It took more than ten days to walk through the farmland of three nearby counties, and finally set a trip to a large area of woodland on the border with Nanyuan County.

Woodland was also among the targets of Xie Lang's expedition.

On the eve of departure, Xie Lang suddenly broke Cheng Yuan and called Zhou Nanhu Feng and the others to the room.

"What do you think of Huo Yao?" He sat by the smoker with tea in his hand, showing a belly of scheming.

Zhou Hu and the others looked at each other, and said thoughtfully: "The little ones have not known Huo Huwei for a long time, so it's hard to say. ”

"If you can't see that an old man like you knows countless people, Wan Wan is more likely to be deceived and passed!" Xie Lang walked to the window and looked at the night outside the window, sighed and said.

Zhou Nanhu Feng felt that his words had a deep meaning, although he knew that Xie Wan was not such a person who was easy to deceive, but because he was not convinced that an embroidered pillow like Huo Wan could actually be her personal bodyguard, he followed his tone and said: "The second master is very worried. I don't know what the origin of this Huo guard is, and the little ones are also worried about the three girls. ”

"But you don't know Wanwan's fierce temper! She doesn't listen to me no matter what I say, you say, what should I do? ”

Xie Lang shook his head and grumbled, looking at them secretly.

Zhou Hu and the others knew that this was their second master pulling them into the gang to treat this Huo Yao. No wonder the second master wanted to bring Huo Yao over, it turned out to be the idea of fighting! But this is also in their arms, this girl-like Huo Yao climbed into the position of the third girl's personal guard as soon as she came, and she didn't rely on a face? Since the second master wants to cure him. What do they have to oppose.

The two looked at each other tacitly, and Zhou Nan said with a smile: "The second master is very good, I'm afraid that I have already figured out how to deal with him, so I might as well tell the little ones and tell the little ones to do it." ”

Xie Lang nodded with his head high, raised his hand, and said, "I have an idea." Am I not going out to the woodland tomorrow? Listen to me, and when you go back and tie him up while he is asleep, and give him the two silver tickets. Throw him to the mountain temple. If he is awake. Tell him to take these two silver tickets and fly away, and never to come to Qinghe again. ”

Hu Feng was stunned: "It's that simple? Don't teach him a lesson or something? ”

"He didn't make a mistake, what did he teach him to do?" Xie Lang reprimanded. Then he looked out the window faintly and said, "Wanwan is getting more and more out now." After that, I will spend less and less time at the house. I just want him to stay away from Wanwan and not let any dangerous people around her approach. - If you have done this, I will reward you. ”

"Little obedience!"

Outside the window, the north wind was blowing. The window paper buzzed.

Under the windowsill, Huo Jue sat leisurely on the ground with his legs bent, carrying a wine gourd and sipping wine. In the darkness of the night, his eyes were as bright as the morning star.

When Zhou Nanhu Feng returned to the room, the lights had been turned off in Huo Yao's house next door.

Hu Feng said: "I'm afraid it won't work to go up directly like this." He's so tall, even if he can't do kung fu, he has a bit of brute strength, I'll go find a rope, you go get a big cloth bag, and then we'll catch him unexpectedly and tie him up. ”

Zhou Nan groaned: "That's fine. ”

With that, the two went their separate ways.

Soon he found a cloth bag for flour and a rope that Yang Wu brought to bundle firewood. The two pushed open the door, and waited for their eyes to adjust to the dimness of the room before tiptoeing back into the room.

Huo Jue fell asleep with his back to the side of the door, making a very light breathing sound. Zhou Nan quietly lit the flint and glanced at the person on the bed, and made sure that this person who was as beautiful as Yang Jian in the painting was indeed Huo Yao, so he beckoned Hu Feng to step forward. And in my heart, I am more and more disdainful, I don't even snore when I sleep, how can I look like a manly man? With this kind of sissy, he has to feel ashamed.

Hu Feng soon arrived at the bedside, Huo Jue didn't react at all, the bed was full of alcohol, and it seemed that he had drunk too much. So Hu Feng suddenly dragged his arms up and pulled him up, and then Zhou Nan took the opportunity to put the cloth bag on his upper body, and Hu Feng, who was free, immediately tied him tightly together with the cloth bag.

Zhou Nandao: "Cut a few holes in the cloth bag, so as not to cause death." As he spoke, he looked at Huo Jue, who was obediently motionless under his subordinates, and spit out again: "Look at the smell of alcohol all over his body, no wonder he will be blocked and beaten on the mountain road, and he dares to enter the rivers and lakes without even this bit of vigilance?" I'm afraid that it may be killed ten times! - Let's go, go up to the mountain temple! ”

The two of them put the tied Huo Yao into the carriage, and then opened the door and drove towards the mountain temple.

After a little half an hour, the carriage turned from Nanwazhuang to the mountain temple on the hill in the eastern suburbs.

Zhou Nan carried Huo Yao to the temple, threw it to the ground with a bang, snorted, and then stuffed the two silver tickets given by Xie Lang from his belt into Huo Yao's waist exposed from under the cloth bag. "Our second master can be regarded as benevolent and righteous to you, so you can do it for yourself in the future!"

With that, the two walked out of the temple gate and drove away.

The carriage went down the mountain, and Huo Yao, who had not moved, opened his eyes in the cloth bag, and moved his hands behind his head, and a two-inch-long knife slid from his cuffs to his hands, even if his eyes could not see behind his back, his five fingers were also very flexible, and soon, the rope that bound his hands was cut.

He took out the cloth bag, stood in the open space in front of the temple gate and stretched his muscles, then took out the two silver tickets from his waist, and opened the thick end of the wooden hairpin that tied his hair, and took out a night pearl the size of a dragon's eye core from it, and took a picture of the silver ticket.

"Five hundred taels? It's really generous. ”

He raised his lips and smiled, slowly folding the silver ticket back to his waist before pacing slowly down the hill.

Since Xie Wan moved into Songyuan, he has gradually become a habit of going to the lotus pond early to read and take a walk.

Although when she woke up, she felt that it was very dark today, as if it was going to rain, and she did not want to miss the best time of the day.

However, when she reached the lotus pond and saw the man standing leisurely under the bare willow tree with his hands behind his back, she suddenly couldn't walk.

"Huo Yao? Why are you here? ”

She didn't think that Xie Lang would let him come back in advance, and if Xie Lang had already returned, she would definitely know as soon as possible. "Why don't you stay in the Grange to protect the second master? Leaving the post without permission is not what a guard should do. ”

Huo Jue sighed, opened his hands behind him, took out two silver tickets from his waist, and said: "I earned five hundred taels of silver last night, and I am very happy, but I don't know if I can collect this money, so I come back and ask you to cut it." ”

Xie Wan took the silver ticket suspiciously, and when he saw that her private letter was actually printed on it, he couldn't help but pause. All the money expenditure in the house is covered by her private letter, and this silver ticket is naturally from the house. But how could such a large denomination of silver tickets appear in his hands? …… Yes, thank you! Except for Luo Sheng's father and son, only Xie Lang would have such a large denomination of silver tickets in his hands.

Of course, Luo Sheng will not have money for Huo Jue to earn, and Luo Ju is far away in Beijing, so there is only Xie Lang.

Xie Wan recalled that he was extremely angry when he persuaded her to get Huo Jue away, and his heart suddenly felt like a mirror!

Xie Lang actually wanted to get Huo Yao away by this means, which was too speechless!

She looked at Huo Jue in front of her, and quietly sandwiched the silver ticket in the book. said: "Second master, where are they going today?" ”

Huo Jue said: "It is said that I went to the Xishan woodland-"

Speaking of which, a drop of rain fell right onto the back of his hand, and he frowned as he looked at it.

Early in the morning, it was overcast and the north wind blew slightly.

Cheng Yuan sleeved his hand under the corridor, and said to Xie Lang, who was full of ambition: "I'm afraid it's raining today, and the mountain road is not easy to walk, so you might as well go another day." ”

It's cold, and he deliberately added a jacket when he got up in the morning, Xie Lang has been pampered since he was a child, and he has never suffered any wind and frost.

Xie Lang didn't care at all, the Huo Jue of unknown origin was finally sent away, and he was very happy. While adding clothes, he said with a smile: "We've been here for more than ten days, and if we drag it out, it will probably affect the next trip, so let's go for a walk." In the event of heavy rain, we will find a place to shelter from the rain. ”

Cheng Yuan saw that he was on the rise, and he couldn't bear to sweep away his interest, so he asked Wu Xingyin to bring rain gear, and then asked Zhou Nan and Hu Feng to follow. looked around and said, "Where is Huo Yao?" ”

Xie Lang coughed and said, "He went to do something else temporarily." ”

Cheng Yuan heard that he was suspicious, but it was inconvenient to say anything.

The clouds are getting thicker and thicker, the wind is also beginning to increase, and when the car is halfway through, the rain begins to crackle the car canopy, and the wind also makes the car curtain fly into the air. However, after walking less than half a mile, the rain had already swept in diagonally.

Xie Lang hurriedly said: "Hurry up and let Zhou Nan and them all enter the carriage to take shelter from the rain!" Wait for the rain to stop before leaving! ”

Under the instructions of Xie Wan, who was greedy for comfort, the carriages in Xie's house were all built solid and spacious, and it was no problem to seat a dozen or so people. Wu Xing opened the door, and Zhou Nanhu Feng, who was driving the car, parked the car on the riverbank near the field, and bowed down into the carriage.

A few people sat down next to the wall of the car, so windless and rainless, but they were also relieved, but the car kept shaking in the wind and rain, and the horses made irritable neighing from time to time in the rain, which made people still a little uneasy.

Xie Lang finally regretted it: "I should have listened to Mr. Cheng's advice if I knew it earlier, and I would come back another day." Now, not only can nothing be done, but everyone is trapped here together, unable to advance or retreat. ”

Cheng Yuan hurriedly comforted: "The second master doesn't have to blame himself, this is also unpredictable." ”

But in any case, the wind and rain outside did not mean to stop at all, and although there was no wind and rain in the carriage, the waiting was the hardest. Zhou Nan couldn't help it at first, first moved the window to look at the fierce, the wind and rain swooped in through the gap like a wolf who suddenly saw a flock of sheep, Hu Feng and Wu Xing hurriedly helped cover the window. (To be continued.) )