Chapter 3 is difficult
The sky is about to reveal the white belly of the fish, and Gu Shiyan will walk for as long as the snow stops. The traces of last night have been buried by the wind and snow, don't worry, the most important thing now is to throw the hot potato into the hands of others.
If it weren't for the unknown needle that made him dare not raise his qi luck, with Gu Shiyan's footsteps would have arrived a long time ago, why would he still be moving in this bare mountain forest now. It had just snowed, like a freshly wiped silver screen, and everything was brand new.
"It's you again! Same as yesterday? The boss of the mutton soup recognized Gu Shiyan and beckoned her to sit down. Gu Shiyan bought another one and drank it slowly with a spoon, and there was an opening in the handle of the spoon, which felt like a whetstone. Gu Shiyan did the worst at this, but this face is always difficult to hide.
It was still the same position yesterday, blocked by the three-layer steaming drawer, and it was not so conspicuous in the coming and going. In the distance, the sound of horses' hooves could be heard, and it was three horses. Gu Shiyan counted his steps closer and closer, and as he passed by, the flag was blown by the wind that he brought up.
"What kind of horse is running, in broad daylight, I just baked the buns." When people are far away, the boss dares to whisper and complain. It stands to reason that this street is in charge, but the person in charge is a bully who is afraid of the hard, and this town is far away from the dart bureau black and white, where does anyone dare to say a bad word.
Taking people's money and doing things for others, Gu Shiyan can understand it very well, why shouldn't she be, but it's a pity that the Tao is not the same. This time, the boss didn't send the guests, and when he turned around, there was a straight seven yuan on the table.
Yesterday, the secret report asked her to stop the last trip to the red goods, and now the red goods are pinned to her waist. Seeing the half of the life card on the waist of the three people, Gu Shiyan realized that he had robbed the things of the first dart game in the north.
There is no snow on the side of the road, Gu Shiyan detoured to the alley on the edge of Gu Guogong's mansion, the snow here is not up to his ankles, but the culvert next to the wall is clear, the snow here has already turned into meltwater through the stone slab and flowed away.
Gu Shiyan stepped on the bluestone slab and walked into the alley, and quickly aimed the bamboo tube the size of his little thumb at the gap in the stone slab and threw it into the culvert. This water is living water, fortunately it snowed last night, and Gu Shiyan's news was quickly sent to Gu Jue.
Leaving from the Weituo Temple, Du Heng also walked all night, he didn't want to, but he couldn't find a place to stop.
"Boss, how do you sell this bun?" Du Heng stood in front of the three-layer steamer and looked at the hot stall. "A three-penny, it's all a real meat bun, how many do the guest officers want?"
"Give me two steamed buns, also Sanwen?"
"Yes." The boss didn't take it for him immediately, but covered the steaming drawer and spread his hands out to ask for money first.
Du Heng didn't care about the boss's vigilance, took out a blue and white bag from his arms, took out three clean copper coins from the bag, and put them in the boss's hand.
After confirming that the money was fine, the boss lifted the side of the steaming drawer, took out two steamed buns from the seam, wrapped them in paper and handed them out.
"Thank you." Du Heng put the steamed bun and the blue and white bag into his arms and continued on the road.
Du Heng lived for twenty-three years, and he only told one lie, that is, he lied to his mother that he had passed the imperial examination. It was indeed the first time, and he didn't even dare to make up a big one even after coaxing, but he just said that he had passed the township test and was going to work at the county office.
There are three days to "rest and bath", and today I entered the city, and I just sent the copied scriptures to Ximing Temple for six catties of grain.
Even though he didn't go home for more than a month, Du Heng had already remembered his mother's itinerary. When he walked to the city gate, his mother got up and said many times that it was cold in winter, so he should sleep more, but his mother always said that he couldn't sleep and was uncomfortable lying down. When he was buying steamed buns by the bridge, his mother should have eaten breakfast and was drying pickles, and once saw him eat a lot when he came home, thinking that he loved to eat, and then every time he left home, he had to take it with him, but in fact, he was just so hungry at that time.
Du Heng is not worried at all about being bumped into by his mother on the street today, because today is not the day to catch the market. But he didn't relax, he turned around and went around a long circle to Ximing Temple.
While waiting for the monks to verify it, he flipped through the latest Buddhist scriptures in the treasure hall. It's not that he loves Buddhism, he just loves books, the steamed buns are hard, and they taste a little choking, he doesn't notice it, and he delves into the book wholeheartedly.
Gu Shiyan has a place to go. Coming out of the small alley, Gu Shiyan returned to his small home, which is a small courtyard not far from Dongshi, connected to the side, without the high walls of Zhumen and uninvited guests, just an ordinary woman's yard, on the way home, there is a familiar aunt beckoning him to go to the house to eat.
I hadn't returned for a long time, and there was no water at home, so I brought the water back from the street in one breath before it was hot, and the tree on the street was only bare branches and a little snow.
"Girl, are you back? I've made a lot of pickles, so I'll get you some. The neighbor's voice came from the other end of the bamboo fence.
"I'm here, thank you, auntie." Gu Shiyan heard the voice and hurriedly came out to pick it up. "I don't have anything to give you, this is for you for the New Year." I felt a gold leaf from my bosom, it was really thin.
"No, no, this is too precious, it's not easy for you to be a girl." Seeing that the eldest lady turned around and ran, Gu Shiyan threw the golden leaf into her yard and ran faster than the eldest lady. "It's not valuable, it's just good-looking, you can take it, auntie."
Gu Shiyan buried her head in the hot water as well, her muscles relaxed, she enjoyed the feeling of being out of breath, like a bee falling into amber, and sometimes she wished that she could get such peace.
Blood began to spread under the red mole on his shoulder, turning into a manda, Gu Shiyan had never seen this kind of poison, was this considered poison? I didn't feel any discomfort.
Zhenyuan Dart Bureau.
"Master, Deng Qi's body has been found, and the things have been lost."
"If you lose something and find it, but my brother is dead, but I can't stand him." The person in the seat slapped his fist on the tiger head chair, "Invite Lord Jin Yuka to help me seek revenge." ”
Jin Yuka, a master found by the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau from Nanzhao, is good at Gu poison. Before I saw him, I heard his voice first, and the silver jewelry was worn all over his body, moving and sounding. If you think it's a gloomy old goddess, then you're wrong, anyone who has seen Master Jin Yuka will be shocked, the girl in front of her is no more than fifteen at most, and even a little baby's round face, her eyes are clear, but she seems to have been abducted by this town's far dart game.
"Mr. Deng's dart head." The clank sounded again.
"Master Jin Yuka, I want to ask the master to help find someone, this person killed my brother and robbed my goods." The person next to him presented a black jar with the word seven on the red paper.
"You want the man's body?"
"He can't die, I want him to come to me himself with something within three days."
"I see." The girl took the black jar, pricked her fingertips, released a drop of blood, sealed the jar again, closed her eyes, and her lips moved.
Gu Shiyan's shoulders suddenly began to get hot, and he felt like he was being stabbed by a sharp knife, and he drilled in a whirl, pinching the left side of his heart, blocking the pain on his left arm, and he was already sweating on his forehead in the winter. You don't have to think about it to know that the retribution for stealing people's things is coming.
Gu Shiyan clasped his hands and returned to the fence to call Auntie, his voice trembling. "Auntie! Auntie, I'm going to go out for a few days, if someone looks for me, you let him go to the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, it's going to be the New Year, I'm going to make new clothes for the dart master. ”
"Why do you have to leave again when you just came back, it's not easy to make money, I have to return this leaf to you."
"No need, I'm really leaving, you take this leaf, it's hard to help me deliver the letter, maybe it will take a long time."
"Okay, you go get busy first, I'll send it to you."
Gu Shiyan changed into black clothes and left through the back window. The pain in his shoulder only increased, and he was relieved by two needles in the front and back, but the whole left arm could no longer move. Gu Shiyan tied his arms to his side, covered half of his cloak, sped up his pace, broke the jar and fell, now he didn't have to worry about the problem of improving his luck, and rushed towards the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau as fast as possible.
Everything is as usual at the door of the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, if it weren't for the fact that he was the thief, who knew that the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau had lost red goods. Gu Shiyan walked slowly along the outer wall, looking for the weak place in the courtyard.
Going around to the northwest, both inside and outside are inaccessible, Gu Shiyan kicked the tree twice on the wall, and saw a figure flashing on the wall from a distance, when the snow fell, Gu Shiyan also landed steadily, without hesitation, turned into the grass, the snow here has not been cleaned up, and it is not good to leave immediately.
Soon, he waited for his own hitchhiker, and the person who had just come in with him was now swaggering on the road, and Gu Shiyan followed not far from his footprints. I saw him push open a small crack in the small courtyard door, flash into the courtyard, and when there was no sound, Gu Shiyan turned over and went in.
Sitting on the wall, looking at the people waiting for him below, Gu Shiyan was about to withdraw, when he suddenly heard a conversation not far away, so he had to jump down. Rolling on the ground, he grabbed the man's voice acupoint, dragged him behind the tree with one hand, and choked his throat with one hand.
There was only a wall of separation, and the voice was far away again. The man raised his hands above his head to signal that he would not mess around, Gu Shiyan quickly took out a brown pill from his arms, and slashed it horizontally on the man's neck with one palm, the man's mouth opened involuntarily, Gu Shiyan threw the pill into his throat and untied the man's dumb acupoint.
"Poisonous, you can do it yourself." The man stroked his throat, which was more painful than the poison or the real palm slash just now.
"Listen to the woman."
"You seem to be familiar with this place, do you know who in this village drives the Gu poison?"
"Gu poison? Yes, there is a golden jade card in the Zhenyuan Dart Bureau, who is the saint of Nanzhao. ”
"The Holy Maiden of Nanzhao will do things for the dart game?"
"Then I don't know."
"Take me there."
"Along the road outside, all the way to the end, there is a bamboo forest, behind the bamboo forest is her mansion, I won't go, I advise you not to go, bump into something and lose your half-life" Speaking of this, the man made a grimace, his tongue hanging on his mouth, as if he had been tricked.
"No way, my lover bumped into it. Can you come with me? ”
"Your lover, it's not right for me to go." Gu Shiyan didn't speak, and quietly looked at those peach blossom eyes.
"Do I have a choice?" The man pointed to himself and asked weakly, "It seems that there is none." The man staggered and was about to go inside, "I'll go get my things first." ”
"Hurry up, I'll let you go." The man sneakily walked to the door, but pushed the door in openly, Gu Shiyan took a closer look at this courtyard, and there was an ordinary plaque upstairs, written "interesting", which was a little special in the dart game.
Gu Shiyan didn't care what others did, and followed the man towards the courtyard of Jinyuka, and the road was surprisingly smooth.
"No one dares to go to the Golden Jade Card at all, don't worry."
No one is looking for the Golden Jade Card, everyone is waiting in the courtyard of the Golden Jade Card.
"You kid framed me." Gu Shiyan stood in front of the man and said in a low voice.
"I didn't know there were so many people here." The man was about to run away, and there was already a door god standing at the gate of the courtyard.
The guards looked at the trapped beast in the cage and didn't move, a silver bell rang, Gu Shiyan's face changed suddenly, and he watched the abnormal movement in the courtyard vigilantly.
"It doesn't seem to be."
"Then they're where they shouldn't be." As soon as Deng Dinghou raised his hand, the people around him rushed up.
Gu Shiyan avoided the siege of everyone while taking care of the man's safety.
"What kind of martial arts is this?"
"I don't know."
Wheel warfare is so unreasonable, no matter how good you are, there will always be times when you are tired.
"Stop!" The man finally couldn't stand it anymore, "We are guests of the Golden Jade Card, this is a token, please take a look." ”
There was another burst of silver bells, and a young girl leaned out from the second floor, and when she saw the people in the courtyard, she smiled on her face, "Dongfang! What are you doing here! The girl's voice was beautiful, and she jumped up and hugged the man in the center of her gaze.
"Is that true?"
"That's right, this is my old friend of Nanzhao." The girl grabbed Dongfang Xuan's arm, if it weren't for the pain, Gu Shiyan wouldn't believe that the little girl in front of her was a Gu poison saint.
"This girl too?"
Seeing that he talked about himself, yes, now he has a backer. Gu Shiyan grabbed Dongfang Xuan's other arm, his voice was not loud, but Jin Yuka could definitely hear it clearly: "Donglang, don't be afraid, I will definitely take you out." Hearing this, the two looked at Gu Shiyan at the same time.
Good guy, it turns out that the lover is me.
Good guy, Brother Xuan actually became someone else's lover.
Jin Yuka held Dongfang Xuan's hand and hung down, bringing the silver chuan on his body and ringing, it was really aura, and everyone seemed to hear the master's sadness.
Seeing that the life-saving straw was far away, Dongfang wanted to say anything, but he forgot it. Even if the people present were made of wood, they also saw some of the love and hatred of these three people, and our murderous Lord Jin Yuka turned out to have this girlish appearance, this man didn't look at any martial arts, but he dared to live up to Lord Jin Yuka, thinking that it was because of this cold-faced woman's kung fu strength. But this man is really useless except for being born with a good skin, and he has two beauties so fond, the world is unfair.
"It's a misunderstanding, it's good to say it." In the end, this Mr. Deng's dart head is mixed with the rivers and lakes, leave a line today, and see you in the future. As he was about to go back, he jumped down from the second floor, like an eagle flying towards Gu Shiyan, and landed firmly on Gu Shiyan's left shoulder cloak with a punch.
"This is how you act."
"I made this punch for Lord Jin Yuka, and the girl did it herself."
Gu Shiyan stabilized his body and clenched his fists with both hands, which was considered a farewell. In fact, the punch hit the left arm and didn't feel it, but the left side of the heart that was sealed by this punch opened up again, and the pain rose violently like a wind. At this time, Gu Shiyan's palm was about to bleed because of the pain that was stabbed by the double ring.
"Why don't you hide?"
"I'm not invited, Deng Dinghou should have it."
"Hahaha!" There was a distant laughter from those who walked away.
"Dongfang Xuan, you still remember that I was here!" Jin Yuka looked at the two of them, one with smiling peach blossom eyes and the other with cold fox eyes, which was really a good match.
"She's hurt, you show her."
"Don't look, I'm not a saint who hangs a pot to help the world." It was really a teenage girl with a temper and strode into the house. Seeing that she didn't close the door, Dongfang Xuan chased after her.
"She poisoned me, Yu'er saved me." Dongfang Xuan handed his wrist to the girl, rolled up his sleeves, and asked her to inspect it. Jin Yuka covered the pulse suspiciously, his eyes low and focused.
"It doesn't look like a big deal." A slap on the wrist, "If you want to save her, you don't have to kill me with your own life." Dongfang Xuan stopped the girl from her way, "It's true, maybe you can't touch it, you haven't eaten for half an hour." ”
"Holy Maiden." The eldest husband can bend and stretch, Gu Shiyan knelt on the ground, and took off his cloak, revealing the red mandala dripping red on his left shoulder.
"I don't know this son, I just used ordinary tonic medicine to trick him into bringing me to you, in order to survive."
Gu Shiyan knelt down, his face becoming whiter and whiter with the black robe.
"It turned out to be you." Jin Yuka recognized his own handwriting, and restored the decisive appearance of the living person who should not be close to killing. "Why do you think I'm going to save you?"
"I have something to exchange with the Holy Maiden." The person in front of him is very determined.
"I don't lack anything."
"You should be sad and humilous, and blow into the vicissitudes of freedom."
"Self-inflicted."