The light rain outside the window was dripping, and it was the first spring rain. Although the weather was not yet warm, the industrious farmers had already gone to the fields in their robes. A ploughing ox was taken away from the owner's fence, and Lao Yu was very considerate with a force box. This kind of wood box is simple and easy to make, and now it is an indispensable thing for the Yunjia households, with this thing, the partial plow will turn the soil deeper.

The fertile soil at the bottom is turned up, and the action of the force box saves a lot of effort on the cattle. What normally takes a morning to plow is now an hour.

"Hurry up, the guests of the family don't dare to delay today's banquet." Lao Yu urged his subordinates, and the new servants in the family were always not reassuring. The old man is still using his hand, and Lao Yu is already thinking about finding some helpers from the villager. The person sent by the Teaching Department is too stupid, how awkward to look at it.

A tinkling brass bell sounded on the road, and it was the carriage of the head of the house. Lao Yu looked through the rain curtain and saw that twenty knights came over with a carriage guarded, led by a goshawk.

"You guys register here, and I'll go home."

Lao Yu dragged a horse, turned over and hit the horse and returned to the Hou Mansion.

The middle door of the Hou Mansion was wide open, and the Marquis's honor guard was placed at the door of the Hou Mansion in the rain. Yun Xiao stood under the dripping eaves to greet him personally, which was a very courtesy for a nobleman.

"Mr. Sima can come to the Yun family, Yun is really a great honor."

Yun Xiao smiled and greeted Sima Ji, who had just stepped out of the carriage, ignoring his dark eyes and red and swollen nose.

"There is Lao Yunhou, and Lord Ji is panicking."

Sima Jizhu lost the arrogance in Liu Biao's family, and instead had a deferential face. I guess it's because my pigtails were caught.

The whole greeting scene was very harmonious, at least people couldn't see that there had been a fierce conflict between the two. Under the guidance of Lao Yu, Sima Ji Zhu followed Yun Xiao into the hall. A sumptuous banquet was already on the table, and Lord Sima Ji was very satisfied with the way he did not have to kneel and sat with the lord's family. Secretly put away the silver chopsticks hidden in his sleeve, before he came, he was very afraid that Yun Xiao would poison him, and Li Hu's death was widely spread in the aristocratic circle of Chang'an. When he received Yun Xiao's invitation, Sima Jizhu was really a little frightened, for fear that the tragic scene of the chestnut tiger would fall on him.

Yun Xiao personally filled a cup for Sima Ji, and then filled it for himself.

Picking up the wine glass, Yun Xiao said: "Yun Xiao is young and frivolous, and he collided with Mr. Sima the day before yesterday. Today's special banquet is considered to be a personal compensation for Mr. Sima? ”

It's all wine poured out of the same wine jug, Sima Ji is sure that it won't be poisonous in it, no matter how Yun Xiao says it, he is also a marquis, and he can't make the trick of playing with himself and ending up.

"It's good to say, it's just that the apprentice came to Yunjia Zhuangzi to play yesterday. disturbed Hou Ye, and asked Hou Ye to forgive his sins. Can the Ji master take the bad guys away when he leaves? ”

"Zheng Shuang, Mr. Ji can take it away in a while, but Zheng Bin ......"

Yun Xiao snorted.

"Uh...... How's that of my boy? ”

Sima Ji was obviously very concerned about Zheng Bin, and his words were full of concern.

"Zheng Bin had a little misunderstanding with my subordinates yesterday, and as a result, he was "

"You killed Bin'er?"

Sima Ji's eyes widened angrily, and the hand holding the cup trembled constantly. Most of the wine in the glass was spilled, and Batu's hand was gripping the handle of the knife. As long as this old guy has any abnormal movements, it is definitely his head that flies first, and Batu is sure of this.

Yun Xiao stretched out his hand to stop Batu, sighed and said, "Mr. Sima misunderstood, Zheng Bin performed some small juggling for Yun yesterday. As a result, he almost injured Yun by missing for a while, and you also saw that Yun's subordinates were all murderers. Accidentally injured Ling Gao's apprentice, Yun was very guilty. A famous doctor has been invited to treat the disciples, please rest assured that the disciples will recover in a few months. ”

Yun Xiao told the truth, breaking his muscles and bones for a hundred days. What's more, Zheng Bin was thrown by a brute bull, and all the bones in his body were scattered. If it weren't for the presence of the Holy Hand of the Imperial Doctor, it would be a second Wu Lao if he was rescued. Yesterday, Yun Xiao asked the Imperial Doctor Holy Hand, and it is estimated that this kid will have to recuperate for at least a year before he recovers.

"Yun Hou said it bluntly, beat the old man and hurt me. These two accounts can't be explained clearly at once. ”

Situ Jizhu said with force in his hand, and the pottery cup shattered into powder with a "snap". The apostle's injuries sparked the anger that he had hidden in his heart. I really didn't see it, this old guy is still a martial arts master. At least the trick of pinching the wine glass has been practiced, and the broken wine glass did not hurt the delicate palm, and this strength is very difficult to master.

However, this kind of behavior was not allowed by the Yun family's guards, and Batu's saber was drawn out with a "swish", ready to chop this shameless old guy at any time.

"Mr. Situ, since you have made it clear. Ben Hou no longer hides it, Ben Hou invited Mr. Situ to come today, and he didn't expect a drink to get rid of the gap between you and me. However, Yun wants to make a bet with Mr. Situ, I wonder if Mr. Situ is willing? ”

"What bet?"

I'm betting that I can grow a stone statue in the yard, and the stone statue will grow taller every day, do you believe it?

Sima Jizhu's eyes suddenly widened, and the stone statue would grow out of the ground. As a famous god of the Han Dynasty, Sima Ji was an outright atheist, how could he believe in such a logical thing?

"Okay, this bet, Ji Zhu played. I don't know how Yunhou wants to gamble. ”

Yun Xiao took out the ball of steel wire and said to Sima Ji, "If I win, Mr. Sima will tell me how to make this thing." If I lose, I will be given five hundred taels of gold in addition to letting the disciples go. Mr. Sima can watch the stone statue be planted with his own eyes, or he can live on the side to monitor whether Yun is cheating. Five days, within five days, Yun can guarantee that the stone statue will break through the ground. How is it? ”

Sima Ji's eyes rolled, subjectively he didn't believe that there would be such a thing as a stone statue growing in the ground. But what Yun Xiao said made him a little puzzled, what made Yun Xiao confident, this is what he cared about.

"Also, if Mr. Sima loses. Yunhou will not take Mr. Sima's recipe in vain, and this method of stone statues will be given to Mr. Sima, how about it? ”

Yun Xiao saw that Sima Jizhu's eyes were full of suspicion, and he threw out another bombshell.

"Really?"

"Naturally, take it seriously."

As an old god stick, of course Master Sima Ji knew the value of such a thing as planting a stone statue. If he could grow a stone statue in Chang'an, what would it be like? I'm afraid that His Majesty the Emperor will come to watch it in person, and it is unknown if he will be crowned as a protector of the country. In order to leap from a famous god stick to a famous politician, Sima Ji decided to fight.

'This season is the main one. Please also ask Yunhou to perform the technique. ”

"Hahaha, Mr. Sima, please."

"Please"

The two of them came to the courtyard, and several servants with tools in hand were ready. A three-foot-tall samurai figurine was placed in the middle of the courtyard. A pit had been dug into the ground, just the right size to fit the samurai figurines into.

"Please take a look at Mr. Sima."

Yun Xiao generously asked Sima Ji to check the stone statue and the deep pit dug out.

Lord Sima Ji approached the stone statue and looked at it carefully for a while. Then the stone statue was shaken from side to side, and finally with a wrestling of both arms, the stone statue was lifted. I felt the weight, not a hundred catties, at least eighty or ninety catties. Such a weight is not something that can be lifted up with something light. He looked at the pit he had dug and jumped down despite the slippery soil. I stomped a few times, but I didn't hear the sound. It was confirmed that there was no hidden tunnel or the other kind of mechanism underneath, and if you looked at the excavated soil, it was obvious that it was also new soil.

Lord Sima Ji jumped up suspiciously, looking at the warrior figurine and scratching his head.

"Mr. Sima can finish the inspection?"

"Hmm."

"Is there a problem?"

"Nope"

"Okay, bury this figurine in the earth."

Several servants picked up the stone figurines and carefully lowered them into the pit. The pit was then filled with earth, and the rain-soaked earth soon buried the figurines. A few servants were still on it, as if they were afraid that they would not bury it deep enough.

"Yun has already prepared a residence for Mr. Sima next to him, and Mr. Sima can live in it and guard it day and night. Check to see if Yun has cheating, and Zheng Shuang will be responsible for your three meals a day. Mr. Sima, there are any questions. ”

"How long?"

Yun Xiao stretched out a palm.

"Five days, within five days the stone figurines will break through the ground. I hope Mr. Szeto will remember our agreement. ”

"This is nature, Yunhou should also remember."

After saying that, Sima Ji didn't eat the main meal, and followed Lao Yu to the courtyard. It turned out that the residence that Yun Xiao said was to set up a tent for Sima Ji next to the stone statue. Watching several Hun men quickly set up the tent, Sima Jizhu rushed in. He spread a few layers of blankets on the ground, and sat on them and meditated cross-legged, as if an old monk had settled down.

Yun Xiao smiled and ignored him and walked into the backyard. After returning from the expedition, a lot of things have not been dealt with, and he is so busy that he has time to pay attention to this old god stick, just let him stay there.

Canglan and Begonia lived in a courtyard in the westernmost part, and Yun Xiao walked to the door and coughed dryly. Haitang, who was breastfeeding, heard the sound of the clouds, and immediately put down the child and covered his clothes. Canglan opened the door and saw that it was Yunxiao. Hurriedly saluted and said, "Master Hou, it's raining here, why are you here." Come on in, it's good to have gonorrhea. ”

"I just came back a few days and there are a lot of things. I didn't come to see you, how is the child? ”

Yun Xiao sat on the edge of the kang and looked at the child in Haitang's arms. It's like an uncle next door who comes to visit the door.

Begonia was stunned for what to do. Don't show the child to Hou Ye. ”

Yun Xiao took the child from Begonia's hand. Born white and fat, his eyebrows and eyes have the advantages of both canglan and begonia. The little person is a handsome guy's blank, and it makes people pity when they look at it. may be the reason why he didn't eat enough, the villain's hands kept scratching, grabbed Yun Xiao's fingers and stuffed them into his mouth.