Shen Ling was grateful and said sincerely:

"Uncle Laifu, you've worked hard these days."

"How can there be, the young master suffered from this great disaster, the old slave is particularly heartbroken, hard work is deserved, but the young master, you... Your dantian is broken, I'm afraid..."

Shen Laifu couldn't help but say the next words.

As a martial artist, of course he knew what it meant that the dantian was destroyed, and since then, the young master of the Shen family's Dongfu may be difficult to embark on the road of martial arts, and he can only work the Wendao in this life?

"Uncle Laifu doesn't have to worry about me, it's a miracle that I survived. Now I can be reunited with my family, isn't it a kind of luck? ”

Shen Ling's optimistic and open-minded attitude greatly infected the old housekeeper, and he nodded heavily:

"What the young master said is reasonable, martial arts are not passable, we can go all the way. Now the eldest young master of Xifu has been the champion of the high school palace test, and he has been reused by the imperial court, and he has been recruited by the emperor to be a concubine, and he will definitely have a bright future in the future. With the eldest young master in the court, you will definitely be able to be named on the gold list, and you will glorify your ancestors..."

The eldest young master of Xifu mentioned in Shen Laifu's mouth is the eldest son of Shen Ling's uncle Shen Hongyi, named Shen Jiang, who is three years older than him, and should be called a cousin according to his generation.

Since Shen Hongyi was officially promoted as the head of the family by the older generation of the clan three years ago, the luck of Xifu has been booming, Shen Jiang has studied hard for more than ten years, and finally made a splash in the palace, becoming the pride of Luofeng City and even the entire Yanzhou.

"My cousin has been good at the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and now he is appreciated by the imperial court, which can be regarded as living up to his hard work for so many years. It's a pity that I'm also good at reading, but I'm reading idle books, but it's for the sake of a kendo path..."

Shen Ling said with some emotion.

"Brother, as soon as you talk about idle books, Qingqing suddenly remembered that your room of books is still in the Heavenly Illusion Sect!" Hu Qingqing said suddenly.

"If you don't say it, I forgot to clean it up..."Shen Ling smiled bitterly, "That's it, just let them stay there and wait for someone to get it." ”

And then to the blessing of the way:

"Let's go out and get some air, I haven't been home for five years, and I don't know if the family is still the same?"

"It's... Okay, the old slave will take the young master out. ”

Shen Laifu's expression was a little strange, and he walked towards the door with the weak young master in his arms.

When he walked to a washstand, Shen Ling inadvertently saw his own appearance clearly through a bronze mirror.

Thin as wood, with a pale face and a somewhat sickly look in his eyes, now he has become such an embarrassed look?

After a wry smile, he didn't think much about it, and Shen Laifu walked out of the door with him.

"It's... This is the Shen Family's East Mansion? ”

After Shen Ling saw everything in front of him, he couldn't help but be shocked.

The so-called Shen Family's East Mansion is just a small courtyard, with a few simple houses, which is still slightly shabby compared with ordinary people in Luofeng City, and is far from the Gaomen compound in Shen Ling's previous impression.

Obviously, this is not the ancestral home of the Shen family, but rather a temporary residence.

Seeing the doubts in the young master's heart, Shen Laifu didn't wait for him to ask, and said bluntly:

"The young master has been practicing outside, so he must not know the changes in the Shen family. More than three months ago, the uncle, that is, the head of the family, ruined the business in the capital and had a bad impact on the Shen family because of the unfavorable affairs of the Shen family's East Mansion, so... Therefore, the Dongfu family members were expelled from the ancestral house and all family property was confiscated. ”

"The people in Dongfu are all old people who have been with the second master for many years, and they refuse to leave the second master. But the second master insisted on dismissing them, and each of them was given three hundred taels of silver as a settlement fee. ”

"In today's Dongfu, there is only one subordinate left, the old slave, many things are done by the second master and his wife, and the old slave is sad when he looks at it..."

Hearing this, Shen Ling's heart was particularly uncomfortable.

If I had known that there was such a change in my family, I would not have been indifferent.

Presumably, my father and mother were afraid that they would be worried, so they didn't entrust this matter to Tianhuan Mountain.

For a while, Shen Ling was ashamed of himself, and it was also unfilial to be a son when his father and mother needed him the most!

He made up his mind and asked:

"My father has always been safe, how could he make such a mistake? Uncle Laifu, tell me carefully. ”

Shen Laifu answered, and then explained the original situation.

More than three months ago, the palace master of ceremonies came to report that he wanted the Shen family to urgently supply a batch of high-quality Ganoderma lucidum and transport it to the palace for the harem.

As we all know, among the Shen family's business, the biggest one is the medicinal material business, and this time it is an order from the palace, and if it is done well, it will definitely be an instant hit and bring countless benefits to the Shen family.

The second master, Shen Hongyuan, has always controlled the Shen family's medicine store, and this business naturally fell on his head.

It was originally a happy thing, but there was a change in the middle, and more than 40 carriages were targeted by the Taihang bandits on the way to the capital, not only looted, but also the more than 20 hired dart masters were also cut down by the vicious knife bandits.

Fortunately, this Taihang knife bandit still understands the rules, and the Shen family who went there did not move, leaving a small life.

After learning about this, Shen Erye was so angry that he vomited blood, and half of his hair turned white overnight.

Not to mention the value of the high-grade Ganoderma lucidum carried by the more than 40 carriages, the order of the celebrant will not be completed, but he will lose his head!

Fortunately, the uncle of the Shen family came forward and offered to buy the Ganoderma lucidum from other medicine stores at a high price, which solved the urgent need, but it was still seven days slower than the previously agreed time.

The celebrant was furious and decided not to use the Shen family's Lingzhi anymore, and as a result, the Shen family's business in the capital was completely ruined.

Then.

After listening to what the old housekeeper said, Shen Ling gradually had a bottom in his heart, and asked casually:

"Although I have been cultivating in Xianshan all the year round, the rules on the rivers and lakes are also very clear, even if the Taihang knife bandits are vicious, they will not kill all the dart masters, unless there is a deep hatred between them. A person as steady as his father must have taken care of it before leaving, and it stands to reason that there will be no such thing, and there must be someone in this who is doing ghosts. ”

Shen Laifu was stunned and couldn't help but praise:

"It's worthy of the young master, it's the same as the old man thinks. The old man told the old slave in private that it was very likely that someone in the Shen family colluded with the Taihang knife bandits and deliberately disrupted the business..."

Shen Ling chuckled, "The person my father said must be the uncle of the Shen family, my good uncle." ”

Shen Laifu didn't expect the young master to speak so directly, and he was frightened on the spot, a little panicked:

"Young master, as the saying goes, trouble comes from the mouth, we have no evidence, we can only say this in private, in front of Xifu and outsiders, we can't be so unscrupulous..."

"Don't worry, I'm measured." Shen Ling said, his eyes were a little fierce, "Once I find evidence of Xifu's collusion with sword bandits, I will definitely not spare him!" ”

Hu Qingqing was a little worried at this time:

"Brother, your body hasn't been raised yet, don't think about it, once there is another bad thing, Qingqing really doesn't know what to do..."

Shen Ling gently patted his sister's shoulder and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, as the saying goes, if you eat a trench, you will grow wise, and with the lessons of the Heavenly Illusion Sect, my brother will never be restrained again in the future."

"But now you have no cultivation, and you will inevitably suffer losses if you go head-to-head with others."

"Taoist clouds, there is no symbiosis, difficulty and ease are mutually beneficial, all things in the world are born from being, and some are born from nothing. Now there is nothing, just breaking the old and creating the new, not taking the usual road. ”

Shen Ling's words sounded half-understood to the little fox, but the old butler's eyes lit up.

"The young master is a cultivator in the end, and what he thinks in his heart is different from that of me, a martial artist." Shen Laifu's words are really not a compliment.

Shen Ling said: "Uncle Laifu has first-class internal skills, and he also has a lot of fame in the rivers and lakes, and he can never abandon my Shen Family East Mansion from beginning to end, and he is also a model of loyalty and righteousness, this kindness should be in my heart for the Shen Family East Mansion." ”

"Young master..."Shen Laifu's heart was touched, and he couldn't help but be shocked by his old body.

"Don't talk about that, do you know where your father has been these days?"

Shen Ling asked casually, I heard my sister say before, my father has been busy with business and hasn't come home these days, maybe the old housekeeper knows the inside story?

Sure enough, Shen Laifu hesitated for a long time and said in a deep voice:

"Young master, the old man originally instructed me not to tell the lady and you about this, but after thinking about it, the old slave still decided to tell the young master."

"Well, Uncle Laifu, please speak."

"Sir, he... He went to Taihang Cottage. ”

Hearing this, Shen Ling was suddenly shocked!