understand it anymore. Unfolded the scroll, hung down to his side, and said with a smile: "The dragon prince and Guo'er on this painting are lifelike, like real people, the painting is very good, I think, they must like it." ”

Hong Qigong remained silent, and also praised: "I always thought that you only had good handwriting, but I didn't expect that painting is also very good, scholar, when you have time, you will also paint one for me, and I always ask Hanako to keep it as a posthumous portrait." ”

Zhu Ziliu said: "The old gang leader Hong is screwing me, don't dare, don't dare." ”

Huang Rong straightened her face and said, "Master, don't talk nonsense. You will live a long life, don't forget, my daughter and son are still waiting to worship you as a teacher. ”

Hong Qigong waved his hand, laughed, and asked: "I said scholar, what do you mean by showing us this, we all know the appearance of the immortals and the children, if you want to see them, just look for them, you don't need to look at the portrait." ”

Huang Rong also said: "Senior Brother Zhu, you are really difficult for me, if you have anything to say, you should say it directly, I can't see anything." "Embarrassed.

Zhu Ziliu said in his heart: "Alas, this matter is too sensational, no wonder the little girl has unparalleled wisdom and is not at all scratchy." Mysteriously looked in the direction of the door, making sure that no one else was near, he took out another one from a pile of picture scrolls in a panic, unfolded it in front of Huang Rong and Hong Qigong, and hesitated: "Mrs. Guo, the old gang leader Hong, the one just now was painted at the earliest, you may not be able to see anything, this one is from the last few days, you can take a look at it again." ”

Huang Rong smiled: "No wonder Guo'er looks so small, it turned out to be the previous one." He nodded, and looked at the painting in front of him with Hong Qigong.

After a while, Hong Qigong frowned and said, "Rong'er, do you see something?" ”

Huang Rong pinched her chin and said, "This is painted before Guo'er was injured, I remember one day, you and a group of people went outside the city to enjoy the scenery." He raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Ziliu.

Zhu Ziliu said: "Mrs. Guo remembers correctly, it was that time. ”

Huang Rong asked, "Is there anything wrong?" Drawing a mistake? Leaning over again to take a closer look, as if puzzled, he muttered: "I look very good, the lines are smooth, the scenery is very good, fresh and refined." ”

Zhu Ziliu was embarrassed to say it directly, and deliberately guided Huang Rong to guess it by herself, so she said: "Mrs. Guo, take a closer look and look at the eyes of Gongzi Long." ”

Hong Qigong pretended to be surprised and said, "Eyes? ”

Zhu Ziliu nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, eyes, you have seen what is different in the eyes of the past children."

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Huang Rong said in her heart: "He is worthy of being a scholar and is observant." Usually too restrained, come and go in a hurry, and can't leak the horse's feet. But the portrait must be timed, after a long time, Guo'er loves Long Gongzi, and can't help but reveal his emotions, and the veins in his eyes are full of affection, and he was suddenly painted into the painting by Zhu Ziliu. Fortunately, Long Gongzi's cold face was intimidating, and Zhu Ziliu didn't dare to take a closer look, but didn't draw anything. This painting can't be seen by others. Whoever has eyes cannot see once or twice, and after seeing for a long time, he may not be suspicious in his heart. After thinking for a moment, he raised his head and said, "When I looked at Long Gongzi, I was always so stupid, there is nothing special about it." ”

Hong Qigong rubbed his stomach, his whole face wrinkled, and said, "I said, why do you scholars do so much things, who doesn't have two eyes on their faces, and they can still see their eyes?" Come on, Hanako can't read it, I'm hungry, go to the kitchen and find something to eat, you two take your time. He walked out of the study, leaving the problem to the apprentice alone.

Zhu Ziliu was anxious, and said in his heart: "Why haven't you seen it yet." Gritting his teeth, he continued: "Mrs. Guo, don't you think that when you look at Long Gongzi, your expression is too much?" Isn't this the look of the junior brother looking at the senior brother? ”

Huang Rong said: "Really? I'll take a look at it again. Holding up the picture scroll, sometimes closer, sometimes farther away, frowning, fiddling for a long time, and said: "Zhu Ziliu is not smart under me, if you pretend too much, you will be detected clues", gently "tsk", showed a difficult expression, raised his head to look at Zhu Ziliu, and then lowered his head and then looked at the person in the painting, and repeated it three times before he said: "Senior Brother Zhu, when you remind me like this, I really think that Guo'er's eyes are a little different, but what is the difference, I can't tell, anyway, it's not usual." ”

Zhu Ziliu said in his heart: "It's right to be unusual." I couldn't wait to clap my hands, forcibly suppressed my impulse, and said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Guo, what do you think?" ”

Huang Rong asked rhetorically: "What do you think?" ”

Zhu Ziliu said: "Don't you think that Guo'er Guo'er likes Long Gongzi too much?" ”

Huang Rong said: "Isn't this how it should be?" They are senior brothers, before they met Ouyang Feng, they have always depended on each other, Guo'er was raised by Long Gongzi, he is close to Long Gongzi, isn't it normal to like Long Gongzi? As he spoke, he rolled up the picture scroll, looked at Zhu Ziliu, and said, "Senior Brother Zhu, let's just say what you have to say, it's too time-consuming for us to guess here." ”

Zhu Ziliu was heartbroken and said, "Mrs. Guo, does Guo'er like Long Gongzi?" ”

Huang Rong was deliberately stunned and said, "Yes." ”

Zhu Ziliu said "oops" and said hurriedly: "Wrong, wrong, it's not this meaning, it's that meaning." ”

Huang Rong was secretly amused, and said blankly: "What does this mean, that mean?" Guo'er likes Long Gongzi very much. Xin said: "I can tell you the truth, believe it or not." ”

Zhu Ziliu turned around in a circle, decided to speak more clearly, bit his lip, and said: "What I'm talking about is whether Guo'er likes Long Gongzi, that like is" lowered his voice again, and said: "It's not an ordinary like, it's not the kind of like between men and women." Mrs. Guo, do you understand? ”

Huang Rong stayed on the spot, shocked.

Zhu Ziliu said in his heart: "I knew that it was this reaction." Stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Huang Rong's eyes.

After a while, Huang Rong's eyes rolled, and she suddenly laughed, pointed her finger at Zhu Ziliu, and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhu, how dare you think so much." Oops, oops, it amuses me. No, I have to talk to Brother Jing and them. It's so funny. As he spoke, he walked out the door.

Zhu Ziliu was shocked: "Could it be that I want to fork in?" Hurriedly stood in front of Huang Rong and said, "Mrs. Guo, don't you think Guo'er is too clingy to Young Master Long?" It's not normal, let's just say that Dunru and Xiuwen, they are brothers, and they don't bring this. If you look closely at the painting, isn't that just falling in love? If this spreads, won't they turn against each other and ruin their reputations? ”

Huang Rong exhaled heavily, and said earnestly: "Senior Brother Zhu, are you thinking too much." Long Gongzi raised Guo'er single-handedly, Guo'er likes him and pesters him, isn't he taking care of Er? The relationship between our family Dunru and Xiuwen has been better in the past two years, and in the first two years, because of my uncompetitive daughter, I fought openly and secretly, don't you know? As he spoke, he looked at Zhu Ziliu and laughed for a while.

Zhu Ziliu was a little dazed, and said in her heart: "The little girl is smarter than me, and she has been with Guo'er and Long Gongzi longer than me, so she should see it more accurately, is it really that I want to be crooked?" Seeing that Huang Rong was going to tell Guo Jing about this as a joke, she didn't look worried at all, and muttered in her heart, not knowing whether to trust her judgment or not.

Huang Rong saw Zhu Ziliu in the trap and said, "Brother Zhu, I don't understand why you think so, but I have to tell you." Beckoning Zhu Ziliu to walk to the desk again, picked up the portrait, pointed to Yang Guo and Long above, and said with a smile: "Look, just this kind of look, you can say that it is reasonable for the son to look at his father, and it is reasonable for the younger brother to look at the elder brother. I couldn't help but giggle again, as if sarcastically mocking Zhu Ziliu, and said: "Why did you think of Longyang and broken sleeves, Senior Brother Zhu, one surnamed Long and one surnamed Yang are not so worthy." Speaking of this, the heart said: "I didn't pay attention earlier, good guy, the names of these two people have been fated, and they make people." I can't help but "poof" a pleasure.

Zhu Ziliu was misled by Huang Rong, listened to Huang Rong's laughter, and became more and more distrustful of his guesses, staring at the picture scroll and not knowing what to do?

Huang Rong didn't want to be entangled, her mind moved, she had an idea, and said, "Senior Brother Zhu, I don't think you believe what I said, this."

Well, when Guo'er and Long Gongzi come to Xiangyang again, you can ask them directly. ”

Zhu Ziliu was taken aback, and said, "How can this be done?" ”

Huang Rong smiled indifferently and said, "What's not to do, you guess here alone, what can you guess?" ”

Zhu Ziliu said in his heart: "It's because I can't guess that I asked you." ”

Huang Rong said: "Is there anything else?" I have to go see Xiang'er and Po Yu" Seeing Zhu Ziliu standing in place, he shook his head and went out directly.

Zhu Ziliuer heard the "creaking" sound of the door closing, sighed long, re-rolled the scroll of paintings, hugged it in his arms, and went out. At this point, he had completely distrusted his own judgment.

When Huang Rong returned to the room, Hong Qigong and Guo Fu were playing with Guo Xiang and Guo Poyu.

Guo Fu was holding a spoon and was scraping fruit puree for her younger siblings.

Huang Rong breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fu'er, eat less, don't spoil your stomach." He walked over to the two large and two small, pulled a stool and sat down.

Guo Fu responded, and gave his younger siblings a bite to eat, so he didn't give it a meal.

Huang Rong said: "Fu'er, I'll say a few words to your master, you go and accompany Qi'er." ”

Guo Fu's face flushed, nodded, and went out.

Huang Rong hugged Guo Xiang in her arms, kissed her daughter's white and tender face, and said, "Master, Senior Brother Zhu can see it." ”

Hong Qigong sighed "En" and said, "How did you deal with it?" ”

Huang Rong said: "Between the virtual and the real, it has been fooled. ”

Hong Qigong raised his thumb and said with a smile: "I know that my Rong'er is powerful and smart enough!" ”

Huang Rong glared at the master and said, "Master, your old man is too unauthentic, such a tricky matter, all of them were left to me alone, and he actually ran away." ”

Hong Qigong smiled and said, "My clumsy tongue and dull brain are dull, what should I do if I show my feet without paying attention?" One more moment is one more danger. hugged Guo Poyu and said with a smile: "Look at this black boy, just like his father, Rong'er, you have to teach him well not to be like Jing'er, stupid." ”

Huang Rong said: "Isn't it good to be stupid? There are few hearts and eyes, unlike us, we can see everything, which only increases our troubles. Feeling tired for a moment, he continued: "Master, why did you agree to talk to Long Gongzi." ”

Hong Qi said fairly: "This question, my answer is not appropriate, you have to ask the stinky toad, people are fathers." It's useless to make up for it now, the two have already worshiped in front of the patriarch and the toad, and the old evil is still a witness. ”

Huang Rong thought of Huang Laoxi's father who played cards with uneasy routines, and only had no choice but to sigh: "Forget it, you can do whatever you want." Regardless of the difference between men and women, it is quite appropriate for Guo'er and Long Gongzi to stand together. ”

Hong Qigong said with a smile: "That's right, Rong'er, you just take care of these three in the family, I can tell you, our Xiang'er has excellent roots and bones, good materials, and will do something in the future." ”

Huang Rong said: "I, now I don't look forward to any big or small deeds, I just look forward to them one by one, give me honesty, so as not to worry about my parents." After teasing the child for a while, he remembered Zhao Chang and others, and said, "I don't know if this time, can you get rid of Li Mochou?" ”

Hong Qi said fairly: "In terms of combat power, it is enough." ”

Huang Rong nodded and said: "This Li Mochou is also powerful enough, and he actually started to rob the house, but the Valley of Despair also deserves it, and both sides can't complain." ”

Hong Qi said fairly: "Actually, what I didn't expect the most was that Qiu Qianren actually had a sister, this time it's good, our group of people, all those who have grievances and grievances, are all entangled together, and there is only one Liu Guifei left." ”

Huang Rong thought of the old naughty boy and said with a smile: "The old naughty boy is too, the master of Yideng is relieved, but he is hiding everywhere, making Aunt Ying so pitiful, and I don't know where Aunt Ying went." ”

Hong Qi said fairly: "I heard the great monk say that Aunt Ying now lives in Black Dragon Pond, hides in it every day to practice, and also raises two foxes, I don't know whether to wait for revenge or wait for the old naughty." ”

Huang Rong sympathized and said, "Most of them are looking forward to seeing the old naughty boy, Aunt Ying is infatuated with the old naughty boy." If the child is gone, it is gone, even if he takes revenge, what can he do if he kills Qiu Qianren? ”

Hong Qi said fairly: "Yes, what else? When you press your legs, it's nothing. ”

Huang Rong nodded, not wanting to talk about these sad things anymore, but it happened that Guo Xiang and Guo Poyu had a quarrel, as if they knew their mother's intentions. Huang Rong smiled and said, "Master, you help me watch for a while, and I'll go to the kitchen to get some food for them." ”

Hong Qigong took Guo Xiang over and said, "Get me some too, I didn't eat enough in the morning." ”

Huang Rong said: "Okay, I can't forget you, by the way, Brother Jing and they are going to Lu Wenhuan's mansion for a banquet tonight, not eating at home, taking advantage of the lack of people, in the evening, I will cook a few more dishes for you." "Get out the door.

Hong Qigong is naturally happy to tease the child comfortably.

In the valley a hundred miles away from Xiangyang City, Long and Yang Guo were sitting by the stream, leaning together, looking up at the sky, very comfortable. Not far from them, the Condor spread its wings, turned its back to the sun, dried its feathers, and squinted its eyes, which was very refreshing.

Long and Yang were in a hurry and had to stay in the valley for another day and a night before setting off. They had already inquired with the green calyx about the general direction of the Valley of Despair, and they would just wait outside the valley when the time came.