Ambush from all sides

At three quarters in the afternoon, the air was stagnant, and the scorching sun was scorching the rough gravel road, forming a high-temperature and twisted area on the surface.On the official road from Suzhou to Changzhou, a brown horse galloped by, carrying a thin black figure on its back.

The horse was out of breath, and ran for nearly an hour without drinking water or resting.The dead leaves urged it to run to a shaded place in front of it, and then stopped by the rope.

The horse looked as if it was about to fall.The dead leaf patted its forehead, and the horse looked up at him wearily, panting heavily, with a dry nose.Withered Ye lowered his head and searched around his waist, only then remembered that he had walked too quickly and didn't even take a water bag.Looking around, there seems to be no stream nearby... It seems that it can only let it eat grass for a while.

When he walked back to the horse, the guy was already gnawing grass with his head down.Dead Leaf calculated the distance. At this time, he was not far from Changzhou. Not long after leaving Suzhou Mansion, he encountered a fork in the road. He was a little dumbfounded for a moment, not knowing which way to go.Fortunately, there was an old man on the road, and the other person showed me the way: "Two roads can reach Changzhou, a small road, you have to go up the mountain, and you can get there in two hours, and the other is the main road. The main road is flat, but it is more roundabout. , but the scenery is good, and there is a Zhou mansion on the road.”

Hearing what the old man said, Dead Leaf remembered that when he came by himself, Zhan Hao led them along the main road.But didn't he remember that guy Zhan Hao still urged him to come?He said to get up quickly, or he wouldn't be able to reach Suzhou before dinner.

If you are in a hurry to get to Suzhou, don't take us on the road!The dead leaf sat under the shade of the tree, frowning, not knowing how many times it was the first time.Zhan Hao is really annoying to such an extent, he is secretive all day long, he doesn't know what he is planning, and he always speaks only half a sentence.More than a year ago, the two of them were okay when they were with the young master. At that time, there would be clear instructions on what to do by themselves, but this time they were cheating.Always hiding and tucking away, not saying anything, on the surface it also looks like nothing happened.

Just like at noon, he suddenly decided to be caught by Zhifu Zhang and thrown into prison.

I don't know what his idea is, Zhan Hao should have his own ideas and countermeasures, after all, he is not the kind of owner who suffers for nothing.He may have clear instructions, but he didn't tell himself that's all.

I remembered what he said to Qiu Langxing and Chong Lian at noon, "You guys will be smarter later, play by ear, and then go to the prison first." Look, Qiu Langxing and Chong Lian obviously knew something, but he just told him Zhan Hao sent him back to Changzhou like a fool!This feeling of being excluded...is really subtle.

Dead Leaf sat on the ground silently, unable to tell what it was like for a moment.He just felt that a little paw was scratching, and the little beast was roaring, making him extremely disturbed.

I don't know if what he said is true.It's helpless for Fang Qiu to be restrained by them, but if Ji Tang... thinks of the ambiguous expression on Nian Yuqing's face, Dead Leaf can't restrain the anger in his heart.If something really happened to Ji Tang, if something really happened to Nian Yuqing to her, he will definitely pay that bastard back!Wherever he touched Ji Tang on his body, he chopped that place up!

Thinking of this, Dead Leaf couldn't sit still.Ji Tang may be in their hands, if he delays for a moment, Ji Tang will suffer for a moment, but the horse behind him is still grazing, and forcing it to run will probably kill it.Forget it, anyway, the rest of the journey is not far away, and it's the same for him to rush over with lightness kung fu.

So the dead leaf patted his pants and stood up, went to the horse and touched its head: "After you have a rest, go back by yourself, I will take a step first." After finishing speaking, he turned and jumped on the tree. Flying away like a bird.The horse raised its head and blinked, then neighed loudly in the direction he was leaving.

Just a moment later, the dead leaves arrived at Changzhou Mansion.At this moment, he finally felt the condition of the horse. Under the continuous running, there was a continuous high temperature in his chest, and a hot sweetness in his throat could not be dispelled.Coupled with the hot weather, the sweat on my body was dry and wet, wet and dry all the way down.But under his impatience, he didn't care so much, and ran to the exhibition house after entering the city gate, holding his breath in his heart, and there was no way to relax.

After a while, the dead leaves arrived at the door.The door of the exhibition house was closed, and a few pedestrians were walking on the road in front of the door, in a calm and hurried manner, and it didn't look like any major incident had happened.Withered Ye frowned, didn't bother to knock on the door, and went directly over the wall.As soon as he landed in the front yard, he saw Min Wei in pink holding a black and white fluffy ball, standing under the crape myrtle tree and staring at him with big eyes.

Dead Leaf was stunned, and felt an inexplicable sense of embarrassment for a moment, as if she had been caught doing something bad.He stood up awkwardly, with a tense face, hesitant to speak.Min Wei blinked her eyes, and it took a while before she spoke: "Why are you back? Where's the young master?"

"He's still in Suzhou..." Withered Ye twisted her head and said, suddenly thinking of Ji Tang, her awkward expression immediately became serious, "Where's Ji Tang? Is she okay?"

Minwei stared, with a puzzled expression on her face: "What's going to happen to Ji Tang? She just bathed the cat in the morning, here, the gun is still running around, covered in ashes again." As she said, the little girl put her hands in her hands. Send the fluffy balls to the dead leaves.

Hearing that Ji Tang was fine, Dead Ye couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.Then, when she heard her talking about guns and guns, she immediately remembered that it was the cat that Uncle Zhong liked.He squinted and rubbed towards Minwei, only then did he see clearly the ball of fur in her hand—gray-blue eyeballs, white body and black tail, and when he saw a stranger, he rubbed it into the socket of his hand in fear, " "Mi", who is it if it's not a gun?

"Why is it still so small?" Withered Ye stared blankly at the little cat, and couldn't help but reach out and stroke its small head.Min Wei gave him a funny look, and said, "How many days has it been? A one-month-old kitten is only this big! Here, take it, I still have things to do. You can take it to the east courtyard to give it to Ji." Tang."

After finishing speaking, Min Wei stuffed the gun into the dead leaf's arms involuntarily.Hugging the dead leaf in a hurry, I felt an inexplicable sense of oppression for a while... Isn't it just a little girl?So arrogant, so flamboyant!Holding the gun in both hands, he suddenly looked down at it with some displeasure.Qiangqiang was already frightened by the aura on his body so that he didn't dare to move, but now he was even more frightened, and his embarrassing eyes that were already drooping instantly drooped even more pitifully.Dead Leaf looked at it and felt that she was about to see tears in the little guy's eyes.

Well...he looked back with a guilty conscience, hugged the kitten and walked to the east courtyard.The cat clung to his clothes, didn't know if it disliked his smelly body or something, in short, it stretched out its little paws and pushed him a few times in a frenzy.Withered Ye pursed her lips, and pinched its ears dirty with her hands, thinking that this little guy still has a cleanliness habit!I also know that my body is dirty, why don't I just take a shower later?

Entering the east courtyard, Dead Leaf immediately saw Ji Tang sitting under the magnolia tree grooming the little mandarin ducks, and this time his heart was completely relieved.Ji Tang turned sideways to him, and didn't realize it at first, but the little mandarin duck had good ears, and after a "meow", he sprang up and ran towards him.Withered Ye watched the little mandarin duck running towards him cheerfully at the door, and her scalp felt a little numb for a moment.He hurriedly put the gun in his hand on the ground, and then reached out to catch the little mandarin duck that came in like a small cannonball.This force was not light, and Dead Leaf's arms were a little sore from the shock.

Ji Tang turned his head and saw him. He was surprised at first, and then couldn't help laughing loudly: "Brother Cen, it seems that the little mandarin duck still likes it."

you. "

The dead leaf walked away while avoiding the licking and kissing of the little mandarin duck, and walked to the gun gun. The little guy stood on tiptoe and wanted to run out, but he hooked it with his toes quickly and grabbed it in his hand: "This guy , Tsk, is it a cat? Is this a dog?" Withered Ye was so helpless, he walked up to Ji Tang and sat down, and handed her the gun.Ji Tang held his gun and laughed, and said, "Brother Cen, why did you come back?"

"Uh..." Dead Leaf didn't know what to say.He thought about the fluttering little mandarin duck for a while, and then said: "I'm the only one who came back, and something happened at noon today, so..." He just said here, a small orange bird with a black border Flying in the air, it landed on Ji Tang's hands with a flutter.Ji Tang glanced at him, and the dead leaf stopped talking in a timely manner—there was a roll of gray-brown paper on the bird's leg, it should be a tip from somewhere.

Ji Tang took off the paper, unfolded it and looked at it quickly for a while.Seeing her expression gradually becoming serious, Dead Leaf felt uneasy in her heart: "What did it say?"

"It's nothing, it's what you wanted to tell me just now." Ji Tang frowned and sighed, then tore up the small note and buried it in the soil: "That Nian Yuqing, how could he have my clothes? ?”

Dead Leaf pondered for a while with dark eyebrows, and said, "It's a goose-yellow thin shirt, do you have any impression?"

"The goose-yellow clothes?" Ji Tang raised his eyebrows, with an epiphany on his face, and a somewhat dumbfounding expression: "That dress was left behind when I went to visit the old servant of the Zhan family, how could it be picked up by those people?" gone?"

"They probably went there to steal it." Withered Ye said, her complexion gradually turned a little bit bad, and Ji Tang's expression also started to look a little bad: "They have been to Cuiling."

"Will those old people be in danger?"

"I'm not sure, I'll inform Brother Zheng first, and ask him to send someone to look over there." Ji Tang said, and immediately got up and walked to the room.The dead leaves also went in, and Ji Tang took out a small note and a needle-like thing from the cabinet, and started to puncture the paper with the tea in the cup.Withered Ye buried her body and tried to read her handwriting clearly, but he obviously forgot the lesson he had learned in Suzhou, the small words were so densely arranged that his eyes were sore.

The little bird outside the house jumped in at this time, stood on the finger of the dead leaf pressing the table, raised its head and looked at him.This gesture reminded him of Xiaodouzi involuntarily, that bird was so familiar... Thinking of its flirtatious little eyes, Dead Leaf shivered all over.

Ji Tang saw him and the bird staring at me and staring at you from the side, and the expression on his face became a little more relaxed: "This bird is a mountain sparrow, and he is still a boy. He is naughty. Today's news came too late. No, I'm not unprepared, I guess this guy went somewhere to eat fruit on the way." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and rolled the small note around the bird's leg, then stroked its head, giving a Give it a peanut: "You can't eat too much, you are too fat. Chirp, go to Dongdong and ask him to give you corn kernels."

The bird fluttered away with the peanut in its mouth, and the dead leaf stood there with disillusionment on its face: "Dongdong?"

"It's Brother Zheng." Ji Tang blinked his eyes, and smiled slightly with his lips bent: "The little guys are relatively stupid, they can only understand monosyllables, I am Tang Tang, and Min Wei is Wei Wei. These little birds are the most I like Sister Chonglian because she is a bug."

"Then..." Withered Ye said with a speechless face, "What is Zhan Hao?"

"You said young master," Ji Tang laughed wickedly, his voice lowered for some reason, "We call him Xiao Xiao."

Dead Leaf: "..."

Ji Tang continued to laugh: "Someone suggested calling him Da Da, but Sister Minwei said it sounded like she was going to the toilet, so she called her Xiao Xiao. Even the young master didn't know about this, and we never told him."

Dead Leaf: "...Okay."

This time Ji Tang was really happy.She waved her hand at the dead leaves and said, "Brother Cen, you are tired from rushing here like this. I'll ask someone to get you bath water. You smell like sweat."

Withered Leaf watched the little girl run out with some embarrassment, until Ji Tang was gone, he picked up the collar and stuck it carefully to his nose.As soon as he smelled it, Dead Leaf immediately showed a broken and disgusted expression on his face.He held his breath and loosened his collar, and regretted it for a moment: he dared to go to someone with such a smell, and he was not afraid of fuming his little girl!

At this time, Qiangqiang, who was lying on the table shaking his tail and wanted to go down to play, made a pitiful "Mi" and drew his attention back.Dead Leaf stared at it for a long time, then suddenly remembered - where did Little Horn go?

When Ji Tang led the people to bring the bathtub in, the dead leaves had already searched up and down the room.Xiao Jiao was really not there, but Wu Yun Gaixue and Hang Yin Tuo Gun were nestled on his bed.The two kittens raised their big ears and saw him, a stranger, approaching. They were so frightened that they could only meow, and they didn't even know how to run.

Ji Tang watched him rummaging through boxes at the door, and asked, "Brother Cen, what are you doing?"

"I..." Withered Leaf retracted her head from under the desk in embarrassment, "I'm looking for Xiaojiao."

"Her!" Ji Tang smiled, and waved his hands to ask people to put the bathtub away: "The girl is living wild, I don't know if she is in the west courtyard or the back garden, and she will come back at night."

"Ah, yes." Withered Ye scratched her hair, turned her head to look at the bucket of water, and said falteringly, "Then, I'd better take a bath first."

Ji Tang smiled and nodded, then went to the closet and took out a blue-gray linen summer suit and put it on the table: "Young Master asked someone to make this for you before you went to Suzhou. If you don’t have any clothes, just wear this.” After speaking, the little girl walked out with a smile.Withered Ye stared blankly at the dress, and for a while was tangled in her mind, not knowing what her thoughts were.

After taking a bath, Dead Leaf finally felt better.He tried on the blue-gray summer jacket. It was cut loosely, the belt was tied, and the cuffs and underarms felt empty.A bit uncomfortable, but refreshing and cool.

When the body is relaxed, the mind is also relaxed.Dead Leaf sat by the porch, and just as her hair dried, her eyes narrowed from sleepiness.At this time, it was almost dusk, and the sun was hanging on the edge of the treetops, and it was setting little by little.He leaned against the pillar and sat vaguely for a while, but he was so sleepy that he had to stand up and yawn and walk into the room.

Wu Yun and Gu Yin didn't seem to like running around, and kept nestling beside his pillow.At this time, the little mandarin duck was also there, and when he saw him coming, he meowed twice.Qiangqiang didn't know where he went, that cat with embarrassing eyes looked timid, but also quite mischievous.Withered Ye lay on the bed, looking sideways at the litter of cats, thinking that there was still a whipping hydrangea, um, maybe it must have gone somewhere to play.

In a daze, he fell asleep with his head tilted like this.The little mandarin duck stared at him for a long time, then cautiously stretched its nose over, and kissed him lightly on the cheek.Seeing that their mother was so close to this man, the two kittens also grunted and squeezed towards the dead leaves, sniffing him eagerly, sticking out their little tongues to lick him from time to time.

Dead Leaf sniffled itchyly in her sleep, turned over, and continued to sleep.

He fell into a sleepy sleep for more than two hours, and it wasn't until midnight that Dead Leaves woke up slowly.As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw a little bastard stepping on his half-exposed chest.The small pads on the soles of the feet are soft and tough, and the tail wags leisurely from side to side, looking unhurried.

It has a small white body, and only has a large triangular black spot on the left eye.Compared with when he was born, he has grown up a lot, but he still has a round head and a small belly, and his eyes are also round, which looks very cute.

Withered Leaf sat up slightly, stared at her for a long time, then stretched out her hands after a while, supported the little guy's armpits and lifted her up: "Xiaojiao."

The girl Xiaojiao didn't respond to him, she just tilted her head and blinked her eyes inquiringly.After a while, the little guy lowered his head and smelled the smell on his hands, and then he called softly: "Miwu."

Well, it really looks like a drag.

Dead Leaf looked at her, and before he himself noticed, a faint smile appeared on his lips.After a while, Xiaojiao broke away from his hand and jumped onto his lower abdomen again.The guy stood on the dead leaf's abs, staring at him intently, as if he was thinking about something.After a while, the little tail shook, raised its little paw and started to walk forward.Walked over the ribs, walked over the chest, and finally got into the hair of the dead leaves, and lay on his shoulders.

Then, the eldest lady let out a contented "Niao~" sound, and her little head rubbed against his neck softly.Withered Leaf smiled and reached out to rub her belly, supported her to stand up, straightened her clothes with one hand and went out.

After sleeping for so long, my stomach is going to be hungry and I have to find something to eat.Withered Ye muttered in his heart, holding his round buttocks in his hands, as soon as he walked out of the room, he saw Ji Tang sitting under the magnolia tree in the yard, with a root carved tea tray in front of him, enjoying the moon and drinking leisurely Tea.

Withered Ye walked over silently, and curled her lips to meet the little girl's smiling face: "Drinking tea at night, you are not afraid that you will not be able to sleep."

"It's cooked Pu'er, it doesn't matter." Ji Tang smiled and took out a food box from the other side of his body, and put it on a small tree stump stool: "You've only woken up now after sleeping, and the food is a bit cold. Are you ok?"

Withered Leaf sat down opposite her, reached out and put the little corner on her lap, and then took the food box over: "It's a hot day, it's still uncomfortable to eat hot food, it's better to cool it down."

Ji Tang bent his lips, and hugged Xiaojiao with a smile: "This demon king really likes you, he climbed on you when we met, he is usually very arrogant, and it's a charity for anyone to touch." The dead leaf didn't care Last time I said, he was gobbling it, his mouth was full of food.Ji Tang turned his face to see his hungry ghost, and couldn't help laughing.She was sitting opposite, and the moonlight reflected the flowered copper mask on the face of the dead leaves very mottled and beautiful.Ji Tang stared at it for a long time, and said, "This new mask is so beautiful, the young master must have asked Master Fan to make it for you."

Hearing this, Dead Leaf's movement of stuffing rice into her mouth paused for a moment, and after a while, she slowly started to move her chopsticks again.Ji Tang didn't expect him to answer, but just petted the cat and looked up at the moon in the sky.

The weather is just right tonight. At night, the heat of the day has faded away, and there are even wisps of cool wind blowing over.The summer insects were screaming in the yard, and there was a small incense burner next to it, in which the herbs to repel mosquitoes were being gently smoked.Herbs emitted after being licked by flames

It smells fresh and burnt, which makes people feel comfortable and comfortable.

"It would be great if the young master is here." Ji Tang said suddenly, and the dead leaf buried his head at the side, unable to see his expression, Ji Tang could only faintly hear him vaguely "well" in the soft chewing sound. "A cry.Hearing this word, the little girl couldn't help showing a knowing smile on her indifferent face, her big eyes drooped, and she glanced at this awkward guy vaguely.

"Brother Zheng sent a letter just now, saying that there are indeed traces of people walking around Cuiling, but the old people are fine. There were no people there in the past, and now they will send some over there, telling us not to worry." Ji Tang said in a low voice. After thinking about these few sentences, he said again: "Brother Zheng also said that the people of the Lin family don't know what kind of mind they are in, and they have started to make some moves recently. He will come to you tomorrow, and the young master asked Chong Lian to send a letter to you." He asked you to help keep an eye on Fang Qiu."

Withered Leaves put down her chopsticks, raised her head with a sullen face, and wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand: "Fang Qiu's background has been exposed. They thought Fang Qiu was Zhan Hao's son, and Lin Zhihuan might not treat him kindly."

Ji Tang raised his eyes to look at him, and was a little uncertain for a moment: "Then, is Fang Qiu the young master's child?"

"I don't know, Zhan Hao said no."

"That's it." Ji Tang breathed a sigh of relief, his expression was no longer so worried.She sat and thought for a while, and then began to pack the dishes: "Since the young master said so, then it must not be. Brother Cen, don't think too much, Lin Zhihuan has a deep obsession with the young master, and the young master has not returned yet in Suzhou , so I think he doesn’t know what to do with Fangqiu.” She reached out and handed the little corner to the dead leaf, stood up and said, “I’ll go back first, you probably won’t be able to sleep, but don’t stay too late. This little There are mosquito-repelling herbs in the incense burner, remember to take it with you wherever you go, or you will not be bitten by mosquitoes."

After finishing speaking, Ji Tang waved his hand reassuringly, turned around and walked out.The dead leaf sat under the tree, a little dazed.Look up at the moonlight through the leaves of the magnolia tree, look at the dark blue sky, in the quiet yard, the sound of insects in the grass is very clear.Dead Leaf couldn't help but think of that night, the scene where Zhan Hao was drinking under the flower stand for no reason.Until now, he didn't know why that guy suddenly became idle that night, and he didn't know whether he was drunk or not.

When helping him walk across the lotus pond, Zhan Hao lost his nerve, and was thrown by the pond by himself.

I don't know if the lotus in the pond is blooming now.

Dead Leaf didn't think about what she liked before, but now that she has been with Zhan Hao for more than three months, her temper seems to be a little slower than before.Thinking of the wild flowers that Zhan Hao gave him before, sometimes it is really interesting to think about it carefully.

Gradually, I began to understand why the man planted so many flowers and plants.

Now standing by the pond, standing in the moonlight, the lotus leaves all over the pond sway gently in the wind, and the night wind brings a different kind of fragrance.Withered Ye was holding a small censer and looking at the lotus pond in front of him, while Xiao Jiao was lying on his shoulder drowsily.A few flower buds are hidden behind the wide lotus leaves, and occasionally a flower tip is exposed, as if probing the brain.

Under the moonlight, these creatures seem to be talking.

Little Jiao'er didn't know if he hadn't slept soundly, and rubbed his neck with her little paw.Withered Leaf reached out and grabbed her, hugged her into her arms, lowered her head and let out a barely audible sigh, then turned and walked back.

I don't know how it is in Suzhou.He had sneaked into that place in the prison, and the young master Zhan Hao probably couldn't get used to that kind of environment.Thinking about it, he couldn't help but snort, gloating uncontrollably: Who told him that he was mentally ill, he would go to prison if he didn't know where to go.At that time, the situation was not without other solutions, but it was just a bunch of bastards, a magistrate, and Lin Zhihuan.Could it be that Zhan Hao still has old feelings for that Lin?

Thinking of this possibility, Dead Leaf couldn't help frowning, and smiled coldly in her heart.Is Zhan Hao sick? He dumped him a few years ago, and now he feels sorry for him?Really, unreasonable.

Thinking about it, Dead Ye hugged Xiaojiao, frowned, and kicked a stone under his feet vigorously.The little stone fell into the water with a "plop", and the dead leaf saw a small black figure flying out of the lotus leaf in fright by the movement, and landed on a short tree in front of it.He stared, suddenly felt a little strange—it was so late, and there were still birds awake?

Withered Leaf walked over cautiously, until he got closer, he could clearly see that it was a small bird with a red head and a black body.The little guy was standing on a tree branch, his black eyes were fluttering, and he was looking at him with his head tilted.

——Little Douzi.

At that moment, Dead Leaf felt that all the anger in her heart was gone, and her body was instantly filled with a sense of powerlessness.He put the little horn on his shoulder, stretched out his hand to lead the bird to his finger, raised it to his eyes and asked helplessly, "Why are you here?"

"Chirp, (≧ω≦)!" The little guy still liked him very much, rubbing his round head happily against his hand.Seeing its unscrupulous appearance, Dead Leaf couldn't help rolling her eyes: "Aren't you from Zhan Hao's place? Why did you come here?"

"(⊙ω⊙), Chirp?" Bird tilted his head, making an appearance of "I don't know anything".The dead leaf wanted to reach out and knock it, this bastard bird, the master is suffering in prison, but it is happy outside!Followed him to Changzhou in a daze, and now he is still pretending to be stupid!Dead Leaf was a little suffocated, and it took a while to remember what Ji Tang said, these little guys can only understand monosyllables—could it be that he said "Zhan Hao" just now, so it didn't know?

So Dead Leaf changed her name and asked tentatively, "That... Xiaoxiao, isn't he in Suzhou?"

But this time Xiaodouzi understood, and jumped happily on his hand.Withered Ye looked down at it, wanting it to fly to Zhan Hao, but didn't understand the point of doing so.At this time, Xiaojiaoer, who was lying on his shoulders, got up and looked straight at Xiaodouzi. The four little claws were eager to try, and the hooks that stretched out scratched the skin of the dead leaves with a dull pain.

"Hey, you'd better go first." The dead leaf felt bad, so she whispered to Xiaodouzi, raised her hand and threw it out.The little bird circled in the night sky, and then flew away with a flutter.Seeing that the prey was gone, Little Jiao'er seemed a little unhappy, and scratched his shoulder several times with his little claws.Withered Leaf grinned for a while, stretched out her hand to hug it, and angrily took it back to teach her a lesson.

Half a quarter of an hour later, in the high window of the dungeon in Suzhou Mansion, against the moonlight, a bird fluttered in.Someone sitting idly on the cold, damp floor of the dungeon heard the sound of wings beating, so he raised his hand with a chuckle, and the bird landed on his finger.

"Why did you come back?"

"Chirp~(≧ω≦)!"

"He called you here?"

"Chirp! (⊙ω⊙)!"

"Hey, it seems that the little fox still misses me, duplicity... really awkward."

"Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp~! (≧ω≦)!"

Looking at the expression of approval on the bird's hand, the other party let out a few low-pitched chuckles.Slightly dirty clothes, slightly messy hair, and a calm expression on his face - even in a distressed situation, his leisurely demeanor as the head of the Zhan family did not diminish in the slightest.

From noon to now, it has been nearly five hours since Zhan Hao was imprisoned, not even a drop of water or a grain of rice.He didn't feel too uncomfortable, he always ate less, but the air in the prison was dirty, humid and hot, which made him a little unbearable.

Zhan Hao sat cross-legged on the dry straw, and after a while he reached out to touch his hair. The hair crown that Mingying helped tie up in the morning was a little loose, so he simply took it off.Putting the blood-colored rouge jade hair crown aside, Xiaodouzi immediately bounced towards it, pecked at it with his beak, and touched it with his short tongue with his mouth open.Zhan Hao straightened his hair and saw this scene, a faint smile appeared on his mouth: "That's not it, don't touch it, or I will be scolded by Ming Ying."

"Chirp, (⊙ω⊙)!" The little guy jumped on Zhan Hao's shoulder, and poked his neck again.Zhan Hao dodged in pain, lowered his eyes and said helplessly: "I don't have any, there is only one of that thing."

When Xiaodouzi heard this, a pair of black eyes faintly showed some disappointment.Zhan Hao scratched its belly, and said, "Go back, don't let him see it, or you should suspect us." Little Douzi winked at him, then twisted his little tail, and flew out flutteringly up.

The original silence returned to the cell.Zhan Hao lowered his head in boredom, breathing deeply.There was no one in the cell opposite and around him, but the magistrate was generous.When he first came in, Zhan Hao still remembered that the guard at the gate looked at him anxiously, as if he was afraid that he would eat people.

It's not that I can't, but I can't afford to eat you, you crooked melon and cracked dates.

At this time, there was a slight noise from the direction of the prison door, and then a light smoke slowly drifted in.Zhan Hao looked at the familiar figure sneaking out of the smoke, feeling helpless in his heart.

Speaking of Qiu Langxing, his brain is really easy to use, but he just doesn't know which tendon is wrong, and he keeps nagging strangely.When he has nothing to do, his whole body itches, and he wants to tease this one and that one, and he must be forced to give him a hard lesson, and then he will settle down.

Uncle Zhong said that he was a lowly man by nature and there was no cure for it.Now that I think about it, I was really right.

Well, at this time, that always unscrupulous guy came out of the smoke with a bamboo pipe in his hand, with a look of success on his face.Zhan Hao could barely resist the urge to roll his eyes, suppressed his voice and said: "Didn't I tell Chong Lian to ask her to find that person to dig a tunnel here? It doesn't take much time to dig it from the passage under the road in front of the official gate. What are you doing with the mist..." Before she finished speaking, the girl Chonglian who was supposed to obey the orders obediently walked over holding a bamboo tube and looking around.When he arrived in front of Zhan Hao's prison, he stood still without a gesture, his eyes turned to the front, and he looked at his master very calmly and innocently, with an expression of absence.

Zhan Hao raised his forehead: "..." Well, I thought I was counting on Chonglian, but I forgot that this guy is sometimes unreliable.

Qiu Langxing didn't think much of it, he was still excited holding up the bamboo tube: "I just saw someone selling this in the alley when I went back. These petty bourgeois things have never been used before, why don't you buy them and use them! Bahaha, the effect seems to be pretty good." After speaking, he had to shake the tube tremblingly.

Zhan Hao silently supported his forehead, adjusted his expression, and said, "How about what I told you to do now?"

"Well, what about this?" Qiu Langxing squatted down, dug in his sleeve, took out a stack of papers and handed it to Zhan Hao, "I searched at Yu Yonglin's house, but I didn't find anything useful. Those ancestral folk remedies should have been taken away. However, there are a few manuscripts, which contain some inexplicable medicinal materials, which seem to be interesting."

Zhan Hao stretched out his hand to take them, and checked them one by one.The names of the medicinal materials and their corresponding medicinal properties were all recorded on those few sheets of paper. They looked a bit unfamiliar, but their properties were quite consistent, either hallucinogenic or addictive.Zhan Hao lowered his eyes, handed the papers back to Qiu Langxing, and asked, "Where is Dai Yue now?"

"Lin Zhihuan and the others set off back to Changzhou this afternoon, and of course Dai Yue was taken away too! It's not like you don't know that she was given the kind of medicine, and she couldn't escape even if she wanted to." Qiu Langxing shrugged indifferently, and put The few pieces of paper were stuffed back into the sleeves: "Lin Zhihuan seemed to have expected that she would tip you off, so he wasn't too surprised, so he sneered a couple of times—" As he spoke, Qiu Langxing imitated and twitched mouth, "Then left with a cold-faced man in black."

"Oh," Zhan Hao chuckled, "Does he not care about Yan Qi anymore?"

"What's the deal with such a prodigal son?" Qiu Langxing glanced at him strangely: "I don't care if it's me."

As soon as he said this, Chong Lian, who had been silent beside him, squinted and despised him.

Zhan Hao also raised his eyes and stared at him for a moment, not in any contempt, but rather gloating.Qiu Langxing's back was a little hairy from his eyes, he couldn't help but stand up with his eyes wide open, he stepped back vigorously, and kicked Chonglian to the front.Chong Lian rolled his eyes at him, then turned to Zhan Hao, and continued to report work in a flat tone:

"Uncle Zhong has already gone to the Kaifeng Mansion, and it is estimated that there will be an answer in three to five days. But now the people in Kaifeng Mansion are busy with a treason case, which seems to be a bit tricky, so it may not be taken seriously. Changzhou Bian just received a letter saying that Ji Tang was fine, they were just using a pretense to lure the dead leaves back. As for what the purpose is, you can figure it out for yourself. It’s just that those people have walked around Cuiling, and they don’t know what they want to do. What are you doing?"

"Where's Fang Qiu, how are Fang Qiu and Ma Qingyun doing?" Zhan Hao calmly added a question after listening.At this time, Chong Lian suddenly gave him a sympathetic look, and said, "Fang Qiu is fine, but Brother Zheng said that Ma Qingyun's sanity seems to have collapsed, and she babbled nonsense all day long without knowing what to say. They have been locked up by them these days." In one room, the guards were tight."

Hearing this, Zhan Hao's eyes became deeper and darker, and his mood was darkened.