Hu Xuan and Shi Suo sat on the sidelines, seeing an endless stream of people on all roads, men and women of the Miao family dressed in costumes came over, everyone was elated, the young men were holding umbrellas and sheng, the girls gathered together, talking and laughing, and after a while, Ah Hu's father walked to the middle of the field and loudly announced the start of "jumping".

Shi Suo said, "It seems that Ah Hu's father is the leader here. ”

It didn't take much effort, the girls automatically gathered together, danced in the field, they danced with fluttering dresses, silver jewelry, clapping their hands and dancing and singing, Hu Bolt and Shi Suo don't know how to dance, just feel that these Miao girls' dancing posture is healthy and unrestrained, and they have a kind of unrestrained and free beauty, and the two of them don't stop sitting on the sidelines and applauding. The Miao boys on the sidelines took out the bamboo sheng one after another, entered the field to play, the sound of the sheng was clear, and the dance of the girls was combined, and the big empty field became a sea of singing and dancing for a while.

Sitting around, gradually only some elderly people remained, gossiping, appreciating singing and dancing, children of Ah Hu's age were running around in the field, laughing and playing, Hu Shi and the two looked at the joyful singing and dancing on the field, excited, Hu Xuan said to Shi Suo: "I have never seen such a happy scene of everyone together, it is the feeling of singing in the prosperous era, this mountain is simply a paradise, and they are reluctant to leave." ”

Many people heard about Hu Shi and the two of them saving Ah Hu back to their hometown, and they came forward to greet and talk to the two, praising their feat of saving people, which made the two feel embarrassed.

At this time, the young men who played the sheng on the field gradually gathered under the flower tree in the center, there was a fat and tall man, blowing the sheng in his mouth, free his hand, and climbed to the flower tree, the flower tree was tied to a lot of flowers, he kicked some with his feet, the people next to him coaxed, the fat and tall man had to climb down the tree.

Another young man climbed up the tree, carefully avoiding the flowers, and stepped on the branch to see that he had reached the top of the tree, and the sheng that was blowing in his mouth, because he was so preoccupied with two things, that he could not hold down the sound hole in time when he climbed the branch, and ran out of tune, and the people next to him laughed, and there was a burst of heckling, and then he was defeated.

Hu Bolt and Shi Suo watched from the side, and shouted loudly: "Come on." ”

The girls gathered in a circle outside, holding hands, dancing and singing, to see who could get on the rope, and the sheng in their mouths was not messy, and for a while the boys were itching, climbing the trees one after another, but it was always difficult to have a perfect person.

At last there was a thin and sturdy young man, who climbed up to the top of the tree with his hands and feet, took down a flask, and when he came down from the tree, he blew the sheng in his mouth without any confusion, and won a round of applause from all around. Hu's father stepped forward, put a wreath on his head, and rewarded him with a saddle on the spot.

The young man was triumphant, put the prize on the sidelines, and pulled Hu Bolt and Shi Lock into the field, Hu Shi and the two refused, so they had to reluctantly learn from the young men, twisting their bodies and dancing, but they had no foundation, and compared with the young men around them who were playing the sheng and dancing at the same time, they were really clumsy, causing the girls to laugh.

Shi Suo was giggling, and suddenly Hu Shuan pulled him, pointed to the sidelines, and said, "Look, that person over there." ”

Shi Suo saw that there was a person standing on the sidelines, thin and withered, in his forties, also wearing Miao family clothes, but he did not smile, staring intently at himself and Hu Xuan, those eyes were very large, bulging a little like a goldfish, I don't know why, as soon as I met his gaze, I felt a cold air hit people, Shi Suo said: "I don't know." ”

"I don't know each other either, but I noticed that as soon as he came here, he only looked at the two of us, and he always felt that something was wrong. ”

At this time, Ah Hu ran over, Hu Bolt grabbed him, and asked quietly, Ah Hu glanced at it and said: "That person, I don't know, people from all over the country are here today, and many of them don't know each other." ”

The thin man may have noticed that Hu Xuan noticed him, turned around and left, this time, Hu Xuan was even more suspicious, and wanted to catch up, at this time, several young men on the field pulled the two of them up, dancing and singing hand in hand, which made Hu Xuan feel embarrassed to ruin the happy scene, and the thin man disappeared in a blink of an eye.

3

In the afternoon, the field was still lively, the boys began horse racing, archery, bullfighting, performing each ** skills, wonderful scenes one after another, Shi Suo also performed a set of boxing skills, lifting stones, won a burst of applause. The two strong men of the Miao nationality also took advantage of the opportunity to perform a sparring with him, with a light body and a strange fist style, which made Shi Suo admire it very much.

After the mountain festival, Hu Shi and the others resigned the next day, Ah Hu's father couldn't keep it, so he packed cakes and rice wine for many years, smoked fish and bacon in his pocket, put it on horseback, and took out a bunch of silver, let the two of them pay on the road, and said: "If you encounter bandits on the road, you will run back, and in our village, we will ensure that any bandit can be caught." ”

Bidding farewell to Miao Village, the two of them rushed to Ningmancheng on the road, looking for Jiang Yuniang's brother, walking out of the mountains, running on the road, dozens of miles, riding a horse for half a day, to the Yamen to ask, but the person was not there, saying that it was a business trip. The two had to find a small inn to live in.

After lunch, the two of them had nothing to do, they wanted to go to the city to wander, just out of the door of the inn, Hu Bolt was careful, at a glance saw the outside wall of the store, there was a small branch thick with chopsticks, there was a small branch by the wall, it was no longer usual, but Hu Bolt saw that this branch was peeled, just like the day before yesterday in Miao Mountain, he was suspicious, looked around, there was no suspicious sign, whispered a few words to Shi Suo, Shi Suo said: "You are right, it seems that we are being targeted again." ”

At this time, a group of people, five or six soldiers, all carrying fast guns, surrounded by several people in civilian clothes, came over, among them a bald old man, wearing a long robe and horse coat, wearing a pair of glasses, holding a cane, looking like a great official. Hu Shi and the others took refuge by the wall to make way out, and the group poured into a rather large inn, and a soldier shouted inside: "Shopkeeper, find some of the best rooms." ”

The inn, just diagonally opposite the small inn where Hu Shi and the two stayed, but the scale is much larger, very magnificent, the two doors are only a few dozen steps away, Hu Xuan's heart moved, and when those people entered the inn, they saw that there was no one around, and quietly picked up the small wooden stick and put it under the wall of the big inn.

Shi Suo was happy, "This is good, good way." ”

After wandering around the street for a while, Hu Shuan bought some women's makeup powder and rouge, and also bought two pairs of glasses, a pile of clothes, two hats, and strange stone locks, and asked, "Which woman do you want to give it to?" ”

"Use it yourself," Hu Xuan said: "I think, since we have been targeted, we have to find a way to get rid of it, and try to disguise ourselves when we go out in the future, so as not to be recognized." ”

"Yes, that makes sense."

Back at the inn, Hu Xuan looked for a shopkeeper to change a room facing the street, this room has a window, you can see the big inn opposite, Hu Xuan said to Shi Suo: "The people who are staring at us, you must find time to start, otherwise what is the use of just staring and not moving?" It's up to them to see when they do it, and be alert when they go to bed tonight. ”

"Well," Stone Lock put his spare short knife under his pillow, "I see, tonight is the most likely." ”

"Why?"

Shi Suo said: "Don't test me, although I am a rough person, but I also understand the truth that birds die for wealth, staring at our people, there is a ** for what treasure map, and the secret of the treasure map is nothing more than what kind of seal, in Ah Hu's house, we also saw the seal, although I didn't buy it, but those thieves didn't know, maybe they thought we got the seal, if they think the seal is on us, then there is no sooner?" Do you have a lot of dreams at night? ”

Hu Xuan praised: "Today's reasoning is the most reasonable one from childhood to adulthood. ”

"Alright, alright, don't belittle me."

Sleeping until midnight, Shi Suo suddenly said to Hu Shu: "There is movement." ”

The two of them were on guard, their clothes had not been taken off, and the stone lock was even wearing a hat, so they didn't dare to sleep soundly at this time, so they quickly got up and quietly looked out of the window, and sure enough, there was a commotion, and the lights in the concierge of the big inn opposite were also lit.

Suddenly, a gunshot from the "horn" was particularly piercing in the night, and the big inn opposite was in chaos, and a chaotic scolding came out, Hu Shi and the others stared at each other here, but they could only hear the sound, and the situation inside was naturally invisible.

Suddenly, a black shadow flashed, and a man jumped down from under the wall, and the man jumped off the wall, turned over and got up, but he limped and ran forward, and then the door of the inn opened, and several soldiers poured out, untidy in clothes, and shouted with guns: "Run, run, chase quickly." ”

The man who fled in front was lame, and was soon overtaken by the soldiers, and the stone lock hiding behind the window whispered: "Now I am caught, I can fall and lame by jumping from under the wall, this thief is too ordinary." ”

Just feeling a little boring, the situation over there has changed, this group of soldiers with guns, thought that their hands were caught, no one fired, swarmed up to arrest people, but the lame man left fist and right palm, knocked over two in a row, the spear held in front of the enemy, but became a burden, the thief lame one leg, in an instant several soldiers dizzy.

Shi Suo and Hu Xuan's eyes widened and became nervous again, and at this time, from the door of the big inn, a lot of people poured out, including shopkeepers, shopkeepers, and the robes and glasses they had seen during the day, and everyone shouted chaotically: "Catch the thief," "Don't let him escape." ”

The thief knocked over a few soldiers, did not dare to stop, broke through the road, continued to run forward, the rest of the people chased, the thief rushed behind and threw out a thing, I don't know whether it was a knife or a stone, at that time he knocked down one, causing a burst of screams, the soldiers behind immediately fell down in a mess, and no one dared to rush forward again. Just shouted out of his mouth: "Shoot," "Shoot him." There was a lot of shouting, the sound of pulling the bolt of the gun, but they were all afraid of being smashed, and no one was willing to rush forward, and in the chaos, the thief had turned a corner and disappeared.