Chapter 152

Half an hour later, "Feng, people are dying, their feet are so painful that they can't run, in fact, why do we have to run, you haven't told anyone for so long, and why is Sister Xin like that?" Nangong Xingxiu clutched his chest and gasped continuously. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 ο½‰ο½Žfo

"I don't know, but I can guess a rough idea, I think it should be Zhao Xin who was sneak attacked and sent to the five thieves who flew in the air on the spirit staff, and soon after the sword was bloodless and rushed there, so the two gangs fought, as for why you want to run away, you can think about it yourself, to give you a hint, when we left the master's place, the master and Jiang seniors warned us, you will understand if you think about it carefully" Zhang Ming pinched Nangong Xingxiu's nose and said.

"Could it be that the sword is bloodless and used that sword to kill people?" Yuqiong asked tentatively, and after gently putting down Zhao Xin on her back, Zhang Ming hugged Yuqiong and kissed her on the flushed neck again and again, and said, "Or my Yuqiong baby is smarter, who said that the big chest is brainless, I think my Yuqiong baby is not only proud and outstanding, but also has the wisdom of Wenquxing." ”

Yuqiong stretched out her hand to cover Zhang Ming's eyes and said, "Don't hide your mouth, teach bad children, you men just like to stare at other people's places, and they are dead, and they won't let you look at you when you are so colored, lest you can't help but do something bad in front of the two children." ”

After clapping his hands, Zhang Ming smiled and said, "Don't play, don't play, let go of your hand, I won't joke with you, lest someone be jealous," Zhang Ming let go of his hand, and Yuqiong escaped from Zhang Ming's arms like a frightened rabbit. Although Lei Zhentian and Jiang Ling had already told Zhang Ming how powerful the Divine Sword was, in Zhang Ming's mind, he always thought that although the Divine Sword was powerful, it was just a weapon, and if the person who used it fell, it would be no different from scrap iron, so he was still a little worried about the safety of the sword without blood, after all, there were two thousand people gathered outside the village just now, and there were enough ants to kill elephants, and there were five injured hunting dogs in the ant colony.

The more he thought about it, the more wrong Zhang Ming became, and he became anxious, picked up Zhao Xin, who had just asked his second daughter to change her clothes, and ran back to the village. Half an hour later, when Zhang Ming came to the outside of the village again, his mouth widened, his body trembled, the place where the living people who were originally standing was already full of stumps and broken flesh, and the blood instead of rain penetrated into the ground, so that Zhang Ming felt a trace of softness when he stepped on the dirt of this Shura Hell, and the annoying flies were constantly circling over the dead corpses, and the blood flowed along the half-dry stream to the small river where the thin water flowed, staining the clear river red.

Suddenly, Zhang Ming felt an inexplicable momentum covering him, and turned his head to look at the sword bloodless, but now there was a black gas shining on his body, which made Zhang Ming feel that he was different from usual, just when Zhang Ming was surprised by the change brought by the sword of killing gods, the sword bloodless had approached silently.

Zhang Ming, who felt that something was wrong, shouted, "Yuqiong, catch Zhao Xin, Xingxiu, hurry up and take them away, hurry up." "The sword bloodless suddenly 'disappeared', Zhang Ming, who closed his eyes, listened to the sound to identify the position, on the right, Zhang Ming had just moved the gun position and the sword of killing the gods had already been slashed, and the blade of the sword of killing gods fell into the body of the gun without making a light sound, and Zhang Ming, who was numb from the tiger's mouth, seemed to be about to push the gun and avoid, but after all, his speed was not fast enough for the sword without blood, and the sword with a roar entered without blood pressure, and Zhang Ming, who retreated from the gun, watched the gun given to him by Lei Zhentian break in two.

Zhang Ming, whose clothes were torn apart, could only use the Divine Shadow Wind Body to survive, and the sword qi that was not revealed by the Divine Sword turned Zhang Ming's clothes and pants into strips of cloth.

Another sword split the afterimage, the hard stone blood soil was shaken, and it hit Zhang Ming's bare skin fiercely, Zhang Ming, who was in pain, retreated more than ten steps, the pain came from behind, and he looked sideways to the edge of the forest, " This time it's miserable, but the time of ninety breaths has receded almost three miles, and if it goes on like this, I have to let him die of exhaustion, if there is a gun that is hard enough to resist the slashing of his blade, then there may be a slight chance of winning, but where to find such a good gun at this time, doesn't this tell me to wait for death, it is death horizontally and vertically, it is better to swing his fist and desperately calculate" Zhang Ming thought sadly. "Feng, don't, take out Long Ling, people have a way," Li said anxiously.

Without saying a word, Zhang Ming took out Long Ling from his arms, and after a heart-rending pain, Zhang Ming saw that Long Ling was slowly getting longer and turned into a gun, and soon a black spear carved with a dragon pan appeared in Zhang Ming's hand, but Zhang Ming didn't want to use the beautiful spear to fight at this time, because Li was attached to the gun, and she also used her own ability to make Long Ling into a gun, which means that this gun is already equivalent to Li's body, and Zhang Ming wants to use his wife's body as a weapon in exchange for hope, which is a little more difficult than asking him to go to the palace。

The sword of killing the gods slashed again, Zhang Ming, who had no 'way' to escape, jumped in the air, dozens of big trees fell down, the sword was bloodless and slashed on the sword, and a black sword qi that seemed to be able to tear everything up rushed towards Zhang Ming, Zhang Ming, who was stepping on the branch, avoided it as soon as he moved his body, but the sword bloodless kept swinging the sword. Zhang Ming, who was constantly jumping around the tree with the ladder divine machine, quickly consumed his true qi, and when he saw that he was about to run out of true qi, Li said in a serious tone: "Have you forgotten that there is a role in my soul of fate and spirit sympathy, as long as your body dies, my spirit body will also dissipate, do you just give up my life for your own feelings?" Then even if I see the wrong person, I don't want you to be the number one hero in the world, but you can't even protect your own wife, how can you tell me to love you, if you really cherish the relationship between us, just wave the spear in your hand to prove it. Zhang Ming, who was stunned, forgot to use the ladder god machine to vertically, and fell straight to the tip of the sword of the god-killing sword, and when Zhang Ming was less than a foot away from the tip of the sword, the angry Li let out a shocking scream in Zhang Ming's heart to wake up Zhang Ming, along with the memory of the past scenes of promises, and Zhang Ming, who showed a serious expression, shouted: "The promise of love, I will use my soul to protect the action as proof." ”

The tip of the sword stabbed at the body of the gun, causing the body of the gun to shake lightly and make a sound of "duh", Zhang Ming, who was pressing the gun and borrowing strength, jumped back to the stump only three meters away from the sword bloodless, raised the gun with one hand and pointed directly at the sword bloodless, the sword bloodless eyes suddenly turned red, and a black mist spread out of the god-killing sword to envelop the sword body.

Once again, the sword 'disappeared' in front of Zhang Ming's eyes without blood, and Zhang Ming closed his eyes again, but strangely did not hear the footsteps, Zhang Ming, whose heart was filled with the resoluteness of victory, opened his hands and felt the flow of the wind wholeheartedly, and the tip of the gun stabbed in the direction of his right hand, and a light sound of "ding" was followed by a stormy attack, and Zhang Ming, who had calmed down, was like a swift in the dense spikes with ease, and the sword passed by his side every time. The indestructible sword qi continued to blast and kill the trees in the forest, and deep long marks appeared on the ground.

Annoyed and even more hideous, the sword was bloodless, a heavy sword smashed on the ground to create a huge pit, and then accelerated again, when Zhang Ming jumped up and stabbed the sword bloodless, it was cut against the body of the gun, the left hand was loose and the right hand was connected, the right hand was loose and the left hand was connected, Zhang Ming turned around, and Zhao Yan turned around and took Zhang Ming's throat.

After the gun picked up the sword, Zhang Ming immediately stabbed the sword bloodless chest with the handle of the gun, and as soon as the handle hit the bloodless chest of the sword, the black gas dispersed, but it was instantly closed, and the sword was pulled by the sword bloodless, turning into two long swords that were smaller than the other.

A sword blocked and a sword slashed towards Zhang Ming's wrist, seeing that Zhang Ming immediately changed his hand, the blade of the sword did not bring out sparks on the body of the gun, but made a hoarse sound. The gun jumped up and turned over and smashed straight away, the sword was bloodless and evil smiled and turned sideways, the yellow leaves on the ground were shocked by Zhang Ming, and Zhang Ming, who immediately turned the gun, swept the leaves and danced so that the yellow leaves turned into balls and covered Zhang Ming himself, when Zhang Ming just jumped out of the ball, the sword of killing the gods cut the leaf balls, and the black flames burned the two hemispheres that were separated in an instant. The gun broke into the ashes and plunged straight into the bloodless eyebrows of the sword, the two swords turned into four swords and combined into a meteor dart shape, the powerful suction of the rotating blade rolled directly to Zhang Ming, and Zhang Ming, who squinted into a line, stabbed the wind heart, and the four swords scattered, when the sword bloodless waved his sleeve, the scattered god-killing sword rose again, flying around Zhang Ming, and Zhang Ming, who received the prompt, jumped up the black air sword from the ground, and magnified dozens of times the god-killing sword-type air sword from the ground**** And up, Zhang Mingzhu, who turned his body upside down, stabbed the tip of the qi sword with the power of true qi and thunder and lightning, cut the qi sword in half like a paper cut, and flew the four swords under the gun.

"Boom" After a loud bang, Zhang Ming's gun tip into the place three meters into the ground, sweaty Zhang Ming jumped up and encountered four swords to kill the gods, a block, four swords into two, inverted the gun body and picked up, although Zhang Ming has tilted his head but was still cut by the sword in the chin, and then kicked up, the two swords turned into a sword upside down to the foot, the tip of the gun was a frame, a sword turned into two swords, the throat was taken and the two legs were taken down, so that Zhang Ming had to rotate back the tail of the gun and the tip of the gun, the sword turned into four, and then stabbed to the face, the forehead was cold sweat and the arm was almost paralyzed Zhang Ming hurriedly raised his head and erected the gun upside down with a golden hook......

Zhang Ming, who was scarred after a pillar of incense, breathed greedily with true qi, and the bloodless sword that gradually faded into black qi also showed fatigue, the pillar sword gasped, and the withered yellow leaves fell slowly, and after a few circles, it was slanted to the ground. Ye Yi touched the ground, and the two jumped up at the same time, the spear swirled like a tornado and stabbed straight, and the sword was as fast as lightning......

The next morning, the hot sun shone through the tent on Zhang Ming's bandaged skin, and the pain in his heart continued to come out from all over his body, and the miserable Zhang Ming wanted to pass out. The second daughter, who felt that the sensitive parts were rubbed, woke up, and saw that Zhang Ming had woken up, so excited that she shed tears, and the excited Yuqiong hugged Zhang Ming's head tightly, and she didn't want to think that Zhang Ming, who had stripped off her clothes when she kept Zhang Ming's body warm yesterday, and Zhang Ming, who was buried in the two soft balls, was about to die of lack of oxygen from happiness.

Nangong Xingxiu, who saw Zhang Ming's side face purple and swollen, hurriedly said, "Sister Yuqiong, let go of Feng, he can't breathe the air anymore" As soon as he heard Zhang Ming, he quickly moved Zhang Ming's head away, and immediately took a big gulp of air Zhang Ming, who still stared at Yuqiong's pink ****, looking like a pervert, and after knocking Zhang Ming's head, he said angrily, "Big pervert, just getting better, I'm again" After saying that, he wanted to knock Zhang Ming's head again, and Yuqiong, who grabbed Nangong Xingxiu's hand, said" Have you forgotten what you promised me last night?" Nangong Xingxiu, who was suddenly like a defeated rooster, lowered his head and said, "No." ”

After glancing at Zhang Ming's injured shoulder, Nangong Xingxiu gently and meticulously massaged Zhang Ming, and after smiling slightly, Yuqiong said, "Feng, your body is not well yet, you should sleep a little more, otherwise it will take a lot more time to recover, and when you get better, you will be given all the Yuqiong you want," after scratching his head, Zhang Ming fell asleep and said, "This is what you said, now I will sleep again." ”

After confirming that Zhang Ming was already asleep, Nangong Xingxiu said in a low voice: "Sister, why did you have to stop others just now, if everything goes according to his wishes, I am afraid that in a year and a half, the number of our sisters will exceed ten, and then he will have no time to accompany us." ”

Yuqiong, who was still smiling happily, said, My sister may not be as good as you in terms of knowledge, but you are not as good as me in looking at people, I am also a normal woman, and I will be jealous, I am also afraid that he will ignore me, but I am more afraid of making him sad, if he is really as colored as he usually says, with the strength behind him to ask for a woman is not a beckoning thing, maybe those women are not as beautiful as his sister, but he can want to throw one by one, and abandon it when he is tired of playing, but he is not doing it now, which is already very good, sister, do you know how distressed I was when I saw him covered in injuries yesterday, I don't want new injuries to appear on his body, so I will stop you, I hope you will treat him more as a husband and not a casual lover, okay??"

After nodding, Nangong Xingxiu said, "Okay, I will pay more attention in the future, but I don't want to follow you like that, I plan to rely on him for everything, and I only rely on him if people think it is reasonable." ”

Three days passed in a snap of his fingers, and under the care of Yuqiong's wife and mother, Zhang Ming recovered quickly, and the wound had healed, but his face was still a little pale, and on the whole, he was already better.

Zhang Ming, who slept on the blanket and refused to get up, no matter how Nangong Xingxiu tempted him, he just couldn't afford it, like a snooze child, Nangong Xingxiu, who rolled his eyes, looked at Yuqiong and said, "Sister, look, you used that stinky pervert like this, obviously he could get up yesterday, he just couldn't get up, probably because you took care of him too well, so that she liked the life of being taken care of by you, and now he doesn't listen to what people say." ”

Yuqiong, who showed a shallow smile, said, "Sister, you can't say anything, look at my sister, make sure to let him get up immediately," After sitting next to Zhang Ming, Yuqiong stroked Zhang Ming's head, and Zhang Ming habitually pillowed his head on Yuqiong's thighs, and hugged Yuqiong's beautiful waist with both hands.

"Husband is up, don't you want Sister Xue to sleep with you, she has been sleeping for a long time, and she is waiting for you to wake her up" Yuqiong's voice made Zhang Ming's bones almost crispy, but after less than two seconds, Zhang Ming bounced off the blanket like a lightning strike, and hit the iron support of the tent, so painful that Zhang Ming grinned, and the disgusted Yuqiong glanced at Zhang Ming and smiled, "Feng, you are too careless, let me rub it for you." ”

Yuqiong's hand seemed to have magical power, and as soon as it was placed on Zhang Ming's head, Zhang Ming didn't feel the pain, and grinned: "Qiong'er, you are much gentler than Xingxiu." ”

The dissatisfied Nangong Xingxiu glared at Zhang Ming fiercely, and made a grimace at Zhang Ming, the angry Nangong Xingxiu endured it, and carefully helped Zhang Ming get dressed. Zhang Ming grew up in the mirror, and muttered to himself, "Is this really me, a full cream boy?" "But it's okay, so that I can trick a few more women to come back as wives." ”

Nangong Xingxiu, who pursed his mouth, said, "If you don't have a heart, you should raise your feet and stinky pervert." ”

Zhang Ming, who was stroking Nangong Xingxiu's hair while lifting his feet, said with a smile, "Could it be that you really want me to go out and find a few more women to come back and be your sisters?" Nangong Xingxiu, who stepped on Zhang Ming's other foot fiercely, said angrily, "You bastard always take advantage of others, I won't help you wear it, you can come by yourself" After that, he got out of the tent, and Zhang Ming, who was stunned, picked up his feet and played with one foot......

The first thing Zhang Ming saw when he got out of the tent was the sword bloodless with Zhao Xin in his arms, the sword bloodless at this time gave Zhang Ming the feeling that it was not an iceberg but an ice and snow world, "Maybe only she can warm the heart of that iceberg" Zhang Ming sighed secretly, suddenly Zhang Ming felt two pulls, turned his head and saw that it was He Shiyue as expected, two small mouths opened wide, his hands grabbed Ming's pants more nervously, and four eyes shining with stars looked at Zhang Ming......

After lunch, the seven of them set off again, and the two little enemies were dressed up as little scholars, although they didn't look like them.

The most surprising thing for the three of them was that the sword was bloodless, and when they got out of the cave, they still hugged Zhao Xin, who had a happy face, and only after Nangong Xingxiu glanced at Zhang Ming with disgust did Zhang Ming understand it, and took the second daughter into his arms with a smile.

The scorching sun hanging in the sky gradually moved westward, the temperature dropped, everything could breathe, Zhang Ming and his party along the path of the dry grass for the fence also arrived in front of a small city gate, looking at the city gate on the paint Zhang Ming felt a kind of vicissitudes, sighed softly and said, "Time will always cover up the glory, presumably this rain hit the city when it was originally built also has its own glory, the city wall is no match for the erosion of the years." ”

"Brother Feng, let's go, I'm so hungry," he pouted and pulled Zhang Ming's pants and said, looking at the black marks on his white pants, Zhang Ming couldn't help but shake his head and smiled bitterly, "My poor pants." Seeing Zhang Ming's feet slapping Zhang Ming unanswered, Zhang Ming's appetite was soon lost to seeing the pants that looked white and black, and he pinched his face and said, "Trick or treat, now my brother will take you to eat noodles, and by the way, let you experience how your face is stretched." ”

In Zhao Min's smug laughter, Zhang Ming and others entered the city, and a gust of wind blew the bamboo basket on the side of the road over, and the flying sand and dust blew head-on, Zhang Ming and others covered their faces with their sleeves, and everyone put down their sleeves after the wind stopped. After snorting twice, Zhang Ming said, "This city is really desolate, not only are the guards not there, but there is still so much dust, there must be very few people living in this city." Nangong Xingxiu, who chuckled, leaned on Zhang Ming's arm and said, "Feng, this time you guessed wrong, you look at the wide roads here, the houses are leaning, and the signboards are numerous, you can imagine how lively it is during the day, maybe it is because the people here are simple, and they don't go out at night, which will cause the desolate scene in front of us now." ”

Zhang Ming, who blew Nangong Xingxiu's nose, said with a smile, "It's useless to guess, seeing is believing, I'll accompany you to take a look around after staying at the inn, and then you will know that I didn't say anything wrong, let's go, it's windy and sandy here." Going down the street, none of the shops he saw were open, in this silent environment Zhang Ming habitually raised his vigilance, but did not hear a trace of strange sounds, the curious baby broke away from Zhang Ming's arms and pulled He Shiyue to rush forward, after a long while, Nangong Xingxiu showed a smug smile and stopped and turned to wave at Zhang Ming.

Zhang Ming, who shook his head and smiled bitterly, asked, "Qiong'er, your stomach is already hungry, we are going to speed up, you have to hug me tightly" Before Yuqiong could react, Zhang Ming had already picked her up, stepping on the footwork and leaping forward, feeling like she was being carried away by the wind.

When Zhang Ming arrived at the place where Nangong Xingxiu was standing, he was holding a spoon and feeding Zhao Min porridge, seeing this, Zhang Ming was puzzled and asked, "Changed sex, how can you feed Shiyue porridge so gently?" Nangong Xingxiu, who was next to him, hugged Zhang Ming's waist from behind and said, "Feng, why don't we bet, the one who loses will feed the one who wins for dinner, what's the matter, do you dare?" Hearing this, Zhang Ming shook his head and said. I don't bet with you, anyway, you always have to feed me, why do I have to bet with you, isn't that a chance for you to be lazy, I'm not so stupid. ”

Approaching the table, Zhang Ming stroked his head and said, "Be a little manly, always let Shiyue press you, are you happy?" Just wanted to show his masculinity, but the pain in his waist destroyed his thoughts in an instant, and he looked at Zhang Ming with wide foggy eyes.

After smiling, Nangong Xingxiu pressed Zhao Min's shoulder and said, "Shiyue, that's right, it should be like this, men can't be spoiled, you must take care of it" Yuqiong glared at her before she swallowed the words back into her stomach. Soon after Zhang Ming and the others sat down, an old woman walked out of the small door next to the stairs with a plate of fragrant soup, and said with a smile after seeing Zhang Ming and the others, "Yo, today is really a noble inn, everyone should drink the soup first, moisten your throat first." Yuqiong with a smile asked, "Thank you, auntie, by the way, auntie, why does this place look so desolate, is there something going on?" ”

Seeing Yuqiong's curious face, the old woman smiled and said, "Girl, you are so beautiful, my wife has never seen a girl more beautiful than a girl in her life, I am afraid that the girl asked me if I didn't know that the red scarf thieves were coming, listen to my son, maybe tomorrow those hateful red turban thieves will hit this city, those red scarf thieves are really annoying, looting everywhere, eight days ago a distant relative fled to Xinzhou through here, my relative told me that those red scarf thieves eat human flesh, very terrible" The old woman should say, and an old man walked out of the old woman's door and said to the old woman, "Old woman, come and help, I can't do so much work alone." ”

The old woman complained and said, "Old lady, you can sit idle, you can do your best when you come to the kitchen," and then the old woman walked slowly towards the small door......

"Old woman, the dishes you make are even more delicious than those made by Brother Feng, but what if you can't finish eating so much" Scratching his head and said, "It's okay, if you can't finish eating, just throw it away, so as not to cheapen those hateful red scarf thieves, those dishes are dry goods that my wife has treasured for a long time, and they were originally intended to be used at my son's wedding banquet, but there is no more chance, eat, try to eat as much as possible, go to bed early, and leave the city early tomorrow" The old woman turned her head and said sadly.

"Old woman, how can you talk about sad things when the guests are eating, go to sleep, just have my old man waiting here," the old man said with a complaint. At the moment when the old woman turned around, there was an urgent cry from outside, "Mother, Dad, why haven't you left yet, didn't I already tell you to leave here this morning," a middle-aged man in armor rushed into the inn from outside. "Bin'er, don't shout here, don't you see that there are still guests here," said the old man with a straight face.

"Dad, when are you still doing business now, hurry up and leave, otherwise it will be too late" The officer said anxiously, "Bin'er, don't you listen to your father when you become an official, give me a quiet, I don't have the true character of a soldier at all" The old man said seriously, "Dad......" The officer wanted to say, but closed his mouth after the old man glared.

"Bin'er, in fact, your father understands your intentions, but this is the rule left by our ancestors, we still have to abide by it as descendants, even if we are broken bones, we must protect this rainy city, the city is in the people, the city is destroyed and people die," the old man said with a resolute face, and after a long sigh, the officer said, "Since Dad doesn't change his mind, then Bin'er won't force you." ”

Shaking his head, the officer turned around and walked out of the door, seeing that Zhang Ming hurriedly shouted, "Can the eldest brother answer my question before leaving," the officer turned his head and glanced at Zhang Ming and said, "I don't know what the little brother wants to know? If I know, I might as well tell you in detail," Seeing that the officer was so frank, Zhang Ming felt a little regretful, and said with a smile: "What the younger brother wants to know is the origin of those red turban thieves, the younger brother has been in the mountain for more than three months, so he doesn't know anything about the red turban thieves, and he also asks the eldest brother to tell him." ”

Turned around, found a stool, put it next to Zhang Ming, and sat down, the officer said: "As for the origin of those red scarf thieves, I only learned about it by hearsay, about two months ago, there was a high monk passing by the Giant God Mountain, suddenly saw several immortals hanging a stone tablet flying from the sky, and suddenly a giant eagle fell from the sky and fought with the immortals, the immortals and the giant eagle accidentally let the stone tablet fall off the chain and fell to the ground during the fierce battle, and the frightened monks risked their lives to see the stone tablet for the sake of the Great Road, only to see the stone tablet engraved on the tablet. Ying Li Wudao, Hongwu descended into the world, so that the gods made rain, and solved people's dangers', it happened that the day when the world began to drought, the scorching sun, not a drop fell, and then after half a month, eight people who claimed to be the disciples of the Hongwu Saint Immortal were in Zhun, Yang, Feng, Tong, and, Xiang, Hua, Qing Bazhou opened the altar to teach, and implemented the divine power of rain, many people saw this without doubt that he joined, just a month ago the Red Turban Sect trumpeted that the court had no way, and God therefore sent a great drought, if it were not for the Red Turban Sect to replace the imperial court to govern the world, the drought will continue for many years, the frightened and bewitched people suddenly joined the Red Turban Sect against the imperial court, attacked the city and opened the warehouse, and then burned and looted, in a month, only Xiangyang, the capital of Xiangzhou, was left in the eight states, and the remaining seven states have almost fallen into the hands of the Red Turban Sect, I only know so much about the Red Turban Thief, if you don't want to lose your life in vain, flee to Xinzhou, The magic hand of the red turban thief has not yet reached there, I have said all this, I don't want to listen to you, I have to go back to the barracks to rectify military affairs if I am not accompanied. (To be continued.) )