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Mr. Bai asked, "Third Young Master, when will you start?"
Xie Yun slowly rolled up his sleeves: "You can go out for a walk tonight, but you have to be very careful."
Mr. Bai laughed loudly, said "ordered" and went out. Jiachen hurriedly gave a deep salute and followed.
Xie Yun's speech was dry, he picked up the cold water from the tea cup, drank it in one gulp, patted Ming Chen's shoulder, and said, "Rest early, don't worry too much, I'm here too, it's alright. of."
He was about to go out while talking, but Ming Chen suddenly stopped him from behind and said, "Third brother!"
Xie Yun stood at the door and turned around.
Ming Chen asked, "Is the third brother's painstaking arrangement to help me...or to save that friend in the rivers and lakes who is hiding somewhere?"
Xie Yun said without changing his face: "General Wu Fei's family is a loyal and martyr, and they are walking with me. Naturally, they will try to save them. You are my relative, even if you break through the big basket, I will come out. I'll clean it up for you, since there's a two-way strategy, why not use it? You're not a pretty girl, so don't ask me such a silly question next time."
Ming Chen's face was a little ugly because of his rude words, and he was very frustrated: "I'm sorry, I caused trouble for the third brother."
Xie Yun looked at him for a moment and sighed: "Ming Chen, I hugged you when you were a child, I don't dare to say that I know you very well, and probably know a little bit of fur... So don't act 'showing weakness' with me, I I won't go back with you."
Ming Chen was stunned for a moment, then he laughed at himself, then raised his head, his arrogant child's expression was swept away, and he said softly, "Third brother, it's not good to eat all day in the rivers and lakes. What's the benefit of a fool who doesn't eat and drink well? The 'family' has been hard to say over the years. The other brothers are not on the same page as me, and my father has become more and more... Only you can help me. As long as you are willing, I will give in in the future. …”
Xie Yun raised his hand and interrupted him: "Ming Chen, please be careful."
Ming Chen reluctantly asked: "Third brother, don't you have any ideas when you see the half wall fall? This should be your own river and mountain, but now our two brothers have to disguise when they go out here, and we have to be careful when we speak. Are you willing?"
Xie Yun seemed to want to say something, but then swallowed again, gave Ming Chen a meaningful look, and turned away.
In Huarong City, as Shen Tianshu left, the atmosphere not only did not relax, but became more and more tense. After the curfew, a large number of officers and soldiers and men in black began to patrol around, and the moonlight swept across these sharp men. Ironware, at first glance, looks like a monster in the middle of the mountains, seas and Huainan. Ordinary people are prohibited from entering and leaving the city gate. After a few days, the supplies are gradually running out, and people are panicked. It's just that people in troubled times are mostly obedient. As long as there is a breath left, even if they are half-dead, it is better than exposing a corpse to the wilderness. Therefore, no one makes trouble, but it shows a well-trained peace.
At this time, Zhou Fei could only stay in the mad woman's small courtyard.
On that day, Duan Jiuniang was greatly stimulated by Zhou Fei's words, as if she was even more excited.
Although her small hospital is not big, she can't bear to live with only three and a half people, and most of the time is empty - Zhou Fei was injured even more, and she was made worse by her, she was lying down most of the time, trying her best to support , so only half of it can be counted.
In the empty courtyard, Duan Jiuniang disappeared. Day and night, she didn't know which mouse she hid in. The colorful silk hanging on the tree in the courtyard was smashed by several strong winds, and it was like a ruined flower and a willow. The courtyard was full of corpses, and no one cared about it. This small courtyard became more and more like a haunted house.
Zhou Fei maintained a confident face, but in fact she didn't have any idea. Fearing that Wu Chuchu would ask her the details in a few words, she had to take the Tao Te Ching given to her by the old Taoist every day and read it over and over and make a statement. Vice "walking to the poor place of water, sitting and watching the clouds rise" is idle and determined.
It is a pity that the old Taoist may have misunderstood her. For some dead elm heads, "reading the book a hundred times" can still "goose goose without trace". The words on the book passed under her eyes, just like the fleeting clouds. Zhou Fei "looked" at every word, and after a boring discussion, she came to a conclusion, "What is it, it's not as good as what I wrote. nice" conclusion.
As for what each word says together, don't know at all.
There are thousands of words in the Tao Te Ching, and you need to study it carefully. You can study it for several years. You can read it in half an hour with the reading method of "doing not ask for deep understanding"... As for the reading method of "Zhou's family does not solve the problem", three or two It can be overturned.
When Zhou Fei pretended to read a book, she was thinking wildly in her mind, and said to herself, "If you don't have martial arts skills, I don't even have any money. If you want to hire an escort agency to escort the two of us back, it won't work."
The most important thing is that she doesn't know the way yet.
Zhou Fei rolled the pages of the book with her scabbed fingers, rambling in a whim, and suddenly asked Wu Chuchu, "I heard that ancient calligraphy and painting can be valuable, right?"
Wu Chuchu borrowed needles and thread from the old maid and was fèng a torn skirt when she heard the words and replied, "Some are hard to find."
Zhou Fei propped herself up, held up the useless broken book in her hand, and asked, "Look at this paper, it looks like the fangs of a greedy tuberculosis ghost. It must be some years old. It's worth a few dollars... um, does anyone buy the characters for dog reptiles?"
The characters in this handwritten Tao Te Ching are not very ugly, but they are very irregular. They are written inside and out, and the lines are not arranged in rows and columns. All the "dots" and "short verticals" in the first few pages are distorted. Unusual, I wish I could float to the other words next door, and things were scattered with open teeth.
Wu Chuchu burst out laughing, remembering that he had seen many rare antiques, famous calligraphy and painting when he was young, but he couldn't laugh when he thought of the current predicament.
Zhou Fei was just looking for fun while she was depressed. She opened the first page of the broken book, ignoring the rest of the booklet, and only looked at the two strokes, the two dots and the short vertical strokes. It was found that they could actually be connected into a line, forming a ghost painting symbol.
Wu Chuchu saw that she was turning the book over, holding it back for a while, but she really didn't understand what she was "comprehending", so she said: "I read some of the Taoist classics when I was a child, but I just tasted it, and there are a lot of them. I don’t even understand, you’ve watched it for so many days, do you have any experience to tell me?”
Zhou Fei squinted and stared at the page very seriously: "Like a big goat..."
Wu Chuchu: "..."
This insight is a bit too advanced!
Zhou Fei got up with some difficulty, covered the messy strokes bit by bit with her hands, and only drew down the short vertical and intermittent strokes, and said to Wu Chuchu: "Look here, this circle is drawn, Like a pouting goat?"
Wu Chuchu was stunned by her ignorance.
Zhou Fei just saw that she was worried and wanted to tease her, so she turned to the second page and gestured: "This page is like a leaf, this page seems to be a person's wrinkled face, this page...
Her voice suddenly stopped, and she vaguely felt that the graphics on the fourth page had a strange intimacy.
Wu Chuchu covered her mouth and asked, "What is this page?"
Zhou Fei: "...a jī standing on one leg."
Wu Chuchu finally laughed.
Zhou Fei reached her goal, and she also bent the corners of her mouth, but she felt very strange in her heart - she is not a huáng láng, she definitely does not get excited when she sees an ethereal shadow, why is there a flash of kindness just now sense?
She didn't have time to think about it. Suddenly, there was a crisp sound from the courtyard. A copper basin in the hand of the old servant girl accidentally fell off, and she made an "ah" sound.
Wu Chuchu was taken aback, immediately shut up, and hurriedly looked out of the window secretly, and saw a shadow flashing past the gate of the courtyard!
☆、Chapter 41
As the eldest son of Master Zhu, Zhu Baoshan is a big eye lamp that looks exactly like his father. However, xingqíng is very different from his father. Not only did he not inherit the ability to be rough with flowers, but he was also very despicable.
Because he was born by a concubine from outside, and the concubine was not only unloved, but also a crazy woman who could not enjoy happiness.
Zhu Baoshan's biggest regret in his life is that he can't crawl back to regenerate once again - if there is such a chance, he will have to look for his stomach when he smashes pots and sells iron. Even if he turns into a dog, he must be held in Mrs. Zhu's stomach.
The eldest young master Zhu has been conscientious and conscientious to be the son of Mrs. Zhu since she was a child. wish could forget that there are still people in the world who are mothers. However, Mrs. Zhu eats fast and recites Buddha. She is a famous female bodhisattva. The female bodhisattva naturally refuses to let him do it. Abandoning his mother's asshole, he would have to remind him to greet his mother every three or five years.
Therefore, on the first day of every lunar month, Zhu Baoshan has to bear the burden to visit his mad mother, otherwise he will be "ungrateful" or "unfilial".
This month is the first day of the new year, and three days in advance, Mrs. Zhu sent someone to remind him to greet his mother. Zhu Baoshan sometimes doesn't know what Mrs. thinks. Since he is thinking about that lunatic, why does he come down every day? People send a pile of cold leftovers to that courtyard, and she never turns a blind eye?
Maybe the female bodhisattva is afraid that the madman will not know his hunger and fullness, and eat too much food?
He pinched his nose and came to the small courtyard with a bad look on his face, and suddenly felt a little strange-in the past, on the first day of the new year, because she knew that he was coming, the old servants always opened the courtyard door to meet him. Go in, and just shout "please give my mother" as a routine at the door.
But on this day, the courtyard door was closed.
Zhu Baoshan hesitated for a moment at the door, and said to himself, "It's strange, is it because the Buddha appeared, and that mad woman finally kicked her legs and braided her hair?"
This place has been in disrepair for a long time, the house is often leaking rain, the door has long been gnawed by insects, and the bolts are not tight, so Zhu Baoshan is full of expectations, gently pushes the wooden door open a small fèng, and peeks inside.
He didn't see where the mad woman was. He only saw that the messy cloth strips in the courtyard had been cleaned up, the door of one room was half open, and there were a few young girls' laughter faintly coming from inside... Very light, still a little bit. Shy, absolutely impossible to be that crazy woman.
This courtyard is deserted all the year round, mice are rare, where is the strange girl? It can't be knotted on a tree, right?
Zhu Baoshan was in shock, and was just about to take a closer look, but he happened to catch up with the clumsy old servant girl who came out with a copper basin. When she saw him, the copper basin in her hand fell to the ground. The already light laughter came to an abrupt end, and Zhu Baoshan suddenly became witty at that time. He ran away, ran away, his back was wet with cold sweat, and before he had time to catch his breath, his eyes suddenly darkened, what? I don't know.
The old maid hurriedly stepped forward to check, Zhu Baoshan had already run away, and sighed: "It's the eldest young master, alas, I'm so confused, I forgot that the first day of the new year, the eldest young master is here to greet him, how good is this... "
Wu Chuchu didn't pay attention, and hurriedly looked at Zhou Fei, only to see Zhou Fei frowning slightly, staring at the old book "Funny Animal Words" as if madly, completely ignoring the collapse of the sky outside.
At this time, two figures suddenly appeared in the courtyard, and Duan Jiuniang, who had seen the dragon in sight for several days, unknowingly fell under the tree, holding a fainted teenager in her hand.
The old servant girl hurriedly stepped forward.
Duan Jiuniang let go, put the person on the ground, tilted her head and looked at him for a moment, then suddenly said to the old servant woman, "Is this Baoshan?"
When the old servant girl heard this, she almost cried. This lady didn't know what was going on. She used to be in a bad mood for a while, but recently she didn't know what happened. Why doesn't Madam even recognize him?"
Duan Jiuniang was stunned for a while, and asked blankly, "Baoshan is over ten?"
The old servant-wife said, "I'm already nineteen years old, and I'm about to marry a daughter-in-law. I'm sure Master Zhu is giving her a favor."
Duan Jiuniang said "Oh", and after a while, she raised her hand and touched her face. Over the years, she has been living in a mess, hungry and full, and neglected to maintain. Her cheeks have been weathered for a long time, and they feel similar to the old tree bark. Ten years of light have passed quietly, and the youth is like a cup of hot water in the snow, the heat dissipates, and the youth also disappears.
She seemed to have just woken up from a big dream, and people were still stunned, regardless of the person who fainted, and went back and forth around the tree in despair.
Seeing that she was pulling up and grinding for no reason, the old maid had no other choice but to drag the young man up and put it into the small warehouse where Zhou Fei and the others hid at the beginning, and then carried a small couch to comfort him. He tied it comfortably, put a pillow on it, and finally locked the doors and windows. He came out and said to Wu Chuchu, "Girl, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time."
Wu Chuchu people are neither dumbfounded nor blind, they naturally know, but now Zhou Fei is inconvenient, how can she go?
Zhou Fei was enlightened by something, and suddenly became very interested in the old book. There was such a big noise outside, and she didn't even raise her head once. Wu Chuchu was about to go in and talk to her when a book suddenly came across in front of her. hand.
When Wu Chuchu looked up and saw Duan Jiuniang, she immediately became cautiously alert, lest she would create something new.
"Shh-" Duan Jiuniang closed the door, shut Wu Chuchu out, and said to her, "Don't disturb her."
Wu Chuchu: "...Ah?"
Duan Jiuniang said softly to herself: "It was the same with Big Brother Li back then. He could close his eyes and enter meditation in any wilderness. I asked him what he was doing, and he said that there is a mental method in the internal power, and there is actually a 'mind method' in the sword work." The knife doesn't leave his hand', if you don't exercise it for a day, it will become dull, so he is practicing the knife. I don't believe it, I clamor to try it, but every time I sit there, I either involuntarily use my inner strength, or I start to think wildly. Gan Kui fell asleep."
Wu Chuchu stood on tiptoe and glanced at the window. She saw that Zhou Fei's long hair, which had not been carefully managed for a few days, was casually tied into a bundle, hanging down from her thin shoulders, her scarred fingers resting between the old book pages , remained motionless for a long time, neither the pale profile nor the slightly weak sitting posture showed anything profound.
A faint smile appeared on Duan Jiuniang's dazed face, and she whispered, "The Li family doesn't care about anything, but they're all martial idiots, and they don't know where they are, haha."
Wu Chuchu didn't want to "haha", and she didn't want to discuss with her the question of whether she was crazy or not. She glanced anxiously at the small warehouse next to the closed doors and windows, and said, "But we have to leave, since everyone knows Mr. Zhu I've come to Madam's place, and when they can't find anyone, they will definitely be suspicious, it's not the way to always hold Young Master Zhu, we've already caused a lot of trouble for the seniors here..."
Duan Jiuniang said coldly, "What's the trouble?"
Wu Chuchu also said that she forgot something again, so she sighed and explained, "Of course it's from Beidou..."