"Uh...... It's me. A man in a black robe came out from behind the bushes rather embarrassed, and reached out to remove the dead branches from the placket, looking a little embarrassed.

Bai Yaotang looked at this strange person and couldn't help frowning: "Who is Your Excellency, why did you eavesdrop on our conversation?"

Now that the master had spoken, Wen Su naturally had no reason to meddle, took two steps back, and retreated behind Bai Yaotang. Although he didn't speak, he looked at the visitor covered in withered branches with some curiosity, and the corners of his lips brought a soft smile again.

Zhao Baiyi stood there in embarrassment, thinking about the wording for a long time, and then carefully explained: "I didn't eavesdrop, I just happened to walk here, and then I fell and was discovered by you." ”

Bai Yaotang didn't mean to believe it at all, and his fingers touched his waist: "Your Excellency, are you teasing Bai?"

Zhao Baiyi was startled, quickly took two steps back, and shook his head again and again: "Master, Master, I don't dare to tease you if you borrow a few guts from a student! I just came to find my seventh brother, and then fell." Really, you have to believe me! I didn't hear a word, I just came!"

Bai Yaotang was stunned, looked at him with a flickering gaze, moved his fingers off the hilt of the sword, and asked with some uncertainty: "Shizi?"

Zhao Baiyi coughed dryly, and nodded helplessly: "Yes, it's a student, I'm Zhao Baiyi." ”

"You ......" Bai Yaotang looked at his appearance, pondered for a moment, and then looked at the wide stone road on the other side of the bushes, and didn't ask if he wanted to ask.

Zhao Baiyi couldn't help coughing dryly, and he didn't know what else to say except coughing for a while.

Bai Yaotang sighed lightly: "Okay, don't cough, I believe it." ”

Zhao Baiyi stopped coughing, and began to scratch his hair again, lowering his head and not daring to look at Bai Yaotang.

Wen Wei smiled slightly: "Uncle, you speak, I'll go see the second brother." Xiang Zhao Baiyi smiled and nodded, then turned around and walked into the room in the distance, covering the door.

Bai Yaotang looked at the students he hadn't seen for ten years, and he didn't know how to speak for a while, so he walked to the pavilion next to him: "Come over first, sit down and talk." ”

Zhao Baiyi agreed, followed Bai Yaotang over, and sat down a little restrainedly.

After a moment of silence, Bai Yaotang spoke first: "Everything is okay?"

Zhao Baiyi was slightly stunned, and then nodded: "It's all good, the eldest brother already has four sons, and I also marry a wife and have children, everything is fine." ”

Bai Yaotang pursed his lips: "Yan Cheng was very kind to me, but seven years ago, I couldn't go to see what happened behind him. I, the protégé, deserved it, and I really failed. ”

Zhao Baiyi didn't know why, so he followed his words: "When the prime minister left, the prime minister's mansion couldn't even pass through the carriages and horses, and it was not easy to stabilize. If the Master had come, he might not have been able to get in. ”

Bai Yaotang seemed to want to laugh, but for some reason he was swallowed up by his sadness, and fell into silence for a while.

Zhao Baiyi was stunned, and asked with some self-reproach: "Am I making the master unhappy again?"

"How so? I can't be happy to see you. Bai Yaotang stretched out his hand and pressed his forehead, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes, and his voice was a little low, "It's just that I can't laugh." ”

Zhao Baiyi said apologetically: "I was standing next to me, but I couldn't help anything." ”

Bai Yaotang shook his head: "This is the catastrophe of the Trojan Horse Hou Mansion, the Trojan Marquis is good at divination for generations, if he can escape, how can he sit still?"

Zhao Baiyi asked, "Didn't Master always disbelieve in those ethereal ghosts?"

Bai Yaotang smiled bitterly: "Yes, I have never believed it, but I have to believe it...... That's it, let's not talk about that. Where's your seventh brother? Why aren't you there?"

Zhao Baiyi was stunned and said: "I'm also looking for him, Ouchi's guards came to invite him over, but he disappeared." His injury hasn't healed yet, and he's been staying here and rarely going out lately, so who knows if he's gone silent today?"

Bai Yaotang asked, "Where is Bai Zhen, where did he go?"

Zhao Baiyi thought for a moment and shook his head: "I haven't heard him say it, he was still busy settling accounts when I saw him a few days ago." ”

Bai Yaotang felt that his head began to hurt again: "Why am I missing this time?"

"When did Brother Wen come over?Who else?Who?Uncle Wen?" Bai Zhen's voice approached at a very fast speed, and the voice that could be lowered by another person was inevitably heard: "Master, it's Master!"

"Master?" Bai Zhen asked casually, probably before he could react, he walked around the bushes, and then saw the two people in the pavilion looking at him.

Bai Zhen paused violently, raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows to cheer up: "Dad, when did you arrive?"

Bai Yaotang said: "Early this morning." ”

Bai Zhen looked up at the sun farther west, and asked Bai Bin sideways, "What time is it?" ”

Bai Bin said: "It's almost time." ”

"Oh, that's time for dinner. Bai Zhen muttered, seeing that Bai Bin was standing next to him and did not react, he squinted at him, "What are you still standing here?" I said that it was almost time to eat, go and let the kitchen prepare." ”

Bai Bin hurriedly responded: "Oh, okay, I'll go now." He bowed to Bai Yaotang and walked quickly.

Bai Yaotang asked, "Where have you been?"

Bai Zhen said: "Fengyun Xuan." ”

Bai Yaotang was stunned: "Where?"

Bai Zhen repeated: "Fengyunxuan, I'll go to Fengyunxuan to buy news." ”

Bai Yaotang's eyebrows furrowed, he didn't say anything, just asked, "What's the situation?"

Bai Zhen said: "I was personally received by Lord Fengxuan, and said that the affairs of the Hou Mansion should give them time to collect information, and the collection will be completed within three months, and the price will be 500,000. ”

Bai Yaotang nodded, and asked again, "It's been negotiated?"

Bai Zhen groaned: "Sort of, overall it's going well." I'll explain it carefully to my dad after that, and I can't say a word. ”

Bai Yaotang suddenly asked, "How much silver do you have left?"

"Five hundred thousand taels. Bai Zhen said casually, and then reacted, "What is Dad asking for this?"

Bai Yaotang looked a little surprised: "500,000?

Bai Zhen said: "Oh, the cost of fighting the fire or something before, the little prince later made up for me." I was just going to Fengyun Xuan to ask for news, but I didn't have much silver in my hand, so I accepted it. ”

Bai Yaotang's face looked a little strange: "Little prince, Prince Qi Wang, how much did he give you, where did he get so much silver?"

Bai Zhen was stunned and said, "More than 300,000." I don't know where it came from, so I didn't ask much. The inquiring looked at Zhao Baiyi.

Zhao Baiyi said: "The seventh brother is doing some business in his hands, and his fief is not far from here. A few days ago, I heard him say that he was in a hurry to ask for money, and asked Ran Haoxuan to pick it up in person, about five or six hundred thousand, right?"

Bai Zhen and his father glanced at each other, and couldn't help but say, "Your seventh brother is really rich. ”

Zhao Baiyi's eyebrows jumped: "He is a prince, and the fief has received a lot of money." And ......" He glanced at Bai Zhen uncertainly: "I remember that Master Hou has given the shop under his name to the seventh brother thirty percent, can the seventh brother withdraw money from there?"

Bai Zhen was stunned: "It seems that there is such a thing." ”

Bai Yaotang sighed: "Forget it, don't talk about this." You ......"

"Second brother, don't go out!" the wooden door was pushed open, followed by Wen Kun's exclamation.

Seeing Wen Lun's unsteady steps rushing out, he stumbled under his feet and almost fell, Bai Zhen hurriedly took two steps forward and supported Wen Lun, who was unsteady on his feet: "Ziyu, don't come out first......

Wen Lun didn't want to listen to him finish his words at all, just stood a little firm, and punched Bai Zhen in the face with a round fist: "You bastard!"

Even if Wen Lun has been lying down for more than ten days, his body is weak, but this desperate fist is really not light. Bai Zhen tilted his head, half-dodged and half-accommodating to let him punch, and bared his teeth: "Okay, okay, I'm a bastard, will you go back first?"

Wen Lun's eyes were slightly red: "Dead people, all dead people, none of them escaped! Why are you standing here in such a good manner? Why do you knock Lao Tzu unconscious and let Lao Tzu sleep for so long? Is Lao Tzu a waste and a burden in your eyes, and you don't want me to do anything while awake? You hate Lao Tzu so much?"

Wen Su cautiously glanced at Bai Zhen's Lao Tzu not far away, and then looked at his younger brother, but did not speak.

Bai Zhen pursed his lips: "Ziyu, you listen to my explanation." ”

Wen Lun sneered: "What explanation do I listen to? What more explanation do I need? How capable you are Bai Gongzi, how wasteful am I? You did the right thing, if you don't knock me out, I will definitely rush in, and then I will cause you trouble." If you let me wake up early, I'm sure I'm going to be stupid enough to dig through Qinghan's corpse, and I'll get you in trouble. Yes, you're doing it right. But what do you think of me? If you hate me so much, if you annoy me so much, don't take care of me! Do you think I can't beat you if you find my brother? You think beautifully!"

Bai Zhen showed a wry smile in his eyes, did not open his mouth to explain, looked at him silently, and then waited motionlessly for Wen Lun's fist to hit his nose.

Wen Lun's aggressive punch was about to fall on Bai Zhen's face, but he still paused, and put it down after a while.

"It's not you who is wrong, it's me, it's me!" Wen Lun suddenly slapped himself hard, his red eyes full of self-blame and hatred—the hatred of seeing his loved one trapped in the sea of fire, but unable to do anything about it.

"Zi Yu ......" Bai Zhen stretched out his hand to pull him, but was blocked by Wen Zhen. Wen Su smiled helplessly and motioned to Bai Zhen to leave it alone. Bai Zhen hesitated for a moment, and slowly withdrew his hand in the air, speechless for a while.

When Wen Lun's anger subsided a little, Wen Kun reached out to put his arm around his shoulder and hugged his younger brother into his arms. Wen Su was nearly a head taller than Wen Lun, and the shadow cast enveloped Wen Lun inside, blocking him from the dazzling sunlight.

I don't know why, maybe I felt the warmth I could rely on, maybe I was afraid that my actions would hurt my brother, Wen Lun's mania slowly calmed down, and then quietly leaned on Wen Yun's shoulder.