Chapter 8: A Chance Encounter in the City
On the fourth watch, Zhang Hao opened his eyes, looked at the sleeping Zheng Yi, got up on tiptoe, got dressed, glanced back at Zheng Yi, picked up the baggage, quietly opened the door, and walked out.
Zhang Hao didn't dare to wait until dawn, they were too sad, so he chose to go on the road alone late at night.
After hearing the sound of the door closing, Zheng Yi in the house quietly opened his eyes, with tears in his eyes, muttering about his brother......
After a while, the lights in Zheng Xuan's house turned on, Zheng Xuan walked to the window, opened the window, and stared into the distance, Mrs. Zheng Xuan walked up to him, with tears in her eyes, leaning on Zheng Xuan's shoulder.
This night, no one in the family slept, but tacitly chose the same way to separate.
When Zhang Hao arrived at the city gate, the sky was not yet dawn, and the city gate had not yet opened, so he had to wait at the city gate, and when the city gate was wide open, Zhang Hao walked out of the city gate, looked back at the city wall above the city gate, "Gaomi City" three big words, took a deep breath, walked forward firmly, and embarked on a new journey.
Zhang Hao went out of Gaomi, walked all the way to the north, passed through Beihai Kingdom, Taishan County and other places, got on the boat in Licheng, and crossed the Yellow River. After a month, he came to Guangzong City, Julu County, and watched the suffering of the people along the way, which strengthened Zhang Hao's determination to implement his plan.
At this time, Zhang Hao's entanglement had already run out, although he entered the city, he couldn't afford to live in the store, but he caught up with the rainstorm and had nowhere to stay, so Zhang Hao had to curl up in front of the gate of a house to avoid the rain.
The "squeak" door opened, and Zhang Hao hurriedly got up to salute, just about to speak.
"You stinky food, what are you doing here, get out, the master will come back to the house in a while, and see you here, what kind of system will you become." A young man dressed as a small guy scolded loudly.
"In the Lower ......"
"Get out, if you don't get out, I'll have someone beat you." Zhang Hao was about to explain, but was interrupted, and the little guy raised his fist.
Zhang Hao had no choice but to walk away stupidly, walking on the street in despair, letting the rain hit his body.
"Huh" walked and walked, and suddenly there was no feeling of rain hitting his body, Zhang Hao sighed lightly, stopped, looked up, and an umbrella was propped up above his head.
Looking back, a delicate little face appeared in front of Zhang Hao's eyes, with fair skin and a pair of big eyes flickering.
"Ah" Zhang Hao let out a low cry and took a step back, and a little girl of the same age as himself appeared in front of him, dressed in a white dress clean and neat, holding an umbrella, like a fairy.
"Xiao Langjun......" The woman called weakly, her face was full of shyness, he saw Zhang Hao in the rain, and wanted to ask Zhang Hao to play an umbrella together, but Zhang Hao suddenly turned around, startling the woman.
"Ah, girl, Zhang Hao and Zhang Zihan have seen the girl, so I have no intention of offending, and I ask the girl to forgive me." Zhang Hao gave a salute and hurriedly explained.
"Little woman Zhang Ning." Zhang Ning is a hearty person, and he doesn't twist it, and reports his name.
"The little woman Guan Langjun is not like a refugee, how did she end up like this." Zhang Ning stepped forward and propped the umbrella on Zhang Hao's head.
"I traveled so far in Xia Nai, but I ran out of entanglements, and caught up with the sudden arrival of the rainstorm, and ended up like this."
"Goo~~" As he was talking, Zhang Hao's stomach growled, Zhang Hao scratched his head in embarrassment, and his face turned red.
"Hehe, Xiao Langjun, why don't you go home with the little girl and have a light meal?" Zhang Ning heard a burst of laughter like silver bells, and asked Zhang Hao playfully.
Beautiful, so beautiful, Zhang Hao looked at Zhang Ning blankly.
"Well, ah, but at the girl's orders." Zhang Hao realized his faux pas and quickly looked away.
"Let's go." Zhang Ning called out and took the lead in walking forward, while Zhang Hao followed behind her.
"Come in, this is my house." Walking to a small courtyard, Zhang Ning opened the courtyard door and said to Zhang Hao.
It's a very simple courtyard, the yard is clean and tidy, only a few wooden stands in the courtyard, as if it was used to dry something. Zhang Hao followed Zhang Ning into a room.
"This is my father's clothes, it may be a little big, Lang Jun should change it for the time being, don't suffer from the cold." Zhang Ning took a robe and handed it to Zhang Hao, and then exited the room.
Zhang Hao took off his wet clothes and put on clean clothes, although they were much bigger, they were much more comfortable than wearing wet clothes, and then took out his clothes and the wet clothes in the package and dried them.
"Xiao Langjun, can I come in?" Zhang Ning asked outside the door.
"Ah, girl, please come in."
"Xiao Langjun, this is a decoction to ward off the cold, drink it quickly." Zhang Ning walked over with a bowl of soup and medicine.
"Thank you, girl." Zhang Hao took the decoction.
"Lang Jun will live in the house today, this room belongs to his father, and his father will not come back today." Zhang Ning looked at Zhang Hao and said lightly.
"Thank you girl for your help, Xiaosheng is bothered." Zhang Hao got up and bowed to Zhang Ningshen.
"I don't know how Ling Zun ......" Zhang Hao knelt down opposite Zhang Ning and asked.
"Oh, my father went to Linxian to give alms." Zhang Ning said lightly, with some displeasure on his face, and sat there in a daze.
"Girl?" Zhang Hao called softly.
"Oh, I'm sorry, the little woman lost her temper."
"The girl seems to have something in mind, I don't know if I can tell you a thing or two."
"It's nothing, it's my father, my father was originally a Langzhong, a few years ago he went into the mountains to collect medicine, and when he came back, he said that he met an immortal and gave him a divine book, and then his father founded Taiping Dao...... My father was getting busier and busier, so he didn't have time to spend with me. Zhang Ning spoke slowly.
The two chatted for a long time, and the relationship became more and more familiar, until it was getting dark, and Zhang Ning did not leave.
Through Zhang Ning's words, Zhang Hao thought of a person - Zhang Jiao, that's right, Zhang Ning's father is the great and virtuous teacher, Tiangong General Zhang Jiao.
Zhang Hao was lying on the bed, thinking about Zhang Jiao's affairs, the current Zhang Jiao should still belong to ordinary religious activities, using his own medical skills and rune paper to make rune water, cure diseases for the people, and develop disciples.
Speaking of the Yellow Turban Uprising, it was just a product of the excessive oppression of the people, Zhang Jiao should be said to be just a ***, and Zhang Hao believes that the Yellow Turban Uprising will not succeed at all.
First of all, although the Yellow Turban Army is numerous, it can't even be called an army, except for the Chinese army with all sides, most of them don't even have weapons and armor, let alone training, just a group of civilians with kitchen knives and shovels.
Secondly, there is no good management structure, although Zhang Jiao is the leader, all parties are fighting their own battles, there is no unified management, and they will not even rescue each other.
Coupled with Tang Zhou's whistleblowing, lack of preparation and other factors, failure is inevitable.
However, thinking of Zhang Ning again, Zhang Hao couldn't bear to ignore it.