After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Lu Yuan carried Lu Zhaoyan to the top of the mountain in one breath.

I don’t know if Lu Yuan was tired or not, but Lu Zhaoyan vomited as soon as he got off the ground.

There was no one in the temple, but there was a small courtyard built on the open space a hundred steps away, with two thatched houses and many mulberry trees planted around it. To the east was a chicken coop and a pigpen, and to the west were a sheep shed and a cow shed.

The small yard is surrounded by a fence, and the gate in the middle is of little significance, after all, the fence is only half a person's height.

Lu Yuan walked forward politely and knocked on the gate.

"Excuse me, is anyone there?"

After asking, he did not knock again, but waited patiently outside the gate.

About half a quarter of an hour later, a shepherd boy about eleven or twelve years old walked out of the thatched hut and opened the door for Lu Yuan.

At this time, Lu Zhaoyan had recovered some strength.

He wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief, stood up and walked towards the shepherd boy.

The shepherd boy looked back and forth between him and Lu Yuan and asked, "Are you from the Imperial City?"

Lu Zhaoyan said softly: "That's right."

The shepherd boy thought for a moment and then asked, "Master said that there will be distinguished guests from the imperial city coming today. They are a father and son. Are they you?"

Without waiting for Lu Zhaoyan to answer, Lu Yuan smiled and said, "Does your master have spies in the imperial city?"

The shepherd boy shook his head, his eyes clear, not flustered by the questioning of the dignitaries, but answered frankly and seriously: "My master calculated it."

Lu Zhaoyan sighed: "He is really an expert. May I ask if your master is at home?"

"The master has gone into the mountains."

Knowing that they would come, they chose to enter the mountains at this time. It seems that the other party did not intend to see them.

Lu Zhaoyan asked, "When will your master come back?"

"He didn't say." The shepherd boy said, "You don't have to wait. He never has a fixed time when he goes into the mountains. He may come back in three to five days at the shortest, or ten days or half a month at the longest."

Lu Zhaoyan felt slightly disappointed.

Lu Yuan raised his lips and pointed at Lu Zhaoyan: "Young Master, my father has been climbing the mountain for a whole day and is exhausted. Can I go in and ask for some water to drink?"

The shepherd boy hesitated.

Lu Yuan added: "You don't want my dad to faint at your doorstep, do you?"

The shepherd boy looked at Lu Zhaoyan.

Lu Zhaoyan's face was indeed pale and he looked like he might collapse at any time.

But Lu Zhaoyan was not tired, he was dizzy and vomited because of Lu Yuan!

The shepherd boy whispered, "You can't faint in my house, then."

Lu Yuan: “…”

Lu Yuan said: "My father will be fine after a rest. Don't worry, we won't cheat."

The shepherd boy looked up, looked at Lu Yuan carefully, and nodded: "You don't look like someone who would cheat."

Lu Zhaoyan looked at Lu Yuan, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

The shepherd boy opened the gate and invited the two into the yard. He pointed to the stone table and stone bench and asked, "You can rest here. I can't invite you in without the master's permission."

Lu Yuan smiled and nodded: "Thank you, little master."

The two sat down.

The shepherd boy came into the house and poured tea.

Lu Yuan reminded softly: "Can I have a bowl of hot tea?"

"can."

Seeing how hot they were, the shepherd boy originally planned to pour them some cold tea.

The shepherd boy brought a bowl of hot tea and a bowl of cold tea.

Lu Yuan placed the hot tea in front of Lu Zhaoyan.

Lu Zhaoyan: "You asked for it for me?"

Lu Yuan said in a sly tone, "It's not me who's about to faint."

Lu Zhaoyan: ...You have the nerve to say that you are the culprit.

After putting down the tea, the shepherd boy went about his own business.

Lu Yuan began to observe the yard.

The furnishings in the yard were very simple. Apart from the stone table and stone benches, there was only a water tank and three very large shelves.

Each rack is divided into three layers, and each layer is placed with a round winnowing basket woven with bamboo strips.

The shepherd boy was holding a round winnowing basket and busying himself with something.

Lu Yuan asked, "Did you and your master plant the mulberry trees around here?"

The shepherd boy stared at the winnowing basket and answered, "Yes."

Lu Yuan praised sincerely: "Such plump and beautiful mulberry leaves are rare."

It was the first time that Lu Zhaoyan heard someone use the word "plump" to describe mulberry leaves.

He probably couldn't figure out this "wild son" who showed up halfway. It was obvious that she didn't have so many twists and turns in her heart except for her love of using chicken poison on people.

Lu Yuan stood up and walked to a shelf, looked at the dustpan on it, and said with a smile: "Your master also knows how to raise silkworms, and he raises them very well!"

The shepherd boy raised his head and proudly corrected, "I raised it!"

Lu Yuan looked like he didn't know the real deal: "You are so young, but you have already raised silkworms so well? How many years have you been raising them?"

The shepherd boy puffed out his chest and said seriously, "This is the first year!"

Lu Yuan gasped: "It's only the first year! You're going to raise a silkworm king, right?"

Even if you wear it a thousand times, you will never wear it.

The shepherd boy was flattered by the praise. His ears turned red and he whispered, "Do you want to see the silkworms I raise? There are some bigger ones."

Lu Yuan: “I couldn’t ask for more!”

The shepherd boy took Lu Yuan to visit the silkworms he raised. Lu Yuan praised each one he saw, without repeating himself. Even the ordinary cocoons were praised to the utmost by him.

Lu Zhaoyan was stunned when he heard this. He couldn't believe that the little chicken-gu girl who would rather take action than talk would give birth to such a shameless son.

He murmured, "Who did you take this from..."

Lu Yuan didn't expect that his flattery was so easy to come by.

After the shepherd boy introduced his last silkworm, he cleared his throat and said to Lu Yuan, "Before the master and his family go into the mountains, they usually go to the fields to check on the crops. He just left not long ago. If you go quickly, you may be able to see him on the ground. But don't tell them that I said it. The master didn't let me tell outsiders about his whereabouts."

Lu Zhaoyan looked at Lu Yuan deeply.

Lu Yuan curled his lips: "Dad, shall we go?"

If Lu Zhaoyan wants to go, he will take Lu Qi with him.

But the shepherd boy had already said that if it had been any later, he might have missed the opportunity to meet his master.

"Thank you, little master."

Lu Zhaoyan thanked him.

The shepherd boy watched the two of them leave and lived in seclusion here. Although he often met villagers and visitors from his master, Lu Yuan was the only one who spent so much effort to make him happy.

He took a deep breath and asked Lu Yuan, "Big brother, what's your name?"

Lu Yuan turned around and said to the shepherd boy calmly, "Just remember that my father is the crown prince of Daliang."

The shepherd boy scratched his head and murmured, "The noble person that Master was talking about turned out to be the Daliang royal family."

Lu Zhaoyan left Ji Feng to take care of Lu Qi. Ji Feng did not receive any order to carry Lu Qi up the mountain, so he followed Lu Qi very carefully.

Lu Qi's legs were almost broken from walking, and he gave Ji Feng several meaningful looks.

Ji Feng didn't see any of them.

Lu Zhaoyan and Lu Yuan followed the direction pointed by the shepherd boy and headed towards the back mountain.

Thinking of Lu Yuan's conversation with the shepherd boy, Lu Zhaoyan asked, "Have you ever raised silkworms?"

Lu Yuan said: "I have raised one."

Lu Zhaoyan thought he was raising them for fun, but then he heard him say nonchalantly: "One hundred and twenty silkworms can produce one jin of cocoons, three jin of cocoons can produce one jin of silk, five jin of silk can be sold for one tael of silver, and one tael of silver can keep you from going hungry for a month."

Lu Zhaoyan frowned.

Has he... been hungry?