Seven bitter flowers

Chapter 21: Insomnia in the middle of the night

At dusk, the shadow of the sun slanted to the west.

Jiangning Mansion, a small teahouse on the street of Changfu.

Ding Xiu was lying on the table weakly. Starting from yesterday, she first walked out of Songjiang Mansion by water. She didn't even catch her breath and then bumped on the horse for a whole day. Now she is so uncomfortable that she really wants to die.

Bai Yutang saw that Ding Xiu was lying there with a dizzy and nauseous look, and moved away vigilantly, after thinking for a while, he said to her angrily: "I said if you want to vomit, you should squeak ahead of time." , don't go out with Fifth Master again, Fifth Master can't stand it."

It turned out that the three of Zhan Zhao and the others set off for Jiangning Mansion a few days ago, and they have been on their way non-stop day and night.At noon on the second day, the three of them discussed to find a place to eat and rest, but before the horse had time to rein in, Ding Xiu suddenly tilted his body and fell straight off the horse.Out of the corner of his eyes, Bai Yutang caught sight of Ding Xiu falling towards him, and hurriedly raised the reins and got off the horse to help her up. Just as he pulled Ding Xiu up by the arm, Ding Xiu suddenly let out a "wow" and threw up all over him.When Zhan Zhao came to support Ding Xiu, Bai Yutang saw that his white clothes were dripping with vomit, and he was so angry that he almost lost his breath.From then on, Bai Yutang stayed three feet away from Ding Xiu, and Ding Xiu knew he was wrong, so he hid beside Zhan Zhao after getting on the horse, and never dared to speak to Bai Yutang all the way.

Hearing Bai Yutang bring this up again, Ding Xiu didn't reply. He lifted his head and raised his head, and muttered to Chong Zhanzhao, "Let's find a place to rest first, and drink tea later. You have to go sideways into the inn."

Zhan Zhao couldn't help smiling, turned his head and said to Bai Yutang, "Brother Bai, let's find an inn to rest first, and we can investigate the case tomorrow before it's too late."

Bai Yutang glanced at Zhan Zhao, snorted and said, "You investigate your case, what has it to do with Fifth Master, Fifth Master never said that he came to Jiangning Mansion to help you investigate the case." Ding Xiu endured all the way, Finally, he couldn't hold back and said, "You're not here to investigate the case, what are you here for? Touring mountains and rivers? You help others as long as you help them. Why are you coy and childish like a big girl?"

Instead of trying to settle accounts with her, she came to her door by herself. Bai Yutang stared at her and yelled, "You still have the nerve to say that the old master has not settled with you yet, but you started talking about it, and the fifth master is fine." If you come to help others, you are not here to help you, so stop being sentimental and just stay on the sidelines."

Zhan Zhao stood up holding back a smile, remitted the bill to Xiao Er, and said to the two of them, "You two continue talking, I'm going to the inn first." After speaking, he untied the horse from the post, and walked away without looking at the two of them. up.

Ding Xiu and Bai Yutang looked at each other, snorted at the same time, and led their horses to chase Zhan Zhao.

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Into the night, the night is dark and moonless.

Zhan Zhao knocked on Ding Xiu's door and called out: "Axiu", just as he finished speaking, he heard Ding Xiu say: "The door is unlocked, come in."

Zhan Zhao pushed the door open and went in, Ding Xiu hadn't rested yet, but instead changed into black clothes, there were some bottles and cans scattered on the table, and a few daggers, as if he was about to go out.Zhan Zhao glanced at Ding Xiu: "Are you...ready to go out?"

Ding Xiu sat down on the stool by the table, piled the bottles and cans aside, raised his hand to get two cups of tea, and signaled Zhan Zhao to sit down too.After drinking two more sips of tea, he smiled and said, "I was discovered by you. I'm going to look around and look for clues."

Zhan Zhao's face was not very good-looking, and he said in a deep voice, "When you go out to look for clues, you should at least tell Brother Bai and me that you are still in good health, if something goes wrong, who will rescue you then? "

Ding Xiu propped his chin with his hands, and said with a half-smile: "Didn't you say you would protect me? What should I worry about?"

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, his face flushed slightly, before he paused, he said, "If you sneak out by yourself quietly, where can I find you?"

Ding Xiu said softly: "Don't worry, I won't let you find it." After finishing speaking, she was a little embarrassed, coughed, and said, "Why, why don't you go out for a stroll with me?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, and said again: "I'll call Brother Bai." Then he turned around and went out.

"Hey," Ding Xiu grabbed Zhan Zhao, and said angrily, "Why did you call him? Do you think his ears are too clean?"

Zhan Zhao was at a loss: "What's the matter?" After a pause, he laughed again, "Still angry with Brother Bai about the previous incident? Don't play childish temper. It's important for us to investigate the case."

Ding Xiu didn't know where an unknown fire came from, and it rose up slowly, and finally held back, lowered his voice and said to Zhan Zhao: "Who says I'm angry with Bai Yutang, I don't care about such a big thing Are you angry with him? Anyway... you are not allowed to call him, three big living people are wandering around in other people's fields, what should we do if they are discovered by then?"

Zhan Zhao turned around, with a puzzled expression on his face, Ding Xiu blushed a little, and added: "In case nothing is found, Bai Yutang will definitely laugh at me, I won't take him with me Uncomfortable."

Zhan Zhao hesitated for a moment, then nodded slowly, then pointed the direction of the table with his chin, and asked: "Those things...don't you take them with you?" Ding Xiu shook his head: "Forget it, I probably won't be able to send them tonight." Let's talk about it later." As he spoke, he tugged on Zhan Zhao's sleeve, pointed at the window, and signaled him to jump out of it.Zhan Zhao glanced at Ding Xiu, and just about to say something, Ding Xiu lowered his voice and said quickly: "Come closer from here, hurry up."

Zhan Zhao pushed open the window, saw that there was no one on the street, took a breath, pressed the pane and jumped down, when he was about to land, he faintly heard Ding Xiu praise: "Good work." He just looked up , Ding Xiu also jumped down with a soft "click" sound beside her.

As soon as Ding Xiu landed on the ground, he grabbed Zhan Zhao's arm, pulled him forward, and whispered, "Follow me." After turning a few turns, the street gradually widened, and the houses on the side of the street became more and more visible. Tall and flamboyant, Ding Xiu dragged Zhan Zhao along the street, as if he was very familiar with the roads, suddenly he pulled Zhan Zhao, and jumped onto a big tree.Zhan Zhao glanced around and jumped up.

Jiangning is located in the south of the Yangtze River. Although it is October and winter, the trees are still green and never dry, so the two of them are hiding behind the branches and leaves, but it is safe to hide.Through the leaves, Zhan Zhao looked at the house under the tree. Although it looked empty, there seemed to be someone hiding in the shadows under the corner eaves. It seemed that the guards in this courtyard were loose on the outside and tight on the inside, not like an ordinary house.It's just that based on this alone, it's hard to judge whether this person is doing something secretly...

Zhan Zhao leaned to the right, leaned close to Ding Xiu's ear and was about to ask her, but Ding Xiu felt Zhan Zhao approaching and turned his head just in time... Zhan Zhao's lips just brushed Ding Xiu's cheek.Ding Xiu was stunned for a moment, and then all the blood in her body rushed to her head, she subconsciously leaned back, and then...

There was no more, Ding Xiu planted directly from the tree.

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Xiao Zhan~~~ In the middle of the night, lonely men and widows...you are not responsible and who is responsible~~~~~~