General, there is a demon [Rebirth]

Walking on the corridor, Xiao Qiluo suppressed her smile, turned her head and looked at the closed door from a distance, a pair of eyebrows and eyes slightly similar to Xiao Duo's complex expression flashed past.

The north wind blew, and the copper bells on the eaves jingled. Xiao Qiluo smiled and shook her head, sighing helplessly and self-deprecatingly.

"You, why are you looking at me like this?"

Xiao Duo wiped the wet skirt casually, frowned and asked Huo Changying, who was staring at him and chuckled.

Huo Changying raised his eyebrows, stroked the soft fur covered with his hands, leaned forward and called softly again on purpose: "Brother Zisheng."

Xiao Duo: "..."

Zisheng is his name after the crown, except for his father and elder sister at home, almost no one calls him. At this moment, hearing Huo Changying call him like this, although he knows that the young man is mostly because of being funny, it still makes him feel uncomfortable. Words of intimacy.

Huo Changying raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xiao Duo's red ears, then withdrew his body and asked calmly, "Who did you say could open the box?"

Xiao Duo put it on the teacup and said seriously: "If you guessed correctly, the box must have exquisite mechanisms, and the only person in Da Yin who is proficient in mechanisms..."

"The Lan family?!" Huo Changying said.

Xiao Duo nodded: "That's right, the Lan family is proficient in mechanism skills, but as early as the Emperor Zhaozong's reign, the Lan family had declined due to wars, and the orphans my father rescued during his early travels were the Lan family."

"Brother Lan Yu?" Huo Changying asked in surprise. In his memory, he was a young man who was not good at speaking, but he was very patient and tolerant towards children.

Xiao Duo looked at Huo Changying, with warmth in his eyes: "It's Brother Sapphire, and brother-in-law."

Huo Changying was surprised for a moment and then understood, "Then Nian Jun?"

"Lan Nianjun, eldest sister's son," Xiao Duo said, "Brother Lan Yu's posthumous son."

Huo Changying was a little shocked and didn't know what to say, so he heard Xiao Duo say: "Six years ago, the elder sister followed Lan Yu to the Mobei, and half a year later, the elder sister brought back the newborn Lan Nianjun, and Lan Yu... It is said Died on the battlefield, no bones left."

After saying that, Huo Changying looked at Xiao Duo, feeling distressed in his heart for some reason, the old Duke was away all year round, Lan Yu and Xiao Qiluo were the only relatives in the eyes of the young Xiao Duo, and they kissed each other before thinking too much Xiao Duo's shoulder.

Xiao Duo was taken aback, then turned to look at Huo Changying, his eyes lit up, "Changying..."

Huo Changying blinked, regained his senses, patted Xiao Duo on the shoulder vigorously and said, "So, now we can't open the box at all?"

Xiao Duo: "..."

In the evening, because Xiao Qiluo came back, the housekeeper put the dinner in the main hall.

"Uncle." The young Lan Nianjun, with his delicate facial features still childish, greeted Xiao Duo solemnly and bowed, his actions were calm and courteous, not at all like a child who was only six or seven years old.

Xiao Duo nodded, although his face remained expressionless as usual, but his eyes were full of affectionate smiles when he looked at the child.

Huo Changying turned his head to look at Xiao Duo, slightly hooked the corners of his lips, waved to Xiao Nianjun and said with a smile, "Xiao Nianjun, come here."

Lan Nianjun stepped forward to salute Huo Changying without hesitation, and called softly, "Aunt."

Huo Changying: "..."

Glaring secretly at Xiao Duo, who was holding back a smile, Huo Changying turned to look at Lan Nianjun, twirled his hand, and there was a small thing in his empty palm—a tiger head that was small and exquisite but did not disturb the jingle of bells. brass bell.

"Can I give it to you?" Huo Changying asked with a smile.

Lan Nianjun's eyes lit up, but he still respectfully saluted and said, "I dare not refuse the gift from the elders."

Huo Changying rubbed Lan Nianjun's hair, squatted down, carefully hung the copper bell on Lan Nianjun's waist, blinked and pretended to whisper: "Boys must be brave, but they must not be brave. This bell will protect you."

Lan Nianjun touched the copper bell on his waist, glanced at his aunt in front of him, and smiled brightly.

Xiao Qiluo on the side stared at Huo Changying thoughtfully, and suddenly said: "Zisheng, the new year is approaching, and father will probably be back soon, you." His eyes turned around on Huo Changying, then looked at Xiao Duo, and said: " You should prepare early."

Xiao Duo frowned slightly, nodded and remained silent.

In the evening, the door of "Chang girl" was knocked again.

"Hehe, good morning General, it's not yet dawn." Huo Changying yawned sleepily after getting up in his clothes, and opened the door.

Xiao Duo glanced at Huo Changying, who was fluffy and drowsy, protruding from the crack of the door, and secretly touched his nose.

Sitting unsteadily at the table, Huo Changying poured himself a cup of herbal tea with half-opened eyes, and the tea cup was cut off in mid-air when it reached his lips.

Huo Changying was stunned for a moment, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Duo was staring at him with a face full of frost. The man suddenly raised his head and drank the cup of cold tea without saying a word.

"..." Huo Changying rubbed his eyes and laughed, "The general came to me in the middle of the night just to grab my cup of tea?"

Xiao Duo didn't make any excuses, just put the things in his hands on the table, and said lightly: "The tea is cold, next time I ask someone to prepare hot tea to warm it up."

Huo Changying didn't have time to pay attention to the meaning of Xiao Duo's words, his eyes were attracted by the things on the table, and his sleepiness was swept away.

"Sister Xiao's family not only has a big temper, but she's also really capable."

Huo Changying smiled and praised. In the afternoon, Xiao Duo said that Xiao Qiluo, as Lanyu's wife, might be able to open it. Huo Changying didn't have any hope yet. He wanted to catch the monster that attacked them in the temple. It can be untied!

On the table, the box that was originally closed like a complete piece of wood split into eight petals like blooming petals, and what was inside was——

"—a bead?"

The pitch-black beads without the slightest luster lie quietly in the open wooden box.

Huo Changying picked up a black bead in the wooden box, and said doubtfully, "It doesn't look like it's worth much." The dull and dull bead is neither stone nor wood, nor does it have any evil spirit.

"What is this?" Huo Changying put down the beads and saw that there seemed to be a layer in one of the pieces of wood.

The two carefully pulled out the contents, flipped through them, and fell silent.

"Hehe, the old monk is still hiding a small treasury." Huo Changying couldn't help laughing as he saw that the yellowed book contained the money donated by pilgrims.

"At first glance, it is not a serious temple."

Huo Changying shook his head and curled his lips, his eyes glanced at one of the pages: "Oh, there is Liu Yu?"

Xiao Duo took the small book after hearing the words, and at a glance, he found many familiar court ministers, and some of them were big merchants in Yong'an City, and the donated silver taels...

"30 taels, 40 taels, 20 taels..."

Huo Changying stretched out his finger and counted, his eyes widened and he said in surprise, "1000 taels of sesame oil every year!"

"Tsk tsk, this Jingzhao Yin yamen is rich enough." Huo Changying looked at Xiao Duo: "Your courtiers' salaries are so much?"

Xiao Duo frowned: "No."

Huo Changying glanced at Xiao Duo who was frowning and smiled and said: "How much is General Xiao's salary? After all, they are both husband and wife." He raised his hand and covered his chest and said sadly: "As a fiancée, even the husband I don't know how much the salary is."

"..." Xiao Duo turned his head to look at the smiling mouth of the young man beside him, the dim candlelight softened the young man's delicate facial lines, his smile was half a smile, and the word "husband" in the young man's mouth made his heart skip a beat.

Xiao Duo gave a dry cough, forced himself to look away, but secretly rubbed his fingers under the table.

Looking at the sesame oil book again, Xiao Duo's eyes flashed with thought, a question arose in his heart but he couldn't find the answer, then he heard the young man say: "I see, we need to go to Jiming Temple again!"

The moon is in the middle of the sky, and there is a curfew in Yong'an.

In Xinchangfang, the meditation room in the backyard of Jiming Temple, two figures flashed by.

Xiao Duo skillfully grabbed Huo Changying's waist and entered the room through the window.

Master Jingyuan's meditation room generally remained the same as the day before yesterday.

Huo Changying whispered: "Hold me tight." The meditation room was not well lit, even if the moonlight was clear, it couldn't illuminate half of it, so it was pitch black.

Xiao Duo, who was holding Huo Changying in his arms, was stiff for a moment, and then he heard Huo Changying whispering a mantra in his ear, so he relaxed his body and followed Huo Changying to walk indoors.

After chanting a night vision mantra, I can see even in the dark.

Huo Changying searched around in the house, he discussed with Xiao Duo tonight, and felt that it was necessary to come to Master Jingyuan's meditation room again.

The old Zen master who was demonized by relics, but the Zen room was as clean as if no one had ever lived in it. He always had a strange feeling, as if there were some ulterior secrets hidden here, and the one that can hide the most secrets is—— -darkroom.

According to his usual experience, Huo Changying groped for bookshelves, chess boards, tables, and Duobao Pavilion, but found nothing.

Pulling Xiao Duo to sit on the side of the couch, stretched out his hand to stroke the edge of the bed, but still made no progress.

"Is there really no problem in the meditation room?" Huo Changying rubbed his chin and asked doubtfully, from the corner of his eye he suddenly caught a glimpse of Xiao Duo touching the general on the bed, his eyes lit up.

Xiao Duo, who didn't see anything at night, wrapped one hand around Huo Changying's waist, tapped on the bed with the other, and felt suspicious when he touched a spot.

Suddenly, he was pulled down by someone and lay on his back on the couch, the boy's warm breath blowing against his ears.

The author has something to say:

small theater

Changying: Hold me tight... Sigh, what kind of eyes do you have, okay, okay, let me give you a hug if you can't do it, okay?

Xiao Duo who was thrown down in an instant: ...

I have a heart that wants to drive, but unfortunately, the author who is a novice on the road can easily have his driver's license revoked ╮（╯▽╰）╭