Du Hong saw that he had been thinking about it all the time, so he leaned over and asked curiously, "Little master, what are you talking about?" ”

"Nothing." Li Hao replied expressionlessly, and then said, "Don't call me little master in the future, call me young master." ”

"Yes! Master. ”

Li Hao turned his head and stared at him for a long time, and suddenly asked curiously, "Your name is Du Hong?" Twenty years here? ”

"Twenty-two years." Du Hong replied respectfully.

"Twenty-two years." Li Hao couldn't help but sigh, "What is there to keep in this dilapidated house." ”

Du Hong sighed helplessly: "This house was originally very good, but it has fallen into disrepair, and this has become like this." ”

Li Hao felt sorry for him: "Twenty-two years, all dedicated to this broken house, how many twenty-two years can there be in life." ”

Du Hong was touched by his words, and his expression turned sad: "The old servant is in slavery and has nowhere to go, and it is a great favor to have such a place to live." ”

Li Hao nodded, and suddenly remembered that twenty-two years ago, before the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't help asking: "This house was left by the former Sui Dynasty?" ”

Du Hong's head: "Yes, the original owner's surname is Ding, is the largest household in Shanghe Village, the villagers of the entire Shanghe Village are his tenant farmers and farmers, the master Ding Mian in Chang'an and Lantian City There are more than a dozen silk villages, this house is just one of the industries, the old slave fled to this place when he was twenty-eight years old, almost starved to death, fortunately was favored by the original owner, recruited into the house as a groom, which saved his life, I didn't expect that only two years later, Emperor Yang heard that the Ding family had a daughter Ding Ko was born very beautiful, so he ordered Ding Ko to enter the palace, Ding Ko already had a heart, unwilling to enter the palace, Under all kinds of persecution, the hanging beam hanged himself, Emperor Yang was furious, and all the old and young of the Ding family were taken into prison, and distributed to various places, and the servants in the house also fled one after another, the old slave had no relatives and no reason, nowhere to go, and thought of the kindness of the old master, so he stayed here to guard the house, but he didn't expect this to pass, it was twenty-two years. ”

Li Hao couldn't help but sigh after hearing this, this Du Hong is still very loyal, and at the same time, he secretly thought in his heart: "If you want to mix well in Datang, someone must be willing to do things for yourself, it is impossible to do everything personally, and you have too many secrets, and your subordinates must be loyal and reliable, Du Hong in front of him is a good candidate, although he is a little old, but he is just able to be a housekeeper at this age." ”

As soon as he thought of this, he reached out and patted Du Hong's shoulder, and said slowly: "You have worked hard all these years, but you have been able to keep the clouds open and see the moon, now that I am here, you are relieved, you will be my housekeeper in the future, and take good care of this house." ”

"Tube...... Chamberlain! Du Hong trembled with excitement when he heard this, and thought that he had heard it wrong, a housekeeper is not something that ordinary people can do, and he must be a confidant of the head of the family to be competent, and people who are in slavery generally have no possibility of being a housekeeper, they can only be servants, Li Hao asked him to be a housekeeper, which is definitely an extra promotion.

"The old slave is willing to serve the young master." Du Hong was so excited that he burst into tears, and he was ready to kneel down and kowtow to Li Hao.

Li Hao held him up, and said with a hippie smile: "Don't kneel, how uncomfortable it is to kneel and chat, do you still use idioms?" Ever studied? ”

Du Hong's old face flushed: "I studied for two years when I was a child, alas, I was too playful at that time, and I came by temperament, and in the end, my father and mother also knew that the old slave was not the material for reading, so I didn't let the old slave read." ”

Li Hao smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, you did the right thing, you should be willful when you are young, and a good childhood is the most important thing." ”

"After the old slave left the school, he went home to farm with his father."

Li Hao suddenly felt that this old man Du liked to choke himself very much, before he said, "Is this house a place for people to live", he came out of the house, and now he said that his childhood is the most important, he said that his childhood only had books and farming, what kind of trouble, will he chat!

Du Hong saw Li Hao suddenly embarrassed to the sky, feeling that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly made amends: "I'm sorry, young master, the old slave is not good at talking, did he say something wrong?" ”

Li Hao turned his head to look at him and blinked his eyes quickly for a while: "Otherwise, you should still be a groom, in fact, the position of housekeeper is not suitable for you." ”

Du Hong: ......

Li Hao finally let Du Hong be the housekeeper, for Li Hao, loyalty is the first element, the ability is not enough, you can slowly cultivate.

Du Hong lives in the hut in the west courtyard, next to the stable, the whole house can live in this hut, Li Hao had no choice but to live here with him for one night, the next morning, he threw the thousand yuan to Du Hong, let him recruit people to repair the house, at least let the house be able to live in it, and said very forcefully: "Not bad money!" ”

Du Hong had never seen so much money in his life, and he was so excited that he burst into tears again, vowing to die for Li Hao, Li Hao patted him on the shoulder and said: "As long as you live, help me do things well, don't die or live, we will have more and more money in the future, rest assured, it's not bad money!" ”

After he finished speaking, he left, riding the donkey egg back to Nantuo Mountain, since taking the donkey egg down the mountain to breed, it has been nearly twenty days, plus the way back, that is a month, the master must miss himself very much, Li Hao thought so.

When Li Hao returned to Jingyunguan, it was noon, Zhiyuan Zhenren and Pei Miao were eating in the courtyard, Li Hao hid outside the door and looked at it in surprise, almost couldn't believe his eyes, although Pei Miao and Zhiyuan Zhenren were influenced by themselves and developed a good habit of eating lunch, but he had never seen Zhiyuan Zhenren come to the front yard to eat, Tang Dynasty people eat differently from modern people, modern people eat as a family around a big table, everyone eats warmly, and Tang Dynasty people don't use a table to eat, it is a case, and it is a case for each person, Eating separately, Pei Miao was infected by himself and had developed the habit of eating at the table, but Zhiyuan Zhenren, an old fashionista, never accepted it, but he didn't expect that he had only been away for a month, he actually changed his normal behavior and went to the table with Pei Miao to eat, which surprised Li Hao too much.

"Pei Miao, today's mushrooms are fried well." Zhiyuan Zhenren was obviously in a good mood and praised Pei Miao's delicious cooking.

Pei Miao said happily: "Then the master will eat more, this is all taught to me by the junior brother, if the junior brother cooks it himself, it will definitely be more delicious." ”

"Don't mention that little bastard." Zhiyuan Zhenren said angrily, "I went down the mountain to breed the donkey, and I actually went to Chang'an to receive the reward, this time he didn't come back with thousands of rice money, see if I don't smoke him to death." ”

Li Hao's eyebrows twitched when he heard this, they all knew that they had gone to Chang'an to receive the reward, no wonder, the movement of the plague was so big, as long as he went down the mountain to inquire, he would know his deeds.

However, Zhiyuan Zhenren's words made Li Hao very sad, this product is not worried about himself, it will cost thousands of yuan for a mouth, hehe, Lao Tzu has received a total of 1,000 yuan in reward, do you want to buy a steel knife by the way to be a scissor robber, so that you may be able to make up a few thousand, alas, this old guy is more greedy for money than Lao Tzu.

"Master, don't say that." Pei Miao said angrily, "Senior brother quelled the plague and saved many people, this is a great merit, he is not for money." ”

"Alas, it's still a reliable senior brother, true love." Li Hao was so moved.

However, Pei Miao continued: "If only the junior brother really brought back a few thousand guan, then I won't have to collect medicine in the future." ”

Li Hao fell to the ground with a thud, it was not an exaggeration, he really fell.

"Hey, it's junior brother, master, junior brother is back!" Pei Miao found Li Hao lying at the door and shouted happily.

Zhiyuan Zhenren rolled his eyes and said lightly: "I'm not blind in my eyes, I can see it myself." ”

Li Hao got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and led the donkey egg into the yard, with an embarrassed smile on his face: "Ah, where is Master and Senior Brother eating?" ”

"Do you eat if you don't eat?" Zhiyuan Zhenren didn't give him a good face.

Li Hao pursed his lips, he hadn't seen him for a month, not only did this old man not know how to chat, he couldn't even speak, and it was not disgusting to say such things during dinner.

Li Hao was choked by him, and he didn't know how to talk, so he could only stand there awkwardly.

Pei Miao hurriedly came up to relieve the siege, and asked with a smile: "Senior brother, have you eaten?" ”

"Not yet."

"Come, let's eat together." Pei Miao pulled Li Hao to sit down, Li Hao was surprised to find that there were three pairs of dishes and chopsticks on the table, and the extra bowl was full of rice, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "How do you two put three pairs of dishes and chopsticks when you eat?" ”

Pei Miao explained with a smile: "Master let me set up, he said that you may come back at any time, and I will prepare it for you at any time." ”

A simple sentence almost moved Li Hao to tears, in his impression, the only people who can do this seem to be his parents, after coming to this world, they experienced the feeling of home for the first time.

Before he was moved enough, Zhiyuan Zhenren asked coldly: "Stinky boy, how much reward did you get this time in Chang'an?" ”

"Bounty?" Li Hao suddenly had selective amnesia, "How can there be a reward?" ”

"Pei Miao, go and fetch the rattan for the teacher......"

"A thousand kans!" Li Hao suddenly regained his memory.

Zhiyuan Zhenren didn't say much, he stretched out his left hand in front of Li Hao and picked it, the meaning couldn't be clearer, two words - "bring it".

Li Hao said unhappily: "Master, this is my reward. ”

"I know for the teacher." Zhiyuan Zhenren raised his eyebrows, "Don't worry, the teacher is just temporarily keeping it for you, I'm afraid that you will spend money indiscriminately." ”

"Wait, why is this line so familiar?" Li Hao suddenly remembered that when he was a child, his mother deceived him of New Year's money in this way, so he didn't save a penny of New Year's money from the time he could remember until he graduated from junior high school, and it all went into his mother's pocket, and then ...... It seems that there is no then.

"Master." Li Hao asked with a black line on his face, "Do you believe what you say?" ”

"Why don't you believe it?" Zhiyuan Zhenren didn't know what shame was at all, and picked his hand again, "Take it." ”

"Didn't bring it!" Li Hao got up, turned around, and said with a bare face, "Do you think I look like I've brought a thousand pieces of money?" ”

"Well, it's not like that." Zhiyuan Zhenren was not angry, and suddenly asked, "Li Shimin rewarded you for your house?" ”

Li Hao was shocked when he heard this, this product actually dared to call Li Shimin's name, he was so bold! After being shocked again and again, because he actually guessed that Li Shimin had rewarded his house, he glared at surprise: "How do you know?" ”

"Guess." Zhiyuan Zhenren took a sip of wild vegetable soup, got up slowly, and suddenly looked at Li Hao with a solemn face, and said, "Li Hao, it's time for you to go down the mountain." ”