"It's finally here, and I've got a gift ready for you, and I hope you'll like it. ”

......

"I really don't understand the point of having so many corpses piled up here. Zuo Congrong looked at the many corpses and said incomprehensibly.

"yes. Let's go into the courtyard and take a look, maybe there are any clues there, and as for these people, we will settle them when we come out. After Ziyuan finished speaking, she walked over from the gate of the courtyard with her sleeping kitten in her arms.

"Wouldn't it be nice to go in from here, why are you so troublesome?" Zuo Congrong was stunned for a moment and asked.

"It's good to create a hero of the camp, even if you have done something, at least respect should still be there, go to the right door. Shion admonished dissatisfied.

"Oh. ”

"I said, isn't it the same whether you can walk through the door or not. As soon as he pushed open the door, Zuo Congrong retorted with dissatisfaction.

"Respect is in the heart, not in appearance, since it is the place where the king of Taishan Mansion has lived, whether there is anyone or not, you should have due respect, and I will teach you?"

“......”

As they guessed, this courtyard has long been empty, and the same architectural pattern and style as the rich and noble families in the real ancient period, half of the plaques in the front hall have fallen, and the glazed tiles on the roof are not as smooth as those at the South Heavenly Gate, some have faded in color, adding a piece of black spots to the glorious roof of the golden wall, and the wooden doors of the front hall are also open, and the situation inside can also be swept to one or two.

In the vestibule, on the bluestone-paved pavement, weeds stubbornly burrowed out of the cracks in the bluestone, making the entire road surface weed, not to mention the flower beds and lawns on both sides, in addition to weeds, there are only dead grass clippings left over from previous years. The walls of the courtyard are also mottled, and some of them have fallen off the wall skin. Some have vines. The three large water tanks on the bluestone road have some stagnant water in them, but it is obvious that it has been accumulated by rain, because the inner wall of the water tank is full of dried green spots, and the outer wall of the water tank has been covered with thick moss because of the frequent dew. It looks unusually ugly.

"The traces have been so damaged that I can't even see how many years they've been desolate. Shion sighed and walked in with the kitten in her arms.

"I really can't figure it out, he lives alone, is it useful to want the front hall?" Zuo Congrong muttered to himself suspiciously. Although the architectural style is built in imitation of the style of the real ancient period, but the pattern is no different from the pattern of the next generation, as soon as you enter the vestibule, the first thing you enter is the front hall to welcome friends, Taishan Mansion has lived in seclusion here for many years, and even outsiders have never seen him. To be honest, building a vestibule really doesn't do much.

"Don't talk nonsense, come in quickly, this yard is much bigger than we thought, it's not easy to check it out, and I don't have time to linger at the door longer. "I don't know if Taishan Mansion is interested in building houses, or is more accustomed to living in this kind of large-scale courtyard, originally there was only one person to live, and Shengsheng let him build it like a noble family in the real ancient period. However, although the courtyard is large, it is surrounded by tall trees inside and out. So much so that when the kitten saw it, they all thought it was a small courtyard, and it wasn't until the three of them went inside that they discovered the whole courtyard. But then again, no matter what the reason, since Taishan Mansion Jun has the ability to be around, for him. It doesn't matter if you have a building like this, it won't take too much effort anyway.

"Oh, got it. Zuo Congrong answered, and followed Ziyuan's footsteps and walked in the direction of the front hall.

That is, Zuo Congrong had just caught up with Ziyuan's footsteps, and he only heard a "squeak". In the direction of the gate where the two of them were just now, the two gates were actually closed again.

"You locked it up?"

"No, there's no one here, it's not the same whether it's closed or not, could it be the wind?"

"Impossible, these two doors are so heavy, how can they be closed by the wind alone, and both of them are closed at the same time. It may be weird, but be careful, this yard may be much weirder than we think. Shion said cautiously as she stared at the two gates.

"Well, got it. Zuo Congrong didn't pay too much attention to it, he has the instinct of a beast, he is very sensitive to the surrounding situation, since he doesn't feel danger, it means that there will be no danger, and he can't even feel a trace of ability fluctuation here, how can there be any accidents.

"It looks like it's all deserted. After entering the front hall, Zuo Congrong glanced at it and said.

Like the vestibule, the situation here is not much better, the chairs that should have been neatly arranged are now staggering, some of them are not even full of backs and legs, because no one has taken care of them for many years, all the objects in the vestibule have fallen a thick layer of dust, even the red pillars have lost their former luster at this moment, the roof is covered with cobwebs, dilapidated, even if a few doors are open, you can smell the air of antiquity.

"Huh?" Shion didn't answer, and as she kept observing, she soon found clues and exclaimed suspiciously.

"What's wrong?"

"Look over there. Shion pointed to the table that was still on the side and replied.

“...... , is there really anyone who has come?" Zuo Congrong swallowed hard and replied. For the exploration of the fluctuating aura, Zuo Congrong has always been full of confidence, whether it is the instinctive intuition of the beast, or the release range of the "divine thought", Zuo Congrong has never imagined that someone is close to him, and he can't detect the situation. However, the sight in front of him forced him to make a profound review of the areas in which he was most confident.

I saw that on that table, a clean teacup was on the table, not only that, but there was also a cup of freshly filled tea in the teacup, and the steaming heat wafted in this deserted front hall, as if tempting the two of them to taste the delicious taste in the teacup.

"Impossible, there are only the footprints of the two of us here, and we don't feel other ability fluctuations, there can't be anyone else. ”

"That cup of tea...... , it's still hot!" Zuo Congrong, who had no doubt about Aster's judgment in the past, put forward the opposite point of view for the first time.

"It's really weird. "Even Aster can't deny Zuo Congrong's point of view, but if someone is really here, will they care about not touching the dust on the ground?

"What's the point of this cup of tea if no one has come?" Zuo Congrong stepped forward, picked up the teacup, and looked at it carefully. Asked.

"I don't know ......"

"Click......"

Zi Yuan was about to answer, and the sound of the door closing sounded densely, as if he wanted to answer Zuo Congrong's question,

The doors that had been open or ajar closed tightly, sealing the two of them in the antechamber.

"Hey, I didn't even notice that the doors here were all intact. "I didn't care what it meant to close the door. Zuo Congrong's first affection was actually to ridicule the unexpected situation in front of him.

"Looks like that cup of tea should be a set for us. Shion shook her head helplessly, and said a little speechless at the situation in front of her. The strength of the two of them is considered a top existence even in the camp, what effect will these two wooden doors have for the two of them.

"At least, things seem to be getting interesting. Zuo Congrong responded to Ziyuan and said.

Originally, I thought it was just a simple inventory of relics, but since there are so many strange things happening, it means that something surprising will happen here. For the two who have been wandering in the forest for more than half a year, maybe the current situation. It may be able to inject a trace of fresh spring into the already tired hearts of the two.

"yes, okay, let's go to the atrium and have a look, I don't know if the back door here is closed. The two of them simply glanced back at the closed doors, and without touching them, they walked in the direction of the back door.

"Here...... , are we in the wrong place?" Pushing open the back door, Zuo Congrong was shocked to see the scene of the atrium. He turned back to Shion and confirmed.

"It's really a surprise step, could this courtyard be left by Taishan Mansion Jun to relieve our boredom?" Return.

Compared with the barrenness of the vestibule and the dilapidated of the vestibule, the atrium can be described as a paradise on earth. It's just a back door in the front hall, and the scenery of the two places is like two worlds. On the artificially built rockery, a clear spring flows down, and the pavement paved with gravel and a large area of blooming flowers and plants decorate the entire atrium as if it were a fairyland on earth, with birds singing and fragrant flowers. Even in the Imperial Palace, there is no scenery comparable to here.

Of course, if there is only a view, the two will not be so gaffe, although the situation between the two places is huge. But after seeing this strange situation step by step, the two of them can more or less accept something that is difficult to understand with common sense. But after seeing the one in the courtyard, it was difficult for both of them to keep calm.

"Child?" When the two were discussing the prospect, a child about ten years old ran out from behind the rockery, Zuo Congrong was stunned and exclaimed.

"Ah Huang, don't run, don't run, wait for me. The child obviously didn't notice the two, but just chased after the big yellow cat in front of him who ran away before him, playing the game.

"Kid, come here, my brother is looking for you to ask something. Zuo Congrong greeted.

“......”

"Kid, come over for a while, my brother has something to ask you. Seeing the child staring at him timidly, Zuo Congrong greeted again.

"Little friend, can you tell my sister what kind of place is this?" Xu was not satisfied with Zuo Congrong's treatment of the child, Ziyuan walked down with the kitten in his arms and asked.

"This is the old man's house, who are you?"

"Master, who is your master?" Ziyuan was stunned for a moment and asked.

"A master is a master. Is he the child of his sister and brother?" The child was obviously more interested in the child than Ziyuan and Zuo Congrong, and after answering the answer that was not an answer at all, the child immediately turned his attention to the kitten and asked.

"Of course not......"

"Hehe, the child is really good at talking, my brother is planning to do it, but this child is not my brother and sister, his name is Kitten, and he is also a child in the neighborhood. Without waiting for Ziyuan to finish speaking, Zuo Congrong ran down and replied excitedly, obviously very satisfied with the problem of the child in front of him.

"......" Ziyuan too, after listening to Zuo Congrong's words, his face immediately flushed, and he didn't say anything anymore.

"What's wrong with him?"

"I'm asleep, how about I let him play with you when he wakes up?" With the child as a communication medium, Zuo Congrong instantly won the favor of the child.

"Okay, thank you, brother. ”

"Who is your master?" asked Zuo Congrong without forgetting to be serious.

"A master is a master. ”

"Are there any adults here, would you like to take your brother and sister to meet them?"

"They're all in there. ”

"Shall we meet them?"

"Hmm. As he spoke, the child walked over from the inner courtyard.

"Who are all here?" The courtyard is not small, and the children walk slowly. Zuo Congrong talked to him.

"Daddy!"

"Except for Dad?"

“......”

"There's only dad in there?" Seeing that the child didn't answer, Zuo Congrong asked again.

"That's a lot of people. ”

"Are they all servants here?"

“......”

"Is your lord in there too?"

"Sir?"

"That's right, didn't you just say your master? As if one of the strings had been broken, the child, who was originally fine, suddenly became incoherent, and Zuo Congrong had to explain again.

"Sir?"

"Slimy. What are you doing over there, why don't you come over and work?" As he spoke, several people had already arrived in the inner courtyard, and a big man pointed at this boy named Slimy and reprimanded.

"Oh, yes, yes!" didn't pay any attention to Zuo Congrong's question, and seemed to be afraid of this big man, so he quickly ran away after answering two calls.

"Who are these two?"

"We came down from the bottom of the hill and saw that there was a yard here, and we thought it was a little new. Changed to see, bothered. Shion bent down and saluted, and replied.

"Oh, it's a guest from afar, so please stay here for a while, there's nothing to entertain, and I'll serve tea to you two at once." Dahan replied hospifully.

However, although the attitude is polite, the approach is a little inappropriate. There were residences in the inner courtyard and at the back, but the big man did not invite the two of them to sit in the house. Instead, the two of them rested here outside the back door of the atrium residence.

"One court, one world, really. Sitting on the railing, Shion sighed and said.

"Yes, it's like deliberately showing us something, how did you create such a place?" Zuo Congrong asked incomprehensibly.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh......" the two talked as they spoke. The kitten in Aster's arms finally woke up, rubbing her eyes in a daze.

"The kitten is awake. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Come down, it's okay, don't run around, come down and move. Play for a while, and after a while, my sister and brother will take you away. Shion instructed.

"Hmm. ”

"It's hard to say, it's not like a fantasy, but I can't feel people's abilities fluctuating. The dilapidated vestibule, the prosperity of the atrium, and the countryside of the backyard, I really can't imagine that there are so many things that we can't understand in such a place. After the kitten ran away, Shion looked at the farmland in front of her and the people who were busy in the farmland, and said.

"Shall we go somewhere else to have a look?" Zuo Congrong, who couldn't think of a reason, suggested without a clue.

"Let's wait, there is no side court or anything like that, except for the residence in the atrium and the residence here, we have seen all the places we can see. At least there are a few people here, and maybe they can ask for some useful information. ”

"Truly, there are so many people, that no one knows how to plough the land with an ox and plough it with a shovel. Zuo Congrong looked at the people who were working hard but the progress of the cultivation was very slow, and muttered to himself boredly.

"People...... How many people are there?"

"One, two, three, four...... Counting the slimy guy who ran away at that moment and the one who just greeted us, we've seen ten. Zuo counted the following from Rong and calculated.

"Ten...... , numerically fine. ”

"The guests have been waiting for a long time, there is nothing to entertain, two cups of hot tea are served, and I hope you will forgive me. As soon as Ziyuan finished speaking, Dahan ran out of his residence again, and came to Zuo Congrong with two cups of tea, and said apologetically. However, although he was guilty, he still had no intention of inviting the two of them to sit in the residence.

"May I ask if you are the only ones here?" asked Zuo Congrong after picking up the teacup.

"Well, just a few of us. ”

"Where's your lord?"

"The lord receives guests in the front hall, and none of us have seen anything in the world, so we are farming in the backyard. Dahan replied.

"Your antechamber is not ......"

"Don't you have livestock here, why do you have to make your own arable land?" Zuo Congrong was about to ask a question, but was dragged by Ziyuan and interjected.

"Alas, this place is too remote, and the lord didn't go outside to buy it, so many people, eating and drinking are problems, there is no livestock, and only he grows himself. Dahan sighed and replied.

"Who is your master?" Shion asked.

"The master is the master, who else can it be?" The big man also gave the same answer as the paste.

"The lord is the lord, so what kind of guests does your lord receive in the front hall?"

"We're all subordinates, and we haven't even been to the front hall much, so how do we know who the master is receiving. Do you want to meet the master?" asked the big man.

"Well, can you take us there?" Although he didn't know what Dahan's intentions were, Shion agreed.

"I'll let the paste take you there, I can't leave here, if I'm not there, this group of guys should be lazy again, the master is in the front hall, I'll call you the pasty." ”

"Slimy, mush!" As he spoke, Dahan walked in the direction of the atrium.

"Didn't Slimy just go inside? Zuo Congrong was stunned, and he couldn't see what the big man meant, he had just entered the house inside, how could he find it in the atrium.

"Uncle, what's the matter?"

"Sure enough, here, you take the two distinguished guests to the front hall to find the master, and the two distinguished guests want to find the master. ”

"Oh, okay, right away. A mushy voice came from the atrium...... (To be continued.) )