Thinking back to yesterday's eloquent talk, cheating people out of food and accommodation, and even the county magistrate treating them as distinguished guests, I felt extremely satisfied.
When I opened my eyes, I realized that Xu Ziling, who was sleeping next to me, had woken up early. He was half sitting and half lying with his hands on the pillow of his head. His eyes were staring at the ceiling of the tent, thinking of falling into a trance.
Kou Zhongzheng was worried that no one would share his glory, so he sat up and said with great joy: "Look, Xiaoling! We were beggars and hooligans in Yangzhou City, but as soon as we left Yangzhou City, we became young masters. This is the first time in this life that my two brothers slept together."
In such a comfortable bed, hugging the fragrant quilt and dreaming. There is a little beauty waiting on me as I take off my clothes and put on my clothes. Ah! When Miss Xiaojuan's little hands touch my body, I feel as if I am the prime minister."
Xu Ziling said indifferently: "If you can't think of a way to escape and send someone back to Yangzhou City, that would be really great."
Kou Zhong chuckled and said, "Just be patient. After we've fed our stomachs later, we'll come back to pick up a few fine items, and then we'll find an excuse, such as wanting to look around and see the scenery. When we get to the outside of the town,
Isn't it easy to walk?"
Xu Ziling thought that he was full of tricks, so he was not really worried. He sighed and said no more.
Kou Zhongqi said: "Didn't you sleep well last night? Why did you wake up so early?"
Xu Ziling said angrily: "We went to bed after dinner last night. We must have had enough sleep for everything!"
Kou Zhong stepped forward and asked: "What are you thinking about? Hey! Are you thinking about that evil woman?"
Xu Ziling obviously told him what was on his mind and remained silent.
Kou Zhong came next to him, leaned against his shoulder and said: "Two brothers in one generation, Xiaoling, haven't you fallen in love with him?"
Xu Ziling said: "Fuck your mother, she is at least half my mother's age, and as she said, we are not even qualified to have a relationship with her. It's just strange in my heart, you bastard guy has always been
I love beautiful girls the most. She is more beautiful than any girl we have ever seen before. Why do you always have to force her to leave? She looks fierce on the outside, but she is really nice to us, otherwise she would not let her go.
We'll send it to the town gate."
Kou Zhong sighed and said: "I am just thinking about our future. It is precisely because this evil woman is so beautiful and we have had skin-to-skin contact with her that we have to be especially careful. A real man puts merit first, especially us.
If your achievements are not yet accomplished, you should not be obsessed with beauty, which will lead to depression of ambition... Hey! What are you dreaming of..., ha..."
When the two of them laughed together, it was already twilight, and there was a faint sound of servants cleaning outside.
Kou Zhong rubbed his legs, which were still so sore, and said: "I will lie to Prime Minister Shen later that I want to ride a horse for a ride. Then I can run away quickly and scold my legs to replace our prime minister and general."
Your legs are so expensive."
Xu Ziling smiled bitterly and said, "Do you know how to ride a horse?"
Kou Zhong said proudly: "What's the problem? All you have to do is climb on the saddle, correct the direction of the horse's head, and give the horse two fucking blows on the butt, and it'll be done, right?"
Xu Ziling was about to say something to him when there was a knock on the door.
Kou Zhong thought it was the good-looking sister Xiaojuan again, so he coughed and said, "Come in!"
The door opened, and the short and fat Shen Xian Cheng rushed in like a whirlwind, came to the bed of the two of them, and saluted hurriedly:
"It's great that the two young masters woke up. Last night, the subordinates got the news that your uncle Yuwen is sending out manpower to search for the whereabouts of the two young masters. I have sent people overnight to contact Uncle Ling. Mr. Yuwen will be here at any time.
Come. When the two young masters see your uncle, Qian Yu, don’t forget to say a few good words to your subordinates."
Kou and Xu seemed to have been thrown from the fairy world into the eighteenth level of hell. Suddenly, their hands and feet were cold and their souls were stunned.
Shen Xian Cheng thought they were overjoyed, so he bowed and said: "I have ordered my servants to wait on the two young masters to bathe and change clothes. I will wait for them in the Tai Hall to have a morning meal together. I will take my leave first."
He just left, and four maids, including Xiaojuan, came to pick him up. They served them attentively, much more solemnly and thoughtfully than yesterday.
Both Shao Mingshi and Chen Wang came, accompanying them diligently and teaching them how to make arrangements for their escape.
When we had dinner with the magistrate of Chen County, the battle was even more outrageous. More than a dozen government servants lined up on both sides to serve the lords. The meal made the two of them frightened and miserable.
After Xu Ziling carried him down and kicked him hard, Kou Zhong laughed and said: "I don't know if there are any places of interest near the county. Anyway, my uncle hasn't come yet, so he took this opportunity to have a look. It's not a waste of time to visit here." ."
Shen Xian Cheng's facial features were all squeezed together, he showed an extremely ugly smile, and said with a smile: "Thieves have been everywhere in recent years. It is still not appropriate for the two young masters to go outside the town. Otherwise, if something happens, how can the county afford it?" ."
In his heart, Kou Zhong wanted to crush him to death, but on the surface he pretended to obey his orders happily and said: "Your Excellency, you are really thoughtful, hey!
We, the two brothers, will truthfully report the benefits to the county master and let him reward us based on our merits. However, we two brothers are most afraid of being idle in the house. So, is there any pleasure-seeking place like Qingqi Prostitute Village in the county? Chu, alas, after leaving Dadu, there has been no... Hey! The county master should know that there is nothing more. I thought I would be happy when I arrived in Yangzhou, but now I am sleeping well and refreshed, why should I go... Ha... wait... Naturally, it is not a trivial matter that can trouble the county master."
Zhou Gan said from behind: "But the girl in the building probably hasn't gotten up yet."
Shen Xiancheng shouted: "Teach them to get up before they get up!"
When facing Kou and Xu, he immediately put on a smile and said: This is just a small matter, I will arrange everything."
Then he shouted to Zhou Ping, "Why don't you go make arrangements."
Gao Zhong and Xu Ziling exchanged glances, secretly thinking that if they could not escape through the brothel rat, their great future and precious little lives would be doomed.
The two of them sat in a carriage, accompanied by Shen Xian Cheng himself, and drove towards the largest brothel in the county.
Beipo County is the leading large county near Yangzhou, and its lively situation is not much inferior to that of Yangzhou City. Because it is subordinate to Jiangdu County, it has direct export channels, so the handicraft industry is particularly prosperous.
It's a pity that the two of them were worried about their own lives. Even though the Prime Minister of Shen County was frothing at the mouth to promote his own good governance in the county, and he was very happy to give pointers along the way, they had no intention of carrying it out and responded casually.
Especially when I saw more than a dozen county officials riding horses to protect me before and after, I felt that it was not much different from prisoners being taken to the execution ground.
In fact, Kou Zhong was already very quick-witted. He thought that only by hiding in the room with the girl from the brothel could he have a chance to avoid other people's sight. However, it was still unknown whether he could successfully escape, so he could not be secretly worried.
The biggest threat is that Yu Wenhuaji will come at any time and beat them back to their original shape, which will cause them to lose face and lose their lives. There is no need to mention the feeling of being useless.
Every time when Shen Xian Cheng looked out the window, the two of them made secret gestures and discussed the escape plan in the usual way.
The carriage drove into the courtyard with great momentum.
When the two of them followed Shen County Prime Minister out of the carriage, several sleepy-eyed prostitutes with extremely ordinary looks, led by a madam, saluted the two fake gentlemen.
When the two looked at each other and smiled bitterly, the sound of hoofbeats suddenly sounded, coming closer from far away.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, brothers in distress, knew something was going to happen and were trying to escape with all their might when a strong wind blew up and pressed down from above.
The county magistrate Shen and the government officials didn't know what was going on, and they were already running around. In the chaos, they seemed to see a white shadow falling from the sky.
When they got up, Kou and Zhong were gone, and only the dust picked up by the strong wind was still floating in the air.
The woman in white grabbed the two men's wide belts, ran across the ridge, and was far away from Beipo County in an instant. She was speeding through the mountains and fields at full speed, seemingly effortlessly.
The two of them were saved from a desperate situation, and they almost couldn't help but cheer, but they were afraid of offending the woman in white, so they could only keep silent.
After a while, the two came to the riverside and saw several small boats moored at the ferry. On the bank, there were several fishermen who were sorting and repairing the fish.
Without thinking, the woman in white boarded one of the boats, threw the two people into the boat, cut off the rope with a sword, grabbed the oar, and shook her luck violently. Water splashed down, and the boat went upstream like an arrow. Leaving the angry fishermen far behind.
The two boys were thrown so hard by her that they sat up with a groan. You looked at me and saw the woman in white covering her face with frost. Who dared to speak? The atmosphere was extremely frightening.
After the boat had traveled at least two to thirty miles at full speed, the woman in white snorted coldly and slowed down the boat.
Kou Zhong plucked up his courage and asked, "Master, have you been following us? Otherwise, how could we have come by such a coincidence?"
The woman in white didn't even look at them, and said slightly angrily: "Who would be interested in following you two brats who only know how to steal, kidnap and deceive? I only came to see you after Yu Wenhuaji sent people to search nearby towns."
Xu Ziling respectfully said: "Thank you so much, Master, for saving your life. If we have the chance, we two brothers will definitely repay you."
The woman in white said disdainfully: "I don't mean to do anything good, but I will do anything that can make Yu Wenhua and Yu unhappy, so you don't need to thank me. After arriving in Danyang, the Tai family went their separate ways, and will never do anything again." You are not allowed to mention me, otherwise I will kill you two puppies."
Kou Zhong laughed and said: "Everyone goes his own way. If we learn unparalleled martial arts in the future, you still dare to call us like a puppy in front of you and a puppy in the back."
The woman in white's eyes flashed sharply at first, then turned away, and said angrily: "Even if you worship under the "Martial Lord" Bixuan of the Turkic tribe now, you can't even think of developing any skills. So it's best to Give up this attachment, find a profitable trade, learn it well, marry a wife, have children, and live happily in this life is the most serious thing."
The two of them were greatly hurt when they heard this. After staring at her for a while, Xu Ziling couldn't help but said: "Is it because our financing is too poor?"
The woman in white sighed, looked down at the two good people, and said surprisingly gently, "You should know that you are not even qualified for me to lie to you. Your qualifications are better than anyone I have ever seen. It is really rare that I have gone through so much trouble and still not gotten sick, but I just owe it to my luck."
The two of them were praised by her, and they regained a little bit of their self-esteem and confidence, saying in unison: "What kind of luck?"
The woman in white said while shaking the oar, "That is the way to practice martial arts. Anyone who wants to become an outstanding master must start practicing from childhood. According to my master, everyone wants to learn anything well. The most important thing is A period of time is the ten years between the ages of five and fifteen. It is like learning a language. If you learn it after this period of time, your pronunciation will not be correct. The same is true for martial arts. If you start now, no matter how hard you work, you will get twice the result with half the effort. If you are just a mediocre errand boy and will be killed sooner or later, then you should not learn. Do you understand?"
The two of them froze, feeling that their hands and feet were cold, and the world seemed to have lost all vitality and meaning.
Kou Zhong was stubborn, so he slapped the treasure book on his back and shouted: "Maybe we are an exception? And we also have the secret book with us, how can it be different?"
For the first time, the woman in white showed a look of pity in her beautiful eyes. She shook her head and said, "It is always uncomfortable to tell the truth. I have checked the book you got. It is called "Secrets of Immortality". It is indeed a Taoist treasure book, but it has nothing to do with it.
It has nothing to do with martial arts. You'd better find a place to throw it away, otherwise you might end up in disaster because of it. Alas, I think it's just a lie. How can a person live forever?"
The color on their faces immediately drained away, leaving them speechless.
There was an awkward silence on the boat.
Danyang City is the largest city upstream of Yangzhou City. It is the only way from the inland to Yangzhou City and then to the sea. Its importance is second only to Yangzhou. Of course, it owes it to the Grand Canal that runs from north to south.
The scenery in the city is unique, with rivers criss-crossing the rivers. Hundreds of stone arch bridges are erected on the rivers. People live by the water. Residential houses are scattered in rows. Streets are formed by water, cities are formed by water, roads are formed by water, water, roads and bridges.
The houses are integrated into one, giving a tranquil and simple water city scenery, as tender as water.
Early the next morning, when the city gate opened, the woman in white and Kou Xu mingled among the farmers going to the market and sneaked into the city.
The two boys followed the woman in white around the city like a zombie, with their hearts broken by losing their dreams for the future.
The woman in white obviously came here for the first time, looking around with great interest.
After they entered the city, they walked deep into the city along the main street. There were shops on both sides with front and back stores. The stores were open, with skylights for lighting, and filled with all kinds of goods and handicrafts. They were very prosperous, and there were many people visiting them. It can be said that
Guests come like clouds.
The woman in white was everywhere. Because of her beauty, men and women paid attention to her, but she didn't care. She seemed not to be surprised, but also seemed to turn a blind eye.
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling didn't eat for half a day and a night. Although they were in a bad mood, they still couldn't fight the empty feeling in their stomachs. The woman in white turned a blind eye to restaurants and restaurants and walked straight past them. The former couldn't help but cough lightly at her.
The voice said: "Should we take care of the five internal organs temple first?"
The woman in white stopped at a large house with white walls and black tiles, and said coldly, "Are you rich?"
Xu Ziling on the other side smiled and said, "Of course we don't have money, but if you have money, wouldn't it be the same, Master?"
The woman in white sneered, "If I have money, why don't I wait until you are rich? I don't even look in the mirror. Besides, my money fell into the river bottom with my baggage when the boat capsized because of you two guys. You guys had two meals yesterday."
"You have plenty of food and clothing, but I haven't even eaten half of the steamed buns. Now you're still complaining that I didn't take you to eat and drink?"
Kou Zhong said angrily: "Don't you only know how to anger people? If we had sunk the ship, Yu Wenwen would have caught up with us, and we would have broken bones for him at most. But with your beautiful appearance, Master, I guarantee that you will be killed."
Use Yuwen Monster to be your little wife."
The woman in white suddenly stood still.
The two of them thought that she was going to make trouble, so they ran away to both sides. The female in white clothes was shocked. Seeing the still frightened expressions of the two of them, she couldn't help but show a real smile for the first time, which made the two of them look amazing.
When he felt it, he put away his smile and said:
"You two little devils, wait here for a while. When I go to make some silver rain and come out, I'll treat you to a big meal. From now on, we'll have nothing to do with each other."
When he said the last two famous quotes of Kou Zhong, he smiled again and then walked to a shop on the left.
When Kou Zhong saw that it turned out to be a security shop, he hurriedly stopped her and said solemnly, "Are you taking it for granted? No one is better at it than me."
The woman in white said angrily: "How do I know if you will enrich your own pockets?"
Kou Zhong had this intention and told her. He sighed and retreated to Xu Ziling's side.
After watching her enter the store, Xu Ziling said: "Our dream of becoming the best master in the world is over. It seems we have to concentrate on studying. Then when you become the Prime Minister on the right, I will be the Prime Minister on the Left."
Kou Zhong smiled bitterly and said: "The most useless person in troubled times is the evil scholar, but I still don't believe that her "Secret of Immortality" has nothing to do with kung fu. Although there are no Taoist priests who have immortality, there are Taoist priests who are good at martial arts.
It can be seen that by inferring from this, if you can't practice martial arts, you can practice peerless martial arts."
Xu Ziling became excited and sighed, "But didn't that woman say that we missed the precious childhood of practicing martial arts?"
Kou Zhong said: "Maybe she saw that we are better than her, and was afraid that we might overtake her in the future, so she deliberately said some discouraging words to make us feel discouraged. Alas,"
Obviously he himself felt that this idea was self-deception and could not continue to talk about it.
The woman in white walked out in high spirits, and the two of them hurriedly chased after her.
The woman in white whispered: "Listen, you two little brats, if I hear you barking at me behind my back again, I will kill you two puppies."
The two felt greatly embarrassed and responded submissively.
The three of them went to the second floor of a restaurant, sat at a table near the window, and ordered dishes.
There were more than a dozen tables, half of which were filled with people. At one of the tables there was a man who was dressed in luxurious clothes. It was obvious at a glance that he was a young nobleman of high status. He kept looking at the woman in white, obviously shocked by her beauty.
Xu Ziling coughed dryly and said, "If you dare to ask the great scholar Gao's name, we can also have a name." The woman in white held her pretty chin in her hand and said curiously, "You two brats are just bachelors in Yangzhou City."
You gangster, why do you always talk in an old-fashioned way and pretend to be poor?"
Kou Zhong said proudly: "It makes people poor and ambitious. One day we will become famous. Do you still dare to think of us as little gangsters?"
The woman in white was surprisingly good-tempered. She thought for a while and said, "What are you going to do after I leave? Cheating for food and drink is never an option."
For the first time, Kou and Xu felt the care of the woman in white for them. However, when the dishes were brought to them, the two of them had no time to think too much. They bent over the table and ate, gobbling up the food, which was extremely ugly.
The woman in white ate two steamed buns, stopped, turned her head and looked out the window thoughtfully, and remained silent. When the two of them couldn't eat anymore, all the dishes on the table had been swept away, and the two of them rubbed their stomachs.
Naturally, he looked at the woman in white.
The woman in white sighed, took out more than a dozen taels of silver, placed them in front of the two of them on the table, and said softly: "I am thinking of this disaster, so I will give this money to you. Although the world is full of wars now, but
The south is still relatively peaceful. This place is ultimately dangerous, so it's not advisable to stay for a long time. You can take care of yourself."
Ignoring the two men, their eyes were shining brightly, staring hard at the coins on the table, and beckoned the waiter to come over to settle the bill. The waiter said respectfully: "The girl's account should have been settled by the young man who was sitting at the table just now. They just paid the bill."
He's gone."
"Snapped!"
The woman in white took out her usual five-baht bill, threw it on the stage, and said calmly, "I don't need anyone else to pay the bill for me, just take it!"
Then he stood up and went downstairs.
When the two of them saw her decisively leaving without looking back, they felt inferior and disappointed. After exchanging glances, Kou Zhong picked up the silver coins and put them in his arms, and said dejectedly: "Let's go too!"
Xu Ziling also wished he could leave this sad place as soon as possible. He hurried downstairs with Kou Zhong and came to the street. They saw the sun filling the sky and people coming and going, but there was no warmth in their hearts.
In the past, life in Yangzhou City was difficult and I was beaten and scolded from time to time, but I was always full of hope for the future.
Although I am now free and have a small fortune in my pocket, it seems to be floating in vain. It seems that although the world is huge, there is no place to settle.
They wanted to find the back of the girl in white again, and it would be good to take one more look, but the beauty was gone, which only added to the sadness of loss.
The two of them bumped shoulders and walked out of the city in a disappointed manner.
Suddenly something strange happened, a fragrant breeze blew, and the woman in white inserted herself between the two of them from behind and walked side by side with them.
The two of them were secretly happy, but they didn't dare to express it, let alone ask each other.
When the city gate was in sight, the woman in white said coldly: "You two, don't get distracted. I was just afraid that Yu Wenhuaji would come and take your "Secret of Immortality" to claim credit from the tyrant, so I came back and sent you away for a while.
Cheng, this is to deal with Yu Wengu, not because I have any special affection for you two brats."
Xu Ziling seemed to be particularly intolerable to the words of the woman in white. He stopped and said angrily: "In that case, there is no need to bother the master. We have hands and feet and we know how to walk. We don't want your money either. Kou
Zhong, give her the money back!"
Kou Zhong stopped talking, sighed, and put his hands into his arms.
The woman in white chuckled, reached out and grabbed the two of them by their arms, and forced them to move quickly with her. She passed through the city gate in a blink of an eye, and when she reached the riverside, she let go of the two and said, "Why are you so angry?"
I have a bad temper. I never know how to please people and I am lonely by nature. I must have offended you."
Xu Ziling was willing to be humble when he saw her solving a problem for the first time. He is open-minded by nature and resents being embarrassed. His tender face turned red and he said:
"It's not that I haven't been looked down upon by others, it's just that if someone looks down on me, I feel particularly resentful."
Kou Zhong leaned close to the ear of the girl in white and whispered: "This boy is in love with you." The girl in white hit Kou Zhong with an elbow on his side, causing him to kneel on the ground in pain. He pointed his halberd and said angrily: "If you dare again,
If you say this to this girl, I will, I will slap your mouth,"
She originally wanted to kill Kou Zhong, but she thought she couldn't do it, so she had to change her mind in time and said a much lighter punishment. Xu Ziling was confused and said: "What did he say?"
The woman in white glared at him and said nothing.
For a moment, the three of them didn't know what to say.
The woman in white glanced at the large and small ships parked at the pier outside the city, and said to herself: "Why are there so many ships coming back from the west, but no ship heading west?"
The two of them took a closer look and both felt something was different.
The pier was full of people waiting for the boat, and they were talking about it.
A soft and pleasant voice sounded next to the three of them: "May I ask if this girl and two little brothers are waiting for the boat?"
At this time, Kou Zhong pressed the sore spot, stood up, and looked at the people who were coming and going with Xu Ziling. It was the young man who had just kept paying attention to the woman in white in the restaurant, and later paid their bills.
This gentleman is indeed handsome, elegant, and half a head taller than Xu Ziling, but he does not look weak at all. His spine is straight and his shoulders are straight. Although he is dressed as a scholar, he gives off the impression that he is well versed in martial arts.
The woman in white didn't even look back and said, "You don't have to worry about our affairs!"
The young man did not feel dissatisfied at all, and bowed his head to the ground and said: "Beautiful Tang Tu, I, Song Shidao, would like to apologize in advance. I didn't dare to disturb you, but I saw that the girl seemed puzzled by the fact that the river boats were turning back one after another, so I boldly came to greet you.
Asking, there is absolutely no other meaning."
The woman in white turned around like a whirlwind. After looking at him up and down for a while, she said coldly, "Say it!"
Song Shidao was flattered and said happily: "The reason is that Li Zitong's rebel army in the East China Sea just crossed the Huaihe River, formed an alliance with Du Fuwei, defeated the Sui division, and sent an army to the south to attack Liyang. If Liyang was attacked
, the Yangtze River waterway traffic has been cut off, so now everyone adopts a wait-and-see attitude and dares to go west only after seeing the situation clearly."
The two of them saw that the woman in white was listening attentively, and Song Shidao seemed to be stronger than them in every aspect, so they both felt uncomfortable, and there was nothing they could do about it.
When the woman in white was silent, Song Shidao added, "If you don't mind, girl, you can ride on the boat below to ensure that even if you encounter bandits, you won't be disturbed."
The woman in white chirped at Song Shidao coldly and said calmly: "You seem to have some skills with such a loud tone."
Song Shidao said sternly, "How dare you do anything in front of the girl? It's just that the Han family has a relatively low reputation. As long as the family flag is hung on the boat, friends on the road will always show some face."
Hearing this, even Kou and Xu had to praise this guy for speaking appropriately, neither arrogant nor humble, just right.
The woman in white glanced at the two of them, and she was silent, obviously a little moved.
It would be time-consuming and troublesome to follow the two boys by land like this, but if we go by water and cross Liyang, we no longer have to worry about Yu Wenhuaji coming after us.
Kou Zhong couldn't help but said: "I would rather go by land."
Before the woman in white could answer, Song Shidao was surprised and said, "Excuse me, miss, what are these two little brothers..."
The woman in white interrupted him impatiently and said: "It's nothing, don't ask anymore. Where is your ship?"
When Song Shuai was overjoyed to give his advice, Xu Ziling pulled Kou Zhong and said, "The time has come for everyone to go his own way. Take her boat, and we will go our own way."
Kou Zhong showed his spirit at the right time, laughed, put his arm around Xu Ziling's shoulders, and praised, "What a good boy!" He pushed Xu Ziling and looked west.
The woman in white shouted angrily: "Stand here,"
Kou Zhong turned around and waved: "Goodbye!"
The woman in white stamped her foot fiercely and said to Master Song: "Brother Song, please go back to the boat first, we will come later."
In a flash, he came up behind the two men and grabbed them like chickens.
Song Shidao was confused, but he remembered that since the beautiful lady was willing to get on the boat, he didn't have to worry about not having the opportunity to show his courtesy, so he had time to worry about other things, so he was overjoyed to pursue her.