Rice bug

I have to say that sometimes it is wrong for people to be too enthusiastic.

After the banquet at the Hao Mansion that night, all the temporary recruits received their money and were sent away. Lin Dong wanted to leave at first, but he hesitated in his heart, thinking that he might as well take a step back and have a look.

As a result, when he went to collect the money, the manager only gave him half of the money, saying that you will work here from now on and receive monthly money.

Lin Dong was at a loss for a while, turned around, only to find Wu Chengsan grinning at him from behind, with that face asking for credit...

Lin Dong didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and walked over with the money, and after deliberating for a while, he said, "Thank you Wu San."

"Where!" Wu Chengsan waved his hands, grabbed Lin Dong's shoulders and walked in, "You will live in the room next to the servant from now on. If someone bullies you, tell brother!"

Lin Dong looked at the money in his hand for a while, and sighed in his heart: Maybe this is God's will?

Shaking his head secretly, if it comes, let it be.Putting the money back into his pocket, he said with a smile, "I will trouble Brother Wu from now on."

"Hey, it's not troublesome. I feel like I have an extra little brother." Wu Chengsan said: "You do the work in the kitchen now, the same as during the day, just check the menu. What kind of ingredients, although the daily food in the Hao Mansion is not fixed, but all the dishes must be prepared in case the masters have a whim. Understand?"

Lin Dong nodded, and stayed there, without saying anything that night.

Three days later, Lin Dong was doing well in the kitchen, when the manager suddenly came over.

"Lin Dong." He yelled as soon as he entered the door, "Come out, you don't have to do these things in the future."

Wu Chengsan raised the spoon, turned his head and said, "What's going on? What does this mean?"

The steward stared, "You haven't finished talking yet, what a hurry!"

Talking and pulling Lin Dong who was at a loss, he said: "The housekeeper is looking for you. The master is going out for a few days, and he is looking for someone in the mansion who can read, speak, and is not stupid. You just follow."

Lin Dong was taken aback, "Is the master looking for it?"

"That's not right!" The manager winked, "If you behave well when you go out now, you will be favored in the future, don't forget our brothers. Take care of yourself on weekdays!"

As he spoke, he bumped Lin Dong with his shoulder.

Lin Dong was a little dazed, it was too easy... The bad premonition in his heart was creeping up.

Wu Chengsan on the other end pulled the manager away, his face not concealing his worry, "Since it's the master who wants to find you, there's nothing you can do about it, but remember what brother said? Huh?"

He said, and made another movement of covering his eyes and ears.

Lin Dong was moved in his heart, and it would be a lie to say that he was not moved.The two of them met by chance, why should I be involved?Chengri treats himself like a brother, helping and thinking about everything.If something goes wrong with me, maybe he will be implicated...

Thinking about it this way, Lin Dong's face became serious, and it might be okay to break off the relationship early.

Seeing him startled, Wu Chengsan stretched out his hands to pinch his cheeks, "Did you hear what brother said?"

"Hmm...hmm." Lin Dong came back to his senses, smiled perfunctorily, took off his apron and sleeves, and followed the manager to go out, "I remember, I will take care of myself."

As he spoke, he turned around again, and said with some concern: "Third brother also take care of himself, think more about himself."

Wu Chengsan blinked, "You still need to teach me these things? Go, don't make me unhappy."

Along the way, Lin Dong was in chaos.

If Haotian did it on purpose, what face would I use to see him?Pretending not to know?Pretending to be wronged?

If he really didn't know and it was just a coincidence, that would be fine.

But there is no such a coincidence in this world.

He remembered that he met Haotian's eyes before, and his heart pounded a few times, and he always felt that the more he thought about it, the more problematic he was.

The handle of the dagger in his cuff fell into the palm of his hand lightly. He glanced at the unaware steward in front of him, thinking, should he kidnap him and run away?

But thinking so in my mind, my body couldn't move.If this makes things worse, it is not a good thing.

If Haotian really didn't know about it, wouldn't this be scaring the snake away?

This doesn't work either, that doesn't work either.

Lin Dong pursed his lips, looked up again, and had already walked to the courtyard where Haotian lived.

He put the dagger back, and the manager happened to turn around and said, "I'll take you here, the butler is behind the door, you just go straight."

"Thank you." Lin Dong nodded politely, the manager patted him on the shoulder, turned around and went back the same way.

Lin Dong took a deep breath, as if he was not going to do something, but to die.

He walked forward slowly a few steps, passed through the arch, and there were indeed several people standing behind him.

One of them looked like a butler, with a few strands of mustache, hands behind his back, with an impatient expression on his face.

He turned his head and saw Lin Dong, and scolded, "Why did it come so slowly! The master is about to leave immediately! Where is the role of a master waiting for a slave?!"

Lin Dong hurriedly bowed his head to apologize, and heard a voice from the other side say indifferently: "Okay, it will be done when the people arrive, and those who want to go out with me this time, all get on the horse."

The butler nodded, and then counted the number of entourages. He turned to look at Lin Dong, "You don't ride a horse, but sit in a carriage with my master. You have to know how to measure yourself, and take good care of your master. It is to your advantage. Do you understand?"

Lin Dong was shocked, a carriage?

But there was nothing leaking on his face, he just bowed and said: "I understand."

Lin Dong didn't know where he was going, and he didn't know what he was going to do.

He followed the others out of the small gate, and there was a carriage waiting behind him, looking low-key rather than ostentatious.

Could it be a secret visit somewhere?

Lin Dong thought about it, and walked to the side of the carriage dawdly, there stood a follower, dressed in black, looking down at him, "Get in the carriage!"

Lin Dong hurriedly climbed up the small stool, opened the curtain of the car and entered, and a pleasant smell of bamboo came to his nostrils.

The carriage was covered with high-quality bamboo mats, and there was a small wooden table on which tea was being boiled. There was already one person sitting in the carriage, and it was Haotian.

Haotian was wearing casual clothes, not as high-profile as he was at the banquet that day. He was wearing a lake blue gown with a white jade pendant on his waist. Younger than I imagined.

"Are you the one recommended by the butler?" Haotian raised his eyes and looked him up, "What's your name?"

"Lin Dong..."

"I heard you can read? Have you ever been to school?"

"I never went to school..." Lin Dong lowered his head and knelt by the door of the carriage.The curtain was lowered, and after a while, the carriage moved.

"Self-taught? Have you taken the imperial examination?"

"I passed the exam... but I didn't take the exam again." Lin Dong focused on the bamboo mat in front of him, afraid that his expression would betray him.

Haotian hummed, picked up a book and flipped through it.

The carriage became quiet, only the wheels creaked and the tea was brewing on the table. Lin Dong's legs were numb and he didn't dare to move.

Haotian turned a page of the book and lazily said, "Look at the tea."

Lin Dong agreed, turned slightly sideways, and sat on the edge of the table.Looking down, I saw a snack box under the table, opened it, and brought out stacks of snacks.

The tea is fragrant, and it goes well with the cakes. When Lin Dong researched what those cakes were made of, he felt a lot more relaxed.

After a while, Haotian said: "I'm old, I can't do it anymore, I feel tired after reading for a while."

He rubbed his brows, handed the book to Lin Dong, "Read it to me."

Lin Dong took it over and looked at it, but it wasn't a rare and rare copy. Judging from the binding and writing, it looked a bit like a wild book.

Then he read it in a low voice, Lin Dong's voice was warm, and occasionally felt a little soft, Haotian nodded with satisfaction after listening, opened the teapot with one hand and poured himself a cup of tea, took some snacks, and started to eat.

Lin Dong felt incredible in his heart.

A few hours ago, he never thought that he would stay in the same carriage with that notorious Haotian, and they would be so harmonious?

But in the following days, even more unbelievable things happened one after another.

Haotian is surprisingly gentle, chatting with himself, asking some interesting things outside, and talking about himself.

He also talked about some wild books that he had read, and he chose to tell Lin Dong about the affairs in the court, which seemed to be just for entertainment, but this relaxed atmosphere made Lin Dong really unable to understand.

They stopped and walked along the way, looking at the flowers, grass and scenery. Haotian even took him on horseback, showed him the way, and told him some allusions.

I have to admit that Haotian's knowledge is very rich, he knows everything about ancient history and unofficial history, and he speaks humorously, not at all as scary as the rumors outside.

Lin Dong thought to himself: If he didn't know him, he would probably worship him.

Haotian is also very good at discovering the strengths and weaknesses of the other party, and is also good at judging people. He finds that Lin Dong is particularly delicious.Afterwards, I found some special restaurants and teahouses along the way, and I also ate local special delicacies, and I would take some away for Lin Dong to eat on the road.

Lin Dong was very puzzled, wanted to ask but dared not, fearing that something might be missed, so he had to bear it all the way.

After more than a month, the brigade's progress slowed down, Haotian didn't laugh a lot, and the conversation between the two lessened.

On this day, Lin Dong woke up from the carriage at the back, washed up according to the rules, and was about to go to Haotian's carriage at the front to serve.

He ate something in a hurry, walked to the Haotian carriage while looking around, but suddenly froze.

Take a closer look at the surroundings—something is wrong, this road, this mountain, this scenery... so familiar?

The cycle of the year happens to be hot summer again.The sun is hot above the head, with high mountains on both sides and a slender canyon in the middle. There are big trees on the top of the mountains, which occasionally block the sun.But talk is better than nothing.

The road surface was scorched by the sun, and occasionally a few big birds twittered and circled overhead.

This scene is so familiar.

Lin Dong came to his senses. A year ago, he was taken into the canyon by the pony carriage, and suddenly met bandits...

beep—

A sharp whistle suddenly came from above his head, and Lin Dong's heart was shocked, and he stood there stupidly, unable to move.

Suddenly there were many dark shadows in front of him. The leader was wearing a moon-white military uniform and carrying a long sword on his back.His black hair was tied casually behind his head with a cowhide rope. His face was handsome and refined, but there was some provocative conceit between his brows. He said casually, "Who is in front? Stop."

The horse team stopped, and several of Haotian's followers surrounded the carriage on horseback.

The person who spoke folded his arms and looked at it, "It seems that I have picked up treasures today. I am the second head of Daying at the top of the right mountain. This is our territory. If we want to survive, we will leave valuable things and let you go there."

The person in front became angry, "You bastard! Do you know who is sitting in this carriage? You can't stop it!"

"Even if I'm the king of heaven, it's none of my business." The man clicked his tongue, "Leave valuables, I'll say it's the last time."

Lin Dong was unavoidably recognized, so he climbed into the carriage first.

He frowned, but saw the people in the carriage reading books lazily, and didn't mind.

"master……"

"Don't be afraid." Haotian said: "Someone will take care of them."

Lin Dong wanted to say something, but he said too many mistakes, so he had to turn his head, opened a little bit of the car curtain and looked out worriedly.

What is Haotian doing here?This is where Zang Feilong stayed... Could it be that he came to settle accounts?But why at this time?

Fortunately, I was prepared and let Zang Feilong leave with his brothers...

But it seemed to be a surprise for Lin Dong.Before Ye Ying finished speaking outside, another different whistle rang through the valley.

"Second Ye." Qiu Beishan's ruffian tone came, and Lin Dong lost his soul.

"These people are my king's guests, and you shouldn't be following them!"

Ye Ying looked up and saw a black figure on the hill standing next to Qiu Beishan with a big knife in his hand. He had a cold and stern aura, with the ruffian and ruthlessness of a bandit. Without speaking, he was enough to scare people.

"Zang Feilong..." Ye Ying frowned, "Is this your guest?"

Lin Dong's heart was about to jump out of his mouth. After a while, no one answered, and everyone in the valley fell silent.

It was as if a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

Haotian put down the book, sat up slowly, and stretched out his hand to lift the car curtain.

Zang Feilong said, "Yes, it's a guest." After a pause, he said again: "A guest who came to see him off."

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