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"Li Yu ........."

I glanced at it and observed the expression on his face.

I saw him calmly looking to the side.

"I'm in the White Jade Academy. That's why I had the opportunity to hear the name of Li Yu. ”

"I see."

"Do you know the Li language?"

"I've just heard the name."

"More than thirty years ago, he was in the White Jade Academy, and at that time he was known as a once-in-a-century spiritual genius, just like I am now."

"I heard that he was once in the Longmen Academy and worked as a deputy master."

"That's what it says. Later, something happened, so he quit his job and disappeared from the world. After that, no one knew about him. ”

The wind dagger paused, then turned his head leisurely, "When I heard that it was a courtyard built by Li Yu thirty years ago, I couldn't help but want to come and see it. ”

"That's what happened."

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As Wind Dagger said, about thirty years ago - that Li Yu, who was known as a geek, built that old mansion.

After it was finished, he came almost every year and spent two or three months in the courtyard.

Later, he sold the old house to others, and it changed hands several times until now.

To this day, there are still many of his books on the shelves in the hall of the old mansion.

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When I said this, the wind dagger's long, slender and delicate eyes flashed with joy, and they kept blinking.

"I'd love to see it. This thousand-mile trek was not in vain. ”

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The four slowly began to get dark.

As we walked through the forest valley where the twilight was thicker, the wind dagger spoke again: "That house is called 'Dog Meat Factory', right?" ”

"You know a lot."

"It was Fengji who told me. Is there any origin to that name? ”

"That's it."

As I spoke, I rushed forward and raised my chin.

"Huh?"

"That's the dog meat shop."

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Small, white dots of light appeared in front of them.

It was the fire I lit before I left the door.

And on the opposite side of the bronze gate, in the depths of the compound where large and small trees are scattered, black buildings are also faintly visible.

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"There seem to be many theories."

I shook the cane in my hand and explained to the wind dagger, "Some people say that the outline of the mansion resembles a squatting dog; Some people say that some of the trees in that courtyard look like big dogs. That's right!! Those bushes hadn't been pruned for a long time, and they had long since been unrecognizable. ”

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"When it was first completed, it was called 'Dog Meat Workshop', right?"

"I've also heard that from the very beginning, that's what Master Li Yu just mentioned."

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"Does Master Li like dogs?"

"It's not clear. I heard that he once had a black dog, of course, this is left news. ”

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I walked to the door as the leader, and then walked in through the small door to the right of the gate, and opened the latch from the inside.

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"There—"

As we walked down the red brick path that crossed the front yard, I raised my chin in front of me, "There's something weird in the corner of that roof—to the east. Now it's dark and I can't see. ”

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"Weird stuff?"

The wind dagger arched its back and stared at the old mansion in the darkness.

"That thing is called the Wind Direction Dog."

"What is it?"

"There are perennial winds and snowstorms in this area, and it is necessary to reserve the direction of the wind......... In order to replace the windsolene cloth, people made a large dog out of horse iron cloth and put it there. It was also painted black. ”

"Haha, so this house ........."

"yes, maybe that's where the name 'Dog Meat Restaurant' comes from."

"Are there any dogs in the dog meat shop now?"

The wind dagger opened his hands and stretched.

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"Do you like dogs?"

As soon as I finished asking, he replied solemnly, "I have three at home." ”

I felt quite happy and grinned: "After I came, I also adopted one, and my name is Carlo." ”

"Carlo?"

In the Hidden Barbarian language, it means black dog. I'll show you when I get home. ”

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"Oops!! That's pretty good. ”

As soon as he walked into the hall, Feng Ji shouted. He threw away his luggage, his hand on the brim of his hat, and looked around.

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The ceiling of the hall is high and the walls are black.

The floor is covered with stone bricks, red and white, with black protruding.

Basically, all the rooms are decorated in the same style and exactly as here.

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"What floor is our room on? Second floor? ”

"I'll lead the way."

I led the four of them towards the wooden staircase on the right-hand side of the hall, "This way, please." ”

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At the end of the staircase, it turns sharply and leads to the second floor. On each side of the spacious east-west corridor, there are two black doors, which are the guest rooms.

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"The structure of each room is basically the same. This is the north-facing house. ”

I pointed to the door on the left and added, "On the right is the south-facing room." The two rooms share a large bathtub and can be accessed from their respective rooms. The water has to be picked up in the kitchen on the first floor........."

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Here, by the way, I would like to introduce the configuration of the rooms on the first floor.

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From the hall, along the east-facing corridor on the left, there are four rooms in the same location as the rooms on the second floor.

To the north, the outermost is the dining hall, and the inner side is the meeting room.

To the south, on the outside is the kitchen and all kinds of food, and on the inside is my room.

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On the ground floor, there is another room.

Located on the west side of the hall with high ceilings.

Just now, the collection of books of Master Li Yu, which he talked about with the wind dagger, was stored on the bookshelf there.

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"Dinner in the dining hall in half an hour."

With that, I left the four of them, went downstairs, and went straight to the kitchen.

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Within half an hour, I had to prepare a meal for five people, including myself.

This is really a small trouble for me, who is not good at cooking.

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"What kind of meat is this? It's a bit fishy. The wind wrinkled his nose a few times to see how I reacted.

"Huh? Don't you know how many winds there are? ”

Silence on the other side of the wind said, holding chopsticks poking at the meat. Even when he was eating, he squinted his eyes. I figured out he might not have good eyes, but he didn't look like him.

"Since it's called a dog meat shop, it must be dog meat." He took the wind and opened it a few times.

After speaking, he bared his teeth and grinned.

An Zhengze, who was next to Silence, wrapped the food in his mouth and hummed.

Feng Ji shrugged in disappointment.

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"It's lamb. Isn't it to taste? After listening to my explanation, Feng Ji didn't say anything more, just shouted: "Bring the wine." ”

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Except for the wind dagger, the other three seemed to be very good at drinking, and there were already two bottoms at that time.

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For the rest of the day, the young people's way of speaking remained the same, tossing and turning.

- As long as Feng Ji says something, Silence will take over the conversation, make a boring joke, and be stealing fun, while Feng Dagger pretends to be deaf and dumb.

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Not so long ago, they were in the same squad, but what kind of squad was that?

What (if any) do these people sustain them?

It's really hard to imagine.

Because the years and environment in which I lived were too different from them, although I couldn't get used to them, in fact, when I was young, maybe it was also a headache for the older generation.

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After eating, the four of them moved to the meeting room next door. It was the second watch in the evening.

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"Uncle Putian, can you come over for a while?"

The wind dagger beckoned to me, who had just cleaned up the table.

He sat alone on a wooden chair by the north window, drinking tea.

The other three sat on wooden chairs in the middle. Half of the two jars of wine that had been placed there had been drunk by them.

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"Where's that dog, Carlo?"

The wind dagger drank the tea in one gulp, took a new wine glass, and asked.

"As soon as you said that, I remembered that I hadn't seen it since I came back."

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On the other side of the wooden chair, three drunks shouted loudly.

The whole room is getting more and more noisy.

An Zheng arched his back, staring at the ground, perhaps he was still familiar with this place, nodding back and forth with a stunned expression.

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"It's rare that so many people come, and it's probably scared and hiding. Anyway, since I came to this house, there are four people at once, and I still run into ——— for the first time, oops, it's not good. ”

I took the glass from the wind dagger and took a sip. I haven't had a drink in a long time.

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"The interior of this old house is a bit peculiar."

The wind dagger looked around, "The dark walls are matched with the red and black floor, and the second floor seems to be the same. It's rare for the whole house to be unified to such a level. ”

"You're right."

"The windows are all fixed and dead."

The wind dagger faces the window and raises his right arm.

He put his index finger on the wooden window frame and drew a straight line from top to bottom, "Moreover, all the window paper is black, and in the daytime, it will give a wonderful feeling." ”

"If you get used to it, it's nothing."

Perhaps this is all a personal preference. Will there be anything special about it? ”

"This ........."

I tilted my head and stared at the straight line on the wooden window frame, "I don't know much about Master Li's preferences, but I've heard of something else." ”

"Something else?"

"Yes, how can I say that? He's a bit of a boyish, and he likes to set up traps. ”

"Organs?"

"It's a secret passage, a dark room, or something like that."

"I see."

Feng Dagger was in good spirits and crossed his hands, "Is there a mechanism like that in this old mansion?" ”

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I was about to answer when a loud cry came from the wooden chair, "I can't stand it!" "—It's the wind.

He poured a full glass of wine, drank it all, and then shouted, "I can't take it anymore!" ”

He placed his glass heavily on the table.

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"Xiaolan, that stinky woman......... It's best to die. Such a woman........."

He scolded angrily.

Silence comforted on the side: "Forget it, forget it." Then he squinted his eyes and wiped the beads of sweat from his nose, "It's so hot." ”

He rolled up his sleeves, stood up, and shouted at this side, "Uncle, can you open all the windows for ventilation?" ”

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After opening all the windows around the perimeter, I returned to the wind dagger.

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"Young Master Feng, are you a little disappointed?"

I deliberately called him a young master, with a very strong sense of irony.

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"Frustrated?"

The wind dagger took a sip of the wine in the glass and smiled bitterly, "You can say that, it's okay." Lately, he's just been drunk, and that's what he looks like. He shrugged his shoulders and lowered his voice, "Although it is inappropriate to talk about my cousin like this, I think people who lose themselves are the ugliest. ”

Wind Dagger's words were harsh.

From these words, I can also feel that he is very confident - whether he is frustrated or drinking, he will not lose himself, "Isn't he shouting 'Xiaolan'?" She's a companion from our old squad. ”

"That's right."

"She's very talkative, and she's pretty good-looking, but she's too frivolous."

"Frivolous?"

"To put it simply—she's no different from the women in the hidden building, it seems like this."

"I see.........

"It's not just Fengji, other guys are also obsessed with her."

With that, the wind dagger shrugged again.

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I thought about it: don't look at his general movements, if nothing happens, like talking about other people's things, maybe it will be the same at all.

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"Actually, in June, the reason why the team was going to disperse was also because of her."

She listened to the words of a son-in-law in Kyoto, abandoned everyone, and broke off with the wind. Feng Ji was heartbroken, the leader was gone, and the team couldn't continue, so they had to disperse........."

"That's bad."

"Originally, Fengji and Lonely Capital wanted to gradually grow our team, and they were the most sad when something like this happened. This outing is really just about relaxing. ”

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Later, I learned that in that meditation team, Feng Ji was the leader, and An Zheng was a second-hand person.

But listening to the wind dagger, among all the people in the team, he will only shout nonsense, and to put it harshly, it is a redundancy.

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"What about you? Aren't you going to grow this meditation team? ”

"No, I don't have that idea at all."

Feng Dagger cupped his chin and smiled, "Even if Xiaolan doesn't leave, after entering the Tuas Courtyard, I plan to leave the team." ”

"I want to read a few of the world's best books, that's my long-cherished wish, if possible."

"Understood."

I nodded, finishing the rest of the wine, "By the way, what are you going to do tomorrow?" Is there an arrangement? ”

"There's nothing to be done."

Feng Dagger sniffed and shook his head, "Where is Master Li's collection of books?" ”

"Over there—in the big room across the hall."

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The young people's feast continued.

I took the jar of wine from the kitchen, brought it over, and then left them and left the room.

That's when a phrase was heard.

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“……… I bought it a few days ago, and there is still yo. ”

Feng Ji shouted at Silence or Anzheng, "After a while, bring that thing over." I didn't tell you before, it's okay!! There are just a few of us here. ”

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I didn't understand what it meant. Even if I did, I wouldn't be nosy, at most I would sigh - let them toss, as long as the house was not demolished.

I'm sure I'm not going to watch over what they're doing.

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It was already the middle of the night when I got back to my room.

Carlo the black dog stayed on my couch, huddled in a ball. Probably because there were too many guests today and I was frightened......... It seems that my speculation was correct.

I touched its back, and Carlo shook his swarthy body uncharacteristically.

Maybe I haven't drunk alcohol for a long time, and my stomach is a little swollen and uncomfortable.

To make it less uncomfortable, I turned to my left, trying not to listen to the shouts of young people coming from the room, and closed my eyes.

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