[Yang Xiao X Li Xunhuan] Zhuang Zhou

On the afternoon of the fifth day, the carriage drove into Lingzhou Mansion. I wanted to inquire about the location of Wednesday's Suan Mansion, but unexpectedly, I heard that the Zhou Mansion had been burned to ashes the day before yesterday. Yang Xiao and Li Xunhuan frowned .

The fire in the Zhou Mansion was rumored in the city. Master Zhou and his family went out to visit relatives. Unfortunately, the servant who stayed behind was clumsy and accidentally caused a fire while cooking. In addition, the weather was dry and the people around came to put out the fire. However, the fire was too fierce. The main house burned down.

After hearing this, the two looked at each other, and Yang Xiao said, "Either we came a step too late, or he set the fire himself."

Li Xun Huan sighed softly: "I think there is another, bigger possibility." After a pause, "We left early on Wednesday, but those Turkic people started the fire."

Yang Xiao thought it made sense, nodded and said, "Well, no matter what, let's go to Zhou's house first, maybe we can find something."

After discussing it, he ordered the coachman to go to the Zhou Mansion. There was no one in the city who didn't know the Zhou Mansion. He could find out the location of the Zhou Mansion after a little inquiry. As soon as the carriage turned into the street where the Zhou Mansion was located, it suddenly felt much deserted. Maybe Neighbors felt unlucky, so they either moved or stayed with relatives temporarily. Many houses on the street closed their doors.

"Masters, the Zhou Mansion is in front of you."

Li Xun Huan ordered, "Keep going, don't stop, and don't speed up."

The carriage drove slowly in front of the blackened Zhou Mansion, and Yang Xiao watched the situation outside the street through the crack of the curtain. There were a few pedestrians, who seemed nothing special, so he said, "If you want to prove your conjecture, tonight We'll have to sleep in the city."

"I heard that the Yunfeng Inn here has a ten-year-old cellar, which is very famous. It's a good time to try it." Li Xunhuan said with a smile.

Yang Xiao turned his head and stared at Li Xun Huan for a while, and said, "You seem to have a plan in mind, so you're not worried that Wednesday will fall into the hands of those Turkic people?"

"Why don't you worry—but it's easier for us to find a breakthrough than to find Wednesday, don't you think?"

Yang Xiao nodded and didn't say anything else. He looked at Li Xun Huan and suddenly understood the reason why Li Xun Huan always made him feel unhappy. A person who sees things too clearly, once there is a choice, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of helplessness.

"what happened?"

"We're friends, aren't we?"

Li Xun Huan was startled, and a faint smile floated on his lips: "Of course."

The carriage brought the two of them to Yunfeng Inn, Li Xunhuan paid the coachman a lot of silver, and told him not to go back and wait in the city for ten days, and if they didn't need the carriage after ten days, they would let him go, the coachman took the silver and was full of heart. Joyfully agreed.

Lingzhou Prefecture is a town with the largest population and the most developed agriculture and business in Yinchuan. There are always many guests in Yunfeng Inn. The two asked for two adjacent upper rooms, and found an unremarkable table to eat first. He accidentally heard the news from the waiter in the shop that a small yard behind the inn was occupied by a team of bodyguards two days ago, and the two couldn't help but glanced at each other.

"Two days ago, what a coincidence..."

"Isn't it too blatant for you to say that?"

Li Xunhuan shook his head, he also couldn't figure out why the Turks chose to stay in the inn.

At this time, the waiter brought wine and dishes, and respectfully poured wine for the two guests. Li Xun Huan rewarded him with two copper coins, and made a "please" gesture to Yang Xiao.To probe or not to probe, Li Xun Huan never gave an answer.

After the two of them had their meal, they each went back to their rooms to take a shower and change their clothes. It was just after You Hour, Li Xun Huan ordered the waiter in the shop to bring two jars of old cellars, and with one in each hand, he came to Yang Xiao's room door, and only knocked twice. The door opened.

Yang Xiao's expression was a bit subtle, it seemed expected, but also unexpected.

"Brother Li, what do you want me to do?"

Li Xun Huan held up the wine jar and said, "I would like to invite brother Yang to drink with me, and chat along the way."

After drinking for three rounds, each had their own concerns, and no one spoke first.

Seeing that Li Xun Huan poured another glass and raised it to drink, Yang Xiao stretched out his hand to stop him, Li Xun Huan raised his head, Yang Xiao said: "Brother Li, why come to me if you want to get bored."

Li Xun Huan smiled slightly, put down his glass and said, "At this moment, I haven't thought of what to say."

Yang Xiao turned the cup lightly and said, "Brother Li, do you want to talk about poetry, poetry, or philosophy of life?"

Li Xun Huan shook his head: "Not at all. I'm worried that brother Yang will go to trouble with those bodyguards again. If he kills in Lingzhou Mansion, he will definitely get into trouble with the government."

Yang Xiao was surprised for a while, he didn't expect Li Xun Huan to say it directly, anyway, Yang Xiao simply dismissed the idea of ​​visiting the other courtyard at night.

"Brother Li is worrying too much. Let's talk about something else."

Seeing Yang Xiao's expression, Li Xun Huan knew that the other party had already compromised, so he was relieved a little, he filled the glasses of both of them with wine, and said tentatively, "Why don't we talk about Mingjiao?"

Yang Xiao had already raised his glass, but when he heard the words, his hands stopped suddenly, he put down his glass and met Li Xun Huan's eyes, seeing that Li Xun Huan's eyes didn't have any intention of making fun, but there was a bit of concern, he couldn't help but feel moved.

"What do you want to hear?" Yang Xiao drank the wine in his glass.

The Ming religion here was originally called Manichaeism, which originated in Persia and was introduced to build temples in the Tang Dynasty. Later, it was severely hit by Tang Wuzong's destruction of Buddhism and became a spontaneous folk belief. It was later renamed Mingjiao. There were many uprisings during the Tang and Song Dynasties. No matter, no one regards them as some kind of martial arts sect.

Li Xun Huan said, "You tell me, I'll listen."

"There is no secret path to Zuowang Peak, no Guangmingding, and no grievances with martial arts people. Not to mention you, even I myself will soon doubt whether I, the Guangming Zuoshi, are fake." The last sentence seems to be half-joking Half confused, even though Yang Xiao has always been shrewd, he really can't figure out this matter.

Li Xunhuan asked: "What about your daughter, do you also suspect it's a fake?"

Yang Xiao stood up abruptly, his face suddenly changed color, and he stared at Li Xun Huan sharply, but soon he calmed down again, and he walked around the room for a few steps before saying, "As early as that kid named Zhang will not regret it. Before I was brought to Zuowang Peak, I had already ignored Mingjiao affairs. One or two of them thought that I wanted to be the leader. Hmph, it was extremely ridiculous. Let's see what tricks they can come up with with the Five Elements Flag. I don't regret it...I just want to raise her well."

Li Xun Huan sighed softly and said, "So, she is your only concern."

Yang Xiao remained silent.

"Still, in fact, you still can't let go of Mingjiao's brother in your heart."

Li Xun Huan used an affirmative tone, as Yang Xiao said, the years of brotherhood and loyalty to the Ming Cult cannot be said to be let go.

Yang Xiao didn't refute, just said: "Anyway, I already said to let it go."

At this moment, there was a sudden movement downstairs, and the two of them paid attention to each other immediately. It seemed that people entered the store one after another, and there were seven or eight groups of people who came back and forth, but the strange thing was that they didn't hear the slightest noise.

Yang Xiao went to the door and listened carefully for a while, and felt that something was wrong, so he turned to Li Xun Huan and said, "I'll go out and have a look." After speaking, he walked out of the room.

Li Xun Huan was also very suspicious about this matter, but he was still worried about another place, another group of people.

Yang Xiao didn't go directly to the outer hall, but instead went to the kitchen by detour, and saw a cook and a friend hurriedly preparing meals. He looked at the food portions and estimated that the number of people was only about ten people. After a while, the waiter came over When serving the food, he stopped the waiter to take a look at the food, and asked, "Brother, you only have food but no wine, so you are not afraid of neglecting the guests outside?"

"Hey, sir, you don't know, one or two of them specifically said no alcohol, really, the wine in our inn is so famous—"

Yang Xiao said "Oh?", watching the waiter running back and forth again and again, I don't know if it was the fifth time or the sixth time, his feet were unsteady and he was about to fall out with food, Yang Xiao caught the tray with one hand Holding the waiter's shoulder steady with one hand, both of them were saved.

The waiter in the shop calmed down a bit, and thanked him repeatedly.

"I think you're tired too, let me run for you." Yang Xiao patted the waiter's shoulder kindly, took the hat from the waiter's head and put it on himself, rolled up his sleeves, tied up the hem, He was originally wearing black clothes, but he looked a bit of a handyman at first glance at night.

Before the shop waiter came back to his senses, Yang Xiao came to the outer hall with the food. He bowed his head and half bent, and quickly glanced at the tables in the hall. Monks, priests, pawns, merchants... Hehe , actually has all kinds of clothes, Yang Xiao laughed secretly that it was too conspicuous, and walked towards the empty table with the dishes calmly.

Yang Xiao put down the food, said vaguely "Please take it slowly", then bent back deliberately pretending to be sloppy, the people at the table didn't look at Yang Xiao at all, and when the food came, they all quietly picked up the bowls and chopsticks to eat. Occasionally someone from other tables glanced at him and didn't pay much attention.

Yang Xiao exited the outer hall, returned the tray and hat to the waiter, and asked how he was resting, whether he could continue to work, etc. The waiter was so moved that he almost knelt down for him.

After a while, the food was ready, and the guests outside the hall finished their meals and left one after another. Yang Xiao wanted to go around the back door to catch up with him. As soon as he went out the back door, he saw Li Xun Huan standing by the door, as if he was waiting for him.

"Why are you here?"

"Do you remember the people from the other courtyard? They went out through the back door not long ago."

"You don't follow?"

Li Xun Huan smiled slightly: "No need to follow, I heard what they said."

"Don't be a fool, I think these two groups are probably going to the same place."

"That's right, I think so too." Li Xunhuan paused, and finally said, "The place they are going to is the Lingzhou government office."

Yang Xiao was taken aback: "What?"

"They seem to be trying to snatch someone from the prison."

Yang Xiao frowned: "It doesn't make sense. If Wednesday left before they came, they should be looking for him everywhere now. How could they go to the prison in Lingzhou Mansion to find someone..."

"Well, unless this person has something to do with Wednesday—"

The two of them suddenly came to their senses at the same time: they accidentally burned that servant of the Zhou Mansion!