The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day.

Zhao Zheng got acquainted with the "second generation of Wu" Baili Liancheng by chance, and traveled with him to Luoshu Villa together. Along the way, the two talked and laughed, and enjoyed the spring scenery on the roadside, which was very pleasant.

Under the medicinal effect of Jade Jade Ludan, Zhao Zheng's speed of recuperation has accelerated a lot, and he is getting better day by day, and now he has recovered seventy or eighty percent, presumably after the birthday of the owner of Luoshu Villa, he should be able to heal, which is a happy thing.

There is one more thing to be happy about.

Since Zhao Zheng entered the deep mountain and old forest dungeon at Qishimen, the dungeon function has fallen into a state of blockade, and it can only be reunlocked after two months, and now there are only a few days before the two-month deadline, and it will not be long before the day of unlocking comes. At that point, he will be able to take advantage of the many features of the dungeon.

Zhao Zheng couldn't enter the dungeon for two months, which greatly delayed the progress of his cultivation, and the thought of re-unlocking the dungeon system made his heart full of anticipation.

What brought him anticipation was not only the dungeon system that was about to be unlocked, but also the haunting Zichu Sword, after ups and downs along the way, he was getting closer and closer to this sword.

The group of three people stopped and stopped, and finally arrived at their destination on this day, that is, Vena Villa.

This place is located at the junction of Nanhua Mansion and Changchun Mansion, surrounded by mountains and mountains, lush vegetation, as far as the eye can see, the trees all over the mountains are covered with a layer of thriving green buds, the villa is built in the embrace of the beautiful mountains and rivers, as if the fairyland on earth.

Far away, hundreds of miles of cities are armed with horsewhips. pointed out the location of his home for Zhao Zheng. Zhao Zheng looked over. Saw a large complex of buildings. The area of this mountain lodge is really not small.

"Brother Zhao Xian, I'm about to come to my house, I'll take you to see my father after entering the door, and then I'll take you around the villa, so that you can see the 'three uniques' of our villa." Baili Liancheng said happily. The so-called three uniques are the three most famous things in Vena Villa, and it is by virtue of these three things that Vena Villa has gained the status of the rivers and lakes it has today.

"I've long heard of the three uniques of Vena Villa. I was able to see it for myself today. Zhao Zheng smiled.

"When you arrive at my house, you will be the same as you are in your own home, you are welcome, just tell me what you need." Baili Liancheng patted his chest and said.

"I don't have any other requirements, as long as the 'tea' can be enough to drink." Zhao Zheng pointed out that the tea he was talking about was not an ordinary tea, but a special tea in one of the three uniques.

"Haha, you're really, but that tea is the top priority of the villa, and even I can't drink it casually. I can only try to give you as much as I can. Baili Liancheng smiled heartily.

"I also know that tea is precious, and it was just a joke. Just give me a cup and taste it when the time comes. ”

"Don't worry, I can't drink enough, it's still no problem to get you a few pots to moisten your throat." Hundreds of miles of city with a pull on the reins, lightly clamping the belly of the white horse under the crotch, "The mountain villa is close in sight, let's hurry over." I haven't been away for so long and haven't come home, and I have to be scolded when I go back, Brother Zhao Xian, I'm afraid your ears will suffer. ”

Two men and one woman rode forward, along the spring mountain avenue, and ran to the vicinity of the mountain villa.

Zhao Zheng observed the villa at close range, only to see that the courtyard is tall, there are many buildings, and there are many high-rise pavilions, competing with the surrounding mountains, which shows the great family business of Luoshu Villa. He is a man who likes to be free, and although he thinks that this family business is magnificent, he does not feel envied. The family business is too big, and it must be troublesome to take care of, if he has the ability in the future, he will not add such trouble to himself, even if he wants to buy a family business, he will only buy some small and exquisite houses.

The gate of Vena Villa was opened, and there was already three points of joy inside and outside the courtyard, many guests had arrived in advance, and the servants of the family were also busy and could not rest.

As soon as the doorman saw that the son was back, he hurriedly ran back to the courtyard to report.

Baili Liancheng took the lead, ran at the front, and led Zhao Zheng and Zihuan into the courtyard together.

The courtyard is paved with blue bricks, which is surprisingly large, and there are some flower beds along the road as decorations. The buildings on both sides are carved beams and painted buildings, and the eaves and arches are full of magnificence.

After walking for a while, the three men passed through the front yard and reached the backyard where people lived. Baili Liancheng dismounted and handed the horse into the hands of the servant.

Zhao Zheng followed, handed over the horse to a servant, and untied the three cloth bags on the horse's back and carried them in his hands. There are three wood carvings such as Qionglou Muyu, which are used to celebrate the birthday of the owner.

"Father, mother, the child is back!" As soon as Baili Liancheng got off his horse, he shouted loudly, and a butler ran over, led the way, and led him to meet his father.

The housekeeper took everyone to turn left and right, and arrived at the door of a study, as soon as he opened the door, he saw a number of calligraphy words hanging in the room, the font was vigorous and powerful, and the strokes were chic and wild.

Luoshu Villa is famous for its three unique products, namely the sword, the book, and the tea, which refers to the calligraphy of the book, the calligraphy of the Baili family, and the tea refers to a rare tea "crescent tea".

Among these three uniques, Zhao Zheng has already seen the sword mastery book love swordsmanship from Baili Liancheng, although he has only seen a few sword moves cursoly, but he can be regarded as having seen it. Now he came to the study room in Luoshu Villa, and saw the second of the three uniques - the book master.

Zhao Zheng has learned some calligraphy in the Hongchen Inn, and knows a little about fur, from the eyes of half a layman, these words are indeed very good-looking, no wonder they are so famous. It is rumored that even today's saints have asked the owner of Luoshu Villa for calligraphy works, which shows the high level of calligraphy of the Baili family.

In the study, there stood a middle-aged man with a tall figure, holding an account book in his hand, and was intently checking it. This middle-aged man is still heroic, and his eyebrows are eight points similar to Baili Liancheng, and Baili Liancheng is thirty or forty years older, which is probably what it looks like.

Needless to say, this middle-aged man is the father of Baili Liancheng.

When Baili Lianshan saw that the unfilial son had returned, he immediately straightened his face and scolded: "I have sent someone to send you a letter five times, but you have refused to come back." If it weren't for my 60th birthday. I'm afraid you'll have to hang out again. ”

"What did my father say? The child went out this time, but he missed you and his mother day and night, but the mountains and rivers were far away, and the roads were dangerous, so he delayed until now to come back. Baili Liancheng smiled, then lifted the hem of his clothes and kowtowed respectfully to his father. A big family like him values etiquette the most. When you return home, you must visit your parents.

"Hmph, it's better to say than to sing, I don't need you to think about me, as long as you can think more about the family's property. After a hundred years, every brick and tile will be yours, if you don't know how to take care of it, how can you do it? I don't want the Vena Villa I ran to be ruined by you. ”

"Father, don't worry, when I come back this time, I will definitely study with you humbly and help you share the chores at home." Baili Liancheng smiled bitterly.

Baili Lianshan called his son to the front and taught him a full stick of incense. Then he asked his son what he had seen and heard when he went out to play. When the two of them had almost finished talking, Baili Liancheng vacated the space to pull Zhao Zheng in front of his father. Introduce Zhao Zheng to his father.

"Father, this is a friend I met on the road, named Zhao Zheng, from Qibao County, Beiju Province. He is very handsome, superb in swordsmanship, and quite good in character, which is very compatible with me. Baili Liancheng pulled Zhao Zheng's sleeve and introduced enthusiastically.

"The younger generation visited the owner of Baili Village, and I have heard the name of Luoshu Villa and the owner of the village for a long time, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation." Zhao Zheng clasped his hands into fists and bowed deeply towards the Baili Lian Mountain.

Baili Lianshan glanced at Zhao Zheng, twisted his beard in his hand, and nodded: "What a young man who is full of energy, he is really a talented person from all generations, where did you learn and where did you learn martial arts?" ”

"My martial arts were learned from a righteous sister, and the martial arts are called 'Red Dust Sword Technique', which is just a rough and shallow sword technique, not as good as the 'Shuqing Sword Technique', one of the three uniques of Luoshu Villa." Zhao Zheng concealed the origin of the real martial arts, and made up a swordsmanship name according to the name of the Hongchen Inn. His Nine Veins and Six Yuan Sutra belonged to someone else, and it was not in the right way, so it was naturally inconvenient to disclose it to the outside world.

"What can be compared to what can't be compared, swordsmanship is dead, people are alive, and the level of swordsmanship cannot determine everything. Back then, I was fortunate enough to witness the duel between the head of Wudang and an evil demon, and he defeated the enemy with the most common Wudang Thirteen Styles. ”

"Thank you for the teachings of your predecessors, and the younger generations will remember it in your heart."

"Since you're a friend of Liancheng, let's stay at the villa for a few more days. Tomorrow is the day of my 60th birthday, and you will be lively with you. ”

"Don't hide it from my predecessors, I came to Changchun Mansion on this trip to celebrate your birthday." Zhao Zheng said and picked up the three cloth bags and held them in front of him, "I heard that my predecessors like wood carving, so I collected three from some craftsmen, hoping that my predecessors can like them." ”

"Hehe, you have a heart." Baili Lianshan picked up the three cloth bags and put them on the desk beside him, because he had a heartfelt love for wood carving, so he opened them on the spot. If it were replaced with other cheesy gifts, he probably wouldn't even look at it.

Unwrapping the cloth bag and the brocade box inside, the three wood carvings reveal their true faces.

Baili Lianshan's eyes lit up, and he looked at the three wood carvings for a while, especially looked at the Qionglou Muyu a few more times, and kept nodding, praising the exquisite carving and the novelty of the idea.

"Who created this work?" Baili Lianshan's eyes were still staring at Qiong Lou Muyu, and he asked.

"From the hands of Lu Gong in Lianghe County." Zhao Zheng replied.

"It turned out to be from him, and I have two of his works in my hands, so it's no wonder that I look familiar with the carver." Baili Lianshan nodded, and then asked, "What is the name of this work?" ”

"Qiong Lou Muyu."

"Good name, good work, I really bothered my little nephew to collect so many wood carvings for me."

"It's the skilled craftsmen who really bother, and I just buy them and give them to people who really know how to appreciate them."

"It's true that every piece here has to take a lot of thought and time to carve, and that's one of the things that fascinates me about wood carving." Baili Lianshan asked about the other two works, Zhao Zheng knew the tiger roaring hill very well, but he didn't know much about the pine, so he made up a random name about the pine tree.

Baili Lianshan likes this work of Qionglou Muyu very much, and his attitude towards Zhao Zheng is also kinder. Let Zhao Zheng stop calling him senior. Instead, call uncle directly. and told Zhao Zheng to linger in the villa for a few more days.

Just when the old couple was chatting happily, Zihuan next to him cleared her throat and interjected: "Big farmer, if you have talked about it, shouldn't you talk about my salary?" Your son-in-law only paid half a year's salary, and I protected him for seven months, so he still owes me a month's wages. ”

It turned out that when he went out for hundreds of miles, he happened to meet Zihuan who was also in a hurry. privately hired Zihuan as a bodyguard, and sent away the master brought out from home.

Zihuan acts as a bodyguard for others, but she charges a monthly fee, charging 10,000 taels per month. She also has a detailed set of contract rules, which are full of her obligations as a bodyguard, she will only help her master deal with enemies who are equal or weaker than herself, and if she meets a master, she will slip away. It will not be used as a funeral object for the owner.

"Father, she's right. I still owe her a month's wages. She charges 10,000 taels a month, so hurry up and give her the money. If it weren't for her salary, she probably wouldn't be my bodyguard again in her life. Baili Liancheng said with a wry smile.

"Not for a lifetime, but for the next life I will never be your bodyguard, I have my own rules for doing things, and no one can break my rules." Zihuan took it for granted.

"Stinky boy, you know how to mess around, it's not that there are no masters at home, but you have to spend money to hire bodyguards outside." The evil fire that had just been suppressed by Baili Lianshan rose again, and he glanced at his son fiercely.

"Hehe, there are a lot of masters in the family, but how can Sister Zihuan be beautiful." Baili Liancheng laughed.

"I love to hear this, so I'll give you a nine-percent discount on this sentence." Zihuan was proud, straightened her well-developed round chest, and straightened her thin willow waist.

"There's no need for this, 10,000 taels will be given to you, and I'll ask someone to send the money directly to your room later." I'm about to celebrate my birthday, so why don't you stay and have some fun. "Baili Mountain Road.

"Of course I have to stay if I can eat and drink for nothing, even if you drive me away, I won't leave, but I don't have any birthday gifts, and I hope that my seniors will take care of me." Zihuan said with a smile.

"It's okay, you can just cheer up, birthday gifts or something are dispensable." Hundreds of miles of mountains and generous roads.

Zihuan's beautiful eyes flowed, remembering an important matter, and mentioned: "By the way, my contract with Ling Lang has expired, does the owner of the big estate still want to renew it?" ”

"There's no need to renew, after my birthday banquet is over, I will strictly guard him and prevent him from messing around outside, even if he wants to go out, I will send someone else in the villa as a bodyguard." Baili Lianshan refused.

"Alas, it's a pity, it's hard to find a good employer like Ling Lang." Zihuan sighed and regretted, and Baili Liancheng on the other side also had a wry smile on his face.

Zhao Zheng heard this, his eyes flashed, revealing a thoughtful look. Now that Zihuan has terminated the contract with Baili Liancheng, Zihuan has regained his free body, which made him move the idea of hiring Zihuan. He can still afford the charge of 10,000 taels a month.

The reason why Zhao Zheng wants to hire Zihuan is because he has two places he wants to go to, both of which are located in Changchun Mansion, but there is a certain risk, he is a little reluctant to go alone, if there is Zihuan with him, it will be much safer.

Moreover, it is also a pleasure to have a beautiful sister by your side.

Zhao Zheng moved this thought, but he couldn't make a decision for the time being, and it was not convenient to bring it up on this occasion, anyway, Zihuan would not leave the villa for a while, if he made up his mind, it would not be too late to find her in private.

Everything that should be said was said, Baili Liancheng said goodbye to his father, and left the study with Zhao Zheng and Zihuan. Baili Liancheng then went to visit his mother, but the woman's room was inconvenient for outsiders to enter, so he asked his subordinates to lead Zhao Zheng and Zihuan to their temporary residence to rest.

Under the advice of Baili Liancheng, Zhao Zheng and Zihuan were treated as distinguished guests, and each obtained a separate house, and they were next to each other.

Zhao Zheng rested in the house for a while, and it didn't take long for Baili Liancheng to find him again and take him around to visit. The two wanted to take Zihuan with them, but the door of Zihuan's house was closed, claiming that they were bathing, and the two had to give up.

"Brother Zhao Xian, you have seen two of the three uniques, and only one has not been seen, I will take you to see my family's tea and let you taste one or two." Baili Liancheng and Zhao Zheng walked side by side and said enthusiastically.

"Looks like I'm blessed today." Zhao Zheng said with a smile.

The two of them walked all the way to another courtyard, which was located in the center of the villa, called "Crescent Tea House", and was guarded by warriors at the gate, prohibiting idle people from entering, but did not stop the two of them. In the small courtyard, many tall tea trees are planted, which have just opened in spring at this time, and the trunks are bare, and the new leaves have not yet grown. Tea trees are mostly short, and it is rare to see tea trees that are so tall.

"These trees are called 'crescent tea trees' because their leaves resemble a crescent moon. The tea brewed from the leaves of this tea tree has a pleasant tea aroma, a smooth and smooth entrance, a long-lasting aftertaste, and an excellent taste. It is precisely because of such a magical effect that this 'crescent moon tea' is well-known and highly respected. ”

"This 'crescent tea tree' was accidentally discovered by our ancestors in the mountains and transplanted into our home. Due to the scarcity of this kind of tree, our ancestors of the Baili family only found these few trees, and then after careful cultivation, a few more were planted, but due to various factors such as soil and climate, it has never been possible to further increase the number of such trees. This kind of tree grows very slowly, and the small trees that were planted later do not know how many decades it will take to grow. Baili Liancheng pointed to the crescent tea tree in the small courtyard and introduced. As he said, half of the tea trees in this courtyard are very tall, and the other half are just small saplings.

"Scarcity is expensive, and a little less is not necessarily a bad thing." Zhao Zheng commented.

"That's right, it is precisely because of the scarcity of quantity, coupled with the fact that only this crescent tea tree is available in Luoshu Villa, that the value of this crescent tea has increased significantly, and it has become a sky-high price. In previous years, the villa would also sell the crescent moon tea produced to the outside world, but in recent years, it has been no longer sold to the outside world, and it is reserved for paying tribute to the imperial court or entertaining relatives and friends from all walks of life. Although it is not sold out, these teas are still in short supply, and there is not enough to drink every year. Baili Liancheng snapped his fingers as he spoke, and called the subordinate who was standing and waiting to the front and asked the subordinate to prepare tea.

Because the brewing process of crescent tea is very complicated, there are more than a dozen processes, and the two waited for a long time before waiting for a pot of steaming tea.

There are stone tables and stone chairs in this small courtyard, which are specially designed for guests to sit next to the tea tree to drink tea and chat, and the two sit down face to face. The servant made two cups of tea for the two of them to drink.

"Brother Zhao Xian, please!" Baili Liancheng raised his glass and smiled, then took a sip of tea.

Zhao Zheng also raised his glass to drink, the tea had a faint bitter taste after the entrance, but the bitterness was fragrant, and after tasting it carefully, the aroma suddenly dispersed in his mouth.

"How does it feel?" Baili Liancheng asked with a smile.

"Sure enough, it has a long aftertaste." Zhao Zheng replied after putting down the teacup.

"It's still secondary, the reason why this tea is precious is that the main thing is the special effect of increasing internal strength and cultivation speed, and you can feel it when you meditate and cultivate tonight."

"I'll definitely give it a try tonight." Zhao Zheng smiled and agreed. The fame of this tea is much higher than that of Tiger Bone Pill, and the medicinal effect must be higher than that of Tiger Bone Pill. (To be continued......)