Evening has arrived, the two of them have eaten some food at the inn, the unitary hour has passed, the Jingfeng Dao has not returned, Li Shi gradually became anxious again. Yang Zhiqing saw that it was getting late, and it was quite inconvenient to be alone with Li Shi, but there was nowhere else to go, after all, Li Shi was also waiting for his master.

When the two of them were thinking about each other, there was a sudden knock on the door, Yang Zhiqing was happy, and when she opened the door, she saw a man, plainly dressed and honest, and saw Yang Zhiqing and said, "May I ask Miss Yang?" Yang Zhiqing snorted, and the man said: "There is a Taoist aunt who told the girl that she will not come back in the past few days, and let the girl wait patiently in the inn." ”

Li Shi listened to the big urgency, stepped forward and said, "This big brother, where is the person who asked you to pass the word now?"

"I don't know, the little one just met on the road, and the Taoist aunt rode a white horse and hurried north along the Chengxi Avenue. ”

"To the north, isn't that going to Lu County, but there are people with you?"

"No, it's just her, that Dao Gu gave the villain five cents and Miss Yang's address, pass on a word, and the rest is not clear. ”

When asked again, the man just shook his head, and in desperation, sent the person away. Li Shi sat on the chair, at a loss, Yang Zhiqing comforted: "Brother Li, don't be too anxious, Master will pass on a message to me, then I will definitely come back." Li Shi sighed and said: "Well, I can only wait a little longer, it's getting late, Miss Yang should rest early, find the boss to rent another room, and come back tomorrow to disturb." After saying that, he got up and took his leave.

On the second day, Li Shi and Yang Zhiqing were still waiting at the inn, and after a day, Jingfeng Dao still did not return. On the third day, Li Shi finished lunch, couldn't wait, and said to Yang Zhiqing: "Miss Yang, you wait at the inn, go down to the west of the city and go around the south of the city, maybe you can find your father, and come back in the evening." When Yang Zhiqing heard that Li Shi was leaving, she suddenly felt a sense of loss, and paused and asked, "Why did Brother Li go to the west and south of the city?"

"The day before yesterday, the man said that the Venerable Master went north from Chengxi Avenue alone, and that should have come from the west or south of the city. My father was taken away by the Venerable Master, and I think he may still be in the west or south of the city. Yang Zhiqing nodded and said secretly, "Brother Li, why don't I accompany you to find Dr. Li." Li Shi was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay!" But after a little thought, he said: "What should I do if the master can't find Miss Yang when he comes back?" Yang Zhiqing said: "It's okay, just let the shopkeeper tell me." After speaking, he pulled Li Shi downstairs.

Li Shi has been studying with Gu Daihui since he was a child, and he knows the suspicion of men and women, but he has never been close to a woman in his hometown, at this time Yang Zhiqing held his hand, a little frightened, and then looked at the other party with a happy face, simple and amiable, without any other thoughts. It turns out that Yang Zhiqing grew up in the Hengshan View since he was a child, and he only has a vague sense of the world of men and women, and he doesn't know it well, and he is usually used to playing with his sisters and sisters, and he is very happy to get along with Li Shi these days.

went downstairs and went to the counter, Yang Zhiqing let go of Li Shi's palm and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, Xiaodao wants to go out for a while, and I will return in the evening. The shopkeeper nodded in agreement, Yang Zhiqing finished speaking, and went to pull Li Shi's hand again, just touching it and suddenly felt wrong, and hurriedly shrank back, this was a trace, and Li Shi also felt embarrassed. Yang Zhiqing vaguely remembered that she seemed to be pulling Li Shi downstairs, and quietly glanced at the other party, but when she met Li Shi looking at her with a puzzled expression, her eyes were opposite, her face was flushed, and she turned around and hurriedly walked out of the store.

The two of them went all the way south from the west of the city, and even inquired about two villages, but no one had ever seen Li Wensheng. The two walked to a small village, where more than a dozen families lived. Li Shi knocked on a family, asked the head of the household, but really saw Li Wenshan, that person's name is Zheng Bo, there is a son Zheng Ping under his knees, only five years old, a few days ago had a rash, used some prescriptions but couldn't go, was about to take to the city to see a doctor, was met by Li Wenshan and Jingfeng, Li Wenshan prescribed a prescription, a few pairs of medicine to go down.

Yang Zhiqing looked at Zheng Pingsheng's cuteness and asked, "Is the child okay now?" Zheng Bo said: "Yes, it's already fine, then Dr. Li is really a miracle doctor." Li Shi asked, "Do you know where they have gone now?"

"It's not clear, Dr. Li just left a few pairs of medicines, and then left with a Taoist aunt. But they said they would be back in a few days. ”

"Was that a few days ago?"

"It's been three days. ”

Li Shi snorted and thought secretly: "I just arrived in Shicheng three days ago, it seems that my father and Jingfeng Dao Chang came here that day when they came out of the inn, according to this person, my father should have found a way to cure the plague, and now he should go elsewhere for treatment." Now that my father had found a cure for the plague, there was no danger. Li Shi breathed a sigh of relief, and he had been worried for a few days, for fear that his father would be infected by long-term contact with the patient, and now that he can be cured, he is not afraid of being infected. Although Li Shi hadn't found his father yet, he was in a much more relaxed mood, bid farewell to Zheng Bo's family with Yang Zhiqing, and continued to travel north. On the road, the two talked and laughed, no longer in a hurry, Yang Zhiqing said: "Li Gongzi, how old are you this year?" Li Shi smiled: "What kind of son is down, call me Li Shi in the future, I am eighteen years old this year, I don't know Miss Yang's age?" Yang Zhiqing pouted and said: "Sixteen years old, Xiaodao will call you Brother Li in the future, can you call me Zhiqing?"

Yang Zhiqing and Li Shi changed their titles, and they seemed to get closer all of a sudden. All the way to the south, passing by the village residents went in to inquire, almost every village has someone who has seen Li Wenshan, there are many plague homes, fortunately most of the sick people have improved. Everywhere they went, they always had to chat a few words, and it was almost dusk when Li Yang and the two of them turned around three villages. The people of the village were afraid of the plague and did not dare to stay overnight, so the two of them immediately turned back.

When I arrived at the inn, the head of the Jingfeng Road had not yet returned. Early in the morning of the second day, Li Shigang washed his face, Yang Zhiqing came to knock on the door, opened the door, and saw Yang Zhiqing dressed in a light cyan cloth, her hair was slightly scattered, and a bow was tied on the top. Li Shi was stunned for a while, "Ahhhh I just don't know which one of the immortals is in the sky? If you tell me, you can also let Xiaosheng have a stick of incense in the morning and evening to worship and worship. ”

Li Shi heard Yang Zhiqing smile when he heard it, and it was the first time in his life to hear such praise and beautiful words. The joy in his heart was still half shy, and he said softly: "The fairies are all ayaluo jade brocade, how can anyone wear cloth clothes." Li Shi looked up and down again, and said to himself in a half-loud voice: "A fairy is a fairy, and mortal clothes can also be worn on the body to close the moon and be ashamed." Yang Zhiqing feigned anger and said, "Brother Li, I won't go out with you if you talk nonsense." ”

"Okay, okay, okay, but this change of outfit does dazzle the eldest brother a little, what about your uniform?"

"Xiaodao always feels that wearing Guanli clothes is too attractive on the street, so last night I asked Xiao Er to buy me a dress that people usually wear, hehe! Xiao Er has the heart to buy a bow, is it good-looking!"

What Yang Zhiqing said is true, usually there are few Taoist aunts and Taoist priests in the city and countryside, and the so-called things are precious to "Xi", and she is still a very beautiful little Taoist aunt. Yang Zhiqing touched the bow on her head as she spoke, and Li Shi said with relief: "In the past, Brother Li always felt that it was really tacky for a girl to wear a bow on her head, hey! Yang Zhiqing smiled: "What a beautiful bow, how can it be cheesy! Okay, let's go!"

The two of them went south again this time, and Li Shi planned to be able to catch up with those villages yesterday in an hour. was walking, suddenly saw a few people fighting on the road, and when he got closer, Yang Zhiqing was startled and shouted: "Master!" Li Shi took a closer look, and saw three men fighting around a middle-aged Taoist aunt, and a carriage was parked next to it, with a large wooden box with red lacquer on it. That Dao Gu was dusty with a strap, fluttering clothes, a long sword, swaying freely, I couldn't help but secretly think, this should be Zhiqing's master Jingfeng Dao Chang, it was really a fairy wind Dao bone, although he was besieged by three people, and one arm seemed to be injured, but he didn't panic in his gestures. The three men were all dressed in black, one of them had a beard, was tall and thick, held a large knife in his hand, and his arm was already covered with color, and a mouth more than four inches long was still bleeding. The other two are short in stature and each hold a soft whip. Jing Feng turned his head when he heard Yang Zhiqing's shout, and was stunned in his heart, secretly wondering who this handsome young man beside the apprentice was.

The arrival of Yang and Li slowed down the fight between the four of them, but it was only for a moment, and they saw Jingfeng Dao Chang interspersing between the three of them, a long sword, stabbing in the east and west, light and fast, and the enemy's blades were all within reach. The beard and knife were heavy, sweat was dripping from his forehead, and he was screaming in his mouth, and the other two coped calmly, but they were also a little out of breath. Li Shi had never seen martial arts people fighting, and when he opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it, he admired the dexterity of the four figures, and the distance they jumped so high that ordinary people couldn't. One of the short men saw that he couldn't help this aunt, so he suddenly left his companion and raised his whip to sweep towards Yang Zhiqing, Li Shi was shocked, hugged Yang Zhiqing and dodged to the side, Yang Zhiqing hurriedly broke free of Li Shi, and said ashamedly: "Brother Li, let go of me!"

As he spoke, the short man's soft whip swept closer again, still with the sound of the wind, only to see the cold light flickering, Yang Zhiqing didn't know when there was a short sword in his hand, about two feet long, and the blade was like water. The whips and swords intersected, and the soft whips were cut off one section as they landed. The short man secretly praised a good sword, seeing that the other party was young, but he didn't take it to heart, he shouted, half of the soft whip was steep and straight, and it stabbed like a short spear, Yang Zhiqing lightly verticalized, flashed to the side, the short man followed, and stabbed with another whip, Yang Zhiqing did not dare to fight back, and jumped backwards. Jing Feng shouted on the other side: "Zhiqing, don't back down, fight back immediately." Yang Zhiqing said "oh", although she usually fights with her peers, but it is the first time that she is really facing the enemy, and she is a little timid. The short man swept the whip again, thinking of the master's words and did not dare to disobey the order, he raised his sword and fought back, and the whip was cut off again, and the short man was furious, and as soon as the whip was thrown, he stretched out his palm and slapped it. The other party had no blade, Yang Zhiqing's scruples were slightly reduced, and he fought back with a sword, and the short man was afraid of the sharpness of the short sword, and he didn't dare to shoot it with every palm. Yang Zhiqing's body fluttered, and it was also dexterous, and for a while, no one could help anyone.