treacherous world

Aunt Mei walked into the courtyard with a tray in her hand, and when she saw Bai Yutang coming out, she smiled and said, "Are you hungry? Have something to eat?"

Bai Yutang saw that what Aunt Mei brought was the kumquat and red bean paste just mentioned. He didn't like sweet things, but the cat liked it quite a bit.

Aunt Mei put the tray on the table, sat down and served him a small bowl of red bean paste.Bai Yutang took a look, and found that the sieve was indeed very fine, and it must have taken a lot of effort.

After taking the bowl, Bai Yutang took a sip. It was indeed delicious, but he couldn't help feeling that it was so sweet. He was most afraid of this kind of sweetness.Seeing Aunt Mei watching, she asked, "Aren't you going to eat?"

"Huh?" Aunt Mei seemed to be in a daze, unable to concentrate.

Bai Yutang looked at her, reached out and took a bowl to help her fill a bowl too.

Aunt Mei held the bowl and looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang wasn't a talkative person either, he just ate with a bowl, maybe it was the cold wind blowing outside, but his head didn't hurt anymore.

After eating a small bowl, I feel that the sweetness is a bit sweet, but the taste is still good.Bai Yutang was also a little hungry, so he wanted to reach out for another bowl, but Aunt Mei snatched the bowl away, "Oh, I can't eat more!"

Bai Yutang looked at her with a spoon in her mouth, and Aunt Mei was also embarrassed, she opened her mouth and said, "Well, you should get fat if you eat too much sweet, you can't eat it!"

Bai Yutang wanted to laugh after hearing this, put the spoon back into the bowl, and asked Aunt Mei, "Have you eaten yet?"

Aunt Mei shook her head, inadvertently saw a nine-stringed qin not far away, and asked Bai Yutang, "Do you know how to play the qin?"

Although Bai Yutang is a warrior, he is also an elegant guest. He is good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

"Mother can play too." Aunt Mei said with a smile.

Bai Yutang took the Qin and put it in front of her eyes.

Aunt Mei put down the bowl, pressed her fingers, and raised her hand to play the qin lightly. After a while, the moving qin sound flowed out.Bai Yutang was secretly surprised, Aunt Mei was good at playing the piano, and looking at her demeanor, she could be described as noble and elegant, unlike ordinary village women.

Aunt Mei hasn't played it for a long time, and some places are a little rusty, but overall it's quite pleasant to hear, and it's not easy for an expert to hear the flaws.

Bai Yutang only felt that Aunt Mei's piano sound was sad, as if she had a lot of worries and sorrows, and frowned slightly, what was she worrying about?

At this moment, the sound of "da da da" footsteps came from outside the yard.

As soon as Bai Yutang heard the chaotic footsteps, he knew who was coming... Sure enough, Xiao Liang, the fourth son, came running into the yard with a rock and scissors, "Bai Bai! Meow!"

Both of them were holding food boxes, which should be food.

"Aunt Lu made the dumplings!" The fourth son rushed in and saw Aunt Mei playing the piano, "Wow! Aunt Mei is so capable!"

Aunt Mei also stopped playing the piano, she smiled and pulled him over to rub his face.

Xiao Liang put the food box on the table, "Brother Bai, where is Brother Zhan? We brought the dumplings made by Aunt Lu, they are delicious."

Naturally, Bai Yutang knew, reached out to take it, and said, "Zhan Zhao went looking for food, he'll probably be back soon."

"Huh?" When the fourth son put the dumplings on the table, he spotted the red bean paste on the table, his big eyes lit up.

Knowing that he likes sweet snacks, Bai Yutang asked, "Do you want to eat red bean paste?"

"Yeah!" Xiao Si nodded, Xiao Liang climbed up on the stool and took a bowl for him.

Aunt Mei said "Oh!", before everyone understood what was going on, Xiaoliang suddenly hit him with a stone beside her...

With a "pop", the bowl in Xiao Liang's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

"Oh." The fourth son grabbed Shitou by the ear, "Shitou, you're going to make trouble again!"

Shi Shi suddenly squeaked, and the scissors on the side also pulled Xiao Liang's sleeve impatiently, not letting him eat red bean paste.

When Bai Yutang saw it, he was slightly taken aback, then frowned slightly, and sighed quietly.

Aunt Mei was busy packing her things.

Xiao Liang was embarrassed, and quickly hugged the scissors, "Scissors, don't make trouble, you will scare Aunt Mei!"

The stone and the scissors are already very big, and when they quarreled, they had great strength. The scissors stopped struggling when Xiao Liang held them, but the stone was disobedient.

"Shitou, you're not good!" Seeing that Shishi turned out to be vicious, the fourth son slapped it on the butt.

Shi Shi was so anxious that he spun around in circles, finally squinted his eyes, bumped Xiaosi with his butt, turned and ran away.

"Alas!" Seeing that it was showing its temper, the fourth son had no choice but to chase it out, and the scissors followed immediately.

"Brother Bai, I..." Xiao Liang looked at Bai Yutang.

Bai Yutang nodded, signaling him to go after him.

Xiao Liang also ran away quickly, probably because there are many people and the weather is dry recently, and the mood of Stone and Scissors is not stable.

After they left, only Aunt Mei and Bai Yutang were left in the yard.

Aunt Mei picked up the bowl on the floor, cleaned up the red bean paste left on the table, and said to Bai Yutang, "Go to bed early, mother is gone."

Bai Yutang nodded slightly, and said, "Go to bed early, and tell the servants what you want."

"En." Aunt Mei agreed in a low voice, and walked out with her things in her hand, and ran into Zhan Zhao head-on just as she was leaving the hospital.

"Hey, Aunt Mei?" Zhan Zhao looked at Aunt Mei with a smile, "Have you eaten yet?"

"Yeah." Aunt Mei nodded, and ran away with the tray. Zhan Zhao and Bai Fu, who was helping to serve the food behind him, looked at each other—Aunt Mei's face turned pale, and she seemed uncomfortable. The bowls inside were all broken, and the two were shocked.

Aunt Mei walked away, Bai Fu sighed, and carried food into the courtyard.

I saw Bai Yutang sitting at the table in a daze.

"Fifth Master." Bai Fu went over, moved the food to his side, and made a "bang".

Bai Yutang looked up at him.

"Not righteous!" Bai Fu clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction, and whispered beside Bai Yutang, "You can't do this!"

Bai Yutang left him confused and puzzled, "What?"

"Aunt Mei started to cook red beans in the morning, and in such a cold day, cooked them in the afternoon and then ground them into powder, and finally sifted them with fine sand. How can you take people's sincerity so seriously?" Bai Fu complained, and he also Knowing that Bai Yutang doesn't like sweet things, it wasn't Aunt Mei who made him eat bean paste just now, which annoyed him.

Bai Yutang looked up at the sky and asked him, "Have you eaten yet?"

"No!" Bai Fu rolled his eyes.

"You're nosy when you're not full?" Bai Yutang teased him.

The corner of Bai Fu's mouth twitched, and Zhan Zhao asked Bai Yutang, "Who threw the bowl just now?"

Bai Yutang thought for a while, then said lightly, "Oh, it was knocked over by a rock."

Zhan Zhao understood, he must have gone crazy and bumped into it.

Bai Fu also knew that he had misunderstood Bai Yutang, and smiled shyly from the side, "Master, I knew you were not that kind of person."

Bai Yutang shook his head and chased him away with chopsticks, "Hurry up and eat."

Bai Fu grinned and ran away. After thinking about it, there was still a pigeon pot in the kitchen. He wanted to save it for Bai Yutang's supper at night, but he probably couldn't eat it either, so he might as well bring it to Aunt Mei.

After thinking about it, Bai Fu went to the kitchen to take the pigeon pot and ran to Bai Yutang's yard, and when he entered the door, he ran into Fei Ying who was running out.

"Hey, sister, where are you going?" Bai Fu asked, "Did you eat?"

Seeing him, Fei Ying hurriedly asked, "Have you seen Aunt Mei?"

Bai Fu shook his head, "Didn't you just come back?"

"Tsk, she came back to put down her food, said she forgot something and went to the kitchen, and she disappeared in a blink of an eye!" Fei Ying stomped her feet anxiously, "Oops, I've already been in trouble once, if something happens again, my lord I'm going to be pissed off!"

"Oh, don't worry!" Bai Fu said, "I'll ask someone to help you find it, so let's not disturb the prince."

So, all the shadow guards and servants of the empty island helped to find it, and the backyard was busy.

……

"Hey, let's eat some vegetables." Zhan Zhao sat at the table, seeing that Bai Yutang was only drinking and thinking about eating, so he couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you? It's been weird since the afternoon."

Bai Yutang looked at him, and suddenly asked with great interest, "Cat, what can I know, but no one else can?"

Zhan Zhao was taken aback, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Do you want me to praise you as unparalleled in the world or as handsome as unparalleled in the world? Just talk!"

Bai Yutang made him annoyed, "Speak seriously!"

"Hmm..." Zhan Zhao put down his chopsticks and rested his chin and thought about it seriously, "lightness kung fu, like a shadow, now you are the only one who can master it. Also, the art of deciphering mechanisms! Gongsun can break formations, but he's a little short of doing it. You can count it Above all, it is the strongest in martial arts today! Besides, the sword technique! By the way, you are the only one who knows the palm of the air."

Zhan Zhao counted a lot of them carefully, and said that he was surprised when he mentioned Bai Yutang at the end, Zhan Zhao really knew himself quite well.

After talking a lot, Zhan Zhao stopped to drink tea, and Bai Yutang said to himself, "It's quite a lot..." Yes!Enough to get you narcissistic for a while. Zhan Zhao laughed dryly, "Both talented and beautiful, full of color and art!" "

Bai Yutang flew over with a glass of wine, Zhan Zhao quickly dodged, and the two of them grabbed a few chopsticks before stopping and continuing to eat.

Zhan Zhao saw that his behavior was a little strange, so he couldn't help but ask, "Oh, what's wrong with you?"

Bai Yutang looked at him, picked up his glass, "drink?"

Zhan Zhao clinked glasses with him, took a sip, and always felt that Bai Yutang had something on his mind, but this person was such a troublesome person, he kept everything in his heart and didn't say it out loud.

After eating, I saw Bai Fu running in with his head drooping, and the little maid came in to pack up his things, and he was also a little surprised to see Bai Fu's appearance.

Bai Yutang asked him, "Why are you frowning?"

"Master, Aunt Mei is gone." Bai Fu said with a sad face, "Tell me, will there be any accidents?"

Bai Yutang frowned.

Zhan Zhao was also surprised, "Why didn't you see him? I just ran into him!"

"I don't know, Fei Ying said that he will go to the Ninth Prince to receive the punishment." Bai Fu looked aggrieved, "I just heard from Yingweimen that the prince is very strict. This is not in the military camp. If it was in the past, Fei Ying He's going to be beheaded! I'm afraid it won't be easy for the fourth son to plead for mercy this time."

"Uh..." Zhan Zhao was also a little anxious, "This girl is too honest, let's find out."

"I've found it!" Bai Fu muttered.

Bai Yutang thought for a while and asked Bai Fu, "Is the pot of red bean paste still there?"

Bai Fu blinked, "Uh, it's in the kitchen..."

"Give it to Gongsun so that Zhao Pu won't punish Feiying. It has nothing to do with her."

Bai Fu was a little dumbfounded, and looked at Bai Yutang puzzled, "Huh?"

"Go!" Bai Yutang chased him away, "Hurry up."

"Oh! Alright!" Bai Fu hurried away.

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang puzzled, "What's going on?"

Bai Yutang shook his head, and said to Zhan Zhao, "Separate up and look for it."

"Wait." Zhan Zhao wanted to stop him, but Bai Yutang had already left.

"Tsk!" Zhan Zhao was in a hurry. Bai Yutang was very strange. He felt a little uneasy, so he hurriedly chased him out.

But when he left the courtyard, Bai Yutang had disappeared, and he didn't care about looking for Aunt Mei, so he searched for Bai Yutang all over the island.

On the other side, a group of shadow guards were waiting for punishment. Fei Ying knew that the matter was serious, so she knelt down in front of Zhao Pu and said that she would be punished.

Zhao Pu was eating dumplings with Gongsun, so she was startled and asked, "What's wrong?"

Fei Ying said, "Aunt Mei is lost."

Both Zhao Pu and Gongsun were taken aback.

Zhao Pu's expression didn't change, but Gongsun pressed him lightly and said, "It's one thing to be robbed, but another thing to go away by yourself, and you will be punished after you find out."

Fei Ying raised her head, "Aunt Mei said she was going to the kitchen, but in a blink of an eye she disappeared."

"She probably doesn't know kung fu." Gongsun and his group asked, "Did she disappear so soon?"

"We are all guarding nearby." Several shadow guards also said, "It is impossible for the ghost-faced man or others to come in and rob people."

"My lord!"

At this moment, someone shouted from outside, and Bai Fu rushed in with a pot of red bean paste in his arms, "Sir, don't punish me yet!"

When he came in and saw that the shadow guards were all fine, Bai Fu heaved a sigh of relief, put the jar beside Gongsun, and said what Bai Yutang had said.

Zhao Pu frowned, "What are you doing with the pot of red bean paste?"

"Well?"

The fourth son was on the sidelines, so he asked Xiao Liang, "Was that pot of red bean paste just now?"

"Yes." Xiao Liang nodded, looked down, and saw that the stone and the scissors were still competing with the pot of red bean paste.

Gongsun's face changed slightly, and he took out a silver needle to test it, and the color of the silver needle did not change, which was somewhat unexpected.

Zhao Pu scratched his head, "What's the matter?"

Gongsun stood there and thought for a while, then took out a small medicine box from the room, took out a bottle of medicine, dipped the silver needle in the medicine, and then inserted it into the red bean paste...In an instant, the silver needle turned dark purple.

"Oops!" Gongsun was shocked, "Red bean paste is poisonous!"

"what?"

The one who yelled the loudest was Bai Fu, he jumped up and ran out as soon as he slapped his thigh, confusing everyone in the courtyard, and almost bumped into a person facing him as soon as he reached the door.

Bai Fu was startled, thinking that he would have to bump into his arms, but the man didn't know how to move, and he had already stepped aside.

Zhan Zhao came in.

As soon as Zhan Zhao arrived in the yard, he happened to see Gongsun take out a dark silver needle from the pot, and he froze.After a moment of silence, he turned around and left without saying anything.

Gongsun looked at Zhao Pu.

"Where did this song come from?" Zhao Pu asked Gongsun with a puzzled face, "What kind of poison is it?"

"A psychedelic drug! It can make people lose consciousness instantly," Gongsun replied, "This psychedelic drug is used together with two drugs. The first drug is used first, and then the second drug. Any reaction, until you come into contact with the first one again, the drug will take effect! It is specially used to deal with experts..."

He hadn't finished speaking when he suddenly saw the fourth son beside him raised his face and cried "Wow".

"Little Four!" Gongsun shuddered and went to hug him, "What's the matter with you?"

"Well, I ate it for nothing! Aunt Mei cooked it for him." The fourth son Qiqi Ai said, "No wonder the stone won't let me eat it."

After hearing this, Zhao Pu laughed instead of anger, sighed and put the pot on the table, "How can you catch a tiger if you don't enter the tiger's den? It really fits Bai Yutang's character."

Gongsun roughly understood what was going on, and said anxiously, "But it's too risky!"

Zhao Pu smiled, "If you're afraid of taking risks, you won't be Bai Yutang... It looks like we're going to set off alone tomorrow."

"What?" Gongsun was puzzled.

Zhao Pusong shrugged his shoulders, "Zhan Zhao probably won't go with us." Then, he took out the soldier talisman and handed it to Zhe Ying and Zi Ying, "You two go to the nearest navy and send me [-] sailors and Five hundred warships are coming."

"What are you going to do?" Gongsun was horrified, "War?"

Zhao Pu crossed his arms and looked up to the sky for a while, "I have a hunch...the movement this time is not small."

……

"Master Zhan!"

Bai Fu hurriedly searched around the island, and finally saw Zhan Zhao standing in front of the tidal flat in the back mountain.

But in front of his eyes, on the soft white sand, stuck a four-foot-long silver knife, simple and elegant, an ancient and strange knife that only one person is worthy of.

"Ah, this belongs to Fifth Master!" Bai Fu was so anxious that he was about to cry, "Where is Fifth Master? He never leaves his hand!"

Zhan Zhao stood where he was, only smelling the scent of white plums left after the sea breeze blows away.Pulling out Bai Yutang's silver knife, he asked Bai Fu, "I heard... are you good at sailing?"

"En." Bai Fu nodded, "Yes."

"Okay." Zhan Zhao waved lightly, beckoning him to come over, and whispered something in his ear.

"Success!" Bai Fu nodded vigorously, turned around and left.

Zhan Zhao held the silver knife and stared at it for a long time, then raised his head to look at the misty sea, and sighed softly, "Didn't you agree to sleep with me tonight? Why don't words count..."