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Chapter 13
Chapter 13
Early in the morning the next day, the two of them hurriedly buried the abbot and two little monks before entering the city.
After last night's incident, Chen Gong seemed to be a frightened bird. He didn't want to stay in the city for a while. He saw the signboard of the Liuhe Gang branch from a distance, and he didn't want to go forward. He just wanted to pull Shen Qiao and leave quickly. , Shen Qiao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said to him, "No one will notice us. They don't even know our names. They will only go to other people. Don't worry too much."
As soon as these words were finished, someone on the wall burst into a smile: "I think his worry is necessary, but then again, the light was dim last night, and the slave family didn't realize that Lang Jun was so handsome, so he almost missed it! "
The voice was delicate, and most importantly, it sounded very familiar.
Chen Gong felt that the voice was familiar, and he was shocked. When he raised his head, he saw a young girl sitting on the wall, with black hair in red and a golden bun. A place that matches the little monk last night.
With such a beautiful woman walking on the street in the past, Chen Gong must have taken a few more glances, but at this time he remembered the tragic death of the three monks in Izumo Temple, and he felt chills, and he even looked at it more. There is no courage at all.
Bai Rong smiled and said: "Why are you scared like this, shouldn't you be happy when the old people meet again, I came to find you specially!"
Shen Qiao couldn't see it, so he could only bow his hands to the source of the voice: "I don't know why this lady is waiting for me?"
Bai Rong pouted: "What is this lady, calling me so unfamiliar, my surname is Bai, my name is Bai Rong, this is the alias of Peony, you can also call me Little Peony!"
Along with the voice, she moved and flashed in front of the two of them.
Bai Rong seemed to be more interested in Shen Qiao, and even reached out to touch his face.
When the fingertips were about to touch, Shen Qiao seemed to feel it and took two steps back.
Bai Rong giggled and didn't go around in circles: "Last night, one of you read the fragmentary scroll, and the other listened to it from the beginning to the end. I must have memorized a lot of content. Now I will write down all the fragmentary content. But there are some words in it that I can't remember clearly, and I need your help very much. As for the reward, after the event is completed, whether you want money or beauty, you will naturally get what you want~~"
The last sentence lengthened the tone, and there was ambiguity in the coquettishness, enough to shake the heart of any man.
Chen Gong only felt his ears warm, and was about to respond. The hand on his shoulder suddenly pressed hard. He recovered, and quickly shook his head like a rattle: "I can't read!"
Shen Qiao also said: "You have found the wrong person. He is illiterate. I am blind. Last night, I just followed the script.
Bai Rong smiled and said, "You guys are flustered now, so naturally you can't remember them. After you follow me back, you can think about it, maybe you can remember a lot. The slave family is so beautiful, do you have the heart to reject me?"
After all, without waiting for Shen Qiao and the two to answer, they reached out and grabbed them.
The alarm bell rang in Chen Gong's mind, and his body wanted to run, but for some reason, seeing the other's slender hand stretched out, he couldn't exert any strength. He could only stare blankly at the hand brushing his shoulder. , As soon as his legs went weak, he collapsed to the ground.
"Junior sister is very interested, are you planning to kill again?" Along with the old voice, it was an extremely handsome young face.
The man fluttered down from the wall and smiled at Bai Rong, whose face changed slightly: "It's rare to see senior brother, isn't junior sister happy?"
Bai Rong had to temporarily abandon Shen Qiao and Chen Gong and concentrate on dealing with the uninvited guests in front of her: "What did you say, senior brother, I just haven't seen you for a long time, I was surprised and happy, and I forgot to respond for a while."
Huo Xijing glanced at her with a half-smile, his eyes swept over Chen Gong and landed on Shen Qiao, showing a very interested expression: "Such a handsome man, the left and right junior sisters are also going to be killed, why don't you take his face first? Give it to me, how about you kill again?"
Bai Rong stood in front of Shen Qiao without a trace: "Senior brother is joking, I didn't think about killing them, but why did the senior brother appear here, wouldn't he come all the way to chat with me?"
Huo Xijing: "I heard that Junior Sister had a great opportunity last night. I happened to pass by this place, so I stopped by to have a look."
Bai Rong: "What kind of riddle is the senior brother playing, I can't understand the junior sister!"
Huo Xijing hummed slightly: "Last night, the Liuhe Gang brought the fragment of "Zhu Yangce" to the temple in the suburbs, and it was destroyed by Yan Wushi. You were there at the time. I heard that before the fragment was destroyed, Yan Wushi once made people read it. Once again, with your cleverness, Junior Sister, you must have already written it out in dictation, ready to hand it over to Master?"
Bai Rong stuck out her tongue and acted like a little girl: "With my filial piety to the master, such a thing must be handed over to the old man for his disposal. Senior brother, after hearing the news, would you like to take credit for it? I don't believe it. what!"
Huo Xijing: "Senior brother, there is a good way. You might as well leave the things to me for safekeeping, and we will go back to the master together, so that you will not lose it."
Bai Rong smiled and said, "Senior brother, do you think I'm a fool?"
Huo Xijing also laughed: "You can't trust senior brother like this, it makes senior brother very sad!"
This pair of senior brothers and sisters talked and laughed, but in fact they were hiding their swords, and they were all staring at each other's vacancies and weaknesses.
Bai Rong didn't dare to relax for a moment, knowing that Shen Qiao took Chen Gong to escape, and he had no time to take care of him.
Huo Xijing raised his eyebrows: "They're gone, isn't Junior Sister chasing after them?"
Bai Rong smiled and said, "Compared to them, I still think senior brothers are more important."
These words were affectionate, but both of them knew in their hearts that it was not the case at all.
...
Chen Gong didn't know how he was pulled up by Shen Qiao and ran away. Shen Qiao couldn't see his eyes. Rao had a bamboo stick, and he stumbled while walking. Chen Gong had no strength and could only show him the way from behind. , The two ran for more than half an hour, Chen Gong couldn't help but gasped: "Don't, don't run, I can't run anymore..."
Shen Qiao slowed down his steps, his expression remained dignified, and walked towards the nearest inn.
Chen Gong hurriedly asked, "Aren't we going out of the city? Let's get out of the city and run away, the demon girl won't be able to catch up!"
Shen Qiao said: "They must have expected us to go out of the city, so we can't go out. There are many people in the city, and it is not easy for them to find us. Let's rest in the inn for a night, and then look for a chance to go out of the city tomorrow. will ignore us."
They entered the inn and asked for a wing. Chen Gong saw that although Shen Qiao was walking fast, his face was actually exhausted. He remembered that his body was much weaker than his own. Feeling a little unbearable, he said, "I'll make the floor at night, and I'll let you sleep on the bed."
Shen Qiao didn't show humility, because he really couldn't stand it anymore. After being overused by Yan Wushi's infuriating eyes last night, his whole body was limp. Before, he was just holding a breath, but now when he relaxes, his whole body faints. fainted.
Chen Gong was a little strange: "They are brothers and sisters, why are they like enemies? That man is also a little weird. His voice is like an old man, but his face is so young!"
Shen Qiao rubbed his forehead: "Because he is using the sky to change the sun."
Chen Gong: "What is stealing the sky and changing the sun?"
I thought the name sounded pretty cool.
Shen Qiao: "It's a face-changing technique, peeling off other people's faces, using some kind of secret technique to fuse with your own face, so that you can keep your youth and beauty forever, the two of them, any one of them is a tricky person, if it is not for them Brother and sister are not in harmony, we can't escape today."
Chen Gong was horrified and lost his voice: "How can there be such a vicious method!"
Shen Qiao didn't want to push herself any longer, she simply lay down with her clothes on, curled up slightly, her pale face frowned slightly, and she looked like she was going to die soon.
At first, when he was on the same road with him, Chen Gong was a little worried that he would fall down at any time. Later, seeing that he was like this every day, he got used to it.
Suddenly remembering something, Chen Gong asked: "Didn't you say that you don't remember anything, how did you know that the person used the face-changing technique?"
Shen Qiao: "Oh, sometimes I think of something."
Chen Gong twitched the corners of his mouth.
"Sleep, I have to get up early tomorrow." Shen Qiao obviously didn't want to say more, and turned his back to him.
Chen Gong had no choice but to lie down.
In the middle of the night, he also had a nightmare, dreaming that his face was peeled off and replaced with a wrinkled old man's face, he couldn't recognize himself in the mirror, and finally woke up scared and found that the sky was bright. , while the bed was empty.
Shen Qiao was gone.
Chen Gong was startled and jumped up, his mind was in a mess. As soon as he touched the bed, there was no more warmth left, and he was wondering if he should run out to look for it, when he saw Shen Qiao open the door and walk in.
He breathed a sigh of relief: "Where have you been?"
During this period of time, the two of them walked together. Although he didn't say it, Chen Gong had become accustomed to Shen Qiao's existence before he knew it.
In the eyes of outsiders, Shen Qiao is blind and in poor health. There must be many inconveniences in daily life and needs to rely on Chen Gong for help, but the fact is that Chen Gong has to listen to Shen Qiao in many things. Thanks to Shen Qiao, They took a lot less detours.
Shen Qiao closed the door and said softly, "Let's leave today."
Chen Gong was stunned for a moment, then jumped up: "Why!"
Shen Qiao said: "After Bai Rong and her senior brother dealt with them, they may not turn around to look for us. On the Liuhe Gang, they wanted to go with us last night, but I told them to send them away, and they may not regret it afterwards."
He paused and sighed: "And that Murong Qin, who should be a master of the imperial court, if he mobilized people from the government to find us, he would have no trouble at all. Although one of us is blind and the other is illiterate, "Zhu Yang Ce" The temptation is too great. Many people have been pursuing things that they can’t get through their whole lives, but we have listened to them. Compared with other people present at the time, we are soft persimmons that can’t be softer. Any Jianghu person can It's killing us."
Chen Gong stammered: "Well, what should we do? We didn't listen to it on purpose. It's such a mouthful, who wants to hear it!"
Shen Qiao: "The husband is innocent, but he is guilty. The two of us appeared together last night, and we have already left an impression on others. For today's plan, we can only leave separately."
After being at a loss for a moment, Chen Gong realized that this was indeed the only way out of nowhere. If he really wanted to move his hands, it was estimated that others could knock them both down with just one palm. This feeling of powerlessness stirred in his heart. , turned into a deeper sense of powerlessness - Chen Gong hated his own incompetence, but there was nothing he could do.
"...That's fine." He reluctantly said, looking at Shen Qiao, "But can you do it alone?"
Shen Qiao smiled: "Why not, I was in Funing County before, don't you think I'm fine alone?"
Chen Gong thought about it too, but he couldn't be happy: "Then when we leave the city, can we still meet?"
Shen Qiao: "Just look at fate. Are you still going to the Liuhe Gang?"
Chen Gong shook his head, but he was sober: "The deputy gang leader already recognized me, I went to the Liuhe Gang, didn't I just throw myself in the net, everyone knows that I've heard about the scraps of the Lao Shizi, and they will definitely want to dig something out of me. ."
Shen Qiao: "Then where are you going?"
Chen Gong was disheartened: "One step counts as one step. I can't tell when I will run out of money and settle down locally. I have to eat."
Shen Qiao: "After all, the Liuhe Gang is a big gang, and the threshold is high. Even if you go in, you may not get any good treatment. It's better to find a small gang with a clean style. With your intelligence, you will be able to get ahead soon. ."
"Whatever, I don't want to go south, I want to go north and go to Yecheng all the way to see. I heard that it is very prosperous and there should be more opportunities to stand out."
When he said this, Chen Gong lacked interest. He didn't have anything to pack. He only had two pieces of clothing with him, and he could leave with all his luggage. Before leaving, he looked back and saw Shen Qiao'an sitting there quietly, bamboo The stick was placed in front of him. Although his eyes were dull, his face was facing him, as if he was saying goodbye.
For some reason, Chen Gong suddenly had a sour nose: "You, you have to take care."
Shen Qiao nodded: "You too."
Two people who met by chance would walk all the way by fate, and then parted ways for some reason.
Not long after Chen Gong left, Shen Qiao also packed up and prepared to leave the city. He was going through the south gate and would not collide with Chen Gong. If the two walked separately, it would indeed distract the target, but he had another one. layer intention.
...
Chen Gong was frightened all the way out of the city, and when he saw that no one was following or intercepting him, he felt relieved.
Huaizhou is close to the Zhou Dynasty, and there are frequent business trips. Even outside the city gate, there are people carrying things for sale during the day. The shouting is one after another, and it is very lively. For the first time, he was avoiding those powerful people, but Chen Gong didn't have time to take a closer look. At this time, he was in the bustling market, and the teenage boy's desire to watch the fun came out again.
But he didn't dare to stroll around, he turned around, bought two hot pancakes just out of the oven and prepared to eat on the road, and continued to walk north along the official road.
After walking a hundred paces, he heard a sound of horse hoofs coming from behind, mixed with screaming and crying, Chen Gong hurriedly turned his head and turned around and saw several people galloping out of the city, running towards him, followed by a large group of horses. , holding a bow and arrow, galloping wildly.
He still didn't know what was going on, so he stood there for a while, seeing those people getting closer and closer, and the people behind him had even pulled their bowstrings and loaded arrows, ready to shoot at this side. Followed and ran, but mind was still confused, didn't understand how such a scene would suddenly appear.
Not only him, but the people at the gate of the city were in chaos and fled in all directions, screaming in surprise.
Chen Gong didn't dare to turn his head back, and ran forward desperately, feeling that he was really unfortunate, and accidents would happen wherever he went.
After running for a while, the sound of arrows breaking through the air suddenly came, passing by his ears and inserting into the grass in front of Chen Gong!
His feet softened and he almost fell forward.
From behind, people screamed and fell to the ground from time to time, and the people on the horses were laughing from afar, seeming to be very happy.
Some people flattered: "The prince is good at archery, it can be said that he can pierce Yang with a hundred steps, and there is no such thing as false hair!"
The laughter stopped abruptly, and the man raised his voice abruptly: "The fastest runner in front of you, all of you are not allowed to move, I will shoot him!"
Who else can run faster than Chen Gong? there is none left!
Suddenly he knew what was going on!
Most of the dignitaries love hunting, but some people are very perverted. They don’t like hunting animals. They like to hunt people. They release prisoners and slaves, order them to run as hard as they can, and then shoot them with arrows, regardless of life or death. This is called hunting.
Chen Gong also heard about it after he left Funing County. At that time, he still listened to it strangely, and tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk-tsk, but now it's no fun to put the same story on him!
Realizing this, his heartbeat was faster than the drum beat, and a heart was about to pop out of his chest!
Chen Gong stopped abruptly, turned around and fell on the ground, begging for mercy in a loud voice: "The noble man spares his life, the noble man spares his life, I am not a prey, nor a prisoner slave, but a good citizen!"
"What about the good people? This king will kill him if he wants to!"
Chen Gong bravely raised his head, his face full of fear.
Mutiwa looked interesting: "Although her complexion is a little darker, she is still pretty and her limbs look soft. If I spare your life, what will you have in return?"
Chen Gong was ignorant: "The grass people treat themselves as cattle and horses, and are willing to drive away for the nobles..."
Mutiva chuckled: "Okay, come here, take it back and wash it for me!"
When Chen Gongshao left home, it was by no means that he did not understand the world at all. Seeing that everyone around him looked at him with strange expressions, and what the man said just now, he suddenly reacted: he is this Be seen as a male pet!
Male pets are not uncommon in Qi, especially in the upper class of Qi's aristocracy. For several generations of Qi's emperors, men and women are not taboos.
Chen Gong didn't know that he met the most famous fortunate minister by Emperor Qi's side, but that didn't stop him from being scared out of his wits after he reacted. go back!"
Mutiva's face darkened.
Chen Gong's heart was beating wildly.
He has learned a few punches and kicks from Shen Qiao, but the opponent's team is full of knives and swords, and his eyes are full of light. His three-legged cat kung fu is not useful at all. pierced.
Chen Gong originally thought that he was not afraid of heaven and earth, but at this moment, he felt that he was naive and ridiculous. Before, he was not afraid because he could handle those situations, but now he is afraid because of these dignitaries of unknown origin, Chen Gong doesn't even have to figure it out. Their identity, they know that they must not be offended.
The entourage next to him laughed: "Prince King, the villain has never seen such an ignorant person before!"
Another person echoed: "Yeah, this person is not stunning, you can see him, it is his blessing, he still has the courage to refuse, it is better to shoot to death on the spot!"
Mutiba squinted, the bow and arrow in her hand had been slowly raised.
"My lord, please allow the villain to elaborate!"
There was a buzzing sound in Chen Gong's mind, and suddenly it went blank. He didn't have time to think about it, and blurted out: "The villain is not very handsome, and he is not worthy of being so highly regarded by the nobles, but the villain knows, knows someone! He is even more beautiful than the villain. Many, no, no, they look better than the sum of all the people you brought together!"
The people who followed Mutiba were all beautiful men, and when they heard the words, they all burst into laughter, mocking Chen Gong for not having seen the world.
"Look at him looking like a country bumpkin, and he even said that he has seen people more beautiful than us!"
Mutiba didn't speak, but she had already drawn out a white quilled arrow in her hand, as if she was about to shoot with a bow.
Chen Gong was in a cold sweat, and at the juncture of life and death, he couldn't care more, and said loudly: "That person is in the city, we just broke up, if you don't believe me, I can take you there, he is born with a good appearance, but only My eyes are a little inconvenient, I am blind, I am afraid, I am afraid that the nobles will not be happy when they see it!"
Hearing him talk about the blind, Mutiba finally became interested: "Speaking of which, I haven't played with the blind before, so I don't need to cover my eyes when I'm tied to the bed?"
The frivolous tone elicited an ambiguous chuckle.
Chen Gong saw that this group of powerful people had no morals, but he had already said his words, and it was too late to regret. He thought that Shen Qiao was better than him, maybe he could repel these people, and maybe when they went there , Shen Qiao has already left.
The messy thoughts flashed by, he sat in a daze and didn't move.
Chen Gong gritted his teeth: "This noble person, in fact, that person is not in good health, although he has a good-looking face, I'm afraid it will disappoint you..."
Mutiva joked: "That's not better, you're sick, you don't have a lot of interest in playing. If you die, it's because he's not in good health, and he can't blame me! You don't want to lead the way, then It's up to you to take care of it. You are in good health, and you must have no problem with playing. Let you strip off and play with my wolf dogs. It just so happens that they are also in heat, and I am worried that I will not be able to find them to mate. Woolen cloth!"
Chen Gong's eyes widened. He never imagined that there are such cruel people in the world. Mutiba's description made him tremble, and he could no longer resist.
Shen Qiao, don't blame me, I was forced, he said silently.
...
Chen Gong led the team into the city and came to the inn where they had stayed before. It was only half a day before he left.
The innkeeper still had an impression of him. Seeing him leaving and returning, there was a group of people behind him. He didn't dare to neglect him, and hurriedly greeted him and asked, "This is..."
Chen Gong couldn't help but look back at Mutipo. The latter saw that the interior of the inn was rudimentary, frowning and covering his nose.
"Is the person who came to stay with me still there?" Chen Gong gestured, "His eyes are not very good, and he is still leaning on a bamboo stick."
The shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, he is still there, he is still in the wing and has never come down."
Chen Gong's heart was overjoyed, and then a trace of guilt rose, but the guilt didn't last long before it was interrupted.
The entourage who came with Mutiba frowned at Chen Gong and scolded: "What are you dawdling for, why don't you take us up?"
The other party was smeared and powdered, showing an air of arrogance. Chen Gong was reluctant to look at it at a glance, but he couldn't disobey the other party's words, so he could only diligently lead people upstairs, hoping that Shen Qiao had already left. hope that Shen Qiao is still there.
Chen Gong took someone upstairs to knock on the door.
After knocking it three times, a familiar voice came from inside: "Who is it?"
At that moment, Chen Gong couldn't tell what his inner feelings were. He swallowed and said, "It's me."
"Chen Gong? Why are you back? Come in." Shen Qiao was a little surprised, his voice was as calm as ever.
Chen Gong's five flavors were mixed, and guilt surged up all of a sudden.
"Why don't you go in yet?" Mutiva's entourage was impatient and pushed him hard.
Chen Gong staggered forward and pushed open the door.
Shen Qiao was sitting by the window, his face turned slightly to the outside, as if he was enjoying the scenery outside the window, but Chen Gong knew that since that night, his eyes had been completely invisible.
"Tsk, this is the beauty you said, and it's not so..."
When Shen Qiao turned his head around, he paused for a moment, unable to continue.
Mutiva, who waited impatiently below and went upstairs by herself, lit up.
He was born in a poor family, because his mother gained power, and later he mingled with the emperor himself, and this was how he lived a luxurious life, so he paid great attention to his clothes. .
Naturally, Shen Qiao's clothes were not made of good materials, and her head was simply tied in a bun, not even a hosta, and she was only tied with a sky blue cloth of the same color as her clothes.
However, Mutiva couldn't take her eyes off her at all.
These rough fabrics can't completely hide the beauty of the beauty itself.
Even when Shen Qiao "looked" towards them with an expressionless face, he still felt dry and had the urge to go up and push the other party down, tear open his clothes, and smash and smash him wantonly.
"Chen Gong, who else did you bring here?"
Hearing his somewhat dazed voice, Mutiva felt even more excited.
I don't know what kind of smashed and soulful this person was when he frowned and cried out?
Mutiba even thought about it. She would detain people in Huaizhou to play enough books, and then send them to Emperor Qi Gao Wei. Gao Wei, like him, always likes to play something different. Such a blind beauty will send it over. , the emperor must be very happy.
"What's your name?" he asked Shen Qiao.
Shen Qiao frowned slightly, but did not answer, only said: "Chen Gong?"