"Fat man, let's go quickly." Lu Pingchuan shouted to the fat man.
The fat man had already chased the guy into the main room and was guarding the door to prevent anyone inside from coming out. When he heard Lu Pingchuan's shout, he threw away the door stick and ran out.
"Nanfeng, take care of yourself." Lu Pingchuan ran north before the fat man could go out.
"Run, run." The fat man ran away without forgetting to take the dead chicken with him.
Nanfeng threw away the hatchet, turned around and ran south.
"Hey, it's reversed." The fat man shouted from behind.
"Follow me quickly." Nanfeng shouted.
As soon as the fat man heard this, he turned around and ran south, but when he reached the small door, the clerk from the drug store rushed out. Seeing that the situation was not good, the fat man had no choice but to turn around and run north again.
Nanfeng was unable to welcome him, so he could only shout loudly, "Don't go back."
"Then where should I go?" Fatty responded.
Nanfeng didn't answer, and he didn't know where he was going. The top priority was to find a safe place to hide as soon as possible, so as not to be caught by the officers and soldiers.
After running a few steps, Nanfeng fell down. He fell down on purpose to attract the two guys to chase him. The fat man couldn't run fast. If the two guys chased him, they would soon be able to hold him down.
The two of them were hesitating who to chase. When they saw Nanfeng fall, they rushed towards him.
When the two came closer, Nanfeng quickly got up and ran south. When he reached the alley, he turned west. After running west for a few steps, he went south again, passed through a north-south alley, and changed direction again to run east. .
Seeing that the two guys had disappeared, he changed from running to walking quickly. It was already dawn and there were a few pedestrians on the street. Running wildly would attract the attention of others.
Nan Feng had grown up in this area and was very familiar with the surrounding environment. As he walked quickly, he secretly considered where to hide.
After thinking about it, he decided to go to Dongcheng. A large-scale Dharma conference was being held in Dongcheng recently. It was the safest place to hide. According to ordinary people's thinking, if he was involved in a life-threatening lawsuit, he would definitely hide in a place where no one was around. No one would have thought that he would not only dare to show his face. Dare to go to such a crowded place.
After deciding where to go, Nanfeng began to pay attention to the houses and shops on both sides of the road. The tattered single clothes on his body were too conspicuous, so he had to change them to prevent others from seeing that he was a beggar.
After walking four or five miles, he failed to get any clothes. At this time, he had reached the North-South Avenue at the junction of Dongcheng and Xicheng. Further east was Dongcheng.
Although Nanfeng grew up in Chang'an City, he was not very familiar with Dongcheng. The reason was simple. The beggars in the city all had fixed territories. If they went to beg on other people's territory, they would be attacked by other beggars. The extent of the beating depends on the mood of the other party. It's okay if you beat him to death, because no one will care about the death of a beggar.
Unlike the low-density and dense houses in the West City, most of the houses in the East City are single-family houses, which are very large and spacious, and the houses are far apart from each other.
That Dharma conference had started yesterday. Although he didn't come, he had heard that it was held in front of Zhengyang Gate. The emperor lived in the palace. Outside the palace was the Imperial City. The gate to the south of the Imperial City was Zhengyang Gate. .
At this time, breakfast was already being sold. Unlike the street stalls in West City, the breakfast in Dongcheng was all made in shops. However, this made no difference to Nanfeng, because he could not afford to eat from street stalls or food shops.
But one thing caught his attention, that is, many of the diners who got up early to eat in the food shop were carrying weapons. They looked like martial arts practitioners, and among them were some Taoist priests wearing various Taoist robes.
He was lucky, he didn't meet his companions on the way, and he arrived near Zhengyang Gate after burning incense.
A large wooden platform was erected in front of Zhengyang Gate. The wooden platform was one foot high and nearly three feet wide, and more than ten feet long from east to west. It was tall and imposing.
There was a red blanket spread on the wooden stage, and there were several seats on the red carpet. Since no one was present, the seats were covered with red cloth. The top of the stage is covered with a large yellow silk tent, presumably for sun protection.
There are two rows of seats under the stage, arranged from north to south on both sides of the wooden platform, facing east and west. There are dozens of seats in each row.
There are many square sheds on the east and west sides of these two rows of seats. Each shed is the size of two houses and contains wooden tables, benches and other items.
There were soldiers on guard around the venue. Since it was still early, there were only some laborers dragging stone rollers to crush the venue.
After looking around, Nanfeng walked to the southeast. There were several willow trees about two miles away from the viewing area. The leaves had not fallen off, so you could climb on them.
When he got closer, he discovered that these willow trees were growing next to the canal. There was a moat outside the imperial city. This was the canal where the moat drained water. The canal was more than two feet wide. Because it had just rained yesterday, the water in the canal was very fast.
Nanfeng climbed up the largest willow tree and found a tree to sit on. It was a weeping willow, and its drooping branches provided him with good cover.
He didn't relax until this moment, and then he began to worry about Chu Huairou and others. They originally planned to come here today to find a way out, but they didn't expect that something changed midway, and the original plan was completely disrupted.
Nan Feng casually folded a wicker stick and held it in his mouth, and began to think carefully. It was early in the morning when the incident occurred. Even if the drug store clerk reported it to the government, the government could not send someone to arrest him immediately. At least, he would have to wait until the government officials went to work in Chenshi, and the city The door opened at Mao hour, giving everyone enough time to escape before the officials arrested them.
Chu Huairou and Chang Le are likely to leave the city. After all, Chang Le is a murderer and the main target of the government's arrest. Lu Pingchuan, Big Eyes, and Mo Li were together. The three of them had a bigger target together, so they were more likely to leave the city.
Chu Huairou and Lu Pingchuan are both people with ideas. He is not too worried. What he is most worried about is Fatty. Fatty is more simple and honest, has poor adaptability and is most likely to be caught.
The seven of them had been living together for the past few years. Although they were hungry and well-fed, they had someone to keep them company. No matter what happened, they had someone to discuss it with. Nan Feng was very sad to be separated. Besides the sadness, he could not help but feel resentful. Changle, if Changle hadn't killed someone, everyone would still be together well at this time.
On the other hand, he was also worried that he had wronged Changle. If the fat doctor really insulted Chu Huairou, then Changle did the right thing. He did something that a man should do.
Before the breakup, Lu Pingchuan once asked Chu Huairou if Changle had killed the wrong person, but Chu Huairou did not answer, so there was no answer to the matter.
"Alas." Nanfeng leaned on the tree branch and sighed.
Before climbing the tree, he saw a crow's nest on the tree. Now that he was closer, and due to the angle, he leaned over and found that there seemed to be a white thing in the crow's nest above. Although he didn't know what it was, it was It's definitely not bird feathers.
Feeling suspicious, he climbed up the branch. When he reached the crow's nest, he tilted his head and looked in. What he saw was a pair of blue cloth shoes, with a small off-white bundle underneath.
Nanfeng reached out and took out the pair of cloth shoes. The size of the shoes was very small. They should be a pair of women's shoes.
Nan Feng tucked the cloth shoes under his arm and took out the baggage again. He untied it and saw that there was a set of women's clothes neatly stacked inside, including underwear, lining, and a blue coat. There was a fragrance on the clothes. Son, these are women's clothes.
In addition to clothes, there were some sundries and a small money bag in the bag. When he opened the bag, he saw some copper coins and a few pieces of broken silver inside.
Nan Feng was overjoyed when he saw the money, and his first reaction was to hurry up and buy some clothes.
Just as he was about to get off the tree with his baggage, a woman's voice came from below, "Give me your clothes back."
Nanfeng followed the source of the sound and saw the woman speaking. What he didn't expect was that the woman was not on the ground but in the water...