Pan Xincheng walked first, and the Yu Shuang brothers and sisters followed him quietly.

After about half an hour, the three of them stepped into the stone arch of the "Scholar Garden" in Panfu.

Along the way, there are cool and secluded paths, with strong bamboo forests on both sides and birds singing.

Until here, walking through the stone gate, Yu Shuang felt that Huo Ran was shining in front of him, here the pines and cypresses are forested, the willows and poplars are turquoise, there are rockeries, there are streams, the scenery is extremely beautiful, where is it like the scenery in a mansion?

Among the hundreds of pine and cypress trees, there are houses one after another, stretching horizontally, most of them are bamboo houses, and they stand in the forest.

From inside came the sound of children chanting. The voice sounded childish and crisp, neat and orderly.

Pan Xincheng walked in front of the two of them, and suddenly said: "This is the 'Erudite Academy', and everyone in Pan's Mansion who is as old as you is studying and learning calligraphy here. Ying'er, in the future, you will study with them here, and treat this place as your home. ”

Yu Xueying followed Yu Shuang, who was enjoying the beautiful scenery here with joy, and said with a smile: "Ying'er knows, thank you Uncle Pan, Ying'er will study hard in the future." ”

Pan Xincheng glanced back at Yu Xueying, his eyes were full of love, and he smiled: "You two don't always be so polite in the future, just be casual, Pan Mansion is very easy-going up and down, and you don't have to be restrained." ”

Yu Shuang and Yu Xueying looked at each other and smiled, and said in unison, "Yes, Uncle Pan." ”

Pan Xincheng walked first, and then said, "Shuang'er, you don't want to practice Taoism, are you willing to continue studying here with Ying'er?"

Yu Shuang pondered for a moment and said: "Uncle Pan doesn't treat us as outsiders, and Shuang'er doesn't regard himself as an outsider. Shuang'er is now thirteen years old, and she has reached the age where she can serve the Pan Mansion and the people of the city. ”

Pan Xincheng suddenly stopped when he heard this, a smile appeared on his face, he turned his head to look at Yu Shuang, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly said: "I didn't expect Shuang'er to be at a young age, and your temperament is quite similar to me at that time, so you can follow me and worry about the trivial things in the house and the city." ”

Yu Shuang nodded and replied, "Yes, Uncle Pan." ”

Pan Xincheng smiled heartily, took out a jade carved folding fan from his arms, opened it twice, turned around and continued to walk forward.

The three of them walked forward, Yu Xueying heard the sound of recitation, frowned and asked, "Uncle Pan, there sound like a lot of people studying here, are they all homeless children?"

Pan Xincheng turned around and smiled at her, and said lightly: "Yes, now that there are too many disputes in the world, and the chaos has affected the pond fish, I will take in all the helpless children and let them live in Pan's mansion." ”

Yu Shuang's heart moved, and from the sound of reading, this bamboo house was quite large, and one after another, not to mention twenty or thirty, but there were no less than three or five hundred people, and the two of them looked at each other, and couldn't help but admire Pan Xincheng a little more.

Yu Shuang looked into the house through the window, and saw that all the children had innocent and moved looks written on their faces, and they all looked at the master in front of the stage without squinting.

Yu Shuang said sincerely: "Uncle Pan is really amazing! These children all look like they are no more than seven or eight years old, and they are all cleanly dressed, and they have enough food and clothing in the Pan Mansion, so they can't tell that they are actually homeless children at all." ”

Pan Xincheng smiled when he heard this, and said lightly: "Speaking of which, it is the Nie City Lord who is compassionate and compassionate, and the ancient way is warm-hearted, and I am just doing my best." For example, today's strife continues, and war spreads everywhere, most of these children are not orphans of Yulin City, but children adopted by me and the city lord Nie from the war. They lost their parents at such a young age, and it is really the sin of cultivators like us. ”

Pan Xincheng sighed slightly, not very embarrassed.

Yu Shuang also sighed softly, and said: "I don't know how long the war between the two realms of righteousness and demons will continue? Since I was a child, my father and mother didn't let my brother and sister practice Taoism, but my brother was obsessed with cultivating the truth, so my father followed his wish and preached his Taoism, and now his whereabouts are unknown, and my family has suffered this accident, and I don't know if he can survive the disaster." ”

Yu Xueying's nose was sour, and she said, "Big brother, does he have any news?"

Yu Shuang shook her head gloomily and said, "It wasn't mentioned in the mother's letter, and I don't know where he is now, I just hope he can be safe." ”

Pan Xincheng walked in front, turned around suddenly, looked at the two of them, and said, "Shuang'er, Ying'er." The life history of the two of you must be kept secret, and you must not mention it to others, the respected teacher has been exemplary and punished adulterous all his life, and he has acted above board, and there are countless enemies in his life. Everyone in the Demon Dao is hated, and now without his protection, there are many people in the Pan Mansion, if your life history is passed on, it will be harmful to you after all, do you understand?"

Yu Shuang and Yu Xueying nodded silently.

Pan Xincheng said again: "Now there are only three of us who know your background, the world is sinister, you must also learn to protect yourself, the so-called open guns are easy to block, and hidden arrows are difficult to prevent." In the future, if someone asks about your background, they will say that this is the end of the search for relatives. ”

Yu Shuang and Yu Xueying nodded and replied, "Yes."

Yu Shuang couldn't help but feel a little more grateful to Pan Xincheng in her heart, she didn't expect him to think so well for their brother and sister.

For this point of life experience, Yu Shuang really didn't expect that Pan Xincheng's worries were not unreasonable, since ancient times, the two ways of righteousness and demons have a deep bitter hatred, and the extermination of the clan often happens, if the news goes, it will not only endanger their brothers and sisters, but I am afraid that it will also affect the people of Yulin City, which is really not careless.

While he was thinking about it, Pan Xincheng suddenly stopped in front of a bamboo gate, and the loud sound of reading interrupted his thoughts.

Pan Xincheng paused, turned around and smiled: "Ying'er, we have arrived." ...... Where's Ying'er?"

Pan Xincheng turned around but didn't see Yu Xueying's figure, Yu Shuang was stunned, only remembering that his sister had been following him, he was distracted for a while, turned around and looked, but there was nothing behind him.

Yu Shuang was startled and shouted, "Ying'er, where are you?"

"I'm here, here!" suddenly came Yu Xueying's loud voice from the woods.

Fifty steps away from Yu Shuang's back, Yu Xueying suddenly ran out of the forest, and along the way she came, Yu Shuang saw her sister holding a fat snow-white rabbit in both hands.

Yu Shuang knew that his sister was active, especially because she didn't have the slightest resistance to these furry animals, his face sank, he glared at Yu Xueying, and didn't speak.

Yu Xueying had a smile on her face, ran closer, stroked the rabbit in her arms, the love in her eyes was overflowing, and said to Shuangle: "Brother, look at it, I didn't expect there to be rabbits in this bamboo forest." It's so cute and fluffy!"

Pan Xincheng had a smile on his face, touched Yu Xueying's head, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to like small animals like Xiaohan." This is raised by Xiaohan, whose name is Xiaobai, and it was also found that it was injured in the suburbs, and Xiaohan brought it back, and it has been raised for more than three years. ”

"Huh?" Yu Xueying's face suddenly stunned when she heard this, her expression was stiff, her big watery eyes looked at Pan Xincheng, and she said, "Sister Xiaohan raised it?"

Pan Xincheng nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, you and Xiaohan have similar temperaments, and you will definitely become good playmates in the future." ”

Before Yu Xueying could speak, she felt a few figures appear in the corner of her eye, she turned her head to look, but saw that three figures were coming out of the bamboo door behind Pan Xincheng, and the goose yellow figure in the middle was Pan Xiaohan.

Pan Xiaohan was smiling and talking to the two people beside him while talking, as if he felt something strange, and suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Xueying.

Looking at each other, Yu Xueying chuckled in her heart, and subconsciously let go of her hand, like a hot potato in her arms and let go, "bang" with a muffled sound, but the rabbit Xiaobai actually fell to the ground, as if shocked, his legs jumped into the bamboo forest, and his hind legs looked a little lame, afraid that he would be injured.

Yu Shuang sensed that something was wrong with her sister, and turned her head to look at her gaze, but saw Pan Xiaohan with a calm face, staring at Yu Xueying with an angry face, and there seemed to be anger floating in her eyes.

Pan Xincheng also felt that something was wrong with Yu Xueying suddenly, looked back, and then shouted, "Xiaohan, come here." ”

However, Pan Xincheng didn't seem to pay much attention to his daughter's expression, and quietly said to Pan Xiaohan who was walking: "Xiaohan, from now on, Ying'er will be studying here, with you, you are your sister, you should help your sister, you know?"

The anger on Pan Xiaohan's face disappeared at this moment, and she stared at Yu Xueying expressionlessly, and only after Pan Xincheng finished speaking, she squeezed out a smile and said softly: "I know, Dad." Xiaohan will definitely get along with Ying'er's sister day and night in the future, and she will be like sisters. ”

Pan Xincheng smiled slightly, put his hands on the shoulders of his daughter and Yu Xueying, and walked as he walked: "Xiaohan has grown up and is sensible, and it should be like this in the future." ”

But no one noticed Yu Xueying's expression, except for Yu Shuang.

It seems that since the morning, Yu Xueying has felt that Pan Xiaohan doesn't like her, it seems that there is no reason, and she doesn't know what she did wrong. Thinking of Pan Xiaohan's cold eyes just now, she was afraid for no reason, she wanted to be unwilling to study with Pan Xiaohan, but at this moment, she didn't know why, she couldn't speak.

Yu Shuang walked beside his sister and noticed that his sister looked strange, he knew the reason, but he had to comfort him quietly at the moment.

First, Uncle Pan's affection is here, and secondly, Pan Xiaohan will also see the wind and rudder, in order to avoid trouble, he has to whisper: "Ying'er, I know that Xiaohan has a bad attitude towards you, but just like she said last night, after all, we live here, and we have to endure everything. ”

Yu Xueying looked at Yu Shuang with big watery eyes, with a rather aggrieved look on her face, and was about to speak, Pan Xincheng seemed to be aware of it, and suddenly smiled: "What are you muttering in a low voice?

Yu Shuang pulled Yu Xueying's sleeve, Yu Xueying immediately understood, turned her head and muttered: "It's Ying'er's honor to be able to study with Sister Xiaohan, Ying'er will definitely study hard in the future!"