Liu Zheng 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, looking at the visitor warily.
"I just collected him today. This baby is so stubborn. He held his sister in his hands and refused to let go. He even bit Zhao San. I don't have time to clean it up, so I'll starve him for two days."
Liu Wei 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?" Wu Hai urged when he saw Liu Zhen was lost in thought.
Liu Wei regained his composure, sang "That's it," and then 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 has 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 while, then prostrated himself and kowtowed: "Master is here, please bow to me as a disciple."
Zhou Lezhi stood respectfully under the eaves of the corridor and answered the questions asked by the teacher on a small blackboard. Such a two-dimensional quadratic equation is no longer 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. Wang 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. Buy 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? The 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 as if he was in a cloud, but he had no idea how many words he would say in a day, and he talked even more similar nonsense during his stay in Guangzhou. So he didn't take it seriously.
For several months in Guangzhou, Zhou Lezhi followed his husband around, going back and forth, almost getting beaten several times, and a few times it was Liu Zhao's Jinyiwei waist card that saved him from being arrested and sued in the Yamen. During this period, he went back to Hetou Village to visit his relatives. 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. However, Mr. Zhou almost had his head chopped off by several villagers because of him. The siege of Zhou Lezhi almost suffered a disaster, and the three of them had no choice but to escape in confusion.
Zhou Lezhi only knew that his husband traveled all over Guangzhou to find a treasure called the "Mirror of Heaven and Earth". With this treasure, although he may not be able to do anything in heaven or on earth, at least he could turn stones into gold, and he would have no worries about eating and drinking. He will never become Mr. Wang’s retainer.
But unfortunately, although my husband stopped looking for the Mirror of Heaven and Earth all the time during his trip to Guangzhou, and even committed the scandal of breaking into a businessman's house and being chased away, he still found nothing in the end. In fact, even if Mr. Wang's letter didn't come, they planned to go back home. After all, the money was 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 for help when he returned home. Later, arrangements will be made for visiting the grave to pay homage.
But that's all my husband's love for Zhiling was, but he had a soft spot for his daughter. He was immediately named Zhou Juli and held high in his arms every day. The servants were surprised - what's so strange about a girl?
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 kid? Zhou Lezhi felt that there might be some article in 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 amused in the courtyard at the moment, 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 muttered that it was unthinkable to build such a yard within the Second Ring Road.
Zhou Lezhi didn't know what Erhuan meant, 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. You will feel very satisfied. The only shortcoming is that he has no son, but the husband is still young and now he is a rich and prestigious man, so it should not be difficult to have children.
He quickly proved the geometry problem. Mr. Zhou probably did not expect that his proof was so fast. He stood up and carefully read his proof process, his eyebrows raised in surprise.
Generally speaking, my husband was quite satisfied with Zhou Lezhi's IQ and learning ability, and the satisfaction he expressed this time was obviously to a higher level.
"Good!" The gentleman praised, "You can draw inferences from one instance, which is amazing. You are indeed a rare smart person."
“They are all cultivated by Mr.
This is not flattery, the husband really 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 pace of 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 to regret losing Zhiling, and his lustful tendencies 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. , three to five taels of silver can buy a peasant girl without bound feet, and there are many yellow-flowered girls with good foundation among them. It's just that the market is sluggish at this time of year, so good goods have been collected long ago, and inferior goods are scattered or dead, and new ones will not be released in batches until next year. Sir, he just let it go and said we would 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.
Looking at the major city gates marked above, the imperial city in the middle of the map, and place names such as the Ritan and the Shejitan, it should be the capital. But there are many circles drawn on it, one inside a circle, I don’t know what they mean.
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 all these crossed places, looking here and there to see if they had seen anything strange. Unfortunately, not only did he not gain anything, but he was repeatedly accused of "deceiving people with evil words". If Liu Zhao hadn't been protecting him, he might have been kidnapped to see an official.
"What do these rings mean?"
"Reporting back to the master, it seems to be a very important thing for Mr. Zhou." Zhou Lezhi said what he once muttered about the courtyard of the Second Ring Road, "... When I was young, I heard him sing some folk song, 'Ah, Wuhuan, You have one more ring than the fourth ring'..."
Both Mr. Wang and Liu Zhao felt baffled. Liu Zhao pondered the map several times and said, "Sir, these rings may be mileage maps. Hearthstone Master uses them to mark locations."
"Or is it a rune secret?" Mr. Wang asked.
"The master is right," Liu Zhao nodded, "No matter what it is, this 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 how confused I am! 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. He didn’t run away, I’ll definitely know after a few days of asking.”
