The person who came was really Liu Deyang, and when he saw Yan Ruyun open the door, he hurriedly turned around and said to the three or four people standing behind: "Dai Ye, this is Yan Ruyun!" I'm packing tickets, and they're all serious businessmen! Yan Ruyun saw that there was no big team of people around, and there seemed to be people knocking on the door and shouting in the distance, so he was immediately relieved. He pretended to rub his eyes and said, "Toss all night, and the officials are not tired!" Please come in, Lao Huang, Xiaoyin, the chief is here to check the household registration again! Then there was a sigh and cough from Huangfu Shui Qiang and Hu Yinzhong in the west wing. …… Huangfu Shuiqiang and Hu Yinzhong opened the door and came out, and followed into the upper room where Yan Ruyun lived.

"Dai Ye, sit down!" Liu Deyang was half a host and half a guest, circling around everyone, and while pouring tea himself, he said: "This is Boss Yan, his home is in Beijing, and Shandong and Shanxi have his treasure numbers." Sells porcelain antiques. Hey...... "This Liu Deyang is in his thirties, black and thin, his teeth are scorched with smoke, he looks smart, he has news all over his body, and he is a character who moves when he presses." He took out his cigarette purse and let it go around, but no one smoked it, so he lit a pot on the lamp, spewing clouds and spitting mist, and his eyes turned around.

That Mr. Dai had a businesslike face. He was just an ordinary official in the Penal House of Handan County, and if he talked about his position, he could say that he was "nothing", but because he ate this imperial grain, he compared the town mayor and town officials here. He sat on his feet with Erlang on his feet, let the cigarette not smoke, and pushed away the tea handed over, "Bang" a few times, and said, "Our grandfather personally ordered me to come here to count the foreign pilgrims." Whew-this-this-blah! This book—" he patted the booklet he had used to check his household registration in the middle of the night, "you three have lived here for eighteen days, what do you wish you would do to stay for so long?" ...... Besides, you have opened shops in several places in Beijing, which is not a recent thing, how can you start a business from Baoding Mansion? This date is only a month, no matter how you look at it, it's a bit of a donkey's lips not the horse's mouth. The county lord said that he had been ordered by Lord Liu to track down the thieves who robbed the silver! All past merchants who do not conform to the quotation and do not have complete shop protection must be detained and sent to the county for screening......" He cleared his throat with a hung appetite, and pulled over the tea bowl that he had just pushed away. Yan Ruyun nodded hurriedly and smiled, and said, "Dai Ye, as soon as you look at your posture, you know that you are a shrewd person, what thief can coax your old eyes?" My old lady has been suffering from phlegm for more than ten years - madness! Throwing bricks and tiles and smashing bottles all day long, if it is not cured, our family is really helpless. Last time, I called Handan, and the old man said that he must ask for Lu Zu. I promised to burn a hundred incense burners in front of Lu Zu and donate 660 taels of silver, and when I went back, I got an earthwork, and my mother's illness was cured. Don't you have this wish? Don't worry! We are poisonous and don't eat it; If you break the law, don't do it! If a solid merchant doesn't do it, can I be a thief? If you look at the official seal on my introduction, the date is transferred from Beijing's introduction, and I have ten guts, and I don't dare to trick in front of you! Mr. Dai took a bite of "Hu", and said: "I don't want to be a wicked person, Huh, you go with me, Huh, I know your introduction, Huh, it's true, I'll let you come back." Hey, for Liu Ye, I also have to give this face. Phew. ”

"Dai Ye, they are all people who are away from home, and it is convenient to travel!" Yan Ruyun gave Huangfu Shui a strong look. Huangfu Shuiqiang immediately understood, went into the back room and took out a small bag of mulberry paper, and respectfully placed it on the elbow of the surnamed Dai. The surnamed Dai glanced at it and said, "I'm most annoyed by you, ask the yamen, whose silver have I loved?" Yan Ruyun became hippie and smiled, and whispered: "This is a little yellow, not a tribute, Dai Ye took it back to lock his son or something." I don't treat the people who came with me badly, and I also have a little respect - Lao Huang took the fifty taels of Beijing ingots in the horse tie and gave them as tea for the gentlemen - people who go out can't withstand lawsuits. Raise your hand, won't we just pass? ”

Hearing that it was gold, Mr. Dai's eyes flashed, and he smacked his lips and sighed: "Who called me and Liu Ye friends?" It's better to build a wall than a road, you say? I already got a copy of the history of Zhendian, and when I saw that I could get a share again, I squinted and smiled happily, and said: "Liu Ye is a big person, an old neighbor, I don't know yet?" Mr. Dai just rest assured, a hundred are right! Only then did Mr. Dai get up and hold the mulberry paper bag tightly. Liu Deyang sent them away, turned back, covered the door and said: "Liu Tongxun has dismounted in Handan, and the comer is not good!" Think about it, is there a place where there is air leakage? I have dozens of people in my family, young and old, and there is something very important, so I have to prepare early! ”

"This is Liu Tongxun's dismount, and he wants to startle the snake." Yan Ruyun said calmly, "We thought about it all night, and there was nothing missing, so we couldn't mess up." Don't worry, stay here with us. It's best if nothing happens, and if something happens, it will never bite you - let's just say that we use your family as a ticket[1]

, coerce you. You did it as a last resort - others didn't suspect you, but as soon as you were 'prepared', you told them! ”

"Brother Yan, don't say this, I was not ambiguous back then!" The dry smoke in Liu Deyang's hand was extinguished in the dark, and he said: "But if you ask me to stay here, it will seem like I am being wise." I still have to go to Handan City in the morning. Zhu Ye sent a post to invite me, be sure to rush to the meeting at the right time, I have promised others! ”

Zhu Shaozu's personality, Yan Ruyun and the other three have all heard of it. In the past, he also had a lot of dealings with the rivers and lakes, but now although he washes his hands, the new "dragon head" is his disciple Qiao Shen of Guanshanmen. What are the singers, shaved heads, fortune tellers, yin and yang feng shui gentlemen, street performers, beggars in various water and dry docks, and bustard mothers-in-law are all under the management of the surname Qiao. Therefore, although Zhu Shaozu washed his hands in a golden basin, he stomped his feet on the cross street of Handan City, and the four cities were still shaken. Yan Ruyun bit his lower lip and asked contemplatively, "When is the post?" ”

"Fangcai." Liu Deyang took a puff of thick fog with a cigarette pouch in his mouth, "A pedicure in the East Bathhouse was sent by a donkey." ”

"That must be the same thing as this Dai Zongchong!"

"He didn't say anything." Liu Deyang seemed to have something on his mind, and knocked the cigarette pot irritably, but immediately put it on, and said: "Master Zhu usually only protects people from the government; Never helped the official family to find thieves. Hu Yinzhong said: "Maybe there is something smelling on you, asking you to sell us!" Huangfu Shuiqiang said: "If you really smell it, this Mr. Dai will lead us away with a rope." I guess the surname Liu is still scaring the snake. However, Liu Tongxun's move is really fierce, and it is too late to blow up the thunder and cover his ears, we really have to be careful step by step! ”

Yan Ruyun was a little flustered at the moment, he had been in and out of Cuihong Mansion for more than ten days, and he slept with Xiao Qing'er until midnight, and he left when the sky was unknown, would it arouse suspicion? Thinking about it, I am too generous to shoot there, and every night I enter the door with an ingot, and this kind of prostitute is too rare...... Thinking about it, his heart was like a mess, he pouted, and after thinking about it for a long time, he came up with an idea, and said, "It's useless for us to grit our teeth and grind our butts here." Ming'er and Deyang went into the city together, he went to Zhu's house, and I went elsewhere to watch the scenery. If there is any trouble, I will come back quickly to report the news, and if I have a letter, I will report it to you quickly. In this way, we are more informed. ”

And so it was decided.

Liu Tongxun originally estimated that he would be able to find clues within three days, but who knew that good news came from Matou at noon the next day. The two lepers of the Lao Mao Inn have been caught by the history of Matou Town; Ma Tou patrolled Shen Ermao to escape, is searching everywhere, the report is the fourth Taibao Liao Fuhua, running all over the sweat, seeing Liu Tongxun hit a thousand children and got up, panting and said: "Brother Fuchun and Huang Dianshi in the town personally escorted the two lepers, and the cards can be reached at the beginning of Shen!" Liang Fuyun stood in front of Liu Tongxun, and when he heard this, he was so excited that he twisted his body and screamed, arched his hands to Liu Tongxun, and said: "Master, you are really a fairy!" In this way, Zhu Shaozu will definitely be able to get a fence there! Good man, this thing is a small one. Don't tell me to stand on duty anymore, tell me to go back to the alley, and accompany the master and ancestor to get people at Zhu Shaozu's banquet! ”

"Don't worry! I can't forget you when it's time to use you. Liu Tongxun held a volume of "Zizhi Tongjian" in his hand, sat cross-legged quietly and listened, and instructed Xing'er: "Pour tea for Fuhua - use this big bowl!" Well, there will definitely be a letter on Zhu Shaozu's side. The thief did this big case, and he couldn't help but alarm the characters in Handan. As long as you have a clue, the thief will definitely call you up! While speaking, Gao Heng came over from the West Chamber with a smile, holding a large plate in his hand, containing five or six rice dumplings, as well as boiled garlic, red eggs, cut cakes, and half a braised chicken on top, and put the plate straight into Liao Fuhua's arms, "Come on, eat, man!" It's hard for you this time! Shen Ermao is fucking in league with the thief, and he still found the gold idea...... I didn't catch the second leper no matter how much effort I put in, and he dared to come back! He turned his face to Liu Tongxun and said, "It's really a loss to you this time!" ”

Liu Tongxun couldn't help but laugh secretly when he saw him so straw, but waved his hand to call everyone out. Gao Heng saw that he was just frowning and pondering, and couldn't help but say, "Yanqing, why did you start a dumb riddle?" Liu Tongxun gently shook off the braid on his chest and said, "I want to advise you to be cautious, this will not work." You must know that you are wearing a sin, and several imperial histories have secret books to impeach you! ”

"Yes......" Gao Heng glanced at the iron-faced monster helplessly, "It's all up to your lords to take care of it!" ”

The staff of the post station brought lunch, a plate of steamed cakes, a plate of crushed rock sugar, a few rice dumplings, a small plate of pickled cucumbers and bacon fried sauerkraut, and a few hybrid noodles steamed buns, all of which Liu Tongxun ordered by himself. Liu Tongxun said: "Today's holiday, we might as well be extravagant, but we can't use wine." If you don't feel comfortable here, just go back to your room and eat. Gao Heng smiled, but he didn't dare to go back on his own, and said, "I'd better eat with the adults." You admonish me, it is good for me, dare not obey orders! So he carefully sat on Liu Tongxun's side, picked up a steamed bun, looked at each other, and ate slowly in small bites, very cautiously with vegetables and rice. Liu Tongxun pays attention to "food is silent", and he no longer speaks when he lifts his chopsticks. Gao Heng had no choice but to accompany the meal, and after a meal, he didn't know what he ate. Seeing that the towel was delivered, he got up and stood, wiping his sweat and said with a smile: "A meal with you is better than ten years of reading - you are a Qincha, there are regulations for the supply of the post station, what's wrong with ordering more meat?" Liu Tongxun shook his fan, picked up the book again, and said, "Didn't you read "Zuo Biography"? Meat eaters despise. Gao Heng saw that he was a little more accommodating, and his heart relaxed a little, and said: "Qin Cha has five taels of silver every day outside, and it will not belong to you if you save it." Yin Jishan is a Qing official, right? No matter when you go out in the ya, you pay attention to eating! Liu Tongxun said: "I also love to eat good." That year, my mother gave me a hot pot soup, and I ate nothing left. Five taels of silver is enough for the poor to eat for a year, to buy a strong ox, and to build three huts. If you eat a meal, don't you sin? Besides, I'm afraid I'll lose my mouth. Last time, I also told the emperor that the post houses in various places took the treasury silver seriously, and the swill poured out, the pigs were drunk, and the courtyard was humming and turning. Please reduce the number of cases supplied to Shangguan by half! Gao Heng said: "Why didn't the emperor make a will?" Liu Tongxun said: "The emperor laughed so much. Later, he said that this was disrespectful on the part of the officials. In terms of financial affairs, the edict of leniency has just been issued, and it has been tightened, for fear that people will misunderstand the court and gather again. So I put it down. ”

The two of them were gossiping with each other, when suddenly there was a noise at the gate, as if there were countless people talking and screaming, and there was a running sound of children, panting and shouting: "Take the thief who robbed the road!" Come and see......" The people in the inn were also alarmed for a while, and the postmen, postmen, and cooks all came out of the room and stood under the porch to watch. Liu Tongxun expected that Ma Tou had brought the prisoner, threw the book in his hand and said, "What kind of system is this!" Drive the idlers away - the people at the inn go back to their rooms! Gao Heng came out in a few steps and gave an order, raising his hand and shouting: "Go out and drive people away!" Inform the Yamen of Handan County that people are coming to work, and idle people are not allowed to approach the post station! Then I saw the big Taibao Jia Fuyun, the second Taibao Zhu Fumin and the third Taibao Cai Fuqing three people came in, the second leper was not walking, was wrapped in a ball by the left and right of the rope, hung on a bamboo pole, and carried in by two strong men. At this time, Huang Fuguang, Huang Fuzong, Huang Fuyao, and Huang Fuzu had already come out to continue. When Liang Fuyun saw the two lepers, he was really angry, and he didn't wait for the bundle to be untied, so he kicked his buttocks, and then slapped the bow left and right and slapped him twice, scolding: "Your blood sister!" When he was about to fight, he saw Liu Tongxun coming out with a shaky step, so he stopped and retreated. Liu Tongxun glanced at the second leper contemptuously, snorted from his nose, and said, "Let him go." ”

"Wow!"

A few post guards next to him agreed, and came over to untie him, and Jia Fuchun, who was serving a bowl of soup in the house, ran out quickly and said with a smile: "Brothers, don't be busy." This rope untie also has knowledge! He didn't hurry to find the knot and untie it, like peeling off a cocoon, little by little. While explaining, he said to everyone: "This day, don't say that it is tied up like this, even the ordinary five-flower tie has to be untied slowly - the blood has received the heart and head, and it must be broken loose violently!" He untied the outer and the inside, and it took him a quarter of an hour to untie it, and he laughed at the two lepers: "I saved your life, you have to tell the truth!" You're my darling, it's not that easy to die! The second leper stretched out his hand several times to caress his left arm that was dislocated by the rope, but he couldn't do so, sighed helplessly, raised his head and said weakly: "Water ......" Liu Tongxun nodded to Gao Heng, and the two post guards entered the upper room and helped Huang Fuguang drag the two lepers into the main house like a dead pig. Liang Fuyun smiled and brought a bowl of cold water over, splashed it with his face, and said: "Water, how much the fuck you want, up and down the sky, flowing underground, in the river, in the well, enough to drown you!" The second leper licked the water droplets on his lips with his tongue and sucked greedily.

"Give him water and tell him to drink." Liu Tongxun said softly. He looked at the two lepers from top to bottom with a gentle gaze. Jia Fuyun brought a small tea bowl, and the two lepers drank it dry in one breath like sucking elixir. I still want it, but I don't want it anymore. Liu Tongxun sighed: "It turns out that they are all good people!" How did it come to this! Is there a mother in the house, and what about a father? Are there any siblings? Everyone else has gone away, why did they leave you alone? You are still too young, alas...... When you are only in your twenties, you will become a thief! How bitter! ”

Liu Tongxun is like a father and a brother, and he talks about it with a pleasant face, as if he is homely. Gao Heng and the others were stunned when they heard this: What is this called "trial case"? The hall was full of people, looking at each other, confused, not knowing what medicine he was selling in his gourd. Liu Tongxun saw that the two lepers looked up at the canopy, tears flowed down his cheeks, and he knew that the attack on the heart worked, so he slowed down his breath even more: "The Buddha said that the sea of bitterness is boundless, and the shore is turned back. You are in love with this family, thinking that your old father and mother are in the hall, and your brothers and sisters live in peace, and you refuse to stay away, which is called filial piety and compassion, which proves that you are not good - you feel sorry for them and secretly come back to see them, right? ”

"You killed me!" Listening to these words, the second leper was really like a knife, and every word was like a sword, and he suddenly turned over like crazy, bowed his back like a cat, covered his face with his head arched and his hands, and said vaguely: "At this point, what are you still talking about?" Let me die! ”

"It's up to you whether you die or not!" Liu Tongxun smiled coldly, "I don't know any of your confessions. Today's emperor is like a brilliant day, a few little thieves can escape from the emperor's constitution? I just don't think it's worth your life for them—" As soon as he looked up, he saw that Huang Tianba, three or four Taibao, and Huang Roll had all entered the patio, and then said: "For the imperial court, killing you is like pinching an ant to death, and for your family, if you die, it is like the sky has fallen." My emperor is the lord of benevolence and virtue, and he has a good heart. Now I'll give you a bag of cigarettes, and it's up to you to choose whether you live or die! As he spoke, he motioned for Liao Fuhua to take him out and lock him in the east wing.

Huang Tianba glanced at Liao Fuhua's back, bowed his hands and said, "Zhu Shaozu's banquet this time is quite effective. His eldest apprentice bowed to me. He has sent a message to all directions, searching for all suspicious people in Handan. At the banquet, someone also provided clues...... "Gao Heng saw Liu Tongxun with a black face, and admired him so much in his heart: what a character, no wonder the saint loves him!" Just thinking about it, I saw a woman in her forties with oily hair and flour face being brought in, kneeling down and kowtowing, getting up and blessing around.

"This is Lord Liu!" Huang Roll said beside him. "Say what you just said again - this is the bustard of the Emerald Red Mansion!"

"Yes! The slut is a ...... of the opening yard" The bustard's legs were weak and he knelt down again, and said: "It's such a file, the head of the card in our yard - the number one girl Xiaoqing'er, has picked up a broad master in the past half a month......"

She was talking about Yan Ruyun. For more than half a month, he came to see Xiao Qing'er almost every day. This person is very strange, saying that he is a merchant, Handan does not have his name; Say he was a pilgrim and didn't live in the shop; said that he was a prostitute, but he never played tea or listened to the play. After dinner, I walked in the middle of the night. I have never seen this number of Yedulang, and spending money is like throwing silver...... The more the woman spoke, the more fluent she became, "He has a lot of money, and everyone in our courtyard looks at him differently." Xiao Qing'er used to have a good match, but she also lost it. By nature, Qing'er didn't like him—he just knew that he was just going back and forth, and he couldn't walk—and the girls in our yard didn't like such prostitutes......" said everyone, snickering.

"You call it suspicious." Liu Tongxun spat in disgust, and said patiently, "This can't be called evidence!" ”

"Yes, it's suspicious."

“…… Is there anything else? ”

"No ......"

"What kind of silver did he make?"

"Taizhou ingots!" Bustard's eyes flashed and she said excitedly. She peeked at Liu Tongxun's face, and lowered her voice again, "The pink skin is unilateral, and the head of the thin silk is full of green gas, all of which are full of color!" Oops! I really love Bawuer. We haven't seen the newly minted treasury silver in Qianlong's four years! ”

Liu Tongxun opened his eyes, like a cat that saw a mouse, supported his hands, leaned forward, and stood up with a "sigh": "Taizhou Treasury Silver!" He remembered clearly that in the second year of Qianlong, the household department requested the order to make Taizhou foot pattern ingots for inventory. After making 2,000 pieces, Qianlong suddenly issued a decree to stop making. Therefore, these two thousand Taizhou ingots were transported to Beijing, and they were not moved at all when they existed in the library. Where did this prostitute come from?! Liu Tongxun showed a sinister smile on his face and asked, "What's his name?" ”

"Yang Fei."

"Yay!" Liu Tongxun said with a smile, "You can go back quickly this time, no matter what method you use to stabilize this surnamed Yang, you don't care about the rest!" He turned his face to Gao Heng and said, "You take someone to follow, don't alarm him, just keep an eye on him from a distance, and lead him out of the old nest; Inform Mi Xiaozu of Handan Mansion and ask him to send someone to cooperate. Listen, huh? ”

Gao Heng was full of energy at this time, and replied with a bow: "I understand my humble duties!" "I went with the bustard. Liu Tongxun ordered someone to bring the two lepers over and asked, "Figured it out?" ”

"The little one really doesn't know anything......"

"Hmph, without your rotten lotus leaf, I will still make zongzi. Shame on the face! Liu Tongxun said viciously, and waved his hand: "Take it down, still tie it up!" ”

The second leper hesitated and followed the person for two steps, stood still, panting with his chest together, and seemed to be very conflicted in his heart, suddenly turned around, knelt down on his knees, and said in tears: "I say everything, I say everything!" Ask for an adult to be born. I ...... "He fell limply to the ground like a mess of mud.

Suddenly there was a dazzling white light in the sky, and a thief wind swept the dust and lifted the bamboo curtain, and then an earth-shattering thunder fell from mid-air, startling the people in the main hall and changing color. In the distance, I heard someone shouting: "It's raining!" Run......"

"Life is three feet, the world is difficult to hide!" Liu Tongxun looked at the darkening sky through the curtain, and said with a slight smile: "There is hope for solving the case." ”

Hu Yinzhong escaped this catastrophe. At this moment, he was lying in a cornfield, covered in mud and water. The sky flashed one after another, and the fiery serpent was rushing through the cracks in the clouds. The rustling of corn leaves from the pouring rain makes people feel like they are in the middle of a stormy sea. He lay in the ditch, and the rain soaked the soft loess into mud. He was covered in mud, leaving only his head exposed—and thankfully, he was not discovered by the officers. The officials of Handan County and Huangliang Mengzhen Ding have searched here three times, and although they are gone at this moment, there are still lights flickering in the distance.

How did you get out? How did you get here? Hu Yinzhong is like in a nightmare, and he can't think clearly about it anyway.

He only remembered that the weather was too hot today, and at noon he ate a few melons and drank a scoop of cold water, and when it was not dark, he had a stomach ache and poop again and again. Due to the heavy rain, the dung water in the thatched hut was overflowing everywhere, and it was really impossible to enter, so I had to go outside to relieve my hands...... The last time I came back was when it was dark, and I was still the one who led a group of people to step on muddy water with lamps and go straight to the yard where he lived from the main road next to the cornfield...... But it was wrong at first glance: the town priest did not rush to knock on the door, but first pointed and said something in the lamp, and then the people who followed him scattered around the courtyard. The three or four people who followed the history also drew their swords and formed a shelf in their hands. Listening to him shouting at the door, he didn't check the household registration, "Lao Huang, Lao Huang!" You Yan are back from the city, drunk and unconscious......"

…… Then there was the sound of the door opening, and several black shadows jumped in...... I wanted to rush back to save people, but I only wore a pair of shorts, and I could only be bound with my bare hands when I went back...... Just at this moment's hesitation, I heard an excited shout from the courtyard: "Take it!" Grandma Ri, almost strangled Lao Tzu - there is another, search quickly, don't let the dog escape! ”

It seems that it is the word "escape" that reminds myself...... Turning his head, he went into the cornfield again, and ran wildly in the vast rain. After tripping over something, he fell into the cornfield and fainted......

…… The thunder in the sky was still blowing, and the rain did not stop at all, and the rain rushed down the corn leaves to his head, and even the hair on the top of his head was washed clean. He washed his hands, wiped a handful on his head, and as soon as he lifted his body, he lay down again. It's too cold! The water in the ditch is like ice, and the skin is piercing. Lying here is like waiting to die. As soon as the morning dawns, the officers and soldiers will return. After the coarse basket, it will be fine. My stomach doesn't hurt anymore, but the gusts of wind make me a little dizzy. He knew that if he fell here, he would be sent to death - he tried to walk a few steps, and he could still walk! So, dragging his steps, he stepped on the ridge, sliding step by step, high and low foot forward. The most important thing for him now is to get a suit of clothes and wrap his body, otherwise he will freeze to death!

The lantern guarding the ridge was an old servant in his forties, he was already wet all over, and he was still cold and had his teeth cut down in his clothes, he put the lamp on the ridge and groped for something on his body. Hu Yinzhong leaned over and approached him along the ditch, only to know that he was looking for cigarettes. When the cigarette was found, he put the cigarette pouch in his mouth, and went to remove the lampshade, and a gust of wind blew out the lamp, and then he heard the cry of "safe and sound" from the south, and the official hurriedly replied: "Is there any fire?" Want to smoke a bag of cigarettes! The north side also preached: "It's safe and sound—it's useless to have fire!" The servant remained silent, but bowed his head and focused on striking fire with a scythe. This kind of opportunity is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Hu Yinzhong strode over, gritted his teeth and raised his arm to make an arc in the dark, slashing at the back of his head, and the official collapsed to the ground without snorting. Then he stripped and dressed, and carried the blind lamp, and swaggered into the town, and no one doubted him. After stepping on the wall of the Huangliang Dream Temple, he threw away the lamp, turned out from the back wall of the temple, and got into the green gauze tent in a few steps.

"Who?!"

He didn't say a word, he ran in the sorghum field, only to hear the sound of gongs behind him, shouting: "The thief has run north, cut it off!" Then there was an echo from the west and north: "The thief has fled north, cut it off!" People are scattered everywhere, and it is difficult for them to gather together for a while. But Hu Yinzhong was already a frightened bird at this time, and he didn't dare to flee north, stepping to the east, and he didn't distinguish between the top and bottom, regardless of the muddy, he lowered his head and ran forward, and suddenly fell into the Fuyang River with a "plop" sound, and a whirlpool knocked him over. That Hu Yinzhong grew up by the Yi River since he was a child, and the water was excellent, and a fierce man drilled up, shook his head, and had come to his senses, but felt that this was a God-given opportunity to escape. He steadied himself, tread lightly, and swam northeast. Seeing that there were still lights on both sides of the strait, I secretly rejoiced: If you want to run blindly on land, you will not be able to escape no matter which way you run!

In the turbulent river, Hu Yinzhong used all his strength to drift with the tide for more than two hours. Seeing that the east was clear, he climbed ashore. At this moment, the rain has stopped, and the twilight is full of reeds and sorghum, and there is no trace of it. His legs were heavy as lead, dizzy and nauseous, but he couldn't vomit anything. He staggered and searched—he didn't know anything, and when he saw that there was a black temple in front of him, it seemed to be a temple, so he stepped over, tripped over a tree root, and fell over a big somersault, and he didn't know anything......

When he woke up again, Hu Yinzhong found that he was lying in a white hut, very comfortable, and there was a bowl of mung bean tea on the small table next to the shop. Just about to sit up, the curtain moved, and a Taoist aunt came in, holding a plate of zongzi in her hand. Before the Dao Gu could speak, Hu Yinzhong's eyes lit up and he shouted, "Thunder Sword girl! …… How could it be...... I'm in a dream, right? ”

Lei Jian unnaturally touched the bun on the top of his head, pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "How can there be such a dream, you should not die." I burned all night last night and talked nonsense, it's scary...... Fortunately, the sect leader cast a spell to save you, otherwise your life would have been gone! ”

"Master!" Hu Yinzhong sat up with his body propped up, suddenly felt dizzy, and then fell down relaxed, and asked, "Why is it so coincidental?" I'm confused...... Didn't you go to Henan? Where is Sect Master Yi at the moment? He patted the edge of the bed and motioned for Thunder Sword to sit down. Lei Jian refused to sit down, and said with a smile: "But what I said, it's really the same as the storyteller, it's such a coincidence - the road to Henan is full of checkpoints, blocked, and a few of us are too eye-catching, so we have to retreat to Qinghe to avoid the limelight temporarily." The Fuyang River and the Shahe River here were flooded last year, and several temples were empty, and there were no people in the vicinity for dozens of miles, so they hid in this temple. Handan had an accident, Zhili couldn't stay any longer, a few of them followed the helmsman on the road, ready to go back to Luxi, and then make plans......" She glanced at Hu Yinzhong, suddenly blushed, pushed the zongzi, and said: "Nothing else is good, use a little less, stay for a while and drink some porridge." You haven't eaten water for two days. ”

"Two days! I've been lying here for two days? ”

"I came here the day before yesterday, and you were dressed in a servant skin, and you almost threw you back into the river." Lei Jian smiled: "Brother Hu has to thank me!" Hu Yinzhong stared at her, for a long time, shook his head and sighed: "I can't thank ......" Lei Jian looked embarrassed at him, his toes fell to the ground, and it took a long time to raise his head and say: "If you can't thank you, don't thank you - there are shorts next to the pillow, you can change them yourself in a while...... Don't think about it so much. The surname Yan voted for Liu Tongxun, and we all know about it. Seeing that you are going to leave again, you have to get a little stronger - I'll go see the porridge pot. "Then he lifted the curtain and went out.

Hu Yinzhong peeled the zongzi in his hand, looked at the sunshine outside, and thought:

"The surname is Yan, the two of us are not over in this life!"

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Ticket: i.e. hostage mortgage.