mountain chase

"..." Fourth Master Qiao looked at the man in front of him speechlessly, and opened his head to see what was inside.

"Uh... no, isn't it?" Wang Dachuan blinked his eyes, and he himself was a little guilty.

"Of course not!" Fourth Master Qiao's rare tone was much heavier, and he seriously considered—after spending a long time with Wang Dachuan, would he become as stupid as a man?That would be troublesome.

really!

Wiping away his tears secretly, Wang Dachuan asked honestly, "What does Fourth Master mean?"

"As a male favorite, you always have to solve your master's worries and problems, right?" Fourth Master Qiao raised his eyebrows, "Master is not happy, it's because your male favorite neglected his duty, and it turned out..."

He deliberately didn't speak so bluntly, and knew that what Wang Dachuan was most afraid of now was to drive him out of Qiao's mansion, so he grabbed a handful of braids and held them in his hands.

"The result..." Looking tremblingly at Fourth Master Qiao in front of him, Wang Dachuan felt as if his heart was beating along with Fourth Master Qiao.

"So, in order to prevent you from being kicked out of Qiao's house, you have to work hard for me and serve me, you know?"

"Crack!"—Wang Dachuan immediately saluted Fourth Master Qiao, "Yes!"

"That's good," Fourth Master Qiao nodded, "Lin Shuang is in Tianjin right now. You can take the train to look for him tomorrow night. When you get there, Lin Shuang will naturally tell you what to do. Can you read?" Qiao Fourth Master asked suddenly.

"A little bit..." Wang Dachuan said with a guilty conscience.

Rolling his eyes gracefully, Fourth Master Qiao turned around and left, "Follow me."

study.

Standing in the middle of the house, Wang Dachuan watched Fourth Master Qiao search for a long time in the tall red nanmu bookcase before he found an old thin book that was yellowed and threw it in front of him, "Go, put this I recognized all the words above."

"...?" Wang Dachuan took it in doubt——"Children's Character Recognition Encyclopedia".

"Fourth, fourth master?"

"This is what my grandfather gave our generation's children to learn to read and write when they were young. It is a very simple book, but it is also very practical. If you work for me in the future, naturally you can't even read characters. Go-- —Before supper tomorrow, get these things right."

"Yes..." Wang Dachuan held this small book with yellowed pages, and looked at the black square characters in it that made his head as big as a bucket. He really felt that he might as well give him a dagger and commit suicide!

But the daughter-in-law hasn't got it yet, and she hasn't formally married. The most important thing is that he hasn't tasted the little pink lips of his daughter-in-law that he has been thinking about for a long time!

Wang Dachuan made up his mind, for the sake of his wife's pink lips, even if he died tonight, he would eat this book before he died!

But Fourth Master Qiao didn't have that much thought to care about the little Jiujiu in Wang Dachuan's heart, and naturally he didn't see the look of death in the eyes of that poor big dog.He waved his hand and let him go down.

After lunch at noon, the housekeeper came to report about Fourth Master Qiao’s formal move into the Qiao’s Patriarch’s Ceremony in a few days. Fourth Master Qiao listened to him for a while, feeling a little annoyed, “You can figure out these things, as long as you don’t It’s okay to lose face.”

"Yes," the butler nodded. The succession ceremony of the Patriarch of the Qiao family is all the same things. There is nothing unimportant, but nothing is too important.The butler was just upset to see that Fourth Master Qiao was recuperating these days, so he came here to disturb him if he had nothing to do.

"By the way," Fourth Master Qiao suddenly remembered someone, "Is that Qiao Xuzhi still alive?"

The housekeeper nodded, "Fourth Master, you have to watch carefully, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it."

"Oh..." Fourth Master Qiao also nodded. He was indeed a little annoyed these days. What Lin Shuang had ordered had not yet come to fruition. Fourth Master Qiao was inevitably a little depressed.

It's just that for so many years, he has already cultivated the ability to never change his face when a mountain collapses in front of him, so he is inevitably more gloomy.

"Alright, I'll go and see him." Fourth Master Qiao thought for a while, and still felt that he should find something to do, otherwise, he might really get sick.

Qiao's cell is behind the garden in the backyard. There is a small room that looks like it is used for people to store sundries. After entering, there is a brick with a diagonal pattern on the floor of the room. After that, there is a dark staircase going down.

Although everything in Qiao's mansion was built according to the European style, none of the ancestors' things were left behind by the Qiao family's ancestors.

Fourth Master Qiao held a Western lantern in his hand and walked down the stairs slowly.Because it is low, there is a musty smell in the air, and the feeling of darkness and damp fills the whole feeling.

When Fourth Master Qiao went down, the two guards were sitting in a chair drowsy. They didn't react when they saw Fourth Master Qiao at first glance.It wasn't until he was stunned for a while that he finally came to his senses. He quickly jumped up and knelt down; "Fourth Master..."

The voice trembled a little.

Fourth Master Qiao glanced at the two of them, but didn't say anything about their laziness. "Where's the new one?"

"Fourth Master, did you mean 150 No. [-]?"

Those who enter here are people who will never get out in this life. Therefore, there is no name, and they are all numbered according to the order of first come and follow up.

"Ah."

"The one on the right, Fourth Master will take you to it." One of them said it was quite clever, and hurriedly said.

Qiao Xuzhi lived alone in a room, so he was treated very well.It's just that since he came in, he has been hungry and full, and there is an unavoidable whipping every day. Although this is considered first-class treatment in the dungeon, although Qiao Xuzhi is not a direct disciple of the Qiao family, He was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, so where did he suffer so much?

I didn't have the courage to commit suicide, and I didn't have such a chance.So it can only be next to each other.

It was strange to say that although these people came to flog him every day, none of them would ever talk to him, let alone force him to ask these things.

Facing the endless darkness and loneliness day by day, Qiao Xuzhi felt that - in a few days, even if they didn't come to ask, he would not be able to take it anymore.

What Fourth Master Qiao saw when he came over was Qiao Xuzhi wandering back and forth in the cell with a dazed expression on his face.

"Get out of the way." Fourth Master Qiao said to the guard calmly.

"Qiao Laosi..." Qiao Xuzhi turned his head and finally saw the person he had been thinking about day and night. "You're finally here."

"Qiao Xuzhi," Fourth Master Qiao looked at him indifferently, and seemed not to care at all, "I'm here to show you a clear way, which can be regarded as giving you a hope."

"Ha." Hearing this, Qiao Xuzhi almost thought he had just heard a joke, "You can show me the way, I've become like this now, it's not all because of you, you are the culprit, You actually said to show me the way? Brother Qiao, have you lost your mind these few days?"

He hadn't met anyone he talked to for several days. At this time, although he saw the person he hated the most, he still felt unspeakable.

Fourth Master Qiao didn't listen to him at all, "Qiao Xuzhi, as long as you honestly tell me who the person behind you is, I'll shoot you and let you die happily."

"Fourth Joe, you, dream, dream!" Words came out from between his teeth, and Qiao Xuzhi felt very happy in revenge.

"Really?" Fourth Master Qiao was a little amused, "Qiao Xuzhi, it seems that the life in the dungeon these few days has not taught you some truths. Are you toasting and not eating fine wine?"

After he finished speaking, he ignored Qiao Xuzhi at all, and turned to the person behind him, "Bring 150 No. [-] here."

"Yes." The guard nodded, and immediately winked at Xiao Luoluo who was following behind.

Qiao Xuzhi looked nervously at Fourth Master Qiao, and then at the two expressionless guards behind Fourth Master Qiao.Back and forth, shaking his thumb.

After a while, I heard the sound of "cracking" from the shackles, and the faint sound of a child sobbing. Qiao Xuzhi didn't respond at first, but when the sound got closer, his face changed, "Xiaoqiang!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a child around seven or eight years old being carried over. Qiao Xuzhi immediately rushed to the front of the cell, "Xiaoqiang!"

"Woooo..." The little boy was still sobbing, but when he heard Qiao Xuzhi's voice, he raised his head sobbingly, "Daddy, Daddy? Woohoo...Daddy, Daddy... Xiaoqiang is so scared... Woooooo ..."

The child was still crying, and Qiao Xuzhi's heart throbbed when he cried.

"You, Joe's fourth brother! Have you forgotten the rules of the road! All things belong to me alone, you fucking! You don't even let children go!" He began to yell.

Hearing these filthy words, Fourth Master Qiao's indifferent expression did not reflect at all, "Qiao Xuzhi, have you thought it through. If you haven't thought it through, I don't mind helping you."

"You! What are you going to do!!!"

Qiao Xuzhi's eyes widened as he watched Fourth Master Qiao order his men to prepare pots and knives.

"Aren't you hungry every day? The "Buddhist Sutra" says that the Lord Buddha cut meat to feed the eagle. I have heard that your only son is extremely filial to you. Now, let him follow suit, wouldn't it be great?" Fourth Master Qiao was very pleased. Seriously looked at the man in the cell.

"You..." Panting heavily, Qiao Xuzhi couldn't believe what he heard. "Come here, I'm going to kill you!" He threw himself on the shelf of the cell, stretching out his arms to reach Fourth Master Qiao.

Lowering his eyes, Fourth Master Qiao suddenly stared at the man in the cell, stepped forward abruptly, grabbed the man's neck, lowered his mouth close to the man's ear, and said sullenly, "Qiao Xuzhi, I don't have time!" Spending time with you here. As long as you have something to do with the death of the old man, you can’t escape one by one. If you don’t say it, then have a good taste of your son’s meat. After eating, there is your wife’s, slow down Slow down..."

"You!" Qiao Xuzhi shuddered, and suddenly - went limp.

passed out.

Letting go, Fourth Master Qiao looked coldly at the child in the guard's hand, "Shut him back. When 150 Wuhao wakes up, give him a plate of braised pork."

"Yes."