Rao Tu squinted her eyes, got up and walked to the door. saw a well-dressed middle-aged woman walk into the yard, with heavy makeup and a pound of powder on her face. She was slender, but her waist was twisted.

Following the woman was a middle-aged man in gray fur, with a brown sash around his waist, square lips and a straight mouth, with a broad forehead and a flat top. A smile was forced on his face, which was much more reluctant than the smiling woman in front of him.

Rao Tu gently blessed her body and said with a smile, "Uncle, Auntie, it's been a long time, how are you all?"

Uncle Sun is a woman who pays close attention to money and is arrogant. Uncle has no ability, is weak, sullen, and is very afraid of himself.

With a "tsk", Mrs Sun stepped forward and held Rao Tu's hand affectionately, and said, "I haven't seen him for ten years, but we, Ah Heng, have become so beautiful! If I don't say this, how can I still recognize my aunt? Ah Heng back then, just thought it was a fairy coming!"

Rao Tu withdrew her hands and didn't respond with polite words. She was tired of the hypocrisy, but she still had a faint smile on her face, which gave people a sense of gentleness, but refused to be a thousand miles away.

Mrs Sun didn't seem to notice her alienation. She stood on tiptoe and squinted into the house, and said in a low voice, "Where's Uncle? I heard that Uncle is a high-ranking official in the capital.

Rao Tu smiled and said, "No, he went out."

"Where are you going? Are there any relatives in this village?"

"I went to the governor of Qingzhou."

"Oh!" The woman became serious, as if she had heard some great secret.

Rao Tu looked at the middle-aged man who was standing in the yard and said with a smile, "Uncle hasn't come for a long time. Grandma is thinking about you."

The uncle's expression was very embarrassed, and he forced a smile, "Aheng, since you are back, please stay longer, the old lady is also happy to see you."

Sun shi tugged at his sleeve, winked, and looked a little anxious.

The uncle hesitated for a while, and said to Raotu: "Tomorrow, I will set up a table for my uncle to catch the wind and clean the dust."

Rao Tu smiled slightly, "It's all a family, why do you need to see outside?"

Sun's brows were overjoyed, "That's why it's time to get close, the girl told Uncle, don't give up!"

Rao Tu said "um", "I will tell you about my aunt's kindness."

Seeing that she didn't mean to go to sit in the house, Mrs Sun scolded her, chatted a few more times, and dragged the man away.

Rao Tu was about to turn around and go back to the house when she saw two more people coming in outside the yard. Needless to say, it was naturally the second uncle and the second aunt whose news was a bit slower.

Li Yu was a little excited when he saw the second master. Rao Tu didn't look at the flattering woman, and said lightly to the second master, "Second uncle is here."

The second uncle is arrogant and domineering. He is the bully on the village. Before waiting for his own woman's courtesy, he took the lead and laughed: "Little Aheng, I don't even recognize you, second uncle. With this body and appearance, the beauties from Gushezhou are not like us. It’s not much, but you’ve all been compared to it!”

The sound was like a bell, and when he spoke, his eyes looked up and down at Rao Tu unceremoniously.

Mrs. Xie was carried out of the room by Li Yu, and she sat on the stool and said tremblingly, "Nie Zha, you still have the face!"

The second child smiled and said, "Mother, are you in better shape? I came to see you on the New Year's Day, but you were always asleep and never saw you."

Madam Xie pointed her finger at him, and said angrily: "You wicked son, you...you get out of here!"

The second child was a little anxious, walked up to the old lady and shouted, "Mother! What are you doing under the big festival?"

The old lady hummed and panted: "Now you two are watching the development of Heng'er, and you are all rushing over to fawn over it. What did you do when the Heng'er was here before you didn't mind being struck by lightning? Her! Now, how can you be so immortal to me?"

Rao Tu came to the old lady's side and patted her on the shoulder lightly. The second child said to Ratu with a bitter face: "Little Aheng, you persuade the old lady, people have a bad temper when they are old, look at this..."

Rao Tu said to Yang Qian and Shan Gui, "Throw it out."

The second uncle and the second uncle didn't understand what was going on, so Yang Qian and Shan Gui grabbed their collars and threw them out.

The old lady Xie burst into tears and wept silently. Rao Tu squatted beside her and said softly, "Grandma, don't worry, Ah Heng will support you until you are old."

The old lady raised her hand tremblingly to wipe away the tears from the corner of her eyes.

At night, Shen Zhu returned to the courtyard with a cold expression on his face. Seeing that he was the only one, Rao asked, "Where are Lu Zhiming and Zhenlong? Why didn't they come back."

"Lu Zhiming was looking at some things in the Shen family's old house. I saw that he was not well, so let Zhenlong stay and take care of him."

Rao Tu smiled and said, "Leave Zhenlong to take care of her? I'm afraid Mr. Lu will be even more awkward. In turn, he has to take care of Zhenlong, so it's better to be alone."

Shen Zhu nodded, "Let Lu Zhiming have more contact with women, maybe it will be helpful to his practice."

Rao Tu frowned: "Mr. Lu doesn't specialize in Taoist dual cultivation..."

Before she could finish speaking, Shen Zhu grabbed her mouth and said helplessly, "What are you thinking about every day?"

Rao Tu rolled her eyes and said, "You are not serious every day, and your words are easy to make people think crooked. Who knows what you mean!"

Shen Zhu knocked on her forehead: "People in the world are unpredictable, and women's hearts are even more unpredictable."

Rao Tu rubbed her forehead, "Did you eat shriveled at the Qingzhou governor or something?"

Shen Zhu entered the house with a bag of books. The room was not very big, but it was kept clean and tidy.

The kang was also burning hot. Shen Zhu just went to the Qingzhou prefectural governor to find a few local county annals. After washing, he put on a coarse cloth and sat in the quilt with the oldest county annals.

Rao Tu moved the candlestick a little closer, "The quality of the candle wax here is not good, it can't be compared with the candle wax in Jinling City.

Shen Zhu let out a "hmm", still concentrating on reading his county annals.

Seeing that he was ignoring him, Rao Tu stepped forward and opened his book, "What are you looking at? It's so beautiful that it sucks your soul into it?"

Shen Zhu pulled her into his arms and tucked the quilt into place, "You watch with me."

Rao Tu shrank in his arms, saw him stand the book in front of him, read a few lines at random, and wondered, "Isn't this the local county chronicle? Why is it a bit like a monster?"

It turned out that the county annals on this side stated that hundreds of years ago, Qingzhou was not called Qingzhou, because the local yellow rock was called Huangyan. However, under the Yellow Rock, an evil dragon was born at some point, and the whole body turned blue. When the dragon sneezed, it was a flood, and when it spit out turbid air, it was a drought.

The evil dragon is on the side of the disaster, and the local people are miserable. Finally, one day, an alchemist surnamed Shen passed by here. Seeing the injustice, he killed the dragon with one sword. The dragon fell on the ground, and the blue body turned into a river, and the river glowed with blue light under the sun. Over time, this place was called Qingzhou.

Rao Tu rubbed his temples, not believing the records in the county annals at all, and muttered, "Why is it so mysterious?"

Shen Zhu ignored her and continued to read page by page, Rao Tu smiled and said, "Aren't you the descendant of that alchemist surnamed Shen?"

Shen Zhu cast his eyes down at her, glanced at her floral placket intentionally or unintentionally, and said solemnly, "Speak again, take off your clothes."

Rao Tu snorted and continued to read the book in his hand. Shen Zhu's speed of turning over the book was slow, she kept urging, and the speed of turning over was fast, and she had to turn back again.

In the end, Lord Shen lost his patience completely, put the book on the table next to him, and put his arms around Ratu and said fiercely, "Are you in need of cleaning?"

He deliberately showed a fierce look in his eyes, and Rao Tu was a little scared. He covered his lower abdomen and his eyes flashed left and right, but he didn't look at him. Seeing her "pitiful" appearance, Shen Zhu sighed, pressed her under the quilt, blew out the candle and fell asleep.

Raotu smelled the fresh saponin smell on his clothes, which was familiar and distant. Qingzhou's saponin smell was strong, which was a little different from other places.

"What is Mr. Lu looking at in your old house?" Rao Tu asked.

"Some miscellaneous books."

"What are you planning, tell me."

"Since it's a conspiracy, naturally I can't tell it to you. Anyway... you can't understand it."

Rao Tu twisted him, "If you don't say it, how do you know that I don't understand."

"Be honest."

"I'm not honest."

"Then I'm not being honest." Shen Zhu said, putting his hand on her waist.

Rao Tu was taken aback by his words, she stopped twisting him, and moved to the side obediently, she knew what this man looked like when he was dishonest.

Shen Zhu stopped immediately when he saw her, and while a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he was a little disappointed in his heart.

Rao Tu soon fell asleep. He listened to her steady breathing, and his mind was ups and downs.

Today, the words of her and Mrs. Xie cut his heart slowly and dull like a knife.

"These years, thanks to the uncle's care and consideration, this child has been pampered a bit."

"Don't worry, Grandma, I've had a good life these years, and he... is also very good to me."

"Where are my great-grandchildren? How many? Have you brought them back?"

"He's a kid. Staying in Jinling. If you don't obey, I'm afraid you will bring back naughty and cause trouble."

He clenched his fists in the dark, his eyes sparkling.

...

The next day, Rao Tu woke up early, but Shen Zhu just fell asleep. Seeing the tiredness on his face, she lightly dressed and got out of bed, pushed open the door to the porch, and faced a cool breeze.

Li Yu was sorting out a few baskets of tangerines in the courtyard, and when he saw Rao Tu, he smiled and said, "Miss morning."

Rao Tu smiled and looked at the round oranges that were green or yellow in the basket, "So many tangerines, are you going to sell them at the market?"

"Yeah, the old man Zhang on Zhuangzi broke his leg, and he stocked up a lot. I helped him sell it."

"I think it will be easier to sell if I keep it until now." Rao Tu suddenly remembered that when Li Yu's father went to the market to sell tangerines, she insisted on going, but when she arrived, she was shy for fear of being seen.

That year, the yellow mud road was covered with withered leaves. Father Li carried the burden in front, and she jumped and followed behind. The refreshing wind blew the broken hair on her forehead, the warm yellow sunlight fell on her face, and a pond beside the road reflected her little figure.

Time stood still there, Zhao Xing twenty-one years, or so.

She was in a trance, still a little regretful at that time. In this life, she was lucky to meet Yanbing. Encountered Shen Zhu, suffering.

Even though Yan Bing and Shen Zhu were the same person.

Li Yu brought a few high-quality yellow-skinned oranges to her, "Miss, try it, these oranges are sweet!"

Raotu regained his senses and picked up an orange, which was sweet and sweet. Looking at the drooling mountain ghost beside her, Rao Tu said to Li Yu, "Leave these oranges, see how much money you have, and ask my maid to send them to Old Man Zhang."

Li Yu knew that the young lady was not short of the money, so he really didn't need to slap his face to make him fat, so he did it. He just said that there are a lot of oranges, so it's better to keep a few baskets. will not be wasted.

Rao Tu smiled and said no need, "If there is too much to eat and ask Shen Zhu to sell it, he will have nothing to do here all day."

When Li Yu heard that Lord Shen was asked to sell oranges, he was a little unbelievable, and he couldn't answer.

Just as she was embarrassed, the aunt Sun came again, her voice was thin, and she greeted with a smile as soon as she crossed the threshold: "Why didn't you sleep a little longer? I came to see my mother, but I didn't know you were awake too."

Rao Tu smiled, presumably this aunt had heard about the incident that the second child and the second daughter-in-law were thrown out yesterday, and only then did she know that she had rushed over to "filial piety" to the old lady. A little late.

Shen Zhu was half asleep and half awake when he heard a woman's voice he had never heard from outside. He moved, sat up and stretched out his hand to open the window beside the bed. .

When the people in the yard heard the sound of the window opening, they all looked over at the same time, just in time to see him with his hair covered in silver threads, looking out lazily, with a noble air in his gestures.

Li Yu was stunned, the mountain ghost tutted secretly, Liu Xing and Li Yu's daughter-in-law Yuxiu both blushed and lowered their heads, while Milf Sun's eyes were glued to Shen Zhu's strong chest, and there were some hair straight.

Rao Tu was annoyed, she walked over and slammed the window shut from the outside. When she turned around, she saw the disappointment in Sun's eyes, and she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "Second Auntie, grandma hasn't woken up yet, you can wait."

Sun shi came back to his senses, realized his gaffe just now, and said with a smirk, "My uncle is really good-looking, why is his hair gray?"

Rao Tu said nothing, and there was no smile in her eyes.

She was a little embarrassed to see Mrs Sun. Thinking of the incident where the second child and the second daughter-in-law were thrown out of the yard yesterday, she was afraid that the young lady would disagree and ask someone to throw herself out, which would be too shameful.

"Since the old lady is still asleep, I'll go back first. The girl must come to dinner with my uncle at night."

Rao Tu did not immediately agree or refuse, but just smiled and said nothing.

Shen Zhu put on his clothes and walked out of the room, disregarding his previous gaffe, and bowed his head to the Sun shi lightly. The silver threads all over his head had not been combed, and were draped over his shoulders and moved with the wind. He asked, "Who is this lady?"

Sun shi was too nervous to speak, opened his mouth, but not a word came out. It is because of his handsome brows and handsome eyes, tall and jade-like, standing in front of people with an innate nobility and an overwhelming aura.

"It's the concubine's aunt." Rao Tu said lightly.

Sun shi was uneasy, blessed with a blessed body, and left in a hurry.

Rao Tu's hand tightly clasped the door frame, feeling disgusted in her heart, "Slut."

She didn't forget the scene she saw in the haystacks when she was a child, her aunt was riding on other men, screaming lasciviously. When she was a child, Rao Tu didn't understand, but later she understood that she didn't feel sorry for her uncle, she just felt that a weak man like him deserved it!

But she deeply felt sorry for her grandmother, her grandfather died early, a woman supported the Xie family, and her three children grew up. The only daughter was married as a concubine and died early; her son and daughter-in-law, each one was worse than the other.

Zhenlong helped Lu Zhiming come in from the door, and Lu Zhiming said, "There are so many injustices, why should you be angry with such a person?"

Rao Tu's heart moved, and she immediately remembered what Lu Zhiming had warned her before, so don't get angry.

Shen Zhu was a little surprised: "Coming back so early?"

Lu Zhiming shook his head and said, "I had a fight with someone."

Shen Zhu's expression changed slightly, and Zhen Long explained softly beside him: "Someone in black broke in in the middle of the night, trying to snatch what Mr. Shen left behind."

Rao Tu frowned and asked, "What did the boss leave behind? What is it?"

Lu Zhiming waved his hand, and was supported by Zhen Long, who was so weak that he seemed to be unable to stand still.

Zhen Long said: "Mr. Lu was punched a few times by the man in black, and the Qi in his body was turbulent and the situation was not very good."

Shen Zhu said: "Go and rest first."

Lu Zhiming took out a black silk book from his arms and handed it to Shen Zhu, "The one who fought with me was a woman who exchanged three fists for me. She didn't feel well, but she would never let it go. If you bring this thing back, I'm afraid it will be punished. Thief. You tell Yang Qian and the dead to beware."

Rao Tu watched as the black silk book was taken into Shen Zhu's arms. She remained silent. Just now, Lu Zhiming was obviously unwilling to reveal the story of the silk book to her.

When Lu Zhiming returned to the room, she turned to ask Shen Zhu, "Is Lu Zhiming's kung fu good?"

"What do you think?" Shen Zhu asked back.

"In my opinion, it's naturally excellent, but when Mr. Lu met the Murong Clan, the master of the Liuli Mountain, he was vulnerable. So he was confused."

Shen Zhu looked at the mountain ghost, "You explain."

The mountain ghost was a little proud, "I know this. Mr. Lu cultivated Taoist supernatural powers, and did not follow the path of martial arts. If his kung fu is ranked in the rivers and lakes, he should be in the 30s and the 50s."

"Oh?" Rao Tu asked curiously, "What about the Murong Clan?"

"It should be in the top ten."

"how about you?"

"Me? Cough, maybe six or seven... eighty or ninety..." The mountain ghost was a little embarrassed.

Rao Tu nodded and said, "That's beyond ninety."

The mountain ghost pouted, girl, it's not like that.

Rao Tu pondered: "The woman who grabbed things with Lu Zhiming can exchange fists and palms with him, so the skills of these two people should not be on the same level. The martial arts ranks 30 to 50 on the rivers and lakes, and they belong to women, so they should not be. A lot and easy to find, right?"

Shen Zhu opened a piece of orange and put it to her mouth: "Why do you think about these useless things?"

Rao Tu opened her mouth and ate the orange, "Then tell me what you are hiding."

Shen Zhu said "um", "Follow me into the house."

Rao Tu's eyes lit up, but he didn't expect him to agree so easily. Busy entered the house with him, and Shen Zhu deliberately closed the door. Rao Tu threw herself into his arms to fetch the black silk book, and Shen Zhu patted her hand, "What's the hurry? Put me in a hair first."

Rao Tu was stunned for a moment, but didn't recall it.

Shen Zhu tucked the wooden comb into her hands and sat in front of the bronze mirror with his robe up.

Rao Tu took a deep breath and squeezed out a smile, "Sir Shen really doesn't want to suffer any time.

"It's called a transaction."

She pulled Shen Zhu's hair together, and when she saw a little black hair mixed in with the silver threads, she couldn't help but move in her heart, so she stopped talking and combed his hair meticulously. Putting his hair on the top, he was about to use his usual hosta to hold it, but found the hosta resting on the pillow.

She finally grabbed her hair and couldn't bear to let go, so she said to Shen Zhu: "You follow me up, the hairpin is by the pillow, I can't get it."

Shen Zhu looked at her through the mirror, "I can't get it, so I put my hair to get it. Could it be that I'm going to be pulled by your hair and go away?"

Rao Tu was sullen and thought for a while. She couldn't bear to look at the great plan of the silk book. She reluctantly put down her fine hair and went to get the hairpin.

There was a faint smile in Shen Zhu's eyes.

Rao Tu pursed the hairpin on her lips, pulled up Shen Zhu's hair again, and pinned the jade hairpin on without a trace, and said to Shen Zhu, "Are you satisfied?"

Shen Zhu looked in the mirror, "It seems, a little crooked?"

"Shen Zhu..."

"What, what are you in a hurry?"

Rao Tu was reluctant, reached out and touched his arms, Shen Zhu said while hiding, "It's sunny and sunny, Madam, pay attention. If there is anything we need to do at night, it's not too late."

He deliberately raised his voice, and the mountain ghost outside the door silently walked away.

Rao Tu finally took out the black silk book from his arms, unfolded it, and couldn't help being stunned. After reading the front and back several times, it was pitch black. What's on this silk book...?

She turned her head to stare at Shen Zhu, Shen Zhu took the silk book back and looked left and right, wondering, "Why is this happening? Could it be that Lu Zhiming got it wrong? I have to ask."

Seeing his serious appearance, Rao Tu couldn't help but smile! Knowing that she was tricked by this cunning and cunning Lord Shen, she stomped her feet and said, "Shen Zhu!"

Shen Zhu was extremely apologetic, "I really don't know how this happened, otherwise... I'll help you comb your hair?"

Rao Tu said: "I don't want it, you give me this silk book."

Shen Zhu took it in his arms and said sternly, "I just said I would lend it to you, but I didn't say I would give it to you."

Rao Tu: "..."

Shen Zhu pushed open the door refreshed and went out. Seeing Zhen Long coming out of Lu Zhiming's room, he asked, "How is Mr. Lu?"

Zhen Long shook her head slightly: "The old injury has not healed, and I have a new injury."

Shen Zhu came to Lu Zhiming's room, saw him sitting silently by the fire, and said, "The more you think, the more you get hurt, so take it easy."

Lu Zhiming raised his head and asked, "Aren't you curious, who is going to snatch the things that Mr. Shen left behind?"

"Since she will come again, it's better to wait."

Lu Zhiming sighed, "Crazy."

"As long as a thread about the overall situation is pulled out of this mess, it won't feel messy."

"Have you found it?"

Shen Zhu said calmly: "Not yet. Zhen Long's endgame gave me some inspiration. I think I have already figured out where to go."

Lu Zhiming said slowly: "Since you have thought about it, why don't you give up?"

Shen Zhu looked into the courtyard through the window sash. She was wearing a floral cloth and holding a green orange, not knowing what she was murmuring with the mountain ghost. With gentle eyes, he murmured, "I know it's time, but... just wait a few more days, just a few days..."

Rao Tu raised her eyes, just looking at Shen Zhu in the house, the wind blew her hair and fluttered slightly. The scent of oranges lingers in her nose, and she has a smile on her face.