Servant of the Otherworldly Pharmacopoeia
Chapter 41
"This time they were hanged, and they also avenged you."
Ba sneered: "There are too many people in that gang, and none of the leaders were caught, and those who died were all young people."
Although Ba deliberately suppressed it, his expression was still distorted. Xu Jiu was taken aback, and then became worried: "You also know that there are many of them, so don't do stupid things."
Ba Shou's face was grim, with a half-smile, he lowered his head and stared at Xu Jiu: "Jiu, if I take revenge, will you stand by my side?"
Xu Jiu nodded without hesitation, but added: "But you can't be reckless, I will definitely not support you if you die for nothing."
"Hahaha, that's good!" Bada laughed, "If you are a coward, I will look down on you! Remember what you said!"
Xu Jiu nodded, the pot was hot, and the stabbing sounded. Xu Jiu pushed Ba to the side, dug two spoonfuls of oil from the pot, put it into the pot, and then pushed all the cut meat into the pot.The sound of crackling oil made Ba very interested: "I always knew that oil can be burned as a candle, but you thought of cooking with it?"
Xu Jiu gave him a "yes, hehehe" expression.
The two stood together, eight heads taller than Xu Jiu, and they could easily put their arms on his shoulders: "Where did you learn it?"
"I saw it in the manor." The manor does use oil for cooking, but it is all spread on the ingredients and rarely stir-fried.
Ba Rao watched his movements with interest, with a smile on his lips all the time.
Xu Jiu's scalp was numb from his laughter, and he glared at him fiercely: "Why are you laughing for nothing, and you have no bones? Lean on me!"
"Laughing, you can cook, and with women... oh!"
Xu Jiu gave him a hard elbow: "If you dare to say it, I will slap you on the head!"
"Okay, okay——" Ba raised his hand in surrender, hooked his head to Xu Jiu's ear, with a cynical joke: "When can I eat it?"
Xu Jiu quickly moved away, and rubbed his red ears with his free hands, and his hair exploded: "Stay away from labor and management!"
Eight hands rested on the stove, his eyes rolled around: "I like you, don't you know? I told you before I left, or I'll repeat it again?"
Xu Jiu picked up a stone basin and put it on his head. He always suspected that the other party saw that he was not the original owner. He had been worried for many days, but now he couldn't bear the teasing: "Why are you like this!"
"What's it like?" Ba held the basin, still smiling viciously.
"Be normal!" Xu Jiu shouted!
"I've always been normal!" Eight said calmly.
"Crack!" A soft sound interrupted Xu Jiu's exasperation, Baba touched his lower back subconsciously, the two turned their heads, and saw Pangpang standing at the door, still holding a small stone in his hand.
"Hey, the brat doesn't even have all his teeth, he's just so fat." Ba bent down and picked up the stone that hit him just now.
"You're almost done." Xu Jiu grabbed the stone and threw it to the corner, "My mother asked you to come and see me, not to play a trick."
Eight smiled: "Well, you have become no fun at all."
It turns out that it is fun to be cheated by Jiu repeatedly?shake m?
Xu Jiu didn't bother to talk to him.
Pangpang and Batian were at odds with each other, they didn't even want to eat with each other, and dragged Xu Jiu to drag him away.
"Okay baby, he's joking." Xu Jiu couldn't believe that Ba liked him now, and the sincere pain he confessed to the original owner at that time. Xu Jiu still remembers that he really liked him, and even ignored his shortcomings and accepted it completely. of fiery emotion.
The easier it is to say what you like, the greater your credibility will be compromised.
Ba Gong has a crush on the original owner and has never dared to speak. He only tried to speak out when he felt something was wrong, but the original owner would never hear it.
Well, this is a sad story, Xu Jiu didn't bother to argue with the other party because of this hard work.
Pangpang was very satisfied that Xu Jiu was standing by his side. After thinking for a while, he concluded in a childish voice: "The bad guys... bully-pull-you."
Xu Jiu laughed all of a sudden, and kissed the child's face: "If the bad guy bullies us again, we will beat him."
The child nodded solemnly.
Those two people from Eighth Ren got together to slander him, eating while hugging the biggest pot in the kitchen, and they didn't even have the time to talk.
Because of the relationship between eight, today's broth is pure meat, and the taste is greatly reduced.Pang Pang didn't like to eat at first, so Xu Jiu coaxed him for a long time before he ate two or three yuan and drank two bowls of soup.Xu Jiu ate a bowl by himself, the pure meat was too greasy, his stomach couldn't stand it after eating too much, and he didn't know how Ba could eat the bottom of the pot clean.
"Too little." Bacai had time to raise his head after the last bit of soup was poured into his stomach, and his tone was very dissatisfied.
"You ate our three-day ration by yourself." Xu Jiu told him to recognize the truth.
"So you're weak, you can even raise a cub like you. You have to believe me and give this cub to me to raise. Within a year, I'll return you a real warrior!"
"Hehe, there's no need." I'll leave it to your little life and it will be done.
"Okay, okay, I don't care about raising cubs." Ba drank more than half of the pot of soup and said, "I have no meat to eat, so I can only drink soup, and my stomach is full of water."
"Come on, I should let you drink some real water."
The two chattered without saying a word, Ba was very interested in the castle, and started wandering around when he was full.After Xu Jiu confessed that he couldn't go to the top floor, he left him alone, and planned to make some snacks with the child in his arms.
Pangpang was always unhappy, he stretched out his arms for Xu Jiu to hug, and refused to get off no matter what stuck on him.
"Baby, he is Jiu's good friend, we grew up together." Thinking of the original owner, Xu Jiu, he feels very guilty, Ba is doomed not to be able to wait for his lover in this life.
The child shook its head in the socket of his neck.
Xu Jiu looked around, closed the door, and said to the child furtively, "Now my brother's good friend is you, and the baby is the number one in my brother's heart."
Pangpang raised his head and looked at Xu Jiu eagerly for a long time, as if he had been confirmed, he finally relaxed his body and returned to the previous state.
"Bad guy." The child reiterated again.
"Yeah, join the hooligans."
Those who visited the castle were not at all affected by the small whispers of the two. He did not go to the top floor as Xu Jiu said, but other places were enough for him to make a big circle.Ba was about to leave at three or four in the afternoon, and when he left, he ate a large piece of sunflower meat.
Xu Jiu sent the man to the door, and Ba swayed in front with the meat, smiling all the time: "By the way, a few days ago, the guards confiscated one of Tianyong's treasury, and a notice was posted on the city gate. People who have robbed can go to claim compensation."
"How to get it?"
"People who are arrested have confessions, but if they don't, just go and explain the situation, or if someone saw you being robbed, you can go get it."
"It's so simple?" Xu Jiu was unbelievable. If this is the case, wouldn't it be possible to get it by making a fake?
Ba snorted, and laughed disdainfully: "The man from Bacheng Manor is doing good deeds, everyone is dead, and sending money is useless, why did you go so early?"
Xu Jiu tugged at him: "Don't be like this, it's a good thing to get the money. Have you gone to get it?"
"What are you getting, my dad's life compensation money?" Ba shook his head, "I'm not free, so you can help me get it. My dad's life compensation money, and the five copper coins that your dad was robbed back then, But it’s a lot of money.”
And my five coppers!
Xu Jiu is hopeless in the face of money.
Ba smiled, threw his ID card to Xu Jiu, and then walked away.
A badge is proof of an individual's affiliation to a jurisdiction, bearing a date of birth, address, and the badge of the superior officer.Many people don't want to be driven to the wilderness, not all because of lack of food, and Xu Jiu's village is no exception.What's more, once they are driven out of the jurisdiction, they will become "black households", without any identity certificate, and will never be recognized. People are exactly the same as wild beasts in the wasteland.Just like now, if you are also robbed, people with ID cards can register and collect things with their ID cards, and those without ID cards can only admit it.
Holding the ID cards of the two of them, Xu Jiu planned to go tomorrow to get back the money he lost last time.Thinking about going to the manor, he remembered the butler's last suggestion. He was so entangled. He turned to look at the sleeping child in his arms, and the image of the manor owner appeared in his mind.
Will my chubby grow up like that?
Xu Jiu still remembers the first time they met, when he told the other party that he was sick, that person flew into a rage.It's really not easy for the butler to be a contract servant for such a man with a twisted personality and a bad temper.
***
In order to get enough energy for the journey, Xu Jiu didn't stay up late to enter the space that night, and honestly fell asleep with Pang Pang, and started walking to the manor with Pang Pang before dawn the next day.
It takes more than three hours to walk to the manor. The temperature is just right at dawn, and it will be a pain to wait for the sun to rise before walking.
Pangpang is still sleeping, his breath is light, and it has the unique milky fragrance of children.He was wrapped tightly by Xu Jiu and leaned against his neck, his little face was clean, and his mouth was still curled up.The stars in the sky are very large, the moon is very bright, and the clear light sprinkled on the ground is water blue, as if floating in waves.There is no one on the road, and the sand under the feet is also stained with the tenderness of the moonlight. It is soft when you step on it, and your heart also softens, as if the world is your own, step by step from the dawn to the sun.
When the two arrived in front of the city gate, the sun was still a fiery red duck egg yolk, the morning fog was still there, and the gate hadn't opened yet, but there was already a long queue at the gate, which formed three circles, and the tail continued to extend outside the circle.As far as the eye can see, people in ragged clothes are sitting or standing, and some are still dozing off.Xu Jiu was stunned, and asked an old man, "Uncle, why are there so many people?"
The old man had a small rag around his waist, deep and shallow scars on his body, black scabs on his body that hadn't bathed for a long time, and he couldn't speak clearly: "Get the money."
Xu Jiu thought that he was active enough, these people are real warriors, the queue is too long!
He pointed to the front half of the line and asked, "When did they come?"
"Two days."
"Two days ago?"
The old man nodded.
Xu Jiu felt the heartache of losing ten copper coins.He should have thought of this situation a long time ago, but if he doesn't come, he can't give up anyway, that's ten copper coins, hey!
There was no longer any need to wait in the long queue, and Xu Jiu, dejectedly, lined up another queue to enter the city with the sellers.
This line is much shorter, but there are dozens of people in line.In front of Xu Jiu was a middle-aged man carrying a bundle of leather. The leather caught his attention. He pointed to the outermost black leather and asked, "Abbot, how do you sell this leather?"
That person also came to line up early in the morning, hoping to get a good seat in the advanced city, and it happened to be fine at this time, so the two chatted: "This leather is brown pigskin, the hair is too hard and worthless, and it can be paid for twenty chrome coins. "
"The twenty chromium coins are not too cheap."
The middle-aged man's big rough hands lingered on the fur: "I saw that you have never seen the world, and the price of leather is already very cheap. Hunting these things will cost your life. My bundle is the most inferior product. [-] chrome coins for my leather, which is half the price compared to the store, and my leather-making skills are no worse than those in the store."
Xu Jiu touched the man's skin and found that it was too hard, as if the nitrate solution hadn't been prepared properly.
"Abo, can you learn your leather-making skills?"
"You're too cunning." The man gave Xu Jiu a supercilious look, and didn't bother to answer him. "This is a cooking skill that our ancestors have passed down from generation to generation. You can learn it if you want."
Xu Jiu laughed.
After a while, a guard in armor appeared on the city gate, knocking on the copper cake in the middle with a drumstick, and the bell rang through half the city, causing a huge commotion among the crowd—"Open the city gate!" , open the city gate!"
The quiet line suddenly became crowded, people flowed into the city gate one after another, and Xu Jiu was also pushed in.
Inside the city gate is a completely different scene. The inner city seems to be still sleepy, the streets are empty and silent, only occasionally the sound of shops opening, and the people who come in have already started looking for places to set up stalls.
Chubby was dazed, awakened by the noise, half-opened his eyes and yawned on Xu Jiu's shoulder, like a kitten.Soon he opened his eyes wide and looked at Xu Jiu, not understanding why he suddenly changed here.
"Isn't brother very powerful?"
Fatty nodded, leaned softly against him, and looked around curiously.
There was a smell in the street that made people move their index fingers. Xu Jiu followed the flow of people and followed the strong smell of milk.After turning two corners, a street full of people appeared. This street was very different from the silence of other places, and it seemed much more lively and lively.There are all kinds of colorful banners hanging on the porch. This is a breakfast street, with all kinds of butcher shops from the beginning to the end. Some exquisite shops even set up stone benches at the entrance, with rich boiled milk next to them.
Chubby's eyes are fixed on the boiled milk, it seems that children like to drink this stuff.
A bowl of boiled milk costs five chrome coins, which is quite a luxury. Many poor people in the city are reluctant to buy it. They only pay a chrome coin to buy a piece of sunflower meat to eat for a whole day.Xu Jiu walked forward with Pangpang in his arms, listening and looking at him while walking, and after a while the street was almost full.Just as he was thinking about how much the whole wild boar at home could sell for, he was suddenly bumped by someone. Seeing the face bumped into, Xu Jiu was startled.
This person is so familiar, when I carried this person back from the barren cliff, staring at this face all the way, the tired memory is still fresh.
This young man he saved back then!
The boy stood opposite Xu Jiu, staring at him motionless.
Xu Jiu yelled in his heart that he was terrible, and turned his eyes calmly, pretending not to know him and preparing to move forward.
The boy obviously didn't let him go, and the voice of the voice-changing period came: "Benefactor."
Xu Jiu pretended not to hear and continued walking forward.
The arm was grabbed: "Benefactor, I saw you when I woke up in the middle."
Xu Jiu smiled amiably: "You've got the wrong person." Woke up in the middle of the trough, where are you cheating?
"No, I know that the benefactor lives in the castle. If the benefactor refuses to admit it, I will go to the castle to look for it."
"..."
The two chattered in the street and attracted a lot of attention. Xu Jiu dragged the young man to a corner and said earnestly, "You really misidentified the wrong person. I didn't even know what happened to you so you called me benefactor. I really don't know you."
The boy smiled: "The benefactor doesn't want me to go to the castle to find you?"
Xu Jiu flatly denied it: "No, you can go find it anyway, I just don't want you to waste your time."
The young man laughed again, he was not short, he was as tall as Xu Jiu, Xu Jiu was flustered when he laughed like that, as expected, he only heard the other party say: "I was very ill at that time and only remembered one figure, I didn't expect my benefactor Admitted."
Xu Jiu turned pale with shock: "Where did I admit it?"
"You were stunned for a long time when you first saw me, indicating that you knew me; I didn't know that my benefactor lived in the castle, and he lied to you, you admitted it; I said I was sick, but my benefactor didn't deny it, the whole point was on me How do you see the flaws. If you don’t know me, don’t you ask me first what kindness you have with me?”
"..." Xu Jiu has no experience as 007 after all, so he just struggled and said, "I don't ask because I'm not interested, and it doesn't matter to us."
"It doesn't matter, my benefactor worked hard to take care of me for three days, transported me back to the house, and transported me out again, it was very hard."
Why does this kid speak so badly?
Xu Jiu decided to ignore this person and find a breakfast restaurant to eat.
"Benefactor, thank you for saving me." Unexpectedly, the boy stuck to him like brown sugar, chattering all the way.
Xu Jiu was afraid that others would hear something, so he hurriedly said, "Stop it first!"
"Why didn't the benefactor let others know?" The young man was very aggrieved. Many people around him had noticed them. Hearing this sentence, Xu Jiu's heart was full of alarm bells, and he wanted to cover the other party's mouth.
"It's enough!"
"The benefactor is so fierce," the young man was still wronged, but there was a hint of cunning in the grievance, and he continued, "The benefactor paid for my medical treatment. I will always be grateful for the kindness of the benefactor."
Damn, Xu Jiu was sure again that he hated this kid very much!
The people around who were about to hear the shocking secret gasped in disappointment, and Xu Jiu's hanging heart also fell back to the original place, and whispered: "I have no money and I am a poor man! I am not the one who saved you!"
"Does my benefactor want me to tell the truth?"
I really lost to this kid.
The two wrangled to the end and ended up drinking milk together on a small stool by the street.
From a distance, the man who witnessed everything on the roof whispered: "It's really him."
Ah Chong stepped forward to make a move: "Then boss, should we tie him back?"
The man looked at him like an alien: "Chong, is your mind full of shit?"
Achong: "..."
Being scolded again, not happy.
Today is destined to be an uneasy day, Xu Jiu was entangled by that boy named Xiao Shu early in the morning, the two sides almost acquiesced in his saving lives, but Xu Jiu was still dead and stubborn and determined not to let go.
Thinking that a non-witch doctor would be regarded as a thorn in the side of the whole witch doctor class, even if it was not that serious, Xu Jiu would not let go, even if he was beaten to death.
"I have something to do later, you eat slowly first." Xu Jiu poured the boiled milk for Pangpang into the water bag, and said goodbye to the boy with the child in his arms.
The boy was wolfing down his mouth, and he stretched his neck choked upon hearing the words: "Benefactor——"
Xu Jiu quickly pushed him onto the stool: "You can't leave, the money hasn't been paid yet."
His voice was relatively loud, and he really attracted the boss's attention. Xu Jiu didn't wait for the other party to speak again, and ran away.So on the street full of people, I saw a man with a child running in and out against the flow of people, and soon disappeared.
On the high city gate, the butler who was taking a break from his busy schedule raised his eyes inadvertently, and saw a familiar figure.He pointed to the man at the bottom and said, "Go and bring him up."
"Yes!"
So just as Xu Jiu was lucky to get rid of the brown sugar, he was blocked by four guards in solid clothes.Then a person came out, it was the old butler's servant, he said in a mechanical voice: "The big butler is looking for you."
Xu Jiu was panting tiredly, and looked at the chubby shoulders, the child's dark eyes were completely outside the situation.
"How did the butler know I'm here?"
The servant pointed to the city gate tower.
Well, that's what bad luck is all about.
Xu Jiu obediently followed the servant to the city wall. There was a row of houses on the city wall, and the housekeeper was sitting in the middle house, holding a thick list in his hand.
"The butler."
The butler raised his head, his eyes first fixed on the child in Xu Jiu's arms, and he immediately put down the roster and took the child over.Pangpang was playing with his fingers, and he didn't react much when he was being hugged and changed places. He only looked at the person who was hugging him, and then went to play with his own.
The butler was completely immersed in the surprise of hugging Pangpang, Xu Jiu touched his nose, and simply became a wall flower quietly with others.
"What are you doing here today?" The butler glanced at Xu Jiu, then quickly turned his attention to Pangpang, picked up a piece of crispy sweet cake to feed the child.
Xu Jiu noticed the list on the table from the very beginning, and decided to try his luck after hearing this: "I heard that I can get the money, so I came here."
"Once money is involved, the speed of the spread is indeed faster than the wind in the wasteland." The head steward looked through the roster, "How many essentials?"
"I will get ten copper coins myself, and I will get one for others."
"Help someone lead, help who?"
Xu Jiu handed over Ba's identity card with both hands.
"Eight," the head steward turned to the page of Dasha Village, "was his father hacked to death at the border?"
Xu Jiu nodded.
"how about you?"
"Half a year ago, my father and Ba's father were blackmailed for five copper coins in the manor outside."
The butler moved the corner of his mouth, playing with Ba's identity card: "Shazhou, go get him a silver coin."
The butler's personal servant, Shazhou, went out. The butler looked at the fat and soft face, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it; when he looked up at Xu Jiu, his expression returned to business-like: "When will you pay back the five silver coins you owe to my lord?" ?”
Xu Jiu: "..."
The butler hugged Pang Pang: "My lord is not short of servants, but I recommend Pang Pang to him because I think he likes you. You should be straightforward."
Xu Jiu whispered: "I will pay back the money."
The butler nodded and motioned the servant to hand over the silver coin to Xu Jiu: "You have to take good care of Pangpang, you know?"
Xu Jiu nodded holding the silver coin.
"I know you're a good boy, come back to the manor with me when I'm done." As the butler turned to tease Pangpang, his tone changed from indifferent to exaggerated, "Baby, follow me to the manor later, Grandpa Bring you delicious food!"
The kid just chewed on his pastry.
"Look, how hungry is my little treasure?"
Xu Jiu heard that something was wrong, carefully looked at the butler's expression, and after a long time in his mind, he blurted out: "Master butler, don't you want to take Pangpang back?"
"Huh?" The butler frowned at him.
"Pangpang is raised by me, I will not give it back."
"Oh!" The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to feed the child, "Xiaobao, are you willing to follow him?"
Chubby swallowed the food gracefully, looked at Xu Jiu, nodded, and continued eating pastries.
"Oh, my little treasure is so smart!" The butler smiled and the wrinkles on his face formed an old chrysanthemum.
Xu Jiu's heart hurts: That belongs to my family...
The majestic old butler stayed at the city gate until noon, explained a few notes to the bookkeeper, and then took his servant and Xu Jiu to board the carriage back to the manor.
This carriage was originally driven by the butler alone, but now there are three people sitting in it. The big butler didn't want to let go of Pang Pang. Xu Jiu let Pang Pang take a seat in order to save his face. I saw the housekeeper's various ways of pampering the children, as if changing his face, which was completely different from the honest expression when facing himself.
No matter how many times he has been here, Xu Jiu will still be amazed by the scenery in front of him.The majestic high wall at the foot of the majestic mountain, the solemn Shinto, the towering temple, and the black tower in the middle.The whole body of the tower is pure black, shining brightly in the sun.
People in the wasteland respect tall towers, and most of the buildings are steep and sharp. The tallest towers in each area are owned by the lord. People in the wasteland believe that they are the subjects of the beast gods, and the high towers also symbolize the power of gods.The black tower of Dutu Manor is very eye-catching in the entire territory, shining brightly under the vast cirrus clouds, and the supreme ruler of the territory, Dutu Xuanshuang, and his personal butler live in it.
The Shinto path was flat and wide, and with the rhythmic turning of the carriage, a group of people arrived at the main gate of the inner manor.
The butler got out of the car with Pangpang in his arms. Pangpang had gained a lot of weight recently. Xu Jiu felt heavy even when he was holding it. It was hard for the butler not to put it down all the way. He hugged Pangpang all the way with his old arms and legs, and ignored Xu Jiu all the way.
"I'll take Xiaobao to rest, you can do it yourself."
Who is Xiaobao? Hey!Don't mess up the names, please!The butler just threw Xu Jiu down so casually, and the servants around him ignored him and went about their own business.
Xu Jiu was left wandering around the manor alone.
He didn't dare to walk randomly, he just walked slowly between the front hall and the black tower, this is a section of the road he is more familiar with, and he hasn't observed it carefully all this time, now he touches the sapphire on the stone bridge and draws the flowing cloud pattern on the wall , went all the way to the lush jade forest.
The purple bells on the branches of the jade tree sway gently, mixed with the tinkling of thousands of leaves, like a never-ending intimate ensemble.
"The autumn wind blows the jade trees, the emerald festival is red, and the Milky Way Road is late..." Facing such a beautiful scenery, such a magnificent workmanship made by a local tyrant, Xu Jiu became very excited, as if his soul had entered the fairyland, Wander in this unreal landscape.
This is clearly a pile of money waving in the wind!
"Yushu, Yinhe?" A voice suddenly interjected, carrying a low-pitched magnetism.
Xu Jiu was taken aback, turned around and saw a man sitting behind him, his pale face contrasted with the green tree, exuding a compelling coldness.
Seeing Xu Jiu's frightened expression, the man said coldly, "Who allowed you to come in?"
"Uh... sorry, I'm going out now."
"Stop." The man ordered, "Come here."
If you say stop, stop, what if you call a puppy?Don't go there!
However, Xu Jiu felt that his body was straight, and his legs had wisely decided for him.
He walked up to the other party, bowed and saluted: "My lord."
The man looked at him, twirling a string of bells with his cold fingers: "I've seen you."
"Yes, my lord." Just met a few days ago!
"Where's my cane?"
"what?"
The man threw the bell away, and quietly crossed his slender fingers: "My cane."
Xu Jiu remembered the cane that was forgotten in the corner of the space, struggled a bit, and denied it: "I don't know."
The man raised his head, his face was angry and disappointed for a moment, but soon calmed down, his expression became tired: "Go down."
"..." Xu Jiu pursed his lips without moving, "What should I do if I can't take it out?"
The man raised his eyes: "What?"
"Are you fat dad?" Xu Jiu blurted out.After asking, he regretted it, he would definitely kill himself!In such a highly hierarchical world, he is so casual, this is a *oss who can hang other people's heads on the city wall with a single sentence!
"Fat?" The man rubbed the two words with a strange expression, "No."
"Isn't it?" Xu Jiu came back boldly, "Then he is a child of the manor?"
The man stared at him with dark eyes, his expression full of disdain and coldness.
Xu Jiu who didn't get an answer was also very disappointed. He was dejected and lowered his head in confusion.
When the two were in a stalemate, the wind blew up, thousands of leaves rang loudly, the calm ensemble became violent, the man's black robe was also raised, and the thin figure became clearer.
Xu Jiu suddenly felt compassion: "My lord, it's windy, I'll take you back."
Hearing this, the man raised his head and looked at Xu Jiu carefully, thought for a while, and stretched out his hand calmly.
The hand was so striking, with its inanimate jade sheen, that it was hardly alive.
What does it mean?Xu Jiu was very surprised, and couldn't understand the man's way of acting. He tentatively put his hands on the man.
Du Tuxuan did not refuse.
So Xu Jiu helped the man up from the wheelchair, the man leaned on his shoulder, and unconsciously rubbed his head on his shoulder.This rubbing gave Xu Jiu a strange sense of familiarity, what happened to this movement that was exactly the same as that of Pangpang?
Xu Jiu's whole body was stiff, and he hesitated to speak.
"Go." The man noticed that Xu Jiu was in a daze, and ordered with a straight face.
"Yes, my lord." Xu Jiu immediately came back to his senses, bearing most of the opponent's weight, and carefully carried the iceberg bomb forward.
It was only when he got closer that he realized that the man's body was icy cold, with a cool fragrance.The fragrance is very light, sometimes disappearing, it is a kind of extremely clean breath.Xu Jiu suddenly felt ashamed of himself, his body stretched straight, and he let the man strut his body forward.
Du Tuxuan kept a straight face all the time. He was expressionless all the year round. Of course, in fact, there was nothing worth moving.He lives here as quietly as a ghost, staying behind closed doors for many years, but he is an existence that no one will ignore.
Regarding the character of this lord, the most well-known thing is that he hates getting close to people, and he doesn't like anyone to appear within three steps of him except the personal butler.He is the most low-key lord in history, living a life like an ascetic monk, and the gossip circulating in the world almost concludes that he has a physical problem.
Such a lord who doesn't like to be in contact with people suddenly regretted it after meeting Xu Jiu.The remorse is so obvious that it has reached the point of annoyance, but now that he has stood up, in this case, no matter what, he is not allowed to retreat.
Xu Jiu didn't dare to look at each other all the time, and played the role of a human cane in a proper manner.Every time the man took a difficult step, his heart trembled a few times, and he was extremely worried that the proud manor owner would destroy him afterwards.
At this moment, the psychological activities of the two reached a rare unity: I am going crazy.
Du Tuxuan hadn't stood up for a long time. His body was worse than he imagined, and he couldn't even take a step. He closed his eyes and let the people around him support him to move forward.There is a hint of familiar smell at the end of the nose, which is far less pleasant than in the dream. This is probably the gap between the dream and reality, the gap between Fatty and himself.
The corner of the man's mouth curled into a sneer.
He accidentally wanted to experience the bright and warm warmth in his dream, so he stretched out his hand, but he missed it with one step, and his heart was as cold as snow falling off a cliff.The coldness became more and more intense, mercilessly dispelling his extravagant thoughts that had just emerged, and it was cold from head to toe.
Xu Jiu noticed that the person beside him was trembling, although it was very slight, he still had a strong sense of presence.He tilted his head quietly, and saw the man with his eyes closed, his neck showing a fragile curvature, the neck was so white that it dazzled his eyes, Xu Jiu's heart moved, and many inexplicable feelings emerged.
He turned his eyes away from the man and looked ahead, his voice was soft like a feather: "My lord, let me sing you a song."
The man opened his eyes, his crow-like eyelashes drew a thrilling arc: "Huh?"
Xu Jiu's tongue is tied. Ever since he met Du Tuxuan Shuang, he has been having brain twitches and singing. How did you come up with such a cowardly idea for a big man?Why don't you just shut up and be a quiet handsome man!
"It's a song I heard in the wasteland. The lyrics are very simple. Do you want to listen to it?"
Du Tuxuan nodded invisibly.
"Outside the long pavilion, by the side of the ancient road, there are green grass and green sky. The evening wind blows the sound of willows and flutes, and the setting sun is outside the mountains.
At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of friends are scattered.A cup of turbid wine to make the rest of the fun, don't dream about the cold tonight.
Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, there are fragrant grasses and green sky.I ask you when you will return here, and don't linger when you come.
At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of friends are scattered.Life is rarely a happy gathering, but there are many separations. "
The lyrics are very short. Xu Jiu switched languages and sang slowly one by one. Du Tuxuan opened his eyes and listened carefully to the melody.
"That's not our song."
Xu Jiu said embarrassingly, "I just overheard it."
"There are always places in this continent that we don't know." Du Tuxuan closed his eyes again, "Sing it again."
So Xu Jiu sang it again slowly, trying to dispel the other party's discomfort, and dragged Du Tuxuan Shuang into the black tower without any trace.
Du Tuxuan came back to his senses and found that he had already arrived in the house. He was taken aback for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which disappeared in a flash.And Xu Jiu also heaved a sigh of relief in this smile, and his mood became very happy.
The man continued: "Go up and help me write down the lyrics."
"Ah?" Xu Jiu was embarrassed, "...but I don't know how to read."
The man understood, and didn't make it difficult for him: "You tell me, I'll write."
"Oh, good." Xu Jiu Mingming was so tired that he wanted to lie down, but he pretended to easily help the man to the room and to the desk.When he lowered his head to place the man, he saw two pairs of trembling legs, one pair was his own, and the other pair belonged to Lord Dutu.
He looked up, and found that the other person's expression was very calm, but it was impossible to tell from the face that this person was suffering physically.Xu Jiu felt a little stuffy, and when the man spread the paper, he said, "My lord, I have learned some massage methods, which can relieve fatigue. Do you want to try it, my lord?"
Ba sneered: "There are too many people in that gang, and none of the leaders were caught, and those who died were all young people."
Although Ba deliberately suppressed it, his expression was still distorted. Xu Jiu was taken aback, and then became worried: "You also know that there are many of them, so don't do stupid things."
Ba Shou's face was grim, with a half-smile, he lowered his head and stared at Xu Jiu: "Jiu, if I take revenge, will you stand by my side?"
Xu Jiu nodded without hesitation, but added: "But you can't be reckless, I will definitely not support you if you die for nothing."
"Hahaha, that's good!" Bada laughed, "If you are a coward, I will look down on you! Remember what you said!"
Xu Jiu nodded, the pot was hot, and the stabbing sounded. Xu Jiu pushed Ba to the side, dug two spoonfuls of oil from the pot, put it into the pot, and then pushed all the cut meat into the pot.The sound of crackling oil made Ba very interested: "I always knew that oil can be burned as a candle, but you thought of cooking with it?"
Xu Jiu gave him a "yes, hehehe" expression.
The two stood together, eight heads taller than Xu Jiu, and they could easily put their arms on his shoulders: "Where did you learn it?"
"I saw it in the manor." The manor does use oil for cooking, but it is all spread on the ingredients and rarely stir-fried.
Ba Rao watched his movements with interest, with a smile on his lips all the time.
Xu Jiu's scalp was numb from his laughter, and he glared at him fiercely: "Why are you laughing for nothing, and you have no bones? Lean on me!"
"Laughing, you can cook, and with women... oh!"
Xu Jiu gave him a hard elbow: "If you dare to say it, I will slap you on the head!"
"Okay, okay——" Ba raised his hand in surrender, hooked his head to Xu Jiu's ear, with a cynical joke: "When can I eat it?"
Xu Jiu quickly moved away, and rubbed his red ears with his free hands, and his hair exploded: "Stay away from labor and management!"
Eight hands rested on the stove, his eyes rolled around: "I like you, don't you know? I told you before I left, or I'll repeat it again?"
Xu Jiu picked up a stone basin and put it on his head. He always suspected that the other party saw that he was not the original owner. He had been worried for many days, but now he couldn't bear the teasing: "Why are you like this!"
"What's it like?" Ba held the basin, still smiling viciously.
"Be normal!" Xu Jiu shouted!
"I've always been normal!" Eight said calmly.
"Crack!" A soft sound interrupted Xu Jiu's exasperation, Baba touched his lower back subconsciously, the two turned their heads, and saw Pangpang standing at the door, still holding a small stone in his hand.
"Hey, the brat doesn't even have all his teeth, he's just so fat." Ba bent down and picked up the stone that hit him just now.
"You're almost done." Xu Jiu grabbed the stone and threw it to the corner, "My mother asked you to come and see me, not to play a trick."
Eight smiled: "Well, you have become no fun at all."
It turns out that it is fun to be cheated by Jiu repeatedly?shake m?
Xu Jiu didn't bother to talk to him.
Pangpang and Batian were at odds with each other, they didn't even want to eat with each other, and dragged Xu Jiu to drag him away.
"Okay baby, he's joking." Xu Jiu couldn't believe that Ba liked him now, and the sincere pain he confessed to the original owner at that time. Xu Jiu still remembers that he really liked him, and even ignored his shortcomings and accepted it completely. of fiery emotion.
The easier it is to say what you like, the greater your credibility will be compromised.
Ba Gong has a crush on the original owner and has never dared to speak. He only tried to speak out when he felt something was wrong, but the original owner would never hear it.
Well, this is a sad story, Xu Jiu didn't bother to argue with the other party because of this hard work.
Pangpang was very satisfied that Xu Jiu was standing by his side. After thinking for a while, he concluded in a childish voice: "The bad guys... bully-pull-you."
Xu Jiu laughed all of a sudden, and kissed the child's face: "If the bad guy bullies us again, we will beat him."
The child nodded solemnly.
Those two people from Eighth Ren got together to slander him, eating while hugging the biggest pot in the kitchen, and they didn't even have the time to talk.
Because of the relationship between eight, today's broth is pure meat, and the taste is greatly reduced.Pang Pang didn't like to eat at first, so Xu Jiu coaxed him for a long time before he ate two or three yuan and drank two bowls of soup.Xu Jiu ate a bowl by himself, the pure meat was too greasy, his stomach couldn't stand it after eating too much, and he didn't know how Ba could eat the bottom of the pot clean.
"Too little." Bacai had time to raise his head after the last bit of soup was poured into his stomach, and his tone was very dissatisfied.
"You ate our three-day ration by yourself." Xu Jiu told him to recognize the truth.
"So you're weak, you can even raise a cub like you. You have to believe me and give this cub to me to raise. Within a year, I'll return you a real warrior!"
"Hehe, there's no need." I'll leave it to your little life and it will be done.
"Okay, okay, I don't care about raising cubs." Ba drank more than half of the pot of soup and said, "I have no meat to eat, so I can only drink soup, and my stomach is full of water."
"Come on, I should let you drink some real water."
The two chattered without saying a word, Ba was very interested in the castle, and started wandering around when he was full.After Xu Jiu confessed that he couldn't go to the top floor, he left him alone, and planned to make some snacks with the child in his arms.
Pangpang was always unhappy, he stretched out his arms for Xu Jiu to hug, and refused to get off no matter what stuck on him.
"Baby, he is Jiu's good friend, we grew up together." Thinking of the original owner, Xu Jiu, he feels very guilty, Ba is doomed not to be able to wait for his lover in this life.
The child shook its head in the socket of his neck.
Xu Jiu looked around, closed the door, and said to the child furtively, "Now my brother's good friend is you, and the baby is the number one in my brother's heart."
Pangpang raised his head and looked at Xu Jiu eagerly for a long time, as if he had been confirmed, he finally relaxed his body and returned to the previous state.
"Bad guy." The child reiterated again.
"Yeah, join the hooligans."
Those who visited the castle were not at all affected by the small whispers of the two. He did not go to the top floor as Xu Jiu said, but other places were enough for him to make a big circle.Ba was about to leave at three or four in the afternoon, and when he left, he ate a large piece of sunflower meat.
Xu Jiu sent the man to the door, and Ba swayed in front with the meat, smiling all the time: "By the way, a few days ago, the guards confiscated one of Tianyong's treasury, and a notice was posted on the city gate. People who have robbed can go to claim compensation."
"How to get it?"
"People who are arrested have confessions, but if they don't, just go and explain the situation, or if someone saw you being robbed, you can go get it."
"It's so simple?" Xu Jiu was unbelievable. If this is the case, wouldn't it be possible to get it by making a fake?
Ba snorted, and laughed disdainfully: "The man from Bacheng Manor is doing good deeds, everyone is dead, and sending money is useless, why did you go so early?"
Xu Jiu tugged at him: "Don't be like this, it's a good thing to get the money. Have you gone to get it?"
"What are you getting, my dad's life compensation money?" Ba shook his head, "I'm not free, so you can help me get it. My dad's life compensation money, and the five copper coins that your dad was robbed back then, But it’s a lot of money.”
And my five coppers!
Xu Jiu is hopeless in the face of money.
Ba smiled, threw his ID card to Xu Jiu, and then walked away.
A badge is proof of an individual's affiliation to a jurisdiction, bearing a date of birth, address, and the badge of the superior officer.Many people don't want to be driven to the wilderness, not all because of lack of food, and Xu Jiu's village is no exception.What's more, once they are driven out of the jurisdiction, they will become "black households", without any identity certificate, and will never be recognized. People are exactly the same as wild beasts in the wasteland.Just like now, if you are also robbed, people with ID cards can register and collect things with their ID cards, and those without ID cards can only admit it.
Holding the ID cards of the two of them, Xu Jiu planned to go tomorrow to get back the money he lost last time.Thinking about going to the manor, he remembered the butler's last suggestion. He was so entangled. He turned to look at the sleeping child in his arms, and the image of the manor owner appeared in his mind.
Will my chubby grow up like that?
Xu Jiu still remembers the first time they met, when he told the other party that he was sick, that person flew into a rage.It's really not easy for the butler to be a contract servant for such a man with a twisted personality and a bad temper.
***
In order to get enough energy for the journey, Xu Jiu didn't stay up late to enter the space that night, and honestly fell asleep with Pang Pang, and started walking to the manor with Pang Pang before dawn the next day.
It takes more than three hours to walk to the manor. The temperature is just right at dawn, and it will be a pain to wait for the sun to rise before walking.
Pangpang is still sleeping, his breath is light, and it has the unique milky fragrance of children.He was wrapped tightly by Xu Jiu and leaned against his neck, his little face was clean, and his mouth was still curled up.The stars in the sky are very large, the moon is very bright, and the clear light sprinkled on the ground is water blue, as if floating in waves.There is no one on the road, and the sand under the feet is also stained with the tenderness of the moonlight. It is soft when you step on it, and your heart also softens, as if the world is your own, step by step from the dawn to the sun.
When the two arrived in front of the city gate, the sun was still a fiery red duck egg yolk, the morning fog was still there, and the gate hadn't opened yet, but there was already a long queue at the gate, which formed three circles, and the tail continued to extend outside the circle.As far as the eye can see, people in ragged clothes are sitting or standing, and some are still dozing off.Xu Jiu was stunned, and asked an old man, "Uncle, why are there so many people?"
The old man had a small rag around his waist, deep and shallow scars on his body, black scabs on his body that hadn't bathed for a long time, and he couldn't speak clearly: "Get the money."
Xu Jiu thought that he was active enough, these people are real warriors, the queue is too long!
He pointed to the front half of the line and asked, "When did they come?"
"Two days."
"Two days ago?"
The old man nodded.
Xu Jiu felt the heartache of losing ten copper coins.He should have thought of this situation a long time ago, but if he doesn't come, he can't give up anyway, that's ten copper coins, hey!
There was no longer any need to wait in the long queue, and Xu Jiu, dejectedly, lined up another queue to enter the city with the sellers.
This line is much shorter, but there are dozens of people in line.In front of Xu Jiu was a middle-aged man carrying a bundle of leather. The leather caught his attention. He pointed to the outermost black leather and asked, "Abbot, how do you sell this leather?"
That person also came to line up early in the morning, hoping to get a good seat in the advanced city, and it happened to be fine at this time, so the two chatted: "This leather is brown pigskin, the hair is too hard and worthless, and it can be paid for twenty chrome coins. "
"The twenty chromium coins are not too cheap."
The middle-aged man's big rough hands lingered on the fur: "I saw that you have never seen the world, and the price of leather is already very cheap. Hunting these things will cost your life. My bundle is the most inferior product. [-] chrome coins for my leather, which is half the price compared to the store, and my leather-making skills are no worse than those in the store."
Xu Jiu touched the man's skin and found that it was too hard, as if the nitrate solution hadn't been prepared properly.
"Abo, can you learn your leather-making skills?"
"You're too cunning." The man gave Xu Jiu a supercilious look, and didn't bother to answer him. "This is a cooking skill that our ancestors have passed down from generation to generation. You can learn it if you want."
Xu Jiu laughed.
After a while, a guard in armor appeared on the city gate, knocking on the copper cake in the middle with a drumstick, and the bell rang through half the city, causing a huge commotion among the crowd—"Open the city gate!" , open the city gate!"
The quiet line suddenly became crowded, people flowed into the city gate one after another, and Xu Jiu was also pushed in.
Inside the city gate is a completely different scene. The inner city seems to be still sleepy, the streets are empty and silent, only occasionally the sound of shops opening, and the people who come in have already started looking for places to set up stalls.
Chubby was dazed, awakened by the noise, half-opened his eyes and yawned on Xu Jiu's shoulder, like a kitten.Soon he opened his eyes wide and looked at Xu Jiu, not understanding why he suddenly changed here.
"Isn't brother very powerful?"
Fatty nodded, leaned softly against him, and looked around curiously.
There was a smell in the street that made people move their index fingers. Xu Jiu followed the flow of people and followed the strong smell of milk.After turning two corners, a street full of people appeared. This street was very different from the silence of other places, and it seemed much more lively and lively.There are all kinds of colorful banners hanging on the porch. This is a breakfast street, with all kinds of butcher shops from the beginning to the end. Some exquisite shops even set up stone benches at the entrance, with rich boiled milk next to them.
Chubby's eyes are fixed on the boiled milk, it seems that children like to drink this stuff.
A bowl of boiled milk costs five chrome coins, which is quite a luxury. Many poor people in the city are reluctant to buy it. They only pay a chrome coin to buy a piece of sunflower meat to eat for a whole day.Xu Jiu walked forward with Pangpang in his arms, listening and looking at him while walking, and after a while the street was almost full.Just as he was thinking about how much the whole wild boar at home could sell for, he was suddenly bumped by someone. Seeing the face bumped into, Xu Jiu was startled.
This person is so familiar, when I carried this person back from the barren cliff, staring at this face all the way, the tired memory is still fresh.
This young man he saved back then!
The boy stood opposite Xu Jiu, staring at him motionless.
Xu Jiu yelled in his heart that he was terrible, and turned his eyes calmly, pretending not to know him and preparing to move forward.
The boy obviously didn't let him go, and the voice of the voice-changing period came: "Benefactor."
Xu Jiu pretended not to hear and continued walking forward.
The arm was grabbed: "Benefactor, I saw you when I woke up in the middle."
Xu Jiu smiled amiably: "You've got the wrong person." Woke up in the middle of the trough, where are you cheating?
"No, I know that the benefactor lives in the castle. If the benefactor refuses to admit it, I will go to the castle to look for it."
"..."
The two chattered in the street and attracted a lot of attention. Xu Jiu dragged the young man to a corner and said earnestly, "You really misidentified the wrong person. I didn't even know what happened to you so you called me benefactor. I really don't know you."
The boy smiled: "The benefactor doesn't want me to go to the castle to find you?"
Xu Jiu flatly denied it: "No, you can go find it anyway, I just don't want you to waste your time."
The young man laughed again, he was not short, he was as tall as Xu Jiu, Xu Jiu was flustered when he laughed like that, as expected, he only heard the other party say: "I was very ill at that time and only remembered one figure, I didn't expect my benefactor Admitted."
Xu Jiu turned pale with shock: "Where did I admit it?"
"You were stunned for a long time when you first saw me, indicating that you knew me; I didn't know that my benefactor lived in the castle, and he lied to you, you admitted it; I said I was sick, but my benefactor didn't deny it, the whole point was on me How do you see the flaws. If you don’t know me, don’t you ask me first what kindness you have with me?”
"..." Xu Jiu has no experience as 007 after all, so he just struggled and said, "I don't ask because I'm not interested, and it doesn't matter to us."
"It doesn't matter, my benefactor worked hard to take care of me for three days, transported me back to the house, and transported me out again, it was very hard."
Why does this kid speak so badly?
Xu Jiu decided to ignore this person and find a breakfast restaurant to eat.
"Benefactor, thank you for saving me." Unexpectedly, the boy stuck to him like brown sugar, chattering all the way.
Xu Jiu was afraid that others would hear something, so he hurriedly said, "Stop it first!"
"Why didn't the benefactor let others know?" The young man was very aggrieved. Many people around him had noticed them. Hearing this sentence, Xu Jiu's heart was full of alarm bells, and he wanted to cover the other party's mouth.
"It's enough!"
"The benefactor is so fierce," the young man was still wronged, but there was a hint of cunning in the grievance, and he continued, "The benefactor paid for my medical treatment. I will always be grateful for the kindness of the benefactor."
Damn, Xu Jiu was sure again that he hated this kid very much!
The people around who were about to hear the shocking secret gasped in disappointment, and Xu Jiu's hanging heart also fell back to the original place, and whispered: "I have no money and I am a poor man! I am not the one who saved you!"
"Does my benefactor want me to tell the truth?"
I really lost to this kid.
The two wrangled to the end and ended up drinking milk together on a small stool by the street.
From a distance, the man who witnessed everything on the roof whispered: "It's really him."
Ah Chong stepped forward to make a move: "Then boss, should we tie him back?"
The man looked at him like an alien: "Chong, is your mind full of shit?"
Achong: "..."
Being scolded again, not happy.
Today is destined to be an uneasy day, Xu Jiu was entangled by that boy named Xiao Shu early in the morning, the two sides almost acquiesced in his saving lives, but Xu Jiu was still dead and stubborn and determined not to let go.
Thinking that a non-witch doctor would be regarded as a thorn in the side of the whole witch doctor class, even if it was not that serious, Xu Jiu would not let go, even if he was beaten to death.
"I have something to do later, you eat slowly first." Xu Jiu poured the boiled milk for Pangpang into the water bag, and said goodbye to the boy with the child in his arms.
The boy was wolfing down his mouth, and he stretched his neck choked upon hearing the words: "Benefactor——"
Xu Jiu quickly pushed him onto the stool: "You can't leave, the money hasn't been paid yet."
His voice was relatively loud, and he really attracted the boss's attention. Xu Jiu didn't wait for the other party to speak again, and ran away.So on the street full of people, I saw a man with a child running in and out against the flow of people, and soon disappeared.
On the high city gate, the butler who was taking a break from his busy schedule raised his eyes inadvertently, and saw a familiar figure.He pointed to the man at the bottom and said, "Go and bring him up."
"Yes!"
So just as Xu Jiu was lucky to get rid of the brown sugar, he was blocked by four guards in solid clothes.Then a person came out, it was the old butler's servant, he said in a mechanical voice: "The big butler is looking for you."
Xu Jiu was panting tiredly, and looked at the chubby shoulders, the child's dark eyes were completely outside the situation.
"How did the butler know I'm here?"
The servant pointed to the city gate tower.
Well, that's what bad luck is all about.
Xu Jiu obediently followed the servant to the city wall. There was a row of houses on the city wall, and the housekeeper was sitting in the middle house, holding a thick list in his hand.
"The butler."
The butler raised his head, his eyes first fixed on the child in Xu Jiu's arms, and he immediately put down the roster and took the child over.Pangpang was playing with his fingers, and he didn't react much when he was being hugged and changed places. He only looked at the person who was hugging him, and then went to play with his own.
The butler was completely immersed in the surprise of hugging Pangpang, Xu Jiu touched his nose, and simply became a wall flower quietly with others.
"What are you doing here today?" The butler glanced at Xu Jiu, then quickly turned his attention to Pangpang, picked up a piece of crispy sweet cake to feed the child.
Xu Jiu noticed the list on the table from the very beginning, and decided to try his luck after hearing this: "I heard that I can get the money, so I came here."
"Once money is involved, the speed of the spread is indeed faster than the wind in the wasteland." The head steward looked through the roster, "How many essentials?"
"I will get ten copper coins myself, and I will get one for others."
"Help someone lead, help who?"
Xu Jiu handed over Ba's identity card with both hands.
"Eight," the head steward turned to the page of Dasha Village, "was his father hacked to death at the border?"
Xu Jiu nodded.
"how about you?"
"Half a year ago, my father and Ba's father were blackmailed for five copper coins in the manor outside."
The butler moved the corner of his mouth, playing with Ba's identity card: "Shazhou, go get him a silver coin."
The butler's personal servant, Shazhou, went out. The butler looked at the fat and soft face, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it; when he looked up at Xu Jiu, his expression returned to business-like: "When will you pay back the five silver coins you owe to my lord?" ?”
Xu Jiu: "..."
The butler hugged Pang Pang: "My lord is not short of servants, but I recommend Pang Pang to him because I think he likes you. You should be straightforward."
Xu Jiu whispered: "I will pay back the money."
The butler nodded and motioned the servant to hand over the silver coin to Xu Jiu: "You have to take good care of Pangpang, you know?"
Xu Jiu nodded holding the silver coin.
"I know you're a good boy, come back to the manor with me when I'm done." As the butler turned to tease Pangpang, his tone changed from indifferent to exaggerated, "Baby, follow me to the manor later, Grandpa Bring you delicious food!"
The kid just chewed on his pastry.
"Look, how hungry is my little treasure?"
Xu Jiu heard that something was wrong, carefully looked at the butler's expression, and after a long time in his mind, he blurted out: "Master butler, don't you want to take Pangpang back?"
"Huh?" The butler frowned at him.
"Pangpang is raised by me, I will not give it back."
"Oh!" The housekeeper breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to feed the child, "Xiaobao, are you willing to follow him?"
Chubby swallowed the food gracefully, looked at Xu Jiu, nodded, and continued eating pastries.
"Oh, my little treasure is so smart!" The butler smiled and the wrinkles on his face formed an old chrysanthemum.
Xu Jiu's heart hurts: That belongs to my family...
The majestic old butler stayed at the city gate until noon, explained a few notes to the bookkeeper, and then took his servant and Xu Jiu to board the carriage back to the manor.
This carriage was originally driven by the butler alone, but now there are three people sitting in it. The big butler didn't want to let go of Pang Pang. Xu Jiu let Pang Pang take a seat in order to save his face. I saw the housekeeper's various ways of pampering the children, as if changing his face, which was completely different from the honest expression when facing himself.
No matter how many times he has been here, Xu Jiu will still be amazed by the scenery in front of him.The majestic high wall at the foot of the majestic mountain, the solemn Shinto, the towering temple, and the black tower in the middle.The whole body of the tower is pure black, shining brightly in the sun.
People in the wasteland respect tall towers, and most of the buildings are steep and sharp. The tallest towers in each area are owned by the lord. People in the wasteland believe that they are the subjects of the beast gods, and the high towers also symbolize the power of gods.The black tower of Dutu Manor is very eye-catching in the entire territory, shining brightly under the vast cirrus clouds, and the supreme ruler of the territory, Dutu Xuanshuang, and his personal butler live in it.
The Shinto path was flat and wide, and with the rhythmic turning of the carriage, a group of people arrived at the main gate of the inner manor.
The butler got out of the car with Pangpang in his arms. Pangpang had gained a lot of weight recently. Xu Jiu felt heavy even when he was holding it. It was hard for the butler not to put it down all the way. He hugged Pangpang all the way with his old arms and legs, and ignored Xu Jiu all the way.
"I'll take Xiaobao to rest, you can do it yourself."
Who is Xiaobao? Hey!Don't mess up the names, please!The butler just threw Xu Jiu down so casually, and the servants around him ignored him and went about their own business.
Xu Jiu was left wandering around the manor alone.
He didn't dare to walk randomly, he just walked slowly between the front hall and the black tower, this is a section of the road he is more familiar with, and he hasn't observed it carefully all this time, now he touches the sapphire on the stone bridge and draws the flowing cloud pattern on the wall , went all the way to the lush jade forest.
The purple bells on the branches of the jade tree sway gently, mixed with the tinkling of thousands of leaves, like a never-ending intimate ensemble.
"The autumn wind blows the jade trees, the emerald festival is red, and the Milky Way Road is late..." Facing such a beautiful scenery, such a magnificent workmanship made by a local tyrant, Xu Jiu became very excited, as if his soul had entered the fairyland, Wander in this unreal landscape.
This is clearly a pile of money waving in the wind!
"Yushu, Yinhe?" A voice suddenly interjected, carrying a low-pitched magnetism.
Xu Jiu was taken aback, turned around and saw a man sitting behind him, his pale face contrasted with the green tree, exuding a compelling coldness.
Seeing Xu Jiu's frightened expression, the man said coldly, "Who allowed you to come in?"
"Uh... sorry, I'm going out now."
"Stop." The man ordered, "Come here."
If you say stop, stop, what if you call a puppy?Don't go there!
However, Xu Jiu felt that his body was straight, and his legs had wisely decided for him.
He walked up to the other party, bowed and saluted: "My lord."
The man looked at him, twirling a string of bells with his cold fingers: "I've seen you."
"Yes, my lord." Just met a few days ago!
"Where's my cane?"
"what?"
The man threw the bell away, and quietly crossed his slender fingers: "My cane."
Xu Jiu remembered the cane that was forgotten in the corner of the space, struggled a bit, and denied it: "I don't know."
The man raised his head, his face was angry and disappointed for a moment, but soon calmed down, his expression became tired: "Go down."
"..." Xu Jiu pursed his lips without moving, "What should I do if I can't take it out?"
The man raised his eyes: "What?"
"Are you fat dad?" Xu Jiu blurted out.After asking, he regretted it, he would definitely kill himself!In such a highly hierarchical world, he is so casual, this is a *oss who can hang other people's heads on the city wall with a single sentence!
"Fat?" The man rubbed the two words with a strange expression, "No."
"Isn't it?" Xu Jiu came back boldly, "Then he is a child of the manor?"
The man stared at him with dark eyes, his expression full of disdain and coldness.
Xu Jiu who didn't get an answer was also very disappointed. He was dejected and lowered his head in confusion.
When the two were in a stalemate, the wind blew up, thousands of leaves rang loudly, the calm ensemble became violent, the man's black robe was also raised, and the thin figure became clearer.
Xu Jiu suddenly felt compassion: "My lord, it's windy, I'll take you back."
Hearing this, the man raised his head and looked at Xu Jiu carefully, thought for a while, and stretched out his hand calmly.
The hand was so striking, with its inanimate jade sheen, that it was hardly alive.
What does it mean?Xu Jiu was very surprised, and couldn't understand the man's way of acting. He tentatively put his hands on the man.
Du Tuxuan did not refuse.
So Xu Jiu helped the man up from the wheelchair, the man leaned on his shoulder, and unconsciously rubbed his head on his shoulder.This rubbing gave Xu Jiu a strange sense of familiarity, what happened to this movement that was exactly the same as that of Pangpang?
Xu Jiu's whole body was stiff, and he hesitated to speak.
"Go." The man noticed that Xu Jiu was in a daze, and ordered with a straight face.
"Yes, my lord." Xu Jiu immediately came back to his senses, bearing most of the opponent's weight, and carefully carried the iceberg bomb forward.
It was only when he got closer that he realized that the man's body was icy cold, with a cool fragrance.The fragrance is very light, sometimes disappearing, it is a kind of extremely clean breath.Xu Jiu suddenly felt ashamed of himself, his body stretched straight, and he let the man strut his body forward.
Du Tuxuan kept a straight face all the time. He was expressionless all the year round. Of course, in fact, there was nothing worth moving.He lives here as quietly as a ghost, staying behind closed doors for many years, but he is an existence that no one will ignore.
Regarding the character of this lord, the most well-known thing is that he hates getting close to people, and he doesn't like anyone to appear within three steps of him except the personal butler.He is the most low-key lord in history, living a life like an ascetic monk, and the gossip circulating in the world almost concludes that he has a physical problem.
Such a lord who doesn't like to be in contact with people suddenly regretted it after meeting Xu Jiu.The remorse is so obvious that it has reached the point of annoyance, but now that he has stood up, in this case, no matter what, he is not allowed to retreat.
Xu Jiu didn't dare to look at each other all the time, and played the role of a human cane in a proper manner.Every time the man took a difficult step, his heart trembled a few times, and he was extremely worried that the proud manor owner would destroy him afterwards.
At this moment, the psychological activities of the two reached a rare unity: I am going crazy.
Du Tuxuan hadn't stood up for a long time. His body was worse than he imagined, and he couldn't even take a step. He closed his eyes and let the people around him support him to move forward.There is a hint of familiar smell at the end of the nose, which is far less pleasant than in the dream. This is probably the gap between the dream and reality, the gap between Fatty and himself.
The corner of the man's mouth curled into a sneer.
He accidentally wanted to experience the bright and warm warmth in his dream, so he stretched out his hand, but he missed it with one step, and his heart was as cold as snow falling off a cliff.The coldness became more and more intense, mercilessly dispelling his extravagant thoughts that had just emerged, and it was cold from head to toe.
Xu Jiu noticed that the person beside him was trembling, although it was very slight, he still had a strong sense of presence.He tilted his head quietly, and saw the man with his eyes closed, his neck showing a fragile curvature, the neck was so white that it dazzled his eyes, Xu Jiu's heart moved, and many inexplicable feelings emerged.
He turned his eyes away from the man and looked ahead, his voice was soft like a feather: "My lord, let me sing you a song."
The man opened his eyes, his crow-like eyelashes drew a thrilling arc: "Huh?"
Xu Jiu's tongue is tied. Ever since he met Du Tuxuan Shuang, he has been having brain twitches and singing. How did you come up with such a cowardly idea for a big man?Why don't you just shut up and be a quiet handsome man!
"It's a song I heard in the wasteland. The lyrics are very simple. Do you want to listen to it?"
Du Tuxuan nodded invisibly.
"Outside the long pavilion, by the side of the ancient road, there are green grass and green sky. The evening wind blows the sound of willows and flutes, and the setting sun is outside the mountains.
At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of friends are scattered.A cup of turbid wine to make the rest of the fun, don't dream about the cold tonight.
Outside the long pavilion, beside the ancient road, there are fragrant grasses and green sky.I ask you when you will return here, and don't linger when you come.
At the end of the sky, at the corner of the earth, half of friends are scattered.Life is rarely a happy gathering, but there are many separations. "
The lyrics are very short. Xu Jiu switched languages and sang slowly one by one. Du Tuxuan opened his eyes and listened carefully to the melody.
"That's not our song."
Xu Jiu said embarrassingly, "I just overheard it."
"There are always places in this continent that we don't know." Du Tuxuan closed his eyes again, "Sing it again."
So Xu Jiu sang it again slowly, trying to dispel the other party's discomfort, and dragged Du Tuxuan Shuang into the black tower without any trace.
Du Tuxuan came back to his senses and found that he had already arrived in the house. He was taken aback for a moment, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, which disappeared in a flash.And Xu Jiu also heaved a sigh of relief in this smile, and his mood became very happy.
The man continued: "Go up and help me write down the lyrics."
"Ah?" Xu Jiu was embarrassed, "...but I don't know how to read."
The man understood, and didn't make it difficult for him: "You tell me, I'll write."
"Oh, good." Xu Jiu Mingming was so tired that he wanted to lie down, but he pretended to easily help the man to the room and to the desk.When he lowered his head to place the man, he saw two pairs of trembling legs, one pair was his own, and the other pair belonged to Lord Dutu.
He looked up, and found that the other person's expression was very calm, but it was impossible to tell from the face that this person was suffering physically.Xu Jiu felt a little stuffy, and when the man spread the paper, he said, "My lord, I have learned some massage methods, which can relieve fatigue. Do you want to try it, my lord?"
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