Second-generation ancestor

"The ancestors of the Bai family taught, to eliminate demons and defend the Tao, but what is the Tao? At first, I was hesitant, but when I rescued you in Liujia Town, Qingcheng, I suddenly realized that the Tao is good and evil, and it is the last boundary of everyone's heart. Besides... ..." Bai Hao got up, walked up to Song Dongyang, looked down into his bright eyes and said, "I want you father and son to be reunited, not for anything else but because of you."

"What about the Bai family? What about your father?"

"I won't be an enemy of father for the time being, but I will definitely investigate the matter of the Song family and the real reason why Song Jing was imprisoned, and give you justice."

Song Dongyang buried his head in Bai Hao's arms, yearning for the warmth at this moment, and said sullenly for a while: "Thank you."

Bai Hao raised his head, his eyebrows were slightly curved, and his smile seemed gentle. Facing the night, it seemed to fall into Song Dongyang's eyes, which was very beautiful.

After dawn, I haven't slept so peacefully for a long time.After talking heart-to-heart with Bai Hao, Song Dongyang seemed to let go of the big stone in his heart. For a few days in a row, he felt full of the fragrance of food, and the days seemed to return to the leisure time in Bai's Bieyuan.In fact, Song Dongyang really couldn't tell what was unloaded.

Bai Hao saw that he was having a good time, so he started to practice swordsmanship and study in the morning, meditate and cultivate himself at night, and occasionally took some time to dress up and take Song Dongyang around the city.

This day was drizzled and hazy, Song Dongyang looked at the dark sky outside the window, and suddenly became interested. In the cold season, cooking wine around the stove is the most leisurely. Fragrant and mellow, the last cup is soaked in the throat, it is indescribably moist, I have to try it anyway today.

He was wearing a small cloak and was about to go out when he bumped into Ye Shun, curled his lips and shook his head, "tsk tsk".

"No good... woo..."

Song Dongyang saw the old drunk shaking his head, and immediately grabbed his collar, covered his mouth, and dragged him outside the door: "I'll bring you a drink, you shut up immediately."

Hearing this, Ye Shun pulled away Song Dongyang's hand, calmed down and quietly followed behind, and the two came out from the side door.

There was a carriage parked at the door. Song Dongyang lifted the curtain to see that Bai Hao was already sitting in it, and smiled at the man.

Seeing Bai Hao, Ye Shun leaned forward and said, "Brother Bai is going to drink too? Drinking alcohol will hurt your health and cause trouble. It's better to drink tea!"

Bai Hao: "..."

Seeing that Bai Hao's face changed slightly, Song Dongyang hurriedly grabbed Ye Shun, pressed him on the chair, and said, "One more thing, believe it or not, I'll kick you out of the car."

Ye Shun pursed his lips, looked at the right moment and beamed, and said, "It's really good to drink tea."

Bai Hao: "..."

Ye Shun raised his eyebrows at Song Dongyang, and squeezed his eyes again.

Bai Hao said leisurely: "If Brother Ye moves his eyebrows again, and blinks his eyes again, I can shave them clean for you."

Ye Shun: "..."

The most prosperous place in Nanping City is Jinguan Road. The avenue leads directly to the north and south, and the light rain is like crisp. Although there are not many pedestrians on the street, the famous wine villages and inns are still full of seats.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of an alley in the middle of the avenue. A large flag was erected at the entrance of the alley. It was drenched in the rain and hung down heavily.

The three of them got out of the carriage and walked quickly into the wine village. There was an accordion in the corner of the second floor, which had been vacated early. From the window, one could see the whole view of Jinguan Road, and looking farther away, it was the river road that half-circled the city. Occasionally, two or three ships passed by in a hurry.

Seeing the guests seated, Xiao Er lit up a four-legged fasting celadon stove with a shallow white jade basin on top of which three pots of "Mo Shiyi" were warmed. .

Put the wine into the glass, shake it, and take another sip, the acrid air immediately entered his throat, "cough cough" Bai Hao covered his mouth, turned his head to one side, and instantly blushed from his face to the base of his neck.

Ye Shun filled another glass for Bai Hao, and said, "Hurry up, hurry up, just have another glass!"

Song Dongyang glared at Ye Shun, Ye Shun curled his lips, with a look of injustice on his face, and said, "What are you staring at me for? I didn't lie to him."

Bai Hao waved his hand, picked up the teacup Song Dongyang handed over and drank it down in one gulp.

Ye Shun took a sip and said: "You said you can't drink, so you have to follow."

Song Dongyang said fiercely: "It seems that you are the one who insists on following."

"Okay, okay, I admit defeat, the water splashed by the married daughter, you are now... ouch!"

Before he finished speaking, his ears were pulled up by Song Dongyang, and Ye Shun covered his ears while shouting, "Look outside, look!"

Song Dongyang ignored him and said, "What are you looking outside? Your skin is itchy."

Bai Hao stood up suddenly, frowned, and said, "A lot of people?"

Song Dongyang took a look, and outside the window was the entrance of Jinguan Road into the Jiuzhai. Because of the rain, the street was in a hurry, but at this moment, the inner three floors and the outer three floors were full of people.

Only then did he unconsciously let go of his hand and said, "What can happen with just such an effort?"

While talking, a young gentleman came up from the corner of the stairs, and patted the rainwater on his body into the side table.

"How?" The people at the table looked nervous and asked quickly.

The young gentleman warmed his belly with a cup of warm wine, and then he opened his mouth to speak: "The one who was chopped up was Zhang Yuanwai's daughter, and the one who cut it was her scholar-in-law who stuck in the door. The officials came first, and the Bai family came later."

The person at the table shook his head and said: "It's not about the Jianghu, but people who come to the Jianghu, the law does not punish evil, and has no way to govern people. It is really a crime."

Song Dongyang poured a cup of tea for Bai Hao, and said, "The Bai family takes care of everything in this city?"

Bai Hao nodded: "Well, at the beginning, I only cared about serious cases in the Jianghu, and most of the government servants were superficial, no matter what. But after taking care of it a lot, the county lord can feel free and carefree, and the Bai family has always had a strict family style. , Loyal and enthusiastic, gradually gained prestige among the people, and this has become the situation."

"I remember it was the same in Qingcheng."

Thinking of Jinse who died in vain in Qingcheng, Bai Hao didn't know how to answer.

Song Dongyang picked up the wine glass, drank it down, and said: "Nanping has a long rainy season, and it should continue to rain for a few more days."

Bai Hao glanced out of the window and said, "Have you thought about a way to save people?"

Song Dongyang put the jug on the table, took the three-person wine glasses and placed them in three directions of the jug, and slowly pushed Bai Hao's teacup to the last place.

Ye Shun stared at the two for a while, then looked at the two, one didn't ask, the other didn't answer, took a sip of wine sullenly, and said, "What's the fuss about you two recently?"

Bai Hao said: "There is no difference between knowing and not knowing."

Song Dongyang took a last sip of wine, and said: "There is no favorable location, and harmony with people is indispensable. Let's go, go back to the mansion first, that person should arrive."

The carriage did not go back along the way it came from, but made a big circle.Song Dongyang slowly pulled up the side curtain and looked around. On the high door, the word "Baifu" in bold block letters looked solemn and cold.The rain was getting heavier and heavier, a few drops of rainwater hit Song Dongyang's face through the window, and a few more drops fell on the eyes, and slowly fell along the eyelashes and eye sockets.Song Dongyang raised his sleeve, wiped it, and when he looked again, the words on the plaque were almost blurred.He put down the curtain, sat back in the carriage and remained silent.

After driving for a while, when he was about to reach the small garden, he heard the coachman say: "Master, there is a carriage unloading vegetables at the entrance of our side courtyard, should we go to the main courtyard?"

Song Dongyang said: "Just wait."

Ye Shun pulled up the curtain of the car and said, "It's raining so hard and you're here to deliver food?"

Compared with just now, the rain was much lighter. Not far away, beside the carriage, a thick and strong man unloaded baskets of vegetables from the cart. His clothes had already been drenched and stuck to his body, and the lines of his muscles were faintly visible. .

After all the vegetable baskets were unloaded, two servants in the mansion carried the baskets into the inner courtyard. With a wave of the whip, the carriage gradually disappeared into the rain.

The coachman put down the horse stool, and Song Dongyang walked slowly along the long corridor to the inner hall.

Zhiqiu served three cups of hot tea, leaned over and retreated outside the room, closing the door.

From the outside to the inside, there was indeed a bit of chill on his body, Ye Shun picked up the teacup, blew on it lightly, took a sip and said, "Who else are you waiting for?"

Song Dongyang said: "Didn't you see it just now?"

Ye Shun was stunned. He used to think that Song Dongyang was quick-witted and had a lot of tricks. After he went to Yincheng, he realized that this person seemed to be quite sophisticated: "You mean..."

Bai Hao said: "Now we can talk."

"The Bai family's gate is strictly guarded, and the only thing that can penetrate into it is rice, flour, grain and oil."

Bai Hao said: "East and west side doors, there are at most two carts and four people. Even if you follow the vegetable delivery cart into the inner courtyard and go out just now, there are only three people. It will be very difficult to rescue your father."

Song Dongyang said: "The Secret Language Pavilion has already arranged to find out the general situation. After we enter, we can pretend to be disciples of the Bai family, sneak into the dungeon, and rescue my father."

Bai Haodao: "As far as I know, most of the prisoners in the dungeon are martial arts bullies with high skills. Before entering the dungeon, they mixed drugs that corrode their skills into their meals for a long time, which is easy to control. On weekdays, their hands and feet are even weaker. The dungeon is guarded layer by layer. How can you bring people out..." He said, suddenly stopped, and said, "You want to..."

Song Dongyang turned his head, looked at Ye Shun and said: "There is only a moment to prepare the antidote, if the antidote cannot be prepared, we are the turtles in the urn."

Ye Shun looked slightly flustered: "Even if the antidote is brought out, you and I are only three people, how can we get out of the Bai family?"

Song Dongyang said: "Come in with the car, come out with the car, the idiot will wait for us at the place where the vegetables are unloaded."

Ye Shun asked: "What if you can't wait?"

"After the appointed time, he will leave the mansion by himself, inform Zhiqiu, and arrange matters for the Secret Language Pavilion by himself."

Bai Hao said: "Have you thought it through?"

Song Dongyang thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Although someone has already sent out a map of the mansion, the front, middle and back yards of the Bai family, the dungeon is at the end, and the mansion is scattered and complicated. I don't know if you would like it..."

"I am willing." Bai Hao answered without waiting for Song Dongyang to finish.

The overall situation was initially determined, and the two turned their heads to look at Ye Shun together. Ye Shun was a little embarrassed: "You have a lot of talents in the Secret Language Pavilion. Last time I came to Nanping, I also delivered medicine from the inside. Why do you do it yourself?"

Bai Hao said coldly: "Where do you call the Bai family, which allows you to come and go freely twice?"

Ye Shun squinted, glanced at Song Dongyang again timidly and said, "You must know that Bai Shu looked at that old man..." Before he finished speaking, he felt as if someone had shot a string of candied haws with his eyes, and immediately changed his words, "Okay, okay, I It’s not enough to go.”

Only then did Song Dongyang look away, opened the folding fan and said, "That's the way it is."

The rain gradually stopped, and the pigeon's wings were damp. As soon as it passed the wall of Bai's courtyard, it could only fly past the ground and landed on the window sill of the study. Bai Shuwang carefully unwrapped the note, and slowly unfolded it. The four characters: everything is ready.

Bai Shuwang walked to the desk, swiped his pen, and replied four words: Catch a turtle in an urn.Re-attached to the pigeon's legs and let it out the window.

The sky and the earth are the same color, and the rain is like a curtain hanging down in the sky.Compared with the continuous drizzle, all the lightness is nothing more than accumulating strength for today.Song Dongyang was sitting on the back seat of the car, the left and right sides were filled with melons and vegetables that smelled of earth, he wrapped his cloak tighter, and then lowered his hat even lower, and swayed towards Bai with the car. Drive towards the courtyard gate on the west side of the mansion.

At this time, Bai Hao and Ye Shun should have entered the east courtyard. I don't know if they will be successful?Just as he was thinking, several fine horses led a young man in white, flashing past the car and gradually walking away.

The carriage slowly stopped at the gate of the side yard, Dasha got out of the carriage, whispered to the gatekeeper, and then got back into the carriage, with a wave of the whip, the carriage began to walk intermittently again.

When passing through the courtyard gate, although Song Dongyang didn't look up, he felt the sharp eyes of the two guards guarding the courtyard.

The man just raised his hand: "Wait a minute..." Before he finished speaking, the boy slipped his foot and threw the Nursing Courtyard to the ground. .

Song Dongyang withdrew his hands, tightened the bamboo hat tightly to ensure that no wind would come out, and then put his hands in his arms.

The carriage followed the side yard path, turned two corners, and stopped at the door of the kitchen. Although it was raining, the chimney on the house was still full of smoke.

The old mother poked her head out of the door and saw that it was a big fool, so she moved her whole body out and said with a little dissatisfaction: "It's already noon, and you're coming when my meal is almost ready?"

Dasha smiled "hehe" and said, "It's raining heavily, and the road is not easy to walk."

The old mother cast a glance at Song Dongyang, and said: "The people you bring are really strange. It's hot and cold, and they like to cover themselves so tightly."

The idiot smiled "haha" again, and said, "He...he is ugly, he is embarrassed to see people."

Song Dongyang nodded slightly towards the old mother.

The old mother gave a disdainful "hum", looked at the mud on the ground, and said, "One is stupid and the other is ugly, that's enough, unload the vegetables in the old place, and go by myself after unloading, I'm still busy." out of the kitchen.

Dasha led the horse, made another small turn, and parked the car in the backyard of the kitchen.

Song Dongyang jumped off the carriage, climbed over the wall, and disappeared in the rain immediately.

Several stacks of firewood were piled up in the corner of the courtyard to shelter from the rain. Song Dongyang lightly knocked on a wooden door next to the firewood three times. When the door opened, he quickly stepped inside.

Ye Shun and Bai Hao had already changed into the brown clothes of the servants of the Bai family, and stood aside. Song Dongyang took off the straw hat, put on his clothes as quickly as possible, and said, "It's raining so hard, and the disciples of the Bai family are still wearing white clothes." ? Hey, I don’t know whether you think it’s dirty or too clean.”

Bai Hao: "..."

When the three of them went out, they happened to see two young servants carrying wooden buckets and walking forward unsteadily.Song Dongyang frowned slightly, and shouted "Follow the bucket!" Then he slashed at the backs of the heads of the two, as fast as lightning.Withdrawing the palm, all the servants passed out on the ground.

Ye Shun opened the lid of the bucket, and the hot rice was steaming white. He glanced at Song Dongyang and said, "Okay! It's already prepared."

Song Dongyang took off the badge around the leader's waist and urged: "Throw them into the woodshed quickly, time is running out!"

The three carried wooden barrels and shuttled through the rain.Turn another corner, and within a few steps is the dungeon.Song Dongyang stopped suddenly, and Bai Hao said, "What's wrong?"

Song Dongyang said: "I am with Ye Shun, you wait outside."

Bai Hao stared at Song Dongyang in a daze and said, "No! Brother Ye and I will go in, and you will guard outside."

"You are outside, if the Bai family members come and show their true colors, you can still resist for a while, what can I do outside?"

"But..." Bai Hao rarely showed panic on his face.

Song Dongyang said: "Don't worry, we will definitely be able to come out. It's raining heavily today, and there are no more than two people in the dungeon. When we come out, we must solve it quickly. The rain is majestic and the sounds are complicated. The patrols should not arrive so soon. .”

Bai Hao looked at Song Dongyang and said, "Remember the shift shift time, go back quickly."

Song Dongyang nodded, and walked towards the dungeon with Ye Shun.