"Sir, just let Hui'er eat it by herself!" After saying this, Jiang Hui asked for the bowl of porridge, lowered her head and ate it with a spoonful.
Master Shen didn't say anything, but looked at Jiang Hui tenderly as she ate her porridge.
There is only an old man and a thirteen-year-old child living in this family. I don’t know whether the two are related to each other as a grandson or as a father and son. The two rarely communicate with each other and only know how to do things honestly.
The old man carried the bundles of dry wood outside the door back to the yard, and the children chopped the bundles of wood into thin pieces.
Jiang Hui looked curious and was about to go up to ask questions. Master Shen told Jiang Hui that the old man was a deaf-mute and the child was a mentally retarded mute. The two were not related by blood and were both orphans. It was because of their pity that they were born. Place the two of them here. Jiang Hui firmly believed in Master Shen's words.
Jiang Hui knew that among the officials under Emperor Xianjiang who were most respected and loved by the people of Jiangcheng, it was Master Shen. When Jiangcheng was captured, the Emperor of Jiang ordered the city to be massacred. It was Lord Shen who persuaded the Emperor of Jiang that the people of Jiangcheng managed to survive.
The Emperor of Jiang was a well-known tyrant. He was never merciful to the people or officials who resisted his dictatorship and did not surrender to him, and his methods of punishing these people were extremely cruel. In the court, only Master Shen dared to persuade Emperor Jiang to put down his tyranny, and proposed to Emperor Jiang to oppose suppression and govern the country with benevolence. In the end, although Emperor Jiang did not adopt Lord Shen's proposal, he also became aware of his own tyranny.
What makes Jiang Hui most convinced of Master Shen's words is that Master Shen is an orphan, so he pities orphans the most and will adopt many orphans. Most of Master Shen's men are orphans he adopted.
When Jiang Hui was bored, she went to help the old man and move bundles of dry wood into the yard. At first Master Shen wanted to stop Jiang Hui from doing these menial jobs, but after thinking about it carefully, he decided to do a job too. Master Shen chopped the dry wood that Jiang Hui brought in, and Jiang Hui piled it up. The two worked in perfect harmony.
This made the old man and the child panic. They had already done the work, so it wasn't like he had no work to do, so he could only watch in a daze. Master Shen made a series of sign language for the old man. Jiang Hui didn't understand the meaning of these sign languages. In fact, Shen Da asked the old and young to rest or do other tasks. To put it more bluntly, he told them to avoid it and not disturb him to pick up girls.
The older one and the younger one dared to rest, so they went to the woodshed and took out a woodcutter, a bow, and a pole and went out.
"Hey, what are the old and the young going to do?" Jiang Hui asked, looking at the backs of the old man and the child.
"The two of us went up the mountain to cut firewood and come back with some game." Master Shen replied.
The old man and the young one left, and the work was done. Only Jiang Hui and Master Shen were left in Ruoda's yard.
People who have only met for ten years should have something to talk about, but Jiang Hui seemed unnatural in the face of Mr. Shen who always cast warm eyes on her. Jiang Hui's mind was now thinking desperately about how to resolve this awkward atmosphere.
"Sir, do you have a family?" Jiang Hui asked deliberately.
He didn't expect Jiang Hui to ask him such a direct question. Master Shen was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Jiang Hui and returned to Shi Lai's gloomy look. "No, my lord is still alone."
"Then, why don't you consider Sister Butterfly?" Jiang Hui asked again.
"Butterfly? You really don't have that relationship with butterflies. Could it be that Jiang Hui feels that what you don't like is..." Before Master Shen could finish speaking, Jiang Hui jumped in and said, "Haha, in fact, Hui'er thinks Sister Butterfly is quite suitable for adults. , Sister Butterfly is so careful and beautiful."
Master Shen heard that Jiang Huihui'er meant to match herself with the butterfly, and indirectly rejected herself. Master Shen's eyes darkened slightly and he covered his chest with his hands, looking very tired. "Sir, you are a little tired. Let's go back to your room and take a rest!" After saying this, Master Shen put down the hatchet in his hand and returned to the house with a look of silence.
"Sir, let Hui'er help you into the house!"
When Lord Shen was using the chop, Jiang Hui noticed that Lord Shen was covered in blood, short of breath, and very tired. Jiang Hui also used her handkerchief to wipe the sweat from Lord Shen's forehead.
"Master Shen clearly heard it but didn't respond to me. Maybe he was angry with himself!"
Jiang Hui looked at Master Shen's lonely back and felt a discomfort in her chest. It was a debt!
Jiang Hui wanted to move some dry firewood chopped by Master Shen to the kitchen, but Jiang Hui didn't know where the kitchen was. She turned left along the corridor and came to a dark cabin. This room is probably the kitchen, because there is a stove in the house.
Jiang Hui entered the house holding dry wood. "That's weird, is this kitchen a kitchen?"
The walls of the house were wrapped in red silk satin, and the house was cleaned very clean. It could be said that it was spotless. There were no signs of being burned on the stove, and there was not even the smell of oil smoke. It was just a decoration.
Jiang Hui didn't care whether it was a stove or not. She put the dry wood she brought in and burned it in the stove. When it was thick and boiling, Jiang Hui realized that the stove had no chimney. No wonder no one was cooking here.
Mr. Shen, who was closing his eyes and concentrating in the room, suddenly smelled the smell of fireworks. He ran out in panic and saw thick smoke billowing from the stove on the left.
Master Shen asked in a panic, "Hui'er, what are you doing?"
"I, I'm making a fire. Hui'er wants to boil some water and make a pot of tea for the adults." Jiang Hui replied with a smile.
Butterfly walked out in a hurry and didn't even prepare tea for Mr. Shen. Jiang Hui thought that Lord Shen Ding had a dry mouth, so she wanted to boil some water and make a pot of tea for Lord Shen, so as to alleviate some of the guilt.
"My lord is not thirsty, please put out the fire."
Master Shen didn't wait for Jiang Hui to take action, he took a ladle of water and put out the fire on the stove!
Jiang Hui looked at him in astonishment, wondering why he was so flustered when he just made a fire.
"Sir, why can't we light a fire? How can we cook without a fire on the stove? What will we eat tonight?"
"This is a stove and no fire is allowed. If you want to cook, go to the kitchen on the right. There is a stove for cooking." Master Shen replied.
"Turn right and you'll find the kitchen. Isn't this small room a kitchen?" Jiang Hui glanced around the room again, and suddenly a gloomy energy hit her.
Master Shen held Jiang Hui with one hand and quickly walked out of this gloomy room, took him to the kitchen on the right, pointed to the stove and said, "This stove is the only one that can make fire."
"Sir, why couldn't I light a fire on that stove just now?"
Master Shen's strange behavior reminded Jiang Hui of the disappearance of the young man.
"That's not a stove, it's an altar. It was built to look like a stove to expose people."
Knowing that he couldn't hide it from Jiang Hui, Lord Shen took Jiang Hui back to the room just now and pressed the mechanism hidden on the stove. The stove retracted instantly and an altar table rose up. In the center of the altar table is a horrifying statue of the enchanting Yaksha. On both sides are incense burners, offering plates, candlesticks, ghost torture sticks, command flags, etc.
If Jiang Hui hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed it. In the blink of an eye, the stove turned into a terrifying altar.
Chills ran down Jiang Huihou's spine, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Sir, what is the purpose of setting up an altar?"
In order to dispel Jiang Hui's doubts, Master Shen said to Jiang Hui calmly, "We are great witches, and every household has a Dharma altar. As the leader of the great witch, I often have to perform rituals. What's wrong with setting up an altar here?" "
Indeed, the Wu family is famous for its witchcraft. It is the most common thing to set up a Dharma altar in the home. Master Shen is the leader of the Wu family, so there is nothing wrong with setting up an altar here. Besides, Mr. Shen can tell the secret of the Dharma altar. I will definitely not have any conspiracy to harm others. In fact, setting up a magic altar is not necessarily to harm people, but in many cases, it is used by witch families to practice witchcraft. After thinking about it deeply, Jiang Hui let go of her doubts.
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