The 26th Oniichan

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  "This courtyard is quite scenic, with flowers and grass. I've decided to move in here." Ao Wu put forward his own requirements.

  But this request shocked the butler: "Ah?!"

  He looked as if he had seen a ghost.

  "What's wrong?"

  "Master, nobody wants to live in this house anymore..." The steward's voice became somewhat hesitant.

  "What's inconvenient about saying it?" Ao Wu said on purpose, "Can't the steward also consider us as outsiders?"

  Just after finishing the hanging, the contradiction of this identity became a sensitive spot for Ao Wu and Zhong's family. As soon as these words came out, Guan Jia's face turned solemn, fearing that Ao Wu would have wild thoughts, and hurriedly explained: "No, Master is not an outsider, it's just that the things in this courtyard are a bit frightening when spoken of, Ah Lang ordered us not to spread it around. Since Master wants to hear, I'll tell you. After Old Lady passed away, everyone discovered that the flowers and grasses in this courtyard grew much faster than those outside, even in winter when the grass outside was withered and yellow, the grass here remained green and continued to grow non-stop. Everyone didn't know what was going on, but they also had a few points of fear in their hearts."

  "So, no one was willing to come and live here anymore. Later, a monk pointed out that he wanted to stay in this yard, and everyone thought that the monk might be able to calm down the yard, so they agreed. With the monk living in the yard, he often trimmed the flowers and grass, and it seemed to have some human presence, and the flowers and grass didn't look as wildly overgrown as before. But after just a few years, the monk also passed away in the yard, and the flowers and grass in the yard grew even more wildly than before, everyone was even more afraid, so no one came to live here again, not even daring to come near."

  He continued: "Ah Long told people not to spread the word about the yard, so only I come over to trim these wild flowers when I have nothing else to do. This was just cut ten days ago and it's already grown back like this!"

  It was cut off ten days ago? The growth rate is indeed frightening, no wonder the Zhong family's ordinary people were scared and didn't dare to come in.

  The reason for the lush growth of the grass and trees, of course, is due to the spiritual energy of that purple-hearted umbrella grass. Ao Wu thought of the monk who had stayed here, he had pointed out that he wanted to stay here, he must have known about the existence of this purple-hearted umbrella grass. It seems that in ancient times, there were also cultivators, which made Ao Wu feel a sense of vigilance in his heart. From now on, if he encounters someone who doesn't know whether they are friend or foe.

  The steward thought that this weak and timid young master would be intimidated and not dare to say he wanted to live in the house again.

  But unexpectedly, Ao Wu ordered: "Housekeeper, find a few servants to sweep and clean this courtyard."

  "Ah?" The butler was shocked once again.

  He continued to advise: "Brother-in-law, although you and your wife sleep in separate rooms, you are still husband and wife in name. Moving out is not a good idea, and this courtyard is not as simple as you think it is. It's very scary. I've come here several times and heard strange noises and seen ghostly shadows. It's not a place for humans to live."

  He suspected that Ao Wu's marital relationship was not good and wanted to live separately, then exaggerated and intimidated Ao Wu.

  Kao Wu smiled on his face, "You don't call anyone, I'll come myself."

  After finishing speaking, he found a sickle in the yard and started to clear the weeds in the middle of the yard. The housekeeper saw that he was serious and hurriedly said: "Alright, Master, I'll call someone to clean it up."

  The housekeeper called the servants, who seemed to have gotten rabies, their bodies shaking non-stop. It was only when the housekeeper scolded them from behind that they finally entered the courtyard. Seven or eight people brought some life to this courtyard. Four of them were weeding in the courtyard, while four others went into the only two-story pavilion to tidy up.

  The attic looks a bit old, but it's not hard to see that it was once a very elegant attic. Just now, before entering the attic, Ao Wu ordered the servant who was weeding: "First remove the grass from the corridor, and don't touch my ivy on the south wall!"

  He then went into the attic to take a look, the first floor was being cleaned up, dust flying everywhere, the room was simply decorated, at a glance, there was nothing special, he walked out and went upstairs.

  The second floor has a bedroom and a study. On the desk in the study, there is a thick layer of dust. Underneath the desk, there is an imprint made of spiritual energy. Indeed, something is here.

  He walked over, squatted down to look under the desk, his hand lightly brushed against the clothes on his chest, and a small knife appeared in his hand. The tip of the knife pried at the wooden board, revealing a seam. His fingers opened up the gap, and a thin piece of wood was pried off, a piece of cloth floated down, landing in his hand.

  On the white cloth, there were words that weren't written with ink, but were scorched on with a hot iron. Although they were in complex characters and written in cursive script, Laozi was an educated man and could still make them out.

  "Somehow I have been blessed with a long life, and after more than 80 years of hard work and contemplation, I have made some progress on the path, and come to understand the will of heaven. Alas, my karma is about to run out. In my later years, I obtained this precious land, but ultimately could not escape my fate. If a person with affinity comes here, sincerely accept my legacy."

  Ancient people were not good at this point, and they didn't use punctuation marks when writing. As a result, Ao Wu had to pause several times while reading this short will, before he could read it smoothly. It was really tiring.

  After reading the content again, this is really frustrating. The will from start to finish doesn't even leave a name. Who knows who you are with such a will? It's really embarrassing for your IQ.

  Lenovo just mentioned that a monk came to live here and died, so this will is likely left by the old bald donkey.

  The first three sentences said that the pie in the sky made him embark on a cultivation path, and after cultivating for more than 80 years, he finally had some small achievements. The next sentence is problematic.

  Knowing one's fate, everyone knows that at thirty they stand firm, at forty they are no longer perplexed, and at fifty they know their fate. That is to say, this sentence refers to the age of fifty. But this old bald donkey clearly said he had been practicing for over eighty years, so he was at least over eighty years old, and it's even more possible that he was over ninety years old. Suddenly, he comes out with a sentence saying he's only fifty years old - is this a case of returning to youth or has he developed senile dementia, taking himself for a fifty-year-old little old man?

  Your thinking is really beyond my understanding!

  Skip this, the treasure land behind is referring to this yard, there is a spiritual grass here, Lao Tu Zi is a deceitful person, not mentioning a word about the spiritual grass, not telling the person who found the will that there is spiritual grass, you have fate if you find the grass, no fate if you don't. Grass, I salute your deceased soul with my middle finger.

  What's left behind is just some clothes and a rice bowl, it means that Lao Tui has left some cultivation methods.

  However, the old bald donkey is a complete waste that goes all the way to the bottom. The will doesn't say where the inheritance is, and under this desk, there's only a wooden board hiding the will, nothing else. I'll use my middle finger to bid farewell to your deceased soul again, telling others that there's an inheritance, making people itch with anticipation, but unable to find it, isn't that just purely infuriating?

  The wooden stairs creaked with footsteps, Ao Wu hastily came out from under the desk, patted the dust and spider webs off his clothes, and walked out. He bumped into the butler head-on, "Young Master, Fang Gongzi has come to visit you."

  Upon hearing this, Ao Wu immediately refused to meet him. He only had memories of the night before he became a Xiucai and had no idea who Fang Gongzi was. If he went out, wouldn't he be exposing himself? "I'm still ill and it's inconvenient for me to receive guests, so please help me decline."

  "Master Fang and your uncle are on good terms, last time you had a cold, he even let him in to chat...". The expression on the housekeeper's donkey face told him that it might not be a good idea to dismiss the guest now.

  "The patient is a big deal, and the illness I have might be contagious. What if we meet up and get infected? Hey, hey, I'm telling you to use this as an excuse to go out and see that Fang Gongzi, what are you hiding from?"

  Watching the housekeeper go down, Ao Wu picked up Lao Tu's will and took a look, then put it in his arms.

  The housekeeper returned, saying that he had sent Fang Gongzi away, but Zhang Gongzi came to visit. He asked the housekeeper to send him away again, but this time he didn't drive Zhang Gongzi away. Lin Gongzi and Wang Gongzi arrived. Unexpectedly, the scholar's connections were so good before his death, and when he was ill, many people came to visit. It seems that he wasn't such a failure as a person after all. They were all sent away.

  The grass in the yard was only cleared by noon when lunch was about to be served, and Ao Wu ordered people to stop and rest, and then come back to clean up the pool after dinner.

  From the east wing to the main hall, you have to go through the entrance and walk along that path. When Ao Wu walked back, he met a scholar who was just walking out. This should be one of the young masters who came to visit Ao Wu's illness. It's bad, let the steward send someone away, but ended up running into him here.

  Just as he was considering whether to turn around and leave, the young master had already stretched out his hand to greet him: "Hey, brother, no need to go in, Clock Manager is seeing off guests, no chance to meet the first beauty!"

  A tone of regret.

  Qiao Wu was stunned, this sentence had too much information!

  You're here to see someone, and I'm right in front of you, yet you don't even recognize me. Are you actually here to visit me?

  And there's no beating around the bush, they directly say they're here to see the number one beauty.

  This made Ao Wu think that these people who came to visit him were actually wanting to take a close look at the cold and beautiful first beauty, Yan.

  Just now you said that being a scholar is not a failure, but now I know it's a complete failure!

  "It doesn't matter, you first." Ao Wu said with a very friendly smile on his face.

  After seeing off the man, Ao Wu's face turned black. He went inside and grabbed the butler, asking: "Is it true that these people often came to our house with various excuses in the past?"

  "Huh? Is...?" The butler was confused, what kind of temper was Master showing now?

  Kao Wu sneered and said, "From now on, whenever these people come, send them away for me, don't let a single one stay!"

  Looking at his cold smile, the butler actually saw a glimpse of Zhong Qing's appearance, it was too cold, making people involuntarily shudder.

  He hastily nodded in agreement.

  After lunch, Ao Wu went to the east courtyard again, planning to clean up the pool. There was purple heart umbrella grass in the pool, as well as other aquatic plants. Leaving too much aquatic plant wasn't good either, they had to be removed. And a reason had to be found to leave the purple heart umbrella grass behind. The scenery planting was the best reason.

  Just as he was about to give the order for people to get into the water, a cold voice sounded from behind: "Lang Jun, why are you moving to live in the East Wing?"

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