Coming out of the tree hole, Tang Zhao and the two envoys returned to the courtyard of the manor.
The raccoon dog was very disappointed and felt that he had not seen anything good, so he only burrowed into the tree hole once.
The Pipa was silent, and the other swordsmen, including Xing Cang, were very nervous. Seeing that the Abyssal Envoys came out of the recording circle, the tree hole did not collapse, and even Xing Qi was alive, they felt a little relieved.
And Tang Zhao... Tang Zhao was very happy.
Because these two Yuan envoys led the way, this mission of finding out the truth was completed very smoothly. I have touched everything that needs to be touched. Even the things that I didn’t expect to touch were touched this time.
There are even unexpected gains.
It can even be said that Tang Zhao has found enough information this time. If he goes back and tidies it up, he can close the net in Changfa Manor.
Now that I have the information, I can now do some things I was too hesitant to do before.
After entering the tree hole, the raccoon dog's interest was almost gone. He yawned and said: "There is nothing interesting to see here. It is too small here, and it is full of pine trees. It makes me feel sleepy just looking at the green. Let's go back?"
Fortunately, Cang and others sent them out as if they were granted amnesty and sent to the god of plague.
After walking through the garden and passing through the pine and cypress barrier, Pipa Manying, who was still hugging Tang Zhao, suddenly said: "What Xinying said just now is right. Why are there all pine trees here?"
Seeing the door, it suddenly spoke, and everyone was stunned.
The pipa strings sounded slowly: "Aren't you saying that your old owner likes pine trees? I don't think so."
Before Tang Zhao spoke, Raccoon asked: "What's wrong? Some people just like green, right?"
Pipa patiently said: "You want to say that he doesn't love pine trees. There are so many pine trees here. They are all pine trees as far as the eye can see. Even the bonsais in the house are pine trees. How can you love pine trees? But you want to say that he loves pine trees. Save Why is the most important tree in the photo circle the locust tree?"
Raccoon dog said: "Would you like a change of taste?"
Pipa ignored it and continued: "Look, there are too many pine trees here, too messy. There is no planning at all. There is one tree on the east and one on the west, which does not show the vigorous beauty of the pine trees. There are also pine trees on the walls and roofs. The branches are entangled, which is to plant the green pine as a climbing vine, which is an insult to the green pine. This is not a planting method for people who love pine trees. This is not even a planting method for shading the walk or a Feng Shui planting method. See Inserting it when it is empty is like using pine trees as boundary markers to grab territory.”
"And there—"
One of the strings of the pipa was detached from the shaft and suddenly stretched straight, pointing forward like a finger.
It refers to the pine trees in a corner of the garden.
"That flowerbed wasn't originally a place where pine trees were planted, was it? The flowerbed wasn't a place where pine trees were planted either. I also saw traces of newly plowed soil. Flowers used to be planted there, but now only pine trees remain."
The eyes on her head were fixed on Tang Zhao, and then on the white-haired people behind him, including Xing Cang.
"If this is what your old master requested to change, why did you plant flowers in the first place? Moreover, the renovation of the soil is too new. Didn't he die for half a year? If your new master likes it, he didn't even go up the mountain, so why did he ask for renovation? And the soil is turned over very strangely. It doesn’t look like the pine tree was dug and planted and then filled with soil, but it looks like it came directly out of the soil.”
"What, the pine trees here - are they actually bamboos?"
Tang Zhao was surprised by its sharpness: it did not turn in vain like a raccoon dog. It found many incongruities, but it never mentioned them, and it only happened now.
It thought the pine trees were weird, and Tang Zhao felt the same way.
If there is anything weird about Changfa Manor, it is that it is so old, and the ubiquitous pine trees are even weirder. Tang Zhao became more and more confused as he walked.
But no matter how confused he was, he still had to answer the question asked by Yuan Shi, saying: "This..." He looked at Xing Cang who was following behind.
The sound of the pipa's strings seemed to have the sound of metal killing, and he said: "What do you think he is doing? Do you not understand and ask him to explain? Or is this pine tree not what the old village owner likes, but what he likes?"
Tang Zhao once again admired the Pipa's keenness. Not only was his observation very detailed, but his guesses were also very accurate. He was either very intuitive or very understanding of people's hearts.
Tang Zhao actually meant the second type, but he said it was the first one, and said: "Changfa Manor was planned by the Chief Manager, and I don't know about it. Please ask the Chief Manager to explain it to Yuan Envoy."
When Pipa was analyzing the doubts, Raccoon had been paying no attention, and then suddenly said: "Ah, you are not the chief manager?"
Tang Zhao was startled, his mind was spinning, and he said: "This Xing Cang is the general manager, and I am the deputy general manager. The general manager is old, and he is my senior, so he should be above me. I will only wait for the general manager to go before taking over. The position of Grand Steward.”
Even though he said it rudely, he was still kind. At least he didn't follow the rules and take advantage of Yuanshi's power to replace him as the general manager on the spot.
He already has a plan now, so there is no need for extraneous matters.
Even Xing Cang was surprised by Tang Zhao's politeness, but then he sneered: When I die, you will take over, but you are thinking too much. Even if you die ten times, I will not die.
The raccoon dog asked: "Are you going to wait for him to die?" He glanced at Xing Cang and said: "When will you die?"
Xing Cang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar for a moment, and even looked at the pine trees in the flower bed for a moment.
Tang Zhao suddenly said: "Half a month."
The raccoon dog said: "Half a month? He will die in half a month?"
Tang Zhaodao: "In half a month, we will challenge Sunset Manor. It is a formidable opponent, so each of us is ready to go and never come back. The chief manager, who is loyal to his master, has decided to take the lead. !”
He spoke forcefully and resoundingly: "Under the rules of a bloody battle in the arena, the one who appears first will almost certainly die. We are all cowardly and dare not be the first to enter. But the chief manager, regardless of his age, decided to take the lead. He was prepared to die. Come and repay the great kindness of the two generations of masters! When the time comes, I will also go to war, but behind the general manager, I will be under his shadow. If everyone dies together, then it will be fine. If I am lucky enough to come back, I will naturally inherit the position of the general manager."
The raccoon dog laughed and said, "Interesting, interesting! It turns out that this bad old man is not afraid! Well, I want to see how powerful he is."
Xing Cang looked stiff: Ordinarily Xing Qi’s words were to help him out. Yuanshi was moody, and if he said nothing, he might have a new and old replacement for the chief manager of Changfa Manor on the spot. Xingqi postponed the time and tied it to "interesting things", and Fang won him half of the money. Moon's respite.
In this case, he should thank Xingqi no matter what.
However……
Isn't this the same as when he forced Xingqi to fight at the gate and let him fight in a bloody battle? They all use the situation to force the other party to submit, but the object of the forcing is reversed.
Retribution in this world!
The two sides hurt each other back and forth, but no one else suffered any loss. Only the two of them joined hands and entered a certain death situation.
The main theme is to die together.
Xing Cang laughed dryly and said yes. He couldn't regret it now, because this weird and willful Yuanshi would be there by then, so there was no way he wouldn't play.
At this time Pipa said: "So you arranged these pine trees?"
Does it still remember this?
Xing Cang couldn't shirk this trouble, so he had to step forward and reply: "Our new owner loves pine trees. Although he did not go up the mountain, he has already asked us to plant pine trees. Originally, the flowers here were loved by the old owner, but the new owner has long since He couldn't stand it. He said that the random flowers were eye-catching and not conducive to progress. He told us to clear the flower beds of the flashy atmosphere and only plant green pines and cypresses to purify our hearts."
This may seem reasonable at first glance, but Tang Zhao knew that he was talking nonsense. This confirmed one of Tang Zhao's conjectures.
I originally thought it was the manor, but now it seems like it might be the pine tree?
They had walked around the three courtyards before. Tang Zhao noticed that in addition to the pine trees all over the courtyard, there were also Nanshan stones, cranes, turtles, and peach trees. There were only one or two of these things, but they were all gathered together, so only Can point to a theme.
Could it be that his sword intention is...
As soon as the pipa strings moved, he stopped talking. He was calmer than the raccoon dog, or maybe he was too lazy to compete with this family member who only had half a month to live.
After finally dealing with this problem, Tang Zhao finally said: "Master Yuanshi, you have protected our Changfa Manor, and my master will be grateful. I wonder if he has the honor to meet Master Yuanshi?"
The raccoon dog said: "I'm not interested. I like people with green pine trees...but that's okay. Logically speaking, he has to reach the second level before he is qualified to officially worship me, but who asked me to take the initiative to take a photo?" It shortened. He rubbed his thick tail and rolled out three balls and handed them to Tang Zhao.
Tang Zhao was quite aware of it, but he had no choice but to pick it up. After a closer look, he found that what came out of its furry tail was neither woolen balls nor mud, but lumps of shadow, but it felt substantial, like incense-like texture. .
"This is my incense. According to the rules on the mountain, it is called heart incense." The raccoon dog explained, "You can see me if you light it."
It then specifically said: "Generally speaking, I will respond. However, we usually have things to do, especially with the sacrifices coming and there being many disasters recently. We are very busy, so don't contact me randomly. You need to contact me three days before the sword fight. I personally asked him how he was preparing. It's rare that I have the heart to protect him. If he is a waste, I will kill him first to prevent him from embarrassing me. "
Tang Zhao held the incense balls and said: "Definitely, definitely. I will personally deliver this precious incense to the owner. The owner will enshrine it on the eucalyptus, bathe and fast, always prepare sacrifices, and sincerely offer it to the Lord."
He twisted the incense a little and thought: They are obviously animals, but they can rub incense. What kind of existence are they? A godless creature? The ancient spirit clan that relies on Wang Liang? Or... a sword elephant?
If it's a sword elephant, wouldn't it be the same as...
With whom?
Xing Cang was very angry when he heard this: he took advantage of the opportunity of going up the mountain to control Xing Qi and Xing Wu, the traitors. He first forced them to go to the sword fighting meeting, and then imprisoned them in the name of training, only to be cut off bit by bit. Jian became a dragon and took advantage of the sword fight to advance his plan.
Everything was going well, so why did you expect these two unscrupulous and unavoidable guests to appear?
This Xingqi is really slippery and knows how to climb along the pole. First he forced himself to participate in the sword fight and became the vanguard. Now he is rushing to deliver those broken mud balls to his master. He is obviously taking advantage of the opportunity. Leave the manor and beat yourself again.
However, it would be ridiculous to think that you can turn defeat into victory or even take advantage of yourself by accidentally climbing up to two hairy monsters. His real plan is not in the small details.
Just wait and see, we’ll find out in half a month!
