"Yes, my lord," these people replied in unison, and the third division waved his hand to them and said gently, "Chen An, Li Yin stays, you all go and get busy." ”

After the people dispersed, only the two soldiers who were standing in the middle just now came over. Li Yan looked at the two people, one was about thirty years old, the other was about twenty years old, both of them were about seven feet tall, but the older one had a square face with a ruddy face, and the younger one had a round face and big eyes, and the skin was slightly whiter.

Both of them wore standard uniforms. The third division pointed to the square-faced man, "His name is Chen An", and then pointed to the round-faced and big-eyed young soldier, "His name is Li Yin, and the two of them are usually responsible for miscellaneous affairs in the valley, and they both know the affairs in the army, if I am not in the mansion, then you can tell the two of them to do it." If you go into the city to do errands, let them follow, first, it is convenient for you to have the two of them, and second, the two of them will be responsible for your safety, after all, this is a border city, and the enemy army often sneaks into the city to spy on the news, if you know that you are my disciple, you must not move your mind to you."

Li Yan's heart tightened when he heard this, and then his heart was warm, and he bowed down and replied, "Thank you, teacher", if he said that he was still a little rusty when he called "teacher" before, but at this time, it was also from the heart.

Chen An and Li Yin also saluted the third commander, "I respect the adults, please rest assured."

"Alright, go and prepare his daily necessities, and I'll send them over later. ”

"Yes, sir."

Ji Junshi said that, greeted Li Yan, raised his steps and walked inside, but Li Yan didn't see it after he turned around, Chen An and Li Yin glanced at each other, staring at his back and flickering.

Li Yan originally thought that he was living in one of the two rows of bluestone houses, but when he saw that the teacher didn't look at the houses on the two sides, he walked straight away, and when the two of them walked to the end of the bluestone house and turned to the right, a valley appeared in front of him, and several bright red characters were engraved on the stone wall on the side of the valley mouth "Military Division's Mansion".

Li Yan thought to himself, this is a valley, why is it still called "Military Division's Mansion", but he couldn't stop under his feet, and followed the teacher into the valley.

The valley is not very large, about fifty or sixty zhang in size, surrounded by mountains on three sides, each side is a mountain peak towering, the slope is almost straight up and down, the slope is full of thin trees and shrubs, high or short, the branches and branches are densely grown from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, only this one valley mouth can enter and exit, there is also a row of bluestone houses on the right side of the valley mouth just entered, about three or four rooms, at this time it is already dark, the rest of the scene in the valley is blurred and cannot be seen clearly.

At this moment, there was a sound of hurried footsteps behind him, Li Yan looked back when he heard the sound, and two people walked in the black, and he saw that it was Chen An and Li Yin who he had just seen.

The two of them were carrying items in their hands, thinking that they should be the daily necessities ordered by the teacher just now, but the two of them came quite quickly, which is the kung fu of the front and rear feet.

The two of them quickly walked past them and walked towards the bluestone houses, and soon the lights in the several houses were turned on one after another, and the lights shone through the doors and windows, and suddenly some scenes in the valley became much clearer.

The third division turned back to Li Yan and said, "It's not early today, Chen An and they will come over to take you to get a little familiar with this place, and then rest after eating, you have also traveled hundreds of miles from home today, so let's rest early, and come here for the teacher early tomorrow morning, and then I will tell you some things about the division." ”

As he was talking, he saw that Chen An and Li Yin had walked back quickly, and said with a smile, "Li Gongzi, this place was originally cleaned every day, so we just brought some daily necessities." ”

The third division saw them coming, so he ordered, "You can take Li Yan with you, and you can bring the food over in a while." With that, he smiled at Li Yan and nodded and walked towards the first house near the valley mouth, and then the figure dimmed under the light at the door, and then entered and disappeared.

Li Yan looked at the back of the third division in a daze, and said in his heart, "My teacher is really simple and clear in doing things. ”

Chen An chuckled at this time and said, "Li Gongzi, then you can go with us." Li Yan thanked him and walked inside with the two of them.

Chen An is very talkative, and Li Yin is led by him, but he is quick with his hands and feet, and occasionally he will say a few words. They talked as they walked. Let Li Yan begin to know some of the situation, it turned out that Marshal Hong originally arranged a mansion for the third division in the city, but the third division liked to live alone and did not want to live in the city, and then he himself found this valley outside the city and lived alone, but how could Marshal Hong let an official live in such a humble place, and persuaded him several times, but the third division was always unwilling to enter the city.

So Marshal Hong could only send someone to clean up the valley again, and opened hundreds of zhang of open space outside the valley, and built a house and sent troops to guard it, and also arranged the corresponding maids and slaves to be responsible for the living and eating here, but the third division finally left only twenty soldiers and three women in charge of the diet, and the rest were sent back by him.

There are four houses in this valley, except for the first one near the mouth of the valley where the third division lives by himself, the next one is used by the third division to practice martial arts skills at times, and the other two are empty and uninhabited.

In Chen An's words, it is usually not allowed to enter casually here, except for Lord Ji to let them in if he has something to do, only when he has to deliver food and clean every day, otherwise he will be expelled from the valley by Lord Ji, then after returning to the city, how Marshal Hong will treat it can be imagined, in addition to the four houses, the latrines and bathing rooms in the valley are also readily available in the side corners of the houses.

Li Yan finally chose the bluestone house built against the innermost part of the valley and against the mountain wall, Chen An walked in first, put the futon in his hand on the bed, and Li Yin and Li Yan followed in.

The stone house is very spacious, presumably built by soldiers, and the things built by the army are practical, sturdy and durable.

The door of the stone house faces south, facing the valley, and the floor of the house is also paved with bluestone and broken pieces, which is neat and bright, and the simple furniture is complete, but it is not very conspicuous in this large house.

There is a large wooden bed on the north side of the house, a washstand and some toiletries are placed on the east wall, and a four-story bookshelf with some books on the west wall.

A wooden table was placed by the south window, with several teacups and kettles, two chairs, and at the head of the table were two tall boxes made of old brown rattan, placed side by side on the floor, almost flush with the tabletop, presumably for clothing or other items.

The north and west sides of the stone house are built on the mountain, and the east wall is connected to other houses, so only a large window is opened on the wall in the same direction as the stone gate, which is also facing the valley, the window is tall, and the fine wood grid is pushed open at this time, and it does not feel a trace of sullenness in the house, but there is a cool breeze in the autumn night, which makes people feel a little relaxed and comfortable.

"Li Gongzi, then please take a little rest first, there is hot water in the pot, and someone will bring it when the food is available in a while." We can't stay in this valley for a long time, Lord Ji doesn't like outsiders here, if it's okay, then we'll retire first. After Chen An and Li Yin placed their things, they said to Li Yan.

Li Yanzheng looked at the room, heard this, and hurriedly looked at the two, "There are two Laos, since this is the case, please take care of yourself." The two of them withdrew as soon as they gave up their hands.

Li Yan walked to the table and took off the package on his shoulder and put it on the table, then walked to the brown rattan box at the head of the table, and opened the two boxes in turn, the boxes were empty, and a black cloth was laid at the bottom of the box, thinking that it was to place clothes or something.

Li Yan took the package on the table, untied it, and put several sets of coarse cloth clothes inside into a box one by one, which was sewn by the fourth sister and her mother herself, although the fabrics of these clothes were very coarse, and some of the fabrics were cut from other shabby clothes, Li Yan felt that the home in the village was beside him, the temperature was comfortable, and seeing them was like seeing his mother and the fourth sister.

He didn't have many things with him, and the box was wide, and his clothes only took up three-tenths or four-fourths of the space when they were put in one box. Li Yan thought about it, but still took out the pickles and dry food in the package on the table and placed them neatly on the table against the wall, he didn't put them in another empty box.

After covering the two boxes, Li Yan pulled out a chair in front of the table, took the kettle and teacup and poured a glass of water, the water was really hot, it seemed that someone should come over every day to change the water and clean the room.

He was really tired today, he had traveled more than 200 miles, and only ate some dry food and water halfway, and now he was hungry and thirsty, and his body was tired, and now it was dark outside, and he didn't have the heart to go outside the house to see or anything like that, he was thinking about his thoughts while drinking water, thinking about what he had passed today and where he was sitting now, and it was still like in a dream, and after a while, he drank some water, but he felt even more hungry and tired, and his heart said. Fortunately, the teacher didn't arrange anything, otherwise he would really not be able to lift much energy, and it would be a little embarrassing in front of the teacher. While thinking about it, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, the door of his room was not closed, and this was a valley, and the footsteps were heard clearly in the middle of the night, Li Yan thought about it, this should be the delivery of food, and when he looked up sideways, he saw that the door was dark, and a woman with a wooden tray was standing at the door.

Li Yan stood up and walked to the door, and saw that the woman was still standing respectfully outside, so he said, "Where is your room? When the woman heard this, her face turned pale and she hurriedly said, "Master Li, don't you dare to do this, if you let Master Ji know, it will be a great disaster." Li Yan stretched out his hands to catch the wooden tray and was stunned, and said strangely, "Why is this?" The woman said, "How can adults and sons go to those places in the house, these are the places where we stay." ”

Li Yan was a little dazed at first when he heard this, but after thinking about it for a while, he understood that he could stay anywhere when he was at home, and now the change of identity made him a little relieved. He also knew that these humilities were not for him alone, but for the laws of the world. He took the wooden tray and said, "Then the next time you come, just put the food on the table in the house." ”

When the woman heard this, she looked at him and said to him as if she remembered something." Li Gongzi, in this valley in addition to sending food and cleaning, every day is not allowed to enter casually, the adults have also instructed these four houses not to enter at will, so as not to disturb the adults to do things, the adults basically close the door every time they come back, if we see the door outside the door with a wooden sign hanging on the hand, we will put the food on the stone platform outside the house, and then clean up after a while, if the food is not eaten, take it back and pour it out and redo it, and send it over again, and the cleaning of the adult's room is also cleaned by a special person with the permission of the adult, you and the house next to it is uninhabited so you don't need to ask the adult for instructions every day, and now you have lived here, so I can't get in. ”

As soon as Li Yan heard this, he noticed that there was a black wooden sign hanging on the handle on the inside of the door, thinking that when the teacher was practicing, he would hang this wooden card on the handle outside the door, so as not to disturb his cultivation. Although he doesn't understand these advanced martial arts, he has always heard of them, and when he hears that when he meditates on those internal skills, the Jedi can't be disturbed, otherwise there will be some phenomena such as going mad, and when he thinks about it, he understands a little.

The woman asked him again to put the tableware on the stone platform outside the room after the meal, and someone would come to clean it up, bowed to Li Yanwei and left.

Although the food here is not exquisite, it is also a meal that Li Yan has never eaten, and Li Yan has eaten this meal unsatisfied, but when he arrived, he remembered his father and mother at home, I wonder if they have eaten it now, and whether they are still thinking about him? Thinking of this, he suddenly became a little excited.

Get up and put the dishes and chopsticks in the tray, go outside the house, sure enough, there is a stone platform in front of the door, so put it on it, look up, a black pressed tree spread far and near, until the top of the surrounding mountain, only the top of the dozens of feet of the round sky sprinkled a little starlight, he looked at it for a while, then retracted his gaze, found that he was not far from the opposite side of the stone house, that is, not far from the stone platform, it seemed to be a puddle of waterhole, but at this moment the first time away from home, the first night outside is always full of thoughts, the homeland is unforgettable, plus the fatigue after the meal is stronger, but also dispelled the idea of walking around the valley, then turned back to the house after a simple wash, closed the door and window and lay on the bed, I missed my father and mother at home and fell asleep in the grass and trees in the village.