Liang Xiwen heard their words in the room, and felt that this son, who made her feel bad, was not useless, and he knew that he had a short mouth and worked hard.

"Is it so clean? Girl? Ji Yunxiao felt that today's work was particularly fulfilling, and he would be happy to help work and eat.

He felt that he was eating tree roots to help with the work today, but his heart was happy and happy after the disaster.

"Childe, this tree root needs to be peeled, or let the slave and maid come, this wild potato can be roasted."

Meihua didn't want this noble son to help, and didn't dare to let him speak.

"Oh, is there a knife? I'll peel the skin, and I'll leave the roasting to the girl. ”

Ji Yunxiao found out from last night that the young lady and the maid in the temple were cooking on the stove in the room.

He is a man, how can it be convenient to enter the woman's room, and it is also inconvenient in the temple, not because he is afraid that outsiders will know, but because he thinks that the girl is so beautiful, he can't hurt her at all.

Meihua happily went to the kitchen to find a knife, this knife has been used for a few years, and it is used less and less.

"Childe, I'm in trouble."

Ji Yunxiao looked at the rusty kitchen knife blankly, the person who once carried the sword would one day take the rusty kitchen knife.

"Childe, what's wrong?" Plum blossom doesn't know what this boy thinks?

She is a girl who can't sharpen knives, and she usually cuts things because she thinks the knife is not easy to cut, too dull.

"I'll sharpen my knife."

Ji Yunxiao took the kitchen knife, found a stone in the yard, and took the stone to the well.

I sighed a little in my heart, I don't know where the sword was lost?

He's never been sharper.

This kitchen knife can't work, can it be used so blunt?

Plum blossom took the wild potato into the room to roast it, and snickered in the room.

"Miss, that boy helps the slave sharpen the knife."

"Hmm" Liang Xiwen responded softly, the weather was cold, and she would choose to sit on the bed when she returned to the room, covering her body with a quilt.

The body is still too weak, I feel very cold, and my hands and feet are not warm at night.

The stove has bad air in the room, which is also a matter of no choice, the cold wind outside blows into the room, and the quilt is too thin to keep warm.

Ji Yunxiao sharpened the knife, washed the knife, and began to peel the root bark.

"Oh, Childe, you can't cut it so deep, we won't eat it if you cut it like this."

Plum blossom observed the outside in the room, and felt so distressed to see Gongzi so wasteful, if they had two days of food, looking for the fruits of the morning.

"Ah, girl, isn't the skin a little deeper, can you eat those?"

"Childe, this is used for grinding, just peel off the outer skin."

"Oh, well!" Ji Yunxiao had never seen anyone else do this work, and he was instructed to do rough work into fine work.

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The people sent by the chief of the guard went back to report to Chancheng and came to Chancheng, where the city gate was closed.

There were guards on the city walls, and in the cold weather, there were oil stoves burning, and the firelight lit up the entire city walls.

The guard shouted loudly: "Big brother on the city wall, can you open the door?" ”

"Hey, who doesn't know the rules? I didn't know it was late at night, disturbing Lao Tzu to sleep. ”

The guards on the city walls, in this icy weather, watched so late, and slept lazily in the fire.

"Big brother, the little one is the guard of the Ji Mansion, if you have something urgent to go back to the house, please trouble the big brother to open the city gate, and the little one will definitely repay the big brother."

The people above look down in the night, they are also afraid of the temptation of the bandits, and when the city gate is lost, they will have greater responsibility.

"It is said that it is from Ji Fu, what evidence is there?"

The guard didn't wear the clothes of the Ji Mansion guard, but there was a sign on his body, he took out the sign in his arms and held it high, "Big brother, look, this is a brand." ”

The guards on duty have also seen the sign of Ji Mansion, and there are four guards on duty.

Two of them stood guard on the city wall to prevent any change, and two went down to open the gate together.

The guard entered the gate, sat down on his horse, and took out a bag of silver from his bosom.

"It's troublesome to drink tea for the big brothers."

"Why is it so late? It seems that it is not easy for you to be an errand boy. One of the guards took the money and said casually.

"Yes! It's freezing, who will go out without anything? Those of us who are on errands can only listen to orders, thank you, big brothers. ”

The guards didn't dare to tell the truth, and casually spit out bitterness.

And the guards of the gates shut up the gates.

When the guards came to the gate, it was late at night, and the gate was closed.

The matter of the eldest prince, he didn't dare to delay it late at night, and the guards knocked on the door late at night.

It is especially loud at night, there are patrols in the city, watchmen, and night incense, and there is no curfew in the city.

The gatekeepers heard someone knocking on the door and opened the door quickly, they had already listened to the instructions of the head of the house, if someone came back, they must open the door quickly, and take turns patrolling 24 hours a day.

"Brother, why is it so late? What about the captain? ”

The gatekeeper saw only one person and asked with great concern.

"I'll tell you more, if the younger brother goes to report to the head of the family, will the family sleep in the courtyard outside, or in the courtyard of the lady?"

"The head of the house seems to have been in the study, and the head of the house has instructed to report any movement at any time."

"Okay, brother, don't say more, the younger brother will go to see the head of the family now."

"Okay, I'll pull this horse to help feed it."

The gatekeeper saw the guard's horse lying on the ground tired, and guessed that the horse must have run a long distance, and when he came back in the middle of the night, the horse must be tired and hungry.

"Thanks, brother." The guards endured their fatigue, ran around all day, and could not rest until late at night, but they were still fast, and their bodies were not only tired, but also cold and hungry.

The guard came to the head of the house's study, and there was someone guarding the door, and he arched his hand and said, "This big brother, please go in and report to the head of the house, and the little one will go back to the house late at night to report something." ”

"Brother, go in, the head of the house hasn't slept yet." The guard opens the door to the study.

Ji Feng was reading the account books in the study, and in the past two days, he had delayed some business matters because of his son's affairs, and he was guarding in the study, so that he was there when someone came to report.

"Report to the master of the family, the little one will come back."

"You? Is the eldest young master back? Monsoon recognized it as one of the guards he had sent.

"Report to the head of the family, the eldest young master is missing."

Ji Feng was sitting just now, and when he heard the words of his eldest son's disappearance, he swooped to his feet.

"What happened? Let's be more detailed. ”

The guards heard what they heard, and then went to look for Childe, and saw that the boy who was driving the carriage was injured and the horse was wounded, and they went to look for Childe again, and searched until they reached the mountain, but they did not see Childe, nor did they see the robber.

The more Ji Feng listened, the tighter his eyebrows wrinkled, and he who was experienced in the rivers and lakes had already guessed that this was not an ordinary bandit, it was possible that it was done by a killer.

Who has such a grudge against him? Hunt him down.

Ji Feng was worried about his son's safety at the moment, and waved his hand to let the guards out: "You go to eat and rest first, and then go to the tent tomorrow to receive the reward." ”

"The head of the family, the little one is not tired, as long as he is full, he can do it, and the little one has to look for the son."

"The old man will naturally arrange that you will be on duty in the house after you are rested, and you will be on guard and patrol."

Monsoon's expression is majestic, and there is no need to say much.

(End of chapter)