The next day, I found a ghostwriter downstairs in the inn to write a letter, and gave the shopkeeper two dollars to send the letter to Zuo Xiangfu.

On the other side, across from the inn, I booked a private room on the second floor of Lizhen Building, and the magic was that the two rooms were across the road. When I opened the window in front of me, I could see exactly what was going on.

It was ten o'clock in the morning, and noon was approaching. I ordered the carriage I had booked in advance and set off for the Pavilion of Mercy.

Little by little, the sun hung in the sky, and the light shone brightly. It was nice that the sun was shining directly into the south-facing private room, and the sunlight had no power at this time, so that the people inside would not be too hot and close the windows.

The main thing is that my vision is clear. And when I looked in my direction from the outside, I was in the backlight, and it was a blur.

That's nice.

When I chose to stay here last night, I didn't expect so much detail. Sometimes the right time and place are really arranged in the dark.

I leaned against the window, sipping a pot of tea slowly, just waiting for the carriage to come back.

After a while, I heard the sound of a horse bell from a distance, and I followed the sound to see that it was Chengyun's little brother riding his tall brown horse.

It's early.

is still that magnificent, and she is not afraid of people who know her to run away.

When he got to the ground, he flew off his horse and left a retinue to place the horses. He and a few of his subordinates Cang Langlang took a step to the upper floor, pushed open the private room to take a look, and after surveying the terrain, they each found a place to ambush.

Now I just wait for Zhang Ruoqing to come to the door.

I fiddled with the tea pets on the tea tray, and my experience has taught me that the more things are about to get things done, the more likely it is to have problems, and the more vigilant I need to be.

I snapped my knuckles, rattling and feeling good to adjust to the sudden surge of tension. But I'm in the shadows now, I'm still nervous? cough, is it because the psychological quality is not sophisticated enough, or can you not really empathize with the excitement of "fighting with others"?

I'm such a good thinker, and if you see a sculpture of a thinker, you think of me.

Finally, the familiar carriage passed through the surging crowd from far and near, and stopped at the bottom of Lizhen's building.

The coachman lifted the curtain, and the woman in the bearded dress inside walked down slowly, still dressed in cyan. I carefully observed her walking posture and posture, and tried my best to make sure that she was real or fake.

The shopkeeper led her in, explained a few words, and went out with the door. She floated into her seat and removed the curtain on her head. When she was about to pick it up, it felt like a painter was about to finish her masterpiece, and the last stroke, after trembling, gathered and finally put down the pen like a god.

Thrush into the sideburns.

Her long, seductive eyes are her trademark.

That's right.

Immediately there was the sound of whirring footsteps on the stairs opposite, but when the door of the private room was kicked open, I didn't have to look any further.

The account with the inn has long been settled, and it is only necessary to drink this pot of tea.

I drank this last cup, ignoring the hustle and bustle of Lizhen Building opposite, like a dashing swordsman, quietly leaving from the side door, hiding his merit and fame.

At noon, on the bright square street, I checked the bottom of the money bag.

If you save some money for the rest of the money, I'm afraid it will only last for two days.

As he was hesitating, he saw a team of camel wagons tied to the hidden alley beside the road, and the merchants of the Western Regions were eating mutton in the water basin in the restaurant next to him.

I saw that they were quite clean from their clothes to their shoes and socks, not like they had just entered the city after a long journey. It's like a full meal, about to embark on the return journey.

Further on this road is Yanping Gate.

"Why don't I go out of the city gate first and then think about the money?"

I secretly calculated in my mind, and quietly approached the camel convoy while they were not looking.

Hey, these camels are really big, their thick yellow fur is oily and sparkling in the sun, and they eat too much to make their humps strong and towering. I lifted the cover of the car and looked inside, and it did contain three major items, satin, tea and porcelain.

I chose a cart filled with silk, and the cover was so tightly tied that I had to get into it with great difficulty. Fortunately, the cargo hold was not so full, and there was room for me to turn over. I lay down in the pile of silk and took out a few rolls of cover and covered my body, so that I could close my eyes and rest for a while.

Unexpectedly, when I opened my eyes again, it was pitch black in front of me. Originally, I just wanted to squint for a while, and when I got out of the city gate, I found a chance to get out of the car, but I didn't expect to sleep soundly until now.

I touched my surroundings, and the slippery touch told me I was still on the satin car. The car is no longer bumpy, and there are no people around, so it's time to stay at a post station.

I picked up the cloth and only showed my eyes, and I got out of the car after seeing the situation.

As soon as my feet touched the ground, I suddenly heard the sound of Taoist chanting and singing, which frightened me. I looked around and confirmed that it was a dilapidated Taoist temple.

There were only a few houses in the backyard, not even a cross yard, and the only small open space was filled with camel convoys. As I walked forward, there was a small bell tower, which was also extremely simple, and even the first floor below was only a sub-empty shelf, and a large bronze bell was installed on the second floor.

When you reach the bell tower, on the left hand side is the moon gate leading to the front yard.

The front yard is a single eaves hall top hall with east and west side halls. The main hall door is open, and there are extremely high beams to look into, and the cracks in the girder are clearly visible. There may have been gold paintings, but now there is no trace of them, only the color of old ebony.

From the lamp holders hanging high from the beams, a few stars of oil lamps were lit.

In front of the statue, a flower-haired old Taoist sat on the grass mat in two crosses, and I wondered in my heart, only one person whispered, why was it just like a bell!

I peeked around the wall for a moment, and the chanting inside suddenly stopped. Smell again: "Come in." ”

The old man's tone was as calm as water.

Hey, it's been discovered...... Hehe, I'm sorry.

I walked inside, turning my back on the old way that had been turning my back on me, and I wanted to say hello to him in person.

But when I saw his face in the face, I felt that all the spirit and spirit were radiating outward, and the soul was no longer possessed.

The two eyes of that face were empty black holes, and the eyelids collapsed into the sockets of two lifeless lumps of dead flesh. And the mouth was open, and the black and yellow rotten teeth were crooked, and then the mouth opened wider and wider, and the wider it opened, and the more twisted it became, and then a swarm of flies flew out of it......

The feeling of being top-heavy reached its limit and I couldn't hold it anymore.

But after a while, I came to the mountain gate of this Taoist temple, and the cold wind of the muscles and bones of the people swept the dead leaves and rubbed the ground with a rattling sound, until the remnants were scraped to pieces. I felt like I had been here before, and I revisited the old place, and once again followed the chanting into the main hall.

Same place, just renewed. The whole roof is full of mysterious totems, the gold paint of the statue of the Yuan Shi Tianzun is like new oil, and the terrifying old road just now has also returned to the appearance of a little younger, I stepped through the threshold and entered, and he looked in the direction where I was and smiled kindly, that smile bloomed like a warm spring.

I couldn't believe it, but I didn't dare to say it too clearly, so I just chattered: "You, you just now, didn't you just ......"

But he didn't seem to hear what I said, and his eyes were still looking in the direction just now, and at this moment, a Taoist boy with a double bun walked up beside me. It turned out that he was smiling at Daotong.

The Dao Tong, who was only eight or nine years old, looked like a fine person, and handed a large bowl of white greasy and crystal ointment in his hand to Lao Dao.

Lao Dao stroked his head and asked him how many more bowls he could make. Dao Tong replied: "Back to the master, the furnace room is still refining, that big man is quite capable of shipping, and there are still two or three bowls." ”

Big? The big guy? What kind of oil are you refining?

I looked at the wide table on the side of the temple, which was full of beehives, molds, and candles made of cotton thread. The corners of the table are stacked with semi-finished wax, the color is clear, and the fragrance is exuding.

Darkly, I felt that this candle was what Apple called the "mysterious silver candle" that night.

I approached and took a closer look at the candles, and for some reason, the dried candles had a silver color on the surface. Candles have always been red and white, but what is the reason for this silver candle with a little light of fireflies?

I rubbed around the workbench for a long time and secretly hid one in my sleeve. But no one paid any attention to what I brought.

They couldn't see me at all.

When the boy went out again, I went out with him, wanting to see the furnace they had spoken.

The furnishings of the small courtyard have not changed, and when you walk to the bell tower and take its frame as a circle, sometimes turn to the left, sometimes to the right, or take a few steps around the outer circle, or connect the dots with the dots, and after repeating, there is a dark sound in the center of the circle, and a completely inconspicuous secret door opens.

I saw that the underground was brightly lit, and the Taoist boy stepped on the narrow stairs to go down, and I was ready to follow......

But just as I was about to take a step, I felt a pinprick in my people, and the stairs in front of me were gone.

Instead, there was a white cloud, and the flower-haired old man appeared in front of me with a silver needle in his hand.

His eyes are no longer two black holes, and his mouth is no longer hideous and terrifying.

Everything is back to normal.

I was confused when I woke up. Before I could speak, he spoke first: "I am not used to the fragrance in my view, I have hallucinations, I am frightened!" ”

Hallucination?

That everything is real and terrible, you say it's just an illusion?

I subconsciously pulled out my sleeve, and the candle I had just hidden was gone. Is it really a hallucination?

I was secretly suspicious in my heart, but I didn't dare to ask. What if you tell the truth what you just saw, know what you shouldn't know, and be killed and killed? I sat up, my forehead still groggy.

Lao Dao silently wiped the used silver needles, and then carefully put them back into the acupuncture bag and put them properly. Then he cleaned his hands and poured me a bowl of hot tea, and then asked, "How did you find this little one?" ”

I just pinched out the part where I secretly took someone else's van and said it explicitly.

Lao Dao smiled: "Your daughter's family is dressed as a woman and runs around, I'm afraid it's not a bastard." ”

"No, no, it was someone else who abducted me to the capital, and I just got free."

"Oh? I have also learned a secret, so I might as well tell it to the girl. I heard that a while ago, the government posted notices everywhere and recruited more than a dozen women, but they were not directly sent to the palace to fill the pepper room. Instead, he was taken by the king of the northern realm to his camp in the mountains, and now the situation is uncertain, I don't know what the girl said to me, but one thing? ”

I couldn't speak, and he just looked at my expression, and continued to speak to me softly and slowly: "This king of the north and the current saint are just uncles and brothers, and he has always ruled over the kingdoms of the north, but he has also protected the whole country from being invaded by Yidi. Until ten years ago, the Emperor Taishang was inexplicably obsessed with alchemy and cultivating immortals. Then it was out of control, sinking deeper and deeper, so that five years later, the only prince under the knee of Zen, and this prince was only just twenty years old. The prince's personality is not tyrannical, but in the end, the experience is there. In this way, the king of the northern realm could not sit still, and the rampant trend gradually became apparent. ”

"But what is the reason for having to slaughter the woman born on the day of Bai Lu in the year of Xin Mao?" Before I could finish speaking, I realized that I had slipped through. Cough! This old way knows people's hearts too well, and uses one secret to subtly gain trust, and then set out another secret.

He answered my question: "The old way is also incomprehensible! Then a hexagram began. The hexagram shows that this matter is only related to the secret of the prince's family, and has nothing to do with the imperial court. As for the official office or other statements, it is nothing more than an excuse. In the final analysis, this matter is just the prince threatening the saint to get rid of the people he wants to get rid of! The reason for the removal of the woman born on this day needs to be further investigated. ”

"How did you threaten it?"

"This is not simple, to put it bluntly, the northern border has been peaceful recently, but the army can be withdrawn Sancheng to protect Kyoto, this alone is enough."

"Oh......" I have some understanding, but I don't understand it thoroughly.

As he spoke, Lao Dao took out a plate of vegetarian cakes from the cabinet and put it in front of me: "So girl, the person who can help you escape the catastrophe in Lishan is really grateful to others." ”

When he said this, it seemed that only the three words "sorry" could match. Although, I always vaguely felt that something was wrong, but now I can't refute it.

I felt angry in my heart: "At least catching Zhang Ruoqing for Zuo Xiang can be regarded as a reward." ”

Before I ate two bites of the vegetarian cake, there was a knock on the door, and a young voice came: "Master, the person sent by Xiangye asked you if the girl had been found?" ”

"You!" My eyes burst into flames of rage, and my throat was choked on the unswallowed bread.