He didn't know how long he had been running, but Xu Zizhen felt that he was exhausted. He had not eaten enough water or rice from the afternoon until now. Even a tough man couldn't bear the torment. Moreover, his nerves were always in a state of tension. There were officers and soldiers searching for him everywhere.
None of the policemen from the yamen were seen. It is likely that the new prefect Hu was afraid that they would betray Xu Zizhen, so he deliberately did not use them.
"I have to find a place to hide, otherwise I will die!" Xu Zizhen gritted his teeth and thought to himself.
Inadvertently, he heard a burst of people and horses neighing not far away. It was extremely lively. He hid in the darkness and looked in that direction, only to see a large courtyard with a red gate and high walls, and a car lined up outside the door.
, a dozen servants were carrying things to the car like a stream of water, including household items, beddings, and large and small baggage.
Is this someone moving? Xu Zizhen was overjoyed at the first glance. He could use this place to hide for a while, and then find a way to get out after the storm had passed. Moreover, the yard was big enough, and even if someone came in occasionally, they might not be able to find him.
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He slid to the side along the wall, and just as a few servants worked together to carry a huge screen out of the door, Xu Zizhen stepped behind and lifted it up together. After putting the screen on the car, he followed them back into the yard as if nothing had happened.
The sky was dark, and his clothes were similar in color and style to those of the servants. Although there was a lantern lighting up the door, no one noticed anything strange, so he slipped in smoothly.
After arriving at the inner courtyard, Xu Zizhen saw the opportunity and ducked into a dark side door without attracting anyone's attention. He groped in the dark and turned into a courtyard, and found that it was a large garden.
There is a two-story building with beautiful carved railings and paintings.
The door downstairs was ajar. Xu Zizhen gently opened the door and walked in. He found that the place had been moved. He let out a sigh of relief. No one would come in to move anything again. He would hide here for a while first.
Just as he finished his thoughts, he suddenly heard vague voices coming from outside the yard. Xu Zizhen was suddenly shocked: Damn it! Why is there someone else coming?
It was too late to run now. The garden was flat and there were no big trees. He hid behind the door and looked out through the crack in the door. He saw a man and a woman walking in from the yard. The man was holding a bag in his hand.
A lantern was used to light the way for the woman.
Xu Zizhen was stunned when he saw the faces of the two people clearly, and then he felt dumbfounded: "Why are they two?"
The man had a handsome face and was dressed like a scholar, but his eyebrows looked a little gloomy. He was none other than Kong Baishu, the president of Deyun Poetry Club. The woman, dressed in a smart outfit and carrying a long sword, turned out to be someone who had been teased by Xu Zizhen twice.
Hu Qing.
Kong Baishu carefully showed Hu Qing the path in front of him and said, "Qing'er, this place has been vacated. What are you looking for? It's getting late, so you should go back home early."
Hu Qing said impatiently with a sullen face: "Are you annoyed, Kong Xiaoer? If you are afraid of the dark, just leave first. I didn't ask you to come with me!"
Kong Baishu smiled apologetically and said, "Yes, yes, Qing'er, please don't be angry. Brother Yu is just worried about you."
Xu Zizhen saw clearly in the dark that the two of them were coming to this building. A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and he sneered secretly: I was about to sleep, and two pillows were delivered to my door, okay!
When Hu Qing came to the door, Kong Baishu quickly opened the door for her, passed the lantern in his hand forward, and entered the room together. He looked at the empty room and smiled: "Qing'er, you
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Suddenly a figure flashed out like a ghost, bent his arm and hit Kong Baishu hard on the back of the head with an elbow. Kong Baishu didn't even make a sound before he threw himself forward and fainted. Hu Qing was shocked and didn't have time to do so.
When he reacted, he only felt a light touch on his back, and the sword had been pulled out, followed by a cold feeling in his throat, and the tip of the sword stopped there steadily.
Xu Zizhen turned to Hu Qing with a long sword in hand and smiled slightly: "Miss Hu, we meet again."
Hu Qing immediately gritted his teeth and anger rushed to the top of his head: "It's you!"
Xu Zizhen smiled and said: "It's me. Why, didn't you expect it?"
Hu Qing clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "Why did you sneak into my house? Could it be that the first two times...the two insults to me were not enough?"
Xu Zizhen laughed loudly: "Insulting you? Am I just a flower picker in your eyes?"
Hu Qing said coldly: "Isn't it? You perverted thief!"
Xu Zizhen's smile faded, and anger gradually rose in his eyes: "Prostitute? Huh! That's better than a traitor!"
Hu Qing stared at him and said, "What do you mean?"
Xu Zizhen snorted: "It's not interesting. I'm talking about your father, Mr. Hu, the current governor of Suzhou!"
"You're talking nonsense!" Hu Qing suddenly felt like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He almost jumped up and said angrily, "Although my father can't be said to be diligent and caring for the people, he is not as bad as you said. Xu Zizhen, if you continue
Dare to slander my father, I..."
Xu Zizhen rolled his eyes: "What are you going to do? Are you going to risk your life with me?" As he spoke, he straightened the edge of his sword, and the cold air suddenly caused a layer of goosebumps to appear on Hu Qing's neck.
He glanced at Hu Qing who was gritting his teeth and said, "Don't you want to know why I came to your house? Humph! That's because your so-called good father is chasing me! Do you know why he is chasing me? Just because of me
Saved many abducted women!"
Hu Qing could no longer hold back and screamed: "You are talking nonsense! What does your saving of those women have to do with my father? Xu Zizhen, if you dare to talk nonsense again, I will give up my life to save you."
You were cut into pieces!"
"Haha! Am I talking nonsense?" Xu Zizhen raised his head and laughed, and suddenly stared at her fiercely, "You are just a silly girl who dances with swords all day long, you know nothing! This time a woman in Suzhou City was abducted
Your father had a hand in the matter, do you think I'm talking nonsense? Huh! If your father wasn't involved, why did he suddenly become the prefect of Suzhou?"
He glanced at Hu Qing like an idiot and continued: "I'm afraid you don't know yet, right? These beauties were all captured and sent to the Kingdom of Jin in the north. The person who planned this was someone in a high position in our Song Dynasty.
A big shot, so they felt that I ruined their big business and they had to catch me."
Hu Qing was already dumbfounded and said blankly: "Impossible, this... this is impossible! You must be lying to me!"
Xu Zizhen laughed loudly: "You say I am a prostitute, but when have I ever prostituted you? It's just that I touched you a few times, but your father!" His voice gradually became louder, and his anger was clear, "Your father
Help those bastards to give our Song Dynasty women to Jin Kingdom Gouzi, do you dare to say that he is not a traitor?"
Hu Qing opened her mouth, intending to explain a few more words, but found that she didn't know what to say. Xu Zizhen's words were like a heavy hammer hitting her heart, but every word was so true that she could not distinguish it at all.
explain.
Naturally, she knew about the recent robbery incident that had caused a stir in the whole city. She also knew that it had calmed down a lot in recent days. It was all suppressed by Xu Zizhen's black and white attacks at the same time. However, the situation suddenly changed and Magistrate Wen was inexplicably transferred.
After going to the northwest, Xu Zizhen suddenly became a fugitive, while his father's net worth soared and he became the prefect of Suzhou.
After all, she is also a daughter of an official. She has seen a lot of the conflicts and disputes in the officialdom. Xu Zizhen is right. If his father has nothing to do with this matter, he may never be the prefect of Suzhou.
But she did not want to believe that her father was a traitor.
Seeing her dull face and blank eyes, Xu Zizhen knew that his words had had an effect. This place was not safe, so it would be better to take this opportunity to escape. He let go of his hand and threw the sword to the ground, coldly snorting: "I have to leave now.
Now, there are two ways before you, one is to pick up the sword and kill me and give your father a gift, the other is to pretend that you haven't seen me today."
Hu Qing bit her lip tightly and stared at the long sword at her feet, as if thinking about what to do. At this moment, she suddenly heard extremely subtle footsteps outside the door, and then the door was banged.
As it opened, several figures rushed in.
Xu Zizhen was immediately startled. Just as he was about to pick up the sword again, those people had already pulled Hu Qing behind him, and surrounded Xu Zizhen with the shining steel swords in their hands.
"Hahaha! Brother Xu is here. I'm sorry for missing you so much!" A frivolous laugh rang out, and a person walked in from outside the door, wearing a long purple gauze scarf and shaking a folding fan in his hand.