Those years when I climbed the wall

Starting early in the morning, after half a day of turbulence, just after noon, I finally saw the towering towers of Xingzhou City in the distance.It was also at this moment that the sunlight overhead was gradually covered by layers of yellow clouds from the north, and it seemed that a snowstorm was on its way.But fortunately, it is no problem for him to wait.

As soon as they entered the city, the group went to the restaurant called "Dengxian", which was opened by Li Qiaoer's brother Li Tong.At that time, I saw that the gate was open there, and the building was three stories high, and the scale must be quite large.

Tired all the way, and hadn't rested or eaten yet, Mu Yunqi also got off the car, wanting to take a break for a while.

It's the end of the day, and there are very few drinkers in the building.Several people found a place to sit, explaining why they came.After a while, a person hurried down from the upstairs, and seeing Li Qiaoer's happy expression, he knew it was Li Tong.Mu Yunqi raised his eyes and looked at him for a while, and saw that the man was 25 or [-] years old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a good-looking appearance.

"Why..." The visitor hesitated to speak, obviously surprised: "Didn't you receive the letter I sent you earlier?" There were frequent frowns between the words, and there was no joy in the voice.

Li Qiaoer shook her head: "That day I sent out the letter informing you that I was coming to the north, and I set off on the road. If you reply after that, I will miss it."

"It's no wonder..." He said a word, but the other person was helpless.Lifting his eyes slightly, he noticed the two people sitting: "This is..."

Li Qiaoer is busy recommending.Hearing what was going on, Li Tong stepped forward and bowed to thank him.After exchanging pleasantries, I learned that he came to the Northland several years ago to do business, and only recently opened this restaurant, and his business is still good.

At this moment, the little baby in his arms, Ah Nuan, woke up and cried endlessly.Li Tong had no choice but to plead guilty, Dao first sent his sister and niece home to resettle, and returned after a while.Mu Yun prayed for everything, so he asked if there was any vacancy, intending to stay here for two days.This restaurant is also an inn business, but there are still a few upper rooms in the back, Li Tong ordered the servants to prepare quickly, and help them settle down when they are ready.

Not long after Li Tong's brother and sister left, the snow fell and the sky became darker and darker.Ben didn't plan to go out today, so Mu Yun Qi Sui was also safe, sitting alone drinking tea, waiting for news.After only two cups of tea, a voice from outside suddenly said: "Mr. Lang, you are here."

"Come in." Mu Yun prayed lightly.

The door opened, and a person walked in quickly, and when he saw the person sitting, he was dumbfounded, and he couldn't believe it.

"Xun Qing, are you safe?" Mu Yunqi smiled.

"Your Majesty—" The visitor was startled, and hurriedly bowed down.

Knowing that he was suspicious, Mu Yunqi twitched his lips slightly: "The inspector of the bureaucracy has other duties, so he made a detour on the way. I just took the talisman and used it."

"Ah?" Xun Miao recalled, anxiously: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty's move is really dangerous! The minister's secret report mentioned that the northern land is restless and dangerous at this moment, but why does your lord still want to... ..."

"The crisis you are referring to is those ghosts who appear and disappear everywhere to cause trouble, or Shao Jingheng?" Interrupted, Mu Yunqi didn't seem to care.

Xun Miao was stunned: "There are both, but those ghosts are the first ones! In the past few months, civilians, soldiers stationed on the border, and even the army escorting food and grass in Youguo have been attacked for no reason. There are so many dead! However, several months have passed since the incident happened, and we have gathered the power of several states to investigate, but there has been no progress. Now the rumors of ghosts and ghosts have spread all over the world, and the people are panicked. Xiazhou and several small towns around Curfew, if it goes on like this, Xingzhou may be unavoidable. Isn't it dangerous for Mr. Lang to come here now?"

"Listen to you." Hearing his in-depth remarks, Mu Yunqi had a different meaning, "Is it because Shao Jingheng has nothing to do with ghosts as disasters?"

His brows tightened and loosened at once, Xun Miao lowered his eyes, and his voice was calm: "I really think that this matter is not like what Shao Jinglue did. He is cautious, even if he really raises a dead man who looks like a ghost, as the rumors say, how can he do it?" Try its effect, there are actually hundreds of ways to avoid people, why make it known all over the world? Moreover, rumors say that he recruited warlocks from all over the world to make medicine for it, so as to raise dead men who are invulnerable to one enemy, but according to my investigation , Shao Jinglue doesn't seem to have that kind of leisure, let alone him for several months, even if he searched the whole Xingzhou City, it is difficult to find a alchemist who can save his ability, but——" The raised eyes moved: "Seeking medical advice, he never tires of it!"

"Seek medical advice?" Mu Yunqi was startled: "Is he sick? Injured?"

"I don't think so!" The speaker shook his head, also showing confusion, "At the beginning, I suspected that this might have something to do with the care of the dead. He was looking for medicine in name, but in fact he was looking for warlocks and wizards for his own use, but the truth is not true. So - all the doctors he visited have names and surnames, their origins are clear, and they all returned home safely one by one, there is no doubt about it."

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yun asked, "Do these doctors have anything in common?"

"Yes!" Xun Miao nodded: "I ordered people to inquire carefully. Although these doctors have their own strengths, what they have in common is that they are good at detoxification!"

"Detoxification?" Mu Yun prayed thoughtfully.

There was a moment of silence.

"Lang Jun—" Looking at the man sitting quietly with frowning eyebrows, Xun Miao was a little puzzled.

Suddenly returning to his senses, Mu Yunqi forced a smile to hide his embarrassment: "Then... besides seeking medical advice, what else can Shao Jingheng do when he is near?"

After thinking about it, he is truthful: "As far as I can see, his daily life is just from the government office to the official building, and the official building returns to the official office. He has been immersed in military affairs for a long time, and he seems to have no intention of paying attention to it. He only occasionally goes out to patrol the border or inspect the army. ——" Speaking of this, I remembered: "Oh, he has been patrolling the west for the past two days, and he is not in the city for the time being."

"Not here!" Mu Yunqi's complexion suddenly darkened, "Do you know when you will return?"

"It should be soon." Xun Miao pinched his fingers, "at most three to five days." After a pause, "Then Mr. Lang came here for...?"

"Meet him." Mu Yunqi didn't intend to hide it, but when he saw him, his worry suddenly appeared, so he could only pretend to smile: "Don't worry, I have my own measure, and if he has evil intentions, I can't be safe so far."

Knowing that he had made up his mind, Xun Miao sighed secretly, and had no choice but to swallow the words that came to his lips, but thinking that there was still a gap of three or five days, and he might not be able to turn things around, so instead of asking for trouble against the wind at this moment, why not Get ready to remonstrate when the opportunity arises!Then he turned the subject and said that it was getting late, so he asked the emperor to move to the official residence and settle down.

But Mu Yunqi refused: "I have decided to settle down here, so as not to go to the Yamen to revive the teacher and mobilize the crowd."

Xun Miao tried his best to dissuade him.

However, Mu Yunqi's reasoning seems to be correct: "Since you said that the northern land is not peaceful, isn't it ostentatious that I am staying in the official house now? So it is better to be an idler and stay in this inn, so as not to arouse suspicion."

"This..." Xun Miao was hesitating, when he heard a report from outside: "Your Majesty, Officer Li is here."

"Invite him to come in." Mu Yunqi got up, smiled and explained to the person in front of him: "This Li Tong is the shopkeeper here."

When Li Tong entered, each of them had seen the ceremony, and Mu Yunqi introduced Xun Miao for him. He only said that he was his classmate at the beginning, and Li Tong believed it. !Mu Yunqi only said that he was lightly exposed to wind and cold and should not drink alcohol, but seeing his sincerity, he sent Lu Chongning to replace him.

Li Tong has gone out, but Xun Miao looks at his back thoughtfully.

"Xun Qing met him?" Mu Yun asked curiously.

Xun Miao shook her head, seemingly at a loss: "No! I just..."

Before I finished speaking, Mu Yunqi interrupted: "By the way, since I just told people that you are my junior brother, and you have indeed received several teachings from the old master Song, from now on, you and I will be called brothers and sisters when we are away. Make no mistake!"

"Hmm... huh?" Xun Miao was taken aback, tongue-tied.

Nothing happened that night, only the wind and snow remained the same, and so did the next day.However, the snow was light in the early morning of the third day, and the clouds opened to see the sun in the afternoon.Mu Yunqi wanted to go out for a stroll, but when he went downstairs, he bumped into Li Qiaoer who hurried in.

Thinking that she was looking for his elder brother Li Tong, Lu Chongning made an unfortunate pass: I just saw him go out just now!

Li Qiaoer didn't seem depressed: "It's okay, I didn't come here to look for elder brother, but I left a small burden in a hurry the day before yesterday, and now I come to look for it while Ah Nuan is asleep."

"Little burden?" Lu Chongning rolled his eyes and smiled mockingly: "How can I clearly remember that when you got off the car that day, you didn't carry any burden, you just hugged Ah Nuan?"

"I..." seemed to have been poked at something, the woman's cheeks flushed, but her tone was not kind: "You have followed me all the way, how do you know that I didn't take it?"

"Okay, you can take it." I didn't expect that Lu Chongning backed down this time, but Li Qiaoer was dumbfounded when he changed the subject: "Then you can look for it here slowly, we are going out, sorry I will not accompany you!"

"You... want to go out? Right now?" The woman looked disappointed.

"That's right! I'm about to go out." Lu Chongning gloated over the lengthy voice, "You'd better hurry up and find your baggage, so as not to fail later."

"You..." Li Qiaoer glared, but suppressed her resentment in an instant, and raised her hand a little on her forehead as if in a daze: "Hearing what you said, I remembered that when I got out of the car that day, I only hugged Ah Nuan. It's still in the car, I'll look for it when I go back." Turning around, "I'll go with you."

Lu Chongning scoffed: "We are going on different paths? Li Guanren's mansion is to the west, but we are going east. If you follow us, isn't that the opposite?"

"Who said the south is the opposite? I also live in the east of the city----!" Subconsciously said, the woman felt annoyed.

"You----don't live with your brother?" Mu Yunqi was surprised.

Looking around, the long-lost vigilance reappeared in her eyes. The woman took two steps forward and lowered her voice: "Brother's mansion is not big at first, and besides, we have taken in two relatives and friends recently, so it is a bit noisy, so I temporarily asked me to take Ah Nuan elsewhere." Settle down..." Before the words finished, a figure flashed in front of the door.

"Qiaoer!" Li Tong entered the door, but was displeased when he saw his own sister: "Why are you here? Didn't I say that Ah Nuan can't be away from others, so don't walk around if you have nothing to do?"

Knowing that she was wrong, Li Qiaoer lowered her eyes and was speechless.

Mu Yunqi smiled: "Miss Li is here to find the lost baggage, or if she is in a hurry, brother Li will not be too harsh, so let her go back."

"Yes yes yes, I'll go right away!" With the steps, Li Qiaoer naturally knew it, and turned around and hurried away to everyone.

Mu Yunqi exchanged greetings with Li Tong, and then took Lu Chongning out.

The scenery and customs of Xingzhou City seem to be not much different from Lingzhou hundreds of miles away, so the group of people just wandered around the busy city at will. When the sun was setting, they found a place to enjoy a long-term reputation under the guidance of others. A restaurant, a tea break.After a while, he heard that Xun Miao had come, and knew that he must have sent people to watch him all the way, but Mu Yunqi was not unhappy, so he ordered him to come in and drink tea together.

Lu Chongning went out to lead people in, and when he saw that Mu Yunqi was no longer seated, he was shocked for a moment, but when he raised his eyes, he saw that he was standing in front of the back window, gazing at something fascinated.

Xun Miao bowed: "Mr. Lang!"

The person in front of the window looked back, but showed annoyance: "I forgot what I told you that day?"

Xun Miao's face turned red, but she had no choice but to salute again: "Master...brother."

This was satisfactory, Mu Yunqi walked back to the table and ordered the two of them to sit together.

"What was Mr. Lang looking at just now?" Lu Chongning was curious, "Could it be that there is a hole in the sky outside the rear window?"

Mu Yunqi smiled: "It's not a cave, but a stage."

"Stage?" Looking up, Xun Miao's eyes lit up: "Yes! I have long heard that a stage was set up in the middle of this restaurant. Every good night, there will be singing and dancing on it!" Turning his head to look at the sky, there is no He didn't hide the expectation in his eyes: "It's sunny today, it seems that we came at the right time!"

Mu Yunqi nodded: "Just now the guy in the shop said that two maikos performed here recently, especially the maiko's superb skills, which was praised by everyone! It is said that the show will start in a short while, we can stay and watch. "

"Shaoqing?" Lu Chongning was a little surprised: "However, it's not dark yet. Do all the banquets in the north start so early?"

"Let's have an early dinner and go home early." The joy in his eyes was instantly diluted by melancholy, and Xun Miao's words were a little dull: "Recently, in this city, it is still the same during the day, and the flow of people is bustling, but at night, especially during the Hai There are very few people who are still wandering outside after that.”

"Because..." Lu Chongning glanced at the person next to him, and stopped speaking, pondered for a while, as if feeling emotional: "I have encountered many strange things when I came back to the north. If others don't say anything, they just say Brothers and sisters Li Tong and Li Qiaoer have many doubts, their words and deeds are thought-provoking!"

Xun Miao was startled: "You mean Li Tong, who runs Dengxian Tower, and that... the woman who came north with you? Where is there any doubt?"

Seeing that the Patriarch had no intention of stopping him, Lu Chongning spoke eloquently and told Li Qiaoer about being chased and killed, and said: "Originally, I would have believed what she said, but after arriving here, looking at the relationship between his brother and sister The mannerisms are quite weird, especially this Li Tong, who is so cautious that he seems to have ears on the partition wall of the fairy tower! And Li Tong did not allow Li Qiaoer to show her face outside, saying that he was afraid that the criminals would find her and recognize her. Living in a place, so what to do? Normally, since he was afraid that she would be chased and killed, he would protect her by his side, but he did the opposite, making orphans and younger sisters live alone, which is really true. Incredible."

"This is really strange." Xun Miao agreed, and turned his earnest eyes to the person sitting: "As Brother Lu said, there are many doubts about the Li brothers and sisters, so climbing the fairy tower is probably not an undisputed place. Senior brother or It's better to leave!"

Sipping tea, Mu Yun prayed calmly: "The following are all guesses by the two of you out of thin air. Li Qiaoer was hunted down, so his brother and sister are like birds in fright, and there is a reason for the strange behavior; My niece lives alone, or I am afraid that there will be too many people who know where I live, so I made this move to protect her."

"Although that's the case," Xun Miao persuasively persuaded, "But Li Qiaoer is in a dangerous situation, and it will inevitably affect the people around him. Senior brother should..." Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the music floating in from the window.

"Let's go," Mu Yunqi stood up, "Go and have a look."

Push the back door out, and there is a long and narrow corridor, facing the stage two feet away.The corridor is connected to east and west, or because there are not many drinkers, it is not crowded at the moment, spectators in twos and threes are watching from the railing, it is considered clean, except for two barbarians who come out of the compartment from time to time talking and laughing, their voices are loud and slightly harsh.

On the stage, dozens of dancers in colorful clothes have filed out and danced around the stage. There are also beautiful women sitting in the middle of playing and singing.After one song, the spectators applauded and applauded.

After a while, the music started again, and a masked woman in white leaped out from behind and came to Taichung, dancing with a sword in her hand.It can be said that his body is light and graceful, and his dance is graceful yet sassy. It can be described as a combination of rigidity and softness, but it is easy and difficult to see, which is amazing!While dancing, the annoying noise from one side resumed—it was those two barbarians!

I don't know whether it was drunk or deliberately provocative, but one of them threw the jug towards Taichung.Everyone was shocked when they saw it, but fortunately, Bai Ying in Taichung turned around to avoid the object.The instigator didn't stop when he saw this, he shouted loudly, but he didn't know what to say.Everyone was annoyed when they suddenly saw a flash of sword light - when the people on the stage jumped up, the sword dropped from their hands and stabbed the instigator straight away!

Suddenly, Xun Miao's eyes followed the sword, and saw it almost flew past the barbarian's profile, and stuck it on the pillar!At this moment, the instigator turned pale and sat down on the ground slumped.

Putting his heart down half an inch, Xun Miao looked back on the stage: a few feet away, Ling Feng, a man in white, stood there, unstoppable.Looking back suddenly, the cold eyes like ice knives swept across the crowd, and they were actually intimidating!

"he is--"

Mu Yunqi looked back, and saw Xun Miao clutching Lu Chongning's sleeve with a terrified expression on his face, and said three words with trembling lips, it was a person's name, and it was familiar to him!