Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Spring Palace
As soon as the second day dawned, Meng Zhou and Jing dissolved out of the mountains and forests and walked to a stream, just in time to meet Shen Min'er, who was leading people to search in the distance.
Meng Zhou saw Shen Min'er who was beating the head, and folded his clothes and said to Jing Rong: "It's over, it's going to be squeezed by someone." ”
"Miss, they're there."
"I see, what the hell is your name?"
Shen Min'er said and waved her hand behind her, "You guys stay put, you don't need to come over." ”
"Yes."
Shen Min'er dragged a person to Meng Zhou and Jing Rong, looked Meng Zhou up and down, and said with disgust: "Aren't you quite capable?" How do you ask someone to clean up like this? ”
Dream Week, "......"
"However, it is true that you were beaten for nothing, and it is true that my Shui Yang Gang is not well supervised, and I apologize to you for this."
Shen Min'er Yanluo turned sideways and dragged a man in black beside her, kicked at the man's leg bone, drew her sword and compared it to his neck, the whole set of actions was smooth, and Meng Zhou was stunned when she saw it.
"The four people who tied you up on the shelf, a total of fifteen people, I have sent someone to arrest all these people who do not think about it and try to harm others. This should be regarded as an apology to you, it is up to you to kill or chop up, and the rest of my Shui Yang Gang will never be tolerated. ”
Shen Min'er flipped the blade of the sword and handed the hilt to Meng Zhou.
Meng Zhou glanced at the trembling man on the ground and said, "No need. ”
"Okay."
Shen Min'er withdrew her hand and said, "Since you have made your choice today, this matter is over." ”
"Okay."
Shen Min'er said: "I heard that you are leaving. ”
"Yes, I was going to leave yesterday."
Shen Min'er, "It's just right, since we've met, it's better to make some things clear, so how about we solve yours first?" ”
Meng Zhou was stunned, and pushed Jing Rong and said, "You go over there and wait for me." ”
"For the previous incident, I apologize to Miss Shen."
Shen Min'er lowered her head and patted the dust on her clothes, and said, "Gone?" ”
"Then what does Miss Shen want, stab me with a sword to get angry."
"Yes, good idea."
Shen Min'er raised her head and smiled after speaking, "It's too late for you to regret it now." ”
Meng Zhou didn't answer, and didn't move.
Shen Min'er took two steps back, slowly raised the sword and aimed it at Meng Zhou, the sword pierced through the air, and Meng Zhou's heart stopped.
There was a dull pain in his shoulder blades, and Meng Zhou lowered his eyes to see the hilt of the sword straight in front of him, "You? ”
Shen Min'er neatly withdrew her sword and said, "I'm not going to hurt people for this kind of thing, I just want to know if you're afraid." ”
Meng Zhou rubbed his shoulder blades, "Bored." ”
"It's not boring, some things have been done, maybe you can kill two birds with one stone, what kind of unexpected gains, you say yes, Huai's son."
"Huh?"
Meng Zhou turned around along Shen Min'er's line of sight, and saw Jing Rong standing behind her, Meng Zhou was shocked and said, "When did you come over, why didn't you make any sound at all." ”
Shen Min'er rolled her eyes, waved behind her, and immediately a little guy ran up and handed Shen Min'er a pen and paper.
"You still owe me a reply."
Shen Min'er stretched out her hand and handed it to Jing Rong and said, "Write to me." ”
Jing Rong asked rhetorically, "What if I don't write?" ”
Shen Min'er: "Then I'll chase you until you write it to me." ”
After a silent confrontation, Jing Rong took the pen and paper, waved a few strokes and handed it back to Shen Min'er.
Shen Min'er didn't look at it after taking it, she tore up the piece of paper twice, stepped on it again, and said arrogantly: "This time, it was Miss Ben who rejected you." ”
After Shen Min'er finished speaking, she picked up the man next to her and turned around and left, without stopping at all.
That momentum, Meng Zhou had to admit that if she was an outsider, she would definitely applaud Shen Min'er's free and easy.
"Dream Zhou Gongzi."
Mengzhou: "Xiaokong, Heshan, you are here." ”
"Mengzhou Gongzi, are you okay?"
Meng Zhou said: "Don't worry, it's nothing." ”
"Preferably."
Heshan pulled the burden on his body and said, "Let's go, the carriage is parked on the avenue, you can clean up yourself first." ”
The carriage swung forward, kicking up a puff of dust...
In the Poplar Gang, whips hit the flesh one after another until they soaked red.
"That's enough, you go down."
"Yes."
Xie Chi got up from his seat, walked in front of Atul and said, "Do you know why I punished you?" ”
"It's the subordinates who are not doing well, and let the tiger go back to the mountain."
"No, it's because you have a different master in your heart."
Xie Chi squatted down and stared at Attu and said, "Do you want me to be more clear?" ”
Attu bowed his head and said: "My subordinates know their mistakes, please transfer them out of Jin'an from today." ”
Xie Chi stood up and said slowly, "Atul, you are a smart person, you should know what kind of person you can't think about." ”
Atul clenched his hands, and his voice was difficult, "Yes, my subordinates are lowly, and I have come to this day thanks to the love of the head and the young lady." In the future, I will always keep it in mind, and I will never dare to cross half a point. ”
"Okay."
Xie Chi threw down a pill and said: "In the future, I will send someone to send you an antidote every three months, if you go against what you said today, I don't need to say anything about what happened." ”
"Yes, my subordinates remember."
The carriage traveled for two days, and finally reached the border town when it was dark.
Heshan lifted the curtain and saw Mengzhou with his head resting on Jingrong's legs, sleeping crookedly, half of his hands and feet were honestly placed on the saddle, and the other half was hanging on the ground, sleeping crookedly.
On the other hand, Jing Rong sat elegantly, his face was not shocked, and he even reached out to protect Mengzhou's waist, looking afraid that she would fall.
After being shocked, Heshan regained his expression and silently lowered the curtain, and after a while, he heard the confused voice of Mengzhou inside.
"We're here."
"Hmm."
After a while, Meng Zhou lifted the curtain and jumped down.
Heshan said: "We'll live here tonight, Xiaokong, you go in first and ask for three rooms, and I'll lead the carriage to the back yard." ”
"Okay."
In the middle of the night, there were few people on the street, except for a few barking dogs.
The aroma of wine flowed into the house.
"Your Highness, we meet again."
"It's you who helped Xie Chi sit in the position of the leader of the Shui Yang Gang."
"Yes, but I'm not here to answer His Highness's questions."
Ling'er said with a smile: "I came to tell His Highness that when His Highness slashed those scum the day before yesterday, it was really the same as before, and the style was still the same." ”
A chill instantly appeared in Jing Rong's eyes, "Why did you do this?" ”
Ling'er said fearlessly: "It's nothing, it's just that I used to suffer from this feeling day and night, and I seem to have forgotten a little after so long, so please ask Your Highness to help me remember my memories." ”
She smiled badly: "How about Your Highness, is it interesting?" ”
When Meng Zhou yawned and came out of the house, she heard the sound of tables and chairs colliding in the Jingrong room next door, she rubbed her eyes and looked around very confused, what is he doing in the house without sleeping for most of the night?
"Huaizhi, have you slept?"
The room was quiet for a moment, and Meng Zhou was shocked, it couldn't be that something was wrong.
The door was pushed open, and Meng Zhou looked around, the windows in the room were wide open, the bed curtains moved lightly in the wind, and Jing Rong was standing alone in the middle of the room, and several stools in front of him fell to the ground.
Meng Zhou said: "What did you just do?" ”
"I want to drink saliva."
Mengzhou picked up the stool at his feet and said, "Oh, then why don't you light the lamp?" ”
"Trouble, it's not a point."
Meng Zhou sighed, stepped forward and closed the window and said, "It's still quite cold at night, don't open the windows in the house so big, what if you catch a cold." ”
"Okay, I got it."
Meng Zhou turned around, her eyes swept over the side of the bed and turned back, who knew that she had just taken a few steps in the direction of the bed when she was stopped by Jing Rong.
"It's late at night, you go back and rest."
"Well, I'm going back."
Meng Zhou said and pointed at Jing Rong behind him and said, "I just saw that there was a bead on the ground, and I was afraid that you would slip into it." Then I'm gone. ”
"Okay."
Meng Zhou went out, and remembered his nervous appearance when she approached Jing Rong's bed, Meng Zhou touched his nose and said in his heart, strange.
Silence returned outside the door, and Ling'er got up with her bleeding arm and the curtain of the bed.
"His Royal Highness is really answering her questions and is very patient."
Jing Rong slipped out of his sleeve and put a short knife on the table, and whispered, "Take your things and get out." ”
"Okay."
Ling'er put away the knife and said with a smile: "We'll see you in the future." ”
Early on the second day, Meng Zhou opened the door and stretched her waist, and saw Jing Rong walking out with a ball of sheets in her hand, and before she could make a sound, Jing Rong's figure had disappeared around the corner.
Meng Zhou scratched his head, closed the door and went downstairs.
It was too early, there were only a few shops open on the street, and Meng Zhou looked at them one by one, and suddenly his eyes were attracted by a small shop on the corner.
"Library."
After Meng Zhou finished reading a few big characters on the sign at the door of the store, he took a few steps forward and squatted down to carefully distinguish the three big words, a line of ant-like small characters.
"Hide all the strange books in the world and collect all the strange things in the world."
After Meng Zhou finished reading, he walked back and forth around the small shop a few steps and looked carefully, and after making sure that there was no other entrance and storefront in this small shop, he stepped in.
It was early in the morning, but the store was dark, the room was full of books as far as the eye could see, and the only small window on the wall was half blocked by high bookshelves, and the smell of dust and old books mixed together.
"Anyone?"
As soon as Meng Zhou's words fell, a figure appeared under the long cabinet in front of him.
"Yes, yes, here. What do you want?"
Meng Zhou looked at the sloppy old man in front of him, leaned on the counter, and said, "Old man, I see that your signboard outside your door is very big." You really have all kinds of books. ”
"Naturally, there are all kinds of books."
Meng Zhou repeated again: "There are really all kinds of books? ”
The old man turned around and glanced at the bookshelf behind him, nodded his dreams and said, "Hey, I know what books Childe wants?" ”
He bent down and took out a book from under the counter, put it on the counter, and said, "Bao Jun is satisfied." ”
Meng Zhou glanced at the book and said, "What kind of book is this, why doesn't it even have a title..."
Seeing that Meng Zhou was halfway through his words, the old man said proudly: "How is it, is it a boutique?" ”
Meng Zhou flipped through the book casually and said disdainfully: "This is called a boutique, and I pulled out a spring palace map that is more wonderful than this." ”
"Connoisseur."
The old man pressed Mengzhou's hand and said, "Don't worry, there's something better for the old man." ”
After a while, five or six books were placed on the counter one by one, and the old man said, "These are the treasures I have treasured for many years, how about it, take a look." ”
Meng Zhou picked up a copy casually and flipped it over, "This book is too old, it's so rough." And this one, you can't get home when you look at the technology. ”
"What technology doesn't go home?"
As soon as she heard this voice, Meng Zhou's brain was white, and she hurriedly turned around and stretched out her arm to grab the counter and shook her head, "No, it's nothing, why did you come here." ”
Jing Rong said: "I went to look for you, but you are not here." ”
Meng Zhou said: "Oh, I slept too much yesterday, and I got up early to come out and hang around." Well, you go back first. ”
"You're not leaving?"
"Let's go, let's go, let's go back together."
The old man behind him shouted, "Then you don't want any of these books." ”
Jing Rong turned around and looked at Meng Zhou, "What book?" ”
Meng Zhou wanted to cry without tears, "There are no books." ”
The shopkeeper greeted him warmly: "Hey, if you don't take a look at this son, maybe you like it." ”
Jing Rong glanced at Meng Zhou, who shook his head frantically, and walked over to her.
"This son, these books are all the masterpieces that the old man and I have treasured over the years, you can take a look."
Jing Rong picked up a book casually and read word by word, "Famous Records." ”
The old man praised: "This son has a good eye. ”
Jing Rong said: "She has seen it?" ”
The old man coughed and laughed; "This turnip and green vegetables have their own loves, this little boy next to you thinks that the technique is not good, maybe it is suitable for you."
Meng Zhou held his forehead, and said to the old man in a trembling voice: "Please, don't say it." ”
Seeing that Jing Rong was about to open the book, Meng Zhou suddenly reached out and pressed the book, begging, "You really want to read it, or let's go back." ”
"What's wrong, is there anything wrong with this book?"
The old man slapped Mengzhou's hand open, and Chong Jingrong smiled: "No problem, the old man promises, Son, there will be absolutely no problems after you read it." ”
The sound of the book sounded, and Meng Zhou immediately took a few steps back.
"How about it, would you like a copy?"
Jing Rong closed the book and threw it on the counter, looking up at Meng Zhou, a little angry between his eyebrows.
Meng Zhou immediately raised his hand and said, "Listen to me, I really didn't mean to see this, it was him, the boss gave it to me." ”
Jing Rong gritted his teeth and said, "This is what you said about the technology is not at home?" ”
Meng Zhou touched his head and said, "I'm not a theoretician, the Mr. Xuetang said that you have to have your own ideas when you read books." ”
Jing Rong said: "You,"
"Oops,"
The old man came out to play a round and said: "It's all young people, this is a little angry, what are you doing because of this bickering, come, I, I should open the door to do business today, how about giving one to each of you?" ”
Seeing that Jing Rong turned around and left, Meng Zhou patted the old man and said, "Next time, next time." ”
"Brother Huai, Brother Huai, hey, you go slowly, I can't keep up."
Seeing that Jing Rong had no intention of slowing down, Meng Zhou stopped to catch his breath, and the words of the bookstore owner that the young man was angry sounded in his ears.
"Sure enough, it's angry, and you have to be angry about everything."
Meng Zhou was muttering in his mind, suddenly remembering the nervous look of the wide-open window in Jing's room last night, not letting her get close to the bed, and the sheets he hastily took away this morning. Meng Zhou patted her head and said suddenly, it was so obvious, why couldn't she think of it.
Meng Zhou shouted at the person in front of him: "Hey, how about we make a deal?" ”
As soon as these words came out, Jing Rong really stopped, Meng Zhou ran over and grabbed Jing Rong, and said, "In this way, let's make a deal, if you don't tell me about today, what about me, how about not telling you about last night?" ”
Jing Rong frowned and said, "What happened last night?" ”
"Tsk, you don't know why, don't pretend, I saw you sneaking out with the sheets this morning."
"So what?"
Meng Zhou patted Jing Rong's shoulder, shook his head and looked very sorry: "It seems that your theory is still not rich enough, so how about I bring you a copy of any good books next time?" ”
Jing Rong was stunned for a moment, and instantly turned red at the tip of his ears, "You! ”
He said as he clenched his hands to retract his emotions, gritted his teeth and said, "You are so enthusiastic, if I don't give you some return gifts, it won't be reasonable." ”
"Oh, no, no."
Jing Rong said: "Coincidentally, I also have one thing to say, and I will definitely return the friendship of others to me." ”
He said and approached Meng Zhou step by step: "Otherwise, let's make a deal again, how about you teach me theory, and I teach you to practice?" ”
Meng Zhou was forced to retreat to the corner, she waved her hand and smiled reluctantly, "You don't have to be so polite." ”
"I think you're very knowledgeable and have read countless books." Jing Rong said as she glanced up and down at Meng Zhou, her gaze turning back to her face.
Meng Zhou swallowed his saliva and couldn't laugh anymore, "I was wrong, really wrong." ”
Back at the inn, the two were running into Heshan going downstairs, and he bumped into Mengzhou and said, "What are you two doing early in the morning?" I just asked for breakfast, so I came over to eat. ”
Meng Zhou glanced at Jing Rong who was back in the room, and said dejectedly: "Don't mention it, I just wanted to go out and inquire about the books we read before, but I just arrived at the bookstore and was discussing books with the store owner, Huai Zhi came in, and I was caught by him." ”
Heshan poured Meng Zhou a cup of tea and said, "You asked what the book is to hide, don't we all know it?" ”
"The problem is that he came in before I even took out the book."
Heshan wondered, "Then what book are you discussing with the shopkeeper?" ”
Meng Zhou sighed, looking very sad.
"Spring Palace Diagram."
"Poof."
"Do you think I'm done too?"
Heshan wiped his mouth, but after all, he couldn't hold back his laughter.
Meng Zhousheng looked at the roof without love, and said, "Don't laugh, can't you comfort and comfort me?" ”
Heshan suppressed his smile and said intermittently: "But it's okay to do this, and it's okay to expose it early so that Brother Huai can be psychologically prepared and get to know you again." ”
"What do you mean?"
Heshan said: "Compared to this, the sleeping appearance you had in the carriage yesterday was not much better." ”
“…”
Heshan was surprised: "Hey, why didn't I find out before, you can still sleep with the momentum of occupying the mountain as the king."
Dream Zhou sighed and said weakly: "Okay, thank you for your comfort, I feel much better." ”
"Do you want to eat steamed buns?"
"No, you can eat it yourself."