The mute servant was nimble with his hands and feet. He gently shook the oar a few times. With the evening breeze, the boat moved like an arrow. It didn't take long for him to arrive in front of the water pavilion.
When they arrived at the destination, the mute servant tied up the boat at Murong Fu's signal and waited quietly for Murong Fu and his wife to return. Murong Fu took A'Zhu ashore.
"who?"
When he was still five feet away from where the Shuige book collection was, a low shout rang out.
"It's me!" Murong Fudan smiled.
Three figures appeared in the darkness: "Master? Why are you here at this time?"
Needless to say, it was none other than Deng Baichuan, Bao BubuTong, and Feng BoEi who had been sent to Huan Shi Shui Pavilion by Murong Fu earlier.
"I brought A'Zhu here for something." Murong Fu said.
"Sister A'Zhu is here too?"
It was not until this moment that Bao Bubu and others saw clearly that the pretty maid nestled next to Murong Fu was actually A'Zhu. After a brief surprise, they all smiled heartily, causing A'Zhu to blush.
"In the past two days, the old man may be active a bit. I guess he may even go home on a whim. You should prepare in advance." Murong Fu said with a smile.
"What? Old... He will come back?"
Feng BoE realized something was wrong, saw A'Zhu at the side, and swallowed back the words that came to his lips.
Murong Fu said: "It doesn't matter, I have already told A'Zhu about this matter. There is no need to avoid it in the future."
Then Murong Fu took A'Zhu to the pavilion without explaining much.
"Sir, what about Third Brother and the others?"
A'Zhu whispered.
"It's pretty much what you thought."
Murong Fu said softly.
A'Zhu stopped talking and just quietly leaned on Murong Fu's arm and walked forward. The passage in the water pavilion was deep and long, but it seemed to A'Zhu at the moment that it was too short. How she wished she could go all the way to the end.
ah.
"Okay, here we are!"
Murong Fu let go of A'Zhu and came to an iron gate at the end of the corridor. In this era, the cost of building such a huge and exquisitely crafted iron gate was still quite high. However, from the moment it was built, except for a few Murong family members,
No one in the history of the family has ever opened it, and no one knows what is stored inside.
The person who opened it last time was Murong Fu, who had mastered the Dou Zhuan Xing Shift to the third floor. Because the way to open this door was not a key or a mechanism, but in conjunction with the Dou Zhuan Xing Shift stunt that had already entered the room.
Murong Longcheng's original intention when designing this iron gate was to test whether future family heads were qualified to shoulder the responsibility of reviving Dayan.
As a descendant of a martial arts family, if he has not mastered the martial arts taught by this family, it means that this person is not useful. Rather than taking risks and losing his family, it is better to simply be a rich man, which can at least protect him for the rest of his life.
Peace, the family business is unbeaten. Wait for the wonderful people in your descendants to continue to take on this responsibility.
And the secret hidden behind this impenetrable iron door, if taken out at any time, could bring about the destruction of Murong's family.
The iron door opened in the darkness, as if a giant steel beast had opened its mouth.
Murong Fu whispered: "It's a little dark, I'll go down first, you follow me."
"Um."
Murong Fu flicked his fingers a few times, lighting the candle in the passage, and a flight of steps appeared in front of the two of them. Murong Fu walked forward first, followed closely by A'Zhu.
A'Zhu's heart was pounding, and only by relying on Murong Fu could she feel a little more at ease.
There is no luxurious decoration, just a simple-looking room with a few bookshelves.
"Sir, where is this?"
Being in a dark environment, A'Zhu felt a little panicked and asked in a low voice.
"guess?"
Murong Fu smiled.
A'Zhu tilted his head and thought for a while, then his eyes lit up: "Is this underwater in Taihu Lake?"
"Yes, that's right. This is the Murong family's real Huanshi Shui Pavilion! The martial arts secrets above are just a cover. Since the Murong family is determined to restore Dayan, how can it be possible that the core of the Jing Dynasty is hidden there?
Are they some martial arts secrets? This place is extremely secretive. Even if it takes another hundred years, no one may be able to discover the secrets here." Murong Fu said with a smile.
Yes, this is the real Huanshi Water Pavilion, which carries the ambitions of the Murong family for hundreds of years and generations. All letters exchanged with local officials, account books of gray industries, and even the private armies raised by successive family heads are recorded in it.
here.
Murong Fu took out a thick booklet from the bookshelf marked "Jiayi" and handed it to A'Zhu: "Take a look, A'Zhu. After reading these, you will understand."
Although A'Zhu was puzzled, he still took the booklet and read it carefully.
The name of the book is very strange. It is just an account book, but what is recorded in it is dense biographies. It is better said to be the records of historians.
She gently turned it over, and the contents inside made her heart beat faster.
"Lin Er was born in the Zhiping period. He was named a young son. After investigation, he was talented and talented in martial arts. Therefore, he killed his father, adopted him, and taught him the Bashan swordsmanship of the Qingcheng sect."
"Li Qi was born in the first year of Xining. His father passed away in three months after he was born, and his mother Zhang was unable to raise him. I adopted him with a hundred taels of silver. I hope he may be of use in the future."
.......
Each entry and column records how the Murong family adopted orphans from various places and trained them separately according to their different characteristics. In the future, they will become the most loyal soldiers of the Murong family.
Soon, A'Zhu saw a line of text that she would never forget: "Yue Ya, female. Her parents are unknown, she may be an orphan, and she was adopted by the Zeng couple. She is pretty, smart and alert, and may be adoptable. I have a hundred gold left.
Buy him and let him live on the street to make a living. The age of his life is different. He was bullied by local gangsters, but I showed up to rescue him, brought him back to his family, and taught him the art of disguise and stealth."
"This, isn't this about me?"
A'Zhu said tremblingly.
"So, do you understand now? All this is actually a carefully arranged layout. Before Murong Bo faked his death, he collected orphans from various places, raised them and then used them as dead soldiers. Among them, he focused on cultivating the most talented ones.
And A'Zhu, you are one of them.
So there was no knight-errant who showed up to save you, only a well-arranged scam. You lived on the streets for a year and almost died on the way, so you have to thank Mr. Murong Bo."
Murong Fu said softly.
A'Zhu was stunned on the spot.
At this moment, her faith collapsed.
It turns out that the so-called benefactor is the enemy who harmed himself.
Suddenly, she remembered that her adoptive parents were originally very caring and amiable, but later on they started beating and scolding her, and later even wanted to sell her into a pit of fire. It turned out that this
Everything has been arranged in advance.
My life turned out to be just a farce arranged by others.
Originally, I could have grown up like an ordinary girl, instead of risking my life like now and becoming a nightingale hiding in the dark.