The dawn appeared outside the window, and when Meng Zhou opened his eyes, he saw the man standing at the window last night, looking out of the window in a daze.

She yawned and got up, walked to the table, and said in a hoarse voice, "How are you feeling today?"

"Much better."

"Well, then I'll rest assured, since that's the case, let's say goodbye" Before Meng Zhou finished speaking, there was a muffled sound behind her, she hurriedly turned around, and saw that the objects on the ground were scattered, and the person behind her was holding an empty bag in his hand, looking innocent.

Meng Zhou sighed and stepped forward, picked up those objects and put them back in the baggage, and said, "Don't be reckless if you don't get better, forget it, I'll go out first to find something to eat, you are inconvenient, just wait for me here." ”

"I'll go with you."

"You can't resist on your shoulders, you can't lift your hands, it's useless to go out with me, be obedient, it's better to rest." After Meng Zhou finished speaking, he saw that Jing Rong was still stubbornly carrying the small burden and pestle on his back. She sighed helplessly: "Forget it, you are a weak scholar, and you are still injured." ”

"I'm not ......"

When I saw the battle last night, I must have been afraid. ”。

"I don't have ......"

"In that case, follow me first. By the way, what did you just mumble? ”

"Nothing."

Mengzhou nodded, "Then let's go, be smart on the road, I won't save you again." ”

Jing Rong bent the corners of his mouth: "Okay"

Mengzhou returned to the forest along the road last night, and walked along the road, the leaves in the forest were fragrant and the birds were singing, and the soil was clear and the breeze was soft, as if the swords and blood shadows of last night were just a dream.

Only the red rope still tied to the tree reminds Dream Zhou of the reality of last night.

After walking for half an hour, Meng Zhou stopped, wiped the sweat on his head, and sighed in his heart, it seems that it will not work to turn his head to find Heshan, maybe he has already arrived in Linshui County, or go to the city first.

Just as he was thinking, a fruit fell from his head, and Meng Zhou raised his head, and a few green fruits were hidden among the branches and leaves. She wandered around the tree twice and smiled: "It's really better to come early than to come by coincidence." As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to go up the tree.

Jing Rong grabbed Meng Zhou's arm and frowned, "It's too dangerous, I"

"Don't worry, this tree won't bother me." Meng Zhou blocked Jing Rong's hand, rubbed a few times and ran up a few times, holding a tree trunk to show off Jing Rong, and Jing Rong was shocked when he saw it.

A few fruits fell from the branches and leaves on the tree, and Jing Rong looked up, and the shadow was still climbing up, as if he was unwilling to reach the top. Jing Rong frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.

"Look what I found." Meng Zhou pulled out the branches, poked out his head, shook the half-red fruit in his hand, and smiled proudly.

"You wait, I'll give it to you again, ah"

Before Meng Zhou finished speaking, the branches under his feet suddenly bent.

Jing Rong's heart tightened, threw away his burden, and went in the direction where Mengzhou fell.

In just a moment, Mengzhou's mind suddenly flashed like a tide, countless images flashed, the screams in her ears did not stop, and when she was about to be submerged, the tip of her nose touched a condensation incense, which gradually surrounded her whole body, and the chaos around her began to fade. She slowly opened her eyes, crashing into a pair of panicked eyes.

At that moment, time seemed to suddenly stop, stopped in those vague dreams of the dream week.

A few birds in the forest were startled, and Meng Zhou suddenly came back to his senses, and jumped out of that embrace with a dry cough, "Thank you." ”

Jing Rong lowered her hand, bent down to pick up the red fruit on the ground and put it in her hand, without saying a word.

Meng Zhou turned his eyes and saw Jing Rong's arm that began to bleed again, scratched his head a little apologetically, and said, "That, I'm really sorry, I'm tired of you again." Meng Zhou said and stretched out his hand to swear, and his tone was very sincere: "Don't worry, I will take care of your injuries until you are healed, and I will never let you go." What are you laughing at, don't believe me. ”

"No, I just have some pain in my arm."

Meng Zhouhu glanced at Jing Rong suspiciously, picked up the burden on the ground and patted the ashes, and said: "It's really stupid to say that you are stupid, you are half a pound and eight taels, and you still want to help others."

Jing Rong rubbed his eyebrows, a little unpleasant: "Don't say it." ”

"Why, don't you think I'm in a word."

Jing Rong sighed, didn't know how to speak, Meng Zhou patted Jing Rong's shoulder angrily: "Little brother, don't die studying, you still have to understand some of the truths of the rivers and lakes." That's it, follow me brother in the future, and I'll cover you. ”

Meng Zhou's words were even more helpless when he heard Jing Rong's eyebrows.

After a while, Meng Zhou changed Jing Rong's wound medicine, pulled down his sleeve and said comfortingly: "When you enter Linshui County, I will find a doctor to take a good look at you, rest assured, I won't delay your writing." ”

Along the way, Meng Zhou chattered around Jing Rong's side like a sparrow, blowing Hu Lei from top to bottom, in a vain attempt to dispel the shame of just sliding down from the tree.

The two of them said, climbed up a hill, Mengzhou looked around, on the left side is a lush forest, turn an eye, at the foot of the mountain, Linshui County is half a ring, the stream passes through the county, dividing Linshui County into two, on one side is a low scattered small house hugging together, on the other side is a piece of red tiles connected together, with a few points of greenery in between.

Dream Zhou's face was full of joy, there was light in his eyes, he tiptoed and leaned down to point to the bottom of the mountain, and said, "Do you see it?" We've finally found it. ”

Jing Rong reached out and grabbed her arm, looked at her watery eyes, and the thin bud that was suppressed in her heart suddenly broke through the ground, "See, I finally found it." ”

The wind blows over the top of the mountain, and the grass grows in the sun.

As soon as I entered Linshui Town, there were endless shouts on both sides of the road, and there were several boats floating on the stream, and there were several men in official uniforms standing at the bow of the boats, with a short sword pinned to their waists, patrolling back and forth.

The further you go in, the greater the difference between the two sides of the road separated by the river and the river, on one side are the low houses tightly packed together, the crowded and narrow alleys, a few scattered small teahouses, small vendors everywhere, some wooden tables, and some casual ones spread rags on the ground, on which some wilted fruits and vegetables, and daily necessities. The children were playing barefoot around the area.

On the other side, the road is neat, restaurants, clothing shops, pharmacies, and rouge shops are one after another, and the pedestrians are all neatly dressed, and they walk very leisurely with shaking steps.

Meng Zhou tilted his head, touched Jing Rong's arm, and said in a low voice: "This neighboring water town is really strange, one place is divided into two worlds. ”

"Remember the picture looking down from the mountain?"

Meng Zhou nodded, "It seems that the person who painted this painting in Linshui Town is not only unsteady in his hands, but also insincere." ”

Jing Rong raised the corners of her mouth: "Why, this woman wants to draw a knife to help." ”

Meng Zhou snorted, "What nonsense?" After saying that, she suddenly realized that something was wrong, "Wait, what did you just call me?" ”

"This knight."

"No, that's not what you just said."

"You heard me wrong."

Meng Zhou raised his fist: "You have learned to lie." As she spoke, she was wrapped around her waist and crashed into Jing Rong's arms, and several children behind her passed by laughing.

Jing Rong hugged Mengzhou's waist, lowered his head and said in his ear: "I said, this woman, you have to look at the road." ”

The voice swept low across the tips of Meng Zhou's ears, rubbing a light heat into her heart, Meng Zhou's face was hot, she shrank back, pushed Jing Rong away, turned her back to cover her face, and her voice trembled, "You are not allowed to move." ”

There was a laugh behind him, Meng Zhou bit her lip with some annoyance, she has grown so big, and she has never been so frivolous by anyone, and today she actually called a scholar to tease her. Thinking of this, she was ashamed and annoyed, and regardless of the people behind her, she lifted her steps and walked forward.

Passing by a teahouse and seeing a notice posted on the wall, she stopped and looked closely.

After reading it once, Meng Zhou wrung his brows, and said in his heart, no wonder he was so strict when he entered the county, it turned out that a thief had kidnapped the son of the county order, and there was no news yet.

At this time, several men came out of the teahouse, one of them stared at the notice with a kind eyebrow, and asked loudly: "This little brother, you have just entered the county." ”

Dream turned around and smiled: "Yes, you have good eyesight." ”

The man waved his hand, "What kind of good eyesight, I just want to persuade you to say a few words when I see you staring at this notice." ”

"Listen up."

"Recently, this neighboring county is not very peaceful, if you are fine, it is better to get out of the city early."

Meng Zhou tilted his head: "How do you say this?" ”

"Recently, a lot of people have died outside the county." The man said and pointed to the notice on the wall: "In the county, the county order has arrested a group of people for interrogation for this matter, and a few new ones were arrested yesterday, so I am afraid that you will have to go if you are not guilty." ”

Dream Zhoushu's heart jumped: "How many new ones have you caught?" ”

"yes, so you'd better leave early."

Meng Zhou wanted to ask something, but the man walked away in a few steps.

There was a loud sound behind him, Meng Zhou turned his head to look, and the officer and soldier standing at the bow of the boat held a stick in his hand, bangbang banged on the side of the boat, and threatened the children standing on the bridge with anger.

The children heard the voice, screamed, rushed down the bridge, and scattered. Running past Meng Zhou like the wind, she flashed back, and suddenly a green tassel fell out of a child's clothes.

The moment she was stunned, a pair of dirty little hands covered the tassel.

Meng Zhou hurriedly stopped the child, squatted down and said anxiously: "Little friend, tell me where you picked up this tassel." ”

"This was meant to be mine." The child's face was full of vigilance, and he squeezed the tassel even tighter.

"So, if you tell me, I'll invite you to eat the best food in the restaurant opposite, how about it?"

"How do I know if you're lying?"

When Meng Zhou had nothing to do, a piece of broken silver appeared in front of her eyes.

The boy glanced at Jing Rong, stretched out his hand and quickly grabbed the silver, and said, "I picked this up at the gate of the yamen yesterday." ”

"Did you see who fell?"

The boy held out his hand, "A question for a piece of silver." ”

Jing Rong glanced at Meng Zhou, who was grinding his teeth, put three pieces of silver in his hand, and slowly said to Meng Zhou: "Ask." ”

The child's eyes glanced to the left and then retracted, smiling in surprise.

"I know that the man was dressed in black and had a scar on his chin, and he was arrested by the county soldiers yesterday evening and put in the prison, and if the son of the county commander could not be found, he would be killed as a scapegoat." The boy finished speaking in one breath, snatched the silver from Jingrong's hand, and slipped into the alley.

Mengzhou stood up, his brows tightened, it seemed right, it was really Heshan.

She raised her head and said to Jing Rong: "You just heard it, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, while the time for the county to close has not yet arrived, you can go out first." When I'm done here, I'll go to you. ”

"A lot of people have died outside the county recently."

“……”

Jing Rong was very calm: "My injury is not healed, and I can't lift my shoulders and I can't resist ......."

Meng Zhou stretched out his hand to stop his words, looking very headache: "Don't say it, come with me." ”

Walk across the bridge, dream Thursday comparison, and walk into a simple small guest house.

Xiao Er in the store saw them lazily lifting their eyelids, yawning and dragging a long tone, and said, "The two guest officers still live in the hotel for dinner." ”

"Stay in the hotel."

"Several."

Meng Zhou hurriedly replied: "Two rooms." After she finished speaking, she glanced at the people around her and said tentatively: "You still have money." ”

Jing Rong glanced at Meng Zhou's hands that were rubbed together, a smile flashed in his eyes, and he poured out a piece of broken silver and a few coins from the bag.

Meng Zhou looked at Jing Rong expectantly, and seeing that he didn't move again, he leaned over and whispered, "It's okay." ”

"It's gone."

Meng Zhou instantly wilted, "Forget it, it's still one." "At the moment, she is penniless, but she relies on the support of this scholar next to her, and now she doesn't know how Heshan is, and she has to stay in this ghost place for a few days, if she has no money in her hand, she is afraid that it will be difficult to travel.

When Xiao Er heard the words, he pinched the money and threw it in the drawer, and then dialed a key to Meng Zhou, and said, "The third room on the left side of the second floor." ”

After the little two finished speaking, he continued to doze off with his head propped up.

Pushing open the door, Meng Zhou pursed his lips and said in a hanging tone: "It's really a penny." ”

She walked to the table and poured a glass of water in front of Jing Rong and said, "Oh, drink some water first, I'm tired after walking for a long time." ”

"Are you hungry?"

Meng Zhou laughed: "What, you're hungry." As she spoke, she took out the half-red fruit from her bag and handed it to Jing Rong, "Look, I knew it would come in handy." ”

Seeing that Jing Rong didn't stretch out his hand, Meng Zhou sighed: "Now that I know how to pick and choose, how can I be so generous when I just paid for it." ”

"Because you want to know."

"So it's my fault."

Jing Rong raised her eyebrows and knocked on the table: "This woman, are the people in the rivers and lakes so unreasonable?" ”

Meng Zhou scratched his head and thought about it, and he seemed to have spent a lot of money on the way.

Jing Rong said: "I still have to go to the border city." He said as he stretched out his injured arm and placed it on the table, fumbling for the cup and saying slowly, "It's going to be a tough journey." ”

Meng Zhou waved his hand irritably, "Don't worry, when I find my friend, I will personally send you to the border city." ”

A smile lit up in Jing Rong's eyes, and he held the cup to his lips and whispered, "Okay, I remember." ”

"By the way, when did you find me, I'm a daughter."

"First look."

Meng Zhou leaned back and sneered in disbelief, "Liar, if you really have such great eyesight, why don't you become a fortune teller." Hey, have you read a book on this subject, and borrow it from me. ”

"You don't like to read."

Meng Zhou lost interest, "Yes, I guess I can't see any doorway." ”

Jing Rong put down the cup, his eyebrows drooping slightly, "However, you are very good at deceiving people. ”

"Hey, you can see this, but I haven't used this skill for a long time."

Jing Rong smiled helplessly, "Really?"

Meng Zhou used all his strength to break open the fruit, took a bite and said vaguely: "Well, Heshan doesn't like me to deceive people, oh, this half is for you." ”

Meng Zhou looked at the person opposite, his eyes suddenly became cold, as if he was pure ice, the air around her instantly froze, she shrank for a moment, and a shadow suddenly flashed in her mind, "Have I seen you anywhere?" ”

Jing Rong lowered his eyes and didn't speak, he reached out and took the half of the fruit and pinched it in his hand, and after a while, the air flowed again.

"Is he good to you?"

Meng Zhou shook his feet, and said heartlessly: "Okay, I can't say it, after all, we have been fighting all the way since we met, and there are no fewer quarrels." However," Meng Zhou put down the fruit and looked serious, "If anyone dares to hurt him, I will never let him go." ”

Meng Zhou said and stood up and was lazy, took the untouched fruit in Jing Rong's hand, and said, "Don't eat it, it's not sweet at all, it's so good-looking." ”

"It's not sweet."

"You didn't eat it, how do you know."

Jing Rong staggered and asked, "Are you going to find him?" That friend of yours. ”

"yes, if I'm late, he'll be dead."

"It takes money to inquire about the news."

Meng Zhou rubbed his forehead in distress: "That's right." ”

Jing Rong stood up and pulled Meng Zhou's arm, "Come with me." ”

"What."

"Get you money."