Chapter 17: Doubts Begin in the Heart
After dealing with the matter at hand, Xiao Yibai walked out of the tent uneasily, and when he looked up, he saw his younger brother waiting a few steps away, although there was a spell blocking the hearing and hearing, he still smiled a little weakly.
Without waiting for him to find a topic to say something, Xiao Qianye raised his hand and pointed outside the barracks: "I asked the soldiers in the army just now, the climate is abnormal during this time, and many people living nearby have accidentally contracted the wind and cold, Fulong Town is originally a small town, and the only few doctors in this meeting have long been busy, I think about it and think that it is somewhat inappropriate to invite people to the barracks at this time, it is better for me to accompany you into the city." ”
The corners of Xiao Yibai's mouth twitched, he wanted to find an excuse to go to rest first, and then see if there was a chance to go to Baijiao to find Cen Ge to explain the situation, if he went to Fulong Town with his younger brother to see a doctor, wouldn't he be completely unable to get out?
"What's wrong?" As if seeing his anxiety, Xiao Qianye's tone was slightly suppressed, "The military pavilion does have the privilege of temporarily recruiting people, but if it is just for you to make a big show, it will be reasonable to ignore the tongue, it just so happens that you are afraid of the cold, the military camp is simple, and you are more comfortable living in the city." ”
"Hmm." Xiao Yibai could only nod, the two of them walked towards Fulong Town one after the other, and when they passed by the tributaries of the Glacier River, Xiao Qianye suddenly stopped, pointed to the other side and frowned and said, "A few days ago, that person suddenly came out of that side to sneak attack, and it was only a dozen meters away, I couldn't see his appearance clearly at all, I could only speculate from the red lotus on the costume that it was a person from the White Sect, and there were countless corpses buried under this snow, all of which they had abused the forbidden art over the years, right?" ”
"Maybe not the white ones." Xiao Yibai retorted in a low voice, staring at the clear glacier, but his eyes were deep and couldn't see to the end, "Maybe it's someone else...... Like Governor Gao? ”
"Governor Gao?" Suddenly mentioning this strange and familiar term, Xiao Qianye thought for a while before reacting, Xiao Yibai smiled, caught up with his footsteps and reminded quietly: "Is it possible that this is a deliberate set up by Governor Gao?" He wants you and the White Sect to lose both, and then profit for yourself. ”
"Oh...... Whether he sets up a situation or not, I will eradicate the White Sect. Xiao Qianye just responded to his words very indifferently with a note, and continued calmly, "The spells that attacked me were indeed the things of the White Sect, right?" Governor Gao's wishful thinking, you know me, everyone knows it, he is not afraid of others knowing, how can I be afraid of him doing it secretly? If this can make him get his wish, it is indeed my lack of strength and I am not worthy of taking it back, if he wants to stir up the situation, let him come, if he doesn't do it today, he will do it tomorrow, he won't do it tomorrow, and he will find an opportunity the day after tomorrow, hehe, whether it's Baijiao or Governor Gao, let's come together if you want to. ”
never expected this kind of answer, Xiao Yibai frowned and didn't answer for a long time.
When I arrived in Fulong Town, it was almost dark, Xiao Qianye lit the candlestick in the room, and while waiting for the doctor, he pulled a chair and chatted seemingly casually: "Originally, we should have gone to the hospital in person, but Fulong Town has many people, and the cult's insect control technique is extremely difficult to guard against, I have increased the travel fee, and the doctor should be here soon." ”
Xiao Yibai grinned awkwardly, and glanced at his younger brother who was sitting down calmly, not so much chatting with him, but deliberately finding an excuse to keep him from running around - Mingxi was right, his younger brother was not unaware of the special relationship between him and Cen Ge, but he didn't want to delve too deep into it out of some concern.
Fortunately, at this moment, a gust of cold wind blew in from the slightly open window, Xiao Qianye subconsciously got up and closed the window, his eyes seemed to be attracted by something outside, Xiao Yibai leaned over curiously, only to see a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy standing on the street in front of him, he took the package handed over by the woman of the same age opposite, and pursed his lips a little shyly and didn't know what to say, Xiao Yibai held his chin strangely and asked, "Acquaintance?" No, you've only been in Galo for a month, so how can you have time to make friends every day? ”
"That's a soldier of the White Tiger Legion." Xiao Qianye rolled her eyes angrily.
Xiao Yibai smacked his tongue and muttered even more strangely: "Our warrior? Then it shouldn't be, this month, the whole army is under martial law and is not allowed to go out in private, he must have sneaked out without even wearing a military uniform, hehe, Luo Qi's usual discipline is too loose, no wonder so many years of inaction, even an ordinary soldier dares to blatantly violate the law at this critical moment, if he is an internal ghost, all the circumstances of the military camp will be leaked, it is not a small problem. ”
"Silence." Rarely, Xiao Qianye interrupted his brother's broken thoughts, "His name is Yan Ming, and he only talked to me two days ago, so he doesn't feel like that kind of lawless person." ”
Xiao Yibai blinked his eyes, as if he had grasped something crucial, and pointed to the people on the street to remind: "Why don't you go and ask what's going on?" The current Fulong Town is not peaceful, and if there are insects controlled by the insect control technique, it will be troublesome to be infected. ”
"Tsk." Xiao Qianye was irritable, although there was a moment of hesitation, he immediately held the sword spirit and prepared to get up, Xiao Yibai held back a smile and breathed a long sigh of relief, turned around and saw his younger brother's expression of wanting to speak and stopped, and said in a low voice, "I'll be back soon, don't run around." ”
Xiao Yibai hurriedly raised his hand and promised: "Don't worry, I'll wait here for the doctor to come over, I will definitely not run around on such a cold night." ”
Xiao Qianye left on the front foot, and someone came to his room with the doctor on the back foot, Xiao Yibai made a gesture of please with a smile on his face, and the short distance of 100 meters still made an old doctor tremble, he saw the opportunity and hurriedly ordered someone to prepare a stove, and under the pretext of closing the window, he carefully glanced at his brother's back, and finally quietly returned to his seat and stretched out his arm to let the family check the pulse.
The old man looked up and down at the smiling young man in front of him, and an imperceptible spell was like a spiritual snake burrowing into the doctor's arm, and suddenly his vision was blurred.
Xiao Yibai sighed helplessly, helped the old man whose face was covered by the blindfold to lie on the bed, and muttered to himself: "I'm sorry, please stay here and rest for the night." ”
At the same time, Xiao Qianye had already left the inn and strode behind Yan Ming, and the person who was still whispering to the woman opposite did not notice his arrival, until the woman carefully shook his arm Yan Ming turned around in a daze.
At the moment of staring at each other, the young man's face turned pale with fright, and he held back two words for a long time: "Childe ......"
Perhaps knowing that his move was a violation, and he didn't dare to stand awkwardly, Xiao Qianye smiled and asked, "It's dark, what are you doing in the city alone?" ”
"I ......" Yan Ming wanted to speak and stopped, and hesitated for a long time before he had to tell the truth, "Childe, today is Xiao An's birthday, we agreed a few months ago to celebrate her birthday in Fulong Town, but after the military order came down, she was not allowed to ask for leave to go out, and in the past month, I have not even been allowed to send family letters, I, I ......"
Xiao Qianye thought thoughtfully, looked at the package that he had been holding in his arms, and understood most of it: "This battle is dangerous and abnormal, and not allowing people to go out and write letters is also to prevent people with intentions from leaking information. ”
"Armin is not an inner ghost!" The woman beside him anxiously defended, where could she care about the origin of the man who suddenly appeared in front of her, she protected Yan Ming behind her, but replied seriously with a vigorous look, "Ah Ming hasn't been home for three months, obviously only a few miles away, Ah Niang is sick and is not allowed to go back to visit relatives, or the people of the Bai Sect sent emergency medicine to the village, you keep saying that they are a cult, but your rules are more harmful than a cult!" ”
"Xiao An!" Yan Ming hurriedly grabbed her, nervously breaking out in a cold sweat in the ice and snow, Xiao Qianye was a little surprised by such a statement, and asked curiously, "The White Sect still sent you medicine?" ”
The woman pursed her mouth and looked a little angry, muttering and complaining: "Of course, Fulong Town is one of the few big towns in Jialuo, there are many passing caravans to rest here, many doctors have been summoned to the Danzhen Palace in the imperial capital over the years, only the elderly, can't walk doctors are still staying here, and now there are only three doctors in the town, and they are very busy every day, if it weren't for the Baijiao regular medicine to the village, we don't know how much suffering and how many sins we would have to suffer!" ”
"Danzhen Palace......" Xiao Qianye frowned slightly, Danzhen Palace he naturally knew that it was one of the three pavilions and two palaces in the imperial capital, and he had the impression that there were no less than 100 doctors there, so why did he have to recruit people from other places?
Without waiting for Xiao Qianye to respond, the woman added unabashedly: "The White Sect is not as bad as you say, don't lead troops to fight them, you have made Fulong Town panic, even the caravan has taken a detour elsewhere in the past few months, the most lacking thing on the snow field is supplies, and if it continues like this, it will really kill people in winter!" ”
"Xiao An...... Xiao An, don't talk about it, you go home first. Yan Mingpi stopped between the two without smiling, directly pressed the woman's shoulder, forcibly turned around and pushed a few steps, coaxing and urging, "Go home quickly, and when this mission is over, I will make up your birthday again." ”
The woman reluctantly turned her head and stuck out her tongue at the two, and ran away in a smoke, Yan Ming scratched her head in embarrassment, and whispered, "Don't mind, childe......"
Xiao Qianye waved her hand, but she had a trace of inexplicable mood swings in her words just now, and asked, "Will the Bai Sect really send you medicine?" ”
"Hmm......" Yan Ming nodded, pursed his lips before plucking up the courage to say, "The White Sect has cultivated a piece of divine farmland in front of the main altar to plant herbs, and every year it will arrange for people to be distributed to villages in various parts of Jialuo, my family is very close to here, and my father and mother did receive favors from others when they were sick before, so ......."
"So what?" Xiao Qianye's tone was slightly mentioned, obviously disagreeing with this kind of rhetoric, "While cultivating cruel forbidden techniques, while giving you a little favor to win people's hearts, it is really a consistent trick of the cult, don't relax your guard easily." ”
Yan Ming was stunned for a while, and didn't dare to say more, just nodded stiffly: "Yes." ”
Xiao Qianye exhaled lightly, and sat down casually on the empty stone steps next to him, probably because he didn't want the atmosphere to be so tense, he pointed to the package that Yan Ming had been holding tightly, and asked with a smile: "If you take the risk of violating the law, you have to run out to meet your little lover privately, what is so important?" ”
Yan Ming's face flushed, and he scratched his head embarrassedly: "I should have prepared a gift for her, but I haven't been able to go anywhere in the barracks for the past few months, Xiao An knew that this task was urgent, so he specially made me a new dress and asked me for peace." ”
"It's a good girl, but a military order is a military order, and if everyone is lawless, how can the military regulations be maintained? Forget it this time, don't take it as an example. Xiao Qianye answered casually, and somehow a vague figure suddenly flickered in front of him, which made him can't help but bow his head and smile slightly, Yan Ming blinked, and suddenly tilted his head to his side and asked suspiciously, "Childe smiled...... Could it be that someone is remembered? ”
"Huh?" Xiao Qianye Mu looked up in a daze, just opposite Yan Ming's half-narrowed eyes, and suddenly turned his face weakly, and emphasized in a cold voice, "No." ”
"Oh......" obviously understood that some privacy could not be investigated, Yan Ming just deliberately dragged out his tone and bowed to him to thank him, "Thank you Gongzi for your kindness, I will go back and promise that I will not violate the rules again." ”
"Go back?" Xiao Qianye called out to him funny, pointed to the direction in which the woman ran away, and reminded him earnestly, "It's getting dark, are you really relieved that a girl is going home alone at night?" Didn't you say that it was only a few miles away, and you should be sent home first and then back to the barracks. ”
Yan Ming looked at the boy who suddenly changed his attitude in surprise, and before he could react, the other party had already waved his hand and got up to leave.