The moonlight was fading, and through the thickened window paper, it spread lightly on the brick floor inside the house, like a wisp of silver dust, or like a square of winter frost.
Zhao Zheng was lying on the bed, and he quickly warmed up the quilt. He turned his head and looked at the moonlight on the ground, thinking about the "Flower Path" in his mind, and his eyelids became heavier and heavier. Just as he
When I was about to fall asleep, there was a knock on the door. The sound was very soft, but it seemed particularly clear at night.
Zhao Zheng shuddered and opened his eyes. There were only three people in the yard, and the person who knocked on the door was either the informant or Li Zhenzhen. He didn't know who was disturbing his rest. He reluctantly turned over and got out of bed.
Shoes went to open the door.
Li Zhenzhen stood outside the door with an apologetic look on her face, twisting her fingers together and placing them in front of her.
"Hero Li, it's so late, what are you doing?" Zhao Zheng asked, rubbing his eyes.
"I was frightened during the day, and now when I close my eyes, those corpses appear, and I can't sleep." Li Zhenzhen frowned slightly.
"Are you suffering from insomnia?"
"kindness."
"You were talking and laughing just now, it doesn't look like you were frightened." Zhao Zheng was a little confused.
"It was fine just now, but when I was alone in the room, I felt chilly on my body." Li Zhenzhen raised her hand and touched her round shoulder, as if it was really cold.
"If you feel scared, just sleep with your sword in your arms. Didn't you say in the secret passage that drawing a sword can strengthen your courage?" Zhao Zheng suggested.
"I'm already holding her, it's useless." Li Zhenzhen shook her head.
Zhao Zheng looked at Li Zhenzhen up and down, trying to figure out Li Zhenzhen's intentions. In the middle of the night, a girl came knocking on the door and kept saying that she didn't dare to sleep alone. It was really intriguing. He smiled and said tentatively: "What do you mean?
...Do you want to sleep with me?"
"You are so beautiful!" Li Zhenzhen rolled her eyes and immediately denied it.
"Then what do you want?" Zhao Zheng was discouraged, but it was right to think about it. There is no such thing as a good thing in the world when a girl comes to his door.
"I want you to guard my door. When I talk to you, you knock on the door. I know you are outside the door, and I feel at ease. Then I should be able to fall asleep." Li Zhenzhen said the reason for coming here.
Purpose.
"What? You want me to stay awake and guard your door?" Zhao Zheng in turn rolled his eyes at Li Zhenzhen, "Thank you for thinking that!"
"Please, okay?" Li Zhenzhen begged, her voice was sweet and she used her coquettish skills.
Zhao Zheng was very reluctant at first, but he couldn't stand Li Zhenzhen's constant coquettishness. His heart softened and he changed his mind. He sighed and asked: "Do you know what the most troublesome creature in the world is?"
"It's a woman." Li Zhenzhen replied apologetically.
"It's a pity that I'm a man." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly and pointed forward, "Let's go. I'll be your doorkeeper."
In this way, Zhao Zhengzheng became Li Zhenzhen's "door god", moved a chair to Li Zhenzhen's door, sat on it, and put a quilt around him. The corridor was no better than in the house, and there was a constant breeze.
It was blowing and it was very cold. Zhao Zheng wrapped himself in a quilt and secretly used his internal energy to warm up his body and dispel the cold.
Zhao Zheng was yawning, but he couldn't sleep. He only hoped that Heroine Li would fall asleep soon.
"Xiao Zhao, are you outside?" Li Zhenzhen asked suddenly, fearing that Zhao Zheng would leave behind her back.
"Dong dong." Zhao Zheng stretched out his hand from the quilt and knocked on the door twice as a response.
"Thank you so much for today. I won't be afraid when you are outside."
"Dong dong."
Li Zhenzhen stopped talking, and the room was silent for a while. But not long after, she said distressedly: "It still doesn't work. As soon as I close my eyes, I will think of those corpses."
"Dong dong." Zhao Zheng frowned and knocked on the door twice more.
"Actually, I'm not afraid of death. I've seen my parents kill evil people before, but the appearance of the corpses in the secret passage is too terrifying, much scarier than the newly dead people."
"Dong dong."
"From now on, I'll just call you 'dong dong'. That's the sound you'll make when you knock on the door."
"Dong Dong." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly. He had more and more nicknames. Li Zhenzhen once called him Xiao Zhao, the waiter in the shop, and now he has another nickname "Dong Dong".
Li Zhenzhen stopped talking again and tried to sleep on the bed, but she was still tossing and turning and couldn't fall asleep. When she couldn't help but think of those corpses, she opened her mouth to talk to Zhao Zheng outside the door. After repeated efforts several times,
She finally fell into sleep.
Zhao Zheng didn't know when Li Zhenzhen would speak again, so he did not leave rashly, but stayed on the chair. Over time, he also fell asleep. The night wind blew slowly, and a strand of hair on his forehead fluttered lightly.
There was no more words to say all night.
The next morning, Li Zhenzhen got up early, got dressed, and planned to go out and order Zhao Zheng to boil water for washing. But when she opened the door, she found that Zhao Zheng was still sitting outside the door and had not returned to the house.
The quilt covering Zhao Zheng had slipped to the ground at some point. He now had nothing to keep him warm, and his body was curled up into a ball with the cold.
Li Zhenzhen looked at the sleeping Zhao Zheng and was deeply moved. She secretly said: "I can't believe that he stayed outside the door all night for me. It's so cold outside, so don't give him frostbite." She hurriedly walked over.
She picked up the quilt on the ground and covered Zhao Zheng gently. Her eyes fell on Zhao Zheng's face, and she saw that Zhao Zheng had delicate features, a straight nose, and black hair like a waterfall. He was very beautiful, so she endured it.
I couldn't help but look at it for a while, and thought to myself: "He is quite handsome, and it makes people feel comfortable just looking at him. After watching it, I still want to see it again."
Li Zhenzhen was at the age when she first fell in love. Although she would not admit it, she actually had a certain attraction to people of the same age, making her unconsciously want to get closer. She put her face close and looked at Zhao Zheng at close range.
Zhao Zheng's face, a strand of hair on the temples fell on Zhao Zheng's face.
Zhao Zheng was sleeping peacefully, completely unaware that there was a beautiful and lovely girl with his face so close to her. If he were any closer, he would probably kiss her.
Li Zhenzhen stared at it for a long time, and suddenly said worriedly in her heart: "Why did I stare at a man for so long? How unbecoming is this?" She blushed, straightened up, and left quietly. Seeing that Zhao Zheng was working hard at the night, she
Instead of disturbing him, he asked the eyeliner to boil some hot water and wash up.
After the sun rose, Zhao Zheng also got up and stretched out on the chair. He felt an itch on his face, raised his hand and scratched it, and caught a long hair from his face.
It was a woman's hair. He didn't think much about it, just thought it was floating on his face in the wind, and threw it away with a loose hand.
Zhao Zheng was sitting on the chair all night. All the bones in his body felt a little uncomfortable. He moved for a while before he recovered. He fell asleep here last night because he was too sleepy. Now that he thinks about it, he feels very depressed.
There's nothing like sleeping in a bed here.
"You're up." Li Zhenzhen opened the door of the main room, holding a copper basin filled with hot water and walked in with a smile.
"Is this the water you boiled?" Zhao Zhengguan was stunned.
Li Zhenzhen rolled her eyes and lied: "Yes, I boiled the water."
"The sun is really coming out in the west."
"What, you're not satisfied?"
"Satisfied, satisfied. As long as there is hot water, I am satisfied no matter who cooks it." Zhao Zheng picked up the quilt and sent it back to the house. Then he took the copper basin in Li Zhenzhen's hand, placed it on the chair, and
I washed my face with water.
After washing up, Zhao Zheng and Li Zhenzhen went out to find a tavern and opened a private room to have breakfast so as not to be disturbed. During the meal, Li Zhenzhen was uncharacteristically warm to Zhao Zheng and kissed Zhao Zheng several times.
The dishes made Zhao Zheng a little confused.
Zhao Zheng guessed that he got such preferential treatment because he acted as the doorkeeper for Li Zhenzhen last night. He slept in the corridor last night, which was really hard, so he accepted what Li Zhenzhen did.
After eating, Li Zhenzhen took out her handkerchief and wiped her lips, then asked: "After eating, should we go find out the news?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, be careful that walls have ears." Zhao Zheng put down his chopsticks and made a gesture of silence. Although this is a single room and can be soundproofed, if you encounter a powerful warrior with sharp ears and eyesight, it will be useless even if there is a wall to block it.
It will be listened to every word. In this world, as long as you are talking about something confidential and important, you must lower your voice. This can be regarded as basic common sense in the world.
Li Zhenzhen naturally understood this. She stuck out her tongue and whispered: "I know, just tell me."
"We will split up after a while. You go and ask about Zhang and Zhou, and also ask about their good friends. I will go and ask about the masters in Qibao County." General Zhao Zheng
He leaned forward and whispered in the same low voice.
"Why do you want to ask about any masters here?" Li Zhenzhen asked puzzledly.
"If we blackmail those few members, they may hire experts to take action, so we have to find out in advance. If there are powerful and greedy experts in the city, we will have to act carefully." Zhao Zheng explained.
"That's it." Li Zhenzhen nodded.
"After nightfall, we will go to Baihua Pavilion and find Miss Haitang to inquire about the girl 'Chun Xue' and confirm which brothel Miss 'Chun Xue' belongs to."
"I really didn't expect that I would go to that kind of place again."
"If you don't want to go, I can go by myself." Zhao Zheng shrugged, he was happy to go alone. That girl Haitang is unique in appearance and good at playing the piano. It is really nice to be alone with such a beautiful woman.
It's a beautiful thing.
"You are so beautiful!" Li Zhenzhen glared at Zhao Zheng, "I have to go with you, lest you use the excuse of asking for information to go to the brothel to have fun."
"That's up to you." Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly and stood up, "Okay, let's set off. We will split up and do our own thing."
