Carrying a lotus leaf-wrapped flower chicken in his left hand, and carrying the osmanthus cake and mung bean cake packed by the teahouse in his right hand, walking on the street, Xu Ziling seemed to realize the problem. The pastries were packed in the teahouse, but there was no problem, but this was called Huaji, but he took advantage of the law to get it in the shops on the street.

It is better to say that it is smooth, but it is better to say robbing. Thinking of the shopkeeper's wife who couldn't catch up with him and scolded him on the street, Xu Ziling didn't care at the time, but calmed down at this time, and was a little frightened, the poison of greed, why is this?

deliberately hugged Cao Yulin to steal his money bag, and packed the pastries that he paid for, and then took the sheep by the hand, at that time he only felt that it was as easy as drinking water and eating, but at this time, he was very afraid of thinking about it, that poison is so mysterious, can it really affect people's seven emotions and six desires?

After thinking about it for a long time, the thoughts that kept coming to his mind made Xu Ziling accept his fate, and he now felt like a money-grubbing miser who only went in and couldn't leave. But after thinking about it, there is no way to deal with it, so I can only go with the flow. It doesn't matter if you're greedy for money or stingy, as long as you don't kill people and set fires.

While walking and thinking, Xu Ziling slowly walked to the courtyard and was about to walk to his room, but someone from behind stopped him: "Xu Gongzi." ”

Xu Ziling turned around and saw that it was the Manichaean surnamed Bai who had dealt with him a few times, it seemed that his name was Bai Mei, and he was a protector of Manichaeism. ”

The man said: "Due to some special reasons, I teach personnel at all levels to go to the area of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and our fellow sect members stationed in Jiangning will go to Hangzhou on the same day, so the matter that Priest Fang promised to find Miss Li for you may not be completed." ”

Hearing this, Xu Ziling smiled and said, "No need, I have already found her, and the girl in the house is her." ”

Bai Mei had seen the girl who came with Fang Jie last night, but he knew her identity, and when he heard Xu Ziling say this, he was surprised: "Isn't she Master Li of Bianliang?" ”

Xu Ziling nodded: "Li Mingxia, Master Li, it's all her, you can go, you don't need to look for it anymore." ”

Bai Mei suddenly came to his senses, didn't think much about it, and left with his hand. Just walked two steps, but heard Xu Ziling say: "Since you are leaving, can this house be left for me?" ”

Bai Mei was stunned, and said lightly: "It's just a house, if Xu Gongzi wants it, then it will be given to Xu Gongzi, and I will have someone send the deed later." Then he turned and left.

Xu Ziling watched him walk away, and smiled secretly, thinking of the special situation he said just now, I am afraid that it is related to Fang Baihua's matter.

Walking into the house, Ming Xia had already gotten up, and was casually flipping through some books at the table, looking bored. Seeing Xu Ziling come back, she put down the book in her hand, looked at him with a radiant look, and her mind flowed, Brother Xiaoling, who was clever and naughty back then, has grown up, although the childishness between her eyebrows is still there, and her upright posture is the same as that of an adult man.

Seeing her staring at herself, Xu Ziling put down the things in her hand and said with a smile: "I've slept for a long time, I should be hungry, I went out for a walk, and I brought you some food by the way." ”

Looking at the pastry box he put down and the steaming flower chicken, the woman laughed slowly, and her heart was warm.

The woman took the box, picked up the pastry inside, and took a small bite. Xu Ziling opened the lotus leaf, took out the flower chicken, sorted out the soil on it, picked off the two swollen chicken legs, and put them on the plate in front of her. She smelled the overflowing aroma and was a little moved, but she was a little embarrassed when she saw Xu Ziling looking at her.

Xu Ziling saw that she wanted to eat but didn't eat, and said with a smile: "Eat, the gluttonous girl when she was a child was not embarrassed, she has always rushed to eat with me." ”

The woman blushed and quibbled, "That was just when I was a child, and now I don't like these things anymore." ”

Hearing her words, Xu Ziling took the chicken leg on the plate and dangled it in front of her: "If you don't eat it, I'll eat it." ”

The woman smelled the aroma near the tip of her nose, swallowed her saliva lightly, endured it for a long time, but finally couldn't hold back, grabbed it, took a bite hard, and ate it. Looking at her true form, Xu Ziling also laughed, the girl is still the same girl.

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After lunch, the two began to pack their bags and prepare to go to Bianliang. In the process of cleaning up, Xu Ziling saw the silver ticket in Mingxia's baggage, and said to her: "Mingxia, can you put your money here first, and I will give it to you when you want to use it." ”

The smart woman suddenly thought of what Fang Jie said in the morning, and gave him the entire money bag with a smile. Xu Ziling opened her mouth to say something, but looked at the smile on her face like a spring breeze, and stopped talking.

After packing their belongings, when the two of them reached the courtyard door, a Manichaean disciple handed over the deed. Xu Ziling took the deed and put it away, and asked the disciple to tell Bai Mei that he and Ming Xia were going to Bianliang, and then took Ming Xia out of the door.

Jiangning and Bianliang are separated by thousands of miles, and when Xu Ziling went south, the route was to Lingzhou in the east, and then all the way south, either riding a horse or using his body to hurry along the way. Nowadays, with Mingxia, it is inconvenient to ride a horse or walk, and taking the waterway is the best way.

So the two of them planned to go to Yangzhou first, and then take a boat to Bianliang, but before going to Bianliang, they had to go to Fuli County to pick up Mingxia's maid Yue'er.

Today, the north gate of Jiangning is as lively as ever, and the caravans and pedestrians enter and exit in an orderly manner. In the afternoon, something ridiculous happened.

It is said that there was a young man at the gate of the city, who was unwilling to pay the city gate tax, and even said that he was the savior of the prefect and should be exempted from the city gate tax.

Most people knew what had happened, but looking at the young man's young face, coupled with the bearing that he didn't want to pay the city gate tax, he probably didn't believe him, only the woman next to the young man blushed to help him testify. In this way, the quarrel lasted for nearly an hour, and it was not until someone among the officers and men who changed guards recognized him that he was able to let him go, ending the farce.

On the official road outside the city gate, Xu Ziling walked on the road, looked at the woman beside him, and asked, "Ming Xia, do you think I'm a little outrageous?" ”

Ming Xia shook her head slightly: "No, Brother Xiao Ling, I know that you became like this because of that strange poison, Brother Fang said that this poison will disappear by itself, so you don't have to worry too much." ”

Xu Ziling patted his head and said, "I don't know why, as long as I give money to others, I will feel as uncomfortable as death." ”

Ming Xia smiled slyly: "Then how can we take a boat to Bianliang?" ”

Xu Ziling's face froze: "Why don't I take you on the boat secretly at night?" ”

Ming Xia was stunned for a moment, blinked, and smiled: "Okay." ”

A day later, in the evening, at the Guazhou ferry port in Yangzhou, all kinds of boats of different heights wandered on the water. There are government ships, merchant ships for merchants, and private buildings for wealthy families. At this time, along the ferry port, there were two figures walking around sneakily on the shore, looking at the boats on the water from time to time.

Some of the people on the boat saw the two figures, and they didn't pay much attention, just young men and women who had come for a tryst.

"Look at that one, huh, it's big enough, right?"

"Big is big, it doesn't seem to be going to Runzhou."

"And how about this one? This one is pretty big, too. ”

"Well...... That's a shipping ship, and you'll be discovered. ”

"Is it a Cao Yun ship? How is it different from what I robbed before, uh, what I saw? Forget it, you pick one. ”

"Let me see, just this one, there don't seem to be many people on it."

"Okay, that's it."

The two figures walked up and down the shore, pointing at the boat on the water, and finally stood on the shore as if they had determined something.

After a long time, the night became thicker, and the surrounding area of the ferry was darkened, and most of the ferry was very brightly illuminated by the lights of the boats on the water, but some corners were blocked by the hull and were still dim.

Suddenly, the two people who were waiting in the dark saw the building boat slowly sailing by, and suddenly moved up, Xu Ziling said softly: "Mingxia, step on the sword." ”

On the ground, the long sword glowing red was at the woman's feet, the woman stepped on it gently, seeing that the sword did not move at all, she was feeling novel, but she was suddenly hugged by her waist, her body trembled suddenly, and she was about to speak, but she heard Xu Ziling shouting in her ear: "Go!" ”

The long sword took the two of them in the air and flew towards the building ship. Most of the people on the surrounding ships entered the cabin, or a few people saw the red sword, and they could only see a black shadow flashing.

In a few breaths, the two of them landed on the huge ship, and entered a room on the third floor through the window. The building ship has three floors and can accommodate more than 400 people, and there are less than 50 people in the ship at this time, so there are more free rooms inside, and the two sneak in, and it is not easy to be found for a while.

Because it was a cruise ship, the room was quite empty, and the two of them didn't feel dull. It's just that there is only one bed, and Xu Ziling doesn't want to be too far away from Mingxia, so he took the futon from the next room and planned to spend the night on the ground.

After a day's journey, when they relaxed, a sense of fatigue suddenly hit, and the two chatted casually, and then fell asleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Xu Ziling heard the sound of someone talking nearby in a daze, woke up instantly, cleared his senses, and heard a deep voice asking:

"Are you sure it's the third floor, could it be that you flew up?"

Another slightly feminine voice replied: "This uncle, how dare the little one lie to you, last night, the little one did see a shadow flash to the third floor of this ship, and then disappeared." ”

The man from before snorted and ordered: "Old five, take the two brothers to search the room one by one, and if nothing is found, throw this guy into the river." ”

"Okay, Uncle Fang."

Hearing this, Xu Ziling understood, it should have been accidentally seen yesterday, glanced at Ming Xia, who was still asleep, and thought that her weak body had been driving with her for so long, but she couldn't bear to wake her up, so she took Chixiao and sat at the door.