I dare not

The surroundings became quiet again, and Gu Qiao looked outside the door. At this time, there was no one patrolling outside the door, and the guard at the door was dozing off.

He thought to himself that he would just take a look and come back, so he shouldn't be found.

So he turned to the back of the Buddha statue, lifted the red cloth to reveal the base of the Buddha statue, and tapped the wooden board of the base lightly as if studying the Dharma chapter, and the wooden board opened in response to the sound.

He climbed in carefully, pulled down the red cloth to cover the wooden board, and then got into the secret passage.

It was pitch black inside the secret passage, and it was a little scary to go in alone.

While pricking up his ears to listen to the movement outside, he walked forward along the stone wall.

When he reached the point where he couldn't go any further, he groped upwards, and sure enough, he touched the top plank. He put his ear on it and listened quietly for a while, but there was no sound.

At this time, the boy had woken up from his afternoon slumber and was sitting cross-legged on the bed.

An oil lamp was lit in the room, and the poor-quality lamp oil burned and gave off a dark and pungent smoke.

The boy sat quietly with his eyes closed in the pungent smoke, his back straight.

Gu Qiao crawled out from under the low couch and quietly walked in front of him.

"Hello!" Gu Qiao waved his hand, not knowing what to shout, he remembered that Huang Qi and the others called him the third child.

He lowered his voice, "Third!"

The boy didn't respond, Gu Qiao shouted again: "Fool!"

The boy opened his eyes, and when he saw the person in front of him clearly, he immediately showed a surprised expression.

"where have you been?"

"I was locked up in the Buddhist temple in front of me by them."

"Then how did you come here, am I dreaming?"

"Yes, you are dreaming." Gu Qiao teased him.

The boy stretched out his hand and pinched his face, "It's amazing, it's just like the real thing."

Gu Qiao's face was deformed by his pinching, "How are you? I secretly visited you once this afternoon. Did they abuse you again?"

"Well," the boy sat back on the bed dejectedly, "every time he escaped, he was caught, and now he's got you involved."

Before Gu Qiao could speak, there was a sudden knock on the door.

The young man hurriedly jumped out of bed and blew out the oil lamp, then pushed Gu Qiao onto the bed, wrapped him in a quilt and hid it in the innermost part.

Just after hiding, the door opened, and it was Huang Qi who came, "Take the medicine."

The boy sat up from the bed, "Oh."

Huang Qi was going to light the lamp, the boy stood up in front of him, took the medicine bowl and drank the medicine soup in one go, handed the bowl to him and said, "I want to sleep."

The black and thin man slowly looked around, his eyes glowing dark red like a wolf's in the darkness.

The boy looked calm.

During this short silence, Gu Qiao desperately held her breath, slowed down her heartbeat, and did not let out any breath.

Huang Qi took two steps towards the bed, and the young man took advantage of the situation and lay down on the bed, "I want to sleep." He also turned over to the place where Gu Qiao was hiding, pressed Gu Qiao underneath, and put the Tibetan's Wrapped in a quilt, it was all stuffed into his arms.

Gu Qiao bit the quilt desperately so as not to make a sound.

The boy closed his eyes, "Close the door for me."

Huang Qi took two steps back, closed the door and went out.

After waiting for a while, the boy said softly through the quilt, "He's gone."

Gu Qiao, who was about to suffocate, stretched out his head and let out a big breath. In the gap of breathing, he saw the boy's face close at hand, and his whole body was wrapped in his arms. He moved a little awkwardly, and said in a low voice :"let me go."

The boy said angrily, "There are guards outside."

Gu Qiao didn't dare to move again, he felt the boy's breath sprayed on his face, and it merged with his own breath.

This scene was too ambiguous, and Gu Qiao felt his heart beat a little faster. He changed the subject and asked, "What medicine did you drink just now?"

"I do not know."

"So how do you feel now?"

The boy said, "My waist is a little weak."

"What?" Gu Qiao was stunned.

"I said," the boy put his mouth against Gu Qiao's ear, "my waist is a little weak when you talk in my ear."

Gu Qiao lifted him up and sat up, and even wondered for a moment if the fool was playing foolishly to tease him.

The young man also sat up and looked at him with wide eyes. Through the faint moonlight outside the window, Gu Qiao saw that his eyes were still innocent and full of curiosity, and felt that she was too sensitive.

Gu Qiao got off the bed softly, "I'm leaving."

"How are you going?"

"Go to sleep, I can do it myself."

The boy looked outside worriedly, "The people outside haven't left yet."

"It's okay." Gu Qiao rubbed his head. His hair was very soft, as soft and docile as his own. "Go to sleep. I won't be discovered by them."

"Oh." Still looking at him worriedly.

"I met an old man here, he will help me."

"Who?"

"It's Master Fa Zhang."

"Oh, I've seen him."

Gu Qiao didn't say any more, just let him lie down, watched him close his eyes, and then quietly went out from the secret passage under the low couch.

I walked this secret passage three times in one day, and now I can really go out with my eyes closed.

It was night now, and the pulpit in the backyard had already dispersed, and there were dots of fire in the yard, which were night watchmen.

Gu Qiao vaguely heard someone talking at the gate of the hall, probably the gatekeepers were changing shifts.

This former refuge, now under the "governance" of Du Gong, is a bit like a gangster cottage, and those former good citizens have also been "trained" to look like this now.

Famine and fleeing from famine are a vicious circle, the more famine the more fleeing from famine, the more fleeing from famine the more famine.

The key to solving this problem lies in people, let them go back to farming, and the government will provide food relief to pass this time, plus tax relief and recuperation, and they will return to normal after the autumn harvest in the second year.

In the current situation, the good people have become bandits, and the good land is left uncultivated, and it is getting worse and worse.

Gu Qiao lay on her back on the ground in front of the Buddha statue, with her head resting on her hands, just in time to see a bright full moon hanging on the night sky through the hole in the roof.

He knows all kinds of sophistication in the officialdom, and he also knows that the deep-seated reasons for the banditry and famine that have not been resolved for a long time like Lianzhou are still in the officialdom.

It's a pity that he is only a small sixth-rank official, not worth mentioning in front of the great power in the officialdom, otherwise he would not be easily kicked out of the power center in the capital, but is he just watching this country like this?

Not reconciled!

Gu Qiao thought to himself, if a mantis can be used as a car, and a mayfly can shake a tree, it would be great if he could save one person.

Such tossing and turning thoughts in his heart kept him from sleeping well all night, and he almost didn't recognize Baci when he appeared in front of him without a turban the next morning.

Baci took the key and opened the door of the palace, and after entering, he told the gatekeepers to have breakfast, and there was no need to wait.

The gatekeeper knew what he was going to do when he saw Baci's anxious face. The men, women and children captured in the past, as long as they had some color, could not escape his clutches. They were old perverts that everyone laughed at.

Maybe this kind of ridicule also has some jealousy in it. Duke Du's rule is strict, as long as someone does something sneaky, he will be beaten severely, but he is very conniving to this Baci, and even turns a blind eye to his molestation of hostages One eye, no interference.

Baci inserted the latch from the inside, and walked lightly to Gu Qiao.

Gu Qiao's hair was a little disheveled when she slept, and she was lying on her side on the futon, curled up in a ball, looking fragile and powerless, and there was an indistinguishable beauty in the dim light.

Paci felt itchy in his heart, suddenly he didn't want to be hard.

He sat down and put Gu Qiao's head on his lap. Gu Qiao woke up and focused his eyes for a while before seeing anyone.

"who are you?"

"Forget it so quickly? So fucking heartless."

"It's you?" Gu Qiao jumped up, "What are you doing?"

"I don't do anything," Bach said, like some kind of sticky mollusk, which made people sick, "I just want to get close to you."

"Bah!" Gu Qiao scolded, "I don't want to get close to you, please respect yourself."

Baci pulled Gu Qiao by the collar and pulled him in front of him, "Don't you fucking think about it. Whose life is in your life? If you want to survive, you have to listen to me."

Gu Qiao glanced at the door latch, remembering what he heard in the secret passage yesterday afternoon, combined with seeing him insert needles into Baihui acupoint that day, an idea came to mind.

Gu Qiao immediately became full of smiles, "Brother is also right, we are all men, and there is nothing to be embarrassed about."

Seeing that he was obedient, Baci smiled and said, "That's right, those who know the current affairs are outstanding, I think you are a smart person."

Gu Qiao held his hand with both hands, pulled him to sit on the futon, "Why did you come here when you have time? Where is that idiot?"

"Fucking be honest, don't try to trick me!" Baci scolded and then opened his dry mouth and smiled, "But if you are obedient, I can tell you a little bit."

Gu Qiao acted like a dog's leg behind him and beat his back and shoulders, "Brother, what do you want me to say, I will die!"

Baci had no doubts about him, "You're really a bitch, you're on par with that dog official surnamed Huang, but I like it."

Gu Qiao casually pinched his shoulder a few times, "What kind of dog official is surnamed Huang?"

"Who the hell could it be? You Lord Inspector, you look like a dog when you see our Duke Du." Baci was proud, "What's so good about being an official? It's not like giving our Duke Du a shoe. "

Gu Qiao's heart trembled. If what he said was true, then what Du Gong did must involve a big conspiracy.He continued to press gently and softly, while coaxing in a bewitching voice: "Then you are not an ordinary person, brother."

"Fucking nonsense, but I..." Baci suddenly stopped in the middle of speaking, and looked back at him, "You don't need to ask more questions, it's not good for you. You just follow me, and you will never be able to enjoy it in the future." Being rich and rich is better than being that fucking sesame official."

"Brother said so." Gu Qiao rubbed his shoulder hard, and while he was enjoying it with half-closed eyes, he suddenly raised his right hand, put all his strength on the right elbow, and hit the right elbow with all his strength. His Baihui!