Peerless Protégé [Rebirth]

"Do you eat candied haws?"

"Don't eat."

"Do you want to eat biscuits?"

"Don't eat."

"Eat sugar cookies?"

"Don't eat."

"Then what do you want to eat?"

"Drink water."

"Okay, okay, here you are."

Luo Jiening handed the water bottle in front of him, and said, "It's almost time to go out, is the house your grandfather left you still there?"

Zhong Zhili glanced at him and said, "What will you do if you're not here?"

Luo Jiening took his water bottle, and said happily, "Then how about going to the house my grandfather left me?"

Zhong Zhili said indifferently: "After all, do you want to go back?"

Luo Jiening quickly shook his head and said, "Of course not, as long as I'm with you, I can go anywhere."

Zhong Zhili had long been calm about his nonsense, and only said: "Then what are you complaining about?"

"I'm not complaining, it's just..." Luo Jiening was a little confused, "Will the house that your grandfather left you be confiscated as a temple?"

Zhong Zhili paused, then grabbed Luo Jiening's sleeve, and said fiercely: "Even so, you have to stay with me as a monk."

Luo Jiening laughed and said: "I became a monk, I'm afraid you will become a monk too, and we can't be together."

Zhong Zhili let go of his hand, pointed to the front, and said, "That's right there."

Luo Jiening looked over with his fingers, only to see Zhong Zhili pointing to one of the most imposing houses in the row over there, and seemed to be quite confident and proud.Luo Jiening didn't dare to be sure, and asked weakly: "You mean the house with a broken roof?"

Zhong Zhili nodded and said, "It's that one."

"..." Luo Jiening said weakly again, "Do you think that the house can be lived in when it rains?"

Zhong Zhili glanced at him and said, "Why can't we stay?"

Luo Jiening still wanted to speak, but Zhong Zhili had already walked over.Luo Jiening quickly followed.In a row of houses, Zhong Zhili went straight to the furthest one, the walls had already started to be dusted, mottled, as if they had been eroded by wind and rain for a hundred years, and the eaves had almost fallen Yes, there are still countless spider webs hanging on it, showing how many years no one has lived in desolation.

Just as the two of them were about to walk over, an elderly old man was basking in the sun in front of the house next to him. When he saw the two of them walking towards the house, he hurriedly said, "Hey, you two young masters. , but don’t go into that house, I heard that ghosts live in it!”

Just as Luo Jiening was about to speak, Zhong Zhili said suddenly: "The old people in my house are a little crazy, you just don't need to worry about him."

Luo Jiening seemed a little puzzled, and asked: "Did the old man say that your house is a ghost living in it?"

Zhong Zhili explained lightly and calmly: "When I was young, the old people here liked to tease children, but I didn't expect it to be the same now."

As soon as the words fell, the old man said again: "I told you not to go, why didn't you listen to my advice? Forget it, you young people, you always have to suffer to know what we are trying to do. Then No one lived in the house decades ago, you went there purely out of curiosity..."

Luo Jiening couldn't help whispering: "He's so talkative."

Zhong Zhili said calmly, "Just ignore him, the more you ignore him, the more energetic he will be, and he will keep talking to you."

Luo Jiening nodded, pretending to understand, and said, "Are we really going in?"

Zhong Zhili glanced back at him, and said, "It's already here, do you want to watch me outside?"

Luo Jiening hurriedly said, "Go in."

Seeing that the persuasion didn't work, the old man at the door really thought that these two men were warriors from somewhere, so he quickly threw away his crutches and ran over, wanting to follow suit.

Luo Jiening was startled by a sudden voice behind him, and at first glance, it was the old man: "How are you going to get in? Are you banging on the door?"

Zhong Zhili was taking something out of his arms, Luo Jiening asked strangely: "Old man, why did you come here?"

The old man grinned his mouth, which had almost lost his teeth, and said with a smile: "I don't worry about you."

"..." Luo Jiening said, "Old man, didn't you say this is a house where ghosts live?"

The old man nodded and said: "Yes, I have lived in that area for decades, and I have never seen anyone live in it. I heard that someone wanted to stay here before, but was actually scared to tears! I could hear it in the middle of the night. cry!"

"..." Luo Jiening slandered silently in his heart, the old man was probably starting to scare himself because he told the children too many ghost stories.

"Don't believe it, it's true!"

Luo Jiening nodded and said perfunctorily, "Yes, it's true."

At this moment, Zhong Zhili opened the old lock that was covered with dust all over his body.

"..." The old man turned pale with shock, quickly took a few steps back, and stammered, "It's open, it's open! My old lady! It's actually open! You, you, you can't just be..."

Luo Jiening deeply felt that there are people in the world who can act better than him, and couldn't help feeling admiration, saying: "Old man, this is our family."

When Zhong Zhili heard him say "our family", he tilted his head, and the smile in his eyes immediately spread.Seeing that the old man was still adding to the show, Luo Jiening pulled him and said, "Old man, can you come in and have a cup of tea?"

The old man hastily took a few steps back, and said: "No, no, no, my grandson will come back soon, you two must have come all the way, let's have a good rest!"

Luo Jiening watched the old man go away, shrugged, and said to Zhong Zhili, "Actor."

Zhong Zhili was speechless for a moment, then said: "You two are the same."

Luo Jiening ignored his sarcasm, as soon as the door was pushed open, a musty smell came out, causing Luo Jiening to cough, but Zhong Zhili took a look at him and walked in first.

Luo Jiening looked up, wow, what a house that hadn't been lived in for decades, except for the cobwebs that were visible to the naked eye everywhere, all the furniture was covered with a thick layer of dust, almost invisible The original color is gone, and even the red pillar has lost its color and turned black.

Luo Jiening followed Zhong Zhili, and said in distress, "How do we live here?"

Zhong Zhili glanced at him and said, "Clean."

For the next hour, Luo Jiening became a coolie, following Zhong Zhili to clean the house.It's a pity that this house has been abandoned for too long, and the two of them are out of breath from exhaustion, and they just finished cleaning one room.

Luo Jiening rested for a while, and said: "Zhong Xiao, that's it, anyway, we'll just sleep in one room, and the rest don't need to be cleaned. Speaking of which, your house is really big, you can't be a landlord, right?"

Zhong Zhili replied: "It's not a landlord. Hurry up and continue."

Luo Jiening took the opportunity to chat with him and said: "Then tell me, when you entered the Xuantian Tower, it was so beautiful. My uncle liked you very much. At first glance, you are not an ordinary child. At that time, I I also thought, you must belong to some noble family, otherwise, why would you look so white."

"So you call me Young Master Bai behind your back?"

"Huh?" Luo Jiening looked at him, and immediately said with a smile, "You know?"

Zhong Zhili stopped his movements, and said to him: "Why don't you know? It's just that you didn't tell me in front of me."

Luo Jiening smiled and explained: "Didn't I like you so much at that time, so I gave you a name. But that's all for a while. When the real little white master comes out, we won't call you that."

Zhong Zhili asked, "Bai Zhiqiu?"

"En." Luo Jiening nodded and said, "Speaking of which, I actually fell in love with you back then, but I didn't know it myself."

Zhong Zhili ignored his self-indulgence and continued to clean.Seeing his sweat dripping down, Luo Jiening couldn't bear it, pulled him over and said, "You take a break, I'll come."

Zhong Zhili gave him a strange look, and said, "You won't be able to sleep tonight if you come here."

"..."

The two of them cleaned for another half an hour, and finally cleaned the whole house.The two were just about to rest for a while, when they suddenly heard a commotion outside the door, Luo Jiening wondered if it was the old man who called someone over, and really thought they were ghosts.As soon as the door was opened, it was true!There are at least twenty people outside the door!

Seeing that the door was opened, the old man immediately went up and said, "Master, you really want to live here, don't you?"

Zhong Zhili followed from behind and asked, "What's wrong?"

Luo Jiening pulled him, and said to the old man: "This is our home, where do we live if we don't live here?"

The crowd was commotion, and one person stood up and said: "But that house has not been lived in for so many years, how do you say it is your home?!"

Just as Luo Jiening was about to speak, Zhong Zhili behind him said, "This is the family property left to me by my great-grandfather. Now that I'm back, what's wrong?"

Luo Jiening looked at the old man, and said: "Tell me about you, you are so old, why do you still take care of other people's housework? We just came back to live, why, you think we are ghosts?"

As soon as these words came out, more than [-] people immediately stepped back a few steps at the same time, all of them had terrified expressions on their faces.Luo Jiening said again: "We are just swordsmen wandering around the rivers and lakes, now passing by here, remembering that this is the property left by our great-grandfather, come and have a look, what's the matter?"

These words are more convincing, and several people are whispering.

"Perhaps it's true. People keep their doors open, don't they?"

"That's right, look at them, they all have swords on their waists, maybe they are really knights."

"We are all neighbors, we just arrived today, don't scare them!"

The old man came over first, smiled awkwardly, and said: "Young master, I offended you this time, old man, I have never seen anyone here before in my life, you two come here, look, I... "

Luo Jiening stepped forward and pretended: "Old man, you'd better go back and have a rest earlier! Don't be tired!"

After dismissing this group of people, Luo Jiening was finally free, stretched his waist, and said: "These are all neighbors in the future. If you make such a fuss, won't you be annoyed to death in the future?"

Zhong Zhili corrected: "You just want to build a good relationship with them, otherwise we will suffer a lot here."

Luo Jiening asked with great interest: "How do you say?"

Zhong Zhili stopped talking suddenly, turned around and went to wash his hands.Luo Jiening hurriedly followed, secretly grabbed his belt, and asked, "Zhong Xiao, what did I ask you for the answer you said earlier?"

Zhong Zhili was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Forgot."

"I know you haven't forgotten." Luo Jiening smiled and approached him, and said, "I really don't remember, you know."

Zhong Zhili just washed his hands, he was so entangled by Luo Jiening, he turned around and said, "Don't ask, I forgot."

Luo Jiening hugged him from behind, and said coquettishly: "Brother, brother, good brother, tell me."

Zhong Zhi left him in his arms, and said silently: "You really don't remember?"

"Can it be fake?" Luo Jiening rubbed his hands and said, "Is it related to Lanmulin?"

Zhong Zhili nodded silently, and said: "You ask me, if I am also poisoned, will I trade my life for my life like Lan Mulin."

Luo Jiening looked at him in astonishment, and said after a long time: "I thought... I didn't expect it to be... No... You really want to..."

Zhong Zhili ignored him, broke away from his embrace and left.Luo Jiening hurriedly followed, and said: "Zhong Xiao, if that's the case, you'd better not replace me, if that's the case..." Some words were not expressive, and he said, "I still hope you are well, am I here? It doesn't matter."

The two fell asleep in such a hurry that night, and early the next morning, Luo Jiening pulled Zhong Zhili up and said excitedly: "Zhong Xiao Zhong Xiao, get up quickly, what do you want to eat? Let's go shopping together, and I'll cook for you when I come back!"

Zhong Zhili was forcefully pulled up by him, still confused, and asked, "Is there anyone in the market so early?"

Luo Jiening said with a calm face: "I don't know, I just heard that there is a fair today when I got up, so I came to call you."

"Oh."

As soon as the two went to the market, it was already full of people's voices, and the two walked for a while before bypassing the crowd and entering the middle.Luo Jiening was crowded with a group of women to buy vegetables, Zhong Zhili watched from afar, laughing inwardly.

"Hey! What are you, a young man, coming here to grab from us!"

"That's right! Come on, come on, everyone squeeze him out! Don't let him in!"

But Luo Jiening turned a blind eye to it, and fought even harder, and said: "There is no woman at home, so I can only go out and buy it by myself! Sisters, don't squeeze! I'm going out soon!"

Finally, Luo Jiening came out from the crowd with only two handfuls of vegetables in his hand.Zhong Zhili looked at him and smiled, "Why don't you buy more?"

Luo Jiening said with a sad face: "Those old women won't let me in, they'll squeeze me out, I'm exhausted."

Zhong Zhili followed behind him in a good mood, and said, "Let's go fishing, I want to eat fish."

Luo Jiening looked at him miraculously, and said, "Don't you not like fish?" Before he could answer, Luo Jiening justified himself, "By the way, I'll just pick you up. Then do you have any fish?" Pond?"

"Yes, I have."

The two then went to the nearby pond. Luo Jiening always went down to catch fish, and this time it was the same. Just as he rolled up his trouser legs, Zhong Zhili grabbed him and said, "The water here is deep, don't go down."

Luo Jiening smiled and said, "It's okay, I can't die."

After all, regardless of Zhong Zhili's dissuasion, he jumped up, and he was already down.Zhong Zhili was holding a fishing rod on the shore, fishing not far away.Not long after, Luo Jiening came over and excitedly said, "I caught it!"

The fish on Zhong Zhili's side were so scared by Luo Jiening that they all ran away, Zhong Zhili glanced at him, saw that he really caught them, and said, "Then let's go back!"

Luo Jiening put the fish into the fish basket and said: "Catch a few more, if you still want to eat." After finishing speaking, he went down again.

Zhong Zhili waited for him above, and soon, Luo Jiening came up one by one.Zhong Zhili pulled him up and said, "Let's go."

Luo Jiening flicked the water from his hand, and said with a smile: "You didn't eat fish when we ate fish in Qitai Mountain before, why do you want to eat it now?"

Zhong Zhili said, "I want to eat."

Luo Jiening put away the fishing rod, lifted the fishing rod, and said, "Do you want to eat steamed or braised?"

Zhong Zhili said unexpectedly, "You know how to do it?"

Luo Jiening smiled and said, "No way."

"..."

"But I will learn. I have to learn sooner or later, or I will cook it for you."

Zhong Zhili looked at his profile, and suddenly felt that this Luo Jiening was very good-looking.

He said he wanted to learn, but Luo Jiening couldn't find anyone to teach him. When the women nearby heard that he wanted to learn to cook, they all looked at him with disbelief, then waved their hands and said in disgust: "Don't Come make fun of me."

Luo Jiening finally gave up after being rejected several times.Going back, he pulled Zhong Zhili with his head downcast and said, "No one taught me."

Zhong Zhili said, "I'll come."

Luo Jiening said unexpectedly: "You will?"

"No." Zhong Zhili said calmly, "But I want to try."

Half an hour later, Zhong Zhili came out of the room and said, "Let's go out to eat."

"..."

At this moment, Luo Jiening deeply realized the importance of cooking women.Zhong Zhili could tell what he was thinking by looking at his expression, and said lightly, "Sure enough, let's go to Ruoming Town?"

Luo Jiening waved his hands and smiled, "There are no acquaintances there either. Come on, let's go and ask the owner of the restaurant for advice, maybe they will teach us."

Zhong Zhili was dragged out by him, the two had a meal in the restaurant, and immediately forgot about asking for advice.Upon returning, Luo Jiening murmured: "I seem to have forgotten something."

Zhong Zhili said, "We can go outside and do something."

Luo Jiening asked: "You mean, to be a knight?"

Zhong Zhili nodded, and said, "At least, we can find something to eat."

Luo Jiening patted his head and said: "Then let's go quickly! What are we waiting for!"

The two took their swords and went out immediately.Qingwa Town is a big town, the two first went to the government to say hello.Along the way, Luo Jiening kept thinking about one thing.

"Zhong Xiao, tell me, when I was reborn in Ruoming Town, I heard people there say that several swordsmen stationed in the village disappeared not long ago."

Zhong Zhili nodded and said, "What's wrong?"

Luo Jiening frowned and said: "Now that I think about it, maybe the people from Yuxu Palace don't know what to do there. Since I came back from there, it means that the people from Yuxu Palace have even been involved there."

Zhong Zhili said: "If they have little knowledge of these two places, Yangzhou and Jingzhou, it is impossible for them to have the guts to act like this."

Luo Jiening sighed, and said: "Maybe, the Yuxu Palace has already been suppressed by the five factions. Forget it, let's not talk about it. From now on, what happens to the six factions has nothing to do with us."

Zhong Zhili was silent for a moment, and said: "I heard that the head is looking for us."

Luo Jiening didn't pay attention to how Zhong Zhili knew about this, and only said: "I found it, and I won't go back."

Zhong Zhili responded, "Yes."

The two met the mayor, and the mayor learned that the two were knights who were going to be stationed in the village, so he laughed quickly and said: "But I expected you to come, our town has never had any heroes come here, this time it's okay! "

Luo Jiening smiled and said, "My lord, is there anything we need to do?"

The mayor was quite embarrassed and said: "Well, in fact, there are now."

Zhong Zhili said: "You say so."

"A family in the south of our town lost a few pigs one night, and they couldn't find them no matter how hard they tried. It's been two or three days, but they're dying of anxiety. Can you two help to find them? ?”

Luo Jiening put on a show and nodded, "Where is that family?"

The mayor gave them a map, and the two came out.Luo Jiening said distressedly: "Well, this is to let us look for pigs in the town? But anyone can figure it out. Since they are gone, they must have stolen and killed them. How can we find them?"

Zhong Zhili comforted him and said, "Don't worry, it's even more urgent if they lose it."

Luo Jiening asked: "Then where can we find it?"

Zhong Zhili pulled him suddenly, and said, "I'll take you to see this town."

Luo Jiening immediately became excited and said, "Okay."

The two wandered around the town for an hour, and only then did they visit all the places. Luo Jiening was very happy to pull him, and said: "No wonder people like you can be raised, this town is so beautiful. , the women here are a bit fierce."

Zhong Zhili explained: "Actually, after you've been with them for a long time, you know that they are just a little more aggressive when they first meet you."

Luo Jiening felt chills down his back when he thought about buying vegetables in the morning, and said, "You seem to be the same kind of person."

Zhong Zhili asked curiously, "What kind of person am I?"

Luo Jiening smiled and said: "At the beginning, it seemed very difficult to get in touch with, you see, Zhou Dan, Liu Qi and Hu Miao have been in contact with you for so long before I can say a word to you, if I hadn't been thick-skinned , I can't get better with you so quickly."

Zhong Zhili glanced at him, and said, "You also know that you have a thick skin?"

Luo Jiening chuckled and said, "Didn't that mean I like you? I just want to stay with you."

Zhong Zhili asked softly: "Then if one day you get bored, what will happen?"

Luo Jiening intentionally teased him and asked, "Guess."

Zhong Zhili replied honestly: "Are you going back to Ruoming Town?"

Luo Jiening put on a show and said, "How do you know me so well?"

"..." Zhong Zhili was silent, and said, "If that's the case, there's no way I'd let you go."

Luo Jiening was quite surprised and said, "Why?"

"...Because you are mine."