[Old Nine Gates] The concubine is polite

Waking up sweating profusely, Li Yan touched her throbbing chest, got up and went into the bathroom to rinse briefly, and changed out of her sweaty pajamas.Looking around the empty bedroom, Li Yan sat on the sofa in the bedroom with a wry smile, took a sip of cold water with a cup in his hand, swallowed it slowly, and gradually calmed down the restless emotions in his heart.

After sitting for about ten minutes, Master Zhang still didn’t come back. I thought it was the easy mode of "Old Nine Gates", but after getting the memory of the original owner, I realized that it was the hard mode. Li Yan was as worried as a boudoir With a straight face, he walked out of the bedroom and walked to the study on the second floor.

Walking halfway, I suddenly remembered that I don't know if the housekeeper brought supper to Buddha, so I turned around and went downstairs to ask the housekeeper in person.

In the middle of the night, the housekeeper didn't even sleep. Seeing Li Yan going downstairs, he asked suspiciously, "Does Madam need anything?"

"Did Buddha eat supper?" Li Yan gathered his coat, the temperature in Changsha City at night was not low.

"Not yet, I delivered it once fifteen minutes ago, but the Buddha is in the study, and it's inconvenient to disturb, so I brought it back."

"Passing guests?" Li Yan thought about the plot of the old nine gates, and instantly remembered that the Buddha failed to invite the second master at this time, and asked the soldiers to invite Qi Tiezui to the house in the middle of the night.

"It's okay, leave the supper to me, and I'll take it myself."

"Madam, please wait a moment. I'll ask the servants to heat it up and serve it up." The housekeeper showed a gratified smile on his face, and sat down with satisfaction.

Carefully carrying three midnight snacks, Li Yan slowly walked up the stairs on the second floor. Unexpectedly, the door of the study at the end was not closed. human conversation.Li Yan blinked, thinking that even if he didn't eavesdrop, he already knew the content of the conversation between the three of them, but this mansion is long and the night is long, and the woman who can't wait for her husband is already bored enough to plant grass. In such a situation, it would be a pity for such a good opportunity not to make an eavesdropping act.Li Yan timidly took off her shoes, and slowly approached the door of the study with her bare feet, and slowly squatted down against the wall to hide her figure. The poor midnight snack was left in the corridor not far away.

"... I didn't expect the second master to be so decisive. He didn't even give face to the Buddha if you went to invite him in person." Qi Baye spoke in the unique fortune-teller accent, which made Li Yan especially happy.

"Second Lord won't help, we will do it ourselves." Zhang Foye's calm voice heard in his ears, and there was an inexplicably trustworthy and reassuring force.

"Buddha, we don't have any clues. Hey, we don't even know which tomb the coffin came from. We thought that the second master is an expert in the tombs of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, so we can know where the coffin came from from him. But it's better now, alas." Ba Ye's tone rose and fell naturally from exclamation to discouragement.

"Who said we don't know where the coffin came from?"

As they spoke, the three of them walked away from the door to the side room where the map was placed. Hearing the sound gradually drifting away, Li Yan lightly thumped his numb legs, and simply sat on the ground and patiently waited for the three of them. When can I find myself.

Suddenly there was the sound of a teacup hitting the table, and then came Qi Baye's excited voice: "That's right! That's the reason, eh, Lord Buddha, you are so clever, you can actually find out the origin of the train from the railway map, Great, hey." Li Yan, who shrank from fright, gritted her teeth secretly.

"······ All the lines in the northeast have been blown up, and the railway tracks in the northeast have been blown up, but you see, the track in Changsha along the northeast is in good condition. The mountains near Changsha are continuous, and there are often tracks in the mountains The mine, I'm sure the train came out of the mine."

"Mine?" Ba Ye was puzzled: "Hey, Lord Buddha, that area is not very peaceful recently. The Japanese don't know what kind of conspiracy they are planning. That area is full of their spies."

"No, the vicinity of the mine is so desolate, the Japanese will not go there even if they have a conspiracy."

"Unless they want to do a secret experiment!"

Seemingly aware of the seriousness of the matter, Zhang Foye's voice suddenly increased: "Get ready and set off tomorrow!"

"Yes!" The adjutant's firm voice responded.

Li Yan, who thought they were about to finish talking, got up happily from the ground, when Master Zhang Dafo suddenly roared: "Baye!" The two of them were frightened at once.As soon as Li Yan was nervous, his foot slipped and hit the outer wall of the study with a bang.

"Who's outside?" Accompanied by Adjutant Zhang's loud scolding, Li Yan, who had no intention of running away, was shot in the forehead by the adjutant who rushed out.

"Madam?" Seeing the eavesdropper's face clearly, the adjutant was startled and immediately withdrew his gun.

Patting the folds of the clothes on his body, Li Yan stood up straight without changing his expression, and said to the adjutant with a virtuous smile: "I heard from the butler that the eighth master is here, thinking that you are busy with business in the middle of the night, you must be hungry, so I specially send it to you. Come over for supper."

"..." The adjutant glanced at Li Yan's empty hand.

"Ahaha, I didn't want to disturb you, so I put it aside." Li Yan turned cheekily and went back to the corridor to retrieve the forgotten dinner plate.

Facing the weird eyes of the three, Li Yan lightly put down his supper, straightened his messy hair, and said with a gentle smile, "Eat, what are you looking at me for?"

Buddha's eyes signaled the adjutant to take a bowl, and he picked up the bowl himself, and tasted it in small mouthfuls. It was soft and waxy, with sweetness in the right temperature. He raised his head and responded with a smile to Li Yan: "Thank you for your hard work, why haven't you eaten yet?" rest?"

Qi Baye glanced at the husband and wife and Le Rongrong, and also reached out to take his share, and said bitterly: "Can I rest? Our Buddha hasn't gone back yet. As a concubine, how can I sleep well?" Sleep on it."

"You can't stop your mouth if you eat it." Ever since I had the memory of the original owner, the thought of dressing up as an aunt was heartbreaking.No wonder the people in the house did not call themselves Madam, but called themselves Madam. It is probably because there is only one mistress in the house, so the word aunt was given away.I have long felt strange that I called Zhang Qishan the Buddha because of unfamiliarity, but Zhang Qishan seemed to be accustomed to it and did not have a strange reaction. The lover is just an aunt, so how dare he call Zhang Qishan a husband.

"Eat your supper well." Zhang Foye also warned.

"Okay, if you bully me, a lonely family, you won't let me say a few words even if you're lonely late at night." Master Ba was aggrieved.

"Since you feel lonely, hurry up and find a wife." Zhang Foye joked.

"Then there must be something suitable." Eighth Master glanced at Li Yan who was smiling and looked at him, blinked his eyes, and suddenly raised his voice to pretend to be mysterious and counted: "I did the calculation, poor Daoist The marriage line is still in Yuelao's hands, Yuelao said that the time has not come yet, we still have to wait."

After the three of them finished their supper, Li Yan asked his servants to take away the plates, turned around and sat on the sofa again, looked at the three of them with a smile, and said, "Now you can continue."

"Ayan, we still have something to discuss, you should go back to your room and rest first." Buddha looked at Li Yan who was reluctant to leave and said helplessly.

"I've slept through it, and I'm not sleepy now. You let me know everything in the troupe, and now I want to help, but you drive me away?" Li Yan complained aggrievedly.

"I've thought about it. When your father entrusted you to me, he just didn't want you to get involved in the right and wrong. Now that the matter has a clue, I don't want to involve you unless it is a last resort." Yan said comfortingly on his shoulders.

Li Yan didn't think of a retort for a moment, and in a blink of an eye, he saw Ba Ye who was gloating at his misfortune, pointed at him and said, "If you don't let me participate, how can he, a poor fortune teller with no strength to restrain himself, go?"

"He's different."

Ba Ye, who was treated specially, smiled wryly and said: "Buddha, please forgive me. Our Qi family has three things that we don't want to see. I have broken the rules by participating in this anecdote. Don't you already have a clue now? What are you doing with me?"

Zhang Foye glanced over.

Ba Ye sighed: "No, Master Buddha, you also know that the mine is full of spies. You and Adjutant Zhang are very skilled in martial arts. Naturally, you are not afraid of anything. Just like A Yan said, I am such a fortune teller. Yes, a scholar, you can't hold it with your hands, you can't carry it with your shoulders, it's a burden if you take me with you, isn't it?" Facing the contemptuous eyes of the Buddha and the adjutant, Ba Ye stood up and cupped his hands: " Me, take my leave first."

Foye gestured to Adjutant Zhang with his eyes, and the adjutant stopped Ba Ye who wanted to leave with one hand, and Ba Ye looked back at Fo Ye helplessly.

Buddha got up, went to Ba Ye and adjusted his messy scarf, and sighed: "Ba Ye, you are talented, so don't be too humble."

Unable to bear the pressure, Qi Ba compromised and said: "Buddha, since this is the case, me, let me make a fortune for you, okay?" He took out a copper coin from his pocket, put it in his palm and shook it, Throwing it away, unexpectedly, it was snatched away by the Buddha.

Buddha put the copper coin to his ear as if listening to the sound, and said seriously: "This copper coin told me that you must go to the mine with me, don't worry, I will keep you safe, it's okay." Unlucky brother.

"Ba Ye, just come with us, don't be angry with Buddha." Adjutant Zhang also joined the persuasion team.

Qi Ba looked at the two people who trapped him in a pincer attack, and then looked back at Li Yan who was sitting on the sofa with an encouraging smile, and sighed that he was careless in making friends: "Forget it, this time, I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman , Master Buddha, no matter what, I have to go back and prepare, right?"

"En." Buddha turned his head to indicate that he could leave.

Qi Baye left with a sigh.

The two looked at the back of Qi Ba's departure, and the adjutant still had some concerns about the unknown adventure and Buddha's comfort: "Buddha, are you really going to stop trying to persuade the second master?"

"Second master won't go." Li Yan said lightly.

Zhang Qishan looked back at Li Yan and shook his head at the adjutant, who retreated regretfully.

"Let's go back and rest." Zhang Foye stretched out his right hand to Li Yan.

Li Yan suppressed the emotions in his eyes, raised his head and smiled again on his face: "Okay." He stood up calmly, took Zhang Qishan's arms with both hands, and walked side by side with Zhang Qishan.

Looking at Zhang Qishan's side face that always rarely smiles, Li Yan tightened his arms in his arms. These powerful arms seemed to give people an infinite sense of security.

Noticing the strangeness in his hand, Zhang Qishan looked sideways at Li Yan: "What's wrong?"

Li Yan shook her head: "It's a bit cold at night, let's go back to the bedroom quickly."

It was late at night, and after Zhang Qishan took off his military uniform and changed into his sleeping robes, the two of them finally lay down on the same bed again. Looking at Zhang Qishan's handsome face, their heart, which had no expectations at all, was inexplicably and nervously beating. stop.

"Go to sleep." After greeting Li Yan, Zhang Foye just closed his eyes and fell asleep.

"······" Li Yan tapped on her chest. She hasn't had the seven-year itch yet. How could she enter the old couple mode so quickly? It's too pitiful.

Controlling her breathing and gradually calming down, Li Yan looked at the ceiling, counting the sheep in her heart and praying to fall asleep as soon as possible.

On a starless and moonless night, when you can't see your fingers, taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the whole family of Li's family packed simple and precious luggage and quietly gathered at the entrance of the cave.Li Yan watched his family members jump into the robbery hole one by one, his eyes that had been numb and calm for many days gradually became watery.

The father who was the last one looked at the stubborn Li Yan and persuaded again: "Son, come with me. Now this place of right and wrong in Changsha City cannot stay for long. Your mother has been brutally murdered by the Japanese. I don't want to see that as a father." You, too, bear that fate."

Li Yan shook his head, his body tensed and his hands clenched into fists.

Seeing that Li Yan insisted on staying here, Father Li sighed: "My family is unfortunate, he is not your destination after all, child, let him go, I owe Zhang Qishan a year ago for my father, he is a good friend who values ​​love and righteousness. Erlang, as a father, I had a premonition that you would not leave with us, and if I can entrust you to him before leaving this time, as a father, I can leave with peace of mind." Father Li looked at Li Yan, who was alone, and couldn't bear it after all. He unloaded a package on his back and handed it to Li Yan: "Take it, although there is not much money in it, it is a little thought for my father."

Li Yan refused and did not accept it, and spoke for the first time, his young voice was extremely hoarse: "No, you have left me a lot, no matter how much, I can't use much by myself." With his backhand, he hung the package on Li Yan again. On the father's back, "Take it away, there are unknown dangers overseas, forgive the child for being unfilial, and cannot accompany you."

Father Li took another deep look at Li Yan's appearance, took a deep breath, turned around and jumped into the entrance of the robber's cave. There was a sound of the mechanism, and the entrance of the robber's cave was gradually sealed by a steel plate.

Li Yan looked at the gradually disappearing hole, and said goodbye silently: "This time, we may never see each other again. Father, I'm sorry, forgive me for failing to live up to your kindness."

Turning around and activating another mechanism, a rockery moved and pressed above the robbery cave. Li Yan looked around at the home he had lived in for many years. The moment he walked out of the back door, Li's mansion instantly burst into flames.

"Is it packed? Let's go." Zhang Qishan, who had been waiting at the back door of the Li Mansion, came out of the shadows, looked at Li Yan who was described as a bit embarrassed, hesitated a little, and stretched out his hand.

Li Yan looked at the man in front of him who would be entangled with him for the rest of his life, and slowly stretched out his hand to hold the other's hand: "Well, let's go."

A sigh floated in the sky over the Li Mansion: "I, who cares about others, how can I be worthy of a benefactor who extended a helping hand? I am willing to be a concubine and spend my whole life to pay for my sins..."