Troubled Times

"Hello, Xiaoying, when we met for the first time, my uncle didn't bring any greetings. I think our tastes are very consistent. This is for you. You can use it when you come to Pang's house." Pang Defu took out a sign Handed it to Jiang Ying, the side of the sign engraved with Pang's family was inlaid with various gemstones, but the back had some messy lines

Pang Feng twitched the corners of his mouth when he saw the dazzling gemstones on his brand, then looked at the fan in Jiang Ying's arms, and nodded. There are people in this world with such similar tastes as his father, it's amazing.

Jiang Ying followed Pang Feng's gaze to understand the meaning of Pang Defu's words, and quickly stuffed the fan in Fang Han's arms, "Oh, it's not mine, I'll hold it for him, this brand is too..."

"Just take what he gave, no need to refuse." Seeing what Fang Chengbai said, Jiang Ying said Xie Jiang took the brand, but felt that his taste might have been misunderstood, and he would not have bought that fan if he had known.

"Second Master, it's really Second Master!" Mr. Hu greeted him from the door with some excitement.

"Is Mr. Hu okay?" Fang Chengbai's mouth slightly curled up at this moment, with a slight smile on his face

"Okay, okay, I haven't seen the second master for more than ten years. Hey, I'm the only old man left in this Fang family mansion. Second master will come back often for a short stay if you have nothing to do." Mr. Hu held his hand. Fang Chengbai's hand was very happy, "Isn't this young master?" Elder Hu found Pang Feng next to him, and looked at Fang Chengbai with some joy, Fang Chengbai patted Elder Hu's hand comfortingly

"Mr. Hu, let's stop talking outside," Jiang Ying reminded Mr. Hu excitedly seeing Mr. Hu

"Hey, look at my brain, come here, let's come in and talk." Old General Hu welcomed everyone in.

"You feel it too" Fang Han asked Jiang Ying next to him, Jiang Ying nodded, just now he always felt that someone was watching them in the dark, but when he turned around, he didn't see anyone

"Is this kid quite vigilant?" Fang Lingyan shook his head amusedly at the moment on the second-floor building opposite the Fang family's mansion.

"Yeah, after all, he grew up playing in the military camp since he was a child, and the pavilion master, your eyes just now were too strong, and you can't feel that it's over." Qi Lao joked next to him, "That kid, Lao Hu, is quite good at acting." , that poor old tearful face, those who didn’t know really thought he was an old servant who was guarding the compound alone waiting for the master to return, he was just grabbing the peach blossom dew brewed by Xiaowu from me just now.” Old Qi Speaking of this, I am a little unhappy again, because Mr. Hu just took away the last bottle of peach blossom dew while he was distracted.

"It's okay, Xiao Wu said that he wants to try making lychee dew recently, after all, there are a lot of lychees in this place." As soon as Fang Lingyan finished speaking, he saw that Old Qi's eyes lit up again.Sure enough, they are all old children.

"Second Master's room has been cleaned all the time, and I hope that Second Master will come back suddenly one day." Fang Chengbai paused when passing by Fang Lingyan's room, and then followed Mr. Hu towards his own room

"Hey, there are so many gadgets!" Pang Feng shouted when Mr. Hu opened the door and saw the scene inside the house

"Haha, the second master didn't like to go out at that time, so every time the uncle went out, he would bring some small things for the second master. The second master kept them very well. Later, after the second master stayed abroad, the old man, I would come in from time to time to clean and wipe those gadgets. Ashes on the top" and a group of people entered Fang Chengbai's room. The floor of Fang Chengbai's room was not arranged in a regular pattern like other rooms, but stone bricks of various patterns were laid on the floor irregularly, which made people see There will be a feeling of being dazzled

"Why does this room give people a depressing feeling?" Fang Han stood next to Jiang Ying and whispered

"The floor and the decoration in the room will make people feel like they don't want to come in again." Jiang Ying replied in a low voice. He was also a little curious why the second uncle's room was so strangely arranged, did he not want people to come in?

"Second Master didn't understand what Master Hou meant before he went abroad, but now he might understand?" Fang Chengbai stood by the window and looked downstairs, while Mr. Hu stood beside him and said with a voice that only two people could hear, "Actually. , Master..." Seeing Fang Chengbai's slightly cold expression, Mr. Hu sighed and didn't go on, he didn't see Fang Chengbai's slightly clenched hand

"Is the second master resting here tonight or..."

"It's right here, just give Xiaofeng and the others a room next to me. Does Xiaoying live in the room of big brother?"

"Yes, I decided to let the young master live in the uncle's room"

"It's okay, let him know where his father lives"

"Housekeeper Hu, dinner is ready," the maid knocked on the door and reported

"Okay, let's go down now." Housekeeper Hu glanced at Fang Chengbai, Fang Chengbai walked out first, the maid lowered her head at the door and didn't dare to look at Fang Chengbai, and heard from the aunt who came to Fang's house before her that the second master is a terrible person The place where people live is also terrible

"Housekeeper Hu has a heart too. This place is the same as when I left. At that time, I swore to myself that I would never come back again." After dinner, everyone returned to their rooms. Fang Chengbai sat on the edge of the bed and leaned against the back of the bed. , holding a book I once read in my hand

"This room is interesting. The outside feels extremely depressing, but the bedroom is so warm." Pang Defu sat on the single sofa next to the bed and looked at the bedroom. The whole room was decorated very elegantly, which made people feel relaxed.

"Well, yeah, so my favorite thing at the time was just sitting quietly in my bedroom"

"Actually, when my eldest brother is not busy, he will take me to play games outside. The props are those stone bricks, so in my opinion, those messy floor tiles are regular. I know why I let you lay a pure white floor Is it?" Fang Chengbai looked at Pang Defu with a smile

"You're not afraid..."

"Yes, I'm afraid that if I buy floor tiles with patterns, I won't be able to resist putting them together in my own way." Pang Defu thought of the maze-like Pang Mansion, and was a little glad that he listened to his wife's advice and bought pure white ones, and even more so I was very diligent and wiped it clean every time the floor was dirty, without leaving any patterns on my daughter-in-law

"Let's go out to play together tomorrow?" Pang Defu really wanted to see the place where Fang Chengbai grew up. Fang Chengbai nodded. During the more than ten years he lived here, he went out very few times. The only time he sneaked out was found. His father put him in confinement for three months when he came, and he hasn't been that curious about the outside world since

why?In fact, he always wanted to ask why, but seeing his father's cold eyes when he looked at him, he flinched again. He was afraid of hearing cruel words from his father's mouth

After breakfast, everyone sat on the sofa in the living room and talked about various things. Butler Hu saw that Fang Chengbai was always looking in the direction of the ancestral hall outside, so he cautiously stepped forward and asked

"Second Lord, can you still visit the ancestral hall?"

"Alright, kowtow to him with a stick of incense." Fang Chengbai's face was slightly cold, and he couldn't see the slightest expression

"actually......."

"Don't talk about Mr. Hu, it's been so many years." Fang Chengbai interrupted Mr. Hu

"Actually, old man, I don't have anything to say. The second master will know when he should know. I just want to tell the second master that what the eyes see may not be true." Mr. Hu knows that the three feet of ice are not a day Zhihan, so I didn't say much, by the way, I asked Fang Fanghan and Jiang Ying to go to the ancestral hall together.

Fang Chengbai lit incense and walked to the futon in the middle, turned around and waved to Jiang Ying and Pang Feng, "Come here, let's kowtow to our ancestors together."

After the three of them bowed and got up, Jiang Ying found that there was a ranking in an inconspicuous place in the ancestral hall, and the name written on it was Fang Hanyan

"Fang Hanyan" Jiang Ying read out, focusing everyone's eyes on that ranking, "Who is this?" Jiang Ying made a puzzled expression at the right time

"Young Master Hanyan, he is the uncle's younger brother, but Young Master Hanyan passed away due to illness when he was very young Explained to Jiang Ying, Jiang Ying moved his lips and did not ask about the secret room in the end, and then the whole group left the ancestral hall together after worshiping, Mr. Hu walked beside Jiang Ying and said a word to Jiang Ying softly "Don't worry, young master, you'll know when you should know." Jiang Ying also nodded lightly. That secret room must have been prepared for Fang Hanyan, who "died early" and could no longer appear in front of others, but he seemed to know There are very few Fang family members about this matter, even the second uncle kept it a secret