In November, Yiyang entered the early winter, and the cold air often enveloped Yiyang City, but it was still early for snow.

There has been no other change in Yiyang in the past six months, that is, the heads of several people in the city were cut off last month. It is said that it is because the uncle of the Yuan family, a family of poets and calligraphers in the city, colluded with a group of tomb robbers who wandered in Yiyang, and they robbed and dug up the cemeteries of some large families every once in a while. Some families sent their families to guard the cemetery, and those tomb robbers turned from thieves to bandits and attacked by force. In the end, it annoyed several clans, and someone organized personnel to jointly file a complaint with the big households, and the second master Hua of the school captain's mansion was ordered to investigate. Peeling back the cocoon to find out Uncle Yuan's mansion, it turned out that Yuan Dashao used the relationship at hand to provide clues to the tomb robbers about the cemetery of the big family, and after succeeding, he was divided into four or six points with the thieves.

It is said that Yuan Dashao said when he was born and died in Chunxiang Building: "The two captains of Yiyang, the Xuanjie captain Hua family, is the captain of Yuan's touching gold, let's ha, it is the captain of Wen, representing the Li family of Zhenyuan Mansion." "——The aunt wife of the Yuan family is the fourth aunt wife of the seventh master of the Li family in Zhenyuan Mansion. Stealing people's ancestral graves is a serious crime, and the law stipulates that "those who wear and destroy the graves will be beheaded". The backer is not as good as the current management, before the Yuan family's backer can exert his strength, the Yuan family has been copied from the bottom to the bottom, the library building known as the Wanjuan Building has been emptied, dozens of people have been punished with the same crime as the tomb robbers, and even the Yuan family's compound has been burned to the ground by a fire. The family of poetry and books in Yiyang City is finished speaking. The people of Yiyang talked about it in private, and there were all kinds of arguments, some people said that the Yuan Mansion was not colluding with thieves, but on the mouth of the eldest young master, and some said that the pen was not as good as the knife in hand.

The weather doesn't matter whether people are right or wrong, and the dead are still sunny. On this day, the sky in Yiyang City suddenly cleared, and the sun was warm and shining on the stone city that was already moldy, and Hua Yanran, the sixth young master of Washington, also took the sun and took the little children around him to the martial arts arena to practice martial arts. His arrival made the martial arts training ground boil for a while, and everyone looked up, because it was rumored that Hua Yanran's martial arts realm had broken through the quenching realm and entered the marrow washing realm in the early hours of this morning, and the fourteen and a half-year-old marrow washing realm had never been found in any of the cities under Zhenyuan Mansion. This is a big deal in Washington, because it means that Hua Yanran may be able to enter the Dragon Elephant Realm before the age of thirty, that is, Washington may be promoted from the Eighth Rank Xuanjie Captain to the Fruit Captain, and the grade is to sit on the Seven Looks and Six Grades.

During the intermission, there was a little Si Ben who came to see the Qingxu Sect, the disciple of the old priest of the Qingxu Sect, Fa Qing Daochang, pushing a little disabled child to our house to meet the sixth master. Faqing Taoist Hua Yanran has an impression, a few months ago when he was interested in medical skills, he went to Qingxuguan to ask Bixuzi for advice, and often greeted this Faqing, so he said: "Okay, you take Faqing Taoist to the outer study first, and I will go over." Hua Yanran went to the outer study after freshening up and changing, and when she entered the door, she first saw a girl of her own, who was ugly and stunned - the red birthmark stood on the left side of her face, but the right side of her face was a little ruddy in yellow, and her eyes were very clear, and she was standing next to the child.

Hua Yanran greeted them. Fa Qing said: "Sixth Young Master, Senior Nephew Lin has come to kowtow to the old man to thank him. I was supposed to report to the deacon outside to ask for a report, but I haven't seen it in the church for a long time, and I miss it a little, so I want to kill two birds with one stone and take the liberty of disturbing. Hua Yanran smiled modestly, then turned to Lin Fusu and said, "Are you already well?" Grandmother must have been glad to find out. Lin Fusu hurriedly replied: "Sixth Young Master Xie inquired, and at the same time, thanks to the blessing of the merciful old lady, although the feet are not conducive to walking, they are indeed well." So, I want to take the liberty of thanking the old lady. ”

"Well, very well, I'll ask the old lady if she's free. Hua Yanran was very happy. Although their Hua family does not need to show grace, it is always happy if someone knows the grace to thank them. In fact, he said that it was an excuse for people to look at the old lady's idleness, how could Mrs. Hua pay attention to these things, but directly refusing others would inevitably chill other people's hearts. This time, the situation was a little abnormal, and after a while, the little girl came and said with a smile: "Sister Xiyue, an old lady wants to meet them today, saying that she had a good dream just now, and she is happy, so let you go in quickly." When Fa Qing heard this, he felt as if he was blessed, and his face was full of joy and wanted to help Lin Fusu, but Fusu hurriedly thanked him and said that it would be good to let Sister Lingxi come. Tong Lingxi and Lin Fusu walked out of the room with the tacit cooperation of you and me, and the wheelchair was just outside the threshold.

Lin Fusu had never been to this deep mansion compound, but he was not very curious, but he only glanced at it a few times because he was passing by. Advance a hanging flower door, see a courtyard, the houses on the left and right have a verandah, and then pass a hall with a screen, turn the screen and have two or three doors, to a corridor pillar carved beams and painted a magnificent five-room main house compound. There is a corridor in front of the main house, and there are various birds hanging on the corridor, as well as cicadas caught in the mountains with beautiful calls. There were a few girls dressed in red and green at the door, and when they saw Hua Yanran, they hurriedly smiled and said, "Sixth Master Yan, I heard that you are very happy." Hua Yanran smiled and said, "Whose mouth is so fast." Does the old lady know?" the girl said: "I just woke up at the lunch break and said that I had a good dream, so I heard that the second master came to report the good news, and I like it more and more today." If you want something, you can ask for it. ”

While talking, a girl raised the curtain and said that the old lady had called them in. Tong Lingxi wanted to pick up Lin Fusu, who was in a wheelchair, and wanted to help him into the house, but was unexpectedly stopped by the girl next to him; she seemed to glance at Lingxi in disgust, let Lingxi wait outside the door, and called another larger, stout girl to help him into the house.

Lin Fusu was dizzy when he was beaten that day, and he didn't see Mrs. Hua, but when he entered the door, he saw an old lady with sideburns like silver and a face like a full moon sitting on the bed and watching them come in, knowing that this should be Mrs. Hua. Fa Qing came in and hurriedly asked the old lady Hua to say goodbye, the old lady nodded with a smile, Lin Fusu wanted to salute, the old lady saw that he still needed someone to help, said that there was no need to be polite, and asked someone to move a stool for him to sit down. Mrs. Hua took a closer look at Lin Fusu: a ten-year-old child, ordinary clothes are neat and neat, with horns, thin but not too small, with open eyebrows, straight nose, thin and black face has some boyish edges and corners, and there is a look in Lang's eyes when the eyelids are lowered and opened and closed. Mrs. Hua felt that this appearance was not handsome, but it was not annoying, and it was rare that there was no poverty in a poor family, so she casually asked some gossip, and Lin Fusu answered decently.

After a while, Fa Qing stood up and said to Mrs. Hua: "Old lady, this time we are here to thank you for something, I don't know if we can say it in front of you." After hearing this, Mrs. Hua asked, "What is the matter?" "That's the case, old birthday star," Lin Fusu next to him got up and tried to stand firm, stood up and said to Mrs. Hua, "After May, the government gave the ancestor a leading errand, and we are very grateful, but the ancestor said, 'It is useless to receive it, and the airspace is paid, and it is deserved,' and my body is gradually healing, so please ask the government to take back the errand." Secondly, my ancestor is old, and I can't help for the time being, but the girl sent by the government has helped us a lot, and we get along very well, so I would like to beg the government to let us redeem her. We know that this is a matter of ignorance, and we have come to ask the old lady for mercy. ”

"Oh, how old is Ling Zu this year?" asked Mrs. Hua as she looked at the girl on the right, Xiyue, who went out.

"Old lady Hui, seventy-three years old. Lin Fusu replied.

"At the age of seventy-three, the ordinary people are already in the old age of rotten wood, and he still has to work hard to provide for the family's life, which is very hard, so there is no need to shirk that errand. But I like it very much, because Ling Zu is a virtuous gentleman. ”

"The old lady is so pitiful, the villains are very grateful for the great kindness......" Lin Fusu has not finished speaking. Suddenly, Fa Qing interjected: "Senior nephew Lin, the old lady is merciful, don't shirk." I don't think it's as good as this-", he turned his head to the old lady and Hua Yanran and said, "Old lady, six young people, is there anything that Master Lin's nephew can do in the house, he can do a little bit, and let the two of them not feel that they have suffered this love in vain." Although Master Lin's nephew is young, he knows a lot of things, such as repairing sick books, playing music, and smoking brine for kitchen helpers, all of which are done well. ”

Hua Yanran said: "Can you repair old books?"

Fa Qing also smiled and said, "Yes, all kinds of books on the upper floor of our scripture collection are basically taken care of by Master Lin's nephew. ”

Hua Yanran smiled: "That's good." I'm worried, my second brother, they helped me get a lot of torn, stained and broken books in the stack. Since Lin Jun has a good skill in repairing books, he just helps me repair the sick books. Ling Zu's salary is in name only. Do you think it's good?" Mrs. Hua nodded in approval. Fa Qing and Lin Fusu both said with emotion: "Of course it's good." Thank you, Young Master Yan Ran. ”

At this time, Xiyue, who had just gone out, came back and led a middle-aged housekeeper woman. Mrs. Hua asked: "Wang Zhou's family, they said that they wanted to ransom a girl named Tong or something out of the house, what kind of body does that girl belong to?"

Wang Zhou's family replied respectfully: "Hui old lady, Tong Lingxi, 12 years and 5 months, is a family child, father Tong bolt mother Qi Huan is a family child, when he was six years old, his father went to plow the mountain farm to collect rent unfortunately encountered a landslide, and his mother died of depression. Tong Lingxi was raised in a nursing home, and at the age of ten he went to the water house to be on duty. Originally, there was more detailed information, but it was all in the account room of Grandma Yisan, and now the third grandmother went to save her relatives, and she couldn't find it for a while, so she asked the old lady to forgive her sins. ”

"Ancestor, I think the Lin family is sincere, you might as well let the girl go to them. Hua Yanran had seen Tong Lingxi with his own speculation, and felt that the Lin family did not have other intentions, because in his opinion, Tong Lingxi was not beautiful in the first place, or not related to beauty, and this impression was deeply in his consciousness.

"Oh. The family gave birth to children, and both parents died, and they were on duty in the water room. Mrs. Hua pondered the relationship between these layers. After a little calculation, he said to Faqing and Lin Fusu: "Although she is a girl, I also have to ask her what she thinks." If she wants to, it won't be a problem, and if she doesn't, it's up to her. Lin Fusu hurriedly said: "Old lady Mingjian, Miss Lingxi is outside, you can inquire." The girl at the door glanced at the old lady's face, and then passed Tong Lingxi in. Tong Lingxi didn't know what was going on, walked into the room, and knelt down to the old lady. Mrs. Hua watched a little girl walk in, and when she saw her face, she was shocked at first, but her shock disappeared slightly, and she felt that it was not what she thought, so she turned to Tong Lingxi with a pleasant face and said, "You are Tong Lingxi?" Tong Lingxi nodded yes. Mrs. Hua continued: "Lin Xiaoxianggong said that you have been very effective in his family for half a year, and you have gotten along well with him and his grandfather, so they want to ransom you to his Lin family. Would you like to?"

"The slave listens to the arrangement of the house. Tong Lingxi replied with sincere fear.

Old Madam Hua said: "If you want, you can go with them, if you don't want to, no one can force you outside of this Yiyang City Huafu." Don't worry, it's bold. ”

"Back to the old lady, Lin Xiaoxianggong didn't force me. ”

"So you volunteered. In this case, don't complain about going out of Washington in the future, your life and death have nothing to do with Washington. After going out, go through the procedures of opening a coupon with them and passing the cheap. ”

"Well,——", Tong Lingxi was stunned by the incident, and Lin Fusu didn't say anything about redeeming her when they came.

To be honest, in the past six months, she has lived very happily in the Lin family, and it is the happiest day after the death of her parents. Lin Ye's kindness and Lin Fusu's respect made her feel that she had forgotten that she was a subordinate, and experienced a kind of spiritual relaxation and pleasure. When the Lin family saw her pair of fiery eyes, they specially went to the sect to ask the alchemy master to refine a furnace and scatter the eye spirit, and the Xuanqi spirit worm amber used in alchemy was not easy to find, and it was only after Lin Ye visited for a long time that he found it. She felt that even if she followed Lin Ye to grind tofu for a lifetime and served Lin Fusu on the couch for a lifetime, there was nothing wrong with it. She was full of family feelings for that yard, the two people in that yard.

I remember when it was still hot, once when the three of them were having dinner in the courtyard, she was very happy in the atmosphere, and couldn't help but say: "That's it, I'm willing to die!" Lin Ye said with a smile: "Why die." Little girl, as long as you want, the days will be long. "How long can the days be, half a year is like a bullet in the past, and the commander says it's over.

Yesterday, the old priest of Qingxuguan sent someone to communicate with the Lin family and grandson to discuss coming to Washington, and she began to be sullen after hearing this, because their coming to Washington marked that she was going back to Washington, and her life had turned a small circle and had to return to the original point, and she had to boil water day after day, and she had to live without life day after day, and she thought of death at a certain moment. What's the point of such a day? Now that the turning point suddenly appeared, she was a little confused, and she just followed her feelings mechanically, until she walked out of Washington in a dizziness.