Hu Xuan was silent, these days, either being arrested or running away, his mind has been nervous, and now thinking back on these things he has experienced, he only feels infinitely bored, and he has the feeling of not being able to find a way out.

Seeing that he was depressed, Ah Ning said with a smile: "I heard that in ancient times, Liu Bang fought wars and always failed, but later insisted on not being discouraged, and finally won the world, don't be discouraged, you will definitely be able to do it." ”

Seeing her comforting herself, Hu Xuan smiled reluctantly and said: "I'm not discouraged, I'm thinking, there must be something wrong, so I took the wrong path, there are a lot of things, I haven't figured it out, I'll tell you slowly in the future." ”

"Okay, okay." A-Ning nodded repeatedly.

"I said," Shi Suo snorted haha, "Don't say that we are all failures, I think, we are sometimes very lucky, let's just say that time it was poisoned, those soldiers were all poisoned, just the two of us are fine, and then we were caught, and let the ghost save it, and this time save A-Ning, that ghost came to help us again......"

"Yes," Hu Xuan also remembered, "You say, what happened to the poisoning?" It's really puzzling. ”

It was easy to wait until the rain stopped, and the three of them continued on the road, and in the afternoon, Hu Xuan suddenly felt tired, dizzy, and his face was red. ”

"It's okay, it's okay," Hu Xuan relied on his youth and strength, and refused to stop to rest, but after walking for a while, he only felt that his eyes were black, his body was shaking, and the stone lock helped him to sit down on the side of the road, and A-Ning was so anxious that tears almost fell.

"Just rest for a while, maybe it's cold." Hu Shuan said with his eyes closed.

At this time, there was a sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and the stone lock said, "It's broken, cavalry." ”

Hu Xuan and A Ning were taken aback, quickly stood up, and were about to hide in the crops on the side of the road, when Shi Suo said, "It's not a cavalry, it's a carriage." ”

The carriage ran fast, and after a while it came to the front, a middle-aged man wearing a hat and a cloak sat on the wheels to drive the carriage, saw three people standing on the side of the road, glanced at them, saw the stone lock holding the bolt, pulled the reins and slowed down the car, and asked: "What's the matter, is there a patient?" ”

A-Ning suddenly became bold, ran to the road and said, "Uncle, I'm ...... My brother is sick, so you can take us for a while. ”

"Get in the car," said the coachman. Shi Suo held the bolt and walked to the car, the carriage had no carport, there were a few bamboo baskets in the body, three people sat on the car, the coachman raised his whip, and the car ran forward.

The coachman turned around and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

A-Ning said: "We will go to other counties, the distance is very long, you can take us to the place where there is an inn, we will stay and let my brother recuperate." ”

At this time, the raindrops fell again, A-Ning took out his clothes from the baggage, and propped Hu Bolt on his head to block the rain, Hu Bolt said: "No, it's not in the way, it's already wet anyway." ”

The carriage went along, passing through two small villages, but there were no inns, and in the evening, at the foot of a hill, the coachman said, "I am going to be home, and there is no inn near here, so come and stay with me for the night." ”

Hu Xuan was still hesitating, and Shi Suo said, "Okay." A-Ning also said, "Thank you, uncle." ”

The carriage turned around, got off the road and entered a small mountain village with only seven or eight households, and entered a small courtyard at the entrance of the village, several people got out of the car, and a middle-aged man came out of the house. ”

The man was also stunned, "It's you, it's such a coincidence, I can't think of it." ”

This person is the middle-aged man who was arrested together with Hu Zhuan Shisuo in Tianjin, and when he was detained, he told Hu Shuan a lot of truths, which made Hu Shuan very impressed. Unexpectedly, thousands of miles away from Tianjin, there would be a miraculous reunion.

The middle-aged coachman felt strange and smiled: "You know each other? It can't be such a coincidence. ”

"I know," the middle-aged man smiled enthusiastically, "and they are still friends, and they have been arrested together in Tianjin." ”

Entering the house, Hu Xuan, Shi Suo and each of them reported their names, and introduced A Ning, the middle-aged man was called Zhao Ming, and the coachman's surname was Wang, he said happily: "I am the boss, and the people in the village call me Boss Wang, you can call me Wang." "This courtyard is Boss Wang's home, and Zhao Ming is his guest.

Boss Wang took out a few dry clothes from the closet and asked everyone to change their clothes, Hu Xuan pointed at A-Ning and said, "She is a girl." Boss Wang laughed and said, "I saw it a long time ago, but I don't have women's clothes here, so I have to make do with it." ”

A-Ning hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay, I was going to wear men's clothes too." ”

Everyone asked Hu Xuan to lie down and rest, A Ning served him and drank some hot water, Zhao Ming served the meal, several people had a full meal, Hu Xuan met the old man in the countryside, and felt very cordial, while eating, he told Zhao Ming about the encounter of himself and Shi Suo out of Tianjin.

"Strange," Zhao Ming said with a solemn face, "This is not quite right." ”

"I don't think something is right," Hu said, "but I don't understand what's going on." ”

Zhao Ming stood up, looked at the rain outside the window, shook his head, muttered for a while, and said: "It's normal for it to rain in the sky, but if pie falls from the sky, it's not normal, think about it, when you were poisoned in the hotel, the two of you were safe and sound, but the others disappeared inexplicably, so that you easily got out of danger, which can only show that someone is secretly helping you, and that poisoning incident is a bureau set up to help you get out of danger." ”

When he said this, not only did he not make Hu Xuan and Shi Suo feel lucky, but he felt even more suspicious, Shi Suo said: "It should be a good thing that someone saved us, but why do I feel cold in my back." ”

"Also," Zhao Ming continued, "Escaping from the grasp of the army twice, of course, there is an element of your courage and wit, but the ghost sound that appeared is not accidental, it can be considered that it is aimed at you, and the purpose of that ghost is for the two of you." ”

"Huh?" Stone Lock's eyes widened. A-Ning was so frightened that he leaned closer to Hu Xuan.

"This tells you more directly, there is an invisible force that is watching you at all times," Zhao Ming turned around and said in an affirmative tone: "Everything has a cause before it has an effect, you must have something worthy of someone's attention to cause so many strange things." ”

"Treasure map." Shi Suo suddenly remembered and slapped his thigh.

"What treasure map?" A-Ning asked curiously. Boss Wang and Zhao Ming also looked puzzled.

"That's right," Hu Xuan said: "When we were in Baoding, we let a group of soldiers catch it, and let us hand over what treasure map, in fact, it was a southern landscape painting, because it was covered with a jade seal, so it was called a treasure map, and more importantly, although I had seen this map, but I went to the south with Shi Suo, it was to vote for Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party, there was no such so-called treasure map, so I had to say, let a friend take it to Guangzhou, and later, this group of soldiers escorted us to the south, forced us to find this picture, and then we were poisoned. ”

"Oh, that's no wonder." Zhao Ming nodded.

"This is called Yidu people," said Boss Wang beside him: "Those of them, when they hear about any treasure, it is like a fly seeing blood, and you go south, in their eyes, you can only go to treasure hunting, it cannot be anything else, so they will conclude that there is a treasure map for you." ”

"It's ridiculous." Hu Shuan shook his head and said.

Zhao Ming said: "You think it's ridiculous, but in their world, insatiable greed, is a matter of course, what is the merits, pay and return and the like, there is no such thing, you see the current warlords, whether it is the south, the north, in fact, it is like this, it can be said that it is a raccoon dog, from concept to principle, still stay in the primitive plunder, ignorance and stubborn era, therefore, our country is so that they make a mess in the dark, and the people are not happy." ”

Hu Xuan looked at Zhao Ming, and remembered that in the prison in Tianjin, listening to the truths he preached, his heart was full of admiration for this ordinary middle-aged man dressed as a peasant. He slammed his fist on the table with some excitement, "You are so good, I heard you talk about these truths twice, and I felt that my mouth was suddenly opened, and my heart was clear, Uncle Zhao, tonight, I want to talk with you at night, listen to your teachings more, and please don't hesitate to give advice." ”

A-Ning hurriedly said, "You still have a fever, you have to rest well tonight." ”

"I'm fine, I'm cured."

Zhao Ming smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry, if you are not in a hurry, you can stay here for two more days, we can slowly discuss the current situation, tonight, it is not okay not to sleep and rest." ”

After that, Zhao Ming asked Hu Shuan to lie down and rest, then turned his head and asked Shi Suo: "Where are you going to go next?" ”

Shi Suo said: "Send A-Ning to her uncle's house." ”

Zhao Ming nodded, "Well, if you want me to say, after Aning's affairs are settled, you better go home as soon as possible, the current situation is not clear, if you want to serve the country, you have to choose the right time, blind action, it is not advisable, the revolutionary party you want to vote for, now it seems that it is not revolutionary, the southern army is crowding out Sun Yat-sen, and the internal contradictions are very strong, therefore, Sun Yat-sen has left Guangzhou and gone abroad." ”

"Huh?" When Hu Xuan heard this, he sat up from the bed again, "Then, is China going to fall into a warlord melee again?" Once Sun Yat-sen is gone, who will be able to save China? ”

Zhao Ming smiled again, and motioned for Hu Shu to lie down, "Don't worry, don't worry, this matter, in the long run, will happen sooner or later, do you think, Mr. Sun wanted to rely on these old soldiers to fight other old soldiers at the beginning, in fact, there is a fatal flaw in this from the foundation, not to mention that he didn't win, even if he wins, what can he do?" At that time, they will inevitably squeeze out Mr. Sun. The nature of a warlord cannot be changed. ”