The Lin family's house after school in Funing County.

"Young master, there is a new movement in Old Man Hu today, his eldest son, that is, Hu Ming went to Qingfeng Academy to find Tang Mingwen, but the person who left with Hu Ming was a little girl, as well as the maid Cui'er next to Mrs. Zhang, and the coachman of the Zhang family, the group stayed at the Hu family for half an hour and came out, and when they left, they didn't see them bring things out."

A man dressed in ordinary household clothes stood behind a hunchbacked teenager and bent over to reply.

The hunchbacked young man looked at the magnolia flowers in the courtyard, slightly distracted, he seemed to smell a smell of magnolia flowers that day, and the fingers of his right hand were slightly together, and he unconsciously rubbed them a few times.

"What's wrong with the Tang family?"

"There is nothing special in their family except for their two sons studying in Qingfeng Academy, and their subordinates also inquired that on the day they came to Funing County, they went to Jishengtang, and they asked Huang Damu, a medicine boy, about the craftsmen, and it seemed that they wanted to get some farm tools. Their youngest daughter is nothing special, she just has a pockmarked face and rarely interacts with the people in the village, and catches ducks every day. The subordinates told them all the things they had heard in the past few days.

"Let's go down, you don't need to check this matter anymore, prepare for the second year of junior high school." When the young man heard this, he no longer bothered about the affairs of the Tang family, maybe those things were just coincidences, and he was thinking too much.

As for the matter of the old man, this subordinate did not mention it from beginning to end, he thought that it was just a beggar on the road, it was irrelevant, and naturally there was no need to check it, but he did not know that he missed an important piece of information.

……

Two days later, in the back house of Qingfeng Academy, Tang Yuehua was packing his luggage, and there were a lot of things he had bought in the past few days, all of which were some pharmaceutical tools, and some of the clothes given by Mrs. Zhang, plus some bottles and cans, and he packed several packages.

It happened to be the end of the month, and Tang Mingwen and Tang Mingwu were going to send their sister home.

After breakfast, Mrs. Zhang and Mr. Zhang sent them to the door, the coachman had already prepared the carriage, and Mrs. Zhang still held Tang Yuehua's hand, "Ah Yue, why don't you stay for a few more days and then go back." ”

"Madam, I have to go back, if I don't go back, I guess I will be expelled from the master."

"Thanks to your pills these days, my chest is no longer so stuffy now, and I can sleep peacefully at night, so remember to write to me when you go back, and if your mother has any fresh food, don't forget me." Remember to say hello to your master on my behalf. ”

"All right, ma'am, go in, and we'll go."

"We'll see you next time, then." Mrs. Zhang waved her hand reluctantly.

The three siblings got into the carriage and drove in the direction of the city gate.

Mrs. Zhang and Mr. Zhang watched the carriage disappear around the corner at the gate of the college, and the two went back to the inner courtyard together.

"Ah Yue, why does my wife like you so much, what have you been doing these days? I never see you? Tang Mingwu originally wanted to take his sister to the streets, but he didn't see anyone every time, they lived in the study house of Qingfeng Academy, which was separate from the inner courtyard.

"Nothing, it's just that we made some gouache recipes together that look like they read in the book."

"Gouache Fangzi, you and your wife?" Tang Mingwu exclaimed, his face in disbelief.

"Mingwu."

Hearing his brother's voice scolding him, he immediately stopped laughing, "I'm sorry, Ah Yue, my brother didn't mean it." ”

"Well, I know, not intentionally, it was intentional." She decided that the snacks she brought today could only be distributed to others, after all, how could the second brother be a man with a sweet tooth?

Tang Mingwu knew that he had said the wrong thing, how could he laugh at Ah Yue's face? Trying to make my sister happy all the way.

At the foot of Meishan, there was only a mountain road, and the carriage could not get up, so the coachman turned around and went back to the county seat.

"Ah Yue, come and get all these things for the second brother, how can you mention these things for a female baby." He hung large bags of things on his body.

Tang Mingwen looked at his diligent brother and shook his head, when will you be able to change your bad habits - you can't talk but your brains.

Tang Yueming was also happy, handed the things to the second brother with developed limbs, shook his arms and walked forward, looking as he walked, alas, the mountain road in front of him didn't know when it would be repaired, and the people in Meishan basically relied on a pair of feet to travel. If you want to get rich, build roads first.

I don't know how my master got all those expensive books and furniture to the mountains, it's good to be rich. I hope that my rouge gouache can be sold for some good price, and I don't know if Mrs. Zhang's subordinates can make it according to those recipes.

The day after arriving home, Tang Yuehua went to report to Master Kongming, and brought his own snacks and sweet potato strips.

From a distance, I saw the clear sky outside the mountain gate, "Senior brother, how do you know that I am coming back today?" ”

"Hui'an, you're back, Master has been waiting for you for several days, and if you don't come back, you're going to copy the scriptures, the kind that you copy until the end of the year." Clearance hurriedly stepped forward to take the things in her hand.

"Senior brother, Master, how are you feeling today?" She was a little weak-hearted, after all, she had been absent from school for so long, and she didn't say hello in advance, and stayed outside for several days in a row.

"You'll see for yourself later."

When I arrived in the hall, I saw that the person on the Taishi's chair was sitting precariously, and I couldn't see who it was.

She hurriedly looked flattering and took the pastry in her hand, "Master, you see this is the pastry I brought, there is no grease, it is refreshing and delicious, you can taste it." ”

The person holding the book adjusted his sitting posture and ignored her courtesy.

"Master, there is actually a reason why that disciple went this time, Mr. Zhang's wife, you know, her health is extremely poor, and the disciple has been recuperating for her in Qingfeng Academy for the past few days."

The person in the chair glanced at himself, and there was a play, "I made a lot of medicine for her, and now it is much better, the disciple thinks that Mr. Zhang is a good friend with you, isn't this thinking that the disciple will serve him?" ”

"Hmph, you're not happy." Master Kong Ming spoke.

"No, absolutely not, Master, don't you know that I also met a strange old Taoist in Funing County, he said that he wanted to accept me as an apprentice, but I didn't agree, it seems that that person is still some kind of medicine king."

Medicine King, this can't be the Medicine King I know, right? Clearspace stood a little stunned.

"Tell me." Master Kong Ming looked at her with a complicated expression, this can be touched.

"It's just a ragged old Taoist, I don't know where it came from, he seems to be quite familiar with Mr. Zhang, and I heard that Mr. Zhang came to Funing County because of him."

"Promise him next time."