The sun sets, in the small courtyard of Jiao County.

Li Xuehe, who poured two pots of wine, was drunk and fell asleep on the stone table.

Su Duchen turned his head sideways and said: "Chen Yong, go back to the village and call a few brothers, and find Fang Zhong in Huaizhou City and surrounding counties." You go now. ”

Chen Yong nodded: "Yes." ”

Su Duchen stood in the courtyard, looking at the sunset and dusk from afar, and after a long time, he turned around and left the small courtyard.

The next day, inside the Jiao County Teahouse.

"Mr. Li, how are you doing today?" Su Duchen made tea and asked with a smile.

Li Xuehe rubbed his cheeks and said with an embarrassed smile: "Ashamed, ashamed!" Li is too strong to drink, and he ...... yesterday It's rude. ”

Su Duchen poured a cup of tea for him and said, "Take a sip of tea and sober up." ”

Li Xuehe nodded and asked, "In terms of seniority, I should call you Su ...... Virtuous nephew? Or Sue ...... Virtuous grandson? ”

When Su Duchen heard the words Xian Sun, he almost choked on tea, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, this is too troublesome, Mr. can call me Duchen." ”

Li Xuehe touched his beard, nodded and sighed: "Well, it is indeed not too complicated to call each other in the countryside. I'll call you Little Nephew Su. ”

Su Duchen raised his eyebrows, smiled, changed the subject, and said, "Sir—you will have to live this kind of wandering life in the future?" Teaching for a living? ”

Li Xuehe said lightly: "This kind of day is very good, comfortable - and unrestrained." After a few years, I can't walk anymore and then make plans. ”

Su Duchen said: "If Mr. has any difficulties in the future, you can go to Huaizhou Fuguilou to find me." ”

Li Xuehe was stunned, and then smiled: "Okay." Su Shi Pro ...... It's good to have a grandson like you! ”

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Saying goodbye to Li Xuehe, Su Duchen left Jiaoxian, he was going to Songzhou and then back to Huaizhou.

Fugui Restaurant opened a branch building in Songzhou. Su Duchen planned to let the rich building bloom all over the territory of this Qianchao.

Walking into the teahouse, Su Duchen found a window seat to sit on, looking at the diagonally opposite, crowded with people, and the bustling restaurant smiled. In the Qianying Dynasty, there were many poetic restaurants and restaurants, and what was lacking was this style from decoration to naming that was vulgar to slag.

"Stinky food, get away!" The shouting came from the restaurant opposite the teahouse.

A man in ragged clothes was pushed by the guy, staggered and fell down the street.

While the pedestrians were pointing and pointing, the man struggled to get to his feet. The man propped his head in his hands, first glanced left and right, and then, limped towards the less crowded side.

Su Duchen got up to check out and walked out of the teahouse and followed the man.

Just now, when the man was looking left and right on the road, Su Duchen glanced at this person's appearance, a familiar face, where have you seen it? Suddenly...... Gu Bei! Wusheng Gu Bei, who once fought with him in the ring and had a glass of wine friendship with him. Why is he here? How did you get to be like this?

In a dilapidated house in the west of the city, Gu Bei first drank a sip of water, and then plunged into the water tank, gurgling, and bubbles bubbled.

Su Duchen clasped his hands on his chest, leaned his back against the door frame, and watched Gu Bei's suffocating operation. Estimating the number of seconds in his heart, Su Duchen strode up and took Gu Bei out of the water tank.

"There are many ways to die, and the trick of drowning yourself in a water tank is not very clever." Su Duchen squatted down and said to Gu Beidao, who was paralyzed on the ground and coughed violently.

"cough and vomit...... Gu Bei lowered his head, pulled his messy hair a few times with both hands, and slowly raised his head: "Are you ...... Su Gongzi! Gu Bei looked at Su Duchen in surprise, then his gaze dodged, and his body moved back.

Su Duchen got up and said, "Get up, change places for you, and clean yourself up first." Then tell me about the adventures you've had in the past year. ”

Two hours later, the Blessed Inn.

The hair was tied up, the stubble was shaved clean, he changed into a new robe, and the doctor also came to see the injury on his leg, and Gu Bei stood in front of Su Duchen with a new look.

"You have a leg injury, sit down and talk." Su Duchen pointed to the chair next to him.

Gu Bei was ashamed and turned to the chair and sat down.

"I remember you went to Beijing to take the exam. If I'm not mistaken, this year's martial arts seems to be over, did you get in? Su Duchen said.

Gu Bei hung his head and said with a bitter face: "After leaving Changping County, I went to Beijing with a few friends. On the way, I heard a message that General Ye Xiao had disappeared inexplicably and there was no news. ”

Su Duchen frowned and asked, "...... is the little general of the night?" ”

Gu Bei looked sad and said, "A young general with a posture as tall as a pine and a strong momentum like the sun!" O role model for our generation! Until now...... The bones can't be found, woo ......" As he spoke, Gu Bei shed sad tears.

"......" The corners of Su Duchen's mouth twitched twice, and he raised his forehead and said, "Oh-it turns out that the idol is missing." So – you stumbled when you heard the news, and then you failed the exam? ”

Gu Bei sobbed, shook his head and said, "No." ”

"Don't cry!" The corners of Su Duchen's mouth twitched, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about the point, who discounted my legs!" Who made such a mess of you! You've all gone to the streets to beg, where is your backbone? You have lost all the integrity of the martial arts practitioners! ”

Gu Bei was stunned by Su Duchen's roar, then straightened his chest and said loudly: "I failed the exam in Beijing, firstly, because I was not good at learning, and secondly, because I had no backer and no connections. So it's no wonder that others failed this time. The leg is because of ......" Gu Bei said this, paused, peeked at Su Duchen, and said: "When I left Beijing, there were people who walked with me. The four of us were passing through a village when we were ...... Tied up ......"

Su Duchen frowned and said, "You are martial artists, so easy to be caught?" Didn't resist? ”

Gu Bei's face was pale, his hands were still trembling, and he trembled: "Because I was in a hurry, I didn't stop when I passed by the post station." Seeing that it was late at night, I found a farmhouse to stay in. I didn't expect to be plotted by someone, and I was imprisoned for more than ten days, but I escaped, and my leg was injured when I escaped. Childe - that's a ghost village! There are no people during the day, and at night, there will be all kinds of sounds, which is scary! Gu Bei seemed to think of something terrible, and he hugged his head and trembled.

"......" Su Duchen frowned and asked, "What about your three companions?" ”

Gu Bei shook his head: "I don't know." ”

Su Duchen said: "Is that village far away from Songzhou?" ”

Gu Bei shook his head again: "It's not far." It shouldn't be far away. ”

Su Duchen said: "How many days have you been wandering the streets of Songzhou in this dress since you escaped?" ”

Gu Bei said sadly: "It should have been ten days since I escaped, and I have been hiding, and then the coils and clothes on my body have been searched by them." I really can't ...... it."

Su Duchen thought for a moment, and after a while, said, "Do you still recognize the way to the village?" ”

Gu Bei nodded, raised his head violently, and said fearfully: "Su ...... Childe, you want to enter the village! It's really a ghost village! I saw a disembowelmented man! Really, you can't go there! ”

Su Duchen said lightly: "There are no ghosts in this world, it's nothing more than people making trouble." If you want to go, wait until your injuries are healed. "Sometimes, ghosts are cuter than people, such as my Junlian, Su Duchen added in his heart

The pendant on his chest flashed: "I am a machine spirit!" Not a ghost! Junlian frantically protested.

Gu Bei blinked and blinked, and hesitated: "I, I, I ......"

Su Duchen cut off his words with a wave of his hand, and said, "It's so decided, I'll go when you're injured." Let's go, now let's go downstairs and eat. ”

Gu Bei: "......"

Gu Bei's leg injury was stunned, and he insisted on pretending to be lame for fifteen days before he was able to get better. Obviously he could walk normally, but he pretended to be stupid and said that he had injured his bones and would need to be treated for a few more days. Su Duchen didn't say anything, in the past few nights, Jun Lian had visited a nearby village, and none of them matched, Su Duchen had reason to suspect that Gu Bei was lying.

"Everything I said is true, it's really a ghost village!" Gu Hokyu Road.

Su Duchen nodded and said, "Okay, let's set off tomorrow morning to see the ghost village you said." ”

Gu Bei embarrassed: "Ah......"