Zhang Xing restored the lock with an iron bar from the door, smeared a handful of dust on the ground, approached the crack of the door and blew lightly on the lock, and gently put the door back.

After the door was closed, only a small amount of light shone in through the window paper, the room was obviously uninhabited for a long time, filled with a strong smell of dust, not much furnishings, only a few large ornaments such as tables, chairs, wooden cabinets, etc., which were covered with dust, and there was a large bed in the room, which was empty and nothing.

The stone didn't know where Lu Daozhang Xing put the things that were ready for the lun, and was looking around. Zhang Xing grabbed his hand and whispered, "Don't go around, follow me." ”

The two came to a large wooden cabinet, Zhang Xing opened the cabinet, took out two burdens, handed one to the stone, and the other put it on himself, and then came to the room, stepped on the stool on the cabinet and climbed up the beam, stretched out his hand to the stone, and said, "What are you still standing for?" Come up. ”

The stone was put away in astonishment, and he also stepped on the cabinet and climbed up the beam. The two of them sat down, and Shi couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "How many times have you been here?" Zhang Xing moved quickly and quickly from opening the door to the upper beam, and at a glance he knew that he had done it many times.

"Five times. Zhang Xing raised a slap and said.

"Five times?" Stone was even more surprised, he was with her every day, and he didn't even notice it.

Zhang Xing tied the burden in her hand to the corner of the wall, in fact, on the second night of living in this courtyard, she touched this house, and then successively brought in the accumulated things little by little. As for the upper beam, she also thought about it carefully. The most dangerous place is the safest place. The group outside didn't expect them to try their best to escape, but they didn't go anywhere, so they hid in the empty house next door. But just in case, she still didn't dare to go to those places where it was easy to hide people under the bed, and when she thought about it, she thought of the horizontal log with the thickness of two or three arms on the top of her head.

I stepped on the cabinet and climbed up to take a look, and it was really thick and sturdy, and it was absolutely easy to bear the weight of two people.

There is only one problem: they will not hide in this house for a day or two, although it is not easy to be noticed on the beams of this house, but safety is a problem, if they accidentally fall down, it will be a big trouble. I had to put things on top and hide them first, and people should always be vigilant when they were down, and then go up to the beams of the house if something was wrong.

Zhang Xing put away the two burdens and asked the stone: "If you are sleepy, go to the cabinet and sleep for a while, if there is anything, I will wake you up." ”

The stone was not yet excited, and he was still looking around, and after listening, he did not look back, and replied: "I am not sleepy, you sleep, I will guard." ”

Seeing him like this, Zhang Xing didn't shirk it, anyway, staying in this house wouldn't be a day or two, and it was also very important to keep up her spirit before running away. She said to the stone, "Then I am asleep, you pay attention, remember, do not reach out and touch the things in this room, and it is better not to move around at will." "Leave traces of human activity, and if someone comes in and finds it, they will be found in this house, wherever they are hidden.

Shi smiled and said, "I know the way." ”

Zhang Xing carefully got off the beam, opened the cabinet and the cat entered, curled up and closed his eyes. But in the end, I didn't dare to sleep deeply, and my mind always paid attention to the movement outside.

In a daze, he suddenly felt someone approaching the cabinet, Zhang Xing's heart tightened, and he opened his eyes. The cabinet was opened, and the stone whispered, "Apricot, apricot, wake up, there's movement outside." ”

Zhang Xing immediately came out of the closet, and the lights were really bright outside, the noise was loud, countless figures came and went, the footsteps were noisy, and some people shouted in a panic: "Quick, quickly inform Meng Ye, someone has escaped." ”

Zhang Xing and Shi glanced at each other, and they both knew that the people outside the road had already discovered their escape at this time, and the search was about to begin. Zhang Xing closed the cabinet door lightly, touched a handful of ash from the corner, blew lightly on the pull ring, pointed up to the beam, and signaled the stone to go up first.

The stone nodded, and the monkey seemed to climb up. Zhang Xing walked and looked back, wiped off the traces left by the two of them one by one, and then went to the cabinet. The stone reached out and pulled her up.

It was even more noisy outside, and the fire was shining as bright as the day. Zhang Xing heard Meng Ye's angry question, a cadre in the courtyard waited, and the branch was detained, and after a cold "search" word, countless torches flowed, and the sound of noisy footsteps flowed endlessly. Soon the lights at the door of the house approached, and the copper lock on the door was picked up, and one person said, "Master, no one has touched this lock." The windows over there, my subordinates have also seen them, and they are all sealed. ”

There was silence outside for a while, and Zhang Xing and Shi couldn't help but hold their breath.

"Open. Meng Yesen's cold voice rose again.

"Yes. Before one person's response landed, another group of footsteps came, and someone shouted: "There is a discovery on the other side of the wall, please look at this." ”

Zhang Xing saw the reflection of Meng Ye outside the window, glanced at a thin object in his hand, held it tightly, and turned around to leave. Soon, the brass lock was lowered, the lights dissipated, and it was much quieter outside. Shi couldn't help touching a handful of cold sweat on his head, and when he looked at Zhang Xing again, he saw that she was also pale. The stone couldn't help but comfort and said, "They have been led to the side of the wall, and they will not be able to come back for a while, don't worry." ”

Zhang Xing nodded.

The two of them never got off the beam of the house again, and the noise outside was intermittent, and the sky gradually brightened, and the courtyard was quiet.

Zhang Xingshi and the others still didn't dare to be careless, and they didn't go down, until the afternoon, the yard was lively again, and they were searched again, and the other children who lived in the front yard moved places, and the little maids who were waiting in the yard and Wu Po were taken away. The door of this room was also opened, and Meng Ye, who had a gloomy face, stood under Zhang Xingshi and the others for a moment, and after looking around the room with cold eyes, he turned around and walked out.

The door was locked, and the courtyard was silent. On this night, Zhang Xingshi and the two slept alone for half the night, and went up to the beam of the house again at dawn the next day.

Three days have passed, the two of them eat and live in this house, Zhang Xing's things are very complete, everything for food is available, even the pot used for defecation is also prepared, put it in an empty cabinet, if it needs to be solved, as soon as the cabinet door is closed, you can do it at will. However, they are also very careful to minimize the number of times they eat and drink, so if they don't pay attention to the house, they won't notice anything at all.

But for the past three days, there has been no movement outside, let alone someone opening the door to enter the empty house.

Seeing that the wind and waves were calm outside, Shi couldn't help but ask Zhang Xing: "Shall we go?"

Zhang Xing shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer." "Wait a little longer, and those people outside won't even think that they are still in this courtyard, and the guards will be much looser at that time, and it should be easier to get out.

This night, the two of them still kept vigil in the middle of the night. Zhang Xingshou in the middle of the night, after exchanging values with the stone, nested into the cabinet, and just closed his eyes, the cabinet door suddenly opened, and the stone's Danfeng eyes were extremely bright, and shouted: "Xing'er, come and have a look." ”

Zhang Xing immediately became alert, followed the stone to the door, opened the door a small crack and looked outside, the courtyard was as dead and silent as ever, a few lonely lights flickered, the sky in the east of the dark shadow was bright, red and dazzling, and a smell of burning paste drifted over the wind, which was also mixed with the sound of swords colliding and shouting to kill.

Zhang Xing's quiet eyes also brightened suddenly, her hand almost scratched the stone's hand, turned her head and said, "Stone, let's go." ”