It was almost dawn, and the east was already showing the white light of the fish's belly.

Yang Shouwen climbed ashore in embarrassment, and saw that Mingxiu was also coming out of the water, staggering, and sitting on the shore.

This is an island in the middle of the lake, and as far as the eye can see, you can only see the water of Taihu Lake.

"Where is this?"

Yang Shouwen also sat down, thrust the Crow Nine Sword in his hand into the ground, turned his head to look at Mingxiu and asked.

The wind came slowly, stirring the waves.

Fortunately, this is the twilight of summer, and if it is spring and autumn, it will definitely tremble. Mingxiu wiped a handful of water from his face, stood up, and raised his eyes to look into the distance. After a while, he said in a deep voice: "This place should not be far from Baoshan, at least about twenty miles from the shore. If we want to get out of here, I'm afraid we'll have some trouble. ”

Baoshan is an island in the Taihu Lake.

Last night, he and Mingxiu escaped from Puhui Temple, in order to avoid the pursuit of the other party, the two of them were like lost dogs, diving in the lake for a while, hiding in the reeds for a while, and it took most of the night to get rid of those pursuers.

This is thanks to Mingxiu's familiarity with the terrain, and also thanks to the dark clouds covering the moon in the second half of the night.

In short, the two of them soaked in the water for most of the night and finally escaped from life. At this moment, the two of them were tired and hungry, sitting on the shore and gasping for breath.

"Who the hell are they? Why kill Suvier? ”

After a long time, Yang Shouwen raised his head and looked at Mingxiu.

Mingxiu smiled bitterly: "You ask me, who should I ask?" ”

In this Puhui Temple, there is obviously a mystery hidden. Originally, Yang Shouwen thought that the biggest object of suspicion should be that Su Wei Su outsider. I didn't expect it. Su Wei was killed. And it was so sudden. It's scary.

"Mingxiu, are you sure it's Su Wei, didn't recognize the wrong person?"

Mingxiu replied angrily: "I have been in Changzhou for six years, I moved here with my father at the age of eighteen, and I began to take charge of the Eight Immortals Inn at the age of twenty. Over the years, I have met Su Wei many times, and we have eaten and drunk together, how could I be wrong? ”

"You're twenty-four?"

"How!"

"Huh."

Yang Shouwen replied with a standard Internet language of later generations. Then he lay on the shore with his back to the sky.

Mingxiu was also tired, side by side with Yang Shouwen, lying on his back, looking up at the misty sky. Neither of them spoke, just lay quietly, listening to the sound of waves in their ears, and the whole person seemed to become very transparent......

After a long time, Yang Shouwen suddenly sat up, "Mingxiu, what should we do next?" ”

"Wait!"

"Huh?"

"A little longer. There will definitely be fishing boats passing by, and we can get out of here then. ”

"I'm not talking about that. I mean, Cheung Chau's thing...... Solvay is dead, what do you think those bald asses want to do next? ”

Mingxiu was lazy and motionless.

It took a long time for him to sit up slowly and said softly: "These bald donkeys are becoming more and more lawless now, and if they are allowed to continue, something will happen sooner or later." The monks of Puhui Temple, who do not work on weekdays, occupy a large amount of land, and at the same time collect offerings from good men and women. I always thought that these guys were just collecting money, but I didn't expect to dare to kill people. ”

Mingxiu said, turning his head to look at Yang Shouwen, "I think you should tell the sage about this matter." ”

Since Wu Zetian ruled the world as the 'reincarnation of Maitreya', the status of monks has become higher and higher, even to the point of unscrupulousness. Luoyang Jingzhao, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, those great virtues are still restrained. But the farther away from Jingshi, the more arrogant the monks became. Along the way, Yang Shouwen has seen many temples encroaching on poor land. But in any case, I was not as surprised as yesterday. The courage of those monks is really big enough!

However, the issue seems to be a little far away and not imminent.

Yang Shouwen said in a deep voice: "You know that what I said is not this, I mean, as soon as Su Wei dies, how should we act?" ”

"Action?"

Mingxiu pondered for a moment, looked at Yang Shouwen and said, "Qingzhi, the situation here is obviously more complicated and troublesome than we imagined...... I thought that we had to ask for help, arrest the monks of Puhui Temple in the name of the imperial court, and then thoroughly investigate the matter. This matter will never go beyond the scope of Huangtai's treasure, and maybe you can still get clues. ”

"What do you mean?"

Mingxiu said softly: "Zuo Youxian was in Suzhou back then, and he had a great reputation and great virtue.

It's just that after the failure of Fu Gongyou, Zuo Youxian disappeared, and there was no clue. Ji Honest came for the Huangtai treasure, he was with Shenhui and others, and he killed Su Wei, I'm afraid it was also for this matter.

I have a hypothesis: Su Wei may know the whereabouts of Huangtai's treasure, Ji Laoshi and Shen Hui forced him, and then the two sides did not negotiate, and as a result, Su Wei was killed. This matter can no longer be delayed and must be resolved as soon as possible. ”

"What's your idea?"

Mingxiu thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "For now, it's best to divide the soldiers into two ways." ”

"Oh?"

"You go to Wu County immediately, join up with the brigade, and return to Changzhou as soon as possible; I will go back to Cheung Chau and investigate this matter in secret. After all, I've been here for many years, and I have some ways to do it, but I can't get on the table for these doors.

You and I, one bright and the other dark, join forces to investigate, what do you think? ”

Yang Shouwen listened to Mingxiu's words and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Mingxiu's idea is good, and the current situation is indeed not something that can be solved by relying on personal strength. Before, Yang Shouwen came alone to try to find out the news. Now that the situation has changed, he doesn't need to continue to hide his identity. With Mingxiu helping in secret, I believe it will be more convenient than him going to find out the news alone.

"But my two subordinates are both in Cheung Chau."

"Don't worry, it's not difficult for me to hide a few people in Cheung Chau. But give me a proof of it, or they won't obey me. ”

Yang Shouwen nodded, pulled out the Nine Crow Swords, and handed it to Mingxiu.

"One more thing."

"You say."

"The relationship between me and you is only known to you, I don't want anyone to know about my existence, and I don't want anyone to know about the existence of the Ming family."

Yang Shouwen looked at Mingxiu, and Mingxiu looked at Yang Shouwen with clear eyes.

As for Mingxiu's thoughts, Yang Shouwen could probably guess it. To put it bluntly, he didn't want anyone to know about the relationship between the Ming family and Wu Zetian. In other words, this is also the meaning of the Ming family, they also have to prepare a back road.

"Good!"

Yang Shouwen took a deep breath and nodded.

In fact, he didn't want anyone to know about Jiang Ningming's family, or explain the existence of Xiu.

After all, the form in the court is indeed complicated now, and for the Ming family, it is never a good thing to be exposed too early.

"There's a ship coming!"

Just as Yang Shouwen was thinking, Mingxiu suddenly got up.

I saw that on the vast Taihu Lake, a fishing boat was slowly approaching from a distance...... (To be continued.) )