warm garden

Next, I'm here to say goodbye. "

Ming Xiaoyang said: "Oh, then you go, there will be a period later!"

Shen Xuanqing said: "Okay! Let's take a step first, and see you again, Brother Ming, Mr. Zhao!" After speaking, he went out refreshed.

Ming Xiaoyang said: "He looks very energetic when he's not drunk."

Zhao Anchen took a look at Ming Xiaoyang who was sitting on the bed in a disheveled coat, and said slowly, "Get up!"

Ming Xiaoyang snorted: "En."

Packed up and ready to continue to survey the border, took out the map and took a closer look, "Oh!" Ming Xiaoyang suddenly slapped his forehead: "Ningzhou? In the morning, Shen Xuanqing said he was going to Ningzhou? We are on the same road, how can I Didn’t remember it? Sure enough, I was confused in the morning, and I was about to go out from the west gate of Lanzhou. Isn’t there a robber on the Baili official road?”

Zhao Anchen said: "Well, you don't have to be too anxious. His temperament is definitely not a person who rides horses and gallops. It takes two days to ride a hundred miles slowly. We will catch up while we are scouting, and we will make it in time."

Ming Xiaoyang agreed: "Well, it's true."

The two walked for a day and a half, and just wanted to get off their horses to rest for a while, when they heard a voice in the forest not far away, it was Shen Xuanqing, and Ming Xiaoyang chuckled: "Oh, I've caught up." He said in his heart: "He Who are you talking to? Do you have any companions?" Hearing the reputation and looking around, it's really not a companion.

Seeing a few big men surrounding Shen Xuanqing, Shen Xuanqing was still talking slowly, and the atmosphere was not tense at all by visual inspection.Zhao Anchen also stopped his horse and looked into the forest.

Ming Xiaoyang smiled and said: "Haha, these robbers are very gentle?"

As soon as the words fell, a big man pulled a package from Shen Xuanqing's arms, and another led his horse. Shen Xuanqing was still talking about something unhurriedly.

Ming Xiaoyang thought: "Huh? What's the situation?" Lightly clamping the horse's belly, he walked over slowly.

"Why?" Ming Xiaoyang asked.

Seeing that it was Ming Xiaoyang and King Ning, Shen Xuanqing greeted happily: "Eh? Brother Ming! Mr. Zhao! You came just in time. They want to rob me. I'm trying to reason with them. Wait a minute."

"Ah? This atmosphere doesn't look like a robbery? Since it's robbery, why do you have to be reasonable?" Ming Xiaoyang couldn't change the mood in his head. He didn't know whether he should wait for them to reason and "negotiate peace", or he should Put on Guan Gong's face and "kill the Quartet".I bent down on the horse in embarrassment, looked up at these people, and didn't know what to do.Zhao Anchen also sat on the horse and watched silently.

Shen Xuanqing said: "It's uncivilized, rude, and degrading to fight and kill. Everything has a cause and effect, and it can always be resolved. Let's discuss it, please leave me, I have to hurry, money, you guys Take a third, okay?"

Ming Xiaoyang: "???"

Zhao Anchen: "?"

Bandits: "..." It seemed that they really thought about this proposal, and one of them said, "Give us the horse so that you can walk, and we want two-thirds of the money. Seeing that you are a gentleman, it is not impossible to leave some for you." , save a lot of trouble."

Ming Xiaoyang: "???"

Zhao Anchen: "?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "No, no, the road is still far away, it is very difficult without a horse, and it is not easy for me to go out, how about half of the money?"

The bandit thought about it again: "How about this, give us the horse, and leave half of the money for you!"

Ming Xiaoyang: "???"

Zhao Anchen: "?"

The two of them were contemplating this inexplicable "robbery", when some of the burly men walked towards Ming Xiaoyang, stood in front of the horse, looked at it, and asked in a rough voice: "You don't have to discuss, Your horse looks very valuable, you must keep it, the money seems to be quite a lot, and the red jade pendant on your body looks very valuable, keep them all, don’t kill you, leave your things and go!”

Ming Xiaoyang: "?"

Zhao Anchen: "?"

Ming Xiaoyang laughed and said, "What if I don't keep a penny?"

The big man said: "Then it has to be tough!" With a wave of his hand, more than a hundred people rushed out from the forest in front, all of them were aggressive, armed with weapons, and surrounded the three of them.

Ming Xiaoyang laughed lightly: "That's right! Robbery should look like robbery, how embarrassing it was just now, it made me feel embarrassed to take action, it's much easier!"

Zhao Anchen sat on the horse without moving. After counting ten...

Ming Xiaoyang sat beside him easily, and more than a hundred people faced Ming Xiaoyang with bruised noses and swollen faces, kneeling in unison.

The two who were pulling the burden with Shen Xuanqing suddenly didn't know what to do, whether to run away, or... hesitated for a moment to let go of Shen Xuanqing's burden, and came over to kneel down with the brothers.

Ming Xiaoyang asked: "You guys are good at martial arts, the general imperial guards are far from your opponents, they are indeed thugs."

The leader said: "Don't dare, you are unparalleled in martial arts, ha ha."

Ming Xiaoyang smiled and said: "I don't dare to be the one, the one right away is the master."

All the bandits glanced sideways at Zhao Anchen who was expressionless, then hurriedly lowered their heads.

Ming Xiaoyang asked: "Tell me, what is the origin?"

When the mountain bandits heard this question, their faces were very perplexed, and it seemed that there was something hard to say.

Ming Xiaoyang said: "I'm not a bad person, you don't have to be afraid, but if you still don't tell me, you can beat me again."

The bandit leader raised his head and said, "Well, you don't look like a bad guy, you don't look like a bad guy, you are? Can you tell me first..." The more he said, the lower his voice.

Ming Xiaoyang is a person who has no taboos, and he has never concealed his family name: "I am Ming Huan, Ming Xiaoyang, and I live in the Duke Wu's Mansion in the capital."

The bandit leader asked in surprise, "You are Mr. Ming?"

Ming Xiaoyang said: "Exactly."

Tears welled up in the bandit leader's eyes, and he was excited and trembling. He choked up and cried aloud, and a group of people began to cry... a group of old men... This scene was really ugly.

Ming Xiaoyang said helplessly: "Alas? Alas? Wait a minute! I'm not dead yet, what about mourning?"

The bandit leader wept and said, "Master Ming, you have to decide for us. We were forced to run for our lives and came here. We wanted to join the army, but didn't dare, so we sent someone to ask the defenders, the generals of the defenders. Said that the situation is tense now, and I am afraid that spies will take the opportunity to sneak in. There is no reliable recommendation letter, and no recruits are accepted. We can only become bandits here. Gao, but we are also generals in the army.”

Upon hearing this, Zhao Anchen got off his horse and came over and asked, "What's going on?"

The bandit chief glanced at Zhao Anchen, and asked Ming Xiaoyang, "Master Ming, is this?"

Ming Xiaoyang said: "He is a good man, he is more senior than me, you don't need to know anything else."

☆, catch a cold

The bandit leader nodded and continued: "We are the Jiangnan West Route Army, which is different from the more than 40 forbidden troops of the Song Dynasty. A few days ago, the Xiang Army of our Jiangnan West Route Army in Hongzhou, Jizhou, and Qianzhou suddenly saw their salaries dropped by 300%, and the brothers complained a lot. Our generals gathered together and decided to ask for an explanation, but the three of us The magistrates of the state said that this was the meaning of the above. Later we learned that Jing Qiuhua, Minister of the Ministry of War, colluded with a left-back general in the court, and all the military salaries that were deducted from us were taken to the left-back general named Hu Hang. Private armored soldiers. After we learned about this, all the generals of the Xiang army from the three states gathered together, and more than [-] people went to the Shuaisi comforter on Jiangnan West Road to report and ask for an explanation. After we all arrived, we still haven’t said anything. What, they were surrounded by Jiabing regiments who didn’t know where they came from. They wanted to wipe us out. We tried our best to escape and there were only more than a hundred people left. They chased and killed us along the way. We had no choice. We can only disperse, everyone escapes alone, and meet at Lanzhou, the most northwestern border, at the west gate. We will send a brother to guard the west gate every day, and when we meet brothers who come, we will lead them to this mountain forest Over a hundred of us fled here by more than a hundred routes, from south to north, fleeing all the way, and inquiring all the way, I heard that there were also several states along the way whose salaries were deducted by [-]%. Some of us Some people sneaked back to their hometown to take a look at their relatives, and found that they were all arrested. In order to force us to go back, our relatives were all in their hands. But we can’t go back. If we go back, not only will we not live, our Relatives will also be silenced. Now at least they are still alive, and we only know how powerful they are, and we can't fight them. We can only hide their names here, rob some money to make ends meet, and think about the future. Figure out a countermeasure."

Ming Xiaoyang said: "It's the Hu family again."

Zhao Anchen's face was serious and he remained silent, even Shen Xuanqing was stunned.

Ming Xiaoyang said to Shen Xuanqing: "You can't tell about this matter, if you tell anyone, you will lose your head, understand?"

Shen Xuanqing immediately stared at her eyes, covered her mouth with her hands, and nodded desperately.

Ming Xiaoyang asked Shen Xuanqing: "Does your family have business in Ningzhou?"

Shen Xuanqing nodded and said, "How many are there?"

Ming Xiaoyang asked: "Can you pay the money?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "Yes."

Ming Xiaoyang nodded: "Okay, the three of us can be regarded as rich people, leaving all the money to them is enough for them to live for a while, and they don't need to rob to attract attention. After that, our money will be the same as that of your family in Ningzhou. The store borrowed it."

Shen Xuanqing said: "No problem."

Ming Xiaoyang smiled and said: "You are quite righteous."

Shen Xuanqing said: "Must!"

Ming Xiaoyang said to the bandit leader: "You write down your real name, the military region you belong to, what military position you are in, your home address and relatives, and I will verify it secretly as soon as possible. If what you said is true, I will find a way to get you to change it." Get back into the army and save your family."

The bandit leader said: "Okay! We trust Mr. Ming!"

Within half a stick of incense, these bandits finished writing and handed it over to Ming Xiaoyang.

Ming Xiaoyang said: "Hide better, and hide when someone comes. Don't you go to the West Gate every day? I will show up at the West Gate in person after I take care of it."

The bandit leader said: "Okay!"

Ming Xiaoyang asked: "Three months, can you wait?"

The bandit leader said: "Three years are fine, we are waiting for Mr. Ming."

After parting with the bandits, the three of them set out on the road together.

Zhao Anchen said: "Tell my father, how about sending spies from the Imperial City Division to investigate?"

Ming Xiaoyang said: "It's easy to startle the snake, so let me do it."

Zhao Anchen asked doubtfully, "You?"

Ming Xiaoyang said: "En."

Shen Xuanqing walked with the two of them, thinking about what happened just now, but also kept silent.

Ming Xiaoyang laughed and said, "Brother Shen, have you always bargained with the robbers like this? Hahaha!"

Shen Xuanqing said: "I always follow the official path, where did the robbers come from, this is the first time I have encountered them."

Ming Xiaoyang said: "Yes, the rich caravans are all on the official road, and the people on the small roads are ordinary pedestrians. They don't have much money, which is not enough to keep more than a hundred people alive. So they can only risk their identities. It's dangerous to rob the official. Does brother Shen know martial arts? Didn't you see you with a weapon?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "Why not." As he said that, he took out a dagger from the package for a long time, and said: "I have also practiced martial arts. Although I am not as good as you, I can still fight. My martial arts are still good. My sister taught it herself!"

Ming Xiaoyang couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha! Your sister? Just her martial arts still teaching you? Hahahaha!"

Shen Xuanqing was not convinced: "My sister is very good at martial arts, maybe she can beat you!"

Ming Xiaoyang nodded with a smile, and hurriedly said: "Yeah, it's amazing, it's amazing, I still remember the pain from the slap. Haha!"

Shen Xuanqing nodded and said, "That's right! My sister is mighty!"

Shen Xuanqing had nothing to do, and accompanied Ming Xiaoyang to investigate all the way, and it took quite a while to reach Ningzhou.After entering the city, he paid a lot of money to Ming Xiaoyang, and went to travel around by himself.

Ming Xiaoyang and Zhao Anchen lived in the hotel, and Ming Xiaoyang said happily: "Oh! I don't have to squeeze into a bed at last, that's great!" He laid down on the bed in his room with big characters.

Zhao Anchen came over, closed the door, and asked, "How do you check?"

Ming Xiaoyang smiled and said: "Of course it is to write to my mother, let my mother check it!"

Zhao Anchen said: "I heard that the Bai family not only has Jingwei, but also the Bai family's secret guards that are not weaker than the Imperial City Division, right?"

Ming Xiaoyang smiled and said, "You know all of this? It's amazing, Zhao Yi, what else do you know?"

Zhao Anchen shook his head, and said: "There's nothing else, the matter of secret guards was brought up once when Aunt Yun of the Imperial Study Room was discussing with my father."

Ming Xiaoyang: "Yes."

Zhao Anchen said: "The Bai family has strong financial resources."

Ming Xiaoyang smiled and said: "Yes, I probably know that my mother is very rich, but she never said how much money she has, so what can she do if she has more money? Didn't she borrow money from Shen Lingshuang's brother when she was away from home? ? Hahaha! This is the first time in my life that I have borrowed money from someone!"

Zhao Anchen said: "I heard that they are as rich as the Three Kingdoms."

Shocked, Ming Xiaoyang sat up, stared at Zhao Anchen, and asked, "I don't even know, how do you know?"

Zhao Anchen didn't answer, and drank tea silently.

Ming Xiaoyang was so angry that he lay back on the bed again, and whispered angrily: "Sure enough, you are my own, I picked it up."

Zhao Anchen looked at Ming Xiaoyang and smiled slightly.

The twilight was getting darker, the night was quiet, Ming Xiaoyang fulfilled his wish to monopolize the whole bed, closed his eyes and fell asleep, but couldn't fall asleep anyway, got up, went out to punch a set, returned to the bed, instinctively lay on the inside of the bed, and vacated the outside, Without much thought, I fell asleep.

In a daze, I rubbed outwards, but I didn't rub it, and I rubbed it again, but I still didn't rub it. I was half asleep and half awake, suddenly irritable, I rubbed hard, boom!It fell to the ground.

Ming Xiaoyang propped himself up, sat on the ground, glanced at the cold and quiet moonlight coming in from the window, sighed, climbed back to bed and continued to sleep.

Fall three times in one night...

In the morning, there was gradually noise outside the door, Ming Xiaoyang was overwhelmed, unwilling to get up, depressed and depressed, and planned to sleep desperately.Falling asleep drowsily, waking up dizzy, not feeling well at all, not only that, but also hungry.Squinting his eyes, he vaguely saw a person sitting at the table in his room, drinking tea slowly and without saying a word.

Ming Xiaoyang got up slowly, tossing and tossing all night, but the middle clothes were very strong and neat, Ming Xiaoyang thought dizzily: "It's rare to sleep decently, like before...? Where did I come from?" At the beginning, I always slept with my clothes in a mess?... I can't remember, uh, who is that? Sitting there..." After blinking, I saw clearly that it was Zhao Anchen.

"You came to wake me up again? Well, get up now! It's so early in the morning, why do you seem to be more confused than usual?" Ming Xiaoyang shook his head.

"It's a rest today, it's okay if you can't afford it." Zhao Anchen took the thing for brushing his teeth and washing his face, put it on the chair, pushed it to the side of the bed, and gently helped Ming Xiaoyang wash up.

Ming Xiaoyang sat on the edge of the bed and stared blankly, and asked, "What's wrong with you? Your lord? His Highness King Ning?"

Zhao Anchen didn't speak, but wiped his hands for him.

Ming Xiaoyang's tone was a little anxious, and he called softly: "Hello! Zhao Yi!"

Zhao Anchen said calmly, "It's not dawn, it's already past noon, you're sleepy and hard to wake up, did you catch a cold last night?"

Ming Xiaoyang doubted: "Ah? I caught a cold in summer?" I touched my pulse, well, the pulse is floating and tight, it is the wind-cold syndrome where the yang does not return to essence and the cold evil enters. The culprit is that there was no sleep well!

Ming Xiaoyang smiled bitterly and said: "Well, it's a little bit, it will be fine tomorrow." After washing, he sat by the bed in a daze.

Zhao Anchen removed his things, sat back at the table, tapped on the table and said, "Come and eat."

Ming Xiaoyang moved over slowly, and looked at the porridge and side dishes, which were much more pleasing to the eye than before.

Xiaoer came up to tidy up, Zhao Anchen said: "Go to bed and rest."

Ming Xiaoyang opened his eyes wide and said: "Hey, hey! I'm a manly man, an iron-blooded general, just a slight wind and cold, and I'm not about to die. Is it necessary to stay in bed? Since I'm resting, I want to go out to play, no Going to investigate, it would be nice to have fun in Ningzhou City!"

Zhao Anchen thought for a while and said: "That's fine, don't drink alcohol, go back after a while, take care of it earlier, this Ningzhou is the westernmost city on the border between Song and Xia. Send an urgent letter back from Fang’s [-] Li, and the generals of the Xiang army are still waiting.”

Ming Xiaoyang said: "Okay, okay, I know! Then... let's go?"

Walking around the street, the folk customs are simple and simple, and in terms of prosperity, this place is much less clear than Lanzhou.

There was a stall selling wood-carved masks on the side of the street. The masks were exquisitely carved, and the coloring and depiction were ingenious. Ming Xiaoyang said inwardly, "Such a superb wood-carving mask, even in the capital, I have never seen such a good craftsmanship."

Ming Xiaoyang went over to look at it, picked up a cat face mask with a pair of ears, it was made so lifelike, it was very cute, Ming Xiaoyang smiled and said: "Zhao Yi, look quickly, it looks like Mochizuki. Exactly the same, hehe!" Pay the money , I don’t take it off after wearing it on my face, I’m so happy.

Zhao Anchen chuckled, "Yes."

☆, divination

There are also customers at the booth next to it, an old fortune teller, this old gentleman has a very kind face, with long eyebrows and silver beard, dressed in Taoist robes, he looks like a fairy.

"Sir, show me, my son has been smart since he was a child, will he be the number one scholar in high school in the future?" A middle-aged woman asked while sitting in front of the booth.

"Your son's horoscope is indeed smart, but his fate is that he has no official luck. He is kind-hearted and has a lot of wealth. He will probably become a kind-hearted businessman in the future. Ma'am, being an official may not be good. Peace and happiness are blessings." !"

"Hey, what you said is that you can be rich and safe!" The woman paid the fortune and left with a happy face.

Ming Xiaoyang hopped over and sat down, and asked: "Sir, please do the math for me!"

The old gentleman looked up and saw a wooden cat face, smiled and said: "Young master is lively, what is it?"

Ming Xiaoyang thought about it.Said: "I don't know what to count, just tell me what is in my life and what is missing! I am a rabbit, and this is my horoscope." After speaking, he wrote the horoscope and handed it to the old man.

The old gentleman pinched his fingers and said with a smile: "Young Master, you have everything, your wealth is boundless, your literary and military talents are all top-notch, but... uh, this... Wait a minute, I will do the calculation again."

Standing behind Ming Xiaoyang, Zhao Anchen held his breath and listened intently, very seriously.Ming Xiaoyang turned his cat face and raised his head to smile at Zhao Anchen, turned around and sat down, looked at Mr., and asked, "Have you figured it out?"

The old gentleman frowned lightly and said: "My son will have a happy marriage and a harmonious relationship in the future..."

Zhao Anchen's face was slightly cold, and he remained silent unbearably.

Ming Xiaoyang asked: "Then is she pretty?"

The old gentleman said: "Your partner was born extremely beautiful, especially above you in terms of literary and martial arts, and is also a noble person with infinite wealth.

Ming Xiaoyang exclaimed: "Huh? Better than me? Tigress!"

Ming Xiaoyang turned around and asked Zhao Anchen: "Is there really a woman in this world who can beat my mother? It's too scary!"

Zhao Anchen looked down at the wooden cat's face unnaturally, but did not answer.

The old gentleman said again: "Young Master's partner should be slightly older than Young Master, three years older."

Ming Xiaoyang said with a smile: "It's okay, it's said that female juniors hold gold bricks, I don't mind. Just be beautiful!"

Zhao Anchen's brows twitched, his breath became deeper and deeper.

The old gentleman said: "It's just that you are destined to have no children, son!"

Ming Xiaoyang was startled: "What?...Then, then my daughter will be too."

The old gentleman said: "My daughter has no..."

Ming Xiaoyang asked in disbelief: "No way? I am in good health, how could I die? Did you make a mistake in your calculation? Do you want to recalculate?"

The old gentleman looked apologetic: "It is true that there is no heir."

Ming Xiaoyang has a cat face, he can't see the expression, he must be very miserable, he can't believe it: "Ah? Isn't it..."

Zhao Anchen stepped forward, picked up Ming Xiaoyang and threw it aside, sat on the wooden bench by himself, wrote the horoscope to Mr., and said, "Tell me about me."

The old man looked at the horoscope and said: "Well, it is really a good horoscope, a good fate! Royal family and nobles, all-round talents in civil and military affairs, huh? This... how is it also a childless fate?"

Ming Xiaoyang interjected: "Hey! Mister, it doesn't mean that all the fortune-tellers who come to you will have lost their children and grandchildren, right? Do you have a set of rhetoric for every fate?"

The old gentleman waved his hand and said: "If you don't believe me, you just don't want to give the gold, but the horoscope is indeed the case, and I can't help it."

The old gentleman looked at Zhao Anchen's horoscope, and continued: "You are also a harmonious husband and wife, with deep feelings, and your partner is rich and beautiful." The old gentleman looked up at Ming Xiaoyang's cat face, and said: "If you two are a man and a woman, It is very suitable, I am willing to protect this matchmaker, but the two sons are both men, and they can be best friends for a lifetime, and they will never go against each other."

Ming Xiaoyang said helplessly: "Hmm, good comrades who have lost their children and grandchildren, are idle when they are idle."

Zhao Anchen didn't have any dissatisfaction on his face, he paid a lot of money, dragged Ming Xiaoyang back to the inn, and said, "You should rest."

Seeing so many hexagrams, the old man wondered, "Why are you so happy about cutting off children and grandchildren? This is the first time I have seen this old man. It seems that this young man is open-minded, and he is amazing at such a young age!" Looking at the backs of the two leaving, he nodded slightly, and Nian Xu agreed.

Ming Xiaoyang was dragged away, thinking that Zhao Anchen was angry, and suddenly remembered that if Zhao Anchen was angry, he would not speak for a long time, so he quickly comforted him: "Oh, it's a small matter, it's strange if you don't say anything, superstitious or not, don't worry about it. It's just for fun, don't take it to heart at all. I don't believe that I will cut off my children and grandchildren, and you won't. Don't worry, we two will get married each other, and the baby will live forever. Let's see what he has to say! As for me, I am happy Believe the first half, my wife is a very beautiful woman! I don’t believe the second half, I firmly believe that I will have many children and grandchildren, haha!"

Zhao Anchen suddenly turned his head and glared at him.Ming Xiaoyang immediately shut up, obediently followed, and said in a low voice, "Don't be so angry...it's just a divination..."

Zhao Anchen said: "Not angry."

Ming Xiaoyang pouted under the cat face mask: "Oh."

The hustle and bustle of the day fades away, the night is clear and the moon is bright, Ning Ye is silent, boom!Ming Xiaoyang fell to the ground again... regained consciousness, slightly annoyed, got up and put on his shoes, ran to the next door, pushed the door in, climbed onto the bed, got into the bed and lay down on his side, and said: "I can't sleep well due to the wind and cold. Yes, you block it for me."

Zhao Anchen said: "Yes."

The morning sun was breaking and the twilight was gradually coming in. Ming Xiaoyang woke up comfortably in Zhao Anchen's arms, and said in his heart: "Well, I slept well, very good!" He quietly took a pulse for himself, and thought happily: "Well, the pulse condition Steady, firm and powerful, it's just me!" Looking up at Zhao Anchen, he stretched out his hand to lightly touch Zhao Anchen's stubble, and suddenly felt Zhao Anchen's hand around his waist unintentionally tighten.

Ming Xiaoyang blinked and lay down for a while, without moving, and said in his heart: "Hey, it's finally my turn today to wake you up!" After thinking about it, he gently pushed Zhao Anchen's chest with his hand, but felt the pain in his waist. His hands tightened again, so he had to push again, and said softly, "Zhao Yi! Get up!"

Zhao Anchen sat up in response, put on his shoes, and his movements were as smooth as flowing water, not as if he just woke up.Ming Xiaoyang was still muttering: "Why are you always so refreshed, but I am in a daze every morning, obviously I wake you up, but you don't have any sense of accomplishment, it's really unreasonable." He also got up slowly ,Prepare.

The two were about to go out of the city on horseback for a survey, when they heard a woodcutter carrying firewood on the road say: "There are Xia soldiers in the mountains not far from the city, I just saw them! There are many!"

"Really? Then I won't go out of the city today."

"The rumor is that something is going to go wrong."

"Ugh……"

The two galloped out of the city and inspected the border. Sure enough, as the woodcutter said, there were many Xia soldiers sneaking around on a mountain at the border.

Ming Xiaoyang said: "You wait for me here, I'll go and grab one quietly, and ask why it sneaked into our Song Dynasty border."

Zhao Anchen grabbed Ming Xiaoyang, squatted in the grass and whispered: "It looks like they are looking for something. It doesn't seem like they want to disturb the people or attack the border."

Ming Xiaoyang said: "This Ningzhou is not easy. How did Xia Bing escape the defenders and come here? We must investigate in a while."

Zhao Anchen said: "Well, let's see what they are looking for first, and it won't be too late to catch another one if they can't."

Ming Xiaoyang said: "En."

These Xia soldiers moved extremely slowly, using the knives in their hands to push aside the tall grass, while looking around to search for something.Suddenly the grass moved on the hillside in front of the left, and a Xia Bing shouted: "There!"

All Xia Bing turned their heads and chased there, Ming Xiaoyang and Zhao Anchen used wind chanting to find out, Ming Xiaoyang said: "It's a person."

Zhao Anchen said, "Yes, a woman."

The two quietly chased after 'Feishuang', Xia Bing might not be able to keep up with the target, but Ming Xiaoyang and the other two could not, once locked on to the target, they would never lose it.

Obviously, after a while, Xia Bing lost his chase again. After chasing for half a stick of incense, they followed the woman over two hills and quietly landed on a tree. Looking at the woman a hundred meters ahead, Ming Xiaoyang laughed softly: "This eldest sister is very powerful, she can run so well! The lightness kung fu is pretty good, could she be my wife?"

Zhao Anchen glared at him and said, "Stop talking nonsense."

The hunted woman was dressed in black and covered her face with a black gauze. She couldn't tell what she looked like at all. She hid in the grass with her arms covered, took off the black bandage on her right wrist, and tightly bound the injured part of her left arm. skilled.Zhao Anchen saw a red birthmark-like thing on the woman's right wrist, shaped like a phoenix.It flashed by and was covered by the sleeves that were drooping again.Ming Xiaoyang looked back at those silly Xia Bing and said with a smile: "This eldest sister is probably safe, but they are chasing in the wrong direction again. Shall we go down and rescue her?"

Before Zhao Anchen could speak, he heard a whisper from under the tree: "Don't..."

When she lowered her head, what she saw was none other than Shen Xuanqing curled up into a shivering shrimp!Squatting in the grass under the tree, he looked up at the two masters hanging on the tree without moving.

When the two fell down, Ming Xiaoyang asked in a low voice, "Brother Shen? What are you doing here?"

Shen Xuanqing nestled on the ground and whispered: "I came to visit the mountains and rivers, and when I walked well, I saw Xia Bing, so I had to hide here. This woman came here again after dying!"

Zhao Anchen said: "Xia Bing is two hills away, how did you see it here?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "It was originally this woman who ran over here, and Xia Bing also chased over from this mountain. I just wanted to go down the mountain and leave this place of right and wrong. Who knew that this woman came back again! Oh, I am It’s not moving, it’s not moving, judging by her kung fu, I can’t beat her, what if she sees her and kills me. Fortunately, you are here!”

Ming Xiaoyang said: "She is injured, why not save her?"

Shen Xuanqing said helplessly: "You and I are about the same age, not only do you know nothing about the family business, why don't you even know about this? Why didn't your mother teach you? It's thanks to your family and secret guards."

Ming Xiaoyang said in surprise: "You know this too?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "You can see that the way she bandages and knots is clearly a Daliao secret agent, with at least fifty poisonous needles hidden on her feet! There is no pattern embroidery on the side of the shoe, which means that she is not an ordinary Daliao spy, at least She is the leader of the spies. You can't rescue her randomly. The way of thinking of spies is different from that of us ordinary people. They are very cold-blooded. If you go to rescue her, she might think that you found her whereabouts and silenced you! It seems that she stabbed her Xia’s basket can’t be rescued casually.”

Ming Xiaoyang said: "How do you know so much? Isn't your family a merchant?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "It's a merchant, didn't I say that? What I have learned is not suitable for taking exams, and I don't take these exams in scientific exams! The merchant family must have learned to avoid disasters, what should be known must be known, My dad taught me that since I was little."

Ming Xiaoyang seemed to understand, nodded in agreement and said, "It makes sense."

Zhao Anchen looked at these two idiots and didn't want to say anything.Seeing the woman getting up to leave, she said, "She wants to leave, follow."

Shen Xuanqing said: "It's useless to follow her. She is injured and exposed now. Regardless of whether the mission is completed or not, she will find a way to return to Daliao as soon as possible. If you catch her, she will kill herself without asking any questions. Why are you chasing her? There are other reasons for not chasing her or saving her. I can’t finish talking about it for a while. Why don’t you think about what I should do.”

Zhao Anchen said: "What are you going to do?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "I don't dare to go, I'm afraid that I'll meet Xia Bing, and I'll be slapped if I can't help it, I'm afraid, Brother Ming, Young Master Zhao, can you protect me?"

Ming Xiaoyang: "..."

Zhao Anchen: "..."

☆、Suspicious merchants

The three returned to the inn, closed the door and talked slowly.Shen Xuanqing said: "Brother Ming, you need to be rational in saving people, and cautious in killing people. Not everything seems to be black or black, or white or white. That's not necessarily the case. Everything has a reason. Let me ask you, if a good-looking What should I do if a vulgar man beats up a slender beauty in the street?"

Ming Xiaoyang immediately replied: "Save the beauty! Beat up the big man!"

Zhao Anchen: "..."

Shen Xuanqing continued: "What if this slender beauty is a human trafficker? Killed the big man's wife, stole the big man's child and sold it somewhere. The big man knows, but he really can't obtain evidence. How about bringing this beautiful woman to justice? Do you still want to save the beauty and beat up the big guy?"

Ming Xiaoyang: "..."

Shen Xuanqing said again: "If you saved a person rashly, and this person viciously hurt many innocent people after he came back to life, do you count as accumulating virtue or committing crimes?"

Ming Xiaoyang: "..."

Shen Xuanqing also said: "If there is a famine in a region, the government's food relief is sufficient, but the speed is limited, and some people will starve to death before they get the food, then we merchants will open porridge sheds to help the poor out of our own pockets, For example, if your porridge shed saved 1000 people from starving to death, and ten years later, a villain among the 1000 people killed 2000 people, do you still want to open a porridge shed to provide relief in times of disaster?"

Ming Xiaoyang said: "This..."

Zhou Xuanqing said: "Open it! Don't hesitate to open a porridge shed to help the poor!"

Zhao Anchen nodded.

Ming Xiaoyang: "Huh?"

Zhou Xuanqing said: "We are not Buddhas, we are not immortals, and we cannot see through the cause and effect of 10 years before and after. We don't do good things because they are small, and we don't do things because evil is small. This is easy to say, but it requires wisdom to do it. , we have to try our best to distinguish between right and wrong! You saved 1000 people because of your clear conscience. He saved 2000 people because of his vicious heart. There are another 1000 people, so why should these 2000 die for the other 1000 people? There are right and wrong in things, but human life cannot be used for addition and subtraction hastily. This is not the same as saving beauty traffickers, and also your If you save one person alone, it will be different for that person to kill more people in the future.”

Ming Xiaoyang said: "Oh."

Shen Xuanqing said: "These examples are superficial, but not all things in the world are so simple."

Ming Xiaoyang: "Is this simple?"

Shen Xuanqing said: "How many unjust, false and wrongly decided cases are there in the trial by torture. If you really find out, the number can shock everyone, but if you know that it is unjust, false and wrongly decided, and try it again, it may not change much. What is black and white? ? It’s just what people want! It’s hard to judge by facts.”

Ming Xiaoyang said: "Well, brother Shen is really good at science but not in science..."

Shen Xuanqing said: "Second Master Guan, the yamen officials sent him to worship him, and the bandits also worshiped him. Who do you think Second Master Guan should protect?"

Ming Xiaoyang said: "This..."

Shen Xuanqing said: "For example, your Bai family is powerful, and the head of the family is your mother. The officials allow the Bai family to prosper, and the country is peaceful and the people are peaceful. If the head of the family is Hu Hang, do you think the officials can bear it? Even if it would have been a long time ago The dog jumped. The Bai family is still the Bai family, whether it can be tolerated in the world depends on who is in charge of the family, and it also depends on the heart of the family."

Ming Xiaoyang said: "Oh..."

Shen Xuanqing said: "Who is the ancestor of the Bai family? Why did the Bai family assist the court to participate in political affairs during the first period, but not during Taizong's time?"