On the second day after Huang Yi went to the Xiangjia Courtyard, Kou Xu and the others stood in the South Gate Market. The market is still bustling, but it's full of unfamiliar faces and people with foreign accents.

The two came to the stall of 'Lao Feng Bun Shop'. But I saw that the bun shop had long been gone.

Xu Ziling grabbed the owner of the vegetable and fruit stall next door and asked, "Where is the aunt who used to sell steamed buns?"

The boss sighed bitterly: "Of course I'm leaving! Only me, a person who has no way out, will stay here and survive, but if I rob all my goods again, I will try to storm the city gate tomorrow." “

It turned out that the South Gate Market was closer to the Imperial Palace. Dozens of stalls with houses were all requisitioned as accommodation for Sui soldiers. Only some stalls that do not need houses and sell on the spot can still survive. But there is also hard work. It's like the fruit and vegetable stall. As soon as the Sui soldiers pushed the door open, they faced your stall. I brought you some fruits and vegetables to eat, and you still dare to ask for money?

The old man from another stall next to him said, "Is it Lao Feng that the guest officer is asking? Are you their relative?"

Kou Zhong hurriedly said, "It's his nephew." “

The old man shook his head and sighed, "The buns they are messing with are too famous." Somehow it reached the ears of the saints. He recruited them to the palace as cooks, and never heard from them since. “

Xu Ziling clenched his fists, turned around and left.

Kou Zhong chased after him, accompanied him to turn left and right in the crowd of the market, and shouted, "Where are you going?"

Xu Ziling said angrily: "I want to rescue my sister-in-law." “

Kou Zhong grabbed his arm and said, "Calm down, have you forgotten the bright moon in the well?"

Xu Ziling was shocked and stopped.

It turned out that Kou Zhong had inadvertently grabbed a stone and threw it into the well.

"Poof!", the bright moon turned into rippling ripples and shadows, and after a while, it returned to its original state.

The two looked at the bright moon in the well and were stunned for a while. "I see, this is really a powerful mental method, and when I used to face the enemy, I was still calm at first, just like the clear water in the well that can reflect any environment." But once the fight rises, they grit their teeth and forget everything. “

"When we saw our father, we were like a mouse seeing a cat, and we were the same when we saw Shang Gong last time. If we can exhaust our fearful hearts and keep the state of being in the middle as we normally practice, we will be able to become clear water in this well, which can reflect all the circumstances and be very different from before. “

Xu Ziling tilted his head and pressed his cheek against the cold edge of the well, and sighed: "I'm so happy that I'm dying! If you can achieve this realm of the bright moon in the well that is invincible and undefeated, has no desires, and never moves your heart, you will be willing to live for ten years." “

So far, although the two have not fully grasped the heart of Mingyue in the well. But from time to time, remind yourself not to mess up your mind in anything. Stay calm to take control.

When Xu Ziling was stunned, someone immediately pushed the two of them away behind and said, "Don't get in the way." “

The two of them hurriedly squeezed out of the market and left the crowded place, and they both felt a little clearer.

Kou Zhong proposes to heal his stomach first.

After sitting down in a nearby restaurant and stuffing a few buns indiscriminately, Kou Zhong said: "No matter what you do, I will support you, but you must not be reckless, first of all, we must maintain the mentality of Mingyue in the well, so that we can let go of it." “

Then Kou Zhong sighed again: "The Great Sui is really over, the world will become a mess, if no one comes forward to dominate the world, the common people don't know how much suffering they will suffer." If a bad Turkic person enters the Central Plains, we Han people will fall under the cruel rule of foreigners, as long as you are willing to help me, we will come out to fight the country and do something good for the innocent people. “

Xu Ziling said: "You seem to be thinking too beautiful and too far, now is not the time to discuss this matter, we slipped out like this, do you think Dugu Sheng is willing to let us go? “

Kou Zhong chuckled and said, "Don't worry! Master Meiren'er didn't dare to lie to me, and he had already made an appointment with me to spread secret notes all over the city, so that we could easily find their whereabouts." Later, you will be responsible for buying two sets of clean clothes, and I will go find the secret note, and we will meet at the exit at the east end of Magong Lane. “

Xu Ziling looked at him and said, "Why don't you go together, if there is an incident, there will be a response." “

Kou Zhong said: "It's too much for the two of them to be seen together, and it's easy to be recognized by old acquaintances, so it's safer to move separately." “

Xu Ziling had no choice but to let him go.

Kou Zhong swaggered down the street, looking for Yun Yuzhen's secret mark. The two of them have never been to the Xiang family's courtyard, so they can only rely on the guidance of secret records.

Suddenly, someone shouted, "Zhong Shao!"

Kou Zhong was startled, and followed the sound to see someone hiding in the alley and waving to him.

Kou Zhong hesitated for a moment before he walked over, and a young strong man who was a little older than him, dark and solid, and seemed to have a lot of martial arts skills, grabbed him by the shoulders and said, "It turns out that it is really you, I was not sure at the beginning." Hey, it looks like you're good at food and good living!"

This person turned out to be Gui Xiliang, who had blocked Huang Yilu with the Bamboo Flower Gang Incense Master.

Gui Xiliang, along with Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, was originally a gangster of the same generation, and when he was young, he had a few trips with another gang, but most of them ended in defeat. But they have a good relationship. And Gui Xiliang is older, and in this batch, he has a leading role. And this person is clever, and he was taken by the incense master at the beginning.

Kou Zhong saw that he was wearing the costume of the Bamboo Flower Gang and embroidered three bamboo leaves on his placket, and said in surprise: "When did you become the master of incense? “

Gui Xiliang replied: "Thanks to the incense lord who could afford it at the beginning, he took me to meet the helper. And the helper took me as my apprentice again, alas!"

Kou Zhong pulled him to the other end of the alley, puzzled, "This should be a good thing, why sigh?"

Gui Xiliang said: "Don't you know such a big thing? Where have you been hiding in the past two years?

Kou Zhong said, "You answer my question first." “

Gui Xiliang snorted: "Everything I say is an incense master, who should answer the other party first?"

Kou Zhong smiled and said: "Do you want to be the boss? Let you have enough! In the past two years, Xiaoling and I have gone to the rivers and lakes to mingle, and Du Fuwei and Zhai Rang have both shook hands with us and drank. Hah! It's your turn. “

Gui Xiliang obviously bragged about him, and said repeatedly: "You little ghost looks thicker than me, but unfortunately it still doesn't grow like before." Alas, do you know that the helper sent someone to beat the faint king to death two months ago, just because he refused to hand over Yuling from Tianxian Tower, and sent her away. “

Tianxian Building, to put it nicely, is the Green Building. When some women are desperate, they go there. And Yuling is the leader among them, and it is not surprising that she is favored by the desolate Yang Guang.

Kou Zhong gave a thumbs up and praised: "Good guys! I didn't see that they actually had a leg!"

Gui Xiliang smiled bitterly: "A dead man has a fucking fart." Now most of the people of the Bamboo Flower Gang have fled, and there are only about 100 people left, hoping that when Du Fuwei or Li Zitong attack, they can serve as an internal response to avenge the gang leader and his old man. “

Kou Zhong's eyes lit up, and he asked in a low voice, "Have you chosen a new gang leader?"

Gui Xiliang sighed: "What kind of ghost gang leader do you choose? Now we are a plate of loose sand, but we have agreed that after the death of the faint king, we will meet in Danyang to see if we can elect a new gang leader." “

Kou Zhong was overjoyed.