The lanterns kept dancing, and no one cared about it. Ming Chen was flipping through a book under the lamp, but although his eyes were staring at the book, he hadn't turned a page for a long time. Just tilted his head to look at Xie Yun, a little impatient.
Xie Yun propped his forehead with one hand and sat beside him, but was dozing off like a mountain.
Suddenly, the wooden door was pushed open from the outside with a squeak, and a cold night wind entered the room—the person who came in was the guard next to Ming Chen, Jia Chen.
Ming Chen "teng" stood up: "How is it?"
Jiachen lowered his voice and replied, "Shen Tianshu took people out of the city."
The corners of Ming Chen's mouth tensed slightly, and after a while, he sighed: "The third brother expected it to be good."
"I can't talk about it, it's just a guess." Xie Yun opened his eyes and his voice was a little hoarse. He didn't know what dream he had just now. The somewhat frivolous face added a heavy stern look for no reason, Xie Yun thought for a while, and then asked, "A few important roads out of the city have left people?"
Jiachen replied in a straight-forward manner: "The subordinates are incompetent, I dare not get too close to them, but I did see that Shen Tianshu ordered a group of people to stay."
Xie Yun nodded. He stood up and opened the window. He seemed to want to stretch his muscles and bones. He just showed some tired and lazy appearance, and then he remembered that Ming Chen was still beside him, so he just retracted his half-stretched waist. Reluctantly, he raised a dog-like figure and asked, "Mingchen, when will your letter arrive at Huojiabao?"
"It's almost time to reach Yueyang, Yisi is going fast," Ming Chen said, "It's fortunate that the third brother sent me a message early, otherwise with the current battle, my people might not be able to leave the city... What's wrong with the third brother? Do you know that Shen Tianshu is leaving? Are you going to keep someone?"
"Shen Tianshu and Tong Kaiyang attacked Mu Xiaoqiao late at night. They thought they could knock off one of Huojiabao's thighs, then cut off the backup and took Yueyang directly to kill Huo Liantao." Xie Yun twisted the window lattice with his fingers and said slowly, "Unexpectedly, Mu Xiaoqiao, who sang the ditty, refused to be captured without hesitation. That night, he showed his demeanor as an old man. Seeing that he could not beat him, he took the initiative to burn the mountains and fry the valleys. The movement was so loud that even the foxes and rabbits 30 miles away moved their families. , not to mention the 'clairvoyant' Huo Liantao. Huo Jiabao has stood for several generations, not to mention it is impregnable, once Huo Liantao takes precautions, Shen Tianshu is afraid that it will not be easy to start."
"There is someone behind Huo Liantao, not only I can think of it." Xie Yun glanced at Ming Chen, showing a bit of calm sternness, Ming Chen lowered his head subconsciously, and then heard Xie Yun say again, "Mu Xiao Qiao may not be dead, I guess after that night, Shen Tianshu and Tong Kaiyang split their forces, Tong Kaiyang is searching for the remnants of the living dead mountain, and Shen Tianshu personally brought the greedy wolf, it is for you."
Ming Chen was startled.
Xie Yun looked at his childish face, and felt that he could be so sad all night facing these ignorant teenagers.
…Unfortunately, the last little girl who made him sigh is no longer there.
Ming Chen frowned and said, "The people around me are few and skilled. Even a ditch can be hidden. I've been here for a long time, and I haven't..."
Xie Yun sighed and interrupted him: "You don't go out to have a look, and you don't find that there are more refugees fleeing in Huarong City than elsewhere? The common people know to seek profit and avoid harm, and the reason why they all flock here is because This area is much more peaceful than other places. Whose credit do you think this is? Could it be the parental official of that wine bag and rice bag? You set such a big target, and you still think you can hide it perfectly."
Hearing his reprimand, Ming Chen immediately looked like a child in trouble, he lowered his head and did not dare to say a word.
"Fortunately, Qiu Tianji saved you by mistake," Xie Yun said, "Lu Cun chased the Wu family here, causing a lot of trouble and disrupting Shen Tianshu's full plan, or else Greedy Wolf would stand by you. In front of you, you may not even recognize him—at that time, let's see if two more Mr. Bai can protect you!"
Ming Chen murmured in a low voice: "It's not and there's no..."
Xie Yun laughed: "I didn't catch you? Yes, but I've trapped you here. Now that there are two handles in and out of the city gate, even if there is a way to break through, Mr. Bai and the others will never let you take this risk— is not it?"
Ming Chen walked a few steps in the room with his hands behind his back, licked his lips, and said with plausibility: "What's the use of trapping me here? Huo Liantao and I don't have such a bad friendship, let alone trap me, even if Huo Liantao didn't seem to be touched by capturing me alive. The third brother just said that Huojiabao will definitely be heavily guarded. In recent years, Huojiabao has collected all the sects and martial arts masters in the north and south Dongting. , even the mountain of the living and the dead has become his assistant. If they are prepared in advance, what is the use of Shen Tianshu bringing his dog-legs to go out in person? I think that Beidou is also busy, nothing to be afraid of—and, you The letter I wrote to Huo Liantao is too alarmist, and the Huo family will ignore it."
"He will." Xie Yun said slowly, "to trap you, and then release gossip, saying that you are in his hands, Huo Liantao may not be touched... But after Mr. Zhou withdrew from Zhongnan, he left Wen Yu behind. , Now that General 'Feiqing' is stationed near the border between the north and the south. It takes only seven or eight days to come and go here. He is your nearest rescuer. When he hears this news, even if he knows that Shen Tianshu is cheating and is concerned about your father, he will There will definitely be some performance. Although the North and South have a short-term truce, it can be said to be on the verge of breaking out. Wen Feiqing has a little trouble, and Shen Tianshu immediately has a reason to borrow troops and use the crime of 'cooperating with the enemy and treason' to level Huojiabao. Huo Liantao is not afraid of three or five masters. , do you think he is afraid of the army?"
Ming Chen was speechless for a long time: "Third brother, it's not like this..."
Xie Yun paused, then smiled suddenly: "Yes, maybe not, this is all my guess, not necessarily accurate, but be prepared, if that's the case, we have also prepared for the worst."
As soon as he finished speaking, a person suddenly walked in at the door, with a yellow face and thin muscles, his chest bowed, and it was actually "Shen Tianshu"!
Ming Chen was immediately startled, and Jia Chen drew his sword to block in front of him and Xie Yun without even thinking about it.
At this time, "Shen Tianshu" opened his mouth, but it was Mr. Bai's voice that came out: "Master, third master, what do I look like?"
Xie Yun said with a smile: "It's enough to turn the fake into the real."
Ming Chen said in amazement, "Master Bai?"
He saw that "Shen Tianshu" made a few "clack clap" sounds, and the whole person's skeleton immediately grew larger, and in a blink of an eye, he changed from a tuberculosis to a slender and tall man. He stretched out his hand to put the human skin mask on his face. Erase it, revealing Mr. Bai's straight face.
Mr. Bai asked, "Third Young Master, when will you start?"
Xie Yun slowly rolled up his sleeves: "You can go out for a walk tonight, but you have to be very careful."
Mr. Bai laughed loudly, said "ordered" and went out. Jiachen hurriedly gave a deep salute and followed.
Xie Yun's mouth was dry, he picked up the cold water from the tea cup, drank it, patted Ming Chen's shoulder, and said, "Rest early, don't worry too much, I'm here too, it's alright of."
He was about to go out while talking, but Ming Chen suddenly stopped him from behind and said, "Third brother!"
Xie Yun stood at the door and turned around.
Ming Chen asked, "Is the third brother's painstaking arrangement to help me... Or to save that friend in the rivers and lakes who is hiding somewhere right now?"
Xie Yun said without changing his face: "General Wu Fei's family is a loyal and martyr, and they are walking with me. Naturally, they will try to save them. You are my relative, even if you break through the big basket, I will come out. I'll take care of it for you, since there's a two-way strategy, why not use it? You're not a pretty girl, so don't ask me such a silly question next time."
Ming Chen's face was a little ugly because of his rude words, and he was very frustrated: "I'm sorry, I caused trouble for the third brother."
Xie Yun looked at him for a moment and sighed: "Ming Chen, I hugged you when you were a child, I dare not say that I know you very well, and probably know a little bit of fur... So don't act 'showing weakness' with me, I don't I'll go back with you."
Ming Chen was stunned for a moment, then he laughed at himself, then raised his head, his arrogant child's expression was swept away, and he said softly, "Third brother, it's not good to eat all day in the rivers and lakes. What's the benefit of being a fool who doesn't eat and drink well? It's hard to say anything about the 'family' for these years. "
Xie Yun raised his hand to interrupt him: "Ming Chen, please be careful."
Ming Chen reluctantly asked: "Third brother, don't you have any idea when you see half the wall falling? This should be your own river and mountain, but now our two brothers have to disguise when we go out here, and we have to be careful when we speak. Are you willing?"
Xie Yun seemed to want to say something, but then swallowed again, gave Ming Chen a meaningful look, and turned away.
In Huarong City, as Shen Tianshu left, the atmosphere not only did not relax, but became more and more tense. After the curfew, a large number of officers and soldiers and men in black began to patrol around, and the moonlight swept across these sharp men. Ironware, at first glance, looks like a monster in the middle of the mountains, seas and Huainan. Ordinary people are prohibited from entering and leaving the city gate. After a few days, the supplies are gradually running out, and people are panicked. It's just that people in troubled times are mostly obedient. As long as the breath is alive, even if they are half-dead, it is better than exposing the corpse in the wilderness. Therefore, no one makes trouble, but it shows a well-trained peace.
At this time, Zhou Fei could only stay in the mad woman's small courtyard.
On that day, Duan Jiuniang was greatly stimulated by Zhou Fei's words, as if she was even more excited.
Although her small hospital is not big, she can't bear to live with only three and a half people alive. Most of the time, it is empty. Zhou Fei was injured again, and she made it worse. So it only counts as half.
In the empty courtyard, Duan Jiuniang disappeared. Day and night, she did not know which mouse hole she hid in. The colorful silk hanging on the tree in the courtyard was blown by several strong winds, and it was like a corpse lying on the ground. The courtyard is full and no one cares, this small courtyard is more and more like a haunted house.
Zhou Fei maintained a confident face, but in fact she didn't have any idea. Fearing that Wu Chuchu would ask her the details in a few words, she had to take the Tao Te Ching given to her by the old Taoist every day and read it over and over and make a statement. Deputy "walking to the poor place of water, sitting and watching the clouds rise" is idle and determined.
It is a pity that the old Taoist may have misunderstood her. For some dead elm heads, "reading the book a hundred times" can still "goose goose without trace". The words on the book passed under her eyes, just like the fleeting clouds. Zhou Fei "looked" at every word, and after a boring discussion, she came to a conclusion, "What is it, it's not as good as what I wrote. nice" conclusion.
As for what each word says together, I don't know at all.
There are thousands of words in the Tao Te Ching. You need to study it carefully. You can study it for several years. You can read it in half an hour with the reading method of "doing not ask for deep understanding". It's over.
When Zhou Fei pretended to read a book, she was thinking wildly in her mind, and said to herself, "If you don't have martial arts skills, I don't even have any money. If you want to hire an escort agency to escort the two of us back, it won't work."
The most important thing is that she doesn't know the way yet.
Zhou Fei rolled the pages of the book with her scabbed fingers, and she was wildly imaginative, and suddenly asked Wu Chuchu, "I heard that ancient calligraphy and paintings are valuable, right?"
Wu Chuchu borrowed a needle and thread from the old maid and was sewing a torn skirt corner. Hearing the words, he replied, "Some are hard to find."
Zhou Fei propped herself up, held up the useless broken book in her hand, and asked, "Look at this paper, Huang De is like the fangs of a greedy wolf and a tuberculosis ghost. It must be some years old. It's worth a few dollars... Well, does anyone buy the characters for the dog reptiles?"
The characters in this hand-copied Tao Te Ching are not very ugly, but they are very irregular. They are written inside and out, and the lines and columns are not aligned. All the "dots" and "short verticals" in the first few pages are distorted. Unusual, I wish I could float to the other words next door, and things were scattered with open teeth.
Wu Chuchu burst out laughing, remembering that he had seen many rare antiques and famous calligraphy and paintings when he was young, but he couldn't laugh when he thought of the current predicament.
Zhou Fei was forced to have fun while she was depressed. She opened the first page of the broken book, ignoring the rest of the booklet. They can actually be connected into a line, forming a ghost symbol.
Wu Chuchu saw that she was turning the book over, holding it back for a while, but she really didn't understand what she was "comprehending", so she said: "I read some of the Taoist classics when I was a child, but I just tasted it, and there are a lot of them. I don't understand, you've watched it for so many days, do you have any experience to tell me?"
Zhou Fei narrowed her eyes and stared at the page very seriously: "Like a goat..."
Wu Chuchu: "..."
This insight is a bit too advanced!
Zhou Fei got up with some difficulty, covered the messy strokes bit by bit with her hands, and only drew down the short vertical and intermittent strokes, and said to Wu Chuchu: "Look here, this circle is drawn, Like a pouting goat?"
Wu Chuchu was stunned by her ignorance.
Zhou Fei just saw that she was worried and wanted to tease her, so she turned to the second page and gestured: "This page is like a leaf, this page seems to be a person's wrinkled face, this page...
Her voice suddenly stopped, and she vaguely felt that the graphics on the fourth page had a strange intimacy.
Wu Chuchu covered her mouth and asked, "What is this page?"
Zhou Fei: "...a chicken standing on one leg."
Wu Chuchu finally laughed.
Zhou Fei reached her goal, and she also bent the corners of her mouth, but she felt strange in her heart—she was not a weasel, and she definitely did not get excited when she saw an ethereal chicken shadow. Why did she have a flash of intimacy
She didn't have time to think about it. Suddenly, there was a crisp sound from the courtyard. A copper basin in the hand of the old servant girl accidentally fell off, and she made an "ah" sound.
Wu Chuchu was taken aback, immediately shut up, and hurriedly glanced through the window secretly, and saw a shadow flashing past the gate of the courtyard!