After Yin Youcheng and Bai Yue'er sat down, they were shocked and joking: "Lord Yin's conscience has been discovered today?"

Yin Youcheng said that his mouth was dry, and he immediately sat down and picked up the teapot and took a big sip to his mouth, then wiped his cuffs and said, "Yo, this also made you find out." I'm so sorry to make the stunned girl laugh. ”

Bai Yue'er said on the side: "But today's incident is beautiful, I almost thought that the ring was really touched by the couple." ”

Yin Youcheng sneered: "What is this, what did the master do when he was young is a big deal." How many copper plates are scammed? That's the trick played by these market hooligans. ”

He smiled and said, "A few years old Mao boy, it's still old-fashioned to say something." ”

Bai Yue'er said: "I'm afraid that this couple won't hand over the silver honestly." ”

Yin Youcheng said: "I didn't expect them to really give five hundred taels of silver, but at least one or two hundred taels of filial piety money must be there, how much hardship the children of Shui Yundu have endured at the hands of Sima Hui, let the couple help to help Zhou Yuan." If these two people are not honest, they will bother Yue'er to help knock and beat, and they will naturally be honest after a few beatings. ”

Shocked asked, "Is the ring really your family heirloom?"

Yin Youcheng said: "No." It's all scrightening, but this ring is also worth a few hundred taels of silver outside, and I thought I was losing it because of the trouble along the way, and I was reluctant to do it. ”

After a while, Bai Yue'er asked, "That kid really didn't take anyone's money?"

Yin Youcheng said with a smile: "Shi can be killed, but you can't believe in an innocent person who fights with his life?"

Shocked and sympathetic: "It's really hard to end up like this at this age." ”

"It's not that easy to die, I think that kid is probably just knocked unconscious, and he will be fine in a few days. ”

The three of them rested here for half an hour, and Yin Youcheng got up and said, "Let's go, girls, Sima Hui just said that he and I Li Yishi are in the medical hall, let's go and take a look." ”

......

So the three of them went to the medical hall where Li Yishi was located, and asked Sima Hui about Li Yishi's situation there, and by the way, Bai Yue'er and Sima Hui got to know each other. Sima Hui wanted to stay here and watch Li Yishi, so Yin Youcheng took the two girls to Shuiyundu.

After a few people left, Sima Hui sat down next to Li Yishi, turned his head to look at the child who was still in a coma, stretched out his hand to help him pull the quilt, sighed and said, "Is it rash to teach you the truth?"

After that, Sima Hui got up and walked out of the house, and walked to the kitchen of the medical hall, where a few hangs of bacon that the family ate for the New Year were hanging on the beams, and the cut dishes were neatly stacked on the board.

The female head of the medical hall was working on the stove at this time, and a few slices of bacon were stir-fried in the pot.

"It smells good. Sima Hui stood at the door and said softly.

The female head turned her head and saw Sima Hui, and said with a smile: "The man in the family takes the children out to buy some things in the market, if the gentleman doesn't dislike it, you might as well stay and have a meal together." ”

Sima Hui hurriedly shook his hand: "Today's incident is thanks to Brother Duan's rescue, and my sister-in-law also specially vacated the room, and I am already grateful, so I won't stay." ”

"What's the matter?"

At this time, Duan Li, the male owner of the medical hall, led his son back from the market, carrying a bunch of things in both hands. It was the meal now, the front door of the medical hall was ajar, and Duan Li came in through the back door, followed by a child of eighteen or nineteen years old, with a sugar gourd in his mouth.

Duan Li and his wife have worked hard to run this medical center over the years, treating people kindly, and dealing with people in a smooth manner, which has won unanimous praise from everyone in Xiayang City. It is also because of this that Shui Yundu's children are sick, and Sima Hui will come to this section of the medical hall to seek medical treatment and get medicine. The husband and wife in the medical hall also recognized the identity of Sima Hui's bachelor of the palace, and by chance they learned about Shui Yundu, so they took care of Sima Hui more or less in life, and Sima Hui would come to the medical hall to teach the youngest son in the section to read and write, even if the husband and wife still had a little favor, just like this, the two sides became acquainted.

When I came back now, I happened to hear Sima Hui's words, and stepped forward and said: "It's not in the way to have a meal, I also let the child fry bacon, Mr. might as well stay and eat before leaving." ”

"Thank you both, I really don't have to. I have to entertain a few friends in Shuiyundu today, and I will bring the stones back later. ”

Duan Li put the things in his hand into the kitchen, took a knife and cut a sledge of pork, carried it to Sima Hui's side and said, "Then we won't force Mr. to stay." Although the stone injury is not large, after all, the person has not woken up yet. Sir can trust me and my husband and wife to let Shi live in my family hospital first, and after a few days he is almost recovered, so how about I let my husband take him back?"

"It's a real nuisance. ”

"No trouble, no trouble, if Mr. agrees, then it's decided. Since Mr. didn't stay to eat, you see that I can't finish the piece of meat I just bought from the market, and it's a pity that it stinks, so Mr. took it to open meat for the children of Shuiyundu. There are also these pieces of sugar, which are said to have been transported from Jiaozhou, and some of them were also taken. We adults don't eat it, and Huzi can't eat much, so Mr. took it and gave it to the children. ”

Sima Hui was not coquettish, stretched out his hand to take the heavy package and said, "Thank you, Brother Duan." ”

"Where the words. Duan Li turned around to leave, suddenly remembered something, turned around and said, "By the way, I passed by the front door just now, and I saw a woman sitting at the door of the medical hall, saying that she was waiting for you." I let her in and she won't, sir, go and see?"

Sima Hui nodded and saluted: "Yes, then I will say goodbye." ”

"Good. ”

Sima Hui came to the front door of the medical hall with his things, and really saw a woman in a cloth dress sitting at the door of the medical hall. When the woman saw Sima Yan coming out, she quickly got up.

The woman's appearance is not very elegant, but she is also beautiful, and her gestures reveal the gentle temperament of Jiangnan women.

"What's going on with this girl?"

The woman looked flustered and saluted: "The little girl Shangchuan School Palace Shangguan Shuo, I have seen my senior brother. ”

Sima Hui suddenly said: "You are Shangguan Shuo." ”

There are 3,000 disciples in Shangchuan School Palace, Sima Hui is famous in the school palace with the title of "On the Tao Can't Talk", and the same name as "Shangguan Shuo can't talk with hands" is even more well-known. Sima Hui has heard of this for a long time, and he is also quite interested in this woman who can be called "Xuegong Erno" with himself, but he has never had the opportunity to meet, but he has a wish when he sees it today.

Sima Hui asked, "What is the important matter of senior sister?"

Shangguan Shuo said softly: "Dare to ask Senior Brother, Li Yishi is ...... How's he hurt?"

Sima Hui felt inexplicable, but still replied: "Shi Shi is still delirious, but there is no big problem. Sister Lao is worried. ”

Shangguan Shuo snapped his fingers and looked hesitant. Seeing this, Sima Hui was about to leave: "If the junior sister has nothing else to do, she will leave." ”

Shangguan Shuo said suddenly: "If the senior brother has any difficulties, you can tell the little girl, although the little girl is alone, she will definitely do her best to help the senior brother." ”

Hearing Sima Hao's words, Shangguan Shuo seemed to have made a great determination, bit his lip and took off the wooden hairpin on his head, holding it in his hand, and his black hair suddenly fell like a waterfall. Shangguan Shuo held the wooden hairpin in both hands, lowered his head sharply and said: "This hairpin is a relic of the little girl's mother, taken from the body of the hundred-year-old acacia tree, it should be worth some silver taels, and I ask the senior brother to take it." ”

Sima Hui stood on his feet and frowned: "How do you say this?"

Seeing Shangguan Shuo holding the hairpin standing still in place, Sima Hui's heart moved, and he asked, "Did the stone take your things?"

If Sima Hui lowered his head at this time, he would definitely find Shangguan Shuo's red cheeks.

Shangguan Shuo lowered his head and shook his head fiercely.

Sima Hui: "Then this is for ......"

"Please forgive me!"

Before Sima Hao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Shangguan Shuo's words. The woman's voice choked, and a little tear fell to the ground. Sima Hui looked stunned, quickly put the things in his hand aside, and stepped forward to help Shangguan Shuo. The latter raised his head, and his face was already crying.

Sima Yan hurriedly said: "How is this called me, if there is a place where I am sorry for the girl, but it doesn't hurt to say it, I will pay for it first." ”

Shangguan Shuo wiped away his tears with his cuffs, closed his eyes, and shook his head. Sima Hui stood aside and was at a loss.

"What grievances has the junior sister suffered? If the stone offends the junior sister somewhere, when he wakes up, I will ask him to compensate the junior sister, and the junior sister's losses will be fully compensated in the future. Please don't remember it. ”

Shangguan Shuo still shook his head, and after a while, when Shangguan Shuo's mood calmed down, he finally spoke: "Don't hide it from Senior Brother, the little girl also worked in Tang Xinfang before, and Li Yishi's work as a partner in Tang Xinfang was introduced by the little woman. Today, I heard that Li Yishi was in urgent need of money, and I wanted to introduce him to Tang Xinfang to do chores, but unexpectedly, he suffered this unwarranted disaster...... At that time, the little girl heard about this incident in the workshop and failed to come forward, so she apologized to her senior brother here. ”

Sima Hui was stunned, no wonder Li Yishi went to Tang Xinfang to be a buddy for no reason, although it is not uncommon for him to do some odd jobs outside at his age, but according to Li Yishi's notorious reputation, if there is no one in the middle, how can he enter the façade of Tang Xinfang.

Seeing this, the woman was about to cry, but Sima Hui stepped forward to accept the wooden hairpin in the woman's hand and said, "Okay, I'll help you keep the hairpin first, and when the stone wakes up, you can tell him yourself." Now that it's getting late, I'll send my sister back. ”

When Shangguan Shuo heard this, he immediately blushed and shook his hand: "No need, since the senior brother has important things to do, the little girl will not bother, and the little woman will retire." ”

After speaking, the woman was about to turn around and leave, Sima Hui picked up the package, followed Shangguan Shuo quickly, and walked side by side with the woman.

"It's not safe for a woman's family to go back alone, so I'd better give you a ride. ”

"My home is not much away from the city, so I really don't have to work for my brother......"

"It's okay, since it's not far away, it doesn't hurt to give it a ride. ”

After speaking, Sima Hui continued to follow. Shangguan Shuo turned his head and glanced at Sima Hui secretly, and a trace of imperceptible shame welled up on his face.

The two came to the northern suburbs of Xiayang City, and walked a few miles, and there were few people on the side of the road, but Shangguan Shuo did not stop.

Sima Yan inadvertently glanced at the gradually darkening sky, his brows furrowed slightly, but this subtle movement happened to be noticed by Shangguan Shuo, who said softly: "The front is here, I can walk this part of the road by myself." Senior brother, hurry back. ”

Sima Hui slowed down and looked around, the depths of the forest were so dark that he couldn't see the slightest movement, so he continued to walk forward: "It's all here, don't care about these few miles, let's give it another ride." ”

The darker the sky, the more rapid Shangguan Shuo's footsteps became, his expression was nervous, his palms were folded in front of his abdomen, and his fingers were constantly overlapped.

In order to alleviate this awkward atmosphere, Sima Hui asked, "Where is the junior sister from?"

"Jiaozhou Pingcheng. ”

"When did you come to Shuzhou?"

"Three or four years ago. ”

"Alone?"

Shangguan Shuo's expression was in a trance for a moment, and then he let out a soft "um".

"It's not easy. ”

Sima Hui glanced at the sky again, and the sun had completely set. While talking, the two of them unconsciously walked a lot of distances.

"On weekdays, my sister walks this road alone?"

"Hmm. ”

Sima Hui smiled and said, "In this wilderness, aren't you afraid that someone will tie you up?"

"Most of the young people in this area have gone south to make a living, and there are only some old people and children left, sparsely populated, and the little minions who cut the path are not eye-catching. ”

......

As the two spoke, they came to another village, but it was much less angry than the one they had seen before, and the old trees in front of the village were looking at the sky with their teeth and claws baring their bare branches, as if they were begging for the sky.

In this huge place, only Liao Liao's two families lit oil lamps, and even this light seemed to be swallowed by the night at any time, and it looked like a lonely village from a distance.

"That's it, this way is under the care of the senior brother, let the senior brother walk these many miles of mountain roads in vain, the little woman is ashamed of herself. ”

"It's okay, junior sister, go back quickly. ”

After speaking, Sima Hui also wanted to give some of the sugar sent by Duan Li to Shangguan Shuo, but the latter politely refused.

Sima Hui didn't say much, standing between several dilapidated houses, quietly watching Shangguan Shuo's back disappear into the night, blending into this desolation. At this time, Sima Hui turned around and walked back a few steps, and was about to leave, but he caught a glimpse of a courtyard lit with oil lamps, and one of the elderly people was lying on a wooden chair, his eyes closed, and his messy silver hair was blown up by the wind, looking more and more unbearable. The warm yellow light in the darkness hit the old man's face, and there was a little peace in the sadness.

Sima Hui's heart moved, frowned, and then turned around and walked lightly in the direction where Shangguan Shuo had left.

The village was pitch black, and it was not difficult to find Shangguan Shuo's residence by following the light source. Sima Hui stood in front of a dilapidated wooden house, under which dense cobwebs had been weaved, and the leaves in front of the house had fallen to the ground perhaps uncleaned for a long time, mixed with the old and new dirt.

The door was not locked, Sima Hui stood in front of the door, did not dare to knock on the door, and finally mustered up the courage to push the door in. The furnishings in the wooden house are also extremely simple. Shangguan Shuo sat with her back to the door, and in front of her was a bowl of cold porridge on the wooden table that was extremely incongruous with her own height. Next to the woman was a simple spiritual table, and the dim light was emitted by the two candles in front of the spiritual table.

Shangguan Shuo hadn't noticed Sima Hui behind him at this time, and he was sitting on the seat, looking at the spiritual seat in a daze. Sima Hui turned sideways and quietly glanced at the position of the old widow of the Jiang family.

Sima Hui took a deep breath and turned to leave.

......

Water Cloud Crossing.

Yin Youcheng lit a bonfire. Although the winter night is cold, Yin Youcheng and Ye Baiyi are martial arts practitioners after all, and this move is not for warmth. I saw Yin Youcheng untie the wine pot around his waist, put it on the fire to warm it, and took out a few peanuts that were still soiled and put them next to the fire to bake.

"Sir, can you have some food?" Yin Youcheng looked at Ye Baiyi, who shook his head and refused.

"Mr. seems to value Sima Hui very much?"

"I'll keep him useful. This person is talented, it is a pity to stay in Shuzhou, but he can go to Tianjing City with us. ”

Yin Youcheng said with a smile: "It's rare for Mr. to praise someone like this, then I have to take the school to test him." ”

Ye Baiyi didn't pay attention to it, and after a while, he suddenly asked, "What are your plans for the matter of Sancun Mountain?" ”

Yin Youcheng said with a lazy expression: "Wait and see what happens." With the loss of Xuantie this time and the death of several of his disciples, how could Wuli Gu just give up? Since the valley lord is still calm and can stand still, what am I anxious about? After making a decision, it is not too late to make plans when they come to the door. ”

Ye Baiyi said: "You know that this matter is widely implicated, if you don't plan early, there will be more than one Wuli Valley who will come to the door at that time." ”

Yin Youcheng sighed and said, "This is true. No matter how you say it, Wuli Valley is just a Jianghu sect, how could you hit the idea of the Heavenly Xuantie. If you want to move this one of the best gate factions in Shuzhou, you have to show some sincerity. Money can make ghosts grind, and such a bargaining chip in Shuzhou is estimated to be available to the old man of Chengdu Wang. But having said that, we don't have any direct evidence to point to the witnesses, if that old slippery head pretends to be stupid and refuses to admit it, we can't do anything about it, isn't it?

Ye Baiyi said softly: "It's just a momentum." ”

"Momentum?"

"In ancient times, the cause of the destruction of the Great Qin was in the so-called book of heaven that was man-made, and from ancient times to the present, how much so-called following the sky is just a pretext for a natural vision. Now that the new emperor has ascended the throne and the empress dowager has listened to the government, causing turmoil in the government and the opposition, who of the eight major vassal kings can be left alone? Only when the three armies are fighting at the first time can they seize the opportunity in the game. If the king of Chengdu wants to enter the game, in the name of this Xuantie, he will engrave words and spread rumors, and under the pretense of the Mandate of Heaven, he can naturally do not leak. Otherwise, you say that the king of Chengdu has countless elite soldiers, so why bother with one soldier and one weapon when killing. Casting dark iron into weapons is certainly good for the warriors of the rivers and lakes, but for the vassal king, it is inevitable that it will be overkill. ”

"Having said that, he might as well ask a charlatan to make this fake for him, why bother so much"

"How can it be so easy to fake, if so, everyone in the world can use this as a name for unrighteous soldiers. Not to mention that this kind of thing is easy to be exposed, and when witches are banned today, anyone who knows some magic has to clamp their tails, and who would dare to commit a crime against the wind? Not to mention that it is a great crime to do it. Compared with the edict of the Son of Heaven and the general trend on the surface, it is not convincing to say that the Mandate of Heaven is such a mysterious and mysterious, and I think that the king of Chengdu should have a back hand in addition to this Xuantie, otherwise how dare he easily raise troops into the court without a natural and man-made disaster?"

At this time, Ye Baiyi continued to ask: "But if the king of Chengdu really leads his troops out of Shu one day, the Nanzhao countries will be a big hidden danger for him." However, I heard that the king of Chengdu has been greedy for pleasure in recent years, and he has elite soldiers in his hands and does not recruit Nanzhao, what does this mean?"

Yin Youcheng nodded and said, "This gentleman can't see through as well as those people in the court." Although the king of Chengdu has been indulging in wine all these years, do you think that the military and political affairs of Shuzhou have been wasted in the slightest? Not to mention anything else, just say that the 8,000 Wudang Flying Army formed by the king of Chengdu for Pingnan Zhao when he was young has not declined at all in these years. As for why these 8,000 soldiers were left unused, this is another way to establish the world. The terrain of the Southern Barbarian Land is complex and changeable, insects and snakes are full of poisonous miasma, coupled with the fact that the Southern Barbarians are warlike, and the Central Plains army has won fewer battles and lost more than it since ancient times. If you don't have these 8,000 Wudang Flying Army, it will be difficult to level Nanban as if you climbed to the sky, so as long as Nanzhao is not peaceful, these 8,000 Wudang Flying Army is the gateway to the Central Plains, and anyone who wants to move the king of Chengdu must first consider whether shaking this portal will cause fire. If the king of Chengdu takes the Nanzhao kingdoms into his own hands in one go, then in the eyes of others, what is the difference between the king of Chengdu and the empty king of Yue, King Huai?"

Yin Youcheng added some firewood to the bonfire and continued: "Besides, Shuzhou is far away from Tianjing City, and the King of Chengdu will be able to handle these 8,000 Wudang Flying Army. From this point of view, our treacherous and cunning king of Chengdu has relied on these tens of thousands of elite soldiers to do it in Shuzhou safely, and the vassal king has always had two brushes in his hands all these years. When the emperor was alive, he also let the world live a few years of peace, and if it were not for the dark box operation of these old slippery heads, the power check and balance, the world would have been in chaos a long time ago. ”