Liu Wei followed Wu Hai into the back room. The room was dark and smelly, and an eight or nine-year-old boy was locked in the corner, holding a sleeping baby in his arms, watching the intruder warily.
"I just collected him today. This baby is so stubborn. He held his sister in his hand and refused to let go. He even bit Zhao San. I don't have time to take care of him, so I'll starve him for two days."
Liu Xing looked at the various tools for harvesting and cutting that were piled messily in the room, and then looked at the boy opposite who had his eyes wide open in fear. He couldn't help but sigh, leaned down and asked in a kind tone: "
May I have your name?"
"Xu Yong." The boy replied tremblingly.
"Do you know where this place is?"
The boy nodded, then shook his head: "It's not a good place."
"Is this your sister? How old is she?"
The boy seemed to have been greatly wronged, and tears burst out uncontrollably: "The moon is not yet full, and my mother is gone."
Somehow, looking at this boy, Liu Zheng suddenly thought of his deceased young son, and murmured: "Oh, he should be about this old."
"Is it suitable for use?" Wu Hai urged when he saw Liu Wei was lost in thought.
Liu Wei regained his composure, sang "That's it", and said to the boy: "I can take you away, and you will be my Taoist boy from now on. Are you willing?"
"What about my sister? My mother said before she left that she could not be allowed to die." The boy responded stubbornly.
"Of course your sister will also come with me. I can ensure that she will have no worries about food and clothing in the future, but you can no longer recognize each other."
"Can I still see her?"
"It depends on fate. Live separately or wait to die together?"
The boy thought for a moment, then prostrated himself and kowtowed: "Master, here I am, I will bow to you as a disciple."
Zhou Lezhi stood respectfully under the eaves of the corridor and worked out the questions given by his teacher on a small blackboard. Such a two-dimensional quadratic equation is not difficult for him now - in the past, he regarded it as a sacred book.
My husband's ability is really great. Although he didn't understand the specific function of these equations, he had to say that after studying them, he realized that his mind was so good. Even his husband called him a "genius".
This made him somewhat proud.
The blackboard and chalk were also made by Mr. himself. The blackboard was made by a carpenter, but the black paint on it was made by Mr. Zhou Lezhi and Mr. Wang Zhi, his servant, who traveled a lot to get these things.
Bought them all. Mr. Zhou grinded, pounded, and mixed in the backyard... After struggling for several days, he made this "blackboard chalk set".
Seeing the gentleman writing and drawing proudly on the blackboard, Zhou Lezhi said cautiously: "Sir, do you want to use paper? Students can just buy it."
"Paper is not suitable for teaching. Blackboard is the only way to have a sense of ritual."
These unintelligible words made Zhou Lezhi feel confused, but he didn't know how much he would say in a day, and he talked even more similar nonsense during his stay in Guangzhou. So he didn't take it to heart.
For several months in Guangzhou, Zhou Lezhi followed his husband around, going back and forth, almost getting beaten several times, and several times relying on Liu Zhao's Jinyiwei waist card to avoid being arrested and sued in the Yamen. During this period, he returned to Hehe
They visited Toucun for a while, and Mr. Zhou also boasted that he could "brush his face" in the village. As for how to brush his face, Zhou Lezhi didn't see it. Mr. Zhou was almost beaten by several villagers who had their heads chopped off because of him.
, even Zhou Lezhi almost suffered a disaster from Chi Yu, and the three of them had no choice but to escape in embarrassment.
Zhou Lezhi only knew that Mr. Wang traveled all over Guangzhou to find a treasure called the "Mirror of Heaven and Earth". With this treasure, Mr. Zhou may not be able to do anything in heaven or on earth, but at least he could turn stones into gold, and he would not have to worry about eating and drinking.
He will never become Mr. Wang’s retainer.
But it is a pity that although my husband stopped looking for the Mirror of Heaven and Earth all the time during his trip to Guangzhou, and even made a scandal of breaking into a businessman's house and being chased away, he still found nothing in the end. In fact, it was because Mr. Wang's letter did not come, and they
I also plan to go back home, after all, the money is almost spent.
When he returned to the capital, he saw his daughter. The husband danced and danced a lot, and proposed to pay homage to Zhiling's grave. Wang Liang, who came to greet her, was speechless for a moment. He said that it was not his responsibility to handle the funeral, and he would ask questions when he returned home.
Then we will make arrangements to visit the grave and pay homage.
However, that's all the love my husband had for Zhiling. He had a special liking for his daughter. He immediately named her Zhou Juli and held her in his arms and lifted her up high every day. The servants were surprised - a girl had such
What's so rare?
Zhou Lezhi also liked the fair and fat Zhou Juli very much, but he looked on with cold eyes. Whenever Yui, Wang Zhi and others saw their father and daughter enjoying themselves, there would be intriguing expressions on their faces, which seemed to be ridiculing, but also seemed to be sad.
It also contains some worries...
What happened to this child? Zhou Lezhi felt that there was something wrong with it, but he neither dared to ask nor mentioned it in front of his husband.
"Sir, I have solved the question." Zhou Lezhi said respectfully to the gentleman who was lying on the bamboo couch under the eaves of the corridor with his eyes narrowed.
"Well." The teacher was looking at Yui who was holding Zhou Juli amusedly in the courtyard, his face full of contented love, "Solve that geometry problem too, don't use the method you used last time - that's what I taught you.
Yes, try another solution."
After returning from Guangzhou, Zhou Lezhi often saw his husband like this, and even thought about building such a yard in the second ring road. It was really unthinkable.
Zhou Lezhi didn't know what the second ring was, but he could live in such a courtyard and be accompanied by such a beautiful woman as Yui. Mr. Wang would send money and firewood on time every month, and the whole family would call slaves and maids... It wouldn't be possible for him in his place.
I will feel very satisfied. The only shortcoming is that I have no son, but my husband is still young and now he is a rich and status man, so it should not be difficult to have children.
He quickly finished proving the geometry problem. Mr. Zhou probably didn't expect that his proof was so fast. He stood up and carefully read the proof process, his eyebrows raised in surprise.
Generally speaking, my husband is quite satisfied with Zhou Lezhi's IQ and learning ability. The satisfaction he expressed this time was obviously to a higher level.
"Good!" the gentleman praised, "It's amazing that you can draw inferences from one instance. You are indeed a rare smart person."
"They are all cultivated by Mr."
This is not flattery, the husband indeed spared no effort in his education.
"With your IQ, you have a great future. You can inherit my mantle in the future."
The husband was very serious when he said this, and Zhou Lezhi felt moved: "Thank you, Master!" He felt a little guilty because he was an "undercover".
Since returning to the capital, my husband's daily life has been so leisurely. In addition to entertaining the children at home, he would go to Wang Yehao's house every now and then to carry out consulting business, and fight Yui for three hundred rounds at night.
Speaking of girls, the husband seemed a little regretful about losing Zhiling. His lustful habit had resurfaced. He asked several times where he could buy a maid, and finally Liu Zhao said that there were many homeless people outside Yongding Gate every year during the spring famine.
, you can buy a peasant girl without bound feet for three to five taels of silver, and there are many yellow-flowered girls with excellent foundations among them. It’s just that the market is closed now, and the good goods have been collected long ago, and the second-hand goods will either be scattered or die, so they have to wait.
The new ones will not be released in batches until next year. The gentleman just let it go and said we will wait until next year.
The husband was obviously not completely satisfied with such a happy life. Not long after he rested, he took his servants around the city and outside the city every day, holding a map he drew that no one could understand.
Zhou Lezhi secretly made a copy of this map and gave it to Mr. Wang.
Look at the major city gates marked above. Place names such as the Imperial City, Sun Altar, and Sheji Altar in the middle of the map should be the capital. But there are many circles drawn on it, and there are circles within circles. I don’t know what they mean.
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On this map, there are some place names that even the two locals, the Liu brothers, do not know, and some places are marked with a cross, which seems to be a special place.
Mr. Zhou took them to see these crossed places, searching here and there to find out if they had seen any strange things. Unfortunately, not only did they not gain anything, but they were accused of "devil words to deceive the public" many times. If it weren't for
With Liu Zhao protecting him, he might have been kidnapped to see an official long ago.
"What do these rings mean?"
"Reporting to the master, it seems to be very important to Mr. Zhou." Zhou Lezhi said what he once said about the courtyard of the second ring road, "... When I was young, I heard him sing some folk song, 'Ah, the fifth ring road'
, you have one more ring than the fourth ring'..."
Both Mr. Wang and Liu Zhao felt puzzled. Liu Zhao pondered the map several times and said, "Sir, these rings may be mileage maps. The Hearthstone Roadmaster used them to mark locations."
"Or is it a rune secret?" Mr. Wang asked.
"What I said makes sense," Liu Zhao nodded, "No matter what it is, it must be some kind of secret mark. Hearthstone is used to mark the map."
"You followed him out to search, but did you find anything? Or anything strange?"
Zhou Lezhi and Liu Zhao both shook their heads.
"He is probably still looking for the Universe Mirror." Mr. Wang pondered for a moment and said.
"Yes, but since he found out about the Australians, he seems to have stopped mentioning the Universe Mirror." Liu Zhao said.
"Well, I don't know where this Australian comes from." Wang Yehao pondered, "Then help me find out which Gao family he belongs to."
"Nine times out of ten, he is the big boss in the palace." Liu Zhao said, "But if the eunuch party falls, if his master also falls, this will be a good opportunity."
"Brother Liu, he treats us with such arrogance that he can't even frighten us with the word "Jinyiwei". The threshold behind him is definitely not an eunuch." Zhou Lezhi reminded.
Liu Zhao patted his forehead and said with a smile: "Look at me! If he were a eunuch, he would have shrunk a long time ago. Little brother, you have a bit of a look! But the threshold behind him is the eunuch in the palace.
It’s true that he didn’t run away, I’ll definitely find out after I inquire in a few days.”