Chapter 7: The Assassin and the Poor Scholar

A few days later, on the official road, a carriage slowly walked, the young man in the carriage may have been bored for a long time, opened the curtain of the carriage, looked at the mountains that gradually went away, overlapping and pleasing to the eye, the heart gave birth to a joy but a little lonely, I thought that I had never seen such a scene, the verdant distant mountains, the ethereal clouds and smoke, a few hovering birds, empty and ethereal, very poetic, unconsciously said:

"The distant mountains overlap verdant colors, and the faint clouds of smoke are seen up close;

There are birds on the empty plate, and there is a lonely car shadow on the downside. โ€

Fu Bo was an old man of almost sixty, with a yellow tooth missing from his front teeth, and he laughed innocently, and spent his days tinkering with his broken gourd, doing some work to raise horses in the Shen family, and sometimes acting as a groom to drive the carriage for the Shen family.

Fu Bo didn't have much culture, although he couldn't understand his words, he could feel that he was not happy at all, and praised him: "Young master, your literary talent is really good, and you are also a first-class talent when you enter Kyoto, not that others can compare, young master don't worry." โ€

Shen Wenqiu knew that Fu Bo thought he was worried about going to Beijing to take the exam this time, so he ignored his words and asked, "Fu Bo, we have been gone for a few days. โ€

Fu Bo smiled and said, "What's the matter, the young master is homesick." Seeing that Shen Wenqiu didn't answer, he added: "It's been five days, and it's still early to arrive in Kyoto?"

I saw that Shen Wenqiu got out of the carriage and sat next to Fu Bo, but Fu Bo was frightened, hurriedly stopped the carriage, and reminded him carefully and nervously: "Young master, how dangerous it is here! Why don't you go in and sit?"

"It's all right, Fauber, I'm worried you're overdoing it. โ€

"No, if I fall on you, I will go back, and I won't be able to explain to the master. โ€

"Don't worry, I'm just bored, and I want to talk to you. โ€

"Young master, you're laughing again. โ€

"Alas, Fauber, this journey into Beijing is almost two months, and if you don't speak for these two months, you will suffocate people. โ€

When Fu Bo heard this, he showed his yellow teeth full of missing front teeth, and said with a smile: "Young master, it's true, if you don't have a companion to speak for a long time, you will suffocate people." โ€

Shen Wenqiu heard this and quipped: "What, Fu Bo, it's only been five days since I left, and I'm starting to miss my aunt." โ€

Fu Bo heard Shen Wenqiu's words, and smiled innocently: "Young master, I'm going to make fun of my old man again." โ€

Shen Wenqiu snorted and didn't say anything.

In this way, on the lonely official road, a carriage, an old man, and a young man accosted without saying a word, and from time to time there was a burst of laughter.

Suddenly, Shen Wenqiu seemed to see something and asked, "Fu Bo, do you see if there is someone in front of you?"

Fauber squinted at his presbyopia and said, "Where?

Shen Wenqiu stretched out his hand and pointed to a tree on the side of the official road and said, "Look, under that tree." โ€

Fu Bo looked in the direction of Shen Wenqiu's finger, finally saw it clearly, and said, "There is such a person, it seems that he has been injured, which is quite serious." โ€

Shen Wenqiu hurriedly said, "Quick, hurry over and take a look." โ€

When the two approached, they hurriedly got out of the carriage, only to see a man sitting paralyzed behind a tree, already unconscious, with an arrow in his back, dressed in black and covering his face, and a pool of blood on the ground.

Shen Wenqiu just wanted to step forward, but the frightened Fu Bo suddenly grabbed him, and said in a trembling voice: "Shaoยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Master, I see us... Or don't care... It's an idle thing. Obviously, Fauber has not lived in vain all these years, and he has some experience in coping with it, although he is afraid, he also knows that this matter cannot be taken care of.

Shen Wenqiu said: "Saving people's lives and creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, how can you say this, if it is Aunt Fu who is lying here, can you save it?"

Fu Bo was choked by Shen Wenqiu so much that he didn't know how to answer, so he didn't speak; Shen Wenqiu stepped forward and tore off the man's black face scarf, only to see a handsome woman, not particularly beautiful, but there was such a sassy air between her eyebrows, but at this time her face was pale, Shen Wenqiu probed her nose with his hand, and saw that there was still breathing, so he carried her into the carriage, and when he turned around, he saw where Fu Bo was still like an iron pestle, and he couldn't get out of his anger, and shouted loudly: "Fu Bo, what are you doing there! Come and rush to save people!"

Fauber came back to his senses, got into the carriage in a panic, and drove away.

On the outskirts of the north of Nanli Province, in a small mountain village, "Trouble my aunt to come to the city to help us hire a doctor, and by the way, buy a decent dress for this girl to wear." After speaking, Shen Wenqiu gave some silver taels to the woman, and added: "The rest should be used as an errand fee for you." โ€

The woman began to see the woman's black dress, and she didn't want to care about it, but when she heard Shen Wenqiu's words, she felt that it was profitable, so she reluctantly agreed. The woman called in a doctor, who helped with the wound, wrote a prescription, and left.

A day later, Shen Wenqiu wanted to leave some money to ask the aunt to take care of the girl for him, and continued to enter Beijing, but the woman had seen the woman's outfit when she first came to her house, and she was afraid of getting into a lawsuit.

Two days later, on the official road of Nanli Mansion, the woman woke up vaguely, and at first glance saw a man staring at herself, stretching out her slender jade hand like a lightning strike, quickly and quickly clasping the man's throat, and pressing him against the wall of the carriage, the distance between the two was only five centimeters, and she looked at Shen Wenqiu with sharp eyes and asked, "Say, who are you?"

So close, although when I first saw the woman, I just saw her delicate appearance, which was okay, but in the past few days, her complexion has recovered bloodshot and ruddy, but it looks a lot better; Shen Wenqiu, who is a young man, was pressed like this, and swallowed a handful of saliva unconsciously, the woman only thought that he was a prodigal son, and the strength on his hand increased a little, Shen Wenqiu was a little out of breath, and reached out to pat the woman's hand, and the woman realized that she was too strong, and she unloaded some force.

Shen Wenqiu could speak, but it was still a little difficult: "You... That's it... Treat your own... Help... Benefactor?"

Hearing the words of the savior, the woman remembered that after she was hit by an arrow, she kept running and running, and then she lost consciousness, and she didn't know what happened later, so she let go of Shen Wenqiu and asked, "How long have I been in a coma?"

Shen Wenqiu thought for a while and said, "According to the fact that I saved you from the forest, it has been three days now. โ€

Suddenly, the woman seemed to remember something, and pressed Shen Wenqiu again, and said, "You changed the clothes on my body?"

Shen Wenqiu saw her press over, she didn't have the eyes that wanted to kill like the first time, and said with a smile: "Young Master Ben, it's amazing, not only can you heal your injuries, but you can also change your clothes." โ€

When the woman heard this, a wave of anger rose in her heart, the strength in her hand tightened a little, and she said with anger on her face: "You..." I didn't know what to say for a while, I just felt that my innocence was ruined in the hands of this young man, but he saved himself again, so I can't kill him.

Feeling powerless, she let go of Shen Wenqiu, her heart was very entangled, and she hesitated to kill someone for the first time.

Seeing this, Shen Wenqiu knew that the joke was too big, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry! I was just joking, I didn't expect you to take it seriously." โ€

When the woman heard this, she really wanted to beat this man up, did she joke about the woman's innocence? But she calmed down and controlled herself.

Shen asked Qiu innocently introduced himself, the woman looked at his innocent eyes, and thought: "Could it be that I am wrong, he is not a prodigal son, then he swallowed saliva just now, is it really dazzling?" and said casually: "Su Yunxin"

Shen asked Qiu Dong's mother-in-law and mother-in-law's mother-in-law, but the woman didn't seem to be willing to deal with Shen Wenqiu.

After a long time, Su Yunxin came to her senses and asked, "Where is my thorn?"

Shen Wenqiu took out something that looked like a dagger, but it was not a dagger, why did he say that, it was because this dagger had the size of a dagger, but it had five blades, and he asked, "Is this it?"

Su Yunxin smiled as if she had regained a treasure and put it into her arms.

Shen Wenqiu didn't know what kind of nerves she sent, she was cold and indifferent to herself, and she smiled like this at a dagger, which was really more popular than a dead person.

"Although Su Yunxin is cold to herself, she can't be petty!" Shen Wenqiu thought, seeing that she was also a year or two older than herself, and said, "Sister Su, what are your plans next?"

Su Yunxin pointed to herself suspiciously when she heard this 'Sister Su', meaning that she was talking to me?, "What is Sister Su, your whole family is a sister, and I am only seventeen years old, okay?" Su Yunxin sneered in her heart, seeing Shen Wenqiu nodding, she didn't answer him, and said, "Now, where are we?"

"Nam Ri Province. What's wrong?" Shen Wenqiu said incomprehensibly;

Su Yunxin was about to get out of the car and leave, but Shen Wenqiu saw that her injuries had not healed, and he didn't want anything to happen to her halfway, so he said, "Sister Su, I saved you, so you don't mean it." โ€

Su Yunxin was a little displeased, she just forgot about your image as a prodigal son, and now it's here again, right? Said coldly, "What do you want me to say?"

After Shen Wenqiu pretended to think about it, he said: "I'm going to Beijing to take the exam, it's very dangerous on the road, and I don't have a bodyguard, seeing you as an assassin, you should be a good skill, then I will be wronged and send me to Kyoto safely!"

Su Yunxin thought that this guy wanted to promise something with his own body, and he planned to die even if he didn't obey it; he didn't expect to hear this request, and after thinking about it, he should repay him for saving his life and accepted it.

A month later, on the official road, a carriage, an old man, a young man, and a young girl were alone on this road, and it was getting dark, and Fubo said that he would never see anyone again, and he would camp again tonight.

The carriage slowly moved forward and stopped in front of a ruined temple, and Fu Bo showed that innocent smile and said, "God bless, it seems that there is no need to sleep in the open tonight." โ€

Shen Wenqiu and the others got out of the carriage, held the fire fold, and looked at the dark surroundings, and a ruined temple in front of them, which looked gloomy and frightening.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed, and the girl exclaimed, "Ghost!" and hid behind Shen Wenqiu, and only grabbed Shen Wenqiu's arm.

Fu Bo and Shen Wenqiu were so frightened by Su Yunxin's voice that they lost their fire, and the surroundings became even darker, and they also became nervous, and said, "Ghost, where is it?"

At that time, the three of them were afraid of being in a hurry, especially Su Yunxin, who was so scared that they couldn't hear anymore. Shen Wenqiu shook her vigorously and shouted, "Sister Su, Su... Sister," the voice of the elder was long.

Su Yunxin came back from the fright, and saw Shen Wenqiu shaking himself in front of him, Fu Bo holding the fire fold, and a man with a tattered and dirty face, so he relaxed his tense nerves, and fell into Shen Wenqiu's arms without strength for a while. After Shen Wenqiu helped her into the broken temple, he took his spare clothes to a tattered man, and the man came out of the back hall to change his clothes, and he looked like a handsome young man, how could it be the same dress as before.

The man embarrassedly apologized to the three of them, and told what happened to him, it turned out that the man's name was Gongsun Ming, a poor scholar, who went to Beijing to take the exam and was attacked by bandits, so he fell into such a field.