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The sobbing sound was so thin, at first I thought it was the wind, but gradually it became louder, humming and chirping intermittently.Tang Long was really used to hearing the faint sound of hidden weapons breaking through the air, and his hearing was good, so he smiled and said: "Xiao Ran, the open space of your house is good, and they have cats."

Xiao Ran was inexplicable by the words, raised his head and listened hard for a long time but couldn't hear anything, so he laughed and said that martial arts practitioners really have sharp eyes and ears.

After saying a few words, a clear "uh..." came from the inner courtyard separated by a wall.

Xiao Ran froze for a moment, looked at the wall, but Tang Longzhen frowned.

Just now I didn't think it was real, but now it sounds like a human voice.

Tang Longzhen has lived here for so many days, and he knows very well the number of people in the White House with an extremely simple population structure. The voice sounds like a young one, but young, the whole house is just like that. two people.One is Shi Er, and the other is lovable.Shi Er just saw him go back to the room, and Hu Xi was waiting within sight of the two of them.

So, who is the one crying in the inner courtyard?

After listening to it for a while, Xiao Ran also felt something was wrong, stood up and walked out of the pavilion, walked a few steps towards the wall, turned around and said, "Why does it look like a person is crying?"

It seemed that because of his utterance, the crying sound inside the wall suddenly stopped, Xiao Ran listened for a while, and seeing that there was no sound, he simply walked towards the closed small door of the inner courtyard. "I'll go and see, who is it? Don't be wronged. A person is sad here."

Tang Long really hurried forward.

When Bai Ye was renovating the house, he wanted to hurry up the construction period, and he was also lazy. He didn't renovate all the large and small courtyards, but only refurbished the courtyards where people would live and a few courtyards that were prepared to be used as guest rooms.

Jia Lan's yard is a place that hasn't been tidied up, and it still retains its appearance at that time. Except for the gardener who occasionally comes to repair the flowers and trees, it can be said that no one else has come in.

Xiao Ran had walked past the house once when he came to see it, but it was the first time he walked in at night.The shadows of the trees swaying under the pale moonlight, as well as the mysterious and eerie whimpering sound that appeared and disappeared intermittently, were really a bit eerie.

But Xiao Ran didn't think too much about it, he just thought that the servants of the mansion were hiding here, after he walked in, he began to look for someone hiding, and kept asking where he was.

No one came out to answer him.

After searching for about a cup of tea in this way, I walked around the entire backyard and the houses on the first floor, but no one was seen.Xiao Ran still wanted to look for it again, but Tang Long really stopped him.

"Xiao Ran, it's so late, if that person wants to hide, how can you find him. If that person doesn't show up, he probably has a last resort, so don't look for it, go back first."

Huanxi, who has been following Li Ran's side all this time and dare not leave, also boldly stepped forward, and said in a trembling voice: "Yes, Mr. Xiao, it's better to go back... I heard the voice so cold, don't you Forget, people say this, this..." He lowered his voice, as if he was afraid of disturbing the unknown hidden in the darkness. "This is haunted..."

"Nonsense! This is clearly a human..." Before the words finished, all three of them suddenly heard an empty sigh coming from the empty forest.

"Hey……"

Hearing this sound, but seeing no one, Xiao Ran's face also changed, and his face turned pale when he was happy, and kept leaning towards Xiao Ran and Tang Longzhen, only Tang Longzhen frowned, thoughtfully.

"Xiao, Mr. Xiao, we, let's go!"

"This..." Xiao Ran obviously hesitated.It's not that he is not afraid, but he was not keen on the theory of ghosts and gods before, and he didn't pay much attention to it. Now this situation is more incomprehensible, but he also feels that if it is not a ghost but a servant who has been wronged, he just turns around like this Is it bad to leave?

"Xiao Ran, I think so. Let's go back first. Even if it's not a ghost thing but a servant in your mansion, you must have some unspeakable reasons why you still don't want to come out to visit after searching for a long time. Now that the night is dark, you just Don't you worry about that person falling in a panic and getting hurt? If that's the case, your good intentions have turned into a bad thing." Tang Longzhen pulled Xiao Ran, looked around, and raised his voice slightly. "Let's go back tonight."

Over the years, Xiao Ran has had a good habit of doing whatever he wants.It's okay to be pleasing, but Tang Longzhen persuaded him not to look for it, and he couldn't say anything more. After looking at the courtyard where he couldn't see anything, he left with a pleasing half-pull and half-push.

Tang Longzhen walked last, and he closed the courtyard door again.

Being made such a fuss, Xiao Ran lost the nature of a night tour. Tang Longzhen also laughed and said that he was indeed a little tired, and Yuxi was really scared, so they went back to their rooms to rest.

During the daytime of the next day, Kong Yan came to invite Xiao Ran to play at night, so during the dinner that night, Xiao Ran told all about what happened last night.

Canxing giggled upon hearing this. "I think that fox spirit must think that you are better than that Jia Lan who doesn't know anything, so he came back to look for you. Xiao Ran, don't just open the windows and doors at night!"

Leng Fengyin over there looked surprised. "I just thought it was a legend, but I didn't expect it to actually happen? This is no good, this is no good...Xiao Ran, why don't you go to Qingyun Palace to ask for a few talismans to go back tomorrow?"

Qingyun Palace is a well-known Taoist temple in the city. It is said that hundreds of years ago a god appeared here, and the people of Wuzhou City erected a statue of him and built this Taoist temple.For many years, there has been a lot of incense, and people say that everything is responsive.

When Xiao Ran said it, he might have been a bit surprised, but he smiled when he saw Leng Fengyin's anxious look. "I think maybe we heard it wrong. The night is dark and the wind is high. It's normal for someone to be wronged and hide in the empty yard and refuse to see me. Or, it's just a few cat meows. We have preconceived ideas and thought too much."

Leng Fengyin didn't care, and directly called Huxi to come in and ask him to take Xiao Ran to ask for a talisman tomorrow.The cuteness was also frightened, and she said yes in succession.

Canxing still smiled heartlessly, maybe because this matter has not been confirmed yet, so he didn't look worried at all. "Why don't I come and stay with me for a few nights? I heard that fox spirits love clean people very much. When you are covered with our rouge smell, you will be safe."

But Leng Fengyin took it seriously, and not long after, he asked Xiao Ran to go back to the house to rest earlier on the grounds that "it's getting late and the road is not safe", and sent him farewell to the back door, repeatedly telling him to lock the doors and windows at night, and not to hear If someone calls, he will answer, and he must remember to ask for amulets tomorrow.

The three of them stepped into the gate of the White Mansion, and Shi Er hurried out from the hall. "Master Xiao, you are back, the second master is back, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Hearing that Bai Ye came back, Xiao Ran's heart trembled inexplicably, and he paused before responding: "He...is he back..."

The door of the hall was ajar, when Xiao Ran pushed lightly, the door was pushed open with a "ah".The huge hall was empty, Bai Ye spread out in the shape of "big" in the master's chair in the main seat, and then slightly raised his eyelids to look at Xiao Ran.

"Yo, are you back?"

It's no wonder that Bai Ye was so unkind.

Speaking of which, a month ago, Bai Ye, who had no choice but to pack a small package, hurried to Mobei. He thought it was a trivial matter, and he would be back soon. He even brought only two sets of clothes and got into the carriage.

Small things are small things, but sometimes the smaller things are the more difficult to solve.

As the largest horse merchant in Mobei and also a well-known old man in Jianghu, Mr. Chen Da is ill. The genius doctor Ge Qing said that he can cure it, and the medicinal materials needed are simple, but the bile of the legendary celestial bear must be used as medicine. lead.

Tian Xiong's name is mighty. In fact, it is a small and nimble little bear that only exists in the old forests in the north.

But it was a coincidence that there was only one in Henglong Village in the north.

Henglongzhai is not too far from Chen Da's Chen's racecourse. From a macro perspective, Henglongzhai's forest farm and Chen's racecourse are still neighbors.

However, just because the two families are so close to each other, and they are both one of the largest families in the north, all kinds of petty disputes continue on weekdays. Later, the two families couldn't remember exactly why the two families were at odds, but they had already disappeared. There are too many beams.

For example, if your horse ran into my woods today, I would kill it and not return it. For example, tomorrow, which piece of wood in your house would block my eyes, and I would chop it off because of my displeasure. Or even someone nearer? Kidnapped the pretty girl next door, and so on and so on.

Chen Da also knew that if he rushed to Henglongzhai to ask for the bile of the bear that day, he would definitely not pay attention to him, so he immediately wrote a letter for help to the leader of the martial arts, Big Brother Bai.Brother Bai is also shrewd. Chen's racecourse and Henglongzhai maintain a delicate balance in the north. If Chen Da falls, and the second generation of the Chen family has no one who can hold the table, it will not be cheap for Henglongzhai ?If the northern faction grows bigger, it will not be a good thing for him, the leader of the martial arts.

Alright, then you, Bai Ye, go there.

Ge Qing said that the bile used to make medicine needs to be fresh and hot, so the Chen family carried the sick and breathless Chen to Henglongzhai, just in time to run all the way thinking about solving everything quickly and going back early. Bai Ye who came.

Perhaps Henglongzhai could directly reject Chen Da himself or even add insult to injury, but they dared not say "no" to Bai Ye.

But Bai Ye also underestimated the flexibility of Henglong Village, they treated everyone well, but they just refused to take the most important thing, the bile of the bear.

First of all, the bile of live bears is the best, and sky bears are extremely rare, so I specially invite some craftsman from outside the customs to come over.

Later, when the old master came, the people from Henglongzhai said that the bear was in a bad mood recently, unable to eat or sleep, and was very depressed, which obviously affected his weight measurements and seriously affected the effect of bile. The master is responsible, they will do the ideological work of this sky bear well, let it eat and sleep as soon as possible, and take care of its body, so as to provide bile as soon as possible.

This raising took more than half a month.

The Chen family couldn't afford to wait, every day Chen Da seemed to be betting his life with Hades.

Bai Ye felt that he couldn't afford to wait, especially after knowing that Tang Longzhen had arrived in Wuzhou City and lived in the White Mansion.

In fact, Bai Ye's mood is easy to understand. He is like a wild wolf guarding a piece of fat, carefully guarding against every possible invader.

So on this day, when the servants of Henglongzhai told the people gathered in the small hall of the side courtyard again that Xiong was in a gloomy mood that day, Bai Ye said coldly.

"Ask Zhaizhu Lu to coax this beast himself. If he doesn't know how to do it again, he can directly kill the bear to get the bile. The bear bile that is killed now is also very fresh, which naturally meets the needs of the medicine. If Zhaizhu Lu feels distressed, Bai will replace it later He caught one and brought it back."

As the words fell, Bai Ye walked away with a flick of his sleeves.

The attitude showed that Henglongzhai did not dare to take Joe anymore, so he invited Chen Da to come over in the afternoon and wait for the raw bear bile.

Upon hearing the news, Bai Ye picked up the package and got into the carriage.He was only told to come over and ask Henglongzhai to borrow the bile of Tianxiong, but he was not asked to wait for Chen Da to recover from his illness before leaving.

Hurrying all the way back to Wuzhou City, when he entered the house, he didn't see the person he was thinking about, Shi Er said, Young Master Xiao went to Deyi Building with that Young Master Tang.

Very good, very good, Bai Ye directly swept away the thick camphor at the door with one palm, then returned to the hall, and sat down on the chair.

I wait!

This waiting is to wait from the sunset on the west mountain to the moon in the sky, and when he comes back a drunken bookworm smelling of alcohol.

Bai Ye felt that he had every reason to be unhappy, but he didn't realize that he was more like a jealous daughter-in-law.

Xiao Ran was indeed a little ashamed, but it was all because Xiao Ran felt that he was living here as a sojourner but let the master wait for the door, so he entered the door, took a few steps forward, walked up to Bai Ye, and said with a shy smile: " Have you been waiting long?"

"Hmph!" Bai Ye snorted coldly, and ignored Xiao Ran.

It was not the first time Xiao Ran had tasted Bai Ye's temper, not to mention that he would be wronged by himself, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with his humble appearance, but he didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only stand awkwardly.

Tang Longzhen, who was just behind Xiao Ran, also walked in now, and he cupped his fists in front of Bai Ye and said with a smile, "Second Young Master, long time no see, are you okay?"

To Bai Ye, Tang Long is really an outsider, and family affairs belong to family affairs. He and Xiao Ran are not on good terms, how can an outsider see the joke?What's more, the reason is also due to this person, so it's not easy to keep a cold face, so I have to stand up and hand over at will. "So it's Young Master Tang. It's been a long time since we left Nangong Mountain, right? Why did you suddenly come to Wuzhou City?"

"I happened to need to find Xiao Ran for something. I never thought that Xiao Ran is the brother-in-law of the second son. You think it's a coincidence in this world." Tang Longzhen bowed his hands to Bai Ye again. "I heard that the Second Young Master had a family before, but after listening to Xiao Ran, I realized that the two of you are actually brothers-in-law. I have to say, it's really surprising."

Bai Ye just smiled and didn't respond.

I've heard this a lot, and it's not as disgusting as it was at first.What's more, Bai Ye wanted to open his mind, and what he valued was not the brother-in-law relationship. If he wanted to get closer to Li Ran, he wished that others would talk less about this status in front of Li Ran.

Seeing that Bai Ye's face softened a little, Xiao Ran approached him again. "When did you come back? Are you ready to eat?"

"I was waiting for you to close the shop and come back to have dinner together. Who knew you would be lucky, and you went to Deyilou by yourself, making me wait until now!" Bai Ye glared at Xiao Ran, saying that he was blaming or even complaining. With a childish appearance, it must be some child acting like a baby.

In fact, Xiao Ran understood that when Bai Ye came back, the servants would definitely tell him his whereabouts, and it was Bai Ye's own business that he didn't eat anything.However, I am really familiar with this person's willful temperament, so I just smiled and said: "If we knew that you would come back today, brother Tang and I would not go there. I will go and see what else is in the kitchen, and I will make some for you later." , can I send it to your room?"

Bai Ye finally calmed down when he heard the words, and finally nodded his head even though he still had a stinky face. "Give me a bowl of vegetable noodle soup. After staying in that old forest for so many days and eating meat every day, I really miss your noodles."

Xiao Ran and Tang Longzhen said to go away first, then hurried to the kitchen, not paying attention to Tang Longzhen's thoughtful eyes behind him.

I've been here for so long, it's not that I haven't tried to ask Xiao Ran to let him be the cook next time, but I never got my wish.Now Bai Ye here, Xiao Ran actually opened his mouth on his own initiative. It seems that some of the rumors he heard before may not all be "legends".

"By the way, Mr. Tang..."

Tang Long, who was watching Xiao Ran leaving in a daze, heard Bai Ye calling him, turned his head, and saw a stinky face with unfriendly eyes, Tang Long understood from the bottom of his heart, and said with a smile: "Second Young Master, I look like you're still there." I have to chatter at the mansion for a while, it's too unfamiliar to always be called the eldest son and the second son, if you don't mind, you can just call me by my first name."

Bai Ye waved his hand, he hated this kind of troublesome etiquette the most, and he didn't want to dwell on this issue, so he said, "I brought you a gift when I came back this time, it's been thrown into your yard, you Go back and have a look. I'll go back to my room and wait for Xiao Ran, you can do it yourself."

After finishing speaking, he got up, casually bowed his hands towards Tang Longzhen, and went straight to the room.