Chapter 232: Chinese New Year
The Yi family's compound at night was very quiet, as if everything had become peaceful with the end of the Elder Hall incident.
As for the undercurrents surging under the sealed ice, no one seems to be aware of them.
Li Shishi, the cook in the big kitchen who has been in the Yi family for many years, was the last to put out the fire in the stove, put a cloth towel on his shoulder and went out, holding a pot of tea in one hand, and turned around to lock the door.
His shadow dragged on the ground for a long time, Li Shishi glanced at it casually, and suddenly realized that there seemed to be a shadow behind his shadow.
He was covered in sweat, turned around sharply, and finally breathed a sigh of relief the moment he saw the person behind him.
"Miss, you scared me."
The woman in a green cloak and cloak remained motionless and sighed.
"Miss came suddenly in the middle of the night, is it ...... Any commands? β
Li Shishi...... You didn't mess around before, did you? β
"Ah, what did Mademoiselle say? What troublemakers? β
"Why didn't those two do anything about the elder's supper? We've already set it up for them to take the bait. β
"This ...... Miss...... I don't know about this......" Li Shishi rubbed his hands and smiled embarrassedly.
The woman glanced at him crampedly, and felt that this honest person all his life could not do the things of a double agent.
"You can do one more thing for me."
"This ......"
"They bullied your mother, and they reversed black and white, stirring up trouble in front of you, and they couldn't guarantee that this matter would be over, they still wanted to kill you, and you yourself were not afraid of death, what about your mother?"
ββ¦β¦ Miss, please command. β
"Because some of your messages are correct and our plan didn't work out, they still trust you, so you go and deliver a snack again tomorrow. This time, let's write a letter with the tofu skin, soak the bean skin in this potion, and then make it. Whether they eat it or not, they will get it. β
The woman handed over a small bottle, which contained some colorless powder, Li Shishi took it, poured the bottle, and blew it.
The powder puffed up and fell on the woman's face.
The woman screamed, retreated sharply, and quickly wiped her face with her sleeve, but she didn't dare to scold or breathe, for fear that if she inhaled the medicine powder as soon as she breathed in her mouth, she would really die.
While she was glad that this medicine was fine on the skin, she rubbed it hard, but found that the medicine powder was too fine, and she couldn't wipe it clean for a while, so she subconsciously wanted to find water, Li Shishi raised her hand and said, "Do you want water?" β
As soon as the woman said yes, a pot of hot tea splashed over her face, and she screamed, shook her head violently, and her cloak fell.
Li Shishi pounced, smashed her to the ground with a fist, stuffed the dirty rag in her mouth, rode on her, and slammed the old fist into her face: "You still lied to me!" You're still lying to me! Han Fangyin, you vicious woman, it is obvious that your Han family helped that wolf-hearted Liu Xin bully my mother, and you actually have the face to come and play me again and again, reversing black and white...... You're the fucking black and white upside down! β
Han Fangyin's screams were blocked by a rag, leaving only the constant whining sound in her throat, her face was burned so quickly that it was red and swollen, and then she was beaten hard by the old fist, and it was soon rotten to the point that it was not good, Li Shishi was angry in his heart, and his fist was to the flesh, and he smashed that face into sauce.
The woman covered her face and rolled on the ground, Li Shishi was tired, and was about to rest, when suddenly her back hurt sharply, and with a bang, she kicked people out, and someone kicked him away, picked up Han Fangyin with one hand, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.
She was very fast, and in a blink of an eye, she was almost at a certain courtyard wall on the west side of the compound, Han Fangyin finally struggled to spit out the rag in her mouth, vomited a few times, and cried: "Miss Tang Liu, Miss Tang Liu, save me...... Save my face......"
Tang Muzhi looked down at her face, Rao was a hard-hearted character like her, and she couldn't help twitching her eyebrows, and then she said coldly: "What to save?" It wasn't pretty. β
Han Fangyin let out a long sobbing sound and said, "We are allies...... I'll help you lurk here......"
"So what? But use each other, don't talk as if you're helping out of kindness, disgusting. Tang Muzhi stepped up to the wall, "I'm not saving you, I just have one more question to ask you, there are many things that you can't do, who is the person who helped you, or commanded you?" β
Han Fangyin suddenly quieted down, and then said, "If you want to know, just save me......"
Tang Muzhi sneered, at this time she was passing by a dry well, and she was about to throw Han Fangyin into the well.
Han Fangyin had already hugged her arms tightly and hissed, "I don't know who it is!" I really don't know! I only know that it is the Yi family! They sent someone to get me out of the county jail...... I...... I'm not reconciled...... Offered to come here ......"
Tang Muzhi's arm shook, Han Fangyin only felt that her hands were sore, and she almost couldn't hold her arm, so she hurriedly shouted: "Although I don't know who the other party is, I have important news to tell you, Miss Tang Liu, the city is about to be in chaos, whether it's going out of the city now or what you want to do, it's a good time soon...... Really, I don't lie to you, the Yi family has capable people, and whoever wants to make trouble will not end well in the end...... Miss Tang Liu...... I don't ask you to save me...... For the sake of our cooperation...... Just take me out of the Yi family's compound......"
Tang Muzhi glanced at her, seeing that her eyes were still flashing at this time, and he sneered in his heart.
This woman is aware of current affairs, and when she finds that things cannot be done, she retreats to the next best, and maybe she still has the idea that if she is caught, she can sell her once.
A slight voice sounded behind him, someone chased after him, and Tang Muzhi glanced back unexpectedly. Han Fangyin had already exposed herself but didn't know it, she would definitely be held down by Wen Zhen tonight, she didn't come here to save this woman, she just wanted to know who the person who really shot behind her back.
This woman heard that she had offended Wen Zhen Yansui in the Han Mansion before, and escaped after being detained, probably because she wanted to take revenge and make meritorious contributions to the Yi family, so she volunteered to come to the main city of Changchuan, and met her during the period, so she invited her to go to the main city of Changchuan together, and then the two were received by a masked person of the Yi family and hid in the courtyard of Mrs. Pingyun, according to her guess, Han Fangyin lived in Mrs. Pingyun, and also had the intention of being ordered to monitor Mrs. Pingyun. After that, Han Fangyin first took the lead in provoking Li Shishi, took out a forged family letter, and lied to him that his wife was bullied by the imperial court assassination team, Li Shishi believed it to be true, and according to her instructions, he delivered a message to Wen Zhen, and the content of the message was true in order to win the trust of the two, some were true and some were false, for example, it was true that Yi Xiu was full of private pockets in the middle of the year, and the fact that the elder in charge of the palm feed wanted to eat shepherd's cabbage dumplings every ten years was fake. But the Elder Palm didn't know that himself. Han Fangyin and the people behind her designed a trap, and when Wen Zhen Yansui made a move, the two of them didn't know what was going on, as if they had a sense of danger, they didn't even have the idea of supper. The plan failed.
Han Fangyin has no martial arts and can do limited things, but she is very keen on actively shining brightly. After this failure, she saved herself, instigated Yi Xiuding, and successively opened the door of the secret passage of Danyaju to Tang Xianzhi and herself.
And then it was planted.
There was a sound of wind behind him, and at this time, Tang Muzhi had already crossed the high wall and reached the street, Tang Muzhi suddenly threw Han Fangyin back with his backhand, Han Fangyin smashed back like a cannonball, and the blood on his face flew out in the wind.
At the same time, Tang Muzhi pursed his lips and whistled, dogs barked and birds chirped on all sides, and almost instantly, wild dogs dripping with saliva popped out of the black alleys everywhere, barking wildly and rushing in the direction of Han Fangyin.
Han Fangyin got up dizzily, and was frightened when she saw this scene, and screamed in a lost voice: "Tang Muzhi, I saved you, you can't treat me like this-" Before he finished speaking, he was pecked off a strand of hair by a bird, and he desperately kicked away a dog's bite.
Ahead, in the midnight fog of the dark streets, shadows lit up more and more of the dark green eyes.
Tang Muzhi was gone, only her voice echoed emotionlessly in the night wind: "At this time, you still want to attack me, want to leave a trace on me, and then trade my whereabouts with Wen Zhen and them in exchange for your own life?" Then I'll have to use you and the dog to block the pursuers. β
A large herd of wild dogs pounced on them.
After Han Fangyin, there were pursuers, and before there were dogs.
Eventually, she turned and pounced on her pathβshe would rather fall into the hands of an enemy than be torn apart by a wild dog.
But the enemies who were chasing behind, Yi Renli and Geng Guang and others, stopped, looked ahead, and scattered in a hurry.
They would rather give up revenge than fight for such women and wild dogs.
Anyway, naturally there are dogs to take her.
Han Fangyin stood on the street in a panic, seeing that there was suddenly no one in front of her, and there was a sudden pain on the top of her head, a bird fluttered its wings and grabbed her hair and flew up, there was blood flowing through the scars on her face, adding to the pain, her eyes were covered with blood, and she couldn't see the road ahead clearly.
She howled and stumbled away, and the wild dogs began to bark and follow, like a fishy black wind, crashing into the alley at midnight, all the way away.
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Next to the stream, Lin Feibai and Zhou Yuanzhi looked at each other.
Of course, Lin Feibai didn't shout out that beautiful voice, Lin Feibai would rather fight with Yan Sui, choke with his father, and fight with Xifan for three thousand rounds, rather than say another word to Miss Zhou.
He turned his head silently and said to the two dwarves, "You take the young lady first......
Zhou Yuanzhi suddenly lifted her skirt, I don't know when she had taken off her shoes in the river, Lin Feibai's eyes swept over the white feet under the water, and quickly turned his eyes away, wanting to say that the river was too cold in winter to go up quickly, but somehow it was stuck in her throat, but she saw Zhou Yuanzhi wading through the stream, stretched out her hand to pat on the mountain wall next to her, and beckoned two dwarfs to help, and the three of them worked together to pull out, and pulled out a black and flat thing the size of a bed board from the crack in the mountain, and put the thing into the stream.
Lin Feibai saw that this was actually a bamboo raft, disguised, decorated with moss, painted turquoise, embedded in the cracks of the mountain wall, not to mention this night, even if it was walked during the day, it could not be found under the cover of vines.
This hand design is very ingenious, it must be the retreat that Yan Sui prepared for Miss Zhou, no wonder she has not been in a hurry.
Zhou Yuanzhi climbed onto the raft, knelt on the raft and stretched out her hand to Lin Feibai, the stream reflected the sparkling light under the moonlight, her black hair was slightly scattered, and her exposed hands and feet were small and white, tactful like a lady in a painting.
Lin Feibai lowered his eyes, didn't take her hand, and moved on the bamboo raft himself, and Zhou Yuanzhi withdrew his hand without embarrassment.
The two knelt facing each other, Lin Feibai moved his body uncomfortably, but Zhou Yuanzhi's eyes fell on his waist - his coat had been taken off in order to roll up the rocket, and the underwear inside had also been burned by fire, and now the scorched black was hanging on his waist, Lin Feibai looked at Zhou Yuanzhi's eyes, as if he wanted to reach out and tear the pieces of clothes that were dragging, so he quickly started first, and he tore and dragged for a while, and when everything was clear, he suddenly found himself wearing a crop top.
Lin Feibai: "......"
He had to lift his pants up, barely covering his navel, but he couldn't cover his thin waist, which was a bit abrupt and beautiful, but Lin Feibai, who had just been thundered by a beauty, had the first feeling that the beauty might not be shy, maybe she would be very happy, but she was likely to be very unhappy again.
Sure enough, the beauty slipped on his waist with a dignified gaze, especially on his eight-pack abs for a long time, the raft was very small, Lin Feibai had nowhere to hide, and he couldn't turn around shyly and say that people didn't show it, so he could only hold on, his arms sank, and he could block as many as he could.
He originally thought that it would be okay for the beauty to take a few looks, but the beauty looked left and right endlessly, and suddenly covered her nose when she looked at it.
Lin Feibai: "......"
It can't be a nosebleed, right?
There is an illusion that I strayed into the small hall and had no intention of becoming the top brand......
Zhou Yuanzhi didn't cough until she was satisfied, and said, "Lin Hou, in fact, you don't need to tear your clothes, just now I just wanted to help you tie the burned part in a knot." β
Lin Feibai: "......"
Bitter in my heart.
Can't cry.
There was a commotion behind him, and the pursuers finally arrived.
This was the first time that Lin Feibai was very grateful to the pursuers for their timely arrival.
The pursuers vaguely saw a few people and shouted: "Where are the people!" β
Lin Feibai moved his body very vigilantly, blocking Zhou Yuanzhi, and sure enough, the arrows immediately came like flying locusts, this time it was no longer a rocket, but it was as dense as rain, and the two dwarfs moved forward and backward, and pulled out a long flat iron knife from the hollow place of the bamboo raft, the knife was very long, which could be used as an oar, and it was also convenient to fly arrows. The first dwarf danced his knife so that he couldn't get in, blocking the first wave of arrows, and the last dwarf put his long knife on the shore rock, and shouted at the same time: "Hold on!" β
The bamboo raft slid forward like an arrow, the stream was downward, and it would get steeper and steeper all the way down, Lin Feibai was caught off guard, and almost fell into the water upside down, but fortunately grabbed the belt on the edge of the bamboo raft in time, and one hand still did not forget to pull Zhou Yuanzhi tightly, and Zhou Yuanzhi had already fallen into his arms because of inertia, she took advantage of the situation to wrap her arms around Lin Feibai's waist.
At this time, the bamboo raft was rushing down, the wind was tigery, the pursuers behind him kept diving, and the shouting was endless, and the bamboo raft was extremely fast, and the water on it was extremely slippery, and Lin Feibai, who was half-paralyzed, had to stabilize his body and protect Zhou Yuanzhi, he was very nervous, and he heard the sound of popping behind him, and the underwater gurgling was bubbling.
Zhou Yuanzhi suddenly screamed, Lin Feibai turned his head sideways, and saw a pair of miserable white hands on the side of the bamboo raft!
Someone is following!
Seeing that the hand moved, one arm came sideways, and the other party was obviously about to climb onto the bamboo raft, at this time, the bamboo raft was not out of the range of the arrows, and the two dwarfs were busy dealing with the arrow rain, so they couldn't take care of it, Lin Feibai hadn't recovered after all, and he had done his best to stabilize his body and protect Zhou Yuanzhi, and he heard Zhou Yuanzhi's screams like a magic sound piercing his brain, Lin Feibai gritted his teeth, rubbed Zhou Yuanzhi into his arms, and pushed his left shoulder forward, planning to fight for the possibility of injury, and knock the other party off the bamboo raft first.
Zhou Yuanzhi: "Ahhh
Before Lin Feibai's shoulders could be sideways, he saw her screaming as she pulled out a knife from her arms, and without saying a word, plunged it into the head of the soldier who had just shrugged his shoulders and climbed onto the bamboo raft.
Lin Feibai: "......"
If you are so bold, why do you make any noise?
The soldier roared wildly, and at the moment of dying, he stretched out his hand and pulled out the Heavenly Spirit's knife, and blood splattered, splashing Zhou Yuanzhi's face and body.
This really scared Zhou Yuanzhi.
Misses are complex creatures who can scream and kill with a ruthless heart, but they can't accept being splashed on their cheeks with a drop of blood.
She stiffened there, and after waking up for a moment, her first reaction was to quickly wipe her face, but the soldier who drew the knife with her backhand did not die immediately, and roared and waved the knife in her hand, and she also wanted to give Zhou Yuanzhi a head to the heart.
But at this time, Lin Feibai's shoulders had already arrived.
With a push on his left shoulder, he pushed open the knife that had touched the top of Zhou Yuanzhi's hair, and the remaining strength was not exhausted, and the soldier returned his hand to his throat, and the blade just passed through his throat.
Another puddle of blood exploded, and this time Lin Feibai playfully blocked Miss Zhou sideways, so as not to drop the chain again for the eldest lady who was not afraid of killing but was afraid of blood.
He felt that he would be deaf if he heard such a scream at such a close distance again.
A moment later, with a pop, the soldier fell into the stream.
Zhou Yuanzhi's fear came after realizing it, buried her face in Lin Feibai's arms, and held his waist with both hands and refused to let go.
"Woo woo thank you for saving me, I'm scared to death......"
Lin Fei looked at the sky with white eyes, and his heart was complicated.
Okay.
Say whatever you want.
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In the Yi family's compound, Wen Zhen put on a cloak and prepared to go with Yan Sui to see Mrs. Duan.
As soon as Yi Yuncen left a few days ago, the person who delivered the news outside the city also came, Mrs. Duan saw the northern and southern factions killing each other, and she couldn't stand it anymore, but she kept holding it, and then I heard that last night the eighteen tribes actually went out of the city to attack the imperial court team, and then the internal strife was killed again, and now there is no trace of it, and she suddenly shook and fainted.
Yi Xiuding caught it, his face turned white with shock, and he was in a hurry to ask for medical treatment.
When he was about to go out, there was a sound of snatching on the roof, which was the secret signal of Yan Sui's subordinate guards, so Wen Zhen went out first, and he could hear the sound of lifting tiles above, and there was a faint sound of conversation, as if he was going to ...... Medicine...... Something like that, she turned her head, and through the half-open door, she saw Yan Sui crumpling a note and throwing a small box into the cabinet drawer.
Immediately, Yan Sui came out and didn't say anything, Wen Zhen naturally didn't ask, and accompanied him to see Mrs. Duan.
Then the two of them said goodbye and stood at the gate of the courtyard, looking up to see that the sky was gloomy and snowy.
The sound of scattered firecrackers rang out in the distance. Immediately, more and more of them rose and fell throughout the city. Wen Zhen then remembered, it seems that today is Chinese New Year's Eve.
The Yi family's compound has a New Year's festival dress, but there is no New Year's atmosphere, and Mrs. Duan is even more so after she lies down.
Yan Sui looked at the sky and said, "The wind direction and customs tonight are really good." β
Wen Zhen glanced at him and knew that he was going to make trouble again, but he didn't ask, but said leisurely: "It seems that this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner will not be eaten." β
This is the first New Year since she crossed over, and it is also the first time she has spent the New Year outside after she was freed, and she had a lot of expectations, and even the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner menu has been prepared several times, but now it seems that the same cannot be realized.
Yan Sui didn't speak, her expression was more regretful than her, and it seemed that she was looking forward to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for a long time.
"The main city of Changchuan doesn't know what the New Year is like, but I heard that at midnight they will put on the lights and pray for good weather and a safe year in the coming year. The lights are all over the city, it must be very beautiful. β
Wen Zhen had never seen the scene of the people celebrating the New Year with his own eyes. In previous years, the institute would also have a lively dinner party on this day, open several tables in the canteen, push cups and change lamps, and watch the Spring Festival Gala together. The younger ones also share some fireworks and firecrackers to play.
But so what? They are homeless people after all. When I was a child, I would still participate, because the red atmosphere jumped around in the crowd, stained with a little false joy, and gradually became sensible, I felt that this year was just enough.
In the last few years, the four of them spent the New Year in the dormitory, and the repertoire was the hot pot and meatballs she made herself, and she drank a glass of wine at the banquet, wishing the institute to close down as soon as possible.
also watched the Spring Festival Gala, the purpose is to make it more convenient to participate in the online group ridicule on the second day. Jing Hengbo will stay up all night, not to keep the year, in her words, she wants to see herself mature and more beautiful by one year, Xiaoke never stays up late, she must go to bed before twelve o'clock, and Tai Shiyan will basically be hypnotized when she watches three Spring Festival Gala programs, and when she gets up the next morning, everyone gropes under the pillow to see what New Year's gift she gets.
Tai Shiqian always gives the three dead friends a red envelope that is not careless and uncreative. Jing Hengbo is generally the latest and hottest lipstick of the season, and he likes to buy positive red and fuchsia for Tai Shiqi, honey grapefruit coral for himself, and death Barbie powder for Xiaoke. I am usually a newly researched biscuit and small snack, Xiao Ke is the most attentive, are their own hand-made gifts, sometimes exquisite greeting cards, sometimes cross-stitch, sometimes hand-made woolen gloves.
Yan Sui next to him suddenly said: "With me, can you not think about others?" β
Wen Zhen was pulled back into his thoughts, "How do you know I'm thinking about someone else?" I'm obviously wondering why you're so handsome and chic? β
Yan Sui glanced at her, not wanting to talk to her.
Thinking of herself, the expression on her face was not so gentle and thoughtful, and the corners of her mouth were like flowers.
He put Wen Zhen's hand in his sleeve and thought expressionlessly, if he had the opportunity to meet those few in the future, he must get farther away.
"It's the New Year. I can't do this situation this year...... Either I'll take advantage of Mrs. Duan's illness and no one cares about the kitchenette and cook you a few dishes. β
"Nope." Yan Sui took her hand and flew up, "I heard that Changchuan only has no curfew on Chinese New Year's Eve, allowing people to carnival all night, and there will be various celebrations, go, I will take you to see Changchuan on Chinese New Year's Eve." β