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"Young Master, what does Young Master Wen mean by sending this?" Zhao Qingyan had been sitting quietly in front of the puppet for an hour. Finally, Ran Hao couldn't help but ask.

Zhao Qingyan gently caressed the shallow cut on the puppet's forehead, "Maybe you're hinting at me." Meet Me... The enemy that has yet to appear from the shadows, who exactly is he? "

Ran Hao was silent for a moment: "Who did this?"

Zhao Qingyan raised his head and looked at him once before turning back to look at him, "Such a small and exquisite mechanism, even in the martial arts world, there are only three that have it. Such an obvious golem shape could not be a technique from the Tulip Family and the Tang Sect, right? "

Ran Hao placed the warm medicine beside his young master. "It shouldn't be Tang Xiao's fault." Now, a person who was able to create such a colourful puppet … "Yun Kai?"

"Yun Kai? Isn't he in the Valley of the Underworld? Where can Young Master Wen go to meet him? " Zhao Qingyan pushed the puppet slightly to the side and held the medicine bowl. She indicated for him to sit down with a raised chin.

Ran Hao pulled out a chair and sat down: "Even Young Master has to be interested in this mechanism for a long time, it shows how delicate it is. "If it wasn't Yun Kai, naturally it wouldn't be tears of blood. Then …"

Zhao Qingyan drank the medicine bit by bit, then used his tea to rinse his mouth, "It's not like only Yun Kai is left of the four Palace Lords in the Puppet Palace. "Although he is a one-armed man, in terms of mechanical skill, he should be invincible in the martial arts world by now."

Ran Hao asked: "What about Tears of Blood and Young Master?"

Zhao Qingyan's eyes revealed an extremely faint smile, "I was careless. Naturally, I am unable to stand shoulder to shoulder with him. As for tears and blood … That's a comparison within their door. How do I evaluate it? "

He looked at the puppet and was momentarily absent-minded. Her eyes might be filled with sadness or anger, but after a moment, it was hidden behind her eyes, "What a pity."

Ran Hao did not answer. Perhaps he understood the young master's thoughts, but he did not know how to respond. He was innately uneloquent and could only listen, not comfort.

Zhao Qingyan was also used to listening to Ran Hao quietly, "I still remember that fifteen years ago, in the martial arts world, there were six rare and talented people. Six people who could bring the art of machinery to a higher level in one go, higher than anyone could ever look up to. At that height, I probably wouldn't even dare to think about it in my life. "However, now that we've lost five of them, the remaining three have their hearts filled with hatred."

"Why would the heavens be jealous? How could they be heartless …" With an extremely soft sigh, he looked at the empty medicinal bowl and slowly added, "I desire it, but it is not what I desire. "Hate me, born in the Duke's Mansion; hate me, cannot have desires; hate me, unable to fulfill my wish in this life."

Ran Hao moved his lips and said in a hoarse voice: "There will be a chance sooner or later."

Zhao Qingyan raised his eyebrows, revealing a mocking expression. In the end, he said no more, "Qingfeng cherishes my literary talent, my teacher cherishes my heart, and Tang Xiao cherishes my mechanical skills." When did I ever not want to get drunk on poetry, when did I ever not want to help the world with a canteen, when did I ever not want to... Do what I can for the prosperity of the information of the mechanism that my heart desires? However, in the end, all of my talent can only be given to the blood relatives to scheme and fight. "

In the end, it was all for naught.

Zhao Qingyan wanted a lot of things, but he had never coveted wealth and power. It was only his natural birth that gave him the qualifications and courage to aspire. Because of his birth, he would have to spend his entire life to repay the favor bestowed to him by this status.

There was no other choice.

For example, ten years in prison in exchange for a flapping of wings, a light boat in the martial arts world, overlooking the world?

— —

"What are you looking at?"

Tears of Blood raised her head and showed the blueprint in her hand to him, "I'm looking at Zhao Qingyan's blueprint."

Lu Sobbing only glanced at him once, then stopped looking at him in detail. "What? Isn't this the same one you showed me a few months ago? "

"It is indeed the same one, but it has been altered quite a bit." Tears of Blood raised her arms to support her face, pulling the blueprint back in front of her, "I've discussed this with Third Uncle through Quicksand's mouth. We all felt that Zhao Qingyan was much more diligent in the matter of Weeping. "It would be a pity if I were to discard the painstaking work."

Lu Sobbing asked, "Instead of putting the better blueprints aside, we have to go through a lot of trouble to modify a lot of the lacking blueprints …" Aren't you guys too free? "

Tears of Blood shook his head, "Even if we decided to change the blueprints on the spur of the moment, it wouldn't have much of an impact. As you can see, the residences and training areas for the newbies in the Netherworld Valley have all been built. All that was left were the minute details of the set-up and the secondary defense of the entire valley. One had to know that the overall defense of the valley had been strengthened to the point where it had to be taken into account, from the smallest to the smallest of corners. This kind of thing, there's no need to be hasty about it, nor can we rashly decide about it. "

He pointed to the diagrams on the table. "Zhao Qingyan is Tang Xiao's disciple. His mechanical skills are only sixty percent of Tang Xiao's." The blueprints he drew were also far inferior to Weeping's blueprints, but they were much more perfect. At least, all the mechanisms in the first generation of the Dark Valley came from him. "

"No matter how familiar he is with every plant and tree in the valley, no matter how much effort this blueprint has cost him, he no longer has any intention of changing a mechanism for the valley. If you and your third uncle are responsible for all the changes from then on, what is the difference between this drawing and third brother? "

"How much effort did he put in? Can't you see?" Tears and Blood pointed at the more than 300 pieces of paper on the table and asked word by word, "Haven't you heard anything about the more than 700 days and nights?"

Lu Sobbing laughed, "I know, so what?"

Tears of Blood asked, "Then do you know how much effort is there between a blueprint that a mechanical master spent two months to make and the blueprint that he spent two years to make?"

Lu Sobbing looked at him with a smile that was not a smile, "I actually don't know when you will feel so sorry for him."

Tears of Blood froze for a moment, then laughed at herself: "Yeah, I just feel sorry for him. It's not a pity, it's just a pain in the heart. "

"Your heart actually hurts." Lu Sobbing shrugged and poured herself a glass of water. "And it's a futile effort."

Tears and Blood added, "I've written down every detail of the blueprint in vain. I've even sent a copy to Tang Xiao Ai and Third Uncle."

Weeping Lu glanced at him. "You are the one who is trying to hide your identity, and now you are the one who has revealed everything about yourself."

Tears of blood dripped from his eyes. "Tang Xiao is stupid. He can't find me." As for Third Uncle, he would pretend that he didn't know that the person he was discussing mechanisms with was me. "Then I just need to pretend that I don't know that he has already guessed that I was working for you."

"I remember that you told me last time that the reason why Yun Mo was slightly inferior to Third Brother was because he did not put his heart into it. But now, you're telling me that this blueprint was the result of two years of painstaking work? "

Tears of Blood pursed her lips, "You said it just now, it's just that my heart hurts, it's just that I can't bear to part with it."

Lu Sobbing said, "The reason why Yun Mo is so close to Third Brother in terms of ability is because he is smart. He had spent ten times as much time on the blueprint as his third brother, and that was because in the things that interested him, daydreaming was more interesting than mechanical techniques. As for why he wrote hundreds of pieces of paper … "

Tears of Blood asked, "You can't be saying that he did it for the sake of practicing calligraphy, right?"

Lu Sobbing shrugged. "That's about right."

Tears of Blood fell into silence, but in the end, she did not say anything. "Unfortunately, he is as precious as Wang Sun, not even as carefree as you and me."

"Actually, there's no difference. We can't escape being loyal and being filial." Lu Sobbing laughed, a bit disapprovingly, a bit unfathomably, "It's just that your heart is the same as yours, but we are different. To work so hard for your home, who is the slightest bit different from who? "

Tears of Blood looked at his smile and suddenly became mute. She said half-heartedly, "Brother, after so many years, I can't even see what you want."

Lu Sobbing set the teacup aside. "In the past, we've only gained revenge for great grievances and grievances." Now, I just want to use my son's status to properly talk about a few nights in front of our parents' graves. "

"What else?" Tears asked.

"If there is still a chance, I would like to wait for Yun Mo to put everything down and have some tea with him before drinking wine and playing zither poetry with him."

"Unfortunately, I probably won't be able to wait any longer."

Tears fell from his eyes, covering the guilt that flashed past his eyes. He only responded with a calm voice, "Born in the royal family and died in the royal family. This is also his fate."

Lu Sobbing's gaze fell on the table. "Do you still want to continue with this?"

Tears of Blood said, "His blueprint and Little Weeping have their own pros and cons, I plan to take half of each. For such a large organization, the name of the organ's master was the most important thing to anyone. Weeping Little had already agreed that he would get the signature of the new Hall of Poison. As for the Netherworld Valley … At the very least, I have to ask for Zhao Qingyan's opinion. "

Lu Sobbing thought about it for a moment, then nodded her head in agreement, "Then go ahead and think it over. Finally, ask Gong Tianlang to personally deliver it to Yun Mo. Wait for Yun Mo to send a letter before bringing it back."

Tears of Blood nodded, "At this juncture, I understand the importance of this. "But …" He pondered for a moment and did not say much. He only smiled and said, "It's going to be tough on you to get back to the palace."

— —

"Achoo!"

He turned his head and saw seven or eight snowballs rolling down from Gong Tianxiong's body. He couldn't help but laugh, "I just released eight, how did they fall?" He turned his chin to the side and said, "Your disciples are already ten."

Gong Sou looked at the blank mute, reached out to dig a lump of snow into a ball of snow, stood up and placed it on the mute's arm: "Your Martial Uncle is praising you, saying that you are stronger than me."

The mute hurriedly shook his head when he heard this, and the snowball on his head and shoulders immediately rolled down, and he opened his eyes wide as he said something while wailing.

Gong Tiexi was quick with his eyes and hands, he caught all five snow balls that fell, then looked at the remaining two after breaking three in his palms, and simply threw them away: "There's a saying," 'A youth comes out of the blue but wins in the blue', have you heard of it? In other words, although the disciple was taught by the master, but the disciple could be more outstanding than the master. If you're stronger than me, then that means I'm good at teaching. "

The mute was slightly startled, but soon after, he happily nodded his head again and again. The snow balls that were held horizontally by his arms also fell off.

Gongzi had already taken off his jacket from the branch and put it on, and casually threw some of the clothes of the mute over to him. "Put them on, and go inside the house to drink some hot tea. Remember to bring us one. "

The mute took the clothes, turned around and ran into the house. Her bare upper body had turned red from the cold, and the snow had melted leaving water marks. Her skin now had more than a few cyan spots on it.

After tidying up his clothes, Gong Qing saw that Qian Hen was looking back at something. He couldn't help but smile: "What's wrong? "Heartache?"

When he came back to his senses, he let out a laugh, "It might be so."

"Do you still feel heartache for me?" Gongzi stretched his neck and shoulders a bit. "I haven't suffered this much in a few years. It really isn't easy."

"You are the one who is tormenting yourself. I can't be bothered to pity you."

Gongzi saw a mute carrying a cup of tea and ran out. He reached out his hand to take it and laughed. "Don't pity me. I have a disciple who's being filial." After drinking half a cup, he asked the mute, "I told you to bring me one, did you really not pour one for your Martial Uncle?"

The mute let out two" wuu wuu "sounds, indicating that he should go down again.

"Wait." "No need." Both of them simultaneously spoke out to stop him. He shook his head helplessly, while Gongzi handed him the teacup. "Having a disciple is actually pretty good, right?"

Dazhi took the rest of the tea and could not help but frown. "Who made this tea?"

"Who else do you think I am?"

Qian Jin turned his head and spat out a mouthful of tea, "I thought you were kind enough to give me half of the tea. Who would've thought that half of the tea would still be left." Can't you buy some good tea? "This old broken tea leaves are not as good as clear water."

Gongzi scoffed coldly, "I came here with Young Master to make a trip, but I didn't get a day's time, where can I find new tea to brew? But you, stay in the valley and don't have anything to do, you should buy some tea leaves and bring them to me. "

"The Netherworld Valley is a few days' journey away from the town. Furthermore, there are so many things to do in the Netherworld Valley. If you go out from there, you will have to ask the Shadow Valley Master for advice.

Gongzi continued, "If Young Master doesn't return this time, you won't be able to take action within half a month. In any case, you'll be supervising the new Poison Hall. Since both sides are running back and forth, there's definitely time for you to buy some tea leaves. "

"Is that so?" If you want to make a bet with me, then bet which one of us will leave the valley first? "

"Sure." Gong Jue shrugged carelessly, "So what if they're the first to leave?"

He looked at the teacups in his hands and said, "You and I will go back and draw up a list of the items we need. Those who leave the valley first will be given an item or two to bring back."

Gong Sou glanced at the dumbstruck Mute at the side and laughed, "Also add him along the way."

Dazzling Spring nodded, "As long as it's something he can use, he will use three portions of each."

Gong Ni touched the thing in his arms and shrugged, "If I lose, you must remember to give me your share of the money in advance. I don't have enough here."

Qian Jin curled his lips, "Don't you know where I keep the money?" How much do you need? Take more, no need to return it. "

"Can I take them all?"

"Sure." He handed the empty bottle to the mute, and waved his hand as he walked back to his room. "Anyway, I know where you'll be keeping the silver anyways." If you have the ability, move somewhere else... Otherwise, I'll have to rely on you for everything. "

Gong Sou looked at Mute, curled his lips and said, "Look at your Martial Uncle, he really is … "So you better practice your martial arts properly, and save me the trouble of working hard by myself. You have to support two people."

The mute nodded obediently and paused for a moment. Then, he used his hand to gesture a few times, as if he was asking what he should do next.

Gongzi squinted at him for a while and couldn't help but sigh. "Alright, go to the kitchen and order something to eat. "In a few days, you still have to listen to the Young Master's instructions. Maybe you can even earn a bit more."