[Comprehensive] leaning on flowers and bamboo

When they came to the guest room, Gongsun Ce and Hua Manlou were sitting there, Bai Yutang closed the door and said, "Just now you were smiling abnormally, there must be something wrong, Brother Hua, what did you find out?"

Hua Manlou smiled without saying a word, drinking tea by himself.

Gongsun Ce glanced at Huamanlou, turned his head to look at Bai Yutang and said, "It must be something good, he won't say it if he doesn't want to, but this Xiangyang City..." I'm afraid they have been targeted as soon as they entered the city gate, Now all around might be the eyeliner of King Xiangyang.

Hearing this, Bai Yutang said: "Xiangyang is the territory of the King of Xiangyang, and we are like turtles in the urn here. Maybe we will all give our lives here."

"Mr. Zhang's letter has two unique words—"

"Xiangyang, plus the water mirror on Gong Yun's wordless letter, there is a water mirror village in Xiangyang."

Gongsun Ce nodded and accepted Hua Manlou's words, "Shuijingzhuang is Sima Hui's hermitage. I'm afraid that the Gong family and Zhang family have something to do with this matter, but how do they know that we will definitely come here? I always feel, Things are more complicated than we thought."

"Since we're here, there's no reason to back down. I, Fifth Master Bai, can't go anywhere. I can marry even the palace."

"Hey, when did you become Fifth Master Bai?"

Bai Yutang heard the joke in Gongsun Ce's words, and said with a shy face, "I rank fifth among the five rats, so naturally... Bai Wuye."

"Take a break for now, let's go to Shuijingzhuang, get the evidence quickly and rush back to the capital."

"kindness."

Hearing this, Bai Yutang wisely got up and walked out. When he opened the door, he suddenly felt playful. He turned to look at Gongsun Ce and asked, "Brother Gongsun, are you still living with Brother Hua? Your eyes are healed, Hua?" Big brother doesn't need your care."

This remark offended Gongsun Ce, and he glared at Bai Yutang: "Shut up, get out."

"Ouch, this is turning into anger from embarrassment. Alas, I don't see that Mr. Gongsun will lose his manners like this. It's rare, rare."

"Yutang, if you say one more word about the matter you mentioned last time, I will think about it for a day, say a few words, and add a few more days." Hua Manlou held a cup, looking idle, as if what he said just now was just Ask what's for dinner tonight, or what the weather will be like tomorrow.

Gongsun Ce looked at Huamanlou in surprise, and was about to ask something when Bai Yutang hurriedly said, "Brother Gongsun, I was just joking, just kidding, just kidding."

Raising his eyebrows, he watched Bai Yutang run away as if fleeing, looked at Huamanlou and said, "What did he mention to you?"

"Promise to keep him secret."

"Hey, don't talk if you don't say it." Gongsun Ce stretched his waist and stood up, and walked towards the bed: "Anyway, if you like to talk or not, I don't want to know."

Hua Manlou sat there and said calmly, "Are you jealous?"

"...Hua Man Lou, you—" Gongsun Ce turned his head abruptly, almost reaching his neck, and said through gritted teeth, "You better stop talking, or I'm afraid I'll sleepwalk at night and draw my sword and cut you down."

"You can't hurt me."

"Have you finished Huamanlou?"

"It's over."

Hua Manlou got up and walked to her bed, turned off the light with a flick of a finger, and the room was plunged into darkness.Hearing all the noises from Huamanlou, Gongsun Ce was so angry that he fell directly on the bed, turned over and lifted the quilt to cover himself - if he thinks that Huamanlou is easy to deal with, he is the biggest fool in the world.

When he woke up in the morning, the anger from last night was gone. Seeing that Hua Manlou was still dressing, Gongsun Ce asked him to wait in the room for a while while Xiao Er brought breakfast, and went to the next door to call Bai Yutang.

"Fifth Bai, it's getting late, it's time to get up."

There was no response from inside, Gongsun Ce was startled, frowned and knocked on the door again, "Bai Yutang?" Still there was no movement, Gongsun Ce stretched out his hand and pushed the door, and then pushed it open lightly, strangely seeing that there was no one there. room, "Where did this guy go so early in the morning..."

As soon as he finished speaking, his eyes were attracted by a letter on the table.

Hua Manlou got dressed, Xiao Er just brought breakfast, and just as Hua Manlou sent Xiao Er away, Gongsun Ce opened the door and came in, "Hua Manlou, that kid is gone."

"Leaving in the morning?"

"No, I touched the bed, it's cold, I should have been gone for some time."

"Perhaps the four mice have news. Since there is a letter left, it means that he was not taken away by others." Hua Manlou's words let Gongsun Ce put down his worries, and sat down with Hua Manlou.

Putting the letter down, while eating breakfast, he thought about Bai Yutang's departure. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Bai Yutang was meaningless. — Hey, didn’t he say he was going to find Zhan Zhao?”

"The four mice are separated from him. Now that we have clues, it's normal to be anxious."

"Then let's go to Shuijing in a while and tell the shopkeeper that if he comes back, let the shopkeeper tell him that we are going to Shuijingzhuang, and then go back to the capital directly."

"fair enough."

After discussing the next thing, the little bit of unhappiness in Gongsun Ce's heart dissipated, and by the way, he looked at Huamanlou in front of him, which was much more pleasing to the eye.

The two hurried to Shuijingzhuang, but one day, they left Xiangyang in the morning and arrived outside Shuijingzhuang before dark.

After getting off his horse, Gongsun Ce took a look at Huamanlou, "There are still some houses outside the villa. I'll go and find out where they are."

"Well, be careful."

"rest assured."

Gongsun Ce led the horse and walked to a side stall, "Old man, can you tell us where the villa is? Sima's house is here?"

The sugar seller's old man glanced at him and asked suspiciously, "Who are you? What are you doing in Shuijing Village?"

"We were entrusted by a friend of the Sima family to visit, and he told us to come here before he died." Gongsun Ce continued: "Can you tell us where the Sima family is?"

Seeing Gongsun Ce's handsome appearance, the old man said with a humble attitude: "Go forward, turn left and enter the door. You can see a house with red lanterns hanging and a wooden rack for drying tea at the door."

"Thank you old man."

"You're welcome, you're welcome." The old man waved his hands and continued to shout: "The sugar seller can draw anything~"

Gongsun Ce walked up to Hua Manlou, "We've found out, let's go."

"This villa seems a little strange, very afraid of outsiders."

"The old man didn't want to say it just now. It seems that we are not the only ones who have been to the villa. I am afraid that something happened before that attracted their attention."

Hua Manlou nodded, and the two walked towards Sima's house together.

The villa is not too big, but after a while, the two of them came outside Sima's house. Gongsun Ce knocked on the door, and an old servant came out of the door, looking at the two of them, "Knock on the door, but what's the matter? Our wife is gone No guest, no guest, there is only one female relative in the family, I am afraid it will be difficult—”

"Old man, does your wife know people from the Zhang family in Yangzhou? If you don't know, you can go in and ask your wife."

"The young man wait a moment."

"It's work."

Walking out of the alley, Gongsun Ce frowned and said, "There is only one lady at home, how could..."

"The Sima family is also involved in this matter. It's really a huge game of chess. We are pawns on the chessboard now, but we don't know whether this chess player is a good person or a bad person."

"We'll see when we get to the capital."

If they were chased and killed along the way, the people who followed them would be the people of the King of Xiangyang, but the king of Xiangyang would be too arrogant to do so, completely exposing his ambition.Having been an official in the court for many years, according to the character of King Xiangyang, he would definitely not be so reckless, so who would want their lives?Is it Taishi Pang or someone else.

Gongsun Ce didn't seem to understand in his heart, the old man who opened the door just now came out, looked at the two of them and said, "You two young masters can come back tomorrow morning, Madam is fasting today and sees no guests."

"Thank you, we were the ones who were abrupt, and we will visit again tomorrow morning."

The two found a place to live in the villa and handed over the money to the owner.In the room, Gongsun Ce said while making the bed: "I will visit Mrs. Sima tomorrow morning, Huamanlou, you say... um!"

"Who?"

Huamanlou went out just now and gave some silver taels to the host's family. Gongsun Ce thought it was Huamanlou when he heard the door being pushed open.Hua Manlou felt a gust of wind pass by in front of him, carrying the familiar scent of Gongsun Ce, without thinking, he tiptoed and chased after him.

The intention of taking Gongsun Ce away at this time is too obvious, and Gongsun Ce may be in danger.

The outside of the villa is full of woods, and in the cold winter, the trees are very slippery. Hua Manlou chased him all the way, and suddenly felt that this qinggong routine was a bit familiar. It wasn't that he was slowing down with a grown man, but was deliberately waiting for him, so he couldn't help chasing after him. , blocking the opponent's way.

"Put down Gongsun Ce."

The other party was silent, but Hua Manlou smiled.

Noticing that Hua Manlou let down his vigilance, the visitor curled his lips, felt bored, and pushed Gongsun Ce towards Hua Manlou, saw Hua Manlou reached out to wrap his arms around Gongsun Ce's waist, hugged him, shook his head and stroked the beard on his lips , "Playboy, what a coincidence, we meet again."