It rained suddenly at night, and the spring rain was as expensive as oil. It was good rain for farmers, and it was also true for Ling Yuan.

One rain is enough to wash away many traces.

He raised his head, and the raindrops on the bamboo leaves gathered into a large drop of water, which fell on the silver mask with a crisp crashing sound.

Waves of backlashes in the veins, like the gnawing of thousands of ants, finally subsided, and the violent aura that wanted to destroy everything was also controlled. He moved his fingers and stood up from the ground, his figure like a ghost, abrupt Disappeared in the bamboo forest.

A figure appeared silently in the secret room in the main courtyard. Ling Yuan took off the mask in front of the mirror. The face in the mirror was cold and bloodthirsty. His eyes were bloodthirsty. He slowly raised the corners of his mouth, and the expression on that face was also Following the change, all the gloomy emotions receded like a tide, and when his mouth reached a certain arc, he became the gentle and elegant owner of Mingshan Villa.

With such a gentle expression, he slowly squeezed the mask in his hand into a ball of silver powder. The black clothes and black cloak on his body also fell to the same end. There was a little pink in the black clothes. It was the little cook just now. A handkerchief used to wrap pastries.

Thinking of what happened in the bamboo forest earlier, Ling Yuan shook his head gently.

The cook saw a person from an unknown origin in the village, but did not realize the crisis. For this, he was too lazy to pursue it. The cook is the cook, and only needs to make her meal. Otherwise, she is stupid. Whether she is not stupid, clever or not clever, is irrelevant, no one expects her to guard Mingshanzhuang's safety.

But the group of guards in the village, their days are too stable, and they have grown into wine bags and rice bags. They are obviously misbehaving, but they are easily fooled by a little cook. They are truly negligent. They can't even do their job well. What is it for?

The violent and hostile spirit around him was suppressed. At this time, there was no urge to kill, but for those guards, he still couldn't let it go so gently. Since they can't do their job well, they can do it. of.

Last night’s rain caused a lot of peach blossoms on the tree to fall. The petals stuck to the ground, making it harder to clean than ordinary leaves. On the way to the kitchen, Jiang Rui saw many little sweeping maids frowning in distress, but today’s village Some people are more sad than them.

Jiang Rui didn't need to make breakfast. He went late. When he arrived in the kitchen, everyone had been talking for a while. Seeing her coming, Liu Liu hurriedly ran to share with her.

"Three sisters, Zhou Huwei and Qian Huwei were punished by the owner."

"I don't know why?"

"I heard that it rained last night, they were lazy, and when they were on duty, they went into hiding to drink and bet, and they were arrested. This morning, the owner beat them all by 20 boards and rushed to the farm to raise horses. Listen to other things. The guard said that the twenty big boards are solid, and they have used all of their skills. In the future, they will be no different from ordinary people, and they will even have weaker physical strength. They can no longer be guards."

"It's pitiful." Jiang Rui showed some pity on her face. She also moved some hands and feet on Zhou Huwei last night, making him unable to be a man for three months. I wanted to see the results later, but now it is impossible.

Liu Liu felt the same way, and said, "Yes, Zhou Guards and the others are so pitiful. I never knew that the owner had such a fierce time."

"What do you little girls know." Ma Li suddenly interjected, "All day long, Zhou's guard, Zhou's guard is short, do you know that he has already married his wife and married? A few years ago, his wife was still in confinement, and I heard that he was outside. He was so angry that he was vomiting blood and almost died. It’s just that you are young, who have been in the village for a short time, and you don’t know his nature. Seeing that he is handsome and capable, his eyes will be bewildered. If you are sold, you still have to pay for it!"

"Huh?" Liu Liu covered his mouth in shock, and then filled with righteous indignation: "He turned out to be a bad guy and deserves to be beaten!"

This matter has been discussed hotly for several days by the people in Zhuang, and it has also made the rest of the guards a lot of vigilance. Jiang Rui has been walking at night recently and often met the guards patrolling, but never met Ling Yuan again.

Within two days, Liu Xingfeng, who had left Mingshanzhuang to visit his friends, came again. The little servant who had served him came to the kitchen to prepare meals.

"In addition to Liu Shaoxia, there are two distinguished guests. They are the young ladies of his aunt's house. Miss Gu has a good temper, but Young Master Gu is not very good at serving. The tea that I just brewed was not what I wanted, so I scolded Sister Ningxiang in person. Pause, you can be careful." The young man reminded.

Ma Li thanked her, and stuffed a small paper bag into the little boy’s arms with fresh jujube cakes in it, "Take it to eat, we’re okay, and we’re not in front of you, it’s hard for you to wait close. do."

The young man was a little moved when he heard, and told them a lot about the new guests.

Li Ma learned that the poorly served young son Gu was from the south of the Yangtze River. He was not too old and was only a teenager, so she had a lot of care. In addition to the few dishes she prepared, she also specially added two honey sauce fire recipes. The sweet and sour pork loin, Jiang Rui also made Su-style mung bean cake and hawthorn crystal cake, which are bright, sour and sweet dish-style cakes.

When the food box mentioned to go ahead, everyone waited and waited, and there was no news that the guests were dissatisfied, and they were relieved.

At this time in the main courtyard, Liu Xingfeng was talking to Ling Yuan, his face was rare and solemn, "Recently, the demons have become more and more lawless. Murderous cases have happened one after another. My father sent me a letter and asked me to return to the Wulin League as soon as possible. , It is imperative to defeat the Demon Cult. Will Brother Ling go with me?"

Ling Yuan nodded, his tone was heavy, "The demons do a lot of evil, so naturally they can't stand by and let them make arrangements immediately and set off tomorrow."

"Okay," Liu Xingfeng nodded repeatedly as he was about to say it again. He suddenly remembered something, and uttered annoyedly. "My cousin, Brother Ling also saw just now. He is my aunt's only son. He has been very arrogant and stubborn since childhood. I walked along the road for a few days. If he gets into trouble, I will accompany Brother Ling first.

Ling Yuan said gently: "Why is Brother Liu Xian like this?"

Liu Xingfeng smiled bitterly, "You don't know his nature. His aunt gave birth to him when he was nearly forty years old. She is like a baby, she's overwhelmingly spoiled, she's a **** demon king. My father scolds me every day and compares him with him. , What I did when I was a kid was nothing but a small mess."

After talking to Ling Yuan for a while, he was worried about his little cousin, fearing that he would get into trouble again, and hurried to the guest house.

In the guest house, Miss Gu was also persuading the little son: "Die, your temper should be taken away. This is not our own house. If you are mad at others, cousin should be more difficult."

Young Master Gu hung his eyes and said: "Who makes him Ningxiang sister Ningxiang sister all day long, cousin will be sister and your husband in the future, how can you like others?"

"You, what are you talking nonsense." Miss Gu hurriedly covered her face with a veil, "Who said the cousin is mine, mine..."

"Mother said it," Young Master Gu said of course: "And sister, don't you like him? If you like him, let him marry you home. Mother also said that my cousin is kind-hearted, and he is easy to be treated by those lowly like his father. Women cheated, then my sister will be as sad as a mother, so I have to look at my cousin, if other women dare to lie to him, hum, see how I deal with them!

Miss Gu was so embarrassed by her young brother that she was too ashamed to say, "Well, that doesn’t need to be like this. After all, she’s a maid of someone else’s house, and she won’t go home with her cousin. Arrived."

"Who said that?" Little Young Master Gu said, "I heard my cousin chanting, saying that there is a beautiful cook in Mingshanzhuang, and he wants to bring people back."

"That's why you just wanted that lady cook to see you?" Miss Gu was surprised.

Young Master Gu said, "Isn't it? If my sister hadn't stopped me, I might have already taught people a lesson."

Miss Gu frowned slightly, and sighed melanly after a long time, "What's the use of teaching them..."

"I don't care!" Young Master Gu was fierce: "Anyway, I want to teach them, sister, don't worry about it, I already have an idea."

When Liu Xingfeng returned to the guest house, he was relieved to see his cousin An An'an. He didn't realize until the next day that it was too early.

The group of them had already been cleaned up. Just waiting to set off, Young Master Gu was making a lot of noise in the yard. He felt it was too hard for him to be busy all the way. Liu Xingfeng must find someone to serve him.

Liu Xingfeng was quarreled by him. He refused to listen. He couldn't scold him, and he couldn't be beaten. This **** was the lifeblood of his aunt, and he couldn't afford it if he was broken.

There was a lot of noise, and Ling Yuan had to ask a few questions.

Young Master Gu pointedly said: "I want that Ningxiang to follow me and serve me!"

This is actually not a big deal. Originally, there was Miss Gu in their team, who needed to ride in a carriage, and the trip would not be fast. Then, let Ningxiang ride in the car together, but Ningxiang is from Mingshanzhuang, Liu Xingfeng did not Sorry to speak.

Ling Yuan instructed the manager to let Ningxiang clean up and prepare to set off together.

Young Master Gu was proud of him. Regardless of his young age, but his eyes were not small, he deliberately opened up in front of Ling Yuan, just to see him as a master, and he would not upset guests because of a maid.

"There is also a cook named Qin Sanniang, bring her to cook for me!"

"Hey, it's almost done." Liu Xingfeng warned.

Little Young Master Gu saw that he was really going to be angry, and used his coquettish skills: "Just bring the cook, and my cousin will promise me. Otherwise, if I don’t eat well on the road, if I lose weight, mother It will hurt, promise me cousin..."

Liu Xingfeng hissed with a headache and looked at Ling Yuan helplessly.

Ling Yuan's expression was still gentle, and he was not impatient, and he sent people to the kitchen to inform the cook.

"I'm satisfied now!" Liu Xingfeng said in a bad mood, feeling a little sorry for Ningxiang and Jiang Rui, but there is no time to ask them if they want it or not, so he can only apologize later.

Jiang Ruizheng and Li Ma and others were preparing lunch in the kitchen. When they heard the news, they were too surprised to say goodbye to the kitchen people in a hurry, went back to pack two pieces of clothing and set off.

She and Ningxiang rode in a carriage, following Miss Gu and Young Master Gu's carriage.

Little Young Master Gu asked them to follow. There were a lot of things along the way. Jiang Rui was better. She is a cook. Because there are towns along the way, she lives and eats at the inn. There is no time for her to be used.

Ningxiang was so unlucky. Then Xiao Gongzi let her make tea for a while, then let her beat her leg, and the tea was too hot, and it was too heavy. After a while, he said that he was boring in the carriage, making Ningxiang a drop The girl who went to catch bugs for him to play, there are almost eighteen ways to toss people, but these things are not big things to say, Ningxiang just wants to complain, and there is no place to complain.

Jiang Rui saw in his eyes, he was not used to seeing a bear child. When he instructed her to serve the meal, he added some ingredients to the meal. In the next half day of the trip, Young Master Gu ran out of the carriage and crouched on the side of the road for four or five times. After that, the whole day was sluggish, and finally there was no energy to toss people.

Two days later, the group of people walked to a mountain forest. It was raining, and they were about to stop in the temple not far away. However, a group of people in black suddenly appeared in the forest and attacked silently.

"Magic demon!" Liu Xingfeng was furious.