Poor monks do not break the precepts

He has been wandering around the rivers and lakes all year round, and Xu Sheng has traveled to places and experienced many things. He used it as a source of leisure time to talk about, which made the younger generations of Ji's family very envious.Coupled with Xu Sheng's eloquent ability, several people craned their necks to listen with gusto.When it comes to martial arts attainments, they can't wait to play two tricks in front of Xu Sheng and ask him to give him advice.

After five rounds of tea, Shen Changlin hadn't come back for a long time. Ji Boru was suspicious, so he called the servant and asked where he was going, but the servant hesitated for a long time before answering.Ji Boru changed his mind, and said loudly: "It's a bad thing, Shen Guanshi must have gone to the Songzhao Pavilion."

"Which of the big and small things in the villa can escape Mr. Ji's eyes and ears?" Xu Sheng was very indifferent, drinking tea to quench his thirst, and admiring the amber Ruyi Huai Mingmo had brought.

Ji Deen stretched his neck and said in surprise: "Do you know that Shen Guanshi went to Second Aunt?"

Xu Sheng fixed his eyes on Ruyi in his hand, unable to move his eyes away, he snorted in response, "It's not difficult to guess."

Dazed, Ji Boru dragged his chin, and looked at Xu Sheng in amazement, "Since you know that Shen Changlin is going, you should know what he is going to do. You are calm and calm, and you are not afraid of revealing the secret that the hidden world villa deliberately hides." We make things difficult for you."

"Mr. Ji acts upright, and I think your uncle is like this." Xu Sheng said firmly, without doubting the possibility of him, carefully handed Ruyi into Xin Li's hands, and said with a smile: "Hidden World Villa will not do assassination Sneak attacking this is the next thing to do."

Huai Mingmo picked up a frozen persimmon, handed it to the boy to cut into small pieces, and placed it beside Xu Sheng, "You are too sure."

"Oh?" Xu Sheng spooned a piece of frozen persimmon, which was very cold and sweet, and he teased, "Could it be that I didn't investigate deeply enough to find out the secrets in the villa."

Ji Boru waved his hand to deny it, and said anxiously: "Don't listen to his nonsense, there is nothing shameful." Looking meaningfully at Xu Sheng, Ji Boru raised his eyebrows maliciously, with a deep smile, and said in the hidden voice: "It's you, the secrets of the whole body. If you go to the bottom of it, how much can you find out?"

Ji Deen jokingly said: "Sister Boru, if you really do this, someone will be the first to forgive you." While speaking, his black eyes kept glancing at Huai Mingmo, no matter how clumsy a person could see what was going on .

Two fingers struck the stone counter forcefully, Huai Ming's ink eyes moved slightly, although he couldn't see it, he still found Ji Deqin's direction accurately.His tone is calm, his voice is deep, and his smile is as bright as April, but his smile makes people tremble, "I heard from my uncle that your martial arts have improved a lot recently, why don't we take advantage of the bright wind and bright weather today to learn from each other?"

Ji Deen shrank his neck, his face froze and he stopped laughing, his mouth was about to go wrong, but he opened his mouth quickly, seeing the trouble he was causing, he wished he could hold his mouth twice.

Staying with Shulang people for a long time, no matter how deep the temper is, it will be brought to life, Xu Sheng chuckled and said: "People who learn martial arts are most afraid of bullying the weak, it's not what a gentleman does." Said: "If you don't let him do it, it's fair."

Hearing the words, Ji Deen's expression changed, Ji Deen's brilliant face turned pale just now, his hands and feet kept shrinking, and he almost vomited blood, proving that he was extremely weak.

Putting aside the words of bullying, Huai Mingmo said with concern: "Why didn't I see Brother Deloitte, isn't he in the village today?"

Ji Boru smiled slightly, and sighed: "Sister-in-law Di's mother suddenly passed away more than a month ago. My sister-in-law was devastated when she heard the news, and fainted several times. She was originally weak. She couldn't sleep or eat for several days, and she was very thin. Brother Deqin was worried that Sister-in-law Di would go back to the funeral alone, so he accompanied her back."

"How come?" Huai Mingmo said in surprise, "Sister-in-law Di's mother is not very old."

Ji Deen nodded and said: "When I came back to the villa to see Sister-in-law Di, she looked very healthy and healthy, and she didn't look like she had hidden diseases."

Ji Boru flicked Ji Deen's forehead with his fingertips, "When did you become the apprentice of the Medicine King? Just by looking, you can tell if someone has a hidden disease." Looking back carefully, he seemed to have found the clue, and Ji Boru said confidently: "I remember that time, When Sister-in-law Di's mother held her hand and talked with her at the time of parting, she suddenly looked bad. I heard that she has been in a bad mood since then."

"He can't, but Yao Wang is powerful, didn't he see that that person was unwell at the time?" Xu Sheng interjected, it seemed that he spoke purposefully, but also asked casually.

Huai Mingmo explained: "Uncle Xun is a secret in the villa. He works as an idler in the villa under a pseudonym. He rarely moves around, let alone taking pulses and seeing a doctor. He would never appear on such an occasion. I didn't think so." unfortunately."

"Everyone has their own destiny." Ji Boru's carefree personality rarely makes the spring sad, and fiddles with the fresh melons and fruits on the plate, her brows are slightly frowned, and she sighs repeatedly for a long time, "I don't know what happened to my sister-in-law. , I lost my father two years ago. It’s only been a few months since I got married, and I saw my mother for the first time after marriage, and it was the last time. Now...it’s really pitiful, and it’s very sad for her at this age. "

Huai Mingmo found that Xu Sheng seemed to be thinking about something, he couldn't help but secretly doubted, and said absent-mindedly: "Fortunately, she has a deep relationship with Deloitte's big brother, so she is not alone."

"Everyone has their own good fortune, and when the fate is exhausted, no one can stop it." Xu Sheng suddenly put on the posture of a monk, and said this quite indifferently, which made others frowned.He lowered his eyes to himself, and chanted for a while, Huai Mingmo listened carefully, and found that he was reciting the Ksitigarbha Sutra in a low voice.

Ji Boru's hearing is not bad, and he stayed with Mrs. Ji's side for a while when he was young, so he is very familiar with Buddhist scriptures such as the Ksitigarbha Sutra.She heard the words in Xu Sheng's mouth, and immediately knew that she was a villain, and her face was immediately ashamed.

After reading for a while, Xu Shengfang noticed the expressions of several people, his heart was clear and bright, and he said with a smile: "I don't know when Young Master Ji will return?"

Seeing that Xu Sheng didn't care about it, Ji Boru became more and more fond of it, and the corner of his mouth raised slightly: "The letter said that it was these two days, and I always have to come back before the eve of the year."

There was a lively conversation in the booth, and the cotton curtain was suddenly lifted, bringing in the howling wind.The little servant was afraid of passing the chill on his body to the master's house, so he stood close to the cotton curtain, bent over and held a wooden box with his hands outstretched, and said respectfully: "Just now someone from Zhuangzi sent this wooden box, saying that it was to be handed over to the Xu family. Master Sheng."

The engraving on the wooden box is not like the auspicious patterns that you usually see, it is like a ghostly talisman, and it looks like the evolution of wild cursive characters. Looking at the hand of the young man holding the box, it can be seen that the items in the carved wooden box are extremely light, almost weightless.Xu Sheng glanced at the ornamentation and knew its origin, raised his hand to take it and placed it on his lap, opened his upper eyes to confirm the object.

Closing the lid of the box, Xu Sheng carefully handed it back to the boy, and said politely: "Is it not possible to trouble me, and send it to Mrs. Ji for me."

"This..." The servant looked at Xu Sheng in embarrassment, and sneaked a glance at Ji Boru and Huai Mingmo.

Xu Sheng explained with a smile: "It's Mrs. Ji's birthday, so it's not easy for me to be empty-handed."

Huai Mingmo waved his hand, and said to the boy: "You can take it, the people in front of the old lady are not vegetarian. If my mother asks, I will take care of it, go."

The boy still didn't dare to move after receiving the pardon, Ji Boru narrowed his eyes slightly, and said in a cold voice: "Why, my little brother's words don't work, why don't you go quickly." When the people retreated, the cotton curtain was put down again, and Ji Boru took the He apologized and explained: "Recently, the Hidden World Villa has encountered troubles frequently, so my mother has acted more cautiously, for fear that someone will take advantage of the old lady's birthday party to cheat, and it will be bad if the happy event becomes a white matter."

Ji Deen didn't swallow a sip of water, he almost choked, almost collapsed in fright, and hurriedly said: "It's a festive day for Chinese New Year, what do you mean by this?"

"You don't care about me." Ji Boru was very dissatisfied.

Xu Sheng thought for a long time, and said slowly: "Mrs. Ji has retired from the world for many years, so she should not be missed by others, but her birthday party must be carefully taken care of. Heroes join us, relatives and friends gather together, if I decide to make a move at that time, Catch them all in one go, leaving no one alive."

Huai Mingmo squeezed the tea bowl tightly, and said with heavy eyes, "Actually, I'm also worried about this. The person who muddied the rivers and lakes seems to be dealing with the hidden world villa, but in fact he is secretly looking at the entire martial arts world as a so-called treasure map." Cannibalism. What you did before was just pouring ink into the water to make it harder for people to see." With a slight snort, Huai Mingmo scolded: "It's too nonsense for you to play for a while. .”

The words contained words, which inevitably made others curious. Ji Deen looked at the two of them from left to right, but he didn't answer because Xu Sheng seemed to have never heard of it, while the other didn't intend to go into details or explain.After waiting for the two of them to speak for a long time, Ji Deen slumped slightly, and said boringly: "You two can play charades, which is very appetizing."

The sorrow on Xu Sheng's face was like the lingering mist in the autumn morning. He clenched his fists and beat his brows rhythmically, and said for a long while: "I guess she will use drunk life and dream death."

"Drunk and dreaming?" Huai Mingmo asked suspiciously, "Isn't this wine?"

"It's wine, but it's not all wine. I have been brewing for ten years, and it has been poisoned since the day the jar was sealed. Now that the poison and wine have long been fused, I'm afraid it will be difficult to eat it out." Thinking that people around me will be hurt For the first time in Xu Sheng's life, he felt fear in his heart, and the clenched hands in front of his lips trembled, "The poison is stored in the warehouse of the Wuzhi Building. I accidentally discovered that it is one of the ingredients that suppresses the extreme of sorrow and joy. The extreme of sorrow and joy It's not difficult to make, but his antidote has to be made into one pill in seven years."

The faces of the people in the pavilion were as white as paper, but it is strange that they are not frightened when they know this.Ji Deen finished speaking for a long time, and tremblingly said: "Don't you have an antidote." A loud "pop" sound came from behind Ji Deen, and Ji Deen suddenly felt a sharp pain behind him.

Ji Boru said: "That can't save the whole room."

This is of great importance, Huai Mingmo immediately invited Xinli to investigate the origin of the wine stored in the villa immediately, and to investigate every detail.He also told Shen Changlin the general situation and told him to be careful.Shen Changlin heard that his brow was sweating, and immediately called the manager who bought the wine, and assigned other staff to him, but he took up this responsibility himself, and dared not entrust others to do it.

Stretching out his hands to cover those trembling hands, Fang found that the owner of these hands even became short of breath, exuding hesitation and confusion like a child doing something wrong.The reprimanding words in his throat gradually turned into a soft sigh, Huai Mingmo patted Xu Sheng's back lightly, helped him to breathe slowly, and kept murmuring nicely, like coaxing a child.

After a while, he felt that his anger had eased a lot, and he said, "Sister Boru, I trouble you to tell your mother about this."

"Tell me the truth?" At the moment when other people were afraid, Ji Boru still had the time to joke, and this big nerve convinced Huai Mingmo several times.

Huai Mingmo smiled lightly and said, "Speak with a sense of propriety, just focus on the key points."

Ji Boru clicked his tongue repeatedly, raised his head, and assumed the posture of sitting on the ground and raising the price, "It's hard to grasp."

Huai Mingmo is used to being such a rascal, so he took out a piece of paper from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Ji Boru without saying a word. Hearing the sound of the paper being flipped open, he said slowly, "The dowry."

"It's easy to talk about it." Ji Boru's eyes lit up, and he asked someone to fetch cinnabar and put it in Huai Mingmo's hand, "The fingerprint is the proof, so that you won't cheat."

Ji Deen watched greedily, and hurriedly spread his hands and said, "What about my benefits?"

Putting things in order, Ji Deen readily took Huai Mingmo's bribe, and Ji Deen was too embarrassed to enjoy himself alone, so he volunteered to check the wine shops that provide wine to the villa all the year round.

When Huai Ming Mo led Xu Sheng back to the Wan Ting Pavilion, only the daily cleaning boys were busy working, and those who were usually ordered to go out to investigate.The new mother in charge of the restaurant is someone sent by Mr. Ji. She used to work in Mr. Ji's restaurant.Seeing Huai Mingmo's return, the steward's mother hastily brought him into the house, but sent him to wait outside, not daring to go overboard.

After a few days of traveling by boat and car, not to mention that Huai Mingmo couldn't bear it, Xu Sheng was also sore and tired.He unceremoniously fell down on the soft fur cushion of the imperial concubine's couch, his eyes moved slowly, and he didn't speak for a long time.

The bedroom was dry and hot by the silver carbon, Huai Mingmo slightly opened the small window in the corner of the room to take a breath, turned around and walked to the imperial concubine's bed, insisting on squeezing into the empty space left by Xu Sheng.Xu Sheng felt that it was uncomfortable, so he moved a few inches in, but Huai Mingmo made an inch of progress, so he sat down a few inches without hesitation.

With his hands resting on the side of his head, Xu Sheng turned his back and listened to the noisy footsteps coming from outside the window, "Aren't you afraid that they will hear that Tao Pavilion will be emptied?"

Huai Mingmo leaned slightly closer to Xu Sheng, with the intention of settling accounts after autumn, "Most of my family property was robbed by them, but you don't feel sorry for me. I'm afraid few of the remaining ones will catch your eyes gone."

Xu Sheng stretched out his hand to play with the purse on Huai Mingmo's waist, the satin surface was very worn.If you look closely at the rough stitches and only embroider crooked characters, you can tell at a glance that it is Ji Boru's craftsmanship, which is not good enough and full of affection.Envious from the bottom of his heart, Xu Sheng put down his purse lightly, said with a light smile, "It's okay, if you take away some of my thoughts, I'll pay a visit at night for a stroll."

Huai Mingmo was stunned for a moment, then sneered, "You're the real one."

"As a last resort, I have no choice but to do this." Xu Sheng carefully discerned the sound of erratic and disorderly footsteps, and said with a light smile: "Xuanji Pavilion's work is better than seeing it once."

There was a little sadness in his eyes, Huai Ming raised his head in shame, "I'm worse after all."

Xu Sheng stretched out his hand to smooth Huai Ming's loose black hair at the temples, and said with a smile: "It's just a lack of experience, it's your advantage to be generous and kind to others, the style of a gentleman."

The man who hastily rushed back stepped into the room, just about to go to the inner room, but he didn't want to stretch out his hands behind the screen and pull him away.Luo Chen looked back wonderingly, saw that it was Xinli who opened his mouth to ask, and heard the creaking sound of the carved wooden window being pushed open from the inner room. Xinli slapped the screen angrily, cursing himself for being stupid, in case he forgot to guard the front door. window.

Zang Lixing's eyes were wide open, with the innocence of a child in her pupils, and she blinked at the two people in front of her eyes, she said "ah" for a while, covered her mouth, stepped back and walked towards the door, before she could step over Threshold, bumped into Luo Chen.She turned her head and saw Xiayun whose complexion became more and more crimson like a fire.

Xinli bypassed the two awkwardly blocking the way, sat by the imperial concubine's couch, and carefully reported what he had found.Several people reported the situation one by one, and they didn't find anything abnormal for the time being. When Zheng Fengnian came back and reported, everyone was relieved.

"It's good that no dirty things have been mixed in. Although it's peaceful now, it's not easy to take it lightly." Huai Mingmo unconsciously touched his purse, swept away his soft temperament in the past, and said quite dignifiedly: "From now on, Brother Zheng will go Helping Shen Guanshi, Luo Chen and Zang Li kept an eye on the wine shop. Xinli dispatched the trusted ones in Geli..."

Xu Sheng raised his hand to stop Huai Mingmo's words, and said with a smile: "You have to trust me, and I will handle this. As for Xinli, he only keeps an eye on the inner house, and beware of any ghosts."

Concerning the safety of the family, Huai Mingmo solemnly held Xu Sheng with both hands, without any hesitation, "Okay, it's hard to prevent those hidden stakes from being aware of it, but it's impossible to guard against it if you start from other places."

Even though he could see Xu Sheng's intentions for Huai Mingmo, Xin Li was still quite worried and wanted to stop him, but he knew that Huai Mingmo's temper might not be stopped.When he was secretly anxious, he heard Xu Sheng say with a half-smile: "Are you really so relieved of me?"

"There is no doubt about the employment." Huai Mingmo still held Xu Sheng's hand tightly, and said with a smile: "I am very relieved of you."

Xu Sheng's face was as calm as water, and his heart was full of mixed feelings, an indescribable feeling, while being moved, he also felt that he had a heavy responsibility.He took out the emerald water flute, and blew a few tones that were very strange. After a while, a falcon flew in from Zang Li's window.Write a few lines of concise words on the letter paper with fine ink, blow off the letter paper, roll it up and insert it into the bamboo letter tube, and let the swallows fly away.