Sealing Sword

Their house was built halfway up the mountain, built with large blue stones. Some pieces have been cracked after some years of wind and frost, and they were blocked with smaller stones and wooden planks, mottled with the traces of vicissitudes.

At noon, there was no smoke in the stone house, only a girl about Qin Lanshang's age was washing clothes outside.There is a small pool behind the house, which is full of clear mountain spring water. However, it is late in the season and the hand is very cold. She struggled to carry a bucket of water and was about to pour it into the wooden basin when she heard the sound of a thin man There was a sound of shouting, and when I looked up, I saw a stranger. As soon as I loosened my grip, the bucket fell down, splashing water all over the ground.

She probably rarely saw outsiders and was very afraid of strangers, so she quickly hid in the house, only showing her head to watch carefully.The old man tied the donkey to the tree stump, wiped the sweat from his brow, and shouted, "Xiu'er, don't hide, pour a cup of hot water for the guest!"

The girl shrank back with a cry of "ah", and came out with a pot of hot water and a few old bowls after a while, but her appearance was still timid.Seeing that the girl was shaking her hands when she was pouring water, Ye Fusheng winked at Qin Lanshang, but the eldest lady was wearing a daughter's skin in vain, and her heart was like a rough man, she searched her stomach and could only choke out a very comforting sentence: "Don't be afraid, we won't eat you."

Ye Fusheng: "..."

Opening his mouth to offend people and killing him in a muffled voice, he doesn't know how strange the old master of the Hundred Ghosts Sect is, so that he can teach such a granddaughter with such a strong character.

"Don't be afraid, girl. It's not right for a guest to disturb the master. It's my fault if I make a face out of crying." Seeing that the girl was so frightened that she was about to cry, Ye Fusheng sighed, and took out a small bird from his bosom. The red lacquer box was handed over, the corners of her mouth curled up, and she said with a smile: "Your complexion is not good. Although this rouge is clumsy, it can be added to it. Don't let Shaohua Kong let it down."

In this world, many women in the mountains will never be able to touch rouge and gouache throughout their lives. The girl's hands trembled, but she still took it.Ye Fusheng whispered a few more words to her, then turned his head and drank half a bowl of water instead of wine with the thin man, calming down the atmosphere.

Qin Lanshang saw that he was so easy to talk, laugh and amuse, not only made the two rough people smile, even the shy girl would respond weakly from time to time, and secretly looked at him.She blinked, and suddenly worried that her leg would be broken when her uncle came back.

"The scholar is hungry." She said suddenly, and at the same time quietly stabbed Lu Mingyuan behind her, almost knocking Lu Shusheng's elbow back to the ground after he finally stood up.

The few people who had been chatting enthusiastically woke up like a dream. The thin man and the girl went into the house to cook. The old man moved a small stool and continued to accompany the guests. Being able to speak in detail and appropriately will not make the ignorant feel inferior, nor will the knower be bored.

Ruan Feiyu asked: "This place is bitter and there are bandits. Why didn't the old man move away like everyone else?"

"Go? Where are you going?" The old man sighed, and the sorrow and frost climbed up his face with this breath, filling every wrinkle. Isn’t it always like this? Besides, most of my relatives and friends are gone, and the bones are all buried here. I don’t know how many days I can live with my old bones.

Although this body is like fluff and life is like a duckweed, but the roots are here, and it has drifted to the ends of the earth, and it has nowhere to rely on.

Ye Fusheng said: "Then the bandits are causing trouble, and the government doesn't care?"

"A family of officials and bandits, what do you care about?" The old man put down the water bowl, "Let's not say that the county is far away from here, but the city is not peaceful. Take it in, spend some money and come out to commit crimes without pain.”

Ruan Feiyu stroked the water bowl with his fingers, and asked, "Why didn't you sue? I heard that the court has revised the decree. People don't have to be hit by nails and sticks when they sue officials. As long as a paper complaint is submitted and the evidence is true, they can be sued." Fair."

"The old man is talking about the new law, right?" The old man raised his cloudy eyes, "Although the little old man has not been out of the mountain for a long time, I have also heard from the merchants that some people dare to change the ancestral law. It seems to be something...well, Ruan Shen implemented it of."

Ruan Feiyu smiled, he couldn't see whether he was complacent or what, he didn't laugh all the way to the bottom of his eyes, and asked lightly: "The old man also knows Ruan Shen?"

A gleam flashed in the old man's cloudy eyes, and he said: "I heard that people who came and went scolded and praised him, and one person said all kinds of things. I have never seen it with my own eyes, but there are many people who are content with the status quo in this world. , Few people dare to make changes, but he dares to change the laws and regulations of a country, he is always courageous and not afraid of death."

Ruan Feiyu's smile did not change: "Listening to the old man, he is also a talented person."

The old man coughed a few times: "I studied for a few days in my early years, but I dare not pretend to be a scholar!"

"Then why don't you continue reading and get a name?"

"My family is poor, how can I have so much spare money?"

Lu Mingyuan suddenly interjected: "Now that the new law is being implemented, poor people in their families can exchange jobs for education, and they can also read and write. It's always good."

The old man glanced at him and smiled: "The little old man has a son and a granddaughter who are useless in his family, and they are also in the old dead mountain. There is no need to abolish these things."

As a daughter's family, Qin Lanshang doesn't like people to look down on women the most, so she immediately turned a little ugly, and said: "Master, your granddaughter is young, and she will always have a family and manage things in the future, so she can't be a big character for the rest of her life. Do you know the village woman who guards the empty mountain?"

The old man just sighed and didn't speak.Seeing this, Ye Fusheng changed the topic and said: "By the way, the continuous heavy rain has only stopped a little today. My husband lives in the mountains, so you have to pay close attention to it, beware of natural disasters."

"The official said it was a flood?" The old man was stunned, and smiled, "Don't worry about it! It's been so long, and I heard that there was a flood more than 30 years ago, and it has been safe and sound all these years."

Hearing this, Ye Fusheng squinted his eyes and said, "That's my worry."

After finishing speaking, seeing Ruan Feiyu talking happily with the old man, Ye Fusheng patted Qin Lanshang on the shoulder, motioning her to walk around with him, Lu Mingyuan glanced at them, then at his teacher, and finally sat down obediently. Can't move.

They were walking on the small path outside the house, and they gradually moved away. Qin Lanshang disliked the muddy water on the ground and soiled his shoes, so he turned over on a blue stone, bent down and squatted down, resting his chin with his hands, and asked, "Uncle Ye , what are you going to tell me? I'm listening!"

This girl is a ghost, Ye Fusheng didn't tease her, glanced around from the corner of the eye, and after making sure that no one was watching, he untied the small silver pot on his waist and handed it over, saying: "Take a sip."

"what is this?"

"Something that can detoxify."

"You..." Qin Lanshang got it right, she took a quick look at the room, her face became serious, "Is there something wrong with these three people?"

"The house is very old, but the people are very new." Ye Fusheng folded his arms, "They seem to have lived here for many years, but they don't even know that this mountainous land is unstable and prone to natural disasters, and... he Both the skinny guy and the skinny guy have calluses on their hands, but the girl doesn't have any."

Qin Lanshang frowned: "Isn't it normal for people who do farm work to have calluses? Besides, daughter's family always loves beautiful ones."

"Calluses made from hard work are different from warriors, let's talk about farm work... Heh, look at this vegetable field, which farmer would be so careless?" Ye Fusheng swept his eyes and saw that although the small vegetable field behind the house has The rain is moist, but the cabbage in the soil has already turned yellow and withered.

The mountains and fields are no more like the royal farms and icehouses. Vegetables and fruits like cabbage should be harvested and stored after autumn, but judging by the appearance of this vegetable field, it has not been taken care of for at least half a month.

Qin Lanshang's heart skipped a beat, and she heard Ye Fusheng continue: "Girl Lan, you come from a wealthy family, and you don't know the hardships of poor families. Not to mention the mountains and fields, even daughters in the market have to work since childhood. Both are rough, but the girl's fingers are slender and fair, only the nails are scuffed, which shows that they are clearly hands that play the piano and pluck the strings."

Qin Lanshang gritted her teeth and said, "Is it the trouble caused by old thief Ruan?"

"You still have to eat at such a young age, but if you say it's aimed at him...it's almost the same." Ye Fusheng said lightly, "So, drink."

Qin Lanshang took a sip suspiciously, and almost spat it out. It took him a long time to swallow the drink that made everyone angry, and his expression was almost discord with him: "What the hell is this?"

"Don't be so irritable, this is a good thing." Ye Fusheng took the small silver pot over like a baby, "Using the medicinal wine brewed from snow lotus with red heart, when ordinary poisons encounter it, it is like a mouse encountering a cat."

Chixin Snow Lotus is a rare medicine in the world, known to have the miraculous effect of detoxifying and purifying the heart, even in the Hundred Ghosts Sect, it is not common.Hearing this, Qin Lanshang said in disbelief: "This taste is worse than bitter medicine soup, you must lie to me!"

Ye Fusheng rubbed his nose, in fact he didn't believe it, but his mistress can make something that a human can't eat with a face like a fairy.

He coughed lightly, and changed the subject: "I'll cover you up later, let Ruan Feiyu and that nerd have a drink, so you'll be prepared."

Qin Lanshang was puzzled and said, "Since we know they have problems, why don't we just take them down?"

Ye Fusheng looked at her and sighed: "Girl, do you have a brain just to make yourself look taller?"

Qin Lanshang: "..."

"The four of us have taken care of the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled. We don't know what they have behind them. If we rashly tear ourselves apart, we must be the ones who suffer."

Qin Lanshang frowned: "Then what should I do?"

Ye Fusheng smiled, his eyes slowly turned cold: "Wait and see what happens, and lead the snake out of the hole."