Captain Zhang and his officers and men chased them to the alley on the other side of the Qinhuai River, only to find that the assassins had broken into pieces and infiltrated the various households. The assassins were wearing the costumes of ordinary people before, but at this time, they were like stones sinking into the sea, so that the officials and soldiers could not find a point of focus.

It is not practical to want to search from house to house, these assassins have a careful plan, and must have arranged identities in the city, and it is tantamount to a fool's dream to find out in a short time.

After thinking about it, Zhang Xiaowei still decided to report to the prefect Wang Jun first, maybe he could close the city gate first and then make plans. However, when he returned to the previous street and reported the situation to Wang Jun, he shook his head and said, "This matter is over, there is no need to block the city gate, and there is no need to pursue it further." ”

Wang Junyun's indifferent attitude made Captain Zhang very confused, but he also guessed that this assassination had something to do with the forces behind Wang Jun, and it was because the use of the power of the official army was too loud to have a practical effect. Naturally, it is best to use the power of non-governmental organizations to deal with non-governmental organizations.

After ordering the bodies of the dead guards to be collected and buried on a certain day, Wang Jun returned to the mansion under the escort of officers and soldiers, and then wrote a letter in the study, tied it to the pigeon's feet, and released it through the window.

However, the carrier pigeon could not fly more than 100 meters, so a man jumped up and grabbed it, took off the envelope and checked the contents of the letter, tied the letter again, and released the carrier pigeon.

But Wang Jun in the study shook his head, wrote a letter again, handed it to a close confidant in the house, and asked him to send it to Bianliang in person.

In the early morning of the next day, in a courtyard room, Xu Ziling slowly woke up and slowly opened his eyes. Suddenly realized something, turned his head and saw that there was a beautiful woman with her head in her hands, asleep by her bed.

The woman's face was a little haggard, as if she hadn't slept all night. Looking at her face a few more times, Xu Ziling felt a little familiar, and suddenly remembered the girl she met outside Xuzhou City, who was dressed as a man, and was very surprised how she fell asleep next to her bed.

Xu Ziling hurriedly got up, straightened his clothes, and called softly, "Senior girl?"

The sleeping woman heard the voice, rubbed her eyes, and saw Xu Ziling staring at her, the sleepy woman suddenly woke up, and said with a happy face: "Brother Xiao Ling, are you okay?"

Hearing this title, Xu Ziling was stunned for a moment and said, "Senior girl, aren't you taking care of Liu Jingsheng in Fuli County?" How could it be with me. ”

The woman's eyes suddenly glistened with tears, choked up a few times, and said to Xu Ziling: "Brother Xiao Ling, I'm Ming Xia."

Hearing the title that only the girl had called back then, Xu Ziling was struck by lightning, and said stupidly: "Are you Ming Xia?"

Gently wiping away the tears, the woman said softly: "After you led away the Liao people, I ran around for a few hours and fainted on the side of the road, and then the caravan passing by saw me and took me aboard. Later, I asked my father-in-law to help you find out your whereabouts, and I received news that I was the only one in the village who survived. I thought you, you ......" said with tears streaming out again.

Knowing that the woman in front of him was the Ming Xia he was looking for, Xu Ziling had a feeling of waking up from a dream, looking at her pear blossoms with rain, he couldn't bear it, gently wiped away her tears, and said: "I'm not living a good life, crying is so ugly, don't cry."

The woman burst into tears and laughed: "If it's ugly, it's ugly."

……

After that, the two sat on the edge of the bed and slowly told each other about the events of these years. Xu Ziling told Ming Xia about his main experience from meeting the master to today, Li Mingxia listened carefully, when she heard Xu Ziling tell about the battle of wits and courage with her master Zhou Tong, she would occasionally chuckle a few times, and when she heard that Xu Ziling left her master and went south to find her, she was moved again.

After Xu Ziling finished telling his story, he stared at Ming Xia's beautiful face and listened to her tell her story.

Since being adopted by a member surnamed Wang, she has lived in Jiangning for four years, during which she also met Liu Jingsheng, who lived in a neighboring hospital. The king treated her very well, and she lived a few years in fine clothes. Until three years ago, that is, in the seventh year of Zhenghe, Wang Yuanwai was suddenly raided for selling illicit salt, and Li Mingxia was sent to the Kyoto Teaching Division, when she was only thirteen years old.

She was about to fall into the dust, but fortunately she met a nobleman, and she was transferred to the alum building with some connections, and became a Qingqi person, although she is still a prostitute in name, but it is much better than staying in the church and being at the mercy of others.

After that, she settled in the alum tower, and at the same time changed her name to Master Li. Aunt Qing, the housekeeper in the building, saw her, liked her very much, and tried her best to cultivate her, and in three years, she also had a lot of fame in the entire Beijing Division. A month ago, she asked Aunt Qing for leave and wanted to go back to Jiangning to see her former residence. Originally, it was impossible for a woman in the Qinglou to get such freedom, but Aunt Qing trusted her from the bottom of her heart and allowed her to return to Jiangning.

After that, she went south with the maid Yue'er, met Liu Jingsheng in Xuzhou City, and later, met Xu Ziling outside the city, because she was worried about the injured Liu Jingsheng, she forgot to ask his name, and the two missed it like this. Later, after Liu Jingsheng said, he knew that Xu Ziling happened to go to Jiangning, so after Liu Jingsheng recovered his mobility, he left Yue'er to take care of him, and she went to Jiangning to find Xu Ziling alone.

After asking and searching around the city for several days, she didn't get any news of Xu Ziling. It wasn't until last night that she watched the Mid-Autumn Festival night view and wanted to go back to her former residence to have a look, and met Xu Ziling on the way.

Ming Xia spoke for a long time, speaking at a slow pace, and there was no long-lasting sadness in her words, only the joy of finally reuniting with Xu Ziling. For her, as long as the result is good, it is enough.

And Xu Ziling saw her say those bumpy experiences in a relaxed tone, and suddenly felt extremely distressed, and reached out to hold her hands tightly.

has been in the Qinglou for a few years, and has dealt with all kinds of people, and the woman can also be called exquisite, long-sleeved and good at dancing, but her cheeks are still red because of the young man in front of her holding his hands.

Looking at the woman's crimson face, Xu Ziling only felt relaxed and happy, and said with a smile: "Ming Xia, do you remember what you promised me when I was a child?"

Seeing his smiling appearance, Ming Xia didn't know what he was thinking, so she had a small face, and pretended to be cold: "Young and ignorant jokes are countless."

Xu Ziling's smile was even bigger: "Then I don't care, I'll identify that follower anyway."

Seeing his scoundrel appearance, Ming Xia didn't hold back for a while, and laughed out loud: "You are still that scoundrel."

Seeing her smile, Xu Ziling was also happy, thinking of her current identity, and said seriously: "Ming Xia, I don't want you to leave me again, no matter what, I have to go to Bianliang to redeem yourself for you."

Li Mingxia looked at him with a determined look on his face, and chuckled: "Don't worry, I can actually redeem myself a long time ago, but because I have nowhere to go and I want to repay Aunt Qing's kindness to me, I didn't leave." Now for your sake, I have to be ungrateful. ”

Xu Ziling suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "That's good, it's fine, I'll accompany you to Bianliang, get your deed of sale back, and take you to my master by the way, so that he can also meet you."

Hearing that he was going to see his master, Ming Xia was a little surprised, but he didn't say no. Suddenly remembered what Fang Jie said last night, and asked, "I heard that Brother Fang said that you were poisoned, do you feel anything?"

Hearing Ming Xia mention it, Xu Ziling suddenly remembered that he seemed to have been bitten by something last night, but now there is really no abnormality on his body, and the true qi in his body has also recovered. With a feeling, I touched the place where my neck was bitten last night, but there was still nothing unusual.

And Ming Xia saw him touching his neck, so he stretched out his hand and turned his head to check his neck, but saw that where he had just touched, there was a cyan mark, the mark was very small, and it was difficult to find it if you didn't look carefully.

"You have a cyan mark on your neck."

Mingxia reached out and stroked the mark, and found that the mark looked like a birthmark.

As he was talking, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, Fang Jie pushed the door into the room, heard the two of them talking about the cyan mark, and said: "Brother Xu, you have fallen for the Gu poison of that girl's green spider, but don't worry, this poison will not do you any harm, but it will make you what you are, En......, yes, love money."

Xu Ziling and Li Mingxia didn't quite understand, and looked at him blankly.

Seeing the two of them sitting on the bed like a young couple, Fang Jie glanced at them with frowns and explained: "The Gu poison of the Miaojiang Colorful Spider is a spiritual toxin, which will not cause harm to the human body, but will affect the way of thinking of people. This blue spider Gu poison in you is said to inspire the original sin of greed, to put it bluntly, you kid will become very greedy for money, and even forget righteousness for profit. ”

Xu Ziling was stunned for a moment, remembering that Gongsun Yu still had a purple spider, and asked, "What will happen if you are poisoned by the purple spider Gu?"

Fang Jie heard a wicked laugh and said, "Then your kid has to die on the woman's belly." Thinking of a woman next to him, he scratched his head in embarrassment.

Xu Ziling was terrified when he heard it, fortunately it was the green spider Gu poison, otherwise he really didn't know what to do, and this "greedy" poison, he didn't feel anything strange at the moment.

Fang Jie then told the two of them something about the spider venom, telling them that the poison was almost incurable, but the poison would dissipate on its own, but it would take a long time.

In the end, Fang Jie's expression changed and said, "Brother Xu, I received news that the family wants me to go to Hangzhou too, and now I came here to say goodbye to you."

In recent days, Xu Ziling has heard a lot of news in the neighborhood market, rumors that there is a "Holy Prince" in the south who is going to uncover the uprising, and the Holy Father happens to be surnamed Fang, he can't help but think of Manichaeism and Fang Baihua's move to raise gold, silver and grain, which must be inextricably linked.

At this time, he heard that Fang Jie was also going to Hangzhou, Xu Ziling knew that they might have to make a big move, got up and hugged Fang Jie heavily, and said in a straight voice: "Brother Fang, take care all the way, and after I take care of Mingxia's affairs, I will go to Hangzhou to find you and Sister Baihua."

Fang Jie nodded heavily and said with a smile: "Then I will wait for you and my younger siblings in Hangzhou."

Ming Xia, who was on the side, heard this, and hurriedly lowered her head, but her haggard face was a little ruddy.

Xu Ziling hugged Fang Jie with a fist, Fang Jie punched back, said no more, turned around and left in a dashing manner.

After Fang Jie left, Xu Ziling looked back at Ming Xia, and suddenly remembered that she had barely slept all night until now, and immediately couldn't help but carry her to the bed and pull the futon over to cover her.

Ming Xia was blushed by Xu Ziling's tough and gentle movements, lying on the bed, watching him tidy up the quilt corners, and her heart was warm. Inadvertently smelling the man's breath between the futons, she blushed more and more and her heart beat harder, and gently pulled the quilt over to cover her head.

Xu Ziling smiled lightly, let her sleep peacefully, and then gently closed the door and left.

When he went out, Xu Ziling touched his pocket, and found that he only had less than 5,000 taels of silver on his body, and muttered: "I'm running out of money, how can I make money quickly?"