At this moment, the sound of a gentle knock on the door came, the father and son turned their heads at the same time when they heard the sound, and the dusty Steward Qin stood at the door, it seemed that he had run a lot of places in this morning.

He made a swipe to Xiao Tianyu and Xiao Cong in turn,

"Master, little master. ”

Xiao Cong wiped his last face vigorously, smiled, and said, "Uncle Qin is good." ”

"Come in. Xiao Tianyu said lightly and sat back in his seat.

Steward Qin nodded, looked at Xiao Cong again, a look of incomprehension flashed in his eyes, and his eyebrows were lowered and his eyes were waved to the left and right, looking a little apprehensive.

The water in Shi Wei has been boiling for a long time, Xiao Tianyu got up from the table, poured the boiling water in Shi Wei into the delicate teapot next to the stove, and after a while, poured the water in the teapot into the exquisite and clear tea bowl, he picked up a bowl, and gently handed it to Steward Qin, while asking:

"How's the stuff going?"

After speaking, he turned around without a pause.

Steward Qin held the delicate tea bowl and replied:

"Everything is ready, waiting for the lord to see. ”

Xiao Tianyu heard the sound, nodded as he walked, and his hands were not idle, he handed the tea bowl in his hand to Xiao Cong and said:

"No, you do it, I don't worry. ”

With that, the man returned to his seat.

When it was time to worship, Xiao Tianyu, Xiao Cong, and Qin Butler walked out of the study, from the backyard to the front yard, and at the end of the crooked corridor, a pile of unknown things were piled up there.

Steward Qin took the lead and walked to the side of the object, waved his arm high, and violently lifted the curtain attached to it, and then retreated far away to the wall.

Xiao Tianyu had a habitual smile on the corner of his mouth as the head of the family, squinted his eyes and looked up at the sky, and said casually: "Let's start." ”

Xiao Cong understood, gently raised his right hand, put his thumb against the belly of his middle finger, and closed his eyes. After a moment, he put his hand down, picked up the wooden pole beside him, and drew a big strange pattern in the yard.

The corners of Xiao Tianyu's mouth slowly raised a satisfied smile,

"Yes, not bad at all. ”

Then, a blue-black book-like thing appeared out of thin air in his hand, and a vermilion square pen was pinned to it, he flipped through it, and began to wander around the courtyard irregularly while writing and drawing on it, with his head down, and his expression was a concentration that Xiao Cong had never seen before.

"This is the ...... in my father's hand The White Book of the Dark!"

Xiao Cong looked at the thing in Xiao Tianyu's hand from afar, and was dumbfounded for a while, and then, the color of ecstasy swelled up on his cheeks, and he grinned slightly, probably thinking about something indescribable in his heart.

Xiao Tianyu pointed to a position with a pen, and said quippingly:

"Hey, boy, what are you still doing in a daze, quickly move that piece of purple yuan stone there. ”

"Yes, yes. ”

When Xiao Cong heard this, the soles of his feet were windy, and he lived like a hard-working slave, and he was so happy that he was upset. Steward Qin watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help snickering, it turned out that this person with seven tricks had already seen the clues in the hearts of the people in the bureau,

"This studious young master, no wonder he likes the master so much. ”

This kid seems to be precocious, but in fact, he is still a child's heart, no, as soon as something new appears, the previous contradictions and troubles are completely left behind.

Xiao Cong was running around in the huge courtyard under his father's command, and he was very busy, and Steward Qin watched quietly by the courtyard wall, smiling. This array is different from the formation building, the formation only needs to place the designated things in the designated place, and the formation on this basis also needs to pay attention to how to put things and other issues, the array master must carefully sense, the shape, edges and corners of the things placed and even the texture and other factors are taken into account, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Xiao Cong straightened the last source wedge, Xiao Tianyu closed the Qingying White Book in his hand, and the shadow on the sundial swept over the three-inch-long nick - Shen Shi, the time was just right.

The originally empty courtyard now looks much fuller, Xiao Tianyu and Xiao Congqin Butler stood side by side on the bluestone platform at the end of the corridor, with a smile in the corner of their eyes, and said leisurely:

"Alas, it seems that you can't go out tonight," he turned his head to look at Steward Qin, "Hey, Old Qin, you should be careful." Raising his chin, there seemed to be a deep meaning in his full smile.

"Yes, sir. Steward Qin bowed down, his eyes faint.

Of course, Xiao Cong didn't notice the subtlety of this conversation, he couldn't take his eyes off the newly added chaos in the courtyard, he was wandering in it, he didn't know where it was going, even if he didn't want to return, his spiritual sense was like the ripples in the pond water when the breeze blew by, touching every surface of this thing, never letting go of a single detail, he was full of joy, as if he wanted to put all this into his eyes, not falling at all.

"Every millimeter is just right, this is too much, my father's method is simply against the sky. Xiao Cong thought in his heart, and his words couldn't help but exaggerate.

"Hey, let's go. The shoulder was tapped, Xiao Cong turned his head, and saw that his father was looking at him with a smile, he laughed twice, "I'll take a look." ”

"This kid," Xiao Tianyu and Steward Qin looked at each other and smiled, Steward Qin's eyes contained approval, and Xiao Tianyu hid hope and satisfaction under the cover of disapproval.

"Then let's go back first, and go back to discuss what to do about the things that Xing Guanghao has explained. ”

Xiao Cong strained his ears and heard clearly, so this kid who likes the new and hates the old is ape-hearted, and is ready to empathize and say goodbye.

"Father, may I be on the sidelines to hear your deliberations?" he said, turning his head and smiling, as timid as a little girl.

"Huh?" Xiao Tianyu turned his head when he heard this, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Aren't you going to look here for a while?"

The child felt that it would be more beneficial to listen to his father and Uncle Qin's discussions. ”

"Uh," Xiao Tianyu pretended to mutter, "if you want, then come." ”

Then, he turned his head and began to pace along the cloister.

"Flutter"

Steward Qin behind him couldn't help laughing, and finally laughed, he glanced at Xiao Cong with a smile on his face, followed Xiao Tianyu's steps, and walked away. The latter stands on a bluestone platform at the end of the cloister

On the shang, the student will have two hands in one hand, as if to say, "What can I do!"

"I didn't expect Daddy to be a drama spirit too!" he said as if he had discovered a new world.

The things that Xing Guanghao explained to the Xiao family sounded very simple--build a larger teleportation array, but how big was this teleportation array? It would be enough to send out all the civilians in the Holy City within a year, but what about the civilians in the Holy City? Roughly calculated, it would be about one million.

When Xiao Cong heard the news for the first time, he couldn't help but curse his mother in his heart, "This joke is really a bit big!"

When Xiao Tianyu said the news, he couldn't cry or laugh.

"When this Star Lord made this decision, I'm afraid he didn't have a brain, not to mention how many array masters are needed to do such a large teleportation array, how long it takes, just saying that these tens of thousands of square meters of space stone is estimated to be enough for him, if he doesn't take back his life, in the days to come, he will be exhausted. ”

Xiao Tianyu held the pot and poured tea, and said with a smile, his words were full of undisguised schadenfreude.

Steward Qin: "With such a huge number of spatial stones, I'm afraid the four princes can't get it." ”

Xiao Tianyu shook his head with a smile, and by the way, handed the delicate porcelain bowl full of tea to Xiao Cong.

"No, no, don't forget, there's still the royal family behind here, it's just tens of thousands of square meters of space, what is it for the royal treasury? You know, this is a great opportunity to mend the hearts of the people, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!" his words were full of sarcasm.

"But if you want to transport these tens of thousands of square meters of space stone from the imperial capital to the holy city, I'm afraid it will be difficult to climb to the sky. ”

He raised his head slightly, his voice was deep, his eyes were deep, and he was quite compassionate, but only he knew to whom this compassion was directed.

"But the royal family can pay to hire other forces to help them transport it!" Xiao Cong suddenly said without a head.

Xiao Tianyu turned his gaze to Xiao Cong, and the corners of his mouth slowly hooked a strange smile,

"Heh, my son is smart, and the bad ideas of the four old horsemen before are probably all given by you. ”

Xiao Cong was dumbfounded, suddenly a little unsure of what his father meant, he turned his head to look at Steward Qin, who had an innocent expression.

"You don't have to look at him, the heroes will be chaotic for so many years, and as soon as you come, you will become orderly, your father and I can think that you did it with our toes," he paused, and continued in a slightly reproachful tone: "If you hadn't given the four old horsemen the idea of using a teleportation array to protect the three princes, I guess they wouldn't have thought of this!"

"Father, how do you know this?"

"Nonsense, the teleportation array in the third prince's room was repaired by me!"

Xiao Cong suddenly remembered that he was in a hurry to build the Twenty-Nine Sword Sealing Mountain Formation before going to the Turtle Mansion, and he had long forgotten about this stubble, he scratched his head and smiled at his father embarrassedly.

"Hey, boy, do you know how to repair the teleportation array?"

Xiao Congmu nodded: "Maybe...... Yes...... Repair...... A little bit ......"

"That's not going to happen. ”

Xiao Cong flattened his mouth

, eyelids drooping slightly, did not answer. Although this teleportation array is also a magic array, it is not quite the same as the ordinary magic array, most of the ordinary magic arrays are Yin Yang Dao power and various aura, and there is only one kind of teleportation array, that is the power of space, the requirements of Yin and Yang Dao power for the array master are low and the apex is high, and the power of space has low requirements for the imperial array master, but the starting point is not ordinarily high, Xiao Cong feels that he can't reach that level.

"You kid, you don't know how to repair yourself, and you give people this bad idea. ”

"I said let him fix it, but I didn't promise to fix it for him personally," Xiao Cong muttered in a slightly unconvinced voice, "Besides, it was Yuwen Qian's routine that tricked me, I just fooled him, who knows, a ......word becomes a prophecy."

"Then you'll have to be careful with him in the future. ”

Xiao Cong raised his head, "Dad, you just need to make such a big detour in order to say such a little thing, this is not your style, I am a little uncomfortable." ”

"Don't worry, our two days in the Holy City are still long, you slowly get used to it, you will always get used to it. Xiao Tianyu leaned back in his chair and said slowly.

Xiao Cong opened his mouth, and stopped talking - where is this still the meticulous strict father in his memory, this is clearly a drama spirit!

He must not let this topic continue, without the constraints of the identity of the head of the family, this old man is obviously about to start to let go of himself, although Xiao Cong also wants to know what his father looks like who has lost his brocade clothes and only leaves his obscene clothes, but the drop of three thousand feet in this flying stream makes him a little unacceptable for a while, this trick has not been dismantled, he has already made the next move, in such a helpless situation, Xiao Cong will not doubt that he will be abused to death by his father, so he also feels that he has to slowly adapt to it, just like his father said before, the development of everything has its process, and it is not urgent。

"Boy, remember, don't talk nonsense in the future, don't show yourself too smart anywhere!" Xiao Tianyu said with a gentle face, and he was like two people.

Xiao Cong nodded seriously, "Remember, father." ”

"Father must have encountered something anxious," he thought to himself, "the old man should not be letting himself go, he must have encountered something, otherwise, his emotions would not have changed so complicated in a short period of time." ”

"Where did we come from?"

"The royal family can hire a big force to transport the space stone!"

"Oh, yes, it's not impossible that you're talking about this situation, but it depends on who Emperor Xuanzhen will give the work to. ”

"What do you say? ”

Xiao Tianyu took a sip of tea, folded his arms horizontally on his legs, and said with a smile:

"I heard that more than four months ago, the Third Prince returned to the Imperial Capital from the Holy City, and he has not returned yet, if nothing else, this burden should fall on him," he paused, his bright red tongue gently brushed his lips, and continued with a bit of banter and playfulness: "However, I'm afraid this matter is not so easy, it's okay to fall on the Third Prince, but if it falls on someone else, it's hard to say." ”

"Others, like?

”

"Huangfu Mausoleum. ”

"Fengqi Country Lord Emperor Fu Ling, no, I heard from the four uncles before that he died again!"

Xiao Tianyu smiled when he heard this, "Don't worry, he will come back to life in a few days, such a beautiful difference, he will never give it to others easily." ”

Xiao Cong nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, this guy has been trying to drill into the monk world for so many years, but the royal family has strict rules and separate political cultivation, but extraordinary things should be done in extraordinary ways, if this errand falls on him, maybe it can really open up a hole in the monk world." ”

"And the third prince has always been straightforward, not good at words, I'm afraid he is not the opponent of Huangfu Ling......" He said worriedly, looking up at his father, and found that the latter was still relaxed.

"If you really let the strength of the Lord of Fengqi Country infiltrate into the monk realm, I am afraid that this mortal realm will suffer again. Steward Qin frowned.

"If I remember correctly, the rules of the Xuanzhen Imperial Family's political cultivation division were set because the children of the Imperial Family invaded other countries with the power of monks. Xiao Cong echoed.

"Alas, look at the worried look of the two of you, what does it matter to the two of you if he is the emperor and the mausoleum, even if it is about the two of you, do you take care of it? Salty and radish are not worried, the matter is not about yourself, hang high, rush to yourself, and move the trouble to Jiangdong, you and I are only here to chat, why be so serious!"

"But, Father......"

"Stop talking. This article has been turned. ”

Xiao Cong was about to say something, but was scolded back by Xiao Tianyu, and Steward Qin tugged at the corner of Xiao Cong's clothes on the side, pursed his mouth and shook his head gently.

"What we have to plan now is how to make Xing Guanghao take back his fate, as long as Xing Guanghao doesn't report the matter, there will be nothing to do with his Emperor's Tomb. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late......"

"Why?"

"Huangfu Mausoleum, he is in the Holy City, and he has seen him in the Murong family's auction hall before. ”

"The Murong family's auction house?" Xiao Tianyu squinted at Xiao Cong and asked.

"Uh-huh. Xiao Cong nodded affirmatively.

Xiao Tianyu straightened up and glanced at Steward Qin intentionally or unintentionally, and then a somewhat unnatural look appeared on Steward Qin's face.

Xiao Tianyu's hand gently rubbed the lower handle, and muttered:

"Probably not, if he really dares to find Xing Guanghao to persuade him to admonish, then this matter is eighty percent yellow, Xing Guanghao is not so stupid, and Huangfu Ling is not so stupid. ”

"Then according to my father's opinion, what should we do?"

Xiao Tianyu smiled, "I haven't thought about this yet." ”

Xiao Cong: "......"

There was a burst of silence in the study, the father and son and a housekeeper, with the same contemplative color on their faces, all said that the one who is close to Zhu is red, and the one who is close to ink is black, I didn't expect to stay together for a long time, and even the behavior and habits were unconsciously pulled closer, maybe the so-called husband and wife came like this.

The sun was slanting to the west, the sky was getting dark, and a piece of crimson splashed in obliquely from the wooden window, sprinkled on Xiao Tianyu's black walnut wooden table.

Xiao Tianyu got up suddenly, relaxed and said, "It's not early, Lao Qin, command."

Tell the back kitchen, let's eat. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

Steward Qin bowed and nodded before going out, Xiao Cong raised his head and saw his father walking around the wooden table to the door, stretching a big lazy waist at the door. The dry branches outside the door are bathed in the flame-like remnants of the flowers and plants that are still luxuriant and abnormal, and the door frame is like a picture frame, like a bloody remnant painted in the upper left corner, on the top of his father's head, for some reason, Xiao Cong can't help but feel a little inexplicable sentimentality in his heart.

After dinner, it was already the hour, a full moon hung quietly on the treetops, the sky was high and the clouds were light, it was a rare good weather in winter, the yard was sprinkled with a piece of silver light, Xiao Cong stood in the yard, the cold wind blew, and he felt a heart-piercing cold.

He couldn't help but shudder.

Xiao Tianyu was dressed in a brocade robe, walked to Xiao Cong's side, and gently draped another black fur cloak in his hand on Xiao Cong's body.

"What, it's cold?"

Xiao Cong turned his head and shook his head slightly,

"The child is half a martial cultivator, so he doesn't feel cold. ”

"Then why shiver?"

Xiao Cong hung his head gloomily and did not answer, perhaps he didn't know why.

Xiao Tianyu raised his eyes and looked at the moon, his eyes were as clear as a child in the moonlight, and he couldn't find the slightest cloudy breath about the years.

"If there is nothing to do, go back early, I am afraid that the Holy City will not be safe during this time. ”

His hand was on Xiao Cong's shoulder, rubbing it gently, his voice was warm and soft, low and magnetic, and wireless love was full of it.

Xiao Cong nodded slowly,

The boy went back first, and the father rested early. ”

"Hmm," Xiao Tianyu bowed his head and patted Xiao Cong lightly on the shoulder.

Xiao Cong bowed to his father, turned his head, walked to the backyard, and walked along the crooked cloister to the outer courtyard.

At the end of the corridor, Qin Guan and the whole person were hidden in the darkness, standing there quietly in the usual posture of a slave, as if they had been waiting for a long time, and when Xiao Cong came to his side, he called softly:

"Little master. ”

Xiao Cong turned his head when he heard the sound, and when he saw Steward Qin walking out of the darkness, he couldn't help but show surprise on his face, the coolness in his heart made him feel a little tired, and he frowned listlessly,

"Uncle Qin, what are you doing here?"

"Of course, it's to wait for the little master. ”

"Wait for me?"

"Yes,"

"What's going on?"

"The little master of the old slave Jue still don't go back tonight, as far as I know, the people of the Jade Snake Mansion and the Night Mansion are afraid that they have already mixed into the city, and the young master lives alone, I am afraid that there will be more trouble, so let's live here with the master." ”

The moon was still rising, the courtyard was getting brighter and brighter, and the shadows of the corridor pillars were reflected on Xiao Cong and Steward Qin, as if the bodies of the two were divided into several pieces.

"How did Uncle Qin only talk about this matter?"

"Yesterday morning, a dead body appeared in the East Market, and the old slave heard the news, and looking at his death, it can be roughly inferred that it was done by someone in the night house. ”

"Oh? ”

"The meridians of the deceased's hands and feet have been broken, and the blood has dried up, but the blood under his body is not human blood

It is clearly the pig's blood that someone poured up after his blood was drained, so from the point of view of its means, judging what the people in the night house did, eight or nine are not far from ten, and the city is heavily guarded everywhere, if there are really people in the night house mixed into the city, then they must have taken advantage of the convenience of the Jade Snake Mansion to get in. ”

"Oh, I see. Xiao Cong habitually raised his hand and touched his nose, the coldness in his eyes made people shudder in the bleak moonlight.

"Did you tell your father?"

"This ...... The old slave didn't intend to tell the master. ”

"Why?" Xiao Cong raised his eyebrows, quite surprised by this, which seemed to be a little inconsistent with the impression of the loyal Steward Qin.

"The young master doesn't know, Yefu and the Xiao family have a lot of grievances, and Yefu entered the city this time, I'm afraid that he came to the master. ”

"Could it be that this is what makes the old man anxious?" Xiao Cong muttered to himself in his heart, "No, he is not the kind of person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

"Uncle Qin, I'm afraid there is something else you haven't told me. Xiao Cong's eyes were like torches, shooting at Steward Qin's face, and the latter involuntarily lowered his head deeply, not daring to look directly.

"This ...... Little master, there is really no more, how dare the old slave deceive the little master. ”

There was a subtle tremor in his voice, but he still didn't raise his head, Xiao Cong glanced at him coldly, and he could guess what kind of expression was on this low-hanging face.

"There must be something he didn't tell me," he thought to himself, "maybe there's something unspeakable about it, something I shouldn't know......

He sighed in his heart, suddenly feeling more tired, he didn't want to think about it anymore, he just wanted to find a place now, find a warmer place, and sleep for a while, such as a bed.

"Uncle Qin, I won't live here, it's just a rabble who don't care about the overall situation, as long as they dare to come, I will let them come and go. ”

The clouds are light and breezy, but it always feels a little cold to hear.

"Little Master......"

Before Steward Qin finished speaking, Xiao Cong had already turned his head and left, and Steward Qin behind him frowned, and for a long time, he could only sigh helplessly.

Nothing happened overnight.

(End of chapter)