The conversation turned back, and the sailor commanded Lu Si to go out late at night and was caught by Zou Weilian. Facing Zou Weilian, who had a stern expression, Lu Si did not have the slightest fear in his heart. He knew that Mixin was not around, and Zou Weilian couldn't find any evidence of the crime, so he couldn't help him, at most he would be punished for not obeying the orders of the camp. In fact, in front of Admiral Zou, the sergeant searched Lu Si up and down again, but found nothing. Zou Weilian's face was without ripples, his heart was as calm as water, he had long expected that Lu Si would have this hand, and he avoided the important with his question, so he fulfilled Lu Si's wish and punished him for doing something.

In the middle of the night, the wind outside the abandoned land temple was loud, thick lead clouds gathered in the sky, and the air was sometimes mixed with a cold air, telling people that a storm was coming. At this time, outside the Land Temple, a dark and thin young man with a muddy face walked into the temple with a handful of dry firewood in his arms. He lit the dry wood with a fire fold, and the passionate flames dispelled the cold food in his body. The boy roasted the fire and threw two sweet potatoes into the fire. Soon after, the aroma of sweet potatoes hit the nose, making the teenager's index finger salivate. He picks out the sweet potatoes with a stick, just as he is about to enjoy the delicacy. suddenly

After a thunderclap that resounded in the sky, a torrential rain suddenly fell. There was a rush of footsteps in the torrential rain, and the young man glanced at the temple gate, only to see a scholar in a coarse cloth robe, drenched and fallen at the door.

The young man immediately got up and ran to the door to save people, he touched the scholar's forehead with his hand, and it was hot as charcoal. He expected that this person must be hungry in his belly, and he was walking in the wind and rain, and the cold and evil qi invaded the body, causing the internal heat to be unable to vent.

It is a high fever that does not go away. The boy carried the scholar on his back and laid him down slowly on the laid hay. Then he found a broken bowl, mixed some water with the herb foam juice, and poured it into the scholar.

The boy shook his head, tore off a piece of cloth from his cuff, soaked it in a bucket for a while, wrung it out, and put it on the scholar's head. Looking at the down-and-out talent beside him, the young man sighed: "Reading and reading like this, it's not as comfortable as me, a beggar." The young man was talking to himself here, and the scholar echoed in a dull tone, and his mouth popped out from time to time: "Zi said...... Zi said. ”

The boy pursed his lips, picked up the ripe sweet potato and ate it. After a while, the sweet potatoes were eaten up by him. He picked up the rest of the sweet potato and was about to put it in his mouth, when he immediately remembered the sick scholar. The boy wrapped the sweet potatoes and left them to satisfy his hunger when the scholar improved. The rainy night was long and miserable, and the young man felt that he was not very interesting, so he lay opposite the scholar and fell asleep.

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day the rain was sunny and the sky was clear, and a round of morning sun did not hesitate to throw ten thousand golden rays on the two of them. The young man rubbed his sleepy eyes, only to find that the scholar beside him was gone. He quickly stood up and searched,

It turned out that the scholar did not leave, but ate sweet potatoes by the emberding firewood.

The young man went straight to him, and shouted at him: "Hey, why don't you understand the rules at all, why don't you ask for other people's things? Is this different from a thief?"

Facing the young man's questioning, the scholar's dusty face was red and swollen with shame. He glanced up at the boy and slowly lowered the sweet potato in his hand. The young man chuckled when he saw his embarrassment, and said to him: "You are recovering from a serious illness and need to eat some food to replenish your strength, I am playing with you, and this sweet potato is specially left for you." ”

The scholar smiled at him, and the boy showed him his face. The young man's laughter was as crisp as a silver bell, and a row of broken jade and silver teeth were neat and clean. The scholar felt that the young man in front of him was behaving a little strangely, but he couldn't find anything unusual.

After eating the sweet potato, the scholar's depressed expression was swept away, and his face was full of vigor again, and he began to talk to the young man. From the scholar's words, I learned that he was going to Beijing to participate in the palace examination, but because of the shyness in his pocket, coupled with hunger and cold, he was in a hurry, so he fell outside the door. After the scholar finished speaking, he couldn't hold back the sadness in his heart, and couldn't help but sigh for a long time.

But at this time, a member of the staff happened to pass by the temple gate, heard the melancholy voice of the scholar, and walked in.

After asking the scholar about his sorrows, he took out twenty taels of silver from the cloth bag and handed it to the scholar.

In the face of the charity of the staff to send charcoal in the snow, the scholar politely declined, which surprised the staff outside. The scholar bowed to the staff and told the staff with a straight expression: "People are poor but can't be short-minded, and your generous gift is unacceptable." ”

After listening to the praise again and again, he told the scholar that he would not show favor to him for no reason, and his request was to let the scholar win the first place in high school and contribute to the community. The encouragement of the staff made the scholar full of strength, and he assured the staff in a firm tone that he would do his best to enter Beijing to take the exam this time.

The staff stroked his long beard and chuckled a few times, and then walked out slowly. When he arrived at the temple gate, the staff said again: "In the future, he will win the crown in the Toad Palace, don't forget today's oath." After that, the staff walked away with gentle steps, and the scholar chased out of the temple, but there was no trace of the outsider.

He leaned against the door and sighed again, and when the young man saw that he was full of sorrow, he stepped forward and asked puzzledly: "Now that you have a plate to enter Beijing, and you no longer have to eat and sleep in the open air, what are the sad things in your heart?" The scholar told the young man that he should repay the kindness of people with a spring. It's just that he hasn't had time to ask Engong's name in detail and teach him how to report it in the future?

The boy listened to his words and couldn't help but purse his lips and smile. He told the scholar that it was none other than the famous local Zhao Yuanwai who generously donated money to save people in danger. When the scholar heard this, he suddenly realized that he wanted to know more about Zhao Yuanwai, so he begged the young man to tell some stories about him.

There were people who were willing to listen to their own speech, and the teenager was overjoyed. He told the scholar that Zhao Yuan's maternal ancestor had been in business for generations, and his family was full of firewood and rice, gold and silver. On weekdays, he is kind and charitable, and helps the people. In the year of the famine, he also opened the rice warehouse to help the people.

After listening to the young man's story, the scholar's heart had more admiration for Zhao Yuanwai. He also swore categorically that if he really rose to prominence, he would definitely care about Li Min like Zhao Yuanwai. The young man clapped his hands and praised, and the two fell into each other's hearts, and before they knew it, they were already on the rise, and the scholar was going to get up and leave to go to Beijing to take the exam. At the time of parting, the scholar gave the boy ten taels of silver, telling him not to beg on the street anymore and be looked down upon. However, the young man also understands the righteousness,

He refused to accept the scholar's gift of silver, but only told him to go and deal with the exam wholeheartedly, and when he really got ahead, he didn't forget this little nickname.

The scholar nodded and said goodbye to the boy. When he was about to turn around and go out, the young man grabbed his hand, and the scholar only felt that his hand was delicate and tender, as if it were congealed fat. His mind was rippling, pounding like a deer. After a brief period of mental turmoil, the scholar asked the boy why he had summoned him back.

The young man led him to the statue of the god of the land and said to him, "You have stayed overnight in the temple of the father of the land.

So that your body can be healed, and now when you are parting, how can you express your gratitude to his old man. ”

The scholar thought it was very reasonable, so he respectfully kowtowed to the god of the land. The boy took the opportunity to walk around the back of the idol and smiled at the scholar. After the scholar finished worshipping, he turned around to look for the boy, where was there any trace of him? I only heard a few chuckles from behind the statue of Gege, and the scholar called out the naughty and foolish boy. The young man saw that the bluestone slab was smooth and round, just enough to be used for a pillow, he leaned over to move the bluestone, and finally because he was weak and delicate, the bluestone still did not move.

The scholar let the boy dodge aside, and he moved the bluestone out with all his arms. At this time, he found a corner of silk silk exposed under the bluestone, and he pulled the silk out with curiosity. After seeing the contents of the letter, the scholar stood in place in a daze, as if he had been photographed with three souls and seven spirits.

When the boy saw his stagnant eyes, he thought that he had hit an evil spirit, and pushed him desperately. After a while, the scholar recovered from his lost soul. He nervously told the young man that he could not stay in this land temple any longer, and that you had to find another place to stay.

The scholar's words puzzled the young man, and he somehow saw a letter and let himself run away. The scholar took a deep breath and calmed his nervous mind a little. He told the young man that the letter was talking about the content of the coastal defense, and that this was a major event of the military aircraft, and that someone in the army must have revealed it to the enemy.

After listening to the scholar's story, the young man's face showed an angry expression. He said to the scholar: "No wonder the sailor suffered a series of defeats some time ago, but I didn't expect that someone would secretly communicate with the Japanese. ”

The scholar nodded, and he told the young man that this matter was very important, and he must not talk about it to anyone, otherwise it would lead to death. The boy took the scholar's words to heart, and he asked the scholar what he should do next.

The boy told the scholar that since Lord Zou took office, the Japanese had disappeared and had never heard of their attack on the state capital. The scholar had already heard of Zou Weilian's name, and he expected that it must have been Zou who had taken emergency remedial measures, so that the traitor could not pass on the news, so he took the risk to come out and connect with the Japanese robbers.

The scholar held the letter, and he thought it would not be difficult to find the person in it. The handwriting is the clue left by this person,

Now what he has to do is to repair the plank road openly and Chen Cang in the dark. The plan is to find the letter writer and make his collaborator public. The scholar felt that before he left, it was necessary to pay a visit to Admiral Zou. As for how to meet without arousing suspicion, it really made him feel tired.