Xianyang Bridge

Gu Xichao didn't speak again, the two drank until dawn, Mo Lin, who was lying in ambush on the shore, led a dozen or so spies to freeze all night, returned to Gou Feng and heard nothing, watched the scene all night, now he needs to go home and eat two Paste typhoid medicine.

Ten

There is an iron-wrapped locust tree beside the road leading to the cemetery from the recruiting camp. The first time Xiao Qi saw it, he was very worried about this tree. Just passing by, the boy looked at the tree through the pane until he could not see it, and murmured He muttered, "I don't know if the tree will tear the bell first, or the bell will trap the tree first. Why didn't anyone take down the bell when the tree was still young?"

"At that time, the war was chaotic, and it was not easy for people to survive. Who would care about a tree." Gu Xichao said.

"It's so uncomfortable to look at. Every time I pass by that tree, I feel like I can't breathe." The young man turned his head and said to Gu Xichao, "My lord, there were indeed people ambushing on the bank last night. It was raining heavily when it was about to dawn. I heard Someone sneezed."

"En." Gu Xichao said.

The carriage continued to move forward, Xiao Qi sat and played with the whip for a while, and suddenly said, "Young master and Qi Shaoshang don't look like enemies at all."

"Because he was never my enemy." Gu Xichao said calmly.

"He doesn't look like that either," Xiao Qi looked at him, "He doesn't look like you are an enemy either."

Gu Xichao turned his face to Xiao Qi's direction, and said after a while, "It's because he is compassionate and chivalrous, or because he doesn't want to get his hands dirty."

Xiao Qi muttered something in a low voice, looked out of the car again, couldn't help but gasped slightly, and said, "My lord, something is wrong."

"What's wrong?" Gu Xichao asked.

"The road is wrong, we don't have this forest when we come from Tieguahuai, Lao Zhou, stop first!" Xiao Qi said to the groom driving the car.

"Tell me carefully what's going on outside." Gu Xichao said in a deep voice.

Xiao Qi looked at it and said, "There are forests on both sides that I have never seen before. They are definitely not just planted. We don't know that such a forest suddenly pops up every year. The road is not right. It is too straight. Look straight. It’s not over, and the surrounding area is too quiet, there’s not even a bird chirping, young master, what’s going on here?”

Gu Xichao said, "Let the car go slowly, and carefully watch for any changes around you."

Xiao Qi agreed, and said to the outside, "Old Zhou, keep going, walk slowly."

The carriage continued to travel through the forest for a while, Xiao Qi suddenly stopped the groom, and said to Gu Xichao, "My lord, we are back again, I recognize this tree, we passed it once just now."

Gu Xichao thought for a while, and said to him, "Go twenty steps to the northwest and take a look."

"Old Zhou, take the seat!" Xiao Qi said, and the groom outside responded, "Understood, Xiao Qi."

There is no road in the northwest, and a jujube tree that has just sprouted is blocking the front. Lao Zhou drove his car straight into the tree, and when he was about to hit the tree, Gu Xi said, "Stop the car and look at it now."

Lao Zhou stopped the horse when he heard Gu Xichao's words, Xiao Qi looked out and said, "The road we just had just disappeared, now there are trees all around."

Gu Xichao thought for a while, "Look at the difference in Gen's position."

Xiao Qi came to the other side of the car window, looked at it intently for a while, and said, "The tree I marked earlier has come here."

Gu Xichao smiled softly, "Small tricks."

Xiao Qi asked, "Did someone set up an formation to block us?"

"It's just a slight change to the original formation of the recruiting camp. With this kind of ability, you want to trap me? Old Zhou, listen to me." Gu Xichao said.

The groom outside responded, "Young Master, just tell me."

"First go to the southeast Xun position for fifty steps, then turn to the earthquake position, go straight fifty steps and turn to the Kan position, if there is any abnormality, let me know." Gu Xichao said.

Lao Zhou came to a small river in the direction he pointed, and Xiao Qi wondered, "I've never seen this river before!"

Gu Xichao said, "Go into the water and return to the dry position."

Lao Zhou drove the car into the water without hesitation. Xiao Qi closed his eyes, but he didn't hear the sound of water. When the car returned to his seat, he suddenly heard the sound of wind and birdsong. Huai, surprised, "Why are we back again?"

Gu Xichao said, "Don't talk, don't come out."

As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and got out of the car, took two steps forward, and said loudly, "Who is playing tricks here, come out!"

There was no one answering, only the faint singing of birds in the distance, Gu Xichao waited quietly for a moment, and said, "Old Zhou, lend me some peas for your drink."

Lao Zhou grabbed a handful of beans from his bosom and gave them to him, Gu Xichao listened for a while, and said, "Look, I'll do a trick for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, before Lao Zhou saw how he made the move, he heard a few ouches coming from behind the nearby earthen wall, beside the chaotic rocks, and behind two short trees. The figure rolled out.

"Is it interesting?" Gu Xichao turned two beans in his hand, returned the rest to Lao Zhou, and said, "If you don't come out again, I'm going to hurt someone."

The few people who were beaten out by him fled backwards, the maze ahead could no longer maintain without these few people, Lao Zhou said, "Young master, there is a way."

"Since your Excellency doesn't want to meet, then we won't force it, Lao Zhou, let's go."

Just as Gu Xichao turned around, there was a sound of strings, and arrows shot from all directions. Gu Xichao pushed Lao Zhou behind the horse, took the whip from his hand, turned around, and rolled up seven or eight feathers with his sleeves raised. The arrow flew towards where it came from, and then knocked down other arrow branches with a whip. These feathered arrows were in different directions, fast or slow, and he was able to avoid it without falling to the ground just by listening to the wind, and even protected the horse behind him. The man who released the arrow said, "I can't try this way, do you want to get closer?"

Gou Feng shook his head, "There's no need to try, he won't use the God Crying Axe."

Even though there is a small axe that is more convenient and suitable for long-distance attacks, but using a few beans to startle people out is enough to explain the problem. He doesn't believe that Gu Xichao is a soft-hearted person.

After getting the answer he wanted, Gou Feng ordered the Eighteen Venerables to go back to the city, and he stayed here alone, watching Gu Xichao for a while, then got into the car and let the groom continue on the road.

Of course Gu Xichao also understood this point, the other party retreated immediately without entanglement, it was obviously just for probing, Xiao Qi looked at his face and asked, "My lord, are you the Tiqi?"

He nodded, "It's okay, let them follow, maybe it will work."

Xiao Qi didn't bother him anymore, they arrived at the cemetery in the evening, and the old servant guarding the grave in the garden came out and unloaded the grave-sweeping things with Lao Zhou, Gu Xichao said to Xiao Qi, "Go back with Lao Zhou, pick up after Qingming." I."

Xiao Qi agreed in a low voice, and Gu Xichao stayed in the garden for two days, and told Wan Qing's tomb where he had been, what he had done, who he had met, and what interesting things he had seen and heard this year.

Finally he said to her, "Wanqing, I saw Qi Shaoshang again, he is still the same as when I first met him, he didn't intend to kill me, he even drank with me and heard me say a lot ,I am very happy."

"Wan Qing, it would be great if you were still alive, and if I could meet Qi Shaoshang earlier, that would be great."

The old servant guarding the cemetery was rescued by Tieshou when he was investigating a case. He had no children, was deaf and dumb. Tieshou didn't want to treat him as a servant, but he insisted on doing things for Tieshou. Pitying him for being old and weak, she asked him to help look after Wan Qing's tomb.

These years, only he and Gu Xichao came to the cemetery, Gu Xichao came more often than him, and the old servant was more familiar with him.

Looking at the figure of that good-looking young man sitting in front of the tomb, although I don't know what he is talking about, but the sadness seems to have substance, and it makes people feel sad just by looking at it.

The old servant hesitated for a while, and went into the room to move the piano out for him. He used to play the piano in front of the tombstone every time he came, but the old servant could not hear the sound of the piano. He only thought that he looked very nice when he played the piano, and he was much calmer.

When Gu Xichao heard footsteps, he recognized that it was the old servant guarding the cemetery. Knowing that he couldn't hear him, he didn't ask anything. The old servant walked up to him and plucked the strings. He took the qin with both hands and put it on his lap for a long time, until it was almost dark when the qin sounded.

The old servant was cooking in the stove, and the smoke was rising. Across a forest, Gou Feng tapped the time with the sound of the piano, and whispered, "The tree in the East Garden, the branches are full of glory."

"Compete for the new good, and enjoy the rest of the situation."

"People also have a saying: the sun and the moon signify."

"An De promotes the table, and talks about his life."

"Fun, interesting."

eleven

Tie Shou arrived the day before Qingming. I don't know where he went these days, but he came back full of dust.

When he arrived, he was just in time for dinner, and when he washed off the dust, Gu Xichao had already finished eating, so he was sitting at the table drinking tea and waiting for him.The old servant served him a meal, and the two of them gesticulated and communicated for a long time. Gu Xichao quietly listened to the old servant's occasional ho ho ah ah ah ah happy voice, and felt that although the three of them were deaf, dumb and blind, but for some reason, But it gave him a kind of peace and tranquility.

It's a pity that this kind of tranquility was soon broken with the old servant's departure. Tie Shou sent the old servant back and was closing the door. Gu Xi said, "Open the window to let some air in, it's a little stuffy."

Tie Shou went to open the window, the night breeze was still a bit cool, the lights on the table swayed when it blew in, Gu Xichao touched the cup and poured him a cup of tea, Tie Shou sat down and said, "Have you met Qi Shaoshang?"

"Well," Gu Xichao pushed the tea in front of him, "The leader still doubts me, so he dragged him into the game."

"Is there any trouble? Do you want me to..."

Gu Xichao said, "No, I've already brought Ping Luan Jue back. You can transfer it to him when you have time, and say...it's his reward for helping take care of Mingjiao's two children, and then find an errand to send him to the capital. It doesn't have to be soon, I'll let you know when I need him to go."

Tie Shou frowned and looked at him, "Why would they give you Ping Luan Jue?"

Gu Xichao didn't speak, Tie Shou was even more worried, and said, "They still