The sun was getting brighter and brighter, and suddenly everyone who had been standing under the sun for some time walked into the courtyard.
Bai Jianwen was right when he said something. To the two siblings, Huai Cao Shi was more of a mother than a master. As soon as her attitude changed, the stagnant atmosphere melted under the temperature of the sun.
Zhang Shanshan took a deep breath and had no time to analyze the hidden dangers of today's response, so she immediately came to Bai Jiahe and Lu Fanrou's side.
"Is something wrong?" Bai Jiahe asked in a solemn voice with complicated emotions.
Zhang Shanshan smiled apologetically: "Senior sister, regarding the matter of Huangsong Valley, I..."
"Jianwen has come to explain many times." Bai Jiahe interrupted her with a wave of his hand. Looking at the bright apology on her face, his voice slowed down and said: "If what you just said is sincere, it will not hurt Jianwen. I have nothing to say."
"After all, I did something wrong." Zhang Shanshan stood beside the two of them and apologized seriously to Lu Fanrou. The atmosphere between them became more harmonious.
At noon, Bai Jianwen had the most fun. After the meal, Huai Cao Shi called Bai Jianwen to the room next to him. Bai Jiahe also followed, while Xu Zuo and Lu Fanrou went to the kitchen and the spacious main room. Strangely, only Mu Qing and Zhang Shanshan were left.
As someone who currently knows a little bit about Huai Cao Shi's thoughts, Mu Qing has been thinking about who had the upper hand in the confrontation in front of the hospital just now.
Zhang Shanshan is a person who stands on the edge of a cliff without knowing it. This is the evaluation of her uncle.
What the uncle did just now was probably a kind of "praising", but it was a pity that Zhang Shanshan found an excuse to refuse "for Bai Jianwen's good". Speaking of which, this woman is really powerful.
Thinking of this, Mu Qing suddenly remembered another explanation from Huai Cao Shi. He glanced sideways at Zhang Shanshan, who was sitting quietly on the other side of the table. He frowned, stood up, and walked towards the door.
"Senior Brother Mu Qing?" Zhang Shanshan's eyes moved accordingly.
Mu Qing was more straightforward than Bai Jiahe. He stood by the door without turning his head and remained silent.
Zhang Shanshan changed her sitting posture gracefully, facing the door, looking at the tall and straight figure beside the door, a few gleams of light flashed in her narrowed eyes. Bai Jianwen's appearance was not bad, but compared with this one, it was too bad. many.
"It's a pity...the timing and location are not right." Zhang Shanshan sighed secretly, thought about it a few times, gave up the test, and asked directly: "Senior Brother Mu Qing, is he the master who appeared in Huangsong Valley that night?"
Her clear voice naturally contained a hint of tact, and I believe no one would be wary or hostile because of it.
But Mu Qing was obviously different. After he turned around, he faced Zhang Shanshan's pretty face with her head slightly tilted and said with a cold face: "I heard Senior Sister Ning talking about you. Do you know Zheng Shi?"
Zhang Shanshan's heart skipped a beat. Did the other party even know about Zheng Shi's cooperation with her? Or did Zheng Shi betray her to protect himself?
She lowered her eyes slightly and sighed: "Zheng Shi is the person in charge of the camp. Because I take care of Jianwen, I have naturally interacted with him several times."
Having said this, she raised her head, looked at Mu Qing solemnly and asked, "Senior brother, are we old acquaintances? This man has a gloomy temperament. He is probably a very sophisticated person who is good at calculations. Senior brother, please don't be deceived by him. ”
"What can he lie to me about?" Mu Qing snorted lightly.
Although Suzaku did not mention Zheng Shi, Zheng Shi got together with Murong Xiu Ming and others that night in Huangsong Valley. Maybe Zheng Shi took credit for using his uncle and others to ambush him.
Zhang Shanshan could really feel the flash of murderous intent on Mu Qing's face, and felt happy in her heart. This proved that her previous worries were unnecessary.
At this time, he stood up lightly, walked towards Mu Qing with graceful steps, and said with a smile: "A long time ago, I heard from the sisters that Senior Sister Shaoyao has an elder brother who will come to Wanhua Valley to see her. I never imagined that today I would be like this way to know.”
Zhang Shanshan realized that it was not a wise decision to start the topic with the incident in Huangsong Valley, so she switched to something that Mu Qing was definitely interested in with great talent.
When Mu Qing heard her mention peony, the corners of his mouth turned up involuntarily, but he soon became awe-struck. If he hadn't communicated with his uncle before coming here, chatting with such a woman would probably have made people relax unconsciously. Are you alert?
Mu Qing frowned and stared at the woman who was about to walk beside him, and asked, "What else have you heard of?"
Zhang Shanshan paused in her steps, raised a charming face and smiled bitterly: "Senior brother seems to be very wary of me? Speaking of it before, in Wanhua Valley, there are only three masters and apprentices in the Valley. We outer disciples have nothing to do on weekdays. We will naturally talk about these things from time to time, and there is no malicious intention of prying into Hidden Eyes.”
She wisely did not go any further and stood side by side with Mu Qing.
Mu Qing glanced at the small room next to him, restrained the idea of staying away from the woman immediately, and simply turned his attention to the kitchen. Seeing Xu Zuo clumsily washing the dishes under Lu Fanrou's instructions, he couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Zhang Shanshan giggled when she saw that Mu Qing walked away without a word of disagreement. She was intoxicated with her own infinite charm and did not intend to miss any opportunity to get close to Mu Qing.
The sun is high in the sky, and the sunlight falls straight down from the eaves, dividing the flat courtyard and the area around the door into two worlds.
A gust of wind blew in front of Zhang Shanshan with a hint of heat, adding a bit of depression to her heart as the coolness was driven away. Mu Qing did not turn her head, so she coughed again.
"I didn't expect that senior brother is not only highly skilled in martial arts, but also has excellent cooking skills."
Mu Qing turned his head expressionlessly, and caught a woman's embroidered shoes stepping out from the door of the room nearby. He couldn't help but squeeze out a smile and looked at Zhang Shanshan, "Miss Shanshan is so ridiculous, this is just an intermission between countless lives and deaths." Just a way to relax.”
Xu Zuo's small courtyard has an ordinary structure. The main room in the middle is the place for eating. There are several rooms on both sides. The extra room at the last corner on the left is the kitchen, and the doors are facing the eaves.
Mu Qing leaned against the main entrance of the hall and looked away from the kitchen on the left. When he looked at Zhang Shanshan behind him, his eyes swept from the right, and he happened to see an embroidered shoe sticking out of the door from a room on the right. It was Huai Cao Shi and the others. It's coming out.
Zhang Shanshan was still standing behind Mu Qing, so naturally she couldn't see this scene.
Today, she was somewhat deliberately trying to get closer to Mu Qing. Only then did she finally get positive feedback. She was so happy that she took a step forward and fought side by side with Mu Qing, smiling at him. : "Senior brother, I just smile lightly when talking about it now, but I can fully imagine how much suffering senior brother suffered back then."
The concern in Zhang Shanshan's words was already revealed with the bright smile on her face, but she heard a slightly complicated voice from the right shouting: "Shanshan?!"
"Uncle." Mu Qing stood up straight and nodded towards Huai Cao Shi.
Huai Cao Shi was originally troubled by Bai Jianwen's obsessive refusal to listen to advice. Now seeing Mu Qing's extraordinary force working so quickly, he couldn't help but smile with relief and asked, "You two should have just met today, how come you met so quickly?" Are you kidding me?"
He had never seen Sister Shanshan with such a bright spring smile on her face. Bai Jianwen's voice was already a little tasteful, but when he heard Huai Cao Shi's question, the emotions in his eyes became more complex.
However, what neither Huai Cao Shi nor Mu Qing expected was that within this complexity, there was indeed a lot of jealousy towards Mu Qing.
"Junior Sister Shanshan, we have stayed in Ten Thousand Flowers Valley for so many years, so even though we only know each other today, we have a lot of topics to talk about."
Zhang Shanshan looked up at Mu Qing in surprise, and the faint joy in her heart was quickly replaced by vigilance.
Even if she was close to Mu Qing, she never intended to treat him the same way she treated Bai Jianwen. She knew that Bai Jianwen was the foundation of her career in Wanhua Valley, so she immediately walked towards Bai Jianwen.
"Senior brother is right." Zhang Shanshan took Bai Jianwen's hand, just barely snuggling into her arms, and said softly: "I saw that senior brother was frowning and confused, and I guessed that he was probably worried about everyone, especially the master of the valley... …”
Zhang Shanshan stopped with her prediction, but Bai Jianwen had already made up a picture based on her words. Zhang Shanshan still wanted to help everyone as much as she could because she felt guilty. There was nothing wrong with wanting Mu Qing to be happy.
Three eyes fell on Zhang Shanshan at the same time. Huai Cao Shi secretly thought that although her cultivation level was not high, she was already good at understanding people's hearts. Mu Qing was simply worried about her uncle's subsequent battle.
But no one noticed that Bai Jiahe regained his hostility towards Zhang Shanshan, even deeper than before...
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It's hard to say whether it was a bad breakup or not. When Bai Jianwen followed Zhang Shanshan to say goodbye to Bai Jiahe, he got a cold face and left in anger. After that, Huai Cao Shi led everyone back to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers.
Outside the secret room door, Huai Cao Shi looked at the crowd and said: "Healing and resuscitation are two different things. There is no telling whether other accidents will happen or how much time it will take, so I promise to leave and Jiahe."
"Disciple is here!" Both of them looked cautious.
"You don't have to go far, just guard the secret passages to the left and right of this secret room."
Xu Zuo looked at his wife Lu Fanrou and said softly in Huai Cao Shi: "Fanrou is meticulous in her work, so leave her in the secret room to assist."
She looked around at the people around her and sighed softly: "We in Wanhua Valley are very sparse, and we are considered a family just standing here. The process of treating our junior sister cannot be disturbed in the slightest. If you encounter something that cannot be solved, you must inform us in time." .”
Her eyes fell on Mu Qing's face. Mu Qing was responsible, and he nodded eagerly, "I'm ready."
Huai Cao Shi's eyes did not glance at anyone. Ning Chu, Shaoyao, and Bai Jiahe all nodded in agreement. Only when this lesson really came, did everyone feel the importance Huai Cao Shi had in his heart.
Click--
The loudspeaker sounded and the secret room was officially closed.
Mu Qing glanced around and found that there were many medicinal materials on the shelves in the corner, and there were dozens of them at a glance.
Presumably, when they were eating outside the valley, Ning Chu and Shaoyao didn't have any spare time.
"Fanrou first identifies the various medicinal materials and remembers their locations. Remember to replenish the soothing incense at all times..."
"Ning Chu and Shaoyao came to get familiar with the stopping and turning of the true energy after pouring it into the medicine cauldron..."
There was only a sense of majesty in Huai Cao Shi's calm expression, her voice fell, and everyone found something to do.
...except Mu Qing.
Mu Qing opened his eyes wide and looked away from the cold jade bed. Finally, when Huai Cao Shi looked at him, he couldn't wait to ask: "Uncle, where's me?"
