The pale cyan sky light shines through the papier-mâché window lattice, casting a checkered pattern on the kang. Li Hong had already woken up, pulled the thick quilt on his body, and was a little uncomfortable. There is no difference between winter and summer in the Nine Leaves Cave Heaven, and it is never cold or hot. It's been a long time since I've slept on such a hot kang, and he's been flipping pancakes all night.

He listened intently to the noise outside. It was quiet outside, with two distinctly different uniform snorts, one coarser and one thinner.

As he was thinking about his thoughts with blazing eyes, there was the sound of footsteps outside the house. The man walked to the gate of the courtyard and hesitated for a long time, as if hesitating to knock on the door.

The sound of this man's footsteps was a little different from that of ordinary people, much softer. Li Hong jumped off the kang and put on his coat, quietly lifted the curtain and walked outside. At one end of the North Kang, Wanyi was wrapped in a thick quilt of green cloth, her snow-white and quiet face was full of dreams, and the corners of her beautiful mouth had a hint of a smile. A long handful of green silk dragged on the light red Ning silk pillow.

Li Hong hurriedly looked at it, and his face was a little feverish. He walked briskly to the door and gently pulled the latch.

As soon as the day dawned, a man dressed in white was walking around outside the courtyard. Seeing Li Hong come out, the man's eyes lit up, and he quickly stepped forward and bent down deeply, his head almost touching the ground, and said, "Yaoshu, the steward of Qingyouzhuang, has seen the ancestor." ”

Li Hong was shocked by this title. The person in front of him was already middle-aged, his face was wrinkled, he looked like he was about forty or fifty years old, and he actually called himself his ancestor! Li Hong hurriedly picked him up and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." ”

Yaoshu crossed his hands respectfully and said, "That's exactly how it should be." Below is Yaoshu, a disciple of the deacon of the Nine Outer Doors, who is the Yaozi generation. The ancestor is the Chu generation, and the seniority is under the ancestor. I wonder how many days the master will stay this time?"

The next few generations of the nine generations are ranked according to the "true Yue Lingchu, heavy shining bright light...... Li Hong calculated, he is not the ancestor of this farm manager! However, he is really a little uncomfortable, and he said with a smile: "I still have to call you uncle about my age, I really can't stand it." This time, Xiao Ke was granted leave by his teacher, and he plans to stay for half a month, and he will take care of you during this time. ”

Yaoshu pulled the white clothes on his body and said respectfully: "How dare you! ”

Yaoshu also wore a white silk robe—this was the uniform dress of the Nine Sect disciples, but Yaoshu's robe was obviously a little different. The cuffs and hem of the white silk robe are inlaid with two conspicuous blue piping, unlike Li Hong, which is all white, only with nine vermilion flowers on the edge of the cuffs.

Yaoshu said with an obviously flattering smile: "I went down to the outside of the mountain, and I heard that the ancestor came back to visit relatives, and I rushed back overnight. Is the master living satisfactorily? Do you want to change to an upper room that is specially designed to receive disciples from this sect?"

When Li Hong heard this, he hurriedly excused himself. Yaoshu saw that he didn't look like a fake, and he didn't insist, but he had to invite him to his residence, saying that he wanted to serve tea to his ancestors. Li Hong was uncomfortable by his respect.

As she spoke, Wanyi opened the door and walked out. She was obviously very familiar with Yaoshu, and said with a smile: "Hong'er, you go, I'll go with my aunt at noon." By the way, Brother Steward, can I bring what I want when I come back this time? I was trying to ask you to change something. ”

Yaoshu smiled good-naturedly: "Yes, I brought back everything you wanted, just come and get it." After speaking, he bowed respectfully to Li Hong and made a gesture of please.

Li Hong moved, and Yaoshu followed honestly and tended to follow. Li Hong walked more than ten steps, saw his restrained look, scratched his scalp and said, "Brother steward, don't be polite, please lead the way." ”

"Yes, yes, look at me, I'm so happy to see my ancestor, I'm so confused!" he hurriedly stepped forward, stretched out his right hand and made a gesture of please. Although he led the way, he never dared to go beyond Li Hong's elbow distance, and leaned sideways respectfully. Li Hong couldn't help but wonder.

The farm occupies a large area, with a large black house, and a three-person high wall encloses the entire village. Outside the wall is a large field of good fertilizer.

This Zhuangzi is actually a small market town. A main street divides the farm into two parts, the left and right, with Wanyi and her aunt living on the left. There is a small courtyard at the end of the small street about 200 steps long, which is Yaoshu's residence.

Pushing open the courtyard door, a little girl pounced happily when she saw Yaoshu coming back, and shouted, "Dad, you're back." ”

Yaoshu touched her hair lovingly, but shouted in his mouth: "Don't be rude, I haven't seen my ancestor yet!"

The little girl has thin eyebrows and smart eyes, she is only about ten years old, she put her fingers in her mouth, looked at Li Hong and hesitated: "He is only a little older than me, how can he be called Shizu......"

"Nonsense! Kowtow!" Yaoshu pushed the little girl with a dark face, and smiled apologetically at Li Hong: "The girl has no mother since she was a child, and she has been spoiled by me." Forgive me. ”

Li Hong remembered the rules of the mortal world, and when he saw that the younger generation had to give a meeting gift, he hurriedly touched his sleeve, and just reached into his sleeve before he remembered that the packages he brought were all left there by Wanyi, and he didn't bring anything with him.

The little girl watched Li Hong's movements with interest, and when she saw that he couldn't take out the greeting gift, she grinned and said, "This big brother is stingy!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran.

Yaoshu couldn't stop drinking, so he had to smile bitterly and confess his guilt.

Li Hong smiled and waved his hand, "You might as well make love very lively and cute." ”

Yaoshu pushed open the door of the main house, let Li Hong take a seat, made tea himself, respectfully brought it to Li Hong, and said, "Master, please use it." ”

Li Hong took the tea and put it on the table, stretched out his hand and scratched his scalp, and decided to tell the truth: "Brother steward, my aunt and sister-in-law must ask you to take care of them, and you are my benefactor." If you are so polite and take a bite of the ancestor, we can't make love well. Please sit down, sit down and talk. ”

Yaoshu sat down at this time, picked up his tea bowl and drank tea, as if he was planning a speech for a long time, and did not speak.

Li Hong couldn't help but be curious, didn't he want to ask himself for advice? I guess he wanted some elixirs and spirit runes. These two things are very sought-after among the deacons and disciples of the outer gate, and they have already inquired about it. Although there is no elixir, the spirit rune is ready to be captured, and a lot of preparations have been prepared a long time ago.

For the sake of his aunt and Wanyi, Li Hong decided to take care of him, and said with a smile: "I saw my niece just now and couldn't get a meeting gift, my little 'ancestor' is really ashamed! There are some hand-drawn spirit runes here, although they are low-level spirit runes, they are still sloppy when used to protect themselves. I'll bring it to my niece later, and I'll just play with it. ”

Yaoshu sincerely arched his hand and said, "Thank you, Master." The spirit talisman drawn by the ancestor himself must be a good thing, I'm afraid that the girl will be ruined!"

The two exchanged pleasantries again, nothing more than talking about the affairs of the Nine Departures. Before going down the mountain, Lingshizi explained that he was not allowed to reveal the details of the inner door to the outer disciples. Li Hong picked something irrelevant and said.

After drinking a bowl of tea, Yaoshu was still spitting, Li Hong became more and more surprised, this Yaoshu came to see him early in the morning, what was it for? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it is to ask for a few spirit runes? Could it be that he wants to ask for advice on cultivation? He carefully hit Yaoshu.

Yaoshu knew at a glance that he was a simple and responsible person. With Li Hong's current eyesight, it is not difficult to see his cultivation. It is estimated that his cultivation is the shallowest practice of the Nine Departure Sects, and he must not even be able to touch the "Lihuo True Scripture" and the like. The cultivation is obviously not high, and it has not even reached the early stage of basic foundation building, that is to say, it has not even touched the threshold of cultivation. However, compared with the so-called masters of the rivers and lakes, they are much smarter.

Yaoshu seemed to see what he meant, and just wanted to say something, when he suddenly heard the little girl outside the courtyard gate shouting: "Wanniang, you are here, Qiuyi is looking for you to learn needlework!"

As soon as the words fell, the aunt and Wanyi walked in side by side, Wanyi was holding a bamboo dustpan in her arms, which was piled with many bright needlework, and she was holding the little girl named Qiuyi in her hand, and the three of them walked in happily.

Wanyi's expression was gentle, and she listened to the little girl's chatter. Li Honggang wanted to speak, but found that the same gentle expression also appeared on Yaoshu's face. It's just that Yaoshu showed such a look to Wanyi.

Seeing this scene, Li Hong finally understood what Yaoshu wanted to say, and the indescribable feeling came to his heart.

In the next few days, Li Hong tried to avoid meeting Yaoshu in person. Yaoshu came to the door several times to invite him, saying that he wanted to drink wine in the east. Li Hong pushed it on the pretext. There are many excuses, I want to talk to my aunt well, I want to eat hometown food, and I want to rest more...... Gradually, Yaoshu stopped coming to the door. Li Hong fell easily.

My aunt is old and sleeps a lot of time. This afternoon, she was in very good spirits, pulling Li Hong to chatter constantly, and talked about Chuxiong for a while. Hearing that Chu Xiong's meal volume ranked first in the Nine Departure Gates, she laughed, but then she changed her words and asked, "Hong'er, what do you think of Yaoshu?"

Li Hong was stunned. Before she could speak, her aunt sighed, "You probably don't know yet." Your eldest brother sent someone to Li Jiawa to look for us. He...... Alas, I actually voted for the golden dog!"

The five thunders thundered to the top, and the eldest brother actually voted for the golden dog! The ghost of the "eldest brother" he saw when he was refining his heart in the Golden Lantern Gorge turned out to be true! If he really voted for the golden dog, could he really die on the battlefield? Li Hong was already stunned by the chaos in his mind.

"Yaoshu has inquired about it, your eldest brother's strong man team was broken up on the way to Taiyuan Mansion, he was seriously injured, was rescued by a golden dog officer and soldier, somehow he joined the enemy as soon as he came and went, I heard that he was brave in the war, and his position has become higher and higher in the past two years, and he actually became a big official of the golden dog! He sent people to Li Jiawa several times to find your mother, you and your sister-in-law, and the remaining villagers in Li Jiawa were afraid and moved away one by one. Just for your eldest brother, the village where our ancestors lived for generations has become a deserted village!

The aunt burst into tears and continued to cry: "Your sister-in-law is determined to leave your eldest brother, and the letter of resignation has been sent. She said, your mother and so many villagers died at the hands of the golden dog, and you must not share the glory and wealth with those who defected to the enemy and betrayed the country, just like your eldest brother is dead! I approve of this! Wanyi is a good girl and has temperament! These days, I treat her as my own daughter, not to mention that I am your aunt, and I am the master of this matter! I have decided, just as your mother has never given birth to your eldest brother! None of us recognize him!

Listening and listening, a wave of anger gradually filled his chest, and Li Hong clenched his fists to rattle. The mother died under the golden dog knife, the eldest brother actually surrendered to the enemy, and became a golden dog official, he actually dared!

"Thanks to Yaoshu for taking care of us these days. He had a good heart, and I could tell that he liked him very much. Although he is a little older, he is considerate, and Qiuyi's girl is also gentle and affectionate. Wanyi has something to rely on for the rest of her life, and I can close my eyes on this old bone. Just wait for you to come back and ask what you mean......"

Li Hong was stunned when he heard this. Before he could speak, someone suddenly opened the curtain and rushed in.

It's Wanyi. Her face was pale, she looked at Li Hong deeply, walked quickly to the kang, knelt down at her aunt, and said loudly: "I understand my aunt's kindness, forgive me! Just when Li Wu dies, I will observe the festival for him, and I will never marry again in this life! Please ask my aunt to mention the matter of remarrying! If my aunt must force me to remarry, Wanyi can only die to make her will!"

The aunt was so anxious that she wiped her tears, stretched out her hand to pull Wanyi, and said: "Auntie is all for your good, pity your life! Don't you want to go the wrong way, what can't you die, do you want your aunt's life?"

The door curtain shook slightly, Li Hong woke up and strode to the door, and a figure in white was staggering away. It was Yaoshu, and he heard it all.

Looking at the crooked back, and then looking at Wanyi with tears on her face, Li Hong's heart was like knocking over a five-flavor bottle.