When Zhang Yue returned to the academy, the sun had already set. She sent the food to the kitchen, picked a few, and asked Aunt Wei to warm it up and send it to the master. After that, he went back to Lize Xuan. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he found that Yuan Mo was pacing in the courtyard, and opened his mouth to ask, "Yuan Mo, have you eaten too much for dinner?" Do you want to eat in my yard? ”

Yuan Mo's serious expression instantly relaxed when he saw Zhang Yue, and then he put on a rather fierce face and said loudly, "Why did you come back so late?" How many dishes to buy so slowly? ”

"Didn't I encounter something delayed, what are you anxious about? I haven't asked you yet, what are you doing in my yard? Still so arrogant? Zhang Yue opened his mouth and choked back. This Yuan Mo is really inexplicable!

Yuan Mo was choked for a moment, paused, cleared his throat, lowered his voice, and coughed lightly, "Hmm-have you had dinner?"

"I haven't eaten yet!" Zhang Yue said angrily.

Yuan Mo said to Xiao Tong Nunu next to him, Xiao Tong hurriedly brought out a few dishes and rice from the house and put them on the stone table in the pavilion in the courtyard, "I didn't eat either, let's eat together." ”。

"Huh?! You've always had regular meals, why are you eating so late today?!"

"What so much nonsense, hurry up and eat." Yuan Mo said impatiently.

Zhang Yue glanced at him, sat down unceremoniously and ate heavily, he was really hungry, tossed all afternoon, and rushed to the mountain road, and the food he ate at noon had already been digested.

"What happened to you down the mountain today, delayed?" Yuan Mo asked while eating.

Zhang Yue told him about the old man and the little girl he met in the restaurant at noon today, and the case he went to his uncle's county government in the afternoon.

Yuan Mo was silent after hearing this.

Zhang Yue thought that this guy was usually very smart, and he might be able to see some clues, so he asked, "Eh, what do you think of this case?" ”

"Your uncle is a famous catcher in the river and has no clue, what can I see?" Yuan Mo replied angrily.

Zhang Yue ignored him and said to himself, "What puzzles me the most about this case is that the case has not yet been closed, why did the county government let the victim's body be buried?" Is there a secret to the corpse? It seems that tomorrow we will have to go to the south of the city to see the body of the old man's eldest granddaughter. She turned her head to look at Yuan Mo, revealing a smirk, "Senior Brother Yuan, you are a strong martial artist, a wise and intelligent person, and a sense of justice, can you go with me tomorrow?" ”

"I'm not going, the grim dead, Young Master Ben is not interested. This has nothing to do with you, what are you mesdy?! ”

"If you don't go, don't go, alas, I've been too busy lately, and I haven't tracked down for the master how the seven-star inkstone of the Eastern Han Dynasty was broken? ...”

Yuan Mo's face changed color instantly, and he said viciously, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you!" ”

"Okay, thank you, brother!" Zhang Yue's heart blossomed, since Yuan Mo had this handle in her hands, it was getting easier and easier to beg him to do things.

The two of them ate about the same, and Yuan Mo left Lize Xuan. Zhang Yue entered the room and didn't feel sleepy for a while, locked the door, copied the Tao Te Ching with his left hand, and then went to bed to rest when sleepiness came up.

The next morning, after Zhang Yue got up and washed, he was in good spirits, so he played a trip to the courtyard with Sixiang Boxing, which was an introductory boxing method practiced by the disciples of the academy on weekdays to strengthen their bodies. Mr. Huanchu advocated that his disciples should cultivate both civil and military skills to hone their bodies and wills, and the academy also hired famous martial arts teachers to teach martial arts, and the disciples of the academy would have some martial arts for self-defense. Among them, there are many who are strong in martial arts. Zhang Yue is active by nature, and he also learned some fist and foot kung fu from the teacher, but in Yuan Mo's eyes, this kung fu has become a three-legged cat kung fu that embroiders legs and scares children. Although Zhang Yue was not convinced, she had to admire Yuan Mo's martial arts, she clearly remembered that in a martial arts competition, Yuan Mo defeated seven or eight disciples with his bare hands and attacked at the same time, and he didn't even gasp. Even martial artists praised Yuanmo as a martial arts wizard. However, he didn't learn his martial arts in the academy, and I don't know where he learned them. Occasionally, I went to lecture on martial arts, just to laugh at how clumsy Zhang Yue's skills were.

Zhang Yue sometimes feels that Yuan Mo is very mysterious, for example: he will go down the mountain and go home for two months every year and then come back, every time he asks him about his family, he keeps silent, and if he asks about it, he turns his face and leaves. When he was in the academy, there were always some outsiders who came to see him, Zhang Yue bumped into him a few times, and the people who came were respectful to Yuan Mo, and came and went in a hurry. However, for the sake of Yuan Mo bringing her a bunch of food every time she came back from home, Zhang Yue didn't have time to think about it.

After Zhang Yue practiced boxing, he was sweating and felt transparent. Xiaotong brought breakfast, and she hurriedly ate it. was about to go to Yuan Mo to discuss going down the mountain. At this time, Qing Shui entered the courtyard,

"Uncle Junior, my master asked me to summon you to the front reception court to meet the guests, and there are distinguished guests visiting. Senior Uncle Yuan Mo, and a few older brothers have already passed, so you can move quickly. ”

"Distinguished guests? Who is it? Just receive the big brother, I'll go too? Zhang Yue was puzzled, it was not uncommon for visitors to the academy to come and go, but the senior brother was very comfortable with it. Although she has a high rank in the academy, she has never been in contact with the affairs of the academy, and it is not her turn to receive guests. How can I let her go to the reception today. What is the origin of the visitor?

"The distinguished guests from the capital, the ancestor has instructed us before, let us entertain us, the master said to let you and Uncle Yuanmo also meet together, I heard that it seems to be recommended by Uncle Dongyang."

Zhang Yue thought to himself, eighty percent of the sons of the Beijing family surnamed Ji have arrived. It seems that the master still attaches great importance to this person!

Zhang Yue asked Qing Shui to go first, she went back to the house by herself, tied her hair, tied a net scarf, and changed into a rather formal light purple collared robe. Hurried to the front meeting room. When she arrived at the living room, she quietly walked in through the side door, there were already many people in the hall, she glanced at it from a distance, and the senior brother Lu Danjing was talking with a man, and the man's appearance was not clear. She swept her eyes in the crowd and saw Yuan Mo sitting next to the senior brother drinking tea, this guy arrived so early, so she hurriedly walked in, gave a deep salute to the senior brother, and said respectfully, "I've seen the senior brother of the master." ”

"Well, the fifth junior brother is here, take a seat!"

"Yes,"

Zhang Yue promised to sit next to Yuan Mo with his head down, and as soon as he sat down, Zhang Yue felt a ray of sight fall on him.

A gentle and nice voice sounded, "Lu Zhangyuan, who is this son?" ”

"Oh, I forgot to introduce, this is the little apprentice accepted by the master in his later years, ranked fifth, surnamed Zhang, and the master gave him the name Zhang Xiaowu. Little junior brother, this is Ji Rumo Ji Gongzi, who is from the capital and is the best friend of the third junior brother. Come over and greet Ji Gongzi. ”

Zhang Yue's chair was not yet hot, so he quickly stood up, waved in the direction of the man, and said, "I've seen Ji Gongzi." ”

"Zhang Gongzi doesn't have to be polite." Zhang Yue straightened his waist and looked up at the person in front of him. couldn't help but be stunned, this person was actually the man in white who he met at the bottom of the mountain yesterday, and then looked behind him, standing was the man in black who walked with him yesterday, it seemed that they should be a master and servant. Unexpectedly, he was the friend mentioned in Senior Brother Dongyang's letter, and it was such a coincidence.

Seeing that Zhang Yue was a little stunned, this Ji Gongzi's eyes flashed, and he called with a soft smile, "Zhang Gongzi? ”

"Huh?" Zhang Yue replied subconsciously. Na Ji Gongzi smiled silently.

"Little Five, don't go back to your seat yet." Seeing this, Senior Brother Lu scolded. "Ji Gongzi, my little junior brother, has been studying in the academy all the year round, and he rarely sees foreign guests, which is a bit rude, please don't be surprised."

"It doesn't matter." Ji Gongzi replied gently.

Zhang Yue Nuonuo promised and hurried back to her seat, and Yuan Mo looked at her gloatingly beside her.

"Lu Zhangyuan, I heard the name of Mr. Huanchu for a long time, this time I passed by Wuling Mountain, and I came to visit Mr. Huanchu, I don't know if I can recommend it."

Lu Danjing smiled indifferently, "Ji Gongzi doesn't know, the family teacher has not seen outsiders for many years, and even the disciples of this academy rarely see him on weekdays. However, a few days ago, after receiving a letter from the third junior brother, the family teacher had instructed Lu to be willing to meet with his son. Ji Gongzi, please come with me. Senior Brother Lu stood up, said please, and walked out of the front hall first.

"With Laulu at the helm leading the way." Na Ji Gongzi thanked him and walked out. Zhang Yue was about to slip away while the chaos was taking advantage of the chaos, but Yuan Mo pulled her, and she had to follow her reluctantly to the backyard. A group of people came to the outside of the heart of Mr. Huanchu's residence. Senior Brother Lu asked the disciple who served at the door to go in and make a report, and the person who reported it came out later, saying that Mr. only let Ji Gongzi and the three of them go in.

Na Ji Gongzi gave a few words to the man in black behind him, and then followed the three of them into the courtyard, and the others were waiting outside the courtyard.

After Zhang Yue entered the house, he saw that Mr. Huanchu was dressed very formally today, wearing a square scarf and a royal blue long-sleeved robe with a collar. Sitting upright in the house, the head of the right seat, when everyone came in, they were closing their eyes to recuperate, and a group of immortals entered the fixed appearance.

"Teacher, the disciple has brought Ji Rumo Gongzi here." Lu Danjing said respectfully.

"Junior Ji Rumo meets Mr." Ji Rumo gave a deep salute to Mr. Huanchu.

After Ji Rumo finished the salute, he still bent down and waited for the master to reply, but the master ignored him and was still closing his eyes to recuperate. Senior Brother Lu was quite embarrassed on the side, and he wanted to remind the master but didn't dare to make a sound. Yuan Mo had an expression that was not a big deal to see the excitement. Zhang Yue could only see Ji Gongzi's side face on the side, and saw that his expression was as usual, without a trace of dissatisfaction, bending down and bowing his head, not moving at all. Zhang Yue couldn't help but secretly exclaimed, he had this determination at this age. About half a cup of tea later, Zhang Yue wondered if the master was asleep. Mr. Huanchu finally spoke,

"Uh-huh....."

I saw Mr. Huanchu suddenly open his eyes, and his eyes flashed. After looking at Ji Rumo for a while, he pointed to the empty chair on his left and said, "Sit down." ”

Zhang Yue was very surprised, the position next to Mr. Chu, no one dared to sit in these years, who dared to sit in the first place on the left after the master? What is the origin of this Ji Rumo, and he has such a big face. Senior Brother Lu and Yuan Mo also seemed to be surprised. Yuan Mo's expression was much more complicated, and his eyes kept looking at Ji Gongzi.

"Thank you, sir!" Ji Rumo responded and sat down next to the master calmly.

The gentleman waved his hand to Lu Danjing and the others, and the three of them also sat in the next seat. After everyone had sat down, the gentleman spoke again, "You have a similar appearance to your grandfather. ”

Zhang Yue suddenly realized when he heard this, the master and the ancestor surnamed Ji are still old people, no wonder he is so unusual.

"The younger generation has heard my grandmother say since I was a child that my appearance is indeed somewhat similar to my grandfather." Ji Rumo replied humbly.

"Well, your grandfather's temperament, but in the past, although he also did a few ridiculous things, but he is barely a bloody man, your father I don't like very much, when he was young, your grandfather once led him, met with me, long soft and weak, like a girl twisted, crying nose before he could say half a sentence, straight behind the maid beside him. At that time, I thought, this child will be in charge of a large family in the future, how can he hide behind a maid? Oh, I heard that the personal maid later married him as a daughter-in-law. It's not a worry-free child! The master said, brushing his beard, and the words changed sharply,

"However, when I saw it today, you made me feel different from your father and grandfather, haha! Say, what are you looking for me? ”