"Nonsense," Gu An's eyebrows raised, and he said in a deep voice: "Didn't you let Hong'er and Hong'er go to Jiangning?" What are you doing here! ”

The woman turned a blind eye to her father's angry face, and said in a greasy voice: "Daddy, I won't go to Jiangning, I'm just here to watch Daddy beat the rebellious army to the ground." ”

Chen Jian on the side smiled and said, "Master Gu has a well-behaved and sensible daughter like Xiuxiu, which makes me so envious." ”

Gu An snorted coldly and said, "She's sensible? She has been accustomed to her mother and her brother since she was a child, and she has developed a willful and reckless temper, and she can't listen to anyone's words. ”

"Haha," Chen Jian smiled and said to Gu An: "The matter has come to this point, you might as well ask Xiuxiu what the purpose of coming here is first." ”

When Gu An heard this, he didn't ask questions, but he saw the woman speak first: "Daddy, I found that some people in the city have been coming and going frequently at night these days, and I am afraid that there are Manichaean spies in the city." ”

Gu An said coldly: "Of course I know this, you are here to talk about this?" ”

"I'm here to give advice to Daddy," Gu Xiuxiu blinked, raising her head like a proud swan, "Daddy can enforce a curfew in the city, and also, prohibit people from going out during war." In this way, once anyone who is found to be abnormal is arrested, it will be possible to prevent the spies from doing bad things in the city. ”

Listening to his daughter's words, Gu An was stunned for a moment, he knew that there were Manichaean spies in the city, but he didn't expect to use the curfew and access control to lure them out.

"Great goodness," Chen Jian said seriously, "Master Gu, Ling Ai's suggestion is not bad, we should implement it as soon as possible." ”

"I'll call someone to do it right away," Gu An stood up, ready to walk out the door, and when he passed by Gu Xiuxiu's side, he said to her: "It's an extraordinary time, and there are not enough guards in the house, so you should try not to go out these days." ”

"Oh." Gu Xiuxiu flattened her mouth.

Gu An glared at her and left the conference hall directly, Gu Xiuxiu looked at his back, smiled secretly, and followed......

Among the five idle buildings, Zhou Qi and a few people have been living for nearly a month.

But the day's housing and meal expenses were not paid, and the shopkeeper's eyebrows and eyes hinted many times, every time Ming Xia wanted to pay for it, Zhou Wei said to remember it first, and pay it together when he left.

Fang Baihua didn't say anything, and the shopkeeper didn't dare to force it.

After more than 20 days, Ming Xia and Fang Baihua have become familiar with each other. In her opinion, this "righteous sister" is a cold-hearted person, but because she is burdened with the major event of the uprising, she is a little indifferent to people thousands of miles away. Whenever there was news of Xu Ziling, Fang Baihua would whisper to her, and when it came to the rise, she would also slightly hook the corners of her mouth.

Zhou Wei is in this city where the mountain rain is coming, but he has lived a life of retirement, going out early and returning late every day, lingering in the teahouse next to Wuxian Building, chatting with some old people who are not very familiar with him, playing chess, and sometimes going to Goulan to listen to storytellers tell folk stories.

Just when Ming Xia felt that life had gradually returned to a special calm from abruptness, news of the rebels began to come from the mouths of guests and merchants. Even if the city gates are sealed, it seems that it will not be able to prevent the news of the outside world from spreading through the market.

She only cares about Xu Ziling's safety, even if she often hears the feeling of "the rebels seem to be very powerful" from Fang Baihua's words, she only listens to the story, does not think deeply, and has no practical concept of the rebel army.

Until the day before yesterday, Fang Baihua suddenly said to her: The righteous army is going to fight Hangzhou.

She woke up like a dream, it turned out that the righteous army was already so powerful, Hangzhou is the capital of Liangzhejiang Road.

By the afternoon of this day, people from the government suddenly came to the Wuxian Building, saying that from today onwards, a curfew would be imposed in the evening, and that all shops would not be allowed to open after the end of the day, and no one would be allowed to come and go on the streets.

Zhou Wei was also forced to return to Wuxian Building from the tea shop, and the official had not left yet, he smiled and said to Baihua: "Are you attacking the city today or tomorrow?" ”

The official was taken aback, but fortunately, the shopkeeper reacted quickly, pulled the official aside and explained quietly, and at the same time offered a few ingots of silver, so that the official let down his guard and left with a scolding.

Fang Baihua was not angry about this, and after the official left, he said two words to the old man: tomorrow.

Sure enough, early the next morning, the official came to the Wuxian Building again, saying that the rebels were attacking the city today, and the access control was implemented, and no one was allowed to go out, and those who went out were all dealt with as rebels and the same party.

By noon, the people sitting in the building could already feel the movement of the battle at the north city gate, and they could vaguely hear the words "Holy Father" and "Zhu Mian".

For the battle outside the city, Ming Xia was a little inexplicably nervous, although whether the rebels won or the official army won, it didn't have much impact on her. The maid Yue'er was a little excited, shouting that she wanted to go out and have a look.

Fang Baihua and Zhou Wei were both light and breezy, as if the shouts outside did not exist.

After being silent for a long time, Zhou Wei asked Fang Baihua casually, "When are you going out?" ”

"When the city is broken." Fang Baihua replied calmly.

Zhou Wei turned to Yue'er and asked, "You want to go out and have a look, right?" Seeing the maid and the chick nodding like pecking rice, he said with a smile: "I'll take you out to see when the city is broken." ”

However, the sound of fighting at the city gate continued until the end of the day. There was no movement in the city, and the victory or defeat was clear.

The people who had been waiting for a day dispersed one after another, and went to wash and rest.

In the middle of the night, when everyone was sleeping soundly, there was a slight knock at the door of the first floor. The shopkeeper in charge of the night vigil was dozing off, and woke up when he heard the noise, leaned over to the crack in the door and squinted out, and found that it was a man in black.

The man in black was wearing a mask, and the shopkeeper didn't dare to open the door without recognizing his identity, and when he was about to ask the shopkeeper, he saw the man pull out a reddish sword.

The shopkeeper looked happy when he arrived, and hurriedly opened the door and let the man in black walk in.

"Special Envoy Xu," the shopkeeper pointed upstairs and whispered, "Do you want to call Fang Shengnu and them?" ”

The man in black shook his head and said, "Don't worry, the rebels are not going to attack at night, don't disturb them." ”

The shopkeeper immediately gave up.

On the second day, when the first rays of sunlight in the morning passed through the door and sprinkled into the building, Mingxia got up and went to fetch water and wash herself.

Although Yue'er is her maid, she actually does not have many maid obligations. Things that she can do, such as washing and dressing, Ming Xia has never asked her.

When Ming Xia finished washing up and walked downstairs as usual, she found a young man in Tsing Yi standing in the hall, staring at her with a smile and slowly opening her arms.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, and the young man's temperament has matured a lot, even if his smile is sincere and kind, he can feel some killing fortitude from between his eyebrows. This is not deliberately revealed, but is condensed by many days of grinding.

Ming Xia looked at the young man and was stunned for a while before she ran gently in front of him, and before she could speak, she was taken into his arms with both hands.

"You've changed so much," Mingxia murmured, "I almost didn't recognize you." ”

The young man stroked her hair and smiled softly, "Where has it changed?" ”

Ming Xia put her head on his chest, listened to his steady and powerful heartbeat, and whispered: "Ziling seems to have changed from a big boy to a big man all of a sudden." ”

The young man said: "Then you like ......"

"Phew", an abrupt voice interrupted the young man's words, and he saw the maid Yue'er standing on the stairs downstairs, looking at them with a disgusted face, "You two are not ashamed, hugging each other in public." ”

Ming Xia suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and gently broke free from Xu Ziling's arms.

"Humph!" Yue'er snorted lightly, walked downstairs, pulled Ming Xia to her side, pouted, and said to Xu Ziling: "You haven't married yet, you are not allowed to mess with Miss." ”

After saying that, he crossed his waist and turned his head to look at Ming Xia and said, "And Miss, you are not allowed to get used to him......" was said in a coquettish voice, the maid's eyes gradually widened, and her cheeks slowly became red.

I saw Xu Ziling leaning his head next to Ming Xia's face, kissed Ming Xia while watching her speak, and then turned around and pursed his lips at her.

Even if the maid had seen a lot of debauchery scenes in the alum building, she had never seen such a scene, her face flushed, and she pointed at Xu Ziling with her finger, "You, you, you," for a long time, but she didn't hold back a word, and finally turned around and ran upstairs with her head in her hands.

Ming Xia also blushed, and reached out to pinch him, but he held it with his backhand, and he couldn't pull it out.

At this moment, Fang Baihua slowly walked downstairs, ignoring the action of the two holding hands, and just said in surprise: "Xiao Ling, why are you here?" ”

Xu Ziling let go of Ming Xia's hand, and the other party Baihua said: "Sister, the righteous army will probably be able to break the city today, there are twenty or thirty thousand righteous troops outside the city, it doesn't matter if there is me or not, I heard your message that Ming Xia is here, I can't wait to come over." ”

Fang Baihua looked at him, sighed and said, "Thank you for your hard work, these things should have been done by me." ”

Xu Ziling shook his head again and again: "Sister, what did you say?" Isn't it natural to be a younger brother and help my sister, what is there to thank for? The reason why I am in a hurry to come back is that the strength of the rebel army is enough to defeat the official army, and second, I really don't want to be infected with murder anymore. ”

Speaking of this, Xu Ziling's face showed a little melancholy: "Many people don't actually deserve to die, whether it is the officials, the army or the people, they are just poor people, and the real ones who deserve to die are those corrupt officials in the court who collude with each other."

Before I came to Hangzhou, I met Master Pukong, who reminded me that I would be infected with many causes and effects, and told me to do more good deeds. Along the way, I have done both good and evil deeds. I don't want to kill anymore unless I have to. ”

Fang Baihua stared at him, was silent for a long time, opened his mouth slightly, and finally just said the word "good".

Xu Ziling smiled and didn't explain anything more. The closer he got to the people, the more he knew what they really wanted, and the more reluctant he was to take them on this road of no return.

Most of the people are good, even if they work hard all year round, as long as they can have some surplus food, silk, and hope, they will definitely not participate in the uprising, but the appearance of Hua Shigang, Cai Jing, Zhu Mian and others is really opportune. Manichaeism took advantage of the goodness of the people and brought them to the point of no return against the hoe.

Not long after, Zhou Wei walked down from upstairs, saw Xu Ziling and Ming Xia who were tired of being together, smiled, and sat next to them, which made Xu Ziling embarrassed for a while and stopped some small movements in his hand.

Then the shopkeeper asked the back kitchen to make some porridge, steamed buns and other breakfasts, and shared them with everyone.

Xu Ziling was eating steamed buns, and inadvertently looked outside the building, and happened to see a familiar figure passing by the door......