It was just over the end of the day, and a crescent moon as thin as a curtain hook hovered over the dark night, and the stars were not visible except for the faint polar star.

The earth was like ink, and only two fires made of reeds at the gate of the manor cast a patch of orange light. Faintly visible in the shadow of the side of the door stood two local soldiers, who stomped their feet from time to time due to the cold, and their shadows were longing, like ghosts.

However, in the darkness, at this time, a vigorous figure approached the courtyard wall at an incoherent speed. I saw that the man dodged in the darkness next to the door, and glanced at the native soldiers guarding the door, so that his upper body appeared in the outermost part of the fire.

This is a young man with a weak crown, his face is like a crown of jade, his eyes are like stars, the bridge of his nose is straight, his lips are slightly thick, and a faint short mustache has just been left on his lips. He wore a brown scarf on his head, a small bamboo crown on it, a plain black-edged robe, the corners of the robe tucked into the belt around his waist, and the originally wide sleeves were rolled up layer by layer, revealing two snow-white little arms, one hand empty, and the other hand holding an iron sword more than four feet long.

From a distance, the two native soldiers looked at each other with a misty gaze, and it seemed that they might hang their heads and doze off at any moment. The young man knew that he could not miss the opportunity, so he retracted his head and gently waved his empty hand towards the darkness behind him.

In the dark night, everything is silent, except for the occasional "crackling" sound of the fire, there is no sound inside and outside the village. The boy beckoned, then leaned his back against the courtyard wall, and waited for a long time, but did not see his companion coming, so he impatiently made another move, but ...... Still to no avail.

The young man had no choice but to bow his body, carefully step on the small steps, leave the courtyard wall, and quietly jump under a large locust tree about three feet away from the wall. The moonlight brightened in an instant, and then dimmed again, and in the light of day, two figures, one tall and one short, faintly appeared behind the tree.

"I beckoned, why don't you come over?!" The young man's deliberately suppressed voice revealed a strong anger.

"Young master," the tall man smiled bitterly, "it's so far away, and it's so dark, you beckon, where can we see it?" ”

"What about you, Ah Fei? Don't you claim that your eyes are like torches, and the tail feathers of a ten feet away are clearly visible?! ”

The short man also immediately shouted: "It was in broad daylight, young master, I eat like pig food every day, I must have night blindness." ”

"What night blindness?"

"He's blindfolded, and he can't see at night," the tall man explained, and then the conversation changed, "Young master, are you really going to go to the night detective?" Ah Feique's blindfolded, his bow skills are useless, there are no less than 500 county soldiers inside and outside the village, just the two of us......"

"If your relatives are in trouble, how can you not save them!" The young man gritted his teeth fiercely, "Then you come with me, and Ah Fei will answer here." ”

The two companions soon disappeared into the darkness, and the one they called "Ah Fei" was also a teenager, similar in height to the previous boy wearing a curtain, but his appearance was much more immature, he had not yet grown a mustache, his hair was disheveled, he was wearing a coarse linen short coat, poor trousers with a crotch, and a pair of straw sandals. He carried a rather large cloth bag on his left shoulder, a pot of arrows hanging from his waist, a bow in his left hand, and a locust tree in his right hand, and peeked his head out from behind the tree with trepidation—but he could see nothing but the hazy light at the gate of the manor.

"I rely on their ancestors for eight generations!" Ah Fei scolded secretly in his heart, "I only have brown rice and pickles all day long, and I don't care if I am full, but I want Lao Tzu to take this risk with you...... You just die, why do you want to get involved with Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu is your follower, not a bodyguard! ”

He couldn't help but raise his right hand and touch the burden on his shoulder, and an extremely irresponsible thought suddenly flashed in his heart: "Lao Tzu might as well flash...... also answered, this black paint, Lao Tzu can't see anything, how can I answer you? There should be money in this bag...... However, if this family is endless, where else can I run away as a fugitive slave? ”

In his mind, heaven and man were fighting, and suddenly a gong sounded in the manor, and then the lights were bright, and even Ah Fei, who was hiding behind the tree, felt that his face was exposed to the light source. He shuddered with fright, and almost sat down on the ground - "It's over, and sure enough, it's been discovered!" ”

Suddenly, another thought flashed through my mind: "No, why are these lights on at the same time?" There is an ambush, it must be an ambush! Thinking of this, he turned his head and was ready to run wildly.

But before he could take a step, he suddenly heard the sound of heavy footsteps behind him, and then his arm tightened, and he was caught tightly by a large hand like iron pincers. Ah Fei was so frightened that his soul flew out of the sky, and blurted out: "Don't arrest me, I'm just passing by to play soy sauce ......" Before he finished speaking, he heard the person who grabbed him drink the word "go" in a deep voice, and at the same time, there was a strong force on his arm, dragging himself and jumping into the darkness.

The word "go" is so familiar, it is clearly from the mouth of his companion, and Ah Fei barely settled down. At the moment, it doesn't matter whether it is dark in front of you, or whether there is mud, stones, thorns, or tree roots under your feet, you stumble, with the strength of your companions, spread your legs and run forward. Behind him, the sound of gongs and shouts rang out, but soon faded away until there was silence.

It seemed that at the moment when the voice was silent, the companion who was holding his arm suddenly stumbled, and then the vicious dog rushed forward like a hungry dog, and then his face hit the ground, and he stopped moving with a "bang". Ah Fei was also pulled by him, wiping his face and hands full of wounds, and even the bow he was holding flew away, I don't know where he threw it.

He rolled on the ground for a few moments, and then finally broke free from his companion's grip and got up panting. I pushed my companion again, but I felt the warmth and humidity of my hand, and at the same time, I seemed to smell a fishy smell on the tip of my nose - "Damn, this is blood...... Whose blood is it? ”

He struck his companion several times, harder and harder, and finally his companion "hummed" softly. Ah Fei let out a long breath, his hands and feet were weak, and he finally sat on the ground completely.

"Ah, Ah Fei......" The companion's voice was extremely weak, "Are you okay......"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, you were ambushed, right?" Ah Fei fought again and again, "I'm fine, less, less, less......"

"There is an ambush...... Young master, he ...... Along with the lord, he was ...... Alas~~" The companion sighed long, then turned over violently, then snorted in pain, and grabbed Ah Fei's arm again, "For today's plan, the only way to go to Beihai to find the uncle and avenge the father-in-law and father and son...... Do you know the way? Look for and find a boat from the sea of Suicheng...... Go to ......"

The voice became lower and lower, and finally fell silent, and at the same time, the hand holding Ah Fei slowly loosened and slowly landed. Ah Fei just sat on the ground, his eyes were dark, panting, and he didn't dare to move. I don't know how long it took for him to finally gain the courage to stretch out his hands, groping for his companion's face, and putting his palm against the end of the other's nose - no breath. I touched the side of my neck along my mouth, nose, and chin, and pressed my two fingers for a while—

"Dead? He's still fucking dead...... So I'm alone, and I'm alone......"

He slowly bent his legs and knelt in front of his companion's corpse, then suddenly leaned forward, his head slammed to the ground with a "bang", and then his arms were slowly folded, and his hands held the back of his head. I wanted to shout, but I didn't dare, who knew how far away those pursuers were? He just kept muttering: "I rely on this thief, I haven't played enough if you play, what should I do...... Where can I go...... To the North Sea? Thousands of miles away, and you have to go to sea to the North Sea? Can you really live when you go to sea these days...... But it seems that they came from the sea back then......"

"Beihai!" Suddenly, a bold thought crossed my mind. So he straightened up suddenly, and as soon as he reached out, he took off the burden on his shoulders - "Thief God, you should give me some light!" While cursing silently, he untied his baggage and reached in to grope for it—

"Well, here's a change of clothes, here's ...... I rubbed it and sure enough, there was a crown...... Is this hard and cold money? Ah, that's the letter...... You have to see what is written on the letter. ”

There seemed to be another gong in the distance, and I didn't know if it was real or my hallucination. Ah Fei didn't dare to stay longer, quickly re-tied his baggage, carried it, and then crawled a few steps on the ground, groped and picked up his bow, straightened his waist, and in the dark darkness, his eyes widened, slightly identified the direction of the pole star, and walked in the opposite direction, one foot deep and one foot shallow, stumbling into the distance.

He set out in the middle of the night, and it was not until the light of day that he finally heard the sound of rushing water in front of him. "It's the water, isn't it...... That is, Datong River, theoretically, the pursuers should not be able to find it. As soon as this mood relaxed, I immediately felt that my bones were weak and numb, I couldn't even move a step, and there was a spicy pain on my face and hands.

So he simply sat down against a big tree, took off the burden on his shoulders again, and pulled out the fatal letter—two pieces of wood. By the hazy morning light, Ah Fei untied the rope that bound the wooden slab, unfolded it, and carefully read softly:

"Respect to the eldest brother: the younger brother has traveled east with Wu Fujun to say goodbye to his hometown, and he has been flickering for seven out of ten years......"

The letter is not long, less than two hundred words, Ah Fei quickly finished reading it, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief: "Very good, very good, I didn't say what should be said, and there is no other token except this letter." He couldn't help but raise his head and look at the red and vigorous morning sun from the gap in the distant mountains: "Thief God, you finally gave me a chance, although the future is bleak......

I don't know where the strength of the road comes from, he jumped up suddenly, shook off the baggage, turned out all the clothes inside, and then took off his sackcloth, put on a silk shirt, threw straw sandals, put on cloud shoes, and after the last day, he casually tied the loose hair on the top of his head, put on a small crown, inserted a hairpin, and beat his chest with both hands and smiled-

"Wow, haha, from today on, Lao Tzu is no longer a barbarian of Dongyi, no longer a domestic slave of a large family, no longer a grass farmer, and he is a scholar, a member of the ruling class! Although it is a member of the lower level...... Hey, cough, cough, cough, ......"