Chapter 49: Appearance and Substance

Xiao Zhi followed Wu Haoze and the two, since they hurriedly rode away from the east gate of the capital, they had been walking for a long time, but they had not yet arrived at the place.

It was as dark as ink, and the thunder rolled from far to near. Lightning danced through the cracks in the clouds. The cool wind swept by, rolling up the floating dust on the ground and hitting people's faces, which immediately blew away Xiao Zhen's hot body. After the wind and thunder, there was silence again, only from time to time there was a bleak and long cry from the depths of the alley, which added to the mystery of the night.

A monarch of Qi and a general of the city protector, the two rode horses and walked side by side, silent. Xiao Zhi glanced sideways at Wu Haoze from time to time in the dark night, but it was so blurry that he could only see an outline, occasionally drawing the sky, and the sky was bright and bright, only to see Wu Haoze's expressionless face like a stone carving looking ahead without squinting, and suddenly sinking into a darker blur. has a special identity, and the confusing Xiao Zhi is obviously next to him, but it seems that he is not next to him.

Didn't you put yourself in your eyes at all? This man is like a lone wolf, except for his prey, everything in the world has nothing to do with him. Xiao Zhi couldn't help but smack his tongue secretly, this person is very powerful. Compared with Song Qinglian, there is its rigidity and no vulgarity, and this calm spirit alone is the appearance of a nobleman!

Xiao Zhi was only silently observing, the taciturn but calm and proud lone wolf in front of him slowly coincided with the vigilant and calm general of the palace mutiny, but it was completely different from the madman who was excitedly appreciating his fight with Xiao Yan.

What kind of person is this? Xiao Zhi didn't quite understand.

But one thing is for sure, this is a guy with a dangerous aura.

Dark nights, unfamiliar places, deserted alleys, and a dangerous beast at hand. Xiao Zhi calmed down and thought about it, and suddenly felt that he was very dangerous, the kind of danger that a sheep would be in the mouth of a tiger.

This guy won't be beastly and unloaded, thinking that Wu Haoze looked happy in the previous battle, Xiao Zhi couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Quite possibly! It's definitely possible!

"Don't think about it, I'm not going to do anything to you." Wu Haoze seemed to see through Xiao Zhen's fear, "With your current level, it's not worth my own hands." ”

"Oh." Xiao Zhi exhaled heavily, and the hand holding the reins relaxed, "That's good, that's good." ”

"Is it a great thing for a man to be considered inferior to others?" It's still a serious and indifferent tone, just a little more banter.

"Eh, you can't say anything, when it comes to saving your life, it's better for anyone to do it." Xiao Zhi said with a smile, "As long as I can survive, I can say that I am not as good as Wang Ba." ”

"You really have no bottom line."

"As for people, there will be a bottom line and a limit in the world. And the living space of human beings lies between the bottom line and the limit. I have always felt that only people with a low enough bottom line and a particularly high limit can live long and live well. Those who pride themselves on their own high often set their bottom line very high, but live harder. I just need to live. "Tonight's clouds are low, hidden in the dark night sky, like a monster in a nightmare, whistling and about to pounce, as if it were not in the world. Xiao Zhi looked at the vast and strange sky, his thoughts had drifted to the clouds, and he unconsciously said something like this, "What's more, how can I understand who is not needed to be commented on by others?" ”

"There's some truth to that." Wu Haoze lowered his head and pondered for a while, "For example, people like me probably don't live long. ”

"Eh, I'll just talk nonsense, don't take it seriously." Hearing the words "not living long", Xiao Zhi suddenly sobered up, "You are such a powerful person, you can naturally be safe." ”

"Hurry up, you need to go back early." Wu Haoze avoided answering, only whipped a whip violently, and the horse was in pain, and ran away with a swish.

Everything has been doomed since the day of the choice, as long as you accept it calmly and welcome everything that is coming.

Thinking is meaningless, and it is not as useful as a sword in your hand.

After the bridge next to the temple fair, stepping on the reed alley, there is a large row of houses. The streets and alleys here are crisscrossed and crisscrossed, and it is extremely prosperous. Thanks to Xiao Zhi's frequent private visits and wandering around, this area used to be a place where he and Guo Zhang and Shen Lian often played. If you are a little unfamiliar, and it is so late that you can't even distinguish between east and west, north and south, let alone look for someone. Xiao Zhi followed closely behind Wu Haoze, crossed the bridge hole about two miles away, bent left and right to drill out of the alley like the Ecstasy Array, and felt that it was suddenly wide, a gust of wind blew, cold and soaked bones, I saw two people in front of me with lamps waiting, and when I saw him coming, Lao Yuan picked up the lamp and asked in a low voice: "But have you arrived?" ”

"Here we are." Wu Haoze agreed, turned over and dismounted. "The road ahead is not easy to walk, you can also come down."

"Oh." Through the light, Xiao Zhi recognized the squinting eyes on the right, the obscene expression of Song Qinglian, a pair of triangular eyes have become his symbol, the woman on the left is the first time to see it, in a petite and delicate body, with a ponytail, a pair of gold-rimmed eyes, looking polite.

"It's dark today, I'm afraid you won't find your way." Song Qinglian coughed twice.

The group then walked down the alley, which gradually divided into several passages, narrower and narrower as they walked. Song Qinglian went first, and the others followed closely behind. The roads inside are even more complicated, with twists and turns, and roads everywhere. According to Song Qinglian, except for one that can be passed, the rest of the rules are not passable.

Xiao Zhi became more and more surprised, he didn't know such a place again. I looked around again, but there was no one in the house, and asked as I followed, "Why is this place not popular?" It won't be a graveyard. ”

The woman smiled, the laughter echoed in the empty alley, but it was very crisp and pleasant, and said, "Uncle Song bought the half of the street behind him, and changed the original alley again and again, so that it became like this." Let's call this 'Gossip Ecstasy'. - It's time to arrive! ”

I saw a dilapidated two-story building standing abruptly in front, pitted from a distance, with two big characters written "teahouse" in black letters on a red background on the wrinkled silk, and two big red lanterns hanging at the door. A cold wind blew, and as if a few pieces of wall skin could not be supported, they fell to the ground, completing their last mission, and the red lantern waved at a few people.

Xiao Zhi stared at it for a long time.......

"What's going on with this dangerous building, is it a haunted house? Is it a human meat bun shop? Or is it the kind of pawnshop No. 8 where you can get anything if you pay the price? Xiao Zhi said a little crazy, "I said that you are also people who have crossed over, can't the aesthetics and design be beautiful?" Be a little ahead, be worthy of our identity! ”

"Of course you do." The woman pouted unhappily and retorted unwillingly in a voice like a silver bell, "Now minimalist and luxurious decoration are no longer popular, and classicism like ours is the king." It's called going back to basics. ”

"How much misunderstand the classicists!" Xiao Zhi roared, "I haven't seen anything back to basics." All I could see was a dilapidated house shivering in the cold wind! Crumbling! ”

"This person is really chattering, it's not over, is this also a man?"

"I don't know." Wu Haoze replied honestly, "But this appearance is conducive to concealment. ”

"Huh." Xiao Zhi held his head, feeling helpless.

"Okay, okay, don't just look at the appearance." Song Qinglian patted Xiao Zhi on the shoulder, pulled him into the house, and said with a smile, "You young people, you just like to look at appearances in everything, this is very bad, you will miss and see a lot of wrong things." Take me as an example, although there is a slight difference, but if you dig deeper, you will find how connotative and reliable I am. ”

"Don't put gold in your face. You're definitely a person who looks like you on the inside and on the outside - you're as obscene on the inside as you are on the outside, and you can't bear to look at it directly! ”

Under the leadership of Song Qinglian, several people walked through the lobby of the teahouse and went straight to the basement, going down the stairs and the lights became brighter and brighter, and when they really reached the ground, everything that appeared in front of them surprised Xiao Zhi.

"How?" Song Qinglian admired Xiao Zhi's embarrassed appearance with his mouth wide open, and asked triumphantly.