Xiao Li suddenly plopped down, knelt in front of Mr. Zhao, and said in a trembling voice: "Please help me, Mr. Zhao, our Li family is about to suffer a catastrophe, and the family business that my grandfather has worked hard to build all his life will be destroyed in one day."

, his old man will not rest in peace even if he is under great pressure. I will fight to the death to keep my grandfather's family business, but it is a pity that I am weak and weak, and I have more than enough ambition but not enough power. I know that my husband is knowledgeable and resourceful, and my grandfather

I have told you about your extraordinary background, and I know that you have extraordinary abilities, so I hope you can help me.”

After Xiaoli finished speaking, he knelt on the ground and started crying softly. No matter how smart and capable he was, he was still a child after all. It was the first time he faced such pressure alone, and he still didn't know how to deal with it. At the same time, he also felt

An inexplicable fear. All this made him feel very helpless and tortured.

Mr. Zhao walked over and gently helped Xiao Li up from the ground. He did not say a thousand words or make an impassioned speech. He just said a very simple but extremely firm sentence: "Please don't worry, sir, I will treat you well."

My kindness is as heavy as a mountain. Now that the Li family is in trouble, I will never stand by and watch. If necessary, Zhao will fight to the death."

After listening to Mr. Zhao's words, Xiaoli felt a warm current welling up from the bottom of his heart. This is the so-called gentleman. Usually he would never express his loyalty in a high-profile way, let alone use sweet words to please others, but at critical moments,

But he would stand up and even put his own life and death at risk. Grandpa was not wrong about the person.

Zhang's project is progressing smoothly. Countless gold, silver, jewelry, jade, antiques, etc. are being transported to a mysterious place one after another, and this mysterious place is deep in the mountains. Xiao Ling wants to follow it several times.

He searched for it, but never had a chance. Because it was Grandma Zhang's two confidants who were responsible for directly bringing these craftsmen recruited from other places to that mysterious location, Xiao Ling couldn't think of where to start.

After a few days of thinking, Xiao Li finally decided to start with the craftsmen from other places who participated in the construction. He sent a few confidants to take turns hiding day and night, waiting at the official intersection, paying close attention to those who came from

Craftsmen traveling from other places. In fact, these craftsmen are easy to recognize - because they were all taken from the gathering place more than a hundred miles away from the official road to the foot of the mountain in the middle of the night, and each craftsman was covered with a mask.

The eyes were brought here in several large carriages with sealed carriages. This was actually done to prevent the craftsmen from knowing the specific location of the construction.

Xiao Tingyuan planned to let these confidants secretly follow these craftsmen up the mountain, wouldn't they be able to immediately find out where grandma's "yin house" was built? But after trying it several times, he found that this didn't work, because there was a gap leading to that place.

In terms of location, all the mountain roads that can be walked are lined with sentries, which are closely guarded and there is no way to escape.

Therefore, Xiao Ling planned to start with those craftsmen who were sent down the mountain after completing a batch of projects. Those craftsmen who were sent out were also blindfolded and sent down the mountain in the middle of the night, and they were sent to more than a hundred people overnight.

Transit points inside and outside, and then let them return to their respective hometowns.

Xiao Ling asked the boys to track down the returned craftsmen, and they spared no expense to get these craftsmen to tell them the location of their construction work. However, to Xiao Ling's disappointment, none of the craftsmen could remember even a little bit about the construction site.

Because they were all in the city, they were blindfolded and stuffed into a closed carriage on the carriage. Before leaving the city, the carriage would drive around the city for a while in order to get these craftsmen

His sense of direction was completely confused. Even during the process of going up the mountain, his eyes were blindfolded. The blindfolds were not taken off until they reached the construction site. Through these measures, the craftsmen did not know the specific construction site at all.

But Xiaoli did not give up. He persevered and asked the boys to track each batch of craftsmen who were sent out. He hoped that a miracle would happen among these craftsmen. Even if one person could vaguely remember the general route, it would be good.

!This huge mountain covers hundreds of miles in radius. If you don’t have any clues, searching blindly is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The tracking process is very arduous. The boys often have to track these craftsmen to their hometowns thousands of miles away, and then spend endless words and sometimes a lot of money trying to get relevant "information" from these craftsmen.

Geographic Information", but always in vain.

However, a few months later, the boys who came back from outside came with shocking news. After hearing the news, Xiaoli couldn't help but feel horrified, but he couldn't understand the result anyway.

What amazing news?

According to reports from the boys responsible for tracking, the latest batch of craftsmen who were released died suddenly about four or five days later. This batch of craftsmen was the same as the previous batches - even if they were the same batch, they all came from

Different places are recruited from many different areas, and these areas are not in the same direction. But based on the tracking feedback from these different areas, this group of craftsmen all have a common characteristic. Four or five days after they were released, they all mysteriously

They all died suddenly, and no one survived in the end!

This did not happen to the previous batches of craftsmen. They were all safe and sound after returning to their hometowns. Why did this batch of craftsmen all die?

And their deaths were very strange - when they were released, they were all fine and had no abnormalities. Why did they all die strangely four or five days later?

This was probably done by Grandma Zhang and the others, but what method was used? He couldn't figure it out, so of course he could only ask Mr. Zhao. Since the past two nights, Mr. Zhao made it clear that he must

When it came time to help him, Xiaoli seemed to have a backbone. He was no longer so afraid of the nunnery master and the cruel grandma.

Although autumn has already begun, the "autumn tiger" seems to be showing off its power. It is still very hot outside, and it has just passed noon. Under the scorching sun, everything outside seems to be exuding an uneasy, burning breath. The trees

The Zen is shouting noisily and monotonously, just like a typical summer afternoon.

Xiaoli suppressed his eagerness to see Mr. Zhao right away, and pretended to be casual, walking along the shade of the trees in the house towards the courtyard where Mr. Zhao lived. The courtyard where Mr. Zhao lived was the most remote and the most remote in the big house.

The quiet place is even more remote and quieter than the backyard where Zhang lives. These are the environmental features that Mr. Zhao wants most.

Just as Xiao Li lowered his head and walked towards Mr. Zhao's yard, he suddenly heard an old woman calling him: "Xiao Li, if you don't take a nap in the house on a hot day, where can you go?".

Xiao Ling was startled and quickly looked up. It was none other than grandma Zhang and the head of the nunnery. The two of them were sitting in a pavilion not far away, enjoying the cool air and eating watermelon.

Xiao Li had no choice but to walk over and greet Mrs. Zhang: "Don't just give me gifts, there is also the nunnery master next to you."

So Xiao Ling had no choice but to give a deep bow to the nunnery owner.

"Haha, this is your grandson. He is quite handsome. He must be the most handsome man among your parents." The nunnery owner teased frivolously. After hearing this, Ms. Zhang couldn't help but giggle along with her.

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To be honest, for some reason, Xiao Ling always felt that this nunnery owner, who looked to be only in her thirties, could always make his heart beat faster, especially her figure, every move, every frown, and every smile always made Xiao Ling endure.

I couldn't help but want to take a few more glances. Although Xiaoli repeatedly told himself rationally that this nunnery owner was not a good person.

, should be the kind that confuses men the most, but emotionally, Xiao Ling can't help but have an uncontrollable affection for this coquettish nunnery master, and it can even be said that she has some kind of obsession. In her erotic dream a few days ago,

He even dreamed of this charming nunnery master, who did good deeds to him in his dream. Xiao Ling felt very guilty after waking up.

In addition, he couldn't believe that this nunnery owner was about the same age as his grandmother, an old lady in her seventies! Could it be that she could live forever and stay young forever?

Suddenly, Xiao Ling heard the nunnery master say with a sweet smile: "Sister, are you willing to give me your precious grandson to practice the art of dual cultivation of men and women?"

Mrs. Zhang giggled and said: "Ha, the man my sister wants is a man who can cultivate both men and women. I'm afraid he is not my grandson. Besides, he is still too young. My sister's conch vein cultivation is probably most needed by Xiao Tong, the prince of the Liang Dynasty.

He must be a man like the third son."

After finishing speaking, the two of them chuckled again.

Xiaoli has read a lot of history books, and of course he knows the third son of Xiao Tong that his grandma was talking about. According to the "Book of Zhou", Xiao Tong's third son in the Southern and Northern Dynasties was a weirdo - he was particularly disgusted with the smell of women. History books record that

This third son of Xiao Tong "was also arrogant, and especially hated women.

A few steps away from her, she can smell her stench in the distance. She wears a woman's clothes and doesn't change them anymore." This man generally doesn't want to see a woman, because when he meets a woman, he can smell something emanating from her even from a long distance.

A smell that he disliked very much. In Xiao Ling's opinion, this was just a special kind of mysophobia.

Xiaoli thought quickly in her mind: It turns out that the reason why this nunnery master can stay young forever may be related to her practicing dual cultivation of men and women, but why do she have to find a man with mysophobia? Is there anything special about a man with mysophobia?

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He suddenly thought of another person in history who had severe mysophobia - Ni Yunlin.

Ni Yunlin was born in Wuxi. His grandfather was a big landowner and a wealthy man in the village of Yuxiong. His father died early and his eldest brother was a high-ranking figure in Taoism at that time. In the Yuan Dynasty, Taoism had a very high status and had various privileges. There was no labor or tax.

without the burden of official strife

, the upper-class people also have extra ways to make money. Ni Yunlin was raised and cared for by his elder brother since he was a child, so his life was extremely comfortable, which also developed his unusual attitude towards life - aloof, extremely clean, and regardless of politics.

Immerse yourself in poetry and painting.

There is nothing wrong with loving cleanliness, but if you are like Ni Yunlin and are so obsessed with cleanliness that you will inevitably suffer from mysophobia.

There is a Qingmi Pavilion in Ni Yunlin's home, which is his library. Most people are not allowed to enter. According to historical records, Ni Yunlin's four treasures of the study are taken care of by dedicated personnel and must be cleaned several times every day. Even the two sycamore trees in front of the study door are cleaned.

There were dedicated servants responsible for cleaning. However, because they were washed too diligently, these two trees died.

Once Ni's mother was ill, and he asked a certain "immortal" in the world to see her. The immortal asked to go to the Qingmi Pavilion to have a look. Ni was a filial son, so he had to agree. In the Qingmi Pavilion, the immortal was furious.

, spitting everywhere. For this reason, Ni never entered the Qingmi Pavilion for the rest of his life.

Ni Yunlin's mysophobia also made friends laugh and cry. Wang Qi, a Ming Dynasty man, wrote in "Miscellaneous Notes on the Garden" that Ni Yunlin lived in the home of the wealthy Xu family in his later years and loved Qibao spring water.

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"Bucket for washing". The difference between the front and the back here makes it easy to guess the underlying reason - the bucket of water in front of the burden is used to make tea, and the bucket of water in the back is used to wash feet, because he is afraid that the fart of the water-carrying servant will stain it.
Chapter completed!