The dark shadow in the courtyard had already stood up and strode over. The oil lamp was dim, Zhang Xing was behind the shadow of the lamp, and he couldn't see the person's face clearly for a while, just looking at the coming over, the tall and strong figure like a hill, with the fierce cold of early spring, was chilling in such a night. She grabbed the hoe that she had touched in her hand and shouted, "Who are you?"

"Apricot, it's me. Seeing Zhang Xing holding a hoe in his hand, the man hurriedly stopped his steps and shouted.

Zhang Xing heard the familiar voice, held up the oil lamp and looked carefully, a swarthy face was reflected in the dim light, the raised Danfeng eyes smiled into a thin slit, and the white teeth were dazzling. Zhang Xing hesitated and shouted, "Stone?"

Shi Hehe smiled, pointed to the courtyard wall of the Wei family and said, "The courtyard wall of your house is really difficult to turn, and there is not even a place to start." ”

Zhang Xing put down the hoe and said, "The walls of my yard are not for people to play with. Why didn't you come in through the door in the middle of the night? ”

The stone was still grinning as he looked around. The rest of the Wei family had already slept, and the lights in the room were all off. He whispered, "Xing'er, do you have anything to eat in your kitchen?" ”

Zhang Xing led the stone into the house and asked, "Where did you come from?

The two entered the house while talking, Shi sat down directly in front of the dining table, Zhang Xing took out the leftovers that had just been put away, and saw that only soup was left on the two dishes, and said to Shi: "You sit down for a while, and I will cook a bowl of food for you." ”

Shi hurriedly stood up, snatched the bowl from Zhang Xing's hand, and said with a smile: "Why do you need to be so troublesome? I came in the middle of the night to see you and left. ”

Zhang Xing saw that he looked in a hurry. It's up to him. A large bowl of rice was served. The stone was poured into the soup bowl, and another bowl of soup was put together, and it was mixed and swallowed and eaten. Zhang Xing sat next to him and couldn't help but say, "You use it slowly." "Even if you are in a hurry, it will not be bad for this little meeting.

After a few strokes of the stone, he pulled out the bowl, touched his stomach, looked unfinished, and said with emotion: "Apricot." It's still delicious that your food is delicious. ”

Zhang Xing handed him a bowl of water and sat down across from him. Shi finished drinking the water, wiped his mouth, put down the bowl, looked at Zhang Xing, put away with a smile on his face, and said, "Xing'er, I came from Lizhuang Village, and I moved my father and grandmother to the willow tree in my backyard." In a few days, I will follow Shen Huaijin to the northwest. I don't know when Lu Dao will come back. If you go back to Lizhuang Village, help me go and see them. ”

Zhang Xing nodded. Calmly said yes. The flood of the thirty-fifth year of Yuanping made Shi's father and grandmother stay in the mass grave outside Huaiyang City. People pay attention to falling leaves and returning to their roots, the mass grave is not their home in the end, and the stone moved them to Lizhuang Village, which is also to let their parents fall to the ground.

"Shen Huaijin ......," the stone said again, "I guess you should know the way." ”

"What are you for?" Zhang Xing looked at the stone and asked in a low voice, "The Huaiyang Royal Mansion is better than the Shen family in Liaoyuan, isn't it better for us?"

Stone grinned silently, "You think so too?" I thought so at first, but then I changed my mind. Xing'er, what do you say people are living?"

Zhang Xing had never heard the stone ask this question and looked at him. What do you want to live for? This question is the same for her, who has died once, but it is better to live than to die, and there is always some hope for many things in life.

"We didn't recruit anyone to provoke anyone, how come there are always people who want us to die? The Shen family, the Gu family, Zhang Tianyi, and those officials, we are just a cheap life, but they don't see us alive. If I take refuge in the Huaiyang Palace, they will accept it or not, and they will accept it, and it will not be easy to live in the future. I don't think Huaiyang Wangfu is a trivial place, they can marry the Shen family in the northwest, what kind of good stubble can they be? Tao'er saved the life of their eldest lady, and you saw it. Do you think we can end up with a good life?" Stone sneered, "So, it's not a good bird!"

"Besides, we have the matter of Daxi Mountain in our hearts, and when we see the Shen family in the future, we have to avoid it, but now that the Huaiyang Royal Mansion is married to the Shen family, we can hide for a day, is it possible to hide for the rest of our lives? Let me live such a aggrieved life, then it is better to let me die! I thought, anyway, life and death are like that, it is better to fight it and go to Shen Huaijin. Shi smiled at Zhang Xing and said, "Isn't that kid still thinking about Zhang Tianyi's things?

"But, after all, we have a handle in his hands. If he recognizes us......" Zhang Xing whispered.

"What handle?" said the stone with a sneer, "they must have the handle in our hands." They probably haven't recognized us yet, otherwise how would we be talking like we are now? Since they haven't recognized us yet, we can't panic, and the more we hide, the more we are afraid that they will be suspicious. It's better to take refuge in them, even if they have some doubts in their hearts now, I'm afraid they can't imagine that we will jump under their noses generously. We are under their noses, firstly, we don't have to hide in Tibet, and secondly, if they have any movements, we can also know the way first. It's better than having a black eye and waiting for someone to take your life!"

Zhang Xing was dumbfounded when she heard this, and Shishi's words reminded her of the sentence that she couldn't enter the tiger's den and got a tiger. Thinking about it carefully, this is indeed the reason, she has been thinking about being far away from everything in the Shen family all these years, but fate is so strange, turning around, they still turn to the front of the Shen family, and they appear in such a conspicuous way. No matter how cowering they are, they are afraid that they will be suspicious if they have no problem.

"But you have to follow Shen Huaijin to the northwest ......," Zhang Xing said bitterly, "It's not easy to have a good time in the northwest." "The northwest is bitterly cold, and the barbarians on the border often cross the border to intrude. She had long heard that the Northwest barbarians were extremely fierce, good at horsemanship, riding and archery, and cut off their heads and hung them around their waists after taking human lives, and were proud of it. When the Jianghuai people talked about the barbarians in the northwest, they were all terrified, and there were all kinds of bloody rumors.

She felt that these rumors were not necessarily credible. The so-called Northwest Barbarians are probably the grassland tribes she has heard of, but the grassland tribes in the bitter cold land are indeed fierce, and she knows that there is a grassland tribe that has swept the territory of most human life on the earth.

Shi laughed, "Isn't it just fighting barbarians? I'm really not afraid of this." "He grew up fighting.

Zhang Xing shook his head, "This barbarian is different from us Han people, they are a people on horseback, from children to the elderly, they are good at equestrianism and can ride and shoot, and they are very fierce. ”

Shi smiled and said: "Who are you listening to this? Do you believe this? No matter how powerful they are, they only have two hands and two legs, is it possible that they still have three heads and six arms? Even if they are three heads and six arms, as long as they are still individuals, there is nothing to be afraid of." When they met me, I made them look for teeth all over the ground. So, don't worry about this, and don't listen to the nonsense of those mothers-in-law. ”

Zhang Xing had seen stone fights, and he knew that he was very good at fighting, but going to the battlefield was different from fighting in peacetime, and Shen Huaijin accepted them, but he didn't want to be used as a talent - a group of mountain bandits dared to intercept his future wife's ship, no matter how capable he was, he definitely had to suffer at the beginning.

The Shen family dares to seek the world, she doesn't believe that Shen Huaijin will give birth to a good heart.

"Be careful, it's always right. Zhang Xing explained.

"I know this, I don't regard the Shen family as a good person. Stone said nonchalantly.

Zhang Xing glared at the stone, she knew that the stone had made up her mind, and it would be difficult to change it, but she was still worried in her heart, and asked them about when they would go to the northwest. Shi shook his head and said: "I don't know what to do, maybe it's just a few days, when I asked Shen Huaijin to go back to Lizhuang Village, he promised me six days, and I was also in a hurry to finish this, I will go to Huaiyang early tomorrow morning, otherwise it will be too late." ”

"Shen Huaijin, he really didn't doubt you?" Zhang Xing asked with a frown.

Shi Shi thought for a while and shook his head, "I can't see it now, although he promised me six days, I'm afraid that he will play this trick, no, even if I come to you, I don't dare to go through the gate." ”

Seeing that Zhang Xing was still worried, Shi smiled and comforted: "Xing'er, you don't have to worry about me." The king of Hades in Daxi Mountain won't accept me, and I won't die so early. ”

Zhang Xing couldn't help but pat his head and said angrily, "What are you talking nonsense?"

Shi Hehe smiled and waved his hand, "Okay, I won't say it." By the way, Xing'er, my senior sister is still in Huaiyang, if you go to Huaiyang to see Tao'er, you can also go to see her by the way, she is there alone, and I don't feel at ease. ”

Zhang Xing was surprised and said, "Your senior sister is in Huaiyang, won't she go with you?"

I heard that the old princess of Huaiyang Mansion liked her very much, so she left her to talk in the palace. I couldn't go into the palace again, so I asked Shen Huaijin, and he said that my senior sister was going to stay in Huaiyang and wait for my master to come back, who knew whether the Tao was true or not, and there was no good thing in the Huaiyang Palace. Stone said with a frown.

Zhang Xing thought about it, nodded, and said, "Okay, I'll ask someone to inquire about your senior sister." After this incident, it is impossible for her to leave Liu Yi and Ye Xinchen alone. Since you already owe the boss a favor, then simply ask them to help inquire about Yao Mingzhu.

After saying this, the stone looked up at the sky outside, said "I'm leaving", and stood up.

Zhang Xing hurriedly said, "You wait for me." She ran to her room, took out the clothes, shoes and socks that she had made a few days ago, and picked out the short jacket and boots made for Wei Yunhai. Wei Yunhai's height is about the same as that of the stone, only one is leaner and the other is stronger, but he can barely make do with it. Shi went to the northwest this time, and he didn't know when Lu Dao would come back, he was an orphan, but he was afraid that no one would do this for him. Something is better than nothing. (To be continued......)