It rained suddenly in the night. Spring rain was as expensive as oil. It was good rain for farmers, and it was also good for Ling Yuan.
A rain, enough to wash away many traces.
He raised his head, and the raindrops on the bamboo leaves gathered into a large droplet, which fell on the silver mask with a crisp crashing sound.
The wave after wave of backlash in the tendons, like ten thousand ants, finally subsided, and the violent aura that wanted to destroy everything was also controlled. He moved his fingers and stood up from the ground, his figure was like a ghost, abrupt and abrupt. disappeared into the bamboo forest.
A figure appeared silently in the secret room in the main courtyard. Ling Yuan took off his mask from the mirror. His face in the mirror was cold and bloodthirsty, and his eyes were filled with murderous aura. Following the change, all the dark emotions receded like a tide, and when his mouth curled to a certain arc, he became the gentle and elegant Mingshan Villa owner again.
With such a gentle expression, he slowly pinched the mask in his hand into a ball of silver powder. The black clothes and black cloak on his body also ended up in the same way. There was a little pink in the black clothes. It was the little cook just now. Handkerchiefs for wrapping pastries.
Thinking of what happened in the bamboo forest earlier, Ling Yuan gently shook his head.
The cook saw an unknown person in the village, but did not notice the crisis. For this, he was too lazy to pursue it. The cook is the cook, she only needs to cook her meals. Other than that, she is stupid Whether she is not stupid, clever or not, it is irrelevant, no one expects her to guard the safety of Mingshan Villa.
As for the guards in the village, they lived a very stable life and developed a wine bag and a rice bag. They obviously found out that something was wrong, but they were easily fooled and dismissed by a little cook. They were truly dereliction of duty. What's the use
The violent anger around him was suppressed. At this time, he had no urge to kill, but he still couldn't let go of those guards so lightly. Since they couldn't do their part, then they could do what they could. of.
The rain last night caused many peach blossoms on the tree to fall off, and the petals stuck to the ground, making it harder to clean than ordinary leaves. On the way to the kitchen, Jiang Rui saw many little maids frowning in distress. Among them, there are some people who are more miserable than them.
Jiang Rui didn't need to make breakfast, so she went late. When she got to the kitchen, everyone had been talking about it for a while. Seeing her coming, Liu Liu hurriedly ran over to share it with her.
"Third sister, Zhou Huwei and Qian Huwei were punished by Zhuang Zhu."
"I don't know why?"
"I heard that it was raining last night, so they were lazy. They hid when they were on duty to drink and gamble, and they were caught. This morning, the owner of the village beat them 20 boards each and rushed to the farm to raise horses. Listen to others. The guard said that the 20 big boards were real, and they had ruined the efforts of several of them. In the future, they will be no different from ordinary people, and even their physical strength will be weaker, so they can no longer be guards.
"It's so pitiful." Jiang Rui showed a bit of pity on her face. Last night, she moved a little bit on Zhou Guard so that he couldn't become a man in three months. She wanted to see the results later, but now she can't.
Liu Liushen felt the same way, and followed: "Yes, Zhou Huwei and the others are so pitiful. I never knew that the villa owner was so fierce."
"What do you little girls know?" Li Ma suddenly interjected, "The guards around Zhou are long and guards are short all day long, so you know that he has already married and started a family? A few years ago, his wife was still in confinement, and I heard that he was outside. He was so angry that he vomited blood and almost died. You are young, you have been in the village for a short time, you don’t know his nature, and seeing how handsome he is and how capable he is, you will be confused by your eyes. If you are sold, you will have to give people money!"
"Ah?" Liu Liu covered her mouth in shock, and then said with righteous indignation, "He's actually a bad guy and deserves to be beaten!"
This matter has been hotly discussed by the servants of Zhuang Zhong for a few days, and it has also alerted the rest of the guards a lot. Jiang Rui has been walking at night recently, and she often encounters patrolling guards, but she never encounters Ling Yuan again.
Within two days, Liu Xingfeng, who had left Mingshan Villa to visit friends, came again, and the servant who had been serving him came to the kitchen to prepare meals.
"In addition to Liu Shaoxia, there are two other distinguished guests, the young lady of his aunt's family. Miss Gu has a good temperament, but the young master Gu is not very good at serving him. He thought the tea he brewed just now was unsatisfactory, so he scolded Sister Ningxiang in person. Stop, be careful." The boy reminded.
Li Ma thanked, and stuffed a small paper bag into the little servant's arms, which contained the freshly made jujube paste, "Let's eat it, we're fine, and we're not in front of you, it's hard for you to serve closely like this. Do."
The little servant was a little touched, and told them many things about the new guests.
When Li Ma learned that the difficult-to-serve young master Gu was from the south of the Yangtze River, he was not too old, only about ten years old. Sweet and sour pork loin, and let Jiang Rui make Suzhou-style mung bean cake and hawthorn crystal cake, which are brightly colored, sour and sweet dish pastries.
The food box was brought to the front, everyone waited and waited, and there was no news that the guests were dissatisfied, and they were relieved.
At this time in the main courtyard, Liu Xingfeng was talking to Ling Yuan, his face was rare and solemn, "Recently, the demon sect has become more and more lawless, murders have happened one after another, my father sent me a letter, asking me to return to the Wulin League as soon as possible. , the crusade against the Demon Cult is imperative, does Brother Ling want to walk with me?"
Ling Yuan nodded, and his tone was also heavy, "The demon cultists are doing a lot of evil, so naturally they can't stand by and let someone arrange them immediately and leave tomorrow."
"Okay," Liu Xingfeng nodded again and again, just as he was about to say something else, he suddenly remembered something, and clicked angrily, "Just now my cousin, Brother Ling also saw it, he was my aunt's only son, he was very arrogant and stubborn since he was a child. If he gets into trouble, I will accompany Brother Ling first."
Ling Yuan said warmly, "Brother Liu Xian, why is this?"
Liu Xingfeng smiled bitterly, "You don't know his nature, his aunt only gave birth to him when he was nearly forty years old, he was like a baby, he was spoiled for nothing, he was a demon king, my father scolds me every day, compared to him , what I did when I was a child could only be regarded as petty."
After talking with Ling Yuan for a while, he was worried about his little cousin, afraid that he would cause trouble again, so he hurried to the hospital.
In the guest house, Miss Gu is also persuading Young Master Gu: "Adi, it's time to let go of your temper. This is not our own home. It's so hard for your cousin to be mad at others."
Young Master Gu hung the corners of his eyes and said, "Who made him Ningxiang sister Ningxiang sister Ningxiang all day long, my cousin will be your sister-in-law in the future, how can you like others?"
"You, what are you talking about." Miss Gu hurriedly covered her face with a handkerchief, "Who said cousin is mine, mine..."
"Mother said," Gu Xiaogong said naturally, "and sister, don't you like him? If you like him, let him marry you and go home. Mother also said that my cousin is kind-hearted, and it is easy to be like his father. If a woman cheats, my sister will be as sad as a mother, so I have to look at my cousin, if other women dare to cheat him, hmph, see how I deal with them!"
After being revealed by her young brother, Miss Gu was so ashamed, she took a long time to say, "Well, then there's no need for that, after all, she's someone else's maid, and she won't go home with her cousin, so I won't see you in the future. arrive."
"Who said that?" Gu Xiaogong said, "I heard my cousin talking before that there is a very beautiful cook in Mingshan Villa, and he wants to take people back."
"That's why you asked that cook to see you just now?" Miss Gu was stunned.
Young Master Gu said, "That's right, if my sister hadn't stopped me, I might have taught people a lesson now."
Miss Gu frowned slightly, and after a long time sighed melancholy, "What's the use of teaching them..."
"I don't care!" Young Master Gu was aggressive: "Anyway, I want to teach them a lesson, don't worry about my sister, I already have an idea."
When Liu Xingfeng returned to the guest house, he was relieved to see his cousin An An's share. He didn't realize until the next day that it was too early.
The group of them had already packed up, just waiting for the departure, but Young Master Gu was making a lot of noise in the courtyard, thinking that the journey was too hard, so Liu Xingfeng had to find someone to serve him.
Liu Xingfeng was quarreled by him, and he refused to listen to him. He couldn't scold him, and he couldn't beat him. This bastard was the lifeblood of his aunt, and he couldn't afford to pay for any damage.
The movement was so loud that Ling Yuan had to ask a few questions.
Young Master Gu said arrogantly, "I want that Ningxiang to follow me!"
In fact, this is not a big deal. Originally, there was Miss Gu, a female family member in their team. They needed to take a carriage, and the journey would not be fast. Then Ningxiang would ride in the car together, but Ningxiang was from Ming Shanzhuang, and Liu Xingfeng did not Good to speak.
Ling Yuan instructed the general manager to let Ningxiang pack up and prepare to go together.
Young Master Gu was proud of himself, even though he was not young, he was not small. He deliberately made trouble in front of Ling Yuan, just to see that he, as the master, would not make the guests unhappy because of a maid.
"There is also a cook named Qin Sanniang, bring her to cook for me!"
"Hey, it's almost done." Liu Xingfeng warned.
Young Master Gu saw that he was really going to be angry, and he used his coquettish skills to pester him: "As long as you bring the cook, my cousin promises me, otherwise I won't eat well on the road, and if I lose weight, mother It will be distressed, promise me, cousin... "
Liu Xingfeng hissed with a headache and looked at Ling Yuan helplessly.
Ling Yuan's expression was still gentle, and he was not impatient, and asked people to go to the kitchen to inform the cook.
"I'm satisfied now!" Liu Xingfeng said in an angry voice, feeling a little sorry for Ningxiang and Jiang Rui, but he didn't have time to ask them if they would like to, so he can only apologize later.
Jiang Ruizheng, Li Ma and others were preparing lunch in the kitchen. When they heard the news, they were too surprised to say goodbye to the kitchen people.
She and Ningxiang rode in a carriage, following Miss Gu and Young Master Gu's carriage.
Young Master Gu asked the two of them to follow by name. There were a lot of things along the way, but Jiang Rui was better. She was a cook, because there were towns along the way, and she ate and lodged in the inn, so there was no time for her to come in handy for the time being.
Ningxiang was much unlucky, so Young Master Gu asked her to make tea for a while, and then let her beat her legs for a while, and then she thought the tea was hot, and the hammering was too heavy. After a while, she said that the carriage was stuffy, and let Ningxiang be a little bit more tender. The young girl went to catch bugs for him, and there were almost eighteen ways to toss people, but these things were not a big deal, Ningxiang just wanted to complain, and there was no place to complain.
Jiang Rui saw it in her eyes and couldn't get used to the bear child. When he instructed her to serve the meal, he added some ingredients to the meal. After the next half-day trip, Young Master Gu ran off the carriage, squatted on the side of the road and pulled it four or five times. After that, I was sluggish all day, and finally did not have the energy to toss people.
Two days later, a group of people walked to a mountain forest. It was raining and they were about to rest in a temple not far away. Suddenly, a group of men in black appeared in the forest and attacked silently.
"Magic sect demon!" Liu Xingfeng was shocked.