Chapter 34: Serendipitous Chance Three Years Later
After Deng Yongming came back from the county government to confirm that there was no problem, he sent someone to chase his wife Jingniang and a pair of children back the next day. After Deng Xiaoke learned that his family was fine, he immediately cheered. Before she could clean up the boudoir, she asked Huan'er to call Xu Anping over.
After a while, Xu Anping came over. He saw that although Deng Xiaoke tried to purse his lips, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. It was this bright smile that put him in a good mood.
Deng Xiaoke's feet were already healed last time, and he approached Xu Anping briskly. "Deng Jiu, you are amazing! The last time you told me, I couldn't believe it. I didn't expect you to actually do it! You don't know, my mother and I kept crying on the way back to our hometown, we all thought that Daddy was going to be arrested......" Speaking of this, she suddenly realized that she was a little embarrassed to tell others about her troubles, so she pursed her lips and lowered her head.
Xu Anping kept looking up at Deng Xiaoke, looking at her flickering eyes, looking at her red and tender lips chattering and talking, watching her lower her head embarrassedly, and her heart was full of silence and happiness. For the first time, he felt that Deng Xiaoke was so important to him, that he would work hard for her, and his emotions would fluctuate with her joys and sorrows.
The next day, Deng Xiaoke saw Daddy and Auntie go out, so he hurriedly asked Huan'er to ask Xu Anping to go out for a walk. Xu Anping thought that Tian Huaying would recuperate at home even if he didn't die now, and the county magistrate should still have a headache about the account book, so he didn't shirk and walked out of the side door of Deng's mansion with Deng Xiaoke, who was dressed in men's clothes. Not to mention, Deng Xiaoke, who is slightly taller, looks really different in a scholarly shirt, with both the charm of a woman and the chic of a man, and the fusion of the two temperaments makes Xu Anping, who is following behind, unconsciously look a little fascinated.
Deng Xiaoke, who hadn't come out to hang out for some days, immediately shouted at Huan'er when he saw something new. "Huan'er, do you think this fan looks good? Is it suitable for this son? Huan'er stuffed all kinds of snacks in her mouth, nodded again and again, and said in a muffled voice: "Yes, suitable." Well, it's delicious......" Deng Xiaoke was so angry that he knocked Huan'er a few times with a fan, and Huan'er didn't dodge after being beaten, but just shrunk his head and held the snack bag.
At this time, a middle-aged man shouted not far away: "Old and young masters who have passed by, please stay." Our father and daughter passed by the treasure land, and we had no choice but to use it up. So, I want to perform some juggling and kung fu, if you feel okay, please give a few copper plates. After the man shouted a few times, he picked up a spear and fought the woman with the long knife next to him. For a while, the rabbit falcon fell very exciting, and there were bursts of cheers around.
Hearing the movement here, Deng Xiaoke couldn't stay anywhere, hurriedly pulled Huan'er towards this side, and asked Xu Anping to squeeze through the crowd and get closer. I saw that the woman's face was delicate, her face was slightly wider, and there was a hint of greenness in her shy smile. Although she was slightly chubby, her footwork was extremely nimble, and she tossed and turned in the shadow of the man's dancing gun, unscathed. Xu Anping could see that the kung fu of these two people was extremely solid, and they should be both good hands, and the woman was especially strange, and he felt a little strange in his heart: how could two masters emerge in this small Qingping County at once, and the woman looked a little familiar.
After the fight was over, a few copper plates were scattered around the ground. The man picked up three iron rings more than two feet wide and erected them on several stools separated by several high stools, and the woman rushed over with a run from a few meters away. Everyone was stunned when they saw it, this iron ring was not much thicker than the woman's waistline, so they were all waiting to see the joke. Unexpectedly, after the woman approached, a fish leap passed through the first hoop, which was simply perfect and perfect, and everyone couldn't help but hold their breath. Then I saw that the woman first bounced up after landing on the ground, and then after two strides, one and a half turns sideways crossed directly through the second hoop, causing everyone to exclaim in a low voice, for fear that the sound would be too loud and startle the hoop. Finally, the woman had two sliding steps and then turned her back to the hoop, and then one of the backwards jumped and flipped over the hoop. Deng Xiaoke was so excited, she had never seen such a thrilling juggling, she kept clapping her hands vigorously, and threw the broken silver in her purse on the ground. Huan'er was dumbfounded, and forgot to close her mouth stuffed with snacks. Xu Anping smiled, he had already recognized this woman at this time as "Fang Xiaoxiao" who entered the county government that night.
The man saw that the crowd around him was gathering more and more, so he motioned for the woman to continue. The woman picked up a long sword, pulled out of her stance, and began to dance. I saw that the sword light was shining with silver light, and the tip of the sword was uncertain in the shadow of the sword, just like a little bleak between falling flowers; The woman's steps follow the sword, and the footwork changes uncertainly, just like the dragon going out to sea, and like returning to the forest. Such swordsmanship and footwork are obviously not purely money-making tricks. At this time, the face that looked a little green just now revealed a little gentleman's heroic spirit against the backdrop of the sword light. Seeing this, Xu Anping's heart has been completely determined, he has suffered from this kind of swordsmanship.
After reading it, Deng Xiaoke took Huan'er and Xu Anping back home.
That night, a dark shadow climbed over the wall of the Deng family's mansion and fell into the courtyard, looking around for a while and seemed to be a little confused. Then he chose a direction, and the housekeepers, who had avoided the vigil, began to run around the courtyard without a clue. Half an hour later, the black shadow approached the backyard of the Deng family, rested for a while, and prepared to climb into the backyard by a tree next to him. At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the tree, and I was so frightened that I almost broke out.
"Your Excellency came uninvited, it doesn't seem to be a gentleman's doing." Xu Anping stood on the tree, holding his arms and looking at the stupid thief on the ground with interest. Of course he knew that this woman was Fang Xiaoxiao.
Fang Xiaoxiao subconsciously took a few steps back, but instead of drawing out her long sword, she said in a low voice, "I didn't come here to steal something today, but to look for you." ”
Xu Anping's pupils shrank after hearing this, and he directly took out his dagger and jumped to the ground, standing two feet away from Fang Xiaoxiao. In order to avoid the incident of Daddy Yu last time, once the threat is discovered, he will leave this person behind tonight.
Fang Xiaoxiao found that the masked man opposite suddenly exuded a strong killing intent, and her heart was suddenly shocked, and she hurriedly said, "I don't mean anything else, I just want to ask you for help." A few days ago, I heard that the Deng family was threatened by the county magistrate and was in danger of breaking the house, but later I don't know what the reason was and escaped. I guessed that the Deng family had a lot to do with you who went to the county office to steal things that night, so I came to visit tonight. Don't get me wrong! As he spoke, he hurriedly waved his hand.
Xu Anping didn't want to do anything in the backyard, so he turned out of the Deng family with a single sentence. "Come with me!" Fang Xiaoxiao hurriedly followed, and after a while, she arrived in a dark alley two miles away.
"Tell me, who are you? What are you looking for me? Xu Anping stood not far away, playing with a dagger in his hand, although he spoke in a relaxed tone, he was ready to kill the other party directly once he found a suspicious point.
Fang Xiaoxiao took a few deep breaths and said in a low tone: "I am actually not called Fang Xiaoxiao, but He Xiaoxiao, the youngest daughter of the He family, who had done the largest silk business in Qingping County. Because I was too obese and poor at walking when I was a child, my father and mother were worried that I would not be able to support me, so they sent me to Mount Emei to practice martial arts. A year ago, when I returned to my hometown in Yangzhou, I learned that my brother had died tragically, and my family's silk business and assets had been taken away by others, and the culprits were Tian Huaying and the county commander Li Weiwei. Daddy and Auntie advised me not to be impulsive, but I just wanted to avenge my brother and make these wicked people pay. Later, I sneaked out of my hometown in Yangzhou. Because he was exhausted on the road, he came to Qingping County with Uncle Liao while performing arts. When I arrived here a few days ago, I couldn't help but want to sneak into the county government to steal the only evidence of the county order Li's crimes, and report it to the prefect so that he could not become an official. He Xiaoxiao cried as she spoke, probably thinking of her brother who died tragically, or thinking of her elderly parents at home, after all, she was only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl. After a while, she sniffed and said, "Xu Ningyi, you got the only evidence of Li's guilt that day, why didn't you report it to Shangguan?" Why let him go unpunished? ”
After Xu Anping heard it, he had already believed it for eight or nine points, but he had to sigh at this girl's good luck. If she had been asked to take the evidence and vote to the prefect at that time, it is estimated that even the bones would have been eaten. Thinking that he was tricked by Uncle Lin to assassinate He Xiaoxiao's eldest brother before, and finally caused her family to die, he also felt a little guilty, so he made up his mind to help her fulfill this wish, which can be regarded as a removal for the Deng family. said directly: "Things are not as simple as you think, Li Weiwei and the prefect have long colluded in private. This matter has to be considered in the long run. ”
"Ahh So what to do? Fang Xiaoxiao was also scared when she thought about it.
"I'll figure out a way to deal with this matter, you don't want to go to the Deng Mansion again in the future. There are two things you have to do now: keep your mouth shut, and wait for me to hear from you. After Xu Anping said this, he turned around and left.
Fang Xiaoxiao hurriedly nodded in agreement, chased a few steps forward, raised some volume and said, "I live in the utility yard behind the Yuelai Inn. After speaking, he realized that his voice was a little loud, and quickly covered his mouth.