Wandering is a kind of solitary practice.

Some people have been repairing for a year, and some have been repairing for a lifetime.

After a year of repair, they went home.

Those who have cultivated for a lifetime, they have attained enlightenment.

Some wander in the distance, others anchor nearby.

Maybe go home, maybe enlighten.

Wandering is not a journey, wandering is atonement.

He who redeems this life also redeems the world to come.

Wandering is not torture, wandering is liberation.

Forget the ambition and go far away from the world.

Twenty-four-year-old Ye Yu pondered the words left by the old monk and continued to search for it in the vast sea of people.

Traffickers usually sell young women to green houses and brothels, so whenever he goes to a place, Ye Yu will definitely go to these two places first to inquire if there is a new girl named Xiaomu recently, and the answers are usually disappointed.

It is also possible to sell it to large families as maids, as long as there is an opportunity, Ye Yu will also inquire in this regard.

However, Ye Yu is most unwilling to let go of the traffickers, as long as he encounters the traffickers, no matter what the goods are, whether he can keep his life or not, anyway, all the "goods" in the hands of the traffickers will be rescued by Ye Yu.

In the past few years, Ye Yu has counted the people he has killed, and the poor people he has saved have been counted.

At first, Ye Yu thought that this was also a good deed, but later found that those slaves who escaped from the clutches of human traffickers became hooligans and ruffians who were bold and powerful, and became homeless people who had no strength to steal chickens and dogs, and who had no ability, no courage, no strength and no luck, so they could only starve to death on the streets.

Ye Yu couldn't tell whether this was evil or good.

From south to north, from east to west, the footprints left behind became heavier and heavier, like Ye Yu's coughing day after day.

As time passed, the hope became more and more slim. Xiao Mu should have been slim at this time, and it was getting harder and harder to find, and I don't know how many endless nights, Ye Yu thought about giving up and thinking about liberation.

When he has money, Ye Yu can sleep well in the hotel and eat bowls of hot noodles. But more often than not, he had no money, so he could only light a fire in the wilderness to keep warm, sleep in caves, sleep on the streets, steal other people's chickens, and ask for food with Hanako. If you are lucky enough to get into a big family, you can have a full meal.

I have deceived others and have been deceived by others.

Ye Yu always told himself that he owed Xiaomu, and if he couldn't find Xiaomu, he would let himself wander alone until he was tired and fell in a no-man's land, and then died quietly.

The strongest hope was when Ye Yu heard about a Qinglou woman named "Wood Girl".

It was a deep mansion compound, with green and black tiles, a small building built very elegantly, and the guard yard was fat and strong.

Ye Yu couldn't get in, because he had neither ink nor silver in his stomach.

He had no choice but to sit at the tea stall opposite the Qinglou for several days, drinking coarse tea, and asking Dr. Tea about Miss Mu's news.

Dr. Tea said that Miss Mu is 18 years old this year, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and looks very good. If you want to see Miss Mu, you not only need a lot of silver, but also have the literary style to sing poetry.

Ye Yu asked him how much silver he wanted, and Dr. Tea said, in this building, the caretaker, the tea and water, the personal maid and the old mother, add up to more than a dozen people, and everyone has to give a reward, which adds up to two or three hundred silver.

In addition to the silver, you also have to match the pair given by the wooden girl, break the wooden girl's chess game, listen to the music played by the wooden girl, and write a pair of ink treasures that the wooden girl can see, so that you can enter the boudoir and talk to the wooden girl.

That's all Dr. Tea knew, he didn't know where Miss Mu was from, how she got here, and so on, after all, he hadn't met Miss Mu.

Ye Yu calculated Xiaomu's age, she should be exactly eighteen years old this year, maybe this Mu girl is really Xiaomu.

Relying on silver and talent to take the right path, there is no hope when he sees Miss Mu, Ye Yu thinks about whether he can take advantage of the night to climb over the wall and enter.

Ye Yu's biggest worry is not that he startles the snake, but that even if he sees Miss Mu, how can he tell if the other party is Xiaomu, and after seven years, can she still remember herself?

On this day, he was still drinking tea at the tea stall as usual, when a man dressed as a subordinate came up and invited him to his master's house, saying that he had something to ask for.

Ye Yu asked him what was the matter, and the subordinate said, "I don't know, the master asked you to go to the house to talk, he knows that you want to see Miss Mu." ”

Ye Yu was startled at first, and asked calmly on the surface, "Who is your master?"

"Li Gongzi. ”

There are many people with the surname Li in this place, but there is only one Li Gongzi and only one Li Mansion.

In the few days that Ye Yu was in the tea stall, he saw a middle-aged man dressed in gentle and elegant clothes go into the Qinglou several times, and later learned that this person was Li Gongzi.

The Li Mansion was very large, bigger than the Marshal's Mansion, bigger than the Dart Bureau, and bigger than any mansion Ye Yu had ever visited.

There were a total of nine before and after, and although the flowers and plants in the garden couldn't be named, he knew that they must be very valuable varieties. I don't know what kind of stone the rockery in the pond is, but it must have been a famous stone that was transported from far away.

The subordinate led Ye Yu through the courtyard to the guest hall, the furnishings here look very exquisite, the calligraphy and paintings are placed in the most suitable position, and the colors are also very delicate, just as exquisite as the furniture here.

Ye Yu didn't know that the calligraphy and painting came from that master, and he didn't know the material of the furniture, at least he knew that the tea bowl brought by the subordinate was made of mutton fat jade, and he had seen the utensils of mutton fat jade in the marshal's mansion.

After the subordinates retreated, Li Gongzi, who heard that Ye Yu was visiting, greeted him from the back hall.

Li Gongzi looked to be in his forties, his beard was neatly trimmed, his elegant navy blue robe was not as gorgeous as the guest hall, but it was very clean, his head was coiled in a bun that only elegant literati had, and the shining jade pendant around his waist embellished his wealth and his status.

His voice was very thin, so thin that Ye Yu had to prick up his ears to hear what he said: "Mr. Ye came to the cold house, and Li has been waiting for a long time." "His unhurried bending movements are very polite and very Confucian.

Ye Yu said: "How does Gongzi Li know that my surname is Ye?"

Li Gongzi smiled and said, "Dr. Tea told me." ”

Presumably, the thing he wanted to see Miss Mu was also told to him by Dr. Cha, Ye Yu said, "What is Gongzi Li's send." ”

"Don't dare, don't dare. Li Gongzi waved his hand and said softly: "Xiao Ke has prepared a thin wine for Your Excellency, please move to the backyard, and use the wine and food first." ”

Ye Yu's stomach is indeed hungry, and no matter what Li Gongzi sells in the gourd, he will have a full meal first, and then he will be able to take care of the wine and food of this big family.

Sure enough, the meals were not only full, but as rich as Ye Yu imagined, a table of seventeen or eighteen dishes, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, running on the ground, planted in the ground, frying and frying, very exquisite, this is not a delicacy that can be eaten casually mixed into the red and white things of large households.

Ye Yu didn't know whether it was beef or pork in his mouth, and he didn't know how many years the wine he poured into his stomach had been brewing.

During this period, Li Gongzi didn't move his chopsticks, just occasionally drank some wine, and talked to Ye Yu with a smile, it seems that this person's usual meal is very small, and this table of banquets is specially prepared for Ye Yu.

The so-called conversation is just Li Gongzi talking about the flowers and plants in his house, saying that the people on this side who have not been injured by the war are poor and happy, and Ye Yu, who is immersed in eating, occasionally receives a sentence or two, most of which are said by Li Gongzi alone.

The careful Li Gongzi saw Ye Yu put down his chopsticks and poured himself another glass of wine, obviously full, and asked, "Sir, are you full?"

"It's full. Ye Yu thanked him: "Master Li, you and I don't know each other, if there is anything, it doesn't hurt to say it clearly." ”

Li Gongzi waved his hand, and all the people in the hall withdrew, leaving only these two people and a table of remnants.

Ye Yu pondered, it seems that there is really something.

"Mr. Ye, the defense of the country and the Xu country have been fighting for many years, and the soldiers of the defense of the country have fought bloodily to protect the family and defend the country. Li Gongzi said: "Although the war has not yet burned here, as a citizen of the country, I have always wanted to have an opportunity to serve the country." ”

"I'm a scholar, and I can't do anything about killing the enemy in battle, but as long as I have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, I will definitely do it. I have received news that the imperial decree is about to come down, and it is necessary to increase the taxes here and raise military salaries. Li Gongzi said: "The Li family has been operating here for three generations, and it is quite famous, and after the holy decree is sent to Lord Assassin Shi, the heavy responsibility of raising military salaries may fall on my Li family." ”

"The Li family is deeply favored by the emperor, and for the soldiers on the front line who sacrificed their lives for the country, they must do their best, but... Speaking of this, Li Gongzi sighed helplessly and took a sip of wine.

Ye Yu asked, "But what?"

Li Gongzi said: "If this burden falls on me, I, Li, will be above board, and I will definitely serve the court well, but it's okay." But if it falls into the hands of traitors, I don't know how much people's fat and ointment will be scavenged from it, regardless of the life or death of the soldiers, regardless of the mountains and rivers of the country. ”

Ye Yu said: "Traitor?" He had already heard that this was a fat shortage.

Li Gongzi said: "Ye Daxia doesn't know, in addition to my Li family, there is also a Wang family here." The people are not as prosperous as my Li family, but the relationship between the Wang family and the assassin is very close, and there is a good chance that the task of raising military salaries will be handed over to the Wang family. ”

"The king of the palace is a villain who sees money and is sinister and treacherous, so he asked him to raise military salaries, which not only suffered the people on this side, but also the soldiers who fought on the front line. ”

Li Gongzi sighed again, as if the national disaster was at the head.

Ye Yu said: "Wang Yuan is a traitor?"

Li Gongzi nodded.

Ye Yu said: "Why did Gongzi Li tell me this?"

Li Gongzi glanced at the knife in Ye Yu's hand, and the weak scholar's eyes suddenly swept away, and then there was a sense of murderous intent, and he lowered his voice and said: "I can see that you use the knife, and there is murder in your eyes, so I want to ask the righteous man to kill this traitor for me, eliminate harm for the people, and ensure the safety of the people here." ”

Ye Yu was silent.

Li Gongzi changed his words and said, "I know you want to see Miss Mu, Xiaosheng and her are acquaintances, and I can introduce them to you." Li Gongzi paused, suddenly sat upright, and said solemnly: "Of course, with Ye Daxia's bearing, even if there is no wooden girl, in order to punish evil and promote good, I will definitely not shirk!"

"Wait for my message. Ye Yu didn't refuse, as long as there was hope of finding Xiaomu, killing someone was nothing, not to mention that this king was not a good person.

Li Gongzi is a person who understands the world very well, he first handed Ye Yu twenty taels of gold as the cost of the assassination, and made a solemn promise that this matter will be completely confidential, and no one will know who killed Wang Yuanwai.

The two made an appointment for five days, and the reason why it was five days was because five days later, it happened to be Miss Mu's birthday, and Li Gongzi would go to visit Miss Mu and take the opportunity to introduce Ye Yu.

Ye Yu also understood that the birthday was just a disguise, and giving you five days to kill people was the real meaning.

It's not too easy to kill a person in five days, let alone kill someone with status like the king.

Li Gongzi was not in a hurry at all, although it was drizzling today, it was not as cold as yesterday, maybe it was the beautiful scenery in the yard, maybe the rice wine in the stove was very hot.

The gorgeous and unusual Li Mansion, the most elegant is the small pavilion in the courtyard, Li Gongzi is warming wine in the pavilion, listening to the sound of the drizzle hitting the banana leaves, he has always been a person with Yaxing.

After a pot of wine, he felt his whole body boil with blood, and although he was nearly fifty years old, he was still very interested in women, and now he just wanted to do something to relax himself.

He brought the most beautiful maid in the house close to his bedroom, and enjoyed it unceremoniously on the couch, and in that time he seemed to be back to the age of twenty, he had always been a very lustful person.

He did not kick the woman off the bedside after the love of fish and water, as he did in the past, but very gently clothed the maidservant and kissed her forehead, as affectionate as he did to the bride on the wedding night.

The reason why he was in such a good mood today was because when he was still sweating in bed, someone came to report that Wang Yuanwai had suddenly disappeared.

Of course, Li Gongzi knew why Wang Yuanwai disappeared, and it seemed that Ye Yu had succeeded.