Earlier, Simon had been listening outside the wall for a long time before jumping in, and when she went up the wall, she looked into the garden, but she did not find the girl at all, because she had been sitting quietly by the wall, not only did she not make a sound, but there were branches and leaves of an almond tree above her head, and she could not see from the wall at all.

"Are you Qi Ruyi?" Ximen Hitomi actually felt extremely embarrassed when he asked.

From the appearance of this girl's outfit, Ximen Hitomi could guess that she was most likely the eldest lady of Qijiazhuang, Qi Ruyi, the pearl of Qikong Mountain, and at this time, Ximen Hitomi suddenly thought that the red lacquered small building in the garden was clearly a boudoir where her daughter's family lived.

A big man quietly climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard of the eldest lady's boudoir, which is no longer an ordinary thief, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a flower thief who steals jade and incense. Fortunately, although the girl's face was quite frightened, she did not cry out loudly for a while.

"You...... Do you know my name?" the girl said in a trembling voice.

"It's just speculation. Ximen Hitomi said.

"Yes, I am Qi Ruyi," the girl's expression was already a little fixed, after all, Ximen Hitomi was such a handsome young man, and he didn't look like a bad person, "You...... What's your name, can you tell me?"

"My name is Hitomi Ximen. "Ximen Hitomi is not in the habit of changing his name, even in the current situation.

"Simon Hitomi...... Ximen Hitomi ......" Qi Ruyi muttered, "So, you are not a member of the 'Iron Elephant Gang', and Weishenme will come here?"

This is really a difficult question to answer, Ximen Hitomi can't say that he just wants to enter Qijiazhuang to investigate, so he unintentionally jumped over the wall. He looked at Qi Ruyi's face and asked, "Why are you quietly hiding under the apricot tree alone?"

"I'm not hiding, I'm just sitting under the tree and thinking about things......" Qi Ruyi had a smile on his face, but it was not natural, and a wisp of crimson appeared on his originally pale cheeks.

What can a girl of eighteen or nineteen years old think about sitting alone under the apricot blossom tree? Could it be that she was thinking about the handsome young man she met in her dream last night, under the flower tree and on the green grass, and exchanging her thoughts?

Ximen Hitomi was standing on the green grass, the golden sunlight slanting on his cheeks, and it was so beautiful that it was fascinating.

Qi Ruyi's eyes lit up and said, "I finally remembered who you are, you are really not from here!"

Ximen Tong said: "Of course not, I just arrived in Huaiqing City today." ”

Qi Ruyi was sitting under the tree, but at this time, he stood up with his palms on the ground, ran quickly towards Ximen Hitomi, and said, "Ximen Hitomi, can you take me away?"

Ximen Hitomi was taken aback again and asked, "You said you want me to take you away?"

Qi Ruyi almost hit his head into his arms, and the two separated as soon as their bodies melted, Ximen Hitomi hurriedly reached out to support her, and she could already smell the fragrance of the girl on her body in her nose.

Qi Ruyi lowered his head and said, "You just need to take me out of here, I will follow you wherever I go, okay?"

If this is a confession, it is indeed extremely bold and straightforward, and it is not like what a famous lady like Qi Ruyi can say. Ximen Tong didn't know how to respond for a while, he and Qi Ruyi couldn't see each other for tea, if this girl had fallen in love with him at first sight, and was willing to elope with him, it was too unbelievable.

But Qi Ruyi seemed to be unable to wait, his eyes were full of desire, and he took the initiative to reach out to hold Ximen Tong's palm.

At this moment, a light cough suddenly came. Ximen Hitomi turned his eyes, and immediately saw a figure flash out of the crescent moon door not far away.

This person was a woman, wearing a blue-gray coarse cloth dress, wrapped her head with a green cloth scarf, and a bamboo hairpin inserted in her hair bun, which was exactly the outfit of an ordinary servant woman in a large family. She has a slender figure, but it is a pity that one face is full of pockmarks and unevenness, which is really hateful and ugly.

It is precisely because she is so ugly that she can't tell how old this woman is from the outside, maybe she is only in her twenties, maybe she is thirty or forty years old.

Qi Ruyi also saw this person, and quickly retracted his hand, the flush on his face faded in an instant, and he returned to his previous paleness, and said cowardly in his mouth: "Pinggu, I'...... I ......"

The servant woman known as Pinggu stepped forward, gave Qi Ruyi a salute, and said, "The eldest lady is not resting in the house, why did she come to the garden? If the wind and cold are suffered again, the slaves and maids will not be able to afford to blame the master." ”

Qi Ruyi bit her lip and said, "I...... I was just...... I was a little bored in the house, so I came to the garden......"

Her voice was weak and a little shaky.

Aunt Ping looked at Ximen Hitomi and asked, "What is the name of this son, but is it a friend of our eldest lady?"

Ximen Hitomi didn't know how to answer, but Qi Ruyi said in a low voice: "He's Ximen Hitomi, is it...... It's a good friend of mine. ”

In fact, the two have only met for a moment, and if they are very reluctant to be friends, it is even more difficult to be a "good friend".

Pinggu said: "It turned out to be the son of Ximen." The eldest lady has been in poor health these days, and the doctor has instructed that she should not go out of the house, let alone meet guests, and the son is a good friend of the young lady, so she should think about her body. I think my son should go back first, and come back in a few days when my young lady's illness is cured!"

Although Ximen Tong is not as proficient in medical skills as Hua Bushi, but looking at Qi Ruyi's face and listening to her voice, it is indeed a sick appearance, and he immediately arched his hand and said: "Since this is the case, I will leave first." ”

Pinggu said: "Prince Ximen is really polite, then please come with me, the slave will lead you out of the hospital." ”

At this time, Qi Ruyi looked at Ximen Tong with a faint look in his eyes, and said, "Ximen Gongzi, in fact, I ...... I ......"

Before she finished speaking, Aunt Ping had already interrupted: "Eldest Lady, don't forget the master's instructions, go back to the house and rest!"

Qi Ruyi seemed to be a little afraid of this servant woman named Pinggu, so she didn't dare to say anything more at the moment, and lowered her head and walked towards the red lacquered small building. Pinggu turned her face to Ximen Tong and said, "Ximen Gongzi, please go this way." ”

Ximen Hitomi followed behind Pinggu, passed through the courtyard of the two entrances, and came to a corner gate. Pinggu took out the key to open the iron lock on the door, stretched out her hand to push the wooden door open, and it was indeed the street of Huaiqing City outside.

"Prince Simon, please, the slave and maid are not far away. Pinggu said.

Ximen Tong was about to go out, but he heard Pinggu say: "Although Qijiazhuang is not a Longtan tiger's den, it is also the main altar of the 'Iron Elephant Gang'. ”

It turned out that he had climbed over the wall and entered the courtyard before, and this Pinggu already knew everything!

Ximen Hitomi glanced at the other party, but saw Pinggu's uneven and numb face, her expression was calm and there was no difference, and there seemed to be no more hostility, so she snorted coldly and walked out of the door. And the wooden door "clanged" behind him.

After such a small episode, Ximen Hitomi no longer had the interest to continue exploring, and expected that Qijiazhuang would be on guard, so he didn't stop at the moment, and walked straight back to the Fulaibao Inn.

When he returned to the inn, Ximen Hitomi meditated and practiced in the room until after dark, and then waited for Mo Yu to return.

Unlike Ximen Tong, who returned empty-handed from Qijiazhuang, Mo Yu came back with a burden.

She entered the room and opened the baggage, but there were dozens of pieces of paper and paper rolls inside, all of which were the graphics of the defense of Huaiqing City, which not only had the distribution of officers, soldiers and horses, but also the terrain of various parts of the city, the shape of the city wall, and the location map of various defensive ordnance.

Mo Yu spread all the pieces of paper on the table, sorted them one by one, and picked up the ink pen to make annotations on some drawings.

Ximen Hitomi took one or two of them casually and looked at them, only to see that the ink on them was very new, it was obvious that it had just been drawn today, and the lines drawn and the handwriting were very scribbled, but they were very clear and clear, and the number of soldiers stationed at each outpost was also marked in detail. With these maps, the situation of the officers and troops defending the city in Huaiqing City can be described as clear.

Ximen Hitomi couldn't think of how such a little girl as Mo Yu could get so many graphics and information in just one afternoon. Although he is extremely competitive, he has to admit at this time that Mo Yu's ability to detect intelligence is really much higher than him, and it is not the same.

Mo Yu was busy for half an hour before he sorted out all the graphics, marked them one by one, put them away again, and put them back into the baggage.

After doing all this, she smiled at Ximen Hitomi and asked, "I don't know if Gongzi went to Qijiazhuang to investigate today, did he find anything?"

Compared with Mo Yu's gains, Ximen Tong felt that his investigation was really not worth mentioning, so he said: "I see that the guards of the Qijiazhuang are very tight, but there is nothing unusual about it. ”

Mo Yu was not a person who could fool the past with a word, she blinked with big eyes and asked, "Really, how can you see that Qijiazhuang is tightly guarded, but there are many disciples patrolling and defending the gate or wall of the village?"

Simon Hitomi said, "That's not true." There are only two Zhuang Ding outside the gate of Qijiazhuang, and there is no one guarding outside the wall, but there are people watching inside the village wall, which is very tightly guarded. ”

Mo Yu said: "There are people watching inside the Zhuang wall, but how did Gongzi know about it? Could it be that Gongzi climbed over the wall and was discovered by the other party?"

The little girl had to break the casserole and ask to the end, but Simon Hitomi had to reply: "Yes, I once crossed the wall into a garden in the village, and after only a few moments, a servant rushed over, so it can be seen that someone must have been watching the village wall to react so quickly." ”

Mo Yu said: "Oh? But I don't know what the specific situation is?"

Ximen Tong had no choice but to climb the apricot branch over the wall, and in the garden, he Yujian Qi Ruyi, the eldest lady of the Qi family, and was briefly told about the matter of being sent out of the village by the servant woman Pinggu.