Chapter 43: Snow Garden
"Brother Lao is so concerned, if the old thief is in the army, but he wants to summon the younger brother, then he will do a lot of evil, and I will not let him go. ”
Li Yuangong nodded and clenched his fists, "You and my brother will say goodbye." If the virtuous brother is free, he can come to Xiazhou to visit his brother, and then he will get drunk with the virtuous brother. ”
Qin Fei happily agreed, and the two said goodbye to Qin Fei, went to find a partner who came together, and then turned back to Western Xia, while Qin Fei rushed back to the Longan Inn.
When he returned to the inn and found that Duo'er was not in the room, Qin Fei was about to ask a question, but Xiao Er bowed down and said, "Miss has been taken to Xueyuanzhuang by the owner, and the owner has left a message to ask you to rush to Xueyuanzhuang to meet you when you come back." ”
When Qin Fei heard this, he knew that Sister Gu had arrived in Dadu, and when Qizhou was separated before, he had said that he would come to Dadu in a few days.
"Childe, the carriage has been prepared outside the door, is this going to Xueyuan Village?" asked Xiao Er. Qin Fei nodded, came to the outside of the inn, got into the carriage, and rushed to Xueyuan Village.
When he came to the small gate of the backyard of Xueyuanzhuang, there was already a steward waiting here, and led Qin Fei into the backyard, and saw that the lights in the north room of the courtyard were bright, and Hao Dafu, the chief elder of the capital, was standing under the eaves of the porch, and saw Qin Fei hurriedly raising the door curtain. Qin Fei entered the room, and Mama Gu glanced at Qin Fei and said, "Just talking about Childe, Childe has arrived." ”
Qin Fei bowed slightly to Mama, stepped forward to meet Gu Yueqin, Gu Yueqin waved her hand and asked Qin Fei to sit down next to Duo'er.
"I heard from my sister, you saved Li Yuangong of Western Xia just now?" Gu Yueqin asked with concern, while motioning for Qin Fei to drink tea.
Qin Fei replied: "Exactly." The two of them entered the palace at night and were discovered by the guards, but because the road was unfamiliar, they strayed into the military field of the west of the city. It's so dangerous, if no one helps, it will be difficult for the two of them to get out. ”
Qin Fei said, took out the iron plate given by Li Yuangong from his bosom, and handed it to Gu Yueqin: "Out of the school military field, he and I became brothers of the opposite sex, this is a token given to me by Brother Li." ”
Gu Yueqin was greatly surprised when she heard this, Li Yuangong has been famous for decades, and he is the only brother of Li Yuanming, the lord of Western Xia, and he actually became a brother with Qin Fei. took the iron plaque and looked at it carefully in his hand, and said: "Brother, this iron plaque has an extraordinary origin, it seems that your brother really values you." ”
"In the territory of Western Xia, this iron plate is second only to the Holy Decree, and holding it is the Western Xia Palace, and you can also break in directly without passing it on. Duo'er couldn't help but smack her tongue as she listened.
Gu Yueqin said again: "Li Yuangong doesn't know much about this person in the outside world, but he has the heart to make friends with you, which is not a bad thing. After that, he returned the iron card to Qin Fei, and asked, "Since you can't find Helian Tengbao, what is the next step for my brother?"
Qin Fei said: "I haven't thought about it yet, it just so happens that my sister is here, and I want to ask my sister to help me with details." ”
Gu Yueqin suddenly smiled at Qin Fei, her eyebrows raised, Qin Fei understood in her heart that there were night walkers outside the courtyard. Gu Yueqin said: "Brother, most of this trip, I brought a batch of good silk, you help me bring a few horses in, pick one for the sister-in-law, and see if there is anything agreeable." Qin Fei nodded and replied, "Obey." Then he got up and went out of the house and ran to the front yard.
When he arrived at the front yard, Qin Fei lightly jumped onto the roof, and saw the small courtyard where he had just come, with a black shadow lying on the outer wall, and quietly looked closer from behind, this person was dressed in black, and even wore a black cloth scarf on his head, and was concentrating on looking at the north house with the lights on.
Qin Fei gently patted the man's shoulder in the back: "Friend, what are you looking at?"
When the man turned around and saw Qin Fei, he jumped up in shock, but before he got up, he only felt numb in his lower body and fell on the courtyard wall. Qin Fei lifted him up and flew to the courtyard, at this time Gu Yueqin, Gu Mama, and Duo'er had all come out and stood under the eaves of the corridor, and Qin Fei threw the person under the steps of the eaves.
Mama Gu came to the man and shouted, "Who are you, who told you to come here to spy on?" The man closed his lips tightly and turned his head to the side, as if he hadn't heard. When Mama Gu saw it, she chuckled and said, "I haven't used the method of dividing muscles and bones for some years, but I didn't expect to break the vow on you today." He raised his hand, and was about to fall, when he suddenly saw a wisp of blood flowing from the corner of the man's mouth, and his color turned black.
Mama Gu secretly said that it was not good, and she was busy pinching the man's jaw with her hand, but it was too late, and the man actually bit his tongue and committed suicide. Gu Yueqin and Duo'er also walked to the bottom of the steps, and ordered someone to take the lantern close to see it, and saw that it was a middle-aged man with a gray face and blood stains on the corners of his mouth. The person was out of breath, and there was no obvious sign on his clothes, Gu Yueqin instructed Hao Dafu, who was waiting in the courtyard, to clean up the body of the man in black.
When a few people returned to the house, Gu Yueqin pondered for a long time, but still couldn't figure out who it was. As soon as this person was discovered, he bit his tongue and committed suicide, obviously not an ordinary thief, this person seemed to be coming for himself, otherwise he would not have arrived at the restaurant by himself, and he had already stepped on the spot outside the courtyard.
Duo'er said softly: "Sister, could it be that Wuzong is a person from the 'Dui' character sect, who came to Dadu with her sister and grandmother from Qizhou, otherwise my sister would have come to Dadu to rest, and that person would follow, which is too coincidental." ”
Mama Gu also said: "As soon as she appeared, she bit her tongue and committed suicide, such a weird style is indeed different from ordinary sects." ”
Gu Yueqin said without worry: "The martial arts sect has always been secretive, judging from the martial arts skills of the head of the sect, it is not amazing. It's just that secretly watching and secretly hurting people with arrows is unguardable. Fortunately, I have ordered Qizhou Hao Datong to secretly visit Wuzong, and I think there should be results in these two days. ”
Several people have speculated for a long time, but they still don't have a clue. Gu Yueqin said to the second child: "I have someone to bring your luggage to Xueyuan Village, there are a few good courtyards here, and there are no outsiders to live, so you don't have to go back to the Longan Inn." The two nodded yes.
"It's not early, let's go and rest first, tomorrow you two will accompany your sister to see the scenery outside the capital." Gu Yueqin said to the two, the two nodded, got up and left.
Outside, Hao Dafu had sent someone to wait outside and led the two to the small courtyard next door to rest.
The next day, everyone went out of the city and walked in the direction of Xishan, Gu Yueqin, Mama, and Duo'er rode a double set of carriages, and Qin Fei and Hao Dafu rode horses to accompany them.
After a short walk, we arrived at the foot of the West Mountain. The forests in the mountains are bleak, the grass is withered and yellow, it is late autumn, and the red leaves are full of red leaves. There was already a servant who looked like a steward waiting in the mountain pass, and when he saw the carriage, he led the way in front of him, and led the people to continue along the path at the foot of the mountain.
After walking for another half an hour, I came outside a village, and an old man greeted him at the door, Gu Yueqin, Mama, and Duo'er got out of the carriage, and the old man hurried forward and said, "Girl, Mama, has it always been good?"
Gu Yueqin smiled and nodded, Mama seemed to be very familiar with the old man, and said with a smile: "Old monkey, you are getting more and more tough." The old man said: "Mama is joking, but it is not for the blessing of the girl and Mama, and my old Zhou can now enjoy his old age in peace." ”
Between the chatter and laughter, they entered a large courtyard, came to the hospitality hall, sat down the guests, the servants served tea, Gu Yueqin introduced each other for everyone, and the two children also greeted each other with the old man.
It turns out that the name of this village is "Red Leaf Villa", the old man's name is Zhou Fangtong, he is a friend of Gu's father before his death, although this person is not a gopher door, but he has been taking care of the business in the north of Liaojing for the gopher door, only in recent years, he has returned to Hongye Village to enjoy his old age.
Gu Yueqin smiled and said to Zhou Fangtong: "Old man, I only arrived in Dadu yesterday, and I came to the door today to disturb me, but I don't know what happened to that matter, how is it done now?"
The old man bowed slightly and said, "What the girl ordered me to do last year has been done. With a wave of his hand, a family member came to Zhou Fangtong with a tray in his hand, and Zhou Fangtong picked up a letter on the plate and handed it to Gu Yueqin.
Gu Yueqin took the letter, opened it and looked at it, and said: "It seems that there is no way to do this, the Goryeo Kingdom has been invaded by Dongying Fusang for many years, not to mention business, even if it is not easy to survive." The people of Fusang do not occupy an area, nor do they operate, they will sweep away the property and return to Wajima, every two or three years is a catastrophe, the ancestors left in the Goryeo industry now less than two or three tenths, now sold it can still get back some cash, if you wait for Dongying Fusang to come back to attack, I am afraid that there will be no two or three out of ten. ”
Zhou Fangtong nodded yes, "The Liaodong Aguta tribe is thriving at the moment, and although the Dongying warriors are strong, they did not dare to attack, and only plundered in Goryeo, and did not dare to cross the border of Goryeo." ”
Gu Yueqin groaned: "I see that the rivers and rivers are already going down in front of Liao, and if Aguda wants to go south in the future, Liaoguo may not be able to resist it." Although there are not many disciples in Goryeo, all of them should not stay in the Liao realm, except for some to stay and take care of business, most of them will continue to move south to the Song land, which is safe. ”