Zhang Sui snapped his fingers with his right hand, and a three-inch-long, three-inch-thick small book with shiny green light appeared on his fingertips. There is no gap, if it is not for the three words on the cover, it will be a small emerald green glowing jadeite cube.

The little book is suspended on the fingertips for more than an inch. When you shake your finger, the little book also shakes. You can't feel the slightest weight. When you brush the little book with your left hand, the little book is like a phantom, unaffected by anything, and it looks extremely strange.

Zhang Sui held up the "Ruyi Book" and looked at it carefully. Except for the three words "Ruyi Book", there was no other traces, and it was integrated. Zhang Sui tried many times to turn the pages like a normal book, but his fingers passed through the shadows. any response.

Zhang Sui accidentally discovered this situation half a month ago when he was reading a book. When he first discovered it, he was overjoyed. Zhang Sui thought it was the destiny mentioned in fairy tales, or the golden finger often mentioned in strange dreams. , but after half a month of groping, there is no effect other than a click that appears on the fingertips, and disappears after silently saying "Hidden" in my heart.During this period, I tried various methods, such as pasting on the forehead for sensing, cutting my fingers and dripping blood to recognize the Lord, reading classics from books, and then using many methods such as burning, flooding, and lighting, but there was no response.

Zhang Sui said "Yin" silently in his heart, and the "Ruyi Book" on his fingertips turned into dots of stars, scattered and disappeared without a trace.

The sun was setting in the west, the sky was getting dark gradually, and the temperature dropped in a very short time.The climate in Kunzhou is like this. At the end of autumn, the temperature of the day changes greatly. In the morning, you need to add a thick coat, but in the middle of the day, you need to wear a thin coat and thin sleeves. After the sun sets, you need to add an coat.Zhang Sui's body has been weak since he was a child due to premature birth, and the wind-cold symptoms a while ago are not unrelated to the weather here.

Zhang Sui looked at the sky, went into the house and put on a dark fur with a hood, which was as long as his ankles. This was sent by his elder brother Zhang Tian after he recovered from the wind-cold disease. Made from wolf fur.

This kind of gray wolf lives alone, has a cunning and ferocious temperament, and is extremely difficult to catch. Only the most experienced mountain people can capture the wolf through the cooperation of many people, and peel off the complete wolf skin, which is extremely difficult to obtain.

The wolf's fur is thick and slender, but its texture is rough and hard. However, after being processed by the leather craftsman in the Hanjiang Road Mountain Village with the secret method, it can become as soft as silk, and at the same time extremely tough. The effect of keeping warm on the body is excellent, and it is extremely popular among the nobles.

Zhang Sui and his eldest brother Zhang Tian are not very close. On the one hand, it is because of the aunt Zhang’s family. On the other hand, there is a big age gap between them. It is very rare to see each other, only when the family gathers on several important festivals every year.

But three months ago, when Zhang Sui was suffering from wind-cold and almost died, Zhang Tian just came back from his inspection tour of Hanjiang Road. After hearing about Zhang Sui's situation, he came to visit him personally, and at the same time he sent this wolf fur coat.

Zhang Tian is a serious person, easy to talk and laugh, and has taken over the family for nearly ten years. Through the Zhang family's connections in the officialdom, coupled with various means in his own business, not only has Tanhuashuge stabilized in ten years. At the same time, Hanjiang Road in the north is gradually infiltrating the influence of Shuge, and its prestige among the family is growing day by day.

When Zhang Sui walked out of the inner courtyard, he saw the little girl pestering Lao Lu, trying to pull off his beard, circling around Lao Lu. Lao Lu was begging for mercy with a wry smile while protecting his precious beard with one hand.Seeing Zhang Sui coming out, Lao Lu heaved a sigh of relief, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Second Master, is he going out?"

Zhang Sui nodded and said, "Ma'am, let me go over to have dinner. Let's go over." As if being pardoned, Lao Lu nodded and said yes, and limped towards the stables at a speed not slower than normal people.

Zhang Sui patted the little girl's forehead and said, "Every time I come here, I have to pull Lao Lu's beard. Before long, Lao Lu's chin will be as bald as the top of his head." The little girl covered her forehead and giggled non-stop.

Lao Lu got into a carriage, went around to the door, and greeted: "Second Master, Third Miss, get in the car quickly, it's windy and cold outside. This is the weather!"

Zhang Sui and the little girl sat in the carriage. The little girl held up the painting in her hand and said, "This is the ninth painting my second brother drew for me. I want to take it back and let Mr. Qi frame it for me. The nine paintings Bind it into a small picture album and show it to my mother."

Mr. Qi is the best mounter in Kunzhou Tanhuashuge. He has an old-fashioned and careful temperament, and he can't see any flaws. He is especially fond of calligraphy and painting. I don't know how he feels when he sees such strange paintings.

Zhang Sui secretly thought about Mr. Qi's expression, and couldn't help smiling.

Half an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of the Zhang family's ancestral house.The Zhang family's ancestral house has been expanded and repaired by several generations, and now it occupies a very large area. Although it is a merchant's house, several generations have been dealing in books, so it naturally has the bearing of a scholarly family.The overall style of the mansion, as long as there is a certain level of insight, will boast of a scholarly family after entering, without the luxury and vulgarity of a merchant's family.

After Zhang Sui and the little girl got out of the car, the little girl was holding a painting in front of her, and jumped into the mansion. When she entered the door, she called: "Xiangyun, come here quickly." A little girl who was only twelve or thirteen years old hurried away. Come over, the little girl handed the painting in her hand to the little maid, and said: "Be careful, send it to Mr. Qi in the bookstore later, and let him frame it for me. By the way, there are still pictures I put in the cabinet in the room." Send the others together and let him make a booklet for me. If he doesn't do it, tell him, and I'll mess up his studio!"

The little maid repeatedly nodded in agreement, looked at this strange portrait with bright eyes, turned around and ran into the back room, presumably to get some other paintings.

The little girl turned her head and saw Zhang Sui walking into the courtyard unhurriedly.Still rubbing his forehead.The little girl hurried over and asked with concern: "What's the matter, second brother? Are you feeling unwell?" Her eyes were full of worry.

When Zhang Suigang walked into the courtyard, those strange scenes kept popping up in his mind. Looking at the place where he had lived for more than ten years, he felt that his memory was distant and strange, and all kinds of strange thoughts kept popping into his mind. .I always feel that another Zhang Sui in my mind seems to have been to this mansion, but when that Zhang Sui came to this mansion, he followed a group of old men and women wearing little red hats, and the leader was a young woman holding a small flag. As he walked, he introduced: "This is the famous Shuge compound in Western Shanxi. The owner of the compound was originally a bookseller who has been managing books for generations. The whole family has lived here for nearly 300 years. At the end of Ming Dynasty, it was vacant overnight. There is no one left, according to the legend, it was to avoid the Qing military officers and bandits..."

The voice gradually faded away, Zhang Sui shook his head, feeling that he was slowly sobering up, but when he turned his head, he saw the little girl crying out of anxiety, and her voice slowly came to his ears: "Second Brother , what's wrong with you? Don't scare me!" Seeing that he was about to call for someone, Zhang Sui hurriedly held her back and comforted her: "Second brother is fine, just thinking about something, and he lost his mind, so don't worry."

At this time a young servant came forward and said, "Miss San, young master, the dinner is ready, Madam let you have dinner." Zhang Sui pulled the little girl with a worried face and nodded to the young servant. Turning his head, he turned back: "Understood, we will go there in a while." Turning his head and comforting the little girl, he said: "Don't worry, the second brother is fine, let's go to the back hall together."

Although the little girl was worried, she had no choice but to follow Zhang Sui to the back hall.

Because the courtyard is too big, it takes a whole cup of tea to go from the front hall to the back hall where you eat.During this period, the little girl kept looking at Zhang Sui's expression, fearing that he would look strange again.

Zhang Sui had no choice but to change the topic, and asked the little girl, "Is there something going on when shopkeeper Liu comes back this time? It's almost a month before he comes back to report on his work?" The little girl shook her head and said, "I don't know, it seems It was mother who told him to come back." Seeing that she didn't understand, Zhang Sui didn't ask any more, anyway, he would know soon.

The two walked into the dining room of the back hall, and saw that three people had already sat down at the dining table in the hall, Mrs. Liu, Zhang Bing, an elder of the Zhang family, and Liu Kan, the treasurer of Jiannan Dao Shuge who impressed Zhang Sui deeply. , he is also a nephew of Liu's natal family, skinny and extremely tall!

When Liu saw them coming, she nodded to Zhang Sui and said, "Come and sit down, I'll wait for you." Turning to her maid, she said, "Take Miss to the back room for dinner." The maid nodded in agreement.The little girl stared at the table full of food, her eyes were full of desire, and reluctantly followed the maid to the back room, and kept looking back at the food during the process.

Clan elder Zhang Bing shook his head and sighed, "Poor little Xiner!"

Mrs. Liu said: "There's nothing to do about it. I just blame her for being doomed." Looking at Zhang Sui who was coming, she said calmly, "Sit down!"

Zhang Sui saluted the elders of the Liu family and clan, then nodded to Liu Kan, handed the fur on his body to the servant, and sat down next to him.

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