After Sun Baozhu and Xiao Deyu went out, Shi Shi whispered, "Xing'er, I'm going to Zhangjiabao." ”

"I'll go with you. Zhang Xing blurted out.

Shi waved his hand, "You can't go, you can't mix with my father-in-law." I'll just go alone. "Regardless of whether his stepfather and sister have an accident or not, there is a good chance that the people who go after them will not take their lives. But once the things he and Zhang Xing experienced in Daxi Mountain were leaked, it would be a monstrous disaster. Now, what they let everyone see is that he is the righteous son of Yao Qingshan, the third leader of Qingmeng Mountain, and Zhang Xing is just his fellow countryman. Yao Qingshan's affairs are related to him, but they have nothing to do with Zhang Xing. He can go to check and make trouble, but once Zhang Xing is involved, maybe someone will think about it more.

Zhang Xing looked at the stone, nodded, and instructed: "Then you be careful, don't be impulsive when you encounter something." ”

The stone nodded, went to the stable, led the horse, and went out.

Zhang Xing stood at the door and watched his figure disappear into the night, and his heart became as heavy and depressed as this black sky. She went back to her room, not feeling sleepy. The rain became heavier and heavier, and charcoal pots were burned in the house. But she still felt cold.

The third watch outside had already been knocked, Xiao Deyu couldn't help yawning and glanced up. Zhang Xing and Sun Baozhu both bowed their heads, focusing on the needle and thread in their respective hands. She swallowed again.

"Alright, don't do it, go to sleep. Xiao Deyu lowered his head, and heard Zhang Xing say lightly.

Sun Baozhu was already packing up when he heard this, and Xiao Deyu hurriedly put away his things. Zhang Xing looked at the two of them for a while and said, "It's cold tonight, and the rain is heavy. You have closed the doors and windows. Be careful not to catch a cold. ”

Xiao Deyu smiled. Yes. Sun Baozhu made the bed silently. Zhang Xing turned his head to look at Sun Baozhu, and said, "I'm not sleepy yet, you can go by yourself." ”

After Xiao Deyu Sun Baozhu left, Zhang Xing embroidered another and Di Lian, Xu was restless, Xu was dark and his eyes were not good, and he accidentally pricked his finger when collecting the needle, and the blood beads came out instantly. She took a few sips. Only then did it stop. I don't have the heart to embroider anymore. The sky outside was still as dark as ink, and the wind and rain did not stop. The stone has not returned.

She has been here in Jingkou for several months, but she has not been out of town a few times, and she has never been to Zhangjiabao. But since it belongs to Kyoguchi, it is not too far from Kyoguchi. The stone rode away. It's all going to be like this, why hasn't he come back yet? Is it a fork? After all, it's dark and it's raining so heavily. But Shi is smart, he should be able to ask someone. In such a big village, there must be many people who know about it. Could something really be wrong?

Zhang Xing's mind floated, and she thought wildly for a while. Still no results. My hands and feet are already a little stiff. So she climbed into bed and opened her eyes for a while. I'm finally a little sleepy. But she closed her eyes when she heard a soft tapping sound on the pane.

She sat up all at once. It's not a dream, someone is really shouting outside the window.

"Apricot, apricot. "It's stone.

Zhang Xing hurriedly got out of bed, lit the lamp, and opened the door. The wind and rain swept in, and a dark shadow entered the door with a cold air. In the dim light, the stone seemed to crawl out of the water, and there was no water on his body, and his wet black hair was especially pale.

"Apricots. The stone trembled and said, "I saw Shen Huailin." ”

Zhang Xing felt a biting cold wind suddenly blow across her face, "Shen Huailin, are you sure?" her voice couldn't help but become sharp.

If there is anyone in this world who she least wants to see? It is undoubtedly the Shen family. Shen Qian, the Marquis of Zhongyong, has three sons, all of whom are born to his wife, and the only one she has seen now is Shen Huaijin, the second eldest of the Shen family. This man was born very well, and he spoke kindly. He hadn't recognized her yet. But she was always unconsciously a little careful in front of him, and she didn't dare to relax for half a minute.

Now, Shi actually said that he also saw people from the Shen family here in Jingkou, Shen Huaijin's eldest brother Shen Huailin.

The name Shen Huailin is not unfamiliar to Zhang Xing, and Zhang Tao's accident was caused by this person. He took a fancy to his younger brother's unfinished wife, Gu Xiyun, the eldest lady of Huaiyang Palace. co-starred in a play with the Qingmeng Mountain bandits, and after the matter was revealed, he was ready to annihilate the Qingmeng Mountain bandits. If it weren't for the accident, Gu Xichao came in. He may have succeeded in what he had done.

She hadn't seen Miss Gu in person, and she didn't know if she was really born to fall into the city, but she felt that the two brothers of the Shen family were fighting for her, most likely not for this person. Huaiyang Palace, located in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River, is a bit of a failure, but it is still a fragrant bait, especially for the ambitious Shen family.

The Shen family's plot is so big, none of them are good, if Shen Huaijin and her feeling are a fox, then this Shen Huailin is undoubtedly a wolf, and he is also an extremely greedy and cunning wolf.

Such a person is even more difficult to mess with than Shen Huaijin.

Stone nodded and wiped a handful of water from his face, "I won't be mistaken." I have seen him in both the infantry battalion and Shen Qian's tent, and I will not admit that I am mistaken. ”

Zhang Xing stared at the stone, there was fear hidden in his pale face, except for the people of the Shen family, she had never seen who the stone was afraid of?

"Is it in Zhangjiabao?" Zhang Xing asked.

Shi nodded, "That Zhangjiabao is not an ordinary place, I went around there several times, there are a lot of people there in the open and secret, I saw that they slipped in inadvertently, and I didn't find my father-in-law, but I saw Shen Huailin." There were also people around Shen Huailin, and I was almost discovered. Stone said, suddenly sneezing.

Zhang Xing looked up and down at the stone, "I'll boil some hot water for you, you can change your clothes first, let's talk about it after you finish changing." ”

The stone was also frozen, and he shivered and nodded.

When Zhang Xing passed by Sun Baozhu and Xiao Deyu's house, it was quiet inside, and there was no movement at all. They listened to her, the doors and windows were well closed, and they slept soundly. When she came to the kitchen, the stove was not extinguished, and the water in the pot was still warm. She shoved some hay into it and lit the fire.

Sitting in front of the stove, the person quickly warmed up. Only then did Zhang Xing have the heart to quietly think about what Shi Fang had just said. Shen Huailin is in Zhangjiabao, so there is no doubt that Yao Qingshan's father and daughter had an accident. She remembered what she had seen out of the corner of her eye when she stood at the door of the Splendid Pavilion in the evening. I'm afraid they're being targeted here, too. I don't know if the matter of the stone going to Zhangjiabao has been exposed. It was dark and rainy. But the stone rode out.

As the stone said, she should not meddle too much in the affairs of Yao Qingshan's father and daughter. She has appeared in front of people a lot, and it is hard to guarantee that someone will think about it too much, and then associate her with stones, and nothing can be hidden. No one will be able to escape by then. But it would not be appropriate for her to pretend that she did not know anything. Stone rode out in the middle of the night, and she shouldn't have known what he was doing.

The water in the pot boiled, and the heat slammed the lid into a gurgling sound. Zhang Xing, who was thinking about things, was startled and hurriedly picked up the lid. She brought hot water to the front yard. The stone had changed his clothes, but his face was still very bad. Zhang Xing poured a bowl of boiling ginger water and handed it to him to drink, and urged him to wash his feet.

"Stone, we are not far from here in Zhangjiabao, I will go there with you tomorrow. Zhang Xing said in a low voice. Even if you can't avoid it, you have to catch up. She was cautious, they might not be able to see what was going on.

"You can't go. The stone refused.

"It doesn't matter if I go or not. Shen Huailin, since he already knows that you are here, do you think I can still pretend that I don't know anything?" Zhang Xing said lightly.

Shi looked at Zhang Xing with a questioning face. Zhang Xing said again: "I'm afraid that our yard has been targeted." ”

Stone's eyes were full of disbelief. Zhang Xing told the stone that she was standing at the door of the Splendid Pavilion and found that something was wrong. Shi sat down dejectedly, "It's all me, if I listen to my senior sister and live in my stepfather's room, you won't be implicated......"

Zhang Xing shook his head, "It has nothing to do with where you live, your father-in-law should have been targeted a long time ago, but you happened to be here at this time." Since they have taken down your stepfather, how can they allow Sister Yao to be at ease? It has not been a day or two since I got along with Sister Yao. If you don't live with me, they'll keep an eye on me. ”

Shi thought quietly for a while, and said, "It's okay, since they are all eyeing us, there is no need for us to hide." Xing'er, let's go to Zhangjiabao together tomorrow. Don't you know the shopkeeper, just go in and see if you can see my father-in-law. ”

After making up their minds, Zhang Xing and Shi set off early the next morning. They drove a carriage, Zhang Xing sat in the car, Shi drove the car, and Sun Baozhu also had to follow, but Zhang Xing was left with something else.

Zhangjiabao is indeed not close to Jingkou, but it is at the junction with Jin'an. They set out early in the morning and arrived almost noon. In the middle of the village was a large dock fort, which was old but not small. The houses are next to each other, chickens and dogs can be smelled, and there are sentry posts on the city walls.

Shi said in a low voice: "It has been more than a hundred years since this dock fort was built, and it is close to Jin'an, and there were often bandits in the past. More than 100 years ago, there was a big man in the Zhang family who built this dock fort to prevent bandits. ”

Zhang Xing lifted the curtain to look. The dock fort in front of you is similar to a small city, covering a large area, and there are acres of houses in it, which can be attacked and defended. It's a great place to take refuge in troubled times. The man who built this is certainly not a mediocre man in terms of military affairs. Since Shen Huailin appeared here, there is a good chance that the big man of the Zhang family has something to do with the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion in the northwest.

Before their carriage could reach the gate of the dock fort, it was stopped. The cart was stopped by two farmers with hoes and asked them, "Where did you come from, and where are you going?" (to be continued......)