The lady is stunning, she hides her secrets

"Fat girl, what are you looking at?"

When the girls headed by Fat Ya heard the voice, they all turned their heads in surprise, and sure enough they saw Zhong Ling standing behind them, so they all beamed with joy.

"Zhong Ling, are you here? Come and see the hedgehog!"

"Hedgehog? I thought hedgehogs hibernate in winter."

The girls competed to answer: "Yes, but they always have to wake up two or three times a winter, come out to find something to eat, and then go back to sleep."

This is a hedgehog who lost his way in winter. After a heavy snowfall, he strayed into the village and was watched by everyone.

Now that Zhong Ling is here, the girls don't go to see the hedgehog, they all go to see the live beauty.

The fat girl came over to say hello, and asked, "Zhong Ling, why is there snow on your hair?"

Zhong Ling stroked his hair and shook off the snow: "I didn't pay attention when I went down the mountain just now, I scratched it."

The clothes on Zhong Ling exuded coldness, as if he had been outside for a long time.He was wearing a very ordinary gray suit today. If he was standing in the woods, he might not be found if he was far away.

Fat Ya was puzzled: "Why does it feel like you've been out for a while?"

"Probably looking at the snow scene, I was fascinated by it for a while. I used to be on the side of the river, and I didn't often see such heavy snow."

Zhong Ling said indifferently: "According to the calculation, it's about time for Ban Qing and the others to come back?"

Fat Ya said, "How do you know they're coming back? It's uncertain when they'll be back."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw that the head of the bandit den led a group of brothers back.

Ban Qing looked very happy, and shouted from a long distance: "Zhong Ling, come and see what we have grabbed!"

All the people in the village surrounded him.

Ban Qing's eyes brightened: "The passers-by who snatched it today brought a lot of delicious food in their hands. Look - I cut all the spicy rabbit diced."

Mrs. Ji came over at some point: "Not bad, not bad, this dinner is delicious, you have grabbed a lot, almost every family can share some."

Seeing Ban Qing and his brothers lively sharing the delicious spicy rabbit diced, Mr. Ji went back to the academy leisurely.

But when he turned his head and found that Zhong Ling was following him silently, Mr. Ji was shocked: "Are you walking without making a sound?"

Zhong Ling smiled slightly: "Are you free? Let's chat."

Master Ji went to ask the children to continue reading by themselves, and then invited Zhong Ling to the hut.

After making tea, the two talked behind closed doors.

Master Ji took a look at Zhong Ling: "Look at you, did you secretly follow Ban Qing when he went out to work today?"

Zhong Ling was noncommittal: "Looking at him, I feel relieved. But I didn't expect to find something else on this trip. Since I came here, there are some things that have puzzled me for a long time."

"Something, won't you ask Ban Qing?"

"If he could tell me, he would have told me a long time ago. But if he keeps silent, it means that he thinks he can't tell me. If that's the case, I don't want to force him, so I might as well come and talk to you."

Mrs. Ji nodded: "You are still responsible. Ban Qing is the most heartless and the person who is most likely to show his flaws. But you choose to ask me in a fair and honest manner, instead of following his set of words black-heartedly. That's all. Dot, I think you are still a good person."

Zhong Ling stared at the heat rising from the teacup, and slowly said: "As you guessed, I went down with Ban Qing today. I saw them snatch a walking merchant and take all the food he took with him. They were all taken away."

To be honest, it's okay to grab food, which fits Ban Qing's usual characteristics, Master Ji didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

But in Zhong Ling, in the eyes of normal people, this does not conform to the logic of "bandits".

Or it has been a long time, Zhong Ling has noticed Ban Qing's character a long time ago, he is quite strange as a bandit, and he has no intention of seeking money or killing his life at all.

But bandits don't steal money, so why do they have to be bandits?

"After grabbing the things, Ban Qing saw that the wandering merchant was pitiful, and deliberately threw the silver, pretending that he had fallen on the ground, and then brought his brothers back... After I came back, I kept thinking about it."

"If robbery is not about making money at all, why does he like being a bandit so much?"

Mr. Ji sipped his tea leisurely: "Who knows? It's you here, not me. Maybe it was he who lost the money with a shake of his hand."

"In your village, you can be self-sufficient in eating and drinking, and you don't need to go down the mountain to do bad things. Besides, Ban Qing's temper, how can he be like a bandit?"

Mrs. Ji said with a toothache: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, you and his family, it's good to see him anywhere, don't come out and show off."

"He was very good." This was Zhong Ling's only response to the old man's prevarication, and then he continued unaffected: "Five days ago, Fatty's brother Fatty disappeared, and at the same time he disappeared together. , and many familiar faces.”

"However, in the past two days, the number of men in the village has not decreased. It's not the group that left before that came back, but a new group... strange faces that I've never seen before.

Mr. Ji lowered his head to drink his tea, expressionless on his face.

"When I first came, Aunt Wang had only her and her youngest daughter at home. I always thought that there was no man in her family."

"It wasn't until the day before yesterday that her son and husband came back suddenly... I didn't realize that I had been here for three months, but I never knew that there was a male in her family."

Zhong Ling pondered and said: "No, it's not just their family. There are too many women and children in the village, and the number of men is too small. This ratio has never been right. Now it seems that your village is not short of men, but Men leave on a regular basis, so where did they... go?"

Mr. Ji put down his teacup, adjusted his sitting posture, and made himself look more serious: "To be honest, we are neighbors and neighbors. If we get along day and night like this, I know I can't hide it from you. You are not Ban Qing's head."

Zhong Ling: "You haven't answered my question yet."

Master Ji said, "I know you have guesses in your heart, but I won't tell you anything."

Zhong Ling frowned.

Ji Fuzi added: "But it's not forever, you are very popular in the village, and your cooking is so delicious...Well, don't worry, stay with us for a while, use time to prove your loyalty, Maybe we'll tell you."

Zhong Ling seems to have found out nothing at Mr. Ji's place.But from another perspective for him, he has got the information he needs.

He walked out of Master Ji's academy, the sun was hanging in the sky, but there were still snowflakes.

It is already December [-]th, and in a few days, it will be the Chinese New Year.

After the new year comes spring, when the spring returns to the land and the Kuanjiang River thaws, it takes only a few months to snap a finger.

At that time, what Zhong Ling needs to face is far from being comparable to the leisurely life he is living now.

What he is most worried about now is that next year the emperor will attack Shinan Mountain to avenge "Concubine Guan Ai" who was robbed by bandits and forced to jump off a cliff to commit suicide. What will happen then?

No matter what kind of hidden dangers there may be, he will stay in Jiangbei to eliminate them personally, and only after ensuring that Shinan Mountain will not be affected can he leave.

But after talking with Mr. Ji, he was less worried than he was [-]%.

He had a hunch that this bandit den would bring him some surprises.

And even if the emperor really sent someone, Zhong Ling would not panic.

It seems that it is whoever it is, at worst, it will be slaughtered, anyway, this is Zhong Ling's old business.

Zhong Ling walked slowly, breathed out a mouthful of mist, looked for Ban Qing in the distance, and waved.

Ban Qing ran over anxiously.

He rushed too fast, and the ground was slippery, Ban Qing rushed over his head, Zhong Ling wanted to pick him up, but was brought to the ground by this guy.

"Hey hey." Ban Qing was not really embarrassed, and said with a smile: "Sorry, I didn't stand firm."

Zhong Ling pulled Ban Qing up, and then Ban Qing "suddenly realized" and said: "Oh, there is snow on your back, I will help you pat it."

Before he could say "thank you", Zhong Ling felt Ban Qing's hand...and touched him clearly, his hand even touched Zhong Ling's butt, and then stood beside him with a red face and a smirk.

Zhong Ling: "..."

Seeing the beautiful woman looking at him with extremely strange eyes, Ban Qing said coyly: "I like you, can't I like you? Of course I want... I want to touch you and touch you more."

Zhong Ling looked at him for a while, then smiled helplessly and shook his head: "You."

Zhong Ling's clothes were already thin and wet from the snow. When Ban Qing saw it, he began to blame himself for messing around: "Let's go, go back and change clothes. Why are you wearing so little when you come out? Don't catch a cold." good."

"Aren't you wearing too much?"

Ban Qing said with a smile: "I have to work, and the clothes are too thick, which will affect my actions."

They went back to Ban Qing's room, Zhong Ling opened the closet familiarly, found a piece of his own clothes and came out.

Ban Qing was outside the bedroom, the door was a little open, he squeezed into a small head with a blushing face, he opened and closed his eyes, pretending that he was not peeking.

Zhong Ling: "..."

The kid's lust is getting bigger and bigger, is it sure that I have no bottom line for him?

Zhong Ling was silent for a while, and decided to use violence to control violence: "Come in if you want to see. Take off together, look at each other, no one will suffer, what do you think?"

Ban Qing froze for a moment, slammed the door shut with a "snap", and smoked silently outside the door.

Zhong Ling changed his clothes slowly, then went to open the door and let Ban Qing in.

Ban Qing blushed and didn't dare to look at him: "Ah... I didn't mean that, you, you..."

He hesitated for a while, and finally found a good topic: "Zhong Ling, after the new year, let's go to the Putuo Temple on the outskirts of Yuangang City to offer incense together! I...I want to go and fulfill my wish."

Zhong Ling agreed to him: "Then I will accompany you to burn incense, and you will accompany me to a place, okay?"

"Okay!"

Zhong Ling smiled: "When spring comes, would you like to cross the river with me and play there for a few months?"

The author has something to say: In the evening, Master Ji knocked on the door again with a bowl: Is there any food left?I've been saving money to beg my wife recently, and I'm too poor to let it go.

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