"Minghua? How did you get back? ”

Yun Xiaoliu was lying on the counter "crackling" and calculating, calculating the accounts of today's Menghong Mansion for a day. When I looked up, I found that Chen Minghua was already standing outside the counter.

"Yes, third brother, I'm back."

Chen Minghua took off the burden on his shoulders and put it on the counter.

"What's the matter?"

Yun Xiaoliu continued to bow his head, playing his abacus with his right hand, and flipping through a thick wire-bound account book with his left hand.

"It's nothing, the world is peaceful. The water curtain cave is being rebuilt day and night, and it will be completed in a month. ”

Chen Minghua said as he rubbed his cheeks with both hands.

"Oh? So fast. Those things ......."

Yun Xiaoliu's right hand "crackling" with the abacus paused slightly, and then returned to normal.

"It's okay, third brother. These days, I have been lurking in the past every night to see the craftsmen who built and the servants who changed shifts. No one has touched that puddle, so it won't be moved. The water used for the construction was also picked up from a mountain stream not far below the water curtain cave. ”

"Oh? yes. ”

Yun Xiaoliu frowned.

"Third brother, this and this, do you have anything else to eat?" Chen Minghua laughed.

"Eat? Yes. It's just that it's almost time now, and the guys have already gone to sleep. Go and see for yourself in the back kitchen. Make whatever you want. Hey? How did you get in? My doors and windows are closed so well. ”

Yun Xiaoliu raised his eyes and looked at Chen Minghua, and continued to calculate his accounts.

"Hee-hee. I don't have anything to say about this, third brother. The mountain people have their own tricks. ”

"Look at what you can. Does your dad know? Stinky boy, hehe......"

Yun Xiaoliu tilted his head slightly, looked at the ledger on his left, and scolded with a smile.

"Let's go. Master Ben, I'm going to cook it myself. Take a shower after eating and get a good night's sleep. ”

Chen Minghua picked up the package he had placed on the counter, turned around and prepared to leave.

Just walked three or four steps, Chen Minghua stopped again, turned his head, and said with a hippie smile at Yun Xiaoliu: "Third brother, is there still the "Drunken Dream Safflower" wine?" Have some drinks. ”

"You? You stinky boy, you young man, drink as little as you can. If you drink too much, it is not good for your health, and you are prone to make mistakes and mistakes. I really don't know how my eldest brother, a person who never drinks, gave birth to such an alcoholic boy as you. He also looks like a dog. Hahaha......"

Yun Xiaoliu closed the account book, picked up the abacus, put all these under the counter, raised his hand and stretched out a big lazy waist, and scolded with a smile.

"The third brother is really stingy."

Chen Minghuafu turned around again, not angry, still looking hippie and smiling.

"Alright, alright. You stinky boy. You go to the back kitchen and make a few side dishes, and when they're done, bring them to your room. Third brother, I'll get you wine, I'll accompany you later, let's have a drink together. ”

Yun Xiaoliu walked out of the counter and shook his head; Started and walked in the direction of the wine cellar of the Dream Red Mansion.

"Okay, okay, third brother, just take a look. I'll let you taste my craft today, and only your third brother can have this blessing in this world, and my father doesn't have it. Hehehehehe, but, third brother, you have to get more wine, don't drink enough. ”

Chen Minghua laughed and grimaced at Yun Xiaoliu's back. Then he turned around and walked very happily to the back kitchen.

…………

"Father-in-law, you haven't rested yet?"

"Oh? Is it a little wolf? Come on in. ”

In the Zhizhou Mansion, He Yutang was looking at his book "Zizhi Tongjian" in the study. I was fascinated by it, and I heard a voice from outside the door of the study, and I answered.

"The little wolf won't go in and disturb his father-in-law's study. The little wolf admires his father-in-law the most, that is, his father-in-law can be the same for decades, whether it was when he was a cloth cloth and a disciple of the four walls, or now as an official of the court, the father-in-law does not forget to read every day. ”

Outside the study, the little wolf stood in the dark night, although he still looked indifferent and expressionless, but in his voice, there seemed to be a trace of nostalgia and some sentimentality.

"Little wolf, reading is a good way to make people know etiquette. On weekdays, when you have nothing to do, you can also find some books to read. In the study of my father-in-law, all the books are available for you to read. ”

He Yutang put down the "Zizhi Tongjian" in his hand, leaned back, leaned back on the back of the circle chair he was sitting on, looked up at the roof, and let out a long breath.

"Is my father-in-law still worried about Brother Weicheng?"

"Yes! And how can you not be worried? As a father, there is always a heart that can't be finished. Still, it's okay. If Wei Cheng really has an accident this time, he won't be able to come back. I, I don't have it, and you still have a little wolf? Over the years, you have helped my stepfather a lot. ”

He Yutang sat in the circle chair in front of the bookcase in the study, tilting his head, very emotional.

"Father-in-law...... The father-in-law has a life-saving grace for the little wolf. If it weren't for his father-in-law, the little wolf might still be like a wild dog, living in the dark mountains and forests. Maybe he may have died a long time ago. It was the father-in-law who taught the little wolf to speak, read, and give the little wolf food. The little wolf will not dare to forget in this life, the little wolf's life is his father's. ”

Outside the door of the study, the little wolf knelt heavily on his knees and kowtowed.

"Okay, little wolf, okay. As long as you don't blame your father-in-law for so many years, he has kept you living in darkness and can't be visible to others; Being a father is deeply gratifying. It's not in vain that back then, I risked my life to steal you out of that wolf's den. ”

"The little wolf will not forget his father-in-law to save his life and educate him until he dies."

"Get up, little wolf. Don't kneel, it's cold on the ground. You should go and rest early. ”

"Yes, father-in-law."

Outside the study, the little wolf stood up.

"Father-in-law, the little wolf has something to report to his father-in-law."

"Oh? Say. ”

"Father-in-law, the little wolf has been on that Huaguo Mountain these days, and I found that in addition to me, there seems to be a martial arts master who has been wandering around the water curtain cave. I don't know if it's your stepfather, you have other arrangements. ”

"Is there such a thing? The Father has made no other arrangements than you. What are your thoughts on this? ”

In the study, He Yutang, who was originally sitting with his head tilted back on the back of the chair, was already sitting up straight at this time.

"In the little wolf's perception, I always feel that the master I have never met seems to be looking for something. Or, or rather, he's watching over something. ”

"Oh? What treasures can there be in the collapsed water curtain cave? ”

He Yutang stood up slowly, and the fingers of his right hand tapped rhythmically and slowly on the bookcase.

"That's what the little wolf doesn't understand. The little wolf was ordered by his father-in-law to go and take care of the stone monkey statue. The little wolf saw that the stone monkey was only carved from a slightly harder black mountain stone, and he didn't find anything else peculiar. ”

"Let me think, let me think, think about ......"

The candles that are burning in the study, the candle flame is flickering, and the little tears of the candle are slowly sliding and dripping along the white candle body.

He Yutang's fingers, which had been flicking on the bookcase, suddenly stopped.

"Little wolf, you say, is there any other secret hidden in the water curtain cave, or, or what is stored. Jianghu people? Martial arts master? Could it be ......?"

He Yutang frowned, and muttered to himself, as if groaning.

"So be it, little wolf. You go and rest for the night, take a shower, and get some good sleep. From tomorrow, you still go to Huaguo Mountain. This time, you need to focus on any one of the people who sneak up the mountain. ”

He Yutang stood next to the bookcase, slammed his right hand on the table, and made a decision with a cold expression and a cold voice.

"Yes, Father. The little wolf retired first. ”

Outside the study, there seemed to be a gust of night wind, blowing slightly. The little wolf who was originally standing outside the door of the study has quietly disappeared.

In the study, He Yutang picked up the book "Zizhi Tongjian" on the bookcase, silently opened the delicate cover, and the nine thick black Song characters on the title page that had long been familiar to him came into view.

"In view of the past, there is a wealth of governance."

He Yutang whispered and groaned slowly.