The back mountain of the Hidden Search Temple was a bamboo forest that stretched as far as the eye could see. The bamboo forest undulated like waves when the mountain wind blew, revealing many gray-white, spiraling, and vigorous old plum trees.
Seeing the young miss staring at the bamboo forest in the distance for a long time, the green-clothed maidservant couldn't help but say,"Young miss, this place is only beautiful when the plum blossoms bloom in winter. If young miss wants to see further, why don't we accompany you to the Glazed Pagoda to take a look after finishing the vegetarian meal?”
The Glazed Pagoda was truly worthy of being the number one scenic spot of the Hidden Seeking Temple. After dinner, Miss Su and her group climbed up to the large platform on the tenth floor of the Glazed Pagoda. They saw the surging Yuan River water like a white silk thread winding around the Hidden Seeking Temple for half a week before winding eastward. In the distance, the green mountains, fertile fields, villages, and Qizhou City were all resting between heaven and earth. It was a quiet scene.
Miss Su pointed to the rolling bamboo waves on her left and asked,"Is this the bamboo forest at the back of the mountain? Was that a valley? There's still a manor in the valley!"
Auntie Zhang stretched out her hand to block the sun that had already risen diagonally into the sky. She smiled and said,"My young miss, this area is filled with small hills, where did the valley come from? It's just that the terrain is a little low, so it should be the manor of the temple. I heard that behind the bamboo forest is the place where the martial monks are.”
" Oh-" Miss Su asked Auntie Zhang to help her up the stairs as she kept looking back at the valley. She always felt that the area was very mysterious.
Miss Su's intuition was right. That was Fragrant Valley, known to the world as the Godly Doctor Valley.
Although it was called a valley, it didn't look like a valley between two mountains like other valleys. Instead, it was hidden in a continuous hill. To reach the Godly Doctor Valley, one only needed to walk three miles west from the Hidden Search Temple's mountain gate. At the first intersection planted with large locust trees on both sides, turn right. After another three miles, they would reach the main gate.
Miracle Doctor Valley's main gate was simple and plain. There were only three rooms, and there was a gatehouse. The black painted wooden door did not even have a single nail on it. At this moment, it was half open. Inside the gatehouse, a tall strongman with thick eyebrows, dressed in black clothes and black boots, with a knife at his waist, was leaning against a bamboo chair, shaking one leg in boredom. Another person dressed similarly entered from outside the door, carrying a wine jar and an oil paper bag in his hand.
The man lying on the bamboo chair saw him coming in and was about to kick him with his trembling leg." Good job, Little Liu. Why don't you look at the time? The white sun hasn't baked a hole in your butt!" You went to the alley again yesterday, didn't you? Aren't you afraid that Centurion Lu will find out and cut off your position?”
The newcomer snorted disdainfully, put down the oil paper bag and wine jar, and curled his lips."Third brother, I don't want to say this, but you're honest. Do you know what I saw at the Emerald Red Pavilion yesterday?”
"See what?"
Xiao Liuzi retreated to the door and looked around. He came back in and said in a low voice,""Centurion Lu is also using money to transfer back to the capital!”
"You saw it? Don't talk nonsense!"
"Tch, you underestimate me! When have I ever lied to you?" Xiao Liuzi's eyelids twitched as he pulled off the lid of the wine with his teeth. He grabbed the black ceramic bowl on the table and poured the wine into it."Drink a bowl! This is the roast chicken of He Laoliu from the West City Gate. I, Sixth Brother, want the first pot!”
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"Aiya! Third Brother, drink it without worry! Old Lu can't come yet!" Xiao Liuzi handed the bowl over." Third Brother, why don't you take a look? Ever since the Deputy Thousand Households left, all the people who have some background in the capital have left. Only Centurion Lu is left to lead us. Even these people are looking for ways everywhere! Are you stupid? Old Ba is here to be someone's watchdog!”
The man's thick brows furrowed. He picked up the bowl with three fingers and took a sip before putting it down again.
Xiao Liuzi refilled his cup and continued,""Now, we don't have to go in every day to check. We only have to guard the door for 24 hours a day. Damn it, how many people we block from entering the manor to see the sick are pointing at our backs and cursing behind our backs!”，After saying that, he also took a sip. He smacked his lips and continued,"Third brother, this little brother doesn't have many connections, and I can eat my fill and the whole family won't be hungry. Third brother, you and sister-in-law are waiting in the capital!”
The man fell completely silent. He thought of his gentle and gentle wife in the capital who had said that she wanted a child. However, he had been transferred here for four years. In these four years, he had been working as a gatekeeper. In these four years, the higher-ups had allowed him to go back twice. His colleagues who had entered the internal guards at the same time as him had been promoted, and those who had made a fortune had also made a fortune…and he had come as a small flag and was still a small flag. Other than his salary, he had not touched a single cent of silver. He couldn't help but let out a long sigh. He drank all the wine in the bowl in one breath and smashed the bowl on the table with a bang.
Xiao Liuzi's eyes lit up. He moved closer and pointed at the manor with a finger."Third Brother, do you know why the people from the capital took the Eldest Young Master away a while ago?”
"What are you doing?"
Xiao Liuzi turned his head and looked around. After confirming that there was no one around, he whispered into the man's ear and nodded heavily.
"Really?" The man's eyes widened in shock, and his thick eyebrows furrowed into two lumps."Who told you that?"
Xiao Liuzi proudly shrugged his nose." Tsk, Third Brother, do you think I'm strolling in the alleys for nothing?" Rumors had spread in the alley that this young master had a miraculous hand with golden needles to bring back the dead. The capital was originally in a dog-eat-dog situation, but now it was about to stop!”
" Then, is it?" The man's thick eyebrows smoothed out a little.
"Can we leave now?”，"It's difficult!" Xiao Liuzi pouted. He didn't want his inner pocket anymore, and he didn't want his face either? No matter what, he had to leave two watchdogs as decorations!”
"..." The man was silent. He was straightforward, but he was not stupid. Although Miracle Doctor Valley had such a family, they had not been involved in the affairs of the world for many years and had a good relationship with people who treated people. Who knew how many dignitaries and nobles were involved in it? When he was ordered to surround Miracle Doctor Valley, the deputy chiliarch had brought more than 100 people with him. Some of them had the idea of taking advantage of the chaos to fish in the fish. However, as soon as they showed their claws, the deputy chiliarch was invited out for tea. After returning, he did not even dare to fart. He only forcefully restrained the people below him to be on duty.
A year ago, the Deputy Thousand Households had left, saying that they had a mission in the capital. In fact, everyone with discerning eyes knew that it was his family who had put in the effort. The higher-ups had not sent any more servants, and only Centurion Lu was in charge here. Later, more than 30 brothers left one after another, and the rest were divided into two shifts to guard. However, ever since the eldest son of Miracle Doctor Valley was invited to the capital, more and more people in these two shifts began to fish three days and dry the net two days. In the end…would he really be left behind as a decoration? As he thought about it, he could not help but look up at Little Liuzi, who was eating chicken feet.
"Third brother, third brother!" Xiao Liuzi waved the chicken paw in front of his eyes.""Third Brother, it's useless for you to just look at me. I'm the most useless person in this group. I'm content with wine and meat. It's normal for the higher-ups to not remember me! Third brother, you are different. You entered the internal guard with ambition! Heh heh…Isn't that right, Third Brother!”
The man filled his own glass and sighed."Liu Zi, Third Brother, I, I don't have any connections either!”，After saying that, she suddenly put down the bowl that she had raised to her mouth.
After Xiao Liuzi finished eating a chicken foot, he said slowly,""Third brother, you are really stupid. What are we doing now? Who was guarding the door? Who is capable?"
"Who?" The man was confused. You mean Divine Doctor Xu? Haha…Little Six, are you still asleep from drinking too much cat pee? I trapped him in the manor for several years and didn't let him go out. If he didn't want to stab me to death with a golden needle, I would burn incense and kowtow to him.”
"Third Brother, you're really wrong. Do you think that they really take us seriously?”，Xiao Liuzi knocked on the table with a chicken bone and sang,""Humph! Only some people in the capital think of themselves as something-forget it…ah…"
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Xiao Liuzi broke off the thin bone on the chicken foot and said seriously,""Third Brother, in terms of books, I'm not as well-read as you are, and I'm not as good at martial arts as you are. However, I know more about the connections in the market than you do!”
The man could not help but nod his head.
Xiao Liuzi continued," We've been monitoring Miracle Doctor Valley for four years. Third Brother, don't tell me that you didn't notice that they don't take us seriously at all. They let us enter the manor every day to check and come to us every day. Are they letting us guard this door because they're afraid of us? Ah pui! He didn't want to lower himself to his level and was just acting for a fool!”
The man wasn't a fool. He had been monitoring this place for four years, and he understood what was going on. Now that he heard Xiao Liuzi's words, he wanted to scold him openly, but he swallowed it.
"People aren't afraid of us. Why? "If the first one is capable, isn't this-" Little Six pointed his finger at the sky."That person still has to rely on him to save his life at the critical moment, let alone the rest. Whoever has money and doesn't have the life to spend will think of this! Second, there are people in the house. The First Madam's father brings in several carts of things every time. Does our boss dare to stop him? Ah pui! He didn't dare to. Every time he didn't happily send someone in and see them come out, he would take the reward money that someone had scattered and enter the alley to have fun. Hmph! Thirdly, they had money. They had occupied the position of the head of the Imperial Academy of Medicine since the previous dynasty. They had treated many illnesses and saved many lives. Even this Old Divine Doctor Xu in there had been sealed and retired. How much money had his family saved for two to three hundred years? Third Brother, you dare to think about it? I don't dare to, so Third Brother, we have to understand!”
The man fell silent again. After a long time, he said,"B-but why should they help us?”
Liu Zi's eyes flashed again. Third Brother has knowledge, skills, and ambition. Maybe he's willing to point you in the right direction?”
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