Long Qishui laughed. "The head of the family should have thought this way a long time ago, no matter how powerful the family is, there is no one in his hands, and he is not bold! Brother, if there is really such a day, you can teach it well, and I will learn this skill from you. If you become the head of the house, you don't need me to be a general, just arrange for me to eat, drink and have fun, this brain-using thing is too hurtful, I don't like it. ”

Long Qifeng patted Long Qishui on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Qishui, I think of your goodness, this time you are willing to come with me, and you have suffered so much, I have written it down." ”

"Look at what Brother said, we are brothers, and I volunteered. I like the feeling of having my brother's guidance, and I always feel that this is the real brother. Brother's ability has always been above me, and I am actually helping Brother myself, at least there will be a good way out in the future. ”

Long Qifeng stared at Long Qishui, and suddenly said: "Aren't you afraid, I fell out of favor in front of the head of the family, and I have no qualifications to succeed the head of the family?" ”

Long Qishui shook his head and said calmly: "Although I am stupid, I still have the ability to see people, in our generation, you are a character." Even if we can't be the head of the family, as long as we brothers are of the same heart, others will not dare to touch us. In my eyes, as long as I am with my brother, it is the best thing. Otherwise, I wouldn't have suffered so many military sticks, and I'm still guarding here, just to be with my brother. ”

Long Qifeng's cold face, after hearing this, became soft and hugged Long Qishui's shoulder. "Good brother, with your words, I am content, let the two of us break out of the sky, let the Long family become our world, no, let the Wu Clan country become our world. ”

While the two brothers of the Long family were talking about brotherhood and talking about brotherhood, Meng Huan Chilong followed the handmaiden and walked in the corridor of the city guard's mansion.

When he came out of the council chamber, he found it dark. It's just that the castle guard mansion is brightly lit, and the pillars in the corridor are lit with animal oil lamps, and the light illuminates the castle guard mansion as if it were daytime.

This surprised him, and he felt that how much animal oil he had to use in one night was too extravagant.

He knew that the animal oil that could be lit was not the oil of all mountain beasts, only a kind of mountain beast called the oil pig, and the oil peeled out could be ignited, and it was not easy to be blown out by the wind, and there was no oil smoke when burning. Unlike torches and fire pits, even the best wood will have smoke, and the wind resistance is not good, and it will be extinguished when it is blown.

This kind of oil pig is an omnivorous beast, and it is a social mountain beast, but the meat on their body is not delicious, because there is too much oil, so the meat is loose and loose, there is no chew, and naturally there is no vitality.

This mountain beast is large, does not run slowly, and when attacked, it will swarm up, knock people into them, and then trample them to death.

Therefore, hunters in the mountains and forests rarely hunt this mountain beast, not only because it is not delicious, but also because it is troublesome. Unless there is nothing to gain in the day, find a way to cut them.

If there are few people, put one or two oil pigs with a bow and arrow, and you have to run away immediately, otherwise you will be trampled to death by this group of crazy oil pigs. Only after the herd of oil pigs has left can you go back and pick up the oil pigs that were shot and killed.

Now that the city guard has lit so many animal oil lamps, I don't know how many oil pigs have to be killed to be able to afford the use of the entire city guard mansion?

Menghuan cottage originally at night, will also light a beast oil lamp in front of the gate of the village to guide the direction of the late return of the clansmen.

It's just that it's rarely lit after the beast tide, because a lamp needs more than two catties of animal oil at night, and for people who can't eat enough, although the animal oil is unpalatable, it's better than not eating it. Therefore, there is basically no animal oil lamp, usually rely on firewood or animal bones to light the pond fire to illuminate, or torches and other things, only the New Year and the festival use animal oil lamp lighting.

He followed behind the maid, looked at the beast oil lamps, and said to himself: "There are so many beast oil lamps, could someone specially kill oil pigs?

The maid who was walking in front heard this, looked back at him, and said with a smile: "How many oil pigs do you have to kill, and you have to find a way to transport them in, how is it possible?"

Hearing this, he raised his head and smiled at the maid. "Then where did all this beast oil come from?

"There are people in the city guard who raise oil pigs! The animal oil sent every day is fresh, and some of it is burned, there is no oil smoke, and an oil lamp at night can save half a catty of oil. The maid was a talkative man, and when she heard him ask, she told her why.

He smiled unconsciously, feeling that he was really stupid sometimes, at least Brother Mountain Tiger had said it. Why didn't I think that raising oil pigs would solve the problem, and those omnivorous mountain beasts were easy to raise, as long as they were kept in captivity.

This made him think of the future Menghuan cottage, and felt that he should also take into account the problems of life, and it was best to raise some omnivorous and herbivorous mountain beasts, so that he would not be afraid of not having food in times of famine.

When he entered the city, he was also impressed by the small river ditch in front of each house, and felt that it was a good way to facilitate the use of water, and the flowing water made the water more hygienic and clean, and the reconstruction of the village should also be taken into account in the future.

The maid turned left and right in front of her, and led him forward.

Looking at the identical corridors and houses, he was a little confused, and he didn't understand how the maid knew the direction and couldn't go wrong.

Behind the maid, he asked very sweetly: "Sister, I looked confused all the way here, how do you know how to walk? Even in the mountains and forests, we have to look at the growth of trees and sunlight to discern the direction, I see the same as the city guard, how do you recognize the way?"

The maid chuckled lightly in front of her, and after a while she said, "Didn't Lord Castle Guard tell you? The Castle Keeper Mansion is actually a formation, and if someone who doesn't know the way comes in, not only will they not be able to get out, but they may also fall into a trapped formation, so that you can't escape." ”

Meng Huan Chilong heard someone talk about the formation again, so he looked around and said, "Why can't you see it, it seems to be the same, where is the formation?"

"I don't know the formation either, I just remember some marks, and I can walk in the formation that hasn't been activated. As she spoke, she stopped at an intersection. "Look at the oil lamp on the pillar, and go in that direction. Because it is a living road, and if you go wrong, you will be dead, and you may fall into the formation, and there will be danger. The maid whispered to him.

He looked carefully and found that the animal oil lamp on the pillar of the intersection was really different from the direction pointed by other animal oil lamps, and if no one reminded him, he would not care about the slight change. Even if there are two or three roads at the intersection, and the maid only takes him in the direction guided by the beast oil lamp, the other directions may be the formation that the maid said.

After walking for a while, he found a problem again, because there were many corridors here, although he knew that he would not walk into a dead end and fall into the formation. But how does the maid know where to go, how can she get to the right place?

He looked at the back of the maid and asked boldly, "Sister, there are so many roads here, how do you know where to go, and where are you now?"

The maid seemed to be very fond of laughing, and laughed again when she heard this. "There are four or five entrances to an ordinary person's house, and there are more than a dozen entrances to the city guard's mansion. Now I'm going to take you to the back of the eight, I'll walk the living way, and when I get to the eight, I'll just take you to that room. Although the room is the same, the number on the door is different. ”

When Meng Huan Chilong heard this, the strangeness came out of the beast oil lamp again, and he looked at the beast oil lamp more carefully. These animal oil lamps are all the same, made of red copper, which looks red and purple, and is inlaid in the pillars that support the building.

Each lamp has a wrist-thick lamppost with a bowl on top of it, in which oil and wick are placed, and it burns slowly.

He didn't see Mingtang, just now he knew that the lamp bowl was tilted in that direction, and that direction was safe. But I can't see what the first few in. He knew that this was the secret of the castle guard, and if it was so easy to see, it wouldn't be called a secret.

"Sister, I look like it's all the same. He said honestly.

"Just look at the lamppost. The maid said with a smile.

He looked at the lampposts with some hesitation, but found no difference, for they seemed to him to be the same, so he looked again at the maid standing by.

The maid smiled and said, "Sir, look at the pattern on the lamppost." ”

Because of the guidance of the maid, when I looked at it again, I found that it was different, and the lamppost with the thickness of the bowl was carved with a pattern, and if the pattern was seen alone, it was a number, and they were now walking in the fifth courtyard.

In other words, as long as you know where to enter the house, you can follow the corridor and walk to that location.

The maid took him away for a while, and asked, "Sir, do you want to rest now?"

He had heard the title of Mr. several times, but he never understood the meaning of this title, hesitated for a moment, and said politely: "Where are my elder brothers now? ”

The maid stopped a passing servant, and after a few gentle questions, she said to him, "Sir, come with me, and I will take you there." As he spoke, he continued to lead the way.

He felt strange in his heart, how did he become a gentleman, there was no such title in the mountains and forests, and finally couldn't help but ask: "Sister, what does Mr. mean." ”

The maid laughed again, as if laughing at him for not understanding anything. But he didn't feel humiliated at all, because he really didn't understand, but felt that this laughter was very crisp and bright in the night.

"As long as the male guests in the castle guard mansion do not have a position or status, we are collectively referred to as sirs, which is a sign of respect. ”

He understood, it was a polite title, but he thought it was a unique title for the castle guard. Because people with power will always have a lot of privileges.

The maid took him around a few turns, stopped at a door, and after making a gesture of please, said, "Sir, your friend is inside, please come in!" and stood aside, not entering the door.

He did not rush in, but looked up at the door, trying to find out the number on the door that the maid had said, but after a few glances, he did not see the name, and his eyes looked at the maid again, hoping that she would teach himself.

The maid knew that he did not understand, so she smiled slightly, and pointed to the rivets of the same size that connected the door panels, and did not speak.

Meng Huan Chilong took a closer look, and then looked at the door next to him, and found that the number of rivets was different, the number of rivets was eleven, twelve, and thirteen, so it seems that eleven rivets mean one, twelve is naturally two, and the other ones are counted in order, so there are many rivets on each door, and they are almost the same at a glance.

He respectfully saluted the maid and said, "Thank you, Sister, for teaching me, it's just that this is a secret in the house, you tell me it's okay, right?"