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There was a slight sound coming from the bushes at the gate of the courtyard, no need to guess, it was that kid Lu Chenzhou again.

"Come in, your brother isn't here." Tao Ranran said.

Only then did Lu Chenzhou come out with peace of mind, took out a white plate from behind and put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, try the freshly baked sweet-scented osmanthus and chestnut cake."

Tao Ranran looked at the few chestnuts sticking to the yellow pastry, twisted one and put it in his mouth. The delicious and glutinous taste came out, and then squeezed a small half of the pastry, nodding repeatedly, "It tastes really good."

Lu Chenzhou scratched his hair embarrassingly, and said, "As long as sister-in-law likes it."

Tao Ranran broke off half of it and stuffed it into Lu Chenzhou's mouth, saying, "Don't watch me eat every time."

Lu Chenzhou swallowed the cake in his mouth, and said, "Save some for brother."

"Okay." Tao Ranran nodded, and it happened that he didn't like sweets too much. Although this pastry was delicious, it would still get a bit greasy after eating too much.

"By the way, what day is today?" Tao Ranran asked suddenly.

"September [-], what's wrong?" Lu Chenzhou replied truthfully.

"Before I heard that kid Lu Yichun say that there was a temple fair in Twenty City, and it was very lively." Tao Ranran said.

Lu Chenzhou said: "It is true."

Tao Ranran looked at Lu Chenzhou with a smile, the meaning was self-evident.

Lu Chenzhou seemed to think of something, shook his head regretfully, and said, "Sister-in-law can let brother accompany you."

"He has something to do." Tao Ranran directly refused, "Just the two of us."

Lu Chenzhou was happy in his heart, but when he thought of Lu Yu's order, he hesitated again, and said, "I'm afraid of brother."

Before Lu Chenzhou could finish speaking, Tao Ranran interrupted directly: "I'm here, don't be afraid, let's go!" After speaking, he led Lu Chenzhou and walked towards the gate.

"Sister-in-law is planning to go on like this?" Lu Chenzhou asked as he walked.

Tao Ranran stopped, looked back at him, and said, "I can't fly."

Lu Chenzhou blinked and said, "But I will."

Tao Ranran said helplessly, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"Sister-in-law didn't ask either." Lu Chenzhou said innocently.

"Okay, okay, let's fly down directly." Tao Ranran changed the subject.

Lu Chenzhou took out a sword from his sleeve. Compared with Lu Yu's Wuming, it was much smaller, and it matched his figure.

The annual temple fair is full of singing and dancing in Qiushui City.

Tao Ranran hugged Lu Chenzhou's shoulders, fearing that the crowd would disperse them, and after finally walking to the corner of the street, the crowd dispersed a bit.

Tao Ranran breathed a sigh of relief and said, "There are so many people."

It was rare for Lu Chenzhou to see such a lively scene, and he said with a smile, "It's really fun."

"How long has it been since you went down the mountain?" Tao Ranran laughed.

Lu Chenzhou lowered his eyes and said, "It's been nine years." When his parents were still alive, they would bring him to the temple fair every year.

Realizing that he had made a slip of the tongue, Tao Ranran laughed a few times, patted Lu Chenzhou on the shoulder, and said, "I will bring you here every year from now on, and you can buy whatever you want, and let your brother pay the bill."

"Okay!" Lu Chenzhou nodded happily, and began to imagine the scene of Lu Yu shopping with him in his mind, and the smile almost reached his ears.

The two walked along the street for a long time, passing by an inn, smelling the aroma of vegetables inside, Tao Ranran's stomach groaned rhythmically, so he waved his hand, "Let's go, let's eat!"

Xiao Er enthusiastically welcomed the two into the private room and reported the famous dishes in the shop.

"Come any three dishes, there are only two of us, we can't eat much." Tao Ranran couldn't stand Xiao Er, and it was a bit of a headache to hear him report the names of the dishes.

Xiaoer stepped back resentfully, seeing that Tao Ranran didn't look like ordinary people in his clothes, he thought he would order a full table like those dandies, but unexpectedly there were only three dishes.

The shopkeeper looked at Xiaoer after finishing the account, and asked, "Did the two guests order?"

Xiaoer thought that he had just entered here not long ago, and wanted to perform well and try to impress the shopkeeper, so he nodded and said: "I ordered three signature dishes in the store, sweet and sour carp, braised beef brisket, and charcoal-grilled goose. "

Hearing the words, the shopkeeper seemed to see silver running in front of his eyes. This is the final dish in the shop and the most expensive, so he laughed and scolded: "What are you talking to me? Go talk to the cook."

Xiaoer smiled and said, "Alright."

Tao Ranran rested her chin and looked at the street scene outside the window, as well as Lu Chenzhou who was halfway out of the window.

"Shen Zhou, be careful." Tao Ranran reminded.

Lu Chenzhou retracted his head very obediently, and it happened that Xiao Er also served the food.

Tao Ranran looked at the three rich dishes, swallowed, and impatiently picked up the chopsticks, took a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

Seeing this, Lu Chenzhou also opened his mouth to eat.

The two ate happily, and then put down their chopsticks.

Lu Chenzhou raised his sleeves to wipe off the oil from the corners of his mouth, took off the purse around his waist, poured the broken silver on the table, and said, "Sister-in-law, do you think this money is enough?"

Tao Ranran had no idea about money, and said, "It should be enough."

Just as Xiaoer opened the curtain and walked in, he said indifferently: "Not enough." Then he turned to the shopkeeper downstairs and shouted, "Shopkeeper, someone is eating the king's meal."

For a moment, the shopkeeper immediately pushed away the abacus in front of him, picked up the hem of his clothes, and ran up with two guards.

Seeing the vicious guard standing by the door, Tao Ranran froze for a moment, and said, "Is this a fight?"

"Just this little money?" The shopkeeper glanced at the broken silver on the table and said disdainfully.

Lu Chenzhou replied weakly: "Yes."

The shopkeeper gestured to the guard, then turned and went downstairs.

The guards grabbed Tao Ranran and Lu Chenzhou with their backhands, almost carrying them downstairs.

Lu Chenzhou felt a sense of fear for no reason, the scene in front of him seemed to be reversed, and collided with the memory, the insult came from his ear, his eyes turned red, he knelt on the ground, and cried: "It's not me, it's really not me, I don't know anything, I'm damned."

Tao Ran broke free from the guards, helped Lu Chenzhou up, hugged him in his arms, patted his back lightly, and comforted him: "Shen Zhou, look clearly, it's me, sister-in-law, don't be afraid."

Lu Chenzhou's eyes gradually cleared up, his voice was hoarse, and he called out, "Sister-in-law."

The shopkeeper and Xiao Er looked at each other in blank dismay, what happened?He just scolded, as for that?

Lu Chenzhou finally calmed down, and Tao Ranran heaved a sigh of relief. If something happened, he really didn't know how to explain it to Lu Yu.

"Hey, did I say you two on purpose?" the shopkeeper said at the right time.

Tao Ranran looked up at the shopkeeper and said, "No."

"No? Then why do you order such expensive dishes? You can order other cheaper dishes for such a small amount of money. It's clearly intentional." The shopkeeper seemed to have heard some joke.

"I said at the time that Xiaoer would take any of them." Tao Ranran explained, "Who knows, I will take the most expensive one."

"Nonsense!" the shopkeeper said, "Xiao Er clearly told me that it was you."

"Shopkeeper." Xiaoer interrupted the shopkeeper with a guilty conscience, "It seems that the two of you are also pitiful. Since they have no money, they will stay and do sundries. Let them go after paying off the debt. Anyway, the temple fair is full of people in the shop. not enough."

The shopkeeper thought for a while, and said: "It makes sense, then, you two, go to the kitchen for me to wash the dishes and chop firewood. You can leave after three days."

Lu Chenzhou held Tao Ranran's hand tightly.

Tao Ranran gave him a comforting look, then looked at the shopkeeper, and said, "Deal."

So, the two were rushed to the backyard of the kitchen and started a busy day.

It wasn't until late at night that Tao Ranran was able to rest. Looking at his white and wrinkled hands through the weak candlelight under the eaves, he said with emotion: "It was agreed before that we will not touch Yangchun water. well."

Lu Chenzhou leaned against the pillar, fiddled with the blisters in his palm, and said worriedly: "You said if my brother finds out that we are not here, will he be angry?"

"What do you think?" Tao Ranran asked back.

Lu Chenzhou nodded affirmatively.

"Except for spiritual power, how about kung fu?" Tao Ranran asked.

Lu Chenzhou thought for a while and said, "It's a bit worse than Yi Chun."

Tao Ranran rubbed his chin, looked at the high wall, and said, "Take me to climb out of this wall, is that okay?"

Lu Chenzhou looked at Tao Ranran, then at the high wall, and asked in confusion, "Can't we just fly back with Yujian?"

Tao Ranran tapped Lu Chenzhou's head lightly, and said, "You are stupid, this is in the city, if our identities are exposed, we will lose the face of Zhongxuan."

"That's right." Lu Chenzhou thought about it carefully.

The two walked to the wall, Lu Chenzhou secretly used his strength, picked up Tao Ranran on his back, tapped his toes, jumped onto the wall, adjusted his posture, and was about to jump to the other side of the wall to see the bright candles below.

The shopkeeper was looking at the two of them with a smile, and said, "It's late at night, what do you want to do here?"

"Look at the stars." Tao Ranran chuckled, and since he was discovered, he pulled Lu Chenzhou to sit down and looked up at the sky.

The shopkeeper let go of the dog leash he was holding, tied it to a wooden stake beside him, and said, "It just so happens that my beauty also likes it, so you two can watch it together." After finishing speaking, he went back to sleep up.

Tao Ranran looked at the dog, which was white all over, and looked not bad. When he teased it, he thought it would be barking wildly, but unexpectedly he wagged his tail and giggled.

"Let's go down." Tao Ranran said.

Lu Chenzhou thought for a while, and jumped off the wall with Tao Ranran in his arms.

When the dog saw Tao Ranran, it immediately circled around it, Tao Ranran patted its head, and ran away with Lu Chenzhou.

In the dead of night, Tao Ranran led Lu Chenzhou to a trot all the way, running for a long distance before stopping.

Tao Ranran bent down, put his hands on his knees, panted heavily, and said, "It's really terrible."

Hearing this, Lu Chenzhou couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Don't let your brother know." Tao Ranran said.

"Okay." Lu Chenzhou replied.

Tao Ranran looked at the forked road in front of him, then looked at the pitch-black surroundings, opened his mouth, and just about to speak, he heard a rough voice behind him: "Keep your money or your life, choose one." Then , a group of men in black held sharp weapons and surrounded the two of them.

After Tao Ranran reacted, she blocked Lu Chenzhou behind her, and sighed helplessly, she really shouldn't go out today.

"Brother, you are still young and your eyesight should be quite good. Do you think my two brothers look like rich people?" Tao Ranran laughed.

The leader is Wang Da, a well-known mountain king in this area. If he meets him, he can only consider himself unlucky.

Wang Dayin was arrested by the government for stealing in his early years, and was imprisoned for several years. He was beaten blind by several prison bullies. After he was released after serving his sentence, he started this business in private again.

Hearing Tao Ranran's words, Wang Da suddenly thought of his double eyes, so he cursed: "Stop the fucking nonsense, pay the money or die!"

"You old man, open your dog eyes and see who I am! If you dare to touch me, you will still be hiding in the palace of the King of Hades next year and you won't be able to reincarnate." Tao Ranran straightened her back, Changing from before, he deliberately said angrily, his aura was a bit more fierce than Wang Da's.

Lu Chenzhou, who was hiding behind him, was terrified, and secretly looked at Tao Ranran with a puzzled expression.

Tao Ranran glanced behind him from the corner of his eye, and pushed Lu Chenzhou's head back, secretly praying in his heart that Wang Daneng would be bluffed by him.