Chapter 14: Changing Faces
Song Lian also changed her face after changing her face for Chengye, but she has always loved beauty, and she is still a very beautiful face after changing her face.
The two of them packed their simple bags and went out, until they left Yicheng and someone answered, so they changed their horses and galloped towards Dancheng.
All the way non-stop, straight to the woods five miles outside Dancheng, seeing that it was about to reach Lianyun Peak, Chengye suddenly stopped with a long "call" and the reins.
Song Lian didn't doubt that he had him, but when he wanted to rest for a while, he also stopped his horse, but Chengye didn't get off the horse, only sat quietly on the horse, and didn't see any movement for a long time.
Song Lian couldn't help but ask, "Is Childe going to rest?" However, after waiting for a long time, I didn't hear Chengye's answer, so I had to give up. She didn't dare to dismount without Chengye's orders, and she didn't dare to ask questions again, so she had to sit on the horse and accompany him.
Seeing that the sun was getting west, there was still no movement in the night, the forest was hot, she had not slept well last night, and had not eaten since she went out in the morning, and now she was sleepy, thirsty and hungry, and she was really tormented. She was impatient, but she could only look at Chengye, not knowing what this master was thinking.
Shen Shi was about to end, and Chengye suddenly spoke: "Go back!" ”
Song Lian hadn't yet reacted to what these two words meant, Cheng Ye had already turned his horse's head and went back to the city, so he had to hurriedly take the reins and follow, and when he was about to enter the city gate, he was with him, Song Lian panted and asked, "Aren't we going to Yin Xia, why are you going back?" ”
Cheng Ye did not answer her, and went straight to the city.
Song Lian took a breath and pulled the reins again to follow.
Chengye stopped in front of a post house, Song Lian followed closely, and before he could ask, he saw Chengye put a silver ingot on the counter and said, "Two upper rooms." ”
The second child stepped forward to lead the horses to the backyard, and beckoned the two of them to go upstairs to check in.
It was dinner time, Xiao Er brought the food, but Song Lian had no appetite, looking at Chengye who was eating casually on the other side, she frowned and hesitated for a long time, and just said the word "childe", Chengye said: "I know what you want to ask." ”
He put down his chopsticks, took a sip of wine, raised his head, and said slowly, "Don't be in a hurry to go to Yinxia, it's not too late to stay here and watch a play." ”
"Watching a play? What play? Song Lian was puzzled.
"It's a great show, you'll know it then." The corners of Chengye's mouth raised slightly, and he raised his wine glass with a smile and took another sip of wine, looking like he was in his chest.
"So what do we do now?"
"Wait."
"Wait?"
"Yes." He put down his glass and said, "You should have noticed when you came, someone was following us." ”
"I know, it was arranged by Ah Xun."
Cheng Ye said: "I stopped outside the city for a long time, and now the news of my leaving the city should have been transmitted back to Chu Yuan?" ”
"Yes." Song Lian replied, "But there are still eyes and ears in Dancheng, but I'm afraid that the news of your return to the city will soon spread back." ”
Cheng Ye said: "The purpose of my change of appearance is to get rid of those tails, and they follow and get in the way." ”
"Then I'm going to tell them to let them go back?"
Chengye glanced at the corner of his mouth, "They may not listen to you." ”
"What does that Childe mean?"
"Another face."
"What?!"
"Another face. If even Ah Xun can't find me, then they can't find me. He put down the wine cup, walked to the window, opened the window, this room is on the second floor, the light is excellent, the window is the main street of Dancheng, you can see the pedestrians coming and going.
But he also knew that there were several pairs of eyes looking at him hidden in the restaurant opposite, he didn't know where they were, but at this moment they must be staring at this room, how to avoid many ears and eyes to appear again? That's a tricky question.
"Let's eat first, eat and rest, I didn't sleep all night yesterday, and today I've been running around for another day, and you're also tired. This good show will not come for a while, so you must have enough spirit first. Although Song Lian was confused, he could only obey his fate.
At dusk on the second day, two carriages came to the inn.
The carriage was stacked with chests the size of the well, tied with ropes, and I don't know what it contained.
The man in front of him was a burly man, with dark skin, a beard, about his early forties, and a large knife at his waist, looking lean and powerful.
Behind is a woman in a yellow shirt, this woman has dark yellow skin, and she has a little charm.
The two jumped out of the carriage and walked into the store one after the other.
The shopkeeper seemed to be familiar with them, and as soon as they met, he went up to pour tea and greeted: "Yo, fourth master, you haven't been here for a long time, how is the business doing recently?" ”
The man sat down, slapped the big knife on the table at his waist, raised the coarse porcelain bowl and drank it in one go, his beard was stained with a lot of water-stained tea crumbs, he wiped it with his sleeve, and then said: "Cough, no, it's getting worse and worse, and I lost a lot of money a few days ago." His voice was rough and heroic.
Xiao Er smiled: "How come, didn't you do a good job before?" ”
The man shook his head and waved his hand, "The world is not peaceful, and business is not easy to do." ”
Xiao Er said: "Why is it not peaceful, I think the trade between the two countries has become more and more frequent in recent years." ”
The man lowered his voice: "You don't know, I heard that there seems to be a war, if it does, our life will not be easy." ”
"Don't listen to his nonsense." The woman in the yellow shirt walked over, pulled her hair in front of her sideburns, and said with a smile. Pushed the man again, "Fourth brother, go and get the goods down." ”
Xiao Er smiled and poured her a bowl of tea again, "Yun Niang drink tea, I'll help the fourth master." ”
"Well, thank you little brother."
"Ahem, thank you, they're all acquaintances."
The man and Xiao Er pulled the carriage to the backyard together, tied the horses, and then moved the boxes on the cart one by one and folded them.
Song Lian saw that Cheng Ye had been standing in front of the railing on the second floor and staring at the man, and wondered, "It looks like it's just an ordinary businessman, is there anything special?" ”
"It's nothing special. But it's because there's nothing special that I watch. ”
"Oh?"
"We'll dress up like them." Before the night had finished speaking, the man had already turned and gone downstairs.
Chengye walked to the backyard, looked at the box and asked, "What kind of business is Brother Tai doing?" ”
The man looked up with some surprise and asked, "Who is Childe?" ”
Chengye hugged his fists: "In Xia Cheng......" He paused and said with a smile, "My surname is Chen, my name is Chen Ping, and my brother's accent looks like a native of Yazhou?" ”
The man's face was overjoyed and he asked, "You are also from Yazhou?" ”
Chengye said: "Exactly. ”
The man clenched his fists, "I didn't expect to meet my fellow villagers here, it's really rare!" He added, "My surname is Hu, the fourth in the family, known as Hu Si, I am from Yazhou, and my family is doing business, so I naturally have to run around, Yun Niang is from Dancheng, so I stayed here with her." When I was a child, I traveled with my father in various places, and the accents everywhere were mixed with a lot, and I didn't expect Brother Chen to be able to hear it. ”
Chengye smiled: "Hometown is the foundation of a person, and some temperaments will naturally not change. ”
Song Lian listened upstairs, and Chengye's accent changed, mixed with some local dialects, which sounded a little playful, and couldn't help but feel funny.
At this time, the box had been moved, and Chengye asked, "What kind of business are you doing here, and where are you going?" ”
Hu Sidao: "It's just some silk tea, transported to Yin Xia Jingcheng." As if remembering something, he asked, "Brother Chen, what are you doing in Yicheng?" ”
Chengye replied: "I am from the rivers and lakes, unrestrained, I like to wander around, I heard that the scenery of Yin Xia is infinite, and I have always wanted to take a look." Song Lian had already stood beside him as he spoke, and he introduced, "This is my little sister, Lian'er." Song Lian smiled, saying hello to him.
Hu Si looked at these two people, and always felt a little strange, although this Chen Ping was not ugly, no matter how he looked at it, it was too ordinary, and although Song Lian was wearing cloth clothes, he couldn't hide his glamorous face. These two don't look like brother and sister no matter how they look. But he didn't dare to say anything, just smiled.
At this time, Yun Niang came over and said, "Fourth brother, what are you talking about?" Is the cargo unloaded? ”
Hu Si introduced the two to her, this Yun Niang is also a bold and hospitable person, I heard that they are husbands and fellow villagers, treat them very warmly, invite the two of them to drink and eat together, and chat very speculatively.
After eating and drinking, they went back to their rooms, and the four of them drank some wine, Hu Si's face was red, and he was already drunk. Song Lian leaned over to Chengye's ear and asked, "Do you want to do it?" Chengye nodded "um".
The two sent the Hu family and his wife back to the room. Take advantage of their full-bodied food and drink when they are most unprepared.
First, a silver needle silently sank into the back of Hu Si's neck, and Yun Niang in the back noticed the abnormality and had not yet reacted, and there was already a touch of white silk on her neck.
This Hu Si is also a practitioner, the silver needle is only an inch into the person has turned around, the thick palm is split, Cheng Ye is on the side of the body, and at the same time the folding fan is handed out, and the palm is catched, the fan is hidden with a blade, and it cuts through Hu Si's palm in an instant, and it is bloody for a while.
His brows tightened, he closed his palm and punched out, before the fist arrived, Chengye's body suddenly cooled in his abdomen, he lowered his head, his clothes were full of blood, but he didn't know when he was hit by Chengye's hidden weapon. Seeing that a punch missed, he was about to fall to the ground, Cheng Ye suddenly reached out and held the iron fist, and the palm of his hand just touched, and he felt that this person's strength was amazing, and he couldn't stand still, if he was allowed to fall to the ground, I was afraid that he would make a big move.
Hu Si's eyes were cracked, he stared at Chengye, and spit out three words from between his teeth, "You...... For...... He ......"
Chengye said: "No, just borrow your face and use it." ”
After saying that, the luck in his hand, the palm of his hand rotated, and his meridians were broken.
Song Lian was more relaxed here, Yun Niang didn't know martial arts, her head was tied, so she lifted her foot to kick, but Song Lian pointed to the ground with her toes, suddenly turned over and got up, hooked her feet on the beam, and pulled Bai Yan violently. Yun Niang was suspended in the air, unable to speak, and had nowhere to exert herself, so she died after a few struggles.
Song Lian put Yun Niang down and put the two corpses together, both of them died tragically, Song Lian looked at the miserable white skin of the two, frowned, and finally took out a three-inch-long thin blade from his waist, cut off the two corpses from the neck, and made two human skin masks.
Chengye watched her operate, her face did not change, and when the two doughs were removed, she called "Shadow!" As soon as the words fell, Chasing Ying jumped in from the window, and there was no sound when he landed, and Chengye looked at the corpse and said, "I'll leave it to you." Chaser replied "yes", then picked up a corpse in one hand and jumped out of the window.
Song Lianzheng was surprised by the high level of his martial arts skills, so he heard Chengye and said, "I will go and return the house early tomorrow morning, and then we will stay here as them." ”