Water town always has a very gentle style, even if it is cold winter according to the season. Even the most common folk houses have a freehand charm against the night. The moon is round and soft, and the scenery in the distance is like ink splashing. There is a small yard with a weeping willow in front of the door, and the lights are bright.
There was a carriage parked in the yard. By the light of the lights, we could see the dark carriage with a pattern of flames on it. Now the whole world knows what this pattern represents. Only the frightening yamen can use this pattern.
Xiaoqi school
The yard is heavily guarded.
The whole village is the same.
The army is stationed there. It is a very young but full of fighting spirit. They moved all the way north from the distant Yunnan Province to the garrison of Gyeonggi province. All the soldiers know that if they can work in Gyeonggi do, they think they have really become an elite of the black flag army.
It excites everyone.
These soldiers were selected from poor families in Yunnan Province and Yongzhou. These families were favored by the black flag army, and their loyalty to the black flag army was much higher than that of soldiers recruited from other places. If it weren't for the black flag army, their families would have been destroyed.
Therefore, although they all know that this trip is far away and difficult, none of them resisted.
A young man in a moon white gown walked slowly into the small yard and threw a bleeding head to the Xiaoqi school at the door. It seems that Xiaoqi school has long been used to such a thing. Without changing its face, he took advantage of his head, and then turned to the distance.
Soon, the head will be buried somewhere.
The young man in a white long shirt walked steadily. He was holding a long sword like autumn water with one hand behind his back. The sword body reflected a little cold under the moonlight.
With a squeak, someone pushed the door out of the house.
"What's the number?"
Asked the man who came out of the room.
The young man in a long white shirt shook his head: "I didn't remember."
The people who came out of the room were dumbfounded and laughed. The heart said that such a proud swordsman would have such an attitude. Had it not been for the young swordsman's company along the way, something might have happened. From the moment he received the Lord's order, he knew that he would never go safe all the way.
"Thank you"
He said.
"Lord Wei, you're welcome. This is what the Lord arranged for me to do, so you don't need to thank me."
"Mr. Xie"
Wei Xiting asked, "I heard you went to the northwest before. Why did you suddenly meet me in Yongzhou?"
The young man known as Mr. Xie is Xie Fuyao.
"That's the Lord's arrangement. His mind... Who can guess? Mr. Yan and I went to the northwest first. We went out for 1100 miles. We were caught up by the people of Xiaoqi school. Let's go to Yongzhou immediately. Then we'll wait in Yongzhou. When we see you back to Beijing and meet you."
"The Lord has a clever plan."
Wei Xiting exclaimed.
Xie Fuyao didn't answer. He was a cold tempered man.
"Where's Mr. Yan?"
Wei Xiting asked.
"Outside the village, I killed only spies just now. If there is no accident, I will make some big moves tonight. There are too many people who want to kill you, so there are too many Jianghu people with good cultivation."
"Hard work"
Wei Xiting slightly owed his body and saluted and thanked him.
"Looks like you're worried?"
Xie Fuyao asked.
Wei Xiting nodded without the slightest concealment: "I'm afraid of death... At my age, I finally have some achievement status. I see that I will have a greater achievement status. Wouldn't it be a pity if I should die like this? So I'm really worried. Only Mr. Yanqing and you, I'm afraid I'm a little thin."
"If you don't worry, you don't have to worry."
Xie Fuyao sat down at the door and pointed to the inside of the house: "it's late at night. I have to hurry tomorrow morning and go to bed early. If someone can cross me into this house, it's useless even if you worry."
Wei Xiting smiled.
He turned and paused. "Do you know why the Lord chose me?"
He asked.
After being silent for a while, Xie Fuyao replied, "because you see a line, you will run along it."
"Ha ha"
Wei Xiting laughed: "even if the Lord didn't understand, even if all the people involved in it are guessing, I'm sure there are no more than three people who can really guess the Lord's mind. One is San Jin Hou Wu, the other is Dugu Wenxiu, and the other is me."
Xie Fu shook his head and looked at him: "because Dugu also guessed, you will encounter danger all the time?"
Wei Xiting's smile gradually disappeared, but there was no expression of resentment: "he is very smart, really smart."
Xie Fuyao didn't know how Wei Xiting felt when he said this.
He doesn't want to guess.
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Chang'an City
Chang Chunyuan
There are many single courtyards in the garden, and the architectural styles of these courtyards are almost the same. Fang Xie chose the three storey building closest to the lotus pond to live in, instead of the vault where emperor Tianyou of the great Sui Dynasty once liked to live. However, the wooden building and the dome house are the two closest residences in a straight line.
Therefore, Luo Weiran lives in Qionglu.
It's a little difficult for his woman.
Because it was her other man who once lived here.
"Back?"
The woman asked with a smile and put down the clothes she was sewing. After all these years, she is still as gentle as water. Although there are many fine wrinkles on her face, there are vicissitudes of life between her eyebrows when she smiles. However, she is still beautiful. In Luo Weiran's eyes, she is always beautiful.
"Back."
Luo Weiran sat down and poured a cup of hot tea.
Whenever he comes back, the tea in the teapot is hot. Only this heart, not casually, a woman can do it. In particular, she used to be a queen. In this small courtyard, she refused the service of all servants and did everything herself.
She didn't know when he would come back, but she knew that if a hard-working man came back and couldn't drink a sip of hot tea, it was a woman's bad, very bad.
"It's not peaceful outside the garden."
Luo Weiran said, "recently, at least six groups of people have tried to come in."
The woman's face changed slightly. She wanted to ask, but she didn't ask.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine."
Luo Weiran knew who she was worried about, the daughter who always refused to live with them. Fang Xie asked her to return to Changchun Garden before she left, but she refused. Now in the Tai Chi palace, only her yard still has some human fireworks.
"No matter who is doing what behind her back, she won't hurt her first."
Luo Weiran explained: "after all, she is the eldest princess of the Sui Dynasty. Many people need her identity. No matter who wants to overthrow Fang Xie, the first thing after success is to push the eldest princess out and stand in front of the public. Before that, she will not be in any danger. Besides... President Zhou is also in the Tai Chi palace."
The woman nodded.
"Will you sleep?"
She asked.
"I have to go around there."
Luo Weiran got up and said, "I'll be back soon."
He went out of the room and under the three storey wooden building by the lotus pond.
The window opened when he arrived, and sang SA, holding the child, stood at the window and nodded to him.
Luo Weiran said: "Just now, another group of people tried to come in and were killed by me. The building is surrounded by people arranged by Fang Xie, including several elders from Yiqi view. No matter who those people invite, it's not easy to get close to the wooden building. Besides, it's just Fang Jie's arrangement. I don't even know what he has prepared secretly. Just be safe Just rest your heart. I'll stand in the way of things inside and outside. "
"Thank you"
Sang Sa Sa thanks.
Luo Weiran nodded and turned back.
In the dark, several people quietly returned to their positions and watched Luo Weiran leave.
Outside Changchun Garden
Two old men in Taoist robes made a round tour and then waved. A group of Xiaoqi schools came quickly from the dark and carried away all the bodies outside the garden. Someone brought water to wipe away the blood on the bluestone. By tomorrow morning, no one knew that many people had died here.
A hundred meters away from here, a man looked at all this in the shadow, shook his head reluctantly, and then turned and left.
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East of the city
Confucian temple
There is a Confucius Temple in every city, and the people worshipped by the Confucius Temple in every city may be different. It's like that land will be worshipped on a street in every city. It seems to be just a tradition that I can't bear to lose. This Confucius Temple is very dilapidated, and I don't know how many years it hasn't been cleaned.
Dugu Wenxiu could not help wrinkling when he came in. The heavy smell of dust made him uncomfortable.
He went into the lobby and went to the east wall.
The east wall is mottled, and most of the wall skin has fallen off.
Then, a crack opened in the wall. The crack became bigger and bigger, and soon it became a small door that could allow one person to enter. Dugu Wenxiu bent down and walked in, his face becoming more and more dignified. Out of the door to meet him was a dwarf who looked silly. He was only taller than Dugu Wenxiu's waist and would only giggle.
Dugu Wenxiu knew that only when he walked into this shabby place and this small door could he enter a place closest to the truth. Maybe he would never turn back.
"Please come inside. Dugu is the first outsider to enter this small door in recent decades."
The dwarf has a strange voice, like a eunuch.
several tens of years
I can't see the age of the dwarf. He has been a gatekeeper here for decades.
Along a very dark road, Dugu Wenxiu went to the deepest place under the guidance of the dim yellow oil lamp in the dwarf's hand.
click into place.
Who would have thought that there was such a secret room in such a master's temple that no one would doubt that it would collapse the next moment? And it's a room decorated with luxury and shocking secrets.
There was only one lamp in the secret room, but it was as bright as day.
Because the walls of the house are made of sterling silver. The four corners of the house are inlaid with night pearls. An oil lamp makes the room almost dark, even the shadow is so light.
"There are no secrets here."
When Dugu Wenxiu came in, all the people sitting in the room got up. The person in charge smiled and went to Dugu Wenxiu with open arms: "welcome, Dugu adult. As Chou San just said, you are the first outsider to enter here in decades. However... As long as you enter here, you will not be an outsider."
His smile was as warm as the spring breeze.