When Chen Hao returned to the valley, Tu Lao and Hong Yi were no longer there, only a few dozen little foxes were still reading by the campfire.

"Chirp...... Chirp ......"

Seeing Chen Hao come back, the three young foxes named Xiao Sang, Xiao Fei, and Xiao Shu immediately crawled over and grabbed Chen Hao's clothes with their little paws.

These three little foxes are not as good as Tu Lao, Tu Lao can already speak human words, but they only know beast language, they chirp, as if telling Chen Hao something.

Chen Hao pretended not to understand their beast language, smiled slightly, and said, "You want to tell me where Tu Lao and Hong Yi went, right?" I don't understand what you're saying, so why don't you go in front and I'll follow behind, and you lead me forward, okay? ”

"Chirp...... The three little foxes nodded their fluffy little heads obediently, and then turned around and walked towards the south.

Soon the three foxes came to a stone cave in the south of the valley, which was obviously where the foxes lived, the stone cave was large and wide, with a radius of five or six hundred steps, and five or six people high.

There are many small holes in the stone wall of the stone cave, on the small holes, there are oil lamps lit one by one, this oil does not know what kind of oil, with this fragrance, but there is no smoke, the light is also very bright, and the fire does not shake.

And the stone cave is all surrounded by wooden bookshelves, and there are volumes of books on the shelves, all kinds, there are large books, small books, manuscripts, lithographs, woodcut books, paper is also various, there are bamboo paper, sandalwood paper, silk books, parchment rolls, and even Danshu iron coupons!

Four walls, dozens of large bookshelves, and under the corners of the four walls, there are countless yellowed books, broken ancient books, and scriptures.

This book full of stone chambers, conservatively estimated, is as many as 100,000 volumes.

"Old Tu, Brother Hong." After entering the stone cave, Chen Hao first said hello to Tu Lao and Hong Yi, who were talking in the stone cave.

"Mr. Yang, Brother Yang." Tu Lao and Hong Yi both responded to Chen Hao.

Chen Hao nodded at them with a smile, then swept his gaze over these books, and praised: "There are really many books here, I'm afraid there are more books than the palace inside." ”

After hearing this, Tu Lao smiled a little proudly, and raised his right paw, and said, "There are 150,000 books in it, which is not less than the palace inside." "It's like a chef hearing someone compliment him on how good he cooks, like a tailor hearing someone compliment him on how good his clothes are...... All in all, in addition to being still a fox, this Tu Lao is no different from others, and he also has vanity and pride.

"Tu Lao is really a book lover!" Chen Hao also smiled, slowly walked to a bookshelf, pulled out a few books at random and looked at them, and said suspiciously: "Tripitaka? Huayan Sutra? The Sutra of the Past Life? Why are most of them Buddhist scriptures? ”

"In fact, these books were brought out from the temple when the Zhongzhou Dachan Temple was suppressed and broken." Tu Lao sighed: "There is a huge Zen temple, tens of thousands of monks, and every autumn, there are thousands of monks who go to the countryside to urge rent. The hall layer by layer, running horses and lighting incense, the ever-bright lights are endless, and the lights are bright all day and night. It's a pity that it was broken by the army, the glorious temple was burned, the treasure was scraped away, and the success or failure rose and fell, which was really fantastic. ”

"It turns out that Tu Lao, you moved from Zhongzhou Dachan Temple to Xishan in Yujing City." Chen Hao asked, Hong Yi didn't react after listening to Tu Lao's words, obviously he had already heard Tu Lao say.

Zhongzhou Dachan Temple, located in the middle of the Daqian Dynasty, is a thousand-year-old temple, many books have recorded the grandeur of this temple.

It is said that this temple, the main hall layer by layer, every morning, the little monk who gives incense to the Buddha and Bodhisattva has to ride a horse to run over, so there is a horse to light incense.

At the same time, this temple is also a holy place for martial arts, a holy place for cultivation, and a holy place for wealth.

Buddhist temples do not need to pay taxes, there are many fields, incense is even more staring, thousands of years of accumulation, rich rival country.

It's just that 20 years ago, in order to obtain the martial arts and wealth accumulated by the Dachan Temple for thousands of years, the Daqian Imperial Court exterminated them on the grounds that the Dachan Temple contacted the old men of the previous dynasty to rebel.

Tu Lao nodded and said, "We did live near the Great Chan Temple in Zhongzhou before, and then moved here. ”

As he spoke, he paused, his gaze swept over Chen Hao and Hong Yi, and a trace of shame suddenly appeared on his face.

"Tu Lao, what are you?" Hong Yi and Chen Hao naturally saw his shame.

Tu Lao said: "Actually, the old man, there is one thing that asks for help for the two, and the two of you can rest assured, as long as you help, the old man will pay the two of them an extra five taels of red gold each." ”

"Tu Lao said it." Chen Hao and Hong Yi glanced at each other.

Tu Lao said in a ashamed tone: "The two of you also saw that the books in the stone cave were all placed randomly, and the old man wanted to ask the two of you to classify and place these books neatly." ”

This Tu Lao is proud of his ability to read and write, but his cultural level is too low, and it is difficult to classify books, so the books in it are all placed randomly, some Buddhist scriptures and Taoist scriptures are placed together, and Buddhist scriptures and four books and five classics are placed together......

"Okay, I've got you covered." After Chen Hao heard this, he directly agreed.

"I'm willing to help too." Hong Yi was originally a little hesitant, after all, classifying the collection of books is a big job, many rich and noble families have thousands of books, and they have to ask senior readers to divide the categories. Doing this kind of work is very time-consuming, and it may even affect his preparation for the township exam, but seeing that Chen Hao agreed, he agreed.

"Well, that's great." Tu Lao saw that the two agreed, and his face immediately showed a hint of joy, and he said: "The two gentlemen have a good rest, these days, if there is nothing to do, you can live in the stone cave, there are beds, all the tea, and the food are served by the old man." ”

"Then we'll start sorting through the books tonight." Chen Hao said, and Hong Yi also nodded.

"Okay, Xiaosang, Xiaofei, Xiaoshu, make supper refreshments for Mr."

"Chirp, chirp......" The three little foxes screamed happily a few times, and then walked out of the stone cave.

"The old man wants to go to meditation and recuperate his homework, and if the two gentlemen want something, they will give a direct order. The children outside can't speak yet, but they can understand the language. ”

After Tu Lao's advice, he staggered out.

After Tu Lao and the three little foxes left, Hong Yi glanced at Chen Hao, and then did it to the ground, sighing: "Today is really bizarre, it's the first time I've encountered this kind of thing in my life!" ”

Chen Hao smiled lightly and said: "If you come, you will be safe, I think this Yuan Concubine girl and Tu Lao have no malicious intentions, and we will not be harmed." ”

Hong Yi also nodded and said, "I also found out that although Tu Lao and them are foxes, their hearts are as pure as children. ”

Chen Hao said: "Yes, then what else is there to worry about, let's sort out the books for them in a down-to-earth manner." ”

"Receiving money and loyalty, we will now sort books for them." Hong Yi Dao.

"Okay." Chen Hao smiled.

After the two of them spoke, they began to sort out the books, and Hong Yi checked and classified the books from the front bookshelf little by little.

Chen Hao first walked around the stone cave a few times, and spent a few minutes before finally finding the books he was looking for, the Martial Classics, and the Taoist Classics.