Opposite the entrance hall

When Cen Yulou hurried to the Yuanliang Grain, pack carts and horses were crowded in front of the door, and the gate was blocked by government officials and soldiers in official uniform. After seeing the figure, he was severely stopped by the guard on guard, and then waved him away.

Being pushed back and staggering a few steps back, Cen Yulou almost fell down. After he stabilized his body, his face was a little unsightly, and he suppressed his displeasure with a breath of foul breath, and walked forward with a bowed tone. Gently asked: "Brother officer and soldier, dare to ask if Master Qi Ziheng is collecting food in there?"

The two soldiers who were ordered to be on duty looked at each other, and the man who spoke earlier looked up and down the unknown man in front of him with half-closed eyes, and said very vigilantly: "Go, go, it's none of your business, leave quickly, and ask questions again. , I'll arrest you and lock you up, believe it or not!"

As he spoke, he put his hand on the saber at his waist. If this person doesn't know what to do, the sword will not have eyes.

"Brother misunderstood," Cen Yulou said softly, "It was the lord in the governor's mansion who sent the younger one to look for Lord Qi, and said that if there was any, we would discuss it."

"That adult in the mansion?" The officer and soldier frowned and repeated.

The companion next to him leaned close to his ear and lowered his voice, "This person must be talking about Sir Minister, right?"

The officers and soldiers stared at Cen Yu upstairs and down for a while, still vigilant, "Are you a servant of the governor's mansion?"

"No," Cen Yulou shook his head, "I'm just an ordinary person. When I left the stall today, I met that lord and Judge Wang. They hurried out, guessing what happened, maybe they left in a hurry and forgot. Send someone to inform Mr. Qi that someone was randomly assigned, and it happened to be the one who ordered me, so I let him run away like this."

Everything he said was true, and none of it was fabricated, so he was innocent and honest, without any guilty conscience.

The two officers and soldiers were a little shaken, they looked at each other, unable to make up their minds.

Cen Yulou took the look of the two into his eyes, thought carefully for a while, and changed the direction of the question, "If you don't believe me, you can go in and report. The adult said it. When you see Master Qi, let him go first Put aside the matter at hand and go find him quickly, if you have something important to discuss, you may be in trouble if you delay."

The officers and soldiers frowned, thought for a while and said to humanity: "Stay here and don't walk around casually, I will report for you."

After speaking, he turned around and ran across the threshold towards the courtyard.

Cen Yulou turned his back and waited patiently until the person was gone. His face was calm and he couldn't see why. He just stared at the cart beside him in a daze, feeling a little dazed in his heart. It's okay to trouble the upper body and let it be thankless, because it is still a person who is not familiar with each other.

He thought for a while, until he heard the sound of pattering footsteps, and then he regained his thoughts. Just as he was about to turn around, he heard a nice and steady male voice behind him, "Master Ji sent you here?"

When Cen Yulou looked back, he saw a man in a white robe. On the robe was a landscape painting made with ink splashes. It was said that his figure was very suitable, his appearance was handsome and extraordinary, and his gestures and gestures were full of self-cultivation. There is a limit to advancing and retreating, and there is a demeanor of a handsome young man everywhere. Even if he is not holding an umbrella and is drenched in the drizzle, he does not look embarrassed at all.

Qi Ran was also sizing up the man in front of him. He was young, dressed in rough clothes, pale and frail, with the slender appearance of a white-faced scholar. The bitter smell of medicinal herbs lingered on his body, making it hard to see who he was.

The three of them have not been in Xiangzhou for a long time, and they have met only a handful of people, and they are sure that this is the first time they have seen this person, so Qi Ran is a little puzzled, is Ji Sitong an old acquaintance or a new friend?Why did Ji Si never mention the old acquaintance?If you are a new friend, where did you meet, how can you pick up the conversation without anyone noticing?If the two of them don't know each other, what is the intention of this man asking to see him by Ji Si's name?

Unable to understand all kinds of questions, Qi Ran suppressed his confusion and asked coldly, "Who are you?"

"The villain is just a mere doctor. He is just entrusted by others to be loyal, and to pass on a word." Cen Yulou nodded and saluted.

"Take a prescription doctor?" Qi Ran muttered, "Why did Lord Ji ask you to find me?"

Cen Yulou didn't make a sound, just raised his eyes and looked behind him.

Qi Ran understood, and raised his hand to signal the officers and soldiers behind him to stay away. After they were far away, he continued to ask: "I don't know what is going on?"

"Your Excellency Qi knows that the river dam in the eastern suburbs has collapsed," Cen Yulou said slowly, "I saw earlier that the elder...Master Ji and Wang Sansi went to hunt for people."

After he finished speaking, he might be worried that Qi Ran didn't understand the twists and turns here. After thinking about it, he said more clearly: "During this period of time, Xiangzhou was flooded, and the people around the Xiangjiang River were dispersed by the government. Few people."

Hearing this, Qi Ran's face darkened, but he still maintained his rationality. What is the meaning of this matter? The person who said it knew it, and he knew it when he heard it. The things involved in it cannot be solved by a misunderstanding. If it is true, then It is a capital offense.

Qi Ran pursed his lips tightly, opened his mouth after pondering for a while and asked, "Why do I believe you?"

"This is an adult's business, and the villain is only responsible for passing on the message."

"What's the relationship between you and Master Ji?"

"I'm not familiar with you." This question stumped Cen Yulou. He had nothing to do with Ji Sizhen. After thinking about it, he added, "If it goes deeper, it will be the entire city of Xiangzhou. Only Lord Ji is willing to believe it." I."

This happened suddenly, and Qi Ran was really uncertain as to whether it was true or false, his brows were tightly frowned, his expression was a little flustered, his mind was spinning quickly, his eyes were fixed on the doctor in front of him, the latter They didn't dodge, just let him watch, the two stood in the drizzle, surrounded by horses and cows, it was obviously very noisy, but all the sounds seemed to be cut off.

Qi Ran looked at it for a while, and suddenly ordered in a deep voice: "Go and find Master Du!"

The officers and soldiers behind hurriedly ran into the courtyard, and Du Heng walked over in a panic, glanced at Cen Yulou, then looked away and asked anxiously: "What's the matter, what happened?"

"Dou Yuanliang has made a move." Qi Ran still stared at Cen Yulou, without turning his head, and suppressed his voice, "The river dam collapsed, Master Ji became the one who blocked the river dam."

Hearing this, Du Heng's expression changed, "Is he crazy?"

"I can't tell whether this is true or not. I went to the eastern suburbs to have a look. When others asked me, I found an excuse to evade it. If you trust me, Mr. Du, you can stay here and continue to collect grain. Don't let them notice that there is something wrong." In other words, send someone from the chief political envoy to find Cui Hao at the ditch quickly, tell him to let him come back, and say... that the river dam in the eastern suburbs collapsed, and the river flooded in and flooded many people. The chief envoy went to help, and if I didn't come back after two hours, in the name of Mr. Ji being inspected by the emperor in Xiangzhou, the government ordered the government to surround the Yuanliang Liang, and named it a collusion between the government and businessmen. There was only one person in it. People are not allowed to be let out. If anyone does not believe and wants to forcefully break in, he can do it with a slash. Those who are not afraid of death are allowed to break in. Those with one or two slashes can’t kill anyone. I will explain the other things to you later, Dou Yuanliang Wanting to hide the truth, I tore down his sky and filled his sea to see how he can make up that honest and honest lie." Qi Ran's tone was not heavy, but every word carried weight that should not be underestimated.

Although the two of them didn't know each other very well, Du Heng believed in Qi Ran. After a little brainstorming, he was able to understand the seriousness of this matter, and his expression was extraordinarily serious, "The next official knows about it, so let's make arrangements."

"There is one more thing to get rid of Mr. Du." Qi Ran looked at Cen Yulou and said in a deep voice: "This person has a lot to do with this matter, I have to trouble Mrs. Du to watch over it."

Looking at the indifferent man in front of him, Du Heng nodded.

"It's work!"

After Qi Ran finished speaking, he pulled a horse and threw the bits and pieces on it aside. He quickly lifted the hem of his clothes and turned on the horse. He tightened the rein and let the horse run with all his might. A horse disappeared.

Du Heng withdrew his gaze and looked at the person, then said softly: "Mr. is a doctor, right?"

"How does your lord know?" Cen Yulou was shocked.

"Mister smells like herbs," Du Heng explained, "Master Ji and his subordinate officials mentioned Mr. before, saying that he came to Xiangzhou to meet a doctor, so it must be Mr."

Cen Yulou nodded silently.

"Thanks for today's matter, sir, please feel wronged and go inside to have tea."

The two continued to collect food calmly, as if the conversation just now had never happened, everything was extremely calm, the rain did not stop, and the sky was getting darker, as if the mountain rain was about to come and the wind filled the building.

Qi Ran galloped his horse back and forth in the rain and mist, the endless mountains were undulating, and the small buildings with green tile eaves were left behind by him, his hair was flying, and the rain wet his sleeves, he looked ahead solemnly, The trail covered by the drizzle and thick fog had no end in sight, and the world was not particularly quiet, with only the sound of rattling horseshoes and whistling wind left in my ears.

The wind blew the rain with wetness on the face, and the Xiangjiang River was full of silt and dead branches, and the turbid river was rushing in, and the water splashed and floated in the air and fell with the rain.

Ji Si blinked and shook off the raindrops accumulated on his eyelids. For a moment, he couldn't tell whether it was rainwater or river water that hit his face.

He withdrew his gaze from the turbulent river, raised his eyes to look at Dou Yuanliang, his face was a little pale, and then he smiled inexplicably, "What do you mean by Master Dou, why didn't I understand?"

"Master Ji, it's boring to pretend any longer," Dou Yuanliang laughed along, walked up to him slowly and raised his hands to applaud, his voice was full of sarcasm, "I used to only know that Lord Ji is the dog raised by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." , Catch whoever bites the mad dog, very obedient, now it seems that I don't understand it deeply enough, I don't know that your acting skills are so superb, and you make people confused, I really want to be defeated by the lower officials!"

Ji Si narrowed his eyes and said warmly, "Because you're stupid."

From the first day, Dou Yuanliang couldn't understand Ji Si's face that he was born to be superior to others. He clearly had the chance to win, and he was as ridiculous as a clown in front of him.

Dou Yuanliang's face darkened, he took two steps back and raised his hand with a gloomy face. The guard behind him got a signal and raised his foot to punch Ji Si in the abdomen. He used [-]% of his strength and it was Lian Jiazi. With only one punch, Ji Si Thinking of the pain, cold sweat broke out, a black body in front of his eyes rushed forward, staggered a few steps, he covered his abdomen and held on, but before he recovered, he was kicked hard on the back, his limbs were like As if broken, he suddenly fell into the muddy water. The muddy water splashed everywhere, staining his hair and clothes. His throat tightened and he spit out a mouthful of blood. The bright blood dripped down the corner of his mouth and spread in the muddy water. Come on, the red thread is threaded, followed by various fists and feet raining down on every piece of his flesh, Ji Si bit his lower lip tightly, and only groaned when the pain was unbearable .

After a long while, Dou Yuanliang said, "Okay!"

The guards of the Dou manor stood back to their original places one after another. Dou Yuanliang squatted down and pulled Ji Si's bun hard to force him to look up.

"Master Ji," Dou Yuanliang brushed the wet hair from his forehead for him, "This man was born with three, six, nine grades, and the inferior people have to fight with all their strength to snatch things that others despise. This fate is destined , just like you, my lord, it doesn't matter how glamorous you are on the surface, you really take yourself seriously, but you are just a son of a whore, and the blood in your bones is the most despicable, you are more beautiful than most people in this world If you want to be cheap, you are a dog, why should you step on my head!"

"It's reasonable," Ji Si said with a hoarse laugh, "Being trampled on by me, half of his foot went into the coffin, and the official rank is not as high as mine. Do you know what that means? "

When Ji Si said this, he breathed a sigh of relief, raised his eyebrows and finished the rest of the sentence with a happy face, "It means that you are not even as good as a dog!"

The corners of Dou Yuanliang's mouth twitched, his eyes were fierce and he pushed Ji Si's head back into the mud pit, then he got up and turned his back to this place and spit out a few mouthfuls of foul air. The man said coldly: "Don't say that I don't think about your lord. The river is too cold, and it may be uncomfortable to soak in it. I will send you a ride first, so as not to suffer."

After speaking, Dou Yuanliang smiled grimly and ordered, "Do it!"

As soon as the words fell, the guard beside him immediately swung a knife and slashed at Ji Si's neck. The light of the knife was dazzling, and the sound of water roared.

In the blink of an eye, a long sword passed through the crowd and pierced straight into the guard's neck. His eyes widened, the corners of his mouth were ferocious, and before he had time to react, he was killed by a single blow, and his body slowly fell backwards.

Everyone was stunned by the sudden situation in front of them, and before they could react, they heard the sound of horse whimpering, and then a white shadow took advantage of the horse's momentum, leaped over with lightning speed, and grabbed the sword hilt After turning around, the corpse fell to the ground with a sound. The man turned over in the air and landed lightly in front of Ji Si.

Hearing the movement, Ji Si's fingers trembled slightly, he bit his lips and raised his head slowly with some strength, looking at the familiar back in front of him, his eyes suddenly turned red, his tense breath seemed to have found an outlet for venting, Little by little it came out.

"Here we come." Ji Si asked hoarsely.

"Well, here we come." Qi Ran turned his head slightly and turned back.

"Later than I thought." Ji Si continued.

"It's a bit far." Qi Ran said warmly.

"I was beaten badly." Ji Si's voice was a little aggrieved, and the pain he had just suppressed spread all over his body.

"I can see it." Qi Ran lowered his eyes and looked at the miserable situation of this person.

"No more?" Ji Si couldn't believe it.

Qi Ran didn't speak, just looked away, pointed his sword at everyone and said in a cold voice: "I'll beat you back."

There were sounds of swords being drawn all around.

The author has something to say:

small theater:

If this is a sand glyph:

Dou Yuanliang: [Fierce face] blah blah blah blah...

Ji Si: [glances at the Xiangjiang River, raises hands] So what...

Dou Yuanliang: Go ahead la la la la...

Ji Si: [difficult] I'll give you...

Dou Yuanliang: blah blah blah...

Sudden flood!Dou Yuanliang was swept away and died!

Ji Si: [Wangtian] It's not a good place to choose, I have to choose the one with the biggest flood.

Tips:

Walking horse doctor: It is the kind of doctor who shuttles between various villages. This kind of doctor is taught by his master. It is used to describe quack doctors. Doctor Cen means modesty and self-deprecating.

ps: Dou Yuanliang beat Master Ji today, and he will die tomorrow!

Mr. Qi is handsome when he comes out later, hehehe.