The day before the execution, Li Chouxin took Zhang Xiaopan to the perimeter of the execution ground to see the situation and plan an escape route after the successful rescue.

The two found that the execution ground was empty, and there were three streets leading directly to the execution ground from three directions, all of which were main streets, and it was easy to save people, but it was a little difficult to escape from here, but at this time, the arrow was ready to be sent.

The two walked around, and Li Chou said: "Xiao Pan, success or failure is tomorrow, if you can't escape, you can only fight to the death." ”

Although Zhang Xiaopan is young, in the face of such a choice, he still said firmly: "With Master and Brother Pei here, what are you afraid of death!" ”

Li Chou sighed with emotion, he had such courage at such a young age, and it was really in vain for his master and apprentice.

Just as the two were about to leave, a group of people came in the distance.

Li Chouxin and Zhang Xiaopan lowered their heads, for fear of arousing suspicion.

"Someone, tie me up this wicked man!"

I only heard the stern shouts of the person who immediately took the lead.

Immediately, the three of them dismounted and walked towards Li Chouxin, who was shocked, these people were actually coming at him.

Li Chou was about to resist, but suddenly realized that the voice just now seemed familiar.

Just as a few people were about to get started, Li Chouxin looked towards Fang Cai's voice, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The person who stepped forward to take him felt inexplicable, and thought that he had met a fool.

"Brother Xu, it seems that the Eling has returned, and the spring breeze is proud!"

Brother Xu stunned several of his subordinates, and looked back at Xu Sanqiu.

"That's it, you guys stand down, this is what I told you about in the past, my friend Li Chouxin, Shicai is just joking." Xu Sanqiu said as he got off the horse.

"Sad brother, don't mind just kidding."

Hearing Xu Sanqiu's words, Li Chou smiled at Xu Sanqiu.

Originally, I thought that I and Xiao Pan were suspicious, but it turned out to be a joke about the old people meeting, Li Chou Xin also asked Xu Sanqiu: "What is Brother Xu doing here?" ”

Xu Sanqiu said with some distress: "Brother, you don't know, now is not the time to talk about this, why don't you find a place to talk about it?" ”

Li Chou said: "Then go to my place, I think it should be good to go back to eat at this moment." ”

"Listening to my brother's words, I'm afraid it's very moisturized all the way, it seems that there is a virtuous help in the family."

Li Chouxin hurriedly smiled and said, "Brother Xu, don't laugh at my brother anymore, do you want to go or not?" ”

Xu Sanqiu said seriously: "Go, go, of course." ”

Then Xu Sanqiu ordered his subordinates to continue to check around the execution ground, while he and Li Chouxin and Zhang Xiaopan walked towards Li Chouxin's courtyard.

When I arrived outside the courtyard, I smelled a burst of fragrance, which hooked out the gluttony of several people.

Several people opened the door and entered, only to see two women busy in the kitchen in the courtyard, and the smell wafted from the kitchen.

"Master, sister, what are you doing to eat? Xiao Pan was hungry. Although Zhang Xiaopan knew that his two masters would not make such a dish, he still couldn't stop asking when he smelled the fragrance.

When the two people in the kitchen heard that it was Li Chou and they were back, they immediately walked out of the kitchen.

The moment the two of them stepped out of the kitchen, all three pairs of eyes were stunned.

The old people on the second and second floors met again, and both sides were a little incredulous.

"Mr. Preface?" Seyu asked in some surprise.

And seeing the preface of the Qin Yin Seyu, Sanqiu was stunned for a moment, and then looked around the courtyard, and then replied: "Seyu girl, why are you here?" In addition to the piano girl and you, what about the calligraphy and chess rhyme girl? ”

Before Se Yu could answer, Li Chou asked the two girls to take out the wine and food with some intimacy, and wanted to catch up with the third autumn.

Xu Sanqiu saw that the two girls were obedient to Li Chouxin, and he was even more amazed in his heart, although the four girls on the second and second floors took refuge in Li Chouxin at that time, but they didn't expect that the relationship between the few people would become so delicate after not seeing each other in just these days.

Several people came to the table and sat down, and the two girls also brought out dishes from the kitchen, which were braised carp and lion's head, as well as some soups and vegetables that replenished qi and aphrodisiac. ”

However, looking at the dishes carefully, Li Chouxin suddenly became embarrassed, because Xu Sanqiu was also puzzled by the dishes on the table, how could it be that except for two or three normal dishes, everything else was a big supplement, so he turned his attention to Li Chouxin.

And at this time, Qin Yin did not shy away from saying: "Brother Sorrowful hasn't had much rest these days, and he consumes it every day, of course he has to make up for it, right?" Sermon sister. ”

Se Yu answered: "My sister is right, my worried brother still needs to pay attention to nourishment, otherwise what will my two sisters do in the future?" ”

Xu Sanqiu realized when he heard this, it turned out that the relationship between several people had reached such a point, and he said to Li Chouxin: "Brother Sorrowful is really a good skill, even these few have been conquered by you, so it really should be made up, it seems that it is not the right time for me to come today, hahaha." ”

Li Chou couldn't hide his embarrassment, and said: "Brother Xu, don't make fun of it, brother, I see that Brother Xu has been so thin for so many years, so take this opportunity to make up for it." ”

After Li Chouxin finished speaking, everyone laughed.

At this time, Sanqiu turned his conversation to Qin Yin, "Qin Yin girl, what about the others?" ”

Qin Yin heard this: "Mr. Xu, Ziwei and Shuyi went to Tianmu Mountain a few days ago, so only me and Sister Seyu were left to serve my worried brother. ”

"Tianmu Mountain? Could it be the ancient religion that only cultivates the immortal path and doesn't care about the world? ”

Seeing Xu Sanqiu's expression, Li Chou asked in a heartfelt manner, "What?" Brother Xu has heard of this teaching? ”

Xu Sanqiu said: "Such a big ancient sect, how can I not know, but I haven't seen it, but in recent years, the court has sent people to Tianmu Mountain to ask for immortals, but they all returned in vain, just because that day the grandmother sect ignored the affairs of the world." ”

"I see, what is so peculiar about this Heavenly Grandmother Sect?" Sorrowful continued.

Xu Sanqiu said: "This day the Elder Sect is very mysterious, only know that there is supreme attainment in this aspect of the Dao, and almost no one else knows, but it is rumored that the head of this generation is close to breaking the avenue, but he is suffering from the last step, which is the mystery of the Cangxuan Sword Technique, so he has not achieved the right result for a long time, and now he is more than one hundred and thirty years old, which is really rare in the world, and it is precisely because of this that the one in the court continues to send people forward." ”

After listening to Xu Sanqiu's words, Li Chou thought that the reason why Ziwei became a saint was because of this Cangxuan Sword Technique, so it seems that if the comprehension is not broken, it will be very difficult for Ziwei and the others to go down the mountain.

Li Chou wanted to continue to ask, but Xu Sanqiu said: "You and I can understand the matter of the grandmother's religion this day, but then again, what did your master and apprentice do when they went to the execution ground today?" ”

The two chatted while drinking, and Li Chou knew that Xu Sanqiu was a person, and he didn't plan to hide it.

"I can't hide it, Brother Xu, the two of us are only going to save people tomorrow."

Xu Sanqiu's face changed: "Brother is talking about Pei Chen?" ”

"Exactly."

"But that Pei Chen is the person who the tall man wants to kill, and this trip must be thrilling."

"Even so, my master and apprentice must also go on a journey, if there is no Pei Chen, there will be no apprentice of mine today." After Li Chouxin finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Xiaopan.

"Why is Brother Xu also at the execution ground today?" Li Chou was curious.

Xu Sanqiu also confessed: "Alas, brother, I have returned from Oroling, this official has been promoted by one level, from the ordnance supervisor to Dali Temple, although it is not that the Shangguan has to do anything to say to the lower officials when he arrives at the Dali Temple, after all, there are too many people on this head." ”

"Isn't that the way to be an official, Brother Xu doesn't have to mind."

"I don't know, Dali Temple Shaoqing sounds good, but I can't help myself, not to mention that Dali Temple has a great relationship with the Gao Daren and the Criminal Department, and the head always takes the name of the Gao Daren to let me wait to do this and that, in Kyoto, many things have to be done, and I went to the execution ground today to be ordered to check the armament, saying that the Criminal Department is not manpowered, so that Dali Temple sent someone to assist, but I did not receive the document order."

Li Chouxin saw that Xu Sanqiu was a little depressed, and said: "Brother Xu, isn't this officialdom like this, as long as there is a big tree behind you that you can rely on, the parasitic weeds and rocks under the tree can give orders in the name of the tree, and there are always people who think that they have chicken feathers in their hands, so they can strangle other people's throats, and they can show off their power in front of people." But often the chicken feathers in the hands of these people are rarely given to him by others, and more often they may be plucked from themselves, just get used to it. ”

After listening to Li Chouxin's words, Xu Sanqiu thought for a while, and said: "I didn't expect that although the sad brother was not in Shilin, he saw everything so thoroughly. ”

"Brother Xu is polite, since the words have come to this, I hope that Brother Xu will tell my brother about tomorrow, so I should do my brother a favor."

Xu Sanqiu said: "Brother, I know that Gao Bishan is not a good person, let alone a good stubble, tomorrow I Dali Temple people are only responsible for the periphery guards, and then inside are the people of the Criminal Department, and above the execution ground is Gao Bishan's own personal guards, the situation is very serious, think twice about the sad brother." ”

Li Chouxin looked at Zhang Xiaopan again, Zhang Xiaopan's eyes were firm, and Li Chouxin immediately said: "Brother Xu doesn't need to persuade me anymore, I am worried that my mind has been decided, even if tomorrow is a sea of swords, mountains and fires, I must fight a bloody way, this Pei Chen, I will save it." ”

Xu Sanqiu looked at Li Chouxin and Zhang Xiaopan's unswerving appearance, and didn't persuade again, just thought about it, and then said: "Sorrowful brother, in fact, this Gao Bishan brother is not to be seen, but it has been deeply rooted in the court over the years, and the forces are staggered, so no one has dared to oppose him, if he can make him suffer a little loss tomorrow, it must be something that many people are willing to see, but there are some difficulties, if the sorrowful brother succeeds like this, that is, he is telling the entire smoky Kyoto people that this old thing is not unshakable, It's bound to cause some vibrations. ”

"What does Brother Xu mean?" Li Chou asked in his heart.

Xu Sanqiu paused and said: "If the brother comes tomorrow, Sanqiu will definitely not be too embarrassed, and will give the elder brother some help appropriately, if the elder brother can successfully save Pei Chen, just come from the intersection guarded by Sanqiu, and he will help you get out of trouble." ”

Li Chouxin listened to Xu Sanqiu's words and knew that this was the greatest help Xu Sanqiu could give him, so he took a wine glass and toasted, and the two clinked glasses and drank.

However, Li Chou thought that if Xu Sanqiu helped him, after all, those people under him were not blind, and they might bring trouble to Xu Sanqiu.

Xu Sanqiu knew that Li Chou was worried, and said: "Don't worry, my brother is worried, the people under me are all people who know the roots, and they won't betray Sanqiu, it's really not good, when the time comes, let's just play a play, and the sad brother just do what I say." ”

Li Chouxin looked at Xu Sanqiu's sincere appearance and said: "I didn't expect you and I to say goodbye in a hurry, but now we meet for such a life-related matter, it is really a creation and a trick, and I thank you sadly." ”

Xu Sanqiu waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, who has not been a hot-blooded child, if this matter is successful, it will definitely make the people of the world cheer, and besides, Sanqiu can only do this little power, it is incumbent on him." ”

Later, at Li Chouxin's suggestion, several people did not say anything more about it, but just drank happily, as if both of them had not drunk so freely for some time.

After this conversation, it was already evening, and I didn't eat much food, but I drank a lot of wine, and I stopped when Qinyin and others persuaded each other on the grounds of tomorrow's events, otherwise the two didn't know when they would drink.

And Xu Sanqiu also left the courtyard under Li Chouxin's send-off.

Li Chouxin returned to the courtyard and said to Xiao Pan: "Xiao Pan, although with the help of Brother Xu, tomorrow is still dangerous, everything has to rely on us, don't be careless, you can review all the exercises and sword moves well, and you can't make the slightest mistake tomorrow." ”

Xiao Pan said hello and went back to the room.

Li Chouxin sat in the courtyard, still worried. If he succeeds, he will become a wanted criminal in Kyoto, and if he fails, he will be doomed on the spot, and he will not know whether his decision is correct or not.

At this time, Qin Yin came over, saw Li Chouxin's sad face, and said: "Brother Chouxin, bring me and Seyu tomorrow, multiple people and multiple helpers, in case ....."

Li Chou knew what Qin Yin was going to say, but he didn't let Qin Yin continue, and stretched out his finger to stop Qin Yin's lips from speaking.

"Qinyin, I know your intentions, but tomorrow is too dangerous, you and Seyu will wait here, if we don't return for a long time, you and Seyu will leave, go to Ziwei and them, with the money left by Tianmu Mountain and me, you will definitely be safe in your life."

Se Yu also walked over, tears flowed, and the little face with exquisite makeup instantly made people feel distressed, Li Chou took the two in his arms and comforted them softly.

"You are all good sisters of the sad brother, and the sad brother knows it, but tomorrow's matter, please two sisters must listen to me, this is also the last request of the sad brother to you, don't live up to the sorrowful heart, obedient." Li Chou gently patted the shoulders of the two as he spoke, but this scene was clearly seen by Zhang Xiaopan hiding behind the door.

Zhang Xiaopan was suddenly very sad in his heart, if it weren't for his own obsession, Master and Master wouldn't have to be like this, so he had a plan in his heart.

Zhang Xiaopan pushed the door out and said, "Master, I ate too much just now, while it's not too late, Xiaopan will go buy some fruit to quench the thirst of Master and Master." With that, Zhang Xiaopan ran towards the door.

Li Chouxin and the other three didn't think much about it.

After a while, Zhang Xiaopan came back with the fruit, washed it and put it on the table to eat with Master and Master.

"Master, Master, Xiao Pan hasn't given you a good tea since he followed you, so let Xiao Pan solemnly perform a bow tonight!"

The three of them looked at Xiao Pan, the child, and felt very touched in their hearts, and then nodded.

Zhang Xiaopan walked into the kitchen and began to make tea, put a bag of powder and tea leaves in it at the same time, and came out with a teapot and teacup after a while.

put it on the table, poured three cups of tea in front of several people, and then knelt on the ground, kowtowed to the three, and solemnly shouted: "Master and sister are on top, and I will be worshiped by Xiaopan." ”

After speaking, he knelt down and turned to the table, picked up the plate, and then returned to Li Chouxin and the three, and said, "Master and Mrs. Please drink tea." ”

The three of them looked at Zhang Xiaopan's sensible appearance, and they didn't think much about it, they took the teacup from the plate and drank it, and the tea went down, and the three put down the cup and helped Zhang Xiaopan up from the ground.

"Good apprentice, your intentions, master and mother all know, it's not early, hurry back to the room, practice for a while and rest early, don't delay the business." Li Chou touched Zhang Xiaopan's head and said.

Zhang Xiaopan looked at Li Chouxin as a kind teacher, his heart was very sour, but he couldn't show it, and said: "Xiaopan knows, master and sister should go back to rest early." ”

After Zhang Xiaopan finished speaking, he turned around and went back to the room, and turned to the door again to look at the master and the master outside.

At this time, Qin Yin only felt a wave of dizziness and sleepiness.

Seeing this, Li Chou said, "Let's go, I'll send you two sisters back to the house to rest." With that, he helped the two sisters and walked towards the room.

In the room, Li Chouxin just helped the two to the bed, and the two began to fall asleep.

Li Chouxin thought that he was too tired recently, so he didn't think much about it, and wanted to turn around and go back to his room.

Unexpectedly, when he turned around, he suddenly felt dizzy, his hands and feet were weak, and he fell back backwards and fell asleep next to the two sisters.

Zhang Xiaopan heard that there was no movement, opened the door, walked towards the house, gently pushed open the door, and found that the three of them had fallen on the bed, and then walked over slowly, put the three of them to sleep on the bed, and covered the quilt.

"Master, I'm sorry, it's Xiao Pan who put the drug in the tea, the amount of this drug is enough for Master and Master to sleep until noon tomorrow, let Xiao Pan face tomorrow's things alone! Xiao Pan can't bear to be separated again for the sake of Xiao Pan, Master and Master, forgive Xiao Pan for not being filial! Zhang Xiaopan stood on the edge of the bed and looked at the sleeping three people with tears in his eyes, then knelt on the ground with a thud, kowtowed three times to the three again, and then got up and closed the door and went out.

Zhang Xiaopan returned to the room, took out the trick that Li Chouxin gave him, went to Li Chouxin's room, and put it together with the flying elephant trick under Li Chouxin's pillow, then sat down at the table, picked up a pen and paper, and wrote a few crooked words on the paper that he had just learned.

"Master, Xiao Pan is gone, don't look for it!"

Then Zhang Xiaopan returned to his room again, picked up the wooden sword and became a fairy, changed into tattered clothes, pretended to be a little beggar, and went to the execution ground overnight, and slept in the corner on the edge of the execution ground.

Zhang Xiaopan thought to himself, he is a child and a beggar, even if he is seen tomorrow, he will scold him a few times at most, and he will not care too much, and no one will think that normal people will spend the night on the edge of the execution ground, at this moment, just waiting for tomorrow to come.

And Li Chouxin and the other three were hit by the sweat medicine, and they slept soundly at this time, but they didn't know that Zhang Xiaopan had already left alone, because when Zhang Xiaopan put the medicine, he put more than the person who sold the medicine said, and he couldn't wake up until noon tomorrow.

It's just that if you wake up at noon and go to the execution ground, everything should be over. Zhang Xiaopan could only keep praying that Li Chouxin would not wake up before noon.

Half-asleep and half-awake, the sky is getting brighter.