The scholar is the white moonlight in the heart of the bandits

At this moment, night shrouded Nanhai Ning Mansion.

Two swift, ghostly figures shuttled down the street.

At night, the Nanhai Ning Mansion will impose a curfew. The bustling streets during the day are empty at this time, only some returning ships are quietly unloading the day's harvest on the pier.

The pitch-black figure stepped forward, turned a few turns, and stopped in front of a gate.

Lin House.

This is an aristocratic family with the same reputation as the Murong family in Nanhai Ningfu, but in the past hundred years, the Murong family's shark bead industry has been too developed, gradually overshadowing the reputation of Lin Fu, and many outsiders have forgotten that Nanhai Ning used to be a family. The government also produced a kind of silk and satin that is as thin as a cicada's wing and as light as a feather, called gauze.

The two figures who stopped for a while nodded, then jumped over the wall.

This time someone offered to buy the couple and asked them to inquire about something. Because it was related to the Murong family, the price offered was very attractive.

Because his wife found out that she was pregnant a few days ago, the two decided to wash their hands after finishing this job, but they didn't want to, this investigation also discovered a shocking secret.

The Murong family, which mass-produces shark beads every year, turned out to have the secret of making shark pearls, which is to disembowel a live shark, extract fresh and full of life shark oil, and then condense the shark oil into shark pearls. How cruel is this? method.

Moreover, the shark oil on a shark body can only extract a few shark beads, so in the past, the Murong family could not provide less than a thousand shark beads a year, and how many shark lives were used in exchange for it.

Master Lin was overjoyed when he heard the news, and immediately handed over the 500 taels of snowflake silver to the couple, and they were overjoyed.

But just as the two were about to leave, they were called down by Master Lin again.

"You two, I still have 500 taels of snowflake silver here, and I need your help with one thing. I wonder what you want?" Master Lin said.

The couple looked at each other, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

"Come here with your ears."

......

At night, Zeng Ning received a summons, saying that the Second Young Master was looking for him.

Zeng Ning was startled, fearing that the second young master was dissatisfied because he was punished to kneel down in the ancestral hall, and wanted to take revenge on him.

But in the past, in the mouths of the servants, the second young master is not like this kind of person.

Full of apprehension, Zeng Ning went to the second young master's yard.

However, the reality is different from what he thought.

The second young master was very polite to him, good tea and snacks, with a soft tone, and asked him by the way, would he like to be his book boy.

Zeng Ning groaned in his heart.

I just broke free from the "sea of ​​bitterness" of the young master, and now I am called to be a book boy again. The days of freedom are over before they start. It is really uncomfortable to think about it.

I thought in my heart not to, but I had to agree with my mouth.

"Looking at you like this, do you have something on your mind? Or, you don't want to be my book boy?" As if he had a mind reading skill, the second young master immediately saw that Zeng Ning was restless.

"Go back to Second Young Master, I'm willing." Zeng Ning bowed his head.

"Are you afraid that if you follow me, you will be beaten and scolded by my master just like Xuan'er?" Second Young Master asked.

Zeng Ning was shocked, the second young master actually guessed his concerns.

Zeng Ning nodded.

"Then you don't have to be afraid. Xuan'er is a child after all. It's normal to be playful. I'm already an adult, and I don't need to go to school every day. In the past, I just discussed the knowledge in the book with the master. Even if it's wrong, master There won't be any punishment, so you don't have to worry." The second young master said.

Now, Zeng Ning let out a sigh of relief.

It’s okay, it’s okay, if it’s true what the second young master said, then the life of being a book boy won’t be too hard, it’s just...

"Dare to ask the second young master, why do you want the youngest to be the young master's book boy?"

The second young master smiled, "In the past, I took good care of Xuan'er, so I noticed you following behind him. I think you are quite serious in your work, and you don't talk much. Xuan'er is such a mischievous person, and you will follow patiently." He, when I came out of the ancestral hall today, I saw Xuan'er was replaced by a companion, so I realized that you were sent away, so I wanted to ask you if you want to follow me."

"So that's how it is. I'd like to thank the young master for your appreciation." Zeng Ning bowed his head and said.

"It's okay." The second young master shook his head, "Being my school boy doesn't have to get up early to wait for him to change clothes like following Xuan'er. You just need to come to my yard around [-] o'clock. You don't need to go to school on weekdays. Just stay in my yard and have lunch. You can also eat in the yard without going back."

"Yes." Zeng Ning said.

"Then if there is no problem, let's leave the matter of the book boy as it is. Remember to come over tomorrow at [-] o'clock." The second young master said, "If you like these snacks, you can also take them home and eat slowly."

There were several plates of exquisite desserts on the table, and Zeng Ning suddenly burst into joy.

The master also likes to eat these snacks, so I just took them home to honor him, and it is also the reward for the care that the master has given him in the past few years.

Saying goodbye to the second young master, Zeng Ning went back with a big bag of snacks and gave it to the master, and told him about being a book boy. The master naturally didn't object, but thought it was a good job, better than being in the young master's yard , It is to be more wary of the faction of the young master on weekdays. Now that the two brothers are fighting openly and secretly, who would have thought when the young master will do some tricks again, so we should be more careful.

Zeng Ning nodded in agreement.

Although the second young master allowed Zeng Ning to wake up later, this was Zeng Ning's first day as the second young master's book boy, and he still had to do what he should, so he woke up early.

"Didn't you say that the second young master asked you to arrive at the right time? Why did you get up so early?" The master always got up early, and at this time the breakfast was almost done, so he served him some first.

"Today is the first day, please perform better." Zeng Ning said.

Although the second young master has always been praised by his servants, he is a person who has no airs of a young master, as Zeng Ning can tell from the archery field that day, but he is a young master anyway, as a servant, he should have the respect he deserves .

"Okay, go there early after breakfast," said the master.

Zeng Ning nodded.

After breakfast, Zeng Ning hurried to the second young master's yard.

The second young master's yard is farther away than the fifth young master's yard. I don't know how long I walked there. It was already bright daylight when I walked there.

Gently pushing open the courtyard door, Zeng Ning saw that the second young master was already fully dressed and sitting on the roof of the courtyard, meditating. His body was filled with mist, and his breath was alternately cold and hot.

Hearing the noise, Murong Cheng, who closed his eyes and adjusted his breath, opened his eyes and saw Zeng Ning standing timidly at the gate of the courtyard, looking at him nervously.

It seemed that he was frightened by the way he was practicing.

Murong's "South China Sea Heart Sutra" focuses on anesthetizing the nerves, releasing mirage from the body, combined with the confusing effect of the mermaid's singing, creating hallucinations, and can instantly restore internal and external injuries. Among them, the body of people who practice this technique will be much lighter. If it is not a person of Qinggong Mahayana, it will be difficult to catch up with the footsteps of those who practice this technique in the mirage.

And to practice this technique, the offspring of the Murong family need to swallow shark beads since they were young. In order to practice this technique well, Murong Cheng began to swallow shark beads every day since he was nine years old, and he didn't stop until that year, and began to absorb the world. Practice with the purple qi at dawn.

The same is true today.

He asked Zeng Ningmao to come here all the time, usually at night, after serving him dinner, he would leave his yard, leaving him to practice in the yard alone.

Who would have thought that Zeng Ning would be so honest today, and came to the yard early in the morning.

No way, anyway, it was just a day of practice, nothing serious, Murong Cheng immediately jumped and jumped down from the roof.

"Master." Zeng Ning bowed his head.

"En." Murong Cheng nodded in response, "I thought you could sleep peacefully today, but I didn't expect you to come here so early, didn't you sleep well?"

"Master, no." Zeng Ning said.

"Don't be so polite. The people in my yard are used to being free. I feel uncomfortable if you restrict me like this. You should raise your head and talk to me." Murong Xuan said.

"Yes." The deep-rooted low thoughts have long been engraved in Zeng Ning's bones, and it is really difficult for him to be polite to Murong Cheng for a while.

Sure enough, Murong Cheng sighed, "Forget it, it's up to you, these things will be changed slowly in the future."

Zeng Ning was silent.

"Have you had breakfast?" Murong Cheng asked.

"I've eaten." Zeng Ning said with his head down.

"If you are still hungry, let's eat together later, the breakfast in the yard will be delivered later." Murong Cheng said.

"Yes."

......

The young master's breakfast is completely different from the servant's breakfast, not to mention exquisite, the dishes in front of him are better than what Zeng Ning eats during the festivals, and the young master has buns to eat early in the morning. It is completely different from the soft and tasteless steamed buns that the master usually makes.

With one bite, the delicious soup spread between his lips and teeth, and the aroma of the broth almost made Zeng Ning swallow his tongue.

Really delicious!

"If you like, I'll give you all of these buns." As he spoke, Murong Cheng pushed the plate of buns in front of Zeng Ning.

"Young master, won't you eat?" Zeng Ning asked.

"I eat it every day, it's okay to miss a bite." Murong Cheng laughed.

It's great to be a young master, he also wants to eat buns every day, big meat buns.

The steamed stuffed buns on the plate in front of him were immediately wiped out, leaving two in the end, Zeng Ning blushed and asked if he could keep it, he wanted to give it to the master.

Murong Cheng smiled, and said that there are as many buns as you want, and when you go back in the afternoon, Zeng Ning can go to the kitchen to get two more freshly made buns, and eat the ones in front of you first.

Now that Murong Cheng said so, Zeng Ning stopped being polite, picked up the remaining steamed buns, and satiated himself in two or three bites.

This was the most delicious and filling meal he had ever eaten, and he even felt a little full.

"Drink some hawthorn soup to digest food. You won't be able to walk later, but no one will give me a book bag." Murong Cheng scooped up a bowl of hawthorn soup in front of him and pushed it to Zeng Ning.

Zeng Ning was flattered, picked up the small bowl, and drank the hawthorn soup in small sips.

The second young master is really a good person, Zeng Ning thought, as expected, he was friendly to others as he said on weekdays, and he treated them as servants who signed the death contract as human beings.