Li Xiaoqi didn't hide it from her, and she didn't say it all, she only said that Yuan Dashuai's army had retreated dozens of miles, and now it was only fifty miles away from Zhengcheng, as for Yuan Dashuai's preparations to abandon the army and flee, this was her guess, not the truth, so naturally there was no need to say more.

Mrs. Sun breathed a sigh of relief, and the two of them looked at Zheng Cheng from the top of the mountain, talked for a while, and then went down the mountain to go back to the village.

At night, it was almost pitch black in the village, Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng stood anxiously on the walled tower, in fact, they couldn't see anything in the distance, the sky was cloudy from the afternoon, and they almost couldn't see their fingers at this time.

Li Erhuai had already gone to the bottom of the mountain to guard with Zhang Tiemu, Li Xiaoqi was wrapped in a cotton cloak, sitting cross-legged in the low circle chair next to the brazier, and in the dim light, as if he was looking at the book very intently.

The door knocker was buckled twice, and it was Mrs. Sun's low voice: "Fifth Master, it's me, have you slept?" ”

Li Xiaoqi jumped out of the chair and went over to open the door to let Mrs. Sun in: "Not yet, read a book, come in." ”

Without waiting for Li Xiaoqi to make a move, Mrs. Sun dragged another low circle chair over, sat around the brazier with Li Xiaoyi, absentmindedly stretched out her hand to bake the fire, and said in a low voice: "It's time to make a brazier." ”

"I'm afraid of the cold, the brazier is born early every year, let Wang Mudun send you one tomorrow." Li Xiaoqi said with a smile, the corners of Mrs. Sun's mouth moved, she probably wanted to laugh, but she couldn't laugh, raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, and said softly: "In previous years, before I could remember, the second uncle asked people to make a brazier and send it to me, fifth master, why haven't you come back yet?" It's all about to get right, no matter how slow you go, you should come back, you say•••••• don't be! And the eldest sister, me! Mrs. Sun put down her hand and looked at Li Xiaomi, Li Xiaomian looked at her calmly and persuaded: "Don't worry, when the fourth master and Lu Ye left, they didn't say that they must come back tonight, the shopkeeper Sun and the eldest sister always have to pack up their things, and the guys in Wisteria Curie must also settle down, not that you can go, such a big stall in the city can't be walked by lifting your feet." ”

As he spoke, he stood up and poured a cup of tea and handed it to Mrs. Sun: "Look at you, don't you think too much, what can you do?" I asked people to pick them up, it's just a rainy day, don't scare yourself, go back and rest, tomorrow it is estimated that it will be after the afternoon to come back, you also know the temper of the second uncle, how can he leave with confidence if he doesn't clean up? ”

Mrs. Sun took the tea and drank a few sips, and when she heard what Li Xiaoqi said, her heart suddenly settled down, and she explained with an embarrassed smile: "I'm like this, I'm timid, I think a lot, and my second uncle says the same about me." Mrs. Sun finished drinking tea in a few sips, stood up and said goodbye to Li Xiaoqi, and went back to rest with peace of mind.

Li Xiaoqi sent away Mrs. Sun, nestled on the circle chair, holding the book, but couldn't read a word, this is almost right, why haven't you come back yet? What's wrong? Li Xiaoqi threw away the book in his hand, stood up and wanted to look at the gate of the village, walked two steps, but retreated back forcefully, can't be in a hurry, the eldest brother and the aquatic brother are on the walled floor, the second brother Huai is at the bottom of the mountain, and he will run out again, there must be more than one lady Sun who has not fallen asleep in this village, and he has to be in a hurry to get on the fire. Li Xiaoqi retreated to the chair, sat down cross-legged, and stared at the book in a daze.

It wasn't until the time passed that there was a light and chaotic sound of footsteps outside, Li Xiaoqi jumped up, opened the door and ran out, and the door in the house of Mrs. Sun in the West Chamber also squeaked open, and Mrs. Sun went out of the house wearing a cloak.

Taking advantage of the dim yellow light in the house, Zhang Tiemu helped the muddy Sister Zhang into the courtyard, and behind, Li Erhuai followed closely with a burden, and Li Xiaoqi hurriedly stepped aside and greeted: "Come to my house, it's warm in my house." ”

Zhang Tiemu helped Sister Zhang and entered the main house where Li Xiaoqi lived, Mrs. Sun rushed over, and Zhang Tiemu helped Sister Zhang to sit on the chair left and right, Li Xiaoqi poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Sister Zhang, turned his head to look at Li Erhuai and commanded: "Call up Shikan, boil two buckets of hot water, put a few bowls of noodles, and put more ginger, eldest sister, they must still be hungry." ”

Li Erhuai put down his burden and hurriedly went out to ask Chef Zhang to boil water for cooking.

Li Xiaoqi sent Zhang Tiemu out, and Mrs. Sun helped Sister Zhang change into clean clothes first, not long, Li Erhuai carried two large buckets of hot water and sent it in, Sister Zhang took a bath, washed off the sludge on her body, and ate a bowl of hot noodle soup, finally came back to life comfortably, holding a cup of tea, and Li Xiaoqi whispered past: "Since last night, Mr. Song has persuaded us to leave quickly." ”

"Who is Mr. Song?" Mrs. Sun asked strangely, and without waiting for Sister Zhang to answer, Li Xiaoqi replied with a smile: "A frequent visitor to Wisteria House, he often drinks and talks with Shopkeeper Sun. ”

Sister Zhang lowered her head and took a sip of tea, and vaguely skipped Mr. Song: "Shopkeeper Sun was worried about the shop, and he said that he would not leave anything, he said that it was okay, and Zhang Gouzi refused to leave, saying that the fifth master had confessed, and if the shopkeeper Sun did not leave, he could not go, and the shopkeeper Sun wrapped a bag of cash and silver tickets, that, they were all there, and I and Fifth Brother Zhao followed the fourth master and Lu Ye out of the city, who knows!" ”

Sister Zhang looked up at Mrs. Sun, opened her mouth, sighed for a while, and then continued: "I walked out of the city for more than an hour, and it was not far from the mountain, the fourth master heard the movement first, saying that there was the sound of horses' hooves, many horses, Lu Ye climbed to a tree to see, and said that the army was coming, and the four of us did not dare to hurry again, there happened to be a pond on the side of the road, and the reeds were born on the side, and the four of us rolled up in the mud, hid in the reeds, and hid until midnight, before going out of the reed field, and did not dare to get up, and climbed two or three miles all the way, Finally escaped. ”

Mrs. Sun was stunned for a long time when she heard this, and turned her head to look at Li Xiaoyi: "Where did the army come from?" ”

Li Xiaoqi didn't answer her words: "Don't worry too much, Wisteria has a Tibetan cellar, it is very hidden, there is food and drink in it, don't worry, okay, I still have something, tonight, let the eldest sister squeeze with you for one night, and then clean up the east compartment tomorrow, go quickly, the eldest sister is tired, I want to go to the front yard." ”

Li Xiaoqi said, without waiting for Mrs. Sun to answer, she stood up straight, changed her shoes, took a cloak, and Sister Zhang pulled Mrs. Sun, who still wanted to speak, and pushed her back, while turning her head to look at Li Xiaoqi and said, "Fifth Master, hurry up, come back early and rest." ”

In the front yard, Li Zongliang and others were sitting on the kang and whispering, Li Xiaoqi pushed the door in, and Fifth Brother Zhao hurriedly jumped off the kang to greet Li Xiaoyi: "Fifth master." ”

Li Xiaoqi motioned for Fifth Brother Zhao to sit back, took off his shoes and got on the kang, squeezed between Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng, looked at Lu Feng and asked, "Is it the army of the Liang Kingdom?" ”

"It seems that Beiping Chonghei, Wu Guo is still purple, and Liang Guo is respected by Huang, which is an apricot yellow flag." Lu Feng's words were concise and clear,

"Have you seen the rout of Wu?"

"I don't see it." Lu Feng shook his head,

"I didn't hear any movement of the fighting." Li Zonggui answered, and Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Li Zongliang and Wei Shuisheng: "It seems that Yuan Dashuai's army either escaped and there was nothing left, or they retreated to Zhengcheng. ”

"Well, if you retreat into Zhengcheng•••••• I don't know if you can hold it for a few days, if you really can't form an army, then Zhengcheng won't have to fight." Wei Shuisheng frowned and whispered, Li Xiaoqi bracked his cheeks, looked at the swaying lights on the kang table, and came up with a god, the situation changed several times a day, making her dizzy, but it was only half a month of effort, this Zheng Cheng was about to be lost? Over there in Taiping Mansion, why is there no movement at all? Alas, too, in this ghost place, even if the flying pigeon passes the letter to the Taiping Mansion, then dispatches troops, and then runs over on two legs, I don't know when, besides, that Yuan Dashuai, I don't know what kind of battle situation is reported to him.

"Fifth master, the dog asked me to give you a word, your command, one is one, two is two, and he will not be out of shape at all." Fifth Brother Zhao took advantage of the empty words, stretched his neck, tilted his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and said, Li Xiaoqi came to his senses, said 'um', and turned his head to look at Li Zongliang: "Big brother, Fifth Brother is also tired, let him go back and rest." ”

Li Zongliang smiled and waved his hand, signaling Fifth Brother Zhao to hurry back and rest, watching Fifth Brother Zhao go out, Wei Shuisheng turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and asked, "What did you let the dog do?" ”

"I didn't do anything, it's a trivial matter, I will talk about it later, it's not a matter, just let him guard the shop." Li Xiaoqi replied vaguely, it's not good to say this in front of Lu Feng and her eldest brother, she asked Zhang Gouzi to look at the shopkeeper Sun, how can she say this? Lu Feng naturally had to feel concerned when he heard it, and when the eldest brother heard it, he had to say that she was too suspicious and not upright enough.

Wei Shuisheng raised his hand and knocked on Li Xiaoyi's head, and changed the topic: "Big brother, I'm going to patrol everywhere tonight, let's hurry up and rest, maybe tomorrow it will hit us under the mountain." ”

"Hmm. Okay, you are on duty tonight, from tonight, we will still take turns on duty, Erhuai, you will let Tiemu and the eldest sister persuade Mrs. Sun tomorrow, the shopkeeper Sun and the dog are both clever people, as long as they •••••• it will be fine. ”

"Hmm." Li Erhuai agreed, and several people got up one after another and went out to rest.

At dawn the next day, taking advantage of the first rays of the morning sun, Li Zongliang stood on the top of the mountain, overlooking the direction of Zhengcheng, Li Xiaoqi was tightly wrapped in a cloak, holding his toes and stretching his head to look out, as if he could see more clearly by lifting his toes. In the distance, the camp tents were densely packed, fluttering in the wind, but the black-background flags were fluttering.

Li Xiaoqi was confused, Beiping was still dark, didn't Lu Feng say that the flag with an apricot yellow background? Just as they were puzzled, Li Zonggui and Lu Feng came up from the bottom of the mountain, and several people looked at the military camp that stretched for miles outside Zheng Cheng. Lu Feng squinted his eyes for a while, raised his hand and rubbed his eyes, and said in disbelief: "This is really •••••• weird!" The one with a black background is the flag of Beiping, and yesterday I saw the apricot yellow flag, why did it become a black-background flag in a blink of an eye? ”