In the late autumn of this year, Liang Peiqiu was caught by An Shijiu in the process of running an errand in Jingdezhen.

Going out of town on an errand is just a starting point. After Zhang Lei, who often accompanied Xu Zhiliu, committed suicide, he did not investigate his life and past, but after the silk silk returned to his hands, with the revelation of some past events, his heart was stirred again, so he asked someone to investigate secretly.

A few days ago, he received a secret letter, and finally asked him to find the whereabouts of Zhang Lei's bereaved family, and this trip was to get a confirmation.

It takes a lot of effort to go out of the city as usual, and since An Nineteen was cleaned up by the county lord of Zhao'an this summer, his suspicions have become more and more serious. An Nineteen was sure that Zhao'an went down the mountain to play, but he was guided by him. If it weren't for this, how could Zhao'an, a daughter raised in the boudoir, go straight to a eunuch?

An Nineteen suffered a big crime, and because the silk silk was exposed, he was suspicious, so he sent two guards to Liang Peiqiu in the name of poor public order. The two guards accompanied Liang Peiqiu in and out, almost never leaving their bodies, called protection, but actually surveillance.

Liang Peiqiu went out to talk about business, and had the intention of returning to his hometown to visit relatives, he didn't want to have too many people, he wanted to stay with the guards to watch the family, and he didn't want An 19 to send two more guards to protect him after learning about it, and this time he changed his head again.

"I heard that the recent mountain bandits, Jiangxi Province is not very peaceful, you are now responsible for the two major kilns, the responsibility is heavy, the imperial kiln factory is really inseparable from you, you must be careful all the way over. These four are my right-hand men, and if you send them, don't let them leave you. If anyone is unconscious, come back and tell me, and I will clean them up for you. ”

After An 19 finished speaking, the four guards immediately swore loyalty and must accompany Liang Peiqiu in life and death. An 19 also said that as usual, there was no need for him to run in person, thinking that it was too dangerous to go outside, it was better to stay at home.

In this way, Liang Peiqiu had no choice but to laugh.

Out of the city all the way to the west, on the way to meet mountain bandits, four guards sacrificed their lives to rescue, and Liang Peiqiu was scattered by the turbulence. After that, Liang Peiqiu waded through a waterhole, turned over the mountain, and connected with Shi Nian on the other side, accompanied by several nurses, galloped all the way, turned the head of the car and headed south.

That night they arrived at the location mentioned in the letter.

In a deep mountain that is inaccessible, there are families living here. There are five people in the family, two husbands and wives, two children, and an old woman, who is Zhang Lei's wife.

After Liang Peiqiu expressed his intentions, he promised to thank him with a thousand gold, and wanted to know what happened back then.

Aunt Zhang was sincerely frightened, and shook her head again and again: "The old man has been living in the countryside with my children in the years of the kiln, and I don't know what he is doing. My son has been taken care of by me since he was a child, he has not returned to his hometown when he marries his wife, and he is not afraid to tell you the truth, my son has a grudge in his heart, and has long refused to recognize his father, and in recent years he has almost cut off contact, only one day he suddenly sent a letter back, saying that he had encountered something, I was afraid of danger, let us move quickly. We are all ordinary people, how can we afford to provoke the nobles in the city? I was busy selling my land and hiding, I thought it was to avoid the limelight for the time being, but I didn't expect that I had been inquiring about the whereabouts of our family, so I had no choice but to hide in the mountains. ”

Aunt Zhang's son makes a living by hunting, occasionally goes out to the mountains to find out the news, this year there is no chasing soldiers, he is still a bow and snake shadow, often drunk, often smashing the house, complaining about the dead father, and now the two children are afraid when they see the living.

Aunt Zhang was talking outside, and the sobbing of women and children could be heard inside.

Liang Peiqiu thought for a moment and asked, "When he finally gave you a letter, did he say anything else?" ”

Aunt Zhang shook her head: "I can't read, I still asked the old Xiucai in the village to read it to me, if you have anything else, you can't just write it on paper." ”

"Did you piggyback on anything else?"

"No, I've said everything I need to say, please, sir, let our family go."

Seeing this, Liang Peiqiu probably couldn't ask anything, leaving a bag of silver coins to disturb and thank you for the expenses. I was going to leave overnight, but I was afraid that I would get lost when I saw the fog in the mountains every year, so I suggested that I sit for two hours and wait for dawn before leaving.

Aunt Zhang was a little embarrassed, but looking at the money and couldn't open her mouth, Liang Peiqiu said that they would sit in the hall for a while, and leave as soon as the fog dissipated, and would not disturb the rest of the main family.

Several people sat down in various parts of the hall and closed their eyes to rest.

On the dilapidated low table, a lamp like a bean, occasionally the autumn wind rushes in, and the tongue of fire swayes, as if it can illuminate the ghost shadow on the wall of the house. Liang Peiqiu has developed five senses since childhood, and watching the fire from the other side, he can judge the temperature of the kiln. In the process of sleeping, he heard the sound of people squirming in the back room, and never really stopped moving.

At that time, he also felt that something was wrong, carefully pondered Aunt Zhang's words, frowned, suddenly opened his eyes, and looked at Liang Peiqiu, Liang Peiqiu shook his head silently.

After another moment, the curtain was lifted in a corner.

There are eyes hidden in the darkness.

When the sky was faintly bright, the group got up and prepared to leave. Liang Peiqiu called Shi Nian aside, whispered a few words, and then returned to the stove room to say goodbye to Aunt Zhang.

Aunt Zhang took a few pancakes and asked them to take them on the road to satisfy their hunger. Liang Peiqiu took the hot pancake and said: "Auntie, you said that you are illiterate, and you were looking for the old Xiucai in the village to help you read the letter, so Xiucai should know that Zhang Lei committed an accident in the city." With An Nineteen's style of acting, the battle of killing people and destroying mouths will not be small, if you threaten Xiucai, Xiucai will not betray you. I'm curious, a family of five, four old and weak women and children, and the only young man, how did you escape the pursuers? Where are you hiding? ”

Aunt Zhang was a little guilty for receiving the money, so she gave the cakes away, and she didn't want to be asked again, so she was a little flustered for a while: "I, we have a relative, who owed our family in the early years, so he hid us in his cellar." ”

"It's going to be the height of summer, and the cellar is hot, right?"

Aunt Zhang's face was red from the fire, wiped her sweat and said, "It's hot, it's so hot, I almost didn't suffocate a few of us." ”

"How long have you been hiding?"

"I hid for more than two months, and then I went around, and I can't remember exactly, there was always three years."

"You're lying." Liang Peiqiu took a step forward, his eyes were cold, "When Zhang Lei betrayed Xu Shaodong's family, he was with An Nineteen, and he was not suspected afterwards, and he was still dormant in the Hutian kiln for a long time. It wasn't until the second year that there was a fire at the mouth of the kiln, I began to investigate the ghosts, Zhang Lei committed suicide, and An 19 felt that something was wrong, so he began to look for your whereabouts, so far it should have only been more than two years, how could it be three years? As for the season at that time, before and after the rain in Yinggu, it was not midsummer, and it was Xu Shaodong's family who died in midsummer. ”

This old woman was upside down, a bunch of loopholes, obviously she had been in contact with Chang Sui for several years, and she knew a lot.

Aunt Zhang immediately panicked, and when she wanted to explain anything, she heard a loud noise.

The birds in the mountains were startled, and the fluttering edges frightened a large area.

When Liang Peiqiu returned to the hall, the turmoil had subsided, and he held a shotgun against the head of Aunt Zhang's son. Liang Peiqiu looked at the shotgun for a long time, thinking back to the eyes hidden in the dark, it turned out that he was wrong, not only staring at him, but also pointing the muzzle at him.

The left and right groups were also afraid, but they didn't expect that there were guns hidden in this house! If it weren't for the proprietor's vigilance, they would all have been deceived!

This time, without any threats, Aunt Zhang told the truth and revealed the truth, and dug out an iron box under the tree behind the house, containing several letters, including the correspondence between Xu Zhiliu and Xia Ying back then, and the forged letters after being intercepted by An Shijiu.

Zhang Lei wrote down the coercion process of An 19 one by one and kept it for life-saving purposes.

It turned out that Aunt Zhang's family was already under the control of An Shijiu, and after Xu Zhiliu's death, An Shijiu's precautions gradually relaxed, and Zhang Lei asked for a chance to visit relatives and discuss with his family how to get out. At that time, Zhang Lei knew that An Shijiu was suspicious of Shi Nian, and he had to use this to demonstrate to Liang Peiqiu, so he planned to take advantage of the night when the Hutian kiln was burned to poison the guards and escape, while he himself committed suicide to cut off the way back.

He is thoughtful, courageous and knowledgeable, and he is not an ordinary person.

At that time, he knew that the person who set fire to himself was Zhang Lei, although he was shocked by this, he was even more disappointed. When he arrived at Xu Zhiliu's side, Zhang Lei was already there, and he was old and stable, which was quite important to Xu Zhiliu.

Zhang Lei walks around the outer courtyard a lot, he is a child, there is no taboo, he accompanies Xu Zhiliu, can enter and exit the inner courtyard, and is similar in age to A Harrier, and the size is also a playmate.

He consciously has a proper division of labor, and is not jealous of Zhang Lei, and treats him with respect. Over the years, from Xu Zhiliu downwards, the workers in the kiln have treated him with great respect, but this is such a person, who actually betrayed his word and harmed Xu Zhiliu, who respected him the most!

At that time, he didn't feel disappointed, he was full of pain, and cried out for Xu Zhiliu: "You are really black-hearted!" How good the son treated Uncle Zhang back then, needless to say, the cloth and clothing obtained every year were not divided into two parts, one was sent back to Yaoli's hometown to his biological mother and younger brother, and the same amount was given to Uncle Zhang? He knew that Uncle Zhang's family was poor, his wife was sick and weak, and he had a son to support, so he took everything to heart. ”

said that the son resented his father, and he almost believed it. What more than a little bit of the cloth and money? If you are an ordinary person, you will have no worries about food and clothing for a long time!

"Zhang Lei has been in Hutian kiln for more than 20 years, and his son treats him like a master and a father, never forgetting the friendship of his youth, and he is even more heartfelt to your family, but how do you treat him? Grow on him, eat him, drink him, suck his blood, and then turn around and kill him, are you human or not? ”

"I ...... How did we know that An Nineteen was going to kill him! ”

Aunt Zhang said, "Gong Qian is a good boy and kind to our family, I know I'm sorry for him, but we can't help it." With the knife on his neck, can I still give up my own child for him? ”

"Then you should at least warn Childe, if yes, if ......"

"If your mother and child are coerced, you will do the same."

"I won't!"

His face was ruined and his scars were horrible. He held a shotgun, like a ghost, and the words were beady, "If my parents are still alive, they will advance and retreat with me, and swear allegiance to my son." Only you, you greedy for life and afraid of death, will bear him. If it weren't for you, how could Childe have died? ”

His son-in-law was martyred in the kiln and suffered a lot of criticism.

What did he get in exchange for his life for the pottery industry, for morality, and for the peace of the world?

The door of the house closed behind him, and Shi Nian vigorously wiped away the tears and walked to Liang Peiqiu's side.

Liang Peiqiu stood on the side of the mountain with a crutch, was silent for a long time, and said: "The empty mountain is lonely, I expect them to be frightened, and life is not going well, so it is better to help them." ”

"What do you mean?"

"It's dry, what if you accidentally knock over the candlestick?"

When he was shocked, he glanced at the two simple huts, and then saw a few pancakes covered with mud in front of the door, and his voice was tight: "Children, too?" ”

Liang Peiqiu looked at him, with undisguised disgust and grief in his eyes. He didn't say it directly, but said: "Hurry up, you have to hurry." ”

Shi Nian was relieved and didn't speak again. People are changing, and they are different from them three years ago. Full of wings, self-ability to advance and retreat to a certain extent. Those who stand in the way can also be killed.

For example, how could the four guards entrusted by An 19 with important responsibilities think that those mountain bandits were arranged in advance? Presumably, at this time, they are still searching the mountains in a large area, looking for their whereabouts, right?

When a group of fast horses drove out of the mountain road, Liang Peiqiu stopped to look back, the horses' hooves were clanging, smoke and dust were rising, and thick smoke rose between the mountains. He looked back and took the reins.

When I was young, I suddenly felt that my face was hot, and a wave of tears welled up in my heart.

Childe, Childe, if you have a spirit in the sky, please bless the moon that night.

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As far as the mountain bandits looted, there were indeed a large number of men and horses searching for the whereabouts of Liang Peiqiu and his servants. Liang Peiqiu instructed the left and right to retreat from the other side according to the method discussed before, and then picked up a stone and struck it on the forehead.

An 19 was shocked when he found him, and immediately called the accompanying doctor to come forward to check the injury. The doctor said that Liang Peiqiu rolled down the mountain, fainted for two days, and the whole person was very weak and needed immediate treatment.

An Shijiu did not doubt him, and asked someone to carry Liang Peiqiu back to the city.

A few days later, Liang Peiqiu brought a box of gold utensils to Anfu to thank him and elaborate on the situation that day. An Shijiu sipped tea lightly and did not interrupt, but when he finished speaking, he slapped the table violently, and the fine white porcelain shattered at his feet.

"Such arrogant mountain bandits dare to hijack me! Do you know that it rained a few nights ago, several cloudy days in a row, and the mountain road was muddy, and while searching for your whereabouts, the guards accidentally found a line of horseshoe prints in the southwest of the forest, which means that when the accident happened, there was another road in the mountain. I think about it, and I always feel that something is different, Liang Shaodong, you are clever and intelligent, what do you think about this? ”

Liang Peiqiu pretended to be surprised, and replied respectfully: "There is still such a thing?" Could it be that he is a fellow bandit? ”

"If you are a member of the same party, why do you hide in the forest?"

"Maybe it's because I'm afraid of too many whereabouts, so let someone grab the handle."

"Really?" An Nineteen squinted his eyes and smiled fiercely, "I have asked the county order to arrange for someone to investigate, and there will be a result in the near future." No matter who is doing the ghost, I will not let it go. ”

"Mountain bandits are rampant, and they are causing chaos in the province one after another, if the adults can eradicate them in one fell swoop and report them, it will be a great achievement."

"It's hard for you to plan for me at this time, and you should be really loyal."

Loyal to this thing, Liang Peiqiu didn't dare to take the lead, changed the topic with haha, sat for a while, and resigned under the pretext that his body had not fully recovered. An 19 didn't stop him, but said, "I bought a few good horses, and when I get to the dock in three days, you and I will go with you to try the horses." ”

Liang Peiqiu can't ride a horse, so he can't help but be disappointed, and when he wants to refuse, An Shijiu said: "You can't learn, you are loyal to me, and the horse I specially chose for you won't give me face, right?" ”

"How dare the villain."

"That's very good."

After returning home, when he heard that he was going to test the horse in three days, he immediately said, "The dog eunuch is suspicious?" Is he testing the owner? ”

Liang Peiqiu took off his coat and took it automatically. An Nineteen perennial incense, the smell is heavy and pungent, every time he comes into contact with him, Liang Peiqiu has to throw away a shirt when he comes back, and then he takes it out.

When he came in with hot tea, he saw Liang Peiqiu coughing up blood in front of the table.

He slammed his stride and closed the door.

Liang Peiqiu calmed down after a while, and said, "I'm afraid it's not just a temptation. ”

"Could it be?"

"Since it's a Hongmen feast, you don't have to wait, just set to act in three days."

Over the years, he has secretly visited the nursing home, practiced one-legged equestrianism, and strengthened his body, just for this day. When he thought of the fire that day, his blood surged all over his body.

He was lonely and had nothing to fear, only Liang Peiqiu's body.

Liang Peiqiu shook his head at him, signaled that he didn't need to say anything, wiped the blood stains from his lips, pinched the handkerchief in his hand, and said, "Go ahead." ”

I didn't see it at that time, the blood was black and thick, which was a bad omen.