Chapter 21: The Reappearance of the Shadows (1)
Early the next morning, before dawn, Zhang Musha sent people to the barracks in the retreat.
Luo Yin was still half asleep and half awake, when he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door, so he reluctantly got up, put on his clothes and opened the door.
"Luo Yin, hurry up and get dressed, clean up, Zhang Dutou has something to arrange. "Those who come get straight to the point.
"Oh. Luo Yin woke up at this time, hurriedly got dressed, washed his face indiscriminately, and followed the visitor straight to Zhang Mushana's courtyard.
When he arrived at the inner courtyard of the knight's left camp, Zhang Musha was sitting at the table in the middle of the lobby drinking tea, with a letter and a burden in his hand.
Seeing Luoyin come in to salute, Zhang Musha hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Luoyin, there is something today, I need to trouble you to rush back to the fishing village, you can also go home by the way, stay for a day and then return to the city." ”
"What is the Governor talking about?" Luo Yin looked dazed.
"It's about Wang Jinbao, your fellow villager, Xiao Hei, who died in pursuit of the assassin last night, which is really unfortunate, and I beg you to bring this letter back to his family with this little bereavement money, so that he can explain and comfort him. ”
Luo Yin didn't say anything, just nodded. Last night, a scene came to mind again.
"I know you're a little uncomfortable, but there's no one else in this camp who is more fit to deliver this message. Zhang Musha sighed and said, "I have asked someone to prepare a horse, and I am outside the camp, so you should leave quickly." “
Luoyin took the letter and baggage, then said goodbye to Zhang Musha, went all the way out of the camp, passed through Wutong City non-stop, and went to the southeast gate to go out of the city. Out of the city, it is Yangtian Peak, Yangtian Peak is Jialan Peak in the past, Jialan Peak goes south for 100 miles to Jialan fishing village by the sea.
When he came to the city, Luo Yin really saw a lot of plainclothes investigators, shuttling in the restaurants and inns in various streets and alleys. These people are all in the camp of the Zhennan Governor, and although the people are dressed in civilian clothes, Luo Yin still recognizes them. At the southeast gate of the city, more than a dozen garrison warriors were carefully questioning everyone entering and leaving the city.
Luo Yin dismounted and walked slowly, took out the waist card of the knight's camp, and was about to show his identity to go out of the city, when he suddenly heard a call of "hey" behind him, and someone patted him on the shoulder.
Turning his head, Luo Yin found that it was the woman in white who was helped by herself in the city that day, still wearing a white gauze dress, with her eyes cut water, Chu Chu was moving, but there was an extra cyan burden on her shoulders. Luo Yin blushed, didn't dare to look at it more, and said a little hesitantly: "Aunt, why is the girl here?"
The night smoke fell down generously, smiled, and said: "I was bored and bored, and I was about to go out of the city for a walk, but I didn't expect to run into you." What are you doing when you go out of the city? I saw you leading a horse, so I must have traveled far away?"
"Oh, I need to rush back to Jialan Fishing Village, I have something important to attend to. Luo Yin scratched his head.
"Jialan Fishing Village, but the one next to the South Dawn Sea?"
"Well, exactly. ”
"What a coincidence, I was going to go there too, why don't we go together?"
Luo Yin was stunned when he heard this, he couldn't help frowning, looked at Ye Lengyan suspiciously, and said, "You want to go to Jialan Fishing Village alone, why don't you see your maid?"
"She has been suffering from the cold for the past few days, so I told her not to go out so that she can recuperate. I heard from the people in the city that Jialan Fishing Village has beautiful scenery and abundant seafood, especially the sunset over the sea at dusk, so I wanted to go and see it. "Night cold flue.
"You're a girl, it's better not to go out alone. Besides, the journey from this Wutong City to the fishing village is not short, your family knows. Luo Yin persuaded.
"It's okay, I've been walking around since I was a kid. My father has been busy shopping in the city these days, and he has no time to take care of me. Ye Lengyan smiled indifferently, "No, I just met you, we can go together, and we can take care of it." ”
Luo Yin had nothing to say, so he had to nod. Then he showed the waist card to the warrior guarding the city gate, and when the guard saw that he was a knight's guard, he didn't say much and opened the door to let him go.
Ye Lengyan also went out with Luoyin, but was stopped by the garrison warrior: "This girl, slow down." Please also move, open the baggage and let's see. ”
Ye Lengyan was stunned for a moment, and he didn't know what he meant, so he looked at Luo Yin, who smiled and explained to her: "The girl doesn't know, there was a murder case in the city yesterday, and an uninvited guest broke into the barracks, so all the main roads out of the city must be strictly interrogated today." ”
When he heard the words in the cold smoke of the night, his face turned red, and he faced the city gate to guard, and he was a little embarrassed: "This big brother, my bag is full of things from the girl's family, and I am ashamed to show it, how can I ask people to rummage around at will?"
The garrison was in a dilemma, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while. But I heard Luo Yin speak at this time: "This big brother, she is just a weak woman, and she is my old acquaintance, not a bad person." ”
"That'...... Well, for the sake of this little brother's face, I won't embarrass you, you can go. With that, the guard waved his hand and said to the people behind: "Let go." ”
Out of the city, the night cold smoke said: "The little woman has a cold smoke at night, thank you Shaoxia." I was in a hurry to say goodbye last time, and I don't know what to call the young man?"
"Just tell me to go into hiding, I'm just learning some skills in the camp of the governor, I'm just a reckless man, and I can't afford to be a young man. Luo faintly said shyly.
"How many ways are there to get to the fishing village?" asked Ye Lengyan.
"About 200 miles, and an ordinary carriage would have to travel for a whole day. ”
"It's so far away, I asked the guy in the teahouse that day, and he only said that it wasn't far, I thought it was just a trip out of the suburbs of the city, and I didn't expect to need a carriage and horses......" The night cold smoke looked embarrassed.
"If the girl gets on the horse, I'll lead the horse forward. "Fall into the shadows.
"Hmm. Ye Lengyan nodded, and climbed on the horse's back.
The cold smoke of the night rode on the horse's back, and he led the horse in front of him.
"By the way, Luoyin, what are you doing when you go to the fishing village this time?" asked Ye Lengyan.
"To tell you the truth, last night a powerful assassin broke into the camp in the south of my town, and killed several of the guards who were keeping vigil, one of whom was my little boy in the fishing village, so the governor sent me to hurry back to his family with the consolation documents and the pension money. Alas, when I brought the news, his father must have been grieved. Luo Yin said and sighed.
"It was such an unfortunate thing, alas...... I guess you're not having a good time in your heart. Ye Lengyan was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect such a thing, and he couldn't help but sigh.
Luo Yin nodded and didn't say anything more.
After walking like this for about half an hour, the two of them were speechless.
Ye Lengyan suddenly said: "Luoyin, why don't you also get on the horse, go on like this, I don't know when you can arrive." ”
Luo Yin was stunned for a moment, looked back at the night cold smoke, and said busily: "Don't get in the way, don't get in the way." ”
"What's out of the way, I mean it. Ye Lengyan patted the horse's back and said, "Come on, don't you still have important things to do, you can't delay it like this." ”
Luo Yin thought about it, it really makes sense, if you go on like this, I'm afraid that I will be able to barely get there in two days, and it's not good to miss the right thing. He scratched his head, blushed a little unnaturally, and said, "Then, if the girl doesn't dislike it, I'll come up." ”
Seeing his embarrassed look, Ye Lengyan couldn't help but cover his mouth and smile, and hurriedly said: "I'm not ashamed of a girl, but you're a big man." Get on your horse, it's important to hurry. ”
Luo Yin nodded, then also turned on his horse, sat behind the night cold smoke, his hands around the night cold smoke, still holding the reins.
"Ride!" Luo Yin shouted, and with a shake of the reins, the horse flew on all fours, and ran on the dust, and it was indeed a good horse, running like a gale.
The fierce horse galloped, and it was inevitable that there would be bumps along the way, and the two of them would inevitably touch their bodies, and the long hair of the cold smoke of the night brushed Luo Yin's cheeks, and the fragrant wind gusted, which made Luo Yin flustered from time to time, and his face was red. Ye Lengyan had little experience in horseback riding, so he couldn't stand the shaking, and almost rolled over and fell several times, but fortunately, Luo Yin used his arm to support her in time. Ye Lengyan was afraid of falling, and he was afraid in his heart, so he leaned sideways on Luo Yin's chest, and hugged Luo Yin's waist with both hands.
In this way, Luo Yin felt that his qi and blood were surging, his face was like fire, and his heart was pounding. He didn't dare to look at the cold smoke of the night, but he tensed his whole body, firmly grasped the reins, and stared intently at the road ahead. He was afraid that if he got distracted, he would fall into the grass with men and horses.
After a whole day, the two of them arrived at Jialan Fishing Village at sunset.
Luo Yin turned over and dismounted, and then reached out to help Ye Lengyan help her dismount. Unexpectedly, as soon as he held Ye Lengyan's left arm, he only heard the sound of Ye Lengyan*, and his eyebrows frowned.
"What's wrong?" Luo Yin wondered.
"Ah...... It's okay....." Ye Lengyan waved his hand again and again, his eyes flickering a little.
"No, Lady Cold, your arm is injured. Only then did Luo Yin see some red blood stains faintly oozing from the veil sleeve of the night cold smoke.
"Hmm......"
Before the night cold smoke reacted, Luo Yin had already lifted her gauze sleeves, only to see that her left arm was bandaged with two layers of white yarn, which had been infiltrated by blood at the moment and stained on the gauze sleeves.
"Ah, I accidentally fell down at the inn two days ago, and unfortunately I was cut on the arm by a broken dish, and Liuli helped me with medicine, so it didn't get in the way. Ye Lengyan said hurriedly.
"You have to re-medicate and bandage the wound, your white veil has been soaked in blood like this, if you don't take medicine, I'm afraid it will worsen. Luo Yin Zhengse said, "You come with me, we have a very powerful Doctor Zhang, who can treat any injury or illness, and his medicine is not far ahead." ”
I wanted to postpone the cold smoke that night, but when I saw Luo Yin's insistence, he nodded, and followed him all the way to Doctor Zhang's medicine house.
It just so happened that Liu Qin'er took medicine for Liu Changsheng and was coming out of the medicine house. When I looked up, I suddenly saw a woman in white standing in front of the medicine house, and I couldn't help but be stunned, and then I was happy, and then I was puzzled by the woman who stared at the white-clothed Shengxue.
"Luo Yin, why did you come back suddenly?" Liu Qin'er hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Luo Yin.
"It's Qin'er, I just arrived, and I was entrusted by Governor Zhang to come back to deliver the letter. "When Luo Yin saw Qin'er, he couldn't help but be happy.
"You seem to be a lot stronger than you used to be. Liu Qin'er squinted her eyes and looked Luo Yin up and down, and continued: "Listen to my father, you are extremely talented, you are already a first-class warrior in just three months, and no one has done it for decades, tell me how you did it." ”
"This, I don't know where to start for a while, huh. Luo Yin scratched his head and smirked.
Ye Lengyan stood aside, and saw that the two of them were intimately spoken, but they just watched from the sidelines, their faces were like Pinghu, and they didn't speak.
"Who is this girl next to you?" Liu Qin'er looked at the cold smoke of the night with her eyes, and asked towards Luoyin.
"Oh, this is the girl who is cold and smoked at night, she once had a fate, this time Fang happened to meet by chance when she went out of the city, she happened to come to the fishing village, so she came along the way. After Luo Yin finished speaking to Liu Qin'er, he turned to Ye Leng Yan and said, "Leng Yan girl, this is Liu Qin'er." ”
Ye Lengyan nodded and smiled at Liu Qin'er, "Hello Miss Qin'er." ”
Liu Qin'er saw her smile, like a peach blossom ten miles, beautiful, she was a little stunned, and was stunned for a while before responding: "Oh good, hello cold smoke girl." ”
"Oh, I almost forgot, this girl is a cold smoke at night, and the wound on her left arm has worsened, and she has to ask Dr. Zhang to re-medicate and bandage it. Only then did she realize that she had almost forgotten something important.
After that, Luo Yin led the night cold smoke into the herbal medicine house and asked the southern candle to heal the wound.
"Luoyin, why are you here? Aren't you doing things in the camp of the southern governor of that town?" Zhang Nanzhu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Luoyin coming in, and then saw a young girl with a strange face behind him, and he was even more puzzled: "Who is this girl?"
"Uncle Zhang, I'll tell you the details. This is the girl who is cold and smoky at night, and she came from the city of Wutong with me, just because she has an injury on her left arm, and I am afraid that the injury will worsen. Luo Yin said busily.
"Oh?" Zhang Nanzhu looked at Luo Yin and the girl beside him with some hesitation, and said, "Then this girl, please sit down and let me see your injuries." ”
Ye Lengyan glanced at Luo Yin, then walked over and sat on the side of Fang Ji where Zhang Nanzhu was sitting, and rolled up the gauze sleeve of his left arm, revealing the wound wrapped in white gauze.
Seeing this, it was inconvenient to hinder it, so he withdrew first. Unexpectedly, Liu Qin'er was still waiting outside the door.
"Huh, Qin'er, why are you still here, I thought you went back first?"
"I'll wait for you. Qin'er pouted.
"What are you waiting for me to do?" Luo Yin looked puzzled.
When Liu Qin'er heard this, she glanced at her and said, "Then I'm leaving, I just want to talk to you, if you don't have any intention, then forget it." After that, Liu Qin'er turned around and was about to leave.
Luo Yin hurriedly grabbed Liu Qin'er and said, "Qin'er, don't be angry, I didn't mean that, I, I ......."
Seeing his embarrassment, Liu Qin'er couldn't help laughing again, so she deliberately provoked him again: "I see that you are already accompanied by a beauty, and I am really inconvenient to disturb it, so I should go back first." ”
"Where, Qin'er, don't talk nonsense, that night the cold smoke girl and I just met in Pingshui, just because she was harassed on the street half a month ago, and I happened to bump into her and relieve her, so we met, today is just a chance encounter, it just so happened that she also came here to hang out, so they went together, that's all. ”
"Really?"
"It's true!"
"Okay, look at your blushing and thick neck, just believe you. Liu Qin'er smiled, poked Luo Yin's head with her finger, and said, "By the way, weren't you ordered to come back to deliver the letter, what is the so-called matter?"
"Little Black...... He's dead. ”
"What?"
"Xiao Hei, he was killed by an unknown assassin during his night patrol last night, so Zhang Musha sent me back to deliver the letter. ”
"It's so unfortunate...... Alas, it's really unpredictable, from childhood to adulthood, we are also considered to have grown up together, and suddenly this bad news is unacceptable. ”
"Yes, I feel sad too, I still remember the fights I had with him in the past. But last night, I saw him badly injured, and finally breathed under my nose......"
Liu Qin'er listened to Luo Yin's words, but she couldn't say a word, and the pictures of her pulling and separating Luo Yin and Xiao Hei fighting in the past came to mind, and she only felt that her heart was gradually sad. Seeing Liu Qin'er's solemn face, she closed her lips and didn't say anything, and she didn't know what to say.
"Then you should hurry up and deliver the letter first, don't miss the business. I'll take this horse back to my backyard for you and take care of it. Liu Qin'er spoke again after a while.
"Hmm. Luo Yin nodded, turned and walked towards the east end of the village, quickly disappearing between the woods and the houses.
After a while, the cold smoke came out.
"Miss Qin'er, why are you here alone, where did Luoyin go?" Ye Lengyan asked when he saw Liu Qin'er holding Luoyin's horse and standing outside the house.
He rushed here to deliver the letter. By the way, does it matter if you are injured?" Liu Qin'er said.
"It's out of the way, this doctor is so good, I don't know what good medicine I used, I only felt a burst of coolness after applying it, and then I didn't feel any pain. ”
"Of course, this Doctor Zhang is one of the best doctors in our Jialan Clan, and even the sword wound of the Southern Overseer of Nazhen last time was only cured by Doctor Zhang. Liu Qin'er said a little proudly.
"Oh, I can't imagine such a powerful character, no wonder. Ye Lengyan sighed, and then said: "I just saw that you and Luo Yin had an intimate conversation, unguarded and reserved, and the relationship must be extraordinary. ”
When Liu Qin'er heard this, her face flushed, and she said a little shyly: "I grew up with him in this small village since I was a child, and we play together all day long, he is often bullied by the bad boys in the village, and I can't see that I often fight for him, so the two of us are closer than others." It's just that he is the most naughty, and he is often angry with me and annoyed with me, so I ignore him, and every few days he comes to talk and play with me like no one, making people cry and laugh. ”
"With his current skills, I'm afraid no one will dare to bully him anymore. Ye Lengyan's brain appeared in Luo Yin's performance on the day of the martial arts test conference, and he couldn't help blurting out.
"Hey, how does the cold smoke girl know?" Liu Qin'er was puzzled.
Ye Lengyan consciously lost his words, and hurriedly said: "Oh..... I'm guessing, didn't you say that he was a first-class warrior in just three months, and that no one in the Jialan clan had done it for decades, so I guess he must be a very powerful figure now, right?"
"Presumably, he is now a first-class samurai, and in this village, it is estimated that there is no one who is his opponent except for my father and Uncle Lu Tieshou. Qin'er said.
"People say that heroes come out of youth, and that is true. ”
"By the way, Miss Lengyan, where did you come from, I saw that you were about the same age as me, how dare you walk around alone in a girl's house?"
"Oh, I was in business with my father, and I was a wanderer all year round, and I like to walk around. It happened that I arrived in Wutong City last month, and my father had something important to deal with and needed to stay for a few days, so I walked around. ”
"I see...... However, our Jialan fishing village is not a short journey from Wutong City. I've grown so big, my dad has never dared to let me go to Sycamore City alone. ”
"I was also hesitant, but I happened to meet Luo Yin at the gate of the city, and I thought that with him by my side, the road must be safe, so I mustered up courage. ”
Liu Qin'er was skeptical, and continued: "Our small fishing village, compared to the Wutong City, is far behind, I don't know why the girl came?"
Ye Lengyan smiled lightly and said indifferently: "I heard that the South Dawn Sea is magnificent and beautiful, and you can see the most beautiful sunset and sunset on the sea by the sea in Jialan Fishing Village. ”
"I've been looking at this sea for more than ten years, and I don't think there's anything unusual......" Liu Qin'er pouted.
"You're a kid growing up by the sea, so it's natural to feel normal. ”
"Isn't your father worried about running out like this?"
"I came out without him, because I was afraid that he would not. When I go back in a few days, he'll be sure to scold me again. But now that they've all slipped out, they can't care so much. After that, Ye Lengyan smiled playfully.
"That's right, Lengyan girl, it's not early, although there is an inn in our village, but you are afraid that it will be inconvenient for you to be alone, it is better to live in my house for a few days, let's sleep in the same room just to be a companion, and you can also tell me your stories of going south and north." Liu Qin'er blinked.
"Thanks to Miss Qin'er's dislike, I can't ask for it. "The night is cold, and the smoke is busy.
The two of them were the same age, and they talked happily with each other, so they walked and talked all the way, and went straight to the direction of Liu Qin'er's house in the village.