However, he is not easy to refuse, and considering that this Jia Qian has been on the road since half a month ago, he may still have some information.

There was no other way, Dongfang Shiming planned to take him back to the tavern first. It just so happened that Jia Qian was also going to live in the hotel, and the two of them were on the way.

Along the way, Dongfang Shiming decided to grasp the right to speak first, so he spoke one step ahead of Jia Qian:

"Brother Jia, it's not a secret, I've been paying attention to some cases in recent days. The ancients have been used by the world, and now there are frequent riots in various places, and the responsibility of the reader should not be limited to the study of poetry and literature, but should be close to the common people. ”

"Brother Xian's words are extremely true. Jia Qian nodded seriously.

Dongfang Shiming saw that he was not the kind of hopeless rotten Confucian, and he was a little relieved.

He then added, "For example...... I don't know if Brother Jia has heard of the scholar who has been known to women and children recently. I don't think it's ...... privately"

Dongfang Shiming was about to continue to guide the topic in this direction, but he inadvertently glanced at Jia Qian, but suddenly found that his face had become extremely ugly at some point, and even began to tremble all over.

Dongfang Shiming was stunned, and while he stopped talking, the strings in his heart were also secretly tightened.

"Brother Jia, what's wrong with you?" he asked with concern as he approached Jia Qian.

As if he had woken up from a nightmare, Jia Qian looked at Dongfang Shiming in fear, and quickly waved his hand calmly: "...... No, no, no, my ...... I'm fine. ”

But despite what he said, his legs were already paralyzed, and it would be a lie to say that it was okay. Dongfang Shiming hurriedly helped him to squat down slowly by the wall, facing the golden sunset, and the beads of sweat on Jia Qian's face looked particularly obvious.

Dongfang Shiming looked at his pale face in surprise, and thought back to what he had just said in his heart. There doesn't seem to be anything scary, is it the phrase "Eliminate Evil Scholars"?

He quietly glanced down at Jia Qian again, and found that he was still gasping for breath in shock. I was even more puzzled.

But if so, why did he be so frightened when he heard this nickname?

But no matter what, this Jia Qian in front of him must have some inexplicable relationship with that "evil eradication scholar".

It took a while for Jia Qian to return to normal. He begged Dongfang Shiming not to mention this name to others, let alone spread such rumors everywhere. Dongfang Shiming looked at his crying face, and nodded hesitantly in agreement, but the doubts in his heart did not decrease but increased.

The two of them returned to the tavern in silence. Until dinner, they were like a thin veil that seemed to be there between each other.

There were many people who came to the tavern to drink in the evening, and Dongfang Shiming and Jia Qian were quietly eating dinner in a corner.

Dongfang Shiming secretly watched Jia Qian's every move, and found that he had always looked nervous like a taut string, casually copying the spoon and pulling rice, but his eyes were as if he was thinking about something important.

In the past few days, the rumors of the "evil scholar" have been rising more and more, and they have greatly suppressed the trend of other topics. There were several tables of drinkers shouting about the topic, and the content became more and more mysterious, and some of the stories were even bizarre like novels.

"It seems...... It's famous. Dongfang Shiming tried to knock on the side.

Jia Qian glanced over there a few times with frightened eyes, turned his head and sighed incessantly: "Everyone has a lot of gold, and they have destroyed their bones." People are terrible, and the three of them become tigers. The gossip is rootless and unfounded, but it is extremely harmful. The sage Yunliu Pill stops at the Ou Moment, the rumors stop at the wise, the cold is better than the heavy Qiu, and the slander is better than self-cultivation, it seems that it is not an easy task. ”

Dongfang Shiming saw that he was still quoting scriptures at this time, and he expected that he did not learn badly, but he was also a little pedantic and felt a little ridiculous.

He hurriedly said comfort: "Those who are clear are self-purifying, if it is really a gossip, it will definitely be self-defeating." ”

Jia Qian frowned and nodded timidly: "But, I hope so, it's best." ”

Just before the words of their conversation fell, a guest at a table over there suddenly slapped the table twice excitedly, and said in a loud voice with excitement:

"I heard that if you follow the route of the evil scholar, he should be in our Jiangliang City today!"

There was an uproar all around. The emotions of several tables of guests were instantly ignited, and they all came over one after another, which caused a lot of talk like an explosion.

The dim light was crowded with people, and the air was filled with the rich smell of wine and high-pitched heat.

Listening to the noise over there, Jia Qian unconsciously lowered his head a lot, trembling as if walking on thin ice. He was still muttering something to himself, "Don't say it, don't listen to it", and his frightened demeanor was like a catastrophe.

Dongfang Shiming saw him like this, and it was inconvenient to ask him for the time being.

It seems that we can only wait for a suitable opportunity to get reliable news from his mouth, Dongfang Shiming thought as he drank tea.

After dinner, Jia Qian shirked his discomfort and hurried back to the room. Dongfang Shiming has been sitting below, thinking about the origin, a little undecided.

The customers in the shop didn't disperse until late, and the closing lights looked a little decadent. The hot and dry air gradually cooled down, and only Xiao Er was still cleaning up the garbage and scraps between the tables and chairs.

Dongfang Shiming flickered his eyelashes, and his eyes reflected the night starry sky outside the window.

He always remembered a lot of things at this time. For example, your own home, such as the years of migration, and ...... Fuyun Song.

............

Early the next morning, Dongfang Shiming woke up to the noise downstairs. When I opened the window and looked down, I saw a lot of people gathered in front of the tavern to see the excitement, discussing something around the door.

His mind suddenly cleared, and the rumor of the evil scholar in his mind immediately appeared.

It is rumored that the Scholar will go out in the middle of the night to kill the evil bandits of the Nine Shadows, and put them at the door the next morning for everyone to exhibit, and their whereabouts are uncertain.

And in such an early morning, the tavern has not even opened, and the only thing that can attract so many onlookers is probably this incident.

His next thought was to hurry to the next room and look for Jia Qian!

It is absolutely impossible for him not to be unaware of such a situation, and his possible next move will become the key to the dialysis of the evil scholar.

Dongfang Shiming put on a dress and broke through the door, went around to the door of the next room and knocked on the door hurriedly. But unexpectedly, the door didn't close, and as soon as he knocked on it, the door was slowly moved open.

When he opened the door, he found that the next room was already empty.